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American Superconductor
The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended March 31 (Q4), American Superconductor met expectations on revenues and exceeded expectations on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue shrank significantly and GAAP loss per share dropped.
Margins grew across the board.
Revenue details
American Superconductor booked revenue of $28.6 million. The nine analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected a top line of $28.7 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 52% lower than the prior-year quarter's $59.8 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
EPS details
EPS came in at -$0.30. The nine earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted -$0.36 per share. GAAP EPS were -$0.42 for Q4 compared to -$3.68 per share for the prior-year quarter.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 12.4%, 17,850 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was -88.7%, 13,430 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was -73.9%, 23,590 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.
Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $29.1 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is -$0.25.
Next year's average estimate for revenue is $135.5 million. The average EPS estimate is -$0.81.
Investor sentiment
The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 671 members out of 774 rating the stock outperform, and 103 members rating it underperform. Among 133 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 93 give American Superconductor a green thumbs-up, and 40 give it a red thumbs-down.
Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on American Superconductor is hold, with an average price target of $6.36.
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'Spring's Awakening' Needs a Little More Action
Sex may be everywhere and on everybody's mind, but it does tend to complicate things. And if fortysomethings still need therapy to help them work through issues of sexual identity, it's no wonder it drives teenagers hitting puberty, well, fucking crazy.
Take Spring's Awakening—no, not the big Broadway musical that won eight Tony Awards in 2008, but rather an adaptation at STAGEStheatre of Spring Awakening, Frank Wedekind's 1891 tragedy about German teenagers ravaged by sexual thoughts and the overbearing morality of their religious, social and familial institutions.
The central conflict is saucy: the battle between what those institutions are telling these kids to do, think and believe and those children's desire to talk about sex, to jerk off into toilets, to be whipped, and to basically act like the young-dumb-and-full-of-come agents of innocent perversion that teenagers always have been.
Well, okay, not actually dumb. Everyone is highly articulate, able to conjugate their Latin verbs and casually drop Faust's name into conversation even as they draw elaborate pictures of penises on a chalkboard.
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But because the play's language is so ornate—even in director Mike Martin's adaptation—and the young characters talk about so many weighty objects as they experience hormonal eruptions, it makes for a tedious affair. Most of the characters seem as though they've walked off the pages of a Charlotte Brontë novel, overshadowing the seething sexual tension and bogging down the rather salacious events.
Central character Melchior (a suitably confused Chris Deacon) is a smart 14-year-old who is supposed to be a good, obedient Catholic but is actually an atheist and quite knowledgeable about sexual reproduction. Those attributes are catnip to his best friend, Moritz (a suitably angst-riddled Adam Evans), a poor student terrified by his own sexual awakenings and drawn to contemplate suicide out of his intense guilt.
A dozen other characters populate the scenes, from two gay classmates of Melchior and Moritz to several girls, the most prominent being Wendla (Samantha Aneson), a 14-year-old who yearns for sexual information from her mother but who is told only that babies are born out of love. So when Wendla has a sexual encounter (for all practical purposes, she's raped), she has no idea the act can lead to a baby, since she's not in love. Her mother's desperate choice to fix Wendla's problem ushers in the most tragic of the play's events.
There is a tendency among the cast to overact, which isn't a surprise; after all, they're called upon to both portray characters far younger than their real ages and to deliver impossibily smart-for-young-teens dialogue.
But a more important flaw in the staging of this play is Martin's struggle with clarity. For instance, it's tough to figure out just when or where this play is set. Though the language feels old-fashioned, even archaic, the first moment of sexual tension comes when a tossed football rolls at the feet of a gaggle of girls. Since this is a play so immersed in the stifling morality of late-19th century Germany, the anachronism is immediately jarring.
And there's very little Martin can do with the play's strangest image: the expressionist scene at play's end where a morally ravaged Melchior confronts a dead friend in a graveyard and a strange figure walks onstage to instruct him to come back to the land of the living. It's already a tough sell in a play that has been so straightforward all along, and dressing the mysterious man in a white suit, like Tom Wolfe with blingy shades, makes the experience even more off-putting.
Staging a 120-year-old play that is actually a seminal work in modern drama (and one that was banned or periodically shut down throughout the 20th century because it portrays teenagers having sex onstage) is a brave choice for any theater to make; unfortunately, Martin's adaptation doesn't do enough to make it feel resonant for contemporary audiences. Based on this production, Spring's Awakening is a play that seems to work better in theory than practice—just like sex, something that might turn out a great deal better for a lot of us if we thought about it a little more before actually diving in.
Spring's Awakening at STAGEStheatre, 400 E. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, (714) 525-4484; www.stagesoc.org. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Through Aug. 1. $15-$18.
This review appeared in print as "A Little More Action, Please: STAGEStheatre's take on a scandalous 19th-century teen-sex tragedy lets the ornate dialogue get in the way of the teen sex—and its consequences."
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Kids' art inspires creativity in Summit County
March 13, 2012
Fourth-grader Ella Bower may not yet know the word "Bohemian," but in her imagination, she understands it.
The orange plaster mask she created, adorned with a peacock feather popping out of multicolored yarn hair, represents a "very colorful, beautiful young artist who loves to draw creative, wonderful designs," she wrote on the description of her work. "Her paintings are inspired by her features in her hair, her jewelry and her colorful highlights."
Her mask is one of 60 pieces hanging on walls of the County Commons as part of the latest public art installation. The show features artwork from kindergarteners to fifth graders from Frisco, Silverthorne and Dillon Valley elementary schools. The County Common's glass case displays also highlight three-dimensional pieces from students, such as Frisco fifth-grader Carson Michalowski's masquerade masks, which she makes from plaster cloth.
Dillon Valley art teacher Lynn Krystopa helps kindergarten through fifth-graders develop fine motor skills, while instructing them in art history and the elements of art. As she works with them throughout the years, she points out the strengths in their pieces and tries to build on them, she said.
The show exemplifies how much diversity thrives within creative minds. Teachers gave students the same assignments, such as making an Aboriginal dot painting, a monochromatic shoe painting, a Henri Matisse fishbowl or a patterned shirt design. Yet each piece bursts with different tones, patterns and "flavors."
Pamela Gutierrez Soto is only a first grader, but anyone can see Picasso's cubism reflected in her "snowman." And Silverthorne second-grader Aileen Luna's scratch art takes viewers on a cosmic underwater exploration filled with jellyfish, seahorses and fantastical fish.
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"I was quite pleasantly surprised at the caliber that came from the elementary schools," said organizer Sandy Greenhut.
She invites the public to come to Thursday's reception from 5-6 p.m. to meet the students, as well as superintendent Heidi Pace, Frisco Elementary principal Renee Hill and Dillon Valley principal Cathy Beck.
Greenhut plans to feature Summit Cove, Upper Blue and Breckenridge elementary schools next year.


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London--The toll was enormous--dozens of U.K. deaths, tens of thousands of livelihoods destroyed or made miserable, 170,000 cattle slaughtered, and a $7.5 billion bill. Yesterday, an independent panel reported that Britain's BSE outbreak was caused by a whole series of mistakes and miscommunications at many levels. But in the end, the committee found "no heroes or villains" and no government cover-up. "If action had been taken earlier, infection could have been reduced," committee chairman Lord Philips told reporters after the findings were published on 26 October. "But the situation was bad before anyone knew what was happening."
The 16-volume report concludes the official inquiry into the outbreak of BSE, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a brain disease that affects cattle, and its deadly human counterpart, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). Consumption of BSE-infected beef is now believed to be the main cause of the current epidemic of vCJD in Britain. So far, nearly 80 people have died from the disease since the first case was reported in 1995, and estimates of future losses vary widely (Science, 1 September, p. 1452).
Despite widespread criticism of previous British government officials who sought to play down the risk of BSE, the new report avoids an outright condemnation of the government or senior civil servants. But while refusing to point the blame at anyone, the three-member panel criticizes just about everyone. Politicians failed to give a balanced picture of the risks of BSE, yet impossibly expected scientists to come up with clear-cut answers to a mysterious health threat. Communication broke down between departments and between senior civil servants and ministers. Farmers, animal feed producers, and slaughterhouses ignored safety regulations. Legislative barriers--such as European Union regulations--prevented swift action.
Scientists do not escape unscathed. One of the key scientific advisory committees, headed by zoologist Richard Southwood from Oxford University in 1988, favored precautions to reduce the risk of BSE transmission to humans--a risk thought to be remote at the time. But it failed to make this view clear in a final report, Philips said. Science administrators are also culpable, according to the report. In one instance, chief medical officer Sir Donald Acheson proposed a "research supremo" to coordinate research and identify gaps in knowledge, but he was opposed by the research councils--Britain's main group of granting agencies--and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, who feared losing their autonomy.
The British government and the House of Commons applauded the conclusions. "The report contains many lessons for public administration," agriculture minister Nick Brown said. An attorney for the victims' families, David Body, calls the findings "a most thorough and proper job" and cautions journalists to read the entire report before reaching any conclusion.
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The Grayson Collection at the University of Missouri
by Molly Strode
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly
April-June 2000
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The Grayson Collection of archery and archery-related items, containing over 5,000 pieces, is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of its kind in the world. Although archery equipment is the focus of the collection, there are also numerous objects and works of art that have archery as the theme and a large library of archery-related books and periodicals. Objects in the collection span thousands of years of time and the entire world. Native American and Asian items are the most well-represented pieces.
This isn't just bows and arrows, however. The Grayson Collection is not only a wonder of technology but a feast for the eyes. Exquisite decorations adorn many objects in the collection. Bows, arrows, and quivers made from wood, leather, horn, ivory, plant fibers, sinew, and bone are decorated with materials such as mother-of-pearl, glass beads, cherry bark, silk, ostrich-shell beads, porcupine quills, and various furs, feathers, and paints. Numerous precious and semi-precious stones (particularly jade and agate), horn, ivory, bone, metal, and wood are the materials for hundreds of thumb rings. Several thumb rings are even inlaid with rubies, turquoise, gold, or emeralds. Japanese scrolls tell the tales of ancient archers and their equipment; a nonreturning boomerang from Australia shows us the Aboriginal hunting weapon; a spectacular Chinese manuscript illustrates proper stance and technique; and a jeweled Persian archer's necklace reminds us of the royal status of some archers.
Modern archery equipment and flight bows are also well represented in the collection. Harry Drake's unlimited footbow, which shot an arrow over 2000 yards, and other record-holding pieces are just some of the highlights.
Books dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and numerous periodicals make up a reference library that is useful for research on every aspect of archery. A second edition of Toxophilus and a first edition of Smith Discourses are examples of the many prized editions.
Parts of the Grayson Collection are on display at the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology in Swallow Hall and in a special exhibition area of the Museum Support Center, both on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Much of the collection remains in storage at the Museum Support Center but can be viewed by special appointment with the museum curator. The collection is being entered into a computer database that can be searched by type of object (bow, arrow, scroll, etc.), country of origin, or accession number. In the future, the museum hopes to have a large part of the collection accessible on the internet with photos and information about each piece. The organization of the library materials and archives is not yet complete, but hopefully it will be ready by the end of 1999. Dr. Grayson continues to collect and donate to the museum and has established an endowment to ensure that the collection will be cared for in the future.
To contact the Museum of Anthropology call (573) 882-3764 or write to Museum of Anthropology, 104 Swallow Hall, Columbia, Mo. 65211-1440.
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Chinese quiver on belt: The quiver is fashioned of leather with fittings of gilded iron, and the belt is covered in silk.
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Pipeline preview: Heaney on hold, but Wisler to work
Matchup of Padres, Marlins pitching prospects fizzles as Miami lefty is skipped
On a day with several elite starting pitching prospects among the scheduled starters in the Minor Leagues, one game on Thursday's slate stood out for its pitching matchup. New Orleans' showdown at El Paso was scheduled to be a pitchers' duel between Marlins' No. 1 prospect Andrew Heaney and Padres' No. 3 prospect Matt Wisler.
The game (which can be seen on MiLB.TV at 8:35 p.m. ET) will still feature Wisler, but the Marlins decided to skip Heaney's turn in the Zephyrs rotation to conserve his innings.
Heaney, ranked No. 25 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 100 Prospects list, has already thrown 76 2/3 innings this season between New Orleans and Double-A Jacksonville. He is 7-2 with a 2.47 ERA and has struck out 79 batters and walked 15. He leads all Marlins Minor Leaguers in innings pitched and strikeouts.
Heaney has excelled since his promotion to New Orleans last month. In four starts, he is 3-0 with a 2.74 ERA and has a 27-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 23 innings.
Wisler, on the other hand, has struggled since his promotion to El Paso. The Padres' No. 3 prospect has made seven starts at the new level and is 2-4 with a 7.11 ERA. He has struck out 26 batters, walked 14 and given up six home runs in 31 2/3 innings.
But at 21 years old, Wisler is one of the youngest players in the Pacific Coast League. He was the seventh-youngest player on Opening Day in the Texas League and would have ranked second in the PCL.
Heaney and Wisler are just two of several pitchers ranked in the Top 100 who are scheduled to start Thursday. Others who will take the ball include Mark Appel (No. 14), Robert Stephenson (No. 16), Tyler Glasnow (No. 23), Lucas Sims (No. 50), A.J. Cole (No. 59), Braden Shipley (No. 64), Robbie Ray (No. 83), Nick Kingham (No. 89) and Daniel Norris (No. 98). Fans can watch Cole, Ray and Kingham on MiLB.TV, beginning with Ray and Triple-A Toledo hosting Buffalo at 7 p.m.
Ray was activated from the disabled list Wednesday and is set to make his first start since June 1, when a blister forced him to leave the game after four innings. In eight games with the Mud Hens this season, the Tigers' No. 1 prospect is 3-3 with a 2.45 ERA. He also made two starts for the Tigers, filling in when Anibal Sanchez was injured earlier this year.
Top prospect probables
Mark Appel (Astros' No. 2), Lancaster vs. Rancho Cucamonga
Chris Beck (White Sox No. 8), Birmingham vs. Montgomery
Michael Blazek (Brewers' No. 18), Nashville vs. Reno
A.J. Cole (Nationals' No. 2), Harrisburg at Erie
Edwin Diaz (Mariners' No. 4), Clinton vs. Burlington
Ryan Eades (Twins' No. 20), Cedar Rapids vs. Quad Cities
Tyler Glasnow (Pirates' No. 3), Bradenton vs. Palm Beach
Severino Gonzalez (Phillies' No. 6), Reading vs. New Britain
Andrew Heaney (Marlins' No. 1), New Orleans at El Paso
Nick Kingham (Pirates' No. 8), Altoona vs. Portland
Branden Kline (Orioles' No. 14), Frederick vs. Myrtle Beach
Matthew Koch (Mets' No. 20), St. Lucie at Jupiter
Jorge Lopez (Brewers' No. 19). Brevard County at Lakeland
Francellis Montas (White Sox No. 16), Winston-Salem at Potomac
Daniel Norris (Blue Jays' No. 4), Dunedin vs. Daytona
Robbie Ray (Tigers' No. 1), Toledo vs. Buffalo
Chris Reed (Dodgers' No. 6), Chattanooga at Huntsville
Joe Ross (Padres' No. 9), Lake Elsinore at High Desert
Sam Selman (Royals' No. 12), Northwest Arkansas at Springfield
Braden Shipley (D-backs' No. 2), Visalia at Inland Empire
Lucas Sims (Braves' No. 1), Lynchburg at Salem
Robert Stephenson (Reds' No. 1), Pensacola at Mobile
Tom Windle (Dodgers' No. 7), Rancho Cucamonga at Lancaster
Matt Wisler (Padres' No. 3), El Paso vs. New Orleans
Mike Wright (Orioles' No. 5), Norfolk at Syracuse
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Hindsight bias redefined: It's about time
Four experiments introduced a new conceptual and methodological approach to hindsight bias, traditionally defined as the tendency to exaggerate the a priori predictability of outcomes after they become known. By examining likelihood estimates rooted to specific time points during an unfolding event sequence (videos and short text stories), judged both in foresight and hindsight, we conceptualized hindsight bias as a contrast between two "inevitability curves," which plotted likelihood against time. Taking timing into account, we defined three new indicators of accuracy: linear accuracy (how well hindsight judgments capture the linear trend of foresight judgments over time), rate accuracy (how well hindsight judgments reflect the slope of foresight judgments over time), and temporal accuracy (how well hindsight judgments specify the overall timing of the full envelope of foresight judgments). Results demonstrated that hindsight judgments showed linear and rate accuracy, but were biased only in terms of lack of temporal accuracy. The oft-used catchphrase "knew it all along effect" was found to be a misnomer, in that participants were well aware in hindsight that their earlier foresight judgments reflected uncertainty. The current research therefore points to one way in which retrospective judgments can be considered biased, yet simultaneously suggests that considerable accuracy exists when people render such judgments.
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WASHINGTON—On Jan. 22, when President Clinton called for increased security at abortion clinics and Hillary Clinton addressed a pro-abortion luncheon crowd, Democrat activist Lois Kerschen participated in the March for Life.
Kerschen of Hereford, Texas, was one of a number of Democrats who came to the nation's capital to support the pro-life effort. Challenging the strong support for abortion at the party's national level, she said, "The party has no right to ask people to choose between their party and their morals."
Polling data, in fact, reflect that Democrats are pro-life. A survey taken Jan. 23-25 by The Polling Co. of Washington, D.C., showed that about half of Democrats are pro-life. Those who identify themselves as "strong Democrats," according to research director Jason Booms, are perhaps even more pro-life — with from 45% to 53% identifying themselves as such.
Further, those senior citizens with strong New Deal-era roots are 70% pro-life, and two-thirds of black voters consider themselves pro-life.
Because of this dichotomy between the party's leadership, particularly in Washington, and its rank and file, Kerschen has worked to help establish National Democrats for Life, which was formally organized Feb. 2.
"There is a large body of people who are Democrats and pro-life, and we've been made to feel we don't belong in the party," Kerschen said. "A lot of pro-life Democrats have left the party or have been sitting out there in limbo.
'There is a large body of people who are Democrats and pro-life, and we've been made to feel we don't belong in the party.'
"It's been a struggle. What we want to do is reassert our position in the party, be the voice of life in the party, and eventually turn the party around."
Kerseben, who has been president of Texas Democrats for Life, was elected president of the new national organization. Another longtime party activist, Sally Winn of Springfield, Ill., is the executive director.
The former head of Indiana Democrats for Life, Winn said, "Our party is really suffering from taking this hard line on abortion. Our party used to be so wonderful and diverse, and it reflected a cross-section of society. Unfortunately, they [party leaders] are erecting litmus tests which are turning us into a monolithic party."
The 1996 pro-abortion platform of the Democrat Party has a "conscience clause," in which pro-lifers are told that their views are respected. But pro-life champion Robert Casey, the former Pennsylvania governor, was denied the opportunity to speak on the issue at the convention which adopted it.
In a speech he made right after the convention, Casey cited a leading Democrat of the past, on the need to protect life at key junctures: "We would look, in the words of Hubert Humphrey, to those in the shadow of life, those in the twilight of life, and those at the dawn of life."
Winn, in a 1996 article in Christian American,published by the Christian Coalition, said, "Historically it has been the Democratic Party that has led the cause to protect the rights of those who are powerless and without voices."
But she told the Registerthat pro-abortion leaders helped bankroll the national Democrat organization in the 1970s and have maintained a strong hold on the party purse strings, encouraging ambitious candidates to support abortion. "Money speaks and money is power, unfortunately," she said. "They will go where the money is greatest."
Although there are many prominent Democrats who support abortion, including Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, there is still a core of pro-life Democratic officeholders around the country.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, for example, there are about 40 Democrats, about 20% of the party's membership, who consistently support pro-life positions. In addition, 77 House Democrats voted to override Clinton's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban in 1998.
Rep. Tony Hall of Dayton, Ohio, one of the most prominent House pro-life Democrats, has been approached to chair the National Democrats for Life's board of advisers. Other key pro-life House members include James Barcia of Michigan, the co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, and Ralph Hall of Texas.
In the November congressional elections, the Democratic campaign committee recruited four pro-life candidates who were elected in socially conservative districts in Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois, and New York. In Pennsylvania, strongly pro-life Patrick Casey, son of the former governor, narrowly lost his bid.
One of the successful pro-life Democrats was David Phelps, who now represents a rural district in Southern Illinois. Phelps boasts a 100% pro-life voting record in his 14 years in the state Legislature.
After his election, Phelps told the Register,"I feel that life is life at conception. We should do everything we can to protect it. I can't deny what I believe. This business is not worth it to compromise who you are."
In the Missouri House, David Reynolds of St. Louis County founded and chairs Missouri Democrats for Life, a group of 25 members who consistently vote pro-life. That represents nearly one quarter of the chamber's Democrats. "lt's an effort to publicly show that you can be pro-life and Democrat at the same time," he told the Register.
Winn, the activist from Illinois, talked about the challenge these office-holders face: "It's very, very lonely. I don't think they're getting the pat on the back from the pro-life community. They're sticking their necks out every time they take a pro-life position."
National Democrats for Life is hoping to encourage them while helping to swell the number of pro-life Democrats both in Washington and in the states. Their immediate goals are to establish chapters in 35 states, recruit pro-life candidates in those states, and encourage pro-life Democrats to take a more visible legislative role.
"We're talking about working from the local level on up," Kerschen said. "It's important to bring our efforts even to the county courthouses." The organization expects to develop a political action committee as well.
One of the board members, John Schmidt of Louisville, Ky., also emphasized the importance of grass-roots efforts. He said that an integral part of what he does as a Democrat precinct captain will be to emphasize the document Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, which the nation's bishops adopted in November.
"I'm going to distribute it among the Catholic politicians I know; the bishops said it much better than I can," he said. He added that he believes that Catholic support for a politician may hinge on the abortion issue. "I think politicians will follow money and votes."
The director of the Republican National Coalition for Life, Colleen Parro, is supportive of the new organization.
"I think it's great," she exclaimed. "The right to life should transcend all politics. It ought to be the center of everyone's activity. To the extent that they're willing to try, we wish them well."
In the past month, another pro-life Democrat group has also been formed. The National Coalition of Pro-Life Democrats, drawing much of its membership from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, is seeking to elect local and state candidates in a fashion reminiscent of labor organizing.
One of the leaders of this group, Joe Barrett of Silver Spring, Md., said, "There is a need for an organization that can work with pro-life congressmen and state legislators and help keep them in office. We can show them and others the techniques on how to run a campaign."
Practical politics is involved, he stressed.
"There is a light of day which is dawning on some Democrats" that pro-life votes are becoming important and candidates will recognize that, Barrett contended. "They haven't had an epiphany. They're not on the road to Damascus." But more and more candidates, with a push from pro-life activists, will understand that supporting abortion will be a losing position, he said.
Some frustrated Democrats have left their party and joined the Republican Party, which often appears to be more hospitable to the pro-life cause. But staunch pro-life Democrats such as Kersehen, Winn, and Barrett discourage such moves.
Kerschen said, "If we abandon one whole party to the abortion advocates, then we will never turn things around in this country." Barrett cited the Democrat Party as "a coalition of conscience, which is at once potentially our greatest strength and our greatest weakness."
And Winn, the daughter of liberal parents who "marched for civil rights and against the Vietnam conflict," said, "To me, the most logical party to be pro-life is the Democratic Party. We're the champions of the underdog. Why shouldn't we stand up for the unborn?"
She also has written, "Being a pro-life Democrat doesn't need to be seen as oxymoronic or as mutually exclusive. It will take time, but I know our party can find our way back to our pro-life roots. In the meantime, rather than cursing the darkness in our party, we need to start lighting candles."
Joseph Esposito writes from Washington, D.C.


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These delicious Chocolate Biscoff Cups are an easy candy recipe to make! They have a chocolate shell with creamy Biscoff Spread on the inside!
We just got back from our summer vacation which lasted most of July and ended in Duluth, MN. We stayed down in Canal Park and did lots of walking. We saw huge ships come into port, fed the seagulls, climbed on the rocks and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves from the time we woke up until our heads hit our pillows at night. There are so many great shops to visit in Canal Park and one of our favorites is a chocolate shop. Between me, my two friends and all of our kids we bought everything from caramel apples to fudge to chocolate dipped gummy bears. While looking at all of the delectable chocolate choices, I became inspired to make some of my own chocolate candy treats. I knew that I had a shipment of Biscoff Spread waiting for me at home and I decided to use it to make Chocolate Biscoff Cups.
Have you ever tried Biscoff Spread? This was my first time and I've got to admit that it is delicious! Biscoff Spread is Biscoff cookies in a spread form instead of a cookie form. It comes in creamy and crunchy and is an Eurporean alternative to peanut butter. Biscoff Spread is made in Belgium and like all Biscoff products it has all-natural ingredients, is preservative-free, is free of trans fat and cholesterol, is made without genetically modified ingredients or artificial colors, is vegan and does not contain nuts! Awesome, right? People enjoy using Biscoff Spread on toast, with apple slices, in sandwiches, in recipes and straight from the jar (yes, we most certainly tried it that way and love it). Want more ideas? Check out the Biscoff Pinterest Page! Biscoff Spread is available in the peanut butter aisle at retail, club, drug stores nationwide and at Biscoff.com. Check here for a list of stores.
These Chocolate Biscoff Cups are really easy to make. Melt chocolate candy coating in the microwave. Using a knife, the back of a spoon or a kitchen brush, add melted chocolate to the sides of mini foil baking cups. They need to be foil so that they can be peeled away when ready to eat.
Allow the chocolate to harden. Then, recoat the sides with chocolate and cover the bottom of the mini foil muffin cup.
Allow the chocolate to harden, again. Then, add 1 teaspoon of Biscoff Spread to the center of each cup, smoothing it out on top.
Cover the Biscoff Spread with more melted chocolate.
Once the chocolate has hardened, peel away the foil cup and enjoy!
Doesn't that look blissful?
If you have some Chocolate Biscoff Cups left over, you can wrap them and tie them with baker's twine to share with others. I am going to be adding these to my holiday baking this year because they are so easy to make and will be fun to as gifts!
- 16 oz package chocolate candy coating
- 1 jar Biscoff Spread
Melt chocolate candy coating in the microwave.
Using a knife, the back of a spoon or a kitchen brush, add melted chocolate to the sides of mini foil baking cups.
Allow the chocolate to harden. Then, recoat the sides with chocolate and cover the bottom of the mini foil muffin cup.
Allow the chocolate to harden. Then, add 1 teaspoon of Biscoff Spread to the center of each cup, smoothing it out on top.
Cover the Biscoff Spread with more melted chocolate.
Once the chocolate has hardened, peel away the foil cup to eat or wrap to save.
The Biscoff Spread Story:
Biscoff Cookies (known in Europe as Lotus Speculoos cookies) first made their way to America as in-flight treats. Starting in the 1980s, Biscoff treats have been paired with mid-air morning coffee in flights throughout the United States.
In 2007, as part of a television show called "De Bedenkers" ("The Inventors"), Els Scheppers, a culinary enthusiast, created a recipe that converted Lotus Speculoos cookies into a creamy spread. Her recipe was chosen as a finalist on the show and soon after the show was over, Lotus Bakeries contacted Els and worked together to perfect her inspired creation. Just three hours after its initial release in Belgium, the product sold out and a culinary phenomenon was born.
Lotus Bakeries is hosting a Spread the Love contest that features consumers favorite ways to "spread the love" with Biscoff Spread. The Grand Prize winner will win a trip for two to Belgium! The second place prize is for $1,500 cash and the third place prize is for $1,000 cash. Facebook used can vote for the final grand prize winners by visiting the Biscoff fan page! Voting is super easy. Just visit the Biscoff Facebook fan page and click on the Spread the Love Challenge tab. Choose Play Instant Win Game Now and fill out your information to register. Once you've registered, you can play the instant win game and then go to the gallery to vote for your favorite recipe!
Biscoff Spread is a sweet, creamy spread made with Biscoff Cookies. Try this delicious European alternative to peanut butter or chocolate spread. Vote for the best photo in Biscoff's "Spread the Love" contest and you could win a year's supply of Biscoff products!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Biscoff. The opinions and text are all mine.


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After posting my Oma video I got several requests for a Betty Foy video. Ask and thou shall receive. (Wait, did I just compare myself to God?)
Anyway, this is for all those interested in the Rivendell Betty Foy. It's a very new bike and there's not much information out there, but there is another video from Velo Fellow of his wife buying her Betty, so any interested parties should check that out, too.
I wanted to write up a detailed Betty Foy review before posting the video, but the darn job really cuts into my blogging time. Maybe next week. In the meantime, feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel. More videos to come little by little, based on our whims and with no organization whatsoever. ;)


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Good for Alex Sink. Florida's chief financial officer is ordering a thorough audit of the new courthouse under construction in Tallahassee for the 1st District Court of Appeal, dubbed the "Taj Mahal" due to its cost and luxury appointments. A preliminary review suggests part of the $48 million for construction was obtained by raiding the state's Workers' Compensation Trust Fund, which merits further inquiry. Taxpayers need to know every detail about how this ostentatious new courthouse was funded and whether any state laws were violated in the process. It's already a monument to cozy relationships at the state capital and how they often outweigh fiscal restraint or responsibility toward Florida taxpayers. This audit cannot stop the courthouse, but it can better safeguard money that is being spent.
Since St. Petersburg Times senior correspondent Lucy Morgan detailed the evolution of this palatial building, the Republican legislative leaders with their fingerprints all over it have been pointing away from themselves. U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio was House speaker when money for the new courthouse was approved. He claims that the project was a Senate, not a House, priority. That's not how everyone remembers it.
Intense lobbying for the building came from 1st District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Paul Hawkes and Judge Brad Thomas — Republican insiders with friends in high places. Hawkes is a former legislator from Crystal River, and both men are former staff members for the Legislature and former Gov. Jeb Bush.
Sen. Charlie Dean, R-Inverness, who was chairman of the House committee that oversaw court expenditures, said after he refused to fund the courthouse, Hawkes and Thomas enlisted help from Richard Corcoran, then Rubio's chief of staff, and from Hawkes' son Jeremiah, who was Rubio's general counsel. Dean says that the decision about the money was left to Rubio and his budget chief, Rep. Ray Sansom, and the final budget included $7.9 million to start work on the building.
Rubio is campaigning for the Senate as a fiscal conservative, yet his tenure as House speaker features two huge taxpayer rip-offs that rewarded political friends and associates: One is the $6 million set aside by Sansom for an airplane hangar for a friend and political contributor. Sansom now faces grand theft charges for that arrangement. The other is this unnecessary and luxurious courthouse that was originally slated to provide each judge on the appellate court with a 60-inch flat screen television and individual kitchens — accoutrements that have disappeared since the public attention.
Sink's audit will examine the documents and financial records associated with the project, including the $35 million bond issued to fund construction. That was attached as an amendment by Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, to a sizeable transportation bill and approved by lawmakers on the last day of the 2007 legislative session. Crist says he was just helping out then-Senate President Ken Pruitt. No one wants to claim responsibility for this boondoggle.
It's too late for taxpayers to get their money back, but it's not too late to hold lawmakers accountable. Hawkes and Thomas used their insider status to wring new million-dollar digs from friendly Florida leaders who then put the bill on taxpayers' credit card. The audit is good politics for Sink, the Democratic Party's nominee for governor. It also is sound public policy — and the sort of public vetting this project should have gotten before it was approved.


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Private Pension Annuities in Chile
Policy Reports | Social Security
No. 271
Thursday, December 09, 2004
by Estelle James
Table of Contents
Lessons for the United States and Other Countries
Our evidence suggests that the major reasons for the high rate of annuitization are the regulations, guarantees and incentives built into the Chilean pension system. This structure has also stimulated the development of a new multi-billion dollar industry — the life insurance industry, specializing in annuities — practically from scratch. It is ironic that marketing, which has been the subject of much criticism during the accumulation stage, seems to play a socially useful role — encouraging annuitization — during the payout stage. Two-thirds of all retirees have annuitized and annuitization mitigates some of the risks of early retirement faced by pensioners and the public treasury.
The good news for other countries is that:
- Detailed regulatory policies can strongly influence worker and pensioner behavior, and in Chile have gone far toward ensuring lifelong security for workers and their spouses.
- In Chile these regulatory policies include ruling out almost all lump sum distributions at retirement and any distributions prior to retirement, requiring price-indexed and joint pensions, and permitting work without contributions after a specified accumulation level has been reached.
- Life insurance companies quickly developed in response to the demand for annuities, further stimulated this demand by aggressive marketing and provide a high money's worth ratio for price-indexed annuities (enabled by the availability of many indexed financial instruments in Chile).
- Under these conditions, adverse selection due to asymmetric information does not seem to pose a major problem. l It appears that with appropriate incentives a high proportion of pensioners will purchase annuities that provide longevity insurance and reduce the government's fiscal liabilities.
But important caveats also emerge:
- In Chile regulations give insurance companies selling annuities a competitive edge over fund administrators selling programmed withdrawal pensions.
- Programmed withdrawals may lead to low retirement incomes or high public subsidies for the very old, unless they are buttressed by deferred annuity requirements.
- If early withdrawal is permitted, many workers seem to choose that option, so early withdrawal conditions must be chosen with great care.
- If these payout rules are not well coordinated with minimum pension guarantees and other safety net provisions, this may lead to moral hazard problems and unexpected public liabilities in the future.
NOTE: Nothing written here should be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the National Center for Policy Analysis or as an attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress.


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Traditions fox river fifty
i just bought a used Traditions fox river fifty, .50 cal. however it did not come with a manual so if anybody can give me info on it, that would be great. ex, how much powder to use, primers, cleaners..... or know where i can download one. i tried traditionsfirearms.com and they did not have it.
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...Welcome300.gif YoungGun, Glad to have you aboard.
I'm not a black powder guy but someone will be along soon.
Where U @ stalkingbear? Help!!
Not familair with YOUR gun- I shoot CVAs and Thompson/Center, traditional STYLE muzzleloaders that are percussion cap weapons. First, MOST reloading manuals will have a short section on muzzleloaders. Second, never use anything but black powder OR black powder subsitute, such as Pyrodex, Triple 7, etc. Third- never load a "just fired" rifle- the spark waiting down there will put you in the ranks of the "No Eyebrows" club. Same applies to loading a capped rifle. 4th- There are two types of BP shooters- those that have loaded a ball with no powder, and those that WILL do so at a future date. Learn how to remove the bullet when ya screw up. Sequence is powder-ball-cap. Last- NEVER- I mean NEVER- fire a rifle that the bullet is not fully seated on the powder charge. If crud from earlier shots has caused you bullet to get stuck partway down the bore, trying to shoot it out may kill you. While this may be an improvement of the human gene pool (removing dumb people from breeding population) it is rough on innocent bystanders at the range.:rolleyes:
As far as charge/ bullet- the traditional load is 1 to 2 times the caliber, in grains of powder. So a 50 caliber would use 50-100 grains of powder. Somewhere between those 2 numbers is the charge that will give you the best accuracy. However, that is for a patched ball- if you are shooting saboted bullets, most come with their own recommendations on powder charges. Damaging a rifle from overloading with black powder is not really possible- all that cannot burn gets blown downrange (and wasted) For caps- if percussion, usually standard #11 caps. If yours is a modern muzzlestuffer that uses 209 shotgun primers, there IS a 209 primer made JUST for muzzleloaders. Check your local gun shop.
Get a reloaders manual, contact the company (bet if you search, you'll find a website) take your time, and enjoy it.
i dident relize how much there is to shooting a muzzleloader. if im shooting sabots with the plastic around them. you still need to use a wad correct?
With saboted bullets, follow the instructions of whoever made the sabot- but in most cases, no. The sabot takes the place of wad/ patching. To tell you the truth, I stick to REAL soft lead maxi's- Where I live has a 2 month RIFLE season for deer- so if I want to shoot hollow point/ ballistic tip bullets- I go pull out a 308/243/303/7.62R/8mm etc. That 400 gr lead maxi ball will drop a deer faster than a bad habit.
Young Gun, E-Mail Traditions, I'm sure they will gladly send you a manual.
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Police rescued at least 20 girls along with 13 pimps. According to sources, the sex racket at the area has been going on since last six months.
Officials of Social Service Branch (SSB) of Mumbai police were shocked when they found the constable at one of the pimps rooms. Departmental inquiry has been issued against Kadam.
ACP Vasant Dhobale of SSB said, "The accused used to keep moving between buildings in the colony to avoid detection. Girls were even sent to customers' houses."
All accused, who reportedly have been conducting such nasty work under the nose of the Mumbai police, have been charged under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA).
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(thanks to Cereal Velocity for the image btw, truly an amazing use of lens flare if I do say so myself)
Anyway news time! You can find it after the post break!
The Archeology event did exactly what it was supposed to do, even if I did fudge the beginning due to my screwing up. Stories that were nominated got viewed, and the stories that were chosen got tons of comments. Next time hopefully it will be a bit more organized, and longer. I was honestly just testing it out with this one. Feel free to continue to leave feedback on the post, I make it a goal to read every comment on event posts for tips and stuff.
>Quality Control
And with so many visitors, comes a lot of random...stuff. I have received piles of emails complaining about some of the stories on the site. I agree, there are some bad eggs floating around in the archive that make simply browsing story-by-story for new people a chore. I honestly suck at telling people no, but I've been doing it a lot more lately (mainly for youtube videos surprisingly). A huge amount of people are coming directly from Deviant Art, and we all know what that means.
I am considering Deleting stories that drop below 3/5. The start system is a bit exploitable though, so if I see tons of people love it, but it has a terrible rating, I'll just assume someone decided to proxy and vote a bunch of times to spite people. I don't have time to read everything, and I don't want to be the be all end all of a stories success, so please, have a few people proofread it first, and post it on /co/ for some feedback. If English isn't your first language, have someone who does write clean English fix it up a bit.
And here is a big one... Youtube. I get 10 Youtube videos a day of random scenes pasted ontop of a soundtrack. (Most of) the Youtube videos in the archive are because they did something awesome. That epic 7 artist one for example remixed 7 songs and had almost perfect lip syncing. The Elder Scrolls one took a trailer for a game and made Spike the dragonborn that everyone who has ever been obsessed with oblivion/morrowind was amazed to hear about. Don't just paste the Twilight Vs Nightmare Moon fight on top of your favorite metal song and send it.
>Story Archive Re-sorting
I'm looking for a way to create hierarchical menu's for the story archive. Something like Click Rainbow Dash-->See ship/grim/normal, click one for a list of all storys while the others stay collapsed. CTRL+F is cool and all, but I still think it would be neat to have a menu thing. Blogger has a separate HTML section built into posts. If anyone knows how I could pull something like this off, let me know! You can of course still use Fairy Slayer's Table for easy sorting access HERE
>Writefriend/Drawfriend Friendoff for March
The last event was tons of fun for a lot of people, and pulling it off again would help get the community back on the same page. Unfortunately, some of our best contributes still have another 9 days on their bans. I also got bumped in hours at work, so I have to choose a specific day to host it where I will actually be around to upload everything.
And this fell on...March 14. Yah it's way out there... I know. So we have some time to brainstorm I guess!
Anyway this is already way passed tl;dr for the majority of you. Thanks for hanging out on the site! It's actually a lot more fun than it should be to organize and keep everything rolling here. I definitely couldn't do this without you guys though. All the emails with content and stuff really helps a ton so keep it up!
This community is an awesome one, and if it keeps growing at the alarming rate it currently is, I think we might start seeing MLP:FiM pretty much everywhere! And for the first time ever, I'm cool with that. It was my original intention to keep everyone connected somehow in the giant mess of /co/ threads and random internet forums, and considering how limited my HTML skills are I think I've done a pretty good job.
So onward to 1 million!Wednesday, March 2, 2011 op 1:26 PM
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PITTSBURGH – Justin Verlander pitched only one inning of the Detroit Tigers' 11-6 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates because of soreness in his right shoulder.
Despite the short outing, Verlander (10-11) took the loss after giving up five runs — four earned — four hits and two walks.
"Just didn't feel great," the ace right-hander said. "Disappointing on a night that the team really needed me."
Verlander threw 40 pitches and bunted in the second inning before he was removed. He is scheduled to undergo an MRI in Detroit on Tuesday.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous," Verlander said. "I've never been through this before."
Verlander said there wasn't any sharp pain in his shoulder, but Tigers manager Brad Ausmus took him out as a precautionary measure.
"The ball wasn't really coming out of his hand," Ausmus said. "So after watching him finish the inning I decided I didn't want to risk him getting seriously injured."
Ausmus was concerned about Verlander right from the beginning.
"I was actually immediately worried from the start of the game," Ausmus said. "Quite frankly, looking back, I almost wish I would have taken him out when I went out with (trainer) Kevin Rand."
After Verlander gave up an early lead, Travis Snider hit two home runs, and Starling Marte drove in three runs as the Pirates coasted to the victory.
The loss, coupled with Kansas City's 3-2 win over Oakland, dropped the Tigers a half-game behind the now first-place Royals in the AL Central Division.
Pittsburgh loaded the bases against Verlander with one out in the first, and Marte cleared them with a triple down the left field line. Snider drove Marte home when his grounder to first took an odd hop, and Victor Martinez couldn"t glove it.
"I was very pleased with the way we were able to respond when they scratched a run for us in the first," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "We answered."
Royals 3, Athletics 2
In Kansas City, the Royals won their eighth straight game and took over the AL Central lead when Yordano Ventura outdueled Sonny Gray.
The victory, coupled with a loss by Detroit in Pittsburgh, gave the long-suffering Royals a division lead at the latest point in a season since 2003.
Norichika Aoki entered the game as a pinch runner in the seventh and scored, but didn't register an at-bat.
Mariners 11, Blue Jays 1
In Seattle, Felix Hernandez allowed one run in seven strong innings and Robinson Cano helped provide him with a jolt of run support.
The Blue Jays' Munenori Kawasaki was 0-for-4 in his first game against his former team.
Opening the most anticipated August series in Seattle since 2007, Hernandez (13-3) made his 16th straight start of at least seven innings while allowing two earned runs or less. Hernandez needed just 96 pitches to get through seven and his only mistake was Jose Bautista's solo home run in the fourth.
Cano ignited a seven-run sixth with his 10th homer.
Rays 7, Rangers 0
In Arlington, Texas, Drew Smyly allowed three hits in his first win since the David Price trade, Matt Joyce had a two-run single, and the Rays beat the Rangers.
Smyly struck out nine in a career-high 7⅔ innings to beat the Rangers for the second time this season.
Twins 4, Astros 2
In Houston, Joe Mauer had two hits in his return from the disabled list, including a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning.
A pair of walks by Josh Fields left runners at first and second with two outs in the ninth when Mauer's groundball single to left field scored Jordan Schafer. Brian Dozier also scored on the play.
Brian Duensing got the last two outs of the eighth inning for the win.
Chris Carter and Jose Altuve both had solo homers for Houston and Jake Marisnick had a career-high four hits.
Orioles 11, Yankees 3
In Baltimore, Chris Davis hit a two-run homer after replacing an injured Manny Machado, and the AL East-leading Orioles defeated New York to send the Yankees a season-high seven games out of first place.
After Davis put the Orioles ahead in the fifth inning, Nelson Cruz connected with a man on in the seventh and Jonathan Schoop added a three-run shot in the eighth to turn the game into a rout. Cruz now has 31 homers, tied for the major league lead with rookie Jose Abreu of the White Sox.


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Free outdoor music Thursday nights near the Vedder
It's a brand-new live music idea for the south side of Chilliwack that Jeff Bonner of Tractorgrease Studios has wanted to make happen for a while now.
Imagine a rocking summer concert series that lets Chilliwack music fans chill by the beautiful Vedder River listening to tunes.
"It's turning out to be a great lineup of concerts," says Bonner. "The best part is that it will feature lots of local talent."
The Southside Rocks the River stage will be set up in a field near the Vedder Rotary Trail parking lot. Enter the parking lot from Vedder Road, and the concert set up will be located just to the right of it.
Anyone can stroll down the Vedder trail or walk from Garrison Crossing to get to it.
It's going to be Thursday nights in August, for the first year of Southside Rocks, starting on Aug. 14.
"Some say nothing exciting ever happens on the south side of Chilliwack.
Well we want to show that it can rock, even more than the north side!"
What's "really cool" is that several of the artists who were involved early with hugely popular Party in the Park phenomenon, like Lori Paul of Spiderlodge, who was "instrumental and the driving force" at the outset of Party in the Park downtown, will also be performing at this event.
So how's the first night shaping up?
He's got singer-songwriter Matt Lowen, along with blues artist Gerald Charlie, Dear Father, Full Tilt, Mike Alleckna, and MaggPie sharing the stage Aug. 14.
Southside Rocks the River, a free outdoor music series on the grass, just north of the Vedder Trail, on Aug. 14, Aug. 21, and Aug. 28.
Start time 6 p.m. and the music will run until 9:30 p.m.
Here are the bands slated to play:
Aug. 14
• Gerald Charlie
• Dear Father
• Mike Alleckna
• MaggPie
• Full Tilt
• Matt Lowen
Aug. 21
• The Lounge Hounds
• Spiderlodge
• Otto Bjornson
• Colebrook Shepherds
• Carrielynn Victor
Aug. 28
• The Chillbillies
• Relic's Jetboat
• The Mud Sharks 3
• Hot Rod Gurl
• Jason Guill


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A diaper rash is a skin problem that develops in the area under an infant's diaper.
Dermatitis - diaper and Candida; Candida-associated diaper dermatitis; Diaper dermatitis; Dermatitis - irritant contact
Diaper rashes are common in babies between 4 to 15 months old. They may be noticed more when babies begin to eat solid foods.
Diaper rashes caused by infection with a yeast (fungus) called Candida are very common in children. Candida grows best in warm, moist places, such as under a diaper. Candida diaper rash is more likely to occur in babies who:
Other causes of diaper rash include:
You may notice the following in your child's diaper area:
Older infants may scratch when the diaper is removed.
Diaper rashes usually do not spread beyond the edge of the diaper.
The health care provider can often diagnose a yeast diaper rash by looking at your baby's skin. A KOH test can confirm if it is Candida.
The best treatment for a diaper rash is to keep the skin clean and dry. This also helps prevent new diaper rashes. Lay your baby on a towel without a diaper whenever possible. The more time the baby can be kept out of a diaper, the better.
Other tips include:
Certain skin creams and ointments will clear up infections caused by yeast. Nystatin, miconazole, clotrimazole, and ketaconazole are commonly used medicines for yeast diaper rashes. For severe rashes, a steroid ointment, such as 1% hydrocortisone, may be applied. You can buy these without a prescription. But ask your provider first if these medicines will help.
If you use cloth diapers:
The rash usually responds well to treatment.
Call your child's provider if:
Chayavichitsilp P, Eichenfield LF. Diaper dermatitis. In: Lebwohl MG, Heymann WR, Berth-Jones J, Coulson I, eds. Treatment of Skin Disease: Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 58.
Ericson J, Smith PB, Benjamin DK. Candida. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St Geme JW III, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 234.
Klunk C, Domingues E, Wiss K. An update on diaper dermatitis. Clin Dermatol. 2014;32:477-487. PMID: 25017459 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25017459.
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NFC Championship Game 2014: Positional Breakdown for 49ers vs. SeahawksJanuary 13, 2014
After an entire season as two of the most dominant teams in their conference, the Seattle Seahawks will play host to the NFC West-rival San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
The two teams went 1-1 against each other during the regular season with both teams winning at home. But with a berth to the Super Bowl on the line, anything can happen between two of the best defenses and two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the NFL.
The Seahawks feature the best secondary in the league this season, while the 49ers have a front seven that has proven to be one of the best in the playoffs thus far. On the offensive side of the ball, the matchups are just as close with Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch against Colin Kaepernick and Frank Gore.
Before the two teams battle it out for a chance to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, here is a breakdown of each position heading into the NFC Championship Game.
Defense: Seahawks
This is a position where you really can't go wrong with either, but Seattle comes into this matchup with the best statistical defense in the NFL.
While many teams would like to stay away from the 49ers offensive attack, Seahawks second-year linebacker Bobby Wagner told Clare Farnsworth of the team's official website who he'd like to face in the playoffs, "I'd really like to play the 49ers again."
Wagner continued to talk about the matchup with Farnsworth following the 49ers advancing to the NFC Championship Game by saying:
They've got to come here. So they've got to worry about us. It's great that we'll be playing here. Our fans are great. When they come in they always bring a lot of energy and we feed off that energy. So the opposing team, they have to worry about that.
Feeding off that energy has served well for the No. 1 passing defense and No. 7 rushing defense in the NFL this season. The Seahawks also rank first in the NFL with turnovers (39) and interceptions (28), while the 49ers rank inside the top 10 in each of those categories as well.
The NFC West is becoming known for its outstanding defenses and the Seahawks are still the class of the division in that category.
Receiving Corps: 49ers
This is the only blowout category of the four. With a stable of receivers that has included Vernon Davis and Anquan Boldin all season, the addition of Michael Crabtree has put the team over the top.
Not only has Crabtree been a huge boost to the offense since his return, he's helped Kaepernick re-emerge after a mediocre start to the season. According to ESPN Stats and Info, the fifth-year receiver has been a catalyst for his young quarterback's success in the playoffs:
In San Francisco's win over the Carolina Panthers, Davis finished with a touchdown and Boldin amassed 136 receiving yards. Though Crabtree had only three receptions for 26 yards, his abilities have opened up the field for other receivers that simply weren't there before.
Ironically enough, the numbers posted against the Panthers were very similar to the final game between the 49ers and Seahawks. Boldin finished as the leading receiver with 93 yards, Crabtree had four receptions for 40 yards and Davis caught two passes, with one coming in the end zone.
Going against the top passing defense in the NFL will be a tall task for the 49ers receivers, but not one that they can't overcome.
Running Backs: Seahawks
The aforementioned matchup of Gore and Lynch is a tough one to decide. But after two great games against the 49ers this season and a dominant performance against the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round, Lynch comes in as the better of the two backs.
"Beast Mode" went off for 140 yards and two touchdowns against the Saints, but a statistic from Pro Football Focus shows why his dominance comes from being a physical runner:
Other than the fact that he's been one of the best tailbacks this season, Lynch has made a career out of killing the 49ers. Three of his four touchdowns in two games against San Francisco came at home, in the form of two rushing scores and an additional one through the air.
Here is a breakdown of how Lynch has performed against the 49ers in their last five matchups:
|Marshawn Lynch vs. 49ers Defense
|Location (Date)
|Rush Yds
|Total TDs
|Home (Dec. 24, 2011)
|Road (Oct. 18, 2012)
|Home (Dec. 23, 2012)
|Home (Sept. 15, 2013)
|Road (Dec. 8, 2013)
While Gore has put together another good season, his average of 63 rushing yards and no touchdowns against the Seahawks simply doesn't match the dominance that Lynch has shown in this rivalry.
Quarterback: 49ers
In a weekend where NFL fans will be witnesses to one of the final chapters between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, they will also have the treat of watching one of the league's emerging rivalries between Wilson and Kaepernick.
Wilson has the ability to both pass and run the ball with great efficiency. He has thrown for 26 touchdowns this season and has 555 rushing yards to boot. In just two seasons, he has posted a 16-1 record at home and has never lost to the 49ers in Seattle.
So why is Kaepernick the better quarterback coming into the NFC Championship Game? Simply put, his postseason performances just continue to thrill and have led the 49ers to the cusp of a second-straight Super Bowl berth.
When it comes to quarterbacks, the 49ers have had two of the best in NFL history. But in just two seasons, Kaepernick is already halfway to a record set by Steve Young, according to ESPN Stats and Info:
In two games this postseason, Kaepernick has thrown for a combined 423 yards, rushed for 113 yards and posted three touchdowns with just one interception. While his three-interception performance against Seattle in the first game looms large, his second game against the Seahawks was good enough for more than 200 total yards and a win.
Coming into a matchup with the No. 1 passing defense and No. 7 rushing defense, Kaepernick's success will likely be the reason that the 49ers ultimately win or lose the NFC Championship Game.


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Four Vanderbilt football players have been dismissed from the program and placed on interim suspension from the school amid a sex crimes investigation by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
ICONFour players have been dismissed from James Franklin's Vandy program.
Vanderbilt announced this morning the dismissals and suspensions for violation of team rules of four players, all of whom were not identified. No arrests have been made thus far.
"The well-being of our students is of paramount concern to us, and we will not tolerate any actions that threaten student safety and security," said Beth Fortune, vice chancellor for public affairs at Vandy. Fortune did not give additional information about the players.
"Because it's an ongoing investigation, we will not be releasing names or other information about those suspended," she said.
Vanderbilt first reported the matter to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and is cooperating with the department's investigation.
"I can confirm that the Metropolitan Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit began an investigation on Wednesday in regard to a matter that was alleged to have occurred at a Vanderbilt University dormitory," said Don Aaron, a police spokesman. "Our sex crimes detectives became involved as the result of a notification to us on Wednesday from Vanderbilt University police. The investigation remains very much in progress."
The Commodores went 9-4 overall and 5-3 in the SEC last season in James Franklin's second year in Nashville. He has led the 'Dores to the postseason in back-to-back years.


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Ken Scaglia grew up in Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University with an Associate degree in Industrial Illustration and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications. After working as a draftsman, a production designer and freelance illustrator, Ken moved to Columbus, Ohio to work for Karlsberger Companies, a leading healthcare architecture and planning firm. In 1988, Ken left Columbus for New Haven to attend Yale University's School of Art graduate program in graphic design. After graduating in 1990, Ken free-lanced in book and publication design, working for publishers of art collections ranging from Yale University Art Gallery, Storm King Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg, and Rizzoli. He has also worked as a decorative painter creating murals, wall finishes, and floor cloths for private residences.
Ken's teaching career began in 1991 at Norwalk Community College where he co-wrote the curriculum for the graphic design program and taught foundation through upper level classes. Currently Ken is teaching graphic design history and typography classes at Norwalk and Western Connecticut. Ken also maintains an active exhibiting schedule of his photorealist automotive paintings in local galleries and galleries in Virginia, New Mexico, Florida, and California. Ken and his family live in Weston, CT.


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my names Alfred :D all he's missing is glasses and he'll look like me even more :p 5/5!!!
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Yes, you should be embaressed! You've barely talked to the man and then you do a lap dance...Are you stripper?
What is wrong with her? What the hell? That is so awkward. If you want a great kiss, you don't bring out the instruction manual before you do it. You so know that she is going home since I don't ever remember her even talking before!!!


text: I have received emails to my gmail account that have video attachments and I am able to download them successfully to my phone and shows an actual thumbnail of the video but when I try and play the video it opens up in the video player and then immediately says "unable to play" and kicks me out the player. Video info: .3gp format between 7-10MB two different people have sent the video attachments (3 different videos) videos taken with an HTC inspire droid phone I have also had an iPhone 3gs user send me a MMS video as well as email it to me and both had problems. The MMS came through and showed a picture of a movie reel with a play button and a yield sign with an explanation point inside. When I clicked on the play button it plays only audio but no visual. When I open the email (same video) it downloads and goes to video player but will says "unable to play" and kicks me out. iPhone format shows .MOV and is around 800KB or so in my gmail. I have been to AT&T tech support in person and by phone and they couldn't help me. They forwarded my call to Samsung. Samsung tried to tell me it was a carrier issue after trying to figure out the problem and failing. AT&T said it wasn't their issue but that it was the manufacturer . Samsung finally said I could mail the phone in for their team to look into it. So, that is my next step. I just wanted to see if anyone on here could shed some light on this situation before I sent it in. I have downloaded apps to convert videos and some have worked when the .3gp video was converted to .mp4 but I shouldn't have to do that for a phone that not only supports .3gp format but also records in this format. And the converter didn't help with the MMS problem. When I long press the MMS video I am able to save the file as a .3gp but still doesn't play. Thank you all for your help.