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Orthodox medicine describes hay fever, or pollinosis, as a symptom complex
characterized by seasonal sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal discharge, itching,
sore throats, and conjunctivitis and says the onset may occur in the spring due
to tree pollens (in the Northwest, the omnipresent Scotch broom and alder are
two of the most common triggers), summer due to grass and weed pollens, and
fall due to weed pollens such as ragweed. Treatment includes avoidance of the
allergen (which is generally next to impossible), antihistamines, and cortisone
for stubborn cases of hay fever.
We have found naturopathic medicine to be quite successful in treating
these an- noying symptoms. Our most reliable method for bringing relief to hay
fever suf-ferers is homeopathy. As many of you know, this is a system of using
very, very dilute preparations of the same substance which, in a much stronger
dose, would cause a certain set of symptoms, to relieve those
same symptoms. Homeopathy has received considerable international press over
the past year and is becoming increasingly more widely accepted. These
medicines are very easy to take, inexpensive, taste great, and are perfectly
safe during pregnancy, lactation, and for infants and children. To arrive at a
correct homeopathic prescription, it is necessary to elicit all of the hay
fever symptoms in the greatest detail possible. Whereas orthodox medicine bases
its prescriptions on the name of the disease diagnosed, we, as homeopaths, may
prescribe ten different remedies for ten of our patients who walk in the door
complaining of hay fever.
Take, for example, the person who comes in with streaming eyes, nose
running like a faucet, and sneezing on entering a warm room. Think, for a
moment, what you could possibly do in your own kitchen to bring on these
symptoms and you will soon discover the correct homeopathic remedy which
relieves them. It is homeopathic onion, Allium cepa. Another common hay
fever picture is similar, but the sneezing is more marked and often spasmodic.
The nose runs, but not with the faucet-like intensity of the onion picture, and
there may be a severe headache in the forehead and redness and running of the
eyes. There may also be a sore throat which feels better after warm foods or
drinks. These symptoms can be helped by homeopathic cevadilla seed, known as
Sabadilla. Then there is the person whose nose, mouth, palate and eyes
itch so intensely that they feel they want to scratch themselves to oblivion.
This corresponds to the homeopathic remedy Arundo, or reed. Another patient
with hay fever complained to us of of waking in the middle of the night with a
feeling of choking, a dry throat, and a general feeling of dullness . We
treated her, successfully with Naja, a homeopathic preparation of cobra venom!
Another form of hay fever concentrates itself primarily in the eyes. The person
experiences a constant, profuse, burning discharge from the eyes and may also
feel a blinking of their eyes which they can't control, as well as a runny nose
and, sometimes, blocked sinuses. Homeopathic Euphrasia, or eyebright,
can take care of these symptoms. Finally, someone may describe a hay fever with
a thick yellowish, green nasal discharge, itching and burning in the eyes
(sometimes with a thick, yellowish discharge and eyelids stuck together on
waking), and a stopped up nose, especially in the evening. If you question this
person further, they may tell you that they are crying lately for no apparent
reason, that their usual thirst has diminished considerably, and that the only
thing that seems to make them feel better is to go out-side and walk in the
fresh air. This person's hay fever symptoms will go away quickly if they are
given homeopathic Pulsatilla, the wind flower.

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- The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It
- Letto da: Anthony Heald
- Durata: 6 ore e 55 min
- Versione integrale
- Data di pubblicazione: 16 01 2008
- Lingua: Inglese
- Editore: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Sintesi dell'editore
The so-called conservatives waging this war are interested only in conserving and increasing their own wealth and power. Under the guise of freeing the market, they have dismantled programs set up to protect the middle class and replaced them with policies that favor only the privileged few. To keep America strong, we must ensure that our public institutions meet people's basic needs for education, health care, and a living wage - before our democracy becomes a "corporatocracy".
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- J. Martinez
- 29 06 2008
A must read
I thought this book did a great job at interweaving our history with present day economic and political issues. Be prepared to be angered at our elected leaders after reading this. Its a call to arms, a wake up call. Do not take your freedom and decent living standards for granted.
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- Jim R. Zimmerman
- 21 04 2010
Everyone should listen to this book.
One of the most important books written today. This is a must listen for people who care how
this world works. Insightful and well structure,
it's an easy listen, with extremely important information about what going on in the world.
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- Hughes
- 30 03 2008
Our plight
This book is the best summary of our economic and political plight that I have seen. In fact, I can't believe that no where have I seen such a clear explanation of recent events. Once we understand what has happened over the last 50 years, the problems are easily solved.
Medicare, minus the "poisen pill" of Medicare D, which made it illegal for the U.S. Government to negotiate for cheaper prices, stands ready to become a single payer medical insurance (with only 2-4% administrative costs as opposed to the up to 35% adminsitrative and lobbying and CEO pay that privitized medical insurance eats up).
Reagan's tax cuts for the wealthy were paid for by a near doubling of the social security payroll deductions. Why didn't I know that? Everyone else but Hartmann tries to say it's a very complicated history. No, it's not complicated, it's simple: we've been conned.
And those are just a few examples of mind-boggling revelations and solutions Hartmann has come up with by simple analysis and clear thinking.
The middle-class and the only possiblity of democracy is being destroyed, deliberately, by monopolists and those who would rather run the world for their benefit without interference from an educated voting populace.
This book is an absolute must read/Listen for both Republicans who still care more about this country than the wealth of oil billionaires and any progressive or democratically oriented, thinking person.
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- Chris
- 02 04 2008
The Modern Thomas Paine
Thom Hartmann has the clearest, most concise voice of common sense in the 20th and 21st centuries. With brilliantly researched facts, a passion for conveying information, an "easy read" writing style and a huge dose of not so common common sense makes this book a must read for anyone who is discouraged and wondering how things went this far in the U. S. Thom Hartmann is the Thomas Paine of our age. He cuts through the political doublespeak and media catch phrases to give us a masterful portrayal of what has happened to the majority of Americans over the last 30 years. Some of our current presidential contenders would do well to read this book and put some of his suggestions into practice.
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- Michael
- 19 01 2010
Amen, Amen, Amen
If you were to go back and read my numerous reviews that run the course of four years, it would be easy to accuse me of being a Ayn Rand Conservative. However, since the BAILOUT by H.W.Bush, I have had a huge change of heart, and I now see the light. I am among the working poor and everyday I feel screwed. However, I should bite my tongue seeing as how I am fortunate enough to actually have a job. There are people out there even more screwed. This book tells us why we are screwed.
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- Kiarnan
- 28 11 2009
Thank you
I am not a man of many words, nor am i as eloquent as the author or the other members review's, but I just would like to say, "Thank You Thom for this brilliant book". I also wish I could of met your father so I could thank him for raising you the way he did.
Thanks for keeping the candle lit for democracy
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- Bryan
- 10 04 2016
Pretty good but I wish it were less biased
Thom Hartmann is very liberally biased to be sure. I wished that he'd have presented a more mainstream, compelling argument about this serious problem. I think the problem reaches across political lines. All of us who are economically in the middle class are affected. So I recommend the book with the caveat that Thom just can't suppress his liberal bias and make a compelling argument.
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- Dave
- 16 01 2014
An Important Call to Arms
If you're earning 7 figures a year don't bother reading this book but for everyone else out there this is a must read.
Although Thom Hartmann's book concentrates on the situation in the United States, since Multi-national corporations are just that, the material is applicable in any country that still has a middle class. For all those people out there who believe Unions have out-lived their usefulness, find out why Unions are the middle classes' most important defence. If the situation doesn't change our children may have better odds becoming a rock star or a professional athlete, than achieving a successful business working career
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- Tim-the-Toolman
- 13 03 2012
Arise, You Workers From Your Slumber...
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book will Light A Fire Behind Your Eyes!!! Excellent resource for history of the progressive movement, as well as up to date information on how the movement is still alive and well and more relevant than ever...
What was one of the most memorable moments of Screwed?
Multiple insight building -
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Any additional comments?
This book was published in 2008, where he predicts with startling accuracy the events that would inevitably unfold within weeks to months of publication.... Listening to this book is a must for anyone who values the
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- James
- 22 06 2010
History Made Enoyable!
The author wrights his book in a way that makes it fun and interesting to learn about the disappearance of our middle class.
The author sounds a little whiny at times, but it's a good book and a good read.
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Metro Atlanta English language school administrators have been indicted on charges of issuing fraudulent immigration documents to women who worked as prostitutes, authorities said.
College Prep Academy CEO Dong Seok Yi, 52, conspired with the school's academic coordinator, Sook An Kil, 41, to obtain fraudulent documents for women they claimed were students, said U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Bob Page.
The women were working as prostitutes in Korean bars, Page said, and as many as half of the school's approximately 100 students were living in the country on fraudulent student visas.
Yi filed an application with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and was granted approval for the school to enroll foreign-born students and issue I-20 forms — which allow foreign students to live in America.
The school's academic director, Chang Seon Song, 51, referred the women to Sang Houn Kim, 53, of Diamond Bar, Calif., who is accused of manufacturing fake documents the women used to support their applications for student visas, Page said. Kim charged the women thousands for the fraudulent documents, Page said.
"From manufacturing false documents, to charging thousands of dollars in tuition payments to maintain the immigrants on their rolls, the defendants are charged with subverting the purpose of the student VISA program for profit," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement.
The co-conspirators were indicted by a grand jury March 5 and federal agents Thursday executed a search warrant at the school. A bank account associated with the school was seized by federal authorities.
The indictment charges them with conspiracy and making false statements. It is unclear if they have attorneys and a call to the school was not answered.
Officials have consulted with the U.S. Department of State-Consular Affairs Section to assist the school's remaining students. They'll have the option of transferring to another accredited school or returning to their home countries, Page said.


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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali intelligence official said the French intelligence agent held hostage for more than three years by Islamic militants in Somalia was likely killed by his captors during the failed rescue attempt by French commandos.
The official said Sunday that the home where the agent was held was destroyed in the attack Saturday, and that intelligence networks "do not have any information indicating he is still alive." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the press. He said that all sources indicated that the agent, known by his code-name Denis Allex, was killed during the attack, most likely by his captors.
The militant Islamist group al-Shabab denies Allex was killed and claims to have a wounded French soldier in custody as well.
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The Houston Texans have signed undrafted free-agent LB Jason Ankrah (Nebraska), PK Chris Boswell (Rice), DT Austin Brown (Miami, Ohio), TE Chris Coyle (Arizona State), DE Tyrone Ezell (Pittsburgh), C James Ferentz (Iowa), OT Kevin Forsch (Houston), DE Sullivan Grosz (Cal Poly), WR Travis Labhart (Texas A&M), LB Terrance Lloyd (Baylor), OT Chris Martin (Central Florida), LB Chris McAllister (Baylor), WR Anthony McClung (Cincinnati), WR Nathan Slaughter (West Texas A&M), DB Marcus Williams (North Dakota State), OT Bryan Witzmann (South Dakota State) and LB Chris Young (Arizona State). Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
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Upgrading and Transformation: Escape from LED Structural Overcapacity Pressure
By SEMI China
After experiencing a boon in 2010, the weak LED market reaction in 2011 did not allow the global LED manufacturing production to grow as expected. Capacity utilization reached a low due to the fast capacity expansion and slower market demand, and this triggered a fall in prices of LED chips, equipment and materials. Compared with the substantial growth in 2010, the output of global LED manufacturing industry merely saw a slight rise of less than 5 percent in 2011.
Although the LED backlight and lighting markets did not grow to expectations in 2011 and the outside world worried about the slowing demand for MOCVD equipment, China's MOCVD tool installations continued to grow at a rapid pace. Increased volume of China's MOCVD installation ranked first globally, and occupied over 50 percent of the total global volume in 2011. According to estimates by SEMI China, in 2010-2012 China saw the actual monthly output of LED gallium nitride epitaxial chips grow 300 percent to around 1.3 million chips (based on 2 inches wafers).
Figure 1: MOCVD Shipment by Region 2011
Source: SEMI China, 2012
In 2011, the global LED manufacturing industry was pressured by overcapacity and pricing, and this market pressure was particularly high for local Chinese LED manufacturers. While focusing on middle- and low-end application markets, local Chinese LED epitaxial chips manufacturers faced extraordinarily fierce competition on pricing and many were confronted with falling fab utilization and high inventories. With declining fab utilization and challenging price environment, many local Chinese LED epitaxial chips manufacturers suffered. In contrast, leading international LED manufacturers were able to maintain continuous growth, with gross margins of 30 to 40 percent.
In China, most new LED epitaxial and chip projects focus on the Gallium Nitride blue-green LEDs, with a majority of the capacity currently targeting the crowded medium and small die-sized LED applications. The LED products in China that require large die-size and high-power LED chips with high luminous efficacy for the high-end lighting field rely on imports as domestic manufacturers occupy only a small market share for these applications.
If the Chinese LED upstream manufacturers only target products with low technological requirements and fail to enter the general lighting market, the issue of overcapacity in the Chinese LED manufacturing industry will only deteriorate. Many Chinese local LED manufacturers, however, realize that technological innovation, product transformation, and manufacturing upgrades are their best option for future growth; these manufacturers have increased their efforts to develop new technologies and many have made significant progress.
From Common Sapphire Substrate to PSS, the "Leap Forward" of the Chinese Sapphire Substrate Industry
In 2010, the production expansion of the global LED manufacturing industry resulted in a growing demand for sapphire substrates, followed by a rise in sapphire substrate prices. The price of the common 2-inch sapphire substrates, for example, rose from $8 in thefourth quarter of 2009 to $35 one year later. This vast increase drew considerable attention to the relatively calm sapphire substrate field.
Figure 3: 2 inch Sapphire Substrate Price Trend
Source: SEMI China (compiled from company data and press releases)
Driven by the fast growing LED epitaxy capacities in China, investment activity quickly spread upstream to the sapphire substrate market. More and more Chinese enterprises are starting to engage in manufacturing of sapphire ingots and substrates. In 2011, over 20 new sapphire ingot and substrate projects began production and work; the majority of investments were privately funded; however, many domestic sapphire substrate manufacturers did not expect the softening of the global LED manufacturing industry in 2011. This market downturn led to a steep fall sapphire substrate for substrate pricing. The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates plunged back to its previous low of $8 from its high of $35.
While the Chinese local sapphire substrate manufacturing industry faced severe pricing pressures as they invested in capacity, domestic LED epitaxial chips manufacturers quickly began to introduce PSS (Patterned Sapphire Substrate) to improve the luminance of LED chips. This situation resulted in a disconnect between some sapphire substrate manufacturers and LED epitaxy customers. A number of sapphire suppliers had to make new investments for PSS processing to keep up with customer requirement, while failing to profit from initial investments to produce flat sapphire substrate.
New Market Opportunities: SEMI China Establishes the Industry Platform
Undeniably, the Chinese LED manufacturing industry has entered a transformation period, and the situation gives way to larger growth opportunities going forward. Sapphire substrate, LED epitaxial chip, and LED packaging manufacturers in China will need to adapt to the transformation or struggle to remain relevant players in the market. Companies that will move forward will have to adopt newer, more efficient technologies and equipment so they can produce higher quality products with better yields and lower costs. In doing so, this companies can gain market share and initiative for future growth. Without this transformation, the market will eradicate number Chinese LED manufacturing companies within three years. This industry change also creates many market opportunities for material and equipment suppliers with innovative solutions.
SEMI China has devoted itself to creating an industry platform that promotes the advancement and growth of the Chinese LED manufacturing industry. The SEMI China LED Committee, SEMI LED industry standards, SEMICON China LED Pavilion, and the world-class LED technology conference – LED China Forum – are dedicated to advancing the Chinese LED manufacturing industry.
As the only LED exhibition dedicated to LED manufacturing in China, the SEMICON China LED Pavilion is widely recognized in the industry for showcasing the latest manufacturing technologies, new process equipment and material integration solutions in the global LED manufacturing industry. SEMICON China 2012 LED attendees included China's top 15 LED epitaxy and chip manufacturers, and numerous local Chinese and overseas manufacturers in LED substrate, epitaxy, chip, packaging and processing equipment materials fields.
The LED China Forum 2012 held in March showcased the most advanced LED technologies to the Chinese LED manufacturing industry. Some leading edge technologies, including Professor Shuji Nakamura's polarized LED technology, Bridgelux's latest 8-inch silicon substrate LED results, and U.S. QD Vision's quantum dot LED technology were presented during the Forum. Executives of leading enterprises such as CREE and M-TECH, who share the LED application market and technology development trends, helped make this forum the best platform through which the Chinese LED manufacturing industry can understand and exchange the world's newest LED technologies and market development trends.
For information on SEMICON China 2012, visit www.semiconchina.org/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have given President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden gifts, including flags that flew over the Capitol, to celebrate their inauguration.
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio presented the flags and said he hoped the inauguration would inspire more unity among lawmakers in Obama's second term.
GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee presented photos of the inaugural event to the pair. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia presented a pair of vases, one etched with an image of the White House and the other of the Capitol.
The gifts came at the conclusion of a luncheon with the Obamas and Bidens at the Capitol.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alabama guard Trevor Releford isn't taking anything for granted.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alabama guard Trevor Releford isn't taking anything for granted.
The fourth-seeded Crimson Tide boosted their NCAA tournament hopes Friday by beating No. 5 seed Tennessee 58-48 in a Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinal, but Releford realizes that doesn't guarantee anything.
He'd rather take Alabama's fate out of the selection committee's hands by winning two more games and earning the SEC's automatic bid.
"We've got to worry about winning the (SEC) championship, not the NCAA tournament, because you don't know how that can go," said Releford, who scored 14 points. "We can control what we can control here. If we get the championship, it's automatic. We don't have to worry about anybody putting us in."
Right now, it's Tennessee's turn to worry instead.
Alabama (21-11) and Tennessee (20-12) arrived in Nashville as NCAA tournament bubble teams, making this game particularly intriguing. Alabama responded by handing Tennessee only its second loss in its last 11 games to advance to Friday's semifinal against No. 13 Florida (25-6), the tournament's top seed.
After Tennessee beat Missouri 64-62 in its regular-season finale, coach Cuonzo Martin said his team had done enough to earn a spot in the 68-team field. He made his case again after Friday's game.
The Vols hope history doesn't repeat itself. Tennessee also made a late-season surge to move into NCAA tournament contention last season, but the Vols lost to Mississippi in the SEC tournament quarterfinals and landed in the NIT.
"I think we're an NCAA tournament team," said Tennessee guard Trae Golden, who shot 1 of 7 and scored just two points. "We'll just have to wait and see Sunday. I definitely think we are one. I didn't feel this confident last year. This year I feel like we're in, but it's not for me to decide."
Tennessee and Alabama split two close regular-season meetings, with Alabama winning 68-65 at Tuscaloosa on Jan. 12 and the Vols surviving 54-53 in the Jan. 26 rematch at Knoxville. This game followed a similar pattern, as neither team led by more than five points in a first half that featured three ties and four lead changes.
Alabama pulled away in the second half by wearing Tennessee down with its defense.
Tennessee (20-12) shot 32.1 percent (18 of 56) overall, 50 percent (7 of 14) on free throws and 21.7 percent (5 of 23) on 3-pointers. After making six of its first seven shots Friday, Tennessee went 12 of 49 the rest of the way as Alabama had success utilizing a zone defense.
Alabama also made sure Tennessee didn't dominate the boards as much as in their regular-season matchups. Tennessee had a plus-15 rebound margin in each of its two previous games with Alabama but outrebounded the Tide only 37-35 Friday.
"Obviously they won the rebounding battle, but it was by a significant amount less," Alabama coach Anthony Grant said. "We felt it wasn't the first shot that was beating us no matter what we did — man or zone — but it was the second shot."
Levi Randolph scored 15 points for Alabama, which shot 41.3 percent (19 of 46) from the field, 78.9 percent (15 of 19) on free throws and 50 percent (5 of 10) from 3-point range. Nick Jacobs had six points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
Josh Richardson scored 16 points for Tennessee. Jarnell Stokes added 12 points and 13 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season, the most by a Tennessee player since Bernard King had 19 in 1976-77.
Tennessee star Jordan McRae had been averaging 24.6 points over his last seven games, but he scored just nine points and shot 3 of 13 Friday while struggling with foul trouble.
"Part of it was us not hitting shots, but they did a good job of pressuring the ball the whole game," Richardson said. "Shots were tough to come by."
The Vols went on an early 9-0 run to grab a 13-8 lead, but Alabama quickly caught up.
Alabama had plenty of success driving to the basket early on with Releford and redshirt freshman Retin Obasohan, a reserve guard who hadn't even played in the Tide's two regular-season games with Tennessee.
Tennessee lost the lead by getting too dependent on its perimeter attack. The Vols attempted nearly as many 3-point shots (13) as two-pointers (14) in the first half.
The Vols trailed 44-41 midway through the second half when Golden and Armani Moore missed potential game-tying 3-pointers. Alabama followed with a 6-0 run to seize the momentum and grab a 50-41 advantage. Jacobs made consecutive baskets and McRae picked up his fourth foul during that critical spurt.
"It was a big moment for us," Jacobs said. "Our whole thing was to go out, play hard, defend and let our defense become our offense. That's what we really did. We all defended really well."
Tennessee responded with five straight points to cut Alabama's lead to 50-46, but that's as close as the Vols would get. Alabama sealed the victory by scoring eight of the game's final 10 points.


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Photos: Kerry Washington & More Dazzle on the 2013 Emmys Red Carpet
The list of nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards is as fierce as some of the dresses and tuxes that hit the red carpet for Sunday night's award show. Scandal's Kerry Washington, up for Best Actress in a Drama, dazzled in a soft cream sparkling gown, while Modern Family's Sofia Vergara opted for red hot. Check out other looks from the Emmy red carpet in the gallery that follows.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood — he's decorating a Christmas tree.
To be more specific, Wayne Knight, who has donned the red suit in the Broadway musical, is hanging every ornament he can find to hide the plastic tree's strange hue.
"It's a salmon-colored tree so I'm trying to do whatever I can to obfuscate the tree itself," says the former "Seinfeld" mailman Newman. "We don't know what era it's from. It's like 1963 through '65."
The tree was last owned by George Wendt, the former "Cheers" dude-at-the-bar Norm Peterson, who played Santa when the show debuted on Broadway in 2010. Knight, in the same dressing room at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, has somehow adopted the strange thing.
Wendt and Knight are friends, and "Elf" marks the second time Knight has followed Wendt in a role, having replaced him in "Art" on Broadway in 1999. "It was one of the best experiences of my life, so I tell George wherever he goes, I'll be more than happy to follow him."
In "Elf," Knight plays a rather blue-collar jolly old St. Nick in the musical based on the Will Ferrell film about Buddy the elf's search for his human parents.
The 57-year-old is loving his return to New York, where his career started in the late 1970s when he replaced Jonathan Hadary opposite Danny Aiello in the Broadway play "Gemini." He had no agent and lots of guts when he asked for the part.
"I went backstage with a resume that was padded with falsity — at the bottom of the resume it said, 'Unafraid to consume new products.' I had nothing," says Knight, laughing. "I knocked on the stage door, handed it to the stage manager and six months later they called me in."
The part he landed was of an overweight, pimply teenager, a role that required him to wear a fat suit. "Now I'm in a Santa suit with a full beard. It's full circle, you know what I mean?" he says.
Since then, Knight has amassed an impressive list of credits as a character actor, from TV parts in "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" to the films "Jurassic Park," ''Basic Instinct," ''JFK" and "Dirty Dancing." His latest TV show, "The Exes" with Kristen Johnston, was just picked up for a second season on TV Land.
As Knight hung ornaments on his strange tree, he answered questions from The Associated Press about the legacy of "Seinfeld," why everyone thinks it's funny to scream "Newman!" at him, and playing Santa.
AP: Have you ever played Santa before?
Knight: No! I've avoided it like the plague. It's like, 'You're a fat guy. You should be Santa!'
AP: What's this show like?
Knight: To me, the tone of it is like 'The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show' — the whole family can watch it and it's hitting each person at a different place and you're getting jokes in different ways. You can be tender without being saccharine.
AP: What have you learned over the years about what it takes to succeed in show business?
Knight: I think unreasonable hope is what it takes to be an actor. When you're young, you have unreasonable hope. You believe that you will succeed and you don't know why. Then when you reach a certain age, you believe you will fail and you don't know why. What I'm trying to do is force myself to keep doing theater so that I can rekindle the unreasonableness of the hope that's required to go to higher places.
AP: When people recognize you on the street, what do they do?
Knight: They do the 'Newman!' or 'Hello, Newman!' or think that they're the first person to ever say that. Or yell at you in passing from a great distance — 'NEWMAN!'
AP: Is that hard for you?
Knight: I think it's harder for my wife than it is for me. I've gotten used to it. I accept the fact that I've been part of something that people like. That's not a terrible thing.
AP: Looking back, how do you view "Seinfeld"?
Knight: It was like a Broadway opening every time you sat down at the table. It was one of the funniest things you've ever had a chance to do and you're among the most talented people. As long as you don't screw it up, you know it's going to be funny. So the challenge of raising your game while doing it was high. But I don't think I had any idea what it would mean in the aftermath.
AP: Your 2-1/2-year-old son, Liam, has seen the musical "Elf." Is he confused about daddy also being Santa?
Knight: I think everyone should have therapy. I'm guaranteeing that he will.
AP: But, then again, isn't it every kid's dream to have your dad be Santa?
Knight: Yeah, and this way, when he finds out later that I am, it won't be traumatic. I can say, 'I told you I was Santa! I never lied.'
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By Steve Terrell | The New Mexican
A message to drivers who like to read and send text messages on the road: Apparently, its going to remain legal to send texts, emails, Facebook posts and Instagram photos from your cellphone while driving in New Mexico for at least another year.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to table effectively killing Senate Bill 17, sponsored by Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe.
There is a similar bill moving through the House, sponsored by Rep. Jim Smith, R-Sandia Park. But even if Smiths House Bill 43 makes it through the House, theres no indication that the Senate Judiciary Committee would treat it any differently than Wirths legislation.
The committees action angered a Chama woman whose father-in-law was killed last year in an accident caused by a teenage girl who reportedly was texting at the wheel.
Wow! I cant believe that, said Johanna Terrazas when told by a reporter of the bills fate. Maybe I should email [senators who voted against the bill] a couple of photos of my father-in-laws vehicle.
Terrazas said her father-in-law, Alberto Terrazas, a rancher from Hatch, was killed in April after his car was hit from behind by the teenager, who reportedly told the family she didnt see the truck until she looked up. Her car knocked the truck into oncoming traffic, where it was hit head-on by an oncoming vehicle.
Wirths bill debated Wednesday was a substitute bill that, unlike the original version, had no possibility of jail time. It would have made texting while driving a traffic misdemeanor with a $25 fine for the first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses.
Lobbyists from telephone companies AT&T and Verizon testified that they supported SB 17. A lobbyist for the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association opposed it.
Wirth argued that safety experts say texting and driving is twice as likely to cause an accident as drinking and driving.
But opponents an unusual bipartisan alliance argued that the state law against careless driving applies to those distracted by texting.
Wirth countered that police can only charge someone with careless driving if an officer witnesses dangerous driving or if the driver gets into an accident. He said his bill would give officers the right to ticket anyone they see texting while driving.
But that bothered some opponents. I have a problem as a Republican giving police another reason to stop us, said Sen. Lisa Torraco, R-Albuquerque.
Senate Republican Whip Bill Payne, R-Albuquerque, agreed, adding that it would give police the right to look at drivers text messages on their cellphones. Payne, a lawyer, noted that he gets texts from clients that are considered privileged.
Senate Democratic Leader Michael Sanchez, a lawyer from Belen, agreed. I have a problem letting police officers see what Im texting.
But Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque, said hes gone full circle on the driving-while-texting bill. He said he used to believe that texting was just one of many distractions to drivers that could be dangerous. But he said hes come to think theres something about texting on a cellphone that requires more focus than other activities.
Voting in favor of the bill were Sens. Wirth, Ryan, Richard Martinez, D-Española, Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, and Joe Cervantes, D-Las Cruces. Voting to table the bill were Sens. Sanchez, Payne, Torraco, Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, and Ron Griggs, R-Alamogordo. Because the vote was a tie, it did not pass out of the committee.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures website, 39 states and the District of Columbia prohibit all drivers from texting while driving. New Mexico is one of only six states that have no restrictions on texting while driving.
Both chambers of the Legislature have passed texting-and-driving bans in the past. In 2011, such a bill, sponsored by former Rep. Antonio Lujan, D-Las Cruces, passed the House on a 58-7 vote. But that bill died in the Senate.
In 2009, both chambers passed such bill. But neither of those bills made it through both chambers, so it didnt become law.
In the Senate in 2009, all but two of the 15 votes against the bill were from Republicans. But the two Democrats who voted against it were the top leaders of the Senate Sanchez and then President Pro Tem Tim Jennings of Roswell.


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Crossover/equalizer installation guide
Tips for a successful install
AudioControl FOUR.1 in-dash 4-band equalizer
This installation guide offers examples of crossover and equalizer (EQ) installation types and suggested system layouts. The installation of your crossover or EQ will depend on the make and body style of your vehicle as well as the equipment purchased.
Tools needed, depending on vehicle
A note about wiring: In addition to the tools listed above, your equalizer or active crossover installation will require power and ground wiring, plus RCA cables, terminals, and a remote turn-on lead. The easiest way to get all of these items is in an amplifier wiring kit, available at Crutchfield.
You can also download a pdf of the Crossover/EQ Installation Guide. Note: To view this file, you will need the Adobe Acrobat PDF reader (free download).
The passive crossover from a set of component speakers
Passive crossovers:
A passive crossover steps into the signal path after the amplification. It's a capacitor or coil usually installed right on your speaker lead. A passive crossover comes with every pair of drivers in a set of components, sometimes mounted on the speaker's frame.
Bass Blocker with speaker
Crutchfield also carries passive high-pass crossovers, called Bass Blockers, that clean up the sound of midrange speakers and tweeters by removing the low frequencies. To install one, remove your speaker from its location in your doors, dash, or other (see Speaker Installation Guide or your Crutchfield MasterSheet for more details). Disconnect the positive speaker lead from the speaker, and connect the bass blocker to the speaker in its place. Connect the positive speaker lead to the other end of the bass blocker, and test the speaker's operation. Re-install your speaker.
AudioControl 2XS active 2-way crossover
Active crossovers:
Installing an active crossover requires a little more work. You have to connect 12-volt power, ground, and a turn-on lead. The active crossover gets installed between your receiver and your amplifier. (Many active crossovers have both speaker-level and preamp inputs, so they can usually accommodate either type of connection.)
Like a crossover, the equalizer gets installed between your receiver and your amplifier. And like a crossover, an equalizer needs power, ground, and turn-on wires. You'll find equalizers that are designed to be installed in the dash, above or below your receiver. These might require custom installation work. Other equalizers are designed to be mounted in a remote location, like the trunk. Either way, the wiring connections required will be the same. To install:
1. Installing (active crossover or equalizer):
A remote-mount equalizer or crossover can be securely mounted with just a few screws. Anywhere between the receiver and the amp is fine. Most people mount the device in the trunk near their amp, especially if you have more than one amp. This also makes it easier to add additional amps later. You should mount it where it will be easy to get to so that you can make adjustments without too much trouble. Don't mount your equalizer or crossover directly on steel — you will invite noise problems. Instead, install it on a non-conductive board and attach the board to the car body (or use rubber grommets under the screws to isolate the chassis).
Locate the remote turn-on lead behind your radio (usually a blue wire).
Connect the turn-on lead from your amplifier wiring kit to the blue wire. You can wrap the bare wire ends together and cover with electrical tape, or use solder.
2. Making the power connections:
- To obtain 12-volt power: Cut a length of small-gauge cable (16 gauge is typically sufficient) long enough to reach from the EQ or crossover location to your vehicle's fuse panel. Strip one end of the wire, and attach it to the device's power input. This may require a crimp-on connector, or bare wire might be sufficient, depending on the equipment you're installing. Route the wire from the device's location to your car's fuse panel. Using a fuse tap, connect the wire to a source of switched 12V power.
- To ground the equalizer or crossover: Remove a bolt near the mounting location. Crimp a ring terminal to one end of a length of small-gauge wire, and then bolt the terminal tightly to the vehicle's metal chassis. Scrape away any paint and clean the bolt location thoroughly. If you can't find a convenient ground screw or bolt, drill a hole for one — be careful not to drill into the gas tank or a gas or brake line.
- Making the turn-on connection: In most cases, you can tap into your in-dash receiver's amp turn-on lead to get a turn-on signal for your device. Remove the receiver from the dash to access the turn-on wire (usually a blue wire). For step-by-step instructions on removing your vehicle's radio, see your vehicle-specific Crutchfield MasterSheet™, or read our In-Dash Receiver Installation Guide. Strip the insulation off a small section of this wire coming from the radio. Strip the insulation off another small-gauge cable that's long enough to reach from the in-dash receiver to the EQ or crossover, then connect the two with crimp caps or solder. Wrap the solder or crimp connection with electrical tape to guard against a short. Using wire ties to secure the wire, route the turn-on lead behind your dash all the way to the mounting location.
3. Making the signal connections:
In most cases, you'll be routing RCA cables from your in-dash receiver's preamp outputs to the inputs of your EQ or crossover. While your receiver is out of the dash to access the turn on lead, connect a set of RCA patch cables (long enough to reach your crossover in its mounting location) to these outputs, taping them together so they won't come apart. Route the patch cables (again using wire ties) behind the dash, and to the crossover mounting location.
The best of both worlds
If you plan on using both an equalizer and a crossover together, the order of connection should be:
- The receiver's outputs go to the equalizer's inputs
- The equalizer's outputs go to the crossover's inputs
- The crossover's outputs go to your amplifier's inputs
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We had a rocket launch right here in fabulous Southern California and I missed it. It was visible from all over what only TV news anchors and meteorologists call "The Southland," but I was engaged in a High-Powered Hollywood Lunch Meeting — you know, like on "Entourage," except without the celebrities and expense accounts and glamour, but with circling the block for 20 minutes trying to find a 2-hour metered parking slot so I could avoid the $30 valet — and the rocket took off without me. It took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base up north of Santa Barbara and is the largest rocket in service in the U.S., carrying a mystery payload that is probably a spy satellite. The trail could be seen as far away as Orange County, which is a long way away.
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"The Details" — Dr. Jeff Lang (Tobey Maguire) lives in a charming suburban home with his beautiful wife, Nealy (Elizabeth Banks), and their adorable, 2-year-old son. When we first see him, he's driving home in his Toyota Prius — which has a campaign sticker for President Obama on it, naturally — with a large, lovely plant from Trader Joe's in the backseat. Jeff has just resodded the backyard and the place looks terrific — until one morning when he wakes up and finds that raccoons have gutted the grass overnight. Yes, these are literal raccoons but they're also metaphorical raccoons and sometimes, when things get especially weird, they're imaginary raccoons. They dig up transgressions in Jeff's life and weaknesses in his character that he'd rather suppress. Such is the obviousness of the symbolism in this black comedy that explores the ugly underbelly of seemingly idyllic domestic life. Perhaps this story from writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes sounds familiar to you with its drugs, adultery and murder. A lot of movies have upended the mythology of suburbia over the past decade or so, especially following the success of "American Beauty." ''The Details" doesn't do much that's new or particularly inspired to add insight to this collection, but it has some surprising moments and nuggets of clarity. Laura Linney is a hoot as the nutty next-door neighbor who threatens to blackmail Jeff over an affair he's having ... by trying to launch an affair of her own with him. And Ray Liotta has one standout scene as the cuckolded husband who explains to Jeff in an extended monologue what it means to be a man. R for language, sexual content, some drug use and brief violence. 101 minutes. Two stars out of four.
— Christy Lemire, AP Movie Writer
"Flight" — If it weren't so exceptionally crafted and acted, this tale of self-destruction and redemption might feel like the sort of feel-good fare you'd see on the Lifetime Movie Network, or even a 12-step-program promotion. Instead, Robert Zemeckis' first live-action film since 2000's "Cast Away" is thrilling, engrossing and even darkly funny at times, anchored by a tremendous performance from Denzel Washington. This is one of those Washington roles, like his Oscar-winning work in "Training Day," in which he exudes a potent mix of damage and bravado, control and danger, but he's so charismatic even as he does bad deeds that you can't help but root for him. Here, Zemeckis and screenwriter John Gatins have given him a meaty character and placed him in a complex situation. Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a veteran airline pilot and serious alcoholic. Major mechanical failure on a flight to Atlanta forces him to pull off a daring crash landing in the middle of a field in a breathtakingly spectacular action sequence. Afterward, he's rightly hailed as a hero for saving so many lives. But the subsequent federal investigation also reveals his rampant substance abuse, which only fortifies his denial. Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood and John Goodman all give strong supporting performances as the people around Whip who keep him functioning in various ways, while Kelly Reilly finds a jittery fragility as the junkie who moves in with him after the crash. But Zemeckis tends to lay on a heavy-handed tone that frustratingly keeps this from being a great film, which includes a distractingly Scorsese-esque, painfully literal use of rock music. R for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence. 135 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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Sorry, My Brain Accidentally Called You
from the and-you-thought-pocket-dialing-was-a-problem? dept
For example, it could create the ultimate hands-free experience for cell-phone users, or be used to detect when drivers or air-traffic controllers are getting drowsy by sensing lapses in concentration.Not surprisingly, it takes some practice, and some people are better at it than others. In fact, the main researcher behind this notes that he can only reach 85% accuracy, while others were able to get to practically 100% accuracy.
There have been other, similar, experiments that we've heard about in the past, so it's not clear how different this particular experiment is compared to some others. However, the article does quote one researcher who says that he's not convinced this methodology really works with mobile phones, because it involves showing numbers on a screen, with each number flashing at a slightly different frequency. It's that flashing frequency that triggers the brain sensor to dial the right number. But... those flashing numbers and frequency inputs really only work off of a large screen, rather than a small mobile phone screen.
That said, if we ever really do reach the point where we have working retinal displays, you could certainly see how this might work, where you'd flash up the number pad on your eyeball, and then be able to dial directly with your brain. I'd sign up for that.


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Over the summer, Cathy Beyer, a researcher in the Office of Educational Assessment, and I began working on a list of things all UW undergraduates should experience. It shapes our work and encompasses an undergraduate experience that Undergraduate Academic Affairs is uniquely poised to steward. Perhaps as you reflect on your years as a UW undergraduate, you'll recognize your own experiences within the list. More...
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The Auburn Tigers put the finishing touches on their game plan for Homecoming during an 80-minute practice Thursday at the Auburn Athletics Complex Practice Fields.
The Tigers play host to New Mexico State at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday, hosting the Aggies on Homecoming. That game, with an 11:30 a.m. CT kickoff, will be televised by CSS. The all-time series between Auburn and New Mexico State shows the Tigers with a 2-0 advantage. The two teams first met in Auburn in 1993, a 55-14 Auburn victory. The most recent meeting between the teams was in 2007, also at Jordan-Hare Stadium, when Auburn posted a 55-20 victory over the Aggies.
"New Mexico State has improved as the year has gone on, and our players know where we're at in terms of the urgency to win. We've got to go out there and play well; we've got to get a win," said Auburn head coach Gene Chizik. "It's going to be a good challenge for us and we're looking forward to it."
Saturday's game marks the 99th observance of Homecoming at Auburn and the 86th homecoming game for the Tigers, with the Homecoming Queen being crowned at the game. The five finalists for 2012 are: Blanche Alverson (Biomedical Science major; Andalusia, Ala.; and a four-year starter on Auburn's women's basketball team); Kathryn Crowley (Building Science; Shaker Heights, Ohio); Anna Davidson (Radio, Television, and Film; Hoover, Ala.); Mallory Gilliland (Hotel and Restaurant Management; Concordia, Kansas); and Becca Goad (Pre-Optometry/Biomedical Science; Clarksville, Tenn.).
Single-game tickets for the Homecoming game are still available. For more information or questions regarding tickets, contact the ticket office by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 855-AUB-2010.
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Former pro wrestling star Scott Hall is back in the news and, unfortunately, not in a good way.
It was reported last week that Hall was arrested for domestic abuse after allegedly grabbing his girlfriend's throat in a drunken fit of rage outside his Florida home.
According to a sheriff's report, Hall grabbed the woman, Lisa Howell, around the neck and arm and tried to pull her out of her car as she sat in the driveway of the home. Police who responded to the domestic disturbance were told that Hall had been drinking "for days" and that the two had gotten into an argument.
Police observed several signs of physical injury on Howell, including red marks around her neck, and Hall was placed under arrest for domestic battery. A deputy wrote that the 6-7. 275-pound Hall was so drunk he could barely stand. His arrest required two sets of handcuffs due to his large stature.
The report also noted an "unknown white secretion flowing from both sides of his mouth."
Hall, who reportedly was so intoxicated he had to be taken to a local hospital to be checked out before police could book him, has denied getting violent.
His attorney, Loredana Nesci, told celebrity news website TMZ that Hall did not choke out his girlfriend even though the woman told authorities that he grabbed her by her throat.
Howell later refused to press charges. Hall's lawyer says police arrested the ex-wrestler against Howell's wishes. "Ms. Howell claims that there was no physical abuse," said Nesci.
Sadly, the fact that Hall, 53, has made headlines again should come as no surprise to those who have followed the fallen hero's troubled career — and life — in recent years.
The '90s pro wrestling icon, whose substance abuse issues have been well documented, has been in rehab numerous times, the most recent being a WWE-sponsored stay earlier this year, and suffers from a number of health ailments that include congestive heart failure.
His deteriorating physical condition led to him having a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted in his heart in 2010.
Hall's problems were chronicled last year in a critically acclaimed ESPN documentary.
A statement by his attorney that Hall and his girlfriend have "a peaceful and amicable relationship" drew a strong rebuke from Hall's ex-wife and the mother of his two children.
Dana Hall, to whom Scott was married on two different occasions, says she doesn't buy the "peaceful and amicable" line.
"I know for a fact ... this relationship is not peaceful and amicable, but sick, unhealthy, disturbing, disgusting, unstable, violent and enabling, just to name a few. I completely believe he did this to her, as he has tried to do it to me in the past and to others. It's deplorable."
Dana Hall says she believes her ex-husband, who suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome, has continued to surround himself with enablers.
"It is a sick/codependent/abusive relationship of major proportions that needs to be seriously addressed, not schmoozed over so that the sickness can continue."
She says she has long since wiped her hands clean of the situation, yet still worries about her two children, one of whom is training to be a pro wrestler.
"I am just praying for an end to all of this insanity someday soon," she said. "Whatever that takes or means, this family has had enough. My children do not deserve any more embarrassment at the hands of their so-called father. It just needs to stop."
The incident was just the latest in a long string of out-of-the-ring physical altercations involving Hall.
Marsha Field, who knew Hall before he got into the wrestling business, claims he also tried to choke her in 1979 during a fit of rage.
Like many others before and after, Field was attracted to Hall's strong, striking features and chiseled physique.
"He was tall, dark and handsome, a waiter at Rosie O'Grady's (nightclub) when I first met him," she recalls. "We both were alcohol servers at Rosie's."
Field had just relocated to Orlando with her aunt and uncle after opting to take a job at Disney rather than attending college right away. She left her job as a hostess at Top of the World dinner theatre to take a higher-paying one as a waitress at the popular O'Grady's establishment.
From a fifth-generation family of cattle/citrus/vegetable farmers and herself an admitted country girl who loved horses and tennis, Orlando — and Scott Hall — proved to be an eye-opening experience for Field.
"Orlando was a big step for me. Tennis was the only form of entertainment in my small town where there was not even a movie theater. I knew country boys, ranchers and cowboys, so Scott being a body builder at the time was a whole new experience for me."
A religious conversion at that same time, she says, also was taking place within her soul. Hall, she says, was her first experience with "demons and forgiveness."
"I became a Christian somewhere during the time with Scott or just before I met him, and we had to change our lifestyle and not sleep together anymore. That created problems, and we decided to get married and kept setting dates, but God kept intervening."
The relationship between Field and Hall, however, soon took a disturbingly dark turn.
"Scott had a way of manipulating me ... then I would feel sorry for him and think he would never do it again. He tore up the condo I was leasing by kicking holes in the drywall next to where I was crouched in a ball. As I scooted down the hall he followed and kicked and punched and threw things into the walls. He really wanted to kick me but I was praying,"
Hall was 21 and had just started to train and work out to build his muscular body. The two had made plans to marry, but Field says "a very evil presence" emerged when Hall was drinking, and on one terrifying occasion he tried to choke her to death.
Only divine intervention, she says, saved her that day.
"He put his hands around my neck and with all his strength tried to choke me, but I had just been saved a few weeks before this happened, and when he choked me I cried out, 'Help me Jesus,' and as strong as Scott is, he could not put any pressure on my neck because the angels of the Lord were protecting my neck and throat."
Field says Hall was arrested, but the two got back together several weeks later. That, she now admits, was a big mistake.
During a Wednesday night nickel beerfest at O'Grady's, Hall broke a brandy glass full of fruit punch in Field's face, she says. Hall lost his job because of the incident, but Field's losses could have been far greater.
"A fraction of an inch closer and the stem would have cut my jugular vein," says Field, who spent most of that night in an emergency room and still sports scars on her throat, chin and lips.
"I thank God it did not put my eyesight out because he smashed the glass into my face, and when he saw what happened, he took his bloody hand and rubbed it in my face ... My concern was the glass going into my eyes as he crushed it with his large hands, and in the process he had to have, I believe, 18 stitches."
Field says Hall later told her that his first inclination was to push her down the stairs. "That would have killed me. It would have broken my neck."
The fight, she recalls, was over a girl that Field says Hall took in her car and to her bed to have sexual relations with.
"She was the one who took my place at Rosie's when I was let go for not being able to get the Can-Can dance steps down pat. When I saw her I knew what had happened as if it was written out. He was caught and exploded. He was drinking and on steroids at the time."
More than 30 years have passed since Field last spoke to Hall.
"It was a long road of forgiveness toward Scott because I loved him very much and he hurt me physically and emotionally, so the wounds were deep, but God brought healing in time."
Scott Hall's name is not an unfamiliar one on the police blotter.
In 1983 Hall shot a man to death, allegedly in self-defense, outside Thee Doll House strip club in Orlando during a fight over a woman. Prosecutors dropped a second-degree murder charge because of a lack of evidence, according to ESPN's E:60 documentary.
Hall was arrested in 1998 for allegedly getting intoxicated and groping a 56-year-old woman outside a hotel in Baton Rouge, La., while wrestling for WCW.
Noted psychiatrist David Reiss says Hall's case appears to be a severe one that is accentuated by serious health issues.
Rehab, at this point, may not be addressing the root of Hall's problems.
"Anyone who has that long of a history and who has cardiac problems, which can cause oxygen depletion, you want to know what their brain functioning is. I've seen that with people who go to rehab and cognitively, five minutes afterward, they don't know what was said to them. Even if they're well-intended, they can't hold on to it."
Even a minimal amount of drugs, says Reiss, can trigger a quick relapse.
"You don't have to use much to get back into it. The use of anything, even in amounts that might seem benign or would be benign for someone who doesn't have an addiction, is going to trigger relapse. Assuming there are medical complications, he may well have some organic
issues where it doesn't take much to really put him in an altered state. The further you go, and obviously he's a long way down the line, the easier it is to get way out of control."
Reiss, who will lead a panel discussion on a comprehensive wellness program at this week's Cauliflower Alley Club convention in Las Vegas, says lives and families are often changed forever in such extreme cases.
"This is a very sad case. The best you can hope for is that he stays safe."
For now, Hall is out of jail, at a local dojo training his 20-year-old son, Cody, to become a pro wrestler.
At 6-9 and 250 pounds, the strapping youngster has all the physical tools. While he has little ring experience, Cody Hall said in an interview last year that wrestling has always been a part of his life.
"Growing up with my dad as a wrestler has given me an extra appreciation for it, and all that it entails, so it has always been in my head as to if I could do it too," said Hall. "I have yet to have a calling to a certain profession, but if there is one, this would be it. It makes sense to start here. I know I have what it takes, and a whole lot more to bring to the table."
It was his dad's dream, said Cody, for him to follow in Hall's footsteps.
"He said I could take it even further, and as long as I can avoid his vices, I could have all the success imaginable."
Scott Hall was one of the highest-paid performers in the wrestling business during the '90s when he headlined as Razor Ramon and later as a member of WWE's Kliq (with Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Triple H and Sean Waltman) and WCW's NWO (with Nash and Hulk Hogan).
It was a period when drugs and excess were the norm in the industry, and when his professional and personal life spiraled out of control due to a string of drug-related incidents, the self-proclaimed "Bad Guy" became a problem child and liability that lost favor in the business.
For Hall, the fame and fortune came with a price. For all the success Hall achieved in the ring, there is an ominous asterisk at the bottom of his resume that tells the story of a tragic figure, a self-destructive soul whose real battle has been with his own personal demons.
"He will live and die for wrestling," Dana Hall said last year.
Hall, who was admitted to a Rhode Island hospital in April 2011 after overdosing on prescription medications, has been open about his dependence on drugs. By his own estimates, he "should have been dead 100 times." At this point, he admits, there isn't even a glimmer of hope that he can overcome his addiction.
"I tell my kids this, 'I can't tell you not to drink and do drugs, they are fun. It's fun. They work,'" he said in an interview last year with ESPN. "But what sucks is when you want to quit and you can't, and pretty soon you alienate or you hurt everyone around you. It's a family disease and then you can't keep a promise to anybody. What sucks the most is when you can't even keep a promise to yourself."
"I want to remember my dad as just a dad, not a wrestler, but the guy who was there when I rode without the training wheels or who waited for me by the bus stop when he was home. As long as I have those memories, that's how he will always be to me in the end," says son Cody, who has been living in his father's house since January.
Is Scott Hall at the point of no return? Or has he already passed it?
"I believe he is not dead because God has a plan for him," says Field. "I am still praying and battling for him in the spirit realm, and if the Lord wants me to talk to him, He will make the way."
"His demons are killing him," former WCW executive vice president Eric Bischoff said last year of Hall's downfall.
"The only person at this point that can help Scott is Scott," tweeted longtime friend Kevin Nash. "Those of you that think otherwise are lost to what addiction is."
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1. Tell me why you are afraid.
2. We do not know what he is doing.
3. I do not know how many ships there were.
1. Dic mihi cur timeas (verearis, metuas).
2. Nescimus quid faciat.
3. Nescio quot naves (quantum navium) fuerint.
Feel free to discuss, correct, explain, and argue in a scholarly manner
Synopsis of material:
A Subordinate Clause is a Clause (i.e. a pocket of a sentence, or sentence itself which contains a complete or semi-complete thought with a verb) that fits into a main sentence, such as an Indirect Question.
Ia. The sequence of tenses is that with Primary Tenses (Pres. or Fut., sometimes Perf.), and Imperatives, a subordinate clause At the same time or After the main verb is referred to in a Present Subjunctive in the Subordinate Clause. So, if the Main Clause's verb is in a Primary Tense, such as that of Present or Imperative, as in sentence 1 or 2 above, the Subordinate Clause's verb must be in the present subjunctive if we wish to speak at the same time, which we do:
Thus, in #2, nescimus is a translation of the present verb "we do not know". "What he is doing" is to be translated in the present (facit), and since the rule is that a subordinate clause in the present with a main clause in the present becomes a present subjunctive, it becomes faciat.
Ib. If we wish to express time before a Primary Tense Verb, we use the Perfect Subjunctive as in sentence 3 above.
Thus, nescio is a translation of a present verb "I do not know". "How many ships there were" is to be translated in the past (erant or fuerant), and since the rule for past verbs in subordinate clauses with present main clauses is that they are put into the perfect subjunctive, it becomes fuerint.
IIa. The sequence of tenses is that with Historical Tenses (Imperf. or Plup. or Perf.), a subordinate clause At the same time or After the main verb is referred to in an Imperfect Subjunctive in the Subordinate Clause. So, if the Main Clause's verb is in a Historic Tense, such as Pluperfect, the Subordinate clause's verb must be in the Imperfect subjunctive if we wish to speak at the same time. Let's use the example "He had asked what she would wish":
We could translate "He had asked" as rogaverat, a pluperfect verb in the main clause. Then "what she would wish" is a speaking of the future (volet), and since subordinate future clauses with past main clauses are put in the Imperfect subjunctive, it becomes vellet. Thus we should have Rogaverat quid vellet.
IIb. If we wish to express time before a Historic Tense, we use the pluperfect subjunctive. I'll use this sentence... "I know (cognovi) what you had considered":
While cognovit is often translated in the present, it is technically a past tense verb in the perfect, putting the main clause in Historic tense. Therefore, we shall translate "I know" as cognovit. Then "what you had considered" is speaking of the past in relation to the main clause (cogitaveras), but since subordinate past clauses with past main clauses are to be put into the pluperfect subjunctive, we have cogitavisses. So it would read Cognovi quid cogitavisses.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The right people at the right time in the right location.
That phrase — repeated over and over in a secret recording of a police supervisor — is at the crux of a civil rights challenge to the New York Police Department's contentious tactic known as stop, question and frisk.
"So, who are the right people?" asks officer Pedro Serrano, during an argument with his supervisor about how to make a legal stop.
"Depends where you are," replies Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack.
The recording was played during Serrano's testimony last week at a federal trial that's providing a window into the workings of the nation's largest police force, the instincts officers rely on to do their jobs and the difficulty police supervisors have in translating written policies into practice on the street.
Serrano works patrol in the 40th Precinct in the Bronx, among the more crime-ridden in the city. Robberies there rose from 397 in 2011 to 478 in 2012, and grand larcenies rose from 412 to 469.
Serrano said his supervisors believed he tallied too few arrests, summonses and stop, question and frisk reports, known as "250s." When he appealed his annual evaluation earlier this year, Serrano decided to use his phone to record his boss.
"So you're saying what? Summons everybody for whatever reason?" the patrolman asks.
"No, see, listen to me. Understand this. All right? I don't summons people for any reason, all right," McCormack responds. "We go out there and we summons people and we '250' people, the right people, at the right time, the right location."
Lawyers for four men who have sued police say McCormack's phrase should be interpreted as a thinly-veiled mandate to stop blacks and Hispanics to inflate numbers so the department looks proactive. Police officials and city lawyers said the inspector is trying to explain that to help stifle a specific crime, for example, the right people may be black or Hispanic males — those who are most often stopped by police.
"Again, take Mott Haven, where he had the most problems ... robberies and grand larcenies. The problem was, what? Male blacks," McCormack said. "And as I told you at roll call, and I have no problem telling you this, male blacks 14 to 20, 21."
Serrano raises his voice: "So what am I supposed to do? Male blacks 14 to 20 wearing dark clothing? What do you want me to do specifically?"
The appeal of Serrano's evaluation is then declared over, with his superiors suggesting he needs more training.
The ongoing trial is creating an uncomfortable spotlight for a department more accustomed to bragging about its crime-fighting prowess and a drop in crime to levels not seen since the 1960s. Several top brass are expected to testify in the coming weeks, including Chief of Department Joseph Esposito and Paul Browne, the deputy commissioner for public information and a close adviser to Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Kelly have hailed "stop and frisk" as a program that has deterred crime and saved lives by taking weapons off of would-be killers and by making crooks reconsider carrying weapons in the first place.
But the trial has exposed how in practice, the tactic creates often messy and difficult encounters between police and the public. So far, men have testified that they were stopped and frisked by officers as they went about their lives — getting milk at a store, walking home, going to a party. The men say they were doing nothing wrong and felt victimized by overzealous officers.
One man who testified, Nicholas Peart, described an encounter in which officers swarmed, pointed their weapons and told him and two relatives to get down on the ground late on the night of his 18th birthday. According to police radio calls, the officers were looking for robbery suspects who resembled the three men. But Peart was scared and felt harassed — and didn't think police had enough reason to stop him. No one was arrested.
Most officers believe they are stopping someone for a purpose — namely because a crime has occurred, and most crime suspects in New York City are black and Hispanic.
The department has made about 5 million stops in the past decade, mostly young black and Hispanic men. Only about 10 percent were arrested and few weapons are actually recovered, leaving many let go feeling angry and humiliated. They include the four plaintiffs, who contend they were wrongly targeted because of their race.
The suit, now a class-action case, is seeking to reform the tactic, which is legal under a 1968 Supreme Court decision.
The nonjury trial is being heard by U.S. District Court Judge Shira Schiendlin, who has the power to order changes that may substantially alter the department's methods. She has already expressed concern over the tactic in previous rulings.
McCormack is expected to testify later in the trial. But thanks to the tape, the judge already is familiar with his voice. She's heard him tell the officer that his goal is to allow honest citizens to go about their business without fear of violence.
"Ninety-nine percent of the people in this community are great, hardworking people, who deserve to walk to the train, walk to their car, walk to the store," he said.
Associated Press Writer Tom Hays contributed to this report.


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It continues to be a busy Summer for ADLIB as another recent project involved the supply of audio production and crew for Nine Inch Nails' final UK Arena shows at Manchester Evening News Arena & the O2 Arena in London, UK.
The Liverpool based company has toured with NIN before and US-based FOH engineer Pete Keppler has also used them on a number of previous occasions for other artists including the last David Bowie European tour, so naturally, he was happy to work with them again.
Keppler specified a JBL VerTec system, with ADLIB's Tony Szabo as systems engineer & crew chief. In Manchester, they utilised 14 VT4889s with 14 VT4880A flown subs per side for the main hangs, and 16 VT4889s per side for the side hangs. The subs were powered from ADLIB's new Labgruppen PLM14000 amplifiers, with onboard Lake processing, which gave plenty of power to the system.
A centre cluster of 6 L-Acoustics dV-DOSC was positioned just in front of the stage, pointing almost directly downwards and used as fills for the front rows.
This enabled the ground-stacking to be kept straightforward. More emphasis went into subs, with a left/right stack of 4 high L-Acoustics S28 subs run from the LA8 amps (also with onboard DSP), plus two stacks of two SB28s, sixteen feet apart, downstage centre along the front of the stage. A 2 high dv-DOSC front fill stack was positioned at the front corners of the stage for additional fill.
At the O2, the VerTec arrays were all increased to 16 elements to deal with the extra volume of the Arena, with 2 delay hangs of 8 VT4889s added. This configuration is proving a great formula for the venue reports Szabo and is the same arrangement they used with the V-DOSC system they put in the O2 when touring with Bob Dylan recently.
The O2 delays were flown at 26 metres in height specifically to cover the upper bowl seating at the rear of the room, so the top bowl sounded as punchy and sharp as the floor. These were run from Labgruppen PLM10000 amps, which Szabo really likes, "They have plenty of power, Lake DSP onboard, are compact and can be remote controlled - a very neat solution all round". Two amp racks stationed on the catwalk in the roof drove these two delay hangs.
The main and side hang VerTec was run from ADLIB's Camco Vortex 6's, and the L-Acoustics speakers were powered by their new LA8 amps.
Nine Inch Nails brought their own FOH console and complete monitor set up, the latter run by Mike Prowda, so ADLIB supplied monitor and stage kit for the two opening acts - Jane's Addiction and Mew. Keppler is a long time user of DigiDesign's D-Show consoles and Pro Tools plug-ins as is Jane's Addiction FOH engineer, Brad Madix.
ADLIB MP3 wedges were driven by ADLIB's new standard of Labgruppen PLM10000 monitor racks and these covered both opening acts, complete with a Yamaha PM5D console for Mew's FOH mix and an LS9 for their monitors, plus 120 Volt backline power distribution for Jane's Addiction.
Szabo was joined on the ADLIB team by Dave Kay and James Neale (FOH systems techs), Hassane Es Siahi who looked after monitors and apprentice system tech, George Puttock.
As it was two large one-offs, there was no time to get into the normal momentum and groove of touring but hard work and long hours gave all three engineers a great sounding, well tuned system from which they could create their own individual mixes.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville drummer Willie Ackerman, who played with artists such as Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Louis Armstrong, has died. He was 73.
According to an obituary from the Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home, Ackerman passed away peacefully on Thursday.
The obituary states that Ackerman was a professional musician from the age of 17. He was a staff drummer for such country music institutions as the Grand Ole Opry, RCA Studios and "Hee Haw."
He played with numerous country stars, including Patsy Cline, George Jones, Waylon Jennings and Chet Atkins. He recorded classic hits such as "El Paso," and "Wings of a Dove."
Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Monday at Marshall-Donnelly-Combs followed by burial at Springhill Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Ackerman's honor to the Opry Trust Fund.