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Brief background - DH (boyfriend then) and I got pregnant with DS the first time we were together. The. first. time. I was 18. 19 when DS was born. After he was born, the ONLY thing I knew/cared about was that I COULD NOT get pregnant again anytime soon. We were lucky to have jobs and a place to live and we were able to put together a decent life for a baby, but knew I couldn't do it with 2. So I got Mirena, with very little education. After we bought a house, got married, moved on in our careers, etc, we started trying for #2 .. DS was 18 months, I was 20. At this point, I still knew ZERO about my cycle.... I didn't have one from 18-19 and then it was barely existent with Mirena and I wasn't smart enough? to keep track.
SO when we started TTC Feb 2010, I had to get some basic knowledge. I know how many days my cycle is, and what mucus is like near ovulation, but that's about it. Lucky for us, it only took a few months and I found out DD was on her way May 2010 and she was born Jan 2011. Now, I'm exclusively breastfeeding and haven't had any return of menstruation.
NOW... DD is rapidly approaching that 6-month mark and I'm starting to panic a bit. I honestly haven't done a thing to prevent pregnancy thus far. But DD has sort of been nursing around the clock, so I haven't worried much. I don't even know HOW to know if my fertility is returning? I realize I should probably get some kind of birth control (or at least, a birth control plan) because we don't want another baby right now...
In the last few years I have learned SO much - about my body, food, medicines, etc. At this point, I have NO desire to add anything hormonal to my life. Does anyone have positive experiences with non-hormonal birth control? And the idea of fertility awareness really intrigues me, but can you count on it? And how do you learn how? And can you still do it when you don't have a period?
Btw... if these sound like questions for a HCP, I will just say I have had some of the world's most ignorant doctors, and I'm relatively certain I am more knowledgeable than several of them about several things... NOT being ridiculous; I am from the world's lowest rated medical area, seriously. We just moved to a new city and I barely know where the grocery store is, so I am w/o a doctor at the moment.
Anything anyone can offer, or advice to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! TIA!
Sleepy, running, wife to DH 08/09 - Mama to DS 8/08 & DD 1/11
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. " - Japanese Proverb
I would definitely recommend reading a book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler. No matter what you decide, it is very empowering to have the knowledge of your fertility. I would also recommend reading "Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing" and/or "The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding" by Sheila Kippley to understand more about breastfeeding and the return of fertility.
There are several options when it comes to charting the return of your fertility. The effectiveness of charting has not been as well researched as a method of avoiding pregnancy as I would like, but about 6% of women will get pregnant before their first PPAF if they do nothing, so any charting that you do is likely to decrease that number further.
CM - You can chart CM. I wouldn't worry too much about your fertility returning until you are having fertile CM. You may be having it already. I had almost none until 18 months postpartum. Consider yourself potentially fertile until the 4th day of dry-up. Note: most women have CM for a while before ovulating. I went almost 3 months without a dry day. There are ways of dealing with this if you can establish a Basic Infertile Pattern (2 weeks of the same exact mucus), but there is likely to be a lot of time to consider yourself potentially fertile. Look into Creighton or Billings for more information.
Temping - I'm not sure whether or not to recommend this one to you or not. It likely won't help you much and might really confuse you if you don't have experience with it. It won't tell you that you are getting ready to ovulate. If done correctly, it will tell you when you actually ovulate, but you may think that you ovulated several times just because when you are in breastfeeding amenorrhea, your temp jumps around a lot.
Calendar - Postpartum guidelines by Georgetown University recommend DTD no more often than every 10 days for about 97% effectiveness if you DTD every 10 days, effectiveness would increase if you wait an extra day or 2 every once in a while.
Marquette Method - If you're uncertain, I would really recommend this. It uses the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor, and they have a specific breastfeeding protocol that you can look into. They're still doing their research on the effectiveness, but preliminary studies are very, very promising. This takes out a lot of the guesswork that goes along with trying to figure out fertility signs because it is so objective. The only downsides are the cost of the monitor and test strips and the fact that the test strips are not reusable. The protocol requires that you use a separate urine test strip at least every other day.
JMJ gave you some great advice. When I was postpartum this time, I used Marquette so I will give you my experience with that in case you want to consider it as an option. I started fairly early postpartum and then took a break when I realized I had no cm to worry about yet and was not close to when my cycle had returned my previous 2 births. When I was about 9 months postpartum, I started up again as my cycles had returned my first 2 times at 11 months postpartum so thought I should start to be more cautious. It was also approaching when I would have to return to work. Soon after that I started temping as well as I figured it would likely not be long before I started cycling and hoped to catch the shift. This time round, my cycle arrived at 14 months postpartum. The monitor that cycle did not give me a peak reading but did give me a high reading so kept me safe. I had a temp shift 2 days later so was able to confirm that I had ovulated. Since then I have had a peak reading each cycle with the monitor. You do tend to go through a lot of test strips post partum where now that I am cycling, it is much less. I got my monitor and test strips on ebay as they were much cheaper than in the stores. Some people get their test strips from Amazon who has a program where you can subscribe. Since I am not in the US, I don't qualify for that but sounds like a nice option.
Good luck deciding what you want to do. I highly recommend Taking Charge of Your Fertility recommended by JMJ. There is a lot of good information in that book.
Mom to three great boys Michael (Sept/01), Carter (Nov/05) and Reid (March/10).
Yep, another recommendation for Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. It taught me so much about my body that I never knew- it's very empowering. I also second the recommendation for charting your cervical fluid. As soon as you see return of creamy or eggwhite cervical fluid I would take precautions! Abstain or use barrier methods. I personally would also start to temp at that point to see if you could catch ovulation and know better what was happening with your fertility and see it changing as your cycles slowly regulate. But if your CF dries up and you don't get any spotting or bleeding, I would stop temping until more fertile CF showed up. This could go on for months.
I want to throw out a warning, though, that using charting to avoid pregnancy when you're not terribly familiar with it AND you're postpartum AND you're breastfeeding is not the safest. I have had TWO oops pregnancies CTA postpartum. I seem to be getting more fertile with each pregnancy! There are conservative rules you can follow that should work, but if you really cannot have an oops pregnancy I would use even higher levels of caution than you might ordinarily (more abstaining, more use of barrier methods). Lastly, this isn't my personal recommendation, but you could also look into and consider the Paraguard IUD, which is copper and non-hormonal.
Good luck and if you decide to start charting, please joining the Charting to Avoid Thread in this forum for more support!
Mama to Avalon 1/07 , Austin 1/10 in between and Avery 12/11
Taking Charge of Your Fertility is fabulous, and I'd recommend reading it whether you end up deciding to use charting to avoid or not. Many public libraries carry copies so you might be able to read it before deciding whether to buy a copy to use for reference. I'm pretty new to charting (currently working on getting the hang of it before I decide whether I'm comfortable using it for family planning), and I've found the ladies from the Charting to Avoid Thread incredibly helpful.
I've had positive experiences with non-hormonal birth control. My partner and I have been relying on condoms and spermicide since I went off of the pill over a year and a half ago, and I have no complaints, at least not since we switched to latex-free condoms, and no pregnancy scares. I recently got a Femcap to use as further back-up, but since those have higher failure rates in women who have children, a diaphragm might be a better choice for you.
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In social issues, politics and even sports public opinion is tough to assess.
People can be polled one way, but react another when choices involve actions and not just a quick answer. The silent majority can quite often be poorly represented by the loud minority who take to the streets, start web based petitions or create youtube videos slagging their favorite targets. Don't even get me started on the "no comment" group that for whatever reason agree to answer a poll but then have no opinion in filling in the answer; nobody can help them.
To date the NHL and the NHLPA have attempted, I'd argue largely in vain, to win the hearts of the hockey fan in a way to gain leverage in a dispute that today has become 11 days old. It's not working.
Instead of galvanizing support both sides have found themselves thrown in with their sworn enemy with references to two spoiled brats fighting over a toy in the playground.
It's become tiresome, predictable, and a little insulting in my opinion. Hockey fans deserve better than this, we've been through it too recently, and it shouldn't be happening again. Hockey fans want hockey, not a daily jockeying of for approval through the use of quote manipulation and PR stunts.
But how to stop the madness?
Thicker Skin
First up both sides need to develop some thicker skin.
I'm sure the NHL owners don't like the fact that their well paid players are suggesting that they are less than honest in pleading a need for system change despite getting their intended system 8 years ago. It's likely a lot easier for an owner from Calgary to read Jason Spezza taking pot shots at the NHL negotiation stance then it is to hear Jarome Iginla suggesting owners are big billionaire bullies.
But suck it up.
And don't react like Jimmy Devellano did when he uttered the ranch vs cattle soliloquy earlier this week. One has to get their heads around how things will be perceived before just opening once's mouth and letting things fall out of it.
And the players? It was an analogy. A poorly timed analogy, but an analogy nonetheless. I don't think Mr. Devellano thinks you have horns and hoofs.
To suggest that NHL owners think their players are sub-human would be a massive stretch, as being associated with the celebrity athlete is likely one of the reasons many of them got involved with owning hockey teams in the first place; it certainly wasn't to get rich.
Millionaires vs Billionaires
I get so tired of the above tags when discussing both sides in the conflict. Success at something shouldn't cause either side shame, and certainly not turn into a convenient insult.
Millionaires – The players are the best at what they do in the world; likely in the top 1/2% worldwide. They are paid well because they are experts at what they do. They shouldn't be dismissed or back-lashed for rising to the top of their field. A quick look around professions will show that the best are usually well paid in any field, especially professions that are interesting enough to have people pay to watch. It shouldn't be in the discussion.
Billionaires – The other side of the millionaires versus billionaires attack lies in the owners camp, where they too are attacked for their success; this time in financial history instead of physical skill. Wealthy people that own sports franchises have every right to see a return on their investment, and negotiate hard to secure exactly that. They also face the direct risk of alienating the ticket buying people by driving a hard line in the negotiation adding credence to the importance they must place in getting a deal they want.
To summarize, both sides have a right to want what they think they should have in a collective bargaining process. They both risk not settling right away in terms of what the other side will want down the road, and lost income from the games not being played. It happens in every sport.
The Timeline
Three often used comments about the CBA timeline drive me crazy.
1. "They should have been negotiating this a year ago" – great idea in theory, but naive as hell in reality. Negotiations where two sides are bound to have adversarial views always need a deadline. If they started the whole process a year earlier there would have been zero accomplished until 2 months ago. The NHL likes to walk out "we approached them last June but they weren't interested", but they know as well as any of us that they asked that for PR reasons to use now, and not for any practical purpose.
2. "It's the owner's lockout" – the first problem with this statement is the fact that the CBA expired on September 15th so there isn't an actual agreement to be locked out of. They have to negotiate one. The kicker to Donald Fehr repeating this over and over again is the fact that he effectively ensured no season could ever be played while negotiating when he destroyed the 1994 World Series (sorry Expo fans) with a MLBPA strike. Annoying as hell to me that he's using something that he squashed against his opposition now. Even more annoying that not a single person from the media has pointed that out (apologies to any writer that did that I haven't seen).
3. "Why don't they just sign a document agreeing not to lock out or strike and play the season?" – See #1 above! By agreeing to remove deadlines all you do is push the negotiating to next summer and start this ugly cycle all over again. No thanks.
How Can This Be Solved?
As I said above, the PR battle is a goofy and useless battle that won't be won by either side. Polls suggesting a lack of interest in the CBA battle in Canada should cause fear on both sides as indifference may trump any side picking in this battle making both look foolish for even trying.
Get down to math.
Math and truth.
If the player's distrust the owner's genuineness for needing further reduction in the player's share of hockey related revenue then out them with whatever information you have. I've said from the beginning that I'm choosing to believe the analytics from Forbes magazine and James Myrtle of the Globe and Mail until I see or hear otherwise. I have yet to hear the players suggest either publication is in error so you'd have to assume they are at least ball park, and with that paint a pretty substantial argument for a league that isn't all that healthy. The players have limited audit rights given to them in the last CBA and there wasn't a year by year complaint about escrow settlements which would mean they've recently decided the owners aren't trustworthy or they foolishly took indexed payments from crooked owners for 7 years. Doesn't add up.
The player's offer moves all the risk of hockey related revenue to the owners and does little to accomplish any true revenue sharing which is their stated aim. The table below shows the summary of each proposal through 5 different changes in HRR. The players still get 49.6% of the pie if the league explodes in popularity and a huge share (68%) if fans don't flock back in numbers when the CBA is settled. Not a partnership.
The likely result (below) is a modest growth curve once settled that won't have the 7.1% average of the last CBA without huge moves in currency between the United States and Canada (the Canadian dollar went from $0.60 to $1.03 in this time frame). With this model the players actually increase their share from the last CBA from 57% to 57.2%.
From the owners side … its time to prove it. Prove your hardship as a league. We all know the Rangers and Leafs are printing money, but if 19 teams are losing money then show some documents and data to support that claim. Show how you can't share more revenue without creating less expense. If the numbers are true they are easy to model and produce. If they're not then shame on you the collective owner for falsifying reports or misleading media to gain traction for more wealth in a CBA negotiation.
The aforementioned articles may suggest their view of the times is accurate, but nothing would kill the lack of trust argument then letting an independent accounting firm either audit a group of franchises or contact the tax firms that each franchise employs. I would guess Revenue Canada and the IRS would have supporting documentation as well.
I gave owners a pass above for their success, but that isn't to say some of these guys have made their fortune without blurring a few lines and stepping on a few necks. If they have something to hide, and are taking the players for a ride I'd be the first guy to jump ship to the players side in this negotiation.
The fastest way to a settlement for both sides given the information we've seen?
Players – move to a linked 54% counter off of the old HRR numbers. It's not a huge move but it puts the PA on the same page as the expiring document and the latest owners proposal. It would open up discussion and increase the chances of starting hockey in October substantially.
Owners – move to 50% of the old HRR numbers and make it clear that's as far as you're willing to go as it matches the system of the other pro leagues. You can't get much more fair then 50/50 as a split and leaving the revenue definitions alone. That would leave the other structural issues to hammer out and some victories for both sides.
Bottom line; respect the hockey fan.
I don't mean fix the CBA over night. It's complicated and arduous; they take lawyers and iterations and time to solve.
Respect the intelligence of the hockey fan and stop making veiled threats to the other side that fly in the face of logic and personal gain. Dan Cleary is in his mid 30's. He doesn't really think he can sit out two seasons. The owners want that outdoor game in January, so don't threaten to cancel it in 30 days when we all know you won't.
Get to the facts.
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Thanks to all of the friends and family who called or e-mailed yesterday and today to see if famille Historiann was OK after the big tornado touched down not too far from Potterville, Colorado–Indyanna, Regius, Said Friend, etc. (Our neighboring town of Windsor got creamed, however, and sadly, a man in an RV died in a campground in Potterville. Fortunately, it was all just property damage in Windsor, without loss of life.) We were pretty clueless in our corner of town. The power went out for about 10-15 minutes a little after noon, but that was the worst we suffered.
There were more tornados sighted in the area this afternoon again. This is really strange, since we live close enough to the mountains (in what they call the "rain shadow") that we miss out on a lot of the weather that hits the Eastern plains. We have occasional tornado warnings, but rarely does anything touch down this close to the mountains. Rest assured, I'll keep the radio on this weekend so that we can stay abreast of weather news.


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Sitting on a sizzling leather seat under a scorching September sun, Sgt. Chris Jacobson of the Lodi Police Department watched closely as one of his cadets crossed the street at the intersection of West Lodi Avenue and Rose Street on Thursday afternoon.
The cadet, clad in street clothes, was being used as bait in a traffic sting. Drivers who yielded to him were allowed to continue on their respective journeys. Those who didn't were pulled over and ticketed. The department's traffic unit set up the sting at three separate intersections during the operation.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A full week removed from a stronger-than-anticipated employment report for June and ahead of the pivotal back-to-school selling season, there are signs the U.S. consumer is struggling more than believed.
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) has outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average by almost a full percentage point in the last month, while trading relatively in line with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, suggesting investor portfolios aren't properly adjusting for new information on the state of the U.S. consumer.
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Walmart's U.S. president sounds the alarm: "It's really hard to see in our business today ... that it's gotten any better," said Walmart (WMT) U.S. president Bill Simon said on July 7 when asked by Reuters about the improving labor market. Simon added: "We've reached a point where it's not getting any better, but it's not getting any worse, at least for the middle class and down."
The comments from Simon run contrary to what he said company's May 15 first-quarter earnings call. Simon said in May that Walmart has "solid business fundamentals and anticipate our recently launched initiatives and continued price investment will resonate with the customer."
Same-store sales, more than meets the eye: Of the eight retailers that reported June same-store sales, only teen apparel retailer Zumiez (ZUMZ) raised its second-quarter earnings guidance. Gap (GPS) fell short of Wall Street expectations with a decline of 2% in June same-store sales, compared with the consensus forecast for an increase of 0.7%.


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text: Hi guys, I really need some of your expert advise pleeaassssee. Before i post on forums i do search, i have read the rimz thread (well kind off, too much all over the place, but was good), and read some good threads (most of the comments where from N8 and Luke). but this is my problem... when i bought my car they already had some genuine 19" wheels. The guys said the car had been lowered by Audi by 30mm, i think Eibach. The current tyre's are 235/35/19. Now over the last two few years, i have had to change the tyres, and even get the one of the wheels fixed since it had a crack. There is loads of corrosion and curbing (i blame my dad for the original curbing, then to be honest i become a bit reckless). Today i find out after going to the tyre garage that the reason for having the flat tyre is the wheel in bent in several places and the air is leaking, goes flat almost in two days and the inside part of the tyre is almost gone. So i thought why not get a whole new set of wheels and tyres. quicker the better. But i dont know what offset to get. can i read this from the current wheels? Should i get the same size and offset? I did find the current wheels not too comfortable, i live in Birmingham and there are pot holes everywhere!! I would like to get 18" just for comfort but don't know what size tyre and offset, unless i can get some comfortable 19", also when looking in the rimz thread i have no idea what some of the wheels are called. My car is sliver a3 1.9 tdi se 8p. Will put some pics up. Any information would be appreciated, i dont want to spend a great deal (going sri lanka for two weeks in two months and trying to save up ) so about £500 would be nice (doubt it though), willing to stretch a little if worth it. thanks some pics (sorry wheels are dirty): when i bought the car:


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Trip Reports for this traverse on other websites:
which Direction? clockwise or counter-clockwise?
The advantages I see in starting with Cathedral is that
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Sep 20, 2013
Great write-up! I did it counter-clockwise just to avoid the Cathedral mob in the afternoon. Though when I showed up at 8am there were at least 3 parties on the route and when I came back down by 9:30 there were 5 parties roping up (and several on the approach) :/
I down climbed the NE side of Corkscomb and it was exposed 5th class. But if you are going the other direction, it's definitely a more interesting alternative than the west side. Rock quality was decent so be careful. It was an awesome day in the backcountry, once got out of Cathedral I pretty much had the whole place for myself the entire Saturday.
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Aug 14, 2015
Lots and lots of info here....a little over whelming...ill try and simplify. The coordinates makes this page feel like a Geo Cach....
starting with cathedral makes for a good start if including matthess crest.
the echos when adding matthess will be a bit of a back track but not that far.
Two of the echos have raps to get off of them, but not necessary if you down climb them. Also when rappelling it makes for less scrambling (flows better) to link to the others. echo 9 is bad ass.
The ridge that includes echo 3 is on is one of the coolest knife edge ridges, similar to the east ridge of mt Russell. All the other echos are 4th/5th class and super fun. Echo ridge is cool.
Cocks Comb is a little gritty choose your path wisely to avoid the grit... we climb both from the westish and down climbed the northeastish sides.
Unicorn is a damn good summit and is very good low 5th route. Bad ass summit for the end of the day!
Descend the slabs bellow Uniron either to elizebeth lake and hike back on that trail. OR head down bud creek and then cut left toward the cathedral climber trail.
The whole traverse can be done in tennis shoes, when leaving out Matthess and a few echos.
very memorable day in Tuolumne.


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Henriette's herbal is one of the oldest and largest herbal medicine sites on the net. It's been online since 1995, and is run by Henriette Kress, a herbalist in Helsinki, Finland.
Plant Healer Magazine: Very relevant to the practitioner.
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Is it possible that zombies can be a force for good? Apparently so. Last year, Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman's comic imprint Skybound and the Hero Initiative charity gave over 100 blank Walking Dead #100 covers to assorted comic-industry notables for them to sketch their own undead-oriented illustrations. Today it was announced that the covers will be on display together at a free, one-night-only, Hero Initiative-benefiting show and auction held at L.A.'s GUSFORD gallery on Friday, May 31.
Four of the covers will be auctioned off during the soiree — two on eBay and another pair on-site — including one that will be created in the course of the evening by artist Todd Nauck (Invincible Universe). Nauck will be joined at the event by fellow sketch-cover contributors Sina Grace and Jason Reeves. The remainder of the covers will be auctioned off via eBay beginning June 4.
The Hero Initiative is a non-profit dedicated to providing medical aid and financial support to comic-book artists in need.
You can see regular Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard's (predictably gruesome) sketch and an already completed cover by Todd Nauck below.
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All the fuss is starting to bug Joe Paterno.
PASADENA, Calif. | All the fuss is starting to bug Joe Paterno.
Still recovering from hip surgery, the 82-year-old Penn State coach plans to run his team from the press box today when the No. 6 Nittany Lions face No. 5 Southern California in the 95th Rose Bowl game.
Paterno had hoped to coach from the sideline, but he realized it's not the prudent way to go.
'I wish we'd all get off this fact of where I'm going to be,' he said Wednesday at the final Rose Bowl news conference. 'These kids, it's a one time in their lifetime for so many of them, and I hate like the dickens for everybody to be worried about where Paterno is going to be.
'It's the players that we ought to be talking about, not where I'm going to be, for crying out loud. Who knows what's going to happen by Thursday? I might decide to take a boat to Italy.'
Don't count on it. Despite his advancing age and inability to move around as well as he might like, Paterno made it clear he's in command of his team.
'I think we're ready,' he said. 'We ended up yesterday with about 50 minutes making sure everyone knew where they were supposed to line up. We're looking forward to a good football game.'
As far as coaching in the press box, Paterno said it was the best for all concerned.
'I don't think I can handle 3�, four hours on the sideline,' he said. 'I think everybody will be worried about somebody bumping me. And the staff has been so good and all those guys know me, and they know how to operate without me. I'll be upstairs.'
Tongue in cheek, Paterno said he consulted USC coach Pete Carroll.
'I said, 'I think I'm probably going to go upstairs, but if you would agree not to throw the ball more than 15, 18 times, we can get that game over in less than three hours, I might be on the sideline,'' Paterno said. 'Pete said to me, 'If I see you on the sideline, we're going to throw it 50 times.'
'I don't think I can win that one. My doctor is a little concerned. He's afraid they'll get some blood problems. I think I'd be a distraction on the sideline.'
Paterno coached the final seven games of the season from various press boxes, and underwent surgery Nov. 23, the day after the Nittany Lions beat No. 19 Michigan State 49-18 to clinch their Rose Bowl berth.
The game is a matchup of one college football coaching legend and another heading in that direction.
Since becoming the Penn State coach in 1966, Paterno's teams have a 383-126-3 record and a 23-10-1 mark in bowl games. The 383 wins and 23 bowl victories are the most in college football history.
Carroll doesn't have nearly the longevity, but his teams have certainly made their mark since he arrived in 2001 to take over a program that had turned mediocre.
The Trojans went 6-6 in Carroll's first season before taking off. Since then, they've gone 81-9 while winning a record seven straight Pac-10 championships. The Rose Bowl will be their seventh consecutive BCS bowl � another record. They've won five of the previous six, with the only blemish a 41-38 loss to Texas three years ago in the national title game.
USC entered the season ranked No. 1, and stayed there until being upset 27-21 by Oregon State on Sept. 25. The loss would keep the Trojans from playing for the national championship.
Penn State can relate, having an inside track to the title game before losing at Iowa 24-23 on a last-second 31-yard field goal.
So both teams wound up in the Rose Bowl � the Trojans for a record 33rd time and for the fourth straight year, the Nittany Lions for the first time in 14 years and third time overall.
'I'm not going to hang my feelings about our work and our body of work during the course of a season on what the poll turns out, and I know coach Paterno feels the same well,' Carroll said. 'He didn't know if it's the BCS or the BSC. I feel the same way about it.
'So I don't have any frustration at all. Our team doesn't have frustration at all. It would be nice to be in the championship game because we earned our way to the championship game through a playoff system. Other than that, we get to do what we get to do. We get a great matchup and a great game, and who is to say who is the best team?'
Paterno insists this game is no consolation.
'I think it's just a great thing to be here and to play a team the caliber of Southern Cal. I'm not trying to blow smoke. I think Southern Cal is as good as any football team in the country,' he said.
'If you told me they were going to play Florida, Texas, Oklahoma tomorrow and you said, 'Which is the best?' I think Southern Cal might be the best team of them all. For us to have an opportunity to play them, I think that's great. Whether we're good enough, that's what we've got to find out.'
Both teams appear good enough to win on many fronts. Penn State is averaging 40.2 points and USC 37.5. The Trojans have allowed an NCAA-leading 7.8 points a game, and the Nittany Lions aren't far behind at 12.4
Penn State's Daryll Clark has completed 60 percent of his passes for 2,319 yards and 17 touchdowns with only four interceptions, and tailback Evan Royster has rushed for 1,202 yards, averaging 6.5 yards a carry.
For USC, Mark Sanchez has completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,794 yards and 30 touchdowns with 11 interceptions, and Joe McKnight, Stafon Johnson and C.J. Gable have combined to rush for 1,892 yards and 19 TDs.
Sanchez said Penn State is nothing like his team has seen before.
'They just fly around. I've seen their offense on film,' he said. 'They're explosive. I know that they have speed. We know they are a formidable opponent.'
Clark said USC is bigger, stronger and faster than the other teams Penn State has played.
'You can't beat these guys by being tricky,' he said. 'You just have to line up and play. You have 11 guys get after the ball as soon as it's thrown or handed off. They're really intense. They have speed. The stats don't lie.'
The Trojans were listed as 9�-point favorites to win a record 24th Rose Bowl.


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Jaime PadronApr 20, 2012 Staff
Jaime Padron, 40, died while on duty as an officer for the Austin (Texas) Police Department on Friday, April 6, 2012. He was related to Jerry and Faye Cox, Betty Cox and Eric, and Elana Cox of Riverton.
Funeral services, with honors, were on Wednesday, April 11, at Shoreline Church in Austin. His body was then taken to San Angelo, Texas, for a rosary and funeral mass. U.S. Marine Corps honors followed in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens in San Angelo.
Jaime Padron was born in San Angelo, Texas, on July 5, 1971, the son of Juan and Zoila Padron. He was graduated from Christoval High School in 1989, where he played football.
He joined the U.S. Marine Corps that summer. While in the Marine Corps, he received numerous recognitions, commendations and medals. He was a veteran of Desert Storm and completed his tour of duty with the Marine Corps in 1997.
Mr. Padron then worked for his father at the family dairy for about a year before he went to work for the Eden (Texas) Detention Center as a prison guard. He was graduated from the San Angelo Police Academy in 1995 and served as a patrol officer for the city of San Angelo for over 13 years, also serving as a member of the gang unit and a narcotics investigator.
He received awards from the Texas Narcotics Officers Association, Crime Stoppers of San Angelo, and Austin Police Department.
Mr. Padron received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a supporting degree in criminal justice, graduating with honors from Angelo State University in 2004.
At the time of his death, Officer Padron was responding to an early-morning call about a drunk man inside an Austin Wal-Mart store. Officials said the suspect attacked Padron as soon as he arrived at the store and the officer didn't have a chance to even pull out his own weapon. "The suspect produced a semi-automatic pistol and shot the officer at point blank range," Chief Art Acevedo said. The wounded officer was able to call for help using his police radio, he added.
His family said Mr. Padron enjoyed Harley Davison motorcycles, playing golf, and was an avid runner.
Mr. Padron is survived by his daughters, Livi, age 6, and Ari, ag e 10, and their mother, Am Padron of Round Rock, Texas; his parents, Juan and Zoila Padron of Knickerbocker, Texas; brother, Johnny Padron and his wife Floria and their children, John and Gabby, of Knickerbocker, Texas; sister, Linda Dias and her husband Steve and their children, Christina and Steven, of San Angelo, Texas; brother, Joe Padron of San Angelo, Jerry and Faye Cox, Betty Cox and Eric, and Elana Cox of Riverton.


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He may have resigned as CEO, President and the like from Wizard World. But some have wondered as to what involvement in the company Gareb Shamus. Put bluntly, what exactly does he own?
I think it's fair to say that through a series of events, some public, some not, Gareb Shamus has become tainted in the eyes of some of the comics industry. I've always found him a personable individual, and while I'm had no problems with he man, but I know many who have. So there are some suspicions of a new Wizard World that, even without his direct involvement, will only line his pockets.
So I asked.
I understand that while Gareb Shamus does not own a majority share of the Wizard World now, he does own a significant portion – but that he will be divesting himself of most of it, selling his shares to the newly appointed CEO taking over in January. I couldn't get the figures – the company is currently in the process of filing their SEC – but I understand this will leave Shamus with minimal interest in the company.
Wizard World will also be expanding their digital offerings – upgrading the website, launching a new social network in the spring of 2012, their first Flash game Fly Like A Hero and will see ToyWiz and the Def Jam music production joining their network and launching a new advertising network to fund it all.
They will however not be returning to the print magazine market.
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Assemble & Join Micro-factory in London
Here's the latest from our London based editor, Justine Aw.
Today I popped by the launch event of an exciting new project, Assemble and Join a community micro-manufacturing workshop on Lower Marsh in the heart of London. I heard about the project from Chris Jarratt (who you may remember from his amazing slingshots), one of the founders of the project alongside Tom Tobia and GD/hta who are working in collaboration with Lambeth Council.
I love the idea of community design and manufacturing and bringing making to the people! Housed in a former cafe, A&J is a manufacturing centre community hub, a place for everyone from schoolchildren to market traders to research, design and build together and create structures to make this gem of an independent high street even more unique. Take a look inside on the next page…


text: I didn't see a thread started anywhere about this and I mentioned it in another thread (thought it was worth it's own)....how bout Ronnie's block yesterday saving Frerotte from getting crushed in the backfield?!?!? Not sure who broke into the backfield, but it was like 2 seconds after the snap, and Ronnie laid down a mean block. The play resulted in a huge completion down field. Like I said, if not for the block, that was definately gonna be a sack and it resulted in a big play. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a block being made. And I have to say, Ronnie looks like he's gonna be something special. I really like the way he runs, and he's tuff to bring down....bolls defenders over. He's also an above average pass blocker and has good hands. Hopefully we'll start utilizing him more on passing downs or even some screen passes. Although the fumble was a tuff one to swallow, I'm still glad we drafted him. I think he's the real deal.


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On her new album, "Everlasting," McBride works with producer Don Was, who brings an understated R&B pulse to the songs as McBride leans on vulnerability and purity of tone rather than the growling, rapturous release of the originals.
McBride presents several impressive performances, turning Little Walter's "My Babe" into a funky, sexy love song and Fred Neil's "Little Bit Of Rain" into a tender treatise on separation.
But McBride lacks the fierceness of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" or the ecstatic joy of Diana Ross on The Supremes' "Come See About Me."
•Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, "Going Back Home"
Wilko Johnson, former guitarist of rabble-rousing 1970s British rockers Dr. Feelgood, is enjoying a bittersweet late-career surge.
Johnson's jagged playing and menacing stare gave Dr. Feelgood's bluesy rock an infectious, raucous energy.
Then the group imploded and Johnson spent years as a cult hero.
Last year, he was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer; vowing to rock until the end, he set out on a farewell tour.
And the world is taking notice. There have been sold-out shows and now an album with Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who.
Inspired by a shared love of early British rockers, "Going Back Home" is deliberately rough-edged and retro — even the label, Chess Records, is a heritage brand resurrected for the release.
Recorded in a week with producer Dave Eringa and Johnson's touring band, its 11 tracks include 10 Johnson compositions, from the Feelgood days through his solo career.
The title track sets the tone of robust, rocking R&B. Daltrey growls lustily over Johnson's choppy riffs and it's spiced with lashings of dirty harmonica from Steve Weston and galumphing piano from ex-Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot.
Songs like "Keep it Out of Sight" and "All Through the City" have a swaggering energy and raw yearning. "Some Kind of Hero" is a meaty slice of the blues on the evergreen topic of a cheatin' woman, but the lyrical bravado is laced with British self-deprecation.
"Going Back Home" is not going to win awards for innovation, but it's feisty fun and a rousing testament to a distinctive figure in British rock history.


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About BankUnited, Inc.BankUnited, Inc. is a bank holding company with three wholly-owned subsidiaries: BankUnited, National Association, which is one of the largest independent depository institutions headquartered in Florida by assets, Herald National Bank, a national banking association headquartered in New York, and BankUnited Investment Services, Inc., a Florida insurance agency which provides comprehensive wealth management products and financial planning services. BankUnited, National Association is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, with $11.3 billion of assets, more than 1,300 professionals and 95 branches in 15 counties at December 31, 2011. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect the current views of BKU with respect to, among other things, future events and financial performance. BKU generally identifies forward-looking statements by terminology such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "could," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative version of those words or other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the current plans, estimates and expectations of BKU. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by BKU that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated herein will be achieved. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to BKU's operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth, strategy, and liquidity. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive. BKU does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Information on these factors can be found in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K of BKU, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's website ( www.sec.gov).
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, announced the appointment of Ray Daniels as product manager for its bait and termite markets.
Daniels is responsible for the conceptualization, planning and implementation of the marketing and brand plans for the bait and termite portfolio, including Maxforce and Premise, two of Bayer's essential solutions for pest management professionals (PMPs) in the residential and commercial market segments.
Most recently, Daniels served as an area sales manager in the Southeast Region for Bayer's pest management business, where he was responsible for sales growth and development in the Carolinas and East Tennessee region.
Daniels graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Business. Before graduating, Ray spent three summers as a field sales and technical services and research intern for Bayer Environmental Science.
"I feel fortunate to be a part of an organization that empowers its people to learn and grow both professionally and personally," said Daniels. "It's exciting for me to play an integral role as Bayer continues to develop and build the bait and termite solutions that allow Pest Management Professionals to continue to provide valuable services to their customers."
Eric Lentz, head of marketing for Bayer's Professional Pest Management business, said, "We are thrilled to announce Ray as our new Product Manager for the Maxforce and Premise brands. His breadth of pest management business knowledge and extensive experience in the sales field will be important assets in his new role.
Bayer CropScience Names Daniels Bait and Termite Product Manager
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, announced the appointment of Ray Daniels as product manager for its bait and termite markets.


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TARPON SPRINGS — The City Commission has approved a restructuring of the city Fire Department to save money, eliminating the firefighter-emergency medical technician position.
Fire Chief Rick Butcher told the commission Tuesday that replacing the firefighter-EMT position with a firefighter-paramedic will lower overtime costs.
If a firefighter is absent, an EMT cannot be used to fill in as a driver engineer, paramedic or lieutenant without being fully qualified at each level, Butcher said. Paramedics, who have more initial training, can more quickly fill in when someone in those positions is absent, Butcher said.
There are currently three EMT positions budgeted. Two of those positions are vacant due to recent retirements and promotions. Butcher was given permission to hire firefighter-paramedics for those two slots. The third position is occupied by someone who is due to retire within the next two and a half years. That position will then be filled with a firefighter-paramedic.
Butcher will save $32,405 because the new hires will be lower in the salary range than the employees who retired.
The fire department currently operates with three shifts, 11 firefighters per shift. The fire protection contract that Tarpon has with Pinellas County requires that there be a minimum of three firefighters on each unit.
The emergency medical services contract with the county requires that there be one paramedic and one other emergency worker on an advance life support unit. That second person can be a firefighter-EMT.
While firefighter-EMTs can be extremely useful, Butcher said for a small department there is more value from a firefighter-paramedic. A firefighter-paramedic can insert IVs, dispense medication and operate heart monitoring devices. Firefighter-EMTs provide CPR and basic life support, Butcher said.
"It gives me more versatility with my personnel," he said of the firefighter-paramedic.
With small departments, that versatility is key, said Acting Chief Tom Jamison with East Lake Fire and Rescue. Jamison said of the 30 line personnel in his department, four are firefighter-EMTs.
"I understand what Tarpon is talking about," Jamison said. "You have to have a paramedic in the paramedic seat. An EMT can't sit in that seat."
Tarpon Commissioner Jeff Larsen said he was pleased with Butcher's "proactive approach" to cost cutting. Mayor David Archie said the move serves a dual purpose.
"To me, it's more of the efficiency perspective as it is a cost-saving method," Archie said. "But in this economy, it all helps."
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Research Topics
K S Wosje
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Lactation, weaning, and calcium supplementation: effects on body composition in postpartum womenKaren S Wosje
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7035, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:423-9. 2004..Lactation is believed to facilitate postpartum weight loss and fat loss. Calcium intake also has been hypothesized to promote weight loss and fat loss...
- Measurement error of DXA: interpretation of fat and lean mass changes in obese and non-obese childrenKaren S Wosje
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Clin Densitom 9:335-40. 2006..An obese child must lose or gain more absolute fat and lean mass than a non-obese child to be confident that the change is not a reflection of measurement error. Overall, SDD values for fat, lean, and bone mass are low...
- Bone density in relation to alcohol intake among men and women in the United StatesK S Wosje
Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7035, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Osteoporos Int 18:391-400. 2007..We found that BMD was higher in men, and possibly postmenopausal women, who drank alcohol compared with those who abstained. Drinking alcohol, but not binge drinking, may benefit bone health of men and postmenopausal women...
- Adiposity and TV viewing are related to less bone accrual in young childrenKaren S Wosje
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
J Pediatr 154:79-85.e2. 2009..To examine the relation between baseline fat mass and gain in bone area and bone mass in preschoolers studied prospectively for 4 years, with a focus on the role of physical activity and TV viewing...
- Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in HutteritesKaren S Wosje
Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Bone 34:1017-22. 2004..It is possible that genetic influences that interfere with hypothalamic leptin signaling, in a manner unrelated to adipocyte leptin production, contribute to elevated Hutterite bone density...


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Man stabs his brother during family dispute in UAE
Dubai: A man has been accused of attempting to murder his elder brother by stabbing him with a knife because he scolded their younger sister at home. The 24-year-old Emirati man, A.R., was said to have taken his 30-year-old brother, N.R., by surprise and stabbed him in his chest with a pocket knife on November 18.
However, the 21-year-old sister saved her brother when she intervened and pulled the knife away from A.R.'s hand.
Swift medical intervention also helped save the life of N.R. after he was rushed to hospital.
The suspect, who is out on bail, did not to show up before the Dubai Court of First Instance.
"The court will reconvene after the suspect is legally notified about the trial on April 22," said presiding judge Ali Attiyah Sa'ad.
The brother testified that the incident happened when he intervened to stop A.R. from shouting at their sister and threatening her around 4.30am in their residence in Al Warqa.
"I got angry when I saw my brother shouting at my sister. When I beat him, he took out a pocketknife from his pocket and stabbed me in my chest. The family intervened and stopped the fight," claimed N.R.
Meanwhile, the sister claimed to prosecutors that the incident happened after she had a heated argument with the suspect.
"When he stabbed my brother, I pushed him away immediately and took away the knife. Then we called the ambulance," claimed the sister.
An Emirati policeman testified that he spotted the victim bleeding when a police team arrived for interrogation.
"Upon questioning the defendant, he admitted that he stabbed his brother once in his chest. He claimed that he was defending himself before N.R. beat him," stated the policeman.
Dubai Police's forensic report confirmed that the victim did not inflict any permanent disability.


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The state's cancer-fighting agency got part of what it needed this week to right its course — the resignation of executive director Bill Gimson.
The symbolism alone is important, since Gimson was hip deep in a breakdown of checks and balances in grant-making procedures. Worse, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has been sullied by accusations of favoritism in making awards to politically connected applicants.
A change at the top can help the agency make a clean breast of things and restore badly needed credibility to its mission of awarding $3 billion over 10 years to combat cancer. It's too important a cause to allow suggestions of influence peddling, however isolated, to gain currency without taking dramatic countermeasures.
This newspaper agrees with CPRIT Oversight Committee member Tom Luce's assessment of why Gimson's resignation was crucial, after the agency disclosed last month that its first commercialization grant was initially approved absent scientific review.
"It was a failure of systems," Luce told this newspaper Wednesday, praising Gimson for his work overall in setting up the voter-approved agency. Nevertheless, said Luce, an appointee of House Speaker Joe Straus, "I think that in a state agency and with tax dollars, accountability has to result."
At least three inquiries are now going forward into CPRIT and should shed more light on its inner workings. Those include a criminal investigation by the Travis County districtaAttorney's office; a civil investigation by the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, who has a seat on the Oversight Committee; and a review by the state auditor's office, which is overseen by the Legislature.
The focus is bound to be CPRIT's commercialization grants, which account for 11 of the 502 total awards made by the agency since 2009, mostly for research and scholarships.
Commercialization awards, however, involve money making ventures and investors. Since the 11-member Oversight Committee is made up of officeholders or their appointees, political money and its motives enter the picture. That's why this newspaper welcomes the fruits of the three investigations and lessons they may offer on how to tighten grant-review policies. The process must be squeaky clean.
It shouldn't be lost on the public that the same day Gimson's resignation became public, the agency introduced its new chief scientific officer. Margaret Kripke, a cancer immunologist and former executive vice president of UT's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, will replace Alfred Gilman, the Nobel laureate who resigned from CPRIT over scientific-review lapses.
The science journal Nature quoted Ed Benz, president of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, as saying this about Kripke: "She's a very good choice. … She has good administrative experience, and she's certainly an accomplished scientist."
If Gimson's departure is an opportunity for the agency, Kripke's appointment may be an even better one in the serious business of attracting brilliant minds to Texas for a life-and-death fight.
What they said
"I just think you have to ensure, in a state agency, that you have processes and procedures and that they're followed."
Dallas lawyer Tom Luce, Oversight Committee member, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
"This error was made during the very early days of CPRIT, while the staff was developing and implementing all the checks and balances required for a brand-new agency."
CPRIT executive director Bill Gimson, in a letter last week to lawmakers, about the failure to get a scientific review before a commercialization grant
"I have … been placed in a situation where I feel I can no longer be effective. After considerable thought, and in the hope that my fellow CPRIT workers will finally be able to get back to what is important, I hereby tender my resignation."
Gimson, in a letter this week


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Jerusalem (Sep. 27)
New regulations aimed at the maintenance of peace and public security in Palestine are published in the Official Gazette today, conferring more power upon the local authorities.
The Jewish population in Palestine is amused by exaggerated reports sent from Palestine by American non-Jewish news agencies about tanks "rolling through the streets of Palestine cities, after demonstrations by Jewish nationalists." The truth is that nothing but police radio cars which have been patrolling Palestine for nine months are seen in the streets here, and the reported "demonstrations" are amicable joint Arab-Jewish labor gatherings in Tel Aviv and a march by several thousand bearded orthodox Jewish pilgrims from all parts of Palestine to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on Succoth carrying lulovim and ethrogim.
The Jews of Palestine are not indifferent, however, to the reports from London that immigration is to remain restricted. The Histadruth today summoned a special conference for Monday to discuss the present political developments.
Jews here are also excited at the report, published today, that Arab leaders who were exiled from Palestine in 1937 for inciting anti-Jewish and anti-British ricts, including Jamal Husseini, have received British permission to proceed to an unspecified Arab country in the Middle East. These leaders, who have been held in Rhodesia, will now be able to direct the Arabs in Palestine from nearby countries, it is feared.
The trial of 20 youths charged with possessing illegal arms continued today in Haifa. The court agreed to a defense request that Chief Rabbi Ben Zion Usict, Rabbi Judah L. Fishman, Prof. Joseph Klausner of the Hebrew University, and District Police Superintendent Giles be called as witnesses.


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Grilled Pork Loin Roast
How to Make It
Place Soda Pop-and-Soy Marinade in a shallow dish or large zip-top plastic freezer bag. Pierce pork loin roast several times with a knife; add roast to marinade, and turn to coat. Cover or seal, and chill 4 to 6 hours, turning occasionally.
Light one side of grill, heating to 350° to 400° (medium-high) heat; leave other side unlit.
Remove roast from marinade, discarding marinade. Pat roast dry, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tie with kitchen string, securing at 2-inch intervals.
Place roast over lit side of grill, and grill, covered with grill lid, 5 minutes on each side or until browned. Transfer roast to unlit side, and grill, covered with grill lid, 1 hour or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 150°. Remove from grill, and let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if desired.