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Wilson's 4 TDs lead Pack to 28-27 Win over UNC
RALEIGH, N.C. – The only throw NC State sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson wished he had back was the one he threw high into the stands of Carter-Finley Stadium, just after the final seconds ticked off the clock of NC State's 28-27 victory over No. 23 North Carolina, setting off an on-field celebration with his teammates.
As soon as he let the ball go, Wilson thought about absent offensive coordinator Dana Bible, who was diagnosed earlier this week with a form of leukemia and was watching the game from his isolated hospital room UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Fortunately, according to Wolfpack coach Tom O'Brien, a student manager went into the stands and retrieved the ball. The coach, who talked with Bible long after the game was over, plans to give it to his long-time friend when the time is right.
Wilson talked several times to Bible prior to Saturday's game, including two strategy conversations on Friday.
"He gave me a pregame talk to get me ready, to tell me about the defense and what I can do here and there," Wilson said. "That just shows how much he loves coaching this team.
"I know how hard it has to be for him, when you are away from something you love. He told me to persevere, told me to keep my mind in the right spot, make sure I see the defense and play the game the way I know how to."
It was an emotional afternoon on a number of levels for both teams. The Wolfpack, with no chance to finish with a winning season or qualify for the post-season, was playing its bowl game, hoping to grasp something to hold on to until the start of next season. And the team's 17 seniors were just hoping to end their careers on a high note.
The Tar Heels, who will play a post-season game, had hoped to be able to move up in the ACC's pecking order and to end head coach Butch Davis' losing streak to UNC's next-door rival. But those dreams ended as the final seconds ticked off the clock.
The game was decided on the arms and legs of Wilson, who threw four touchdown passes, and the team's injury-riddled defense, which stepped up to make big plays in the final half of the season.
The Tar Heels jumped out to a 24-14 halftime lead, scoring three touchdowns in the second quarter alone. The first was a 35-yard pass from quarterback T.J. Yates to Jheranie Boyd. The second was on a 40-yard end around run by Johnny White. And the final was 70-yard pass from quarterback Yates to Boyd.
But the Wolfpack defense held strong in the second half, holding UNC to just three points in two quarters.
"We gave up too many big plays in the first half," said O'Brien, who remains a perfect 3-0 against the Tar Heels since arriving at NC State in 2007. "It wasn't like they were doing anything sustained at all. We had to take away the big plays. Once we did that, to make them work and drive, we had much better success."
And several seniors made some big plays after Wilson grabbed the lead in the second half with a pair of scoring passes to his favorite down-field receiver, junior Owen Spencer. Wilson hit Spencer on a 56-yard post pass that Spencer hauled in off his facemask to close the gap to 24-21.
After Tar Heel kicker Casey Barth hit a 20-yard field goal to push the lead back to six points, Wilson came back and hit Spencer with a 38-yard touchdown pass with 14:31 remaining that gave the Wolfpack the lead for good.
But O'Brien's defense needed a couple of big plays to hold off the Tar Heel offense. First, defensive end Willie Young made several big stops that ended North Carolina's last sustained drive, including a tackle 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage that forced the Tar Heels to settle for a field goal attempt instead of going for a more devastating touchdown.
When Barth came on to try a 38-yarder with four and a half minutes to play, senior Alan-Michael Cash tipped the ball at the line of scrimmage and it never reached the goal line, much less the goal post.
Finally, after Wilson led his team to three first downs, chewing most of the usable time off the clock, the Tar Heels had one final chance to regain the lead, taking over on downs at its own 28-yard line with 23 seconds to play. But Yates' pass down the sidelines was intercepted by Wolfpack senior safety Clem Johnson.
"The seniors never gave up, in this game or in this season," said O'Brien, who noted the long string of injuries that cost his team more than a dozen players throughout the season. "They kept fighting through. It paid off for them today and it will pay off for this program in the long run. There are many times this thing could have folded and gone south.
"We are like a M*A*S*H unit out there. Every day, somebody breaks this or hurts that. It's a disaster out there right now."
With the win, the Wolfpack finished the season at 5-7 overall, 2-6 in the ACC. It was a disappointing season by O'Brien's standard, one he is happy to put behind him.
"This is the hardest year I have ever been through," said the coach. "You start off, your best defensive football player [linebacker Nate Irving] almost kills himself in the summer. You end the year with your offensive coordinator in the hospital with cancer. In the middle, we lost a couple more guys."
Things never let up. In the last week alone, backup quarterback Mike Glennon suffered a shoulder injury, and regulars Audi Augustin and De'Andre Morgan were both out because of injuries. Early in the second half, cornerback Jarvis Byrd, suffered a knee sprain and did not return. He was replaced by walk-on corner Jordan Monk, who made several big plays on UNC last drive to prevent a score.
"Thank God it's over," O'Brien said. "I don't think we could go play in a bowl game if we had to. As disappointing as this season has been, we are going to look back and say things have turned around [for the future].
"Maybe [because of] today."
The Tar Heels (8-4 overall, 4-4 ACC) were hampered by their emotions at times in the contest, committing 10 penalties on 122 yards. On one of the Wolfpack's second-quarter touchdown drives, the Heels committed three penalties - two pass interference, one unsportsmanlike personal foul - that accounted for 44 of the drive's 77 yards.
"We didn't play very smart today," Davis said. "The penalties really hurt us. You can't have that many penalties, but especially on big plays like we did today. We gave them other opportunities and took scores off the board for us."
But it was Wilson – who finished the season with 31 touchdown passes, the second most in school history – that caused the most damage to the Tar Heels. He completed 20 of his 27 passes for 259 yards. He kept the Pack in the game early on with touchdown throws of six and 14 yards to Jarvis Williams, who finished the year with 11 touchdown receptions.
Wilson then finished off the Tar Heels with long passes to Spencer, who finished the year with an NCAA-leading 24.42-yard-per-catch average. He broke his own school record for average yards per catch, which he set last year.
"[Wilson] is just an athlete," Davis said. "His ability to throw the football really showed today. We did a good job of keeping him running, but he is so good at making big plays and when he is able to do that, those are the kind that are back-breakers."
The Wolfpack also kept its penalties to just five for 40 yards, held the Tar Heels to 2-for-10 on third down conversions and did not commit a turnover. Those are just a few of the reasons O'Brien's team won despite being out-gained 481-335 in total offense.
"Our kids didn't lack for confidence," O'Brien said. "We have said before, any time Russell has the ball in his hands, we have those big wideouts and they can get down there and get open. He is pretty good at getting the ball up to them."
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World of Beer Comes to Northeast Ohio; New Location in Lakewood Set to Open Today
Today is the grand opening of a new bar in the Greater Cleveland area - World of Beer, which will feature 500 different bottles of beer and 50 drafts that will rotate every night.
The bar chain has two other locations in Ohio in the Columbus area.
Located in the INA Building, the 3,800-square-foot bar will focus mostly on beer. Liquor will not be served, however a few wines will be available. World of Beer will also not bother with serving its own food. Instead, it will partner with other local eateries who will deliver food to the table. Eddie 'N Eddie's, which is located next door to the bar, will staff a server inside of World of Ber.
Mark Pottschmidt, a partner in the venture, commented:
We were looking at the Cleveland market, and we fell in love with Lakewood. We went to Melt, Deagan's and Eddie 'N Eddie and saw that they all had craft beer. Lakewood is already ahead of the craft beer movement."
The grand opening of WOB is today, with the bar opening its doors to the public for the very first time at 3pm. If you're planning to attend the grand opening, the owners are encouraging people to visit their Facebook page [HERE] and "like" it first.
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A trio of beads sets this slum-cut edition of the Vans Authentic apart, as the shoe has recently made its way to appropriated brand carriers. The low-top model is done up in brown suede and sits atop a Beige-colored midsole. Tonal laces accompany the set, again, as you will notice the three beads towards the toe. Visit shops like Flatspot to cop these today.
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Duff McKagan stops by to chat with Eddie Trunk and the boys. Their subjects: Velvet Revolver's new lead singer and the shadow Guns N' Roses still casts over the bassist.? See what he has to say. And stay for the entire show, because Lemmy from Motorhead shares some tea and crumpets in the way that only he can.
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- Out-of-plane pion emission in relativistic heavy ion collisions: Spectroscopy of Delta resonance matter (1993)
- Azimuthal correlations of pions are studied with the quantum molecular dynamics model. Pions are preferentially emitted perpendicular to the reaction plane. Our analysis shows that this anisotropy is dominated by pion absorption on the spectator matter in the reaction plane. Pions emitted perpendicular to the reaction plane undergo less rescattering than those emitted in the reaction plane and might therefore be more sensitive to the early hot and dense reaction phase.
- Neural networks for impact parameter determination (1993)
- Accurate impact parameter determination in a heavy-ion collision is crucial for almost all further analysis. We investigate the capabilities of an artificial neural network in that respect. First results show that the neural network is capable of improving the accuracy of the impact parameter determination based on observables such as the flow angle, the average directed inplane transverse momentum and the difference between transverse and longitudinal momenta. However, further investigations are necessary to discover the full potential of the neural network approach.
- pi-N correlations probe the nuclear equation of state in relativistic heavy ion-collisions (1995)
- We investigate the sensivity of pionic bounce-off and squeeze-out on the density and momentum dependence of the real part of the nucleon optical potential. For the in-plane pion bounce-off we find a strong sensivity on both the density and momentum dependence whereas the out-of-plane pion squeeze-out shows a strong sensivity only towards the momentum dependence but little sensivity towards the density dependence.
- High pT pions as probes of the dense phase of relativistic heavy ion collisions (1994)
- The properties of pions from the hot and dense reaction stage of relativistic heavy ion collisions are investigated with the quantum molecular dynamics model. Pions originating from this reaction stage stem from resonance decay with enhanced mass. They carry high transverse momenta. The calculation shows a direct correlation between high pt pions, early freeze-out times and high freeze-out densities.


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The Stone Crab is amazing!, the seafood grill, spectacular! and the 2x1 mojitos incredible. Definitely you must go!
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Good food but too expensive for the location
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A couple of months back a friend mentioned this place has great Lobster Bisque Soup. I went for lunch and have returned several times. I even got my boss hooked on it. The shrimp basket, Fish sticks and Lobster Bisque will fill you up. Greeting was friendly on the phone and in person. Get there early if you want to assure yourself a good seat.
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Stopped in this restaurant after a 7 day cruise. The waitress was prompt. I ordered the chicken sandwich....it was disappointing. The meat was so small and dry. I picked over it and figured I would get something later. One friend ordered a hamburger (another disappointmentl), my son ordered fish that taste and looked like chicken (I can't figure that one out) my other friend ordered king crabs (they were good) another friend ordered calamari (that was good). Their only saving grace for me was the key lime pie (actually cheesecake). It was GREAT!!!! So great in fact that I got a cheesecake receipe from a friend and plan to make my own. I will go back for that next year or before. Definitely!!
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Lobster bisque not creamy enough, but excellent taste. Catch's Seafood platter was excellent, crispy and hot. Cod fritters were crispy on the outsie and creamy inside, reaally delicious. The curviana as stated above excellent. The steamed vegetables al dente and fresh.


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The Politics and Society Collection illustrates significant political, social, cultural and community events that have shaped the public experiences of Victorians since 1835.
The collection includes banners, badges, documents, regalia, souvenirs, images, realia, furniture and other material relating to key events and places in Victoria's history, particularly public events that have occurred around and within the Royal Exhibition Building, within the central business district of Melbourne, and at other public spaces. Defining events include Victoria's two nineteenth-century international exhibitions, Federation, the First and Second World Wars, Victoria's Centenary Celebrations and the 1956 Olympics.
Card - Olympic Games Souvenir No. 6, Exhibition Building, Colgate Palmolive, Melbourne, circa 1956This is a coloured souvenir card of the Exhibition Building showing the southern facade with trees and flowers in the foreground, circa 1956. The card, which was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd, was made as part of a set of Olympic Games souve...More about this item
The Royal Exhibition Building Collection documents the use and history of this World Heritage listed exhibition hall, the oldest example of this kind of building still in use for its original purpose.
From exhibitions to the first Federal Parliament, from influenza outbreaks to migrant accomodation to university examinations, the Royal Exhibition Building has played a key part in the lives of Victorians since its erection in 1880.
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The XVIth Olympiad (the Olympic Games) hosted by Melbourne in 1956 is considered a watershed event in the city's history. It was instrumental in helping create the 'modern' and 'international' city of today.
Etching - Key to the Nuttall Painting, Framed, circa 1902Black & white print of a key to Charles Nuttall's painting of the Opening of the first Federal Parliament of Australian in the Exhibition Building, Carlton, in 1901.
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The Federation Collection encompasses invitations, souvenirs, stereoscopes, ceramics, photographs, medallions and ephemeral items relating to the opening of the first Federal Parliament on 9 May 1901, and the ways that this event has been commemorated in 1951, 1976 and at the Centenary of Federation in 2001.
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When the chemist and self-taught ichthyologist James Smith first glimpsed Courtenay-Latimer's sketch, he immediately realized that coelacanths—then known to science only through fossils—had either returned from the dead or never gone extinct. Before long, experts and the press were hailing the South African fish as the "most important zoological find of the century" and a "living dinosaur." Fourteen years later, an obsessive hunt by Smith and his wife finally turned up a second modern coelacanth specimen, and dozens more have surfaced over the years. Scientists determined that, rather than dying out 65 million years ago, coelacanths lurked under the depths and the radar, remaining largely unchanged over time. Today the fish are endangered and extremely rare.
Decades after Courtenay-Latimer's landmark discovery, a study published May 2 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology opens a new chapter in coelacanths' long and enigmatic history. Researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada have described a new species of coelacanth, dubbed Rebellatrix, which turns the standard definition of these famous "living fossils" on its head. The extinct creature also overturns the idea that coelacanths' bodies and lifestyle barely evolved after the animals first appeared 400 million years ago, the researchers said. "Rebellatrix means 'rebel coelacanth,' so named because this new coelacanth goes against the norm for coelacanths," said lead author Andrew Wendruff. "It does things scientists thought coelacanths could not do."Like their modern descendants, most fossil coelacanths had broad, flexible tails, moved slowly and lay in wait for their prey, said Mark Wilson, co-author of the study. They relied on quick but short-lived bursts of speed—a technique known as lunging—while hunting smaller fish, Wendruff explained. By contrast, Rebellatrix boasted a forked, stiffened tail similar to that of a tuna or barracuda, a feature that appears many times in disparate corners of the fossil record. "Since the tail of a fish is used for locomotion, much can be deduced about the type of locomotion as well as its lifestyle," said Wendruff. "Fish with forked tails are able to achieve higher speeds and sustain them over a greater period of time. The forked tail of Rebellatrix indicated that it was a fast-moving, aggressive predator."
Rebellatrix first appeared after the extinction event that wiped out 90 percent of marine life at the end of the Permian period, roughly 250 million years ago. It could have evolved its unique anatomy to fill a niche left vacant by predatory fish species that didn't survive Earth's most severe mass die-out, the researchers hypothesized. The strategy ultimately failed, however, Wendruff explained. "While other fork-tailed fishes appear later in the fossil record, Rebellatrix and its descendants are noticeably absent," he said. "This leads us to believe that Rebellatrix was a dead end in the evolution of cruising predation."
Whatever the reason for its atypical features, Rebellatrix shows that coelacanths weren't stubbornly frozen in time from their earliest history until today, according to the study. "The new body form, particularly the tail, was most surprising because it shatters the commonly held notion that coelacanths were an evolutionarily stagnant group in that their body shape and lifestyle changed little since the origin of the group," said Wendruff. "Rebellatrix is dramatically different from any coelacanth previously known, and thus had undergone significant evolutionary change in its ancestry."
The researchers described four Rebellatrix fossils collected within the vicinity of Wapiti Lake Provincial Park in British Columbia. Some 240 million years ago, this area was located off the western coast of Pangaea, Wendruff said. The first fossil was unearthed in the 1950s, and the most recent was found in 2007. Rebellatrix's discovery comes on the heels of another coelacanth revelation: Chinese scientists announced two weeks ago that a coelacanth skull dates back 409 million years, suggesting the ancient creatures could be 17 million years older than previously thought.


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With 16 days until spring, winter is not letting up. But, snow or no snow, softball practice must go on, leaving teams to figure out how to get around the weather.
March 3 was the first day of softball season and the Mercer County Golden Eagles field was empty. The only thing covering the bases was snow.
"We're always so excited for the 1st day of season, you can't wait for it to come, and it's just, like, all this negative-degree weather," said softball coach Cassidy Staker.
The weather is forcing the team to bundle up and practice in a parking lot, and to trade the softball diamond for a hardwood gym floor.
"Practicing inside, I mean, it's a lot more compact, you can't do as much," said first basemen Cayley Staker.
They're trying to prepare for their first game. The season is supposed to begin in a couple of weeks.
"That first game is going to be rough if we haven't practiced outside at all," said third basemen Kate Baugher.
However, they might be facing a season like last year, where they have to reschedule a lot of games due to weather.
"When we start looking at pushing games back and rescheduling games towards later in the season, we're playing four to five games a week. The girls get tired, " said coach Staker.
When it comes to playing softball, bad weather comes with the sport. All you can do is work with what you have.
"You want to be outside and you want to get ready for the upcoming games, but you got to do what you can do," said Cayley.
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2009-10: Saw action in six events for XU in the fall. Was the top finisher for the Muskies at the National Catholic Championships where she came in 25th place with a 5K time of 19:15. Ran the fourth fastest 5K on the team when she posted a time of 19:00 at the Notre Dame Invitational. Was a part of Xavier team that participated in the Atlantic 10 Championships and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional race.
2008-09: Did not compete in any of the eventsin the fall.
2007-08: Competed in three events for the Muskies in the fall. Turned in a season-best 5K at the Flyer 5K Challenge where she posted a time of 20:17. Ran in the Pepperdine Invitational 6K, where she crossed at 23:12.
2006:07: Competed in the Xavier Invitational turning in a time of 24:17.92 Turned in a season- best 3,000-meter run time of 11:28.74 at the Boston-Moon Classic Finished eighth in the 5,000-meter run at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational in 20:10.64 Was named to the 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Commissioners Honor Roll.
2005-06: In the Fall ran a season-best 19:31.75 5K at the Greater Louisville Classic Turned in an 11th Place finish at the Xavier Invitational with a time of 20:08.04 Ran a season-best 5:28.18 1,500 at the Cardinal Invitational.
High School: Ran a personal-best 18:40 5K during her senior year Placed 10th in State Honored as the "Most Improved Runner" in Ohio after her senior year.
Personal: Born Oct. 6, 1986.


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Manners Don't Always Keep Up With Advances In Technology
by Cookie Curci
Today, technology brings American consumers new and better
conveniences. And with these innovations, old standards, rituals and
courtesies have begun to fade- in particular, good phone manners. This may
be because today's young adults were repelled by the strict rules of
etiquette their mother's and grandmothers adhered to when they were growing
The "white glove syndrome", if you will, instilled in them a rebellion
against old-fashioned, staunch rules and regulations. Understandably, the
modern generation believes in teaching more important values to their
children, such as self reliance and good character.
Though this philosophy is admirable, I can't help but worry that
the new generation may forfeit the fundamental basics of good manners and
There's no doubt that each of us is guilty of bad manners once-in-awhile.
Cell-phones and the ensuing mobility they give us, may be responsible
for a large portion of this lapse in manners.
The mobile phone inspires us to engage in public telephone conversations
with friends and colleges any time, any place, anywhere.
Oblivious to people around us, we carry on "private" conversations
while squeezing tomatoes at the grocery store, trying on a dress at the
shopping Mall or, worst of all, sitting in our doctors waiting room.
Bystanders aren't interested in hearing long winded conversations
between cell phone users and their baby sitters, stock brokers and friends.
And no one wants to hear you howling at the kids for five minutes,
or exchanging recipes with your Aunt Martha, or discussing your stock
options while in line at the supermarket.
The cacophony of cell phones beeping and ringing in public places has
become a familiar sound. I salute the technology that allows the human voice
to travel across town or around the world, but scientific aspects aside, lets
all try to use this grand invention with a little more grace and good
Recently, I invited an old friend of mine over for tea. I hadn't seen
her in a long while so I was anxious for her arrival. Upon hearing her car
door slam, I sprung to my feet and flung open my front door.
But instead of a friendly hug, I was given a dispassionate nod, and I
had to wait while she continued a conversation on her cell phone.
My friend continued her robust dialog a good 5 minutes before finally
removing the uninvited, cellular intruder from her ear. I realize that my
friend is a busy career woman and business must be conducted regularly on her
cell phone. But it's just plain good manners to finish her phone
conversations while in her car and turn off her cell-phone long enough to
greet me properly.
When doing my banking, I'm always frustrated when a teller interrupts
my service to answer the phone. Maybe I'm wrong, but the person who got all
dressed up, drove their car several miles to get to the bank should be given
precedence over phone customers.
Then there's "Call Waiting", a function that ranks high on my list
of offending habits.
"Call interrupted" is probably a better appellation for this service. I
can't imagine anything more aggravating than to be right in the middle of a
profound statement - just about to make a point - and the person on the other
end of the line stops me cold with: "Hold on, I've got another call". My
story, its crescendo, and I are now placed in a state of limbo, where I
languish until my callers return.
Whenever I have to hold while someone answers their call-waiting,
I can't help but feel they are making a furtive decision as to which
conversation to terminate - mine or the new caller's. Inevitably, one
caller is always going to feel slighted. As for me, I'd rather just get an
old-fashioned busy signal.
Recently, when I phoned someone at an inconvenient time, my friend
answered the phone in grudging monosyllables, hoping her obvious
annoyance would cut the conversation short? It worked, but I doubt I'll be
calling her back anytime soon. It would have been much nicer had she simply
asked me to call back at a better time.
No one wants to be exposed to a telephone bore. But, there are times
when many of us monopolize a phone conversation, launching into endless
accounts about ourselves, our lives, our activities, our family. Lets not
forget to give the other guy a chance too.
I learned many years ago from my grandmother the value of being a
good listener, but there is also a responsibility to be a good
If someone tosses you the conversation with, "Have you played any golf
lately?" Do you drop it with an unimaginative "No"? Or do you toss it
back with a friendly, "Not yet, I hope to real soon, by the way how's your
On the other hand, some callers can be too friendly. I welcome
social telephone calls, but I'm continually amazed at the lack of propriety among
some callers. With casual aplomb they confide their most intimate
personal secrets.
A new acquaintance phoned to tell me she had two face lifts, 2 nose
jobs, and a tummy tuck. She also told me she had a great time on her
tropical vacation. "It would have been better", she added, "If I hadn't
been caught shoplifting!" I was no more interested in her criminal record
then I was in her second rynoplasty.
In the name of open communication, we have become a kiss and tell
society. Witness; the casual acquaintance who confided to me on the phone
that her husband likes to wear red silk boxer shorts with little green
mermaids printed on them.When I finally met her husband he was wearing a
somber black three-piece suit, Ben Franklin glasses and a bow-tie.
Me? I was just trying to keep a straight face.
Just as a kiss means more when proceeded by courtship, secret
swapping on the telephone has more meaning when it follows friendship.
Too often, we reserve our good manners for special occasions only,
when we should be employing these traits every day of our lives.
Nothing can ruin my day quicker than a store clerk, bank teller or
receptionist with a sour telephone personality. "Smile when you say that" is
a tonic all of us could do well to take. Cheerfulness is a charming
manifestation and extension of good manners.
Today's new technology, ideas and innovations bring with them a
need for a whole new set of rituals, customs and, above all else,
good manners. All this new technology in the world comes down
to one thing, the need and desire for human beings to connect to one
another, how we do this and where we do this may need to be reexamined by the
multiude of today's cell phone users.The curtsy may be out and white gloves
no longer worn for Sunday visits, but telephone courtesy, to one and all, are
the small steps toward building a courteous society.
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Mazarbul means "written documents, records" in Khuzdul.
[edit] Etymology
The word has a probable root *ZRB, "write, inscribe".[1]
If so, it also contains a prefix ma- which perhaps denotes perfect tense, and the suffix -ul.[2]
[edit] See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 47
- ↑ Magnus Auberg, An analysis of Dwarvish


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GREENWOOD, Ind. - Sophomore Shane Crutchfield (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg) finished tied for fourth place overall (72-71-73/216) as the Xavier women's golf team recorded a team score of 899 (301-295-303) to take ninth place at the 2013 Hoosier Fall Invitational.
Betty Chen of UC Davis carded a three-round score of 210 to take the individual title. UC Davis won the team title (296-288-284/868), while Illinois (298-286-300/884) and Louisville (303-290-294/887) finished second and third, respectively.
Playing on the par-71 and 6,062 yard course at the Hickory Sticks Golf Club, senior Ariel McNair (Aurora, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) carded a third round 73 and finished tied for 20th place. Junior Abby Smith (Frankfort, Ky./Franklin County High School) turned in a 6-over 77 to finished with a three round score of 228, good for a share of 36th place.
Freshman Grace Howie (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/The Edge School) and senior Christine Cash (Paducah, Ky./Heath High School) rounded out the Musketeers scoring. Cash and Howie tallied scores of 80 and 83 in the final round, respectively, and finished tied for 62nd place and tied for 80th place.
Competing as individuals, freshman Rachel Johnson (Nashville, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy) finished tied for 85th position, while senior Kristin Tan (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names Academy), finished the event in 89th place.
The Blue and White return to the course next week when they head to Kiawah Island, S.C. for the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-29). The Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate is the fifth and final event of the 2013 fall season for the Musketeers.
9th Place - Xavier (301-295-303/899)
T4. Shane Crutchfield (72-71-73/216)
T20. Ariel McNair (74-76-73/223)
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The EC said it had considered the government's response to its query on the issue carefully, but "it is silent with regard to the justification sought by the commission as to the necessity of announcement of the scheme at this juncture."
The EC order followed a complaint by the BJP against the government, in which it had said that the announcement an attempt to influence voters in the two states.
Last week, the government had announced that payouts towards pensions and scholarships will be directly transferred to bank accounts of beneficiaries in 51 districts spread across 15 states from January 1. This included four districts in Gujarat and two in Himachal Pradesh.
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A graduate from the University of Cape Town, Claire co-curated the 2002 Cape Town Month of Photography biennale and the Brett Kebble Art Awards in 2003 and 2004. Introduced to Miami through the Rubell Family Collection, she took the position of Executive Director at Locust Projects, a renowned alternative non-profit. She accepted the role of Coordinator of PUMAVision and Curator of PUMA.Creative for PUMA and became nomadic traveling to strategize art partnerships with focus on Africa and the Caribbean. Projects included the Arts in Marrakech festival, 8th Bamako Encounters biennale, Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, Yves Behar at the Design Museum, London, Isaac Julien at the Bass Museum, Miami as well as art social networking sites creativeafricanetwork.com and creativecaribbeannetwork.com.
Breukel has written for Eikon, ArtPulse, Wynwood magazine, Arte Aldia, Hyperallergic.com, Function and Modernity online and is guest editor of Whitewall magazines Whitewaller edition. She has curated exhibitions in Cape Town, New York, Miami, Vienna, Prague and San Salvador.
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- 2010 Good Pitch at Tribeca, New York, a Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation initiative
- The University of Wynwood Presents Claire Breukel on "The Future Public Art in Miami: A Lecture with Images"
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JYDK is always trolling around here looking for a response. In his defense, though, even as a NYJ fan, I'd think the NYG blog has more inspirational stories. I'd be depressed if I had to wade through all the disappointment and shame of being a Jets fan day after day after day...
Maybe someday, he'll see the light and come over to root for the NYG. I doubt it, though. As my wife likes to always say, 'you can't fight stupid with smart'.
Go GIANTS!
Just like last season, right Carbo? Oh, wait...last season ended pretty well. I guess that means that you can seal up your wind bag for a while.
RBC, I can tell you from living in the DFW area that the Cowboys fans and team already consider us their biggest rivalry. After we beat their 13-3 team on the way to SB 42 in the old stadium combined with the fact that Eli is undefeated in the new one makes them crazy.
The Giants are the ruler by which they measure their success...or lack thereof.
Here's the awesome Glory Hole link. I'll never be able to look at Jerry Jones the same way...
I live in DFW and there is a surprisingly large contingent of Giants fans here. We like to call Jerry's Death Star 'Meadowlands South'.
Thank you for the bulliten board material, Jerrah...
BTW, anyone should Google 'Glory Hole Jerry Jones' to get a HILARIOUS quote from Dallas' owner/GM yesterday. I've been laughing for two days.
As we all know...you can't spell 'Elite' without ELI!
It DOES seem, however, that you can continue to spell it without Mark Sanchez
bELIeve it, Jet fans...
I live in Dallas and that has been the scouting report on MB for as long as I can remember even while he was still in a Cowboys uniform. He needs to come in here with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove, because he hasn't done it yet in his career.
My guess is that this is his last chance to do something in the NFL. It's make or break time for him. Hopefully, he'll respond to our system. If not, we can cut bait and continue the annual TE merry go round.
A quick Eli story from last year: During training camp at the Meadowlands, my son, who was 6 at the time got a chance to meet Eli and get a football signed during one of the autograph sessions. Eli was polite and professional and happy to sign his ball.
It was so refreshing to see an athlete have a great attitude even as he was being mobbed by fans trying to get something signed. Eli signed everything in sight and didn't seem rused or put off about it. He's truly a class act in a class organization.
GO GIANTS! Let's get another one this year, Eli. I bELIeve!
This comment from Screwylouie makes a lot more sense if you read it to yourself in Boomhauer's voice from the 'King of the Hill' series... LOL.
Tiki Barber's quote on Eli Manning:
"His personality hasn't been so that he can step up, make a strong statement and have people believe that it's coming from his heart,"
Kind of like your wedding vows, Tiki?
For the record, due to RBC and Snowman, among others misunderstanding my post yesterday about wishing there was an option to block commenters: I didn't intend for NJ.com to pick commenters to block or to block 'negative' comments. I don't need anyone to be a censor for me. In fact, I quite like reading *most* people's posts and opinions, although I don't post very often.
What I was getting at is that I would like the option to create an 'ignore user' list which would eliminate comments from users who I deem to be a waste of pixels on my screen when I am signed in on the site. In other words, their comments would still be there to be seen by anyone, but when you are logged in, they become invisible to you.
Again, I'm not calling anyone out or naming names, but there are a few people who post here who I would gladly do without. RBC actually has historically been one of my favorites to read, but lately it's become a pain to have to scroll through 5-6 back and forth responses to his comment board civil war to see if anyone actually has an intelligent thought on the story listed above. Certainly, he and everyone else is within their rights to post whatever they want, but I also would like to be able to filter what I need to read through.
Take it for what it is. Honest feedback.
Wow...a shockingly football-related post from RBC. I thought he was only in attack mode lately.
For the record (and to anyone at NJ.com who is monitoring the comment section), a huge addition to this site's comment board would be the ability to block comments from specific users. The negativity on the blog makes me not even want to read the comments from some people (you all know who you are) in order to filter through all the BS just to get to the football stuff.
GOD, I can't wait for training camp to start so that we can get some real stories on here...
@Gmen10 - That was the funniest thing I've heard in a while...well done~! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
As long as you're correcting someone, you may want to use the proper spelling of the word "you're".
I would have thought that you would have known that since you're smarter than all of the rest of us, TRR.
HAHA JoRodd, you beat me to it. I was about to post that exact comment (and no one was happier when we cut ties with Sinorice).
His son should be ashamed of himself.
Snowman, I have to disagree with you on this one. O$i has the same freedoms as anyone else. No one is forcing him to play in the NFL. He, too, can look for another career or employer if he so chooses. In addition to that, if you recall, he signed what was at the time the largest contract EVER given to a defensive player. He was happy to take the frontloaded money when he had injury plagued and sub-par seasons. Now that he's collected those paydays, he's unhappy with being expected to earn the rest. I side with Reese and company on this one.
I'm not very optimistic about Bennett. I live in DFW and the local sports radio and Cowboys fans aren't too upset to see him go. He has a rep of taking plays off and not studying as hard as he should. I've even had a few die-hard Cowboys fans tell me that they're actually GLAD that he went to a division rival so that he can run incorrect routes and miss passes against them twice per year. Tells me all I need to know.
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NBA Finals: How the Miami Heat's victory is instructive for the Oklahoma City Thunder
In Game 6, the Spurs scored nine points the first 9 1/2 minutes of the fourth quarter. A 13-point deficit became a three-point Miami lead. Duncan, who had 30 points through three quarters, didn't score the final 21 1/2 minutes of the game. During a six-minute stretch, the Spurs scored just two points.
In Game 7, the Spurs managed just 17 fourth-quarter points. They had just six points the first seven minutes of the quarter. No points in the final two minutes.
That's how championships are won. The Birdman played big-time in the post. Chris Bosh, who didn't even score in Game 7, also played tough in the interior. Mario Chalmers and Shane Battier and Dwyane Wade took turns hounding the Spurs. And of course, LeBron is a defensive freak, able to stop the penetration of Parker, who in the final two games made just nine of 35 shots.
The Thunder doesn't have a LeBron, not on defense at least, but it does have the same framework. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook to provide offense. Defensive-minded starters in Thabo Sefolosha, Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka. Nick Collison off the bench to bang in the paint. The Thunder could use some perimeter defensive punch off the bench, and maybe it already has that in DeAndre Liggins, who deserves more minutes, as far as I'm concerned.
Sure, the Thunder has to find more offense, particularly if Kevin Martin is gone as it seems. But come playoff time, when the game slows and points are at a premium, the Thunder needs to be able to throw a two-minute shutout here, a three-minute shutout there.
OKC's defense already is tough. The NBA's fourth-best this regular season in points per possession, the most reliable stat. But it must be even better.
That's what Spoelstra's message was to his own team going into the final two fourth quarters of the season. And the Heat heard him.
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Posted by joan on 05/06/2012
The poorest pizza I have ever had. They don't even heat it thoroughly.
Posted by Gerry on 12/08/2011
My pizza slice was not heated properly - the cheese was still in small pieces instead of being melted. Honestly, the crust tasted like frozen pizza. I also saw them overcharge a customer, and then wouldn't refund her the overpayment.
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We were looking for a "quick slice" before going to the theater, and there it was - A Slice of New York! My daughter and I both enjoyed our pizza very much, and we also were impressed with the very friendly little boy who was cleaning the tables with the biggest smile! I would highly recommend the restaurant!
Posted by anonymous on 07/06/2009
I live right around the corner from this place and have been in four times. The pizza is looks like it is a day old. The counter help is very unfriendly. But one of the worst things is that the pizza is VERY expensive. It is over 3 dollars for a plain slice. I got a GYRO and the meat wasnt even off the skewer (think :one of those lamb gyro machines). The meat was sitting in a drawer. He put the meat on the pita bread and then heated it up. After it was out of the oven the meat was so hard you couldnt even bite through it. I had to throw it out.
Posted by Retired pizza maker on 03/05/2008
Went there for lunch, asked for a chicken parmagiana hero..didn't have it. Asked for a meetball hero...didn't have it. I pointed to the menu and it was listed. The guy behind the counter said with an attitude "I know whats on the menu but we don't have it today". Actually went back on another day and tried the pizza. It was by far one of the worst slices I have had in this city. Just because the slice is huge it doesn't make up for the bad taste. My friend was unhappy with his slice as well.
Posted by NewYork1 on 12/15/2007
Went for lunch today and it was not a good experience. The guys behing the counter couldn't be less friendly if they tried. We got 2 regular slices, 1 specialty slice, and 1 drink for $12.85. My 2 regular slices were half warm and my girlfriend's specialty slice was completely cold. At risk of bothering them, we had them reheated. Finally, we got to eat and the pizza was not very good at all. The ingredients in the pizza were either not fresh (at all!) or cheap.
Posted by CityLady on 08/23/2007
I recently went to "Slice" for a piece of pizza on my lunch break. Aside from the slices being priced exorbitantly, the man behind the counter was unhelpful and unhygienic. My boyfriend asked for a slice of cheese and was offered a day old slice with the remark "It's all the same." Do not be persuaded to spend money in here based on the seemingly delicious window display. I will never again spend $15 on three slices of this pizza. Also, while we were eating a homeless man came up to our table and repeatedly asked us for spare change. Three workers at the pizzeria saw it and did nothing- which goes to show this happens a lot.


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1 (16 ounce) package
frozen cooked shrimp, thawed and tails removed
1 (14 ounce) can
cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup
cherry tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup
diced red onion
2 tablespoons
olive oil
2 tablespoons
red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon
Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon
garlic salt
6 cups
salad greens
Very good simplet salad...I think I should have used small shrimp then what I bought. Didn't think about that until after I mixed with the other ingredients...salad shrimp probably would have been best. Do let the dressing meld with the shrimp mix because when tasting it in the beginning, rather salty. But does go away when chilled for several hours. Made this for my daughter and she reall liked it. But did ask that I make again with more tomatoes too. As well as smaller shrimp.
While I do enjoy more heavily spiced foods on occasion, I generally prefer fresh food, simply prepared, with a minimum of distracting spices, added flavors or ingredients. But this time I was surprised. It was okay to satisfy my hunger but I found it astoundingly boring. In this instance the whole definitely was not equal to, let alone greater than, the sum of its parts.
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I really liked this salad. Very simple. Several people said to use the smaller salad shrimp for this, but I enjoy the flavor and texture of the larger shrimp, so just cut each shrimp into thirds and it made the pieces similar to the other ingredients and soaked up more dressing that way. It was a nice filling main dish salad with some garlic bread and nice glas of chardonnay!!
Super simple. I used the smaller shrimp just cause they looked better in the grocery store .
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Picasa Web Albums added a new option that makes your albums truly private. If you edit an album's properties and select "Require sign-in to view", only the people you are explicitly sharing the album can see it.
"Select the 'Require sign-in to view' option to set the highest level of privacy for your album -- you specify who has permission to view it, and visitors must sign in to their Google Account to verify their identity. Anyone not included on the album's 'Shared with' access list will be unable to view the album," details the help page.
The access list is displayed in the album's sidebar and you can add or remove people from that list at any time. The only problem is that your friends need to have Google accounts to validate their identity and access the album.
Until now the only alternative to making the album public was to make it unlisted, but the album still had a web address that allowed anyone who knew it to view your album. If you try to view an album that has the new visibility option enabled, you'll get this error message:
Since you now have three levels of visibility and it's difficult to remember which albums are unlisted or private, Picasa Web Albums' homepage displays the access setting next to each album using an icon.
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Narragansett, R.I.--September 17, 2002--Although the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has long been recognized for its outstanding scientific research, its relative standing can be hard to rate in any quantitative way. A recent issue of Science Watch has now ranked government agencies and academic institutions showing that in the field of Geosciences--which covers GSOs key areas of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences--the university ranks fifth in the world in terms of the impact of its research.
Science Watch identifies the most cited geosciences institutions, researchers, and journals of the last ten years. Institutions around the world were ranked both by total citations and citation impact. The study was conducted by Essential Science Indicators (ESI), an ISI/Thomson Scientific web-based evaluation tool and database.
As expected, large organizations, such as NASA and NOAA, appeared at the top of the list in terms of total citations. However, a more telling statistic reveals citation impact, the number of times for each institution that its publications are referenced in the work of other institutions. URI ranked fifth on this list, ahead of such venerable establishments as Princeton University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CalTech, and the University of Chicago.
The geosciences include geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and all oceanography disciplines. The research of GSO scientists is reported on a regular basis in the most cited journals, including the Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Journal of Physical Oceanography.
"This is an outstanding performance for URI and a great credit to its faculty and scientists," said GSO dean David Farmer. "Students coming to URI to study oceanography and related sciences can be assured of participating with faculty and scientists whose work is among the very best in the field."
The URI Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the country's largest marine science education programs, and one of the world's foremost marine research institutions. Founded in 1961 in Narragansett, RI, GSO serves a community of scientists who are researching the causes of and solutions to such problems as acid rain, harmful algal blooms, global warming, air and water pollution, oil spills, overfishing, and coastal erosion. GSO is home to the Coastal Institute, the Coastal Resources Center, Rhode Island Sea Grant, the Institute for Underwater Archaeology, and the National Sea Grant Library.
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Multiplex: Chapter 9
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In Multiplex: Book Two, we meet the Multiplex 10's archenemies, the staff of Flickhead Video — and a romance starts brewing that shakes the Multiplex 10 to its core… or something like that.
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Best of the Web no. 77
Mismatched arm parties. Mixed CDs you and your BFF used to trade in the early 2000s. Your plateful of food at an international buffet. If you love any or all of the aforementioned things because you share our belief that nothing beats an eclectic mishmash of different but equally awesome components, you'll be sure to enjoy today's roundup of our favorite recent blog discoveries. You'll find a mixed bag of posts on everything from cooking to gardening, home decor, beautiful artwork, tales of work and play, and more. We hope you'll enjoy clicking around and become a repeat visitor of at least a few of the amazing blogs below!
little projects in style
"little projects in style is a lifestyle blog about enjoying the littler (and charming) things in life. Zhing is obsessed with crafts, themed parties, cotton candy and fluffy doggie cuddles. It started out as an archive of her life as a college student in Switzerland and now includes daily snippets of her adventures with her beloved husband and puppy dog in Cambodia, Japan and now Singapore." — Zhing
Bliss Fruit
"Bliss Fruit is a place where I happily share my creativity, whether it be my art, whatever I am currently up to in my garden, or simply life at my little villa. I am inspired by other arty souls who blog and would like Bliss Fruit to be a place of inspiration also." — Patti
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"My blog is a place for me to share all of the lovely things that I discover on a day-to-day basis. It is a mix of interiors, shopping, art and design. My background is in magazine design so I see the blog as a mini magazine that people can keep coming back to for inspiration." — Shannon
Busy Bee Studio
"I'm Helen and I own and run Busy Bee Studio, a website selling shabby chic gorgeousness and vintage finds!! I started my business in 2001 with the dream of giving up the full-time teaching job. My gorgeous blog is a peek behind the scenes of the studio and an insight into living the country dream … and I have been writing it since 2008.
I blog about things I love: my husband, my friends, Busy Bee Studio, our lovely Lavender Cottage, princess sparkly things, our farmhouse, Winston (our crazy black Lab), jugs, gardening, making something from nothing, our donkeys, scented candles, cushions, gardening, shabby chic, vintage finds, our hens, car boot sales, roses, laughter, red wine, good food, Italy and all things GORGEOUS!" — Helen
Megan Ta Da
"My blog is a simple look-see into the day-to-day happenings of a bicycling, printmaking, traveling, sewing, knitting, adventuring, art student from New Hampshire. I have two twin goats in the yard acting as my alarm clock, a night light to allow for reading bedtime stories, and each day, everything in between is a mystery. The blog is a space to keep tabs on everything so I don't forget!" — Megan
Tiny Gardener
"Tiny Gardener is a blog all about the adventures of gardening on a tiny city plot in the heart of Cleveland. Ashlee began this blog four years ago as a way to keep records, but it has blossomed in many ways ever since those first puny tomatoes. Follow along as the Tiny Gardener and Hubby (as well as their three cats and four chickens) learn the ups and downs of making it work on a modern urban homestead." — Ashlee
Aliette de Bodard
"I'm a Franco-Vietnamese living in Paris, author of science fiction and amateur cook. I blog on writing (process, constructive rants on genre clichés from a non-U.S./non-Western point of view), reading (capsule reviews of books I recommend), and on Vietnamese language learning.
On the cooking side, I also post regular scrumptious Vietnamese recipes ranging from low-effort classics to more complex feast dishes. As someone who got to cooking late, I do my best to demystify the cooking process and make it easy for everyone to use my recipes." — Aliette
Third Grade Bookworm
"Third Grade Bookworm is a place for teachers to find engaging lessons for reading, writing and language arts. As a third grade inclusion teacher, Abby recognizes that teachers have to have materials and ideas for a variety of learners. You might also see a few 'leadership and literature' lessons sprinkled in as well, as Abby's school officially begins The Leader in Me journey this year." — Abby
The Renovation Diaries
"The Renovation Diaries is the journey of our hopefully forever family home as we take it from ramshackle to fabulous on a very tight budget! I share home interior ideas (my new obsession!!), our garden design inspirations and the realities of living in a renovation with two small children! You can read about our joys, tears and frustrations as we inch our way to completion. Enjoy! Sam x" — Sam
The Daily Rant
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I started my blog in May 2005 as a way to stay in touch with family and friends. Now, I have readers from all over the world. Since 2006, most years have more than 364 posts, which is as daily as it gets! I now have over 2,600 posts, with more than 1,600 of them including a photograph taken by me. I'd love for you to stop by and spend some time sifting through the archives." — Salena
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Third claim filed against jail
Editor's note: Some parts of this story are medically explicit in detail. Please be aware of that before reading on.
The Sevier County Jail is now facing a third lawsuit from a former inmate who claims he didn't get proper treatment from the medical staff.Timothy Clabough is seeking $1 million in the lawsuit, filed in federal court. He says he suffered a staph infection while at the jail and eventually found that he had damage to his spleen, colon and large intestine that he says caused doctors to remove his large intestine.
Clabough was arrested for violation of probation Oct. 5, 2011. In the lawsuit, attorney Dan Stanley says Clabough told a judge about health conditions he suffered on Nov. 28, 2011, when he was ordered to spend more time in jail for the probation violation. He was placed in the medical pod of the jail after that, but is claiming he received improper medical care despite being there.
Sheriff Ron Seals and First Med officials declined to comment on the new complaint, which was filed this week.
Sometime after the Nov. 28 court appearance Clabough says he started to pass blood in his stool and told jail personnel about it. "in order to request medical attention, plaintiff was required to fill out a medical request form," Stanely wrote. "Plaintiff was charged $5 for each form he filled out.'
He was allowed to see a doctor at one point, and was told to collect a specimen for analysis and was given supplies to provide one.
Then, nurse Tammy Finchum — whose name has appeared in other lawsuits related to the jail medical staff — took the supplies away, according to the lawsuit. "Defendant Finchum took the sticks from plaintiff, and told him to use his finger to collect the stool sample," Stanley writes.
Left with those orders and without a private toilet, he did not provide a sample.
He eventually developed a staph infection in his groin area "the size of a baseball," the lawsuit states.
He asked to see a doctor, but Finchum lanced the growth in the jail while jail personnel handcuffed him and held him down, he said.
Eventually, Finchum took a blood sample on Feb. 28, 2012.
On Feb. 29, he was taken to the LeConte Medical Center, where personnel gave him a CT scan and found that he had three abscesses on his spleen and a blood clot in the organ, the complaint says.
He was told he needed emergency surgery, but was first taken back to the jail.
"Within an hour, plaintiff was told that he had flattened his time, and he was being released," Stanley writes. "His original release date was March 24, 2012."
Finchum drove him back to the hospital after he was released from jail, and he was eventually transferred to Fort Sanders Medical Center in Knoxville.
There, he was told his colon was so badly damaged that his large intestine would have to be removed. That was done on April 24, 2012.
Stanley argues that he was denied appropriate medial treatment and subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, extreme and outrageous conduct and infliction of emotional distress.
Clabough is asking for $500,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages; he wants a jury trial.
In addition to the sheriff's office, the county and Sheriff Ron Seals, the lawsuit names First Med — the clinic hired by the county to provide health care at the jail — as well as its owner, Dr. Robert Maughon, and Finchum.
Finchum, who is nursing supervisor at the jail, is named in two other lawsuits filed by inmates complaining about treatment by First Med and jail personnel.
The family of Billy Duane Foster filed a lawsuit after he died while being held in the jail; that lawsuit indicates that a nurse had ordered him taken to a local hospital after he started suffering seizures, but Finchum ordered him taken back into the jail and he died there a short time later.
An inmate who was left paralyzed after being attacked by another prisoner has sued the jail as well, and accused Finchum and other personnel of treating him as though he were faking his injuries and failing to provide proper care. In that case, Finchum has admitted she told ambulance personnel to respond to the incident on non emergency status when she called for the stricken inmate to be taken to a hospital.
Both cases are still awaiting trial in federal court.
Finchum is also named in a separate lawsuit filed by an inmate acting as his own attorney who claims he was denied medicine he was prescribed for a psychological condition. Phillip Wright does not name the county in his complaint.


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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Save the date to see a rocket launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Tuesday, November 19. The next launch's light should be easy to spot from central Virginia.
It is scheduled for sometime during the "launch window" of 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Night launches are much easier to spot for us inland, as you can locate the swiftly moving, small white light to our east heading out over the Atlantic into space.
So what are they launching? It's a Minotaur I rocket, which looks like this:
IMAGE: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Here's the visibility map for our region, where if you have clear skies, you should be able to see the white light in the distance that is the rocket:
MAP: NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Good news! Based on our forecast, skies should be clear in our region for this launch after the strong cold front sweeps through Monday, November 18.
This rocket was developed by Orbital Sciences for the United States Air Force (USAF) "to provide a cost-effective, reliable and flexible means of placing small satellites into orbit."
A whole bunch of small satellites are being carried on this particular mission. NASA Wallops says, "The Minotaur will launch…28 small cubesat satellites," including the first cubesat built by high school students and also 13 of NASA's Small Satellite Program PhoneSat 2 second generation smartphone mission.
IMAGE: NASA Ames Research Center
As cool as these tiny satellites are, the Minotaur's primary payload is the Space Test Program Satellite-3 (STPSat-3). This is an Air Force technology demonstration mission.
So what's with the fancy names ORS-3 and STPSat-3? They are NASA-speak for an "enabler mission," which in layman's speak means it will prove it can do important and complicated space tasks. Tasks like "automated trajectory targeting, range safety planning and flight termination systems."
A successful launch will also get brownie points from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) certification process for the Minotaur rocket. (They need the stamp of approval from the FAA because that entity has licensing authority over American commercial rockets. No certification? No launching!).
Wallops Launch:
Mission Name: Operationally Responsive Space-3 (DOD)
Launch Vehicle: Minotaur I
Launch Pad: MARS Pad 0B
Target Date: Nov. 19
Launch Window: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
For more information on the ORS-3 mission, visit: http://go.usa.gov/Wgbd
For information on NASA's Cubesat Launch Initiative, managed by the Launch Services Program, visit: http://go.usa.gov/WgbR
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