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Im 34 weeks and I had that steroid shot at 31 weeks will she come home with me if born this week?
My son was born at 30 weeks and was in the NICU for 73 days. I heard girls do better than boys when they are born as preemies, but I seem to be having contractions/back labor again.
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Depens on lots of different factors, not just lung development, how well they are eating, body temp, blood sugar etc. also steriod shots last around 2 weeks, I had two rounds at 27 and 29 weeks, had my son at 31+3 wks he was extremely tiny though and spent 42 ads in nice just o feed and grow.posted 07/21/2013 by RustyDee
I went into preterm labor at 20 weeks, and we managed to keep the baby safe for another 9 weeks while I was on strict bed rest. I did not have time for the steroids. Our DS came at 29w5days and we spent just over 11 weeks in the NICU. He was diagnosed with medical NEC at 3 weeks of life, and up until that point we were hopeful for a 5-6 week hospital stay. The average NICU timeframe is to go home within a few days of your original due date, but it obviously varies depending on individual needs. We came home 4 days after our original due date.posted 07/20/2013 by pecivmom
It depends on how well the lungs are developed and how much she weighs. When I went into preterm they told me to expect days- weeks in the NICU. Some babies do better than others. At 34 wks my son's weight was estimated at 4lbs. I however was able to make it to my scheduled c-section because I followed the strict no sex and bed rest guidelines.posted 07/18/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
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A story was published in there today from one Lance Corporal James Wharton, who tells a story about how in 2008 you stopped a group of six soldiers from beating him up because he was gay. In fact, when James, your tank gunner at the time, came up to you, I believe your exact words were, "Right I'm going to sort this shit out once and for all." And Harry, thank you for doing it.
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Stocks and bonds disconnected today (again) with Treasuries pressing to lower yields - 30Y down 1bp to 3.73%, rallying 3 to 5bps off mid-Europe-session high yields to new 10-week lows. Stocks and VIX disconnected today as VIX trading higher all day - even as stocks opened energetically higher. Stocks and credit disconnected today (again) as the afternoon pump in stocks back from European-close turmoiling lows was not seen in credit at all. Equity indices were very mixed today with the Dow underperforming (after its exuberant run Friday) and the NASDAQ the big winner thanks to AAPL. Retailers continue to diverge from the market. The USD closed marginally lower from Friday's close (with AUD and GBP strength the drivers) and commodities diverged with oil and copper higher and gold and silver lower (though well off their smackdown lows by the close) - with their worst day of the year.
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As bonds rallied non-stop following the worse than expected German consumer confidence...
Commodities diverged notably with PMs suffering their worst day of the year so far...
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Bonus Chart: The last time we saw such a wide divergence between the market and the Retailers ETF was at the top in 2007... (h/t Brad Wishak at NewEdge)
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Ah i see. Moe opened his mouth and was forced to resign.
Including his own job....
But, come on folks...
Cheer up
Yesterday we had Hanjobs for the Homeless and today...
Just shaking my head for a multitude of reasons.
my money is on a gold and silver recovery tomorrow :)
2% rise and my summervacation will be paid for :)
I was thinking more along the line of nationalizations actually. "not necessarily bearish for gold and silver." just make sure you keep enough...oh, wait. there is no FDIC in Europe.
And IBM misses on top and bottom lines, guides lower for 2014, and adds some icing on the cake by shifting to emphasizing non-GAAP earnings.
must be their way of redefining a "blow-out" quarter.
edit: anyone who does technical analysis should have a peek at IBMs five-year chart. Looks like a pretty obvious short for anyone who cares.
Don't worry I am sure they will mark the VIX down a dollar or two tomorrow for the settlement as the e-minis explode through 1850 on more light volume and bad news...
The bonus chart says it all.. Attention shoppers: shop more to close the gap to S&P
Bonus Chart: The last time we saw such a wide divergence between the market and the Retailers ETF was at the top in 2007... (h/t Brad Wishak at NewEdge)
So we still have one year of unicorns??
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Ebay and netflix are on tap with their earnings tomorrow. I wouldn't buy either of them, even if they dip a whole lot more.
VIX at 12.84? Wake me when it passes 89.53 like it did back in October 24, 2008...Ah, those were the days...yes......
Still holding steady for SPY x HVU (1/11) = 218.8 ... seems losing 0.1 off the constant moves the estimation for HVU from SPY as an input by about 0.5% (e.g. from 219.0 to 218.9 will produce a value of HVU 0.5% lower on the same SPY price input).
I pretty much left paper assets behind a year ago when I finally realized nothing made sense anymore. My hope now is that we might see an inverse relationship develop between equity prices and gold and silver, as the bubble in stocks approaches the popping point. Other tham that, I'm out of ideas other than real estate reflation. Trouble is, real estate is non-liquid and during deflationary times is like an anchor dragging you down.
Meanwhile the controlled sell-off in US equities is just that, completely controlled, and ready for the late day ramp. All while they go mad for bonds. Whatever, don't think anyone's jumping from windows on Wall Street just yet
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Being A Good Sport
I remember a particular spring day on the playground in elementary school when a classmate was playing a game with us and became angry, quit and stomped away. It was the first time I ever heard the words, "poor sport." It was a common tag someone "earned" who disagreed with the rules of the game (or its outcome) and they either ruined the game itself or quit the game, often leaving uneven teams - whether it was baseball, red rover or just a simple game of tag.
A boy would suffer through his team getting a real licking rather than risk being a poor sport. Unfortunately, those poor sports were usually repeatedly poor sports! Play another game, a new game or on a new day - and when their team began losing, the antics would once again begin: tantrums, complaining, yelling, pouting, blaming others and even cheating. I remember playing a game of checkers with a poor sport during fourth grade recess. I jumped 3 of my opponents checkers in one move, whereupon this student screamed, clutched the board in his two hands and snapped the board like a whip. Checkers flew everywhere, the board ripped in half while I sat there in an awed, stunned silence. Being a "good sport" was actually much more about one's character rather than their skill or talent.
I have learned some vital lessons on the playing fields about being a good sport and those same lessons have helped me in many other areas of life.
There is no "I" in "team." Sometimes you have to sacrifice an opportunity to advance yourself personally for the benefit of the teamates. A sacrifice will have a better chance to move the man into scoring position instead of attempting a base hit. A pass to a cutter to the basket for a layup has a better chance to succeed instead of shooting the ball over two defenders. A block to protect the quarterback or to open a lane for a running back will spend more energy rather than saving yourself for the next play, but it may also provide for a game-breaking play. A good sport places the advancement of the team ahead of his own statistics.
Not everyone can be the star. Actually the best teams have role players who have determined to do their job to the best of their ability. They have settled the fact that they will probably never score the winning points, but are purposed to make their position count toward the overall effectiveness of the team. Surely a team will not win consistently without talent; yet there have been many talent-laden teams which could not win consistently because they lacked the dependability which comes from strong role players. A good sport is not jealous at a teammate's success.
You can't win them all. One of the best lessons learned from sports is to get back up and try harder after defeat. Have we really become so soft emotionally that we can't keep score in youth leagues? No, the earlier children learn to handle disappointment the stronger they can become. Sometimes circumstances overrule skill and the "better man" doesn't win. What will you do when you fail? Ted Williams batted .406 in 1941, and no one has broken the .400 mark since then. Even though that accomplishment has not been matched for 71 years, the "Splendid Splinter" was still more likely to make an out than a hit every time he went to the plate. Michael Jordan has explained that his competitive fuels were ignited because he was cut from the JV basketball team. A good sport will always do his best, yet hold his head high when he loses.
It's only a game. Yes, I know, many people scoff at that notion today. Sports have become a big business - not only at the professional level, but now it has strengthened its grasp and reached its tentacles past the college level into the high school arenas as well with college recruiting, AAU leagues, scouting and all star games. And with television networks, athletic apparel, sports equipment, advertising and many other companies involved, the business is only getting bigger. But, still, it IS only a game. A good sport will remember that while he is only playing a game, more importantly, he is actually revealing his character.
I still enjoy playing games with good sports. I enjoy having good sports in church, they are much more pleasant to be with than poor sports. Not everyone can sing the solo, play the instrument or be the class teacher. But everyone can help make the entire church better by doing their part to serve, pray and witness.
America used to be a nation of good sports. That's why the poor sports stood out - they were the exception rather than the rule. But over the years, we have degenerated into a society which places way too much emphasis on winning and not near enough emphasis on how the game was played. We have created a climate perfectly adapted to producing poor sports and are running them off the assembly lines faster than The Big Three makes cars. We start early by pushing our children to excel, join travel teams, adjust the entire family schedule around the sport calendar and pressure teachers to keep our little "all-stars" eligible. It is very uncommon to find children playing sports on their own anymore - just for the love of the game. Everything has to be regulated with officials, coaches, the best uniforms and absolutely the best equipment available...all for a group of eight-year-old kids.
While it's bad enough to live in a society where poor sports are becoming the norm and not the exception; it is an even uglier sight when a coach, athletic director, or even a college president or owner is a poor sport, too. In a culture where the only objective is winning, the good sport is often derided and villified. The good sport "must not want it enough," or else he would act like the poor sports do! When the score is more important than the health of the athlete, the integrity of the institution, the safety of a community and the welfare of the common man, the "good sports" need to rise up and kick out all the "poor sports" completely out of "sports."
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Herbaceous Ornamental of the Month - Willowleaf Sunflower (Helianthus salicifolius 'First Light')
Posted: October 9, 2012
Helianthus salicifolius 'First Light' was introduced in 2002 by Blooms of Bressingham. Unlike its parent, which grows eight-feet tall and has a loose and open habit, 'First Light' is a fireplug of a plant reaching only three feet in height. As the common name suggests, the foliage of the willowleaf sunflower is narrow, linear and tightly arranged on a strongly pyramidal plant.
For optimum flowering, site in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, perennial sunflower will tolerate periods of drought. 'First Light' is hardy to zone 6, so in some areas of Pennsylvania, locate plants in a sheltered area where they are protected from sweeping winds and fluctuating temperatures.
After most annuals and perennials have faded, 'First Light' explodes into bloom in late September and early October engulfing the plant with three-inch sunflower-like flowers. The golden-yellow ray flowers surround a chocolate-brown central eye and persist for several weeks. When in flower, the plant resembles a small Christmas tree aglow with bright yellow lights.
The showy flowers attract butterflies and if allowed to remain on the plant, seed heads add winter interest and a source of food for birds. Maintenance is minimal throughout the growing season; however, after three years plants benefit from division.
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VNET+ is the successor of VNET, and was written with the goal of reducing the size of the codebase and making it easier to maintain. This document describes its goals, usage, design and implementation. Many of these details can be gleaned from previous documentation (e.g. the PDN by Mark Huang), but are described here anyway. The goal of VNET+1 is twofold: to associate each network packet sent or received by a node with the slice that owns the packet; and to use this association to isolate packets between slices when they are sent or received using RAW sockets.
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COCA-COLA, PEPSI TOP LIST OF MOST RESPECTED BRANDS: A new survey from CoreBrand, a company that researches branding and its impact on business, found that Coca-Cola and Pepsi were tied as the most-respected corporate brands in the eyes of other business people. That means they combined high recognition with very favorable views. The top 10 were:
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Ain't nobody gonna sell more Girl Scout cookies than you, Honey Boo Boo Child!
Actually, Alana Thompson isn't a Daisy just yet, but the TLC star is selling boxes of cookies to her 701,000 Facebook friends to help a real-life pal earn some badges.
So what's the incentive in buying your Thin Mints and Samoas from this 7-year-old entrepreneurial beauty queen? Well, for $3.50 a box plus shipping and handling, your box will be autographed by the fam and you'll get a signed family photo of Alana, Mama June, Pumpkin, Chubbs, Chickadee and Sugar Bear!
Girl Scout cookies and a personal pic of Georgia's favorite family? Sounds like a beautimous thing to me!
CareerBuilder's annual look at the strangest interview mistakes shows how frequently job seekers say and do the wrong things during interviews. Some of these missteps could have been the result of nerves, and others are just so weird there's no way to explain them.
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International | British Prime Minister Blair calls abortion a personal matter, but members of his government are laboring to export into Ireland and Scotland a liberalized abortion law
Short of revelations about alleged offspring of Dodi Fayed or assertions from the bodyguard of Princess Diana's crumpled car, the Fleet Street press is still reeling from the demise of its most sensational news item. So much so that when British Prime Minister Tony Blair attended Roman Catholic mass-alone-several weeks ago, it went front page.
Mr. Blair is often seen entering Westminster Cathedral with his family. His wife Cherie is Catholic. The fact that he went unaccompanied, however, raised questions: Was the Anglican prime minister contemplating a conversion? Would a change of religious affiliation precipitate constitutional problems for the state-established Church of England? Would such a change provoke any personal change of heart? "If he did convert to Catholicism, he would have to review his positions on a whole range of ethical issues to conform to the church's teaching," said Martin Casey of Britain's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
Chief among Mr. Blair's disagreements with the Catholic church-as well as with others-are his views on abortion.
Mr. Blair has expressed personal opposition to abortion while refusing to consider changes to Britain's 30-year-old law allowing it. When Cardinal Basil Hume, leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales, challenged Mr. Blair last year to convince his party and the nation that "abortion is wrong," Mr. Blair answered that it was not his responsibility.
On national television, Mr. Hume said: "My message to Tony Blair would be, 'You are a man of integrity and you see things clearly. You should give leadership within your party and try to convince them that abortion is wrong and that we ought, as a nation, to do something about it.'"
Mr. Blair replied through his Downing Street spokesman: "We have made it clear that it is a matter for the conscience of individual MPs [Members of Parliament]. It would be improper for a governing party to impose its will."
Britain's 1967 abortion law allows for abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and with written permission of two doctors. Those stipulations are easily circumvented, by most reports, and British women currently abort 470 babies a day.
Since Mr. Blair became a Member of Parliament in 1983, he has never voted to restrict abortion; on several occasions he voted to liberalize the practice. All this at the same time he has spoken openly about his Christianity and its relevance to public-policy decisions. Mr. Blair voted in favor of a 1990 proposal to allow abortion up to the time of birth if the baby was handicapped. In conjunction with the same measure, he supported an amendment that required only one doctor to give permission for an abortion performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Conservative Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major were not much kinder to pro-life forces and unborn children. It was nonetheless a setback when the Labor Party ousted Tories in 1997 and Mr. Blair became prime minister. Seventy-eight pro-life MPs lost their seats. Crucial cabinet posts went to pro-abortion advocates, including Health Secretary Frank Dobson and Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam. A survey found that 15 of 22 members of the Blair cabinet support abortion on demand during the first trimester. Curiously, their view contrasts with a majority of British women who say abortion has become too easy. A Gallup poll found that 60 percent of women favor a tightening of abortion laws to cut the limit for having abortions from 24 to 10 weeks.
What these Labor lawmakers want to do with their leadership status is export a liberalized abortion policy to two divisions of the UK traditionally opposed to abortion: Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Last September, Scotland voted by referendum in favor of a Blair proposal to restore the Scottish Parliament, a lawmaking body that is separate but not entirely independent of London. Scottish voters will elect that parliament in May 1999. Debate continues in London over which functions will be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. In spite of an agreement to hand over both health and criminal law matters, Labor government officials have said they want to retain control of abortion policy in Scotland. Ironically, Britain's 1967 abortion law was introduced by a Scottish MP, David Steel, the son of a Presbyterian minister.
Labor MPs are "in a muddle," said Mr. Casey. To deny Scotland's prerogative on an important issue like abortion could make the Scottish Parliament look like a paper tiger. Handing over the abortion issue, however, would likely lead to a law in Scotland restricting abortion, given that it is an area where both Protestant and Catholic influence is strong. That would correspondingly weaken the Blair government's effort to overcome opposition to abortion in Northern Ireland. If Scotland gets to decide, Belfast voters will wonder, why can't they?
Britain's 1967 abortion law has never been enforced in Northern Ireland. The prevailing strength of the Catholic church there has kept abortions illegal. Now the Labor government has announced it needs to "clarify" abortion policy in Northern Ireland.
"This government is always looking for ways to extend the [1967 abortion] act here, and they have appointed a number of people who are pro-choice in order to do that," said Marilyn Toogood, a Belfast spokeswoman for CARE, an evangelical lobbying organization based in London. In addition to Ms. Mowlam, who represents Northern Ireland in the Blair cabinet, several Northern Ireland "backbenchers"-Labor MPs who are not officeholders in the Blair government-favor abortion. Pro-life groups expect one of those lawmakers to introduce this year what's known as a "private member's bill" allowing abortion in Northern Ireland. Such a bill could be taken up by Parliament without the endorsement of the government. That way, Mr. Blair keeps his churchgoing image.
In another backbench move, more than 60 MPs have signed a motion for "abortion on request" during the first trimester of pregnancy. The measure would usher in abortion on demand throughout the UK, but in over-civilized terms reminiscent of Bill Clinton's plea for "safe but rare" abortions.
Comparisons between Mr. Blair and Mr. Clinton are mere cliché at this point. Should Mr. Blair decide to convert from his Anglican roots, he would not be the first head of state to find a religious home outside of where his political convictions reside. There is no constitutional barrier to the prime minister's being a Catholic; only the monarch must be Protestant in order to fulfill the statutory call for a "Defender of the Faith." Whether Protestant or Catholic, pro-life leaders would like the man at 10 Downing Street to be a defender of the unborn.


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At 9:26 p.m., in the 600 block of N. Westwood, officers responded for a report of a verbal disturbance in progress. Upon arrival, the reporting person advised that Marcos Izquierdo, was found to be intoxicated and causing a disturbance outside of the residence. He was arrested, transported to the police department for processing and later lodged booked into Porterville Sub-Station.
At 9:37 p.m., Dispatch advised they received a report of a fight in progress between a male and a female subject in the 100 block of Linda Vista. Upon arrival of the area, officers heard a disturbance in progress and contacted Christopher Buschbaum, who was found to have been involved in a dispute with a female. Buschbaum was found to have an active domestic violence restraining order in place and was arrested, transported to the police department for processing and later booked at Porterville Sub-Station.
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Janie Fricke (born December 19, 1947, in South Whitley, Indiana, United States) is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s. Janie Fricke was one of the most popular female country singers of the '80s, racking a string of hits and proving herself a versatile vocalist with a particular flair for ballads. She won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" awards in 1982 and 1983.
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Demi Lovato Has Self-Harmed Since Rehab
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Television, Child Stars, Meltdowns
Demi Lovato has relapsed into self-harming and throwing up since leaving rehab.
The "Skyscraper" singer - who was admitted to a treatment facility for three months in November 2010 to receive help for an eating disorder and self-harming - admitted she can never fully recover from her issues but is doing everything she can to keep them under control.
Speaking in her new Stay Strong documentary on MTV, she said, "I cannot tell you that I have not thrown up since treatment. I cannot tell you that I have not cut myself since treatment. I'm not perfect. An addiction is an obsession, something that takes over your mind and your every thought. You think that you can't live without it. For me, it was not eating and purging and self-harming."
Demi - who was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder while in treatment - added that her troubles stemmed from insecurity and feeling she was "living a lie."
"[I was] looking in the mirror and never feeling good enough. I felt like I was living a lie...I was dealing with all this pain, emotionally. And I felt guilt and shame. I decided to take it out on myself. I harmed myself," she added.
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Kanye West Upsets Royal Family
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Kanye West has upset Britain's royal family.
The rapper was reportedly the subject of a number of complaints from unspecified members of the monarchy who were infuriated by the star playing his music too loudly in his $4,300-a-night suite at London's Lanesborough Hotel - which is near Buckingham Palace - where he has been living with members of his entourage including Common, Pusha T and Big Sean.
"We went to London and we were right next to the Buckingham Palace and the royal family. There were members of the royal family staying below us. Kanye had rented out the top floor and we was banging that b***h out. Every room was a studio. The royal family below were complaining like, 'We got all this loud-ass rap music above us and weed smoke.' They paid all this money and you don't expect to get these kind of complaints," Kanye's protégé Big Sean told The Sun.
Despite the complaints, Kanye hasn't spent all his time in the hotel. Last month, he joined in the Jack the Ripper tour, which takes place in London's East End area and retraces the footsteps of the notorious and still unidentified serial killer from the late 1800s.
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Rihanna's Dad Told Her to Diet
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Rihanna's dad told her to lose weight - because she was getting "too fat."
The "You Da One" singer has recently shed a quite a few pounds and her father, Ronald Fenty, believes he was the one who inspired her after telling her she looked fat.
"I actually thought she was a little fat the last time I saw her. But when I saw her at this year's Grammys, I thought she was back to her normal size. I used to joke with her, 'Robyn, [Rihanna's first name], you're getting too fat.' But I think she's fine. I think she looked excellent, as everyone saw, at the Grammys. She's dieting, she's working out," said Ronald, who has a turbulent relationship with his famous daughter.
Ronald also revealed how he is fine with the fact Rihanna may have rekindled her romance with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, despite him being convicted of assaulting her in 2009: "Chris is a nice guy and everybody's entitled to make mistakes in their life - God knows how many I've made. She's her own woman now."
Lea Michele's Reality TV Addiction
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Lea Michele is addicted to reality television.
The 25-year-old Glee actress admits she likes to unwind from her 17-hour working days by watching whatever real-life shows she can find.
"I come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat. I will literally watch anything, from Hoarders to Say Yes to the Dress. Anything like that. I just think that sort of mindless entertainment really will get your mind off anything that's going on in your life."
But despite being a self-confessed "homebody," Lea insists she does have a secret wild side: "I do have 14 tattoos. I'd say for the most part I'm a very outgoing person. I have a lot of energy. I love being around people. I'm an energetic, spontaneous person. But the wild stuff ... if it's there, it's private. Having previously described herself as an "unconventional beauty," she admits it feels "awesome" to have appeared on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 girls list.
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Jessica Simpson: How I Knew I Was Pregnant
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Television, Pregnancies, Style
Jessica Simpson found out she was pregnant thanks to pre-cocktail "guilt."
The 31-year-old Fashion Star mentor - who is expecting her first-born with fiancé Eric Johnson - admits she was overcome by bad feelings as she prepared for a drinking session: "We were going to have an all-day drinking binge. Going to ride our bikes, hang out ... do naughty things. But I started feeling this overwhelming guilt. Why would I feel guilt at the idea of going out and having cocktails with my friends?"
A pregnancy test confirmed her suspicions, and Jessica is expected to give birth to a baby girl this spring.
But the Dukes of Hazzard actress is praying her daughter inherits her sense of style: "I swear I will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins! Eric is so athletic. We're going to have this athletic girl and I won't even be able to take her shopping."
Hulk Hogan Furious Over Sex Tape
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: D-List, Television, Videos, Sex Tapes
Hulk Hogan claims a sex tape allegedly featuring him and a mystery brunette was "secretly filmed."
The legendary wrestler is furious about the recording - which is currently being offered for sale to porn companies - and has branded it an "outrageous invasion of privacy." According to TMZ.com, the footage shows the 58-year-old WWE champion - real name Terry Bollea - getting intimate with an unidentified brown-haired woman who is not thought to be his blonde wife Jennifer McDaniel or ex-wife Linda Hogan.
However, it is not know when the tape was made. "Terry Bollea is appalled at the unauthorized release of a secretly filmed video. (Hulk) neither approved of the filming nor the release of the same. It is clearly an outrageous invasion of privacy and breach of trust if it is genuine. We will take all necessary steps to enforce both civil and criminal liability," his lawyer David Houston, told TMZ.
Steve Hirch, the founder of adult company Vivid Entertainment, claims he was offered the recording for a price, although the person offering the sale has not been identified.
Will Ferrell Lost His Virginity at 21
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Will Ferrell lost his virginity at the age of 21.
The 44-year-old actor - who now has three sons with wife Viveca Paulin - first became intimate with a woman during his junior year of college, and admitted the experience felt like "the way it was supposed to happen."
"In my mind's eye, it seemed like the way it was supposed to happen."
However, the Anchorman actor explained his mother thought he had lost his virginity during his high school years to a girl who was particularly popular with his male classmates. "She said, 'If you slept with this girl, you'd better slap a condom on that pecker of yours,'" he added, speaking in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Will's college years in the Delta Tau Delta fraternity at the University of Southern California also saw him strip off on a number of occasions to impress his fellow classmates. "In college, they had this thing where you'd run naked on fraternity row, and if anyone challenged me, I'd be happy to do it."
Emma Stone Thinks Career is 'Fleeting'
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Emma Stone thinks of her success as "fleeting."
The 23-year-old star - who is soon to be seen in the role of Gwen Stacey in The Amazing Spider-Man - tries not to get carried away by fame because she believes all careers "ebb and flow."
"I'm a big believer in impermanence. It's sort of a wonderful feeling when something bad is going on because you know it will end, and when something good is happening I try not to hold on to it too tight because I know it will go. Success is such a fleeting thing. I've seen how the careers of people I look up to ebb and flow, so I don't get carried away by it."
Emma tries to stay focused on her characters so she knows she has not "sold her soul."
"The articles, the magazine covers - that's not really me. The only thing I worry about is how I'm going to play a character, and then I can go to sleep at night knowing I'm not selling my soul."
Christina Ricci's Devastation at Eating Disorder Revelation
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Christina Ricci admits having her eating disorder outed at the age of 14 was a "devastating" experience.
The Bel Ami actress - who shot to fame as a child after appearing in the Addams Family franchise - explained while it was a "horrifying" thing to have happen, it made her vow to be "completely honest" for the rest of her life so no one could ever uncover any more of her secrets.
"Somebody actually found out about it and outed me while I was recovering. It was a horrifying thing to do to a 14-year-old trying to cope with a devastating illness. 'Out of rage, I vowed that no one would ever be able to out me for a secret again. So I was going to be completely honest in the rest of my life. I don't want to be hurt in that way again," she told British Marie Claire.
The 32-year-old star admitted becoming famous at such a young age meant it took her "a while" to be comfortable with who she is:
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Prince Harry 'Wants a Date With Katy Perry'
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Prince Harry reportedly wants a date with Katy Perry.
The second in line to the throne apparently hopes to sign the "Firework" singer up for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert so that he can make his move. Harry, 27, is even said to have turned to event organizer and Take That star Gary Barlow to help get 27-year-old Katy - who is back on the market after splitting with husband Russell Brand - on board.
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JAMMU: Pakistan has planted anti-personnel mines along walking tracks between forward posts on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) to target soldiers, the Army said today.
The Northern Command Media Cell released pictures which showed the mines with marking of Pakistan Ordnance Factory (PoF) of Lot No. 82 and with inscription of 'SGO Sargodha'.


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Lessons from Lanie: Life lived aloud
I didn't know Lanie Kruszewski. But I really wish I had.
A memorial service was held for her on Aug. 3; mourners packed the auditorium of Maggie Walker Governor's School, where Lanie had attended high school. Even though I arrived just a few minutes late, I was obliged to stand in the lobby, for the seats and the standing room inside the auditorium had been occupied, I surmised, long before. Even so, I couldn't miss the many stories told of a remarkable and memorable young woman.
I write fiction, and it occurred to me that her friends were describing a true heroine, someone culled from a vivid imagination. I already knew that Lanie was fiercely intelligent and a gifted athlete. But as I stood there listening, Lanie took shape before me, as an intriguing character of literature might.
She was a culinary school-trained foodie with a penchant for bacon, lavender ice cream, ear-shaped cookies and fresh ingredients, and moreover, she liked to share. She possessed a sassy spirit, with the wit to carry it off. She didn't have a driver's license or a car, preferring the freedom and earth-friendliness of a bike. She touched people of all walks of life with her positivity and joie de vivre. She had great legs. She knew who she was, even at the age of 24.
Lanie also enjoyed reading. And this doesn't surprise me in the least, for I know her mother Patty. I'm not sure if it was when my firstborn was still in the womb or right after his birth when Patty gave me The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. The book touts the importance of reading aloud to children, basically from the moment of conception straight through the high school years. And knowing Patty and her mothering ways, I took it to heart, feeling guilty if I ever missed even one day of read-alouds.
I have always looked up to Patty, both as a mother and a writer. And these words that we both admire, the written thoughts that we endeavor to put to the page, have failed me in the face of this tragedy. There is only a gaping white silence in which words float as aimlessly as dandelion fluff.
Often in the face of grief, I turn to the escape of reading. During the memorial service, I learned that Lanie was a Harry Potter fan, to put it mildly. I too am quite the Harry Potter fan. Patty would be proud to know that I read all of the Harry Potter books to my firstborn. Years of his formative childhood were spent reading to him about the enduring friendships of child wizards, their school Hogwarts, and the battle between good and evil. When we finished the seventh and final installment, we both experienced a sort of mourning period. What book would ever match such brilliance?
Such grief isn't an unusual emotion for me at the completion of novels. I get attached to the characters; I want them to live forever within the bound pages of the book, so that all I have to do is just pick it up again to find out what happens next. When I finished writing my first novel, I couldn't let my characters go. And now, I am almost done with the sequel. What next? I ask myself. I hate to contemplate moving on, for I fear their stories aren't yet finished.
But books aren't meant to go on indefinitely. They are exquisitely brief, like lavender ice cream and chocolate-covered bacon, and unfortunately, life itself. And yet, the best heroines inspire us and bring out the best in us. They live on inside us, even after their stories end.
Lanie's life was brutally taken from us. Unfairly, her story ended before its time. But it doesn't matter to those whose lives she touched.
We will continue to turn her pages, because I, for one, have decided to embrace each day as Lanie did. And I will encourage everyone around me to do the same—to not be afraid to peel back life's flimsy plastic covering and reveal the mysterious, to travel where their legs can take them, to enthusiastically sample the juicy and fresh and untried, to read, to be kind and share and make a difference.
I am now reading the Harry Potter books to my second-born, and much to my delight, my first-born insists on listening too.
Great stories find themselves repeated. Women like Lanie will live on.
Diann Ducharme is the author of The Outer Banks House the recently released e-book, Chasing Eternity, and is a wife, mother of three children and owner of one border collie. You can find her at http://www.diannducharme.com where, she blogs about the writing life.
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The Asian American Society of Central Virginia will hold its 19th Annual Asian American Celebration on Saturday, May 21 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. 3rd St. in Richmond, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
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dated February 27, 2008 and February 3, 2010 between Transport Department and M/s ESP India (for implementation of automated vehicle inspection unit and other works) were based on the conditions approved by the Cabinet of GNCTD (Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi).
"It was the primary duty of the Transport Department and M/s ESP India to follow the same but was in vain and undue favour was given by the Transport Department to M/s ESP India who cheated the public by taking the extra fees without conducting the loaded emission test," the ACB had said.
The ACB's report also said during the course of inquiry "no verbal or documentary evidence came on file" regarding the allegations raised by the petitioner against Sheila Dikshit and former Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.
"Therefore, the allegations against Sheila Dikshit and Arvinder Singh could not be substantiated," it had said, adding the role of the transport officials and M/s ESP India
is being further probed.
Garg, however, submitted in the court today that "as per a Supreme Court judgement, the ACB is bound to register the FIR in terms of his complaint and against all those named in his complaint."
The complainant had sought the court's direction to lodge an FIR against Dikshit, Lovely, Verma and the owner of ESPIndia allegedly for cheating, criminal breach of trust by public servant, criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal while also alleging that the company "is not having adequate and qualified engineers, keeping lives of innocent citizen at high risk and is also causing massive accidents.


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We've had such a great time knitting with you guys during our most recent knit-along. It's been wonderful to see how you've customized your projects! From selecting different yarns to adding stitch patterns and length, each cardi has turned out unique and wonderful.
Here are just a few of the projects that you've shared on our website and on Ravelry:
|Taking a cue from the raglan eyelet, misscreek added a the same lace detail along the fronts of her cardi in Cotton-Ease.
|SheilaAnn also used Cotton-Ease in Cherry to make her stylish cardi.
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Political Party Conference Series in Bangladesh Promotes Responsive Politics
In Bangladesh DI is working with party leaders, local activists, and citizens to improve communication and dialogue through a series of conferences across the country. The conferences—part of DI's Democratic Participation and Reform Project which has been working with the four major political parties in Bangladesh for a year and a half—are an important way for parties to discuss internal reforms and to receive grassroots input about citizen concerns. As one participant in Bogra commented, "With this conference, I feel as though my voice is being heard by my central party leaders in Dhaka." A party General Secretary remarked, "[The project's] ability to provide such comprehensive and detailed feedback from our party's grassroots is very valuable to us as we organize our activities throughout the country."
DI has assisted Bangladeshi political parties and is planning to conduct "district grassroots representative conferences" in all 64 Bangladeshi administrative districts. So far, DI has completed 16 conferences, reaching 5,340 grassroots elected presidents and general secretaries from district, upazilla (subdistrict), municipality, and union parishad (council) committees in the Bogra, Naogoan, Joypurhat, Gaibandha, Nilphamary, Dinajpur, and Lalmonirhat districts. By July 2013 DI plans to conduct a total of 256 conferences, working with more than 110,000 grassroots political party leaders.


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Moving the library's rarest items
Last materials, many San Diego treasures, on way to new Central Library
Rare property maps, fragile city directories and many one-of-a-kind treasures began their nine-block trek Thursday from the old Central Library to their new home at the $185 million, dome topped landmark.
Carted, boxed and bubble-wrapped, the library's special collections will be located in the ninth floor at the top of the building at 330 Park Blvd., due to open Sept. 28.
Rick Crawford, the supervisor of the region's largest public library collection of San Diego material, said it would take several weeks to complete the move. The last departments include the California Room, the Genealogy Room and the rare book collection in the Wangenheim Room.
Crawford and his staff met the first batch of 20 or so carts at the new library and began moving items onto compact shelving that takes up less space than standard shelves.
"We've got a lot that we haven't had before," Crawford said. "I think the patrons are going to love it and I'm sure we're going to enjoy working here. It should last for many decades. San Diego usually builds libraries too small for future growth, so it depends on how big the city gets, but we have room for growth for quite a while."
Librarian Kate Reeve, who previously worked at the Tucson Historical Society archives, pulled an example of a one-of-a-kind volume: Sanborn property maps that firefighters used to consult when analyzing access and construction type in various buildings. She said they are available on the Internet but not in color, a key difference that helps tell the story of a building's makeup. That oversized book is being relocated along with numerous flat-file drawers of maps and posters related to San Diego history.
Also queued up for the short ride to their new home were dozens of cardboard boxes that contain paper records on hundreds of local topics and additional boxes of microfilmed newspapers from around the country.
Although planning for the move commenced years ago, some surprises greeted Crawford's team when they examined their new space for the first time.
The compact shelves are too shallow to accommodate many oversized books; other shelves are an inch too narrow to hold the three cardboard boxes in a row as originally expected; and the restroom and isolation room, where new acquisitions are kept until cleared of silverfish and other bugs, had been inadvertently swapped.
"We have an oversized restroom and an undersized isolation room," Crawford said.
With the budgets never big enough to cover every item on a wish list, the library's one-of-kind collection of original local newspapers dating into the 19th century will be housed offsite at the old Serra Mesa library until more compact shelving is bought in future years.
Still the new California Room is several times bigger than its predecessor and Crawford hopes many more volunteers will be available to help the public and maintain security.
For the first time, all the holdings in storage at the old library's two basements will cataloged for the first time and merged with the items that had been readily available on the second floor in the old building that opened in 1954 at 820 E St.
The genealogy collection, which had been housed in an often-locked small room next to the California Room, will be three times bigger through the merger with the San Diego Genealogy Society's collection, now stored in an industrial building in Kearny Mesa. Those items are due to be moved Aug. 3-4.
The Wangenheim collection, named for a long-serving library commissioner and lover of rare books, will move later next month to a new, richly decorated room being completed next to the new California Room.


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College Hockey:No. 7 Lakers Sweep Bears
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — One week after No. 7 Mercyhurst was shut out in the second day of weekend split, the Lakers quickly made sure Brown wouldn't repeat the feat. It took Samantha Shirley just 32 seconds.
Defenseman Danielle Ayearst added a power play goal at the half way point, and Mercyhurst (20-6-2) held on for a 2-1 victory over the Bears (11-12-2) in a game that involved a number of momentum swings down the stretch. The wild back end of the second period included a 3-on-3 and a Mercyhurst 5-on-3. Brown also had a power play opportunity to tie the game in the final three minutes but could not convert.
The game was far more offensive than the final score or the 23-23 shot count indicated. The Lakers dominated the total shot tally 45-22 for two periods and 54-35 for the game. Brown outblocked Mercyhurst, 16-5.
The sweep was huge for the Lakers, who don't have much room for error down the stretch in their hunt for an NCAA at-large berth. Mercyhurst coach Mike Sisti was particularly proud of the sweep because it came after losing freshman Stephanie Jones to the Under-22 Air Canada Cup and Sarah McDonald to a knee sprain in the second period.
"At this point of this season we're playing desperation hockey, and different people are stepping up every night," Sisti said.
This night began with Shirley stepping up once again. Mercyhurst's leading goal scorer a year ago, she was shut out until the 14th game of the season against New Hampshire. Now she has nine goals in her last 15 games.
"Early on she was playing her best hockey and the pucks just weren't going in the net for her," Sisti said. "Since that New Hampshire game she's played equally as well and she's just finding the net a little more."
The power play goal by Ayearst, which originated on a shot from the point in transition at 9:24 of the second period, was the only blemish on an otherwise superb penalty kill afternoon for Brown. The most impressive kill came against a Mercyhurst 5-on-3 at the end of the second period.
"We're real good on the penalty kill," said Brown coach Digit Murphy. "We have so many penalties called against us I guess you have to be good."
Credit also goes to Brown freshman O'Hara Shipe who stopped 21 of 23 Laker shots. Combined with Stacey Silverman's performance yesterday, it was a good weekend for Brown goaltenders.
"So much of the penalty kill is goaltending," Murphy said. "Stacey and Shipe are playing phenomenal. For O'Hare to only have two goals scored against her is big. The fact that we can't score a couple more to help her cause is something we need to work on."
Brown assistant captain Jessica Link cut the deficit in half during a 4-on-3 at 11:03, when the Lakers' trio shifted to one side and left the opposite side of the ice wide open for Link to walk in and wrist the puck top shelf.
But that was the only bright spot for a Brown power play that went just 1-for-7 for the game. Because of injuries, the Bears have never really found the right man-up combinations, particularly up top as defensemen have been hit hard by injuries. The Bears' game plan was to force Mercyhurst to play them up high and get the puck down low to Link and senior Amy McLaughlin, but Brown struggled to control the puck up top and could not keep it in the zone consistently.
"Maybe we're going to have to change the power play," Murphy said. "I think it's just a question of trying to figure out what the right mix is, and it's kind of scary that we don't have that done right now, but we'll keep working at it."
The best chance for Brown of the final frame came when Lindsey Glennon had a back door deflection at the crease, but she was stuffed by Mercyhurst goalie Laura Hosier, who reacted well to the attempt. Hosier made 22 saves for the day and allowed just three goals all weekend in lieu of Patty Kazmaier nominee Desi Clark. Sisti said starting Hosier this weekend was a tough decision. The freshman goalie is undefeated this season.
"We're lucky because we have great goaltending with great kids," Sisti said. "They push each other. They make each other better.It's nice to know down the road [Hosier] is just a freshman. She's getting a lot of games. She's proven she can play in the big games. With her and Desi Clark, we're in a nice situation. We like them both and they complement each other well."
On Brown's power play opportunity with three minutes left, Murphy's plan was to get a whistle in the Mercyhurst end, call timeout and pull the goaltender. But the Lakers spoiled that plan by keeping the play alive, and Shipe was not pulled until after the power play expired and thirty seconds remained. Brown's only chance at net in the last three minutes came in the final second, but it was too little, too late.
Despite getting swept, Murphy still believes her team is headed in the right direction. Until the ECAC tournament, when Brown will be gunning for an automatic bid, the team's improvement is more important than the end result. The Bears' next test is the North Country road trip against No. 6 St. Lawrence and Clarkson.
"I think the kids are working hard, they're working like a team," Murphy said. "We struggled with some chemistry in early January, went through a few team bumps and now I'm really starting to feel the sense of frustration from the kids, and they're starting to be on the same page. Our teams historically do well in the end, so I'm looking forward to the end and doing well."
From here on out, Mercyhurst doesn't have any scheduled games left against .500 teams. All that remains is Cornell next weekend and its regular season CHA schedule, leading up to the CHA tournament. Sisti knows that his team will nonetheless continue to be challenged.
"Every weekend has its new challenges," Sisti said. "The CHA teams play us as tough as any team in the country plays us. I think they have respect for us as we do for them. A lot of their seasons revolve around us and winning the CHA championship. Even though we don't have a ton of teams, all the teams compete ferorcuiously to try to win that championship. So maybe we see those teams at their best and different from some other teams so them. Every one of us gives them everything we can handle."
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Okay okay, it's totally not my birthday yet. That would be March 18. But, let's be real…
Owning it.
On Friday my week(+)-long birthday celebration started with a trip to a land far far away called New Jersey. Destination: Atlantic City.
We stayed at the The Chelsea – a trendy little boutique hotel right on the boardwalk, around the corner from Tropicana. There's no casino there, which I prefer, but there definitely wasn't a shortage of amenities with their spa, lounge, and restaurants.
Jessi and I decided to grab dinner at a sports bar instead, though, because why eat a fancy dinner when you can have chicken tenders and chili cheese fries?
Patti and Kristine arrived a bit later, and then our night began, where we enjoyed just about everything AC has to offer. I'm still not sure if that's entirely a good thing or not.
Later in the night we got our mandatory club fix at Providence, which was actually a lot more fun than I anticipated.
(…although, I must admit I wouldn't have gone if Jessi didn't use her magic list of contacts to get us out of the $15 cover.)
We rounded out the night with some gamble-age, bopping around, making new friends, and almost getting in two fights with very scary girls. Naturally.
On Saturday we spent some much-needed time at the spa, followed by grubbing our faces off breakfast. Then we headed back to the casino where I finally got my gambling fix…for the first time in my life, actually. My game de choix:
Kitty Glitter may look like an innocent little one-cent slot…and I may be the most typical girl in the world for playing it…but guess who walked away with $159 on her $20 after pushing about three buttons?
And just like that, this first-time gambler paid off her entire trip. Lovely.
The girls hit a few more tables to win back the money they lost the night before (Patti successfully, Jessi and Kristine not so much), and then we hopped on a bus home. We quickly made plans to go out when we got back because…well, who needs to sleep when there's a birthday to be celebrated?
We started at Catch and then headed to Stash for what turned out to be another great night.
Now the party is continuing in Pennsylvania for a few days so I can spend some quality time with the family…but this time the "party" consists of being as lazy as humanly possible. Oh, and lots of this:
Any other week-long birthday celebrators out there? What's your favorite way to celebrate your birthday?


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They work great, but there are conflicting diagrams/statements to be aware of:1) Their sales description (on the world's largest on-line retailer site) says "As the wheels turn, the self-centering and auto-tensioning system activates and the chain tightens around the tire. This eliminates the need to exit your vehicle and brave the elements to re-adjust snow chains." However, the Thule description on their own site says you need to stop and retension. I don't know which is true.2) The final installation diagram shows a symmetrical triangle is created by the tensioner (which would provide even tensioning). However, in reality, the tensioning system is short and the 3-points being pulled by this system are all on the same side of the wheel. It seems to work fine for me - but if the fit were not perfect, then I guess you'd pull the chain off center.Do not let these comments stop you from buying, just be aware...
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SAN FRANCISCO – For the past month, Arizona State coach Todd Graham talked about the bowl experience and how special it is, especially the 15 extra practices. Nothing is better for team development, he said.
But Graham also pointed out that none of it matters if you don't finish it off with a win. That's how ASU approached Saturday's Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl at AT&T Park, and that's what was reflected on the scoreboard at the end of a crisp December day in the Bay Area.
In front of 34,172 fans, ASU jumped on Navy from the opening kickoff, never letting up in a 62-28 win that capped what has to be labeled as a successful first year for Graham and his staff in Tempe. The 62 points were the most scored in Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl history. It's also the most points the Sun Devils have scored in any bowl in their history.
"Our guys came to play today and dominated," Graham said. "I'm really proud of them."
Despite a late four-game losing streak that eliminated it from Pac-12 South contention, ASU (8-5) ended the season with three consecutive wins, something that hasn't happened since the Frank Kush years. The Sun Devils also have this to carry into the off-season: For just the fourth time in 37 years, they have defeated rival Arizona and won a bowl game in the same season.
"Sometimes if you do things right and work hard, good things will happen to you," Graham said. "…There's no doubt that this will propel us into the off-season."
Leading up to this game, all the attention focused on Navy's triple-option and if ASU could slow it down. The unasked question: What would Navy do to slow down ASU, which entered the contest averaging 36.4 points?
The answer: not much. The Midshipmen were overwhelmed. The Sun Devils scored touchdowns on their first nine possessions, none of which required longer than 2 minutes, 43 seconds. They scored in nearly every way imaginable, with long passes and short runs. ASU averaged more than 9.4 yards per play.
How lopsided was it? The Sun Devils spent a significant amount of time last week on trick plays, but they never had a chance to use them simply because the game got out of control so quickly.
ASU had several contributors. Junior running back Marion Grice, the game's Offensive MVP, left the team last week to mourn the loss of his brother, killed in Houston after police say two men demanded his recently bought Air Jordan shoes. The team dedicated the game to the memory of Joshua Wood, and Grice responded in a way that would've made his brother proud. He rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior Rashad Ross, playing in front of his hometown fans, had four catches for 139 yards and three touchdowns. And Taylor Kelly completed his first season as a starting quarterback with one of his better performances. The sophomore quarterback completed 17 of 19 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown.
"Great win for our seniors to go out on, and it's great momentum for our program," Kelly said.
As a result, the game never was in doubt. Navy's triple-option is designed to deceive, but the Midshipmen fell into a 21-0 hole, robbing the offense of its effectiveness. ASU led 34-7 at halftime and then erupted for 28 third-quarter points. Overall, the Sun Devils gained a season-high 648 yards, 380 of which came on the ground. (Both are bowl records.) They didn't punt once.
"We couldn't stop them," Navy linebacker Brye French said. "Everything we tried, they just dominated us. It was very frustrating. They executed on everything. … We knew what they did; we just couldn't stop it."
Added Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo: "It's just the way the ball bounces. Sometimes you get your butt beat."
Navy, which had won seven of eight entering the game, dropped to 8-5. The Midshipmen, who have the nation's sixth-best rushing attack, rushed for 313 yards but had just 350 total yards.
"I hope we never play that triple-option again," said junior defensive tackle Will Sutton, the game's Defensive MVP with 2 1/2 sacks. "…But we handled it real well."
Key player: Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly completed 17 of 19 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns. At least one of his incompletions was a dropped pass. Kelly rushed seven times for 81 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown run. It was his first rushing touchdown of the season.
Key moment: The Sun Devils led 14-0 midway through the first quarter when Navy put together a drive. Navy went for it on fourth and 7 from the ASU 31, but a potential touchdown pass went through the hands of slot back Gee Gee Greene. ASU drove 69 yards for a touchdown and the rout was on.
Key number: 9 - Touchdowns ASU scored before Navy stopped the Sun Devils for the first time.
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News that the Alaskan Way Viaduct has sunk another quarter-inch along Seattle's central waterfront came as no surprise to the state Department...
News that the Alaskan Way Viaduct has sunk another quarter-inch along Seattle's central waterfront came as no surprise to the state Department of Transportation (DOT), which has been closely watching that section of the elevated roadway near the downtown ferry terminal.
Though the structure is still considered safe, a fix is in the works, part of a six-part plan that will commence this fall:
• First on the list is stabilizing the viaduct footings near Colman Dock, the area near the ferry terminal where the columns have been sinking. The state will put an additional reinforcing layer of steel and concrete around the existing footings. The project is expected to be completed by next spring and cost is estimated at $5 million.
• The second project is relocating two electrical transmission lines and five feeder lines from the viaduct to Western and First avenues. This will occur between 2007 and 2009 and is expected to cost about $65 million.
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• The state will add lighting, fire-suppression equipment and ventilation systems to the Battery Street Tunnel between 2008 and 2010.
• Also between 2008 and 2010, the state will strengthen steel structures from Lenora Street to the tunnel.
• A new Highway 99 will be built at the south end of the viaduct, from Holgate Street to Royal Brougham Way. That should be competed by 2012.
• Last on the list are improvements to arterials, bus lanes, signals and transit to help manage traffic when the viaduct is replaced.
The viaduct's future was supposed to have been decided in March, when Seattle voters were faced with a nonbinding choice of replacing the structure with either another elevated highway or what was called a hybrid tunnel. Voters said no. And no.
More than half of the voters opposed a new elevated highway, and 70 percent opposed the tunnel, pushed by Mayor Greg Nickels.
After the election, city and state officials tried to save face by announcing a $915 million plan to start work on supposedly noncontroversial parts of the viaduct while postponing until late 2008 a decision on how to replace it. Some of that work is included in the six-part plan.
No one can predict what the final replacement might look like, but a plan pushed by crusading environmentalists to dispense with the viaduct in favor of a surface street is gathering steam.
The Seattle City Council in May approved a measure to spend $8 million to look at the surface option. "Our voters rejected an elevated structure and hybrid tunnel by wide margins," said Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck. "We, as leaders and as a community, need to rethink the approach to this project."
Costly delays
Ron Paananen, viaduct project manager with the DOT, said he doesn't know when a decision might be made about how to replace the viaduct, but he guesses it will be in late 2008 to give the 2009 Legislature time to evaluate it.
Delays, he said, cost $10 million a month — largely the result of inflation.
"If we can successfully do work in the south end, we'll tear down 40 percent of the viaduct," he said. Adding the areas the state plans to strengthen, he said, half of the viaduct will be replaced or strengthened without a decision on how to replace the rest.
While other ideas continue to be floated about viaduct replacement — including a tunnel under Western Avenue, a bridge over the water and repairing the existing structure, Paananen said the state isn't taking any of them seriously. "People got tired after March," he said, "and are starting to wake up again."
Retired structural engineer Victor Gray is still pushing his retrofit idea, even though it's been dismissed by the DOT. He said he's writing a letter to Gov. Christine Gregoire saying a retrofit should be considered.
"The retrofit is being totally ignored," he said. "We'll do our best to make sure it's not ignored."
Cary Moon, with the People's Waterfront Coalition, who has pushed a surface-street replacement, said the replacement plan is now on a slower track.
"They're opening the table back up to other approaches and rethinking the whole system," she said. "They're looking at city streets as a solution."
The work the state plans to start this fall isn't without its critics, said Katherine Stanford, leader of the Downtown District Council, which represents five downtown neighborhoods.
"We're part of the group of folks talking about what we'd like to see in the process: that it's inclusive, transparent, credible and impartial," she said.
Of particular concern, she said, are plans to move transmission lines and relocate them on First Avenue, tearing up First Avenue during the busiest time of the year.
The planned retrofit of the Battery Street Tunnel is also of concern, she said, because the state is planning to put up a building to handle ventilation, and that could block view corridors and take up open space.
The Belltown community recently sent a letter to Gregoire saying, "this work would preclude the very desirable option to reconstruct the highway approach to the Battery Street Tunnel underneath Elliott and Western avenues, thus reducing the effects of highway noise, dust and visual blight on the Belltown community and allowing for better pedestrian connections between Belltown and the Seattle waterfront. Since voters said no to an elevated freeway replacement option, it seems inconsistent with their wishes to be spending money on this elevated highway section."
The letter said the proposed ventilation building would be at Battery Street and First Avenue, "which happens to be one of the most dramatic and sweeping public viewpoints in Belltown."
The group asked that work be delayed until the preferred option for the full viaduct replacement has been decided.
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