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The Katsampes report has been strongly contested by DOC and Bowie County officials; at a court hearing last spring, a representative of Bowie County claimed that the jail had encountered few problems since it got rid of the cantankerous Colorado inmates and received a shipment of fresh bodies from Arkansas.
Several of the charges in Katsampes's report, such as gripes about not receiving enough toilet paper, may seem petty. But to prisoners stacked like cordwood in stifling, 900-square-foot pods--enough space, by national standards, to house thirteen inmates, but under Texas law suitable for nearly twice that number--minor annoyances can become major eruptions. It was just such a trivial dispute--the Bowie guards' efforts to remove towels and sheets hung out to dry around bunks in the middle of the night--that triggered the December 11 riot. Crosby, who was nowhere near the riot, says he was gassed, handcuffed and beaten on the floor of his cell by Texas state corrections officers who moved in to quell the disturbance.
"That kind of thing went on all the time," Crosby says. "DOC knew all about it. And they just didn't care."
By contrast, warden Ellis boasts that he hasn't had to break out the pepper spray once since the Colorado inmates arrived in Karnes County. In May a handful of prisoners were involved in a fight in the recreation yard, which inmates refer to as "our mini-riot." But Ellis characterizes it as a brief fracas among rival black and Hispanic prisoners, scarcely worth mentioning.
"It was a temper tantrum more than anything else," he says. "They got mad and threw some stuff around. It wasn't directed at my officers, by any means."
Yet many of the complaints prisoners raised at Bowie are echoed at Karnes: not enough jobs or programs, too much idleness, predators and weaker inmates all lumped together within the same pod. Ellis says more than three-fourths of the inmates work, and some take GED, anger-management or drug-abuse classes as well. Prisoners say that many of the jobs consist of tutoring other prisoners for three hours or less a day and that the jail is short on textbooks and accredited teachers for the GED program. Much of their time, they say, is either spent sardined in the pods or in the blazing heat of the bare-bones recreation yard, which has been free of free weights since the mini-riot.
Ellis says the complainers simply aren't taking advantage of what the jail has to offer. Some job opportunities involve working outside the walls on city maintenance crews, he says, a program he expects to expand as the jail receives more minimum-security inmates. "This is not a 23-hour-lockdown place," he says. "If someone's spending a lot of time in their pod, that's their choice. A lot of these guys are not outdoor people."
They're not keen on the indoors, either. Garry Izor says the air-conditioning in his pod was on the fritz for several weeks, raising temperatures and tempers. "Imagine swimming through air," Izor says. "You just sit around and sweat." (Ellis has logs of climate readings taken by guards that indicate the temperature in Izor's pod never exceeded 81 degrees.)
Inmates also fret that the lack of rehab programs may lengthen the time they have to serve. Mike Durham was shipped off to Texas the day after he arrived at Canon City on an arson charge. He'd volunteered for every program DOC offered him, including a sex-offender treatment program officials wanted him to take because of a previous conviction, but it didn't matter. Now he's having only seven days of "earned time" taken off his sentence every month instead of the customary ten--a situation that will add months to his time in the system.
"They're telling me I have to take their sex-offender program before I get my three days, but it's not offered here," he says. "It's definitely affecting my deal, even though I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing."
Other grievances center on food and--yes--toilet paper. The food complaints resemble the punchline of an old Woody Allen joke: "It's terrible--and such small portions, too." Colorado's contract requires that its prisoners be fed a minimum of 3,300 calories a day, but prisoners say the jail is meeting that provision with a diet rich in salt, starch and fat.
"Turkey all the time," reports Crosby. "Turkey hot dogs. Sliced turkey. Ground turkey. Turkey ham. Turkey sausage. And lots of grits. They turkey us to death and skimp on everything. Maybe once a week you get an orange. We've had apples twice, bananas maybe three or four times in the seven months we've been here."
Ellis considers Crosby's gripe, and others like it, to be the minority opinion. "Seventy-five, 80 percent of the inmates love the food," he insists. "They'll always tell you they'd like more. But when they leave, the clothes they came in with are always a bit tight. I eat here, right off the line--but not three meals a day, because I'd just swell up."
The warden points out that a dietitian from the DOC has visited the jail twice and that "a case manager from Colorado is here all the time." But that hasn't stopped inmates from groaning over gastrointestinal problems and the jail's policy of issuing one roll of toilet paper a week to each inmate. Ellis says his staff used to give out two or three rolls at a time but cut back for security reasons.


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DWC asks: "My friend always wants me to help him cheat on tests. Last time we had a math quiz, I think he copied answers from my page. What should I do?" Back to Article
i tkinh cheating is bad u mite get introulbe u mite not do it agin
I think its up to you if you two are really close friends the he/she would be fine if you just told her straight up that "I don't want to help you cheat." If they aren't fine then they are the best of people to hang with find someone else and see if you could move to a different spot of the classroom.
i wouldnt let people do it if they want good grades then tell him to find someone els lol
Hey if YOU dont wanna be in trouble dont do it but if you do let it be so
i wouldnt let nobody cheat off me i would just said GUESS you aint bout t get me in torbel wth yo stupid rump DANG..lol
all you have to know is that you dont have to do a dam thing if you dont want to
well its actually all up to you
you must do whats right for you and your friend
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hes your friend and u will find friends are like that my friends ask me for answers just explain that u cant help him! in a nice way and im sure he wouldnt mind if that dont work and hes looking over your papr protect by putting ur pencil case in front or where he cant see if not move onto a diffrent table.
Even though he is your friend he have to tell him off. Yes he is your friend but what you are doing is not right! Just simply tell him "Listen I know we are friends and all but I don't think we should cheat. It is not fair to us, and it is not fair to the rest of the class that works hard. If we get caught it out come is not going to be good. So we should just stop, I know you don't want to get in trouble, and I don't either. So we need to just stop."
Just tell them that it is not the right thing to do because if you get caught both of you get in trouble so keep your paper covered and just tell them no!!!!
Yea my bestie ask me to help him i didnt noee wat tuhh say
i have had the same thing happen to me jus tell them to figure it out on their own
Just tell him the truth. It may be hard but it will help him, not just you. He wont get anywhere in life getting all the anwsers from other people. when he does have to go on his own one day, he wont know anything. if you told him it would be best...so what are you waiting for.....go ahead!!


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I have been looking at a cannon, nikon and the sony. I am leaning towards the sony dslr-a100
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I would suggest the following for entry level: Nikon D70 or D40 Canon XT or XTi Olympus E500 ( best bang for the buck, 2 lenses and camera can be bought for $650) - E410, Liveview and really small, if you have small hands I own a Canon XT and Olympus E500, E1. Played with the Sony, and I did not like it, at all. If you are buying from a large electronic store, they don't know what they are talking about, well most don't, some do. They just need to sell stuff. Sony is large, well known name, that should not be selling point. Sony bought the KM digital branch and they are taking an aggressive approach in the market. My in a year or so I might be interested in their camera but their first two attempts were great considering its their first two they have made, just not for me. They plan to be in the top three sellers so it should be interesting to see the improvements and prices they offer |
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Ive been lurking around these rooms for years and just now have got brave enough to post. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I could root the wild multiflora roses around my house over the winter under lights in my garage for rootstock? If so how long after they are rooted would I need to wait in the spring to tbud them? Have any of you grown your own rootstocks and if so could you share your experiences? Thanks guys |
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Hi yahknow, I don't believe the first part and feel it insulting to use it, so, Hi, yahknow! What's done commercially is to strike the cuttings for stocks in the fields in fall, keeping them watered so they take. In summer, when the sap is flowing and the bark is more easily lifted from the cambium, they are budded. If you can work the soil outdoors, you probably won't need to root them inside, but strike them outdoors as hardwood cuttings. If it's frozen and you can't, you should be able to strike them inside, still as hardwood cuttings. They should have some roots by spring (hopefully). Next summer you should be able to bud them. Multiflora roots very quickly compared to other types. Not meaning to sound condescending, but you are aware you should remove all the growth buds along the cane except for the top one or two before striking them, aren't you? I don't know how familiar you are with budding and preparing stocks and don't want to just leave you hanging. Kim |
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Sorry about the screen name I normally post in the orchard section and have been trying to learn about growing plums. The reason I was wanting to start them indoors was that I was in hopes of grafting to them earlier in the season so that I would have an earlier start. Thanks for the tip on cutting the buds off below the grafting area as I hadn't thought of that. Do you know how far from where the roots begin that people normally graft? Also does anyone know if multiflora makes a good rootstock in Missouri? It grows everywhere around here and seems to do pretty well. Thanks for reading this and helping. |
Hi, Yahknow, if multiflora is a weed where you are, it should also be a suitable root stock. Ideally, the scion (bud you are inserting into the stock) should be as close to the roots as possible to shorten the shank (trunk section between the roots and the bud union). That keeps the plants looking better and reduces the potential for any suckers appearing from the trunk itself, as opposed to the roots. The length of that shank or trunk can make a large difference in how elegant the bush appears and how easy it is to grow. Too long and it can too easily be damaged as well as making the plant harder to keep upright in harsh conditions. Now, a dumb question from me if you don't mind, are you considering budding roses out of curiousity about it, or you feel it might be easier than rooting cuttings, or ? Multiflora has its own set of problems, from eating vast acreage and being considered a noxious weed across the US to Rose Rosette Disease. I'm not trying to talk you out of it because learning is a great thing and the skill and art of propagation is dying out. Just curious. Kim |
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Thanks for the help Roseseek! To answer your question, Yes this is just a learning experience for me. That and all of my roses are on the good Dr. and I wonder how they will behave on a different rootstock. I have nothing to lose but time and nothing to gain but experience so Im kind of excited. |
Cool! Go for it! Budding, rooting, layering are all skills we're losing daily. Add to them baking, weaving, needlepoint, knitting, bread making, canning...we get farther and farther from doing anything for ourselves and more helpless every day! You will find the bark on the multiflora easiest to lift and separate from the cambium layer when the sap is flowing freely. That's when new growth is pushing from the plant quickly enough to almost SEE it grow. That isn't going to happen under grow lights inside. You may try your cuttings indoors, but to have the greatest success budding, get them outside and actively growing. Again, not to sound condescending, you are familiar enough to know to take the cuttings approximately the same gauge (diameter) as your bud wood? You can't bend the bud much and expect it to succeed and you can't have it sticking out of the "T" cut and have the cambium layers knit together. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to cut six or so inch long shoots the approximate thickness of what you wish to bud to it. Take a sharp knife or a razor blade and cut out the growth buds at the leaf axils, remembering there are three buds there, even though you can only really see the middle one. Remove all but the top one or two from each cutting. From there on, you strike them using whatever method you've had success with previously. I won't dare try to tell you what to do because you very likely know what works where you are a whale of a lot better than I would! I just wanted to make sure the odd things you would do for a root stock would be covered to enable you to succeed your first time! Take the mystery out of it and it is SIMPLE! Good luck! Let us know how you do! Kim |
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Because Rose Rosette Disease is so bad with wild multiflora, I would purchase virus free rootstock instead. Wisconsin roses sells it. |
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One of the very special aspects of Watson, IBM's Jeopardy computer, is that it "knows" what it doesn't know–or, more precisely, simulates this knowledge through statistical analysis. Looking beyond Jeopardy, to Watson's career in business, this gauge of its confidence is one of its most valuable features.
Say Watson is working in a hospital emergency room. A person comes in with a combination of symptoms that no one has seen before. Someone lists them for Watson. (The machine doesn't have voice-recognition now, but that could be engineered in a matter of days.) Watson scours its base of documents and research papers, finds various combinations of these symptoms, and lists possible diseases or disorders that the person might have. Each one is accompanied by a confidence gauge. It turns out in this case Watson has only 14% confidence in, say, lupus.
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When Watson plays Jeopardy on Feb. 14, 15, and 16, many will focus on the machine's speed and precision on the clues it gets right. But its hidden strength is its knowledge of its own knowledge–including its own limitations. Like us, it's able to hazard a guess and, equally important, label it as such. That's one area where Watson stands out.
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Our patch between the driveway and house has a succession of white daisy-like perennials:
Anacyclus Garden Gnome Chrysanthemum Alaska _________ and Mum Daisy White I need to fill in the blank after our planned Heliopsis Summer Sun was eaten by rabbits and I grew marestail unsuspectingly for two months. (Don't ask) :) I'm having a hard time deciding between Anthemis E.C. Buxton and Kalimeris Daisy Mae for the main summer flush. (Also sharing the space are Karl Foerester grass, Miscanthus Graziela, and Blue Festuca.) Opinions? |
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Since one has white and the other lemony white daisy-like flowers, seems you could flip a coin. If both are readily available, if either or both has the height and spread you need, get a sample (or two) of each depending on your available space. |
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Its score is 0.4 point higher than last year, reflecting modest improvements in monetary freedom, labor freedom, and fiscal freedom that outweigh declines in business freedom and freedom from corruption. Kiribati is ranked 38th out of 42 countries in the Asia–Pacific region, and its overall score is below the world and regional averages.Kiribati was first graded in the 2009 Index, and its economic freedom has advanced since then by less than 1 point. Score increases have occurred in only two of the 10 economic freedoms, including a gain of nearly 30 points in fiscal freedom. Considered a "repressed" economy throughout its history in the Index, Kiribati recorded its highest economic freedom score in 2012.Kiribati's public sector accounts for two-thirds of formal employment and about half of GDP. Only a small proportion of the total labor force is employed on salaries; the rest work in subsistence farming or fishing. The economy relies heavily on foreign assistance and remittances. Progress in decentralizing economic activity away from the main islands has been very limited. The financial sector remains underdeveloped, and much of the population lacks formal access to banking services. Read more about Kiribati Economy. Close Background The Pacific archipelago of Kiribati gained its independence from Britain in 1979 and is a democracy. President Anote Tong was elected to a third and final term in January 2012. Kiribati was once rich in phosphates and highly dependent on mining, but deposits were exhausted in 1979. Today, it depends on a $500 million Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund created with the profits from phosphates earnings, as well as foreign assistance, remittances from overseas, sale of fishing licenses, exports of fish and coconuts, and tourism. Crippling algae in the corals surrounding Kiribati seriously threaten the fishing industry, and preservation of the coral ecosystem, the South Pacific's largest marine reserve, continues to be a priority. 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Picked up a travel size in this product as my hair has been quite dry lately and difficult to style. After the first use I noticed my hair was no longer dry and much easier to style (I used it as well as the matching conditioner). I color my hair frequently to cover gray (my hair is fine although not sparse at all) and this product really helps to keep it soft and manageable. Will definately continue to use when needed.
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One would hope that in order to cut carbon emissions and in order to even ATTEMPT to put off the ever-nearing threat of the world being completely turned on its head by global warming for at least a few more decades, we would be encouraged to (as well as walk and ride bikes) use the public transport provided for us. From this Monday (26th February 2007), the Arriva bus prices have risen considerably. Whereas we have all been paying £2.50 for a day pass (and those who own connexions cards - which from Wednesday 28th February will be expired and will no longer be eligible to provide us with cheaper bus fares - have been paying £2.00), the price for a day pass is now £3.00. This is the second time bus prices have been raised recently. Now, for most people, to travel from their homes to the centre of town and back again will cost them £3.20 for a return ticket. This is simply too much. This is simply too much especially for school and college students, like myself, and university students to be expected to pay. Raising the bus prices will deter bus-riders from using the bus, encouraging them to use cars instead (one would hope that a person would use a bus if the distance is too great to walk, or if the person is unable to walk or ride a bike, and therefore their only option after the bus is a car). One bus could hold the same amount of people that approximately 13 5-seater cars could hold. That is a lot of cars and a lot of carbon. Please sign this petition if you believe that the Arriva bus prices have been raised far too high and need to be lowered in order to keep us using the buses and continue to fight against global warming.
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WW: Are you going to change your approach to the rock-and-roll lifestyle because of what happened? Because that's about as fast as it gets.
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Lee: If I even sense that there's going to be trouble, I fucking run. I'm on probation, so I can't get into any trouble. My fun is regulated and monitored by me--know what I mean? So I'm in control now.
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WW: You still owed them albums?
Lee: We owed them two records, and they owed us a lot of money for those two records. So we said, "Give us this amount of money and all of our masters and we'll walk." And we did. We got all of our masters and everything we'd ever filmed, from the beginning. You name it. And we were fucking jumping up and down. I mean, there's only a small handful of bands that have even come close to walking away with all that.
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The views on this page are taken from the local and national media and do not necessarily reflect the views of Everton.DAVID MOYES insists he will not harness his Everton side's attacking instincts as they bid to land a rare victory at Old Trafford.The Blues boss is ready to send out a team with the same bold game-plan as the one which saw them score four goals on Manchester United's home turf last season.There had been signs that the goals had dried-up for the Toffees last month with consecutive goal-less stalemates against Southampton and Swansea, but since then Moyes' men have scored seven times in eight days, and he will call for more of the same against the table-toppers tomorrow.He said: "You can go and have a go at them, but they open you up and you lose heavily. But I think that we'll go there and try and do what we've done for most of the season."I don't think we'll suddenly go there and try and come up with anything different.Just like I don't think they'll come up with anything different. We'll need to be better defensively though."We'll need to not give them easy goals because if we do that it's too hard to go and score four every time you go there."But I don't think you can sit back and allow them to dictate the game. At times they will be in possession and will get control of the match, and at those times you have to try and see it out.But whenever we can, we will try to make it as awkward as we can for them."Moyes hopes to have Marouane Fellaini, who has scored against the Red Devils in the last two clashes between the clubs, fit as the Belgian's hip injury shows signs of healing in time for tomorrow."He is coming back into a little bit of form," added Moyes, whose team are fifth in the table. "He scored a couple of goals for us last week and he is the sort of player who seems to enjoy the bigger games. He has got really bad bruising, but I think he will be okay."And Moyes is also satisfied that Phil Jagielka and Sylvain Distin, who both picked up knocks in last weekend's 3-3 draw with Aston Villa, will be available for selection.However, Seamus Coleman – who has been missing since picking up a thigh injury against Southampton on January 19 – is facing at least another two weeks on the sidelines.ALEX FERGUSON has admitted Everton will face a major problem when David Moyes eventually leaves Goodison Park.Moyes has spent almost 11 years with the Toffees and is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the Barclays Premier League.But his contract is due to expire in the summer and the Scot has been linked with a host of top jobs, including Manchester United when Ferguson eventually decides to call it a day.Understandably, Everton chairman Bill Kenwright is keen to keep Moyes on Merseyside, and the chances are, in the short-term at least, that is where the Scot will stay.However, after spending so many years punching above their weight, Ferguson feels Everton may be in trouble should Moyes walk away."It's obviously a concern for Everton," said Ferguson. "It would be a big blow because he's a good quality manager."Yet again this term, Moyes has shoved Everton up the table, ahead of Arsenal and Liverpool, and they are presently only three points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham.Last time Everton qualified for the Champions League though, they failed to reach the group phase, part of a frustrating sequence of results in key matches that has stunted their progress.Not that Ferguson views it has having any effect on Moyes' CV."He's had 10 years at Everton – you don't survive 10 years in this game without making progress," he said. "His ability is obvious."Whether he gets in the top four doesn't change my opinion of him, or anyone else's."The bond between Ferguson and Moyes is strong.Yet it was the 4-4 draw with Everton last season – the visitors rallying from 4-2 down with eight minutes to go – which arguably cost United a record 20th title and opened the door for Manchester City.Then, at the start of this season, Marouane Fellaini scored the only goal at Goodison Park to put Everton in with a shot of their first league double over United since 1969."They have a genuine chance of being in the top four," said Ferguson."The title race is between ourselves and City, but after that you've got Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal, Everton and even Liverpool, who are starting to get more consistency after that result last weekend. But Everton are there on merit. They are a difficult opponent. They have only lost three games, so they are obviously hard to beat. And that's in the mould of David Moyes."He's made gradual progress because when he first took over he didn't have any money to spend."Given time you can do these things, which is the great value Everton have got out of David – each year he has progressed to good levels."The memory of Everton's visit last term is seared into Ferguson's mind. Twice United gained a position of comfort, only to toss it away in almost reckless fashion.The issue has not entirely been addressed judging by the number of times the Red Devils have ended up hanging on this season in matches that appeared to be won.Yet Ferguson feels a fundamental point has been rammed home."It is about anticipating the unexpected," he said."We didn't do that against Everton, after being 4-2 up with eight minutes to go, it definitely cost us the league. If we are 4-2 up with seven minutes to go this time it won't happen again."Ferguson's options have been bolstered by the return of Ashley Young from a five-match absence with a knee injury.In addition, Phil Jones and Michael Carrick have recovered from the bout of shingles and hip problem respectively that kept them out of international duty in midweek.STEVEN PIENAAR is in the form of his career as he prepares to take on Manchester United on Sunday, says David Moyes.The midfielder returned to Goodison Park last January after a brief spell at Tottenham, and his manager believes he is showing ever increasing signs of maturity within the squad.Moyes has an added incentive for Pienaar this weekend, as it was his goal that earned the Toffees a point at Old Trafford last season, coming back from 4-2 down in the closing stages.Ahead of the return to the Barclays Premier League leaders tomorrow afternoon, who Everton beat 1-0 on the opening weekend, Moyes said: 'I think Steven has been excellent ever since we got him back from Tottenham.'You see a bit more of a mature player now, and it's benefiting the team. He takes ownership and is trying to help the team get better."He has done a really good job for us."Phil Jagielka admits he can barely get a word in edgeways when the banter starts to fly with Wayne Rooney.Yet the Everton defender is hoping to at least have the final say in his battle with Rooney if the pair go head to head at Old Trafford on Sunday - just as he did in the corresponding visit to his former team-mate and good friend's Manchester United side last season.Rooney was in typically mischievous mood when he met up with his former Goodison colleagues Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Leon Osman on England duty in midweek.But he reserved his best taunts for centre-half Jagielka, who's set to have the onerous task of marking Rooney, who's scored an incredible 11 goals in his last 11 games, on Sunday.And the Everton stopper admits that, under the circumstances, the best policy is to shut up and pray for the last laugh on Rooney and his Premier League leaders."Wayne says plenty, believe me," Jagielka admitted with a smile."He's always got plenty to say. When the game comes round he's throwing all sorts of banter at you, and there was a bit of banter flying around this week!"Obviously, this being Wayne, he's expecting to score against us, and he made it clear he can't wait to play against me at the weekend."That's just Wayne, isn't it? He loves his football."I don't say much back - I just smirk at him, because the more you say to him the more you encourage him."Wayne is a fantastic player. I don't want to be winding him up and give him any more reason to try to play well and score than he has already."I try to keep myself pretty quiet when he's giving the banter, because this is Wayne Rooney we're talking about, and I've got a tough enough job myself to come without encouraging him!"For all his incredible goal-scoring form, Rooney will have some trepidation about Everton's visit - and not just because he hasn't got a great record against his old club, scoring just four times in 14 appearances since leaving the Toffees in 2004.Two of those goals came last season... but in a game that United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes cost his men the title.Everton remarkably clawed their way back from two goals down with eight minutes to go at Old Trafford last April to grab a 4-4 draw and deprive the Reds of two points.Jagielka, who lives in Manchester, still gets stick from United fans left gutted by the ripple-effect of a result that helped Manchester City pip them to the trophy on goal difference on the final day.That result has only acted as inspiration for Everton says Jagielka, not least in setting them up for the current campaign, which still offers the tantalising promise of a top four finish."I don't get much grief living in Manchester - I tend to go under the radar. But some die-hard Man U fans were still a little bit bitter after the season finished, giving me shouts that we'd cost them the title," he explained."It wasn't up to us to let them beat us. It wasn't our fault, it was more Man U's fault."Obviously Manchester United were not happy to have not won against us last season from the position they were in, and it had a major effect with them not winning the league."It was a big result for us in terms of the confidence it gave us."To go to Old Trafford and give such a performance, it gave us something to hold onto and carry into this season. When we got it back to 4-3 they seemed a little nervy, and you don't often see United nervy."We have belief from that. But then, we have a good bit of quality in our squad, and we should be hard to beat."If Everton are to produce a similar result on Sunday, they can't rely on such a stunning fightback - which means Jagielka must do what he couldn't in midweek and silence Rooney!One thing in the defender's favour is that his old team-mate is still a confirmed Blue who just happens to have to wear red at work.But the Goodison centre-half doesn't believe that will do his side any good on Sunday, or in the future, despite some openly wondering if Rooney will one day return to the Merseyside club he loves."Wayne still tries to support Everton as much as you can as someone still playing the game at a high level. Definitely he's still a Blue and still has affection for the club, but he won't be doing us any favours!" he explained."He gets a lot of stick from our fans, and it was bound to be a little bit difficult when he left - it's the way it goes when someone leaves the club: If they don't slag you off and hate you, then you've not done very well for the club."I tell Wayne the reason why the fans went so ballistic is they loved him and wanted him to be part of Everton folklore."It wasn't to be, and I don't know if he will end up back here. We'd obviously welcome him back, but he's done so much in his career and he's not going to come back and not perform at the heights he's done in his career."If he finished his career here he'd want to come back and make a difference, so the only way we could do that is to progress forward and get on his radar. It will be a tough one, it all depends on how his career pans out - he's only 27 and still got a long time at the top level."For the moment, Rooney will content himself with tormenting his friend and former team-mate.And Jagielka revealed there was an ominous exchange as the pair left Wembley on Wednesday night after the high of England's win over Brazil."The final thing he said to me was, 'See you Sunday', but with a massive smirk on his face. So what more can you say?!".
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I've volunteered for an interesting assignment: As you may or may not know, I work in a residential facility for juvenile offenders. The facility just received a large donation of books and board games from one of the local high schools. Before we can put the books into the facility library for ciculation, however, they need to be screened for "appropriate content". That includes sexual situations, graphic violence, drug use, and any situations that can be construed as being gang-related. Even though it seems silly that a movie like "West Side Story" wouldn't be able to get a pass, we serve a very specific group of youth. Besides, I don't make the rules. I just screen the material.
Anyway, some of the books were easy to screen by title or book jacket description alone. The Little Ballerina? Yes. A book about two characters meeting in an "adult toy store". No. Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters. Yes. A book about the gadgets seen in the James Bond movies? Wait a sec - there's no way they'd get past the name Pussy Galore.
Since most of these actually have to be read before putting them into circulation, I thought it'd be an interesting idea to write about what I read. I'm going to start reading a couple of the books this weekend. Hopefully by this time next week, I'll have a review posted.
Warning: The reading of this blog may cause confusion, paranoia, blood in the stool, extreme giddyness, and other...weird stuff. Ask your doctor if this blog is right for you.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
2 comments:
- Eivind said...
I think this is really sad. I don't approve of censorship.
- December 15, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Angel H. said...
It is very unfortunate. However, many of these kids (some as young as 13) have committed violent crimes, including rape and homicide. It is believed by the administration that seeing certain portrayals in movies and books will be seen as an affirmation of violent and inappropriate behavior. But I do think that at some point, you have to show them that you trust them to do the right thing. Is it better to lead them by the collar or to guide them and allow them to make their own decisions?
- December 16, 2011 at 11:47 AM
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Oct 26, 2012 9:44 PM by Kathy Kuretich
While there are no official wind advisories for San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara County, strong offshore winds will continue through Sunday morning. Expect 10-20 degree winds with gusts up to 30 mph, and stronger in the mountains and foothills.
These winds will keep the skies clear and drive up temperatures. The Central Coast will be in the 80's with lots of sunshine. This warm, dry air also poses a greater fire risk.
Winds will be strongest during the overnight and morning hours. On Sunday afternoon, winds will shift back onshore and temps will drop to near normal as we head into the week.
Have a great weekend!
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