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Laws of the Game
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Goodness, it is impossible to cover this briefly. This page is meant to serve as a resource and guide. It is our hope that coaches and referees could be on the same page and same level of understanding on the pitch. This is near to impossible. It is also our hope that parents could have a high level of understanding of the laws as well. Same scenario. Nevertheless, this is a good place to come to get a handle on part of the laws and the spirit of the laws... and some additional resources to check out.
Some Divisional Rules
U6: does not use corner kicks, goal kicks or goal areas. If the ball crosses the goal line without a goal being scored within five yards of the goal, the kick-in should be made from the goal line five yards from the goal. Defenders should all be at least six yards away from the ball upon the placement of the ball for the kick-in, free kicks and kick offs. A goal may not be scored directly from a kick-in. If a throw-in is done improperly, the Referee allows play to continue, under the principle that the important thing here is just to get the game restarted. Half time would be a good opportunity to demonstrate to the players and the coaches what constitutes a proper throw-in.
U7 and U8: goal areas extend from the goal line to four yards out, and should be marked with cones on the touch line. The goal area should be approximately 10 yards wide, centered on the center of the goal, and can again be marked with cones. Goal kicks have to take place from within (or on the theoretical lines of) the goal area. Defenders should all be at least six yards away from the ball upon the placement of the ball for the kick off, free kicks, goal kicks and corner kicks. Throw-ins, corner kicks and goal kicks are used to restart play after the ball entirely leaves the field without a goal having been scored. If a throw-in is done improperly, the Referee allows a "do-over"; if it is done improperly the second time, play is allowed to continue.
U9 to U11: Same as U7 and U8, except that:
- Goal area is wider - approximately 12 yards wide
- The penalty mark is eight yards from the goal line (used for penalty shots)
- The penalty area extends to 12 yards from the goal line and is approximately 25 yards wide. In the penalty area the keeper can use his hands to touch the ball, and penal fouls on the defending team result in a penalty kick. On goal kicks, the ball must leave both the goal area and the penalty area before the ball is properly restarted.
- The goal area, penalty area and halfway lines should both be marked with cones.
- No "do-overs" on throw-ins
- Defenders should maintain a distance of at least eight yards from the ball on kick offs, free kicks, goal kicks and corner kicks
U12 to U19: Same as U9-U11, except that:
- Fields are generally larger and the goal area, penalty mark and penalty areas are clearly marked at larger dimensions that are generally proportionate with the larger fields. Note that when we play sideways across turf fields, cones will need to be used to indicate the goal area and penalty area, as well as the halfway line.
- The penalty mark is 12 yards from the goal line
- Defenders should maintain a distance of at least 10 yards from the ball on kick offs, free kicks, goal kicks and corner kicks.
- The goal keeper is permitted to play more than a half in goal, as much as the entire game if they wish.
Procedural Rules
- Substitutions ONLY at quarter breaks, half time, or in response to an injury. In WSSL and in organized soccer elsewhere we NEVER substitute "on the fly" - only upon a stoppage of play and with the Referee's consent.
Exceptions to the Substitution Rule:
- Note: This is still NOT substituting "on the fly".
- In very cold weather, substitutes can get very uncomfortable if they are sitting for extended stretches of time. Neither team is allowed to play more players than their division rules permit, but before the game the Referee may consult with the coaches and permit more frequent substitutions in that game, but only on stoppage of play and with the Referee's consent.
- If the ratio of a team's attendees ten minutes before the game is scheduled to start to the number of permitted players for that game is greater than 4:3, the Referee may consult with the coaches and permit more frequent substitutions in that game, but only on stoppage of play and with the Referee's consent.
- In U19 games, teams may use monitored substitutions under the following circumstances:
- A coach, assistant coach or other volunteer tracks how much time each
player on a team is on or off the field with an objective of evening
out each player's time.
- Substitutions are only allowed immediately before a goal kick or kick-off,
before a team that wants to substitute takes a throw in, or if an injury
causes a stoppage in play (the objectives being not to waste time
during the process and not to disadvantage the attacking team).
- A "fourth official", wearing a pinnie or Referee shirt,
is available to indicate substitutions are desired. This fourth
official does not need to be a certified Referee and they can be
trained in about 30 seconds before the game.
- Both teams position their substitutes near the halfway line on the
same side of the field, and indicate to the fourth official (or in
the absence of a fourth official, the Assistant Referee on that
side of the field) that they wish to make a substitution at the
next available opportunity. The fourth official (or in the absence
of a fourth official, the Assistant Referee on that side of the field)
signals to the Referee that a substitution is desired by either or both of the teams.
- After the center Referee signals to permit the substitutes, the
substituted players quickly leave the field of play, the substitutes
then quickly enter the field of play, and the fourth official (or in
the absence of a fourth official, the Assistant Referee on that side
of the field) lowers the flag to indicate that the substitution is completed.
- If it is not too hot, there are enough substitutes for each team,
the center Referee does not need a quarter break, and the keepers
are not expected to change positions at a quarter break, the Referee
should consider before each half to allow each team to play through the quarter break.
- U9 to U11 - Goalkeepers may play no more than 1/2 of a game in goal. U12 and older, they may play up to the entire game in goal.
- Goalkeepers may change positions at a substitution break, or with another player already on the field at any stoppage in the game, with permission of the Referee; both the incoming and outgoing keeper must be dressed for their new position (contrasting shirt for keeper, uniform shirt for player).
- Games should start and MUST END at the scheduled times - no exceptions.
- No team should be required to play short handed if it will mean that a child on a fully staffed team does not get his/her full three quarters of playing time.
FIFA Laws of the Game
The FIFA Laws of the Game are updated once a year. The 2013-2014 version consists of 17 Laws which are covered in the first 51 pages of the Law Book. The balance of the Law Book (through page 131) are primarily Interpretations of the Laws of the Game and Guidelines for Referees. We have provided questions and answers to items relevant to each Law below:
Law 1: Field of play
- Why is the center circle 10 yards in radius? (to enforce the 10 yard distance on a kick off)
- What is the minimum and maximum width of a regulation field (50 / 100 yards)
- What is the minimum and maximum length of a regulation field (100 / 130 yards)
- Knowing that the penalty area is 18 yards from front to back, take a guess at how many yards from the near goal post to the side line of the penalty area? (18!)
- Bonus question -- the goal area is 6 yards from front to back, and how many yards might the side of the goal area be from the near goal post? (also 6 yards)
- What is the size of a regulation goal? (8 feet high and 8 yards wide)
- So what is the width of a regulation penalty area? (44 yards - 18+8+18)
- And what is the width of a regulation goal area? (20 yards - 6+8+6)
- Lines on the field are part of the area they enclose, so if a tiny bit of the ball is hanging over the line, is the ball in or out of play? (In play)
- How about placement for goal kicks and corner kicks? (On or within the lines that enclose these areas is a legal placement)
Law 2: Ball
- If the ball explodes after a kick is taken, but before it passes into the goal, what happens? Match is stopped, restarted based on where the ball was when it was a ball, with a dropped (new) ball.
Law 3: Players
- Minimum of ___ in a full sided match? (7)
- Can a field player change places with the goalkeeper? Yes, if ref is properly informed before, it is done at a stoppage in play, and the players "are properly dressed" -- ie, switch jerseys.
- If a player is sent off in the first half, can his team go back to playing full strength in the 2nd half? No.
- The goalkeeper may play anywhere on the field.
Law 4: Player equipment
- What are the 5 "S's"? -- shirt, shorts, shoes, shinguards, socks
- Are shinguards mandatory? Yes, and must be covered with socks.
- Knee brace okay? Yes, if properly covered by the manufacturer-supplied padding and ITOOTR ? not a danger to the player or others.
- Modern protective equipment such as headgear, facemasks and knee and arm protectors made of soft, lightweight padded material are not considered dangerous and are therefore permitted. However, protective headgear has NOT been shown to prevent concussion, and if fact, may encourage players to play more aggressively. Protective headgear for goalkeepers to reduce impact injuries is acceptable.
Law 5: Referee
- Can the ref change his mind? Yes, as long as play has not restarted.
- Can the ref stop the match for any reason? Yes
- What might some of those reasons be? Weather (e.g. thunder or lightning), spectators, player behavior.
- What happens if the referee blows his whistle by mistake? Play stops when the referee makes his decision, which is shortly before blowing the whistle.
- May the referee award advantage rather than stopping the play for a foul? Yes, as long as it is a real advantage -- must judge distance to goal, alternative (PK or advantage?).
- Must the referee award advantage? No -- it is his/her judgment.
- If the referee issues a card, what do they need to do after the match? Indicate such to the appropriate authority in a match report afterwards.
- If a player is injured, when may the referee stop play? Immediately.
Law 6: Assistant Referee
- Assists, doesn't insist.
- Verbs for ARs - signals, indicates.
- Verbs for CRs - "penalize", "stop play".
- Pages 90-91 of the Law Book show basic signals for indicating
- Substitution
- Throw in
- Goal kick
- Corner kick
- Offside
- Foul
- Should the AR give a loud pop with the flag? For purposes of an exam, no. In real life, it depends on whether the AR needs to attract the attention of the referee with his signal (e.g. to indicate injury or foul).
- How does the AR indicate to the CR that a goal was scored legally? Make eye contact with the CR, then run quickly along the touch line towards the halfway line four to six strides without raising his flag.
- How many signals does a club linesman have? One - straight up for ball out of play.
- May the AR be dismissed by the CR? Yes, but then the referee team has been broken. So work with your AR/CR team just like any other professional team.
Law 7: Duration of the match
- If time expires when the ball is not in play, does the game end? Yes, even if a free kick was about to be taken. Penalty Kick does take place, however.
- What are some of the reasons a referee might add on time? Time lost during substitutions, injuries, etc.
- In WSSL with the limited time available for each game slot, the ref manages the time by making sure that the available time is divided in 4 equal slices.
- If a match stops before time expires, can the ref declare a winner? No the referee does not declare winners.
Law 8: Start and restart of play
- 2 restarts must be played in a forward direction, what are they? Kick-off and Penalty Kick.
- Can a kick-off be a restart? Yes, after a goal.
- Should the referee whistle immediately prior to a kick-off? Yes.
- What happens if just before a kick-off an opponent enters the center circle? The referee reminds the player to remain outside the circle until the kick is taken and restarts with a kick-off. If it's doubtful or trifling, allow play to continue.
- Why would you restart with a dropped ball? If the referee is required to stop play temporarily for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of the Game, a dropped ball is the method of restarting play.
- How many players are required to be present at a dropped ball? None.
- Is a second touch permissible on a dropped ball? Yes, this is the only restart for which a second touch is permissible (it is the referee who actually puts the ball into play).
- "what are the special circumstances of law 8"
- Free kick awarded to defending team within goal area may be placed anywhere within goal area.
- IFK awarded to attacking team within goal area is pulled out to long edge of goal area.
- Dropped ball is pulled out to long edge of goal area.
Law 9: Ball in and out of play
- Remembering that lines are part of the area they enclose - what does a ball have to do to go out of play? Pass wholly over the line, either on the ground or in the air.
- If a ball hits the corner flag and bounces back, is it in play? Yes
- If a ball hits the ref while in the field of play, is it in play? Yes
- If the AR is standing on the touch line rather than behind it (spectators too close to the line!) and the ball hits him/her and bounces back into the field of play, is it in play? Yes
- If on a windy day, the ball completely passes the touch line in the air, and then it lands on the other side of the line, is it in or out? It is out (this scenario would apply equally to a ball played on the pitch or to a throw in).
Law 10: Method of scoring
- Remembering that lines are part of the area they enclose, what does a ball have to do to score a goal? Pass wholly over the line, either in the air or on the ground, between the goal posts and under the cross bar.
- If a ball hits the goal post, hits the cross bar, hits the other goal post, bounces on the line, and then back in to the field, has a goal been scored? No.
- If a shot is taken, and it hits a dog which has wandered across the goal mouth, can the ref award the goal anyhow? No. The Referee may only award a goal that has entirely passed over the goal line, between the goal posts and under the cross bar.
- What would you do instead? Restart with a dropped ball.
- Where would it be taken? Moved out to the edge of the goal area, parallel to where the dog was when the ball hit it.
Law 11: Offside
- What constitutes being in the offside position? Ahead of the ball, in the attacking half, and ahead of the second to last defender ("level with" or "even with" is permissible).
- Is it a violation of the offside law for an attacking player to be in an offside position? No, unless the position is accompanied by the other necessary elements.
- Each time the ball is played by an attacker, the Referee (or Assistant Referee) should take a new view of the field to determine whether offside position exists.
- If the ball is played by an attacker and deflects off a defender, for purposes of determining an offside infraction it is as though the defender did not touch the ball.
- If a player steals the ball from an opponent who has control of the ball, might there be an offside violation? No.
- A player in the offside position who becomes involved in active play does not need to actually touch the ball to give rise to an offside penalty.
- What constitutes becoming involved in active play? One of:
- Interfering with play
- Interfering with an opponent
- Gaining an advantage by being in that position
- There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:
- A goal kick
- A throw in
- A corner kick
Law 12: Fouls and Misconducts
- In order to be a foul, the incident must be committed:
- By a player
- Against an opposing player
- On the field of play
- While the ball is in play
- Deliberate handling questions
- If a player's hands are in a normal position, and a point blank shot hits his hands, is that considered deliberate handling? No, as long as the ball plays the hand and the hand does not play the ball.
- If a player's hands are in a normal position, and a long, looping kick hits the player in the hands, is that considered deliberate handling? Yes, if the player has ample opportunity to move out of the way or to play the ball with a legal body part.
- If a player is guilty of deliberate handling, are they also guilty of a misconduct? Possibly. The Referee may determine that the handling is sufficiently egregious to warrant a caution for unsporting behavior.
- If a game is stopped for a misconduct (but not a foul), how is play restarted? In general, if the misconduct occurred on the field, an IFK, otherwise a Dropped Ball.
- Identify the seven reasons for which a player may be cautioned (yellow card):
- Persistent infringement
- Unsporting behavior (this is a catch all category)
- Delay restart of game
- Dissent
- Leave field of play without referee permission
- Enter field of play without referee permission
- Distance, failure to respect
- Identify the seven reasons for which a player may be sent off (red card):
- Serious foul play
- Abusive, offensive, insulting language or gesture
- Violent conduct
- Spits at anyone
- 2nd caution in the same match
- DOGSOH (denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity) by deliberately handling the ball
- DOGSO (denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity) by an offense punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick
- If a player is under 12, should they be carded for a misconduct violation? Generally not. A "time out" is generally a preferred way to deal with the problem.
Laws 13-17 are about restarting the game.
Law 13: Free Kicks
- How far away must the players of the defending team be? 10 yards OR on their own goal line between the goal posts.
- If the players from the defending team are closer than 10 yards (and not on their own goal line between the goal posts), but the attacking team doesn't ask for 10 yards, should the ref get involved? The referee should spot the ball and allow a quick kick to occur. If no quick kick occurs, the referee should indicate to the defenders that they should move back if they are significantly closer than 10 yards, and may ask the kicker if he wants the referee to move the defenders back. If the kicker says no, allow him kick the ball when he is ready to do so. If he says yes, tell him to wait for your whistle, move the defenders back, then assume your preferred position before blowing your whistle.
- If a defending team is awarded a free kick - either IFK or DFK, in its own penalty area, when is the ball in play? When it exits the penalty area, into the field of play.
- What about a free kick taken from within the goal area? The ball still has to exit the penalty area to be in play.
- While we're on the subject of free kicks, what would the special circumstances of law 8 say about an IFK awarded to the attacking team within the goal area? The ball is pulled out to the 6 yard line (edge of goal area).
Law 14: Penalty Kick
- When is the ball in play on a penalty kick? When it is kicked and moves forward (remember it's one of the two restarts that must be played forward).
- If the penalty kick rebounds back towards the kicker, may the kicker play it a second time?
- Yes, if the keeper has deflected or parried the ball (assuming time has not expired).
- No, if it hits the post and has not yet been touched by another player, or time has expired.
- What is encroachment? Moving into the penalty area before the penalty kick has been taken.
- Who is most likely to do it? Goalkeeper moving off his line early.
- Who else can encroach? Any of the up to 20 players who are not kicking the ball or playing goalkeeper against the kick.
- What do we do about it - hint - "with one exception, stacked for the attackers"
- Defender's team encroaches
- Goal is scored - goal stands, restart with? KO
- Goal is not scored - retake the kick
- Kicker's team encroaches
- Goal is scored? - retake the kick.
- Goal is not scored? - IFK for defenders.
- Both teams encroach - retake the kick.
Law 15: Throw In
- At the moment of delivering the ball, the thrower:
- Faces the field of play
- Has part of each foot either on the touch line or on the ground outside the touch line
- Holds the ball with both hands
- Delivers the ball from behind and over his head
- Delivers the ball from the point where it left the field of play
- Is spin on the ball thrown in illegal? No.
Law 16: Goal Kick
- Ball exits over goal line, attacker touched it last.
- When is the ball in play? When it exits the penalty area into the field of play.
- Where may the ball be placed? Anywhere in the goal area or above the line enclosing the goal area -- doesn't have to be on one side or the other .
- Remembering that lines are part of the area they enclose, if 2 mm of ball is hanging over the line at the edge of the goal area, is it okay? Yes.
Law 17: Corner Kick
- Ball exits over goal line, defender touched it last.
- When is the ball in play? When it is kicked and moves - doesn't have to exit the corner arc.
- Where can the ball be placed? Anywhere in the corner arc area or above the line enclosing the corner arc - doesn't have to be on one side or the other.
- Remembering that lines are part of the area they enclose, if 2mm of ball is hanging over the line at the edge of the corner area, is it okay? Yes
Law 18: (this is an unwritten law)
- Don't over think the game. You are an educator, you are a parent, you have been trained, you have experience -- so at this point, your first response has a good chance of being right.
- If you don't know exactly what to do when something happens on the pitch, come back to "safe, fair and fun" as your guiding principles.
Links & Other Resources
AYSO is not currently permitted to publish an electronic copy of the laws of the game, but hard copies are available at referee training classes, or by contacting the Referee Administrator. The laws can be found on the International Football Association Board website.
The Laws of the Game are reprinted each summer. The first section identifies and sets forth the 17 Laws; the balance of the book interprets the laws and provides guidelines to apply them.The AYSO Guidance for Referees & Coaches is a 56 page, 2013 publication which is a great recap of most things you want and need to know about as a WSSL Referee or Coach.
Other Useful Websites
American Youth Soccer Organization
United States Soccer Federation


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Positive Days
There's a sore on the back of my tongue. I look in the mirror and stick my tongue out as far as I can and I still can't see it. I can feel it, though. Every time I swallow it feels like someone is squeezing my tongue with a pair of pliers, and there's a sensation of trying to swallow hair -- like the hair-covered mole on your grandfather's neck, the one he never shaves. There is a constant burning, itchy pain, which starts at the back of my tongue and radiates down the left side of my neck and into my shoulder.
I smoke too many Marlboros, so it could be cancer. I engage in unprotected oral sex on occasion, so it could be gonorrhea. I am HIV-positive and take Viramune, so it could be a side effect of my newest medication.
I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and we'll once again start the process of determining what's going on with my body. It's not like I haven't been through this before with different pains in different spots, improper body temperature, kidney stones, extreme unexplainable fatigue, mood swings and constant diarrhea for more than two years.
This is just the little shit that we who live with HIV are faced with on a regular basis. I feel pretty healthy on most days; and I stay too busy to get all tangled up in my mind as I am now. Then the next little sore pops up or my stomach turns upside-down for no apparent reason and the mind-fuck starts all over again. One more time I am face to face with the Reaper wondering how long I will manage to keep ducking his scythe.
Knowing that one day I will not duck fast enough -- that I am going to die -- is a sobering thought. AIDS may not be the blade that penetrates my armor, but some blade will get through. I am 36 years old. I am not supposed to think this kind of shit. I am supposed to be worried that my hair will fall out in the next five years. I should be going into debt to buy a Porsche in the hope of impressing a good-looking man 15 years younger than me. I should be wondering when I would have to check into the adverse effects of Viagra and balancing the pros and cons of maintaining the hard-on from hell. This is the stuff of mid-life crisis -- not wondering how long these wonderful antiretroviral cocktails are going to keep working, or if they will keep working long enough for some lucky bastard to find a cure so I can stay alive and he can build a 50-room mansion on Martha's fucking Vineyard.
Don't get me wrong: not every thought is filled with this much bitterness. Right now, I'm more concerned than bitter. I am concerned for my seven-year-old nephew, Jesse. My mother has adoptive custody of Jesse because my sister found drugs more comforting than the company of her son. My mother has her little problems, too: emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, a heart condition which necessitated a triple bypass a few years back, and a calcium deficiency which causes ribs to break when she coughs too strongly. She carries around a little oxygen tank, which she turns off whenever she lights one up from her pack of More Menthol throughout the day. I'd like to be able to raise Jesse whenever our cowled friend decides to take my mother, but I have to consider the what-if.
What if this smart little virus decides to resist any and all medication I take and I get sick? And I die. People who do not have an incurable disease don't have the responsibility to consider death when making decisions that may affect the lives of others. Those of us living with HIV do have that responsibility -- if we choose to accept it. Do I have the right to take a child who was abused and forgotten by his mother, who will be traumatized by the death of his grandmother (which will almost certainly happen before he reaches adulthood), and subject him to the possibility of abandonment through premature death by yet another guardian who is supposed to love him? I don't know. If I were raising him, I'm not sure how much more intense the mind-fuck might be when the next little sore pops up.
A Few Months Later
I'm not writing. I'm not reading. I'm not returning my friends' phone calls.
I can't seem to remember why I was so happy to be alive a few months ago. I wake up with this feeling of inescapable despair. It's a feeling that makes your soul seem smaller than it really is. I just go back to sleep most of the time.
The only thing that seems to keep me out of bed for any length of time is going to work. Even that doesn't seem to fill the void any longer. I used to revel in the thought that I was saving the world -- one client at a time. Now I can't wait to get home and turn on the babble box then get to bed early.
I started taking a new HIV med a couple of months ago. The first article I remember reading about it pretty much said take this one and HIV might not kill you but you might. That hadn't occurred to me until I realized not too long ago that I hadn't been out of the house on a weekend in over two months. I've been working with clinically depressed clients for almost four years now. It's just not something that is easy to recognize in yourself. Depression just kind of crawls up on you and before you know it the world has lost all its color, all its flavor, its presentation. A filet mignon with a bottle of Chardonnay shared with Leonardo DiCaprio sounds just as appetizing as a Big Mac with a Coke shared with Ronald McDonald and those little french fry Muppet wannabes, and you don't really care if you have either one of them. The world would be OK if you just didn't wake up tomorrow.
I talked to my doctor about it after I realized what was going on. He asked me if I had considered counseling. I asked him what good counseling was going to do if my HIV meds kept interfering with the serotonin levels in my brain. The only thing in my life that had changed prior to the onset of this depression was the new medication. I loved my job. I had been happily single for quite some time. My finances were better than they had ever been; I was about to buy a house. Nobody had died and it didn't look like anybody was going to anytime soon. So, pray tell, what good was counseling going to do?
Doc capitulated and decided we would try 10 milligrams of Prozac. It's working quite well. I'm back into my keyboard, my library, my passion to save the world and my life. It's just a bit irritating sometimes to realize that I have to take one more pill everyday just to counteract the side-effect of a medication that is, hopefully, saving my life -- but might otherwise have me wanting to get it over with a little bit earlier.
A Recent Sunday
I wake up next to him. We're in the same, spooned position that we collapsed into late last night. My left hand is under his arm; my fingers unconsciously rake his chest hair. He nestles his chin more firmly in the crook of my arm as my index finger traces the outline of his pecs. My ear is pressed against his back and I hear the beat of his heart. Thump thump, thump thump. I feel the rise and fall of his chest with his slow, easy breath. I feel protected -- full. I close my eyes and snuggle a bit tighter as I run the last 24 hours through my mind.
We connected in a local chat room on gay.com. We had a private virtual conversation. I was impressed by the fact that he typed complete sentences instead of that cyber speak crap that irritates the shit out of me. We were at the Park Pantry eating breakfast in less than an hour. We both had bacon and eggs, crispy hash browns, well done sourdough toast, a side of gravy and coffee with two sugars, no cream.
We walked along the shoreline after breakfast, the backs of our hands occasionally brushing, sending little whispers of hope up my arm into the pleasure centers of my brain. We watched the pigeons basking in the morning sun, picking on each other, stealing edible bits that washed up on the shore. We commented that life should be so simple. And we talked. God, did we talk. We spoke of how we would fix the world, how we were helping to fix our little parts of it. We spoke of the intense, inside work we had done in order to attain some semblance of self-acceptance. We spoke of the omnipotence of love in all its forms.
We went window shopping on Fourth Street. Neither of us wished to afford anything in the ridiculous little shops along this futile attempt at a Melrose recreation. We just seemed to have an unspoken need for this time not to end. We made small talk, we cruised the guys, we dished fashion trends and hairstyles. After a dinner of pasta Provencal and chocolate mousse at the Pizza Place Garden Café on Broadway (we shared the mousse) we strolled on over to his condo on Second Street. And now I'm lying here next to the oh-such-a-cliché man of my dreams thinking about tomorrow.
Thinking about tomorrow -- the only way it could be any better is if the sex were a little more wild, if the fires could rage to a blinding crescendo. But he's HIV-negative. I feel some inherent obligation to maintain control, to keep everything within the acceptable confines of safe sex dogma. My mind screams "But sex isn't safe!" Sex is giving in, letting go, taking and using, stripping passion down to the bare root of recognition, sex is about screaming his name when you're right there at the top of the mountain and him hearing you when bestial urges have deafened him and you haven't said a word anyway. But I can't seem to get to the top when my partner is HIV-negative. I always stop at a safe plateau, the top of the mountain just in sight, knowing I dare not let out enough rope to get there. How long can I stand here looking up through that empty space?
A Five-Minute Chat
I was in a chat room and a profile popped up that read "HIV-bottom looking for HIV-positive top to fuck me bareback."
My stomach did a flip-flop kind of like Ritonavir used to do me about 10 times a day. I knotted up like a bad perm. I had discounted the rumors of people who were intentionally trying to get infected; I couldn't conceive the possibility, the reasoning. Now I had actually seen it on my computer screen and I was floored. I typed, "Do you think living with HIV is so fucking simple?" He didn't answer. One by one, most of the 50 or so people in the chat room logged off. In less than a minute myself and three other people were still in that sector of cyberspace. I typed in "Gee that went well." One more logged off, the last two never responded. This two-minute lack of interaction weakened my libido. I pulled weeds for the rest of the day. And I hurt.
|John Kirby is a health promotion specialist in AIDS Project Los Angeles' POWER program. He can be reached by calling (213) 201-1558 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article has been reprinted at The Body with the permission of AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA).

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By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — When Ned Castle met Jean Luc and David Dushime at his father's company picnic in Burlington last summer, the young ethnographer could only speculate about the distance the two young Rwandans had covered to arrive in Vermont.
The Dushime brothers worked for Castle's father at Rhino Foods, the company that makes the cookie dough, among other goodies, for Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Jean Luc Dushime attended Champlain College during his time off.
Castle had recently moved back to his hometown of Charlotte after dropping out of a graduate program in photography — he doesn't actually consider himself a photographer, just "an interested person with a tape recorder and a camera."
So he set out to document their stories.
What Castle found after sitting down with the Dushimes was a window into the community of refugees living in Vermont. Over the next eight months, through connections he made while volunteering for the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, Castle interviewed and photographed 13 other refugees from around the world.
His finished work, a collection of portraits and stories called "In Their Own Words, Stories from Refugees Settled in Vermont Communities," is on display at the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury through June 14.
At a gallery talk on Tuesday evening, Castle explained his motivation for the project.
"It's not that I want people drop everything and start volunteering at the local refugee organization, which would be great," he said. "But it's a willingness to be open to the (idea) … that the places we've come from and the experiences we've had are incredibly important to the people that we are."
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Gov. James Douglas on Monday encouraged lawmakers to come closer to his priorities on developing new affordable housing, a tight fiscal year 2009 budget and new strategies to stem Vermonters' property tax burden.
Douglas outlined these and other legislative goals during his annual appearance at Addison County's legislative breakfast series, held at the Middlebury American Legion headquarters on Wilson Road.
Calling it the toughest budget year in the six he has served as governor, Douglas warned that state legislators will be challenged in the coming weeks to make some tough decisions on spending priorities.
The most recent financial forecasts indicate a 1-percent drop in general fund revenues for fiscal year 2009, according to Douglas.
"It is a time for making choices," Douglas said, quoting, as he did in his first budget address, President John F. Kennedy who said, "To govern is to chose."
Douglas noted he had outlined his budget priorities in a draft 2008-2009 spending plan he unveiled in January. That budget has drawn fire from some House and Senate leaders for proposed cuts to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals and for a proposal to lease the state lottery to generate an estimated $50 million the governor would use to pay for school construction aid and to draw down property taxes.
"This is a year to make those difficult choices, and I know we can work them out and decide what's most urgent for people in the coming year in a time of softening economy and decreasing revenues," Douglas said.
By JOHN S. McCRIGHT
MIDDLEBURY — Addison District Judge Helen Toor on Monday sent George Dean Martin back to jail for another year for causing the deaths of two children in a July 4, 2002, boating accident on Lake Champlain.
Martin was convicted in 2004 of two counts of boating while intoxicated death resulting and sentenced to six-to-10 years in jail — three-to-five years for each of the two counts. But after he spent three years in prison, the Vermont Supreme Court last August ordered Martin's release and resentencing saying the law allowed for only one count in this case since both deaths occurred during the same incident.
Toor could have sent the former Charlotte resident, who had been living with his mother in Rochester since his release, back to prison for two more years. Noting nine mitigating factors, the judged settled on ordering a single year of additional jail time. The formal sentence was four-and-a-half to five years, with all suspended but four years.
Martin accepted the sentence silently. After hugging a family member, the bailiff took him from the court and back to jail.
Charlotte residents Steve and Laura Mack — whose children, four-year-old Trevor and nine-year-old Melissa, were killed in the boating accident — were in the Middlebury courtroom for the sentencing. They said they were satisfied with the sentence.
"It's time to put it behind us," Steve Mack said. "I think he has remorse. He lost a child (years ago), he knows what we are going through."
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In the final letter that we have from the apostle Paul, written in a lonely prison cell in Rome while he was expecting death for the sake of the gospel, he reminded his closest friend Timothy of the utter necessity …Read More
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Nov. 12, 2011
Stockton, Calif. - Jennifer Sanders and Megan Birch each recorded 16 kills to lead Pacific (17-11, 8-7) to a five-set victory over visiting Cal State Fullerton (12-15, 7-8) Saturday night in Big West Conference volleyball action at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
A night removed from coming back from a 2-0 set deficit to beat UC Davis, the Titans were unable to hold on to a 2-0 lead and suffered the same fate at the paws of the Tigers. Fullerton wasted a strong performance by junior Kayla Neto, who posted a 21-kill, 19-dig stat line in the 25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 20-25, 11-15 loss.
Trailing by six points in the deciding set, 12-6, Fullerton made a last ditch effort to keep a possible winning season in tact by going on a 5-1 run to get to 13-11. But kills by Hannah Clancy and Megan Birch not only closed out the match in the Tigers' favor, but it also ensured the Titans' first sub-.500 season in five seasons.
Jennifer Edmond added 15 kills and Ayana Whitaker connected for 10 kills and hit .435 in support of Neto. Katy Tagart had nine kills to finish behind Sanders and Birch.
The Titans held and 8.0-6.0 blocking advantage and were led by senior Leah Maurer who had six blocks (2 solos). Maurer also added nine kills, six digs and three service aces. Sanders led at the net for Pacific with three blocks.
Senior setter Andrea Ragan had another double-double (assists/digs) with a match-high 52 assists and 22 digs. Ragan was one of five Titans with digs in double figures. Gabrielle Dewberry had 27 digs to lead all players, missing consecutive 30-digs nights by just three scoops.
The Titans have two matches remaining on their 2011 slate. Next weekend, the Titans will honor their departing seniors and host UC Irvine in the final Big West contest. The following weekend, the Titans will host nationally-ranked Hawaii in Titan Gym in the season finale.


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Have you ever seen a Texas County Poll Tax receipt from 1915? A Texas County Road Tax receipt from 1914? A Texas City Water Bill Receipt for 1926? A Texas School District ISD Tax receipt for 1935? A Texas County Personal Property Tax receipt from 1935? A WPA Notice To Report For Work duplicate for 1937? A WWII Rations Book from 1942? A Federal Income Tax W-2 Withholding Receipt for 1944? What a genealogical find. There's more, but I wouldn't want to bore you with all the details. Ha! Ha!
Needless to say, I spent several hours over several days at the copy place but it was all worth it. The moral of the story is: Bless those ancestors who saved every scrap of paper, and bless those ancestors and living folks who did not throw anything away.


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Mastering the Pomegranate
Pomegranates are easy to love in theory. Beautiful ruby-colored orbs that promise flavor and abundant red flesh, pomegranates are a tart and lovely addition to salads (leafy salads as well as chicken and tuna salads), rice pilafs, fruit compotes, and as a topping for ice cream or custard-based tarts. As one of the few fruits that you can find in season during the winter months, pomegranates are also a welcome change from bananas and apples. Loaded with antioxidants and Vitamin C, wouldn't you know that these fruits are good for you, too?
The problem with pomegranates is really a matter of logistics. You, the fruit-hungry diner, are on the outside of the pomegranate and the juice-filled seeds are on the inside. All that stands between you and your tasty snack is a seemingly impossible, though deceptively innocent-looking hull. However, as anyone who has tried to eat a pomegranate will know, each of those delicious, jewel-like seeds is really a miniature explosion waiting to happen, and the same bright red juice that makes the fruit look so appealing in salads and the like can also stain your clothing and prove to be generally troublesome to the keeper of a clean kitchen.
The solution to this problem, however, is disarmingly simple. Before cutting into the pomegranate, fill a large bowl with cold water. Cut the pomegranate in quarters and place one quarter at a time in the bowl of water. Separate the seeds (which will sink to the bottom of the bowl) from the white pith (which will float), throw away the pith and the skin, and pour the water through a sieve to catch the seeds. Store the seeds, refrigerated, for up to a week.
Pretty cool I've previously
Pretty cool I've previously used the Nigella Lawson mtheod with great success: cut in half, turn upside down over a bowl, whack with a wooden spoon until all seeds have fallen out :] Will make sure to try this out at some point!
This works very well. It's
This works very well. It's still more work than most fruit but it tastes so good that it's worth a little effort.
I just purchased Louisa
I just purchased Louisa Shafia's cookbook the New Persian Kitchen which contains many savory recipes containing pomegranate as an ingredient, so I am looking forward to trying out some new dishes using pomegranate seeds. My question is, do people actually eat the whole seed? Or is it meant to be spit out?
I just couldn't use the water
I just couldn't use the water method! All that lovely juice lost. Whacking the back of the fruit works perfectly for me. I cut it in quarters, put a bowl in the sink, hold the quarter face down in my hand over the bowl and then gently, but firmly give the skin a couple of whacks. I remove 90-95% of the seeds this way then pick out the rest. Just finished a bowlful waiting for a pie to bake. Couldn't be easier!!
you eat the whole thing.
you eat the whole thing. sometimes though the juice is only wanted and then it would be filtered to remove the seeds. Eating them whole is rather crunchy but delish!


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The National Hockey League rescinded the match penalty assessed to St. Louis Blues forward David Backes in the game Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings.
Backes received a match penalty for an illegal hit to the head of Detroit's Kent Huskins at 9:38 of the third period. Replays appeared to indicate that no contact to Huskins' head was made.
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Resco, a vendor of developer components and tools for mobile devices, has released Resco MobileApp Studio, a form-based mobile app developer tool that's optimized for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5.
Resco MobileApp Studio lets developers quickly design and build mobile forms. It is a Microsoft Visual Studio add-on, so all its tools are directly integrated in and accessed through Visual Studio 2008. All of the forms created with MobileApp Studio are generated with VB or C# source code and are attached to the application project.
Core to the tool is a set of advanced "designers" directly integrated into Visual Studio. There are two types ofdesigner available: a list form designer and detail form designer. When designing a form, you can use advanced database tools which allow databinding to an existing SQL Server Compact Edition database, or a business model's database objects that are implemented in the entire Visual Studio solution. After the form design is completed, it can be saved together with the C# source code and attached to the entire project. Thus, the customization of created forms can be performed in a well-known environment, using the familiar programming language.
Another interesting feature of the product are visual styles. First, you define them for the entire application and then applies to all forms. Thus, a unified visual style of the app's forms is achieved. In case a change is needed, you only modifies the style and the change makes efect automatically in all forms.The idea of the styles is similar to Microsoft Word. For simplicity, Resco MobileApp Studio contains several form and style themes that help developers to start up a mobile app project.
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Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Tomy has developed a special "air guitar controller," which is essentially the upper neck and head of a real guitar. There are fake frets and and it plays little noises when pushing the frets. The Air Guitar Pro is available for $22 and will likely never hit our shores. It's okay, I don't want our kids half-assing air guitar anyway.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — It's been an eventful few years for Middlebury's Bill Edson, to say the least.
During the spring of 2006, Edson was a U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class, who, as a part of Task Force Saber, was treating injured soldiers in and around the war-torn city of Ramadi, Iraq.
He returned as a decorated veteran and — after a brief stint at Fletcher Allen Health Care — transitioned into a less intense vocation of selling medical supplies.
But Edson last month returned to the front lines of health care, this time as supervisor of operations for the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association (MVAA).
"It was really appealing to find a position I was suited for right here at home," Edson said during an interview last week.
He replaces Scott Supernaw, who recently left to become top administrator for the Brandon Area Rescue Squad.
In the MVAA, Edson takes over a nonprofit organization based off Elm Street that counts around 60 staff and volunteers and a fleet of four ambulances, a heavy rescue truck and a mass casualty trailer. The 30-year-old organization responds to approximately 1,800 service calls per year in Middlebury, East Middlebury, Bridport, Shoreham, Orwell, Ripton, Salisbury, Cornwall, Weybridge, Whiting and New Haven.
While Edson's main duties involve coordinating MVAA activities and tending to administrative chores, he also plans to become involved in ambulance runs. He is seeking recertification for emergency responder qualifications needed to respond to calls.
Like most people affiliated with the MVAA, he knows he will not be working a regular 9-to-5 job. Calls can come in at any time of the day or night for a service that must be provided 24/7.
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Get ready to scrapbook 100 photos this evening by creating collages of all those great photos. Creating a collage by theme makes it fun and easy. Download two free templates to get started.
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If you have piles of non-chronological photos waiting to be scrapped, this is the strategy for you! This strategy takes away the pressure to work in a specific sequence because instead of highlighting months, you'll highlight the themes in your life.
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Former Clinton Aide to Speak on Race, Sexualityby Karen Handley • September 15, 2005 Share:
Keith Boykin will give a talk at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 27 in Baxter Hall, room 101. Boykin's talk is titled, "One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America." His talk is sponsored by the Wabash College MXI, shOUT, Gender Issues Committee, Multicultural Concerns Committee, and the Hadley Fund.
Born on the anniversary of Dr. King's famous March on Washington, Keith Boykin has become one of the nation's leading commentators on race, sexuality and politics. A former White House aide to President Clinton, Boykin is also a New York Times best selling author, reality television star, lawyer, educator, and activist.
Boykin appeared on the Showtime television series American Candidate and is a frequent presence in the media. He has appeared on VH1, BET, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and numerous other television and radio programs, including the Dennis Miller Show, Tom Joyner Morning Show, Tony Brown's Journal, and Anderson Cooper 360. He has been featured on the cover of several publications including A&U, Out, and, The Advocate, and he was selected as one of Out magazine's 100 most intriguing people of 2004. He has also been featured or quoted in articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and JET magazine.
After graduating from Dartmouth College, Boykin worked for the Dukakis for President Campaign and then entered Harvard Law School, where he was a leader in the campus diversity movement and general editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. When he received his J.D. from Harvard, Boykin turned down a lucrative offer to work for a major California law firm so he could join the Clinton/Gore Campaign in Arkansas. Afterwards, he became a Special Assistant to the President and Director of Specialty Media. Once the highest-ranking openly gay person in the Clinton White House, Boykin helped to organize and participated in the nation's first meeting between gay and lesbian leaders and a U.S. President.
Boykin left the White House to write his first book, One More River to Cross, and has since become an award-winning author, a political lecturer, a college professor, and an ambassador for change in America. He has written for the Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, the St. Petersburg Times, The Advocate, Black Issues Book Review, and Crisis Magazine. His syndicated column appears in several newspapers across the country, including the New York Blade, the Washington Blade, The Southern Voice, and The Houston Voice.
His new book, Beyond the Down Low, was released in February 2005 and immediately shot to the New York Times bestsellers list. Currently, he writes daily commentary on his website, keithboykin.com, which averages more than 70,000 hits per day, making it the leading website of its kind. Boykin was born in St. Louis, Missouri and lives in New York City.
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In honor of Korff's generosity, the school will be named the Glenn Korff School of Music, pending approval by the NU Board of Regents.
"The University of Nebraska is deeply grateful to Glenn Korff for his generous gift that will benefit music students and faculty now and in the future," said NU President James B. Milliken. "I thank Glenn for being such a wonderful friend to the fine arts community, the university, and the state of Nebraska."
UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said, "We will be proud to link in perpetuity the name of Glenn Korff with our School of Music and the outstanding programs and performances it provides."
Each year, 25 percent of the expendable income from the endowed fund will support undergraduate and graduate students within the school through scholarships, fellowships, international engagement activities and grants for opportunities to hone their skills. Another 25 percent will support the school's faculty through awards to support teaching initiatives, scholarly research, creative activities, professional travel and more while also creating the Glenn Korff Endowed Chair, the recipient of which will be selected based on national and international accomplishments.
The remaining 50 percent of the fund's annual support will be directed to the school's academic and program activities, which may include support for concerts, recitals, tours, competitions, academic conferences and more.
"I am grateful to be able to make this gift to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music," Korff said. "I feel it will be beneficial for musical presentations, dance and the performing arts, including the 'Pride of All Nebraska,' the Cornhusker Marching Band. I am honored to be able to make this contribution in order to provide future programs that will enlighten and entertain families and generations of Nebraskans for years to come."
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In announcing the gift today to faculty, Charles O'Connor, endowed dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, said it was a historic moment for the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the School of Music.
"The School of Music has a rich tradition of excellence at this university, and this generous gift from Mr. Korff is an important investment in the school's future," O'Connor said. "Our students and faculty perform and compete at the highest levels, and this gift affirms that.
"This will, no doubt, inspire continued excellence from our students and faculty in the School of Music and is the beginning of the next exciting chapter in its proud history. We could not be more thankful and grateful for Mr. Korff's generosity and commitment to the University of Nebraska."
John W. Richmond, director of the School of Music, said: "I don't think it's possible yet to fully comprehend the many ways this extraordinary naming gift will transform our School of Music as a teaching institution, as a cultural catalyst, as a center for research in music and as a place of international synergy for music and dance. What I can say with absolute confidence is that the impressive growth and transformation we have enjoyed in the last decade -- and it has been considerable and nationally recognized -- will pale in comparison to the place of international leadership the Glenn Korff School of Music will occupy in the profession 10 years from now, such is the timeliness and impact of his stunning generosity."
Brian Hastings, president and CEO of the University of Nebraska Foundation, said Korff's gift was especially meaningful because of its support for the university's current Campaign for Nebraska, a comprehensive fundraising initiative with priorities that include increasing permanent support for students and faculty.
"Glenn Korff's most kind and generous contribution certainly elevates the School of Music to a new level and ensures it will forever have available support through the Glenn Korff School of Music Endowed Fund for its most important resources: its students and outstanding instructors," Hastings said.
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A native of Hebron, Korff lives in Boulder, Colo., and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1965 with a chemistry major and was a member and former president of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. His passion for performing arts began on the university campus as a member of Kosmet Klub, a male musical and comedy ensemble, in which he was a set designer. He received an MBA in finance from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 and enjoyed a long career in the area of finance and investments, retiring from Goldman Sachs.
Over the years, Korff expressed gratitude for the education received at the university by giving of his time through various volunteer positions as trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation. He and his family also generously supported the university through gifts to create the Paul W. and Esther L. Korff Family Fund and the Richard D. Brenning Memorial Scholarship Fund. Korff and his brother, Ken Korff, also made a recent gift to support the UNL College of Business Administration's new building initiative with a gift to name an auditorium in honor of their father, Paul Korff.
The School of Music dates back to 1894, when Chancellor James Canfield created a private conservatory of music under the direction of Willard Kimball. In 1930, the Board of Regents purchased the University School of Music, and a plan of reorganization was created in 1937 under the direction of Arthur Westbrook. Westbrook Music Building opened in 1966-67 and Kimball Recital Hall opened in 1969.
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While we were in Central Florida this past weekend, we were invited to tour Safari Wilderness in Lakeland, Florida.
Let me just start the post by saying THIS PLACE IS AWESOME! A One of a kind experience that my family truly enjoyed!
When you arrive you drive down a long dirt road, not knowing what to expect we parked and checked in for our safari tour.
As soon as we got in the staff was so friendly.
They showed the kids the ferrets and the guinea pigs.
The ranch stated off with 8 Guinea Pigs and they now have 80 Guinea pigs and some are currently pregnant.
The guinea Pig farm was a big hit since we have two of our own guinea pigs at home.
Once the Safari was ready to start we loaded up in the Safari bus.
The kids thought the bus was really cool since it was open and looked like an African Safari vehicle!
The vehicle is covered to provide some shade.
Yes, you have a driver, thankfully Patrick was not driving this bus! Our driver volunteered to take the picture for us!
**Mom Tip – Load up on the Sunscreen and make sure to use the potty before the tour starts**
The tour guide will take you through over 260 acres full of all kinds of different animals.
The guide stops the Safari truck at each group of animals and gives you interesting facts and information on the different species of animals.
Our guide took time to answer the kids questions.
Our first encounter was with an ostrich family. The mom and dad had the cutest little babies.
The mom ostrich was so funny, she kept sticking her head into the bus and stealing treats from a bucket inside the bus!
Have you ever seen an ostrich egg? Me either, well at least not until we went to Safari Wilderness!
Next up we headed over to See the Zebra-Donks! These were interesting, who even knew people breaded Zebras and Donkeys.
These animals were not breaded at Safari Wilderness, they took the Zebra-Donks in from someone who was trying to use them as Carriage pullers.
Another interesting fact we learned from our Safari guide!
We were really enjoying the Safari tour at this point but then the tour guide said we are going to hand feed Llama.
My kids went crazy! The little one started cheering Yeah Llama Mama!
After the fun of the Llama feeding we headed over to see the Zebra! What beautiful animals they are, the black and white pattern is just amazing up close in person! There was a baby Zebra, he was so cute! Did you know Zebra's have a baby each year in their adult life. Once the baby is born the male gives the female a break for a few days and then she is pregnant again for the next 12 months. Another interesting fact we learned from our safari guide!
How cute is this little baby Zebra, he kept right by his mama the whole time!
Next we headed by the deer and the water buffalo.
The tour guide stops the Safari bus and says we are going to hand feed these water buffalo. What?!? These things are giant with big horns.
I wasn't too sure about this, but this turned out to be one of our favorite parts of the Safari.
These big guys were so gentle, they have big slimy tongues and they just wanted you to keep feeding them and petting them! An experience we will never forget with the water buffalo!
Once we finished up the Safari bus part of the tour they take you on a short walking tour.
We visited the Camels, pigs, birds, Porcupine, chickens and other animals.
Although we decided to do the Safari tour by vehicle Safari Wilderness Tours can also be done on Camel Back, Kayak or you can do a Llama Trek Experience and even a sunset tour! All sound amazing but with kids it was much easier for us to do vehicle! The vehicle tours go out at 9am and 1pm. In the Florida Heat I would suggest the 9am tour!
**Mom Tip: Pack plenty of Water, the gift shop also has cold beverages and ice cream for sale**
The last but very not least part of our tour was the Lemur Feeding! This was amazing! Again with this feeding experience being so close up with the animals I was a bit nervous at first but the Lemurs were so friendly and they held your hand as they ate grapes right from your palm! The kids were in heaven with the Lemurs!
This part of the tour is an extra add-on but I highly suggest you do not skip out on this experience! This is not just something you can do at any zoo, you are actually in the enclosure with the Lemurs at Safari Wilderness!
Don't forget to Stop by the Gift Shop on the way out! They have a wide variety of things to take home to remember your experience! I got a Christmas ornament and a he got a shot glass, we collect one of each from everywhere we travel and oh course, we had to get a pet Lemur toy to take home!
This Safari Tour was a once in a lifetime experience! Best Part is you don't even have to go to Africa for this amazing Safari. Safari Wilderness is conveniently located between Orlando and Tampa in Lakeland, Florida!
When we left the kids couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had. Me personally I have never been so close to such large animals just roaming. Sarai Wilderness is not like a zoo where you look behind a fences, you are actually up close and personal enjoying the experience with the animals. Safari Wilderness is well worth the ticket prices as well as the extra add-on's. Sometimes they run Florida Resident Specials as well as other specials, follow them on Facebook or Twitter for current promotions!
Safari Wilderness
10850 Moore Rd
Lakeland, FL 33809
**Disclaimer – My Family was given complimentary tickets in exchange for an honest review. All Opinions are my own honest opinions! All pictures are my own. For further information please see my Disclosure Page!


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Frequently Asked Questions about our rescue. If you don't find the answer here or on our website, we welcome your emails and phone calls!
Where is Young at Heart located? Young At Heart does not have a shelter facility, but saves lives through the use of donated boarding and foster homes throughout the Chicagoland area. We have a small donated adoption centers for cats inside Best Friends Pet Care in Prairie View, IL and Petco in Lake Zurich, IL. In 2017, we will be opening Chicago's first adoption center and sanctuary specifically for senior dogs and cats on 8 acres we purchased in unincorporated Woodstock, IL.
Are you "no-kill"? Yes. The pets in our programs stay with us until they find a forever home. However, should a pet become terminally ill, dangerously aggressive towards people, or it has a poor quality of life, we do have the right to humanely euthanize so that none of the pets in our care become a danger to society or suffer needlessly. We give our seniors every chance we can provide, whether it be through veterinary care, veterinary specialists, trainers and behaviorists, or alternative therapies- if there is something that may help one of our homeless animals, we go for it!
What kind of animals does Young at Heart have for adoption? Young At Heart works hard to place mature and senior dogs and cats into loving homes. The majority of our dogs and cats are between the ages of 7 years old and 12 years old, though we are happy to see an increase in the average age of our pets being adopted out each and every year for 5 years in a row. In 2016, the average age of our adopted pets was 10.8 years old.
Why do you have so few pets for adoption? We are a very small organization, and can only be as big as our foster home network allows. A foster home network is an ebb-and-flow situation, and at some times is bigger than others. We also strive to stay small, so that we may provide excellent personalized care to each animal, and so that each animal that comes into our care does not know it's in a "rescue". Our motto is Quality over Quantity so that we may provide every senior pet in our care the same high quality care we would provide our own personal companion animals.
We stay small enough so that each dog or cat in our care gets ample one-on-one time, playtime, lap time, and the basic human contact that many animals just cannot receive in larger organizations. It is very important to us that the dogs and cats in our care feel loved, are happy, and are well-adjusted when they go to their forever homes. If you are interested in helping us save more lives by fostering, please take a look at our fostering information and application.
I saw a pet I'd like to meet. Now what? Please fill out our online adoption application. This must be done before meeting any of our dogs, as they are located in private foster homes, and it helps ensure that the dog you fell in love with online is a good match for you in real life. You may meet our cats at your convenience during Best Friends Pet Care's or Lake Zurich Petco's business hours, but a "go home" appointment will not be set up until an application has been received and approved. Once the application is approved, we will call or email you to set up an appointment to meet the pet of your choice. Having problems with our application? Call or email us, and we'll be happy to help!
What is the adoption fee?
- Cats: $75.00
- Dogs: $175.00
The adoption fee includes all vaccinations, heartworm or feline leukemia test, microchip, spay/neuter, geriatric panel, and for dogs, a collar and leash. You receive a copy of any and all veterinary records we have on our adoptable pets, including bloodwork results. All of our pets also come with a 14-day adoption trial period and a "Home for Life" policy which means that you will never have to worry about what happens to your senior pet should you not be able to care for him/her any longer- we take them back into our program with open arms, no matter the reason. Our seniors have a home for life with Young at Heart.
I need to give up my pet. Will you take it? No. We only accept pets from "open door" municipal shelters that have to euthanize for space/time constraints and animal controls from within Illinois.
We do not accept pets from the public, no-kill shelters, or other rescues.
We do provide free courtesy listing services for 60 days on our Courtesy List page for pets belonging to private parties, and other shelters or rescues. To courtesy list a pet, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with subject line "COURTESY LISTING", and include the pet's jpeg photo, bio, and contact information. Young at Heart is not responsible for any pet listed on the courtesy list page.
I would like to foster a Young at Heart Pet. What do I need to do? Please go to our foster page and fill out our foster application to get started! We're happy to answer any and all questions. We love our foster homes, and would love to have even more! We know fostering for the first time can be a scary experience to jump into, and we make sure that we are available to you for questions, concerns, and problems that may occur. You are also welcome to speak to any of our current or past foster homes to get their take on fostering for Young at Heart, right from the source. Please note we do not have a "foster-to-adopt" program.
What if I adopt a pet, and it doesn't work out? All of our pets are accepted back into the rescue unconditionally, and your adoption contract requires that you bring your pet back to the rescue should you no longer be able to care for it. When you first adopt a pet, you have a 14-day money-back return period. All of our pets have a home for life with Young at Heart, so you never have to worry about what will happen to your senior pet should something happen to you or should you no longer be able to care for him/her.
I would like to make a donation. What does the rescue need most? A current wish list is kept here, and updated as our needs change. Monetary donations allows us to provide the animals with whatever they need. Veterinary bills and medications are our highest cost. Any donation is greatly appreciated by the rescue and our animals, and because we are a 501c3 not for profit organization, your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law.


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VANTAA, Finland — The town of Hesston has produced its share of great athletes in the past years.
Two of them now have the title of world champions.
Sisters Liz and Katie Sowers played for Team USA, which won the Women's World Championship of American Football after downing Canada 64-0 in the gold medal game Saturday in Vantaa.
Katie Sowers was named to the all-star team at defensive back.
It was the second world title in two tries for Team USA, which is 6-0 in World Championship competition and has outscored opponents 456-7.
It was the second straight time the U.S. downed Canada in the championship game.
In the bronze medal game, Finland edged Germany 20-19. In the fifth-place game, Sweden beat Spain 64-0.
For the second straight game, the U.S. scored on every possession but two — at the end of the half and at the end of regulation.
The U.S. led 36-0 at the half.
Quarterback Sami Grisafe hit 16 of 21 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns. Karen Mulligan hit seven of seven passes for 102 yards.
Adrienne Smith had four catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. Holly Peterson had seven catches for 99 yards. Liz Sowers and Jeanette Gray each added a touchdown catch.
Mia Brickhouse had four rushes for eight yards, but all four carries were touchdowns. Odessa Jenkins had seven carries for 84 yards and a touchdown. Cassey Brick had five carries for 80 yards. Donna Wilkinson added a touchdown carry.
On defense, Victoria Eddy had eight total tackles, followed by Jennifer Plummer with seven. Katie Sowers had four total tackles, three solo. Liz Sowers had one tackle, also a solo tackle.
For Canada, Lya Jollcoeur had 13 carries for 41 yards rushing. Quarterback Saadia Achraf hit four of 20 passes for 41 yards and an interception. Julie Paetsch had 12 total tackles, 11 solo.
Canada 0 0 0 0 —0
1q. US Brickhouse 3-yd. run (Gray pass from Grisafe) 6:65
1q. US Brickhouse 2-yd. run (Jenkins run) 2:07
2q. US Gray 10-yd. pass from Grisafe (run failed) 7:37
2q. US Jenkins 1-yd. run (Brickhouse run) 3:25
2q. US Smith 73-yd. pass from Grisafe (Brickhouse run) 2:01
3q. US L.Sowers 12-yd. pass from Grisafe (Brickhouse run) 6:28
3q. US Brickhouse 1-yd. run (pass failed) 2:15
4q. US Brickhouse 2-yd. run (Larsen kick) 9:18
4q. US Wilkinson 1-yd. run (Larsen kick) 5:56
Team stats
Can. US
First downs 7 28
Rushing-yards 26-15 30-363
Passing yards 41 367
Comp-att-int 4-20-1 23-28-0
Punts-avg. 7-31.1 0-0
Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 7-45 9-64
Time of poss. 22:30 25:30
Individual stats
RUSHING — Canada: Jollcoeur 13-41, David 3-14, Kowalski 1-3, Roy 1-3, Starkey 1-(-1), Guscott 1-(-4), Black 1-(-9), Ashaf 5-(-31). USA: Jenkins 7-84, Brick 5-80, Hatcher 4-49, Snyder 4-43, Brickhouse 4-8, Peterson 2-3, Smith 1-1, Wilkinson 1-1, Grisafe 2-(-6).
PASSING — Canada: Ashraf 4-20-1, 41 yards. USA: Grisafe 16-21-0, 265 yards; Mulligan 7-7-0, 102 yards.
RECEIVING — Canada: Roy 1-14, Black 1-13, Palmer 1-12, David 1-2. USA: Peterson 7-99, Smith 4-117, Gray 3-39, Berggren 3-34, Vilarino 2-35, Brick 2-21, L.Sowers 1-12, Jenkins 1-5, Hatcher 0-5.
Missed field goals — None.
Attendance — 522.
All-Star Team
QB USA Samantha Grisafe
RB GER Susanne Erdmann
RB USA Odessa Jenkins
WR USA Holly Peterson
WR USA Adrienne Smith
WR FIN Sari Kuosmanen
OL USA Jamie Menzyk
OL USA Rebecca Worsham
OL USA Dawn Pederson
OL CAN Kimberly Grubb
OL FIN Merle Ziemann
DL USA Jennifer Deering
DL USA Knengi Martin
DL FIN Tea Törmänen
LB USA Victoria Eddy
LB ESP Patricia Meixide Vazquez
LB USA Jennifer Plummer
LB CAN Julie Paetsch
DB USA Sharon Vasquez
DB SWE Emma Benndorf
DB FIN Anette Backman
DB USA Katie Sowers
PUNT RET USA Cassie Brick
KICK RET CAN Julie David
KICKER SWE Elina Holm
COACH USA John Konecki


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Your Swoon is gorgeous Megan and Krista's quilting is the frosting on the cake!ReplyDelete
Love love love those Amy butler prints! I recognized them right away...my swoon has ten blocks! Those last two are sure slow in coming! Merry Christmas...keep sharing the beauty!ReplyDelete
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I can't get enough swoons! I love them and love your quilt! Krista is a wonderful quilter, great quilt design for that quilt!ReplyDelete
It's beautiful! And Krista is my favorite quilter. she's quite genius actually!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I am always so inspired by your beautiful quilts. Have a wonderful Christmas!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful, Megan! I've got one of my own to make this year - I hope it turns out as well as yours!!ReplyDelete
I am so excited to see the finished product - it is unbelievable. Did they absolutely love it?!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, it's on my 2013 list!ReplyDelete
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Oh, your Swoon is lovely! I finished my Swoon for Christmas also - well the top anyway. Didn't have time to get it quilted before Christmas, but the top is done, and that's the hard part, right. I hope that mine turns out half as well once it's quilted. Can't wait. Meanwhile, congratulations on a lovely finish!ReplyDelete
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I agree with the comic. Seems hard to believe your ex doesn't know the score.
I hope you guys are able to work things out.
Yeah, it is BS on the ex's part, but you are doing the best you can in all this.
I think it's important to remember you will always be his dad. Even when he is pulling away from you. He will need you to be there when he is ready to return. Kids will test that way - they need to retreat and have it be safe to do so - then come back without being rejected for retreating in the first place. This starts around age two and can continue for a lifetime. :)
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Felix Jones is healthy enough to participate in practice again. He's just not in shape.
Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett was disappointed to announce that Jones failed his conditioning test to start camp. Jones is recovering from shoulder surgery, but Garrett didn't want to hear about excuses.
"I don't want to get into the reasons why any of those guys were not able to do it. The fact is, they didn't do it," Garrett said Monday. "We need to make sure they are physically ready to practice the way we want to practice before we put them out there."
Our man Ian Rapoport is on the scene and this is the extent of the conditioning test:
Linemen have to run 40 yards in six seconds. "Middle-sized guys" including running backs have to run 50 yards in seven seconds. Receivers and defensive backs have to run 60 yards in eight seconds.
The players have to two sets of 10 with rest in between. The other two players who failed: safety Brodney Pool and wideout Andre Holmes.
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Micah Grimes filed as a Board of Alderman candidate for Ward 2 Thursday, saying he wants to make a difference and bring change to his community.
Micah Grimes filed as a Board of Alderman candidate for Ward 2 Thursday, saying he wants to make a difference and bring change to his community.
Grimes, 30, of 2903 Mason Circle, said there are several issues he would like to address in Ward 2, the seat presently represented by Victor Taylor.
As a bail bondsman, Grimes said he has been able to network with many people in the community and knows most of the residents in Ward 2, many of whom encouraged him to run.
�I would like to see an increase in jobs,� Grimes said. �I would also like to work closely with the police community to see what I could do to help bring crime down. That might be ironic for a bail bondsman to say. But I would like to be more interactive to reduce crime.�
Grimes said, as a businessman, he wants to help get better control of the financial side of the city and provide more facilities for drug rehabilitation.
�As a bail bondsman, nine times out of 10 I have to post bond for someone who has committed a crime and those crimes usually stem from a need of jobs and because of drugs. I also am a mental health specialist and have some experience in job coaching. The more jobs we can get for individuals who are stuck in a rut will help the entire city.
�I�ve also been informed there are various housing projects in the works,� he said. �I want to see what can be done to bring more jobs in the community by people working on housing projects. That would bring more jobs in and increase our standard of living.�
Grimes said he plans to run a positive campaign, going door-to-door to get to know his possible future constituents.
�I�ve gotten a lot of positive feed back so far,� Grimes said. �I feel comfortable (about the race).�
Grimes, whose father is a bishop for the Undenominational Pentecostal Holiness Church in James City, served in the National Guard in New Bern and has a bachelor�s degree in criminal justice and criminology from Mount Olive College. He is the owner and operator of Grimes Bail Bonding and Notary Services at 1017 A Broad St.
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Our Big Nature Day on 27 May is a special kind of celebration and a brilliant day out for anyone who's interested in the natural world, whatever their age. It is the largest free event of its kind in the UK, and this year we've invited more than 50 nature groups from across the country to join us.
Get bug-faced and hatted for the Insect Parades led by the insect band performing on stilts at our nature festival. Select images to enlarge them
One of the big excitements on Sunday is sure to be the Insect Parade led by the colourful insect band from the Museum's Darwin Centre atrium. In the morning and at lunchtime, children can drop into workshops with the street theatre company Emergeny Exit Arts to make bug-themed hats and then follow the parades - scheduled for 13.00 and 15.30 - through the Museum wearing their creations. Face painters are at hand to help kids look their buggy best.
Like last year, there will be marquees on the Courtyard and this is where you'll find most of the visiting nature group displays. 'It's really exciting to welcome so many voluntary nature groups across the country to the Museum - what a fantastic chance for our visitors to meet so many wildlife experts in one place,' says Lucy Carter from the OPAL citizen science project. Popular stands are bound to be The London Wildlife Trust's stag beetles and the Bat Conservation Trust's where they will be investigating bat poo!
Worm charming sessions take place under the Courtyard trees and several nature talks will be held in the Museum's Attenborough Studio. A Busy Bee Puppet Show workshop will entertain the little ones in the morning.
Out in the Wildlife Garden you can get into pond-dipping, bug hunting, ladybird counting, leaf and nettle trailing, and more. We're interested in recording the species found in our garden, so scientists and volunteers will be around to help with finds and identification advice. We'll also be welcoming a group of cub scouts to the garden who are trying out their brand new Cub Scout Naturalist Activity Badge resource (the badge is pictured below).
Over on the West Lawn, look out for the Bee aware display in the marquee and the National Trust's 'shepherd's hut'.
And remember, this is the national Be Nice to Nettles Week, so mind where you tread.
Big Nature Day celebrates the UN International Day of Biological Diversity and OPAL's nature activities and citizen science projects.
More details about Big Nature Day.
Find out which nature groups will be at Big Nature Day
Enjoy the video clip below of last year's Big Nature Day