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The Juniper Journal in Herb Garden
** journal capacity is 7 journal Inserts with a zipper pouch**
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Please meet the Juniper Journal. This classic take on the traveler's journal is our family's answer to notebooking. The Charlotte Mason method of education utilizes notebooks as a tool for assimilating ideas. Commonplace journals, Nature journals, Math journals, Science journals, Bible study journals and century charts are just a few applications of notebooking integral to the school day.
With all of these notebooks, it's no wonder we spend a quarter of our time looking for the appropriate notebook, sometimes having to start a new one! Enough! No more searching for notebooks! With the Juniper Journal you can keep them all in one place!
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A note about the company: Juniper Grove Journals is a very small family business. Brad and Micah and their children Kate (13), Olivia (12), Maggie (10) and Jonah (7) all pitch in to make the journals from scratch. Micah designs and manufactures the journals, while Brad designs and prints the notebook inserts, and the kids bind the inserts at the kitchen table. (True story - The only rule is that everything has to be cleared away before dinner. =)


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By now, you may have noticed I've paid quite a bit more attention to my maternal ancestry than my paternal heritage on this blog. I would hate to give the impression to anyone, especially to my father's side of the family, that I am not interested in exploring my paternal lines as well. As I mentioned in one of my first posts, I started out researching the surnames of my Martinican and St. Lucian predecessors because theirs were much more unique than those of their Bajan counterparts. It makes sense to reach into the smaller haystack first, right?
Discovering the names of the places my great-grands most likely called home before leaving Martinique and St. Lucia was an exciting breakthrough. I have not quite gotten there with the Thomas, Beckles, Lewis and Lewis surnames. I'll share more about what I have found in future posts, but here I will just focus on what may have appeared to look like a typo in the preceding sentence.
I have four great-grands from Barbados to research, but just three surnames. Let me explain. A few years ago when I began the process of applying for Panamanian citizenship I asked my parents for my birth certificate so that I could make a copy. In going through their files I discovered copies of my paternal grandparents' birth certificates as well as some other documents related to my parents and maternal grandparents.
A quick scan of my paternal grandparents' birth certificates led me to my first discovery concerning my father's family – half of Afro-Panamanian American me is one hundred percent Bajan (I'll explain my genealogical equations another time, they're crazy and make no sense but I love them). My parents had always been under the impression that my grandmother's parents were from Jamaica, an island that also sent a large number of migrants to Panama. Nope. Clear as day Grandma Daisy's birth certificate reported that both of her parents were from Barbados. Same deal for my grandfather Kenneth. Great! This means I only have to do research concerning three islands instead of four. This is, as I like to say, fantabulous.
However, I found my grandmother's birth certificate to be less helpful in terms of surnames. Daisy's mother's married name, not her maiden name, was reported. I was immediately peeved with whoever had recorded the information, ruing the administrative laziness and/or communication difficulties that likely produced this mistake. Daisy Lewis-Lewis?! As the West Indians say, "Chuh!"
Somehow I had never gotten around to discussing this Lewis-Lewis business with my father until it came up a few months ago on our last trip to Panama. As part of the never-ending expedition to get my cedula (Panamanian ID card), I found myself at El Registro Civil with my parents. Since we were there we inquired about getting certified records of birth, marriage, and death for my grandparents and their parents. We were out of luck as far as my great-grands were concerned as there was nothing pertaining to them on record in the database. We did get a few documents relating to my grandparents and on Grandma Daisy's birth certificate I saw it again: her parents were listed as James Lewis and Drusilla Lewis. I pointed this out to my father and said I had noticed this same "mistake" on the copy of her birth certificate he had at home. Nonchalantly (remember how I said it's always nonchalant?) he waved it away, saying that her parents had the same last name.
Clearly, this simple explanation not occurred to me. You might be thinking I've discovered what so many people fear they find in their family tree: those durn kissing cousins. My father and, in a separate instance, one of my uncles were quick to explain that Great-Grandma Lewis and Great-Grandpa Lewis were not related. They just had the same last name. Genetic risks and social taboos aside, I found this to be a bit of a letdown in retrospect. Why? Well, if they were related, that would give me one less family line to research!!!!!!
I know what may be running through your head at this exact moment (besides, "She's crazy!"): just because people in the family say they were not related doesn't mean that's the real story. I agree. Oral history is a crucial and priceless source of genealogical data, but it still requires substantiation. Having academic training as a researcher I will let the evidence, as it is gathered, speak for itself.


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PHOENIX (AP) Rookie Andrew Nicholson scored nine of his career-high 19 points in the fourth quarter and the Orlando Magic pulled away to hand the Phoenix Suns their seventh loss in a row, 98-90 on Sunday night.
Nicholson made 9 of 11 shots and grabbed nine rebounds, also the best of his young career.
J.J. Redick scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half for the Magic in the final stop of their five-game road trip.
Shannon Brown scored 17 and Jared Dudley 15 for the Suns, who were without starting point guard Goran Dragic due to illness.
Phoenix's losing streak is its longest since 2004.


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(Pocket-lint) - It's been around for "a few months", Pocket-lint was told, but the Amazon Summer Wish List event was the first time that we've come up close with the Braun Prestige BN10 digital watch for men - and we likey. A lotty.
Made from incredibly solid stainless steel, the classy watch exudes retro cool while retaining the thick, sturdy build of a modern day timepiece. It's actually 10.1mm thick, in fact, so you will always be aware that it's on your wrist - it's reassuringly heavy, we would say.
One of our favourite features is the proprietary EasySkroll v2.0 operating system and mini scroller on the fascia. Whip it up or down and it zips through the watch's functions - of which there are purposefully few - and it avoids all that unpleasant business with side buttons. At least for functionality's sake, there are still a couple on the sides for starting the chronograph and such like.
The LCD display is LED backlit and is sharp and clear, plus the front is covered in scratch-resistant K1 hardened glass, so should withstand a few knocks and bumps. The BN10 is water resistant to 30m.
Of course, essentially it's just a watch. There's no Bluetooth, NFC or other fancy features. It tells the time, the date and can record how fast something goes, that's about it. But it looks totally and utterly beautiful and has been elevated to the top of our wish lists immediately.
The Braun Prestige BN10 digital watch is available in stainless steel or black plated stainless steel for £450 (less on Amazon.co.uk at the moment - £375). A rubber-strapped version is also available for £400 (also £375 on Amazon).


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first, this is my homework or project for class. I don't ask anyone to do it for me, I just want help, not sure I really understand what I'm doing.
I have to make a class, Box, that accepts 3 ints for length, width and height. 3 constructors for 1, 2 or 3 ints. if 1 output a line with length x was created, if 2 a rectangle with lengths and width y created, etc. I was just wondering if I did this right, I'm stuck trying to write BoxTest to check that it works, but here is what I have so far.
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//Christian Silva
//I attest that this is my work
//This is the beginning of the Box class
public class Box
private int length;
private int width;
private int height;
public static void Box(int x)
int length = x;
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
System.out.print("Line created");
public static void Box(int x, int y)
int length = x;
int width = y;
int height = 0;
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Booklet / brochure design used for product presentation and business promotion. Multifunctional design suited for almost all products. The original color scheme is best suited for architecture / insurance brochures.
Fully layered .psd files, A4, 300 dpi. 8.5×11. Easily customizable colors for unique combinations. Photos are not part of the design. You can easily find and use images suited for your business.
Files are organized in layers and groups. The layers marked with red are not to be modified if you intend to keep the original layout / color scheme.
Fonts: "Helvetica Neue" http://www.linotype.com/1266/neuehelvetica-family.html. Instead of Helvetica you can easily use Arial.
The rest of the fonts are free for use as part of Google Font Directory. More info here http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/ "Allan" by Anton Koovit "Vollkorn" by Friedrich Althausen "Cuprum" by Jovanny Lemonad All of them can be downloaded from here: http://code.google.com/webfonts


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The City of Neenah Health and Wellness Center is available to all full time employees who are eligible to participate in the City's health insurance program. The clinic is free to employees, their spouses, and their dependents over age 2 that are covered by the City's health insurance, and is $40 per visit for opt-outs, their spouses, and their dependent children over age 2.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Let's be kids again!
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Poignant Experiences
I have spent a lot of time this year typing up the writing of my family members. My uncle Edd's poems and my great grandmother's poems were the first projects I took on. Now I am typing up the life histories of my Madsen ancestors. It's interesting how people's writing reveals their insights, how you can get some sense of what a person believes and thinks and feels just by reading something that they have written.
I am surprised by how much I like this kind of work. It's sometimes a very poignant experience, like slipping through the threads of someone else's life. I get a sweet little taste of the essence of who my ancestors really were. I should say who they are because I know that they are still around.
My sense that my ancestors still live is not entirely grounded in abstract belief or an intellectual understanding of religious doctrine. I know that my ancestors live because I feel them. As I type up their stories, I feel them reaching out to me, embracing me, grateful that I am aware of them. They want to be known.
It's amazing.
Posted by Jessio at 9:00 PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
How would you like a tracking device in your breast?
I have to research random stuff for my work, and this week, I have been learning about breast implants. I was just reading through some general information, and I came across a very casual reference to a certain company embedding microchips into their breast implants. Apparently, the chips contain the patient's medical history and can also be tracked.
And my thought is... Why ON EARTH would you want a microchip that could track you implanted into your breast!? What could you possibly believe to be the advantage of having a tracking device literally implanted into you? Has the world become a freaky sci-fi reality in which people actually don't care about their privacy in the slightest bit? It's one thing to post almost everything you do on Facebook—it's another to have all of your actions trackable by... of all people... your breast implant company....! Is it just me, or is this totally wild?
And why are the breast implant people tracking their consumers, anyway? Are they keeping track of the best vacation spots for people with implants? I don't see how anything you do besides buy their implants is any of their business.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Has it been two years or just one day?
Two days ago, I got on Facebook for the first time in several months. I really don't use it almost at all, but I just had a feeling like I should get on. So I did, and I was so happy to see that I had a message from a friend I haven't seen or talked to in almost two years. We fell out of contact when I moved to Georgia and she went on her mission to Oklahoma. I sent her an email with my new phone number and she called the next day.
The awesome thing about it was that talking to her felt like no time at all had passed. It was as if just yesterday we were hanging out and now we were just picking up the same conversation where it had left off. That was a wonderful feeling.
This friend and I met at Snow College several years ago, and we wrote a story together way back then. Talking to each other reminded us of that story, and we decided to start over with it again. We have been zipping messages back and forth between us since then, reminding each other of the names of the characters and the particulars of what we want to do with the new version of the story. It has been really fun.
It is so much fun to talk to someone about fiction. This friend is also going into a college writing program like me, and she said to me. "You know, Jess. I have been practical for years... and now I just want to live my dream." It's nice, so nice, to have a friend that understands my own desire to do what I love with my life.
Meanwhile, I am working on web page content about breast implantation and I continue typing up the life stories of my ancestors. It is a pretty good life that I have.
Posted by Jessio at 8:34 PM
Saturday, May 14, 2011
How do you avoid becoming stressed out?
My health is really important to me, and I devote a lot of attention to planning and preparing meals and exercising every day. (I threw in a picture of a healthy meal that I made. It was made from cabbage, green beans, turnip, shrimp, basalmic vinegar, olive oil, and a little rice.) I test my blood sugar often in the attempt to keep it under control. After about three months of intense focus on my health, I have learned a few things, especially about stress.
Posted by Jessio at 6:28 AM
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
God never leaves us alone—never, ever, for a single second!
It is amazing how the Lord will provide when you just trust him. Sometimes all you have to do is trust, and he meets your needs in wonderful and surprising ways. I think that he has been slowly prodding me to come to this understanding, to recognize the relationship between faith and miracles. He is so patient to wait around until we are ready to learn and grow. I just want to say that I love my God, and I am so grateful for his love for me.
That might all sound dramatic in the context of the story behind it, but my emotions run deep, and I can't help but let them out sometimes. Paul fondly calls me his little faucet woman because the tears just run out of me like water from a faucet. (For the record, I think crying is a very healthy thing to do, and some people need to do it more often.)
Anyway, about a month ago, I started worrying about earning money during the summer. Our bank account was low, and the shopping trips were turning into grit-your-teeth bare essential affairs. Paul was talking about traveling to visit his family in California and I was thinking that covering the rent might be a more immediate concern. I told Paul I wanted to get a job, and he reminded me that I don't handle retail jobs very well, and that is probably the only opportunity available in Hays.
I was asked to give a talk on Easter Sunday, and I was so busy with my classes that I barely prepared anything. I don't know how the talk went, honestly, but I had my Savior in my thoughts the whole week leading up to it, and that had a profound impact on me. I thought about how Jesus's life ended on the week of the Passover and how beautiful that symbolism was. The feast commemorated the time when Jehovah sent the destroying angel to kill all of the firstborn children—and then he saved all of those who were willing to be faithful to him. Jehovah proved that night that he was the master of life and death, and he would prove it again in the flesh by giving up his life and taking it again.
I thought about Christ back when he was Jehovah in the Old Testament, how he stood with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the flames, how he caused the sun to move back an hour, how he provided manna in the wilderness for the wandering children of Israel, how he repeatedly cared for his children and preserved them in their trials.
One day, I was thinking about all of my trials, and I suddenly remembered a time years ago when I had been taking a walk alone. I had been so depressed on that day, feeling completely alone and hopeless. And then I looked up and saw a tree with little droplets of dew all over it's winter-bare branches. The sun shone through the little droplets like a thousand spots of fire, and it was one of the most brilliantly beautiful things I had ever seen. I remember how the spirit washed over me in that moment, and I felt an absolute certainty that my God was with me, that he loved me, and that he would always be there for me.
And as soon as I remembered it, I was flooded with more memories, memories of times when my friends said exactly the thing I needed to hear, when someone randomly sent me money in the mail on the day when I desperately needed to buy something, when I somehow knew the answers on a test, when passages in books had touched my heart, when I found things that had been lost, when I drove through scary storms unscathed, when I felt the spirit testify to me over and over again that the Church was true—all of these thoughts and many more came rushing over me, and I realized that I had never, ever, for a single second, been left alone. My every need had always been met, and if I just put my trust in God, I would see that my needs always would be.
So it should not have been surprising just a few days later when two different employment opportunities came to me on the same day. A friend that I have done freelance work for in the past called and offered me a job writing website content. Later in the day, my Grandpa Madsen called and asked me to help him type and compile a huge family history book for which I would be paid by the hour. It really felt like pennies from heaven, especially because I didn't tell anyone I was looking for work. They both just came to me and acted like they were inconveniencing me by asking me to work for them.
So now I'm busy. My last final is tomorrow, and I am already neck-deep in my summer work. I am grateful that the Lord has provided me with work which I can do well and that I can enjoy. He is a great God.
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City: Give Us Your Guns, Get A Free Flu Shot – And A Wegman's Gift Card
Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.
CNS News
December 2, 2012
The city of Worcester, Massachusetts is asking citizens to bring their weapons to the police department next weekend as part of the city's annual "Goods for Guns Buyback Program." In return for the guns, the city will offer gift certificates, and – a free flu shot.
Telegram.com reports:
"City residents, or residents of any other community, may bring their unwanted weapons, unloaded and wrapped in a bag, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to the Worcester Police headquarters in Lincoln Square, or from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 8 to the Worcester Division of Public Health, 25 Meade St."
Since the program began in 2002, "Goods for Guns" has collected approximately 2,200 guns. Last year 40 guns were collected by the police department. Deputy Chief McGinn said guns that are turned in are destroyed.
The program allows individuals to anonymously turn in "unwanted and unloaded" guns to the police department. In return, citizens are presented with a Wegman's gift certificate. The value of the gift depends on the type of gun. For example, a long rifle earns a $25 gift certificate; handguns earn a $50 gift certificate, and a semiautomatic weapon, a $75 gift certificate.
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CBS topped Sunday, led by The Amazing Race.
The reality series drew 9.1 million viewers and a 2.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up a tenth from last week when it was delayed an hour because of the Masters. The Good Wife (8.9 million, 1.5) was down two-tenths, while The Mentalist (8.9 million, 1.6) inched up.
Get the scoop on 39 must-watch finalesABC was second, with Once Upon a Time (7.3 million, 2.1), which dropped a tenth, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Remember Sunday (6.8 million, 1.4).NBC's All-Star Celebrity Apprentice (3.3 million, 1.6) was down, as was Fox's American Dad! (3.9 million, 1.8). Bob's Burgers (3.7 million, 1.7) grew a tenth.
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CBS: The Amazing Race 9.1 million viewers (2.4 demo rating)ABC: Once Upon a Time 7.3 million (2.1)Fox: The Simpsons (R) 3.7 million (1.6); Bob's Burgers 3.7 million (1.7)NBC: The Voice (R) 3.3 million (0.8) [7-9 p.m.]9 p.m.
CBS: The Good Wife 8.9 million (1.5)ABC: Remember Sunday 6.8 million (1.4) [9-11 p.m.]Fox: Family Guy (R) 4.1 million (1.8); American Dad! 3.9 million (1.8)NBC: All-Star Celebrity Apprentice 3.3 million (1.6) [9-11 p.m.]10 p.m.
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Food bloggers dish up plates of spicy criticism / Formerly formal discipline of reviewing becomes a free-for-all for online amateurs
Just days after opening Senses, his San Francisco bistro, Teo Kridech clicked onto the World Wide Web only to find that his dream business was considered an overnight flop.
"Senses is like a botched face lift covered with layers of poorly applied cheap make-up on a hot humid day in Biloxi, Miss.," one poster wrote on the Web site Yelp.
"The food is crap," yelped another.
They mocked the "cheap porcelain plates," they ripped the "little butter dish from Ikea," and they derided the decor and staff.
The posts "nearly killed my business," said Kridech, a native of France who has worked in the food industry for 25 years and spent $150,000 revamping the Senses space. "Everyone has become a food critic. They think they're real big shots. They probably can't even make scrambled eggs.
"My wife and children eat here every day," he continued. "Do you think I would serve them disgusting food?"
If you think restaurant critics from mainstream newspapers, television and magazines are tough on the food industry, you haven't spent much time in cyberspace. Online message boards, gossip columns, city restaurant guides and food blogs are proliferating and having a profound influence on where consumers spend their eating dollars. The once-genteel discipline of restaurant reviewing has turned into a free-for-all, celebrated by some as a new-world democracy but seen by others as populist tyranny.
Many restaurateurs say these amateur critics don't even give them time to press the wrinkles out of their table linens before posting negative write-ups. They long for the days when they had to contend only with mainstream critics, who generally wait at least 30 days before reviewing a restaurant so chefs and staff could work out the glitches.
But, bloggers believe they are doing a public service. Eating out is costly, they say, so why shouldn't buyers be forewarned before plunking down good money?
"Some would make the argument that you shouldn't open a business unless you're ready," said Nish Nadaraja, marketing director for Yelp, the San Francisco-based online service guide that has a message board for readers to write reviews.
Besides, weighs in Jane Goldman, editor of San Francisco's Chow, an online food magazine that includes Chowhound message boards, early publicity creates instant buzz for a restaurant that might otherwise languish, waiting for the local newspaper to write about it.
The postings are the same as passing on information through word of mouth, but amplified, Nadaraja said. More than 2.8 million people clicked on Yelp last month, according to company executives.
"There's a depth of obsessiveness in these blogs that's making them fun to read, and they can have instant impact on a restaurant," said David Kamp, author of "United States of Arugula," a book about the evolution of the American food culture.
To change with the times, restaurateurs are doing what any smart businessperson does -- listening to their critics. They're also wining and dining powerful Internet food writers.
"Right now, there are 10 restaurants off the top of my head that want me to come in," said Marcia Gagliardi, who says Tablehopper, her San Francisco online newsletter of restaurant gossip and reviews, has grown sixfold in circulation since she started it a year ago. The weekly letter features gossip and reviews, and Gagliardi said she also makes as many as 200 restaurant recommendations a month to e-mailers, giving owners and chefs even more reason to curry her favor.
Sam Breach, who works as a technical artist by day and writes her popular blog Becks & Posh by night, has become a dining-out celebrity of sorts. Her training: "eating food every day for the past 40 years," she says.
Publicists are reaching out to her with invitations and incentives to come to their clients' restaurants. Breach doesn't believe in accepting free meals, but many bloggers have no qualms about it. The code of ethics from the Association of Food Journalists, an organization for professionals, prohibits reviewers from taking freebies. But bloggers have no such restrictions.
Kridech said he begged Yelp staffers to have a complimentary meal at Senses, hoping that would turn the tide for his restaurant. Instead, he says, Yelp offered to sell him an ad in which a positive posting -- including a line from the restaurant thanking the reviewer for the kind words and noting that the business is a sponsor of the site -- is placed above all other critiques. But Kridech thought it was extortion.
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp co-founder and CEO, said in an e-mail, "We think it's a fun way for businesses to offer kudos to a customer that has said wonderful things on their behalf." He added that businesses can also use the free messaging feature to defend their reputation.
That's little consolation for Kridech, who says his restaurant is really struggling. At one point, he considered suing.
Fat chance of that being successful, says Palo Alto lawyer Ian Ballon, author of "E-commerce and Internet Law," who says bloggers and message board posters have wide latitude in expressing their opinions.
"The First Amendment extends exceptionally broad protection," he said. "You have to knowingly disseminate false information for the purpose of harming the business to cross the line. As long as it's an opinion, it's constitutionally protected."
In Los Angeles, Eater LA blog writer Lesley Balla is putting another restaurant on "Death Watch," a prediction of how long it will take for a particularly beleaguered place to bite the dust. The jibe isn't exactly good for business, Balla acknowledged.
"It definitely took me awhile to embrace the death watch," she said. "I'd get calls from angry restaurant owners. What I say is, 'We don't condone the death; we're just talking about the watch.' "
The widely read blog, part of the real estate/neighborhood Web site Curbed, is headed north. Set to launch in the Bay Area this spring, Eater SF will follow its counterparts in New York and Los Angeles by reporting on restaurant openings and closings, and poking fun at mainstream reviewers.
But Michael Bauer, The Chronicle's restaurant critic and executive food and wine editor, doesn't believe he'll be out of a job any time soon.
"I do think the traditional critic still has the most singular influence, but the playing field has been leveled significantly with sites such as Chowhound, Yelp, Citysearch and even Zagat," he said. "No longer does the newspaper have a lock on the information. It keeps us all on our toes."
One way to compete is to enter the competitor's turf. Bauer, like many mainstream critics, recently started a blog, and his reviews are available online.
Frank Bruni, the New York Times restaurant critic (and blogger), also welcomes the online reviewers to the party.
"The experience of restaurants is so subjective that it can be hugely helpful to readers and consumers to have more voices, more judgments they can factor into their dining decisions," Bruni wrote in an e-mail. "But I don't think these blogs are diminishing the roles of traditional critics too much, in the sense that traditional critics have a sort of constancy of approach and a set of privileges that keep their work distinct."
Ben Leventhal, food blogger and editorial director of Curbed New York, agrees. Leventhal said consumers like the Internet because of its immediacy -- 15 minutes after a restaurant opens, reviews are showing up in cyberspace. But consumers getting ready to shell out major bucks will still turn "to the Michael Bauers and Frank Brunis of the world."
Ed Levine, owner of several Bay Area restaurants, including five Left Bank locations, has suffered his share of criticism, online and in print. But it was the Yelp reviews of his newest venture, Tanglewood, when it opened in San Jose last year, that really got to him.
"The consistent theme was that our portions were small," said Levine, who was initially annoyed, but decided to look at the reviews constructively. "It was actually very (productive) feedback, even though it was made in a not-so-positive way."
Levine went back into the kitchen and told the chef to put more food on the plate. "Now we do a whole roasted chicken," he said.
When the reviews said the service was too slow, Levine spent a week fine-tuning.
Not that he sees online critiques as above reproach. "I think a lot of people who go on these sites have an agenda," he said. "So I don't take everything at face value."
When a poster gave him only one star, Levine said he wrote back and asked to talk with the writer about what he was doing wrong. Suddenly, Tanglewood was elevated to three stars, with the poster saying he liked the owner's attitude, according to Levine. He does admit, though, that when he goes out of town, he uses Yelp to find a restaurant.
Victoria Libin, co-owner of San Francisco's A16, also uses Internet reviews as a guide. If a dish is consistently weak on flavor, or a server tries to sell too hard, a pattern will emerge in the comments.
"Then we can fix it," Libin said. "But if it's an isolated incident, just a random complaint about this or that, then I don't bother."
Jennifer Tsang, a 24-year-old associate marketing manager for a San Francisco nonprofit, says she scrolls the Web regularly to check out the restaurant scene.
"If a restaurant only gets one star, I won't go," she said.
She recently went to Yelp to look up an Ethiopian place where a friend's birthday party was to be held. The reviews -- not so good. If it had been her choice, she probably would have gone elsewhere. It turned out, she said, that the restaurant was much better than the Yelp reviews had indicated.
Ed Moser, a 26-year-old San Francisco account executive for a public relations firm, says he, too, relies on Internet reviews and occasionally writes them himself.
"I know a lot of people put a lot of credibility into what normal people say," he said. "So if I have a good experience, I like to post. I like to see good restaurants stay in business."
This week's question:
What's your primary means of deciding what restaurants to try?
-- Diner reviews on the Web are the way to go.
-- Reviews by established food critics are only ones I trust.
-- Word of mouth from faces I can see.
-- If a joint is usually busy and I'm hungry, I'll be the judge.
Vote at sfgate.com/polls
Last week's results:
Do you like the concept of unregulated political advertising on the Web?
-- Yes. We should all have the right to make our point.24%
-- No. Dirty election tactics will reach new depths.76%
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1My spirit is broken, my days finished,
my burial at hand.
2Surely mockers surround me,
at their provocation, my eyes grow dim.
3Put up a pledge for me with you:*
who is there to give surety for me?
4You darken their minds to knowledge;
therefore you will not exalt them.
5For a share of property he informs on friends,
while the eyes of his children grow dim.
6I am made a byword of the people;a
I am one at whom people spit.
7My eyes are blind with anguish,
and my whole frame is like a shadow.
8The upright are astonished at this,
the innocent aroused against the wicked.
9The righteous holds to his way,
the one with clean hands increases in strength.
10But turn now, and come on again;
I do not find a wise man among you!
11My days pass by, my plans are at an end,
the yearning of my heart.
12They would change the night into day;
where there is darkness they talk of approaching light.
13* If my only hope is dwelling in Sheol,
and spreading my couch in darkness,
14If I am to say to the pit, "You are my father,"
and to the worm "my mother," "my sister,"
15Where then is my hope,
my happiness, who can see it?
16Will they descend with me into Sheol?
Shall we go down together into the dust?
* [17:3] Addressed to God; v. 10 to Job's friends.
* [17:13–16] Job elaborates another of the vivid descriptions of "life" in Sheol; cf. 3:13–23; 10:21–22.
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As couples marry later in life, their requests have matured
As couples marry later in life, their requests have matured
The gift of giving
For the couples who want to share what they receive, there is the charity registry option. The I Do Foundation is a nonprofit organization that links engaged couples with many charitable giving options. At www.idofoun-dation.org, a percentage of the purchases from the gift registry is donated to a selected charity.
The backyard oasis
Other couples opt for the "backyard oasis," a gift category that is becoming more common for weddings, according to Sharon Naylor, author of "The Ultimate Wedding Registry Workbook." This registry may include patio furniture, lawn ornaments, new grills, etc. Such items have become prevalent for Wal-Mart wedding gift registries, among other popular retailers.
Movies and books
Other alternative registry items include movies and books. In her book, Naylor said couples are "registering for boxed sets of the 'Godfather' series." And for the couples who prefer reading over television, books also have found their way to the registry list, specifically at Target and other department stores.


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The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would prohibit businesses from propping their doors open if their air conditioning is running.
The Washington Examiner reports the measure is buried in energy legislation that district lawmakers are taking up Thursday.
The proposed law would apply to about 4,000 establishments. Those caught violating the law would be fined $100 for a first offense, then $200, $400, and $800 for subsequent offenses.
Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh is co-sponsoring the provision with Chairman Phil Mendelson.
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I am annoyed.
All of these talent shows are just merging into one big Simon Cowell driven multi-million empire at the expense of repetition and untalentless people.
I didnt watch any of Britains Got Talent this year but I've just watched a couple of clips on Youtube and seen that a guy, Sean Sheenan, chopping wood made it to the semi finals. TO THE SEMI FINALS! So out of the hundreds of thousands that audtion, this act was the cream of the crop in this country? Bloody hell fire. The barrel is well and truly scraped.
I don't understand why singers are allowed on this show to begin with. Thats what XFactor is for right? And plus the two formats of the show are the same, its like watching the same show.
And yet, we buy into these fad shows, reality TV, cringeworthy viewing. Don't get me wrong, I used to love these shows when they first came out but the winner of American Idol this year debut single went to number 24 in the US charts. Is this the world saying "we want a change?"
When are we going to have shows with intelligence and substance again?!


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Customers say headstone company not upholding promises
Action News' Paul Van Osdol investigates complaints against Cook & Lintz Memorials
Ronald Lynch makes regular visits to the grave of his wife, Margaret, who died in March after 55 years of marriage.
While there, he tends flowers, pulls weeds and wonders when the bare slab will ever be covered with the headstone he ordered shortly after she died.
"It's put me through torment, you know?" he said.
Lynch bought the headstone from Cook & Lintz Memorials in Meyersdale, Somerset County, after the company called him just days after his wife died.
He made a $1,380 down payment on the $2,700 headstone.
Lynch said he was told he would have the headstone by Memorial Day, then by his wife's birthday in July, but nothing happened.
"It's a dirty shame that I got treated like this when I had to worry about my wife. It took a toll on me," said Lynch.
He has since filed a complaint against Cook & Lintz with the Attorney General's Office.
Channel 4 Action News' Paul Van Osdol found nine lawsuits filed against them in the past two years.
Debby Brant told Van Osdol she paid $2,500 for a memorial for her parents, but never got it.
She eventually got her money back after winning a judgment against Cook & Lintz.
"I wasn't getting the tombstone, and I paid a lot of money and I worked very hard to pay for it, and I didn't know what else to do," she said.
Van Osdol went to Cook & Lintz's office, where he found co-owner Fred Lichty. Van Osdol tried to ask him about the headstone Lynch had ordered, but was told to leave.
When Lichty came outside, Van Osdol attempted to ask him more questions, but was told, "Get out of here with that. I'll break you in two pieces (if) you fool with me, mister."
The Better Business Bureau said they've received multiple complaints about Cook & Lintz dating back seven years.
Few of those complaints have been resolved, which is why the BBB has given the company an "F" rating.
The BBB's Warren King said consumers should avoid making a major purchase, like a headstone, soon after the death of a loved one.
"It's heartbreaking because it's hard enough to deal with the loss of a loved one. You can't believe that someone's going to put you through that," said King.
Lynch, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, said he hopes he sees the day when his wife's headstone rests at her grave.
"It's a crime to do that to someone when they're vulnerable, like us, who loved our dear ones and they passed away," he said.


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Chem. Engr. Education, 34(1), 66–67 (2000).
Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent
It's a typical day in your class. As you lecture,
- several students stroll in during the first 10 minutes of the class and one arrives after 20 minutes. It is the earliest she has arrived all semester.
- a number of students are absorbed in the campus newspaper.
- two students are having an animated conversation, punctuated by laughter. All heads around them are turning to see what's going on.
- one student has his head back, eyes closed, and mouth open.
You are not thrilled by all this, but you're not sure what to do about it.
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We sometimes present this scenario in our teaching workshops and ask the participants to brainstorm possible responses to any of these behaviors—not just good responses, but good, questionable, and terrible responses. Here are typical suggestions.
- Ignore it.
- Lock the door.
- Fall silent and wait.
- Throw chalk.
- Set off a firecracker.
- Flap your arms and cluck like a chicken.
- Ask a question.
- Leave.
- Set fire to the newspaper.
- Talk to the offender outside class.
- Review the rules.
- Start an activity.
- Throw the bums out.
- "That looks like an interesting conversation over there—why don't you share it with the rest of us?"
Next, we suggest that the best response depends on whether the offending behavior is disruptive or non-disruptive—that is, whether or not it distracts the class's attention from your teaching—and whether it is a first offense or a recurring one. Non-disruptive behaviors include sleeping (without snoring), reading, or slipping into the back of the room late. You may not like it—seeing students asleep drives some instructors crazy—but it is not distracting to the other students. (Watching someone sleeping just doesn't have that much entertainment value.) Disruptive behaviors include talking or otherwise making noise, or coming in late and promenading ostentatiously up the aisle.
After making these distinctions between different offending behaviors, we tell the participants to get into groups of three or four and try to reach consensus on the best response for each category. We collect their nominations and then propose ours. Sometimes several groups nominate our responses; often none do.
You might enjoy making your own nominations before we tell you ours. In your opinion, what is the best way to deal with
- a student sleeping in class whom you have never seen sleeping before?
- a student who sleeps in almost every class session?
- two students talking and laughing who have not done so before?
- two students talking and laughing who do so frequently?
First indicate what you would do in class when you observe the offensive behavior, and then add what (if anything) you would do outside class. Hint: One of our nominations is not included in the 15 listed ones.
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Best response to non-disruptive behavior
If you do anything in class to address a non-disruptive behavior, you turn it into a disruptive one. Our suggestion for what to do in class about a sleeping (or reading or unobtrusively late) student is, therefore...nothing. If the student is a first-time offender, forget about it. If you notice the same student sleeping every period, you may continue to ignore it, or if it seriously annoys you, you might express your annoyance outside class and ask why he is doing it. If he is bored, knowing that his sleeping bothers you may get him to work harder at staying awake. On the other hand, if he is holding down a 40-50 hour/week job while going to school or is working the night shift, warn him that he could be missing important information and then stop worrying about it.
Sometimes someone suggests initiating a learning activity to get students' attention. We are staunch believers in active learning, but we want to use activities when they fit, not just because we happen to see someone sleeping.
Best response to disruptive behavior
Ignoring disruptive behavior is not a viable option. If you allow disruptions to proceed, they will become increasingly widespread and frequent until the class is out of control.
Our nomination of the best response requires some preliminary explanation. [We are indebted to Rebecca Leonard of the N.C. State University Department of Communication for the analysis that follows.] Speech communication experts tell us that there are three categories of responses to objectionable behavior: aggressive, passive (indirect), and assertive. Yelling at students, throwing things at them, and throwing them out of class are aggressive responses. Doing anything non-aggressive other than clearly stating what you want is a passive response. Calmly and clearly stating the problem and asking for what you want is an assertive response.
Do aggressive responses work? In the short run, they generally do. As an instructor, you hold a great deal of power over the students: if you scream at them to shut up, chances are they will. But while you may win the battle, you are likely to lose the war. When you resort to aggression, you effectively admit that the only way you can control your class is to lose control of yourself. You will lose the respect of the students, and the rest of the semester could be grim for both you and them.
What about throwing the chalk or an eraser? Everyone has stories—some fond, some bitter—about teachers they had or knew about who used to do that sort of thing. That was then; this is now. Can you say "law suit"?
Then there are passive responses. Ignoring those two chattering students—the ultimate passive response—is clearly a poor idea. Falling silent and waiting for them and other noisemakers to quiet down themselves might work eventually, but it wastes valuable class time (especially in a large class, where you might wait for a long time) and penalizes the non-disruptive students as much as the few miscreants. Locking the door penalizes chronic latecomers, but it also penalizes the one-time offender who may have a perfectly legitimate and unavoidable reason for being late.
Some professors argue for the ever-popular "Why don't you share that joke with the rest of us?" That is, first of all, a passive response. You are not asking for what you really want: the last thing in the world you want is to know what those two birds are twittering about. You know, and they know, and the rest of the class knows, that your goal is simply to embarrass them into quieting down. Will it work? Again, probably in the short term, but once you resort to sarcasm or anything else that has embarrassment as its objective you again lose respect that may be hard or impossible to regain.
Which brings us to our nomination: the direct, assertive response. Look in the direction of the offending students and calmly say "Excuse me—that noise is disrupting the class. Could you please keep it down?" They usually will. The talkers may be mildly embarrassed but your primary objective was clearly not to embarrass them—it was simply to quiet them down. You maintain control without having to use aggression or sarcasm, and the students' respect for your authority stays the same or increases.
Finally, what if you have to quiet down the same students in several classes, or the same student keeps coming in late? We propose doing the same thing we suggested for repeated non-disruptive behaviors. Talk to the offenders outside class, telling them that their behavior is offensive and must stop, and then ask them why they're doing it. Regardless of what they say, you will probably achieve your objective. In our combined years of teaching, we have never had to do this with a student more than once. Barring pathological cases, neither should you.Interestingly, the assertive response—simply asking the offenders to stop doing what they're doing—is usually not on the list of possibilities brought up during the initial brainstorm. It's almost as if instructors don't know it's legal to do it. It is legal. And it works


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In the "From the President" column, Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) discusses the "hydra-headed" indictment of history (and the humanities more generally). He also suggests how historians ought to defend themselves. Here's a taste:
By doing history as well as we can, we are searching for exact knowledge, and teaching students, undergraduate and graduate, to do the same. We're modeling honest, first-hand inquiry. That austere, principled quest for knowledge matters: matters more than ever in the current media world, in which lies about the past, like lies about the present, move faster than ever before. The problem is that it's a quest without a Grail. The best conclusions we can draw, scrutinizing our evidence and our inferences as fiercely and scrupulously as we can, will be provisional. We will disagree with our contemporaries, and the next generation will replace our conclusions, and theirs, with new ones. But the fact that the search goes on—and the energy and integrity that the searchers put into it—matter deeply, for the health of our culture.The full column is here.
In the "Art of History" column, legal historian Laura Edwards (Duke University) ruminates on "Writing between the Past and the Present." "Writing is difficult," she observes, "because it is more than simply describing historical evidence":
Writing is the process through which we make sense of those materials. The mechanics resist analysis, although most of us have experienced their workings in those moments of searing clarity or intense frustration when it becomes difficult to ignore the insight that writing itself creates meaning. When the process works, the evidence begins to take on new shapes through our prose, allowing us to see elements of the past that we had not recognized before. Then there are those times when writing reveals only the distance between us and the past. What we thought we knew suddenly disappears when we sit down to write, leaving us only with a muddle of meaningless words. At some basic level, the challenges of writing are about this elusive relationship between the historian and the past. We work through it from the moment we step into the archives. But it is the act of writing, itself, that places us in a direct conversation with the past.The full column is here.
Other highlights from the issue:
- Executive Director Jim Grossman (University of Chicago) discusses Citizenship, History, and Public Culture.
- Robert B. Townsend (AHA's assistant director for research and publications) discusses how economic woes are affecting history departments, and what some departments are doing to cope (here).
- Kristen Collins (Boston University) and Linda Kerber (University of Iowa) discuss why the Supreme Court should strike down an old citizenship law that discriminates against fathers ("Sexing Citizenship," available here).
- Robert A. Schneider (Indiana University) and John K. Thornton (Boston University) discuss history in the digital age (here and here).


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SafeSleep... Mac OS X 10.4 improved a little-known feature of Mac OS X; in a low-power situation the contents of memory will be saved to the hard drive and the computer will shut down. On other Operating Systems this is a standard feature known as Hibernation or Suspend-to-disk.
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One who favors free trade, globalization, and openness to the free market. The term is used frequently in an international context, but it may also refer to the politics of a single country. Neo-liberals advocate floating exchange rates, the reduction or elimination of tariffs, privatization of nationalized companies, and similar practices. International organizations well-known for advocating neo-liberal policies include the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization.


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George Michael has canceled a handful of upcoming tour dates as he recovers from a bout of pneumonia in a Vienna hospital.
The British pop star and former Wham! singer announced Wednesday that he was going to have to reschedule two more concerts — a pair of shows in Cardiff, Wales, this coming weekend — on top of the two he'd recently postponed.
Michael is currently convalescing in the Austrian capital's Vienna General Hospital. He was supposed to perform in that city on Monday but had to cancel just two hours ahead of time to seek treatment. A performance in Strasbourg, France, was also canceled.
U.S. & World
According to Michael's website, the shows were scuttled as per doctor's orders.
Michael kicked off his current tour, in which he's backed by a full 41-piece orchestra, back in August despite having said several years ago that his 2008 performances would be his last.
After a spate of troubles with the law involving his pot-smoking habits, he said this year that he felt "re-energized," BBC News reports. His current tour was to have had 47 dates.
There's no word yet on when the canceled dates will be rescheduled.
Selected reading: Reuters, BBC News, GeorgeMichael.com


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Loyola Greyhounds at American Eagles
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 | 7:30 p.m.
Washington, D.C. | Bender Arena
Quick Hits About The 'Hounds
Loyola renews a rivalry on Wednesday against American University that dates back to the programs' time in the Mason-Dixon Conference.
The Greyhounds take on their new Patriot League foe at 7:30 p.m. on January 8 in Washington, D.C.
Loyola finished its first weekend of Patriot League action with a 1-1 mark, beating the U.S. Naval Academy before falling at the U.S. Military Academy.
Dylon Cormier averaged 23.5 points in the two games.
Loyola had 27 steals in its first two conference games, including a season-high 15 versus the Midshipmen.
R.J. Williams leads the League and is ninth in NCAA Division I in steals per game (2.73).
Last Time Out
Loyola trimmed Army's one-time 13-point lead to 73-72 with five minutes left in the second half, but the Black Knights held off the Greyhounds for a 91-82 victory.
Army took a 58-45 lead on a Larry Toomey four minutes into the second half, but Loyola later used a 11-2 run that pulled it back within a possession.
Dylon Cormier posted his second-straight 20+ point game, leading all scorers with 27 points as one of four Greyhounds in double figures.
R.J. Williams had career-highs with 14 points and six rebounds, while Eric Laster scored 13 and Franz Rassman had 12 to go with eight rebounds.
Patriot League Network
Wednesday's game against American will air live on the Patriot League Network.
The contest, and all of Loyola's remaining, non-televised home and road games will be streamed, free of charge, in high definition and can be accessed at www.patriotleague.tv.
Series History Versus American
American is Loyola's most-played Patriot League opponent, as Wednesday's game will be the 85th all-time installment in the series.
The Eagles, who are Loyola's seventh most-played opponent in program history, and Greyhounds were former Mason-Dixon Conference opponents prior to each joining NCAA Division I.
The teams have evenly split the previous 84 games, 42-42.
American and Loyola last played November 13, 2007, the third year in a row that the teams had met on the hardwood.
The Greyhounds got past the Eagles, 71-67, that Tuesday night as Gerald Brown scored a game-high 32 points for Loyola. American led the game 29-12 in the first half, but the Greyhounds pulled within seven at the break. Loyola then scored 13 of the second half's first 19 points to take a lead with 11:33 remaining in regulation.
Start Of A New Era
Last Thursday's game against Navy marked the start of a new era for Loyola basketball, the Greyhounds' first game as a member of the Patriot League.
Loyola announced in August 2012 it would join the 10-school League, and it officially became a member on July 1, 2013.
The Greyhounds had been members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) since 1989-1990.
Offensive Improvement
Loyola's 82 points in its loss Sunday at Army were its most since scoring 87 in a December 4 win over Catholic University.
In the five games in between, the Greyhounds averaged just 63 points per game while shooting 39.2 percent from the field and 25.8 percent from 3-point range.
Against the Black Knights, Loyola was better from the field, knocking down 44.8 percent of its shots.
Sticky Fingers
Loyola has had four of its top six steals performances of the season in its last six games, logging 13 against both Mount St. Mary's and Stony Brook, a season-high 15 versus Navy and 12 at Army.
The 27 steals in its last two games raised Loyola's Patriot League-leading average to 9.2 per game. Through games of January 5, the Greyhounds are ranked 15th nationally in steals per game.
Loyola has had 11 or more steals in six games – also 12 at UMBC and 11 at Connecticut – through 13 contests.
R.J. Williams leads the Patriot League,and is ninth nationally in steals per game (2.7), while Dylon Cormier is fifth (2.1) and tied for 47th Jarred Jones had a career-high five steals against Navy, while Cormier and Williams each had four.
Williams then posted a career-high six, tied for fifth-most in school single-game history, at Army.
Cormier now has 169 in his career and moved into a tie for thirdplace at Loyola in the Army game. With 95 in his career, Williams is 20th on the career chart.
Williams' Career Day
R.J. Williams had the best statistical game of his three-year Loyola career on Sunday at Army, logging highs in points (14), field goals made and attempted (5-of-9) and steals (6).
Williams raised his 2013-14 scoring average to 7.8 per game. He has scored in double figures four times this year, one more than the number he logged in his first two seasons with the Greyhounds.
On The Offensive Glass
After recording a season-low three offensive rebounds in last Thursday night's win over Navy, the Greyhounds had 16 offensive rebounds at Army.
Dylon Cormier led the way with a career-high tying seven offensive boards; he leads the Patriot League with 3.4 offensive rebounds per game.
Cormier's 3.4 per game are 1.5 more than the League's next-best guard in terms of offensive rebounds (Army's Dylan Cox).
Back In The Win Column
Loyola's come-from-behind win over Navy last Thursday night was its first victory since December 4 against Catholic University; it was the Greyhounds' first Division I win since defeating UMBC on November 20.
The Greyhounds did several things statistically differently in the win that they had not in the four losses. Loyola shot 42.9 percent from the field (38.5 in four losses), held Navy to 37.5 percent (38.5), took 32 free throws (23.5), blocked seven shots (2.5) and allowed 57 points (76.2).
Die Hard Dogs
Loyola has trailed with five minutes to go in regulation in four of its six victories this season – Binghamton, Cornell, UMBC and Navy – only to come back to win.
In their Patriot League-opener, the Greyhounds were 10 points back of Navy, 47-37, when the clock hit 5:00 in the second half, but Loyola closed the half on an 15-5 run to force overtime.
At Binghamton, the Greyhounds were down five at the five-minute mark; Cornell, seven; and UMBC, six. In the game at UMBC, the Retrievers' lead ballooned to 10 with 90 seconds left.
Overcoming Overtime
Loyola is 3-0 in overtime games this season and has won its last seven games that have extended past regulation.
Since the 2004-2005 season, Loyola is 12-1 in overtime games.
This season, the Greyhounds have outscored Cornell, UMBC and Navy by an average of 12.3 to 7.3 in the extra frames.
Loyola's three overtime games this year match the number it played, and won, last year. Prior to 2012-13, the last time Loyola played three or more overtime games in a season was 1990-91.
Last Five Focus
In Loyola's six victories this season, it has outscored its opponents 21.3-12.5 in the final five minutes of regulation.
The Greyhounds have shot 61.8 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from 3-point range, in the final five minutes of the wins. Their opponents have shot just 35.6 percent from the field and 20 percent from behind the arc.
In those 30 minutes, Loyola has committed just nine turnovers to its opponents' 22. Fourteen of the opponent turnovers have been from Loyola steals.
Add in its overtime games, and Loyola has outscored opponents 27.7-16.2 in the final five minutes plus overtime.
Block Party
Jordan Latham tied his career-high with four blocks last Thursday night against Navy, and Loyola matched its season-best with seven.
With another block at Army moved Latham's career total to 72. He is seventh in school history, four away from eclipsing Omari Israel's 75 from 2006-08.
Second Half Revivals
Loyola has outscored its last seven opponents, 290-242, in the second half (and overtime of the Navy game).
In those final 20 (or 25) minutes, the Greyhounds have shot 47.3 percent from the field, but their defense has been the difference. The opponents have been limited to just 66-of-152 (43.4 percent) from the floor during the second halves, 11-of-40 (27.5 percent) from 3-point range.
Loyola's opponents have committed 62 turnovers to Loyola's 26 after the breaks.
Offensively, Dylon Cormier has averaged 13.6 points in the second halves of the last seven games for Loyola, including a 23-point performance against Saint Joseph's.
Against Stony Brook, the Greyhounds erased a 17-point first-half deficit to tie the score twice in the second half. Versus Saint Joseph's, Loyola trailed, 60-24, at the half, but it made the contest a three-possession game and lost by 11.
In all 13 games this year, Loyola is outscoring opponents, 38.2-36.4, after halftime.
Slow Starts
The Greyhounds' second half rallies have been necessitated by slow starts that have dug first-half holes against Stony Brook, Saint Joseph's, Miami and Navy.
In those games, Loyola allowed its foes to shot 56.4 percent (62-of-110) from the field while shooting just 32.6 percent (29-of-89) itself. The opponents made a combined 19-of-37 (.514) shots from behind the arc, as well.
Loyola has also lost the turnover differentials in the first halves of those games, coughing up the ball 36 times while forcing just 25 turnovers.
On January 2 against Navy, Loyola made just four first-half field goals.
Cumulatively, in the Greyhounds' 12 games, Loyola has been outscored, 38.2-28.8, in the first half this season.
Cormier's Start To The Season
Dylon Cormier has started the season scoring in bunches, averaging 23.0 points per game through 13. Through games of Monday, January 6, Cormier was seventh in the nation in scoring.
Cormier scored 20 or more points in the Greyhounds' first five games, and he had three 30-plus point efforts during that stretch, as well. Overall, he has 10 20+ point games in 12 contests.
On November 20 at UMBC, Cormier had a career-high 12 field goals and went 9-of-13 from the line to match his career-best with 34 points (also set on November 10 at Cornell).
No Loyola player in the school's Division I era (since 1981-1982) had started the season with five-straight 20-point games. Andre Collins, who set the school single-season scoring record at 26.1, started the 2005-2006 season with 20 or more points in five of six games, but he scored just 16 in the Greyhounds' third game of the season.
Collins had eight games with 30 or more points that season, the most by a Loyola player during the Division I era.
Cormier was the first player in Loyola men's basketball history to post two 30+ point games to start the season.
He was the first Loyola player to score 30 or more in back-to-back outings since Collins went for 34, 36 and 39 in three-straight games (all on the road at VMI, Delaware and Providence) from December 29, 2005-January 3, 2006.
Passing 1,500
In the second half at Army, Dylon Cormier became the eighth player in school history, and the sixth at the Division I level, to score 1,500 career points. Cormier now has 1,512 career points, and next up on the all-time scoring list is Mike Powell who scored 1,580 from 1995-98.
Cormier is the eighth player at Loyola to reach 1,400 points at the Division I level.
Cormier To The Charity Stripe
Loyola went to the free-throw line a season-high 35 times on December 19 against Stony Brook, and Dylon Cormier took 21 of the attempts.
His 21 free throw attempts were the second-most in school single-game history, one shy of tying the January 14, 2009, mark set by Jamal Barney against NJIT.
Cormier made 16 free throws, a career-best, good for a tie for fourth in single-game history. Barney holds that record, as well, with 18.
He had another game that will be entered on the Loyola charts against Navy when he made 12-of-12 at the line. It was the fifth-best performance in school history (most makes without a miss).
Through 13 games, Cormier has gone to the free-throw line 128 times (tied for eighth in Division I through games of January 6). His average of 9.8 free throws per game is fourth nationally.
Loyola is guaranteed at least 30 games this season (29 regular-season, plus at least one Patriot League Tournament), and with that average, Cormier would 294 free throws in 2013-14. The school single-season record for free throws attempted is 255 set in 1997-98 by Mike Powell.
In his career, Cormier is 422-of-599 from the free-throw line. He is fourth in school history in free throws attempted and fifth in made.
Turnover Battle
Through 13 games this season, the Greyhounds are averaging 3.1 fewer turnovers per game than their opponents, tops in the Patriot League and tied for 37th in the nation.
Loyola has committed 155 turnovers to its opponents' 190. The differential is even greater in the second half of games, as opponents have nearly 2:1 more turnovers (107-56).
Telling Stat
In Loyola's seven losses this season, the Greyhounds are shooting more than seven percent worse from the floor than they are in their six victories.
Loyola has made 45.5 percent (152-of-334) shots in five wins versus 38.4 percent (159-of-414) in seven losses. As a consequence, Loyola is averaging 14.4 points less (78.3 versus 63.9) points.
As one would expect, opponents are shooting better (49.3-41.7) in the games they've won.
Jones Returns To Scoring Form
Jarred Jones had his best scoring night since of the month of December against Saint Joseph's, finishing with 15 points on 5-of-8 from the field. He hit two 3-pointers, his first two of the season, and also had two steals in the game. His 15 points were the second most of his career.
Jones is the team's third-leading scorer, averaging 9.0 points per game while shooting a team-best 52.6 percent from the field. He has also gone to the free-throw line 45 times, making 35 attempts for a 77.8 percentage.
The sophomore had a career night in the season-opener against Binghamton, recording personal bests in points (22), rebounds (7), field goals made (8), field goal attempts (11) and blocked shots (4).
While his offensive production was critical, his four blocked shots were just as important. Jones swatted two Binghamton layups with weak-side help in the final 2:10 of regulation. The first block came in transition, and the second was on a drive from the left side. Both shots would have given Binghamton the lead if not for the blocks.
He followed that game with a 13-point, 7-rebound effort against Cornell.
Doing The Little Things
Eric Laster has done the stat-sheet filling things in the several games for the Greyhounds.
On December 19 versus Stony Brook, he blocked a career-best three shots, and earlier this month, he posted a career-high five assists in a win over Catholic.
Laster has 17 assists this year against just six turnovers, and he is averaging 3.9 rebounds per game.
After averaging just 5.3 minutes in 27 games last season, he has seen his role expand dramatically this season, starting the first 12 games on the wing.
Laster has averaged 9.4 points in Loyola's first 13 contests, and he is shooting 43.1 percent (22-of-51) from 3-point range. In 27 games last year, he averaged just 0.8 points (22 total) and shot 32.3 percent overall from the field.
From Way Back, Part 1
Loyola trailed UMBC by 17 points, 58-41, with 9:44 left in regulation on November 20, but the Greyhounds came all the way back to tie the score with 11 ticks left in regulation. They then went on to win, 89-83, in overtime.
An R.J. Williams layup with 8:37 left started a 10-0 run that would cut the deficit to seven on two Dylon Cormier free throws at 6:29, and Loyola would get within four on three occasions after that.
UMBC, however, pushed the lead back to double-digits, 73-63, on a Malik Garner free throw with 90 seconds remaining.
Eric Laster hit a pair of threes, wrapped around a 1-of-2 trip to the line for UMBC's Joey Getz, and Loyola was down 74-69 with 1:14 left after Laster's second triple. Quentin Jones hit a 20-foot jumper form the left corner with 58 seconds left, but Laster answered 11 ticks later to make it a four-point game.
Garner turned the ball over on a Cormier steal, and Later canned his fourth three in a span of 41 seconds to get the Greyhounds within a point, 76-75, with 42 seconds left. Loyola forced a missed layup by UMBC, and Cormier was fouled with 11 seconds left, and he hit 1-of-2 to tie the score. UMBC's Rodney Elliott drew contact and a foul call with 3.1 seconds showing, but the freshman missed both foul shots, forcing overtime.
In the extra period, Loyola made 4-of-5 field goals and 5-of-8 free throws to pull away for the victory.
Start Of The Smith Era
G.G. Smith was named the 20th head coach in Loyola University Maryland men's basketball history on April 12, 2013. Her garnered his first head coaching win on November 8, 2013, in the season-opener against Binghamton.
The 1999 graduate of the University of Georgia spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola for Jimmy Patsos who took the head coaching position at Siena College in March.
Loyola amassed a 106-87 record (.549) during Smith's six years as an assistant. The 106 wins and the .549 winning percentage are the best of any six-year stretch during Loyola's Division I history (since 1982-1983).
As a player, Smith was a three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs from 1995-1999. Smith helped the Bulldogs advance to the 1996 NCAA Sweet 16 and another tournament appearance in 1997. He left Georgia as the school's career leader in games played (129), wins in a season (24) and 3-pointers in a game (nine).
Smith is the son of current Texas Tech University Head Coach Tubby Smith. The elder Smith led the University of Kentucky to the 1998 NCAA Championship and is in his 23rd season as a head coach. G.G. Smith played for his father from 1995-1997 at Georgia.
Look Back At 2012-2013
Loyola finished the 2012-2013 season with a 23-12 record, marking the first time in the school's Division I history (since 1982-1983) that the Greyhounds have posted back-to-back 20-win seasons.
The Greyhounds finished their final season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 12-6 mark, tying for second place.
After falling in the first round of the MAAC Championships, Loyola its first-ever bid tot he CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Following the Greyhounds' 2012 appearance in the NCAA Tournament, it was the first consecutive postseason bids in school Division I history and the first since 1953 in any division of competition.
Erik Etherly and Dylon Cormier became the first set of Loyola teammates to be named to the All-MAAC First Team in the same year.
Preseason Patriot League Picks
As a team, the Greyhounds were slated to finish fifth in the Patriot League Preseason poll, just six points out of third place. Boston University was the unanimous pick to win the league, followed by Lafayette, Army, Bucknell, Loyola, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Colgate, American and Navy.
Dylon Cormier was one of five players on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
Brito, Laster Spend Summer Overseas
Two Loyola players, – Denzel Brito and Eric Laster – gained valuable experience playing overseas during the summer of 2013.
Brito trained with the Cape Verdean National Team prior to their play in the FIBA African Championships. However, due to a FIBA exclusion, he was not able to participate in the event itself.
Laster played in five games on a tour that visited Belgium, England and The Netherlands. He was lauded for his wing play by writers who covered the events against professional teams in those countries.
Cormier On The Charts
Dylon Cormier enters his senior season at Loyola with a chance to climb many of the Greyhounds' career statistical charts. Here is a look at where he stands:
|1,512 points
|Mike Powell, 1,580
|Field Goals Made
|498 field goals made
|Tom Caraher, 1978-82
|3-Pointers Made
|94 3-Pt. Made
|B.J. Davis, 104
|Free Throws Made
|422 free throws made
|B.J. Pendleton, 426
|192 assists
|R.J. Williams (active), 193
|166 steals
|Tracy Bergan, 177
Into The Fold
Loyola signed three high school seniors in the early signing period to comprise its Class of 2018.
Forward Cam Gregory (Waldorf, Md./St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) and guards Chancellor Barnard (Columbia, Md./Glenelg Country School) and Colton Bishop (Winston-Salem, N.C./Forsyth County Day School) will join the program in the fall.
For more on the trio, visit http://loyo.la/MBB-NLIs-13.
High Marks
The Loyola men's basketball team scored the highest amongst squads in the State of Maryland in the most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate report. The Greyhounds checked in with a 91-percent GSR, tops among the state's nine Division I schools, for players who entered the school between 2003-2006.
Up Next
Loyola returns to Reitz Arena for its next two games. The Greyhounds will host Lehigh University on Saturday, January 11, at 4 o'clock, and Lafayette College on Monday, January 13, at7:30 p.m.


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- Eleni said...
Ooh, I wouldn't mind a copy of the Wildflower ABC for myself!
I just found your blog via Skunkboy Creatures - I liked the comment you made about shorts being "failed pants" - made me giggle!
- June 03, 2011
- Bending Birches said...
beautiful compilation here...I am a waldorf inspired homecare provider until I complete my waldorf EC training...one fo the children I care for will be entering public kindergarten in the fall. at her parents request, I am teaching her to write her name and some other letter recognition skills, etc. These books will be perfect. i also have enjoyed the waldorf alphabet book, "LMNOP"
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- June 03, 2011
- RainbowsWithinReach said...
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- June 04, 2011
- Unknown said...
Love this book selection! :) Think that ABC's naturally is my favorite!
- June 06, 2011
- PuppyLovePrincess said...
@ michelle: abc's naturally is my favorite, too! the photos are so amazing you could actually cut them out, frame them, and use them as wall decor.
@ debbie; thanks! that's such a supersweet thing to say.
@ bendingbirches: oh, i looove waldorf! the emphasis on nature, music, and storytelling is really special, and important i think, too.
@eleni: i'm glad i made you giggle ;) and i totally agree, the wildflower abc book is incredible. the potato is not only tasty when covered with butter and cheese... it's an art tool, too!
- June 09, 2011
- Isil Simsek said...
I love these books and will definitely find them for my daughter who will start school in September. I would love it if you linked up to my weekly meme,Book Sharing Monday.
- July 25, 2011
- Unknown said...
Some really lovely books! I especially like the look of the alphabet in nature one. Thanks for sharing and linking to 5-a-day books!
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In keynote speech, NEA President calls on delegates to lead the charge for education.
By Tim Walker
An energized and angry NEA President Dennis Van Roekel issued a stirring call to action to the 8,200 delegates seated before him Saturday, criticizing the failed policies and competitive grant programs being pumped by so-called education reformers and the Obama administration's education officials.
"Let's create our moment! We've done it before and we can do it again" Van Roekel told the cheering crowd. While rallying the delegates with his call-to-action, Van Roekel laid out specific steps educators can take to create change.
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"Plain and simple – this is not the change I hoped for. Our members feel betrayed and so do I! Our members are angry . So am I!"
With reauthorization of ESEA right around the corner, Van Roekel trained much of his rhetorical fire for the No Child Left Behind Act, mocking the law in stinging terms.
"We must not allow another bad ESEA. Because if they take the old NCLB, fancy it up and call it the new ESEA, I think we ought to just call it TNT and blow the whole damn thing up!" Van Roekel said as the delegates roared their approval. To follow up, he asked delegates to send a clear and concise message by sending postcards to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan listing the three things they would like to see changed in ESEA. Nine thousand postcards, Van Roekel said, will send a loud and powerful message.
To build on that effort, Van Roekel is also calling on every state president to plan and implement a day of action between now and September to send a message to Congress.
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Van Roekel also invited the naysayers and critics to drop the scorns and threats and take a look at the great things NEA members are doing for the nations' schools.
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"If we are not the activists in politics, we will be the victims of politics," Van Roekel warned the delegates. " We simply cannot sit it out. There is too much at stake!"
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What's the best change to Charlottesville's landscape within the last decade or so?
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The Downtown Mall -- a Corner for the rest of us.
And also, the food scene, which existed mainly as a pipe dream 25 years ago.
If you're talking political landscape, I'd have to say voting Nancy Periello out of office.
I'd say the downtown mall improvements, the "Art in Place" pieces are amusing as well.
A lot of bad changes too, with the Pantops and 29N sprawl, Meadowcreek nonsense, music venue turmoil, YMCA in the park, and people itching to develop the Rivanna riverfront property.
UVA hospital construction and the South Lawn.
Definitely the Downtown Mall. Think of the improvements!
1) An architecturally-blended nTelos Pavilion. A shining example of the Jeffersonian style as approved by the ARB.
2) Million-dollar bricks which have stood the test of time.
3) Overpriced restaurants to provide residents and visitors alike the illusion that they are dining in "world class" and unique eateries.
4) Lee Park (adjacent to the Mall) becoming Ground Zero for such desirable cultural events as Occupy and the pending LGBT fistfest.
5) Vendors peddling incense to give the Mall the aroma of a NY or Philly subway station.
6) Faux-homeless panhandling.
7) Megan's Law pervs staring at children a la "Aqualung."
What a unique treasure we have here. In all the cities I've visited, I have never seen a downtown as vibrant as ours!
R.I.P.: Cleavon Little
@Liberalace, you aren't usually quite this unpleasant. If you don't like it here, you could move to Omaha or someplace more to your liking....your critiques often are at least amusing, but this one is just...nasty.
We could probably all do without 20 identical copies of the same vendor on the mall ....
Council got rid of the others by continuously raising the fees for an assigned spot.
That reminds me of an old bumper sticker that used to circulate in the late '60s-early '70s: America, Love It or Leave It.
R.I.P.: Sid Vicious
I think Liberalace is on point. Why ask for more cowbell? give me more flannel and birkenstocks!
Hey, what's wrong with Omaha? The World Herald is a great newspaper ...
but why are all of the vendor slots occupied by the same identical exact store, selling the same identical exact wares - and I, for one, have never actually observed any sales taking place. Those vendors are hardly selling stuff that might apeall to Tri-President tourists ...
Shouldn't this article be followed up by another asking "What's the worst change to Charlottesville's landscape within the last 20 years or so?"