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This was an easy book to keep reading, but it was disturbing on several levels, so I won't reread. I guess the opening bothered me the most; I don't like reading graphic representations of young teenagers having sex. I realize it's necessary to the story, but did it have to be so detailed? I didn't care for the ending particularly either, but I could see where the plot was headed early on, so it wasn't a surprise. The most profound portion was when Mike, the former headmaster of the school, reflects on how one action can destroy so many people. He is right about that, and I hope that anyone who reads this book gets that message loud and clear.
The first paragraph foreshadows a tragedy in which three marriages are destroyed, the lives of three students at a private school in Vermont are ruined, and death claims an innocent victim.
The precipitating event is a sex tape involving three members of the boys' basketball team and a freshman girl."
"Read" in audio, it was fortunate that each tract began by stating the name of the individual detailed in that
section. There were multiple readers, assuring distinction of characters and an overall good production.
We'll explore a Pandora's box of moral and legal issues, stemming from the "heartbreaking consequences of a single reckless act."
Emotionally compelling read....
An audiofile comment best defines my overall feelings "a story haunted by hindsight, insight, and sadness."
3.5 ★.... an interesting date(June blind date with a book).....I'm off to meet Stella Bain.
Very slow start... don't know if i'm going to drop this one. Ok, it's not for me.
I stopped reading at page 150. The story itself was promising but it just could not hold my attention.
Avery Academy is a small, exclusive private school nestled among the mountains of rural Vermont. The headmaster, Mike Bordwin, has been presented with a videotape that shows three popular male students and stars of the basketball team, engaged in a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old freshman girl. The boys, Silas, Rob and J.Dot are 18 and 19 years old. Although Mike knows that he has no choice but to expel the three boys he feels that the matter can be handled internally thus saving the students and the school from a scandal. The girl, Sienna, although a willing participant in the night's activities, decides that it would be better for her if she says she was drugged and forced to be with the young men. Suddenly Avery Academy is the focus of a national sex scandal that will affect more than just the four students. Marriages will disintegrate, hearts are broken and a tragic death will add to the sorrow. As the story unfolds it becomes clear that a decision made by two people set one of the young people on a path to destruction.
This is quite an intense book and such a well-told story. The circumstances are unsavory indeed but it is interesting to read how each of the characters in the story played a part in the outcome. This is a book that I just could not put down but I did not give it 5 stars because there were so many characters that it was confusing at times. I have enjoyed nearly everything I have read by Shreve and this one is probably my favorite of hers to date.
This is my second read for this author and I have to say, I am underwhelmed... after reading Rescue, I was looking forward to reading more by Anita Shreve but Testimony seemed to miss the mark.
A very enticing topic, I thought this book held a lot of promise. However, I found that the book lacked organization and that would be it's main downfall, in my opinion. It seemed to jump from year-to-year without mention of when it was and while this is normally not an issue, it was hard to figure out and I spend unnecessary time figuring it out. Also, the jumping from character to character, when added to the year-to-year jumping, was very confusing. Having so many characters involved, I almost needed a family tree/chart to keep track of who each person was and what their involvement in the story/crime was... very hard to track.
On a whole, the story was very good. I enjoyed the plot and I liked the twist that comes towards the end, regarding Silas and his family. It was very unexpected and definitely made me read that much harder to get to the bottom of the story.
Overall, I am glad that I have read this book and being at a 50% for the author, I will give her another try.
I would encourage every parent of a teenage girl to give her a copy of Testimony. Certainly, it contains several passages that are bleakly obscene. But it also offers girls the exact kind of story they want to read
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316059862, Hardcover)At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
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Michigan improved to 2-1 in the all-time series against Middle Tennessee State.
Junior Evan King carries a career-best 16-match win streak and has won 20 of his last 21 singles matches. Today marked his first completed singles match in three weeks.
The Wolverines have claimed the doubles point in nine of their last 11 dual matches and in 17 of 24 duals on the year, combining for a solid 41-26 combined doubles record.
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Freshman Alex Petrone improved his overall record to 23-11 on the season, claiming sole possession of the eighth position on Michigan's list of most wins by a freshman. Petrone needs just one more win to reach the sixth spot, currently held by William Farah (24, 1996) and Michael Leach (24, 1979).
Sophomore Barrett Franks improved to 18-18 on the season, surpassing his singles win total from last season (17). He is the third different Wolverine player to match or surpass his previous best singles win total.
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On the dual victory ... "I felt pretty comfortable in doubles, because we won pretty quickly at No. 1 and No. 3, but singles actually felt a lot closer than the final score reflected. I was with Mike [Zhu] and Shaun [Bernstein], who were playing three-set matches, and Evan [King] really had to work for his straight-set win, so I knew we were battling on a few courts. I realized when looking at all the singles scores afterward that it was a little more one sided. Collectively, I think we had to work for this one, but I definitely think it was a good win over a good team."
On getting through the first NCAA match ... "It was a new experience for half our team. A lot of the guys were doing this for the first time, while a couple others were doing it for just the second time. It was definitely good to get through that first one, and hopefully they'll feel more relaxed and better tomorrow. I think they'll really go after it tomorrow. I like to see them try to enjoy it and attack it. They deserve to feel really good about their season, and I know they want to finish on a high note. Any match we play could be the last one, and they need to play like that -- go after it and leave nothing out there."


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We had a little birthday party on Sunday, with a ladybug theme. I dressed her in the linen Geranium dress with ladybug buttons, drew polkadots on red balloons, and of course, made a ladybug cake!
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It's rained so much the last six weeks, we only decorated inside the house. The forecast for the afternoon was even thunderstorms, but it didn't rain at all and was a lovely afternoon! So we moved the party outside…
Almost went face first into the cake she was so excited to blow out the candles!
Eating her cake with the big fork
I have a sneaking suspicion my husband really bought the bubble maker for himself...
Lots of fascinating presents
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She had a great time, and so did everyone else.
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what causes molting problems
so i saw one of my juvenile shrimps struggling to molt to the point where i thought he was going to die. i helped him remove the rest of the molt from this head now hes fine. but is there any way i can prevent this from happening. it's happened to several of my other shrimp as well
What are your water parameters? Calcium hardness, and Alkalinity? also pH.
low gh/kh or keeping them in less than ideal water parameters (more than likely)
lack of calcium in the water column or diet
feed or dose calcium in the tank... or adjust the water parameters to those that better suit them.
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Florida Issues Permit Process Guidelines on Horses Travelling From KentuckyIn the wake of the outbreak of late-term fetal/foal deaths and near-term abortions in mares in Central Kentucky, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has issued guidelines for the equine industry on horses from Kentucky entering Florida. The guidelines require a permit to be obtained prior to shipment by veterinarians who issue Official Certificates of Veterinary Inspection. It also recommends to Florida farms that mares from Kentucky be kept isolated from other horses and their health be closely monitored. There has been no ban issued on shipment of horses from Kentucky to Florida.The complete text of the statement from Terry L. Rhodes, Commissioner of Agriculture, follows:Dear Equine Industry;We have recently been made aware of a widespread syndrome of both early and late-term abortions occurring in mares residing in the state of Kentucky. The situation quoted from the Kentucky State Veterinarian's office is "at this time, though nothing has been ruled out, it would appear that the source of one or both of these events may be an environmental issue. We have not identified any agent (viral or bacterial) which would suggest this to be a contagious situation." In an effort to work with and protect Florida's equine industry, we are initiating the following permit process for horses entering Florida from Kentucky:PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
1) Veterinarians issuing Official Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (OCVI) for horses moving to Florida must call the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Animal Industry at 850 410-0900 to obtain a permit. Questions will be asked to determine the exposed risk of the horse such as the purpose of the movement and if the horse has been located at an affected farm.2) A completed copy of the OCVI must be faxed to the FDACS Division of Animal Industry at 850 410-0946.3) The FDACS Division of Animal Industry will assign a permit number which must be noted on the OCVI prior to movement.Because the diagnosis is unknown, we strongly encourage the receiving farm to practice good biosecurity measures in concert with their farm veterinarians. Practical measures would include isolating new arrivals to the farm, and observing the mares daily for any signs of illness, appetite suppression, or obvious signs of abortion. Veterinarians are encouraged to immediately report any abortions by mares arriving from Kentucky to this office by calling 850 410-0900.Your cooperation is appreciatedTerry L. Rhodes
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At last count, how many alleged paranormal reality shows are on television? Do you remember all their names? Do you recall what any of them are really supposed to be about? Probably not, because they're about absolutely nothing.
Does anyone really believe that these shows are unscripted? They're as well choreographed as any Broadway show in many respects. After one hundred and twenty nine years of formal psychical research and forty three years of my own investigating close to five thousand field cases of poltergeists, hauntings, apparitions, doppelgangers, UFO abductions and the like, one clearly obvious pattern has emerged: the chance of regularly or consistently running into real paranormal phenomena while investigating a case is the chance of winning the lottery ten times in a row at the hundred million dollar level. More simply put, the odds are astronomical against you.
However, if you're producing a paranormal reality show where something paranormal must occur during every episode, perhaps even several times per segment, you have a serious logistics problem on your hands, don't you? You cannot simply have talking heads on camera for forty minutes out of every hour, or you're ratings will be as remote as your chances of encountering real paranormal phenomena are.
Therefore, if one wants their reality show to get ratings worthy of renewal, one must do one of three things; a) fake paranormal events. b) populate the show with such colorful or outlandish individuals that they're weekly rantings serve the same purpose as observing real phenomena would or, c) dramatically exaggerate and embellish whatever really does occur to make it appear more important than it really is.
Long before the air was littered with such ridiculous shows, I was approached by the creator of one of the first (whose name will remain absent as I do not wish to promote this clown in any way). Years ago, when we first met, I made it very clear to him what the true reality was regarding investigating such paranormal events was like. His answer was simple and straightforward.
Each episode of his show would fake such occurrences, and on the very rare occasion when they actually encountered demonstrable paranormal events, they would make it appear as if it were a hoax. Compelling reverse logic indeed, but not for me.
I made it clear to this producer (who already had a well established track record), that his thinking was certainly novel and provocative, but his show idea was nothing I could ever be associated with as it would be a blatant fraud. I shook has hand and walked out. About six weeks later, I once again met with this producer along with one of my colleagues at the time, and he again made his pitch. But now, to the both of us.
We both shook our heads in unison to the negative as we were not even vaguely interested in his offer. The seriously disturbing aspect of all these shows are that they're doing a tremendous disservice and injustice to academic, scientific researchers within parapsychology by misinforming the public as to the real nature of these types of events, which in reality are not as frequent or intense as erroneously depicted in these juvenile, ludicrous shows.
If paranormal events were as consistently reliable as seen in these "unreality" shows, they wouldn't be referred to as paranormal, as we'd already understand what they are, how they operate and why they occur.
Trust me on this, no one on earth really knows what's going on with such other worldly events, which is why they're referred to as phenomena. The primary reason that these shows follow the the same intrinsic formula is that they are feeding a population that is totally ignorant as to what's real in the paranormal world, let alone within science in general.
It's very easy to fool and manipulate large audiences if they are unaware of the facts regarding a specific subject. And when it comes to the paranormal, this applies to probably 99.99% of the population.
In the end, one must remember that all these shows are nothing more than mindless entertainment for people with way too much spare time on their hands and cannot differentiate between reality, fantasy and entertainment.
All too frequently, amateur paranormal investigators venture forth on their own attempting to emulate what they've seen on these shows. The results of such copycat investigators is nothing more than sheer fantasy and misinterpreting very normal, everyday events as something paranormal.
An interesting closing note here is that several of us (parapsychologists) have been officially banned from ever appearing on one particular cable network for consistently refusing to lie to the public on their behalf.
With the exception of myself, the names of the three other gentlemen forbidden from appearing on this network will not be disclosed in order to protect their innocence and privacy.
So is this the fate of those few academicians in parapsychology who work with the media, but refuse to lie for their potential employers?
How utterly vile and disgusting I say.
In the end, the most seriously damaging effects of these numerous paranormal "unreality" shows are their severe contamination to the field of parapsychology and those of us who have been scientifically investigating paranormal phenomena for many decades. These shows are causing people to actually believe in what they see and hear during such staged events. They therefore suspect that parapsychologists are the frauds and little more than very old dinosaurs who have not yet fossilized.
However, the majority of the media is well aware that these shows are little more than clever, manipulative, choreographed productions by people making lots of money off gullible, naive and ignorant viewers. And of course, many of the "actors" performing on these fraudulent "unreality" shows frequently appear on very well-known radio shows that play into the garbage these shows spew to increase their listener audiences.
Once these unreality shows fade from cable networks and our memories, the paranormal as a genre may disappear from television and feature films for several generations, as young, new producers will view it all as little more than clever hoaxes to attract sponsors for those people who believe that there's a demon in every closet and under every bedpost. Far too many people, and are far too many shows will have cried wolf way too long for any real, scientific evidence to be believed and taken seriously again. If I didn't know any better, I'd almost suspect that there's a real disinformational program at work here to totally discredit the paranormal in general. Who knows, maybe there is?
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As one who has also been called upon to consult for any number of paranormal/UFO "documentaries," what you describe is not uncommon. Equally baffling to me is the producers who are utterly ignorant of the true nature of these events–ie. their often random nature, and expect the researchers to provide weekly cases at predictable intervals. They often ask you to describe, in advance, what sorts of paranormal phenomena you anticipate, its frequency, intensity and any "exciting" collateral evidence it may produce. Most disturbing to me is their greediness for such ratings-boosters and paranormal smoking guns, without any regard for either the time and energy and often expense endured by the researchers, nor the potential downsides of the experiencers themselves coming forward and spilling their innermost details of said events, thereby subjecting themselves to certain ridicule. The producers seem to operate under the delusion that everyone wants to be on tv so badly, that there is a virtual line of wanna be paranormal victims beating itself to their door. Yes, they want both the groundbreaking evidence and paranormal victims… and are almost always willing to pay next to nothing for the privilege of exploiting the dedicated researchers and the experiencers for their own profit. Ocassionally some earnest producers will want to actually produce a quality program that attempts to display the truth, but this is a rarity and often as not is overshadowed by a naysaying network, who may insist on inserting a "skeptic", ie. one with no actual knowledge of the subject matter or field experience, in order to convey the appearance of "balance." I marvel as to why parascience is subject to the such caveats, where as shows delving, say, into theoretical physics or ancient history require no such counterpoints. Can you imagine every program describing Darwinian theory to require a biblical scholar to weigh in for good measure?
Thus the media, originally vowing to champion alternative theories, thus quite often serves to undermine the very revelations it claims to provide access to.
As always, a very insightful and responsible perspective on the credibility of the "paranormal media" collective. Your points are well taken regarding the presentation of so-called "evidence". These outlets profer alleged examples of paranormal phenomena that range from misinterpreted data to outright chicanery and deception. Instead of paranormal proof, their modus operandi taints the entire field with a lack of integrity or any sense of discernment. As a result any earnest work gets lost in a cloud of misinformation. The unfortunate truth is that with all of these shows filming in paranormal hot spots, authentic phenomena may be occurring, but the associated data is getting lost in the noise of this programming.
Another point of contention is the self-claimed titles of the personalities that populate these shows. Just how does one get to call himself/herself a paranormal expert? A professional ghost hunter?? Certainly there must be a very rigorous standard set in order to proclaim such expertise. Evidently to become a member of such an elite club in the ranks of paranormal television, one must possess a tacky "ghost huntin'" t-shirt and a minimal operating knowledge of an EMF detector. (Uh, I don't know about no milligauss, but the needle just went into the red…we got a ghost!) Truth be told, the most compelling story of all this para-media is the list of names of researchers who are NOT appearing on these shows. As is the case with any government press release, don't listen to what they are saying, listen to what they are not saying to discover the truth.
As a victim of a well publicized haunting, I have had a front row seat to the "circus" of the paranormal tv circuit and have been a guest on numerous tv shows, talking about my experience. I can't agree more to the comments made about how the media and the reality shows have turned a serious subject, that is real, into a joke. For the media, it's all about entertainment, not finding answers. Those generic shows that set up a camera to capture a "ghost", and claim to be a "scientific research team" that is "investigating the paranormal", are not. They are merely TV people trying to make money off a tv show. That's their job. Real paranormal people don't have tv shows, they do their research and study it – hoping to find answers to questions that have been perplexing us throughout time. Most people are ignorant on this subject, after all, it's about the unknown. I'd venture to say, that more people then not, have had their own paranormal experience, although, many won't admit it, they have. Their experience peeks their interest on the subject and they want to know more about it. Since there is still very little we actually know about paranormal activity, finding accurate information is not easy – because it's just not out there or accessible. But tv is out there and it is accessible so people watch ghost hunting shows and believe they are legitimate. They watch shows,because they want to learn more about the unknown, and they think they are. But what they don't realize is, the shows target audience is aimed at gullible suckers who are being used to boost ratings – the networks are laughing all the way to the bank, because people are so gullible and they are capitalizing off their ignorance. That sucks.
I would agree with virtually all the points in Barry's article. While it is certainly possible that the vast unwashed paranormal programs may affect peoples' opinions of the scientific research, the far greater issue is potential impact on the funding of such research. One would like to believe the funding groups are intelligent enough to understand the difference, and thus far this appears to be the case. However my take on the future impact is a bit different and perhaps a bit more optimistic.
In my opinion, we are seeing a dramatic shift both in science and popular opinion when it comes to things non-material. It appears to me that the current generation is more accepting of concepts like consciousness and information rather than material-based realities. Part of this may come from their intensive exposure to information technology concepts and solutions.
Theoretical physics has been aware that there is more to reality than particles of matter and energy for decades. Quantum physics experiments now show that a materialistic view of reality cannot be completely correct nor can it fully explain anomalies such as psi. So materialist skeptics in fact are arguing from ignorance. This has been the case for decades in theoretical science.
These facts will, I believe, converge as the public becomes more aware of them and the current thinking will produce a paradigm shift not only in science but also in the general worldview worldwide. People will come to see what some of us in psi research have known or at least suspected for some time: that psi research leads the way, rather than following. If you want to see the future of science, familiarize yourself with the real scientific psi research. And by all means, either ignore the "paranormal" shows or at least understand them for what they truly are.
Firstly, the ridiculousness of being banned from a TV network due to an adherence to the truth typifies what in my opinion is the general state of "journalism" in this country today. The degeneration of TV, newspapers and radio is at the root of this particular issue. What is real is no longer what "matters". What will sell has taken precedent over correctly informing the populous, which is what these various media outlets were originally designed to do.
Once again it comes as no surprise that you wouldn't be allowed to expound upon your firsthand knowledge. Why would these producers, executives etc. want you to, when they can concoct a story that will appeal to as you say "99.9%" of the population rather than the true story which might only appeal to perhaps 30%?
The real tragedy occurs behind the scenes, when an actual scientist (read highly educated individual) brings on experiment, theory or experience regarding the paranormal to the public. What occurs is ridicule, disdain, a loss of credibility, and a charge of the loss of sanity and a general "sweeping under the rug" of these highly educated forthright individuals. Their words are only given its true voice within a relatively small sub-section of the population that is open to hearing new ideas actually sits down an listens.
This (often not always) undeserved criticism is due, in part, to these paranormal reality shows. More to the point, the knowledge reservoir of these true psychic experiences must be sought out rather than being easily acquired.
The metaphoric minefield that must be sifted through in order to gain actual knowledge rather than fantasy and fairy tales is too much for the average American to have the desire to wade through.
Now having stated why this, it is no surprise (in long form), that I personally think it's kind of awesome that you were banned. The only thing I've ever been banned from is an Orchard Supply Hardware so you have me beat. I having something to aspire to. (Mostly kidding)
A final point here is that this trashing of the paranormal reality and by proxy parapsychology, is unlikely to end. Even when these shows can no longer hold a substantial audience, Hollywood will always be there. These phenomena are obviously incredibly captivating, so there will always be a market for these TV series and films. I don't mind horror films at all, so as a wanna-be parapsychologist and a "scary" movie fanatic, I reach my own hypocrisy. What scares me is the possibility of the downfall of parapsychology as a science. Who is going to replace the Auerbach's, Taff's and Radin's of today's world? Maybe me? Maybe someone similar to myself? Maybe nobody?
That's what worries me the most. Regardless, rock on for getting banned!!
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I really have no clue what you are asking... could you rephrase your question?
This is a discussion on Carry in Nebraska within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; carry in Nebraska... with the new law I heard something about can I open carry in Neb. next wednesday driving from Denver Co. to Council ...
carry in Nebraska...
with the new law I heard something about can I open carry in Neb.
next wednesday driving from Denver Co. to Council Bluffs Iowa?...I do not think concealed carry is allowed yet????????????
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I really have no clue what you are asking... could you rephrase your question?
I thought I remember something about Nebraska changing thier open carry laws a couple of weeks ago...I know that concealed carry is a no go but can I open carry on my side in the car with no problem's.???
and is open carry outside the car legal??????
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IANAL... but it looks like OC in your car is legal as long as it's clearly visible. On foot you look like you are ok as well despite localities passing bans against state pre-emption. I'm sure someone from NE can chime in.
Concealed carry is not allowed yet in Iowa? wth?
IMO conceal carry should be allowed along with open carry because that will save the 911 call centers a whole lot of time so they don't have to keep answering calls from the public about someone openly carrying over and over again. A man in Coon Rapids openly carried in TMobile and the cops showed up and drew upon him and then told him "Do you know the meaning of conceal and carry" and he had to tell them "Officer, my permit say's "Permit to carry"
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NE has had open carry for years, for now you may need a special permit to OC in Omaha, so just avoid Omaha.
If I was in a car, I would put it on the seat or similar area so it would be visible.
When you get to the Iowa border, you are screwed.
An ounce of lead is worth 200lbs of cop.
You can avoid Omaha and its traffic by crossing into Iowa at Bellevue
Ne. then take I 29 into Council Bluffs. You can carry in the car as long as it is in plain view. Cover it if you get out for break. The further you get from Omaha the more progun people are.
The new law that passed was actually concerning concealed carry, not open. It stops cities from banning ccw among a few other things. It does nothing in regards to open carry.carry in Nebraska...
with the new law I heard something about can I open carry in Neb.
next wednesday driving from Denver Co. to Council Bluffs Iowa?...I do not think concealed carry is allowed yet????????????
Open carry is legal in Nebraska, but do NOT do it in Omaha without a permit or NE CHP.
As far as I know, open carry has always been legal in Nebraska.
....and I am CERTAIN that there is currently no state statute prohibiting it.
Omaha has a city ordinance prohibiting it, and some of the other larger "cities" frown upon it "unofficially".
Whether it's considered "concealed" or not will depend on the circumstances, and the judgment of the individual LEO, at least to begin with. For instance, if you're carrying in a SOB holster, it's not in view of the officer while you're sitting in the seat, no matter where he stands. (I wouldn't worry too much about this in the western half of the state, but out east........)
Open carry is perfectly legal in the state just as Sgt. Mac has stated since there is no law against it. It is strongly reccomended the firearm be in plain sight of an officer, or unloaded in the trunk if you are pulled for some reason in your vehicle, and I wanted you to see the actual statute as it is written about firearms in vehicles.
"The presence in a motor vehicle other than a public vehicle of any firearm or instrument referred to in section 28-1203, 28-1206, 28-1207, or 28-1212.03 shall be prima facie evidence that it is in the posession of and is carried by all persons occupying such motor vehicle at the time such firearm or instrument is found, except that this section shall not be applicableif such firearm or instrument is found upon the person of one of the occupants therin."
28-1211 simply states that NE allows NE residents to transport firearms to the contigious state of NE and does not specifiy any conditions of the firearm. It does not refer to non-NE residents.
Ok sorry if this was too much info or pointless, but I thought it might be applicable for your situation. Definitely avoid OC in Omaha as you will probably be stopped & questioned, and since you can't register it with Omaha you would be in trouble.
OK done now!
Hopefully with the passage of LB430 we will see reciprocity between NE and CO soon!
I hope so...I travel to Illinois 2-3 times a year and it would be nice to stay protected on the highways going east..
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Well I made it back to Colorado but had a problem when I stopped in Ogalala for a quick snack at 1 am in the morning...I guess Neb. has a law that you cannot make a u-turn at lights and was pulled over by an officer...had my S&W 642 in my open area of dash with cylinder open and no rounds in weapon.
I told officer I was open carrying and pointed to weapon...He was great. took my lic. and ccw and went back to his vehicle and came back I am sure after running me in computer and gave me a friendly warning and then we talked for a few minutes about stomach surgery etc. and shook my hand and then left...
I know there are a lot of good officers out there and he was one of them.
On the other hand the officer in Iowa who stopped my daughter for going 2mph over the limit was a butt accoring to her...he profiled her as an Illegal as he pulled up alongside her saw her with her boyfriend and my 2 grand-daughters in car and dropped back and pulled her over...he was really kinda mean to her and since she is a correction's officer she told him he was not very proffesional and to either give her a ticket or let her go...he did give her a warning ticket but at least that does not count...I think he thought he had a car full of Illegals and was going to get a gold star for the stop.
why do officers feel the need to harass someone for a couple of miles over as all she was trying to do was go around a slow truck to exit 1/2 mile down the road...I guess I still hate Iowa.....lol
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Man that's totally awesome to hear, not that you got pulled, but about your experience with the LEO. You definitely did the right thing by letting him know straight away about the weapon, and I'm sure that earned you some points and added to the reason you didn't get a ticket. +1 for NE I guess!


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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by buddahfan, Sep 5, 2005.
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Trammell Some have proposed that Jim Leyland (of Marlins fame) come in. He and Dombrowski used to work together. I think that's a fine idea. Although I like Trammell, he's made some curious decisions especially when it comes to pitching. But with each passing season, I think he gets better.
Trammell I would roll with him for one more year. He's had some tough breaks every year so far. I'm not so sure that anyone else could've done a better job with what he's had to deal with. Now granted, there were a lot of expectations this year. But, with Maggs out for the first half, Guillen going down and with Percival's injury, among other things, that's a lot to overcome for any manager. Just look at the first half of the season. When the pitching was solid the batting was non existent. Now they're hitting every thing in sight while the pitchers are giving up 10 runs a game. Tough to win ball games when the team plays like that. I think Tram's done a decent job this season, outside of the way he's handled the staff at times. Let's see what he does with a full roster next year. I think we'll be straight if we can just add a solid Centerfielder, a #1 pitcher to anchor the staff and a decent arm or two to the bullpen. (Hey, I can dream right?)
Does Tram have the Right Personality? I loved Tram as a player, but I wonder if Tram has the necessary baseball savvy and personality to be a good major league manager. His post-game interviews are extremely dull, and he seldom has anything interesting or original to say. One wonders if there is a real baseball intelligence lurking behind all of his dull, cliched and inarticulate responses to reporters' questions. But more important than that is the fact that Tram does not project any air of authority at all. There are different ways to project authority as a manager: by intelligence (e.g., LaRussa), by having a strong personality (e.g., Sparky, Tommy Lasorda, Earl Weaver, Billy Martin), or perhaps by exhibiting a great breadth of knowledge of all facets of the game (e.g., Sparky, Casey Stengel, Billy Martin). Tram does not seem to excel in any of these areas, and I wonder if he really commands the necessary respect from his players to be an effective manager.
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He leads one of the world's oldest architectural firms, Bates Smart - established more than a century ago in 1853. He is known as the man who has an innovative and enduring approach to architecture.
Roger Poole, the Executive Chairman of Bates Smart is one of Australia's most effective urban and architectural designers.
Poole has led Bates Smart to create increasingly innovative buildings which reflect the needs and dynamics of contemporary urban life. The multi award-winning Federation Square in Melbourne as well as the new urban neighbourhood for Melbourne, Freshwater Place which combines residential, office, and urban facilities are grand examples.
Poole graduated in Architecture from the University of Washington after which he completed research studies for the PhD in city planning and urban design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Commercial work aside, Poole has contributed, on a pro bono basis, to the work and governance of the Committee for Melbourne, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, the Property Council of Australia, and one of Melbourne's leading independent schools.
Widely acknowledged for his strong focus on strategic leadership, the culture of Bates Smart reflects his mission to identify, develop and empower talented younger leaders so that the practice can adapt, grow and endure.
For all his outstanding achievements, Poole was made a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects by the AIA National Council in November 2010.
INSIDE: You are known as one of Australia's most effective urban and architectural designers, committed to an innovative and enduring approach to design. Which of your projects best encapsulates your design philosophy and approach?
POOLE: As a design architect I always look forward; we are always learning and developing new possibilities. Hence the best project is always the next one! I am very proud of what we have achieved in the past few years; I will mention three projects.
The first is Freshwater Place - which transformed a riverfront industrial site into a new vertical village where about 1000 people live and 6000 people work, soon to rise to around 9000. It has become the centre of Melbourne's Southbank district.
Second, the new Crown Metropol hotel, largest in Australia, where we were given total design responsibility from urban design down to every artwork and cushion cover. The project has won many awards and has achieved exceptionally high occupancy after only about a year's operation.
The third is Media House, a workplace designed to help transform great newspapers into multi-platform digital content for the 21st Century.
INSIDE: What would you consider your most challenging project so far?
POOLE: I find that when people are serious about investing a great deal of money, they focus on the project and the challenges come to us. Nothing we do is easy. Challenges come in different forms – political, technical and design.
My greatest political challenge was arriving in the middle of the process of designing City of Dreams, which is an integrated resort, in Macau. As such, we needed to provide leadership to an existing team of architects in a diplomatic way, to reshape the master plan so that the complex would work for everyone. We did all of the interiors for the six-star Crown Towers and associated gaming areas.
As for technical challenge, it is hard to surpass 150 Clarendon Street, where we transformed a large private hospital into Melbourne's finest residential building, facing a park.
Though everything else was new, the columns were obviously impossible to move. A lot of ingenuity was required to achieve precise planning. Later in the process we were able to get a permit to extend the whole tower by 10 metres. This produced a better-looking building and we gained 3000 square metres of net saleable area, which pleased our clients. The challenge was that we needed to move the corner apartments out five metres on either end, but we could not move the columns. Even more ingenuity was required as by then some of the apartments were committed to purchasers. In the end, everything worked out quite well.
Our Capitol project in South Yarra, which combines a 38-storey residential tower with retail and office, is our latest design challenge. Using a unique shape consisting of two juxtaposed ovals, we created a landmark complex which was given special permission to exceed the then-current height limit by ten stories.
INSIDE: At Bates Smart you support a culture that enables your employees to work and live ethically. For example, your work culture addresses the effect one has on the environment. In your design of buildings, how does sustainability come into play?
POOLE: We want our buildings to have a strong relationship with nature and the natural world. This philosophy incorporates but transcends sustainability and energy efficiency. We want to look beyond star ratings to human well-being.
Whenever possible, our design process uses research-based insights to inform design strategy. Working on healthcare buildings, we have found evidence that our sense of well-being is maximised when we are exposed to abundant natural light and sights of nature. The new Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne will break new ground in designing for comprehensive well-being while incorporating responsible environmental performance.
INSIDE: And in what way is it a groundbreaking design that incorporates environmental performance"?
POOLE: As the new home for one of the world's leading children's hospitals, the RCH is designed to enhance well-being for children, families, staff and visitors – everyone who is affected by the new environment.
According to my colleague Kristen Whittle, the Bates Smart director who led the design team, the brief and site of the park created the opportunity to pursue a design in which nature would nurture; where recovery would be faster and well-being enhanced through accommodating children, their families and staff in a building that would embrace and reflect the best of nature. The project seems to emulate the soft fascination of nature to bring the park into the building and establish an external appearance that helps bring the building into the park. The team's goal was to awaken the senses by creating form and texture that are a clear analogy to nature and working to reproduce a man-made nature in buildings.
INSIDE: What latest sustainable ideas and technologies does Bates Smart harness to deliver sound environmental outcomes in your buildings?
POOLE: We stay on the leading edge, but not the "bleeding" edge of sustainable design. We are designing 171 Collins Street for Cbus and Charter Hall as a "natural six star' building, using under-floor air distribution to achieve the outstanding environmental performance with very natural air flow and high levels of human comfort.
Conventional VAV (Variable Air Volume) systems have limits when it comes to advanced environmental performance. It is difficult, if not impossible, to reach "natural six star" level (equivalent to LEED Platinum) by blowing conditioned air down from the ceiling. Under-floor air distribution utilises natural air movement patterns to produce an outstanding work environment. Air is introduced at low velocity through the floor, sometimes with a measure of personal control to suit different preferences. Air moves through the inhabited zone and is taken from the workspace at ceiling level. Not only is this air movement more natural than ceiling distribution, the air that passes through the workstations is clean which subsequently reduces the incidence of employee absence due to illness.
The technology is widely used in Europe, and is gradually gaining support in Australasia. While early access floors had a hollow sound, today's systems are stable and solid. A second major advantage is that electrical reticulation is also done under the floor, speeding staff redeployment and the introduction of new technology. We innovate for sustainability, but we do not experiment with unproven technologies.
INSIDE: We are always curious what a world-renown architect's own home look like. Could you please describe your home for us?
POOLE: I live in the inner Melbourne suburbs which were built in Victorian times. As a gesture to the neighbourhood, we retained the Victorian house on the front of the site and designed an extension which is a series of glass pavilions grouped around a courtyard garden with an outdoor pool. The extension is contemporary but echoes the calm symmetry of the original house. Although we work collaboratively in all our projects, everyone needs time for reflection and the development of new ideas. For me, the calm and contemplative view into the garden creates the right balance of energy and reflection needed to find convincing solutions to design problems.


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Los Tiburones had a 4-0 lead going in to the bottom of the 5th, after a solo homer in the 3rd and 3 more runs on 5 singles in the 4th. Los Caribes scratched out one run in the 5th, on a single, a stolen base, and a wild pitch. They rallied again in the 6th, beginning with a lead-off double by CF Gorkys Hernandez. Hernandez tagged up and advanced to third on a fly out, then scored on an RBI single. A walk and a fielding error brought in a second run in that inning, but that was as far as Los Caribes could get. They loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, with Hernandez due to bat. A pinch-hitter was substituted for Hernandez, th...
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- Fours
- Sixes
- Wickets
- GC Smith 19
- JP Duminy 0
- AB de Villiers 18
- JM Kemp 21
- MV Boucher 29
- SM Pollock 0
- JA Morkel 43
- VD Philander 6
- JJ van der Wath 9*
- JM Anderson 1/22
- SCJ Broad 3/37
- A Flintoff 2/23
- AD Mascarenhas 1/24
- CP Schofield 1/34
- JN Snape 0/12
5.55pm England booed onto the field ... welcoming hosts ... unlike the South African openers, loud cheers and thousands of flags being waved. James Anderson to Graeme Smith.
5.35pm England have won the toss and will field. "The pitch looks dry and cracked," says Nasser Hussain. "It's a great atmosphere, Newlands is no place for the faint hearted."
"Obviously the sun is coming down and hopefully it will nibble around a bit. KP will go up to three and everyone will move up one. Hopefully we will get off to a good start. It's a big challenge for us but let's see if we can do it." says Paul Collingwood.
"Hopefully we can get off to a good base and put them under some pressure," counters Graeme Smith. "We found the right lines and lengths [against Bangladesh]. We've discussed a few things and hopefully we can put the plans into place." And on Pietersen: "Hopefully we can knock him over."
South Africa Graeme Smith, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher (wk), Shaun Pollock, Vernon Philander, Albie Morkel, Johan van der Wath, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini.
England make two changes, Jimmy Anderson and Jeremy Snape in, James Kirtley and Darren Maddy out.
England Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Owais Shah, Andrew Flintoff, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Chris Schofield, Jeremy Snape, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
5.20pm Both teams out going through their pre-match warm-ups as the sun sets over Table Mountain. "The atmosphere has been superb around the ground today," chirps Andrew McGlashan, before completely ruining the moment by adding: "But the Bangladesh game was ****."
5.15pm Herschelle Gibbs has had a massive fitness test today, sprinting all over the place. Graeme Smith said last night that he expects him to be fine.
4.45pm Good afternoon and welcome to the last match of the day, England against South Africa. A humdinger in prospect. Let's hope it's a better contest than when the two countries met in the Rugby World Cup in France on Friday. South Africa won 36-0 and England were utterly pathetic.
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, Smith back, dropped into the leg side and a quick run, disproportionate cheers
"It's massive," boom the TV commentators. As if any game covered on TV isn't ... for Cricinfo today it's Martin Williamson and Jenny Thompson.
Anderson to Duminy, no run, shortish and Jean-Paul Duminy back and defends to point
: England are looking very keen in the field so far; Smith's unfazed, mind, chewing gum as ever
Anderson to Duminy, no run, Duminy beaten, it smacks him on the pads, a loud appeal but it pitched well outside the leg stump
Anderson to Duminy, 1 wide, more cheers as Anderson loses his line and sends down a big off-side wide
Anderson to Duminy, 1 wide, identikit ball, more semi-mocking cheers and Anderson looks miffed
Anderson to Duminy, 1 leg bye, it spits off a length and catches Duminy in no-man's land, the ball scoots behind square on the off
Anderson to Smith, FOUR, leg-side, Smith eases it off his hips and the ball shoots away, much to fine for deep square leg to get anything on it
Anderson to Smith, no run, full, the ball lifts and Smith shoulders arms as the ball is taken by Prior at head height
End of over 1 (8 runs) South Africa 8/0 (RR: 8.00)
- GC Smith 5 (3b 1x4)
- JP Duminy 0 (3b)
- JM Anderson 1-0-7-0
Broad to Duminy, OUT, what a start, super delivery, on a length it seamed away and then swung back in, Duminy played a nothing shot and a thin edge was taken by Prior
JP Duminy c †Prior b Broad 0 (5m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Here's Andrew McGlashan: "A rather pathetic firework has just fizzled from the top of the scoreboard, but all the sparks were from Broad with that ball." Fizzled, sparks, see what he did there.
Broad to de Villiers, no run, outside off, de Villiers leaves
Broad to de Villiers, no run, outside off once more - 84mph - and de Villiers again adopts a watching brief
It's all gone quiet ... that won't last long
Broad to de Villiers, FOUR, seconds ... half volley which de Villiers creams between cover and extra cover
Broad to de Villiers, FOUR, Broad drops slightly short and de Villiers leans back and heaves that over midwicket ...a one-bounce four. The crowd goes wild.
Impossible to count all the SA flags waving that four up.
Broad to de Villiers, 2 runs, fuller, inside edge down to fine leg where Anderson does the business
End of over 2 (10 runs) South Africa 18/1 (RR: 9.00)
- AB de Villiers 10 (5b 2x4)
- GC Smith 5 (3b 1x4)
- SCJ Broad 1-0-10-1
- JM Anderson 1-0-7-0
Anderson off and on comes Andrew Flintoff.
Flintoff to Smith, no run, a peach, slightly short and the ball snorts and leaves Smith flailing
Flintoff to Smith, FOUR, lovely placement, whipped off his hips and again it beats the man at square leg
That fielder has to be finer ...
Flintoff to Smith, 1 run, turned off middle-and-leg to Mascarenhas who had moved finer after the last four
Flintoff to de Villiers, no run, more bounce from Flintoff, the ball leaps and de Villiers can only spar at it
Gnasher's turned on his favourite Lancastrian: "Flintoff seems to have got half way through having his hair cut, and left without getting it finished." He does look like Tintin, though, it must be said.
Flintoff to de Villiers, no run, outside off and de Villiers leaves
Flintoff to de Villiers, no run, dug in, de Villiers plays a whirling pull but is too early and the ball goes through to Prior
End of over 3 (5 runs) South Africa 23/1 (RR: 7.66)
- AB de Villiers 10 (8b 2x4)
- GC Smith 10 (6b 2x4)
- A Flintoff 1-0-5-0
- SCJ Broad 1-0-10-1
The fourth over and another bowling change ...
Anderson to Smith, no run, half volley driven to Mascarenhas at mid-on
Anderson to Smith, FOUR, Smith drives again but with much more bottom hand and that takes it between midwicket and mid-on. Ugly but effective
Mascarenhas chases just because he has to, rather than expecting to have a hope.
Anderson to Smith, no run, back of a length, Smith surprised and he jumps as he blocks
Anderson to Smith, no run, same length, Smith rocks back and looks to cut but it's too close to get away with that
Anderson to Smith, FOUR, wide half-volley, smashed through the covers, lovely shot and that flew to the rope
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, slightly short, Smith heaves that into the on side where the man at deep backward square leg fields
End of over 4 (9 runs) South Africa 32/1 (RR: 8.00)
- GC Smith 19 (12b 4x4)
- AB de Villiers 10 (8b 2x4)
- JM Anderson 2-0-16-0
- A Flintoff 1-0-5-0
Fifth over, and each one by a different bowler ... well, not five bowlers but none has bowled more than one on the trot. How our scorers love this ...
Broad to Smith, 1 wide, leg side, Smith shapes to swish it off his hips but misses
Broad to Smith, OUT, Smith tries to pull but gets a massive top edge, the ball swirls in the twilight, Prior leaves it to Mascarenhas at long leg and he takes it with no alarms
GC Smith c Mascarenhas b Broad 19 (19m 13b 4x4 0x6) SR: 146.15
"Smith's disgusted with himself, spitting out his gum and flat-batting it away - he connected with that all right, but it's all a bit too late now," Jenny chips in.
Broad to de Villiers, no run, outside off stump at 82mph, de Villiers, who is either cautious or utterly carefree with little in between, leaves
Broad to de Villiers, FOUR, loose drive, a thick edge and that scurries away for four
The big-hitting Kemp's been practising his airshots in the dug-out - specifically his backfoot punches and pulls. Let's see if he gets them out in the middle
Broad to de Villiers, no run, another flashing drive but nowhere near the ball
Broad to de Villiers, FOUR, half volley and driven through extra cover, a lovely stroke and he really middled that ... he couldn;t have asked for Broad to give him one more in the slot
Reebok have produced some signs for the crowd to hold up which helpfully note that that was a "Shot". Yes, it was
Broad to de Villiers, 1 leg bye, slower ball, de Villiers misses, Broad start to run for the ball as it bobbles into the leg side, decides to appeal and falls over mid-pitch in the confusion
End of over 5 (10 runs) South Africa 42/2 (RR: 8.40)
- AB de Villiers 18 (13b 4x4)
- JM Kemp 0 (0b)
- SCJ Broad 2-0-19-2
- JM Anderson 2-0-16-0
And no bowling change ... just kidding, of course there is. Flintoff back after his rest.
Flintoff to de Villiers, OUT, another loose drive from de Villiers but this time he only succeeds in getting a thin edge and Prior leaps around like Zeberdee as he takes the catch
AB de Villiers c †Prior b Flintoff 18 (18m 14b 4x4 0x6) SR: 128.57
de Villiers trots off using some language that would not be allowed pre-watershed. He's furious
All three wickets have come off the first legitimate ball of the over. Says staty Jenny with glasses and anorak in place.
Flintoff to Boucher, 1 run, pushed jerkily into the on side
"It's been musical chairs with England's bowlers, but it's certainly worked so far," adds Gnasher, not wanting to be left out. In comes a second slip ...
Flintoff to Kemp, no run, left alone as Flintoff probes just outside off stump. "God wheels," observes Andrew Miller
Flintoff to Kemp, no run, straight, quick and blocked ... Flintoff quickly through in his follow through to field
Flintoff to Kemp, no run, back of a length, seamed into the batsman and he can only fend it a few yards down the pitch, Flintoff fields once more
Flintoff to Kemp, no run, fuller, Kemp flicks to mid-on
Andrew Miller leaps for joy as a wicket falls ... then realises he was watching a replay.
End of over 6 (1 run) South Africa 43/3 (RR: 7.16)
- JM Kemp 0 (4b)
- MV Boucher 1 (1b)
- A Flintoff 2-0-6-1
- SCJ Broad 2-0-19-2
Broad to Boucher, no run, fractionally short, Boucher stands tall but can only push to point
Broad to Boucher, no run, no foot movement, a spar and Boucher misses
Broad to Boucher, FOUR, pulled from outside off stump, didn't seem to be timed but it raced away
Broad to Boucher, 1 run, push and run to Snape at extra cover, well stopped but good running between the wickets
Broad to Kemp, 1 run, short, no timing in the pull and the ball apologetically wheezes about two-thirds of the way to the boundary, well picked up and only the one
Broad to Boucher, no run, beaten by movement away off the seam
End of over 7 (6 runs) South Africa 49/3 (RR: 7.00)
- MV Boucher 6 (6b 1x4)
- JM Kemp 1 (5b)
- SCJ Broad 3-0-25-2
- A Flintoff 2-0-6-1
Mascarenhas on to slow things down ...
Mascarenhas to Kemp, no run, defended to cover
Mascarenhas to Kemp, 3 runs, neatly picked up off middle, swished over wide mid-on, Anderson fields on the rope
Mascarenhas to Boucher, 1 run, full, no more than defended to mid-on who makes a complete sow's ear of stopping it and it goes through his legs
Mascarenhas to Kemp, no run, wide would have been had he left it - slammed to mid-off
Mascarenhas to Kemp, no run, he drives, he misses and Prior, standing up, takes
Mascarenhas to Kemp, 1 run, back and steered to the left of wide mid-on, an easy single but England won't mind that
End of over 8 (5 runs) South Africa 54/3 (RR: 6.75)
- JM Kemp 5 (10b)
- MV Boucher 7 (7b 1x4)
- AD Mascarenhas 1-0-5-0
- SCJ Broad 3-0-25-2
Another over, another new bowler. Chris Schofield on as Jenny purrs ...
Schofield to Kemp, 1 run, Kemp winds up and drives a half volley to long-off
Schofield to Boucher, no run, floated, gentle drive to short extra cover
Schofield to Boucher, no run, much the same, well bowled
Schofield to Boucher, 1 wide, swept from leg stump, not middled ... not even hit ... and the ball bobbles to short fine leg
Schofield to Boucher, no run, driven into the leg side but not into a gap
Schofield to Boucher, no run, steps back and mistimed drive back to the bowler
Schofield to Boucher, no run, slightly too short but Boucher can't capitalise and hits the ball back to a happy Schofield
End of over 9 (2 runs) South Africa 56/3 (RR: 6.22)
- MV Boucher 7 (12b 1x4)
- JM Kemp 6 (11b)
- CP Schofield 1-0-2-0
- AD Mascarenhas 1-0-5-0
Snape on for the first time. Watch out for the moon ball, will he be brave enough?
Snape to Kemp, 1 run, pushed into the off side, between the close fielders but no second even though there should have been
Snape to Boucher, 1 run, on drive past a diving wide mid-on
Snape to Kemp, 1 run, long hop, mown to long-off ... "horribly" adds Jenny
Snape to Boucher, 2 runs, dropped swatted to deep midwicket, Anderson steaming in gets there but can't hold the chance
Snape to Boucher, 1 run, dropped flicked to midwicket where Wright drops it a foot or so off the ground diving to his left
Snape to Kemp, SIX, and to make Snape feel better Kemp launches that over midwicket for the first six
And here's the still purring Jenny Thompson. Lies. Hello everyone. Thanks Martin. That was, incidentally, Snape's first over in international cricket for five years... and he had several chances just now to add to his 13 wickets for England
End of over 10 (12 runs) South Africa 68/3 (RR: 6.80)
- JM Kemp 14 (14b 1x6)
- MV Boucher 11 (15b 1x4)
- JN Snape 1-0-12-0
- CP Schofield 1-0-2-0
Schofield to Boucher, FOUR, smashed, just smashed, off the back foot through point sending the dancers into a frenzy
Schofield to Boucher, 1 run, driven out to long-off
Schofield to Kemp, 1 run, down the track, and driven on the move to mid-on
Schofield to Boucher, 1 run, drags it a touch short, cut away - a tad too late on the shot - to point
Schofield to Kemp, 1 run, not so lovely cricket, Schofield dragging short again and a big hoick of a mistimed pull whooshes up short of long-on
Schofield to Boucher, 1 run, steps away to make room and driven up to wide mid-off
End of over 11 (9 runs) South Africa 77/3 (RR: 7.00)
- MV Boucher 18 (19b 2x4)
- JM Kemp 16 (16b 1x6)
- CP Schofield 2-0-11-0
- JN Snape 1-0-12-0
Mascarenhas to Boucher, FOUR, dragged short, outside off, and driven on the up over midwicket for a one-bounce four
Fine leg and third man come up
Mascarenhas to Boucher, 1 run, steps back to make room for a sweet drive out to Schofield at long-off
Mascarenhas to Kemp, 1 run, slower ball, rolling the fingers over it, drops short and wide but nearly gets the wicket, with the fielder getting a fingertip to it at cover
Mascarenhas to Boucher, no run, a rare dot, flamingo-whipped - that shot is copyright Pietersen by the way - straight to the man at midwicket
Mascarenhas to Boucher, 2 runs, short again, dragged out to the sweeper on the off-side
Mascarenhas to Boucher, 1 run, driven out to midwicket, could have been two; instead he keeps the strike
Anderson now.
End of over 12 (9 runs) South Africa 86/3 (RR: 7.16)
- MV Boucher 26 (24b 3x4)
- JM Kemp 17 (17b 1x6)
- AD Mascarenhas 2-0-14-0
- CP Schofield 2-0-11-0
Anderson to Boucher, 1 run, short and gets away with it as the batsman can only pick out point with the back-foot drive
Anderson to Kemp, no run, good bouncer, nipping in off the seam and rising through unexpectedly
Anderson to Kemp, 1 run, low full toss, driven out straight to long-off and only one run is available
Anderson to Boucher, no run, good short ball again, similar to the other one earlier this over, Boucher steps back and tries to hook - but isn't too close to the ball
Anderson to Boucher, 1 run, connects this time, but not convincingly, with the drive to short midwicket
Anderson to Kemp, no run, full delivery, on off, dug out towards the bowler
Schofield on again
End of over 13 (3 runs) South Africa 89/3 (RR: 6.84)
- JM Kemp 18 (20b 1x6)
- MV Boucher 28 (27b 3x4)
- JM Anderson 3-0-19-0
- AD Mascarenhas 2-0-14-0
Schofield to Boucher, 1 run, a deliberate-looking full toss - but perhaps he didn't mean to bowl it that high all the same - and it's flatbatted to mid-on
England have sent Pietersen out into the deep to field just so he can sample some of the local wit.
Schofield to Kemp, 1 run, I know Kemp hits the ball hard, but this is something else - he's lost a good Mars Bar Kingsize' worth off the bottom of the bat with the drive to long-on. Is Prior's shout to "Get on that" referring to the wood or the ball?
New bats, please
Schofield to Boucher, OUT, driven up to long-on, Pietersen didn't have to move, three yards inside the boundary
MV Boucher c Pietersen b Schofield 29 (27m 29b 3x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
And Pietersen resists all temptation to involve the crowd and simply trots in and underarms the ball to the umpire ... actions louder than words etc ...
Schofield to Kemp, no run, full delivery, defended on the front foot
Schofield to Kemp, no run, Schofield saw him coming, aimded at his legs, he could only pat it back
Schofield to Kemp, no run, shapes to cut and misses
End of over 14 (2 runs) South Africa 91/4 (RR: 6.50)
- JM Kemp 19 (24b 1x6)
- SM Pollock 0 (0b)
- CP Schofield 3-0-13-1
- JM Anderson 3-0-19-0
Anderson to Pollock, OUT, wheels coming off a touch, here, Pollock shaped to hook, Prior hanging on with ease, not having to move too much to take the ball
SM Pollock c †Prior b Anderson 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Pollock heads off keeping his thoughts to himself. It's down to Kemp, then. But here's Albie Morkel to help him, who likes the cover-drive, by the way
Anderson to Kemp, 1 run, and Kemp shows him how it's done with a cover drive for a single
Anderson to JA Morkel, no run, bouncer greets Morkel - he ducks under without alarm
Anderson to JA Morkel, no run, inside edges off the back foot down towards his toes - no danger of rolling towards the sticks
A slip in in the 15th over...not something you see very often - though Ponting favoured having a slip right towards the end of England's innings the other day
Anderson to JA Morkel, 1 run, worked out square for a quick single
Anderson to Kemp, 1 run, hard drive to long-off for a quick strike-stealing single
Lots of arm-folding going on in the dug-out - would make a great photo. Mascarenhas now.
End of over 15 (3 runs) South Africa 94/5 (RR: 6.26)
- JM Kemp 21 (26b 1x6)
- JA Morkel 1 (3b)
- JM Anderson 4-0-22-1
- CP Schofield 3-0-13-1
Mascarenhas to Kemp, OUT, another pull which doesn't come off and skies high. Now, Prior did very well there to make the call in a sea of fielders, and cut right through them to take a difficult catch, leaping forward at the last second
JM Kemp c †Prior b Mascarenhas 21 (39m 27b 0x4 1x6) SR: 77.77
Big wicket, that, and yet another wicket with the first ball of an over. "Wow," begins Gnasher, "we now have multiple fireworks...it must be good."
Mascarenhas to JA Morkel, 1 run, a quick single
Mascarenhas to Philander, 1 run, worked down off the backfoot wide of third man
Mascarenhas to JA Morkel, SIX, a huge strike over midwicket... and over the crowd. That is massive "Into the brewery, full pint!" laughs David Lloyd
Mascarenhas to JA Morkel, 1 run, worked into the on-side
Mascarenhas to Philander, 1 run, veering in at leg and despite the misfield at midwicket they settle for one
Never run on ... etc. Meanwhile, England fans are getting into good voice. Funny that. Four overs to go, then - let's see how many South Africa can make.... we expect not the 180 that Smith wanted - particularly not now it's Flintoff
End of over 16 (10 runs) South Africa 104/6 (RR: 6.50)
- VD Philander 2 (2b)
- JA Morkel 9 (6b 1x6)
- AD Mascarenhas 3-0-24-1
- JM Anderson 4-0-22-1
Flintoff to Philander, 1 wide, oh, Flintoff's not at all happy that's been given a wide - a big bouncer, all the same
Flintoff to Philander, 1 run, nips in off the same and is swirled round to midwicket for a comfortable single
"It's happy hour time," says Allan Donald, "We need to hang in there." He's referring to England, by the way
Flintoff to JA Morkel, no run, moves away, big hook, misses completely
Donald says he got a lot of abuse today for being in the England camp. "It feels a little strange," he admits.
Flintoff to JA Morkel, 1 run, across him this time
Flintoff to Philander, 1 run, driven back straight
Good, tight bowling this... fifth ball coming up...
Flintoff to JA Morkel, FOUR, backs away and gives himself plenty of room on leg to drive that on the up over extra cover
As I was saying, good tight bowling... ahem
Flintoff to JA Morkel, no run, round the wicket, and a great delivery rounds off the over, up there and on off
For those who are interested in such statasticality, Morkel's six was the second biggest this tournament at 100m, just one metre behind... yes, Chris Gayle's for West Indies v South Africa
End of over 17 (8 runs) South Africa 112/6 (RR: 6.58)
- JA Morkel 14 (10b 1x4 1x6)
- VD Philander 4 (4b)
- A Flintoff 3-0-14-1
- AD Mascarenhas 3-0-24-1
Schofield to Philander, 1 run, driven straight
Schofield to JA Morkel, 1 run, Collingwood goes for the one over his head, while Shah was running in towards it - it was his catch. Collingwood apologises
Schofield to Philander, 1 run, flicked to Flintoff at backward point
Schofield to JA Morkel, SIX, down on one knee and bashes over midwicket
Massive, out the ground
Schofield to JA Morkel, SIX, same again - and same again
Massive, more massive, most massive
Schofield to JA Morkel, SIX, goes straight this time - over long-on
That is onto the train tracks, notes Gnasher. This is some cleanhitting all right and vital for South Africa at this stage. That over has brought them right back into it. Morkel now has the top two longest sixes, eclipsing Gayle. Broad on now.
End of over 18 (21 runs) South Africa 133/6 (RR: 7.38)
- JA Morkel 33 (14b 1x4 4x6)
- VD Philander 6 (6b)
- CP Schofield 4-0-34-1
- A Flintoff 3-0-14-1
HRG puffs into life ... "Matt Prior became the second wicket keeper to pouch four catches in a Twenty20 game. The other wicket keeper was Adam Gilchrist who took four catches against Zimbabwe earlier in this tournament." Good stattage.
Broad to Philander, OUT, the ball pitches outside off; Philander, looking to pull, goes down on one knee and drags an inside edge on to off-stump
VD Philander b Broad 6 (13m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 85.71
Broad to van der Wath, 1 run, driven out to long-off
Broad to JA Morkel, 1 run, deliberate full toss, the batsman fends his hands higher and jabs his glove down on it, the ball moving down to gully for a quick single
Broad to van der Wath, 2 wides, a very wide outside off - in line with the outside line, in fact and they take the single to boot
Broad to JA Morkel, FOUR, on leg and pulled exceptionally hard through square
Now it's the time for England's dug-out to sit there, arms folded. "This is like Lance Klusener at his best," suggests Gnasher, who's not wrong
Broad to JA Morkel, no run, full and wide, crashes a cut down into the ground
Broad to JA Morkel, FOUR, full toss and flatbatted high in the air to Schofield on the long-on boundary who fluffs with one hand, the ball then bounces and moves on to the rope. Broad is a man unamused
Flintoff, of course, to bowl the final over
End of over 19 (12 runs) South Africa 145/7 (RR: 7.63)
- JA Morkel 42 (18b 3x4 4x6)
- JJ van der Wath 1 (1b)
- SCJ Broad 4-0-37-3
- CP Schofield 4-0-34-1
Flintoff to van der Wath, 1 run, veers in towards middle, driven back out to deep extra cover
Boucher is all a-beam in the dug-out
Flintoff to JA Morkel, 1 run, round the wicket, full and straight, the left hander backs away to carve straight to cover
Morkel's highest score in Twenty20 cricket
Flintoff to van der Wath, FOUR, lovely straight drive hit with immense power to bring the 150 up
Flintoff looks pained - more with the four than with his ankle (let's hope)
Flintoff to van der Wath, 2 runs, Pietersen's misfielding mishaps continue... arriving too late to collect a catch off a straight drive to the deep
Flintoff to van der Wath, 1 run, driven out to long-on
Flintoff's discomfort looks to be ankle-related now, that's a touch worrying for England
Flintoff to JA Morkel, OUT, Snape takes the catch at cover to round off the innings - a decent effort, running round and diving forward, completing the move with a roll
JA Morkel c Snape b Flintoff 43 (27m 20b 3x4 4x6) SR: 215.00
154 for 8 is a decent score here, Morkel changing the game around with his 43 from 20 deliveries. After being 94 for 6 South Africa will take that. "I think there's something in the wicket, so we will give it a good go," says Morkel. Let's hope their fielding is prettier than England's. Join Martin Williamson in a few minutes when he will take you through the opening blows of their chase.
End of over 20 (9 runs) South Africa 154/8
- JJ van der Wath 9 (5b 1x4)
- A Flintoff 4-0-23-2
- SCJ Broad 4-0-37-3


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- Overview of Urinary Tract and Genital Injury
- Bladder Injuries
- Kidney Injuries
- Ureteral Injuries
- Urethral Injuries
- Injuries to the Penis and Scrotum
Several types of injuries can affect the penis. The penis can be partially or fully severed. Reattachment of a severed penis is sometimes possible, but the extent of recovery of sensation and function varies. Constricting penile rings, applied to enhance erections, can possibly strangle the penis and cause permanent damage. Removing the ring is usually all that is necessary. Penetrating injuries, including animal bites and gunshot wounds, are less common and may also involve the urethra. Surgery may be required to treat injuries of the penis and urethra.
Cuts to the penis
Fracture of the penis
Excessive bending can fracture an erect penis. Such bending may occur during vigorous sexual intercourse if the penis is stubbed against the partner's pelvic bone. The "fracture" is actually a tear in the covering of one of the two tube-like structures in the penis (corpus cavernosum) that hold the extra blood flow that maintains erection.
The man has immediate pain, swelling, and discoloration, and the penis appears deformed. Prompt surgery is usually necessary to repair such fractures to prevent abnormal curvature of the penis or permanent erectile dysfunction.
Injury of the scrotum and testes
The location of the scrotum makes it susceptible to injury. Blunt forces (for example, a kick or crushing blow) cause most injuries. However, occasionally gunshot or stab wounds penetrate the scrotum and testes. Rarely, the scrotum can develop severe and rapidly progressive infections such as gangrene. If gangrene develops, the involved tissues are surgically removed and the man is given antibiotics by vein (intravenously). Reconstructive surgery can be done after the infection is controlled.
Testicular injury causes sudden, severe pain, often with nausea and vomiting. Ice packs, a jockstrap, and drugs for pain and nausea usually effectively treat a bruised testis (bleeding in and around the testis). Ultrasound examination may show whether the testes have ruptured. Ruptured testes require surgical repair. Injury to the testes can destroy the capacity for sex hormone (mainly testosterone) or sperm production. If both testes are injured, testosterone replacement may be necessary. If only one testis is injured, the remaining testis usually produces as much testosterone as the body needs.
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MAP: Where To Find Bike Share in Lower Manhattan
As we've been reporting, New York City DOT is quietly presenting almost final maps of bike share stations. (We've made an interactive map, showing how many bikes will be at each station, below.)
The City DOT isn't making it easy -- to see their almost final maps of bike share stations, you have to physically attend a community board meeting. Jim O'Grady did that -- took a bunch of cell phone photos of slides presented by the DOT -- and we've converted them into a map.
(We're missing a segment, one slide -- so sorry, the area just east of City Hall down to the river. We'll update as soon as we can.)
Some notable highlights:
* You can get pretty close to the World Trade Center -- about a block away -- but not in the security zone.
*There's one near Stuyvesant High School.
*There's one at the Wall Street Ferry dock, and a whole bunch by the Staten Island Ferry.
*There's one next to the Stock Exchange -- but it hasn't yet been approved by the Department of Homeland Security, which controls the area.
We'll be attending as many of these future meetings as we can -- if you go, send us photos! -- and continuing to map them, until the city DOT puts out its own maps. These maps have yet to get final community board and city sign-off, though we've heard a generally positive reaction from community boards.
The New York Times has this map of midtown bike stations.
Here are the upcoming community board meeting:
- Manhattan Community Board 1: May 3
- Manhattan Community Board 2: Transportation Committee, May 8, Full Board, May 24 (DOT presentation not yet scheduled)
- Manhattan Community Board 4: May 2 (vote on resolution on tentative map)
- Manhattan Community Board 5: May 31
- Manhattan Community Board 6: May 17
- Manhattan Community Board 7: not yet scheduled
- Brooklyn Community Board 2: information not yet available
- Brooklyn Community Board 3: Full Board, May 7, Transportation Committee May 8
- Brooklyn Community Board 6: May 17 (tentative)
The program is slated to start in July -- with an annual pass costing $95, a weekly pass $25, and a day pass for $10. That gets you 45 minutes per ride, with an escalating scale upwards after that.


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A dear little wooden tea shovel, dispensing the ideal amount of tea for a cup. It will fit perfectly inside a tea caddie.
This will make a delightful gift for anyone who loves tea.
Unfortunately it does not come boxed.
Dimensions: 7cm long. The 10p coin is at it's side to give you a good idea of size!
Also known as Black Jap. The most traditional and oldest design for a tea caddie. The caddy features classic oriental designs in red, black, gold and silver
Comes with a hinged lid and we have this classic available in 2 sizes. Please note that capacity is dependant on the size of the leaf you buy.
Large 125g Capacity square Caddy with fitted lid (77 x 77 x 100mm)
Small 50g Capacity square Caddy with fitted lid (56 x 56 x 82mm)
Size 1 suitable for a singular cup or mug.
Size 2 Suitable for a large mug or 1 - 2 cup teapot.
Disposable personal tea bags, absolutely brilliant with an ingenious lip that folds over the edge of the cup/teapot to stop it slipping into the water and it really DOES work! Made from bleach free paper.
Size 2 available in small quantities of just 20 for an ideal way to take your favourite teas with you wherever you are, be it work, on holiday or in a plane!
When you have finished infusing then just throw all of it away, fully biodegradable so can be put into your composter.
An excellent quality tea caddy, will store up to 100g of loose leaf tea, less of a light bulky tea such as peppermint or chamomile. This tea caddy, is high quality with a gold interior and a snug inward fitting lid to prevent moisture seeping into those precious tea leaves.
Will hold up to 100g of loose leaf tea.
Dimensions: 72 x 72 x 100mm
£2.75 £3.50
Great little infuser balls in two sizes, with the added benefit of the tong handle which you pinch to open the tea ball up, once you have filled with your tea, pop the ball into the cup or pot, when it's brewed then simply use the handle to remove from the hot water without burning your fingers - always useful!
Available in 2 sizes, small (diameter 50mm) and large (diameter 65mm).
The small is perfect for small leaf teas, and for making one cup. The large is brilliant for a larger blend such as chamomile to allow the flowers/leaves to expand.


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Anti-Social App Helps People Avoid Their Friends [Video]
'Hell is Other People' displays where acquaintances are based on social media check-ins so users can go to "safe zones" where they won't bump into them.
'Hell is Other People' is an app that displays where your friends are based on their social media check-ins so you can determine how to avoid them. The experiment in anti-social media uses FourSquare to track friends and provides an avoidance map with green points that represent "safe zones" that are optimally-distanced from their check-ins.
Developed by designer Scott Garner, the project is part satire, part commentary on his disdain for social media, and part exploration of his difficulties with social anxiety.
Powered by the FourSquare API and hosted on the Heroku cloud application platform, the project was developed using the Express web application framework for Node.js. The map is generated using the Google Maps API with custom styling and the "safe zones" are calculated by generating a Voronoi diagram with user check-ins as seeds.
You can check out a video of Garner taking a walk using the "safe zones" generated by the app below:


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Annoying Things About Publishing That I'm Thankful For…
Publishing is an odd profession. For anyone involved with it—as a writer, editor, agent, etc.—this is hardly a newsflash. There seems to be an endless stream of irritations, frustrations, annoyances and challenges within an industry that can be crazy-making just because the task itself is so difficult and the bar to succeed, particularly under the traditional publishing model, is set so high.
I'm not above ranting about some of these issues, by the way, but we're on the verge of Thanksgiving…and sometimes you have to bless the things that are hardest to deal with and find the gifts buried within them. So, here are a few items stashed in my Cornucopia of Publishing Irritations/Blessings:
- The path to publication is long, uncertain and resistant to shortcuts. This is a really big one. Aspiring writers (and, incidentally, published writers, too) don't enjoy hearing this. But, the truth is that it's an interminably long road for most of us, not only to get published initially, but then to stay published. If we're not a celebrity, or in some way intimately connected with one, we're not going to get a book contract based on "a little idea" we had or how cute we'd look in a back-cover photo. We need to spend years, sometimes decades, honing our craft, and we need to keep proving our writing mastery, our marketability and our sales/promo skills over and over and over again. So, what's good about this? Well, by the time we're close to signing a book contract or we've got one of our novels in a publisher's catalogue, we're no longer novices in any area of the industry. We've seen agents and editors live and in person, and we've communicated with several of them via mail or email. They are no longer untouchable gods/goddesses in our eyes; they're real people who make their living by getting our stories to readers. We've written hundreds of thousands (in my case, over a million) words and have practiced the craft of fiction so we are comfortable with our own writing voices and styles. We've networked at workshops and online, and we've made friends who understand what we really do and why we're passionate about it. These gifts do not come quickly or easily. Not for anyone. Once we have them, though, we can be proud of the fact that we earned them.
- The money, generally speaking, is not plentiful. This problem speaks for itself, but the upside is that it does tend to weed out—and with some alacrity—people who jump into writing for any reason other than pure passion for telling stories. It would be a tremendous blessing for any writer to someday say she was able to support herself and her family on her writing income alone, but even for those published authors who achieve this dream, it very rarely happens within a year or two of selling. A decade is the more likely timeframe, if it happens at all. So, those of us who are in this game, we're in it for nothing short of LOVE.
- The hours are long. Oh, yeah…very, very long. (I got up today at 7:15am, and I'm typing this at 1:30am.) So, what's the benefit? Aside from building up our endurance for sitting at the computer, we learn to prioritize. We know that in order to do this thing we love, we have to give up other things—like TV shows that aren't our absolute faves or time to just veg-out on the couch or, occasionally, sleep. We also learn where we have to draw the line—that time with a loved one is priceless and necessary, and getting in that workout will benefit our health—so we figure out where writing fits in order to honor the passion but not become obsessed with it to the exclusion of everything else that's important to us. Balancing the intensity and commitment of writing with the rest of our real lives is not for wimps, and we're trained to master this juggling act.
- Self-doubt stalks at every turn. Even while we develop skills to improve our craft, we encounter writing elsewhere that's stronger, more thoughtfully constructed and/or more expertly promoted. We wonder if we're cut out for this profession… But, without these great examples of writing, would we be nearly as motivated to improve and challenge ourselves? I say no. I say that those waves of self-doubt are indications that we dream of being better. I also say that the drive to achieve that gorgeous narrative vision we have for our new novel starts at the point when we realize just how far away from it we are…but we channel the fear of not reaching our ideal and use it as fuel to move forward.
- Criticism is intense and praise is slight. True, true, true. However, this means we must learn to develop thicker skin than babes, trust in the value of our work and have faith in our own stories. We will NOT be universally loved. Just in case you were lucky enough to miss this lesson in high school (I wasn't), you won't be able to overlook it now. The gift, though, is that when we're certain of our own worth, stone-throwing (or negative Amazon reviews) might bruise our egos, but it won't break our writing spirit.
- The real job is arduous, unrelenting and solitary. Unlike the TV version of "being a writer," where there are huge book deals, frequent cocktail parties and lots of (very hot) fans clamoring for our attention (I adore the show "Castle," but c'mon!), most of us work alone, at home, largely anonymously and in sweats. That means that to survive the frustrations of a temperamental industry, we have to reach out to each other in person and online, find those people who are genuinely supportive and give ourselves the opportunity to rise above any leaning toward pettiness and professional jealousy so we can be unified in this grand quest. Sadly, it doesn't happen that every person saying they're "happy for you" really is, but when you find the ones who are, you've got a treasure in your hands. Cherish it.
So, Happy Thanksgiving, friends! May your cornucopia be overflowing with purely positive things this holiday season. May you see the gifts hidden underneath any challenges you encounter, too. And may you be grateful for each and every blessing.


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He was in general principled against excises, but of all excises, that on ardent spirits he considered the least exceptionable.
The usual declension of the personal pronouns is exceptionable.
You ask, Who would think you might not read to her the least exceptionable parts of a letter written in my own defence?
Rask's derivation of the Anglo-Saxon swilc from swa-ylc, is exceptionable.
War in any case is as exceptionable from the habits as it is revolting from the sentiments of the American people.
The sole possible response takes the exceptionable shape of loud peals of laughter.
He is very entertaining company, and very vain of his personal beauties; yet nevertheless his character is exceptionable.
From these materials those accounts of the Spanish affairs are drawn which may at first sight appear the most exceptionable.
But it really appears to me that the means which this act employs are at least as exceptionable as the end.
However, this, though sufficiently provoking, was far from being the most exceptionable part of his conduct.


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Led by a trio of in-form New York invaders, a field of nine was drawn for the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 18 at Laurel Park.
Eric Fein's C C's Pal has also won two straight at Aqueduct, the Garland of Roses Stakes in December and the Ladies Handicap on New Year's Day. The 5-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Alex's Pal has also been a consistent earner in her 25-start career, banking more than $450,000 from seven wins. She finished third to Lovely Lil in the Go For Wand three starts back.
PP. Horse, Jockey, Weight, Trainer
1. Aquitania (KY), J Pimentel, 115, H A Smith
2. Red's Round Table (KY), S Russell, 116, T L Keefe
3. C C's Pal (FL), J Alvarado, 119, R E Dutrow Jr.
4. Magical Feeling (KY), R Alvarado Jr., 115, A Iwinski
5. Terra Rolla (MD), No rider, 111, R L Graham
6. Lovely Lil (NY), J Pimentel, 117, M E Hushion
7. Nicole H (KY), R A Dominguez, 121, M E Hushion
8. Lily Quatorze (MD), No rider, 110 T Tagg
9. Silver Heart (WV), T L Dunkelberger, 115, G Capuano


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