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"I Suddenly Felt Myself Levitate and I Was Flying Through the Air"
"I Suddenly Felt Myself Levitate and I Was Flying Through the Air" The Shawnee Township, OH, Fire Department covers 25 square miles and a population of 14,000. The department responds with three engines, one tanker, one ladder, two advanced life support (ALS) ambulances, a hazmat trailer...
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When I got up on my knees and looked back, we heard the gas ignite and blow out at us, and now the front half of building was gone. What went through our minds was to get around to see the rest of our crew. After rounding the B/C corner of the building and seeing all the crew was OK, I noted everything almost seemed peaceful - traffic on roadways had stopped, papers rained down and, quite frankly, we thought the owner of the building wasn't going to be very happy.
We now went to work addressing the fire and called for evacuation of the supermarket and the bank near the explosion. The Dominion representative and the contractors were transported to a local hospital with cuts and burns. Captain Myers and I were taken to a hospital about 20 minutes after explosion by our medic to be treated for injuries, once we had enough resources on the scene. We had to have shrapnel removed from us along with minor burns and one broken toe. It was estimated that Captain Myers and I were blown through the air about 25-30 feet.
I believe our training and experience played a major role in how things went that day. You can do everything right and things still can go wrong. I believe if we didn't have all our gear on properly and if we weren't on air, I don't think he and I would be here to talk about a close call - we would be a NIOSH statistic.
The cause of the leak was the boring machine that had diverted off course and tore a hole in a two-inch medium-pressure gas line at 57 psi. The Lima and American Township fire departments heard the Mayday and were responding before they were called, and that meant to a great deal to us.
These comments are based on Chief Goldfeder's observations and communications with the writer and with FDNY Battalion Chief Frank Montagna, respected author of the book Responding to Routine Emergencies, regarding this close call:
With a few years behind both Chief Montagna and I studying close calls and, tragically, line-of-duty deaths (several related to gas leaks), I have developed a deep respect for what gas can do - and what we need to do in order to minimize our risks when responding to related emergencies.
The first issue that stood out to me in this close call is once again, the staffing and response issue. As we have written in this column many times before, firefighting and related emergency responses are task oriented - and our ability to perform the tasks required and to do them nearly simultaneously is directly related to the staffing required. Simply put, no fire department can respond to an emergency, that requires, for example, 20 firefighters (as planned for ahead of time by pre-planning and developing alarm assignments) with half that many firefighters and realistically expect the job to get done successfully and safely in the required time.
Calls for "odor of gas," "gas leak," "broken gas line" and similar situations may range from minor to potentially major incidents. All of these must be handled as potentially dangerous situations as done in this case. Fire department personnel must evacuate any civilians in the area of escaping gas - and that was a challenge in this close call because of the amount of firefighters on the first alarm. Additionally, law enforcement also must send a "heavy" response so that the policing of civilians getting near the area is handled. Police officers are more apt to make the point to stay out of the hazard zone to those who should not be there than firefighters, who are better utilized as firefighters.
Firefighters working near a gas leak must wear full protective clothing with self-contained breathing apparatus, and that was done in this case by the captain and platoon chief. Firefighters operating in a suspected ignitable atmosphere (i.e., attempting to shut off a gas line) should be covered by a staffed protective hoseline. The number of exposed members must be kept to an absolute minimum at all times if command determines the risk is worth taking. Depending on conditions and resources on scene, the fire department may decide to evacuate the area, restrict access and await the gas company response, hazmat team or applicable responders.
When operating, a limited-access zone must be established and maintained around any suspected gas leak and "fire line" tape should be used to identify that zone. If the zone is larger, police will be needed to handle security and access.
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The WIN TPI is compiled by awarding points to each team for the ranked wrestlers they have in WIN's current individual rankings that can be found below in all 10 weight classes. In a sense, it suggests how many points these teams could score at this year's NCAA tournament in March.
Teams are awarded points based on how many potential All-Americans they could have and get advancement points for wrestlers ranked No. 9-20. The order of teams in the TPI vary greatly from dual meet rankings, as some teams have a number of highly-ranked individuals but may have holes in their dual meet line-up.
Point totals associated with individual rankings are as followed: 1st - 20 (16 AA points + 4 advancement points); 2nd - 16 (12+4); 3rd - 13.5 (10+3.5); 4th - 12. 5 (9+3.5); 5th - 10 (7+3); 6th - 9 (6+3); 7th - 6.5 (4+2.5); 8th - 5.5 (3+2.5); 9th/12th - 2; 13th/16th - 1.5; 17th-20th - 1. TPI points will not match the final NCAA"ˆtournament points because it does not include bonus points for pins, technical falls, major decisions and forfeits/defaults.
The rankings may include wrestlers who are currently injured, but are expected to be back for the 2011 postseason. Inactivity may also result in a wrestler dropping in the rankings.
The WIN TPI does not rank team according to dual meet performances. There is a separate Top 20 national dual team rankings listing below the Tournament Power Index.
WIN Feb. 7, 2011 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank School Top 8 TPI Points
1 Cornell 7 90.5
2 Boise State 4 73
3 Oklahoma State 5 66
4 Penn State 5 60.5
5 Iowa 3 43.5
6t Minnesota 4 42.5
6t Wisconsin 3 42.5
8 Oklahoma 2 33.5
9 Lehigh 2 33
10 Rutgers 3 32
11 American 2 31
12 Virginia Tech 2 29.5
13t Iowa State 2 29
13t Michigan 1 29
15 Arizona State 2 28.5
16 Central Michigan 2 28
17 Wyoming 2 26.5
18 Nebraska 1 25.5
19 Illinois 2 24.5
20t Missouri 1 23
20t Pittsburgh 3 23
22 Purdue 3 22
23 NC State 1 20
24 Penn 2 18.5
25 Cal Poly 1 18
26t Edinboro 1 17
26t Northwestern 1 17
26t Oregon State 1 17
29 Kent State 1 15.5
30 Stanford 2 15
31t Maryland 1 14
31t Old Dominion 1 14
33 Virginia 1 13.5
34t Bucknell 1 9
34t The Citadel 1 9
34t Clarion 1 9
37 Hofstra 1 8.5
38 Indiana 0 7.5
39t Harvard 1 6.5
39t UNC Greensboro 1 6.5
41t Binghamton 0 3.5
41t Northern Iowa 0 3.5
41t Ohio 0 3.5
41t Utah Valley 0 3.5
45t No. Dakota St. 0 3
45t Ohio State 0 3
47t Navy 0 2.5
47t West Virginia 0 2.5
49t Air Force 0 2
49t Chattanooga 0 2
49t Northern Colorado 0 2
52t Appalachian State 0 1.5
52t Buffalo 0 1.5
54t Cal State Bakersfield 0 1
54t Drexel 0 1
54t North Carolina 0 1
54t VMI 0 1
WIN'S Feb. 7, 2011 Dual Meet Rankings
Rk. School (Previous, Jan. 31) Record
1. Cornell (1st) 9-1
2. Iowa (2nd) 12-0-1
3. Penn State (3rd) 15-1
4. Minnesota (4th) 13-3
5. Boise State (5th) 10-2-1
6. Oklahoma State (6th) 11-2-1
7. Oklahoma (7th) 12-1
8. Michigan (8th) 10-3
9. Rutgers (9th) 19-1
10. Virginia Tech (10th) 14-3
11. Lehigh (12th) 12-6
12. Nebraska (13th) 12-5
13. Missouri (14th) 14-7
14. Kent State (15th) 12-5
15. Wisconsin (11th) 9-4-1
16. Northwestern (16th) 16-2
17. American (17th) 13-5
18. Cal Poly (18th) 8-1
19. Oregon State (19th) 9-5-2
20. Wyoming (20th) 9-4
WIN's Feb. 7, 2011 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name School Year Previous (Jan. 31)
1. Matt McDonough Iowa SO 1st
2. Anthony Robles Arizona State SR 2nd
3. Brandon Precin Northwestern SR 3rd
4. James Nicholson Old Dominion SR 4th
5. Zach Sanders Minnesota JR 5th
6. Jon Morrison Oklahoma State FR 6th
7. Frank Perrelli Cornell JR 8th
8. Ryan Mango Stanford SO 9th
9. Jarrod Patterson Oklahoma SO 10th
10. Alan Waters Missouri FR 7th
11. Brad Pataky Penn State SR 11th
12. Jarrod Garnett Virginia Tech JR 12th
13. Ben Kjar Utah Valley SR 13th
14. Nic Bedelyon Kent State JR 14th
15. Michael Martinez Wyoming JR 15th
16. Trent Sprenkle North Dakota State SO 16th
17. Alan Bartelli Boise State SR 17th
18. Jason Lara Oregon State JR 18th
19. Sean Boyle Michigan SO 19th
20. Mark Rappo Penn JR 20th
133 pounds
Rk Name School Year Previous
1. Jordan Oliver Oklahoma State SO 1st
2. Andrew Hochstrasser Boise State SR 2nd
3. Tyler Graff Wisconsin SO 3rd
4. Devin Carter Virginia Tech FR 4th
5. B.J. Futrell Illinois SO 5th
6. Mike Grey Cornell SR 6th
7. Lou Ruggirello Hofstra SR 7th
8. Rollie Peterkin Penn SR 8th
9. Andrew Long Penn State SO 9th
10. Scotti Sentes Central Michigan JR 10th
11. Tony Ramos Iowa FR 11th
12. Flint Ray Utah Valley SR 12th
13. Nathan Pennesi West Virginia SO 13th
14. Tyler Cox Wyoming FR 14th
15. Justin Paulson Stanford SR 15th
16. Kyle Hutter Old Dominion SR 16th
17. Garrett Drucker Oregon State FR 18th
18. Eric Morrill Edinboro SR 19th
19. Jordan Keller Oklahoma SO 17th
20. Zac Stevens Michigan JR 20th
141 pounds
Rk Name School Year Previous
1. Kellen Russell Michigan JR 1st
2. Mike Thorn Minnesota SR 2nd
3. Boris Novachkov Cal Poly JR 3rd
4. James Kennedy Illinois SR 4th
5. Montell Marion, Iowa JR 5th
6. Zack Bailey Oklahoma SR 6th
7. Andrew Alton Penn State FR 7th
8. Tyler Nauman Pittsburgh JR 8th
9. Zack Kemmerer, Penn JR 9th
10. Cody Cleveland Chattanooga SR 12th
11. Mike Mangrum Oregon State SO 13th
12. Cole Von Ohlen Air Force SO 14th
13. Todd Schavrien Missouri SR 10th
14. Josh Kindig Oklahoma State FR 17th
15. Levi Jones Boise State SR 11th
15. Chris Drouin Iowa State SR 15th
16. Elijah Nacita Cal State Bakersfield SR 16th
18. Jon Kohler Maryland SR 18th
19. Chris Diaz Virginia Tech SR 19th
20. Matt Mariacher American JR 20th
149 pounds
Rk. Name School Year Previous
1. Darrion Caldwell NC State SR 1st
2. Jason Chamberlain Boise State JR 2nd
3. Kyle Dake Cornell SO 3rd
4. Frank Molinaro Penn State JR 4th
5. Mario Mason Rutgers SO 5th
6. Kevin LeValley Bucknell SR 6th
7. Jamal Parks Oklahoma State JR 7th
8. Ivan Lopouchanski UNC-G'boro SO 10th
9. Don Vinson Binghamton SO 8th
10. Cole Schmitt Wisconsin SO 12th
11. Brian Stephens Virginia Tech SO 9th
12. Justin Gaethje No. Colorado SR 11th
13. Desmond Green Buffalo JR 13th
14. Andrew Nadhir Northwestern SR 14th
15. Kurt Kinser Indiana SR 15th
16. Scott Sakaguchi Oregon State SO 19th
17. Ganbayar Sanjaa American JR 20th
18. Cole Dallaserra Wyoming SR 17th
19. Eric Grajales Michigan FR NR
20. Filip Novachkov Cal Poly SR NR
157 pounds
Rk. Name School Year Previous
1. Steve Fittery American SR 1st
2. Adam Hall Boise State SR 2nd
3. David Taylor Penn State FR 3rd
4. Bubba Jenkins Arizona State SR 4th
5. Jesse Dong Virginia Tech SR 6th
6. James Fleming Clarion SO 7th
7. Walter Peppelman Harvard SO 8th
8. Derek St. John Iowa FR 9th
9. Paul Young Indiana SR 5th
10. Jason Welch Northwestern SO 10th
11. Chase Nelson Oklahoma FR 11th
12. Daryl Cocozzo, Rutgers SR 12th
13. Bryce Saddoris Navy SR 13th
14. Kyle John, Maryland JR 14th
15. Neil Erisman Oklahoma State SR 15th
16. Vincent Salminen North Dakota State SR 16th
17. Brandon Zeerip Michigan FR 17th
18. Colton Salazar Purdue SR 18th
19. D.J. Meagher Cornell SR 19th
20. Barrett Abel Cal Poly SR 20th
165 pounds
Rk Name School Year Previous
1. Jordan Burroughs Nebraska SR 1st
2. Tyler Caldwell Oklahoma SO 2nd
3. Justin Kerber Cornell SR 3rd
4. Shane Onufer Wyoming JR 4th
5. Josh Asper Maryland SO 5th
6. Turt. Luvsandorj The Citadel SO 6th
7. Scott Winston Rutgers SO 7th
8. Andrew Sorenson Iowa State JR 8th
9. Colt Sponseller Ohio State SR 10th
10. Zach Toal Missouri FR 14th
11. Dallas Bailey Oklahoma State FR 9th
12. Peter Yates Virginia Tech SO 11th
13. Ryan DesRoches Cal Poly JR 13th
14. Cody Yohn Minnesota SO 12th
15. Kyle Blevins Appalachian State JR 15th
16. Brandon Hatchett Lehigh JR 16th
17. Joe Booth Drexel SO 17th
18. Mike Miller Central Michigan SR 18th
19. Dan Yates Michigan FR 19th
20. Stephen (Gabe) Burak Penn SR 20th
174 pounds
Rk. Name School YR Previous
1. Jon Reader Iowa State SR 1st
2. Ed Ruth Penn State FR 2nd
3. Mack Lewnes Cornell SR 3rd
4. Chris Henrich Virginia SR 4th
5. Colby Covington Oregon State SR 6th
6. Ben Bennett C. Michigan SO 5th
7. Nick Amuchastegui Stanford JR 7th
8. Luke Manuel Purdue SR 8th
9. Jordan Blanton Illinois JR 9th
10. Ryan Patrovich Hofstra JR 10th
11. Scott Glasser Minnesota SR 12th
12. Ethen Lofthouse, Iowa FR 13th
13. Mike Letts Maryland SR 15th
14. Austin Meys Lehigh FR 16th
15. Mike Benefiel Oklahoma State JR 17th
16. Jacob Swartz Boise State FR 11th
17. Nick Heflin Ohio State FR 14th
18. Nick Purdue Ohio JR 20th
19. Alex Caruso, Rutgers SR 18th
20. Dorian Henderson Missouri SR 19th
184 pounds
Rk. Name School YR Previous
1. Kirk Smith Boise State SR 1st
2. Chris Honeycutt Edinboro JR 2nd
3. Steve Bosak Cornell SO 3rd
4. Travis Rutt Wisconsin JR 4th
5. Joe LeBlanc Wyoming JR 5th
6. Robert Hamlin Lehigh SO 6th
7. Chris Perry Oklahoma State FR 7th
8. A.J. Kissel Purdue JR 8th
9. Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa FR 10th
10. Josh Ihnen Nebraska SO 11th
11. Kevin Steinhaus Minnesota FR 9th
12. Grant Gambrell Iowa SO 12th
13. Quentin Wright Penn State SO 13th
14 . Nate Schiedel Binghamton SO 14th
15. Mike Larson Missouri SO 15th
16. Erich Schmidtke Oklahoma SR 16th
17. Luke Rebertus Navy SR 17th
18. Jon Fausey Virginia FR 18th
19. Max Thomusseit Pittsburgh FR 19th
20. Matt Ryan West Virginia JR 20th
197 pounds
Rk. Name School YR Previous
1. Cam Simaz Cornell JR 1st
2. Clayton Foster Oklahoma State SR 2nd
3. Trevor Brandvold Wisconsin SR 3rd
4. Dustin Kilgore Kent State JR 4th
5. Logan Brown Purdue SR 5th
6. Micah Burak Penn SO 7th
7. Zac Thomusseit Pittsburgh JR 8th
8. Sonny Yohn Minnesota JR 9th
9. Luke Lofthouse Iowa SR 15th
10. Jerome Ward Iowa State JR 10th
11. Anthony Biondo Michigan SR 11th
12. Matt Powless Indiana JR 6th
13. Brent Haynes Missouri SO 13th
14. Erik Schuth Ohio SR 14th
15. Zack Giesen Stanford SR 16th
16. Andy Johnson Nebraska SR 17th
17. Joe Kennedy Lehigh JR 12th
18. Matt Casperson Boise State SR 20th
19. Ryan Smith Cal Poly JR NR
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1. Zach Rey Lehigh JR 1st
2. Jarod Trice Central Michigan JR 2nd
3. Dom Bradley Missouri JR 3rd
4. DJ Russo Rutgers SR 4th
5. Ryan Tomei Pittsburgh SR 6th
6. Ryan Flores American SO 7th
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9. Ricardo Alcala Indiana SR 10th
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18. Eric Bugenhagen Wisconsin SR 18th
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"Neighbor" is my BFA Thesis, based around the Lakewood Ranch area of Sarasota, FL and its domestic architecture.
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When a women wants to surprise her son with a new basement gym and bathroom, she hires a contractor to do the work. After delays and sloppy work she had to call in Mike Holmes and his crew to straighten out the job.
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My current body of work combines my interest in plant life, jewelry, and sculpture.
The work consists of organic rings and necklaces that reflect an experimentation and exploration of materials, unique color combination, and texture.
During the creation of each piece I focus on objects that are either found, bought, given to me, or created from other materials. I find it intriguing to use materials that have little monetary or social value in order to create something beautiful. It is important that each piece work as well off the body, as a sculptural work, as well as on.
I want the viewer to be able to adorn themselves with each piece and form a personal bond with my work. I believe that art that can be worn by the viewer creates more of an intimate bond between artist and wearer.


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Benjamin wants to be more than just special teams weapon
OCT 07, 2013 2:40p ET
Last Thursday against Buffalo the Browns were in a malaise before receiving a jump start from Benjamin, who returned a punt 57 yards to set up the first score early in the second quarter. He later ripped off a 79-yard punt return for a touchdown to give the Browns a 17-10 lead later in the first half. Benjamin finished with seven returns for 179 yards and a 25.6 average.
However, on offense, Benjamin did not catch a pass and was only targeted once. All totaled, Benjamin only was in on four of the 68 offensive snaps against the Bills or just six percent. He was in on eight special teams snaps (21 percent).
With a team like the Browns looking for playmakers, it seems a priority would be how to get him the ball.
"You like getting the ball into his hands and he's able to do some things that are pretty special," head coach Rob Chudzinski said after practice Monday. "You can certainly see the type of speed that he has. We've been able to get him the ball some in the normal passing game. We've had some screens that he's been able to do that, as well. Any time you have a playmaker, you'd like to find ways to get the ball into his hands."
Through five games, Benjamin has 17 punt returns for 256 yards (15.1 avg.) with a touchdown. In 2012, Benjamin returned just three punts for 149 yards (49.7 avg.), including a 93-yard return for a touchdown.
Benjamin said he heard from former Browns returner Josh Cribbs after his big game with the Bills.
"(Cribbs) was a big inspiration to me," he said. "I learned a lot from him."
Benjamin said he's confident in himself and his teammates to get more returns as the season goes on.
"It's all about trusting yourself and knowing how fast you are," he said. "They're still is 11 guys on the field, so trusting yourself and your teammates. Joe Haden had a good block on that play. (Eric) Martin had a good block on that play. If I know someone is going to get that block I need and I trust myself."
Benjamin said he doesn't know if teams will try to kick away from him, but if they do, they will come back at him.
"This is the NFL and they won't look on me as a superman or trying to keep the ball away from me," he said. "(A special teams coach) will go back and say 'Hey, we can get this guy', so they'll kick it to me eventually."
Benjamin (5-10, 175) is slight in build and the Browns have failed to utilize him on kickoff returns. They've used Bobby Rainey and Greg Little, and Chudzinski said that recently signed Fozzy Whittaker will be worked in this week. Benjamin returned three kickoffs in 2012 for 76 yards (25.3 avg.)
Chudzinski said there's an obvious difference between returning punts and kickoffs.
"There is more contact and it's a little different on how you hit the returns," Chudzinski said. "It's more about a straight line and making a one cut (on kickoffs) and Travis can make more cuts on punts."
Benjamin returned kickoffs in college and will do whatever he's called upon.
"I'm on kick return, but they just haven't got to me yet," he said. "Greg Little is such an amazing talent. He's a downhill runner. He catches the ball and gets up the field quickly."
On offense, Benjamin has just five receptions for 105 yards, including a 39-yard reception in his only catch against the Bengals. He had three receptions for 44 yards against the Dolphins in the season opener as he started for Josh Gordon. He caught one pass for 22 yards against the Ravens in his second start. He was shut out against the Vikings, had one catch against the Bengals and was shutout again against the Bills.
In 2012 as a rookie, Benjamin caught 18 passes for 298 yards (16.6 avg.). He caught two touchdowns, including a 69-yard score. He also rushed the ball six times for 66 yards (11.0 avg.)
Gordon is viewed as the deep ball threat for the Browns, but Benjamin is confident he will get his turn to make things happen as a wide receiver.
"We just take it time-by-time that we know those are the key guys in the offense to get the ball to to make big plays," he said. "Once the season goes on and those guys get double-teamed and Little shows up, I'm going to show up and ( Davone) Bess is going to show up."
Benjamin says his ultimate goal is to continue to make plays.
"I just want to go out there and be the best, knowing that I can make a game-changing play to put my team in a great position to win," Benjamin said. "(Set up) great field position to have a short field to score, so I'm going out there to do my best and change the game. That would be good for me."
-- DL Desmond Bryant was back at practice experiencing shortness of breath in the Bills game. He left the game and was taken to the Cleveland Clinic for observation. Chudzinski said Friday that Bryant was cleared and he expected him to play against the Lions.
"I felt my heart was beating fast," Bryant said. "I was short of breath and I told (trainer) Joe (Shaheen). He said it was to the point to get it checked out."
Bryant experienced an irregular heartbeat while playing for the Raiders last season. He said it was a congenital condition. He said he experienced the symptoms at halftime and played a series in the second half before leaving the game.
"It's a pretty scary feeling," he said. "My body wouldn't calm down."
Bryant said the doctors are confident in how to treat the symptoms, most likely with medication.
"I'm pretty confident that the doctors are doing the things to prevent it from happening again."
-- As anticipated, Chudzinski confirmed that QB Brandon Weeden will start Sunday against the Lions.
He said the Browns are not sure if they will bring in another quarterback either to be third on the active roster or on the practice squad.
"We're looking at our options right now," Chudzinski said. "I'm comfortable with two or three. It's just a matter of weighing our options."
-- Chudzinski said that QB Brian Hoyer has not scheduled his surgery to repair his ACL as of yet. He indicated that Hoyer was going to see one more doctor to get his opinion.
Hoyer tore his ACL against the Bills and is lost for the season.
-- LB Jabaal Sheard (knee), LB Quentin Groves (ankle) and RB Chris Ogbonnaya (concussion) worked with the trainers on the side during Monday's practice. Meanwhile, DL Billy Winn (calf) was still not at practice.
-- WR Josh Cooper was re-signed to the practice squad and LB Justin Staples was released. Cooper started the season on the roster but was released when the Browns signed Whittaker last week. Cooper was somewhat of a security blanket for Weeden last year after playing with him at Oklahoma State.
-- MarQueis Gray is listed as a tight end on the roster, but he is also the Browns emergency quarterback. Chudzinski said that if Weeden would've been injured against the Bills, Gray would've played the position. Gray also takes the place of Ogbonnaya as a fullback.
"I've played quarterback my whole life," Gray said. "This is the first time I've ever played special teams."
Gray was a starting quarterback in college at Minnesota but was undrafted and signed by the 49ers as a tight end. He was released in the final roster cuts and signed by the Browns.
He has lined up as the 'wildcat' quarterback for a handful of plays thus far but has yet to carry the ball or throw a pass.
"That's why I have to understand the playbook."
-- The Browns haven't been in first place after five games since 1995. Currently, the Browns are tied with the Ravens and Bengals at 3-2 atop of the AFC North. Chudzinski was asked if he thinks the team will be focused going forward as a young team.
"They're hungry to begin with," Chudzinski said. "I don't think they're satisfied and they are doing the things they need to do to improve. The leadership on the team is made up of solid guys. We'll have our ups and downs, but our team is made up of fighters."


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Great article. A lot of people are saying Galechenyuk is Hossa part two and it's pretty clear this is due to his skating posture and production but Faksa is the Dark Horse. If he works out he will be a force to recon with. I think he is smarter then Gaunce but quieter about it. He doesn't make mistakes. Either would be a great pick up. You Forgot Frk though. He is projected right at our draft position.
Frk is a right wing, and we're deep there. Great report on him, looks like somebody who grabs him under the radar has a keeper. I didn't consider top-10 centers, though I would love Galechenyuk. But I don't think he'll go lower than #5.


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Hainosaurus (Greek for "Haino lizard"); pronounced HIGH-no-SORE-us
Oceans of Asia
Historical Period:
Late Cretaceous (80-65 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 50 feet long and 15 tons
Fish, turtles and marine reptiles
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Large size; narrow skull with sharp teeth
About Hainosaurus:
As mosasaurs go, Hainosaurus was on the giant end of the evolutionary spectrum, measuring almost 50 feet from snout to tail and weighing as much as 15 tons. This marine reptile, fossils of which have been discovered in Asia, was closely related to the North American Tylosaurus (although mosasaur fossils have been dug up in various locations, these creatures had a global distribution, making it a chancy proposition to assign a specific genus to a specific continent). Wherever it lived, Hainosaurus was clearly the apex predator of the late Cretaceous seas, a position later filled by equally huge predators such as the giant prehistoric shark Megalodon.


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-- ClearApp: Oracle in September announced plans to buy this maker of software for managing the performance of composite applications in SOA environments. Oracle said the software would work alongside its own Enterprise Manager offering, which was recently upgraded.
-- Global Knowledge Software: Oracle announced in July that it was buying this developer of enterprise software-training automation tools. Oracle, a long-standing GKS customer, used the company's tools to build its Oracle User Productivity Kit as a complement to its Oracle Tutor software. It plans to provide training content modules for all its application products using GKS tools, it said.
-- SkyWire Software: Oracle in June announced the purchase of this maker of applications for connecting insurance agents, brokers, and carriers. Oracle said the software would complement its own insurance and CRM software, as well as that of earlier buyout AdminServer.
-- AdminServer: Oracle in May said it was buying this vendor of insurance policy administration software. At the time of the deal, Oracle stated: "AdminServer's product offering will become a core component of Oracle's existing insurance industry software footprint that is already used by more than one thousand insurers including 20 of the top 20 global insurance companies."
-- Empirix's e-TEST suite: Oracle in March said it was buying these Web-application testing products and would make them "a core component" of its Enterprise Manager product.
-- Captovation: The buyout of this document-capture vendor got overshadowed in a big way by the announcement of the BEA deal on the same day. Oracle aired plans to plug this company's document capture software into Oracle's existing content-management suite.
-- BEA Systems: Oracle in January announced its $8.5 billion deal to acquire BEA and its middleware technology, a key component for IT shops moving to a SOA. Oracle said BEA's products will "significantly enhance and extend" Oracle's own Fusion middleware. The buyout process was not pretty on this one, with BEA earlier rejecting a $6.7 billion bid by Oracle.
Want to go further back? Here's a recap of about a dozen Oracle deals in 2007.
IDG News Service and Network World staff contributed to this article.


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Telephone Tact
How do you teach your child what is and is not acceptable regarding telephone use? Is there a secret for cultivating respect for one of the most popular appliances in your home? The following suggestions should help you instill a sense of caution without pressing too many panic buttons.
Start Young and Build
Start as soon as you think a child is capable of answering a phone, and establish rules for use. "Begin with practice calls," says Evelyn Petersen, parenting columnist and author of Growing Responsible Kids (Totline Books, 1997). "Ask a family member to call and have them give a message."
Lisa Bacon, of New Zealand, agrees that practice makes perfect. "I think you can tell a child something until he is blue in the face, but children learn a lot more by doing, and that applies to phone skills as well as anything else," she says. "Basically [my children are] encouraged to answer the phone if I am busy. So I am semi-teaching them as they are doing it. After the call I explain to them, for example, how to announce themselves on the phone instead of just saying 'Hello,' and how to nicely ask who is calling instead of 'Who is it?'"
Establish and Follow Routines
Petersen recommends establishing the following safety precautions and procedures for telephone use:
Keep a spiral-bound notebook and pencil beside the phone for messages. "Loose messages get lost too easily," she says. If your entire family uses the notebook system, it becomes the standard to check "the book" for incoming calls. By the time your child is 10, they should be pretty comfortable with recording the time and date, who called, what the message is and a phone number to return the call.
Don't be afraid to give your children the exact words to use. Prompt your kids to ask if the call is for sales. If it is, have them respond with a standard phrase, like: "Please take our name off of your list. We don't take sales calls, thank you." And then hang up.
Surge-protect your phone for use in severe weather such as lightning storms. This is just an extra precaution. The telephone itself is a remarkably safe instrument. The downside comes in the way it can be used to intimidate or abuse.
That is why it is important to also teach the following safety rules:
Establish how to answer the phone when home alone. "Mom and Dad can't come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?" Petersen suggests you coach your children to take the initiative when talking to strangers on the telephone. Don't answer questions; ask them instead, she says.
"Phone conversations can be a way for a person with bad intent to assess a child's vulnerability," says Lauren Taylor, a child safety and adult self-defense instructor in Washington, D.C. "It's important for kids to learn that they don't always have to answer the questions of an adult."
Have your child practice responses, she says, such as:
Child: "My mom can't come to the phone right now. May I take a message?"
Keeping phone calls brief and not giving out any unnecessary information is a key element in phone safety. Teach your kids to hang up immediately if they hear strange sounds, cursing or any other obscene noises, and make sure they know to inform you of any such calls right away.
"Most phone books list tips for dealing with such calls," says Rob Morley, a corporate safety consultant with Telus Corporation in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "It's important for parents to review these tips with their kids. As a parent, when I'm out working in the garage and my boys are at home, they know to look at the caller identification feature on the phone. If they don't recognize the number, they don't answer."
Another important issue is how to use the phone correctly in an emergency. Numbers should be visibly posted (or entered in the speed-dialing feature of the phone set) for parents' cell phones, neighbors, police, fire and ambulance. When calling 9-1-1, kids should know that it's vital to state not only the nature of the emergency and where they live, but to ask if there is anything else they need to provide before hanging up. As with any phone call, be sure of the number before dialing.
Develop Life Skills
Answering the phone politely, taking messages and using the phone in an emergency are basic skills that will be used throughout a lifetime. Another life lesson can be taught with regards to long distance, 1-900 and operator-assisted calls. Parents need to address the family policy regarding such calls, discuss what is appropriate and what isn't and be prepared to follow up.
"If a child knowingly places a call that will have charges [without their parent's permission], they should be made to pay it back," Petersen says. "Use the phone as an opportunity to teach life skills." By being made accountable for their actions, kids will learn that paying bills is an unpleasant, but unavoidable, reality of life.


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A Christmas lights display is brightening up a Decatur neighborhood and raising money for a good cause.The Paradowski family put together the display, which is called "Christmas in the Grove," using more than 72,000 lights.In addition to delighting their neighbors, the display raises money for ALS Association of Georgia to help fight Lou Gehrig's DiseaseSo far the family has collected a little over $600. They hope to collect more over the next two weeks.
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House Of Lavande: vintage delux
If you've ever scoured outdoor jewelry markets or attempted to search online for vintage couture jewelry, you know how difficult it can be to weed through the fluff and find something truly unique. Enter jewelry connoisseur, Tracy Smith, who comes to the rescue with her House of Lavande jewelry collections. Smith does the scouring for you and curates an exceptional collection of one-of-a-kind vintage couture jewelry and collectable costume pieces.
House of Lavande by Tracy Smith has fast become the go-to for lust inducing vintage costume jewellery for celebrities and fashionistas alike. Combing flea markets, estate sales and private dealer stocks, Tracy Smith has amassed a treasure trove collection of baubles and gems at her Floridian boutique. Here Tracey shares some thoughts about her collection of one of a kind pieces.
How do you decide which pieces are right to stock at House of Lavande?
I really just buy what I like and what I would wear myself. I never only consider what will "sell" as a factor when I buy. That way, if it doesn't sell, it is still a part of my private collection.
What was your best find and where did you find it?
A 1960′s Pauline Trigere collar necklace that a private collector had for years….the Trigere tag was still on the piece. The color and construction is something I very rarely see in costume.
How are the pieces preserved?
It's really about the construction of the piece itself and how well someone takes care of it. It's just good handling and storing.
Top three tips for matching the right jewellery to your outfit?
Never mix heavy earring with heavy necklace….either statement necklace with bracelets, or heavy earrings with bracelets.
Don't be afraid to layer, but play with adding, subtracting until it "feels" right
Wear jewellery that is the opposite feel of your outfit, for example if you have conservative or neutral outfit, use bolder more exciting jewellery.
What can we expect to see in the terms of jewellery trends coming up this season?
Big, big, big earrings. I think it was all about the statement necklace and now it is about the earrings.
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NCC has an annual Leadership Retreat for NCC ministry and small group leaders aimed at training,inspiring, and refreshing the people who help make NCC what it is.
At the retreat, it's a priority to poke fun at Pastor Mark Batterson in some way, shape, or form. (Lovingly, of course.)
Last year, NCC's media pastor Jeremy Sexton put together a video spoofing a potential next book for Mark Batterson: Chase the Yeti! You can see the video by clicking here.
I was tasked with this year's fun video. Pastor Heather Zempel got the idea to interview Pastor Mark, asking him all sorts of random questions about leadership and his every-day life under the guise of wanting our leaders to get to know him a little better. Little did he know that we were going to take his answers completely out of context by mashing up his answers with different interview questions from co-emcee Amanda Giobbi.
This was the outcome. (It may not be as funny to non-NCCers, but I think you'll still enjoy it.)
NCC Leadership Retreat 2010 – PM Interview from Andy Pisciotti on Vimeo.


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Here is my journey so far with the Dukan Diet:
- I wrote an article on the Dukan diet: How the Dukan Diet works – The French diet that is supposed to end the obesity epidemic
- I started with a 5-day "attack phase": Yesterday I finished a five-day "Attack Phase" on the Dukan Diet and lost 6.6 pounds – here's a report on how it went (days 1 to 5)
- I have been in "cruise phase", also known as Phase 2, for 25 weeks. Here are reports on the first 24 weeks:
– Week 1 (days 6 to 10)
– Week 2 (days 11 to 16)
– Week 3 (Days 17 to 25)
– Week 4 (Days 25 to 32)
– Week 5 (Days 32 through 39)
– Week 6 (Days 39 though 46)
– Week 7 (Days 46 though 53)
– Week 8 (Days 53 through 60)
– Week 9 (Days 60 through 67)
– Week 10 (Days 67 through 74)
– Week 11 (Days 74 through 81)
– Week 12 (Days 81 through 88)
– Week 13 (Days 88 through 95)
– Week 14 (Days 95 through 102)
– Week 15 (Days 102 to 109)
– Week 16 (Days 109 to 116)
– Week 17 (Days 116 to 123)
– Week 18 (Days 123 to 130)
– Week 19 (Days 130 to 137)
– Week 20 (Days 137 to 144)
– Week 21 (Days 144 to 151)
– Week 22 (Days 151 to 158)
– Week 23 (Days 158 to 165)
– Week 24 (Days 165 to 172)
And today I am reporting on my twenty fifth week (days 172 through 179) on the Dukan diet. It is a day of great news (for me anyway) – I hit the 175s today. In fact, I even witnessed 174.8 (more on that in a minute). And I thought I would celebrate with some before and after pictures.
Here is a photo of me and the Brain kids from April 2009. I am about 45 or 50 pounds overweight in this shot (and I am not a big fan of the hat either).
That stomach is just embarrassing.
These three photos were taken this morning (October 19, 2010) around 7:30 AM. I believe it is the same shirt, but the pants and belt are new:
The one that is most interesting to me personally is the last one. It is just amazing to have no stomach. It is worth pointing out that the Dukan diet web site gave me a target weight of 185. At 185, I still had fat around the middle that I didn't like. I have gone 10 pounds lower to 175 and feel good about this weight.
To provide some kind of proof, Leigh is my witness and she took this photo of me on the scale at around 8AM this morning:
Officially I weigh 175.4 today, but the photo shows 174.8. Why? That's because I usually weigh myself sometime between 5AM and 6AM, and I try to be consistent about it. I lose approximately 0.2 to 0.3 pounds per hour if I don't eat or drink anything. So by 8AM, since I had not eaten breakfast yet, I was down to 174.8. Which is utterly amazing to me. If you had told me in April 2010 that I would weigh 175 in October, I would have laughed heartily. There was absolutely no way that could happen. Yet here I am.
This is how the week unfolded…
Day 172 -
- I gained 0.4 pounds – This morning I weigh 177.2
- Let's start by talking about exercise. It was a gorgeous day/evening, so I walked 3 miles. Then I rode the exercise bike for 400 calories while watching episode 8 (or 9?) of Lost (the one about golf). And I have gotten into the habit, every other day or so, of doing a round of push-ups, crunches, chin-ups and curls/flys with a pair of small barbells.
- But I also ate too much today. I ate half a pound of chicken and a cup of cottage cheese, 400 calories of peanuts and walnuts, a cup of plain yogurt, 800 calories of frozen Chicken Piccata, about 4 ounces of lunch meat, 4 cups of air-popped popcorn with olive oil and another pound of chicken. About 2,800 calories.
- So it was a good thing I did a lot of exercise, because it balanced out.
- I got my flu shot today.
Day 173 –
- This morning I gained 1.2 pounds to weigh 178.4. I assume it is a combination of the exercise, too many calories and a lack of asparagus.
- For exercise I walked 3 miles today and rode the exercise bike for 800 calories (watched 2 episodes of Lost). So I burned about 1,000 calories on exercise today.
- But… I had a reason to do that. The day started OK. I used up my cottage cheese at breakfast. So I replaced cottage cheese with plain yogurt. For the day I ate half a pound of salmon, half a cup of cottage cheese, egg beaters (about 100 calories), 3 cups of plain yogurt, a cup of strawberries, a pound of chicken, 400 calories of peanuts and walnuts, 4 ounces of lunch meat and a box of vegetables. About 2,400 calories. And then Leigh made a batch of muffins tonight for the kids and I succumbed, eating about 500 calories worth. These were true pumpkin muffins (containing lots of real pumpkin), so in theory healthy, relatively speaking. So 2,900 to 3,000 calories for the day. I used all the exercise to offset the transgression.
Day 174 –
- This morning my weight actually went in the right direction for a change – I lost 1.0 pounds and now weigh 177.4. Let's hope that this is the start of a trend!
- For exercise today I walked two miles, and the twins and I rode our bikes to cub scouts (about 4 miles).
- Today I ate a pound of chicken, eggbeaters (100 calories), 400 calories of peanuts and walnuts, 2 cups of cottage cheese, 2 cups of plain yogurt and a cup of strawberries. About 1,900 calories.
Day 175 –
- I lost 0.2 pounds this morning, down to 177.2.
- Today I ate 2 pounds of chicken, half a pound of salmon, 200 calories of peanuts and walnuts, eggbeaters (100 calories), a cup of cottage cheese, a cup of plain yogurt, a cup of strawberries and a box of antioxidant vegetables. About 2,100 calories.
- No formal exercise today, but I did ride my bike to the store (about 4 miles).
Day 176 –
- This morning I lost 0.4 pounds and weigh 176.8.
- Today is Saturday, and my goal this weekend is ZERO transgressions. I really would like to hit 175.0 sometime in 2010! Let's see how I do…
- So for breakfast I ate half a pound of chicken and a cup of cottage cheese. For lunch I ate 100 calories of eggbeaters in an omelet and half a pound of salmon. For dinner I had half a pound of chicken and a cup of cottage cheese. And that was it. About 1,300 calories. Let's hear it for zero transgressions!
- No significant exercise today, but I did do my rotation of chin-ups/push-ups/crunches.
Day 177 –
- Today I gained 0.2 pounds and weigh 177.0. That makes no sense to me after being so good yesterday, but there it is.
- I was hungry this morning, so I ate 100 calories of an eggbeaters omelet, half a pound of chicken, one quarter pound of salmon and half a cup of cottage cheese. For lunch I had half a pound of chicken and a cup of cottage cheese. I had a southwest salad at McDonald's for dinner (about 500 calories). But "the day" today ran from 3AM to midnight – a very long day. So during the rest of the day I snacked, and ate a cup of plain yogurt, a cup of blueberries, 400 calories of peanuts, another quarter pound of salmon and half a cup of cottage cheese, and another eggbeaters omelet. About 2,600 calories for the day. That was a fairly good day given that I was awake for 21 hours. But I would consider the peanuts and blueberries to be transgressions.
- For exercise today Johnny and I spent 2 hours tromping around in the woods looking for the corner stakes on a piece of land. Sounds simple, but it was all brambly and the stakes were well hidden, so it took us far longer than expected. We found all kinds of things in the woods along the way and had a great time, but I have a hard time saying how much "exercise" it was. Let's call it "walked 2 miles". Plus some yard work. And Leigh and I went for a Kayak ride.
- The North Caroline State Fair opened this weekend. Leigh and I and the kids, in the past, have gone every year. It is a huge event in Raleigh that lasts for almost 2 weeks. A major, major attraction of the State Fair is the food. This article describes some of it. Typically, in my prior life, we would go to the Fair for a full day and eat our way across it – funnel cakes, turkey legs, roasted corn on the cob, real churned ice cream, sausage sandwiches, blooming onions, salt water taffy, cotton candy, roasted peanuts, kettle corn, corn dogs and all the rest. This year we probably are not going to be able to bring ourselves to go the Fair. Leigh and I have talked about it, and in our heads the "State Fair" and "Food" are so inextricably linked that we don't think we could handle breaking the two ideas apart (Leigh has gone every year for her entire life, just to put this into perspective). It makes me wonder how many other events in America get inextricably linked to food like that.
Day 178 –
- On the scale I dropped 0.8 pounds today and now weigh 176.2.
- Today I ate half a pound of tilapia, half a pound of salmon, a pound of chicken, 4 ounces of lunch meat, an eggbeaters omelet, a cup of cottage cheese and a box of antioxidant vegetables. About 1,600 calories.
- I walked 2 miles today and David and I rode 6 miles to his boy scout meeting.
- Given the frequency of restroom stops today, I would say that my body has decided to dump some water. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is great. It's about time!
Day 179 –
- On the scale this morning I lost another 0.8 pounds. I now weigh 175.4.
So, I am going to end Phase 2 of the Dukan diet today and enter the consolidation phase (Phase 3).
Let's review what has happened over the last 179 days. I started this diet back in April with a starting weight of 227.6. That's a BMI of 32.7. Since official obesity is defined as a BMI greater than 30.0, I was certainly obese – more than 50 pounds overweight.
I started the diet on a whim, after writing this article. As you can see here, I failed the first time I tried the Dukan diet. I only lasted about 4 hours before collapsing from carb withdrawls. But I started over again a couple of days later and have been able to hold it together, for the most part, for 179 days.
Here we are 179 days later (almost exactly half a year), and I have lost a total of 52.2 pounds on the Dukan diet. I weigh 175.4 pounds (or 174.8 if you are lenient). My BMI is now 25.2, right on the cusp of a "normal weight" on the BMI scale. I could probably afford to lose 1 more pound to be officially normal.
I feel amazingly better, and amazingly better about myself, having lost all this weight. It makes life so much nicer, and easier. It is easier to put on socks, easier to get in and out of cars and kayaks, and it is incredibly easier to exercise. I have been able to ride my bike 100 miles in a day since I lost the weight. I can now run with the kids. I am up to 10 chin-ups today. Chin-ups are amazingly easier if you drop 50 pounds.
Try this experiment if you would like to understand/appreciate how I feel today. Go to the store and pick up a 50 pound bag of dog food. Walk around the store carrying the dog food for just 10 minutes. Think about how you feel carrying all that extra weight around for just that little bit of time – never mind 24 hours a day. Now put the bag down and notice how much better you feel. That feeling is amazing. That is how it feels to lose 50 pounds. It has an unbelievably positive effect on body and mind. And joints.
Along the way I have made a group of new friends in the comments, and I would like to thank all of you for your encouragement, criticisms, ideas and conversations. I have learned a lot from you!
So now I am going to try Phase 3. I can eat fruit and nuts without guilt, mostly. And I would like to try legumes, and the occasional slice of bread too. I am going to be trying to maintain my weight at 175.
I will never be able to go back to "the way I used to eat" before this diet, because before this diet I inhaled carbs — 3,000 or 4,000 calories worth per day. Breakfast cereal, pizza, pasta, lasagna, potato chips, fruit juices, sweetened yogurt, rice, potatoes, french fries, burgers, etc. I won't be able to do that or I would be obese again in no time. However, he Dukan diet has educated me in a big way on the problems with high-carb diets and all the blood sugar swings that they induce. And the Dukan diet has also showed me what I can eat, and I will be trying to apply what I have learned as I enter Phase 3.
So, thank you Dr. Dukan for coming up with a diet that actually works, and thank you friends for your comments and suggestions, and let's see how it goes in Phase 3. I will continue with the weekly updates for those who are interested.
PS – I had talked in previous posts about going as low as 170 pounds in Phase 2, so that I could eat a high carb meal and "bounce back up" to 175. Instead I am going to stop here and skip the high carb meal. At my current pace, it would take me awhile to lose another 5 pounds. I think I will simply skip the high carb meal, start eating more fruit, and see what happens as I enter Phase 3.
See also:
- Yesterday I finished a five-day "Attack Phase" on the Dukan Diet – here's a report on how it went
- I have finished the first five days of the "Cruise Phase" on the Dukan Diet – here is a report on how it went, plus a menu for a typical protein day
- I have finished my second week on the Dukan Diet "Cruise Phase" and lost 5.4 pounds during the past seven days. Here is a report on how it went, and a "secret ingredient" that may have helped.
- A report on week 3 of the Dukan Diet Cruise Phase. The whole thing has become a straightforward habit, and the weight loss seems very consistent
- I finished my fourth week in the Dukan Diet Cruise Phase and lost another 2.4 pounds – plus I saw an amazingly good blood pressure reading
- I have finished my fifth week in the Dukan diet cruise phase and lost another 3.0 pounds – and now I know the secret to avoiding calories in an Italian restaurant
- In my sixth week on the Dukan Diet Cruise phase I lost "only" 1.8 pounds, and I am now halfway to my 50 pound goal
- Today I finished my seventh week on the Dukan Diet cruise phase and lost 2.6 pounds – I have almost broken through the 200 pound barrier
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase Week 8 – wherein I learn the perils of parties
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 9 – I've lost 32.0 pounds with no "plateaus"
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 10 – Lesson: Don't eat smoked turkey legs!
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 11 – Are my kidneys failing? Is my cholesterol exploding? Plus vacation.
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 12 – Vacation transgressions take their toll and I gain weight for first time
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 13 – I get back on track and lose 3.2 pounds in a week
- Dukan diet Cruise Phase (Phase 2) week 14 – I lost 0.4 pounds this week
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As fall approaches, many shade trees begin to produce their mature fruit.
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Talk to family and friends, lean on your faith, and don't feel you have to accept every invitation if you're not up to a celebration.
Tonight a panel of bereavement experts shared those tips at a seminar sponsored by Albany Community Hospice. Organizers say it's important to talk about the loss of a loved one.
"It's important for them to know there are others just like them, who care, who want help, and want to support each other," said Phyllis Colvin.
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Penn State bound running back Johnny Thomas, a senior from Peabody, heads up the list. The reigning Salem News Player of the Year was leading the North Shore with 762 yards rushing and seven touchdowns in just over 3-plus games this fall before suffering a season-ending ACL injury against Everett.
Four other St. John's Prep seniors were named Catholic Conference all-stars: center Sean Lovett, wide receiver Logan Mahoney, safety Michael Fawehinmi and quarterback Michael Geaslen. They were joined by Eagles' juniors Jack Burt at tight and and wide receiver Owen Rockett.
St. John's Prep (6-4) will host Xaverian (9-1) this morning at Cronin Stadium in their annual Thanksgiving Day clash. A victory by the home team will give the Eagles a share of the Catholic Conference title along with Super Bowl-bound Xaverian.


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New York Mets third baseman David Wright is scheduled to have an MRI Saturday after straining his right hamstring in the 10th inning of Friday night's game against the Royals, reports the team's official Twitter page.
With no outs in a 2-2 game, Wright grounded a ball up the middle of the infield where it was picked up by second baseman Miguel Tejada. Tejada made a running throw to first, where a sprinting Wright began to limp just short of the bag and grabbed his right leg. Wright was safe at first when Tejada's throw went wide of the bag, but he was pulled for a pinch-runner. MLB.com has video of the play.
Wright has been dealing with a sore hamstring for a week. He felt tightness in the area in a weekend series against the Nationals, then again on Wednesday when his hamstring cramped in the ninth inning.
Earlier in the game Wright hit his 220th career homer, which tied Mike Piazza for second all-time on the Mets' home run list.
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The front triggered rain for most residents of central Louisiana but the amounts were not generous. Plaucheville in Avoyelles Parich measured one inch for the highest total from our rain gauge network. Everyone I spoke with said they were thankful for the rain but more is needed.
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I jumped on today to share a story I thought amuse you about what might be another Tebow miracle! I'm currently in France for several weeks, and my command of the language is not impressive. Yesterday's "Le Monde" (main Paris newspaper) had a long article about Tim Tebow, and I was able to read the whole thing, without resorting to a dictionary! (It does help when you know more or less what it is likely to say : ) Seriously, it was a good article - it explained the "Tebow phenomenon" to the presumably bemused French public, without (as far as I could tell) sounding either patronizing or ironic. (But then, as I said, my command of the language is not extensive.) I loved that the writer explained that the correct pronunciation of the name was "Thibault."
Anyhow, great game last week, and the best team (at least at that point in time) won. Beat the snot out of the Pats for us, please. Go Broncos!


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English 316, Section 6: Advanced Composition for the Social Sciences
Fall 2006, MW 1:50-3:20, Polk 22
Julie Shaffer firstname.lastname@example.com
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Office: Radford 208
Office Hours: Tues 12-3
Phone: x 7288 (no answering machine
12-1 Reeve Common Room; 1-3, my office
Required Texts: Bonnie Stone Sunstein and Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Research, 2 nd edition.
General Course Description: In this class, you will hone your skills at academic critical thinking and writing. There are lots of fields in the social sciences - social work, anthropology, sociology, political science, public administration, social work, religious studies, and criminal justice, to name just a few. Rather than try to cover what academic writing looks like in all of these fields, we will concentrate on the kind of fieldwork and writing done by those who study human subjects - particularly in anthropological and sociological studies. The work we do, however, as we perform fieldwork, reflect on it, and write about it, is pertinent to research and writing in virtually all fields, including fields in the humanities (literature, for instance) and in the fine arts (music and visual art, for instance). This is the case because all good academic writing requires formulating theses, considering our presuppositions, looking as objectively as possible at our material, reflecting on it, looking again at our material, starting to write, referring back to our material, and continuing the writing process. While this course may not focus on your specific major, in other words, it will give you the critical thinking skills and writing habits that you are sure to need in that major. Besides, our projects should be immensely fun and will perhaps provide you with new ways of thinking that may enable you to bring new skills to the work you do in your own major(s).
Written Assignments: Everything you turn in (except in-class writing) must be typed! Not surprisingly, given that this is a composition class, there will be a lot of writing. For one thing, you'll be keeping informal field notes and writing summaries and reflections on them. These will be informal, but I will want to see them, most of them typed up, and you must provide these with your final paper! You will also do more structured written assignments that will take you along the various steps necessary for mastering fieldwork and reporting on it. Finally, you will write a longer essay (probably 9-15 pp) based on your fieldwork on the subgroup of your choosing, with clearance from me. As early as possible, you might want to think about what kind of site you want to research and write about. We will cover this during the first two weeks of class, and repeatedly thereafter.
Oral Assignments: We will discuss the readings and your individual projects. You will give the class brief, informal presentations of your project along the way. You will also give a fuller presentation at the end of the semester.
Research Partners, Research Groups: Because we are all myopic when it comes to our own research, it is vital to get input from others who can direct us to what we otherwise might miss. For this reason, I will pair you up with another classmate as research partners (there may be a case in which three of you will be paired up). I will also assign you to small research groups - generally, five of you. In addition to the other writing, I want you to write up for each other feedback at every point of your project(s). We will gain experience doing this as a group. As you write up comments for one another, you must always remain polite and as constructive as possible: simply telling each other that the material looks good, or okay to you, will not prove help your research partners to write the best paper possible. Throughout, I will ask you to provide each other with written comments about each other's projects. At various points, I will ask you to turn these in, along with each other's responses to the feedback you've been given, which you will also give to your research partner. We will go over this process adequately in class so that you'll know what to do, and we'll devise a list of subjects you need to think about as you examine your partner's work and think about what to tell him/her.
In addition to handing in these comments at various points throughout the semester, I will also ask you to turn in a report on your research partners' and group's participation in helping you complete your project, along with a report on your participation on your partners' and group's work. To some extent, these reports will be self-reflective. I will also ask you to include here the extent to which you found others' advice to be helpful; I would in fact like you to give this feedback to your partner(s) and groups as the semester progresses.
Other Forms of Participation: We will spend a lot of time discussing the readings and responding to one another's projects and progress on those projects. It is vital for your own work and for that of your classmates that you participate fully in discussion, for a number of reasons: it will help you articulate your ideas, which may enable you to see points of exploration that you would not see were you not to articulate your ideas before others; it will help your classmates refine their own ideas and compensate for their "blind spots" - parts of their study that may not have occurred to them; others' participation will help you in precisely the same way. If you are not here to participate in discussion, or if you are here but do not participate in discussion, you are not fulfilling the requirements of the course. We all have off-days when we have nothing to say or are feeling ill, but if you have more than one or two of these days, there will be a problem; I expect you to participate on all other days.
Attendance: While simply coming to class but not participating will not earn a high participation grade, not coming to class will harm your grade. If you miss more than two weeks' worth of classes - four classes - your grade may fall. If you miss more than three weeks' worth of classes - six classes - you may fail the course. That being said, please do not come to class when you are contagious with a serious illness (the flu, for instance) or are suffering from a loss of control over bodily fluids (use your imagination). At times you may also need to miss classes to spend time with a seriously ill or dying family member, or to attend a funeral of a close friend or family member. For such occasions, I need documentation of your reason for your absences. If you miss class early in semester because you don't feel like coming and fall ill later in the semester, those early absences will harm your grade, so save them for when you really need them!
Arriving late or leaving early will count as absences. So too will coming to class utterly unprepared - for instance without your book or writing for peer review. Let your place of employment know that missing part of the class will harm your grade so that they know up front not to require you to come to work during class time. Generally, you will not be able to make up work you miss due to absences.
Late Papers: If you discuss with me beforehand that you cannot meet a deadline - for instance if you have writer's block on occasion - you will not be marked down for your final grade on that project. Missing classes dedicated for peer review will lead to lowering your final grade for a given paper or assignment, as will handing in papers late without discussing your need to do so with me beforehand.
Quizzes: There may be occasional quizzes (generally unannounced) in which you will be expected to demonstrate understanding of key terms and concepts we have covered.
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Course Schedule
(subsequent changes as announced / posted)
All readings are from Fieldworking except where noted
Week 1
Sept 6: Introduction and brief overview of syllabus, paired interviews: what is your field in the social sciences? Introduction to our project in this class: what is a subculture (see Box 1, p6); some possible subcultures to study (pp57-58).
Homework due Sept 11:
- Write an informal but correct (language and punctuation-wise) set of paragraphs on these questions: What writing experience have you had in the past, particularly in your field of study? What have your writing successes been in the past? What sort of writing is expected in your discipline?
- Consider what subgroup you might want to study; write down some preconceptions you have about that group. Feel free to choose more than one possibility. To be discussed in class, not handed in (yet).
Begin Ch 1: "Stepping In, Stepping Out" (1-53)
This chapter introduces you to the concept of fieldwriting: Defining culture and subcultures;
Identifying our own position vis-à-vis a subgroup we study
(are we in that group? Are we outsiders looking in?)
formulating ethnographers' questions
Homework due Sept 11, continued:
- Read Chapter 1, pp 1-24 & 43-52, and write the assignment given in Box 1 (pp6-7). Incorporate into it the kind of information you're asked to provide in Box 2 (pp15-16).
Week 2
Sept 11: Due: work assigned on Sept. 6. Discuss Chapter 1, "Stepping In and Stepping Out: Understanding Cultures," reading assigned above.
Homework, due Sept 13:
- Reread Ch 1, pp 16-22 and, with a partner, do the assignment provided in Box 3 (pp20-22).
- Choose an article together and provide, in writing (as always, typed, please!) these things: a summary of the article plus answers to the "Action" questions in Box 3. We will share articles and responses with the class on the 13th.
Sept 13 Due: work assigned on Sept. 11. Class discussion: your articles and your response to them.
Homework, due Sept 18:
- Review Ch 1, pp 23-51, but no writing assigned! Jot down what elements the author of the truckstop essay uses for his ethnography.
Week 3
Sept 18 Due: reading assigned on Sept 13; discussion of that material.
Begin Ch 2: Writing Self, Writing Cultures: Understanding Fieldwriting (55-104)
Oserving and responding to people and the environment they're in,
doing the same with objects, writing different forms of fieldnotes
Homework, due Sept 20:
- Reading assignment from Ch II: Writing fieldnotes (55-57). Choosing possible subcultures and how to do exploratory writing that will help with your project (preconceptions, for instance) (58-64). Read also Box 5 (77-78).
Sept 20 Discuss the assigned reading. Discuss projects
Homework, due Sept 25: Read the material on different forms of fieldnotes, the importance of including details, the double-entry form of notes, and the importance of sharing your fieldnotes for others' responses and insight (79-88). Also read: "Look at Your Fish" (88-92) and then "Considering Analysis" (95-98).ALSO due on the 25th:
Begin Ch 3: Reading Self, Reading Cultures: Understanding Texts (105-57)
Positioning, reading media and objects, formulating an ethics statement
(citing published and unpublished written sources to come later). Read material on positioning (105-7, 118-24).
Week 4
Sept 25 Guest presentation on informed consent. After discussion, review "Negotiating the Ethics of Entry" (124-28).
Homework, due Sept 27:
Sept 27 Guest presentation on interviewing techniques. After discussion, read, from chapter 7, "The Interview: Learning to Ask" (368-70)
Week 5
Oct 2 Work on ethics statements (see Box 10, 116-18). Attach this to your fieldwork proposals, due on the 9th.
Oct 4 Catch up. Review: positioning, interviewing techniques (374-76). From Ch 3, discuss "Reading an Object: The Cultural Artifact" (128-31). In class, do a combination of Box 12 ("Reading an Artifact," from ch. 3, pp131-32) and Box 27 ("Using a Cultural Artifact: An Interview," from ch 7, pp 370-72. Discuss archive paper (from Ch 4, "Researching Archives" [159-166; Box 14, 172-73]). Review "The Interview: Larning to Ask," from ch 7 (368-70).
Homework, due Oct 9:
- Reread assigned material from chapter 4 on "Researching Archives." From ch 6, read also "Taping and Transcribing" (308-10) and "Fieldwriting: Dialogue on the Page" (339-41).
- If we don't discuss it on Oct 4, review, from ch 7, "The Interview: Learning to Ask" (368-70)
- Read also "Reading Everyday Use" from ch 3, and "Everyday Use," also from ch 3 (pp. 133-41). Bring a small collection of your own things to class for more practice interviews.
Homework, due Oct 11:
- A week-long observation of some object or event in nature (Box 7) – we'll discuss good choices - to which you will add a brief analysis (as at the end of Box 7), including the kinds of questions raised in "Considering Analysis" (95-96).
- Also: Read Box 8 carefully! You will need to include this kind of material in your big project!
Homework, due Oct 18:
- Object interview (see instructions and templates)
Week 6
Week 7
Oct 9: Discuss reading assigned for the day. Interview each other on the small collection of stuff you brought to class. Give each other feedback on the questions asked. Type this up and bring to class on Oct 11.
Oct 11: Due: Week-long object observation (Box 7).
Oct 16: Tba.
Oct 18: Due: archive / interview paper. In class work to be assigned.


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Deadline - Sunday, November 3rd 10PM GMT
For our final Halloween/Horror themed CHoW we are going to explore Japanese folklore, more specifically Oni, variously translated as demon, devil, ogre or troll. Depictions of Oni vary widely but they are usually portrayed as a hideous, gigantic ogre-like beings with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.
They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly dominant. They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs.
For this final Halloween themed CHoW we would like you to design Oni. Happy Halloween!
The Guidelines:
- Gender is male
- Genre is Japanese folklore/horror
- Include the iron club
The Rules
- Finals must be posted in the finals thread before the deadline
- Final post must include the CHoW number and the artists username at the bottom of the image
- At least 3/4 of the character must be visible
- Sketches or rushed artwork will not be accepted into the poll
- No photograph paint overs, must be 100% original work
- At least two wips posted with your final in the finals thread
- Background is optional
- Have fun!
All right, that was fun round. Bring it on, everyone!
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My final.
Last edited by Aissa78; November 1st, 2013 at 06:08 PM.
My final
Here's mine for this week, thanks for looking!
Won't have time to work on it more, before the deadline. So here goes
<<Since 1613 I got caged. Closed in my mace's sheath. Four centuries I've past in silence, chained and thirsty. But tonight I will hear again the roar of war. Tonight I got realesed. Tonight I will drink their blood and feed on their terrified faces. I'm the spirit of cruelity, back in Edo, and it's 2013. And tonight is your last night>>.
Great round everybody! As you see, after all the mod I tryed on my Oni, at least I choose to keep back the cap instead the straw hat. An artist must take his own risk, and so I did. Sure it's full of japanese folk flavor and horror spiced. The point is that I choose to put my oni not in a fantasy world and age, but in our days, in our world. There he picked up the cap and cigaro =).
Last edited by BlindLynx; November 2nd, 2013 at 03:57 PM.
bash-bash, snu-snu, eat-eat
Heres my final, wish I had more time as I would have loved to have put in some more details. Still I'm happy with what I managed, especially since I'm still trying to get the hang of painter.
I'm not very happy with it, but the time is almost over and I don't think it will get much better than this, so here it goes:
I hope to see you in next CHOWs
Awesome stuff guys! Great round!
Hi there, this is my first post on CA! I've been looking through the forum for several weeks now, but this challenge I couldn't resist, so I signed up, drew my Oni and hope you like him. Also, I'd LOVE to get some feedback from you guys when the poll's over (I think that's the rule, isn't it?).
For those of you, who are interested in: The final version was painted with gouache on paper and it's about 18x20 cm. That's why the quality is a little bit strange, since it is a photograph.
Good luck everyone
Good luck to everyone!
very nice postings. I saw my favorite already.
Last edited by CarstenJ; November 3rd, 2013 at 01:50 PM.
Hi everyone,
Here is my take,
It's been a great round
I'm making mess here: Sketchbook .
also on dA and blogspot
Cool people:
Rotor | Kristoff | Kingkostas | Angel Intheuk | bbwolf
Aaaand it's finished
Here is my go ..Good luck everyone
Painting till the last second ;D Great round everyone!
my final Oni (wouldn't say i'm satisfied with it, anyway)
Last edited by -RG-; November 3rd, 2013 at 05:06 PM.
20 minutes to go before I close this topic.
Last edited by AlyssaCrow; November 3rd, 2013 at 06:58 PM.
"Beliefs are rules for action"
"Knowledge is proven in action."
"It's use is it's meaning."
AlyssaCrow I cant see your images try re-uploading.
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