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Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley dies at age 84
Tom Foley, the Spokane judge's son who became speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is dead.
His wife, Heather, confirmed his death Friday morning in an email to seattlepi.com. Foley, who had been in declining health, was 84.
Foley will be remembered as speaker of the House in days when Congress still got things done, but never saw the speaker's chair as his life's greatest honor.
Instead, it was that voters in Eastern Washington chose him for 30 years to represent them in Congress.
Foley stood tall (6'3"), gave straight answers and saw his job as working out society's compromises. He kept at it even as polarized times gave vent to a politics of personal destruction. He would, in 1994, be the first speaker defeated for reelection in 134 years.
"Big Tom" would come back to serve as U.S. ambassador to Japan, calming tensions over Okinawa and smoothing relations between two close allies with very different cultures.
The person who now hold's Foley's seat, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., has literally written the book for GOP colleagues on how to pack town meetings back home and manipulate questions to pre-chosen themes.
Foley never did that. He would show up in Colfax or Asotin or Walla Walla, field questions from all comers. He would not leave until the last wheat farmer with export questions, or high school senior writing a term paper, had received answers.
Foley took his job seriously, but never himself. He could find amusement even in such drag-out battles as forging the bipartisan coalition with which the House approved the North American Free Trade Act.
Others to hold House leadership -- Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay and John Boehner come to mind -- have pursued power like rats in heat. Foley found himself sought out by colleagues for fairness and even temperment.
"There's an awful sense of chance in public life," Foley once said. "It's something that plays a much bigger role than anyone realizes. The other side of that is, you have to take advantage of the chances offered."
Recognition can be fleeting. As a freshman congressman, Foley was once summoned out of a waiting room at Dulles International Airport, with a passenger representative breathlessly saying Lyndon Johnson was on the line. The president suddenly realized that Foley wasn't the guy whose arm he wanted to twist, cussed and hung up the phone.
Foley was the son of Spokane County Superior Court Judge Ralph Foley, his mother part of a pioneer Lincoln County family.
He launched into politics in 1964, taking on entrenched 22-year Republican incumbent Rep. Walt Horan. The young lawyer, an aide to Sen. Henry Jackson, barely made it to the state Capitol to file for Congress.
He established a reputation for civility from the get-go. After upsetting Horan, Foley threw a reception for the man he defeated.
"I am not a suspender-snapper," Foley would joke. He wore a suit even at such events at the Down River Days parade in the remote hamlet of Ione. A local handyman with a cocked eye asked for a word with Foley in Ione.
"Your father once put me in jail," the man told Foley. The congressman cautiously drew a breath, then heard the guy say: "He damned well straightened me out."
A light plane carrying Foley was once forced to make an emergency landing in a cut-over northeast Washington wheat field. As a startled farmer drove up, the immaculately clad congressman climbed out of the plane and extended his hand in a classic politician greeting: "Congressman Foley. Glad to meet you."
Foley was elected to a Congress rigidly ruled by seniority, its committees chaired by conservative Southerners with life tenure.
He quietly worked with a few fellow reformers -- Richard Bolling of Missouri and California's Phil Burton -- to open up and democratize the institution. The arrival of "Watergate babies," a huge crop of Democratic freshmen elected in 1974, provided a path to power.
The House Agriculture Committee was tops in the alphabet. Democrats voted out Chairman W.R. Poage and made Foley chairman. Foley had supported retention of Poage, but found himself with power at the ripe young age of 45.
Foley became a craftsman of food-safety legislation and worked to overhaul the federal food stamp program -- a target, nearly 40 years later, of ultraconservatives in the House.
The "Gentleman from Washington" did not lose his roots, but expanded his reach. He developed a fascination with the cuture of Japan, advocating expansion of U.S. exports rather than slapping tariffs on Japanese goods.
He was a dedicated Anglophile, dressing in Saville Row suits and joining Europe-based, global think outfits (e.g. the Bilderbergers) suspected as world-dominating conspirators by right-wing paranoids back home.
Unheroic virtues -- patience, tolerance, forbearance -- lay behind Foley's rise in Congress, to House Majority Whip, then House Majority Leader and finally Speaker after Jim Wright resigned in a 1989 mini-scandal. He rose by acclamation in the Democratic leadership.
But he acquired a no-nonsense partner in 1969 marrying Heather Strachan, lawyer daughter of a foreign service office, at a ceremony in Sri Lanka. Heather Foley became the unpaid chief of staff to her husband, assuming thankless tasks as a kind of chief administrative officer while her husband worked policy.
Heather Foley loathed the limelight, staying away from the Washington, D.C., receptions that her husband had to attend. Foley was chauffered to work each day. His wife drove to the Capitol in an old blue Cadillac with dog Alice.
Heather Foley had a few close friends, notably celebrity biographer (and Spokane native) Kitty Kelley. The couple became close, lasting friends with Democratic fundraiser Pamela Harriman, who would become U.S. ambassador to France in the Clinton adminsitration.
Heather Foley was and is a person of strong opinions. Once, at a House Democratic Leadership meeting, she asked Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill to put out his cigar. "We tolerate you here," O'Neill snapped, then snuffed out his stogie.
The Foleys were never the easiest fit in conservative Eastern Washington, particularly when a Democratic president was in the White House.
Big Tom was a top committee chairman, but won reelection by a bare 9,000-vote margin in 1978, and barely survived the 1980 Republican landslide in which Ronald Reagan ousted Jimmy Carter.
Foley was faulted by eastern Washington's beleaguered left for not being liberal enough. The Inland Empire Public Lands Council got on him for not supporting enough wilderness preservation.
Still, he guided legislation that created a Hells Canyon National Recreation Area on the Snake River. The bill was bitterly opposed by the Washington Water Power Co., the reactionary Spokane-based utility (now Avista) that wanted to build a 600-foot-high dam in North America's deepest canyon.
Foley anchored his right flank, for many years, as a defender of gun rights and ally of the National Rifle Association.
But a traumatic incident in June of 1994 shook him. A mentally unstable Air Force enlisted man went on a shooting rampage at Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, killing five and wounding 22.
Foley relented. Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, legislation banning the sale of 27 different varieties of semiautomatic assault rifles. (The ban would expire under the Bush administration and was not renewed.)
The National Rifle Association came gunning for him in 1994. It committed $300,000 to defeat Foley: NRA President Charlton Heston came to Seattle for a fund-raiser (he wouldn't travel to Spokane). Foley lost to challenger George Nethercutt by fewer than 4,000 votes.
Foley was a person of intelligence, decency, geniality and -- when occasion demanded -- steeliness.
During the furor over busing to achieve school integration, a sweeping, radical and poorly written anti-busing amendment faced a vote by the House. Members were tempted to vote for it to guard their backsides.
Sitting with Foley at the Monocle, a Capitol Hill watering hole, Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., fretted over which way to vote. Foley assumped full height and boomed: "Norm, you're a lawyer!! You know this is bad law!!! You are going to vote AGAINST this!!!!"
A sheepish Dicks looked around, pointed to Foley, and said: "I listen to my lawyer."
The House could see moments of genuine drama, such as in debates and close votes in the 1980's when the Reagan administration wanted to arm Contra guerillas fighting to topple the Marxist-leaning Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
In booming voice, Foley would close debate for the "No" side. He would be followed, with equal volume and passion, by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Illinois, urging approval of the aid.
The House was still a civil home -- then. Foley and Hyde, two big Irishmen, would walk off the floor, arms slung over each other's shoulders, when it was over.
The two men, Democrat Foley and Republican Hyde, would later join in mounting a successful (but politically costly) federal court challenge to Washington's state initiative that sought to limit members of Congress to three two-year terms.
Foley has been succeeded by House speakers of far less stature, ethics and ability. A telling anecdote:
As Foley was about to become House speaker, in 1989, some Republicans began a whisper campaign that Tom Foley was gay. One GOP operative went so far as to send out a release under the title: "Foley -- Out of the liberal closet."
House Republican Whip Newt Gingrich walked up to Foley on the House floor, and earnestly disclaimed any responsibility. I don't fight that way, Gingrich told Foley.
Foley knew full well that a senior Gingrich aide was spreading the rumors. He held stayed silent. Still, Foley related later, the lie from Gingrich was so brazen that he felt the tingling of blood leaving his face.
The example of a Foley standing tall should be remembered at a time when the House is led by men who could hide in a field of stubble.


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Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate, pro-American Kosovo: "Church in Samodreza turned into public toilet again," from emg.rs, June 11 (thanks to Hugo):
The Orthodox Christina [sic] temple in the village of Samodreza, near Vucitrn, in northern Kosmet, has been desecrated again.
The Kosmet Strategic Network NGO, which gathers 70 Serb organizations of that type, has communicated that few days ago the church was broken into and turned into a public toilet and waste dump.
The attacks on this church have been going on constantly even after the arrival of international forces in 1999, when the sanctity [sic] was burned from inside.
The Strategic Network reminds that in the previous period the Albanian community has, on several occasions, blocked the process of renovation of the church in Samodreza, while some 20 families that used to live in the village have been forcefully expelled.
Bogdanovic condemned desecration of church in Kosmet
Serbian Minister of Kosmet Goran Bogdanovic has severely condemned the desecration of the Orthodox church in the village of Samodreza in Kosmet, and asked for perpetrators to be found and punished immediately.
The desecration of the church prior to the great holiday of St. Vitus day represents a message to the Serbs, i.e. what is the attitude of the local Albanian community and the provincial government towards them, pointed Bogdanovic.
He has added that it has once more been shown that the Kosmet police is unable, and often unwilling, to protect the Serb churches, monasteries and cultural monuments....

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Report: Bad weather, poor vision factors in Rockefeller crash
A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates that visibility factors including "dark, rainy, and foggy" weather conditions contributed to the crash that killed Richard Rockefeller earlier this month.
The report also said the 65-year-old Rockefeller, great-grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, had restrictions to his pilot's license that required him "to wear corrective lenses for distant vision and possess glasses for near vision" while flying.
Rockefeller died in the crash minutes after he took off from Westchester County Airport on June 13, on his way to Portland, Maine. It was less than a day after he made the same trip for a 99th birthday celebration for his father, David.
The report indicates that when asked by the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility inquiring if Rockefeller's plane had taken off or not, a local air traffic controller responded that, "visibility was so low he couldn't tell."
Rockefeller's Piper Meridian single-engine turboprop crashed in the yard of a house on Cottage Avenue in Purchase, N.Y., a hamlet about a mile from New York's border with Greenwich. Rockefeller was the only person on board.
The plane, which narrowly missed a two-story home, collided with trees and terrain before crashing in front of a horse stable where two witnesses gave accounts to investigators.
Examination of the accident site, as well of witness statements, indicates the plane came out of the clouds immediately above trees. The airplane's outboard section of the left wing then struck the first tree, located 60 feet above the ground, and then struck another tree on the inboard section of the same wing.
Witnesses then saw the airplane break apart in a cloud of blue "smoke" that smelled like "diesel" fuel, according to the report.
At the time of the crash the airplane was carrying 60 gallons of Jet-A fuel.
The fuselage had traveled 280 feet down a wreckage path and came to a rest on its left side against a tree. The impact of that crash destroyed the cockpit and instrument panel.
Pieces of trees that where clippes were scattered over the crash site with, a 10-foot length of trunk broken off and carried 50 feet down the wreckage path.
Examination of the site by investigators revealed a strong order of fuel. No evidence of an in-flight or post-impact fire was discovered. All major components of the plane were accounted for.
The plane, which was manufactured in 2001, had recently passed inspection on June 3, 2014, with 1,927 total aircraft hours.
Rockefeller worked as a family physician in Falmouth, Maine. He also practiced and taught medicine in Portland and was involved in a variety of health-related nonprofit activities, according to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
His death impacted the famous family hard at the time.
"It's a terrible tragedy," said Rockefeller family spokesman Fraser Seitel.
Rockefeller held a private certificate that was issued last November and expired on Aug. 1 of this year. He had recorded 5,100 hours of experience on his last medical application.
An engine data acquisition unit and a tablet computer recovered from the wreckage are still being examined by the NTSB.


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1. Trade — An Introduction
Why nations trade and what determines trade's basis and direction. Case studies: IBM's computer production in Japan; Australia's mineral export boom and domestic car production.
2. Protectionism vs. Free Trade
Tariff and nontariff trade barriers and the beneficiaries of protectionism. Case studies: French agricultural subsidies and conflict in the Uruguay Round; voluntary export restraints on Japanese cars into the U.S.
3. Trade Policy
Subsidies, regulatory policies, import-competing, and export-promotion. Case studies: Airbus; the Chilean wine industry.
4. Trade Liberalization and Regional Trade Blocs
Multilateral trade liberalization and preferential trading arrangements. Case studies: the Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; the U.K.'s entry into the EC. Updated 2003.
5. Labor and Capital Mobility
The mobility of capital, labor, and technology, including what drives and inhibits labor migration. Case studies: guest workers in the Netherlands; Mexican immigration to the U.S. and maquiladoras.
6. Multinational Corporations
How capital moves, transfer technology, and the surrounding controversies. Case studies: investment by Ericsson in Hungary; a comparison of Smith-Corona and Brother.
7. Fixed vs. Floating Exchange Rates
The strengths and weaknesses of each type of rate, along with their role as shock absorbers. Case studies: Komatsu vs. Caterpillar; petrodollar recycling in the 1970s.
8. Managing Currencies and Policy Coordination
What motivates governments to manage currencies and coordinate policies. Case studies: the Plaza and Louvre Accords; the cost to the U.K. of joining the European Monetary System.
9. Exchange Rates, Capital Flight, and Hyperinflation
How international capital flows, inflation, and trade flows affect exchange rates. Case studies: Mexico and the money center banks; hyperinflation in Argentina. Updated 2003.
10. Developing Countries
How these nations have been helped or hurt by the rapid growth since WWII. Case studies: comparing South Korea and Sri Lanka; aid vs. trade in Tanzania.
11. Economies in Transition
Transforming former Communist countries into market economies. Case studies: state industries vs. private entrepreneurs in Russia; the
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Transnational pollution and international property rights. Case studies: the U.S.-Mexico agreement on dolphin-safe tuna fishing; trans-national pollution along the Rhine River.
13. The Evolving World Economy
The importance of human capital and the shift away from manufacturing to services and knowledge-intensive industries. Case studies: the rise of East Asia, especially China; Microsoft and U.S. dominance of the software market. Updated 2003.
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In recognition of the celebration of this past Earth Day, New York Power Authority (NYPA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kessel announced a major public-private initiative for the potential development of wind power projects in the New York State waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
In recognition of the celebration of Earth Day, New York Power Authority (NYPA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kessel announced a major public-private initiative for the potential development of wind power projects in the New York State waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
NYPA today released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to initiate efforts to develop offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes. A Request for Proposals (RFP) to examine technical issues related to the viability of such projects is expected to be released before the end of the month.
To carry out the initiative known as the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project, NYPA, with the support of wind power proponents including National Grid, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, state and local environmental organizations, wind power developers and the University of Buffalo, is gathering a wide range of environmental, economic development, technical, financial and other information to serve as the foundation for the possible installation of wind power projects by one or more private wind power developers, sized to a minimum of 120 megawatts.
Governor David A. Paterson said: "We have an opportunity to ensure that New York is the national leader in the growth of the clean energy economy, which will create thousands of jobs across the state. To get there, we must take full advantage of our natural resources, including hydropower, solar, and wind. I have set the goal for New York to meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by 2015. Harnessing the power of wind is critical to achieving that goal and the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project will help us reach it."
This project is in support of a key recommendation made by Governor David A. Paterson's Renewable Energy Task Force to commit to realizing the potential of wind energy by addressing local siting and permitting issues, and conducting studies to address transmission and infrastructure limitations.
Richard Kessel, president and chief executive officer of NYPA, said: "Earth Day provides the perfect moment to launch the largest commercial-scale wind power initiative for the Great Lakes. In recognition of NYPA's commitment to the environment and support of Governor David A. Paterson's '45 by 15' goal, the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project has the promise to bring more clean, renewable energy to upstate homes and businesses, and greater prosperity through wind industry jobs."
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Resonance Of Fate
Frank West, Hsien-Ko and more added to Project X Zone roster
The latest wave of screenshots for Project X Zone have revealed a handful of new characters, including the likes of Dead Rising's Frank West.
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Resonance of Fate dated for March 26 in Europe
Japanese RPG Resonance of Fate will launch in Europe on March 26 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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The four-minute opening to Resonance of Fate has been released in video form, and while not six-minutes long like video Tri-Ace released – it's still rather lengthy.
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Sega's released a new batch of screenshots for Resonance of Fate. Get them below.
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SEGA has released a new Resonance of Fate (End of Eternity) video over on its YouTube page. It shows all sorts of good stuff like character customization, and loads more. While no exact release date has been provided outside of Japan, it hits stores over there January 28. The video is passed the break, and […]
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Sega's announced that End of Eternity will release in Japan in January 28 2010 for PS3 and 360. The game, made in conjunction with tri-Ace, is known as Resonance of Fate in the West. That will see a release here in spring 2010. There was also new screens released as well to celebrate the announcement. […]
TGS Resonance of Fate video is rather pretty
Tri-Ace has released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG Resonance of Fate (End of Eternity), and it's gorgeous. It's slated for release in North American and Europe during Q3 2010 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Eurogamer has the video.
New Resonance of Fate trailer shoots first, asks questions while doing so
Tri-Ace has just released a new trailer for its upcoming firepower-powered RPG Resonance of Fate (known as End of Eternity in Japan), and it's looking pretty awesome. If you've been wanting more stylish, slow-mo shooting in your life, this game looks to fit the bill. There's also pulse-pounding orchestral music and impeccably coifed anime characters. […]
Sega more "open" on RPGs than Square, says Suguro
Resonance of Fate director Takayuki Suguro has claimed Sega is more open-mined with in terms of experimenting with RPG as a genre that the mighty Square Enix. "Because SEGA has a more open attitude towards accepting new RPG ideas than Square Enix, we'd decided to have SEGA release End of Eternity," the developer told GameMemo, […]
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Resonance of Fate (End of Eternity) has been confirmed for a North American and European release in Q3 2010. The joint venture between SEGA and tri-Ace is being released in hopes of sparking more interest in JRPGs. "America and Europe is the same release," said SEGA's Europe localization producer Jun Yoshino. "Usually the European version […]
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Sega Europe just confirmed Tri-ace's Resonance of Fate for a "spring" 2010 release date in Europe. The RPG – End of Eternity in Japan – is in the works for PS3 and 360. Press release after the break.
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DPuro329 I was in Belmar last weekend and Boom Burger is no more. There's a BBQ place, Jersey Shore BBQ or something like that in the storefront now. I'm going to have to try the BBQ place sooner rather than later. It doesn't surprise me about Boom going out of business, it was a very weird place. The burgers were good, but small and very expensive. Maybe they just couldn't survive in this current down economy? Dave
harriet1954 We have eaten at the Maurice River Diner before, but this time I had a cheeseburger that was really lovely.
harriet1954 Oh and by the way, I put ketchup on it right after I took the picture. Heh.
ellen4641 steveg5489 I'm surprised there's no mention here of Liberty Tavern in Fords. Is it that it's unknown or doesn't meet your high standards? Tell me more about the place, SteveG... Flat top grill, or charbroiled?!? Frankly, charbroiled excites me a lot more.. (although a flat top burger can be seared nicely, and have good crust) The Liberty Tavern is unknown to me... I may have to check it out and see if it "meats" those high standards of mine...
steveg5489 I'm surprised there's no mention here of Liberty Tavern in Fords. Is it that it's unknown or doesn't meet your high standards?
ken8038 My wife and I went again to Smashburger in Montclair for lunch. the burgers were MUCH GREASIER than we remembered. I'm wondering if they have switched to a higher fat content (=lower quality) meat.
Applecheeks Krug's Tavern in the Ironbound section of Newark. Best burger you will ever have.
daveverdo Wow, lots of old memories. White Mana on in Jersey City, The Mason Jar, I always loved any diner burger. Shafer's and The Colonial in Hoboken (long gone), Meadowland Diners on 17, Tick Tock. There was a place on Rt440 in Jersey City back in the 70's that I went to all the time after high school ballgames. We would leave Roosevelt Stadium and go for burger, steak sandwiches, beers (back when drinking was legal for 18 year olds). They used to show 3 Stooges clips. Anyone remember the name of the place? The was a similar place on RT46 or RT4. I don't remember if it was the same name or not but it had a similar menu and atmosphere.
CCinNJ I remember the charcoal smell (near Valley Fair)...but I don't remember ever eating there. I think that place flipped to something else...all the time. After it was shut down...the building stayed up for a long long time....because of the chromium situation.
ken8038 Hi Ellen, good to hear from you and good to see you're still checking in on Roadfood. Thanks for the tip on The Little Shanty in Warren. Never heard of it, but it's only about 20 minutes away for me, I'm going to add it to my list. Thanks again, and hope you're doing well, I miss your Burger reviews!


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Last year, in a bust-your-chops commencement address to Wellesley (Mass.) High School graduates, English teacher (and, yes, namesake of his historian dad) David McCullough told students something mot modern parents would consider sacrilegious: "You are not special.
This year, he is on sabbatical and is preparing more words for the American audience via a new book spun out of last year's speech. He's at work on a "philosophical" memoir of his 20-year teaching career. Rather than making this an anecdote-heavy tome, Mr. McCullough says his focus is on the theories behind the practices of learning and teaching. The working title for his book, "The Chief Element," has its genesis in a line from his 2012 commencement speech: "You've learned, too, I hope, as Sophocles assured us, that wisdom is the chief element of happiness."
The YouTube video of McCullough's speech has had 1.9 million views, a number of them from literary agents and publishers, he told me during a recent phone interview in which he projects the sense that, while he's a nice guy, you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of his judgment on grammar, punctuation, or parenting.
"The book is really about my experiences as a teacher over the past 20 years and not the speech," McCullough says. "I address the kinds of things I've experienced, such as how students approach the educational system to see what they need to study in order to look good to a university, instead of from the standpoint of the exhilaration of learning for learning's sake."
He adds: "Instead of looking at learning as a glorious gift, they see it as just a step to something else that they must complete, and move on."
Looking back at his now-famous speech, the English teacher is still in awe of the response: "I really had no indication immediately afterward that this was going to take off this way. It wasn't until the following week when I opened my e-mail and saw the outpouring that I realized the impact."
While McCullough told me that he "really didn't see any negative reaction at the time and anything that came in was dwarfed by the support," the speech did seem to spark both furor and kudos in commentary.
Love it or hate it, the speech was a watershed moment for many parents who paused to at least discuss the culture of praise some say has been created around kids, making them egocentric and lazy.
McCullough has the following advice on the art of commencement speechmaking: "It's a different assignment, the commencement speech. Believe in the importance of what you tell them. Be sincere. Be genuine. Think about whom it is you're speaking to and don't go on too long."
He adds: "Of course there are some conventions you have to stick with, but mainly the old fart stands up there and tells them what they need to know."
What was his "convention" in the "You're not special" speech that was so unconventional? "I went with the convention of giving advice," McCullough says.
On that score the speaker did not skimp on tough love. Much of the speech bears repeating.
McCullough told the graduating class of 2012, in part:
"Contrary to what your U9 [under 9] soccer trophy suggests, your glowing seventh-grade report card, despite every assurance of a certain corpulent purple dinosaur, that nice Mister Rogers and your batty aunt Sylvia, no matter how often your maternal caped crusader has swooped in to save you … you're nothing special.
"Yes, you've been pampered, cosseted, doted upon, helmeted, bubble-wrapped. Yes, capable adults with other things to do have held you, kissed you, fed you, wiped your mouth, wiped your bottom, trained you, taught you, tutored you, coached you, listened to you, counseled you, encouraged you, consoled you, and encouraged you again. You've been nudged, cajoled, wheedled, and implored. You've been feted and fawned over and called 'sweetie pie.' Yes, you have…. But do not get the idea you're anything special. Because you're not."
McCullough says that after the speech a grandmother came to him and asked for a copy of it because she loved it so much. He received more than 10,000 e-mails praising his approach, he says. Among the messages were offers from agents and publishers that led almost immediately to a deal with HarperCollins' Ecco imprint to write a philosophical memoir of his 20-plus years as a teacher.
I believe the most overlooked and underpublicized piece of the speech held the real value and purpose of the address: "You see, if everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless.
"We have come to see them as the point – and we're happy to compromise standards, or ignore reality, if we suspect that's the quickest way, or only way, to have something to put on the mantelpiece, something to pose with, crow about, something with which to leverage ourselves into a better spot on the social totem pole."
Today, he says, "scores of students" have thanked him for the speech in person and via e-mail. "Too many to count really, and at some point it all became a blur," he recalls.
"My intention was to shake students out of the parent-driven 'success for the sake of more success' mind-set," he says. "I wanted to see them find the exhilaration of learning instead of just building an impressive student résumé."
He hopes, too, that his book will help parents discover the truth of Sophocles' words when helping their children make their way through the educational system.


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The Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This division provides patients, families and physicians with an overview of the type of treatments available for children with cancer, and of the research conducted by investigators at the Pediatric Oncology Branch. Patients who participate in clinical protocols are treated at the Clinical Center located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
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American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) was founded in 1970 by a group of parents whose children had been diagnosed with cancer. They came together to lobby for more research, and to support each other through the diagnosis and treatment of this life threatening disease at a time when very few children survived. Today, ACCO is one of the largest grassroots, national organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with cancer and their families. ACCO has over 40 local affiliate organizations across the country providing direct services to the families in their communities.
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The Children's Blood Foundation (CBF) was founded in 1952 as a philanthropic organization to support the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. The Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center is the sole beneficiary of CBF's committed efforts. Major emphasis is on blood diseases affecting children: leukemia, thalassemia, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, platelet disorders, retinoblastoma, and AIDS. CBF trains physicians and hematology nurse clinicians in the treatment of blood diseases. Other CBF activities include a hemophilia home care program, group discussions for parents and patients, genetic counseling and screening, and public education.
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Tuna Salad with Romaine, Radish, Walnuts and Scallions
This is a great lunch or light supper. Feel free to add any fresh herbs you may have hanging out in the refrigerator. Chives, parsley, cilantro, and thyme would all work well in this salad. If you don't like radishes, substitute carrots or red pepper for that added crunch and color.


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MITIE – Command Centre Excellence programme
Jigsaw Training in partnership with MITIE has launched the new Command Centre Excellence programme, approved by NOCN, to train control room operators and supervisors within its Total Security Management (TSM) business.
The programme was developed following a review of the activities at MiTec to further develop the control room team; raising their skill level and giving them a formal development programme. Jigsaw developed 12 modules for the programme, working with the MITIE senior team, which is aimed at operators and team supervisors.
Modules include:
- Understanding behaviour;
- Internal and external service;
- Telephone technique;
- Verbal and non-verbal communication;
- Assertiveness and handling aggressive behaviour;
- Written communication;
- Incident control, coordination and observational skills;
- Leading and managing people;
- Managing rotas, holidays, sickness and absence;
- Objective setting, motivating the team and delivering constructive feedback;
- Team leader as coach and mentor;
- Managing individual and team performance.
Operators will do the first seven modules and supervisors will do all 12.
Bob Forsyth, Managing Director for MITIE's total security management business said:
"The control room excellence programme is a great initiative for the TSM business and for raising standards in the security industry generally. We are committed to developing our people and offering them career enhancing programmes to motivate them and engender loyalty.
"Our people are our greatest asset and we are pleased to offer our control room operatives and supervisors this unique opportunity for development."


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urinary bladder(redirected from Bladder disease)
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Related to Bladder disease: kidney disease, interstitial cystitis, Bladder cancer
u·ri·nar·y blad·der[TA]
a musculomembranous elastic bag serving as a storage place for the urine, filled via the ureters and drained via the urethra.
Synonym(s): vesica urinaria [TA], vesica (1) [TA], cystis urinaria, urocyst, urocystis
urinary bladder
An elastic, muscular sac situated in the anterior part of the pelvic cavity in which urine collects before excretion.
urinary bladder
Etymology: Gk, ouron + AS, blaedre
the muscular membranous sac in the pelvis that stores urine for discharge through the urethra. It is connected anteriorly with the two ureters and posteriorly with the urethra.
u·ri·nar·y blad·der(yūr'i-nar-ē blad'ĕr) [TA]
A musculomembranous elastic bag serving as a storage place for the urine.
Synonym(s): vesica urinaria [TA] , bladder (2) .
Synonym(s): vesica urinaria [TA] , bladder (2) .
urinary bladderThe muscular bag for the temporary storage of urine situated in the midline of the pelvis at the lowest point in the abdomen, immediately behind the pubic bone. The bladder wall relaxes at intervals to allow filling but as the internal pressure rises the intervals become shorter and the urgency to empty the bladder becomes more frequent and then continuous. Unless emptied voluntarily, the bladder will eventually empty spontaneously.
urinary bladder
a distensible reservoir with muscular walls and a lining mucous membrane that lies in the ventral part of the pelvic cavity or abdomen (especially far forwards in the cat). It receives urine from the kidneys via the ureters and discharges urine to the exterior of the body via the urethra. Urine trickles into the bladder from the kidneys every few seconds, where it remains until voided. There is no anatomical sphincter of circular muscle at the bladder neck, urine retention being maintained by the elastic tissues of the urethra—a physiological sphincter. Voiding occurs when the detrusor muscle contracts forcing the urine out. In the housetrained companion animal urination is resisted even when the bladder is uncomfortably full.
atonic urinary bladder
a condition marked by a dilated, poorly contracting urinary bladder without evidence of a lesion of the central nervous system.
atonic neurogenic urinary bladder
neurogenic bladder caused by destruction of the sensory nerve fibers from the bladder to the spinal cord (lateral spinal tracts), marked by the absence of awareness of bladder filling and of the desire to void. This leads to overdistension of the bladder, and an abnormal amount of residual urine with a tendency toward overflow incontinence. Seen in degenerative and traumatic injury to the spinal cord, especially intervertebral disk herniation, in dogs and cats. Called also retention and overflow incontinence, paralytic bladder and sensory paralytic bladder.
automatic urinary bladder
neurogenic bladder due to complete resection of the spinal cord above the sacral segments, marked by complete loss of micturition reflexes and bladder sensation, violent involuntary voiding, and an abnormal amount of residual urine. Called also reflex neurogenic bladder.
autonomous urinary bladder
neurogenic bladder due to a lesion in the sacral portion of the spinal cord that interrupts the reflex arc that controls the bladder. The lesion may be in the cauda equina, conus medullaris, sacral roots or pelvic nerve. It is marked by loss of normal bladder sensation and reflex activity, inability to initiate urination normally, and stress incontinence.
urinary bladder calculi
can cause cystitis arising from the traumatic injury to the bladder epithelium. The initial stage may be hematuria and greatly increased frequency of urination. Dysuria may also be evident. Secondary bacterial infection is a common sequel. See also urolithiasis.
congenital urinary bladder rupture
there is gradually increasing abdominal distention soon after birth in the affected foal, which is almost always a male. Paracentesis reveals free urine in the peritoneal cavity. The tear is usually in the dorsal wall of the bladder.
urinary bladder duplication
observed in dogs; the second bladder originates between the uterus and the urinary tract, or between the urinary tract and the rectum.
urinary bladder ectropion
see urinary bladder eversion (below).
urinary bladder eversion
turning inside out of the bladder; occurs in the mare, usually during labor.
urinary bladder extroversion
failure of development of ventral abdominal wall so that the bladder and pelvic urethra are exposed.
urinary bladder hypertrophy
due usually to long-standing partial obstruction of urinary flow.
urinary bladder inflammation
see cystitis.
irritable urinary bladder
a state of the bladder marked by increased frequency of contraction with associated desire to urinate.
urinary bladder motility
degree of motor activity of the bladder muscle as determined by the spinal sympathetic nerve supplies.
motor paralytic urinary bladder
neurogenic bladder due to impairment of the motor neurons or nerves controlling the bladder. The acute form is marked by painful distention and inability to initiate micturition; the chronic form is marked by difficulty in initiating micturition, straining, a decrease in the size and force of the stream, interrupted stream, and recurrent infection of the urinary tract.
urinary bladder neck sling
a surgical procedure that increases proximal urethral pressure; used to treat some forms of urinary incontinence.
urinary bladder neoplasia
see urinary bladder tumors (below).
neurogenic urinary bladder
any condition of dysfunction of the urinary bladder caused by a lesion of the central or peripheral nervous system.
urinary bladder papillary hyperplasia
resembles papillomatosis in cattle bladders; may cause obstruction.
urinary bladder papilloma
warts attached to the inner wall of the urinary bladder.
urinary bladder paralysis
is caused by a lesion, usually a space-occupying one or due to trauma, in the lumbosacral region of the cord. In the early stages the bladder remains distended and urine dribbles from it. A good flow of urine can be obtained by firm pressure on the bladder. There may be some return to an emptying function later, but the evacuation is seldom complete. Cystitis is the almost certain outcome.
parturient urinary bladder prolapse
may follow rupture of the floor of the vagina during parturition in the mare; it can protrude from the vulva.
urinary bladder reconstruction
a surgical procedure performed to correct urinary incontinence caused by urethral hypoplasia in female dogs and cats. The caudal bladder is reshaped to form ventral bladder tubal flaps as a cranial extension of the urethra.
reflex neurogenic urinary bladder
automatic bladder.
urinary bladder reflux
see vesicoureteral reflux.
urinary bladder retroflexion
seen in male dogs with tenesmus, due usually to prostatic hyperplasia or constipation; resumes normal position after voiding unless retained in a perineal hernia with a kinked urethra.
urinary bladder rupture
failure to relieve an obstruction of the urethra may result in distention of the bladder to the point that its circulation is impaired and rupture of the organ follows. The pain of distention disappears, to be followed by a gradual distention of the abdomen, and somnolence and depression of developing uremia. In dogs and cats, trauma is also a common cause. See also urethral perforation.
sensory paralytic urinary bladder
atonic neurogenic bladder.
urinary bladder torsion
a rare cause of complete anuria, bladder distention and eventual rupture.
urinary bladder trigone
area of the bladder wall defined by imaginary lines joining the urethral orifice with the orifices of the ureters.
urinary bladder tumors
rare in food animals except in cattle grazing bracken (see also enzootic hematuria). In dogs and cats they are usually carcinomas, or rarely adenomas, papillomas, leiomyomas or fibromas. Botryoid rhabdomyosarcomas characteristically occur in young St. Bernards and may arise from mesenchymal cells.
urinary bladder uroliths
see urolithiasis.
urinary bladder-vaginal prolapse
occurs occasionally in the cow as a complication of vaginal prolapse. The bladder is retrodeviated and the urethra kinked so that urine flow is obstructed.
urinary bladder warts
see urinary bladder papilloma (above).
Patient discussion about urinary bladder
Q. What is involved in Gall Bladder surgery?
A. If you refer to removal of the gal bladder due to stones, then it may be performed either in an open approach (using an arch-like incision in your right upper abdomen) or in a laparoscopic approach (using only three small incisions to insert devices into your abdomen). The operation itself is not long and not associated with significant problems after it.
Q. How to prevent getting a bladder infection? I am worried about getting another bladder infection like I just had now. I am during my second trimester. How can I avoid getting it again?
A. drink more cranberry juice,its 100% natural, and wont harm the baby in anyway.
Q. can a bladder infection affect male's ability to have sex?
A. I haven't heard about such an association However, this is only general statement, so if you have any concerns you may want to consult a doctor.More discussions about urinary bladder
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - In Louisiana, you are entitled to recover the value that your vehicle has lost as a result of collision repairs from the insurance company of the at-fault driver. In addition, if the at-fault party has no insurance, you can make a claim for your car's diminished value from your own insurer. Wikipedia tells us that a diminished value appraisal evaluates the difference in the value of a motor vehicle after a collision repair.
Automobile Diminished Value has officially become an entry in the lexicon of insurance terminology. This article explains what is known as "inherent diminished value." It reflects a car's quantifiable loss in fair market value subsequent to being repaired after a collision.
Differing from "repair related diminished value" which deals with faulty repairs and "insurance-related diminished value," which deals with an insurer's use of aftermarket parts in car repairs, "inherent diminished value" claims are far more common.
It has always been known that used-car buyers favor purchasing a previously undamaged car to a repaired one. But until CARFAX came along it was virtually impossible to know one from the other. Now that repaired vehicles can be easily identified by having the dealer order a CARFAX report, these cars and the stigma of their being previously repaired eroded their trade-in values, sometimes considerably. This type of loss is known as "inherent diminished value."
In 1984 CARFAX was founded in Columbia, Missouri by a computer expert named Edwin Barnett III working with Robert Daniel Clark, an accountant from Huntingdon, PA. Barnett was initially trying to combat odometer fraud. By working closely with the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, in 1986 he offered the early version CARFAX vehicle history report to the dealer market. These reports were developed with a database of just 10,000 records and were distributed via fax machine. By the end of 1993, CARFAX obtained title information from nearly all fifty states. In December 1996, the company's website was launched to offer consumers the same vehicle history reports already available to businesses. [1]
Different states have reached different conclusions concerning diminished value. Supreme Court decisions [2] throughout the United States have provided for recovery for diminution in value of a damaged vehicle in third-party claims only ( Except GA, KS and WA where you can collect from your own insurer.) In layman's terms it simply means that you can't make a diminished value claim against your own insurer unless the at-fault driver was uninsured. If the damages to your car were the fault of someone else, in Louisiana, that means their insurance company is liable for payment of your diminished value loss.
In Siegle v. Progressive Consumers Ins. Co., Carole M. Seigle's car was repaired after a collision. The insurer of the at-fault driver, Progressive Insurance Company, paid to have the vehicle repaired. However, after the repairs were completed, Siegle discovered that her automobile had sustained what she characterizes as inherent diminished value, in the amount of $2,677.19. Siegle submitted this additional diminished value claim to Progressive, but Progressive declined to pay it.
Citing McHale v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. [3] and other opinions, in 2002 Florida's Supreme Court heard Siegle v. Progressive and determined as follows: "Although an insurer is not obligated to pay for the "diminished value" of a properly repaired vehicle in response to a first party claim, the owner of a vehicle may seek damages in tort for lost value from a tortfeasor who has caused damage to the vehicle." In short, Florida's insurance consumers may seek compensation for their vehicle's loss in fair market value from the adverse insurance company. This is also true in Louisiana.
The Florida Department of Insurance addressed the issue of an
insurance company's liability for payment of diminished value in a document that clarifies Florida law. Informational Bulletin 84-270 which reads in pertinent part: "The responsibility of the insurance company for automobile accident damages is the substantial restoration of the automobile as to function, appearance, and value. The owner has not been properly indemnified unless there is no diminution in value of the automobile as it was before the damage and as it is after repairs." To summarize the bulletin, insurance companies are expected to indemnify automobile owners for the value of their vehicles prior to the loss.
insurance company's liability for payment of diminished value in a document that clarifies Florida law. Informational Bulletin 84-270 which reads in pertinent part: "The responsibility of the insurance company for automobile accident damages is the substantial restoration of the automobile as to function, appearance, and value. The owner has not been properly indemnified unless there is no diminution in value of the automobile as it was before the damage and as it is after repairs." To summarize the bulletin, insurance companies are expected to indemnify automobile owners for the value of their vehicles prior to the loss.
How much of a vehicle's value is ultimately lost after repairs are completed? The amount of diminished value varies according to many factors. The year, make, model, mileage, type and severity of repaired damage and even a car's color can factor in to the equation. Consumers of high-end cars such as Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche tend to be more discriminating and usually won't buy a vehicle that was repaired, regardless of how minor the damage was. Diminished Value can result in 50% of the vehicle's value lost.
How is diminished value calculated? In order to determine the most equitable settlement amount, the ultimate authority is the used car market itself. Insurance companies began using a formula known as Rule 17C which was modeled after a formula once used by Infinity Insurance Company. This formula contained "modifiers" such as severity of damage and mileage, and then assigned points accordingly. The total number of points accumulated equaled the amount of diminished value.
In 2001, the Georgia Supreme Court made an historic ruling that impacted all 50 states in the case of State Farm Insurance Company v. Mabry. [4] Their decision impacted how automobile diminished value claims should be treated, not only in Georgia, but also in Louisiana and all other states. The diminution of value after a collision has always existed but, until Mabry, insurance companies refused to pay or even acknowledge diminished value.
The Georgia Insurance Commissioner issued a directive regarding the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that set precedent for diminished value claims throughout the United States. What this clarification meant for consumers was that their insurer would have to settle each claim on an individual basis, because no single formula could be applied to all diminished value claims. The Commissioner concluded that the Georgia 17-C formula is to be used only in the event there is no other methodology to arrive at the diminished value and that it is not sanctioned or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Insurance. The trial court's order required State Farm to include an evaluation of diminution in value in its standard assessment of damages, just as it evaluates other elements of damage, and to adopt a suitable methodology for doing so.
Many independent appraisal companies that provide automobile diminished value reports still use this methodology. Other appraisal companies rely on automobile auction results which show the difference in prices realized between previously repaired vs. previously unrepaired vehicles. These reports are not specific to the actual vehicle in question nor do they address the specific repairs that were done.
Most auto diminished value appraisers work across state lines. Regarding accreditation, there are many private auto appraiser clubs, groups and associations whose members provide diminished value reports. However, only those appraisers who are properly licensed as insurance adjusters or appraisers in any of the United States and who have not been disqualified by the IRS should be considered preferred providers of automobile diminished value reports.
Only one indicator can be considered relevant regarding automobile diminished value - how much less the dealer will offer for your trade-in as a result of a bad CARFAX report. If a consumer or attorney needs to hire a diminished value appraiser, the appraisal should preferably be done on the basis of actual dealer opinions rather than the use of formulas or auction results. It is advisable to make certain that the appraiser is properly licensed in any state as an independent adjuster who will be a credible expert witness for any legal proceedings that might follow.
Diminished value appraisal figures should represent what the vehicle will encounter in the real world of used cars in Louisiana. It is the used car managers at dealerships who provide the most realistic assessment of values because automobile dealers are the ones purchasing and re-selling the vehicles. An automobile diminished value appraisal that is compiled in this manner, listing each dealer, their estimation of how much less they would pay because of the bad CARFAX and any pertinent comments such as how different variables may have affected their decisions, carries the most weight. Although it is more time consuming than using a formulaic approach or an auction printout, it is the most valid method by which accuracy can be obtained.
Although most states including Louisiana have not accepted the existence of diminished value in first-party claims, drivers who crash their own vehicles still have recourse by taking a tax-deduction for the diminished value of their automobiles. [5] IRS Form 4684 is used for casualty losses such as automobile diminished value. It is advisable to check with an accountant or CPA to determine exactly what percentage of the appraised amount is tax-deductible. The cost of the automobile diminished value appraisal is also tax-deductible on Line 22 of IRS Schedule A.
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The only big money, all sportsman class race to feature all seven national event sportsman categories will feature events at San Antonio Raceway May 25-27, Maryland International Raceway July 13-15 and Memphis International Raceway October 12-14. Each race is open to racers carrying a valid IHRA or NHRA license with $5,000 going to the winner of each of the seven IHRA sportsman classes. Winners meeting certain criteria will also be eligible for the season-ending IHRA Summit Tournament of Champions.
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"44 Plays for 44 Presidents"
In the inevitable follow-up to "43 Plays for 43 Presidents," first staged in 2002, the Neo-Futurists return with their frenzied vision of American history, sliced and diced into tiny bits and blurs — sorry, plays — about each man who has held top political office since Numero Uno himself, some guy named Washington.
At its strongest, the show (directed by Halena Kays) goes for broke and conjures a berserk, sometimes dark-hearted vaudeville about our chief executives. Thomas Jefferson gets shoved to the side of his own segment, overshadowed by a glad-handing, Boston-accented Benjamin Franklin (played with a terrific sense of mirth by Joe Dempsey). The mass killing of Native Americans by William Henry Harrison is envisioned as a cascade of red balloons, destroyed one by one after Harrison unsheathes a hunting knife and gets to work. (The six members of the smart ensemble trade off presidential duties in any given scene.)
Presented in chronological order, the show too often resembles a series of live-action Wikipedia pages, though a few connecting details do manage to stand out, including the small but mighty collection of colorful first names held by some of our presidents. I mean, Rutherford? Grover? Come on, Millard? If nothing else, "Barack" and "Mitt" fit exceptionally well within that tradition.
The deeper and more heartening observation one might take away is that the United States, both as a nation and as a concept, has endured despite any number of seemingly dire problems and much faulty commander-in-chiefing. That's saying something. And it puts the coming election in perspective, even if the show itself can seem too busy to acknowledge or embrace larger themes, let alone offer a cohesive point of view. Five credited writers will probably do that to a production (which has added and subtracted material in the past 10 years). For what it's worth, the complaints that arise here are the same that greeted earlier incarnations of the show.
Through Nov. 10 at the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. Tickets are $20 at 773-275-5255 or neofuturists.org
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In the basement office of a large, wealthy household sit two personal assistants. They are tasked with an endless list of banal domestic errands, everything from buying sneakers to tracking down just the right brand of cleaning wipes. The details are scant. (I wanted to hear more about the absurdity of running that house!) But just when you think the plot is shaping up to be a sharp-eyed socioeconomic satire, the play takes a sharp left turn into a world of unresolved grief and loneliness — and all but runs itself off the road.
Written by Elizabeth Meriwether (creator of the far more engaging Fox television sitcom "New Girl"), the play aims for an awkward comedic pathos in this story of a young woman (Hilary Williams) unraveling before our eyes. She has been at loose ends ever since the death of her brother (Joel Ewing), acting out with a certain amount of sleeping around and an aversion to bathing, much to the alarm of her persnickety boss (Kristin Collins).
It's not the kind of story you expect from the play's first 10 minutes — and that's not a bad thing — but Meriwether doesn't have a firm grasp on where to go with the narrative (or the characters) once she sets off in this new direction. Director Krista D'Agostino appears to be just as lost. There's an uncertainty at work here that gives an odd sort of nonrhythm to the production.
Almost miraculously, Collins — potentially one-note as the uptight wet blanket with a perky smile — somehow finds shadings in her character that suggest this woman is a three-dimensional human being who might actually exist somewhere outside the confines of the play itself. It's the one element in the production that actually works.
Through Nov. 3 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets are $20 at greenhousetheater.com
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For the better part of 59 minutes, Sunday was not a good day for the New England Patriots. Things wound up brightening up a lot at the very end, however.
Julian Edelman held onto a two-yard touchdown catch from Tom Brady despite a hit by Jordan Poyer that was flagged for unnecessary roughness with 1:01 left to play, Kyle Arrington recovered an onside kick and then Leon McFadden was flagged for pass interference in the end zone with 40 seconds left to play. It was a weak call by the officials, although New Englanders may think it just penance for the flag that was picked up in their loss to Carolina.
The Pats got the ball on the one and Brady hit Danny Amendola for a touchdown on the next play. They couldn't get a two-point conversion, making the score 27-26 in a game the Patriots once trailed 19-3. It wasn't over yet, as the Browns drove the ball into position for a 58-yard field goal with a second to play but Billy Cundiff was short and the Pats held on.
Brady finished the day 32-of-52 for 418 yards, two touchdowns and an interception on a day that went from a horrible start to a worse middle before the happy ending.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski, who missed the first six games of the season, had to be carted off the field after taking a shot to the knee from Browns safety T.J. Ward and initial reports about the severity of the injury suggest that they'll end the season the same way they started it. Shane Vereen will likely be part of the plan for life without Gronkowski after catching 12 passes for 153 yards on Sunday afternoon, but it's hard to overstate the magnitude of the tight end's loss.
The comeback will overshadow another monster day for Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon. Gordon caught an 80-yard touchdown and had a 19-yard catch and a 34-yard run in the fourth quarter to set up another touchdown. Gordon had seven catches for 151 yards, breaking his string of 200-yard outings but setting a new Browns franchise record for single-season receiving yards.
That wasn't enough to overcome another Tom Brady comeback, although there will still be plenty of people lamenting a loss in Patriots country on Sunday night.