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"Dexter" is a show on Showtime about a blood splatter analyst who works at the Miami police department by day and kills criminals who escape the justice system by night. The show focuses around his ability, and inability, to balance his life and his true nature. To me, "Dexter" at its best is when the writers take advantage of the darkness of the premise and truly make the viewers feel on edge. "Dexter" can create this suspense by nailing its ability to do black comedy, mostly to the credit of Michael C Hall's great acting. In celebration of these memorably creepy moments as well as the recent announcement of the show getting two more seasons, here are the 5 most contextually disturbing yet hilarious scenes of "Dexter".
5.) "I will not kill my sister"
How often have you wanted to hypothetically hurt your sibling? How often have you wanted to hypothetically hurt your room mate? What if your sibling is your room mate? Good for them as you are most likely not a secret mass murderer with an addiction to killing. Dexter would never hurt Deb, but him repeating "I will not kill my sister" over and over provides a quirky self-awareness to his relationship with her as well as his own true nature as a serial killer.
4.) "Surprise, Mother Fucker! "
Sgt. James Doakes is probably my favourite regular supporting character of the series. This is because he was right on the ball when thought there was something fucked up with Dexter Morgan. His colourful use of profane language and his badass demeanour made him a fun character to watch investigate his colleague. His most famous line that has sprouted many memes online is the classic "surprise mother fucker" quip. The viewer is not aware of his presence, so we are just as surprised as Dexter. In context with the scene, this is the closest Dexter came to getting caught by him in the first season, and it was at the most inconvenient time. Dexter had just rediscovered a key aspect of his past that triggered his psychotic behaviour while searching for his sister, Deb, who had been kidnapped by the Ice Truck Killer.
3.) The Trinity Killer's Introduction
The fourth season started with Arthur Mitchell, The Trinity Killer, killing a young woman in a bathtub. John Lithgow is brilliantly casted as Trinity, twisting the viewers expectations of typically seeing the actor as a family man in "3rd Rock From the Sun" and a singer of songs for children. Despite me giving a slight chuckle at seeing John Lithgow stark nude, there is overall nothing funny about this scene. What's funny is how watching anything with John Lithgow ever again will never be the same after watching this scene. WARNING: This video is chalk full of disturbing content, nudity and blood.
2.) The Trinity Dance
At this point, Dexter knows Arthur Mitchell is a serial killer like himself. Instead of taking him out he tries to learn from The Trinity Killer how to balance a family life with a homicidal hobby. In this scene Trinity takes Dexter, under the alias of Kyle Butler, on a surprise out of town trip. The dance that Trinity does in excitement is something that Dexter would never do. Dexter hides feelings while Trinity lets them flow. The surprise trip is in fact a trip to Trinity's childhood home where his sister was tragically killed. This death scene is something that Trinity recreated in all of his killings. Now, who wouldn't want to dance in excitement to show a new friend this? Also, the online remix's of the scene are also great:
1.) "Deb, I'm the Bay Harbour Butcher"
The main premise of season 2 of Dexter was that his handiwork of human remains had been found in the deep waters that he disposed them in, leading his department to lead a frantic investigation for the serial killer behind it. In the season 2 finale, as the investigation got closer and closer to him, he realized the worst part of it all is that his sister will have to find out about his dark secret some day. This not only is something that is relevant to the season, but the series as well. For myself, Deb finding out about Dexter's secret is the moment I am looking forward to the most in the series.


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Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr E. Huseynli / Azerbaijani Defence Minister, Safar Abiyev, has left today for Brussels to participate in the meeting of the NATO Defence Ministers. According to the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, combating international terrorism will be discussed at the meeting.
Armenian Defence Minister, Mikael Artunyan, has also joined the meeting. Bilateral meetings of Abiyev will take place within the framework of the NATO meeting. As to the meeting between Abiyev and his Armenian counterpart, information is not available.
The meeting of the NATO Defence Ministers will take place on 15 June.
Azerbaijan was cooperating with the North Atlantic alliance from 1994 to 2004 within the framework of the 'Partnership for Peace' program. For the time being, cooperation is held within the framework of the 'Individual Partnership' program.
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The majority of pupils in King's Oak Primary live within the catchment area and do not qualify for free transport.
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Inaugural Show: How Does THAT Work?
Download our first episode "How Does THAT Work?" by right clicking, or left click to play it.
Please join us for our FAQ and introduction show!
We discuss:
"How does THAT work?" meaning, you know, our LIVES.
How did we meet? (Hint: it involves beer)
What is a "Pastor's Wife" versus just the wife of a pastor?
Do we ever, ever, ever write sermons together?
Thanks for listening! Let us know if you have any topics to suggest or any questions that aren't so frequently asked.
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Revs: coming in early 2013
Stay tuned for the Revs podcast, coming in early 2013.
Two reverends who are married to each other talk about life, God, and other stuff. We happen to be part of the Lutheran church and are pastors at The River and Holy Trinity. Upcoming topics include:
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How we prepare sermons (hint: NOT TOGETHER)
Why we prefer to look our food in the eye
Why do our neighbors think we're conservative?
Size matters (of our churches, okay?)
Our take on mega churches
How seminary SO did not prepare us to be small business owners (and what we've learned since then)
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This listing is for a Spectra Applied System Division ReactIR Reaction Analyzer Systems.
* Manufacture Date October 1992
We got these specs from a website, we beleive it is the same system but unsure. Please email or call us with anything you want us to do or check for you. We can also take more pictures if you need them.
site_m_03.gifFully integrated system for continuous, real-time monitoring and analysis of chemical
site_m_03.gifPowerful FT-IR technology yields information on identity and quantity of key reaction
species. Provides reaction trends, end-point, percent conversion, and kinetics with no
site_m_03.gifEasy to use, compact instrument can be used in conjunction with standard lab vessels,
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For further specifications, please visit http://www.sunilina.com/reactir.htm
This is used, but in very good condition. I'm not too familiar with this model. So it did not get fully tested.
Check out the picture for more information. Feel free to ask any questions. WANT TO REACH ME BY PHONE? Feel free to call me (Trent) @ (toll free) or (cell).


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Innovative learning tool for health and social care staff uses 'spaced repetition' technique to enhance retention rate of key concepts.
LONDON, UK, February 8, 2016 – Relias Learning, the global leader in online training solutions for health and social care, today announced a milestone achievement as users of their Relias Learning Management System (RLMS) reached one million BrainSpark responses within the first five months of introduction.
BrainSparks are an exciting innovation based on memory research that applies neuroscience to e-learning to help combat the forgetting curve. After completing a course, learners receive a series of brief, multiple-choice quiz questions via email, spaced over 34 days and designed to boost their long-term memory of key skills learned in the course.
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The adult learning theory behind BrainSparks is based on the idea of 'spaced repetition'. This triggers increased memory retention by enabling the brain to recall information at key times after a concept is first learned. By reinforcing an idea, the concept and information are more likely to be put into practice – especially vital for health and social care professionals.
BrainSparks are sent to clients, free of charge, 2, 4, 6, 30, 32 and 34 days after a course is initially taken. These specific time intervals were developed based on the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, to help strengthen the memory through recall.
BrainSparks re-engage the learner's memory on key topics by creating a 'halo effect' in the brain that improves knowledge retention and job performance. They help move knowledge from short-term memory to long-term retention where it is easier to access and apply on the job.
Dramatic Increase in Engagement
Relias clients were quick to recognise the value of BrainSparks. "We started using BrainSparks and saw a dramatic increase in learner engagement" said Greg Streuly, Training and Instructional Design Specialist for an organisation that provides services to people with physical disabilities. "It's now commonplace for our learners to engage in meaningful conversations about the lessons well after the initial due dates."
BrainSparks were launched in September 2016 and are available free of charge to all Relias Learning clients through the Relias Learning Management System (RLMS).
"We've been thrilled by the level of client adoption to BrainSparks" said Ben Johnson, Chief Product Officer of Relias Learning. "Our goal with any product innovation is to improve the quality of care our clients provide, and the rate at which they've embraced BrainSparks validates our efforts."
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Relias Learning provides an online training solution for over 6,000 providers globally, across the continuum of health and social care, covering both physical and mental health needs. Relias offers unrivalled course content, delivered via a powerful learning management system, for primary, secondary and social care organisations in the UK. Learn more about Relias Learning at www.relias.co.uk
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In an industry like automobile sales and service, responsiveness can easily mean the difference between a service appointment, a large-ticket sale – or a customer taking their business elsewhere. Despite its reputation for meeting and exceeding customer needs, Voss Auto Network was using an aging communications system. The network of dealerships, including eight locations across Ohio, serves over 500 employees. Getting calls even when "walking the lot," quickly retrieving voicemails, and having the ability to easily track missed calls all proved key to taking customer service, sales, and repeat business to the next level.
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Royal Document Destruction is a full service operation, meaning we are much more than a paper shredding company. Our company also specializes in the shredding of excess inventory, outdated, obsolete products and other sensitive materials for your business. We have three, industrial in-house high speed plant shredders with 150 horsepower. These machines are capable of tearing and destroying any type of product at large quantities.
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InformationCan't find the information you're looking for here? Leave your question over at the FAQs and we will answer your question ASAP.
About Tones TCGTones TCG is an Online Trading Card Game focusing mainly on music from anime, Japanese video games and the Vocaloid franchise. The game is free to play, and all you need is time and a place, such as a website or a Dreamwidth journal page, to keep your cards. Members gain cards by playing games on Tones' Dreamwidth community, and by accomplishing tasks in the game.
How to PlayBefore joining Tones TCG, have a webpage or a journal page ready to store your cards. A good card post has a link back to Tones TCG, different sections for your member information (such as your name and the number of cards you have), cards you want to collect, cards which you wish to trade away, your currency, and a card log. Take a look at this sample card post for a starting idea of how you want your own card page to look.
A card log is a record of cards you have received from games and activities, and from trades with other players. Players may decide to have trades recorded separately from cards obtained from games and services.
Each entry in the card log must contain the following:
-Date of trade/Date of prize receipt
-Name of player whom you traded with/Name of game or activity you participated in
-Name of card(s) obtained and traded away/received
This is how a good card log entry would look like:
08 Jun 15
Scratch Round 05: Received closetoyou05, mezase10
Trade: Traded magia09 for secretbase14 with Aletha
Gift: Gave song4u12 to Noxie
About the CardsAt Tones, there are 4 types of decks for players to collect and master - regular, special, puzzle, and event decks. Each deck consists of 16 cards which come in cool, warm or neutral colors.
About CurrencyThere are 4 types of currency, which come in the form of music notes. Players can earn them by submitting accomplishments at services or by playing games. These can then be exchanged for choice cards at the Record Store.
About Music Sheets
Music sheets are trade sheets which Tones players can use to keep track of their trades. They're a little like loyalty cards, only the "points" or notes are earned by trading cards with other players. Make 20 trades to complete a music sheet, and then redeem the music sheet at the Record Store for 2 random cards and 1 random music note.
Feel free to customise your own music sheets with this handy PSD file, or grab some ready-made sheets submitted by other players on the Music Sheet page.
About MasteriesWhen you have collected all 16 cards in a deck, head on down to Greatest Hits to master the deck. Congratulations!
Cards in a mastered deck still count towards your card count, however they cannot be traded to other players.
The rewards for mastering decks are as follows:
About RankingsAt Tones, levels are known as Rankings and are divided into tiers. Players start at Tier 1, and climb their way up the 8 stages to the next tier.
For the first tier, each level is 100 cards. The rewards for leveling up are 1 regular choice card, 2 random cards, and 1 random music note.
For the second tier, each level is 200 cards. The rewards for leveling up are 1 regular choice card, 3 random cards, and 1 random music note.
For the third tier, each level is 300 cards. The rewards for leveling up are 1 regular choice card, 4 random cards, and 1 random music note.
For the fourth tier, each level is 400 cards. The rewards for leveling up are 1 regular choice card, 5 random cards, and 1 random music note.
For the fifth tier, each level is 500 cards. The rewards for leveling up are 1 regular choice card, 6 random cards, and 1 random music note.
After reaching 12000 cards, you will continue to receive 1 regular choice card, 6 random cards, and 1 random music note for every 500 cards, but you will remain at level Instructor V.
A Parting NoteAnd that's the basics for Tones TCG!
Ready to join Tones? We hope to see you at the Interviews page!
Thank you to Ralene for graciously hosting us!


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Weather of the Soul
The weather lately has been cold and stormy. And in my soul I feel that it is not summer at all. The short summer and rain filled days we have had of late are fitting to the weather of my soul. The weather lately has been unpredictable here - warm and cloudy, stormy and thunder-filled, cold and grey. And the emotions of my soul have also been unpredictable. Today it started out overcast and very cold, then it got warm and even a little sunny, then a big storm hit but it passed quickly and now it is warm and cloudy with just a little sun breaking through. My soul also has gone through many changes today. "For above every cloud, every storm, rise up calm, clear, divine, the infinite skies; they embrace the temptest even as the sunshine; by their permission it exists within their boundless peace; therefore it cannot hurt, and must pass away, while there they stand as ever, domed up eternally, lasting, strong, and pure." - George MacDonald
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Read it and tell me.
This has erased the last doubt in my mind over the question,
"Was Stephen Hawking really a mensch?"
Read it and tell me.
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on April 3, 2018
We had a big day today and both of us are beat. However, if you look at the above photo you will see two squiggly lines. The red one on the right points to Atina's "squirrel." She has to have it in order to sleep.
The blue line on the left points to my foot. She is using it for a pillow. This means that I cannot move, or else I will wake up Sleeping Beauty and then what would happen?
What I want to know is why I get all excited about some new Bipolar management strategy that's working, and immediately get rid of one of my drugs. I do that frequently, and frequently pay the price.
For instance, I just started Clonidine for my blood pressure, and it has the side effect of relaxation. I was getting over-sedated from the benzos I take plus the Clonidine, so I decided to start weaning on the benzos because I hate them anyway.
So after a couple of nights of half doses, last night I skipped the lorazepam entirely.
All well and good, I fell asleep just fine. But it turns out the Clonidine has a very short duration of action, so I found myself irritability awake and looking for someone to kill at 4:30 in the morning. Well, the only person I found at that time of the a.m. was me, so I lay in bed till it got light, and then I remembered that someone did me the favor of stealing all my camp furniture yesterday. Kill! Kill!! But I had to wait till the office opened, so I guzzled coffee and planned my angle of attack.
It didn't work any better than the last time I got robbed in that particular campground, which unfortunately has many advantages, which is why I stay there a lot.
Last time, someone stole my one good pair of chinos and six pairs of blue Smartwool socks, only a couple of years old. Fuck, fuck, fuck. That was the find of a lifetime, Smartwool socks in the most lovely shade of blue. I guess somebody else thought that too.
I told the incredibly rude
cunt bitch fuckhead office person about it, and she just sneered at me, so I asked to see the manager, who was very nice and promised to look into it for me but I doubt she will.
I don't know why, but the office staff all treat me like I have leprosy even though I've been paying to stay there intermittently since February. I stay there when it's really cold so I can plug in my little electric heater instead of using the propane furnace, which makes these unholy clicking noises all night. I don't think I do anything weirder than any of the other weird campers. I don't even allow myself to go around having a running conversation with myself like I normally do. I think they're all afraid of my dog, who wouldn't even bite them unless they threatened me, which is one of the reasons I have her. The other reason is that she's sweet, sweet, sweet. Maybe I'm creepy without knowing it. Oh well, I'm paying them, and all they have to do is take my money, so I get to be myself. But I miss my camp furniture and socks.
Tonight I'm in a way over my head expensive and chic campground that is far too near Sedona, which is why. That's OK though, because tomorrow I'm off to the Mogollon Rim. I'll explain more about that later. I can't look down to write anymore tonight. My neck is killing me.
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on April 19, 2016
Listen, I don't pretend to be a perfect practitioner of unconditional love. I wish I was. My loved ones would have had such better lives, had I had any notion of what unconditional love could do.
For example, on July 20 I bought a skinny, sick, fearful dog, for a ridiculous sum of money. I was in a terrifically needy state, having lost my beloved dog Aress to a freak accident. I looked into this pitiful sick doggie's soft brown eyes, paid the sum, and took her home.
It was clear that she had never been in a real house before. OK, I don't really live in a "real house," since I make my home in a fancy van. But it is undeniably a home, and it was clear that she had never been in one. She lived in a kennel outdoors, was taken out to train, and put back in her kennel. From her lamentable condition, it was also clear that nobody had ever paid much attention to her.
In the six or so weeks that I've had her, she's become a sleek, happy pup who loves almost everybody except people she deems untrustworthy. This is her job, and she does it well. She's affectionate to the point of occasional annoyance, since there are things that must be done (according to me), like writing, doing chores, paying bills…but to Atina, these are annoyances to her, for damn the torpedoes, the play must go on!
An old buddy of mine stopped by to camp for a few days (hi, pal, in case you're reading this!). I showed him the picture of Atina when I first got her. You could count her ribs and all her vertebrae, and the bones of her pelvis stood out like a sick cow's. Her coat was dull and ratty: so much so that I had her tested for mange.
My friend asked me how I had managed to rehabilitate her into the sleek, happy girl she is today. I shrugged.
"Love," he said quietly. I nodded, tears stinging.
Although he gets furious when I bring up the topic and vigorously denies it, my son is a very high functioning autistic. He learned to speak before the age of one, and before that, he developed his own version of sign language. By 19 months he could count to 19, and by three he could tell you the names of every dinosaur known to man, where they had been discovered, and what they did, their diets, their habitats, and what era they lived in. By four he had taught himself to read and do basic arithmetic via "Reader Rabbit" and "Math Blaster" on our desktop Mac.
On the other hand, he hated anything to do with other children, refused to participate in preschool, and whenever possible isolated himself in corners, absorbed in a book or playing with his plastic dinosaurs or action figures. At three, he was already seeing a child psychologist. We managed to get through private kindergarten in five-minute segments. If he cooperated and sat in the circle with the rest of the children for five minutes, he got to go to his corner and be alone for fifteen minutes. Later in the year he discovered the school office and became enamored with the laminating machine, so he became more motivated to sit for five minutes so that he could run to the office and laminate for fifteen.
First grade was a bust, as far as the teacher was concerned. We enrolled him in a progressive Quaker school: small class size, emphasis on art and music, compassionate teachers–what could be better? Nothing, I guess. Literally nothing. My son staidly refused to cooperate with anything whatsoever. His teacher, a caring and earnest young man, could not get him to do anything. He retreated to a corner and refused to come out. Somehow he managed to ace all the tests, though. But he would not come out of his corner, nor would he speak a word. The teacher called me on a weekly basis.
"He refuses to participate. What shall I do?"
I was busy, harried, frustrated and sleep deprived, so my stock answer was, "You're his teacher. YOU find a way."
This did not work.
Finally I had a brainstorm: "Make him the class scribe. Give him a tape recorder, and have him sit just outside the class circle and record everything. This way he'll feel like he's got an important job and is not simply one of the (muggles, but that word had not yet been coined by Rowling)."
It worked. We managed to make it through first grade without any further conflict.
In later years, I experienced what happened when I tried to force my son into anxiety-producing behaviors using negative consequences. He either withdrew, or else he simply sat down on the floor and crossed his arms, earning him the nickname "Sitting Bull". When he got older, he became threatening and intimidating. I was not about to knuckle under, so I upped the ante, and so did he. Soon a full-blown war was in progress.
Now, I don't believe in accepting bad behavior, not even from a "special" child. But there are ways, and then there are ways.
My moment of epiphany dawned upon reading Karen Pryor's amazing book, Don't Shoot the Dog. Pryor was the head porpoise and Killer Whale trainer at Sea World for many years. Now, you can't make a large sea mammal do anything it doesn't want to do. You have to make doing the desired behavior so attractive, that said mammal would rather do it than just swim around and play, like porpoises like to do. You have to make it fun to do what you want them to do.
Pryor's book, as its title implies, carries this philosophy over to dog training. At the time her book was published, most dog training was based on negative reinforcement: You don't do what I want, you get your neck jerked, you get yelled at, you might even get hit with a rolled-up newspaper for doing your business where you're not supposed to.
Pryor applied what she had learned as a sea-mammal trainer to dog training. Thus, lucky dogs found out that doing the desired behavior resulted in treats and praise, while negative behaviors got them…nothing. Ignored. Exactly what a social mammal desperately does not want.
Of course, psychology students already knew this from getting rats to do things that humans had a hard time with, by simply having a tasty treat at the end of the maze. But applying methods that worked with "lower life forms" to humans? How insulting. Humans ought to just know that what they were doing was good or bad. Adam and Eve, right? Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, and stuff like that.
The Behaviorist School of Psychology, pioneered by B.F. Skinner, showed that positive behaviors rewarded with positive reinforcement produced more positive behaviors, while negative reinforcement inhibited negative behaviors. A third strategy was called "extinguishment." You do what I want, you get left alone to do what you want. You don't do what I want…nothing. The behavior "extinguishes," for want of reaction. In many cases this worked better than negative consequences such as electric shocks. (N.B.: a rumor somehow began that Skinner experimented on his own child by placing her in a "sensory deprivation" cage. This is not true.)
Pryor capitalized on Skinner's Behaviorist School of psychology and its "behavior shaping" model in her sea mammal training program. She then morphed it over to dog training…and concluded her book with a chapter on shaping the behavior of humans.
I can't say that I ever mastered behavior shaping, either in dogs or in humans, but I have tried to incorporate it, when I remember.
What I've learned through the years, though, is to assimilate and practice the art of "Love the person, even if you hate the behavior."
I have always loved my son, completely and passionately, even when I was dodging head-butts when bear-hugging him through an autistic melt-down, or once again leaving a cart full of groceries in the checkout line when all those people were just too much for him, or agonizing through the time he was in and out of countless outpatient and inpatient addiction programs as a teenager, or sitting up nights worrying when his stepmother threw him out and he lived in a drug house, on the street, in a homeless shelter, in a psychiatric ward zombied out on legal drugs.
Finally he got arrested, and this was my chance to save his life. I called the judge, whom I knew from my work with the court system (yes, this was taking advantage of my position), and begged him to remand my son to long-term inpatient care. The judge reprimanded me for calling him, but honored my request.
After a long period of searching, we found the perfect place. The students were held to a strict policy of personal accountability. Positive behaviors were rewarded with increased privileges; breaches of the rules resulted in suspension of free time, which was instead spent writing a paper examining the undesirable behavior, why the kid did it, what the internal meaning of the behavior was, and why this was counterproductive to the kid's development as a productive, independent, successful individual. The student then presented the paper to a mentor, who helped process the ideas and helped the kid internalize them. There was still a consequence in terms of loss of privileges for a finite period, and a defined way to regain the lost privileges.
In this way the teens learned that self-determined productive behaviors resulted in more freedoms. In addition to these interventions, the kids had daily group therapy, thrice-weekly individual therapy, a staff mentor who was always available for processing issues, family therapy monthly, and many other interventions. It turned many lives around. It gave my son tools that he is still using, ten years later.
For me, it reinforced that the power of unconditional love moves mountains and saves lives.
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on September 27, 2015
Sigh. More and more and more, for this huge brave soul that enlivens the body of my sweet Atina.
As if everything else wasn't enough, she's begun having signs of pancreatic failure: ravenous appetite, horrendous huge nauseating stinking greasy poops that look like, if you measured them, about the same volume as what she took in.
I know these signs well, having dealt with something similar myself over the course of several years. Rapid weight loss and malnourishment are the predictable results.
So I took her to the hospital, with the plan of explaining all this to her surgeon, and my extreme hesitation to perform surgery based on my concerns of her inability to absorb nutrients merely for her maintenance needs, let alone the 200% of basic needs that the body requires for healing after major surgery.
But as fortune would have it, her internal medicine resident showed up to check in with us prior to surgery; and after a good deal of putting our heads together about it, decided to call off the surgery (whew!) and do an impromptu clinic visit instead.
A good thing on many levels.
Atina's blood pressure was higher than it was two weeks ago, which is bad news about her kidney function. A bunch of blood was drawn again, basic kidney function tests plus a battery of pancreatic function tests that get sent out to somewhere.
I have been kicking and screaming about just going ahead and starting pancreatic enzymes after drawing the test. I don't see why she should be left to lose even more of her body by pooping it out, for the sake of academic "correctness." I'm thinking about this.
She did get a prescription for a medicine that will control bacterial overgrowth in the intestine, and I know from my own experience that that alone will help reduce stool volume. But it doesn't do a damn thing to assist nutrient absorption.
Believe me, I will not let this thing rest for long. A couple days, maybe. We have a recheck appointment on Friday, and might make it that long, but if I see things deteriorating even a hair's breadth between now and then I am going to make a LOT of noise.
All of this is adding up to autoimmune disease, in my own medical mind. A lousy prognosis. One lousy prognosis on top of another.
I'm looking for silver linings here.
One is that my sweet Atina has become very cuddly and snuggly–leaving my arms and legs covered with gaudy blotches, since I bleed at the slightest contact with tooth or claw; and my sweet Atina is all teeth and claws, like any healthy adolescent.
Unfortunately, the very fact that she is being so clingy is a sign that she is not feeling well. Most healthy adolescents are busy testing limits, and snuggling with Mom is the last thing on their minds.
But I treasure these moments of puppy love, and only say "OUCH!" when badly bitten, or if flailing paws with claws come way too close to my eye.
And then there is Colorado.
There is no endpoint in sight yet, so Colorado it is, and will be, until then next thing happens. Fact is, I like Colorado a lot. You can find pretty much any kind of terrain you can imagine here. There are a lot of natural and man-made geologic features that are unique and breathtaking. The flowers, the wildlife, canyons, mountains, rivers, glaciers, everything.
I guess I'll go ahead and put in to become a resident, since I seem to live here. I did want to winter in Arizona, mostly because mixing winter with an RV can get complicated. But I've learned a lot of other stuff, so I can learn that too, if the rest of me holds up.
I like the idea that if I need some botanical medicine to treat my nerve pain, I can just waltz into the dispensary of my choice and buy some. I don't use that much, but in the surrounding states if you don't have a medical card from that state, possessing ANY amount of the Herb will get you busted. I don't think I could deal with getting busted, so I'll stay legal.
And wait.
I've been entrusted with the love and care of this beautiful soul, so I will let her be my guide, and my guardian. Ours is a bond of perfect faith. How many of us ever find that in life?
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on September 8, 2015
This amazing Freestyle dance will make you smile….it made me cry, because the love relationship between the trainer and her dog is so strong and so sweet (plus I'm a little depressed, so anything makes me cry)….enjoy!
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on February 18, 2015
Dearest Readers, how can I ever hope to express my gratitude for the love and support you have given me during these hard times? Truly, I don't know what I would do without you. Your words of comfort and encouragement have soothed my soul. The stories of your own experiences with your aged parents have encouraged and strengthened me.
May you all be blessed with healing according to your needs, peace of mind, and good friends–whether "in the flesh" or here, in our wonderful Mental Health Blogger community (and everybody else too)!
Much love,
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on February 13, 2014
How convenient. I was looking for an excuse to tell this story, and WP must have felt the vibe and fed me the question at just the right moment.
I have been hard at work writing the life story of Mighty Mouth, the Most Unconventional Kitten. He was a real kitten, born on my horse farm, and he was born to a life of adventure. He announced his entry into the world the moment his black-and-white head emerged, toothless pink mouth open and yowling, even before the rest of his body was born. His ear-splitting howls brought the farm hands running to the empty box stall his mother had wisely chosen as her labor-and-delivery room.
Mouthie had what to say about everything and anything, and kept up a continuous editorial regarding his opinions of barn life. Wherever you were in the barn, you could hear his conversational meow-ings and yowings. I don't know why his mother did not eat him out of desperation. I do believe he got the best of her teats, though, because he became quite portly, certainly a maternal effort to shut him up.
May lengthened into August and hay season was ending, and the kittens had grown out of their box stall nursery and were up to every kind of mischief in the barn. One got run over by the manure spreader, and its eye popped out and the driver of the manure spreader had to throw up. Another got squashed between two fifty-pound bales of hay, and just barely survived after we heard a muffled frantic mewing issuing from the hay mow.
And then there was Mouthie. One early morning my son rushed in from doing his barn chores: "Mom, mom! Mouthie's been stepped on!" And he threw up in the bin. He was an easy thrower-upper, in those days.
After I got him cleaned up, I sat him down at the kitchen table.
"What do you mean, Mouthie's been stepped on?"
"I went into Airhead the Thoroughbred's stall, and there he was lying on the floor, with a hoof-print on his hind leg, and it's broken!"
"Oh dear! What did you do about it?"
"Well, I know you shouldn't move an injured person, and an animal might bite you (here my heart swells with pride at my son who remembers what his emergency physician mother has taught him), so I caught Airhead's halter and tied her up so she can't step on him again."
"What great thinking! I am so proud of you." Big hug, even if he does still smell like throw-up.
We tromp back out to the barn to assess the damages. Airhead, tied to the ring at her grain bin, shows us the whites of her eyes as she tries to shy but can't because she's tied up. I smirk privately. I only tolerate that horse because she is a paying guest, one of our 32 equine boarders.
At the opposite side of the 12-foot box stall, Mouthie makes a pitiful sight lying squashed in the sawdust bedding, alternately muttering a stream of sad commentary and giving forth heartbreaking yowls of pain. We approach carefully, talking to him reassuringly, thus:
"Hi, Mouthie, it's just us, it's OK, we're here now, you'll be all right," and so on. Mouthie looked tragic and kept up his end of the conversation while I gingerly examined him.
His leg was badly broken, but I could find no evidence of lethal injury, so with the help of my son I slid him onto a board, secured him with a light wrapping of sack cloth, loaded him gently onto the back seat of the Suburban with my son next to him, so he would have someone to talk to, and drove 50 miles to the nearest vet.
The X-ray showed a bad spiral fracture of the femur, very unstable. It would never heal on its own. Needed surgery: steel plates, pins, that sort of thing. Estimated cost $1200. I have to think about this. Twelve hundred dollars to fix a barn kitten that might get run over by the manure spreader as soon as it was up and about again…this was sticker shock.
But it wasn't just any old barn kitten; it was our Mighty Mouth, the Mouth that Roared, and did we want to make an executive decision to extinguish his bright little life just because it cost a gazillion dollars? No, we didn't. But there would be compromise.
"OK, fix it," I told the vet firmly. "And while he's under, just declaw him, and neuter him too. He's going to be our indoor house cat, and he's never going outside again." The vet heartily agreed, and we left, to return for our Mouthie in two days, all fixed and new.
Mouthie never forgave me for that. His paws were sore for weeks, and he licked his missing testicles until I had to take him back to the vet to do something about the resulting infection. He gave me so many reproachful looks and yowling lectures that I wondered if I had made the right decision. At last I pulled myself out from under the black cloud of guilt and said, "Listen, guy, if it hadn't been for me you would have died a slow and painful death on the barn floor. Now what do you think of that?" Mouthie subsided.
Not long after these adventures, it came time to move to the American Southwest. Decisions had to be made regarding which of our menagerie would come with us, and which would stay on the farm with its new owners, and which would go to new homes. Of course Mouthie came with us. There was never any question about that. He rode in the Suburban, talking on the CB radio the whole way.
Our new house had a pleasant patio out back, and a fenced yard, and behind that, a two-acre paddock with a nice small barn for the four horses we had brought with us. Mouthie stationed himself at the glass slider that looked out on this idyllic scene, and muttered and yowled about how I had ruined his life by forcing him into a role he was not meant for, i.e., house cat, and he would rather have died on the barn floor, etc., etc.; eventually I lost my resolve and opened the sliding door. He waltzed out victorious and hopped up into the patio chair he had been eyeing, and curled up on the seat for a nap.
I shrugged and went back to making lunch. The next thing, the kids came running in yelling "Mouthie's outside! He's up in the apricot tree!" Outside, yes. Tree?? I ran out into the back yard and followed their pointing fingers. Good grief, there he was, curled up in the crotch of the tree! How did he get there without claws? Over the next months he was to show us that, apart from the joys of destroying furniture, cats can do very well without their claws.
And then one day Mouthie disappeared. I let him out in the morning and watched him rolling around on the warm patio stones, having a nice back scratch, and I went to work. When I got home that night he was not there, nor did he appear on any of the subsequent days. Oh well, I thought; coyotes one, cats zero. I was sad; the kids were sadder; but we were all philosophical about the hazards of life on this planet, and soon stopped thinking about Mouthie.
Months later I was riding Joe Crow, my Peruvian Paso, up in the old abandoned orchard that was an easy ride from our back yard. We rode there several times a week, and knew every inch of the place. There was a fox's den on the southern border of the orchard. I never saw any sign of activity around it, and assumed it was abandoned like the orchard.
On this day, as Joe and I approached the fox den, I blinked, rubbed my eyes, and blinked again. There were two animal figures sitting in the opening of the fox den. One of them was a red fox. The other was Mouthie. I thought perhaps some of the mind-bending drugs I had soaked my brain with in the '60's were coming back around for another whack at the old squash.
I "whoah'd" Joe to a stop and watched his face for clues. If I was tripping, then the horse would not react to my hallucination. But Joe pricked his ears, extended his neck and whinnied to his old buddy. Mouthie responded with a friendly yowl. His foxy friend turned, and giving us a wink over his shoulder, strolled side by side with Mouthie into the den.
If that had been the sole sighting of this odd couple, I would have chalked it up to Southwestern magic, or a waking dream, or somehow explained it away. But I saw them twice more, sitting together in the arch of the fox den, surrounded by an air of a serene love: the love of two ancient souls reunited, having somehow found each other against unimaginable odds. Time, distance, and form itself had not succeeded in keeping these soul mates from finding each other.
I cried. How many hardships do souls have to pass through, how many agonies and ministering angels, before they finally find their resting place? The aura of content surrounding these two unlikely lovers filled the orchard like the heart-breakingly sweet fragrance of apple blossoms.
I never saw them again.
Posted by Laura P. Schulman, MD, MA on May 14, 2013


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Obituary of Gary Wayne Sorrells
Gary, affectionately known as "Big Daddy" to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, went to his heavenly home on July 4, 2019, at 73 years young.
Gary was born July 10, 1945 in Pittsburg, Texas, to Rachel and Billy Sorrells. Growing up, he lived in Houston, Gladewater, and Liberty City, Texas. After moving to Liberty City, he attended Sabine High School where he was quarterback of the football team and his senior year, he was a member of the State Champion Golf Team. After graduating high school in 1964, he attended the University of Houston where he earned a Chemical Engineering degree. Before his retirement, Gary worked for many years in the refining industry.
Gary's career took him to many cities and countries throughout his life. He was an avid golfer and loved being a member of the Eagle's Bluff Country Club in Bullard. He loved to travel with his family to Destin, Florida. He was also a proud member of the Southside Baptist Church in Tyler.
At the age of 64, Gary was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but always maintained a gentle and kind spirit.
Gary is survived by his wife of 26 years, Sandra "Sandie" Sorrells; his mother, Rachel Sorrells of Tyler; sister, Debbie Kemp of Winters, Texas; daughters, Gay Lynne Sorrells of Lake Charles, LA, and Penney Christian and husband, Chris of Georgetown, Texas; son, David Sorrells and wife, Heidi of Lake Charles, LA; step-sons, Preston Jensen and wife, Christine of Baton Rouge, LA, and Royce Jensen and wife, Tori of Des Allemands, LA. His grandchildren include: Hayley Naverette, Amber Keyes, Kendall Stanley, Sydnee Stanley, Jacob Bryan, Kaia Sorrells, Kaenon Sorrells, Melah Jensen, Campbell Christian, and Kashton Sorrells. He was also blessed with seven great-grandchildren.
Gary was proceeded in death by his father, Billy Wayne Sorrells of Bullard.
A Celebration of Life for Gary will take place 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the Ebenezer Friendship Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Pittsburg, Texas. Prior to the Celebration of Life there will be a private family graveside service at 10:00 am. We are encouraging causal and comfortable attire.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his name can be made to the Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County Make a Donation, 211 Winchester Drive, Tyler, TX 75701, 903.509.8323.
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BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPEIl OP NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND .SOUTHEAST MISSOURI VOL. XLVIII—NO. 107 Blytheville Courier Blyiheville Daily News Mississippi Valley Leader BlyUicville Herald BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1952 FOURTEEN PAGES SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS For 3rd Time, Mercury Zips to 109 For the third time this year. Ihe mercury here skyrocketed yesterday to the 22-year record high of 109 degrees. H was also the second day in a row that the temperature here reached this sizzling high. And the Weather Bureau forecast held no hope for relief. A few scattered thundcrshower.s were predicted, but no lasting coolness. Yesterday was (he third consecutive day thai the temperature here reached or topped the 108- degree mark. Saturday's 108-degree high equalled the mark recorded here July 12, 1930, which is now a second-place figure for the 22-year period. No Weather Bureau records for this area exist prior to 1930. 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Other temperatures yesterday were Searcy and Brinkley. 100; StutLgnrl, 108; Wilson, Para};uuLd and Newport, 101; Jone.slwro, Batesville nnd Corning, 100; Arkrutelphia, 105; Little RoL'k, 104; Pine Bluff. 103; Ft. Smith, Hot Springs ami Portland. 102; N.^hville. 101. and Flippin, Dardanelte and El Dorado, 100. Democrats Return To Jobs; Two GOP's Turn to Campaign By The Assoicatcd Press The Democratic national ticket—Gov. Acltni Stevenson and Sea. John J. Spai'kman—went back to work today on jobs interrupted Jast week before the party picked nominees l^'or president and vice president. V The Democratic national ticket* • : — Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. John J. Sparkmnn — went back to work today on jobs interrupted last week before the party picked nominees for president and vice president. The Republican ticket — Gen. D wight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Richard M. Nixon — went ahead election campaign. Nominated by the GOP two weeks earlier, they were that much ahead of the Democrats in mapping political strategy. About 25,000 people gathered around Stevenson yesterday as he returned to Springfield, the Illinois capital. In a. brief speech in front of the Courthouse, he thanked Firsi Open Cotton Boll in Mississippi County Is Reported The first open cotton boll of the current season in Mississippi County was reported to the Cjur- ier News yesterday afternoon. Brought in by Russell Rialcs, the boll v.'as from the farm ol" C, R. Ferguson one mile west of Kci- ser. The open ijoll was one of several found in a 300-acre plot which was planted April 3 'with second- year Empire variety seed. Mr. RiaLes said the cotton in this field was "green nnd wn'sL high." them for their good weill and promised to work hard for election to the presidency. Then he went to the governor's mansion to answer mail and catch up on his work as governor for the next few days. Sparkman, too, had a rousing reception on a limited scale as he returned to Washington to clean up his desk as senator from Ala- See POLITICS on Page 11 Weather McMath's 3rd Term Bid Now in Voters' Hands 882 Vote in Primary Here Prior to Noon A total o£ 882 Blylheville voters wenl to the polls before noon today ax the Democratic preferential primary here tjol under way with seven ballot contests hanging in the balance. With virtually no candidate within eai'sliol conceding any possibil- Arkansas forecast: Partly cloudy widely scattered thundershowern this afternoon and in southeas portion this afternoon and tonight. Missouri forecast: Partly cloud; this afternoon and tonight, will scattered thundershowers nortneas and extreme north portion t!iis afternoon and northeast portion tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy, warmer southwest- and extreme south, low tonight 60s north to near 70s south; high Wednesday 80-85' northeast to the 90s southwest. Minimum this morning—78. Maximum yesterday—109. Sunset today—7:03. Sunrise tomorrow—5:09. Precipitation 24 hours to T a.m. —none. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 —21.97. Mean temperature (midway between high and low)—935. Normal mean temperatures for July—Si.5. This Date Last Year Minimum this morning—74. Maximum yesterday—95. Precinitp lion January 1 to (k. VI ate—29.37. Objects'Fill Air )ver U.S. Capital Radar Discloses Bui Airliner Fails To Find Anything; 'Saucer' Experts Called WASHINGTON LTi — Radar showed the air over the nation's capital was full of flying objects early today, but an airliner directed to one of the radar sightings could not find a thing, The Civil Aeronautics Administration radar at Washington National Airport, which reported scores of sightings from 12:eO to 4 a. m,, refrained from transmitting Us findings to the air^force at nearby Andrews Field because "no visual sightings were made." The air force said its Andrews Field radar showed nothing, and its 24-hour jet-interceptor patrol remained on the ground because it was not notified of the national airport sightings. Meanwhile, the air force announced it had brought some of its "flying saucer" experts from Wright - Patterson Field, Daylon, O., for a news conference nt 2 P- HI. H indicated they had nothing new .o report but would answer ques- Sce SAUCERS on Page 14 Jaycees Name Committees 'Gathings Day' Chairman Picked Committees and committee chair- ine n f o r 1952 -53 act iv i t ie.s wen named by the Junior Chamber o Commerce last niRht at a meeting in the Jaycee club house. During tiie . business meeting State President Charles Moore Blytheville presented the club wif.l a plaque marking the second-plac award in public relations won b the club at the state convention. Member-i of the- Jaycees Midget League team were guests last night and saw a film on baseball entitled "Play Ball- Son." Moving pictures of the Jaycee team taken by .Dr. "anic: C. Gif-jr* also were, shown. ' Roland Bishop was named chairman of a committee to nandle the Jaycees participation in the "Took Gathings Appreciation Day" to be held at Walker Park here Aug. 20 by Blythevtlle civic club, E)r. Guard and H. L. Halsell. Jr , were appointed to a weIcotiling conimittee for the event. Committees appointed last night and their chairmen follow: Budget and finance, James Gardner; tx tension, Charles Moore; ho use, Emery Fra nc is; p ersonnel and membership, Larry Katz; photographs, Richard Faught; playground, J. T. Sudbury: program, H, L. Halsell/Jr.; public relations and publicity, Eds^l Harber; publics- See JAYCKES on Page V. OF A. HEAD SPEAKS HERE—Dr. John Tyler CaldwcU (left) president of the University of Arkansas, converses with H. C. Knappenberger, manager of the Mississippi County Electric Co-Operative, before delivering his address at the annual gathering of the co-operative's membership at Walker Park yesterday. Dr. Caldwell's speech highlighted (he half-day activities at the gathering. (Courier News i'hoto) U.A. Head Tells REA Members— Modern Farming Ups Need for Education Dr. John Tyler Caldwell, president of the University of Arkansas yesterday called on approximately 1,000 members of the County Electric Co-OperaLive to further their supirort of education li Arkansas thereby "help free the coming generations from the limitation of economy." Spe»king at the annual of the; Mississippi County Co-Onerative <REA> at Navy Probe Is 'Hush-Hush'— Fiery Object Streaks Florida Skies KEY WEST, Fla. f/P>— Navy officials said today "were investigating thoroughly" reports of a fiery object that streaked across the sky at 8:45 p,m. Saturday. The USS Greenwood, a destroyer escort, was sent to seat but officers would not elaborate. Hundreds of sailors reported seeing the object Saturday night while watching an outdoor movie One witness described it as a 40- foot long solid white tight 200:13- inp across the sky from north to south. He said it made no sound "There may be something to IV ' said n Navy officer, "but It's fo hush-hu.sh there nren't many ol us'who knows anything." meeting Electric Walker Park, Dr. Calri\vcll cited the part education and the Universlt? of Arkansas have played in the £; "rWtli nf mode vi^ i\'*v. a^trir n Arkansas, saying: . . •*'• "The University of Arknrwtis'-is A-onderfuI institution but we need morn money if we are to continue our fight to help coming generations from the limitations of economy." Dr. Caldwell cited further the modern farming methods, the mechanization of the cotton industry and the new weed nnd grass killers which "gradually are taking hoe from hand/' but lie warned that "this new kind of world in whicli you farmers arc living can not run on s two-hit education. "The coming of the of our farm changes, weed killer chemicals nnd machinery to do (he jobs on your farms means that educational your state is bcin^ called on to "fill out laboratories with the right kind of men and women needed to keep .up with the growth of agriculture ami to help free you and your children from nil the burdens and hardships of farming." Continuing Revolution "The United States," he said "holds a unique place in human history. We have carried on and are continuing to carry on a continual revolution. A revolution that goes on in the hearts of individuals i agiiinst some of the age-old burdens of human existence. "We are revolting agnim-t poverty. See HKA on I'age M Night Blaze Razes Empty tjajehouse An empty warehouse building North Highway 61 was dr^troyc early Hiis morning by fire. The or gin has not been determined. The building was owned by tl Arkansas" Ice Company and formerly housed one of the City Ice Company's two plants. A,isi:;tant Fire Chief Horace Wal- lc said that the fire was reported at 3:30 a.m. and the blaze hud made a good lieitiiwuy by '.be Umo fire- 1 Inside Today's Courier News . . . Or a ml jury to probe story if bought furlough for Tuck Ulshop . . . The Mfc of Adlai >li'V(*nsnii . . . rage 3, . . Sjinrls . . . 1'aRC 6. . . Markets . . . Puce 14. . . Society . . . 1'iiKc 5, K/wan/s Club 'Newsboys' To Aid Youths Blythcvllle Klwaulnns turn newsboys tomorrow for the benefit of crippled and 'underprivileged children. Members of the Blytheville Ki- wanls Clubs will sell copies of the Courier News in downtown Blythuviili: tomorrow afternoon with all proceeds from the sales to go to their underprivileged and crippled children's work fund. There's Just one catch to this project. The Klwniilans aren't- golng to usk Hie usual price of five cents per copy for Wednesday's edition of the Courier. They're comp to ask for the purchaser to give as much as he can The Kiwanis "newsboys " will work between the hours of 2 p.m, and G p.m. nnd they nave set as their goal $250 from the paper sales. The Courier News Is donating to the r.lub the first 500 papers its memb'or.s sell. Helping underprivileRed tint crippled children is one of the prim my activities o£ the Kiwanis Club. except victory, voters through- it the state went to the noils to ecide or at least cut down the imber of candidates in four slates nd n host of district nnd county ices. With the by-noon balloLUng In lylheville leaning to Hie heavier inn-usual side, the voters hen ad a spirited state senator la ice nnd two others of n IOCEI! mi lire to spur them. Votes wore cast here today fo ;ovcrnor, attorney general, slat' and commissioner. Democrat! ntioiinl committecman, prosecui ng attorney, stale senator a n« :ounty judge. Hy noon, the heaviest balloltin lad been do tic at the Ward Tw rolling place at Blytheville Wnte Co., where 2-18 hud voted. At Gl Motor Co., Ihe other Ward T w lolling pln^ce, SO votes bad bee cast by noon. Next highest, number of vole lad been cast by noon at C i t iiftll, one ot the Ward One pol ng places, where 228 had votec In the past, the City Hall pollln >lace has generally been the bo where most votes were casl b 10on. At Scay Motor Co., otlu Ward Two voters had cast votes, 191 Vote In Ward 3 In the Third Ward, voting noon at the West End Fire Stntii totaled 191 nnd at Moore Brothe Store in the Fourth Ward, a tot of 4H votes hud been cast. By noon during the preferent primary in 1948. G10 ballots had been cast. Some 8,500 Mississippi Count inns voted in the 19-18 prl- mary. There are 15,831 poll tnx receipts held this year by Mississippi County residents, with about 6.000 In Blylhcvillc. Locations of ' two polling places were changed this morning because of the hcaj. The Fourth Ward poll ing pliice wns moved from a frame See KI.KCTION on Page 14 100, men reached the scene. Chief Wnlpolc i>ai(l that the fire apparently broke out in the south portion of the building and spvrnd apidly. "The entire building was! home of his <mn nt Number Nine afire by iho time we sol there and ! insi nicjlit nt the aj;c of Oi>. A4/SSCO Pioneer, Who Wanted To Reach 700, Loses His Fight George Washington Bcckman, the i Hcckmun of Clear Lake and Char! Mississippi County pioneer whose i one ambition was to live tn l>c I lias lo;»l his fitf ley Bcckmnn of Number Nine. At Ihe t he roo f wa s a bout ready t o in,' 1 he .said lime he was inter viewed, about having picked cotton Mr. Bct'knuin died quietly at the j the fall before. Services for Mr. Beckman will be conducted nt 2:30 p.m. tomorrow Lust May, Mr. Bcckman. who helped clear land around the Clear Quick work by firemen, however. Lake and Ro.^a communities in the kept the blaze from spreading. The j car !y part of the century, told n re- buiklin until was not occupied but up ! porter that hir, one ambition was short time ago it has been ] to live to be 100. Had he lived until leased by the Jones Truck Line,- as a warehouse. Firemen answered another alarm rariier last night to 109 V-z South Nov. 23. he would have been 96. Born In Jacksonville, Fla., in 1856, Mr. Beckman brought his family to Arkansas about 1910, For a number Second where a small blaze resulted i of years, he farmed .some levee land in slight damage to the floor and I between Flosu and Clear Lake. 345,OOOVotes Expected to Be Cast in Primary UTTU5 ROCK, Ark. (AP)' —Votora were laming out in orce today for the Democra- c ^referential primary de- pile strength-sapping tem- icrnlurcs near 100 ut'ArkansiiH. The balloting centers aioimd the ot 5-maa race tor (governor, hi- lutling incumbent Sid McMatll. 'iirious slate and county offices !so arc oil the hallot. McMatli's bi<l for a Iradltion- ireaklng Ihtrtl term is being op- >oscd by Atty. Gen. Ike Murry, tcp. Boyd Tncketl, Chancellor Francis Cherry and former Atty. en. Jack Holt. Some 345.000 Arkansans are ex- >cclcd to vote before the polls close ill 0:30 p. m (GST). The claim of six-time slayer Tuck Bishop lhal he bought n 00-day lur- '.ough from the Arkansas penitentiary was brought into the cam- iialBii last night by statements from. McMalh and Murry. McNfnlh termed the charge "ridiculous"; Murry called the convict's claim "one a! many Instance! of rotten racketeering in your stata iovcrnmenl." Veiling Weather Hot The voting weather was expected to keep pace with the red-hot race, with temperatures ranging nround 100 degrees and above Polls will be open Iron: 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ICST). Few observers felt thai the five- way race will be settled today. Most predicted that no one would receive' an outright majority Mid the two top men would oppose each other in a runoll primary Aug. 21. McMnth's two-term record was the major Issue of the campaign. Holt was narrowly nosed out by UcMnlh four years ago and Tactett s a onc-l,3me classmate ol the governor's at the University of Arkansas. The Murry-McMath feud start- id long before either announced for .he present campaign. In which the governor seeks to overcome a "no- ;)ilrd-tc-rm" Arkansas tradition. Interference Charged President Truman's outright Messing of the governor's thlrd- icnn bid earlier this month' was blasted by the other gubernatorial aspirants as "Interference." But after the primary and the run-off—if OT» Li necessary — the Democratic nominee may face a serious threat in the November election. The Arkansas Republicans have nominated Jeff Speck, an Eis- cnltower supporter who polled 50.000 votes against McMalh Jn 1050. Jone.<;boro, Pine Bluff, Ft. Smith, Faycttcvillc nnd El Dorado reported See PRIMARY on Page II wall of a vacant apartment. Chief Walpolc said the fire apparently was caused by a refrigerator motor. The apartment is owned by Fan-is Simon. He had been married 65 years and was the father of 12 children. Until about a year ago Mr. Beckman was fairly active around the iti Holt Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Allen Van Horn, pa-stor o! Woodland Baptist Church Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery In addition to his two sons, he survived by his wife, Dossle Beck- mnn of Number Nine: two other sons, M. Ij, Bcckman of Cardova Ala., iind Henry Bcckman of Luxora: and six daughters. Mrs. J. Richardson nnd Mrs. Ncwtan Ballard of Meridian. Miss.. Mrs. Jeff Naby of Chicago. Mrs. Charley Lonan of Blytlicvlllc, Mrs. Oliver Patterson of Ijii\ora and Mrs. Lester A pony tail looks best on a girl with o nice carriage. S.HU, Preview of BVD Bargains- Shoppers in Blytneville tomorrow will take advantage of these [our which will be offered for 25 cent,', per hox tomorrow. Tire customers bargains, in addition to many others offered tlitough cooperation of tomorrow 'Picture No. 2) will get one tire tree with the purchase ol DIP 85 merchants partiCLpalirtj In Hlythi-villf: Value Days. BVD <1ays are under .spomor.ship of tho Merchant's Division c! Hie Chamber ol Commerce. In Picture No. 1, a name-brand of soap flakes Ls shown ihrre (nuking a couplet'.- .^t of {our UH--I at three-fourths of the price of a full .vet, Hocking chairs, illustrated in Picture No, 3, tegu- lar MO-95 taluc?!. will be solri (or $7,93 each tomorrow. In Picture No. •1, customers inspect A omen's puntici, rcgulai 19 crnt itemA, which will ^11 tomorrow at two for (he prko of our, Auovp me p^l a few ol Ihfi tvpical bargains that sire to be fuund hi UlythevilJe each Wednesday throughout the summer months, whon Blytheville Value Day. 1 - come to town. Entertainment will be provided by the "In The Groove' 1 boyj. See additional picture on Page 14, (Courier N"c\\s Fliulo)
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Internet, music publishing
Germany's music collection society GEMA has said that negotiations with YouTube have broken down, and that the society wants to haul the internet video platform before the arbitration board at the German Patent and Trademark Office. GEMA said that it is appealing to the Board over the alleged unlicensed use of 1,000 music tracks from it's catalogue, and is calling on the Board to decide independently whether its demand for €1.6 million compensation is appropriate. In addition, GEMA is demanding that YouTube take down the on-screen notice blocking music videos in Germany which blames GEMA for the impasse . In November last year, Harald Heker, the head of GEMA, accused YouTube of deliberately misleading German users of the web service with the notice.
The last agreement between GEMA and Youtube expired in March 2009. In a statement GEMA said "Up till January 2013, despite efforts on both sides, no agreement could be found on the question of the service's copyright responsibility for the content put online, nor on the amount of remuneration," adding that on behalf of its music publisher and songwriter members "Therefore GEMA is now taking the first measures to secure appropriate compensation for the copyright holders."
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By Brandon Gillet
For the past eight months, political science student Doug Spencer has spent his days interacting with the National Hockey League (NHL) players and staff of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Spencer has been working as a media relations intern for the Lightning to fulfill the requirements of his final two CO-OP work terms. Clearly, the highlight of his experience was the opportunity to work during the Stanley Cup final alongside the likes of Don Cherry, Mike Emrick of NBC, and TSN sports announcers.
"It was surreal; these are people I grew up watching and now I'm on the same playing field with them," Spencer said. "Because of the position I was in, I was able to interact with them and help them out."
Spencer saw how his CO-OP position related to his political science program when he observed the Lightning's quasi-governmental structure in action, especially when he returned to the club to witness how the entire NHL organization comes into play during the Stanley Cup finals.
"It was definitely beneficial to see how an organisation of that size runs," said Spencer. "How there are so many moving parts and everything has to work together."
One of his political science courses was in qualitative research methods, which taught him techniques he found particularly useful when called upon to write weekly prospect reports for the Lightning and summaries of their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team, the Syracuse Crunch. This put him in regular contact with AHL coaches and managers, as well as their counterparts in the Canadian Hockey League and United States Hockey League.
"Having a good base in research skills and conducting interviews really helped," he said. "I was able to use the skills from that class to write some decent articles, I think."
Although the department to which Spencer was assigned is tasked with day-to-day hockey operations, its members also communicate with the Lightning's other departments. Spencer would see players and senior staff, such as coach Jon Cooper, and even General Manager Steve Yzerman, who he says were always approachable despite their busy schedules. He says that everyone worked well together, which contributed to the club's positive environment.
"One of their slogans is 'Trying to create a world-class environment' and that's the best way to describe my experience there," said Spencer.
Spencer met his future Lightning supervisor in Tampa Bay while playing on the same charity ball-hockey team; they became friends and stayed in touch.
"The CO-OP program was really encouraging us to be mobile, to get out there to expand our horizons, so I asked him if there were any positions with the Lightning as I was looking to do an international CO-OP," said Spencer. "Sure enough, there was a spot in public relations with him."
The position was supposed to be for four months, but the Lightning offered Spencer an extension, which he was able to accommodate by changing his CO-OP sequence.
"I thought 'why not avoid the Ottawa winter and stay in Florida'," Spencer joked.
As fate would have it, the Lightning did not win hockey's most prized trophy this season, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, a fact which does "sting a bit," said Spencer. "But just to get there, and have that be the year I was part of the team, is pretty special."


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Department of Corrections officials do not plan to stop using pepper spray on inmates at a youth prison that has been a target of a number of lawsuits brought by inmates alleging their constitutional rights have been violated by being sprayed excessively.
Instead, the department has developed an expansive plan to reduce its use and reports shorter stays in isolation for inmates have resulted in fewer combative incidents that typically require pepper spray, according to a report filed Tuesday by attorneys representing the state in a federal class-action lawsuit filed by current and former inmates.
The report comes weeks after prison officials told U.S. District Judge James Peterson, who is presiding over the case, that "significant unrest" among inmates at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls in Irma was hampering the state's efforts to make changes ordered by Peterson.
In July, Peterson ordered DOC officials to stop keeping inmates at the prison in solitary confinement cells for weeks at a time and to dramatically reduce or eliminate using pepper spray and restraints on inmates.
Since that order, which limited inmates' stays in isolation to seven days, some of the most common types of incidents at the prison to prompt guards to use pepper spray on the inmates to manage behavior has lessened, according to the report.
The new report outlines ways DOC is seeking to reduce its practice of using pepper spray on inmates in response to Peterson's request that the department by Tuesday present a plan "to further reduce or eliminate any remaining use of chemical agents."
It also comes just a few weeks after inmates who filed the lawsuit told Peterson that the use of pepper spray had not lessened since the order and instead had actually increased in the weeks following. DOC responded by saying unrest among inmates had hurt its ability to comply with Peterson's order to curb the practices.
In recent weeks, prison staff have also reported more assaults from inmates who are not restrained and say inmates feel emboldened by the court order, resulting in an increasingly chaotic and unsafe environment.
DOC attorneys in the report credit the new approach to managing behavior to fewer times inmates refuse directives to stop abusing prison property in an unsafe manner — such as covering up cameras or windows — and fewer inmates holding their arms out of their cells' trap doors.
The attorneys also noted, however, that pepper spray is still used if inmates are aggressive or physically threatening — the type of incidents to which prison staff are now limited to responding with pepper spray by the order.
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According to the report, prison staff have instead created a "more structured schedule of out-time" when they are in the prison's restrictive units, where solitary confinement cells are housed.
Staff also are now using a "trained hands-on escort technique" on inmates who refuse to comply with demands to move, instead of pepper spray, according to the plan.
Prison staff also now are placing inmates who are prone to holding their arms out of cells' trap doors in cells "where they will not impede operations as much." Instead of using pepper spray on the inmates who do this, prison staff now "work around the behavior as much as possible, without giving undue attention to the behavior," such as using a plastic shield to protect guards and inmates when guards pass by.
Other elements of plan
According to DOC, the plan to prevent the use of pepper spray in the future includes:
- Adding new activities to keep inmates busy throughout the day, including basketball tournaments, exercise programs, crafts and evening activities. Prison officials are hiring "Recreation Leader staff" to manage the activities.
- Training staff in crisis intervention, ethics and boundaries, physical force techniques and appropriate use of restraints.
- Creating a team of staff to respond to crisis situations.
- Designating a room where inmates can visit for "reflection, problem resolution, and at times a calm environment to complete school assignments."
- Providing incentives to encourage good behavior.
A new unit also was recently created "to serve the most challenging" inmates by putting them in small groups that remain together throughout the day in a "staff-intensive, highly structured, treatment-rich environment." A guard follows each group and attends all the inmates' classes and group and recreational activities.
DOC attorneys noted they drew their ideas, in part, from a plan developed by the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Justice in 2016 to eliminate the use of pepper spray in its youth prisons.
According to a Jan. 4, 2016 article in the The Oklahoman, the two-year plan included allowing only a supervisor to carry pepper spray after six months; securing pepper spray in a lockbox at one year; and eliminating it completely by 24 months.
DOC officials said in the report, however, that they considered limiting who can carry pepper spray and storing cans of it in lockboxes or away from housing units, but the practices were not adopted because they could prevent guards from using pepper spray when inmates were being violent or harming others.


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Football as a Social Phenomenon
A large number of people sitting in their seats, whistling, tooting and yelling while watching 22 men chase a ball in a field covered in grass. Is this some kind of a strange ritual? At least, it would seem so to a foreigner's eye. Football, as we know it today, has become a global phenomenon. But how, where and when did it emerge?
The origin of modern football
The direct predecessor of this popular sports game is considered to be the Shrovetide football or "mob football" which was played throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. This form of football, being particularly popular in England, was played between neighbouring towns and villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams who tried to move an item such as an inflated pigs bladder to certain geographical points (such as the opponents church). In some English towns (Alnwick, Ashbourne etc.), the tradition of Shrovetide games is still preserved today.
The modern game of football was codified in England in 1863. The Laws of the Game devised by the Football Association created the foundations for the way the sport is played now.
Success factors
So, what are the factors that have turned football into worldwide entertainment, the king of sports?
1. Simple rules. When observing the game for the first time, one need not make much effort to get the hang of it.
2. The feeling of social cohesion. Whether you are watching the game on a stadium or at home in front of the TV set, it is always great fun to comment the match together with your friends.
3. Big stars and large amounts of money. Footie ace David Beckham continues to earn mega bucks. According to...
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