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A lovely spot for a garden, the woman mused.
Her name was Maria, as had been her grandmother's. For almost seven decades she had lived at the base of the southernmost of Rome's fabled Seven Hills, on land owned by her family for as long as anyone could remember. Long before, when the Roman influence had spread far and wide throughout the earth, the once celebrated Via Appia—the Appian Way—had passed nearby, a major thoroughfare of the once great empire. At that time, when senators and noblemen in chariots traversed the region, her family's land had been a prized location, along the primary trade route, the chief highway to Greece and points east.
Now, it was just—lovely.
Sun dappled the ground around her as it penetrated the overhanging forest of olive, sycamore, and lotus trees covering the two and a half acres of her inheritance. Mimosa brought a splash of yellow, and when the time was right, additional color dotted the trio of orange trees her grandfather had planted in celebration of her birth so many autumns ago.
Well within sight of her terra-cotta-roofed house, she chose a spot, smiled, and brought her shovel down. The ground was soft, thanks to recent rains, and the grassy soil yielded easily.
Tomatoes here, she mused, smiling. Nothing but the best for the recipes Mother taught me. And courgette and aubergine ...
Little by little, in the cool of the morning, she patiently turned the earth, casting it aside to reveal the rich, dark loam in which her well-chosen seeds would find a home. Her mind delighted in visions of sumptuous family meals yet to come.
Her blade hit something hard.
Oh no, she worried. Stones to be moved.
She scraped the steel edge of the shovel along the ground, trying to determine the size of her problem.
Whatever it was, it was flat on top.
For another hour she worked to clear away the soil, laying bare an unyielding thistle in her otherwise promising garden. When she had uncovered a straight length of more than eight feet and a width of two feet, her spade happened upon something immediately recognizable, a rounded fragment, its edges chipped and worn.
Sightless eyes looked up at her, the nose between them gone. What remained of a chiseled jaw displayed a resolve long since silenced, its polished marble contours discolored by unforgiving ages within the earth.
She stopped, dropped her shovel, and reached into a pocket for her phone.
"Il Museo di Archeologico di Roma," she told the operator.
* * *
It was an aging institution, its halls and corridors filled with erudite ghosts, the shadows of the hundreds of thousands who had walked there, played there, learned there. You could smell it in the air, feel it in the oiled wood trim, sense it in the plastered walls.
Oldefield University was a rarity. Touched little by the advances of time and technology, it was a minor academe, nestled in a forest, hidden by the shade of towering oaks, maples, spruces, and pines, its campus more than a mile from the main road. The school was as beautiful as it was secluded, its buildings white-trimmed masterpieces of dark red stone separated by vivid, verdant lawns and precisely trimmed flowering shrubbery.
Tradition here had always been held in the highest regard, with change coming only grudgingly as necessity—and the school's continued existence—dictated. Its first parking lots, finally laid in the 1950s, came only after prolonged and heated debate. The campus had no air-conditioning, nor had it ever needed any. It did have a computer research lab connected to the rest of the world via small rooftop satellite dishes, but the facility had yet to supplant the books shelved within the university's vast library, home to bound volumes dating back to the early 1700s. A few professors, more each year, chose to bring personal computers into their classrooms, while others stayed with more conventional means of record keeping. Students, their class sizes small, were given direct and generous instruction with emphasis placed heavily on hands-on experience.
The school was timeless, ageless, and answered to no other educational or political entity.
And, as a result, it was impoverished.
Anna stood in the hallway outside the office of the dean of archaeology, looking into the reflective pane of a framed portrait as she tugged gently at her wispy bangs, unable to get them to stay just as she wanted.
Flexible hold, my eye!
Frustrated with her hair, she gave up and adjusted the bow collar of her white blouse. Her heart drummed within her.
You look fine, she told herself. Oh, who am I kidding?
She checked the delicate hands of her designer watch, a gift from the university several years earlier when she was awarded the Carl Fergusen chair.
That was such a lovely evening.
It was exactly noon. The moment had come.
It'll be okay ... You'll get through this!
She smoothed her pale pink skirt and blazer, drew a deep breath, and walked into the office, her fingers subtly and fretfully kneading the strap of her purse. The smile she wore as she closed the door behind her and approached the secretary's desk was a mask.
"Good afternoon, Dr. Meridian," greeted the younger woman. "Dean Mercer is expecting you. You may go right in."
"Thank you, Amy."
The hinges of the heavy walnut door squealed a little as she opened it.
"Anna," said Albert Mercer, an elderly man sitting behind a massive, cluttered desk. He rose to his feet as she entered. "Please, come in."
The room spoke of treasured knowledge attained at great price. Heavy bookshelves of rich wood, filled to the limit with hardbound literary classics, research works, and meticulous histories, lined the walls.
Anna's heels met lush carpet, her steps silent as she entered. Unhurriedly approaching the desk, she felt like a child sent to the principal's office. She feared she knew why she was there. She prayed she would be proven wrong.
"You look lovely, my dear."
"Thank you."
"Have a seat," he said, gesturing toward a plush leather chair opposite his own. "There's a matter we must discuss."
Anna sat without a sound, clutching her purse in her lap, her fingers still rubbing the smooth, darkened strap. Mercer took his seat.
"How are things with your staff?" he asked. "Are the new grad assistants to your liking?"
"Yes, Albert," she said. "Everyone's quite eager to get out there and get their hands dirty. As usual, they all have visions of King Tut dancing in their heads."
"The idealism of youth." Mercer nodded with a slight smile. "I well remember. I must admit ... I, too, fancied myself Howard Carter once."
"It does take a few years for reality to set in," she agreed. "Lots of work, very little glamour. And no Indiana Jones ... at least not when you know what you're doing."
"Anna," the dean began with obvious reluctance, "reality is a harsh master. I would like very much not to have to tell you this, but ..."—there was a long pause—"the board of regents met this morning. I'm sure you knew that."
"Yes," she said, crossing her legs. Her breath held fast.
"Know that we all hold your late husband and his accomplishments in the highest regard. Know also that those sentiments have also extended to you. However ..."
He was choosing his words carefully—too carefully. She looked down at her hands.
Please, just get it over with.
"It's no secret that there are those here who don't believe your carrying on of Samuel's work has brought the desired results, or that you are qualified to attempt as much. The past five expeditionary seasons have yielded nothing of consequence, and some on the board believe the expense of such fieldwork is no longer justified. And despite your degrees in both history and archaeology, it's no secret among those of us who know you that the former is your first love."
"I see."
"In Samuel's memory, we have gone beyond expectation and beyond what is justified in allotting the budgets within which you've worked, and this has caused, shall we say, unrest among some within the faculty. They see you as receiving favored treatment and have become increasingly dissatisfied with their own annual departmental budgets."
Watching his sharp gray eyes in silence, she nervously rubbed a couple of toes together within the confines of her tight pink pumps.
"In addition to this," Mercer continued, "the university's fund-raising efforts have proven less than stellar the past few years. The alumni have moved on with their lives, it would seem. While several very generous contributions have been made, some anonymously, we've still fallen well short of our goals. This past decade has seen a steady decline in operating funds, and we've reached a critical point."
For a moment he dropped his gaze.
"We've tried to do without new equipment for so long, due to the expense and many other reasons, but it has now become essential. While it means dropping other programs altogether, we have no choice but to implement a serious advancement of our ... technology level." The word seemed distasteful to him. "For the fall semester, we will place at our students' disposal radically updated computer labs and such, and we will have to continue to modernize if we're to continue drawing new blood to Oldefield."
"I know," Anna said. Many, both faculty and students, had said it was time to bring the school into the twenty-first century, she recalled. Many others had said it was time to bring it into the twentieth.
He rose from his seat and stood beside a floor-mounted globe near the desk. "The tangible has become ineffectual, I'm afraid. Or at the very least, undesirable. Globes, wall maps, models—things you can touch and hold and sense—have fallen by the wayside. The scent of old, time-proven research volumes that have gone the way of the Pony Express."
"Progress," Anna said. "It's inevitable, if our students are to compete in the world."
"Indeed," replied the dean. "But it carries a great price. The purely experiential approach we've always cherished is a luxury we no longer can afford."
Anna lowered her head and closed her eyes, awaiting the blow.
"Effective immediately," Mercer said as gently as he could, "it has been decided to restrict your teaching to the lecture hall. There will be no further archaeological expeditions. No more digs. I know that all these years you've carried on in honor of your husband's unfulfilled efforts. Fought to see his dream brought to fruition—"
"Not solely because of that," she interrupted.
He nodded. "In any case, the time has come to bring such ventures to a close. Perhaps you'd prefer to return to history at the end of the semester? Dr. Lowell is departing, as you know, which will leave us wanting in that department."
"I'd heard."
"Will you consider it?"
"Consider it," she repeated, "yes. But Albert ..."—he looked up from the slowly spinning globe into her golden brown eyes—"what about the dig already under way?"
"Ah, Rome," he recalled.
"What do I tell Roberto? Are they just supposed to drop their shovels and catch the next plane home?"
"Where do things stand?"
"A good bit of progress has been made since I was called back here," Anna said. "Much of the foundation has been cleared. Only this morning I was told that a series of descending stone steps had been uncovered. More than a dozen as of yesterday, and there may be many more."
"Leading down to who knows what," he said. "Could be nothing."
"Yes," she agreed, "but whatever's down there is highly unusual. The Romans didn't incorporate cellars into their common architecture, but the stone used, the location, and even a handful of coins we've come across ... every indicator says we're dealing with Nero's Rome. The fragment of a shattered marble bust found by Signora Verducci fits the era. We're dealing with a sizable foundation and whatever's under it, though we're not yet certain what the above-ground structure was. A villa most likely, or even a temple, as yet unknown. But we have every reason to believe there may be something of real significance at the bottom of those steps."
"Like what?"
She hesitated.
"A wine cellar?" he wryly proposed.
She smiled, appreciating his sense of humor. "No."
"So what reason do you have for such optimism?"
She was silent.
Mercer turned, swept a curtain aside, and peered through the tall, broad window behind his desk.
"Anna," he began, "for so long you've been like a daughter to me. I've watched you, seen your passion for your work, your love for your students and your profession."
She followed his gaze, looking out the window at the campus, the students, even the budding branches as they yielded to the gusty spring winds.
"And," he added, "I understand the sheer power of hope."
Her mind flashed back to that day in Qumran, to the faith she had clutched to her heart that somehow, against all odds, her husband would emerge alive. But her faith in miracles had been crushed as the hours, then the days, then the weeks had passed— as the rescue team, soon reclassified a mere recovery team, had laboriously cleared the cavern tunnel.
"If I were to allow the dig to continue," Mercer said, "even through the end of the month—"
"We could make history."
"I was going to say," he continued, "if I allow it to continue, it may jeopardize your very career at Oldefield. Unfortunately, there are those here who wouldn't be heartbroken to see you go, some who might not hesitate to use any wedge at their disposal to displace you. For many, archaeology is, as they say, a 'boys' club' ... and for some, despite their respect for Samuel, you've never been welcome. No, it isn't lawful, or in the least, fair. And you could pursue legal action in return, were you to be released from your obligations here. But your case would be virtually impossible to prove, and they'd surely find other grounds for your dismissal."
"I understand."
He turned to face her.
"So, my dear ... what is it to be?"
She rose to her feet and swallowed hard.
"The end of the month, then."
He nodded. "Very well. The end of the month. Your duties here shouldn't keep you beyond the end of the week, and then ..." He took her hand and gave it a fatherly pat. "Give young Mr. Giordano my regards, will you?"
* * *
The fire sizzled and popped, an eternal ballet, ever unchanging.
Anna's office was a storybook place built one hundred years earlier, when ornate trim in dark, polished wood had been the order of the day, and fixtures were as much works of art as they were functional. More than a dozen people had claimed the room as their own throughout the years, including her husband before her.
In the light of the hewn fireplace, her eyes shone—warm, dark, and expressive, deep russet flecked with gold. Her lashes fluttered like ravens' wings. Her hair was as spun cinnamon. Her lips were full and supple, her complexion pure and silken. A teacup in her hands, she sat staring into the flames in the darkness of the room, lost in their poetic motion. And as she watched, she found something appealing, even comforting there, amid the dancing light.
Fire, the same now as it had been when the first person saw it. The same sound, the same radiance, the same heat ...
If she tried hard enough, she could almost allow it to transport her back through the ages, as if every fire ever set shared with its descendants a link through which she could travel to one and all. Back to ancient Egypt, where pharaohs ruled in luxury and slaves toiled under a merciless sun. Back to the height of Incan civilization, where ruthless blood sacrifices appeased gods of the worshippers' own making. Back to Stonehenge, where mystical Druids celebrated the changing seasons with fire, water, and blood.
Back to Qumran, five minutes before two good men died.
She took a deep breath. Usually, as daily life brought its challenges, she pushed the memory to the back of her mind, and there it lingered at the fringes like an ember refusing to be extinguished. But now and again it would rise, flaring to life, demanding from her something she refused to give herself.
I should have remembered the battery. Maybe if I'd stayed ...
She closed her eyes. The self-imposed burden remained a heavy one.
Maybe I would have heard something. Maybe I could have warned them.
Logic found no place in her thoughts, not here.
I should have let Sam go back to the hotel, instead of me. He wanted to, but I stopped him.
Her guilt, so long entrenched on so many fronts, would not be buried.
I should have died instead of him. He should be the one sitting in this office now, not me.
Her scarred heart had refused to heal.
The ark wasn't even there. Nothing was there. Then, he died ...
She took a sip from her cup, the warm tea a blessing.
And another good man with him.
She remembered a gentle face smiling from across a high-school campus.
And a little boy grew up an orphan, raised by an aunt with little patience, a woman he had barely known before that moment.
Another sip.
All for nothing!
Anna gazed into the quivering flames but didn't see them.
Oh, Sam ...
After a moment she sensed another presence in the room.
"I knocked a few times," said a welcome voice. "The door was unlocked, and I saw the firelight under it, so ..."
Anna turned from the light as a dark shape moved into the room. Her eyes would take a moment to adjust, but she knew the voice well.
"I'm sorry, Jack. The bell's not working."
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One of our favorite business sites, Techcrunch, profiled a real estate site called HotPads that tracks foreclosures by a color coded map. This is a Google map mashup using data from RealtyTrac with red (hot) indicating a higher rate per capita of foreclosures and blue being lower. There are maps available by county and state.
What is helpful is being able to track the trends of foreclosure rates in different markets by comparing historical data among multiple areas. These maps should provide a great indicator of where your neighborhood is headed and how bad or good your market situation is when planning on selling your home.
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Posted: 02/18/2008 - A former animal hospital employee in Halifax County is charged with embezzlement.
Posted: 02/18/2008 - A former animal hospital employee in Halifax County is charged with embezzlement.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - Jacksonville says a 2 million gallon sewage spill last month was caused by a combination of mechanical and human failures.
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Updated: 02/18/2008 - Gas Man George Whitley topped off Newman's Run at the Checkered Flag.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - Goodrich Corp. says Airbus has chosen it to provide cabin attendant seats.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - Lawmakers plan hearings on poultry industry after newspaper probe.
Updated: 02/17/2008 - A Web site founded by a Duke University alumnus is stirring up controversy on several college campuses across the country.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - Now that the Navy has to find a new site for its proposed outlying landing field, it's also looking at a new approach to gaining approval.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - The body of a North Carolina man has been found in a Long Island parking lot.
Updated: 02/18/2008 - A Greene County family is grieving, after learning a loved one died in this weekend's crash at a street race in Maryland.
Posted: 02/17/2008 - Bob Hunter is running for the state Court of Appeals. But there's already another Bob Hunter on that court.
Posted: 02/17/2008 - A new North Carolina fund allows small business owners and entrepreneurs to seek grants for developing alternative-energy and green technologies.
Posted: 02/17/2008 - State Rep. David Lewis has been elected North Carolina's representative to the Republican National Committee.


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The White House and congressional Republicans are moving toward a consensus that the U.S. corporate tax code needs a fundamental overhaul, a goal high on corporate leaders' agenda.
Specific proposals for retooling the complex corporate-tax system aren't on the table and the debate over the issue is sure to be lengthy and difficult. But President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders are separately sounding the same broad theme that corporate tax rates should be lower.
"Tax reform could be a significant boost to our competitiveness," said Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.), the new House majority leader.
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hi all
need to add a closet to our first floor bungalow bedroom (actually we could stand to add 3 closets but are starting with one. the room is 10 x 12 (approx) and has 3 windows, a big radiator and two doors. we are sandwiching the approc 4 foot wide closet between a wall with a single window and the adjacent wall with the radiator + two windows. the closet will be a bump into the room as these are both exterior walls. my question for you is what kind of door would you recommend? sliding won't work, we are down to the choice between bifold or a small door that opens normally and then you'd have to reach into the back of the closet. the regular doors on this floor are 6 panel dark stained colonial doors (new, replacing swirling maple veneer slab doors from a 40s remodel). the other woodwork is white. your thoughts on style, color? kren
hi plantmaster
thanks for your reply...we are extreme DIYers (as in very cheap) so we can't really use an architect. but i am sure they would know exactly what to do! this is just a little 4 foot by 2 foot closet in a corner. the two outer walls of the "closet to be" are both outside masonry walls of our house, so can't knock through those.. i will see if i can get a picture, just wondering if anyone had a put a closet inside the walls of their little, old bedrooms and had any insights. i would be ok with a bifold door, but not thrilled.. kren
FWIW, with bifold doors you are not limited to those ugly cheap things from the home center. Masonite makes some beautiful bifold doors (this one might match your other doors; go here, click "application" and then "bifold" to see all the doors that come in a bifold option) and can be ordered through Home Depot or lumberyards. The typical passage door is something like 32", so if you used a 32" bifold to match you'd only be looking at 8" on each side (48-32=16, 16/2=8) to reach into which is no big whoop at all. If you had to go down to a 30" the sides would become 9" deep. Again, no biggie.
Also, you aren't trapped into those blasted tracks people usually put bifold doors on. In my previous house a swinging door into the master bathroom would have eaten a ridiculous amount of space (note, we had FIVE doors in that 12x13 bedroom: entry, bathroom, linen closet, and two small reach-in closets), so we hung a bifold door on regular door hinges so it took up very little room and looked so much nicer. Also, since it swung completely out of the way, we gained about 2" in the usable doorway width because with that track setup you need to allow room for the door itself to stack. Here's a picture - wish I had a better one but we moved out last September:
johnmari, thanks very much! i had no idea that you could get a regular wood masonite door in bifold form! and in part because we are renovating not restoring (original house style and windows already butchered), we are very happy to have an option that allows us to shop at HD.
also now i have a better idea of just how many doors one can force into a 12 x 13 room. i had already given up on the frustrating track idea, but it's good to get that confirmed with someone else's idea. thanks kren
You are very welcome, kren, and glad I could help.
Just for reference, this is the floorplan of the bedroom area in that house - first-floor master, thus the references to kitchen and foyer, and we were lucky enough to have the space for a nice master bath which I miss horribly. I have no idea why I didn't put the bathroom door on there. :-) I had wanted to convert the two "larger" closets (which were only about 36" wide) into a single wider one but it never happened - that was supposed to be a 15-year house that turned out to be a
We were very pleased with the quality of the Masonite brand solid wood doors. IIRC it took about 2-3 weeks to get the bifold door ordered through HD. Go to the Millwork desk, near the window displays, and someone should be able to help you.
Oh, and we used a magnetic catch (like is often used on cabinets) to hold it closed, with a dummy knob, rather than installing a conventional latched knob. SO much easier!
Neither of our bedrooms had closets. This is what we did in our bedroom and plan to build one similar in the second bedroom. The closets are built in but look more like a free standing wardrobe. They are built out of wainscot and the doors are also built out of wainscot. Hope this helps.


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Today, after more than three years, I must bid farewell to Octopus Chronicles on ScientificAmerican.com. It has been a wild, weird, and fun run. Thank you to all who have come along for the swim! I began this blog as an outlet for all of the amazing octopus research that I couldn't fit into my [...]Keep reading »
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As many mysteries as the octopus holds—its comprehensive camouflage, smart suckers, agile brain—its genome is surely holding many more (including how it can regenerate its arms—suckers, nerves and all). "It is astonishing that with the explosion of genome resources for so many life forms, there is not yet available a single assembled cephalopod genome," wrote an [...]Keep reading »
First a moment to celebrate Octopus Chronicles' 100th post! Little could I have imagined when I started this blog in November 2011 that there would be so much amazing octopus research to cover—and so many wonderful readers. Thank you! But one thing I have learned in following the field so closely is that we have [...]Keep reading »
It's not very often that a movie comes out that features an octopus as one of the main (speaking) characters. (And they only occasionally become the star of a video game.) So if you wouldn't mind indulging me for a brief detour into animation territory, let's see what Hollywood gets right (and wrong) about this [...]Keep reading »
There are some 300 known species of octopus. From the huge giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) to the tiny poisonous blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena), from the shallow-water mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) to the deep-sea Dumbo octopus (genus Grimpoteuthis). But most of what we know about the animal comes from a few well-studied, (semi) lab-tolerant species. [...]Keep reading »
Octopuses long ago shed their ancestors' protective shells in favor of a slinkier, floppier, softer existence. They were perhaps never meant to be held down by hard covers. In fact, many scientists credit this unlikely evolution for their wily intelligence. That is why I am extra excited for the publication of Octopus! The Most Mysterious [...]Keep reading »
For cannibals, octopuses seem to be surprisingly fun loving. Some have been observed using their funnels to repeatedly blow objects around in their tanks. Others, such as one common octopus named Dorian, have spent a countless minutes passing Lego blocks around among their many arms or towing them back and forth across the surface of [...]Keep reading »
The octopus, by in large, practices very safe sex. You would, too, if you and the object of your affection were both cannibals. But the algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) has developed a relatively sophisticated mating system that involves far more close contact than many other octopus species. In populations of these cephalopods, males and females [...]Keep reading »
It's no doubt that, with a repertoire of everything from colorful coral to a poisonous sea snake, the octopus could win any costume contest handily. But while most of us are picking our way through fake fangs and unnecessarily revealing outfits, one team of researchers is working to bring the octopus's camouflaging skills to the [...]Keep reading »
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Failure would not be an option for a Cadillac diesel
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LOS ANGELES -- One of the most interesting revelations to come out of the Los Angeles Auto Show last week: Cadillac is thinking about selling a diesel-engine vehicle in the United States.
It should come as no surprise that General Motors' luxury brand is doing so.
After all, some of Cadillac's primary competitors -- Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz – market outstanding diesel powertrains. And then there's that little issue of higher fuel-economy and lower emissions.
Don Butler, Cadillac's marketing vice president, said during an interview at the show that a diesel engine was under consideration for vehicles sold outside the United States. He quickly added that a diesel engine "could be a potential hedge in the U.S. because of diesel's great torque, great performance with great efficiency."
Butler made it clear that Cadillac will do whatever it takes to compete with the imports -- including having competitive powertrains.
"We absolutely mean it when we say we aim to compete with the best of the best without compromises. And if that means making the right powertrain choices, then those are the choices we will have to make," he continued.
Back in the 1980s, GM's diesel engine was an embarrassing failure -- a reliability nightmare that severely tarnished the image of Oldsmobile and Cadillac.
This time around, failure is not an option.
Cadillac has a strong, attractive product line -- the SRX, CTS, Escalade and the 2013 ATS and XTS sedans that land in dealer showrooms next year.
What's missing is a diesel. And if Cadillac does enter the diesel arena, the engine must be nothing less than world class. It cannot afford a mistake as it builds the Cadillac brand across the globe.


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Detroit East Village Prep tight end Khalid Hill / Tim Sullivan/Special to DFP
For the most avid college football fans, the week before the kickoff of the season is usually a nice way to ease back into the swing of things. Thats when high school football begins around the country, and most Michigan commitments will start their seasons this weekend. Four play on Thursday, another 12 play their first game Friday, and six more suit up for the first time in 2012 on Saturday.
For Matthews (N.C.) Butler defensive back Channing Stribling, however, the 2012 campaign has already started. His Bulldogs took on Charlotte Mallard Creek last Friday, emerging with a 27-6 victory. Most impressively, Stribling currently one of U-Ms lowest-rated commits, with just a two-star ranking intercepted a pass on the game's first play and did a solid job keeping Mallard Creek four-star prospect Marquez North in check throughout the contest. Stribling and Butler will take on Olympic this Friday.
But the biggest Friday night game for U-M fans could be Warren De La Salles visit to Ann Arbor Pioneer. Pilots quarterback Shane Morris, recently crowned a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, will be playing in the shadows of The Big House.
Saturdays Detroit Sports Commission Prep Kickoff Classic features a trio of games taking place at Wayne State Universitys Adams field. At 11 a.m., Khalid Hill and Detroit East Village Prep face Oak Park. Detroit King and Southfield have the matinee at 4:30 p.m., and a clash of the states reigning Division 1 and Division 2 champions ends the night. Detroit Cass Tech, featuring two senior U-M commitments, offensive lineman David Dawson and cornerback Jourdan Lewis, takes on Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, the home of their future rival, Michigan State commit Jon Reschke.
A pair of U-M commits play in a doubleheader on the ESPN networks on Saturday, too. Linebacker Mike McCray and Trotwood (Ohio) Madison hosts Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) University School at 3 p.m., and Baltimore Gilman defensive tackle Henry Poggi travels to Cincinnati Moeller for a 7 p.m. tilt.
It may not be the current Wolverines, but high school ball can satisfy a small part of the craving that U-M fans will have to otherwise wait another week to fill.
Tim Sullivan is the Football Recruiting Editor of The Wolverine magazine and TheWolverine.com. He is also a contributor to football recruiting coverage on the Rivals.com network. You can follow him on Twitter @TimS_Wolverine.


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Before we get into the latest (and somewhat repetitive) news on the Great Organ Replacement Scene, I just wanted to make a short, very personal statement.
I will never cease to be amazed at the love and generosity of family and friends, both near and far during this medical debacle of mine. The Missus and I are truly thankful, humbled and will never forget how everyone helped us through this incredibly hard time.
Now the latest.
Unfortunately my condition has taken a rather sudden and disturbing decline. The sharp, stabbing pain that shoots through my abdomen has reached not-quite-hospitalize-me levels. Nausea is pretty fierce as is vertigo. Short-term memory is a little lean and I find myself doing a bit of word-searching from time to time. Toss in massive fatigue, annoying weakness, shaking like a leaf and raging insomnia and the little vision of my current plight is complete.
I am certain there are far worse medical conditions to have, however I really do not recommend this one.
The big news is that I made it through the transplant committee process and as soon as some insurance paperwork comes through, I should be placed on the UNOS transplant list. A big step and a big relief since there really were no other options for me.
Now we are getting ready to relocate me within the mandated 4-hour distance to the transplant facility, where I will await the phone call that there is a potential set of organs that match my criteria. The Missus will come up on weekends, as she has not one, but two jobs to maintain, which will be difficult on both of us. In seventeen years we have spent very little time apart, so on top of a chronic disease, we will be apart more often than not for the foreseeable future.
There is no other way to put this, but it is going to suck. A lot.
It goes with the current territory, I suppose. Some things in life are not supposed to be easy and this is certainly one of them. The physical, emotional and philosophical strain is really something else. I have been through a lot of situations in my life. Some were joyous, some were utterly crushing. There were several times when I wondered if I was going to make it through it unscathed and a few times I was not sure if there was a way out at all.
And now this.
So many, "maybes." So many, "what if's." So many possibilities. So much waiting. I wish I had the patience and the grace to handle it better, but I do the best I can with what I have and who I am, and like I said at the top of this little missive…
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Cabinet Recommendations-After House Flood
When we were at our son's college graduation we were notified by the police/fire that a water supply line to an upstairs toilet had burst and caused substantial flooding to our home. We were 2000 miles away. We live in an Arts and Craft home (historically designated on the outside but not on the inside thank goodness) that I have restored for the past 20 years through two remodels. 80% of our home has been gutted and the prospect of a third remodel is just gut-wretching at this time for me. With wanting to be back in our home as soon as possible (we have children away at college and we want to spend Christmas back in our home) I do not have much time to pick out cabinets and fixtures like I did in the previous remodels. Frankly every time I walk into a store I just want to cry.
So I need cabinet recommendations and opinions from everyone. I had white painted cabinets that I liked but needed to be repainted every 5 years due to chipping etc. With out environmental regulations here in California you cannot get a good paint finish locally. It was suggested I buy manufactured cabinets but will they really be better than locally made custom cabinets. I do not know where to start in terms of cabinet companies. I just remember names like Wood-Mode from before. It has been suggested I look at cabinets by Omega/Dynasty.
I would love cabinet recommendations. I want to go with white again and I like the arts and craft style but despite my house being craftsman I have decorated my house more vintage and cottage style. Should I get locally made or manufactured out of state? Which company has a good product where the paint job will hold up? Right now I do not know my budget because we are negotiating with the insurance company.
All recommendations appreciated and thanks!
Considering the scope of your damage and the need to replace so much, and considering that the prospect of all this work is "gut-wrenching," here's what I think you should consider:
Find a KD that you feel a connection to, that you feel you can trust. Maybe if you say where in CA you are someone here will have a recommendation. Let the KD make recommendations for what you need and gather the resources. In the end, lots of kinds of cabinetry is good and you only have to watch out for the junk. There is lots of excellent manufactured cabinetry available. A good KD can deal with whatever budget insurance deals you and relieve a lot of the stress. At some point you'll be able to tell this person that you do/don't prefer a high-arc faucet, a single sink, granite vs other and let her/him deal with it from there.
This totally sucks, but hey, the kid graduated from college and you have at least one more in the pipeline. Talk about success! If for some reason you aren't back in the house by Christmas, how about a family trip to Hawaii? It's a nice place to be for the holidays.


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Steamboats have been around since 1787 when John Fitch made his maiden voyage up the Delaware. When people think of them they think of the Belle of Louisville, Delta Queen and the Great Steamboat race every year at Derby time. Everyone is excited to see who is going to win those Golden Antlers. Kids and adults alike love the sound of the whistles and watching the turning of the great paddles on the back. It makes one wonder what James Howard saw through the lens of his camera at his tender young age when he began to photograph Steamboats in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Did he picture the steam billowing up through the big stacks? Did he see the soot on the bow and landing, even at times the clothing? James 'Captain Jim' Howard experienced all of this, and more...and his wonderful photography shows it all.
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A lovely old house, centrally located, and our room was very characterful. Enjoyed our stay very much. - Anonymous
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Sportswear giant Nike has ordered a popular style of football shirt off Hong Kong shelves over claims they may contain a toxic chemical.
A 'couple of hundred' of the yellow and black shirts - part of German side Borussia Dortmund's home strip - have been sold to soccer fans, who were yesterday advised not to wear them.8 Jan 2000 - 12:00am
I have three questions that I would like to ask the relevant government departments, through these columns.
I travel through the harbour every day and see many boats emitting smoke. I know that people can report smoky vehicles, but can we report a smoky boat if we spot one and if not, why not? My second question relates to Kowloon Park.23 Dec 1999 - 12:00am


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Multiple Blu-ray Drive Failures: Burnout?
I'm on my fourth blu-ray drive. The first one failed rather abruptly, and I replaced it without a second thought. After about a year, the new one went out.
So I bought a third. It failed about a month after purchase. I sent it in for an exchange. With the third one, the laser worked fine for the first week or so we recieved it, up until the point that it would periodically not see the blu-ray discs at first. It would sometimes recognize it at start-up after a long period (2+ hours) of being completely off, but after it was on and heated up, it had trouble recognizing blu-rays again.
The last two drives have been able to see PS2 disks, however.
Any idea what the cause of this might be?
Chris Green
It could be a problem with the power supply outputting too much voltage and killing each laser (Though this is highly unlikely). A better thing to try would be to clean all of the dust out of the fans & heatsinks, and replace the thermal paste on the CPU and RSX with some Artic Silver 5. Since the blu-ray drive rests right on top of the CPU and RSX, the heat that they are producing might be damaging the laser assemblies. If you have a CECHG or newer PS3 (If the bezel on the front is gray and not shiney chrome/black) you can force it to rev up the fans all the way to clear out dust by turning it all the way off (With the switch on the back) and turning that switch back on while holding down the "Eject" button. The fans will rev up to max speed, and blow out a good portion of the dust.


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It's a race!
It's a race!
It's a race!
Who will broom the fastest?
this poster is on my school wall.
Figure 8 racing
look at the guy sitting
Angel racing his new import!
i am in the 44
Ostrch Racing
Because no one likes a showoff, but they do like Karma.
I would probably just finish the race right then and there.
Love the horns man.
Real Life Russian Barbie in a racing outfit
Demon Dog Sled Race
In This Picture: Photo of turtles humping
In This Picture: Photo of drag queens running
Passive resistance?
In This Picture: Photo of a guy riding a snail


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