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Most people are shocked to hear that my 5yo Jk Russell has developed an aggressive streak. Adopted at 1yo, she was immensely timid. She was the submissive baby in a home with 7 dogs, and the owner thought she would be better in a one-dog only home. When we take her for walks, she would run behind us if another dog tried to greet her. She was never afraid of people. She has always liked everyone, greets everyone, and today...the same.
FFwd 5 yrs..She has always been allowed on specific pieces of furniture since we have had her. She is allowed on the FR sofa, and allowed to sit on hubby's lap when he sits in his chair. She has now started growling at hubby if he comes near her when she is on the sofa. She has raised her lip at me if I go near hubby's chair when she is sitting on his lap, but only once or twice. She has now started to growl at hubby if he even looks at her when she is on the sofa. If he approaches the sofa, she becomes more intense and has lunged at him with a vicious bark and growl. This behavior only surfaces after 9pm at night. At 6pm or 7pm, she is just as sweet as always. She knows several commands, and listens well.
She receives canned food in the am, and dry food in the pm. If either of us go near her when she has her canned food, she will growl. Hubby usually feeds her. If either of us puts food in her bowl and tells her to wait, she waits patiently until she is told, "OK". I have had her wait 10 minutes and she sits and stays as directed. Once given the OK, she growls if either of us go near her.
Hubby is cooperating, for one day so far, with my plan, but he thinks it is counterproductive to the goal. I decided she should no longer be able to get on the sofa at all, when we are around, or not. She has always had the one end of the sofa as "her" spot. My husband thinks that she will not understand or make a connection between her behavior and the permanent removal of her right to be on the sofa. She does have 2 dog beds. 1 in hubby's home office and one in the fam room. Hubby thinks she should be able to have her place on the sofa and be forced to get down if she growls. We tried this, and she was commanded down 6x in one evening, she got angrier, and my nerves were on edge. I felt this was escalating the problem. Yesterday, I blocked her access to the sofa. By day, she looked at the obstacles that prevented her access. By evening, she was obviously puzzled. She cried a bit. I played with her on the floor, gave her treats, and went back to the sofa without her. Neither was she allowed to get on hubby's lap while he sat in his chair.
We saw no growling or raised lip last night. I believe that she needs to adjust to her place on the floor and in her dog bed. Hubby wants his "baby" to sleep on his lap, and he thinks it is mean to take away her 5 yr habit of sleeping on the end of the sofa. I am afraid the territorial nature will escalate further and the answer is to deny her access. I expect more crying tonight. I know hubby will want to give in. He thinks she is only distressed by the restriction. He wants to let her on the sofa tonight and make her get down as soon as she growls and repeat 20x if necessary. I think his method increases agression. I think my plan sends a message that she is not in charge and establishes her place within the family.
Help.....her crying to get on the sofa will start in an hour. Hubby will plead with me to let her on the sofa. While she has shown raised lip and snarl at me, the aggression toward hubby has been 30x greater and more frequent. He feeds her, walks her, they go in the car together. It's very strange.
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medford rogues seek host families — Host families house college players for about 12 weeks beginning at the end of May. For info, call 541-973-2883 or visit www.medfordrogues.com.
somabl wood bat league — For ages 18-up. Managers and players contact Craig Raab at 541-301-5154.
ymca/kids unlimited volunteers needed — Those interested in coaching or officiating contact Gary Taylor at 541-772-6295, ext. 107. All volunteers must pass criminal background check and attend coaching clinic.
sou boys and girls day campS — June 17-21 and 24-28 for grades K-6. For info, visit www.souraiders.com, call Lynn Kennedy at 541-552-6044 or email email@example.com.
south medford hoop camp — June 10-13, 5:30-8:30 p.m. for grades 8-12 and June 17-21, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for grades 4-7 at South Medford High. Costs $50 for grades 8-12 and $90 for grades 4-12. For info, call coach Dennis Murphy at 541-951-9253.
medford bmx community track — Weather permitting, races each Wednesday and Sunday. Registration 5-6 p.m. Open to all American Bicycle Association members. For more info, call 541-261-5727.
medford pop warner sign-ups — May 18 and June 22, 8 a.m.-noon at Cascade Athletic Supply Company. For grades 2-6. Costs $185. Sports physical and full-year report card required. Visit www.roguevalleypopwarner.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
raider red zone shootout — Saturday at Eagle Point. Costs $130 through Friday and $145 day of event. For info, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
holmes/provost scholarship tournament — May 11, 1 p.m. at Rogue Valley Country Club. Two-person scramble format. Costs $100 per person. Funds go to Oregon Community Foundation for local student scholarships. Call 541-772-4050.
pier 21/mda Tournament — May 18, 9 a.m. at Stewart Meadows. Five-person scramble, blind draw. Costs $40 per person. Proceeds benefit MDA. For info, call Dwayne at 541-776-3263.
YFC GOLF CHALLENGE — May 18 at Stone Ridge. Shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., banquet at 6 p.m. Four-person scramble. Costs $100 per person. Additional sponsorships available. For info, call 541-830-4654.
centennial senior spring championships — May 18-19 at Centennial. Costs $100 per player for 36-hole event for ages 50-and-up. Entry deadline May 15. For info, contact Christ Daggitt at 541-773-4653 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
southern oregon military appeciation tournament — May 25, 10 a.m. at Centennial. Four-person scramble. Costs $80 per player. For info, call Russ McBride at 541-778-3171 or Chris Daggitt at 541-773-4653.
ethan jostad founDation tournament — June 1 at Eagle Point. Tee times at 7:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Costs $80 per player (four-person teams). Enter by May 17. For info, call 541-951-1104 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
middle school benefit tournament — June 17, 9 a.m. at Centennial. Benefits middle school athletic programs served by the RV Basketball Officials Association. Four-person teams. Costs $100 per player. Deadline June 1. For info, call 541-941-4045 or visit www.rvboa.com.
oAK KNOLL WOMEN'S CLUB — Tees off Tuesdays at 9 a.m. All skill levels invited. Nine- and 18-hole groups.
stewart meadows ladies twilight league — Tees off Wednesdays 4-5:30 p.m. Contact Dana Didericksen for more info at 541-601-8784.
centennial women's rose club — Thursdays, 10 a.m. Women ages 18-up of all skill levels. For info, call Vicki Capp at 541-601-7650 or visit www.centennialgolfclub.com.
stewart meadows lady niners — Tuesday mornings. All golfing abilities welcome. Call 541-899-9909 or 541-770-6554.
monday night madness — Starts May 6, 5:30 p.m. at Quail Point. Two-person scramble. Costs $18 to walk, $26 with cart. For info, call 541-857-7000.
divot divas — Starts May 9, 5:30 p.m. at Quail Point. Costs $18 to walk, $26 with cart. For info, call 541-857-7000.
quail point ladies club — Thursday mornings, 9 a.m. For info, contact Laurie Fox at 541-776-6636.
rogue valley horseshoe pitchers — Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., at Culver Park in Phoenix and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., in Rogue River. For info, call Alan Ringo at 541-779-6867.
MPR tot sports sampler — Parent-child interactive sampler for ages 3-5. Introduction to soccer, baseball/softball and basketball. Three Sundays per month. Costs $25. For info, call 541-774-2400 or visit www.playmedford.com.
rvcc — Open to public at Rogue Valley Country Club. Drop-in times are 6-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday, noon-2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays and 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
ymca youth — Every Tuesday and Thursday, 4-7 p.m. for all ages. Financial assistance available. For info, call 541-772-6295 or visit www.rvymca.org.
southern oregon princesses — For girls ages 13-17 at the Roller Odyssey. For info, call 541-772-1400, ext. 0, or visit rderby.com or www.sk8info.com.
boston marathon jog-a-thon fundraiser — Wednesday, 4-6 p.m. at St. Mary's High track. For info, call Maddy Schwartz at 541-601-9583.
tough as nails mountain run — May 11 at Prescott Park on Roxy Ann Peak. The 10-mile run is at 8:30 a.m.; 5K at 9 a.m. Check-in and registration, 7:30-8:45 a.m. Prices vary, T-shirts available. For info, call 541-535-7212 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
walk for williams awareness walk/5k run — May 18 at Hoover Elementary. Register 10:30-11:30 a.m.; run at 10:30 a.m. with walk at noon. Costs vary. Register online before April 26 for T-shirt. Benefits families affected by Williams Syndrome. Visit www.walk4williams.org, call Kristina McAuliffe 541-858-1086 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
race for the ribbon 5k run/walk — May 18, 9 a.m. at Rail Road Park. Costs $15 if registered by May 11, $20 after. Register at www.getregistered.com. For info, contact Laura Rosendaul at 541-778-2255 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
run the ditch trail 5/10-miler — May 25 at Tunnel Ridge Trailhead. Sign-up 7:30-8:30 a.m., race at 9 a.m. Costs vary. Register at www.sorunners.com. For info, call Seth Weintraub at 541-899-7659 or Steve Goldman at 541-899-3232.
granite man triathlon/duathlon — June 1-2 at Applegate Lake, 9:30 a.m., 10-mile run, triathlon, duathlon, 5-mile poker run/walk and Granite Man. Kids events: triathlon, duathlon, 5K scavenger hunt run. Fees vary. For info, including early entry discounts, call 541-621-2747 or email email@example.com.
gold dust day run — June 1, 8:30 a.m. at Gold Hill City Center in Gold Hill. Includes 5K run/walk and 10K run. Early registration deadline is May 28. Fees vary. Day-of-race entry 7-8:15 a.m. For info, call J.J. Moses at 541-601-1626.
mpr kid kicks soccer clinics — Introduction to soccer for boys and girls ages 4-8. Mondays, 3-4 p.m. at the Santo Community Center. Costs $19. Call 541-774-2400 or visit www.playmedford.com.

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|2011-08-30, 12:33
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|2011-08-30, 13:15
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^ I agree on that. I want the BRS game to be more than just another way to earn money -w- And the anime too :S
|2011-08-30, 15:37
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On that wiki thing
A lot of the names aren't even right. And there's skills missing.
|2011-08-30, 22:10
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|2011-08-31, 00:51
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The Proper order in which the skills are listed in game.
Battle skills
1:Charge Shot (Cool down time: 20s) -> Burst Shot (Cool down time: 20s)
2: Photon Photon Shower (Note: Photon Shower is the ultimate form of the charged shot series, However it will NOT replace Burst shot as it did Charge Shot) (Cool down time: 180s)
3:Blade Kill (Cool down time: 20s) -> IXA Blade (Cool down time: 20s) (where the hell did war blade come from?)
4:BB Genocide (Cool down time: 180s) (Note: BB Genocide is the ultimate form of the Blade series and is now an EOA, However it will NOT replace IXA Blade.) (Using any blade attack in conjunction with a stunned enemy from the Stun Snipe or G1-Snipe will cause significantly more damage, and and resulting in the most powerful attack in the game)
4:Stun Snipe (Cool down time: 12s)->G1-Snipe (Cool down time: 12s)
5:Volcannon (Cool down time: 40s)->Volcane (Cool down time: 40s)->Vortex (Cool down time: 40s) (Final form will replace previous forms)
6:Tracer Gun (Cool down time: 25s)->Chaser Gun (Cool down time: 25s)
7:Star Commet (Cool down time: 35s) ->Star Comet G (Cool down time: 35s)
8:War Hammer (Cool down time: 30s) -> Iron Zan Messer (Cool down time: 30s)
9:Aggressor: Incrase ATK and DEF by 20% (Cool down time: 30s) -> Aggressor+: Increase ATK/DEF by 30% (Cool down time: 30s)
10: Skill Burst: Increase skill ATK power or time duration by 50% or (Cool down time: 25s)->Skill Burst+: Bonus increased to 60%. (Cool down time: 25s)
11: Defenseramage reduced by 30% (Cool down time 30s) ->Defenser+: 40%
12: Absolute 0: All damage nullified for 5s. (Cool down time 60s) -> Absolute ZERO: All damage Nullified for 5s (Cool down time 55s)
13: Regenerate: Recover 4% of Maximum HP at regular intervals (Cool down time 60s -> Regenerate+: Recover 5% of Maximum HP at regular intervals. (Cool down time 55s)
15: Over Limits: Heat cost remains 0 for 10 seconds
16: Ignition: Causes all skill cool down times to instantly reset back to usable mode. Does not apply to itself.
1: Aftercare: 15% chance of recovering 25% of Maximum HP at the end of battle
2: Aftercare+: 30% chance of recovering 25% of Maximum HP at the end of battle
3: Max UP: EXP+100% at 100% HP.
4: Rocket Starter: 25% chance to start battle with ATK increase by 20%.
5: SIX Pocket: Item recovery effects increased by 50%. 30% when used.
6: Attack Free: 10% chance to use 0 heat when attacking
7: Just Guard: 10% HP recovery when guarding at a specific time
8: Sway-Three: 10% chance to use 0 heat when Dashing
9: Treasure Hunt: Increased chance for item drops
10: Stealth: Enemies will not follow you outside of battle.
11-15: ATK Bonus (Attack +8 for each)
16-19: DEF Bonus (Defense +10 for each)
20-25: HP Bonus (HP+70 for each)
|2011-08-31, 01:06
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Normally, maybe. However, It's written in Katakana. Where as anything they wanted to right in Hiragana or Kanji they actually wrote in the proper symbols. Such as the hammer upgrade, or Absolute-ZERO with a kanji. And with those 2 they also showed they had no issues mixing up the different characters.
|2011-08-31, 01:22
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That's how they're all listed from top to bottom of the list in the game, not specifically in the order you get them.
Also with the exception of Stealth, all non parameter based passive skills are gotten form chests. Not records. And unlike the attacks, they won't overwrite each other.
eg, Both After care and After Care+ will appear no the skill list.
|2011-08-31, 03:46
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I won't be talking about the gameplay, but the story.
I don't really consider the events of the EX missions (like the boss rematches/revenge missions) as canon.
I found the 'Plot-shots' quite funny. At the very start of the game, the PSS' guns were useless against the little eaters and the flying thingies. But then not too long after, Phobos (and a few other guys) were able to kill the big-cannon robot because BRS didn't take action (in the first playthrough). Then Mii not getting hurt by Phobos' shots. So, Mii and the smaller robots are more durable than the big-cannon bot? Oh well, in Mobile Suit Gundam, when Amuro uses Gundam in its first battle, the Zaku II's machine gun was totally useless against Gundam's Lunar Titanium Alloy. But on later episodes, Gundam can already get damaged from the machine guns.
Gray being shot by Lirio, then BRS shot by Gray using Lirio's gun. What came to my mind was the Phasers from Star Trek, it was set to stun.
I don't have much questions to raise nor I have seen any mysteries to ponder about (because there are no hints or clues), but why was BRS referred to as 'White'? (is it because she's the perfect clone?) and what is it that WRS wanted from her? I had a feeling that WRS might have wanted BRS to take her place or something like that, but I might be totally wrong.
A prequel is the most likely thing. After all, it was pretty clear that there is nothing to continue from the story as shown in the ending.
On my opinions;
The yuri vibes are strong here XD.
The game could have been much longer, story-wise. What makes the game last longer are the skill acquisitions/grinding and the unlockables (art, costumes, etc.). Even if the story wasn't anything spectacular, it was well done and it does have its charm. Its a really touching one in the emotional aspect. I found the characters likeable even if they weren't really standouts (personality-wise).
I never saw WRS as an incredible character. She was just like most villains. How the villains dealt with failure was indeed very Darth Vader/Palpatine-ish. Yes, she may have a really impressive character design but the game did not show much about her apart from being the head of the invasion and being the template for the clones.
She didn't strike me as an authoritative figure either. For example, I cannot just consider someone capable of blowing planets up one. Its all in the personality because just like in real-life and in several other fictional works, its a character's personality that draws some people in.
It is a rare instance for me to consider a character that. For example, in the anime Armored Trooper Votoms, one of the villains, Jean Paul Rochina, apart from his personality, he has this VOICE of his that conveys an air of confidence and authority. I am not comparing WRS to him, I am just setting an example.
To me she was a BRS attempting a DM (who had some really sexy vibes despite not wearing sexy clothes) approach, without the chase scene. Even before the BRS OVA was out, there was something I saw in the original Dead Master art. Something I cannot easily express in words, but it was her charm, and that charm had a personality. I am not bashing WRS here, these are just my thoughts.
Azuma and Lirio's designs reminded me of Zell's/Tidus' in some way.
Why were the apostles sitting their butts idly when they could easily crush the PSS or BRS herself together? Instead they die one by one in separate places. Villains, oftentimes don't learn from their mistakes, don't they? It would have made more sense if they were preoccupied with other matters to do, like perhaps participating in a separate battle elsewhere, and yes I'm aware its not possible because there aren't anymore humans left to battle with.
|2011-08-31, 07:26
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SZZU's probably randomly whipping CKRY elsewhere, while MEFE is blindfolded by XNFE and directed to whack a pinata (and LLWO is stalking MEFE as always). SAHA is building up his muscles, and MZMA...? I dunno.
As for Nana, clues to her former duties as member of Gibson 7 and the fates of her comrades have caused her to resort to pacifism; she no longer thinks that the world is worth dying for, so she is trying to live for herself.
|2011-08-31, 09:34
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2: Sing Love's orders. She was basically the person behind it all.
As far as the other projects went, There were actually tons and tons of clones, but most of them all died in the wombs. The girls you see with Nana are all basically mass production Gray's. Spartan-III's to use as a reference.
Stella herself on the other hand is a 3 generation clone.
Also the extra missions are considered canon.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It was an impressive performance for the MIT women's swimming and diving team as the Engineers led from the start on Friday and won their second straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference swimming and diving title. Freshman Emily Ryan (Indianapolis, Ind.) won three individual events and was a part of a winning relay and was named the NEWMAC Women's Rookie of the Year. MIT totaled 960 points to win its championship, with Springfield College coming in second with 821.5 points.
Ryan kicked off the last day with an impressive victory in the women's 1,650 Free, crushing the MIT and NEWMAC meet records with a time of 17:06.26, which is also an NCAA B cut.
MIT scored a 1-2 in the 200 Back as sophomore Christy Rogers (Bend, Ore.) bettered her own Institute mark as well as setting a meet record and getting an NCAA B cut time with her effort of 2:04.22 to win it. Freshman Jane He (Yardley, Pa.) also swam a B cut time, taking second in 2:06.66.
In the 200 Breast the duo of sophomore Calley Murphy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and sophomore Morganne Klein (Campbell Hall, N.Y.) repeated their 1-2 finish in the 100 Breast on Saturday. Murphy touched the wall in 2:25.67, while Klein clocked a 2:26.15. Junior Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, Neb.) achieved a B cut time with her 2:06.90 performance for second-place in the 200 Fly.
In the 400 Freestyle Relay, MIT capped off its championship with an impressive performance. The team of Rogers, freshman Michelle Cunningham (Wayland, Mass.), junior Elina Hu (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Kokensparger blazed their way to a school and NEWMAC meet and open record of 3:27.80, which is also an NCAA B cut time.
Final Women's scores
2. Springfield 821.5
3. Wellesley 430
4. Coast Guard 353.5
5. Wheaton 335.5
6. Clark 274.5
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Two young, rebuilding programs locked up on Friday, and Madill made the most of the opportunity.
Two young, rebuilding programs locked up on Friday, and Madill made the most of the opportunity.
The Wildcats improved to 3-0 for the season, using timely hits and advantageous baserunning to run-rule Ardmore 19-4 in five innings at Valero Park. Madill's offense put together 15 hits to offset an error-filled game for both clubs.
"We're young and they're just learning some of the little stuff," Madill coach Taralee McReynolds said. "That's something we're really trying to focus on — don't compound a mistake, don't make the same mistake twice, and to take advantage of every opportunity."
The Wildcats did just that, taking the extra base when the opportunity presented itself, coupled with hits at key times. Madill had 10 stolen bases as a team and every player in the lineup scored at least once.
"I think commitment really is the thing I saw great improvement in," McReynolds said. "We had a huge chunk of them willing to go play summer ball, to give up most of their summer, and I think that's really shown. So I'm really proud of that, along with the freshmen stepping up."
Ardmore (1-2) fell behind 4-0 after the first inning and couldn't keep Madill off the board from then on, giving up two or more runs in each frame. The big blow came on Maria Torres' three-run triple in the third inning, which extended the Wildcats' lead to 10-3.
Leadoff hitter Hailey Furr set the table for the Wildcats with two hits, three runs batted in and three runs scored. Cheyenne Reed added three hits and three RBIs, Emily Coleman had two RBIs, and Ashtin Yow and Bailey Sparks each scored three times. In the circle, Ali Selvy tossed five innings of seven-hit ball for her third win.
For Ardmore, Caden Ingram had a double and an RBI, and Autumn Bruner scored twice. Dariann Volenstine pitched all five innings for the Tigers.
Madill will play against Lone Grove on Monday at 5 p.m. at Madill High School. Ardmore will host Lawton MacArthur on Monday at 5 p.m.
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I remember a number of vacations to various places. One benefit of having family scattered all over the country is plenty of choices of where to go on vacation to visit family! I recall several trips to Louisiana, one to Washington D.C. when I was about 11, many to South Dakota to my grandparents' house.
One vacation I remember well was the trip to Mount Rushmore back when I was about 12. We drove from home in Minnesota down to Sioux Falls, SD, where we picked up I-90 and drove across the state to Rapid City. We camped at a campground on the side of a hill. It had an outdoor pool, which was nice, as the weather was hot! It being on the side of the hill overlooking part of Rapid City, the view was nice, especially at night. Although we did stop and see the Corn Palace at Mitchell, SD, I don't remember doing too much other than swimming in that pool and visiting Mount Rushmore once we got to Rapid City. There are tons of tourist traps and things to do in that area of South Dakota, but for some reason, I don't think we did many of them when I visited as a child.
When my kids were about the same age as my brother and I were on that trip, we decided to make the same trip. Being much more recent, I remember more of what we did, of course, and I think we took the opportunity to do more things. First, we stopped and saw the car museum at Murdo, SD. Then we bypassed the Corn Palace at Mitchell, which is vastly over-rated in my opinion, even though we did stop to eat at Mitchell.
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|Mount Rushmore at night ca 2006
We did of course go to Mount Rushmore, being the prime attraction of the region. We walked the paths under the presidents in 100 degree heat (which we had all week!) and stayed for the evening lighted show. We drove around and saw the Crazy Horse monument, which looked about the same as it did when I was young, but I am informed that there has been some progress on it since I was a kid.
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What vacations did you go on? What vacation did you want to do, but never got the chance?
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I suspect Kenny is one of those basically off-limits to folks like myself who aren't associated with the mainstream media. I'd certainly love to speak with him but there's no way I could do that interview and not discuss his tenure as a G.M.
I've asked the Sox and the person in charge of the phone interviews with web site representatives if he could schedule someone other than Buddy Bell, Brooks Boyer or a minor league player from Double-AA. Nothing against those folks but Buddy's been on twice, Brooks three times and the minor league players to my knowledge have never made it up to the Sox.
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As that beloved story is told, a tornado carried away Dorothy and her little house. But most Kansas farmers were more worried about a different kind of storm. Laboring under a heavy burden of debt contracted to purchase land and equipment, they were especially vulnerable to financial unrest. And when the Panic of 1893 began, many of them felt its effects.
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The city's agriculture and transportation-fueled economy rebounded, and so did the population and the need for more houses. By 1928, the renamed Capitol Building and Loan Association had $12 million in assets, mostly home loans. During the Great Depression, Capitol Building lost half its assets, but stayed afloat, unlike many failed financial institutions across the state. In 1938, the thrift adopted a federal charter, with deposits insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
As manufacturing and services boomed after World War II, the association opened more offices and its assets reached $100 million by 1958. Nonetheless, it stuck to its knitting. More than 90 percent of its loans went to single-family homebuyers, rather than the commercial real estate investments that sank many savings and loans in the 1980s.
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Transferring / Re: Buying one's way« on: June 04, 2007, 10:36:10 AM »
Egads, that's rough. I recenty made the same decision and accepted a hefty scholarship renewable with top 50% finish in lieu of severa other offers from better schools. I did, however, research this problem a bit and discovered that several schools (especially DePaul) give out scholarships to 60% of their student body and only renew those in the top 30%...seems like a dirty way to recruit people to raise the admission numbers only to abandon the students. My advice, stick with it.


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2016 Valor Awards
Medal of Valor: Courage, Bravery, Sacrifice
2015 Year in Review
Accomplishments of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and the history of deputies.
Achievements: Sheriff Leroy D. Baca's Second Term in Office (2002-2006)
Highlights the achievements made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Sheriff Leroy D. Baca's second term in office. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2007)
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Community Based Intervention for Youth: Building a brighter future
It has become imperative that we reach out to our youth with new and innovative intervention and prevention programs in order to stop the cycle of gangs and drugs which have become ingrained in many neighborhoods. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2011)
Confronting the Gang Crisis
This publication is only available to law enforcement. Please contact the Sheriff's Department for a copy of this publication.
Hertzberg Davis Forensic Science Center
Highlights those individuals and organizations who were paramount to the successful completion of the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center and details on this state-of-the-art crime lab. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2007)
Law Enforcement Symposium - Gulf States Conference Report
The Gulf States, European & North American Law Enforcement Symposium. The International Perspective on Law Enforcement Cooperation. Beverly Hills, California, 3-5, 2009. 60 members of the international police community gathered in Los Angeles to share individual perspectives on international law enforcement, to understand the impediments to cooperation, to establish mutual goals, and to discuss ways to increase cooperation across national boundaries and police agencies. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2009)
Parolee Monitoring Program
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is implementing the new Parolee Monitoring Program and keeping our communities safe by identifying and monitoring Active and Non-Revocable Parolees who otherwise would have no oversight. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2010)
Split Second Decision - The dynamics of the chase in today's society
A deputy sheriff has a positive duty to prevent crime and take appropriate law enforcement action in all warranted situations. This book is intended to acquaint the reader with various types of life-threatening scenarios commonly faced by law enforcement officers. Each scenario is designed to provoke thought and discussion, and serve as a training tool to assist deputies in making better overall tactical decisions during high-risk situations in the field. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2009)
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Terrorism in an issue of concern to law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. This book brings together academic specialists and law enforcement practitioners to capture the history and share lessons learned by the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2008)
The Leaders behind the Star: Reflections on Leadership in the LASD
Leadership in not an inherent trait, it is developed and nurtured throughout the course of one's life. Sheriff's Department members consisting of both sworn and professional staff have developed this guide to assist you in achieving your highest leadership potential. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Published 2009)
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Bubble Bubble, Boil and Double (every 10 years)
People often ask if we're in another Bay Area housing bubble. We usually reply that if you live in the Real Bay Area, you've been in Bubble 4.0 for at least a year! But not everyone is fortunate enough to live in the RBA. What if you live in the Real Gray Area, or the Corridor of Not Quite? What if you live somewhere that Is Not Special At All?
Do you know how to absolutely, positively demonstrate it's a fact that we're in another bubble? When places you know are never used in a sentence with "RBA" (unless with a negative) start showing up in these questions. When even Irvine is calling Bubble again, we have to really start taking better measurements. So, let's head over to… Gilroy.
2367 SUNFLOWER Cir
Gilroy, CA 95020
3 Beds
4.5 Baths
3,082 Sq. Ft.
$255 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1996
Lot Size: 0.36 Acres
On Redfin: 1 day
Property Type: Attached Single Family
Stories: 2
Community: Morgan Hill/Gilroy/San Martin
Style: Contemporary
View: Green Belt, Mountains, Neighborhood, Valley
County: Santa Clara
Beautiful Country Estates Home located on 15,000 sq. ft. lot with wonderful Hillviews. Very spacious floor plan with lots of usable land and a great location! Master bedroom located on 1st floor. Located in a cul-de-sac at the top of the hill. Shows beautifully. Don't miss your opportunity to own this lovely home. Luigi Aprea and Christopher High School district. This is a regular sale!!
This listing is the perfect mix of mild disdain for the customer with admission that Gilroy is still The Land The New Bubble Forgot. Either than or this agent is still stuck in 2009: This is a regular sale!!
Sheesh, is MLS now charging brokers $10,000 per photo or something? What's with this 3-in-one tiling display, when most listings manage to cough up nine photos? You would think a 3,000 sf house would have more than one inside room to show off.
Place doesn't have much of a back yard, either. (Sorry, Streetview Not Available At This Location.)
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Acca sellowiana, a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina,and Colombia.[1] It is widely cultivated as a garden plant and fruiting tree in New Zealand, and can be found as a garden plant elsewhere such as in Australia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and South Africa. [2] Common names include feijoa ( /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈdʒoʊ.ə/,[3] or /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/)[4] pineapple guava and guavasteen. It is an evergreen, perennial shrub or small tree, 1–7 metres (3.3–23 ft) in height, widely cultivated as a garden plant and fruiting tree. The German botanist Otto Karl Berg named feijoa after João da Silva Feijó, a Portuguese botanist born in the colony of Brazil.[citation needed]
The fruit, maturing in autumn, is green, ellipsoid, and about the size of a chicken egg. It has a sweet, aromatic flavor. The flesh is juicy and is divided into a clear gelatinous seed pulp and a firmer, slightly granular, opaque flesh nearer the skin. The fruit falls to the ground when ripe and at its fullest flavor, but it may be picked from the tree prior to falling to prevent bruising.
The fruit pulp resembles the closely related guava, having a gritty texture. The feijoa pulp is used in some natural cosmetic products as an exfoliant. Feijoa fruit has a distinctive, potent smell. The aroma is due to the ester methyl benzoate and related compounds that exist in the fruit.
Growing conditions
It is a warm-temperate to subtropical plant that also will grow in the tropics, but requires at least 50 hours of winter chilling to fruit, is frost-tolerant. When grown from seed, feijoas are noted for extremely slow growth during their first year or two, and young plants, though cold tolerant, can be very sensitive to high wind.
In the Northern Hemisphere, this species has been cultivated as far north as western Scotland, but under such conditions it does not fruit every year, as winter temperatures below approximately −9 °C (16 °F) kill the flower buds. Summer temperatures above 90 °F (32 °C) may also have an adverse effect upon fruit set. Feijoas are somewhat tolerant of drought and salt in soils, though fruit production can be adversely affected. Tolerant to partial shade, regular watering is essential while fruit is maturing.
Large quantities of the fruit are grown in New Zealand, where it is a popular garden tree and the fruit commonly is available in season; the season runs from March to June. Feijoas are occasionally to be found as landscape plants in the far Southern United States, in regions from Texas to Florida, and southern California, though fruit set can be unreliable in those locations. They are also grown in parts of northern California for their fruit. Fruits are an extremely rare sight away from cultivation areas, and when they can be found, they are often very, very expensive due to scarcity and demand even in places where the fruit isn't well-known.
Hardier varieties are grown in Russian region of Buriatia (city Ulan-Ude).[citation needed]
Consumption and uses
The fruit usually is eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the pulp with a spoon.[5] The fruit has a juicy, sweet seed pulp and slightly gritty flesh nearer the skin. If the utensils needed to eat it this way are not available, the feijoa may be torn or bitten in half, and the contents squeezed out and consumed. An alternative method is to bite the end off and then tear the fruit in half length ways, exposing a larger surface with less curvature and using one's teeth to scrape the pulp out closer to the skin. This method results in less waste of the fruit.
A feijoa may be used as an interesting addition to a fruit smoothie, and may be used to make wine or cider and feijoa-infused vodka. The flavour is aromatic, very strong and complex, inviting comparison with guava, strawberry, pineapple, and often containing a faint wintergreen-like aftertaste. It also is possible to buy feijoa yogurt, fruit drinks, jam, ice cream, and such in New Zealand. It also may be cooked and used in dishes where one would use stewed fruit. It is a popular ingredient in chutney. The very strong, complex flavour can make using feijoas, in combination with other fruits or vegetables, a creative and complex undertaking.
Fruit maturity is not always apparent visually, as the fruits remain the same shade of green until they are overripe or rotting. One usually may sense ripeness, however, by giving the fruit a soft squeeze; a ripe feijoa will yield to pressure somewhat like a just-ripe banana. Generally, the fruit is at its optimum ripeness the day it drops from the tree. While still hanging, it may well prove bitter; once fallen, however, the fruit very quickly becomes overripe, so daily collection of fallen fruit is advisable during the season.
When the fruit are immature, the seed pulp is white and opaque. It becomes clear and gelatinous when ripe. Fruits are at their optimum maturity when the seed pulp has turned into a clear jelly with no hint of browning. Once the seed pulp and surrounding flesh start to brown, the fruit is overripe, but still may be eaten, or used to make a delicious juice.[citation needed]
The flower petals are edible, with a flavor that is slightly sweet with hints of cinnamon. The most common use is as an addition to salads. They regularly are consumed by birds.[6][7][8]
Feijoa is also cultivated in Azerbaijan. Besides its consumption in natural form, feijoa jam and compote is prepared and produced both in home and on industrial scales.[9][10]
Sale and shipping
Ripe fruit is very prone to bruising; difficulty maintaining the fruit in good condition for any length of time, along with the short period of optimum ripeness and full favor, probably explains why feijoas frequently are not exported, and where grown commercially, often only are sold close to the source of the crop.
Because of the relatively short shelf-life, store keepers need to be careful to replace older fruit regularly to ensure high quality. In some countries, they also may be purchased at roadside stalls, often at a lower price.
Feijoas may be cool-stored for approximately a month and still have a few days of shelf-life at optimum eating maturity. They also may be frozen for up to one year without a loss in quality.
Some grafted cultivars of feijoa are self-fertile. Most are not, and require a pollinator. Seedlings may or may not be of usable quality, and may or may not be self-fertile. Feijoas will mature into a sprawly shrub, but can be kept successfully as a large container plant, though accommodations will need to be made for the width of the plants, and the need to encourage new growth for fruit production. They can succeed in greenhouses in temperate parts of the United States, and have been grown in-ground as fruiting trees on the United States east coast in coastal Georgia and South Carolina as well as in California. Other regions of the United States: the Pacific Northwest, the southernmost Appalachian Mountains, and the immediate coastal region from North Carolina to Delaware all would warrant further investigation.
In California, robins, mockingbirds, hummingbirds, starlings, scrub jays, towhees, and grey squirrels feast on the petals and are presumed to be assisting with pollination.[citation needed] Honeybees also visit the flowers.
In the South Caucasus, feijoa was cultivated in the southern coastal region of Azerbaijan since 1928; cultivation in the neighboring Georgia has gradually increased to about 988 hectares in 1986.[11]
In New Zealand, the pollinators of this plant are bees, bumblebees, and medium-sized birds. The silvereye is a pollinator in the cooler parts of the South Island; the blackbird and the Indian myna, which feeds on the sweet, fleshy flower petals, are pollinators further north.
In some areas where the species has been introduced, however, the trees have been unproductive due to lack of pollinators. The shrub has very few insect pests.
Numerous cultivars of feijoa have been developed.
- Apollo
- Choiceana
- Coolidge
- Edenvale Improved Coolidge
- Edenvale Late
- Edenvale Supreme
- Gemini
- Mammoth – Named for its relatively massive fruits.
- Moore
- Nazemetz
- Pineapple Gem
- Smilax
- Trask
- Triumph
- Vista Long – Noted for the long shape of its fruits. Developed in Vista, CA.


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Network safety standard: European standard EN 50325-5
The CANopen Safety protocol (CiA 304) developed by CAN in Automation (CiA), international users' and manufacturers group, is published as an European standard and available as EN 50325–5 from the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and any National body, CiA announced from Nuremberg, Germany on Sept. 9. The CANopen Safety protocol is an addition to the CANopen protocol standardized in EN 50325–4, also known as CiA 301.
CANopen Safety is designed to allow safety-related communication based on CAN according to IEC/EN 61508. The German TÜV has approved the protocol for use for systems requiring Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3). Safety-related devices use the Safety-related Data Object (SRDO) service, which allows one-to-many communication relations. The SRDO messages are periodically broadcast in the network and any other safety-related device interested in the data can use it without the need of a centralized master. An SRDO consists of two CAN messages where the first CAN message contains the regular data and second CAN message is transmitted on a different identifier with the data content bit-wise inverted. This makes the protocol very efficient as it allows the use of small and cheap micro-controllers as no complicated CRC is used, CiA said.
The first ready-to-use implementations of CANopen Safety are available: The TÜV approved CANopen Safety Chip (CSC02) available from CiA implements the CANopen Safety protocol in a single chip.
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The floor rocked below my feet, but I felt steady and steadfast in the knowledge that Shabbat was upon me as I stood by a table in the middle of the ocean while waving my hands over candles and reciting the blessing.
Uncovering my eyes, I held my siddur and started saying Kiddush with my fiancé, Ari. The table was filled with men who placed the cloth napkins on their heads, in lieu of kippot. They held their wine glasses up and gazed at us with interest.
I was on the cruise ship Journey, by Azamara Club Cruises, sitting with some new friends, including an interesting couple from Ireland in their 70s who had never experienced any aspect of Shabbat. While I recited the Kiddush, I felt the energy of wonder and peace settle over the table. The Irish man, with his wife, said, "Thank you for sharing the moment with us. You know, in our faith we don't have rituals we perform at home weekly. It's only when we go to church. This was so beautiful."
I smiled. Beauty was all around me. I was in the midst of a 12-night voyage from Edinburgh, Scotland to Southampton, England. We were exploring places I had never even heard of, which is one reason a cruise with Azamara was appealing to me. They host longer trips with smaller, more diverse ports of call.
Castle in Scotland
One of the enchanting places I visited was Orkney, Scotland. Orkney is a group of islands about 10 kilometres from the northeast tip of the Scottish mainland. I started my adventure with an early morning visit to the Highland Park Distillery, the northern-most Scotch whisky distillery. Waitresses materialized at 9am with trays of 12-year-old vintage whisky and I giggled even before I had a taste. I'm not much of a drinker, but after a distillery tour and an explanation of the process of how single malt scotch is created, I started to appreciate the taste.
From Highland Park I found my way to Balfour Castle, a 19th century building on the island of Shapinsay. I daydreamed of life in a castle, while wandering through the garden and admiring its colourful flowers. Soon after, I toured the interior, walked through a secret doorway hidden in a bookshelf, and was treated to a lovely tea in one of the extremely elegant sunlit rooms.
Orkney also boasts a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Ring of Brodgar, which will take you back in time thousands of years. It's a stone circle 104 metres in diameter and it was thought to be originally composed of 60 stones set within a circular ditch up to three metres deep and 10 meters wide. Today only 27 stones are still standing. Ancient scholars debate over why these were created and for what purpose, while I just marveled at how the enormous rocks, which don't seem to be from the area, were moved to such a location in the first place.
After a full day of exploration, I was greeted back on the ship by a smiling crewmember with, a big "Welcome Home!" Cruising with Azamara is a dreamy and luxurious, especially while enjoying room service on your balcony watching the world float by. While the food is plentiful, there are also "specialty" restaurants to indulge your palate. The spa is incredibly relaxing, and the fitness centre's classes are fun. Additionally, Azamara often offers night touring, to give passengers a full taste of a city. More excitement was on the horizon as we were about to spend a full day and night in Dublin.
Irish history is complex and fascinating. There is a small Jewish population, never more then 6,000 people. However, influential figures, such as Chaim Herzog, the sixth president of Israel, were born in Ireland.
The earliest reference to a Jewish presence was in 1079, when scholars believe merchants arrived for a short visit. Dublin has had two Jewish mayors, a father and son, Robert Briscoe, twice lord mayor of Dublin (1956-57 and 1961-62) and his son Ben Briscoe in 1988.
Dublin is a cultural city filled with a myriad of places to visit, from the Hugh Lane Gallery to Dublin Castle. I also spent time in the Writers' Museum reading about William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. Even wandering the streets is akin to walking in a novel. In particular, James Joyce's Ulysses comes to life in Dublin. Many of the places he writes about in the book, which his famous Jewish character Leopold Bloom frequents, such as the restaurant/bar Davy Byrnes, on Grafton Street, are still open for business and marked with metal plaques.
I am a huge fun of the Dublin's Gaiety Theater, where the performances are consistently outstanding. Appropriate for a trip to Ireland, we saw Riverdance. Director John McColgan's outdid himself. The show was mesmerizing, the music intoxicating and the dancers phenomenal. By the end of the performance, I was at the edge of my seat, leaning so far forward, it was almost as if I wished to be on the stage.
From the stage and back to the sea, another magical day was upon me, as we tendered at the Isle of Scily, which is actually pronounced "silly". It is part of an archipelago that is less than 50 kilometres from Land's End on the coast of Cornwall, England.
The gardens were created in the early 19th century by Augustus Smith. As the islands are warmed by the Gulf Stream, the climate is temperate, allowing for an amazing variety of sub-tropical plants. Once Smith realized it was a frost-free environment where he could create an exotic garden, he started planting.
View from Tresco Abby Garden
Today the Tresco Abbey Garden is filled with over 4,000 different types of plants from all over the world, from New Zealand to South Africa.
Walking on the sunlit windswept beach island of Tresco was breathtaking. The purple heather littered the pathway as we walked up towards the Tresco Abbey Gardens. Upon arrival, I came across the head gardener, Andrew, and asked if he would show us around.
The garden was enchanting, bursting with color. Each plant has a story and Andrew showed us ones that can be used to make herbal tea (lemon verbena) as well as others that can heal sunburn (aloe). We wandered off the property for a moment to see the magnificent views. The Island is also a magnet to hundreds of migrating birds.
Clearly we had fallen into a storybook, and while more adventures awaited us, I did not want to let go of this moment, I could have easily spent many more hours in the quiet and beauty of the Tresco Abby Garden.
Just like the magical energy of a Shabbat dinner, where we focus on family and try to forget the stresses of the week, travel also has its own energy. Exploring exquisite places opens up new worlds, new channels for discovery of a location and oneself. It's a chance to be a modern-day explorer, to take a break from everyday life, and to fill your mind with magnificent sounds, colors and feelings. Sometimes, if you are really lucky, not only do you experience something special, but you also get an opportunity to give others a glimpse of a beautiful new world too.
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Construction is expected in 2015-16 on a $3.5-million project to widen a portion of Taylor Road in Etna Township.
Township trustees hosted a public meeting Saturday, Oct. 20, to explain the project to residents.
"We had quite a few residents there," trustees Chairman John Carlisle said. "This was more of a kickoff for the project, to let them know what we are planning."
The township will work with the Licking County Engineer's Office on the project to widen what is referred to as Old Taylor Road, between U.S. Route 40 and the already improved portion of Taylor Road in Reynoldsburg that runs between state Route 256 and Old Taylor Road.
Chris Harkness, Etna Township's zoning inspector, said the portion of the road in Reynoldsburg already is three lanes wide, with a center turning lane. The half-mile portion of Taylor Road in the township is only two lanes wide with ditches on either side.
The project includes widening the Etna Township segment of the road to three lanes and adding curbs and sidewalks.
Plans also call for installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Palmer and Taylor roads, where there is now a four-way stop.
Harkness said the township is receiving $2.5 million in federal funds through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to help pay for the project. The township will be responsible for the remaining $1 million.
Carlisle said residents questioned the road's alignment, which hasn't yet been designed.
Safety was stressed, he said, since the addition of a sidewalk will prevent area children from walking in the road.
Carlisle said residents also requested estimates on what it would cost to extend water and sewer lines to the area.
Don Rector, general manager of the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District, who attended the Oct. 20 meeting, said there are 21 parcels along that portion of Taylor Road and about 15 buildings. He estimated the total cost of the extensions would be $524,800, which would break down to an individual cost of about $25,000 to extend water and sewer lines to each property.
Rector said it would be better to extend water and sewer lines when the road project is being completed so the crews could work together while the road is under construction.
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NEW YORK — Seeing as he grew up in the county of Surrey in southeast England and was called one of Britain's rising stage actors at an early age, you might expect that Andrew Garfield has Sir Laurence Olivier as one of his role models.
But his adolescent hero was an entirely different kind of star: Muggsy Bogues, the short, quick, ball-stealing guard for the Charlotte Hornets NBA team in the 1980s and '90s.
"I never wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be the next Muggsy," recalls the 28-year-old Garfield. "I was skinny and short. I'm no longer short [6-foot-1]. But I'm still skinny. I'm OK with that now. But I struggled with it. It's very weird to beat yourself up for being born in the wrong body."
Feelings of displacement are central to two roles that have raised Garfield's profile since his performance as Eduardo Saverin in "The Social Network"put him on the map. First, there's Peter Parker in the forthcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man." And then there's Biff, the onetime football hero-turned-fugitive loser, in Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."
"Salesman," which was scheduled to conclude its sold-out limited run Saturday, has earned seven Tony Award nominations, including best production, best director, and for three of its actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, as the wounded and flailing Willy Loman, Linda Emond, as his patiently suffering wife, and Garfield, as Biff, the victim of his father's fierce ambitions for him and his own pathetic self-delusions.
Critics seemed pleasantly surprised by the power of Garfield's performance. Los Angeles Times critic Charles McNulty singled the actor out for his fearlessness in exposing "primal wounds that in real life are too painful to reopen," noting that it provided the "turbo-charged catharsis" of a great play. The New York Times' Ben Brantley praised the "searing heat" the actor brought to his confrontations with Hoffman.
Nichols says he'd seen Garfield in earlier movies such as "Lions for Lambs" and"Boy A"but it was "The Social Network" that demonstrated for him the actor's "astonishing emotional power." The director added, "That scene in which they are trying to get him to sign something and he senses the betrayal? Extraordinary. He has a tremendous career ahead of him."
Sipping a ginger ale in a coffee shop before an evening performance of "Salesman," Garfield is thoughtful, affable and wryly self-mocking. He moves his hands through a thick mop of hair and furrows his brow before expressing himself in a torrent of words. The British accent belies his birth in Los Angeles, where he lived until age 3, when he and his elder brother were whisked to London by his American father and English mother.
Wearing khakis and a pinstriped sport shirt over a V-neck sweater, he becomes increasingly animated, whether quoting from a favorite Gil Scott-Heron song or recalling, with a laugh, how he'd imitate his idol Michael Jackson in the days when rock star ambitions supplanted his basketball dreams.
On this late afternoon, he's feeling "spread thin," after one of the hectic theater awards-season receptions.
"It's an honor to be included," he says. "But I get so nervous and anxious at these things that I actually become ill."
He considers the chance to meet his peers a perk. "I met Ricky Martin," he says brightly of the star of the revival of "Evita." "He's so sweet, and when he says goodbye to you, he puts his hand on his heart and says, 'Love and light.' And I thought, 'Aaaah, nice, Ricky, really nice. That's so lovely.'"
If there's no irony, it's because Garfield considers himself heliotropic — "The sun to me is everything" — even while he is trying to balance a love of light with his darker struggles. Like Biff, he says that he is much more comfortable physically. But the former gymnast and swimmer, now an avid surfer, says he lives in his head a good part of the time.
"I am neurotic that way," he says. "I know myself pretty well, why I am the way I am comes very, very easily. That can be both a gift and a curse because you can tend to over-analyze."
It has been a difficult, if rewarding, experience to plumb his own feelings of shame, guilt and "never measuring up" to play Biff. In previous stage roles, Garfield says, he's always been able "to finagle my way" through a performance. Not this time.
"There is something in this play that doesn't allow you to feel truthful unless you are literally baring every aspect of your soul," he says.
Garfield says that the pressure to succeed came from him, not his father, a swimming coach, or his mother, a nursery school assistant.
That self-imposed tension is what he calls "getting on the fridge." This is how he explains it. Children draw out of the purest of desires, happily lost in a pleasurable and unencumbered artistic impulse. "Then mum, or someone you need validation or love from, comes along and says, 'Oh, that's good,' and they put it on the fridge," says Garfield.
"And suddenly your instinct and your need [to create] change. You don't draw anymore only because it feels good. You draw because you need to get on that fridge. And I've struggled with that, and I'm struggling with that still."
Garfield recalled his years as a high school jock. "It was this endless battle of 'Am-I-going-to-win-and-if-I-don't-I'm-nothing,'" he says, in a funny mimicry of his younger, angst-ridden self. "And if you won, then you could survive for the next two weeks. It was boring and upsetting and no life. So, yeah, I totally knew what Biff goes through and the need for him to take that power away from Willy."
Garfield's mother encouraged her son to take the creative path. While at private school, he started acting in plays and was encouraged by his teachers to pursue it as a career. That led him to enroll in the University of London's Central School of Speech & Drama. But, though often exhilarating, it was also anxiety-inducing, especially after he was chosen to participate in an annual student acting festival at London's Globe.
Honoring the Shakespearean tradition of having young males assume female roles, his acting coach cast him as Ophelia opposite a classmate's Hamlet in his first public performance outside school plays. Playing a woman was the least of it. He was paralyzed with fear, terrified, he puts it, "of being judged as a phony and a fraud."
A London busker came to his rescue.
"We had a few hours so I decided to take a walk along the South Bank on this gray London day," recalls Garfield, "and there he was, on the sidewalk, singing a Don McLean song ['Vincent'], which I'd adored on an instinctual level but had never really heard until that moment. He wasn't singing it very well, but fine, perfectly fine, and it was a song by an artist about an artist [Van Gogh] sung by an artist who had that morning decided to get out of bed and give whatever he had to give. The clouds parted, the sun came out and what he gave me was the most profound message I'd ever received: It doesn't matter what you have to offer. Just offer it."
As the end of the play's run was in sight, followed by the June 10 Tony Awards, Garfield was bracing for the response to the movie he had completed before he began "Death of a Salesman": the latest"Spider-Man,"which reestablishes the franchise with new actors and a new director. It will be released July 3.
He says he was ambivalent about being tapped for the role. Although he was grateful for the chance to play a character he has loved since childhood, he's wary of the onslaught of publicity that accompanies it. He is highly protective of his romantic relationship with Emma Stone, whom he met when they began work on "Amazing Spider-Man."
It poses a bit of a moral quandary for him. Garfield says that, like Biff, he realizes that his "authentic self" resides not in fame, money and success but in being a responsible part of something greater. "You don't have to be 'special,' sometimes just being born is enough, breathing, being good to people, you know what I mean?"
But the moment he sets foot in Los Angeles, he adds, it's hard not to get caught up in the mass mind-set of a movie factory town with its obsession with box-office grosses and where one fits into the pecking order. His competitive side comes to the fore, and he doesn't like it.
"I love L.A., I love the beach, the water, I have my favorite rituals and restaurants," he says. "But it's difficult for me because I become obsessed with things, all that stuff that doesn't interest me but interests my ego."
Garfield says he admires how Nichols, Hoffman and Emond conduct themselves in the larger entertainment world.
"As cheesy as this sounds, Mike lets his light shine. He is just who he is, and for him to have carved that out for himself, in an industry like this, is an example I'd want to follow. And I'm on stage with people, Phil and Linda, who just express what they want to express and stay true to themselves. It's as simple — and as difficult — as that."
He hopes to keep focused on why he agreed to star in "Spider-Man" in the first place. He talks about an article in the Los Angeles Times about Nicholas Hammond, who played the role of Peter Parker in the 1970s live-action TV series.
"It was an amazing interview," he said. "I'd love to sit down and talk with him because I give a lot of the same answers he gave — the universality of the story, the responsibility to use power to do good, the hope that Peter Parker represents. You never want to lose sight of that."
The first time he put on the Spider-Man costume was unforgettable. "The moment before was pure bliss and then it was awkward, actually, to get it on and especially to wear," he says.
He hopes to buy one of the costumes created for the film if he can get it at cost. (The price tag is about $20,000.)
"It's an investment," he says with a wicked smile. "So that when I'm broke — after they fire me from the second 'Spider-Man' movie — I'll be able to sell it to fund my heroin habit."
He's joking of course. Right now the addiction is "looking for the light" in his life and work. ""I've been lucky to have found it in art, in reading it, listening to it, acting in it. Biff's journey is hopeful. The beginning of his life starts at the end of the play."
What: The Tony Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris
When: 8 p.m. PDT June 10 on CBS
(Live webcast on TonyAwards.com beginning at 3 p.m. PDT)


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July 23, 2012. As part of our mission, AMS advocates quality Montessori education. AMS-affiliated teacher education programs (TEPs) promote quality Montessori education by educating adult learners to become teachers and recommending their graduates to AMS for award of Montessori credentials.
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International Montessori Teaching Institute (Early Childhood), Beijing, China – Director: Martha Monahan
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Orlando Montessori Teacher Education Institute (Early Childhood), Celebration, FL – Director: Helen Devere
Center for Montessori Teacher Education/North Carolina (Infant & Toddler), Sterling, VA – Co-directors: Ceres York, Sharon Greene-Goering
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Houston Montessori Center (Early Childhood), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Director: Dr. Betsy Coe
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Montessori Education Center of the Rockies (Elementary I-II), Ignacio, CO – Director: Dot Thompson
Montessori Opportunities, Inc. ((Early Childhood), mobile site: Jersey City, NJ – Co-directors: Rosann and Peter Larrow
Montessori Teacher Education Center/San Francisco Bay Area (Infant & Toddler, Early Childhood), Pensacola, FL – Director: Dr. Pamela Zell Rigg
Montessori Teacher Training Institute of South Carolina (Early Childhood), Columbia, SC – Director: Ellie Elzerman
Seacoast Center for Education Montessori Program (Elementary I-II), Mount Pleasant, SC – Director: Gary Davidson
Belmont University Montessori Teacher Education Program (Early Childhood), Nashville, TN – Director: Dr. Merrie King
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Centro de Entrenamiento Montessori (Early Childhood), Garca Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – Director: Consuelo Gonzalez de Cossio
Korean Montessori College (Early Childhood), Seoul, Korea – Co-directors: Sunghi Kong and Dr. Jung Mo Kim
New Mexico Center for Montessori Education (Early Childhood), Los Alamos, NM – Director: Lyndi Spears
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Shelton Montessori Teacher Education Center (Early Childhood and Elementary I), Dallas, TX – Co Directors: Dr. Joyce Pickering, Debbie Edwards
South Mountain Montessori Teacher Education Program (Early Childhood and Elementary I), Mesa, AZ – Director: Patricia Barton
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