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SS Jose Reyes
2B Argenis Reyes
3B David Wright
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RF Fernando Tatis
1B Carlos Delgado
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I know Easley probably could use the day off but last game against Zito he had 3 hits plus he is hitting 346 against LH pitching.
i think switching catchers is stupid right now. yeah, it's a day game after a night game, but Castro should get the go for the righty/lefty match-up, especially since the Rockies will be throwing righties in the first two games of that series. The amount of baby-ing that goes on with these players is really starting to hurt the game.
I guarantee Castro starts against one of those righties. For a guy who has as much trouble staying healthy when given regular time as Castro does, I have no problems sitting him here.
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Castro 379 438 655
Schneider 204 259 204
Mauel's pattern seems to be go w/the hot hand. And A Reyes got a couple hits. Plus, Easley is 38. He can't play everday.
Anybody know why the Indians gave up on this kid?
Scheinder catching today is only a consequence of the longer game b/c of the rain. If it was not for the rain, maybe Castro plays. Plus, he did take a couple of balls off his body. But, no doubt he is better against LH.
Poor Brian Schneider. He is so bad at hitting that even Argenis Reyes hits higher than he does. :-)
iacnt wait to see what this lineup can do…..jsut a different look today….anyone whos name isnt castillo is good for me….GO METS!!!! ABOUT 25 MORE MIN TILL GAME TIME LETS SWEEP THIS THING
Argenis Reyes had a .353 OBP in AAA. Not too bad. No power though.
jay, its not babying. Omar made a headline trade of Milledge to get Schneider so there's implicit pressure on Manuel to play Schneider at least half the time.
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Thanks for the full reply. You'll see that I've snipped much of our preceding conversation. I hope you'll also see that nothing relevant to the points I've addressed has been snipped. Let's just move on now shall we?...
Hugo Kornelis wrote:
> On 22 Nov 2005 15:34:44 -0800, michael_at_preece.net wrote:
> >> >Julian M wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> NULL in SQL can seem tricky, but it is simple enough if viewed in terms
> >> >> of what is intended by the ANSI SQL92/99 standards.
> >> >> See drafts:
> >> >> http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql/sql1992.txt
> >> >> http://www.ncb.ernet.in/education/modules/dbms/SQL99/
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Here's your problem...
> >> >
> >> >"A special value that is used to indicate the absence of any data
> >> >value."
> >> >
> >> >That's it right there. It doesn't make sense. The special value has to
> >> >be present doesn't it? So something is present. What is it? Is it an
> >> >indication that whatever it is is absent? Nope. If something is present
> >> >it's present. If it's absent it's absent.
> >This only makes sense if it
> >is interpreted to mean that it, whatever it is, is empty, or void, of
> >any value.
> You're still trying to put more meaning into it than NULL actually has.
No. I'm pointing out that the source of all of the confusion that plainly exists in SQL-land regarding exactly what NULL is and how it should be used is very likely due to an inadequate definition in the standard. It all seems to stem from that single sentence in the SQL-92 standard.
> The only thing that NULL means is "there's no value here". Period. I'm
> sorry if that doesn't make sense to you - but that's just the way it is.
That makes perfect sense to me. What's more - I'm in total 100% agreement. The confusion only arises when it is interpreted to mean the value is absent. Can you see the difference that exists between something being present and yet having no value and something being absent? That's the whole reason for NULL - to represent something being present and yet having no value.
> > Absence is the problem word. If I want something to be
> >absent I'll delete it from the database.
> Maybe this scratches the reason why you can't see the sense in NULL: you
> try to view SQL's NULL from a Pick mindset. In Pick, you can (if I
> understood the explanations correctly) delete a single cell (if "cell"
> is the correct term in a Pick context).
SQL's NULL seems to be different things to different people. I'm just one of them. You are correct though - I do, naturally enough, see it from a Pick mindset.
If we think of a database as a city center with loads of high-rise buildings, then, in Pick, a single high-rise can have a different number of cubicles in each "bathroom", and a different number of bathrooms on each floor. It would appear that in an SQL high-rise, each floor must have the same number of bathrooms, each with the same number of cubicles. In both Pick and SQL, any of the cubicles can have a "vacant" sign showing. In Pick the cubicles marked "vacant" are actually there. In SQL, it seems, some of the cubicles marked "vacant" might not be there at all.
> That is not possible in an SQL
> table, which has to be rectangular: you can delete an entire row or drop
> an entire column, but you can't delete a single cell. Setting a NULL
> value in a column in an SQL table is equivalent to deleting a cell in a
> Pick database.
In Pick there are times when we need to record that "there's no value here" and, although we *could* delete the single cell, that would not be the right thing to do - so it is necessary to store NULL instead. That is different to recording that "the value is absent - and therefore unknown" - that would be a deleted "cell".
In SQL, it seems, not only do you need a special value to repesent the fact that "there's no value here", but you also need a way of representing the fact that a value would not exist at all if it could, physically, have been deleted. This is because, although the RM is very much about separating the logical from the physical, the limitations inherent in the column/row structure (both physical and logical) prevent a single cell from being able to be deleted. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong on this.
> > If I want to record that
> >something does not have any data value I'll record a null.
> Now you are losing me. Can you give me a concrete example of something
> that is present without data value?
OK. I have a mug on my desk. It's empty. Excuse me a moment...
Now there's no mug on my desk.
Just a moment...
Now it's a mug of tea.
Sorry - the mug wasn't made of concrete. Will china clay do? And I guess data isn't everybody's cup of tea. <g>
> It is also clear that you didn't really want to be educated about how
> NULL in SQL should be interpreted, as you tried us believe in your first
> message - you merely wanted to "prove" that SQL-relational is
> "ridiculous".
> As I already stated in several messages, your first post in this thread
> gave me the impression that you sincerely wanted to be helped to figure
> out how NULLs in SQL work. Things like "I've been accustomed to thinking
> ...", "Now, as I read up on SQL, I find that ...", a number of questions
> and "Sorry - head is spinning." gave me that impression. I thought I
> could help clarify things; that's why I replied.
> Of course, if your first post had already contained the texts "Poor
> fools. Poor deluded fools. The sooner SQL-relational is seen for what it
> is - ridiculous - the better." and "Strong enough you reckon?", I would
> have known better than to reply. But unfortunately, you were clever
> enough to withhold those comments until later.
I'll admit I didn't like what I was reading. It was, incidentally, the definition of NULL in the documentation for M$ SQL-Server. I'll admit to thinking it was flawed. I put the question here because I couldn't believe anything could be so obviously flawed, as I initially understood it, and yet taken seriously. There had to be something missing from my understanding. I have learnt from the discussion. I now believe I see the situation as it is. It is a confused situation. NULL is taken to mean multiple things. I see NULL clearly as signifying that "there's no value here" and consider that to be different and at odds with the various other interpretations attributed to it - including, and especially, "unknown". Naturally, and truthfully, enough - I believe my interpretation to be correct. I am 100% convinced that NULL means "there's no value here". In Pick, which essentially type-less and where everything is a string, it equates to an empty string. I accept it is not possible to use an empty string in SQL because it is "typed" - and NULL is inherently type-less, so it has to be represented by a special value.
> >The presence of the special value is necessary (in some DBMSs) to
> >indicate a fact. The fact is that we have no value. Unknown, on the
> >other hand, equates to an absence of any facts. Can you see that
> >"unknown" is therefore not equal to "no value"?
> This is what I've been saying in all my messages: NULL is not the same
> as unknown.
It's clear - and gratifying - that we agree on this.
> NULL is a marker for an absent value.
I agree that a marker is necessary to *represent* NULL in almost all models. I disagree that it *is* the marker itself. I believe the marker itself can be absolutely anything. I believe NULL is what is represented by the marker. What is represented by the marker is that there is "no value here". If you need a marker to represent that the value is absent, because you are forbidden or unable to delete it and make it actually absent, that's something else entirely, and not to be confused with marking something as having no value. A value that is absent might have a value - we don't know, because it's not here for us to check. This is where it is very easy for people to confuse NULL with unknown - because the value is interpreted to be absent and therefore unknowable. Anything that is present can be compared to any other value that is present. A NULL can therefore be compared with another NULL and found to be equal - because they both contain no value. A value that is absent cannot be compared with anything - and this leads to the situation where I find myself reading some documentation that tries to tell me that comparing NULL with anything at all - including another NULL - will result in "unknown". *That* I find ridiculous - although I think I understand now how and why the confusion arose.
> >The standard would have been better had it
> >defined NULL as "No value. An empty set. A special value may be used to
> >indicate its presence.".
> No. NULL is not "no value"; it is a value - "a special value".
> NULL is also not an empty set. It is a scalar. Sets and scalars can't be
> swapped around at will in SQL.
I have to admit I don't know what this means. Can you explain the essential difference between sets and scalars - in so far as it is relevant to this discussion.
> Best, Hugo
Mike. Received on Wed Nov 23 2005 - 17:57:55 CST
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#18 is Jennel Garcia with "Home Sweet Home"! Could there have been more tragic of an elimination during this season of The X Factor than the ridiculously early sweeping-under-the-rug of Jennel? Yet another victim of this show's ridiculous live show protocols, an early front runner was tossed under the bus without ever even delivering a truly poor performance. Her "Home Sweet Home" was most definitely a standout moment this season, showing promise of fantastic performances yet to come. Alas, we were falsely hyped up for performances we would never have the pleasure of witnessing.
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The ever-patient Mrs. Turner simply shakes her head and smiles as she walks into the room on any given Saturday afternoon. She catches me again. Here I sit, her allegedly full-grown husband with pen in hand, dutifully scratching down the No. 29 song from this week in 1974. The Sirius XM replay of American Top 40 may very well be four decades old, but to me the songs are as fresh as the day Casey Kasem first counted 'em down.
I was raised on radio. Gary Owens, Robert W. Morgan and Wink Martindale helped this kid burn through a whole bunch of 9-volt batteries back in southern California. Vin Scully, Dick Enberg and Chick Hearn made sports come alive. Then when our family moved to the Midwest, it was Lujak, Winston, Landecker, Brickhouse and Harwell who helped smooth the transition.
Yet as velvet as those voices may have been, none captured me like Casey Kasem. There were many Saturdays in the 70's when I found myself trying explain why catching Casey and making a list of those 40 songs was more important than finishing the teen chores. Today, a full two generations later, the "honey-do" list is often postponed for the same reason. This boy needs no new toys. He has Casey.
Casey Kasem died on Father's Day. Now I think I know how Don McLean felt. You know … a long, long time ago, when music used to make him smile. American Top 40 is my American Pie.
"You could say I owe something to Elvis and the Beatles," Kasem told me in a 1983 interview for The Elkhart Truth. I was on the sports desk at the time but Lifestyle editor Marcia Fulmer knew of my obsession with American Top 40 and all things radio. She tossed an irresistible temptation my way when the popular host made himself available for a nationwide round of interviews to promote the show. "Those and others like them helped make radio a giant force in the Sixties. And, of course, radio then made a big difference in my life."
Musically, Casey was as close to being all things to all people as you could find. He appeared just as excited to bring us the Beatles as he was the Osmonds. He was diverse before diversity was cool and he had a seemingly endless supply of stories behind every artist and every song. As specialized formats and a crisper sound lured many of us to the FM dial during the 70's, Kasem brought us back to the AM side for at least three hours a week.
"Music is the key," Kasem explained. "We never lose sight of the fact that American Top 40 is a DJ show. I'm a DJ, not a narrator. While I give out information and tell stories, first and foremost I play records. Total up the time I actually talk in an hour, not counting the time I talk over the records. If you take all the time I talk when there is no music behind me, it would come out to approximately six minutes."
I challenged my hero on the rather modest review of his own talents. American Top 40 is/was more than an average disc jockey counting down the week's best selling records. His unique feel for the curiosity inside every music fan, coupled with a flair for the dramatic, kept the program several paces ahead of countless imitators.
"That's the point," Casey replied. "While playing hit records, I'm also informing people about the business, human interest stories, statistics and facts they probably haven't heard before. The little hook I use, giving the listener a clue about what's coming up and always providing a legitimate payoff, has worked well. I always felt if we kept the integrity of the show and had a strong technical quality we could make it last."
Casey had five radio stations in the fold when American Top 40 debuted in the summer of 1970. A year later there were 100 and by the middle of the decade, he was coast to coast on more than 1,000 places on the dial. The ubiquitous countdown even cracked the Armed Forces Radio Network, becoming one of the government-run entity's first concessions to the rising tide of a changing culture.
It was a time when Kasem's one-of-a-kind tone seemed to be everywhere. He is the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby Doo cartoon series. He did commercials for Dairy Queen, Ford, Heinz, Century 21, Rice-a-Roni, Friskies and many, many more. He was the studio voice of the NBC television network for nearly a decade.
Still, the countdown remains the gold standard of an iconic career.
"Growing up with people like Elvis and the Beatles makes me feel as though I was born into music," Casey said. "I have a feeling about radio and popular music that those just getting into the business don't have. I was there when music was changing almost day-by-day and I guess that has made me a part of it all."
"I guess I'll always be known as a disc jockey," he confessed as I reluctantly brought our conversation to a close, "but I find nothing wrong with that. I've played a billion dollars' worth of music and I have a billion dollars' worth of memories."


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In Memory of
Gerald Eugene Ehrlich
December 30, 1932 - February 20, 2013
Mr. Gerald Eugene Ehrlich, 80, of Augusta, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at University Hospital.
Graveside services will be held on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11am at Magnolia Cemetery with Rabbi David Sirrull officiating.
A lifelong resident of Augusta, GA, he was the son of the late Louis Samuel Ehrlich and Gertrude Kantziper. He graduated from Augusta Richmond Academy High School and the University of Georgia with a Bachelors of Science degree. He retired from Roche Laboratories, a division of Hoffman LaRoche, Inc. after 38 years in pharmaceutical sales. He was a member of Adas Yeshurun Synagogue. Gerald served on the synagogue board, in various capacities. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinal fan. Gerald enjoyed nothing more than spending time with his friends and family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Ehrlich. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Harriet Cantor Ehrlich, children, Jeffrey (Donna) Ehrlich, Charlotte, NC, Beth (Tom) Eubanks, North Augusta, SC, Lisa Ehrlich, Charlotte, NC, grandchildren, Ryan (Jessica) Eubanks, Lee (Megan) Eubanks, Scott (April) Eubanks, Samuel Ehrlich, Abby Ehrlich, and great grandchild, Emily Ann Eubanks.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to , Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, 935 Johns Road, Augusta, GA, 30904 or


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숙박 가능인원5
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면적55 m²
Floor No.8(with elevator)
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The apartment is located in a beautiful residential spot, very close to the center of Athens, in the Neo Irakleion area / Prasinou Lofou street, and right beside the Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). It is within driving distance to all Athens' main sights. Via Bus and Metro you can access the Syntagma square, the National Garden, the Acropolis and Plaka. Around this apartment there are some small local restaurants, a bakery and a supermarket, ideal for your daily needs.
Public transportation (bus/metro/taxis) is really convenient in this area towards all destinations.
How to get here:
1. Easily reach from Metro station "Neon Irakleion / Irakleion" and buses 640/642, the bus station is in front of the apartment building.
2. Almost anything can be reached within 30-35 minutes via Bus and Metro or taxi cab, embassies, museums, shopping, touristic attractions e.t. By bus and Metro to the station "Irakleion"- and from there to the very center of Athens.
3. Pick up service from or to the airport is also provided for an additional cost (check rules).
|Weekly rate for up to 3 guests
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|Monthly rate for up to 3 guests
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Het was een ruim en netjes appartement, vlakbij het metro station kato patissia. We waren er drie nachten en athene was heel erg warm, maar in het appartement was airco zodat we goed en koel konden slapen. De bedden lagen goed maar kraakten enorm. De keuken was ruim een grote koelkast met vriesvak. Badkamer ook ruim met douche en toilet.
Prima appartement en niet duur!
We did not stay at th appartament due to cancelation so we can not rate our stay with Wimdu in Athens
Udmærket lys og rummelig lejlighed. Venlig og opmærksom modtagelse.
prima appartement, aan de rand van het centrum, en geweldig openbaar vervoer met bus 25. voor de deur kon je heen en weer naar het syntagma plein, het centrale plein van Athene waar je alle connecties had met bus, tram en metro.Vanaf het huis was het drie minuten lopen naar een reeks busverbindingen en 10 minuten lopen naar de metro ( dezelfde lijn die naar het vliegveld gaat.)
Het werkelijk gigantische balkon geeft het appartement zoveel extra ruimte buiten de gezellige huiskamer ( met flatscreen bbc,deutse welle en griekse stations die regelmatig Engelse programma's uitzenden) was er ook een logeerkamer,een slaapkamer en een badkamer(niet luxe maar efficiënt)
Kortom een aanrader voor een bezoek aan Athene.
Alles war super die Wohnung lag sehr zentral..
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
verry good thanks alot
We stayed at the apartment near Hilton, Evangelismos. The transportation was good and you can go around without a car. The apartment was old and small and it was not the best apartment I've ever stayed, I have to say truthfully. The bed makes some noise when sleeping if you move. If you are a sensitive and light sleeper, you would be waken up by the sound you make by moving on the bed. (My husband slept well though) However I still would consider staying book apartments by Mr Babis. He was a very kind and helpful host. In spite of the inconvenience in the stay at the small ground floor apartment, we really enjoyed our stay in Athens thanks to the hospitality and kindness of Mr. Babis. We'd like to thank him again here. And, for the price for a whole apartment you can't really complain too much to be honest.
The appartment was comfortable, althought it was near the street with heavy traffic.
For 4 people they offer one bathroom, and not two as it was stated in the offer.
We had a technical problem, because we couldn't open the bathroon door ( our friend was locked inside for two hours) but the host was very helpful.
The apartment is situated in a very nice and quiet area, but at the same time with good transport's conections. So its location is realy perfect! We were kindly welkomed with a botle of wine, we also had available all kitchen things we needed for our stay...
Of course, the place needs a bit renovating, especialy the bath - it seems the shower hose leaking water and spray it away, the windows do not closed, which could be not a problem in summer at all, but in November here was a bit cold althou temperaiures ouside are high...
As it's mentioned, there is no enough daylight in the place, but it is also not a problem, especially for guests who have all-day sightseening...
Saying breefly, the apatment is not bad and we had a good stay there!
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Mahler Gets the Michael Tilson Thomas Treatment
There is a whole lot of Gustav Mahler going on this month. May marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the composer's death and celebrations are happening everywhere in the world where classical music is a thing. Acclaimed interpreters of Mahler's work, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have been invited to perform in Vienna, Prague, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, and other European music hot spots this spring. In conjunction with all the mad Mahler action, the Symphony's Grammy-winning Mahler recording project will be released in a box CD set and KQED will broadcast concerts. So if you ever wanted to learn about Mahler, his music, or Michael Tilson Thomas's interpretations thereof - here's your chance.
Keeping Score with MTT
October in our fair city is definitely a-buzz. Last week, San Francisco swayed to the sounds of the renown Bluegrass Festival. This weekend, it's President's Cup golf tourney and the Blue Angels.
But with the season's lengthening shadows and rain on the horizon, doesn't a night at home listening to great music sound divine?
Well pull up your comfy chair and grab the remote because SF Symphony maestro Michael Tilson Thomas and KQED serve up fabulous music, and more, this month on Keeping Score.
The Band Played on @ SF Symphony Opening Night Gala
Music, it is said, hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
And maestro Michael Tilson Thomas and his band, starring piano virtuoso Lang Lang, masterfully hit their notes last night in Davies Symphony Hall during a sold-out, glittery opening-night gala that heralded the 98th season of the San Francisco Symphony.
Let's face it, most of this past year has been a bit of a bummer. At last year's opener, few had yet to grasp the economic troubles we'd witness during the past 365 days. The fallout from Wall Street had yet to sink in (or rather, sink down); a new president waited in the wings as the election neared.


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Things to see and do - Monflanquin
Leaving for France
Monflanquin :
Unmissable tourist site
Where to sleep?
Monflanquin Hotel tips
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Monflanquin Travel guide
Monflanquin : Michelin's recommendations
The pantiled houses of this former bastide (fortified town) founded in the 13C by Alphonse de Poitiers, the brother of King Saint Louis, are clustered together on a hill. One can stroll along the carrétots, narrow streets sometimes spanned by pontets forming covered passages.
Tourist attractions Monflanquin : Things to see and do
Musée des Bastides
place des Arcades F - 47150 Monflanquin
This museum provides attractive and interactive explanations about the creation of new towns in southwest France during the 13C and 14C. It offers an insight into their planning, their social organisation and their role within medieval society. The m..
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Logis Hôtel La Bastide des Oliviers
1 Tour de ville F - 47150 Monflanquin
Set in a 19th-century house, Logis Hôtel La Bastide des Oliviers is located in the picturesque village of Monflanquin and offers a restaurant and a terrace, as well as free Wi-Fi access in all areas. La Bastide des Oliviers features air-conditioned ..
Logis Hotel Monform
Avenue de Mondésir F - 47150 Monflanquin
Situated in the heart of the South West of France, the Logis Hotel Monform is in a charming village on a hill overlooking the valley Lede. Flowered paths lead to comfortable rooms, equipped with private bathroom and all overlook a terrace with garde..


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"What else?" said the secretary.
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"I can't explain just how it feels,
the thoughts of my premature burial.
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PHOTOS: Twitter, Facebook and other social media photos of Trayvon Martin
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - The attorney for the man accused of fatally shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is asking the judge in the case to modify his bond conditions.
Mark O'Mara filed a motion late Wednesday asking that George Zimmerman be allowed to leave Seminole County. In granting Zimmerman $1 million bond release last month, Judge Kenneth Lester mandated that he remain in the county of the February shooting.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.
O'Mara argues that the mandate is interfering with Zimmerman's ability to contribute to his defense. Due to safety concerns, Zimmerman is living in hiding.
Lester revoked Zimmerman's original $150,000 bond in June, which did not have the same living restrictions, after he ruled that Zimmerman and his wife had misled the court about their financial status.
More Trayvon Martin stories:
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George Zimmerman arrested, charged with second degree murder
Trayvon Martin songs flood YouTube
"Fake" Trayvon Martin picture circulates on the web
911 calls released
Racial slur uttered during call?
Trayvon Martin's death renews Stand Your Ground debate
Who is George Zimmerman?
George Zimmerman seeks donations on new website
Street sign hacked with hate message
New Black Panther Party touts reward, revenge
Father: Trayvon "saved my life"
Obama: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon"
Geraldo: Hoodie to blame for Trayvon's death
No grand jury for Trayvon Martin case
George Zimmerman's lawyers withdraw from case
Zimmerman back in jail, bond revoked
Sanford police chief fired
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Newton-John laments lost loverOlivia Newton-John has been playing her own songs to help her get over the mysterious disappearance of her lover.
The 'Greece' star's boyfriend, Patrick McDermott, vanished from a fishing boat in June. It later emerged the 48-year-old had financial difficulties.
Olivia, who is devastated by his disappearance, revealed in a US TV interview that listening to her early albums has eased her pain.
The pop legend said: "It's almost as if I wrote the songs for myself."
The blonde star also confessed she is still praying he will return but has decided to continue with her tour "because it's what Patrick would have wanted".
Patrick, who has been with Olivia for nine years, was last seen leaving for an overnight fishing trip in San Pedro, California, on June 30.
He was believed to have had lunch on the boat the following day, but there has been no record of him since.
McDermott's wallet and other belongings were left on-board.
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Pagliacci & Cavalleria rusticana
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Part of SU3 Sunday Sunset Concerts
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Grant Gershon, music director
Anne Tomlinson, artistic director
Stuart Neill, Turiddu
Michelle DeYoung, Santuzza
Tamara Mumford, Lola
Nancy Maultsby, Mamma Lucia
Christopher Maltman, Alfio
Julianna Di Giacomo, Nedda
Stuart Neill, Canio
Lucas Meachem, Silvio
Christopher Maltman, Tonio
Christopher Tiesi, Beppe
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
About This Performance
Experience the extreme, no-holds-barred passions of jealous lovers in this beloved double-bill from two Italian opera composers at the top of their game. For this concert presentation, the incomparable Dudamel leads a cast rich in vocal and dramatic talents.
*This performance will be presented with supertitles.*
This concert benefits the LA Phil Musicians Pension Fund.
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Photo: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Photo courtesy of Indiana.
Calling the concept unworkable, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has pulled the plug on his state's troubled plan to modernize and privatize its welfare system. In a news conference Thursday, Oct. 15, Daniels announced that Indiana had terminated its 10-year, $1.6 billion contract with IBM to streamline welfare eligibility in the state.
Launched in 2007, the new system lets citizens apply for welfare benefits online, in person or via telephone, and it implemented process changes designed to speed up and standardize eligibility determinations. But the initiative drew criticism for high error rates and slow processing of eligibility requests. Last year, the federal government recommended that rollout of the system be halted because it kept welfare recipients waiting too long for benefits.
On Thursday, Daniels said the new process -- though well intentioned -- was fatally flawed in several respects.
"It had, for instance, the intention to save welfare applicants the burden of a face-to-face meeting [with eligibility workers]. But this led to incomplete applications and confusion about what documents were necessary, and just did not work in practice," he said. "There was also an attempt to break the [eligibility] determination process into discrete tasks done by specialists and then assemble it again. It looked good on paper, but did not work in practice."
Daniels said Indiana would revert to in-person meetings between benefits applicants and welfare caseworkers to determine eligibility for state assistance programs.
Working as Intended
IBM rejects the state's claim that the new system didn't work, a company spokesman said Friday.
"IBM has been committed to the success of the Indiana welfare modernization project and deeply regrets the state's decision," said John Buscemi, IBM's media relations director for North America. "We have worked diligently and invested significant money and resources in the partnership with the FSSA [Indiana Family and Social Services Administration] to turn around a welfare system that was described by the governor as one of the worst in the nation."
Buscemi said Indiana's transition to the new system was made more difficult by the economic recession and last winter's Midwest floods. Those factors and others triggered a 33 percent increase in social service applications since the modernization began, he said.
Still, Buscemi contended that the initiative had made significant progress, noting that more than 231,000 welfare applications have been filed online since the project began.
"We developed a Web portal through which roughly two-thirds of all applications for benefits are now filed. This helps the state to digitize applications and files to make the system more responsive," he said. "Right now, more than 25 percent of Indiana citizens requesting access and applications to social services benefits do so from their home PC. So this substantially improves the process for applicants with mobility issues. They aren't required to spend a lot of hours at a state assistance office."
A Hybrid System
After a transition period, the state will assume the role of prime contractor for the welfare system, Daniels said. Indiana officials intend to create a hybrid system that mixes the best parts of IBM's new process with practices the state used before the outsourcing began.
Besides requiring benefits applicants to meet in-person with eligibility workers, Indiana also will revert to a "case-based" eligibility approach where all aspects of a benefit applicant's case are handled by a single caseworker or team of caseworkers.
Under the modernization program, the FSSA and IBM implemented a "task-based" approach to determining eligibility that eliminated individually assigned caseworkers. Indiana officials anticipated the change would speed up eligibility decisions for food stamps and other state assistance programs. Instead, the new


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Undercover police will attempt to catch bar staff serving drunks in Manchester and Carlisle.
The MA exclusively revealed that the Home Office was planning sting operations to catch bar staff serving drunks over the Christmas period last month.
One in four police basic command units are expected to take part. Carlisle and Manchester have now been confirmed as active participants following a pilot scheme in Blackpool.
We hope that this initiative works as a deterrent for people who come into the city and drink to excessPhil BurkeManchester Pub and Club Network
Greater Manchester police said that plain-clothes officers will be visiting premises to monitor staff and the people they are serving.
Staff seen serving "irresponsibly" will be issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice.
However, once again no definition of "irresponsible" or "drunk" has been offered.
In-depth checks
Supervisors or managers will also be interviewed, training records will be checked and they may also face fixed penalties if the correct documentation is not in place.
"This initiative is to encourage drinkers to be aware of how much alcohol they are consuming but also to make bar staff and licensees aware of the responsibility the have when serving alcohol to people who have clearly had too much to drink," said sergeant Tim Whittaker.
"We will continue to work with pubs, bars and clubs to ensure that everyone can enjoy a fun, safe and responsible night out while in the city centre, particularly over the festive season."
Phil Burke from the Pub and Club Network added: "The Pub and Club Network supports Greater Manchester Police with this initiative and in the work they are doing to tackle problems with excessive drinking in the city centre.
"We hope that this initiative works as a deterrent for people who come into the city and drink to excess but also makes licensees aware of their own responsibilities.
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I just saw on WABA's site that BikeDC has been called off for 2005. This was a really fun ride through downtown D.C. and outlying areas with huge participation. I did it in 2003 and was hoping to ride it again, but I guess the terrorists have won after all.
What Happened to BikeDC?
Since 1999 BikeDC has been the most visible feature of WABA's mission. It has provide us with an opportunity to educate people of all ages in proper cycling technique in a safe and fun environment, and to improve our advocacy efforts, both through membership recruitment and by calling the attention of local elected officials and the public at large to the fact that bicycling is important for healthy and sustainable communities. However, because of the unique security challenges we now face in DC, the number of agencies and jurisdictions involved in the permitting process for the event has increased dramatically. Accordingly, WABA needs to take time out in 2005 to evaluate whether to continue the event in the future or to achieve our goals in other ways.
In the meantime, there will be no shortage of fun WABA rides in 2005! We encourage you to attend or volunteer at other events such as Bike to Work Day, Bike Arlington, the Clean Air Ride, our City Paper Singles Rides, the Washington Ridge Ride, and the 50 States Tour.
If youd like to share your thoughts with us regarding BikeDC, please email us at email@example.com or call us at 202.628.2500 with your questions or comments.


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Villa v Newcastle: More family fun in store ahead of kick-off
Following on from the successes of the fundays before Malaga and Liverpool, another one is set to take place before the Barclays Premier League match with the Magpies.
The encounter takes place on Saturday September 14, with a 3pm kick-off.
But the fun starts before then with matchday festivities getting underway at 12noon.
Enjoy the build-up to the game by checking out a host of free activities in the Villa Park Indoor Academy.
The fun activities include assault course, crazy golf, laser chaser, pillow bash, cash grabber, side stalls, giant inflatable darts and rodeo bull.
Mascots Hercules and Bella will be coming along too!
We are also going to be supporting a cycling initiative called '7 in 7' raising funds for 'Help Harry Help Others'.
As part of this, three stationary bikes will be in the Indoor Academy where people will be able to make a donation based on miles rode.
Disabled entrance access at the front - or on the road side - of the Indoor Academy.
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College Ready Now
Individuals who do not continue education past high school are finding it increasingly difficult to succeed in an ever-changing economy. According to the 2008 Business Roundtable report "Prospering Together," 85% of all new jobs nationwide require some level of postsecondary education. In addition, 80% of the fastest-growing occupations require higher-level preparation. Local residents who have not earned a degree are discovering that it is not only harder to find jobs, but to keep them as well. A recent report from the Capital Area Council of Governments' shows that 84% of the unemployed residents in Travis County never obtained a college degree. Austin needs a strong education system to prepare today's students, the next generation of employees, for the challenges of college and future careers.
Get College Ready
Austin companies want "college and career ready" graduates prepared to contribute immediately without costly academic remediation. Opportunity Austin 2.0 is investing in not for profits with specific performance targets for increasing graduates who are "college and career ready." In the most basic sense, students who have been adequately prepared for college level work will not need any remedial courses. According to collegeboard.com, at least 40% of students will take at least one remedial course during their college career. Here are a few things you can do to make sure you are college ready:
- Fight Senioritis! Do not slack off during your senior year. Take challenging courses and continue to study.
- Get help NOW. If you know you need help with coursework, get it now. The longer you wait to improve your academic skills the harder it will be to catch up in college where coursework is more complex and fast paced.
- Push yourself. Simply graduating is not always enough to prepare you for higher education. Take any AP or honors classes you can. Also, take advantage of any free college preparation activities your school offers.
For more college prep tips, both scholastic and financial, check out our Helpful Resources page.
Austin Chamber and Austin Community College Leaders Call for 50% Student Success Rate Increase
A group of Metro Austin business leaders and Austin Community College administrators recommended that ACC increase its student success rate by 50 percent by 2020 in a joint Austin Chamber of Commerce and Austin Community College (ACC) report released Thursday.
Just 33 percent of the nearly 5,500 students who entered ACC for the first time in 2003 had transferred to a four-year institution and/or earned an associate degree or certificate within six years of entering ACC, according to the Austin Chamber's 2009 Austin Community College Progress Report.
The ACC Progress Report recommendation echoes a pledge made in April by the American Association of Community Colleges and five other national community college organizations to increase student completion rates by 50 percent over the next decade and to consider improving the United States' record on college completion a "national imperative."
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Born March 25, 1974 in Nashville, TN, Lark Voorhies was blessed with beauty from an early age, but despite some initial success, her natural shyness prevented her from pursuing an acting career. As a teenager, however, Voorhies developed the confidence to try again, and she quickly broke into the business with a pair of guest spots on "Small Wonder" (syndicated, 1985-89), which led to her most famous role then to date on "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (The Disney Channel, 1988-89), which morphed into the teen juggernaut "Saved by the Bell" (NBC, 1989-1993). Part of the original cast that also included Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Screech Powers (Dustin Diamond), Voorhies played the bubb... Continue Bio >>
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Thishome birth was a long time coming. Two years ago I was a few months pregnant with our second baby and really wanted to have him at home. I was born at home, and loved the idea of having my babies at home. My husband wasn't comfortable with the idea though, especially after working in the ER for 5 years and seeing a few emergency births. We decided to have baby #2 at the hospital. Unfortunately, since we live in the middle of farming country and I have short labors, the 45 mile drive to the hospital ended up being while I was in transition. Pot hole laden country roads, a car going 85mph, and transition… Please Lord, let that be a once in a lifetime experience!
Seven months later I was pregnant with our third, and had the ok from my husband to have this one at home. We went to a "meet the midwives" get together put on by a group of home birth midwives in our area and immediately felt assured that we would be in good hands with them. My midwife came to our house for my first appointment somewhere around 18 weeks. Even though I had used midwives at the hospital for my first two babies, the experience with the prenatal appointments was drastically different. Every appointment was half an hour to an hour long, and we would just sit and talk about the pregnancy, my diet, birth, and babies, some of my favorite subjects! She took the time to get to know me and my family, and always involved the kids in measuring my stomach and finding the baby's heart beat. Unlike the prenatals from my previous two pregnancies, I actually looked forward to my appointments. Having them at our house was amazing. We chose to not have any ultrasounds or tests run this pregnancy, so I didn't have to do any of the running around that is usually involved in prenatal care.
My due date was June 9th.. My first was born at 39 weeks, the second at 38 weeks, and this time I alternated between thinking I'd go to 42 weeks and thinking I'd have the baby on June 1st (39 weeks). The whole 42 week thing was solely for self preservation. I knew it was a possibility and didn't want to be miserable if I was still pregnant at the end of June.
Saturday, May 18th my husband took our kids to the fair to give me a few hours alone so I could clean the house. It always makes me grin when I think about the romantic gestures that now seem precious and so thoughtful. Seven years of marriage and a few babies change your whole outlook on life. I went a little crazy that morning, cleaning closets, moving furniture, scrubbing floors on my hands and knees, and carrying loads of stuff to the thrift store pile in the basement. Nesting, anyone? Around noon, my mother in law called and we talked all about the plan for when I went into labor, and I adamantly insisted that it was at least another 2 weeks away, June 1st, because I wasn't feeling like anything was happening with my body. Phil brought the kids home for naps around 1. Our amazing friends had offered to come stay with them, so that we could have one last pre-baby date. We rarely leave our kids, and we were both really looking forward to having lunch together and hanging out. We went into town 45 minutes away, ate lunch, and then tried to decide what to do. Phil wanted to go see a movie, but I said no, that the baby was in a weird position and it was giving me cramps. The thought of labor didn't even cross my mind; I just assumed there was an elbow poking out in an uncomfortable spot.
We decided to look for an outfit for the baby at a cute little children's boutique in town. We had bought each of the other kids something to wear home from the hospital, but this was the first time that we didn't find out the gender and wouldn't be making a trip home from the hospital. We didn't find anything gender neutral that we liked, so from the children's store we walked over to World Market just to look around. As we walked into the store, I suddenly felt really wet. I've never had the whole pregnancy incontinence issue, but I booked it to the bathroom, assuming there was a first time for everything and laughing at the irony of peeing my pants on the first date we'd been on in months. I mean, if you want anything to add to the glamor of being nine months pregnant, having nothing to wear that fits right, being 20lbs heavier than normal, and having a huge stomach… peeing your pants for the first time is it.
By the time I got in the bathroom, my underwear were soaked. Luckily I was wearing a skirt, and that was dry, but I was desperate for a solution to the soaking wet undies. Around this point, I realized I really needed to pee, and started wondering what that was about since I had already peed my pants. Approximately one minute later, after using the loo and realizing that the dripping was not ending, I entered complete denial about it being my water. 36 weeks and 6 days was not part of the plan for when to go into labor. My water breaking again (3 out of three) was definitely not an option for starting labor. I'm convinced that labor is more painful when your water breaks at the beginning. It's a precious little bit of denial I've clung to since my first labor. Someday, when I go through transition with my water intact it isn't going to hurt as much, in fact it will be painless. Maybe.
I left the bathroom, waddling slightly from being soaked but mostly from the 10 paper towels I had stuffed in my undies (hey, desperate times call for desperate measures), and had a serious deja vu moment with Philip, circa Feb 1, 2012, same exact conversation."Babe… I think my water just broke" "Are you kidding me? What do you mean you THINK your water broke? Shouldn't you know if your water broke?" "I'm not sure. Give me a minute and I'll let you know. It's not my water, because I'm not starting labor with my water breaking this time"
I proceeded to explain the theory about peeing my pants and suggested walking around the store a little longer to see what happened. A suggestion that could only be prompted by an intense denial that labor was imminent. For some reason we (ok, I) took off towards the back of the store, away from the exit. Scurrying back to the furniture section did nothing to impede the trickle, that was quickly becoming a gush of water running down my legs. Those ten paper towels were not cutting it. Phil looked, with way too much amusement, at my sandals which were filling with water, and asked if I was about ready to go to the car yet.
An hour later we were home and there was no question about my water being broken. This time though, unlike the last, I wasn't having any contractions. We called our family to start the 3 hour drive to come for the birth, hung out with our friends who stayed to make sure our family got there to watch out kids in case labor started, and eventually decided to go to bed because labor was not starting.
My midwife had shown up around 8:30 planning to sleep in the birth room since my previous labors were short. We went to bed around 9:30. I started wondering what we would do if it was all a false alarm now that 15 people were in town waiting on me! My mom and sister were at our house, and Phil's whole family was right down the road at Grandmas. I kept picturing getting up the next morning with my water some how sealed back up and having to tell everyone I was wrong about this being the time. Nothing like the pressure of having two houses full of people waiting on you to go into labor. I timed a few painless contractions until 10:30, then finally decided to stop thinking and go to sleep.
1:30 AM A certain 3 year old woke up needing to use the bathroom. I took her and had several hard contractions as soon as I got up. I put her in bed with Phil and went in her room and tried to go back to sleep, knowing it wouldn't happen.
2:00 I got up and sat on the glider in her room and started timing contractions, rocking back and forth during them. They were about 1 minute long and 3-4 minutes apart, painfully strong, but not strong enough for me to admit I was in labor. I was kind of enjoying everyone being asleep and didn't want to wake them up and have it not be labor. This whole denial thing runs deep.
2:20 I woke up Phil and asked him to move Charlotte back to her room in case it was labor and I needed him.
2:25 I text my sister in law, who was at the other house, that I was having some contractions, but maybe it wasn't labor and in half an hour I was going to wake up the midwife IF things didn't slow down
2:30 Two contractions later I asked Phil to wake up the midwife and hurry up and fill the birthing tub. I was definitely in labor. They got the water going and my midwife came in to try and assess my progress. After watching a few contractions, she asked if I was going to stay that cheerful in between contractions the whole time making it impossible to tell if I was getting close, or if she'd know when things got more serious. I laughed and relayed a quick story about panicking and biting Phil when I was in transition with my last labor*. So, no, I was not all cute and happy once it got really intense. *disclaimer- bite is a really strong word, it was merely a gentle closure of my teeth over his hand before I came back to my senses.
3:12 As soon as the tub was filled I made a mad dash into the other room between contractions, declining when the midwife asked if I wanted to get checked first, and got into the birthing tub. Immediately the sweet relief of the warm water made me feel better. I knew I was getting near transition from the intensity of the contractions. Usually transition for me means back to back contractions with no chance to catch my breath, but this whole labor I didn't have a single contraction that was right on top of another, thank you birthing tub.
I settled in and labored away in the dark, the only light coming from the bathroom across the hall. Both of our moms and 3 sisters had shown up, and I quickly hit transition. Aside from a few whispered encouragements it was silent, and that was perfect for me. I'm not a loud laborer; I prefer to suffer and die in silence 😉 Labor is an incredibly unique event. It does feel amazing in a sense, hard and effective, purposeful work. But I'm not going to lie; it is excruciatingly painful. There is hope; it is different than any other pain and the pain has a purpose. It is leading up to the most precious miracle that there is. But still… it really hurts. I breathed calmly, slowly, reminding myself to try and relax and that there was no way to run away from this. Knowing I had no other choice but to finish, I skipped the crying, complaining, and moaning, and instead spent transition making an elaborate plan in my head about how baby #4 was definitely going to be a hospital/epidural birth, in fact I would be getting the epidural hours before labor started and never feel a thing. I've often heard labor compared to running a marathon, here's the thing. I've trained for a marathon. The more you run, the easier it gets. Unmedicated labor, however, does not get easier no matter how many times you do it.
I'd love to say that at the time I was basking in the beauty of the moment, surrounded with the reassuring presence of so many amazing women who have given birth whispering words of encouragement in the peaceful dark, with the dim light stretching across the hall, reflecting on the pool…
but I wasn't basking.
Not even close. I was silently planning my escape for next time and making laps in that tub like a caged animal. Phil recalled the next day that the only sound in the room was me paddling around in the tub and thats what lulled him to sleep while I labored. Cute, babe.
At some point, I felt my contractions switch from transition into pushing contractions. They spaced out and felt distinctly different. Unfortunately, as with my previous 2 labors, the baby didn't budge and I had zero urge to push. I tried every different position I could think of in the tub, but the baby wasn't descending. It would have made sense at this point to inform my midwife of what I was feeling, but I was at the very peak of my pain tolerance. I knew what she would suggest and I didn't want to hear it. I was afraid to get out of the pool, because I knew it would hurt more and I couldn't handle more hurt! Eventually the sun started coming up. That was my first indication of how much time had gone by. I wasn't thrilled to know it was morning and I was still in labor. I knew I needed to get out of the tub, that it was preventing the baby from coming out. I don't know how long I sat there trying to convince myself to get out. It was probably less than 10 contractions, but it seemed like hours. My sweet sister in law whispered a suggestion that I get out and get in the shower. I grunted with the least amount of commitment possible. Fifteen minutes later, or maybe it was fifty minutes, time is irrelevant when all you can do is try to breath and survive another second, another contraction, after a few more encouragements to move, I was out of the tub with the plan of laboring in the shower for awhile.
I barely got in the shower when I felt the baby move down. I was in the bathroom alone, everyone else was scrambling to get the supplies moved for the birth since I had changed locations, and it was way to intense for me to even talk at this point. I managed to squeak out "baby" hoping that someone would come back in and catch it. My babies don't come out nice and slowly. They sit up high, stuck in my narrow pelvis, and then when they do come out it's in one fell swoop from the tip of their head to their toes in about one one hundredth of a second. I wasn't worried about giving birth alone, but I was sure I would drop the baby onto the tile floor of the shower. I could have sat down, yes, but thinking rationally in labor is not something I have mastered thus far! The midwife, her assistant, and Phil came rushing back in, turned the shower off and got a towel down on the floor. Pushing went exactly the same as with the other two. I felt the baby move and assumed it was coming, then tried to push through a lot more contractions and nothing happened. Pushing was completely ineffective and felt like pushing against a brick wall. All the while my contractions were getting harder and harder as my body tried to get the baby to move. About 15 minutes later, sitting in the same spot on the shower floor, sopping wet and in the worst pain of my life, I looked at Phil and whispered "I hate this, and it's not working". He told me I was amazing and my midwife calmly replied that I should change positions until it did work. I stood back up, hoping that my body would end up in whatever position it needed to be to get this baby out, and when the next contraction hit I dropped down to my knees, then rocked back to a squat and sure enough the baby came flying out just like the other two with no pushing on my part. Regardless of how quick and easy that sounds, it really is my least favorite part of the whole thing. Not so much from the pain, it's just that I can't imagine anything feeling more intense.
But then he's here, and it's infinitely worth every bit of pain.
He was born at 6:47 AM. We didn't find out the gender beforehand, but I was positive it was a boy for the last 3 months of my pregnancy. As I reached down to gather him to my chest, I knew for sure we had another little boy and that he was Ezekiel Zane. We hadn't settled on a name beforehand and had two or three options at that point. Phil always picks the final name, but I knew who this baby was as soon as I saw his face. I sat and stared at him, thinking how excited Phil would be when he found out the gender, but I was too exhausted and overwhelmed to say anything. Plus, I had wanted him to announce what the baby was. A few minutes later the midwife reminded him to check, and he looked at me with a huge grin exclaiming that we had another boy. Everyone waiting in the hallway heard, and quickly the bathroom was full, our other two precious babies running over to meet their brother.
After a little bit we moved to the bedroom, and enjoyed the most relaxing part of having a home birth- being at home with our kids and family. We stayed upstairs for an hour, waited for the placenta, delayed cord clamping, let the baby nurse, and took a hundred pictures. Then Phil took the baby to meet the 20+ aunts, uncles, cousins, and great grandmas who were waiting downstairs. Afterwards we weighed and measured the baby, 6lbs 13oz and 21 inches long. Only a few ounces less than the other two were, and a full 2 inches longer! I was suddenly very thankful that he came 3 weeks early.
This was by far the most peaceful labor I've had. Immediately after this labor I would have said it was more painful than the last one. But time is the greatest easer of pain, and I don't know if this was harder or if the memory of the last one is just more distant. I've ditched the epidural plan made irrationally during labor, and reverted back to the plan that next time my water isn't going to break and my labor isn't going to hurt. Even if that doesn't work out, I do pray that the Lord blesses us with many more babies and that they are born in the peace and safety of our own home too.


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Speaking of which, how's the budgeting, if you don't mind my asking?
Don't make anyone a priority when you are only an option.
Budgeting is getting *a little* better. Still working on improvements.
What awesome news.
Think of the haters in your life as sandpaper; theyll scratch you up time and time again but in the end youre polished, smooth, and spotless..while they end up useless
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Hi everyone.
I have had this terrible cold (throat/lung butter/sinus deal) for the last week, didn't get any good riding in.
I rode San Mateo to SF (Chrisy Fields) last Sunday, did my commuting stuff, rode the tandem to drop off/pick up Ruth at Caltrain this Sunday, but that was it.
Anyway, we are thinking about doing Mt. Tam this Sunday on our tandem, something like last years ride (up to Alpine dam, then the longer climb, then the 7 sisters, then down Pan Toll, etc.), starting on the Embarcadero (Ferry Bldg) in SF at around 9:45 (caltrain arrives at 9:36am).
Any takers?
List to date:
- Marco & Ruth (tandem)
- Ron
- DG Going Uphill
- Alan
- David & Lisa (tandem)
Here is the apx. route, unless someone wants to do different:
If I decide to ride home to San Mateo, I will cut through the Precidio/Sea Cliff area to Great Highway, then Skyline (some side roads to avoid the tricky part near the 1/280 split), then down Crystal Springs to San Mateo. My house is pretty close to Hillsdale Caltrain.


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February 8, 2010 5:41 AM
Carol J. Schlueter
"When the Saints Go Marching In" is already in the repertoire for the Tulane University Marching Band. Good thing — because the band members will be playing the piece a lot on Tuesday (Feb. 9), when they join in the city's post-Super Bowl Saints parade in the central business district.
Tulane band director Barry Spanier and his musicians couldn't be happier to 'be in that number,' joining groups marching in the big event. The Tuesday parade will celebrate the first Saints appearance in the NFL championship game.
In an interview on Friday (Feb. 5), Spanier talked about the excitement of "being part of history" to join in the celebratory parade, which will feature bands, floats and many thousands of New Orleanians on the streets.
Spanier had already lined up buses for the band members for Tuesday's big day and decided on the songs the group will play, including what is always a crowd favorite, "The Saints."
The Tulane Marching Band is parade-tested. The group marches in about four Carnival parades each year. Their 2010 Mardi Gras debut was on Saturday (Feb. 6) at the Krewe of Olympia parade in Covington, La. Fans of the Tulane band can catch them during parades for Krewe D'Etat, on Friday (Feb. 12), Thoth on Sunday (Feb. 14) and Rex on Tuesday (Feb. 16).
But the Saints parade is a late addition to that schedule — and one that "will be a good recruiting opportunity" for future Tulane band members, Spanier said.
The band will perform its Mardi Gras repertoire on the uptown campus at 5:45 p.m. today (Feb. 8) on the steps of the Lavin-Bernick Center and will throw its special doubloons to the crowd.
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Irishman held after suitcases of cocaine thrown out hotel window
39-year-old arrested after trying to recover 55 kilos of drug from patio of hotel in Spain
Police in Spain have questioned a 39-year-old Irishman after a quantity of cocaine was found at a hotel in Valencia.
An Irish drugs trafficker has been arrested in Spain after allegedly throwing two suitcases containing 55 kilos of cocaine out of an eighth-floor hotel window after an apparent paranoia attack.
The 39-year-old is reported to have then tried to recover the cases after they landed in an internal patio at his hotel in Valencia.
However, a receptionist had already called police after finding the drugs scattered over the floor.
The man was arrested after finding he was locked out of his room and going to a reception to ask for another key.
The incident is said to have happened just before 10pm on Friday at the Hotel Tryp Valencia Oceanic.
The Irishman is also reported to have damaged his room by trying to hide cocaine behind ceiling tiles and disconnecting the water into his toilet.
Detectives believe the man may have suffered an attack of paranoia after consuming drugs - and threw the suitcases out of his window after confusing the noise from guests entering and leaving neighbouring rooms with rival criminals trying to steal his drugs.
The paper Las Provincias quoted an unnamed hotel employee as saying: "He disconnected the toilet flush and caused quite a bit of damage in his room.
"He looked like he's suddenly gone mad after throwing the drugs out of his room."


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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
1 can (14.75 oz.) or 2 cans (7.5 oz. each) traditional pack Alaska Salmon OR 2 cans or pouches (6 to 7.1 oz. each) skinless, boneless salmon
2 to 3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 Tablespoon chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, chopped
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 Tablespoons chopped red bell pepper
1 to 2 Tablespoons chopped red onion
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper
Tortilla chips, as needed
Drain and flake salmon. In bowl, mix lime juice, chiles, cilantro, bell pepper, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Gently stir in salmon until blended. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve with tortilla chips.
Makes 4 to 6 Servings.
Nutrients per serving: 123 calories, 5g total fat, 1g saturated fat, 38% calories from fat, 46mg cholesterol, 17g protein, 2g carbohydrate, .3g fiber, 583mg sodium, 182mg calcium, and 1.4g omega-3 fatty acids.


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Watch: Glee's Max Adler is Hilarious on Switched at Birth — First Look!
Are we happy that Dave Karofsky's (Max Adler) time on Glee appears to completely over? No, we're not happy — what kind of a crazy question is that? But on the bright side, Max hasn't been hurting for other work, and he is now joining the cast of ABC Family's Switched at Birth. We knew 2014 would be a good year!
Switched at Birth's winter premiere airs on January 13, which will feature Max's debut as a frat guy named Tank, who enrolls in an art course with main character Bay. And judging from this preview clip from the episode, Max's role is going to be hilarious!
In the clip, Tank walks in late to the art class and has to explain his tardiness to the professor, played by Roseanne alum Sandra Bernhard. Click here to watch the clip!
"I'm sorry — I lost my pledge pin; I had to do fifty push-ups," Tank says. But why is he carrying a bowling ball? "If you lose your pledge pin, they make you carry around a brick, but if you're caught without that brick, you gotta carry the bowling ball." Makes perfect sense!
Max hasn't graced Glee with his presence since Season 3's emotional "On My Way." But we're glad Max is staying so busy, which includes having appeared in an episode of CSI earlier this season. And his personal life is exciting as well, as he is engaged to his longtime girlfriend. We can't wait for them to tie the knot!
Do you plan to catch Max on Switched at Birth next week?
Source: E! Online


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Community policing was born in the 1990s when a surge in the national crime rate prompted the Clinton administration to flood the states with Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants that put cops on the streets and in many cases, laptops in their cars.
The original COPS grants resulted from the COPS bill in 1994, which aimed to put 100,000 new police in the communities where they could forge relationships and develop trust among the populace. Later COPS MORE (Making Officer Redeployment Effective) grants allowed police to use the money for crime-fighting technology.
Perhaps coincidentally, the COPS grants paralleled a dramatic drop in crime throughout the '90s. But after 9/11, much of that money dried up or was shifted for homeland purposes. Again perhaps coincidentally, the crime rate took an upward turn for the worse nationally in what one police chief called an epidemic of violence.
With resources now going to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at a clip of $10 billion a month, $1 billion of "get Osama bin Laden money" going to Pakistan every year, as well as $34 billion (fiscal 2006) going to the states for homeland security -- though that pie is also shrinking -- police say they're getting squeezed, and it's affecting how they cope with the spike in violent crime.
"The COPS Office over the years was a great source of leveraging technology, but over the last six or seven years, it's pretty well been gutted, and most of the funding that was going to police has been redirected to homeland security or the war effort," said Colorado Springs, Colo., Police Chief Richard Myers. "That left us high and dry, and that's why we have fewer cops on the streets than we did pre-9/11."
White House officials didn't return phone calls requesting a response.
In many midsize cities, police are down in numbers, and cops say they've turned from community-oriented police to "in your apartment police" as they struggle just to get from call to call. Many departments say they've lost their ability to use intelligence or focus on preventive policing because they're mired in answering calls.
"At any given time, darn near every cruiser in an urban jurisdiction may be tied up with social-related, crime-related problems," said Springfield, Mass., Police Commissioner Edward Flynn. "We work hard to create a preventive policing capacity. But we really end up spending an awful lot of overtime because if we just staff up to meet the needs of our calls for service, we don't have sufficient organizational slack to provide a stable presence in public spaces, and people need to see cops in public."
Community Involvement
In the early 1990s, with crime rates on the rise, police began getting out of their cars for face-to-face communication with residents. By the time COPS was rolled out in 1994, crime rates had begun to dip in some areas, and community policing garnered much of the accolades. The COPS grants helped further the cause and put anywhere from 60,000 to 90,000 new cops on the streets (depending on whose numbers you use) to forge a bond with communities and gang up on the bad guys.
The COPS grants required that all new officers took to the streets to spend time with the local citizenry. Crime rates continued to dip, and at remarkable levels -- from 1994 to 2000 violent crime declined by 46 percent nationally.
But after 9/11, the Bush administration focused on homeland security, and direct funding to law enforcement took a detour to homeland security causes. Some funding still winds up with law enforcement agencies, but it's earmarked specifically for homeland security, according to Flynn.
"What those of us in law enforcement noticed in the years after the 9/11 attacks -- particularly when the congressional funding started making its way to local government


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