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Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Six-rayed Star
|Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
|Top view of individual collected at Sares Head, WA in the lower intertidal zone. Diameter approximately 3 cm.
|Photo by: Dave Cowles, Sept 2005
How to Distinguish from Similar Species: This species is very similar to Leptasterias pusilla but can be distinguished by its large, flat aboral spines, thicker arms, and darker color. L. epichlora is usually mottled and blue-gray, dark green, or indigo and its pedicellariae are few and randomly arranged around the aboral spines. L. aequalis is thought to be a hybrid between L. hexactis and L. epichlora. It has many small pedicellariae randomly arranged around the aboral spines, and a variable aboral color ranging from olive-green, indigo, or gray to coral-red or orange.
Note from Kozloff, 1996: "Specimens keying to Leptasterias hexactis are now believed to belong to three recognizable entities. They are distinguished to some extent by biochemical properties, but the following visible feathres will usually enable one to separate them. Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862): small pedicellariae (as distinguished from larger pedicellariae) especially abundant around the aboral spines, generally embedded in tissue either at the base or about midway on the spines, and forming a characteristically wreathlike arrangement; color of aboral surface usually dark olive-green or indigo. Leptasterias epichlora (Brandt, 1835): small pedicellariae few and randomly arranged around the aboral spines; color of aboral surface commonly indigo, blue-gray, or dark green, usually mottled. Leptasterias aequalis (Stimpson, 1862) (believed to be a hybrid of L. hexactis and L. epichlora): small pedicellariae usually numerous and randomly arranged around the aboral spines; color of aboral surface extremely variable, ranging from olive-green, indigo, or gray to coral-red or orange (in our region, the last two colors not often noted in the other two species)."
Geographical Range: L. hexactis resides as far north as the San Juan Islands and the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington south to Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, California.
Depth Range: Middle intertidal zone, often in small beds of mussels (Mytilus californianus). L. hexactis can often be found sheltered under rocks or algae at very low tides or on sunny days.
Habitat: This species is common on rocky shores that are exposed to the surf.
Biology/Natural History: L. hexactis is known to cling very tightly to rocks and it has the ability to conform closely to irregularities in the surface. It is a carnivore and feeds on sea cucumbers, littorine snails, limpets, chitons, small mussels, barnacles, and other small animals, including dead animals. L. hexactis often selects large, hard to capture prey that is often rich in calories. This type of prey supplies most of the sea stars energy. It is often in direct competition with the much larger sea star, Pisaster ochraceus for food. Breeding occurs from November to April in the Puget Sound. The eggs are yellow, yolky, and about 0.9 mm in diameter. A unique feature of this species is that the broods of eggs (ranging from 52 1,491 eggs, variable based on the size of the female) are held by the female in the region of the mouth below the central disk (photo). Because of this, brooding females cannot flatten themselves against the substratum and are only anchored by their outermost tube feet. Unfortunately, they are often dislodged by the waves, losing their eggs. It is necessary for the female to clean the egg masses, and if she does not do this then the eggs quickly die. The presence of the eggs blocks the females mouth and she will not feed while brooding, even if there is food readily available. The development of the embryos is direct (photo of juveniles) and L. hexactis individuals will reach maturity within 2 years. Experiments with the behavior of L. hexactis have shown that if the nerve ring is cut at two opposite points, then the animal will walk apart until fission occurs.
Leptasterias hexactis is fleshy, with large papulae
and a stronger, coarser skeleton than is Henricia
leviuluscula, another intertidal seastar of similar size.
It seems to rely much less on its madreporite
to take up seawater for maintaining its tissue fluid balance. It
probably uses osmotic uptake of fluid through the papulae
instead (Ferguson, 1994).
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General References:
Kozloff, 1993.
Morris et. al. 1992.
Scientific Articles:
Chia, F. S., 1966. Systematics of the six-rayed sea star Leptasterias in the vicinity of San Juan Island, Washington. Systematic Zool. 15: 300-306
Ferguson, John C., 1994. Madreporite inflow of seawater to maintain body fluids in five species of starfish. pp. 285-289 in Bruno David, Alain Guille, Jean-Pierre Feral, and Michel Roux (eds). Echinoderms through time. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Flowers, Jonathan Mark, 1999. Discordant patterns of genetic and morphological variation and their implications for the taxonomy of Leptasterias subgenus Hexasterias of the north Pacific. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University. 57 pp.
Foltz, D.W., 1998. Distribution of intertidal Leptasterias spp. along the Pacific North American coast: A synthesis of allozymic and mtDNA data. pp. 235-239 in Rich Mooi and Malcolm Telford (eds), Echinoderms: San Francisco. Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference, San Francisco, California USA 5-9 August 1996.
Foltz, David W. and William B. Stickle, Jr., 1994. Genetic structure of four species in the Leptasterias hexactis complex along the Pacific coast of North America. pp. 291-296 in Bruno David, Alain Guille, Jean-Pierre Feral, and Michel Roux (eds). Echinoderms through time. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Kwast, K.E., D.W. Foltz, and W.B. Stickle, 1990. Population genetics and systematics of the Leptasterias hexactis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) species complex. Mar. Biol. 105: 477-489
Stickle, William B., Jr. and David W. Foltz, 1994. Habitat affinities of species in the Leptasterias hexactis complex along the Pacific coast of the continental United States. pp. 353-358 in Bruno David, Alain Guille, Jean-Pierre Feral, and Michel Roux (eds). Echinoderms through time. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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Mejia, Jose, 2006. Leptasterias hexactis orientation and movement: Unidirectional or sporadic. Jose Mejia tested this species to see whether they crawl toward a preferred arm. He repeatedly placed 20 seastars on a target marked in 1 cm increments, then recorded the direction they crawled toward, the leading ray during crawling, and the distance they crawled within 2 minutes. He repeated the test 6 times for each seastar, starting with a different arm pointing south each time. The arms were numbered so that, while looking at the aboral side, the arm nearest but to the right of the madreporite was designated arm 1, that to the left of the madreporite was arm 2, an so on around to arm 6. He found that there was a definite preference about which arm to lead with. With most individuals it was arm 1 or 2, though some individuals chose other leading arms. Individual seastars tended to choose the same (or adjacent) leading arms repeatedly. He found no preference for compass direction crawled, indicating that none of the environmental characteristics of the tank such as light or current were affecting the results.
The oral side of the individual above.
Although individuals usually have 6 rays, they may sometimes have 5 or 7 rays such as this individual from Sares Head.
This closeup of the general body surface shows the sack-like papulae (coelomic sacks) that seastars such as this one extend for respiration and waste removal. Among the bases of the papulae can be seen shorter, pincerlike pedicellariae. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2008
This closeup of the madreporite area show clearly what the madreporite is: a filter screen leading to the water vascular system. Around the madreporite can be seen a number of partly retracted papulae (one on the left is fully extended) and several pedicellariae. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2008
The following set of photos were taken by Dave Cowles of L. hexactis
being used in an experiment by Tamara Loveday. The seastars had been
collected from rocks near Rosario December 2, 2009. They were kept
in an aquarium at 8 degrees C. The photos were taken April 21, 2010.
Here is a timetable of some events noted by Tamara:
Seastars collected: December 2, 2009
Females first started brooding eggs: Late December or early January
The first juveniles began appearing: February. The juveniles at first stayed under the mother but gradually moved away, still attached to the aquarium walls
Juveniles began detatching, floated free at the surface as neuston: Early April
This brooding female, seen fron the underside through aquarium glass, is brooding eggs. She is about 5 cm in span. Two juvenile seastars which have left another nearby mother are attached to the glass near her.
This closeup of another female shows how she holds the eggs near her mough, under the central disk. The eggs are about 1 mm diameter.
The eggs under this brooding female have all developed into juveniles. Most are still staying under her but some have begun to migrate away.
This closeup shows a mass of juveniles still sheltering under the mother, while several more are a short distance away.
Here are some juveniles which have migrated away from the mother but are still attached to the aquarium sides.
|More photos of juveniles which have migrated away from the mother. They are both about 2 mm in span
This is a photo of juveniles which have released from the aquarium walls and are floating as neuston on the surface of the water. The photo is looking up through the aquarium walls toward the water surface above. The underside of some females clinging to the aquarium glass can be seen in the foreground, and the aboral surface of several seastars or their reflections can be seen in the background. The scattered dots are juvenile seastars riding around on the water surface as neuston.
|These photos are of juveniles which were floating as neuston. They were about 2 to 2.5 mm in span.


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MIC's Francis Boulle: I'd never do The Bachelor like Spencer Matthews
Francis Boulle has revealed he wouldn't dream of taking part in The Bachelor like his Made In Chelsea co-star Spencer Matthews.
The reality TV star went on to explain how Spence would have been missed had he not returned to the show this series as planned.
'There's a lot of interesting characters but Spencer obviously does give a lot to the program which keeps it interesting,' he told Metro.
Asked whether he'd consider appearing alongside Paddy McGuinness on Take Me Out instead, Francis quipped: 'Definitely not.'
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old diamond specialist – who talks about his business ventures in his new book Boulle's Jewels – has revealed that while he is happy to let the cameras into his life for the hit E4 show, he wouldn't allow the show to compromise his working life.
'Everyone juggles different things outside of the show and that sometimes has to take priority… My business takes priority,' he explained.
Probed on how he felt about his new reality TV star status, he added: 'I definitely don't consider myself a TV star. It's only temporary really.
'I've got other things on, it's just a short-term thing. Things change.'
Boulle's Jewels by Francis Boulle (Quercus, £9.99) is out November 8.

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Engenia is BASF's most recent improvement in the formulation of dicamba active-ingredient herbicides and will only be available for use with dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean crops, which Monsanto has proposed for trait deregulation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The biotech-traited deregulation for soybeans and perhaps cotton is anticipated during early 2015. The herbicides to use in conjunction with the traited crops are also anticipated to receive approval at approximately the same time but this approval must come from the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA and USDA have linked seed and chemistry for near simultaneous approval in the past.
"We made the decision early on that Engenia was being developed specifically for use in the dicamba-tolerant cropping system. So, we approached the regulatory process from that angle," said Luke Bozeman, BASF technical market manager with Engenia responsibilities. "Engenia has been developed specifically for over-the-top use in dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, and it made the most sense to not broaden the availability to the market place in other areas where the overall stewardship effort could possibly be diluted."
Other dicamba-based products from BASF will remain on the market and will continue to be labeled for use other than post-emerge on the dicamba-tolerant crops. Although Engenia will provide the best-in-class reduction of volatility potential, BASF has not had big problems with volatility of its other dicamba products when used per label directions. Because dicamba could be used on many more acres and in close proximity of crops sensitive to dicamba, Engenia development was a strategic move to gain registration for use in conjunction with dicamba-tolerant crops.
"BASF discovered dicamba in 1958 and brought it into the grains and row-crop markets in 1964. It has been under continuous improvement ever since. The first product that was commercialized was Banvel, and then we had Marksman, Clarity, Distinct, Status and now Engenia. And each one has been a marked improvement or a formulation designed to maximize certain attributes," explained Bozeman.
Two Criticals For Engenia
"There were two critical triggers that were looked at and identified as necessary for Engenia. One of those was maintaining the efficacy of dicamba. We didn't want to lose any of the benefits of the herbicide. The second one was reduction in overall volatility of dicamba and what we tend to call secondary drift or movement. Some off-target movement can be confused with volatility even though it is not a true chemical definition of volatility," the technical market manager noted.
A type of other movement that isn't a true chemical definition of volatility might be a temperature inversion air current that has been associated with other herbicides in the past. Tests referenced by Bozeman measure nanograms of product found in cubic meters of air after suspended particles following application have dissipated.
"Engenia has done great in all of our tests that we use to measure secondary loss parameters—all the way from the laboratory to field testing using vacuum pumps and air collection devices. There is a significant reduction in any secondary loss profile compared to other dicamba formulations," Bozeman said.
"Monsanto is in charge of the seed and trait. I would argue that it is best in class in bringing new traits to market. I've got good confidence that they are moving it forward. We have good confidence that our regulatory team has all the requirements for Engenia approval in place," he said.
Monsanto Has Its Own Herbicide
Monsanto has also submitted its own dicamba formulation products for approval. The registrations of the Monsanto and BASF chemistry are separate. Monsanto has reported that it is registering a dicamba alone product (XtendiMax) and dicamba plus Roundup (Roundup Xtend) premix product.
Engenia is a dicamba-only product. There has been some confusion in the market about whether the products to be sold by Monsanto would actually be BASF technology formulations. "Engenia is specific to BASF. It is completely different than Monsanto's dicamba product," Bozeman said.
"We fully believe that most of the applications of Engenia will include a glyphosate of some sort, but to have a solo dicamba product allows a lot of flexibility for what can be mixed with it, use rates and how the product is applied. So, we decided initially to only go with a dicamba-only product," he further explained. "Right now, the label going through registration does not specify individual products that can and cannot be applied with it from a herbicide standpoint. The label is pretty broad. We try to write our labels, particularly for tank mixing with other herbicides, to not be too restrictive as long as the other herbicide is approved for use. Right now, we have not identified any herbicide that would cause us concern enough to say do not apply with Engenia."
BASF Focused on Stewardship
BASF has put a huge effort into stewardship efforts on proper application of pesticides, including Engenia, by sponsoring the On-Target Application Academy training program, which has trained more than 4,000 growers and quite a few custom applicators during the past two years, and more academies are being held this year.
"Spray drift control is a critical component of our stewardship message with Engenia. We can positively impact the volatility profile with formulation, which we've done with Engenia. But once the product is delivered to the persons applying it, then we want to make sure they have all the tools necessary and all the knowledge necessary to make an application that does not allow any spray drift onto their neighbors' crops," Bozeman noted.
He said newer nozzles on the market today produce only between 1 percent and 3 percent driftable fines. "These are the nozzles that we are really focused on for use with Engenia." Dicamba is a systemic herbicide; therefore, a small droplet is not necessary because hitting a portion of the weed means the dicamba will be absorbed into the tissue of the plant and translocated to the roots and growing points of the plant for full plant kill.
Tight regulation of the yet-to-be registered seed means that only a small number of demonstration plots can be planted in very controlled situations in 2014. Monsanto has supplied BASF with enough dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton seed to plant about 40 demonstration plots in 2014. Bozeman noted, "We won't be demonstrating the seed per say; we will be demonstrating the use of Engenia in a herbicide-seed system to control a wide range of weeds, in particular some of the glyphosate-resistant weeds. The stewardship demonstration component is the second leg—how to apply it so that you don't negatively impact an adjoining sensitive crop."


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I've been worrying myself sick his entire life. he's hat 2 dtap and 1 hib, i'd like to get 1 more dtap and mmr and varicella. I'd like to just do all three at once instead of prolonging my worry of both getting the vaccine and getting the disease! chicken pox isnt too scary but i've had mother friends not vaccinate against it and say they wish they had gone ahead. is it too much to do those three together?
It's probably fine to do them together, but if you're worried, there's no reason NOT to spread them out a little. Have you asked your health care provider?
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At what age did he get dtap? Immunity after two doses is common especially if given later and not in infancy. I personally wouldn't give them together. My son has had 2 dtaps and I will probably go with another one right before Kindergarten (so in August). I'm currently torn between MMR in May or measles only in June in Europe. I'm not worried about mumps nor rubella, just measles. Since we are traveling to Europe and there are several real outbreaks (aka not just 3 people, we're talking hundreds and thousands even in some countries) it is a hard decision for us (I reacted negatively to MMR, and I do have moral concerns about the use of aborted fetal lung tissue as culture medium, especially since it is unnecessary - see Japan for morally okay MMR).
In a nutshell, I would do them apart. MMR requires a wait time of 4 weeks for other vaccines if not administered at the same time. If you must do varicella, do not opt for MMRV for its way higher reactiveness. I personally won't vaccinate against varicella. Maybe in the teenage years and only if they refine the vaccine. I have had it 4 times and have no antibodies whatsoever. It doesn't work well. At least not for me. So if you want all three, I'd spread them out over 3 months. Start with the one you worry most and then work your way down.
I spread out my DS's 4 year vaxes. At the 3rd visit, he asked the doctor if he could get all the shots (and the lollipops) at one time so he did not have to come back. If I had it to do over, I probably would have done 2 at a time, with a longer space between them. Now since DD is at risk for seizures with any fever (she has epilepsy), she will get them one at a time, in order of priority, with at least a month in between vaxes.
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I underwent a tummy tuck in 2006. I'm curious as to how I can have my scars...
It sounds like you had a lower body lift. In these cases there is always a trade off because the scars are permanent. There are however red, raised (hypertrophic) scars that can benefit from steroid injections or a revision and injection to get rid of the raised area. These scars can be itchy and tender; the treatment is sometimes aimed at treating these symptoms.
Scar revision is not scar removal. So unless the scar itself is less than optimal, revising it wouldn't make this any better for you.
The answer to both parts of your question is yes. If the problem is that the scar is too high, it may be possible to lower the scar's position. Scar revision of this sort would mean completely excising the current scar, and some of the skin below the scar. The result is a new scar that is lower on your torso.
I always tell my patients when anyone cuts, plastic surgeon or not, there is always a scar 100% of the time. Our job is to do all we can to minimize it. Since this scar is four years old, it is probably mature and if there are parts that are thick and wide, it may be possible to do a simple revision in the office under local anesthesia. When the surgery was done, we try to get as much excess skin out as we can; hence there is tension on the suture line and this tension, though desirable to maximize skin excision, does lead to widening of the scar. Yes there will always be a scar but perhaps now is the time to undergo a simple revision.
There is no such thing as surgery without a scar: the key is to get the scar as light and as optimally placed as possible. Typically with the 360 degree scar like you describe, although the scars are long and circumferential, they should be easy to hide in undergarments and bathing suits, and over time, they will fade significantly. If the scar is visible, then you might want to seek consultation with a plastic surgeon about the possibility of lowering the scar. It might be possible.
Once you have a scar, you will always have a scar. The trick is to make it as imperceptible as possible. There's a variety of techniques to improve on the appearance of a scar , ranging from lasers, steroid injections, tattooing and surgical revision.
There will always be a scar present. Revision usually fails to really help. However, I like applying external tape (Suture Strips) to scars. I have found the application of the tape will even soften an old scar. The use of external pressure is well known in the care of burn scars. I have all of my patients apply tape to abdominal scars for six months. Try it.
Yes, the scar can be revised and become thinner but not shorter. The location can be slightly changed with the revision. However, there will be a scar after a revision.
It sounds as though you underwent a lower body lift or belt lipectomy. Either way, scars are permanent, and you have a mature scar now that it has been four years. However, scars can be revised. You can revise the entire scar without going through the same recovery as your initial operation. It is possible that your revised scar may turn out finer than your original scar. However, depending on your skin type and genetics, you could end up with a worse scar if you have a tendency to keloid. Post operative taping, steroid injections, and silicone sheets or gel may also help your scars. One other favorable point to undergo a revision is that you should not have the same tension there as you did with your original surgery. Tension is an inciting factor to poor scars. You may be able to lower your scars a small amount.
Your scar can be revised but whatever is done, there will always be a scar. Scar revision can improve the quality and sometimes change the position of a scar, but not erase it. In terms of your particular problem, it really depends on how much extra tissue is present and how lax it is. If there is enough tissue and it is sufficiently loose, the scar may be able to be moved down so that it is less visible in a bathing suit. The surgeon can only tell this by examining you.
The benefits of plastic surgery are obvious, but like any surgical procedure, there is possibility for scarring. Scar revision is tricky because you will be replacing the scar you have now for another scar. Although there are ways to reduce the look of the scar, it is most likely that you will always have a scar there.


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The Aviva Investors Professional Elite Opportunities Fund is the winner, with sister fund, the Aviva Investors Professional High Growth Shares Fund in third place. Sandwiched inbetween is the Greencape Wholesale Broadcap Fund. Aviva is also a runner-up in Australian listed property and Australian small caps.
There's no rivalry between Nick Pashias, portfolio manager of the Professional Elite Opportunities Fund, and counterpart Richard Dixon, who is the portfolio manager of the High Growth Shares Fund.
The two funds are different, Dixon says. "They are both benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 200, but they're constructed differently. The High Growth Shares Fund is a long/short fund with between 50 and 70 positions, while the Elite Opportunities Fund is a high conviction long-only fund which holds a maximum of 30 stocks," he says.
Pashias adds that the Elite Opportunities Fund has the ability to actively trade up to 20 per cent of the portfolio which can add a lot of value in "today's volatile, sideways markets".
The fund can buy and sell stocks within weeks, as it did earlier in the year, buying Equinox Minerals at about $5 and selling for more than $8 after the $7.1 billion takeover bid by gold powerhouse Barrick.
For the year to June 30, 2011, the Aviva Investors Professional Elite Opportunities Fund returned 15.29 per cent and the Professional High Growth Shares Fund returned 12.63 per cent, compared to the index which returned 11.73 per cent. For the five-year period, the funds returned 5.76 and 5.08 per cent respectively, against the benchmark at 2.38 per cent.
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Blood after a bowel movement is generally indicative of a hemorrhoid or fissure (small tear in the anal tissue).
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By no means was it the boldest tactic ever implemented by a head coach, but this winter, Corey Schuld had his El Modena High wrestlers put in writing their goals for the 2013-14 season.
Of the hundreds crafted, five were chosen. A list was formed and laminated copies were taped inside the school's wrestling room. Many wrestlers also taped that list inside their locker.
"We wanted our goals to be very clear-cut," said Schuld, in his fourth full year helming the school's wrestling program. "We said, 'This is what we want to do, this is how we're going to do it, and at the end, we'll have a measuring stick to see if we actually accomplished them.'"
Schuld said the goals his team came up with resembled informal ones his coaching staff set annually for the program: league and CIF championships; a Top 5 ranking in Orange County; double-digit qualifiers for the CIF-SS championships; and, above all, team unity and respect.
On Feb. 22, El Modena completed its list by capturing the program's first CIF championship since 2003.
"We were so determined to finish what we set out to do," said senior heavyweight Fernando Aguilar.
"I felt we owed it to our coaches for putting in so much time of theirs," added senior Russell Gilchrist, a four-year letterman. "We owed it to each other, too, for pushing hard these last three, four years."
El Modena, a program steeped in tradition, demonstrated bravado in setting goals before the season that Schuld deemed "challenging, yet attainable."
Years had passed since the Vanguards last claimed Century League supremacy. It hadn't captured a CIF championship in more than a decade, either, and only two wrestlers returned this winter with substantive postseason experience.
The bar was set exceptionally high, and Schuld understood why.
"Our group of seniors really wanted to achieve great things at this program," he said. "They sacrificed, and they demonstrated the commitment involved with achieving those goals."
El Modena's upperclassmen promoted team chemistry and accountability the entire offseason.
The team was held accountable for making weight and being properly conditioned. Wrestlers began running and lifting weights in their spare time. Everyone ate responsibly to remain fit.
Success in competition soon followed, and El Modena began its ascent up the county's Top 10 weekly rankings.
"A strong team makes sure everyone is putting the work in to become CIF champions," said senior Justin Saldana, a 160-pounder. "We never had doubt in our teammates because we knew that they'd all put the work and time into perfecting their techniques."
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"We showed we were ready to wrestle," Aguilar said. "We were ready to win."
Fourteen Vanguards qualified for the CIF-SS championship by placing at the league finals; their accumulative placing at the CIF-SS championships won El Modena the Coastal Division title.
"We wanted to bring pride to this school," said Aguilar, who placed second in his weight class at the CIF-SS championships. "We worked hard all through summer, preseason and season, and we won as a team."
"We knew right from the start that we'd be CIF champions," added Saldana, who placed fourth. "We knew nobody else in that (CIF) tournament worked as hard as we did to get there."
Schuld likened this season to a marathon.
His wrestlers peaked at the right time, gained momentum as time went on and then finished the race stronger than they started it.
El Modena qualified six wrestlers for last weekend's CIF-SS Masters Meet. Of the six, Aguilar qualified for Friday's CIF state tournament.
"Our goal every year is to produce a top-notch program," said Schuld, who will graduate eight seniors from this year's team. "To experience that success, these kids have to work hard and put time in.
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NL Waiver Wire: Week 18
All stats current through at least Aug. 4.
Jason Bourgeois | Astros | OF | 18 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .288/,326/.386, 12 SB
With Hunter Pence, Michael Bourn and Jeff Keppinger shipped out of Houston, the Astros no longer have any excuse to keep this speedy slap hitter out of their lineup. I profiled Bourgeois two months ago, likening him to Rajai Davis with a little more batting average, but fewer runs and RBI opportunities. For those in need of late-season speed who can stomach a two-category only player (such as me in the Hardball Times league, where a relative gain of 10 stolen bases would put me in second or third place), Bourgeois is your man. He's hardly owned right now, but that will change as starts running with regular playing time.
Recommendation: Bourgeois should be owned in any mixed league employing 50 or more outfielders and by owners in need of elite speed.
Derrek Lee | Pirates | 1B | 36 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .269/.353/.452
Lee was probably washed up heading into the season, but just in case we weren't sure, his time in home run-friendly Baltimore probably convinced the few who still needed convincing. In 85 games (364 plate appearances), Lee batted .246/.302/.404 (.310 wOBA, 91 wRC+), launching 12 home runs with a 12-year low .159 ISO (.213 career mark). Baltimore's park factors for right-handed batters this year indicate that Camden Yards bolsters wOBA by about five percent and home run production by 23 percent. By contrast, PNC Park has depressed right-handed wOBA production by 2 percent, and suppressed home run production by 27 percent. In other words, Lee's subpar performance is likely only to get worse, barring luck or some unexpected change in approach. Do not be surprised if his exciting two-homer debut for the Buccos ends up being his best game as a swashbuckling Pirate.
Recommendation: Lee is only a lukewarm NL-only fantasy player who must be avoided in all but the deepest mixed formats (the Pirates do not offer enough run/RBI production opportunities to make him worthwhile in most leagues).
Ryan Ludwick | Pirates | OF | 27 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .267/.342/.448
Everything I said about Lee above can essentially be copy/pasted about Ludwick, only Ludwick never really had much of a "track record," while Lee was pretty awesome for a half-decade or so. The move from Petco Park to PNC actually hurts his power potential even more, and is almost as bad as Busch Stadium. To paraphrase my favorite storm trooper, nothing to see here; move along.
Recommendation: Mixed leagues can safely drop Ludwick, while Ludwick owners in NL-only leagues should consider shopping him by hyping the classic "outta Petco line."
Luke Gregerson/Chad Qualls | Padres | RP | 20/1 percent Yahoo ownership
YTD: Gregerson 3.11 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 6.93 K/9, 47.5% GB% || Qualls 3.17 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 5.33 K/9, 53.3% GB%
Oliver ROS: Gregerson 3.15 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 8.7 K/9 || Qualls 2.57 ERA, 1.18, 6.7 K/9
With Mike Adams (a flyball pitcher now with Texas, beware, Adams owners) gone, Gregerson and Qualls are the clear successors to Adams' "holds" throne. Before this year, I would have said Gregerson is the best source of holds on the Padres if Adams were traded, but Gregerson has not been himself this year, and Qualls has rekindled his 2008 and 2009 self. I expect the Padres to split eighth-inning duties between the pair, but neither is particularly ownable to slot as a non-closing relief pitcher in most leagues that do not value holds in the standings because neither is striking out guys (and both are walking too many) this season. I say that full cognizant of Gregerson's 13 percent swinging strike percentage and recent run of strikeout outings. I'd rather have Chris Sale or Sean Marshall.
Recommendation: Ownable only in (deeper?) holds-utilizing leagues.
Paul Goldschmidt | Diamondbacks | 1B | 1 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .274/.346/.531
As I warned last week, Brandon Allen was not a long-term solution for the Diamondbacks. Though I expected Allen's tenure to last with the big league club through at least mid-August, maybe even September, it seems the Diamondbacks are yet again playing first baseman roulette by sending Allen to the Athletics in a deal to land them Brad Ziegler, freeing up the many roadblocks that once stood in Goldschmidt's path to playing first in the majors.
If there are two things Goldschmidt is good at, it's hitting for power (minor league career ISO of .303, 83 home runs in 315 games) and taking a good number of walks (12.6 percent). Those strengths, however, come with a clear flaw that plagues many hitters of this prototype: the strikeout. In 1,387 minor league plate appearances, "Goldschlager" struck out 327 times (23.6 percent).
Goldschmidt's walk rate is strong enough that his walk-to-strikeout rate (53.5 percent) is above the 50-percent mark (meaning he walks more than half as much as he strikes out), which is good for a power hitter, but minor league strikeout rates tend to increase at the major league level, while minor league walks rates tend to stay flat or decline slightly. Encouragingly, Goldschmidt did slice his strikeout rate down to 20 percent this year while more than maintaining his elite walk rate (17.9 percent). Goldschmidt has not played above Double-A, however, so as encouraging as these leaps forward are, they must be taken with a grain of salt.
As a keeper, Goldschmidt is elite. He probably will not ultimately hit for "Mike Stanton Power," but he could easily be a perpetual 30 home run, .350+ on base, threat down the line. For the short term, however—meaning this year and next—Carlos Pena's 2011 is probably the expectation, with a .250/35-homer pace (Dan Uggla-ian) being his reasonable upside. First base has been getting relatively weaker as a whole in recent years, so while those numbers may not have stacked up last decade, they project as strong corner infield numbers in our modern era.
Oh, and he hit a home run off Tim Lincecum.
Recommendation: Goldschmidt must be owned in NL-only leagues and should be owned as a corner infielder in leagues with 12 or more teams.
Dee Gordon | Dodgers | SS | 4 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .258/.301/.324, 9 SB
In the same article I profiled Bourgeois a couple of months ago, I also covered Dee Gordon, who has been called up and figures to get pretty regular playing time with Rafael Furcal now a Cardinal. I still do not think Gordon is ready as a major league hitter, but his speed is legit and if he hits .280 with a .330 on-base, he could swipe 20 or more bags over the next two months. Frugal speed seekers take notice.
Recommendation: Gordon is a solid middle infield option for mixed league owners in need of speed, and is an overall upgrade over Erick Aybar.
Tyler Colvin | Cubs | OF | 5 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: .231/.277/.422
Tyler Colvin is not a good baseball player. Despite his being a first-round draft pick, some have claimed that he was picked by the Cubs so early only to skim signing money to lure Jeff Samardzija away from a career in football, something every Cubs fan (and hopefully GM Jim Hendry) deeply regrets. Before 2009, Colvin was a total bust. He struck out a lot and walked very little. Then, two years ago, Colvin developed a little bit of pop (but nothing else). But even with that pop, Colvin does not project as a useful player, unless you think the late career of Mike Jacobs was "useful."
Despite blasting 20 home runs in 395 at bats for the Cubs last season, Colvin batted only .254, struck out 25.3 percent of the time, and got on base less than 32 percent of the time. In the minors this year, repeating Triple-A, Colvin has not improved to even the level of a Quad-A hitter, slashing .261/.275/.493 in Triple-A with more home runs (seven) than walks (five) over 50 games.
With Kosuke Fukudome out of town*, Colvin has been called up but should be avoided, perhaps even in NL-only leagues, for two reasons. The first is that Colvin is terrible. The second is that he is not playing much, and may not get full-time playing time down the stretch.
This is true, in turn, for two reasons. The first reason is that manager Mike Quade is trying to win to save his job. The second is that Brett Jackson will likely be a September call up. Jackson, who is talented and has a concrete future with the Cubs (especially if he learns to cut down the 30-plus percent strikeout rate), will likely get most of those "let the youngsters show us what they can do since we're so desperately out of the race" right field at bats.
Recommendation: Colvin can be avoided in all formats except NL-only, where, tragically, almost everyone with a pulse has value.
Tommy Milone | Nationals | SP | 0 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: N/A
Jordan Zimmerman has four starts left on the season before the Nationals are going to shut him down. That means that he will be done before September, and with Jason Marquis also gone, the Nationals with have a clear hole in their rotation that will not be filled by Stephen Strasburg (at least not until early- or mid-September). Lost in the excitement of Strasburg's return, however, has been the strong season of the likely "plug" for that hole, Tommy Milone.
Milone is a southpaw who stands at barely six feet with a mediocre fastball in the 80s. His stuff is not exciting by the account of most scouts, but his control is Greg Maddux, which more than makes up for the lack of a Randy Johnson slider. In 86 minor league games (81 as a starter) and 485.1 innings, Milone has walked only 78 batters (4.0 percent rate, 1.45 BB/9). That control has improved as Milone has moved up in the organization. Last season, spent entirely at Double-A, Milone walked only 1.3 batters per nine, while this year at Triple-A, Milone has walked only 2.1 percent of the batters he has faced.
Oh, and a byproduct of pinpoint control? A good ability to get batters to swing and miss. Milone's minor leauge strikeout rate is a Dan Haren-like 21.8 percent, and that number has remained relatively stable in the upper minors (9.2 K/9 at Double-A in 2010, 8.5 K/9 at Triple-A in 2011).
All in all, Milone projects well at the major league level. His performance at Double-A last year projected as a major league-average 4.07 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 7.4 K/9, but this year Milone has solidified himself as a legitimate prospect and potential No. 2 starter type, with a strong MLE: 3.54 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 7.7 K/9.
I will certainly be buying Milone as a sleeper next year, but he will arrive sooner than that. This is someone you'll probably want to own if you need some quality innings down the stretch.
Recommendation: Milone is ownable in 12-team mixed leagues, though likely as a spot/stream starter in moderately sized or shallow formats.
Stephen Strasburg (Rehab) | Nationals | SP | 27 percent Yahoo ownership%
Oliver ROS: 2.60 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 10.1 K/9
Strasburg is set to begin his rehab assignment within the week. As noted with Johan Santana in last week's NL Waiver Wire article, the rules of baseball allow a player to be on rehab assignment for only 30 days (at least involuntarily), so we might expect Strasburg back in the majors by Sept. 10 if the Nationals still intend to use him briefly at the major league level this year. You'll get maybe 20, 25 innings tops (three starts?) out of Strasburg, and he'll be rusty, but given his high strikeout potential, blazing fastball, and control, you'll want to take the risk. That's so particularly if you have another starter getting shut down or if you play in head to head leagues, where you most certainly won't want an opponent owning him.
Recommendation: Stash him now, before someone else does.
Josh Johnson | Marlins | SP | 71 percent Yahoo ownership
Oliver ROS: N/A
Last week, reports indicated that Johnson was done for the season, having experienced routine setbacks. Now, however, Johnson has resumed his throwing program and could possible return, barring additional setbacks, before the end of the season. I would not bank anything on it, sacrifice anything of value to gamble on him, or cut a useful DLed player to make this move, but if you have an open DL spot and can stash Johnson "pain-free"—i.e., without cutting a player you have a use for—I might take a flier on Johnson if both Santana and Strasburg are owned. You will not get many starts out of Johnson—maybe three or four if we're lucky—but he's one of the best when he's on the mound, and you'll want to own him (particularly if his match-ups are favorable).
Recommendation: Johnson is a good DL-stash in head-to-head leagues and deeper mixed leagues.
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I've heard that Peacock may be the guy in Washington. In your opinion, who's the better stash if I can only have one? Milone or Peacock? Thanks.
Isn't Millone injured? But even for Peacock they'd have to add him to the 40 man roster, so someone has to come off. Don't know if that's gogin to happen.
E and K,
I had not heard Milone was injured. Can you send me info about it? I am and have been out of town. I'm worried about Peacock's BB rate as his level increased this yr
I have a question does it seem funny that Jocketty is in Redsland and that he has gotten credit for last year when those guys were mainly developed under the care of Obrein and Krivsky and to go a step further does he know that this year his decisions have really hurt the Reds,also where is the owner who promised he would build a competitor——those guys have quit and Bakers laid back attitude is destructive.
Such is how baseball works. The new guy always gets credit for the old, but it sometimes works both ways. E.g., the new guy gets blamed for mistakes of past.
I'll always remember how Dusty baker ruined my cubs
not a good memory—-suffered through the Cubs with mywife of 43 years and compared to my Reds which I started rooting in 1950 for they have had a rougher time.


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PLANS for a major redevelopment of the historic Fordingbridge Hospital were set to be unveiled yesterday.
Hundreds of people were expected at the exhibition, organised by estate agent Saville's for Landmark Estates, at Avonway Community Centre.
The Grade II listed former workhouse will be transformed into luxury flats if local people are in favour and the sale goes ahead.
The land and buildings are currently owned by NHS Property Services, but are sold subject to contract.
They have been empty for more than a year after services were gradually moved into other buildings, and the deal, thought to be worth more than £1m, has been welcomed by conservationists who want to see its historic facade maintained.
Landmark Estates has been talking to New Forest District Council before buying the building.
A source told the Journal: "Landmark Estates do not want to buy the building if they won't get permission to redevelop it."
In 2012, when the former SHIP PCT (now the West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group) announced it was to sell the building to boost NHS coffers, conservationists feared the building would be left to rot if the costs of converting a listed building proved too high to make a profit.
President of the Fordingbridge Society Edgar Moss said: "My understanding is that Landmark Estates want to redevelop the building into luxury flats.
"This is the best one can do. We do not want the building to be left to deteriorate. A developer would have to spend an awful lot on turning the listed building from a hospital into flats.
"There is asbestos in there so a lot of money would have to be spent on the inside. It is a costly experiment. At first I wondered who would want a luxury flat in the middle of the hospital, but actually, for older people who want to be close to the hospital, GPs and the town, it is perfect."
The former workhouse is one of 70 listed buildings in Fordingbridge and is thought to be the most spectacular by many people.
A spokesman for New Forest District Council said: "NFDC planning has confirmed an initial enquiry has been made by Landmark Estates, but no application has been received."
Nine years ago controversial plans to axe the complex were thrown out. The now defunct New Forest Primary Care Trust had published proposals to close all five cottage hospitals in the district and treat more people in their own homes.
But the scheme was scrapped after the Save Our Community Hospitals campaign raised a petition signed by more than 40,000 people.
A major redevelopment of the site was carried out in 2012, with Ford Ward closing to enable the work to be carried out.
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For Jacqueline Gold the occasional bizarre response to her job probably comes with the territory of running the Ann Summers sex shop empire. 'You'll be ordering a fruit salad and the waiter says, "I expect you'll be wanting a banana with that",' says Gold. 'And then you'd be getting a taxi and the taxi driver would say, "You're not going in there, are you?" And a British Telecom engineer would come in and he'd be looking over his shoulder waiting for the woman in PVC boots to walk past.' Gold smiles dryly, shaking her head. 'It's quite laughable really. People have such strange imaginations.'
We meet at Ann Summers HQ, a massive office building and factory unit on an industrial estate in deepest Surrey. The huge airy lobby has mannequins clad in mainstream lingerie in the windows (not a nipple tassel in sight); pink fairy lights tumble down from a balcony. So far so girly and Knickerbox (the lingerie company Gold also runs). Then you notice a display unit featuring Ann Summers Christmas line. A woman's Santa outfit, a Knob Chair with a phallic bit sticking up, their best-selling Rampant Rabbit vibrator (as seen on Sex and the City), and some sex-themed stocking fillers. One of them, 'Santa's Coming', comprises a small plastic Santa ejaculating white sweets from his penis. It's revolting. I sit down to wait for Gold; but not on the 'Knob Chair'.
Gold herself is a huge surprise, possibly the very last kind of woman you'd expect to be running Ann Summers. Looks-wise maybe: petite, pretty, with a pneumatic figure, long sleek hair and fearsomely manicured nails, she could pass for a high-maintenance Footballer's Wife. However, softly spoken and elegant, her conversation is punctuated by micro-silences and sharp glances as she considers what you have said. Sitting me down on the other side of her huge desk, Gold sits demurely in her chair, ramrod straight, guarded and sphinx-like.
At first I put this down to a general distrust of journalists (maybe she's been asked once too often if she 'uses' her own pink furry handcuffs) but then I realise it's just the way she is. Gold says that many people have found her quiet demeanour unnerving: 'I think maybe people expect a successful businesswoman to be incredibly extrovert,' she says. 'But I'm me, I don't feel I need to emulate men or be a certain way. And success and figures speak for themselves.'
They certainly do. Ann Summers is one of the big UK retail success stories of the past two decades, worth in the region of £470 million. Gold's father, David Gold, of Gold Group International (Knickerbox; Gold Air jets; Birmingham FC) put her in charge of it when, as a young woman barely into her 20s and against sneering opposition, she came up with the idea of Ann Summers Tupperware-style parties; women-only enclaves for lingerie and sex toys. Since then, Gold, now 45, has grown Ann Summers from four shops to an empire with 124 outlets across the UK and Europe.
There have been blips along the way such as when Ann Summers had to go to court when its ads were banned from Job Centres (the firm won), or when the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent wouldn't let the chain open a store. (She says her award-winning 'new concept' stores will change all that.) Gold puts these kinds of setbacks down to 'stuffy old men' making bad decisions. Ann Summers, she feels, is unique. 'You can't call it a sex shop because it isn't one. But you can't call it a lingerie shop because it's so much more than that.'
But most people would call Ann Summers a sex shop. Does that annoy her? 'I don't get annoyed but there is a huge difference. People who come to that conclusion probably haven't been to a sex shop or to an Ann Summers shop.'
The vast majority of Ann Summers clientele (76 per cent) are women, though Gold says she is constantly surprised by the diversity of people when she attends shop openings: little old ladies, couples, workmen having a look. 'One thing about Ann Summers is it does create curiosity.' I ask her to describe a typical scene from one of her shops. 'There could be a group of girls looking in the hen-night area. A couple looking at the stallion pouch and squeezing the nose. There could be another person in the "Vibe" area talking to an assistant, asking, "What speed does this come in?"' She smiles. 'Our customers are much more product-aware than they used to be.'
I didn't see any of this going on when I visited my nearest branch in west London. In fact I was the only person in there, apart from a young guy looking at Christmas crackers (with 'pocket teaser' and 'cock ring' novelties). In keeping with the saucy postcard 'Carry on' vibe of Ann Summers, there are several sexy outfits, Head Girl, Policewoman, Chauffeur, though surprisingly no Journalist. (Does this mean Ann Summers thinks there are no sexy journalists!) Elsewhere, I catch sight of Rudolph the Reindeer exposing rather more than his red nose. A helpful sales assistant talks me through a Rampant Rabbit, turning it on, and insisting that I hold 'the shaft' to get the full effect. I just stand there, giggling with terror, as something that feels like industrial machinery writhes in my hand.
Leaving the store, I can't say I've been turned on, but I haven't been mortally offended either. The general vibe is of a Toys R Us for consenting adults, all in keeping with what Gold terms the 'fun ethos'. 'We've created an environment specifically for women, a luxurious boudoir feel,' she says. 'I think back to when I started 20 years ago and it was very much a man's world. The sex shops were full of the raincoat brigade and very clinical and intimidating for women. Men made all the decisions in the bedroom, and so on. I feel that Ann Summers has empowered women, completely turned it around.'
Nor does she think the British are as uptight as we're often painted. 'You only have look at our sales performance and the fact we sell two and a half million vibrators a year.' Is that saying anything about the state of modern relationships, specifically the female singleton? Gold thinks not, pointing out that couples often buy vibrators together. 'I think today it's a sharing experience.' She breaks off to talk me through a rack of Ann Summers lingerie. There's some PVC and vinyl here and there, but a lot of it is really rather nice and tasteful; it wouldn't look out of place in Marks & Spencer, though it's obviously not as nice or classy as Agent Provocateur.
Things get a bit chilly when I ask for Gold's views on pornography. 'If you're talking about hard core pornography, like most people, I don't want to see it in stores, or available. If you're talking about soft porn, like top-shelf magazines, I personally don't have a problem with that.' Is she a feminist? 'In the popular sense of the word, no. But I believe in equality for women.'
Which part don't you agree with? 'I don't disagree with it. You think of Janet Street-Porter and Germaine Greer as being the epitome of a feminist and I admire both of them. But that's not the way I am. I'm feminine. I like being treated well.' She smiles a little naughtily. 'I like to have my cake and eat it.'
Gold is much happier talking about business. It hasn't all been smooth running - her magazine Bite folded; she was targeted by a stalker for a while (though he didn't turn out be dangerous). However Gold clearly loves her career, and she is a highly respected female player, well versed in giving talks to conferences.
As for other successful businesswomen, Gold says there are still very few: 'I don't think of myself as a woman in a man's world, although I am.'
On the other hand, Gold is delighted with the new vogue for business on TV, with programmes such as Dragon's Den and The Apprentice. 'Twenty years ago people were afraid to talk about success. It was a dirty word. Now it's so much more sexy and fashionable.'
Gold has appeared on Back to the Floor, and the troubleshooting series Mind Your Own Business, could she do a series such as The Apprentice? 'Oh no,' she says laughing. 'I don't think I'm nasty enough.'
Maybe because Gold is so good at what she does, there are times when it's difficult to see the woman behind the businesswoman. She had an odd, very lonely sounding childhood in Biggin Hill, in London's Kent suburbs, a child of wealthy divorced parents, with a fragile over-protective mother and a father who admitted to weeping with disappointment when he had two daughters and no sons. (He has since said he feels as if he's the luckiest man alive.) When Gold's mother was dying of cancer, Gold and her younger sister, Vanessa, nursed her through the terminal stages, which Gold says was cathartic. 'Unfortunately tragedies sometimes do bring things to a close.'
From the outside her situation seems strange. Impressive though her party-planning ideas were, you wonder why her father wanted his 20-year-old daughter running 'sex shops' (Gold puts this down to them not knowing each other 'particularly well' at the time). These days, she, her father and Vanessa are very close, meeting every week for dinner. 'I missed out on a lot of my childhood but I have a fantastic relationship with my dad now, and I am someone who looks forward.'
After an early failed marriage, she's happily settled with a money market dealer, Dan Cunningham, still in his twenties, and described in one magazine as her 'toy boy'. Gold sighs: 'It's only annoying because it makes you feel it's trivialising the relationship. And of course when you're [in] a meaningful relationship you don't even think of age.'
Does she want children? 'I'd like to, but I'm leaving it quite late. It's very difficult for women these days isn't it? I don't think evolution is keeping up with us.' These days Gold says she's not as much of a workaholic as she used to be: she makes time for herself and takes nice holidays. Where children were concerned, her chief problem was that it took a while to find the right man. One imagines it probably would be rather difficult meeting men as head of Ann Summers.
'I was single for three years and I did come across men who were intimidated by me,' says Gold. 'I've had men where I've told them what I do and they've said, "Well, how do you expect me to follow that?" But that's their problem. They're not the person for me.'
The interview is coming to an end. Oddly, even more strongly than when I first came in, Gold still doesn't seem the type to run a business such as Ann Summers: 'I suppose some people are surprised that I'm not tarty looking, or whatever people might expect.' But it's more than that. You just can't imagine Gold sitting in a business meeting giving the nod to Clit Bits, the Knob Chair or the ejaculating Santa.
However, evidently she does - she is a businesswoman after all. Moreover, one day, Gold will be overall chairman of Gold International with the jets, Birmingham FC, and all the rest of it - does that excite her? 'No, it's just a title.' What about the fact it's been said of her that she'd be happy running any business, the fact that it's Ann Summers is almost irrelevant? And now in her own quiet, restrained way, Jacqueline Gold looks genuinely surprised. 'I do love all business. But Ann Summers is my passion.'


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Missing you is like my biggest burden because I don't think you miss me and I don't know if I'll ever see you again.
My life isn't the same without you I miss you.
Sometimes it hurt so much when you misses somebody that you can no longer breath…no longer cry…then the pain becomes familiar everyday that you just get used to it…and eventually there's numbness….
Seeing you with her, makes me miss you even more; when we had that one special moment it was like the world to me and nothing to you.
I'm hooked on you and miss you everyday, and you're always going to be in my dreams.
My friends tell me I need to find the good in someone else…but how is that possible when ive already found the best in someone else=( I miss you
i see him everyday and all that does is make me miss him more
There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.
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If I had a dollar for every time I think about you I would be the most richest person alive.
It's funny how someone comes into your life,
Makes a place for themselves in your heart,
Stays a while then all of a sudden leaves.
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I can't stop thinking about you. Can't stop wondering how your doing. Can't stop thinking whether or not you still care. Most of all can't stop thinking if we are still connected or not.
Remembring all the good times spent with you…
missing you alot…
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A Postcard From Split
Travel writer Anna Wise shares her experience of the increasingly popular destination of Split, Croatia.Written by Anna Wise on 22nd September 2017
Whether you're going away for a week or a year, souvenirs are usually one of those things that you do not leave your holiday without. Ranging from the less than enthralling cheesy fridge magnet to the obscure and wonderful item you couldn't get anywhere else in the world, they brilliant are a way of bringing back a little bit of your trip.
One of the great things about this type of souvenir is that moment when you stumble across it buried in your room months after you get back home, and you suddenly remember what an amazing time you had. But sometimes the memory isn't enough, and a permanent reminder is needed. Enter the dreaded holiday tattoo.
A tattoo whilst you're away having the time of your life may seem like the greatest idea to have ever existed, but getting a tattoo abroad can lead to very serious consequences.
Most typical backpacker or 18-30 drinking holiday destinations will have different rules and regulations to the UK. In many places, you can consent to a tattoo even if you are intoxicated. This combined with a 24/7 tattoo parlour equals a very bad mix. So many people wake up the next morning having forgotten all about their little adventures the night before, and are horrified when they look down to see an inked atrocity on their body. Think The Hangover 2. No one wants that.
Aside from the slightly comical but still pretty horrific consequence of a drunken tattoo abroad, there are also serious health risks. Health regulations in some parts of the world are, unfortunately, virtually non-existent. This can sometimes lead to corner cutting to keep costs down and to make the most of out of the drunken Westerners money.
Sometimes basic standards of sanitation not adhered to, such as using sterilised needles, wearing gloves, and keeping to an acceptable level of hygiene. Dirty needles are obviously a big deal, as they can lead to life threatening diseases and infections, including HIV and Hepatitis.
If you're not careful and don't keep a decent level of common sense you could end up returning home with a lot more than you bargained for.
However, just because bad things can happen does not mean that they will.
Tattoos are often things that people have been thinking about for a while but have never gotten around to doing. Sometimes a holiday is the perfect excuse – losing a few inhibitions on 'island' time can be the perfect catalyst to get the tattoo that you've been thinking about for ages.
It can also be a chance to experience something completely unique. For example, a lot of Asian countries are experts in bamboo tattoos, the traditional way of getting tattooed. This technique is pretty rare back in the UK and is a totally different way of experiencing part of a different culture.
I have had both tattoos and piercings whilst travelling, and do not regret either. They remind me of where I was when I had them and hold more of a meaning to me than anything done at home.
To be perfectly honest, I probably should have taken my own advice as there were some questionable places where I've had tattoos and piercings done, but thankfully I was lucky and everything turned out all right. On the other hand, I have met various people who weren't as lucky as me – even if their tattoo or piercing just ended in a minor infection.
Although, horror stories should be taken with a pinch of salt. As long as you know what you're doing and don't take stupid risks, then most of the time everything will be okay.
Most importantly you could end up with a souvenir that you'll never lose, and no one else will ever have.
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Avenues of Participation:
Intentionally excluded from formal politics in authoritarian states by reigning elites, do the common people have concrete ways of achieving community objectives? Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book demonstrates that they do. Focusing on the political life of the sha'b (or popular classes) in Cairo, Diane Singerman shows how men and women develop creative and effective strategies to accomplish shared goals, despite the dominant forces ranged against them. Starting at the household level in one densely populated neighborhood of Cairo, Singerman examines communal patterns of allocation, distribution, and decision-making. Combining the institutional focus of political science with the sensitivities of anthropology, she uncovers a system of informal networks, supported by an informal economy, that constitutes another layer of collective institutions within Egypt and allows excluded groups to pursue their interests.
Avenues of Participation traces this informal system from its grounding in the family to its influence on the larger polity. Discussing the role of these networks in meeting fundamental needs in the community--such as earning a living, reproducing the family, saving and investing money, and coping with the bureaucracy--Singerman demonstrates the surprising power these "excluded" people wield. While the government has reduced politics to the realm of distribution to protect itself from challenges, she argues that the popular classes in Cairo, as consumers of goods and services, have turned exploiting the government into a fine art.
"Political anthropology of a high order. Singerman shows how family ties empower people....Her picture of women black marketeers is especially revealing. As a social scientist, she is determined to challenge the stereotype of the passive urban poor, and she makes a largely successful case for seeing politics in other than elite terms."--Foreign Affairs
"[An] outstanding piece of scholarship that forces us to rethink and broaden our understanding of political participation to better appreciate the alternative institutions that marginalized communities create in order to satisfy their political and economic needs. . . . [Singerman's] vivid account is one of only a handful of studies that provide a detailed picture of the daily political and economic experiences of lower-class communities in the Middle East."--Guilain Denoeux, American Journal of Sociology
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