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As the first president of the United States of America and the Commander in Chief who led a rebel army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a legendary leader of men. He had high expectations of his soldiers, employees, and associates. At his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, his expectations of his workers were no different: "I expect such labor as they ought to render," he wrote.
Except there was a big difference. The workers who kept Mount Vernon operating were enslaved. And although Washington called them "my people," by law they were his property. The founders birthed a document celebrating "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" as unalienable rights at the same time people were being bought and sold. But the people of Mount Vernon were so much more, and they each have compelling stories to tell.
In the pages of Master George's People, Marfé Ferguson Delano gives us fascinating portraits of cooks, overseers, valets, farm hands, and moreessential people nearly lost in the shadows of the pastinterwoven with an extraordinary examination of the conscience of the "Father of Our Country".
Marfé Ferguson Delano lives within biking distance of George Washington's Mount Vernon and has long been curious about her famous historic neighbor. Her curiosity led to a four-year research project and the discovery of a whole host of less-famous historic neighborsthe enslaved people who lived with George and Martha on their plantation farm and now so richly populate the beautifully written pages of Master George's People. Her previous books for National Geographic include Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher, and Earth in the Hot Seat: Bulletins from a Warming World. Visit her web site at www.marfebooks.com.
Like children everywhere, the enslaved girls and boys who lived on President George Washington's Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, liked to play together. While their parents cleaned Washington's mansion house or cooked his family's meals or groomed his horses or toiled in his fields from dawn to dusk, the slave children seem to have looked after themselves. And as children will do, they sometimes played where they had been told not to.
When Washington's new farm manager, William Pearce, arrived at Mount Vernon in the fall of 1793, he was dismayed to see that the slave children had the run of the grounds. "I thought I saw a great many at your mansion house," he wrote to his employer.
At the time Washington himself was in Philadelphia, leading the new nation he had helped create. He answered Pearce's letter promptly, as he usually did with matters concerning Mount Vernon. He had loved it ever since he was a boy. No matter how far away he was from Mount Vernon, it was never far from his thoughts.
He already knew that the children played around his mansion. They had been doing it for years. "There are a great number of Negro children at the quarters belonging to the house people," he replied to Pearce.
George Washington often called the enslaved human beings he owned his "people." The "house people" worked as personal servants to the Washington family. They were the maids and butlers and waiters, the seamstresses and grooms. Most of them lived close to the mansion house, either in their own tiny cabins or above the outbuildings or in a dormitory-style building known as the quarters.
"But," continued Washington, the children "have always been forbid (except two or three young ones belonging to the cook . . .) from coming within the gates of the enclosures of the yards, gardens, etc." The cook's name was Lucy. Her husband, Frank Lee, was a house servant and waiter. Their children who included Phil, Patty, and Burwell were the only ones with permission to play near the mansion.
As Washington admitted to Pearce, however, the rest of the children "are often in there notwithstanding." Something about the area was irresistible. Perhaps it was the long lawn in front of the mansion, compared by a French visitor to "a playground carpeted in green." The walled gardens on either side of the lawn must have been especially tempting. It's easy to imagine children racing around the gravel paths, leaping over shrubs and swinging from trees. During the fun a twig might snap or a branch break off and get used as a pretend sword. Careless feet might trample vegetables or flowers. And who could resist picking a juicy apple or pear when the ripe fruit dangled from the trees?
Among the young trespassers might have been Wilson, Rachel, and Jemima. Their mother, Caroline, served as a maid in the mansion house. Timothy and Elvey might have played there too. Their mother, Charlotte, was a seamstress who sometimes worked in the mansion.
Washington told Pearce why the slave children were banned from the area. It was so "they may not be breaking the shrubs, and doing other mischief." Washington took great pride in Mount Vernon's gardens. He had designed them himself, and he enjoyed showing them off to guests. He was especially proud of the boxwood shrubs arranged in an elegant shape known as a fleur-de-lis.
But aside from his complaints, Washington seems to have done little to stop the children from playing there. As President, he no doubt had more important things on his mind.
And perhaps he didn't have the heart to enforce the ban. He knew that the enslaved children would soon be put to work for him, when they were between 11 and 14 years old. About this, he was quite clear: "So soon as they are able to work out I expect to reap the benefit of their labor myself." In this time, it was not unusual for enslaved children or free children, for that matter to start work at such an early age. The difference was that if you were a free child, your parents decided when and where you would be put to work. If you were an enslaved child, your owner decided your fate.
George Washington became a slave owner when he was only a boy himself. When his father, Augustine Washington, died in 1743, he left 11-year-old George ten enslaved workers. George also inherited the family home, a plantation called Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Young George took slavery for granted. He had grown up watching his father's slaves tend the farm animals, clear the fields, and plant, hoe, and harvest the crops. Other slaves cooked, cleaned, and washed clothes for the Washington family. They helped care for the Washington children. George's neighbors and older half-brothers also owned slaves.
African people were first sold as servants in Virginia in 1619. Over the next two centuries, many thousands more African men, women, and children were captured, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, and sold to colonists to be unpaid workers for the rest of their lives. By the time George Washington was born in 1732, slavery was a fact of life in American society. Enslaved black people were considered a "species of property," just like horses or dogs or tables or chairs. They could be bought, sold, rented, traded, or given away as gifts. They had no rights at all. Today it is difficult for us to understand this attitude, but in the 1700s many people saw things differently. Very few white colonists objected to slavery. And the slaves themselves had no say in the matter.


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Toronto-based Stem Cell Therapeutics (SCT) said today it plans to merge with Trillium Therapeutics, in a $2.85-million deal that would create Canada's only public company focused on advancing cancer stem cell technologies.
"The resulting entity will be well positioned as a global contender in the cancer stem cell field," David Allan, SCT's executive chairman, said in a statement.
The combined company would maintain a portfolio that combines the Tigecycline small-molecule program—recently optioned by SCT from University Health Network, a three-hospital research program affiliated with the University of Toronto—with the SIRPaFc fusion protein TTI-621, which Trillium has sought to develop.
TTI-621 is designed to augment the immune system's ability to destroy cancer stem cells by targeting the protein CD47. TTI-621—expected to enter formal clinical studies in the second quarter of this year—is being developed initially as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, with potential applications in other hematological and solid tumors.
Also in Trillium's pipeline are the fully human CD200-specific monoclonal antibody, which is ready to enter formal IND-enabling studies. In addition to its preclinical portfolio, Trillium last year launched a Phase I trial for its TTI-1612, a recombinant soluble form of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), in patients with interstitial cystitis. Results from the trial are expected later this year.
Trillium's current CEO Niclas Stiernholm, Ph.D., will become the CEO of the new SCT. Dr. Stiernholm's management team at Trillium will round out the management for the combined company: Robert Uger, Ph.D., vp, research and development, will be the new SCT's chief scientific officer; Penka Petrova, Ph.D., director of drug development, will be vp, drug development; and James Parsons, director of finance and administration, will be CFO.
Michael Moore, Ph.D., D.Sc., Trillium's long-serving chairman and a veteran biotechnology executive, will join SCT's board of directors upon closing of the transaction, planned for the first half of this year subject to corporate and regulatory approvals, and securing of additional financing by offering $2.5 million through a public offering.
SCT would pay Trillium shareholders $1.65 million of its common shares and $1.2 million cash.
For the year ending June 30, 2012, Trillium lost nearly $8.5 million and generated just $54,047 in revenue.
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This video shows John Arnold, a professional classical and steel string acoustic guitarist, playing a fingerstyle version of "Yesterday" on five Wicklund guitars. The first is a birdseye maple OM, the 2nd is a claro walnut OM, the 3rd is a claro walnut Dreadnought, the 4th is an E. I. rosewood Dreadnought, and the 5th is a palo escrito OM. The video clips were synced with high quality audio tracks and combined together into a single song video. An interesting comparison of guitar tone woods.
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Inept offense cost the Bucs throughout the game. In the first half, ETSU built its largest lead of the game at 20-14 with 8:44 remaining before the break, but Jacksonville needed just 38 seconds to tie the contest at 20-20, and the Dolphins eventually took a 36-32 lead into the break. In all, the Bucs turned the ball over 16 times and were out-rebounded 19-16 before the intermission.
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ZF-4372: Zend_XmlRpc_Client doesn't take into account URI changes
When calling getHttpClient->setUri($uri) on a Zend_XmlRpc_Client object, subsequent calls are not hitting the correct URL.
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Mexican Layered Salad RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 4 cups torn romaine
- 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced, optional
- 1 large cucumber, halved and sliced
- 3 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 2 medium ripe avocados, sliced or cut into 1/2-in. chunks
- 1 each large green and sweet red pepper, chopped or sliced
- 1-1/2 cups mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup canned chopped green chilies
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup crushed tortilla chips
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- In a 2-qt. trifle bowl or glass serving bowl, layer fresh vegetables. In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, chilies and seasonings; spread over top. Sprinkle with chips and cheese. Yield: 10 servings.
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"Easy recipe to make. For us it was pretty good. I just didn't like it wasn't something that could be had the next day. Or even make too far ahead. It was too soggy."
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"Served this at a luncheon. I added alittle more chili powder and would cut down alittle on the mayonnaise but it had a good flavor and several wanted the recipe. It is a good mix of vegetables."
"This a great salad with a pretty presentation. I don't care for mayo so I used ranch instead. I served the dressing on the side, but it was not necessary because everyone liked it. I made this dish along side a chilies rellenoes casserole."
"I am a big fan of fudge & this is the best I have ever had. I gave to relatives & friends as a gift & all raved about the taste."


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While the flood of lawsuits against debt settlement companies has slowed considerably yet one more class action has been added against Meracord, Noteworld, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. This time in Arizona. The complaint provides a very long description of the alleged actions and conspiracy between the debt settlement escrow company and the companies they elected to work ... Read More »
Meracord / NoteWorld Still Taking a Beating Over Debt Relief Activities. Drags Many In.
Courthouse News is reporting a new class action suit has been filed against Meracord (NoteWorld) and other for debt settlement activities. This 50 page complaint was filed by Steve Berman (email@example.com) with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in Seattle and makes similar allegations as other suits have. The suit damns companies that have worked or are working with Meracord. It's like ... Read More »
Washington Class Action Suit Refocused on Lloyd Ward and Meracord
Back in July a class action lawsuit was filed against Meracord (formerly NoteWorld) and Lloyd Ward, the Dallas debt settlement attorney who has sued my wife and I. The first compliant filed was a bit meandering and did not focus that much on the activities of Ward and his debt settlement companies. It appears the filing attorneys and firms have ... Read More »
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A reader sent in a comment, "I have been following the Noteworld class action suit from afar. Are you aware of a settlement in this case? Thanks for all the good work you do out there and your help with this is much appreciated." I have not checked on the case in a while, so here is an update on ... Read More »
NoteWorld Hit With Class Action RICO Suit
Thanks to a tipster (send in your tips here) we discover that NoteWorld was just hit with a lawsuit on behalf of consumers against Noteworld, LLC ("Noteworld"), claiming the Tacoma, Wash. company has violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") by engaging in a conspiracy to defraud consumers by extracting exorbitant fees from trust accounts related to useless ... Read More »
NoteWorld Involved in Georgia Class Action Case on Debt Adjusting. Raises Bigger Issues.
It seems the issues surrounding if payment processors in the debt settlement world is getting more complicated. This recent class action case is out of Georgia against NoteWorld and Noteworld Servicing Center; Hattie Burke v. NoteWorld. It appears that NoteWorld gets sucked in not because of their actions but because of the actions of who they decided to provide services ... Read More »
NoteWorld, NoteWorld Servicing Center, Nationwide Support Services and Freedom Debt Center Slapped With Class Action Suit
There was a very recent class action suit against NoteWorld, NoteWorld Servicing Center, Nationwide Support Services, and Freedom Debt Center. Both Nationwide Support Services and Freedom Debt Center are TASC members. – Source. Joanne Garneau, the CEO of Nationwide Support Services, serves on the Executive Board of TASC. – Source I would not be surprised to see more similar suits ... Read More »


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Who doesn't recall National Geographic magazine being part of their lives when growing up? Now you can commemorate an important year or a milestone event with a framed copy of the magazine. We have limited, intact copies of most issues from 1913 through 2009, presented in a black or walnut frame with a unique accessible back panel that allows you to remove and page through the issue.
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I purchased this as a gift for my 77 year old father as a Christmas gift. I was so excited to give it to him. He is a long time NG reader and I knew he would love it BUT when he opened the box, it literally fell apart in his hands! I just wrapped the box it was shipped in, didn't even open the box, so it came that way. The magazine was terrific, but the backing that was to hold the magazine in the frame had 3 staples holding it to the frame. It is cardboard and was warped so it would never be flat and tight to the frame. VERY disappointed at the quality. especially for the price...sadly my father has it wrapped in a towel and put away because even after we tried to fix the backing, it came apart again and he is afraid it will break. So buy this if you want the magazine but don't plan on displaying it. My husband asked for one for his birthday but then said "forget it" after he saw my dad's.


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I scoff at the self-appointed fashion gurus who come up with advice like "wear uncomfortable shoes or else (=heels or uncomfortable flats with no arch support)" "walk around with bare legs in winter if you want to wear a dress (=no pantyhose)" etc. Seriously, people, get on with it. After my injury and following surgery, orthopedic shoes are it. I still dress stylish, but the shoes. If David Tennant can wear red Converses with a suit, I can wear SAS Tripad shoes with my leggings or whatever else. And honestly - about matching. I like matching. If I want to match, I will match. Loosen up, folks, it is only fashion. You are supposed to have fun with it, no?
I don't mind aging at all. My problem is I don't know how to dress age appropriate. I want to be stylish but everything seems either too young or too tight or too revealing. Shorts are especially difficult to find. I don't want to look like I am trying to be 30. I will be 60 next May and would like not to dress so boring.
After five foot surgeries, my footwear choices are limited. But when I see women hobbling around in killer heels, I think I'm not missing so much. I agree with the woman who said high heels are the modern equivalent of foot binding. Other than updating your wardrobe, I think the author of this article is in denial about aging. It's not the worse thing that can happen!


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Sweet-Sour Deviled Eggs RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 12 hard-cooked eggs
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 5 teaspoons sugar
- 5 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Paprika and minced fresh parsley
- Slice eggs in half lengthwise; remove yolks and set whites aside. In a small bowl, mash yolks with a fork. Add the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Stuff or pipe into egg whites. Garnish with paprika and parsley. Yield: 2 dozen.
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"Recipe is so delicious!"
"This is the recipe my mother made and so do I (I'm 75). The only difference is I add Olive Butter. Can't buy it anymore, but use salad olives, make a paste in you blender and add about 4-5 tablespoons for 12 eggs. You can add more or less to taste."
"My best friend and I love these deviled eggs, however, they often come out too runny. Does anyone have suggestions on how to get a thicker consistancy? We would really appreciate it!"
"These were absolutely horrible! My husband loves deviled eggs and has a terrible sweet tooth, so I figured I'd try something new instead of my old recipe. I followed the recipe exactly. He thought they were sour, I thought they were too sweet (just goes to show you different palates), and they were very runny. I am only glad that I made these for us and did not have company. I would have been embarrassed. I'll stick to my old recipe."


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Dear Mob
If you've been wondering where I've been for the past few days I've got a confession to make. It's the offseason, and I've got blog burnout.
I'm tired of 60 hour work weeks. I'm tired of the self imposed pressure to remain No.1 in Sun-Sentinel.com land.
I'm tired of coming up with something to discuss every single day about the Dolphins, especially when there are other things I'd LOVE to write about, but don't have the opportunity to because of this grueling daily chore of babysitting this NFL team.
With all that said, I miss the blog. And I really miss the Mob. But on Saturday morning, early Saturday morning, when technical difficulties with Typepad not only prevented, but erased an edited version of Senior Bowl Memorables from replacing a rough draft, I got fed up and said to hell with this.
I went to play racquetball with my buddy. I spent five hours helping my daughter's track team wash cars for their team fund-raiser (they have to raise money for their buses, and her ENTIRE team has eight hurdles, and that's the event she wants to run). I watched the Senior Bowl and took notes (for fun…sick isn't it). I went to bed at a reasonable hour, woke up the next morning and went to church, which is something I love but don't get to do regularly during the NFL's football season. Then I took my kids to a UM basketball game and tried to enjoy a sporting event without covering it (you have no idea how challenging that is after spending a decade as a sports reporter. I felt so awkward trying to cheer).
During the course of those two days there wasn't one instance I felt guilty about abandoning this blog. Not once did I feel motivated to fix the error-filled blog again, or put up my observations from the Senior Bowl (which is coming). To me, that served as a red flag considering at least one night each week I usually dream about Tony Sparano, Bill Parcells, or line play. If you haven't noticed, I become obsessed with work, and usually put everything else on the back-burner because of it. I do this not to get ahead, but because I've been taught to take pride in my hard work.
My family understands DURING the season, but this is the OFFSEASON. That revelation convinced me I need to spend some time away from the Dolphins, and away from this outlet.
I promised myself I wouldn't even look at the blog till Wednesday. After that, if the desire hit, I'd write something. If it didn't, I wouldn't.
Even though I got to enjoy sleeping till noon for the first time in three or four years on Tuesday, I felt guilty abandoning you. I felt guilty allowing the blog, and Sun-Sentinel.com's traffic to dip, especially in this era where Internet traffic has become our No. 1 priority. But I hope you do understand there are times you just have to get away so you can put things in perspective.
I still haven't spent enough time away from the Dolphins, and this blog. My batteries still aren't recharged. But I have promised myself I'll learn to balance things better, and sometimes that means taking a step back, and prioritizing your priorities.
I know this blog doesn't talk about the Dolphins. It's not breaking down the Senior Bowl game (which is coming), and doesn't dissects Karlos Dansby's flirtation with the Dolphins and the possibility Miami might land him in free agency (he'll likely be tagged again). But it is real, from the heart, and something I had to get off my chest.
What does this mean for the future of the Dolphins blog? I honestly have no idea. But if one person reads this entry and ducks out of the office early to go work on his or her garden (a hobby of mine), or teach their son to ride his bike (that's my goal this month considering my son will be seven next month, and he's ashamed to ride it because he's the only one in his age group with training wheels) then it's hit the mark. I hope you understand if you see less of me, or have to settle for shorter entries.
Thanks for listening, and always coming. Blogs are all about communities, and I value those who come here once a month, every week, every day, or every hour.


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Newt Gingrich must be ecstatic about Herman Cain's alleged dalliances and accusations of sexual misconduct; the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza has taken the attention off Gingrich's own past infidelities. John Edwards and Anthony Weiner should send Cain thank you notes – they look like ancient history.
What is it with these guys? Cain said in an interview regarding the accusations that, "a hundred thousand people could possibly come out."
Wow, that's one busy guy.
And then his attorney, Lin Wood, advised women to "think twice" before going public with these accusations.
I'm not sure which is worse at this point, the misconduct or the arrogance. During Weinergate, I mentioned my disgust to a man I know at the gym and got a response that made me wonder if I understand men at all.
"It's really unfair," this man said. "I understand what Weiner did. Every guy does stuff like that."
"Wait a minute," I said. "Every man photographs his penis and sends it out on-line?"
"Well, Weiner probably made a mistake using Twitter – I mean it's so easy to mess up and not send it as a private message," my gym buddy said. "But he was actually being loyal to his wife. He was trying to remain faithful and not do anything. Men need that kind of thrill. It's just in our nature. He was trying to not actually cheat."
He went on at length about how silly this society is -- I think he really meant the female portion of society -- for getting upset when all the guy did was send out a photo of his penis to a woman he'd never met. There are much worse things than that, he said.
Well, okay. No one is going to say that a man should be locked up with murderers because the memory card on his cell phone has photos of his genitals instead of the family picnic at the beach.
But still…
"I've been deeply in love," this man went on. "And I still wanted to have sex with other women. It's just sex. What's the big deal? Sexual intercourse is what you have with someone you love. With the others, it's just ….ing" You can fill in the blank.
The more he talked, the less attractive he became. And he's a handsome man. But suddenly he wasn't anymore. Where was his sensitivity toward others, specifically women? And most significantly, where was his maturity?
The conversation really depressed me. I wondered if I was completely naïve about men. What if he was right, and every man has a fixation with photographing his penis to avoid cheating?
I decided to continue my surveying of the sex pictures landscape by asking my ex-boyfriend, with whom I am on good terms.
"Can I ask you a personal question? Do you photograph your penis?"
"No," he said.
"Would you tell me if you did?"
I pressed the point: "Well, how am I going to find out if this is a common underground practice that women are ignorant about? Someone from your tribe told me all of you do it, and you do it as a way to stay faithful. So you can have that rush of excitement that you are all apparently addicted to."
"Huh," he said, clearly contemplating this. "I guess there's a certain logic to that. But honestly, I haven't done it."
I think I believe him. Then again, I'm not sure. Short of doing an actual scientific survey, I haven't the foggiest idea how to uncover the truth. Maybe the subject should be tossed in with the other pertinent questions we ask a guy when things start to move along. Any legal troubles at the moment? STDs? Any kids out of wedlock? Stalker exes? Do you photograph your penis?
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Bob Surace said he was happy to go into the locker room at halftime. But he was way happier at the end.
After two weeks of comfortable victories, his Princeton football team was pushed hard by an aggressive Lafayette squad through a tense first half. Surace knew this was what games would be like for the rest of the season, and he was thrilled to see how his team responded in a 42-26 home win over Lafayette.
The victory, which featured 447 yards of total offense and three forced turnovers by the defense during the crucial third quarter, is Princeton's third straight win, and it sends the Tigers into the heart of the Ivy League season with serious momentum.
It was a balanced effort on both sides, though there were several individual highlights. Junior wideout Connor Kelley caught eight passes for 102 yards and a touchdown, and his diving 29-yard catch on fourth down (pictured) set up Des Smith's five-yard touchdown reception late in the third quarter.
Senior Roman Wilson caught ten passes for 80 yards and two scores despite playing only sparingly in the second half. Surace held out Wilson for much of the second half for cautionary reasons, and his offensive teammates responded with three touchdowns.
Junior Quinn Epperly had four touchdown passes for the second straight week, while classmate Connor Michelsen threw for 174 yards and rushed for 31 more. Sophomore DiAndre Atwater led the Tigers with 56 yards rushing, though it was a team effort that got Princeton to its eventual total of 182 rushing yards.
Defensively, it was another swarming effort by a squad that settled down after allowing three touchdowns in the first quarter. Sophomore Matt Arends had a career-best 10 tackles, as well as a key break-up on a two-point conversion that would have tied the score, while juniors Garrit Leicht and Mike Zeuli both had seven stops apiece.
After forcing only four turnovers through the first three games, the defense managed three in the third quarter, when Princeton turned a one-point lead into a nine-point advantage. Zeuli recovered a fumble forced by Arends, while both Anthony Gaffney and John Hill recorded interceptions. Gaffney's pick led to a five-yard score for Kelley, his second of the season.
Princeton didn't waste any time putting pressure on Lafayette; the Tigers took the opening drive 69 yards in eight plays and scored on a 7-yard pass from Epperly to Wilson. A 19-yard pass to Connor Kelley extended the drive on third down, and Epperly hit Wilson for their fourth touchdown connection in five quarters. Princeton added its fourth two-point conversion in as many games when punter/holder Tyler Roth found Des Smith on a pass across the field.
Lafayette answered with touchdowns on each of their first two drives. Scheuerman took Lafayette's second offensive play down the Tiger sideline for a 69-yard touchdown, and he capped the second drive by busting through the right side of the line for an 18-yard score. Princeton held Lafayette to only 13 points on the two drives, though, as Caraun Reid blocked the first extra point.
In between, sophomore kicker Nolan Bieck hit a 30-yard field goal on Princeton's second drive.
Lafayette's third offensive drive was bolstered by a pair of defensive penalties, including a pass interference call on a fourth-and-long deep pass. A face mask moved the ball inside the 10, and Scheuerman eventually finished the drive with a 1-yard score.
Princeton was able to reclaim the lead just before halftime. Following a two-yard touchdown pass from (guess who) Epperly to Wilson, the Princeton defense stopped Lafayette and gave its offense one more drive in the half. Michelsen led the Tigers to the 23, and Nolan Bieck connected on a career-long 40-yarder to send the Tigers into the half with a 21-20 lead.
The defensive adjustments at halftime paid immediate dividends, as the Tigers forced turnovers on the first two possessions. Mike Zeuli recovered a fumble that was forced by Garrit Leicht, and Anthony Gaffney picked off a pass by Andrew Dzurik and returned it to the Tiger 20. The latter resulted in a Princeton touchdown, as Epperly faked an end around handoff to Wilson, took two steps toward the line and threw a quick slant to Connor Kelley.
Lafayette responded again, and it did so with a bit of trickery. A flea flicker ended up with Mike Duncan all alone behind the Tiger defense for a 37-yard score. Matt Arends knocked down the 2-point conversion pass, which kept Princeton ahead 28-26.
The Princeton defense continued to play well in the quarter, and a sack by Zeuli and Hill forced a punt that was caught by Max Lescano, who was interfered with on the catch. That put the ball near midfield, and the Tigers capitalized. The key play came on 4th-and-5 at the 34, when Michelsen threw a deep ball down the home sideline to Kelley, who made a terrific adjustment and catch to prolong the drive. Two plays later, Des Smith caught a deep lob to the back corner and managed to get a foot down for his first score of the season.
Princeton finished the scoring off with an 11-play, 73-yard drive that was capped with a 1-yard run by Epperly. The score was set up by Princeton's other two quarterbacks, as Michelsen hit Kedric Bostic for a 15-yard gain on third-and-10 to put the ball at the Lafayette 1.
Princeton will play its final six games against Ivy opponents, starting next Saturday night with a 6 pm showdown against Brown in Providence. Brown has won four straight home games over the Tigers, but Princeton ended a 162-game scoring streak by Brown last season with a 19-0 win on Powers Field. The game will be shown live on Fox College Sports.


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What a difference 8 months makes. Last we saw American Idol, it had just completed its 9
season and was limping toward its 10th. The show was looking toward 2011 without its biggest star, Simon Cowell, who reportedly turned down an offer of over $130 million to stay. After failed experiments with a famous star of dubious credentials (Ellen DeGeneres), and a no-name with bona fides (Kara DioGuardi) as judges, AI faced the daunting challenge of finding judges with credentials
star power. Well, at first blush, I think they succeeded. On the surface, pairing an aging rock star with a movie star whose music career seems to be mostly behind her (no pun intended), seems odd. But if the premiere of year 10 is any indication, American Idol's future and its reputation are in good hands, for this season at least. Steven Tyler brings the energy and indisputable credibility of experience that only 40 years of being a rock star can give. Jennifer Lopez brings knowledge and a certain sweetness and compassion to the show that I think was missing last year. Both of them have been stars for so long, that they don't have to prove anything to anyone and they're obviously comfortable in their own skins. This should prevent the show from slipping into the adolescent bickering that I think has hurt the show in recent seasons. (Unless Ryan Seacrest goes insane like he did a few times with Simon.) Yes, you need conflict for a show to stay interesting, but conflict can come from many different situations besides petty squabbling. I mean, the very format of the show creates conflict: every week contestants fight for their artistic lives out on that stage while the world watches. The other thing that struck me while watching last night is that contestants will be hard pressed to tell a judge that they don't know what they're talking about. You know the ones, "You're wrong, I know I'm a star—you just can't see it. People have been telling me all my life that I'm a star." Really? This is Steven Tyler you're talking to; lead singer of Aerosmith, arguably America's greatest rock band of all time. And Jennifer Lopez who's sold over 50 million albums in her career; a reigning movie star who has spent most of her adult life in the limelight. Now that's credibility. Throw in Randy Jackson, who heretofore has been the most legitimate musician of AI's original judges, and you've got quite a formidable panel. The addition of legendary record mogul and talent expert, Jimmy Iovine, as in-house mentor completes the talent evaluators for the show and brings back some much needed credibility. The first stop for auditions for 2011 was in New Jersey just across the Hudson River from New York City. The Big Apple did not disappoint. 51 contestants were given the Golden Ticket to Hollywood. Idol's concerted effort to make the show younger was evident. A number of teenagers were selected to move on. Most notable:
Kinsey Palmer—15 year-old Performing Arts School student did a powerful take on a Carrie Underwood song.
Robbie Rosen—16 year-old did Backstreet Boys take on the Beatles' "Yesterday".
Victoria Huggins—apt last name. 16 year-old was the most huggable contestant of the night with her South Carolina twang. Belted "Midnight Train to Georgia" and won an early plane ride to California.
My favorite who might even have a shot to win the whole thing: Kinsey Palmer—has the whole package: looks, personality, talent. Just needs a little more stage presence which will get worked on before the Hollywood phase. Next stop—New Orleans!
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In their final team matches for Princeton University, senior co-captains Dylan Ward and Ash Egan both picked up crucial wins to lead the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over Columbia Sunday afternoon in the final match of the Hoehn Cup competition.The win came without the services of junior All-America Tyler Osborne, who suffered an injury Saturday against Dartmouth and was unable to play against Columbia in the 'B' flight final of the CSA National Team Championships. That left other players to step up at spots higher than their expected spot, and head coach Sean Wilkinson was pleased to see the results.
One of the biggest victories came early, as sophomore Sam Ezratty overcame a 2-1 deficit at the No. 6 spot to defeat Jonathan Gill 11-5 and 11-8 in the final two games for a win. Columbia took the other two matches in the opening shift, including a 3-2 thriller at the No. 3 spot, but Ezratty's win left a manageable deficit for the second shift.
And the second shift took care of business. Sophomore Michael LeBlanc opened it with a 3-0 win over Danial Saleem at the No. 5 spot, and freshman Ben Leizman fought for wins of 12-10 and 11-8 in the final two games for a 3-1 win at the No. 8 position.
At that point, Princeton led 3-2, but Columbia still had a former individual finalist left to take the court at the No. 1 spot. Thus, the Hoehn Cup was basically up for grabs over the final three matches, and Wilkinson was able to rely on his seniors to bring it home.
Ward, whose career included two clinching wins over Harvard to lead Princeton to the 2012 and 2013 Ivy League titles, as well as a key late win in the 2012 national championship win over Trinity, won his final three games over Rishi Tandon for a 3-1 victory at the No. 2 spot. Egan won two comfortable games at the seventh spot, but he was pushed deep into the third by Alex Goldberg.
Egan, whose win at Harvard in 2012 was another key victory in that Ivy League championship season, would not be denied. He pulled out a 12-10 win to assure Princeton the victory.
Prior to the match, Princeton was presented with the Sloane Award, which has been awarded annually since 1981 to honor team sportsmanship. The Tigers have won this award in two of the last three years.
Princeton will be off next weekend, and then selected individuals will head to Philadelphia for the individual national championships (Feb. 28-March 2).
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Over the last two weeks, the third-ranked Princeton men's lightweight rowing team has fallen victim to slow starts against both No. 1 Cornell and No. 2 Columbia.
If this is a problem that gets fixed by Eastern Sprints, the Tigers will remember those races as invaluable lessons en route to a championship season.
If not ... well, nobody wants to think that way.
"Poor starts have seemed to cause problems the past two races, particularly against Columbia, and it's certainly something we're trying to focus on," said sophomore Christian Wawrzonek. "I think we were a little surprised seeing a crew jump up like that so quickly, and we just weren't ready for it. But now that that happened to us, I think we're much more ready to go 110 percent off the line to make sure we hold our own down the opening stretch."
That next opportunity will come Saturday morning in the Princeton home finale. The Tigers will race for the Wood-Hammond Cup against Penn, and will also face Georgetown for the second time this season.
"Lake Carnegie has really come to be a place where I can call home, and I think that goes for everyone at the boathouse as well," Wawrzonek said. "It's only been two years, but I already feel like I've spent the majority of my rowing career on this lake. Needless to say, when we get a chance as a team to face somebody right here on our doorstep, it feels like there's something a little extra on the line. Racing on the lake makes it easy to remember how long we've been working for these moments, because this is the spot where we put in all those hours, everyday for the past eight months. And winning in front of a home crowd always feels special."
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- 4 pounds pork baby back ribs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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- Cut ribs into serving size pieces; place in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Add salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon liquid smoke if desired; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours or until ribs are just tender. Do not overcook.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Checking In
In the past three weeks I have been working as much as I ever have in my life. The week before last I put in easily over 100 hours of work, while having slept a grand total of 9 hours between Monday and Friday (as in 3, 3, 0, and 3 per night). It was a perfect convergence of multiple conflicting deadlines, including a special-solicitation grant proposal that I really really want to see funded and deadlines for print for the conference I am organizing... Being a one-(wo)man organizing committee in charge of every detail (including the website, technical program, layout of abstract books, renting poster boards, making reservations for speakers, catering...) is a lot of freaking work...
Anyway, there are a number of substantive posts I have been meaning to write, and I hope to get to them when the work insanity abates a little. Maybe...
Btw, Academic Jungle recently had its 2nd birthday! Which I missed...
On May 17, 2010, it opened with this post. Happy bloggiversary to mois!
If I had a little more time, I would write at length about why I blog. But instead I give you a stream-of-consciousness digest. I started blogging to share my tenure track survival tips. But, a blog has a tendency to turn into whatever you need it to be... Currently, I am going through some sort of premature midlife crisis, especially on the professional side. I feel restless, bored, often wondering where the spark has gone (to the grant-writing and service gods, that's where), how to get it back (no idea, probably by trimming all the unnecessary obligations and getting more sleep; in the meantime I keep plodding along), and if I even care whether I get it back (would science actually be worse off if all of my contributions, past and present, were simply removed from the picture?).
In the academic blogosphere, a number of profs write as if they have all the answers. I don't know if they really do or if that's just the internet persona. I may on occasion come across as condescending (so I have been told), but I hope I most often come across as real (even if grumpy or otherwise unpleasant). I do not have all the answers in my personal or professional life, and I hope that's clear from what I write (and I am sure someone will say that makes me a loser. Or something.) I have definitely not figured out how to be as blissfully happy as my objectively wonderful life situation should be able to make me. I have not figured out where I see my intellectual contributions and how much of my life I want to continue dedicating to the pursuit of science. In the last couple of years this occupation of mine has started seeming frivolous -- who the heck cares? I have started thinking ever more acutely, almost incessantly, about the imminence of dying and that this life is the only one I have, and whether I really want to spend it the way I currently am -- working too much for dubious glory, being less in shape and having less energy than I could, not enjoying my husband or my beautiful kids as much as could... This is all going to end in the blink of an eye and I don't like where my priorities are, nor am I enjoying all I have as much as I could or should.
So in Academic Jungle's 3rd year, there will likely be more academic musings as I wrap up my sabbatical and go back to teaching, but there will be even more musings on working motherhood and more still on academic mid-career angst (with generous helpings of navel gazing).
Have all the answers I do not.
But a gem by beloved band bestow upon you I can. /yoda out
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A couple of years ago, I went through a similar period myself. I felt very uninspired about my research, and unmotivated about writing proposals. The period lasted for about half a year.
In the end, I realized that I had long been bored of my research direction; the realization came when I was reviewing some papers in my general area, but not my exact subfield, and I started feeling inspired and getting ideas again. The remedy was to change my research direction somewhat, which was not too hard, since my work is largely theoretical.
I don't claim to know all the answers either, but my advice would be to hang in there, and try something new. Read some papers on a different subarea. Sit in on your colleagues' classes. Maybe some new topic will catch your fancy, and inspire you again.
- May 20, 2012 at 7:42 PM
So is sleeping so little a common occurrence? I think I'm actually asking two separate questions. Are a lot of professors regularly sleep-deprived? And if so, how often does this occur?
- May 20, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- Cloud said...
"a blog has a tendency to turn into whatever you need it to be."
Very true!
I've got a post in the works with the next steps in my own career crisis- or, I should say, my latest career crisis, because I've had one before. I'm feeling a lot more positive now, though, as a plan starts to take shape.
And yes, it will all look better when you get more sleep. I have two rules of working motherhood: (1) make no life-altering decisions when I am desperately sleep deprived and (2) make no life-altering decisions when I am weaning (that really messes with my mood).
Looking forward to year 3!
- May 21, 2012 at 12:23 AM
I love you because you seem so real. I enjoy reading your posts, your academic and life situations. Whatever direction you choose to avert your mid-life crisis, if you have personality like me which gets easily bored, you will face this situation every few years.Good luck;
- May 21, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- DRo said...
I hope you will keep blogging for awhile. I read for the same reasons as Anon 9:22 above. Nice to see into the heart and mind of a successful academic and comforting to know that at least one other person out there has crises such as these.
- May 22, 2012 at 7:40 AM
- Dona Furiosa said...
I'd love for you to keep on blogging, too. You are honest and, even though my circumstances are different, I feel I can relate to what you say.
- May 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM
I always enjoy your blog posts and hope you keep it up! We seem to be at a very similar stage in our careers and I find your experiences and thoughts illuminating. Hope the workload lightens up a bit...
- May 23, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Thank you for your blog, and for this post!
- May 29, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Dr. Sneetch said...
Arriving late to the party. Happy Bogiversary. I'm so glad you decided to blog and I enjoy reading your posts.
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ZF-7033: Zend_Service_Amazon has until Auguest 15, 2009 to authenticate requests with HMAC-SHA256 of the secret key
You have until August 15, 2009 to authenticate requests sent to the Product Advertising API. After August 15, 2009, messages that aren't authenticated will be denied.
The current interface $amazon = new Zend_Service_Amazon($appId, $countryCode); should be like $amazon = new Zend_Service_Amazon($appId, $countryCode, $appSecretKey);
this should help http://mierendo.com/software/aws_signed_query/
i confirm the problem,
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I'll look into it for 1.9
Fixed, will be included in 1.9 release
I've been checking out the (supposedly feature-frozen) 1.9 beta, and have noticed that some of the Amazon APIs are authenticating requests, but that the obvious Zend_Service_Amazon class itself is not. I see the changes in the trunk, however. Are these not to be included in the final 1.9 release after all? Did we miss the feature-freeze?
hm, thats not true. i merged it into 1.9 release branch, see yourself http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/…
Ah, I see. I was (erroneously, I guess) looking here, at the 1.9.0 beta 1 release tag: http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/…
Thanks for your work, however! It's much appreciated!
Maybe I misunderstood the Amazon API but since today I receive errors on every 5th request, as they started to reject randomly unsinged request to test the new singature. After analysing the funciton "_prepareOptions" I found out the options are sorted alphabetically but not the option "signature" which will be added afterwards. Since I added "ksort($options);" again, there are no more errors!? http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceServ…


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Scottie Pippen apparently did not appreciate Jeff Van Gundy's preseason prediction about the Miami Heat. If you'll recall, ABC/ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy projected to the Miami Herald that the Heat would have a historic season and surpass the Chicago Bulls' 72-10 record in the 1995-96 NBA season.
Obviously, that's not going to happen. And given the Miami Heat's 85-82 loss to an injured Boston Celtics team Sunday, things aren't smelling so rosey for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Co.
In a recent interview with Slam Magazine, Pippen shared his candid thoughts about the Miami Heat and Van Gundy.
SLAM: You came out on the winning end of that "Will the Heat win 72 games?" discussion. How'd you know it'd be so tough for them to win so many games?
SP: I just felt it was an insult to every team that's played in this League to think that one team can be put together, and now all of a sudden we got—excuse my word—a jackass like Jeff Van Gundy saying they can win 72 games and break the Bulls' record. Who is he? So that was just something that he totally took out of proportion, to some degree—with respect to those two players, or I would say two and a half players, since I don't think Chris Bosh is half the player of LeBron James. But there's no way those guys are gonna break any type of record. I don't think they can break the franchise record in Miami, or the state of Florida, I should say.
Granted, Scottie Pippen may have taken the comment personally considering he competed on the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls team. And I wasn't on the Miami Heat 72-game plus win bandwagon myself, but calling Jeff Van Gundy out of his name for doing his job is harsh.
It was just a prediction. Sometimes you get them right, sometimes you get them wrong.
Maybe this kind of response from Pippen is exactly why CBS NFL analyst Phil Simms refused to give a Super Bowl prediction during a conference call a few weeks back.