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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Our New Normal
Particularly strokes. We have no idea how many small mini strokes Jerry has had. But we do know when he's had medium size ones. Are there such a thing as medium size strokes? I don't know...but to us..they are our new normal. Like the last couple of days, Jerry has acted a bit strange, and then, just like always when he has a stroke, he fell asleep and was WAY out of it. Hard to wake up out of it. This is not his new normal because steroids keep him from sleeping. So I knew he'd had another. Tonight I casually asked him if he'd lost more use of his arm--just part of our new normal conversation. Before bed a bit ago, Jerry stated, "You know, I feel weird. I think I had another stroke". To which I replied, "Yes, you did. Yesterday. That's why I asked you about your arm". Just a conversation in our living room before bed--our new normal.
Jerry tried to go to work for 1/2 a day last week and won't be going back until he visits the doc on Tuesday. He's using so much insulin(due to steroids) that he ran out and when we went to get more tonight the pharmacy refused. We are going to have to call the doc about that tomorrow because his blood sugar was so high it was off the meter tonight. Ya, I'm worried. He's been very diligent with it; even though it is very frustrating to keep it down with the steroids hiking it up. On a good note, it looks like the internal bleeding has stopped. He might possibly get to go on blood thinners this week!!!!
How is Jerry? He tries to do some normal things, but wears out so easily. He insisted on fixing Thanksgiving dinner, bless his heart. He's always done that and this year was not going to be different. Oh, and last weekend his mother and aunt and uncle came to town. It was a wonderful visit. I really enjoyed them, and Stephen got to see his grandmother. One more Jerry note--he has trouble typing now with his left hand and can no longer play guitar..at least for now. In time, all in time.
How am I? Oh a world of emotions. Elated to have the bleeding stop so that we can maybe get the strokes under control. Worried because I see these strokes happening. Weary because I work so many late night hours. Guilt ridden because I have so many friends I've dropped the ball on and so many people I really need to thank, and blogs that I really need to write (ahhhhs) and read. Saddened when people stop communicating, because our new normal..has just become.... normal. You know what I mean by that? Yet I am so thankful for those of you that haven't given up on me, you check in on me, some of you have gifted us Walmart cards (which we save for meds) and you understand that every spare computer moment I have is usually spent in that crazy fun Ozark Fabric shop. I have something fun going on behind the scenes with ahhhs but I am frustrated that I cannot get the time to get the ball rolling on my end. And sometimes, I just wanna be a girl and cry. Through it all, I am ever thankful for my faith in Christ. How one ever lives without Him, I'll never know.
How is Seth? Fifteen years old now! Mercy.
How is Stephen? He taken to not allowing anyone near him but me. Not even his Sissy who he usually adores. She tried to have him spend the night with her last night and spend the day with her today, but he just cried and cried for me. So, I had to go back and get him and never got a lick of work done. He seems mommy needy right now, so he gets lots of attention. I actually am attempting to get a teenage girl to watch him for a few hours a week. I really really need a break. Not sure how that is going to work, and I don't like spending the money on it; but I just am too tired to continue as I am doing, something has got to change. I just hope the stress of a sitter won't be too hard on Stephen.
So, there you have it. Our new normal. When "oh you had another stroke" is our evening conversation.
But I have my husband still with us, so I am counting my blessings!
29 comments:
- Pat said...
huge *hugs* Tonya.
Please don't worry about reading or catching up. Your friends will be sitting waiting for news because we love you and understand your first priority is with Jerry.
Glad to hear the bleeding has stopped.
Fingers crossed everything else can be sorted now.
love and hugs
- November 25, 2012 at 12:11 AM
- Vroomans' Quilts said...
You are so in my thoughts dear friend. Hoping things turn around. Many hugs.
- November 25, 2012 at 12:21 AM
- Shannon said...
Oh I sure hope I didn't make you feel pressured for an update. I just wanted to know how you were. I really really really hope this doesn't stay your normal Tonya. I hope the doctors are able to get everything under control and though I know you'll probably need to be more diligent with his healthcare, I'm hoping your husband's strokes stop and that his blood sugars become within normal range. (((((HUGS)))))) I re-requested your fabric group. I can't buy, but I want to keep in touch and I know you spend your time there when you have the time to spend.
- November 25, 2012 at 12:32 AM
- Christine M said...
As Pat said, don't go worrying about your blog friends. We will still be here when you need to talk. Thank you for letting us know how Jerry is going. Hopefully, things will get better day by day. Sending you hugs, Christine xx
PS. If you want to cry, then go ahead. Sometimes that may just be what you need. xx
- November 25, 2012 at 12:33 AM
- elliek said...
Hey go ahead and be a girl... cry. It does wonders ( I know from experience) and don't worry about not being in contact, we will all be here when you get back to the real normal. Hugs and prayers still coming your way.
P.S I still have two AHHH's to catch up on so...
- November 25, 2012 at 1:23 AM
- Sunnybec said...
Gosh Tonya, I just feel exhausted reading about your day. I so hope this is the turning point for Jerry, and he is now on the road to improvement and life gets easier for you all. Please don't worry about the blog and other people I have said it before, your family are the only ones you need to worry about right now. As for the crying, go and do it, have a good sob, it will relieve the tension and you will feel better. Give Stephen a hug from his friend in France and tell him I miss his little adventures. Hugs xxxx
- November 25, 2012 at 2:02 AM
- QuiltSue said...
So what's wrong with being a girl and having a good cry sometimes? It might actually help you to feel a bit better. As for the blog and keeping in touch, I think you've got plenty on your plate at the moment, and we'll all be here when you have time to give us an update or visit us.
It sounds as though maybe Jerry's problems are coming under control and hopefully the improvement will continue, fast, so you can move on from the new normal, back to the old normal.
- November 25, 2012 at 3:53 AM
- Junibears said...
I'm trying to catch up too. Oh so much worry going on in your life right now. Thinking of you dear heart! XXXX
- November 25, 2012 at 5:43 AM
- Dorian said...
'New normals' are so hard on everyone involved. Poor Stephen can't understand, but he feels the stress. Can Seth watch him for a few hours here and there? Continued thoughts and prayers.
- November 25, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- beaquilter said...
I'm "glad" that the bleeding has stopped, sad about the other strokes, we continue to pray for you. Don't overwork yourself, you'll end up crashing some time soon. wish I could come and hug you and help in whatever way I can
- November 25, 2012 at 6:37 AM
- Mommarock said...
Oh girl! Someday this will all be a weird memory, and you will be back to a real normal. Just keep that in mind and keep on being strong. Cry when you have that moment alone and get it all out. You need to let it all go once in a while. HUGS!!
- November 25, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Belinda said...
God holds every tear in a bottle, so go ahead. They won't be for naught. We are so thankful for you Tonya. You are a witness to devotion and being a Godly wife. You are the Proverbs 31 woman in a nutshell.
Those of us who are still with you, will not desert you. We are all here for you, no matter how quiet you get, no matter how wacky your normal becomes.
Hopefully the doc can do something for Jerry on Tuesday. His problems must be controlled!!
Praying for you today and every day my friend. ((Big Hug))
- November 25, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- Rhonda at Cobblestone Quilting said...
If I have learned one thing in the last three months here at my house, it is that I do not have to be everything for everyone and I am no longer going to try to be. The really important things get done, the rest will have to wait. In other words, I have learned to say no and there is nothing wrong with that. Prioritize and if something comes up that will not matter one little bit in a week, forget about it. I will continue to lift you and your family up to the Lord.
- November 25, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy Feet said...
When my husband was sick, they put him on steroids too, but that actually made him sicker and he got better when I took him off of them. Think about it, then you can get his sugar under control too. Doctors are too fast to prescribe steroids when usually you don't really need them at all.
- November 25, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- Pokey said...
Dear Tonya, keep in mind that you are loved and not forgotten, even when it "feels" like it. I'm praying for rest and peace of mind for you, even amidst this time of trouble. I'm with you, how does anyone deal with the deep waters of life without the Lord? I do hope this "normal" goes away!
- November 25, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Beth Beal said...
Tonya, I check my Google reader every day just to see if you have posted, and fearful of what I may find if you did post. I have not written to you in a week or so, because I don't want to bother you, but your family is still in our prayers. I am very glad you had a nice family Thanksgiving and I am hopeful Jerry's strokes will stop. Hugs to you.
- November 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Maria Kievit said...
Hugs and prayers to you and your family at this time!
- November 25, 2012 at 1:02 PM
- Carrie P. said...
I am glad you could spend Thanksgiving together. What is normal? what ever comes our way is normal at the time. You are blessed whatever "normal" is going on. Praying!
- November 25, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Snoodles said...
Hey girl! No reply is needed, as usual...just stopping by to lend my voice to the others - as they have said, we will be here when you get to another normal. We're checking each day to see if you post, but that is because we love you, not because we want to pressure you. Write when you can, for at those times we can pray for specific needs, and lift you up to the Lord. And yes, crying does help, so go right ahead. Sometimes I even take a pillow and punch the living daylights out of it, and then cry some more. I'm so hopeful that once they can get the sugar under control, then with the bleeding stopped he can take the thinners...maybe strokes will become a memory instead of a routine occurrence. Love you so much, girl -- praying for you daily. Take care.
- November 25, 2012 at 1:31 PM
- Colleen said...
Hugs for you! Im still praying for you!
- November 25, 2012 at 3:10 PM
- Fiona said...
Thinking of you... as always...
- November 25, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- P. said...
Sorry to hear about the rough patch you are going through. I hope things get better soon and that Jerry stabilizes and recovers.
- November 25, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- Michelle May said...
Light, love and hugs to you. Sending happy wishes your way for a better normal.
- November 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM
- Carla said...
I'm sure I'll find a new post as I do my usual catch up reading. Things are always moving around here and by the time I get off work reading bloggy stuff is on the back burner.
Just wanted to drop a Hug and a Prayer to you and the fam. I hope The conversations will move on to a new old normal.
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Organizational Liability and the Tension between Corporate and Criminal Law
Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010
15 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2011 Last revised: 13 Jun 2013
Date Written: September 26, 2011
This Essay, written as part of the 2010 Hon. David G. Trager Public Policy Symposium, recasts the corporate criminal liability problem as a tension between corporate and criminal law. On one hand, we would like to use criminal law to exact retribution from corporate entities, express our moral condemnation for the acts that have taken place within and through those entities, and to impose structural reforms that prevent future wrongdoing. Where publicly held corporations are concerned, however, it is difficult to do to impose entity-level criminal liability without also invoking responses from shareholders and innocent employees, who argue quite forcefully that they are not the proper repositories of blame. In response to this critique, some proponents have suggested that shareholders ought to play a greater role in managing the corporation and that criminal liability is valuable insofar as it spurs shareholders to exercise greater oversight over corporate managers. But this question – the role that shareholders ought to play in the management of the publicly held corporation – is not ordinarily the province of criminal law. Rather, it is the preoccupation of corporate law, whose doctrines purposely leave shareholders with relatively little power to run the corporation's daily affairs. It may be that there is reason to alter this balance of power, but if so, the issue is more appropriately left to the architects of corporate, and not criminal, law.
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Ken Burns's seven-part documentary weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.
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The 14-hour series follows the family's story for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of those years, Theodore would become the 26th president of the United States, and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd president.
The series encompasses all the history the Roosevelts helped to make - the creation of National Parks and the digging of the Panama Canal, the New Deal and the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights around the world in which Eleanor Roosevelt played a central role. But it is also an intimate human story about love and betrayal, family feeling and personal courage and the conquest of fear.


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One night every December, students at tiny Taylor University pack the school's gymnasium and participate in a phenomenon that's completely out of place in modern sports: silence.
The fans in the standing-room-only crowd are as loud as a library for as long as it takes Taylor's basketball team to score 10 points. But once that happens, there's no shushing them. As soon as Taylor hits double digits, the students erupt into bedlam, and they don't stop screaming and dancing until it's time for the post-game Christmas party on campus.
Friday's racket known as "Silent Night"—the game ends with a student singalong of the Christmas carol—is very, very quietly a tradition unlike any other.


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While she was visiting and speaking at Yale Law School, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor caused some ripples with her use of the term "undocumented immigrants" instead of "illegal alien." (This was not the first time Sotomayor had used the term, but she was asked a direct question about it.) Pundit Laura Ingraham even went so far as to claim that Sotomayor's allegiance was primarily to her "immigrant family," implying that the Supreme Court Justice could not function as an unbiased member of the most powerful court in the country. (As a side note, Sotomayor's family is from Puerto Rico, which makes them United States citizens, and neither illegal nor alien.)
Sotomayor claimed that the term "alien" was insulting, saying, "I think people then paint those individuals as something less than worthy human beings and it changes the conversation," Sotomayor said. In other words, the term "illegal alien" allows the rest of us to keep our mental distance. If they are both illegal and alien, then why should we care?
The backlash against Sotomayor was hardly surprising, but it is important, even when the difference between "undocumented immigrant" and "illegal alien" seems only a matter of semantics anyway. Words matter. There is a reason that we don't use racial slurs. The words that we use to describe people matter, and it has everything to do with allowing the people we name to be seen and embraced as fully human. This is why it is so important to choose our words carefully.
Immigration reform has been getting a great deal of coverage in this past year, and even though just about everyone seems to think that we need to do something to fix the system, the bill is still stagnated in Congress. But maybe, for those of us not in Congress or in a position to get something done directly, a small change in the words that we use could start to change our attitudes, both about immigration reform and about undocumented persons.
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Andrew Rakestraw '12 has his dream job. He is working as an international climate negotiator for the U.S. State Department. "My first day on the job I was on a plane to Germany," he said, from his office in Washington, D.C., where he works with Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern.
"This is the type of job students dream about, and it's totally attainable," said Professor David Takacs, who teaches environmental law.
But Rakestraw was not handed this plum. After graduating from UC Hastings in 2012 with several state and federal internships under his belt, he headed to D.C., without a job and just a few connections.
A native of Washington State, Rakestraw came to UC Hastings thinking he wanted to practice environmental law. His undergraduate degree, from University of Washington, is in international studies.
"After taking the statutory environmental law course with Professor Brian Gray, I saw I could combine my interest in law with my interest in working in a profession in which I feel passionately and strongly about the underlying subject matter," Rakestraw says.
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His path confirmed, Rakestraw took the California bar and moved to Washington, D.C., with little more than his running shoes, smartphone, and a handful of contacts from Professors Gray, Takacs, and John Leshy, who worked as Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Clinton.
"Very quickly, I learned that getting a job is entirely about meeting people," Rakestraw says. Quite soon, he landed a non-paid position with the Obama campaign in September 2012. He served as deputy voter protection director for the D.C. area, recruiting and organizing 1,200 attorneys to be poll watchers on Election Day.
"I was meeting people, and getting quickly involved in politics," he recalls. Despite his many duties with the Obama reelection campaign, he continued his own networking. "In D.C. alone, I did close to 225 informational interviews. I had them scheduled three to five times a week." Rakestraw prepped for each interview as he would for a class or exam, he said.
Through those, he found a non-paying position on the Hill after the election. "It was a place for me to put down roots until I found something else," he says. Rakestraw served as a fellow on the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, and was supported in part by a UC Hastings' Bridge Fellowship. "And I used that position to keep on meeting people."
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Networking is both a sport and high art in Washington. "It's a very established practice here. People move jobs frequently, and it was easy, once I was in, to meet people here."
"I literally would not have had one interview my entire time in D.C. had I not networked and met people," Rakestraw says. "There are certainly times when you get discouraged. For me, what kept me going was knowing that I was meeting with people who genuinely wanted to help. The key is finding out ways for them to help you out. You have to know what to ask for."
That confidence made Rakestraw an appealing candidate. "Our environmental law students are driven by a certain vision. They want to use the law to solve some of the most pressing problems we face this century," Takacs said. "That work is driven by a kind of passion and idealism that is incredibly refreshing."
Along the way, Rakestraw saw how his work at UC Hastings set him up for the position. He published a note in the Hastings International & Comparative Law Review on international law related to waste dumping from ships. That got him invited to present at a conference put on by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Add to that his clerkship with Earthjustice, his legal externship with the Environmental and Natural resources division of the state Department of Justice, and his externship with the Environment Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, and he had a resume tailor-made for D.C. environmental policy work.
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"While at Hastings, I worked closely with professors and other students to critically analyze issues and generate creative solutions, both essential for my current role. Hastings really challenged me to look behind the legal doctrines and evaluate how law affects people in the real world."
"The whole process could not have started for me without the support of my UC Hastings professors, who were willing to connect me with their contacts in D.C.," Rakestraw says. "That made a huge difference."
After six months with the House, Rakestraw landed his job with the State Department—a paying gig—and began the process of obtaining a security clearance. The hiring process took some time, he noted, but was well worth it. He coordinates negotiations on the post-Kyoto Protocol international regime, helps prepare U.S. submissions to the United Nations, and serves as managing editor of the U.S. Climate Action Report, which addresses all the efforts the U.S. is taking to address climate change. "For me the position is the perfect confluence of working in policy and international law."
Rakestraw lives with his girlfriend in the Kalorama neighborhood, just north of Dupont Circle and Embassy Row. On the weekends, he jogs on the National Mall, hikes in Rock Creek Park, and camps in Shenandoah National Park. At UC Hastings, he founded and served as president of the Legal Eagles, the UC Hastings running club, and often ran the Mount Sutro Trail with Takacs, a fellow runner.
"If you had asked me to describe my dream job, this would be it," Rakestraw said. "To work on climate change issues, the largest environmental issue of our generation, is fantastic. Everything matched up really well."
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I am a very honest person, so I am going to put this out there: this is hard. Many people in science or math want to seem too smart for anything to be hard, but I confess it is very hard. The subject is convoluted. I hardly ever have free time. I have to plan for research experiences and graduate school and make sure that I can compete on a global level. I am always moving fast, juggling a million things, and stressing out. Honestly, not everyone is up to the challenge; sometimes, even I don't feel up to the challenge.
Someone gave me some really good advice not that long ago. She told me that healthy narcissism is OK. If you wait for confirmation from someone else to tell you that you're awesome at something that you actually are awesome at, you'll live much of your life underestimated and unappreciated. I am brilliant and driven. I have more talents, passions, and curiosity than I have time for. I get involved in so many disparate things from photography to biology and never stop learning and improving myself.
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(By the way, in these posts I plan to discuss the entirety of the stories, which means that if you don't like to have plot elements revealed, you should not read here about stories you have not read.)
David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have offered a good basic summary of the ideas Le Guin is exploring in her story:
"The Shobies' Story" describes a society in which consensus matters more than individual viewpoints. [... It] posits a reality that emerges as the sum of what all the participants say: a meta-narrative, a democratically constructed myth. Le Guin tells us that the observer is part of the reality she's trying to describe. Every observer sees things differently, and the melding of those interpretations becomes the world.It's not just interpretations, though -- from the title to the final word, it is stories that create reality for her characters. Stories are dramatizations of interpretations, webs of cause and effect, and they are they are themselves subject to interpretations. "The Shobies' Story" becomes a kind of metaphor for science fiction: the characters are the first sentient beings to travel via a new, instantaneous space ship drive, and what they discover is that such travel requires them to get their stories straight. But the interesting thing here is not just that the new form of travel requires consensus reality, but that it requires consensus storytelling -- instantaneous travel through the universe relies on stories.
Now here's a passage from early in "Invaders", where a colonel is interrogating an alien who has landed a flying saucer in a football stadium:
"Our ships operate according to a principle of basic physics [said the alien, Flash]. Certain fundamental physical reactions are subject to the belief system of the human beings promoting them. If I believe that X is true, then X is more probably true than if I did not believe so."
The colonel leaned forward again. "We know that already. We call it the 'observer effect.' Our great physicist Werner Heisenberg--"
"Yes. I'm afraid we carry this principle a little further than that."
"What do you mean?"
Flash smirked. "I mean that our ships move through interstellar space by the power of prayer."
The prayer of "Invaders" is not much different from the stories of "The Shobies' Story" -- both require a shared belief. Travel through the universe, then, becomes as much a matter of faith as physics, and physics relies upon the faith, and, at least in "The Shobies' Story", the faith is much more powerful: conceivably, the characters could agree on a story in which they travel and arrive in any form they can imagine, and interstellar travel could then become an extension of wish fulfillment.
"Invaders" is very much about faith and wish fulfillment, much more than it is about interstellar travel, in fact. It is about cultural contact, too, and history and atrocity. And science fiction.
The structure is more complex than "The Shobies' Story", interweaving three narratives: 1.) events from the history of Pizarro's conquest of the Incas in the 16th century; 2.) the story of the aliens landing on Earth from 2001 to 2011; 3.) sections labelled "Today", in which a character a bit like John Kessel writes a story very much like the one we're reading. The Pizarro sections show the Incas' attempts to understand the invaders' God, and how the invaders' God provides a convenient excuse for murder, torture, dishonesty, theft, and greed. Some of these effects and excuses are mirrored in the invaded world of the early 21st century. Ultimately, one of the aliens offers what seems to be the most truthful statement of why events occur: "We do things for kicks." Escape from reality, too, is a fundamental desire: "Human beings cannot stand too much reality." Our desire for an escape from reality ("kicks") leads to the actions we commit.
This links the story of the invaders with some of the science fiction writer's musings about his profession:
It's not just physical laws that science fiction readers want to escape. Just as commonly, they want to escape human nature. In pursuit of this, sf offers comforting alternatives to the real world. For instance, if you start reading an sf story about some abused wimp, you can be pretty sure that by chapter two he's gooing to discover he has secret powers unavailable to those tormenting him, and by the end of the book, he's going to save the universe. Sf is full of this sort of thing, from the power fantasy of the alienated child to the alternative history where Hitler is strangled in his cradle and the Library of Alexandria is saved from the torch.There's a certain truth to such statements, but there's no need to assume the narrator is summing everything up for us and that we have found here The Message -- stories, faith, and escapism function in complex ways throughout the rest of "Invaders", suggesting that the kind of escapism people desire determines the kinds of stories they tell and the faiths they profess. Both "Invaders" and "The Shobies' Story" suggest that the stories we tell affect the reality we inhabit, but "Invaders" foregrounds the responsibility that storytelling then requires. Science fiction as described by the narrator is partially an evasion of reality, but also perhaps the creation of a dishonest reality.
Science fiction may in this way be considered as much an evasion of reality as any mind-distorting drug.
This explains the final section of the story, which melds all three of the sections. We have previously learned that the aliens are capable of time travel as well as space travel, but toward the end of the story one of the aliens reveals that he has lied about the nature of the time travel: "Our time machines take people to the past they believe in. There is no other past. You can't change it."
In the final section of "Invaders", the science-fiction-writing narrator ends up in South America just before the arrival of the Spanish, and he shares his knowledge with the Incas, leading to an extraordinary final sentence: "When the first Spaniards landed on their shores a few years later, they were slaughtered to the last man, and everyone lived happily ever after."
This is fun, of course, but Kessel's point is clear: such an alternate history is a wish-fullfilment power fantasy (the nerdy writer, described repeatedly in unheroic terms, travels into the past and is the savior of an entire civilization!) and a dishonest representation of reality -- it may be fun for some of us to believe that all the Incas needed was a well-informed skinny white guy, but our wishes will not change what happened. Denying what actually happened, denying what cannot be reversed with faith or fantasy, trivializes all that we know to be true. "Everyone lived happily ever after" is the clichéd tag line of a fairy tale. People who believe the world can be reduced to such fairy tales may end up committing or contributing to atrocities in their own world; worldviews affect the world.


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In the championship game, Canada jumped out to a 3-1 lead at halftime. After falling behind 8-2, the United States three scored three unanswered goals, but Canada prevailed in an 8-5 decision, winning its third gold medal.
Former student-athletes from current Big Ten programs who earned medals are listed below:
Canada, gold medal
Jesse King, Ohio State
USA, silver medal
Michael Evans, Johns Hopkins
Tucker Durkin, Johns Hopkins
Kyle Harrison, Johns Hopkins
Paul Rabil, Johns Hopkins
Jesse Schwartzman, Johns Hopkins
Jesse Bernhardt, Maryland
Daniel Burns, Maryland
Lee Zink, Maryland
Kevin Buchanan, Ohio State
Drew Adams, Penn State
Greg Gurenlian, Penn State
In June 2013, the Big Ten announced the addition of men's and women's lacrosse as the conference's 27th and 28th sports, and that Johns Hopkins had been accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse beginning with the 2014-15 academic year. Big Ten competition in both men's and women's lacrosse will feature Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers, with Johns Hopkins participating in men's lacrosse and Northwestern competing in women's lacrosse.
The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century.


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I had an accident outside of work, and when it became too difficult for me to pay the expenses for my treatment, I claimed that the injury happened at work. On this basis, the company paid the expenses for my treatment. Now I regret what I did, so what should I do?
Praise be to Allaah.
You have to tell your bosses what really happened, and offer to repay what they spent on you because of the treatment, or to let them dock it from your wages. If they let you off – and if they are in a position to do so – then you need do nothing more. You are not free from blame unless they forgive you or let you off, or you repay them. And ask your Lord for forgiveness for your lying and wrongdoing.


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Reading 3: James and Dolley Madison at Montpelier
Many writers recalled their happy times at Montpelier and noted the great affection between James and Dolley Madison. During a busy professional trip in 1809 in which James and Dolley were separated, Madison explained to Dolley that the period of his stay would, "you may be sure...be shortened as much as possible. Everything around and within reminds me that you are absent, and makes me anxious to quit this solitude."1
Mary Cutts, Dolley's niece, described her memories of the Madisons' relationship when she lived for a time at Montpelier after 1817:
Mr. Madison dearly loved and was proud of his wife, the ornament of his house--she was his solace and comfort, he could not bear her to leave his presence, and she gratified him by being absent only when duty required. No matter how agreeably employed she was her first thought and instinct seemed to tell her when she was wanted--if engaged in conversation, she would quickly rise and say, 'I must go to Madison.' On his return from riding round the plantation she would meet him at the door with refreshment in her own hands.2
Richard Rush, a member of Madison's cabinet, found life at Montpelier very pleasing when he visited in late 1816 as the Madisons were preparing for retirement.
I have never seen Mr. Madison so well fixed any where as on his estate in Virginia; not even before he was burnt out here [when the White House was burned in Washington during the War of 1812]. His house would be esteemed a good one for many of our seats near Philadelphia, and is much larger than most of them. The situation is among mountains and very beautiful. A fine estate surrounds him, at the head of which he appears to eminent advantage....He has the reputation of being an excellent [plantation] manager, and is a model of kindness to his slaves. He lives with profuse hospitality, and in a way to strike the eye far more agreeably, than while keeping tavern here....He was never developed to me under so many interesting lights, as during the very delightful week I spent under his roof.3
After his visit to Montpelier in 1827, Henry Gilpin described the Madisons to his father. He explained that he had been waiting in the drawing room for the Madisons to appear:
In a little while, a fine portly looking lady [Mrs. Madison], with a straw bonnet, and shawl on came in....Soon after Mr. Madison came in....Mr. Madison is quite a short thin man, with his head bald except on the back, where his hair hangs down to his collar & over his ears, nicely powdered--he has gray but bright eyes, & small features--he looks scarcely as old as he is, 74 [76], and seems very hale & hearty--the expression of his face is full of good humour--he was dressed in black, with breeches & old fashioned top boots, which he afterwards took off & sat during the evening in his white stockings, but the next day he had black silk on and looked very nice. Mrs. Madison slipped off to change her walking dress, & made herself quite stylish in a turban & fine gown--she has a great deal of dignity blended with good humour & knowledge of the world.4
In 1865 Paul Jennings recalled his last days with Madison:I was always with Mr. Madison till he died, and shaved him every other day for sixteen years. For six months before his death, he was unable to walk, and spent most of his time reclined on a couch; but his mind was bright, and with his numerous visitors he talked with as much animation and strength of voice as I ever heard him in his best days. I was present when he died. That morning Sukey [a female house slave] brought him his breakfast, as usual. He could not swallow. His niece, Mrs. Willis said, 'What is the matter, Uncle James?' 'Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear.' His head instantly dropped, and he ceased breathing as quietly as the snuff of the candle goes out. He was about eighty-four years old, and was followed to the grave by an immense procession of white and colored people.5
Questions for Reading 2
1. How would you describe James? Dolley? their relationship? How did Mary Cutts regard her aunt's relationship with James Madison?
2. How did Richard Rush contrast Madison at home with Madison at the White House? Why is this significant?
3. How did Henry Gilpin describe the Madisons? How does this description compare with others?
4. What do you think Madison meant when he said, "Nothing more than a change of mind"? How are his last words symbolic of his life's work?
1James Madison to Dolley Payne Madison, August 7, 1809, Lucia B. Cutts, ed., Memoirs and Letters of Dolley Madison (Boston, 1886), 66-67.


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Incorporating a stripped back and lean design ethos, Copenhagen based Danish special builder Wrenchmonkees have taken the SR400 and with the collaboration of German specialized parts company KEDO armed it for the inner-city jungle.
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It's what you get beat like when your in he middle of a slobberknocker, and if you don't have the guts to stick around you might run like a scalded dog with a case of the limber tail.
I have to to tell you that was one hell of a slobberknocker and Jaired got beat like a fuckin government mule.
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For years, countless live sound engineers struggled to keep up with not only the growing sizes of audiences and performance venues, but also the broad range of acoustic and sonic challenges that such performances present. The Beatles famously opened their 1965 tour of the United States with a performance for a crowd of over 55,000 at New York's Shea Stadium, using a sound system roughly the size of something you might find in a local club today. The cacophony of screaming teenage girls who had packed the stadium made it nearly impossible for anyone to hear the band play, including the band members themselves, and many have postulated that the experience fed directly into the Fab Four's decision to end live performances a year later. Subsequently, sound engineers scrambled to design and engineer sound systems capable of producing a decent-sounding show in such huge arenas as would become the norm for the epic-scaled rock bands of the 1970s.
At some point, of course, this was achieved. The Grateful Dead may have perfected the equation with the 1974 debut of their infamous "Wall of Sound," which not only brought clear, sharp audio to every corner of even the largest stadia, but also was equipped with an equally robust monitor side to ensure that the band could hear everything just as well as the audience. Of course, such grandeur had its practical downside; at approximately 75 tons, the components of the Wall required four semi-trailers and 20-plus crew members to haul it around, and setup/breakdown time was considerable. Eventually, even the reality-bucking Dead were forced to pare down the monstrosity and tacitly admit that perhaps the notion had been overkill.
These days, the holy grail of perfect sound seems almost to have been reversed. The popularity of "unplugged" performances and the advent of widespread home recording setups has seen a spike in demand for things that—perhaps in a blasphemous denial of all things rock 'n' roll—offer a musician or sound engineer a maximum level of control over every shape and tonal contour of sound, but also—perhaps most importantly—over volume and recording level. To that end, the musical equipment market of the last decade has seen an explosion of things like digital "cabinet simulators," which can reproduce the sound of a cranked stack of Marshall amplifiers or a tube-packed Mesa Boogie turned up to 11—but at a very low volume.
Almost a personification of this new aesthetic, longtime Valley fixture and Louisiana transplant Chris Ryan has always been a subtle but powerful musical force in the Valley, from drumming for bands and artists like Mary's First, Tom Ingram and Frank Manzi to being involved in operations like Big Bang with Tommy Pluta, which duplicated and mastered many demo tapes and CDs for Valley bands in the 1990s. Ryan is also something of a technical wizard and design innovator, having worked for decades on digital drums as a sound designer for Ddrum and Kat, companies that helped pioneer digital drum technology. Now, in something like a return to his more acoustic percussive roots, Ryan's hit on something, well, quieter.
The Zildjan A-E (Acoustic-Electric) cymbal system combines the best of both technologies, beginning with cymbals that are fabricated from a custom alloy and perforated with thousands of tiny holes that radiate outward in what Ryan describes as "something like a Fibonacci pattern." That is to say, the holes get progressively larger toward the cymbal's edges, assuring smooth tonal characteristics throughout its surface, adding more sustain and increasing overall durability. The practical effect of this is to make the sonic output of the instruments 70 percent quieter than traditional cymbals while still preserving the feel a drummer has when playing them.
"That way you don't bug your neighbors so much," Ryan says with the smile of someone who's likely fielded a few noise complaints.
The second part of the AE system is comprised of a specially designed microphone (complete with cool glowing blue light) and software package that allows the cymbal's organic sound to be electronically processed according to a vast set of customizable parameters that are controlled by a simple interface unit. This unit allows musicians, producers, engineers and live sound technicians to shape the ultimate sound into any number of final outputs, effectively turning a single cymbal into several. The interface unit also connects to any computer via USB cable and accesses new sounds and software updates as needed.
"It's a similar process as [is employed by] an electric guitar," Ryan explains. "An electric guitar has a low-volume string—you put a pickup under it and you amplify it. Then, you use your amp settings or foot pedals to shape its tone."
While many electronic drum kits offer a similarly vast range of sound options, the AE system differs in its creation of them in two notable ways: number one, all other electronic drum systems use only digital samples of live drums and cymbals from the get-go. While sampling technology has become extremely good over the years, it's still not a sound that's created organically or "live." Secondly, even the best-sampled cymbal sounds, up to this point, have had to be triggered by hitting some sort of wired rubber pad, which most drummers will tell you does not feel like hitting a cymbal.
"Being at low volume, you have the real metal, so it feels good," Ryan explains. "It's much more comfortable to play, and you get the same rebound that you do with a traditional cymbal."
He goes on to note that for live applications, the drastically reduced overall volume of the perforated cymbals also allows you to forego traditional, but not ideal, methods of volume reduction:
"If you've ever been in a band and been playing in a small room, sometimes the cymbals are just the loudest things. We've all done those gigs, and so then you would have to use Blasticks or brushes to lower the volume. Now that you have a cymbal that lowers the volume, you can still play with regular sticks, you can play with same intensity, and still drive the band."
Zildjan is the oldest musical instrument manufacturer in America (based in Norwell, Mass.). Ryan, along with a team of other designers, put together the AE system for the company only a couple of years ago, and it's been on the market for about half that long, sold under the Gen-16 product line (www.gen-16.com). It's already garnered awards, including a "Best in Show" award from the annual National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) at its annual conference in Anaheim, Calif. and a MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award). It was called "the most innovative drum product in 400 years" by Electronic Musician magazine.
Several touring European bands are using the AE system, as are Devo and backing drummers on American Idol. The percussionist for Enrique Iglesias is onboard as well, and Russ Miller, a session musician who plays with Italian opera tenor and classical crossover artist Andrea Bocelli, apparently values the product for yet another reason: its ability to project subtleties.
"Because of the application of the microphone, he's able to play really subtle things with brushes on the cymbal and hear it in a massive arena," says Ryan.
Ryan continues to gig up to four nights a week in addition to his often demanding schedule of traveling to trade shows, giving product demonstrations and helping new customers set up their new toys, but he's up for it.
"I'm playing all the time, man," he says with the smile of someone who's been lucky enough to spend a career immersed in precisely what he loves to do.


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His 1914 funeral was described as the greatest the little city of Madisonville had ever known."Alas! that we have not more of his kind," his newspaper obituary declared.Judge W.C. Gibbs was regarded at the time of his death as a Christian gentleman who hailed from Southeast Texas.
But for those who knew him in his younger years, Gibbs played an important part in the affairs of the state and nation. He was a leader of men on the Civil War battlefield.
Gibbs served in the Eleventh Texas Infantry Battalion in the mid-1800s. The unit consisted primarily of enlisted men from Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton Orange, Rusk, Smith and Tyler counties. Operating mainly in the Trans-Mississippi region, the battalion served at Sabine Pass, Beaumont, Houston and Galveston, according to the Texas State Historical Association. "As a soldier, Gibbs was without fear and without reproach. As a citizen he was noted for his charity and hospitality. It can be truthfully said of him that he was a gentleman of the old school," according to Gibbs' 1914 obituary in the The Bryan Daily Eagle.Gibbs once described his military service as, "long hard marching and suffering from thirst under burning suns, our rations a small bit of lean beef and yellow corn bread, facing the winter's chilly blast, sleeping on the cold wet ground without tents, our lonely, dark watches on pickets, without medicine in sickness and all other privations we had to suffer."In 1862, an epidemic of yellow fever spread through Galveston, forcing a quarantine of the entire city. By the end of October that year, 14 men in Gibbs' unit, which was stationed in the port city, had died.
The unit moved around over the next two years before settling in at Camp Walker, in between Beaumont and Sabine Pass. There, the battalion merged with another group of men to form the Twenty-First Texas Infantry.
It was that group of soldiers who defended Sabine Pass from a Union invasion. "(Gibbs) was one of the heroes of the Battle of Sabine Pass, commanding one of the vessels in that memorable fight commanded by the peerless Dick Dowling," Gibbs' obituary notes.Under the direction of Lt. Richard (Dick) W. Dowling, the Confederates captured 300 Union prisoners and two gunboats, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
But the war eventually ended, with Gibbs and his company on the losing side.
"He was in command of his regiment at Bolivar Point when the surrender came, and there laid down his arms, with as deep regret as any soldier amount the thousands who wore the Confederate grey," his obituary said.Gibbs' obituary described him as having the ruggedness of manhood and a sterling character. A man described as having a big heart, mind, body and soul.
Although born in Mississippi, he was regarded throughout Southeast Texas as a native.
After the war, Gibbs was a teacher for eight years and later was elected Newton County Judge.
He was also Madison County's first county judge, and served one term as the county's attorney. "Judge Gibbs was always a staunch and unswerving Democrat and voted the Democratic ticket straight all his life," according to his obituary.
Gibbs practiced law for 35 years and had seven children with his wife.
"He was a man of undaunted courage yet with a heart as gentle and tender as a woman's and a nature as loving and lovable as a little child's," his obituary said.Gibbs died April 18, 1914 in his son's Beaumont home. Several of his other children had made homes nearby in Hardin County."In the death of Judge Gibbs a giant oak in the forest of men has fallen," his obituary said. "He was indeed a peer among his fellowmen and in every walk and avenue of life, in every duty of citizenship, in every obligation, he measured up to the full stature of a man."


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Naviscan Receives Scanner Orders From Japan and Thailand
Naviscan Receives Scanner Orders From Japan and Thailand
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2013) - With the advent of receiving Shonin approval in Japan, Naviscan's distributor, SCETI K. K. has placed an order for two additional high-resolution, organ-specific PET scanners. In addition, ASRAS Medical, Naviscan's distributor in Thailand, was awarded an order for one system by Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok. All three systems are scheduled for shipment in the 1st calendar quarter of 2013, for installation early in the 2nd calendar quarter of the year.
The Naviscan Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) scanner is compact, mobile and easy-to-use for precisely characterizing breast cancer, enhancing surgical planning, monitoring patient response to chemotherapy and evaluating suspected recurrence. It is designed to show the metabolic phase of a lesion allowing for early breast cancer diagnosis and assisting physicians in making optimal care decisions by providing an ability to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions -- what researchers term "specificity."
"In the brief time since the December 2012 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting, we have seen a rapid increase in acceptance and demand for our high-resolution, organ-specific molecular imaging system in the global market. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Asia," said Paul J. Mirabella, CEO, Naviscan. "As we continue to meet the appropriate regulatory and reimbursement requirements in each country and as our installed base of valued customers continues to publish the clinical benefits of our technology, we expect this rapid rate of adoption to continue."
''After obtaining a market approval from the Japanese PMDA in mid 2012, we are pleased to be making PEM available to the largest number of Japanese breast physicians. Besides one system being used at Yuai Clinic in Yokohama for the past two years, SCETI plans to install two additional PEM scanners in the forthcoming months," stated Fabien Reyjal, President, SCETI K.K. "The Japanese market is growing and there is a significant need for innovative approaches to breast imaging. We are excited to continue expanding our PEM network accordingly."
"We at Asras Medical Co., Ltd., Thailand, are delighted to be able to bring the most advanced imaging technology to the medical professionals that provide treatment to patients affected with breast cancer," stated Mrs. Pornthip Champathin, Managing Director, Asras Medical Co., Ltd.
About Naviscan, Inc.
Naviscan, founded in 1995, develops and markets compact, high-resolution PET scanners intended to provide organ-specific molecular imaging and guide radiological and surgical procedures. The Naviscan PET scanner is currently installed and available in breast and imaging centers throughout the world with global distribution in 34 countries. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California and is the first to obtain FDA clearance and CE Mark for a high-resolution PET scanner designed to image small body parts and for breast biopsy image guidance. For more information, visit www.naviscan.com.
Contact InformationJoleen Schultz
Naviscan Marketing Communications
Tel: +1.760-271-8150Email Contact
Contact InformationJoleen Schultz
Naviscan Marketing Communications
Tel: +1.760-271-8150Email Contact
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In celebration of Black History Month, we are highlighting Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, namesake of the Major Taylor Velodrome, a part of the Lake Sullivan Sports Complex of which Marian University became manager in 2011.
"To call the Major Taylor Velodrome our home track is such an honor and a reminder to always strive to be the best. His name gives us greater significance," said Dean Peterson, head coach of Marian University's 24-time national championship cycling team and executive director at the Indy Cycloplex.
Taylor was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records and overcoming racial discrimination. He was the second African American man to win a world championship.
One of eight children, Major Taylor was born to Gilbert and Sophronia Taylor, on November 26, 1878, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gilbert Taylor, a Civil War veteran, worked as a coachman in the home of a wealthy Indiana family, the Southards. Because Taylor's father often brought his son to work with him, Taylor became close friends with the Southard's son who was the same age. From the age of eight to twelve, Taylor lived with the Southards. During this time, he received a bike from the family and quickly became an expert trick rider.
When the Southards moved to Chicago, Illinois, Taylor had to fend for himself and earned money staging exhibitions and performing cycling stunts outside a bicycle shop. It is believed that Taylor performed the stunts wearing a soldier's uniform, hence the nickname, "Major."
By the age of 13, Taylor won his first bike race. By 15, he beat the track record for a one-mile race. In 1895, he won a 75-mile road race outside Indianapolis, after which he was banned from the Indianapolis track for racial reasons. The same year, Taylor moved to Worchester, Massachusetts with his employer and racing manager Louis "Birdie" Munger.
Taylor quickly became a professional cyclist, at one time holding seven world records. He traveled the world competing and winning despite frequent encounters of racism and attempts to ban him from or sabotage him during, races. He prevailed, setting world records in all races distances on the track and road.
"He was a pioneer. The significance of what he did when you consider the true prejudice and plots to take him out of competition that he encountered, is nothing short of incredible. He worked against all odds and continued to win. He was committed to excellence, strength, and perseverance," said Peterson.
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California Reps. Ami Bera and Raul Ruiz are precisely the kind of Democrats whose government offices Republicans would like to shut down next year.
Both are doctors who weren't in Congress in 2010 to vote for the Affordable Care Act, but Republicans are gleefully pinning the law's flawed rollout on them almost daily. Both beat longtime GOP incumbents last year by narrow margins in districts evenly divided in party registration. Neither will benefit from presidential coattails next year.
Those watching the races, however, say health care won't be the only factor. Public attention has shifted very quickly this year from one issue to another: from gun control to domestic spying to military intervention in Syria to the government shutdown to the health care debacle.
"It's still a long way to 2014," said Steve Erie, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego. "Nearly a year is an eternity in politics."
California is poised to have more competitive congressional races next year than any other state, and with both parties planning to contest several districts, the state could play a key role in determining which party controls the House of Representatives.
Though Republicans remain favored at this point to retain their majority in the chamber, redrawn district boundaries and longer-term demographic shifts in California have put more of their House races in play.
According to the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, at least half a dozen of California's 53 House races could be competitive next year. The field of challengers is far from settled, and factors such as retirements could put even more districts on the list.
"Prior to this round of redistricting, we were almost always watching one to three races," said Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the report.
A Field Poll released Friday shows that Californians are quite unhappy with the performance of Congress. A near-record low of 11 percent of the state's voters approve of the job lawmakers are doing, while 84 percent disapprove. Even longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat who's not up for re-election for another five years, registered her lowest-ever approval number in the poll.
The survey shows a majority of Californians disapprove of the way both parties are doing their jobs in Congress, but voters like the GOP even less.
"People are very frustrated with Washington and the direction of the country," said Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, the party's House campaign arm.
Democrats far outnumber Republicans in the state's congressional delegation, 38 to 15, and it would seem that they have the most to lose. The party had a good year in California in 2012 with President Barack Obama on the ballot. But a year later, his popularity in California and nationwide has suffered amid setbacks to his health care law, including a broken enrollment website and surprise cancellations of policies people were promised they could keep.
"The big motivator at the moment seems to be Obamacare, and that works to the Republicans' advantage," said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.
However, Covered California, the state version of the health care enrollment website, has been operating relatively trouble-free since its debut.
"I don't think the national brouhaha about the problems with the website is as significant in California," said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll.
Just as Republicans will hang health care around vulnerable Democrats, Democrats will be sure to return the favor on immigration. Republican House leaders have blocked a comprehensive immigration bill that the Senate approved earlier this year from moving forward, worsening the GOP's already poor standing with Latino voters.
Reps. Jeff Denham and David Valadao are among only a handful of Republicans who support a comprehensive immigration bill. Both represent districts in California's San Joaquin Valley with large numbers of Latino voters.
"They are where they need to be on that issue," Scarpinato said.
But Democrats think they have a chance. Obama won both districts last year, in part with overwhelming support from Latinos.
The stakes on immigration are high for both lawmakers, particularly Valadao, whose district is 72 percent Latino, the second-most Latino-majority House district in the country represented by a Republican.
Of the six California House districts rated as competitive by the Rothenberg Report, Valadao's is the only Republican seat classified as a "toss-up." Polls show that Latino voters are more likely to blame Republicans if Congress fails to act.
"Saying you support immigration reform is not the same as actually pushing and fighting to get a bill passed," said Matt Barreto, co-founder of the polling and research firm Latino Decisions.
In October, Denham became the first Republican in the House to co-sponsor an immigration bill introduced by Democrats. He was also one of 144 Republicans who voted against the deal that ended a two-week partial government shutdown that started when conservative House Republicans led a failed push to defund the president's health care law. The shutdown was very unpopular in California, which has more federal workers than any other state.
"We won't forget that, and neither will the voters next year," said Eric Goldman, a spokesman for Democrat Michael Eggman, a farmer who's running against Denham.
Establishment Democrats have recruited Amanda Renteria, a former Feinstein aide, to be their candidate in the Valadao race. But Renteria has to make it through the primary. John Hernandez, who lost to Valadao last year, is planning another run for the seat.
"Democrats will have to make sure they get the candidate they want," said Gonzales of the Rothenberg Report.
Three Republican candidates have lined up to challenge Bera next year: Igor Birman, an aide to Rep. Tom McClintock; former Rep. Doug Ose; and Elizabeth Emken, who lost her bid last year to defeat Feinstein. Ruiz will face Republican state Assemblyman Brian Nestande.
Bera and Ruiz have tried to demonstrate their independence on health care. They joined another three dozen Democrats last month in favor of a Republican bill that their party's leaders charged would undermine the law. Bera co-sponsored another Republican health care bill most of his fellow Democrats oppose. But Republicans will associate both Democrats with the law's problems.
"Bera's support for the failed law has been unwavering," read a party statement earlier this month.
Roy Behr, a Ruiz campaign consultant, said both have "innate credibility" on health care.
"They both get to say, 'Who do you trust, a doctor or a Washington politician?'" he said.
Behr also noted that both candidates actually outperformed Obama last year in their districts, Bera by nearly a percentage point, and Ruiz by more than two. The Rothenberg Report identifies both districts as "leans Democrat."
Historically, Claremont McKenna's Pitney said, the absence of the president's name on the ballot in midterm elections tends to cost his party seats in Congress. Many of Obama's core supporters stayed home in 2010, leading to big Republican gains. Strong turnout next year by voters frustrated with the Affordable Care Act could hurt Democrats again.
"If next year is a normal midterm cycle," Pitney said, "Democrats will lose some ground."


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker women's volleyball team earned a 3-0 straight set victory over Pfeiffer University on Saturday afternoon in Conference Carolinas women's volleyball action.
The Cobras opened the match with two impressive victories, 25-14 and 25-13. Pfeiffer kept things interesting in the third set, but Coker prevailed with a 25-23 victory in the third set.
Taylor Willis and Catie Truzzolino had nine kills each to lead the Cobras, while April Griggs added six kills. Samantha Celek handed out 25 assists and Hannah Cabaniss had a team leading nine digs.
The Cobras return to court on Tuesday when they travel to Florence, S.C. to face local rival Francis Marion University. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Taylor Willis
Willis had nine kills with a .389 hitting percentage.


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Jeanne Marie W50
Designed in United States
The Jeanne Marie W50 is made of Fur Felt. The Fall Winter Church Hats designed by Jeanne Marie are complete with a beautiful base. This women's Brown - Walnut hat has an elegant look and feel, a gorgeous ladies hat designed in United States and has a Small Brim 0-3" hat size.
Spring and summer ladies church hats are a unique finish to any elegant outfit, whether for church or any other all year formal event. These type of church hats can be casual or formal, so there is truly a hat for any occasion. Designers feature large brims and a wide range of decorations, from sedate bows to eye-catching Fur Felt and with accents.
Milliners create hats with large brims and embellishments, so women can stand out in a church crowd. Spring and summer ladies church hats are most often made of the refined sinamay straw, with exceptional satin being the second most common material. If it is spring, the colorful lime green hats may be your flavor, or perhaps a more sedate cream or silver would best suit your style. With a base of straw or satin, church hats have many decorative additions. Broaches, feathers, and gems will brighten up any fall hat and catch any eye. For a simpler soul, Anna Rizzo is a favorite, while a more adventurous spirit may find love with Whittall & Shon for our First Lady hats.
Church hats will always make a statement. You will be noticed by all when you walk through the front doors, even the First Lady may ask you where you got your hat – SamuelsHats.com.
We have beautiful Hats for many different Church events for sale at AFFORDABLE prices. These beautiful and elegant pieces are classy and tasteful.
Since the early 20th century, African-Americans have worn big, bold and beautiful church hats on Sunday. Church hats soon became a fashion craze - everything from ribbons, to bows, to flowers are displayed and on show. These over-the-top styles are considered a way to show off the women's individualism and creativity.
What size of hat do you need to order?
Women's Hats
Women's hat sizes vary from designer to designer but most are classified as a One Size Fits Most. Generally, ladies head circumferences measure 21 1/2" to 22 1/2". Depending on the style of hat, some will fit looser or tighter on the head. Please see cross reference for hat sizing below. If you have hat sizing questions please give us a call at 1-866-481-HATS.
Men's Hats
Men's hat sizes differ from women's in that there are three main sizing options. The majority of men's hats are numerical and occasionally you'll see One Size Fits All. Generally, mens head circumferences measure 21 1/2" to 23". Depending on the style of hat, some will fit looser or tighter on the head. Please see cross reference for hat sizing below. If you have hat sizing questions please give us a call at 1-866-481-HATS.
Hat Sizes
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Measuring Your Head
With a few simples items you can measure your head in just a few minutes. With a plastic tape measure, ruler and piece of string, or print out Samuel's Hats custom measuring tool, measure starting in the back of your head bringing both ends of the tape measure together at the center of your forehead slightly above your eyebrows. Determine your head size using our chart above. It is recommended you round to the nearest 1/8" to determine your head size.
Please follow the steps below to ensure that your return will be handled accurately and quickly: (Only unworn merchandise and normal orders apply).
1. 1. We are happy to return or exchange any item within 2 weeks of delivery if you are unhappy with your order. Non-returnable items include: expedited orders (overnight and 2-day deliveries), special orders (made to order items) wholesale orders and hat that has an original retail value of $250 or more. All returns must be exchanged for a hat of the same or greater value. If the exchange is less than the returned hat then the customer will have a credit that they can use anytime. To ensure the ease of all returns simply print and fill out this form and send it in with your purchase. There is no need to call or email us about the merchandise you wish to return.
2. To ensure the ease of all returns simply print and fill out this form and send it in with your purchase. There is no need to call or email us about the merchandise you wish to return.
3. When we receive the Return Paper and the merchandise, we will process your return normally in 7 to 14 business days. Items that are over 30 days of delivery are non-returnable and non-refundable.
4. Removing any tags of any kind on the merchandise will void the return. Do not remove any tags. Other non-returnable items include: expedited orders (overnight and 2-day deliveries), special orders (made to order items) and wholesale orders.
5. Shipping charges are non-refundable unless an error was made on our behalf.
6. Please pack the hat carefully and insure the box through Fed-Ex. This allows us to help track the package if any problems occur. We are not responsible for damaged hats during the return shipping process.
7. The RETURN BOX must be in good strong condition, otherwise a new box for the old weak and damaged box must be purchased in order to return the merchandise.
8. Make sure that the box that you return the hat in is in good, strong condition. If the box that we sent the hat to you in is now weak or damaged, please use a new box to return your hat in.9. Christmas Holiday Season. All items purchased in the months of November and December will not be returned or exchanged starting until late January the following year.
If you have further questions about our policy please call us at 1-866-481-HATS.
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Additional Information
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|Brown - Walnut
|Other Color
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|Second Material
|Third Material
|Ribbon / Band
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|Small Brim 0-3"
|head size
|One Size Fits Most