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Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story misspelled Officer Christopher Edmonds' name.
KNOXVILLE — Police this morning identified a man shot by police outside the West Town Mall as 30-year-old Abraham Dudley of Knoxville.
Dudley was admitted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his lower torso, according to Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk. Dudley's condition at the hospital is confidential at the request of him or his family.
DeBusk said Dudley was shot once by Officer Christopher Edmunds, who was hired in September 2009. Edmunds has been placed on administrative leave with pay, which is standard procedure for any KPD officer involved in a shooting.
Authorities initially were alerted by a witness who called E-911 at 5:22 p.m. to report a male beating a female near a vehicle in the parking lot, according to DeBusk.
"The caller indicated the female was running from her attacker, that there was a child inside the vehicle and that he was pushing her into the vehicle," DeBusk said.
A white Mercedes-Benz sedan later was seen inside the crime scene, cordoned off by yellow police tape, in the far northwest corner of the parking lot near the Dillards store.
Two KPD officers responded and a "confrontation" ensued, during which Edmunds fired at least one round at Dudley, DeBusk said.
DeBusk said Thursday he did not know whether the suspect was armed. This morning, however, DeBusk noted Dudley was overheard during the tussle with his girlfriend by witnesses indicating "he had a weapon and was going to shoot."
DeBusk has not said if the investigation has shown if Dudley was armed.
Edmunds was not injured, but he was transported to the hospital as a matter of procedure.
DeBusk this morning said Dudley and the woman involved in the dispute are in a relationship, but not married. The couple has a 2-year-old child together.
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What is psych nursing really like???
0Feb 21, '13 by ifhn10I've been an RN for 3 years and have worked med/surg-tele, ICU, and ER. I'm now thinking of making a move to psych because I can honestly say that I hate traditional bedside nursing.
1) I am sick of constantly having to clean up feces, urine, emesis, and other ungodly bodily fluids. That I know of, psych patients perform their own ADL's.
2) I'm tired of having to deal with obnoxious patients and family members that think you are their personal servant/slave.
3) I'm completely over doing all the disgusting medical nursing tasks like cleaning pressure ulcers, changing dressings, inserting foleys and rectal tubes, etc.
I am assuming these things won't be an issue is the psych unit, but you know what they say when you assume. I don't want to make the switch and later find out that it is not what I thought it was. That being said, every time I've been to a psych unit, the nurses have seemed pretty relaxed and content. Definitely not stressed out like in other depts.
Any input from experienced psych nurses as to what it's really like to work on a locked down psych unit will be greatly appreciated. No sugar coating. By the way, I'm a 26 year old male, so dealing with psych patients does not frighten me and will not be an issue. -
1Feb 21, '13 by arkool2004I'm new to psych nursing and love it. I never felt overly passionate about procedures so this seems like a great it. I always knew peds was a passion and mental health and peds really have a lot in common when you get down to how you work with the population. I work in an acute adult unit and the patients are till needy and assume you at there to fulfill their ever loving request. The flip side is they perform their own ADL's and if a med consult comes back needing further med assistance they are sent to ER. Time met is necessary bc we hv 8 patients and the meds/assessment take about 30 min per patient. When you add that to new admits and dc the day can get away from u if u aren't organized. I really enjoy he doctors we work with as well. Overall I don't think you'll know until you try it.serenitylove14 likes this.
1Feb 21, '13 by NurseRiesI too hate bedside care.. I simply can't do it and admire those that do. Have you ever thought about a specialty like cardiac cath lab, surgery, or dialysis? With your experience, you could prob do a lot of things. i only say that because psych nursing has lots of bad sides too from what i hear. I do acute dialysis. I come to the rooms, do my treatments and all the other stuff: I am not legally allowed to do. It is challenging, technical, and if you work a lot of overtime, can be great pay!
It sounds like maybe you want to stay in the hospital? If not, why not do some outpatient stuff. I don't know about other hospitals, but the ones I've seen, you still get med surg type patients on psych floors, so some bodily fluids will still be around. I hear cardiac cath lab is a dream job...serenitylove14 likes this. -
0Feb 21, '13 by ifhn10Thanks for the responses guys. I've actually been considering cath lab, OR, and dialysis as well. Basically anything that takes me away from traditional bedside. I just don't want to keep bouncing around to new depts. It looks bad. I want the next dept I choose to be the one I stay in.
0Feb 22, '13 by NurseRiesDialysis is somewhat of a revolving door. People either hate it or love it. Maybe somehow you could shadow in those departments to get a real feel for the job. Dialysis is great in acutes because you have complete autonomy and independence. I am a traveler and sometimes i never even meet my supervisors! You have 1 patient at a time and you can plan your own day. Some places even let you come in at 10am as long as you get your assigned treatments done. I find it challenging with the technical aspects and also sticking difficult patients. Things are always different. You're all over the hospital. I also love chronics (outpatient dialysis), because the patients are walkie talkie and it's like one big family that gathers three times a week. Not to mention no nights or weekends. This may be too routine for some. Other down sides include being wayyy too busy in outpatient and not being busy enough at the hospital. I get bored doing acutes at times, sitting there watching the clock, but I know I'm being envied by many other people.. It has it's downs. Clinic work is challenging and fun. I never sit down. It is scary though to be in charge of 20 patients and 5 techs who you don't always trust.
0Feb 23, '13 by JsconceQuote from ifhn10I'm a cath lab nurse. Love/hate job ~ loooove this type of nursing! But sometimes HATE being on call for STEMI's - you get chained to the phone. But a very "immediate gratification" once you help save a lifeThanks for the responses guys. I've actually been considering cath lab, OR, and dialysis as well. Basically anything that takes me away from traditional bedside. I just don't want to keep bouncing around to new depts. It looks bad. I want the next dept I choose to be the one I stay in.
4Feb 24, '13 by Imarisk2I have been an inpatient psych nurse for over 6 years, having come from being an LNA in LTC. I don't deal with lots of procedures and body fluids anymore. I DO deal with lots of people with psych issues and/or misaligned attitudes. Milieu management (relationship redirection and education in a safe and controlled environment) takes up most of my energy on a daily basis. I love what I do, but I know it truly isn't for everybody. Those of us who work comfortably and successfully with psych patients unsually have a history of confronting and overcoming our own personality disorders first........ and continue to face them down again daily.
2Feb 24, '13 by Hygiene Queen, ADN, RN GuideI work in geri-psych and deal with stool, urine, spit, vomit, blood... oh, everyday .
I'm always worrying about my old folks' BP's... geeze, I just sent one out to ER and it turned out she turning a wee bit septic .
They may be declared "stable" when we get 'em, but sometimes not so much!
I have my share of dressing changes, foleys, colostomies, casts and imobilzers and IV's and I'm still toileting and helping out with showers when I can.
Some days... I dread looking at my labs.
But that's my elderly for ya... a lot of medical issues on top of psych issues.
Most nurses hate floating to my unit... heh heh.
A nurse with your experience would be welcome with open arms, but if yo are sick of doing that stuff, stay away from geri-psych... which we lovingly call "mini med-surg".
The "sweetest" unit in our facility is Eating Disorders. It's like a picnic over there, but I detest it, personally. Not my bag.
No matter what area you work in psych, you will deal with obnoxious, non-compliant and drama-ridden behaviors.
On the plus side, we don't do a lot of sugar-coating and patients will get called on their behaviors.
You also have to be able to be firm and yet be able to be soothing and know how to deal with difficult behaviors (it's like being a snake charmer sometimes).
I love it but it's not for everyone.serenitylove14 and lasair like this. -
0Feb 25, '13 by 302queenim new to nursing i work in a acute intake unit in a hospital based facility. we do not do much of the unpleasnt stuff like vomit etc unless a patient urinates or poops themselves on purpose. although we did have a involuntary hold pt tell us last night she would pee on us if we tried to medicate her haha we all know how that ended.
4Feb 25, '13 by Ntheboat2I love psych nursing. I worked as an intern on a med/surg unit throughout nursing school and it was great getting experience with starting IV's, inserting foleys, etc., but med/surg is definitely not something I would want to do again. Can I handle it? Yes. I did great and my manager was irate when I quit. Do I want to handle it? Heck no. It's just not for me.
It's good to have some medical experience because many patients come to us because they went to the ER d/t a medical issue and then the ER staff noticed they were having hallucinations or something. I see a lot of high BP and there's a lot of patients detoxing which you know can be serious. Every now and then you'll find something or something will happen where they'll need medical attention, but they get sent back to the ER so it's nowhere near what you have to deal with in a med/surg or ER setting. At the same time, I feel like staff at the "regular hospital" tries to send patients to us before they're medically stable enough because they don't want to deal with the psych aspect. I know it can be hard working on med/surg trying to juggle all your patients when one of them is taking their clothes off or doing bizarre things. It's also frustrating for us when we have 10 patients who are supposed to be medically stable, but one of them has a blood pressure of 76/46 and we don't have IV fluids. We simply don't have the equipment/supplies to deal with medical issues. They aren't even in the supply closet. A lot of psych patients have positive symptoms because there's something medically wrong. So, you don't have to do all the hands on nursing skills in a psych setting, but you still need to have the knowledge. Just like when an elderly patient gets confused when they have a UTI, a psych patient who has been doing well may start having symptoms when they have renal issues or something. The hospital wants to send them to us because they think it's a psych problem, and we want to send them back because we think it's a medical problem.
You have to be a real advocate to work in psych. You get to know a lot of the patients because you see the same ones over and over, or you've gotten familiar with symptoms of a particular diagnosis even if you don't know the pt well. You can tell when Suzy is REALLY having abdominal pain even though she's been known to say there's a litter of kittens living in her belly. You can keep up on your medical skills if you want to. Just like a professor once told me, "If a nurse wants to sit at the desk, they can always find a reason to, and if a nurse really wants to be with the patients then they will." Every patient who comes in the door has to be assessed. It's not a requirement to do a complete physical assessment, but if you want to do one then you can. There are TONS of labs drawn in psych so if you want to draw blood and keep up on that skill then you can, but if you want to sit at the desk and let the lab guy draw labs for you then you can.
You won't know if you like it until you try it. I personally love it and never dread going to work.

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I recently acquired California in a swap & it has been an instant love affair. I like red-dy shadows, finding them complimentary in moderation. In my case, that's the outer "v" for a striking accent color, while not too deeply placed in the crease. Its bright tone adds a pop of color that is well-pigmented, but soft enough to blend down and in with whatever you pair it with. I keep to a neutral lid when wearing it, with either a rusty, espresso, or black liner. I have even worn it with a red lip and surprisingly, it was not over-the-top, but rather complimentary ( a safe combination if you are very selective about what shade /intensity of red it's paired with). At first I thought it might look garish; and there is the possibility of overdoing it if you don't use a light hand and build its coverage (this is not a swipe and go shadow) gently. However, i can see where all the raves from blued-eyes wearers are coming from. This is a stunner, and if you feel that you can pull off red tones it's definitely worth a look.
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I bought this last fall at sephora online when it was on a clearance sale. I just wanted to own a Nars shadow and figured this was neutral enough for me. Didn't get around to wearing until now! I watched a beauty guru use it as a liner shade after placing a bronze shadow over the entire lid. Love this look. Perfect for summer! Love to pair it was coral makeup (lips and eyes). The quality of this Nars shadow is exquisite as it should be for being pretty pricey!
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I received this eyeshadow as an extra in a swap. I probably never would have tried it, but I LOVE it especially on my brown eyes! It is a rusty copper-penny shade with plenty of shimmer to go around. I do not feel that this shadow is as creamy/buttery/smooth as I normally like, but it does apply evenly and stays put. I was scared of this shade because I have light skin and thought it would be too ruddy, but it's actually quite beautiful and flattering. I like this shade when i'm going for an all-out shimmer look, especially with other metallic golds and champagnes. The packaging is cute and you get a lot of product in the package.
I absolutely LOVE this color. I would have never thought twice about it but the artist used this in my crease and it really made my brown eyes pop. I have found I can use this color someway in most all of my looks. The rust-copper color is nicely pigmented, if it were any darker I think it would be overpowering. Click continue to see pic of it in use.
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Expensive, but ones again worth it. This coppery color is lovely and does a wonderful job of making my eyes pop!
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I wish that I liked this more. The color is quite orange and I always need to tone it down/ make it more neutral with a dark brown (like MAC Espresso). I wouldn't buy this again but must admit that it makes my green eyes pop. Too bad that it's difficult to mix-and-match with the other shadows in my make-up bag.
Usually, i'm not huge on reddish-ANYTHING on my eyes, but this has definately been a grande exception :) California is a lovely, shimmery reddish-rusted shade w/ bronze intwined, perfect to go w/ any bronzey shades and even straight brown eyeshadows :) THe quality COULD be better, b/c this shadow is not finely milled, but rather more chunky in texture. Still, i've never had a problem w/ working with it, makes a perfect shade to put in the outer corners of my eyes. I can imagine this shade would look *best* on tanned skin (which i am not). For reference, i am an asian, nc35 gal! :)
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Eff HOA's. I am SO SO SO glad I bought a home without one. We have a "neighborhood association" but there are no rules, and no fees (optional donations only) I have had a pile of dirt in my driveway for the better part of 5 months now. And I brew out in the garage/driveway everytime.
50A GFCI and a control box and those Blichmanns become mean electric brewing machines
Not to be petty, but I can sure play that game if they want to. You may not be able to beat the system, but you sure can break it. I would look at the handbook and report every single infraction that I saw. Hey, it's their rules. If they are going to be A$@es about it then I can be a bigger one.
I'm not sure why people choose to live like rats stacked on top of each other in places like townhomes but if you accept that type of lifestyle, you deserve what you get. So just brew indoors. In the wintertime I brew 6 gallon all grain indoors on my electric stove, granted it is more powerful than the average stove and takes a little longer to get to a boil than my propane burner but once it gets there it works just fine.
The problem is Nosy Nelly can see you. Just lower the door to about knee high. That leaves room to ventilate but not observe.
Can't have a flame within 10 ft of a structure... only inside of a structure... silly isnt it?
Yo, What's Wrong With The Beer We Got? I Mean the Beer we got drank pretty Good Don't It? I Ain't Never Heard nobody complain about the beer we have..... It Drank Pretty Good. Budweiser...What's the name of some of them other beers ?
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13 Jul 2010 | #1 |
HDD spin up at win shut down
I have this very annoying problem. Everytime I shut down windows all the HDD that have gone to sleep earlier spin up then they instantly spin down and windows shuts down. Even my external USB HDD behave the same when I have it connected. Every spin up is shortening their lives so I would be glad if I could get this unnecessary spin up to stop. What is it that windows writes to them and how can I disable it, while still being able to have the HDD's go to sleep? My HDD configuration: 2xSATA(one using a IDE to SATA converter), 1xIDE, 1x ext.USB |
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13 Jul 2010 | #2 |
There may be other answers, but here's my take on the situation.
When Windows shuts down it has to close programs and files. It can't do that on a drive that's at rest. The drive must be accessed by windows to make sure there are no open files on it and if there are, they must be closed. The only way I can see to eliminate this is to make sure the drives never shut down. That's a setting in Power Management. Letting a drive run all day puts a lot more wear and tear on it than just letting it spin up for a few seconds during shut-down. Also, a drive at rest, draws very little power and produces very little heat. I always set my drives to power down after about ten minutes of inactivity. The drives stay cooler and last a very long time. I also put two-fan coolers on all my hard drives so they always stay at room temperature. I've never lost a hard drive since I started doing this....many years ago. Good Luck, The Doctor |
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13 Jul 2010 | #3 |
Close everything down before you shutdown and see whether this will still happen.
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14 Jul 2010 | #4 |
I have a Quick Shutdown icon on my desktop.
Using that, my XP or even W7 PC shuts down in 5 to 8 seconds, even though all three HD's have to spin up briefly. It's no biggie! |
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11 Dec 2010 | #5 |
I know this isn't exactly the most recent post, but I also find this situation very annoying! I have an SSD, and I have 4 additional HDDs which are all set to go to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity. The issue is that if the disks are spinning, the shutdown process is about 2 seconds, but with them having to spin up (if they are idle), it's about 7 seconds long. The timing is not the issue at all here - 2 vs 7, or even 20 seconds is a non issue for me, but what does annoy me is the environmental impact, the wear and tear and, ok I admit, the increase in time this silly step takes. Why does a "music" and "movies", and various data drives have to spin up, even if there are no open programs? Is there no way to correct this, and only spin it up if it actually needs to be? Seems like such a waste!
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Finally someone with the same problem. Haven't found the answer yet so my sleeping drives are still spinning up before windows can shut down. And there is no difference with having closed all programs or not =(
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Pieces falling into place for McGraw
INDIANAPOLIS -- No plant is really safe in Muffet McGraw's lawn. They take root at their own risk. Because there's a very good chance she's going to dig them up and rearrange them.
"They call me the transplant queen in my neighborhood," said McGraw, coach of Notre Dame's women's basketball program. "They'll say, 'What are you moving today?' when I come out. I buy it, I stick it in, and then I decide it is too tall or it doesn't match what was there. I think it's a kind of therapy. I tune out the world and mess with the flowers."
Her husband, Matt, says just about the time he thinks that everything is organized in the yard and that maybe they'll go play a round of golf
"She'll say, 'This isn't really what I want here,'" Matt McGraw said. "She'll plant something, and I'll look down and say, 'Don't get too comfortable there because you're going to be out in a week.' She's constantly moving plants around. It's just like the offense."
In her 29 seasons as a college coach -- 24 at Notre Dame -- McGraw has done plenty of "rearranging" of players, trying to find the right formula on court for victories. She has earned 644 of those, with the most recent on Sunday night sending her into her second NCAA title game Tuesday, against Texas A&M.
The Irish's 72-63 victory over No. 1 seed UConn in the national semifinals -- with McGraw figuring out how to beat the Huskies after losing to them three times this season -- represented another one of her passions.
"She's been a puzzle solver her whole life," Matt said. "She does jigsaw puzzles, and those number puzzles. And I've always thought the success that her teams have had are because she never looks and says, 'Who's the best player out there?' She says, 'Who fits in the puzzle?'
"If we get together with her family, they will bring boxes and boxes of puzzles. And she has what I don't -- the incredible patience, the focus to get the damn thing together. She wants to fit more pieces in than anybody else."
The pieces on this squad took a little while to integrate, as Notre Dame lost three of its first eight games. In the Big East season, the Irish fell those three times to UConn and also lost to DePaul. Yet the whole time, McGraw was solving the puzzle.
"I think I've tried to be a little more patient than I normally am, which is pretty hard for me," McGraw said. "I've been, I think, a lot more relaxed. I look at them in the pregame, and it just kind of takes the weight off my shoulders because I know they're ready.
"I feel like I'm so much calmer on the sidelines than I was before. I've had my moments, for sure, even in the tournament. But I'm trying. Every turnover isn't life-and-death. The more time I spend with them off the court, the harder it is to yell at them. When I get on the court, I remember, 'I really like this team.'"
The perfect match
Muffet will be the first to say she hasn't done any of this alone. Alongside her all the way in her coaching career has been Matt, whom she met in 1976 in the summer between her junior and senior years when she was a player at Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia.
They were both working summer jobs at the West Chester County Courthouse, and Matt vividly remembers seeing her for the first time.
"They were walking me around and saying, 'You need to know this person, that person,'" he said. "And they took me through her office and said, 'There's nobody in here you need to meet.' And I thought, 'Oh, yes, there is.'"
Soon, they were talking, and he said he would call later to set up a date for lunch.
"She wrote down her number on this little piece of paper. But I didn't know her name was Muffet yet," Matt said. "So later I look at the paper, and it said, 'Call me at 696-0102, and it's Muffet.'
"And I thought, 'OK, so the joke's on me.' So I called that night, and her mom answered. I'm sure I said, 'Uh, is Muffet there?' And her mom said, 'Here, hold on.' And I was like, 'My gosh, that's really her name.'"
Yes, he remembers what her phone number was then. And she recalls what he was wearing the day they met.
"If there is love at first sight," Muffet said, "that was it."
They wed in the fall of 1977, just before Muffet began her coaching career at Archbishop Carroll High in the Philly area.
"He didn't know what he was getting into," Muffet said, laughing. "We got married right after college, in October, and I started the job a couple of weeks later. In fact, I went to a coaches clinic the night before the wedding. The guy there said, 'Are you here for the whole weekend?" And I said, 'Nah, I can't, I'm getting married tomorrow.' And he thought I was kidding. I think that pretty much set Matt up for what was in store for the next 30 years."
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McGraw moved to the college game as an assistant at Saint Joseph's in 1980, then became head coach at Lehigh in 1982. She took over at Notre Dame in 1987 when she was 31 and has been there ever since.
The McGraws have a 20-year-old son, Murphy, who is a junior at Indiana.
"And every season, we have about 14 daughters," Matt said. "That's how she looks at it."
Notre Dame made its first Final Four in 1997, falling to Tennessee in the semifinals. The professional pinnacle for the McGraw family came on April 1, 2001, when the Ruth Riley-led Irish beat Purdue for the NCAA title in St. Louis.
But five months later, Matt had the worst scare of his life on what -- but for a random change in plans -- would have been the worst day of his life.
Muffet originally had a ticket on United Flight 175 out of Boston on Sept. 11. Only the persistence of her then-assistant coach Kevin McGuff, who convinced her to change plans and fly out of Providence, R.I., with him instead, prevented her from being on the second plane to crash into the World Trade Center.
Matt McGraw still has difficulty talking about it without his eyes welling up. He had taken their son to school that morning, then gone to the golf course to try out some new clubs. When he realized what was going on in New York, he began to feel panic.
"I called her and said, 'Where are you right now?' She said, 'The FAA just took us off the plane because they're having a problem with their computers.' I said, 'No, that's not it. Here's what happened. Rent a car, and get out of there now.' And then I was dying for 14 hours waiting for her to get home."
For her part, McGraw will rarely speak of it, and never at length.
"I don't go there," she said. "I think things happen for a reason, and that's why we're here today."
Notre Dame assistant Niele Ivey talks about playing for a national championship for coach Muffet McGraw and coaching alongside her in pursuit of a title.
Coming full circle
McGraw does do some self-reflection, though, on how she has changed in the decade since the Irish won the NCAA championship.
"I still wish I had more compassion. I'm not an outgoing, people person," she said. "That's probably why I like the flowers so much. I'm fine just being behind the curtain. I would love to coach from behind a curtain if I could."
Her competitiveness is as intense as ever.
"She enjoys bridge; she's a very good card player," Matt said. "And she's a great golfer; she'll beat your brains in and wouldn't think twice about it."
Her players, though, think she has mellowed without losing her coaching edge.
"We've talked to players from years ago, and they're like, 'She's so much easier on y'all than she was on us,'" sophomore star Skylar Diggins said. "She's had a lot of patience with us."
One of those people who can compare McGraw, then and now, from firsthand experience is Irish assistant Niele Ivey, who was the point guard on that 2001 championship team.
"Softer -- and you can tell her I said that," Ivey said, smiling. "But the players have changed. She's still hard on them on the court and trying to get the most out of them, but she makes sure that they enjoy being a student-athlete.
"No matter what type of players she has, she figures out a way to win. She'll change the offense to fit them."
Again, that's the puzzle solver in McGraw, who for the past 10 years has had a big one to work on: how to return the Irish to the Final Four. McGraw admits there have been times when she has been frustrated about not having a puzzle piece here or there that maybe would have made the difference.
But Tuesday night, she has a chance to complete the picture again.
"I'm enjoying the circle," McGraw said. "We had our championship reunion in the fall, and the [2001] team came in. They presented a ball to this team and said, 'You know, we've won our championship. Now, it's your turn.'"
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The month began with me playing my first game of cricket for two years. With my Rutland and District Cricket League (R&DCL) appointment cancelled, I decided to offer my services to two of my previous clubs who happened to be playing each other.
However, as soon as word got out that I might put in an appearance, I was roped in to play! Playing, as far as I'm concerned, means bowling and, sure enough, I was soon tossed ther ball.
My first ball eclipsed the famous Steve Harmison delivery for width but I eventually managed to bowl straight and even took a wicket - was my shoulder sore the next morning!
The serious business of umpiring soon beckoned again when, on my third visit of the season to the picturesque Ratcliffe College ground, Bedfordshire triumphed in an U13's ECB Trophy Match which survived three stoppages for rain.
It was then time for a few days off. Firstly, Angela and I travelled to deepest, darkest, Suffolk to visit friends who had moved there from the Midlands just before Easter, after which we set off for Oxford - having taken two of our grandchildren back in the spring - and enjoyed a couple of days of not doing very much apart from taking part in a Morse Walk which, I have to say, I found very interesting and enjoyable, despite the fact that I have rarely watched the programme mainly because, to me, the late John Thaw will always be Jack Regan of The Sweeney.
Back again to umpiring and a disciplined, unbeaten 95 by their accomplished opener helped Barnack overcome their near neighbours Stamford Town, in an eagerly awaited return derby match, despite claims by Stamford, in the local press, that they had the batting to thwart the much vaunted Barnack attack.
This win helped put pressure on the R&DCL's top two, Peterborough Town and Oundle.
A spell of five appointments in six days began with a local U11's semi-final - have you noticed how, at that age, the batsmen are continually checking their guard whilst batsmen, bowlers and even fielders fielders are seemingly obsessed by the number of balls left in the over? - which was followed by my second visit of the season to Narborough & Littlethorpe where, in a drawn game, the star of the show was the host's New Zealander who followed up a 'five for' with an elegant half century.
The captain of the visitors turned out to be the brother of two girls who were at school with my two daughters more than 20 years ago - it's a small world!. This was, however, a game that neither my colleague (a vastly experienced umpire) nor I, for one reason or another, enjoyed.
This sequence of games continued with a first visit of the season to nearby Medbourne, who have been languishing at the foot of Division 1 of the R&DCL all season. Once again they fielded a very young side and were no match for Barrnack, who sauntered to an eight wicket win inside three hours.
Two days later Derbyshire became the 14th county I have visited this season but Leics 60+ left empty-handed after being shot out for just 100 on a damp, slow and low wicket.
The following day found me at The Langtons Cricket Club - just a ten minute drive for me - for the annual fixture between the Leicestershire Gents and The Forty Club. In a keenly contested but sporting game, The Forty Club were unable to repeat last season's win.
Their cause was not helped by the fact that one of their players broke a finger whilst fielding and was, therefore, unable to bat.
A visit to Cosby, which is the ground where I had made my decision to retire from playing after a torrid afternoon, saw me witness the hosts, who desperately needed a win to help stave off the threat of relegation, settle for a 'winning draw'.
R&DCL action continued with a League/John Wilcox cup semi-final double-header. In a low-scoring game on a badly worn wicket it was, once again, Peterborough Town who prevailed as their captain guided them to a narrow victory.
The familiar setting of Lutterworth Cricket Club was the venue for my second Everards Leicestershire County Cricket League Premier Division Game. As with the first one at this level, rain delayed the start and a total of 36 overs was lost to the weather. Lutterworth were convincing winners in a competitive mid-table clash.
My last appointment of an interesting, enjoyable month featured an U13's final which, unfortunately, was predictably one-sided.
With the nights drawing in (a sure sign that Autumn is approaching), I have, as far as I know, just five appointments remaining with many issues still to be settled in the various leagues and competitions in which I am involved.


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FBI wants law targeting hats, sunglasses in banks
The FBI may turn to a new ploy to combat bank robberies: a dress code. Special Agent Larry Carr plans to work with Washington state lawmakers...
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The FBI may turn to a new ploy to combat bank robberies: a dress code.
Special Agent Larry Carr plans to work with Washington state lawmakers on legislation that would forbid banks from doing business with customers who wear hats and sunglasses while inside the bank.
Carr, who heads the FBI's bank-robbery division in Seattle, said that most bank robbers cover their heads "with a hat, sunglasses or a hoodie [hooded sweat shirt]" to avoid being identified by surveillance photos. With most bank security cameras positioned in front of and above customers, the disguises are often successful because the cameras capture the bill of a cap or brim of a hat, he said.
"Even if you zoom in, all you're getting is the tighter picture of a baseball cap," Carr said. "Banks can spend billions of dollars on surveillance systems, and it's meaningless."
Carr said there have been 113 bank robberies in the state this year, including two in Seattle on Wednesday involving a man who wore a hard hat and safety goggles. Other recent robberies involved men -- and occasionally women -- wearing baseball caps, floppy hats and hooded sweat shirts.
Jeremy Stewart, 28 -- nicknamed the "Nomad Bandit" because he hit banks across the state -- told agents after his arrest last year that he knew the cameras would never be able to show his face when he wore a baseball hat, Carr said.
Many banks already ask customers to remove hats and sunglasses before approaching tellers, but customers often do not comply or bank employees do not enforce the policy, said Carr and officials at local banks. If it's a law, banks will have to enforce it, Carr said.
The Washington Bankers Association considered pushing for a similar law last year, but opted against it because members believed it was an issue individual banks should pursue, said association President Jim Pishue.
Carr's measure would not include bank customers who wear hats for religious or medical reasons.
Darcy Donahoe-Wilmot, a spokeswoman for Washington Mutual, said it has always been up to tellers to decide whether to ask customers to remove their hats and sunglasses. She said Washington Mutual recently started posting signs in its more than 2,200 branches across the country asking customers to remove all "hoodies, helmets and sunglasses."
"This is a brand-new initiative for us," Donahoe-Wilmot said. "Prior to this, we did not have a policy for removing sunglasses and hats."
Last year, All City Credit Union in Snohomish County posted a similar advisory in its branches. Bank Vice President Scott Prior said they also insisted that tellers at their four branches ask unrecognizable customers to remove hats and sunglasses.
Prior said that if one of their 5,000 regular customers is offended by the request, the teller is instructed to apologize for the inconvenience but still insist on removal of the items.
"If the robbers know they're being watched, and the tellers are observant, I think that helps your chances of not getting robbed," he said.
While Donahoe-Wilmot said Washington Mutual is looking into whether tellers should be ordered to ask customers to remove their hats and sunglasses, Shannon Ridout, vice president of security at Anchor Bank, said such a move is unlikely at her bank.
"It's going to be difficult to sell it to the banks because if you won't wait on them [customers], they'll go to a different bank," said Ridout, whose bank has 22 branches stretching from Covington south to Vancouver, Wash. "Banks are heavy into customer service, and they're all fighting for the same checking account."
Ridout said that instead of forcing banks to comply, lawmakers should outlaw the wearing of hats or sunglasses into banks.
"The banks have a right to install a policy to remove hats and sunglasses," said Jim Pishue, of the Washington Bankers Association, which represents more than 80 commercial banks across the state. "Banks don't have to do it, but it is encouraged because it does assist in the prevention of bank robberies."
Pishue said he would have to see what Carr is proposing before deciding whether to support legislation.
In the meantime, Ridout said, many banks have begun heeding Carr's advice that they lower their surveillance cameras to capture better images of robbers' faces instead of their headwear. Anchor Bank and All City Credit Union have lowered their cameras to 6 feet.
Ridout said the industry is slowly warming to the idea.
"I needed to get those cameras down so I could get decent shots," Ridout said. "I needed to get underneath those hats."
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