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Three passengers sit bored on a train. A stranger named Professor Peter Price, a professional hypnotist, boards the train and reveals to the passengers their repressed memories via a magical ball. Their three tales are as follows:
L'anello della luna (The Moon Ring) features a grave robber making the mistake of putting on a mummy-cursed ring that turns him into a blood-thirsty werewolf. Dr. Lifting is the sad tale of an actress seeking drastic plastic surgery, and her crazy doctor that wants to keep her face for other patients' use. Things wrap up with Il guardiano del lago (The Guardian of the Lake), which features a trio of twenty somethings coming into contact with a giant lake monster while on holiday.
There's nothing quite like falling in love with a specific kind of entertainment that they don't make anymore. Nostalgia breeds some of the most rabid fan bases, and sometimes those fan bases are loud enough to ensure their obsessions are rejuvenated. Unfortunately these new versions of are usually less than half as special as the originals.
I love late '70s, early '80s Italian horror like I love cheeseburgers. They don't make 'em anymore for various reasons, the most obvious being that the '70s and '80s are over. Another, equally valid reason for the lack of new crop is the fact that the Italian film industry is almost entirely dead, horror or otherwise. Lucio Fulci died after making a long chain of really bad films, Umberto Lenzi and Ruggero Deodato haven't done much in years, Michelle Soavi's son got sick, and Dario Argento is stuck in a major rut. The death of the Drive-In and Grindhouse also hurt the industry exportation. Video doesn't make filmmakers much money.
Despite knowing that a nostalgic resurgence is almost a always bad thing, I was very excited when I found out Sergio Stivaletti had made a throw back to the glory days of the spaghetti horrors. Stivaletti was on hand when the genre choked out its death rattle as a special effects make-up man, and he hadn't started his career in earnest until things were already looking bad. Stivaletti worked mostly for Argento on Phenomena, both Demons films, and Opera, but he was also on-set for the genre's last great film, Cemetery Man. Most importantly, he was also at the center of the genre's last shot at resurrection, 1997's M.D.C. - Maschera di cera (aka: The Wax Mask).
Bare with me friends, I'm almost to my actual review.
M.D.C. was to be an Italian horror lover's dream. Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci never got along, but after seeing Fulci in a very poor state of health, the always self-obsessed Argento had a moment of empathy and decided to produce a film with the Godfather of Gore. Fulci and Argento decided to remake Gaston Leroux's famous book, and even managed to hammer out a script together, despite a very long period of arguments and story changes. Then Fulci died, and with him the hopes of horror fans everywhere. Producer Argento put Stivaletti, who was originally scheduled to do the film's make-up only, in the director's chair, and the results were decidedly mixed.
It seems only appropriate that Stivaletti be the man to try to jumpstart the industry again, seven years after its official and untimely death (say what you will about Argento and Lamerto Bava's work since, it's still not up to snuff, no pun intended). Three Faces of Terror, in Italian Tre volti del terrore, shares its title with Mario Bava's classic anthology film from 1963, known throughout the rest of the world as Black Sabbath (imagine if it had gone by its original title, what would the band have called themselves?). This implies a return to the pre 'silver-age' of Italian horror, but is really just an in-joke title, as the film has little to nothing in common with Bava Sr.'s early work.
I was more than willing to love Three Faces of Terror, but the fact of the matter is that it's an awful film. Technically three awful films. Stivaletti's direction is flat as a sit-com, the camera is given little life of its own, and the lighting schemes look like a fanboy's bad impersonation of Luciano Tovoli's work on Argento's Tenebre. The sets are bland and obviously shoestring. I'm pretty sure that Goblin musician Claudio Simonetti's cameo was actually filmed in his back yard. The whole film screams "Cheap, cheap, cheap", and not in a good way.
The bland and unoriginal script doesn't help matters, but it's a structural fumble that seals the film's fate. Like most anthology horror films, the parts are all surrounded by a wraparound story. This one involves a hypnotist whose crystal ball device shows three train passengers' three different stories (no points for the folks that guess this train's final destination). This is fine, no worse that a kid reading the tales in a comic book, or a skeletal puppet sharing them. The problem is that each of the three stories ends before its climax. They just end, no explanation, and we're back in the train. The idea is that the end of the film features all three climaxes in a row. I suppose it's a creative enough idea, but it makes for an incredibly frustrating viewing experience.
Stivaletti crams a whole bunch of references and in-jokes into the film, but they really only act as a semi-entertaining drinking game for those few hardcore fans that can recognize them. Simonetti's cameo is one (he wrote music for most of Argento's productions throughout the era, and has started up again recently), Lamberto Bava appears briefly as a director upset with a faulty gore effect (the movie is called Demons 7, a joke referring to the fact that the official and unofficial Demons films are pretty much Bava Jr.'s only claim to fame), and the technician he's yelling at is played by Stivaletti himself. Very attentive fans will also notice M.D.C. playing on a TV screen.
There are really only two things that work here, the special effects, and star John Phillip Law, and these only work for viewers that appreciate camp. Law is either way understated or way over-the-top, and eats up his four (count them, four) roles with a Vincent Price-ish relish. I'm guessing his fee, has been or not, was half the film's budget. The effects are oldschool for the most part (the digital backgrounds and composites are dreadful), and will appeal to '80s horror fans that still like things rubbery. Honestly, for a film made by a make-up effect technician the 'realism' of the make-up effects is, um, lacking (the werewolf is actually weaker than that of John Landis' An American Werewolf in London, which was made 27 years ago), but still fun. The lake monster puppet is aces.
This DVD looks pretty awful, but I'm not sure how much of it is due to Stivaletti's weak cinematography, and how much is due to bad mastering. The interlacing images are most likely the DVD's fault (just look at my screen caps), as is the overwhelming edge enhancement. The lack of detail and overall darkness of the image might be due to the source material. Sometimes it appears that Three Faces of Terror was recorded on video rather than film or HD, though I can't find any specific information on the technical specs, I assume that this can't be true. It just can't. That's too low budget.
Here's something weird, the disc's sole 5.1 track is in Italian, as expected from an Italian feature, but all the Italian actors are obviously speaking English throughout the film (and decent English at that). To hear the film in 5.1 surround one has to watch Italian actors speaking English, dubbed back into Italian by seemingly different actors, and subtitled. It's strange. The 5.1 Dolby Digital track is tinny and an echo chamber anyway, so I recommend the Dolby Stereo Surround English track instead, which is thin, but clearer, and the lip-sync lines up. The soundtrack is another misfired throwback to the '80s era Italian films, where electronic prog-rock reigned supreme.
There is a three-disc version of this DVD also available from my friends at Xploitedcinema.com, which includes the original soundtrack on CD and a bunch of extras. I'm reviewing the decidedly less spectacular single disc version. On my disc is a director's commentary (in Italian only) brief behind the scenes montage (in Italian only), a deleted scenes reel, and some trailers. The deleted scenes include an alternate version of a scene already in the movie with audible off-screen dialogue, whereas the version in the film is (purposefully?) silent. Nothing much here, but that's what makes it the barebones release. Though I suppose if I spoke Italian I'd be set.
Tre volti del terrore is a massive disappointment all around. I consider myself an avid lover of the Italio-horror genres of the '70s and '80s, and I can't even muster the strength to recommend this flick to other fans. It's only worth it to those that find themselves completely lost without new and relevant Italian horror output, and those that really want to see a few oldschool make-up effects. I hate to admit it, but unless Dario Argento can manage something incredible with his belated third entree to the trilogy he started with Suspiria and Inferno, entitled The Third Mother, I think we may have to official stick a nail in the countries genre output.
You can find a pile of better Italian horror flicks at Xploitedcinema.com.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st January 1995
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian, Dolby 2.0 Italian, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Italian
Extras: Director Commentary, Making of, Deleted Scenes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sergio Stivaletti
Cast: John Phillip Law, Riccardo Serventi Longhi, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Emiliano Reggente
Genre: Horror
Length: 90 minutes
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Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mr. Luther Coggin, Mrs. Toni Crawford, Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Mrs. Ann Hicks, Mrs. Joannie Newton, Dr. Katherine Robinson
With a quorum being present, Chair Hicks called the meeting to order.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION to approve the minutes from March 12. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Crawford and seconded by Trustee Robinson. The minutes were accepted as presented.
Chair Hicks offered opportunity for open comments. Ms. Rebecca McKinnon asked to speak about the religious observances regulation. The committee recognized her request.
Ms. McKinnon asked that language be amended to clarify when class assignments could be submitted following an absence due to religious observances. Her request was to include language in a syllabus to define timelines. The administration responded that the existing language provided flexibility for students and recommended that Academic Affairs work with faculty to make the providing explicit to students.
This comment was discussed further in Item 6.
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Vice President Workman stated that all nominees were thoroughly reviewed based on teaching, scholarship and service. He clarified that each nominee was vetted through traditional tenure procedures and had strong support from their respective colleges and the administration.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION to approve tenure for 20 nominees for university faculty. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Coggin. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Vice President Workman stated that the administration was also seeking approval of tenure by reason of appointment for Dr. Newton Jackson Jr. He clarified that Dr. Jackson was the incoming chairperson and professor for the Department of Leadership, Counseling, and Instructional Technology. Vice President Workman stated that Dr. Jackson came to UNF with a distinguished record as a scholar and administrator. He noted that Dr. Jackson was well credentialed and would contribute to the diversity of senior leadership. He also noted that Dr. Jackson came with a unanimous recommendation.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval for tenure by reason of appointment for Dr. Jackson. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Crawford. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Hicks asked Ms. Lina Monell, director of Equal Opportunity Programs to speak about this item.
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Ms. Monell addressed gender equity in Athletics, stating the university had focused attention here since the Self Study for NCAA Division I certification. She noted that the university was in compliance with respect to 9 of 11 measures. She listed the two areas needing improvement as participation rates and availability of facilities. She clarified that plans were in place to renovate facilities for a private locker room for women's swimming and diving teams with an anticipated completion date of August 2009.
Ms. Monell spoke about employment, noting that there were recent drops in Black and Asian tenured faculty; however, there was a recent increase in tenure-track minority faculty. She clarified that the fluctuation was most likely attributable to retirements.
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Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval of the Florida Educational Equity Act Report. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Korman and seconded by Trustee Coggin. The MOTION carried.
Chair Hicks asked Vice President Serwatka to speak about this item.
Vice President Serwatka stated that the university was presenting for review and approval two regulations consistent with the Board of Governors and with current university practice. He clarified that the religious observances regulation was being amended to ensure that the language was more in accordance with the Board of Governors recently amended regulation. Additionally, the Educational Research Center for Child Development regulation was currently in old rule format and was being brought forward as a new regulation.
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Vice President Serwatka spoke about Ms. McKinnon's comments regarding the religious observances regulation, specifically an issue on time limits. He noted that the assumption was that assignments would be due by the end of the term. Trustees discussed amending language to define a time limit and determined that there would be more disadvantages to students by adding the language. Trustees asked the administration to investigate ways to inform students about the appeals process and to encourage faculty to define terms regarding absences in their syllabi.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval for the religious observances regulation. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Crawford. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Vice President Serwatka spoke about the Educational Research Center for Child Development regulation, noting that the administration was bringing forward an old rule as a new regulation. He clarified that the new regulation conformed to wording that the Board of Governors adopted. Additionally, the university added language to include a focus on quality.
Trustees discussed the Statement of Regulation, Item 3, addressing language defining ratios. Clarification was sought on limiting students with special needs. The administration responded that these ratios were set forth by the CDRC's accrediting body and every effort was made to accommodate students with special needs.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION to approve the Educational Research Center for Child Development regulation. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Korman and seconded by Trustee Crawford. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Hicks adjourned the meeting.
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The Mason Jar written by James Russell Lingerfelt is a coming of age love story that will stay with me for a very long time. The author's writing style drew me in right away. I finished reading the book in one day.
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Disney California Adventure Park
Paradise Gardens Park
All Ages
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What's New, FASTPASS, Holiday Entertainment, Mickey & Friends, Disney's FASTPASS Service
Watch Disney characters soar to life on a vivid veil of mist during this towering nighttime spectacular!
Discover a powerful tapestry of color, magic and imagination in this outdoor show.
As unforgettable scenes from beloved Disney and Disney•Pixar animated and live-action films stream across an immense water "screen," you'll be inspired to reminisce about romances, look back at past friendships and relive remarkable situations.
The World of Color show―the most impressive and fanciful nighttime extravaganza Disney has ever produced―is accompanied by momentous music as well as stunning fire, fountain, fog and laser effects.
World of Color Is Big!
To create the approximately 19,000 square-foot projection screen, nearly 1,200 fountains shoot water 200 feet into the air. Watch the water dance and the perfectly timed pyrotechnics explode!
As the show's extraordinary elements are woven into a kaleidoscope of imagination, the spectacle sweeps and expands across Paradise Bay, while the astonishing soundtrack lifts your spirits, spanning decades of Disney movies―from the classics to the most recent releases.
Don't miss this truly Disney nighttime experience!
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All reserved viewing areas for the World of Color show are standing only. There are accommodations for Guests with disabilities.
Preferred Perspective in Paradise Gardens Park
The roped-off, reserved viewing areas are the preferred places to watch World of Color.
With large, open terraces, these reserved viewing areas present a panoramic perspective, and provide the recommended vantage point to fully enjoy the show's special effects and movie clips projected on the water screen.
In order to enter the reserved viewing areas, Guests must present one of the following:
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With a World of Color Dining Package, enjoy a 3-course, prix fixe menu at one of the participating Disneyland Resort restaurants—plus, receive one World of Color voucher (presented at the completion of the meal) with each package purchased.
Your voucher lists the location of your viewing area, the time you should be at your viewing location and the performance time.
Please ask your server if you need directions from the restaurant to the reserved World of Color viewing area.
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The reserved viewing areas are divided into sections labeled by signs. Signs may include the name of the dining package restaurant or indicate the Disney FASTPASS section.
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For Guests with mobility disabilities, there are designated wheelchair accessible locations in each viewing area.
For Guests with hearing disabilities, Disney's Handheld Devices, which provides assistive listening, can be used within the World of Color viewing area. Obtain a receiver (deposit required) at the Guest Relations Lobby inside Disney California Adventure Park.
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Disney FASTPASS Service provides first-come, first-served tickets to same day World of Color shows and many other attractions at the Disneyland Resort.
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Tickets are available when the park opens at Disney FASTPASS Service machines near The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure.
How to Get a Ticket
Insert your scanned theme park admission ticket into the machine to obtain a Disney FASTPASS ticket printed with your World of Color showtime, viewing area and recommended arrival time.
At the designated arrival time, bring your Disney FASTPASS ticket to Paradise Gardens Park where Cast Members will direct you to the viewing area indicated on your ticket.
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Disney FASTPASS Service distributes World of Color tickets for same-day viewing. For advance reservations (up to 60 days) to see the show, book a World of Color Dining Package .
The surrounding areas are packed with fun for the whole family—find out what to do before the show and note some attractions close during showtime.
Head to Paradise Gardens Park and set sail on The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure, join Goofy's Sky School for a high-flyin' joyride or simply sit back and relax. On warmer days, kids can cool off in the park's wet play area, but please keep in mind shoes are required. Over at Pixar Pier, test your skills while competing for high scores in the fast-paced Toy Story Midway Mania!
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Select Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park attractions will close prior to World of Color in order to offer Guests the best possible viewing experience. These include:
Attraction availability subject to change. Some Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park food and merchandise locations may also close.
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Tomahawk volleyball earns #1 seed in D-2
Submitted: 10/17/2013
- The WIAA released the post season brackets for volleyball teams throughout the state.The Tomahawk Hatchets earned the #1 seed in their Division Two regional. They will play their first match on Thursday, October 24. The Hatchets will face the winner of Medford at Antigo - who play on Tuesday.In Division One, Wausau East is a #2 seed. They'll host Wisconsin Rapids on Thursday. #5 Merrill is also at home against #12 Menomonie. #13 Rhinelander is at #4 Marshfield. In Division Three, Athens is a #1 seed. They will face the Abbotsford - Stratford winner on Thursday October 24. #3 Laona/Wabeno hosts #6 Crivitz on Tuesday. #5 Crandon travels to #4 Bondueal on Tuesdday.In Division Four, Florence and Newman Catholic earned #1 seeds in their respective regionals.To view the brackets, click on the link below.
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Felix Hernandez started for the Seattle Mariners yesterday against the Tampa Bay Rays, and he put up the following stats: 9 innings pitched, 113 pitches, 77 strikes, 12 strikeouts, 0 runs allowed, 0 hits allowed, 0 walks allowed. Yup, that's a perfect game.
The stats don't even do it justice, either. I know the phrase "perfect game" has the word perfect right there up front, but that just refers to the spotless score sheet. He was completely dominant. It looked like one of those Little League games where a 6-foot-tall kid with a mustache mows down a bunch of terrified 11-year-olds wearing the helmets with the cages on the front while all the parents in the stands grumble about wanting to see his birth certificate (or, if they're funnier, his driver's license). Within the relatively small subset of perfect games thrown throughout baseball history, I've got to believe this one falls somewhere on the Even Perfecter side of the spectrum, if that's even a thing. I know he earned the nickname King a long time ago, but if he hadn't, this was the type of performance that would have done it. I suppose the point I'm trying to make here is that Felix Hernandez was pretty good at baseball yesterday.
But then, as if dominating a group of grown men — who, you should remember, are all highly paid athletes who have reached the peak of their profession — so fully that not a single one of them reached base once in 27 combined tries wasn't enough, this happened and put a cherry on top of the whole thing:
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@realkingfelix what a great game! #perfectclub
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What's the shell command for closing a windows ?
I want to do ALT+F4 but with a command.
I know the HotKeys. But how to do that with the shell ?
I have idea to replace the border with a command in taskbar.
Next, what's the command for move, maximise...
Thank's !
Maybe wmctrl has sufficient control on windows, try it ;-)
Wmctrl is a command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager
May I suggest some keyboard/mouse tips on windows:
Alt+Mouse1 = Move window
Alt+Mouse2 = Send window to bottom
Alt+Mouse3 = Resize window
Alt+Mouse4/5 = Set window transparent/opaque
Alt+Shift+<arrows> = Resize window
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+<arrows> = Move window
Ctrl+Alt+Page Down/up = Send window to bottom/top
Alt+F8 = Minimize window
Alt+F9 = Shade/Unshade window
Alt+F10 = Stick/Unstick
Alt+F11 = Fullscreen (at least here )
Hrmf, I forget about the documentation: http://www.xfce.org/documentation/docs- … wm-windows
What's the shell command for closing a windows ?
I want to do ALT+F4 but with a command.
exit will close any terminal. Other programs: it'll depend, or (often) no possibly short of killing the program which you can do easily with pkill (with apttern to locate the right one).
i think he means, how to close another window through a shell
i think you need the window id, etc
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes
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text: I admit it felt crazy getting up at midnight to drive through the night in order to be fishing at dawn on the Salmon River, a tributary of Lake Ontario in western New York. But the opportunity to catch Great Lakes steelhead will do that to a person. And besides, if it was crazy, I was not alone in my craziness.


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Georgetown goalkeeper Tomas Gomez blocked Helge Leikvang's shot in the final round of a shootout, lifting the Hoyas over Maryland 4-3 on penalty kicks Friday night following a 4-4 tie in the NCAA soccer semifinals.
Georgetown (20-3-2) beat Maryland (20-2-2) for the first time in 29 tries and will face Indiana in Sunday's final. The seven-time champion Hoosiers beat Creighton 1-0 in the second semifinal.
Maryland scored twice in a 3 1/2-minute span late in the second half to tie it at 4.
Maryland held a 3-2 lead through the first three rounds of the penalty kicks, but the Hoyas rallied for a 4-3 lead and won when Gomez dove to his left to stop Leikvang's shot.
"I just had a hunch to go there, and it worked out," Gomez said.
Steve Neumann scored three goals for the Hoyas, including two in a 1:31 span to give Georgetown a 2-1 halftime lead. It was the first hat trick in the College Cup since 1993.
"You always dream about having games like that on big stages like this," Neumann said. "It's an unbelievable feeling and something I'll cherish the rest of my life."
Neumann made it 4-2 with 30 minutes left in regulation, but Maryland tied it on goals by Patrick Mullins and Christiano Francois.
"You're never going to feel secure with a two-goal lead against a team like Maryland," Georgetown coach Brian Wiese said. "There were several times in the second half when Maryland could have chucked it, and they never did. They showed tremendous resilience."
Maryland outshot Georgetown 18-12, including five shots in the final 12 minutes of regulation after tying it.
"I don't think we ever for a moment thought that we weren't going to come back and win," said Maryland's Patrick Mullins, who had a goal and two assists. "We just knew somebody was going to find a way to get us that one goal. We had some decent chances at the end."
The eight goals tied for the second-most in College Cup history. It also marked the first time a team has scored four goals in a College Cup game since 2006.
The Terrapins had given up a total of only four goals in their past four games combined.
"Our defending let us down," Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski said. "It's very difficult to cope with the reality that we're not advancing and playing on Sunday. We just came up a little empty."


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Marianne Mahoney participates in Team IMPACT, which connects children with debilitating or life-threatening illnesses with college athletes.
Members of the Northeastern women's hockey team are paired with Marianne through the program.
The Northeastern women's ice hockey squad is one of six on the campus with a Team IMPACT child on the roster.
Team IMPACT is an immersion program, with participating youngsters getting their own signing day, locker, and uniform.
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I live in New Farm and commute to work in the CBD by pushbike every day. As the riverwalk is no longer with us, I, and a LOT of other cyclists/peds, use the only other bikeway option to get to and from Teneriffe, New Farm, The Valley etc to the city. This is of course the bikeway which runs from the top of Bowen Tce, under the northern side of the Story Bridge, past the Medina Apartments, and them comes out onto Ivory Lane. It's not really ideal as a bikepath due to it being a wooden boardwalk in a section (slippery when wet ), it's very narrow, has quite blind corners, and lots of pedestrians use it. Anyway, that was the only option until this week when it was suddenly closed "due to maintenance". The provided detour involves negotiating two flights of steep stairs... There is about a 1 foot wide ramp next to one side the stairs, which has a chainlink fence right next to it - I've ridden down it, but I'm fairly sure the majority wouldn't be keen on that. Going up is another issue altogether and it becomes even more complicated when there's pedestrians or other cyclists there as it's a narrow staircase - and very much one-way when utilising the "ramp". When it was still closed on Wednesday I went and had a look from the Medina, nothing AT ALL had been done to it, and there were absolutely no workers anywhere. I talked to the staff at the apartment block who told me it was 100% a council matter, and that they had seen no people working on it. Anyway, I contacted the council as I thought it was absolute bulls*** that the only offroad bikeway from one of the CBD's closest suburbs was now non-functioning, especially seeing as it sees very high use with commuters. Today I received a helpful reply from the office of David Hinchcliffe, and I thought I'd copy paste it here in case anyone else wanted to know what was going on.
Seems like there is no real end in sight as far as it being re-opened... What a great way to encourage people to drive cars to work. Bloody bureaucratic uselessness.
First in the quote is an email from BUG to the council, and then David's reply. Below that I will attach the discussed picture.
From: Brisbane CBD BUG
Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2011 12:45 PM
Subject: CBD BUG media release re closure of laneway connecting to Ivory Lane
27 October 2011
Double whammy cuts off New Farm from city
Residents of New Farm and other inner northern suburbs were dealt another blow this week following the sudden and indefinite closure of their remaining off-road pedestrian and cyclist route to the city.
Since Riverwalk was washed away earlier this year the alternative pedestrian and cyclist route to the city included a pathway between the Story Bridge and Ivory Lane, behind the Medina apartment building. However, this route was far from ideal. It was too narrow for the number of people using it and Ivory Lane is so steep it is difficult to walk let alone cycle up. But it was the only real option for the several thousand people that previously used Riverwalk each day. This made it a critical off-road route not just for residents of the immediately adjacent suburbs of New Farm, Fortitude Valley and Teneriffe but also people from nearby northern suburbs such as Ascot and Hamilton. It allowed them to ride to the city in relative safety compared to using busy roads such as Ann Street.
However, Council's indefinite closure of the laneway on Tuesday this week due to "land slippage and retaining wall collapse†has demonstrated the vulnerable nature of Brisbane's still largely un-developed cycle and pedestrian path network. This is a major deterrent to people cycling or walking to the city from the northern suburbs. The only available detour requires people to go all the way to the top of Ivory Lane, and then down two flights of stairs. This will put off all but the most determined.
Brisbane CBD Bicycle User Group spokesman Paul French said this isn't just an issue affecting pedestrians and cyclists, but everybody who travels to the city from those areas. The lack of safe and convenient pedestrian and cycle paths means people are likely to switch back to cars and public transport, causing more traffic congestion and further straining peak bus and train services.
The path's closure is also another major blow for Council's CityCycle public bike hire scheme, as New Farm was a key area for the scheme. Now the suburb has all but been cut off from the city, usage will drop significantly. Previous experience has shown that when cycleways are closed many people stop cycling. With no timeframe for the re-opening of the just-closed temporary route the scheme's viability is under threat.
"The Brisbane City Council is currently saying they won't start rebuilding Riverwalk until 2013, and it won't be open until more than a year after that. This closure highlights the need for the re-instatement of the Riverwalk to be accelerated to re-establish a safe and reliable off-road link between the inner north-eastern suburbs and the CBDâ€. "Before the destruction of the floating walkway the residents of these inner suburbs had started embracing walking and cycling as a healthy and convenient alternative to clogging the roads with carsâ€.
The CBD BUG wrote to the Lord Mayor to indicate its four essential design elements for the new Riverwalk: segregating cyclists and pedestrians (safety factor); design for commuter cyclists (safety factor); ensuring clear sight lines (safety factor); and enabling it for use during king tides (reliability).
"While the vital work of correctly designing the replacement structure to re-establish the link between the inner northern suburbs and the CBD continues, it is key for the Ivory Lane path to be reopened as soon as possible to keep alive important options for people to travel to the city from New Farm and surrounding suburbs†Mr French stated.
Dear ****,
Thank you for your media release drawing this issue to my attention.
Interestingly no-one from Council has seen fit to advise me of the closure which apparently occurred approx 3 days ago at the request of Medina apartment hotels.
After receiving your email I inspected the site and met with assistant manager for Medina, Warren Cullun. Mr Cullun advised that the bikeway / walkway construction is threatened by the movement of a rock wall which sits both underneath and next to the walkway. I have enclosed a photograph of the closed section of walkway which shows on the lefthand side a large 250kg rock leaning towards the walkway.
When the movement in the wall became apparent to Medina, they consulted with their engineers who strongly advised the site be enclosed immediately and Council agreement with the closure was sought and obtained.
Apparently there is a dispute between Medina and Council over responsibility for the walkway. At the moment it is on Medina's property and was constructed as a condition of approval approximately 13 years ago for use as a publicly accessible walkway. Medina wish to hand all responsibility and liability to Council and Council is apparently resisting that.
I must emphasise that the information I am providing is based on my discussion with Medina only. As yet, I have not received any information from Council. Clearly considering the high volume of useage (increased since the loss of floating river walkway as noted in your media statement below) this issue needs to be resolved immediately with decisive action. I suspect however that with lawyers involved on both sides, the resolution will be anything but quick.
I will continue to apply pressure to Council to have this matter resolved.
Yours sincerely,
David Hinchliffe


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Your live blogger for this game will be the vivacious University of Maryland scholar Rob Gindes from Blazin' With Phelps.
Hi, my name is Rob from Blazing With Phelps and I'm blogging into you LIVE from beautiful Annapolis, Md. I hope you like my attempts to look funny. If you don't, then my name is Greg from Blazing With Phelps.
I'm also going to attempt the Sussman Special of the little pictures with the score thing. So we'll see if my degree of difficulty can offset some of my execution score.
This is a game between the streaky team I root for in Maryland and a Cal team that just seems really boring. Cal brings guard Jerome Randle, who is very good at three-point shooting, and we counter with Greivis Vasquez, who is good at talking trash and having rosy cheeks. Certainly the matchup to watch in this game. Let's get it on!
Postgame: Well, that's it and that's all. Thanks for following along, and if you liked my liveblog, please check out my site and have all your friends check it out as well. Also, if you happen to go to Maryland, you should read my columns in the newspaper. I think that's all I've got as far as pimping myself out.
I'd like to especially thank Suss for orchestrating all of this today and putting up with my roughly 43 e-mails I sent him asking if I was doing this right in the past few days. Truly an American hero.
5:07 PM: The Vivacious Venuzuelan Sensantion is named the player of the game with 27 points. But how about Adrian Bowie's 12 and 7 assists? Next up is a date with Memphis. Final score: 84-71.
5:05 PM: Before I could even click "save," Greivis scored five points. Yikes. 82-71, Cal's not fouling, we'll see you in the round of 32.
5:04 PM: This game isn't over. Cal fouls the "Guy You Don't Want to Foul" (Hayes) and he naturally misses one. Then some long-haired man named Gutierrez hits an and-one and it's an 8-point game. 1:27 left, hopefully we'll jst grin and "bear" it!!234.
5:02 PM: 2:11 to go and the Terps are holding on, 76-66. This game has made me believe that Cal and Maryland are basically the same team, because Cal has played Bad Maryland Basketball.
4:59 PM: What's up with the Craig Ferguson "they told me not to play basketball or I'd break this vase" ad? Is he supposed to look badass because he broke a vase? Is this funny? I'm so full of questions. Maryland by 11.
4:56 PM: Dave Neal was left wide open for the dagger but missed it. Terps by 13 with 3:32 to go and we're on commercial. 13 isn't too much when playing a team that can start drilling threes though, so this is by no means over. Also, we're Maryland, so 50 isn't too big a lead.
4:53 PM: Holy crap, Dino brings the God-damned thunder just now. "That's what Dino Gregory brings," say the announcers. This is horribly untrue but I will take it. Maryland by 15.
4:52: Maryland is starting to pull away. 72-59 and even legally dead Dino Gregory just made a great hustle play and got a tip-in. It's Terp ball, too.
4:49 PM: Great play all-around just now as Bowie scrambles and makes a Scheyerface while recovering a loose ball to Greivis, who gets the and-one to bring the lead back to 10 (Apparently there was a Randle 3 I missed). Neal jersey-dirts a shot in and it's 68-56. I can't even barely keep up right now; a 3 from Cal makes it 68-59.
4:47 PM: Vasquez's game is feeling like he's been slighted by someone and feeding off of it. I'm on the record that I've never been a huge fan of his, but the guy shows up to play every day and he plays his heart out. You don't have to like him, but I respect him.
4:44 PM: Greivis steals, drives, lays in. Gives the old "shush" sign to the crown, which sounds like it's really pro-Maryland. But you tell 'em, Greivis. Terps, 63-53.
4:43 PM: We get lots of guys in foul trouble. And then Vasquez shoots an airball. Sheesh. He is emotional and rosy-cheeked about it.
4:42 PM: Apparently I ripped the Nic Cage hate from Saberhagendaaz. Have I mentioned his awesome post on Avoiding the Drop?
4:39 PM Gawker just did something weird, so sorry if there's some shady thing happening on this page. I was typing a whole ordeal about Maryland's current 9-0 run. Eddie Munster hit a wide-open three, gobbled up a rebound on the other end, and then Milbourne mademe look stupid for saying three minutes ago that he couldn't hit threes. Hustle plays 59, three-ball 51.
4:37 PM: The referees in this game have called a ton of travels. Milbourne thinks about a three and then remembers he can't shoot those. Bowie hits a crazy angle layup and it's Terps by 2.
4:34 PM: Speaking of that Nic Cage movie, when his kid goes "are we going to die?" And Nic Cage goes "I would never let that happen." I mean, really? Like, everyone dies. Your kid is immortal? You're a bad movie parent, Nic Cage, and I hate you.
4:32 PM: And we're back from Purdue evening up my bracket. This has turned out to be a pretty interesting game. Cal takes the lead, 51-50 at the 12-minute mark. Their shooting seem to be shaping up. "Dave Neal keeps opportunities alive. He does the grunt work." Milbourne to the line after yet another commercial. Oh, hey Nic Cage. Kill yourself.
4:30 PM: Robertson converted and Bowie missed on the other end. Cal ball with a chance to take their first lead.... and they do. Jumper from Boykin. What a great time to switch away, CBS. Great. 47-46 Cal.
4:26 PM: CBS has switched over to Purdue-UNI unannounced. Holy crap, what a game this is. Robertson's basket counted for Cal and the foul was on Mosley. I legitimately think that they called a TV timeout in the Maryland game to switch over to Purdue. "Hey guys, this game's interesting. Stop playing for a sec ad check this out."
4:25 PM: Here come the threes. Greivis is answered by Robertson. I'll tell you what: If Cal starts hitting any small amount more of three pointers, the Terps are in trouble. Sugar Sean with a lay-in, 46-42 Terps with 15:17 to go.
4:22 PM: Dave Hustleplay gets to the line after picking up a ball that Sugar Sean Mosley couldn't grab. Then he hustles down the court an hacks Robertson so he can't get an easy dunk. Hustlehustlehustle dirty uniform hustle.
4:20 PM: Vasquez makes a layup off of a Neal screen. Man, Neal does all the small stuff like screens and going for loose balls and drawing walks.
4:18 PM: Handles McRandle gets an and-one after Greivis bricks a three. If you picked this game based on whose cheerleaders are hotter, your team is currently down 36-34. Anyways there have been lots of charges in this game.
4:17 PM: Second half just started and that was a scary moment where my whole liveblog erased because the internet hates me. The guy I partied with in high school just hit a shot and we're up 36-31 with the ball, under a minute gone in the half.
Still halftime again: Also from that game against Cal, I was sitting right next to the visitors' section and all the Cal fans kept doing something that looked like the Florida Gator chomp. Anyone know what the idea behind that is? The best I could think of was that it was the "bear trap," but why would Bears fans want to do a bear trap? Anyways, the second half is starting in a minute.
Still halftime: If you're enjoying this... thanks. Also thanks to everyone who has checked out my blog lately. Which reminds me, this game is an important matchup between probably the two best state flags in America. On one side we have the badass Maryland flag. What could be cooler than that? How about a ferocious bear, ready to strike? I say the winner of this game gets the "best flag" recognition.
Halftime: Hey, speaking of Cal-Maryland, remember this? Jahvid Best doesn't. I was in the stands and the sound that hit made was just sickening. Sickeningly awesome.
3:54 PM: With a second left, one Maryland player throws it off another and out of bounds. Fortunately, Cal is stupider than we are and Robertson tries to ball fake with a second left and never gets the shot off. 34-31 at half. I'm going to try to get my funny little pictures to work.
3:52 PM: You know, for the best 3-point shooting team in the country, Cal sucks at free throws.
3:50 PM: Just seconds remaining in the first half. If I know Maryland, here comes a layup from Cal and we miss our shot so all our hard work ends up as a halftime tie.
3:47 PM: The announcers for the game are revealed as Tim Brando and Mike Gminski. Is it a rule somewhere tthat a former Duke player has to broadcast every Maryland game? Screw Mike Gminski.
3:46 PM: The scoring is picking back up as Cal hits a 3. 32-30, good guys. Bad guys going to the line.
3:45 PM: The announcers are referring to ave Neal as "Dave," like he's their buddy that just got picked up into this game and doesn't belong. Which is an apt description. "I don't think opponents respect him," they say.
3:42 PM: So much for Chattanooga. Someone with a scary facemask just hit a free throw.
3:39 PM: TV timeout. This game started pretty well, but both teams have looked pretty sloppy as of late. Dino Gregory is in the game, which scares me because he's not talented at basketball. He did take a solid charge though, so there was that. But offensively, both teams could be looking better. Cal is just 2/10 from three right now.
3:37 PM: I love when refs get really pumped about a charge and throw the arm out all dramatically. HELL YEAH, GOING THE OTHER WAY BROTHER!!!!
3:35 PM: Vasquez tries his shot I clued you in on earlier, except it doesn't go. That came off of a Dave Neal Hustle play. Dave Neal is the Eckstein of Maryland basketball. He loves getting his jersey dirty.
3:33 PM: Maryland is such a weird team this year. Nobody on the team actually has a legitimate basketball position. We don't have a point or a center. Everyone's just kind of like, 6'6" with a good midrange jumper. Also, we're killing ourselves in this game right now with turnovers. 24-23 and Cal ball.
3:30 PM: Another commercial break, still 24-21. Terps have walked the past two times down, which also counts for the first two times travelling has been called in a basketball game since 1984. Greivis and Handles Randle both have 9 with 7 and a half to go in the first.
3:28 PM: Eddie Munster spots up for two. A weird white guy for Cal tries a shady shot and hits the side of the backboard. Turtles 24-21 before Landon "D.J. Strawberry" Milbourne walks and turns it over. When Strawberry and Milbourne were on the same team, it must have been confusing as hell to people. I mean, they look exactly alike.
3:26 PM: Big alley-oop for Cal. I wish there was a stat on giving up momentum-shifting plays. We do it more than anyone in the country. Remember Gerald Henderson's thunder dunk in the second game we played against them this year? Yikes.
3:24 PM: "The handle for Randle!" Apparently Maryland-Cal is a 1940's championship boxing match. Greivis hits a 3, it's 22-17 couch burners.
3:22 PM: Looking at the comments, I have to agree with The Boy Wonder's nickname for Greivis, "the headcase who becomes less than useless once you get him frustrated." But you forgot to mention that he's from Venuzuela.
3:19 PM: Cal opens up the 3-pt arsenal with a deep one from Patrick Christopher. 17-15 Terps at commercial with 11:38 left in the half.
3:17 PM: The Venezuelan Vanguard hits two free throws and it's Terps by six. The leading scorer right now is Dave Neal, who showed up at a party a friend of mine threw in high school. This was a big moment for me.
3:15 PM: Okay, what's up with this "Vivacious Venuzuelan" shit? Why is the media trying to force it on us that he has some weird nicknames like that? ESPN said he is "known as the Venuzuelan Sensation." Is that supposed to rhyme? God, I hate all of these people.
3:12 PM: Alright, I think I've worked it out. Unfortunately, my funny pictures won't show up right. It's been a wide open game so far, which happens when nobody is taller than 6'8. Commercial break, 14-10 Terps.
3:08 PM: Sorry this has been getting off the ground kind of slowly, my computer is taking forever to upload this post. It's been a sloppy first three minutes. Watch for Vasquez's move: He cuts right, drives through the lane, and lays it in off the glass. Ugh, what an awful time for technical difficulties on my end.
3:04 PM: If basketball games were four minutes long, Maryland would be a 1-seed. Bowie takes the tip right to the hole, Cal gets an over and back, Milbourne cans a J. Neal hustles a 3 in. Let's try the pictures!
They don't work. It was 7-0 at this point.
3:02 PM: Here we go, CBS has switched over to our game. And already one of Cal's players has been called a "mighty mite." I knew the center square should have been "smallball."
Pregame III: Just a couple minutes until tip now. I'm learning how the cold efficient machine of Gawker works. Apparently I don't need the br tag. This saves so much time for activities.
Pregame II: It seems like a lot of people are picking Maryland in this one, but I'm telling you it's a coinflip. Two really streaky teams without any real size. It could be a blowout either way, it could be close, who knows. So if you're Gary Williams, you're really going to be "sweating" this one out!!!12.
Pregame: The Memphis- CSN game pushed our tip time back to 3:03, so we've got 13 minutes of that awkward getting-to-know-you phase. How're your brackets doing? Mine already sucks. Also, apparently Cal has recruited a chicken to play power forward next year. So there's that.


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Her name was Claudette and she was calling from Texas.
�You�re going to think I�m crazy,� she began, and I breathed a sigh of relief. The ones who think they�re rational are usually more trouble.
She was calling with a complaint about a column.
One I wrote 20 years ago.
Twenty years ago. Let�s see � I was 37, weighed 145 pounds and wore size-32 blue jeans. In other words, a complete stranger. The only thing I remember about 1993 was selling my first short story to a professional anthology and celebrating with a chocolate milkshake from Whataburger.
Oh, and the cats finally stopped clawing the shower curtain to ribbons.
Apparently I wrote a column about hurricane names and how lame that year�s crop of names was. The C name was �Claudette,� and she accused me of saying the name �Claudette� reminded me of a hooker.
I had called her a prostitute.
I fumbled and stammered, not knowing what to say. I vaguely remembered writing such a column but the details escaped me. But it sure sounded like something I might have written.
Claudette wanted to know why I would write such a thing. In fact, she pointed out, I had written mean things about all the names I listed in my column.
I told her I wouldn�t deny writing the column, but couldn�t remember my thought processes behind it. I�m sure I must have thought it was funny.
Claudette was not amused.
As we talked, I loaded our library database and searched for the column. I found it right away. It was published May 21, 1997, only 16 years ago, not 20. My memories of 1997 are as vague as my memories of 1993. I think I went to Germany that year. And my waist size was up to a 34.
At any rate, this is what I wrote about �Claudette�:
�Next we have Claudette. Claudette is too exotic a name. I see French madames prowling the gaslit back alleys of the New Orleans French Quarter � a fearful image if you worry about diseases, not hurricanes.�
OK, so she was right. I wrote exactly what she said I wrote, although I wasn�t referring to her personally.
I looked over the other entries to see if they were as mean as she said they were.
Here�s what I wrote about the D storm, �Danny�: �Then there�s Danny. How could anybody run away from a Hurricane Danny? When I think of Danny, I think of a �Far Side� Irish setter, its tongue lolling, its eyes slightly crossed. Danny is too friendly a name for a hurricane.�
Or the F storm: �Fabian? Do you expect me to take a storm named Fabian seriously? Why not Frankie? Annette? Or the Hurricane Formerly Known as Fabian?�
Finally, the H storm: �Next we have Henri, pronounced ahn-REE, like the waiter who brings you a platter of snails and sneers at your nongold Visa card and then slinks away for a rendezvous with Claudette. You can imagine this storm muttering, �I spit on your waterfront property� in a French accent.� So I not only insulted all the Henris of the world but also the entire nation of France.
Claudette wanted me to know she wasn�t a prostitute. She was a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother, and what I wrote about her name offended her.
Again, I told her I was probably trying to be funny. This is, after all, a humor column, though many people might argue they fail to see the humor in anything I write. Claudette sure failed to see it.
I apologized to her. And I�ll apologize right now to any other Claudettes who were offended by what I wrote 16 years ago. While I�m at it, I�ll apologize to the Dannys, Fabians and Henris who were similarly offended.
(I was curious to know why Claudette had waited 16 years to call. She hadn�t. Apparently her sister cut it out of the newspaper back then and mailed it to her only recently.)
Humor is a tough thing to nail down; it differs from person to person. Every joke comes at a price, and in the day-to-day scramble to get everything done, it�s possible to forget that something you�ve written in an attempt to be funny might cost somebody else in ways you hadn�t completely thought through.
I�m sorry, Claudette. I�ll try to do a better job of being funny without hurting people�s feelings.
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I try to be a good citizen.
I try to be a good husband, father, son, brother, brother-in-law, cousin and even a good uncle on occasion.
Most times, I fancy myself a good friend as well. Sometimes I try to be a good counselor. I try to understand people and help them understand their situations as best I can. That is why in this space I often offer free advice to puzzled Americans everywhere.
So, today I would like to wander way down yonder to New Orleans and give a shout out to an old friend, James Haslett. Haslett, as you probably know, is coach of the New Orleans Saints.
Hey, Jimmy! After reading the New Orleans Times Picayune, I understand that you can't figure out why Saints fans booed your quarterback, Aaron Brooks, before the last game with the Carolina Panthers. The Times-Picayune quotes you as saying, "What I didn't understand was, we're right in the middle of this thing, we're trying to win games, we're trying to get into the playoffs, we haven't taken a snap yet, and they're booing. To this day, I still don't understand it."
Jim, my suggestion is for you to think about it this way. No one on the planet understands what happened to your football team the past two years. Why they collapsed during the stretch in both seasons is a far greater mystery than why fans anywhere boo any quarterback.
And another thing, Jim. No one understands why Matt Millen and Marty Mohrningweg have survived two lousy years running the Detroit Lions. Can you believe they got a vote of confidence from ownership? Me neither. To quote you, Jim, "To this day, I still don't understand it."
I hope you understand, Jim, that some folks up north here do not understand why you are not getting more heat, considering the last two Saints' seasons. As a longtime acquaintance, I do not try to understand that. I am just happy for you.
Jim, a lot of people are having a hard time understanding why Bill Parcells would want to put up with Jerry Jones in Dallas. He can not need the money, can he?
And how about the Georgia Bulldogs, Jim, not to mention the USC Trojans, the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns? They won the Sugar, Orange, Rose and Cotton bowls, respectively. Back in your playing days, Jim, those were the four biggest bowls.
The point is that none of those teams got a chance to play for a national championship this year. That's because the clowns who run Division I football do not have a legitimate playoff system in place. They let fat guys in ugly blazers control things. I can understand you not understanding that.
Here is something you should really understand though, Jim, when it comes to your quarterback. I do not mean to be presumptuous, and I would guess you already understand this. Nonetheless, as a concerned citizen, I feel compelled to outline the obvious: You are married to your quarterback.
Coaches have to be married to their quarterbacks. They are your alter ego on the field. That is relatively easy to understand. Therefore, you standing up for your quarterback is understandable.
But, let me remind you of something else I am sure you understand: Your quarterback goes down in flames, you go down in flames. Unless, of course, you get lucky with a guy like Tommy Maddox.
Understand this, Jim. You should take a lesson from a fella you know pretty well in Pittsburgh. You remember Bill Cowher. You were his defensive coordinator for several years. He was married to Kordell Stewart. He even kissed him on one occasion.
But, Bill brought in Tommy Maddox and Charlie Batch to form a sort of harem. It gave him options, Jim. You need this, too. Batch is available after this season, and if you do not give him a look that is something I will not understand.
Your backup quarterback is Jake Delhomme. That I do not understand. Well, maybe I do. It must be the Delhomme thing. I can tell by the spelling  the French influence. You know the ragin' Cajun local angle there in the New Orleans melting pot.
The bottom line is this, Jim. Don't try to understand why fans boo the quarterback. Just find at least one good alternative for next season.
Do you understand? I hope so.
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It is true, and was the basis of Edison's showmanship, that low-frequency alternating current can be more hazardous than an equivalent direct current. By oscillating at a similar (ie, close enough) frequency to the human heart, a sufficiently strong alternating current can cause that organ to beat arhythmically and thereby induce ventricular fibrillation—a potentially deadly condition that needs to be corrected immediately.
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So we ARE vaccinating our children. Just not according to the suggested schedule. We are "cautiously vaccinating" as I tell people, and just spreading them out, with the intention to have our kids have the shots eventually, just not "on time" per say. I had my DS in for a strictly vaccine visit today and the nurse asked me to sign a "Refusal to Vaccinate" form. I refused, because we aren't refusing at all, just delaying them. Then she asked me to sign that I declined to sign the form. To which I told her I wasn't signing my name on their form at all. She gave us the shots we came in for, and was helpful as I asked questions about getting the shots we are missing, but she just looked at me like I was a lunatic for not even touching their paper. (I snooped and saw it at our 18 month check up and had read it already, and was utterly not impressed, so I didn't want anything to do with it.)
Now I'm terrified to schedule our next appointment because I'm afraid they will push it again and forever. I'm wondering if I just signed a piece of paper and said something like, "We feel that in the best interests of our family, we have chosen to create our own vaccination schedule for our children" and see if they will take that instead? I didn't ask because I don't think well under pressure so I feel like I just want them to stop pressuring me, but I want to be respectful to their office at the same time. I don't like confrontation so I really just wondered if there was any legalities with not signing their form? From what I've read it seems like the worst they could do would be to say they won't see us, and that doesn't seem super likely since the nurse did give us the shots. I just know we switched to this doctor from another, and it took me a couple of months to find a practice that would even accept new patients. I generally love the office, I just wish they'd respect parents wishes a little more and not try to force stuff on me. Especially because I AM vaccinating my children. Grrr...
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I would talk to the doc and see what he or she says. Likely the nurse was just following the office policy to get the form signed. I think you're probably over thinking the whole thing. The nurse probably just wrote that you declined to sign the form anyway.
The legality of refusing to sign the form is that the dr can refuse to see you any more.
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weird...but every time I go into our Dr. for a well baby check they throw something weird at me....and I have 4 kids so all of the appointments should be the same procedure.
I think just roll with the punches and keep refusing up until they cause a bigger stink (if they do)...I guess eventually if you refuse and they stick to their guns they can refuse you service but I doubt it.
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I don't see the big deal at all. I sign those all the time. No one has given me any hassle - they just need record of it being offered and me declining it.
They have your records, they see that you are actually vaccinating. Albeit on a different schedule.
We do vaccinate, but I have delayed some in the past for different reasons and I will delay even more in the future with the new baby. I just sign it. I see no reason to refuse to make a record of what I am doing. It protects them. You could go after them and lie and say they didn't offer you the proper vaccinations.
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I decided to delay some of my DD's vaccinations. I didn't have to sign any forms but I made sure the appointment was with our reg pediatrician who's seems pretty cool with stuff like that. It seems weird that they are giving you those forms but the practice may vary not just by dr but also by state.
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I haven't been asked...I think the main issue I see coming up with such forms is that the language in them sometimes says something along the lines of 'I understand that by not vaccinating that I am putting my child in danger.' The advice I've seen given is to read it all through, and cross out anything you don't agree with, or change it to suit you, and then sign. Or you could refuse to sign, or change docs
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I didn't read through all the comments, but... having worked as a nurse in a peds office... our docs finally had to have a form for parents to sign. They also had a letter and if you weren't following the AAP schedule of vaccinations, you fell into the category of refusing a vaccine because in essence you are refusing the doctors advice. This protects the doctor because some parents will attack the doctor if their child ends up hospitalized with a vaccine preventable illness. It may also be the practice policy. Our doctors would include in the chart, a copy of any alternative vaccine schedule the parent was following so there would not be confusion with subsequent visits. Our practice requires parents to sign giving permission for vaccines, so it is reasonable they would also need a signature if you are refusing. I know that term sounds harsh, but again, you are refusing the advice of your physician. Oh, our docs also would have the parent sign or initial that form and a letter at each well visit. Part of the letter stated that though the parent may not be refusing vaccines entirely, they were refusing the schedule the practive follows. It also included that the parent should/would keep up with regular well child checks even if not vaccinating. Some parents choose not to see the doctor for well child appointments if not vaccinating and then have complaints if a developmental problem is not caught/addressed which can be difficult if the child is only seen for a specific "sick" issue and not having the focus of well child development/health. hope that helps!
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We do not vaccinate our children. I would never sign one of those forms. Some say you are putting your child, and others, at risk. I don't believe I'm doing so, so I would never agree to sign...anything. Is it possible to find a doctor that supports your decision to delay?
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Hmmm... we delay some vax's and I've never been asked to sign anything. I'm a little worried about our next appointment, though. The babies are due for several vaccines and I've been planning to get them one booster and one new vaccine at that appointment, but now my DS is scheduled for a procedure under general anesthesia the next day and they won't do it if he has a fever. Now, I'm planning to delay the vaccines even more because the procedure he has the next day is more important and I can't reschedule either appointment due to my work schedule and his doctors' schedules. Ugh!
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I've been asked to sign that paper two times now. The first I just walked out and "forgot" to drop it off at the desk. The second time I crossed out some lines and actually signed it. I also asked if I could write my own note for my kids' files and they said yes. So next time, I will be prepared with my own paper that does not have the parts that I don't believe.
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The assignment sounds pretty cool. Hit the Delaware Geocaching Trail, then write a first-person account of the experience.
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt that takes participants through many of the historical sites and natural resources in Delaware—75 sites in all three counties, including state parks, sports venues and even farmers markets.
The sport is becoming increasingly popular in Delaware, where more than 9,600 people have hit the trail so far. All you need is a GPS and a free geocache.com membership that allows you to access the coordinates of the caches.
My wife, Janell, and I decide to make this a family outing and attempt our first geocaching adventure at nearby Lums Pond State Park—on Father's Day, of all days.
I mean, what else would I want to do that day? Certainly not anything that involves a hammock, fishing, watching the Phillies or downing a cold one.
Turns out, the forecast is for temperatures in the 90s with high humidity and a chance of thunderstorms. We're also at the height of tick and skeeter season.
Woo hoo! Fire up the minivan. This is gonna be a hoot.
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Young people should be able to make some foolish mistakes and move on with their lives, hopefully smarter and wiser. That's the way life is supposed to work. Unfortunately the untimely death of 14-year-old Garrett Quedens is a tragic reminder that this is not always the case.
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