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Shelved Dolls: Eva Braun – Satan's Bride
The story of Eva Braun scares the daylight out of me. You see, I've never been terribly good at telling the difference between "someone who is good" and "someone who is nice to me." There are tricks you can use – like watching how someone treats a waiter, this is the best test I can think of – but I've never considered it as out of the question that I might be able to fall in love with someone really terrible. Like, say, a Nazi. Like Adolf Hitler, for instance.
Margaret Atwood tackles this all a good deal better than I can in The Handmaid's Tale, where she writes:
I remember a television program I once saw; a rerun, made years before. I must have been seven or eight, too young to understand it. It was the sort of thing my mother liked to watch: historical, educational…
The interviews with people still alive then were in color. The one I remember best was with a woman who had been the mistress of a man who had supervised one of the camps where they put the Jews, before they killed them. In ovens, my mother said; but there weren't any pictures of the ovens, so I got some confused notion that these deaths had taken place in kitchens. There is something especially terrifying to a child in that idea. Ovens mean cooking, and cooking comes before eating. I thought these people had been eaten. Which in a way I suppose they had been.
From what they said, the man had been cruel and brutal. The mistress – my mother explained mistress, she did not believe in mystification, I had a pop-up book of sexual organs by the time I was four – the mistress had once been very beautiful. There was a black-and-white shot of her and another woman, in the two-piece bathing suits and platform shoes and picture hats of the time; they were wearing cat's-eye sunglasses and sitting in deck chairs by a swimming pool. The swimming pool was beside their house, which was near the camp with the ovens. The woman said she didn't notice much that she found unusual. She denied knowing about the ovens.
At the time of the interview, forty or fifty years later, she was dying of emphysema. She coughed a lot, and she was very thin, almost emaciated; but she still took pride in her appearance. (Look at that, said my mother, half grudgingly, half admiringly. She still takes pride in her appearance.) She was carefully made up, heavy mascara on her eyelashes, rouge on the bones of her cheeks, over which the skin was stretched like a rubber glove pulled tight. She was wearing pearls.
He was not a monster, she said. People say he was a monster, but he was not one.
What could she have been thinking about? Not much, I guess; not back then, not at the time. She was thinking about how not to think. The times were abnormal. She took pride in her appearance. She did not believe he was a monster. He was not a monster, to her. Probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, offkey, in the shower, he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog Liebchen and made it sit up for little pieces of raw steak. How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. What an available temptation. A big child, she would have said to herself. Her heart would have melted, she'd have smoothed the hair back from his forehead, kissed him on the ear, and not just to get something out of him either. The instinct to soothe, to make it better. "There, there," she'd say, as he woke from a nightmare. "Things are so hard for you." All this she would have believed, because otherwise how could she have kept on living? She was very ordinary, under that beauty. She believed in decency, she was nice to the Jewish maid, or nice enough, nicer than she needed to be.
So. That is what I think about when I think about Eva Braun. I keep trying to figure out if there was a point in her life as Hitler's love and then wife, where she might have seen that Hitler was… you know, Hitler. Perhaps that is too charitable, to say that she was blind to the fact that he was killing millions of people. It's possible that she was completely onboard with the whole "massacring people" aspect of his nature. Perhaps she was a monster herself.
I don't think she could have started out that way. Eva was born in 1912. She was the daughter of a school teacher and a seamstress. Her parents briefly divorced, but later remarried, and were known to spoil their daughters, perhaps because they felt guilty about that whole "divorce" time. As far as I can tell, they were not mass murderers who sewed a gypsy inside a horse (I'm looking at you, Elizabeth Bathory) so I'm disinclined to believe that Eva's attraction to Hitler could have been a result of childhood teachings.
She had two sisters, Isle and Margarete, all of whom attended Catholic school. She wasn't a very good student. However, she was known to have a cheerful disposition and she was good at athletics. She liked nice clothes and make-up. She coaxed friends into doing schoolwork for her. I see her not as a cheerleader, but one of those semi-popular, universally liked girls who are blonde and on the lacrosse team. You know, like this:
Read into this what you will about the final season of Gossip Girl. In reality, I think she was into gymnastics, but that's a less commonly acknowledged high school stereotype. You can see a picture of her balancing on the beam, her arms held victoriously high here:
She was also known to be an excellent dancer. When she was 16, her parents became worried that she was too boy crazy.
Her parents sent her away to a convent, but Eva left a year later saying that "it was not the life for me."
Eva then decided to go to work for a photographer. The photographer's biggest client was the National Socialist party – at that time an up and coming political party – and the walls of the studio were adorned with pictures of a young man named Adolf Hitler, known for his charisma.
This kind of makes sense. I firmly believe that if anyone comes into contact with someone whose poster hung on their wall as a teen, despite the fact that, in real life, that person might be weird and certainly would not be airbrushed, we would still experience a certain amount of desire for them.
Of course, those weren't the pictures hanging in Eva's room exactly; they were hanging in the room of . . .the guy she worked for, but Eva seemed to fall in love with men left and right during those years. So okay. I say my theory still holds up.
Also, let's take a moment to reflect on how weird it would be to work in a photo shop where pictures of Hitler were everywhere.
Haha, no, just kidding, there aren't "photography shops" anymore (although that is a picture of the one Eva worked at).
Interestingly, Eva was actually quite clever in terms of photography. While she was employed as a shop clerk, she studied the photographers' work and learned how to develop pictures on her own. That may seem like a minor skill, but I once took a photography course in high school and oh my God it was hard. You have to remember how to do ten different processes in a room lit only by red lights. A hell room, basically.
I think this is pretty fine evidence that Eva wasn't just a dumb blonde.
The shop owner knew that Hitler, his client, whose pictures dotted the windows, had a fondness for pretty young girls. When Hitler first met Eva in 1929, she was on a ladder arranging items on the shelves. Her boss introduced them, though he originally introduced Hitler as "Mr. Wolff." I am pretty sure this is because crazy men love going by secret aliases. I think it makes them feel like superheros.
Eva did not recognize him, and greeted him as "Mr. Wolff."
How? How was that possible? She saw his photo first thing every morning.
I understand that celebrities are sometimes shorter in person or whatever, but it was Hitler. He was kind of distinctive.
I know I decided Eva couldn't be dumb because she single-handedly taught herself photography, but I do think she might have suffered from facial-blindness.
When her boss explained it was Hitler, she said "Him? I don't know anything about the famous Hitler."
Dude. HIS PHOTO WAS IN ALL THE WINDOWS.
You know, maybe she wasn't that bright after all.
Hitler returned to the shop and began inviting her out to dinner. Eva's father disapproved and said that Hitler was an imbecile. Meanwhile, Eva's sister, Isle, worked for a Jewish doctor and, understandably, kind of thought Hitler sucked. Her other sister, however, liked him. Margarete and Eva soon began sharing an apartment. Sometimes, Hitler would take them both out (but I think in a friendly, third wheel kind of way, not a menage-a-trois way.) Hitler was 23 years older than Eva, another reason her family disapproved of him.
However, Hitler soon came to power in the Weimar Republic. He would become Germany's Chancellor by 1933. I don't know if Eva's relatives decided they liked him better as his power increased, but I bet they started keeping quiet about their feelings.
Recounting this, I can't help but think of that other Eva – Eva Peron, who I am kind of in love with. She seemed to have begun her relationship in a similar way – entranced with a political figure much older than she was, agreeing with him on everything, really idolizing him – but then she began to learn about politics, and, by his side, became an influential political figure herself.
Nothing of that kind would transpire with Eva Braun.
But then, Juan Peron, whether he was just being indulgent or not, taught Eva Peron all about politics. He let her sit in on all his meetings. Meanwhile, Hitler told Eva that he loved her because she was a "nice girl of no importance." He once said:
"Imagine if on top of everything else I had a woman who interfered with my work! In my leisure time I want to have peace . . . I could never marry. Think of the problems if I had children! In the end they would try to make my son my successor."
And Eva Braun was seemingly besotted with Hitler. Just as Eva Peron might have pursued politics because it made her indispensable to Peron, Eva Braun might have avoided learning about politics because that seemed to be what her lover wanted.
While Hitler said he loved Eva (he once told his valet that she was "the only girl for him") their relationship always seemed somewhat stiff. In 1931, after they'd been dating for two years, Eva wrote Hitler the following letter:
"Dear Mr. Hitler, I would like to thank you for the pleasant evening at the theater. It was unforgettable. I count the hours until the moment when we shall meet again."
It's that "Mr." that kills me.
As Hitler's political power grew, he began to pay less attention to Eva. In 1932, especially, Eva missed Hitler desperately. She wrote him love letters telling him how much she missed him. Hitler was the kind of asshole who didn't write back.
I mean, I know he was busy, but I think Hitler is someone we can use the word "asshole" about without fear of judgement.
Eventually, Eva took her father's gun and tried to shoot herself in the heart. This definitely wasn't just a cry for help – this was a gun aimed at her heart. She was only saved because the gun jerked upward at the last moment. She ended up shooting herself in the neck, and her sister found her. The two convinced their parents that the injury had been an accident.
However, Eva's father became more adamant than ever against Eva seeing Hitler. He wrote Hitler a letter saying:
My family has been torn apart because both of my daughters have moved into an apartment which you put at their disposal. As head of the family, I am confronted with an accomplished fact. I stand by the old fashioned point of view, in moral respect, that children should not be taken from their parents' care until they are married.
However, Eva intercepted the letter and tore it up.
You know, maybe you should listen to your parents. They just don't want you to commit suicide. That's all.
Hitler started paying more attention to Eva, and she started spending the night in his Munich apartment. They had sleepovers. Her family was very upset that they weren't married. In an attempt to soothe over any ill feelings they might have, Mr. Braun was sent a gold watch from Hitler and was invited over for a meal.
I can find no information as to whether or not Mr. Braun accepted, but I kind of doubt he did.
By the time Hitler became Chancellor, atrocities were already beginning to take place. However, Eva seemed oblivious. She was doing yoga.
And she was riding around in Hitler's car, and going on vacations, and buying dresses and saying she only wanted "a merry life." On May 28th, 1935, Eva wrote in her diary, "His head was full of political problems all the time. But isn't there a relaxation now?"
However, soon after, Hitler left Eva again. Political problems. Months went by with no letters from him. Eva fell, once again, into deep despair. She wrote in her diary, "Oh, God, I'm afraid there won't be a reply today. If only someone would help me. Everything is horribly bleak. Maybe I shouldn't have written him. This uncertainty is more hard to bear than a sudden end. I must speak to him today. Tomorrow will be too late. This time, I have decided on 35 tablets. If only he would get someone to telephone me."
Eva keeps striking me as a Jackie Susann character, but surely, everyone, at some time, has felt that terrible anxiety over a lover who seems to be ignoring you. The anxiety is almost unbearable. It's only shocking in this case because her anxiety was caused by Hitler.
After her second suicide attempt (after ingesting 35 tablets, she was discovered by her sister once again, and revived) Hitler began to take her around with him, introducing her to party members as his private secretary. The position meant that she could enter the Chancellery by way of the side staircase somewhat unnoticed.
Throughout all of this drama, the German people remained unaware of Hitler's romantic relationship with Eva. The only time the link was ever mentioned was when Eva sat near Hitler during the Winter 1936 Olympics. That was in spite of the fact that, by then, Eva was spending much of her time at Hitler's estate, the Berghof.
She played lady of the house, drinking wine while Hitler drank tea and entertaining anyone who came to visit. She was in charge of the twelve servants, and she began taking pictures of the Nazi party members who visited, selling somevof the photographs to her old boss. She took up mountain climbing and sunbathing, and watching illicit American films.
She called the estate The Grand Hotel, because she was a fan of the Greta Garbo movie. She also learned how to bowl, and installed an alley in the cellar. Hitler left her with a huge allowance, which meant she could have her hair styled daily, and buy as many clothes and jewels as she liked.
The unfortunate aspect here is that this all sounds kind of nice and domestic. Except that sex with Hitler sounds terrible.
Hitler took primitive love potions. By the same token, if Eva was having her period when Hitler came to visit, she was told to remedy it. I have no idea how one even begins doing that, other than some bizarre bargaining with God.
"He just needs me for certain purposes," Eva lamented in her diary in 1935.
Hitler, meanwhile, began to see other women, most notably Leni Riefenstahl. She became the Third Reich's "filmatographer". Her epic flm, Triumph of the Will,
made Nazis seem unbelievably appealing. The film won the gold medal in Venice in 1935 and the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 (though it later destroyed her career for years after the war). Hitler was enthralled by Leni's wit and intellect – characteristics that Eva had never developed.
However, he stopped seeing Leni when he learned she was cheating on him with a German pilot.
And so, Hitler returned, as always, to the ever devoted Eva, who tried to learn how to make and develop films. Hitler was generally the subject of her films.
But then Hitler began to see other women again. When WWII came, Eva rejoiced saying, "At last he will have no more time for other women."
If any man makes you feel like you would be grateful for a world war, please just break up with him. It – and he – are not worth it.
In 1940 Poland, Vienna and Paris belonged to Hitler. Eva celebrated by wearing Parisian lingerie and Viennese swimsuits. Eva began to refer her lover not as "Mr. Hitler" but as "The Fuhrer."
She must have noted that events were going wrong. Her sister had been fired by the doctor she worked for. That was incredibly perceptive, because around that time, people were only begining to understand the difference between Jews and Aryans. Hitler began establishing concentration camps.
It seems very unlikely that Hitler would not have told Eva that he hated Jews, and that she did not know what was going on. Her sister Isle, continued to criticize Hitler adamantly; Eva once said, "If the Fuhrer puts you in a concentration camp, I will not help you."
When the convent she went to as a teenager was turned into a Nazi training camp and the nuns begged for help, she responded, "Let your hair grow." Because nuns have short hair.
Lady, it may not have been "the life for you" but it was the life of some people. I understand that Eva might have wished to remain as apolitical as possible, but it shocks me – shocks me! – that she didn't want to use her influence to help those who were close to her. She was literally in bed with Hitler.
There was only one time Eva stood up to Hitler. In shifting over to a wartime economy Hitler was trying to stop cosmetics and hair products from being produced in Germany. Eva told him that German women would not stand for this lack. Hitler arranged for their production to be decreased, rather than actually banned.
So she had influence. Influence which she applied terribly.
In 1944 an assassination attempt was made on Hitler's life. He wrote Eva shortly afterwards:
"Mein Liebes Tschapperl,
Don't worry about me. I'm fine though perhaps a little tired. I hope to come home soon and then I can rest in your arms. I have a great longing for rest, but my duty to the German people comes before everything else. Don't forget that the dangers I encounter don't compare with those of our soldiers at the Front. I thank you for the proof of your affection and ask you also to thank your esteemed father and your most gracious mother for their greetings and good wishes. I am very proud of the honor – please tell them that – to possess the love of girl who comes from such a distinguished family. I have sent to you the uniform I was wearing during the unfortunate day. It is proof that Providence has protected me and that we have nothing more to fear from our enemies.
From my whole heart, your A.H."
She replied:
I am beside myself. I am dying of anxiety now that I know you are in danger. Come back as soon as possible. I feel as if I am going insane.
The weather is beautiful here and everything seems so peaceful that I am ashamed of myself … You know I have always told you that I would die if anything happened to you. From our first meeting on, I have promised myself to follow you wherever you go, even to death. You know that I live only for your love.
Yours Eva"
Oh my God, this woman needs a drink.
Shortly afterwards, in 1945, Eva followed Hitler to the bunker.
By that time everyone knew that the Russians would come to Berlin, and everyone suggested Hitler leave. Hitler said "no, I will stay here until the end." Eva said "I will follow him until the end."
Eva Braun and Hitler hid underneath the Chancellery headquarters. Hitler blamed the military failure entirely upon the Jews, claiming that Jewish capital assisted the Russians. This was, incidentally, not accurate. Hitler then executed Eva's brother in law, as he suspected him of being a traitor.
Eva, perhaps knowing that her own life was about to come to an end, did not seem overly moved by this. But then, perhaps she was distracted as she was excited for her own wedding.
Miraculously, Hitler were able to get a registrar come in from the front. They were married, and hosted a wedding breakfast. Immediately afterwards, she said to her hairdresser "I would like to be a pretty corpse." The couple, after all, intended to commit suicide.
A shot rang out soon afterwards. Hitler shot himself in the head. Eva was with him, but took cyanide tablets. The tablets had first been fed to, and tested on, Hiter's beloved dogs. Somehow, this strikes me as the saddest part.
This time, Eva's suicide was successful.
She had a dark blue dress on, with roses. It was supposedly lovely. Eva and Adolf Hitler were found side by side. Then their corpses were set on fire.
Her sister later gave birth to a baby, which she named Eva.
I think is difficult to say whether Eva was a terrible influence – because her presence likely did convince Hitler that he was justified in some of his actions – or simply another victim of the Holocaust. At Nuremberg, she was tried posthumously and she was not found guilty, since she did not exert her influence in any way.
But that is a kind of guilt.
This in itself seems like a very bad way to go through life. Martin Luther King Jr., who knew what he was on about once said that "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."
It's actually those who betray their benefactors, but some circle of hell is surely reserved for those who maintain their neutrality (I'm looking at you, Switzerland).
In any event, I am afraid Eva did all too little. But she was young, and she was so stupidly in love. In such times, I suppose we might all be culpable.
I have, and perhaps you have, too, spent this report thinking about ways I might be different than Eva. We, all of us, have the capacity to love people who are not necessarily good people. But what strikes me is that, with the exception of her sisters, who were absolutely terrified of contradicting her because they might be thrown into a concentration camp, Eva never seemed to have any female friends. All of her pictures are of Hitler or of his officers. If we are different from Eva perhaps it is because a lot of us have female friends who, when we start to pen letters about wanting to follow our dictator lovers to the grave, will pull us aside and say, "Let's go get a scotch."
Be good to your female friends. Listen to your parents, too. Our judgement is weak and flawed, because we are people, and people have soft, stupid hearts. But if you can surround yourself with people who love you and have your best interest at heart, there will be someone to drag you up from your emotional bunkers.
I wish Eva had that, because, at times – when she was 19 and developing her own photography – she seems like the kind of girl it would have been fun to be friends with.
Also, don't date mass murderers. Those are your two lessons for the day.
Additional Reading:
"Adolf and Eva", New York Times
Eva Braun-Hitler: Leben und Schicksal by Nerin E. Gun


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These jokes just keep getting funnier
A man is about to be executed in ancient rome. they take him to the Colosseum, tie him up and let the lions out to tear him to pieces. Well, he gets away and escapes, and a lion chases him, past the fountain, through some alleys and into a dead end. When he sees he's cornered, the man drops to his knees and says "Lord, make this lion a Christian!!!" so then the lion drops to its knees and says, "Lord, i thank you for this meal of which i am about to partake."
digging my way through the ground...
That last joke idk how that was funny but ok maybe I didnt read it well enough
When Jesus comes out of the toilet, what's the first you see??? holy shit.
My personal favorites.
Q: Why dont black men play hockey?
A: to much white guys with sticks.
You know you're in america when a pizza gets to your house faster than an ambulance.
You know you're to drunk when you hold onto grass to keep from falling off the earth.
blonde, brunette and a redhead are running from the cops. When the cops arrive to shoot them the brunette yells ''TORNADO" she runs as the cops look away. The redhead yells ''HURRICANE'' and she runs as the cops look away.
the blonde yells'' FIRE'' and they shoot her.
blonde, brunette and a redhead are stuck on an island. one of them sees another island and they decide to swim for it. Brunette tried and got eaten by a shark half way. redhead tried and drowned halway. Blonde tried and once she got halway she got tired, so she swam back.
two kids are sitting in the waiting room of a hospital. One of them is crying so the other says.....
boy 1: ''why are you crying?''
boy 2: ''They have to take a blood sample so they will have to prick my finger with a needle.''
boy 1 ''starts crying even louder than the first boy.''
boy 2:'' why are you crying? ''
boy 1: ''THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A URINE SAMPLE!''
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
I need one as well
A baby seal walks into a club
The world isn't as bad as you think
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I get infinite laughs with this one.
Why did the boy drop his phone?
Because he was hit by a bus.
>Knock Knock
>Who's there?
>Not the boy
The world isn't as bad as you think
Once upon a time, there was a rich man pulling along a cart full of treasure. His cart had broken down in the woods, but there came passing a hunter and his dog. The rich man pleaded to the hunter to keep a close eye on his cart, to which the hunter agreed. The rich man went to get a new cart. Meanwhile, the hunter kept watch. Night soon fell, and the hunter grew worried for his elderly mother still at home. So the hunter told the dog to watch the cart while he went home to check on his mother. When the rich man returned, he saw the dog on guard. So he gave the dog a reward for his master, a silver coin, to carry in his mouth. The dog ran all the way home and brought his master the coin. But the hunter flew into a rage. Hunter:" I told you to watch the cart, and what did you do? You stole from it!" So the master killed the dog.
Why is six afraid of seven? Because, seven ate nine.
Alternatively: Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven had a bigger dick.
Life is full of shit but it's the delicious part that makes it worth it.
Two Pollocks are building a house, one notices the other throwing away every other nail. He asks him what he's doing. The other says, "Half of these are pointing in the wrong direction." To which the first Polish man says, "You idiot, those are for the OTHER side of the house."
A Polish man comes home to find his wife in bed with another man. In his rage he storms over to the dresser and retrieves a pistol. He points it to his head and his wife starts laughing.
The Pollock says, "Don't laugh bitch, you're next."
In WW2, an American, a Brit and a Polish soldier are trying to avoid a German patrol. They each climb a tree and wait for it to pass. A German soldier tells the others he thought he heard something. So the American makes sounds like a bird. The Brit follows lead and makes sounds like a squirrel. And the Polish soldier says, "Moo"
Two Pollocks are walking down the street. One looks down and says, "Hey look, a dead bird." The other looks up and says, "Where?"
What's brown and sticky?
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There were 73 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,406 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
There were 73 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,406 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Assault: Deputies arrested Bucky Pringle on his 45th birthday after he allegedly beat his brother in the backyard of their parents' home about 5:30 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of J Street in Lathrop. Pringle allegedly whipped his brother with a cord, causing severe welting, and hit him in the right eye with an 18-inch model of a motorcycle made of aluminum, causing severe swelling and bleeding. Both parties refused medical treatment. Pringle was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Vehicle pursuit: Police arrested 35-year-old Jose Javier Nunez and 24-year-old Christal Hipsher following a short pursuit that ended when their car crashed and came to rest on the front porch of a home near the corner of West Fremont and Argonaut streets, officers reported. Nunez got out of the vehicle and tried scale a nearby fence but was subdued after a struggle with officers, police reported. A search of the vehicle revealed a loaded semiautomatic handgun and crystal methamphetamine, police said. Both were arrested on suspicion of gun and drug possession. Nunez also was arrested on suspicion of evading police.
Robbery: Two men forced an 80-year-old woman to withdraw money from her bank after she agreed to give one of them a ride in the 400 block of Wilson Way about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said. The men took the woman's money before fleeing on foot. One robber was described as a black man about 60 years old, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 220 pounds with an African accent. He was wearing a black cap and a black leather jacket. The other robber was described as a black man about 40 years old, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds. He had short black hair, a dress shirt and a jacket.
Robbery: Two men armed with handguns entered a business in the 1900 block of East March Lane at 11:58 p.m. Monday and stole money from a register and lottery tickets before fleeing.
Robbery: A 24-year-old pizza delivery driver was robbed after making a delivery in the 2000 block of Gordon Verner Circle shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, police reported. The robber took cash before fleeing south. The robber was described as a black man 6 feet tall, wearing a black ski mask with a black hooded sweatshirt and baggy blue jeans. The robber ran with an awkward gait, leading police to speculate he may have a disability.
The California Highway Patrol responded to seven noninjury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. CHP officers also recovered six stolen vehicles.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 96 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, including five vehicle accidents, 71 medical calls and one structure fire.


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- Jerk Marinade:
- 2 teaspoons allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 onion
- 8 cloves garlic or 1 whole head
- 1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, sliced
- 3 scallions, sliced
- 3 limes, juiced
- Splash low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked
- 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, halved, plus more to taste
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 whole free-range chicken (about 5 pounds), cut into 10 pieces
- Limes, for garnish
- Parsley, for garnish
- Smoking chips, soaked in water for 15 minutes
Begin by making the jerk marinade. Combine all the marinade ingredients in a blender and process until you have a smooth puree.
Add chicken pieces into a large resealable plastic bag and pour in the marinade. Put the bag into a baking dish and let marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat grill to high.
Prepare a table-top smoker or take a roasting tray, line it with foil and add some soaked wood chips to the bottom. Place a wire rack over the top, upside down, and lay chicken pieces over the chips on the rack. Cover with foil and grill over high heat. Smoke for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Transfer the chicken pieces to a baking sheet and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. Bake in the oven "low and slow" until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Remove the chicken from the baking sheet to a serving platter and garnish with limes and parsley before serving.


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RALEIGH (AP) � North Carolina residents were bracing Wednesday for what forecasters were warning will be a serious winter storm that will cover much of the state in snow, sleet and ice.
RALEIGH (AP) � North Carolina residents were bracing Wednesday for what forecasters were warning will be a serious winter storm that will cover much of the state in snow, sleet and ice.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Wednesday and into Thursday covering 95 of the state's 100 counties.
Up to 10 inches is possible in the Asheville area, where heavy snow has already begun to fall. Up to 11 inches of snow is possible around Charlotte, with as much as 10 inches in the Greensboro and Winston-Salem areas. As much as 6 inches of snow could fall around Raleigh.
Only an inch or so of accumulation is expected in the eastern part of the state, but much of that could be ice.
Authorities said a woman died in a weather-related traffic accident in Moore County when a car in which she was a passenger struck a tree. A State Highway Patrol trooper was hospitalized after his parked cruiser was struck by another car.
Gov. Pat McCrory signed orders in advance of the storm declaring an emergency, freeing state resources to react. The governor urged residents to prepare for power outages by plugging in cellphones and finding batteries for radios and flashlights.
McCrory also urged people to get home and stay off roads predicted to become ice-covered and slick, saying he planned to skip tonight's basketball showdown between Duke and North Carolina.
�Stay smart. Don't put your stupid hat on at this point in time. Protect yourself. Protect your family. Protect your neighbors,� McCrory said.
Transportation workers in North Carolina report no major problems on the state roads as snow, sleet and freezing rain is reported in the state.
The transportation department said early Wednesday no serious problems have been reported. The agency does say icy patches are possible on Interstates 95 and 40 in eastern North Carolina.
Electrical providers reported about 2,000 customers without service Wednesday morning, but Duke Energy indicated that most of those did not appear related to the winter storm.
Duke spokeswoman Meghan Musgrave says the utility has about 3,400 field workers on the ground in North Carolina and South Carolina, including 500 who have arrived from out of state. Those workers are staying in Greensboro and Florence until Duke determines where they're needed because those are centrally located cities.
The workers from Florida are staying in South Carolina, while people from the Midwest will help in North Carolina. Duke has about 715,000 customers in South Carolina and about 3.2 million in North Carolina.


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"You're not a dog. Don't reward yourself with food."
On Friday I was offered a new job with an engineering firm. I happily accepted. What was the first thing that I suggested to my husband? Lets go out to eat to celebrate! Why do we do this? Because it's easy? Because I want my favorite food to make me happier? I honestly have no idea.
We went to one of my favorite places where we don't usually go. I never ordered the salad bar, but tonight I decided to try it. I ate two salads and ended up boxing up 3/4 of my most favorite dish! I felt so good when I left! I wasn't stuffed, but I felt content!! It was great!
I've decided salads are ok and for me, that is a huge thing. I "hated" lettuce and vegetables for the longest time and I'm working to try new things.
I forgot to weigh on Tuesday, so when I weigh this coming Tuesday, I'll let you know my weight and the changes I'm seeing!


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UPDATED: ExxonMobil plans appeal of $236 million jury award in landmark MTBE caseBy DAVID SOLOMON and MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 09. 2013 10:21PM
CONCORD — A New Hampshire jury took less than two hours Tuesday to find ExxonMobil liable for widespread groundwater contamination in the state, and ordered the company to pay $236 million for groundwater testing and cleanup.
The verdict ended a landmark product liability trial that began in mid-January and involved powerhouse lawyers — one team representing one of the country's largest corporations, another hired by New Hampshire to bring the case.
The case, which involved the gasoline additive MTBE, was the longest in Merrimack County Superior Court history, and the verdict was the largest ever won by the state, outgoing Attorney General Michael Delaney said.
"We made history with this case," said Delaney, who credited one of his predecessors, Peter Heed, for initiating the case 10 years ago. It grew to eat up more than 15,000 hours of attorney work, 8 million pages and 1,800 pleadings.
"Certainly Exxon had the time and the resources to make its defense to the state's case, but 12 citizens of New Hampshire quickly rejected those defenses," Delaney said.
An ExxonMobil attorney said the company would appeal, and the company has strong legal and factual arguments to make.
"We appreciate the jurors' service during this long trial, but erroneous rulings prevented them from hearing all the evidence and deprived us of a fair trial," said David Lender, outside counsel for ExxonMobil.
The trial dealt with the use of MTBE, the ether-based compound used in gasoline that had been reformulated to meet air-pollution concerns in the state's four southern counties.
ExxonMobil argued that the dangers of MTBE were well-known, and that the state entered the reformulated gas program voluntarily.
"MTBE worked as intended to improve our air quality and the benefits of its use substantially outweighed the known risks. MTBE contamination in New Hampshire is rapidly decreasing and the state's current system for cleaning up gasoline spills ensures safe drinking water," Lender said.
Jessica Grant, the state's lead attorney on the case, said Exxon's own engineers studied MTBE in the mid-1980s. Company engineers determined it was too risky to be used on a blanket basis, and never should be used in places such as New Hampshire, which has vulnerable geology and significantly relies on groundwater for drinking water.
"What I think they (the jury) understood was the problem was avoidable," said Grant, a member of the San Francisco law firm Sher-Leff.
The damages that the state sought from all 16 oil companies was $816 million, and the jury awarded the state everything it asked for, which represented Exxon's approximate 30 percent share of the market, Delaney said.
An extrapolation of those numbers means that Exxon could have settled the case for about $55 million.
Professional standards barred Delaney from answering questions about confidential settlement discussions, he said.
Delaney said he does not anticipate a $236 million check in the near future, and he could not even break down attorney fees and court costs Tuesday.
But another $136 million — money that 15 oil companies paid the state to avoid a trial — is either in hand or will be paid by June, Delaney said.
He said $97 million of that will be available to the state, and his office and the Department of Environmental Services are forming a comprehensive plan that deals with determining the scope of MTBE contamination, identifying proper treatment options and implementing them.
He stressed that the use of the money for cleanup would be consistent with the jury's wishes.
But sources in the Legislature and governor's office have questioned whether the money can be used for other purposes, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported last week.
"This lawsuit was brought for a specific purpose — to clean up the state's groundwater — and the proposal the Attorney General's Office and the Department of Environmental Services brings forward will be to do exactly that," Delaney said.
About 40 percent of the state relies on private wells. State officials said 600 wells are known to be contaminated with MTBE; 225 sites are high risk.
But Michael Wimsatt, director of Waste Management Division at DES, said 5,500 wells could be contaminated. He said the state has installed in-house treatment for some wells. The system involves air stripping and carbon filtering.
The systems can cost $3,000 to $10,000, depending on the amount of contamination and water demand. The system also involves annual maintenance costs.


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O26 Superlatives, Part I: AmEast, ASun, Big South, Horizon, MAAC, NEC, OVC & Patriot…Posted by Tommy Lemoine on March 5th, 2014
In Part I of our three-part series, we pass out 2013-14 superlatives to the best teams, performers and performances from eight different O26 conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon, MAAC, NEC, OVC, and Patriot. In alphabetical order:
America East
- Team of the Year – Vermont (21-9, 15-1). After starting the season 4-8, the Catamounts won 17 of their final 18 games, walloping nearly everyone in the league and capturing the America East title. The veteran team now looks poised to reach the NCAA Tournament, where it will be a serious upset threat.
- Player of the Year – Brian Voelkel – Vermont. Voelkel is one of the most fascinating players in college basketball. At 6'6'', the senior is a small forward who rebounds like a true big man and distributes like pass-first point guard. His numbers are both strange and excellent: 6.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 5.8 assists a game, with a free throw rate that ranks first in the country.
- Coach of the Year – Pat Duquette – UMass Lowell. The River Hawks began their first year in D-I hoops 1-11 before winning nine of their final 16 games, finishing the season 10-18 overall and 8-8 in league play. Duquette is trying to build a program from the ground up, and 2013-14 was a great first step.
- Upset of the Year – Duke over Vermont, 91-90. Okay, so this wasn't actually an upset – Duke won! – but for a few minutes on a Sunday night in November, the Catamounts captured the imagination of the sports world, NFL fans included. Some Cameron home cooking, er, I mean a late foul on Clancy Rugg ended the bid, but it was one mighty effort.
- Dunk (or Dunker) of the Year – Ahmad Walker – Stony Brook. An athletic freshman, the 6'4'' Walker made the SportsCenter Top 10 with an awesome (and important) 'oop against Binghamton.
Atlantic Sun
- Team of the Year – Mercer (23-8, 14-4). Sure, the Bears lost a couple games down the stretch and wound up sharing the A-Sun title with Florida Gulf Coast instead of winning it outright, but their 23 overall wins – including non-conference victories over Seton Hall, Denver and Ole Miss – was unmatched in the league.
- Player of the Year – Langston Hall – Mercer. The 6'4'' senior was a key scorer and superb distributor for the league's best team, averaging 15 points per game and sporting a top-40 assist rate of 33.1 percent, just ahead of Shabazz Napier. Hall scored at least 24 points six different times and notched four games of 10-plus assists.
- Coach of the Year – Bob Hoffman – Mercer. Hoffman will likely set his career mark at Mercer for wins in a season and is guaranteed a third-straight postseason appearance, perhaps this time in the NCAA Tournament.
- Upset of the Year – East Tennessee State over Stephen F. Austin, 66-58. On November 23, Murry Bartow's Buccanneers topped Stephen F. Austin at home. Guess how many games the Lumberjacks have lost since then? You got it – zero.
- Dunk (or Dunker) of the Year – FGCU's Bernard Thompson is probably the Dunker of the Year, but check out this alley-oop by USC-Upstate's Torrey Craig. Woah.


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Nike+ FuelBand
We're not always fans of all-day wristbands, unless we're talking cheeky vintage sports fashion. But the Nike+ FuelBand's function is a lot more important than its form. And frankly, after learning more about it, we're happy to wear one. The "set it and forget it" product, available in three wrist sizes, works more simply than a Ron Popeil invention. You just put it on, and, with a built-in accelerometer, it simply tracks everything (physical) that you do. You know the words: "Every move you make, every step you…" It's as if Sting made a fitness gadget, only it's not ridiculous and focused on stalking people or tantric sex (although it works in every conceivable situation).
We love how it keeps you on target, ensuring that you're aware you're improving your fitness as long as you use your body – for parkour, break-dancing, playing hoops, or simply helping someone cross the street. To get a sense of your progress there's a button on the band for you to tap. That triggers LEDs to light up, signifying the sum total of how many paces you've walked, miles you've traveled, and calories you've incinerated. These are also calculated and processed into one Nike-specific unit of measurement: NikeFuel. Set a goal in the morning, and this water-resistant band – as well as its accompanying iPhone app that connects via Bluetooth – will let you know if you've hit your mark along with providing graphs of what you've accomplished throughout the day. NikeFuel can also be used to compete against other friends with Nike+ devices over the Nike+ online community. And, just like you, the FuelBand comes with a rechargeable battery. Only this one lasts at least 96 hours.
One con is that it won't count the poundage of those heavy kale-and-salmon-filled grocery bags you use for dumbbell curls on the uphill walk home from Whole Foods. But that thirst for knowledge some of us have can, at times, become a little too strong, like a gym addict's arms, and we'd rather just know we're getting something done, as long as it helps. [$149, store.nike.com]Back to top


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kori is a real down to earth girl. she isnt prissy and all high maintenance. her idea of a good time is real simple. a nice cold beer some fun and sun and a nice stiff hard one to bounce and shake that 40 plus ass on. she was washing off the sand from the beach at the shower by the pool when we came along and noticed one of her nipples exposed. thats really all it took for jerry to start drooling and drilling. she wanted to try all sorts of unique positions you dont always see and i think im gonna make sure i see more of it.
if you like these... you know the members area is off the hook then!!! :p see you inside!


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It is possible an individual that is suffering from atopic dermatitis may have dry flaky skin that is often red and will itch. This person's skin will be very easily irritated. This can be related to the food that the person is eating as well as different allergens that are in the air. Many times this condition is found on the elbows and the knees of that person that is suffering from this form of dermatitis.
Atopic dermatitis will most likely occur with other conditions such as hay fever and asthma. This compounds the situation and can often make the person living in this form of dermatitis even more uncomfortable. However, this can come and go and will not often remain with the person forever but it may be worse at times before it goes away.
This type of dermatitis will most often affect children and it can be a concern for parents that are worried about their children. It is important to start paying attention to what is triggering the condition so that steps can be taken in order to maintain it and prevent it from occurring. For example, if you notice that your child has an outbreak when they eat a certain type of food, you may want to keep that away from your child. While it may be frightening and uncomfortable for your child you need to understand that it can be treated with medications and it will get better.
There are different types of treatments that can be applied to the skin in order to help it heal and remain unaffected. You can always talk to your doctor about the dermatitis that you are suffering from and work together to find the best solution for you or your child. There may be no cure but it can be managed if you take the right steps.


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Submittal Requirements
Building permits are issued every working day of each month. See city schedule for Friday closures. Permits are issued to the owner of a dwelling or residential property, or any contractor licensed by the State and in possession of a valid City of Tracy Business License.
These are the basic types of permits:
|Building Permit
|Fire Sprinklers
|Fire Alarms
|Hood & Duct Systems
|Solar / PV
Required Items For Submittal
- Building permit application.
- Contractor's Business License(when applicable).
- One copy contractor's pocket license.
- Sub-contractor's information (when applicable).
- Workers' compensation insurance form (when applicable).
- Letter of authorization (if someone other than the owner/contractor is picking up the permit).
- Document Submittal.
- Plan Check fees assessed on all submittals - due at time of submittal payable to the City of Tracy.
- PG&E approval (swimming pool submittals only).
All submittal information shall be provided to the Building Safety and Fire Prevention Division along with the building permit application form, related fees, and any additional information required by the Building Safety and Fire Prevention Division before the application can be accepted as complete.
Upon completion of plan check review, you will be notified that your permit is ready for issuance. Once issued, work must commence within 180 days (six months).Permits under certain circumstances may be extended.


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With a quarter of its season complete, the Durango Swim Club is sending a couple of swimmers to the next level of competition.
After the Lobo Holiday Classic last weekend in Albuquerque, Haley Benjamin will be swimming in the Colorado 14 and Under state swim meet in March, and Casey Hamilton will head to California in April for the Far Western Championship, which pits swimmers from across the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast regions against one another.
Benjamin qualified with a 200-meter freestyle time of 2 minutes, 12.77 seconds. She also placed second in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:42.90, according to an email to The Durango Herald.
In addition to placing second or third in nearly all of his events, Hamilton qualified in five events: the 50- and 200-meter freestyle, and the 100, 200 and 400 individual medley.
They werent the only Durango swimmers who made like a fish at the University of New Mexico, either.
Steevie Delio dropped seven seconds from her 100-meter breaststroke time and made a Colorado Silver state time in the 100-meter butterfly; McKenzie Rion placed first in the 100-meter breaststroke and third in the 100-meter freestyle, 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter individual medley for a third-place overall finish for her 8-year-old age group.
The meet is a higher-level meet for our swimmers to attend because of the size of it, DSC head coach Suzanne Schieltz said of the 450-swimmer Lobo Invitational in the news release.
In addition to the placers, Schieltz called out Sterling Gates, Claire Larson, Lacey Hoselton and Mina Willimen for strong performances in Albuquerque.
Hoselton qualified in three events for the clubs next meet, the High Desert Classic, also in Albuquerque in early December.
The DSC season started in September, and since then, the team also has sent swimmers to Aspen and Farmington in addition to opening the season with a home meet at the Durango Community Recreation Center.
Every meet the kids seem to swim a little faster or improve their stroke a little more or at the very least enjoy themselves, Schieltz said. Id call that success.
The team added 16 new swimmers from the ages of 8 to 15 this year: Tania Barnes, Barron Bronson, Daniel Chang, Caylee Colbert, Linnea Colley, Gates, Anastasia Hermesman, Kiya Hoffman, Madison Hoven, William Kileen, Land Lambert, Dylan McCaw, Amadeus Shaw, Tyrsa Speicher, Jack Tescher and Olivia Walker.
The Durango Swim Club practices from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the rec center and is open to anyone interested.
heraldsports @durangoherald.com


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The Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance recently released a paper outlining the challenges of cybersecurity in today's environment. It had many good things to say about the current state of policy implementation, but some of the statistics show how far there still is to go.
For instance, in its conclusion, the report states that 69 percent of the government IT decision makers in the study believe that mobile device management (MDM) is about the security of the devices. Now it's worth noting that this was a security survey and that context may have led respondents to give that answer, but MDM is about so much more than just individual devices.
An MDM policy not only governs how devices are set up and what software and data users can access. It also describes how an enterprise manages, monitors and supports mobile devices on its network. Although good MDM supports security, it's not the real focus.
As David Lingenfelter, the information security officer at Fiberlink Communications, said at a panel at the recent Mobile Government Conference, mobile security is almost a completely separate function from MDM.
As MDM gains more prominence in network administrators' minds, I'm sure the distinction will become clearer.
Posted by Greg Crowe on Dec 06, 2012 at 9:39 AM
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I'd even go so fa as to say that while I agree MDM supports security, it actually provides non itself. All an MdM tool can do is help you leverage and control device security controls - IF the device vendor has made the API available for you to access. MDM does not add any security. It's simply a tool that can help you leverage device security controls in an efficient and scalable manner.
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One of the major problems while as basic training or serving in combat is being away from loved ones. On some occasions, military personnel can't even get to a phone or the internet, missing important holidays and birthdays. As someone who has given advice to thousands of recruits going to basic training, I will share with you my top three ways to stay in touch with loved ones on deployment.
1. Evergram: Finally technology becomes personal; I recently discovered a new messaging service that allows you to connect with loved ones. Evergram is a collaborative message platform, which allows people to create and send a video, photo, or text message. Evergram automatically collects all the individual messages and organizes them in an online album to be delivered to the recipient on any date of your choosing. For a military service member, too often you are celebrating a holiday or birthday abroad and away from those you want to be with most. Imagine opening your email on Christmas day to find an album of heartfelt messages from all your friends and family at home – preserved in time for you to view again and again. Best of all this is a free service through the 2012 holidays.
2. Social Media: Until just a few years ago, communicating through sites like Facebook and Twitter was unheard of. Now, it seems like a go-to method for many service members. The military has strict rules on communicating with friends and family while on deployment. Be sure not to give any sensitive information including your location and mission. If you are unsure if information in sensitive, be conservative and don't post it. Many bases won't have sites like Facebook and Twitter available while service members are carrying out missions. While on deployment, social media is much better used as a listening tool than a posting tool.
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Things are getting pretty nostalgic lately, what with the 50th anniversary celebrations first at Goodspeed Musicals and now at Hartford Stage — with more half-century milestones coming up next year from Waterford's Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. (Yale Rep will have to wait another two years for theirs.)
There was another retro rush at a luncheon ceremony earlier this month at the venerable Union League Café in downtown New Haven that had nothing to do directly with the arts — and yet showed how the most successful leaders use the arts in their overall efforts to build a greater community.
Long Wharf Theatre gave its annual Founders Award this year to two giants in New Haven who are making (or have already made) their exit from power and prestige, at least in the positions in which most associate them.
Kudos went to Mayor John DeStefano who is leaving office in a few weeks after 20 years and Richard C. Levin, the former Yale president who also spent two decades during the same period at his job. Neither make art, but both in their own way make art happen with strong will backed by policy and politics.
Both men took office in the early '90s at a time when the city was far from thriving. They hit the ground running with aggressive and innovative initiatives that made the city and the university more safe, prosperous and dynamic. While town-gown relations were chilly at best prior to their arrival, the two men — the extroverted pol and the laid back prep — forged a kind of partnership that often acted as a one-two punch for not only stability but growth.
And one key element to that was not only recognizing but supporting the arts enthusiastically and with dollars that acted as investments for the future.
DeStefano enthusiastically supported International Festival for Arts & Ideas (founded by a trio of influential women: Anne Calabresi, Jean Handley and Rosalyn Meyer), the management by CAPA of the Shubert Theatre, redevelopment plans that included Long Wharf Theatres, and many other arts initiatives from neighborhoods to downtown's Ninth Square. Levin, too, was a transformational leader, enhancing the university's schools of music, architecture and most recently — spectacularly — art, with the reopening of the Yale Art Gallery.
The Yale School of Drama benefited from new programs and Levin's hire of James Bundy as dean and artistic director of the Yale Rep. But Levin says it was a regret that during his tenure the School of Drama did not see a comparable physical makeover (such as a new theater and a consolidation of its classes and offices). Lead donors are needed, he says and have not emerged yet. His successor Peter Salovey told me it remains a priority for his new administration. (His brother Todd Salovey is associate artistic director of San Diego Repertory Theatre so one suspects that the new president is especially theater-friendly.)
Both men not only talked the talk (Levin in an understated way, DeStefano with brio) but also walked the walk.
"There has been considerable commitment to making New Haven and Yale centers for the arts," says Levin.
But DeStefano perhaps said it best by giving this retrospective a nod to those who came before him.
"If you think about it, there is no reason why Long Wharf Theatre should still be alive," he says. "And what holds it together, the stickiness to me of Long Wharf, is that people understand that they are part of something bigger than themselves and people struggled and fought really hard to keep it going."
The stickiness of it all. I couldn't have said it better.


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Needles: US# 3 DPN
I prevailed. The booties did not defeat me. There is nothing wrong with this pattern, my frustration was all user error- Ysolda says potato and I say mash-tatoes with heaps of cream and scads of butter- the pattern was never to blame. I took a deep breath, gathered my courage, and knit them as made sense to me (notes on ravelry). Win. Epic win.
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*if I was a football player I'd be doing a back flip in the end zone.
*if I was a soccer player, I'd be tearing off my shirt and running in circles.
*if I was a hockey player, I'd be checking my opponent into the boards so hard it would knock his nose straight.
*if I was a hurler, I'd be striking so fast the ladies would swoon over me and my wee shorts.
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PHOENIX >> Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Trevor Cahill and three relievers made it stand up in Arizona's 2-1 win over the Dodgers on Monday night.
Goldschmidt raised his NL-leading RBI total to 116 with his 33rd home run off Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu (13-7). Goldschmidt has homered in each of his last two games after an 83 at-bat drought.
With Los Angeles' fourth loss in a row and the Diamondbacks third straight win, the Dodgers' magic number to clinch the NL West remains four.
Ryu (13-7) went the distance for his second complete game, allowing only the two runs on two hits in eight innings. He walked one, struck out four and retired 23 of the final 24 batters he faced.
Cahill (7-10) won for the fourth straight decision, holding the Dodgers to one run on two hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Brad Ziegler pitched the ninth for his 11th save but not without some drama.
Michael Young hit a pinch-hit single to center and Skip Schumaker singled to left. Juan Uribe tried to bunt the runners over, but Ziegler fielded the ball and threw to third to force Young for the first out. Nick Buss hit a soft bouncer to first for the second out as the runners advanced.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly then sent up Matt Kemp, who was activated off the 15-day disabled list earlier Monday. Ziegler got ahead 0-2 on two swinging strikes, wasted a pitch and then struck out Kemp on a lunging swing at on a curveball well low and outside.
Cahill was nearly untouchable over the first five innings, allowing only a single by Punto to start the game and a two-out walk to Puig in the first before retiring the next 13 in a row. But the right-hander quickly ran into trouble in the sixth with the Diamondbacks still holding a 2-0 lead.
Cahill walked Ryu, Punto doubled to the wall in left-center and Mark Ellis walked to load the bases. Cahill retired Adrian Gonzalez on a line drive to left and the runners held, but he then walked Puig to force home Ryu and cut Arizona's lead to 2-1.
Josh Collmenter came in on a double switch and escaped the jam, striking out A.J. Ellis and getting Skip Schumaker on a broken-bat grounder to second to leave the bases loaded.
Collmenter threw 1 2-3 perfect innings and David Hernandez hit Mark Ellis with a pitch but stranded pinch-runner Dee Gordon at first in the eighth.
NOTES: Arizona won for the third time in franchise history while allowing two hits or fewer. … Goldschmidt is tied with Reggie Sanders for eighth place on Arizona's single-season home run list and moved into sole possession of third place in RBIs behind Matt Williams' 142 in 1999 and Luis Gonzalez's 142 in 2000. … Cahill has not pitched past the sixth since August 22, a span of four starts. … Ryu's other complete game came on May 28 when he threw a two-hit shutout against the Los Angeles Angels. … Kemp had played only once since July 5, going 3 for 4 with a double and homer before spraining his left ankle on a play at the plate in the ninth inning against Washington. … RHP Zack Greinke (14-3) will take the mound for the Dodgers against LHP Patrick Corbin (14-6) and the Diamondbacks in the second game of the three-game set.


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Curtis Axel was the winner and new champion of the Intercontinental Championship Match in which he fought Wade Barrett and The Miz.
A.J. Lee overpowered Kaitlyn and became the new champion of the Divas Championship Match.
Dean Ambrose beat Kane and remained the champion for the United States Championship Match.
Alberto Del Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler and became the new champion during the World Heavyweight Championship Match.
CM Punk won against Chris Jericho after a back a forth match that ended with Punk hitting Jericho with two consecutive GTS.
Roman Reins & Seth Rollins aka "The Shield" won against Daniel Bryan & Randy Orton (Team RKNo) and got to keep the champion title in the Tag Team Championship Match.
As for the Three Stages of Hell match fought by John Cena and Ryback, the latter won the first fall by putting Cena into shell shock. But the current champion recovered just in time to win the second fall sending the match into a sudden death.
The third portion of the fight took place in an Ambulance Match where the winner had to put his opponent in the back of the vehicle. Cena ended up beating Ryback, and he got to keep his title as winner of the WWE Championship
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Comac will miss a target to fly its C919 158-seat narrowbody airliner in 2014, industry sources familiar with the Chinese program tell Aviation Week.
The first flight now is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015, says one industry source with detailed knowledge of the program.
According to the new plan, Comac will roll out the aircraft in December 2014, says the source.The manufacturer still is aiming to achieve its target of a first delivery in 2016—but only just. The specific aim is now December of that year.
The first flight has been delayed by up to a year from a previous, unannounced target of June 2014.
Program managers had scheduled at least two years for flight testing. They now have about 18 months for testing, closer to the time allocated for flight tests by Western manufacturers.
The C919's new schedule more closely matches the timetable for its engine. The CFM Leap-1C engine is due to be certified in June 2015, although the Civil Aviation Administration of China could permit C919 flight testing before the engine is certified.
The first Leap-1C should go into testing in the fall of this year, or at least no later than the fourth quarter.
Comac, a government agency registered as a company, made the decision to reschedule months ago, say three industry sources.
The delay is no surprise. The C919, launched in 2008, began to miss schedule targets as early as the supplier selection and contracting stage.
One program manager later acknowledged that Comac simply was inexperienced in that process, despite having gone through it about six years earlier with its ARJ21 regional jet.
Industry sources close to the program remain skeptical about the new target; suppliers also are known to be expecting first deliveries in 2018, not 2016.
A strong sign that things were not going well emerged in April when it was revealed that Comac had switched the material for the center wing box, the structural heart of the aircraft, from carbon-fiber composite to aluminum.
Industry sources at the time said the change was made because the manufacturer saw too much risk in building the composite part. Another industry source now says that the problem was that the composite center wing box, built with foreign help, would have cost too much.
To some extent Comac was ready for the change, because early in its program it decided to develop aluminum alternatives to composite parts.
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CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial.
The French film festival has rolled out the red carpet for Indian cinema this year, with events including a gala dinner and screening Sunday of "Bombay Talkies," a portmanteau movie with four directors and a star-studded cast including Rani Mukerji, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Randeep Hooda and Saqib Saleem.
Several other Indian films are screening at the festival, which runs through May 26, including Amit Kumar's police-corruption story "Monsoon Shootout" and Anurag Kashyap's psychological thriller "Ugly" — though none is in competition for the coveted Palme d'Or prize.
Indian stars such as Aishwarya Rai, Freida Pinto and Amitabh Bachchan — who appears in festival opener "The Great Gatsby" — have a significant presence at Cannes' red carpet galas and parties.
A hundred years after India released its first feature film "Raja Harischandra," the country has the world's most prolific film industry, turning out more than 1,000 movies a year and creating stars adored by millions around the world.
Now, its filmmakers want critical respect. Many feel the rest of the globe thinks Indian cinema is only limited to all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganzas.
"I just feel that the Indian film industry has its own identity and to be referred to in matching terms with Hollywood is perhaps not correct," Indian film icon Bachchan told reporters at a "Gatsby" press conference.
Filmmakers in the country of a billion people are keen to stress that Indian cinema is far more diverse than Bollywood — both in terms of language and of style.
"If Indian cinema can break out of the shadow of Bollywood and be seen just as cinema from another country, like Thailand or Japan or Turkey, that would be the greatest achievement for Indian cinema," said Dibakar Banerjee, one of the four directors of "Bombay Talkies." ''And that's started to happen, so that's what I'm happy about."
"Bombay Talkies" is certainly no Bollywood romp.
One of its four sections focuses on a man's epic quest to meet Bachchan, while in another a young man longs to become a dancer. One centers on a failed actor struggling to prove his worth to his young daughter, and a fourth is about a man coming to terms with his sexuality.
That section features a gay kiss, a scene its director, Karan Johar, called a minor revolution for Indian cinema.
He said to have "two mainstream actors indulging in a scene like this ... That hasn't happened on a large scale like this before."
Associated Press Writer Reetu Rupal contributed to this report.
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Eight facing charges after drug sweep in Pembroke, Allenstown
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Eight people were arrested in Pembroke and Allenstown for selling heroin and cocaine in a drug sweep conducted by the New Hampshire Drug Task Force.
The arrests began early afternoon Thursday and continued into the night. They came after nearly a year-long undercover investigation involving the task force and state, Pembroke and Allenstown police.
Pembroke Police Chief Dwayne Gilman said investigators also seized more than $10,000 in cash and a considerable amount of drugs.
James Wadleigh, 51, of 197 Main St., was "the guy at the top of the enterprise," Gilman said, allegedly supplying the others with the drugs.
He said the other seven were low level dealers who moved around a lot, conducting "hand-to-hand" sales from various locations including out of their cars.
The others arrested were Brett Carter, 18, Angela Horn 39, Roland M. Thibeault, 18, and his father Roland Thibeault, 47, all of Pembroke; and, Corie Clemmer, 36, Kristi Devlin, 35, and Julie Brasseau, 47, all of Allenstown.
They are to appear at video arraignments Friday morning in in 6th Circuit Court, Concord District Division.
Police expect to make other arrests.