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Heat forward LeBron James warms up before practice Wednesday, with Game 7 of the NBA Finals looming. / Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports

MIAMI - LeBron James had his Wednesday night planned, except for sleep, which may or not have been a part of it. The anticipation of a Game 7 in the NBA Finals might not induce proper rest.

"If I get any sleep, (Game 7) will be played in my head," James said. "It's just who I am, how I am. But I won't be too serious. I won't go into a bunker when I get back home.

"It's going to be lighthearted. I'm going to spend a lot of time tonight with my friends and family, like I always do the night before a game. We're going to laugh and joke about things that have happened in the past.

"My two boys are here. So they're not going to let me be too serious. They're going to make me watch SpongeBob (SquarePants) or something at 9."

How emotions - positive or negative - simmer and influence players is not easy to predict.

Following the Heat's dramatic, come-from-behind 103-100 overtime victory against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 Tuesday and headed into Thursday's Game 7 - the cliffhanger to a wild, fun and exciting Finals - the Heat seemed relieved and thrilled to have one more game.

"It's kind of like you have a second chance on life. You're not going to waste it. We were revived. We were dead, and we brought ourselves back to life," Heat forward Shane Battier said. "And we're happy to be in the situation. We know we still have a lot more work to do, that just to be here, we're going to play I think the best basketball we've ever played together (Thursday)."

The Spurs seem dejected about the loss and struggling to find a way to bounce back.

"I'm still down," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "A blow like that, it's not easy to get back up. But after 12 hours now, I feel a little better, knowing that we have another chance, that we can do so many things better and that we are in a Game 7 of the NBA Finals. There's not much more than that."

There's not much more than that, and there is so much more than that in a series that has had a delicious sampling of almost everything: from the dramatic (overtime) to the unexpected (hello, Danny Green) to the whimsical (Mike Miller's three-pointer with one shoe on) to the predictable (James getting skewered and praised, not only game to game but possession to possession) to the vintage (Tim Duncan, are you 37 or 27?) to the ridiculous (yes, that's you, Heat fans who left American Airlines Arena with 30 seconds left and the Heat trailing 94-89 in Game 6).

Don't forget James' headband, which he played without for most of the fourth quarter and all of overtime in Game 6. James personified it. "I'll probably start off with it, man. A little superstitious. If it gets knocked off, then me and him will have a discussion if he will return," James said.

James might have a conversation with his headband, which has a parody Twitter account: @lebronsheadband.

So welcome to Game 7 of a series dominated by big names and personalities, and the spotlight shines brightest on James. Every series is an unnecessary final judgment on his career, even though he has several seasons left. That's just the way it is.

"That's OK," James said. "It won't stop me from loving the game, playing at a high level, doing it for my teammates, putting that uniform on. ... Every time I go into my locker room and see the 'James' on the back of an NBA jersey, I'm like 'Wow!' No criticism can deter me from playing this game because of that. ... The fact that I'm doing what I'm doing and doing it for my teammates, it's all that matters."

He contemplated the stakes, aware that a win is just as much a possibility as a loss.

"The moment is going to be grand," James said. "I want to go down as one of the greatest. I want our team to go down as one of the greatest teams. And we have an opportunity to do that. Haven't been many people to win back-to-back championships. It's so hard. It's the hardest thing. I said last year it was the hardest thing I've ever done, winning my first. Last year doesn't even come close to what we've gone through in this postseason and in these Finals."

James has been fantastic in elimination games. For a while in Game 6, it didn't look like James had it in him. He recovered after shooting 3-for-12 through three quarters and rescued Miami just in time, finishing with his fourth Finals triple-double: 32 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists with 16 of those points coming in the fourth quarter.

After 11 elimination games, James is averaging 31.5 points, 10 rebounds and 6.8 assists, and he has won his past four elimination games, starting with the final two games of last season's Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics.

"I'll be there (Thursday) night," James said. "I'm going to give it my all. I'm going to leave everything on the floor. Whatever happens, happens. I'll be satisfied with that."

The Heat rely heavily on James, and he bears the great responsibility with much more aplomb than he did two, three seasons ago.

But the Heat constructed a roster centered on James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh for titles, and the Heat will need their Big 3 to produce. Yes, role players for both teams will need to produce. But if the stars - the big names, the future Hall of Famers who have helped carry the NBA for a decade - don't rise, it will be more difficult to win.

Wade now has two bum knees after colliding with Manu Ginobili in the first half on Tuesday. His bruised right knee is now accompanied by a sore and swollen left knee.

"There's one game left," Wade said. "Whatever you have inside of you, you muster it up, you give it. So I'll be fine."

After struggling to guard San Antonio forward Tim Duncan in the first half, Bosh held him to five points. With the Heat keying on Green on the perimeter, the importance of Bosh's defense increased.

Can he replicate the second-half effort?

It's a more complicated topic for the Spurs. Who exactly is their Big 3? Duncan and Tony Parker for sure. The third is a wild-card. It could be Ginobili or Green or Kawhi Leonard.

Ginobili is down. The Heat had Green on lockdown in Game 6, but he already has set a Finals record for three-pointers made. Leonard quietly has had a fine series. Who can join Parker and Duncan as difference-makers?

Parker insists San Antonio will recover from the devastating loss.

"Between the Big Three, it's a long career, a lot of up and downs and different stuff," Parker said. "So I'm not really worried about our team bouncing back tomorrow."

The Spurs had a team dinner after a loss to free their mind from the game.

"The other option is a bunch of us go back to our rooms and sit in our rooms and sit there by ourselves and beat yourself up," Duncan said. "It's always good to be around teammates and kind of get some stuff out in the open. We did exactly that. As I said, we'll be ready to rock."

But you have to wonder about the emotional and physical toll on the Spurs? The victory was so close, NBA staffers were in position to roll out the championship stage and cordon off the court with yellow tape.

There's only one way to find out: Toss up the ball and play Game 7.

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Legendary Indian singer Shamshad Begum dies at 94

Shamshad Begum. Photo: Internet

Shamshad Begum. Photo: Internet

One of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry and legend for many hit songs Shamshad Begum has died on Tuesday, April 24 at her Mumbai residence, NDTV, an Indian news portal, reported. Shamsad was 94.

She was the voice behind popular tracks like ‘Mere Piya gaye Rangoon’, ‘Kabhi aar kabhi paar’ and ‘Kajra mohabbat wala’, ‘Saiyaan dil main ana re’.

She was not keeping well for past few months and was admitted to the hospital, the news portal added. The funeral was a solemn affair with a few friends present, her daughter Usha told PTI news agency.

Shamshad Begum was born on April 14, 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab. She made her debut on Peshawar Radio in Lahore on December 16, 1947, captivating the hearts of her listeners with her enchanting voice.

Her other hit tracks include ‘Kahin pe nigahen kahin pe nishana’, ‘Boojh mera kya naam re’, ‘Saiyan dil mein aana re’, ‘Leke pehla pehla pyar’ and ‘Chod babul ka ghar’, widely popular to the news generation for the remix versions of the songs.


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  • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- President Obama signed an executive order Friday to crack down on scams targeting veterans.

    Veterans should feel welcomed when they return to the states and that's why former Army Soldier and UALR nursing student A.J. Moser can't imagine them being victimized.

    "People go over there and serve and then come back to be victims and stuff like that and that's horrible," says Moser.

    In 2003, Moser began a 14 month stint in Iraq -- then returned to school to study nursing. Both Moser and fellow classmate Krystal Clark realize how hard adjusting to civilian life can be.

    "It can be difficult if you don't have a good foundation and a good family," says Clark.

    Recently, President Obama addressed a growing issue of schools targeting veterans with misleading information and high interest loans.

    "One of the worst examples was a college recruiter who visited a Marine barracks and enrolled Marines with brain injuries so severe that some of them couldn't recall the courses the recruiter had signed them up for," says President Obama.

    Scammers are targeting veterans on bases but A.J. says he's being targeted online.

    "Lately, I've been received stuff online and stuff like that as far as trying to recruit," says Moser.

    President Obama's executive order will require veterans get a simple fact sheet outlining all financial and academic information. Krystal Clark says the Air Force provides assistance as well.

    "They have finance officers and you can take any of your problems to them," says Clark.

    Many schools provide help for veterans who want to take advantage of the G.I. Bill tuition assistance. Gail Siddell Nelson of the UALR Veteran's Center says the school does not target vets, but offers clear information to those who need it.

    "Supporting the veteran when they come back and giving them all the information they need and help that they need to pursue their education," says Nelson.

    Despite Moser's clear academic direction he says the President's order will help veterans who need time to adjust back to life in the U.S. The term "G.I. Bill" will now be regulated online, so fraudulent websites will have a harder time misleading veterans.

    Right now, there is not a place for veterans to voice concerns over education scams, but President Obama is calling for an online complaint system to be created.

    The executive order requires colleges to provide a simple, financial aid fact sheet called "Know Before You Owe." It will include tuition, fees, student loan debt and graduation rates.

    This form provides students with critical information on tuition and fees, the availability of federal financial aid, estimated student loan debt upon graduation, and information about student outcomes like graduation rates.

    The executive order also ensures the Department of Defense will set rules on college recruiters gaining access to military barracks. In the President's weekly address he said a college recruiter visited Marine barracks and "enrolled Marines with brain injuries so severe that some of them couldn't recall what courses the recruiter had signed them up for."

    Soon, veterans will have a centralized system to send their complaints if they feel a school acted fraudulently.

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The meaning of cultural things

The title of this section is a play on Harris's book title The Nature of Cultural Things (1964). In this book, Harris makes the distinction between what he terms the emic (insider) and the etic (outsider) perspectives. He initially intended the terms to apply to data-collection methodologies, where etic referred to observed behaviour and emic referred to subjective statements about the meanings of culture on the part of the informants. The terms retain their original meaning, but can also be applied to research orientations (for example, see Zeitlin, this volume). An etic (outsider) interpretation of behaviours or attitudes is done without reference to the emic (insider) meaning of the observed phenomenon. A great deal of research in developing countries, particularly that using solely quantitative methods, is conducted from the outsider perspective. For example, Rosenzweig in this volume refers to the assumption that all household members benefit equally from the production of household "goods" such as cleanliness, sanitation, and meals.

He further suggests that the economic values of each member may in fact condition his or her access to these goods. Economic value is measured as an outsider's etic concept. Household members themselves may have divergent expectations for their differential access to food, such as a belief that some foods are not appropriate for particular ageor sex-groups, or that boys "need" more food than girls. As Engle's contribution to this volume documents, food is not equally distributed in all households. A programme which assumes that food supplementation aimed at improving children's nutritional status will benefit all children equally will not, in fact, have those benefits in the situation where boys by right are allocated more food than girls. A different strategy, such as a "snack bar" where children (girls and boys) could go to consume food on the spot might be more successful. Clearly, the challenge is to deal with the real process of allocation (the etic) and with the reasons behind it (the emic).

The problem of defining household and family clearly illustrates the need to get at meanings. In a review of the literature on household versus family, Messer (1983) states that while household may refer to the traditional co-residence and food- and firesharing, family may reflect kinship ties which extend beyond household. An approach to the related problem of multiple group memberships of individual household members is discussed in Heywood in this volume. To complicate matters, these boundaries and their importance will vary from culture to culture, and they have extremely important implications for resource allocation. For instance, a young couple may be dependent on relatives who do not live with them for as much as 50 per cent of their monthly financial resources.

March (unpublished information) has suggested the terms "soft-bounded" and "hardbounded" households as an aid to conceptualizing this problem of defining household versus family. He suggests that household boundaries be viewed as a semipermeable membrance, more permeable in some cultures than in others. This would permit some generalizations about cultures or groups of households, and help avoid the temptation to deal with households only as single, self-contained units. Cultural rules and generalities about what can be exchanged between households could be identified. For example, in United States suburban culture, money is seldom exchanged between neighbouring (nonkin) households, but food and services (a cup of sugar or babysitting) are frequently exchanged. In the same culture, relatives in a distant city could not provide food or services, but might provide money as needed. All these "items" (food, services, money) could contribute to the nutritional and economic well-being of the household. Data analysis involving pattern recognition would be particularly effective for quantitative data sets. Patterns of exchange and degrees of household "permeability" could be identified through the analysis of clusters of behaviours.

A classic example of widely divergent cultural patterns related to food allocation was provided in the actual experience of two young American women and the two Indonesian men they hired to take them by boat on a brief trip to another Indonesian island. The four ended up adrift with very limited supplies of food and water. The men ate food and drank water liberally, even spilling it. Concerned, the women divided the resources (which they had brought) and gave the men half. The Indonesians quickly consumed their rations and conflict erupted when the Americans would not share the remains of their half. The American women could not know that in the men's village culture many foods were freely available and were consumed at will. Potential later shortages rarely were a concern and were never planned for. Hoarding was considered anti-social. Tomorrow would somehow take care of itself. The actions of the Americans and the Indonesians marooned at sea were totally incomprehensible to each other. Fortunately, the four were rescued in time, although the Americans left the Indonesians stranded hundreds of miles from home because they had "behaved irresponsibly" (Ciotti, 1986).

Defining a resource also requires a full understanding of meanings. So far, research has tended to focus on resources such as income, which are easy to measure. Time-allocation studies have made an important contribution in revealing less obvious resources, such as the extent to which children tending herds free their fathers to work for wages (Nag et al., 1978). Thus children's time becomes an important resource which contributes to the production of income for the household.

An essential aspect of meaning, one particularly well-suited to identification and definition through anthropological techniques, is the distinction between variables and how these variables cluster to form patterns of behaviour. Thus, the fact that some of the children in a household may be from the mother's previous sexual alliance may be an important factor influencing the resources allocated to those children compared to their halfsiblings, but this pattern will not be picked up unless it is noted or suspected by the researcher. Individuals are not always conscious of their own patterns of behaviour (so that their assessment becomes a matter of outsider perspective), yet resource allocation is the product of complex interactions among individuals based on sex, status within the household, health, personality, age, family composition, and so forth. Sometimes these patterns cannot be identified through the analysis of survey data or econometric modelling, because the necessary variables were not included in the data collection or because the researcher did not know what pattern to look for. One of anthropology's strengths is the generation of holistic descriptions (Johnson, 1978; Dehavenon, 1984), which can then be used for generating hypotheses. These in turn can be tested with additional qualitative and quantitative methods. These descriptions can uncover the appropriate factors to be included in a correct, culturally sensitive econometric model, or can be used to design an effective, appropriate intervention. The measurement of outcomes of resource allocation illustrates the complexity of human behaviour. Many outcomes cannot be directly attributed to one resource. For example, nutritional status reflects not only food intake, but freedom from debilitating infections. Susceptibility to infections could be influenced by maternal (or other family member) attention (e.g. keeping a child from playing in the area of the patio used for human wastes), money and time spent on preventive medical care such as vaccinations, time spent on cleanliness, and so on.

Understanding the full range of possible factors affecting a given outcome is essential to more accurate and meaningful research which will result in more effective programme design. Thus, the strengths of the anthropological approach for eliciting and identifying the underlying factors and meaning of behaviours (even on a small scale) are an essential adjunct to the large-scale survey approach for enhancing and refining the understanding of behaviour and its meaning. Generating an appropriate matrix for hypothesis testing is clearly as essential to ensuring more accurate and meaningful research as it is to effective programme planning.

The basic techniques of anthropology are well known and well described (Wax, 1971; Naroll and Cohen, 1973; Pelto and Pelto, 1978; Spradley, 1980), and volumes exist on quantitative methods from the perspectives of many disciplines, particularly sociology, psychology, economics, demography, and political science. What are optimum combinations of the two approaches for studying intra-household resource allocation? In the following discussion, the assumption is made that time and financial resources are no' infinite, and that a realistic rather than an ideal proposal must be made. For clarity, the suggestions which follow are presented in terms of a village. Studies at the regional or national level can sample accordingly, as can studies conducted in large urban areas.

The discussion on meaning in the previous section makes it clear that at least three phases are necessary, and that a fourth is desirable:

  1. Exploratory ethnographic work.
  2. Structured observations and interviews in a small sample of households.
  3. Survey of a large random sample of households using a brief, focused instrument developed on the basis of results from steps 1 and 2.
  4. Additional focused observations and more detailed interviews with a subsample of the survey households, based on the outcomes of the first three steps.

Exploratory Ethnographic Work

The traditional ethnography takes a minimum of a year. This not only ensures deep and accurate knowledge of the culture, but permits the researcher to live each season of the year with people and understand the impacts of seasonal variation on their lives. In a study of something as complex and multifaceted as resource allocation, the importance of seasonality cannot be ignored. Moreover, it takes time to gain a more than superficial understanding of a culture. Development projects, however, do not have the time nor the resources to hire an anthropologist for a year prior to initiating a project. Nor is it a realistic approach for a national or regional project in a country with ethnic, economic, and rural-urban variations in its population. Under these circumstances, a compromise is necessary.

The best strategy is to work with one or more anthropologists, already experienced in the culture(s) to be studied, and to conduct brief, focused ethnographic overviews in a small group of households. These should be sampled to reflect the variation economics, household size, presence of young children in the household, etc. - present in the community that is important to the research. While specific kinds of behaviour relevant to the project would be the focus, the ethnographer would not be limited by the variables presumed to be of importance, but should be open to all relevant information. The question of seasonality should be handled either by touching base with the households briefly during each season, or by picking the one or two most important seasons for the research and concentrating on them. For example, most agricultural societies have a "lean season," the time just before the crops are ready to harvest and the resources from the previous year are depleted or nearly so. Obviously, it is crucial for projects on resource allocation to study behaviour during the lean season.

If an experienced researcher is involved, this focused ethnographic work can be as little as six weeks to look at 15 households in one community and gather background information on the community. This approach has been successfully utilized in a recent multinational series of studies of health-seeking behaviour at the household level sponsored by the United Nations University (UNU). Researchers in 16 countries focused on the evaluation of primary health-care and nutrition programmes from the household perspective, using guidelines developed by the group (Scrimshaw and Hurtado, 1985). Five hundred and fourteen households in 46 communities yielded rich data on how households were, or were not, affected by these programmes (Scrimshaw, Mitzner, and Scrimshaw, forthcoming, 1989).

One essential aspect of the approach is to focus the data collection fairly narrowly on the project's interests by means of the use of research topic guides. These guides are not questionnaires, but "shopping lists" of information required on a series of topics. They are assembled on the basis of project goals and priorities and a knowledge of the culture. The guides developed for UNU's 16-country study on nutrition and primary health care are presented in a field guide entitled Rapid Assessment Procedures for Nutrition and Primary Health Care: Anthropological Approaches to Improving Program Effectiveness (RAP) (Scrimshaw and Hurtado, 1987). They are intended to be modified for each programme by adding or deleting topics as appropriate. The information in these guides is collected over a series of visits with each family by means of observation, informal interview, and participant observation. The existence of a guide ensures that the same topics will be covered with each family, although the way in which the topics are discussed and their order will vary as appropriate to each family's situation. The guides are kept in a folder for each family, and supplemented by field notes as indicated. Checking the folder before setting out to visit a family enables the researcher to see what topics still need to be brought up in discussion with that family. Summarizing the information on guide sheets facilitates subsequent comparisons between families and data analysis in general.

The guides are supplemented by the usual ethnographic diary and field notes, and by brief formal interviews on household composition (age, sex, occupation, education, etc., for each household member), ethnicity, religion, and other household conditions (e.g. water supplies) relevant to health. These more formal interviews are usually completed early in the field-work period. They provide a good introduction to the family, and also facilitate data analysis and the comparison of communities through standardized pre-coded questions. The manual developed for the United Nations University projects contains more details on data collection and analysis for this type of brief and rapid interview (Scrimshaw and Hurtado, 1986).

Structured Observations and Interviews

Structured observations and interviews should be developed on the basis of the information gained during the ethnographic overview. For example, if the ethnographer finds that food allocation is carried out by several household members, focused observations of food allocation over a specific period or a sampling of periods should be conducted for each person involved in the allocation. It might be that programme efforts focused only on one type of person (e.g. mothers) when in fact several types (e.g. grandmothers and older siblings of children under five) should be involved in the programme as well.

Observation instruments should be developed on the basis of behaviours observed by the ethnographer, and might include a behaviour checklist of the type psychologists often use. For instance, Dehavenon (1978) used video cameras in people's homes to observe the family hierarchies reflected in food-allocation and request/compliance behaviours. Because it is so labour-intensive, she suggests this technique primarily be used in the design of observational and interview instruments. In recent research on labour and delivery in Mexican women, Engle and I started with field notes taken during labour, then structured those notes within specific time periods, and finally developed precise instruments collecting 78 columns' worth of data over five minutes, which could then be coded and entered into a computer for analysis (Scrimshaw, in press, 1989). As indicated by Johnson in this volume, observations on time allocation should be supplemented by interviews and informant recording of information.

The range of survey methodologies is well documented (Babble, 1982; Bailey, 1982; Sanders and Pinhey, 1983). The integration of quantitative and qualitative research can be difficult if the specialists in each method do not really respect or appreciate the contributions of the '`other" method. It is essential either to have researchers who are familiar with and value both methods, as many now do, or to have quantitative and qualitative researchers work as a team throughout the project.

Just as the anthropologist or other qualitative research specialist has to compromise on the ideal project in phase 1, the quantitative specialist must be willing to carry out a parsimonious survey in phase 3, incorporating questions derived from and designed on the basis of the previous two phases. Dehavenon (1983, 1988) boiled down her voluminous data on East Harlem families to a four-page interview instrument used annually to measure hunger and food emergencies in a sample of 500 families from that same community.

Integration of qualitative information in the survey design phase must be followed by integration in data analysis and the presentation of results. A good report weaves the two together, illustrating survey findings with concrete examples, pointing out discrepancies between what people say they do and what they actually do, exploring interrelationships according to qualitatively derived hypotheses, and validating qualitative findings with survey data.

Obtaining data on a topic as cross-culturally and individually varied and as elusive to people's memories and awareness as intra-household resource allocation calls for a multifaceted methodological approach. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research techniques is needed in order to understand the process being studied in culturally appropriate terms, to obtain accurate information on behaviour, and to interpret the meanings behind the behaviours. A three-phase approach is suggested involving initial ethnographic work, focused observations and interviews, and large-scale surveys. The inclusion of ethnographic phases does not need to be lengthy or costly, but can be scaled up or down according to time and resource availability. The essential ingredient is the coordinated combination of methodological approaches.

This paper has been guided by discussions with Mary Scrimshaw, Daniel March, Patricia Engle, and Anna Lou Dehavenon. Their comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Pamela Rauseo, 37, performs CPR on her nephew, five-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz, after pulling her SUV over on the side of the road along the west bound lane on Florida State Road 836 on Feb. 20, 2014. / Al Diaz, Miami Herald

The miraculous rescue of a five-month-old baby who stopped breathing twice was captured in photos by Miami Herald photographer Al Diaz.

According to Diaz, Pamela Rauseo, 37, was heading westbound in heavy traffic on Florida State Road 836 Thursday when she stopped her SUV. Diaz was in his car behind Rauseo and heard screaming.

"I look up and the woman pops out of the car with the baby in her arms," Diaz told USA TODAY Network. The woman's baby, who turned out to be her nephew, he said, had stopped breathing, and she began to give him CPR.

Diaz, who said he does not know CPR, ran through the cars stuck in traffic to find someone who could help resuscitate baby Sebastian de la Cruz.

Lucila Godoy, 34, of Miami left her three-year-old son in her car to help, the Miami Herald reports.

Diaz said he also flagged down a police officer. Soon, other officers arrived. Luckily the baby had started breathing, Diaz said.

When it seemed the situation had calmed down, Diaz got his camera from his trunk to document the scene.

But when Diaz started shooting photos, the baby stopped breathing again.

Rauseo then performed CPR on her nephew a second time, Diaz said.

"The hero in this story is Pamela," Diaz said. "She's the one that saved the baby."

The Herald reports that de la Cruz was born prematurely and has respiratory issues,

The baby was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami where he was listed in stable condition Thursday, the Herald reports.

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The Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez, who agreed last Thursday to the parameters of a seven-year, $175 million contract, still are working through issues before finalizing his deal, but neither side would comment on possible concerns over Hernandez's recent physical exam.

"We've had a code of silence all along on this, and that hasn't changed," said Alan Nero of Octagon, which represents Hernandez. "We're dealing with a lot of issues."

Hernandez raised a red flag on Friday when he abruptly informed Venezuelan officials that he would pull out of the World Baseball Classic, and concern grew when the Mariners and Hernandez did not finalize their deal.

ESPN, citing sources involved in the negotiations, reported Sunday that concerns over Hernandez's elbow emerged during a physical examination Hernandez underwent Thursday.

Yet, while the two sides acknowledge that negotiations are continuing, neither Zduriencik or Nero would directly answer questions whether MRI results indicated any abnormalities in Hernandez's elbow.

"We don't comment on negotiations,'' Zduriencik said Saturday when asked by USA TODAY Sports about any issues with Hernandez's elbow during his physical. He reiterated his stance when asked again Sunday.

Yet, there appears to be little concern over Hernandez's immediate health. He is scheduled to report on time Tuesday to the Mariners' camp with their first workouts scheduled Wednesday in Peoria, Ariz. The difference now is that the contract negotiations likely won't be concluded before the start of camp.

If there are concerns about Hernandez's elbow, the Mariners could request language in Hernandez's new contract, protecting them if Hernandez has a serious elbow injury before his contract expires. Certainly, it's not unique for pitchers.

The New York Yankees have escape clauses in ace CC Sabathia's contract if he has shoulder problems in 2016, allowing them to pay him only a $5 million buyout in 2017 instead of a $25 million salary.

Hernandez, 26, still has two years and $39.5 million remaining in his original contract. His new deal, according to a person directly involved with the contract negotiations, was scheduled to override the current contract, tying him up through 2019.

He would receive $135.5 million in new earnings over five years - an average of $27.1 million per season. Hernandez's contract would eclipse the record seven-year, $161 million contract CC Sabathia signed before the 2009 season with the Yankees.

Hernandez, the 2010 Cy Young winner, has pitched at least 232 innings the last four seasons with a 2.81 ERA. His 1,620 1/3 innings during his eight-year career is the fourth-highest total by a pitcher before his 27th birthday, according to ESPN.

Hernandez was expected to front a Venezuelan pitching staff expected to be among the deepest in the World Baseball Classic Field. Instead, Hernandez will sit out the event, a decision that caused some backlash on social media in his country.

In an interview with the Venezuelan sports newspaper Lider, Hernandez said his decision to sit out the tournament was not influenced by any type of pressure from the Mariners.

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The letter T!he 2009s, a.k.a. state championships (the most fun tournaments of the year, in large part) were this past weekend, but I want to wait a week before trying to digest the many deck lists and snapshot of Standard that will come out of it; not all states have reported yet, and I want to make sure we can take a longer, fuller, view of the results as a whole when we move to wrap-up mode.

So for this week we have a respite of full-on fun before going over the number of just how many Jund decks littered Top 8s across the continent.

But still in Standard, still in the context of the 2009s, I decided to highlight some fun and different—but still viable—decks that made Top 8, or even won!

Spreading Seas Is a Real Card (More or Less)

Ben Tash's Spread 'Em
Standard - Winner, Kentucky 2009s

I know that we mentioned the "Spread 'Em" strategy last week, but with Ben Tash's victory in Kentucky (and additional Top 8 performances elsewhere), I figured that it might be worth a more in-depth look at this frustrating, sometimes silly—but again sometimes really effective—control strategy.

Spread 'Em plays twelve Cascade cards: the ubiquitous Bloodbraid Elf, its common sidekick Captured Sunlight, and Extended staple Ardent Plea. Bloodbraid Elf and Captured Sunlight can only cascade into Ardent Plea or one of the two-mana spells; Ardent Plea can only cascade into one of the two-mana spells. So a 3/2 body, 4 life, or an Exalted enchantment are all there essentially as redundancies funneling the Spread 'Em draw into those two-mana spells.

And there are only two kinds of two-mana spells, the namesake Spreading Seas and additional redundant backup Convincing Mirage.

As the title of this section goes, Spreading Seas is very nearly a real card.

I know it looks a bit silly, but a two-mana spell that replaces itself—regardless of its effect—is often playable. Is turning a land into an Island more or less valuable than, say, 2 life? Because Renewed Faith (generally deployed for 1 ManaWhite Mana with the text "Gain 2 life. Draw a card") was a staple of Standard and block, and heavily played even in Extended! There are many such examples.

Spreading Seas, alone, has a relatively insignificant effect on the game. It doesn't actually destroy one of the opponent's lands, just makes it less efficient. You can still tap the target for mana ... as long as you can do something with Blue Mana. However when about 60% of a deck's cards become Spreading Seas, you have the potential for some rock and roll.

Convincing Mirage is far less desirable than Spreading Seas (because you don't get to draw a card), but in the context of being one of so many "Spreading Seas," it can make up for the card advantage ... with card advantage.

That's how mana denial works, after all.

If you put a Convincing Mirage on, say, a tapped Savage Lands on your second turn (lucky you, you went first), your Jund opponent has almost no opportunity to make a play on the second turn, land lying fallow. Now you cast another on a Mountain or whatever, and still no plays from your opponent, with a hand is full of Putrid Leeches, Bloodbraid Elves, Broodmate Dragons ... all cards that require more than one color of mana. By denying one color of mana, you might be cornering your opponent into an unenviable Mind Twist situation, where he or she might think that hand is full of cards ... but has no capability to play any of them.

The Spread 'Em deck only works because of the discipline of playing only Spreading Seas and Convincing Mirages on the two. You literally can't play other cards like spot creature removal, Negates, or what have you without foiling the redundancy provided by the cascade spells. Then you just have a regular bunch of, you know, Convincing Mirages.

The Spread 'Em deck has a transformative anti-beatdown sideboard. The theme of playing what look like "silly" spells in the main carries over to the sideboard, with the now-Convincing Mirage-less Spread 'em Cascading into—believe it or not—Deft Duelist.

To be fair, the Duelist can be quite the Goblin Guide containment unit!

The Not-Quite-Combo Deck

Roger Sampson's Emeria Enchantress
Standard - 6th place, Connecticut 2009s

This article is supposed to be about fun (but still competitive) decks ... and as far as I can tell, Roger Sampson's deck is a full-on pack of wild dogs.

The unique feature of this deck is the presence of Mesa Enchantress. When you have Mesa Enchantress on the battlefield, every spell you cast allows you to draw a card. Coincidentally, this deck is chock full of serviceable enchantments!

Journey to Nowhere and Oblivion Ring have proven themselves to be playable in other decks in this environment. Players run them all the time as flexible answers to different kinds of permanents, or proxies for Path to Exile with no drawbacks. In the context of a Mesa Enchantress deck, these enchantments go from being about good enough to being consistent card advantage.

Luminarch Ascension is not so much "good enough" to play as a legitimate breaker. There are a good many decks in this format that shake and shiver at the thought of a turn-two Ascension. Again, in this deck, the turn two looming threat is also a kind of cantrip.

The last tier of main deck enchantments includes Pacifism and Sigil of the Empty Throne. Pacifism is a card that has been played off-and-on, sporadically, over the last nine years or so, but has never really been a Tier One kind of card. Once it starts drawing extra ones ... Pacifism starts looking more viable.

Sigil of the Empty Throne is a card that my good friend Brian David-Marshall has been trying to harness since it was first spoiled ... but at five mana with no initial utility (despite a deep throng of dependencies), Sigil of the Empty Throne has, to date, found itself with an empty dance card. However, with Mesa Enchantress in the mix, there seems to be more incentive to playing lots of enchantments ... both White permanents can share the possibilities, profitably.

Sampson's deck is one long list of creature murderers, with Day of Judgment and Path to Exile bolstering the enchantment set of Journey, Ring, and Pacifism.

The cool thing about playing so many enchantments that are already "good enough" is that Roger's deck does not need to play a specific way. It can play cards off the top, trading one-for-one against creatures, eventually winning with Baneslayer Angel; or it can fill its hand while doing the same thing.

What? No Rewind?

We have been featuring Shaheen Soorani-built white-blue decks forever. This is Shaheen's latest take on his favorite color combination:

Shaheen Soorani's White-Blue Control
Standard - 5th place, Virginia 2009s

Shaheen claims this deck is a shredder of beatdown decks, and it is easy to see why. Unlike many of the control pretenders in the format, this one plays a lot of fast action ... Knight of the White Orchid can be generating card advantage on the second turn. There are counterspells, but they are the fast action sort that you can play either on the second turn (you know, before you've lost the game), or with spare mana once you've started to put your stamp on it.

One of the things I find positively charming about this build is how much life gain is built into it. Kabira Crossroads and Sejiri Refuge on top of the Baneslayer Angels and Walls? For its part, Kabira Crossroads is almost as good as a spell.

As a strict white-blue deck, this one has no single haymaker on the order of a Cruel Ultimatum, but between Elspeth, Knight-Errant; Baneslayer Angel; Mind Spring; and the corner-case Iona, Shield of Emeria, it looks to make do.

Top of the Molten Pinnacle

Nick Stadtmiller's Valakut Ramp
Standard - 3rd place, Michigan 2009s

It's like Doom Blade Guy says ... Oracle of Mul Daya might as well have fear, because she is one of the scariest motherlovers in all the planes of the multiverse.

Nick Stadmiller's deck is one that can harness the power of the Oracle for tremendous card advantage and Tinker-like expensive effects.

With shuffle plays like Harrow, Rampant Growth, and Terramorphic Expanse, Nick can get fresh looks to put more, different, lands in play. The most important of these, of course, is Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle. Valakut with the Mountains found by the Oracle and Harrow especially make for a lockdown long game. Every additional Mountain is dangerous, and the lives of individual creatures hang by a thread, especially with more than one copy of Valakut on the battlefield; the double Valakut board gives even Baneslayer Angel pause.

This version differs from "mono" Valakut decks by diversifying its threat base. The mana ramp afforded by the green portion of the deck can just as easily power out Bogardan Hellkite as set up a Molten Pinnacle long game.

With the 2009s come and gone, where will you show off your mastery of Standard (other than the MTGO 8-player queues, that is)? Well, multiple independent organizers have been lacing together some great cash tournaments to swell the hearts of local heroes and give players another reason to keep up with the old Constructed in the midst of a Limited PTQ season.

This weekend in St Louis, Star City Games kicks off their new Invitational series. The St. Louis tournaments (Standard on Saturday, Legacy on Sunday) boast $5,000 in prizes (each), and set up top finishers for next year's $50,000 Invitational. You can find more information at

Personally, I am likely to be gaming in Philadelphia (on Sunday, anyway). Saturday is a Limited PTQ, but Sunday is a $5,000 tournament in the City of Brotherly Love featuring Hall of Fame gunslingers Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle. You can find more information at

In a time of uncertainty, we can rest assured that this will be true: Next week, there are going to be lots of deck lists to go through!

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Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney claims his job creation plan would mean about 450,000 good-paying jobs for Ohio.

Two progressive groups say his economic and budget plans would mean dramatic cuts in programs middle class Ohioans depend on.

What should voters make of those claims?

The fate and future of the the region's flagship newspaper is very much up in the air.

What would it mean to Greater Cleveland if the Plain Dealer switches to a 3-day-a-week format that is more dependent on a digital product?

Tom Beres, and Channel 3 Political Analysts Dennis Eckart and Mary Anne Sharkey discuss Romneynomics with  Innovation Ohio's Janetta King and Tom Perriello of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

They discuss the future of the Plain Dealer and a future community education campaign with Plain Dealer Reporters Harlan Spector and John Mangels.

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Sorry but I must agree with 1) with the comment previous to yours...

Compiz works GREAT on NVidia hardware, ah how come? well they detect if they are working on Intel, ATI, NVidia etc and probably tweak some behaviour after that. It took some time, compiz and beryl used to be buggy, but now they are quit stable. And before you start with the excuses:
- Yes NVidia should publish Open Source drivers, BUT that is no excuse to make things work with their current proprietary drivers which have been the best available for Linux 3D for a while.
- And have you noticed that Intel's drives, even being open sourced, have still problems? (some cards can't have textures big enough for the desktop cube or some other effects, etc) so again the Open Source complaint, although legitimate, is no excuse for poor driver usage.
- And again, why the Open Source project named Compiz can do it and KDE's KWin cannot? Shouldn't they build on Compiz (ah! no! its too GNOMish for the KDE guys, isn't it?)

I was a KDE user up to KDE 3.5.8 or 9, but I got tired of lagging behind GNOME because KDE 4 was the developers main focus and 3.5 was being a little abandoned; Compiz not very well integrated, k3b started to burn my CDs badly (usually had to do 2 to get one good), firefox 3 had some problems within Kubuntu look and feels, etc. Still Konqueror is way better than Nautilus and Konsole is more flexible than Terminal, but I still can use them from Ubuntu (yes, without the K)..

Dolphin you say? why do I need to have 2 canvas at each side of the files (which are the real important thing) taking space for DOING NOTHING, don't you know the eee revolution means you do not always have screen space to spare?

If Qt 4 was going to give a 25% performance boost, why does KDE 4 (yes even 4.1) feel like you are running Vista?

Will we have to wait for KDE 4.5 to start thinking of a switch back to KDE?

The Gnome guys will probably thank the KDE team for KDE4... but the users won't because the Gnome-KDE competition kept the GUIs improving while if KDE lags behind or takes the Vista-like route the Gnome guys will probably start get too relaxed and the GUIs will stop evolving at the same rate they were a few years ago... so MACOSX and Windows future improvements will be more difficult to reach or surpass.

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Why is it important that NIDA reach out to Hispanic communities in their own language? Hispanic/Latino peoples constitute the fastest growing population group in the Nation. NIDA's Monitoring the Future survey for 2000 showed that Hispanic 12th-graders had the highest rates of reported use for crack cocaine and ecstasy. For other drugs, the Hispanic students' rates were lower than those of white students and higher than rates for African Americans.

NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner has pointed out that drug abuse and addiction are "equal opportunity destroyers," touching every race, culture, and socioeconomic level.

Two of NIDA's most popular publications, its marijuana booklets, have been translated into Spanish. La marihuana: Lo que los padres deben saber (Marijuana: What Parents Need To Know) explains how marijuana is used, who uses it, and how it affects users. The booklet also provides information to help parents prevent or detect marijuana use by their children. La marihuana: Información para los adolescentes (Marijuana: Facts for Teens) describes marijuana's short- and long-term effects on health, learning, and performance in sports and other activities.

Another popular booklet from NIDA is Previniendo el uso de drogas entre niños y adolescentes (Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents). The booklet describes principles of drug abuse prevention developed through scientific research. Proven approaches to prevention that families, schools, and communities can use are described.

Principios de tratamientos para la drogadicción (Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment) provides research-based information about addiction, drug treatment, and recovery. It helps guide new patients in getting the most from their treatment and warns about possible difficulties during treatment and recovery.

The pamphlets in NIDA's Research Report Series simplify the science of research findings for the educated lay public, legislators, educational groups, and practitioners. To date, four Research Reports have been produced in Spanish:

Spanish-Only Publications

One recent brochure, published only in Spanish, is designed to help Spanish-speaking families talk together about issues of drug abuse and related health risks. Juventud latina - Hable con sus hijos sobre las drogas y sus peligros (Latino Youth: Speak to Your Children About Drugs and Their Dangers) offers the latest information on the effects of abused drugs and presents strategies for prevention and treatment of addiction. To ensure that the brochure would be useful and used, NIDA elicited input from Hispanic/Latino parents, young people, and community health professionals from across the Nation.

Juventud Latina is part of a bilingual campaign that includes radio and television public service announcements (PSAs) carrying the overriding message "Keep your brain healthy: Don't use drugs." In one series of PSAs, Latino teenagers urge their peers to talk with parents about drugs; in a parallel series, the teens address parents, asking them to take the initiative in discussing drugs with their children.

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So which bunny filled your basket?

A. (for Angry)
B. (for Basket)

C. (for Cigarette)

 D. (for Doody)

E. (for Evil)
F. (for Fear)
G. (for Gee)

H. (for Hot)

Mar 27, 2013

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hello dolly

Sometimes in my endless online wanderings I stumble upon a treasure trove like this site.
Think of it as Yelp, for sex dolls

"She-Male Doll
Love doll with strong breasts and realistic vibrating cock.
This doll came with lumpy breasts. The left boob deflated within a few minutes.
And frankly, the dong isn't very secure. You might want to buy a female love doll and a realistic dong with a suction cup bottom, because that's all he/she really is. This reporter feels betrayed."

"Virtually Marilyn Star
Apparently, someone thought four-color printing might make Marilyn here look a little more realistic and loveable.
Her breasts are described as luscious and squeezable, and she comes dressed in red and black lingerie.
Three openings, all of which vibrate.
What a beauty."

"Florence from The Jeffersons
We really are moving on up. Who could ever forget Marla Gibbs' laser sharp, tart-tongued sass mouth of a maid? Sometimes it seemed like she and Mr. J would never see eye to eye.
Enjoy fucking her face all you want during Nick at Nite.
Chocolate-colored inflatable plastic. Three openings. Does not perform housekeeping on the weekends."
(this last one, of course, is what hooked me in)

See the rest of his reviews here

Mar 24, 2013

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Mar 17, 2013

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Mar 11, 2013

I keep seeing this commercial...

over and over...and I have to say, despite myself, I like it.

Of course, they are pandering to my demographic (or something)...I'm not too proud to admit it.

I mean I don't like it enough to spend money on a Kindle or anything, but if there's ever a sale on gay husbands, hey, let me know.

Mar 4, 2013

The cute canon

Back when I was in school, I'd find myself gazing into Lord Byron's soulful eyes in my Lit book
and dreaming of being whisked off to Venice by him...and his kinky club foot.
Hot. are a few pictures of other cute boys who write...or something.
The ever beautiful Lord Byron
Papa (not Margaux) Hemingway

The hipster Ezra Pound

The elegant Mr. Hawthorne

The dreamy Mr. Rupert Brooke

Rough trade Kerouac

The dashing Dr. Chekhov

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Sometimes one play is the difference between a win and a loss.

During Sunday's 31-17 loss to the Packers, I believe it was one play call that proved costly. Late in the third quarter, the Cardinals trailed 24-14 and faced a 3rd-and-1 from the Packers' 2-yard line. For some reason either Mike Miller or Ken Whisenhunt -- or maybe both -- felt that giving LaRod Stephens-Howling the ball on a run up the middle was a good call.

Three problems with that: The Packers stacked the line. The Cardinals offensive line still can't run block. And, Stephens-Howling is hardly a power back. Needless to say he was stuffed for no gain, and Arizona settled for a short Jay Feely field goal to pull within 24-17.

Two plays later, it was 31-17 after Aaron Rodgers connected with Tom Crabtree on a 72-yard touchdown pass. Neither team scored again.

I'm not saying the Cardinals would have won had they scored a touchdown instead of a field goal on that possession, but this team has essentially no margin for error. So that if we're going to get on players for making bad reads or dropping passes, coaches can't afford to make calls that have very little chance of working -- especially on third down.

I do think the coaches did a much better job of getting Larry Fitzgerald more involved this week. He had six catches for 74 yards and a touchdown, after combining for just nine receptions the last two weeks. I also thought they put John Skelton in a much better position to succeed than they did last week ago against San Francisco. They didn't give up on the run game, and in the second half, we saw a much more poised, confident and accurate Skelton than we've seen so far.

That being said, the Cardinals offense is still bad and the defense is starting to spring a few leaks.

I'd be lying if I said the bye week couldn't be coming at a better time. The Cardinals could have used the time off three weeks ago.

Unfortunately, the Atlanta Falcons -- undefeated as of Sunday afternoon -- await the Cardinals in two weeks. If the Cardinals have any hopes whatsoever of playing meaningful games in December, then pulling off what will be considered a major upset at the Georgia Dome is the only option.

It's on the players to quit missing tackles, making bad reads, dropping passes and whiffing on blocks. It's on the coaches to make better calls when the offense actually has a chance to put points on the board.

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07-21-2008, 07:39 PM
You guys make me sick! I get the town almost cleared out and now it is like starting all over again! I checked my email today and there were 46 new caches published in my alert area and most of them are around Hot Springs. Well that's it! You guys have incurred my wrath! I will be dilligently working on some truely diabolical caches to hide to make you all pay for your indescriminate hiding habits :twisted: !!

Really I'm glad to see all the caches so close to home :D . However, you will still be tormented by my next evil hide :twisted: !!

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07-23-2008, 06:25 PM
So now you attempt to antagonize me further? When you are out there under the hot sun searching for one of my soon to be released impossible caches just emember it is your own fault. You brought it upon yourself :twisted:!


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A Personal Observation:

I am privileged to perform home inspections in a metropolitan area where I can see so many beautiful houses and meet so many interesting people. Everyone knows Texas is a great place to live and has a lot of beautiful houses, but Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Wise and Johnson Counties have some of the most affordable homes in the country.

Like most home inspectors, I’m all over the map. Locally I have gone as far as Lucas, Texas but I mostly cover Tarrant County.

California investors have known for a long time that this area is one of the most economical areas of the country in which to live.

Two-thousand six was not a great year for people living on the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida. That year I met a lot of Katrina victims and many who were devastated by Hurricane Rita the summer before. Some were completely homeless with heart-wrenching stories. They came to Texas for help. Some folks just wanted a change of scenery and sunny weather after the hurricanes and many of them decided to stay in Texas. Some had insurance or their own money and resources and others needed government help.  There were a lot of generous Texans who took them in and helped them through private charities and churches.

Like real estate agents, home inspectors get to meet a variety of clients; buyers, sellers and their families and friends. We meet appraisers, surveyors, insurance agents, repairmen and decorators. I have performed home inspections for home builders, pool builders, plumbers, doctors and nurses. I have worked on behalf of lottery winners, college students, young married couples, airmen, soldiers and sailors.  I met a legendary INDY 500 race car driver and his gracious wife.

I’ve been hired to inspect homes for current baseball players, former baseball players, TV anchormen, radio newscasters, program directors and college professors. I’ve met teachers, coaches, principals and bus drivers, corporate CEO’s, baseball GM’s, engineers and lawyers.  I had the pleasure to perform a home inspection for a legendary singer from the 40′s and the privilege and honor to meet and inspect a home for a Tuskegee Airmen. I am extremely grateful for those experiences.

I have been hired by people buying homes so that their elderly parents could be near them. Church members helping local flood victims until they can get back on their feet. Parents buying homes for their struggling daughters and sons to help them get through a nasty divorce or a death in the family. A lot of generous Texans live here.

It is good to be an American. It is good to be a Texan.


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Lake Vacation House ,
[2] Bedrooms, [1] Bathrooms, Sleeps [5]

Property Type : Lake Vacation House
Total Area : 2 Acres
Location Type : Rural Area
Category : Classic
Occupation Note :
Highlights :
Air Conditioning
Lake View

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Lake Cabin at Eagle's Cove

EAGLE'S COVE CABIN is our lovely Vacation Home nestled at a Cove on 2 acres in a beautiful wooded and tranquil setting at Old Hickory Lake.

Our home and property has a "Gatlinburg Feel" Quiet, Peaceful, with Spectacular Lake and Trees. All the Comforts of Home, Great Location. A Relaxing Oasis!

* Lake Setting and Lots of Trees

* Beautifully Decorated and Furnished

* Fully Supplied Kitchen

* Large front Deck Facing Lake

* Close Marina for launching/docking/renting boats/tours

* Wood Burning Fireplace and Fire-Pit

Home Description:

The family sitting area is open and comfortable where you can enjoy sitting by the roaring fire on those cold nights. Great outdoor living in the lovely breeze-way patio area where you can enjoy the lake view on one side and the country-side on the other. There is also a large front deck for your enjoyment with a view of the Lake and property.

Eagle's Cove Cabin is tastefully decorated to make you feel at home and yet still feel like you are on Vacation. The large Master Bedroom has a lake view and a very comfortable pillow-top Queen-size bed with luxury linens. The second bedroom is also beautifully decorated and has 2 very comfortable twin beds. There is a full bathroom with Hair Dryer. Linens and Towels provided.

The Kitchen is equipped with everything you need. Our Guests have exclusive use of a gas BBQ, and for those that don't cook, you can enjoy a great meal at the Marina just a few minutes away or at any number of other tasty restaurants nearby.

The area is rich in History. There's lots to see and do locally. If you like to fish, bring along your fishing pole as the Cove is deep and full of fish. Two "old-fashioned" fishing cane poles provided for the little ones. You can shop...great antique stores, rest, hunt, boating, hiking, fishing, restaurants, it's all here and close to our Cabin. If you enjoy History there are numerous Historic Homes and other sites close by for you to explore.

This area is well known for it's National Fishing Tournaments, Wake Board tournaments, World Class Water Skiing, Soft Ball and Golf Tournaments. Who would have ever thought..right here in the wonderfully lush hills and valleys of Tennessee!

You can also enjoy the Country Quiet by visiting quaint Gallatin with it's old country Courthouse on the square. Or take in close-by Nashville...the capital of Country Music or "Music City" with all of it's Big-City sights, sounds and activities all combined together with genuine southern hospitality. Three golf courses located nearby.

"Eagles Cove Cabin" is a special place...Enjoy the Free pine-scented air and lovely views.

Jack and Lenore Brown

Home Owners

PS.We recommend you try the "English Garden Tea Room" as well as the "Chocolate Strawberry" in Gallatin about a 10-15 minute drive...both have wonderful food and decor. You'll love the ambiance..both are located in old homes. Menus are at our cabin.You can google "tea room directory" and check it out.

Be sure to mention that you are staying at EAGLE'S COVE CABIN and RECEIVE 10% off your meal order at both fine establishments.

Dear Lenore and Jack: Your Cabin is lovely and absolutely perfect and we (5 sisters) had a relaxing time. We will stay at your Cabin the next time we come to visit each other and Nashville. Martell Sisters "from all around".

To Jack and Lee...You have a wonderful home to relax, we didn't want to leave, but we will return. E & D English from TX

The area was beautiful! The Cottage was very clean, comfortable and private - totally charming both in location, and décor. JFord

Jack and Lee...We most thoroughly enjoyed our brief stay at your lovely retreat. We particularly loved the hospitality extended to us by the people of the area. We leave rested, rejuvenated and fulfilled..thank you! C & L from Ontario Canada

Dear Jack and Lee...This is truly a beautiful "home away from home" with all the conveniences provided. We appreciate all the wholsome books and video's, as well as the fun toys. Thank you so much for a wonderful week! L & D Erickson from Harris MI

Jack and Lee...Thank you for the use of your wonderful cabin! We caught 18 Bluegill and 2 large mouths! Best of all, Ross and I got to spend some real quality time together. We hope to visit you again some day. Our Thanks L & R Dayton OH

Jack and Lee...Thanks for letting us stay in your home, We found it very relaxing and a good base for our vacation to the Music City. B & R England UK

Dear Jack and Lee...This is such a sweet place for silence, restoration, walks to the bridge, sitting by the Lake....reading, thinking, and praying, reflection and joy. The master bedroom is so beautiful & the bed is very comforable. The room feels restful & pure. This is a happy cottage for R & R..Many blessings. Nancy L Nashville TN

NOTE: Owners can mail a Vacation Package to you upon request and more photos are available.

Indoor Amenities
  • Cable
  • Central Air
  • DVD Player
  • Fireplace
  • Freezer
  • Fridge
  • Linens
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Pans
  • Pots
  • Stove
  • Utensils
Near Attractions
  • Autumn-Foliage
  • Churches
  • Cinema
  • Fitness-Center
  • Golf
  • Groceries
  • Library
  • Museums
  • National Park
  • Playground
  • Water-Parks
Outdoor Amenities
  • Barbeque
  • Patio Furniture
Near To
  • ATM/Bank
  • City centre
  • Forest
  • Hospital
  • Mall
  • Park
  • Pharmacy
  • River
Possible Activities
  • Cycling
  • Fishing
  • Golf
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Hunting
  • Mountain Biking
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Swimming
  • Walking
  • Water skiing
  • Pets
  • Smoking
  • Students
Google Map
Rental Contacts
Please mention you saw this vacation rental property
(ID# (7637) on ArrangeYourVacation.com

Contact NameContact NumberContact Fax
Jack 615-403-6598
Rental Inquiry


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Giroud chance: Watch

Cazorla 1-0: Watch

Ramsey chance: Watch

Jenkinson second yellow: Watch

Szczesny massive save: Watch

MOTD Highlights: Watch

Wenger BBC Interview :: Wenger Sky Interview :: O’Neill BBC Interview :: O’Neill Sky Interview

  • arsenalfan

    look at the 23 people on the field, the referee is the one with the lowest salary.

    So who is most likely to succumb to corruption/match-fixing? It is the referee.

    Cattermole should have been sent off already @ 26min mark. But not even a single yellow to Sunderland for those small despicable moves. Referee is a disgrace.

  • Sufian

    Sunderland is U21 version of Stoke. Nice to get back to footballing now. Monreal has brought defensive stability, he doesn’t make those terrifying runs forward but he does what you can ask of a defender and can a good crossing skill. He has just started his Arsenal career and we see him doing impressively against very physical sides in EPL.
    So far no mistake from Sagna, so I’m glad for him.
    Oh, btw, I was so happy when I read that Vermaelen wouldn’t play today.

  • arsenalfan

    wow cattermole stays on the pitch but jenkinson got sent off? referee is seriously not bribed?

  • Tieneich

    Horrifying refereeing. A bad sequence in the beginning of the second half should see three different Sunderland players booked, and instead we have one sent off and two other booked in the second half.

  • a.k.a gunner

    now, can we have some praise of Sagna please?.. He and Szczesny saved the day for Arsenal!

  • Sufian

    @a.k.a gunner, yes Sagna was probably the best Arsenal defender today. I like how Wenger rotated the backline. Sagna would definitely play ahead of sloppy Vermaelen and out of form Kos, in my teamsheet.
    @others, ref probably giving home advantage or self-advantage, if you know what I mean. ;)

  • Arschloch

    Clearly the wanna be diver Sessognon precipitated the Jenkinsons’ sending off. Adam Johnson did vainly his best to have it done in the first half. I could see that happen. Jenkinson should get sustituted. Shouldn’t he ?. Just 21 and inexperienced. Why should the same mistake of MANU’s game happen again as Wilshre was sent off? It is an extreme optimism that accompany our tactics. Somtimes it seems like hit or miss.

  • Arschloch

    Ramsey deserves also to be praised despite a mistake that nearly caused a goal. He did a good defensive work taking into consideration this new role.

  • Johnny

    Gutted for Jenkinson. Didn’t deserve red at all. What kind of horror tackling have gone around him, it’s crazy decision to send him off.

  • Sufian

    @Arschloch, quite right with the sub for yellow carded players. Jenkinson is talent but he should have been subbed because Sunderland players were fouling all the time and whenever Arsenal player made a sliding challenge, ref would take notice. It was no different to Stoke, in a way.
    Ramsey did well, but I hesitate to praise him as people start to troll. Maybe captaining the Welsh team makes people think he’s older than he is, or maybe because he isn’t English. Anyway, most of the criticism he faced when he played at wings, like some other players…again not mentioning due to trolls.

  • Tieneich

    Really feel for Jenks. Ref was double standard until Jenks was sent off. He is a real talent and he showed in the year run of the season. Ramsey did well, too, despite one serious mistake. Overall, we beat Sunderland at their home with one man down, that is really something to be proud of.

    The positives from yesterday
    *Despite the criticism on the right, Sanga was immense in the middle. Maybe he can consider pairing with Mert for a few games?
    *Our defensive line wasn’t too high most of the games, and Mert was comfortable with that. And obviously we can still score and control the game without playing high line, so we should stick with it.
    *Our midfield link up so well with the front three, even though the front three didn’t score. It reminds me of the Fabregas era.
    *Ramsey actually did well the right fullback position. How doesn’t that work? I have no idea.
    *Szczesny was MOTM. I hope he is focused like this in every game he plays.
    *Arteta participated in linking attack more. He was a monster in the midfield and no one dares bullying him.

  • Arschloch

    All our players except Arteta were on international duty so I think one has to be proud of the result.
    As for coming games it will be very difficult to have a solid back four unless the injured players come back.
    Let us get honest. Both tackles were embarrasingly poor, but no sweat because Jenkingson is still very young. He looks older because of his well built stature. Though I think he is technically exceptionally gifted. The future is bright for him. But I think he should be primarily engaged in home games where he can access more confidence and support.

  • Sufian

    @Tieneich, though I rarely have seen Arteta make mistake in Arsenal shirt, the critics here somehow have seen some. It might not surprise you that some critics at SkySports wrote he wasn’t too good (last season) and of course as soon as we lost him to injury, Arsenal would suffer a lot, even more than RVP I think.
    Lets hope Sagna plays CB in CL so we keep a solid defensive performance. With Arteta, Jack and Santi, we can expect a good attack but without a defence it’s always difficult. Hope Wenger realises this and doesn’t play Verm with the armband (he has been our most terrible defender this season and I believe it’s armband’s pressure). :|


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Could someone clarify the following for me?
Windows 2012 VM guest.
The OS on it's own virtual disk
I then have 6 2TB virtual disks presented as a simple storage pool - total size around 9.49TB
The volume upon which the storage pool resides show 9.49TB capacity, with 5.27TB free. Good.
However, when I go into storage pools, I see 9.49TB capacity, but only 413MB free. Not so good.

What's the disconnect? I have the storage pool utilizing ALL the space. It's a simple layout (drives just striped together so no "raid" penalty). How come under Volumes, I see 5.3TB free, yet under Storage pool I only have 413MB? The share the user is trying to write too is reporting low space, so the 413MB free is correct.

Thank you.


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Scientific Method / Science & Exploration

Human genetic diversity through chromosome structure

The most detailed search yet for genetic differences between healthy humans …

A few years ago, people were focusing on the lack of human genetic diversity. At the level of individual DNA bases, any two humans were well over 99 percent identical. With the completion of the human genome, however, researchers have been able to detect differences in the structure of the chromosomes themselves, including deletions, extra material, and other changes. An early access publication in Science describes the most detailed search yet for these changes.

The study used a clever method of getting increased size resolution while allowing the detection of a greater variety of changes compared to prior work. The researchers fragmented human chromosomes in a way that all the fragments should be close to a single, average size (3kb, in this case). The ends of these fragments were sequenced, and the sequenced matched with the existing human genome. If the two matches weren't 3kb apart, the researchers knew that there was some sort of difference. Using this method allowed them to identify hundreds of chromosomal changes with an average difference of about 650 bases.

They performed the study using DNA from two individuals, and found that they had 761 and 887 structural variations (SVs) compared to the reference human genome. The subjects are of African and European origin, but half of these SVs were present in both of them, suggesting that some of them might be older than the human species itself. Most SVs were fairly small—a third were less than 5kb long—but about 17 percent appear likely to affect gene activity, as they eliminate coding regions and fuse or flip portions of a gene. Basic metabolic genes were rarely affected, with immune and olfactory proteins being the most commonly altered.

Overall, the researchers estimate that, combined, these structural differences change more DNA than all the single base changes combined. So, it turns out that the human population is probably over twice as diverse as originally expected, at least on the DNA level.

Science, 2007. DOI: 10.1126/science.1149504

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Law & Disorder / Civilization & Discontents

Boston U student fights RIAA attempt to discover names behind IP addresses

One of the "John Does" targeted by the RIAA's P2P snoops is attempting to …

As part of its stepped-up efforts against file-sharing on college campuses, the RIAA has begun filing lawsuits against college students who don't take advantage of the group's discounted settlement offer. A student at Boston University is fighting back, challenging the RIAA's system of filing John Doe lawsuits in order to discover the names connected to IP addresses uncovered by the music industry's investigators.

Filed in the US District Court of the District of Massachusetts, "John Doe's" motion seeks to have the RIAA's subpoenas seeking the names behind the IP addresses quashed. It's apparently the first motion of its kind made in a campus file-sharing case, and Ray Beckerman told Ars that the only such motions he is aware of in other file-sharing cases were filed in Manhattan; all three of them were denied.

The motion seeks to have the RIAA's ex parte discovery order vacated, which would prevent the record labels in Arista v. Does 1-21 from learning the identity of the IP addresses flagged by MediaSentry from Boston University. The motion argues that there is no prima facie evidence of copyright infringement occurring and points out that federal courts have "disfavored" allowing expedited, ex parte discovery in John Doe complaints.

From the RIAA's perspective, the current system of being able to effectively file a lawsuit against an IP address and then use discovery to find the identity of the person who owned the account associated with the IP address works just fine. Of course, it's not as good as the good old days when the RIAA could just demand that an ISP could turn over information without a court order. A federal appeals court put that practice to an end in 2003.

The biggest concern with the John Doe lawsuits is that it allows the record labels to acquire personal data without the subject of the lawsuit ever learning about it or being allowed to mount a defense against the allegations. Instead, the RIAA gets the desired information, drops the John Doe lawsuits, and files a new lawsuit if the persons fingered for infringement refuse the RIAA's settlement demands.

So far, the response from colleges targeted by the RIAA has been mixed. The University of Wisconsin is forcing the RIAA to follow the letter of the law, refusing to pass along the settlement offers. Others have caved to the music industry's demands: Ohio University has completely banned P2P traffic from its network, while Stanford University is charging students hefty reconnection fees if the school is served with a DMCA takedown notice.

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News and Features

The Big Screen: Reviewing ‘The Great Gatsby,’ A Leonardo DiCaprio Discussion

This week, Art&Seek’s Stephen Becker and Dallas Morning News movie critic Chris Vognar review Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated adaptation of The Great Gatsby. And we talk about Leonardo DiCaprio’s career so far and try to figure out why he’s got so many detractors. Be sure to subscribe to The Big Screen podcast on iTunes. Stream this week’s podcast below or download it.

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Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

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How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid - Easy egg decorating technique for kids and adultsWe dyed Easter eggs with Kool-Aid the other day when we did the egg frame drawing. Then we took the Kool-Aid a step further and used it to marble Easter eggs with it!

I just love how these look! Fancy and subtle at the same time.

Here’s how we used Kool-Aid to marble Easter eggs

This is an easy and quick method—so give it a try today if you have yet to dye your eggs!

  • White eggs, hardboiled
  • Packages of Kool-Aid powder (experiment with different colors)
  • Hot water
  • Distilled white vinegar
  • Vegetable oil

How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

First, Daphne cut open the remainder of the Kool-Aid packages we had selected at the store…

How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

…and dumped the powder in a motley selection of bowls and cups. I poured hot water over the Kool-Aid powder and added 1-2 tablespoons of distilled white vinegar per color.

Then, Daphne put a tablespoon of vegetable oil in each color dye and stirred.

How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

We added the eggs and then let sit for a bit.

The darker colors, such as red, worked their magic quickly. The paler colors of pink and yellow took longer to dye the eggs.

How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

We then transferred the eggs to an egg carton to dry.

How to Marble Easter Eggs with Kool-Aid

Aren’t the marbled Easter eggs beautiful?

Some have little (or big) dots of white where the oil sat on the surface of the water and connected with the eggs and some have more of a swirled effect.

We found it helpful to stir or whisk the oil and Kool-Aid mixture each time we were about to add an egg. Otherwise, the oil pooled into the center and we ended up with a very large white spot. Which was cool, too, but we were going for the more marbled look…

As you can see, our Kool-Aid packets yielded a lot of reds, pinks, and browns (the brown was actually due to accidentally mixing some green powder –I think– with some red powder).

I love this mix, but would probably aim for some blues, greens, and purples next time, too. You know… Just to try them.

Have you ever tried to marble Easter eggs ? If so, what technique did you use?

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  1. says

    Oh, I love this! Saving it for next year. We’ve been making dyes from vegetables for a few years now & George isn’t a fan. (He doesn’t like the colors; they’re not “vibrant” enough for him!) This would be a nice change of pace, I think… Thanks for sharing it. xo

  2. Susan says

    This is neat. Where I live though, I can only get brown eggs. I discovered last year, that even selecting the lightest of the eggs, dyes (both bought from the store, or made at home with plants) just don’t work so well :(. So I’m pinning this, for a time when we return to the realm of white eggs. Looks like you guys had a blast though- enjoy!!!!

  3. Dena says

    Ooh, the dotted ones look like constellations! We’ve made eggs but we’ve got lots more to do tomorrow! thanks.

  4. andrea says

    we did marbled eggs this week too, using this tutorial:
    we found that the quicker we dipped them in and out of the dye as it was swirling, the better they turned out. we kept dipping in a couple different colors til we got the effect we liked (i.e. blue then yellow over and over; red and yellow over and over). they turned out pretty cool. messy too!

  5. Nicole hammond says

    We spent the afternoon at my moms doing this…everyone had soooooo much fun! Thank you so much for the instructions and for sharing this :)