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I was 26 when it started. He worked in the office in which I was a secretary. I didn't work directly for him, so it wasn't technically that awful, clichéd "affair with the secretary" situation, but it was still an affair, nonetheless.
He was nearing 50. A good looking man with a strong jawbone and youthful spirit. He surfed. He liked quirky independent movies. He found the best hole-in-the-wall places to eat. He always paid cash. A fact which was somehow lost on me at the time.
I knew he was married, but I was unskilled in the world of deceit. I quickly became an inhabitant of this world amidst the shadows.
It started very casually at first. A lunch here. A drink with co-workers after a long day there. I always felt his gaze on me. Some would call it leering. I found it exciting. The here and there turned into every day. And with each day I sank more into love with a married man. With three children.
There were the notes, the poems, the gifts. I would covet something in the window as we walked by a shop and casually mention how much I liked it. The [bracelet/bag/sweater] would somehow always end up on me. Until he took it off of me.
The sex was amazing. Practically unparalleled to the very day I write this, many, many years later. Partly because it was freeing, body-issues-be-damned, hot, sweaty sex. But also, and you knew this was coming, because of the thrill of it all. We were always on the brink of getting caught (after hours in his office, on my desk, in his car in a random parking lot). We were pushing the envelope farther and farther. We both got caught up in the tawdriness of it. And in each other.
Until one day, I just couldn't do it anymore.
It all started getting to me. I guess you could say I "woke up" and realized that I was exhausting all of this emotional energy over a married man. When I brought this up with him, he tried pulling me closer. I told him I no longer wanted to fuck in the car that took his kids to soccer practice. He looked at me like I stabbed him in the throat.
Somehow, his talk of divorce became more commonplace. But I never wanted that. And I knew if that did occur, eventually, he would resent me. And I him. So, what was I doing?
The withdrawal turned into arguments. The arguments turned into screaming matches. All of which ended in mind-blowing sex. It was awful. I couldn't extricate myself of it. I was smack dab in the middle of a self-imposed emotional clusterfuck of epic proportions.
Then, it happened.
It was a Sunday. He wanted to come over. I was hanging out with my roommate and watching football. I told him I didn't think it was a good idea, but he came anyway. I was annoyed, but at the point where I felt like if we just did it, I could get him out of there by the start of the second quarter. It became obligatory sex.
We were in my room, my legs on his shoulders, when there was a knock on my door.
"She's here" my roommate whispered in a panic through the door. We scrambled to get our clothes on.
It was then I heard the second worst thing in my entire life -– the sound of the ivy outside our apartment rustling as she made her way to the patio. She was about to hop the wall and enter through the patio door.
And then I heard the very worst thing ever I heard in my life: "Mommy, what are you doing?"
Yes. She'd brought their three girls with her. And they were pleading with her through their sobs to go home.
"Mommy, please, can't we just go?" "Mommy, I'm scared!" "Mommy!!!" I almost threw up.
I was frozen. I couldn't move. I was somehow hyperventilating and holding my breath simultaneously.
As I sat on the edge of my bed waiting for her, I heard it all through the ringing in my ears. I heard her climb the patio wall. I heard their brief conversation in which he half-heartedly tried to keep her from getting to my room. I heard her determined footsteps down the hallway to my room. I heard her trying to catch her breath as she darkened my doorway.
I looked directly at her. I saw the outline of her tiny frame, but my eyes could only focus on one thing: the red light emanating from the camcorder.
It would seem that my drunken voicemail message to him of a few weeks ago was intercepted by her (it was a benign message, but not without import) and his sloppy covering of his tracks that day (supposed to be at a friend's house, she called, he wasn't there) led her to my doorway.
Well, that and breaking and entering, but seeing as how her husband had entered me not five minutes prior, I let that part slide.
She unleashed on me. There were lots of "whore" comments and "sloppy seconds" to go around. I said nothing. I took my licks. No part of me wanted to fight this. I just wanted it to be over.
When she was done, she left. He went with her. I slowly crawled to the corner of my room and curled up into a motionless, numb, ball, devoid of anything other than regret and self-hatred.
How did I let this happen? I was smarter than this. I knew better.
I drank myself into oblivion.
I woke up the next morning and knew I had to go anywhere but there. Or to work. So I took off for a friend's house. I got calls from co-workers with the play-by-play. Apparently she wanted more retribution, so she showed up at the office demanding that our co-workers listen to my drunken voicemail message and confirm that it was me.
He took her into his office. There was screaming. She flew out of the office down the hall and he chased after her. She took off her shoe and threw it at him.
My boss at the time called and told me I had to diffuse the situation. Here I was dealing with two people on the precipice of the half-century mark, and I was told I had to be the adult.
So, I called the office and asked to speak with her. She got on the phone and unleashed on me again. She told me she knew her husband would never fuck me because I had "fat ankles." She informed me "I know he'd never fuck you. He told me he wouldn't fuck you with my dick." (I understood this to be an insult, but since she had no dick, it left me more confused than wounded.)
When she sounded like she was winding down, I asked her if she was finished. She said yes. I told her never to come near me or my apartment ever again. I went to work the next day and apologized individually to everyone there for my part in what was an insane day for them. I never heard from her again.
They remain married to this day.
I continued to work there, as did he, for many years. As the years went by, I saw new, young girls come and go. Girls that went to lunch with him a lot. Girls I heard giggling in his office with the door closed as I left work for the day.
I was one of those Girls once. I would never be one again.
The experience, as harrowing as it was, taught me so very many things about myself and my place in this world.
From that moment on, I was no longer a passive observer in my own life, but an active one. I made choices about my life, instead of allowing things to just happen. I took responsibility for the person that I was every day, and quit blaming shitty upbringing that made me so insecure and weak.
As much as it was a defining moment in my life, I think of it now almost fondly. As if it was just one of those things that lead me to who I am today.


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Experts currently recognize roughly three categories of students involved with bullying: bullies, passive victims, and provocative victims (Olweus, 1993; see discussion above). Bullies tend to act out-to direct their behavioral problems outward (Olweus, 1993). Passive victims tend to match the personality style that some experts call overcontrolled. Specifically, these youngsters tend to be sad, shy, and anxious. Chronic victims tend to become even more anxiety-ridden as they suffer peer harassment. Finally, a small group of youngsters tends to pick on others at times and to suffer bullying at others. These individuals demonstrate the rare combination of being alternatively sad and angry (Kaltiala-Heino, Rimpela, Marttunen, Rimpela, & Rantanen, 1999; Olweus, 2001; Swearer, Grills, Haye, & Cary, 2004).
The childhood experience of bullying produces a slew of negative long-term adjustment effects. For example, being the target of bullies during their formative years is the most common complaint registered by adults seeking psychiatric care for depression and anxiety (Egan & Perry, 1998).
Recently, the long-term consequences of bullying have been directly addressed. For example, Rigby and colleagues (2001,2003) have demonstrated that bullying affects both mental and physical health:
Research findings support the view that peer victimization is reliably associated with seriously impaired mental and physical health among both boys and girls ... it has recently become clear that that they [victims] are more likely to experience particularly distressing mental and physical states, being more anxious, more depressed, more socially dysfunctional, less physically well, and more prone to suicidal ideation than other children. (2001, p. 322)
Jantzer, Hoover, and Narloch (in press) even found that bullying in childhood produced small, but detectable, reductions in the ability of college-age students to experience trust in and satisfaction in friendships. Bullying, in other words is a serious problem that transcends physical and mental health as well as quality of life.
Not just victims, but also bullies, manifest significant relational problems as they age. Basing relationships exclusively on the exercise of power may well be habit-forming, setting the stage for a lifetime of maladjustment. Bullies evidence significantly greater risk for dropping out of school as well as for encountering drug and alcohol abuse problems (Berthold & Hoover, 1999; Simanton et al., 2000). Childhood bullies are four to five times as likely as non bullies to experience mental health, legal, and job-related difficulties as they age into adulthood (Olweus, 1993). The negative effects of bullying are so strong that, despite the real and significant sequelae experienced by chronic victims, a world-renowned expert in the field concluded that childhood bullies suffer worse adulthood adjustment problems than do victims (Olweus,1993).
Bullying is a significant problem in that it pejoratively affects the lives of students-both bullies and victims. It extends beyond the lives of bullies and victims, worsening the learning climate for everyone at school. It is difficult for students to gaze at learning tasks through the clouds of fear produced by bullying. As bad as peer harassment's effects on individuals are, bullying also reigns as a social problem, contributing to the climate of violence that troubles U.S. society (Hoover & Olsen, 2001).
To a significant degree, bullying can be addressed by an understanding of family dynamics, including childrearing practices. In other words, elements of family life may either contribute to or reduce risks that an individual child will become a bully or a victim. This, of course, means that partnerships between educators and parental caregivers are essential in reducing the problems associated with bullying and, by extension, reducing school violence. Finally, partnerships between helping professionals and school personnel play a central role in reducing bullying and victimization among school-aged youngsters (Committee for Children, 1997). We explore family issues in bullying in the remainder of this chapter.
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Scarlett Johansson, Facebook MoneyPenny and Corporate Productivity
"Did you ever see the movie 'Her'?" Slack Technologies' founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield asks.
He's comparing Samantha, the artificially intelligent software program voiced by Scarlett Johannson in the 2013 movie, with Slackbot, Slack's built-in virtual office assistant. Soon, he says, Slackbot will have similar capabilities.
Slackbot is currently a helpful icon that pops up to provide tips and perform searches. It also, at times, delivers lines of humor programmed by a human writer.
"There's a moment when Samantha reveals that she's talking to thousands of other people," says the former Cambridge University philosophy major who runs the team-chat startup valued at more than $2.8 billion. "That could happen here."
Butterfield doesn't plan on making Slackbot a sentient artificial intelligence like in the movie, but rather infusing the Q&A tool with natural language processing and machine learning so that it can do mundane, time-consuming tasks like scheduling meetings that take up a lot of employees' time and attention.
The company, which last week turned two, just hired its first data scientist, and it's looking to invest in artificial intelligence. Butterfield acknowledges the challenge, saying his company will need partners with major AI capability.
"Apple spent billions of dollars on Siri and worked on it for a very long time with hundreds of engineers and a huge dataset of voices – and it's f–ing idiotic. Siri is nearly useless," he says. Apple declined comment.
Siri said "After all I've done for you?"
Butterfield aims for Slackbot to be the virtual assistant to everyone on a team simultaneously, while also having access to their organization's institutional knowledge: who is working on which projects, where they're stuck, who is on vacation and when they're getting back. He reckons that Slackbot could boost a company's productivity by 20-30%.
Productivity, and whether it's increasing or decreasing, is a bone of contention between Washington and Silicon Valley. Those citing official U.S. figures show that economic output per hour worked—the federal government's formula for productivity—has barely budged in over a decade. Tech execs say the government isn't factoring free services delivered over the Internet and mobile applications into its productivity numbers.
Others say that transformative innovation has been confined to narrow fields and hasn't reached the full breadth of the economy.
Programs that can recognize natural language as spoken and written by humans and get better at its predictions over time have arguably boosted "productivity" in limited consumer domains such as searches through photo libraries, but some companies see a pot of gold if they can use these systems to make businesses more productive. Butterfield says Slack can capture a total addressable market of some 200 million knowledge workers (it currently has just under 1 million users.)
Facebook is also looking at how its AI tools could impact productivity.
Facebook's artificial intelligence team is much further along than Slack on its smart virtual assistant, named after James Bond's assistant in the spy movie series. The company said that its forthcoming MoneyPenny software learns to recognize human interactions in pictures and video, as well as analyze sentiment in human texts. It learns from the massive dataset generated by Facebook's 1.4 billion users, and could turn some heads when officially unveiled. It's not clear when and how MoneyPenny will make her appearance on the social network; the company may roll out MoneyPenny with its Facebook At Work collaboration platform. If that happens, and if there is significant uptake of Facebook At Work, an intelligent Slackbot may have serious competition.
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2 Chainz Got Arrested for Pot Possession
Then he posed for pictures.
Maryland cops stopped his van around 10 p.m. last night, and 2 Chainz was promptly arrested for marijuana possession — though he claims he only had a grinder on him. He was kind enough to pose for pictures after his release (see left, with Maryland's finest).


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'Health check' for region
CHAIR of the Darling Downs Hospital Health Board Mike Horan and his board of directors met yesterday with Southern Downs Regional councillors and state and federal members to discuss the health needs of the Warwick community.
Mr Horan toured the hospital and visited health precincts across the region yesterday in what was the first of two annual meetings to be held in the Southern Downs.
He told the Daily News the primary role of the health board, formed last July, was to keep local eyes and ears in the regional areas, rather than have them all based in the metropolitan hub of Brisbane.
The board meets monthly, in different communities within the region that spans from Goondiwindi to Taroom to Murgon and then back to Warwick.
"We now have a board who really believes in their community and a board who makes decisions," Mr Horan said.
"All the members intimately know their areas."
The board is broken down into three sub-committees: the executives, finance and quality and safety.
"We do have high hopes and aspirations to do better with our second level hospitals, which include Warwick," Mr Horan said.
"We've got to move with the times and make better use of our hospitals."
He said the board had set a target at the Toowoomba Hospital to ensure 70% of patients were seen in less than four hours.
Three months and a successful accomplishment later and they've upped the ante to 77% of patients.
Mr Horan said he hoped to extend these targets, and others, to Warwick in the near future to ensure the best service possible.
As former leader of the opposition, member for South Toowoomba, ex-professional football player and dairy farmer, Mr Horan said he was in touch with the needs and wants of various communities and would endeavour to see his board meet the needs of all.


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I was getting error codes F35 and SUD so I replaced the Pressure Switch W10415587. That was at noon today. For the rest of the day I have tried to get the machine to run a cycle but I keep getting error code F27. I hear the pump trying to pump out the water but it just pulsates and the water goes up and down in the white tube on right in the rear of the machine. The tub does not spin. On one try the tub did move to the right and to the left so I know that it can move both ways. I need help.
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There should be tech notes under the top cover, so use them to test the motor control board and the door lock assembly. These Duets are extremely difficult to diagnose, and sometimes you just end up replacing parts until you find the combintion that fixes things.
But you should focus on the door lock assembly, the associate wiring and the motor control board.
Sid is right these duets are a pain and not a good investment.....The suds error here's some tips from the manufactures i've learned........USE ONLY "H/E" SOAP AND DO NOT USE DETERGENTS SUCH AS SUN, PUREX, KIRKLAND FROM COSTCO, ARM AND HAMMER------i've had sears and many manufactures have problems when these soaps on the newer units and i've seen crystalization and balancing issues with some soaps....
F27 is an Overflow Condition error. If the Overflow contact on the pressure switch is closed for more than 60 seconds an Overflow condition will occur. In an Overflow condition, the Door may remain locked, and the Drain Pump may run constantly, even if PAUSE/CANCEL is pressed twice and the Display is cleared. Unplug the unit to service. This is verbatim from the tech sheet. You will need to check to following:
1. First, UNPLUG the washer for at LEAST 30 minutes in an attempt to reset the Central Control Unit (CCU). Sometimes this is all that is required to correct momentary glitches with the unit. If the error code reappears, proceed to step 2.
2. Check the drain hose and make sure it is not plugged or kinked.
3. Check Wire Harness connectors to the Drain Pump, Pressure Switch, and Central Control Unit (CCU).
4. Check/Clean Drain Pump Filter of foreign objects.
5. Check for Drain Pump Failure.
6. Check the Inlet Valve for proper shut off
7. Check the Pressure switch for proper operation.
1. Check the drain hose by removing it from the standpipe and pulling a vacuum on it with a shop vac. You may have an obstruction in the drain line or drain pump. It is also a good idea to check the drain hose just prior to the drain pump as well. This is the hose that attaches to the bottom of the tub and runs to the inlet side of the drain pump. This area can get clogged with small articles of clothing.
2. Unplug the washer and remove the kick plate and top panel. Check for any loose connections at the drain pump, pressure switch (located in the right rear of the machine), and the CCU (located in the rear of the washer with all the wiring running to it). You may have a loose or dirty connection somewhere. If you remove any connectors, make sure you write down where they go. It's best to only remove ONE connector at a time when checking the CCU. On the pressure switch, make sure the clear tubing (air hose) is still attached. With the air hose off, loose, or leaking, the switch will not work and the tub will continue to try to fill. This may generate an F27 error.
3. The drain pump. Remove the clean out cover on the pump and check for debris. Make sure you drain the water from the drain lines, pump and hoses PRIOR to removing the cover. Otherwise, you will have about a gallon or so of water to clean up. The shop vac method works great for this. Look for obstructions in the clean-out trap and impeller area of the pump.
4. The inlet valve. If the inlet valve would fail in this manner, the tub would be trying to fill with water all the time and not shut off. You need to ask yourself if you find standing water in the tub when not in use.
5. The "Sud" error. This occurs when air from too much detergent gets into the drain line. If you are using HE detergent, HOW MUCH are you using? Some things to consider:
a. Do you have soft water? This can actually cause the soap to suds better making the need to cut back on how much you use.
b. Look at the detergent container. Is it double or triple concentrated? Some detergents are sold as extra concentrated which means you need to cut back on the amount you use. Not doing so can cause the water to over suds.
c. What size loads are you using the detergent in? Running small loads with the same amount of detergent can also cause an over suds condition.
NOTE: Knowingly or unknowingly using the improper detergent on these model washers MAY void your manufacturer's warranty. Read all instructions and documentation that comes with the appliance, thoroughly.
Rule out the simple common sense things first. If everything else checks out and your problem still persists, you may have a component failure (more commonly, the CCU or pressure switch).
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A week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast as a category 4 storm, large swaths of Texas and Louisiana remain inundated with floodwater.
In parts of Houston and other nearby areas, however, the waters have started to recede, and some residents are returning home to begin the emotionally arduous task of cleaning up their belongings.
"This is going to be a massive, massive cleanup process," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "People need to understand, this is not going to be a short-term project. This is going to be a multi-year project for Texas to be able to dig out of this catastrophe."
Below, a look at some sobering images of Texans' early efforts to gut homes and toss out flood-damaged property.
People begin cleaning up the damage to their homes after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane Harvey.
A Dickinson resident hugs a friend who came to help her remove possessions damaged due to flooding.
Floodwaters have receded from this home, but the damage is done.
Family members remove debris and damaged items from their father's home.
Volunteers from Performance Contractors help co-worker Cornell Beasley clear up the damage to his home.
People in face masks begin cleaning out their property.
Books, furniture and other belongings are set to dry outside.
Lorenzo Salina helps a neighbor remove damaged walls.
Volunteers and students from C.E. King High School help to clean up the school.
Debris and possessions are piled at the curb.
Bryan Parson (left), Chris Gaspard (center) and Derek Pelt (right) remove ruined items from Parson's home.
Volunteers place water damaged school furniture and text books on the front lawn of C.E. King High School.
Lillie Roberts talks with family members on the phone as contractor Jerry Garza begins the process of repairing her home.
Cornell Beasley joins other residents as they dry and toss out their possessions.
Furniture that was destroyed in the flood is piled on the side of the street.
A man power-washes the driveway of his once flooded home.
Stacey House holds up her daughter's volleyball portrait, which was damaged during the hurricane.
Willy Coronado helps a neighbor to clean a house.
Missy Givens inspects the water level in her home.
People try to repair a truck that was submerged in floodwater.
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This post has been brewing in my mind for many months. I want to talk about friends and what they mean to me. I do not think I have ever fully verbalized what it means to have a good friend.
I believe I have a few great friends. Some are old and some are new.
Lately, I have reconnected with a number of old friends. We may not have been in touch throughout the years, but we literally pick up right where we left off, with fun, memories and banter. We talk about our lives then and now. We share. We care. We may not be involved in each others' lives on a daily basis, but we stay in touch and catch up because we want to. When we do spend time together, it is almost as if time froze in its tracks and we are transported back to our young days, when we were carefree and spent every waking minute catching up with one another. My old friends remind me of the playdates we had when we were young, trips to the park or pizza shop, late-night phone calls, driving around town blasting our music, shopping, and eating when we were supposed to be studying for midterms.
I have other friends (old and new) who are more involved in my day to day life at present. We may carpool together, spend Shabbat, arrange playdates for our children, share a babysitter, and hang out with our families. My good friends offer friendship and support. They would literally drop everything to help with whatever I may need. They are the friends I call at 12am to babysit when I go into labor. They understand the dynamics of work, kids, and community. As friends, we recognize each others' strengths and weaknesses and are able to offer guidance and love. We grow together and become better individuals through our interactions. We laugh together and sometimes cry too.
I am proud to say I have very solid friendships and strong relationships. I appreciate my good friends and I feel that I reciprocate. I try my hardest to go out of my way to help my friends.
I think it is truly remarkable when friends become like family.
Thank you to my dear friends - you know who you are - for enhancing my life.
Please tell me about your friendships in the comments!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Friends: New and Old
Posted by Estee Lavitt at 7:19 PM
3 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 7:27 PM
I love you man!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 7:28 PM
But really, I don't think we will have friends like you guys in Israel (now my cover is blown - to you atleast ;))ReplyDelete
- Aliza P.March 12, 2013 at 5:35 AM
Well put Estee!ReplyDelete
Glad to be a "re-connecter"! :)
Friends touch lives in so many ways - and no friend takes the particular spot in your heart that another does.
Chodesh tov!
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Wildcat Coach Lute Olson Quotes
Oct. 16, 2000
Head Coach Lute Olson Quotes from Men's Basketball Media Day
On Midnight Madness:
'I am very pleased with the way things worked out. Our guys were excited about the festivities. You could see the excitement during the day. The practice session on Saturday went very well. Sometimes its tough after having a late night of practice to come back the following afternoon. I did not feel that way at all. They were focused and ready to practice.
'As far as things we were looking for, we wanted to see how Loren would respond physically to running up and down the court. The surgery made it more evident to him how important strength is. The way he practiced on Saturday was indicative that he is ready to have a great year for us.
'I was anxious to see our two freshman scholarship players (Travis Hanour and Andrew Zahn) in action. The immediate response I had of Travis Hanour is that he is quicker than I thought he was and he played very aggressively.'
'Andrew Zahn has done some nice things in practice situations. He's been very active on the boards and does not back down from anybody. He's probably been in the best condition he's ever been in, but he realizes he's going to continue working hard to play at the speed we like to play at.
'Our focus in the off-season was getting stronger and focusing on individual skills.'
On Sophomore Guard Gilbert Arenas:
'Freshman to sophomore year is the biggest year of improvement because of the recognition they have of what it takes to play at this level. Gilbert gives us another three-point shooter on the wing opposite of Richard (Jefferson).'
On Sophomore Guard Jason Gardner:
'Jason has increased his range. He's shooting with a lot more confidence, as was evident at Midnight Madness.'
On Senior Guard Lamont Frazier:
'He's healthy and has worked hard in the off-season. He will make a huge difference for us on defense. Lamont will allow us to play more aggressively and up tempo.'
On Senior Forward Eugene Edgerson:
'There isn't much adjustment for him this year. During his redshirt year last season, he was an integral part of our practice. Eugene looks like the Eugene of old in terms of being aggressive to the boards.'
'As far as adjustments to the team, we will be a whole lot more aggressive defensively as a result of our added depth. That doesn't mean that we will extend full court because I don't think it will be very beneficial for us. Obviously we want Loren (Woods) around the basket and I think it will be best for us to create some half court trapping situations and possibly a little beyond that at times.
'Offensively there will be some adjustments from what we've done in the past. With everyone returning we want take advantage to everyone's individual strengths. The adjustments will be minor but we feel they will be effective for the personnel that we have.'
On the expectations of this team:
'I don't think there are many years where we haven't had high expectations here. That is why players come here and the way it should be. Along with it comes a strong focus and a willingness to work hard and the guys are doing that.
'This team probably has fewer question marks than any team we've had. One area that we need to work on in practice is developing solid guard play.
'I want to play 40 minutes of intense basketball, offensively and defensively.'
On the schedule:
'We've got a lot of games to be excited about this year. I think this team deserves to play a tough schedule. The months of November and December pose some very tough road games that will help continue the development of the team and preparing them for conference play.
On the Pac-10 Conference:
'Stanford, Southern California and UCLA will be very good this year. I think the dark horse will be Oregon State. They return a lot of their starters and is a solid team.'
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1. (noun) A marriage in which brothers share one or more wives.
2. (noun) A marriage between a brother and sister.
Example: Brothers and sisters from royal families in ancient Egypt would marry to perpetuate the royal lineage.
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- A type of polyandry.
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Photographers To Know: Frank Horvat
Paris, Shoe and Eiffel Tower A, 1974
I have recently been reading about the history of photography as part of an effort to broaden my horizon beyond just taking (and posting) pictures. I am taking a break from my normal practice of writing a blog post that highlights some of my photos to shine the spotlight on one of them that I really like and feel that others should know: Frank Horvat.
I am not an expert on Mr. Horvat and will just quote the introduction to the article on him from Wikipedia before moving on the the good stuff - his pictures!
According to Wikipedia, "Frank Horvat is a photographer born on April 28, 1928 in Abbazia (Italy), now Opatija (Croatia), presently living and working in France. He is best known for his fashion photography, published between the mid 50's and the end of the 80', but his photographic opus includes photojournalism, portraiture, landscape, nature and sculpture. In 1988, he produced a major book of interviews with fellow photographers (such as Don McCullin, Robert Doisneau, Sarah Moon, Helmut Newton, Marc Riboud). At the beginning of the 90's, he was one of the first to experiment with Photoshop. In 1998, he replaced his professional equipment with a compact camera, which he always carries in his pocket, in order to shoot anything, at any moment that seems to him of some interest. In 2011, he put online his first iPad application (Horvatland)." He also has a web site where you can learn more about him.
Jardin des Modes, Paris Metro, 1958
This photo always confuses me, but in a good way. Why do the women in the photo have their mouths open like this? Are they singing? Are they really surprised that the doors have closed? Are they yelling at Horvat to meet them at the next station? Are the complaining because they haven't been paid?
This was the first Horvat photo that I remember seeing and I thought it really struck me. I am a train geek, so being in a train station is always good, but what I really loved was the sense of movement and energy flowing around the few islands of calm. Having the people standing still really accentuated the movement of the others. The signs at the top established where the photo was taken and gave it a sense of place.
For Vogue France, 1974
I just love the angle of this one and the looks on the faces of each of the men. Like his photo on the Metro it raises interesting and unanswerable questions for me: Who the men? What is in the bottle? Where are they?
Bar scene, Place Pigalle, Paris, 1956
I have what may be the craziest reason ever for liking a photo: her crushed nose. The fact that her nose is crushed against his face makes the photo seem (to me, at least) much more realistic and authentic. It is the way two friends greet each other, not like a staged bizou between two models.
If you like these photos, please also see Anthony Luke's blog posting on Mr. Horvat.
Finally, Mr. Hotvat, if you happen to stumble across this blog post, please forgive my totally incomplete and superficial description of your many decades of photography and your substantial influence on the art.
If you want to see my photos, please feel free to browse this web site. You can also find me on flickr, facebook, pinterest , and twitter.
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"The FBI has been identified as a key player in a covert operation to identify undocumented immigrants. In documents obtained from the Obama Administration, the program known as Secure Communities seeks to identify illegal immigrants in American jails across the country. The documents reveal that the program is only a small part of a broader inter-agency operation that obtains personal records of not only incarcerated foreign citizens but incarcerated US citizens.
Secure Communities is ran through an agency of the Department of Homeland Security and its base of operations is in Florida. The basic premise of the program is to run arrested individuals through a screening process that includes fingerprinting. Law enforcement will run the fingerprints through a Department of Homeland Security Database, if the person has previously been fingerprinted by Immigration than the Immigration and Customs Enforcement requires that they detain the inmate until ICE officials can arrive to question them and ultimately decide what to do with them. The process is only helpful in identifying individuals who have already been classified as illegally in the US but law enforcement officials still hail the program as a step in the right direction. One important problem that the Secure Communities program has overcome is racial profiling.
""It doesn't look at the color of your skin,"" Deputy Scott Hassell of Etowa County said in an interview with the Gadsen Times. ""It looks at clear objective data.""
Regardless of that positive aspect, the program has come under fire recently with the realization of how vast the network is and how easily the information obtained could be used against US citizens. Many states are balking at the idea of instituting it. So far three states: Massachusetts, Illinois, and New York have outright refused to obey the Obama Administrations initiative. They claim that the program is not carrying out its originally stated mission which was to detain the most dangerous criminals. According to the Denver Post two-thirds of the twenty one people detained in Colorado through Secure Communities were not dangerous criminals.
With the documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act that uncovered the FBI's integral role in the program, the main concern is that the massive data collection will eventually be used for other programs within the Department of Homeland Security. Programs that will threaten the rights of legal citizens and residents of the US."
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A copper based circuit, where DS1 signals are encoded and decoded, using a method of TDM or Time Division Multiplexing, and yielding fixed bandwidth capability of 1.54 Mbps, or megabits per second. T1 circuits may be bonded, yielding bandwidths of approximately 3.0 Mbps, 4.5 Mbps, 6.0 Mbps, 7.5 Mbps, 9.0 Mbps, 10.5 Mbps and 12.0 Mbps.
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#TOpoli emerged as a popular hashtag on Twitter shortly after the 2010 municipal election in Toronto. Dedicated to discussing all things related to Toronto City Hall and the political issues that matter, it's since emerged as one of the city's most popular places for discussion online, with hundreds of engaged participants.
Recently, the #TOpoli discussion has expanded to include volunteer-driven community events. The first event, held December 4, 2012 at the Tranzac, saw more than a hundred people come out to discuss WTF is up with the City Budget.
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I don't want to spoil anyone's holiday mood, but as we approach President Barack Obama's second anniversary in office, it's time to say that he has not fulfilled some of his key promises to U.S. Hispanics and Latin America.
Immigration: Last week, the Obama administration failed to overcome Republican opposition in the Senate to the Dream Act, which would have given citizenship to tens of thousands of college students or soldiers in the U.S. military who were brought to the country as infants by undocumented immigrants.
It was the easiest immigration measure to pass, because it was the one that made most sense from a national security, economic and humanitarian stand.
Yet, after passing the House, the measure died in the Senate in what Obama said Wednesday was ``maybe my biggest disappointment.''
Granted, it was Republican senators who blocked it. But many Hispanic leaders wonder whether Obama spent enough time and effort to get it passed: On the same week, Obama managed to get enough Republican support in the Senate to repeal the military's ban on openly gay troops, and days later he mustered enough Republican Senators to pass the New START nuclear arms treaty.
On the broader issue of a comprehensive immigration reform that would seek to both secure the U.S. borders and provide a legal path to legalization to about 11 million undocumented immigrants, the president did not meet his campaign promise to make it a ``top priority'' of his first year in office, or of his second year.
And after the Republican takeover of the House in the Nov. 2 congressional elections, comprehensive immigration reform has become pretty much a dead issue. The new Congress that will take over in January includes more opponents of legal and illegal immigration than the previous one, and anti-immigration zealots are scheduled to become chairs of key congressional committees overseeing immigration issues.
Free trade: The Obama administration announced recently that it will submit to Congress the pending U.S. free trade deal with South Korea, but gave no indication that it will do the same with the pending free trade deals with Colombia or Panama anytime soon.
Supporters of the free trade agreements wanted all three deals to be submitted together, to overcome AFL-CIO labor unions' opposition to them. Obama is apparently considering his trade union supporters more important than his Latino voters, many free trade supporters suspect.
Ties with Latin America: Obama, who had promised to forge ``a new alliance of the Americas'' to end ``years of negligence'' toward the region, has not done either. Among other things, he failed to meet his campaign vow to appoint a Special U.S. Envoy to the Americas, and to upgrade the 33-country Summit of the Americas to turn it into an annual event, instead of a meeting taking place every three or four years.
My opinion: To be fair, the Obama administration has done some good things on the Latin American front, including pursuing a more multilateral foreign policy, standing up for democracy during the Honduras coup and Ecuador's police uprising -- despite the fact that it amounted to defending anti-U.S. demagogues -- and expanding family travel and cultural exchanges with Cuba.
Nice, but hardly the grand new vision for the hemisphere that Obama promised.
And on the U.S. Hispanic front, Obama, who won 67 percent of the Hispanic vote in the 2008 elections, has helped millions of Latinos with his healthcare laws and extended unemployment insurance. But he is making a big mistake by taking Hispanic voters for granted.
He may be right in thinking that Hispanics will not migrate to the Republican Party, which over the past two years has increasingly come across as the party of Hispanic-allergic, anti-immigration zealots. But Obama may be forgetting that Latino voters may do something just as harmful to his reelection chances in 2012 -- stay at home.
As the new census figures released this week show, the U.S. population has grown the most in heavily Hispanic-populated states, such as Texas and Florida. If Obama doesn't do more for Hispanics, he will not be able to get out the Latino vote and get reelected.
His New Year's resolution should be reconnecting with U.S. Hispanics, and with Latin America.
Andres Oppenheimer is a Miami Herald syndicated columnist and a member of The Miami Herald team that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. He also won the 1999 Maria Moors Cabot Award, the 2001 King of Spain prize, and the 2005 Emmy Suncoast award. He is the author of Castro's Final Hour; Bordering on Chaos, on Mexico's crisis; Cronicas de heroes y bandidos, Ojos vendados, Cuentos Chinos and most recently of Saving the Americas. E-mail Andres at email@example.com. Live chat with Oppenheimer every Thursday at 1 p.m. at The Miami Herald.


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Canadian artist creates sexy depictions of Dragon Ball Z couples
She's done it again. An artist known as Sakimichan, who has been gaining recognition for depicting famous pop culture figures in her own unique style, recreated our favorite Dragon Ball Z couples as young adults totally crushing on each other, and the frisky portraits are dazzling to say the least.
We usually don't associate Dragon Ball characters with sexiness, or with romance for that matter, but there probably is more to their lives than meets the eye. Sakimichan, whose artwork has always been about giving her subjects a more seductive appearance than they usually have, created depictions of three couples from the iconic anime and showed them being about as sensual as you'll ever see them.
The three couples are Goku and his wife Chichi, Vegeta and Bulma and Krillin and Android 18. As you can see, they are all young, sexy, and madly in love. What's amazing about Sakimichan's artwork is that, in a way, she makes them look almost realistic enough that you can imagine what it would be like if her characters actually existed in the world we live in today. And that is always fun to imagine with any of your favorite fictional characters.
If you go to her Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sakimi.chan/, you can see even more of her amazing work.
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Stock futures rise on wave of strong earnings
U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday on a wave of strong earnings reports, including Goldman Sachs and UnitedHealth, and on expectations of good results from other bellwethers including Apple.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc shares were up 0.3 percent to $164.25 in premarket trading after it said first-quarter earnings nearly doubled. The Wall Street powerhouse was charged with fraud last week, and Britain's financial regulator started a formal enforcement investigation into Goldman on Tuesday.
The focus from the Goldman Sachs investigation has shifted back to earnings, the true driver of markets, said Andre Bakhos, director of market analytics at Lek Securities in New York. Optimism about this earnings season seems to be coming back into play.
S&P 500 futures rose 4.1 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures gained 21 points and Nasdaq 100 futures added 7.25 points.
UnitedHealth Group Inc jumped 4.9 percent $32.75 premarket after the largest U.S. health insurer by membership soared past estimates and raised its full-year earnings forecast.
Johnson & Johnson also reported its results. Shares were down in light trading.
Coca-Cola Co edged 0.2 percent lower to $55.20 in premarket trading after the company reported higher quarterly earnings.
Other major companies set to announce results include Apple Inc and Yahoo Inc .
International Business Machines Corp declined 2.1 percent to $129.50 in early trading a day after posting better-than-expected profits but disappointing gross margins.
Citigroup Inc posted its best quarterly results in nearly three years on Monday, and the stock advanced 1.4 percent to $4.95 premarket.
Retailers will be in the spotlight in an otherwise light day for economic indicators as Redbook releases its retail sales index of department and chain store sales at 8:55 a.m. EDT.
Crude oil futures topped $82 a barrel, rebounding from three-week lows, as jet fuel demand increased after European planes began flying again. A massive ash cloud originating in Iceland receded, freeing European airspace after five days of airport closures.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday as investors reassessed the potential damage of the Goldman fraud case and earnings optimism grew.
(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)


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I refuse to write just pointless garbage that nobody is really interested in, i mean who wants to read a blog post saying i had this for dinner tonight and to be quite honest it sucked, funnily enough Marie made me and the kids Chicken Korma last night and it really did suck. None of us even got half way through it, but it wasn't her fault really it was more to do with the Korma sauce that she picked up from the store, there was just something about it that really did not taste right at all.
But away from that and back to the blog post at hand, i had written a post a couple of days ago about how i had decided that this was the year i was going to switch completely from English to Swedish at home since i was sick of us being a family who spoke half Swedish and half English and i wanted us to become a real Swedish family and for that to happen i needed to stop being lazy and stupid and just get on with it. But i found it really hard i must admit, the thought of speaking Swedish to my fiancée Marie scares the absolute shit out of me and for what reason i do not know.
So a few days have past and i must admit it's getting better, sure i stumble on a few words here and there and have no choice but to say them in English because i really have no idea what they are in Swedish and when your trying to have a conversation with someone the last thing you want to be doing is looking through a online dictionary trying to find what the word you want to use is. Funnily enough i have found a really nice app that i am considering downloading for my phone which is exactly that a translator with all the Swedish to English words in it, so that might be worth a look.
What is even more great is at the start of the week the new series of Swedish Masterchef started up on the TV and this has given me a excellent opportunity to sit down and watch something i like and in full Swedish, i'm pretty sure there is probably more TV shows out there in Swedish that are good, but i have yet to find them and i love cooking programs like Masterchef, Top Chef and pretty much everything Gordon Ramsay makes so when it began i was delighted! So this week i have been sitting on the couch with Marie watching it and although there is some dialects that i am unable to completely understand i have found myself being able to pretty much follow everything that is being said without to much of a problem, again there is some words but then i just simply ask Marie what does that mean and i get the translation instantly, so that is pretty sweet.
Not only has Masterchef begun, but so has the new season of The Biggest Looser Sweden, personally i ain't a big fan of these shows but Marie likes to watch them and it's in full Swedish so why not, so i began to watch that last night as well and once more found myself sitting on the couch thinking AWSOME! i'm understanding nearly everything they say.
So life is getting better! the Swedish is coming along and soon the thoughts that go through my head every time i think about speaking the language to Marie will have vanished, it has been known to happen that myself and Marie can go a few months speaking the language and then something happens like we take a trip over to the UK or my parents come over here and we end up stopping, but i refuse to let that happen this time. I'm more than sure that my parents would rather see me sitting speaking Swedish to Marie and knowing that once we leave or they leave that it will continue than us speaking English and knowing that again once any of us depart that we will revert back because it's easy. So this is my new life and it's going to stay that way, otherwise Marie better find herself a new man lol as i'll be going out on the prowl for a new Swedish woman who doesn't know the English language! lol i'm only kidding that won't ever happen but it's a nice threat and maybe make her think twice about using the English language again hehe.
But i'm happy and that is all that counts i guess, but for now i shall bid you all farewell and hope your having a great week too!
Until next time!


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Tagalog Movie
Mitos (Nika Madrid) is a typical bar girl who sells flesh just to augment a living.
Danny Boy (Rev Reyes), a typical school teenager who fell in love with her despite being a prostitute.
Everything altered when she let Danny Boy experienced his "first time".
Both share the course of bodily fascination and enjoy the intensity of lustful obsession... until one day, guilt feelings envelop her conscience.
Because of their dissimilar level of soul, she decided to give up everything and went back to the province.
Will genuine love hoard their boundless relationship or intense passion be the reason for them to lie back once more in each other's heart?
Directed by Cesar S.B. Abella
Nika Madrid
Rev Reyes
Rizza Rossini
Clark Concepcion
Jeffrey Pascual
Nonong de Andres
Feb 2, 2011
pinoy movie - UNANG TIKIM
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LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Chad Rex has shown he can be an elusive quarterback. In fact, he has become somewhat of a master in the art of escapism.
But even Houdini had moments when there was no way out of a predicament.
That's why Rex appreciates Cameron Pearcey.
Lakewood Ranch ranks second among area public schools in total yards per game (356), and a lot of that success can be attributed to Pearcey bailing out Rex when he runs out of real estate.
The Mustangs will need the skills of that duo when they play host to Palmetto on Friday night in a game that likely will determine the Class 7A-District 10 champion.
The Tigers are fast and athletic and have had their way with Lakewood Ranch the past two years beating them by a combined 70-7.
This year, things could be different. The Mustangs might not be able to slow down a Palmetto offense that is averaging 41 points in its three victories, but the hope is they have the offense to stay with the Tigers.
A lot of that hope falls on the shoulders of Rex and Pearcey and, perhaps, Tony Pearcey.
After each game, Cameron and his dad go over their own game film. Tony was a standout at Bayshore and receiver at Vanderbilt who was good enough to get invited to the New York Giants training camp, where he lasted until the final cut before an injury ended his career.
"Our offense starts with our offensive line, but Cameron helps me a lot," Rex said. "Half of my pass plays come on a broken play. I am scrambling, and I always can count on him to get open. Sometimes I'll just throw it up, and most of the time he comes down with it."
Cameron Pearcey has caught 21 of Rex's 44 completions and accounted for 50 percent of the quarterback's passing yardage and four of his six TD passes.
"Me and my dad have had some long conversations at night after a game," Pearcey said. "He teaches me the ins and outs and how to get off the ball. He will point out things I can do better. I saw film on him (at Vanderbilt) and was impressed. I noticed he was really fast. And he is a lot taller. I am about 5-8, and he is 6-3."
Tony Pearcey coached his sons when they were young. He plays an advisory role now, which he says is more enjoyable.
"Cameron is a better athlete than I ever dreamed of being. If he was 6-2 or 6-3, I would be afraid because he would be more inclined to go toward football rather than baseball," Tony Pearcey said. "We come home after games, look at the video and what transpired. I point out the things he did well and other things that he did OK, but if he changed his technique a little there could be better results."
Both teams have put up a lot of points. The Mustangs are averaging 39.5 points in their four victories, so fireworks could explode through Lakewood Ranch.
Offensive coordinator Mic Koczersut says you just don't know what to expect.
"Palmetto is very fast and gets to the ball quickly," Koczersut said. "They've been very good the last couple of years and hopefully we are closing the gap. For us, Chad has to keep making plays that he can. He gets himself into trouble when he tries to do more than what he is expected to do. He just needs to play smart. The score could depend on how hard everyone plays. You just don't know."
The biggest concern for Lakewood Ranch head coach Shawn Trent is his defense's tendency give up the big play. It can prove fatal against an explosive offense like Palmetto, which features Josh Hicks. Against Manatee last week, the tailback had a 69-yard TD run and returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown.
"Palmetto has the edge in athleticism. There is no question about it," Trent said. "We have to be more consistent on defense and not give up the big play. At times, we played pretty well and at times we've done boneheaded things and given up big plays, and that has killed us. We need consistency more than anything."


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IRISH EUROVISION: Kasey Smith one of five hopefuls who would represent Ireland in this years Eurovision song contest has strong Leitrim connections. Her grandmother Bernadette Smith formerly Conlon from Rosalawn Mohill, she has aunts in Dromod Bornacoola Mohill and Leitrim village, not forgetting uncle Liam here in Rosdann.
Music runs in the family. Her grandfather Pat Smith and uncle PJ Smith have had no one singles in Ireland. We all wish good luck to Kasey next Saturday night 22nd February when she will sing on the Late Late Show. The winning act will be chosen using a combination of public vote and regional jury vote. Kasey is looking for major support from Leitrim. Her song is called "Kiss Me". Please give her no 1.We all wish her to win. Keep track of Kasey on facebook.com/kaseylee-annsmith or twitter@kaseykaysmith.
LAPWD MENS GROUP: The Leitrim Association of people with disabilities are re-starting activities on Tuesday 26th February 2013 from 2pm – 4pm at Station Road Mohill on that date. John Kenny Breffni Ireland Carrigallen will give a talk on furniture restoration design etc. John has asked that if any member has a small item which they would like to restore please take it along. Transport can be arranged if needed and a good attendance is necessary if this group is to continue in 2013. Come and meet old friends for a cuppa chat and enjoy the hospitality of Rosaleen and staff.
FINE GAEL AGM: The annual general meeting of the Mohill Eslin Gorvagh branch Fine Gael will take place in the Canon Donohoe Hall Mohill on Wednesday 20th February next. Some very interesting items on the agenda including the election of officers. Issues of local interest, secretary and treasurers reports etc. For more information please contact Theresa Henry Mulligan on 071 9631369 087 9422498.
MOHILL BRIDGE CLUB: On the 13th February last there was a full attendance at Bridge in Js hotel. Results 1st Marie Walpole – Ella Gannon; 2nd Kay Dolan – Mary Scollan; 3rd Peg Logan – Mary Flynn; 4th Dorothy O'Connor Annie Cox. Play continues every Wednesday night here in Js Hotel commencing at 7.45pm . New players always welcome.
SOCIAL DANCING: Come and dance the night away this Thursday night 21st February in Js Hotel Main Street to the lovely music of J & S Sound. Doors open at 9.30pm. Dancing from 10-12.30am. Here you will greet old friends and meet new ones. Come and enjoy. All are welcome.
SYMPATHY: The people of Mohill wish to join with me in sympathising with Kieran and Virginia O'Carolan on the death of Virginia's father Dan McCormac, Cloonagh, Dring Co Longford who died recently. To all who mourn Dan we offer our most sincere sympathy. He is gone no further from us than to God. May his dear soul rest in peace.
MOHILL GAA LOTTO: The draw on the 11th February was held in Fitzpatricks Lr main Street. The numbers drawn were 13,16,23,26. There was no jackpot winner. The lucky dip winners are as follows: 1st 70 euro LAPWD Station Road Mohill; 2nd 40 euro Louise Tully, Slatta Kilglass; 3rd 20 euro Paschal McKeon Mohill. The draw on the 18th February was held in Js Hotel with the jackpot at 12800 euro. Thanking you for your support.
SENIOR SCOR: Anyone interested in taking part in senior Scor this year which starts on Saturday 23rd March 2013, a meeting in Js Hotel Mohill on Monday 18th February. If you were unable to attend and would like to take part please contact Roisin Kennedy on 087 2147350 or Kathleen Cosgrove 087 7582747. Congratulations to Dearbhaile Beirne who has been selected by the juvenile committee of Athletics Ireland as 2012 county Leitrim Athlete of the year on Saturday last. Dearbhaile was presented with her award at the Tipperary Star Awards Banquet in Tullmamore Court Hotel.
WEDDING BELLS: A very pretty wedding took place in St Patricks Church Mohill when Sarah Mulligan Mohill was united in matrimony with Brendan Fitzpatrick Cloone. The ceremony with nuptial mass was performed by Rev Fr Pat Murphy PP and the lovely bride had as her bridesmaids her sisters Charlene and Melissa while Brendan had as his best man his brother Thomas. The groomsman was David Donnelly. Following the ceremony a reception for family and friends was enjoyed at the Sliabh Russel Hotel Ballyconnell.
SADIE WYNNE (GREENE): The unexpected death of Sadie Wynne beloved wife of Bernard Corraterriff Eslin who died at their residence on the 8th February 2012 has caused widespread regret in the community. Sadie was a most devoted wife, mother, granny sister and true friend. A follower of the true faith and a very active member in the community. She was a very charitable lady who loved meeting people and had a great gift of communication. We shall miss her but remember her with great affection. Her funeral mass was here in St Patricks Church Mohill on Sunday last where large crowds attended to pay their final respects and to sympathise with Bernard, their son, daughter son in law daughter in law, grandchildren, her brother and extended families.
ELIZABETH REYNOLDS (MCLOUGHLIN): There was genuine regret and deep sorrow on hearing of the death of Betty Reynolds, Stuck, who died in the loving care of the doctors nurses and staff at Rooskey Nursing Home on the 6th February 2013.Sadly she was predeceased by her husband daughter and granddaughter some years ago. RIP. Betty was a lady of deep faith who lived for her family, her home was always welcoming and it was always a pleasure to meet her. She had a wealth of knowledge from yesteryear. She died as she lived with dignity. The very large attendance at her removal to St Patricks Church and again at her con-celebrated mass was testimony to the very high esteem in which she and her family were held in the community and to whom we offer our most sincere sympathy.
ACTIVE AGE GROUP: The organising committee of Mohill Active Age Group wish to inform its members that the weekly meeting held each Wednesday in the Canon Donohoe Hall will resume this Wednesday 20th February at 3pm. All members are invited to attend as plans are being made to organise activities and outings for the Spring Summer season 2013. New members always welcome . Come along greet new friends and enjoy.
THE FIELD: On this Saturday night 23rd February at 8pm the World famous play "The Field" by John B Keane will be performed by the Glenasmole Drama Group, Dublin and staged in Cloone Community Centre. Don't miss this play.
ASSORTED FITNESS MOHILL: A new set of ladies Zumba Fun and Fitness sessions will be starting on next Monday 25th February in Js Hotel, Main Street at 9.15pm. Anyone is welcome to pop in and try it out for just 5 euro.
GARDENING TIME: Keen plantsman and feature writer for the Irish Garden James Wickham will be providing an inspirational and illustrated talk on trees for all gardens at 8.30pm on Tuesday 26th February at the Canon Donohoe Hall. This event is facilitated by Mohill ICA with service to the community & all genders welcome. Light refreshments and raffle.


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Miley Cyrus has scored her first Hot 100 chart number one with her Wrecking Ball single.
The track rockets to the top spot 10 days after the video for the song debuted on line, causing a controversy as it featured images of the 20 year old pop star swinging naked on a chained metal ball.
The song knocks Katy Perry's Roar off the top of the countdown.
Cyrus previously scored number two hits with We Can't Stop and Party in the U.S.A. but she has never reached the top spot until now.
Perry's Roar drops to three on the chart, while Australian singer/songwriter makes it an all-girl top three with Royals.
On the album chart, Keith Urban fends off The Weeknd to land at number one with Fuse.
Only 3,000 sales separate his new hit from The Weeknd's Kiss Land, which debuts at number two. Both albums sold less than 100,000 copies.
Meanwhile, 2 Chainz debuts B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME at three, Luke Bryan's Crash My Party rises a spot to four and Janelle Monae lands her best sales week ever - and first top 10 album - as The Electric Lady enters the chart at five.


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Home > WSU Press > Human Biology > Vol. 79 (2007) > Iss. 5
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Six hundred twenty-one samples from Portugal, the Cabo Verde archipelago, and Guinea-Bissau were typed for HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLADRB1 using the polymerase chain reaction–sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe (PCR-SSOP) method and the sequence-based typing (SBT) method to characterize and compare discrepancies between the two methods. Fifty-three alleles (4.27% of 1,242 chromosomes typed) identified by the PCR-SSOP method were not concordant with the results obtained using the SBT method. Thirty-four (2.74% of total chromosomes typed) PCR-SSOP mistyping results were discrepancies inside the same allele group and 19 others (1.53% of total chromosomes typed) were relative to nonconcordant results between different groups. PCR-SSOP allele mistyping is the result of interpretation difficulties resulting from less intense, absent, or dubious hybridization patterns. Noncommercial PCR-SSOP procedures are highly exigent on the technicians' experience and the availability of properly calibrated high-precision equipment.
Recommended Citation
Spínola, Hélder; Bruges-Armas, Jácome; and Brehm, António
"Discrepancies in HLA Typing by PCR-SSOP and SBT Techniques: A Case Study,"
Human Biology:
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Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol79/iss5/6


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Even 48 hours later, and probably for forever, there is no palatable way to explain or reconcile the astonishing implosion of the Chiefs on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The 45-44 playoff loss after they amassed a 38-10 lead was a particularly cruel twist perpetrated on tortured fans who now have to process pain that somehow about trumps all those other failures in recent Chiefs playoff history.
Even if it really were explainable, even if you consider the absurd injuries and handful of key breakdowns, and even if you rationalize how far the franchise came just to be here, it's not like that would make it any easier to handle.
Yet it didn't happen in a vacuum, either. Or as Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion put it, "To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction."
So for all the blame and scapegoating you might want to assign, for all the issues that were illuminated once and for all about the Chiefs defense that was radiating fool's gold early in the season, this was done to the Chiefs as much as by them.
In part, it was because the Colts had good fortune to go with that porous defense.
But mostly, it was about Luck, Andrew Luck, their ridiculously talented quarterback whose gifts include charisma and resolve that only the most special athletes have in one package.
With the Colts trailing 31-10 to open the second half, Luck threw an interception and the Chiefs converted another touchdown to make the game seem out of range to even the most paranoid of Chiefs fans and most optimistic of Colts followers.
And here's what Luck did next: He told anyone in earshot that the Colts were going to win the game and to stay with him.
Which is what a lot of people might do.
But the difference was that he backed it up with his play and that the team believed in the guy who had already led them to 10 fourth-quarter victories in his two years in the NFL.
"There's a little piece of all of us in that kid," offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus said afterward, according to Indianapolis star columnist Bob Kravitz.
Then Cherilus started sounding a bit like Tom Joad with his "I'll be there" speech in "The Grapes of Wrath:"
Joad: "Wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad. I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry, and they know supper's ready, and when the people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they build - I'll be there, too."
Cherilus on Luck: "When he makes a tackle, he's got Robert Mathis in him. When he's recovering a fumble and diving into the end zone, he's Donald Brown. There's a little piece of all of us in him. We believe in this guy, and he believes in us. He's going to be a very special player for us for a long time.
"He already is."
Even as Luck threw for 443 yards, nothing was more special than the moment that fused his surname with his mindset: the fumble by Brown that Luck plucked after it caromed off the helmet of oblivious Colts lineman Samson Satele.
In one rather fluid motion, almost as if he were anticipating the fluke, Luck scooped it up and swooped 5 yards into the end zone to cut the lead to 41-38.
If the Chiefs recovered that, the game might have been over. But the combination of the points and the way they came made it seem inevitable they would lose.
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At three thirty in the morning I woke up to the sounds of a very loud crash and my daughter's scream. My wife and I rushed into her room and saw a box of tools had fallen from on top of a crate they were left on. We had been working on painting and building a loft for her and these were some tools we hadn't put away yet. After picking up tools and consoling our daughter, order returned and she and my wife went back to sleep. I, on the other hand, did not. Too much adrenaline I suppose. After a few minutes trying, I knew I wouldn't be able to. So I looked at emails, Facebook and then decided to get out of bed and be productive. I typed a chapter of my daughter's draft for her new book (very suspenseful). I am her secretary. She pays in hugs and kisses. Priceless.
It was about five o'clock. I decided to go to the gym. I knew it opens at that time. After making countless jumps shots (okay you could have counted them) and my knot in my neck bothering me, I decided to go get coffee and bring something back to the two loves of my life (not including Jesus, my greatest love).
They were still sleeping. It was about six now. So then I started writing some thoughts for a very crucial chapter in my new book. This one is a fiction, an allegory of the journey of transformation. I got in a good groove. I am really starting to enjoy the writing process.
Interruptions are an interesting spiritual phenomenon. They can be small, like being woken up in the middle of the night by a loud crash or they can be big, very big, like the diagnosis of a disease or an accident leaving someone paralyzed or a request for some help. The question is: Is this interruption a problem or an opportunity?
Jesus was interrupted. There is the story of him being led to go to the home of a child dying. Needed to get there quickly, at least in the people's mind. But he was stopped by a large crowd pressing on him. Frustration for the parents wanting him to hurry. A problem to them. An opportunity for another. A woman touched his robe and was healed. And later Jesus handled the issue with the dying girl. (Mark 5:21-43)
I want to handle interruptions with a spirit of trust and hope and even love. Don't you?
Grant me grace in the times of interruptions and grace to follow your lead. Help me surrender my resistance.