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Smarter people know its not a good idea to start smoking.
I'd almost be willing to bet that the smart people you know who smoke aren't young. Back in the day, 3/4 of adults smoked, as opposed to today, and the health risks weren't as clear to most back then. Hell, when I went to college you could smoke in class; most of my professors smoked, as well as most of the students. nowdays you can't even smoke in a bar.
I know tons of "smart" people who smoke. Most of them do it to cope with stress and anxiety.
Despite the fact that it kills you, it's apparently a surprisingly effective antidepressant with very few neurological side-effects. Don't forget the cultural aspect too -- everyone smokes down South.
everyone smokes down South
As a southerner, I'd like to point out 1) of course we don't all smoke, and 2) while yes, smoking is more widespread in the south, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nevada are all in the top 10. 11, 12 and 13 are Alaska, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Check out this map and the table linked at the bottom: http://www.smokefree.gov/map.aspx [smokefree.gov]
One question that the article does not pose (and can't answer due to its nature) is which is cause and which is effect. Is the reason that smokers have a lower IQ that the people that start smoking have a lower IQ, or does smoking damage your ability to reason logically?
Actually it can answer it. The study looked at two groups: fresh recruits and vets. We can assume an age difference of at least a few years between them, and the recruits are likely to be young enough that they've only been smoking for a couple of years on average. Therefore if the smoking were causing damage, we'd expect the recruits to show a less pronounced effect than the vets. As the article mentions no difference between the two groups, we can assume no significant such difference exists, and therefore (at least) no evidence for the latter proposition, and potentially evidence against it.
Still, I think the study is flawed. It is more likely that smokers answered enough questions to "pass", filled in the rest as quickly as possible and left to go have a cigarette. I remember taking the pre-enlistment test and the week of testing during boot camp. Both are a pain and are a test of patience as much as anything. The phrase 'hurry up and wait' comes to mind and the too close face of a drill sgt screaming at recruits to stay off his grass. Fun times.
Don't know what it says about my IQ, but
In Israel the army enlists you
I had a naval recruiter after me for the longest time. It was pretty clear that he was angling for people that weren't particularly bright or of much value
At least you figured out why he was after you.
Smarter people have more options then dumb people after they leave high school.
The following are available with a high school deploma.
Low paying job where you will be struggling for the rest of your life.
Military where you probably still won't get paid well but at least you get room and board.
Religious vocation (But still for most major religions you still need to go threw serious schooling (equivalent to a 4 year degree))
Speciality training where you can get a decent job at a good rate but you are first to
Most people I know who are military smoke because.... It's something to do. I had friends that started smoking in the military because it was the only way to make the daily hurry up and wait tolerable.
A couple swore they could sight in on a target faster because they smoked.
I guy I used to work for who smoked told me that he started smoking because it got him out of work.
He was working at a machine shop and found that if he took a break with the smokers, his foreman made him go back to to work while the smokers got to keep on smoking. Apparently not working but smoking was "doing something" and not working without smoking was "standing around." He basically started smoking to keep from working.
I'm guessing its like that in the military, too. A guy smoking is on a smoke break, a guy not smoking is just standing around.
Always carried a book in my pants' cargo pocket whenever hurry up and wait was on the horizon. Gosh. That was a long time ago!
I now have moved to pipe tobacco that is all natural with no chemicals
Yep, those chemicals will kill ya'. In other news, I've moved to all-natural plutonium to put in my morning drink.
Smarter people know its not a good idea to start smoking.
This is too simplistic. EVERYBODY knows that smoking is bad for you. Some just know in more detail.
My wife had an in medical school for her anatomy class. He showed the students how to dissect a cadaver, and showed them the horrible, shriveled, black lungs of a deceased smoker.
And then he went outside and took a smoke break.
My explanation? There's a HUGE difference between intelligence and wisdom. Intelligence is the ability to solve problems; it asks
... is the same true for women?
what are these 'women' you are talking about?
I think he means the people whose name end in ".jpg".
I prefer the ones whose names end in ".avi" - they seem more... alive, somehow.
And I find it easier to think abstractly when I do (I did quit for over a year). Smoking forces me to take a break from what I'm doing every once in a while, so I get to separate myself from it. Then I get 5 minutes or so of time to contemplate or for abstract thought. I do honestly find myself more productive when I do smoke. Now, I'm not trying to rationalize it (I hate the fact that I got started again)... Just an observation...
Yes, and in the morning, I don't wake up until I have had my cup of coffee. Funny how it wasn't so back when I didn't drink coffee...
Point: your smoking addiction lets you function normally when you smoke, but when you do not smoke, you will function worse. A non-smoker functions normally all the time.
but I'm sure you could achieve the same mental experience without a cigarette.
When I quit for a little over a year (last year), I did find it easier to think in general (as you imply), but I did find it harder to concentrate on abstract ideas. I've always been one to think about and formulate my own theories on everything (from philosophy to physics to math, etc). Most of them
Smoking forces me to take a break from what I'm doing every once in a while, so I get to separate myself from it. Then I get 5 minutes or so of time to contemplate or for abstract thought.
Why do you need to smoke when you take your 5 minutes of contemplation time? Why not just grab some fresh air, or at least wander away from your desk for a bit?
When I worked where there were a number of smokers who took their regular smoking breaks, I took a break with them; except that I took a brisk 5-minute walk around a nearby park while they were busy poisoning themselves (and yes, nicotine is a very potent poison, makes a fine anti-tick dip for sheep). Did a great job of clearing my head and letting me get back into the groove for another couple of hours.
From what I hear, it is generally accepted that a 5-15 min break every workhour is healthy for you, as well as for your ability to stay focused. I find that if I'm working on a difficult problem, taking a walk while thinking on it is a good way to get ideas for breaking it. Most people just don't take those breaks for a number of reasons, such as forgetting to do it or fear that a boss may think that they are lazy. Smokers, however, have a regular craving, that reminds them to take a smoking break. And it is (still) more acceptable for a smoker to take a smoking break than it is for a non-smoker to take a similar break.(emphasis mine)
My Dad joined the US Navy in '45 (since he was about to be "invited" to join the army). If you smoked, you got a a smoke break every hour. If you didn't smoke, you didn't need a smoke break, now did you? Also cigarettes were free for the sailors -- at least everywhere my Dad was stationed. Philip Morris did his part for the boys. It took Dad 50 years to quit, by which time it was too late.
So it's not the smoking itself, rather the fact you take regular breaks... What's to stop you taking regular breaks for other reasons? I find that taking 5 minutes to stand outside in the sun helps me greatly.
Ironically, i used to work for a company where smokers were allowed regular breaks to go outside and smoke, but non smokers weren't allowed to take equivalent breaks...
What about second hand smoke?
What about second hand smoke?
"Who's the more foolish: The fool, or the fool who follows him?"
Make 1 in 250 cigarettes have some explosives inside instead of what's normally in there. Now THAT would make smoking fun.
>Make cigarettes more damaging to health, and let Darwin sort em out!
My parents used to smoke Kent cigarettes a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. I remembered as a kid that it advertised the cigs had the "Micronite Filter" on each pack.
Years later, I found out that the "Micronite" was blue asbestos.
They are one step ahead of you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_safe_cigarette [wikipedia.org]
i'm shocked. cigarretes are known to constrict blood and oxygen flow. i bet people who smoke are limiting the blood and oxygen flow to their brain and this results in lower IQ results.
it's not the tobacco since a lot of smart people smoke cigars. it's the extras like uranium, polonium and hundreds of other chemicals that the tobacco companies spray on cigarretes that are really bad for you
it's not the tobacco since a lot of smart people smoke cigars. it's the extras like uranium, polonium and hundreds of other chemicals that the tobacco companies spray on cigarretes that are really bad for you
I used to joke that cigarettes had vitamin C in them...until I found out they did.
i'm shocked. cigarretes are known to constrict blood and oxygen flow. i bet people who smoke are limiting the blood and oxygen flow to their brain and this results in lower IQ results.
it's not the tobacco since a lot of smart people smoke cigars. it's the extras like uranium, polonium and hundreds of other chemicals that the tobacco companies spray on cigarretes that are really bad for you
No, you got it wrong. Smoking does not make you dumb, but dumb people start smoking. It's right there in the summary: stupid people make poor choices regarding their own health.
it's not the tobacco since a lot of smart people smoke cigars. it's the extras like uranium, polonium and hundreds of other chemicals that the tobacco companies spray on cigarretes that are really bad for you
And it's not just a health problem. Enemy countries are actively buying American tobacco to extract the uranium to make explosive devices with it.
And, even knowing that, tobacco companies continue to use the uranium aditives because they don't want to lose the massive sells to those enemy countries.
Smoking in the movies of the 40s and 50s is pretty appealing, I'll have to admit. There's two kinds of smoking, though.
The first kind is the continuous, repetitive chain smoking where everybody seems to have a cigarette going.
Then there's the kind of social smoking where you wonder what smoking was really like. I can remember a movie where neither character seemed to chain smoke, but instead after a meal the characters retired to the living room for drinks and they each enjoyed a (singular) cigarette take
What's "Ill lit" about that picture? It is nicely lit from both sides, leaving a dramatic dark space so the flame of the lighter will show up nicely even against the white of the shirt. The stylist has done an excellent job of making the model who has only ever broken a sweat in the gym look grimy without sacrificing glamour.
It is a beautiful stock photo, and a well-crafted piece of commercial art.
That is not grime, nor is that a dirty T-shirt. It's s very common type of dyed t-shirt, they come with that streaky look in any color, and the guy happens to have dark skin. I learned at a very young age that black and brown people weren't dirty; the color really doesn't rub or wash off. I have an Indian (as in Calcutta Indian) friend whose skin color and sheen is very much like that.
Hey, I've got a beard almost exactly like that, you insensitive clod!. I'm a Unix admin [sourceforge.net], the black cord holds my SecureID key, and my tee-shirt looks like that after pulling cables beneath the raised floor.
As for the subject being off-center, haven't you ever heard of the rule of thirds [wikipedia.org]?
"People on the lower end of the average IQ tend to display poorer overall decision-making skills when it comes to their health..."
I can't even come up with a good joke for this, they've basically just put all that time and money into finding out that stupid people are more likely to make stupid choices.
I realise that the plural of Anecdote is not Data but I would think that at some point this connection would be obvious enough in day to day life that a study would be unnecessary.
"People on the lower end of the average IQ tend to display poorer overall decision-making skills when it comes to their health,' says Weiser."
Is this followed by a reference: "Stupid is as stupid does" (Gump F., 1994) ?
"In the health profession, we've generally thought that smokers are most likely the kind of people to have grown up in difficult neighborhoods, or who've been given less education at good schools," says Prof. Weiser, whose study was reported in a recent version of the journal Addiction. "But because our study included subjects with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, we've been able to rule out socio-economics as a major factor. The government might want to rethink how it allocates its educational resources
Smoking does seem to correlate with low income, which is all the more amusing considering how expensive smoking is in some places...
People with very little money, wasting it all on smoking, and then having insufficient money for food and other basic necessities...
Article implies that people with lower IQ are more likely to start smoking. Sounds likely (smoking is not an intelligent decision). Several comments imply that smoking can lower your IQ. Sounds likely too (low-dose daily protracted poisoning by hundreds of different toxins can't do much good). Prevention should take both possibilities into account. If "Smoking will kill you" isn't enough, might "Smoking will fry your brain" be better? Probably not, but worth a try to counter "Smoking keeps you alert".
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Peter McVeigh went for a walk earlier this year - and kept going for 152 days and 1700 kilometres. The 19-year-old returned to Melbourne two weeks ago as the youngest person to traverse Nepal's Great Himalayan Trail.
Along the way, he endured temperatures of minus 22 degrees, crossed 29 mountain passes above 5000 metres, spent 13 days breaking through waist-deep snow, and recovered from a bout of altitude sickness that stopped him eating for five days. He slept in a tent every night.
"I wanted to do something big and adventurous and to be put outside my comfort zone," McVeigh says.
The adventurer worked at several jobs to save for the trek with World Expeditions. "I did anything I could, from soccer coaching to gardening and working in a pizza shop," he says. "I think it cost me more than $30,000."
Four people set out on the guided trek but McVeigh was the only one to finish. "We had different guides along the way and different groups would join us for segments," McVeigh says. "One of the guides was Australian mountaineer Greg Mortimer. I was privileged to spend time with him and he has inspired me to go and climb mountains."
World Expeditions began commercial treks of the trail last year and has another departing in March. McVeigh will speak about his experiences at free information nights in Sydney on August 28, Brisbane on August 29 and Melbourne on August 30.
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A $20 million eco-tourism centre and two new Dreamtime-themed walks have opened at Mossman Gorge in Queensland's Daintree Rainforest, near Port Douglas.
An estimated 300,000 visitors a year explore the gorge's lush rainforest and crystal-clear streams. Guided walks along crushed granite paths reach the hunting grounds of the Kuku Yalanji people. Each easy-graded walk starts with a smoking ceremony and is led by an indigenous guide who demonstrates traditional plant use and identifies bush food. The centre has a cafe, art gallery and gift shop. An electric-powered minibus service to the gorge runs every 10 minutes. Taking the shuttle helps save the terrain from the effects of private vehicles. Minibus day passes cost $4.80 adults, $2.20 children. Walks are $45 adults, $22.50 children for 1½ hours; $65, $32.50 for 2½ hours. Family tickets are available.
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How much would you pay to play golf and have lunch with Greg Norman? If your answer is between $30,000-$50,000, you're in the ball park. That's the price range for a small-group Captain's Choice/Ultimate Sports Tours journey to the US next year, with participants guaranteed to tee off with the Great White Shark at his Medalist Golf Club in Florida. The cost includes airfares
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service's tourist facility at Alice Springs is one of the town's main attractions, alongside the School of the Air and the Desert Park. The Stuart Terrace facility, visited by more than 60,000 people a year, recently unveiled a $3 million upgrade that was three years in the making. Apart from dusty old radios, medical gear and other museum pieces used in the service's early days (started by the Reverend John Flynn in 1928), there's a 70-seat theatre, interactive touch screens, cafe, gift shop and full-scale replica of a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft that visitors can board. The centre is open 9am-5pm daily. Entry costs $12 adult; $8 student, $6 child.
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If things go awry in the desert and the Royal Flying Doctor Service isn't in sight, it may be handy to have a copy of Outback Survival by Bob Cooper in your pocket. Cooper's new book (Hachette Australia, $24.99) demonstrates how to find water, treat a snake bite and cope with dozens of other outback scenarios.
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It's back to the future for Fiji's Air Pacific. Next year the airline will change its name to its 1951 moniker - Fiji Airways. Alongside the name-change, the airline will have new A330s. They begin flying in June. Air Pacific flies daily to Nadi from Sydney and four times a week from Melbourne (see airpacific.com; fijiairways.com).
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ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Feb. 17) - Dylan Ferguson (Amesbury, MA) and Kiley McKinnon (Madison, CT) each soared to fifth in the pre-Olympic test event on the Rosa Khutor aerial venue. It was a career best for McKinnon. It was a challenging week with warm weather, snow and fog making training challenging but the athletes were very pleased with the new venue located next to the Olympic halfpipe. The Chinese dominated the competition sweeping wins with Guangpu Qi taking men's and Mengtau Xu the women's.
QUOTESDylan FergusonIt's been a really great week here in Sochi. Even though the weather wasn't the best the site is absolutely unbelievable and by far the coolest venue I've ever seen. To look over and see the halfpipe right next to our site is sweet. I actually took a few laps in it after the comp was over.
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HOME-GROWN superstar Chad Reed showed his class on the track and helped honour his cousin Craig Anderson off it as the Australian Supercross Championships wrapped up in style in front of more than 10,000 people at Newcastle Showground on Saturday night.
Reed dominated the fourth and final round of the series, winning by almost 25 seconds, but had to settle for third place overall as Wollongong's Jay Marmont took second spot in Newcastle to seal back-to-back national championships.
Daniel McCoy finished third at Newcastle to second place in the series.
Multiple world and AMA Supercross champion Reed led every lap of rounds at Phillip Island, Townsville and Newcastle but fell short of the title because he missed the opening event at Dubbo, which Marmont won.
But Reed's focus in the series was finding his race speed again after nine months on the sidelines after a horror crash Dallas in February.
He returns to his Florida home today after showing on Saturday night he is ready to contend in the US next season, which starts on January 5.
''I've really found my feet this past week. Coming back home and getting settled in has made me really comfortable and I feel like I am back on track and ready for Anaheim 1 in January,'' Reed said.
''It was always going to be a challenge to make up the points on Jay – he is a great racer and is a very deserving repeat champion.''
Before Reed dominated his rivals, he took to the stage to honour another Hunter champion.
Reed presented his cousin, who is stepping back from top-level racing to concentrate on coaching up-and-coming riders and developing his team, with a framed Anderson racing shirt.
Anderson, 34, won 13 national titles and competed professionally in Australia, Europe and the US to blaze a trail for Hunter riders like Reed, two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner and World Superbike racer Broc Parkes. He finished his final top-level race in 15th place.
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Quoted from jeanbMy mother is 85 and 5 years into her journey with Alzheimer's. She is not able to communicate much any more, but she will often tell me she is going home to Nana's to have dinner and she will lay out a full menu of her favorites that Nana used to cook. When she is able to remember Nana's cooking, she is settled, happy and not anxious. Nice to know memories that could be over 70 years old that involve food cooked with love can bring Mom moments of peace.
Quoted from gulfcoastguyOne of my grandmothers made incredible pickles, I could eat a whole jar. It's hard to remember the rest of her cooking since whe had a massive but not fatal stroke when I was 7.
The other grandmother made everything from scratch. That included incredible biscuits she made with the butter she churned, not a measuring spoon or cup in sight, just a hand full of this and a glug of that. They were great with peach or fig preserves and some fresh cream. One day the younger uncles robbed a wild bee hive and got a tub of honey so dark it was allmost black. Grandma Annie Maude thought for a minute. Then she opened up her flour drawer and added flour, pecans, baking powder, butter, and maybe vanilla and within 20 minutes had some of the best cookies ready with fresh raw milk.


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STORM LAKE - The Class 2A No. 1 North Union softball team added three more wins to its total at the Storm Lake Tournament on Saturday.
The Warriors defeated IKM-Manning 10-0 in five innings and Newell-Fonda 11-0 in five innings and then edged Sioux City North 7-6.
Peyton Oleson through a no-hitter against IKM-Manning while striking out six batters and walking one.
North Union had just five hits, but also drew six walks. Dena Looft was 2-3 with an RBI; Allie Ingalls was 1-3 with three RBIs; Autumn Boland was 1-2 with an RBI; and Sara Rolling was 1-33. Sara Johnson and jasmine Clausen each had an RBI.
Ingalls pitched a no-hitter against Newell-Fonda while striking out four and walking none.
North union finished with 15 hits with Boland going 3-3 with a double. Clausen was 2-3 with three RBIs while Looft and Rolling each were 2-3 with an RBI. Ingalls and Cheyanne Boland each went 2-4 while Ingalls had two RBIs and Boland had one.
Collete Haag was 1-3 with three RBIS and Oleson was 1-2.
Ingalls pitched five innings against Sioux City North and gave up six earned runs on nine hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Oleson earned the win as she pitched two innings and gave up no hits with one strikeout and one walk.
After out-scoring North 4-2 in the fifth inning to tie the game at 6-6, the Warriors scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.
The Warriors finished with nine hits as Cheyanne Boland was 3-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Ingalls was 2-4 with a double. Johnson, Clausen and Oleson each went 1-3 and Haag was 1-4. Johnson had two RBIs and Haag had one.
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Bengals cornerback Leon Hall didn't come back from his fourth visit to the Masters with a green jacket, but he thinks the future is bright for a left-handed golfer in the wake of Bubba Watson's second win on the overgrown billiard table at Augusta National.
"I could be terrible in Cincinnati, but maybe if I stepped through the gates at Augusta with my golf clubs someday, suddenly I'm a scratch golfer," Hall said with one of his wry smiles. "The course plays in my favor. I can't hit it Bubba long, but I get some distance and I'm left-handed."
He's also sure-footed, which has to make Bengaldom breathing easier than Watson's caddy when Bubba's three-shot lead survived his rather loopy decision to drill one through a hole in a tree rather than the safer punch-out. If the weather had been good Monday, Hall would have been on the field at Paul Brown Stadium doing football drills just 176 days after tearing his second Achilles in three years. Instead he stayed inside for rehab.
"Weather permitting. Going out in the rain, it makes no sense," Hall said. "I can pretty much do everything. Back pedal, breaking on the ball, doing the whole deal, 360 turns, 180 turns…
"If I keep this pace up, I'm not really worried about if I'm going to be ready for training camp. It's more just preparing for the start of training camp."
That was Bengals director of rehab Nick Cosgray's successful timetable when Hall came back from tearing the left Achilles during the 2011 season and rebounded to have such a brilliant 2012 season that many in the league thought it was Pro Bowl worthy even if the voters didn't. He didn't participate in the spring camps and just focused on the last week in July.
But even though Hall, 29, is two years older, this rehab on his right Achilles seems to be even a little quicker.
"Early on I felt like it was a little ahead of schedule, which is good," Hall said. "But we thought we had so much time, we slowed it down a little bit and have been keeping a steady pace."
Cosgray gave him the golf go-ahead once he was able to run on the treadmill, just about the time the season would have started if most of the United States hadn't been frozen in the Pleistocene epoch this winter and spring. But he has been playing enough recently that when fans see him on the tee they assume he's healthy.
"It's good because I love playing golf," he said, "but it really has nothing to do with my Achilles or rehab."
How much does he love it ever since wife Jessica, a golfer since 12, beat him badly on a par 3 course on that fateful day in 2008? Motivated as only a husband can be, he took up the game immediately and was shooting in the mid-80s on his favorite course at Kenwood Country Club last year and he already has a 12 handicap.
"It's getting worse," he said of the addiction. "I want to play more and more every year, but there are only so many days in the week."
Hall probably likes golf because it emphasizes one of his much strength as arguably the Bengals' best defensive player. (If he's not, then it is two-time Pro Bowl tackle
"I think it's so technical. There are so many little things that have to go right," Hall said. "To make the ball do what you want it to do, you have to be really sound. It takes a lot of focus. It's a long round and you have to stay focused for a long time. Some people just hit the ball. Maybe some people are just naturally gifted like that. You think you can hit this ball anyway you can, but you really can't. There is a lot of learning and practice."
Hall doesn't go to Augusta for the entire week because he likes to watch the finish at home. This year he arrived in time to see some of the Wednesday practice round, all of Thursday's first round, and then he left after watching the second round unfold Friday morning.
On that last day he decided to do something he never did and followed a group for a few holes when he tracked Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Henrik Stenson.
"The best part of following a group is to see their ups and downs and how they work out of trouble to still be relevant in the tournament or save a score," Hall said. "I'm always interested in how they maneuver around the golf course. Every player is different. It's good to see the different ways people read different situations."
Hall had picked Day to go all the way after some big finishes at Augusta, like his runner-up effort in 2011 and last year's tie for third.
"I like his game," Hall said. "His name was on a list and it stuck out to me. He's consistent. He hits the ball long, which is always fun to watch. He likes to work the ball right to left and left to right. The other thing I like is the dialogue with the caddy. Fun to hear. There's nothing crazy, they're just talking about the wind, the lie, and sometimes the caddy asks somebody to stop talking."
Usually Hall likes to bounce around the Masters and not follow anyone. Since he camped out at Amen Corner for stretches of his first three visits, he decided to break it up last week. He stood next to the fairway at 15 "where they can either go for it or lay up," he watched the big drop from the 10th tee, and he monitored the par 3s at Nos. 4 and 6.
"The grass isn't fake. You have to touch it sometimes. I did. You almost feel like it's almost too perfect," Hall said.
He recognizes the history of the place and one of the nice things is that no one recognizes him. Oh, he's met some folks from Cincinnati and they've walked the course together a few times, but it's a nice getaway for a guy who likes being the best cornerback America doesn't know.
"They don't recognize me, man. If I'm not in Cincinnati or back home (in San Diego), I'm good to go," Hall said. "If I'm here in Cincinnati I don't mind seeing people or people seeing me. Everyone around here is great to me. But if I go somewhere and no one notices me, I prefer it that way."
But Hall wouldn't mind recognizing a pro golfer. He has yet to meet one, never mind the one guy in the world he really wants to meet. Tiger Woods. Those are the guys that might make him a bit tongue-tied.
"I think I'd be set back a little bit. Yeah, I think I would be awed," Hall said. "If I met Peyton Manning, maybe because it's we play the same sport, I'm not really impressed. Obviously, he's a great player. But I wouldn't go out of my way to meet him. I'd be awed if I met Tiger Woods, or Jason Day, or somebody like Bubba. I watch him because he's left-handed. There's still hope."
Hope and the spring and the green grass go together. Hall feels like more good things are on the way after being invigorated by his annual pilgrimage.
"I'm in a good place right now," he said, "so I'm happy."


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The death of Bob Craig led to a number of heavy hearts throughout the Oak Ridge community this week. And we are sure that void extends well beyond our own community.
The death of Bob Craig led to a number of heavy hearts throughout the Oak Ridge community this week. And we are sure that void extends well beyond our own community.
A release followed a phone call that The Oak Ridger made late Thursday afternoon to Tom Hilton, CEO of the Y-12 Federal Credit. In the release, Y-12 FCU Board Chair Don Norris called the loss of Craig "devastating."
"He was loved and respected for his dedication to service, keen intellect, and infectiously gracious and upbeat personality," Norris said of the man who had served on the federal credit union's board of directors since 2007. Craig had held the position of Board Secretary for the past year and previously had served on the board's Asset Liability Management Committee.
"We have lost a great friend and servant," Norris stated. "Our hearts go out to his wife and family; he will be sadly missed."
When asked earlier in the day for his comments, Parker Hardy, CEO and president of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, readily remarked that "Bob was an active volunteer in our Chamber and ultimately served as chairman of our board.
"He never said 'no' to one of our efforts; but, far more than that, Bob was a great friend. I think everyone he met had a great appreciation for his sense of humor, and his enthusiasm about life.
"And we will ALL miss that."
An active Rotarian, Craig was credited with offering a helping hand in developing and supporting the Secret City's third Rotary Club — the Sunset Rotary Club of Oak Ridge — just a few years ago.
For more than 35 years, Bob was involved in investigating, evaluating and managing environmental issues on the Oak Ridge Reservation. He held bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology and a doctorate in ecology from the University of California.
He was also a member of the Audubon Society, the World Wildlife Fund and the National Wildlife Federation.
Fare well, Bob Craig.
John Gunning, of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Global Nuclear Security Technology Divisiion, has shared an interesting email thread regarding "Pandora's Promise," a new documentary on nuclear energy that profiles five environmentalists/nuclear advocates to address common public misperceptions about the industry.
The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has received solid reviews, according to its supporters, and is being promoted nationally by the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Locally, ORNL, TVA, USEC, B&W, UT and others have worked to bring the movie to East Tennessee this weekend. There will reportedly be at least two showings at the Regal Downtown West Cinema 8 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. this Saturday, July 20.
In between those two shows, a panel discussion has reportedly been scheduled featuring nuclear power experts from several Oak Ridge area organizations.
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Attention, Google Lunar X Prize competitors! China is looking to take $5 million out of one of your pockets. And they may not be anything you can do about it.
China has announced definitive plans to launch its Chang'e-3 lunar mission during the second half of 2013. The mission includes a lander as well as a six-wheeled rover that will explore the lunar surface.
If the mission is successful, then the first prize in the Google-sponsored private moon race will decrease from $20 million to $15 million. There are also a $5 million second prize and several bonus prizes for achievements on the lunar surface.
Given what is currently known about the GLXP competitors, it seems unlikely that any team is in a position to beat the well-funded Chinese program to the moon by the end of next year.
Teams have until the end of 2015 to claim the prize before the competition turns into a pumpkin.


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April 3, 2012
Last week, in the midst of a crazy couple of days, my godmother called. Immediately, just as soon as I heard her voice, I felt better. Lifted. The stresses of the day cleared away and I felt restored.
It drove me to think about voices—the voices of my loved ones. And as I mentally ticked off the list of those I care about, I realized that I hear specific clips of their voice in my mind.
I hear my mother half-whispering in her slight Southern twang, Good morning, honey. That's how she woke me up for eighteen years, with just a soft breath of a phrase. I never needed an alarm, never needed her to shout or pull open the drapes. My body came to recognize those three words, that airy whisper, and then she'd laugh while I rolled around. It's going to be a great day, she'd say.
My father's voice is a boom—You bet! Be smart!—and on the soccer field: Anticipate! If I wait a minute, though, his tone changes right along with his words, just as they do in real life. I'm proud of you, Kid. Way to go. And with a nerdy raise-the-roof move: That's my girl!
I hear my best friends laughing, Kelly with her delirious cackle and Erin with her short inhale—a laugh that's been likened to a seal and a foghorn, my favorite laugh in the whole world. Heidi is saying That's great!, always my biggest cheerleader, while Kira is cracking a joke in the low tone she reserves for sarcasm. I hear Molly saying Hiiii! in a big, open welcome while Sam says Totally, a marker of our constant, unwavering understanding of each other.
When I think of Radley's voice, all I can hear is the way he says my name: Marie. It's funny how your name can sound so different when it's spoken by the person you love, isn't it?
(Photo: My Instagram)
posted by Laura Marie at 7:04 AM labels: Family + Friends, Instagram, Musings
5 comments:
- Allie said... [Reply to comment]
I never thought of voices like that but now it makes so much sense! I'm not replaying all my favorite voices in my head.
- April 3, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Laura Marie said... [Reply to comment]
@Allie Haha, it's interesting to realize which ones stick out, isn't it?
- April 3, 2012 at 1:09 PM
- Allie said... [Reply to comment]
such a cool thought! whats the story behind radley calling you by your middle name?
- April 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Mateus Lopes said... [Reply to comment]
i'm almost 17 and everybody i know uses an alarm, but i really don't bother my mom waking me up, it feels good, doesn't it?
- April 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Hannah Elizabeth said... [Reply to comment]
Weird. I was JUST thinking about this. I've been in a funk all day and I called my dad to ask his advice about something. I heard my mom say something in the background...I didn't even understand it, but tears sprung up in my eyes because I had heard her voice, and my awful day just felt a little less awful because of it. Funny...:-)
- April 4, 2012 at 4:28 PM
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- " Terrible experience! We did not stay as the guy who received us wanted to charge us 50€ without any sense. After argueing for a while in order to know why we had to pay this money that did not appeared in our invoice, he told us that it was for "Final cleaning" we could not believe it!! The result, we lost 25€ for the deposit but we found a lovely Hotel in Alghero, cheaper and closer to the beach which included breakfast by the way :) "
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POTISKUM, Nigeria — Islamic militants attacked a boarding school before dawn Saturday, dousing a dormitory in fuel and lighting it ablaze as students slept, survivors said. At least 29 students and one teacher were killed in the deadliest attack yet on schools in Nigeria's embattled northeast.
Authorities blamed the violence on Boko Haram, a radical group whose name means ''Western education is sacrilege.''
The militants have been behind a series of recent attacks on schools in the region, including one in which gunmen opened fire on children taking exams in a classroom.
''We were sleeping when we heard gunshots. When I woke up, someone was pointing a gun at me,'' Musa Hassan, 15, said of the assault Saturday on Government Secondary School in Mamudo village in Yobe state.
He put his arm up in defense, and suffered a gunshot that cost him four fingers on his right hand. His life was spared when the militants moved on after shooting him.
Hassan recalled how the gunmen came armed with jerry cans of fuel that they used to torch the school's administrative block and one of the dormitories.
''They burned the children alive,'' he said.
He and teachers at the morgue said dozens of children from the 1,200-student school escaped into the bush but have not been seen since.
On Saturday, at the morgue of Potiskum General Hospital, a few miles from the scene of the attack, parents screamed in anguish as they attempted to identify the victims, many charred beyond recognition.
Some parents do not know if their children survived or died.
Farmer Malam Abdullahi found the bodies of two of his sons, a 10-year-old shot in the back as he apparently tried to run away, and a 12-year-old shot in the chest.
''The gunmen are attacking schools and there is no protection for students despite all the soldiers,'' he said as he wept over the two corpses. He said he is withdrawing his three remaining sons from another school.
Islamic militants from Boko Haram and breakaway groups have killed more than 1,600 civilians in suicide bombings and other attacks since 2010, according to an Associated Press count.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency May 14 and deployed thousands of troops to halt the insurgency, acknowledging that militants had taken control of some towns and villages.
Saturday's attack killed 29 students and English teacher Mohammed Musa, who was shot in the chest, according to another teacher, Ibrahim Abdu.
Boko Haram, whose stronghold is 140 miles away in Maiduguri city, the capital of neighboring Borno state, has been behind scores of attacks on schools in the past year.
On Thursday, gunmen went to the home of a primary school headmaster and gunned down his entire family. Witnesses said they attacked at 7 a.m. as the owner of the private Godiya Nursery and Primary School was preparing to leave his home in the town of Biu, about 110 miles from Maiduguri.
Resident Anjikwi Bala said Hassan Godiya, his wife, and their four children all were killed.
People from Yobe state this week appealed for the military to restore cellphone service in the area under a state of emergency, saying it could have helped avert a June 16 attack on a school that the military said killed seven students, two teachers, two soldiers, and two extremists in Damaturu, capital of Yobe state.
Residents said they had noticed suspicious movements of strangers and could have alerted soldiers and police, if their cellphones were working. Instead, the military said they were involved in a five-hour shoot-out before the militants fled.
A day later, June 17, extremists fired on students sitting at their desks as they were writing exams in Maiduguri, killing at least nine pupils.
Borno state officials say more than 20,000 people have fled to Cameroon in recent weeks amid the violence.


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The Restoration
Nine months of restoration
The picture underwent restoration in 2007, lasting about nine months. In actual fact, the picture is very well preserved considering its age. The Museum's decision to restore it anyway was on account of certain aesthetic problems. The surface was disfigured by a heavily yellowed and opaque varnish as well as old, discoloured overpainting from earlier restoration work.
Reconstruction of lost paint
For yet unknown reason, a few small areas of paint were rather more damaged than the surrounding paint layer. This applies to the blue angel's hand for example, where most of the original paint was lost. During an earlier restoration, most likely during the 18th century, the hand was overpainted with oil paint (fig. 8). This old restoration, shown in the detail below here, was carefully executed with a reddish underpaint, but as regards both colour and expression, it was far from Mantegna's own technique. As one could also observe through the microscope that fragments of the original colour were concealed underneath (fig. 9, the hand after cleaning), the Museum's conservators decided to remove the overpainting and reconstruct the hand on the basis of the preserved remains.
See the difference between the hand after cleaning and before reconstruction here:
Why restore
The purpose of the restoration has not been to make the picture look like new. One can still see that it is a 500-year-old painting. But the cleaning off of the varnish and removal of the old restoration and overpainting have brought the colours, their mutual balance and contrasts closer to what they were when Mantegna painted the picture.


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Arts & Entertainment
Gingerbread houses on display at arts center
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- Published on 11 December 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Julia, Alea and Alexis Minter's gingerbread creation is on display at the Cultural Arts Center along with several others created by area families. The Franklin County Arts Alliance, with the assistance of First National Bank, made available gingerbread house kits earlier this year.
A total of 25 kits was picked up for assembly. See the December 12 edition of the Mount Vernon Opitc-Herald for details on when their creations are available for viewing.


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AS A JUNIOR IN 2006-07: WCC Challenge Cup 2/24: Finished 3rd in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:55.30, finished 2nd in the distance medley with a combined time of 10:52.75 ... Hornet Invitational 3/24: Won the 3000 meters with a time of 8:49.39. ... Stanford Invitational 3/30: Finished 25th in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:08.18 ... Johnny Mathis Invitational 4/7: Finished second in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:46.17 ... Woody Wilson Open 4/14: Finished 5th in the 1500 meter invitational with a time of 3:58.71 ... Steve Scott Invitational 4/28: Finished second in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:19.88 ... Sacramento State Open 5/4: Finished 16th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.94, finished sixth in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:58.86 ... Division I Independent Championship 5/12-13: Finished 5th in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:21.11, finished 10th in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:34.68. Click here to view his cross country results.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005: Competed in five meets during the season ... had best finish of the year at the Chico Twilight Open, placing eighth in the 5,000-meters with a time of 15:42 ... took 11th with a 5,000-meter time of 15:16 at the Woody Wilson Invitational ... placed 12th in the 1,500-meters at the Warrior Invitational with a time of 4:17 ... clocked a time of 15:09 in the 5,000-meters at the Johnny Mathis Invitational to finish tenth ... crossed the line in the 800-meters at a time of 2:05, in addition to taking seventh in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:08 at the Aggie Track & Field Classic. Click here to view his cross country results
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.
Investigators have clawed for clues, scouring cabins for fingerprints that match no one and chasing reports of brief encounters only to come up short, always a step behind the mysterious recluse.
They've found abandoned camps, dozens of guns, high-end outdoor gear stolen from the homes and trash strewn around the forest floor.
But the man authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains not far from Zion National Park. He's roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter.
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text: ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents Tappin' Thru Life: An Evening with Maurice Hines. Life-long performer and Tony nominee Maurice Hines taps us through his 40 years in show business in this celebratory revue. Through song and dance, Hines pays tribute to both his brother, Gregory, and the singers who have been an inspiration throughout his life, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Lena Horne. Bringing the history of tap dance to life, he incorporates memories of the past and performers of the future, featuring the virtuosic talents of the Manzari Brothers--stars of the next generation of tappers. Tappin' Through Life will be accompanied by the Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble with arrangements by Nelson Riddle.


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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has received their 09 futures from PC?
As you have guessed, I haven't. None yet.
Here's what I ordered, so I'm curious if anyone has received any of them:
- Pontet Canet
- Pichon Baron
- Roc (Cotes de Castillon)
- St. Paul
I'm too worried about the latter two as I dont expect prices to change much, but I've purchased the former two at pre Parker spike in ratings.
Hahaha, that's pretty funny.
I wouldn't ever buy from them, it would make me crazy. I'm pretty sure they're still delivering 2005s! I'm too lazy, but there's a long thread about this.
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I just recieved my 2009 Bordeaux futures from k+L. You might be waiting awhile since you ordered from premier cru. I have recieved my 2009 Cdp futures from premier cru though.
I'm still waiting for some '04 Brunello, good luck.
pretty much what grossie said.
i would be shocked if you received those wines this year, and very surprised if you received them next year.
PC is famous for this. Attractive pricing, and absolutely no guarantee of when your wine will be delivered.
Do some searching on the forum and you'll find some threads about people still waiting for 05 and 06 Bordeaux.
They have delivered most of my 2006 BDX. I am still waiting on a case for that year. To their benefit, their prices are good and they delivered other 2006 BDX that I ordered just recently. However, the wait is LONG, expect your 2009 to arrive by 2015 or 2016.
Maybe it has not been bottled yet!
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You see... with some vendors the vintage is not the year of harvest, but the year of planting the grapes. Didn't you know?
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In an attempt to avoid what could be a $150 million-plus clean up, Ford Motor Co. denies that it is definitely responsible for contamination of groundwater at and near its demolished Shelby Township factory and contends the possible hazards have been exaggerated.
Ford attorney Kenneth McIntyre argued in court Monday against an injunction and summary disposition sought by Shelby Township officials and a developer for removal of contaminants found on and around the old plant site near 23 Mile and Mound roads.
The township and Grand Sakwa North Shelby LLC, which owns the adjacent parcel, want the contaminants TCE and TCA removed as soon as possible at a cost of up to $157 million because they fear the health-threatening chemicals are not only getting worse at the existing locations but are spreading to township�s baseball/recreation facilities near 23 Mile Road and Van Dyke and possibly to the nearby subdivision Central Park Manor.
But McIntyre said in court before Macomb Circuit Judge Richard Caretti the township can�t prove the chemicals have spread.
�There is no immediate health risk,� McIntyre said. �We don�t have a problem with kids playing in a park or residents using wells.�
Ford agrees there is contamination but McIntyre called �premature� the conclusion that Ford caused it. He suggested prior plant occupants, including Visteon, Packard and the U.S. Air Force, could be responsible. The site was an auto plant from 1951 to 2009.
Referring to township-hired expert James Dragun, McIntyre said, �There�s not been a peep from Dr. Dragun or anyone else that Ford discharged TCE. He has no facts to pinpoint any discharge at any point and by whom.�
�They have not identified any pathways� for spreading, he added.
McIntyre asked the judge to maintain the existing Oct. 1 trial date, which attorneys agreed would be a battle of experts. A settlement conference with Caretti is scheduled for Wednesday.
McIntyre said the judge needs to determine whether the levels of TCE and TCA are dangerous. He noted that new homes built on the adjacent tract would not use well water but piped in water for drinking.
�We�re talking about TCE levels that can be dealt with � by conventional means,� he said.
But township attorney Robert Kirk said Ford should start cleaning up as soon as possible since Indiana Metal, which now owns the parcel, is virtually done with demolition. The plants� foundation and parking lots will remain for the time-being.
�This started in 2010,� Kirk told the judge. �(The cleanup) should be expedited. We want to protect the public�s health and welfare � and the tax base of Shelby Township.�
Grand Sakwa�s attorney, Joe Viviano, in arguing for an immediate cleanup, said a trial isn�t necessary. He suggested the judge could conduct an evidentiary hearing soon. �In three months, they will tell you exactly the same thing,� he said.
Viviano said test results clearly show unsafe levels. The 3,100 parts per billion of the chemicals found in water and vapors at the worst locations on the plant site and about 600 parts per billion found on the Grand Sakwa site far exceed the federal limit of 9.8 parts per billion for vapors and 5 parts per billion for drinking water.
He said Grand Sakwa will not be able to sell homes it builds on the vacant land unless it is cleaned to safe levels. He referred to the fact that homeowners would not be able to install a basement sump pump due to potential exposure to �carcinogens� in vapor.
�That�s not exactly a great marketing pitch, your honor,� he said.
McIntyre noted that many subdivisions have been build on contaminated land in Michigan but conceded that Grand Sakwa probably would have to sell the homes for a cheaper price than if the land was pristine.
Grand Sakwa and the township propose a clean up effort involving the chemical magnese, which McIntyre criticized but Viviano said is conventional.
Ford has said it is cooperating and will comply with the state Department of Environmental Quality.
The plaintiffs also accuse Ford of delay tactics since it first learned of the contamination in 2006 but the township didn�t learn about it until 2012. Township officials had long suspected the plant site was contaminated but didn�t know about the spreading until last year.
McIntyre denied that Ford has stalled, noting it first hired experts in 2008.
The 205-acre parcel was home to Visteon; earlier it was called Ford�s Utica Trim Plant.


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In 1886, Mint officials made a change in the obverse hub for the Indian Cent, most evident in the position of the word AMERICA relative to the Indian's head. On Variety 1, the lowest feather points between the I and the C of AMERICA; on Variety 2, the lowest feather points between the C and the final A.
Both varieties are of nearly equal scarcity, but the Variety 2 appears to be slightly more rare. Both varieties are scarce in Gem condition, both are very rare in MS-66, and none have been graded higher by PCGS (as of October 2015).
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Maruyama Sets School Record as Rams Win Jasper Classic
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Links at Cherry Creek - Par 73 - 6,567 Yards
Riverhead, N.Y. - Senior Masa Maruyama (Yamanashi, Japan/Sundai) shot a school record 69 on the Links at Cherry Creek in Manhattan College's Jasper Classic this afternoon. Farmingdale State captured the team title with a score of 303, finishing nine shots ahead of host school Manhattan College.
Maruyama shot an even par 36 on the front nine and birdied the final five holes for his four-under par round of 69. Maruyama finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Thomas Romano from Manhattan. Senior Matt Livolsi (Stewart Manor, N.Y./Sewanhaka) posted a 77 for Farmingdale, while senior Jim McLaughlin (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside) shot 78, despite starting four over par through the first four holes. Senior Andrew Schwartz (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and sophomore Chris Arnold (Hauppauge, N.Y/Hauppauge) each carded a 79. St. Joseph's Chris Manzello finished in third place individually with a round of 75.
Farmingdale State finished ahead of three Division I schools (Manhattan, St. Peter's and Hofstra). St. Peter's College finished in third place with a team total of 314.
The Rams next will travel to Cherry Valley Golf Club in Garden City, N.Y. for the Tom Pecora Invitational on Monday, April 26th.


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Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc.
Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc. was founded in 1960 as a non-profit community theatre for the purpose of producing and performing plays for the benefit of the citizens of Thibodaux and surrounding areas.
The Playhouse is run by a board of directors elected by the general membership. Its first president was the late Thomas Guzzetta, local Thibodaux Attorney.
The first Production in 1960, "Born Yesterday," was performed at Nicholls State University. The organization moved into the Old Park Inn Restaurant located in downtown Thibodaux in 1967. In 1973 they purchased the Old Dixie Movie Theatre Building in Thibodaux and continued to perform plays in that building for the next 10 years.
In 1983 the Playhouse moved into the Percy-Lobdell Building on St. Mary Street and became part of the Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Community Center. When the National Park Service decided to locate a branch of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve in Thibodaux, the Playhouse agreed to relinquish their lease and temporarily move out while renovations were being made and a new theatre was being constructed next door.
Today Thibodaux Playhouse is proud to be the principal resident of the State-of-the-Art 200 seat Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center Theatre, a part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve.


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WILKES-BARRE - Ten new officers will join the city's police force.
The new hires were sworn in Thursday morning in a packed city council chambers.
The new officers are Mark Hilpp, Ronald Knorr, Daniel Duffy, Joseph Homza, Daniel Roper, Matthew Smith, Kevin Andres, Kevin Novackowski, Kyle Rogers and Maivaun Houssein.
Mayor Tom Leighton said when he presented the 2014 budget that he wanted to add at least 10 new officers to the department. That presentation budgeted about $100,000 for each of the new officers, with money coming from the general fund. Officers' starting salaries vary from the high $40,000 range to low $50,000 range, with the remaining expenses for benefits, equipment and training, according to a previous report.
With the 10 new officers, the city police force has 85 officers. City police counted 91 officers among the ranks in 2011, up from the mid-60s when Leighton took office, said municipal affairs manager Drew McLaughlin.
There's not a police chief in the country who wouldn't always want more officers, said Wilkes-Barre police Chief Gerard Dessoye said, but he praised Leighton for prioritizing spending on his department.
"The mayor has hired police any chance he has been able to. I know he would hire any cop he could afford. His critics complain that their pet projects didn't get funded, but that money goes to policing. That appears to be the number one concern of residents," he said.
Most of the new hires have previous experience and will start 16 weeks of on-the-job training Monday, Dessoye said. Homza and Roper will spend six months at a police academy before joining the force and beginning the training program. All of the new hires will start their time in the department as patrol officers. The men ranked in the top 12 candidates certified by the city's police civil service commission.
Some of the new officers could graduate from training faster than 16 weeks. Hilpp previously worked as a Wilkes-Barre officer and was the director of the Public Safety Training Institute at Luzerne County Community College. He will only need to learn new technology the department has adopted, Dessoye said.
Duffy was formerly the chief of Scranton police until he resigned in 2012 to become director of the police academy at Lackawanna College. He made several arrests while chief and while off-duty in Scranton.
Dessoye did not make Duffy available for interviews, saying the ceremony was about honoring all 10 of the men who were being sworn in.
"He said he wants to get back to basic police work," Dessoye said of Duffy "I plan on going to him for advice. He's an asset."
Having recruits with experience working as police means less of a burden on officers assigned to train the new hires, Dessoye said.
"The officers know where we want to go, it's just a matter of how Wilkes-Barre gets there," he said.
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(RNN) – Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died Monday after a bout with cancer. He was 54.
Gwynn was born May 9, 1960, and won eight batting titles with the San Diego Padres, which is tied for the second most in Major League Baseball history and the most in National League history. He was diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland in 2010 and underwent two surgeries, including one to remove a malignant tumor inside his mouth.
The official Twitter account for the Padres tweeted, "We are terribly sad to say goodbye to our teammate, our friend and a legend, Tony Gwynn. Rest in peace, Mr. Padre."
One of the game's all-time great hitters, Gwynn was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 1981 MLB amateur draft out of San Diego State University and played all 20 years of his career with the Padres, finishing with 3,141 hits and a lifetime average of .338. His lifetime average is the highest since Ted Williams retired in 1960 with a .344 average.
He made the All-Star team 15 times, was inducted into Cooperstown on his first ballot in 2007 and the Padres retired his jersey number in 2004. He returned to San Diego State as the team's manager in 2003. He took a leave of absence in March due to cancer treatments, but had signed a contract extension with the university last week.
Gwynn was not only considered the best hitter of his generation and one of the best ever, but was also revered for his friendly demeanor. The sentiment was echoed by former ESPN anchor Rich Eisen, who tweeted, "In my years covering MLB, easily the most approachable, greatest person I met was Tony Gwynn."
His son, Tony Gwynn Jr., plays for the Philadelphia Phillies and discussed his father's condition in an interview with CSN Philly that was published Sunday for Father's Day. In the interview, his son expressed optimism that his father's condition was improving.
"When I left for spring training he was in a good spot, and now he's not in that same spot, so from that standpoint I guess it has worsened," his son said. "But in the big scheme of things, which is getting healthy so he can do the things he wants to do, I see light at the end of the tunnel. I can't say that he does, but then again he's the one going through this, and it's tough on him."
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A Grand Junction man is behind bars after police say a lengthy investigation showed he sexually assaulted a young girl.
40-year-old Kip Lintner was arrested Monday night by Grand Junction Police Officers. Tuesday, he made his first court appearance where his bond was set at $100,000.
An arrest affidavit describes a lengthy and graphic relationship between him and a 9-year-old girl. According to that affidavit, the victim says he began abusing her when she was 6 or 7 years old, and that things would happen about three times a week.
She goes on to describe several occasions when Lintner would take her into his room, tell her to take her clothes off, touch her, and then ask her to touch him back. She said those incidents took place until summer of 2006.
Local law enforcement began investigating the case in December 2006, after learning one of the incidents may have taken place in Mesa County. Lintner told investigators in May 2007 he didn't know why the girl was saying these things and that no sexual activity had taken place.
Lintner is facing charges of sexual assault on a child by a person of trust and sexual assault on a child with a pattern of abuse, both of which are felonies.
Lintner was convicted of sexual intercourse with a minor in a California court back in 1990. He is due back in court later this month.


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Girls volleyball is one of the few sports in which I've never covered a local team or individual competing at or en route to a state final.
For the past decade, our area has mostly consisted of teams that are perennially decent.
There are exceptions. Everybody's had a down year or three in that time, and Gardner-South Wilmington, for one, has rarely threatened the .500 barrier.
About halfway through the season, 2013 is shaping up as a season in which every local team has a chance to be better than they've been, on average, for the past several years.
For some, that means winning records and regional-championship appearances are possible.
I'll start with the team I mentioned in a negative light above.
The Lady Panthers struggled to win even a handful of games virtually every year that I've been at the paper. They've already more than doubled last season's four wins, as they moved to 7-3 with a 12-25, 25-19, 25-16 at Tri-Point Thursday.
It's a good record, but it's not the best in the area. That title, through Thursday's action, goes to Newark, which is 11-2 following a 25-13, 25-14 rout of Serena. Everybody else is above .500 with room to spare.
Seneca is 13-4-1. Minooka and Coal City, despite killer early nonconference schedules, are 9-4 and 8-4, respectively. Morris is 9-6.
Even though Morris has the area's "worst" record to date, things are looking up for the Redskins after this week.
They lost 27-25, 21-25, 25-20 at Yorkville Tuesday before defeating Sycamore 24-26, 28-26, 25-15 Thursday at home.
I asked coach Jackie Litwiller if she knew her team was capable of the kind of comeback it made Thursday, when it shrugged off a very tough first-game loss.
"You know what, after Tuesday night in Yorkville, I knew anything was possible with this group, because we played one heck of a match up in Yorkville," Litwiller said. "If we can play that away, then we can do anything at home. And so that's what I kept bringing back to them, you know, 'You're in your gym. You need to take control. Let's do this. We're on our court.' And I think they showed you what they can do."
What's more, regional assignments were posted this week by the IHSA.
After hosting one of the toughest (quite possibly the toughest) 3A regional in the state last year, Morris will be at Streator with La Salle-Peru, Mendota and Princeton.
Our other 3A school, Coal City, which also got sent through the gauntlet at Morris last spring, will be at Manteno with three other Interstate Eight Conference schools, McNamara and Kankakee before hosting its own sectional.
Minooka gets to go west and south, to the 4A Ottawa Regional and the Normal West Sectional, instead of the suburban route.
Seneca drew the 2A Somonauk Regional and a field that includes rival Marquette. In 1A, Newark avoided drawing mighty Keith Country Day in its sectional and will start at the Hinckley-Big Rock Regional, while GSW is sent to Grant Park.
All of this is to say that, while it's been an extremely successful volleyball season to date for our local teams, the best could be yet to come. For everybody.


text: UMW News BureauLaura Geis, Clancey Fertterer and Mariah Newell have signed letters of intent to play basketball for Montana Western. By Wally Feldt Three Montana student-athletes have signed a Frontier Conference/NAIA letter of intent to play basketball at the University of Montana Western, new women's head coach Cara Cocchiarella announced. Laura Geis is a 6-foot-1, post from Frenchtown, Mont. She will graduate from Frenchtown High School this spring. Geis averaged 10 points per game (ppg), five rebounds per game and shot 45 percent from the field this year. She ranked No.1 in the state for blocked shots. Geis was a four-time all-conference selection in both basketball and volleyball. She earned all-state honors and was voted MVP this year in basketball. Geis also participated in track. "Laura has great size and athletic ability," Cocchiarella said. "In four years at Frenchtown, Laura excelled in three sports while maintaining an excellent GPA. She is the type of player who could make an immediate impact here at Montana Western." She was on the honor role all four years of high school and will graduate with a 3.8 grade point average Geis is the daughter of Bob and Lynne Geis and plans to study elementary education. Mariah Newell is a 5-foot-11 post from Eureka, Mont. She will graduate this spring from Lincoln County High School (LCHS). Newell was a two-time all-state selection and a four-time academic all-state selection. She averaged 16 ppg, 10 rebounds, and shot 39 percent from the field her senior year. Newell also participated in volleyball where she earned all-state honors, participated in track, and softball. She was a member of Tech Club, Pep Club, served on student council and mentored at LCHS. "In addition to being a great student, Mariah brings size and strength to the post position here at Montana Western," Cocchiarella said." Newell is the daughter of Montana Western graduates Ed and Ann Marie Newell. She maintained a 3.5 grade point average in high school and plans to major in education.


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A stereotypical team is made up of tall defenders and small midfielders, but what if there was a team entirely made up of tall or small players?
Who would win - leave a comment below.
Here is a small and tall XI:
Small XI
Goalkeeper | Iker Casillas (5"11)
5"11 may not seem like a small height, but for a keeper it is in fact very small. Despite his height handicap, he still manages to produce some of the greatest saves and is considered by many the best keeper at the moment.
Right-back | Phillip Lahm (5"7)
Lahm is captain of Germany, holding the weight of the entire nation on his shoulders (perhaps they are weighing him down). He has also been the one fixed player at an ever changing Bayern side for many years now, and still making the team every match.
Centre-back | Carles Puyol (5"10)
Puyol has been the base of this star-studded Barcelona team. All their trophies and cup runs have been based on his relatively small frame and it is a wonder he can still play at such a high level even after all these years.
Centre-back | Micha Richards (5"11)
There aren't many small Centre Backs, so again, 5"11 is small for this position. Although he is considered a full back by many, Richards is very versatile and has played in the middle for many of his previous clubs.
Left-back | Patrice Evra (5"8)
Evra has been the starting full-back at Manchester United for so many years now; he has been one of the first names on the team sheet in almost every match, consistently performing well at such a high level for champions-elect of England so it is an amazement he isn't thought of so 'high'ly (pardon the pun).
Right-midfield | David Silva (5"7)
Silva is tiny and yet so good, he plays a nippy little game, twisting and turning past opposition defenders, using his height as an advantage. It also means he has a low centre of gravity and so can go on mazy runs with ease.
Centre-midfield | Xavi (5"7)
Xavi pulls the strings for Barca, not only dictating the pace of the play but also playing the killer through ball or the neat one twos. He plays with so big an aura that it's shocking he's only 5"7!
Centre-midfield | Andres Iniesta (5"7)
Alongside Xavi, Iniesta also controls the Barca tempo, with the ability to score many goals as well. He is the chief assister to Messi, setting up the majority of the argentine's goals.
Left-midfield | Franck Ribery (5"7)
Ribery has so much strength and speed that it's amazing he's only 5"7. He makes lung busting runs down the wings with the skill and power to hold off defenders. One advantage to his height is that he can easily jink between the bigger defenders.
Striker | Sergio Aguero (5"8)
Aguero is so good that it's mad to think he isn't even included in many of his national side's games, behind Messi and sometimes club mate Tevez. His height makes him a real handful to deal with, making him hard to pick up and stop without commit
ting a foul.
Striker | Lionel Messi (5"7)
The man you've all been waiting for, Messi was born with a handicap meaning he can't grow as tall as other people, however, he's definitely made the most of what he has, being the world's best player seasons in a row.
Squad players - Akinfeev, Sagna, Baines, Lennon, Wright Phillips, Arshavin, Sneijder, Parker, Rooney, Defoe
Tall XI
Goalkeeper | Zeljko Kalac (6"8)
Kalac isn't the greatest keeper, but he's certainly very tall, standing at an intimidating 6"8, he puts pressure on any opposing strikers. Having had a relatively failed stint at Leicester (2 apps), his greatest team was Sydney Utd, playing 122 games for the club over two different periods.
Right-back | Chris Smalling (6"4)
Smalling has bucket loads of potential and the height of a centre back. However, at Fulham, he had been mainly utilised as a full back; one of his key plus points is his versatility.
Centre-back | Per Mertesacker (6"6)
The 'lanky' German has made his fair share of mistakes for the gunners, but generally he is solid and with his height advantage, will win anything in the air. He also provides attacking options from set pieces, scoring goals with headers.
Centre-back | Zat Knight (6"7)
Knight has been very successful at Bolton, he played so well that at one point he earned two England caps in an era with John Terry and Rio Ferdinand, and that's quite impressive. He has great aerial ability and can show quick feet when necessary.
Left-back | Taye Taiwo (6"0)
Taiwo may not seem tall, but for a full back 6"0 is actually very tall. Because of his height and long legs, he is very fast and so is a great attacking option for his team, as well as being able to outmuscle opposition players.
Right-midfield | Cristiano Ronaldo (6"1)
Again, 6"1 doesn't seem too tall but wingers are usually small so Ronaldo is actually one of the tallest in his position. He puts his height to good use, scoring many headers and using his long legs to have a very fast sprint speed.
Centre-midfield | Marouane Fellaini (6"5)
Fellaini's afro makes him even taller than he already is, and, for someone who is 6"5, that makes him very tall indeed. He scores many goals from crosses and can be physical in the centre of the park when tackling someone.
Left-midfield | Gareth Bale (6"1)
Bale is another tall winger who has utilised his height. He is extremely fast and can head the ball as well as many strikers or defenders can. He can also tackle because of his physical presence.
Striker | Peter Crouch (6"7)
Crouch is thought of by many as the world's tallest player, but actually he's nowhere near. Crouch has had a travelled career, playing for many teams across England, from QPR to Tottenham to Stoke, and all the teams have used his height well, like the fact that Stoke do the long throw-ins to him.
Striker | Fernando Llorente (6"5)
Llorente is not the tallest striker there is, but he is one of the better tall ones, scoring many a headed goal and being able to flick on hoofed balls forward. His team mates depend on his ability to hold up the play using his size to shield the ball from defenders, before passing it on.
Striker | Zlatan Ibrahimovic (6"5)
When tall strikers are thought of, Ibra would be one of the first to come to mind. Not only is he tall but also strong and he uses these traits to his advantage, scoring headers, holding up the ball and winning flick ons.
Squad players - Van Hout, Samba, Hangeland, Cissokho, Y. Toure, Abou Diaby, Hogne Aaroy, Carroll, koller, Zigic
Now that the teams are done, I think that the small XI would win in a match because they have the better players, with closer control and more skill against the lumbering tall XI.
The only way I feel the tall XI will threaten is via set pieces and crosses where their height is an advantage. What do you think?
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I recently tested HP's PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server, which takes a unique approach to SQL Server consolidation and availability. HP acquired PolyServe in February 2007, integrating it into the HP StorageWorks Division. The new HP version includes major enhancements such as support for recovery of a PolyServe cluster at a remote site. Although it extends HP SAN management options, PolyServe also works with other brands of servers and SAN hardware. PolyServe supports several OSs, including Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit and Windows 2003 or later 32-bit and Linux, as well as server applications such as SQL Server and Oracle. My review focuses on version 3.6 enhancements for SQL Server on Windows Server.
PolyServe is a software solution for managing both SQL Server consolidation and high availability. Using PolyServe, you can easily move SQL Server instances from server to server within a "matrix" of as many as 16 servers that are all connected to a common SAN. By stacking multiple SQL Server instances on a single database server, PolyServe helps consolidate multiple SQL Server instances into a smaller set of servers. For high availability, you can designate primary, secondary, and tertiary automatic failover locations for each SQL Server instance in the event of a server or instance failure. You can manage the matrix of servers using a grid-like view of SQL Server instances, their physical server locations, and designated failover locations, as Web Figure 1 shows. In addition, you can use the PolyServe installer to apply SQL Server service packs and security patches to entire groups of SQL Server instances.
PolyServe's approach to SQL Server consolidation and availability is unique because, unlike traditional virtualization software, PolyServe doesn't create a virtual machine (VM) with its own OS and file storage. Instead, PolyServe extends the native Windows Server host OS by virtualizing SQL Server instance names on the host Windows OS and by making storage volumes on a SAN accessible to multiple servers in the matrix. The virtualized SQL Server instances are just aliases for physical instances on the host Windows OS, so they don't require their own virtualized OS, as is the case with a VM. In addition, the PolyServe clustered file system extends the host Windows file system by making individual SAN LUNs available for mounting to multiple physical servers within the matrix. Normally Windows requires any SAN LUN to be owned by only one physical server at a time, but PolyServe removes that restriction.
To implement PolyServer, you begin by selecting as many as 16 SAN-connected servers that will belong to the PolyServe cluster (aka matrix). (The servers are running Windows Server, but aren't clustered using Windows Clustering.) Installing PolyServe puts a replaceable file system driver called PolyServe File System (PSFS) and the PolyServe service on each server. HP PolyServe provides an engineer to assist with designing and installing it into your environment.
To create a clustered file system on the SAN, PolyServe uses its NTFS-compatible PSFS driver to format the SAN LUNs into volumes that can be shared by one or more servers in the matrix. PSFS maintains Windows-compatible locking and concurrency on the files by using PolyServe's Distributed Lock Manager. The result is that you can mount a particular SAN LUN as drive G (e.g., for backups) on several or even all database servers in the matrix, something you can't do using standard Windows Server file drivers.
After installing a physical SQL Server instance, you use the PolyServe management utility to assign a virtual IP address and virtual SQL Server instance name to the physical instance. Using PolyServe's Dynamic Re-Hosting features, you can then install failover target instances for each virtualized SQL Server instance.
As you can see in Web Figure 1, you can view each virtualized SQL Server instance in the rows under Name. The physical database server names are shown vertically in the columns to the right. The cells show the status, current physical server location, and potential failover server locations for each virtualized instance. For example, the SQL_Finance instance currently resides on the server named blade5-w, indicated by the check mark, and that server is its primary location (indicated by the letter "p"). Its first failover location is to server blade1-w, although an instance can have more than one potential failover location.
PolyServe's failover for SQL Server instances differs from Windows failover clustering: The database servers need not be all from the same hardware vendor, and they can have different CPU and memory configurations. Because the underlying SAN volumes are already shared, there is no need for un-mounting and remounting disk resources during a failover—which Windows failover clustering requires.
PolyServe 3.6 enhances security by integrating with Active Directory (AD) to provide single sign-on (SSO) via Windows authentication. For managing the PolyServe matrix, this latest version of PolyServe adds role-based management that provides finer-grained security for Windows domain users and groups. For auditing, changes to the matrix configuration can be redirected to the Windows event log.
PolyServe simplifies management with a multi-node, multi-instance installer for SQL Server hotfixes and service packs. You can apply a patch to an instance in maintenance mode, and the installer automatically applies the patch to all the related dormant instances on the other servers in the matrix.
In addition, PolyServe helps you avoid name conflicts among default and named virtual instances. For example, if you name a virtual instance blade5-w\INST2, it can retain the entire virtual instance name on any server it fails over to. This latest version of PolyServe also enhances the PolyServe Migration Toolkit to capture and manage DTS package migration from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 and adds support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer, a component of VSS. (PolyServe already supports SQL Server 2005 database snapshots.)
For disaster recovery, PolyServe supports the use of SAN-based block-level mirroring to a remote site. During recovery, PolyServe on the remote site will dynamically recover and rebuild the correct LUN mappings and remount the correct volumes to each server.
In my own experience, HP PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server is most useful for managing SQL Server consolidated instances across several database servers, with the added benefit of failover clustering for those mission-critical instances requiring high availability. Management of the instances is very intuitive, making both the current locations of all instances, as well as their potential failover targets, visible at a glance. In addition, you can easily move instances from one server to another to further fine-tune your overall server load.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A panel of Arkansas state lawmakers has approved a non-binding resolution that urges the federal government not to limit Second Amendment rights.
Representatives on the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs voted unanimously Wednesday to pass the measure. If the resolution passes the House, it will be distributed to President Obama, congressional leaders and other state legislatures.
The bill's sponsor is Republican Rep. Richard Womack of Arkadelphia. He says he filed the bill to shows his constituents that he hears their concerns about federal proposals to tighten regulations on firearms.
The non-binding resolution does not require the governor's signature but Democrat Mike Beebe says he supports the measure.
The Legislature is also weighing two separate bills allowing concealed weapons on college campuses and in churches.
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Paige Figi found two notes left on her front door and took numerous phone calls this week from people wanting information or expressing thanks regarding her decision to use medical marijuana to ease her 6-year-old daughter's near-constant seizures.
"People just are desperate" for help, said Figi, who lives in Black Forest. "And nothing will work."
Figi tried everything to help daughter Charlotte before turning to marijuana. She was hesitant about the idea - almost resistant at first.
Stricken with Dravet syndrome, Charlotte suffered seizures so severe she couldn't walk or feed herself. Her parents tried powerful medications and a highly specialized diet. None worked for more than a few months. Charlotte's seizures continued.
On Tuesday, more than a year after offering Charlotte her first dose of a specialized form of medicinal marijuana, Figi sounded a hopeful tone that others' views will evolve quicker than her own.
Figi said response has been "really positive" to a story in Sunday's Gazette detailing the family's decision to try marijuana.
She "couldn't even put a number" on the phone calls she has received since Sunday - a fact due, in part, to her work as a volunteer for a nonprofit organization tied to the family that grows her child's medicinal marijuana.
Charlotte's story is one of dozens of such cases across the state, where children with debilitating conditions use a product from a unique Teller County marijuana grower, supporters say.
The specialized form of marijuana Charlotte takes is served with olive oil and contains trace amounts of THC, the drug's psychoactive ingredient.
It is rich, though, in CBD, which contains much of marijuana's medicinal properties.
Charlotte's seizures dropped from 1,200 a month to three, and she has since done away with all other medications.
Josh Stanley - who makes the specialized marijuana, along with several of his brothers - said he plans to increase production of the plant.
"Our goal by this fall would be to be able to treat more than 500 children in Colorado," Stanley said. "But gosh, there's so many more who could be taken care of."
Stanley offers the drug to patients at a cost of pennies per milligram, a cost that he's able to afford with profits from his dispensary, Indispensary, as well as donations to a nonprofit organization called Realm of Caring.
The nonprofit received more than 100 calls - almost all from Colorado families requesting help and treatment, said Heather Jackson, a volunteer whose son uses the marijuana.
Figi hopes that her child's story spurs change in laws across the nation - changes that would allow the drug to be shipped across state lines.
But despite this week's warm reception, she knows that could take time.
"I think it's just going to have to be a step process," she said.
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Have you read this book?
Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine.
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were Eight.
Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were Seven.
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were Six.
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were Five.
Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got into Chancery and then there were Four.
Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were Three.
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were Two.
Two little Indian boys were out in the sun; One got all frizzled up and then there was one.
(in some versions Two Little Indian boys playing with a gun; One shot the other and then there was one.)
One little Indian boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
Edited by mametchifan1996, 13 June 2011 - 08:14 AM.