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When my first child was an infant, sleep did not always come easily for him (or, as a result, for me or my husband). Some nights our son would conk out on his own and stay asleep through the night (though I'd still wake up to check on him). Other nights, it didn't matter what we tried, our baby wouldn't go to sleep until he was good and ready, and it was impossible to predict when (and how) that time would come.
Many people suggested that we let our son "cry it out" in his crib. "Have you tried 'Ferberizing' him?" they'd say, referring to the methods of Dr. Richard Ferber, a pediatrician who recommends parents let children fall asleep by themselves at bedtime -- even if that means allowing them to cry for extended periods of time -- in order to train them to be self-sufficient. "Ferberizing," such an ugly term. Machine-like. Cold.
My husband and I made a few half-hearted efforts at not responding right away to our baby's cries at night. But we could never really hold out for long. After a minute or two, if our son was still howling, we were by his side or he was in our arms. (Who could sleep through that racket, anyway?) Letting him howl for minutes or even hours on end? Even as every fiber of my being felt drawn to respond, to hold him, shush him, bounce him, and rock him? That just felt like a primal wrong to me.
Ferber's methods have long been controversial (he himself has softened his stance), but now they're being labeled downright dangerous. According to University of Notre Dame psychology professor Darcia Narvaez, research has shown that "letting babies get distressed is a practice that can damage children and their relational capacities in many ways for the long term." What's more, she writes in Psychology Today, "Giving babies what they need leads to greater independence later."
Narvaez maintains that babies cry for a reason and suggests that, when parents don't respond to their infant's cries, it can, among other things, negatively affect the baby's brain development, lead to neural and digestive disorders, keep them from being able to self-regulate and self-comfort, and even "stop growing, stop feeling, stop trusting."
Ugh. This must be terribly frightening news for the many parents who have relied upon (and in many cases, sworn by) the "cry it out" method of sleep training. Even I, with my few random half-hearted attempts at not responding to my infant's nighttime cries, feel a little unsettled. Have I irreparably damaged my child in some way? It makes you realize that, at the end of the day, we really have to trust our own instincts as parents. If an expert's advice doesn't feel right, it probably isn't.
Did you try "cry it out" sleep training with your child?
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The National Black Foot Soldier Network Counter Terrorism Minister Malachi Louis has issued a condemnation against white America's continued observation of "President's Day" and, reportedly, all citizens who commemorate it. "Nothing is more characteristic of this so called 'great nation' than to, as it continues to celebrate it genocide and slaughter of the Native American with Thanksgiving, continue to recognize these racial terrorists whom they call leaders as presidents," the statement is reported as saying. Reportedly Louis declined comment on whether the Network supports encouraging middle school and high school student to desecrate State issued textbooks that present the racial terrorists as heroes or whether they support defacing public memorials that do the same.
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Tactics suggest overreaching on more than just copyright grounds.
News broke over the Labor Day weekend that Righthaven, that enterprise set up to file copyright lawsuits over alleged infringements of articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, sued Nevada senate candidate Sharron Angle. The complaint [PDF] contains two claims for copyright infringement over allegations that Angle posted two articles on her website without authorization.
Let's set aside for a moment any objections or snickering we might have about Righthaven's approach, or any disdain we may feel about spamigation in general. There's one paragraph in the Angle complaint which demonstrates a plaintiff mindset that is over the top on just about any reasonable scale.
In addition to the ususal demands for copyright infringement relief in the complaint (e.g., statutory damages, costs, attorney's fees, injunction, etc.), Righthaven asks that the court:
[d]irect the current domain name registrar, Namesecure, and any successor domain name registrar for the Domain to lock the Domain and transfer control of the Domain to Righthaven.
Say what?
This is a copyright lawsuit, not one for trademark infringement or cybersquatting. Nothing in the Copyright Act provides the transfer of a domain name as a remedy. Such an order would be tantamount to handing the whole website over to Righthaven just because there may have been a couple of infringing items.
The Copyright Act does provide for the impounding and disposition of infringing articles (See 17 USC 503). So it's plausible that a court would award the deletion of the actual alleged infringing articles. Or if it wanted to be weirdly and anachronistically quaint about it, could order that the infringing files on the server be removed and somehow destroyed in a way additional to just being deleted. In any event, there's no basis for a court to order the transfer of a domain name as a result of copyright infringement.
I'll let you, the reader, decide what you will about Righthaven. But if you decide that their tactics are silly, and in some cases uncalled-for, you won't be alone.
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"Food is the source of energy and the food that comes into your body directly influences you, nutritionally and emotionally," responded 22-year-old Katelin Davis when asked why she cares about the food she eats. She is a firm believer that the energy she consumes affects her well-being, and for this reason she tries to eat only what she considers "happy food."…
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As Spring is fast approaching (I swear....), I can't help but reflect on all of the men and women connecting people to local food, decreasing our use of carbon, and all this on wheels.
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Today we're lucky to have Kate Storey, Michigan Mama author, guest blogging for us!
I only consider myself to be "moderately crunchy."
Sure, I'll look for more natural ways of living, but I'm not completely ready to live off
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Who doesn't love a good slaw?
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If you really stop and think about it, all the ways that we interact with our food (growing, raising, packaging, distributing, cooking, consuming, composting, digesting, landfilling, and more) have a huge collective impact on our planet. Over the decades since the first Earth Day…
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International Women's Day just flew by! A global day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. What better way to commemorate this occasion than to share some words from the amazing women farmers that I've had the privilege to meet and work with?…
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The Real Time Farms Headquarters had a plump acorn squash from Brines Farm (hurray for cold storage for extending what's in season!) lying around, just begging to become something delicious. As I mentioned recently, I'm quite enamored with Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook …
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It's a lot of hard work and yet, a lot of laughs on Balsam Farms on Long Island, New York. "When you're working in the fields, much of your work could be thought of as monotonous, but you're with a lot of people and there's a lot of joking and laughing....lot's of funny things happen....if you can't laugh at some of the problems then you'd be in trouble." Ian…
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I met Elana Taubman during our sophomore year at the University of Michigan in Environment 270, taught by Ivette Perfecto. Throughout the semester, Ivette continued to return to a focus on the urban/organic agricultural revolution in Cuba, which she pointed out has occurred as a direct result of the Soviet blockade. Being cut off entirely from outside resources, notably food, fertilizer, and pesticide imports, forced the island…Continue
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Pomegranates are tasty fruits, and the edible part is actually the pulp-encompassed seeds. In the United States they are mainly grown in warmer places like California, so they are a treat that I don't often buy for myself. Luckily though this one was a gift. I love gifts of food!
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Instructables has a neat if dangerous tutorial on how to quickly make a key copy by tracing the metal from a Coke can. It's pretty obvious, and with that seed planted in your mind, there's probably no need to read the instructions.
Let me go one step further and remind you that you can copy a key for like two bucks at the hardware store, and that combining scissors, a key, and the edge of a shiv of aluminum can, this tutorial might as well be titled "How to lose a finger." Also, entering someone's home with a key copy is probably still considered unlawful entry, regardless of the lack of shattered door frame. Having said that, I will try this later and let you know how it goes. [Instructables]


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Link Problem - Retrieve data from a database
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Link Problem - Retrieve data from a databaseDear Sir
As I got many help from you thanx for all that.
Sir here is a problem with me on this topic. As you described I created two pages named list.php and person.php and just copied your code and just connected it with my database, everything was ok and my post list came each row as a new link but when I clicked on one of them I just got the error "Notice: Undefined index: id in person.php on line 12"
(my database name is sjweb and table name is dictionary)
my line 12 is "$strSQL = "SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE id =" . $_GET['id'];" .
if i change the id like "id=1" the error hides but on clicking on each link it shows only the first post only cause of the id=1.
because I am new to php mysql so I am not being able to solve this problem, If you can solve this I'll be very thankful to you sir.
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Re: Link Problem - Retrieve data from a databaseWell, nothing can accurately be said about your problem unless you provide all the code. Anyway, the problem that has occured seems to be pretty common. Your script can't set the get variable 'id'. Make sure that when your user visits this page, his URL is of the form :
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Re: Link Problem - Retrieve data from a databaseHello Sir,
Thank you for this tutorial of you, it's really been so helpful as you really broke it down into pieces.
However, I am having a little challenge too, in the sense that, in the exercise 20 of the php tutorial of retrieving a single row data from the database, of the Phone Book example, in the person.php file, prompting to this line that says: "$strSQL = "SELECT * FROM people WHERE id=" . $_GET["id"];", at running the script on my server after putting in my own database connection credentials, what the server prompt me in the stead of the result of the single person is: "Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in C:\wamp\www\sesame-php-online-tutorial\person.php on line 15" with this IP: "http://localhost/sesame-php-online-tutorial/person.php?id%20=%203".
This "id%20=%203" that serves as the id tells me that there is a space that is passing along the script which I have tried to fix but its not just working.
I will like you to help me base on this sir.
Nice Regards.
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"So where do I go for next year then? As much as I do still adore the round numbers, they are not really a true gauge of my success, they are just reminders that we live in a base 10 world. Sure, I could ask for the fame thing again, but that is a wild crap shoot. If I made half an effort to make it happen of course, but we all know I am too lazy and much too chicken to go out on many ledges. So I guess I'll stick with practical this year. I will try to make another Instructable and another video. I will continue to design, grow and learn. I will watch kittens and children grow, take care of my family, make a few new friends, babble in my blog and try to be better person."Every year before that post I laid out a bunch of round number goals for the year, but given my paragraph of goals here, this past year was a rousing success. This past year saw not one, but four new Instructables posted, a new video and plenty of new designs. The children and the cats kept on growing and everyone appears healthy and happy. I'm lucky to be online where I am constantly meeting new people and folks read and occasionally respond to my babbling. It's been a year full of getting really close to fame and not quite breaking through, but all of that had lessons to teach. Tatting made it to a New York runway and I sold not one, but two of the fanciest masks I've ever made. All in all it was a pretty good year and I won't muck up next year with a list of numbers either. In fact, that stuff I said last year, I'd like to do all that again.
So there you have it, the end of the year, a new mask and that leaves us at the weekend. Thank you to all of you who read this blog or the Wunderkammer, buys my tatting, follows me on twitter or joined the facebook fan page. Many thanks for commenting, consoling, commiserating, offering up ideas and for putting up with my occasional nonsense...or pretending to anyway. Thank you once again for being part of my year and I hope to see you in the new one.


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I love this video--a young girl vanquishes a fiber monster with her knitting needles!
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From Durham Records Online (www.durhamrecordsonline.com):
What's New:
Boldon baptisms 1813-1846, burials 1813-1851
At Boldon St. Nicholas in South Shields district:
816 baptisms covering 1813-1846
683 burials covering 1813-1851
In case you missed our last Boldon update (March 2011), here is an interesting site on the history of Boldon, with photographs:
Ponteland baptisms & burials 1813-1844, marriages 1813-1 July 1837
At Ponteland St. Mary the Virgin in the Castle Ward district of Northumberland, across the River Tyne from Ryton and just northwest of Newcastle, we present the following records from the Bishop's Transcript:
1,281 baptisms covering 1813-1844
860 burials covering 1813-1844
215 marriages covering 1813 to 1 July 1837 when civil registration began
Ponteland is not in the IGI after 1812 and, as far as we know, this is the first time that post-1812 Ponteland baptisms appear indexed and online.
Gateshead East Cemetery burials 1897-1900
7,487 burials at Gateshead East Cemetery, covering 1897-1900.
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Because these are municipal cemetery records, not church burial records, they present many more genealogically useful details. 99% of these records give either an occupation, a parent or husband's name, or information about how the person died.
Coming Soon:
Tynemouth Christ Church baptisms 1813-1817
Denton baptisms & burials 1765-1812
Staindrop baptisms & burials 1765-1797
South Shields baptisms & burials 1763-1797
Newcastle All Saints marriages 1822-1824
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Will establishment media take the bait as anarchists pose as racists and extremist right wingers?
Paul Joseph Watson
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Monday, April 12, 2010
With the establishment desperate to engender and exploit violence which will be used to demonize the Tea Party movement as an extremist mob, so-called anarchists are now openly declaring their intentions to pose as Tea Party members and stage violence in order to discredit populist grass roots organizations.
As we warned last week, leading anarchist groups have announced that they plan to "crash" the nationwide Tea Party protests on April 15, a promise that should not be taken lightly given the proven history of such organizations being infiltrated and steered by authorities to provocateur pointless mayhem and violence that serves as a justification for oppressing peaceful protest groups.
Now a new website called crashtheteaparty.org has appeared to act as a forum through which such activity can be planned. The website openly states its mission is to have people infiltrate and pose as Tea Party members and then carry out shameful acts in order to "dismantle and demolish" the Tea Party. The website is registered to a man named Josh Levin.
"Whenever possible, we will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways which exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the public's opinion of them. We will also use the inside information that we have gained in order to disrupt and derail their plans," states the website.
"In other words, some on the Left in American politics are running a KGB-like "false flag" operation to discredit the Tea Party," writes the Washington Examiner's Josh Tapscott. "They couldn't sell the transparently nonsensical idea that Tea Partiers are just a bunch of racists, homophobes and morons, so the Crash the Party agents on the Left are infiltrating the Tea Party in order to pose as a bunch of racists, homophobes and morons."
"It's among the most illustrative expressions ever of the thirst on the Left to suppress dissent by whatever means are necessary," he adds.
Given the virulent hatred for free speech such groups embrace, it's unsurprising that merely staging a counter-demonstration is not good enough for them – they have to impersonate and undermine their political opposition in a completely underhanded and immature fashion.
Despite the fact that the website preaches non-violence, several of the posts appear to be from anarchists posing as Tea Party members and threatening violence. One such post entitled, "Tea Party Members, Step Aside Or Be Violently Put Aside," written by "The Invisible Tea Party," advocates violent overthrow of the government and plays precisely into the hands of the establishment's recent drive to characterize any opposition whatsoever to the federal government as potentially violent.
"If the facade of the Tea Party Movement does not step aside…well…they will have to be forced aside at their rallies and on their websites and if they are forced…it will not be peaceful," states the post.
Respondents to the post call out the originator as an anarchist posing as a Tea Party member, advocating violence as a means of discrediting the Tea Party.
"I think your full of crap Febbs, before the swarm of tea party patriots you were collaborating with the web-master "The mad hatter," writes one.
Other anarchists posing as Tea Party members openly spout racism in an attempt to fulfil the need to portray the Tea Party movement as "racists, homophobes and morons".
"We need to bring some colored nigeros to the next tea party so we don't appear to be racists. We have to bring some tame ones, not the wild street apes with gold teeth and saggy pants," writes one poster.
The rest of the forum appears to have been completely overrun by real Tea Party members who have taken delight in turning the whole thing into a farce by challenging the provocateurs to real debates, something which anarchists tend to shy away from when they're not pointlessly shattering windows at the local downtown McDonalds.
The Washington Examiner's Josh Tapscott labels the whole effort, "Saul Alinsky on steroids".
As Tapscott rightly points out, the success of the "crash the Tea Party" scam will depend upon whether the mainstream media takes the bait, which is almost a certainty considering how the press wholesale manufactured the alleged Emmanuel Cleaver "racist spitting" farce, which as videos of the incident later proved, amounted to nothing more than an old man yelling.
"It's a classic KGB-style disinformation campaign. Will mainstream media editors and reporters be fooled? Will they know it when they are being scammed by Crash the Party? Will they expose Crash the Party operatives or cooperate with them in their effort to misrepresent millions of Americans?" concludes Tapscott.
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Over the course of the next month until the NBA Draft on June 24, RTC will be rolling out comprehensive profiles of the 30-35 collegians we feel have the best chance to hear their names called by David Stern in the first round that night. There won't be any particular order to the list, but you can scroll back through all the finished profiles by clicking here.
Player Name: Hassan Whiteside
School: Marshall
Height/Weight: 7'0/227
NBA Position: Center
Projected Draft Range: Mid First Round
Overview: Hassan Whiteside surprised a lot of people when he spurned several SEC schools to play his college basketball at Marshall University, but his attendance at a comparatively small school didn't mean the NBA scouts wouldn't find him. They didn't need to search very hard. Whiteside's impact on the Conference USA landscape was immediate, posting a 14 point/17 rebound/9 block performance against eventual NCAA second-rounders Ohio University early in the season. He'd end up with three triple-doubles on the year — the first three ever for Marshall — all with blocks as the third statistic. His 12 other double-doubles helped propel the Thundering Herd to an overall 24-10 record and 11-5 in a very competitive CUSA. His 182 blocked shots was tops in the nation, averaging out to an amazing 5.4 BPG. And even though he was only there for the one year, he ended up as the all-time leader in blocked shots at Marshall. Mind you, we don't mean for a freshman — that's for a career.
Will Translate to the NBA: Obviously his shot-swatting prowess is his biggest asset, and will be the primary reason for any early minutes he gets in the league, but he's no single-note player. He's not just a tall, thin, awkward shot-blocking specialist. He's good at using his size to get in position for grabbing boards, and shows a knack for peeling off more than his share of offensive rebounds. He has better hops than most players his size, and he gets off the floor quickly. Hassan is one of those players who, when you see him play, you can tell how much fun he's having and that will endear him to teammates and fans. And he knows what it takes to be a professional athlete; his father played five seasons of professional football in the NFL and CFL.


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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Norwegian Open changes format - Day 2 results
After two days play, Great Britain are undefeated at 3-0, and Canada are equal on points but with a record of 3-1 after losing 6-7 to USA.
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No word on Team Canada line-ups.
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Does the fact that Jim Armstrong is NOT REALLY DISABLED not bother people here.
YOu have a guy with a bad back and bad knees not a guy who is really disabled. You ask anyone else in the world or a different set of classifiers from any one of 50 other paralympic sports and JIM would NOT be permitted to play.
This is a guy who has taken away a spot from a person who is truely disabled from being able to participate at the only paarlympic level sport they can.
You don't see any wheelchair curling even being permitted to play at the Brier why should we allow an able bodied person to play our sport!
Come people wake up and see what is happening here. In a few years will Randy, Russ and the boys become wheelchair players. At least make it fair in both directions here!!!
CCA and WCF have made rules NOT to allow wheelchair curlers play in able-bodied why don't we do the same. ASk Chris SOB. may he would agree with this now he is on the outside looking in!
- October 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM
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Matt D. confuses "disabled" with "wheelchair user" and this is a topic that ha been beaten to death over many posts. The WCF wheelchair curling classifier has declared Jim eligible to play, and it doesn't really matter what would have happened in other sports and with other classifiers. Perhaps it's time to put aside grievances and for Canadians to support the team as chosen.
And please let's not allow Matt D's post to begin another round of "yes he did, no he didn't" rants about Jim's presence on the team.
- October 18, 2009 at 3:35 PM
If he actualy used a wheelchair MAYBE but he walks in everywhere and No the token pertend to use a wheelchair when it suits him does not count.
He fakes his wheelchair use when needed and then walks everyother time.
Come on people...want video!!!
- October 18, 2009 at 11:32 PM
I would like to congratulate Matt D for putting his name to his comments. Welcome to the wheelchair curling blog. There are only a few of us who do that and the rest hide behind anonyomous which makes their comments absolutely meaningless. I understand what u are saying and this topic has been around the loop more than once in the past couple of years. The eligibility for wheelchair curling has gone from requiring a wheelchair for daily mobility to being eligible to wheelchair curl if you can not safely deliver a curling rock by the normal delivery or with a stick. Those words are not verbatim of the rules past and present but certainly convey the jist. How did we get to the current eligibility? Gerry Pecham of the CCA brought us to the present by convincing The WCF to allow his long time curling buddy Jim Armstrong to be a wheelchair curler. I know the anonymous vultures are circling overhead just waiting for me to say something negative about Jim Armstrong but I won't because he is a fine person and a fine curler both past and present. Matt D I am guessing you frequent the curling club where some Team Canada members play and practice.....I want to warn u that the anonymous vultures also frequent that club so watch your back.....
- October 20, 2009 at 8:24 AM
" NOT REALLY DISABLED ' very strong words Matt D.
Welcome to wheelchair sport Sir where there are such large differences in ones ability to perform in a sport. The more disabled individual may feel they cannot compete against a more able person. The w/c sports that have been around for many many years have taken this into consideration with a value system on each player and only so many points being allowed on each team. I would hope this does not happen to curling until we have many many more teams playing.I have only curled for a few years but have been involved with w/c sport for over 30 , I have observed some very high level quads shoot a high percentage game and outplay walkies,they have obviously worked very hard at their game. No they could not throw hard takeout weight but have placed themselves on the team so that is not a factor.I think you [Mat] should be more worried about temporally disabled player getting into the competitive curling ranks. That is what ruined w/c racquetball. Jim qualifies as a disabled athlete get over it,you disagree , get over it and go play the game the best you can enjoy playing cause thats the way Disable sports have been and will likely be for as long as everyone has different abilities. Walking with wrecked knees in my opinion would be harder than wheeling a manual w/c if one uses the chair enough the chair is way faster than walking.
- October 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Interesting comments....
Wrong but interesting. Jim Armstrong, was not classified them a few phone calls later and MAGIC, classified. Uhmmm how did that happen, well let me see can you say Gerry and Les. Jim was not allowed to be classified until Les Harrison took over then MAGIC, Gerry gets on the phone and the WCF and the MAGIC 1 classified says YES. WOW, how blind are you...The WCF has long for gone the ruls of the IPC as it relates to classification. The IPC and the International Classification rules to which the WCF has signed and are required to follow break them by letting Jim play.
The only reason why no one from any country out side Canada has not called Canada on it is because there is NO PROTEST policy in place and one else to classify Jim. Have Knowledge and call the WCF and IPC on it and well see what happens. Under the rules 3 classifiers frm 3 different countryies NOT including the counrty the athlete in question comes from MUST both Approve the clssification and then if questioned 3 different classifiers take a llok at the person. NOT 1 GUY from 1 COUNTRY setting the rules about who can or can not play.
Come on People take time to read and have the guts to call the WCF and IPC to the table to follow the rules they have set and agreed to.
Jim is NOT disabled and DOES not require a wheelchair for everyday use. Me get over it, why done you see the light and let someone with a real disablity including some of those Quads you talk about back in the game.
Canada only has Jim playing to save their ass against getting beat. With out Jim that Team could not ever win since DAw leaft. AND I am not a DAW but llok back and see the results for your self.
- October 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Well said Matt D. You have done ur homework and are knowledgeable abt the classification system. Those that hide behind anonymous just spontaniously express their thoughts and ideas without doing any research whatsoever.....I tip my hat to u Matt D for trying to enlighten these people however it is somewhat like beating ur head against the wall.....it feels good to stop....keep up the good work..
- October 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Thanks for the support Bruce.
And just for those which may think I am full of it check out these links and read for yourselves...
WCF and CCA are breaking the rules...Armstrong should not be playing!!!
- October 21, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Oh, Matt D:
Have a look around the WC Curling World........
Les Harrison was interviewed by Al Cameron two years ago, and Harrison said that the WCF's position was that amputees were not eligible, yet MANY amputees are representing their countries.
There is NO advantage to ANY able-bodied player once his butt hits the chair to play.
The advantage Team Canada has is that Jim is so knowledgeable.
Rest assured, that in the world of WCF versus Canada, the WCF will not give an inch to anything Canada wants (like Armstrong playing).
There is only one assessor for the WCF, so he, and he alone, has approved or tossed out every, yes EVERY player. Armstrong went to Scotland, was evaluated, and deemed eligible.
Surely this story can end. Only one assesor who has seen everyone deems Jim eligible, based on medical evidence and interview AND examination.
Why so bitter, Matt?????
- October 24, 2009 at 10:00 PM
For the record, Armstrong was approved by a fully qualified IPC Assesor (Dr. Newell) prior to being approved by the WCF.
- October 24, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Oh, so uninformed. Read the documents to which the WCF are bond by.
1 classfier is NOT permemnted to classify.
And to expad on the Dr. Newell issue, well Yes she did classify him but not for wheelchair curling. Wheelchair Basketball where the rules are for domestic ONLY. Even W/C Basketball does not allow 4.5 AB players to play international. READ PEOPLE READ!
Dr. Newell board lined classified him, just like Misty T. from Basketball. The rules are clear for classification and even she had to be seen by 3 to 9 classifiers before she could play NOT 1 guy calling the shots. Come on......
JIM ARMSTRONG by rules of IPC should not be playing!!!!!!
I will be happy to send the links along and help you out!
- October 25, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Okay, let.s is Jim play get the annual "why is Jim playing" thread out of the way.
Firstly, the CCA contacted the WCF on the POSSIBILITY of Jim being eligible, and without seeing him, denied his eligibility.
The following year, they decided to send Jim, Bruno, and Chris to Scotland for assessment by Dr. Burt.
All three were approved for play, wih Chris fully mobile on braces.
Les Harrison is NO friend of Gerry Peckham. The CCA and WCF have a moderaely tolerable working relationship, with numerous issues unsolved.
Watch a group of international wheelchair curlers get on a bus.......as many will climb the stairs as use the wheelchair lift.
If the WCF even attempted to get ruthless with the interpretation of THEIR OWN RULE, there would not be a world championship, or Paralympic involvement, since we would not have enough eligible countries.
This sport should be INCLUSIVE, NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Jim is eligible,PERIOD, after two IPC assessments (whic would make him eligible for ALL IPC sports), as well as the WCF assessor.
- October 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Sorry, he last post was mine, but I would like to make one further point.
you have followed this eligibility issue right from the start, and are more knowledgeable and in tune with the sport, having had dicussions with Kate Caitness, among other, Gerry Peckham, Wendy Morgan, and of course, Jim, himself.
Can yo please prrovide, hopefully for he final time, the entire overview of Jim;s qualification.
I believe that not only is he eligible, but he is a tremendous and intelligent person, who is very in tune with advancing our sport, and is using his influence to do just that, when he certainly does not have to.
Virtually all outside media coverage turn on his involvement.
- October 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Yhis eligibility issue certainly won't die.
Matt D., are you one of the cuts from the CCA POOL OF PLAYERS?
Or are you a wannabe that feels he hasn't had a fair shot?
If people with braces and prostheses are eigible, why not Jim with his two surgically placed prostheses,as well as other mobility issues?
I have to believe that the WCF were very horough with his assessment because of all the publicity surrounding it. By the way, the vat majority of media attention we have garnered for our sport is a direct result of Jim;s involvement. This attention has certainly helped expose our sport.
Be thankful for all Jim has done for our sport....look at the big picture.
- October 25, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Matt D, or whoever you are.
Perhaps you can tell us what else the CCA has to do to confirm Jim' eligibility?
Is there anything else in the WCF's arsenal which will negate Jim's eligibility?
Is Dr. Newell, a well respected IPC classifier, who approved Jim twice (for Wheelchair Curling), not above board?
Can you blame the CCA for exploring Jim's eligibility?
Have you talked to Jim's teammates to hear what they have to say?
Have you talked to Jim?
Do all your homework, Matt D and Bruce.
Or are you two simply whining?
Nobody else seems to share your opinions.
- October 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I have looked at the big picture, I have researched and researched , MAYBE you should .
IPC has not classified him as Jim has not been to a Paralympics which is the only time an IPC classification can occur, so in that you are wrong.
Ipc states clear that a minimum of 3 classifier MUST assess the eligable athlete So that is wrong.
And please don't confuse someone like Chris Sob. which Jim A. as this like Apples to Oranges.
The WCF in a video article last year had problem with double leg amps playing and said they could not PLay so why the change all of a sudden to allow Jim to play .
You people need to back up your comments and come out into the open and stop hiding behind a curtain of Anonyomus!!!!!!
- October 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM
So who is a Matt D??????
You ar anonymous to me
- October 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Good point...Idon't know what a Matt D is either.
- October 25, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Anonymous to me too
- October 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM


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Empty Tomb Easter Cookies
These are also called Resurrection Cookies
I found this at www.thelarsonlingo.blogspot.com.
She has a great blog and a lot of good recipes!
Here is what you need:
1 Cup of Pecans
1 Cup of Sugar
1 tsp. Vinegar
3 Egg Whites
Zipper Bag
Wooden spoon
Wax Paper
Pinch of Salt
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Place pecans in zipper bag and beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into small pieces.
Explain that after Jesus was arrested that He was beaten by the Roman Soldiers.
Read John 19: 1-3 and smell the vinegar
Put 1 tsp. Vinegar into mixing bowl.
Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19: 28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar.
Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10: 10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt, taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23: 27.
Add 1 cup of sugar.
Explain that the sweetest part of the story is the Jesus died because He loves us.
He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalm 34: 8 and John 3: 16.
Beat with a mixer on high-speed for 12-15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed.
After the 12-15 minutes, your mixture should look like this:
Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1: 18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold broken nuts into mixture.
Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet.
Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body laid.
Read Matthew 27: 57-60.
Put cookie sheet in the oven:
Close the door and turn the oven off.
Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.
Explain the Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27: 65-66.
Go to Bed!!
Explain that we may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight just as Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16: 20 and 22.
On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie.
Notice the cracked surface and take a bite.
The cookies are hollow!!!
On the first Easter, Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28: 1-9.
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Her plan is to focus on four key areas of business: search, mail, the homepage, and mobile. In doing so, Mayer wants Yahoo! to become the "site of habit" for internet users who want to keep updated on key vertical sectors like news, sports, finance, and communications from their desktops or mobile devices.
Search is of growing importance to the company, and there is plenty of room in the market for more than a couple of players, she said, particularly in mobile. Yahoo! has had some teething problems with Microsoft in terms of payments, but the two companies are happy to work with each other on search until at least next April, when their cooperative arrangement is due for renewal.
Yahoo! is also going to be significantly upgrading its email and IM platforms on both the desktop and mobile fronts. The Yahoo! home page will also be improved to reflect better personalization of content for users, Mayer promised.
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"All this needs to change," she said. "Our top priority is a focused, coherent mobile strategy."
This will mean a hiring spree on mobile talent to get the company up to speed. Mayer said she wants around half of the company's engineering efforts devoted to making Yahoo! relevant in the mobile space, with corresponding advertising and marketing support.
There are also other challenges ahead, and a lot more reorganization on the software side of things. While Yahoo! has access to huge amounts of customer data, the platforms and applications it runs haven't been integrated by prior management, Mayer said. They can't share data properly as yet, but this is a top priority for the company (and it also raises the question of why Yahoo!'s many recent CEOs haven't started on this earlier).
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- Are booster seats available?
Yes – free booster seats are available at the theatre
- Are there baby changing facilities?
Yes - facilities available on every level
- Is there an area for people to park their buggies?
Yes - A buggy park is available, contact a member of staff
- Where is the nearest parking?
There are plenty of car parks nearby Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. There are over 1600 spaces within easy walking distance of the Theatre including a multi-storey car park in Walton Street (for sat navs enter HP21 7QT), and Upper Hundreds car park. The Exchange Street car park is now open opposite the theatre.
Please note that the Canalside car park is now closed. There is available disabled car parking opposite the theatre in Exchange Street, which can also be used as a disabled drop-off point.
- Any other information useful for people with young children coming to the theatre
There are eight wheelchair positions with companion seats, six in the stalls and two in Circle 1.
Booking Fees of £2.90 per ticket included in ticket price. In addition, all bookings made through ATG Tickets for this venue are subject to a £2.85 Transaction fee.


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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Twin Cities Marathon: A Blast :)
I guess the reason I have run the TCM for the past 7 years is because IT IS FUN!
I knew it was going to be a good day when I looked at the thermometer at 4 AM and it was 72F. Wow, nice. No long sleeves, no jacket, just a singlet and shorts. Rocking. The forecast told me 85 and sunny, maybe some clouds near 12. Wow, rocking again. I mean, I've been running in heat for what..5 months now? Woohoo.
Second good omen: I decided to risk it and see if I could get as close to the Metrodome as the Jerry Huff Parking Ramp. We always park here for the Twins/Vikings game and then I wouldn't have to park and bus. OK, score again. The roads were blocked just past the Ramp. AND parking was free. Woohoo.
I arrived to the Dome at 6 AM, yeah, for an 8 AM start. Oh well. Walked around the circumference of the Dome many times, used the potties, lubed up my feet and hung out on a bench.
It was fun to run into friends; as I first entered the Dome I saw Karen, then as I was waiting outside for a porta pottie here comes Kevin and Jason. Awesome!
I headed for the drop bags at 730 and made my way to the start, walking up to the Wave 2, near the 430 pace group. I figured I'd run about a 430, grabbed a 430 pace chart and really didn't want to run over 430.
Today was my 20th marathon. My first 3 marathons were 457, 445 and 441. All of the others have been less than 430.
A spokesperson told us that today was the HOTTEST TCM marathon start in it's history, 26 years. He told us that it was 74F and the high would be 85 with maybe a bit of cloud cover around noon. People were kind of freaked by this. I wasn't, and was perplexed why so many were. What have you been running in all summer? I suppose most aren't pushing the marathon pace in training, so the exertion is greater in the marathon. I had SCAPS, gels, was going to drink allot, I was ready.
GO! We were off. I loved running downtown, I saw the office building I used to work in, the restaurants I used to lunch in, running down Hennepin is a trip. The spectators were great all throughout the start.
I was digging this. No pressure, just run, enjoy the morning. I peed when I needed to, I hardly looked at my watch at all, I was totally soaking in the views, I didn't run hard. I took it nice and easy.
Eventually, about 10 miles I began to get warm. I noticed my feet, ears and face were warm. I decided I better take my first of 2 Scaps. Many residents along the course had their hoses out for us to run through, very nice. Alan Page was playing a horn on the corner, as always.
I spotted Toni and then Tom along the course, it was fun to see them. At about mile 12 I saw Valeria fly by. I saw Jefferey, who I had been looking for, I saw Kevin, in the bright yellow shirt he told me he'd be in! I saw him right before the finish line, too. It's amazing to me that a person can actually spot friends along the course in 300,000 spectators! I saw the whole Crocker family and I didn't even know they'd be out there.
The lakes were beautiful. Isle, Calhoun and Harriet. The trees were spectacular in their full color. Especially the last 6 miles along Summit Ave, wow!
As I ran up to Lake Nakomis I felt the tug of FANS hit me. I ran up the concrete bridge, almost thinking I should walk the bridge as I do at FANS each lap..I didn't. I ran, thinking that I would be done this same day, not running for 24 hours as I do at FANS each June. This felt easy today in comparison to FANS.
The whole marathon seemed pretty easy today, just because I can compare it to my other races this summer, it was a nice little mind game.
I saw Maynard of the Dogs along the course, it was fun to see him, too.
I reached the 13 mark in 205. Damn, that will do just fine, I thought.
The miles clicked by, I was still digging the whole vibe. I danced along, listening to the spectators for a while, listening to my music, listening to the music along the course. It was great.
At mile 22 I heard a band playing IRON MAIDEN. I couldn't believe it. FEAR OF THE DARK. Holy freaking crap, man, one of my favorite songs, that I had just been listening to on my iPod. Tyler even plays it on his guitar and I love it. I turned my iPod off, looked at the guitar player and said FEAR OF THE DARK? He was like yeah! I began doing a dance, he grabbed my arm and I did a little jig right there at mile 22. Woohoo. I was stoked. I danced until the song was done and said I had to finish the job. Off I went. He probably thought I was a crazy old lady, getting off on Rock and Roll.
I was now looking for John and Cheri. I knew there were going to be on Victoria, thought Victoria was near 22 then thought maybe I missed it because I was so excited about the band. Dang. I kept looking.
People were dropping like flies. I mean, a guy was running in front of me, and boom! Down he'd go, the medics were right on him, dragging him off the course. I saw people laying along the grassy ways, with medics over them. I saw numerous ambulances. The volunteers were outstanding. Water, Poweraid, ice, they were really on it.
Pretty soon I saw Victoria. Yeah, I didn't miss John and Cheri! I was looking for them and pretty soon there they were, with Alicia! I ran up to them and hugged them each, I was all gross and sweaty, after I left them I thought I probably shouldn't have slimed them that way. I was just so super excited to see them! So excited that my next mile was a 748. NUTS!
I ran on down the hill, under the huge flag, across the finish line, in 417. It was all awesome fun.
After collecting my drop bag and heading to the changing tent, the talk was all about the heat. It was hot, I drank a ton, but I don't think I suffered any from it. It's been hot all summer, perfect training conditions.
I changed clothes, jumped on the bus heading for the Dome and arrived to my car by 130. Back home and showered, I'll head off to Tyler's 4:00 baseball game soon.
Congratulations Twin Cities Marathon runners!! Oh yeah, I'll be back next year..hey, maybe it will be a training run for a resurrected Ed Fitz 100K. If not, I'll just run it because it's a rocking good time :)
6 comments:
- Coach Jen said...
I was so happy to hear you changed your attitude for today's TCM! That is a sure sign of a winner! Great job Julie.
- Kimberly Rae said...
Julie glad you had a FUN race. They were dropping like flies here in Chicago for LaSalle Bank Marathon. At 4 hr mark race director called the race. One man died, another 250 treated by medics, 10,000 just didn't show up and over 10K DNF'd - it sure was a crazy hot October day. Hell last year I was a volunteer at the marathon and froze my ass off, go figure!
- Olga said...
Glad you had fun!
I ran TCM yesterday, too! My first TCM (16th marathon overall). The heat was bad, but not untolerable. Any ideas how hot it did get?
Hey Jul,
You can slime us anytime!!! That's what friends are for. Hugs all the time, anytime, even when we're all slimed up!!
You looked awesome out there yesterday. Unaffected by the heat.
Awesome. Too bad I can't say the same for others I saw. YIKES!! Speedy recovery to all who suffered so terribly from the heat.
I love your kick ass attitude about the whole thing!!!!!!!!
- Unknown said...
what are SCAPS?
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At harvest time invading flocks of pest birds can decimate crops, especially grapes, blueberries and cherries. Falconry can scare off those pest birds much more effectively than man-made techniques such as shotguns, visual deterrents or noisemakers.
Falcons can chase gulls off landfills, coastal resorts and golf courses, more efficiently and quieter than other methods.
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Initially the vineyard is explored by small flocks of scouting birds. If those birds like the fruit, and if there is no obvious danger, the entire flock will follow.
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Blueberries are such a draw for pest birds that data shows that an unprotected field can lose 20 - 80% of the crop. Even netted fields can lose 8 - 10% of the crop.
Falcons must be flown more intensely than on other crops. Several Falcons are required, preferably of different species, in order to convince pest birds to just "move on".
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Falcons and Hawks are flown during daylight hours on the days the landfill is open and uncovered. Landfills also benefit from the use of noisemakers such as "screamers", "whistlers" and caps. But the use of such noisemakers is dependent upon the proximity of neighbors.
Some landfills have a year-round bird abatement problem, for others it is seasonal and dependent upon migratory patterns. Migratory birds are protected by various international treaties and conventions, so it's important that any abatement be performed in a legal manner.
Falconry and Pigeons
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Pigeons can be a problem at food courts of shopping malls or inside warehouses or big-box stores. If the problem is interior, Harris Hawks are often used instead of Falcons. Harris Hawks can decelerate faster than falcons and so are more suitable in constricted spaces.
Pigeon abatement requires several on-site visits. After the pest birds are removed, others may try to take their place. So monitoring and occasional follow up visits may be needed.


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Have done some more hacking on Fabric, and even uploaded a new version up on the ftp site, but didn't bother to announce it since competition from Apache projects makes it unlikely for Fabric to gain any real popularity. I could see this changing if we get some high-profile sites using Fabric, but otherwise there is a lack of good big-site example code, since all that James and I have written has been for commerical entities.
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At the end of 2008 I conducted an online survey to find out attitudes to user documentation. It will come as no surprise to hear that many respondents felt that user documentation in general wasn't really very good. It's more than ten years since the publication of books like Dynamics in Document Design
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I am going to be discussing these questions and presenting my survey results at two conferences in the near future. On 20th March 2009 I am speaking at the STC France Conference in Paris, and then on 3rd-4th April 2009 I am presenting at the Information Design Association Conference in Greenwich (London). I hope you'll be able to join me at one of those events, and if not, please check back on my web site after those dates for articles about my results.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Coming in April: Blogging A to Z Challenge
13 comments:
- Nick Wilford said...
Newbie here also, I'm looking forward to it. Think it's going to be hectic!
I need to get my head down and get some posts written for it. I've just settled on a theme which is the third one I've considered. I know it will creep up on me!
- February 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
Nick, Good luck with picking a theme and doing your posts! For me, I find some letters easier to write posts for than others.
- February 29, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Sarah Tokeley said...
I've signed up for the first time. I'm really looking forward to it :-)
- March 1, 2012 at 5:07 AM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
Sarah, I'm looking forward to this too. =)
- March 1, 2012 at 11:03 AM
- S.P. Bowers said...
I was thinking about doing this but April is going to be crazy so I'll just be following alone. Next year You can be the experienced one and I'll be the newbie.
- March 2, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
S.P., Too bad you can't do it this year, but do come visit here in April! I'm already working on some posts for this right now.
- March 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM
- Kate OMara said...
I'm a newbie to A to Z too, getting a jump start on visiting. :)
In reply to your visit/comment: I found my writer's group through meetup.com
- March 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Arlee Bird said...
Still haven't met the thousand, but I would imagine by April 1 we'll be close to 1500. There are a lot of last minute decision makers. Glad you've signed up early.
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- March 3, 2012 at 7:24 PM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
Arlee, I'm glad I signed up early too. =)
- March 3, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- Amber Clites said...
I have just bestowed upon you this awe inspiring award at http://amberafterglow.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-won-award.html ;)
- March 4, 2012 at 2:29 AM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
Thanks for the award, Amber!
- March 4, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- David P. King said...
I'm afraid A-Z is just too ambitious for me at this time, but don't let that keep you from having a great time. I'll be reading. :)
- March 5, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- Cynthia Heart Books said...
Thanks, David!
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The state controller's has created a new web tool that allows the public to search for the salaries of county and city officials around California. You can use it by going here. The controller's office says this is the first phase of a searchable system for even more data, and so the office is asking voters to send suggestions for how to make the database better.


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Three cheers for three years
Nov. 5 marked somewhat of a personal milestone for me as a sports reporter. It was three years ago that night I covered my first game as an official press member. In college I guess you could say I was a press member, being the Sports Editor of the student newspaper, but there was something unique about getting hired by a local newspaper to cover sports post-graduation.
I figured I'd use this post to tell some fun stories and memories of the past three years, being a (post-college) sports reporter. Anything to help get my mind off that Boston World Series win.
The first game
The first post-college game I covered (Nov. 5, 2010) was a high school football game: Yorktown (N.Y.) vs. Clarkstown North in a DeMatteo Bowl game at White Plains High. I had been hired by the North County News, a hyper local newsweekly in Westchester. It was a little overwhelming, not to mention cold, but turned out to be a great game and an overall great experience.
The Yorktown Huskers won 21-13, and a neat angle to take with the article was the fact that the game took place on the quarterback's birthday. Senior Justin Mabus, in his last game as a high school QB, gets the win – and it was birthday.
Doesn't get any sweeter than that. Last I heard, Mabus was playing lacrosse at Towson.
I pointed out my milestone on Twitter and was actually congratulated by Mike Rescigno, Yorktown's head football coach. He not only offered congrats, he also pointed out Yorktown had won another DeMatteo Bowl this year, beating the Headless Horsemen of Sleepy Hollow HS. In a way, it felt as if the whole thing had come full circle.
The best quotes
Sometimes the most genuine stories stem from the best postgame quotes from athletes. At the high school level it's oftentimes difficult to get the best quotes out of a player. They are apt to get embarrassed in front of their teammates, I've learned; they can become shy when talking to the press, no matter the sport.
On one occasion though, it was a reporter's dream for an excellent story.
In the spring of 2012 at Croton-Harmon high (N.Y.) I was covering my favorite sport (obviously) – baseball. I had since jumped from the North County News to The Examiner, the company I currently work for. The Croton Tigers were pitted up against the Valhalla (N.Y.) Vikings.
Valhalla's pitcher and its second baseman were brothers: Matt Cassinelli (P) and Justin Cassinelli (2B). Matt started the game and did a nice job, only letting up three runs. Justin, as fate would have it, drove in the deciding run, ultimately giving his team – and his brother – a 4-3 victory.
The first question I asked Matt after the game was, of course, how he felt about his brother driving in the run which led to him notching the W.
His response:
"I think I'm going to make him a big dinner when we get home."
When you have an amazing quote as such, your story is bound to be an awesome read.
Fantastic finishes
Once in awhile as a sportswriter you will come across an ending to a game that will leave a lasting impression. There have been quite a few photo finishes I have witnessed over the past three years; probably too many to count, but there are two which stand out like a pair of roses in a bed of thistles.
The first: March 3 of this year. And coincidently enough, it was a game I wasn't even covering.
I had arrived at the Westchester County Center early that afternoon, as I was to cover two girls' hoops games: Ossining (N.Y.) vs. the high school I graduated from in 2005, Our Lady of Lourdes (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), followed by Peekskill (N.Y.) vs. Albertus Magnus.
The New Rochelle vs. Mount Vernon boys' game happened to be in its final minutes, and I stood witness to what will forever go down as "the shot."
Vaguely, I even made it into the photo captured by ESPN.
The other extravagant ending happened to come on Aug. 31, though it wasn't a high school game I was covering.
Over the summer my editors usually keep me busy by having me cover one of our semi-local professional baseball teams, the Hudson Valley Renegades, as it's been well-documented in Yankee Yapping over the last couple years.
I've written about this finish before, but I'll refresh the minds of the readers.
The Renegades were pitted up against the Yankees' Single-A affiliate from Staten Island. Locked in a 12th inning 2-2 battle with playoff implications on the line, the Yankees loaded the bases with nobody out. Up came Staten Island left fielder Daniel Lopez, who shot a liner up the middle that, thanks to a couple Renegade errors, brought four runs to the plate.
It may not have counted as an inside-the-park grand slam, but it was just as good, and went for one of the wildest finishes I've ever had to report on. The Yankees of course won the game after 12 frames, 6-2.
Championship games & MVPs
It's pretty much understood as a sports reporter you'll be given the opportunity to cover games with everything on the line. At the high school level there are tournaments, playoffs, and championship games. It's been an honor to report on title games, and watch the teams you've spent the entire year covering celebrate their victories.
I've watched everyone from the Yorktown girls' lacrosse team to the Ossining and Peekskill girls' basketball teams win NYS Section 1 titles. One of my favorite memories was being on the field the night the Hudson Valley Renegades captured their first New York-Penn League title since 1999, last September.
As it's been mentioned several times, interviewing two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning these past two years was such an honor for me, it's included in my Twitter bio.
I'd say covering title games and interviewing outstanding players is the best part of the whole job.
Kind words of encouragement
Far be it for me to go fishing for compliments – no reporter, or hard worker of any sort, ever should. Yet it is nice when a coach or a manager recognizes your work and calls you on what a nice job you've done.
I was conducting a phone interview with the Lakeland (N.Y.) high baseball coach in the spring of 2011, and at the tail end of the interview, he snuck it in: "nice job on that last story on us, by the way, A.J."
It's nice to know your hard work doesn't go for naught.
One of the most meaningful compliments I ever received from anyone came last summer, after my first article on the Hudson Valley Renegades ran. After I conducted my interview with skipper Jared Sandberg, this is pretty much how the conversation went down:
"Which paper are you with again?" he asked.
"The Examiner," I replied.
"Oh, I saw that article from last week!" he exclaimed. Frightened, I had no idea what he was going to say next.
"That was really well-written and very nicely done; nice spread – and the pictures came out great, too."
It meant so much to hear him say that. Jared Sandberg after all is the nephew of Chicago Cubs' Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg; he also spent time in the bigs as a third baseman with the Devil Rays. It was overly encouraging to hear such an established baseball man compliment me on my work, out of nowhere.
I'd just like to thank everyone who has supported me to this point in my career, and those who continue to support me. I hope bigger and better things await me, in the future. In particular I need to send special thanks to Adam Stone, Ray Gallagher, Rob DiAntonio, Andy Jacobs, Mike Sabini, and Mike Perrota.
Without these fine journalists teaching me and giving me a shot, I'd pretty much be nowhere.
It's been a wild three years. Thanks again to everyone. I promise the journey is far from over.
One last shout out
Though I graduated in 2010, I caught wind (of course via Twitter, what else?) that my alma mater Mercy College had its women's soccer team playing for an NCAA DII national title this weekend. The lady Mavericks, seeded fifth, traveled up to Albany to faceoff with No. 4 Adelphi in the tournament, but came up short this afternoon, 5-0.
Working as Sports Editor on The Impact (Mercy's student paper) for two years, all too regularly it became difficult to pen game recaps, mainly because the sports teams suffered so many losing campaigns playing in the East Coast Conference (ECC) matched up with so many formidable DII opponents.
As I remember, the men's hoops team went 0-26 one year I was Sports Editor.
Yeah, I know. Ouch.
But it looks as if they've made strides since the days of losing seasons, and have come a long way to build the athletic program up – as evidenced by the women's soccer team stepping up to become a juggernaut this year.
Tip of the cap to the lady Mavs on a winning season!


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I kicked off a new campaign about a year and a half ago called "The Gatekeeper," and I have had the extremely good fortune of having a published WotC designer and author at the table with us, Mr. Erik Scott de Bie. Erik, I have come to find out, is a tenacious writer. In the first few weeks of our game, he actually sent me more post game followup than all my players combined have sent me in the following year.
So, I asked him if he'd focus that insatiable pen of his towards
A few short weeks ago when the iPad was first announced, I was not among the throng of excited Apple groupies who had already made up their minds before Steve Jobs took one step onto the podium that I would be buying this device no matter what it did. I've never quite understood the mentality of if it has XYZ sticker, I simply must have it, and that extends to the iWhatever-the-Hell-They-Come-Up-with-Next. I was a late adopter to the iPod, simply because I never wanted to spend
It's been ages since I've actually played a roleplaying game. Oh, I suppose, I have joined in on a session or two in the past ten years, but I haven't been in an ongoing campaign as a player in a very long time, and frankly, I've reached a point of GM burnout.
I had been thinking for a while that I needed to take a break and play for while, so when the opportunity to join a game with Chris Sims from Wizards of the Coast popped up, I jumped on it. When he told me that his new campaign
Well, I'd like to say that the event was a resounding success and we blew that 430 record right out of the water, but technology stepped in and really gave us a whipping. I do think that we would have made it to 430, honestly. Just one minute before the designated start time at 6pm, we were already at 211 registered members online and somewhere in the neighborhood of 60+ guests. That would put us within about 140 logins from what we needed.
In a cruel twist of fate, at exactly 6pm,
Here is a short story that has been sitting on my hard drive for a long time collecting "digital dust." I thought I might share it with you all. The story is loosely based on one of my characters from the best campaign I have ever played in. I hope you enjoy it, and feedback is welcome.
Losing Control
Robert A. Howard
Ylin felt himself suddenly falling. Around him, a swirling maelstrom of blackness mixed with deep shades