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The King of the South's rhymes go on to suggest that Dre's track record is unblemished.
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|Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer
|Publisher: Masaya
|Developer: NCS
|System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console
|ROM size: 1MB
|Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer, commonly known as Gleylancer (グレイランサー), is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up by NCS released exclusively in Japan (despite having some of its text, such as in the Mover configuration screen described below, in near-perfect English). It was released internationally on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008.
Despite the English configuration screen, translation group M.I.J.E.T. released a patch which translated the story text in 2006-2007.
Lucia is the 16-year-old daughter of a fighter pilot who disappears while fighting a war between humans and aliens in 2025. He was captured by aliens whom he had captured earlier who had the ability to teleport. Lucia hijacks the prototype fighter CSH-01-XA "Gley Lancer" to save him.
The Gley Lancer is a standalone ship that can only shoot straight ahead by pressing (which can be held down for rapidfire) and change its speed with . However, up to two Mover sub-ships can be attached to the main ship and fire in any direction with the main ship. Before starting a game, the player is given a choice of how to maneuver Movers around the ship and aim them; the button performs some related action which is detailed in the selection screen.
Producer: Toshiro Tsuchida
Planning: Hikaru Sato
Program: Yukihiro Higuchi
Scroll: Eiji Koyama
Object: Hiroshi Hayashi
Music / Sound Effects: Cube, Yoshiaki Kubodera, Masanori Hikichi, Isao Mizoguchi, Noriyuki Iwadare
Creator: Kaichi Satou
Character Design: Hiroshi Aizawa
Original Art / Animation: Hitoshi Kamata
Visual Graphics: Masanori Sakurai, Hiroshi Hayashi
Business Promotion: Masaki Uchida, Jun Mimura, Yasuaki Yokoe, Kyoko Katagiri
Sales Promotion: Akio Matsuda, Norihiko Yonesaka, Kazuhiro Matsuda
P.R.: Takashi Kikuchi, Hideo Iwasaki
Cooperation: Manabu Takasugi, Tetsuya Ohya, Masayuki Iwamoto, Hideo Suzuki, Takayuki Jingu
Executive Producer: Yasumasa Shirakura
Gleylancer Produced by: Nippon Computer Systems Co. Ltd.
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USA Swimming gold medalist teammates Ian Crocker (front left),
Michael Phelps (front right) and Lenny Krayzelburg made Walt Disney
World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the first destination
following their championship performances in Athens. The
championship trio was at Disney World Aug. 31 to kick off a
national tour called "Disney's Swim with the Stars." Disneyland
Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will
present the tour that will feature community outreach programs in
each city and a swimming celebration show. Phelps, Crocker and
Krayzelburg will be joined by Mickey Mouse in each tour stop.
Following today's Orlando-area visit, the tour will travel with
scheduled stops in Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas,
Denver, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Seattle and San Francisco. The
final stop will be Oct. 4-5 at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim,
Calif. Here, they take a wild plunge on the thrill water ride
Splash Mountain in the Magic Kingdom, along with Irena Papelova, a
friend of Krayzelburg's. (Gene Duncan, Photographer)
Ian Crocker (front left), Michael Phelps (front right), LennyKrayzelburg (rear left) and Irena Papelova (rear right) enjoySplash Mountain at Magic Kingdom – Aug. 31, 2004
USA Swimming gold medalist teammates Ian Crocker (front left),


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The myth that the first peoples of this region lived in segmented tribal territories somehow clearly marked and separated from those used and occupied by other tribal groups has re-surfaced again, in this case in a March 28 guest commentary in the Sierra Star. The reality is much more complex, rich, and interesting.
In 2004, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians began one of the most thorough and extensive ethno-historical studies ever conducted by a California tribe. The study entailed significant financial investment and nearly two years of primary and secondary research. More than 7,000 local, state and federal documents were analyzed and scores of personal interviews were held with tribal citizens and non-natives.
A final 400-plus page report, detailing the use and occupancy of lands around the present-day City of Madera by the North Fork Mono and our interaction with other peoples who shared those lands, from pre-contact to the modern era, was delivered to the tribe in the summer of 2006.
The research project and report represent the tribe's commitment to better understand and relate North Fork Mono history, culture and values both among our citizens and to others within the community.
Summing up our tribe's connection to the proposed casino site north of Madera, the report stated: "Researchers have concluded that the (North Fork) tribe has maintained a continuous relationship to the lands in the vicinity of the present-day City of Madera. The details of this relationship are rich, complex and layered, spanning from aboriginal times, through the historical period, and continuing as a significant contemporary nexus for the tribe, in the 20th century and to the present."
The impartial experts at the U.S. Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs reached the same conclusion after nearly a decade of thorough study and analysis, agreeing that the tribe has an historical connection to the land near Madera. As a result, the federal government agreed to place the land of the proposed casino in trust for the North Fork tribe in December 2012.
But our Tribe was never alone in these lands.
Because the valley floor was extremely hot in the summer months and subject to regular flooding (before the land was irrigated and dams built), the Native peoples of the region made more permanent homes in the somewhat temperate climate and landscape of the foothills of the adjacent Sierra Nevada Mountains, but spent considerable time on the Valley floor, an area of inter-tribally used lands and waters.
Here our ancestors, together with those of neighboring tribes, hunted large game, fished and gathered foodstuffs along the rivers. The Mono people were at the center of what has been called the 'Indian Ring' -- a circular regional interface and migratory circuit (between the foothills/Sierra and valley floor) that encompassed most of the area's tribes and constituted the center of ceremonial and social life.
This system of sharing allowed all local tribes, including the North Fork Mono, to extract subsistence from the diverse environments afforded by the region during different seasons.
A 2005 letter from the Chaushilha Tribe of Yokut Indians endorsing the North Fork casino project echoed these sentiments fully: "Our existence in the area is known through out the centuries by many historians, and it is also known that other aboriginal first Americans maintained villages within our boundaries and through out the Central Valley. With this history both our sovereignties are maintained."
The North Fork ethno-historical study addressed the issue of historical "territoriality" concluding: "The term 'use and occupancy' more accurately reflects the complex reality of Indigenous peoples' relationships to the land and to each other than do Eurocentric notions of territory, title and ownership."
We are proud of the collaborative, inter-dependent role the Mono people played throughout time as regional economic players, beginning as key participants in the extensive trade complex that spanned the San Joaquin Valley and beyond in the pre-settlement period then as the first farmers of the region on the Fresno River Reservation operated by federal agents in the 1850s near the current City of Madera and eventually as the first migrant workers of the region on ranches, allotments and farms extending into the foothills of the Sierras.
The North Fork tribe is clearly and inextricably linked throughout history to both the lands of the City and County of Madera and the people with whom we share these lands. Together we developed many of the enduring institutions of the region.
This spirit of transparent, constructive, respectful collaboration continues today in our effort to bring jobs, business opportunity, community investment and economic growth to our tribe and region through the proposed casino project. The significant connections that bind us together as friends, relatives, partners and neighbors are more important than the petty differences that purport to separate us.
Editor's note: The March 28 guest commentary against the Mono Tribe's proposed casino being built near Madera that Elaine Bethel-Fink is refering to, was written by Jerry Brown, tribal chair of the Yukut Tribe. Prior to the 2008 letter in opposition of the casino, the Yukut Tribe wrote a letter in support of the casino on the valley floor,alluding to the historic shared-use of the lands around Madera by many native peoples. In 2008, the year the Mono casino opposition letter was written, a Chukchansi Community Grant of $100,000 was awarded to a group called "Chowchilla Tribal Organization." Although we are unaware of the existence of another tribal group in Chowchilla, a direct link between the Chaushilha Yukut and the Chowchilla Tribal Organization remains unclear.


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|Segmentation of Brain MR Image Sequences using the Level Set
|CCMA PDEs and Numerical Methods Seminar Series
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|Abstract: The automated extraction of the cerebrospinal fluid-tissue boundary, particularly around the ventricular surface, from serial structural MRI of the brain acquired in imaging studies of aging and dementia is a challenging segmentation problem because of the common occurrence of peri-ventricular lesions which locally alter the appearance of white matter. We examine a level set approach which evolves a 4D description of the ventricular surface over time. This has the advantage of allowing constraints on the contour in the temporal direction, improving the consistency of the extracted object over time. A short review of the level set methods used in image segmentation is given. We then follow the approach proposed by Chan and Vese which is based on the Mumford and Shah model and implemented using the Osher and Sethian level set method. We have extended this to the 4D case to propagate a 4D contour toward the tissue boundaries through the evolution of a 5D implicit function. This model is then adapted to allow intensity contrast changes between time frames in the MRI sequence. Results on time sequences of 3D brain MR images are presented and discussed.
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Let $f\colon\mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be entire. Show that if $|\operatorname{Im}f(z)|\leq |\operatorname{Re}f(z)|$ for all $z \in \mathbb C$, then $f$ is constant on $\mathbb C$. How I can answer this by considering the distance between $f(z)$ and $i$.
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$|\mathrm{Im}f(z)|\le |\mathrm{Re}f(z)|$ implies that $|f(z)-i|\ge \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$. It follows that $g(z)=\dfrac{1}{f(z)-i}$ is a bounded entire function, and due to Liouville's theorem, it must be a constant.
Alternatively, $\textrm{Re} \, f(z)^2 = \left(\textrm{Re} \, f(z) \right)^2 - \left(\textrm{Im} \, f(z) \right)^2 \geq 0$. This implies that $f(z)^2$ is constant.
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So this is what it's all been about. Her project, ARTPOP, has been described as more than an album, and likewise, this is more than a song.
I love the simple back beat she uses on this track almost like an empty canvas which allows her voice to be the focus of the song. Her harmonies are typical Gaga: fun — soprano notes with deep, gritty bass tones!
Yeah Gaga, "we could belong together" especially with this song!
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Jane Bone from Cape Coral, Florida gives an Italian treatment to chicken by slow-cooking it in a zesty tomato sauce and serving it over spaghetti. "It's great for company because it frees up time to spend with guests. Toss a salad and you're ready to eat," she suggests.
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 1-1/2 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 cans (4 ounces each) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup red wine or chicken broth
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1-1/4 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Hot cooked spaghetti
- In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil on both sides. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a bowl, combine the tomato sauce, mushrooms, onion, wine, garlic, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper; pour over chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until meat is tender. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Mushroom Chicken Cacciatore in Quick Cooking January/February 2003, p59
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"We served this for a large dinner, it was fantastic. The chicken was moist. I used a can of tomato paste to thicken the sauce and a whole head of roasted garlic. Goes great with the French loaves recipe on this site!"
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"Tried this receipe tonight, and it was ok, the sauce was a little thin, wondering if tomato paste should be added to thicken it up a little, other than that it was good, will make again. thanksBrensmom"
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"Tried this weekend and our family loved it! The flavor is excellant!"
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To my knowledge if you calculate the coordinate time (time experienced by an observer at spatial infinity) it takes an infinite amount of time for an object to fall past the horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole. Doesn't this imply that it takes an infinite amount of coordinate time for a Schwarzschild Black Hole to form since the last bit of in-falling matter won't ever ross the horizon as observed by someone at spatial infinity? If so, is it possible for other types of black holes (Kerr etc.) to form in finite coordinate time?
Pick some maximum visible wavelength of light (say, the radius of the solar system). And let's consider only initial source frequencies below the rate at which, say, one photon per year is emitted. In a finite time, all of the light leaving the matter distribution below this frequency, as observed by a distant observer, will be redshifted beyond your maximum wavelength. It will appear practicably indistinguishable from a black hole.
The actual plunge phase of this process will happen very, very quickly (think days, not centuries), so the object will go from emitting in the visible to essentially dark in a very short period of time.


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We use hedges to soften what we say or write. Hedges are an important part of polite conversation. They make what we say less direct. The most common forms of hedging involve tense and aspect, modal expressions including modal verbs and adverbs, vague language such as sort of and kind of, and some verbs.
Tense and aspect
I wondered if I could have a word with you? (less direct and more polite than Could I have a word with you?)
Modal expressions
The answer could be that the trees have some sort of disease. (less direct than The answer is that …)
Maybe we should have a word with him about it? (less direct than We should or we must have a word with him about it.)
This is possibly the best performance in the Olympics.
Vague language
It's sort of difficult to say. (less direct than It's difficult to say)
Could you just post this letter for me?
Verbs (feel)
Some verbs (such as feel, suppose, reckon) can be used to hedge personal statements, that is, to make personal statements less direct:
We feel he should let them decide whether to buy the flat. (less direct than He should let them decide …)
I reckon that's the best answer to the problem. (less direct than That's the best answer to the problem.)
Hedges in academic writing
We use certain types of hedging in writing, especially in academic writing, so that statements don't seem to rely simply on personal opinion.
We often use structures with it in the passive such as it is argued that and it has been agreed that:
It has been generally agreed that these new video phone technologies will transform everyday life. (a more cautious and less personal statement than I agree that …)


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No. 14 Women's Lax Opens Season Today Against No. 1 Northwestern
Feb. 8, 2013
The No. 14 UMass women's lacrosse team will open the 2013 season with a pair of games in Los Angeles beginning Friday when the Minutemen face No. 1 Northwestern at 6 PM (EST). On Sunday, UMass will then face Southern California at 4 PM (EST) which is in its first season as a Division I lacrosse program.
The weekend will have special meaning for UMass head coach Angela McMahon and assistant coach Brianne LoManto as they take on their former head coach in Kelly Amonte Hiller of Northwestern. McMahon will then face her former teammate in Lindsey Munday who is the head coach of USC.
UMass finished 2012 with a 19-2 overall record and a 7-0 record in the Atlantic 10. Last season marked the second consecutive year that the Minutewomen posted a perfect mark in league play.
One of the top offensive teams last season finishing first in the nation in points per game, UMass was ranked No. 10 in the final poll of 2012. The Minutewomen won their fourth straight Atlantic 10 Championship Title before winning an NCAA Play-In game against Canisius. UMass fell on the road in a tightly fought battle at Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Earlier, Inside Lacrosse also announced its preseason All-America squad with Katie Ferris being named to the second team. The native of Carthage, N.Y., finished 2012 as the nation's fourth leading scorer and set UMass and Atlantic 10 single-season scoring records with 98 points.
The 19 wins in 2012 were the second most in program history. UMass will open the 2013 season with a 20-game win streak alive against conference opponents.
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Eugene M. "Gene" Davis is an American actor known for playing the psychotic killer Warren Stacy in the 1983 film 10 to Midnight with Charles Bronson; he also played a killer in another Bronson vehicle, 1988's Messenger of Death. Other credits include the psychological thriller Fear X and a role as a cross-dressing police informant in the Al Pacino movie Cruising.
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A gingersnap crust pairs well with the pumpkin and cream cheese filling.
- 1 cup finely crushed gingersnaps (about 20 cookies)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 325° for 10-15 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and 2 tablespoons cornstarch until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, vanilla and salt. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Remove 3-1/2 cups filling to a small bowl; stir in lemon juice and set aside.
- Add the pumpkin, brown sugar, molasses, spices and remaining cornstarch to the remaining filling; set aside 1/2 cup. Pour half of the remaining pumpkin filling over crust; top with half of the plain filling. Cut through filling with a knife to swirl.
- Place pan on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square); securely wrap foil around pan. Place pan in a large baking pan. Add 1 in. of hot water to larger pan.
- Bake at 325° for 70-75 minutes or until center is almost set. Remove springform pan from water bath. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Remove sides of pan. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 12-14 servings.
Originally published as Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2004, p134
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"There are some instructions missing in this recipe but it's not too hard to figure out. Really delicious."
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"I think that the recipe doesn't tell you what to do with the reserved filling."
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"I made this for Thanksgiving this past year and it was wonderful! The only problem I ran into was the spices: the were alittle overwhelming to me. I would say a dash of the nutmeg and the cloves and only one teaspoon of ginger just to tone it down a bit."
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"Made this for christmas several years ago. Everyone loved it."
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In January 2010, Dr. Amy Baxter, 44, a pediatric emergency physician and pain specialist, received an unexpected visit at her Atlanta home from a woman named Karen Mae Sledge. Sledge had found Baxter's address on the Web, she explained, and assumed it would lead to an office building, not a family home. Then Sledge handed Baxter a basket of presents. "I just wanted to thank you for helping my dad," she said. "He was about to stop dialysis because he found it so painful." But Sledge had given him the revolutionary pain-reduction device that Baxter had invented, and it enabled him to manage his lifelong needle phobia. Her father agreed to continue with the treatment.
For Baxter, who as a child used to sit outside her home hoping that an injured person might pass by "so I could jump in with my Band-Aids and save the day," Sledge's story was deeply gratifying. Initially, Baxter invented Buzzy (buzzy4shots.com) to help kids bear their immunizations. "But this visit was the first time I had an inkling that there were other people who might need Buzzy more than kids getting shots," she says.
The gadget, about the size of a computer mouse, looks like a large plastic bee. A gel pack is attached to the underside of the bee, and right before getting a shot, you press the frozen pack against your skin a few inches from the injection site. When the device is switched on, Buzzy gently vibrates. Like magic, the area goes numb and you feel the needle much less. "The sensations of cold and vibration desensitize the nerves, thereby dulling or eliminating the pain from the shot," Baxter says. "The concept is based on gate-control theory. The neural pathways that transmit pain can only process so much sensation at one time."
Baxter knew that Buzzy could help children, who now get up to 30 vaccines before age 18. But after Sledge's visit, she started receiving reports about adults using the device—for fertility shots, IV insertions, diabetes injections, arthritis treatments, even tattoos. In 2009, the year the first Buzzys were sold, at $34.95 each, Baxter grossed $56,000. Today her sales are nearing $1 million, and adults are her biggest market. About 500 hospitals and 1,500 clinics nationwide now use Buzzy.
Baxter's war against injection pain began in 2001 when she took her son Max, then four years old, to the doctor for his vaccines. Baxter had devoted years of her career to pain research, so she thought she was uniquely equipped to help Max through the ordeal. "I had topical anesthetic creams. I had a box of cold juice for him to drink right at the moment of getting the shots. I had a book with hunt-and-find pictures to distract him," she says. "I told him what to expect. He was prepared and ready." But things didn't go well. Without warning, a nurse plunged the needle into Max's arm. He didn't cry or say a word. Then, as they left the doctor's office, he vomited all over the floor.
"After that, every time we had to go to the doctor, he would get physically ill," Baxter says. "There I was, a pediatrician and pain specialist, and I couldn't even protect my own kid. What were other parents going to do?" At first, she was angry with herself for her inability to shield her son from the traumatic experience, but gradually her anger turned into a determination to find a better way.


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SANTA FE, N.M., June 29 New Mexico officials say patients will be allowed to grow their own cannabis plants when the state's medical marijuana laws goes into effect Sunday.
Lobbyists had originally said patients would not be allowed to grow the plans but the Health Department Thursday unveiled a provision that allows patients to grow a limited number of marijuana plants, the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper said.
Jim Burleson, director of the state sheriffs' and police association, said he is opposed to allowing individual growers.
"If a person is growing their own (marijuana), there is no quality control and no quantity control -- and it's absolutely contrary to what was discussed at the (legislative) session," he told the newspaper.
The law is limited to people with conditions such as cancer, HIV-AIDS, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis.
The Health Department said qualified patients and caregivers may cultivate as many as four mature marijuana plants and three immature marijuana seedlings, the newspaper said.


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Comments on Day to Remember TypePad 2008-09-11T18:52:29Z Miami Herald http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/ tag:typepad.com,2003:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/2008/09/day-to-remember/comments/atom.xml/ VanMurph commented on 'Day to Remember' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e20105349c69b5970b 2008-09-12T03:25:28Z 2008-09-12T03:25:29Z VanMurph http://www.flickr.com/photos/van-murph Today I flew a 757 from Miami out here to Los Angeles... I'm saddened by two things: 1) Seven years...
Today I flew a 757 from Miami out here to Los Angeles... I'm saddened by two things:

1) Seven years after I lost friends and co-workers in a terrorist attack, there is still a gaping hole in lower Manhattan's skyline... Politicians, greed, and red tape have prevented our proud nation from rebuilding on that site... The tallest building in the world should've been built there YEARS ago... Every time I fly over that emptiness, I get a sad feeling...

2) We, as a nation, are beginning to forget the details of 9/11/2001... I couldn't believe my ears this morning on my drive to the airport when I listened as a radio talk-show host had to be reminded by a caller that there were 4 airplanes lost that day, not 3, and he had to be reminded which two airlines were involved... If it's not on Lost, Big Brother, American Idol, or the Regis and Kelly Show, it's just not important...
 Happy Girl commented on 'Day to Remember' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e20105349c32d6970b 2008-09-12T01:21:26Z 2008-09-12T01:21:26Z Happy Girl Thank you George. My friend Todd Weaver died in Tower 2. He was only 30 years old. God bless you...
Thank you George. My friend Todd Weaver died in Tower 2. He was only 30 years old. God bless you Todd and your wife and family.

I will always remember where I was that day -- at work when the I got the call from the FBI that we had to shut down all 80 branches immediately starting with our main branch and office building that was 2 blocks away from the Federal building. I heard my Grandmother talk about listening to FDR on the radio with Pearl Harbor. Like her - this is something I will never forget.
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Well said, George. So many of us join you and all freedom-loving folks across the globe in your thoughts.

It's said over and over, but bears repeating: freedom isn't free.

Pucks certainly take a back seat on this Patriot Day.


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Ethel Meek Collins Hansen died Jan. 21, 2013, at the age of 92.
Mrs. Hansen was a resident of Oakhurst for 21 years, and lived in Fresno for the past 23 years.
She was born Nov. 21, 1920 in Berenda to William and Lillian Meek.
During WWII, she served in Washington D.C. in WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) -- a division of the U.S. Navy.
Mrs. Hansen and her husband owned Oakhurst Auto Parts.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers William, Robert, Sidney, and Leonard Meek; sisters Anne Whitaker and Marjorie Pedigo; first husband George Collins; second husband Howard Hansen; and son George Collins Jr.
Mrs. Hansen is survived by son Michael Collins and wife Ann; daughters Patricia McMahon and husband Jim, and Janice Gilbert and husband John; grandchildren Jamie Norcross, Christina Reeves, Corey Woods, great-grandchildren Derrik, Desirae, Edward, Cassidy, Corina, Sydnee and Chett; great-great grandchildren Madison and Scott; sister-in-law Norma Meek; sister-in-law Sharon Collins; and many nieces and nephews.
She was buried Jan. 28 in Oakhill Cemetery in Oakhurst.
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Director Neil (The Crying Game, In Dreams) Jordan once crafted what was (and still remains) quite possibly one of the greatest vampire films of all time. But unfortunately, time has not been fair to Jordan. His newest film and latest attempt at striking genre gold (as he did with Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles) has far too many flaws to match up with such a masterpiece as Anne Rice's beloved adaptation of her own classic epic novel. That being said, Byzantium is a far from terrible movie. It does, after all, still have that grand scope that all of Jordan's films contain. And, much like many of his other films, it features a stunning performance or two along the way.
Saorise (Atonement, Hanna) Ronan and Gemma (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Quantum of Solace) Arterton provide wonderful performances as the film's two lead characters, but the tale is not nearly as convincing or engrossing as it should have been. After all, if your script is already asking the audience to sustain their disbelief and not only accept but actually buy the premise of vampires, the moviegoers should at least be given a reason to do so. In other words, we all have to care. Which, not for lack of trying on the director or his stars, is sadly far from the case. What we get is an overly-confusing and far too drawn-out story that never once seems real, doesn't even try to make its characters likable or sympathetic, and quite honestly, banks entirely on the star-power on the movie poster.
The film does have its positives, though. It is not only beautifully filmed, but the epic scope (though distracting) makes it come off as a piece of modern art. It does not feel like a new movie, which is saying something. There are several scenes that could have added action sequences, but the director instead chose for subtlety. And then there's the vampire special effects. There weren't a whole lot of them, but when they happened on screen, they were spot-on. This is not a great film, but it is what it is. If you are a vampire fanatic, you will enjoy this new twist on the mythos. If you are not, you will be sorely disappointed.


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Are your closets and cupboards bursting with possessions you no longer need? Now could be a good time to prune your unwanted belongings. And the amount of money you'll make may pleasantly surprise you, especially if you're trying to build up your cash reserves like many other people these days.
Tim Luke, an appraiser and auctioneer in Hobe Sound, Fla., who stars in HGTV's "Cash in the Attic," says, "From my travels around the country, I'm convinced that the average household has $1,000 to $2,000 of potential cash in stuff that they don't use."
The key to successfully selling your castoffs, obviously enough, is finding the right market for them. There are eager buyers for virtually anything that clutters your house, garage, or storage unit. That even includes a plastic bag of soda can pull tabs. Believe it or not, a bag of pull tabs may draw bidders on eBay. A recent search for "pull tab" on that Web site turned up 314 results.
So make room in a corner of your garage and fill it with the possessions that you want to unload. Then select the sale method below that should put the most money in your pocket. First we've listed the methods that will probably take the most time. But for the right items, more time can translate into more cash.
Called garage sales, yard sales, or tag sales, some people adore this American institution. Others hate the idea of spending a weekend haggling with strangers about whether a dog-eared copy of "Valley of the Dolls" is worth a dime or a nickel.
Yard-sale shoppers are likely to snap up clothing and small household goods at bargain prices. So you'll make the most money in the least amount of time if you have many inexpensive, portable items to sell.
Don't underestimate the importance of "portable." Kris and Jack Herzberg of Ridgewood, N.J., teamed up with a neighbor to hold a three-day yard sale last spring. They made about $800 selling clothing, baby gear, and household goods. But no one bought the rolltop desk or Craftsman-style bookcase they had kept in storage since they combined households a decade ago. "I don't know what we were thinking," Kris says. "People would have had to come with a van to buy that big furniture."
Running a weekend yard sale is a workout. You have to haul all the stuff that you want to sell out of your garage, put price tags on everything, and spend the day bargaining with buyers. Then you'll have to move what doesn't sell back into your garage so it will stay safe from thieves and the elements, only to haul it out again the next day.
But first find out if your town requires you to get a permit to hold a yard sale. For example, the Herzbergs had to pay $5 for a permit good for two consecutive days. If you live in Brookline, Mass., you're required to get a permit from town hall but there's no charge for it.
You also need to publicize your sale. You can place classified ads in local newspapers and on free Web sites like Craigslist, Kijiji, GarageSaleHunter, and YardSaleSearch. Be sure to mention any special collectibles that you'll be selling. It's also a good idea to make advertising flyers that you can post on bulletin boards in local businesses and supermarkets. Make large, easy-to-read poster-board signs that you can stake along major routes directing shoppers to your home. You can read more pointers in "Your Hidden Money! How to Have Your Own Profitable Yard, Garage, Block or Estate Sale" (Aztex Corp., 2001).
Holding a yard sale is relatively inexpensive. Aside from any newspaper ads, your only other expense may be $10 or so for paper, poster board, and markers to make flyers and signs. Even if your town requires a permit, it will probably cost no more than a few bucks.
Putting items up for sale on eBay or Amazon will attract millions of potential buyers, so you'll need to have some marketing and tech savvy to make your offerings stand apart from the rest.
Use a simple size and weight test to decide if you should sell something online. "Don't do it if it's big and heavy and difficult to ship," says Skip McGrath, co-author of "Titanium eBay, Second Edition: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire Powerseller" (Alpha, 2009). Do consider selling an item online if you can pack it in a box and take it to a post office without risking a hernia.
If you want to get a sense of how popular your item might be and how much it might sell for on eBay, check the prices of similar items on the site's "completed listings" (meaning the auction has ended). You'll have to register first, but you can do so free. Click on "advanced search" and then check "show completed listings only." There's also a helpful tutorial explaining the steps to selling on the site.
To find information about selling items on Amazon.com, go to the site's Quick Start page.
You need to write descriptions and take photographs of everything you want to sell, post listings online, answer e-mail from potential bidders, and ship whatever sells to the winning bidder. If that sounds too onerous, another option is to use the services of an eBay drop-off store. You can find one in your neighborhood by searching the local Yellow Pages or at yellowpages.com. Most of the stores, which are not part of eBay, will only accept items that are likely to fetch $50 or more, but then they will take care of posting the photos and descriptions, packing and shipping sold items to buyers, and collecting your money for you.
McGrath estimates that you'll pay fees equal to about 10 percent of the money you make from items sold on eBay. The fees include such services as posting your listing, completing a sale, and receiving payment through PayPal, which allows you to accept credit-card payment without establishing an expensive merchant credit-card account. If you use an eBay drop-off store, expect to pay a 30 percent to 40 percent commission.
You owe Amazon money only if your item sells. Commissions range from 6 percent to 15 percent of the sale price, depending on the product. Amazon also levies a closing fee that varies by item, and charges 99 cents for each transaction.
If you own valuable antiques or collectibles you no longer want, auctions can be a place to find likely buyers. Auction houses range from major players like Christie's and Sotheby's, which often sell artwork and rare antiques for millions of dollars, to small-town auction houses that will handle less rarified objects, perhaps selling them at your local Elks Club.
You'll probably get the highest price for a bona-fide antique or collectible by selling it at auction. If you're not sure about the rarity or value of, say, an antique chest or ceramic vase you no longer want, look for similar items in reference books or on Web sites that cater to collectors. Your local library will probably have "Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles 2009 Price Guide" (Krause Publications, 2008) or similar illustrated books. Or check out Kovels.com, which features prices on more than 600,000 antiques and collectibles.
Finding an auction house for the object you want to sell may require some effort. Take a few photographs of your stuff and write detailed descriptions that you can send to potential auctioneers. Be sure to mention any restoration or repairs and note the item's provenance, especially if you have proof that a famous person once owned it. For the names of auction houses that deal with the type of item you want to sell, check "Kovels' Yellow Pages Second Edition: A Resource Guide for Collectors" (Random House, 2003). To find local auctioneers, check your Yellow Pages or yellowpages.com.
Fees are negotiable and often depend on how much an auctioneer wants your item in a sale. You might be able to get an auctioneer to pay to ship your item to the auction house, for example. In general, you'll pay a sales commission equal to 10 to 25 percent of the sale price. Some auction houses that specialize in selling inexpensive objects charge about 25 to 50 percent.
Ask in advance about the rules for setting a reserve price, below which you will not sell. If your item doesn't move, some auctioneers may charge you a fee of about 5 percent of the reserve price. Some auctioneers may offer to hold your item until their next sale, when they will try to sell it again at a lower price or with no reserve. If it still fails to find a buyer, expect to pay another fee.
The tax collector will also want a cut of your profits. The Internal Revenue Service taxes the proceeds from the sale of collectibles as capital gains, generally at a maximum rate of 28 percent. Under IRS regulations, collectibles include works of art, rugs, antiques, metals (such as gold, silver, and platinum bullion), gems, stamps, coins, or alcoholic beverages that you've held more than a year, like a bottle of first-growth Bordeaux. Your profit or loss is the difference between the basis, usually your purchase price, and the sale price. You must keep receipts that establish the basis.
When large pieces of furniture failed to sell at their yard sale, the Herzbergs called a local consignment shop to pick up the items and try to sell them in return for a commission. Although it took about a year for the furniture to sell, at least the couple no longer had to pay more than $100 a month to keep it in a storage unit.
Consignment-shop owners generally don't want to bother with poor-quality furniture, and some take only antiques. Other items an owner may take, like clothing or household goods, should also be in great shape.
Find local consignment shops by doing a ZIP code search on the Web site of the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops. Once you find a shop, stop by with a few sample items or photos of things you'd like it to consign.
The shop owner will suggest a price for your item and split the proceeds 50-50 with you if it sells. He or she may reduce the asking price if your item doesn't sell in 30, 60, or 90 days. After that, you may have to take it back. Whatever the agreement, get it in writing.
Today local newspapers and Pennysavers have competition from free online listing services like Craigslist and Kijiji. It makes sense to run a free online ad first, and resort to paid advertising only if your free ads don't muster any interest.
Use classified ads to dispose of items that are bulky or basic, like the air conditioner that doesn't fit in your new windows or the bright red IKEA bookcase that your spouse often suggests would make terrific kindling.
Write the ad and find out how to submit it. In general, people looking to buy used household goods through classified ads expect to pay around 10 percent to 20 percent of what it would cost for them to buy a similar item in a store.
Don't invite potential buyers to your home to inspect the item until you've discussed it with them in detail on the telephone and given them a clear idea of the price. "Make sure you're not home alone when potential buyers come over," McGrath adds.
Craigslist and Kijiji are free, while costs to advertise in newspapers and on their Web sites vary widely. You might pay less than $50 for an ad in your neighborhood newspaper but $75 to $150 or so to place one in a large daily.
If efforts to sell your unwanted stuff are unsuccessful, call Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or other charity and ask it to come to your house to pick up leftover items. Then you can take a tax deduction for donations of used clothing and household items that are in good or better condition.
You'll have to do a little legwork to figure out how much you should deduct. The IRS says that the fair market value of used clothing and household goods is the price that buyers would pay for them in a consignment or thrift shop. Some charities provide valuation guides on their Web sites to help you figure out how big a deduction you should claim. For example, the Salvation Army values men's suits in good condition at $15 to $60 each, while Goodwill pegs them at $10 to $30. Choose an amount that makes sense given the garment's age and quality. Tax preparation software, such as TurboTax and TaxCut, also includes valuation guides.
It's important to maintain a paper trail of your contributions in case the IRS audits you. Different rules apply depending on the value of your gifts. If you claim a tax deduction for a noncash contribution worth less than $250, the charity should give you a written acknowledgment that includes its name, the date and location of your donation, and a description of your gift. If the value of your donation falls between $250 and $500, the acknowledgment must also say whether you received goods or services in return (and if you did, an estimate of the value).
The more generous you are, the more paperwork you'll have to fill out. If your gift is worth more than $500, you must attach Form 8283 to your tax return. For donations valued at $5,000 or more, you must also send the IRS a written appraisal of your gift. You can deduct the cost of the appraisal, however, subject to the 2 percent limit for miscellaneous itemized deductions.
This article appeared in the July 2009 issue of Consumer Reports Money Adviser.


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This book was created from emails and photos that I took as Ryan was born and went through open heart surgery to save his tiny life. We knew of his condition ahead of time and I was there to help take care of his big sister, my son and his wife and to keep the family and friends across the country up to date on his progress. I also took photos and kept a website so that our praying friends could keep up with everything. I realized later that the emails, which I still had, made a perfect diary which we were too busy to keep separately. I also found that since my daughter-in-law was with Ryan every day in the hospital, she had never even seen the email that I was sending out. When she saw them, she cried and it made her remember both the bad and the very good times. It was a perfect way to capture the journey. I made this book for them, for the doctors that took care of Ryan so that they could show parents going through the same thing that there is indeed hope, and for Ryan who will want this when he's a grown-up having his own children.
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All we could say when we saw these were FAB-U-LOUS! The movement, the fringe, the feather-like shape, the bangle to match...wheeeeew, so knock-out gorgeous, we wanted everything by this fab jewelry designer, Anna Sheffield, who created these Bespoke teardrop fringe earrings ($350).They're a little punk, a little 70's, and can be paired with a ripped t-shirt, a leather or tuxedo jacket, some skinnies, and some "I'm gonna getcha" black vinyl, platform stiletto pumps. Did we just describe Debbie Harry, or what? She's so chic.
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- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling, divided
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat in water and oil until smooth.
- Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. heart-shaped baking pans. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Beat in cream and extract. Place one cake on a serving plate; spread with half of cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Top with 1 cup pie filling and second cake; spread with remaining cream cheese mixture. Make a heart-shaped indentation in center of cake; fill with remaining pie filling. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12 servings.
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"I love this cake as well it just adds a bit of charm for that special someone. I also tried it with banana and took off the can cherries and dipped chocolate bananas and it was a hit"
"This cake is delicious!!! I reduced the sugar in the cake to 1 1/2 cups, and it still tasted marvelous! It has a wonderful, light vanilla-chocolate flavor! I didn't make the frosting recipe since we didn't have cream or cream cheese, so I just used half of a simple buttercream frosting recipe instead. I also used light cherry pie filling. Tasted wonderful! I used a 9 x 13 inch heart shaped pan and had to bake it almost twice as long, but it still turned out great! I just split it into two layers. I would definitely recommend making this; it not only tastes great but looks perfect for Valentine's Day!"
"I've made this recipe several times and we just love it."
"I made this cake for my 3rd wedding anniversary & my husband loved it! It taste like cherry cheesecake to me! I will be making this on Valentines day for years to come....starting next year when our son is older so he will have a Valentine's day tradition since we have one for every other holiday! This is an amazing recipe, kudos to the chef!! :)"
"I've made this every Valentine's Day since it first appeared on the back cover. Although I make it with strawberries and have cheated by using a boxed mix, the family loves it!"


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Obtaining your national phlebotomy certification can lead to a rewarding career. Before taking your certification exam, you must first complete an accredited phlebotomy program including the required clinical work hours. To be eligible for a phlebotomy program, you must be at least 18 years of age, be a legal resident of the United States, and have received your high school diploma or GED (high school equivalency certificate). After completing your classroom education and logging the required hours of on the job experience, you are eligible to take the certification exam.
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There are several exams to choose from, but state laws and regulations may dictate which exam you should take for your particular state. Each certification program will have their individual application requirements, rules and exams. With each accredited program, you can earn a designation of Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), Phlebotomy Technician (PBT), Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT), or the National Certified Phlebotomy Technician (NCPT).
Each designation simply refers to which accredited organization sponsored the national certification program. One designation does not indicate that you are trained in any specialty and all designations received the same accredited training and education. If you would like to take your phlebotomy skills a step further, one option is to gain clinical experience in a donor blood bank where you can earn the designation of Donor Phlebotomy Technician (DBT).
Accredited National Phlebotomy Certification and Training Organizations
NHA Certification
National Healthcareer Association (NHA) is an accredited organization that specializes in aiding those who which to obtain a career in the healthcare field. This organization can help you select NHA accredited programs in your area for your field of choice. They will also help you prepare and register for your national phlebotomy certification exam in your state. Once you pass your certification exam, through the National Healthcareer Association, you can earn the credentials of Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).
ASCP Certification
The American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) is an accredited organization that specializes in only certifying only those interested in receiving a career in the laboratory setting, including phlebotomy. The ASCP is the largest organization in certifying laboratory professionals. With the ASCP, qualification comes to those through post secondary education (usually an associate's degree), and work experience. Individuals who obtain a certificate of completion from an ASCP accredited program tend to have to do less on the job experience than those who do not. Just as with the NHA programs, the ASCP will also assist you in choosing an accredited program and registering for your national phlebotomy certification exam. Once you pass your exam, your certification credentials will be Phlebotomy Technician by American Society of Clinical Pathologists (PBTASCP).
NAACLS MLT Certification
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) is an accredited organization the assists those who wish to enter a career path in the laboratory sciences such as histology and pathology. Although they are primarily known for such designations as a Medical Licensed Technician (MLT) and Pathologist, which require bachelor's degrees and various other requirements, they now offer assistance in obtaining phlebotomy certifications as well.
AMT Certification
American Medical Technologists (AMT) is an accredited organization that also sponsors national certification exams and has AMT accredited training programs. Although the education is the same, the AMT tends to require more clinical hours performed, usually 1,040, before you can qualify to take the exam. AMT exams cover 8 areas of phlebotomy including patient care, clerical skills and safety procedures. The AMT will give a designation of Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT).
American Society of Clinical Sciences (ASCLS) is an accredited organization that focuses on careers based in a clinical setting. Unlike the ASCP, post secondary work is not required. Clinical hours required may be anywhere from 500 to 1,000 hours before you qualify for certification exam. Your credentialing will be Phlebotomy Technician (PBT).
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) is an independent organization with no affiliation to any other organization and does not recommend any programs for training. However, they will assist you in registering for your national phlebotomy exam and you will earn the designation of National Certified Phlebotomy Technician (NCPT).
Online National Phlebotomy Certification
Although obtaining phlebotomy education and training is possible online, it is important to note that hospitals do NOT recognize online classes as an accredited and approved programs. If working at a hospital is not your objective, however, then online education and training may be a viable option for you. Keep in mind, that it may limit some of the job possibilities and you will still have to fulfill all clinical work hours required to qualify for national phlebotomy certification exam. Once again, the credentials that you receive will depend on which accredited organization that you choose.
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Licensed Phlebotomist
Some states require that phlebotomists be licensed in order to draw blood in their state and may require additional educational programs in conjunction with becoming a nationally certified phlebotomist. These states include, as of 2011: Hawaii, North Dakota, Georgia, Montana, California, Nevada, Tennessee, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Louisiana, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and New York. Check with your state officials to find the requirements for your state.


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Here's a funky collectible prop: one of the arrows Inara used with her bow – the one you never saw because it was CG'ed into some kind of bowcaster thing.
This arrow is made out of a light wood, hasblack feather fletching and rubber tipped pointes which are painted silver. The bow and arrows were used by Inara in the end scenes when the group face the Reavers, but during post-production, the weapon was replaced by a gun with the use of CGI. The arrow measure 78cm (30.5") long.


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James Woodard is quiet for a minute, as he lights a cigarette with a disposable lighter. He's careful with his Kool, exhaling downward into the kitchen sink, tapping the ashes into the drain. Gravity blends with the silence and the smoke in the little kitchen, because of who this man is and what he's done and what has been done to him.
Woodard moved in last night, and it couldn't have taken long, since his furniture consists of exactly one item, a futon, now folded up like a clam. The rest of his worldly possessions fit into five small cardboard boxes. You've seen his apartment if you've ever seen any apartment: beige carpet, refrigerator, paint, and linoleum; one bedroom; an L-shaped balcony outside a sliding glass door. The angry dents in the front door--there's a story there--are barely obscured by a fresh coat of brown paint. A plastic bottle of Palmolive dish soap on the kitchen counter is emerald and somehow beautiful against all the earth tones.
In the living area hang three glass shelves designed for tchotchkes, now holding bottles of water labeled with the apartment's name, The Landing at Bear Creek. It's in Euless. It's close to the airport. It's not bad; there are live oak and gum trees, the grass is cut, and the planes taking off from DFW to the east fly low but they're not deafening. The 20 or so red brick buildings in the complex look like mansions, Woodard had said to someone asking for directions, and he was not being ironic.
For the first half of his life, James Woodard may as well have been invisible. For the second half, he positively disappeared. But in the last three weeks, he's been interviewed on 60 Minutes and by local TV and newspapers. CNN's cameras peeked over his shoulder as he applied for a driver's license. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, bless its bureaucratic heart, would not hurry up the process despite the obvious importance of this man. Woodard didn't mind. Texas government had already wasted over 27 years of his time. What was a few days more?
"Yeah, there was television in prison," Woodard is saying. "But once you started watching, fiction and reality merged. I couldn't imagine the world as it is. I saw a character on TV talking on a cell phone, but I didn't realize everyone had a cell phone. TV prepares you from being shocked but not from being amazed.
"Imagine if you'd been asleep for 27 years. Everything has physically, literally, and figuratively changed."
Especially Dallas. All Woodard's memories of his hometown predate 1981. And then, three weeks ago, everything was suddenly different. "When I saw the city--amazing. I know the direction--but it's not there. I wasn't prepared for that. It's all apartment complexes and high-rises. I'm a stranger in my own city." Like other exonerees, Woodard is disoriented.
Exonerated. Dallas. DA. DNA. You've heard these words together. Of the 17 men from Dallas County whose convictions have been overturned in the past seven years, Woodard served the longest for a crime he had nothing to do with. He's out because of five things: the hard work of the Innocence Project of Texas; the incontrovertibility of evidence based on deoxyribonucleic acid; the absolute fluke that this physical evidence was saved; the new district attorney, Craig Watkins; and Woodard's own relentlessness. A web of malice and lies had put him in prison in the first place.
The daily insult of his existence for over two and a half decades changed him, made him a considerable man. Nothing he says or does for the rest of his life will be trivial.
This is the story of James Woodard.
Poets and songwriters offer a wide range of metaphors for the tick of the clock. Shakespeare compared time to a thief, a whirligig, and a noiseless foot, and to "waves toward a pebbled shore." Something in that last one works best for a lot of people. If time is the river we're all floating in, powerful hands held Woodard underwater from age 28 until three weeks ago. He'll be 56 in October.
James Lee Woodard was born at "old Parkland" in 1952, the son of Lorena and a no-account, hit-and-run man named K.C. "One of those secret family deals," Woodard says. "My father was never a force in my life. I saw him occasionally." Lorena, struggling financially to raise James and his little sister Youlanda on the slim wages of a maid at the Sheraton, surrendered her 5-year-old son to her parents. Maggie and Leo Woodard and their grandson lived at 939 Church Street in Oak Cliff. This chunk of Church is a dead end, about 300 yards long. A neighbor has spray painted "NO TRASPASIN" on the fence out front. It might have looked all right back then, but now it's tumbledown homes and mobile homes made permanent, all hard by Interstate 35. The lot is vacant now, in spitting distance of the roaring highway. It's bordered by a vintage blue Band-Aid box of a trailer on one side and by Mora's Progressive Insurance Agency on the other.
"I always loved school," Woodard says. He attended N.W. Harlee Elementary and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Junior High. The teacher he remembers best is Mrs. Graham, who compelled her language arts students at Harlee to produce a 10-page paper, tough duty for fourth-graders. Little James tried to finesse the situation by writing in a very large hand, and with a great deal of space between words, but Mrs. Graham knew this game. She insisted that her students think and organize and produce something coherent. And thus began Woodard's fondness for the written word and writing.
We're eating lunch at Pappadeaux on Lemmon--Woodard and his saviors from the Innocence Project of Texas, Jeff Blackburn and Clay Graham. To complement his broiled shrimp and dirty rice, Woodard orders a glass of "dark wine," a phrase our server, Ivan, does not comprehend. He tries again, index finger on the wine list, asking for a Clos du Bois Merlot, pronouncing the phrase phonetically. "Close do boys mare lot." It works; Ivan brings the wine, and it is good.
Woodard looks fit but is far from jailhouse ripped. About average height, shaved head, sloped shoulders, dark dress slacks, and a new polo shirt. Arcing black eyebrows frame eyes that never look away. But his physical being is less powerful than the force of his personality; despite his mangled French, you can feel his intellect. Woodard is quoted verbatim herein. For example, he really did say that for him Dallas has changed "physically, literally, and figuratively." Even with that flourish, his utterances are seldom undermined by theatricality or by lack of noun-verb agreement. Our conversations undoubtedly presage a future of hearing "What's it like to be out? What was it like to be in?" But for now, he is patient and sincere, and he reminisces easily about everything except one thing: the humiliating details of his life in a cage.
"At age 14, I turned rebellious," Woodard says. His sudden sass and independence made Grandpa feel too old to be a parent, so young James moved in with his mother and sister at their apartment in what Woodard calls "North Dallas," although today's North Dallas is at least 10 miles north of the corner of State and Hall streets.
"It was a new way of living, period," he says. "The things I couldn't do, I could do--staying out late, number one. I was starting to notice the other sex. This time was memorable. It was '67, '68, the first big years of integration. But integration was not a problem for me. I just like people. I don't give a preference to a race."
He was a good-looking young man, a sharp dresser with his hair in a natural--an afro, that is, not too big, with substantial sideburns. "Clothes were a very important feature to operate in the country I was living in," Woodard says. "Clothes were your signature." His look matched his laid-back, muted personality: no suits, never any silk, and no loud colors. Good cotton or wool. He wore turtlenecks and tank tops over flares and platform heels, not too high. No peacock, he didn't go for the puka shells, mood rings, and flashy jewelry other young black men wore in the 1970s. He looked good in a felt or leather hat. Smooth.
He worked as a busboy, getting out of Alex W. Spence Junior High and Crozier Technical High School early to report to the now defunct Lucas B&B and other restaurants on Lemmon. After his 2-to-10 shift, there was time to see the girls and share some wine or weed. His music matched his mood; he liked jazz and ballads from Fleetwood Mac and Heart. In the summer, he loved to swim in the blue water at the public pools. After he broke up with a girl, they invariably remained friends. He was easy to know and easy to talk to. His nickname was Dick.
Woodard's two-year, three-part career as a criminal began at age 17, when he and an older guy broke into an empty building on Ross, just to see if they could do it. They parked their car right in front of the building. He got probation. A year later, having dropped out of Crozier Tech, he impulsively snatched a $50 watch off a rack at a shop in The Quadrangle on Routh Street. He got three years. They let him out after he'd served 13 months at Ferguson Correctional Unit in Midway, 20 miles northwest of Huntsville. The final event in his crime spree occurred a year later, when a friend came by in a sharp '68 Ford LTD and Woodard, now 19, got in. "He gave me the impression that he owned the car," says Woodard, but it had been borrowed from a relative's used car lot. And when his friend was tardy returning it, Woodard was swept up in the crime. He got six months, which was reduced to time served, six days.
And that was it. A senator's son involved in similar scrapes might not have done a day. A good lawyer might have had the charges reduced or dropped. But young men working as busboys or (his next job) in shipping and receiving don't get good lawyers. Woodard's minor crimes would haunt him 10 years later. His unwitting joyride in that four-door Ford counted, nonsensically, as a felony. State law allows a prosecutor to bring up prior bad acts; at a trial, Woodard could be portrayed as a jailbird, a habitual offender, and--ugly word--a felon.
"In Texas," says Innocence Project lawyer Blackburn, "you're never allowed to pay off your debt."
On Tuesday, December 30, 1980, Dallas basked in the afterglow of the Cowboys' 34-13 win over the Los Angeles Rams two days earlier. Danny White was throwing, Drew Pearson was catching, and Tony Dorsett was running. The city held its breath in anticipation of the next playoff game, with Atlanta, on January 4.
Against this background, the murder of a black girl in South Dallas didn't make much of a splash.
A motorist spotted Beverly Ann Jones' nude body as he drove on South Loop 12 over the Trinity River bottoms. She'd been raped and strangled, probably the previous night. A tragedy: Jones was 18 and pretty, and now she lay naked in the harsh, cold sun.
The Dallas police learned that Jones had been dating James Woodard. "We'd been going out about seven or eight months," Woodard says. But the relationship had run its course. "We were still seeing each other, but it had got to the point where we were getting on each other's nerves." They'd slept together the previous weekend, but the night Jones was murdered, Woodard spent the night with another woman, Ruby Nichols. She and her aunt confirmed this when asked.
Almost immediately, something strange occurred in the investigation. Having identified the dead girl, the police went to her house. And Beverly Jones' stepfather said that he'd seen her get into a car with James Woodard the night she was killed. Oscar Edwards had actually seen no such thing, as he admitted much, much later. Woodard would have a long time to wonder about the man's motivation. Did Edwards resent the younger man for his coolness, his friendliness, his clothes, or for being 10 years older than Beverly? He never said.
"I was never around the stepfather enough to know that he disliked me," Woodard says. "I only met him two or three times. He didn't have much to say. He'd go into his room when I came to visit."
When a police detective informed Woodard of the murder, he watched his face very closely. The detective would later testify that the victim's erstwhile boyfriend did not act sufficiently shocked at the news of her murder. The police invited their only suspect to come to the station to talk. They locked him up when he got there. This was January. The trial began in May.
Woodard met his attorney--an overloaded public defender--the day before the trial began. We the People were represented in the Beverly Jones murder case by the office of Henry Wade, the Dallas district attorney whose convictions are now being overturned at the fastest rate in the nation. Assistants named Rick Russell and Luther Layman handled the prosecution with the boss's win-at-all-costs style--even if it meant concealing the truth.
A couple of days before the trial, the police shared important new information with Russell and Layman: the night Beverly Jones was killed, witnesses had seen her get into a car with three men in a 7-Eleven parking lot. Eddie Woodard (no relation), a registered sex offender, disappeared after the murder. About three weeks later, another of the men in the car, Theodore Blaylock, was charged with the sexual assault of a woman he'd threatened to kill. He was in jail during James Woodard's trial and was eventually convicted of the crime. Blaylock died the next year, in 1982, at the hand of a woman he was attempting to rape.
The prosecutors kept the existence of the three men from the defense until after the trial, when it was too late, violating a crucial ethical standard.
Although no physical evidence tied Woodard to the rape and murder of Beverly Jones--the tire tracks next to her body didn't match the Goodyears on his car, and there was no evidence that Jones had been in his Buick LeSabre, or that the car had been in the muddy river bottom--the jury found Oscar, the lying father-in-law of the victim, more credible than Ruby, the new girlfriend of the accused. They believed, apparently, the prosecutor's fiction that Woodard was a habitual criminal. And, of course, the 12 citizens didn't hear about the men who picked up Beverly Jones in their car at the 7-Eleven the night she was killed.
Woodard was guilty, the jury said. He got life.
"I knew god wasn't a bondsman, a guard, a judge, or a lawyer," Woodard is saying, having been asked if his religious faith pulled him through. "I see so many guys in trouble go to church. They want something. I only asked his help to keep me mentally strong. He gave me a mind, a body, a sense of right and wrong, and strength."
We're eating again, at Simply Burgers at S.H. 360 and Trinity Boulevard, in unprepossessing, soulless Euless. Woodard is disappointed that malts are not on the beverage menu. He struggles to find the straw access point in the lid of his soft drink. He says that he didn't light a cigarette during his long incarceration but now that he's out, he's smoking again, the same brand he bought back in 1980. The Kool pack, he observes, was white then. Now it's green.
Woodard knows I want to know about prison, and I know he doesn't want to talk about it. "You ever have a nightmare?" he asks rhetorically. "The last thing you want to do is go back. What is the interest? It's a lot of things that are horrifying. Do people like horror stories?"
Our conversations on life inside have been uncomfortable. My questions are too blunt or too stupid--especially the one about air-conditioning.
Did you think about revenge?
But that jury--
"I can't even recall one juror's face."
You were in some fights. What were they about?
"Disagreements. A guy in a bad mood. I didn't have many fights."
Ever have any interesting cellmates, or one that became a friend?
"Wasn't any gangs, not until the '90s or late '90s. No, it wasn't any problem for me. I kept to myself."
Do any time in solitary?
"A time or two for various reasons. I never stayed long."
You met with parole boards at least a dozen times. Bet you remember their faces.
"It was different people. They'd say, 'Why did you do it?' As long as I said I didn't do it, it showed that I wasn't rehabilitated."
When 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley asked him why he didn't admit to the crime as a way to show remorse and get paroled, Woodard said, "I wasn't guilty. I mean, a man has to stand for something." He wouldn't lie to get out of prison. He wouldn't lie.
Following his conviction, Woodard peered through the metal mesh on the windows of a white prison bus, headed south. The convicted murderer was assigned to the toughest maximum-security prison in Texas, our Alcatraz, Ellis One, north of Huntsville. His cell was very close to that perfect expression of human misery, death row.
"I was overwhelmed that I had a life sentence for a crime I didn't, wouldn't, would never contemplate committing," Woodard says. "But you're not going to get any kind of pity. Fear is something you don't show on entering a prison. Every man looks at you for some sign of fear or weakness.
"My desire to get out kept me kind of detached. I had other matters on my mind. Where was the law library located? I wanted to get some books. Of course I was angry, but if you get in a legal situation, nothing will get you out except legal. After I read in a book how prosecutors think--win at all costs--I never thought it was personal."
He worked in the fields at first, the worst job in the place. Then he got a much better gig, out of the sun and weather, in the laundry, as a washer. He didn't make friends with the dryer or the folder. The temptation to form alliances is irresistible for most inmates, but Woodard remained aloof and alone. "It's illogical to think you can meet any challenge, but I used to try to outthink a bully," he says. "Or try to put two of them together." He avoided groups, such as those playing basketball. Any game might erupt in a fight. "There were altercations to relieve their frustrations. I tried not to be the object they relieved them on."
He spent eight years at Ellis One, then moved every two to four years to other prisons in the system: Wynne, Pack, Allred, Robertson, Powledge. There would be no warning--at about midnight, a guard would tell him to put his belongings in a bag. They'd cuff his hands, usually, and he'd take his seat on the white bus and go for a ride to a new home with concertina wire and guards. Everywhere it was strict routines and bland food, an Everest of peanut butter sandwiches, and Jell-O for dessert, when there was dessert. Every day was chopped in little pieces by a flat voice on the intercom: "Twelve o'clock recreation. One hour." He didn't eat breakfast. He worked in the laundry for the last few years, as a folder of white inmate shirts. This was at Powledge, the prison he considers the best in the system.
"Air-conditioning?" Woodard snorts. "Air what? Come on. We had God's air-conditioning. But they allowed you to purchase fans. They've got a killer fan now called the Whirlwind."
What Woodard did mostly in prison was read--law books and history, rarely fiction, except for John Grisham's legal thrillers--and write. "Motions and writs when I wasn't filing grievances against the system," Woodard says. "Hundreds of them? Without a doubt. I had the proverbial chip on my shoulder. I gave 'em a hard time."
In a hand that looked like it came from a penmanship text, Woodard channeled Mrs. Graham, his fourth-grade teacher:
March 31, 1985
Dear Mr. Wade,
As you may recall, I've written to you several times in the past concerning my conviction. Each time one of your assistants would respond by saying "a jury of your peers found you guilty so no further investigation of your case is warranted." Be that as it may, but I am not the person responsible for the crime I was convicted of. I have a life sentence for a crime I had no part of in the slightest way. I'm probably the only prisoner in Texas who drove himself voluntarily to jail. " I was under the impression that murders are investigated very thoroughly but obviously I was wrong. I was even denied a lie detector test! " I really would like to know one thing: if you found out for yourself that I was innocent, would you let me go?
James Woodard #323771
He wrote a lot of letters like that. He was ignored.
Woodard had very few visitors over the years. Neither his mother nor his sister drove, so they had to take a bus. Maybe three or four times they saw their only brother, their only son. His mother Lorena passed on December 29, 1998. James Woodard, of course, was not allowed to attend her funeral.
And the hours and days and years in prison dripped like calcium carbonate off the roof of a cavern, an imponderably slow and steady process that turns men's lives into icicles of stone.
If television is candy to prisoners, the O.J. Simpson case was crack cocaine. But while others merely watched the 1995 double murder trial for its considerable entertainment value, Woodard studied it. He came away with questions: who was this defense attorney, Barry Scheck, whose bad suits and bad hair and New York accent made him so different from the other preeners in the courtroom? He's the DNA expert? What is that? Scheck co-founded the Innocence Project in 1992? What did they do? Could they help him?
Woodard sent a new series of letters to the world, and soon his pleas had the increased gravity that only mechanical type can bring. His dear sister, Youlanda, had given him a vintage Smith Corona, complete with ribbons and a jar of correction fluid.
An excruciatingly slow process had begun. The heroes of the exoneration of James Woodard would be Jeff Blackburn and Clay Graham of the Innocence Project of Texas, and Texas Wesleyan law student Alexis Hoff, who read Woodard's thick file in 2001 and said, "This just doesn't add up." (The Texas Innocence Project affiliates with various law schools, for the free labor and idealism.) Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins had the courage to cooperate with the Innocence Project people, not to stonewall as bureaucrats do. The villains in the drama succumbed to the worst within themselves and their system, because the wrongful imprisonment of James Woodard was deliberate and not a mistake.
There are questions to be asked: would justice be better served if the district attorney were appointed and not elected? How many other times did the office of Henry Wade get convictions by forgetting to share evidence with the defense? Why are the penalties for such misconduct so elusive and lacking teeth? All these stories deserve some daylight, but not here. This is the story of James Woodard.
"I can see why guys go right back to prison," Woodard is saying. He's in his beige, bare apartment, stranded in Euless without a car, a man on an island without a boat. "Prison prepares you for the inside but not the outside." For example: deciding today what to do tomorrow is difficult for him. Ask him to have lunch on Tuesday and he hesitates--better call him on Tuesday. Prison planned for him for so long that now he can't plan. And he would not allow himself to think about the rest of his life until the very moment he was freed.
"The hardest part has been renting an apartment," Woodard says. "No matter what, your record is gonna pop up, so you have to explain. Most apartments are run by management companies and they just have a policy: no felons. That's why it took me three weeks to find a place."
Clay Graham, selfless man, lent Woodard his apartment during the search, and drove with him to explain exoneration to the rental agents. Neither man says it, but it seems plain that Woodard rented this place in the Mid Cities only after Dallas wouldn't take him.
Money is a problem; Woodard wouldn't survive without help from the Innocence Project of Texas. Although those who have had convictions overturned can apply to the federal or state government for monetary compensation (based on time served), it's a difficult process, and no one is guaranteed they will be granted payment. These settlements are all taxed at a high percentage (35 to 40 percent on average, Graham says). Woodard has retained counsel and is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit in federal court.
But Woodard is certain of one thing: he wants to be near his wonderful sister, Youlanda. Youlanda, who never doubted his innocence, who sent him spending money every month for all those years. "I thank the Lord that this day has come," says Youlanda, the proud mother of Brandyln and Everett. "I wish my mother was alive to see it." Youlanda worked in medical collections until recently, when her health became a problem. Her older brother James wants to help and support her the way she did him. She's the only reason he's in Dallas.
Otherwise, Woodard would be in Lubbock, doing something or other at the headquarters of the Innocence Project of Texas. Perhaps someday, he'll be the public face of Innocence, its spokesman. "I've got a chance to start over," Woodard says. "People have been so nice to me. I've been so lucky." His voice is strong.
Curt Sampson's lucky 13th book is Golf Dads: Father's, Sons, and the Greatest Game
(Houghton Mifflin, 2008).


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03 September 2008 15:03
I own a small livery yard. Unfortunately I've had to give notice to one of my liveries because, despite being asked on numerous occasions, she's not looking after her two ponies. She comes two or three times each week, looks over the fence to check they're upright and leaves. She has to be reminded to get the farrier and, although the ponies are in good health, this is only because other people on the yard look after them.
We have no contractual agreement, but I have written to her clearly stating why she has to leave and giving her notice, but I have not had any communication with her since. What can I do if she ignores my request to leave? I can't just turn the ponies out on the street.
By Your Horse
Equestrian Lawyer Belinda Walkinshaw replies:
If your livery doesn't leave, and if there is no way of physically removing the ponies from your yard without risking them coming to harm, you would have to makea claim against the livery in your local County Court.You would need to obtain a court order requiring her to vacate the premises on the basis that she no longer has any right to remain, and so is trespassing on your property. You could also claim damages from her for the time that she leaves the ponies at your yard after the notice has expired.I would suggest that in future you ask all customers to sign a contract clearly setting out their obligations in terms of looking after their horses, the amount of notice either party must give and what the procedure is if they don't go.You could, for example, include a 'lien' over the horse and any equipment left on site, which would enable you to retain or sell them if the livery bill remained unpaid.
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I, I have just read the response to this, you say she can exercise a lien 'enabling her to retain or sell...the horse and any equipment left on site' and yet in another post you ahve replied to you have stated that a lien is rarely enforcable and merely entitles retention not sale! could you clarify the law precisely here please as it is quite an important matter? thank you.
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