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March 15, 2006
FARO, Portugal -- The U.S. Women's National Team, which includes former Broncos Aly Wagner and Leslie Osborne, dominated Germany in scoring chances during the championship game of the 2006 Algarve Cup, but could not manufacture a goal through 120 minutes and fell in a penalty kick shootout, 4-3, at Stadium Algarve.
The U.S. out-shot Germany, 16-8, earned 13 corner kicks to Germany's three and hit the crossbar twice in the first half, but German goalkeeper Silke Rottenberg pulled off a handful of spectacular saves to get her team to the shootout.
In the penalty kick shootout, Aly Wagner, Cat Whitehill and Kristine Lilly converted for the USA, but Shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach missed the second and fourth attempts while the Germans took four excellent penalties with the final kick from Petra Wimbersky ending the match.
"It was a good game by both teams," said U.S. head coach Greg Ryan. "I think we played much better this year (than in last year's 1-0 win against Germany in the 2005 Algarve Cup title game). Last year, I thought Germany dominated the game and we were fortunate to score the goal and defend well. Tonight, I think we were the more aggressive team, (constantly) attacking throughout the game. The chances we created, the shots on goal, the corner kicks, we dominated this match, but some days, you don't get a goal."
The game went back-and-forth for 120 minutes with the world's top two teams counter-attacking at speed, but the USA team was far more dangerous in the attacking third. Despite some extremely tired legs on a U.S. team playing its fourth match in seven days, the Americans put forth a monumental effort to create chances and it was remarkable that they did not score in the first half.
In the 15th minute, forward Heather O'Reilly sent a cross from the left wing that flew into the right side of the penalty area to Wagner. She brought the ball down perfectly and beat a player to the inside with a nifty dribble. With an open look at the goal, she tried to bend a shot into the left corner, but it went just wide from 14 yards out.
Carli Lloyd slipped a short pass behind the German defense to Wambach in the 22nd minute, but the U.S. forward took her first touch too hard and Rottenberg was able to come sliding out to knock the ball away.
The USA hammered two shots off the crossbar in a span of five minutes, the first coming in the 30th minute. Wagner received a square ball across the top of the penalty area from Lilly, who had countered well down the left flank, but the midfielder spun her right-footed blast off the bar at the upper left corner.
In the 34th minute, Lloyd cranked a 30-yarder with her left foot off the crossbar at almost the same spot that Wagner had tattooed moments earlier. The rebound came back to Lilly, who was open for a moment in front of the net, but she couldn't settle the ball before it was swept away by a retreating defender.
Right at the end of the half, the USA caught Germany by surprise on a quickly taken free kick that saw Wagner play Lilly into the right side of the penalty area. The U.S. captain cut towards the near post and found Lloyd perfectly in the slot, but her shot was blocked by a defender and bounced out for a corner kick.
On the ensuing kick, the ball was cleared up in the air by the Germans, and came down at the feet of Boxx, who was inside the six. She didn't get a solid piece of the ball on her shot, but it still forced Rottenberg into a great point-blank reaction save.
The USA put together another flurry at the 58-minute mark, as Wambach held the ball well before putting Lilly behind the defense on the left flank. Lilly raced towards goal and had O'Reilly open in the middle for an instant, but her driven cross was re-directed out of danger by defender Stephie Jones.
One minute later, Wagner received a short pass off a free kick from the right flank and turned toward goal to strike her shot. The ball took a deflection, and was heading into the upper left corner before the scrambling Rottenberg was able to push it outside the left post.
Two minutes later, Wambach bullied into the right side of the penalty area with Jones on her left shoulder and hit a bouncing shot from 12 yards out that struck the shoulder of Rottenberg before the German defense cleared the rebound.
In the 75th minute, substitute Lindsay Tarpley came close to scoring after winning the ball in a scramble in front of the net. She jumped to get a foot on the bouncing ball as Rottenberg closed on her just outside the six-yard line, but sent her spinning shot just outside the right post.
Despite the U.S. dominance in corner kicks, they did not produce much danger from them, either due to sub-par services or good clearances from the Germans.
The U.S. defense, consisting of center-backs Amy LePeilbet and Whitehill, along with outside backs Heather Mitts and Christie Rampone, did a fine job keeping the Germans in front of them while slowing the ball on their many counters. Germany put just four shots on goal during the match and none seriously troubled Solo, but they did produce a flurry in the 19th minute as captain Birgit Prinz latched on to a cross from the right, only to send her shot high over the goal. One minute later, midfielder Conny Pohlers pulled off a quasi-bicycle kick in the middle of the penalty area, but the ball flew right into Solo's hands.
Each team had promising chances to win the game in the waning moments. Prinz struck a free kick from 25 yards out in 88th minute, but hit her shot weakly into the U.S. wall. Solo also had to catch a few dangerous services in the last five minutes of regulation.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Lilly almost pulled out the U.S. victory after Wagner played her a diagonal ball out to the left flank. She got a step on right back Kerstin Stegemann inside the penalty area and cracked her shot across the face of the goal. It was headed into the lower right corner before the pesky Rottenberg got a touch to it, pushing it just outside the left post.
With both teams exhausted, the overtime did not produce many chances, although Germany did come closest in the 96th minute. Wimbersky hit a dangerous cross from the right wing that forced Solo to venture far out of her net to punch away. The ball bounded out to Celia Okoyino da Mbabi at the top of the penalty area and she looped a shot toward goal. Solo had to scramble back to her left to parry it around the post.
At the end of the first 15-minute overtime period, Wamach out-muscled Sandra Minnert down the right flank. As the German defender fell, Wambach dribbled towards the near post and cut a pass back to substitute forward Natasha Kai, but her shot was blocked by a defender.
The match was physical, but not dirty, with 31 total fouls being called as both teams went at each other with tremendous conviction. The Germans, who were fortunate the game reached penalties, ultimately took care of business in the shootout.
Wagner started the USA off with goal from the first kick. Melanie Behringer took her team's first shot and blew it past Solo into the left corner. Boxx then saw her shot to the lower right corner easily saved by Rottenberg. Germany took the lead with its next kick as Conny Pohlers drilled her shot into the lower left corner. Whitehill kept the USA in the game with an excellent finish into the upper right corner before Prinz skied her shot over the goal to leave the shootout tied, 2-2, after three kicks each.
Wambach then gave the Germans new life, pounding her shot off the bottom of the crossbar and away. Okoyino da Mbabi then coolly slotted her shot into the right corner. Lilly needed to convert to keep the USA alive, and she did, but Wimbersky finished smartly into the left corner on the next kick to give Germany the Algarve Cup title.
The USA had to make two substitutions for players who suffered minor head injuries, as Tarpley and Kai, who both had come into the game in the second half, had to leave the match during overtime.
It was the first loss for the U.S. women since Nov. 6, 2004, when they fell to Denmark, 3-1, but the U.S. team has still yet to lose a match in regulation under head coach Greg Ryan, who took over the team at the 2005 Algarve Cup. The loss also broke a streak of three straight Algarve Cup titles for the USA.
The U.S. team now heads home for a two-week break before beginning a six-month Residency Training Camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. in early April.
The USA did pick up two of the tournament's four awards, as Shannon Boxx was named Best Player of the tournament and Hope Solo was named Best Goalkeeper.
In the other placement games, Denmark salvaged its Algarve Cup with a 4-0 win against Ireland to take ninth, Finland (which won the tournament's Fair Play Award) out-slugged Mexico in a goal-fest, 4-3, to finish seventh, while Norway defeated China, 1-0, for fifth. In the third place match, Sweden got a second-half goal from forward Lotta Schelin to defeat France, 1-0. In that match, French goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi sent Swedish star striker Hanna Llungberg to the hospital with a vicious clothesline hit as they met for a 50-50 ball about 30 yards from the goal. Bouhaddi was red-carded for the foul.
U.S. Women's National Team Game Report --
Match-up: USA vs. Germany
Competition: 2006 Algarve Cup
Venue: Stadium Algarve; Faro, Portugal
Date: March 15, 2006; Kickoff – 4:30 p.m. local / 11:30 a.m. ET
Attendance: 1,000
Weather: Cloudy, chilly – 58 degrees
Scoring Summary:
Germany 0 0 0 0 4 0
USA: 18-Hope Solo; 2-Heather Mitts, 4-Cat Whitehill, 14-Amy LePeilbet, 3-Christie Rampone; 7-Shannon Boxx, 11-Carli Lloyd (5-Lindsay Tarpley, 69, 15-Marci Miller, 102), 10-Aly Wagner; 9-Heather O'Reilly (6-Natasha Kai, 70, 16-Amy Rodriguez, 116), 20-Abby Wambach, 13-Kristine Lilly – Capt.
Subs not used: 1-Jenni Branam, 8-Tina Frimpong, 12-Leslie Osborne, 19-Christie Welsh, 21-Stephanie Lopez.
Head Coach: Greg Ryan
GER: 1-Silke Rottenberg; 2-Kerstin Stegemann, 4-Stephanie Jones, 13-Sandra Minnert (3-Sonja Fuss, 106), 5-Annike Krahn; 6-Britta Carlson (19-Celia Okoyino da Mbabi, 59), 8-Conny Pohlers, 18-Kerstin Garefrekes, 20-Petra Wimbersky; 9-Birgit Prinz – Capt., 11-Anja Mittag (17-Melanie Behringer, 65).
Subs not used: 7-Sandra Smisek, 10-Renate Lingor, 12-Nadine Angerer, 14-Bianca Rech, 15-Babett Peter, 16-Karolin Thomas.
Head Coach: Silvia Neid
Statistical Summary:
Shots: 16 / 9
Shots on Goal: 9 / 4
Saves: 4 / 6
Corner Kicks: 13 / 3
Fouls: 15 / 16
Offside: 7 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Heather Mitts (caution) 25th minute.
USA – Abby Wambach (caution) 55.
Penalty Kick Shootout:
USA: Wagner (Goal), Boxx (Saved), Whitehill (Goal), Wambach (Crossbar), Lilly (Goal)
GER: Behringer (Goal), Pohlers (Goal), Prinz (High), Okoyino da Mbabi (Goal), Wimbersky (Goal)
Referee: Tammy Ogston (AUS)
Asst. Referee: Susanne Borg (SWE)
Asst. Referee: Hege Steinlund (NOR)
4th Official: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)
ussoccer.com Woman of the Match: Heather Mitts
Match-up Placement Game Venue
Denmark 4, Ireland 0 Ninth Place Lagoa
Finland 4, Mexico 3 Seventh Place Ferreiras
Norway 1, China 0 Fifth Place Albufeira
Sweden 1, France 0 Third Place Faro – Stadium Algarve
USA 0, Germany 0 Championship Faro – Stadium Algarve
(GER wins 4-3 in PKs)
2006 Algarve Cup Final Standings
On the match:
"Tonight I think we played our best game (of the tournament), and we played two really good games against Denmark and France. But tonight I think we played our best soccer. (German goalkeeper) Silke (Rottenberg) made some great saves, the post made some great saves, but sometimes you are lucky. In the (2004) Olympic Final against Brazil, the post saved us because Brazil hit the post two times."
On the overall performance in the tournament for his young team:
"It was fantastic. It was such a great tournament for our young players that are learning more every day. The improvement of the team over the course of the tournament was phenomenal."
On the young players getting experience:
"We just dominated the number one team in the world. We are only just beginning with a very young team, so I think for us we are on the right track. But we have to keep training the young players so that they understand when they come on the field, what their role is."
On 21-year-old forward Heather O'Reilly:
"Heather Reilly had her best performance in a tournament ever. Clearly she is becoming an important player for this team."
On Germany:
"Germany always impresses me. They play such good football. Tonight, even though I felt we had more chances, they are so dangerous. They don't need to dominate a game to win a game because their attacking is so precise. They are just a great team."
On the next step:
"We need to finish more goals. I was happy the way we took our chances. We took them well, but were just a little off. Against China (in the first game of the tournament), we didn't take them well. But tonight we looked to shoot, we took our chances, we hit the cross bar or it was a great save."
On the 13 corner kicks:
"We'll keep working on finishing. We haven't done a lot yet on set plays because we've been working on our team style, but when you get 13 corner kicks you should get a goal."
On the defense:
"In this game, I think we got (the defensive organization) down. We were organized, we were dropping well together and Cat (Whitehill) and Amy (LePeilbet) worked well to cover one another. I felt the confidence today in the defense. It was the best since we've been together since 2005."
Solo on the penalty kick shootout:
"I thought I had (a save) in me, I did. I should have just guessed on the last one. I would have guessed that way, too."
On the team's performance:
"We left it all out on the field today. I really believe we outplayed the Germans. Their 'keeper played amazing. She always tends to do that. She made great saves, but we hit good crosses, we were attacking, we were just unfortunate not to get one today."
On the penalty kicks:
"It's not often that you can work and train as hard as you possibly can…then you play four games, you play your heart out, you work your butt off, and it comes down to one shot. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that I should have put that away. It's a shot that will stick fresh in my memory for the rest of my career, but I'm a professional, and I have to take the good with the bad. Tonight, Germany shot better than us in the penalties. I think we outplayed them on the field, but if we can't do it in regular time, we have to do it in penalties, and we didn't do that today."
On the match:
"Germany always brings a team that is organized and disciplined, and against the U.S., we seem to go into extra time with them often. (It was a) bit of a heart-breaker, and one that will be very fresh in my mind, at least until the training for the World Cup."
On the team's overall play in the tournament:
"I think we progressed pretty well. We didn't score in the first and last games that we played, which is kind of a bummer for the forward line. We had a lot of chances today, and should have stuck a few of them away. As a forward, I take responsibility for that. Creating chances is half of scoring goals and we need to put them away. We need a goal scorer and I think training in residency is really going to help our front line."
On the match:
"It was a good soccer game at both ends. I think we created more chances as the game went on, but we were unlucky. I thought we fought to the end but it was just one of those games."
On the overall play of the team:
"As each game wore on, I think we played better and we changed some things that we needed to. We were playing to feet and we were getting behind teams, and I think that's one of the strengths with our speed we have now with the young players."
On experiencing a championship game:
"This was a great game for this young team. It's a final, it goes to PKs, there is some pressure, but this is our first loss we've had in over a year. You hate to go to penalty kicks, but this is also a great lesson for us. We came out (of the game) with a good head on our shoulders."
On the penalty kick shootout:
"(Rottenberg) made the save, and that's what matters, if you can save one. We were lucky when Birgit missed and unlucky when Abby hit the crossbar. All four of their kicks were money and Hope didn't have a chance."
On the match:
"We did really well today, but it was a little bit of a bummer. We had a lot of shots on goal, a lot of shots hit the post, but it was good to play Germany early in the year and we have a lot to work on. The next step is putting them in the goal."


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Wow. What a day. Today's stage had everything- gusty winds, rain, large portions of unsealed road, slick descents and surprise climbs. The stage was 114km from Masterton to Palmerston Nth. Not as hilly as I'd have liked, but with a few pinches to break it up.And so many crashes. 3 of the team crashed, luckily not too bad but the road claimed a lot of skin today from a lot of riders.
Sarah 'Bernard' Roy got in an early break and held it for around 40km. Top effort. Alex overcame an incident with a creative bike handler (and has the ripped knicks to prove it) to finish just back from the front bunch. Bec 'I'll just finish this stage before knocking out some REAL work' Halliday and Bron 'Does the left side of my arse look big in this photo or is that just the haemotoma?' Ryan stuck with Alex and helped her limit time losses.
Meanwhile, Laura 'is there an AA for compulsive stretchers?'Luxford and myself found ourselves at the pointy end of the field and in a break. We put in a lot of work and caught Ruth and the NZ chick before being caught by the chase bunch.We both finished in the front bunch of around 40 riders. It was disappointing to put so much work into the break and still be caught but that's life. The good news is that we have some good legs in the team and some good chances coming up. For now, i'm just happy that stage is over.


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And I don't mean that as a criticism, exactly. Since taking over as ED (just in August, right?), Amy Ferrer seems to have moved extremely quickly to get a new JFP system set up. I think that counts for a lot. After years of being ignored by Schrader, we have an ED who is paying attention to us and trying to help. I cannot begin to imagine David Schrader leaving a comment on this blog, or reading it, or even knowing about it. Let alone implementing a suggestion that was made here or on Philosophers Anonymous or something.
And this is important function of the APA. PhilJobs is great, and the Phylo jobs board and wiki are great. It's great that there are volunteers who do this, and who do a good job. But the profession needs to have an official job market service center. It would not be at all kosher to just leave the JFP exclusively in the hands of volunteers--however good at it they may be.
That said, there are a number of areas for improvement. I don't claim to be the first to have mentioned all of these, but I'm too lazy to go back through yesterday's comments and cite sources. For the same reason, I'm not going to make any attempt to compile a complete list of suggestions. These are just the main things that stood out to me as I was browsing around last night and this morning.
(I'd also like to point out that I strongly agree with Jaded's remarks yesterday regarding constructive criticism. I'm trying not to just complain and stuff. I'm trying to complain constructively.)
The AOS/AOC stuff should be displayed on the ad thumbnail.Ok. I see that this has been fixed. But it seems to me that the AOS and the AOC fields are not adequately distinguished.
- There should be a way to get all the ads to display on a single page.
- The AOS/AOC tags don't work very well--I click on the tag for my AOS and I get a lot of stuff not in my AOS. Which makes me worry that I'm also not getting everything in my AOS.
- The "open" AOS/AOC tag returns ads that are not open.
- The AOS/AOC tag thing doesn't seem to distinguish between AOS and AOC.
- Does using the "filter" function with the checkboxes for "grant/fellowship" etc. negate the AOS/AOC tag filter? There doesn't seem to be any way to confirm or disconfirm this. The UI at PhilJobs is a good model here--you check some boxes in one area, and then you check some more in another area, and the boxes in the first area stay checked. This UI has no boxes for areas of specialization or competence.
- When you "star" an ad, it should be marked as starred on the thumbnail.
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Just a quick note. I am really out of it. Surgery seemed to go well but recovery not so much right now. Brought home some kind of congestion issue from the hospital which I'm praying will not turn into pneumonia. Not a lot I can take for it because most meds have stimulants in them which I can't have. Could still use your prayers if you have a few to spare. Will write again when I can.
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Matthew 6:1-4
I have had experiences, recent & in times past, where a person tells me to my face, sends me an email, or posts on their blog about something nice they have done for someone. Here are a few examples:
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Apple appears to have fixed a problem with its Maps app a day after police in Australia warned travelers not to use the software following a number of incidents where motorists relying on it for directions had become lost and stranded in a scorching hot national park.
The motorists in question had been looking for the town of Mildura in the southern Australian state of Victoria but became lost in Murray-Sunset National Park due to a Maps location area.
A search for Mildura on Apple Maps now drops a pin in the correct location, which means it's fine if motorists heading to Mildura want to use the software for directions. However, at the time of writing, the old 'Mildura' label is still showing on the map too, which may continue to cause confusion for some users.
Before Apple dealt with the issue, concerned police said the inaccurate software, which placed Mildura some 43 miles (70 km) from its actual location, could cause a "potentially life-threatening situation", especially as temperatures in the park can reach up to 46C (114F).
"Local police have been called to assist distressed motorists who have become stranded within the Murray-Sunset National Park after following directions on their Apple iPhone," Victoria Police News reported on Monday.
They added that some of the rescued motorists had been stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water and had walked long distances through dangerous terrain in an effort to get a phone signal.
Apple has had a rough time with its iOS map app since its launch with iOS 6 in September. Misplaced locations and lack of detail left many users incredulous and led to Apple CEO Tim Cook issuing an apology. This latest error, coupled with its serious nature, is another embarrassment for the Cupertino company.
With the media outlets around the world picking up the story, it's little wonder the tech giant acted quickly to put things right. Perhaps this is what Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller meant back in September when she said of Apple Maps, "The more people use it, the better it will get." Although it's a safe bet she didn't have images of dehydrating Australians in mind when she said it.
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Five Obstructions
In Five Obstructions Lars Von Trier challenges one of his idols, Jørgen Leth, to remake his 1967 Danish short film, The Perfect Human, five times with certain restrictions. This film documents the conversations between the two directors, footage of the new short films, behind the scenes and on-location footage, interspersed with footage of the original Perfect Human. Each film is in a different location with some different styles. The result is a look into the creative process and demonstrates creativity flourishing even under the shadow of restriction.
At the beginning of the film you get the impression that Von Trier is a mad scientist and Leth is the subject for some gruesome experiment. During the conversational segments, Von Trier sets up rules, or obstructions for Leth. Many of the rules presented as a means of punishment, with the expectation that the resulting film will be a disaster, and that Leth will suffer during the process. Von Trier does little to hide his intent to make the process hell for Leth. For the second film Leth is even sent to the worst place on earth he's ever been, while not showing any of the atrocities seen there. To further the mad scientist image, Von Trier even seems upset that Leth isn't suffering enough during the production of these films. Throughout the film Von Trier acts as if he isn't getting what he wants despite the fact that the resulting films are quite successful. The underlying reasoning for Von Trier's attempts to torture Leth would seem to be to get him to learn something new and challenge him. At the end of the film there is a sense that Von Trier is being cryptic and deceitful about how he feels the experiment pans out. Throughout the film Jørgen Leth maintains a relatively positive attitude and achieves incredible results in spite of each obstruction. At times he seems hesitant. When he is told to make a cartoon, he expresses hate for cartoons. He makes a cartoon anyways and it looks amazing. Each of the films Leth creates is quite innovative and progressive, leaving the viewer desiring to see the next one. Leth illustrates a willingness to go with anything. The end result is that Leth seems to be the one in control, not the other way around.Continue Reading


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(From my memoir, PregMANcy: A Dad, a Little Dude and a Due Date, on faith, fatherhood and family)
Mattias: "Dad, I forgive you."
Me: "But I didn't do anything wrong."
Mattias: "That's okay. I forgive you anyway."
-Mattias, 5 years, 1 month
I'm a big, gigantic jerk of a dad.
My son, Mattias, is a charmer. As introverted and crowd-averse as I am, he feeds off the energy of a group. His uncle Matt calls him "Slumdog Millionaire" because he's convinced that, if you dropped him in the middle of Calcutta with nothing but the clothes on his back, he'd be running the joint inside of six months.
This particular day, Mattias was working on a smaller scale, charming his uncle Joe out of five bucks over a family dinner. The problem is that, about half the time, he loses the money before it makes it into his bank. So I offered to carry it for him while we were out running some errands later on.
He asked for it back after a while, and I explained that if he lost it, there were no refunds. I figured, though, that even losing the money was a lesson worth learning.
Sure enough, that evening at dinner, he dug into his pocket for his cash and found nothing.
"Dad," he said, looking distressed, "I need my money back."
"I already gave it to you, buddy," I said, bracing for the inevitable fit to follow.
"No," he said, raising both the pitch and volume of his voice, "you have it."
"Remember how we talked about this?" I sat down with him, checking his pockets. "This is why I didn't want you to carry your own money. Once it's gone, it's gone, dude."
"I did NOT lose it!" he was pretty worked up at this point. "You had it, and YOU lost it!" His eyes got a little bit teary, though you could tell he was still trying to hold it together.
"Hey, don't blame me for losing your money," I said, trying to balance his distress with an even tone of voice. "Sometimes we lose stuff. It's no fun, but that's how we learn to be more careful."
"No," he stood up, shifting from plaintively desperate to confrontational, "YOU had it, YOU lost it, and I want it back!"
"All right," I rubbed my eyes, trying not to get hooked by his tirade, "that's enough. Go take a time out and think about how you're talking to daddy." He stomped over toward his Naughty Step, all the while grumbling audibly about my culpability and something about his displeasure for my stinkiness.
After a few minutes, he got the frustration out of his system and I let him out of the penalty box. As I try to do after his punishment, I gave him a hug and tried to talk him through why he got in trouble, and how he might avoid it the next time. He played along, if for no other reason than to get me to shut up so he could go back to watching the animated Christmas special that was on TV.
"Thanks buddy," I said, hugging him back, "but do you know what it means to forgive someone?"
"Kind of," he said, staring at me with his big, blue saucer eyes. It's a damn good thing this kid is so stinking cute; it may well add to his lifespan.
"It means you're not staying upset at someone for something they did wrong."
"Okay," he said, giving me another hug, "then I forgive you."
"But I didn't do anything wrong," I said, careful not to bring up the money specifically, for fear of starting another emotional conflagration I'd just as soon avoid.
"I forgive you anyway," he smiled, and went back to his TV show.
Fair enough. Who am I, after all, to dissuade him from offering peace in his own way, even if it's a little bit misdirected?
A couple hours later, as I was getting ready for bed, I emptied my pockets onto the bathroom counter, and tucked up in the corner of my right-hand pocket was a crumpled up five-dollar bill. I stared at the object in utter shame.
"What's the matter," Amy asked. I held up the bill. "You're kidding," was all she said.
"I'm such a knob," I said, setting his money down.
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to apologize to him of course."
"Poor guy," she frowned. "Five-year-olds just have no leverage to argue."
"All right," I said. "Thanks, but I already feel like enough of an asshole."
"You should ask him what you can do to make it right."
"Yeah," I said, "good idea to basically open the door to a kid to let him exploit the moment."
"Well, that's what we teach him to say."
"No," I corrected her, "that's what you teach him to say. I think an apology and admitting you're wrong is good enough. I hate apologizing as it is."
"Really? I didn't know that about you."
"In the Piatt clan," I said, "the typical M.O. was just to ignore the transgression for a while until you could just pretend like it never happened."
"Nice," she shook her head.
"Hey, I didn't say I was going to do it, but I'm sure as hell not going to go wake him up to apologize." He was still asleep when I left for work the next morning, so I got to carry it around a little longer, which is awesome for a guy already feeling off-center about my own parental issues.
Amy's right; this one probably is going to cost me a little.
Being the little five-year-old saint that he is, I could hardly finish apologizing before he was hugging and forgiving me. "It's okay dad, I forgive you, again. I forgive you every time, and plus, even though it's not Valentine's Day, you can be my Valentine every day."
"That's very sweet," I said, both grateful for his mercy, and even more embarrassed about my faux pas. "Thanks buddy."
"But dad," he said, pulling back and looking me in the eye, "I will remember this, and you will too. Every Christmas eve, until you die, you will remember this five dollar bill."
Take wisdom wherever you can get it, I say. That includes kids who forgive you, even before you know you need it.
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Yes, it's been half a year since my last update… medical school has been eating up all my time and not having my own kitchen nor my cooking and baking supplies is seriously hindering my ability to make things. I am loving it here in medical school though, so it's good that it's keeping me busy. I've learned so much in just the first semester of my first year… and even though I don't feel even remotely close to being competent enough to take care of anyone yet, I can definitely see myself getting better and better as I learn more things each day. It's an amazing and exciting feeling.
Unfortunately, living in a dorm again and sharing a kitchen between 2 floors is not very convenient, so I've been more or less cooking my meals in the comfort of my own room by using my rice cooker, steamer tray, and microwave, as well as raw foods to get in all the necessary food groups. It's pretty healthy, but I sure miss the creativity of cooking on my own. Luckily I had a chance over the last semester to form a "cooking club" with some of my classmates in the dorm, and we cooked a bunch of meals for each other about once or twice a week depending on our schedules, so it was good to have some homecooked food and mess around with new recipes together from time to time. I put up a blog to showcase some of our meals at http://www.olincookingclub.blogspot.com if you want to see them :)
I finally got a break over Christmas vacation to go home and enjoy the pleasures of having a kitchen and all the baking supplies I could want. I certainly didn't waste a minute! So the next few entries will be catching up on a few things I made for the holidays.
One pastry that I was introduced to in college was rugelach, a Jewish pastry that is similar to a cross between shortbread and croissant, with a filling that's usually fruit preserves and crushed nuts. Its cream cheese dough is buttery and has a hint of cream cheese flavor that gives it just the right amount of tartness. The textures and flavors all come together in a pastry that is neither too sweet nor too rich, which is really nice. I have had the Costco variety that is often spiraled with raspberry jam, apricot jam, or chocolate paste. For my first try at rugelach, I made it with apricots, pistachios, and a cinnamon sugar mixture, and it was absolutely delicious. The texture of the pastry is like that of a soft (but not chewy) cookie, and it's conveniently bite-sized so it's great for impressing at parties. I made some over Christmas break to give to a friend recovering from open hip surgery, and he loved them! The dough can easily be frozen and stored for later (I baked some from a frozen batch to bring to my boyfriend in California the following week and he also loved them :) The hardest part is rolling out the dough and making the crescent shaped cookies ready to bake, but it is well worth the effort!
Rugelach with Apricot and Pistachio Filling (makes 4 dozen)
adapted from Barefoot Contessa and Diana's Desserts
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 lb. butter (2 sticks), at room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
6 tbsp granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup shelled unsalted pistachios, finely chopped
1 1/2 cup dried apricots, cut into halves
1 cup water
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk, for egg wash
1. In a large bowl, cream together softened cream cheese and butter with electric beater until light and fluffy. Beat in the 1/4 cup sugar, salt, and vanilla.
2. Mix in flour on low speed until just combined. Take out dough onto a floured surface and roll into a ball. Cut into quarters and shape each quarter into a disc before wrapping in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the apricot for the filling. In a small saucepan, combine dried apricots and water, on low heat. Stir ocassionally until all the liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Cool briefly, then puree in a food processor until smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the 6 tbsp of white sugar, the brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped pistachios. Set aside 3 tsp of this mixture for later.
5. When the dough is chilled, remove one disc at a time and roll out into a circle on a well-floured surface or between 2 sheets of wax paper, until about 1/8" thick (approximately a 9-inch circle). Spread 1/4 of the apricot puree in a thin layer over the circle, leaving a 1/2" border on the edges. Sprinkle evenly with 1/4 of the sugar and nuts mixture. Gently press the nuts into the dough to help it stay. Your dough should look much like a pizza now :)
6. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, divide circle into 12 equal wedges. To help make them even, divide circle into quarters first, then divide each quarter into 3 wedges.
7. Gently remove one wedge at a time, using a spatula as necessary, and roll from the wide end towards the pointy end to make a pastry crescent. Set onto a baking sheet lined with a piece of parchment or wax paper, with the seam side down, 1 inch apart from one another. You can curve the points on either side to get a more cresent shape if you would like. Chill for 30 minutes on the baking sheet in a refrigerator.
8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brush each rugelach piece with the prepared eggwash, and sprinkle some additional sugar and nut mixture on top from the reserved portion.
9. Bake rugelach for about 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden brown. Let cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet, then carefully transfer over to a cooling rack, using a spatula to help as needed (the filling tends to bubble out and stick to the baking sheet, so do this before it cools and hardens).
10. Dust with confectioner's sugar if desired, or serve as is. Yum!
Making rugelach takes a little bit of effort, and seems confusing the first time around. But once you get the hang of it on the first disc of dough, the rest will fly by easier, I promise. I had a little cycling system going where I would prep the second disc of dough while the first batch of cookies were chilling in the refrigerator before baking. It works out better if you can have 2 or more baking sheets ready to use at a time, but I didn't, so I had to rotate using just 1 sheet, making it a bit more time-consuming (took me the better half of an afternoon). Definitely plan ahead, you can't rush making rugelach! You'll be glad you spent that time when you take your first bite… they are simply heavenly :)


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December 1, 2013 — As we prepare to celebrate Christ's birth during the four weeks of Advent, Ignatian contemplation and reflective prayer can help guide us through the season. Here are some online Advent resources in the tradition of Ignatian spirituality:
America Magazine is offering daily Scripture reflections from Dec. 1 until Christmas Eve, which will feature commentary by America staff members, including Jesuit Fathers James Martin and Raymond Schroth and Jesuit scholastic Luke Hansen. Sign up to receive the reflections by text or email.
Ignatianspirituality.com offers links to other Advent resources on the web, and its dotMagis blog is producing an Advent video series with a new video reflection posted each Sunday. View last year's video series here.
Loyola Press has created an Advent website with printable and online calendars, prayers, an interactive retreat and more. New on the website for this year is the "Arts and Faith: Advent" video series, which explores the Scriptures in Advent through works of art.
Creighton University's Online Ministries presents "Praying Advent 2013," which has daily Advent prayers, resources and reflections.
Georgetown University's Office of Mission and Ministry is offering an Advent daily devotional. Sign up online to receive the daily emails.
Boston College is posting an Advent Reflections series by Jesuit Father Joseph O'Keefe, director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality.
The New England Province Jesuits have a podcast for each week of Advent, with reflections by Jesuits on the intersecting themes of Advent and Ignatian spirituality, as well as links to other Advent sites.
The Missouri Province Jesuits offer an Advent Examen seven-day prayer cycle. The Examen has an individual prayer for each day of the week, which can be repeated for each week of Advent.
The Maryland Province Jesuits are planning to offer weekly reflections and prayers written by their newest Jesuit priests: Jesuit Fathers Bill Noe, Stephen Surovick, Peter Folan and Michael Magree. Visit their website during the month of December to read the reflections.
Pray as You Go, run by the British Jesuits, and Sacred Space, run by the Irish Jesuits, are collaborating on a four-session Advent retreat with the theme "The God who is to come."
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA has an online retreat with daily reflections that focus on "prayerful storytelling" about refugees through the lens of the Spiritual Exercises.
God in All Things presents an Advent Discernment Series beginning Nov. 30, with reflections, podcasts and weekly emails.


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Microsoft's living room vision includes apps, Mediaroom, and Xbox
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Microsoft showed off the future of the living room on Wednesday, and it appears to be a combination of Bing, Kinect, and the Mediaroom IPTV technology that forms the foundation of the Xbox.
Oh, and it seems to be taking place first overseas.
In a video embedded below, Microsoft's Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox Live (identified as a corporate vice president of ISS Experiences) showed off short clips of how the living room, as exemplified by the Xbox 360 and Kinect, continued to evolve. The demonstration placed a premium on natural user interfaces, identified by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as one of the most significant advances in personal computing.
"Our goal is really, really simple," Whitten says in the video. "It's about how we make this effortless, intuitive and delightful. And that starts by making the technology fade out of the way, getting it all into the background."
In the video, users interact with the Xbox via voice commands and gestures, interpreted by the Microsoft Kinect. A command like "Xbox Bing Batman," for example, tells the Xbox to search for available "Batman" media, such as the movie, the animated cartoon show, and possibly even related video games.
Underneath the Xbox, however, lies Mediaroom, which also powers set-top boxes such as AT&T's U-Verse, plus boxes from BT and Deutsche Telekom. But Microsoft also made the conscious decision to treat Mediaroom as a "white box" product, letting AT&T brand its box the way it chose.
Over 40 different operators have launched boxes using the technology, which touch 7 million subscriber households, according to Ben Huang, director of worldwide marketing for the media platforms business at Microsoft, in a recent interview. Not surprisingly, as the Xbox has become more like a set-top box, the Xbox and Mediaroom platforms have converged.
"We looked at our TV strategy holistically, to make it complementary with the Xbox side," Huang said.
The tightest integration between the Xbox and set-top box, however, hasn't been within the United States, although AT&T and Microsoft unveiled AT&T U-Verse TV for the Xbox last October. However, the Xbox does not serve as the primary receiver for the home; an additional DVR/gateway is required.
That's not the case for Vodafone's Casa TV, launched in Portugal at the end of 2009. In that case, Huang said, the Xbox 360 serves as the primary receiver.
Could a Casa TV be launched within the United States? Of course, but that's up to the operator. And it's more likely that Mediaroom functionality will be built into the TVs themselves over time, as the chips that power the set-top boxes move into the television itself, Huang said.
The other advantage of Mediaroom is that's an IP-powered service, meaning that the company can hang IP services off of the platform. One of the more obvious choices is Skype, whose $8.5 billion acquisition was approved by the FTC in June, but has yet to close.
"Five to six years ago, not many people were talking about IP all the way across an entertainment offering," Huang said. "But now... because they're VOIP operated and they're also based on IP – if someone calls, I can have caller ID flash up on my U-verse TV offering. I can check my voicemail and can intitate a call, and that's a very rudimentary example. I can think about the four services across the quad play, and how do you tie those things together from an entertainment perspective, there's just a lot of things that you can do to having a platform with a holistic view across all four of those services."
"We haven't been public about what we're doing with Skype except to the extent of the small handful of services, things that are across Xbox," Huang said. "I think there's a natural progression, because we are really thinking about now from this platform perspective, how do we enable the operators to create more value across the triple and quad play, things like that fall in that direction."
Huang also showed off a Microsoft Windows Phone app that could not only control the set-top box, but could also download, not stream, movies to the phone. Since Mediaroom also powers Windows Phone, he said, movies could be downloaded and "locked" to a user's handset.
This article, written by Mark Hachman, originally appeared on PCMag.com and is republished on Gear Live with the permission of Ziff Davis, Inc.
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 fans, tough luck. Square-Enix confirmed your title is delayed until an unspecified northern hemisphere Spring 2009 date. But that news dropped with some new details on the game. Which makes things better. Or worse.
The game details, per Square Enix Official Jump Festa 2009 site:
• Demyx and Luxord have been made playable in the demo
• Luxord: scatters cards around as an attack, high magic stats but low mobility, low jump
• The Heartless have an attack that freezes you from attacking back for a moment.
Kotaku AU Update: Currently there is no release date for Australia.
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - Delay Confirmation [Go Nintendo]


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In a previous post, I mentioned that the February 19, 2011 New Mexico Genealogical Society meeting would be at the Albuquerque Special Collections Library. This was a mistake. That library is still closed for remodeling.
The February 19, 2011 will be at the Albuquerque Main Library, instead. I apologize for any confusion that this may have caused you.
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This week a group of images in our Fresh New Spaces Group on Flickr caught my attention. They were the minimalist spaces from a boutique hotel in Berlin called Hotel OTTO. Here, the neutral color palette and restrained furnishings let you enjoy the view, the photography and the warm hardwood floors:
This simple bedroom contains lots of space saving tips, including using thin but colorful upholstered canvases in lieu of a clunky headboard, and utilizing swing arm sconces to save nightstand space (and of course, when you don't have room to cram in a nightstand, these are a great solution as well).
The palette is kept very simple, letting this iconic Eames fabric get the attention it deserves:
However, if a subtle blue, gray and black palette is not for you, they've got some electric preppy pink and green options for you. Note the extra shelf on the nightstand, which is great for tucking away books, magazines, and even that annoying glow from a digital clock that can exacerbate an insomniac. They've also scooped up some of the floor space with this piece so that you can take some of that stuff out of your suitcase and really get comfortable:
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Righteous Brothers
- Bobby Hatfield
- Bill Medley
One of the greatest soul duos of all time.
Bobby Hatfield's tenor floated above Bill Medley's resonant bass in their melancholy ballads. To this day, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a monument to soul and Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
The vocal duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield virtually defined the term "blue-eyed soul."
As the Righteous Brothers, they cut a string of hits that fared well on both the pop and rhythm and blues charts: "Unchained Melody" (Number Four pop, Number Six R&B), "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration (Number One pop, Number Thirteen R&B) and their masterpiece—and one of the seminal singles of the rock and roll era—"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Number One pop, Number Three R&B).
In the mid-1960s the Righteous Brothers became a fixture on Top Forty radio and the televised rock and roll variety show Shindig!, on which they guested frequently. Medley's commanding baritone and Hatfield's forceful tenor ranked among the most indelible voices of that charmed era.
Medley was born in Santa Ana, California, and Hatfield grew up in Anaheim. They came together in 1962 when their respective groups—Medley's Paramours and Hatfield's Variations—combined members. Retaining the name the Paramours, they released a single, "There She Goes (She's Walking Away)," on the Moonglow label in December 1962. Three months later, the act was whittled down to Medley and Hatfield, who debuted as the Righteous Brothers with the rocking single "Little Latin Lupe Lu." A Medley original, it became a regional hit and a garage-rock standard, covered by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, among countless others. The Righteous Brothers were given their name by black fans who responded to their voices with an approving, "That's righteous, brother!" Producer Phil Spector leased their Moonglow contract, adding the Righteous Brothers to the roster of voices on his Philles label.
During their brief time at Moonglow, the Righteous Brothers cut enough material to fill three albums (1962's Right Now!, 1964's Some Blue Eyed Soul and 1965's This Is New), from which a dozen singles were culled. Although those early sides lack the drama and grandeur of their greatest work with Spector, there was plenty of rock and roll soul to be heard in such tracks as "Justine," "My Babe" and "You Can Have Her." Spector heard a deeper potential in the blend of Medley's earthy thunder and Hatfield's heavenly fire. A series of magnificently produced and sung singles commenced with the symphonic pop of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," co-written by Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. With their dramatic exchanges from different registers, Medley and Hatfield reached for the stars. Spector's "Wall of Sound" production scaled unparalleled heights for a pop single. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" entered the Top Forty the day after Christmas 1964 and hit Number One two months later. The song ran for nearly four minutes, but Spector listed the time as 3:05 on the label so that nervous deejays wouldn't balk at its length.
Medley offered writer Len Scher an insight on what it was like to work with Spector: "He was such a legendary producer that all the other producers wanted to come to the studio while he was recording...and sometimes it would get a little carried away. It was basically Phil's time to show off. So there were a couple of times where we had to say, 'Hey, you know, let's get down to this and get it over with.'"
The Righteous Brothers followed "Lovin' Feelin'" with a string of grandly orchestrated, Spector-produced ballads: "Just Once in My Life" (Number Nine), which Spector co-wrote with Garry Goffin and Carole King; "Hung on You," co-written by the same trio; the Hatfield-sung "Unchained Melody" (Number Four), their 1965 remake of a 1955 movie theme; "Ebb Tide" (Number Five), a vocal version of what had been an instrumental hit in 1953; and "White Cliffs of Dover," their swan song for Spector and Philles. Hatfield, in particular, was a big fan of the movie ballads and singer Roy Hamilton's versions of them, and had actually sung both "Ebb Tide" and "Unchained Melody" with his first group, the Variations.
In 1966 Verve Records bought the Righteous Brothers' contract for a cool million dollars, and they flourished there as well. The Righteous Brothers' apprenticeship with Spector paid off when they were allowed to produce themselves at Verve. Their first single for the label, "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," was again penned by the esteemed songwriting team of Mann and Weil, and masterfully produced by Medley. It was an auspicious moment for the Righteous Brothers, topping the charts for three weeks—one week longer than "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." But amid the radical changes and evolutions of the late 1960s, the Righteous Brothers' time was winding down. The duo cut several more albums and charted a few other singles—"He" (Number Eighteen) and "Go Ahead and Cry" (Number Thirty)—before parting ways in 1968.
In the more receptive climate of the mid-1970s, the Righteous Brothers reunited and resumed their hitmaking ways with "Rock and Roll Heaven" (Number Three), "Give It to the People" (Number Twenty) and "Dream On (Number Thirty-Two). All three appeared on the album Give It to the People, produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter and released in 1974. Medley scored a hit with another duettist, Jennifer Warnes, on "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. That soundtrack became the most successful since Saturday Night Fever, selling 14 million copies and propelling "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" to the top. In 1990 the Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" appeared in the hit film Ghost, returning to the charts a quarter century after its original release. Best of the Righteous Brothers, an anthology released that same year, became a platinum seller, proving the undiminished appeal of the duo's blue-eyed soul.
Inductees: Bobby Hatfield (born August 10, 1940, died November 5, 2003), Bill Medley (born September 19, 1940)


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Sands of Time bolts
New Areas. New routes. Retrobolting. Add-ons. Re-grading. etc.
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Truly awesome climb, just thought that the 1st pitch could do with 1 or 2 bolts on the top half. Agreed that is is really easy and not much chance of a fall but a 20m runout? Surely out of a 1000 climbers one is going to slip and get hurt?
Seems like climbers these days only climb routes that are safe or complain about routes that are not. Well when i started climbing, the routes/people that inspired me to climb(ADK for example) sure as hell were not pussy-whipped. So, if someone puts up a route in that style, why do people always have to criticize? Where do we want the next generation of heroes to come from? Is it all about the grades these days or does style still count for something? I have recently opened my project at Paarl; it is bolted old-school style which in my opinion makes the experience of climbing it all the more worth while. Please do not ask me to put in more bolts. In my book respect for your fellow climbers still goes a long way. Sorry about the rant but it seems that we are taking responsibility away from the climber and putting it into the hands of the FA's. How about we all start treating climbing as a sport, with respect...
This is not a question of respect, climbing style or bolting ethics. Its way more simple. There are 4 bolts very close to each other on the first half. Therefore this is not old school bolting. Then a massive leadout to the top. If you fall near the top YOU WILL HIT THE GROUND. Yes, belive it or not, it is possible to slip and fall, even on easy climbing. It just seems strange to bolt the bottom half really well, with a line of bolts, not to have one more bolt to prevent a damaging grounder. Tell me Scott, on your new (opened) project, is there a chance of grounding after the 4th bolt?
This is getting ridiculous. Hayden man, you are missing alot of the points made. Reread the stuff. No one claims this is old-school at all. It's just not sport, just something different. With your logic alot of sport routes all over the Western Cape should be rebolted. The last hard move (grade 10) on Sands oF Time is about 3m above the last bolt, from there you will not fall as you can stand up and walk. I don't think a bolt is needed, however if you want you can put one in, I just think things are a little more interesting (remember grade 10) that way. I don't think Scott will respond as you seem to have missed his points.
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Hundreds of thousands of spectators, each with a story
WASHINGTON — There are as many unique and personal stories as there are people jamming the National Mall for the inauguration of President Obama.
Lawton Wilkerson, 86, was among the hundreds of thousands of excited onlookers gathered along the lawns that lead to the U.S. Capitol. Wilkerson, 86, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military aviators in U.S. history, is attending his first inauguration.
"It's a very historic event on a very historic day," Wilkerson says. "We celebrate Dr. (Martin Luther) King's birthday at the same time the second term of a black president."
Wilkerson said he was hopeful Obama's second term would be a productive one, now that he no longer faces re-election. "He has done many things despite the opposition in Congress, and this time he doesn't have to ... play politics anymore."
The inauguration is providing a special moment for the Hall family of Baxley, Ga.
Cassandra Carter, 29, says her father, Esco Hall Jr., lived through segregation in Georgia and was one of the first blacks to be admitted to the University of Georgia's veterinary school. Today her 64-year-old father is a Baxley councilman.
Cassandra Carter says the president's re-election shows how far the nation has come from the days when her father was in school. Her niece Alexis Smith, 13, says it gives her hope.
"Most people think black people can't do anything, so him being in the White House proves them wrong," she says.
Zulfat Suara, 45, of Bolivar, Tenn., made a 15-hour bus ride with 150 others to be in town for the inaugural celebration.
Suara said the historic nature of Obama's first inauguration was something special, but in some ways this second inauguration resonates deeper.
"To have a second term — especially considering the difficulties he faced in his first term — it's almost sweeter that the people elected him a second time," she said.
Dietrichel Nolen, 47, was among a group of 50 people who took a 12-hour bus ride from Birmingham, Ala.
"This is the last one that we'll possibly see for an African-American in our history, and I decided to come and see this," said Nolen, who is black. "I want to share this with my grandchildren one day."
Nolen, wearing a hat emblazoned with OBAMA in shiny beads and bright pink earmuffs clamped over her ears, says she has mixed feelings about Obama's first term.
"I'm not going to agree with everything the president does, but I will always pray for him," Nolen said.
D.C. Metropolitan Police, FBI and Secret Service officials say inaugural security operations were encountering no serious problems.
"Things have run pretty smoothly so far,'' Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary says.
Still, the celebration is suffering a few bumps. Some mass transit stations were so jammed people could barely get in and out. The Washington Post reported that one of the giant TV screens failed, meaning tens of thousands of people in that area of the Mall didn't actually see the inauguration after all.
And an abortion protester created a commotion by bellowing slogans from a tree he climbed, causing some in the crowd to chant "Arrest him, arrest him!"
Police did.
But the mood is overwhelmingly positive.
Febbie Pearsol of Woodbridge, Va., visited the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial before walking to the Capitol for the inaugural celebration.
"I'm so proud," said Pearsol, 44, whose mother participated in King's March on Washington in 1963. Pearsol gestured to the King memorial and said Obama "is here because of this man."
Carla Campbell-Jackson of Kalamazoo, Mich., came to Washington on Wednesday to begin celebrating Obama's second term. She went to the inauguration four years ago and came back this time to show support for what Obama has accomplished, she said.
"I think there's a lot more energy and passion behind this inauguration because we understand the struggles and obstacles President Obama had to endure and overcome," Campbell-Jackson said.
Rachael Bardnell, a 20-year-old theater student, was one of 80 students from Otterbein University in Ohio to pay $80 each for the two-day trip. Her reason for coming to Washington was pragmatic.
"An inauguration is an inauguration," she said "It's a big, monumental event. It's a celebration."
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Fernando Botero devoted himself to sculpting from 1975 to 1977, putting his painting temporarily on hold. He created 25 metal sculptures that began from sketches. The subjects were huge animals (including bulls), human torsos, reclining women, and massive objects, including a gigantic coffee pot. His sculpture was exhibited at the Paris Art Fair in 1977, the year he also began to paint again (he paid homage to Velasquez in paintings depicting the Infantas - Spanish or Portuguese princesses). His work continued to be shown in galleries worldwide. In 1983 he established a workshop in an area of Tuscany renowned for its metalworks, which allowed him to spend several months each year creating his increasingly large sculptures, which weighed an average of 3,000 pounds. He also revisited bullfighting as subject matter for his painting, aspiring to become the definitive artist on the subject.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to phase out government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and instead use mainly private insurers to backstop home loans has advanced in Congress.
The agreement by two key senators and a White House endorsement sent shares of Fannie and Freddie sinking Tuesday. Fannie stock fell $1.79, or more than 30 percent, to $4.03. Freddie dropped $1.48, or 26.8 percent, to $4.04.
The plan by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., chairman of the Banking Committee, and Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, its senior Republican, would create a new government insurance fund. Investors would pay fees in exchange for insurance on mortgage securities they buy. The government would become a last-resort loan guarantor.
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"There is near-unanimous agreement that our current housing finance system is not sustainable in the long term, and reform is necessary to help strengthen and stabilize the economy," Johnson said in a statement. "This bipartisan effort will provide the market the certainty it needs, while preserving fair and affordable housing throughout the country."
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A 3-month-old baby was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on polysomnography (PSG) with a high apnea hypopnea index (AHI). On further investigations he was found to have a vallecular cyst that was successfully treated. We discuss the clinical presentation of vallecular cysts and the importance of polysomnography in identifying this rare condition.
De A; Don DM; Magee III W; Ward SLD. Vallecular cyst as a cause of obstructive sleep apnea in an infant. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(8):825-826.
OSA can present in infancy and is usually caused by craniofacial abnormalities or upper airway obstruction. The pathophysiology is multifactorial and determined by anatomical and neuromuscular factors that influence upper airway size, tone, and function. Laryngeal cysts can potentiate upper airway obstruction but have rarely presented as OSA in the pediatric population.
A 3-month-old baby with a history of incomplete right cleft lip and alveolus was referred by the Craniofacial Surgery team for PSG for evaluation prior to surgical closure. Patient was born full term via C-section for fetal decelerations with an uneventful perinatal course. He had stridor, snoring, and gasping during sleep since birth. A PSG was performed during daytime nap. He slept for 64 minutes with an arousal/awakening index of 5.6 per hour. He was found to have 45 obstructive apneas, 2 obstructive hypopneas, and 4 mixed apneas (AHI 64.8/h, baseline oxygen saturation 94% to 96%, desaturation index 89/h, SpO2 nadir 75%, PETCO2 highest 47 torr). Due to OSA severity, he was admitted for further investigation.
On physical exam, he was well developed, noticeably stridulous, with high arched palate and right incomplete lip with alveolar cleft. He had a pectus excavatum deformity with mild subcostal retractions but good bilateral air entry and clear breath sounds.
Chest x-ray incidentally showed a right middle lobe infiltrate, and he was found to be positive for metapneumovirus. He was treated for presumed aspiration pneumonia, and reflux management was initiated for clinical evidence of reflux. He was noted to have laryngomalacia on bedside laryngoscopy performed by the otorhinolaryngologist. He was discharged home on oxygen supplementation at half liter per minute (Lpm) via nasal cannula. He had a subsequent hospitalization for RSV bronchiolitis within two weeks of discharge.
Subsequently, on outpatient follow-up with the otorhinolaryngologist, full office laryngoscopy revealed a vallecular cyst (Figure 1) in the larynx. Surgical excision was planned, and the cyst was successfully marsupialized. Six weeks later, a repeat PSG during daytime nap was performed; it showed marked improvement of his obstructive apneas, and reduction of AHI from 64.8 to 7.2 (baseline oxygen saturation 96% to 98%; desaturation index 12/h; SpO2 nadir 76%, PETCO2 highest 44 torr). His need for supplemental oxygen was reduced to 0.25 Lpm. He had his cleft lip successfully repaired at 9 months of age, and a followup PSG during daytime nap was completely normal (AHI 0.2/h; baseline oxygen saturation 95% to 97%; desaturation index 1.2/h; SpO2 nadir 91%, PETCO2 highest 45 torr).
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Laryngeal cysts are a rare cause of stridor in infants. They are more commonly seen in adults.1,2 They have been variously classified based on location, histology, size, and contents.1 The vallecula is the depression behind the root of the tongue between the median and lateral epiglottic folds on each side. Vallecular cysts belong to the category of ductal cysts described in DeSanto's early classification system of laryngeal cysts.1 This system classified laryngeal cysts into ductal, saccular, and thyroid foraminal subtypes. Ductal cysts are caused by mucus retention in the submucosal collecting ducts. Vallecular cysts can contribute to upper airway obstruction by posterior displacement of the supraglottis.
Clinical presentations of vallecular cysts include stridor, feeding problems, failure to thrive, gastroesophageal reflux, apnea/cyanosis, chest retractions, hoarse cry, as well as respiratory distress and life threatening events.3,4 Laryngomalacia can coexist with vallecular cysts.5 Diagnosis is by direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, though imaging studies, particularly magnetic resonance imaging, can provide valuable information. Management is by transoral endoscopic surgical removal or marsupialization.
Our patient was diagnosed with OSA on PSG. It should be noted that PSG performed during daytime nap may underestimate the severity of OSA. OSA has often been the initial presentation in adults with laryngeal cysts but rarely in children. One report6 mentions PSG as part of diagnostic evaluation of an infant, but no details were provided.
The mechanism of upper airway obstruction in infants is multifactorial. The presence of an obstructing lesion in the hypopharynx has the potential of causing severe upper airway obstruction in the immature infant airway. Infants with cleft lip and or palate have a higher incidence of airway obstruction and sleep disordered breathing.7 Even in the presence of a single underlying anatomic defect as cleft lip, it is prudent to look for possible coexistent etiologies contributing to OSA which could be treatable. Our patient also had laryngomalacia and recurrent respiratory infections. This case highlights the importance of maintaining a heightened index of suspicion and performing a complete upper airway exam, including an endoscopic examination to identify structural and anatomical lesions in an infant with OSA and a high AHI. Our patient had residual OSA on PSG after removal of the vallecular cyst possibly due to postoperative changes, though his cleft lip was still unrepaired. With time and after successful closure of cleft lip, his OSA completely resolved. This case is an example of coexistent anatomic and structural lesions culminating in severe OSA in infancy.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Work for this study was performed at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
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