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Third Time's a Charm: The Secret Life of a Chapbook
Many times when we see a book in print, we don't think about how long it took to write that book or how many times it was submitted before it was accepted. Many times we just see the success—a book that's made it to publication—and we return to our own writing and submitting feeling discouraged because we've sent our manuscripts out a couple times and no one has published it…
My chapbook Geography was not accepted by Floating Bridge Press the first time I submitted it, but the third time—five years after I wrote the first poem in 1998. In between the first poem and the acceptance, Geography went through many versions. Mostly, time and revision are what helped change my okay chapbook to a much stronger one.
The first time I submitted my chapbook to Floating Bridge Press, I was excited—too excited. The chapbook wasn't complete, but I was the mother of new poems and off my children went without their raincoats or galoshes. Two poems were selected for the Washington State Poets Anthology,Pontoon, but the chapbook was not a finalist. I was thrilled to be part of Pontoon, but realized there was more work to be done.
The next year, I had improved the chapbook greatly through lengthy revisions. It had come a long way—the children were dressed for the weather—but still it wasn't ready to be published. I submitted it anyway knowing it was a stronger manuscript than the year before—that year it was not only rejected, but none of my poems were accepted for Pontoon. I was discouraged, especially because I knew it had improved. Still, I felt in my heart it was a good manuscript and I wasn't ready to abandon it yet.
In 2000, I had received Artist Trust GAP grant for some of the individual poems included in the chapbook, which gave me hope to keep trying. I enrolled in a chapbook class with Ann Spiers where we looked at various chapbooks, discussed the history of chapbooks, and talked about what a chapbook was. We discussed how a chapbook focused on a very specific theme or story and she reminded us to only use poems in the chapbook that stick with that theme.
I felt I was beginning to understand my chapbook more. I could see what poems weren't strong enough to be included in it. I knew what I had to remove from my manuscript, but still, the chapbook didn't feel complete and I wasn't sure what I needed to do to improve it. Ann said something during the class that changed the way I viewed the making of my chapbook, she said, "Look at your chapbook and figure out what poems need to be written."
It was the advice I needed. Instead of always taking away from my chapbook, starting with thirty poems and pulling out the weakest poems until I ended up with a number between eighteen and twenty-four pages, Ann had suggested the opposite. I was to look at my poems—my strongest poems—and decide what poems needed to be written to make the chapbook complete. For me, this was the suggestion I needed to hear. I realized that I needed to decide what poems were missing from the story I was trying to tell and to write them.
In early 2003, I was awarded a residency at Soapstone Writers Retreat in Oregon, where I focused solely on my chapbook for a week. I remember in the middle of a rainforest reading each poem again and again until I knew if it was right for the chapbook. I walked in the forest and in my mind went through every poem in the chapbook. When I returned home, I submitted my chapbook into the 2003 competition telling myself I'd give it try one last try. (Note: Knowing what I know now, I realize most poets submit their manuscripts many more times than just three before it's accepted, so this was a bit of naiveté on my part.)
On a quiet afternoon, a Thursday I believe, I received a call from one of the editors at Floating Bridge Press telling me that my chapbook had been selected for publication. Five years after writing the first poem in the series, I would see a finished product. I was thrilled, thankful, and a little overwhelmed!
If I have any advice for other poets working on a chapbook, my mind returns to my class with Ann Spiers:
1) Focus on a strict theme or telling a story
2) Look at your chapbook and instead of taking poems out to make it stronger, start with your strongest poems and write the ones that are missing.
3) Write, Revise, Repeat.
Let the story or theme emerge in your chapbook then focus on it completely. Decide what needs to be written and when it comes to poems you're not sure are strong enough I follow this advice—when in doubt, leave it out.
Good luck and good writing.
Kelli Russell Agodon
Author of Geography, Winner of the 2003 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Prize

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SMCC vs. Schoolcraft in Class C state quarterfinals
SMCC 71, Schoolcraft 62, FINAL
7:05 p.m.: Just about ready for tip-off.
7:08 p.m.: It was nearly a 3 hour drive here to Bangor, but plenty of SMCC fans made the trip. SMCC starters: Bryce Windham, Kevin Woodson, Chinedu Nwosu, Jeff Albright and Brad Sherman.
7:21 p.m.: SMCC fell behind 8-3, but rallied to take a 12-10 lead as Kevin Woodson scored 9 points in the first quarter. Schoolcraft regained the lead by scoring the last four points of the period.
7:27 p.m.: SMCC ties the game at 19-19 with a 5-0 run on a 3-pointer by Brad Sherman and a baseline jumper by Woodson.
7:37 p.m.: SMCC dominated the second quarter 20-8. Bryce Windham capped it with a 3-pointer with 1 second left.
7:38 p.m.: SMCC scoring at the half -- Kevin Woodson 13, Bryce Windham 8, Chinedu Nwosu 6, Brad Sherman 5.
7:41 p.m.: Schoolcraft star Luke Ryskamp scored 6 points in the first quarter, but was limited to just two free throws in the second. He leads the Eagles with 8 points.
7:42 p.m.: SMCC is dominating the boards, winning the rebounding war 21-12. Nwosu has 9 rebounds and Sherman 6.
7:43 p.m.: Turnovers SMCC 7, Schoolcraft 6. The teams showed some nervousness early as SMCC turned it over 5 times in the first quarter and Schoolcraft 4.
7:45 p.m.: The teams have returned to the court following their halftime conferences. The game will resume in 1:30.
8:01 p.m.: It was a bad third quarter for SMCC. The Falcons were outscored 21-10 and Brad Sherman drew his fourth foul.
8:07 p.m.: Justin Keggereis hit a huge 3-pointer for SMCC.
8:12 p.m.: A 3-point play by Woodson, a 3-pointer by Windham and two free throws by Jeff Albright key a 8-3 run to give SMCC the lead.
8:16 p.m.: A Windham 3-pointer briefly gave SMCC and 11-point lead. Sherman has fouled out.
8:19 p.m.: A 6-0 run fueled by two SMCC turnovers has Schoolcraft back in the game.
8:23 p.m.: Four clutch free throws by Woodson.
SMCC 71, Schoolcraft 62, FINAL


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While there's a lot of excitement now about the cotton market, it's easy to forget markets are cyclical, warns Glen Arnold of Arnold Consulting.
"We need to realize that cotton prices are in a cycle. They don't just go up and stay there," says Arnold, speaking at the recent Wiregrass Cotton Expo held in Dothan, Ala.
Looking back, Arnold says the general public has a different perception from farmers about what has occurred this past year. "We've seen a phenomenal year — one for the record books — in cotton this year. Who would have dreamed cotton would have gone from 67 cents per pound to more than $1.70? No one saw this coming, and if they did, it was sheer luck," says Arnold.
What most people don't realize, he adds, is that the Southeast was gripped by drought this past year, and there wasn't a lot of extra cotton to sell. That, he says, takes some of the wind out of the good market news.
Quoting renown investor Warren Buffet, Arnold says that in the business world, "the rear view mirror is always clearer than the windshield."
"We can always look back and see what we could have done differently with last year's cotton. We went for four years when prices never got above 70 cents. We were jumping up and down when it hit 75 cents to 80 cents, and many of us locked in when it hit that range. No one knew what would happen," he says.
Some economists have said recently that we've entered a new era of demand with India's and China's emerging middle classes, and that we're going to enjoy these prices for years to come, says Arnold. "I cringe when I hear that because almost those exact words were said in 2008. Cotton had reached near 90 cents, and everyone was talking about China, and the fact high prices were here to stay," he says.
Dramatic increase
In less than nine months, says Arnold, prices went to the low-40-cent range. In early 2001, prices were up in the 70-cent range. But 10 months later, they were at 28 cents per pound. In 2003, prices were 85 cents per pound and once again everyone was talking about China and demand. Ten months later, prices were 42 cents per pound, he says.
China is the common denominator in all of these scenarios, he says. "China may pay through the nose for cotton this time, but ultimately, the house always wins. We have to rely on exports in the United States, so China and all of these other countries are the ones we rely on the most, says Arnold.
High prices bring on more acres, and more acres generally bring on more supply, he says. "More supply usually puts a damper on prices. At the same time, low prices decrease acres, decreased acres lower supply, and low supply ushers in high prices. It's a cycle. It's my opinion that this time next year, we'll be wishing someone had hit us in the head with a two-by-four and made us lock in $1.10 cotton. It's not the same situation this year as last year."
Brazil just came out with its official numbers, says Arnold, and cotton acreage increased by 60 percent. Also, Argentina increased by 45 percent. "Australia had cut back on its cotton for several years, and it has increased acreage by 200 percent. That cotton is now in the ground and will be harvested at about the same time we're planting."
It's important to remember that the situation is not the same as last year, he says.
"Many of us got burned on forward contracting last year, but I think we should take a long look at pricing this year. Our tendency, for most of us, is not to forward contract this year if we got burned doing it last year. We could easily be looking at an LDP situation in 18 months or less. I'm not forecasting that, but we need to be aware of the supply/demand situation."
Another factor to consider is that the United States has been in a recession, notes Arnold. "People have to eat, but textiles will be the first to get hit if the economy slows again. The economy is in a very fragile situation right now. Energy prices are going up as well. Prices will impact demand, and people will cut back. And when they do, there's a ripple effect, and farmers will be affected.
"If the United States increases cotton by 25 percent, and all other countries plant cotton wall to wall, and because of inflation the economy slows down, we could easily be in a glut situation in cotton. We could go from a situation of under-supply to an over-supply in 18 months. That could happen. I'm not saying it will, but we need to be prepared for these things."
Consider forward pricing
Arnold recommends cotton producers consider forward pricing this year. "I don't think there's ever been a time in history when we went into a crop with new crop prices above $1. Put options are something we should consider this year, but because of how high prices are, they won't give us the protection they used to give."
Nobody knows what prices will do, he says, and because of that, we must respect the market and look at the best indicators we have. There are two ways to analyze markets, explains Arnold, a technical analysis and a fundamental analysis.
"I use technical analysis which is a study of charts and study of momentum. Trends are made of peaks and troughs, and if you look at charts, you can see momentum in the markets. There are bear markets and bull markets. You can be in an uptrend, a downtrend or a sideways trend at any given time, and trends come to an end, like all good things."
Each time a market trend pulls back, says Arnold, it's testing the previous peak.
"Most people want to know what's running the market, whether it is China or something else. That's fundamental analysis. With technical analysis, it really doesn't matter what's going on in the world because a chart already factors that in. A chart may illustrate weekly trades or monthly trades.
"One thing is for certain. At some point, the uptrend will run out of gas. We'll see that with cotton, we just don't know when."
Pullbacks are a natural part of trends, he says, but the problem is that you have to watch it carefully because you can't tell if a market has peaked until you have a correction and the market turns back up to re-test that high.
"We need to watch the cotton market to see if it does what the feeder cattle market has done. If it does, then we need to be aggressive about pricing."
Arnold urges growers not to buy into everything the media is saying about the cotton market. "We've heard before that cotton is at a new level of demand, and each time within 10 months, cotton busted. I encourage you to track markets. It's an exciting time, but don't get caught holding the bag. A chart doesn't lie, and it factors in all worldwide fundamentals."


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RobDIKUM wrote:hahahahahahahhahaha, man i hope pawno don't read this thread. You're so negative.
jk, man, i'm kinda gettin used to the spawns. THetimes where you spawn in the line of fire are terrible. Other than that, i've learned that when i spawn, i back up in the nearest corner and survey the situation. Or, i'll ask whoever i spawn next to, the good thing is if you party up, you are in a squad, so you'll spawn near your guys.
Yeah, I suppose Ill get used to it..............just that last night was the first proper session I had on it, for more than an hour, and my anger and frustration just built up.
With the "squads"..............man, I just always seem to be on the retard team where no-one talks and doesnt pay attention to anything but themselves.


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jimmy on Apr, 29, 2013:
my friend is suffering from rhumatory arthertis.and is currenty taking cocaine. oxy cotin,prestine, wellbutrim, predisone 10mg what side effects should she expect ????? Reply.
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Sam on Mar, 11, 2013:
Could your condition cause it?
Zolpidem tartrate is used in : Insomnia Sleep disorder Natural short sleeper Primary insomnia Insomnia related to another mental condition.
dawn on Jun, 13, 2013:
More questions for: Zolpidem tartrate, High blood pressure.
Kenny on Jun, 12, 2014:
Well, I just stopped at your post, and who ever is taking all of that stuff needs to take some Milk Thistle to help restore their liver. Reply.
bcs on Mar, 12, 2013:
I just wish the federal government would overhaul Richard Nixon's war on drugs and the whole controlled drug act. I have had my share of pain and you can consider yourself lucky to be able to cope with it. It is the sorry folk out there who have psychiatric disorders which affect the brain's ability to "deal" and cope, and is at a chemical level with them, a neurological mess-up. I know personally, I have phases of time when it is dangerous for me to try and tough it out when my brain sometimes slows down production and release of the natural chemicals like beta endorphin, dopamine, Gammaaminobuteric Acid, and I can find my body aches because Im not making enough natural opiate substances. SO I take drugs given by MD to make me feel normal, like clonazepam, prozac, and sometimes amphetamine in low doses. It is frustrating because people still don't understand and think I am a schmuck for taking drugs to feel normal happiness, calm, joy, relaxation, and to enjoy life's natural pleasures I periodically am unable to feel or appreciate. Reply.
I'm intrigued by your comment on cymbalta. I've been taking it for 2 years and since then I've had sugar disorders, irregular heart palpations and know I just feel like I'm on an adrenaline rush. It's scary. But I would like your opinion on this med I would really appreciate it and maybe then I can get some relief. I'm 33yrs old a mother of 3 boys and unfortunay my health is not the best so I'm trying to get as much info as I can from others that take the same meds I do or know of them. Thanks.. Alicia.. Reply.
Get your magnesium level checked and discuss hyperandrogenism with your physician. Signs &symptoms could be from many imbalances or conditions. I am not a primary care provider but have been a nurse for 27 years and have an MS degree so my advice and information are probably accurate but are not to be considered MEDICAL ADVICE. This information is only provided to assist you in discussing your medication and symptom, with a primary care provider (MD,DO, PA, FNP, NP. CNS...) and your pharmacist. Reply.
oh yes BCS i agree hybrid wheat is a very dangerous substance especially when compared to the rather inocuous substances of cocaine and oxycontin! just what are your qualifications to dispense such well researched and supported opinions? You are truly a fool Reply.
I totally understand where you are coming from. Your comment at the end there helped me understand that I am not "a druggy" as my husband calls me because I need medications to feel an enjoy simple life activities. You're lucky to have found the right combination of medicines to treat your depression. I feel like I've been on a roller coaster for the last 20 years. If I find the "right" combination to treat my severe depression/bipolar2 disorders, then I find myself with one or more intolerable side effects that I must live with, like extreme teeth pain/bruxism. I look at people all the time and say to myself "That person is "normal." "That person is enjoying life." "That person sleeps normally and doesn't need help." "That person is a good mom for doing activities with her child/children." I get sorta jealous, then I start believing what my husband says about me being a druggy and that I am not a good teacher/mom/wife. That I shouldn't need medicine to just have energy to get up and get dressed. But when I read your post it made me feel good, not that you were dealing with depression, but that someone else out there understands how it feels, that my husband is dead wrong and out of line, that my depression is a real disorder and not my fault. Thank you for your post. Reply.
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Big Balla on Jun, 1, 2013:
@ Alicia - those sound like symptoms of Hypoglycemia. Do you feel better at night and then sometimes have trouble getting to sleep ? If it is hypoglycemia - the only treatment I know of is diet related. Removing all sugar and processed carbs from the diet and avoiding caffeine and alcohol. There are many names for sugar - and don't be duped by agave - not much better than corn syrup, which is the same as having sugar! Eat regularly - smaller meals every 3 hours and eat soon after waking up. High protein breakfast is a good start too. I'm vegan so I rely on soybeans a lot for protein. Diet will be much easier for a meat eater as no carbs in meat, but avoid high carb vegies too - like potatoes. Not too much fruit, avoid all dried fruit. I have to avoid bananas and most other fruits too, but can tolerate small amounts of berries. Go stricter in the beginning and then you can experiment and see what affects you and what doesn't. Think of it as a carb intolerance, which is what some refer to it as. Reply.
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iCaNtCaLlIt on Oct, 24, 2012:
Female 32 Hi, I would be worried about Serotonin but it usually has specific stages of symptoms. So starts with immediate symptoms like severe headache, dizziness etc.. then progresses- delirium, high fever etc.. If you were having sensitivity I would look into sensitization or fibro.I had it and went away with Savella... (after neurosurgery) Reply.
I too am a chronic pain sufferer, I drove over a explosive in the middle-east. I don't understand what or why this thread was written up like a true medical study, to me it looks more like a recreational train wreck, some listed drugs have reverse reactions and others simply have no medical need what so ever, personally I would seek professional help and attempt to get off the unneeded drugs and concentrate on the true medical issues. At your age 51, you run the risk of many complications and possibility death from the listed drugs, though who am I to judge, life is way too short enjoy it when your still alive. Th3 Reply.
Prison and/or death. Comparing taking coke by inhalation and oxycontin orally is NOT the same thing as speed ball. Kindergarten speed ball maybe. Addiction threshold of oxy is 60mg/day. She should try to stay below that. Get her the hell off Pristine/Ketoconazole unless it is absoluy positively necessary. If necessary, try to get a lower dose. Stuff fries the liver & with all the other crap--BAD idea. Is there a reason she isn't taking an NSAID? I see prednisone. Would help more than oxy. Reply.
Em on Jun, 23, 2014:
people like you should visit your local humane society and have yourself spayed or neutered because the human race does not need less inligent, human-jackass hybrid beings breeding with those of greater inlect. Cocaine was clearly written, not codeine. and please don't post your questions, prefer you be the guinea pig and take risks alerting the people who matter of potential risk factors. :) Reply.
Jackie on Apr, 30, 2013:
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Death bed us what they should expect. Mixing cocaine and oxy, are they brainless!!!! Reply.
kobe77 on Jan, 3, 2013:
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Jmsrocks on Jul, 25, 2012:
I know that I am super sensitive to both codeine and oxy. They actually make me more nauseous and dizzy and i find regular tylenol or ibuprophen to be more effective against pain. I have heard some good things about omega fish oil and gluten free diets. My sister has RA too and when she flares up even pain meds dont help much. She is also gluten intolerant and can feel a marked difference in symptoms when she "slips" and eats gluten-y things. Steroids make your blood pressure high, she takes them when she gets flare ups but tries to ween herself off as the flare up dissipates. She gets weird skin breakouts because steroids also mess with the natural flora of your body. RA sux!!!! Reply.
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Robert on Apr, 12, 2013:
Please coke for arthrit.? take your fish oils 2 each meal and take your perscribed pain meds(careful very addicting) stop the coke thats being silly for real. goodluck, lifes a bych and ya die thats why we get high.. p.s ankle 9 surgerys plates screws never walk normal again, fight thru it..i got hurt at work btw 7 ton crushed my leg instead of me....jus always think thingd can be worse, be a gpod person dont let this bring u dwn n b miserable..pul thru keep head up n watch those pain meds..goodluck... if u wana talk but dont come with negatibity. buhbye Reply.
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What shouldnt the expexation be...yes, cocaone is an antisthetic...only local, dentists "pink" mouth swab is cocaine based to numb the area and costrict blood vessels toz reduce swelling and bleeding....not for arthritis!..sounds like its a way to find a way out faster by destroying the heart muscle fro. The cocke's super stimulative effect and leave this world. There are other means to treat pain than death and mega doses of narcotics to mask the pain and increase the tolernance of the mds to the point that either there are no interior sinuses lrft by coke use or not enough pain meds to overcome the tolerance....ven IV cocaine use will burn the veins you shoot it in...its a loosing battle...and a painful one from damag thats beendone...Im praying for you guys... Reply.
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Cocaine and oxy? Really??? Okay, have your friend continue the cocaine and oxy regimen. Replace the Wellbutrin with 20 mg of MDMA. They're going to want to add a few drops of LSD as well. At bedtime take 5mg Xanax with a marijuana cigarette dipped in embalming fluid. Don't forget to sprinkle some of the cocaine on it. Reply.
I have had two close relatives on prednisone, and for both of them it alone can make them feel really speedy. Combined with cocaine and wellbutrin would probably make sleeping very difficult. As the previous commenter mentioned, combining oxys into this is probably a bit dangerous. Reply.
Well, NSAID, you say? Hmmm....I see motrin, naproxen and aspirin on the list....all NSAID's Reply.
Sydney on Jan, 9, 2013:
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Russ on May, 7, 2013:
Yeah, hybrid wheat is causing all the problems. not the cocaine and oxy, mixed with other prescription drugs. I agree Hybrid wheat is harmful and best left out of ones diet, but it's not the biggest problem here. (it hybrid not gmo) they haven't released that yet. Reply.
shannon on Apr, 13, 2013:
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really on Apr, 10, 2013:
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have tou tried cocaine? pretty sure its gluten free our previous inquisitor seemed to have some luck with its administration in combination with an assortment of other medications to treat her condition also as far as the flora issue goes i dont think cocaine is an antagonist Reply.
l your friend to GET OFF WHEAT. The wheat products in this country are GMO which are very bad for us and cause arthritis. l your friend to research. Never let the Dr.s try and figure out what's wrong with you. They won't. And they'll kill you trying. Reply.
Formally of you bashing the cocaine for pain, do some research! Brompton's Cocktail is a chronic pain medicine in liquid form that contains cocaine, opiates, and some other meds. It is an evidenced based treatment for chronic pain, so please don't assume just because it has cocaine in it means it's gonna kill you. People suffering from chronic.pain need relief. if Brompton's works, then let them get their much needed relief!!! Without judgement!! Reply.
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What is Zolpidem Tartrate used for and how effective is it:
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Lmao! Lmao! You sound like your high...... enjoy your trip! Reply.
If she continues with this type of treatment, its kinda scary in all reality. Why not see a doctor, that's where the healing may start. Reply.
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Jenn on Mar, 15, 2013:
Probably death. Cocain and opiates together = speed ball. Reply.
It is true that speedballs, containing opiates and any stimulant. The "speed" in speedball likely refers to amphetamine, which was, prior to 1970, the original or at least most widely used upper in the 1960's. When the Controlled Drug Act was made official, cocaine became hugely popular, as an easier and more available alternative. SO strangely enough it became easier to get a totally outlawed drug than legal controlled drugs, because the new DEA and their most overzealous zealots were too busy finally settling old scores and getting the "dopeheads" and "speedfreeks" with the new Nixonian legislation backing them up like the word of God Reply.
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I take fish oils and centrum vitamins for depression replacing latuda and Lexapro wich was messing with my school I was out of phase sleeping all day and cloudy thinking. Now I just take Adderall and Xanax for agoraphobia and I feel a lot better and Im actually doing homework!! I scored high on my test than on the antidepressants with low scores. Reply.
Ignore all these people saying DEATH and SPEEDBALL. It depends on the dosage of the oxycontin, so long as it's taken properly, not chewed or above the prescribed dosage she'll be fine, a few lines of coke won't do much damage either. Unless she's railing it all day everyday Reply.
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The comments about death in combination with cocaine and opiates or any other drug is possible depending on how much and the situation. Frightening people is not the key here. Basically any drug in combination with another could cause a major health problem as we are all very much not the same makeup. Cheers, Reply.
Are you guys really this dumb? She meant to say her friend was taking Codeine not cocaine. I'm not even going to bother asking a question on this website if you're that dumb! LOL Reply.
So, Dawn: When you say 'we're all stupid" do you mean all of us on this page or all of us on this planet? Cause I know a girl in Florida that can yodel while playing the piano. Reply.
Susan, Finally, I'd been reading thru here and finnaly, what doctor in the U.S. still prescribes cocaine? LOL Reply.
how do you know what she meant??? She didn't correct herself, which probably means imo that she wrote it for shock value in the first place!! (in response to the person that said were all stupid!) Reply.
have vit d blood levles ck, and supplenment. vit d is an amazing pain control helper. Reply.
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Patty O'Neill on Aug, 10, 2012:
I am wondering if you were diagnosed because you had pain and found out you had a neurological message going on.... or just a process of elimination over the pain after you were taking your anti psychotic medication? I've been taking oxycone for my pain my back and neck disc issues um for about a year now, was having joint pain and stiffness all over my body the Dr put me on cymbalta and now three weeks later he put me on wellbutrin and I'm wondering about seratonin syndrome... I'm having muscle twitching also lump on top of my head and vision problems. Reply.
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BCS on Mar, 12, 2013:
Way back in the late 1960's I heard it called a combination of cocaine and opiate type drugs a speedball. My best guess is your friend is on the way out of this world, unless there is an intervention. In short, death is the end result/side effect of taking such a combination of drugs.... Deo Vindece, Sam Reply.
Just kidding about all that stuff. Who's the doctor that prescribed all that? They probably shouldn't have a license. Reply.
IF you donT see my other comments, Never take Cymbalta or anything containing same ingrediants or speeding thru the same side effects durring their enjoyable living advertizements! Reply.
Hypoglycemic on Jun, 16, 2013:
It is a wonder that your wife is at all coherent taking that cocktail of medications. I would try to find a new doctor that has a better grasp of toxicology and drug interactions. Cocaine and Oxycotin--can't belief any reputable doctor would prescribe that combination. Reply.
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Honestly. She can expect to die very young. Everything from heart, kidney, liver, stomach, brain, lungs, immune system, etc. will began to shut down. She will most likely become increasingly weak, finding herself in the hospital more often, and eventually die of organ failure. that is unless she dies from an overdoes first. Reply.
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She can expect a very rapid death. Reply.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure she ment codeine. i dont visit these sites often anymore becasue my questions never get answered and everything gets way off topic. Reply.
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Death. Cocaine is deadly enough but mixing it with other drugs that can be abused (ie: oxycontin) or potentially leading to suicide (antidepressants). Sounds like a new doctor is necessary and treatment for drug abuse/addiction. By the way, the disease is RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. I am not a primary care provider but have been a nurse for 27 years and have an MS degree so my advice and information are probably accurate but are not to be considered MEDICAL ADVICE. This information is only provided to assist you in discussing your medication and symptom, with a primary care provider (MD,DO, PA, FNP, NP. CNS...) and your pharmacist. Reply.
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In February 2014, The Philadelphia Art Commission approved sculptor Stephen Layne's design for a public statue honoring the late boxer Joe Frazier, to be installed at the Xfinity Live center in South Philadelphia.
Layne, adjunct faculty of Illustration at Moore, was selected to design the 12-foot bronze monument that depicts Frazier's infamous knockdown of Muhammad Ali in the 15th round of 1971's "Fight of the Century." The former heavyweight champ, who made Philadelphia his home, died in 2011.
"He was a very iconic Philadelphia figure who did a whole lot for the city," Layne said. "I think most people will resonate with that moment in his career. I chose that [for the design] because I knew that people would relate to it the most."
The statue will be built beginning in January, 2014 and take about a year to complete.
Layne's project has been the subject of a December article in The Philadelphia Inquirer and a recent Comcast SportsNet documentary, among other press.
Layne has done sculptures of boxers before, not for commission but as pieces he has shown in galleries in New York. He has received awards from the National Sculpture Society and Allied Artists of America.
"This all came to the attention of a local gallery in Philadelphia and they brought up my name to the committee to elect a sculptor to do this [Joe Frazier] project," he said. "To be chosen for this honor is great. Generally I'm not a commissioned artist. I'm usually a gallery artist by choice, but when I heard of this project, this was one I really wanted."
A recreational boxer in his early 20s, Layne has spent his whole life in Philadelphia.
He earned his BFA in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and has taught at PAFA and the University of the Arts.
He came to Moore this semester through a recommendation from a friend who used to teach at the College and thought he would be a good fit.
"I was told that Moore has a very strong Illustration department and that drew me to teaching here," he said. "I teach life drawing. The students are outstanding and professional and it's a very comfortable environment. I really like it here."
To learn more about Stephen Layne visit his website at http://www.stephenlaynestudio.com/


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Asking the Lord to keep the eyes of my heart open to the extraordinary lessons of every day life.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
When Grace Isn't Free
In the last several months I have been at an intersection of complicated situations. In three specific cases the consequences of other people's sins have had a real impact on my family. (I don't say this to insinuate in any way that there's not sin of my own to deal with...simply to point out that there are times where the ripples of other people's stuff gets added to our burden as well.)
I have grown frustrated as I have found myself struggling with negative implications of decisions other people have made. My heart has cried out: "I have enough of my own junk!" Frankly, I have made sinful decisions in my thought life (and mouth running) in response. It has been a season of taking a look at some of the less-than-flattering corners of my heart.
I want to be a light. I long to reflect the grace and mercy of Jesus that I proclaim. But I have had a revelation of sorts: It comes at a cost.
As believers we know that it cost our Lord something: the life of Jesus was given in a brutal death on a cross. I love that truth! I am overwhelmed by and grateful for His sacrifice...but, ya'll, I realized this week why I've been feeling bitter and resentful. While grace was a gift that was free for me to receive, it costs me something to give it.
I have been pushing back against these messy situations in my life because I am called to grace--not just as a recipient, but as a giver. Being a reflection of His Grace isn't costing my mortal life, but it is absolutely demanding a cost to my pride, my time, my convenience and even my money.
Honestly, I consider myself a generous person. I really love ministry. I enjoy service. I don't mind getting messy with people in hard places. But I have realized that I want to choose who, where, when and how to serve.
As God has allowed certain circumstances that demand my sacrifice I have resisted. Like Jonah I want to choose how I'm used. My pride and selfishness attempt to evaluate whose burdens I will bear. I want a guarantee that they've learned their lesson before I will 'bestow' my forgiveness. It's all so gross when I spell it out.
There's no neat bow on this one. I am literally right I the throes...but I am starting to see that the tighter I grip my will the more uncomfortable I get. As I release my death grip on control and surrender to His way there is peace. It takes trust and faith--but, wow, is it ever worth it!
And the short term missionary in me has been convicted: Why is it so much easier for me to generously serve people whose 'stuff' I don't know than it is to love my neighbor whose stuff I do? The honest answer is because I've put myself in the judgment seat of who is worthy/needy. Gulp. Painful truth.
And as I keep waiting for God to reveal the next 'place' for our family to go abroad to serve and see Him at work, He is whispering to my heart: "You've got plenty of work to do RIGHT HERE."
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- Little Pink Rose said...
You write so beautifully! You are not alone in this struggle. You were just brave enough to talk about it. Thank you!!!
- Unknown said...
Oh, how your honesty hit me today! I, too, find myself wanting to choose how and when and to whom I bestow grace - as if it is mine to choose or bestow. It sounds so yucky to say out loud, but so refreshing to acknowledge and pray about. Thank you for this timely and honest post. It was an answer to a prayer I've been praying in my own life and God used this to push me forward a bit in my heart.
- Unknown said...
I don't know why it published me as unknown, but it should have said Colleen Goodman. Just a Kentucky girl who found your blog awhile ago and is grateful!
- Julie said...
I love your statement about how grace costs us something. That cost sure can seem outrageous sometimes. Thanks for your words today.


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The folks who brought us "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" are back with an equally muddled, boring movie that lacks any tension and is sure to confuse you.
I watched the movie on Senior Day and stood around afterwards listening to comments and questions. No one could figure out quite what was going on, further confused by split screens and English accents.
The movie opens with a terrorist bomb exploding in a London marketplace, killing 120 people. We are introduced to Martin (Eric Bana), an English barrister charged with defending an accused suspect, and Claudia (Rebecca Hall), the "special advocate." As we try to sort out the confusing British legal system, we learn that Martin and Claudia have a romantic past.
For whatever reason, the lawyer and the advocate cannot communicate with each other and certain evidence must be kept from them. To add to the difficulties in trying the case, there appears to be a cover-up at high places.
There are cameras everywhere, and Big Brother seems to know what everyone is doing. Characters move in and out of the story and suddenly disappear.
Julia Stiles plays a reporter and Jim Broadbent an attorney general. Their motives are never clear, but don't worry, as quickly as they appear, they disappear. The long hours of investigating backgrounds and evidence and the courtroom scenes are extremely boring and confusing.
Good luck getting to the heart of this one!
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The Bachelor's Juan Pablo might just have become ABC's biggest PR nightmare. In an interview with The TV Page, the Venezuelan said he would be opposed to having The Bachelor franchise feature an openly gay bachelor.
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He went on to add, "But I respect them because they want to have kids. They want to be parents. So it is a scale... where do you put it on the scale? Where is the thin line to cross or not? You have to respect everybody's desires and way of living. But it would be too hard for TV."
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Young, persistent, patient, disciplined and absolutely in love with triathlon, João Silva is a name that will be remembered.
Born on the 14th May 1989 in Benedita, Portugal, João Pedro Silva is one of the best triathletes in the world.
In 2005, the youngster entered the triathlon world. He was far from thinking he´d turn out to be the biggest star in the country as well as one of the best worldwide.
Soon he showed his talent as junior triathlete and collected several medals in european and world championships.
In 2007, when he was European Duathlon Champion (Junior) the Portuguese Olympic Committee distinguished him with the title "Young Promise of the Year". One year later he was nominated for "Gillette Future Champions" and assured several titles:
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With such an amazing season, the young triathlete didn´t go unnoticed and the Portuguese Olympic Committee distinguished him once again, this time with the "Olympic Medal" - a prize for the best athlete 2010 in an Olympic sport. Not long after, João goes back on stage for "Best male Athlete of the Year", a ceremony presented by the Portuguese Sports Confederation.
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I don't know what's sadder, the fact that this exists or the fact that it has almost 400,000 views and only 297 dislikesCan someone cheer me up with a worse documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8_faUmR1w&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Quote from: pmpn8rGPT on January 04, 2013, 07:34:04 PMI don't know what's sadder, the fact that this exists or the fact that it has almost 400,000 views and only 297 dislikesCan someone cheer me up with a worse documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8_faUmR1w&NR=1&feature=endscreenTruth is not required for anything anymore. As long as it justifies your views, say whatever you want, bend whatever information you have, lie if you must, but people don't want to hear truth anymore. They want to hear confirmation of their views. I was about two sentences into the video when I stopped. When the first things you hear are wrong, don't waste any more time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_silence (logical fallacies 101)I wasted another 8 minutes of my life watching that. Random notes typed while watching:I. Argument from Silence from the Epistle of James A. Argument from what isn't in the book of James is inductive, inferring what is claimed proven. No mention of the blood of Jesus, blah blah blah. B. Where does the epistle of James say its purpose is to present a systematic theology summarizing every facet of Christian belief? C. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. II. Argument from Silence from the Didache A. Another argument from silence. No mention of the virgin birth, etc. B. The Didache is not especially controversial for us as the video presents; neither is a chain of really bad arguments.III. Claim that that for 2000 years Jesus's divinity has been emphasized while his essential humanity and the humanity of his teachings have been lost for 2000 years. A. A duffer's error. One must first understand a position to critique it with minimal adequacy. IV. Claim that Christ's family did not believe he was God, and that there was an effort to delete them from the Christian story. A. Merely asserted, and quite indemonstrable.V. Jude denounces a group for corrupting the faith. Follow the tradition of the family. A. Nothing much here. B. The family of Jesus was a part of the community which contextualizes the earliest material e.g. the primitive speeches in Acts, which translate easily into Aramaic, which go back to the period before Jerusalem was wiped off the map in AD 70, etc. Cf. http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Jesus-Christ-Devotion-Christianity/dp/0802831672 Conserving presence of living eyewitnesses.VI. Under Constantine it was Paul's interpretation that was adopted, but this was based only on a mystical vision. By contrast, James's vision of Christ as a mere human character was declared heresy. A. "James's vision" or the videographer's inferential metanarrative. B. Assume and assert what one claims to set out to prove -with negative evidence and inference. C. Fails to address Paul's visit to the "pillars" in Galatians (first hand autobiographical source) including James and John, which most contemporary scholars place very soon after the crucifixion; coordination with Jerusalem leaders in Acts 15 under James presiding, etc. VII. The Quran is therefore true. Q. E. D.
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North American Juniors Game Night: 3/19/11
Tri-City Storm 3 @ Fargo Force 4 (SO)
C Jimmy Mullin, FGO: 0-2-2, E, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 46 GP, 20-34-54, +26, 24 PIM
Mullin had two helpers in regulation then scored in the shootout to help Fargo to a win at home. Both of Mullin's assists came in the third period – the last shorthanded – as Fargo mounted a comeback on the Storm. The Force improved to 13-10-3 at home; they're 18-9-1 on the road. They remain tied for third in the West, one point behind Omaha. Tri-City is in the Western Conference cellar.
Guelph Storm 4 @ Plymouth Whalers 3
C/W Richard Panik, GUE: 1-0-1, +2, 6 PIM (boarding double minor, high sticking)
With Guelph: 24 GP, 13-12-25, -6, 42 PIM
With Belleville: 27 GP, 14-17-31, E, 33 PIM
Season totals: 51 GP, 27-29-56, -6, 75 PIM
Panik scored his first goal since returning Friday from a sprained ankle. Guelph, who is now done for the regular season, clinched the Western Conference's seventh seed and avoided playing top-ranked Owen Sound in the first round. They'll face Saginaw, who won the West Division. Panik set career highs for goals, assists, points, and PIM.
London Knights 3 @ Owen Sound Attack 6
D Geoffrey Schemitsch, OS: Did not play (injured - broken arm)
Season totals: 45 GP, 1-19-20, +17, 14 PIM
G Michael Zador, OS: Did not play (backup)
With Attack: 13 GP, 9-2-0-0, 3.06 GAA, .900 sv%, 0 SO
With Oshawa: 18 GP, 10-3-1-1, 3.36 GAA, .879 sv%, 1 SO
Season Totals: 31 GP, 19-5-1-1, 3.23 GAA, .888 sv%, 1 SO
Zador sat out as Jordan Binnington got his second straight start as top-seeded Owen Sound wanted to get their No.1 going again before the playoffs. With the Attack's regular season over, it's unlikely Zador will see much - if any - ice time in the post-season. Schemitsch is could be back when Owen Sound faces London in the first round.
Chilliwack Bruins 4 @ Tri-City Americans 6
C Tyler Johnson, SPO: 1-1-2, E, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 70 GP, 52-61-113, +26, 48 PIM
RW Carter Ashton, TC: 1-1-2, E, 0 PIM
With Tri-City: 32 GP, 17-27-44, +8, 62 PIM
With Regina: 29 GP, 16-11-27, -12, 44 PIM
Season Totals: 61 GP, 33-38-71, -4, 106 PIM
TC finally got the better of Spokane after the Chiefs had beat the Americans five straight times. They also broke the Chiefs' 10 game win streak. Johnson broke a personal two game scoreless streak with his 112th and 113th points of the year. His 52nd goal of the year put him one ahead of Chilliwack's Ryan Howse (Flames) for the league goal scoring title. Howse is out of games and Johnson's lead on everyone else is secure. He has one game left and is two points behind Medicine Hat's Linden Vey (Kings) for the league scoring title and Bob Clarke Trophy. Spokane plays at Portland Sunday; Vey is out of games. Spokane has clinched the three seed. Ashton, meanwhile, scored his 33rd goal of the year Saturday night. He has 17 points in his last 10 games. The Americans, who have clinched the four seed, will play either Chilliwack or Vancouver in the first round depending if the Giants win Sunday.
Kamloops Blazers 1 @ Prince George Cougars 5
RW Brett Connolly, PG: 1-2-3, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 59 GP, 46-27-73, -5, 26 PIM
Connolly extended his point streak to five games with a three point night in the final game of Prince George's regular season. He has 10 points in those five games. The Cougars will play second-seeded Kelowna, the B.C. Division champion, in the first round. By winning Saturday PG avoided the eighth seed and playing powerhouse Portland. Kelowna had the fourth most points in the conference. After all the talk about Connolly's durability he played under a microscope of sorts during the season. And while he did miss two weeks with a knee sprain (he was expected to miss a month), he proved to be every bit the offensive weapon he was expected to be when the Lightning chose him sixth overall last summer. His other games missed were due to his inclusion on the Canadian WJC squad. He set career highs for goals and points this year.
Regina Pats 2 @ Saskatoon Blades 4
D Teigan Zahn, SAS: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 72 GP, 3-20-23, +39, 133 PIM
Saskatoon completed their regular season with a win over Regina. Zahn set career highs for games, assists, points, and plus/minus. The Blades captain hopes to raise the Ed Chynoweth Cup at the end of the playoffs as Saskatoon is the clear favorites going into the post-season as the league points champion.
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I haven't had a whole lot of time lately due to an employer that thought that a 75 hour week was for pussies............I have recently told that employer to pound sand and am now semi-retired/self employed, so hopefully will have time to drop in from time to time.
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I completely understand the no time thing. Personally working two jobs currently leaves me just enough time to breath, welcome back.
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Annually, decomposition of plant litter and soil organic matter adds over ten times more CO2 to the atmosphere than fossil fuel and industrial sources. This, in combination with the dramatic rise in atmospheric CO2 since the industrial revolution, suggests that even small changes in decomposition rates could have large impacts on atmospheric concentrations of CO2. Despite this, decomposition remains poorly understood, a fact that is reflected in the large number of approaches currently used to model decomposition in ecosystem models.
Although decomposition is carried out by litter and soil microbes, the activities and/or population dynamics of these microbes are seldom used to model decomposition. This Working Group's research:
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Big Match Up In Viareggio Between Marinelli's Candida Sailing Team And Vallivero's Turnover
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Viareggio, Italy - Tied with 14 points each after four races, Alessio Marinelli's Candida Sailing Team (Branko Brcin-Paolo Mangialardo) and Renato Vallivero's Turnover (Marco Perazzo-Enrico Fonda) are co-leaders of the provisional ranking, ten points ahead of ITA-157 Carige helmed by Francesco Farneti and with Gabrio Zandonà and Andrea Musone on board. Winner of the second heat of the day Manfredi Vianini Tolomei's Maolca (Lorenzo Bodini as tactician and Matteo Velicogna tailer) is seated fourth overall leaving behind Guido Miani's Audi Ultra Out of Reach with tactician Gabriele Benussi and crew Nevio Sabadin in fifth.
The first day of sailing in Viareggio started with a long postponement of nearly two hours. The breeze finally arrived around noon and slowly increased to 7-8 knots shifting constantly to the right. The Race Committee changed the course several times to correct — the result was four very interesting races featuring four different winners — Turnover, Maolca, ITA157 Carige and Candida Sailing Team each enjoyed line honors.
The fourth Act of the Audi Sailing Series celebrates the return of three old friends of the Melges 20 Class. Andrea Ferrari and Mirko Bargolini on Spirit of Nerina now is currently ranked twelfth, Stefano Sacchi on Jingle3 finished the day in eighteenth, while Roberto Mazzucato's Margherita is nineteeth.
Race fans need to tune in tomorrow to discover who will win. Will it be Marinelli or Vallivero? Or will another team be able to interfere and battle for the trophy. Sunday will provide two more races beginning at 10.30. Lot of changes may occur with the possible discards going into effect after the sixth race is completed.
The Viareggio edition of the Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series is organized by B-Plan Sport & Events in collaboration with the International Class Melges 20 Class Association, Melges Europe and Club Nautico Versilia.
In addition to Audi, the Audi Sailing Series is supported by the official timekeeper Eberhard & Co watches and Musto, the official technical supplier.
Follow the Audi Sailing Series on Facebook and www.melges20.com.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After 4 races)
1.) Alessio Marinelli/Branko Brcin, Candida Sailing Team; 5-2-6-1 = 14
2.) Renato Vallivero/ Marco Perazzo/Enrico Fonda, Turnover; 1-6-2-5 = 14
3.) Francesco Farneti/Gabrio Zandonà, ITA-157 Carige; 10-4-1-9 = 24
4.) Manfredi Vianini Tolomei/Lorenzo Bodini, Maolca; 6-1-3-15 = 25
5.) Guido Miani/Gabriele Benussi, Audi Ultra Out of Reach; 9-3-7-8 = 27
6.) Achille Onorato/Lorenzo Bressani, Mascalzone Latino Jr.; 8-5-20-6 = 39
7.) Davide Albertini/Flavio Favini, Leviathan; 2-9-11-18 = 40
8.) Saverio Bifulco/Hugo Rocha, Noidinotte; 11-16-12-4 = 43
9.) Claudio Dutto/Fabio Zeni, Asante Sana; 19-8-4-13 = 44
10.) Robert Wilber/Chris Rast, Cinghiale; 16 ZFP-7-9-7= 44
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text: This news item expired on 4/30/2014, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Buncombe County Wins 6 Awards of Excellence Buncombe County Government received 6 Excellence in Communication Awards during the North Carolina City & County Communicators' (NC3C) annual conference. The awards were presented Thursday, March 20 in Dare County. This year's award ceremony showcased the best of the best in communications in North Carolina including special events, videos and printed communications. Buncombe County received six awards: Two First Place wins in the category of TV Interview/Talk Show for "Buncombe Life - Heart Health" special thanks to Mission Health who helped with this video "Forever Free" story of slave deeds First & Second Place in the category of Public Service Announcements respectively for Tip and Toss Mosquito Prevention Prescription Drug Theft special thanks to the Council on Aging who helped with this video First Place in the category of Promotional Video for Detention Recruitment Second Place in the category of Publication for Buncombe Life Magazine, Spring 2013 Judges for the NC3C Excellence in Communications Awards were government communication professionals from Missouri, Florida, Texas, Colorado and Tennessee. Each judge had previously won first or second-place in the national Savvy Awards, presented annually by the City-County Communications and Marketing Association. The purpose of North Carolina City & County Communicators is to encourage professional development and networking among local governmental communications professionals. The organization is made up of government professional communicators from around the state. To see this and more of our award winning videos or to subscribe to our ezine, go to buncombecounty.org.


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FUPING, China — A statue of the father of the nation's leader — 60 tons of granite — serves as the centerpiece of a square flanked by cypress trees.
People approach along a long walkway and bow in the direction of his seated figure. Many carry oversized sprays of flowers. A museum dedicated to his life is at the other end of the walkway. Older women with straw hats and baskets squat on the grass, picking out weeds by hand to keep the grounds immaculate.
The optics look straight out of North Korea, but this is in fact China. The statue and park in the city of Fuping are devoted to Xi Zhongxun, the late father of Xi Jinping, who became China's president in March and also serves as general secretary of the Communist Party.
The late Xi, an early communist leader, is enjoying a postmortem revival.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Chinese post office issued two commemorative stamps Tuesday, one a portrait and the other showing him in his Red Army uniform. Commemorative ceremonies were held around the country, including one in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, presided over by his son.
Many of the tributes are centered in Fuping, the city of his birth and burial in Shaanxi province. The statue here was constructed in 2005, at a time his son was serving as party secretary in Zhejiang province.
The local government is now raising money for what it says will be a $3-billion theme park spread over 2,700 acres. The park is to include entertainment, cultural and exhibition centers and a spa, according to a notice published in April by the municipal government.
"The new park will have a larger statue of Xi Zhongxun," said Yan Xiaoqiang, a tourism official in Fuping.
Fuping's interest in Xi Zhongxun was inspired by the boom in what is called "red tourism," he said.
"Chinese are paying more attention to their own history and commemorating the revolutionary heroes who helped to establish the country," said Yan. "It is about Xi Zhongxun's contributions to Chinese history, not about his son being president."
Nevertheless, the coincidence cannot be so easily dismissed, political experts say.
"When the son is promoted so is the father," said Li Datong, a former editor at the Communist Youth Daily newspaper whose family was acquainted with Xi's.
In no way is the celebration of the elder Xi made out of whole cloth, like in North Korea, where battle victories and other exploits (such as the claim that late leader Kim Jong Il scored 11 holes in one during his first golf game) have been totally concocted.
Xi Zhongxun was genuinely revered as an aide to Mao Tse-tung in setting up the Communist Party's base in Shaanxi province during the 1940s. Purged in the 1960s during the party rift that preceded the Cultural Revolution, he was later rehabilitated and became instrumental in opening the southern province of Guangdong to a market economy.
In his later years, however, he fell out again with the party leadership, having supported liberal Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. He is widely believed to have disapproved of the crackdown on student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
"After 1989, Xi Zhongxun was cast aside. Until the time of his death, he rarely appeared at public events," said Li.
As a result, much about Xi Zhongxun remains sensitive for the Communist Party. The second volume of his official biography was completed in 2009 but held up by censors until August.
In the museum next to the statue is a photo exhibit titled "A Noble Spirit Will Never Perish" that jumps from the 1950s to 1978, conveniently omitting Xi's persecution by Mao during the Cultural Revolution.
After his death in 2002, his ashes were buried at Babaoshan, the official cemetery of the Communist Party, but moved to Fuping in 2005, the year the statue was erected.
Under Chinese traditions of feng shui, tombs of the ancestors are believed to greatly influence the fortunes of the living and saboteurs have been known to vandalize graves in an attempt to vanquish their political enemies.
The grave of the leader's father has brought increasing numbers of tourists to Fuping, a backwater even by the standards of rural Shaanxi province. A parade of delegations, some organized by the Communist Youth League, visited the site during the weeklong holiday beginning Oct. 1.
"There has definitely been an increase in visits since Xi Zhongxun's son became leader," said Yan, the Fuping tourism official. "During the national holidays, it is so crowded there isn't even a place to stand."
One person who hasn't visited much is Xi Jinping. Aside from the ceremony Tuesday, the president has distanced himself from the tributes. Political analysts say Xi is keen to avoid the perception that he is a "princeling," a derogatory expression for the privileged second-generation communists who are among China's elite.
"Whenever Xi goes to visit the family tomb, he is very low-key. He does not want to be accused of creating a cult of personality," said Zhang Lifan, a Beijing historian.
At a major symposium last week in Gansu province, the president's younger brother, Xi Yuanping, and other speakers didn't mention the salient fact that a son of Xi Zhongxun is the president.
The ceremony took place in Gansu's Liangdang county, where Xi Zhongxun lived in the mid-1930s. The local government has spent $33 million restoring the house where the older Xi lived and building a memorial site, according to a state media report in June.
Li, the retired editor, believes that Xi Jinping is not personally responsible for the initiatives.
"It is a huge taboo for Chinese leaders to expand family tombs or renovate childhood homes," said Li. "I think this is all local officials trying to ingratiate themselves. That's how China works."
Tommy Yang of The Times' Beijing bureau contributed to this report.


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This is a presentation on Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI), observed in p channel MOSFET devices. Though NBTI has been discovered more than 40 years ago, in the last 10 years it has become a very important reliability concern as the industry moved from thicker SiO2 to thinner SiON gate insulators in order to keep up with Moore's scaling law. The issue is still relevant and also very much exits in the recently introduced HKMG gate stacks.
This presentation is divided into 3 parts.
In the 1st part, I will start with a brief introduction to NBTI and show some important features. This will be followed by the description of fast and ultra-fast NBTI characterization methods that are necessary for proper estimation of device degradation. Information obtained from other characterization methods such as flicker noise, DCIV, charge pumping about process related pre-existing defects and stress generated defects will be covered next.
In the 2nd part, the impact of gate insulator processes on NBTI, especially the role of Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Fluorine will be discussed. We have extensively used the ultra-fast method to study NBTI parametric degradation in FETs having a wide variety of gate insulator processes and this will be covered next. As we shall see, NBTI is strongly gate insulator process dependent and this is a crucial information to understand the underlying physical mechanism of NBTI and its optimization via suitable process changes.
In the 3rd and final part, I will discuss NBTI physical mechanism, and build a simple model to explain measured data obtained from a wide variety of devices during DC stress, recovery following DC stress and during AC stress as a function of frequency and duty cycle. A predictive model for lifetime determination under use condition will also be discussed.
I will conclude the talk with the following take home messages. NBTI stress results in generation of interface traps together with hole trapping in process related pre-existing bulk oxide traps as well as in stress generated bulk oxide traps. Though there is some differences in generated interface and bulk traps, the process related pre-existing defects are primarily responsible for large difference in NBTI magnitude, time and temperature dependence seen in differently processed devices. NBTI can be improved by suitable process modifications that reduces these pre-existing defects. Bulk trap generation is significant at higher stress bias, but due to its stronger voltage acceleration, it becomes relatively negligible, though not zero, at use conditions. The interface trap contribution shows a strong universality in terms of DC and AC degradation, and is primarily responsible for long-time failure at use condition. Finally, once the hole trap contribution is taken into account, the Reaction-Diffusion (RD) model can successfully predict DC and AC NBTI results governed by contribution from interface traps.
Acknowledgement: C. Olsen and K. Ahmed (Applied Materials), H. Aono, E. Murakami (Renesas Electronics), G. Bersuker (SEMATECH), CEN IIT Bombay, NCN Purdue, Applied Materials, Renesas Electronics, SEMATECH, SRC / GRC
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HILLSBORO — Bertha (Unruh) Goentzel, 94, died on Monday (Oct. 1, 2012) at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro.
She was born on Nov. 18, 1917, to Jacob and Helena (Smith) Unruh near Durham. She married Clarence Goentzel on Aug. 21, 1940, and they lived and farmed in the Marion and Lehigh communities until moving to Lehigh in 1964. She spent the last five years of her life at Parkside Assisted Living in Hillsboro.
Bertha was a homemaker in addition to working for Meadowlark in Newton, Ratzlaff Drapery in Goessel, Parkside Homes and Salem Hospital in Hillsboro. She loved to quilt, garden, read and travel. She made many comforters to donate to Mennonite Central Committee. And, she is fondly remembered for all of the wonderful meals she hosted in her home for family and friends, which were often times followed by a time of playing table games and doing jigsaw puzzles.
Bertha is survived by her sister, Ellagene Buller of Covina, Calif.; two daughters, Sharon (James) Bartel of Hillsboro and Carmen (Darrel) Schmidt of Newton; five sons, James (Marcia) of Wichita, Richard of Geuda Springs, Quinton (Linda) of Chugiak, Alaska, Howard (Linda) of Palmer, Alaska, and Douglas (Patsy) of Anchorage, Alaska; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four brothers, Edwin Unruh, Roland Unruh, Walter Unruh and Dewey Unruh; three sisters, Selma Frantz, Lorena Reiss and Evangeline Schmidt; and daughter-in-law, Kathy Goentzel.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. today (Oct. 6, 2012) at Lehigh Cemetery in rural Lehigh, followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m. at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro.
Memorials are suggested for Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church or Mennonite Central Committee, in care of Jost Funeral Home.
Obituary: Bertha (Unruh) Goentzel
HILLSBORO — Bertha (Unruh) Goentzel, 94, died on Monday (Oct. 1, 2012) at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro.