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P.S. We camped at Payson Lake in Utah.
Fortunately the night before we got there,
they caught the bear that had been spotted in the vicinity.
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P.S. We camped at Payson Lake in Utah.
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BlogfulJuly 24, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Where did you go camping? Is that Utah?? Looks gorgeous. Do tell.
Denise :)July 24, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I'm sorry you've had a tough week. Your hexies look cute — and you did have the purple mountain's majesty as a backdrop! Hope next week is better.

And I'm glad they caught the bear *before* you got there! 🙂
Emily {Creative Chicks}July 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm
We LOVE Payson Lakes, too! Beautiful and quiet…
Princess MarthaJuly 24, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Wow, what a gorgeous spot! Love those Hexagons 🙂
Petit Design Co.July 24, 2010 at 5:41 pm
really? a bear? my husband and I used to go fishing up at Payson Lake when we were still in college.

Enjoy the outdoors while you can because someday you may find yourself living in the South!

Love the hedgie hexie!

Good luck on a new week.
GayleJuly 24, 2010 at 7:06 pm
I heard about the bear in that area – glad you didn't have a close encounter with it!
AnnaJuly 24, 2010 at 8:58 pm
beautiful pic, and I'm glad you're enjoying what's left of summer with your kids. My oldest starts 4K this fall and I'm already wondering how fast time flies!
pinksuedeshoeJuly 25, 2010 at 12:36 am
Oh wow, I haven't been to Payson Lakes since I was a little girl. The only thing I remember about it was that my sister got like 250 mosquito bites and I got 3. They just don't like me. Happy 24th!
SubeeSewsJuly 25, 2010 at 9:24 am
WOW! That is a powerful picture!
I need to work on my Hexies again!
Subee
PearlsAndGreenTeaJuly 25, 2010 at 10:19 am
Beautiful scenery! and the hexagons are sooo adorable!

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LoriJuly 25, 2010 at 11:56 am
i am sorry that sad things have happened to you guys. love you all! see you monday!
girlsmamaJuly 25, 2010 at 7:57 pm
I'm glad they caught the bear! We were up there for the 4th and the bear was around. I hope they found a good new home for it. Hope your week is better.
AlisaJuly 26, 2010 at 10:05 am
Very nice post and I'm totally understanding the feeling. I too love the structure of 'regular life' but love that I'm getting to know my kids better because it's summer time and they are home. We have to enjoy them, teach them, mold them while they are young and summer time is really good for that. Keep striving to be a good mom, Amy! That's way more important than


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Welcome to the World of the Five Covens.
Vampires have the world in a death grip, though the average human is completely oblivious. For thousands of years the parasitic Vampires lived mainly peacefully with their food, but that is all changing. We are in the beginning of the war between two of The Covens for supreme dominance, and the actions of a group of vampire heroes could save or destroy the food chain as it is and thereby change the face of the world.
The Group of vampires are as close as any vampires could be, without being blood-relations. They were at a wedding, when the Bloodlord Silas, of the Coven of the Lost, was kidnapped. They were in a race against time trying to rescue him and his daughter, Mila, for weeks. He was in a fortress, guarded by a group of paramilitary vampire fanatics, and the group is only six vampires.
Four of the Six survived their assault on The Edinburgh Castle, and they found that wasn't the end of their problems. After meeting the Bloodlord of the Coven of the Firstborn, Vladomir IX, they found that Silas was dead! Mila took the reins, and they had one major problem: Who was the mole? I mean they're the Effing Coven of the Lost. They should never have been found, am I right?
They were joined by a Firstborn, making their number five, and they returned to Hartford Heights, the location of the Lost's Stronghold. There they confronted the Captain of the Guard, who tried to frame our young heroes, but his plan backfired. The traitor's supporters were rooted out and caught, and a dim-witted vampire hunter fell upon them, only to be turned into a ghoulish minion of their newest, making the number six yet again.
Reggie and Penny, twin cousins to the Bloodlord Mila stayed behind to help the Coven's transition, and the rest of the group made their way to Paris, France where their nemesis, Anjelika, is thought to have retreated. They entered the catacombs with a feeling of Deja'Vu…
They made it through the Catacombs and finally had their confrontation with Anjelika herself! Leader of the Coven of the Dragon! Two of them became drooling slaves, and two just barely escaped her clutches! They barely survived the encounter, though no one had a scratch.
The five were invited to a ball thrown by the Bloodlord Vladomir IX's Uncle, Lord Pilaf, in celebration of their victory, though the invitation came less than one hour after the death of Anjelika. At the Ball, Pilaf and Vlad spoke intimately with the group, and the Bloodlord voiced his intentions to rule the world, Vampire and Human alike would kneel to him.
The Five saw that Bloodlord Mila was under a charm, so they rescued her from Bloodlord Vlad's clutches. Raven was captured, but was released by Vlad, if he promised to be a "Loyal Subject." Raven ditched all of the "gifts" he received from Vlad, and they met at Mama's palace in Palermo. Safely within the walls of a Coven of the Beast stronghold, they left Mila in Mama's hands, and can now look at the roads ahead.
They are now faced with a problem. Side with Vlad, a megalomaniacal Gengis Kahn, or with the unknown Bloodlord Luke, whom Mama despises as self-righteous. She told them that the War was started by the Coven of the Reapers, and Luke. They were visited by Sir Thad, who reminded them of a shared vision on the night of the kidnapping. They decided to chase after this lead: A Vampire Fountain of Youth.
Running from the Firstborn, they went to Shangri-La, where they discovered that the rumors of a 'cure' and the fountain were the same thing. This put their worries at ease, allowing them to go after this powerful weapon that could spell the destruction or the salvation of vampire kind.
They flew to Mama's on their way to South America, and were given a kingly gift from Bloodlord "Lil'Tony" – A Stealth Plane, complete with a military-trained, demolitions-happy pilot. They took their wonderful jet to Lima, where Buddy stumbled upon an underground Arena and gambling pit run by the Coven of the Beast. Buddy fought and won, and Willie was roped into a prize fight with Niko. They fought against a Vampire Hunter and Templar team, and barely escaped with their lives.
After the fight, they gathered their winnings, and relaxed in their rooms. Bloodlord "Lil'Tony" showed up, and helped Willie through his schizophrenic hallucinations. The rest of the group deterred a dozen assassins sent for the Bloodlord, with help from Sir Thad, who showed up with Bloodlord Mila. With the newcomers' help, they got the Beast's head to safety, and were almost all destroyed in the process. They recovered due to some crack triage by Niko, and set their sights on the group of assassins – lead by the one and only Remmy.
Remmy was killed by the vampires, not before he kidnapped Penelope, Niko's one true love. They found the room number from Alice, and returned to the hotel. They were welcomed out of the elevator by the militant vampire hunters of the Brotherhood of Light, and their horrific anti-vampire rifles. They discovered that Vlad had taken control of this squad of the Brotherhood, and was allied with Remmy to take down the Group. With no hope of a fair compromise, they petrified Authed and fled with Penelope in tow.
They ran to Alice's safe haven. There, she destroyed Penelope's listless corpse, yelling about smuggling bombs into her realm. They ordered magical equipment to prepare themselves – they have become painfully aware of their mortality. After spending a week or two recouperating on Alice's Island, they returned to the hotel a day after they escaped it.
They left Lima finally, and hiked, then spelunked their way into Alucard's Lair. The long-hidden Wraith lord greeted them with lackeys, and the short-fused ghoul responded by attacking him. The group lamented Buddy's death, but were relieved to know that part of him may live on in something called "Rune Armor." Raven appropriated it for himself, and they learned of the current state of the war, and they learned the true nature of the Queen Mother of all Vampires, and of Xy's throne in a pool of blood of the High King Klaus, Demigod Vampire, late husband of the Queen Mother.
Alice called them back to her island, for a reunion with Mila, and to meet a vampire assassin she hired from her coven to kill Vlad. Their happy reunion was short lived, as unknown assailants laid siege to it. On their way out the back, they were captured by a Demigod posing as Oogie Boogie in a festive homage. A goddess by the name of Axe rescued them, and laid in front of them the crisis of a millennium. A fanatical cult plans to unleash the Nightlords upon the planet, and it is up to the gods and their emissaries to stop them.
Let go back in Lima, the group decides to learn more about these gods that seemingly came out of nowhere. Willie's Rio contacts included two priests of these pantheons, a woman of Olokun, and a man of Axe. They spoke with the priestess, but found that the priest had been kidnapped. A clairvoyant called them and warned them of going to Russia too soon or too late, to keep the Cult of Twilight from winning. So, they tracked the kidnapped priest to a corner of Nigeria, and made their way there on the Beast's plane.
Members of the Nigerian national army made contact, and the Group got reinforcements for an assault on the compound! Unfortunately the shoot-from-the-hip style of the group almost killed them, but with some quick thinking by McPhee who stepped up as the tactical leader of the Nigerian Army they managed to pull through! Willie and Niko led a surgical strike into the underground holding area, and ran into Thad, who scouted ahead of them, and found that the Cult of Twilight was conducting a ritual to destroy the facility and part of the country. Willie ran to save the rest of the group, while Niko ran to save them all from the magical destruction.
Everyone but Niko made it safely back to the Hanger in Lagos, Nigeria, but they never saw an explosion! Their hope for Niko's return stays strong after a day of waiting indoors. They spoke with alice, who couldn't locate Niko, but she agreed to take them to her island to prepare for everything that was to come.
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Five hundred years ago, Harbaz became bored. Bored with life, bored with being a vampire, but most of all he was just plain bored. He'd lived the debauchery that is all too common to his kind and his parent despaired to ever get him to settle down properly as anyone of the Lost really should do.
After a romp with the Bard, he found his calling – As an assassin. He has killed his way across time, trading death for favors instead of money. Bloodlord Mila hired him to travel with the group and kill Vlad.
McPhee is both Mysterious and Simple. Much of how he interacts with the group shows he's straight forward, to the point, and succinct – to anyone that doesn't look to closely. His self description shows as much::
Self-made Vampire; Demolitions, Espionage, Victory.
A Vampire Soldier of Fortune
There seems to be a glimmer in his eyes, though, that whispers of an iceberg's depth.
MIA! Last seen in the basement of the Lagos Compound!
Kurushime Nikotaru was born in Misawa, Japan to the famed ninja assassin, Fuma Kotaro and one of his many mistresses, Kurushime Miyuki. Kotaro did not stick around to see his seed raised to adulthood. Miyuki was disowned by her family, so she had to raise her son among the rank and file of the humans. This close proximity bread a surprising empathy between Niko and Humanity.
The Raven:
Born in 1743, Jean Claude Le Beaux in Del Morte France, the city of death. It only was ironic that this rich boy would die some years later at the hands of a vampire named Angelika Prescott, a master vampire from all over Europe. Her age was unknown to him but when he came back to the land of the living the woman that seduced him for six months was gone. In the last 50 years, he has travelled the world with the intent of interviewing vampires. Prying history from these beings is like pulling fangs but Raven is up for the challenge. He just learned that his creator was of the Coven of the Firstborn.
Willie is obsessed with the 1970's blaxploitation genre, dressing, talking, and acting like the characters in the movies and songs of that period. It makes sense to him, and his identification with the period is extreme. Willie was born in North Las Vegas, the bastard son of Lil' Tony, and a vampire prostitute. So, he was literally born to the mob, and the prostitution ring. He has used his upbringing in this "Empire of Sin" to learn all the ins and outs of the business, good and bad. He has spent the last few decades running the Flesh for Hire business in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


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LEXINGTON, Va. – Josh Schow rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown in Guilford College's 16-7 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) football win at Washington and Lee University Saturday night. The victory over the two-time defending league champs snapped Guilford's four-game losing streak to the Generals (2-2, 0-1 ODAC) and gives the Quakers (2-2, 1-0 ODAC) their first 1-0 start in league play since 1999.
Schow entered the game as the fourth-leading rusher in NCAA Division III and cleared the 100-yard plateau for the fourth straight week. His one-yard scoring run on fourth-and-goal midway through the second quarter opened the game's scoring. The run capped a 13-play, 45-yard scoring drive that consumed over six minutes and featured a successful conversion on fourth-and-nine from the Generals' 30-yard line.
Sophomore kicker Tyler Hunt (Gibsonville, N.C./Eastern Guilford) contributed three field goals and narrowly missed a fourth. He connected on a 39-yard kick with 1:37 left in the opening half and a 41-yarder to start the second half. A 43-yard kickoff return by JerMario Gooch and a 23-yard Schow run set up the second field goal, which opened a 13-0 Quakers' lead.
Washington and Lee answered on the ensuing possession with a 13-play, 75-yard drive capped by quarterback Nick Lombardo's seven-yard run. Guilford responded with a 15-play, 59-yard drive that used another 6:10 and ended with Hunt's third field goal, a 31-yarder.
Hunt nearly connected on a 46-yard attempt early in the fourth quarter, but the ball hit the crossbar and Washington and Lee took over.
Aided by a pair of fourth-down conversions and a pass interference penalty on Guilford, Washington and Lee moved to the Quakers' 14-yard line before stalling. A 31-yard field goal attempt fell short and returned the ball to Guilford. The Quakers were able to run the clock out as Washington and Lee twice roughed Hunt in punt formation, extending Guilford's possession.
"If someone told me we would hold them to seven points, I would've said they were crazy," said Guilford head coach Chris Rusiewicz. "We had a bye week, so we had some extra preparation. The kids played disciplined, which we preached all week. I'm proud of them."
The Quakers held the Generals to 247 rushing yards, well shy of their league-leading average of 387 yards that ranks near the national leaders. Guilford enjoyed over a four-minute advantage in time of possession and had four drives of at least five minutes. The Quakers' Robert Smith (Winston-Salem, N.C./Reynolds) led all tacklers with 12 stops and Satiir Stevenson added nine. Gooch's interception just before halftime marked the game's lone turnover.
Guilford quarterback Matt Pawlowski (Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford) completed 15-of-29 passes for 146 yards, including six to senior Nick Mearite (High Point, N.C./Ragsdale (UNC Pembroke)). He also ran four times for 19 yards.
Matt Hollerith's gained a game-high 133 rushing yards on 24 carries. Lombardo finished with 38 rushing yards on 14 totes, but completed just three of seven passes for 16 yards. Brandon Taylor paced Washington and Lee's defense with nine tackles (6 solo), one for loss.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered no new hints Tuesday that the central bank is planning more easing, but he repeated his pledge that the Fed "is prepared to take further action as appropriate to promote a stronger economic recovery."
In prepared testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke said economic uncertainty is increasing, mainly due to the European debt crisis and the looming "Fiscal Cliff" in the U.S.
"Risks to economic growth have increased," he said, and "Europe's financial markets and economy remain under significant stress."
"Reduction in unemployment is likely to be frustratingly slow," Bernanke said, but he said there were "modest signs of improvement in housing."
Stocksquickly dropped after Bernanke's initial remarks, but turned slightly higher when he responded to the committee's questions about how to improve unemployment levels.
"The Fed stands ready to do more asset purchases when needed," he said. "Any actions would likely involve the [Fed's] balance sheet."
After these remarks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average , the S&P 500 , and the Nasdaq edged higher in choppy trading.
Investors had hoped Bernanke would signal another round of bond purchases, meant to push down long-term interest rates and encourage more borrowing and spending. The first two rounds of the Fed's bond purchases had triggered powerful rallies in the U.S. stock market.
Bernanke's testimony comes asjob growth has slumped and consumershave grown more cautious about spending. On a positive note, homebuilder sentiment has risen to a 5-year high.
Bernanke acknowledged these developments noting that the economy, after growing at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the second half of 2011, slowed to roughly 2 percent in the first three months of this year — and likely slowed further in the April-June period.
This slow economic growth prompted Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to grill Bernanke on the looming "fiscal cliff" — when a host of tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts are set to kick in at the end of the year.
Schumer said Congress was powerless to reverse the economic slowdown — and mitigate the fiscal cliff — but that the Federal Reserve should work to do so.
"The Fed is the only game in town," said Schumer before adding, "Get to work Mr. Chairman."
While Bernanke did not engage futher in debate with Schumer, he did directly address the interest rate fixing scandalfacing banks and regulators.
There was, he said, a "substantial response" by the New York Fed to inform appropriate authorities about European banks' susceptibilty to submit false rates — in an attempt to manipulate the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Bernanke also called Libor's interest rate-setting system "structurally flawed," and that it is "undermining confidence in markets." He did not, however, answer why the Fed did not make its recommendations to authoritiesmore public back in 2008.
Apart from Tuesday's testimony, minutes of the June meeting show that Fed officials were open to taking further action — but were divided over whether the economy needs help now.
Since then, the government has reported that job growth slowed sharply in the April-June quarter — to 75,000 a month from 226,000 a month from January through March. The unemployment rate stayed at 8.2 percent last month.
Bernanke will give testimony again on Wednesday to the House Financial Services Committee.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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People in the 100 Club at the J&J Sandcastle Pool in Pecatonica have earned membership by swimming or exercising in the water for 100 hours.
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Most folks in the club are older people who are able to attend classes weekday mornings. Some are coming off illnesses or surgeries and use the water to regain strength. Others do it to stay in shape.
Eighty-eight-year-old Helen Wibben says the 45 minutes of lap swimming she does three mornings a week "buoy me up.
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Her doctor usually doesn't perform such surgery on people in their 80s. But her bones were so healthy, the doctor said they would hold the screws he needed to put in and he went ahead. The surgery was successful.
Lucille, who grew up swimming at the old 10th Avenue Pool in Rockford, and her husband, John, exercise at the pool three or four times a week. Wednesday, after they got out of a class with 18 others, Lucille was raring to start the rest of her day.
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Her husband, John, 88, who got a new knee a few years ago, exercises regularly to stay in shape. The two are among the oldest 100 Club members since a 91-year-old former member moved to another city.
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Nice to see you again. Since this is the time of the year when most wild animals rear their young, there are little wars being waged around your property. Many individuals or pairs of birds or mammals, even fish, need to establish their own territories for the reproduction process.
Years ago, if you lived in the country, the pheasant cockbird crowing around your home would dominate all the hens that passed through his territory. Nearby, another cock pheasant would dominate all the hens that passed through his territory. Nearby another cock pheasant would be protecting his turf. On occasion you would see two male pheasants fighting like old barnyard roosters. Since all wild areas are not equal, the male that controlled the hens favorite haunts did most of the mating. I have watched two cockbirds walking in opposite sides of a fence row. As long as each one stayed on his side, only crowing and stares resulted, but if one strayed to the other side, the feathers would fly!
Wild turkeys have a moving territory. The largest, loudest, and usually the most aggressive gobbler will roam the area with his harem of hens. The hen turkeys know he is the boss of the hill and come to him to mate. Since only a few of these special older gobblers mate with the hens, there is an excess of male turkeys. This is why you can have Spring gobbler hunting during the mating season and not interfere with the mating process. If the dominant gobbler is killed, there is always an anxious second best gobbler to take over. He may have to fight several other would-be suitors in order to take his spot.
Many birds pair up for only one season. They mate, build a nest, rear the young, possibly several clutches, then they go their separate ways. Robins, wrens and cardinals go through this mating pattern. Birds, like the Canada Goose and the Great Horned Owls, mate for life, however, their nesting and behavior patterns are different.
Geese establish a breeding territory that is defended by the pair, with the male doing the patrolling as the female incubates the eggs. If the pair survives, they usually return to the same small area for the next year's breeding season. After the young hatch, they are moved to the water and are guarded by both parents as they grow over the summer. Once the goslings are fully feathered and able to fly, the family group joins with other groups too form large flocks that may migrate hundreds of miles, or they remain local.
Owls, on the other hand, are permanent residents. Their territories are also permanent. The mated pair defends an area from all other Great Horned Owls. Since these owls have a life span of 10 years or more, there is a good chance the hooting you hear over the year is being made by the same pair of owls. If one of the pair is killed, it is likely the remaining owl will have to relinquish the area as other pairs are always looking for better territories.
Some birds that have over-lapping territories develop certain hatreds for one another. Crows dislike Great Horned Owls, probably for several reasons. It is possible that crows, as they roost at night, fall victim to the owls. To add insult to injury, the owls have never learned to build their own nests, and may use the old nesting platforms of crows. Since owls nest very early in the year, and the crows are still ganged up, they take special delight in harassing any owl that might show itself during the day. The amazing part of the whole show is they never bother the female while she is on the nest! I have often watched while a number of crows harass, dive bomb, and make life miserable for a female owl that decided to take a break from the boredom of nesting. Let her fly to the nest, and the crows will suddenly disappear.
The other day while mowing, I noticed a Red-tailed Hawk making its hunting circles, probably looking for food to take to its mate, who is tending a nest about a quarter mile away, the same nest used by the Great Horned Owls earlier in the year. All of a sudden, the red-tailed went into a power dive towards the trees. I figured a squirrel was going to have a problem. As it turns out, a turkey buzzard was the victim of the hawk's fun assault. As the hawk turned to make another pass, I noticed a crow zooming over the trees, hot on the tail of the hawk. The hawk, surprised by its attacker, broke off its assault and made for cover. The crow, however, soon had its problem -- three Blue Jays jumped the crow and send it streaking to safety. 'Do unto others,' apparently has little meaning in the ranks of thes e attacking birds.
The most aggressive, and probably the noisiest feathered local, is the Mocking Bird. As one ornithologist put it, 'In improvisation and mimicry, the Mocking Bird is the most versatile and bulliest of American bird vocalists.' As the name implies, they have been known to imitate the cackling of chickens, bark of dogs, and the squeals of a wheelbarrow.
When young are in the nest, the parents can be downright miserable while defending their territory. They may attack other birds twice their size, such as the crows, keep the neighbor's dog in its own yard, and make any cat think twice before coming out of the house. Even the property owner can be made to duck when this feathered bomb attacks.
Although small male Cardinals can be even more ambitious in defending a territory, they will attack houses and cars. They see their own reflections, but think it is another male. From early April into June, our house windows and side mirrors on the truck and car are under attack. This has been going on for years! The family has become accustomed to these assaults, but visitors become fascinated when the male Cardinal fights his image in the window. In addition to these territorial assaults by the Cardinals, the side mirrors of our vehicles are also visited by a male Cowbird. Since Cowbirds don't build nests (the females lay their eggs in the nests of other birds), it doesn't seem to be a territorial defense. I believe this male Cowbird is in love with himself!
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Today I met someone that told me that they were not going to vaccinate their child because it causes autism. Sometimes I get really tired of this type of person and I know some of you do too.
I was wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and how did you handle it. Me, I just walked away from that particular person.
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I agree with Dave. When I find myself in a situation with someone who is misinformed about an issue, I try to gently point them in the direction of the facts without sounding condescending. People simply make the best decisions they can based on the information they have, particularly when it comes to the welfare of their children.
After years of entering into these types of discussions, I have many statements from leading world health organizations memorized. It's certainly hard to not get frustrated sometimes and I certainly walk away from willful ignorance, but if you have the patience and the knowledge, attempting to stop the spread of misinformation is the best possible action.
Penn & Teller do an amazing job refuting anti-vaccination propaganda on Bullshit! Check them out. For starters, the origin of that myth is a guy who was paid off to write a bogus medical report discrediting vaccination. I'd tell you more, but my memory is hazy, and it's for you to look up anyway ;)
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Ditto. We used to watch that on break at work. What a job.
This is one of those things that really pisses me off. All these selfish people are soo willing to put not only their own kids at risk but everyone else. It makes me lean to the idea that these people's kids should not be allowed in school unless there is a valid medical reason such as cancer or conditions that caused suppressed immune systems etc. All these waivers for faith reasons are horse shit...
Very nicely noted everyone. I especialy like the Penn & Teller reference from Stuart. I have responded to that claim simply and directly. As a sidenote, I lost my respect for a licensed chiropractor I know, who specialized in children's chiropractics, when he was publicly fueling this awful claim on Facebook. I stopped associating with him when I realized part of his practice was based on this quackery... The FUD factor... Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt... it has been making money for people for way to long. It isn't just a Republican tool.
What I said to a parent whom I knew, "That isn't true - you should really look into that false claim. Get all the facts. By not vaccinating your child, you are putting your child at serious risk - Do you really want to do that?" I was direct, but, I didn't have the time to dilly dally and as a former coach, I appreciate treating people with a directness that certainly hasn't won 100% of my arguments, but, I've been told by some they appreciated. Go with what works for your personality and what would be construed as genuine.
I live in an area with a low vaccination rate and I am a Pre-K teacher. I hear the whole autism thing ad nauseam. I have a notebook of well written articles detailing the benefits of vaccination and the consequences of not vaccinating that I hand out to my parents. At a certain point though, especially with religious objectors it doesn't matter what you tell them you'd get further talking to a brick wall. I honestly think that schools should require children to be vaccinated I think it's totally unfair for people to put my and other people's health at risk because of their religion or because of their ignorance.
It's not only vaccination I hear about on an almost daily basis. I get to hear about astrology, aliens, ghosts, ESP, homeopathy, "natural" remedies, body cleanses and so on. Whenever people start telling me about this stuff I just look at them and say "I can't believe you take that seriously" or "You know what they call natural remedies that have been proven to work? Medicine" or "I've found no evidence that that is true, I'd love to see your source" ... It's rare that I'm very nice about this stuff anymore.
I hate the natural remedies bs. I have an incurable, under-researched disease and it pisses me off that I have to wade through all of this bs when looking at what other people do to manage the disease. I understand the desperation of some people to get "a cure" but...who has the time to waste, the money give, and the will to further endanger their health by trying quack alternative medicine?
At work the other day a woman told me she lived with two ghosts!!! Late that day she told me she was "off [her] meds." Not sure if the two statements were related but I feel they ought to have been. In this culture, it's not a given!
I agree with your idea but not so much the frustration. The problem is that pharmaceutical companies are monstrously evil, I cant blame people for not trusting them. They use their political influence to increase profits at the expense of citizens time and time again. If they could somehow turn a buck by killing your kids they would do it, they wouldn't even bat an eyelash. The best way to get people to vaccinate their children, in my opinion, is to change the drug system because the people controlling it are no better then common crack dealers.
...the auto industry has been hiding the 200MPH carborator or that the Elders of Zion are secretly controlling the world financial market.
No, God controls all that stuff.


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Governor Sean Parnell has been responding to allegations that sexual assault crimes within the state's National Guard were reported to him four years before he requested a federal investigation. The Governor says as soon as he had specific information, he acted. Parnell's commissioner of the Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs, Major General Thomas Katkus says the federal investigation should help improve the system.
Major General Thomas Katkus, how large do you think the sexual assault issue is within Alaska?
The numbers I've got show us below what it would be in Alaska, we have a different number, total number of cases, because we track victims, don't track it as if we've got that many suspects. We've got 37 cases; of those 37 cases we have only 11 reported sexual assaults are Guard members as perpetrators. My position is even one is too many and it's a problem – a large problem; 37 cases over the past 5 years.
How does Alaska compare to military nationally for sexual assault?
With Alaska being the highest sexual assault in the nation, dark climate, small houses, alcohol, there is a lot of propensity toward that kind of activity, which is unfortunate but also very rampant in cold, dark climates. I think the problem is getting better results with the resources being put toward it. The Guard is community based so we have a lot of resources beyond DOD. We have a lot of members in the National Guard that are counselors or lawyers so we have resources. The issue is out there fairly evenly across all services but we're better equipped to offer services.
Does the legal structure of the Guard make it more cumbersome, more difficult to track cases and get information, Anchorage Police Department handling cases? Helpful or more difficult?
Difficult to address. We as a National Guard, we don't have an independent criminal justice system. We're not like active duty that has its own Uniform Code of Military Justice to address specifically infractions within the National Guard, because we have members that are also traditional, that go home at night and are under the laws of their communities. The authorities that cover our members are really the local authorities, the state troopers or other law enforcement. It's not our purview to supplement that. We take our own disciplinary actions through normal business practices, rules and regulation enforcement and then we have discipline. But we don't incarcerate individuals. We don't have a requirement; that our preponderance of evidence is what we go off of, 51% is civil action as opposed to beyond a reasonable doubt in any type of criminal investigation.
Governor Parnell said he acted to call for a national investigation as soon as he had specifics. What kind of specific information is needed to prompt an investigation?
For the National Guard Bureau that the Governor asked, it's just the request of the Governor. The Governor, anytime he has a desire to have an independent assessment or look into an organization he's responsible with, which would be the Air Guard or the Army Guard, he can contact the National Guard Bureau, advise them of the problem and they would propose the best solutions to step forward to look into it. Because it could be a safety issue, it could be an area of concern on finance, so either the safety investigators would come out or an auditor. Or in this case to look at a problem with how the reporting system is or an assessment of how overall, we are addressing sexual assaults or sexual harassment in the National Guard. So, in this case, again, he puts the problem statement forward and they provide the resource that best answers that.
Why wouldn't chaplains risking their positions to bring the concerns forward to the Governor be enough to prompt an investigation by the DOD?
I don't know that I have an answer for that. The Chaplains shouldn't be at risk for bringing any of these issues forward. There's no risk to them to, matter of fact it's incumbent on them to bring those issues forward. Their job description is pretty much, they advise the command….trying to make sure I get this right so that this is fairly accurate. The significant responsibility that they're held to is to advise the commander of issues of ethics, morals and morale within an organization. So they're almost held on a no harm, no foul. They're required to bring the bad news forward if they've got the bad news.
Well it seems there was some confusion or hesitancy in that regard. Your deputy commissioner asked the chaplains to sign a document saying they wouldn't speak on behalf of the Guard, when actually what they were doing was bringing victims concerns forward. Did you ask him to do those things or was that something he felt he needed to do as deputy commissioner?
I believe the letter you're referring to is a letter that went out to all of our members as we approached the political season. It was advising everyone to be very judicious and cautious on how they answer anyone that is approaching them and asking them for an official position of the department. So in that sense that was just to reiterate to clear it with a supervisor and we're not prohibiting anybody from talking to the press, their chain of command or other people. Just that they try to clear that, get the best information possible and if they're speaking for the department, make sure they clear it through our public affairs office in order to make sure we have the best, most accurate information out there.
Do you think there needs to be changes in reporting and how people can bring these concerns forward to help boost confidence for people who are taking on the very difficult thing to have to come forward and talk about trauma and painful episodes they may have experienced?
Absolutely, especially with as many deployments as we have because it's not only in the area of sexual assault, it's any type of experience that they are not normally exposed to in civilian activity. So there are traumatic events in everyone's life. We follow DOD policy and its changing constantly. I think in the last five years the department of defense has definitely stepped up its game. It's provided additional resources and of the limited training dollars, a significant amount of that resource is directed to bystander training, self help awareness to educate people about reporting any type of sexual assault or activity related to it. Then the resourcing for the investigation of those has increased and we've worked on training our investigators to investigate the civilian equivalent complaints of sexual harassment. WE have additional resources that would look into any allegations of sexual assault, after the law enforcement have also been engaged on that same topic. And then the victim advocacy program we have. Multiple victim advocates have been assigned to the Guard as of late. Currently have three sexual assault coordinators assigned and 42 victim advocates assigned to the National Guard. So your question was, do I see better ways to do it? We can always improve but it is an incredible change over the past five years to where we are now.
Major General, how damaging is this for morale?
You know, it's damaging for morale, but where I'm very, very concerned, is we've made great strides in making people aware, we have a process in place, it's very transparent and they can feel comfortable reporting and they're going to get the help. With all of the adverse press and the senior officials who have basically expressed their concern and trust, I would hope that would not translate to the other end of the food chain to the young members who may be victimized and may now decide not to come forward because of lack of trust in the system. The DOD has spent five years trying to put in place a system that works and I'm very afraid that this might be undermined by the lack of confidence that may be generated by this perception that is out there.
Are you confident that when this investigation is over, that the system will show there are no major problems with how the guard is handling reporting and the cases that come forward?
I'm confident that the assessment will come in with a better way of doing it. This is the first time we've really stepped back and evaluated from top to bottom, the entire process. I would hope they would come in and advise us of better ways to do business. So we look forward to what we will get as feedback. My feeling is we have a good system in place right now, it's a workable system that follows all of DOD's processes and regulations and I'm thinking an outside look will provide that much more suggestions that we can incorporate and make this better.
My last question would be, you just mentioned Guard members and a perception of what's happening. What would be your concern about perception? We know there are high rates of assault, what perception are you concerned about?
Well, the perception I'm concerned about is that, in the past five years, 70% of reported assaults, the perpetrator was a member of our community, not the National Guard. So 11 assaults in five years, those members were Guard members who committed those acts, so out of 37 cases, only 11 have we had to discipline one of our own members over. The rest, the other 26 cases, are all cases were we have provided exceptional support for the victim. Those victim advocates have engaged. We've taken the victims to local law enforcement, supported them through all of the issues and tried to make sure we could be there for them. That's what's not getting reported here is DOD as an organization has provided incredible response in taking care of the soldiers and airmen that are assigned in the National Guard and that's where I'm really afraid the perception is being missed here.
Is the Guard looking at, the people who have been victimized. Are there efforts underway to track back and look at where are people getting into positions where they're at risk. Is there research into that so you can help young men and young women avoid some of those pitfalls?
There's always different types of training we have people exposed to and mandate and some of the best is bystander training where not only do you train people to look out for themselves and not put themselves into harm's way but also train soldiers to look out for other people that may be inadvertently putting themselves in harm's way. So they teach them how to carefully approach a situation and defuse it. Sometimes a third party, that extra set of eyes that the potential victim may not be able to see. So your answer is yes, we're training people to be safer and we're training them to look out for each other and realistically that's how you start solving all of these problems is everyone becomes aware of looking out for each other.


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Welcome to Leslie County, Redbud Capital of the World!
Nestled in the heart of the Appalachia Mountains, Leslie County is a land blessed by nature. In spring there is the striking beauty of red bud trees in full bloom, in autumn the wonderful colors of fall foliage, and year around breathtaking sunsets seen from ridge tops. Formed in 1878 from parts of Clay, Harlan and Perry Counties, Leslie County was named for Preston H. Leslie, a former governor of the state of Kentucky. Located in the Eastern Coal Fields Region, the population of approximately 12,000 people is spread over the county's 404 square miles. For information on the county seat of Hyden, please visit the city's website.
Leslie County is home to the Frontier Nursing Service founded by Mary Breckinridge in 1925. The Service was established to improve the health of mothers and babies, later expanded to providing healthcare to the whole family. Today it includes the Mary Breckinridge Hospital; five rural health clinics; a home health agency; the Wendover Bed and Breakfast Inn, a National Historic Landmark; and the world-renowned Frontier Nursing University.
Frontier Nursing University is one of two institutions of higher learning located in Leslie County. Founded in 1939, it is both the birthplace of nurse midwifery education in the United States and the oldest continually operating school of nurse midwifery in the country. FSMFN developed the first certificate program to prepare family nurse practitioners. Through distance learning, degrees are granted at the master's and doctoral level.
Also located in Hyden is a branch campus of Hazard Community and Technical College. HCTC offers associate degrees in the arts and sciences. In addition, it is the home of the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, the only one of its kind in the United States. The School of Bluegrass grants an associate degree, "The Professional Studio Artist Specialization in Bluegrass and Traditional music."
For the adventure enthusiast our Daniel Boone Trail system creates a playground for ATV's. Our trails are open to dirt bikes, utility vehicles such as Rhino's, Rangers and Mules, horseback riding and hiking and has nearly 100 miles of trails extending into Clay County. Since the trails are primarily located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, don't be surprised if you encounter elk, turkey and deer. You can spend countless hours enjoying the trails as well as the wildlife, so bring your camera and get ready for an experience you will want to have again. Also, at the entrance of the trailhead you will find the Willie Begley Memorial RV Park. The park has 27 slots with electric, water and cable tv. Each slot has its own picnic table and fire ring for camp fires. Bathrooms and showers are located in the trailhead building.
If the trails are not just what you're looking for, maybe you'll enjoy the Trace Branch Recreational Area on Buckhorn Lake in Leslie County. Located 13 miles from Hyden, you will surely be impressed with all that Trace Branch has to offer. Hunting, fishing, boating, camping, hiking and swimming are some of the activities you'll enjoy. The recreational area contains a picnic shelter with electric, water, boat ramp, boat dock and restrooms. You will also find 14 reservable camp sites with electric and water. Amenities include a shower house, playground, horse shoe pit and fishing area.
With all this and so much more Leslie County is truly a great place to visit, a great place to live.


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Dark of the Moon
Author: Rachel Hawthorne
Format: Paperback
Pages: 262
Language: English
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: November 26, 2020
I've loved him forever, but he can never be mine.
Brittany is determined to prove herself to the Dark Guardians. And yet she's been keeping a devastating secret: She hasn't experienced any of the intense, early signs of change that mark a Dark Guardian's transformation. The only intense feelings she has are for Connor - and she's kept that a secret, too. But she knows she'll never truly have Connor's love if she's not a Shifter like him.
At the first full moon after her birthday, her greatest fear is realized: She doesn't transform. Brittany is so desperate to become a wolf that she'll go to extremes she never thought possible... and put all the Dark Guardians in incredible danger.


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From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people.
Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains.
So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
In our nation, where once scholars roamed the halls of academia, we now have socialists, anarchists, and even avowed terrorists donning professor's robes....Where people were once innocent until proven guilty, they are now found to be guilty, despite their innocence, by the prosecutorial mainstream media and in the court of public opinion....Where the anti-establishment of the 1960s and '70s have now become the establishment of the past three decades....Where once policemen and servicemen were revered and honored and criminals, thugs, and enemies were reviled and abhorred, now the reverse is true....Where we now have people who kneel during the playing of our national anthem, yet fewer and fewer people are kneeling in prayer in our houses of worship....Where once the Judeo-Christian principles on which our nation was founded were valued and protected, our principles are being demeaned and attacked. Is this not the world turned upside down?
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|Ggagg Xał, Bear Trap. Told by Edna Deacon at the home of Alta Jerue, Anvik, AK, October 2002.
|Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Transcribed and translated by Donna Miller MacAlpine, Edna Deacon, and Alice Taff. (words added for clarification), {false start}, [note]
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|Yeah. That's when I was about three years old too, when I first wanted to go with my father.
|Getiy istl'i ts'i {siyi} sito' yił
|Really small I was when with my father
|I start to go (by boat, paddling).
|Giłixdi, a,
|One time, ah,
|"Ggagg xał ghinontasiqa venhdidi," ne.
|"A bear trap I'm going to paddle to it tomorrow," he says.
|Gididhisne' ts'i yitongo.
|I never said anything meanwhile.
|Xiłts'in gitr'iłnonh xingo dinanoł di'ne.
|While we're eating our evening meal he said it.
|"Ngo enastał," xividisne, gaghison' yiq.
|"I'll go to bed," I tell them, as soon as I ate.
|Nastanh sughił nagidaq itl'e.
|I went to bed (and) I fell asleep fast.
|Vinixiłyiq dong yitots'i che tr'inisdhit tth'e
|Really early then I woke up while still
|vił dit'anh.
|they are sleeping.
|Sito' q'idigganisdonh uxiyił.
|My father gets up all of a sudden.
|Yixi q'ugindli'iyh.
|He's going around quietly.
|Sinił'anh. "Yiq'i. Tr'iningidhidegh," siłne.
|He sees me. "Oh my. You woke up," he says to me.
|"E," vidisne.
|"Yes," I told him.
|{ngi} "Ngiyił ditast'eł."
|"With you I am going."
|"Qi! Ngo getiy ingistl'i," siłne.
|"Hah! Well you are too small," he tells me.
|"Dałine' ngiyił ditast'eł," vidisne.
|"Even so I'm going with you," I tell him.
|Ts'i yitots'i tr'itolal
|So then the things we'll take
|tr'ughił dini'ela.
|he's putting them right there.
|Xal dhith yił ye gila.
|The packsack, in it he puts them.
|Diggadhi'oy yił
|A knife
|iy ye ghelo.
|he puts it in it.
|Dranedr xonet xiyił,
|For our lunch,
|q'ugidałchik ts'i, uxitiy yił yiy yighelo.
|the lunch food, those things too he puts in.
|Ixudiniy yitots'i
|Hurrying then,
|toł ghezrisr.
|tea he drank.
|"Ngdedig, {dhon} dhon ngidineyh," siłne.
|"You too, put something in your mouth," he tells me.
|Yuxudz isiyoq
|I did that.
|Ixiłdik, tth'igitr'endli'enh yitongo
|Then we went quietly out while
|dina yix
|(in) our house
|singonh and sichidlqay, soda ye yił
|my mother, my little brothers and my older sisters
|tth'e vił {xal} xałtingh yitongo.
|still they are all sleeping.
|We started going quietly out.
|Ngitthing tr'inedatl xiyił.
|Down (to the river) we went.
|"Ngo ngine' xingith at,
|"Well it's a long ways upriver,
|xał dhi'onh xiy,
|(to where) that trap is,
|{tth'itr'ito} tr'itoqał," ne.
|to paddle," he says.
|Ts'i yitots'i vedoy,
|So then the canoe,
|vedoy chux ghit'an'.
|a big canoe he had.
|Iy ye tr'ighedatl.
|In it we went.
|Ngine' tidhiqanh.
|Upriver he starts paddling.
|Anet qay tr'ixatidhi'odi nolełdi,
|Above the village where we go around where there's an eddy,
|ntr'inedatl xiyił, vił diseloq.
|when we got there, I was falling asleep.
|Vił nagidaq itl'e vedoy yit.
|I just fell asleep inside the canoe.
|Deg xidhi'onh xiyił soqo xinayh.
|After a while for me he was calling.
|Soqo xinayh ts'in'.
|For me he is calling.
|"Xayh?" vidisne.
|"What?" I tell him.
|"Sigidina' k'idz," siłne,
|"My little doll," he says to me,
|"tr'iningidhit, he'?"
|"are you awake?"
|"Tr'aningdidhid, he'?" siłne ts'i xiyił.
|"Did you wake up?" he tells me then.
|"E," vidisne. {ts}
|"Yes," I said to him.
|Xełedz yitots'i diggadhisdo.
|Nicely then I sat up.
|Ts'i yitots'in' ntithiqanh.
|So then he starts to paddle.
|Ngine' xingith
|Up river long ways
|yiggin neloy, a, a,
|that one the end of the island
|ne niq xigho xunedhit.
|behind the island we went.
|Yit ditidhiqanh yitots'in'.
|There he paddled in there then.
|Ghiqał, deg ghiqał.
|He's just paddling, around there he's paddling.
|"Ane' tr'ini'at githitl'onh,
|"Right up there it's set (the bear trap),
|dichixidhi'odi," ne.
|in that little creek," he says.
|"Xighehal 'n," siłne.
|"Don't talk," he tells me.
|"Ivanhtegh xaghingo'," siłne.
|"Be careful not to talk," he tells me.
|Tri'yet yitots'i, ghidhitidhisino gits'i dhisdo,
|(In) the canoe then, I sit without moving,
|xingo tr'ixeneg ts'i ghiqał .
|while really carefully he paddles.
|Dadz it'anh ti'ogg axa.
|He's doing this with his paddle. [[Edna demonstrates - with one hand, without the paddle touching the side of the boat, keeping the paddle in the water, he stirs the water with it.]
|Yitistey ts'in'.
|He didn't lift it up (out of the water).
|Dit'anh xiyił, dadz idiyoq.
|Doing this, is what he did.
|{n} Nigginaqanh.
|He paddled to shore.
|Tr'ixeneg ts'i yitots'i,
|Really carefully then,
|{xi} xistl'i xiyozr ts'i diqxiyidhiggisr vedoy.
|a little way, he dragged up the canoe.
|"Dadz it'anh," yitongo,
|"Like this," (putting his finger to his lips) meanwhile,
|and, diqigendli'enh.
|up the bank he starts sneaking.
|Dałtidl ghiteł ts'in'.
|His gun he's carrying.
|Ntl-'anh yitongo,
|I'm watching him while,
|uxiyił adiq neyo xiyił.
|suddenly up there he stopped.
|Dałtidl dadz di'eloq.
|His gun he aims.
|{n n } Ntthighist'onh yitots'i.
|I put my head down then.
|Sidze xiyił oqo diniginek. {tr'ingin}
|My ears I cover.
|{n} Yiq ninist'onh.
|Down I hold it (my head).
|Uxiyił gididltił.
|All of a sudden he shot.
|Che nigididltił.
|Again he shot.
|Uxiyił, xit'on-ghideyo.
|Suddenly he rushed down the bank.
|"Agide. Datltił iy," yiłne.
|"OK. I shot it," he tells me.
|"Gil diqidhexoyh," siłne.
|"So come on up the bank," he tells me.
|{how you} "A iy xał,
|"That packsack there,
|sits'i ne'oyh," siłne.
|give it to me," he tells me.
|Itlchedi, ngidoth,
|When I pick it up, it's (so) heavy,
|dred yuxudz yi'isi'onh.
|I can barely lift it up.
|"A gon, he'?" vidisne. "E," siłne. [The word ''vidisne" is cut short here by some electronic error.]
|"This one?" I ask him. "Yes," he says.
|Dred yitots'i angthi yit
|Barely (able), to the bow there
|ghisggisr ts'i xiyił.
|I dragged it.
|Xidigał vughi niyinisggisr.
|Finally I drag it near him.
|"Ngo, {gitr} gidhitl'anh," ne.
|"Well, I killed something," he says.
|"Xał ye dathdo," ne.
|"It is in the trap," he says.
|"Gil, diqon ngitatltał," siłne.
|"So, I'll take you up," he tells me.
|Silo' itingh ts'i diqo tr'athdatl.
|He holds my hand (and) we walk up.
|"Aniggi gidet iy," siłne.
|"It's right back there," he tells me.
|Xingo nigijit,
|Meanwhile, I'm scared,
|ine' dughi didhisne' ts'in'.
|but I never tell him.
|Vughi ntr'inedatldi,
|When we walk right up to it,
|soxo yuxudz diggantodox, xiy yiggiy.
|to me it's like it would get up, that one right there.
|Getiy ngichux,
|It was really big,
|ggagg chux anh, yiditltił xiy,
|a big animal, the one that he shot,
|xał ye dhido ts'i yiditltił.
|the one in the trap that he shot.
|"On," siłne.
|"Come here," he tells me.
|Gho niso yitots'i.
|I walk over to him then.
|He lifts me up.
|Yisiłtanh ts'i,
|He lifts me up;
|"A go viqididhedo iy," siłne.
|"Right here sit on this one," he tells me.
|Ggagg chux q'idz yitots'i,
|That big animal on top of it then,
|he puts me down.
|Xingo, "Giggin tasq'o," ne.
|Meanwhile, "I'll sharpen this one," he says.
|"Sigidadhi'oy q'an tasq'o," ne.
|"My knife blade I'll sharpen," he says.
|Yit dhisdo xingo,
|There I sit while,
|siyił diggantodox xiggiy yuxudz.
|To me (it seems) it will get up that one.
|Ghitidinoy xiq'i; inagitr'ik ts'i xiyił.
|It's moving (the muscles are twitching); I close my eyes.
|Getiy nigijit ts'in'.
|I'm really scared.
|"Agide nedho ts'i viq'i dangdo' iy," siłne ts'i. ["A gon q'uditet'ał."]
|"OK, long enough you sat on it," he tells me. [While reviewing the recording, Edna added that her father also said to her, "Be like this animal."]
|Nughin sughiłtanh.
|He took me down off it.
|"Gil, sits'i itene," siłne.
|"OK, you're going to help me," he tells me.
|"A go vilo', ingting' soxo," siłne.
|"Right here its hand, hold it for me," he tells me.
|"Gho'in sitatlch'ił," yiłne.
|"I'm going to start skinning it," he says.
|Deg yitots'i, "Gogide vilo', gon ingting'," siłne.
|So then, "Here is it's hand, hold it," he tells me.
|Xah! Getiy soxo ngidoth!
|Wow! Really for me (it is) heavy!
|Vilo', dadz isiyoq.
|It's hand, down I went (with it).
|"Ngo, getiy ngidoth iy," vidisne xingo,
|"Well too heavy it is," I tell him while,
|diqi sixiq'a {wiy} vogh gitr'ogi'anh.
|up I'm trying to lift it.
|Istingh' ts'in'.
|I'm holding it (with both hands).
|Deg yitots'i, {srił teyagh}
|There then,
|how he say...
|Deg xiłdik sriłt'i yighet'otth,
|There then he made a long cut,
|viggon yił ngiyiq vilo'.
|(in) its arm and down into the hand.
|Ts'in' sriłt'i yighet'otth.
|Down in there he cuts it,
|And ngiyiggi, a, vitth'in yił,
|And down there, ah, and the leg,
|voxo yisting' xingo.
|I'm it holding it too meanwhile.
|"A gon dits'a vughin titatlch'ił," ne, "vitth'in."
|"First this one I'll skin," he says, "its leg."
|Deg yughin tth'e iłch'ił.
|He keeps on skinning it
|vitth'in ixidet'an'.
|you could see the leg.
|{A go, how we} "A go vitth'agh,
|"Right here this sinew,
|enast'ith," yiłne.
|I'll cut off," he says.
|Nitl'anh yitots'i.
|I'm watching him then.
|Gho xiyoditl'an ts'in'.
|I'm not worried about it.
|"Enast'ith," yiłne ine'.
|"I'm going to cut it off," he says but.
|Yadz iy tathdlo.
|Out he takes it (the sinew).
|Giłiggi ts'in ts'i yadz iy tatht'otth.
|The other side sinew out he cut it.
|"Gil sughi nehoy," siłne.
|"Walk over here to me," he says to me.
|"Angyix ngitth'ol,
|"Your pants (pant legs) down there,
|ngidixi xits'in' neyesr," siłne.
|roll them up," he tells me.
|Ine', ndadz xo'in vididhisne' ts'in'.
|But, what for I didn't ask him.
|"Xiday ngitth'in?" siłne, "Ngdixi nigelyex," siłne. Yuxudz disiyoq.
|"Where is your leg?" he says. "Roll up your pant leg," he says. I did all that.
|Vitth'agh yitots'i dadz yeting'.
|Its sinew then this way he holds it.
|sitth'in q'idz dadz eł'anh.
|on my leg this way he rubs it (the sinew).
|"Ixałts'in che," siłne, yuxudz.
|The other side too," he tells me.
|Ngidixi nigidhisyetr.
|I roll it up.
|Tth'ax yuxudz sughi
|The sinew on me,
|sitth'in q'idz dadz eł'anh.
|my leg on it like that he rubs it.
|"A gon q'i ditet'ał," siłne ts'i. ["Xididlinkdi ene' q'utedoyh."]
|"Like this one you're going to be," he tells me. [While reviewing the recording, Edna added that her father also said to her, "Even the steepest place you'll walk."]
|{agi} "Nigiviye tr'idivirz che,
|"Your jacket too,
|ndidhełcheth iy," siłne.
|take it off," he says.
|Siggon che yuxudz a ghił'an',
|My arm again he did,
|tth'ax axa, bear tth'ax.
|with sinew, bear sinew.
|"A gon a getiy,
|"This one very like it,
|itetl'itth," siłne.
|you'll be strong," he says.
|Ndadz sre' dixiłne yitongo.
|I don't know what he's talking about though.
|"Deg yitots'i agide," siłne.
|"Now that's it," he tells me.
|Xidigał, xidigał,
|Finally, finally,
|giłix ts'in,
|one side,
|yughin tth'e ił{chis}ch'ił ts'i {xi} xiq'i niłnek.
|he finished skinning one side.
|"Dadz xizro ditatleł ," yiłne.
|"I'm only going to go this far," he said.
|"Ngo xo tr'entlnik," ne.
|"We are too tired," he says.
|"Getiy ni'igide'on'," ne.
|"The sun is shining too hard," he says.
|"Tr'ixatiłq'oł ts'i.
|I'm going to make a fire.
|Gitr'itoxeł xidetthal," ne.
|We will eat first," he says.
|"Chay yił tr'itiłts'en."
|"We'll make tea."
|Ngi'egh yitots'i
|Outside then
|q'el tritr dughił'an.
|dry willow wood he gets.
|Xidiłq'onh yitots'in'.
|He made a fire then.
|Q'eyh yił dughiłch'ił.
|Also birch bark he peels.
|Iy axa xidiłq'onh.
|With it he makes fire.
|Q'eyh neg dughiłch'ił.
|Nice birch bark he peeled.
|Yixo'ot niynit'onh.
|Over here he put it down.
|And xidiłq'onh, chay yił {itlch'enh} itlts'enh.
|On the fire, tea he makes.
|Q'utr'idalyayh xiyił tr'inelo.
|Lunch he takes out.
|"Gil ge'oł," siłne.
|"Chew on this," he says.
|yixi ngin yuxudz dhisdo ts'i gisi'oł.
|there I sit on the ground and chew it.
|Xingo, idedig yixi dhido ts'i gi'oł.
|Meanwhile, he too he sits and chews.
|Tl'itay yił sitl'o ghelo'.
|A pancake on my hand (right on the palm) he puts.
|"Te q'at, he'?" siłne.
|"Do you want water?" he asks me.
|"E," vidisne.
|"Yes," I say.
|Te sitl'o ghiqonh ts'i.
|Water he hands me.
|Iy ghisinen'.
|I drink it down.
|"Ntux xiyorzda' che,
|"In a little while,
|dałts'in che,
|on the other side,
|ghon, ghon tthitr'itola'," yiłne.
|on this side we'll start skinning," he says.
|Deg yitr'athdo xiyił.
|Around there we are just sitting.
|"A go q'eyh, getiy,
|"This birch bark here, really,
|viye ginda xiy
|a berry basket [lit. in it you pick]
|xonet ngizrenh xiq'i lo chenh iy," siłne.
|looks like it would be good for, sure enough," he tells me.
|"Long ago
|gilegiq axa
|with paper (pattern)
|yigixigheghok qul," siłne.
|they didn't use," he tells me.
|"Xidilo' yan' axa..."
|"With their hands only..."
|I don't know how to say measure. My father told me about that birch bark what he put aside, he want to tell me.
|Long ago he said they didn't have no pattern to make basket to pick berries or to exchange for money or for food.
|Ditr'aghiłch'ił xiy, a,
|The birch we peeled, ah,
|go dadz 'n a {dihil} dili'anh.
|like this they fold it.
|He said you don't measure. You had to measure by your hands.
|{Nil} "Yixlo' axa 'n at
|"With your hands
|you measure it, na'ił," siłne.
|you measure it," he tells me.
|Ndadz sre' dixiłine.
|I don't know what he's talking about.
|Gho xiyo didhitl-'an ts'in'.
|I never think about it.
|"Gil ggagg che, {ghon nux}
|"That bear again,
|gho xitr'ididineyh," ne.
|on it we'll start to work," he says.
|"Gil sits'i ingine dałts'in,
|"You'll help me on that side,
|dałts'in, a,
|on that side, ah,
|gits'an tr'ititiłtał," yiłne.
|over we'll roll it," he says.
|"Gil vilo' ingting'," siłne.
|"Go ahead its hand you hold," he tells me.
|Getiy ngidoth
|Really heavy
|ine' dughi datldhik.
|but about it I didn't say anything.
|Vits'i isne ts'i xiq'i gitr'ogi'anh yitongo.
|I'm trying to help while I'm struggling.
|Xidigał yughin tthi'iłch'ił ts'in',
|Finally with that one skinning it,
|yughi q'i'elnek.
|he's finished.
|"Gil niłughi'o tr'itolayh," yiłne.
|"OK, we'll separate them (both arms and legs)," he says.
|Yiggon yił
|Its arms
|yadz tit'oth ts'in',
|off he cuts,
|and vitth'in yił.
|it's legs too.
|Xidigał vitthe' che yadz {tax}
|Finally its head off
|yadz yitatht'ots.
|off he cuts it.
|"Ixiłdik vicho che tr'igitolyał," yiłne.
|"Then (from) its abdomen, we'll take out the guts," he says.
|Yuxudz diyeloq.
|He did all that.
|"Gee, getiy xu'enatlniq," vidisne nitl-'anh xingo.
|"Gee, I'm really tired," I tell him while I'm looking at him.
|Q'i'elnek ts'i.
|He's finished.
|"Ngitthing gil vedoy gho non-gitr'itolyał," siłne.
|"Down there to that canoe close by (it) we'll carry it," he tells me.
|"Xiday iy viye q'ugidighay?"
|"Where is that packsack?" [In it stuff is carried,]
|Iy ye
|In it
|nelang k'idz ghelo.
|a little meat he put.
|"Gon gila ghing-ghał," siłne.
|"Here carry this on your back," he tells me.
|Getiy ngidoth soxo.
|Really heavy for me (it is).
|Dred yuxudz
|Barely (able to pack it) all
|vith q'idz nonisiyo viyił.
|on the bank I went with it.
|Yit yitots'i ngin
|There then on the ground
|tritl deniłq'oyh,
|he chopped willows,
|iy yiq'idz yitots'i nelang, dathdlo vith q'idz.
|and on top of it he put the meat, on top of the bank.
|"Gil tth'e ngo tth'e tr'an-gitr'itolyayh," siłne.
|"Still more we are going to carry out," he tells me.
|Nginiq viyił ntisdoyh ts'i.
|Back there with him I walk.
|Xadhith ye gi'oyh soxo.
|The packsack in he puts (little pieces) for me.
|Getiy ngidoth soxo.
|Really heavy (it is) for me.
|Xidigał q'itr'elnek.
|Finally we finish it.
|"A go gil dhedo,
|"Sit right here,
|xingo vedoy ye,
|while into the canoe,
|vedoy ye ngitatla," ne.
|into canoe I'll pack it," he says.
|Yit dhisdo ts'in' nitl-'anh getiy yuxudz vił axa.
|There I'm sitting watching, (getting) really sleepy.
|Itl'e yuxudz vił nagidaq.
|I just fall asleep.
|Ine' tr'ansiniłdhit.
|But he wakes me up.
|"Xiday iy nelang?" {wis} vidisne.
|"Where is the meat?" I ask him.
|"Q'idong vedoy yet iy. Ngo nasrididił," siłne.
|"Already in the canoe. We are going to leave," he tells me.
|Silo' iting ts'i,
|He's holding my hand,
|vedoy ye nsughiłtanh.
|into the canoe he put me.
|Ts'i, nasrithidatl.
|So, we left.
|Ndi iy nughidiqał.
|A long way down he paddles.
|Yiqi qay xonet Tr'ixadidhi'odi,
|That point, Tr'ixadidhi'odi,
|nontr'ididatl ts'i yit yuxudz,
|(when) we reached that place,
|vił nagidaq.
|I fell asleep.
|Deg xidhi'onh getiy nedhod ts'i ndałonh.
|A really long way (I was sleeping) maybe.
|"Ithe tr'aningdidhit," siłne.
|"You should wake up," he says to me.
|"E," vidisne.
|"Yes," I tell him.
|"A gogide dina qay," siłne.
|"Right there is our village," he tells me.
|Xełedz xinitl'anhdi.
|Carefully I'm looking at that place,
|Niq, niq {vi} xeting'.
|The shore, the shore he's holding with his paddle.
|"A go niq nisqanh, ingtthegh ghisqałdi yiggin satełghith,
|"I paddled to the shore, (if) I paddle way out there you might tip us over,
|{ving} vił ingałtingh, dixo'in," siłne.
|you were sleeping, is why," he tells me.
|"Getiy nedho ts'i niq {ghis} xaghisting' a got," ne.
|"A really long time I hold to the bank right here," he says.
|Che che iłgon, iłgon yinetthiyh,
|He pushed (with his paddle) and pushed away,
|a, vedoy ts'in' tithiqanh.
|ah, the canoe and he starts paddling again.
|Nodiqał xidigał,
|He's still paddling finally,
|to the shore we come.
|Sichidl yozr, Mickey, adiq ndidhit.
|My younger brother, Mickey, was standing up (on the bank) there.
|Nginiggi xits'i {izr} Mama ts'i izrił.
|Back there he's hollering to my mom.
|"Nixididatl," dina iłne.
|"They came back," he says about us.
|Tr'ixeneg ts'i yitots'i,
|Carefully then,
|dina valgats q'idh,
|our big boat alongside it,
|a, niggonyinetonh,
|ah, at the shore he arrived,
|yit yitots'i valgats iy tiłchith.
|there then to the (other) boat he ties up.
|Ts'i yitots'i donsiniłtanh.
|So then he lifts me into the other (boat).
|Ngidiggi yitots'i xidonigiggok.
|Up there then I run inside.
|Singonh nughił daghisine'.
|My mother I told about it,
|"Sito' gathdlanh," vidisne.
|"My father killed something", I tell her.
|Gee, {sh} getiy viyexuneł.
|Gee, she was really happy about it.
|Sichidlqay ye, yił, getiy xiviyił xuneł.
|My younger brothers, too, were happy about it.
|Ngitthing tr'anitl-'eł, xałne.
|Down there they want to see, they say.
|"Ngo, venhdidi iy," xiłne.
|"Well, tomorrow," he tells them.
|"Ngo diqon tagiyayh iy,
|"Well, up the bank I'll carry it.
|Ngi'in a tthe sanh yix ntatlayh," yiłne.
|Over there to our smoke house I'll carry it in," he tells her.
|Xidontr'ididatl ts'i.
|We come inside.
|Totl'ogh diqon didliyo xitl'ogh xidontr'ididatl,
|He carries it up and afterwards we go into the house,
|dinan a yił q'an-gitr'itlda.
|and we wash our faces.
|After that,
|"Gitohel," dina iłne singonh.
|"You'll eat," my mother tells us.
|Ts'i yitots'i gitr'aghiłno'.
|So then we ate.
|"Ngo venhdidi gho q'utr'ididineyh.
|"Tomorrow we'll work on it.
|Tr'itiłvatr," yiłne.
|We're going to start cooking," he says.
|Yit venhdidi yitots'i,
|There next day then,
|vinixiłts'eg yitots'i tr'inedhit.
|really early in the morning he got up.
|Yughi q'utithinek.
|At it he started to work.
|How you
|Yit vinixiłyiq,
|That time in the morning,
|getiy vinixiłts'eg tr'inisdhit.
|really early in the morning I wake up.
|Gho xiyoditl-'anh ts'in'.
|I was worried.
|"Ndadz sre' diyitoleł," inisdhinh ts'in'.
|"I wonder what he's going to do to it," I am thinking.
|"Oh, my!
|Diggandhedong yi q'idong," siłne.
|Your'e up already," he says to me.
|"You're too small," siłne.
|"You're too small," he says to me.
|"Ngits'i itasne," vidisne.
|"I'll help you," I tell him.
|So then,
|nixidiłq'onh ts'i.
|he made the fire.
|Chay yił {ni'i} ni'itltsenh ts'i.
|He's making the tea.
|Tl'itay xizro
|Pancakes only
|I ate.
|"Yitotl'ogh xiłdik ngo q'utr'ididineyh, nelang.
|"Afterwards then we are going to work on it, the meat.
|Ngitthing sanh yix niłtotr'itot'oth.
|Down there in our smoke house (into) pieces we'll cut it.
|Etho(k) ye gitr'itiłvatr," ne.
|In a pot we'll boil it," he says.
|Viyił ditast'an ts'in.
|With him I go.
|Voxo te diqon igiyayh.
|For him water I carry up.
|Getiy nedhod ts'i te diqon ghigiyik.
|For a long time I carried water up.
|Tingił getiy nistl'i xiy axa dist'anh, dixo'in.
|A pail (that's) really small I use, that's why.
|Sanh yix xitots'i xidiłq'onh.
|In the smoke house then he made a fire.
|The pot
|dughi yidiłq'onh yit
|(he put) over the fire there
|xidiłiq'onhdi xodiq.
|the fireplace above it.
|Gitadhivatr yitots'in'.
|It starts to boil then.
|{yiggin ił} Yiggi iłniyh tux,
|When that is finished cooking,
|a, tth'ok chux ye yila.
|he put it in a big pan.
|Giye che iyen'ila tovatr iy.
|In it again he put it (more meat) to cook.
|Deg xiłdik tth'ok chux xidigał,
|There then (onto) the big dish finally,
|ndadz sre' xidinałt'ay uxidenek.
|I don't know how many (potfulls) he made.
|"Agide gidhivatr," ne.
|"There, it's all cooked," he says.
|Tr'inxodhił ts'in',
|All day,
|ndałon dranedr xotl'ogh,
|maybe after midday,
|"Gil ngi'egh, 'On,' dene," siłne.
|"Now out there, 'Come,' tell them," he tells me.
|"'Yux tth'ok zro uxlał,' xughi dene," siłne.
|"'Your dish only bring along,' tell them," he tells me.
|Yitots'i q'untux q'utasiyo.
|Then among (the houses) I start walking around.
|"Sito', on, yixiłne.
|"My father, come, he says.
|Yux tth'ok uxteł ts'i,"
|Your dish bring,"
|yixiłne xividisne.
|to them I'm saying what he told me.
|Ts'i yitots'i yi'odz tr'itathdatl.
|So then over they come.
|Yixido' iva'a,
|Way down there grandpa (Arthur Fairbanks' father),
|"Iva'a yił, andhighel nughin," siłne.
|"And grandpa, don't forget about him," he tells me.
|Anh dettha nughił dighisine.
|That's the first person I told to come over.
|Yi'odz neyo yitots'in'.
|Up he came then.
|Getiy longhin,
|Lots of people,
|yi'odz nedatl.
|up they came.
|Sanh yix xi'o
|Outside the smoke house
|niłtedilay dendhi'o.
|drift logs are lying.
|Iy xiq'idz xididltth'e ngi'egh.
|On them they sit outside.
|"Gil xivo nehoyh ts'i, 'Xiday yux tth'ok?' xughidene," siłne.
|"Now walk among them, 'Where is your dish?' ask them," he tells me.
|Iva'a detth'a ghin niso, "Xiday ngitth'ok?"
|Grandpa first to him I walk, "Where is your dish?"
|"A gogidet iy," siłne.
|"Here it is," he tells me.
|Gho yitlche ts'i ngiyiq sanh yix yitots'i,
|From him I pick it up (and) to the smoke house and,
|"Gogide iva'a tth'ok," vidisne.
|"Here is grandpa's dish," I tell him.
|Yixo, a, tth'ok ye gighelo.
|For him, ah, in the dish he put something (the food).
|"Iva'a, giq'ux yan' ne," vidisne.
|"Grandpa, fat only he says," I tell him (my father).
|And sito',
|And my father,
|"Yuxudz xiyan' di'ne," siłne {my} sito'.
|"That's all he ever says", says my father.
|{ho noy yis} Iva'a ghinon siq'onh.
|Grandpa to him I carry (it).
|"Gogidet iy", vidisne.
|"Here it is", I tell him.
|"Xiday doghiyiq?" siłne.
|"Where's the salt?" he says to me.
|Sanh yix xidonigiggok.
|I run back into the smokehouse.
|"Iva'a, doghiyiq
|"Grandpa, salt
|q'a di'ne," vidisne.
|he wants he says," I tell him.
|"Gogidet iy."
|"Here it is."
|Gho yitlchet ts'in iva'a ghi nonigiggok.
|From him I take it (and) to grandpa I run back.
|"Gogidet iy doghiyiq," vidisne.
|"Here is the salt," I tell him.
|Dadz iyeluq, "Agidet doghiyiq yan',
|He holds it up, "Here it is salt (with it) only,
|axa liniyh iy 'n iy," siłne.
|it's tasty with that", he tells me.
|Che, che,
|the ones that are sitting side by side,
|yitots'i xughi tth'ok itlchik ts'i,
|and then their dishes I take,
|ngiyiq sanh yix xidonisiteyh ts'i.
|into to the smoke house I carry them (one at a time).
|Xidigał yuxudz xughixidisnek.
|Finally all of them I finished.
|Xiyił sito',
|And my father,
|"Xiday ngitth'ok ngidenix."
|"Where is your dish? You too."
|"Gogidet iy," vidisne.
|"Here it is," I tell him.
|"Sitth'ok k'idz", vidisne.
|"My little dish," I tell him.
|Gho noyinsitonh.
|To him I carry it.
|I tease him.
|Iditleł sito'.
|I tease my father
|"Giq'ux yan'," vidisne.
|"Fat only," I tell him.
|"Ngo sraqay q'ux, q'ux xitlno' ts'i," siłne.
|"Well, children fat, fat they don't eat," he tells me.
|"Gogide viye gaghis'onh iy."
|"Here I put some in."
|"What!" (I say.)
|Teq'a nelang k'idz viye dhi'on sitth'ok.
|Two little pieces of meat are in my dish.
|"Agidet teheł iy.
|"Here is what you'll eat.
|Gogidet che giq'ux k'idz," siłne.
|Here is a little fat," he tells me.
|Ngi'egh, giłnonh xivitux nonsiyo.
|Outside, the ones who are eating, among them I walk.
|Iva'a ogh,
|Grandpa near him,
|I sit down.
|"Ade, gitehel, he'?" siłne iva'a.
|"Hello, are you going to eat?" he asks me, grandpa.
|"E," vidisne.
|"Yes," I tell him.
|"Gogidet," vidisne.
|"Here it is," I tell him.
|"Yiqi, gan k'idz teheł," siłne.
|"What, so little you are going to eat," he tells me.
|Deg gisonh xiyił,
|While I was eating,
|"Ngo goxo dison'," ne iva'a.
|"Well, I already finished eating," says grandpa.
|"Go gil sitth'ok.
|"Here is my dish.
|Ngigipapa gho noningdiq'oyh," siłne.
|To your papa carry it back," he tells me.
|"Che giq'a, videne sixogh," {wi} siłne.
|"I want more, tell him for me," he tells me.
|Gho noyinsitonh.
|I carry it back to him.
|"Iva'a q'idong go gixidehonh.
|"Grandpa already finished eating.
|Che giq'a ne," vidisne.
|He says he wants more", I tell him.
|Yuxudz xiyan' disiłne," yiłne.
|"That's all he ever says to me", he says.
|Ts'i yitots'i che yiyen gighelo.
|So then again in it he puts some.
|Iva'a gho nonisiqonh.
|For grandpa I carry it back.
|And yixididltth'en
|The other ones who are sitting around
|"Goxo dołnoda'
|"When you finish eating,
|yi indituxdiqol,
|what you're going to carry home,
|yuxinh uxłchet ngiyiq sanh yix," xividisne.
|yourselves carry down (from) the smoke house," I tell them.
|Xingo iva'a gho
|Meanwhile because of grandpa
|isonh hiy xidigał.
|I'm eating something finally.
|I finish eating.


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Andrew McCutchen was selected Saturday night to participate in the 2012 Home Run Derby. McCutchen is replacing the injured Giancarlo Stanton, who underwent knee surgery and is out 4-6 weeks.
Cutch will have to buck a trend of poor Pirate performances. In 2005 Jason Bay hit zero home runs at Comerica Park. 1992 saw Barry Bonds hit a measly 2 homers out of Jack Murphy Stadium. And in 1990, Bobby Bonilla put up a goose egg in Wrigley. (It's worth noting that there were only 5 home runs hit in that entire derby combined. Ryne Sandberg lead the way with 3.)
2012 Home Run Derby participants (Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City):
National League
Matt Kemp, OF, LAD
HR this season: 12
Career high: 39 (2011)
Prior HR Derby results: last in 2011, 2 total HRs
Carlos Beltran, OF, STL
HR this season: 20
Career high: 41 (2006)
Prior HR Derby results: None
Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL
HR this season: 17
Career high: 34 (2010)
Prior HR Derby results: None
Andrew McCutchen, OF, PIT
HR this season: 18
Career high: 23 (2011)
Prior HR Derby results: None
American League
Robinson Cano, 2B, NYY
HR this season: 20
Career high: 29 (2010)
Prior HR Derby results: 2011 Champion, 32 total HRs
Mark Trumbo, 3B, LAA
HR this season: 22
Career high: 29 (2011)
Prior HR Derby results: None
Prince Fielder, 1B, DET
HR this season: 15
Career high: 50 (2007)
Prior HR Derby results: 2009 Champion, 23 total HRs, 2007 6th place, 3 total HRs
Jose Bautista, OF, TOR
HR this season: 27
Career high: 54 (2010)
Prior HR Derby results: 2011 6th place, 4 total HRs
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