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I wanted a big log house. Nevermind that I had no building experience, no fat bank account and no helpmate. What I did have was a piece of land, an old pickup truck and a high threshold for pain.
My long-smoldering desire for a rustic home had ignited into passion when I turned 40 — "Ripeness is all," Shakespeare wrote. I moved to Ashland, Oregon, found an affordable piece of land and secured financing. With a federal loan, I bought 10 acres for $40,000 at 6.5 percent interest. The property had two outbuildings that I remodeled into storage and temporary living space. Now, I just had to come up with a practical plan for my dream home on my waitress's frayed-shoestring budget. Vertical-log construction was the practical choice for a 125-pound woman with a strong back and a sturdy chain saw.
With a pole permit from the U.S. Forest Service, logs were available for only 3 cents a foot, and I could get them just 20 miles away. Short logs would fit in my pickup; they would require minimal notching, so the walls would go up fast. Shrinkage in length is negligible, so settling wouldn't be a problem. Besides, Davy Crockett was my great-great-great-great uncle, and that's how he did it. Forts back then were erected in a day, stockade style. Why not now?
Cupid Comes to Oregon
Brimming with enthusiasm and newfound confidence, I forged ahead with tunnel vision. To the drawing board, in and out of the forest, and back and forth to work I went. Like a squirrel, preoccupied with survival and security, I was oblivious to anything but "acorns."
Until I met Kirt. Somewhere between doing sit-ups at the fitness center and serving two eggs over-greasy at the restaurant, I fell in love.
Kirt was quiet and good-natured, and had the most satisfying shoulders I'd ever seen — not to mention arms and legs like tree trunks. Hercules! He also had blonde curls, blue eyes, sparkling teeth and a dimple in his chin. (Excuse me while I faint.) Nevermind that he was half my age. We adored each other, and time stood still.
The year we met, 1989, was spent giggling like children at recess while stockpiling 300 logs from the forest. A conventional courtship it was not. Gossipers called us Jock and Jill. I called us lucky. If this rough-hewn figure in a flannel shirt and Levi's wasn't the marryin' man, he certainly was the carryin' man!
Kirt was wise beyond his years, and authentic. He respected my wishes and nurtured my dreams. Equality was a given. Our similarities far outweighed our differences — the age gap didn't matter. Just out of college, he was pursuing his own goals, but was unobtrusively there if I needed him.
Eccentric by Design
I designed the house — structure, form and content. First of all, it wouldn't be too "precious" to live in or live it up in; I wanted dogs and cats. It would be spacious, well-lit and functional. Simplicity and natural aesthetic would prevail, with plenty of room to get fancy in the finishing touches.
Commensurate with my level of craftsmanship, I needed a straightforward, hilltop design, like a Panama hat, to direct the winds up and over. I opted for the unpretentious grace of a lofty gabled barn with sweeping shed wings. (If a tornado hits, I'll see you in Kansas!)
I constructed a scale model to get the feel of my plans. From years of forethought and soul-searching, I knew exactly what I wanted, but how was a bothersome technicality. With waitressing tips from the cafe, I'd pay as I go, and go 'til I dropped. Labor cost time, but energy was my renewable resource. Except for big-ticket items like appliances, fixtures and a wood burning stove, I would make everything from scratch, including deep windowsills and cedar frames for the glass. Planning ahead was essential.
Inside, ambient light would stream through a bank of large south-facing windows. At eye level, the spectacular views of snow-capped mountains by day and city lights at night would be given their proper status. Never to take my views for granted, I would settle for nothing less than a round portrait window to gaze out of for visual refreshment.
French doors would open out onto a huge front deck with steps leading down to a wood-fired hot tub.
On the north side of my model, I pretended to be up in the loft with its knotty pine walls, a huge bed and a river-rock shower. My imagination slid down the fireman's pole into the den below. Every home needs a hermetically sealed enclave, where one can escape the capricious distractions of life. My cave, with its porthole window and hobbit door, would be my place to run away to without leaving home. I would cherish my time to read, listen to music and watch the Discovery Channel.
An easterly kitchen would be the bright spot in the morning, and the first rays of sunrise would meet me for coffee in the breakfast nook. One of my life's most profoundly simple pleasures is to sip coffee and contemplate the universe.
When I designed the house, I gave myself permission to satisfy — not deny — my eccentricities. So what if the building inspector raises one eyebrow when he signs the checklist — just as long as I'm legal. I also wanted low-maintenance housekeeping. Let moss grow on the river rocks in the shower. Lichens and mushrooms are charming!
I love to cook, but not within the confines of a cramped kitchen. The kitchen is where my personality takes up a lot of space. Give me a massive butcher block and a cleaver, and I'll get serious about dinner. Fresh vegetables are a must and so is a big sink for washing them. I want to throw spinach in the built-in "pond" and let the silt fall several feet to the bottom.
The dining-room table is the most popular place in any home. Everything happens there. Mine would be a colossal 4 by 8 feet and made with planks thick enough to support hungry relatives in a feeding frenzy.
Doors are symbolic. As a shelter defines our living spaces and controls the atmosphere, a door determines who enters that private realm of being. I wanted a front door that would break Hitler's toe if he tried to kick it in! Massive and medieval, it must creak with hand-forged hinges and black hardware.
Each kind of door has its own character. The quaint Dutch door in a country kitchen will cool an aromatic apple pie resting on the door's mantelpiece. A little cat door in the bottom will let Foo-foo bring a mouse in. Sophisticated French doors make a woman feel like a princess in gossamer, even when clad in blue jeans and a T-shirt. There's something about a large view chopped up into little pieces that makes it easier to take in. Smaller French doors in the loft would open onto a cantilevered deck, for sipping mint juleps in the cooler north light of a hot summer day.
Mandatory for decoration, mirrors are magic. They're a poor man's way to double the square footage and keep an eye on things. They repeat architectural patterns for visual appeal and keep you company when no one's home.
Yes, my humble abode would be my castle, and I reserve the right to keep the Internal Revenue Service out with a moat and drawbridge if necessary, or let the whole Mormon Tabernacle Choir in, if I so desire.
Fortress Joints
"I am giddy; expectation whirls me 'round." (Shakespeare again.) It was time to roll up my sleeves, flex my little biceps and grab the drawknife. I peeled and stained 150 forest service logs. My sister, Meredith, made the mistake of visiting for a week. She peeled and stained another 150 logs, and escaped by plane when her "vacation" was done.
The next step was squaring off the 600 log ends. Kirt and I worked together using a Rube Goldberg contraption I devised to ensure a straight cut. I built the floor in three months. It was supported by a pier-and-girder foundation, connected together by 2-by-12-inch floor joists on 16-inch centers. It would support a house full of hippos.
To tie it all together, this 2,000-square foot design incorporated mortise-and-tenon joints. Yikes! Mortise and tenon joints! Could I really do this? There lay eight 300-pound 14-footers and four 400-pound 18-footers on the subfloor. And there I stood with a hammer and chisel. It was my moment of truth.
I laid each "bent" (two upright logs and a horizontal log) out as it would appear standing up, flattened the surfaces where the tenons would plug in and cut the mortises (slots) just so, using an electric chain saw, ship's auger and chisel. I cut a tenon on each end of the horizontal logs after taking great care to ensure a 90-degree junction. Everything had to be kept square with the imaginary centerline of each log. The four bents created three bays (space between bents), that were joined together by connecting girts (logs) and reinforced with knee braces.
All went well. Kirt helped me erect the framing members one at a time, fastening the vertical logs to the floor with 12-inch pole-barn spikes. Then we placed the 18-foot horizontal logs with a rented lift, slid the tenons into their respective mortises, and drove the wood fastening pegs home. Squealing with delight, we ran off for pizza and beer. It was Halloween, and our "skeleton" stood eerily in the moonlight.
For the next few days, Kirt manned the lift below while I hammered in rebar above (20 feet up on rented scaffolding). Nine-by-9-inch ridgepoles and rafter plates, perched atop their upright supports, swayed in the breeze.
Until each half-lap joint was secured with spikes we didn't feel safe; when we raised a beam, it raised our hair. Tension was high. Affectionate bickering now and then revealed a little cayenne pepper in our salad of love!
We stabilized the structure with 10 pairs of 4-by-10-inch rafters on 4-foot centers. They were joined together at a 6:12 roof pitch over the ridgepole and gusseted into place. At the overhang end, I predrilled holes and drove rebar into each rafter, down through the top plate and into a log. This method eliminated the need for a bird's mouth (a notch cut into a rafter so that it sits supported on the top plate).
Kirt was busy with his career, so now I was on my own, and I welcomed the challenge. For the next three months I worked on the roofs — all four of them. Because 2-by-6-inch tongue-and-groove pine sat on top of the rafters to create the vaulted ceilings, I had to build a grid on top of that roof to receive insulation, plywood, tar paper and metal. Every day was spent aardvarking around on my hands and knees, or limping back and forth with one foot higher than the other. Like a drunken sailor, even on solid ground I favored a gimp on my starboard side. Sometimes, to avoid the sun, I would work at night with a flashlight strapped to my forehead; I must have looked like a firefly. Mercilessly exposed to the elements, roofers are unsung heroes in the construction world.
I methodically put up the walls, one log at a time, and spiked them in place. To save my wrists for the cafe, I gripped the hammer with both hands and pounded away. I swapped the log ends alternately (big end up, big end down) to even out the taper and keep the walls plumb, and set each log 2 inches over the edge of the bottom plate, for a drip edge.
Next came the 36 windows and nine doors, to button up the place. I built the doors from tongue-and-groove pine and the window frames from cedar.
With only hand tools and a band saw, I had to call on friends Merle and Ivan (master craftsmen) to make the fancy cuts. Awning hardware opened rows of east and west windows for cross ventilation.
Toward the Finish Line
To save money, I picked up my huge order of double-paned glass in my old Ford pickup (four trips!) and summoned Kirt to help unload and lift the heavy windows into place. While he pressed the fixed panes (some of them 5 by 3 feet) against my prepared stops, I secured them all around with 2-by-2s. No cracks, no shards, no gaping wounds; that was reason enough to go out for a Chinese dinner!
Inside the house, the inner walls remained rustic with visible logs, but the walls sheltering me from the outside had to be insulated. I furred them out with 2-by-4s to receive fiberglass batts and sheetrock. I chinked between the logs on the outside. I hired an electrician to do the extensive wiring but painstakingly did the plumbing myself — and passed inspection.
Let there be light! — but not just any light. I suspended chandeliers from ceiling fans. To help support the one 18-foot horizontal log that freely spanned the middle of the house, I fashioned two hanging knee braces out of black chains and turnbuckles.
I rented scaffolding again, but this time to caulk every crack and apply a beautiful protective stain to the entire house. Night and day, up and down the rungs and ladders I climbed, buttering the logs with my linseed-oil concoction until they glowed like the sunset. I wiped the baseboards with a tiny cotton T-shirt and laid it out to dry.
On June 29th, 1995, the T-shirt spontaneously combusted and burned the house down in two hours. I put the fire out with tears. After six years of building, I was back to square one.
Second Time's the Charm
I had nominal insurance to cover tools and a new foundation, but rebuilding would have to be done the hard way: all over again. Fortunately, being a waitress in a coffee shop meant I knew a multitude of people. They rallied together, threw a music benefit on my behalf and raised enough money to buy foundation beams, floor joists and rafters. Then Kitt and I headed into the forest with our trusty chain saw.
After we stockpiled and peeled 300 new logs, Kitt took a leave of absence from his job to help me rebuild the basic structure. It took two years. I continued to waitress and do the finish work by making doors, cutting and fitting curved knee-braces, creating a "tree" as a king-post, and building the stairway, railings and decks, which took an additional three years.
House No. 2 cost about the same as house No. 1 — $15 a square foot, for a total of $30,000. Now that I have my home, I've come to the conclusion that it is better to have built and rebuilt than never to have built at all!


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Scorecard: | Sri Lanka v India |
Player: | Yuvraj Singh, BC Broad, BG Jerling, MG Silva, HDPK Dharmasena |
Event: | India in Sri Lanka 2008/09 |
DateLine: 2nd February 2009
Yuvraj Singh has been found not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct following a hearing in Colombo today.
Yuvraj had been charged under Level 1.3 of the code, which refers to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision". But at the resultant hearing, Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees cleared him of the charge.
The charge related to an incident that took place after the first ball of the 33rd over of the second ODI of the current series between Sri Lanka and India when Yuvraj was given out lbw. The incident was reported by on-field umpires Brian Jerling and Gamini Silva as well as third umpire Kumar Dharmasena, all of whom are members of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires.
"After reviewing video evidence of the incident, I am of the opinion that there was no conclusive evidence that Yuvraj showed dissent at the decision," said Mr Broad.
"He did stay at the crease but the delay in departing was not excessive and I felt he showed a level of disappointment rather than dissent," he added.
Present at the hearing was the match referee, the player, the three umpires who brought the charge, India coach Gary Kirsten and India team manager Prakash Dixit.

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5 Must-Try Organic Restaurants in London
There is no doubt that organic food — free from pesticides and nasty chemicals — is better for you. It's higher in antioxidants and other nutrients, and while it might be more expensive you certainly get more from your food. And for those that think going out to eat organic means wooden cutlery, recycled napkins and hemp-wearing waitresses, here are five proper London restaurants that make their food using organic produce.
Daylesford Organic Cafe
This cafe-cum-grocery store with branches in Notting Hill and Pimlico (pictured) serves an all-day menu of dishes made using organic, seasonal produce sourced from their farm in Gloucestershire. Start with organic eggs or a bacon roll for breakfast, chicken Caesar or Greek salad for lunch and spiced apple and walnut cake for tea. The few non-organic dishes on the menu are highlighted for transparency.
208-212 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RH; 020 7313 8050
The 100% vegan restaurant in Primrose Hill doesn't look or feel as earthy as it sounds. Instead it is a proper little restaurant — with tablecloths and beautifully presented dishes all prepared using GM free, organic ingredients. Nourishing dishes range from masala baked potatoes to pad Thai, bean tacos and raw lasagna.
4 Erskine Rd., NW3 3AJ; 020 7722 8028
Portobello Organic Kitchen
Almost all of the organic, British-grown ingredients used to make the homemade food at this Notting Hill restaurant comes from the Portobello Market stalls on their doorstep. (They also run an organic produce delivery service supplying everything from lime leaf to sugar snaps and organic bok choy.) On the menu: comforting plates of Shepherd's pie with roasted carrots and parsnips, pizzas, antipasti and salmon and smoked haddock fish cakes.
207-209 Portobello Rd., W11 1LU; 020 7792 7999
The Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub
A traditional pub in Islington where all the food and drinks are made using certified organic produce sourced from independent producers and organic farms in South East England and East Anglia. The menu changes daily but expect to find typical pub dishes like rack of lamb, chicken and mushroom pie or whole lemon sole with fresh peas, broad beans, bacon and cider sauce.
20 St. Peter's St., N1 8JT; 020 7359 3066
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Chef Pasquale Amico serves a range of Italian-inspired, vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan dishes using organic produce from his family farm in Capua, Italy. Opt for hearty plates of orecchiette with broccoli, black olives and almonds, the wholemeal risotto of the day or veggie kebabs and sausages served with seasonal vegetables.
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A male model who sent shockwaves through the fashion world after being pictured in women's clothes has come out as transgender.
Andrej Peji, 22, took the modelling world by storm with his extreme androgynous look which saw him wear both mens' and womenswear.
Now Andrej has announced she has had successful sex reassignment surgery to become a woman.
Posting a selfie on her Facebook page she thanked fans for their "love and support".
"You've all helped me through this journey and I have learned a lot and really come into my own and the response to today's announcement truly overwhelmed me and reminds me of why I chose to do this publicly," said Andreja - who has now added an 'a' to her name.
"I think we all evolve as we get older and that's normal but I like to think that my recent transition hasn't made me into a different individual. Same person, no difference at all just a different sex I hope you can all understand that.
"As a transgender woman I hope to show that after transition (a life-saving process) one can be happy and successful in their new chapter without having to alienate their past. Most importantly differences should not equal divisions, let's all stand together in union. #betruebeyou "
Andreja was scouted as a 17-year-old, reportedly when she was working in a McDonald's in Melbourne.
In 2012, she was chose by Dutch retail chain HEMA in its a lingerie campaign to promote a new 'Mega Push-Up Bra' .
The series of adverts shocked even the super liberal Netherlands although the reaction was overwhelming positive.
Andreja's good looks have made her one of the in-demand models of the moment.


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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Closer Joe Nathan will be surrounded by some different faces in the bullpen for his second season with the Texas Rangers.
Rangers pitchers and catchers held their first official workout of spring training Wednesday. There are 36 pitchers in camp, many of them relievers looking for work.
Texas relievers Koji Uehara, Mike Adams, Mark Lowe and Scott Feldman all left in free agency this offseason. And left-hander Robbie Ross, who was 6-0 with a 2.22 ERA in 58 relief appearances as a rookie last season, is getting a chance to compete for the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation.
"Joe Nathan is certainly guaranteed," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Everything else is wide open. We've got Robbie getting an opportunity to start. We have to wait and see where that goes. If for some reason that doesn't work out, he has a spot in the bullpen."
Instead of a bullpen session as he expected, Japanese starting ace Yu Darvish (16-9 with a 3.90 ERA as a major league rookie last season) was one of 14 pitchers who threw five minutes of batting practice on the first day of workouts. Darvish threw to three hitters and worked with A.J. Pierzynski, the catcher who signed a one-year deal with Texas this offseason.
The Rangers signed setup reliever Jason Frasor in free agency. The right-hander spent most of his career with Toronto, setting a Blue Jays franchise record with 505 appearances since his major league debut in 2004. He was 1-1 with a 4.12 ERA in 50 games last season.
Another potential late-inning pitcher is Josh Lindblom, a right-hander acquired from Philadelphia in the deal that sent Michael Young to the Phillies. Lindblom was 3-5 with a 3.55 ERA in 74 games last season for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia.
"I like the collection of arms we have competing for jobs. How exactly it settles in and who gets what role, there's still quite a bit of competition ahead of us," general manager Jon Daniels said. "I feel that we're going to put together a good bullpen based on the options we have. The bullpen in general is going to be key."
Evan Meek and Kyle McClellan, who also threw live BP on Wednesday, are signed to minor league contracts, but have had success in the majors and could fill setup roles.
Meek was a 2010 All-Star selection with a 2.14 ERA in 70 relief appearances with Pittsburgh, but was setback by shoulder inflammation in 2011. McClellan, who is also a candidate for the fifth rotation slot, won 12 games in 2011 with St. Louis. He was limited to 18 2/3 innings last season before needing shoulder surgery and was released by the Cardinals after the season.
If Ross claims a rotation slot, that could enhance the chances of left-hander Jeff Beliveau to earn a bullpen spot. Beliveau, who was claimed off waivers from the Cubs, went 1-0 with a 4.58 ERA in 22 relief appearances last season.
Two returnees are right-hander Tanner Scheppers, who went 1-1 with a 4.45 ERA in 39 relief appearances as a rookie, and lefty Michael Kirkman (1-2, 3.82 in 28 games).
"Kirkman showed some improvement last year," Washington said. "Hopefully, he can continue on. We've got Scheppers, who showed some flashes. Now we've just got to get some consistency out of him. But it's open. ... We're not anointing anyone right now. We've got some pieces we can do some things with."
Texas also has two former closers recovering from elbow surgery. Joakim Soria and Neftali Feliz won't be available until later in the season.
A two-time All-Star with Kansas City before signing a two-year deal with Texas in free agency, Soria is recovering from elbow ligament-replacement surgery on April 3. The 28-year-old right-hander also had the ligament replaced in 2003. He has already had a bullpen session in Arizona and with no setbacks could be return in May.
Feliz moved into the Rangers rotation last spring and was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games, including seven starts. But he went on the disabled list in May when he was diagnosed with a ligament sprain in his elbow, and had Tommy John surgery in August. It is unclear when he might be ready to pitch.


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In the middle of a stretch of four games in six days, UNLV junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones is nowhere near exhausted. He rather would play than practice.
"I love having games all the time," he said. "With back-to-back games like this, you stay excited."
What the Rebels participated in Friday night resembled a scrimmage, but at least it was one they won with ease.
Junior forwards Khem Birch and Roscoe Smith each scored 15 points, and Dejean-Jones had 14 as UNLV crushed Sacred Heart 82-50 in the Las Vegas Classic.
The Pioneers (2-10) might be the least talented team to visit the Thomas &Mack Center this season, and that includes both Division II opponents the Rebels struggled with in early November.
Although the scheduled has weakened, allowing UNLV (6-4) to roll to three consecutive victories, Birch said the lopsided scores of the past week are not just due to the lower level of competition.
"At the beginning of the year, if we played this team, I don't think we would have won by more than 10 points," Birch said.
Dejean-Jones was quick to agree with the notion the Rebels would not have blown out Sacred Heart if the teams tangled earlier in the season.
"The way we were playing a month ago. … I see a lot of difference," Dejean-Jones said. "We're keeping the intensity up the whole game."
The Rebels needed intensity for only a half, yet coach Dave Rice left his starters on the floor until about five minutes remained in a game they led by as many as 36 points.
"I think it's always important to win games going away," Rice said. "We wanted to increase the lead in the second half, and we did that."
Phil Gaetano opened the scoring by hitting a 3-pointer, and then the curtain closed on the Sacred Heart highlight show. The Rebels reeled off the next 18 points against a team Rice politely called "scrappy and physical."
Dejean-Jones, Kevin Olekaibe and Deville Smith made consecutive 3s to put UNLV up 31-9. Dejean-Jones contributed 11 points to a 42-15 halftime lead.
"We were just looking to get up 30 or 35," Dejean-Jones said. "We got a lot of easy baskets in transition."
The Rebels showed no urgency to capitalize on their huge size advantage.
"Coach didn't say anything to us about passing inside tonight," said Birch, who shot 6-for-8 from the field. "He just wanted us to play."
UNLV played with a large lead most of the game despite a poor long-range shooting performance — 4-for-21 on 3-pointers, including 1-for-13 in the second half. Olekaibe shot 1-for-10, 1-for-7 on 3s, but it didn't matter.
"We probably shot a few too many 3s in the second half," Rice said. "But we're playing better for longer stretches. Our team is just continuing to make progress. The defense was sensational."
The Pioneers, led by Evan Kelley's 14 points, shot 36 percent from the field and had 18 turnovers.
When Rice went to his bench, freshmen Chris Wood and Demetris Morant gave him something positive. Wood had five of the team's 12 blocked shots, and Morant (two blocks) scored the first points of his college career on a layup with 25 seconds to go.
Freshman point guard Kendall Smith (nine points, four assists) continued to show progress with his ability to drive to the basket and run the offense.
The Rebels face Santa Clara in a Sunday semifinal at Orleans Arena, where the competition will be stronger.
"We need games like this," Birch said. "We need to blow out teams."
Contact reporter Matt Youmans at email@example.com or 702-387-2907. Follow him on Twitter: @mattyoumans247.


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T.I. Plans Return in Final Prison Letter, Talks Nietzsche
Weeks before his scheduled release from an Arkansas prison, T.I. has put pen to paper — not to compose rhymes, but to write an impassioned letter he posted today (Aug. 16) on his website. In what he calls his final dispatch from the Forrest City Federal Correctional Complex, the Atlanta rapper thanks fans for years of support and promises that, come Sept. 29, he's recommitting himself to hip-hop.
"Next time you hear from me I'll be back out there with you," writes the MC born Clifford Harris, Jr., who was sentenced in October to 11 months in prison following a parole-violating drug arrest in Los Angeles. "Doing for those who can't do for themselves and speaking for those whose voices are never heard. When I touch down, I'm going all the way back to square one, like I'm fresh in the game and never sold a record."
While in the clink, T.I. details, he took inspiration from words he thought were Tupac's but later learned had come from the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "To live is to suffer and to survive is to find meaning in that suffering."
"When I heard Pac say that it was just some hard s— to hear your favorite rapper say before he kicked a verse," T.I. writes. "Now that I've gone through it and grown from it those words have a real true meaning to me. I know this won't be my last battle with adversity but it has truly prepared me for whatever else may come in the future."
As fans await the follow-up to T.I.'s last album, 2010's 'No Mercy,' they can check out the single 'We Don't Get Down Like Y'all,' which dropped digitally in June.
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Earlier today it was reported that Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Friday practice of dropping new tracks from him and his label's stable of performers was going to kick back in gear this week. We're still expecting that, but looks like Yeezy used that as a feint: dude dropped a brand new track just this evening.
Produced by DJ Khaled, this track "Theraflu" rips through a track with Ye riffing on the question, "Can a young ni**a get money anymore?" as Khaled rocks a banger of a track that has more than a few similarities to "Ni**as in Paris." The material the type of braggadocio you expect from Kanye ("Shut the fuck up when you talk to me/ Or I'll embarass you" "Tell PETA my mink is hangin' on the floor," "If you could do it better than me/ Then you do it."), but West spits with a vigor that lends his stereotypes a racous energy. Check it out below. [HHNM]
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Seen from the summit of Talus Mountain. Downs is a 13,349' summit on the Continental Divide. Goat Flat is on the left. Climbing Downs requires crossing 5-mile-long Goat Flat and descending to No Mans Pass, from which you make the climb to Downs. Wind River Range, WY-- June 2009 | Making a New Friend in the Company of Some Old Ones (Trip Report) Bob Sihler's Image Gallery Wind River Range (Area/Range) Talus Mountain (Peak 11695) (Mountain/Rock) Image Data
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The Black Cats sent the Potters crashing to their first defeat of the season in resounding style.
They roared into a 3-0 lead within 28 first-half minutes to lay the foundation for just their third Premier League win of 2011 at the Stadium of Light.
Titus Bramble's first strike for the club gave them a fifth-minute advantage and an own goal from former Newcastle team-mate Jonathan Woodgate six minutes later left Stoke, who were unbeaten in nine games in all competitions before today, in deep trouble.
Craig Gardner made it 3-0 with a deflected shot and Sebastian Larsson curled home a fine 58th-minute free-kick to leave those who had stayed away – the match was watched by a crowd of just 32,296 – regretting their decision.
Sunderland, who had scored only twice in their previous five games, were simply irresistible, significantly with seven of Bruce's 11 summer signings in the starting line-up.
Perhaps fittingly on the day of the Great North Run, Bruce's insistence that the season was, to paraphrase, a half-marathon and not a sprint was borne out in style as his side made the most of early chances for the first time in the campaign.
They were helped in no small part by some uncharacteristically poor defending and a little good fortune.
Sunderland had slipped to second bottom on Saturday, but they needed just five minutes to spot a route out of the mire.
Black Cats old boy Rory Delap could not cut out Larsson's corner at the near post and when the ball fell to Bramble, his low shot squirmed away from keeper Asmir Begovic and trickled over the line to get the home side off to the perfect start.
Things got even better within six minutes when Woodgate, in his desperation to beat Nicklas Bendtner to David Vaughan's curling cross, could only head the ball over the stranded Begovic and into his own net.
Bruce's men were brimming with confidence, with Vaughan in particular justifying the manager's decision to leave skipper Lee Cattermole sitting on the bench.
A Stoke side featuring eight changes to the one which drew 1-1 in Kiev in midweek looked strangely toothless, although Simon Mignolet had to pull off a fine one-handed save to claw Marc Wilson's 16th-minute free-kick out of his top corner.
But their hopes of launching a comeback were dealt a further blow with 28 minutes gone when Gardner collected Bendtner's pass and saw his shot loop up off Ryan Shawcross and sail over the stranded Begovic into the top corner.
Peter Crouch, who was jeered throughout by the home fans after rejecting Sunderland's advances for the second time last month, headed straight at Mignolet three minutes before the break.
But in the meantime, Stephane Sessegnon had forced a good save from Begovic and Larsson had volleyed wide with the home side totally dominant.
Stoke returned knowing they needed to reduce the deficit quickly but Matthew Etherington could not climb high enough after Crouch had headed Jon Walters' 49th-minute cross back across goal.
And the game was effectively over nine minutes later when, after Sessegnon had been tripped by Robert Huth, Larsson dispatched the resulting free-kick from 20 yards with Begovic once again stranded.
The arrival of another pantomime villain in the shape of former Sunderland man Kenwyne Jones as a 61st-minute replacement for Cameron Jerome gave the home fans further opportunity to raise their voices as the game ebbed tamely towards what was by now a foregone conclusion.
Bendtner might have added his name to the scoresheet with 11 minutes to go, but he failed to connect with the ball as he attempted to back-heel Kieran Richardson's cross past Begovic at the near post.
Crouch was guilty of a more glaring miss at the other end four minutes later when he could not get a touch with the goal at his mercy, much to the amusement of the home fans.
Begovic spared his side further punishment with a solid 89th-minute save from Gardner, but the damage had been done long before.
Bruce's Cats slaughter Stoke
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Speaking at the launch of Tartan Day in April 2008, George W Bush, then President of the United States, spoke of the great debt of honour that Americans held for those of Scottish descent who have "made enduring contributions to our Nation with their hard work, faith and values".
He went on to acknowledge the role that the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath played in forming the American constitution citing the "Scots' strong dedication to liberty". and also their "tradition of freedom" that they brought with them to the New World.
Just how much influence Scots have had in forming the constitution of America is often debated. There are those who trace a direct line from the sentiments and wording of the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, a letter to the Pope that made Scotland's case for freedom from England and freedom for all the people of Scotland, all the way to the American Declaration of Independence, which was presented to Congress in 1776 and says that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".
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Undoubtedly those who drew up the American declaration were influenced by great thinkers from Aristotle onwards. But just a cursory look at the men involved in drafting and signing the declaration reveal a strong Scottish influence.
Of the 56 signatories of the declaration it is estimated that at the least a third were either Scots by birth or of Scottish descent. This number, by some people's estimates, rises to three-quarters. Whilst it is probable that most of the signatories held non-American ancestry, it is clear that Scottish blood, education and ideas were strongly represented in the drawing up and signing of the document.
The committee set up to draft the declaration comprised five men: Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Of these five, the drafting was entrusted mostly to Jefferson.
Jefferson was himself of Scottish descent, tracing his lineage back to King Robert I of Scotland. But if his claims to Scottish ancestry may be sketchy, his education amongst Scots is not.
Jefferson was himself very well-read, with many of the tracts and papers he had absorbed influencing the drafting of the declaration. His education was further broadened when he studied law at William and Mary, one of America's oldest colleges. There he was taught by William Small, a Scottish Professor of mathematics and philosophy. Jefferson wrote later that Small was "as a father" to him and certainly shared with him the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment as well as the Scottish ideals of freedom and equality.
However, Jefferson was not the only man of influence with a Scottish past involved in the declaration. James Wilson, from a farming family in Fife, was hugely influential in building America. He was one of only six to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
He was a late arrival to the US, arriving there in 1765 aged 23. His background at the Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow placed him right at the heart of the Scottish Enlightenment. He moved into law on reaching America and from there was drawn to the Revolution. His role as a founding father continued to his death when he was still an associate justice of the US Supreme Court.
His role in shaping America was so great that in 1906 his body was moved from North Carolina to Pennsylvania where it was re-interred close to Benjamin Franklin.
There were other Scots amongst the signatories whose influence is still felt today. And they were not the last. The history of America is peppered with folks with names like McKinlay, Blair, Buchanan, Monroe and McArthur: men whose forebears may have left their country many years previously, but had never forgotten what it meant to be a Scot.
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Viruses and malware are bad news; they can slow down your PC by ramping up CPU usage, modifying important files, and messing with the way your system behaves. If you're reading this, it's likely that you're making an effort to avoid such infections — or worse, looking for a way to exterminate them. Luckily, there are a host of free, high-quality programs built specifically to keep your PC safe from all manner of viruses and malware. Better yet, these free options are often just as good, and in some cases better, than premiums apps that offer similar functionality and features.
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Avast! Free Antivirus 2016
In terms of basic protection, avast! has been shown to be one of the best antivirus programs out there, scoring a 5.5 out of 6 in in AV Test's protection test. The latest free antivirus suite from Avast! is an impressive package. Aside from the usual virus and malware protection — including anti-rootkit and anti-spyware capabilities — the software comes with a slew of customizable options you can toggle at installation, including protection for your Android devices through Avast! mobile Security & Antivirus. The 2016 version of Avast! goes the extra mile when it comes to making sure you feel safe using the program; at installation, there is a very clear breakdown of exactly how avast! uses your private information. This transparency is important and welcome. Of the new additions for the 2016 version are network and router scans, which will alert you to network-related security issues or oversights, and a vulnerability scan, which will let you know just how secure your PC is (or isn't).
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Another feature unique to avast! is how it approaches malware. Avast! gets out in front of potential malware attacks by initiating scans before an unknown file opens, and will prevent it from doing so should it cause any red flags. The software is good at protecting your PC while online, blocking malicious URLs and stopping auto-downloads from occurring. Going with Avast! will also nab some extra goodies, including a password manager and phishing protection, which has been enhanced since its previous iterations to be much more effective.
Of course as a free program, you'll be missing out on some features exclusive to the paid package, including auto-scans and auto-updates. Those wanting such upgrades will need to opt for a subscription plan, which ranges from $10 to $180 per month. Still, sticking with the free version will keep you well-protected.
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Despite past fishiness regarding AVG's privacy policy, AVG Antivirus Free 2016 remains one of the best options for protecting your computer from all manner of security breaches (for the record, AVG's privacy concerns were regarding the company collecting and selling your search data. While it may sound disconcerting, their practices were not necessarily insidious, as its par for the course when it comes to free antivirus software, and a lot of free software in general. After all, companies have to make their money somehow). Independent testing by AV-Comparatives scored AVG AntiVirus Free 2016 as Advanced+, the highest rating for antivirus efficacy. Such a high rating should wipe clean any remaining trepidation you may have about installing the product.
AVG AntiVirus Free 2016 comes with a whole host of features and several types of available scans, including scheduled scans, fast scans, folder-specific and root-kit specific scans, and of course the full-system scan, giving you flexibility in targeting whatever virus threats need rooting out. Its malware blocking is decent as well, though, strangely, the program opens a small dialog box warning of potential browsing risks, an odd design choice as the pop-ups are less obvious than blocking the website within the web browser itself.
That said, AVG is still a fine choice for protecting your PC while on the Internet. Its anti-phishing capabilities are more extensive than what most web browser employ by default, and it has a browser cleaner that will wipe clean your browser setting with one click. You can also set AVG to prevent tracking of your browsing activity (which, yes, is a bit ironic, considering AVG's history — pun intended).
There are some features unique to AVG, including identity protection, PC analyzer tool, and a file shredder, which overwrites files before they're sent to the trash folder, thus preventing the original file from being restored. These perks are nice, but the PC Analyzer in particular is a lame duck without upgrading to the paid version, as it will only inform you of vulnerability issues, not solve them. Of course, upgrading will also increase your level of protection and flexibility of use overall, but unless you're actively trying to infect your system, the free version shouldn't let you down.


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Mikhail Youzhny was having such a bad day in the third round of the French Open that he felt the need to apologize, right on court during the match.
The 27th-seeded Russian scraped a misspelled "SORRi!" into the clay with his right foot in the middle of his 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 6 David Ferrer on Saturday.
"There was a lot of people. That's why I write 'sorry.' Because I can't show them a nice game," Youzhny said. "The way we played in the beginning, it was not really interesting for people."
Youzhny is known for a more painful on-court meltdown. In 2008 at the Sony Ericsson Open, Youzhny whacked himself in the head with his racket three times after losing a point. The antic left him with a thick stream of blood running from his hairline down his nose.
Also Saturday, Maria Sharapova completed her third straight rout, beating Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-1. Sharapova has lost only five games through three matches at Roland Garros this year.
"In the next round, it starts from 0-0. Whoever you're playing, you have to go and try and do the same thing," Sharapova said. "There are a lot more rounds to go. It just gets tougher from this point."
Later Saturday, defending champion Rafael Nadal was playing Eduardo Schwank of Argentina.
Against Ferrer, Youzhny won his first game early in the second set, making it 2-1. He held serve at love when Ferrer sent a forehand return into the net. But instead of heading straight for his chair for the changeover, he stopped just inside the service line and started writing out his message.
A ball boy stood nearby with Youzhny's towel, and then backed off as the Russian continued drawing out the letters.
"People in the stands may not have noticed, but I think I had to do this," Youzhny said.
Ferrer said he didn't even see it.
"I don't know why he put this in the court, but I don't have (anything) to say," said Ferrer, who is the fourth round at Roland Garros for the fourth time.
Fourth-seeded Andy Murray also advanced, beating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia defeated Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
On the women's side, 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone lost to Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 and fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova advanced by beating Nina Bratchikova of Russia 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Defending champion Li Na also advanced but needed three sets to defeat Christina McHale of the U.S. 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Lepchenko, who was born in Uzbekistan but now lives in Pennsylvania, is unseeded at Roland Garros and had never before made it past the second round at any Grand Slam tournament.
She had 44 unforced errors against Schiavone, but still managed to advance.
"It's her court, you know," Lepchenko said. "I knew that she's not going to give it for free. I had to work really hard, and I did."
Schiavone won her only Grand Slam title at the French Open two years ago. Last year, she lost to Li Na in the final.
Kvitova is the only player ranked in the top 10 that has not yet reached a final this year. But she missed some tournaments with injury and illness.
"I had already a tough season. After Australia I was really injured and I couldn't play," said Kvitova, who won her first Grand Slam title at last year's Wimbledon. "So I'm happy that I can play right now and I can be healthy and play my tennis again."


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An epidural blood patch is when a small amount of blood is used to seal a puncture site in the spine as a result of a spinal tap procedure. The patch helps restore normal pressure in the spinal fluid.
This procedure is done to relieve a spinal headache that does not go away on its own. A spinal headache can develop after a spinal tap procedure when too much spinal fluid leaks internally and reduces pressure in the spine.
This procedure is quite common and relief is often immediate.
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have an epidural blood patch, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the epidural blood patch.
Local anesthesia will be used at the puncture site, so you should not feel any pain during the procedure.
In the operating room, 2 IVs will be inserted in your arms to delivery medications and fluids and to draw blood. You may be given a sedative to ease anxiety.
You will lie face down on the table. Your back will be washed and sanitized. An x-ray may be used to help guide a small needle to the area where spinal fluid is leaking. Contrast dye solution will be injected and more x-rays will be taken. A small amount of blood will be drawn and injected into the correct area of the spine. This should clot, or seal, the leakage.
About 30 minutes
You will remain awake and be asked to lie still during the procedure. Local anesthesia injected should block any pain. You may feel a slight pressure during the procedure.
After resting, you may be able to go home the same day.
When you return home, follow your doctor's instructions.
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
In case of an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
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Don't till; just chill. In an organic nutshell, that sums up a technique that creates a new garden bed with little effort and requires no tiller or other power equipment.
Don�t till; just chill.
In an organic nutshell, that sums up a technique that creates a new garden bed with little effort and requires no tiller or other power equipment.
This easy method recycles weeds, newspapers and kitchen waste while making rich, crumbly soil that plants relish.
The approach goes by several names � no-till gardening, lasagna gardening and sheet mulching � although you might end up calling it the �Wow, I love this!� method.
It�s constantly being researched and refined but was pioneered by Mother Nature, through the cycle of plant decay and reuse.
No-till gardening �conserves the soil and reduces or eliminates erosion,� said Jeff Dickinson, executive director and farmer at Stratford Ecological Center, a nonprofit educational farm and nature preserve in Delaware, Ohio.
�It reduces the need for watering,� he continued. �It�s also a good way to prevent soil-borne diseases from fungus and bacteria.�
The one negative is that it takes time for the newspaper or other matter to decompose and for earthworms to help mix the layered ingredients into the soil. Many experts say fall is a great time to undertake this project; by spring planting time, earthworms and soil microbes will have done the prep work for a new garden bed. (Dickinson warns that cold weather might prolong the process.)
The common practice of tilling pulverizes soil and destroys natural layers. It also kills beneficial creatures such as earthworms and brings weed seeds to the surface.
The no-till approach, on the other hand, calls for layering organic materials on the soil surface and letting nature take its course. Think of it as �composting in place.�
Not surprisingly, everyone who practices this art and science � from the pro with decades of experience to the neighbor who brags about his tomatoes � has a different �recipe.�
Thankfully, as Dickinson said, �Nature is very forgiving.�
To start a no-till bed, most experts recommend laying cardboard or several layers of newspaper on the ground. That helps to keep weed seeds dormant and kill sod.
Then you can start alternating layers of high-nitrogen and high-carbon materials. Don�t panic if you�re not a chemist; just think green (nitrogen) and brown (carbon).
High-carbon matter includes dead leaves, straw and pine needles. For high-nitrogen matter, use grass clippings.
He warns against making a bed too thick too fast.
�It needs air and moisture,� he explained. �You want the exchange between soil and layered ingredients.�
Once your bed is ready for planting � typically a matter of months � don�t stop layering, Dickinson advises.
�The trick is to maintain the lasagna effect as you�re gardening,� he said.
Another benefit of the no-till method: Research suggests that it might keep carbon in the soil, preventing it from entering the atmosphere as the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Diana Lockwood is a freelance writer.


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No. 22 Cedarville sinks Point Park men with 16 3-pointers
Jan. 30, 2010
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - Cedarville, the No. 22 team in NAIA Division II, made 11 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes to propel itself to an 84-67 victory at Point Park in an American Mideast Conference men's basketball game at CCAC South Gymnasium Saturday.
Cedarville (15-7, 7- 2 AMC) led 51-28 at halftime and totaled 16 3-pointers on the day. Austin Foote led the outside shooting barrage by coming off the bench to knock down six treys and score 24 points. He had 20 points on 6 of 9 shooting from long range in the first half.
With Cedarville holding a 9-8 lead after four minutes, Foote came in the game and promptly hit four 3-pointers to give the Yellow Jackets a 30-14 lead with 9:21 left in the half. Before the half was through Foote connected twice more from long range, and his sixth trey of the game gave Cedarville a 43-23 lead at the 3:10 mark.
On the day, Cedarville was 16 of 35 (46 percent) from beyond the arc. The Yellow Jackets shot 39.5 percent (32 of 81) overall, and half of their field goals were 3-pointers.
Point Park (7-12, 3-7) had four players in double figures, but couldn't keep pace with its 38-percent shooting (28 of 74) from the floor and a 2-for-15 performance from downtown.
Freshman point guard T.J. Heatherington (McKeesport/Serra Catholic) registered his seventh 20-point effort in 17 games with 20 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Pioneers. Heatherington (pictured) was 7 of 16 from the field and 6 of 7 from the foul line.
Jamar Washington (Pittsburgh/Peabody) scored a season-high 13 points and was joined in double figures by fellow starters Marcus Robinson (Pittsburgh/Allderdice) and Eric Johnson (Uniontown/Uniontown), who had 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Point Park center Gerald Warrick (Penn Hills/Penn Hills) grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds and scored eight points, and the 6-7 senior is averaging 10.1 boards per game to lead the Pioneers.
Cedarville was ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation earlier this year, but it dropped in the rankings after a 2-2 AMC start. Since then, the Yellow Jackets have won five conference games in a row.
Cedarville built a 60-30 lead with 15:05 to go, but then its shooting cooled off as Point Park got the final margin under 20 points. The Yellow Jackets shot 34 percent (12 of 35) the second half.
Point Park got as close as 15 points, 75-60, on a layup by Robinson with 4:10 remaining.
Cedarville's Ricardo Alliman, a 6-7 center who entered the game with averages of 17.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, posted a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds. Alliman help the Yellow Jackets hold a 53-42 edge on the boards.
Brandon Sok came off the Cedarville bench to score 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting from beyond the arc, and starter Matt Harner hit three treys and scored 11 points.
After taking the next four days off, Point Park visits Mt. Vernon Nazarene for an AMC game Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Pioneers visit Shawnee State in a make-up game next Saturday at 12 p.m. The game was postponed due to inclement weather Jan. 9.


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The Master's Wife, Lucy Saxon is played by Alexandra Moen, and she features in an interview in the Mirror today in which she reveals Matt Smith has his work cut out replacing David Tennant in Doctor Who…
Pretty blonde Alexandra – also seen in the now cancelled BBC One drama Hotel Babylon – is a huge fan of David Tennant, and also starred alongside him in Look Back in Anger in 2005 when he was cast as te Tenth Doctor.
"I don't know about Matt," she admits. "For me, it will always be David.
"Matt's too young. David is definitely my favourite Doctor. The thing about him is he's a genuine Doctor Who fan."
As we've seen in several interviwes recently, as the star of the show David Tennant is keen to maintain a team approach to shoots and it seems he does this by fostering camaraderie and niceness…
"When I got the part he called me straight away and said how excited he was I was joining the cast.
"He is a really caring person and such a hard worker."
We've seen the last of Lucy Saxon following the events of The End of Time, Part One – but who knows, hopefully Ms Moen will appear in Doctor Who again in future…?


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Truman State women's basketball stops Grand View 91-49
Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:09:25 GMT —
After spotting the visiting Grand View (Iowa) University Vikings the first basket of the night, the Truman women scored the next 10 points and eventually cruised to a 91-49 victory in Pershing Arena on Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs open up Great Lakes Valley Conference play with a road game against rival Quincy (Ill.) on Saturday at 5:15 p.m.
Mika Rodewald scored on the Vikings (5-5) first trip down the floor to put Grand View up 2-0 but then the Bulldogs reeled off 10 straight points to take control.
Grand View trimmed the lead to three midway through the first half but another 15-3 spurt by the Bulldogs sealed the victory.
Bianca Szafarowicz started the run with five of her career-high 18 points and Nicole Gloor added six of her dozen during the run. Michalina Tomczak also notched a career-high in scoring with 14 points and six rebounds and was the third Bulldog in double-figure scoring.
Truman converted on 28-of-36 free throw attempts but hit just three of 15 long range shots on the night.
The Bulldogs again won the rebounding battle with a 46 to 31 edge including 16 offensive rebounds.
Rodewald was the only Vikings player to crack double-figures with her 13 points.
Grand View missed all three of their three-point attempts and finished shooting 32% for the game.
It was Truman's 19th straight home victory with the team having to wait until the new calendar year for a chance at 20.
The Bulldogs travel to Quincy on Saturday for their inaugural GLVC game against the undefeated Lady Hawks then will be on the road for a final non-conference game against Pittsburg (Kan.) on December 18.
The Bulldogs will return to Pershing Arena following two more road GLVC games in early January when they host Illinois-Springfield on the ninth.
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"Map Pack 2″ is the second DLC map pack to expand Call of Duty: World at War. Like the first map pack it includes 4 brand new maps.
Release dates:
Xbox-360 : June 11, 2009
Playstation3 : June 11, 2009
PC: July 17, 2009
Like the previous map pack, it was released one month later for PC users but with the benifit of being completely free. This was becasue there was still no effective and easy method to make users pay for the Downloadable content unlike on the Xbox and PS3.
Below are the list of the new maps available in "Map Pack 2″:
Banzai: A very jungle orientated map set deep in Japanese controlled territory. Featuring waterfalls, bridges and hidden caves. A good map for sniping and supprise assaults.
Corrosion: A deteriorated and desolate Russian train yard. Use broken pipelines to run through and flank your enemy. Just dont forget your enemies could be above you!
Sub Pens: Set in a Japanese submarine hangar thats been bombed. Make sure you control the chokepoints on the map to win! Not very good for snipers, better for close quarters combat.
Shi No Numa: A new Zombie map that is set in a swamp. The big change about this Zombie map is the addition of a new enemy… Hellhounds! These fire like wolves appear at certain intervals at the game and it adds a new type of challange to the game. Especially since they can teleport right infront of you!
Xbox 360: 800 Microsoft points
Playstation 3: $10
PC: Free!
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NEW PALTZ — Sonia Shah, an award-winning journalist who covers science and international human rights issues, has been named the 2014 James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism at SUNY New Paltz.
Shah will join the faculty for the spring semester to teach the journalism seminar "Science, Environment, and Disease: New Approaches to Science Journalism."
A former writing fellow of The Nation Institute. Her writings on science, global health, and politics have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Foreign Affairs,
Shah is the author of several critically acclaimed and prize-winning books, including "The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years," which was based on five years of original reportage in Cameroon, Malawi, Panama and elsewhere,
She also wrote "The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients and she edited "Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire.
Shah will be introduced to the campus community and answer questions about her life and career on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. in the New Paltz Honors Center in College Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professorship, SUNY New Paltz's only endowed professorship, is named for the founder of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., which is now Gatehouse Media, Local Media Group, which includes the Times Herald-Record.
SUNY names new Ottaway Professorship
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text: Home > Sports Lakers top Nets without Howard, World Peace Reuters Posted at Feb 06 2013 01:16 PM | Updated as of Feb 06 2013 11:41 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (C) dunks past Brooklyn Nets' Gerald Wallace (L) and Kris Humphries (R), as Nets' Deron Williams watches, late in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' winover the Nets in their NBA basketball game in Brooklyn, New York February 5, 2013. Photo by Mike Segar, Reuters. (UPDATED) The Los Angeles Lakers shrugged off the absence of Dwight Howard and Metta World Peace but now face the prospect of losing Pau Gasol to injury after their 92-83 road victory over Brooklyn on Tuesday. Howard sat out a second straight game with an ailing shoulder and World Peace served a one-game suspension for striking a Detroit player on Sunday, but the Lakers survived a tough battle for their third straight win and sixth in seven. However, the win was tempered by the sight of Gasol limping off the court for good with 3:50 remaining after the Spanish big man injured his right foot while trying to block a shot. "Just as I took off, I felt a pop in the bottom of my foot and I couldn't get up," Gasol, who will have the foot X-rayed on Wednesday, told reporters. "I'm worried about it." Despite the latest setback, Kobe Bryant scored 21 points, and Steve Nash added 17 and eight assists to help Los Angeles (23-26) break clear of Brooklyn in the final stages. The Nets led 83-82 with two and a half minutes remaining but the Lakers scored the last 10 points, with point guard Nash assisting on two baskets and adding four straight free throws to put his stamp on the win. Brook Lopez had 30 points and 11 rebounds for the Nets (28-20), who notched their 10th straight loss to the Lakers. "To their credit they closed out the game well, but I just feel those two and a half minutes are about as bad as I played on both ends of the floor this season," Lopez said. Brooklyn last beat Los Angeles in Nov. 2007 and their latest attempt was hampered by their 34 percent shooting accuracy. Bryant also did not shoot his best, making just 9-of-24 attempts, but he did provide the highlight of the game when he drove the lane in the fourth and threw down a monster dunk between Nets defenders Gerald Wallace and Kris Humphries. The play gave the Lakers an 82-80 edge. Earl Clark also had a productive night for the Lakers with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Gasol left the contest after scoring 15 points. Deron Williams tallied 15 points in the loss. (Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by John O'Brien) Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest Read More: NBA Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers brooklyn nets /video/entertainment/03/29/17/in-the-loop-kiray-pia-to-star-in-darna-movie/news/03/29/17/de-lima-urges-chr-to-educate-pnp-chief-on-ejk-meaning/sports/03/29/17/nothing-final-on-coaching-u-23-team-says-la-salles-de-jesus/business/03/29/17/new-bsp-governor-to-be-announced-in-3-4-weeks/news/03/29/17/mercado-testifies-in-elenita-binay-graft-case


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Third Best: New York Giants
The Giants won the 2007 season Super Bowl and have mixed their draft picks with highly touted college players, like 2006 first-round pick, defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka, with some late-round steals, like 2007 seventh rounder, running back Ahmad Bradshaw (both pictured at left).
Good picks: Ahmad Bradshaw and Mathias Kiwanuka
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Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco is an internationally acclaimed director noted for his socially conscientious films that center on the people who live on the fringe of established society. During the 1970s, Babenco was influential in the development of his country's post-cinema nôvo movement. Babenco was born to Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At age 18, he became interested in Beat authors and existential philosophy and decided to go on a "divine mission" to see the world. He spent seven years wandering over Africa, Europe, and North America, working at a variety of jobs. At one point he was an extra in Spanish and Italian spaghetti westerns. Babenco finally landed in Brazil in 1971 where he became intrigued with its new cinema and decided to become a filmmaker. Unfortunately, that year, the country's reigning military regime began heavily censoring the films and exiling most of the cinema nôvo directors. Babenco remained laying low, learning the art of filmmaking by doing documentaries, short films and commercials. At the same time, he began working on his first feature film, King of the Night (1975). In 1978, Babenco became the object of death threats and antagonism for his inflammatory drama [[Feature~V157260~Lucio Flavio~lucioflavio]] (1978). Despite the controversy surrounding the film, it became the fourth highest grossing film in Brazil and helped reestablish the country's languishing film industry. Babenco first gained international acclaim for his 1981 film [[Feature~V38263~Pixote~pixote]], a film which chronicled the daily misery faced by Brazil's burgeoning population of street children. The film is almost a documentary and centers on the improvisations of real homeless children. His first U.S. feature [[Feature~V27535~Kiss of the Spider Woman~kissofthespiderwoman]] (1985) won an Oscar for star William Hurt. Though he has made subsequent films in the U.S., Babenco's experience with the frequently overbearing Hollywood studios has lead him to believe that he has more artistic freedom in Brazil. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi


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Hey! ****, you scared me. Good to see you, though. I didn't know you were coming over, I trust it was a good trip. If I had known you'd be here today I would've tidied up a bit. I suppose Andi let you in, he's a good bloke most of the time.
Seriously, though, if I had known you'd be here I would've put on a barbie, got some steaks, snags, bacon, it would've been epic. I'll give Miyagi and Cualltaigh a call and we'll go to the gym for a impromptu Throwdown.
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That was Miyagi, we'll head down in an hour or so.
What brings you to Brisbane? And don't say the girls, sorry, bro, they're all taken by me. I don't want them, they're just completely taken by the person that I am.
Anyway, what do you want to do while you're here?GET A RED BELT OR DIE TRYIN'.
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First, I'd like to find out what the hell a snag is. Is it like a boot? Can we snag a boot and throw it on the barbie? This thread makes me want to go to the local Outback, you know, the place your people stole their cuisine from.
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Collaboration: Top of Mind at Cisco Live
Last week we wrapped up the US version of Cisco Live in San Diego, California. Of all the events Cisco hosts worldwide, Cisco Live is potentially the most anticipated among our customers, partners, and staff alike. It's truly amazing to have 17,000 users all in one place and it gives me an exceptional opportunity to hear firsthand about your concerns, interests, and strategies.
I heard two themes from you last week. From business leaders, I heard frequent mention of the need to be open to reimagining core processes and to drive change so that we can take advantage of the fantastic opportunities created by mobility and video. And from IT practitioners, what I heard was an acceptance of the radical changes in their landscape, and requests for consistency and simplification. Cisco SVP Marthin de Beer's opening keynote touched on these themes. Demonstrating Jabber, WebEx, and the range of video experiences across many different devices showed how varied our individual collaboration experience can be based on location and context.
Afterwards, the booth was packed, especially the Collaboration Experience Bar. Among the most frequently asked questions was, "Where can I see Cisco Jabber for iPad?" At the bar, attendees could get hands-on experience with Cisco Jabber on a variety of devices. There, it was not only about smart phones and tablets, but also how to integrate new mobile experiences with corporate devices to create groundbreaking new collaboration experiences. Using an iPad equipped with Cisco Jabber, customers connected live to the new immersive Cisco TelePresence TX9000 right on the floor and experienced mobile telepresence firsthand.
Cisco Jabber for iPad is a tremendously anticipated product, and the great news is that it's available in the coming weeks. Jabber was also a hot topic in the Cisco User Group sessions. We heard two recurring themes from you: the need for a more consistent user experience across all Jabber applications, and also a simpler licensing process.
Speaking of the Cisco Collaboration User Group, I want to thank the roughly 900 of you that were able to attend in person, and I extend a hearty welcome to the nearly 1000 new members who joined the group during Cisco Live. I enjoyed meeting many of you and I know that our Cisco team did as well. Your feedback is critical to our success. Keep engaging with us and make use of the tremendous resources of this community.
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I dislike this paper's abuse of the phrase "gardening leave". It is not used as a caption for an idyllic week in the flower beds. It has become the euphemism for ousted businessmen's time in limbo. Do any of them ever use the leave for gardening? To find out, I have been to call on Stephen Hester, the banker set to leave as chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland. In the past 15 years he has surrounded his country house with what is billed as a large garden. What, if anything much, does it mean to him?
At Broughton Grange, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, the terrace overlooks a green and gorgeous hillside. On it, Hester and his wife, Suzy, are gallantly waiting for what may well be a critical ordeal. I give him initial credit for buying this house of orange-brown stone because of its magnificent view. He has owned it for some 15 years, besides a big house in London and another in Switzerland, bought for the skiing. Has he really had time to improve its setting?
Indeed he has. "You will see two gardens, one good, one not up to much," he tells me. "I designed the not so good one. Which do you want to see first?" Broughton's garden has sprung to fame through the design of one part of it by the rising star of landscape gardening, Tom Stuart-Smith. Naturally, I choose to see Hester's own garden first.
The front lawn slopes so steeply that it almost conceals a garden of formal box-edged beds on a level below. They are unusually shaped and contain sweet peas on cane wigwams. "I have been most impressed by Villandry," Hester explains, that restored French garden with so many box parterres and so much ornamental cabbage that, personally, I never want to see it again. Beyond Villandry-in-Oxfordshire stretches a wide double border, cleverly aligned on a sycamore tree beyond. "I like the line and width," I tell him. "They are my ideas," he says. The border has two clumps of magenta-flowered hardy geraniums in the centre. My own garden has them, too, and I have been wondering whether to take them out. Sedums and so forth are there to extend the season, although Hester's time at Broughton has usually been limited to a few summer weekends. The planting is left to head gardener Andrew Woodall, but Hester keeps the team on its toes. "I rip pages out of magazines," he says, "and I am strict about colours. No orange. It annoys me. It's municipal planting."
I forbear to ask in what spirit he may rip out this page of FT Weekend. I do not wage war on orange and I do not agree with House & Home's editress that orange is a turn-off to women. My pot marigolds, dotted individually round the garden, are looking good this weekend. "I have often pushed for plants which do not grow well," he reveals. Throughout, I note the active ripping and pushing, but I am marvelling that he has time and interest to engage with a garden on this scale. I like him for it very much.
The scale turns out to be increasingly big. Some light woodland has had its soil enhanced so as to grow azaleas, shrubs which somehow appeal to the hyperactive in alkaline surroundings. Peat blocks, even, edge the shaded beds, planted with ferns and green-yellow flowered Lady's Mantle. I am more taken with the garden on the way out of the trees, a natural stumpery of fallen tree trunks, planted with more Lady's Mantle and self-seeded hieracium, despite its orange flowers. "That is phuopsis," he tells me, as I bend to smell a pink plant with a scent of foxes. The impetus for the stumps came from Prince Charles's garden at Highgrove. Broughton's stumpery fits in better than Highgrove's where this copse runs out into wild grass.
Beyond lie large water meadows, kept damp by diverting streams from the brook. Hester seems unstoppable. Up the hill again is a field arboretum covered with trees in plastic growing tubes. The entire garden, he reveals, covers 80 acres.
We stop next on his Mediterranean terrace. It has Italian cypresses, amazingly unscathed by frosts. Two monkey puzzle trees surprise me. "They are my favourites," he muses. "They are South American," I tell him, "so take them out of the Med." "If you go to St Tropez," he retorts, "you will see them along the front where I like to walk." Hester, I am learning, is self-deprecating, but not a pushover.
Up the rest of the hill, beyond the swimming pool, the planting and proportions change dramatically. Hester is the first to give happy credit. "I shortlisted three designers, and took Tom Stuart-Smith because he was young, on the up and imaginative. He is strong enough to stop me doing tasteless things and I am soft enough to put up with it." Hester defines himself as a "projects man", not a ground-level gardener. So many businessmen with gardens say the same. Where he shines is as a thoughtful patron and catalyst. He gave Stuart-Smith his own "hopeless" drawing, discussed alternatives and ended up with a garden on three terraced levels. It is one which Stuart-Smith now shows in PowerPoint presentation as among his best designs.
Each terrace differs in style. The lowest has a brilliant box-edged parterre, not Villandry but wavily pruned to give the impression of movement. Its patterning copies the veining of oak, ash and beech leaves, magnified on a computer. I wonder aloud if the gaps in his beech hedges are too small. "Not if you stand here, where you are meant to." He is quite right.
The second terrace has a waterfall and stone steps. I am less sure about this one. It reminds me of a show design and I wonder why it is all on this hillside and not to scale in front of Hester's house. The reason is that it came later than the Hester garden.
The top terrace is superbly planted. Drifts of perennial plants run "naturally" into each other, giving a "matrix" look in colours of yellow, deep blue and white. The sun is out, Hester knows the main plants' Latin names and I even admire his cage of fruit bushes arranged in concentric circles. The gooseberries are so much healthier than mine.
On this terrace there is an excellent, broad pond. Hester began with a team of 10 gardeners to push ahead the design's many themes. The team has now been cut to six. If a bank pays you massively, why not spend your non-charitable outlay on a team of gardeners and projects about which they will talk for the rest of their lives? Across the pond splash dozens of coloured koi carp, fighting for first place and gaping at Hester with their mouths wide open. "You still have your pack of bankers with you," I comment. "No," he replies in a flash, "They are journalists."
I like Hester. He is frank that he is not going to take up landscape gardening and have a new career. Nonetheless he loves the massive garden he has shaped in such varying ways. Stand forward, other chief executives, who show such joy, but not conceit, at the imprint they are leaving with flowers and trees.