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Eventually, he finds his answer when he becomes part of a tightly knit group of high school seniors that includes friends Sheba and Trevor Poe, glamorous twins with an alcoholic mother and a prison-escapee father; hardscrabble mountain runaways Niles and Starla Whitehead; socialite Molly Huger and her boyfriend, Chadworth Rutledge X; and an ever-widening circle whose liaisons will ripple across two decades-from 1960s counterculture through the dawn of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
The ties among them endure for years, surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, and Charleston's dark legacy of racism and class divisions. But the final test of friendship that brings them to San Francisco is something no one is prepared for South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest; a long-awaited work from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
©2009 Pat Conroy; (P)2009 Random House
"I gave up"
I've listened to dozens of audiobooks and this is the first one that I've ever given up on. I'm a very patient listener. I liked the first part, but I felt it went downhill in the second part. As the characters I had started to enjoy moved into their adult lives, they became hard to believe and relate to. I found that I just didn't care what happened to them any more - a very rare thing for me! I usually enjoy a good character drama. Apparently some folks did enjoy it, but this one just wasn't for me.
"Wanted very much to like this book, but....."
I'm a real Pat Conroy fan, so this was a book I looked forward to listening to -- in fact, I saved it for a time when I could really enjoy it. But bottom line: several times, I nearly quit listening. If it had been almost any author other than Conroy, I no doubt would have.
I didn't have a problem with the narrator as some did, although the grating mispronounciation of "Herb Caen" -- aauuuuggggghhhh -- over and over was annoying. Instead, this was just a flawed novel.
The biggest problem was that the cookie-cutter "good" characters never rang true -- no human is (or ever has been) as saintly as Leo. No gay man could ever be as marvelously talented, creative, tolerant and all-around perfect as Trevor. It didn't take long at all before I was all-full-up with listening to Leo's pious and perfect responses to whatever bad stuff came his way -- and an awesome amount of bad stuff it was.
I also disliked the never ending chatty banter among this group of whatever-may-happen,we-always-hang-together friends. There was way too much emphasis on the fact that some were black and some white, way too much ostantatious acceptance of Trevor's sexuality (What? were you afraid we wouldn't get it, so it had to be laid on with a trowel?) But overall, all that witty byplay just got tiring. Enough, already -- tell us a story! We don't need the endless stream of one-liners.
Thirdly, the plot line was just not believable. The notion of this group of childhood friends becoming adults, and repeatedly setting out to rescue one of the wayward members was just too much.
And by the way, why the scene repitition from earlier books? Or is the tender washing of elderly feet -- lifted almost word for word from "Lords of Discipline" -- just a South Carolina thing?
I'll go back and listen to the earlier Pat Conroy books -- now THOSE were something!
"I dont believe Pat Conroy Wrote this!"
I have loved all his books.
After listening for two hours, I believe Pat didnt write this or he had a head injury!
Something is Real Fishy here!
"Authors Need to Review Pronunciations"
I am actually in the process of listening to the book and am only about a third of the way through. Pat Conroy is one of my favorite writers and this is the first book of his that I have listened to. I read the actual books of all the others. I am enjoying the book. However, I continue to be amazed at the improper pronunciation of proper nouns by narrators on audio books. Mr. Deakins mispronounces one of the most notable names from Charleston and I don't understand why Pat Conroy or someone else did not correct this! Huger is properly pronounced like "You gee". It makes me cringe every time I hear him say it wrong. A similar thing happened with another SC author in another audio book set in SC. Please people, do your pronunciation research! Someone from the local area might just be listening!!! And yes, I am from SC.
"My Mistake"
For some odd reason, I thought South of Broad was written by the same Pat Conroy who wrote The Great Santini and Lords of Discipline. My mistake. This is clearly the Pat Conroy who used to write under pseudonyms like Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susann. For this is nothing but a shabby melodrama, a soap opera peopled by cardboard cutouts, with a little "hot" sex tossed in, and an amazingly bizarre structure. It feels as if whoever this particular Conroy is, he tried to cobble together a bunch of stories he had sitting around in shoe boxes. At best, it's chewing gum for the mind -- a brainless book to read while burning on the beach...
"Not Conroy's Best"
I love Pat Conroy, but this wasn't very good. He recycles the same themes: race in the south, class tensions, and of course mother issues.
I found the dialog awkward and at times unbelievable. The constant bickering of characters was annoying. The wisecracking of the protagonist falls short of being cute or funny.
The characters lacked depth. I had a difficult time liking the good guys and conversely disliking the villains.
"If you like Paat Conroy"
This is simply Conroy doing what Conroy does. I like his stories, I like the struggles between what most of us accept as normal. I like seeing how prejudices play out with "real" people. This isn't as good as Prince of Tides, but as stated, if you like Conroy, this book works.
"Conroy's worst"
Not one character rang true for me and the dialog all sounded phony.
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Very disappointed in this book. Conroy tried to add every dysfunctional story line every imagined into one book. Don't waste your time on this disappointment!
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At the northeastern most tip of the Arabian peninsula (and separated from the rest of Oman by a wide swathe of UAE territory) the dramatic Musandam peninsula is perhaps the most scenically spectacular area in the entire Gulf. Often described as "The Norway of Arabia", the peninsula boasts a magical combination of mountain and maritime landscapes, as the towering red-rock Hajar mountains fall precipitously into the blue waters of the Arabian Gulf, creating a labyrinthine system of steep-sided fjords (khors), cliffs and islands, most of them inaccessible except by boat. Musandam remains one of Oman's great wildernesses, with a largely untouched natural environment ranging from the pristine waters of the coast, where you can see frolicking dolphins, basking sharks and the occasional whale, through to the wild uplands of the jebel, dotted with fossils and petroglyphs.
The main town in Musandam proper is lively little Khasab, at the top of the peninsula and connected to the outside world by the spectacular coastal road which runs down via Bukha to the UAE border at Tibat. Khasab offers the perfect base for boat (or diving) trips out on the marvellous Khor ash Sham or, further afield, to the remote town of Kumzar, as well as for mountain safaris up the mighty Jebel Harim and beyond.Read More
Musandam boasts an unusually rich collection of petroglyphs (from the Greek petros, meaning stone, and glyphe, meaning carving): simple rock art images which have been chipped out of boulders, cave walls or other convenient pieces of stone using sharp bronze, iron or stone tools and highlighted using a white pigment made from coral. Ancient petrogylphs can be found throughout the peninsula, often in the remotest places, and depict a wide range of subjects including people, animals (particularly horses and camels), as well as abstract symbols and geometrical patterns whose meaning has been lost. Dating the images is difficult, although the fact that most of them depict human or animal figures suggests that they may well pre-date the arrival of Islam (which prohibits the making of images of living creatures). Of Musandam's many petroglyphs, the most easily accessible are those at the top of Jebel Harim and those in Wadi Tiwi.
The Shehi
The Shehi
Musandam is inhabited by three main tribes; the Dahoori, Kumzari and, by far the largest of the three, the Shehi (often anglicized to "Shihuh"). The Shehi formerly had a rather mysterious and fearsome reputation, said to speak a language unintelligible to anyone but themselves and living a reclusive life up in the mountains, ekeing a frugal and difficult existence out of one of Arabia's most inhospitable environments. Notably different from the Bedu and townspeople of the plains, many of the Shehi formerly lived in mountain caves or natural rock shelters, which were converted into simple little dwellings with the addition of a couple of stone walls and wooden doors. They also carried a small axe on a long handle (known as a jirz), rather than the khanjar found elsewhere in Oman, which could serve both as a weapon and a climbing stick. The Shehi remain the dominant clan in modern Khasab – you'll see the name Al Shehi on shop signs all around town, especially in the Old Souk – although many have now moved out to exploit the greater economic opportunities in neighbouring Ras al Khaimah (RAK), and RAK-registered cars are a common sight around town.
The origins of the Shehi remain unclear. One theory is that they were the original inhabitants of Oman who were gradually driven north into the mountains by waves of Yemeni and Nizari Arabs arriving from the south. Another, more colourful, tradition claims that they are descended from the survivors of shipwrecks marooned on Musandam's rocks over thousands of years – anecdotes record the occasional birth of Shehi children with fair hair and blue eyes. Their language, too, had a similarly cosmopolitan flavour, although, unlike Kumzari, it remains a dialect of Arabic, rather than an original language. As Ronald Codrai, writing of a visit to the peninsula in the 1950s in his entertaining Travels to Oman: 1948–1955, put it: "That they spoke a different dialect was soon obvious, but it was Arabic, although sometimes spoken more gutturally through closed teeth and, once or twice, I thought I detected a Somerset accent."
The Shehi (along with other Musandam tribes) formerly migrated on a seasonal basis, spending the winters farming in the mountains or fishing in the khors before heading down to Khasab to harvest dates during the summer. Not surprisingly, given Oman's rising prosperity, the Shehi and other tribes of Musandam, the younger generations particularly, are steadily abandoning the hard traditional life of their ancestors, meaning that many of Musandam's villages are being steadily depopulated as their inhabitants depart in search of a more comfortable existence in Khasab or elsewhere, leaving nothing behind but locked houses and wandering goats.
Bait al qufl: the house of the lock
Bait al qufl: the house of the lock
Almost every village in the mountains of Musandam is home to at least one bait al qufl ("house of the lock"), a distinctive type of local building – looking more like an antique bomb-shelter than a traditional house – which is unique to the peninsula. The bait al qufl developed in response to the migratory lifestyle of the local Shehi, who would leave their mountain homes during the summer months to go and work on the coast. Valuable possessions which they could not carry with them were left behind in the village, locked up in these miniature vaults. Although designed primarily for storage, bait al qufl were also used as living quarters, particularly in the depths of winter.
The bait al qufl was designed with the emphasis firmly on strength and security. Walls often reach thicknesses of 1m or more, fashioned out of enormous slabs of stone; the thickness of the walls had the additional benefit of keeping the interior cool in summer and warm in winter, as well as protecting its contents (and anyone inside) from the ever-present threat of rockfalls. Bait al qufl are usually around 6–7m high, although they look smaller from the outside since the floor is dug out 1m or so below ground level for additional strength and security; the buildings are also often surrounded with a raised platform to help drain rainwater and provide something to sit on. Huge earthenware jars were placed inside to store provisions such as water, dates and grains – the jars were often bigger than the actual door to prevent them being carried off, and had to be put in place before the walls were built up around them. Access is usually via a single tiny door, formerly secured with one or two chunky wooden padlocks, although most are now left open.
South of Musandam, about halfway between Dibba and the Omani border at Khatmat Milalah, lies the curious Omani exclave of Madha – a tiny dot of Omani territory (comprising just 75 square kilometres) completely surrounded by the UAE. The area is reached via a single surfaced road off the main coastal highway between Khawr Fakkan and Fujairah city near the district of Qurayya.
The enclave is notable mainly for one geopolitical oddity: the village of Nahwa (a few kilometres further along the road past Madha town, at the end of the tarmac). Bizarrely, this village actually belongs to the UAE emirate of Sharjah, creating a Russian-doll effect whereby the UAE territory of Nahwa is enclosed within the Omani district of Madha, which is enclosed by the UAE emirates of Fujairah and Sharjah – which are themselves bookended by Omani territory on either side.


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Eddie Jackson was on his way to his third period World Literature class last Friday when his cell phone rang.
Instead of another call to wish him luck before Boyd Anderson's first round playoff game that night, this phone call brought Jackson to tears. His cousin had called to tell him their grandmother had passed away in her sleep that same morning.
"The shock pretty much ran through my body," Jackson said. "All I could think about was how we were going to see her in just a few days on Thanksgiving. I just wanted to bury my head in my hands and cry."
Jackson did. Then a few hours later, he put on a football uniform, wiped away his tears and hauled in the game-winning touchdown pass to lift the Cobras to a come-from-behind win at eighth-ranked Delray Beach Atlantic.
"It was an emotional moment," said Jackson's father, Eddie Sr., who was in the stands supporting his son less than 24 hours after his 65-year old mother — diagnosed with congestive heart failure recently — died in her sleep.
"The decision was basically left up to him. I told him if you want to play, play. If you can't, your teammates will understand. I guess he felt like he needed to do it for his grandma. And he did. He made us all proud."
Jackson, a 6-2, 176-pound senior, has been making everyone who knows him proud since he began to take his academics and athletics more seriously last year. Ruled academically ineligible to play as a sophomore, Jackson transferred to Boyd Anderson from Northeast last year and began working with tutors and teachers to raise his GPA. He finally became eligible this season and has been a star since walking on the field.
In addition to his 32 catches for 639 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns, Jackson has also starred as a defensive back and special teams standout. He has returned two interceptions, two kickoffs and a punt back for touchdowns this season. Against rival Ely, he was a one-man wrecking crew, scoring on a 73-yard punt return, an 89-yard fumble return and producing two more turnovers with a forced fumble and an interception.
"I'm going to put it to you like this — that kid is probably the player of the year in Broward County," said coach Wayne Blair, who estimates Jackson is on the field for the Cobras about 85 percent of the time.
"I've been around some greatness, and he's in line. He has a unique set of skills, very long limbs. And his work ethic is incredible. He's dedicated himself to bringing his grades up and now he's just a couple points short in his GPA from getting some big-time offers."
Jackson, who raised his GPA to a 2.2 and will take the ACT for the first time in December, has offers from Tennessee, Purdue, UCF, Toledo, SMU and Hawaii. But Florida State, the team he grew up rooting for, and Oklahoma are intently watching his progress.
Jackson's older brother, Demar Dorsey, a former safety at Boyd Anderson, was one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation in 2010. But Dorsey, who originally signed with Michigan, has been struggling the past two years to get his academics in order. Jackson Sr. said Dorsey spent this past semester at Arizona Western Community College and is still looking to sign with a school.
"I definitely think Eddie has learned something from what his brother went through and it's motivated him," Jackson Sr. said. "Now it's up to him to keep going."
The Cobras (8-2) hope to keep their playoff path going with a win at 10th-ranked Palm Beach Dwyer (9-2) on Friday. The Panthers, who host Boyd Anderson, crushed Northeast 25-3 last week and shut down star receiver Stacy Coley, holding him without a catch.
"What's got us most excited is they're talking about blowing us out, putting up 50 on us," Jackson said. "All I've got to say is we'll see what happens on game day."


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This was OK, but not nearly as good as I was expecting. The creme needs more flavor, the vanilla got lost in that much milk. The jam was fine but mine never got syrupy, not that I'm sure that would matter. A little fine-tuning would help, including more flavoring in the creme.
Vanilla Crème with Fresh Berry Jam
Prepare the jam and custard up to a day ahead, and refrigerate separately. Assemble the desserts before serving. The jam is also good with toast, pancakes, or pound cake.
Yield: 6 servings
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 178
- Calories from fat: 23%
- Fat: 4.6g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 5.5g
- Carbohydrate: 30g
- Fiber: 2.7g
- Cholesterol: 17mg
- Iron: 0.3mg
- Sodium: 119mg
- Calcium: 69mg
- Jam:
- 1/3 cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups coarsely chopped strawberries, divided
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- To prepare jam, combine 1/3 cup water and 3 tablespoons sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Add 1 cup chopped strawberries, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until mixture is syrupy, mashing strawberries with a fork. Remove from heat, and stir in remaining 1 cup chopped strawberries. Pour into a bowl, and cool completely. Cover and chill.
- To prepare crème, sprinkle gelatin over whole milk in a small saucepan; let stand for 10 minutes. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean, and add seeds and bean to milk mixture. Cook the milk mixture over medium-low heat 10 minutes or until gelatin dissolves, stirring constantly with a whisk. Increase heat to medium, and add 6 tablespoons sugar, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Stir in buttermilk. Remove and discard vanilla bean. Spoon about 1/2 cup buttermilk mixture into each of 6 small glasses. Cover and chill 6 hours or until set. Top each serving with 3 tablespoons berry jam. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
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Chicago is a pizza town, and a trip to the Amalfi Coast of Italy inspired the owners to bring fresh and affordable dining, mixed with the warm hospitality of family, back to the Midwest's pizza capital.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- TheStreet's Laurie Kulikowski said teens aren't shopping at the malls as they once were, as seen in the earnings reported by several retailers.
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Sales slumped 6% and the company missed by 10 cents analyst estimates calling for a loss of 24 cents per share, she said.
Kulikowski added that analysts believe the company's focus on the higher-end consumer is clearly not working. Aeropostale now plans to close 30 stores by year end, double the previous estimate.Meanwhile, The Gap (GPS) reported pretty solid earnings, she said. The company earned 64 cents per share, in line with analyst expectations. Sales pushed higher, eclipsing last year's quarterly figures by 8%. The company also boosted its annual dividend to 80 cents per share from 60 cents. Kulikowski noted that CEO Glenn Murphy said the company's value products at Old Navy, growing online sales and international expansion all contributed to this quarter's success. She concluded that retailers will be looking to have better luck in the second half of 2013, helped by back-to-school sales and holiday shopping. -- Written by Bret Kenwell in Petoskey, Mich. Follow @BretKenwell
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a southeastern Kentucky couple have been found dead at their home just hours before the funeral for their son, who was killed in a wreck.
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Ive been trying for a month to get this to work, but nothing works. The error is too vague for me to see what's wrong. Trying to install Maya 13 Student Edition on my Windows 8 64bit laptop. I've tried running as admin, uninstalling C++, updating Directx, redownloading the files and still I get nothing. Here's the log:
2013/3/9:17:25:20 Jason SIXMACHINE === Setup started on SIXMACHINE by Jason ===
2013/3/9:17:25:20 Jason SIXMACHINE Launch
2013/3/9:17:25:22 Jason SIXMACHINE Download Skipped SETUP_CONFIG http://studentsdownload.autodesk.com/SWDLDDLM/2013
2013/3/9:17:25:23 Jason SIXMACHINE PageOpen LaunchDialog
2013/3/9:17:30:03 Jason SIXMACHINE PageOpen LicenseDialog
2013/3/9:17:30:03 Jason SIXMACHINE PageOpen ProductInfoDialog
2013/3/9:17:30:03 Jason SIXMACHINE PageOpen ProductSelectionDialog2
2013/3/9:17:30:24 Jason SIXMACHINE PageOpen FullProgressDialog
2013/3/9:17:30:25 Jason SIXMACHINE Download Skipped DIRECTX http://studentsdownload.autodesk.com/SWDLDDLM/2013
2013/3/9:17:30:25 Jason SIXMACHINE Installing DirectX® Runtime: C:\Autodesk\WI\Autodesk Maya 2013\3rdParty\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe /silent
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One Fierce Female: Explorer Felicity Aston Skis Across Antarctica Solo!
Written on February 8, 2012 at 2:26 pm , by FITNESS Intern
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Could you ever imagine skiing across Antarctica? How about skiing across Antarctica alone?
Felicity Aston, a 33-year old explorer from Great Britain, did just that last month, and now holds the title as the first women in history to cross the continent. She is also now the world record holder for the longest solo journey ever made by a woman! Talk about girl-power.
Aston began skiing during her first trip to Antarctica when she was 23, and has enjoyed the sport ever since. For the past 10 years, Aston has taken expeditions all over the world and in 2006 she started to lead these expeditions. After training a group of women for their first trip to the South Pole, she decided to make the trek by herself.
Why did you want to do this alone?
I did it alone because I think I was curious to see if I could. When I hear about an expedition, my question is always, "Would I behave in that way?" and I was curious to find out if I could.
How did you train?
It was all about endurance and stamina. I did a lot of high-intensity walks while pulling tires with a harness along the beach. The sand is very similar to snow. The training isn't something I enjoy, but it was a means to an end. I need to do this or else I would not be able to do that.
What did you take with you?
It had to be very lightweight, because I was pulling absolutely everything. I started out with two sleds that weighed almost 190 pounds—that's like a full-grown man! I didn't have as much clothing as you would think.
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A 72-year-old Madison woman told police that she stole a painting from a UW student center to show her interior designer about color ideas for her home.
University Police said Hildegard Neujahr was cited for misdemeanor theft.
Police spokesman Marc Lovicott said she thought the artwork was done by a UW student, and was therefore acceptable to take.
It was reported missing November 20th from a wall at a gallery at Union South on the Madison campus. The painting was valued at $700.
Officers received a number of tips about the case after releasing information about the incident a week ago, including footage from a security camera.
Lovicott said Neujahr was very cooperative with investigators. She reportedly returned the art work to police, and Lovicott said it would soon return to where it was taken.


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int[] numbers = new int[3]; numbers[0] = 90; // Assign value to first element in the array numbers[1] = 150; // Assign value to second element in the array numbers[2] = 30; // Assign value to third element in the array int a = numbers[0] + numbers[1]; // Sets variable 'a' to 240 int b = numbers[1] + numbers[2]; // Sets variable 'b' to 180
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how fast is it?Posted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
I've always liked to believe that there is a generous bandwidth of tempos in which my music can communicate successfully. That may or may not be true, but there are few things more annoying than ending up with a recording that sounds a hair too fast or a hair too slow. Don't let them play more than two notes in the recording session at the wrong tempo — stop them immediately – because a take in the wrong tempo is unusable, regardless of how beautiful it may be in every other way. Conversely, if a take is in the right tempo, even if it has other problems, the recording engineer may be able to use some of it.
And that reminds me of the most excruciating performance of a piece of mine I've ever experienced – or almost experienced. I was a guest at a new music festival put on at a well-regarded university I had never been to before. I arrived for the dress rehearsal, which took place immediately before the performance. As I walked through the backstage area, I could hear the musicians rehearsing, but because of the labyrinthic design of the school I couldn't find them.
They were playing my piece at exactly half tempo.
In a frenzied state, I ran up and down the hallways, opening every door, trying to figure out where they were. Then I heard them stop. The performance began a few minutes later.
I couldn't bring myself to go into the concert hall. I left the building as quickly as I could, headed to the closest bar and got myself good and drunk.
What did I learn? At half tempo, not only is every moment in the piece in the wrong place — every wrong note lasts twice as long.
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Mighty No. 9 is now in beta, Comcept celebrate with excitable new trailer
Unless you forked out $80 or more (!) during the Kickstarter for Mighty No. 9, you're not going to be playing the beta version of Comcept's robo-based platformer, which has been released to backers today. The good news is that other people are, and as is the way of things, they've been uploading footage to the popular video-cataloging service 'YouTube'. If you're interested in the game, there are worse ways you could spend your lunch hour than by going through recent videos, or indeed sticking around after the break to see a big, new trailer from Comcept themselves.


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Geneva, Switzerland, 25 January 2013 The International Alliance of Patients Organizations (IAPO) yesterday urged World Health Organization (WHO) to adopt a patient-centred approach to the post-2015 development agenda. This request was central to an intervention made by Jo Groves, IAPO CEO, on the agenda item: Monitoring the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the 132nd Session of the WHO Executive Board session in Geneva, Switzerland. The following is taken from IAPOs statement:
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Seems like this teacher chose the wrong profession if her phobia is young children:
A former high school teacher suing the school district where she used to work is accusing its administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children. Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61, had been teaching Spanish and French at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati since 1976.
Waltherr-Willard, who does not have children of her own, said that when she was transferred to the district's middle school in 2009, the seventh- and eighth-graders triggered her phobia, caused her blood pressure to soar and forced her to retire in the middle of the 2010-2011 school year.
In her lawsuit against the district, filed in federal court in Cincinnati, Waltherr-Willard said that her fear of young children falls under the federal American with Disabilities Act and that the district violated it by transferring her in the first place and then refusing to allow her to return to the high school.The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Gary Winters, the school district's attorney, said Tuesday that Waltherr-Willard was transferred because the French program at the high school was being turned into an online one and that the middle school needed a Spanish teacher.
"She wants money," Winters said of Walter-Willard's motivation to sue. "Let's keep in mind that our goal here is to provide the best teachers for students and the best academic experience for students, which certainly wasn't accomplished by her walking out on them in the middle of the year."
The lawsuit said that Waltherr-Willard has been treated for her phobia since 1991 and also suffers from general anxiety disorder, high blood pressure and a gastrointestinal illness. She was managing her conditions well until the transfer, according to the lawsuit.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
January 15th, 2013
1:01 pm
oh, for the love of God no.
if you don't like kids, don't teach. what on earth could someone be (not) thinking?
January 15th, 2013
1:02 pm
January 15th, 2013
1:20 pm
I would be more scared of high schoolers, than middle schoolers. This is such a bogus claim, and yet will cost money that they don't have to waste. Some people simply don't have any shame at all.
January 15th, 2013
1:25 pm
I think it would be reasonable to accommodate the teacher. High school and middle school are hugely different environments. The part about moving teachers around without asking them, I can relate to. It gets to the point where the bosses play checkers with people to the point of indulgence. Treating teachers like objects, it is depersonalising, especially considering the organic nature of teaching. I sure would like to see some data about frequency of staff movement in school districts. I've been in a school building where they move half of the teachers around every year. It's weird.
January 15th, 2013
1:27 pm
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January 15th, 2013
1:40 pm
Worker Rights:
Freedom of speech
Freedom from fear
Freedom from discrimination
Right to life, liberty and personal security
Freedom from slavery and freedom of movement
Freedom from torture
Right to recognition and equality before the law
Right to property ownership
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to peaceful assembly
Freedom from compulsory association
Right to work and to choose one's employer
Right to equal pay for equal work and fair remuneration
Right to rest and leisure
Right to basic living standards sufficient to ensure health and well-being
January 15th, 2013
1:52 pm
I don't know about the efficacy of an on-line course for a foreign language. Was it a maneuver to trim the payroll and encourage her to retire? It would have been a tough decision to take a job out of her
district – we teachers become attached to 'our' school and school system. Still, children are children and, unless her lawyers can come up with a confirmed diagnosis, I don't see how she can win her case.
January 15th, 2013
2:11 pm
I think that a (seemingly) valid point is missed here.
This teacher was a successful teacher in HIGH SCHOOL. Then, the school system forced her to transfer to a MIDDLE SCHOOL.
If she really does have some medical condition, regardless of how silly it may seem, are you guys saying it is too bad for her?
Here is an analogy…. Imagine if you are a great farmer. You can grow the heck out of soybeans and are very successful. However, you have a severe peanut allergy and suddenly you are forced to change your crops to peanuts – maybe Uncle Sam said so. Is this fair to you?
If you look at it from that perspective, I thin that she may have a point.
January 15th, 2013
2:11 pm
thin = think
January 15th, 2013
2:18 pm
@Private Citizen,
In addition to your list, there must also be something that protects a worker from employer fraud.
What if you apply for a job as a carpenter? You are great working with wood and have been trained to work with wood. You have years of experience working with wood. So, you get a job at Company X with the title of "wood worker". It took you some time to get this job. You had to go to 4 interviews, a background check, finger printing, and so on.
The first day on the job, you set up in the wood working shop. You then begin to produce your great produces. After a couple of weeks, your boss then says, "too bad. We now want you to clean toilets every day. This is permanent and we'll let you know if it ever changes."
Doesn't this employee have a right to be angry? After all of the time and effort that person put into getting the right job for them (wood working), didn't that employer essentially commit fraud?
Employees have rights, too. Employers cannot abuse their employees. This is what Georgia and other "right to work" States forget.
January 15th, 2013
2:23 pm
Total BS money ploy. They should go after the fraud's pension as well.
January 15th, 2013
2:35 pm
I taught middle school one year and hated every minute of it. I still do not like that age level and have taught at the high school level since my one year in middle school. Does this mean I have a phobia? No it does not. There is probably a lot more to the story that we are not hearing. After all, her attorney seems to be the one giving the details to the news media. We will not got all the details–especially since the truth might be a lot more boring. Maybe she got tired of the all the preparation for the classes. Changing from high to middle school requires a great deal of work and maybe she could not or would not handle that. Her attorney wants her story out there but the school board cannot say much because of privacy concerns. The headline makes for a fun article, but lets face it, there is more involved here that her supposed phobia.
January 15th, 2013
2:48 pm
"Seems like this teacher chose the wrong profession if her phobia is young children:"
She began teaching high school in 1976. She didn't begin receiving treatment for the disorder until 1991 which leads me to believe that she likely wasn't aware of the disorder when she began teaching. And it didn't present a problem until 2009 when she was transferred to the middle school. She taught 33 years with no issues related to this phobia. I'd say that's a pretty good career run.
January 15th, 2013
2:53 pm
Leave it to the media and the 'general public' to have an ignorant knee-jerk reaction in order to paint any and all teachers in a bad way.
January 15th, 2013
3:07 pm
Horse-hockey, I call it. I can't count the times I've been moved or asked to perform a function I wasn't necessarily hired for. it's Standard Operating Procedure for most employers.
If she wasn't able to deal with the stress of her job, and that's really what we're talking about here, she should have made the choice to seek other employment. To claim that you can only work with a certain kind of people is, at least, very, frighteningly close to bigotry. Try substituting "black people" for "young children" and see how far your disorder will get you.
January 15th, 2013
3:07 pm
Let's see…she taught HS for 33 years (1976 – 2009) before being transferred to middle school. And she's been under treatment for her phobia since 1991.
Yeah, right…she's just played the system for 35 years so she could get the big payday with this scam! Jeez…for some folks on here, everything is black and white, and they're more than happy to tell you which one it is.
January 15th, 2013
3:10 pm
Actually I can understand this teacher because infants and toddlers unnerve me. My siblings and friends with kids knew this and did not ask me to babysit. I don't even hold babies. I would never choose to work in a daycare. After about age five I'm good with kids and have enjoyed being a guest in MS and HS to teach personal finance and budgeting.
Any parent and non-parent can tell you all ages of children are not the same. Each age group has its own needs, which is why we have middle schools. This teacher taught in High school because she could handle that. There is a big different between the needs and teaching of MS and HS children. She did not bail the moment they gave her middle school. she tried to make it work for a couple of years. She tried to get transferrred to another HS rather than just bail on the students but that didn't work either. She couldn't take it any more. Better she leave the classroom than nut up and harm students.
Like it or lump it some folks have strange phobias. This one, pedophobia, is hers.
January 15th, 2013
3:11 pm
And for the record, HS Public Teacher and the rest of the educators reading this … I am a full supporter of teachers, educators, and the system. My mother was a teacher for 30 years. I have several cousins who are teachers. I respect all of them.
But you must try and realize that your profession is now more "corporate" than ever before. You either must begin to understand that it's pretty much "out with the old and in with the new" when it comes to how your jobs are handled and with what requirements you must meet. Just like the rest of the working world. Refusal to do so will only lead to further headaches, for you, and potentially a job loss.
January 15th, 2013
3:21 pm
Although I agree that this teacher is crying wolf, I would like to take exception to moving teachers. Here in the metro area, a move to a similar school could mean an two more hours of a commute.
If a person is being moved, there is no relocation, no buy out of a house, none of the perks that corporate offers. So we have a choice: either treat us all the way corporate or don't treat us that way at all…take the crooked with the strait.
That is the problem that I see: teachers being told to be happy we have jobs and that those jobs can be taken away at any time, but the powers that be will not treat you appropriately.
January 15th, 2013
3:30 pm
They say she had a phobia of YOUNG children. Going from teaching 14-18 year olds to teaching 11-14 year olds hardly qualifies as teaching young children.
If they transferred her from high school to pre-k, I could maybe see the point, but this is not a group of young children. Middle schoolers are annoying, yes, but hardly phobia inducing. It isn't like they need help tying shoes and going to the bathroom like preschoolers and toddlers do. Sounds like it was time for the lady to retire and she just wanted to pad her account.
January 15th, 2013
3:31 pm
I don't understand the lawsuit. The article states that the French class was being converted to an online course. The teacher could have been fired(laid off) but instead they transferred her to another school another teaching position. If she did not want to teach there, she had options. She could have applied to another district. No one forced her to stay in a place that was unhealthy for her. Blaming a company/district because they cannot accommodate her specific disability is unfounded since her disability is the core of the district (being in the presence of kids). She had a good run as a teacher and if it became unbearable just leave/retire and enjoy your retiring years. We are a sue happy society.
January 15th, 2013
3:54 pm
Fire the teacher and the union that is representing her!
January 15th, 2013
4:00 pm
To "Private Citizen, " you cannot be serious?
January 15th, 2013
4:12 pm
What's Best For Kids? I'm not sure what you've been told, but the majority of us don't get such perks. Typically, executives would yes, as would the leadership in the school system. But if my job moved me to say, another building out in Gwinnett (I currently work and live in Buckhead) there would be absolutely no perks involved. It's pretty much exactly as you said it – we're ALL being told to be happy we have a job.
January 15th, 2013
4:36 pm
I work in middle school and love it. However, my sister who taught a high school elective for over thirty years tried subbing at middle school and lasted only four days. First of all, the kids are totally different animals with these new things called hormones that make them nuts. Then there's the fact that high school students choose to be in classes such as French and art, but middle schoolers are required to rotate through whatever electives are offered and are often in classes they're just not interested in. They frequently use this as an excuse to misbehave and not participate in class making life difficult for veteran middle school teachers and miserable, I would think, for someone used to more mature, well behaved students. In addition, the elective teachers at my school are discouraged to pass students no matter what.
The lawsuit seems a little silly in light of the fact that she has in enough time to retire with a pension, but I can certainly see how she is disheartened by her treatment.
January 15th, 2013
5:13 pm
Middle school teachers are my heroes. I can't think of a worse time of life.
January 15th, 2013
5:13 pm
It's one thing to want to sue.
It's another thing for the Courts to accept your lawsuit.
If the Court actually accepts this absurd suit, it will only confirm what a joke justice has become in America.
January 15th, 2013
5:16 pm
Read before commenting please. The real questions I have are… was she told the only job available was in the middle school? Were there Spanish teachers still needed at the high school? Were the administration messing with her?
Sad fact is she has a diagnosed ADA recognized disability. The school district better have their ducks in a row or they will lose!
January 15th, 2013
5:44 pm
Wow, I can't believe this. I guess there's no limit to stupidity.
January 15th, 2013
6:16 pm
This is why the ADA has been perverted. It is no longer a case of hiring someone in a wheelchair where the only accomodation is to put bricks under their desk legs. Now anyone that can think up some "disability: can file a lawsuit. I can't hear as well as I used to – I think that I should be transferred to an easy job where no one talks to me except through the computer. But then again my eyesight is going, too. Maybe you should just pay me my regular paycheck and let me stay at home.
Sort of like SPED students who have a generic ADD that requires the school to send them to a special school just for them at a cost of $20,000 per year for the little "precious princess".
January 15th, 2013
6:17 pm
Doctor, I think you ought to walk the walk before you mock the talk. For one thing, if you've got something to say, say it. You've got a big title and don't say anything except use me for an object. Not cool.
January 15th, 2013
6:35 pm
"If you have a fear of children, is teaching the right career choice?"
It is the PERFECT career choice. Then she can claim a "disability" and get money from the system.
January 15th, 2013
7:13 pm
If this teacher can prove to the court that her phobia of young children actually is a condition with a name and has been documented by her doctor as having this condition, then wouldn't she have a case? I would like to hear more details.
January 15th, 2013
7:21 pm
The ADA only says that REASONABLE ACCOMODATION is required n cases of legitimate disability (first she would have to prove that). Then, if transferring her back to high school is not "reasonable", then she has no case. If she cannot do her job, she should find herself another job.
January 15th, 2013
7:22 pm
The trouble is, middle school kids are not"young kids." They are sometimes funny, frequently (en masse) awful, but NOT small kids. I am willing to believe that being sent to middle school to work triggered her blood pressure problems. I have taught middle school aged kids for several years in the past, (two years of sped in addition) and it takes the patience of Job.
It is funny that her system is decrying her leaving in mid-year, YET HERE IN GEORGIA THE TRS MADE IT WORTHWHILE TO LEAVE ON NOVEMBER 1ST!
January 15th, 2013
7:26 pm
I don't fear kids….. just Barney.
Does he even have a drivers license?
January 15th, 2013
7:47 pm
"Fire her" from movie Young and Dangerous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRFoonfB6cA#t=87m36s
January 15th, 2013
8:10 pm
After having taught middle school students for more than 30 years I can totally understand this teacher's phobia. I absolutely love middle school students, but I am in a very small group of teachers.
When all l of those raging hormones and adolescent quirks are confined to a single area it can be d-mned scary !! This lawsuit says far more about the school system who disregarded her request NOT to be placed in a middle school than it does the individual teacher .
January 15th, 2013
8:45 pm
@(the other) Rodney,
I truely feel sorry for you. If you are employed and are just 'happy to have a job' then your life must be pretty miserable, or at the very least desperate.
A little about me…. no, I don't have any degree at all in Education (although I do feel it is a respectable degree). I have a bachelors and masters in engineering. I retired from working at two fortune 500 companies (sequentually) here in Atlanta and THEN decided to teach rather than sit at home and be bored.
As a teacher, my students score an average of 4.0 on the AP test. This is very high, by the way. My students also score among the tops in the State on other standardized test such as end-of-course tests, etc. My point is that the data proves my success as a classroom teacher.
Now that I have established myself, know that what I have to say and my opinion results not only from years in a classroom but also from extensive corporate experience. Your "holier-than-thou" attitude is not appreciated. Because you work in the "real world" does not make you better than a classroom teacher. Also, you know NOTHING of being a classroom teacher unless you have performed the job.
Although it may happen that companies require an employee to move, most (good) companies will ask an employee if they would be willing to relocate rather than force it. When a company starts to treat people like pawns, their reputation quickly goes downhill and good people would chose not to work for them at all. When people live in fear, nothing good happens.
You really sound like you need to find a place in this world where you can be happy. Your posts sound very bitter and on the verge of being angry. Regardless of the economy, good people with good work ethics can succeed – either working for someone or even working for themselves. You just need to find the right place for you.
Best of luck to you.
January 15th, 2013
9:25 pm
I don't like blood and being directly responsible if another person lives or dies.
sounds like I should be a surgeon. better still, pay me not to be.
January 15th, 2013
9:50 pm
Good for her!!!! Districts do this all the time. The transfer teachers near retirement to a place they worn't be successful to push them out the door early. This messes with their retirement. School districts do this all the time. I don't care if this is gamey on the teachers part. She never should have been moved out of the HS after years of dedicated service. Score for the little man. Stick it to the MAN, evil school districts running like a corporation stealing retirements from dedicated poor teachers.
January 15th, 2013
9:56 pm
Public HS Teacher
You in the dream days. Wait till you are almost capping out on maximum pension and they can hire a new teacher for 1/2 your salary to take your place and they move you to special ed or a place where you no experience or qualifications, then they build documentation to fire you and you don't receive your pension for failure to do your job. You'll sing a different tune. Us young or new teachers must protect our senior level teachers. We will be almost out the door before we know it. Teacher unions are our only chance of protecting us.
January 15th, 2013
10:12 pm
Keep the teacher but disband all unions. Disband the Federal Department of Education and get rid of at least HALF of the State Department of Education in Georgia. Money saved that could be utilized much better somewhere else.
January 16th, 2013
12:01 am
Jake – brilliant posts. Thank you.
January 16th, 2013
2:22 am
This is absurd. Nobody has a right to a job, or a job they like. You have to handle the stress, or find something else. I speak as someone who has dealt with anxiety disorder, where going on a kid's soccer field with all the screaming and other noises caused problems. The doctors have medication and counseling to handle this. Also as a person who worked for an insurance company suffering terrible multimillion dollar losses, which literally made me throw up sometimes. So I've been there, and I say all of you who defend this person need to get a life, and she needs to get the right credentials to be transferred to the media center, or find something else.
January 16th, 2013
8:42 am
@Public HS Teacher – wow. Just wow. I'm going to step outside since you're already up on the cross. Maybe it isn't a cross you're on – I don't remember Jesus being so condescending. (I may not be bitter or angry, as you say, but I do have a wickedly pithy tongue).
Reading IS fundamental, but comprehension doesn't necessarily come with that as evinced by your assumption that I am unhappy in my job. I said "we're ALL being told to be happy we have a job", not "I'm just happy to have a job". I enjoy what I do, and have frequent work-from-home opportunities that only add to that enjoyment. Apologies if I came across bitter or whatever else you gleaned from my post. Twas not my intention.
Now that I've addressed the inaccuracies in your post …
The fact that I've never taught doesn't really negate any observations I may make about the resistance to change educators seem to project. I really don't need to darken the door to a classroom to know that. I have ears to hear with and eyes to see with.
Do I think you're fairly compensated for your work? No. Do I hold to my contention that most teachers are resistant to change and hate to compromise? Yes.
January 16th, 2013
3:29 pm
Rodney, you're a real piece of work, as the saying goes.
January 16th, 2013
7:24 pm
If you have to think about the ans. to this rediculous question, get out of ed. NOW!
January 17th, 2013
8:33 am
If you have an irrational fear of administrators, is teaching the right career for you, playah?
Why no, I don't have an irrational fear of administrators. Ms. B is my cousin. What are you talking about?
January 17th, 2013
3:57 pm
This lady was not teaching young children. She was teaching teenagers. Eighth grade and ninth grade are not that different in terms of age. First grade and tenth grade- yes. Seventh grade and ninth grade-no. This teacher just didn't like the middle school environment. I don't blame her. I don't either. But don't blame it on a "fear of young children." Sounds like bunk to me.


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The Falcons open conference play with a home series against Alaska-Anchorage on Nov. 1-2 before heading on the road for two-straight weeks against Minnesota State (Nov. 8-9) and Ferris State (Nov. 15-16). Bowling Green then welcomes Minnesota State to the BGSU Ice Arena (Nov. 22-23) before heading up to Lake Superior for a two-game set with the Lakers on Nov. 29-30. The Orange and Brown will then take on Alabama-Huntsville at home (Dec. 6-7) before closing out conference play in December with another trip to the Upper Peninsula to take on Michigan Tech (Dec. 13-14).
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