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Bringing Saxy Back
The sax solo returns to pop music.
For 36 years, Saturday Night Live has provided sanctuary to a species of musical wildlife that today sits on the endangered list: the saxophone solo. In 1975, jazz whiz David Sanborn's note-gobbling, register-vaulting altissimo ushered in the show's premiere episode, setting the brassy tone for every SNL opening sequence that followed. Since 1985, the SNL house band's lead saxophonist has been Lenny Pickett, who made his name in the venerable horn band Tower of Power. Over the course of Pickett's tenure on the show, the sax, once a pop-music staple, has fallen precipitously out of vogue—everywhere, that is, except SNL.
Last October, though, the showallowed some hunting in the preserve. In a digital short titled "The Curse," Andy Samberg, playing an arrogant businessman, is tormented by Jon Hamm, who—ponytailed, shirtless, and with biceps oiled to the point they're reflective—bursts through walls at inopportune moments and, sax in hand, lays into lustful torrents of lite-jazz honking. When the solos are done, Hamm whips his face toward the camera and, fiery-eyed with passion, intones his character's name: "Sergio!" You'd be tempted to call the joke one-note if it didn't involve such a preposterous number of notes: The sketch wrings four sublimely absurd minutes from the simple idea that blistering saxophone solos have come to sound not merely dated but ridiculous, and not merely ridiculous but hilarious.
I can't help but picture Sergio when I listen to Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," a song from her 2010 album Teenage Dream. For the most part, the song chugs along pleasantly and, in the context of state-of-the-art pop-rock, unremarkably: crisp beat; summery guitars; big chorus about remembering, and hoping to re-create, a fun night of skinny dipping and table dancing. But just before the 3-minute mark, a saxophone bursts unexpectedly into the mix, Sergio-style, for a flurry of ecstatic screeches. The first time I heard the song, the sax took me entirely by surprise. It was ingenious. Perry's lyrics celebrate a goofy blast from the past, so what better musical corollary to that theme than a sax solo, as goofy as blasts from the past get? The "T.G.I.F." sax part, it turns out, was performed by Lenny Pickett. The caretaker had emerged from the sanctuary to release one of his beasts back into the wild.
With the release of Lady Gaga's new album, Born This Way, what was an anomaly officially becomes a pop trend: The saxophone is repopulating. Two of Born This Way's songs, "Hair" and "Edge of Glory," feature sax playing courtesy of the E Street Band's own Clarence Clemons. "It was wild. I was so excited," Clemons told Rolling Stone in a detailed report on the collaboration. "I'm a Gaga-ite." What unites Gaga's sax songs with Perry's is that both use the instrument as a nostalgia button. Gaga has said she wanted to give the song a "Bruce Springsteen vibe," adding, of "Hair," "it's really interesting, because it's putting saxophone on this really huge electronic record." (In this respect, Perry's and Gaga's sax solos are of a piece with the Black Eyed Peas' hit "The Time," a another bittersweet song that drops a chunk of undigested '80s cheese—an interpolation of Dirty Dancing's "The Time of My Life"—into an otherwise contemporary-sounding track.)
Sax solos proliferated outside the jazz world in the '70s and '80s, across a range of different rock styles. The Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival used saxes to bluesy, rollicking effect in songs like "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" and "Long As I Can See the Light"—presaging the sax-slathered classic-rock sound Bruce Springsteen would perfect in 1975 on "Born to Run." David Bowie, T. Rex, and Roxy Music made the sax almost as indispensable a glam accessory as platform glitter-boots, while King Crimson and Pink Floyd worked the instrument into their high-concept prog-rock. Back in America, Billy Joel and Lou Reed deployed smoky sax solos to evoke seedy urban streets on "New York State of Mind" and "Walk on the Wild Side"; below the radar, James Chance and other downtown acts of the No Wave scene delivered disjointed, atonal sax freakouts. In 1985, INXS worked luminous sax peals into "What You Need," a throbbing dance jam that still sounds great today.
So what happened to the sax? In part, the answer might be that the '90s happened. The rock music that dominated in the decade of ironic detachment had little room for a shiny, curvaceous, elaborately valved instrument that it's impossible to play while looking like you don't care. Your cheeks puff up. Your fingers flutter. There is an earnestness and a delicacy to playing the saxophone, an irreducible musicality that was out of step at a time when shrugged-off riffs alternated with bashed-out power chords on the rock airwaves. It's laughable to imagine someone smashing a saxophone into a stack of amps, like Kurt Cobain did with his guitar—the instrument seems too refined for the gesture, like trying to talk dirty in Latin. And while '80s metal holdouts like Metallica unleashed elaborate barrages of guitar notes well into the '90s, they framed their virtuosity as viciousness, a trick that's much harder, if not impossible, to pull off with the sax. Compare the fanboy hyperbole. A guitarist shreds. What does a saxophonist do? Blow? Cook?
This points to another problem the sax faces today: It has major P.R. issues. The most iconic saxophonist of recent memory is Kenny G.—whose blockbuster, mom-pleasing jams helped the instrument to be seen as the wimpiest weapon in the smooth-jazz arsenal. Elsewhere, saxophones have been woven inextricably into one of life's most unpleasant experiences: waiting for a customer-service rep to pick up the phone.
As is the case with so many trends last seen or heard in the '80s, the saxophone began its return trip to the contemporary mainstream via ironic reclamation. In 2000, the French pop acts Air and Phoenix, devoted to rummaging through déclassé American sounds, decorated tracks with languorous sax parts. More recently, soft-rock-channeling albums by the indie acts Gayngs and Destroyer have featured rippling, florid saxophone solos played with tongue at least partially in cheek. (Less winkingly, Deerhunter, Glasser, and Fleet Foxes have dropped jarring sax blurts into recent songs.)
Katy Perry and Lady Gaga have a different relationship to musical irony than indie acts, because they're pop stars expected to sell lots of records. The eruption of the saxophone into their anthems risks breaking the songs' spells—and yet, somehow, it doesn't. The best way to make sense of how the sax fits into "Edge of Glory" and "T.G.I.F." might be to consider these songs in the context of what the critic Daniel Barrow recently called contemporary pop's defining dynamic, audible in songs like Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" or Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind": the soar. Barrow defines the soar as "that surge from a dynamically static mid-tempo 4/4 verse to a ramped-up major-key chorus, topped, in the case of female singers, with fountaining melisma; the moment the producer deploys the riff, the synth-gush, the shouted vocal-hook for which the whole of the rest of the song is a mere appendage, a prologue and epilogue that only the chorus validates." (I largely agree with this description, although melisma doesn't have much currency in the kind of songs Barrow is talking about, having been supplanted by more linear phrasing and digital stutter effects.)
The soar is a musical special effect and, like all special effects, it loses oomph with repetition. But it's here that the over-the-top saxophone solo's would-be liability turns out to be its great strength: Gaga's and Perry's songs are all about taking us over the top, after all. Clarence Clemons' solo on "Edge of Glory"—currently No. 3 on the pop charts—is a pyrotechnic device, and if you can't help but chuckle a little at its immodest display, that's fully compatible with the sense of euphoric abandon Gaga is trying to get across. Over the weekend, Gaga was the musical guest on the season finale of Saturday Night Live, where she played a stripped-down piano rendition of "Edge of Glory." The performance featured tons of belting but not one toot of saxophone and, on this score, it felt like an opportunity had been missed. Was Sergio unavailable?


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The funny thing in reading the last few posts is that right new we're in the process of moving - we closed on our new house a couple of weeks ago, and my wife and I spent the night after the closing in our new house. The only - and I mean the *only* - piece of furniture in it is our new bed, which we bought and had delivered that day.
Oh, I am so there as well. As I sit here in the house that my wife and I bought just before our wedding, which now has blank spots on the walls where all the pictures used to hang, and two rooms that are essentially wall-to-wall packed boxes, I can't help but be slightly depressed about the whole thing.And like everyone else, I'm nervous as hell about the debt. Between buying a new house near my law school and "choosing" to attend to most expensive school I got into with no scholarship, in the course of the next three years I will be borrowing well in excess of HALF A MILLION DOLLARS!!! But the way I choose to look at it is that plenty of lawyers that I'll be working with at the firm of BigLaw Debt Reduction, LLP, will be living in houses that they'll have borrowed nearly that much to live in, so if they can afford the loan repayments, then so can I. I'm perfectly happy to stay in the house we're buying for the next ten years - that's part of why we bought the house we did.The funny thing in reading the last few posts is that right new we're in the process of moving - we closed on our new house a couple of weeks ago, and my wife and I spent the night after the closing in our new house. The only - and I mean the *only* - piece of furniture in it is our new bed, which we bought and had delivered that day.
Ok, second wave of panic for me. I don't know why, but it hits me the hardest at about 10pm, when I'm sitting on my comfy couch watching a movie in my lovely apartment. I start thinking ohmygod ohmygod what am I doing?!?! Yesterday I got an email from a grad school buddy who still doesn't quite "get" that I'm going to LS- he keeps saying "hey, there are some great positions opening up in the company I work for- you'd be great for them!" His company IS a great company- the pay, benefits, and all, but the kicker is that it is a non-profit student loan management company. How ironic is THAT?! This is the same guy who took 6 years and $60K in student loans to get through undergrad at a state school where he was a resident. So, I know I'm of a more financially-sound mind than he is, and that I'd probably go crazy thinking "I should have gone to law school" if I were helping other people go through school (working at a student loan org.) but damn! Any seeds of doubt just send me off the deep end!So I had a major wave of doubt last night, and it is lingering this morning at work. So much that I had to get out of the building and walk around outside (deep breaths, deep breaths) after I did a stupid Google search for "Should I go to law school." Sheesh. Nothing like picking at wounds.I'm going, no doubt about it. I think this might have just gotten to me last night because I've had one of those whopper summer colds all week and am starting to get nervous about yet another sticky intercontinental move 2 weeks before I start school. On the bright side, I think I finally have a clean, quiet, cheap place to live within biking/bus/walking distance to school (did I mention I have no car?)Just wanted to post this rant in case anybody else is going through something similar.
At least you're not giving up a 6 fig salary.

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Regal Loyola documentary to air during Carnival season
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Loyola press release - January 23, 2012
"Rex: Inside the School of Design," a documentary produced by Loyola University New Orleans' Center for Music & Arts Entrepreneurship, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of New Orleans, will air on WYES-TV on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 10 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 18 at 11 p.m. The film offers an inside look at the history, tradition and backstage workings of Rex, King of Carnival.
The documentary, produced in early 2011, is based on "Rex: An Illustrated History of the School of Design," by Stephen Hales, M.D., who is also a Rex official. Hales details not only the role Rex played in creating New Orleans' carnival, but how it helped transform it from a small local celebration into the greatest free show on earth.
Hosted by Loyola's director of the Center for Environmental Communication, Robert Thomas, Ph.D., the program offers an in-depth peek into the Rex Organization, its traditions and the impact it continues to make on the New Orleans community.
"While Rex is a well-known organization, they've been very public and very much involved in the community, which has certainly been exemplified by the Pro Bono Publico Foundation," Thomas said. "Most people just think about Rex as the King of Carnival, but the organization is much more than just a parade, it's part of a long-standing commitment to New Orleans. I'm glad that we had the opportunity to tell this story."
The documentary was produced by alumnus Braden Piper '10, Loyola professor of Music Industry Studies John Snyder, J.D., and videographer Kurt Wulff and be can be viewed online. For more information, contact Matt Lambert in the Office of Public Affairs at 504-861-5448 or email email@example.com.
For the latest updates about Loyola University New Orleans, follow us on Twitter @LoyolaNOLANews or become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/loyno.
LoyNews is an e-newswire produced by the Loyola University New Orleans Office of Public Affairs. LoyNews is distributed weekly to local, regional and national news media outlets, communicating the latest news and accomplishments of the university and its community.


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Located in Bill Battle Coliseum, the T.B. Pearson Sports Hall of Fame/Weight Room Facility was dedicated on January 11, 2006 and made possible by a generous gift from the T.B. Pearson family.
The upstairs portion of the facility houses plaques and biographical information on all 129 BSC Sports Hall of Fame inductees, championship trophies and serves as a meeting/banquet room equipped with a state-of-the-art sound and video system.
The Pearson Weight Room Facility is located directly below the BSC Sports Hall of Fame and includes top-of-the-line strength and cardiovascular training equipment for BSC's student-athletes, and an office for the strength and conditioning coach.


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March 28, 2004
The Bulldogs played well against No. 54 Virginia Tech, but a number of close 3-set matches meant defeat for Yale, who fell 5-2 to the Hokies. Andrew Rosenfeld and Milosz Gudzowski were winners in their singles matches.
The Bulldogs lost all three doubles matches against the Hokies and dropped four of six singles contests. But Head Coach Alex Dorato noted that some of the matches were winnable.
"We certainly could have beaten them," Dorato said. "We lost 2 three-set matches, and we were in there with them."
Rosenfeld, playing at No. 2, cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory, while Gudzowski split the first two sets in his match and won the third 10- 6 in the super tiebreaker format to give Yale it's second win.
The Elis will play only Ivy opponents from here on out, beginning with a match against Princeton on April 9th. Yale's next home match is April 16th against Cornell.


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All Season Furnished Dollhouse
Orders placed after December 6th are not guaranteed to arrive by Christmas.
Our All Season Furnished Dollhouse by Hape comes with everything your child needs to fill their new house!
Four matching room sets including bedroom, media room, kitchen, and bathroom complete this lovely dollhouse.
The solar-paneled roof can be removed and flipped over for either a summer or winter theme.
With six rooms, movable stairs, and 30 pieces of furniture, your child will have endless fun.
Keep the fun going with additional dollhouse accessories by Hape including family pets, children's room, dining room, baby's room, family car, and more!
The All Season Furnished Dollhouse is the proud recipient of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal Award 2011 and the Parents' Choice Gold Award.
Hape products are made of natural materials coated with water-based paints and meet the strictest of safety standards.
This item ships only within the 48 lower United States and will be delivered within approximately 2 weeks. Gift wrapping and upgraded shipping options are not available.
- Recommended for children 3 years and older
- Made of Baltic birch, maple, and rubber wood harvested from FSC certified forests
- Coated with child-friendly, non-toxic water-based paint
- Measures approximately 24 inches x 12 inches x 29 inches
- Includes movable stairs, reversible summer/winter roof, and six rooms
- Media room includes sofa, lamp, coffee table, area rug, potted plant, chair, fireplace, television, television stand, and cushions
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- Doll families are sold separately
- Recipient of the Platinum Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award
- Recipient of the Gold Parents' Choice Award
- Adult assembly required
- Lovingly designed and manufactured by our friends at Hape
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Category: Reviews
What Editors Are Really Thinking When They Reject You
It's frustrating to get a form letter rejecting your writing. Here are 6 good reasons why editors don't offer more personal feedback.Read More
Past, Present, and Future: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
Why is writing in a consistent tense so hard for so many writers? Julie has some theories, but mostly she has some suggestions for avoiding this common stumbling block.Read More
How To Pitch Your Novel To Publishers In 9 Steps
Once you've written a novel…how exactly do you go about selling it to publishers? Carys Jones takes us through the process that landed her a book deal.Read More
When Writers Struggle With "Impostor Syndrome"
Do you live in fear of being "outed" as a secretly terrible writer? You may be struggling with a phenomenon known as "impostor syndrome."Read More
Jumpstart Your Creativity By Asking "What If?"
Asking "what if" might not be the greatest way to deal with a life crisis – but it's a powerful and effective way to generate ideas for fiction.Read More
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You've probably encountered advice on how to overcome writer's block before. This article is different.Read More
9 Ways to Survive the Editing Process
The Bad Writer (Who Wants to Write Good) is back with 9 ways to ease the pain of the editing process.Read More
Harnessing the Healing Power of Words
So often, we forget the power of the written word. How therapeutic it can be to sit down with a pen and notebook and just let loose.Read More
3 Strategies for Setting Writing Goals You'll Actually Stick To
Since it's the beginning of the year, goal setting is probably already on your mind. And that's a great thing! It's good to have a clear picture of what you want and where you're going in the year ahead. Unfortunately, research shows that about 92% of people who set New Year's Resolutions don't actually reach the goals they set at the beginning of the year.Read More
Writing Prompt: "Trying Something New"
This week's writing prompt is about getting a fresh start for the new year.Read More
First, Second, or Third? Deciding on Your POV
The perspective you use in your story can tell a reader so much — about your characters, your genre, and the type of story you're trying to tell. In this column, I give some advice on figuring out which to use.Read More
Reminder: 30% Off Editing Ends 12/31!
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I have lived in Savannah for five-and-a-half years. Time flies.
A few years back, we were new to town and didn't have connections to designers, printers or general support staff. We were launching a few companies. We needed business cards, posters and postcards designed and printed.
We stumbled into Creative Approach, which at the time was housed along the Liberty Street corridor just across the street from the Civic Center parking lot. The space was cramped with computers, printers, copiers and students. We sat elbow to elbow with SCAD students waiting to get their projects edited, adjusted, printed and bound.
It was an exciting place, filled not only with students but a varied grouping of Savannah's creative class working on their (ahem, our) assorted projects. Concert posters, press releases, postcards for art shows, business plans and proposals being bound and the like.
Behind the desk, you could always find a gracious, generally hilarious, and sometimes snooty duo, Travis Sawyer and Cale Hall. As owners and operators of Creative Approach, they were always working. And working hard.
The duo recently moved Creative Approach out of its cramped Liberty Street location into a bright and incredibly airy, dare I say modern, facility on the east side of Martin Luther King Boulevard, just south of Jones Street.
They have definitely made the jump from the minor leagues and now find themselves playing in a major league ballpark. They have completely overhauled the space formerly occupied by the Bicycle Link, which has moved south to Victory Drive.
Sawyer, Hall and team have retained the moniker Creative Approach, but many other components of the business have changed.
They have grown their business from hand holding to mass production, and if anyone doubts their desire to take over the Savannah print world, they must have been blinded by the bright white light emanating from their new storefront.
These guys are for real, and now they have the facility to prove it.
Creative Approach had their grand opening on Sept. 21. The huge crowd attending the event was able to see firsthand how far this company has come.
Kudos to Travis, Cale and the entire Creative Approach team for turning hard work into an ongoing local success story.
The Unchained Tour
In other news, The Unchained Tour completed their most recent series of regional storytelling. The group, which included four raconteurs and a support team, was led by Samita Wolfe.
Stops on this month's tour included Columbia, Spartanburg and Charleston, S.C.; Asheville, Tryon, Boone, Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Chapel Hill, N.C.; Johnson City, Tenn.; and Savannah.
The mission of the Unchained Tour is simple - to promote the art of the raconteur. The literary band of gypsies are committed to the simple act of sharing beautiful and real stories, as well as original handmade music.
The group traveled for nearly two weeks in a 40-year-old hand painted Bluebird bus. They closed the tour with a sold-out show Saturday night at Savannah's Knights of Columbus hall.
Samita and the Unchained Tour team were featured this past weekend in a multi-page spread in the Sunday New York Times Style Magazine. That is the definition of big.
The work that this group is doing to spread the gospel of southern storytelling is tremendous, and the coverage they have received internationally is well deserved and great for the region. And it all started right here in Savannah.
Jake Hodesh is the executive director of The Creative Coast, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the creative and entrepreneurial community within the region. Jake can be reached at 912-447-8457 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How To Set Up a Home Recycling Station That Works
When it comes to recycling, we've found you need one thing: intention. We had to get creative with a recycling station; with limited space (and a limited recycling program at our apartment complex), we managed to organize a system to keep it simple, clean, and make sure it goes out on time. Here's how.
What You Need
Assigned space for recycling
Containers of your choice
1. Decide on a place for your recycling station. Do you want it hidden away, or easily accessible? The kitchen tends to make the most sense for a recycling station, as many of the things you'll be tossing in (cans, food packaging, and glass bottles) will originate there. If you have a kitchen pantry, try reorganizing so that you can fit bins on the floor. Or, if you have the space, you can keep your recycling station out in the the open. Is single-stream available in your area? Then consider setting up two receptacles: a small one for trash and a larger one for recycling (making the trash can smaller will encourage you to recycle more).
2. Measure your space before choosing a recycling bin option. Sound like a no-brainer? We failed to do this, being sure we could "eye it," and wound up with three bins that did not fit! So take a cue from our mistake.
3. Now comes the fun part. Browse through some of our favorite recycling bins here, here, and here. Pick something that will fit your style and also make sense to the way you do things. If you're a fan of keeping things tucked away, make sure the bins will fit in the pantry or under the sink, but they don't have to look too swanky. If you're more likely to use something if you can see it, go for something that fits your aesthetic.
4. Finally, set a schedule for this chore. If you take out your recycling every week, it won't get too full or cumbersome (paper can get heavy!). If not everything is accepted where you live, set another schedule for taking the other recyclables to a city-run recycling center. For instance, glass is not accepted at our apartment, but we can drop it off at a central location for the city to recycle.
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Amazing Cucumbers
By Jo Ann LeQuang
What could be cooler than a cucumber? Actually, the humble cucumber is one of the most cultivated plants on the planet, and with good reason. This spectacular veggie is actually a nutritional powerhouse. While scientists are studying the cancer-fighting properties of the cucumber, natural health experts and spa directors have always known about the benefits of the cucumber. Here are 10 cool things you can do with cucumbers.


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Tottenham Manager Andre Vilas Boas has admitted that he doubts his Spurs side are ready to win the Premier League.
The North London team were busy in the transfer window this summer with the team's spending surpassing a staggering £105million.
AVB has launched a revolution at White Hart Lane but this holds no guarantee of instant success.
The transfer saga of the summer ended with Tottenham selling their Welsh winger and star player Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for a reported world record-breaking £86 million.
Even with Spurs' new additions to the side this season including forward Eric Lamela and Roberto Soldado, the loss of Bale will come as a bitter blow to AVB's squad.
With the return of Mourinho to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are looking to be real contenders for the Premier League this season.
Liverpool have got off to a flying start in the 2013/14 campaign with Reds striker Daniel Sturridge scoring the winner in each of their three opening games. Liverpool fans will be hoping this run of good form continues, with last seasons top scorer Luis Suarez's return imminent, the team from Merseyside could well clinch a Champions League spot.
Both Manchester teams are in good stead this season; Manchester United strengthening their title winning side with summer signing Belgian International Marouane Fellaini. Manchester City have added a handful of world-class players to an already strong squad including Spanish International Jesus Navas.
Fierce North London rivals Arsenal sealed a deadline day deal with Real Madrid superstar Mesut Ozil. This addition to the side will enhance a team that has already gelled well together. The Gunners beat Tottenham 1-0 in the team's first North London of the season.
The £105 million overhaul of Tottenham players may reduce thier chance of securing a Champions League spot. The squad will need time to adjust and gel with one another; fielding a side that includes young players with potential, AVB has admitted to Sky Sports that Spurs opponents are one step ahead.
'The circumstances are difficult' he said, 'The investment that we have made raises expectations in people but what we have to do is create a team that bonds together'.
The Tottenham boss then went on to say: 'That takes time and we see that our opponents are one step ahead as they have players who have been together for many years; that is an advantage we don't have'.
Spurs have however bounced back from their defeat at the Emirates in this weekend's clash against Norwich.
It is still early in the season and there is still everything to play for but Tottenham have a hard task ahead if they wish to finish in the top 4.


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Members of Barry University's Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS) recently participated in events to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS to commemorate World AIDS Day 2012.
On Friday, Nov. 30, MAPS members distributed information on infection statistics in college-aged populations and red ribbons on campus. On World AIDS Day, Saturday, Dec. 1, MAPS members volunteered at the World AIDS Day Empowerment Conference sponsored by Empower U, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to HIV/AIDS education. The event kicked off with the World AIDS Day Walk, followed by a day of health-related events including workshops and free HIV screenings.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and the American College Health Association, an estimated one in 500 college students is infected with HIV.
MAPS is a multicultural student organization with members from undergraduate (biology, chemistry, nursing) and graduate (BMS) programs at Barry. For more information about this organization, e-mail: email@example.com and/or visit: BarryMAPS.blogspot.com.


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The Nazca were wiped out after the Spanish conquest, so that piece of history is quite blank. Perhaps the most fascinating of their cultural achievements was the creation of a remarkable ground art -- the exact purpose of which remains a mystery.
What makes Nazca so fascinating is the Nazca Lines , these huge figures "typed" on the mud ground, that still keep intact after thousands of years. Its one of the
Many of her theories are based on that each of the figures represent a symbol of a calendar. She put up a lot of mathematic formulas to prove her theory, but it is not fully recognized.
Most theories are based on that the Nazca-people created them, but how? Some theories say they put up poles in the ground and digged after the shadows. Others say they were made as a result of a religious ritual, walking around in patterns, and
All these doubts has made many people believe it has to be extraterrestrial phenomenon, and different alternative organizations have made their own theories how the lines was "printed" on the earth-ground. The only answer we can give to all this is: GO TO NAZCA AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND .


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2010-12-08 / Opinion
Bush should assume responsibility for war in Iraq
Dear Editor: It has been reported President George Bush received a $7 million advance for his presidential memoirs. He is also received an annual pension of $203,600. This is in addition to other money he receives. What is he going to do with all that money?
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Router/Logger Example 1 Configuration seems to be incorrect, please see below:
1) A typical UCM subscriber will support at most 500 agents. A UCM cluster has a historical maximum of 2,000 agents. There should be four, rather than two UCM clusters in the UCS Design.
2) A CVP Call Server (in this case Call + VXML) will support 900 calls, where calls are defined as (self service + queue + connected to agents). The server count is then calls / 900, rounded up. With 8,000 agents and 3,600 CVP ports, calls is equal to 8,000 + 3,600 = 11,600. 11,600 / 900 = 12.88888; rounded up to 13. For a geographically split core with N+N redundancy, 13 CVP Call + VXML virtual servers are required at each core. Only 4 per core are reflected in the example.
3) It seems another VRU PG pair is warranted, given the logic of #2, above.
4) Is it a valid design to have SIP dialers on four Agent PG pairs? Would it be better to put the SIP dialer alone on a VM or more than one VM?
5) Is one CVP Report Server per every four CVP Call + VXML servers really enough?
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HI Tems, As we know that Unified IP-IVR is supported with Unified CCE on UCS B-Series solution and on UCS C-Series with the model (UCS-C210-VCD2) only as guide of UC on UCS
Our customer want to deploy to IP-IVR and ICM using the UCS-C250-M2 of UCS server
Is it possible to deploy to UCS-C250-M2 ?
Thanks Regards
UCCE for 12,000 agents
For "Router/Logger Example 2" (Router/Logger - up to 12,000 CTIOS Agents) We need a confirmation for ESXi Server A-4 and ESXi Server B-4. The example shows: 4 HDS on A4 and 4 HDS on B4. From my point of view it is not possible for several reasons: - 4 HDS on the same blade is not possible. - Total amount of Vcpu by blade is more than supported. -- Lotfi AMARI
-Thanks for the update (Now, ADS/HDS/DDS on four different ESXi) -- Lotfi
Addition of B230 Blades
There is no mention of the change in sizing due to the newer blades?
Are we looking to add this soon?
Kevin Petley
PG co-res w/ Unity Connection
Can we get DocWiki updated to reflect co-res support with other UC apps including Unity Connection under the following conditions:
The rule is you must use the 1000 user OVA (1vCPU) for Unity Connection. In addition, any server hosting a Unity Connection VM must reserve 1 vCPU for use by the ESXi scheduler (this has always been required for Unity Connection).
So you will effectively have:
1 cpu – agent PG 1 cpu – CUCM 1 + 1 cpu – Unity Connection
For a total of 4 vCPUs for your desired workload.
The following section would be updated to reflect CUC in addition to UCM/CUP/IPIVR.
Note: EXCEPTIONS to the above VM co-residency table:
On a C-Series server, the HDS cannot co-reside with a Router, Logger, or a PG. PG (in CCE solutions up to 1000 CTIOS agents or 500 CAD agents) VMs can be co-resident with UCM/CUP/IPIVR VMs on the same ESXi host/serv
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Barbie Doll Draws German Ire
The construction of a life-size Barbie-doll house in Berlin has drawn protests from a group of Germans objecting to what they consider to be a sexist portrayal of young girls and role of women in society in general. WSJ's Mary Lane reports.
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The cattle fever tick is a pest Texas ranchers, particularly those operating along the Mexican border, have dealt with for more than a century. Although "cattle fever," the actual disease that can be transmitted by these ticks was officially eradicated from the United States back in 1943, it has never been eradicated from Mexico. The long standing control measure that has served as the first line of defense against the spread of these diseases has been a permanent quarantine zone that parallels the Rio Grande River. Its goal is to stop the spread of the tick species capable of carrying this disease.
That zone has been monitored by a small force of USDA employees who work in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) division. These individuals are commonly referred to as "Tick Inspectors." They have a lot of remote, brushy rangeland to cover. They must supervise the dipping and inspection of all cattle in the zone to make sure they have no fever ticks. Boophilus annulatus or Boophilus microplus are the only tick species known to transmit the cattle fever organism.
All quarantine regulations must be in effect before cattle raised in the zone can be shipped to market or moved to other pastures outside the permanent quarantine zone. When conditions that favor the development of tick populations and wildlife species that can also carry these ticks are increasing in numbers, the task of tick inspection and control can easily overwhelm the current resources.
In late April, I attended a briefing on the current fever tick situation conducted in Alice, Texas. It was presented by Dr. Bob Hillman, state veterinarian and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission.
The mere mention of "fever ticks" brings back unpleasant memories for long-time brush country cattle ranchers. It was Aug. 22, 1972, a typical hot summer day at the South Texas Auction Company in Alice, Texas, when the last major fever tick outbreak was discovered during a routine inspection of sale barn cattle. That discovery resulted in a six-year effort of quarantine measures and twice monthly cattle dipping in vats of insecticide solutions.
That battle created a great deal of economic hardship on small and large beef producers. I served as county Extension agent for Kleberg and Kenedy Counties during most of that outbreak. Unfortunately, liquidation was the most economical alternative for most of the "mom and pop" cattle operators that had limited labor and cattle hauling capabilities. More than two-dozen small cattle producers chose to sell off their cattle and vacate pastures rather than load and haul them to the county dipping vat every two weeks.
Recent information indicates that vacating cattle from pastures may not be as effective in eliminating these ticks as it once was due to increased deer populations.
Dr. Hillman said that since 2005 more than 100 pastures in the counties along the Rio Grande have been infested with fever ticks. Although most are inside the permanent quarantine zone, the trend is disturbing. During the past three years, 20 percent to 25 percent of premises with new tick infestations have been in pastures just outside the zone. And even more disturbing is that last year some 15 pastures that had livestock vacated for months were discovered with fever tick infestations on deer trapped or harvested from those pastures.
Only days before this meeting, the Texas Animal Health Commission had to enlarge a temporary preventive fever tick quarantine zone in Star County by some 24,000 acres after ticks were discovered outside that county's existing quarantine zone. More manpower and additional control measures must be approved to effectively suppress the spread of this potentially devastating problem before counties beyond those bordering the Rio Grande River become infested.


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Moab EJS 2003 Show
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year, thousands of off-road enthusiasts make a pilgrimage to Easter
Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. The safari begins one week prior to
Easter, ending on "Big Saturday." Seeing an opportunity
to reach their core market, manufacturers have begun to follow
the flock to show off their wares at the arena just outside of
town on Friday and Saturday.
What you find
at the arena is essentially a two-day SEMA Show for the off-road
world. New product introductions are the norm and this year's
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Behind-the-Scenes at Bottega Veneta with Artist Jack Pierson [VIDEO]
Bottega Veneta has just released a new video about the making of the brand's Spring 2012 ad campaign. Starring Karmen Pedaru, the ad was photographed by artist Jack Pierson. This is the latest in a series of artist collaborations: the brand has previously tapped major art world figures like Robert Polidori and Mona Kuhn.Read more


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Trilogy of Terror: Special Edition (US - DVD)
Gabe checks out the Karen Black-erific Special Edition. Zuni Doll not included.
Trilogy of Terror is some kind of freak accident. I'm not sure if there's ever been a made for TV film that has entered the collective zeitgeist of American pop culture as thoroughly as this particular Karen Black vehicle. Though the final story, staring Black and a malevolent wooden Zuni Fetish Doll is the most recognizable, the film itself has been a video favourite since the inception of the format.
Based on three short stories written by one of the finest horror and Sci-Fi writers ever to put his finger to a typewriter key, Richard Matheson, each mini-film plays out like a lost episode of the original Twilight Zone. This shouldn't be too shocking when one considers that Matheson was responsible for writing 16 original episodes for the original Rod Sterling series, including the wildly famous 'William Shatner VS Something on the wing' episode.
The first horror film I remember ever seeing was John Carl Buechler's Troll. You know, the one where Sonny Bono turns into a giant cocoon? It was at a cousin's Birthday party sleepover, and I was probably seven years old. It scared the crap outta me. This particular late-nite double feature was consummated with the second horror film I ever saw, Dan Curtis' Trilogy of Terror.
I made sure to ask my older cousin what the film was rated as my mother had made it perfectly clear that I was not allowed to watch anything with an 'R' rating (I was a well behaved child). My wiser kindred assured me that the film was not rated 'R'...it was 'unrated', meaning it was so violent that the grownups couldn't even think of a letter high enough in the alphabet to rate it. This wasn't going to be 'X' rated, it was even beyond a 'Z' rating.
I now know that the film was made for '70s television, and was 'unrated' because it had never been submitted to the MPAA. There's nothing in the film that couldn't have easily passed the era's television standards, but that didn't stop little Gabriel Powers from covering his eyes during the final story, which was actually the only one we ended up watching (short attention spans). I feel the need note that we woke up the next morning to a third film, Amityville Horror 3 (not in 3-D). All in all, it was a memorable two days.
Act 1: Julie
Karen Black is Julie Eldridgex, a college professor who has a student with an unhealthy infatuation. When she finally agrees to go on a date with him she is drugged, raped, and photographed in what we're led to believe are compromising positions. The student uses the photographs to blackmail Julie into a turgid affair where he calls the shots. But all is not as it seems, and it begins to appear that the puppeteer may indeed be the puppet.
Of the three shorts, Julie is the one that could've really benefited from a longer runtime. As it stands, it's a decent little thriller, but the 'twist' is awkward because the situation and characters haven't been given the proper time to develop. There is almost no indication of the presence of the twist until it simply happens, which is a bit too 'left-field'. Had we had more than one hint and a longer run time the ending may have been more elegant.
Technically this is the weakest of Black's four performances, but only when compared to the other three. Had this been it's own feature length film I'm sure some kind of specific congratulations may have been in order. The film style isn't too exciting or innovative (for the time) except a few inspired moments of semi-subliminal editing (the audiences only clue to the true nature of Julie). This is probably the least memorable of the three, but still a fun little thriller in its own right.
Act 2: Millicent and Therese
For the second tale Black pulls double duty as both Millicent and her sister Therese. When the father of the Larimore sisters dies, Millicent, the plainest and most reclusive sister, sets out to warn others of her twin sister's evil ways. Therese, the bombshell with a taste for voodoo, Satanism, and (gasp) pornography, reacts the only way she knows—viciously. Just when it seems Millicent can take any more of her twin's torments a fiendish plan to turn the tables arises.
There are no prizes to those who guess the twist of this short, as it's pretty much set up in neon from the start. Perhaps the most Twilight Zone-like of all three acts, Millicent and Therese would never have worked on the big screen as it now stands, especially considering its release followed that of Brian DePalma's Sisters by two years (not that Sisters was all that original a concept in the first place). The small screen is a much more comfortable place for this episode.
There is however, like the rest of the shorts, something special enough about Millicent and Therese to make it work. Most of the success can be attributed to Black herself, but Curtis' direction is wonderfully understated. There's something particularly British about this episode, from its characters and setting, to its look, which is somehow reminiscing of some of Hammer's later output, specifically those that took place in what was then modern times.
Act 3: Amelia
Who are we kidding? We all know why we're here, and that's to get some vicious Zuni Fetish Doll action. Yeah, the first two thirds of Trilogy of Terror are decent little made for TV shorts, but director Dan Curtis was smart enough to bring the house down with his film's final act.
This time Black is a one woman show as the title character, a sheepish woman with a domineering mother who has just purchased an authentic Zuni fetish doll for her new anthropologist boyfriend. After a phoned fight with her maternal bane (a scene that'll surely show the detractors that Karen really can act), Amelia storms off into the kitchen to make up a steak. While she toils in the kitchen the doll comes to life, and 'He Who Kills' begins to hunt Amelia with a steak knife.
When I was seven, the crazed fetish doll was absolutely the most horrifying thing I'd ever seen on screen, but now that I'm nearly 20 years older 'He Who Kills' would probably be better named 'He Who Looks Ridiculous'. How any modern, adult filmgoer could possibly take this short as anything but a joke is pretty suspicious. This is not to say that the short is bad, it's factually the best and most memorable of the bunch, and is so for two reasons – Karen Black and some frenzied camera work.
Though obviously one of the main influences on the Child's Play films (the first three, not the later, entirely self aware later entrees), Gremlins, and the Corbin Bernsen episode of Rusty Cundieff's Tales from the Hood, an attentive viewer can see a lot of early Sam Raimi in the short, specifically in the doll's steady-cam P.O.V.s. Like the original Evil Dead, Amelia runs on its energy, not its logic or realism.
Unfortunately, the only version of Trilogy of Terror I was sent had a big fat 'Property of MPI' watermark across the bottom, and as I'm sure regular readers know such a thing cannot be simply overlooked by the reviews here at DVDActive. I've never seen the picture on DVD before, and couldn't honestly say if this recent release is an improvement in video quality, but I was somewhat impressed with Dark Sky's efforts here. Without robbing the film of its made-for-television charms, the disc's producers have cleaned up the image quite a bit and done an especially nice job on brightening and strengthening the colour pallet. Had it not been for the watermark, this would be a very successful presentation.
Though obviously better than its VHS counterparts, this particular DVD's soundtrack isn't what one would call exemplary. Dialogue is clear, and fidelity balanced for the most part, but there is an issue with distortion on the track's higher volumes, such as music stabs and shouting (the doll himself is a leading culprit here). I'm normally averse to altering an audio track into a surround mix on older films, but this is a case where I might've made an exception. I found myself wishing for an aggressive surround track during the film's final act, especially considering how often the doll is represented by sound over visual. It may've been over-the-top, but I'd have enjoyed it anyway. As is, the track is merely acceptable.
The extras here all come up Black, Karen Black, and why not, right? Black is pleasantly eloquent in the Three Colors of Black featurette, which sees her waxing recollection-like on her early career and the creation of Trilogy of Terror. It's too bad that her post- Trilogy work isn't covered, including her work in Altman's Nashville and Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, nor was her mainstream breakthrough success with Airport '75.
Black looks back on the film with some affection, and just as much confusion when confronted of its cult appeal. She seems genuinely fond of the experience but is dumbfounded by the fact that so many people remember her for her three roles, rather than any of the other dozens of roles throughout her career. She's also sure to note that she doesn't think of Trilogy of Terror as a series of horror shorts, but a series of science fiction shorts. Her reasoning is cogitative enough, but I'm afraid I still don't buy it.
The audio commentary is more of the same, but more in depth. Black wasn't really 'up' for the experience at any point in the pre-production, and states her only reasons for doing the trilogy were the fact that her then husband could have a leading role in the first story, the fact that she really wanted to wear the eye-ball magnifying eyeglasses in the second episode, and the fact that the producer wouldn't leave her house until she agreed to star. She also contributed quite a bit to the finished film. Scriptwriter William F. Nolan looks back on the experience fondly, and despite his slightly self-effacing nature, he remembers events pretty well. The track is pretty good, and the two participants seem to be enjoying themselves, even if they go way off topic on occasion (Black really likes to talk about her make-up and costumes, which is actually downright adorable). Nolan leaves the track when the third chapter starts, as it was written by Matheson alone.
A shorter featurette and interview with master writer Richard Matheson follows Black's, and the elder statesman of terror looks to be in pretty good shape. Matheson too refuses to refer to the film (and the majority of his work for that matter) as horror, and instead prefers to use the ambiguous term 'terror'. Like apparently all aging horror, excuse me, terror scribes he's quick to dismiss modern horror as all gore without content, referring specifically to the early '80s slasher cycle (perhaps revealing how detached from the genre he really is these days). As someone who's read quite a bit of Matheson's work, I can tell you that the man has never shied away from graphic descriptions. I'm not saying the man is conceited, because he definitely isn't, just a little more antiquated than he'd like to admit.
Well, it's up to the consumer now. This is the best version of the film available, but I'm sure that all the fans out there in TV land already have this one pre-ordered. It's nice to take a stroll down memory lane from time to time, but I don't think Trilogy of Terror is the kind of film that wins too many converts. I think you kind of had to be in the right place at the right time to really appreciate everything here. The film looks pretty great (minus the water mark, of course), and the special features do right by the slightly cross-eyed thespian and both the film's writers.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
This movie rocks. 70s tv movies were the best, unlike now.
captmarvel Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 101
There is another made for tv movie that has achieved cult status. That would be the 1971 Duel with Dennis Weaver and directed by Steven Spielberg. Of course we have to mention that this film, like Trilogy of Terror, was also written by Richard Matheson. Met him once at a fan convention and he is one of the nicest and most humble people you'd ever want to meet.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I can't beleive I forgot Duel. I've read the original story for both that and the Zuni Doll.
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
captmarvel wrote: There is another made for tv movie that has achieved cult status. That would be the 1971 Duel with Dennis Weaver and directed by Steven Spielberg. Of course we have to mention that this film, like Trilogy of Terror, was also written by Richard Matheson. Met him once at a fan convention and he is one of the nicest and most humble people you'd ever want to meet.
And "Duel" is another great movie. It may have been made for tv, but it has a theatrical feel to it.
And "Duel" is another great movie. It may have been made for tv, but it has a theatrical feel to it.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
I'd have told them politely where to put that watermarked image.
JckRbbitSlim Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 280
I totally forgot about this coming out, didn't see this advertised anywhere. I love this movie, even have that crazy doll!
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Chris Gould wrote: I'd have told them politely where to put that watermarked image.
Well, I honestly didn't care that much about this one, but I did speak to them about the Texas Chain Saw UE water marks, and I will be putting up that review with non-watermarked images as soon as they send me a complete disc, complete with comp shots from the old MPI release and the UK release (thanks to Mal).
Well, I honestly didn't care that much about this one, but I did speak to them about the Texas Chain Saw UE water marks, and I will be putting up that review with non-watermarked images as soon as they send me a complete disc, complete with comp shots from the old MPI release and the UK release (thanks to Mal).
superpchan Member Join Date: February 2005 Location: United States Posts: 178
The last story is the best. I actually enjoyed the sequel more since all three stories are more entertaining.
JckRbbitSlim Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 280
On a semi-related note, Why so many watermarked dvds coming out lately? I have seen a lot more being utilized in advance reviews.....
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
We need these types of movies to remind ourselves that we are human and enjoy a good no-brainer relaxing good time in front of the box!
Cheers Gabe.Great stuff.
Cheers Gabe.Great stuff.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th August 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1 Full Frame
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentary with Karen Black and writer William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson: Terror Scribe, Three Colors of Black
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison
Genre: Thriller
Length: 79 minutes
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Memo from President Niels-Erik Andreasen
After extensive discussion and planning within academic administration, the following organizational changes in the University's academic programs have emerged. The Andrews University Board of Trustees has already approved most of these. Full implementation is anticipated during this year and the changes will be reflected in the 2012-2013 academic bulletin.
School of Health Professions in Progress
A new School of Health Professions will be established. The search for a dean of the School of Health Professions is underway. The following departments will transfer from the College of Arts & Sciences to this new school: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, and Nutrition & Wellness. It is anticipated that for the time being the new dean's office will be located near one of these departments. This is a longstanding initiative that is now being implemented with a view to strengthening the health professions departments.
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Getting started with Canadian research
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- BYU Canada Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.
- Jonasson, Eric. The Canadian Genealogical Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Your Ancestors in Canada. Winnipeg: Wheatfield Press, 1978.
- Early Canadiana Online is the first large-scale online collection of early Canadian print heritage.
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After spending almost four months behind bars, a 40-year-old Kirbyville woman accused in a fatal accident that killed two Lumberton sisters and an unborn baby is free on bail.
Crystal Lummus Boyett, who is charged with three counts of manslaughter, posted her $1.5 million bail on Monday.
Boyett was allegedly behind the wheel of a speeding Camaro on Feb. 3 that collided with a Lumberton family's Nissan Murano.
Courtney Sterling, 15, her 20-year-old sister, Connely Burns, and Burns' unborn baby, Tyson, were killed in the crash. Dawn Sterling, the girls' mother, was seriously hurt in the collision and remained hospitalized for two months after the accident.
Police said the Camaro's driver was traveling at speeds near 120 mph when she hit the family's SUV.
Courtney Sterling, a freshman at Lumberton High School, had her learner's permit and was being careful not to exceed the posted speed limit of 65 mph on U.S. 96 as she drove her mom and sister to Dairy Queen for ice cream. Dawn Sterling was in the passenger seat and Connely Burns, who was seven month's pregnant with her first child, was in the back seat when the Camaro struck them from behind.
Burns and her unborn boy, Tyson, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Courtney Sterling died later in a hospital.
A little more than five minutes before the Lumberton crash, Jasper police said they clocked the Camaro traveling faster than 100 mph on U.S. 96.
Police are still investigating the events that led to the deadly collision.
In April, Lumberton police - with the help of the Texas Department of Public Safety - reconstructed the scene of the accident on U.S. 96 near its merger with U.S. 69.
Boyett's alcohol test came back negative, according to Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins.
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If you ask us, older is better, so we're always on the look-out for the perfect aged map. If you prefer the vintage look, you can always age a map with tea or coffee. One giant map is a great idea for your home's decor---think playful and fun. Having an entire wall to plot trips and study geography (which would also make an awesome accent wall). Or, if you'd like more sophisticated map decor, you could break the map up into sections and frame side by side. That way, you have the look of a huge map but it's appearance has been spruced up. On the other hand, globes are a great addition to any bookshelf and we're also really digging the children's vintage map blocks. While they're marketed for kids, we could see one or two on a kitchen ledge or next to a set of books in the living room.
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Limb plethysmography is a test that compares blood pressure in the legs and arms.
Alternative Names
Plethysmography - limb
How the Test is Performed
This test may be done in the health care providers office or in a hospital. You will be asked to lie with the upper part of your body slightly raised.
Three or four blood pressure cuffs are wrapped snugly around your arm and leg. The health care provider inflates the cuffs, and a machine called a plethysmograph measures the pulses from each cuff. The test records the maximum pressure produced when the heart contracts (systolic blood pressure).
Differences between the pulses are noted. If there is a decrease in the pulse between the arm and leg, it may indicate a blockage.
When the test is complete, the blood pressure cuffs are removed.
How to Prepare for the Test
Do not smoke for at least 30 minutes before the test. You will be asked to remove all clothing from the arm and leg being tested.
How the Test will Feel
You should not have much discomfort with this test. You should only feel the pressure of the blood pressure cuff. The test often takes less than 20 - 30 minutes to perform.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is most often done to check for narrowing or blockages of blood vessels (arteries) in the arms or legs.
Normal Results
There should be less than a 20 - 30 mmHg difference in the systolic blood pressure of the leg compared with that of the arm.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Abnormal results may be due to:
Arterial occlusive disease Blood clots
- Blood vessel changes due to diabetes
- Injury to an artery
- Other blood vessel disease (vascular disease)
Other conditions for which the test may be performed:
Deep venous thrombosis
If you have an abnormal result, you may need to have more testing to find the exact site of the narrowing.
There are no risks.
This test is not as accurate as an
The test is noninvasive, and it does not use x-rays or injection of dye. It is also less expensive than an angiogram.
Fowler GC, Reddy B. Noninvasive venous and arterial studies of the lower extremities. In: Pfenninger JL, Fowler GC, eds. Pfenninger & Fowlers Procedures for Primary Care. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2011:chap 88.
Gerhard-Herman M, Gardin JM, Jaff M, et al. Guidelines for noninvasive vascular laboratory testing: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006;19(8):955-972.
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