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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ike Davis hit a two-run homer off a speaker above the seats in right-center field, Jeff Locke outpitched Adam Wainwright and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Wednesday.
Pittsburgh took two of three from the defending NL champions and has won five of seven overall. St. Louis (71-61) leads the NL wild-card race, with San Francisco (70-62) trailing by a half-game and the Pirates (69-64) 1 1-2 games back of the Giants for the second wild-card berth.
Davis hit his 10th homer in the second after Wainwright hit Russell Martin on the left elbow with a pitch that Martin barely tried to avoid. Davis sent an 88 mph pitch clanking off a speaker raised on a pole about 15 feet above the seats, a drive estimated at about 433 feet. A night earlier, Davis had a pinch-hit, tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning of Pittsburgh's 5-2 win.
Locke (6-3) allowed one run and six hits in 7 1-3 innings, giving up Matt Holliday's third-inning homer. Locke also singled in the third and scored on Andrew McCutchen's sacrifice fly, just the 11th hit for the pitcher in 98 career at-bats.
Mark Melancon pitched a one-hit ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances.
SEATTLE (AP) — Rougned Odor hit a third-inning grand slam to back Colby Lewis, and the last-place Rangers beat Seattle.
Erasmo Ramirez (1-6), recalled from Triple-A Tacoma for the start, allowed 10 runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. Seattle had been the only major league team not to allow 10 or more runs in a game this season.
Lewis (9-11) allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked one in his second complete game of the season and second in August. He had been 0-3 since pitching a five-hit shutout at the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 5.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Drew Smyly allowed two hits over seven innings in his second straight overpowering performance.
Evan Longoria had three hits for the Rays, who won for only the fourth time in 11 games. Tampa Bay scored all its runs in the first two innings and Smyly (9-10) made the margin stand.
Smyly gave up a solo homer to Chris Davis in the second inning and a single to Steve Pearce in the seventh. The left-hander struck out six and walked one in his fifth start for the Rays since coming from Detroit in a trade involving David Price.
Brad Boxberger worked the eighth and Jake McGee got three outs to earn his 15th save and complete the two-hitter.
DETROIT (AP) — The Yankees chased David Price with nine straight hits in the third inning.
The Yankees scored all eight of their runs in the third off Price (12-10), who had pitched a one-hitter in his previous start. Jacoby Ellsbury started the barrage, and New York went all the way through the batting order until the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner was pulled after the ninth hit of the inning.
Rookie Shane Greene (4-1) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked one.
Victor Martinez homered for Detroit.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nori Aoki drove in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning.
Billy Butler and Salvador Perez each drove in a pair of runs during the surge, which came after the Twins' Phil Hughes (14-9) had stymied the Royals for the first seven innings.
Wade Davis (8-2) pitched a perfect eighth to earn his second straight win, and All-Star closer Greg Holland worked around a single in the ninth to cap a second straight late-game win.
The Royals extended their lead over Detroit to 2 1/2 games in the AL Central with their 11th win in their past 13 games at Kauffman Stadium. They've won four straight over the Twins.
Minnesota has lost four straight and eight of 11 overall.
TORONTO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Danny Valencia had a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning.
Jose Bautista homered for the second straight night, a two-run drive in the first.
With Boston leading 2-1, Edwin Encarnacion doubled off Joe Kelly starting the seventh, and left-hander Tommy Layne (0-1) relieved. Dioner Navarro's at-bat was prolonged when catcher David Ross dropped his foul popup for an error, and Navarro singled.
Right-hander Junichi Tazawa came in, and Valencia turned on a 2-0 pitch for his first home run since Toronto acquired him from Kansas City on July 28. Eight of 20 home runs off Tazawa in his big league career have been hit by Blue Jays batters.
Marcus Stroman (8-5) allowed two runs — one earned — and five hits in 7 2-3 innings.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Grady Sizemore hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning, helping the Phillies complete a three-game sweep.
Marlon Byrd hit a two-run homer and Jimmy Rollins hit a solo shot to back Kyle Kendrick (7-11). The right-hander allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
The last-place Phillies went 7-2 on their best homestand this season.
Denard Span was 3 for 4 and fell a triple short of the cycle for the Nationals. Doug Fister (12-5) allowed a season-high 10 hits and five runs — four earned — in 5 2-3 innings.
The Nationals had won 12 of 13 before losing three in a row in Philadelphia.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Heyward hit a leadoff home run off Zack Wheeler, and Julio Teheran won his third straight start.
Hayward connected on Wheeler's third pitch of the game for his 11th homer this season. After Wil Flores' home run tied the score in the second, the Braves went ahead for good in the third. Phil Gosselin reached on a bunt single, Freddie Freeman doubled, Justin Upton hit an RBI groundout and shortstop Ruben Tejada allowed Evan Gattis' two-out bouncer to pop out of his glove for a run-scoring error.
Teheran (13-9) gave up three hit in 6 1-3 innings, struck out four and walked two.
Craig Kimbrel got his 39th save in 43 chances.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Skip Schumaker drove in a pair of runs with a double and a single, and the Reds withstood Jorge Soler's first at-bat homer and his RBI single.
Soler, a 22-year-old prospect from Cuba, was called up Wednesday after getting a nine-year, $30 million deal from the Cubs in 2012. He started in right field and batted fifth.
After Luis Valbuena led off the second inning with a homer off Mat Latos (5-3), Soler hit a 2-1 pitch into the Reds' bullpen in center field. The last Cub to homer in his first at-bat also did it in Cincinnati: Starlin Castro off Homer Bailey on May 7, 2010.
Soler also had an RBI single off Jonathan Broxton in the eighth, cutting it to 6-5. Latos pitched into the eighth and gave up four runs while fanning a season-high 10 batters.
Pinch-hitter Chris Heisey homered in the bottom of the inning. Aroldis Chapman escaped a two-on threat in the ninth, getting his 28th save in 30 chances.
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Jose Abreu hit a pair of run-scoring singles against Cleveland ace Corey Kluber, and Chicago stopped a season-high, seven-game losing streak
Abreu put Chicago ahead for good in the seventh with his third hit of the game. Abreu drove in his AL-high 96th run.
Hector Noesi (8-9) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, improving to 5-2 in eight starts since the All-Star break.
Kluber (13-8) lost consecutive starts for the first time this year, allowing three runs and nine hits in 6 1-3 innings with eight strikeouts. The Indians had won three straight
HOUSTON (AP) — Sam Fuld hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning to win for Oakland.
The A's trailed by one entering the ninth before Eric Sogard's RBI single, and Fuld's two-out shot off Chad Qualls (1-4) landed in the seats in right field to put Oakland up 5-3.
Fuld, who entered on a 0-for-9 skid, finished with three hits, including a double.
Dan Otero (8-1) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win. Eric O'Flaherty allowed a solo homer to Chris Carter with two outs in the ninth before retiring Dexter Fowler for his first save since May 2013.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout tied a career high with his 30th home run, and Gordon Beckham homered for the first time with his new club.
Hector Santiago ended a string of six consecutive no-decisions in a starting role, helping the Angels maintain their one-game lead in the AL West over Oakland and improve the major leagues' best record to 79-53.
Santiago (4-7) struck out six in 5 2-3 innings and allowed three hits, including Adeiny Hechavarria's leadoff homer in the third, his sixth in 1,100 career at-bats to that point. The left-hander fanned his next five batters and didn't allow another hit until Jeff Baker's two-out single in the sixth.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey hit a game-ending two-run shot for his third homer in two nights, sending the Giants to Bruce Bochy's 1,600th managerial victory.
Posey sent an 0-1 pitch from Juan Nicasio (5-6) just inside the left-field foul pole for his 18th homer of the year and second career walkoff homer. He also had one on May 3, 2013, against the Dodgers.
Santiago Casilla (2-3), who was ill Tuesday, plunked leadoff hitter Drew Stubbs in the back to start the ninth. Justin Morneau then doubled him home to tie the game at 2. Casilla got a key double play to get out of the inning.
Tim Hudson's strong eight-inning, eight-strikeout outing was wasted.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rene Rivera tied the game with a home run in the ninth inning, then won it with an RBI single in the 10th for San Diego.
Rivera opened the ninth with his shot off Francisco Rodriguez. In the 10th, Seth Smith walked and Yasmani Grandal singled to start the inning against Zach Duke (4-1). Smith was thrown out at third on a fielder's choice and, one out later, Rivera singled to center to drive in Grandal from second.
Dale Thayer (4-3) pitched the 10th for the victory.
The Brewers took a 2-0 led in the seventh inning on Elian Herrera's RBI double and a passed ball charged to Rivera.
Jake Goebbert's RBI single in the bottom of the inning pulled the Padres to 2-1.
PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Kershaw allowed only an unearned run in eight innings to become the first 16-game winner in the majors.
Kershaw (16-3) allowed six hits, retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced, seven by strikeout, to improve to 13-1 in his last 16 starts.
The left-handed ace struck out 10 and walked two.
Scott Van Slyke hit a solo home run off Wade Miley (7-10) before leaving the game with an ankle injury in the fourth inning. Matt Kemp had a two-run double.
Kenley Janzen pitched a perfect ninth for his 38th save in 42 tries.
The Dodgers, sweeping the two-game series, climbed to a season-high 18 games above .500.


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As the Cassini-Huygens mission nears its rendezvous with Saturn, new details in the banded clouds of the planet's atmosphere are becoming visible.
The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft began its journey to the ringed world nearly seven years ago and is now less than two months away from Saturn orbit insertion on 30 June 2004.
Cassini's narrow-angle camera took this image on 16 April 2004, when the spacecraft was 38.5 million kilometres from Saturn. The dark regions are areas which are free of high clouds, and bright areas are places with high, thick clouds which shield the view of the darker areas below.
A dark spot is visible at the south pole, which is remarkable to scientists because it is so small and centred. The spot could be affected by Saturn's magnetic field, which is aligned closely with the planet's rotation axis, unlike the magnetic fields of Jupiter and Earth.
Another notable feature is the large dark oblong-shaped feature that extends across the middle. The darker band beneath this feature has begun to show a lacy pattern of lighter-coloured, high-altitude clouds, indicating turbulent atmospheric conditions.
The cloud bands move at different speeds, and their irregularities may be due to either the different motions between them or to disturbances below the visible cloud layer. Such disturbances might be powered by the planet's internal heat; Saturn radiates more energy than it receives from the Sun.
The moon Mimas (396 kilometres across) is visible to the left of the south pole. Saturn currently has 31 known moons. Since the launch of Cassini-Huygens, 13 new moons have been discovered by ground-based telescopes. Soon we will get a closer look and may discover new moons, perhaps embedded within the planet's magnificent rings.
This image was taken with near-infrared filter, sensitive to light near 727 nanometres, which is one of the absorption bands of methane gas, one of the ingredients in Saturn's atmosphere. The resolution is approximately 231 kilometres per pixel.
Credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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12 Fun Christmas Gift Activities for Kids
Do your children disappear as soon as the last present is unwrapped?
Dreaming of a Christmas day doing fun activities as a family?
If only there was a way to tie up togetherness with a bow, or fit fun (and inexpensive) family activities into a stocking.
There is a way! The editors of My Kids' Adventures have searched the web to find 12 perfect pastimes that can be packaged up and presented under the tree.
In this article, I'll show you how easy it is to give the gift of time spent together with a dozen ideas for fun-filled activities. Pick one your kids will love, print it out, package it up and play!
Why Give Activities as Gifts?
What do your kids really need from you this Christmas?
Their lists may be filled with overpriced electronics and noisy plastic toys, but half of those will probably be abandoned before the ball drops on New Year's and the other half may cause your children to abandon you to a beeping screen.
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Rosie O'Donnell is reportedly returning to television.
The star is gearing up to launch a daytime, syndicated talk show in Fall 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rosie's new show will launch just as Oprah's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" ends its lengthy television run of 25 years.
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Robertson previously worked with Rosie on the Emmy winning "Rosie O'Donnell Show," which was produced by Telepictures and aired between 1996 and 2002.
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She left "The View" in 2007 following a heated argument with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
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Somalia: Bomb kills 1 African Union soldier
An official in Somalia says a roadside bomb has killed an African Union soldier.
Floribert Biyereke, a spokesman for Burundian troops, said one soldier died after the roadside bomb exploded on Monday. Biyereke blamed the attack on the country's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Courage Creates Change
Well. I finally got to see it yesterday afternoon. Finally.
I went with my gift of a girlfriend next door neighbor and her best friend.
I told her we had to wear our pearls.
I felt it was a pearl worthy event.
Lord knows I haven't been to the movies with a girlfriend in years.
Thank you to my sweet husband who loved on five babies so I could have a little break.
I have been waiting with bated breath to experience on the big screen the
522 page book I devoured in two days.
I may not have cooked, cleaned or folded a single piece of clothing during the reading of this novel.
It is a page turner times ten.
If you haven't seen the movie yet and you haven't read the book either, my humble suggestion is to do yourself a favor and read the book first.
There are little details that go by very quickly on the big screen that you may miss if you haven't read the book. (Like what was written on the check when Hilly opened her letter for one)
The folks seated to my right kept asking their one friend who had read the book a bunch of questions during the movie!
We did not get to sit together. The movie was packed out on a Sunday afternoon even four days after opening day.
Go early. Especially if you want two or more seats together and bring tissues.
Or if you are like me and forgot your tissues, just use the sleeves of the sweater you wore tied around your neck. As long as you don't mind your sweater being covered with black mascara and tears.
Here are a few of my thoughts on the movie. There are too many to count!! It was life changing for me and I am still wrecked on so many levels this morning after a 4:15 showing yesterday afternoon.
I fell in love with Skeeter and Minny and Aibileen during the reading of the book.
I loved their courage above all else.
Courage creates change.
Courage changes lives.
Courage causes the very reason God created us to come forth and causes fear to take the back seat.
Sometimes we have to be willing to lose everything to discover the reason He created us.
Sometimes (a lot of times) friends will not agree with the thing that you are called to do. Do it anyway.
One of my favorite parts of the movie (there are SO many) is the first time Aibileen says to Mae Mobley...
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important. "
I lost it.
When Mae Mobley repeated it back to her later on in the movie.
Forget it.
The sweater sleeves were dripping with mascara.
Our children have deep wells within that hold and remember the words we speak over them.
I have to speak more life. I have to take motherhood up a few more notches.
More goodness. More love. More wisdom. More encouragement.
Because the world is sitting on ready to tell them otherwise.
Maybe Skeeter had the courage to write and fulfill her calling because of the years of life Constantine had spoken over her as a child.
When they flashed that very moment on the screen and Constantine spoke those words about choosing not to believe the negative things people say about you and how ugly is something that "live up on the inside."
Lost it again. For about the tenth time.
Another one of my favorite parts was at the end when Aibileen said this.....
"No one had ever asked me how it felt to be me. When I finally got to share it............ I felt free. "
It wrecked me.
There is something about sharing our story.
Sharing our testimony.
The bad things turned into good things. The ashes turned into beauty. The mourning turned into joy.
It takes courage.
It changes lives.
Have you read the book or seen the movie yet? What did you love the most?
42 comments:
- Valerie said...
Oh Sibi...this was so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.
You really touched me when you said, "Our children have deep wells within that hold and remember the words we speak over them."
We must speak positively...with softness...even when correction is necessary...when talking with our chldren.
I can remember every hurtful word...disappointment...expressed to me by my father.
No, I don't dwell, but it saddens me that I don't remember the kind words...they were so few and far between that you would think I could remember them...but the harshness erases the kindness if it is too frequent...
Thanks so much for dropping by last week. It was such a treat since I admire you so much!
- August 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- KatieB. said...
I loved this movie. I hope it becomes a must-see for generations to come. It's not just important to see as an understanding of our history, but it's a must-see so we can understand how to treat one another. Basic human relations. Such strong life lessons were intertwined throughout it. Love, love, love!
- August 15, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Love Being A Nonny said...
I read the book as soon as it came out. I saw the movie yesterday....with my pearls on of course! I liked the book a lot. I LOVED the movie. I am 54, so there were so many visuals in the movie that took me back to those years I was growing up. I could watch the movie again with no words...just to SEE the visuals. We had a black lady do our cleaning and laundry when I was a child. Lots of people did. I hope we treated her with kindness. I hope she felt loved and a part of our family. I loved the SPUNK Abiline and Minnie had. And I LOVE Skeeter's voice. Actually, I LOVED EVERYTHING about this movie!!!
- August 15, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- Michelle said...
I am not one to wait anxiously for a movie to come out, but after I read the book I just couldn't wait. It was wonderful and the movie (which generally dissappoint) was wonderful as well. So glad you got to enjoy it with some sweet friends. I am now wanting to see it again just to take a good look at the clothing and sets! LOL
- August 15, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Courtney said...
I am almost finished with the book and I can't wait to see the movie. I am so happy to hear that you got a mommy day off to go see the movie.
- August 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Tiffany said...
No, I haven't read the book or seen the movie...
but Oh, Girl...I am in tears just reading what you wrote. You just don't know...
I will read the book & see the movie.
Thanks for your words, always beautiful.
- August 15, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Sibi said...
Good Morning Valerie!
You are so welcome!
I found myself reading your comment and shaking my head, nodding as I read your words.
Words written from the deep places.
I pray that God would erase and replace....
That he would erase the sting and the hurt and the wounds of the horrible words spoken over you by the one who should have loved you the most. And that he would replace them with His words.
Words of love and life and purpose and destiny ...
He says in His word that He rejoices over us with singing... I pray that you feel that today.
I know you must be the most incredible Mother to your children. Parenting out of so much love and goodness and intention! Thank you for taking the time to leave such a special comment today.
Bless you sweet friend,
- August 15, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- Sibi said...
Felt like I had been punched in stomach watching some of the scenes in the movie.
Oh the disgrace of it all.
The way people treated one another. The way the women treated the other women.
It was too much. I thought they did an incredible job with the movie though. Felt like I was there and not seated in a theater....
- August 15, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Sibi said...
I know you had your pearls on! That is just so you....
I loved it all too. And yes, would love to see it again!!
I would love to watch it with someone from that generation just to experience it all with them...and get their perspective.
Hope you are enjoying all of those beautiful grand babies!!
- August 15, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Sibi said...
@ Bella Michelle~ Me too! I am going to take my husband to see it with me the second time. It's so good I can't stand it.
@Courtney~ You are going to looooove it!! Can't wait to hear your thoughts after you see the movie!
- August 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Sibi said...
Mrs B~
Your heart will race. Tears will fall. You will come undone in a good way.
It will make you want to be better person in every possible way.
Get ready.
Big Hug.
- August 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Heather said...
Great post! I loved the book, and saw the movie yesterday. I really enjoyed it too. I thought the acting was terrific.
- August 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Sibi said...
Thank you!
Me too!
- August 15, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Tiffany said...
Hi Sibi,
I love your blog; I love your heart for women and mothers!
i loved the book & the movie just as much! I also think reading the book first is important! I think it made me enjoy the move all the more!
I had so many favorite parts as well. I really like Skeeter's mom telling Hilly off! I equally loved Aibleen and her sweetness and the amazing example she was! It all truly touched me. It grieved me to once again read and see how awful people were treated. We ALL deserve to be treated with kindness and love.
Thank you for the reminder about how we can speak to our kids and create them with our words! The prayer you spoke about one commenter I am taking for my daughter - we have not been seeing eye to eye lately and I am afraid I haven't been very kind.
Oh there is so much more I could say and write but I will end by saying how much I appreciate you and your heart for women. I am always blessed by your words and heart.
- August 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Preppy Pink Crocodile said...
I couldn't agree more! Truly one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen! In the best possible way.
- August 15, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Jo said...
Sibi ~
Your review only heightens my excitement to see this movie. I read the book in a day and a half ~ loved every single written word! My book club had a great time discussing all the characters and the hidden messages that are still being played out in today' times ... some good, some downright ugly! There are women that I work with or bump into on a regular basis that could easily pass for the characters in the book/movie. Some of us really need to grow up and stop acting like nasty high school girls ... just saying.
I'm going out this weekend with a couple of girlfriends that I haven't seen in while for dinner and then we are off to see The Help. I can't wait :)
- August 15, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Elizabeth said...
I have read the book and I can't wait to see the movie over Labor day when I go home with my mom and sister since I don't think hubby would appreciate it. I have heard great things about it. However, I can't for the life of me remember what the letter said that you are referring to! I don't own a copy, I got it from the library and it is driving me nuts. Thanks for another review of the movie. I also thought some of the saddest parts were Celia's story, and that wasn't even the main focus of the book.
- August 15, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Nancy said...
Hi Doll:
So happy you got a little time for yourself to see the movie. I have a date planned with my bestie next week. I was waiting for her to finish the book before we could go. I can't wait to see it. I hope you are well, I pray for you often.
Much love
- August 15, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- 3 Peanuts said...
I want to see it so badly. We are on vacation now but I will see it next week. I love your post.
- August 15, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- Jenny Beth said...
sibi wasn't it just divine. I ached when I saw the parts with abileen and mae mobley. This book really brought to light how short my time is and how precious the words of encouragement I MUST speak to my little girl. If I dont take the time to build her up no one else will. and you KNOW I had on my pearls...
About 2 weeks ago I cleaned out my jewelry box to find 5 or 6 strands of pearls and 9 pairs of pearl earrings... haha guess I wear alot of them huh?? made me giggle and think of you. I have something special I want to email you about. Be looking for it~!!
Jenny beth
- August 15, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- DianeTaylor said...
Hi Sibi - I have heard SO MUCH HYPE about this movie - but I have no clue what it is all about. Can someone enlighten me? Please? Sounds like I should read the book first - but truth be told, I have no idea what it is all about :)
- August 16, 2011 at 5:42 AM
- Sibi said...
Thank you for your beautiful comment and for your encouraging words.....
Yes, it was so hard to read those parts and then to watch them all played out. The injustices. The hatred. The way those ladies treated their help as if their life was more valuable.....
I loved Aibileen.
Her heart. Her humility. Her love for Mae Mobley and others in spite of the cruelty.
I lost it when she walked into church and the applause was like a football stadium and the preacher handed her THE book. Right there in between a hard back cover where HER words.....
It was too much...in a good way.
I just wanted to encourage you with your daughter and yes, please take the prayer and use it ....
I have a precious 21 year old daughter who means the absolute world to me and we do not always see eye to eye. I'm sure if you called her right now, she would roll her eyes at the mere mention of me:) But I love her with a love that is not from this world and I will not stop praying for her and fighting for her and loving her no matter what.
You just keep praying and don't give up.
Big Hug,
- August 16, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Sibi said...
PPC~ Yes! I'm ready for round two! I want my husband to see it this time!
- August 16, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Sibi said...
Loved your comment:)
I wish I could count the Hilly's I've encountered.
Have mercy.
Enjoy the movie!!!
- August 16, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Sibi said...
It was a note card with a check enclosed and written on the check were the words "Two-Slice Hilly"
I know it's all going to come back to you now! :)
Yes, I agree with you about Celia's story...
Hope you enjoy the movie!
Raining Pearls~ Oh you are going to love it!! And thank you for thinking of me and for your prayers! We are hanging in there!!:) Praying Daddy will come home soon! Big Hug to you!
- August 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- Sibi said...
Kim~ 3Peanuts! Hope you all are having a wonderful vacation !! Can't wait to talk with you after you've sent the movie! :)
- August 16, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Sibi said...
Jenny Beth~ I loved your comment and your email!:)
Will email you back as soon as I can today!
Diane Taylor~ You can read about it online, it's all over the place! Those web sites can break it down for you ten times better than I can! Or pick up the book which you will not be able to set down for a second:) (My suggestion!)
It makes you think. Laugh. Cry and so much more!
Can't wait to hear your thoughts once you read about it!
- August 16, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Tiffany said...
Hi again Sibi,
I just read your response to my comment from yesterday. Thank you!
Another aspect of the movie I thought was very intersting was how these women felt about the The Help and how ignorant they were about the diseases they carried, etc. and yet they had these women practially raise their kids - bath them, change them, love on them - quite amazing!
Thank you! I found your blog, if I remember correctly, through Lisa Leonard - she tweeted your blog address about a year or so ago and said "sweet blog" so I clicked over and have been reading ever since.
Thank you again for your heart, for doing what you are called to do!
- August 16, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Sibi said...
Tiffany~ Yes so true. Beautifully written....
I'm so glad to meet you! Thank you for reading and commenting here! I had no idea Lisa did that!
I would have said thank you!
She is amazing isn't she?
Enjoy your week!!!
- August 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- MM said...
Wow! This is almost the same post that I did this morning on The Help! Well, you state your points much more beautifully than I ever could. Like you, I couldn't put the book down! I even battled a packed theater to see it the day it came out...so not my style, but I had to. And like you, I was wrecked when Aibileen told Mae Mobley those 3 things. And of course, wrecked all over again when Mae Mobley would repeat them. Beautiful book, movie and story. And beautiful post about it!
- August 16, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Alecia said...
I finished the book Monday and am going to see it this evening with my best friend. Everything about that book was amazing. I can't wait to see this wonderful book play out in front of me.
The part in the book where Mae Mobley says the words back to Aibileen that she had spoken over her was my favorite...I was crying so hard so to actually see a sweet little girl act it out will probably do me in!
I also loved when Minny was waiting for the scream and when she heard it in the middle of the night...HILARIOUS! I love Minny's sacrifice and I wanted to punch that husband of hers in the throat! She & Celia had a sweet relationship.
I can't wait to see Celia...she was one of my favorite characters...she seemed to be color blind and that was a sweet gift to have back then. I love how she saw Minny as a person, would serve her, would sit with her...and her husband...he seemed absolutely PRECIOUS!
I could go on and on about this book...I just can't WAIT to see it on the big screen!
- August 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Alecia said...
Oh and thanks for sharing about the importance of speaking life over ourselves, friends & family...it's sooo important...we are a reflection of our Creator and His Word is true about us...speak that Truth to those you encounter and yourself...we can be so hard on ourselves...it's the best thing you could do for yourself anyone else.
I was thankful Mae Mobley had someone in her life to do that even if it was for a short time...she needed it...he mother was AWFUL! :-( Broke my heart.
- August 17, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Judy said...
I took my 91 year old mama to see The Help yesterday and posted a review on my blog. While the movie drove home the "race" issue it was the injustice we humans do to each other that spoke to me. I am a child of the south raised during the 60's. It's hard for anyone to understand those times but I can say I never knew anyone like Hilly - thank goodness!
Octavia Spencer who played Minny is from my hometown of Montgomery, Alabama. There is a wonderful article about her in our local newspaper.
I don't imagine anyone could see this movie and not be touched by it.
- August 17, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Tamara Lambert said...
Amen! I am a slow reader and I read it in 3 days. Nothing seemed to matter until that book was finished. I went by myself on the children's first day of school, and half of the people in the theater were alone (a noon show). I hate watching people treating other people ugly. Yes, I had black lines on my face by the end!
- August 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- Beth said...
I love your blog! So precious:) I love how you talked about the "perfect moms" in your previous post. And I am dying to go see The Help now that I've read so many fantastic comments! So glad I found your blog!
- August 18, 2011 at 11:41 PM
OH Sibi- your words are just the best! I love your heart! The book was amazing and I did take my hubby to see it and really enjoyed it! The whole Mae Mobley scene - could hardly stand it! I just love that Mae Mobley! Your babies are precious as are you - thanks for your inspiring words!!
Cammy (mama of 3 precious boys)
- August 22, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- under spanish moss said...
We loved the book; however, have not made time to see the movie yet. We can't wait. We just did a post on the screenwriter's plantation in Mississippi. If you get a chance check it out!
Angela and Renee
- August 23, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Journal Swag said...
I've read the book, (lent it to someone saying "this is the only book, I'll ever ask you to please return to me..." and sadly it wasn't). I must buy it again. I never read books twice, but in this case I'll make the exception. I haven't seen the movie yet, but am anxious to. Good for you! Thanks for your lovely words!
- August 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Between You and Me said...
best re-telling of the movie and the book that I've read so far out in blogland.
I loved the movie....cried and laughed and cried some more.
It's one of those movies/books that you can't shake and it's a good thing. We don't need to shake it...we need to know the history of our country and what people have endured for freedom.
love it!!!!
- August 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- Tiffany said...
Bought the book...half way through.. SO glad I read this post & decided to go get it! LOVE it!
- September 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Mimi said...
I saw the movie first and am planning on reading the book as soon as daughter finishes it ~ guess I did it backwards. Because I hadn't read it first, I wasn't expecting the tears and neither were my precious girlfriends; but flow they did and we didn't even have sweater sleeves!!
As southern-born children of the 60's, we could almost put ourselves in the movie; but hoped with all our hearts we were more like Skeeter than Hilly. Yes, I'm afraid I did and still do know some Hilly's.
We got the name on the check part ~ the theatre almost burst at the seams with all the laughter.
As a grandmother of 5 precious little girls, I, too, lost it completely every time Abileen held or talked to Mae Mobley.
Please know that you will be in my prayers especially while your hubby is away. My daughter has 3 little girls and a husband that traveled sometimes a week at a time and always 2/3 days a week until this year. It's hard not being able to share the load with someone.
- September 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM
- Love Being A Nonny said...
Sibi, Mentioned YOU on my blog post today.
- September 4, 2011 at 5:55 AM


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Loyola press release - January 21, 2014
This month, the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law will celebrate its 100-year anniversary by honoring one of its most important and influential graduates, former New Orleans Mayor Maurice "Moon" Landrieu '52, J.D. '54, H'79, H'05. Landrieu, who was instrumental in the fight to desegregate city government and public facilities in the 1970s, will receive the St. Ives Award—the College of Law's highest honor.
The College of Law's 100-year history dates back to 1914 when it was established at Baronne and Common Streets in downtown New Orleans, admitting a class of 42 students that fall. Judge John St. Paul served as founding dean for the College of Law until 1918. He remained at Loyola as a professor, and in 1922 he was elected associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. After it moved to Loyola's main campus in 1915, the College of Law remained there until moving to its current location on Loyola's Broadway campus in 1986 to accommodate its growth. Today, the College of Law occupies two buildings on that campus, including the Broadway Building, which houses the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice. Under the leadership of former dean Marcel Garsaud H'04, professor Keith Vetter and former professor Buddy Lemann, the College of Law brought clinical legal education to Louisiana, with a Ford Foundation Grant in the 1970s.
In the last century, the College of Law has served as a legal training ground for leaders like Landrieu and other top legal professionals in the political, business, arts and academic arenas, while many graduates are serving as judges at the federal and state level.
The College of Law will kick off its year-long centennial and pay tribute to its many illustrious alumni at the Law Alumni Luncheon Friday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans. At the luncheon, Landrieu will receive the St. Ives Award, an accolade presented annually to alumni who have volunteered services to the College of Law or the university and maintained the highest standards of the legal profession. To attend, register online or call 504-861-5741. For more information on centennial celebrations, visit law.loyno.edu.
Following his graduation from the College of Law, Landrieu served in the U.S. Army and practiced law until 1970 when he was elected mayor of New Orleans. From 1960 to the present, he served in positions of public service as a Louisiana state legislator; councilman at large for the city of New Orleans; secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter; and finally judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana.
Landrieu said receiving the St. Ives award during the College of Law's centennial "makes me feel very grateful to Loyola for the education that I received and for the life lessons that I was taught by the Jesuits."
The former mayor's passion for equal rights parallels many of the other students and faculty who have walked the halls of the College of Law, including 1934 graduate James Skelly Wright, a New Orleans native and former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who helped to bring about the desegregation of public institutions in the city; desegregation advocate the Hon. Herbert Christenberry, who both graduated and taught at Loyola; and Jack Nelson, J.D. '50, Lolis Elie, J.D. '59, and Janet Riley, J.D. '52, H'05, who played major roles in the fight against segregation in New Orleans. Riley was also the college's first tenured woman professor. Current Xavier University president Norman C. Francis, J.D. '55, H'82, was the first African-American to graduate from the College of Law.
"When I became dean almost three years ago, I was humbled to be given the opportunity to join the ranks of educational leaders of the College of Law and help continue its path of diversity and innovation," said College of Law Dean María Pabón López, J.D., who made history at Loyola in 2011 by becoming the first Latina law school dean in Louisiana.
Other events scheduled this year to celebrate the College of Law's 100-year milestone include a Mardi Law Centennial Celebration party Feb. 21; the Law Alumni Association's Centennial Cocktail Reception during the Annual Louisiana State Bar Convention in Sandestin, Fla., June 3; and a law reunion weekend Oct. 10-12.


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May 18 -- Daniel Dougherty's Ride On Curlin walked the shedrow for 40 minutes in the Preakness Stakes Barn with trainer Billy Gowan Sunday morning following his solid second-place performance behind California Chrome in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
"He came out of the race unbelievably good," said the 48-year-old Louisiana native, affectionately known as 'Bronco Billy.' "He ate everything in his feed tub; he's bouncing around here and his legs are ice-cold. I like getting a little frostbite on my hands when I feel them legs. I couldn't ask for it any better."
Gowan said he will continue his Triple Crown tour at Belmont Park to try Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome one more time in the Belmont Stakes. He will attempt to accomplish the same feat his dam's (Magical Ride) grandsire, Victory Gallop achieved in 1998 when he upset Real Quiet's Triple Crown bid.
The son of Curlin will remain at Pimlico until Tuesday, when he is scheduled to board a van bound for Belmont Park, along with the Derby and Preakness winner. Under new rider Joel Rosario, Ride On Curlin came from last out of the 10-post and passed the entire field except California Chrome. The losing margin was a diminishing 1 1/2 lengths.
"I thought he ran huge," Gowan said. "He trained great all week and he ran just like I thought he would, if you want to know the truth. He gave him a great ride. At the eighth-pole I thought, heck, we might have a shot. But you have to give a lot of credit to (California Chrome). He doesn't ever quit. Ours didn't either; he just couldn't get to him."
The Preakness was the 11th career start for Ride On Curlin, a bargain basement buy at $25,000 for former Louisville furniture chain store dealer Daniel Dougherty. Still seeking his first stakes victory, Ride On Curlin is Dougherty's only horse in training and the star of Gowan's four-horse stable. Gowan picked out the colt in the 2012 Keeneland September Sale.
"I've been excited about that pedigree since the day I looked at the page myself," Gowan said. It's a lot of self satisfaction just knowing we could do this -- just pick one out, train him, get him up here and make it all the way from the sale ring to here. It's very gratifying."
Gowan said it's been "great fun" being part of this entire Triple Crown scenario.
"Hey, I'm a racing fan, too," he said. "If I can't win the Belmont, I dang sure want to see a Triple Crown."
May 16 -- Trainer "Bronco Billy" Gowan sent Ride On Curlin to the track for a mile gallop under exercise rider Bryan Beccia on Pimlico's sloppy main track Friday morning.
"If he ran over this stuff tomorrow, he'd love it," Gowan said of his first Preakness starter. "I think he'd run over anything -- wet, grass, anything ... I really do."
Gowan insists that his horse has yet to show his real ability following a troubled trip in which he still managed to finish seventh in the Kentucky Derby under Calvin Borel.
"We just have to get a good trip," Gowan said. "I think he's a good horse. I think that's all we need. And if (California) Chrome stubs his toe a little bit ... well that would help. He's (California Chrome) an awful good horse. I'd like to hook him at the top of the stretch and see what we've got, you know? I'd like to see them fast up front and me laying off them a little bit."
Gowan's son of Curlin, a $25,000 Keeneland purchase in 2012 by Daniel Dougherty, hasn't visited the winner's circle since taking an allowance race at Oaklawn five starts back. His second in the Arkansas Derby (G1) has been his most impressive outing and he's one of only three horses returning from the Kentucky Derby for the Middle Jewel of racing's Triple Crown.
"There's only one chance to run in the Preakness," Gowan said. "The Derby didn't take much out of him. He's given me all the signs he wants to run. I don't think it's that big a deal, coming back in two weeks. It seems like he's getting stronger all the time. He hasn't lost any weight and he's getting stronger and tougher all the time. I was pretty confident in the last race. I feel the same here."
Ride On Curlin is Dougherty's only runner in training. He has a pair of 2-year-olds in training in Kentucky with Gowan.
"He was a little crooked-legged," Gowan said when asked how he managed to find a son of Curlin out of a Storm Cat mare (Magical Ride) for such a bargain price. "He was a little off-set in his knees, but he had a serious pedigree. I bought him in September and we had him at my house for six weeks, then we sent him down to Florida and started (training) him. Hey, sometimes you see million-dollar horses that can't get out of their own way."
May 15 -- Trainer Billy Gowan led Ride On Curlin on a 35-minute walking regimen in the shedrow of the Preakness Stakes Barn Thursday morning, a day after his final breeze (half-mile in 49 3/5 seconds) for Saturday's Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
"He looks really good; his legs are good, and he ate everything, so we're fine," Gowan said after the lengthy walk.
Gowan originally had some trepidation about drawing the far outside post in the Preakness field of 10, but ultimately decided he'll be much better off than he was in Louisville, where he drew post 18 and trailed the field early after jockey Calvin Borel took a sharp left out of the gate to get to the rail.
"It is what it is," Gowan said of post 10. "It's better than being in the 1-hole. My horse has got a little speed, you know. He doesn't have to be dead last like he was in the Derby. He's got tactical speed. I think it's really perfect because there ought to be some speed to go out there. Hopefully, he can just tuck in before we get to the turn and save a little ground."
Gowan said Borel took a chance that just didn't work out because of the slow pace.
"It wasn't anything we discussed," he said. "That was his idea, not mine. With this jock (Joel Rosario), I'll just tell him that our horse does have speed and just use your own judgment. If the pace is crawling -- Calvin didn't know the pace was going to be crawling in the Derby -- just let him run away from there and see where he is. If the pace is crawling, go up there and join them. If it's blistering just lay off them. It's common sense, you would think."
Before the Derby, Ride On Curlin was a good second in the Arkansas Derby (G1) and third in the Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park.
"I think he's a good horse," Gowan said. "I think he's one of the top 3-year-olds in the country. I wouldn't be here if I didn't. Hopefully, one of these days we'll get the chance to show it, maybe Saturday."
May 14 -- Trainer Billy Gowan watched Ride On Curlin breeze "an easy half-mile" in 49 3/5 seconds from the Pimlico press box porch Wednesday morning with a small entourage that included owner Daniel Dougherty and invited guest Art Sherman, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes favorite California Chrome.
Pimlico clocker Mark Euga called fractions of 12 2/5 (seconds), 25 1/5 and 37 3/5 for three furlongs after exercise rider Bryan Beccia broke off from the half-mile pole. The seventh-place finisher in Louisville galloped out in 1:03 3/5 for five furlongs.
"I thought it was good," said Gowan, who has only four horses in his stable, including the Arkansas Derby runner-up. "He probably couldn't make him go much slower without just throwing him down. He could have gone a little faster, of course. We've been taking it real slow since the Derby. I usually like to work him five or six days out (from a race), but with the Derby, walking him three days and shipping up we had to wait. It's not a big deal."
Ride On Curlin, along with General a Rod, is one of only two Derby runners to come to Baltimore to re-try Sherman's budding superstar in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
"The way things are today, people don't like to run their horses back in two weeks," said Gowan, a former assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg. "My horse came out the next day after the Derby and I was walking him and he was on his hind legs. I say if they're doing good, run 'em."
Ride On Curlin has run more than most of the sophomores in the upper echelon of this generation. He's had 10 career starts and the Preakness will be his sixth trip to the starting gate already this season. The Derby was the only race in which he failed to hit the board, but that was a troubled trip under Calvin Borel. Gowan is switching riders to Joel Rosario for this race.
"I think he'll be a good fit for the horse," Gowan said. "Hopefully with the speed in here there'll be something for him to run at. I'm just hoping we get a good trip this time."
Sherman and Gowan expressed mutual respect three days out from their rematch.
"He (Ride On Curlin) looked pretty good," said Sherman, who arrived on Tuesday from California. "This is a great view of the track from up here."
"He (California Chrome) looks like a pretty good horse to me," Gowan said. "I can't see any flaws in him."
May 13 -- Trainer Billy Gowan took a very active role in Ride On Curlin's morning activities at Pimlico Tuesday. After leading the son of Curlin out to the track for a vigorous 1 1/8-mile gallop under exercise rider Bryan Beccia, Gowan walked his Preakness hopeful in the shedrow and assisted in the bath and the grooming of the star of his four-horse stable.
"It looked like he got over it (the track) perfect to me," said Gowan, whose colt shipped into Pimlico from Kentucky Monday afternoon. "Every track he's ever been on he's gone over good. This one looks just like the rest of them, really good. I was really happy."
The son of 2007 Preakness winner Curlin had an eventful trip from Post 18 in the Kentucky Derby under Calvin Borel, ultimately passing seven horses in the stretch to finish seventh behind California Chrome. Gowan decided to switch riders to Joel Rosario for the Preakness.
"If we can get a clean trip, we'll just see," said the 48-year-old Louisiana native. "California Chrome is an awful nice horse. I'd just like a clean trip and see what the horse is really made of. I thought it'd be our day in the Derby; maybe it'll be our day in the Preakness."
Ride On Curlin won an allowance race in the first start of his 3-year-old campaign at Oaklawn Park. He went on to finish third in both the Southwest and Rebel, before running a solid second in the Arkansas Derby (G1) and heading to Kentucky.
Last season he set a track record at Ellis Park while breaking his maiden at 5 1/2 furlongs, but owner Daniel Dougherty turned down a $1 million offer to sell the colt.
Rosario will be the fourth jockey for Ride On Curlin in six races this season.
"I don't think it's the jockey," Gowan said. "All these jockeys are trying to win. They want to win races just like I do. It's just racing luck and circumstances. He's (Rosario) a really strong finisher on a horse, and it's going to take a really strong finisher to beat California Chrome and all these horses. They're all nice horses."
Ride On Curlin is scheduled to breeze "an easy half-mile" Wednesday morning.
May 12 -- Daniel Dougherty's Ride On Curlin galloped an easy 1 1/8 miles shortly after the track opened at Churchill Downs with Bryan Beccia aboard.
Seventh in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Ride On Curlin left Churchill Downs by van shortly after 10 a.m. for the trip to Lexington and a flight to Baltimore along with Derby winner California Chrome and Preakness hopeful General a Rod.
Trainer Billy Gowan was pleased with the Kentucky-based preparation for the Preakness for Ride On Curlin, who will be ridden Saturday by Joel Rosario.
"Everything has been perfect; just like we drew it up," Gowan said. "When he gets there, he may school in the paddock one day but won't go to the gate. He'll gallop tomorrow and maybe work a bit Wednesday."
May 11 -- Daniel Dougherty's Ride On Curlin galloped an easy 1 1/8 miles after the morning renovation break at Churchill Downs with exercise rider Bryan Beccia up.
Trainer Billy Gowan said Ride On Curlin would go to the track at 6 a.m. Monday to train before being prepared for a 10 a.m. departure by van to Lexington to join California Chrome on a flight bringing him to Pimlico.
Beccia's departure will be quicker.
"As soon as I jump off him, I'm jumping in my car and heading to Baltimore," Beccia said.
May 10 -- Daniel Dougherty's seventh-place Kentucky Derby (G1) finisher Ride On Curlin galloped two miles on a sealed sloppy track under Bryan Beccia after the morning renovation break.
With trainer Billy Gowan looking on from the six-furlong gap, Ride On Curlin picked up the pace his second time around the track.
"I loved the way he trained this morning; he was very strong," Gowan said.
Beccia, who has been the colt's regular exercise rider since the first of January, was similarly enthused.
"That second mile was the most aggressive he has been with me all year," Beccia said. "(The Derby) didn't take anything out of him. I think he is better now than he was going in."
Ride On Curlin will return to easy mile gallops the next two mornings before leaving for Pimlico Monday.


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Editor's Note: Bell Curves periodically enlists our teachers to take the official GMAT to keep themselves sharp, help them better inform their students about current testing trends and procedures, and provide additional insight for materials development and instruction. Recently, one of our teachers did just that. Today's post comes from Hany ElDiwany, one of our NYC-based instructors. Below, he provides some insights on overcoming different hurdles to make your GMAT test day experience a success. Keep an eye out for his next post discussing some keen insights gleaned from a particularly challenging Quant question he saw.
Friday, June 7th, 2013, the date I had scheduled for my GMAT exam, was an incredibly rainy day in New York City. Despite breaking down and finally buying one of those high quality umbrellas that don't buckle and break after the first gust of wind (this after almost five years of living a predominantly pedestrian lifestyle and being exposed to the elements on a daily basis) , my shoes, socks and bottom of my pants were nonetheless thoroughly soaked by the time I reached the exam center in mid-town Manhattan. I guess sometimes rain just comes at you sideways and, well, maybe the can of leather waterproofer I used to spray my shoes was a lemon.
I preface my experience with this because, if you have ever suffered from soggy-sock syndrome, you can empathize with the condition I was in when I sat to take the test. Moreover, this was not a mere pit stop on my way home but, rather, four hours of sitting at a desk without any opportunity to change into drier clothing.
But there I was. It was, at that point, mind over matter. And that's the reality of the exam, after all. Given the experience, it's probably an ideal time to point out a valuable testing insight: Accept the wild cards.
Prepare all you can to be your most relaxed, stress-free and sharpest self the day of the exam. But, while it is important to control these stress factors to the best of our ability, life does throw a wild card at us sometimes and we just have to roll with it. To this end, learn to expect the unexpected and go in with an attitude of extreme tolerance. Whether it's wet feet, a smelly neighbor, bad climate control or the like, it's not necessarily going to be exactly how we hoped it would. You can still show your best stuff under less than ideal conditions.
The first section of the test, as usual, was the Analysis of an Argument Essay. I took up most of the thirty minutes for this section. I've nothing substantial to report except that I recognized this time around that most of the tools I used to formulate my answer came from my knowledge of assumption-based arguments, which comprise about 20% of the verbal section.
Feet still wet. I can feel my toes turning into prunes.
Next came the newest section of the test – Integrated Reasoning. Again, I took up the whole thirty minutes for this section, though finished feeling fairly confident. As this section has caused a lot of concern amongst prospective test takers, I'd like to share some insights here too: Integrated Reasoning? Know your Quant and Verbal.
Taking the test confirmed once again that 95% of what is needed to perform well on this section comes from the quantitative and verbal sections of the exam. The remainder is the ability to analyze graphics. Reading the information carefully and applying the skills learned to answer other parts of the test is what this really came down to. I'd like to also add that, at present, the significance of this section is still being defined, so this should NOT be a major source of worry for anyone.
My first eight minute break. I chose to get up and walk to the bathroom. Yup, my lower extremities were still no drier than when I had walked into the exam center one and a half hours prior. What to do? Be a master of my environment is what my yoga gurus would tell me. Alrighty then. Let's do this.
Ahh, the beloved quantitative section. I am a math geek at heart so this was the section I was most looking forward to taking on. First four questions seemed quite manageable. Then I got a data sufficiency question that combined negative exponents and inequalities in a way that had me really racking my brain. I went through it as methodically as possible and picked the answer I arrived at with reasonable confidence.
Now we've all learned that this is a computer adaptive exam, meaning that a right answer begets us a harder question, whereas a wrong answer begets us an easier one. After I answered this moderately challenging question, I received what I thought was an easier question to follow. At that point, a voice in my head suggested that I MUST have answered the previous question incorrectly in order to encounter its apparently straightforward successor.
"Stop right there" I said to myself. It was imperative for me to check the impulse to analyze my first few questions. Doing so often undermines test-takers' confidence and provides ample room for distraction. There's an important take away here from my own experience: Don't over-analyze computer adaptive difficulty fluctuation.
On an intellectual level, the reason for difficulty changes not necessarily matching our expectations is simply that our strengths may not vary across all topics in the same way that the mean strengths vary across all topics. Thus, the exam is simply giving a harder question based on this larger sample size and not its assessment of your particular specific strengths and weaknesses – which is quite difficult to resolve. All the test has learned about you is how you've answered a handful of questions.
But forget the intellectual for a second. The point is it doesn't matter. It's water under the bridge. That self-speak may be great in other capacities, but right now the sole purpose is to rock that test to the best of your ability. There's no direction to move in but forward.
"Okay brain," I said to myself, "let's focus on the questions here and stop pondering the inner workings of the GMAT command center."
There were two more questions of note that had me feeling rather challenged. One was a problem solving question that had me multiplying two terms, one including a radical within a radical where none of the radicals were perfect squares (I cover some key insights from this question in this post). The other, towards the very end of the section, had to do with the plot of two circles on a coordinate plane and the equation of a line that formed from the intersection of these two circles at exactly two points. By this time, my mental stamina was wavering a bit. I guessed. Section complete.
Break Number Two. What wet feet? I'm in the zone now. It doesn't matter anymore. This is the home stretch. Soon I'll be warm and dry inside my home. A quick bathroom stop and a cup of water and back I go.
Finally, 75 minutes of verbal begins. It was this section of the test where I most felt that the strategies I'd been learning, and teaching, over the past four years really helped me the most. After seeing a bazillion critical reasoning questions, I've learned enough of their sneaky methods of attack that what would have evaded my radar on past examinations became far more plain for me to see. (Language shifts really come to mind here.) Ditto on the reading comprehension section. The sentence correction questions also came to me with a higher sense of surety. Sure, there were a couple of doozies throughout these sections. But on these, I was usually able to narrow down to the best choices, commit to one and move on.
Finished. I see my unofficial score. I got a 770 – 51 quant and 44 verbal. I'm mostly pleased.
I walk outside the exam center and that rain is still coming down like there's no tomorrow. One last drenching before I get to dry off. But somehow during that four hour period, I'd adapted to an amphibious existence and such things as water no longer seemed a nuisance. I think a swim to my home sounds rather nice actually. Now if I only had a pair of flippers…
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Judge: Triple-murder trial will miss deadline
A note from a member of one of the two juries hearing a triple-murder trial in Suffolk County Court prompted the judge and attorneys to admit the obvious Wednesday: There's no way the case will be done by April 15 as promised.
After five weeks of jury selection followed by five weeks of testimony, Assistant District Attorney Robert Biancavilla finished presenting his 13th witness in the trial of Hasan Vaughan and Thomas Singletary. He said he has 37 more to go.
The defendants, both 36 and of Central Islip, are charged with first-degree murder and arson. They are accused of stabbing, strangling and shooting Louis Calixto Jr., 19; his friend Mykier Daniels, 28; and her sister, Katrice Daniels, 31, before setting the house on fire.
Each defendant has his own jury because their defenses may implicate each other.
After a juror on Vaughn's panel asked about the schedule, Judge James Hudson huddled at the bench with Biancavilla and defense attorneys William Keahon and Daniel Russo.
"I think we need to be honest with the juries," Hudson told them. "We're not going to make the April 15 deadline. Will we be done by the end of the month?"
After an awkward pause, Keahon said, "He's got 37 witnesses left."
Hudson and the attorneys have been frustrated with the difficulties of moving into the same courtroom two defendants who have to be kept separate from each other and two juries that have to be kept apart. Because of daily delays doing that, the trial has never started close to on time.
In a note to Hudson, one juror asked if he'd be able to fulfill work commitments and take a planned vacation in May.
After thanking jurors for sacrificing "months of your time so far," Hudson told them the trial was now expected to end in mid-May.
One juror gasped loudly, and another shook her head. Hudson told jurors to let him know if they couldn't continue.


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Hackathon presentations
At the first GHC Hackathon (Portland 2006), the two Simons gave a number of informal presentations about the internals of GHC. Since they mostly talked around the wiki material in the Commentary, I have tried to attach the videos to the relevant pages. A full list also appears below. Here are some technical details about the video:
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- Video Codec: H.264
- Audio Codec: AAC (MPEG-4)
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Basically, if you have a Mac or Windows (2000 or later) PC with a recent version of iTunes (incorporates QuickTime), then they should stream for you. You may need to wait for 30 seconds or more before they start to play. If you don't have iTunes, then you can download just QuickTime for free from Apple:
The quality of the audio or (particularly) video may not be great. They are intended mostly as a guide to the wiki commentary, so try to make sure you can see the wiki pages side by side with the video, because it may be difficult to make out the visual details otherwise.
- Intro to the Hackathon, purpose of the event (6'47")
- Documentation - general orientation around the wiki (9'01")
- Getting and Building, layout of the source tree, how to set up build.mk (23'43")
- Compilation Pipeline I, and interface files (17'30")
- Abstract Syntax representation, and how it interacts with parser/renamer/typechecker (1hr03')
- Compilation Pipeline II, the backend (10'16")
- Types and Classes internal representation (23'53")
- Specialisation, getting rid of class dictionaries (7'09")
- GHC Core Language internal representation (14'04")
- still lots more to come...


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Learning is often defined as the act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill. Psychologists similarly define learning as a change in behavior due to experience. Either way, learning allows a student to modify his or her behavior to suit a situation and to be more successful – academically and behaviorally.
In my seminar, I will provide a very powerful format for you to follow to develop your own lesson plans for rules and procedures. Teaching to rules and procedures will help your students learn all of the skills they will need to be successful in your classroom.
The first month, first week, and first day of school are critical to classroom management. Successful teachers devote a great deal of time during the first few weeks of school to the careful teaching of rules and routines. Instead of telling and posting, they teach and practice crucial classroom routines just as they would academics. The one hundred eighty school days in a year are made up of routines, procedures, and rules to govern relationships. They set the foundation of a structured environment all children need to learn and all teachers need to teach.
Researchers have long investigated the most common rules and routines addressed by successful teachers at both the elementary and secondary level.
We asked master teachers from around the country to help develop and field test lesson plans for those common rules and routines critical to successful school and classroom functioning. Teaching to expectations is not about trying to form unthinking automatons or youngsters devoid of divergent thought. Quite the opposite. Teaching to rules and procedures will set the stage for structure in your classroom for divergent and creative discovery and learning. Caring can be orderly and structured.
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- Every time we look to the office to solve our own discipline problems, we erode our own credibility with our students. I provide strategies that help teachers take care of their own discipline problems in a fair, mutually respectful manner. Empowering teachers frees the office to deal with other important building matters, and promotes clear boundaries of tolerance and promotes proactive, positive learning environments.
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Academic Technology is a vital part of teaching and learning at Cornell. The Instructional Technology Librarian, Audiovisual Specialist, Technology Peer Consultants, and Audiovisual student workers work to support Cornell students, faculty, and staff through training, purchase of new technologies, and technology support.
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The ATS is an open lab space with machines available on a first-come, first-serve basis; no appointment is necessary to use the computers, scanners or tablets in the studio. For training on any software or hardware in the studio (or on the web), drop-in to talk to a Technology Peer Consultant or make an appointment by emailing email@example.com.
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Don't forget to keep voting for the 2012 MLS All-Star game as the MLS All-Stars host UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea FC on July 25, at PPL Park in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Union's nominees include: goalkeeper Zac MacMath, defender Sheanon Williams, defender Carlos Valdes, midfielder Gabriel Gomez, midfielder Freddy Adu, and forward Lionard Pajoy.
There has been a huge initial response to online and text voting and now voting via Twitter begins on Thursday. Twitter voting will run from noon ET on Thursday, June 21, through 11:59 pm ET on Friday, June 22. The terms for Twitter voting are as follows:
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- A user may vote for multiple players in a tweet; however, a user may not vote for a single player multiple times within one tweet.
- All users must follow @MLS for their votes to be eligible.
Fan voting via online ballot and texting continues, and after 10 days of voting, Dan Kennedy, Aurélien Collin, David Beckham and Chris Wondolowski lead their respective positions.
Fans can vote until July 2 online at MLSsoccer.com and also by texting a player's last name only to 22442. Online and text voting concludes July 2 at 5 pm ET.
The 11 players with the highest combined online, text and Twitter fan votes will become the First XI All-Stars and will be unveiled on Sunday, July 8, at halftime of the Chicago Fire vs. LA Galaxy match. One of those 11 spots is automatically claimed by the player that earns the most text votes.
The gameday roster to face Chelsea on July 25 (8:30 pm ET, ESPN2, TeleFutura, TSN and RDS) will be selected by the All-Star manager from the First XI as voted by fans, two Commissioner's picks and the pool of players who received votes from at two fellow players.
The final squad list will be unveiled on Sunday, July 15, at halftime of the New York Red Bulls vs. Seattle Sounders match.
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Top five defenders: 1. Aurélien Collin, D (SKC) 2. Jay DeMerit, D (VAN) 3. Jámison Olave, D (RSL) 4. Geoff Cameron, D (HOU) 5. Nat Borchers, D (RSL)
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- National Museum of Ghana: learn about Ghanaian culture and history through interesting displays and exhibits.
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: explore this historic building for a look at colonial architecture.
To find out more about the best places to visit in Accra, take a look at our travel guide today and let our experts walk you through the city's best attractions!
What's the best way to get around Accra?
One cost-effective means of transport in Accra is the government-owned bus company State Transport Corporation (STC). The cheap fares and choice of quality make the STC bus services a popular (and safe) option for you. Taxis offer greater flexibility, but you should be prepared to haggle with the driver as foreigners are usually charged more.
What's the weather in Accra?
The warmest month of February has an average temperature of 28°C (82°F), but generally speaking, Accra is hot throughout the year. In fact, the temperature in August, the 'coldest' month, only drops to 24°C (75°F).
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25 °CFriday14/08/2020
26 °CSaturday15/08/2020
26 °CSunday16/08/2020
26 °CMonday17/08/2020
26 °CTuesday18/08/2020
27 °CWednesday19/08/2020
27 °CThursday20/08/2020
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The Principle behind Campaign Finance Regulation
Democratic House leaders apparently have reached a compromise that may bring the DISCLOSE Act to a vote. The National Rifle Association, a group that enjoys some support from House Democrats, objected to the bill's disclosure provisions. DISCLOSE's authors have now agreed to exempt "organizations that have more than 1 million members, have been in existence for more than 10 years, have members in all 50 states, and raise 15 percent or less of their funds from corporations." The National Rifle Association qualifies for the exemption. But you knew that.
I wonder what principle of campaign finance regulation justifies this exemption? Earlier the authors of DISCLOSE said the American people deserve to know who is trying to influence elections. Now it would seem that voters only need information about relatively small, young, geographically‐confined organizations that receive more than 15 percent of their money from corporations.
There is no principle at stake here. The NRA had enough support to stop the DISCLOSE Act. House leaders had to compromise by cutting the NRA a deal, a special exemption from the proposed law. The deal does show, if nothing else, that House Democrats are really worried about new money entering the fall campaign. They are willing to go a long way — even as far as helping the NRA — to make sure other speech funded by businesses and groups is not heard.
Finally, imagine you are a member of a group not exempted from DISCLOSE. You have been treated unequally by Congress. The courts have said Congress can treat you unequally if they show that this exemption for the NRA has a rational relationship to an important government purpose. How does exempting older, bigger, more widespread groups with less than fifteen percent corporate funding help Americans cast an informed vote? Put another way, if the NRA deserves an exemption, doesn't everyone?


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