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He looked ahead, seeing his feet on the hearth. There was smoke rising from one of the three logs, and he marveled at the small flicker of flame that stretched up and ignited the smoke that swirled above the log, dancing briefly somewhat joyously, then gone again, smoke returning.
"You can't say you weren't warned," she said.
He sat, reflecting on her words. So much years of work, so much effort, breadwinner, worker, eager participant in so many others' life-and-death moments. That was his job, right? It was his aphrodisiac, his salve, his calling for so long. Always being there for others, on call with pager on, nurses and Emergency Rooms calling. But now, after the sun has long set in a quiet house with his wife and blind, loving cocker spaniel next to him, he reflected: "Where did the time go?"
"You can't say you weren't warned."
With that, the door opened. The young man entered, unshaven, hurried and preoccupied, but seemed happy. So much was happening, albeit it was his own separate calling, full of its own challenges and pressures. He sprung to his feet to greet the young man, remembering when he had been in a similar place at a much earlier time: anxious, uncertain, excited, like when he directed his the first real code - so much responsibility.
"Happy birthday, Dad," the young man said.
They hugged, shared a story together, then a piece of cake. Before he knew it, "I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go. I've still got a ton to do."
"I understand. You'll do fine. Thanks for coming over. Good luck." And after grabbing the remaining piece of cake to bring to his roommate, the young man left as quickly as he had come. His wife, exhausted after a long day herself, headed to bed and left him to close up for the night.
He went to the front door, placed his hand on the lock and stood for a moment. The porch light shone dimly on the front walkway as it had done for so many years, a guide for the inevitable late night arrival that would always enter later.
Until now.
The house stood eerily silent, a stark reminder of all that has happened while he was busy doing other things. He turned the lock, switched off the unnecessary porch light, then headed to bed as her words echoed:
"You can't say you weren't warned."
Thursday, October 10, 2013
You Can't Say You Weren't Warned
3 comments:
- Don Ketterhagen said...
Great reflection on an aging physician's annual marking of the passage of time.
- Fri Oct 11, 05:54:00 AM CDT
- Jay said...
"My boy was just like me." Ouch.
Devastating and beautiful.
Keep writing.
- Fri Oct 11, 07:36:00 AM CDT
When you blow out of that salt mine you work in ...one day, you'll leave it all behind almost like it never really happened. Then, you will live this other life you speak of, and it's not too late.
- Fri Oct 11, 08:38:00 PM CDT
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Mermoz lauds new arrival Hook
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Hook took his bow for Perpignan on Saturday © Getty Images
Perpignan and France centre Maxime Mermoz has tipped his new team mate James Hook to be a success in French rugby after a sparkling debut performance against Toulouse on Saturday.
Despite slumping to a 21-17 defeat, it was the Catalan side which had more to crow about at the final whistle, putting in a performance of real substance after what has been a difficult start to the season. But it was the Welshman who really stood out in his first game for the French side, consigning his disappointing World Cup form to the history books.
"Everyone feels his presence," Mermoz told Midi Olympique. "He adds dynamism to our game and brings a lot of danger. It's easy to play outside of him. We have seen the arrival of a great No. 10."
Stade Francais coach Michael Cheika has his cited his side's improved decision making as one of the key factors behind their 36-17 win over Clermont Auvergne at the Stade de France. Cheika told l'Equipe: "Today, the majority of the decisions we made were good. When to play, when to tap and go, when to attack, when to be more conservative and so on. We've got to keep going now without stopping.
"We knew before the game that this was an important game. It's easy to say that after you've won the game but you can't hide the truth of this championship. It wasn't just for the result but for us as a group too."
Meanwhile Racing Metro boss Pierre Berbizier believes his side's season may have finally turned a corner ahead of this weekend's Heineken showdown with Cardiff Blues, after their 12-18 victory at Brive. Berbizier was delighted with the application shown during their hard-fought win, which was played in difficult weather conditions.
"The predominant satisfaction was of seeing the players adapt to the climatic conditions," he told La Montagne. "We were able to find our base level of performance which allowed us to optimise the resources we had at the time. We did all we could today. We'll do even better tomorrow."
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A San Diego woman has refused to remove her handwritten sign seeking donations of new or used sex toys for embattled Mayor Bob Filner.
"Save the women of S.D. Donate your new + gentley [sic] used sex toys to Filner," reads the sign posted by Valorie Matthews of Allied Gardens on her petition table in front of a grocery store.
Matthews has been collecting signatures as part of the effort to recall Mayor Filner.
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Filner, who has been in mediation with city leaders this week, has been accused of sexual harassment by a former employee, operating "pay to play" schemes involving developers and misusing his city-issued credit card.
More than a dozen women have also spoken publicly about unwanted sexual advances they experienced when meeting Bob Filner at public events or private meetings while he was mayor and congressman.
Matthews has been sitting outside the Albertsons grocery store on Waring and Zion every day since the recall effort kicked off on Sunday.
Her petition stand includes a bucket that reads "Sex Toys for Filner."
On Tuesday, Matthews was told to stop by Albertsons' corporate attorney.
When NBC 7 News contacted the store, they offered this statement:
"Ms. Matthews has also chosen to put a sign that has an adult theme which is not appropriate for children or our family-friendly environment. We've explained to Ms. Matthews that she can continue to collect petition signatures at our stores if she removes the sign. Unfortunately, she has refused."
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"This is the United States of America. I can say anything I want, anywhere I want to anyone I want," Matthews said.
Matthews told NBC 7 she plans on returning Wednesday, signs and all. She also claims she'll go to jail if necessary.
"I'm the rarest of all women," Matthews said. "I have a mouth, a brain to back it up and the guts to use both."
She described herself as a little old lady who's surviving on Social Security who is hoping to get a good lawyer to offer services pro bono.
So far Matthews has collected 300 signatures for the "Recall Bob Filner" campaign and zero sex toys.


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Relentless, but often ragged; record-breaking, but seldom ruthless — there have been two quite distinct faces to Manchester United's Premier League championship success.
On one hand, United's dominance of this season's title race has been exceptional.
The 25 wins they accumulated in their first 30 games broke a Premier League record and they have left their rivals trailing to the extent that Chelsea's record tally of 95 points in the 2004-2005 season is now within sight.
They have also scored at a rate of 2.29 goals per game, which makes them more prolific than 11 of manager Alex Ferguson's 12 previous title-winning sides, with the 1999-2000 squad (2.55) the exception.
Yet, the suspicion persists that this is a far from a vintage United team.
Their signature performances have been improbable victories, many snatched with goals in the dying stages of matches, rather than one-sided triumphs over outclassed opponents.
Indeed, United are on course to finish a season without having put five goals or more past an opposition team for the first time since 2005-2006.
There was little dissent when Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini claimed, in the wake of his side's 2-1 win at Old Trafford earlier this month, that the 12-point gap between the sides at the time was not an accurate reflection of the true balance of power.
The narrative that emerges is one of triumph through dogged determination, rather than flashes of inspiration, but United leftback Patrice Evra believes their resilience has been unfairly undersold.
"The funny thing is, because it is Manchester United, people don't give us a lot of credit," Evra said. "Because it is Manchester United, they just say we have escaped. We did not escape. This is character. This is personality. This is why we are here."
Though United have not vanquished adversaries with the devil-may-care abandon of previous Ferguson teams, few English league champions have amassed quite so many heart-stopping last-gasp victories over the course of a season.
Prior to Christmas they seemed particularly impervious to discouragement, winning at Chelsea and City with late goals, rallying from two goals down to win 3-2 at Aston Villa and edging Newcastle United 4-3 with a last-minute Javier Hernandez goal in a thrilling encounter at Old Trafford on Dec. 26.
Ferguson believes his side's hunger for victory took hold as a direct response to the traumatic events of the final day of last season, when United had the league title snatched from their grasp by Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time winner for City against Queens Park Rangers.
"We had a big job to do. The way we lost it, and the fact it was City, gave us an incentive," the United manager said. "You have to admire the focus we have shown this season. We are resilient and the consistency has been good. Like all the previous teams, they never give in. That is a fact. It is the history of the club more than anything. Once they have been here two or three years, the players buy into it. These are the qualities that have helped them to be where they are just now."
United's success has been built on a collective will to win, rather than individual brilliance, although Robin van Persie's 24 goals in his debut season have included some crucial strikes.
David de Gea, Rafael da Silva, Danny Welbeck and, in particular, Michael Carrick have also impressed, but Wayne Rooney's future has been the subject of speculation ever since he was dropped to the bench for the loss to Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League.


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Construction to Start on Pentagon Memorial Site
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2006 - As another sign of progress toward establishing a lasting tribute to the 184 people killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, the start of on-site construction for the Pentagon Memorial will be marked with a June 15 ceremony here.
"I knew going into this that this would be more of a marathon rather than a sprint," said Jim Laychak, president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund. "The fact that we're here, at the groundbreaking, two and a half years from when we'll dedicate the memorial, shows that we're making progress and shows that this is real and this is going to happen."
Laychak said the June 15 ceremony will be important to the family members, because it's a sign of progress, but it will also be important to the community as a whole.
"It's not only about the families," he said. "It's about the people that were here in this building that was attacked. It's about anybody in Washington, D.C., or the community at large that witnessed what happened here, because this was our nation's military headquarters."
Laychak, whose brother David was killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, has been involved with the Pentagon Memorial planning since 2002, when the design competition for the memorial began. Laychak and other family members of victims were part of a "family steering committee" that provided input and guidance to the design selection process. After the design was selected, the family members formed the Pentagon Memorial Fund to raise money for the memorial.
"(Sept. 11) was just such a momentous event in our history that I kind of knew that they were going to do something," Laychak said. "It was just a matter of the process and how you go about doing it to make sure you have an appropriate memorial, and I think we followed a wonderful process."
The design competition for the memorial was anonymous and judged in a democratic fashion, Laychak said. The family members had input into the decision, along with a jury of architects and people from the Pentagon community, he said.
The winning design was chosen because it invited contemplation and created a comfortable, peaceful atmosphere, Laychak said.
"It makes you think without telling you what to think," he said. "It's an individual memorial; it's a collective memorial, because it's about all those people - really a cross section of America that died that day - and in a very subtle way, it tells the story about what happened here."
The memorial will be built on a two-acre site at the Pentagon, just outside the spot where terrorists crashed the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 into the building. The design includes 184 illuminated benches representing each of the victims killed, with lighted reflecting pools beneath each bench.
There will also be an "age wall" surrounding a perimeter bench around the memorial, which grows in height from two inches above the seating surface to 71 inches above the seating surface, to represent the victims' age range. The illuminated benches, which will each bear the name of a victim, will also be arranged by age and will follow the path of the plane into the building, said Keith Kaseman, one concept designer for the memorial.
"The question for us was, 'How do you make a place so special that it just provokes contemplation?'" Kaseman said. "When we first set out, we knew this place would be like no other."
Kaseman and Julie Beckman, who both moved here from New York City, created the design for the memorial, and are now working full time to make it a reality.
"Our role is to do whatever we can to ensure the quality level is the highest it can be," Kaseman said. "Our goal is to know there's a place that can help people heal."
The idea for the memorial came from Kaseman and Beckman's personal experiences on Sept. 11 in New York, Beckman said. The day was a surreal experience with lasting effects, she said.
"In the months after, living and working in New York, we really felt the sadness of the country," she said.
Beckman and Kaseman decided to enter the competition partly for themselves, and partly as a service to the country, Beckman said.
"We felt that this was a way to contribute to the conversation about how these people will be honored," she said. "It helped us to begin to solidify some feelings and emotions."
The victims' families have been involved with the design team all along, and have provided constructive input that helped the design come together, Beckman said. The construction start-up ceremony will be a proud moment for the families, she said, because it represents all their efforts coming together.
Beckman and Kaseman have been busy working with others on research and development of materials for the memorial, Beckman said. They are designing the memorial to last 100 years without maintenance, she said, so they are learning a lot about building materials.
To ensure the memorial is preserved for many years to come, the Pentagon Memorial Fund is aiming to raise $10 million beyond the $22 million building cost to establish a maintenance fund, Laychak said. So far, the fund has raised $10.8 million from an internal Pentagon employee fundraiser and public and private donations, he said.
In conjunction with continued progress on the memorial construction, Pentagon planners are working on this year's "America Supports You" Freedom Walks, another way the Defense Department is honoring the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. These will be held on Sept. 11 in Washington and other cities throughout the country. Last year's inaugural two-mile Freedom Walk began at a Pentagon parking lot and ended on the National Mall, adjacent to the World War II Memorial.
"The Freedom Walks are intended to remind Americans about those who lost their lives in the attacks on 9/11 and to show our appreciation for the men and women who serve our country on the front lines to protect our freedoms," said America Supports You spokeswoman Roxie Merritt.
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The Oklahoma defense that didn't get the job done a season ago is going through some changes.
Exactly what new coordinator Mike Stoops has in store won't be known until Saturday night, when No. 4 Oklahoma plays its season opener at UTEP. At the least, Stoops is shuffling some players around.
Tony Jefferson moved from nickelback to free safety, and Aaron Colvin returned to his original cornerback position after playing strong safety last season. Javon Harris is shifting from free safety to strong safety and ex-cornerback Gabe Lynn is the new nickelback.
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greetings everyone.. this is my first post.. i would just like to ask how to shorten my code.. basically, this is a working code already.. i was told that there is a way to shorten this.. the given problem was to make a working code that would get a number input from 1-15 and display it as a word(one, two..., fifteen).. /*i just shortened it here*/
our college instructor wouldnt tell us how coz he expects us to figure this out on our own.. this code was already submitted to my instructor.. so, this is not in any way a project or a school assignment anymore.. i would just like to know how to shorten my code..
to my disadvantage, i last tackled java way back in 2004.. and havent been using it since... and now, i am stuck to figuring out how to shorten my code..
here it is...
import javax.swing.*; public class NumbersToWords { public static void main(String[] args){ int n=0; String word=""; do{ word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a Number: "); n = Integer.parseInt(word); if( n == 1 ){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "One"); } else if( n == 2 ){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Two"); } else if( n == 3 ){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Three"); } else if( n == 4 ){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Four"); } else if( n == 5 ){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Five"); } else{ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid Number!"); } }while((n<=5) && (n>=0)); System.exit(0); } }
im hoping you guys could give me a helping hand.. like to just point me in the right direction, and i will make the codes myself.. ^_^ thank you so much


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On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the much-publicized case of Sackett v. EPA (No. 10-1062), less than three months after oral argument, holding that the Sacketts were not precluded from judicially challenging EPA's issuance of an administrative compliance order. The order sanctioned the Sacketts for having violated the Clean Water Act (the Act) by placing fill material on their property without having first obtained a permit from the Corps of Engineers under Section 404 of the Act. Although the Court focused on the precise language of the Act, the Court's decision raises potential questions with a number of EPA programs that prohibit pre-enforcement review of agency orders.
In this case, the Sacketts placed dirt and rock on their lot, in preparing to build their house on it. The lot was separated by several homes from a lake. Several months later, EPA issued a compliance order declaring that their property constituted wetlands to which the permitting requirements of Section 404 applied. It ordered the Sacketts to, among other things, restore their property and subjected them to a doubled penalty - of $75,000 - for failure to comply. The Sacketts requested and were denied a hearing. They then filed suit, based on Section 7 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), asserting that there was no other adequate remedy in court and claiming that the agency's action was arbitrary and capricious and denied them due process.
The district court in Idaho and, on appeal, the 9th Circuit, agreed with the government, that pre-enforcement judicial review was precluded under the Act. In the court's opinion, Justice Scalia noted the ongoing controversy and lack of guidance regarding the scope of "navigable waters" under the Act, based on a number of holdings, including most recently, Rapanos v. US, 547 U.S. 715 (2006), a point on which Justice Alito focused in his concurring opinion, noting: "The reach of the Clean Water Act is notoriously unclear." Justice Scalia then went on to conclude, on the issue before the Court, that the compliance order was final agency action, because EPA had determined rights and obligations, requiring the Sacketts to restore their property and subjecting them to double penalties for noncompliance. Justice Scalia concluded further that, though the Sacketts were invited to engage in informal discussions, the agency action was nonetheless final and not subject to further agency review - especially because the agency denied their request for a hearing. The government did not contend that other remedies were available so as to foreclose review, but argued instead that the Act precluded judicial review.
The opinion stated that nothing in the Act expressly precluded judicial review and noted that the APA created a presumption favoring judicial review. The Court found EPA's arguments inadequate to rebut this presumption.
The Court concluded that the Sacketts' compliance order was final agency action for which there was no adequate remedy other than APA review and that the Act did not preclude that review. Because the Court's opinion focused on the language of the Act and the fact there was no express prohibition, it is not clear whether and to what extent it may affect challenges to orders issued under other environmental statutes where EPA also has maintained there is no pre-enforcement review of administrative compliance orders.
The effect of Sackett on the availability of pre-enforcement review under other environmental statutes will depend, in part, on whether those statutes contain express prohibitions on it. For example, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, like the Clean Water Act, does not contain an express prohibition on pre-enforcement review. Presumably, therefore, the Sacketts' Court's analysis will be especially material to challenges to that statute, the inquiry initially being whether the government has made an adequate showing to rebut the APA's presumption favoring judicial review.
On the other hand, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), in section 113(h), does contain an express prohibition, which bars pre-enforcement review of unilateral administrative orders to conduct a response action at a facility, issued under section 106. The Clean Air Act, too, though it does not contain an express prohibition, does limit judicial review. For these statutes, courts may need to reach the due process issue. Although the Supreme Court previously denied a petition for certiorari in a due process challenge by General Electric under CERCLA, it is possible that as a result of Sackett, the Court might be more willing to entertain such a challenge, depending on the facts of the case before it.
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So i was really afraid that if would be able to get that perfect cook. But at the end effort paid off and i am very happy today.
2 silver pomfret fish, wash and clean
2tbs red chilly Powder, 1tbs Garam masala , 1/2tbs turmeric, 1/2tbs coriander powder
1/2tbs Ginger garlic paste
2tbs lemon juice
Oil as per required
Salt as per taste
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Make a paste of all the masala powder, add salt, lemon, ginger garlic paste, mix it up, Then apply it on the fish both the side (In n out), Keep it in the fridge for 2 to 3hour. Heat up the frying Pan (Tava) add oil, when oil is hot, place the Fish on tava, fry both the side to golden brown
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An Ohio postal worker has been put on leave after she was caught on camera throwing undelivered mail into a dumpster.
The incident was filmed Wednesday by a resident in Bond Hill, Ohio who saw the woman carry a white crate to the dumpster and dump the contents into the trash bin, according to NBC station in Cincinnati WLWT.
In the footage, the woman returns to her vehicle and grabs more mail, which is also tossed in the dumpster.
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Residents in the area said they suspected something was going on when they didn't receive mail for several days.
The letter carrier has been identified and is on leave pending an invesitgation, officials said.
"This is clearly unacceptable behavior that does not reflect the efforts of the thousands of professional, dedicated carriers in our workforce," the United States Postal Service said in a statement Thursday. "USPS OIG special agents identified the employee responsible for not properly delivering a small amount of mail. This mail was recovered and is being delivered to postal customers. The employee is not currently working pending the administrative review process."
The postal worker could be charged with federal misdemeanors for deserting mail and delaying mail delivery.


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Guillem Balague answers your questions and previews Atletico Madrid v Barcelona
Guillem Balague answers your questions and explains why the trip to Atletico Madrid is vital for Barcelona.
Last Updated: 08/01/14 11:33am
Although Atletico Madrid didn't play great against Malaga at the weekend when they won 1-0, they just don't concede goals.
They have the best defence in La Liga with just 11 goals conceded and that allows them to score at any minute. Sometimes it's not even as a consequence of the football they've played; Diego Costa will do something or a substitution will change things.
Diego Simeone has got everybody so switched on that when Adrian came on he really helped the side and when they scored their goal Diego Costa dragged away three defenders and Adrian was on his own before the rebound came off the goalkeeper and was finished by Koke.
My last word about Atletico Madrid will be about Koke. Atletico Madrid have never had 49 points in 18 games in their history, they've only lost five points this season and scored 47 goals (six less than Barcelona and two less than Real Madrid) - these are stratospheric amazing stats.
Koke is about to turn 22 years old; he has four goals - which is the best goalscoring record of his career - and eight assists. He's got a buyout clause of 60million euros and yes I do understand that Manchester United like Koke.
So do Bayern Munich and so do many big teams in Europe, but he IS staying at Atletico Madrid and he doesn't want to leave this season.
There is obviously an interesting conundrum in terms of Barcelona's line-up because Pedro - with 15 goals - has become their leading goalscorer in all competitions ahead of Lionel Messi with 14 and Alexis Sanchez with 11.
It's quite clear that titles are won by the likes of Messi and Neymar but sometimes what makes a team are the likes of Pedro and Alexis because they complement each other.
But when you come to selecting your team there are some big decisions to be made; Neymar was left on the bench at the weekend because Tata Martino felt that Alexis is better at the moment, which is an interesting choice.
You would think that against Atletico Madrid they will play Neymar, Messi and another because Atletico Madrid defend very deep. I will go for Pedro out of those because he is better in small spaces; Alexis is better when the team manages to stretch their rivals and he doesn't have to think too much about it, the ball comes to him and he kicks it with one or two touches.
So I think with less space Pedro is better but we'll see; obviously Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andres Iniesta should be the three in the middle and that means that Cesc Fabregas will be on the bench - it would be surprising if he isn't.
It's quite clear that the 4-0 win against Elche wasn't the best test but Iniesta is getting better, Alexis and Pedro have been good before the New Year and after so far and the team seems to be balancing out the direct football with the possession football.
But the real test will be against Atletico Madrid. I've still got my doubts about Barcelona this season, I need to see them perform at their best against a team like Atletico Madrid and this game is a key point in the season for them.
Don't forget you can watch live coverage of Atletico Madrid v Barcelona from 6.55pm on Sky Sports 4 this Saturday and catch four Copa del Rey fifth round fixtures across the week on Sky Sports
Guillem answers your questions...
Got a question for Guillem? Then send it in using the feedback form below, and then look out for his answer next week...
Fabulous work Guillem! Which La Liga striker do you think can solve the predicament at Chelsea? Nyakzin
GUILLEM SAYS: I think a striker needs to score a lot of goals for a team like Chelsea. I like Jackson Martinez at Porto. I wouldn't look for anyone in La Liga because the best strikers are gone or at Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Hi Guillem, after Mourinho said the door is open for Mata to leave in January where are his most likely destinations if he does leave? Thomas
1. Mata has not been told that he has to leave.
2. He wants to stay.
3.IF the club decide to let him go or tell him to look for a team there are a lot of options available for him but he has not been told that and he does not want to leave so really it's in the hands of the club and unless Chelsea tell him 'yes, go' he doesn't have any intention of leaving.
Hi Guillem, do you believe any players from Atletico Madrid will come to the Premier League in order to clear these debts they have? Darshan
GUILLEM SAYS: Atletico are fighting to win the league so no one is leaving in January - not Costa and not Koke, but then in the summer I can see how they can probably sell Costa and IF (a big IF) he goes he'll probably go to the Premier League and IF it does happen it will be a big sale for Atletico Madrid for sure.
Hi Guillem, Do you think Barcelona desperately need to sign at least one new centre-back in January? Michael
GUILLEM SAYS: Barcelona definitely need a centre-back, they've given Carles Puyol a chance to come back but there are rumours he'll retire in the summer, but in any case they just need a centre-back, we've been saying it for years and it is very strange that they haven't gone to get one. It's interesting that Javi Martinez was wanted but they thought that 40million euros was too much. With him they would have got a central midfielder and a centre-back and that wouldn't have been that expensive really.
Guillem, will there ever be a change in La Liga when it comes to division of television rights. Last summer there was a huge exodus of Spanish players going to the Premier League and if this continues the quality of the league will drop every year. It also makes the league boring when only two teams can realistically win the league. Dom
GUILLEM SAYS: I think deep down the big clubs want a European League so there is no rush for Real Madrid and Barcelona to give up any of their television money but what's happening is that there is more power and more concentration of interest in the rest of the league and they may get a bigger percentage of television rights away from Real Madrid and Barcelona in the future. That's what they're fighting for and I think they'll get it but there'll still be a big gap between the top two and the rest and I think so partly because the intention of both clubs is to have a European League in the long term.


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Twins Lose To A's In 11 After 9th Inning Rally Tied The Game
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Norris hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning, and the Oakland Athletics bounced back from another blown save by new closer Jim Johnson to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Wednesday.
Jared Burton (0-1) gave up the one-out drive by Norris, who went deep on Tuesday night, too. Dan Otero (1-0) got the last eight outs for the victory in relief of Johnson, who has given up seven runs, nine hits and six walks in five appearances with the A's.
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As I was preparing to install a 3-gang old-work box I discovered a random cripple stud whose only purpose for existing is screwing up this project for me:
In the bottom right is the corner of a 2x6 which is flush against the back drywall and against a stud to its right and extends all the way down to the sole plate. Using an inspection mirror I determined that there is nothing attached to it or passing through it anywhere along its length, and there's nothing on the other side of the wall either (not even any sign of drywall patching).
How can I trim off the corner of this stud so that I can install my old-work box? (The actual area of interference is about 1" high and 1/2" wide.)


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Michael Gira made his name with the much revered Swans, but his Angels Of Light project is a million musical miles away from work of the past. The Angels Of Light Sing "Other People" is an album of delicate beauty; like the earliest springtime blooms, it needs much nurturing, much attention, to attain its full potential. Thus, time requires investing; a single, unconcentrated listen to this record will reveal nothing. It is only when all around is still, when everything else in the day has been done, that these songs reach their targets: the nerves closest to the core of the human spirit.
These songs are uncomplicated, their delivery simple and charming. The chimes and vocal harmonies throughout opener 'Lena's Song' serve as a nice representation of what's to come, but later tracks possess a depth uncommon in music so stripped of superfluous, aesthetic substance. 'My Friend Thor' is a ramshackle, backwater folk hymn that clatters and clangs its way through some beautifully vivid lyricism: "The starlight is leaking is leaking through the holes in your ceiling / The sawdust's collecting on your spoons and your bedding..." Later, Gira's imagery dips its toes in many thematically different ponds, but never is quality compromised. 'Destroyer' tells a tale of Heavenly cleansing, perhaps - "Remember as you kill us and cut us down... someone will breathe here again, and they will hate you for what you leave" - but Gira's stirring storytelling, delivered deadpan like a narcoleptic Nick Cave, is perfectly suited to its understated, unhurried acoustic accompaniment (there is but ten seconds of drumming across 12 songs).
'Dawn' is impossibly gorgeous; 'My Sister Said', likewise, albeit with a sinister edge, the line "I'll kill that man" repeated throughout. Truth be told, there's not one song here that doesn't warrant immediate investigation. ...Sing "Other People" is a record rich in honesty, in true human emotions and wishes and woes. It is utterly engaging, totally absorbing and, well, absolutely essential. Just buy it, love it and bow to its reciprocated beauty.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC softball battles for seeding in the upcoming America East Championships when it closes its regular-season slate in a three-game series against Albany. Action opens with a doubleheader on Friday, May 2, but due to weather, first pitch has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m. at the UMBC Softball Stadium. The Retrievers were celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, May 3 in the series finale scheduled for noon.
The Retrievers (31-17) are in the midst of posting their sixth 30-win season under head coach Joe French, who on Sunday earned his 600th career softball victory. UMBC clinched its first America East Championship berth since 2011 with a three-game sweep against Hartford in conference action on Sunday and Monday and currently sits in fourth place.
The Retrievers' young pitching staff has combined for a 2.87 earned run average on the year, has thrown eight shutouts and is the only staff in the America East to post a perfect game and a no-hitter on the season. Freshman Jessica Holte (Ashland, Va./Atlee) tossed the Retrievers' latest gem, throwing five hitless innings in a 10-0 victory against the Hawks on Monday. Holte is tied for the most wins by a Retrievers' freshman pitcher in program history and is tied for third on UMBC's single-season wins list (18). She also ranks in the top-10 in a single-season at UMBC in complete games (21), innings pitched (174.1) and appearances (30). Classmate Nicole Casagrand (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) is coming off a 2-0 week in the circle with a 1.00 ERA. Rookie Kelly Lane (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) threw the Retrievers' first-ever perfect game earlier this season and has posted a 7-6 record for the black and gold.
UMBC's offense leads the league in hits (356), RBI (239), doubles (65) and home runs (44). Junior catcher Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) and sophomore utility player Danielle O'Neill (Lothian, Md./Southern) sit atop of the conference in hits and have combined for 23 of the team's 44 home runs. Hall is the league-leader in runs batted in (50), doubles (13) and round trippers (13), while O'Neill has a conference-most 32 walks and 42 runs scored.
Albany (26-10, 11-3 AEC) has won six straight games heading into the weekend and is second in the league standings heading into the weekend. The Great Danes lead the league in earned run average, behind a conference-leading 1.63 ERA from senior Brittany MacFawn. MacFawn is the reigning America East Co-Pitcher of the Week after throwing a no-hitter against UMass Lowell last week.
Catcher Elizabeth Snow led the Great Danes offensively last week, en route to earning Rookie of the Week recognition. She leads the team in slugging percentage (.596) behind a team-best 13 doubles and five home runs. Sophomore short stop Maggie Cocks is hitting at a .389 clip from the dish and leads the squad with 27 runs batted in.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. – In a tight ballgame that never reached more than a 10-point lead for either team, Georgia College men's basketball (8-15, 4-12 PBC) lost 72-69 at Columbus State University (12-12, 7-10 PBC) Saturday.
A Jermaine Morgan jumper with just 22 seconds left gave Columbus State the 72-69 advantage. The Bobcats had two game-tying attempts from long range in the waning seconds, but were not able to hit either.
Senior Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) finished with a team-best 13 points, knocking down both of his three-point tries. He added a team-high in rebounds as well at six.
Junior Joey Bell (Hinesville, Ga.) put in 10 points, his second double-digit performance in the last three games. Classmate Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) led the bench brigade for Georgia College with 10 points, including 8-of-8 from the free-throw line. He added four rebounds, four steals and three assists.
The Bobcats battled back in the second half, even getting a lead at the 6:22 mark, 61-59 on a pair of free-throws by Thomas. CSU answered back and led 70-66 with just 1:25 remaining.
Georgia College ran down the clock, with Ferguson knocking down a big three-point basket with 55 seconds left to make it 70-69. Morgan pushed the lead back to three at 72-69 with his jumper at just 22 ticks remaining.
Morgan finished with 12 points for CSU, last among the team's four double-digit scorers. Reserves Rory Miller and B.J. Battle netted 18 and 16, respectively. Idell Bell chipped in with 13 points as well.
The Bobcats were edged in shooting 47 percent (28-60) to 44 percent (23-52). Georgia College made 10 threes, their best output from long range since Jan. 5 against North Georgia.
The loss drops Georgia College to 4-12 in Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play, eliminating the Bobcats from making the PBC Tournament in March.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. hosting the University of Montevallo (16-8, 12-5 PBC) for the annual Homecoming Game. The Falcons most recently beat Clayton State University 63-50 today.
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Do sports and politics mix? As Keith Olberman pointed out on MSNBC Tuesday night, apparently not so much. Lynn Swann? Dead. Jim Ryun? Dead. Michael Steele? Dead. Niedermeier? ...
The voters staged a savage attack on the athletically gifted on Tuesday, with one notable exception, if you call him gifted. Former NFL quarterback Heath Shuler, a Democrat, beat the stuffing out of 11th District Republican incumbent Charles Taylor in the North Carolina House race that Shuler had been expected by some to lose. And those of you who had money on Shuler using a sports analogy in his victory speech? Well, you collect.
"They talk about these sports analogies that I use, but let me tell you what. It is about teamwork."
Despite his political web site claiming that the candidate "has great vision," which is clearly not the case, Shuler led on Tuesday by a large enough margin to claim victory. It may have been the first time that Shuler has heard people chanting "Heath, Heath, Heath" without "must die!" at the end.
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18 comments:
- Lizzie said...
oo I can't wait to see it...the anticipation is too much!
- February 11, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- valerie said...
insane! it will be great!
- February 11, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- That's MIZZ Gypsy To You! said...
But I see you have the love and support of a kittie which counts for so much! And the fabric color is stunning!
- February 11, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Elizabeth said...
can't wait to see!
- February 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- Joni said...
That purple is DIVINE! Sew baby sew.
- February 11, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Mich said...
you can do it!!! and, i'm pretty sure i'll love it no matter what! ;)
- February 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Yess said...
Oh pish tosh, it's going to be amazing and you know it. Can't wait.
- February 11, 2009 at 8:51 PM
- Marissa said...
Leanne! Everything you do is absolutley amazing! Do you think you'd be able to post a picture of the bridesmaid dress you made for PR? or post a link to it somewhere?? im trying to find a good quality pic of it, and its nowhere to be found!!
- February 11, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- b.a. said...
good luck! you can do it!!!
i wish there were P.R. cameras catching all the madness. can't wait to see everything.
- February 12, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Colleen MacDonald said...
Gosh, It must be like Project Runway all over again with the all-nighters and stress. But it'll all be over soon and then you can bask in the glow of your success. I'm sending you some good energy for the final push!
- February 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM
good luck! I am sure the show will be fabulous!! wish I could come see it!
- February 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Math Hue said...
It will be awsome! No doubt about it. Hope you get tons of orders!!
- February 13, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- Aore said...
Hang in there Leanne!! You're almost done! And we all can't wait to see the final product. :D
- February 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I'm am throwing you all the good, hard-working vibes I have Leanne. You CAN do it. I'm very much looking forward to your show (no pressure!).
- February 14, 2009 at 10:28 AM
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- February 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Clarie & Ilane said...
will you be having a 'wedding dress' in your collection? can't wait for it to come out!
- February 16, 2009 at 1:52 AM
- Yess said...
I HAVE to tell you this:
I frequent Project RunGay (which is how I found your blog) and they had a few tix for your show on Thursday night. Those bitches were snapped up in the first two minutes of availability, I kid you not.
Trust me on this.
- February 16, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- Brittney said...
You can do it, Leanne! Your collection is going to be beautiful and I can't wait to see it!
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Niacinamide is also known as Vitamin B3 or Niacin. Usually, Niacinamide is administered to people who suffer pellagra or niacin deficiency. Deficiency with niacin can result to dementia, diarrhea, peeling of skin, and swelling and reddening of the tongue. Instead of niacin that causes side-effect, Niacinamide is prescribed.
Niacinamide is very much compatible with many anti aging products and other skin care products. It has the capacity to improve the moisture of the skin and aide the production of collagen in the skin. More so, it strengthens the outermost layer of skin and enhances renewal of skin surface to get rid of discoloration and make the skin smooth.
History and Origin
Niacinamide is present in different kinds of food like milk, green vegetables, eggs, fish, and meat. However, if you need the substance in its volume or concentrated form; Niacinamide has to be produced through using specific modern technology.
Manufacturers of Niacinamide use what is considered green technology in order not to damage the environment. Today, there are several manufacturers of Niacianamide, which are used for drugs and commercial products such as beauty and skin care products.
Niacinamide are produced in liquid and powdered forms before other ingredients are added into it to form different kinds of products like anti-aging creams and memory-enhancer food supplements.
Ancient Uses
In ancient time, Niacinamide is not yet known as Vitamin B3 by people. However, Niacinamide already exist and the people are getting its benefits without knowing it. Niacinamide can be found in many types of food such as meat, eggs, yeast, fish, green vegetables, cereals, and milk.
Women in early days use milk to soften their skin and enhance moisture. Without their knowledge, it is the Niacinamide in milk that brings the good health in their skin.
Modern Uses
One of the modern uses of Niacinamide is as a substitute for niacin in some cases, but not in all. This is because Niacinamide cannot help in correcting levels of blood fats and is not appropriate if you are being treated for high cholesterol.
Niacinamide for oral use is usually taken at least once a day. It is taken for cell respiration, proper blood circulation and healthy skin, aid in the discharge of energy and burning of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, and for normal secretion of stomach fluids and bile. It is also used for the production of sex hormones and treatment of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Niacinamide is also used as a memory booster supplement.
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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child develops reading and matching skills by following along with the Mariposa storybook and making choices to enhance the story.
Your child learns about plants and gardening as well as develops matching skills by helping Thumbalina's garden grow.
Your child develops design and matching skills as they try to style Barbie's hair to match the model.
Disponendo i diamanti in modo da metterne quattro di fila, oppure cercando di collezionare le monetine che arrivano dal nastro, i vostri bambini si eserciteranno a comparare oggetti e le loro posizioni e nel pensiero strategico.
Zoodles 11.8.7 Copyright (c) 2014 Inquisitive Minds, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Toffee Cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter , softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 package of Heath milk chocolate toffee bits
Cream together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and salt. Add eggs and mix well.
Slowly stir in flour, cocoa and baking soda. Mix just until well combined. Scoop dough onto silpat or parchment lined baking sheets.
Freeze, or...
Bake at 375 for 6-8.
If freezing, bake directly from freezer for about 2 minutes longer.


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Chucho Valdés, now 71, is one of pillars of the Cuban jazz-piano tradition. Founder of the seminal Afro-Cuban band Irakere in 1972, he's made that group's fusion of multiple genres his mission ever since. On the new "Border-Free," his mastery as composer and player is on full display: an encyclopedic vocabulary of Afro-Cuban rhythms and an expansive palette that includes all manner of modern jazz as well as traditional classical repertoire. So the lovely tribute to his late mother, the singer and pianist Pilar Rodríguez, combines elements of Miles Davis and Bill Evans's "Blue in Green" with a smattering of her beloved Bach, and the piece named after his grandmother, "Caridad Amaro," quotes the Rachmaninoff he used to play for her. Again Valdés challenges himself by exploring other traditions that he finds "compatible with Afro-Cuban roots" in pieces like "Afro-Comanche" and the Moroccan-flavored "Abdel." Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a guest on three tracks, but it's the leader and his band who deliver the message here. You'll hear it in "Pilar" as the pianist plays extended silky lines in his right hand over a chordal melody in his left, and in the deathless medium-tempo groove of piano, soft hand drums, and bass in "Tabú." (Out Tuesday)
Essential "Tabú"


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Lamar Handles Texas College 58-0
The 2011 Lamar football campaign got off to a wet start, but not because of anything the Cardinals did on the field, but Mother Nature continued her dominance, like the Cardinals exerted theirs over a clearly overmatched Texas College team, 58-0 Saturday night in a soaked Provost-Umphrey Stadium.
Running back DePauldrick Garrett, who signed with the Cardinals after two stellar seasons at Navarro Junior College, made his presence felt and gave fans and the coaching staff something to feel good about when it comes to the ground game, as the West Orange Stark product toted the ball 20 times for 105 yards and a school record four touchdowns, breaking the record of three set last season by wide receiver JJ Hayes.
The Cardinals showed off the running game early, determined not to let the season drag on before scoring a rushing touchdown, which was a problem last year for Ray Woodard's group as Lamar was the last school in college football to score a rushing touchdown. Garrett and the offense wasted no time this year, with Garrett carrying the ball five times on the team's first drive of the season, capping the five play, 30-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run. The drive lasted all of 1:48. In fact, of the team's six offensive touchdowns, only one drive lasted longer than two minutes, and the longest touchdown run of the night was from four yards out by another transfer, Mike Venson, who hit paydirt in the third quarter and accounted for the last Lamar points of the night.
Garrett, the unquestioned leader of the running back group, talked about his record-breaking performance playing on a wet field.
"We wanted to come out and set a statement with the running game, and that's what we were able to do tonight," said the 5-8, 190-lb. Garrett. "When I wasn't in, we kept each other going."
"The rushing record put a smile on my face, but I was just trying to be aggressive, set the tone, because it's going to be a balanced offense this year and I kept playing hard. As a team, our O-Line improved a lot over the Spring, so every hole they made for me, I tried to find them."
"He did what we brought him in here to do, and we knew he could do it," said Lamar Head Football Coach Ray Woodard of Garrett's play Saturday. "We've been preparing to run the ball and that's what we did, because we would've had a tough time if we would've had to throw for 300 in this game with these conditions."
The conditions were not a problem for Garrett, and despite his solid start, he and the other running backs have to be better against a team in South Alabama that hasn't lost a football game since its inception last season.
"Coming from junior college, I've played in the rain, so playing on a wet field wasn't too difficult at all for me," said Garrett. "I got into a rhythm, but it could've been better, and it'll have to be way better next week. My first carry, I knew, the tone was set, and I had to be aggressive to get what I got. But we need to cut down on our mistakes, cut down on our penalties," he said of the ground game and the offensive line, "just keep being aggressive and execute."
"We did okay," he said of the running backs as a group, "I give us a B -, but we have to be way better than that next week."
The running game as a whole, which saw Octavious Logan, the team's leading returning rusher from last year, also found the endzone, scoring from two yards out in the first quarter to give the Cardinals a 21-0 lead. He finished with seven carries for 40 yards. Venson, a standout in the Spring who has struggled this Fall, looked good in limited duty in the second half, also carrying the ball seven times, for 42 yards and the team's final touchdown of the night.
Caleb Harmon tossed in 22 yards on three carries.
According to a source close to the team, running back Cody Hussey, who was expected to contribute to the running game this season, has quit the team for unspecified reasons.
At the quarterback position, given the weather, there wasn't a lot of throwing the ball, nor was it really necessary, so neither of the quarterbacks who played in the first half, Andre Bevil, or Jeremy Johnson, looked particularly sharp. Bevil finished the night 3-9 for 50 yards while Johnson, a freshman, was 3-6 for 57 yards. Neither threw a touchdown or interception. Doug Prewitt, who saw time in the second half, had a rough night, going 1-2 for 4 yards passing while bobbling a couple snaps and handoffs, finishing with four carries for – 17 yards rushing.
Woodard said after the game it was hard to evaluate the quarterbacks' performance.'
"You can't go off passing stats, because none have any to mention, all I can say is they ran our offense, they ran what we called and it's a tough night to evaluate," said Woodard. "I don't think you can come out of this game with any different opinion than you had going in."
Coach was non-committal about who would start next week, but didn't discount Bevil getting the call against South Alabama, nor did he discount rotating quarterbacks either.
"We'll see," he said of Bevil starting, "I don't think he did anything tonight to lose it. I thought he led the team, did a good job on and off the field, all three of them did. Like I said, dry field conditions, maybe we could've done a little more evaluation, but all three of them did what they were supposed to do tonight."
While the Cardinals did commit 13 penalties for 110 yards, Woodard said he's not overly concerned about those and said a combination of more practice and it being the first game were a big reason for the yellow laundry.
"It looked like our first game, but I thought overall for our first game, we didn't have a lot of mistakes, we had some, but I was pleased with that part of it, and the (penalties) we did have, we'll fix them."
Defensively, Woodard didn't have much to share about his team other than they did what they needed to do and there's room to improve.
"Obviously, we were the better team tonight, I'm pleased that we got the win, and got this out of the way," he said of his team's defensive performance Saturday, "but we've got some opponents down the road that we're going to have to be better. I still think the most improvement for a team comes between the first and second game, so this will be a big week for us, we're going to have to step it up."
All in all, Woodard, who said he'll trade the big crowd for a "much needed rain," said his team "did what they needed to do tonight."
"We'll watch film, we'll move on, we've got a lot of football left."


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I came across this artist whilst looking into the idea of anonymity and signage, to reveal a personal truth/statement in regards to body image and personal perception.
Whilst discussing the developed practical idea with Richard Miles, he suggested I looked into an artist which used a similar method to gain truthful and public opinions on a specific topic.
Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992-3
Framed colour photographs on photographic paper mounted on board
Each 1220 x 920 mm (48 x 36 ¼ inches)
I'm desperate 1992-3
Edition 9/10 plus 1 Artist's Proof
Gillian Wearing first attracted public acclaim when she exhibited this series of photographs at City Racing, a small artist-run gallery in London in 1993. She had been using video and photography since the early 1990s, but this was her first significant collaboration with members of the public. Standing in a busy area of South London, Wearing stopped passers-by and asked them to write down what was on their mind. With their permission, she then photographed them holding their statement. As indicated by the title of the work, Wearing has written that this collaboration 'interrupts the logic of photo-documentary and snapshot photography by the subjects' clear collusion and engineering of their own representation.' (Wearing 1997, p.3)
The complete series of Signs is comprised of over fifty colour photographs. A broad cross-section of people participated in the photographs and the series provides a fascinating social and historical document. It refers to the economic decline in Britain in the early 1990s, manifested by statements such as 'Will Britain get through this recession?'. However most of the signs express intimate thoughts or personal convictions. This selection of five photographs shows the wide range of responses Wearing elicited from the collaborating members of the public. One of the photographs shows an elderly couple, standing on the curb of a busy street, holding a sign saying 'I like to be in the country', while another photograph shows a homeless man bearing the poignant statement: 'I signed on and they would not give me nothing'. Among the group is one of Wearing's best known images which depicts a smartly dressed young man with a mild, even complacent, expression holding a sign saying simply, 'I'm desperate'. In a 1996 interview Wearing described how 'People are still surprised that someone in a suit could actually admit to anything, especially in the early 1990s, just after the crash… I think he was actually shocked by what he had written, which suggests it must have been true. Then he got a bit angry, handed back the piece of paper, and stormed off.' (Unpublished interview with Marcus Spinelli, South Bank Centre 1997)
Like many of Wearing's later works, such as Confess All on Video. Don't worry you will be in disguise. Intrigued? Call Gillian. 1994 (Tate T07329), the Signs series examines the relationship between public image and private identity. Wearing often cites the influence of early British 'fly-on-the-wall' television documentaries such as Michael Apted's pioneering Seven-Up (Granada Television 1964), which charted the progress of a group of children at seven year intervals, or Paul Watson's raw investigation of family life in The Family (BBC 1974). In these television programmes intimate experiences were presented to a nationwide audience as apparently unmediated 'real life'. However the tradition of 'fly-on-the-wall' documentaries, as well as confessional TV chat shows, imply an authenticity which Gillian Wearing persistently questions. In an attempt to break down social stereotypes and masks, Wearing frequently works with people marginalised by mainstream society, such as homeless people, drunks, transsexuals or convicts. She has said: 'A great deal of my work is about questioning handed-down truths… I'm always trying to find ways of discovering new things about people, and so in the process discover more about myself.' ('Sign Language', Dazed and Confused, no. 25, 1996, pp.53, 55)
Further reading:
Donna De Salvo, Russell Ferguson, John Slyce, Gillian Wearing, London 1999
Sacha Craddock, Spotlight on Gillian Wearing, exhibition catalogue, South Bank Centre, London 1999
Gillian Wearing, Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992-1993, London 1997
Donna De Salvo, Russell Ferguson, John Slyce, Gillian Wearing, London 1999
Sacha Craddock, Spotlight on Gillian Wearing, exhibition catalogue, South Bank Centre, London 1999
Gillian Wearing, Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992-1993, London 1997
Jemima Montagu
March 2001
March 2001
Source: tate.org.uk
Images taken from Google Images - Germaine Wearing


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Originally published November 21, 2013
Andy Biersack, the 22-year-old lead singer of Black Veil Brides, is one of the most captivating artists in the AP community today. Growing up in suburban Cincinnati, Andy quickly found himself to be the different kid on the block. Since he was young, he knew that he wanted to be on stage fronting a successful rock band and touring the world, and repeatedly asked his parents if he could make a go of it "yet??" After a stint at acting, some personal setbacks and struggling with his own high expectations for himself, the young singer-to-be worked past the voices of those that said he couldn't succeed to become someone who has. (And every single one of his devoted fans believe that too.)


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A drunken federal agent was arrested in Burbank after allegedly pulling out a handgun and telling someone to follow him early Wednesday.
Officers responded to a report of a person brandishing a gun around 12:30 a.m. in the 300 block of East Santa Anita Avenue, according to a news release from the Burbank Police Department.
The victim told police that they were ordered by a "very" intoxicated man armed with a gun to follow him. After following the man for a short period, the victim ran away and was able to escape, officials said.
Police searched the area and found Andrew Leconte around 1 a.m. near San Fernando Boulevard and Angeleno Avenue, less than one mile away.
Investigators later learned that Leconte is an agent with the United States Marshals Service.
Leconte was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and brandishing a firearm, police said. Burbank police were investigating the incident.


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The Holiday Inn Express® Leeds City Centre - Armouries hotel is five minutes' walk from the city centre, and 10 minutes from Leeds Central train station. The M621 motorway, with connections to Liverpool and Manchester, is less than a mile away. There's discounted parking at the multi-storey car park next door.
You can explore the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, just six miles from the hotel. At 500 year-old Temple Newsam House, 15 minutes away by car, you can cycle through wooded parkland and admire fine art in the restored interior. Shop, catch a movie and eat at Trinity Leeds Shopping Centre, less than a mile away. Test and county cricket matches at Headingley are within 20 minutes' drive.
The hotel's three meeting rooms have space for up to 30 people, with complimentary WiFi and AV equipment. Unlimited drinks and buffet lunches help you to stay productive. The New Dock Hall conference centre is two minutes' walk from the hotel.
Begin your day with an Express Start Breakfast, featuring scrambled eggs, sausages, beans and continental items, which is inclusive in the room rate. Enjoy a hearty meal in the contemporary Great Room restaurant and wind down with a beer in the bar.
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The haircut of 2013 keeps gaining traction with more and more celebrities lopping off their locks for a shoulder-length crop.
The latest tress trend adopter? Vanessa Hudgens, who went from long, flowing locks to a short, textured 'do.
We love this style because it still feels long-ish, yet it's super easy to manage. Not to mention it can still fit into a ponytail, leaving you with a ton of styling options.
But now that you know where we stand on her new look, we want you to weigh in...
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The Paleontological Research Institution pursues and integrates education and research, and interprets the history and systems of the Earth and its life, to increase knowledge, educate society, and encourage wise stewardship of the Earth.
Note: What follows is a synopsis of the history of PRI. You may be interested in downloading a more detailed account, The First 75 Years: A History of the Paleontological Research Institution.
PRI was founded by Gilbert Dennison Harris (1865-1952). Harris graduated from Cornell University in 1886, and returned as a professor of geology in 1895. Over the next 40 years, Harris established himself as one of the most important American invertebrate paleontologists of his generation. Frustrated at delays in getting some of his own research published, Harris established his own scientific printing enterprise, founding the Bulletins of American Paleontology in 1895, and printing it himself on a press located in McGraw Hall on the Cornell University campus. He worried that Cornell would not care for his legacy after he retired, and so he urged University administration to provide new space on campus for his collections and printing enterprise, and guarantees that these would be maintained in perpetuity.
Cornell rebuffed him, and so Harris decided that he would found his own separate scientific organization. On June 28, 1932, Harris held a simple but formal ceremony with family, friends, and former students to lay the cornerstone for a building on a small plot of land adjacent to his home behind Cornell's north campus. He called his new organization the Paleontological Research Institution, and received a provisional charter for it from New York State in 1933 (the absolute charter was granted in 1936). Harris laid out high scientific standards for his organization and, together with his large collections and widely respected journals, PRI's reputation in the scientific research community was established. PRI was envisioned as, and for decades largely remained, an enclave for Harris and people like him — who wanted to study fossils.
Harris died in 1952, and his former student and protëgé, Katherine Palmer, became PRI's Director. Palmer was herself a highly accomplished paleontologist, and the first woman to receive American paleontology's highest honor, the Paleontological Society Medal. She continued to publish the Bulletins and grow the collections.
By the late 1950s, this growth had made the PRI building increasingly cramped. In 1965, PRI purchased a large stone building and 6.3 acres on Ithaca's West Hill, across Cayuga Lake from Cornell. The 10,000 square-foot tudor-style structure had been built in 1926-27 as an orphanage by a fraternal organization, the International Order of Odd Fellows. By the end of 1969 the move to West Hill was completed. The new building allowed for an area to be devoted solely to public education — in a 600 square-foot room on the first floor, PRI set up a "mini-museum."
In 1992, Warren Allmon became PRI's fourth Director. He greatly expanded PRI's educational outreach, obtained funds from the National Science Foundation for collections care, and rebuilt connections with Cornell.
Under Allmon's leadership, in 1994, PRI began thinking about building a new physical structure to serve as a public museum space. Major initial funding from The Park Foundation and New York State in 1996 allowed the project to proceed. The New York architecture firm of Weiss/Manfredi was hired to design the building, and began work in January 1999. The Museum of the Earth opened to the public on September 26, 2003.
Today, the Museum welcomes approximately 30,000 visitors a year. The building's design has received regional and national architectural acclaim. The Museum and its exhibits and programs have received national and international media attention. It is a significant regional tourist attraction as well as a major educational resource for central New York, and it is also a popular spot for community events.
PRI's specimen collections today contain more than 3 million specimens, making them among the 10 largest in the United States. The Bulletins continues, and is now the oldest paleontological journal in the Americas. PRI's staff continues the tradition of primary research, pursuing topics from macroevolution to conservation. PRI has also become a national leader in informal (outside-the-classroom) Earth science education, providing resources to students and teachers across the country.
In 2004, PRI and Cornell signed an agreement of affiliation, formally ending more than 70 years of estrangement. In 2008, the position of Hunter R. Rawlings III Professor of Paleontology was created in Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. This professorship can only be held by PRI's Director, providing yet another formal connection between the two institutions.
On January 24, 2011, PRI's Board of Trustees voted to merge with the Cayuga Nature Center. Located four miles north of PRI, the Nature Center has 150 acres of woodland and fields overlooking Cayuga Lake, including the 30-acre Smith Woods in Trumansburg, the largest piece of old-growth forest in central New York. The Nature Center has a long history of providing nature-oriented summer camp and educational programs to the Ithaca community. The merger became official in January 2013. Today the Nature Center provides PRI with an array of indoor and outdoor opportunities to expand its educational mission to teach about the Earth and its life — focusing especially on the natural history of the Cayuga Lake Basin.
McGraw Hall at Cornell University.
Cornell University McGraw Hall Museum of Natural History (ca. 1880-1920).
Cornell University McGraw Hall Museum of Natural History (ca. 1880-1920).
Cornell paleontology students, McGraw Hall, ca. 1934.
June 28, 1932.
Dearborn Place 1932-1968.
Katherine Palmer and Gilbert Harris in the field.
Katherine Palmer at Dearborn Place.
Katherine Evangeline Hinton Van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982): Director, 1952-1978.
Postcard courtesy of The History Center.
Postcard courtesy of The History Center.
Postcard courtesy of The History Center.


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Morning Five: 05.26.11 EditionPosted by jstevrtc on May 26th, 2011
- By Michigan State standards, last year was a tough one to say the least. They could use some good fortune, but they'll have to wait a little longer. Yesterday they learned that Russell Byrd, a 6'7 freshman guard with reliable three-point range who missed last season with a left foot injury, will have surgery on that same foot tomorrow. He should be back and ready in time for the start of practice in October, but MSU had hoped to have Byrd healthy and up to speed by now.
- Penn State has hired former South Carolina and Vanderbilt head coach Eddie Fogler to assist with their coaching search. You know, 'cause he helped with previous coaching searches at…Auburn and Georgia Tech. Yeah. Can you imagine this call from PSU AD Tim Curley to former coach Fogler? Curley: "Hey, Eddie, you know we have a coaching vacancy here, right?" Fogler: "Yeeeees…" Curley: "Well, we were wondering if…" Fogler (smiling in anticipation): "YEEEESSSS??" Curley: "Do you know anyone who might be interested?"
- "The harder you work, the luckier you get." Couldn't agree more with the great Lefty Driesell, who was inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame this past Tuesday. Before moving on to Maryland, Driesell posted a 176-65 record at Davidson over nine seasons, went to the Sweet 16 three times and the Elite Eight twice, won five regular season titles and three conference tournament crowns. He hasn't totally removed that coaching hat — he regularly advises his son Chuck, head coach at The Citadel. Chuck's choice for the most important piece of advice his father has given him: "Recruit daily or perish."
- Ryan Harrow decided to leave North Carolina State after his freshman year and the ouster of Sidney Lowe, and late last night he decided that he'll head to Lexington and play for Kentucky. The 6'0 and 160-pound point guard was rated as the 39th-best overall player on the ESPNU 100 for 2010, and the eighth-best point guard. He averaged 9.3 PPG and 3.3 APG for the Wolfpack in his only season there, and led the team with a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio. He'll sit out the 2011-12 season while learning to guard the likes of Marquis Teague and Doron Lamb in practice every day, and will eligible to play in 2012-13.
- Four years ago, North Carolina mascot Jason Ray was hit by a car and killed right in front of the team hotel in New Jersey before his team's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game. He was an organ donor. Because of that, he helped save the lives of four people. One of them was Ronald Griffin of Franklin Township, New Jersey, who received Ray's heart. Griffin lived for four more years. That's four more birthdays, four more NCAA Tournaments, four more anniversaries, four more whatevers — and everything in between. 1,461 more days he got to enjoy the privilege of breathing, walking, perceiving. Mr. Griffin, who became a big Tar Heel fan after learning whose heart he received, died this week, aged 62. We have nothing to add to this, other than to express our condolences to Mr. Griffin's family, and our respect to Jason Ray.


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Sega Sets a New Date for Conduit 2: March 22
In a press release yesterday, Sega revealed the new game from developer High Voltage Software will arrive on March 22, 2011.
To hold us over for the new release date, Sega has released a handful of new images and a trailer that showcases some of the weapons that players will get their Wii-Mote waggling hands on.
The Conduit 2 continues the adventures of Secret Agent Michael Ford, who "barely survived the alien invasion of Washington D.C." The original game in the series launched for the Wii in 2009 to mixed reviews.
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The UMBC men's soccer team (3-0-0) takes on high-powered St. Francis Brooklyn (1-1-0) to determine the champion of the 2013 Hampton Inn BWI Classic when the teams meet at Retriever Soccer Park on Saturday, Sept. 7. Both the Retrievers and the Terriers won their openers in tourney play, as UMBC defeated Central Connecticut State, 3-1, and St. Francis nipped Navy, 2-1 on Thursday evening. Kick-off time is 7:00 p.m. at the Park. Live video streaming is available on www.umbcretrievers.tv.
UMBC (3-0-0) extended its unbeaten streak (dating back to last year) to 12 (9-0-3) with its third consecutive 3-1 victory, achieved over Central Connecticut State in the first round of the Hampton Inn BWI Classic on Sept. 5. The Retrievers had captured the Springhill Suites Arundel Mills BWI Kick-Off Classic with 3-1 victories over both Seattle U. and UNLV last weekend. UMBC's +4 goal differential just bested Delaware's +3 in the Hens' victories over the Redhawks and Rebels.
Dating back to 2012, UMBC is now unbeaten in its last 12 contests (9-0-3) and has outscored their opponents, 28-6, in that span. It is the longest unbeaten streak since 1999, when that championship squad went 19-0-2 in the regular season.
With his two goals vs. Central, SR F Pete Caringi III now has 30 career goals and has moved into a tie for ninth place (Sean Miller, 30, 1989-92) on UMBC's all-time list. Moreover, he is the fastest to score six goals (three games) at the start of a season in school history. But Andrew Bulls (2008-11) scored seven in four games in 2009.
INSIDE THE SERIES: - This will be the 11th meeting between the Retrievers and the Terriers.
The Retrievers have a 5-2-3 overall record against the Terriers and are 2-2-0 at home. Two out of the last three meetings between these teams have ended in 0-0 overtime ties, while the Terriers won the other game in 2OT.
The most recent encounter took place just two seasons ago in Baltimore. The game was deadlocked at 0-0 in the 70th minute when a power failure halted the match.
A GLANCE AT THE TERRIERS: St. Francis Brooklyn ended the 2012 season with an overall record of 7-10-1, with a 4-7-0 record on the road. Six of St. Francis Brooklyn's ten losses last year came by a single goal.
St. Francis Brooklyn opened up their season with a 1-0 loss to the No. 5 UConn Huskies on Aug. 30, but evened their record at 1-1-0 with a 2-1 victory at Navy in the Hampton Inn BWI Classic contest on Sept. 5.
Highly-decorated JR F Kevin Correa led the Northeast Conference last year in points (25), and goals (11). He was named NEC Rookie of the Year, and to the NEC All-Conference First Team in 2012. Correa score the game-winning goal vs. the Mids. SR F Gabriel Bagot also returns for the St. Francis Brooklyn lineup. He led the team with six assists in 2012, and was named to the NEC All-Conference Second Team.
After sitting out all of last season, GK Jack Binks made five saves in the season opener against the Huskies.


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Walk With a Doc - Tuesday
Walk with a Doc
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM (CST)
Event Details
Agnesian HealthCare and the Fond du Lac Family YMCA are partnering with Walk With a Doc to create a safe, walkable community.
The collaborative mission is to encourage healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle in order to improve the health and well-being of the country.
Join providers on Monday through Friday between 8 and 9:30 a.m.; the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month between 5 and 6 p.m.; and Wednesdays between 4 to 5 p.m. to begin your commitment of improved health and well-being.
In addition, Ripon Medical Center providers will be walking at Ripon High School, 850 Tiger Drive, Ripon, the first and third Wednesdays of the month between 6 to 7 p.m.
Step it Up! The Surgeon General of the United States recommends 150 minutes of weekly exercise to:
- Lower your risk of heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, breast and colon cancers, and depression
- Maintain or lose weight
- Boost your energy
- Improve your sleep
- Reduce stress
- Redue your risk of falls
- Delay the onset of cognitive decline and dementia
- Increase sense of well-being and more!
For more information, call (920) 926-4961, visit agnesian.com/walk-with-a-doc or visit walkwithadoc.org.
*Our providers do their best to be at the Forest Mall and Ripon High School at the times indicated. However, due to emergencies or unforeseen circumstance, there might be a time where they are not present.
When & Where
Forest Mall
835 W. Johnson Street
Fond du Lac,
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM (CST)
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