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Hi! I'm new here but glad I've found you. I can't find much in the way of support in the UK (I'm from London). I had severe PE in my 1st pregnancy, and in many ways was very lucky but I'm very scared of pregnancy, birth, PE and also my parents are very worried at the thought of me potentially being so ill again which makes me feel sort of guilty and selfish for considering it.
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In my pregnancy (daughter is now 4) I started feeling unwell from about 32 weeks but this was over xmas/new year so I didn't have any appointments until 35 weeks. No one measured my bump since about 28 weeks just looked and said it was fine. I was 50% appointments at the hospital under the consultant because I have udneractive thyroid (which has always been controlled on same dose of thyroxine since about 2003) and 50% appointments with midwife near home.
When I was seen at 35 weeks at hospital I was exhausted and stressed because I felt ill and felt under pressure at work (I'm a teacher and a lot was given to me in my last 2 weeks - I was due to finish that week). My BP was v high (about 140/100) that day with +1 protein in urine so I was told I'd probably have the baby the following week. I was signed off work and started maternity leave and came into be checked every couple of days, although was left longer over the weekend as an inexperienced doctor said because my protein was trace and BP much lower on one occasion that I didn't have PE anymore. However, when I went back the BP was back up and protein +1 again so I was admitted at 36 weeks. I started feeling weirder and weirder in hospital. I felt like I was going a bit mad and very anxious and twitchy. BP not well controlled so took Labetalol. I wasn't 'ripe' for induction. I started feeling a lot worse with really twitchy feelings in my legs and spaced out at 36+5. In my notes I found out my protein was up to +2 then +3 and BP 210/110 I think before they started to induce at 37 weeks. That day I got very ill BP sky high and started throwing up violently. WHad mag sulf drip and epidural and felt so out of it and hot in my face and odd all day. Spent 24 hours in the high dependency unit. Stayed in for 6 days which drove me crazy! I fortunitately gave birth that evening and my daughter was well although small at 5lb 8oz. My BP took 6 weeks to be totally normal before I could come off the tablets but we were fine.
I've seen my consultant recently and she says I should take baby aspiriin from 7 weeks and have a placenta scan at 23 weeks. She says I don't need any blood tests/screening. I've no idea on my odds of getting it again. I'm scared of risking my life as I don't want my daughter to be without a mum. I'm scared of feeling the way I felt that day when I got so sick. Feeling bad about my parents worrying. I have asked for support if I do get pregnant as I think I'll need constant reassurance. Hopeuflly I'll get counselling.
How does nyone ever get brave enough to try again? How do you stay calm? Thanks for reading! x


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The son of Larry and Rhonda Buzbee...born 9-18-89 in Libertyville, Ill.
2012 Statistics
Named to College Sports Madness All-CAA Second Team… in third year as starter, ranked third on team with 63 tackles, including 41 solo stops… ranked second on squad with three interceptions and led team with 70 INT return yards… tied for team lead with five pass breakups and added 1.5 tackles for loss… tallied fourth career interception and third in four games in victory at Rhode Island on Oct. 27... made eight tackles, five solo, and INT in win at Maine on Oct. 20... notched eight solo tackles in Homecoming victory against Richmond on Oct. 13... recorded three solo stops and had an interception in win at Georgia State on Oct. 6... made 10 total tackles in loss at Old Dominion on Sept. 22... contributed six total tackles, three solo, against CCSU on Sept. 15... made nine tackles against Minnesota on Sept. 8... elected as team captain
2011 Statistics
Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... started all 12 games at MLB... ranked third on team with 88 tackles and 44 unassisted stops... recorded 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 interception and tied for team lead with 5 pass breakups... recovered a fumble and notched 2 QB hurries... made nine tackles in NCAA second-round playoff loss at Montana State... tied career high with 13 tackles in win over Maine... made seven tackles and notched first career sack in win over James Madison... racked up first career fumble recovery in win over Rhode Island... matched career high with 13 tackles in Colonial Clash triumph over UMass... snared first career interception in loss at William & Mary... led team with 9 tackles in win over Villanova... notched 9 tackles in win over Holy Cross... made 9 stops in win over Richmond
2010 Statistics
Played in 12 games, including 10 starts, at middle linebacker... ranked third on team with 86 tackles, including 42 unassisted stops... registered eight tackles for loss, one-half sack, two forced fumbles, a pass break-up and a QB hurry... took over starting job in week 3 following season-ending injury to senior captain Devon Jackson... notched nine tackles in NCAA quarterfinal loss to No. 5 Delaware... had two tackles in NCAA second-round win over No. 13 Bethune-Cookman... made one tackle in win at No. 9 Villanova... recorded 10 tackles in loss to No. 4 William & Mary... collected seven tackles in victory over No. 12 UMass in inaugural Colonial Clash at Gillette Stadium... made seven tackles in upset win at No. 6 James Madison... notched seven stops in Homecoming win over No. 11 Richmond... amassed 12 tackles in loss at Maine... tallied career-high 13 tackles in win over Lehigh... posted 10 tackles, career-high nine solo, in first career start at Rhode Island... posted four tackles in loss at Pittsburgh... made four tackles in win over Central Connecticut State
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Assist 9, at Maine, 2010
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Sacks 1.0, vs James Madison, 2011
Interceptions 1, 4x, last at Rhode Island 2012
Fumbles Forced 1, 2x, last vs Lehigh, 2010
Fumbles Rec. 1, vs Rhode Island, 2011
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A three-year letterwinner in football and a two-year letterwinner in basketball at Seton Hall Prep... named All-Conference First Team, All-Essex County Second Team and All-Group Third Team... named the Junior Defensive Player of the Year in Essex County... compiled eight TDs and 600 total yards on offense and 82 tackles, five sacks and one interception


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LONG VALLEY, N.J. – With less than a month before the opening round of the New Jersey Sprint Series at New Jersey Motorsports Park on June 1-3, 2012 we want everyone to know what is new for the 2012 season.
Grand Products from Bensalem PA, the importer of Top Kart, Bridgestone and Comer, is the presenting sponsor for the 2012 season. This is great for the series and the competitors who will compete for year-end merchandise and awards.
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This season all classes are going to qualify for starting positions. Qualifying will be done either by on board data acquisition system or when available with transponders. Qualifying will be done as if it were a WKA Man Cup event. This will give our many national competitors practice at this crucial point in their national program as well as let our regular divisional racers the chance to hone their skills. This will enable us to lengthen the laps for the feature events. Length of Pre-finals and finals will be determined at each individual track.
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State Representative Adam Greshin told members of the Mad River Valley Planning District (MRVPD) steering committee that the new districts proposed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 census "were a joke" but won't soon go away.
Legislative committees will begin work on a new apportionment plan that won't likely be completed until 2012.
In 2002, controversy concerning the size of each district led to a debate about equal representation; a proposal to create 15 equal-sized two-member districts was opposed by Democrats, including Warren resident and former state Representative Kinny Perot.
One of the original reapportionment proposals included splitting up Valley towns into three districts so that Waitsfield and Northfield were one district, Fayston, Starksboro and Huntington were one district, and Warren, Lincoln and Ripton made up the third.
Perot told MRVPD steering committee members, "It was clear to us that the three towns belong together."
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Greshin said, "We have every reason to think that we should still be in the same district and we should keep the districts the same."
Greshin said, "The reapportionment board looks at the state with a fine-toothed comb." A study is expected to be done soon, he added.
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Discussion in 'Politics' started by shitcunt, Jan 30, 2013.
lies never die; they just shift a little
"hurt by the biggest cut in defense spending in 40 years"
"Government spending cuts and slower inventory growth subtracted a total of 2.6 percentage points from growth."
So we can blame our efforts to lower gov't spending?
How confusing for you Republicans.
the growth of a malignant tumor is not good growth
Huge surprise. It is all the GOP's fault
Jay Carney has just got to go soon....dude has zero credibility left....
So you are happy about the GDP numbers.
no, they kinda suck. and i wonder who this guy is praying to:
"To prop up the feeble growth, Fed officials in December said they expected to keep short-term rates near zero until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5% or lower. At 7.8% in December, the unemployment rate remains above historic norms."
So you are unhappy about reduced gov't spending?
you're right, things are going great.
"These arbitrary, automatic cuts were a creation and demand of the White House in 2011," said Buck. "Twice the House has passed legislation to replace them with common sense cuts and reforms. If there was any uncertainty late last year about the sequester, it was because the Democratic-controlled Senate, per usual, never lifted a finger to pass a plan to replace it."
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Common sense cuts and reforms? You mean the ones the Republicans won't reveal?
no, the ones they passed in the House that Reid killed in the Senate
are you really that dumb?
Explain how I am wrong.
i see you got the memo.
Ah yes. The reforms that cut entitlements while protecting millionaires. Got it.
government spending 2011 by quarter
1st: 966,188
2nd: 884,957
3rd: 809,969
4th: 907,912
it appears spending was up in the 4th quarter, wtf? that don't make no sense, you said spending was down.
he also said immigration was down
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.---The Chicago Wolves saw a 1-1 tie turn into a 4-1 loss after surrendering three unanswered goals in a 7:26 span to the Charlotte Checkers Sunday night at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Left wing Brett Sterling potted the lone goal for Chicago, which was playing in its second contest of a five-game road trip.
After a scoreless first period, Charlotte (7-2-0-1) opened scoring 6:25 into the middle frame when the puck broke loose from a scrum at the far boards and landed at the stick of left wing Drayson Bowman in the slot who flipped a backhand past Wolves goaltender Matt Climie.
Chicago (6-3-1-0) tied the score at one when defenseman Brad Hunt's shot from the point was kicked away by Charlotte netminder Justin Peters but the rebound laid in the crease and Sterling pounced on the puck and poked it over the goal line at 16:58.
Peters (4-1-0) stopped 27 of 28 shots.
The Checkers grabbed control of the game at the end of the second period when they scored two markers in a 58 second span. Charlotte went up 2-1 with a power-play marker at 18:01 when forward Zach Boychuk redirected defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti's shot from the far point over the shoulder of Climie.
Forward Brett Sutter inched the Checkers ahead 3-1 when his shot from the near circle hit off the skate of a Wolves defender and past Climie at 18:59.
Charlotte closed out scoring when it entered the Wolves zone on a three-on-two rush and defenseman Justin Faulk flung a pass to the slot where center Riley Nash redirected a shot past Climie at 5:27 of the third period.
Climie (1-2-0) notched 30 saves in the loss.
The Wolves and Checkers meet in a rematch at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Chicago 0 1 0 -- 1
Charlotte 0 3 1 -- 4
First Period---None. Penalties---Andersson, Chicago (interference), 3:56; Dolan, Charlotte (hooking), 16:56; Desbiens, Chicago (fighting), 19:28; Bellemore, Charlotte (fighting), 19:28.
Second Period---1, Charlotte, Bowman 9 (Bellemore, Sanguinetti), 6:25; 2, Chicago, Sterling 3 (Hunt, Ebbett), 16:58; 3, Charlotte, Boychuk 6 (Faulk, Blanchard), 18:01 pp; 4, Charlotte, Sutter 5 (Samson, Krueger), 18:59. Penalties---Desbiens, Chicago (cross-checking), 14:48; Kassian, Chicago (roughing), 17:53; Sterling, Chicago (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:53; Welsh, Charlotte (roughing), 17:53.
Third Period---5, Charlotte, Nash 2 (Faulk), 5:27. Penalties---Rissanen, Charlotte (interference), 2:04; Connauton, Chicago (slashing), 3:19; Dalpe, Charlotte (boarding), 15:02; Bowman, Charlotte (interference), 19:42; Sterling, Chicago (goaltender interference), 20:00.
Shots on goal---Chicago: 10-11-7--28. Charlotte: 10-15-9--34. Power plays---Chicago: 0-4. Charlotte: 1-4. Goalies--Chicago, Climie (30-34). Charlotte, Peters (27-28). A---7,719. Referees---David Banfield and Jeff Smith. Linesmen---Paul Carnathan and Terry Wicklum.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.---The Chicago Wolves saw a 1-1 tie turn into a 4-1 loss after surrendering three unanswered goals in a 7:26 span to the Charlotte Checkers Sunday night at Time Warner Cable Arena.


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Does exploiting in-game bugs to circumvent paywalls qualify as theft?
UPDATE: You can read EA's response to this story here.
Some call it cheating, but I've always thought of in-game bugs and exploits as loopholes.
While I've never much cared to take advantage of these loopholes, finding even the most harmless cheating often defeats the point of playing games in the first place, it's always been a widespread practice that's rarely a big deal outside of multi-player games.
That was then; this is now.
Dead Space 3 may pave the road toward a much more ambiguous interpretation of in-game exploits and the act of sharing or reporting on these exploits online.
The latest sci-fi horror shooter from EA includes micro-transactions, despite being a paid game. But enterprising players have already found ways to exploit the in-game shop, not through piracy but through bugs in the game itself which—at least so far—EA has not patched out of existence.
Game Front published some of these exploits, as they and many other sites do, which include things like walking in and out of room where a bug causes items to continually spawn. In the past, this sort of loophole was no big deal. Sometimes finding these bugs served as its own meta-game.
Now that micro-transactions are at play, all that might be changing.
"If you go into a baker's to buy a bun and they give you the wrong change and you walk away knowing you have been given more change than you handed over in the first place, that's theft," Sara Ludlam, an IP expert, told the BBC.
"So, arguably if you go into this game knowing you are supposed to be paying for these weapons and you notice a glitch allows you to accumulate them without paying, that's theft as well.
"But it is arguable because it's a new area."
This sounds crazy, but then again so much of our intellectual property law is, at the very least, absurd.
"The strategy described in our video merely allows players to efficiently gather resources freely available in the game," says Game Front editor Mark Burnham, "the only way to instantly gain resources in the game is to purchase them through the micro-transactions feature."
So far no word from EA on the exploits. They'll probably patch this to oblivion soon, but they could leave it open and earn some good gamer karma. When an Origin coupon exploit accidentally enabled players to get a bunch of free games, EA was gracious enough to let everyone keep their loot. That was a good PR maneuver which hopefully guides future EA decisions on these sort of mistakes.
I'm getting ready to dig into Dead Space 3 so I can't comment on how the micro-transactions affect gameplay just yet, but while I think the game looks fun I already have that bad in-game-purchase taste in my mouth.
Whether cheating in games with micro-transactions qualifies as theft is something I suppose the courts and the IP lawyers will need to hammer out. History suggests it probably is, whether or not we think that's an awful abuse of the concept of property.
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Mad River Glen and Sugarbush will host a joint season kickoff party to celebrate the ski season and celebrate their recognition as the East's best ski town.
The ski areas are co-hosting an event to kick off the 2010/2011 ski and ride season at The Big Picture Theater & Cafe, Waitsfield.
"The Big Kicker at the Big Picture" takes place on Saturday, November 20, and offers something for all ages.
Outside Magazine's August issue named Waitsfield as the Best Ski Town in the East, coming on the heels of a recent delegation by Travel and Leisure Magazine as "one of America's best small ski towns."
"The Mad River Valley is unique, for the incredible skiing and riding it offers as well as for its beauty and authenticity. At Sugarbush, we realize that Mad River Glen only enhances the experience we can offer to our many guests. So we want to be doing more to celebrate that partnership," says Sugarbush president and owner Win Smith.
"When Sugarbush has more skier visits, Mad River Glen has more skier visits. We're in this together," says Eric Friedman, marketing director for Mad River Glen.
The Big Kicker will get underway at 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, with a Rail Jam demonstration by the Sugarbush Parks team in the theater parking lot (weather permitting).
A photography exhibit entitled "In Your Dreams Snow Photo Show" will be on display in the lobby of the theater, and an open reception for the photographers Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson, Sandy Macys, Mike Rydell, John Atkinson and Aaron Blatt will take place at 6 p.m.
Dan Egan of the Egan Extreme Team that co-starred in 12 Warren Miller films will speak about some of his extreme skiing adventures before sharing his latest <MI>Wild World of Winter<D> free movie.
DJ Kaoss and Friends take over the entertainment at 8:30 p.m., presenting a laser disco dance show. Indoor and outdoor slideshows, vintage ski footage, an ice bar and a bonfire will round out this kickoff event.
Both Sugarbush and Mad River Glen representatives will be on hand to raffle off a free season pass to each ski resort. The raffle will take place at 9 p.m. and winners must be present to collect their prizes.
The Big Kicker is intended to be an annual community-wide celebration. In addition to Mad River Glen, Sugarbush and the Big Picture Theater, many other organizations have stepped in to sponsor the festivities.


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The officer said the excuse given by James was that the child had spilled a drink on himself.
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We bought the Design and Drill Activity Center for our 4 year old grandson's birthday. He was thrilled with it for the first 10 minutes and then the drill died. It was not dropped, it was not abused, he was drilling away and it just stopped. Although it had new batteries we tried new batteries of a different brand to no avail. We were almost as disappointed as our 4 year old grandson. At a price of 39.95 we were hoping for a better quality product with more sustained play value.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
A vicious attack against a Summerville woman last week landed her boyfriend behind bars on charges of attempted murder and attempt to poison.
Summerville Police say Lucan Hunt, 36 of 105 Twin Tree Drive, was arrested in North Charleston on July 30.
Hunt has a long history with law enforcement. The police incident report indicates hes been arrested in several states and is currently on parole in a North Carolina case and under the supervision of North Dakota Parole and Probation; however, hes been living in Summerville for the last six months, according to information his girlfriend provided to police.
In the July 29 incident, a witness called to report a driver in a Chevy Tahoe was chasing a female driver in a Honda CRV down Bacons Bridge Road, and the woman was screaming help out the window.
The 38-year-old woman made it to a relatives home, where Dorchester County Sheriffs deputies, Dorchester County EMS and Summerville Police caught up with her.
The womans eyes were extremely red and swollen and she smelled strongly of chemicals, according to the police incident report.
She told police she and Hunt had gotten into an argument and he pushed her down and tried to force her to drink liquid drain opener.
He then grabbed the shower curtain rod and hit her in the face and head, then tried to strangle her, she told police.
The responding officer noted lacerations and redness on her head, a contusion above her eye and a bleeding lip.
The woman and her family told police they were terrified of Hunt; the woman said hed threatened to kill them all and burn down her relatives house.
The woman was so scared she didnt even want to get into an ambulance to go to Summerville Medical Center; she told police she thought Hunt would follow her and kill her.
She was finally persuaded to get into the ambulance after the officer promised he would be following directly behind; the paramedics later reported the woman, who was spitting up blood during the ride, refused to lie down in the ambulance but insisted on sitting so she could see the police car for the entire trip to the hospital.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Hunt was convicted in 2005 for assault on a female, a misdemeanor charge in North Carolina that doesnt necessarily indicate domestic violence, and convicted again in 2011 for possession of stolen goods.
He was given probation at first, but his probation was revoked because of positive drug screens, failure to comply with substance abuse treatment, failure to report in and absconding, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
He served eight months in prison for the possession conviction and is now supposed to be supervised in North Carolina for a probation term from North Dakota, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety.
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A psychologist for the defense team of convicted College Station killer Stanley Robertson began the third week trial Monday discussing the defendant's extreme poverty growing up.
Dr. Jolie Brams discussed violence Robertson dealt with, his exposure to pesticides working in Alabama farm fields, poor nutrition for his mother before his birth and for him after birth, a lack of toys or books, frequent school absences, and an overworked and uneducated mother as being among the many reasons Robertson's development was stunted.
Robertson was convicted February 7 for the August 2010 kidnapping and stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend's mother, Annie Toliver, who was taken from the College Station Walmart parking lot. Her body was dumped in Fort Worth, where Robertson later led police on a chase, one that ended with Robertson intentionally slamming his SUV into a patrol car.
The defense for Robertson will continue to argue their client is mentally retarded, thus ineligible for the death penalty by virtue of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. But they are also working to convince the jury that mitigating circumstances -- his poor childhood and being sexually abused as an adolescent among them -- should keep the jury from choosing the ultimate punishment.
The prosecution on cross examination of Brams questioned the extent of the research she did, including the fact that she questioned no members of the Toliver family. They also continued to assert that many people go through poverty and abuse in their childhood, but do not commit murders.
The jury must unanimously believe Robertson, 45, is a future danger to others, that there are no mitigating circumstances to prevent his execution, and that he is not mentally retarded in order to decide on the death penalty.
When they call rebuttal witnesses -- expected later this week -- the prosecution is expected to call a psychologist to refute the defense's expert and state Robertson is not mentally retarded. They have also argued that many other people grow up with the circumstances Robertson had in his youth and did not commit heinous crimes.
The only other witness called Monday was a former Texas Department of Criminal Justice administrator, who discussed the conditions Robertson would spend the rest of his life in if he were to be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Since a landmark anti-trust case in the 1980s broke up the American Telephone and Telegraph Company - today, simply AT&T -- telephone utilities have remained a heavily regulated industry.
Congressional and regulatory action can have a huge effect on the industry, as evidenced by the multiple mergers of the "Baby Bells" and massive restructuring of the industry after the 1996 Telecommunications Act relaxed certain rules. The telephone utilities and the federal government have only become further entwined as the industry attempts to integrate traditional phone service with wireless, cable television, Internet and other services.
During the 2008 election cycle, people and political action committees associated with telephone utilities contributed $9.9 million at the federal level, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans. This is down from historic highs at the beginning of the decade -- $19 million during the 2000 cycle and $16.7 million during the 2002 cycle -- before "soft money" was banned by Congress. During the last two decades, the industry has tended to divide its contributions between the two major parties, slightly favoring Republicans with 55 percent.
By far the top contributor is Center for Responsive Politics "Heavy Hitter" AT&T.
In the past two decades, AT&T's employees and PACs have contributed more to federal candidates -- $44.2 million - than any other single organization in any industry or sector. In 2008, AT&T associates and PACs made $4.5 million in campaign contributions at the federal level, evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
Verizon Communications, another "Heavy Hitter," contributed $2.5 million, also evenly split between the two major political parties. By comparison, the next biggest industry contributor -- the National Telephone Cooperative Association, a trade association representing rural telephone companies -- gave a mere $439,000 in 2008.
The industry spent $43 million on lobbying in 2009 -- slightly off its 2008 pace. The biggest spender on lobbying in 2009 was again AT&T, with $14.7 million in lobbying expenditures, followed closely by Verizon Communications, which spent $13.1 million on lobbying.
These numbers are down from industry highs. The industry spent more than $59 million in 2006, when Congress was considering a major overhaul of communications law supported by industry giants. That year AT&T and its subsidiaries spent more than $27 million on federal lobbying, and the US Telecom Association -- an industry trade group -- spent $18.4 million. The bill ultimately passed the House but not the Senate.
-- Steve Spires
Updated April 2010
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HAZARD — The members of the Community Collaboration for Children (CCC) Regional Network held its annual conference on Tuesday at Hazard Community and Technical College.
The goal of this training was to provide education and community awareness of child abuse. This year there were 160 individuals present from across the region for this training. During the conference, the CCC Network presented its Child Abuse Awareness awards, Child Abuse Poster Contest winners, and the KY River Runs Blue contest winners.
The CCC child Abuse Awareness Awards were presented in a variety of categories for individuals who have gone above and beyond in their field. This year the awards were presented to Vana Francis for social work, Cora Stacy for volunteer, Sherry Lanham for Family Resource Center Director, and Melissa Smith for teacher.
Poster contest winners were: First-third grade category, Katie Phillips-Lee County and Macie Moore-Perry County; fourth-sixth grade category Rae Ann Blair-Perry County and McKenzie Evans-Lee County.
The KY River Runs Blue contest is a contest held by the CCC Regional Network in the eight Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD) counties for agencies, businesses, and schools to submit pictures of their decorations to create awareness of child abuse. This year the recipients were in the school category were Wolf County schools for Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, Lee Count schools for Family Resource Center, and Perry County schools for the Chavies Family Resource Center and the Perry County Central High School. In the agency category, Perry County Protection and Permanency Office and Leslie county Cooperative Extension Office were recipients. Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky won in the business category.


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I agree with Olin Potter about illegal immigrants. We are a nation of laws and that's what makes us great. No matter your color, wealth, religious preference, political persuasion, or nation of origin, we're protected by the fact that we're a nation of laws applicable to everyone…uh…oops….
I have a confession. My ancestors came here in 1693 without papers. I don't think the Native Americans gave them permission either. I could be wrong. Then they committed genocide on those same natives. But, hey, that was okay, because we weren't a nation of laws yet, were we? Oops again. When we became a nation of laws we kept on killing them. Was that illegal or just totally immoral? Oh yeah, that's right; God said it was okay and we called it Manifest Destiny. We're cool.
Further confession: My ancestors were involved in the war on Mexico in the mid-1840s. We took half of Mexico for ourselves. That was legal? Whew am I lucky. I was thinking I had multiple felonies under my familial belt. We are a nation of laws. I feel better.
Imprisoning Japanese Americans in the '40s? It was legal.
Torturing innocent Iraqis? It was legal.
Assassinating American citizens without trial? The sixth amendment to the constitution says it's illegal. But, hey, they're bad guys.
Putting any American in jail at any time for no reason? Legal! (Gotta get rid of that pesky sixth amendment.)
Attacking two countries that did nothing to us? Legal! (At the cost of $1 trillion)
Calling a corporation a human? Legal!
Destroying our economy? Legal!
Giving a driver's license to an illegal immigrant? Illegal!
Yes, Mr. Potter, we're a country of laws, and the beauty of it is that we can make something a law simply by saying so. Mr. Potter, you have to be corrected on your, how shall we say, inaccuracies.
Not one illegal immigrant has been caught voting…not one…ever.
To my distress Obama has deported more than twice as many illegal immigrants as George W.
It has been shown that illegal aliens are an overall boon to our economy.
The House committee on Oversight and Reform is a right-wing boondoggle.
Lehman lives in Warren.


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Windell Elliott Stratton, age 85 of Ivel, husband of Lora Jean Clark Stratton, passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Pikeville Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 22, 1927, at Ivel, a son of the late J. K. and Bertha Elliott Stratton. He was a retired postmaster from Ivel Post Office, a former coal miner, and owner/operator of Stratton Coal Sales, Stratton Grocery, and Stratton Potato Chip Factory. He also attended Pikeville College, served in the U.S. Navy where he attended the San Diego Naval Academy and received an Orthopedic Technician degree. He worked as an orthopedic technician at the Bremerton Naval Hospital in Bremerton, WA. He also attended the Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist Church.
Windell is survived by his wife, Lora Jean Clark Stratton; two daughters, Annice Lee (Bob) Welch and Loretta Gay (Doug) Hicks, both of Ivel; a sister, Peggy Stratton Blevins, of Alabama; and four grandchildren, Jessica Stumbo, Lindsey Cross, Bradley Elliott Hicks and Windell David Stratton.
In addition to his parents, Windell was preceded in death by five brothers, Marvin Stratton, J. K. "Doc" Stratton Jr., Hershell Stratton, Arby Lloyd Stratton and Haskel "Hack" Stratton, and six sisters, Opal Todd, Ruby Martin, Reba Brewer, Billia Marie Wilson, Vivian Mullins and Sybil Keeton.
Funeral services for Windell Elliott Stratton will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, in Martin, with Tim McCoy officiating. Burial will follow in the Davidson Memorial Gardens, at Ivel.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to the Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist Church, 35 Chapel Drive, Ivel, KY 41642.
Pallbearers: Brad Hicks, David Stratton, Dr. Eddy Clark, Clyde Tackett, Dr. Brent Clark, Darrell Clark, Randy Woods, and Randy Clark.
Honorary pallbearers: Gregory B. Clark, Bill Sloan, Herbie Swiger, Paul V. Funk, Paul R. Funk, Dr. Orville Clark, Jr., Cecil Clark, Jr., John Keeton, Gary Clark, Gerald Clark, Greg Clark, David Watkins, Kenny Stewart, Hank Wilson, and Bob Heupel.


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Focused on Chris Weidman, Anderson Silva still wants superfights with GSP and Jon Jones
http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/5/...jones-mma-news"I really wanted this fight to happen," Anderson Silva said during a radio interview to "Panico", on Friday, about facing GSP. "Hes a guy that plays by the rules, doesnt take too many risks. That fight may happen, or maybe not. He said he doesnt want it, I dont know. Ill train and remain focused to fight (Weidman) on Dec. 28."
"Hes like that (Ayrton) Sennas rival. They used to compete at the same time and one of them was technical and the other played by the rules. (GSP) is the UFCs Alain Prost," Silva added, comparing himself to Brazilian racing driver Senna, who won three Formula One world championships.
After Andersons loss to Weidman on July 6, UFC president Dana White said the superfights including the Brazilian, GSP and Jones were gone, once that Silva "was the link to both of them."
"I hope it happens," Anderson Silva told Combate.com about the possibility of facing light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the future. "Thats the fight everybody is waiting for."
However, Silva knows he cant overlook Weidman.
"I had a nightmare with Weidman, but I dont fear him," Anderson said during the radio interview. "He is determined, but has two arms and two legs just like me. Now Ill bring Chuck Norris (to my camp). Ill bring both, Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal."


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Describing Mario Impemba as a baseball broadcaster is like identifying Paul McCartney as a bass player; you're leaving out an abundance of detail.
For a decade, Detroit Tigers fans have invited Impemba into their homes 162 times each season as the play-by-play man for FOX Sports Detroit's television coverage of every pitch and swing. But he also calls games for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, blogs at his own website, established a website honoring sports broadcasters, makes sure servicemen and women overseas get to see Tigers Opening Day and is raising two sons with his wife, Cathy.
The Michigan native and Emmy winner stepped inside from the spring training sunshine in Florida for a March 27 phone interview, a week before the Tigers visit to play the Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field.
Toledo Free Press: Your son Brett has been drafted by the Tigers organization. Have you thought of what you'd say if you get to call his first at-bat in the big leagues?
Impemba: He's playing college ball at Oakland [University]; we'll see what happens later in his career. It would be wild, but that's so far down the road, and it is such a difficult thing for anyone to get into the big leagues. It would be neat, though.
TFP: Optimism must fit right in with the Tigers' mood this preseason.
Impemba: It's nice that the team is winning a lot of games, but even more than that, this team really seems like a unit with a lot of chemistry and a lot of talent. And a lot of expectations; if this team can avoid injuries, they can put together a really special year. There are a lot of great teams in the American league, and it really ought to be a fun race this year, but the Tigers should be right in the middle of it.
TFP: Are you seeing anything in the eyes of the players this year that wasn't there last year, in terms of nervousness or confidence?
Impemba: I don't see any nervousness; I see a lot of confidence, and a lot of guys who can't wait to get it going. Every year as spring training winds down, the players are itching to go, but there's a special feeling this year with Prince Fielder on board and these players are not only ready to go, they're ready to get it done. Justin Verlander is talking about the World Series, and that's the goal for these guys. They used to seek to make the playoffs; they've done that, and now they want to get to the World Series and win. There is definitely a feeling that this ball club can do it.
TFP: How is Fielder fitting in with the team?
Impemba: It's been phenomenal. If you ask anyone who has been around the team, it's not that we're surprised it's happening this way, we're surprised it's happening so quickly. When you have a team with this many superstars — the Tigers have three $20 million players — that can work for you or against you. Fielder has been treated very well — Miguel Cabrera has welcomed him and is even changing positions for him — and all the guys say he's a fun-loving guy, he's a positive influence in the clubhouse on a daily basis. He's the complete package, and he realizes what he needs to do to live up to his contract. He is working very hard at practice every day to make sure he does live up to it.
TFP: Were you calling games when his father Cecil was swinging the bat for Detroit?
Impemba: Yes, when I got here, he was winding down with the Tigers, and I did get to see Prince when his father played for the Angels at the end of his career.
TFP: That certainly marks time, seeing a player's son carry on the tradition.
Impemba: It makes you feel old. It's, "Oh, my God, the kid's dad was a big leaguer just a few days ago, now his kid's a big leaguer."
TFP: Verlander is coming off a historic year; what are you seeing from him at practices and games?
Impemba: His goal is to win a World Series. I talked to pitching coach Jeff Jones about this very question recently, and asked if Verlander feels any pressure to top his numbers from last year. Jones said Verlander doesn't think in those terms, that he is one of the most focused players he has ever been around, and everything he does is with a purpose, whether it's throwing his bullpen pitches getting ready or throwing in an actual game. His goal is to win the World Series. Not to win one more game than last year or strike out more guys or better his ERA. He wants the ring, not the just the numbers.
TFP: How is the skipper's mood?
Impemba: Jim Leyland is more relaxed this year. I would be too, if I had Fielder and Cabrera in the middle of my lineup. Going into battle each day with those guys, you always have a pretty good chance. He understands he has a really balanced team. It's a young team blending with some veterans who can really play, his pitching staff is solid, the backend of his bullpen is solid, his lineup 1 through 9 is going to score a lot of runs. Jim knows his team has a really good chance of winning this year, now it's time to go out and play the games.
TFP: Leaving the field and going into the booth, you have been working with color commentator Rod Allen for a while now; do you maintain contact during the offseason?
Impemba: Rod lives in Arizona, a long way from Michigan. We do check in once in a while during the offseason, but once the season starts, it's such a long haul, he becomes another part of your family. We have our ups and downs, but we have a great time in the booth, and we're on the same page in trying to be as professional and entertaining as we can be.
TFP: How has technology changed the way you call a game? Have the graphics and computers forced you to adapt the way you announce?
Impemba: That's a great question. When I first started calling minor league ballgames in the mid-1980s, we had stat sheets that were faxed to us every morning, and that was it. No Internet, no MLB.com. It's had a tremendous impact on how we call a game. Each year our graphics get better, our camera angles get better; it's just a better, more polished product, and viewers benefit from that.
We can keep up with all the news from other teams, and there's just no excuse for not being prepared for every game. The crew people in truck who look up stats, who produce, who direct, our replay guys, it's a huge staff. Rod and I are out front on camera, but we can't do any of what we do without the crew.
TFP: This will be the fourth year for your project Operation Opening Day. (Impemba oversees and funds the creation of a DVD that captures Tigers' Opening Day so it can be sent to overseas servicemen and women who are Tigers fans).
Impemba: Yes, a couple of years ago I met a group of soldiers who were getting shipped out and were sad they were going to miss Opening Day. I thought, if they can't come to the game, why can't we take the game to them?
So we take the game, the parties, all the atmosphere surrounding a game, and soldiers can go to Tigers.com, fill out a form and we'll send them a DVD for free. I decided to organize and fund it, and the first three years have been really good. I get so many letters from our military folks, and it helps us bring a slice of the game to them.
TFP: On April 4, the Tigers are coming to Toledo's Fifth Third Field to play the Mud Hens.
Impemba: We'll be there! It will be our last dress rehearsal before Opening Day the very next day. I have been to Fandimonium a few times in Toledo and I am extremely impressed, not only with the number of fans, but the knowledge of the baseball fans there. It's a great ballpark and I can't wait to see it with the stands full. There is so much buzz around this team, I'm sure a lot of Detroit fans are going to take the short trip down to Toledo. We're used to this beautiful Florida weather, and hopefully we'll have some of that for the game in Toledo.
TFP: You cover all 162 games; how do you handle being on the road so much?
Impemba: When people ask me what the best part of my job is, I say the travel, and when they ask me what the worst part of my job is, I say the travel. It's great to go to all these cities and see all these ballparks. It's what I dreamt of as a kid. It's a great thrill.
But I missed a lot of my kids' lives as they grew up. I missed a lot of sporting events, a lot of concerts. That's the difficult part of what I do, and there's a part of me that feels like I'm not being a very good dad, because I'm not there for these things. But I realize that this is what I do for a living to give my kids a good chance. They have grown up to be great kids, but it's difficult to leave my family for the whole summer.
TFP: It must be a little easier when the team is winning.
Impemba: It's certainly better than in 2003, when we lost 119 games. But even in those times I realized I was going to the ballpark for a living, so it can't be all that bad.
Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Ashe County Arts Council will sponsored the Appalachian Philharmonia Orchestra from Appalachian State University's Hayes School of Music at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Ashe Civic Center.
The Philharmonia, comprised of faculty and student musicians, is led by conductor Cornelia Laemmli Orth and the guest soloist will be Karen L. Robertson.
The concert program opens with Siegfried Idyll, written by Richard Wagner as a birthday present to his wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son in 1870. Wagner intended for it to be a small private piece but expanded it to accommodate a large orchestra.
The program will also feature the Symphony No. 3 in A minor by Felix Mendelssohn. The symphony is known as the Scottish symphony written by Mendelssohn after a visit to Britain and Scotland in 1829.
French horn soloist Karen L. Robertson and the Philharmonia will perform the Concerto for Horn, E-flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Robertson is professor of Horn at the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music, where she teaches Applied Horn, Horn Methods and coaches Brass and Woodwind chamber music.
Before coming to Appalachian, she served on the faculties of the University of Missouri at Kansas City and William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. A native of Tennessee, Robertson received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, a Master of Music degree from the College-Conservatory at the University of Cincinnati, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Orth is a guest conductor for the Hayes School of Music. She is the current Music Director/Conductor of the Symphony of the Mountains in Kingsport, Tenn.
Born and raised in Switzerland, Orth has Master's Degrees in Piano, Music Education and Choral conducting from Universities and Conservatories of Zurich and Winterthur. She received a Master's Degree in Orchestra Conducting from Northwestern University.
Orth has conducted in Chicago at North Shore Chamber Orchestra, the Northwestern University Symphony and served as Assistant Conductor of the University's Opera Company. She was Associate Conductor of the Knoxville Symphony and the Music Director/Conductor of the Oak Ridge Symphony.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Ashe Civic Center in West Jefferson. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for students. Advance tickets are available at the Ashe Arts Center or at the door the night of the performance.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call 336-846-ARTS.