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The following is a list of unnamed illusory people.
Archer IV aliens Edit
These two aliens appeared Crewman Elizabeth Cutler in 2151 while stranded on the surface of Archer IV and being under the influence of toxic pollen. She was hearing voices and followed them into a cave where she saw Sub-Commander T'Pol talking to two aliens who then moved into the rocks. (ENT: "Strange New World")
Archer IV rock people Edit
In 2151, while under the influence of a toxic pollen, an Enterprise away team imagined silicon-based lifeforms, "people coming out of the rock face." (ENT: "Strange New World")
Alien criminals Edit
These two aliens were actually figments of Hoshi Sato's imagination, dreamt up when she was caught in the pattern buffer of Enterprise's transporter. Seemingly, she saw them planting bombs throughout the ship and, although she was not able to warn anyone, Sato tried to save Enterprise, which eventually led her to use a transporting device from the aliens. She was mysteriously taken back to the transporter room, where Malcolm Reed explained that she had been trapped for 8.3 seconds in the pattern buffer and that all her experiences during that time had been illusory. (ENT: "Vanishing Point")
Borg Edit
Borg drone Edit
The hallucinated Borg drone was part of a vision Seven of Nine had due to mental stress and lack of social interaction during USS Voyager's trip through a nebula. The Voyager crew was affected adversely by the nebula and in order to survive, they had to be put into stasis until Voyager finished traveling through the nebula. Seven, who was not affected, was left in charge of the ship. She believed that the drone was coming to reassimilate her back into the collective. (VOY: "One")
Borg drones Edit
These two Borg drones appeared Seven of Nine in her hallucinations she experienced in 2374. In these hallucinations, the two drones were chasing her through the corridors aboard the USS Raven and later also appeared in a corridor aboard Voyager. (VOY: "The Raven")
Burning man in corridor Edit
This burning man appeared in a corridor of Deep Space 9's lower pylon one in 2369, when Major Kira Nerys experienced her imagination become reality. This man appeared right after a fire exploded in the corridor and came towards Kira. Shortly before he would have reached her, he disappeared. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
Cardassians Edit
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Cardassian officer Edit
A Cardassian officer shut the ghetto fence on Terok Nor, caging the Bajoran workers. He appeared in the mental recreation of the 2366 events re-lived by Odo, Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, and Elim Garak. (DS9: "Things Past")
Cardassian officers Edit
A group of Cardassian officers stood guard when Gul Dukat and his entourage walked on the Promenade of Terok Nor. There was an assassination attempt on his life when a bomb planted by the Bajoran Resistance exploded in 2366. They appeared in the mind of Odo, Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, and Elim Garak when these events were recreated accidentally in 2373. (DS9: "Things Past")
Cardassian soldiers Edit
These Cardassian soldiers executed a group of innocent Bajorans on the Promenade of Terok Nor based on circumstantial evidence. This led Odo to wrongly accuse them of an attempted assassination of Gul Dukat. (DS9: "Things Past")
Dabo girl in Bashir's mind Edit
The dabo girl in Bashir's mind sang happy birthday to him while he was in a coma caused by Altovar who had telepathically attacked him. (DS9: "Distant Voices")
Humans Edit
Chakotay's grandfather Edit
An illusion of Chakotay's grandfather appeared to Commander Chakotay in his "vision quest" in 2375 while being trapped in chaotic space. In this "vision quest", Chakotay met his elderly grandfather in a cave-like forest scenario where he was walking among the trees. Chakotay told him to take his medicine, but the old man refused. While talking to this illusion, Chakotay realized that he should listen to the voices of the aliens. (VOY: "The Fight")
Children during mind meld Edit
These six children appeared in Tuvok's memories during a mind meld with Kathryn Janeway in 2373. In these memories, the children tried to hold a girl and rescue her from a fall down a precipice. Besides the six children, Kathryn Janeway, Tuvok, and Dimitri Valtane, in early years, tried the same. (VOY: "Flashback")
Farmer's daughter Edit
The farmer's daughter was an illusory character created by the Caretaker. She was part of an illusory farm scenario, created to make the crew of USS Voyager feel at ease. She greeted Paris and made flirtatious advances. When Kim and Paris detected a lifeform in the barn, she attempted to prevent them from entering. She turned violent as did the rest of the illusory people, telling Paris that she was not ready for them. She punched Paris, knocking him to the ground. (VOY: "Caretaker")
Mariachi band Edit
A Mariachi band was created by Q to thank the crew of USS Enterprise-D after his powers were restored. Q himself played the trumpet to the piece "La Paloma". (TNG: "Deja Q")
Native Americans in vision Edit
These Native Americans appeared Wesley Crusher in a vision quest on Dorvan V in 2370. While he spoke to his father these individuals stood in the background. They wore costumes which represented a Vulcan, a tailhead, and a Native American. (TNG: "Journey's End")
Post-atomic court individuals Edit
Bell ringer Edit
The bell ringer was a character in the post-atomic horror courtroom scenario created by Q in 2364. He accompanied the Mandarin bailiff into the courtroom and announced the coming of judge Q on his throne by ringing the bell. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
Drugged military officer Edit
This army soldier was one of the armed military officers in Q's scenario of the post-atomic horror court. He shot his machine gun at the feet of Picard and his crew who had been brought by Q to stand trial for the crimes of Humanity. Tasha Yar disarmed him and knocked him down. Q declared him out of order, and as he was being executed, he sniffed narcotics that were attached to his suit, so he could die happy. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
Mandarin bailiff Edit
The Mandarin bailiff was a character in the post-atomic horror court scenario created by Q in 2364. He ordered the prisoners to stand as he introduced Q and then read the charges, declaring Humans as a savage species. He later handed Captain Picard the PADD with the four charges to read them out loud. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
Soldiers Edit
These army soldiers were part of the post-atomic horror era and were present when Q transported Captain Picard, Deanna Troi, Data, and Tasha Yar to a World War III-style courtroom to stand trial for the crimes of Humanity. They fired their weapons to control the crowd and later pulled their weapons on Troi, Data, and Yar to let Captain Picard answer what Q wanted. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
Spectators Edit
These Humans appeared in one of Q's creations in 2364 as the audience and jury during his trial against Humanity. They've judged over Jean-Luc Picard, Data, Deanna Troi, and Natasha Yar in a World War III-style courtroom when Q called the Humans a grievously savage race. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
They appeared again in 2370, when Q recreated the same post-atomic court to judge Picard once more. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
Q's fantasy women Edit
These two fantasy women were a creation of Q when he received his power and immortality back from the Q Continuum in 2366. He appeared on the bridge of the Enterprise-D with a Mariachi band, two cigars for Picard and Riker, and these two Human women, who ensnared Riker and later Worf. (TNG: "Deja Q")
Rape gang Edit
In 2364, security chief Natasha Yar imagined that four members of a rape gang were chasing her while being on her homeworld Turkana IV. These four individuals were furnished with flashlights. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")
Sherwood Forest individuals Edit
Courtiers Edit
These four courtiers were present during the planned execution of Robin Hood and Maid Marian at Nottingham Castle. (TNG: "Qpid")
Executioner Edit
The executioner served at Nottingham Castle under Sir Guy of Gisbourne in a recreation of Sherwood Forest by Q. He was up to decapitate Robin Hood, portrayed by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but was deviated by an explosion and hit hard by Picard during his escape. (TNG: "Qpid")
Maid Marian's servant Edit
The servant was an illusory character in Q's Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood scenario. She attended to Maid Marian's (Vash's) needs. She counseled Marian/Vash to accept Sir Guy's proposal of matrimony. She believed that Maid Marion suffered from a great mental sickness, and offered to get leeches to bleed the sickness out of her. (TNG: "Qpid")
Medieval guards Edit
These medieval guards were illusory characters in Q's Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood scenario. They served Sir Guy of Gisbourne and guarded his prisoners at Nottingham Castle after they tried to imprison the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest. (TNG: "Qpid")
Servants Edit
These two servants worked at Nottingham castle and served food and wine to Sir Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham. (TNG: "Qpid")
Tombstone individuals Edit
Barber Edit
The barber was a 19th century Human living in Tombstone, Arizona at the time of the shootout at the OK Corral on October 26th, 1881.
In 2268, he was part of a recreation of the duel created by the Melkot to execute Captain James T. Kirk and his landing party. He was visited by Dr. Leonard McCoy who was trying to acquire chemicals for a tranquilizer. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun")
Bar patrons Edit
These four bar patrons were drinking in the Melkotians' recreation of the bar in Tombstone, Arizona at the time of the shooutout at the OK Corral on October 26th, 1881. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun")
Rancher Edit
The rancher was a 19th century Human living in Tombstone, Arizona at the time of the shootout at the OK Corral on October 26th, 1881.
In 2268, he was part of an illusion created by the Melkot to kill Captain James T. Kirk and his landing party. He was gunned down by Morgan Earp in a bar fight. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun")
String quartet musicians Edit
In 2364 while being stranded in a galaxy where dreams became reality, a command division officer imagined being a member of a string quartet along with three other period musicians, wearing wigs. They were performing a piece of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")
Sulu's companion Edit
This female companion was conjured up by Hikaru Sulu by the use of magic. (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")
Trader at Orion colony Edit
This trader appeared to Christopher Pike in a hallucination caused by the Talosians. (TOS: "The Cage")
Woman in corridor Edit
This woman appeared to Data during his vision in 2369. She was sitting on the ground while Data discovered Doctor Noonian Soong. (TNG: "Birthright, Part I")
Workmen Edit
These three workmen appeared Data in one of his dreams in 2370. They were destroying a warp plasma conduit and Data told them to stop. The workers told him to be quiet, then attacked and dismantled him. They represented interphasic organisms which infested the USS Enterprise-D and its crew. The organisms were feeding on the cellular peptides of the crew's cells. Data reconfigured his brain to emit an interphasic pulse that killed the creatures. (TNG: "Phantasms")
Jem'Hadar Edit
The following illusory Jem'Hadar were part of a simulation run by the Founders in 2371 to determine the effects of a possible Dominion foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
Jem'Hadar guard Edit
The Jem'Hadar guard was one of two Jem'Hadar chasing the Romulan T'Rul on Deep Space 9 during the peace negotiations between the Federation and the Dominion. The Jem'Hadar managed to shoot her in the back with a hand weapon. She fell into Benjamin Sisko's arms, dead, just as the soldiers arrived. Sisko began to fight and was overpowered by the Jem'Hadar. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
Jem'Hadar officer Edit
This Jem'Hadar soldier attacked Miles O'Brien on Deep Space 9 during peace negotiations between the Dominion and the Federation. He said O'Brien disrespected him. When Michael Eddington broke up the fight, he took the Jem'Hadar's side. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
Jem'Hadar soldier Edit
The Jem'Hadar officer was one of two Jem'Hadar who murdered the Romulan T'Rul on Deep Space 9 during the peace negotiations. He told Sisko and Garak to drop their weapons. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
Kazon-Nistrim Edit
This Kazon-Nistrim was part of several illusions caused by Holo Transference Dementia Syndrome, which The Doctor suffered from in 2371. This Kazon was having a food fight with Neelix in the mess hall and was later treated by The Doctor in sickbay. (VOY: "Projections")
Klingons Edit
Barge of the dead Klingon warriors Edit
These Klingons died and were ferried on the Barge of the Dead to Gre'thor. In 2376, B'Elanna Torres experienced a vision in which Hij'qa and two of his warriors came aboard Voyager and killed the crew. (VOY: "Barge of the Dead")
Klingon children Edit
These three Klingon children were dead and littered on the bridge of the Defiant in a nightmare experienced by Worf in 2372, when he was being held in the holding cell for destroying a Klingon civilian starship and killing all 441 of its passengers. (DS9: "Rules of Engagement")
Klingon female Edit
This Klingon female appeared briefly on the bridge of the USS Enterprise-D in 2364. Endowed with god-like powers by the alien entity Q, Commander William T. Riker created a number of "gifts" for his fellow crew members, to demonstrate the benefits of his omnipotence. To Lieutenant junior grade Worf, he gave this potential mate as "a tie to his own kind." Worf and the female engaged in the usual rough-and-tumble Klingon foreplay before the lieutenant regained his self-control and rejected her. She tried to attack security chief Natasha Yar with a kligat but was knocked to the ground by Worf. When Riker gave up the power of Q, the female vanished from the bridge, just as suddenly as she had appeared. (TNG: "Hide and Q")
Klingon warriors Edit
These Klingon warriors were in Worf's dream when he was being held for destroying a Klingon civilian ship and killing all 441 of its passengers. Apparently, he was aboard the USS Defiant, wandered the halls of the ship – which were filled with dead Starfleet officers – and saw the Klingon warriors raising their bat'leths in triumph. (DS9: "Rules of Engagement")
Kalar Edit
This Kalar warrior was an illusion created by the Talosians.
Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise had a violent encounter with the Kalar on Rigel VII and the Talosians recreated the incident, adding Vina as a "damsel in distress" for Pike to defend, in the hope that he would become interested in her, so that they could be used as breeding stock. (TOS: "The Cage")
Musket-wielding aliens Edit
These nine musket-wielding aliens, wearing French uniforms, were fast-moving illusions created by Q in 2364. They were described by Worf as being "[not] Human at all. More like vicious animal things," which was reiterated by Geordi La Forge as being "savage animal forms."
These aliens, along with others, attacked the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, after they were whisked away by Q to an unknown planetoid. Both Worf and Wesley Crusher were killed after being pierced with a musket's bayonet, but were revived by William T. Riker, who had been temporarily granted Q's abilities. (TNG: "Hide and Q")
Musicians Edit
These musicians were part of an illusory version of the Orion colony created by the Talosians for Christopher Pike, wherein Vina was portrayed as an Orion slave girl. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part II")
Party aliens Edit
These unknown species party members, including a fish-like guest, were created by Q junior when he turned the USS Voyager engine room into a night club, with strobing warp core. (VOY: "Q2")
Ring announcer Edit
An unidentified male was heard announcing the boxing fight of Chakotay and Kid Chaos in an hallucination of Chakotay experienced in one of his vision quests in 2375. (VOY: "The Fight")
Jeweled dancer Edit
This jeweled alien dancer from an unknown species was one of the individuals created by Q junior on board Voyager. She was dancing to the music in main engineering. (VOY: "Q2")
Quark's girls Edit
These two scantily-clad women appeared as part of Quark's imagination aboard Deep Space 9 in 2369. They accompanied him and caressed his lobes. They disappeared, so Quark assigned Odo to search for them, but the females suddenly reappeared. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
Romulan officers Edit
These Romulan officers were part of an illusion created by the alien Barash in 2367 in an attempt to have Commander William T. Riker stay on Alpha Onias III, to keep him company. In this illusion they worked for Tomalak who interrogated Riker to reveal the location of Outpost 23. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Starfleet personnel Edit
Deep Space 9 nurse Edit
This nurse was part of an illusion created by Luther Sloan's mind in 2375 when Doctor Julian Bashir and Chief Miles O'Brien linked their minds with Sloan's. After Bashir woke up and Nurse Bandee told him that Sloan is dead Bashir ordered this nurse to give him ten milligrams of cordrazine. (DS9: "Extreme Measures")
Enterprise security guard Edit
This security guard was an illusion created by the Vians in 2268 on Minara II, along with illusions of Montgomery Scott and Roger Lemli to lure the landing party (James Kirk, Spock, and Leonard McCoy) and Gem into their trap. (TOS: "The Empath")
Enterprise-D science officer Edit
This female science division officer was part of Barash's holographic illusion in 2367. She was talking to Geordi La Forge on the bridge when the two were interrupted by Captain Riker. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Ferengi ensign Edit
In an illusory reality created by the alien Barash in 2367, this Ferengi ensign served at the conn station on the USS Enterprise-D in 2383. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Klingon crewman Edit
This Klingon crewman served on the USS Enterprise-D in an illusory 2383, created by the alien Barash on Alpha Onias III in 2367. She passed Captain Riker and Dr. Crusher when she left a turbolift. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Starfleet admirals Edit
Three illusory Starfleet admirals, greeting Voyager on Earth, were seen by Neelix and the Voyager crew, when the large bioplasmic organism dubbed as the "telepathic pitcher plant" manipulated their minds, making them believe the ship has arrived home via a wormhole. (VOY: "Bliss")
Starfleet officer at Orion colony Edit
A Starfleet officer encountered by Captain Pike in a Talosian illusion simulating the Orion colonies. The officer was wearing a dress jacket Starfleet uniform, colored operations division beige. This officer was quite taken by the illusory version of Vina, portrayed as a Orion slave girl. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part II")
Transporter chief Edit
This transporter chief operated the transporter aboard the Enterprise-D in 2383, a false future created by the alien Barash in 2367. He beamed Admiral Picard and Deanna Troi aboard from the Romulan Warbird Decius and later Ambassador Tomalak. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Uhura's crewman Edit
A crewman encountered by Uhura, an image created by the M-113 creature. Upon meeting her, she asked if she knew him. He explained that she was thinking of someone like him and that he thought she looked lonely. Uhura seemed to think he was giving her a line. He then spoke Swahili to the communications officer, which surprised her. Before he could kill her, she was summoned to the bridge. (TOS: "The Man Trap")
Wounded crewmember Edit
In a brainwashing scenario devised by the Tilonian Suna at the Tilonus Institute for Mental Disorders in 2369, Commander William T. Riker witnessed this badly-burned ensign being brought to sickbay after a plasma torch blew up right in his hands. (TNG: "Frame of Mind")
Viorsa's species subconscious illusory people Edit
The subconscious illusory people were part of the virtual reality created by the subconscious minds of members of Viorsa's species who, in stasis, were part of a linked neural network. They did this in order to keep their minds active while in stasis. However, the network malfunctioned, and the people manifested were of the worst fears of their subconscious minds. They were a variety of characters in a circus, led by the Clown, a malevolent character. They helped him torment the members of Viorsa's species and even kill them by scaring them to death. (VOY: "The Thaw")
Big head sack guys Edit
These two individuals wore large head masks and big suits. They applauded the decision of the Clown. (VOY: "The Thaw")
Clown guards Edit
These two Clown guards forced Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres to stay at the program and watch the execution of Viorsa. (VOY: "The Thaw")
Headsman Edit
This headsman was part of the virtual reality created by the minds of the three members of Viorsa's species, while being in the stasis program. He wore a mask and was responsible for executing the hostages, including Viorsa, by operating a guillotine. (VOY: "The Thaw")
Xindi-Reptilians Edit
These two Xindi-Reptilians attacked Jonathan Archer on a mountainside and threw him to his death in a frightening dream Archer had while he was rock climbing in order to relax after a debriefing by Starfleet Command and the Vulcan High Command. (ENT: "Home")
Zombie crewmembers Edit
These zombie crewmembers appeared in a telepathically influenced dream of Captain Kathryn Janeway, telling her they died because she didn't take them home, in 2374. (VOY: "Waking Moments")
Three witches on Pyris VII Edit
Three witches were among numerous eerie manifestations Korob used to dissuade Captain Kirk and his landing party away from Pyris VII. The witches warned Kirk to go back or a curse would be laid on his ship and cautioned him that, if he remained, he would die. The witches faded from view, although their cackling still could be heard. (TOS: "Catspaw")


text: I found this list of questions and answers and am interested in the opinions of the forum members. Do you have any problems with any of these answers? It's 2012 and things have changed. But don't worry, we've got you covered. Read on and be ready to enter the dating world in confidence. Is dating a coworker OK? "You should never date up or down," advises Nan DeMars, a workplace ethicist in Minneapolis. "You could lose your job and face legal ramifications." If you're equals, it's OK as long as you're professional (don't get hands-y at the copier). But proceed with caution: If the relationship goes south, the fallout could be epic. Do I have to tell my husband I had lunch with my ex? We know it's easier not to, but yes. "My rule is, don't do anything you can't tell him about," says Mira Kirshenbaum, author of I Love You but I Don't Trust You. "These things have a way of coming out, and even if what you did was innocent, the hiding will make it seem anything but." If a guy goes down on me, do I need to reciprocate? "A blow job is never an obligation—only return the favor if you want to," says Christi, 34, of Knoxville, Tennessee. "If he pushes your head down there, that's just rude!" Logan Levkoff, Ph.D., a New York City sex educator, concurs: "Sex should never be tit for tat, though generally things should even out." Is it ever OK to read my boyfriend's/husband's Gchat, Facebook, and email? "In a word, no—at least not without his explicit permission," says Karen Stohr, Ph.D., a senior research scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, D.C., and author of On Manners. "It doesn't matter whether we're talking about texts, instant messages, emails, or personal letters, you owe it to the guy to respect his privacy." Even when you sense he's been dishonest and deserves a little CSI, think twice before you stoop to his alleged low. "If you have a reason to be suspicious," Stohr says, "ask him about it straight-out." Still want to snoop? "Know going in that he may find out and you'll have to deal with his mistrust of you," cautions Kirshenbaum. Do I have to be cool with his porn? It's skanky. Strap-on orgies? Kinky army nurses? It's amazing what some guys find wank-worthy. His fantasy world is probably just an escape, says Levkoff, but if the nature of the images bothers you, say so: "Ask him why he wants to watch porn, but also ask yourself why you're insecure about it." Do you worry that you're not enough for him? That he's thinking about being unfaithful? Talk it out. Can I fudge my online-dating profile?" "People lie about their height, weight, and age in epidemic proportions," says dating coach Evan Marc Katz, author of Why He Disappeared. "You'll never see a 5'6" man online, for example; they're always 5'9". But I don't condone it." Given the way many dating sites are set up, however, Katz says it's not terrible to shave your age from, say, 30 to 29 so your profile shows up in an "under 30" search. He just urges you to tell the truth in your longer profile. Adds Janelle, 32, of Atlanta, "If you fudge your info, you're not just wasting other people's time; you're wasting yours." When she met her husband online, he knew from the beginning that she was into cheesy eighties music, sarcasm, and sushi—and was an agnostic. "We got to skip that awkward 'So, uh, do you go to church?' conversation," she says. "If you want a serious partner, you should be as honest as possible." And especially when it comes to your picture, don't mess around. "Using an old photo is misrepresenting yourself," Katz says. Should I tell my sex partner that I have HPV?" Obviously yes if you have genital warts, but what about the kind of HPV that just shows up on an abnormal Pap? Still yes, doctors say. You owe it to your fellow women! "The first time you're having sex with someone, you're not thinking about his next partner," points out Katharine O'Connell White, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. "But he can pass it on to her, and this is the type of HPV that causes cervical cancer." And don't be embarrassed: With 80 percent of adults estimated to get HPV in their lives, "it really is the new normal," says Dr. White. Have a low-key chat—before any clothes come off—and always travel with a condom. Is it right to sleep with a guy who's into me—but whom I'm not into? This one gets a yes(ish). "Women are certainly entitled to have sex for the sake of having sex," says Levkoff. "But you need to be thoughtful." Just make it clear up front that you want to only be friends with benefits. Here's how, says Amy Levine, a New York City-based sex coach: "During a casual conversation, tell him you're not looking for a relationship right now; you're all about having a good time and living in the moment." He should pick up on the encoded "You're not going to be my boyfriend, OK?" To be sure he does, continues Levine, "look him in the eye and say, 'Are you cool with that?'" If he clearly gets it, game on. If he looks crushed, run, warns a 35-year-old reader from Huntington, New York. "I once had a fling turn into a Stage Five Clinger—sending flowers, showing up at my office. The only way to get rid of him was to be mean, which I hated. I can still see his face when I told him he wasn't my type and never would be." What are the rules for setting up my friends? Tread lightly here, says Stohr, who suggests reading Jane Austen's Emma for some old-timey matchmaking mishaps (in a pinch, rent the Gwyneth movie version). Once you've helped your friends connect, your job is over. "Don't share gossip, take sides, or run interference," Stohr says. "Exerting too much influence is disrespectful and might damage your friendships." Lucy, 33, of New York City, who has set up several friends, never breaks this rule: "I only share nice details about the other," she says. "They can find out the rest from there." http://living.msn.com/love-relationships/love-sex/the-dos-and-donts-of-sex-in-2012?ocid=todlf11#1

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The following classes will be taught at the Grant County Extension Service, 105 Baton Rouge Road, Williamstown.
• Bed Bug Bedlam
How to prevent and get rid of bed bugs will be taught from 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 7 at the Grant County Library. This class is co-sponsored by Grant and Kenton County Extension Services. Call the Grant County Extension office to register.
• Quilting Classes
Quilting classes will be taught from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month.
For project information and to register call the extension office.
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Registration for the Biggest Winner Challenge will be from 3 to 7 p.m. March 31 and from 2 to 4 p.m. April 3. This healthy lifestyle program is sponsored by Fitnes For Life Around Grant County (FFLAG) Program and runs April 4 through April 30.
Call the extension office at 859-824-3355 to register for these classes and get more information on extension learning opportunities.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will miss Thursday's scheduled swearing-in ceremony for his third term due to health problems, the government said in a letter to Congress read out on Tuesday.
Chavez has not been heard from since undergoing his fourth cancer surgery in Cuba on December 11, and officials have described his condition as delicate.
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With the 2011 MotoGP season concluding in Valencia this weekend, the 2012 MotoGP season got underway with its first testing session, also held at the Spanish track. A glimpse into the re-established 1,000cc era, perhaps the most anticipated unveiling was Ducati Corse's aluminum perimeter-style frame, dubbed the GP0. Just one step in the long process of addressing the Ducati Desmosedici's front-end feeling problem, Ducati Corse's latest incarnation of a MotoGP chassis has been rumored for some time now.
With all eyes in the GP paddock looking to see if a the conventional frame design would be the silver bullet to Ducati's woes, the testing sessions in Valencia have been interesting to say the least. With everyone playing Monday Morning Pit Boss over Ducati Corse's issues, the past two days of tests have been important for Ducati Corse to understand the issues inherent in their design, as well as establishing what the teams does, and does not, know.


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Gilbert Melendez and UFC Fail to Reach Agreement on New Contract, "El Nino" Told to "Start Looking Elsewhere"
(One day, you're putting on one of the greatest fights in UFC History. The next, you're fighting Ben Askren at a catchweight in One FC. *cries into whiskey glass* Photo via Getty.)
You guys remember Gilbert Melendez, right? You know, the Gilbert Melendez who was the final Strikeforce lightweight champion and one half of an amazing trilogy of fights with Josh Thomson? The Gilbert Melendez who came over to the UFC and beat then lightweight champ Ben Henderson but lost anyway because Ben Henderson? The Gilbert Melendez who put on a Fight of the Century performance against Diego Sanchez at UFC 166? Thought so.
Well hold onto those memories, Nation, because it looks like we should already start asking what could've been in regards to Melendez's UFC career, young as it was. On last night's edition of UFC Tonight, it was reported that, after months of attempting to negotiate a new contract with the promotion, Melendez's management and Dana White have all but reached a stalemate. Said White:
I'm done. It's not going well and I couldn't care less at this point. I like Gilbert Melendez very much. I just don't like his management. If Gilbert Melendez wants to fight in the UFC he better call Lorenzo Fertitta quickly, but he should also probably start looking elsewhere.
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-At least DW managed to avoid calling anyone a "f*cking scumbag" or something of the like.
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Kirby Hatley stood at one end of a Briscoe County, Texas, cotton field and watched two cotton strippers move through what looked like a new snowfall, leaving brown streaks of denuded stalks in their wakes.
And he smiled. He smiled a lot.
"This is the most fun I've ever had farming," Hatley said, "and I've farmed all my life."
He says Flex cotton, 30-inch row spacings, timely rainfall and new varieties made the 2007 cotton crop a memorable one.
"This is our first year with Flex cotton," says Hatley who farms with his son Jeff in Briscoe and Hall Counties.
"All our cotton was in Flex varieties this year," Jeff says "We like it a lot. That's all I'll have from now on."
Weed control could have presented a tough challenge during a moist summer. "We sprayed Roundup twice over the top. And we used a yellow herbicide," Kirby says. "With that (pre-emergence application) and two Roundup applications, we took care of the weeds."
They say careless weed is the most troublesome, but also have a few morningglories and tumbleweeds. Flex cotton has made those problems less troublesome.
Switching to 30-inch rows also helped. "Narrow row cotton shades the soil quicker and prevents weed emergence," Kirby says. "Narrow rows also hold moisture and yields look to be better."
"We've only stripped three fields (in late October) but I can tell a difference," Jeff says. "We're hoping to see three bales per acre or more on some fields."
Kirby says a neighbor recommended the narrower rows. "He said I'd make more cotton, so I decided to try it. This is our first year and it looks good."
Jeff says managing irrigation was a key, even with good rainfall. "We irrigated almost as much as we usually do," he says.
Kirby says dryland and irrigated acreage both look good.
They planted Americot, FiberMax and Stoneville varieties and like a new Americot variety, AM 1532 B2RF. "It may not be for everybody but it looks good in our fields," Kirby says.
They fertilize with expectations of good yields, 200 pounds of nitrogen, applied dry, and another 100 pounds through the center pivot systems. They used a bit less on the field they were harvesting in late October. "We had peanuts on this field last year," Jeff says, "so we used a little less nitrogen."
They fertilize dryland acreage depending on crop history. They cut back on fertility on a good bit of dryland acreage this year because the crop was "sorry in 2007. We shredded a lot of dryland acres," Kirby says. "This year, dryland cotton looks very good."
They had few insect problems. Technology helped there, as well. "We plant all our irrigated acres in Bollgard varieties," Kirby says. "We plant Flex cotton on dryland fields but we don't use Bollgard."
They expect some irrigated acreage to push four bales per acre this year and expect dryland to make two bales. "We'll probably be harvesting until Christmas," Kirby says, smiling.
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Sienna Miller Scores Driver's License
Sienna Miller jumps into the arms of her instructor after passing her driver's test in London on Wednesday (July 8).
The 27-year-old British actress must have been stressing a bit about getting her driver's license as she snuck into a few cigarette breaks before and after her test!
Sienna will next star in the much-anticipated summer action flick, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, out August 7th.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people.
The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 belonging to Red Wings airline careered off the runway at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, rolled across a snowy field and slammed into the slope of a nearby highway, breaking into pieces and catching fire.
The crash killed five of the eight crew members aboard the jet, which was returning to Moscow from the Czech Republic with no passengers aboard.
The Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee said Thursday that the crash occurred because thrust reversers on the plane's engines failed, even though the crew repeatedly tried to activate them. Panels on the plane's wings designed to rise while landing and slow the aircraft down also failed to work.


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Music therapy is defined as "the prescribed use of music by a qualified person to effect positive changes in the psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of individuals with health or educational problems" (American Music Therapy Association, 2003). While music therapy is closely aligned with the behavioral sciences, it is distinct in that it bridges art with science. Two publications by Elio Frattaroli, M.D., (2002, 2001) illustrate the dilemma faced by modern psychiatry in trying to understand mental illness, not only in the science of neurological processes but also in the art of skillful healing relationships.
Music therapists are skillful practitioners who orchestrate their talents to help soothe a wide variety of painful human conditions. While many psychiatrists are aware of the uses of music therapy for the treatment of autism, substance abuse, Alzheimer's disease and pain, far fewer are aware of the exciting work that's being done with children who have serious emotional disturbances.
Children with such disturbances have diagnosable mental health disorders and extreme functional impairment that limit or interfere with the ability to function in the family, school and/or community (Stroul and Friedman, 1994). Conservative estimates from epidemiological studies suggest that 8% to 12% of students ages 6 to 21 suffer from a significant disability, and approximately 8%, roughly 470,000 of this population, are identified through their schools as being emotionally disturbed (U.S. Department of Education, 2001).
A review of the music therapy literature delineates at least three broad domains of functioning where music therapy has been successfully utilized in the treatment of emotionally disturbed children: affect regulation, communication and social/behavioral dysfunction. Assessment and intervention in each of these domains requires strong grounding in developmental theory, a key component in the training of music therapists. Early on, music therapy was identified as an intervention to treat impairments in affective functioning, including reducing levels of anxiety (Cooke, 1969), and as a tool to improve emotional responsiveness (Wasserman, 1972). Music therapy has been well-suited to help improve communication deficits and stimulate nonverbal communication. Numerous positive outcomes in improving social functioning, social awareness and cooperation (Werbner, 1966), and decreasing disruptive behaviors (Hong et al., 1998) have been reported. One of the major contemporary applications for music therapy is working with children who have serious emotional disturbances and high degrees of impulsivity and limited ability to self-regulate (Layman et al., 2002).
Some of the modalities and techniques used in the treatment of emotionally disturbed children include live music production (e.g., playing instruments and/or singing), improvisation, guided imagery (e.g., pairing of visualization with music), creative songwriting and lyric analysis. After a careful assessment of the child's needs and capabilities, music therapists formulate individualized treatment plans that include goals and measurable objectives. Music therapists reinforce and shape targeted behaviors, while dynamically exploring underlying feelings and issues. Music therapists who work on multidisciplinary treatment teams often concentrate on a specific subset of treatment goals or objectives most appropriate for music therapy intervention. These techniques are applied in a variety of community treatment settings, as well as in hospitals, residential treatment centers and partial hospitalization programs. Therapy sessions with children typically last from 30 to 60 minutes and may be structured to include individual, family and group formats.
An advantage of music therapy is that it is an inherently nonthreatening and inviting medium. It offers a child a safe haven from which to explore feelings, behaviors and issues ranging from self-esteem to severe emotional dysregulation. Music therapy techniques can be designed to address more complex issues such as grief, abandonment or deeply conflicted emotions. As a medium, music therapy has enormous range and scope in targeting multiple clinical needs across the gamut of childhood developmental stages. It can set the occasion for a child to establish a meaningful relationship with an adult through musical play and interaction. Music therapy can also facilitate the development of prosocial skills, trust and feelings of positive attachment. Developmentally, almost all children respond to music. This greatly assists in laying a strong foundation for engaging in deeper therapeutic work. Children's natural interest in music is enhanced by the fact that they are occupied in stimulating motor and auditory activities more associated with play or fun than work or therapy. The careful and repetitious orchestration of such multisensory experiences, in the context of a skillful and nurturing relationship, has a remarkable range of clinical benefits.
Music Therapy Applications
The mental health care and child welfare fields are searching for effective therapies that can be utilized with victimized children, especially those who have comorbid disorders. The most heavily researched psychiatric sequelae of victimization is posttraumatic stress disorder, and its most frequently studied treatment is cognitive-behavioral therapy. A concerning gap in the treatment literature is that many emotionally disturbed children suffer from cognitive deficits and developmental disabilities. Research indicates that the average IQ of child welfare populations undergoing intensive mental health treatment is in the low- to mid-80s (Hussey and Guo, 2002). Such intellectual and information-processing deficits render cognitive and verbal therapies less effective for these children than for children with higher IQs.
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Hussey D, Guo S (2002), Profile characteristics and behavioral change trajectories of young residential children. Journal of Child and Family Studies 11(4):401-410.
Layman D, Hussey D, Laing S (2002), Foster care trends in the United States: ramifications for music therapists. Music Therapy Perspectives 20(1):38-46.
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Baseball plays a long season. There are 162 games over the course of the year and sometimes there is a 163rd game if two teams are tied at the end of the season. With MLB adding new rounds of playoffs, the season runs deeper than ever before.
Baseball plays a long season. There are 162 games over the course of the year and sometimes there is a 163rd game if two teams are tied at the end of the season. With MLB adding new rounds of playoffs, the season runs deeper than ever before.
I remember watching World Series games on my birthday as a child. My birthday is in the middle of October. In the not so distant past, we have seen the World Series last out into November! Depending on where it is played, some areas are already getting snow in November. Now days, I am lucky if I get to watch a playoff game.
During Bud Selig's tenure as Major League Baseball commissioner, one thing has become more apparent to me than anything, baseball is all about the money.
With the new alternate jerseys, alternate hats, special Fourth of July/Memorial Day and 9/11 hats, it's all they can do to milk every dollar out of the fan. But when they are paying grown men billions of dollars, and yes I did mean billions, to play baseball, they have to find a way to recoup that money.
But what do I miss more than anything? I miss the days of scheduled doubleheaders. Teams do not have scheduled double headers anymore because that is a whole day's worth of tickets that are being given away for free.
Last year, the 2011 season, the A's scheduled a traditional doubleheader for Saturday afternoon in July against the Angels. But those are rare. Before the A's schedule double header in 2011, the most recent one before that was on August 2, 2003 when the Padres visited the Philles.
The only way teams play doubleheaders today are if a game is rained out and a make-up game is needed. If that is the case, and a free date is not available, then a doubleheader is added to the schedule. However, after the first game, the hosting team clears out the stadium and makes everyone who wants to go to the second game pay for a new ticket, or use their ticket from the rained out game.
Just last year, New York Yankee's General Manager Brian Cashman was quoted as saying "We're not interested in going from 81 home games to 80."
But at the same time, as baseball's schedule goes farther into October and November, MLB is also having to start the season sooner. Last year (2011) several teams, the Cardinals included, opened up regular season play in March. March!
I would love to see MLB return to its glory days. I would love to see baseball cut its schedule back to 154 days of games with the use of doubleheaders. Think about this for a minute.
If every team plays eight scheduled doubleheaders throughout the season, that can cut eight days off the schedule. Now, instead of finishing the season in late October or early November, a mid-October finish is realistic.
The way it would work is every team schedules four home doubleheaders and then plays four on the road. With six full months of baseball season, April through September, it would be easy to play a second game on eight scheduled days.
Using St. Louis' 2013 schedule as a model, the Redbirds play a four game series against Philadelphia between April 18 and April 21. Why not make the Saturday game a doubleheader instead of playing just a night game?
In May, the Cardinals have a four game series in Milwaukee. The Redbirds could again make the Saturday game into a doubleheader. And the same thing can be done in July when the Cardinals visit the Cubs. A four game weekend series could have a double header on Saturday the 13th of July.
June has the Diamondbacks visiting St. Louis for a four game series. One of those games could be made a home doubleheader and in August both the Braves and the Dodgers visit. Here is another chance to have a Saturday doubleheader with the Braves and a Tuesday doubleheader against the Dodgers.
Yes, Tuesdays are not optimal days for doubleheaders, but it would give the Cardinals a needed day off as the Redbirds are otherwise in the middle of a 20 consecutive day stretch of games.
That is six days I could ideally cut of the schedule.
Playing doubleheaders is not new, teams used to routinely have them, back before lights were installed. As a baseball fan, I love the idea of doubleheaders. Getting the chance to go to watch two baseball games in one day is awesome.
The closest I have ever come to attending a doubleheader was in 2004. I was in Chicago to see the A's play the Cubs on a Saturday afternoon. When the game was over I decided to drive up to Milwaukee to see the Brewers play the Twins that night. Pulling off the two game, two state doubleheader was a great experience.
Of course, now I have a new goal that will be hard to do, three games in one day.
I had a friend pull off this very feat this year. Thanks to a rainout, the Washington Nationals played a day-night doubleheader. In between, my friend drove over to Baltimore to see the Orioles play. He missed the first three innings of the second Nationals game, but he still pulled it off.


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Prepare to Meet Jerry Gergich's Wife on Parks and Recreation
It's Christie Brinkley, onetime Mrs. Billy Joel.
Parks and Recreation fans are still reeling that human plague Jerry Gergich was revealed to have a lovely, stone-cold fox of a daughter in Millicent. Now the office doormat will finally introduce us to his wife, Gayle, as played by Christie Brinkley, former Playboy model, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl, and onetime wife of Billy Joel. She'll appear in the fifth episode, one that will feature more Lucy Lawless and the return of Megan Mullally.


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Among the new adidas silhouettes that look to champion 2017, the EQT Support 93-17 ranks extremely high on that list. Following the introductory "Turbo Red" variation and the White Mountaineering collab, more colorways are due out this summer.
This simplistic black and white iteration is likely the first of many more to come. Unfortunately, this monochromatic pair won't be available until May but you can grab a closer look at the adidas EQT Support 93-17 "Core Black" below now.
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We have seen lots of bad tattoos on this blog, but I think this one reaches new heights.
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There is SO MUCH that is wrong with this!
It's not just the spelling of what I perceive to be the word "jealous," or the upside-down question mark, or the fact that "Jalous" is capitalized while "are" is not. But the credit underneath the tattoo? Who in his or her right mind would get that tattooed on his or her right can?
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Outstanding in the Field in Santa Cruz
A Truly Memorable Farm-to-Table Beach Dinner
A Truly Memorable Farm-to-Table Beach Dinner
Imagine burrowing your feet underneath warm sand while breathing in a swirl of fresh sea breeze and smoked salmon. You're surrounded by interesting new friends, engaged in intimate conversations that that seem as bottomless as the wine refills. There's no distractions, no place to be, and nothing to think about other than passing around the heavy ceramic bowls full of the freshest produce, picked literally hours before dinner service.
Yes, this event is real. It's called Outstanding in the Field. The organization connects diners with the food on their plate. Founded in 1998 by Jim Denevan, the dinners are organized all around the United States to bring diners, local farmers, and sustainable chefs together. Each event is located on or near a farm in stunning outdoor locations.
I was lucky enough to attend one of these dinners, hosted by Freewheelin' Farm in Santa Cruz, CA. The rustic, family-style dinner was prepared by Kim Alter, the executive chef of Haven restaurant in Oakland, CA. Enter my version of culinary heaven by taking a look at the photos of the food and scenery from this truly outstanding dining experience.


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Northwoods Girl Scouts Tackle Bullying
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- We hear more and more about bullying in schools every day. One local Girl Scout troop saw it was becoming a problem in their school. So they did something about it.Junior Girl Scout Troop 7091 needed to do something to help the community to earn their teamwork badge. They wanted to tackle bullying."Because lots of it was going on and we just wanted to help prevent it," says Leah Shaver."It could happen at any age level. It doesn't just have to be the older kids. It can happen in kindergarten too," says Gabi Lawrey. Together the girls wrote a screen play about a girl who is bullied. By the end of the project they had a video called "The Bully Diaries" that they could show to their younger classmates. Each troop member has had their own experiences with bullies."I know I have been bullied. It has happened since, maybe, first or second grade," says Emma Beckman."This boy in my class, he bullied this girl a lot and it kind of got me a little upset because it was going on like every day," says Shaver."I know somebody who bullies people. She... I think she knows she's bullying people," says Lawrey.The girls think they know why some kids might be scared to stand up for other kids to bullies."You always think, 'What if they come back and start bullying you'," says Lawrey.But like their video shows, getting other people to stand up to a bully with you makes it easier. And they think it's worth taking the risk."They're all human beings, and they don't deserve to be bullied," says Beckman."I'm not scared. I know that it's right. Some people think they don't want to stick up for people because they'll get made fun of too. But if it's the right thing to do they should do it," says Shaver.A lesson they hope their video teaches other kids.To watch the video, please click on the link below.
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The 2004 peanut yield was the best West Texas had made in 10 to 15 years and the 2005 crop will be close to that or slightly better and grades will again be exceptional.
"Yields are holding up very well," said Rusty Andrews, area procurement manager for Golden Peanut Company in Wellman, Texas. Andrews said harvest was all but complete by November 18.
"Yield is about as good as last year," he said. "Grade may be better. We usually see some percentage of the peanut crop come in with freeze damage; 1 percent to 5 percent damage is not unusual. Last year we had more than 5 percent with freeze injury because of an early cold snap. So far this year, we have seen no freeze damage."
Andrews said only a few samples with pod rot were labeled Segregation II. "But we saw a very little of that."
He says aflatoxin is a non-issue with the 2005 crop. "We haven't seen it." Flavor tests have also been good.
Open weather that allowed early harvest helped preserve the crop. "We were wrapped up by mid-November," Andrews said. "Last year, farmers were still harvesting at Christmas."
Rex Carr, who manages peanut and cotton crops for Whiteface Farms near Levelland, says the peanuts are off slightly from last year, when he earned the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award. "A late hail hurt yield some," he said, "but we still averaged two-tons per acre and any time we make two tons, we're happy with it."
The only blemish on the 2005 crop is price. Andrews said a lot of farmers planted Valencia peanuts this year to take advantage of a good contract, $600 a ton. "Everything else was cheap," he said. "We had 18,000 acres of Valencias."
That compares to 157,000 acres of runner peanuts, almost 48,000 acres of Spanish and 35,000 acres of Virginia peanuts, according to the October Texas Agricultural Statistics Service estimates, which include both irrigated and dryland production.
TASS projections indicate statewide yields slightly above 2004. On an estimated 260,000 acres for harvest, TASS estimates a 3,500-pounds per acre yield compared to 3,420 last year. Total production would top 910 million pounds, compared to 803 million last year.
Shelly Nutt, Executive Director of the Texas Peanut Producers Board thinks those figures are a bit high.
"I think we'll be close to last year's production," she said, "based on what I hear from our growers. But this is a very good crop and the grades are awesome. We had almost perfect weather for peanuts. For one ting, it never got too hot."
Andrews expects no positive price movements going into the winter. "Shellers don't expect prices to improve unless the loan drops enough to entice buyers."
He said a drop in the loan repayment rate could move peanuts into the crush or export market. "If we can option some peanuts out and move them into the market, that could help," he said. "Otherwise, they will die in the loan and be put up for bid."
Too many peanuts, he said. "We need a 300,000 ton carryover every year. Last year we had 500,000 tons or more. We may have a 700,000 to 800,000-ton carryover this year."
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A wrong-way driver slammed into an oncoming vehicle on New York's Tappan Zee Bridge, killing a passenger and sparking a five-car pileup that closed the northbound lanes of the state Thruway for hours, state police said Wednesday.
Idled motorists on the three-mile-long bridge, a major Hudson River crossing north of New York City, got out of their cars and watched as responders pulled one victim from a crumpled vehicle, treated the injured and investigated the scene under floodlights.
Several people, including the wrong-way driver, Michael Schechel, 69, were taken to hospitals after the Tuesday night crash, police said. There were no immediate arrests.
They said Schechel, of Thiells, got on the highway using an off-ramp in South Nyack, the closest exit to the bridge.
Christian Evans of South Nyack told The Journal News that he was getting off the Thruway when he saw a Ford Explorer coming at him on the ramp.
"It was like a game of chicken," he said. "If I didn't move they were coming. ... I laid on my horn, I moved over, let them pass."
Police said Wednesday afternoon they were investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a part in Schechel getting into the wrong lanes, but had no evidence yet to support that.
"That's among the many things we're looking into," said spokesman Sgt. John Antonelli. He said Schechel's wife had told police he had an anxiety attack at some point before the crash, "But it's unknown if that's a factor."
Drugs and alcohol figured in a horrific wrong-way crash four years ago about seven miles away on a parkway that killed eight people, including four children. Investigators determined that the driver, Diane Schuler, was intoxicated and had been smoking marijuana.
On Tuesday, state police said, they received a report of a driver going south on the northbound lanes of the bridge at 8:51 p.m., just seconds before they heard about the crash.
Police said once on the bridge, Schechel crashed his SUV head-on into a Nissan in which Hannah Ayeh-Brachie, 56, of Hillcrest, was a passenger.
The Nissan rolled over several times and landed on its roof in the middle lane, police said. Ayeh-Brachie was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. Her husband, Newman Ayeh-Brachie, who was driving, had to be extricated from the nearly flattened car, police said.
Antonelli said Schechel suffered a head injury and police would talk to him after he was treated.
A passenger in Schechel's vehicle was among the injured.
A third car hit the Nissan and two other vehicles crashed into the pileup, police said.
Two lanes on the southbound side of the bridge were also closed at times during the investigation but the bridge was completely open for the Wednesday morning rush hour.


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Rolling out pie dough, surprisingly, can be therapeutic for me. I finally mastered the art of making successful pie crusts-- learning the secret of working with cold ingredients and not overworking the dough.
America's Test Kitchen for showing me how to keep pie crust dough from tearing and sticking, and how to easily drape it on a rolling pie and to unfurl it over a mound of pie filling. Easy Peasy, right? Wrong. At least, that's what happened with this pie crust recipe.
I'm always looking for new variations of pie/tart dough. I chose this recipe, because it uses shortening (which pie experts swear is the ingredient to use for tender crusts). A traditional American pie crusts uses lard or shortening, water and flour. This variation adds one egg, sugar and white vinegar, and promises to be easy to work with and very tender to enjoy.
audio books, while I'm in the kitchen (or cleaning the house, or commuting to work). I was engrossed into listening to a story, and began to work with this pie dough. I'm not gonna lie, but this pie crust had plenty of challenges. It's soft, despite that I had chilled it for a while. It began to crack... a lot. I'd try to drape it over my rolling pin and it would disintegrate.
Son: "Mom, are you okay?"
Mom: "Why do you ask"?
Son: "You sounded like you had G-Rated tourettes. You were kinda cussing up a storm."
Driscolls Berries, so I can buy fresh berries way past summer. (Lucky me, I know. ) I decided to make a berry mix of fresh blueberries, raspberries and blackberries-- but, wait!
We have frozen olallieberries, that were grown in our own backyard.
Instant ClearJel, that I order online with King Arthur flour. I find that cornstarch kinda of "clouds" the look of the baked filling.
This pie lasted for one day. The next day, I returned for a second slice-- and the pie pan was in the sink. Empty. Sigh.
Ah, but Pumpkin Season is so close! While I'm sad to say goodbye to the last of our garden tomatoes and basil, I'm looking forward to making soups, stews and home baked bread. Oh, and I'm sure I'll be making a pumpkin pie before Thanksgiving. But, first, I want to make Cathy's Glazed Apple Pie Bars-- they look perfect for Fall!
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Hey everyone, I've been around on text kit for awhile and I've finally made an account. I've been looking to learn ancient Greek for awhile now. I started with Mastronarde's book and found that it honestly was just quite dull and seemed better as a refreshed book than a book to learn on your own (I think this was its original purpose). I was pretty set on learning Attic Greek, but when I took a look at Clyde Pharr's book it really appealed to me because it seems to throw you into reading right away as the third lesson already has translating. I'm curious about the accents though; the accentuation in his textbook appears to be rather dense. I hope I don't offend anyone, but for a beginner it seems to me that a lot of the accentuation notes aren't of immediate importance.
So, are the accents critical for reading Homer in the early stages or can their rules and particulars be picked up along the way? Also, does anyone have anyone other resource recommendations or recommendations for using Pharr's book to learn Homeric Greek?