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Several teams around the league have responded to subpar play this season by making changes among their assistant coaches. Raiders coach Dennis Allen doesn't see the need to go that route.
Allen said Monday in his weekly news conference that the evaluation process for everyone is ongoing.
"I'm not going to stand up here and say we're making wholesale changes," Allen said. "We're going to look at every aspect of what we do, offensively, defensively and the kicking game, and if we feel changes need to be made, we'll make those changes."
Allen said his team's defensive play of late, in particular, has been disappointing. They get one issue fixed, then another issue surfaces.
On Sunday, it was the pass defense. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns. A week earlier, the Buccaneers rushed for 278 yards and four touchdowns.
"It wasn't like (the Ravens) ran the ball down our throats," defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said. "If a guy is wide open, running down the middle of the field, most times that's not a physical problem. It just means somebody's not covering him."
Several times, Flacco found receivers wide open as a result of blown coverages or players late responding.
Veteran defensive end Andre Carter said it takes time for players to jell in a new scheme. The next step is becoming consistent from play to play, game to game.
"There's no doubt in our minds that we are a talented team," Carter said, "but being talented and going out on the field and having a high level of productivity, a high level of execution for 60 minutes, is another thing. That's the level that we're trying to be on."
Allen deemed the performance of his defense against Sunday "unacceptable." The Raiders defense and special teams allowed 55 points to the Ravens and 97 the past two games.
"I would hope that they would all be on edge because we all should be on edge," Allen said.
Allen has said that the Raiders are going to have to find a way to win with the players on their 53-man roster. With that said, there is enough talent defensively for the Raiders to succeed. Again, it comes down to consistency.
"We have to play at a high level on every single snap in every single game," Allen said. "Just like anybody else in the NFL, if you don't play consistently, you're going to have the ups and downs like we've had. I don't look at it as a talent issue."
— The Raiders lost backup linebacker/long-snapper Travis Goethel to a left knee injury, Allen said. Goethel suffered his injury against the Ravens.
Goethel will be placed on season-ending injured-reserve at some point soon. Allen said he intends to take a look at free-agent linebackers in the coming days.
Cornerback Michael Huff (calf), strong safety Tyvon Branch (neck), tight end Brandon Myers (concussion) and free safety Matt Giordano (concussion) also suffered injuries against the Ravens.
Myers and Giordano are undergoing the league-mandated tests for players that suffer a concussion. They can't return to practice or play in a game until they are cleared by the medical staff.
Allen said he expects Huff to recover from his injury in time to play against the Saints. Branch is undergoing tests to determine the extent of his neck injury.
— Rookie Tony Bergstrom played on offense Sunday for the first time this season. He played a handful of downs on special teams the first eight games.
Bergstrom replaced Willie Smith at right offensive tackle for 17 plays.
"He did OK," Allen said of Bergstrom, the Raiders highest draft pick this year. "He showed some of his youth, especially playing the tackle position. But there were some things there that I felt like were encouraging about the way that he went out and played."
Even so, Allen said he "anticipates" veteran Khalif Barnes starting against the Saints on Sunday.
Barnes started the first two games at right offensive tackle before he suffered a groin injury that required surgery. Barnes returned to practice last Wednesday.
— Rookie running back Jeremy Stewart went from the practice squad to the 53-man roster to seeing action in a game in one day after spending the first nine weeks waiting for an opportunity.
He rushed seven times for 22 yards, while second-year back Taiwan Jones carried only two times for 6 yards.
— Linebacker Aaron Curry played 15 snaps in his first game of the season. He missed all of training camp and the first eight regular-season games while recovering from sore knees.
Curry replaced rookie Miles Burris on those 15 plays, as defensive coordinator Jason Tarver sought to give Burris a rest after playing every snap in recent games.
Curry recorded one tackle. He also got nailed twice for personal-foul penalties.
— Carson Palmer tops the AFC with 2,723 yards passing through nine games. He is third overall, trailing the Saints Drew Brees and the Falcons Matt Ryan.
Palmer and Brees square off Sunday. Palmer is on pace for 4,841 yards, which would eclipse Rich Gannon's franchise record (4,689, 2002).


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Easy setup. Great utilization of the Sony Move controller and Eye camera. Interface was simple for young users, but immersive.
Bundle is pricey. No other games available that utilize the Wonderbook accessory.
Bottom Line
Aimed at the younger set, the Sony Wonderbook: Book of Spells Move Bundle makes the most of augmented reality gameplay.
If you have a young Harry Potter fan and a Sony Playstation 3 in your home, then the Sony Wonderbook: Book of Spells Move Bundlemay just be the thing to make keep your young wizard in training happy. The Book of Spells single-player game utilizes the Sony Move motion controller, and the new Wonderbook game accessory to mimic the wand play and teach the user the different incantations and wand movements written about in the Harry Potter book series. It's an entertaining game, one that makes the most of augmented reality gameplay.
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The premise of the game is the user, a young wizard, comes upon the Book of Spells in the Hogwarts Library. The book has 20 spells that the user must learn (involving both wand and incantation), and then user in different scenarios.
There are two ways to buy the Book of Spells. There's the Move Bundle ($79.99 list), which includes the game, the Sony Playstation Eye camera, the Move, and the Wonderbook. If you already have the Move and Eye camera, then you can purchase the game and Wonderbook accessoryfor $39.99 (list).
The Wonderbook measures 9.25 by 11 by 0.5 inches (HWD) when closed. Its pages are fashioned out of cardboard, and each page, including the cover, has a design that resembles QR codes. There are 12 pages in all.
To set up the game, you plug the Eye camera into your PS3 via the USB port. Then you activate the Move and insert the disc into your console. The game will walk you through the rest of the setup, including making sure that the user is correctly positioned in front of the Eye camera. You can also connect the game to a Pottermore account, if you have one, at this point.
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After setup is done, the screen shows the user sitting in the restricted portion of the Hogwarts library, where the Book of Spells is kept. It's basically a shot of the user and their real surroundings with an overlay of the Hogwarts library room. The Wonderbook appears as the Book of Spells, and the Move appears as the wizard wand of your choice (you have three to choose from). The user can choose which of the four Hogwarts Houses to belong to. There is a narrator that walks the user through each of the 20 spells in the book, explaining what each one does and the story behind it. He then instructs the user on how to move their "wand" and what incantations to utter. Once the game determines that you've sufficiently learned the spell (via the video and audio recognition capabilities of the Eye camera), you then move on to challenges in which you have to use the spells. As the game goes on, and the user learns more spells, the challenges become more complex.
Now, some of the more sophisticated gamers out there may not be impressed by the simple features of the game. My eight-year-old wouldn't be one of them. It was easy for him to set up the game by himself, and once it started, he was simply enthralled. Practicing the wand motions and the incantations was a serious undertaking for him (and slightly disconcerting for his father, who thought he was trying to learn Latin). The game was very good at detecting how well the user mimicked the wand movement and said the incantation for each spells, and would ask the user to repeat the actions if it wasn't quite "right."
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One nit for me is the fact that there are no other Wonderbook-based games available, and no word from Sony as to whether or not there will be. But given that the accessory is bundled into the Book of Spells game for the same price you'd essentially pay for similar PS3 games, I can't really complain. Overall, this is a pretty good deal for those who already have the Move controller and Eye camera. For those who don't, the $80 for the bundle might be a bit pricey. But if you have a Harry Potter fan at home, then the expense may just be worth it.

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|Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester, MA
My family has maintained a connection to Our Lady of Czestochowa parish, in Worcester, MA for over 100 years . My grandmother was four years old when she and her sister and her parents moved to Worcester in 1900. When my grandmother's family arrived in Worcester there was no Polish church for people of Polish descent to be baptized in or married in. By 1901 there were approximately 150 Polish families in Worcester who attended church at other Catholic churches in the city. The closest Polish church was in the south county town of Webster which was a long way for a family to travel to hear a sermon said in their native language. For a time Poles and Lithuanians shared space at St. Casimir's Church in Worcester where Mass was said in Polish at 9:00 and in Lithuanian at 10:00 on Sunday mornings. Despite these accommodations turn-of-the-twentieth-century Worcester Poles longed to have a church of their own.
Plans were made, and a fundraising campaign for a Polish church began in 1900. The campaign involved raising money by canvassing house to house, fairs, picnics, and amateur theatricals. On May 8, 1902 church founders met at the Hotel Vernon in Worcester to sign papers and elect officers for what was to become Our Lady of Czestochowa, also known as St. Mary's. Land on Richland St. in Worcester was purchased in 1901, and the Polish community's first resident priest, the Rev. Jan Z. Moneta arrived in 1903. Construction began on the church and rectory in 1905 and was completed in 1906. Parishioners joined their new pastor in celebrating the Polish community's first Mass in their new home on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 1906.
|Msgr. Boleslaw Bojanowski
By 1914 the church's fourth and longest serving pastor, Msgr. Boleslaw Bojanowski established an organized program of religious education and began a fund drive for what was to become St. Mary's School. The school opened in September of 1915, and the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth were engaged to instruct the students. St. Mary's School expanded in 1919 with an enrollment of about 1,400 students. In September of 1936 the high school division began, with the first class graduating in 1940.
|Sunday Church Picnic, late 1910s
While St. Mary's was the center of the Polish community's religious life, it was also the center of their social, musical, dramatic, cultural and political life. My family participated in a variety of social activities, service projects and amateur theatricals. During World War I my grandmother and her sister participated in a service effort by the Red Cross. Both my grandparents were involved in amateur theatricals, and my grandmother was a member and well regarded soloist with the St. Cecilia Choir. Our Lady of Czestochowa was and still is a vital community. Masses are still celebrated in English and Polish every Sunday.
|My Grandparents on Their Wedding Day
The last time I was at St. Mary's was for my mother's funeral in 2008, and I haven't been able to bring myself back there since. I figure I just need some time. My grandparents were married there. My mother and her siblings were baptized, received communion, and were confirmed there. My parents were married there. And even though my family moved out of the largely Polish Vernon Hill neighborhood two decades before I was born, I was still baptized there. It was important for the family to stay connected with the church community that was so meaningful to them for so many years. I know I will visit St. Mary's again, and when I do it will probably be with my son. I want him to know where he came from. It will kind of be like going home. For both of us.
Submitted for the 109th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.
~ "Church Plans First Sermon in English." Worcester Telegram. 3 Jan 1954.
~ "City Parish Observes 75th Anniversary." Worcester Gazette. 13 Oct 1978.
~ McGrail, Rev. Richard. "Sketches Sketches." Catholic Free Press. 4 March 1983.
~ Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish (Worcester, Mass.). Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester, Massachusetts. So. Hackensack, N.J.: Cutombook, 1979.
~ "Polish Parish Has A Big Week" Worcester Sunday Telegram. 22 Oct 1978.
~ Proko, Barbara et al. The Polish Community of Worcester. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
~ "St. Mary's Notes Golden Anniversary. Worcester Telegram. 8 Nov 1953.
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How to Make Marriage Work
(After Having Kids)
1. At the end of a long day (or even a short one), remember that sex and wine can solve a lot. Never underestimate the power of either, particularly when combined.
2. Don't set the romance expectations too high on a day-to-day basis. Simply sitting on the same couch while watching TV (instead of, say, across the room from each other) counts as quality time. Bonus points if the couch isn't super long so that your bodies are actually touching in some way.
3. If it is at all within your power, live near family, particularly family that doesn't have a very full social calendar, and lean on them. Free babysitters are, well, priceless.
4. That said, also groom a babysitter that you love and trust. Pay her well.
5. Two words (a phrase I don't particularly like but the concept is essential): Date Night.
6. When you do go out, try to talk about things other than your children. If you must, stick to non-controversial topics like how cute they are, not whether you should get her in dance this year or how to handle his lithsp. The point of getting out is to remind yourselves that you're more than just parents. Talking about something other than the minutiae of child-rearing is a good way to do that.
7. Never feel guilty sticking your kids in front of the TV if it's for A. a hot shower. B. to make them a healthy and delicious dinner. C. sex. None of that stuff takes long enough for their brains to start rotting. (Sorry, babe.)
8. Go out without each other, too. Almost as important as date night is friend night. You can't be each other's only outlet, so find some other ones. Having a life outside of your family will make you a better wife and a better mother and a better person. For me it's book club, dinner with friends, volunteering with LLS, etc.
9. Fantasize about your future together. This could be about the summer home you want to buy out east (that you will likely never be able to afford) or that trip to Italy you want to take someday, or, um, being empty nesters. Yes, Nick and I have occasionally discussed how great it will be when our kids are happily and healthily grown and we can do whatever the #&@! we want.
10. Maintain a little mystery by…limiting bathroom occupancy to one. (Or, I should say, one adult. If anyone knows how to keep your kids out of the bathroom when you're in there, let me know!)
11. For every house/child/finance-related question or comment you e-mail or text each other, write one that is just plain funny or flirty. Nick and I text each other a lot and having a laugh-out-loud-worthy exchange with him reminds me why we fell in love—and that we still are. That's important.
12. Sit down to a home-cooked meal (as often as possible) that doesn't involve any of the following: texting, tweeting, an "I love my husband" status update (gag), Bravo, kids, talk about kids, chicken nuggets leftover from kids. You don't always have to shell out date night money to have a date night.
13. Never let yourself get too hungry. You know how with kids you always need a stash of crackers and cheese sticks on you at all times? Well, parents can have low blood sugar moments, too, so best to throw a few snacks in your purse for your purposes. I can't tell you how many of my fights with Nick end with one of saying, "sorry, I was just hungry."
14. Try to fight about only the thing you're fighting about and stop yourself from dredging up all the other crap that really isn't bothering you at the moment but somehow starts spewing from your mouth regardless. Not productive. Also, just saying "I'm sorry" has magical powers. You have a limited amount of time together once kids are in the picture and spending it bickering is no fun at all.
15. Occasionally you just need to walk away without saying the thing you really want to say. Some annoyances (like the closet door being left open always or the kitchen counters never being cleaned even when someone says "go to bed, I'll clean it all up") just aren't worth bringing up. Everyone is trying really hard, this whole parenthood thing ain't always easy and no one's perfect. Not even you.
16. Create a bedtime routine for your kids from day one and stick to it so that they know how to, how do I put this, go the $@#!% to sleep. The only way to have a relationship outside of your kids is to have time away from them.
OK, that's all the wisdom I have for now. Please note that these are the things that work for us, I'm not saying they will do the trick for any relationship. We all need to figure out for ourselves what we need to keep our marriages nourished and then figure out how to get as much of those things as possible. I would love to hear what works for you!"
"Before Nick and I decided to have Nora, he said, out of the blue one day, "I think we should have another baby. It will ruin our relationship, but I think we should do it." I laughed, of course, but then I started thinking. Would having two kids ruin our relationship? Was it really a foregone conclusion? And why is it such a cliché that kids kill marriages? Is it because…it's true? A while back, while researching a story on the subject, I spoke with John Jacobs, M.D., a New York City couples therapist and author of All You Need is Love and Other Lies About Marriage. He said, "Couples often think that children solidify a marriage but the truth is they are a serious threat. The transition from couplehood to parenthood marks one of the greatest stressors on the life of a marriage." While that stress may dwindle over the years, it never completely goes away. And, says Jacobs, the wear and tear kids inflict on marriages is at an all-time high, thanks, in part, to helicopter parenting. "We've become a society that is hyper-focused on the emotional well-being of our children," he says. "Sometimes too focused." It makes sense: The more time you spend on your kids, the less time you have to focus on the well-being of your spouse—and the well-being of your marriage.
Well, Nora is now three and while her arrival slowed us down a bit in the beginning, it certainly hasn't knocked us out. In fact, we're probably in better shape now than ever. We go on dates, we talk, we have a rich social life, we laugh a lot and have fun together, we even wait until the kids go to sleep so we can dine a deux many nights. I always thought that was just about us being food obsessed/selfish (we like talking to each other without having to spell every other word and we like to eat without stopping to clean up spilled milk or wipe butts), but it turns out we're on to something. "The paradox is that the number one thing you can do for your children is to have a good marriage," says Jacobs. But how do we do it? How do we take care of our children, take care of ourselves, and connect as a couple? Lord knows there are days when just getting your brood to bedtime in one piece is a feat. Well, in honor of the upcoming "holiday," I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite bits of advice—the little, somewhat un-PC-but-totally-doable things that keep my marriage going. Am I an expert? No. Do Nick and I still have issues? Yes. But we are keenly aware of how important our relationship is to the health and wellbeing of our family as a whole so we have always made us a priority. Here, in no particular order, 16 pieces of marriage advice I remind myself of as often as necessary...
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Parenting.com
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Abstinence is a voluntary forbearance from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to abstention from sexual intercourse, alcohol, or food.
- Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
- When I started, someone told me that you should be with a lover the night before so you look all secure and soft out there. But for downhill you should reserve you strength. That's one of the most ridiculous things I've heard. You need to be loose in sports to do well, not all knotted up.
- Suzy Chaffee, as quoted in Women & Sports (1979) by Janice Kaplan.
- I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.
- Joycelyn Elders Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "Abstinence"
- All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
- Jesus, Gospel of Matthew 19:11-12.
- Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
- George Bernard Shaw, "Maxims for Revolutionists", Man and Superman (1903).
- Usez, n'abusez point […] L'abstinence ou l'excès ne fit jamais d'heureux.
- Translation: Use, do not abuse […] Neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
- Voltaire, "Cinquième discours: sur la nature de plaisir", Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738).


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My husband's grandfather is a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He was 19 and a U.S. Navy Gunners Mate, First Class aboard the USS Honolulu. Here in his own words is his description of what he remembers from that day, December 7, 1941.
"I was washing down the deck when suddenly I heard planes overhead firing on ships in Pearl Harbor. Total confusion reigned. One plane released a bomb that hit only fifteen feet from where I was standing. It hit the edge of the dock and exploded under water making a large hole in our bow. I was sprayed with oily water, and everyone was running in different directions looking for something to shoot at. We were tied to the dock and the USS Saint Louis was tied outboard of us. We threw the line loose so she could get underway. Planes were flying over our fantail with torpedoes and our crew was firing shells, which were sometimes landing over in Honolulu. They didn't attack the sub base or the tankers, which probably saved many lives".
Russell Day spent the rest of WWII on board ships fighting the Japanese on the
Pacific Ocean. He saw a lot of battles and many of his buddies died. In all he served in the U.S. Navy for seven years. After the war he came home, worked hard, had three children with his wife Ruth, built two homes for his family, and rarely talked about his experiences. He lives his life quietly, steadfast and hard working. He is retired now but he is still constantly working and always giving. He was six grandchildren and four great grandchildren who are all very blessed to call this Hero,
"grandpa". He doesn't consider himself a hero, true heroes never do, but he stayed cool under fire, stayed at his position, remembered his training, and followed orders. He risked his life to serve our country. Then he came home and continued to serve both his family and his neighbors. Although he rarely talks about what happened or what he did he has always traveled to Pearl Harbor Reunions, he is part of Pearl Harbor Groups, and several years ago he went on a Honor Flight to D.C. to see the WWII Memorial. He is 89 this year and he will always remember. Thank you Grandpa Russ for your faithful service and the legacy of loyalty you have given to your descendants.


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Staff Picks: What's the Most Underrated Restaurant in Chicago?
Our favorite dishes.
We may publish content about Chicago restaurants nearly every weekday of the year, but there are still restaurants that, for whatever reason, don't get the attention they deserve. They serve great food in a welcoming environment at reasonable prices, making them far more appealing than half the new splashy River North openings. But you know what? Maybe that's okay. Many of our picks are neighborhood joints with no need of excessive attention. They are just going to continue doing their thing, and we're happy to celebrate them for doing so.
Because it's hard to quite pin down what makes a place underrated, these picks are highly personal. And if you can think of any other spots, definitely let us know. But there were the places that popped into our head first.
Check them all out by clicking on the slideshow.
- La Lagartija Taqueria
- Shokran
- Flour & Stone
- The Rocking Horse
- Joong Boo Market
- Mr. D's
- Athenian Room
- MAK (Modern Asian Kitchen) on Division
- Gaudi Cafe
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I wanted to change text that says the name and description of gamemodes while in the menu and while loading. Such as:
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{ "Demo", M_DEMO | M_LOCAL, "Playback a demo." },
{ "Lobby", M_LOBBY, "Shoot around in lobbies." },
I also want to add a gamemode combining Capture the Banana and Banana Relay.
But, unfortunately it defaults to just the normal scripts.
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Viewers were left wondering what happened after NBC cut some iconic British performances out of the Olympics Closing Ceremony on Sunday.
Fans looking forward to hearing the Who, Muse, and Ray Davies of the Kinks instead got a commercial-free airing of the new NBC comedy "Animal Practice."
Cue the outrage. At the handle #NBCfail, complaints rolled in. Wrote @ninatypewriter, "I think NBC has managed to become even less popular than Congress."
Or as @BookSavvy put it, "'Gee, I can't wait for the #ClosingCeremonies to be over so I can watch Animal Practice' – No One Ever."
The network did air the Who after "Animal Practice" and the local news, around midnight. But that didn't seem to satisfy some fans who couldn't believe the snubbing of Muse, whose contribution was particularly important to the 2012 Summer Olympics.
As @alexheberling posted, "Did they not know that Muse did the OFFICIAL SONG OF THE LONDON 2012 GAMES? UGH.
[ Related: Spice Girls stand out at Closing Ceremonies ]
Others were annoyed that the Who's performance aired so late on a Sunday night as a tape delay, when the network failed to air the event live on a Sunday afternoon. Mia Farrow (yes, that Mia Farrow) tweeted, "Hey @nbc it's SUNDAY! Many of us would LOVE to be watching Olympic closing ceremonies right now."
NBC's Twitter feed appeared to warn viewers that the ceremony was about to come to an end before the actual end.
@Nbcolympics tweeted, "And that's a wrap! Thanks for enjoying the 2012 #Olympics with us! RT if you CAN'T WAIT for #Sochi2014!" Another post added, "And stay tuned for #TheWho after @AnimalPractice :)"
The network sparked venomous Twitter feedback over the two weeks of the Olympics for its tape-delay coverage of the sporting events and its allowing only NBC cable subscribers to view the Games' live-stream on the Web.
Despite the complaints about the defects of the Closing Ceremony, the ratings were through the roof. NBC reported that 21.8 million viewers tuned in. The London Games also had a record number of viewers, on average 31.1 million in prime time, making it the most watched non-U.S. Summer Olympics since Montreal in 1976, according to Forbes.
A request to NBC for a comment on the coverage has not yet been returned.
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More London Olympics coverage on Yahoo! Sports:
• Usain Bolt taking on long jump in Rio?
• Jamaican men's 4×100 relay team puts exclamation point on Games
• Allyson Felix's three-gold performance puts her in elite company


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LOUSIVILLE, Ky. – The Georgia College softball team (34-14, 12-6 PBC) jumped seven spots in the most recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Poll, landing at No. 14.
The Bobcats have now appeared on the poll for two weeks in a row, while they have received votes for the past four weeks.
The University of North Georgia fell from No. 6 to one spot ahead of the Bobcats at No. 13. Columbus State University moved up one spot to No. 23.
The Bobcats enter the PBC Championship Tournament as the No. 2-seed and will take on No. 7-seed Francis Marion University in St. Augustine, Fla. Saturday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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If you think you have a special skill for predicting the box office, you may be in luck. People have speculated about movie performance for decades, but now an investment firm is working on launching an *actual* market for trading domestic box office futures.
A division of Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Entertainment, recently filed for regulatory approval with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for a commodities futures market called the "Cantor Exchange." Just like you can trade pork belly or oil futures, now you'll be able to trade future movie performance. The exchange will allow people to buy and sell futures on a movie's first four weeks at the U.S. box office, for up to six months before its released.
This will allow film buffs to place real bets on their cinematic convictions, but perhaps more importantly, Cantor is hoping to provide a new way for a movie's backers to hedge their investments. Certainly, with the tightening credit markets, it's harder for financiers to raise money to make films.
Andrew Wing, the CEO of Cantor Entertainment says his new service should give film funds liquidity as movies are released, instead of having to wait until well after a movie hits theaters, when DVD and other revenues come in, months later.
Cantor Entertainment also owns the Hollywood Stock Exchange an online virtual trading site for movie buffs that's been around since 1996. HSX has 700,000 registered users who can buy and sell virtual shares of "Moviestocks" and "Star Bonds," betting on the future fate of actors like Keanu Reeves or the upcoming "Star Trek." But HSX uses virtual money -- the "Hollywood Dollar" -- whereas the planned Cantor Exchange would use real money.
Here's the most basic explanation of how it'll work. Say the new James Bond film's financial backers predict the movie will bring in $200 million dollars at the domestic box office for its first four weeks, they'll price a contract at $200 dollars. If you are a huge Bond fan, and convinced this next movie will be huge, you buy a contract at $250. If you're right, you get the spread, and vice versa. Here's the rub, according to Wing, financial backers of the movie would have to put up money for the initial contract.
My question is whether a studio or independent producer would want to reveal what its expectations are for its upcoming release. Would it want to over-inflate expectations to give the impression that the movie will be really good? I don't know if it's really in the best interest for a financial backer of a movie to put their expectations out there, especially if it's a movie studio owned by a public media conglomerate. Though the idea of hedging financial bets is always appealing in this risky industry. We'll see if the company gets regulatory approval, and who gets on board.
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Katy Perry's Revealed The One Thing She HATES About Orlando
If there's one thing any couple hate, it's when one member lives far away from the other.
And that is the reality for Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry.
Katy has spoken to Women's Wear Daily saying ''My boyfriend lives in Malibu and getting used to that [drive] was like, 'Are you kidding me? What kind of life is this?'"
Perry lives in Santa Barbara, a 150km trip from LA, but Bloom lives in Malibu, a 53km trip from LA.
With him living half way to her home, it appears Perry just can't do the drive and just go home, saying ''here's no pop-over and I never really got used to Malibu 'cause it's halfway to Santa Barbara, so I'm always just going to Santa Barbara then. I get the whole coming to L.A. and living by the beach thing. But it's really like, it's so far, nobody [who lives in town] is going to come see you."
However, the couple have struck a balance, with Perry revealing Bloom has visited her before.
Honestly, truly: We can relate to Katy Perry's one complaint about Orlando Bloom. https://t.co/lpiC9ZPevn pic.twitter.com/yoEhLx2Cur— E! News (@enews) September 7, 2016
"I still spend a lot of time there because I grew up there. I grew up in the poorest part of Santa Barbara... Actually my boyfriend didn't even believe me and I was like, 'I'm going to drive you by my house' and you can Google Earth it. I basically had a crazy church-filled, God squad upbringing. I lived on food stamps and food bank in Santa Barbara, which is like a crazy juxtaposition to live in beauty and still have a bit of a struggle, but that's just because of the nature of the church."
The distance isn't hurting them too much, however, with a source telling E! News that the lovebirds are already discussing children, saying ''They are in love and happier than ever. [Orlando] would like to get engaged to [Katy] before the year is up."
Our insider also told us, "[Marriage and children] is something Katy has always wanted when she met the man she was ready to settle down with."
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1 � Grainger Stadium hosts week for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics baseball tournament.
3 � Authorities say computers could lose Internet in July, following the arrest of four Estonian computer criminals.
4 � Former Kinston policeman, Gordon Eisenhower Jackson, is found innocent in pepper-spray incident.
5 � Kinston High School basketball coach, Wells Gulledge, receives the key to the city.
7 � John Bell edges out incumbent Stephen LaRoque in House District 10 Primary election.
9 � Former UNC/Kinston High defensive back, Christopher Hawkins, is arrested in a May 3 shooting into a Kinston home.
9 � Thirty-six students in the inaugural class at Lenoir County Early High School graduate.
9 � Andy�s in La Grange is robbed at gunpoint.
11 � Special Olympics North Carolina-Lenoir County holds annual track and field competition at South Lenoir High School.
14 � Lenoir County Board of Education cuts more than $1 million from salaries.
15 � Arendell Parrott Academy names playground after 6-year-old Ava Kendall, who died in a car accident April 9.
15 � Parrott Academy�s Patriots golf team won fifth state championship in 10 years at Mid Pines Golf Club in Pinehurst.
17 � Six presidential Lenox China patterns are on display at the Kinston-Lenoir County Visitor�s Center.
17 � The Salvation Army celebrates its 125th anniversary.
17 � The N.C. Senate approves HB 5, introduced by Rep. Stephen LaRoque, which repeals annexations by Kinston and eight other cities.
18 � The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed a Kinston citizen lawsuit in favor of nonpartisan voting.
18 � Jones County Relay for Life nets more than $45,000.
19 � Parrott Academy softball team wins second straight NCISAA state 2A championship in Charlotte.
21 � South Lenoir High/ECU graduate, Wayne Brock, named Chief Scouting Executive of the National Council of Boy Scouts of America.
22 � Following a recount of votes, John Bell remains winner of the Republican Primary for N.C. House District 10.
23 � Relish Magazine filmed a webisode at Chef and the Farmer, featuring Amy Roth of the Relish Cooking Show.
24 � Ben Knight and Vivian Howard, co-owners of Chef and the Farmer, are awarded the 2012 Small Business Award by the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce.
29 � Kinston City Council approves the Lenoir County Sportsman�s Club�s plans to build a skeet range and hunter education center.
29 � Jones County Superintendent Michael Bracy is named 2012-2013 Southeast Region Superintendent of the Year.
29 � The annexation repeal bill, HB 5 introduced by Rep. Stephen LaRoque, passes final vote.
30 � Tropical Storm Beryl brings flooding to Eastern North Carolina and a tornado to Carteret County.
30 � Guy Vernon Smith III, the 10-year director of the CSS Neuse historic site, dies from cancer.
31 �The family of the late Dr. Charles B. Randall dedicates the Pet Memorial Garden at the Rotary Dog Park and sprinkles the ashes of police K-9, Otto Ringo.
2 � Freedom Communications announces sale of its Florida and North Carolina papers � including The Free Press � to Halifax Media Group.
5 � Transit of Venus, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial display, appears over Kinston around 6 p.m.
6 � Lenoir County Board of Education unanimously approves an updated dress code policy.
6 � U.S. Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education Brenda Dann-Messier visits several STEM East facilities, including Contentnea-Savannah K8 School.
7 � Kinston High School�s varsity boy�s basketball team members receives state championship rings during a special ceremony.
9 � Adrian Paez finishes fifth in his Kinston High class, but as an illegal immigrant would not be able to enroll in college.
9 � The Troops Come Marching, a Civil War reenactment, is first of the Second Saturday programs held at the CSS Neuse and Governor Caswell Historic Site in 2012.
12 � Farmers face mixed emotions about a drought-free, yet abnormally wet and cool spring.
12 � Angela Potter, former Greene County Schools employee, sentenced for embezzling around $500,000 from the district.
13 � Inmate Thomas Ray Dawson Jr. sues Lenoir County Sheriff Billy Smith for cruel and unusual punishment.
13 � Freedom Communications announces selling its flagship newspaper and remaining properties to a Massachusetts firm.
13 � About 7,000 turkeys die in a fire at Butterball�s Hill Top Farm in La Grange.
15 � Kelly Cannon, exercise specialist at Lenoir Memorial Hospital, is named as director of the Woodmen Community Center.
16 � Juneteenth recognizes final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library.
18 � Fairview Cemetery in La Grange opens up to mausoleum burials.
18 � Kinston City Council approves a $95.1 million budget.
22 � More than 500 people participate in Lenoir County Relay for Life, which raised $182,000.
23 � CSS Neuse remains, weighing 107 tons, are moved nearly 3 miles to downtown Kinston.
23 � Miss Kinston/Lenoir County, Arlie Honeycutt, is crowned as Miss North Carolina and will represent the state in the Miss America Pageant in January.
24 � The Viking Press, Kinston High�s newspaper, receives 20 awards in Chapel Hill.
25 � Millard Goodman of Kinston runs his vehicle into Jimmy-D�s restaurant in Albrittons.
25 � SB 472, which could cause Kinston a $1 million loss of utilities revenue, is sent back to committee on rules.
25 � Jones County commissioners trims $11,000 from the Trenton Public Library budget.
26 � Three area varsity football teams are ranked in the top 10 of the N.C. Prep Football News/NCPreps.com 2012 preseason poll � Kinston (No. 2 in 2A), Ayden-Grifton (No. 5 in 1A) and Jones Senior (No. 9 in 1A).
26 � Halifax Media Group closes purchase deal on The Free Press and 18 other former Freedom Communications newspapers.
27 � CrateTech Inc. sets up shop at Global TransPark to support Spirit AeroSystems.
29 � Halifax Media Group CEO Michael Redding visits his new employees at The Free Press.
30 � North Lenoir High�s Brent Williams is named county-wide athletic director.


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| Sprite Character
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|The Director of the EPF
| Aunt Arctic
since November 25, 2008
(October 24, 2005 in the PSA era)
- This article is about the Director of the EPF, an alternate identity of Aunt Arctic. For the regular identity of this penguin, see Aunt Arctic. For the stage director, see Hector the Director.
|And although the road ahead is long... The EPF shall rise again.
The Director of the EPF, commonly addressed as The Director, or simply Director, is the leader of the Elite Penguin Force. The Director title has always been held by Aunt Arctic who kept her identity a secret until Operation: Blackout.
Unlike her alter ego, Aunt Arctic, the Director shows a cool and collected approach to daily interactions such as addressing agents. She has a formal approach to everything and - like Aunt Arctic is shown to be extremely sophisticated. At times she shows moments of comfort and appreciation. For example, she once left a note for an agent in an anniversary book stating she was 'so proud of you'.
As all the public appearances of the Director are always shadowed out, the only visible items worn are a pair of sunglasses, a shirt with a collar, and the subtle beginning of a tie. Their signature is also known, which is the 27th character of the Tic Tac Code (the first 26 characters are the English alphabet).
Role in the Elite Penguin Force
The Director mainly takes a background role; acting as a voice of reason in the agency whilst trying to coordinate operations and advancements in technology/resources. On random occasions, the Director will leave a message in a form of communication such as The Penguin Times or Spy Phone messages.
The Director has worked for many agencies such as Penguin Secret Agency, Elite Penguin Force and Elite Penguin Force Resistance. The EPF Resistance is a new agency which has been opened due to Herbert destroying the EPF Command during Operation: Blackout. The EPF Resistance ended when they stopped Herbert in Operation Blackout. The EPF later came back in action.
- The Director is seen on the EPF monitor several times in mission briefings, but is just a silhouette.
- The Director appears in the beginning of Mission 10 on a computer screen that pops out of the desk.
- The Director appeared in an explicit interview in the Club Penguin Times on the 15th of January 2011, after the EPF was confirmed to be real to the public in another article which may appear to be Herbert P. Bear. Strangely, the interview was not direct and took place in the Dance Lounge.
- The Director sends messages to all EPF agents every once in a while. When she does, if you look carefully at the image of her, it appears she is holding a puffle. It is unknown what type it is.
- If you type in "Director" on the new buddy list it will say "That information is highly classified try searching someone else."
- There is a picture of The Director in one of the log off screens. The picture is captioned Top Secret.
- The Director appeared in the Yearbook 2011-2012 when you moused over the word "Unnoticed" on Dot's profile.
- She also appeared in both the Yearbook 2012-2013 and Yearbook 2013-2014 when you moused over the word "Aunt Arctic" on Aunt Arctic's profile.
- The Director was on Herbert's capture list for Operation: Blackout.
- Some people thought she was going to be a mascot for Operation: Blackout. This was semi-true. You can see her in a Containment Cell in the Central Command Room, but she does not walk around nor talk.
- At the end of Operation: Blackout, it was revealed that Aunt Arctic is truly the Director.[1]
- The Director is shadowed during briefing to conceal her identity.
The Director has also been involved in missions such as Operation: Hibernation, Operation: Spy & Seek, Operation: Blackout, Battle of Doom and many more. She has also been included in Field Ops. The Director is also mentioned in Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force and Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert's Revenge.
- Let this be our finest hour.
- Be resourceful, be remarkable, be ready.
- You now are worthy of my secret. Keep it well.
- This is my final message to you. Herbert has found me. He is coming. The fate of the island rests on you... (gets cut off)
- A secret agent's first job is to look for clues.
- Greetings everyone. For those who may not know me, I am the leader of all secret agent operations on the island. You may call me the Director.
- Allow me to explain why you're here.
- We need the best....
- Due to the damage caused by Herbert's attack, the PSA is no more.
- Excellent. We shall begin immediately.
- Good luck, everyone.
- You never know when something will prove helpful.
- You demonstrated great thinking, and a willingness to help your teammates over yourself, and that's just the kind of penguin we need leading the team.
- We believe that Herbert is up to something. Something big.
- Well put.
- Oh calamity! This is a disaster!
- What happened to Herbert? Where is he?
- Hold on for your orders. G is running some calculations.
- Gary, stay focused.
- And though the road ahead is long, the EPF shall rise again.
- Although the Director was mentioned in The F.I.S.H book for years, she did not make an official appearance until Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force, which was released in 2008.
- Many penguins thought that Gary was the leader of the PSA until mission 10, Waddle Squad.
- Her voice can be heard during Operation: Blackout when they give you your missions. It is impossible to tell her identity because she made her voice distorted.
- Even when she is frozen in Herbert's capsule she still has shadowing. It is unknown how that's possible, since it is located in a well-lit place.
- If you enter Director in search for a penguin on the Buddy List, it will say "This is highly classified information, try searching for someone else."
- Despite her identity being revealed after Operation: Blackout, she is still censored on the spy phone and at mission briefings. This could possibly be because only the penguins that finished Operation: Blackout, Gary, Dot, Rookie and Jet Pack Guy know her identity and not the rest of the penguins who weren't at Operation: Blackout.
- In issue #310 of the Penguin Times, Aunt Arctic wrote "I've got only one stamp left to earn in the System Defender game...".
- As seen on her ring during Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2012, she chose to be a superhero. This is somewhat odd because newspaper editors and reporters would likely be regular citizens. However, since she is the Director, she is somewhat a super hero.
- In issue #348 of the Club Penguin Times, Aunt Arctic is asked if she is a super hero, in which she replies: "I suppose that might be possible. I could be the leader of an elite squad of super penguins, protecting the island from evil. I mean, anything's possible, right? Hahaha! Sorry, just having a little fun there. I am most definitely not a super hero. I don't have any special powers, I don't have a secret fortress, and I don't look good in capes. Though if I did have a secret identity, I probably wouldn't tell anyone. I'm pretty good at keeping secrets, too.", poking at the Director mystery.
- According to the 2011-2012 yearbook, when scrolling over Dot, the Director side of her identity is most likely to remain anonymous. However, her identity was revealed a month after the book was published. This also threw penguins for a loop, because many penguins thought this meant that Dot was the Director.
- In the book, Club Penguin Official Annual 2012, she says that it is always bad news when Herbert is up to no good, which means she knows about the EPF.
- During System Defender on one level, she would say, "Let this be our finest hour". This is what the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said during World War II.
- When trapped by Herbert, she is smiling, indicating that she is surprised that Herbert could finally take over Club Penguin. However, it is ironic that the Director is so calm when trapped. She is probably trying to set a good example for the agents on how to act when Herbert visited the island during Operation: Blackout.
- It could have also meant that she knew that the agents would free them all and defeat Herbert.
- In the 2012-2013 yearbook, if you mouse over Aunt Arctic's name in the photo gallery, it changes to the Director. The Director: You have worked hard to keep the island safe. I am proud of you.
- According to Gary 3000, Rookie is the Director of the Extra-Planetary Federation in the future at some point. Although, this may have been a joke.
- However, In Club Penguin Times issue 464, if a player clicked "Secret Identity" in the ask Aunt Arctic section, a message saying "Agent's My identity may be compromised. Initiate Propeller Protocol immediately." would pop up. The message could mean Rookie will become the Director.
- The Director of EPF appeared at the end of Club Penguin: Halloween Panic!, talking with Gary about taking Sydmull to the EPF test.
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I have talked to many enterprises that want a private cloud; also service providers that want to build a public cloud based upon Cisco UCS / Nexus. They all would like to get to their first generation of cloud very quickly. We have many conversations on infrastructure to use, the right choice of hypervisor, and what use cases to start with. Today I talked to a customer of our Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud that wants a differentiating end user portal. Everyone can spin up a VM, but how to do it in a way that will drive adoption and new business, whether it is for the enterprise or service provider? How do we do this at a cost and a timeline that meets the needs of the business and the CIO.
These are not lightweight concerns. I have seen many data center automation projects that focused too much on the provisioning and not enough on the end user experience. The Intelligent Automation Solutions Business Unit at Cisco has been involved with many customers building private and public clouds with our software stack. This includes Cisco IT's very large private cloud deployment based upon our software. The two services they deployed: CITEIS (Cisco IT Elastic Infrastructure Services) Express and CITEIS VDC (Virtual Data Center) has received broad acclaim. Watch the following videos by Jamie MacQuarrie of the Intelligent Automation team on these two CITEIS Services.
Cisco IT worked with the business unit to drive the first releases of CITEIS, but then Cisco IT has taken over and is deploying a strong roadmap of new features on their own. Many customers which I present CITEIS to are struck by the simplicity and elegance of the solution and the use cases. Starting their first clouds with similar functionality to Cisco IT (and many other customers we have worked with) is critical to getting to market quickly for a service centric IT team. Another big need is the union of both virtual server provisioning with physical server provisioning. 30% of servers out there are and will be physical. Having the ability for an end user to provision a physical server from a spares pool and a virtual server on say an ESX server are key use cases. Having the end user manage the lifecycle of those environments and having an easy to use end user and administration interface are critical to these cloud adopters. Cisco UCS and Nexus technologies are critical to enabling an easy to use and provision physical cloud through the use of Service Profiles.
Our team is working very hard on making "My First Cloud" something that is achievable in a short amount of time after acquiring the cloud automation software and UCS hardware. A cloud that end users will really use and one that the IT shop can easily administer, extend and upgrade over time.
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- Relation to head of the family
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129. For a foreign-born male 21 years of age and over, or a foreign-born unmarried female of that age, write—So, according to this census record, Henry had declared his intent to become a citizen. Then, looking at the citizenship status field below his, Jean is listed as "Al," or alien. Why would Jean, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1887 show up in the census as a non-citizen of the United States? A reporting error? A recording error?
"Na" (for naturalized), if he, or she, has become a full citizen, either by taking out second or final papers of naturalization or, while he or she was under the age of 21 years, through the naturalization of either of the parents.
"Pa" (for papers), if he, or she, has declared intention to become an American citizen and has taken out "first papers."
"Al" (for alien), if he, or she, has taken no step toward becoming an American citizen. ("1920 Census: Instructions to Enumerators," IPUMS-USA, Minnesota Population Center, http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1920.shtml.)
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130. A married woman is to be reported with the same citizenship as her husband.It seems that the census taker was following instructions when she recorded that Jean was an alien.
Were the census instructions accurate and legal?
The answer is complicated. Here is a long article on the topic of women and naturalization (Part 1 - Part 2). I will summarize a few key points.
With the exception of a few states including Utah, women did not have the right to vote before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920. Unless a woman was single or widowed, she had few reasons to seek citizenship. In 1855, an act of Congress provided that "[a]ny woman who is now or may hereafter be married to a citizen of the United States, and who might herself be lawfully naturalized, shall be deemed a citizen." A woman's citizenship came automatically with her husband's citizenship.
For decades after 1855, courts found time after time that an alien wife of an alien husband could not establish citizenship for herself. But an alien woman who married a U.S. citizen automatically became a citizen, as did her minor children.
Just as alien women gained U.S. citizenship by marriage, U.S.-born women often gained foreign nationality (and thereby lost their U.S. citizenship) by marriage to a foreigner. As the law increasingly linked women's citizenship to that of their husbands, the courts frequently found that U.S. citizen women expatriated themselves by marriage to an alien. (Marian L. Smith, "Any Woman Who is Now or May Hereafter Be Married...", Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, archives.gov.)
In 1906, Congress passed a naturalization act to standardize the process of immigration and naturalization. Congress required that all courts had to use standard forms including a declaration of intention, a petition for naturalization, and a certificate of naturalization. [1]
Not quite a year later, in 1907, Congress passed an act that stated that all women acquired their husband's nationality upon marriage.
This changed nothing for immigrant women, but U.S.-born citizen women could now lose their citizenship by any marriage to any alien. Most of these women subsequently regained their U.S. citizenship when their husbands naturalized. However, those who married Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, or other men racially ineligible to naturalize forfeited their U.S. citizenship. Similarly, many former U.S. citizen women found themselves married to men who were ineligible to citizenship for some other reason or who simply refused to naturalize. Because the courts held that a husband's nationality would always determine that of the wife, a married woman could not legally file for naturalization. (Women and Naturalization.)When women were granted suffrage in 1920, a problem arose:
Given that women who derived citizenship through a husband's naturalization would now be able to vote, some judges refused to naturalize men whose wives did not meet eligibility requirements, including the ability to speak English. The additional examination of each applicant's wife delayed already crowded court dockets, and some men who were denied citizenship began to complain that it was unfair to let their wives' nationality interfere with their own. (Women and Naturalization.)In 1922, Congress passed the Cable (Married Women's Independent Nationality) Act. This act stated:
That the right of any woman to become a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied or abridged because of her sex or because she is a married woman....How did this affect Jean in practical terms? Was she able to vote in national elections between 1920 and 1922? Was she able to get a passport? Did she know when she got married that according to the 1907 law she would lose her citizenship upon marriage? [3]
That a woman citizen of the United States shall not cease to be a citizen of the United States by reason of her marriage after the passage of this Act, unless she makes a formal renunciation of her citizenship before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens....
That a woman who, before the passage of this Act, has lost her United States citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible for citizenship, may be naturalized as provided by section 2 of this Act... [2]
So, the census was right. Under then-current American law, Jean lost her U.S. citizenship when she married Henry Wessman, a Swedish citizen.
Several acts followed in subsequent decades which attempted to correct the problem. In 1936 an act allowed women whose marriages had ended in death or divorce, which would include Jean since Henry died in 1932, to regain citizenship by filing an application at court and taking an oath of allegiance. Women who married a non-citizen between 1907 and 1922 and were still married had to go through the complete naturalization process.
In 1940 Congress extended the application and oath of allegiance process to all women who had lost their citizenship between 1907 and 1922. [4]
A final question remains. Was the law removing citizenship from these women constitutional? Before and after the Civil War, certain questions arose regarding citizenship, and in 1868 the United States ratified the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which begins:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.The Amendment states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Despite this Amendment, Congress does have the power to make certain adjustments to or restrictions on citizenship. Although there is a chance that a provision like this might have been seen as constitutional by the Supreme Court at the time, there is little chance that such a law would be found constitutional now.
[1] If Henry had declared his intention to become a citizen, he would have filled in extensive data including details on his entry into the country. Are these records available anywhere? In a Utah court? Duplicate papers were to be sent to Washington D.C. Are these papers available somewhere? They are not available through ancestry.com.
[2] The Cable Act also provided, "That any woman citizen who marries an alien ineligible to citizenship shall cease to be a citizen of the United States." This was evidently an effort to prevent American women from marrying Asian men, who were not eligible to become citizens. This unfortunate provision was not repealed until the 1930s.
[3] I cannot find any such records for Jean Wessman. Before she married, she spent a year in Europe and Germany. Here is her passport application, "Form For Native Citizen."


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On his blog, EFL luminary Jeremy Harmer interviews Professor Deborah Cameron. Some of her answers (and books, of course) made me think she and I ought to get together for a few drinks sometime - how about it, Debs? I'll let you know when I can fit you in. I have absolutely nothing to write about at the moment, so I used Harmer's questions to Deborah C. to interview myself.
What three adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
Angry, fraught sensualist. OK, that's two adjectives and a noun. It's my interview, after all.
What is your greatest achievement?
Having made it to 52, I suppose, given that I have lived hand-to-mouth all my adult life. I sometimes have days - and more often three-in-the-mornings - of self-recrimination for not having been more focussed in my younger days, for having so little money sense, for never having realised an an ambition, as opposed to merely day-dreaming about them. Regret is useless but sticks to the soul like gum to a classroom carpet. A.A. Gill said of his life in 2008: 'I still have that feeling that everyone else got given a script and I didn't.' Yes, exactly.
What's your favourite smell?
Garlic and herbs wafting from the oven, and the aroma of charred red peppers.
What is your favourite taste?
Alcoholic drink in almost all its manifestations except ouzo or crème de menthe. A sharp, fresh gin and tonic smelling of lemon and new-cut Christmas tree; honey and wood-smoke whisky; fruit and cool steel of white wine; berries, plums, cedar and cigars of red wine; almonds and new bread of manzanilla sherry. Yep, alcohol.
To be fair to ouzo, I do occasionally have one in the right circumstances, those being a hot night by the Aegean with the smell of the sea and octopus cooking over coals. Anywhere else, it tastes like Dettol.
What's your favourite piece of music?
I'm a musical klutz, but I reckon the Sibelius symphony no 7 comes somewhere near to being my favourite. It's a complete symphony collapsed into a single movement, perfectly controlled whilst seeming organic, and one of the few pieces of 20th century orchestral music whose development I can follow.
What book would you like everyone to read? Why?
Not for me to dictate what anyone should read or not read...
What website would you like everyone to visit? Why?
...or what websites they should visit, apart from mine.
What is your favourite sound?
Rain. I find it enormously comforting.
If you were an animal, what animal do you think you would be?
A cat who loves being cuddled and cosseted and fed on fresh meat, then withdraws. I'd also be the only alcoholic feline known to zoology.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I don't think of 'spare time', just time. What I'm doing's what I'm doing.
How many languages do you speak and why?
I speak French and Greek fairly confidently, having started the former at the age of ten and been in a love-hate relationship with Greece since I was 25. I can read Spanish and Italian but don't speak either well. I can read Albanian newspapers with moderate success, although I'm out of practice now. I can pick out the odd item of vocabulary in Japanese films, and know when someone's used a past tense even if I couldn't tell you what the verb (or adjective - they also have tenses in Japanese) means. My big failure is German. I started it at twelve and stayed with it to part one of my degree, but could never get to like it, despite knowing some lovely native speakers of the tongue of Goethe and Schiller, including the saintly Dr Gertraud Herbert at Cambridge, who tried harder on my behalf than I ever did at the time. I still sympathise with Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest: '…I don't like German. It isn't at all a becoming language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson.'
What do you like most/least about your job?
I love to see the ingenuity with which a group of people who have only a little English in common can communicate with one another once they drop the fear of grammatical errors instilled in the past. I like that I have access to loads of books on linguistics. I hate meetings and I've never been to one that was not a complete waste of time. I also hate admin, but have belatedly come to the understanding that it is essentially covering your arse.
What would heaven be like if you were in charge?
The food and wine would be first rate, free, contain no calories and be served by naked, ithyphallic twinks.
When and where are you happiest?
In a warm bed on a cold morning when I needn't get up.
Something you are never without.
Wax earplugs to shut out the world and his iPod.
What is your most appealing habit?
Someone told me (ages ago) it was my inability to pass a dog or cat in the street without petting it.
And your least appealing habit?
Probably making it clear by my tone of voice when I don't want to talk to you.
What is the trait you most dislike in others?
Making it clear by their tone of voice that they don't want to talk to me.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don't think I have one, unless I can count my cock as a 'possession'. Like Deborah Cameron, I'd be irritated rather than heart-broken if a fire gutted my flat. It would certainly bother the landlord more than it would bother me.
If you could have a supernatural power, what would it be?
Teleportation so I'd never need to use a train again. Think of the saving.
What words or phrases do you overuse?
The old limbic system and basal ganglia throw up 'fuck', 'shit' and 'bollocks' rather a lot, and in class I have to make a conscious effort not to say 'OK' every few seconds.
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
An extra room in this bloody flat – I'm pig-sick of falling over things. And a tumble-dryer had I but room to accommodate one.
How would you like to be remembered?
Couldn't care less.
What music do you enjoy listening to/playing most?
I don't play an instrument, something I really regret never having learned. My favourite styles of music are Indian and Persian, plainsong, Byzantine chant and music from the Cancionero de Palacio.
What did you dream of being when you were younger?
First an actor, then in my teens a theatre director. I was going to be the new Peter Brook. I didn't realise then that you need to be far more interested than I have ever been in what makes other people tick.
What were you like as a student at school?
Probably infuriating, being something of a prima donna. I was exceptionally good at languages and outstandingly bad at maths, physics and chemistry, but couldn't be persuaded to care. I worked at what I liked and didn't give a monkey's about the stuff I didn't like. I was constantly being warned that one day I would regret this attitude, but that day has yet to dawn. I thought school was brain-curdlingly boring 99% of the time.
How do you cheer yourself up when you are feeling down?
I listen to the 'Hymn to the Sun' from Akhnaten or pour myself a whisky and soda, or both.
If I hadn't been a teacher, I would probably have been a...
Absolutely no idea. Really. I think I was born with the sickness to teach.
Who has been the best teacher you have ever had?
It sounds conceited but the answer is 'myself'. I've always made up my own mind what I wanted to know – other people's agendas concerning what I ought to know have never interested me. I'm a pain in the arse when in statu pupillari.
Something that few people know about you.
I loathe milk and butter. Do not invite me to dinner if you have used either of these in the food.
If you could travel back in time where would you go and why?
I'd like to be an invisible visitor to Akhetaten and be the first modern man to know whether Akhenaten was a visionary or a nutter. I strongly suspect the latter: pharaohs had to put up a fair bit of front, naturally, but Akhenaten really did seem to think he was the sole intermediary between men and the God, suggesting a greater degree of megalomania than was customarily permitted. I'd come back and tell the world what happened to Nefertiti - disgraced? Dead of the plague? Elevated to co-regent? - and put paid to speculation about who Smenkhare really was: Akhnaten's incestuous bum-boy or Nefertiti under a new name?
What's your best learning memory from school?
I don't have one. I was bored out of my skull from the age of 11 to the age of 18, which is a bloody long time to be bored out of your skull. Odd how often one dreams of being back there, and thinking 'but I'm old now, I've moved on - dammit, I can LEAVE!'
Are you a tidy desk or a messy desk person?
Dreadfully messy, although it's usually hidden mess as I tend to shove my books and papers out of sight and out of mind. I'm disgracefully unsystematic about pretty much everything. The only rule I consciously observe is 'never throw any papers away', as you never know when someone is going to come urgently needing them.
What's your favourite thing to do when it rains?
Wrap myself in a blanket on the bed by an open window, with a good book.
A poem you know by heart.
What would you like to learn to do next?
Speak Mandarin, but I suspect the tones would defeat me. I have tried, but it's extraordinarily difficult to make them stick and to associate changes in pitch with lexical meaning. Some of my Chinese students have been helpfully demonstrating tones for me. I can repeat a phrase almost perfectly immediately after it's been modelled, but only the once. My one pitch-perfect phrase is 'wŏ bù hē kafé' (= I don't drink coffee) but it's useless to me as I do in fact drink thick black sugarless coffee by the gallon.
What question would you have liked me to ask you?
'What are you having?'
What would have been your answer?
A very large scotch with a smidge of soda, please.


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Davwud I'd certainly be interested. I'll offer up Folia Grill although it's a bit small.
RhodesAs a Toronto ex-pat I'd weigh in to say that The Tulip is a Roadfood legend in anyone's book and would highly recommend it.
Rhodes Wimpy's supposedly has good burgers, never been personally so no input there.
RhodesSneaky Dee's is known more for being a dive with cheap beer more than anything food-related, IMO FWIW etc.
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Hepcat Are there any Foodies on the board interested in a Toronto get together? And any suggestions as to the venue? Three of my own suggestions would be Sneaky Dee's, the Tulip or Wimpy's,
Hepcat So who's up for a visit to Wimpy's at 1496 Kingston Road just east of Warden? I'm thinking of a Saturday evening at 6:00 PM but I'm flexible.
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