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Some finishing touches happened this week on one of the earliest projects I took on here, the downstairs bathroom renovation. Long planned, Mally Skok's gorgeous and utterly perfect fabric Nichola in Aqua/Sand on Canvas went up as a Roman shade on the window. I have long adored this fabric and in this space it reads like bits of coral and sea life.
There's not really anything left to do in this space – finishing touches aside. I still can't quite figure out where to put or hang the toilet paper.
The brass has all been patinating very well. I could not be more pleased with having chosen unlacquered brass and the exposed shower workings shine like jewelry through the glass doors.
The sink faucet is also looking great, although as I showed in my last post, the sink bowl not so much. I've been reading up on reglazing and porcelain home repair kits but I am still really unsure of what to do about this.
There is still a bit of room for finds – and certainly more sand dollars and shells – on the display shelves. With my iphone there was no way to get the upper ledge of kashigata in the photo, but the patterns in them look wonderful with Mally's fabric.
I do have one little marriage to make, between this Japanese print and vintage frame, and then its simply a matter of placement.
I think we can call this one finished, don't you?
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After months of posturing through 'take-it-or-leave-it' negotiating, absurd press conferences, a search for a podium, rumors of NHLPA decertification, a good ol' Canadian boy losing his mind, the filing of a lawsuit, and a bunch of other nonsense I've tried my damndest not to pay attention to, the aura of a 2013 NHL season seems closer than ever. While each side tries to squeak out everything they can bargain at the last minute, it seems that the DeLorean will indeed reach 88 mph before the point of no return. In proffering such optimism, I would like to speak briefly on one of issues that is going to change (I'll say that again: change) the NHL under the new collective bargaining agreement; that is, the structure of player contracts, and specifically, the proposed maximum player term lengths.
Famously deemed by Bill Daly as one of the apparent 'hills the owners will die on' only a few months after we saw the likes of Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Quick, Jordan Staal, Shea Weber, Tyler Myers, Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds, etc. sign either a multi-year UFA agreement or ink long-term extensions, it's looking like UFA contracts will be limited to a six-year maximum while players re-signing with their current clubs will be afforded an extra year.
Gone will be the nature and spirit of old CBA contracts with "cheat code" years added to reduce a player's cap hit, and here (until at least the next lockout) will be a maximum on how many years a player can sign for. With this in mind, an important question to ask is: who is going to benefit from term limits and who is going to lose upon their elimination?
Before we attempt to tackle this question, I would like to quote a passage from an article written by Brent Morris and run here on December 6. Wondering what avenues will be opened for the fans to return to the game they love, Brent spoke to why he loves professional sports and what brought him back to hockey after the 2005 lockout:
I realize part of my love of professional sports comes from the player transaction. The idea that anyone in the league could theoretically be on your favorite team tomorrow, and someone on your team can go elsewhere. The moment when you hear about a trade or free agency signing – 'Huh, I'd never considered him before.' What will things be like when that guy is here? What will it be like when so-and-so leaves in free agency? The glee when your club lands the guy everyone wanted, the gnashing of teeth when they overpaid him. College sports don't really have this angle, and I feel like that's part of why I was never interested in them – who wants to follow a sport where you lose your best players every year and you can't trade for better ones? Where's the angle?
Part of what brought me back after the 2005 lockout was the flurry of player movements. Marian Hossa and Dany Heatley were traded for one another. Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger changed teams. Paul Kariya went to Nashville. A lot of prominent NHLers were bought out via the NHL's amnesty program and ended up in strange uniforms.
The above paragraphs, especially as it relates to player transaction, are some of my favorite prose in quite some time; I suppose it's because Brent and I are cut from the same mold. Put simply, it has become inherent within my nature as a sports fan to believe my favorite franchises can be run more optimally. Perhaps this is a byproduct of growing up in the Philadelphia market, or just watching Bobby Clarke's brain cease to function before my very eyes.
Either way, Brent's statement that "player movement isn't going away" at the end of his piece means that we'll have plenty of moves to praise and curse before long. However, with the changed structure of player contracts, the basis for why we praise or curse these moves, i.e., a player's value to their team relative to their contract length and salary cap number, will no longer stem from the way we've seen NHL contracts develop since 2005.
In a salary cap system, there are obviously only so many ways a team can optimally allot their available funds to build a winning team. This is why we saw teams begin adding these extra years at the end of deals that players obviously had no intention of playing. A player's cap hit was calculated by dividing the contract's total value by its length, and fake years at the end of a deal allowed the GM to save space against the cap.
Another reason behind their emergence, a point made to me in talking with Eric T., was that GMs generally have short careers. They care about winning now, and about the first three years of a long-term contract much more than the final three. Why fret over a few fake years at the end of a 12-year contract? If you still have your job nine seasons later, you must be doing something right.
Ever the wizard, Ken Holland seemed to figure this out when he signed Henrik Zetterberg to a contract extension beginning in 2009-2010. Thanks our team overview, here's the breakdown of how that deal goes:
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Total Cap Hit: $6,083,333
Setting the model for many deals we've seen since, Zetterberg "earns" only $1,000,000 in the contract's final two years. The meat of the agreement is 10-years/$71M, or a $7.1M cap hit without the two cheat code years, and a $7.5167M cap hit without the age 38 season that reduces his previous year's salary by 52%. By structuring the deal this way, Holland gets an elite player and saves his team between $1.1 and $1.5M that can be spent elsewhere.
Now, let's say the proposed 7-year contract limit was in effect when Zetterberg re-signed. The longest Detroit could have locked him up was through his age 35 season, through 2016-2017. Even though the amount a player's salary can vary from year-to-year is still being negotiated, Zetterberg's contract probably would have looked very similar to the one we see if the final five years are chopped from his current deal.
In fact, under the new rules, Zetterberg could have very well ended up with more than the $53.15M he will have made after the spring of 2016. Reason being, as Eric also pointed out to me, the old system created a paradox where these extra years thrown on the end of contracts benefit the player in addition to the GM. The risk of injury (see: Pronger, Chris) or underperformance shifts from the player to the team, and the player is willing to give up money in the long-term for this luxury.
Under the new system, Zetterberg gives up a hair less than $20M ($18M of non-cheat code) guaranteed money when the final five years are removed from his current contract. If you're his agent, are you still going to push for $53M in those first seven years? The answer is obviously no, and it's going to lead to third contracts in the mold of Zetterberg's earning players more money over shorter periods.
As a result, the teams spending to the cap ceiling each year will no longer be able to get the most productive years of their stars and free-agent signings at discounted prices. The variance limits on salary should also prevent Pronger-like cheat codes for valuable 30-something players counting less against the cap. Third contracts will increase upwards of 1-2 lesser players' equivalent salary, meaning that GMs will have to get more creative in deciding where to allot the extra cash and who to keep on the roster.
On the flip side, teams in the middle of the pack and below like Nashville probably couldn't afford Ryan Suter at 13-years/$98M. Under new rules, it's hard to see him making more than the $71M he's owed through the first seven years of his deal, and they've made the commitment (for now) to pay Shea Weber more than that during the matched contract only Paul Holmgren could imagine. If similar contracts end up in the neighborhood of 7/$65, 6/$56, etc., teams in the bottom third of salary payroll may end up being able to land more premier players.
We've already seen Carolina commit $60M to Jordan Staal this offseason, and I expect similar trends to continue under the new CBA. Even though that was a 10-year deal, under new rules they'd give him 7/$56 in a heartbeat. Perhaps the same goes for teams like Anaheim or Dallas who don't have to put up $70+ million for a top-tier player anymore.
Big-spending teams are going to have to use their money more carefully since better players will cost more of it, and small-spending teams are going to have the chance to reduce their unused cash. I think this will be good for the league in general, and GMs like Paul Holmgren will need to figure out pretty quick that locking in players after career-high shooting percentages shouldn't be the norm if they want to have a job when those deals expire.
At the end of the day, this new style of contracts leads to a changed perception of who a GM should sign and why they should sign them. With premier players costing more against the cap, having them will create opportunity costs elsewhere. Signing Scott Gomez and watching him fall off a cliff after three years will hurt even more, and it will drive mad those like Brent and I. Without their adapting quickly, the bigger teams will suffer, smaller teams will benefit, and many GMs will entertain.
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The cake gets its name from the traditional adding of yellow food colouring to the buttercream. As both sponge and buttercream are naturally a golden hue I left the colouring out.
The sponges are beautiful in themselves; here they are cooling from the oven:
This is an old-fashioned cake although I always think it a little ridiculous to talk about cakes in terms of fashion. What I mean by "old fashioned" is that you can imagine it on a tea table at any point in history being enjoyed alongside a cup of tea.
I know it's wrong to laugh at cake, but whenever a sponge comes out of the oven with its paper collar on I can't help but think it looks like those collars that are put on poorly dogs to stop them biting their stitches! See what I mean?
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
225g caster sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
225g self raising flour
For the buttercream:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
200g icing sugar
3 drops yellow colouring (optional)
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
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- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla along with the flour. Adding the eggs and flour gradually at the same time stops the mix from curdling.
- Spoon the mixture into the tins and level the surfaces.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Mine took 35 minutes.
- Leave to cool in the tins before turning out onto a wire rack and letting cool completely.
- For the icing beat together the butter and vanilla until pale and smooth.
- Beat in the icing sugar and food colouring (if using). Beat until totally smooth.
- Sandwich the cakes with just over half the buttercream, then spread the rest on top of the cake.
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Greetings from Vegas!!!
Posted 09 August 2008 - 07:50 PM
Just wanted to say "hello" for the first time from Las Vegas and introduce myself!
I've been an underwater enthusiast from the womb...so much so that I decided to major in Marine Biology, give the public aquarium circuit a go for about a decade as a senior aquarist/aquarium curator, and finally now as a Master SCUBA Diver Trainer for PADI. I LOVE TEACHING folks about the marine environment and sharing with them the true wonders that lie beneath what covers three quarters of our planet!
Now here at Wetpixel, the teacher becomes the student.
In all my years of being around the water I'm getting a late start into digital UW photography. But what I can tell you is that I have a passion for it and that I will become like a sponge and soak up as much info as possible on the subject. In fact, that's where I'm counting on all of you for more of same great advice I've already seen here so far.
So I wanted to stop by and say "hi" before embarking on this wonderful journey!
Nice to meet all of you in advance!
Posted 09 August 2008 - 08:00 PM
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Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:49 AM
I think people normally refer to Wetpixel folk as "Wetpixelites", but I like Wetpixie better.
Posted 10 August 2008 - 06:37 AM
Hi Kristy ... great introduction, I have got to ask though ... with a story like that how do you end up in the Desert ?
Posted 10 August 2008 - 09:55 AM
....and to answer your question Giles, I'm a southern girl transplant from NC and came out to the 'hair-dryer' desert heat of Vegas about 2 days prior to 9/11 for aquarist work at the "southernmost casino on the strip with large sharks." Survived that round of casino layoffs; got passed over during two more rounds of layoffs over the next two years; then they decided to downsized their senior management staff....guess who was least in seniority???
I felt like a fish out of water (no pun intended ), so what to do? How does one take lemons and make lemonade?
Well, I had been diving since 1987, so I decided to get back to my earliest roots of my love for sea exploration and began my journey into teaching SCUBA. Within a year or so, I earned my MSDT with PADI, DAN EFR Instr, and can teach the majority of both agencies specialties. I've introduced 347 people into the sport within the past couple of years. (And yeah, I found all these divers, dying of thirst in the desert....the thirst for underwater adventure!) I'm proud to say, many of whom have gone on to the professional level themselves. Plus, on a fun SCUBA side note, I can throw one hell of good over/under Halloween party! (I tend to do things with passion! ).
Anyway, I'd given so much of myself (which I love to do) to make others happy in the past few years, that I decided to take a break (for me) and not put off doing something I've always wanted to be involved in any longer....(UWP)! Life is way too short NOT to live it fully, you know?
So, here I am...a "wetpixie" in the desert....longing for the sea with camera in hand, and just enough beginning info to be dangerous, LOL! I'm TOTALLY looking forward to participating in this AWESOME website and getting involved with an OUTSTANDING group of people!
Take care all,
Posted 10 August 2008 - 10:04 AM
Posted 10 August 2008 - 11:29 AM
Hi there Kristy,
Plus, on a fun SCUBA side note, I can throw one hell of good over/under Halloween party! (I tend to do things with passion! ).
A partier too, sounds great... More party people on Wetpixel the better I say!
Good luck with the photography, look forward to seeing some of your photo's on Wetpixel soon!
Edited by Graham Abbott, 10 August 2008 - 11:31 AM.
Posted 10 August 2008 - 11:33 AM
I think people normally refer to Wetpixel folk as "Wetpixelites", but I like Wetpixie better.
I prefer wetpixelian..... maybe we should put it to a vote!!
Welcome Kristy...the passion for your sport runs deep on this thread..enjoy the journey.
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Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:06 PM
Let me set the scene:
Lake Mohave (dusk/night) shore diving (muck divesite); a sunken van on its side; a sunken schoolbus; 50 divers; 25 pumpkins; a impromtu sunken graveyard complete with headstones, all sorts of scary props along our "underwater haunted dive trail'; pumpkin carving contest above and below the surface for non-divers too, TONS of food, beer, bonfires, and halloween theme music. It was a great time and people drove almost 2hrs from Las Vegas just to attend this party for one night! And it was free to them, to show our appreciation to all of our diving students, and their families.
Sorry the pics aren't high quality, but you get the idea....Enjoy!
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:16 PM
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:19 PM
Great Halloween pictures - what fun.
I am sure that if you put it together as a package you could sell "Spooky Diver" as a PADI speciality course - one class on the background of Halloween and its meaning, followed by 2 "Spooky Dives" featuring an underwater bone hunt.
(Did you know that there is already a "Bunny Diver Specialty" put together for Easter, you have to dive dressed in bunny costumes, and take part in an underwater egg hunt)
BTW - I too like the unofficial "Wetpixie" tag
Edited by Halabriel, 10 August 2008 - 02:21 PM.
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:28 PM
I think I saw a guy who dresses up like an Easter bunny in Florida, maybe he teaches it. We tried to do an Easter Egg Hunt once but not so many folks turned out for it. However, we did host an Underwater Turkey Hunt at Thanksgiving that was pretty cool...hey, maybe we should put together a PADI specialty for UNDERWATER DIVE TURKEY!
Posted 11 August 2008 - 01:49 AM
Great party photos looked like a real gas! Enjoy your UW photographic journey
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Posted 11 August 2008 - 09:08 AM
I definitely envy your 'backyard' for practicing UW pics!!! Good luck to you too. Keep in touch and we'll learn together Jim!
Take care,
PS-love the underwater photographer gif...that's AWESOME!
Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:40 PM
No way...a Bunny Diver Specialty?!? OMG that's too funny!
I think I saw a guy who dresses up like an Easter bunny in Florida, maybe he teaches it. We tried to do an Easter Egg Hunt once but not so many folks turned out for it. However, we did host an Underwater Turkey Hunt at Thanksgiving that was pretty cool...hey, maybe we should put together a PADI specialty for UNDERWATER DIVE TURKEY!
This is the guy
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I can't find the original article about "Bunny Diver" it was a PADI distinctive Specialty, advertised in Sport Diver UK about 8 years back.
Posted 11 August 2008 - 01:04 PM
Now get that camera into a housing and start frying some fish scales!
Posted 11 August 2008 - 04:25 PM
And Mark-"frying some fish scales"-I love it! Will do! In Lake Mead, there are some pretty big carp....does that count? hee hee
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The late Kim Jong-Il was a notorious film fanatic, but did you know that in the 70s he kidnapped a movie director called Shin Sang-ok, brought him to North Korea and forced him to make feature films? The most successful of these films is Pulgasari from 1985, a Godzilla-inspired monster movie-cum-allegory for capitalism run wild.
I was unaware of this incredible story until details of Kim's life started emerging after the announcement of his death on Monday, but in 2003 Shin Sang-ok spoke to the Guardian about his ordeal:
In 1978, he fell foul of the frequently repressive government of General Park Chung Hee [South Korea], who closed his studio. After making at least 60 movies in 20 years, Shin's career appeared to be over.
What followed, according to Kingdom of Kim, Shin's memoir, was an experience that revived his career in an unbelievable way. Shin and his wife were kidnapped by North Korea's despot-in-training, Kim Jong-il, who sought to create a film industry that would allow him to sway a world audience to the righteousness of the Korea Workers' Party. Shin would be his propagandist, Choi his star.
Shin's story is as fantastical as many of his movies. He writes of being caught trying to escape, and spending four years in an all-male prison camp as a result, left to assume that his wife was dead.
Then, just as suddenly, he was brought into the inner sanctum of Kim Jong-il, the would-be successor to his father, Kim Il-sung, who ruled the country for nearly 50 years. Shin's talents then officially fell to the service of North Korea, and he made seven movies before he and his wife made a breathtaking escape in Vienna in 1986.
That entire piece is well worth reading, it's fascinating! For those of you wondering what Pulgasari is like, here is the full, 94 minute film (in 9 parts, with English subtitles.) The story of a doll made of rice that comes alive after contact with human blood, and feasts on raw metal, the production values actually aren't that bad - it's certainly not the worst obscure B-movie I have ever seen (although admittedly I didn't make it to the end.) But we will let you decide for yourselves, dear readers, whether Pulgasari is the crowning achievement of the Supreme Leader's legacy:
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Made it easy for the rookie QB with good protection, and only 2 reads. All he had to do was stare down Golden till Rice got open. Not bad.
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"Dredd," also known under certain circumstances as "Dredd 3D," is one of several films last year that seemed "better than they had any right to be." This semi-compliment most frequently applies to movies — particularly remakes, gratuitous sequels, adaptations of beloved or barely remembered TV shows — that are really not that bad.
"Dredd 3D" resurrected the character that Sylvester Stallone had buried in 1995; the less-well-known Karl Urban takes over the lead, to much better effect. The film is all rat-a-tat guns and explosives and fireballs — a lot of mayhem and noise — quite well-done mayhem and noise, and it has no pretense to anything more.
The new Blu-ray includes a 3D version, which I am not equipped to view. But the 2D rendering on the same disc looks very good, and frankly the loss of the depth of one dimension is, if anything, an improvement.
There are about 40 minutes of so-so extras: a history of the character from its comic-book origins, and a look at the visual-effects work, each about 15 minutes long; and a few very short additional clips about the costume design, the sets, and the pros and cons of shooting in 3D.
"Dredd" (Lionsgate Home Entertainment, 3D Blu-ray/Blu-ray, $39.99; DVD, $29.98)
ANDY KLEIN is the film critic for Marquee. He can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).


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From the UMU website…
ALLIANCE, Ohio — Randye Kaye, author of Ben Behind His Voice: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope, discussed mental health awareness on Wednesday, October 3 at the University of Mount Union.
Kaye's lecture was presented by Mount Union's Department of Psychology.
Many times people only hear of extreme cases of schizophrenia and automatically associate schizophrenia with murderers, but Kaye's book shines a light on those who live with schizophrenia and live successful lives. Kaye hopes to replace stigma with respect and empathy and shed a light on families becoming partners. Kaye shared that one in four families struggle with mental illness in a loved one.
According to Kaye, families go through trauma and live through stages of acceptance. Through sharing Ben's story, she outlined the steps she took and when she finally realized he had a serious mental illness. Kaye recommended NAMI, National Alliance of Mental Illness, for families to get information. That was where Kaye received education about her son and what steps to take to towards his recovery.
"Recovery is not just medication," Kaye stated.
Kaye articulated that families are a large part in recovery and what they need when they are faced with mental illness through the acronym, S.E.A.R.C.H. SEARCH stands for support, education, acceptance, resilience, communication skills and hope and humor.
Kaye encouraged the audience to give hope to families and encouraged the families who are facing a similar story to be there for their loved one.


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Archaeogeneticist pinpoints Indian population origins using today's populace
In addition to its vast patchwork of languages, cultures and religions, the Indian Subcontinent also harbours huge genetic diversity. Where did its peoples originate? This is an area of huge controversy among scholars and scientists. A University of Huddersfield PhD student is lead author of an article that tries to answer the question using genetic evidence.
|Researchers have identified the origins of Indian populations comprising migrating humans from Africa,
Iran and Central Asia over a period of 50,000 years [Credit: University of Huddersfield]
They show that some genetic lineages in South Asia are very ancient. The earliest populations were hunter-gatherers who arrived from Africa, where modern humans arose, more than 50,000 years ago. But further waves of settlement came from the direction of Iran, after the last Ice Age ended 10-20,000 years ago, and with the spread of early farming.
These ancient signatures are most clearly seen in the mitochondrial DNA, which tracks the female line of descent. But Y-chromosome variation, which tracks the male line, is very different. Here the major signatures are much more recent. Most controversially, there is a strong signal of immigration from Central Asia, less than 5,000 years ago.
This looks like a sign of the arrival of the first Indo-European speakers, who arose amongst the Bronze Age peoples of the grasslands north of the Caucasus, between the Black and Caspian Seas. They were male-dominated, mobile pastoralists who had domesticated the horse -- and spoke what ultimately became Sanskrit, the language of classical Hinduism -- which more than 200 years ago linguists showed is ultimately related to classical Greek and Latin.
Migrations from the same source also shaped the settlement of Europe and its languages, and this has been the subject of most recent research, said Marina Silva. She has tried to tip the balance back towards India, and her findings are discussed in the article titled A genetic chronology for the Indian Subcontinent points to heavily sex-biased dispersals. It appears in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Source: University of Huddersfield [May 08, 2017]
Labels Anthropology, Asia, Genetics, India, South Asia


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Letters: Labor Activism Against the Wars
By Michael Eisenscher, U.S. Labor Against the War
Thank you for acknowledging the role that USLAW has played in moving the AFL-CIO to its present position on the wars and military spending. We have been quietly working on this for quite a while. We're not done yet.
I found the choice of terms used by the federation of particular interest and import. "Militaristic foreign policy" is not a phrase one expects to roll off the tongues of federation officials. Just as the 2005 resolution opened up many new possibilities for this work in the labor movement, we are hopeful that this development will also give us greater access and influence in the internal discourse taking place in many unions.
Opposition to the wars and demands for a shift in funding priorities are important advances, but those could well be short-lived unless we are able to press the conversation beyond those limits to the challenge of what it will take to convert to a peace economy. The huge number of workers who owe their livelihoods to the military-industrial-security complex provides a material base for imperialism in the working class. We need to find ways to reopen the work that (Seymour) Melman started and get people looking at what it will take to make that kind of shift - how to protect the interests of workers and communities now dependent on military contracts from bearing the burden of a transition - and how to engage them in the process so that they become agents rather than victims of change.
What is new and deserves to receive broad recognition is the development in the Plumbers' union. Fred Hirsch, a retired member of the San Jose local (393), is Liaison from the South Bay Labor Council to USLAW. His international solidarity work spans many decades and he is achieving near folk-hero standing in the area labor movement. He continues to be active in his union and was elected a delegate to the UA's convention last week in Las Vegas. He moved two resolutions (one specifically on the wars and the other on defense of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid with references to war spending) through his local to the convention. I sent those to you separately. Both were adopted without any organized opposition or dissenting speakers.
The antiwar resolution was modeled after the resolution adopted by the National Conference of Mayors. By the standards of most antiwar activists it would be seen as fairly weak. But when viewed in perspective against the history of the UA as George Meany's union, steeped in anticommunism, jingoism and unquestioning (even enthusiastic) support of U.S. foreign policy, this development represents an extraordinary shift of tectonic proportions.
Undoubtedly the economic crisis and failure of the Obama administration to pull the economy out of its deep recession is a huge factor affecting how workers, whether they be plumbers or pot washers, view and understand their declining fortunes. But that alone does not, in my view, provide an adequate explanation. To properly understand why one of the most conservative unions in the nation would take such a step, we must consider the context - near depression levels of unemployment in the construction trades, a decade of war, the failure of those wars to achieve their stated objectives and their costs (both human and financial), four decades of almost unbroken decline in the living standards of most workers, structural changes in employment (casualization, off-shoring, loss of fringe benefits, etc.), capital flight, the abandonment by the nation's largest corporations of the implicit postwar social contract that prevailed from 1946 until 1973, and the consequent impact that has had on organized labor. And that is by no means an exhaustive list of factors.
Social consciousness almost always lags social reality. What we are seeing now, in the UA, in Wisconsin, at Verizon, in changes within the AFL-CIO and its affiliates, is consciousness beginning to catch up with reality.
How this all will play out remains very much uncertain. There is no guarantee that these changes will become deeply rooted in the rigid institutions and persistent business union culture of most unions. How this plays out will very much be determined by how successfully the left and progressive forces in the labor movement and more generally in society come to recognize openings and learn how to take advantage of them to nurture and encourage these shifts so that they do take root.
Capital has relied on the shock doctrine to impose its will and to disorient and defeat any sources of opposition to the changes it seeks to impose. But those same shocks that are so unsettling, disorienting, and immobilizing also create opportunities for dramatic change over relatively short periods of time when the anger and energy they unleash is combined with the right kind of leadership and organizing strategies.
This is a case of the script being written as the play is already being staged. The acts to come (and final act, if there is one) have yet to be written. The challenge is to learn how to get much larger numbers of working people to become play writes rather than bit actors in the unfolding drama.
Yours in solidarity,
Michael Eisenscher
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Hi Dr Dick,
Happy (belated) New Year! I have two questions for you:
1. I am taking a long time to cum when I'm given a blowjob or hand job and eventually I need to stroke off on my own (for a pretty long time as well). However, I cum pretty quickly when I masturbate while watching porn. Am I masturbating to porn too much? I have also masturbated to porn for years before I started having sex recently (I'm not sure whether this could be a reason as well).
2. You mention that we shouldn't use soup while cleaning our anus. Why is that so? I just read about douching but I have been cleaning my anus with warm water, soap, and finger. Is that ok?
Thanks in advance! — Ken
Can't hardly say if you are masturbating to porn too much. I mean, what is too much anyway? And since you don't go into detail; I'll let that issue rest.
What I can tell you is that partnered sex, regardless of the activity (blowjobs, hand jobs or full-on fucking) is a whole lot different than solo sex (with or without porn). I can also assure you that your body has become sensitized to your particular grip and stroke over the years of you pullin your own pud. Another person's grip and stroke (pussy or asshole) will rarely satisfy in the same efficient manner. This is not a bad thing, necessarily, but you do have to keep that in mind. And perhaps your sexual response will change with time as you enjoy more and varied partnered sex.
In terms of you taking too long (whatever that means) to cum when you are with a partner, maybe you need to quit trying so hard to get off and lay back and enjoy the sensations you're getting from your partner. And here's a tip; use your biggest sex organ, your brain, to replay some of that hot porn action in your head while you are gettin head. That will surely hasten things along, if ya know what I mean.
In terms of your next question about keeping your hole clean; you may have misunderstood previous comments I've made about anal douching. Soap and water is the preferred method of keeping the outside of your ass clean. And while you're scrubbin' your crack, you could use your fingertip to clean out your rosebud. But don't force soap beyond your sphincter. You have delicate membranes in your rectum that will be irritated by the soap, even a mild soap.
If you need to douche, I suggest a solution of a few drops of lemon juice in warm water. Some men prefer the convenience of a shower bidet.
Name: Mike P
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Los Angeles
My girlfriend needs to watch lesbian porn to get off and sometimes kicks me out of the bedroom to masturbate by herself. Initially I was turned on by her desire to watch porn — but now — it's become a blockage. She always needs porn. I am frustrated and to make things worse — she has started abusing me through financial manipulation. I have to pay her rent — pay for her food, pay everything — and she never gives me nookie.
Should I leave this woman?
Time to wake up, fella! Your "girlfriend" — and I use that term very loosely — is decidedly not YOUR girlfriend, and possibly not any man's girlfriend. I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and say; I think your "girlfriend" is a certifiable, died-in-the wool, muff-divin', coochie-lovin' lesbiterian. All that remains for her to do, to make the picture perfectly clear…even for you, is to show up one day in a mullet and a flannel shirt. Holy cow, Mike, how is it that you are missing the obvious?
Listen, bub, you're excess baggage. Your "friend" keeps you around for comic relief…oh and to foot the bill.
Should you leave this woman; you ask. Honey, she's beaten you to the punch on that one. She's long gone and done left you way behind, at least emotionally and sexually. All you need to do is find the door, say good-bye to this sorry situation and make a hasty exit.
Name: Michelle
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Location: Canada
Tips to help when the man you're sleeping with has a small penis.
Tips? No pun intended, I hope.
Ok, here goes — Tip #1, grin and bear it. Tip #2, find a guy with more pork. Tip #3, get a dildo. Tip #4, find a sexual position, like doggie style, that will make the most of every little bit of pecker the poor guy's got. Tip #5, remember it ain't always da meat, but it is always da motion.
Ok, seriously I do have a couple of suggestions beyond the flippant ones I just mentioned. For example, Tip #3 still stands. Find yourself a dildo, one that your partner can wield when he's around. If you introduce the concept in a positive way, you may find that Mr. Mini-meat will go for it big time. You see, most guys with small endowments already know they may have a problem satisfying some women (or men for that matter). But most guys, regardless of cock size, are always interested in pleasuring their partner, even when it's not with their own magic wand.
May I suggest that you check out the swell array of dildos available at Dr Dick's Stockroom? You'll find a link to this treasure trove on the top of this page. Hey, you may even want to shop online together. You may be surprised at the one your guy picks out for you.
While you lovebirds are checking out the dildo section at Dr Dick's Stockroom, take a moment to search for a Cyberskin Penis Extension.
You're gonna love this. The new Cyberskin line of products represents a significant advance in pecker extensions that feel like the real thing. The rubber on the surface of this extension feels hauntingly like human skin. But the inside part of the (1.5″ or 3″) extension is much firmer. It is soft and supple on the surface, but hard and rigid inside. Mmmm, hard and rigid!
Visually, the shape, texture, and coloration of these extensions are designed to create a realistic effect as well. They look realistic and they feel realistic.
There's a trick to putting on one of these puppies, don't 'cha know. You roll up the sleeve until it's all the way up around the extension. Then place it against the head of your guy's stiff dick. Roll the bugger down snugly around his unit, sealing his peanut inside the sleeve. A partial seal will form, helping keep the extension on during the fuck-fest.
Wearing this extension will add both length and thickness to his precious willie. It will of course reduce the sensation in his cock, but that's not always bad thing. Guys with a short fuse may find the decrease in stimulation an aid to controlling his ejaculation, while he's giving more and longer pleasure to his partner. And a lot of guys love the feeling of having their cock sealed inside the rubbery sleeve. Mmmm, sealed inside rubbery sleeve!
Name: Jack
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Location: Milwaukee
I've been dating this guy for over a year. He is the love of my life. I love him so much, but he treats me like shit. I met him on vacation in Florida. He's 26 a stunning, 6'3" 200lbs, blond surfer Adonis. And excuse me for being so graphic; he has the biggest dick I'd ever seen. The first time we had sex I saw stars. He filled me up like no other person has.
When I got home we exchanged emails nearly every day and even had some hot phone sex a couple of times. He was down on his luck, because he lost his barista job for coming to work stoned too many times. I know I shouldn't have, but I invited him to come live with me. I flew him up, but I told him that this wouldn't be a free ride, he'd have to stop smoking so much dope and get a job and he agreed.
The sex was fantastic for the first couple of months, but once he established himself as a star at the gym he found his own friends and now I don't see too much of him. He eats my food and drinks my liquor and drives my car. I pay for his cloths and gym membership. He has yet to find a job.
I know I should just end it, but I love him and I would really miss the sex. My friends ridicule me for thinking he loves me as much as I love him. They tell me they know he sees other guys. I'm so turned around I don't know what to do.
Like my momma always used to say: if it's got wheels or a dick, you know you're gonna have problems with it. And I would add, if it's got big wheels or a big dick you know you're gonna have BIG problems with it.
Before we turn our attention to your no good boyfriend, let me make a few quick observations about you. You're a freakin' mess, girlfriend! I mean really, you've broken all the cardinal rules about dating a hustler. I know, I can hear you now…oh no Dr Dick, he's not a hustler; he's a good kid who's just down on his luck and I'm just trying to help. Bullshit!
Ya see, that's the first cardinal rule of dating a hustler is never lose sight of the fact that he's a hustler and you're his john. Don't get me wrong; I have the deepest admiration for hustlers and their johns. It's just that this arrangement only works if everyone is clear about the ground rules. And here are the ground rules — rich older gentleman connects with needy younger hunky stud for mutual benefit. Rich older gentleman keeps needy younger hunky stud in room and board, booze, cloths, car, gym membership and the like; and needy younger hunky stud buggers rich older gentleman senseless with his big blond surfer-boy dick. Get it? Got it? Good!
Second cardinal rule — what happens on vacation should stay on vacation. Vacation sex, as wonderful and delicious as it may be, does not transplant very well to your non-vacation life. You're more likely to have success transplanting a delicate tropical orchid to your Milwaukee backyard than transplanting a vacation hustler fuck to your work-a-day world back home.
Third cardinal rule —don't try to gloss a perfectly fine, fully functional and even an affectionate hustler/john relationship with talk of love. It's unnecessary, unseemly and untrue. It's lust, it's limerence, it's love sickness, whatever…it's just not love. Because LOVE don't ever make you feel as bad as you're feelin'. Probably your friends would have less difficulty with your mooning over this guy if you were more honest about the nature of this relationship. They wouldn't be rubbing your face in the evidence that surfer-boy is pluggin' other dudes.
Fourth cardinal rule — a size queen, like you Jack, should admit that you are enamored with the guy hose and how it fills you up plain and simple. To pretend that you would string yourself out like this for a guy with tiny meat is just that — pretense. Listen, there's nothin' wrong with bein' a size queen, it's the dishonesty I object to.
How is this young fella ever supposed to respect you when you don't respect for yourself? He probably had you pegged (no pun intended) back on the beach in the sunshine state. He knows you will tolerate his misbehavior, which of course gives him permission to do whatever he feels like doing whenever he feel like doing it. And now he don't even have to give up the occasional mercy fuck any more, even though that was surely part of the deal at the get go, right?
So the waif has yet to find a job after a year, huh? Why is that not surprising? But even a hustler needs his mad money, besides what is doled out to him by his long-suffering john. I'd be willing to guess Mr. surfer dude is turning tricks to keep himself in weed and other essentials.
Thing is, this fellow probably would have treated you better if you would have just stuck to the hustler/john script. Ya see, kids like this need structure. He may have looked to you for this at one time, but when he realized that he had you cock-whipped, the teachable moment evaporated. This lad is probably like most other boys with big dicks. They learn early on that their cock gives them enormous power, because it is the object of desire for so many. He soon discovered that you were no different than all the other men (and some women) in his life — only interested in owning a piece of his sizeable endowment. And so he turned the tables on you. You can hardly fault the guy. You try to manipulate him with your money. He outwits you and manipulates you with his johnson.
If you're really serious about reining in the little monkey, you'd better come up with a clear, unambiguous message about what you will and will not tolerate. And it better be something more than "I expect you to bone my scrawny middle-aged ass on occasion." Because, until you do, he will roam wherever and whenever he wants.
There are many root causes for his behavior, just like there are many root causes for your behavior. But since I'm talking to you, not him, I suggest that you get to the bottom of all of this by investing a good deal of time and energy with a competent sex-positive therapist. There's one thing I can say for certain, if the status quo continues your resentment will boil over one day and there will be violence, the kind of violence that you may not think yourself capable of now. But violence there will be; you can bank on it!
Is there enough goodwill between the two of you to resolve this unfortunate situation amicably? Who knows! If I had to guess, I'd say there was a slim to no chance for that. If that's the case, I advise you pack him up and put him on the next plane south. And no more relationships for you, particularly with unemployed young men with massive schlongs, till you get your head screwed on tighter.
Good Luck ya'll


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Malaysia: Appointment of women as Syariah Court judges
Source:Sisters in Islam
Sisters in Islam (SIS) welcomes the decision of the government to appoint women to serve as judges in the Syariah courts.
SIS notes that, 'With the increase in the number of women graduates qualified in the areas of Islamic law and jurisprudence from various universities, both within the country as well as from abroad, and the increase in the number of women becoming syarie lawyers, professors, lecturers, officers and professionals in syariah related areas, we believe that there is now a sufficient number of qualified women candidates who may be considered for appointment as syariah court judges.'
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Macbeth (2010)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Janet Fullerlove played a Witch in the 2010 production of Macbeth.
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In her final interview, Janet Fullerlove (Witch) talks about Macbeth in performance, from the opening night to press night and beyond.
This week, Janet Fullerlove (Witch) is in technical rehearsals, and talks about the experience of putting the play onto the stage, wearing costume for the first time and rehearsing the jig.
In her third blog post, Janet Fullerlove (Witch) discusses Macbeth's second meeting with the witches, working with the production's choreographer, Javier de Frutos, and the role of music in the production.
In this second interview, Janet Fullerlove (Witch) talks about the back-stories of the witches, their first scene and the meeting with Macbeth upon the heath.
Janet Fullerlove (Witch) talks to Adopt An Actor about the 2010 production of Macbeth. In this first interview, she discusses her experience of Shakespeare at school, how she became an actor, her initial impressions of the play and the first day of rehearsals.


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Alderberry Hill for a very useful list of ideas to make your life easier, including the one in the picture of hulling strawberries with a straw. Why didn't I think of that? Learn how to disguise scratches in furniture, clean off crayon marks on computer/tv screens, and much more!
Sew Can Do has a great thorough step-by-step tutorial for how to make one!
Scout's Stitches did it.
Inspired By Family Magazine.
Cation Designs. Check out the original dress pattern and the simple additions there.
Pressed Down, Shaken Together.
Lady Behind the Curtain, and try her cinnamon roll waffles with cream cheese syrup too.
Nifty Thrifty Things!
Will Cook for Smiles, and try her pork tamales too.
Cooking with K, and try her mud hen bars as well.
South Bay Studio says this is the best gingerbread recipe she's ever tried, so I guess we'll have to try them for ourselves to find out. Of course, being an artist and all, the frosting colors and outfits are beautiful.
More recipes:
- Pumpkin baked oatmeal, by Lady with the Red Rocker
- Sweet potato pie with pecan topping and Bierocks from scratch, by Scout's Stitches
- Chocolate ganache tartlets, by Moogie & Pap
- Florentine quiche, by A Pinch of Joy
- Lemon bark, by Moments with the Montano's
- Maple muffins, Meatball and rice skillet, and Nutella truffles, by Talking Dollars and Cents
- Cupcake cakeballs, by The Kurtz Corner
- French toast muffins, by Natural-Nurturer
- Sour cream blueberry muffins, by Chef Not Included
- Healthy waldorf salad, by 5 Minutes Just for Me
- Frosty faces, by The Seven Years Cottage
- Oatmeal peanut butter cookies, by Homegrown Beanes
- Valentine pretzels, by Alderberry Hill
- Ham and vegetable crockpot soup, by Inspired by Family Magazine
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Hudson Valley law enforcement agencies are encouraging homeowners to develop a "9 p.m. Routine" in an effort to curtail crime in the area.
Following a national trend, police departments in the Hudson Valley have taken to social media to encourage homeowners to ensure their cars and homes are locked, with valuables secure and out of sight.
According to police in Haverstraw, many larcenies from vehicles occur when they are left unlocked or valuables are left in open view, such as purses on the front seat.
"In our busy lives, sometimes all we need is a friendly reminder," they noted when announcing their participation in the '9 p.m. Routine.' "So can you please help us spread the word by sharing our post so we can prevent as much crime as possible."
In Ossining, the police officials advised homeowners to leave outside lights on, as well-lit areas are less conducive to criminal behavior. They began promoting their "9 p.m. Routine" late in September after a series of unlocked cars were ransacked.
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Head women's tennis coach Michaela Gorman enters her 14th season with the Charlotte 49ers in 2016-17. She is currently tied for the third-longest tenure of any current Niners head coach.
Gorman has been a steady leader for Charlotte since taking over prior to the 2003-04 campaign, guiding the program to double-digit dual match victories in 10 of her 13 years, including a best of 16 three times (2006, 2009, 2012). Her 13 seasons and 154 wins with the 49ers trail only the legendary Penny Brawley in school history.
Gorman's career record stands at 154-125, placing her tops among Niners head women's tennis coaches with a .552 winning percentage. Triumph No. 150 for Gorman happened last spring, as the 49ers earned a home victory over Campbell April 6 to begin a five-match win streak to conclude the regular season. Her 100th career triumph came at the conclusion of the 2011 fall season.
Seven of the program's Top 10 all-time singles wins leaders have played under Gorman's watch, including career leader Kathy Robey (78) and second-place Ashleigh Murray (74). Natsuko Takayanagi, who graduated in 2015, concluded her career tied for third with 69 triumphs. More impressively, eight of the Top 10 for doubles victories have competed during the last decade with Murray leading with way with 84 triumphs.
Gorman has developed 53 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar Athletes, 24 Atlantic 10 Players of the Week, 21 All-Atlantic 10 selections, six All-Atlantic 10 Academic Team honorees, an Atlantic 10 Rookie Performer of the Year, four All-Conference USA Team recipients, three All-Conference USA Academic Team picks, two Conference USA Athletes of the Week and a CoSIDA Academic All-District Team choice during her Charlotte tenure.
Boosting the team's success in the classroom was a 3.68 cumulative grade-point average in the Spring 2014 term, the highest on-record for any program in school history. Five of the eight players garnered a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester. Overall, the women's tennis program earned Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition honors from the NCAA for six-straight years from 2009-14, the longest consecutive streak of any Charlotte athletic team during that span, with perfect 1000 scores.
Her career flourished from the start, as the 49ers posted four-straight winning seasons to open her tenure. It was the longest such streak for the program since a school-record eight-year stretch from 1984-85 through 1991-92. Gorman's three 16-win campaigns are just one shy of the four 16-plus overall years the program had experienced prior to her hiring.
This past spring Charlotte made a late push, with five straight victories to close the regular season, to enter the Conference USA Championships with a winning record. The Niners squared off against three national-ranked opponents and posted a 6-2 record on their home courts, the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex.
Junior Macy Vonderschmidt collected her third-straight All-Conference USA Team recognition, becoming one of only four players in program history to be named to three postseason all-league squads and the only one of the quartet to receive the honors from Conference USA. Only one other player in school history, Ana Spivakovsky, started her run like Vonderschmidt as a freshman.
Rookie Tai Martin joined Vonderschmidt on the postseason All-Conference USA Team, becoming only the fifth freshman in school history to garner the accolade and the first since Vonderschmidt (2014). She played at No. 1 and No. 2 singles all spring, as well as helping to form the top doubles pairing with junior Victoria Pahlett. With Vonderschmidt and Martin both collecting their awards last spring, it marked the first time during the program's tenure in Conference USA (1996-2005; 2014-present) in which multiple players were selected to the postseason all-league teams.
In 2014-15, Gorman orchestrated a 14-10 campaign against arguably the toughest schedule in school history, with a program-record five nationally-ranked foes on the docket. Included among the opponents was a March 7, 2015, meeting with No. 1 North Carolina at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex, marking the first match against the nation's top team in school history and the first appearance on the 49ers' home courts for the Tar Heels. Current assistant coach Caroline Price was a member of the UNC squad, playing at the No. 2 singles position, ranked No. 15 nationally, and as a part of the No. 11-ranked top doubles tandem.
Although Charlotte lost the competitive match, it would be one of only two blemishes during a 10-2 home season, the best mark since the facility opened in 2012-13 and one of three years in school history in which the Niners tallied double-digit home victories.
Two players, senior Lisa Grosselius and Pahlett, garnered All-Conference USA Academic Team honors marking the first time the 49ers have had multiple selections during the same year. Grosselius collected a combined three all-league academic team plaudits during her career, the most of any player in program history.
Vonderschmidt also added her second-straight All-Conference USA nod for her singles play, making her the first player in program history with multiple All-C-USA honors. She shared the team lead with a combined 35 wins with junior Tyler Baker and freshman Fleur Holtkamp, as Charlotte exhibited strength from top to bottom throughout the lineup.
At the end of the season, the 49ers were listed at No. 10 in the ultra-competitive ITA Carolina Region rankings. It marked the first postseason regional ranking for the program since 2004 and just the third in school history. The No. 10 spot shares for the highest listing in school history, along with the 1991 team.
Vonderschmidt became the fourth freshman in school history to earn all-league accolades when she was selected to the All-Conference USA Team in singles action following the 2013-14 campaign. She also became the first player in school history to receive Conference USA Athlete of the Week recognition.
In 2012-13, she oversaw a lineup featuring five seniors and five underclassmen. With eight matches affected due to inclement weather, the Niners entered their final Atlantic 10 Championships with a double-digit win campaign already in-hand. They would advance to the quarterfinals, as Charlotte concluded its eight-year run in the league with no lower than a sixth-place finish in the final standings.
The first doubles pair in school history to crack the national rankings donned the green and white in 2011-12, as senior Andrea Rivera and junior Alexandra Zinn entered the Campbell's/ITA listings at No. 48 Feb. 20, 2012. They helped lead the 49ers to a No. 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championships, matching the highest in program history, and a 16-6 overall record. At the end of the year, Gorman was elected to the ITA's Carolina Region Coaches Committee.
The 2011 season witnessed Charlotte earning a pair of league tournament victories for the second-straight year, but it couldn't match the magic of the 2010 conference event. The 49ers shocked the A-10 by knocking off top seed Xavier in a late-night affair on their way to a top-three finish for the fourth time in their initial five seasons as a league member.
It marked Charlotte's second-straight third-place result, as the 2009 campaign was highlighted by numerous standout doubles performances. Three of the Top 10 doubles tandem single-season victory totals were posted during the year, led by a school-record 26 from senior Koren Fleming and sophomore Gabi Vergara. Vergara's 27 overall doubles triumphs equaled the school record, originally established in 1985-86, while Fleming's 26 place her in a tie for third on the all-time list.
Success that season was not limited to just doubles, however, as Yudeshnee Pillay's 25 wins and Kimber Redfern's 24 victories in singles moved them into a tie for second and a tie for fourth on the single-season singles chart.
Just two years earlier, in 2006-07, Spivakovsky became the first player in school history to earn a conference Freshman of the Year plaudit after completing a school-record 26-7 campaign, including an 18-4 dual match ledger at No. 1 singles.
Gorman paced the 49ers to 16 wins for the first time in her career in 2005-06, the highest total in 15 years for the program. Charlotte reached the Atlantic 10 Championships final to complete its first season in the new league.
Four of the school's Top 10 career singles leaders competed for Gorman during the first stint in Conference USA, including both Robey and Murray. They were joined by Laura Swain and Ali Piacente, who currently place sixth and seventh on the chart with 64 and 63 wins to their credit, respectively.
Gorman's first season, 2003-04, finished with a sixth-place result in Conference USA, the highest in program history and a No. 14 ranking in the postseason ITA Southeast Region rankings, just the second in school history. The 14 victories that year still stand as the most by a first-year head coach in program history.
The former Michaela Quinn returned to the Queen City after a two-year stint as an assistant men's and women's tennis coach at her alma mater, UNC Greensboro. While with the Spartans, she spent much of her time with the women's program under the direction of head coach Jeff Trivette.
She enjoyed a stellar four-year playing career at UNCG, earning All-Big South Conference and All-Southern Conference honors in doubles action. She also served as the Spartans' team captain.
Her accomplishments at UNC Greensboro did not go unnoticed, as she was selected to the Southern Conference 25th Anniversary Tennis Team as announced in 2007-08. Each of the member schools selected one player for representation and she was honored as the Spartans' choice.
It marked the silver anniversary of the league conducting athletic championships for women and the teams for each of the nine women's sports were chosen by a panel of administrators and coaches.
Quinn served as a USTA Southern Section Davis Cup team coach in the U12 division in the summer of 2002. In that role, she conducted practices and set lineups for match play. She also has experience for two summers as the head pro at the Cedarwood Pool in Jamestown, North Carolina, during her college career.
A product of Charlotte's South Mecklenburg HS, her first tennis coach was Brawley, who spent 22 years in charge of the 49ers' program.
Gorman graduated in 2000 from UNC Greensboro with a bachelor's degree in recreation, parks and tourism.
She was married June 28, 2008, to Jeromy Gorman. The couple lives in south Charlotte with their sons, Sawyer (6) and Wyatt (3), in addition to two dogs, Bella and Scout.


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Microsoft adCenter Re-Intros Yahoo Rich Ads, Tweaks Negative Keywords And Landing Page Functionality
Microsoft Advertising seems to be introducing a new feature a day, these days. Some of the more interesting: the re-introduction of Yahoo Rich Ads In Search (RAIS), changes to negative keyword behavior and the ability to pick specific landing pages per match type.
The re-introduction of Yahoo RAIS, mentioned by both Portent and Rimm-Kaufman Group, appears to be Microsoft's answer to Google's sitelinks extensions and product listing ads. It came out of pilot in October and is currently being offered to premium advertisers for their brand and navigational terms.
RAIS offers five different types of layouts. Two consist of an image, a favicon, deeplinks and a text entry box. The next two include a video thumbnail which expands and plays a video on click, a favicon, deeplinks and a text entry box. The text entry box can be customized and used to search the advertiser's website — a user could enter a zip code and be taken to a page for the nearest location, for example. The fifth layout is aimed at pharmaceutical advertisers and complies with Food and Drug Administration guidelines, including all the required information.
The RAIS keywords are subject to approval, so advertisers must work with their account managers on that part of the process. Once the terms are approved, the account is enabled for RAIS features. Ad creation for RAIS must occur in the adCenter Web UI, as it's currently not supported in the API or desktop client. When advertisers create a new ad group for RAIS, creating a Rich Ad may be selected as an option.
So far, Microsoft says CPC prices tend to be similar to text ads, while click-through rates are higher, because the advertiser controls a good portion of the real estate.
In addition to the RAIS functionality, Microsoft has now tweaked how it handles negative keywords. Now, negative keywords at the campaign and ad group level will now be combined to filter traffic together. In the past, negative keywords at the ad group level would over-ride those at the campaign level.
Finally, Microsoft is now rolling out a feature that lets advertisers use unique landing page URLs for each keyword match type that they're bidding on.
The new feature will be available beginning this week within the adCenter UI and the adCenter desktop application. Advertisers will get an email at least a week before the functionality is rolled out to their accounts, and during the time their accounts are being enabled, they may not be able to make updates for up to 12 hours.
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Roasted Oven Potato Recipes
Coconut Roasted Potatoes
After pan-frying fillets of sole for little Aria and myself last night, I realized pairing the fish with roasted potatoes in coconut oil might lack a toothsome bite. In an attempt to create the perfect balance of texture, I added an extra step to the potatoes by breading them with a mixture of breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic and coconut shreds. The crunchy potatoes helped balance the texture of the fish and the addition of coconut shreds might sound a bit unusual but it was a reminder of the coconut oil used previously.
You can also find gourmet potato dishes in my first cookbook, Haute Potato, which is an ode to this root vegetable. In this book, I've included one of my favorites, which hails from India: a spicy potato cutlet stuffed with ground beef, or kheema. To illustrate the versatility of potatoes, the book is separated into chapters based on the primary flavor profile or texture of the dish. Each section is an exploration of the ways in which the potato can be used. So, though it may start its life in the ground, when combined with the right techniques and ingredients the potato can truly be haute cuisine.
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Roasted Herb Potatoes
My family has been on a bit of a quest for the perfect roast potatoes. After many attempts to cook a potato that is crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and perfectly seasoned throughout, I've found a tried and true method for consistently great potatoes.
The first step is to boil the potatoes, followed by a generous smear of flavored butter, and finally a roast in the oven. The trick to proper seasoning is to prepare the butter on the salty side, which compensates for the relative lack of seasoning at the center of each potato.
When the girls have a craving, which is often, they ask for the "crunchy potatoes". No matter how much I make, there are never any leftovers. We love mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving, but I think I'll make a batch of these as well!
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For a team that says it wants to build itself around pitching, and doesn't even have a No. 5 starter, the Mets missed out when Chien-Ming Wang signed with Washington.
Two million bucks, even if the Mets have decided to pinch pennies, was a good risk. The reports have been good on his shoulder, and with the off days in April the Mets could have mixed and matched until he was ready.
Wang might be done, he might turn into a bust, but in today's market, $2 million was a safe enough gamble.


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Google Apps Premier Edition: A Bad Day for Microsoft
Google's $50 (per year) Apps Premier Edition Suite, a collection of enterprise-ready apps and services that include many of Google's already well-known online tools, comes at precisely the wrong moment for Microsoft.
Company CEO Steve Balmer and Chief Technologist and Founder Bill Gates spent the last few months patting themselves on the back for a successful launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007. But with Vista getting off to a very slow start (that will change of course), Gates and Ballmer's eyes have surely turned to Office 2007 to buoy the company's fortunes. The two of the must feel like Nancy Kerrigan and the 1994 Winter Olympics, with Google brandishing the metal rod and whacking them right across the knees. How the heck will Gates and Ballmer do an App Suite double Salchow when there's a fairly robust, $50 online alternative available?
PCMag has testing most of the Enterprise Suite's apps separately over the past year or so. None are as rich as anything you'll find in Office 2007, but all are fast and effective, with enough strong import/export capabilities to make them good citizens in existing corporate workplaces.
Google Apps Premier even adds domain and e-mail account management. I can hear Ballmer and Gates groaning now: "Corporate e-mail? Is Google trying to mess with our Enterprise installations?" Ballmer will let out a guttural yell, "Grrrr-ene-AH! Do you realize how much money we make on all that? What is Google trying to do? Damn you Sergieeeeeee!!!!"
For all the speculation over the years that Google would eventually introduce a competing operating system, Google went a different way. Why compete on such an excruciating level of complexity? Productivity apps are easier to build and manage, especially because the feature sets tend to be discreet. And while this is a "Suite" of sorts, it's really not. There isn't tremendous integration between all these apps, which means Google can more easily upgrade each one without having to throw all the other apps out of synch.
Google also smartly offers a bunch of API for building the things your company needs. I'm sure Gates and Ballmer wish Microsoft had been more open in their suite's early stages (and probably their OS's young life, too).
The Google Apps Premier Edition (which includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, a Start Page, Docs and Spreadsheets, Page Creator, Control Panel, APIs, and 24/7 Support) is free, but only for a limited time -- til April -- and you cannot sign up without giving your credit card number. That's not very Google like. I would have expected Google to let this business grow for six months or more before asking for cash. But $50 a year to run enterprise-level apps and services is a small price to pay.
It's a big day for Google and a dark one for the boys at Microsoft. Let's hope someone has given Ballmer a sedative.


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Network Intrusion Detection, Neighborhood Watch Style
Sophisticated New Methods
Keeping an eye on the valuables stored away in your network is a tough job these days. Thugs and criminals are trying to jimmy your ports. Terrorists are lurking around your network neighborhood. And stealthy email spy-ware may already be in employee mailboxes, just waiting to silently ship secrets out to the cyber underworld.
Conventional programs like Tripwire and Snort do a great job of looking for sneaky file timestamp changes and malicious code signatures. Unfortunately, these don't provide complete solutions.
Global DataGuard takes up where Tripwire and Snort leave off. You can put a Global DataGuard sensor on your network and, after a week or two, a unique profile of your network and server behaviors will develop. That profile will then serve as the starting baseline to watch for funny programs, strange access requests and outbound activity that might indicate some sinister force is at work. It will correlate those activities over time to identify trends that would be impossible to connect using normal attack signature review or log reading methods.
"With Snort, if it doesn't have a signature you can't see it," said Mike Stute, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. "ESP (Empirical Surveillance Program) is behavioral based. It looks at traffic, hosts, types of protocols, the time of day, etc. and then makes predictions. If something is wrong, it goes to find out what's different," Stute continued. "Actually, ESP has a memory."
The Global DataGuard system is really a collection of components, consisting of Linux-based client site sensors, a MySQL database, a Linux cluster, and proprietary behavioral analysis software--all with web-based reporting and management programs.
The client site sensor (a one- or two-processor 1U Intel-based machine)passively sits on a client's network and grabs packet data on everything that goes by. "The best place is right before the firewall. It's a good place for a lot of different data," said Stute.
Scanning is done with Nessus. The sensor has a one-way VPN connection that sends the packet data back to GDG servers. Customers can take comfort in knowing that the heavily encrypted data only flows to the GDG servers without any remote external access back into the sensor appliance. Each sensor is equipped with an extensively developed self diagnostics suite, to keep itself healthy. It can even reboot itself, if needed.
As you might guess, a cluster of Linux machines are a necessity to process the volumes and volumes of packet data that can be collected on a 100 Mb/s or 1000 Mb/s Ethernet leg.
"Our cluster is a cluster in the sense that each component is virtual, meaning that one function is spread across multiple systems and each system can perform any job in the machine. For example, the packet analysis is a function that can be performed by one or more systems and will be farmed to the system with the most available resources. This is more like load balancing each individual component in a distributed system," Stute said.
Global DataGuard uses an internal messaging system that controls the direction of the cluster, rather than Mosix, Beowulf, or one of the other Linux cluster solutions.
Even with the processing power of multiple machines, developing a baseline profile can take a little time.
"It takes about 2 to 4 weeks for the system to be pretty well tuned," Stute said.
Over time, the Global DataGuard adapts to the client network's behavior, continuously updating the profile database to allow for recognition of new threats.
If something is amiss, operators in the Global DataGuard monitoring center are alerted. Since the reporting and management software are web based, a monitoring operator could be physically located anywhere.
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VSC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
You will be designing a clean and strong 800px x 200px header that stays away from the corny normal weight loss type headers ... A fresh crisp and strong approach is welcome!
Perfect Hoodia
800px x 200px header.
PSD, fonts and JPG required.
Should have a white background, or may have coloured background which fades to white.
The website will be selling a Hoodia herbal product (Perfect Hoodia - http://www(dot)perfect-hoodia(dot)com - though this is NOT the site the header is for). I can supply large jpg of the bottle with and without capsules if required.
Header needs to be very clean, fresh and crisp, and NOT corny NOT using tape measures, slim waists etc.
Images should be related to the product, ie the Hoodia plant, Kalahari desert etc ...
The main connection we want to get across is high and natural appetite suppressant qualities of Hoodia (remember NO tape measures, slim waists etc etc)
Colour scheme ...natural, fresh - greens, yellows --- or surprize us!
Stylewise ... we are looking at developing a site similar in layout to http://www(dot)charcol(dot)co(dot)uk, with a strong sense of space and clarity. The client likes the right hand side of the header on this site: http://www(dot)gojiberries(dot)us (NOT our site), though we are open to other options.
- Pure Kalahari Hoodia - Main text
- Perfect Hoodia™ - Independently Tested Guaranteed Pure Hoodia - Sub heading.
- Fussy
- Cluttered
- Loads of colours
- Busy
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Jadeite needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
A Classy, Regal yet MODERN logo and name design is needed for beautiful super yacht. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION - we need ONE logo but TWO designs... one logo with the FULL name, and one logo (same logo) with just "PI" (for Princess Iluka). NEEDS TO FIT INTO THIS RECESS - http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/…ecess1.jpg , so please keep that in mind when designing. (Sorry for the late addition, I was not aware of it when I started the contest.)
Princess Iluka
This logo needs to be regal and classy yet NOT over the top and old fashioned, as the boat is modern. The name suggests class and regality. Perhaps a logo with the Southern Cross (Google images "Southern Cross Australia"). PLEASE BY ALL MEANS- enter other ideas for designs you may have... this was just an idea we were throwing around. This logo will go onto everything on the boat - linen, crockery, cutlery, website, boats stationery, etc. We also need the style of the name, as this gets written on the side of the boat, so the logo and the name styling should go hand in hand. Please keep in mind, the hull is dark blue, above is light metalic silver and there is some whte trimming also. The name of the yacht is "Princess Iluka"... please note, the first letter of Iluka is a capital "i" and the second letter is a lower case "L". We need a logo with the full name and a shorter version with just the logo and "PI". We think that gold lettering with a Blue background would work best. See picture of yacht here: http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/…aImage.jpg and color of yacht here: http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/…wpaint.jpg ......................and here is a photo of the stern BEFORE it was painted http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/…CN0476.jpg
- Classy
- Regal
- Clean Lines
- Modern
- Colors should include darkish Blue, Silver, Gold and/or White
- Cartoon type images or lettering
- Bold lettering
- No circles
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Cut-a-Thon to Honor Amanda Connor
It seems like yesterday that former Cost Cutters manager Amanda Connors was shot and killed. Connors was shot and killed September 11th, outside the store by a co-workers' boyfriend who had a history of violence.
The employees of Cost Cutters Salon 2701 W. 41st Street will host a cut-a-thon to honer Connors Monday, December 3rd to honor Amanda.
For a minimum donation of $10 you will receive a haircut from some of the area's top stylists at the salon.
Here's the neat part about the even. All proceeds from the cut-a-thon go to a cosmetology school scholarship that is being established at Stewart School of Cosmetology.
Sounds like a great way to pay tribute. And remember.
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Week 52 - Monday
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I woke feeling good this morning, although a couple of extra hours sleep would have been great. When I got to the pool the water level was down more than a foot and the pool pump was not running. The coach turned the pump back on but the water level was low the entire workout which made it a little choppy. I felt really good during the main set but by the end was beat.
Warm up
400 swim with snorkel
6x50 catchup on 45
Main set
4x(300,200,,100) pull with paddles on 1.10 base
100 easy
6x200 with snorkel overkick on 2.40
3x100 kick on 1.50
Warm down
100 easy
Total 4800scy
We ran out of time on the kick set or else I believe we would have had about a 5500 yard workout. The 3,2,1 set felt really strong and I held 1min pace throughout, except the last 200 where I went 1.57, and the last 100 where I went 57. The 200s with snorkel were active recovery And I held 2.15s, but my legs really hurt.