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It's not often that a set of indoor football drills can draw a round of applause from a room full of scouts from all 32 NFL teams. Then again, former South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore is more than worthy of such a reaction.
If Wednesday's Gamecocks pro day in Columbia — during which Lattimore performed 15 minutes of agility drills on a track-like surface before catching passes at Williams-Brice Stadium from current and former Gamecocks QBs — is any indication, his progress coming back from a gruesome knee injury in October has been spectacular.
"It was crazy," he told USA TODAY Sports when reacting to the ovation. "I did not expect that at all. Pretty much every scout came up to me and said that was amazing and inspiring."
"That dude is doing stuff I can't do now," said former South Carolina CB Captain Munnerlyn, one of several well-wishers on hand to watch Lattimore in action.
Originally thought to be a no-go until the 2014 season, Lattimore says he plans on being ready to play by midseason this fall. The moment he takes the field will certainly earn rousing cheers just like the ones he got on Wednesday.


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Form AR-A ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION 324 Spring Street, Little Rock, AR 72201 Mail: P. O. Box 950, Little Rock, AR 72203-0950 501-682-3930 / 1-800-622-4472 Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9102(9)(D), 11-9-402 Revised: 1-1-2001 A APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NON-COVERAGE Please note prior to completing this Application: 1. Arkansas law requires workers' compensation insurance for every employment: (a) in the state in which three or more employees are regularly employed by the same employer; (b) in which two (2) or more empl oyees are employed by any person engaged in building or building repair work; (c) in which one (1) or more employees are employed by a contractor who subcontracts any part of his contract; (d) in which one (1) or more employees are employed by a subcontractor. There are some exceptions to this requirement. Contact your insurance agent or the Workers' Compensation Commission for an explanation. 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On June 5, 2014, Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ampio" or the "Company") announced the retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, Mark D. McGregor. Mr. McGregor has agreed to continue his employment with the Company in a non-executive capacity to assist in the transition of his responsibilities.
(c) Appointment of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary
On June 5, 2014, the Company announced the appointment of Gregory A. Gould as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary effective June 10, 2014.
Mr. Gould, age 48, was most recently a financial and operational consultant through his company Gould, LLC, from 2012 through 2014. Prior to working as a consultant, Mr. Gould was the Interim President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., a biological products manufacturer and service provider for the diagnostic, therapeutic and drug discovery markets, from 2011 through 2012 and its Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer from 2006 through 2011. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Gould served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Atrix Laboratories, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on advanced drug delivery. Mr. Gould holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Colorado and is a certified public accountant.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Gould and any director or executive officer of the Company. There are no relationships or related party transactions between Mr. Gould and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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On June 4, 2014, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Gould, effective as of June 10, 2014 (the "Employment Agreement"), in connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Gould will receive an annual salary in the amount of $250,000 per year and will be entitled to participate in the Company's health plan on terms available to other Company employees. The Employment Agreement has an initial term of 36 months from the effective date.
Mr. Gould is entitled to receive an annual bonus each year that will be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors based on individual achievement and company performance objectives established by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. The targeted amount of the annual bonus shall be 50% of the base salary paid to Mr. Gould, although the actual bonus may be higher or lower.
In addition, in the event of termination without cause or for good reason (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement), Mr. Gould will be entitled to (i) a lump sum payment equal to two times his base salary in effect at the date of termination, less applicable withholding and (ii) COBRA benefits for a period of two years, as further described in the Employment Agreement.
A copy of the Employment Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
On June 5, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Gould's appointment. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein.
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In addition to his regular job in the race shop, Bernie also volunteered for other duties, such as taking a Mark II GT40 on a six-month tour of the southern U.S. At one point, he found himself at Ford's San Jose assembly plant changing speedometer gears on four-speeds. "Borg-Warner had sent them with the wrong tailshaft speedo gears. So they gave me a sack of gears and a tool box and I flew up to the assembly plant. In this warehouse were all these four-speeds, about 40 or 50 of them, sticking straight up on pallets. So I got an air gun and worked Friday and all day Saturday changing the gears. On Sunday I went over to Haight-Ashbury and all that, then flew back for work on Monday morning."
Recently, Howard Pardee from the Shelby American Automobile Club called Bernie to tell him that while digging through some of the old Shelby American paperwork, he'd found the invoice where Shelby had billed Borg-Warner. "He asked me to guess how much Shelby billed them for changing those gears. I figured $200. He said they charged them $7,000. Turns out there were 46 four-speeds. Well, they put a `2' in front of it, making it 246. And they said I took them out of the cars to change them."
When Shelby American started shutting down in 1967, Bernie left to start his own shop, where he continued working on Shelby customer cars. A few years later, he joined the Huntington Beach Fire Department. "With a wife and three kids, I needed a real job with medical insurance and a retirement plan. You know how that goes."
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Bob Carlson was 19 when he strolled into Shelby American looking for a job as a race car driver. He found himself being questioned by Carroll Shelby. "My father was a mechanic when I was growing up in Ohio and had worked for Art Arfons on the Green Monster, the first drag racing jet car. When I moved to California he told me to look up Carroll Shelby. So I went over to Princeton Street and sat around to wait for an interview. Finally, Carroll came downstairs. I told him I was going to be a race car driver. He said he thought he had something for me and sent me to the parts manager. So I went from being a big-shot driver to a parts guy."
Bob eventually ended up as the parts man in the race shop, where he would track down parts for Phil Remington and the other engineers. He recalls that sometimes on a Thursday afternoon, Shelby would put a "Gone Racing" sign on the door and they would all head out to Riverside. "A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, and Dan Gurney would be there. That's when I figured out I wasn't going to be running on the front row for a long time. They had 10 years of experience on me, so my dreams of being a driver went down the drain."
Later, Carroll created a marketing manager position for Bob, where he placed ads and sold parts to racers around the country. When Shelby and Lew Spencer opened Hi-Performance Motors, he moved there. "I thought that was going to be more fun. We had a lot of movie stars buying cars--Steve McQueen, Mort Sahl, Dennis Wilson from the Beach Boys, and the kid from Father Knows Best. Jay Sebring, who later died in the Sharon Tate murders, had a Cobra. He'd bring it down so I could tune it up.
"I heard all the conversations between McQueen, Sahl, and all those car guys. Shelby was like a god to them. He was the toast of Hollywood, all the women were in love with him, and the guys wanted to be just like him. To be part of that program was a thrill because I was thrown into situations with people who were overwhelmingly popular. They used to hang out with me because they wanted to get close to Shelby."


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April 2012 NIDA's Women and Sex/Gender Differences Research Program focuses on gender-specific addiction risk factors and treatment needs.
February 2007 Reviews a training DVD that presents dialectical behavior therapy skills being taught by deaf clinicians to deaf consumers as an approach to improve deaf people's access to behavioral health care.
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Presents a summary of a study that followed individuals who entered mental health crisis or substance abuse detoxification residential centers in San Francisco and the types of treatment they received.
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Clinicians associated with the Veterans Administration looked more favorably upon contingency management after attending training workshops on the use of the intervention. Despite being highly effective at decreasing drug use, contingency management is one of the least used among proven substance abuse treatments.
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Ninety percent of privately funded substance abuse treatment programs in the United States offer cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
December 2010 Announces three new NIDA National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse members and describes their drug abuse and addiction research experience.
NIDA researchers have developed a computer program that motivates and encourages treatment-seeking when an individual is in a primary care physician's waiting room. Users of the program, called Video Doctor, enter information on a portable device and receive feedback about health risks related to their drug abuse, along with advice, immediately prior to seeing their physician.
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The exhibition "From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey of Transculturation" which is now running at the Heritage Museum, has attracted tens of thousand visitors since its opening on March 14.
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Visitors were fascinated with the artifacts on show which are wide in scope to vividly reflect the history and the transculturation of different regions in different periods of ancient China. Many were impressed by the exquisiteness of the ancient craftsmanship.
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Egyptians armed with low-tech electronic gadgets like dial-up modems, landlines and old-school satellite phones are finding ways to get their message out, despite efforts by the teetering government to block communication.
Those who had been using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to distribute images and video to the outside world have had to come up more creative ways to communicate after the Egyptian government blocked Internet and cell service, a move that many are calling unprecedented.
"The Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet," Renesys, a U.S. Internet monitoring firm reported, on its blog . "…every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world."
Vodafone also issued a statement saying, "All mobile operators in Egypt have been instructed to suspend services in selected areas. Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it."
"This is a completely different situation from the modest Internet manipulation that took place in Tunisia, where specific routes were blocked, or Iran, where the Internet stayed up in a rate-limited form designed to make Internet connectivity painfully slow," the Renesys blog said. "The Egyptian government's actions tonight have essentially wiped their country from the global map."
Chris Weber, managing partner at Casaba Security , called the Egyptian government action "pretty scary," but says there are things even they can't block.
"If Egypt's shut down their main pipeline to the Internet, the Internet is designed in such a way that it's a mesh, so even if the main pipeline is down there are still other ways to get in," Weber told FoxNews.com.
One way: Satellite phones that communicate directly with satellites rather than cell towers.
"Satellites are owned by different countries and those are valid ways to connect to the internet and it's a great way to get out," he said. "It's completely wireless, there's no known or easy way for the government or anyone else to stop that from happening."
Satellite Internet services are much more expensive than wired Internet access.
But fixed telephone lines, which reportedly remain largely operational, aren't. With the help of an old 28K or 56K modem they can be used to communicate with a dial up Internet service provider outside of Egypt's jurisdiction.
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Record Fan Support Helps Illinois Tackle Toughest Schedule in the Nation
Jan. 17, 2014
Champaign, Ill. - On Oct. 30, 2013, the Illinois volleyball team found itself in a difficult position, sitting at 9-12 on the season, due in large part to having faced the toughest schedule in the nation. With the knowledge that they must finish the regular season with a record of at least 15-15 to be eligible for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Fighting Illini shouldered the pressure and turned their season around with a six-match winning streak, capturing their 15th victory of the season at Ohio State on Nov. 22 to climb back into the AVCA top-20 and secure a shot at a run in the postseason.
A driving force behind the Illini's late-season success was the Illini Faithful who came out in droves to support the Illinois program, averaging a school record of 3,117 fans per match and marking down the largest volleyball-only crowd ever in Champaign, when 7,061 fans filled State Farm Center to watch Illinois take down Iowa in straight sets to begin Big Ten play. Illinois finished the season ranked seventh in the nation with 49,871 fans witnessing Illini volleyball in 2013, a total that is second only to the 1992 season (52,666), when Illinois set a then-NCAA attendance record over 17 home matches.
The Illini overcame many obstacles in 2013, finishing fourth place in the Big Ten, which established itself as the strongest conference in the nation with seven teams advancing to the NCAA Regional and conference member Penn State defeating fellow-Big Ten team Wisconsin in the first-ever all-Big Ten National Championship match. They also played one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in NCAA history, as all nine opponents were listed in the AVCA poll the week of competition, including hosting top-10 teams Washington and Texas, who both advanced to the Final Four.
In total, Illinois played 22 matches against teams ranked in the AVCA top-25 the week of competition, shattering the previous season record of 15 set in both 2011 and 2012. Stanford is the only team in the NCAA ever to play more matches against ranked competition, most recently facing 23 in 1996 en route to its third national title in five years, while setting the unofficial record at 30 back in 1982, the first season of the AVCA poll. The Fighting Illini captured 10 victories out of those 22 matches, sitting just one shy of the 2011 Illini, who went 11-4 against top-25 teams. Conversely, the Orange and Blue took care of business against weaker teams, as 13 of their 15 losses came to teams that finished the season in the AVCA Final Poll while they went 12-2 against those that ended outside top 25.
Illinois found strong leadership behind senior libero Jennifer Beltran, who posted her fourth-straight 500-dig season for the Fighting Illini, becoming Illinois' all-time digs leader with 2,220 for her career and finishing her campaign ranked second all-time in Big Ten history. In her time with the Illini, Beltran recorded four of the top-7 single-season dig marks at Illinois, putting up a 526 from the back row in 2013 to rank third in the Big Ten. For her success, Beltran was honored with an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention along with an AVCA All-Northeast Region selection.
After an outstanding rookie campaign, sophomore Jocelynn Birks continued to be Illinois' go-to attacker on the outside, becoming just the third Illini to register back-to-back 500-kill seasons, adding 278 digs, 76 blocks and 28 service aces. After two seasons with Illinois, Birks ranks second in the NCAA among active players in career attacks per set and ninth in career kills per set, placing in the top 40 nationally in both kills and points on the year. Following the season, Birks was named Third Team AVCA All-America, AVCA All-Northeast Region and garnered a unanimous All-Big Ten selection.
Junior Liz McMahon had a successful season opposite Birks in the front row, tallying 391 kills and 100 blocks to garner AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten honorable mentions. McMahon finished the season hot, hitting at least .400 with double-digit kills in three of the final five matches of the year, including hitting .406 with 17 kills and five blocks against No. 22 Marquette to help send Illinois to the NCAA Regional.
Classmate Anna Dorn battle back from offseason knee surgery to mark down another successful season, hitting .335 with 111 kills and 109 blocks. The middle blocker enters her final season with the Illini ranked sixth in career hitting percentage (.351), 10th in block assists (385) and 12th in total blocks (399). Off the court, Dorn continued her success in the classroom, earning her second-consecutive Capital One Academic All-District First Team selection. The pre-med Kinesiology major became just the fourth Illini to earn back-to-back first-team honors, and was joined by six of her teammates on the Academic All-Big Ten team: Courtney Abrahamovich, Julia Conard, Morganne Criswell, McMahon, Kathryn Polkoff and Ali Stark.
The 2013 season kicked off on the West Coast, when the Illini traveled to California for the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational. The Orange and Blue opened the year with a head-turning 3-0 victory over No. 18 Florida State, and after falling in four to the host 49ers, the Illini knocked off their second-straight ranked opponent with a five-set win over No. 17 Kentucky to capture the tournament title. Birks was named MVP of the weekend, putting up 22 kills against both FSU and UK, while Beltran was named the All-Tournament Libero. Redshirt freshman Maddie Mayers lit it up in her Orange and Blue debut by hitting .625 with 11 kills and four blocks against the Seminoles. She topped that with 13 kills and nine blocks to lead Illinois past the Wildcats, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team, while also collecting the first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award of 2013.
Illinois headed to Ames the following weekend to face a pair of top-15 opponents at the Iowa State Challenge. The Illini were stuffed, 3-1, by No. 14 San Diego, then finished the weekend strong with a sweep of No. 11 Iowa State, which pushed Illinois to its highest ranking of the season, coming in at No. 14 in the AVCA poll the following Monday.
The Fighting Illini returned to Huff Hall on Sept. 13-14 to host the Illini Classic, featuring high class competition in Arizona State, No. 6 Washington and No. 2 Texas, none of which had come to Champaign in over 20 years. Head Coach Kevin Hambly captured his 100th career victory in Illinois' home opener, when the Illini outlasted Arizona State, 3-2, including a 17-15 win in the fifth set. Hambly became the third Illinois coach to reach the 100-win milestone, doing so in just 138 matches.
Illinois evened the score with the Huskies 1-1 at the eighth-annual Stuff Huff match, but the Illini were unable to win another set over the would-be Final Four squad, falling in four. The following night, Illinois faced off with Defending National Champion No. 2 Texas, who was hungry to defeat the Illini after falling in five at home exactly one year earlier. The match was as tight as they come, as the teams split the first two sets at 25-23 each. The Longhorns cruised past Illinois, 25-13, in the third, but the Orange and Blue bounced right back to take the fourth, 26-24, and send it to five once again. Texas had an early lead, but back-to-back kills by Birks tied the score at 10. Nonetheless, UT found momentum down the stretch, winning five of the last six points to top Illinois 15-11 on their home floor.
The nonconference season did not get much easier the next weekend, as the Illini hit the road for ACC opponents No. 15 North Carolina and Duke. The Tar Heels proved they belonged in the top 15 with a 3-0 sweep of the Illini, and then-unranked Duke stunned Illinois with a come-from-behind win in four sets. The Blue Devils would go on to win the ACC title and finish #14 in the RPI.
The four-match skid hit the Illini hard, as they entered Big Ten play with a 4-6 mark on the season, meaning that they would need to go at least 11-9 against the best conference in the country in order to have a shot at the postseason.
The Big Ten season opened on a high note, as Illinois hosted Iowa at State Farm Center in a dry run for the NCAA Regionals, which the Illini were pre-selected to host in December. An astounding crowd of 7,061 fans came through the turnstiles to cheer on the Illini as they swept the Hawkeyes in the conference opener. The Illini Faithful put on another strong showing in Illinois' return to Huff Hall the following evening, but despite nearly 3,500 fans rooting on the Orange and Blue, No. 12 Nebraska took down Illinois, 3-0, on the Big Ten Network.
The Illini suffered another tough loss the following Friday in East Lansing, falling 3-0 to a scorching hot No. 9 Michigan State squad who was fresh off a weekend sweep at No. 1 Penn State and No. 13 Ohio State. The Orange and Blue then headed to Ann Arbor to take on No. 14 Michigan on the Big Ten Network. Finding themselves in a 1-2 hole after demoralizing set losses of 25-15 and 25-10, Illinois powered itself all the way back to defeat the Wolverines in five sets and claim another weekend split.
The stretch of ranked opponents on the road continued the following week, as the Illini took on No. 20 Purdue at Mackey Arena in front of a hostile crowd of over 5,000. Illinois outlasted the Boilermakers, 31-29, in a marathon first set, but PU rebounded to top the Illini in four with a pair of 25-23 wins for yet another rough setback for the Orange and Blue.
Beltran broke the Illinois career digs record the following night in a sweep at Indiana, then Illinois finally returned home to host another pair of ranked opponents, No. 4 Penn State and No. 17 Ohio State. For the second straight year, Illinois watched a lead over the Nittany Lions slip away at Huff Hall, as the Illini led 1-0 and 16-9 in the second set, yet dropped the frame 25-22 and, after an 11-11 tie in the fifth, lost 15-12 for another soul-crushing loss.
The Illini continued the trend of splitting weekends by taking down Ohio State, 3-1, on Oct. 20, but the Illini needed a weekend sweep to reach that necessary 15-win plateau.
Illinois headed up-state to visit Northwestern and soon took a 2-0 match lead in Evanston. However, the Wildcats stormed back to win the next three sets and top the Illini 3-2 in a gut-wrenching loss that would be hard to forget. However, the Orange and Blue needed to do just that the following Sunday, facing a tough Wisconsin squad on the road who would go on to make an unprecedented run to the NCAA title match. Illinois once again led 2-0, then dropped an ugly 25-10 third frame, but unwilling to allow a repeat of NU, the Illini finished off the Badgers in four to complete the first half of Big Ten play at 5-5.
The road trip carried on the next Wednesday, when the Illini played in front of over 8,000 fans at Devaney Center in Lincoln, but the No. 11 Huskers proved too much for Illinois, as the Illini found themselves sitting at 9-12 on the year, staring elimination straight in the eyes.
But the Illini would not back down.
Illinois topped Iowa, 3-0, to conclude the grueling road stretch, which included four separate road trips over a span of 12 days, then finally returned to Huff Hall for six of the final eight matches of the regular season. The Illini found themselves in an 0-2 hole to No. 17 Michigan, but a game-changing pep talk in the locker room sent a fresh team back onto the court--late, awarding the Wolverines a free point to start the third--but the Illini would not need it, as the Orange and Blue stormed back to snatch the next three sets from Michigan and upset UM in five once again on BTN.
The Illini kept it going that weekend against No. 13 Michigan State, topping the Spartans in four, then cruised past Indiana and No. 18 Purdue in back-to-back sweeps to move above .500, 14-13, for the first time since Sept. 13.
No. 20 Illinois was then forced to leave the solace of Huff Hall, still in need of one more win, for a trip to Ohio State and No. 2 Penn State. The Illini looked as confident as ever in Columbus, capturing that elusive 15th win in four sets, before the winning streak finally stopped at six in State College.
The Illini returned home the night before Thanksgiving, determined to avenge the nightmare in Evanston, and swept Northwestern, before dropping the final contest of the year to No. 11 Minnesota, finishing out the regular season with a 16-14 record and ranked No. 18 in the AVCA poll.
After playing such a torturous regular season schedule, far and away the toughest in the nation, the Fighting Illini were rewarded with the No. 13 overall seed for the 2013 NCAA Tournament, leading to an opportunity to host up to four matches in Champaign. As Illinois was a pre-selected NCAA Regional host, the Illini would not have to play another road contest unless they reached the Final Four.
The Illini began the postseason with a swift 3-0 victory over Morehead State, then stuck it to No. 22 Marquette, 3-1, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the 14th time in program history. Hosting for the first time since 1992, Illinois had a unique path to the Final Four--the Illini's regional was complete with teams that they had not only faced but defeated earlier in the season, starting with No. 19 Purdue. Despite having topped the Boilermakers in three sets at Huff Hall just four weeks earlier, Illinois did not emerge as the toughest team on the court, surrendering a 24-21 lead in the first set (28-26) as the Illini's season came to an end with a 3-0 loss to the conference foe.
Despite an abrupt ending to the year, the 2013 Illini established themselves as one of the toughest teams around, willing to take on any team, any day, anywhere. The Illini finished the season ranked 16th in both the AVCA poll and the final RPI.


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Just the Way You Are
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In the same way, children need to hear again and again that their Heavenly Father loves them and wants to spend time with them--even if they're not wonderfully talented or extremely smart or exceptionally popular. That message of God's unconditional acceptance and deep desire to enjoy a friendship with His children is at the heart of this book.
Just the Way You Are, originally published as The Children of the King, has been newly illustrated to enchant a whole new generation of youngsters. At the same time, it gives parents and grandparents fresh opportunities to write God's never-changing desire on tender souls.
Combining the warm narrative of best-selling author Max Lucado and the classic illustration of award-winning artist Sergio Martinez, Just the Way You Are will entertain young readers as it teaches them a truth that can open their hearts to Christ. That truth--the assurance of God's delight in them--is a blessing that has eternal impact for all children of the King everywhere. Recommended for ages 3 and up.
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Publication Date: 1999
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SD teachers to get schooled in Common Core
As California prepares to roll out its new Common Core academic standards, San Diego city schools have mapped out a massive training effort for its more than 6,000 teachers.
Gov. Jerry Brown budgeted $1.25 billion for one-time Common Core preparation funds, which must be spent by July 2015. San Diego County's share is about $100 million, with $22.5 million going to the San Diego Unified School District.
State law requires the funds to be used for professional development, instructional materials and technology support needed to administer the new online tests that will replace the old bubble-in STAR assessments.
San Diego Unified is positioned to use a larger portion of the state funds on teacher training than other districts that will require more significant investments in technology since many lack enough computers needed to give the assessments, said Teresa Walter, who oversees the district's Office of Teaching and Learning.
"We have i21 so we will not have to make as large an investment," said Walter of the technology plan that has paid for thousands of netbooks and iPads with the proceeds of bond measures. "Our intent is to focus on building teacher capacity and school capacity to provide the kind of instruction that will prepare and educate students to meet the demands of Common Core."
The district plans to spend 63 percent of the money — about $14 million — on professional development. Training sessions will help teachers make changes to classroom instruction in kindergarten through high school under a shift that calls for less rote memorization and more critical thinking skills of students.
Some 26 percent of the state funds — nearly $5.8 million — will go toward purchasing classroom materials and resources. About 7 percent has been earmarked for technology since new state tests that will accommodate the standards will be administered online. Some 4 percent of the money has been reserved for indirect costs and unforeseen expenses.
The San Diego school board is set to consider the Common Core preparation plan Tuesday.
California adopted the new academic standards for English and math in 2010. So far, 45 states have signed on to what will be the nation's first universal standards that will allow for state-by-state comparisons of student performance.
Although California has already adopted the standards, it's up to each school district to decide when — or if — to implement the academic guidelines, said Tina Jung, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Education.
"A lot of districts have already started with the Common Core. But it's totally voluntary," Jung said.
The majority of local districts and schools are working to implement the standards, though at varying paces. Some have been infusing classrooms with Common Core-infused lessons and educating parents about changes for years. Others are just getting started.
"There is a range of implementation," Walter said of San Diego Unified's some 200 schools. "We in transition, moving to Common Core."
Although the academic standards are voluntary, the new state tests are not. California will be measure school performance — as early as the 2014-15 academic year — using the Smarter Balanced tests, the successor to the STAR exams.


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Final Score: New Orleans 45, Atlanta 16
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Drew Brees broke the NFL record for most
passing yards in a single season on Monday night and helped the Saints secure
the NFC South in the process.
Brees surpassed the mark set by Dan Marino in 1984 with a 307-yard, four-
touchdown performance in a 45-16 victory over the division-rival Falcons.
Marino threw for 5,084 yards in the first full season of his brilliant career,
but now sits second to Brees, whose 5,087 passing yards will only be bolstered
during next Sunday's season-finale against the Panthers.
"There was a lot of stake," Brees said. "It feels great to be division champs.
... This game couldn't have been more important."
Monday's preview of a potential first-round playoff matchup saw Brees connect
with Darren Sproles, Marques Colston, Jimmy Graham and Robert Meachem on
touchdown passes in New Orleans' (12-3) seventh straight win.
Sproles amassed 236 all-purpose yards and caught Brees' record-breaking pass
as the Saints completed a season sweep of the Falcons, who won the division
last season and were on a 4-1 stretch coming in.
The Saints need a victory in Week 17 coupled with a 49ers loss to the 2-13
Rams to secure a first-round bye.
Otherwise, they could play the Falcons again in two weeks, as Atlanta (9-6)
trails the Lions by one game for the No. 5 seed. Detroit, however, plays at
Green Bay on Sunday, while the Falcons, who would hold the tiebreaker between
the wild-card teams, close out the regular season with the Buccaneers.
Matt Ryan was an efficient 34-of-52 for 373 yards with a touchdown pass to
Julio Jones, who caught eight passes for 128 yards but lost a fumble in the
fourth quarter that was returned for a score by Malcolm Jenkins.
"We're obviously disappointed in the way we played tonight," Falcons head
coach Mike Smith said. "We didn't play well enough in any phase of the game to
give ourselves a chance to win."
Jenkins' 30-yard touchdown gave the Saints a commanding 38-16 lead with 11:09
remaining, but with the record within reach, the hosts kept to the air on
their next two possessions.
As Brees sat 30 yards shy of the mark, New Orleans took over at the Atlanta 33
with 5:08 remaining. After a one-yard run by Pierre Thomas on second down,
Brees moved within seven yards of Marino with two straight completions.
On second-and-goal from the nine, Brees stepped back and hit Sproles over the
middle, and the diminutive playmaker spun into the end zone and into the
record books along with his quarterback.
"It was a good night," Brees said. "When Sproles caught the ball, the next
thing I remember is I'm getting bum-rushed by all the offensive lineman.
That's when I knew we had done it."
The Saints called a timeout to honor Brees and his accomplishment, not to
mention the club's second division title in three years.
Atlanta took the opening kickoff and held the ball for the first six-plus
minutes before settling for a 34-yard Matt Bryant field goal.
The Saints countered with a drive half as long and twice as effective. Thomas
amassed the final 24 yards on the ground, plowing into the end zone on 3-and-2
from the Atlanta four-yard line. The third-down conversion was one of 10 in 13
tries for New Orleans.
Ryan threaded a 21-yard touchdown pass to Jones later in the opening quarter,
but New Orleans took control from there.
On 3rd-and-4 from the Atlanta eight, Brees threw a short pass in the flat to
Colston, who dove over the goal line with 12:32 remaining in the half.
The Falcons came away with an interception in the end zone on the next Saints
drive, as a pass intended for Graham went off the tight end's hands and was
batted back into the field of play by William Moore and into the arms of
Dominique Franks.
Brees shook off the fluke interception and led a two-minute drill before the
end of the half, culminating the 80-yard march with a jump ball to Graham for
a nine-yard TD.
Dunta Robinson gave the Falcons a spark by intercepting Brees off a deflection
on the third play of the third quarter, but Atlanta went three-and-out and
gave up a 36-yard run to Sproles following a punt.
A five-yard completion to Graham on 3rd-and-1 kept the chains moving, and
Brees found Meachem in the end zone for a 24-yard score with 8:28 remaining in
the third.
Bryant cut into the deficit with a 51-yard field goal a little later, but
Sproles' 92-yard return on the ensuing kickoff led to John Kasay's 29-yard
Another promising Falcons drive stalled in the red zone early in the fourth,
with Bryant's 30-yarder pulling the visitors within 31-16 with 12:43 showing.
After a rare three-and-out by New Orleans, Saints linebacker Scott Shanle put
the game away by stripping Jones after a short catch. Jenkins picked up the
loose ball off a fortunate bounce and went 30 yards the other way for the
game-sealing score.
Game Notes
Brees completed 23-of-39 throws and has a touchdown pass in 42 straight games,
the second longest streak in NFL history...Graham has 10 touchdowns this
season...Kasay has made 110 straight field goals inside of 30 yards... Sproles
had 147 yards on kickoff returns, 67 yards on five carries and 22 yards on two
receptions...Colston had team-highs of seven catches for 81 yards...The Saints
took the home-and-home set with the Falcons for the fourth time in the past
six seasons...Roddy White caught 11 passes for 127 yards for the Falcons,
while Michael Turner carried the ball just 11 times and rushed for 39 yards.


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Jamar named Mid-Major Preseason Player of the Year
Senior G-F tabbed Big Sky's regular-season MVP and named league postseason tourney MVP a well
2012-13 men's basketball wrap-up
Coach Tinkle and his UM team set numerous school and league records en route to 19-1 Big Sky slate
Basketball teams to be celebrated Wednesday
Join Montana's Big Sky Conference champions from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Basketball teams to be celebrated Wednesday, April 17
Join Montana's Big Sky Conference champions from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Jamar named Associated Press honorable mention All-American
Junior G-F was selected the Big Sky Conference's regular-season & post-season tourney MVP
Grizzlies pull away for 64-49 win
Video highlights as well as reaction from head Coach Wayne Tinkle
Griz win over tough Long Beach State team
Postgame reaction from coach Wayne Tinkle after the Griz take down the Long Beach State 73-71.
Montana vs. Montana State (3/3/14)
Montana vs. Montana State (3/3/14)
Montana vs. Southern Utah (3/1/14)
Montana vs. Southern Utah (3/1/14)
Montana vs. Idaho State (2/22/14)
Montana vs. Idaho State (2/22/14)
Montana vs. Weber State (2/20/14)
Montana vs. Weber State (2/20/14)
Montana vs. Eastern Washington (2/8/14)
Montana vs. Eastern Washington (2/8/14)
MONTANA: Kareem is one of the most prolific players in Grizzly basketball history. He has a chance to be ranked in the top 10 at UM in scoring, rebounding, and assists. Last season he became the 28th player in school history to score 1,000 or more career points, and begins his senior season ranked 18th, with 1,108 points. He's played in 91 career games with 82 starts. He has scored in double figures in 60 games and has recorded seven double-doubles, and also had a rare triple double as a sophomore.
2012-13: He had a dynamic season and was named the Big Sky Conference's regular-season and post-season tournament MVP. He was fourth in the league in assists (4.0 pg), eighth in the league in scoring (14.2 ppg) and field goal percentage (49.4%), and 11th (tie, 5.0 rpg). He was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. He was also tabbed first team all-conference and second team All-District 6 by the NABC. He was also chosen Montana's team MVP.
2011-12: He had a break-out season and was named first team All-Big Sky. He was ranked in the top 11 players league in five statistical categories. He recorded the first triple double at Montana in two decades with 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists in a home BracketBusters win (94-79) over Hawaii. He shared UM's Carl Dragstedt Award (MVP) with guard Will Cherry. He was the Big Sky' post-season tournament MVP, when he averaged 20.5 points in two wins.
2010-11: He was an impact player as a true freshman and started in 18 games. He was UM's third leading rebounder (4.8 rpg) and fifth in scoring (8.1 ppg).
HIGH SCHOOL: He was a key player on Westchester High School's two state championships his junior and senior seasons...was a team captain in basketball...named to the all-city team...his senior squad was ranked ninth in the nation by USA Today... he averaged 12 points, 5 assists, and 4.5 rebounds per game as a senior, when he was a McDonald's All-American nominee...when his prep team won the state title his junior year they defeated McClymond's High School, a team UM's Will Cherry played on...his prep coach was Ed Azzam.
PERSONAL: He is an anthropology major. Birth date: October 16, 1992. His mom is Deloris Jamar of Venice.
QUOTING COACH TINKLE ON KAREEM: "Kareem has kind of done it all. He's won championships. He's a stat stuffer. He was the MVP of our league last year.
"The thing that I really like about Kareem is his loyalty through the recruiting process. Through some people trying to get him our of here once he had that early success (at UM). He's a guy who is really going to have to lead us this year, and he's answered the call to this point. We're excited for his senior year, but I know we're going to be sad to see him go.
"I think the reason that he has so much respect from his teammates is because he's probably our most unselfish player. He's competitive and gets after it, but the guys know that if he has the ball in his hands he's going to make the right decision. He brings his hard hat just about every day. That's what tells me he is going to have a great year and be a leader for us.
"We've had a lot of good wings, guards, play-makers, whatever you want to call them, in the history of our program. He ranks right up there. When you look at the multitude of things that he brings, he will leave his imprint on this program for a long, long time."
Jamar's Career Highs
Points: 28 at Davidson, 2/23/13
Rebounds: 14 vs. Great Falls, 11/14/11
Field goals: 9 in Four Games
Field goal attempts: 20 at Davidson, 2/23/13
3-point field goals: 5 vs. Weber State, 3/7/12
3-point field goal attempts: 8 vs. Weber State, 3/7/12
Free throws: 12 at S. Utah, 3/4/13
Free throw attempts: 12 at S. Utah, 3/4/13 & 13 vs. Hawai'i, 2/18/12
Assists: 11 vs. San Diego, 11/24/12 & 11 vs. Hawai'i, 2/18/12
Blocks: 3 in Two Games
Steals: 4 vs. N. Colorado, 1/19/12 & 4 at N. Dakota, 11/23/11
Minutes played: 45 vs. Montana State, 1/19/13
Favorite Food: Mother's fried chicken!
Favorite class: Sports Psychology.
Favorite book: Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable.
Favorite TV show: ESPN First Take.
Favorite movie: 6th Man.
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following actor to play me: Omar Epps.
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Martin Luther King.
Favorite sport other than basketball: Football/Volleyball.
Favorite sports figure: Kobe Bryant.
Favorite NBA team: Lakers.
Hobbies/Special Interests: Hanging with the Zoo. Video games.
Many people don't know this, but: I am a great cook.
My greatest moment in sports was: Winning back-to-back Big Sky championships.
The best player I ever faced was: Lance Stephenson/John Wall.
The thing I like best about Montana basketball is: The winning attitude.
The thing that impresses me about Coach Tinkle: His tan.
My advice to youngsters is: The more you work at peace, the less you will be bleeding during the war.
My future goals are: To provide for my family and play in the NBA.
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Fantastic work Aimee!ReplyDelete
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I love this idea! Esp. the part about adding vintage ephemera to the back so it peeks through. What a lovely effect! Thanks for posting, my dear! Your images & blog are simply gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I have been using another method that is very difficult to do. Thanks for the lime scale treatment - I will definitely try this!ReplyDelete
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Saw you sharing at NY Melrose Family
Debbie :)
Aged mirrors look great! Love the idea of graphics behind it!ReplyDelete
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Michael Shelden
Professor Michael Shelden of Indiana State University is the author of five biographies, including the Pulitzer Prize Finalist "Orwell: The Authorized Biography," which was also a New York Times Notable Book and has been translated into five languages. His study of Mark Twain's final years, "Man in White," was chosen as one of the best books of 2010 by Christian Science Monitor and Library Journal. For 15 years, he was a features writer for the London Daily Telegraph, and for 10 years he served as a fiction critic for the Baltimore Sun. His work has also appeared in The Shakespeare Quarterly, the Times of London, Victorian Studies, the Washington Post and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His most recent book – "Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill" – was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster in New York and London. "Shelden is full of sharp insights about Churchill," said the Wall Street Journal, "as one would expect from a literary biographer of his rank." Translation rights have been sold in four languages, and the film rights were bought by Carnival Films, the London-based producers of Downton Abbey.
A popular speaker, Michael has given lectures for the Churchill Centre, the National World War Two Museum, the Commonwealth Club of California, the Hirshhorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the London Library. For Recorded Books, he has created three sets of audio lectures, including "The Lost Generation: American Writers in Paris in the 1920s" (2011), which AudioFile magazine praised for its "bittersweet imagery . . . wry wit, passion and humor." When his first book was published, the London Times wrote: "His 'Friends of Promise, Cyril Connolly and the World of Horizon' . . . is being heavily serialized and profiled in the serious national Press. He has dug up a great deal of unpublished correspondence and other documents that throw startling new light on the London literary and intellectual scene of 50 years ago. He also writes beautifully, with spice and vinegar." For more information, visit www.michaelshelden.com.
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Jasper native, Indianapolis resident and former Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf was inspired to start writing poetry in 1971 by the poems of Walt Whitman and the songs of Delta blues great Robert Johnson. As IPL, Norbert, who has worked with photographers Darryl Jones, David Pierini and Richard Fields, promoted collaborations and the reunion of poetry and song. He released a CD with jazz pianist-composer Monika Herzig, "Imagine," and performs poetry and blues with Gordon Bonham, his guitar teacher.
Of Norbert's 26 books, 11 are full-length poetry collections, including the recent "Catholic Boy Blues: A Poet's Journal of Healing," "American Dreams," "Songs in Sepia and Black and White," "Bloodroot: Indiana Poems" and "Invisible Presence." He has also published a prose childhood memoir, "The Ripest Moments," edited a collection of pioneer German journals and letters from Dubois County and translated early poems of Rainer Maria Rilke and legends from his ancestral Franconia.
Norbert is emeritus professor of English at Long Island University where he directed the C.W. Post Poetry Center. He holds degrees from St. Joseph's College (IN) and the University of Notre Dame and was Fulbright Professor at the Universities of Freiburg and Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. He received the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, had a poem included in a stained-glass panel at the Indianapolis Airport and held an Arts Council of Indianapolis Creative Renewal Fellowship to combine poetry and the blues. Garrison Keillor has read his poems on The Writer's Almanac. See and hear more at www.krapfpoetry.com.
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Pegg Thomas
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Twin Willows Farm - Drum Carders
One of the most versatile and valuable tools for handspinning is the drum carder. A drum carder allows you to create your own blends, your own custom colors and your own creative masterpieces. Buying roving is fine and dandy, but you have to spin what someone else designed. Buying fibers and carding them at home lets you be in complete control of what you'll be spinning.
If you don't have a drum carder and are thinking about purchasing one, here are some things to think about before you make your purchase. There are many brand names and many different features on drum carders. There is not a 'one size fits all' drum carder out there, so try to pick the features that will work best for what you want to do.
The most important thing to think about when purchasing a drum carder is the carding cloth, or teeth, of the carder. If you know that you prefer to spin ultra fine fibers and will be carding mostly ultra fine fibers, be sure you get a drum with an ultra fine carding cloth
(around 125 teeth per square inch)
. These fibers include pure angora, cashmere, Merino wool, etc. I can't stress this enough! Trying to card ultra fine fibers on a regular carding cloth will frustrate you to the point of tears and probably turn you off of drum carding forever. As with everything else in life, you need the right tool for the right job.
If you like to spin the medium fibers, such as Corriedale, Romney, Border Leicester, Finn, Mohair and those types of fibers, then a regular card cloth is best
(around 72 teeth per square inch)
. This is what my own drum carder has. I use it for all my Border Leicester and all my blends, including blending with angora. It works fine! I would not use it to produce pure angora batts, however.
Some companies also have carding cloth at around 100 teeth per square inch. I have never used these but assume it would be a nice compromise between the ultra fine and regular. I wouldn't use it for the ultra fine fibers still, but maybe for the finer wools such as Targhee and Columbia and fibers such as llama or dog fur.
Several companies also allow the option of changeable drums. That is, you buy one drum carder but can purchase two or three of the large drums to use with it. This is a good option for the spinner who wants to work in all sorts of textures. But I think most spinners have a preference and can purchase just what they need with one drum.
Here are some other options to consider:
Table clamps:
Some drum carders come with table clamps to keep them from moving around as you crank the handle. These are nice but not all tables are suitable to use with them. My table has a 4" side all around the edge, so no clamp is going to work. Clamping may also leave a mark on your table, so if you have don't have an old work table to use, you may not want to use a clamp.
Brushes that mount on the drum carder and help push the fibers down into the teeth can be a great asset. I've used drum carders with and without the brush and find that the brush helps keep the batts even and makes filling the drum much easier. My brush also folds back out of the way of the drum when I clean the drum off or if I don't want to use it. Brushes are extremely helpful for fly-away type fibers such as angora, alpaca and dog fur.
Most companies offer a motorized version of their drum carders. I've never used one but can see the benefits especially for people with physical limitations. The down side I would think about is not having the ability to stop instantly if you see a problem or want to correct a mistake you made in loading the colors or fibers.
Chain and Belt Drives:
I have owned and operated both belt driven and chain driven drum carders. Personally, I prefer the chain drive. There are people who prefer the belt drives. Both function well but I had problems with the belt slipping as it got older and needing to replace it several times. The chain moves along toothed gears and never slips or needs replacing. My model has a nice guard to keep the fibers out of the chain as well.
Drum Size:
There are several different sizes to the large drums. The industry standard is an 8" drum. Some offer smaller drums of 4" they call roving carders. These are cheaper priced but you have to crank twice as much to produce the same amount of carded fiber, so they are time eaters. For the price difference, you may want to think about what your time is worth. Some models also offer a larger drum, up to 15". These are wonderful if you're doing large amounts of carding, but if you want to card just an ounce, you may find that the batts are too wispy to blend and work well.
Licker In Drum:
As far as I know, the
Strauch drum carders
are the only models using a special card cloth on the licker in drum. This is the small drum that helps feed fibers onto the large drum. I have one of these and I absolutely love it. The fibers flow much more smoothly onto the large drum and I have very little wasted fiber when I'm done.
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Your feelings I can't help but rape them. I'm sorry, I don't feel the same...
Have you ever loved somebody so much? You may not even know them, but you feel like you do. Do I sound like a physcho killer? I'm sure I do! I feel such a strong connection when I listen to him, and watch some of his interviews. This may be a long boring story to some, but to me it's an adventure to the deep,dark world of myself. Oh, and the wonders of teenage hood.
It all started when I was very young. In my house, I grew up listening to everything! I was very young, and I still remember listening to Paul McCartney's "Off the Ground", and the Beatles. I pretty much woke up and slept them. My father was very much into everything, and my mother was into only certain types of music. I remember her listening to TLC, R.Kelly, anything that was soul-full and R&B ish. I think that's where I get my music diversity from. I followed more of my father's music than I did my mother's when I was younger. When I hit the tender age of 8 years old I remember my father listening to this CD that was entitled "Family Values Tour 1998". There was a certain band on there that I just could not get enough of. When I heard his voice for the first time it was almost like a spell fell over me and I was hooked ever since. After my father realized how much I was into this "band", he then handed me another one of their CDs entitled "Life is Peachy". That was it! My father morphed me into a little gothic girl. I was so young, but so in love. So in love with this band that I just could not get enough of. I remember not listening to The Spice Girls anymore, not even listening to The Beatles. It was only mainly "THEM". I started buying all of their CDS, buying their shirts, and pretty much changing my entire appearance. I did NOT care what people thought at that time. I would do anything to get the word across that I was in love with this band. I remember being so sensitive during this time. Whenever there was a fight that happened, or someone made fun of me, I popped in one of their CD's and everything was okay. Nothing mattered anymore to me, because "he" was singing me to sleep. I bought magazines, posters, shirts, hoodies, anything that I could get my hands on. I decorated my shared room with pictures of "him" and "them". I was complete fucking hooked, and I was okay with that.I sat on the computer (when AOL was the cool thing to do) and looked up videos and pictures of them. One time I had heard that "he" was going to be in a chat room and would talk to all of his fans. I sat and stared at the computer til the time came, but something came up and I missed it. I actually think that I cried. My brother was very young at the time, as I was, and he hated every second of listening to this band. He would make fun of me when I sat in the living room, munching on cookies, and singing loudly. I had this blue CD player, and these cheap headphones. I still remember being so excited to wake up and put "them" on. When I say this, I absolutely mean it. I woke up, ate, slept "them". Nothing else mattered in the world to me. I remember being fun of all the time at school for the way that I dressed. Teachers looked down on me, and my principal in middle school used to say remarks like, "I was going to wear that today." I actually still remember him saying it, and being so mad. I didn't hurt anybody I barely even talked to people. I had very few friends that I would talk to, and hated the "PREPPIES". If you didn't listen to this "band" or you hated them than you were considered my nemesis. I think during this time period I really did not have any confidence in my self. I didn't care what I looked like, and people took notice. They would call me fat, you GOTH, and horse mouth. They said such words that I had no feelings at all. No body realizes that you grow up with that hurt, and it's something that is hard to get over. Unfortunately, this had tortured me through out the years and I actually have a strong fear of people. It's something I know I have to get over, but it's very difficult. The only person/people that seemed to care was "him" and "them". They knew how I felt, and they always made me feel better at the end. I think that is why I grew such an attachment that people don't quiet understands. I used to rush home from school, and turn on TRL to see where "they" were on the list. If they ever got close to #1 I would almost cry. It used to piss me off when they would show only 2 minutes of the video, and then cut it off when the good part comes. No body understood how this band made it to such a corrupted show for little girls and boys who loved Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys. I was never that type of girl, and still do this day I am not. One time, I told my mother that I didn't feel good so I missed school to watch "Make Me Bad" on repeat while drawing up signs stating "I love you" to "him". It was one of the best days of my life, and I still remember it to this day. My mother never understood how I could get into such a band, and actually said to my father, "YOU LET HER LISTEN TO THIS?". I didn't understand how anyone could hate "them". Hey, it was either listen to "them" or go out and drink. I used to print out pictures at school of "him" and tape it to my shirt (I swear I am not making this up). I even used to my hair like "them" which consisted of dread-locks and braids. I copied their shoes, and copied the way they dressed. I wrote e-mails and e-mails to who I thought was the drummers e-mail address; every single one of my screen names consisted of something to do with them. I changed it on a daily basis to compete with my fellow computer friends to see who could come up with the best screen name. I regularly visited a chat room named "Mental Hospital" to talk to people who loved "them" ALMOST as much as me (no body could love them more than me). Ah, then the tender age of 14 comes along and I beg my mother for my eyebrow to be pierced just like "him". I walked around with pride thinking I did this all for one person, a person who doesn't even know I exist. I looked up things on the internet to get to know my so-called imaginary boyfriend better. I found out what type of music he liked, and the cereal that he fucking ate in the morning. If he cried on stage to a song that he couldn't bare to relive, I cried along with him. His pain was my pain, and my pain was his pain. I loved "him", and well, at the time I truly believed he loved me.
During the past years, I almost forgot about "him" and "them" and barely listened to any of their music. Until one day, I felt the pain I did many years ago and "he" was still there singing to me. Am I obsessed? Maybe. Or just a lonely girl looking for a way to break through? Maybe. Either way, the he's and them's consist of Jonathan Davis and KoRn. The band that I will stand by for possibly the rest of my life. All though, not all of them are still in the band I still think of the fond memories of Jonathan,Munky,Head,David & Fieldy. Ah, the fucking memories....
Thats awesome man! Listen up because KoRn's cds got better and better as the years went on. It's a tie between Life is Peachy & Issues..but of course I love self entitled and Follow the Leader... Trust me kiddo I wish I could meet Jonathan Davis too ...and the whole band to be honest. To thank them for saving me and making me a strong person. Keep rocking out hun! xo
thats the one thing i loved most about "him".. he actually understands your pain and somehow you dont feel so alone, like you and his voice can conquer it all no matter how tough life gets.. sadly enough i still have one more year of school left but i swear he's been there since i can remember.. 5 i think i was- my sister was a fan of theirs by this time- and yes at the moment i didnt really understand what he meant but the beat and his voice were so addicting and to this day i still love them and thank them tht i still have strength to gt thru another day