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Samuel Anderson found out he'd landed a gig on "Doctor Who" the day after Thanksgiving last year. He was hanging out with friends, listening to loud music and generally relaxing when his agent called. He took the call alone on the balcony and found out he was going to play Danny Pink.
"I went back inside and told my friends 'Bloody hell, I just got "Doctor Who,"'" Anderson said during a phone call from England the day before his first episode, "Into the Dalek" was set to debut. "Just then my phone rang again. It was my agent again, who said, 'Don't tell anyone.'"
Lucky for Anderson, that momentary slip didn't hurt him.
"My friends are too cool for spoilers," he said.
Anderson wasn't in the first episode of the new season, "Deep Breath," but that doesn't mean his character, a math teacher at Coal Hill Secondary School, is a minor one. In fact, Pink is about to become part of the show's recurring cast of characters, off on the adventures of the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion, Clara (Jenna Coleman).
The school has been a recurring setting for "Doctor Who" since the classic science-fiction adventure series' first episode, "An Unearthly Child." In the 1963 episode, the Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman attends the Coal Hill School while the Doctor (William Hartnell) repairs the TARDIS, and two teachers discover their secret.
The Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) revisited the school in 1988's "Remembrance of the Daleks," and last year's anniversary special revealed that current companion Clara Oswald is now a history teacher at the school.
Anderson, whose previous credits include "The History Boys" and "Doctors," has also worked with Coleman; both are alumni of the long-running British soap opera "Emmerdale." Coleman played Jasmine Thomas, the niece of the local vicar, and Anderson portrayed police officer Ross Kirk. The pair shared several scenes together.
"We got to hang out quite a bit back then," Anderson said. "But the workload is quite a lot on 'Doctor Who.' The Doctor and Clara are in almost every scene."
Anderson can't say much about the journeys his character will take with the Doctor, but he did reveal that Pink and the Doctor won't always see eye to eye.
"There's a bit of friction that arises between Danny and the Doctor midway through the season," Anderson said. "And [Danny's knowledge of math] is a tool for that friction."
So what do Danny and the Doctor disagree about? Mainly Clara, and who has her best interests at heart.
"Danny is an ex-soldier and he's an ex-soldier for a reason," Anderson said. "The Doctor isn't sure about that when they first meet… He's a bit of an opposite to the Doctor."
Anderson also says Danny is quite shy, despite his description of being a "lady killer" in his first episode. That said, he isn't entirely bookish.
"The military training is there when it's needed," Anderson said.
As the title of his first episode suggests, the Doctor's mortal enemies the Daleks figure prominently into Anderson's first episode. And the actor said that even at the table read of the episode, the alien creatures' creepiness was undeniable.
"They have a little voice encoder right there for the read-through," Anderson said. "You hear that voice say, 'Exterminate! Exterminate!' and the hairs prick up on the back of your neck. You remember it from being a kid and you want to run."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a 15-month-old boy who died on a court-ordered visit to his father filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the psychologist who sanctioned the visitation.
Hera McLeod of Gaithersburg, Md., filed the $20 million suit in Fairfax County, Va., against Ashburn Psychological Services and psychologist Margaret Wong, alleging professional negligence resulting in the wrongful death of her son, Prince McLeod Rams.
McLeod said at a news conference announcing the suit that Wong's report was instrumental in a judge's decision to grant unsupervised visitation of Prince to his father, Joaquin Rams.
Prince died in October, on the fourth unsupervised visit, and last month, Joaquin Rams was charged with murder by prosecutors in Prince William County, Va. Authorities say he drowned the boy and had taken out life insurance policies on his son totaling more than $500,000.
Authorities say that Prince's drowning has prompted a closer look at two other deaths of people close to Rams: the still-unsolved shooting of his ex-girlfriend Shawn K. Mason in 2003 and the 2008 death of Joaquin Rams' mother, which was classified a suicide.
McLeod objected to turning her son over for unsupervised visitation on concerns that he would be in danger. She says the psychologist ignored clear warning signs that the father was dangerous, including testimony at the custody hearings that Manassas police considered Rams a suspect in Mason's death.
McLeod, a former contestant on the CBS reality show "The Amazing Race," has been vocal in efforts to hold accountable those who she believes failed to protect her son when they had the opportunity, including the judge who granted the visitation. She writes a blog, Cappuccino Queen, that documents her case and her son's short life.
Rams, before he was arrested, responded with a blog of his own, King Latte, in which he leveled his own accusations against McLeod.
McLeod's lawsuit also alleges that Wong ignored a previous psychological examination of Rams that included allegations that he was physically abusive, had pulled a gun on a former girlfriend and had engaged in sexually aberrant behavior.
"I believe this doctor's negligence led to my son's murder," McLeod said, saying it was hard more her to imagine a person more seriously "disordered" than her former fiance.
McLeod acknowledged Rams had a gift for deceiving people, including herself, at least for the first few months of their relationship. But she said that does not excuse Wong from missing obvious signs that Prince would be in danger if Rams were given unsupervised visits.
"The difference is, I'm not a psychologist," McLeod said.
The psychology practice declined comment Tuesday.
The judge in Montgomery County, Md., who heard the custody dispute ordered Rams to get a mental evaluation, but allowed Rams to pick the psychologist. Rams was also the one who paid for the evaluation.
McLeod's attorney, Patrick Regan, said Wong had a duty to prepare a report that would serve the best interests of the child, rather than merely benefiting the person who paid for the evaluation.
Regan said there is a direct link between the faulty psychological report and the judge's decision to grant unsupervised visitation, which resulted in Prince's death.
"If it had been a supervised visitation, it never would have happened," Regan said.
Rams is now in custody pending a formal indictment for Prince's killing.

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Where Trauma Meets Tragedy
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"Full Trauma Now." The words blare across the emergency department. There is a rush towards the trauma bay – stretchers, x-ray technicians, nurses, medical students, residents, attending physicians. We dress in our protective gear – plastic blue gowns, gray gloves, face masks, blue marshmallow hats. And we wait. "Have you heard the story?" One nurse whispers to another.
"It sounds bad…car vs. tree, I think, or maybe bike vs. tree, I'm not exactly sure…" She tilts her head up, as if trying to grasp the story from thin air.
One of the technicians pipes up, "GCS 4 in the field. Not intubated."
A nearby resident raises an eyebrow, "Really? They haven't intubated yet?" He gets his equipment ready – suction, tube, blade. Everything is in order.
And we wait.
Minutes go by.
A nervous, hushed wave of conversation ripples across the room. The hum of stretcher wheels fast approaches, or perhaps we are only imagining it. The air is thick with anticipation.
This is the trauma bay. The small, rectangular room where life meets death. But I have rarely seen a death here. Because we have become so skilled at keeping people alive, we are often able to stabilize patients for just enough time to whisk them away to the operating room or the intensive care unit. Even so, this is the room where a sudden life change is first realized, observed, and recorded. This is where it all begins. A bay – it is not a fitting term, really. Bright red airway bags, big computer screens, beeping monitors, life-saving carts, stretchers, fluorescent lighting. And there is no peace here. It is not a bay – more of an ocean, with unseen waves, trade winds, thunder, lightning strikes.
I have watched many patients meet their fate here. And yesterday, for one, the tears welled up. I know exactly how to hold them back – have become an expert, in fact, at letting them come just far enough to the brim of my lashes, so that if I smile it almost looks as though they are a twinkle and not a tear. Have I begun to feel again, after these years of blocking everything out? Perhaps. I was pleased to discover them – quite unexpected, I might add. Incredible that after all this time the tear ducts still function in the old, familiar way. A miracle, really.
As I watch this woman's tragedy unfold in front of my eyes, I realize that she will not make it. I look at her, I look at the CT scan, and I know – with certainty. I no longer have the naïve hope of a medical student. I no longer need to look to my attending for confirmation. I almost wish I did. I glimpse the family at her bedside. Children, grandchildren, sister. I watch them weep. Their eyes are wide – too much hope, I think. I want to brace them for what lies ahead. But I know that would be impossible. A shock is not absorbed, or even felt, at first. It just is. It glares you in the face.
This is my last day as a second year resident. How the time has gone by. How much has changed. Children, grandchildren, sister. I watch them weep. And for a moment, I let myself remember what it feels like to be one of them. I, in my white coat, with too much knowledge for my own good. I, the doctor. No more or less powerful than they are, when it comes down to it. I put myself in their shoes. Slip them on my feet, feel the worn leather, tap them on the white floors, now splattered with blood. I watch them weep. And I feel something – not as much for her, but for them. For all the trials they will face in the coming hours, for all the tears they will shed, for their loss.
They loved her so much, didn't they?


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This is a pic of one that Kato's in the middle of eating right now.
It's about 5" in length. The bone is from a cow and I think it's the femur.
I don't cook them. I also remove some of the marrow because my dog has a funky stomach.
Hope that helps!
PS...How about some new Kozmo pics?
Those bones really from cows? I asked my mother and she said cow bones shouldn't be that thin. Is it from pigs?


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Acanthodactylus felicis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Acanthodactylus felicis Arnold, 1980
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Sindaco, R., Busais, S.M.S. & Mohammed, S.F.
|Bowles, P. & Cox, N.A.
|Bowles, P.
Listed as Vulnerable on the basis that this species has an extent of occurrence less than 20,000 km2, in which it occurs as a severely fragmented population, and there is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat and possibly in the number of subpopulations as a result of coastal development. If further taxonomic research reveals that this species is conspecific with Acanthodactylus yemenicus, its status will require immediate re-evaluation. If further research reveals that the species is more widespread, particularly in Yemen where development pressures are low or non-existent, it is likely to warrant listing in a less threatened category.
|Range Description:
|This species is known from southern Yemen and Oman (van der Kooij 2001), where it has a disjunct distribution and very local occurrence with fewer than 10 known localities (R. Sindaco pers. comm. February 2012) over an area of 17,867 km2. It is known from mainly lowland areas.
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|In Mirbat this species is locally common (R. Sindaco pers. comm. February 2012), but otherwise there are only occasional records from Oman (S. F. Mohammed pers. comm. February 2012). Due to this lizard's need for specific coastal habitats and the wide distances between known sites, the population is considered to be severely fragmented. There is no recent information on the population status of this lizard in Yemen (S. Busais pers. comm. February 2012). Due to confusion between this species and A. yemenensis (which Arnold 1983 considers to be a synonym and Salvador 1982 regards as a separate species), the identity of a number of Yemeni records is in need of confirmation.
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|It is found in areas of hard, gravelly soil sometimes bordered by wadis (van der Kooij 2001), with scattered bushes. It has also been recorded in sand dunes near to the beach (van der Kooij 2001).
|Use and Trade:
|This species is not used or traded.
|Major Threat(s):
|There is localized habitat destruction due to coastal development, for example in Mirbat, and the species is likely to disappear from sites following development (R. Sindaco pers. comm. February 2012). Due to the localized distribution of this species, it is unclear whether this represents a major threat, although as subpopulations are isolated from one another it may be at risk of local extirpation.
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|This species is probably not found in any protected areas. Research is needed throughout this lizard's range in order to establish the distribution and number of subpopulations, and to evaluate the threats to them from development. Taxonomic research is required to clarify its relationship with A. yemenensis.
|Sindaco, R., Busais, S.M.S. & Mohammed, S.F. 2012. Acanthodactylus felicis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199610A2606578. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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Madonna Being Sued Over Truth or Dare Perfume Logo
There is some legal trouble in Madonna's future over the launch of her debut scent, Truth or Dare.
A Sydney-based artist is suing the Material Girl, claiming she is infringing on his copyright with her perfume's "M" logo, which bears too much similarity to an image he has trademarked.
According to The Daily Telegraph in Australia, RJ Williams, who has seen his pieces hang in the Art Gallery of NSW as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, has been using the "M" symbol in paintings and on clothing for a total of eight years. He trademarked it last year and therefore believes Madge cannot use it without properly compensating him.
"Friends from all over the world have been calling me upon seeing the Truth or Dare by Madonna campaign to express their disgust and support," Williams told the paper.
He claims he is not looking to get rich quick off Madge. Instead, "it's about my integrity as an artist," he said. "I do not think it should be able to be used by a giant cosmetics company."
Williams sent a legal note to Madge's manager Guy Oseary, requesting that the pop diva stop infringing on his copyright by using the logo in the packaging and advertising. He wants to be provided with the information about the perfume's profits so far, since he feels entitled to a cut. He also wants her to enter in a license with him moving forward for future usage of the symbol.


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Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Paris Vitrines
For your amusement, odd bits from various holiday Paris windows/vitrines seen around town. I can remember street names if not shop names..this was in an antique bookshop on upper rue Bonaparte (not far from Pierre Hermé, an important landmark).
In paper shop on rue St.Martin.
Back to the antique bookshop.
Artsy Picasso pillows on lower rue Bonaparte.
In Sentou on rue François Miron in the Marais.
Optometrist on rue St.Antoine.
Winter hats sold by street venders outside BHV.
A poster
For this artist whose name I forget on quai des Grand Augustins.
Animal print animals in a lingerie shop on rue St.Sulpice.
Austrian boiled wool Giesswein slippers it would be very nice to have now in marché Grenelle.
Wintery scene in Ma Cave wine shop on rue de Belleville
Witty Paul Smith on rue St. Honoré was thinking ahead.
Exquisite antique shop on rue Daguerre
Strangely illuminated child's dress on rue Jacob.
Tick tock old clock faces for the new year on rue Rambuteau. January has come in like a lion on the East Coast US. Please stop roaring M. Lion! Animal calendar seen on rue du Pont Louis. If you can remember the shop names do tell dear PBers.
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STILLPOINT Archive: last updated 05/25/2012
By Jo Kadlecek
In February Toddy Burton, assistant professor of communication arts, attended the annual L'Abri conference in Rochester, Minnesota, to screen and discuss her new short film, The Miners. Burton participated with Denis Haack, codirector of Ransom Fellowship, in a discussion entitled, "Creativity in Film: From Genesis to Production." Then in March, she held the regional premiere of The Miners at CinemaSalem, to a standing-room-only crowd.
Burton plotted the screenplay for The Miners last summer. News of the trapped Chilean miners had gripped her attention, and, as is often the case with art, real life began shaping a story in the mind of Gordon's award-winning filmmaker.
The result not only earned Burton a Faculty Development Grant from the College, but brought together a film crew of both alumni and current Gordon students. Burton cast an adjunct instructor as her lead actor, turned a fellow professor's Beverly Farms home into a set, and in three 12-hour days (July 29–31, 2011), she shot what she calls "a short dramatic comedy."
"It's about a guy who's clinically depressed," she says, "but also obsessed with the miners while his teenage daughter is dealing with her own obsession with a boy. I wondered how the feeling of being trapped would play out in other ways—in other parts of our lives—so, like a lot of my movies, there's both comedy and drama as the story explores that theme."
For almost 15 years Burton has been making short films that reflect that tension. Her last one, The Aviatrix—"an action-adventure intergalactic comedy romance about a super-heroine battling cancer"—played at over 30 international film festivals, aired on PBS and became the #1 featured film when it was premiered on the YouTube Screening Room. Her full-length screenplays have also won her awards, acclaim and a reputation for merging an artist's eye with comedic stories.
What's next for Burton? She plans to take The Miners to several prestigious film festivals. Stay tuned.
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Knit Wits
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For ages 11 - Adults
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Since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in September began a third round of asset purchases aimed at lowering interest rates and spurring growth, bond yields have climbed. The trend may signal that his program is working.
Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have risen to 2.02% from 1.72% since the Fed announced new bond buying on Sept. 13, Bloomberg Bond Trader prices show. Those on bonds backed by home loans have increased to 2.01% as of yesterday from 1.26%, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index.
Interest rates are climbing as asset purchases help bolster confidence in economic growth, said James Hamilton, an economist whose research on Fed bond buying has been cited by Bernanke. U.S. stocks have advanced 3.3% since Sept. 13 as the outlook has improved, while yields on junk bonds have shrunk to within 4.78 percentage points of Treasuries as of yesterday from 5.5 percentage points.
"As the economy picks up, we'd expect that would be a force putting upward pressure on yields regardless of what the Fed is doing on the bond supply side," said Hamilton, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, and former visiting scholar at Fed district banks including Atlanta and New York. "That's what's happening, and the Fed should be happy to see it."
The Federal Open Market Committee today concludes a two-day meeting in Washington and will probably decide that the benefits of continuing to buy $85 billion in securities each month outweigh the risks from a ballooning balance sheet, according to 44 economists in a Bloomberg survey conducted Jan. 24-25. The Fed hasn't set a limit on the size or duration of its purchases while pushing its total assets beyond a record $3 trillion.
Economic Strength
The third round of so-called quantitative easing, or QE, has probably held mortgage rates 20 basis points to 40 basis points lower than they otherwise would be, said Jonathan Wright, former assistant director of the Fed's Division of Monetary Affairs. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. Signs of economic strength have obscured those benefits by nudging interest rates higher, said Wright, an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
"QE marginally improves the economy, which drives rates back up," he said, adding that the current round of asset purchases lacks the clout of the prior two programs.
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Based on the feedback I receive in my travels, it is obvious to me the quality deer management (QDM) concept has gained considerable interest among hunters and landowners throughout the whitetail's range.
However, as hunters and landowners became more immersed in QDM, deer hunting's cultural and sociological landscapes changed, too. Some of the side effects have caused many followers to pause and question if QDM truly suits their deer hunting needs. The following is a list of the most common pitfalls that have led to the build-up of the QDM bubble.
In preparing this article, I interviewed 20 hunters and landowners from New England to Wisconsin and found that setting unrealistic goals for bucks was the No. 1 stumbling block most had when starting out on their QDM journey. It's safe to say this is also the No. 1 reason most throw in the towel and give up on QDM after a few years.
2) Problems With Neighbors
Dealing with bordering landowners is another roadblock that sours those who practice QDM, and it is one of the reasons why some quickly lose interest in the concept. More than 90 percent of those interviewed stated that dealing with uncooperative neighbors is one of their biggest headaches.
3) The Wrong Focus
In the majority of cases, hunters and landowners jump into QDM solely for the challenge of hunting biggerracked bucks. When this occurs, their view of QDM can become tainted in a hurry because, in most cases, properties are small and the hunting pressure is too great for mature bucks to become commonplace.
4) Money Matters
Ror the QDM movement to experience further growth, people must have disposable income to spend on land, equipment, seed, fertilizer, herbicides and lime. With the state of the economy being what it is, I'm not sure this can happen like it has in the past 10 years.
5) The Burnout Curve
If a program's results and harmony within a QDM group of hunters are missing, people tend to lose interest in a hurry.
So has the QDM bubble burst? Click here to go to the forum and give your view.


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Wow, I just read Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. Dude. I think I just lost about one hundred IQ points.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. - Neruda
One thing to say: Troll T-shirts.
I want all of them.
All the t-shirts.
Restarted Homestuck, just got to Act 5. Goddamn, is it confusing. Especially without the lack of the ability to view [s] comics (iPad lol).
You really should read the [s] ones, major story stuff tends to happen in those, and they tend to be the best parts.
They're probably on youtube if you can't use a normal computer for whatever reason.
Squiddles album.
I am now experiencing an emotion I have never felt before after hearing the first song.
Could this be a friendship aneurysm?
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. - Neruda
Also damn it, I ordered that Nepeta shirt now every time I look at it I see a sperm cell.
Also that past/future log was hilarious especially the intermission from his future self. Almost made me like Karkat
Oh shut up, the intermission was great!
I think all that weird time crap was hilarious.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. - Neruda
So I started reading Homestuck the other day and oh jeeze what the I don't even what.
I' believe I'm somewhere around the middle of act 3, and this thing is confusing. Epic, but confusing.
Please tell me that there's some sort of Problem Sleuth-style recap thing.
Instead of Death though, it's Andrew Hussie himself doing the recaps.
Am I the only one who thinks they're not all that necessary though?
(Also I want a Sollux shirt but I have no Paypal money.
Someone should commission me)
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Being a man of high intelligence, if I do say so myself, (cue groans from the crowd) I didn't read the recaps. Or rather, I read part of the first one, and when it both wasn't telling me anything I didn't already know, I promptly stopped. The only concept I didn't fully understand from initial reading was how the paradox clones produced genetic copies and combinations. Because of this, a simple MSPA wiki article solved my problem promptly.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. - Neruda
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Big Bang Theory Lands Bob Newhart
Do Parks and Recreation next, Bob.
Bob Newhart will guest-star on an episode of The Big Bang Theory in May, marking the legend's first comedy guest spot since Desperate Housewives in 2005. (And that wasn't really a comedy comedy.) We pictured him as more of a Pawnee resident on Parks and Rec, but okay. According to TVLine, Newhart will play Sheldon's childhood hero Professor Proton, the host of a kid's science show. Your day will come, Bill Nye! Surely someone at TBBT is coming up with a plot for you as we speak.


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Jena Malone Strips Down to Sexy Lingerie for The Shoe Performance at For Love & Lemons Annual SKIVVIES Party!
Jena Malone shows off her fit figure in a sheer white ensemble while attending the For Love and Lemons Annual SKIVVIES Party held at The Carondelet House on Thursday evening (July 31) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old Hunger Games actress was joined by Jessica Szohr, Christa B. Allen, Bryan Greenberg, Adrian Grenier, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michaela Conlin, AJ and Aly Michalka, and Corbin Bleu at the event co-hosted by Too Faced and For Love and Lemons owners Laura Hall and Gillian Mahin.
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That same evening, Jena stripped down to her sexy lingerie while performing with her band The Shoe as they served as the musical guest for the night.
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|2011-01-12, 06:14
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Sawako She almost gave it but that damn b*tch again. She should die by a pitchfork. EPIC PHAIL KURUMI.
As the episode itself, it brings back the totally awesome romance of Kimi ni Todoke. I thought she could have at least given the chocolates.. I mean they already went for a date. Arrgh. The slowness is the show's appeal though. Also the snail pace relationship of Sawako and Kazehaya.
|2011-01-12, 06:55
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Sawako was also lying to herself by saying that the chocolates were a simply "thank you" to Kazehaya and it was Kurumi's jab at the end that help her realize this. In a way, one could even speculate that Kurumi waited till the end of the day to give Sawako a chance to hand her chocolates first.
In the end, I actually saw this scene as a test of sorts that Kurumi is putting for Sawako.
|2011-01-12, 07:49
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Aaaah~ this is the chapter that made me start to dislike Sawako.
The one I feel really sorry for is Kazehaya. Everyone else, even freaking Pin, received chocolate from Sawako. That must hurt.
|2011-01-12, 09:14
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|2011-01-12, 09:20
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|2011-01-12, 09:30
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Well, I went ahead and pre-ordered the 1st volume DVD of the 2nd season just now. Just love this series so much that I'm probably gonna pre-order each volume several months in advance when they get listed (Sawako's beauty is too adorable lol, especially when she makes those funny faces!). Definitely gonna try and get the pin stand display that will be available through mail-in campaign.
|2011-01-12, 11:21
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Will You Be My Valentine?
Sawako certainly has grown a lot since the last time she was animated on-screen, but her self-confidence issues still manifest themselves from time to time. It cannot be denied though that she's shown a lot of spine and courage as the first season winded down, and I suspect that for this episode, it stems from things much more than the lack of self-confidence but also her abject lack of social skills. For a story about someone who's experiencing a lot of things for the first time in her life, these Valentine things are part of that list.
The biggest part of course would be with Shota. It's pretty obvious that this is the first time she ends up wanting to give something special to someone equally as special, yet at the same time she has to handle feelings she's never experienced. Furthermore is Shota's reputation for turning down lots of girls and not really accepting any romantic approaches. It's easy for us viewers and their friends to say that he's being so obvious with his feelings for the world to see, but for Sawako she simply cannot pick up on the signs she really has no idea of. Part of season one, and yes of the early parts of the manga, was Sawako trying to figure out things she has never felt or experienced before. This growing feeling in her heart is no exception.
Watching this episode, I think it really confirmed my initial impression in the manga that a big part of her reluctance to give him the chocolate isn't just because she can't figure out what to do with these feelings, but because of Ume's words that "he doesn't accept that kind of chocolate". She does, perhaps, have this belief that she doesn't know the exact reason why she's giving him chocolate, and doesn't want to alienate Shota by giving him that kind of chocolate when she herself is unsure of her own reasons. Again, it's so easy to say that she should give them because he will accept them, but we aren't Sawako. She doesn't know what he feels because she's incapable of picking up on his cues. She doesn't necessarily avoid giving him the chocolate just because she's afraid, but because she thinks it is the right thing to do.
|2011-01-12, 11:38
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What's all this commotion about Sawako not giving the chocolate to him? She realized that giving it to him would be like a confession and she's too honest with him as well as with herself as to pretend they are just as a thanks.
Tbh I expect everyone that watched season 1 to know Sawako good enough as to see that she's not ready for a confession yet. In fact neither of the them is, both are still extremely insecure as to what the other feels for them. You shouldn't mix up what you know as an observer with what the characters can know at this point.
It'd be a shame if you guys all of a sudden became impatient with the pace.
edit: Seeing that Meotwister picked up some of the same key aspects I fully agree with his post
|2011-01-12, 12:39
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I'm starting to like both the OP and ED now. Still think the first season's OP and ED are better though.
|2011-01-12, 15:56
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Sawako had so many chances to give the chocolates to Kazehaya, I feel so bad for him. That must be such a huge slap in the face to see that everyone else got chocolates except for him, and he thought he was one of the most important people to her, it's only natural after everything that's happened between them. Wtf, Sawako. I mean, I do understand she's still socially awkward and has troubles gathering her courage, but damn man, the chances were right in her face, and she wasted time doing all these monologues when she could've given the chocolates to him, because the chocolates meant so much to both of them.
I don't dislike her exactly but sometimes she makes me rage. Ffff. Well, she can't regret it, because like said before, she brought it upon herself.
I'm in the minority with Kurumi > Sawako. Even if it's not the best way, she's always trying to push Sawako onwards, but to me. Sawako just doesn't budge.
I loved seeing Ayane and Chizu and Ruu and Pin back, though, aaah, and the flashbacks with Kazehaya when he was little with Pin were adorable <3
|2011-01-12, 16:22
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I'm sure in the manga there was a lot more of an emphasis on the whole 'obligatory or its something more' issue of the chocolate. I really enjoyed it despite it being quite a bit depressing even though it's the first episode.
I look forward to later on, it only gets better.
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The Underdog at the SAGs
Like most of you, playing Hate Lea MicheleΓÇÖs Hard-Posing used to be my favourite sport too. And then Taylor Swift happened. Taylor Swift came along and took Eponine away, a role that Lea was made for. Even for those who couldnΓÇÖt bear Lea, you knew that this part was hers. Which is why I wrote, when she wore Marchesa and worked it so desperately at the Golden Globes that:
Lea just lost out on a part that was perfect for her as Eponine in Les Miserables. And she did not fall short on talent. It was something else then. Was it connection? Was it the who you know and the friends you have? Was it the phone calls that get made, on behalf of and in spite of?
That brings us back, actually, to all that posing.
Lea Michele poses so hard because it doesnΓÇÖt come naturally. And what comes naturally - that amazing voice - isnΓÇÖt enough, at least it hasnΓÇÖt been so far, to go head to head against those with not even half of her talent. In her mind then this is sh-t she has to do. When you look at it that way, I dunno, I canΓÇÖt hate.
Is pity any better?
Probably not.
But itΓÇÖs just not fun anymore, sh-tting on the girl with the big voice and the wrong colour skin and hair. After I posted that article excerpted above, I received a brilliantly analysed email from a long-time reader called Jonathan who pretty much brought it home. ThereΓÇÖs no way I can say it any better.
Lea Michelle is an "immigrant". She's duddy kravitz. She's Portnoy.
Taylor Swift, Gwyn Paltrow... they're the blond, blue eyed other. They have the right friends. They have the right manners... it comes so easily to them.
Lea's pose-harding is because she is an outsider. Her parents speak poor english. She didn't go to the right school, belong to the right country club. There's a great line from an early episode of the OC where Julie Cooper goes: I remember as a kid if I saw a limousine driving, I'd always try to see through the tinted window, wondering what kind of life the people inside lived. How glamorous and lucky. Who knew, right? You knew. You were probably in there staring back at me. Which means I've been jealous of you since I was eight. When I met Jimmy I had nothing. No money. I don't want to go back to being nothing again.
And that... is Lea Michelle. Daugher of a nurse and deli owner.
And that is why anyone who has ever been on the outside can't hate her too hard.
I am all for pissing on Jessica Biel for overreaching. For wanting to be Anne Hathaway. Hilarious, right? The thing is...
Lea hasnΓÇÖt overreached. Lea wasnΓÇÖt asking to be Cat Woman or Lara Croft. Lea wasnΓÇÖt trying to get seen for Daisy in The Great Gatsby or Anna Karenina. Lea wanted Eponine in Les Miserables, well within her world. And still she was rejected for the weak voiced girl with blonde ringlets, hand hearts, the right skin tone, and her own guest room at Gwyneth PaltrowΓÇÖs house. So now when I see Lea sticking her leg out, giving herself a cramp from all the Trying, IΓÇÖm sorry, I just donΓÇÖt have the heart. Sorry. And blame Taylor Swift.


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I'd like to maybe find someone to do some doggie playdates with for either hoss (boxer/CC) or athena(PB) (or both!)
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'Full Measure': Immigration & schools
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - In the debate over illegal immigrants, sanctuary cities and walls, there's a great deal of existing policy undergoing reexamination. In March, a 17- and 18-year-old who allegedly entered the country illegally and were enrolled in ninth grade were charged with raping a 14-year-old girl at their Maryland school. "Full Measure's" Sharyl Attkisson spoke with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, about why he sees the case as one of national importance.
Attkisson: "What is the, what is the basis for your concern about what is really a local case?"
Johnson: "Well, it's a local case caused by federal government policy in terms of not enforcing immigration laws. And immigration laws are creating incentives for children to come in from Central America, but let's also take a look at the reality of this. Of unaccompanied children, two-thirds are older than 15 years old. Two-thirds are males. Only 18 percent are less than 12 years old, so the unaccompanied children really aren't children, they're young males, some of them are young men. In this case, you had a 17- and 18-year-old, you know, one from El Salvador, one from Honduras, who brutally and repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl because they were in ninth grade with her. The fact is that once you get here as an unaccompanied child, and that's any, I guess, unless you're 18, you're a child, you get to stay here. You get a notice to appear, you don't even set a court date, those types of tragedies, that tragedy with that 14-year-old girl could have been prevented if we really enforced our laws and if we end these incentives for illegal immigration."
Attkisson: "The rapes at this point are just an allegation, obviously there will be a court process for this."
Johnson: "Yes."
Attkisson: "And one of the lawyers, I believe, said that his client had a consensual meeting in the bathroom with the young girl."
Johnson: "A 17-year-old, 18-year-old young man does not have consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl in ninth grade. I'm sorry, that is not a defense."
Attkisson: "What are some of the questions that you've posed?"
Johnson: "Well, I want the alien file, I want to find out exactly, you know, one of them is, you know, a majority age, and so we can get more information on that individual. I want to know exactly what ICE, what DHS, you know, Customs and Border Protection, anybody who had contact with this individual, what happened? I mean, how did this individual end up in ninth grade in Rockville, Maryland, where he could perp-, perpetrate this brutal crime?"
Attkisson: "In the end, if people look at this case and say, you can't punish the honest illegal immigrants who come here and need to be in school while their case is being adjudicated just because there are some bad ones. What would you say?"
Johnson: "I don't want to punish, you know, people who are here innocently or legally. But the fact of the matter is, we have got to take a look at our laws that incentivize, for example, people spend a year's worth of their salaries in Central America and send their daughters on a very dangerous journey. Some of them don't get here in time. Some of them get caught up in human trafficking. They get sold as sex slaves. A lot of really bad things happen because the incentives we create in our law. So, we have to take a look at our law and those incentives, and our goal should be to stop the flow. We've just continued to have the surge. Last year was almost as high as the, as the crisis year of 2014, it just wasn't making headlines and so it just go un-, unnoticed, so we've become very good at apprehending, processing and dispersing, and we dispersed two young men, 17- and 18-year-olds into Rockville, Maryland, where they brutally, repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl, we need to understand that reality and we have to end that. I know there are crimes committed by U.S. citizens and people in this country legally, but, you know, we can prevent some of these other. It's, it's small comfort to a widow or a 14-year-old girl to say, well other people commit crimes, too. You know, we should try and address what we can address and we should end this, you know, lax enforcement. And this, this administration's, is definitely committed to doing so."


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The Philadelphia 76ers officially introduced Nerlens Noel, acquired in the draft-day trade that sent All-Star Jrue Holiday to the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday afternoon at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Noel was joined on-stage by Sixers GM Sam Hinkie. A head coach was noticeably absent.
Before addressing the addition of the 6-foot-11 center from the University of Kentucky, Hinkie discussed the departure of all-star point guard Jrue Holiday.
"To lose [Jrue] is not easy," he began. "We wish him nothing but the best in New Orleans, and for the rest of his career."
"With that being said, we're very excited," Hinkie continued. "To acquire Nerlens and the [2014 lottery] pick that came with him, we think is a very big step for us."
Noel, who will miss substantial time this season recovering from an ACL injury sustained last season, said his weight is down to about 219 pounds, but assured fans that he has been rehabbing hard.
"I'm doing six hours of rehab a day. I'm making a lot of progress," he stated.
However, Hinkie would not commit to whether or not the rookie center would play this season, adding that a timetable hasn't even been considered.
"Nerlens is motivated and hungry to return," he added, "but his long-term health is of most importance."
But the first-year GM believes patience will pay off when Noel is ready for action.
"I see him as a guy that every coach will see as a weapon defensively," Hinkie said, "as a guy who changes the game."
So what were Noel's original thoughts upon finding out that he was actually selected by the Sixers?
"Sam [Hinkie] is a genius," Noel gushed in reference to being paired with his former AAU teammate, and close friend, Michael Carter-Williams.
"He has a lot of tools to be a great guard in this league," Noel continued, referring to Carter-Williams. The two together form the nucleus of the new-look Sixers.
"There's a lot of history in this city, and we're going to work hard to make sure Philly is back in that Championship conversation in the next few years," Noel assured a gaggle of reporters gathered around him.
While such a statement seems like it would add additional pressure to a player who already has expectations after being selected so high in the draft, Noel said he actually prefers it that way.
"I think I perform better with pressure," he said in response to a question about how the big stage of Kentucky prepared him for the NBA. "If you want to be a great player you have to be able to perform under pressure."
When asked if the injury and resulting draft day slide has been overly disappointing or overwhelming, Noel denied that notion.
"I stay focused on the task at hand," he said. "The main thing for me is to get back on the court and nothing can overwhelm me or stop me from that."


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If you want a sense of how President Barack Obama's team intends to win in the West, look no further than Democrat Michael Bennet's successful fight to retain his Colorado Senate seat last year.
Bennet, who was appointed in 2009, captured a full term in a tough year for Democrats by turning the campaign into a "choice," not a referendum, on his brief time in the Senate.
He portrayed his opponent, Republican Ken Buck, as out of step with state voters. He used strong fundraising to blanket the airwaves and build a large campaign organization to turn out Hispanics, young voters and women squeezed by the economic downturn.
Obama's team has studied that model, and party leaders say the senator's campaign could serve as a template for Obama in other competitive Western states next year. As Obama's standing has declined in the polls, strategists describe voters in the region as angry about the summer's debt limit debate, unhappy with the lack of economic progress and in search of pragmatism.
"They want problem-solvers, not partisan politics as usual," said Craig Hughes, a Denver-based Democratic strategist who advised Obama's campaign in Colorado.
Obama, who travels to Denver on Tuesday during a three-day West coast trip, won the state in 2008 by nearly 9 percentage points, a first for a Democratic presidential nominee since Bill Clinton in 1992. Obama also racked up large margins against the Republican nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, in New Mexico and Nevada, and all three states are considered crucial to his re-election campaign.
Bennet was a surprise appointment by then-Gov. Bill Ritter in 2009 after Obama chose Sen. Ken Salazar to lead the U.S. Interior Department. Bennet was superintendent of Denver's public school system and advised Obama's campaign on education policy, but was relatively unknown.
The new senator turned back a tough primary challenge from former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and then faced Buck, a county prosecutor who won a GOP primary against Lt. Gov. Jane Norton with the help of tea party activists. Democrats railed against Buck after he said that sexual orientation is a choice and told a group of primary voters that they should vote for him because he doesn't "wear high heels."
Bennet raised more than $11 million and ran as an outsider, portraying the federal government as broken and overrun by special interests. In one ad, he contrasted Washington, D.C., with eastern Colorado's Washington County, where "families are looking for ways to get by" and "people are looking to get to work." Bennet won by less than 2 percentage points, a margin of about 30,000 votes.
Republican strategist Dick Wadhams, a former Colorado GOP chairman, said the Bennet model for Obama could go only so far and predicted the president would only win the state "if we have a nominee who hands Obama the issues to beat him with." He said Bennet was "able to exploit some openings given to him by" Buck but would have lost otherwise.
For Obama and his Republican opponent, Bennet's campaign showed the importance of women, including independent-minded women who live in the suburbs surrounding Denver. Exit polls showed that Bennet won 56 percent of women compared with 39 percent for Buck, a margin that helped the Democrat overcome a wide loss among male voters.
Bennet won decisively among Hispanic voters, with more than 80 percent, even though their share of the electorate declined from 2008. Obama won Hispanics by more than 60 percent in Colorado, and Hispanics' portion of the state electorate grew from 8 percent in 2004 to 13 percent in 2008.
Obama's team had a few hundred paid staffers in the state in 2008 and was able to mobilize college students and recent graduates. Voters under age 30 made up 18 percent of the state's electorate in 2008, a slightly larger share than those over 65. But in 2010, voters younger than 30 represented 12 percent of the electorate, a steep decline during the midterms.
Obama's campaign has held weekly meetings, phone banks and voter canvassing around the state. During a recent phone bank in Westminister, a northwestern suburb of Denver, volunteers called up past supporters, asking for their help in pressuring Congress to pass Obama's jobs bill.
The meeting included retirees and students, many of whom volunteered for Bennet's campaign and anticipated a tough presidential race ahead.
"Colorado can go either way," said Carla Beckman, 71, who works part time in human resources management. "I think Obama has a hard way to go here because of the economy and he's the incumbent. If he were a shoe-in, I probably wouldn't be spending my Thursday nights calling people."
Bennet said in Washington that most voters in Colorado "don't recognize themselves in the ideological politics of this town and if anything, I think that gap has grown since my election because of the debt ceiling debate."
"The president does have a record of trying to fight through this entanglement here," Bennet said. "But he's going to have to make that case and I think in the end, that's the decision that people are going to be making, especially independents, without whom no candidate can win Colorado."
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Tyco Looney Tunes Action Figures
The set consisted of Taz, Marvin, Bugs (with a weird carrot-shooting... thing), the Road Runner and Coyote.
I have always found it amusing how easily the Road Runner figure's head comes off. I imagine it was done so kids could let Wile E. win once in awhile...
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- Martin Juneau said...
They look nice. That's reminds the Playmates Looney Tunes figures i see in 1998 with figures from the cartoons "Hare-Way to the Stars" and "Fast and Furry-ous". I wonder if it's possible to see this out today.
- January 18, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- Michael J. Ruocco said...
I still have the Bugs one with the carrot shooter somewhere around in my attic. The little carrot shooter didn't shoot that far if I remember correctly. Maybe a foot, tops. Bugs had really short legs, too, he'd keep falling over.
- January 18, 2008 at 8:53 PM
arghh...so enviuos! I never found these figure...let's hope to see them back again on the international market!
I LOVE RR action figure XD
- January 19, 2008 at 5:01 AM
- Jon Cooke said...
It is also impossible for the Coyote figure to stand up on his own without falling over... I had to lean him against that stack of books to take the picture.
- January 19, 2008 at 8:49 AM
- travis said...
haha oh yeah. i had the Wile E./RR and the Taz figures when i was a kid...no idea where they are now.
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Through his study of American Politics, Jake Houle has focused on the educational obstacles facing many Americans, and he does his part to give our youngest students an advantage by serving as a Jumpstart Corps member at the SMILE preschool in Roxbury.
Through working with these children, Houle has learned about "the shortcomings of our educational system," and serving with Jumpstart has changed his view of people who come from different backgrounds and experiences.
"The conversation surrounding the demographic that is more likely to utilize government aid is ravaged with untrue and harmful stereotypes and falsehoods," he said.
The S.O.U.L.S. Service-Learning Center has honored Houle, a sophomore from Warrenton, Virginia, as a volunteer of the month for his dedication to Jumpstart and for his service as an outreach project leader, an Alternative Spring Break trip leader and a volunteer in the Alternative Winter Break service journey to El Salvador.
Whether through a one-time project or an ongoing involvement in service, Houle believes that everyone can make a difference somehow.
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I'm not the greatest of people with squeamish stuff – graphic descriptions of nasty wounds make me toes curl. I studied 'medicine through time' for GCSE History, and even then medical history, although interesting, would make my stomach churn. Yet despite that, I could never deny that Medical History is interesting. Its at an intersection between history and science. And more often than not, most medical advances are inspired by war. And this book is a prime of example of a skilled medic who honed his skills during war time.
George Guthrie is one of the unsung heroes of the Napoleonic Wars. Not only was he one of the most forward thinking surgeons of his time, he also kept detailed case records and statistics, which here are edited by Michael Crumplin, himself a retired surgeon.
There are some pretty gruesome cases described here. Its not surprising that terrible wounds shock us, as most Hollywood films show the hero being shot cleanly through the heart, saying 'tell Jane that I love her' and then lolloping his head to one side. As Guthrie shows, bullets do not make nice neat holes, neither do swords. As a Historian I would be pretty much lost trying to make sense of some of the more scientific details, so its a smart move for Guthrie's account to be edited by a doctor.
War gives the surgeon many more opportunities to examine the human anatomy, that in peacetime would only come from dissecting dead bodies. And the opportunity to get to grips with complex trauma wounds led to discoveries and innovations – Guthrie found that when amputating limbs a tourniquet was not always necessary, and that all an assitant needed to do was apply firm pressure on the right arteries. Guthrie also developed an understanding of how to run hospitals with minimising the risk of infection and disease in mind.
We often find that the treatment and suffering of wounded during wars brings about a national outcry – particularly the Crimean War, the First World War and to a lesser extent the current Afghan War and Help for Heroes. The Napoleonic Wars might not have caused a revolution in nursing like the Crimea, nor the forming of charities such as after 1918. But its effects were more subtle – slowly, the authorities began to see the importance of good medical services to warfighting. Much as Wellington won his battles partly through solid logistical organistation, he also made medical services an inherent part of planning, and not just a bolt-on.
Interestingly, it seems that Guthrie came up opposition from his contemporaries, particularly on his policy of only amputating when absolutely necessary. If we believe other contemporary accounts – such as Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, and also accounts of Naval surgery, it would seem that Napoleonic military surgeon's were knife-happy butchers.
Maybe the historical convention that all Napoleonic-era military surgeons were butchers needs to be re-thought? There also seems to be a convention that the only Napoleonic doctor with any kind of forward-thinking was the Empereur's personal surgeon, Dr Larrey. Yet this account of Guthrie's war service suggest that medical science in the British Army was not as barbaric as we might immediately think.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Be Careful Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane
9 comments:
- DianaR said...
Hi Becky ~
Your story today touched a chord with me. I feel it gave me a little bit of insight into my mother (even though I believe you are younger than me!) My mother's parents were divorced when she was 2 and she had no real relationship with her mother. Unfortunately her step mother did not really fill that place either. She worked so hard all her life to please her stepmother - I think because she wanted "to matter" to her as you said.
Thanks for writing this.
- June 6, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Genealogy Blogger said...
Becky, My heart went out to you as I read your post. I know how much of a void can be left and how much hurt can be felt when family members (especially a mother) don't seem to care. You wrote from your heart and I felt your pain.
You sound as if you have things fairly well figured out and perhaps one day you will be able to resolve your feelings completely. I know that with my mother's death in January I was left with many unresolved feelings and issues, which haunt me. My hope is that with time, those feelings will disappear. I hope for closure for you too.
I was quite startled to see my name at the end of your post but if my writing about NewspaperArchive was in some small way helpful to you then I'm very pleased.
- June 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Cindy said...
Becky -
I had similar 'touchy' findings when I first ventured into the newspaper archives. Things that I didn't know had happened in the family and that had some potential hurt to my Mom and my Grandmother. Thanks for sharing your story, it's very personal and has touched me as well.
- June 6, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Dana Huff said...
In a fashion, I know how you feel. My father has been estranged from his family for years, and I feel cut off from them. It hurt to reach out to my grandmother about 10 years ago and receive a reply only to be ignored from that point onward, and it hurt also to find a cousin I never knew, establish a relationship, and then be dropped.
- June 6, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Becky Jamison said...
Oh the stories we all have to tell of the hurt caused by loving family and not always getting that love in return. Thank you, dear friends, for your kind words! In doing our genealogy we take the risk of opening wounds, but we also have the opportunity to grow in knowledge and understanding--and wisdom--about our families and all the individual persons and personalities in our web of family! I was blessed to meet with a good psychologist for 2 years in the mid 80s to work through my abandonment issues. But I can tell you all, blogging helps too! And having precious and dear friends who support, encourage and understand us is very strengthening too! Thank you all! I do know that I matter---to those who matter!!!!
- June 6, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Greta Koehl said...
I've been considering subscribing to NewspaperArchive.org; this is a good reminder to be ready for what I might find. It also makes me appreciate my cousins who have kept in touch with me, even though we are separate by miles and miles and reminds me that I need to keep up my correspondence. Thanks, Becky!
- June 6, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- GrannyPam said...
Becky, this must have been very difficult for you to write, and I certainly touched me. My mother, who died 2 years ago today, had similar feelings about her mother. In 1931, Mom's dad died, and Mom was sent off to foster care. My mother lived into her 80's wondering why her mother had abandoned her, where her mother was, what she was doing and thinking. Nothing could satisfy her, it was certainly sad to see her struggle with the problem.
I finally did find her mother's grave, but not till Mom was gone. I hope she has her answers now.
I commend you for your confronting your emotions on this one, and for the wonderful person you are in spite of it all.
- June 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Good morning, Becky ~
You've written such a personal and touching post, I'm so glad I stopped by to read it. So many of us have similar things that we have to deal with, it's good to know that the ties that bind us together as friends can help heal those hurts.
I've written a little bit about my mother and her leaving us when we were little ~ thing is with her, she kept trying to come home, interfere, and then she was off again. I knew right where she was, she just didn't care to have her daughters with her then. She got older, and we got older, and things got better.
Thank you for pouring so much emotion into this article. It helps to know that you have dealt with the pain and understand her a bit more. Maybe one day some of those cousins or family members will find your blog and reach out to you. I know you will be the gracious lady you always are and take their hand.
- June 6, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- Lori E said...
Becky I recently posted about blindly sending out letters to random family members trying to make contact for my client.
Have you tried to contact any of the people in this family? Need help? Let me know and we will work on it. Just remember that these things don't always turn out how we would like. But at least you will know that you have tried.
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Building shelves for muddy boots or a Chippendale secretary seems deceptively simple. First you install a horizontal surface between two sides. Then you load up your newly built shelf with Wellingtons or glass kitty cats. Finally you stand back and admire your work.
Then one day you decide to put encyclopedias on your shelf after you grow weary of the kitties. The shelf sags. The books don't fit under the shelf above, and the books' spines hang over the front edge. And you wish you had used a more rigid material and some sort of adjustable shelf pins so you could change your shelves to fit your needs.
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This large wall unit is essentially six plywood boxes with solid wood face frames on front. The part of the back that is visible behind the shelves is solid wood. The back behind the doors is plywood.
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I haven't seen that cartoon in years! It's so refreshing to revisit it again after all this time. And I definately agree, it's these type of cartoons that deserve more respect than Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck combined.
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Wow. What a surprise. I thought I'd seen 'em all , but this one is totally new to me .
The two officers actually pre-date by a couple of months the dumb cop/smart cop set-up for "Car 54 Where Are You?", which debuted on NBC in the fall of 1961. The only difference was the smart cop on the show (played by Fred Gwynn) was named Muldoon, instead of the dumb one (Toody, played by Joe E. Ross).
"The Mouse on 57th Street" was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon written by Michael Maltese. Since it came out almost two years after Mike had jumped to Hanna-Barbera, the story may have been sitting on the shelf for a while, and was pulled out when Chuck needed something quick to do while most of the staff was focusing on "The Bugs Bunny Show".
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Barcelona rebuild pride, Iberia enjoy run
Sunday 28 April 2013
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FC Barcelona coach Marc Carmona and players Torras and Cristian spoke of restored pride after pipping Iberia Star Tbilisi to third spot, while Marko Perić savoured the experience.
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FC Barcelona may not have wanted to be involved in the UEFA Futsal Cup third-place play-off, but their talent nonetheless shone through in a 4-1 defeat of hosts Iberia Star Tbilisi.
The holders were dethroned on Friday by their eventual successors Kairat Almaty, yet coach Marc Carmona and players Torras and Cristian were determined to make amends today and return to next year's finals as Spanish champions. Marko Perić, who joined Iberia Star on the eve of the finals, rued the Georgian side's failure to gel as a team but savoured the experience.
Marc Carmona, Barcelona coach
I can only congratulate my players for the effort they have made. They competed well and have taken the game very seriously. It was very difficult to play in this game, so I congratulate them. Let me be very clear that we are not in the final because on Friday we did not play well. We came here to play in the final, so we're disappointed. To return, we have to be league champions. It was a huge disappointment not to be in the final.
Torras, Barcelona winger
We had to play in this game. We tried to do our best. It is very difficult to play in a third-place match, but when you don't do your homework in the semi-finals, this is what happens. We tried to play to get the confidence that we lacked in the semi-finals. We had to leave a good impression and strive to show how good a team we are.
When we play four against four we are much better, but when they play with a flying goalkeeper, it disrupts our plans. We have to face the games as they come. The important thing is that we won and we are third. Now we return to the league, where we have secured top spot. Then we have the Copa del Rey final on 11 May, and then the play-offs. We know that to return to the UEFA Futsal Cup we must be champions, and that's what we will try to do.
Cristian, Barcelona goalkeeper
The motivation is not the same in these games. We made mistakes in the semi-finals, and the hardest thing has been these two days in the hotel. For me, it was the toughest match of my career. We're not happy, because this victory doesn't make up for the defeat against Kairat. On Friday we took a blow, but that is now in the past and we have to think positively. If we want to return next year we have to win the league, and that's our goal.
Marko Perić, Iberia Star forward
We played two games against the two best teams in the world in Dinamo and Barcelona. I believe we played to a decent standard, especially today. We were a bit unlucky because against such a [good] team you have to take your chances. However, these sorts of games are very useful for the players as they give us a lot of experience. So [despite two defeats] I am satisfied, because it is the first time in the finals for me and for Iberia.
We lack common understanding on the pitch. The team has lots of new players and there was very little time to prepare for the finals. I feel great here. I joined the team and started training just two weeks before the finals. I should have done it earlier but I am happy just to have got to play in such matches.
Giorgi Altunashvili, Iberia defender
Unfortunately, we did not have a chance to prepare properly. When you have a new coach ten days before the finals, and when he meets new players, it is obviously difficult to have the proper preparations. But that would be difficult anyway.
We were a bit more nervous during our first game as that was our finals debut. Today, we were very committed and could easily have got another result if we'd had more luck with our shots. However, games against the strongest teams in the world and participation in these finals are great achievements in themselves for us.
Aleksandr Sarkisyan, Iberia coach
Some people compare our run in qualifying with these games in the finals. I would not do that because the difference between the opposition is huge. We played last year's champions and we still aimed to win because Iberia Star want to be the best in any tournament we take part in.
I can't speak about our plans for the future. We won the league and will have to prepare for the Georgian Cup final in May.


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|"'Tell me, tell me!'" (p. 246) in volume 2 of The House of the Seven Gables illustrated by Maude and Genevieve Cowles (Houghton Mifflin 1899)
According to John L. Idol, Jr., "...the Cowles sisters present characters that seem to breathe, have blood in their veins, thoughts in their minds, and feelings in their hearts. ... I'm suggesting that the Cowles sisters understood an illustrator's role, which is being a collaborative artist capable of helping a reader visualize the words of an author. In an age where the visual receives far more attention than the verbal, the Cowles sisters' illustrations of The House of the Seven Gables should be far better known than they are." (See http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/page/10174 for a fuller discussion of this topic by Professor Idol.)
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