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On November 27, 2012, Dora V. Patton Palmer, 95, left her living family to be with her heavenly family. Dora was born October 20, 1917, in Ardmore, Oklahoma the twelfth child Frank and Dora (Sullivan) Patton.
Dora was raised in Ardmore and worked as a housekeeper, maid and was also head cook at The Gourmet. She later married Leon Hurte and to that union three children were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers and five sisters; a daughter, Burnetta Kirk; granddaughter, Patricia Wrenn; daughter-in-law, Barbra Hurte; a grandson, Harold Ray Kirk; great-grandsons, Johnathan Wrenn and Ricky Smith. Leaving to cherish her memory is her daughter, Leola Wrenn; sons, Billy Hurte and his wife, Daisy of Edmond, Leon Hurte Jr.; daughter, Darlene Kirby of Denton; close family members, Joyce and David Engle; granddaughter and caregiver, Rosa Wrenn. To also cherish her 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren; five great-great-great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Thelma Patton; and numerous friends and family.
Her home going service will be held Tuesday, December 4, at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Reverend Wilmer Cooper officiating and Reverend Abraham Walton delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow at Clearview Cemetery.
Memorial condolences may be made online at www.hdouglasfuneralhome.com.
Services under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home and Crematory.
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SAN JOSE -- Unlike the last two seasons with their almost down-to-the-wire finishes, the Sharks could clinch their 2014 playoff spot as early as Saturday night when they face the Washington Capitals.
The postseason is a foregone conclusion and, with 99 points, San Jose also is creeping into the conversation as a long-shot candidate for the Presidents Trophy. But don't expect any of the Sharks players or coaches to start speculating on how high they can finish or -- worse yet -- the ideal first-round opponent.
"Lesson number one is you never pick your opponent because all you do is get yourself in trouble," coach Todd McLellan said. "You take whoever is presented to you and do the best you can against them irregardless of how they play or what they may throw at you."
The prevailing wisdom outside the organization is that the Sharks want to finish ahead of the Anaheim Ducks so they won't have to open against the Los Angeles Kings in what would be a hard-grinding, physical series that leaves the eventual winner battered and bruised.
"That's the outside talking," Logan Couture said after an optional Friday skate. "In this room, it's win the division so you've got home-ice advantage. That's what we believe in here. Our goal is to get home-ice advantage and see who we play. It doesn't matter who we play in the West. They're going to be a good team."
McLellan won't even concede the premise that the Kings would be the most physical opponent.
"How do we know that? We don't know that. We can't assume that," he said. "There's a lot of hockey left. To begin to predict who we might play and what kind of series it might be is a complete waste of time on our behalf."
A Pacific Division title would mean a first-round matchup with one of two Western Conference wild-card teams -- at the moment, either the Minnesota Wild or Phoenix Coyotes. But there's also the possibility the Coyotes will pass the Kings -- and the Sharks could face L.A. even if San Jose finishes ahead of Anaheim.
What McLellan does acknowledge with 11 games left is that the Sharks aren't focused only on finishing higher than teams in the Pacific but in the Central Division and Eastern Conference as well. Right now, for example, San Jose trails the St. Louis Blues but leads the Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche by a narrow margin.
"We want to put ourselves in the best situation for a long run," the coach said. "Will that happen? I don't know."
With Alexander Ovechkin scoring 20 of his 46 goals on the power play, Washington was tied for first in the NHL with a 23.9 success rate with the man advantage before Friday's games.
"Their power play alone can win them games," McLellan said. "They move the puck so well. They've got triggermen all over the place. If you spend a lot of time in the penalty box, no matter how good your penalty kill is, they'll eventually get one by you."
"I thought Jumbo led the way he needed to lead," said McLellan, adding praise for linemates Burns and Joe Pavelski as well.
With the three points, Thornton moved into a tie for sixth in the NHL scoring race with 69 points. His two assists moved him into a tie for first with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, each with 58.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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Washington (33-27-11) at Sharks (46-18-7), 7:30 p.m., CSNCA

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It's been more than four years in the making, but Marietta's new community dog park is finally open to the public.
"We began working toward a dog park four-and-a-half years ago, but it's been more of a concentrated effort for the last three years," said Teresa Hayes, who's spearheaded the movement to establish the 2-acre facility at Jackson Hill Park.
She said the dog park could not have become a reality without the work of many volunteers and donations of money, time and materials from individuals and businesses.
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Dog owners, from left, Dave McCullough, Susan Wunderlich, Park Oruch and Megan States give their pets a romp in the Marietta Community Dog Park recently.
"Approximately 50 people have, at one point or another, volunteered and helped build this facility," Hayes added.
Dave McCullough, 71, of Marietta was among several people who took their pets to the dog park Thursday.
"This is one of the biggest dog parks I've seen in this area," he said as his dog, Sandy, bounded around the large, fenced enclosure with other canines.
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What-Marietta Community Dog Park.
Where-Jackson Hill Park off Cisler Drive in Marietta.
Hours of operation-6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily
McCullough said until the Marietta dog park opened a couple of weeks ago, he would take Sandy to a similar, but much smaller facility at Wood County's Mountwood Park off U.S. 50 east of Parkersburg.
"Sandy loves to come up here. She can run around the park without being on a leash and when we get home she'll lie down and won't stir the rest of the evening," he said.
Park Oruch, 30, recently moved to Marietta from Oklahoma City, and was exercising his pooches, Dre and Devin, at the dog park Thursday.
"The dog park in Oklahoma was this size or maybe bigger, and it was separated for smaller and larger dogs, but we haven't had any problem here with our large dogs mixing with the smaller ones," he said.
Hayes said future plans for the Marietta park could include a fence to separate big and small dogs.
"We may do that," she said. "It all depends on what people who use the park say they want to see there. If there's a need we could provide the separation."
Oruch, who now lives on Hillcrest Drive, said finding a suitable place to walk his dogs was difficult.
"There were no areas we could walk our two dogs," he said. "We sometimes drive them down to the riverside, but this is much easier, and we want them to socialize with other dogs and people."
His friend, Megan States, 27, said she enjoys meeting with other dog owners at the park, and likes the idea of having someplace for the dogs to run.
"After a long day at work we just want to relax, and a couple of hours here helps tire the dogs out, too," she said.
Susan Wunderlich, 60, of Tunnel, is getting used to having her dog, Ladybird, around the house.
"I've had farm dogs before, but they were outside pets," she said. "This is the first time I've had a non-farm dog that stays in the house."
Wunderlich has been to the Marietta dog park three times with her pet since the facility opened.
"It helps a lot for her to be able to let all of her energy out," she said. "And I'm meeting people who have been very helpful in teaching me about caring for a dog."
Hayes said that's one of the benefits of a dog park.
"It provides a common ground for people as well as dogs to meet," she said.
Rules have been posted for the dog park, and Hayes urges anyone making use of the facilities to be sure to read those rules.
"They're about 10 to 12 standard dog park rules and recommendations that you would find at almost any park in other cities," she said.


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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team, ranked No. 53 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Rankings, will once again face a series of tough battles this weekend, with the team taking part in the annual Rice Team Invitational in Houston.
The Islanders (7-5) have won six straight matches, but they will face another great opponent on Friday, facing off against No. 33 Oregon (12-1) in a 9 a.m. match at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on the Rice Owls campus. The only loss of the year for Oregon came against No. 30 Washington on Feb. 22.
With a tough 4-3 win over Southern Miss on Wednesday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center, the team has won two straight 4-3 matches, and three of the last four have come down to the final singles match before being decided.
After the Friday matchup against the Ducks, the Islanders will face Radford at 9 a.m. on Saturday and finish off the tourney with a 12 p.m. match against host Rice on Sunday afternoon.
Live stats for the match against Rice will be available by visiting www.GoIslanders.com or visiting the Tournament Central link above.
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full 1
1Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space: wastebaskets full of rubbish she could only nod, for her mouth was full
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- The supply truck tows a water trailer and carries full water cans for direct exchange.
- The Opera House was far from full and yet the noise throughout the performance was quite amazing.
- She was going to ride the same bus as us, but this one was too full, so she was placed on the second bus.
filled, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful
occupied, taken, in use, unavailable
1.1Having eaten or drunk to one's limits or satisfaction. See also full up below.
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- How good one feels when one is full - how satisfied with ourselves and with the world!
- A high fibre meal gives the sensation of being quickly full and satisfied.
- Of course, we all had far too much to eat, and ended up flopped on the settee feeling full but satisfied for the rest of the night.
gorged, glutted
informal stuffed
1.2 [predicative] (full of) Containing or holding much or many; having a large number of: his diary is full of entries about her
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- Turn a corner and we were faced with a whole street full of quite beautiful patisserie shops.
- It was the happiest day of my life and my life has been full of happy moments.
- They are full of exquisite period details, from the accents to the frocks.
crowded with, packed with, crammed with, congested with;
teeming with, swarming with, thick with, thronged with, overcrowded with, overrun with;
abounding with, bursting with, overflowing with
informal jam-packed with, wall-to-wall with, stuffed with, chockablock with, chock-full of, bursting at the seams with, packed to the gunwales with, awash with
1.3 [predicative] (full of) Having a lot of (a particular quality): she was full of confidence
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- Its a story of the French Revolution, and a period piece full of courtly intrigue and a love story.
- The Glitterati have managed to produce an album full of strength without overpowering you.
- The dancers in Trisha Brown's troupe are superb, full of talent and strength.
1.4 [predicative] (full of) Completely engrossed with; unable to stop talking or thinking about: Anna had been full of her day, saying how Mitch had described England to her
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- She was full of it, spouting out a load of rubbish she probably read in The Sun.
- At the moment he's full of his various building schemes.
1.5Filled with intense emotion: she picked at her food, her heart too full to eat
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- There is nothing that pleases the Father more, than to see His children full of joy and thankfulness!
- That was many years ago, but to this day she is still full of guilt and shame.
- This is music full of loathing, both for itself and for the audience.
1.6Involving a lot of activities: he lived a full life
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- He believes the treatment will ultimately pay for itself in that it will help patients lead a fuller, more normal life.
- His full schedule leads him around the world, partnering some of the most famous singers of our time.
- Under the expert tutelage of former sailors, the young people had a very full programme indeed.
eventful, interesting, exciting, lively, action-packed, busy, energetic, active
2 [attributive] Not lacking or omitting anything; complete: fill in your full name below full details on request
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- This is because pears have to be eaten ripe to get anything like the full range of their taste and texture.
- The police claimed to have full details of their names and residences.
- I do not have the full details of the name of the officer who granted the permit to the individual concerned.
comprehensive, thorough, exhaustive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, all-embracing, in depth;
complete, entire, whole, unabridged, uncut
2.1(Often used for emphasis) reaching the utmost limit; maximum: he reached for the engine control and turned it up to full power John made full use of all the tuition provided
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- The result is that many people do not reach their full potential while studying.
- I know she just wants us to do our best all the time, she wants us to reach our full potential all the time.
- I wish Ian well, and hope the change of school will motivate him to reach his full potential.'
2.2Having all the privileges and status attached to a particular position: the country applied for full membership in the European Community
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- Whether pushing for observer status or full membership, the bid is a difficult one.
- For Marshall, citizenship expresses full membership in the national political community.
- The table tennis centre of excellence at Millthorpe School has been upgraded to full club status by the ETTA.
2.3(Of a report or account) containing as much detail or information as possible.
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- They will have to publish the full report, so that will put it all in perspective.
- For a fuller description and statistical analysis of these polls, see the website.
- Implementation of the plans is also dependent on a full archeological survey being carried out on the effected area.
2.4Used to emphasize an amount or quantity: he kept his fast pace going for the full 14-mile distance
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- She came to her full five foot six inches then and glared daggers at him.
- It was low tide and in the far distance, perhaps a full mile away, lay the distant glint of the sea.
- Gerhard drew himself up to his full five feet ten inches and looked up at the annoying man.
2.5 [attributive] (Of a covering material in bookbinding) used for the entire cover: bound in full cloth
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- Each volume is sewn and bound in full cloth and printed in a classic typeface on cream-wove, acid-free paper.
3(Of a person or part of their body) plump or rounded: she had full lips the fuller figure
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- She was a pretty woman, with a slightly pointed face, a small upturned nose, and full ruby-red lips.
- Her own size seven body was full and firm, but it was nowhere as curvaceous as Nicola's.
- He lifted her by the waist, her curves full and voluptuous as he edged her towards the bed.
plump, well rounded, rounded, buxom, shapely, ample, curvaceous, voluptuous, womanly, Junoesque
3.1(Of the hair) having body.
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- His hair was still full and a shade of light gray that stood in sharp contrast with the dark suit he wore.
- For example, if you have full hair worn close to the face try thinner, lighter frames.
- Her raven black hair was full and lustrous, reflecting the unpredictable writhings of the candle flames.
3.2(Of a garment) made using much material arranged in folds or gathers, or generously cut so as to fit loosely: the dress has a square neck and a full skirt
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- It was a pale blue silk dress with a square cut neckline, fitted sleeves and a very full skirt.
- The length of the short should hit the shapeliest part of your leg and not be too full or too tight.
- That's the mainstream style now: sort of fitted at the waist, and fuller in the leg.
loose-fitting, loose, baggy, voluminous, roomy, capacious, billowing
3.3(Of a sound) strong and resonant.
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- With two trombonists, they have a characteristic full sound down low on the music scale.
- With a very full sound and varied music mix the lads are sure to go from strength to strength.
- The dynamics are mixed and it builds well but most of the time it's soft and thin or thick and full sound.
3.4(Of a flavor or color) rich or intense.
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- Very clean and full with a biscuity flavour and subtle hints of citrus fruits on the nose.
- She explained that to get the full taste of a whiskey you need to add a little water.
- The full palate is rich in white peaches and not overly aggressive on the mousse which leaves a creamy, lengthy finish.
1Straight; directly: she turned her head and looked full into his face
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- Ariadne looked back at the Minotaur, with interest, and laughed 'full in his face'.
- Instead he planted it full in the solar plexus, lifting the man clear of the floor.
- His pillow missed Gary and hit Will full in the face.
2Very: he knew full well she was too polite to barge in
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- The queer present negotiates with the past, knowing full well that the future is at stake.
- She understands full well that even when some men are given every option to embrace the role of Mr. Mom, they may still need a push.
- I'm doing what I can but I know full well I could do more.
very, perfectly, quite
informal darn, damn, damned, darned
chiefly British bloody
2.1 archaic Entirely (used to emphasize an amount or quantity): they talked for full half an hour
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- Live full four-score years on this earth and heading to start another one when the Good Lord say 'Come on, now, step aside and give somebody else a chance!'
- He weighed full fifteen stone.
noun(the full) archaic
1The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength; the height of a period of time.
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- So many of those who were killed in the attacks were right in the full of their lives.
- It would be very easy, even in the full of your health, to fall off a bike and that's exactly what happened.
1.1The state or time of full moon.
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- The moon is past the full, and she rises at nine.
1.2 archaic or Irish The whole.
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- He summoned the full of his eloquence in persuasion.
- His mug was waiting by the stove. He poured himself the full of it and stirred in three spoons of sugar.
1 [with object] West Indian Make (something) full; fill up: he full up the house with bawling
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- Next thing, them going get up one morning and go to the seaside and want to full up the basket and empty the sea.
- Once the ports are fulled up, any one trying to log on will get rejected with username and password.
- The 24-27 dates turned out to be Memorial Day weekend & Reno is fulled up that weekend.
2 [with object] Gather or pleat (fabric) so as to make a garment full.
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- Her skirt was white, fulled and gathered and looked as if the entire milky way had fallen upon it.
3 [no object] dialect or US (Of the moon or tide) become full.
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- I have cured many cases of goitre with Iodine, giving a powder every night for four nights, after the moon fulled and was waning.
- This gross darkness held till about one o'clock, although the moon had fulled but the day before.
- The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon.
full and by
- Sailing Close-hauled but with sails filling.Example sentences
- We are steering full and by and watch securing gear round the decks.
- For example, in a fresh gale, a well-conditioned man-of-war could just carry in chase, full and by, treble-reefed topsails, etc.
- Eagle was sailing full and by under her uppers, lowers, and course sails, plus the headsails.
full of beans
- see bean.
full of oneself
- Very self-satisfied and with an exaggerated sense of self-worth.Example sentences
- He was entirely full of himself and his opinions.
- At the same time, don't bow and scrape before the vulgar, even when they are proud and full of themselves.
- We were strong, arrogant and so full of ourselves.
full of years
- archaic Having lived to a considerable age.Example sentences
- A Tory life peer died recently, full of years, and there was a four-column piece about his achievements which, however, noted that.
- The greatest, Edward Elgar, had been the first to die, full of years and loaded with honours, at his home in Worcester on February 23.
- One was older than the other and she died full of years quietly in her bed surrounded by devoted friends and family.
full on
- We heard guitars full on in both left and right directions!
- I was driving full on back from Tesco, and at the traffic lights, in the car next to me, was Prince Edward.
- The oven tap had been turned full on, and there was a big fat paw print next to it.
- He was very close to me, and I straightened my back, meeting his smouldering gaze full on in pure defiance.
- The frantic tone caused her to roll out of bed immediately, hitting the floor full on.
- He felt as if he had just hit a brick wall full on, the pain was incredible.
- But his voice is all wrong for the full on Dr. Doom effect.
- Since all the vegetation has been removed the Canada geese have full on access to the back parking lot and are trying to come into the back door of the bird store.
- Somehow, someone has given them my travel itinerary and they are waging a full on attack while I am incapable of traveling out there to rearrange and rectify the situation.
full out
- Clonaslee Tidy Towns committee are working full out in an effort to enhance the appearance of the village before judging in the national competition takes place.
- I try to do what my doctor says and skip certain steps, like arabesque, but I feel like I'm being lazy unless I do everything full out.
- His smirk disappeared and he was full out glaring at me.
- Paragraphs starting 'full out' may be indistinguishable from the previous paragraph if the latter ends with a full, or almost full, line.
full steam (or speed) ahead
- Used to indicate that one should proceed with as much speed or energy as possible.Example sentences
- You can see they feel that this is a much better nomination, that they want to move ahead, full steam ahead.
- And just ahead, partisan politics is moving full steam ahead here in Washington.
- Permission was finally granted this summer for the brewery to go ahead and the glass worker has been going full steam ahead since July.
full to the brim
- see brim.
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- Filled to capacity.Example sentences
- I have an entire room literally filled with framed work, and a plans chest full up of unframed stuff.
- The charity's shelter is already full up, with 40 cats in its care and another 33 on its waiting list.
- Patrick said: 'I said to this particular manager that I was very lucky and had the tank been full up I do not think I would have been able to get out of it.'
- 9.1Having eaten or drunk so much that one is replete.Example sentences
- I've told her that I'm not up for going out for something to eat in a major way, what with having had lunch earlier (and I still feel full up hours later).
- My wife, who had chosen a more moderate selection of dishes from the Menu Saison, was full up by this point, but I was only just getting started!
- I was full up before I'd eaten half of it, but I couldn't put my knife and fork down until it was all gone.
in full
- With nothing omitted: I shall expect your life story in fullMore example sentences
in its entirety, in toto, in total, unabridged, uncut
- She explained the story in full to her mother, who sounded somewhat shocked and appalled.
- The hospital also comes across looking bad, but their side of the story hasn't been told in full.
- Whole paragraphs, like the following one, are worth quoting in full for their vivid illumination of an age.
- 10.1To the full amount due: their relocation costs would be paid in fullMore example sentences
- When the end of the term is reached, the outstanding loan amount must be repaid in full.
- The obvious risk is that the fund will not have grown sufficiently to pay back your capital amount in full.
- Now Bernie has only a matter of days to go before his dues are paid in full and he's determined to leave Las Vegas to make a fresh start in life.
- 10.2To the utmost; completely: the textbooks have failed to exploit in full the opportunities offeredMore example sentences
- Our stance and programme is rehabilitation to assist them to exploit their potential in full.
- This they say will allow children to have a better opportunity to benefit in full from the education system.
- By March, however, it is intended to start implementing the bye-laws in full.
to the full
- To the greatest possible extent: enjoy your free trip to Europe to the fullMore example sentences
fully, thoroughly, completely, to the utmost, to the limit, to the maximum, for all one's worth
- Every young person must be allowed to develop his or her skills and creativeness to the full.
- He farmed all his life until his retirement a few years ago, and he was a man who enjoyed those years to the full.
- Matthew, the youngest of three children, was described by his father as a livewire who lived life to the full.
1Running at or providing maximum power or capacity: he had the heater full on
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2So as to make a direct or significant impact: the recession has hit us full on
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2.1 (full-on) informal (Of an activity or thing) not diluted in nature or effect: this is full-on ballroom boogie
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1As much or as far as possible; with maximum effort or power: he held his foot to the floor until the car raced full out
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2 Printing Flush with the margin.
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Words that rhyme with fullbull, Istanbul, pull, push-pull, wool
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verb[with object] (often as noun fulling)
Clean, shrink, and felt (cloth) by heat, pressure, and moisture.
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- The best of them all was surely broadcloth, which in the eighteenth century was a superfine grade of woolen cloth that was fulled, or shrunk, napped, and shorn so that it was the consistency of felt but with a smooth surface.
- Felting and/or fulling require heat, agitation and/or alkalinity.
- According to mill historian Martin Watts, the double mill is likely to have served a dual function, with one mill building used to grind corn and the other used for another purpose such as cloth fulling.
Middle English: probably a back-formation from fuller1, influenced by Old French fouler 'press hard upon' or medieval Latin fullare, based on Latin fullo 'fuller'.
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Woodley: What are you in for?
Eli: Eeh, I'm doin' an overnighter for bitin' the mailman.
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Eli: He was tryin' to cast some spell on me like a wizard or somethin'.
Woodley: You sure about that?
Eli: On second thought maybe he was just wavin'.
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I was wrestling with the Steelers!!
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Adidas Is Fast Catching Nike in China
Slowing demand in China has affected sporting goods makers like Nike. So you'd have thought Adidas would be feeling the same strain, given that both companies have similar exposure to the country.
But the German sportswear maker is unfazed, saying it expects unabated sales growth in China, after third quarter sales there helped vault group net profit over analysts' expectations .
In Greater China, the German sportswear maker's sales raced ahead by 11% on a currency neutral basis and company officials said they expect this positive regional development to continue. Nine-month sales in China increased 30% on the year, and 16% on a currency neutral basis.
Adidas's main rival Nike meanwhile in September reported its second straight quarter of declining overall profit, as slower growth in China and a surge in marketing costs weighed on its bottom line. Nike's future orders in China fell 6%, indicating a further drop in demand
At 10% in the first half of the year, Adidas' percentage of sales generated in the region is only slightly smaller than Nike's.
So what is Adidas doing differently?
Analysts point to the company's focus on inventory management. On a currency-neutral basis, global inventories were down 1% in the first nine months, while sales grew 8%.
Ingbert Faust of Equinet Bank says Nike flooded the Chinese retail channels with product, especially leading up to the Beijing Olympics. As a result, retailers ended up with mountains of unsold stock which they had to clear at knock-down prices and they are then reluctant to order new gear, Mr. Faust said. "Adidas has learned from Nike's experience," he added.
Better inventory management gives Adidas the flexibility to react more quickly to market sentiment, and adjust to the popularity of certain products versus others.
The majority of the German sportswear maker's sales still come from Western Europe where Adidas recorded a 2.8% increase in third-quarter sales, 1.1% on a currency neutral basis, despite lackluster sentiment due to the debt crisis,.
But it's the performance of Adidas's Reebok brand that's worrying investors the most. Reebok sales were down 25% on a currency neutral basis and Adidas expects negative effects to peak in the fourth quarter, such as those related to the expiry of the NFL license and problems with a former Indian distribution partner.
Already in September, Adidas cut its mid-term sales outlook for Reebok, but said it expects the Adidas brand to compensate for the shortfall. The sales target for Reebok was cut to €2 billion €3 billion for 2015.


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NCAA provides workplace distraction
March 21, 2013 - Art Smith
It's NCAA tournament time and for many that means a virtual time out at work.
With first round play starting today around the country, many employees will make an attempt to watch the games via their computers, tablets and phones while "working" at their jobs.
In 2012, viewers watched 10.3 million hours of streaming video of the games. An outplacement firm called Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated 2.5 million workers will spend around an 90 minutes PER DAY watching the tournament, costing companies $175 million in lost productivity.
In the early days of streaming video, the annual tournament caused a huge drain in the anemic networks that were in place. Today the networks are more robust and most fans are likely streaming them to their own cellphones and tablets. Phones are easier to hide and are not detected on the corporate-owned networks. Regardless, some IT departments go as far as blocking CBS sites carrying the games.
The distraction is short-lived, with most of the work time games being clustered today and tomorrow.
We have added some NCAA resources to help you better understand what you are watching in your cubicle. Access the special web section provide by the Associated Press here.
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Barbecue icon in fight for top spot
Dreamland takes on Jim 'N Nick's in statewide contest
Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 11:25 p.m.
It's down to the Elite Eight, and Tuscaloosa is still in the running.
The Alabama Tourism Department's Facebook contest to find the state's best barbecue restaurant has been pared down to the final eight, and Tuscaloosa's Dreamland is still in the hunt.
Brian Jones of the tourism department said Dreamland is pitted against Jim 'N Nick's of Birmingham in the central division.
The department set up a brackets-like contest of some of the state's best-known barbecue restaurants.
The contest mimics the NCAA basketball tournament, commonly known as March Madness, with people filling out brackets that pit two restaurants against each other. The one getting the most votes moves to the next round.
Still in the running are Big Bob Gibson in Decatur, which is matched against Lawler's Barbecue in Athens to represent north Alabama.
Sam's BBQ in Montgomery and Lannie's in Selma are competing in the southern region.
L.a. barbeque in Summerdale is going against The Shed in Mobile for the Gulf region.
The four regional winners will be decided this afternoon.
"We're just as happy as we can be that they would think of us as one of the best," said Matt Kilgore, general manager for Dreamland. "The big thing is the support from our fans. We're in the Elite Eight, and we're trying to get to the Final Four. We need to get all the votes we can get.
"The real thing is just bragging rights for the state," he said. "The state of Alabama is very rich in barbecue tradition."
To vote in the contest, go to https://www.facebook.com/AlabamaFood.
Jones said more than 40,000 votes have been cast since the original field of 32 was announced March 11. The overall winner will be announced April 8, the same day the NCAA's Men's Division I
Basketball Champion is crowned.
The winning restaurant will receive the title of "The Year of Alabama Food Ultimate Barbecue Champion," a plaque and, perhaps more importantly, bragging rights.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Making of a Legend
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Some legends are born, some are made, and others are pieced together in a premiere watchmaker's manufactory. The IWC Ingenieur timepiece is a story of a legend - a watchmaking one. In the late 1800's, with the advent of electricity, the growing number of magnetic field sources in everyday objects became an increasing concern among watch wearers, especially in the armed forces and air force. Like the stuff of heroic ballads, IWC came to the rescue of the British Royal Air Force with its anti-magnetic Professional Pilot's watch that carried parts encased in soft iron. The pilot's watch became the ancestors of IWC's Ingenieur wrist watches. Since 1955, generations of Ingenieurs have continually evolved from elegantly simple and functional pieces, to even more outstanding and innovative designs sporting shock resistance, exclusive in-house automatic movement, and remarkable three-part case. Like good ole legends, the Ingenieur story just never dies. Be a part of the long-time saga of excellence.
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USA, 2013, 96 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: American Indie, Drama, Romance
Program: Special PresentationLanguage: English
Francesca Gregorini directs this indie thriller starring Jessica Biel and Alfred Molina, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Emanuel, on the verge of turning 18, is caustic but sensitive. She lives with her father and stepmother—her mother died giving birth to her—and she's never cared for birthdays for that reason. She lashes out at those around her, unhappy with the life she's been given. Emanuel blames herself for her mother's death, yet yearns for a maternal presence in her life. Enter the mysterious Linda, a young and hip mother who moves in next door. Linda bears an uncanny resemblance to Emanuel's late mother, and the teen becomes infatuated with her.
Emanuel begins to babysit for Linda's newborn daughter, and as they spend more time together, they develop a bond. When Emanuel discovers a secret about Linda's baby, her natural self-confidence wavers, and while she decides to keep Linda's secret safe from those around her, she is drawn deeper and deeper into her neighbor's bizarre fantasy world. When the situation threatens to spin out of control, Emanuel must take a courageous voyage to help Linda escape from her dreamland.
Biel takes on an uncharacteristic role as a young mother, while Kaya Scodelario as Emanuel sings in her breakout role. The Truth About Emanuel is a stylized, darkly humorous thriller that wavers between the real and the surreal. Combining pain and poetry, Gregorini's script navigates the complex relationships we share with our loved ones.
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Franzen's The Corrections on HBO NOV 03 2011
HBO is doing a show (or is it a movie?) based on Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections.
With 2 Oscar winners, Chris Cooper and Diane Wiest, already cast as the leads, this was a no-brainer, but it's now official: HBO's drama pilot The Corrections is proceeding to production.


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OnStyle Notebook: Ralph Rucci and Opening Ceremony
The best thing about Ralph Rucci was the clothes. The second best thing was seeing them in his studio on West 26th Street. I was seated with my back to a wall of glass that separated a long hallway, where we were seated, from the atelier where the seamstresses work.
When I turned for a longer look at a model in a deceptively simple red silk gown, I saw a cluster of seamstresses in white lab coats watching, gathered around a cutting table. Ken Downing, Neiman Marcus' fashion director, turned and applauded the seamstresses as the show concluded.
It's easy to get misty-eyed at moments like that because those seamstresses execute the impossible. Rucci cannot be an easy man to work for. His concoctions are so precise and flawless (the show was packed with his clients, and he comes as close to a modern haute couturier as America has to offer). For instance, he stitches together boomerang and moon-shaped pieces of fabric, using the seams as architectural details that both excite the eye, and distract it. But how does one sew a seam like that? (I'm remembering the failure of a gauze mumu that I sewed for home economics in seventh grade.)
Stunning looks included a wide croc-leather belt sewn into the waist of a dress, a long tassel tie streaming toward the floor, and a dress with leather at the mid-sleeves and waist — details that separate fashion from style. His colors: black, olive maroon, pale lavender, palest pink, rich red.
In the same mode, Delpozo offered clothes that border on haute couture. Strips of fabric were sewn to creative three-dimensional archways to embellish a top; tulle was folded into tubes and filled with crystals for flower-like embroideries, and colors were juxtaposed in intriguing ways (a fave trick for designer Josep Font).
If those clothes were poker players, they would have no 'tells.' Perfect poker faces on the outside, but inside they are a mass of complexity — corsets, boning, and all manner of devices to hold them in place.
Opening Ceremony held their second show, two actually, and it was dripping in chocolate (and smelling of chocolate, too) as the stuff poured down the runway-long backdrop. Inspired by Antwerp and all things Belgian (like chocolate), the collection managed to hit all the turn points of the week — the deep color green, quilting and waffling in fabrics, slouchy boots, and some innovative curved tailoring in the shoulder of one camel-colored men's coat. Designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim — besties since Berkeley — are masters of the memorable print. This season, it was hands — a reference to the legend of Antwerp's origins. (Google it.)
Porsche Design needs to do more explaining. The idea behind these shows is that the clothes should speak for themselves. Brands give out precious little information beyond that. But for a brand named after a car — and with a relationship to that car company — this fashion label needs to use the runway to show why someone would want to wear an automotive brand on their backside. Pleated leather skirts and chunky sweaters — even in luxurious fabrics — aren't enough to carry a runway collection. Nor is having Olivia Palermo in the front row (don't know who she is? Her Google page lists her profession as "socialite.")
Next door to Diane von Furstenberg's show, a room full of American Express cardholders, who paid $150 each, watched her show on livestream while sipping cocktails. Meanwhile, Amex beamed the show around the world — with supermodel Coco Rocha as reporter. On the runway, Mrs. Barry Diller stayed true to her wrap-dress origins (it's the 40th anniversary of the wrap dress, by the way) and '70s's mod-ness while offering some really fun ethnic prints. It's nice to see her taking a stronger hand in her own design. If you're going to wear DvF, it ought to look like it was designed by someone who once lived at Studio 54.


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WASHINGTON (January 23, 2013)--The U.S. House passed a bill
Wednesday that would permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first avoid default for at least four months, defusing a crisis looming next month and setting the stage for a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.
The House passed the measure by a 285-144 vote, a bipartisan showing on an initiative brought by majority Republicans.
The GOP was backing away from its previous demand that any increase in the government's borrowing cap be paired with an equivalent level of spending cuts.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said the chamber would immediately move to advance the legislation to the White House, which has announced that Mr. Obama would sign it.
U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, touted the provision of the measure that would deny lawmakers their paychecks if they continue to fail to pass a budget.
"The House has done its job every year, while the Senate has refused to pass a budget four years running," Carter said.
"For this body to agree to any increase in the debt ceiling, this outrage has to end, and this bill does that. If the House or Senate fails to pass a budget by April 15, the Members of the respective body will receive no pay until they comply. It is past time for the Senate to start doing their job."
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, said he hopes the House vote will force Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democratic-controlled Senate to pass a budget.
"The spending problem in Washington is harming our economy, killing jobs and mounting up a mountain of debt on the backs of Americans. This is an unfair burden to pass on to our children and grandchildren," Flores said.
"In order to address the problem, both the House and Senate must pass a budget to cut spending and balance the federal budget. The Senate has not passed a budget in nearly four years – 1,365 days to be exact," he said.


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Delicatessen Rye Bread
Prep Time: 20 Min
Total Time: 70 Min
Servings: 32 servings
- 3 cups rye flour, divided
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 cups Post Bran Flakes
- 2 pkg. active dry yeast
- 1 Tbsp. caraway seed
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. onion powder
- 2-1/4 cups water, divided
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
- 1 square unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 tsp. cornstarch
- Mix 1 cup of the rye flour, 2 cups of the all-purpose flour, the cereal, yeast, caraway seed, salt and onion powder in large bowl. Place 2 cups of the water, the vinegar, molasses, butter and chocolate in saucepan. Cook on low heat until butter is melted, stirring occasionally. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add to flour mixture. Beat with electric mixer on low speed just until blended. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Add remaining 2 cups rye flour and 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; stir until mixture forms a stiff dough.
- Place dough on lightly floured board; knead 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl; cover with clean towel. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until doubled in volume. Punch down dough; divide in half. Shape each half into ball. Place 1 ball in each of 2 greased 8-inch round baking pans or on 1 large greased baking sheet. Cover with clean towel; let rise 1 hour or until doubled in volume.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake, uncovered, 45 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped. Meanwhile, blend cornstarch with remaining 1/4 cup water in small saucepan. Bring just to boil; brush over tops of loaves. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until glossy. Remove from pans; cool on wire racks. Cut each loaf into 16 slices to serve. Makes 2 loaves, 16 servings each.
Tips and Suggestions
Cooking Know-How: The temperature of the water mixture should be between 105°F and 115°F when added to the flour mixture.
Nutrition Bonus: Delight yourself with a slice of this low-fat rye bread.
Delicatessen Rye Bread
Nutrition Info (Per Serving)
|Total Fat
|2.5 g
|Saturated Fat
|1 g
|< 5 mg
|180 mg
|20 g
|Dietary Fiber
|2 g
|3 g
|3 g
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The 2014 season will mark Kendra Potts' sixth season as an assistant coach with the Islanders and her 10th year overall as an assistant under head coach Tony Graystone. Before coming to the Island, Potts spent eight seasons at West Texas A&M, four as an assistant and four years as an integral part of the Lady Buffs' roster.
Potts was a standout setter for WTAMU, being named All-Lone Star Conference all four years of her career, while also receiving the LSC Freshman of the Year award. She was named LSC South Offensive player of the year following her senior season. Potts was also a three-time AVCA All-American and four-time All-Southwest Region player.
In 2002, Potts was named the LSC Tournament MVP and led her team to its fourth-straight conference title and NCAA tournament trip. The Lady Buffs made it all the way to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II volleyball tournament under the leadership of Potts.
She finished her career as just the 12th person to ever reach 6,000 career assists in NCAA DII history with a total of 6,087. Her assists put her at 10th on the all-time assists list and third in the career average list with 12.58 APG at the time.
As an assistant to Graystone during four seasons at WTAMU, Potts helped guide the team to a pair of third-place finishes in the Elite Eight. The Lady Buffs amassed a record of 131-27 in her four seasons. Potts has also been a club coach in the Amarillo region, guiding her team to five-straight Junior National tournaments.
Potts graduated with a marketing degree from West Texas A&M in 2004 and received her MBA from the university in 2007. With her degree, Potts assisted in the successful fund-raising efforts for the Lady Buffs during her time as an assistant coach.
Potts and her husband, Jim, reside in Corpus Christi with their daughter, Ella.


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DALLAS (January 11, 2013)—Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Rory Kennedy, two of the children of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, speak Friday in Dallas as a year of observances begins marking the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
They will be interviewed Friday evening by journalist Charlie Rose before an audience at a downtown opera house about the family's influence on politics, culture and history.
Their uncle was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Five years later their father was assassinated in a Los Angeles hotel ballroom during his primary victory celebration.
Various events are planned by organizations throughout Dallas to commemorate JFK's assassination.
The city of Dallas will mark Nov. 22 with a solemn ceremony.


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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Evidence adduced in relation to the issue of justification
4.14Before setting out the arguments and evidence, I will identify the witnesses whose evidence was tendered on each side in relation to the defence of justification.
4.15I start with the evidence for the Defendants. As I have already said, Professor Lipstadt did not give evidence (although a witness statement from her had been served).
4.16The only witness of fact for the Defendants was Ms Rebecca Guttman who is employed by the American Jewish Committee as an executive assistant. Her statement, admitted under the Civil Evidence Act, related to an event arranged by an allegedly right-wing organisation in the US with which Irving is said to have connections.
4.17The main corpus of evidence for the Defendants was provided by academic historians whose evidence was by consent admitted as expert evidence. Written and oral evidence was submitted by the following:
- (i)Professor Richard Evans, who is Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and has written many historical works about Germany. He gave evidence principally about Irving's historiography, his exculpation of Hitler and hiis denial of the Holocaust.
- (ii)Professor Robert Jan van Pelt, who is a Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo in Canada. Professor van Pelt is an acknowledged authority on Auschwitz, about which he has written extensively, and this was the subject of his evidence.
- (iii)Professor Christopher Browning, who is a Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. He gave evidence on the evidence about the implementation of the Final Solution, covering the shooting of Jews and others in the East and the gassing of Jews in death camps (apart from Auschwitz).
- (iv)Dr Peter Longerich, who is Reader in the Department of German at the Royal Holloway College, University of London and a specialist in the Nazi era. He gave evidence of Hitler's role in the persecution of the Jews under the Nazi regime and of the systematic character of the Nazi policy for the extermination of the Jews.
- (v)Professor Hajo Funke, who is Professor of Political Science at the Free University of Berlin. He gave evidence of Irving's alleged association with right-wing and neo-Nazi groups and individuals in Germany.
4.18Not unnaturally (since it is his views and his conduct as an historian which are being attacked by the Defendants) evidence in rebuttal of the case of the Defendants on justification came predominantly from Irving himself. The course which was taken with his evidence was as follows: he submitted a brief witness statement, which did not address the majority of the particulars relied on by the Defendants in support of their plea of justification. He provided some elaboration of his response to that plea in the course of his opening and in the course of answers to my questions. But it was mainly in the course of his answers in cross-examination and his cross-examination of the Defendants' witnesses that the detail of his case emerged.
4.19In support of his denial of the allegation that he broke an agreement in relation to the microfiches in the Moscow archive containing the diaries of Goebbels, Irving called Peter Millar, a freelance journalist, who at the time of the discovery of those diaries in 1992 was acting for The Sunday Times.
4.20Irving summoned to give evidence on his behalf two historians who were unwilling to testify voluntarily. Their evidence was directed primarily to the question of Irving's standing as an historian (in which connection I have already mentioned them) rather than to the plea of justification. The first was Professor Donald Watt, who is an Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics and was described by Irving as "the doyen of diplomatic historians". Professor Watt was invited by Irving to give evidence about the evaluation of wartime documentation and about Irving's reputation and ability as an historian. The other witness summoned by Irving to give evidence on his behalf was Sir John Keegan, the Defence Editor for Telegraph Newspapers whose knighthood as for services to military history. He too dealt with Irving's standing as an historian. Another witness who gave evidence for Irving, in his case voluntarily, was Professor Kevin Macdonald, who is a Professor of Psychology at California State University-Long Beach. He gave evidence on what he termed "Jewish-gentile interactions" from the perspective of evolutionary biology. There was no cross-examination by the Defendants' counsel of any of these witnesses.
4.21In the course of my summary of the evidence and arguments on the issue of justification, I shall need to make frequent reference to the distinguished academic experts whom, I have identified above. I hope that they will understand if, in referring to them, I dispense with their academic titles (as I have done with in the case of Professor Lipstadt). No disrespect is intended: it simply makes for easier reading.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter Revisits Songs With Orchestra (Premiere)
Mary Chapin Carpenter fans have heard the tunes on her new album before, but never like this: "Songs From the Movie" finds the veteran singer and songwriter reinterpreting 10 selections from her catalog with backing from an orchestra conducted by six-time Grammy winner Vince Mendoza. Speakeasy today premieres "Come On, Come On" from the upcoming album.
Carpenter has always been a rich writer and a masterful interpreter, and the orchestral versions on "Songs From the Movies" show her songs in a different light. "Come On, Come On" first appeared on Carpenter's 1992 album by the same name, a release that climbed to No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. Her version here is less country than, well, cinematic, with piano and enveloping string arrangements surrounding her low, sweet vocals as she takes a bird's-eye view of love.
"This is a song about romantic love in all its guises, from euphoric first love that promises to give you the world to the kind that breaks you open with its loss," Carpenter told Speakeasy. "Its props are the moon, deserted city streets, old photographs, the offering of an open hand, the urgent whisper of recognition and connection. The title, that repeats as the chorus, is the voice we hear in our heads and hearts, daring us to go toward it, to feel all of it no matter what, to accept that this is what life is about — the unknown beckons."
"Songs From the Movie" is due Jan. 14 on Zoe/Rounder Records, and Carpenter will perform a handful of shows with symphony orchestras in the new year, including a pair of shows with the New York Philharmonic on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt and Aoife O'Donovan will join her for those shows.
What do you think of the orchestral version of "Come On, Come On?" Leave your thoughts in the comments.
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Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Ewing sarcoma.
Ewing sarcoma is a type of cancer that can start in either the bone or in nonbony, or soft, tissues. Ewing sarcoma is part of the Ewing family of tumors (EFT).Tumors in the soft tissue are called extraosseous. Another member of the EFT family is the peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor. These cancers are closely related. Doctors believe they come from the same type of cells and they are treated in a similar way.
Most people who get Ewing sarcoma are between 10 and 20 years old. A small number of adults also get this cancer. More males get it than females, and more white people get it than black people. Only about 1% of all childhood cancers are Ewing sarcoma. Doctors are not sure why one person gets it and another does not.
No lifestyle risk factors have been identified for Ewing sarcoma. Studies of children with this cancer have found no link between chemicals, radiation, or other exposure. Ewing sarcoma does not seem to run in families. The only known risk factors are age, gender, and race.
The symptoms of Ewing sarcoma depend on the person and the size and location of the tumor. The most common symptom is pain in the area of the tumor. There may also be a lump, which may or may not hurt. The lump may be very painful if it is near nerves or within the bone. Other symptoms may include fever, fatigue, and weight loss. These symptoms do not mean that you definitely have Ewing sarcoma. Other things could cause them. You should talk to your doctor if you are having any of these symptoms.
The doctor will ask questions about your health history and will do a physical exam to check for signs of cancer.
The doctor may order several of these tests to learn if there's cancer:
CT scan
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Radionuclide bone scan
Biopsy of the tumor
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
Many people with cancer get a second opinion from another doctor. There are many reasons to get one. Here are some of those reasons:
Not feeling comfortable with the treatment decision
Being diagnosed with a rare type of cancer
Having several options for how to treat the cancer
Not being able to see a cancer expert
Many people are not sure which Ewing sarcoma treatment would be best for them. It may help to have a second doctor review the diagnosis and treatment options before starting treatment. In most cases, a short delay in treatment will not lower the chance that it will work. Some health insurance companies even require that a person with cancer seek a second opinion, and will pay for a second opinion if asked.
These are some of the many ways to get a second opinion:
Ask a primary care doctor. He or she may be able to suggest a specialist. This may be a surgeon, medical oncologist, or radiation oncologist. Sometimes these doctors work together at cancer centers or hospitals.
Call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. The number is 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237). They have information about treatment facilities. These include cancer centers and other programs supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Seek other options. Check with a local medical society, a nearby hospital or medical school, or a support group to get names of doctors who can give you a second opinion. Or ask other people who've had cancer for their advice.
Ewing sarcoma may be treated with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. A combination of these treatments is nearly always used.
Cancer research should give you hope. Doctors and researchers around the world are learning more about what causes Ewing's sarcoma. And they are finding better ways to detect and treat this cancer.
Scientists are working on new ways to diagnose the Ewing family of tumors. They are using special proteins to look for substances in Ewing tumors that are not found in any other kind of tumor.
They are also trying to understand the abnormal genes that cause Ewing sarcoma. Knowing more about these genes may help them develop new treatments that turn off or inactivate the damaged genes.
Studies are testing new chemotherapy drugs and high chemotherapy doses to see how they will work on people with Ewing sarcoma.
Clinical trials study new kinds of cancer treatments. Doctors use clinical trials to learn how well new treatments work and what their side effects are. Promising treatments are ones that work better or have fewer side effects than the current treatments. People who participate in these studies get to use treatments before the FDA approves them. People who join trials also help researchers learn more about cancer and help people who may develop cancer in the future.
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Hello, I am Becky Carlberg, gardening enthusiast from Southeast Oklahoma. I have degrees in Biology from Eastern Oklahoma State College and Oklahoma State University. Teaching, research work, and competing in art shows then followed. I earned my Master�s Degree in Plant Pathology from OSU and continued graduate work on a Doctorate of Botany at the University of Oklahoma.
With my family, we twice had an opportunity to live in Europe. We were in England for five years and then later in Germany for seven years. It was an excellent education for our sons. I returned to gardening, writing and art, became a Master Gardener, as well as an Oklahoma certified Master Naturalist. I am the gardener in charge of the Shawnee Japanese Peace Garden, a member of the Deep Fork Audubon Society, and now call my five acre Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Oklahoma Wildscape outside Shawnee home.
My name is Linda Workman Smith. The first step of my gardening journey began in the hills northwest of Van Buren, Arkansas, where my parents�both from farming families�raised seven children.
This is not to say that I�ve always had a love for gardening although over the years I�ve managed to keep my hands in the dirt. In 2000, my husband�s employment brought us to Shawnee where we settled on two acres west of town. Being unemployed for the first time in many years�and planning to stay that way�I started gardening on a small scale.
I have been a member of the Multi-County Master Gardener Association for several years and thoroughly enjoy being in the organization. I now have many flower beds and I�ve expanded my gardens to include lots of vegetable varieties, several fruit trees, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes. Every year I try to plant something different. I don�t grow a lot of any one thing, but a little bit of lots of things!
24th April 2013 Blog
Becky Emerson Carlberg
Last night's temperature at my house descended to about 28 degrees. The mist that fell yesterday accumulated to 0.04 inches of moisture. The previous 24 hour amount was 0.10 of an inch. The measurement after the deluge a few days before that totaled 4.30 inches. Not bad. We have had some amazing moisture! And some very cold nights.
That's it. No more moving plants in and out. From here on, the overwintered indoor plants will have to toughen up their stems and leaves. Last count was 5 times these plants have been dragged, rolled or carried outside…..only to be brought back inside when the temperature was predicted to go below freezing. Oh yes, one night sheets were strung and clipped with clothespins around plants all snuggly arranged along the front porch wall. The temperature dropped to32 degrees. Do not talk to my plants. They have nothing positive to say right now.
The citrus grove. The two citrus trees, taller than I am, look extremely bedraggled. Every time I move them out, they get another branch or two pruned back. If we have any more freezing cold nights, my trees will be 2 feet tall by the end of spring! The one giant aloe with its companion plant, the pineapple, both look great. They love to travel. I did not move the decorative pepper plant indoors last night. It was brought in before the freeze a few nights ago, but did not come in alone. A colony of ants had taken up residence in the pot, and they were not amused the next morning when the heater kicked in, warmth spread through the soil, and they took off to forage only to find cold floor tiles and three interested cats.
So the pepper plant was covered with two sacks last night, anchored to its place outside on the patio. The edges look a bit freezer-burned today. The pineapple sage, left to spend the winter in its giant pot close to the pepper, has never looked better and is on its way to becoming an even larger version of itself than last year. It was one of the few plants that survived and thrived in the intense heat, as long as it had its big gulp of water every day. The hummingbirds would often visit the red tubular flowers.
Hummingbirds. Meanwhile the hummingbird feeders are out, and I have one, maybe two, ruby-throated birds flitting about. The large flock of red-winged blackbirds that emptied the birdseed feeders each day during the winter has joined into a larger collection of red-wings. They roost together somewhere else and go out on feeding expeditions every morning and return to their roost at night. I counted over 200 birds one morning flying out for breakfast at 7:30am. They wing it low when the winds pummel against them, just clearing the fence lines or barely going over the telephone lines, but fly high if the winds are in their favor.
The opossum. It has made it a personal mission to totally excavate the entire area around the bird feeders as well as much of the back yard. If the area were a garden, it looks in perfect condition for planting spring seeds. Lots of freshly tilled dark organic soil. I have to take my rake and fill in holes as well as knock back mounds of dirt in a feeble attempt to level the land…..until the next night.
My mother reports her azaleas are now chock-a-block full of glorious red, pink and white blooms. Her Autumn sage has red blossoms, her tulips form clusters of white cups, and her back yard was full of little snowdrop like flowers. What was blooming in my yard? Hmmm. Let's see. Not there. OK, nothing here. That looks sad. Wait, my rosemary has blue/purple flowers along several of its branches. The invasive, un-killable wandering Periwinkle is now blooming in blue. The iris is gearing up with fat buds at the ends of long stems. The plants are very apprehensive about the spring bloom thing this year in my yard.
So I took a walk down the road. As usual, certain wildflowers and grasses are leaping ahead in spite of the weather. The Rescuegrass (Bromus catharticus) is heading. Because you see it in early spring, it gets its common name because it comes to the rescue after a drought or winter as forage for some wildlife and cattle. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is another early spring grass for animals, but not particularly nutritious. Oddly, both of these are not native species, but then neither are cattle.
Let's get to some great "weeds". Narrowleaf vetch (Vicia sativa) is crawling along with purple flowers. The Carolina geranium (Geranium carolinianum), a miniature version of the cultivated geranium but with tiny pink flowers, is alive and well. It also answers to the name Cranebill. Virginia pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum) has already gone to seed, and the seeds do have a peppery bite to them. The Sowthistle (Sonchus sp.) has a commanding presence with prickly leaves and dandelion-like flowers. Actually, the young leaves are edible and rabbits like to munch on them. My favorite is the Daisy fleabane (Erigeron strigosus). To see the small white composite flowers with yellow faces opens up a cheerful moment in your life.
Blooming well ahead of the invasive Japanese honeysuckle with its white tubes is the native Trumpet-honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens). This vine has bright orange/red tubular flowers that somehow time their bloom schedule with the hummingbird arrivals. The low growing native blackberries (Rubus sp.) can be seen along the roads with their simple rose-like flowers. The plants are short. Last on my list is the Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa). The first eager plants are now sending up their orange or yellow '"paintbrushes". This plant is semiparasitic on surrounding plants, but the paintbrush accumulates selenium, in particular, within its plant body. There are those plants that take up and store metals and other contaminants and are useful in bioremediation.
If you did not celebrate Oklahoma Arbor week the last week in March, you have a second chance this Friday, April 26th. That day is National Arbor Day. Another chance to plant a tree!


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Barney Frank Raises Hand for Temporary Senate Seat
Sen. Barney Frank?
The recently retired, always opinionated former congressman from Massachusetts has told the state's governor, Deval Patrick, he'd be a great temporary replacement for Sen. John Kerry.
"Coach, put me in," Mr. Frank said Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
President Barack Obama last month nominated Mr. Kerry to be the next U.S. secretary of state, creating an opening for the Senate seat Mr. Kerry has held since 1985.
Mr. Frank said he had hadn't been interested in the job several weeks ago but had changed his mind. That's because lawmakers now face an intense debate about whether to raise the nation's borrowing limit, and other unresolved issues from this week's fiscal cliff deal.
Mr. Frank appears ready to relish being a part of the action – at least for a few more months until Massachusetts holds a special election to fill the seat.
"I've told the governor that, I would now like, frankly, to do that because I would like to be a part of that," he said, "It's only a three-month period. I wouldn't want to do anything more. I don't want to run again."
At a news conference Friday, Gov. Patrick told reporters that Mr. Frank "is a gifted legislator and he would be a great senator even on an interim basis. There are factors I am considering and he is definitely on the list."
The governor is expected to announce his pick after Sen. Kerry is confirmed and steps down. Massachusetts law requires a special election to fill the seat no later than 160 days after a vacancy occurs, setting up the prospect of a primary in the late spring and a general election shortly thereafter.
Last week, Mr. Kerry endorsed Democratic Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts to succeed him. Besides Mr. Kerry, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Vicki Kennedy, the widow of former Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, also backed Mr. Markey.
The breadth of support for Mr. Markey from Democratic leaders is now a barrier for other candidates who may be contemplating a bid for the Senate seat.
Former Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican who lost his re-election campaign to Democrat Elizabeth Warren, is likely to be nominated as the GOP challenger.


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By Mike Anderson, Ph.D.
No matter what you've thought about climate change, much has changed in the past two years. Conversations among waterfowl managers, scientists, and many sportsmen and -women have shifted from "Is it happening?" to "How can we adapt to the changes unfolding?"
In 2007 the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued four authoritative reports about how Earth's climate has changed. They also offered a range of predictions about the future and advice about responding. In a global nutshell, patterns of temperature and precipitation have changed significantly over the last 150 years, but in ways that differ among geographic regions. Change is likely to continue for many decades or longer. We can expect a future that on average will be warmer and, depending on locale, wetter or drier than in the recent past.
The effects of these changes on North American waterfowl habitats, Ducks Unlimited's conservation work, and the fortunes of waterfowl hunters could be profound. Consequently, DU is taking steps to keep informed and, wherever possible, incorporate climate science into its conservation planning.
While climate change may affect waterfowl directly (e.g., by altering timing of migration), more serious impacts could occur through effects on habitat. Projections for the next 100 years indicate warming in most areas, changing patterns of precipitation, accelerating sea-level rise, declining snowpacks, and increasing frequency and intensity of severe weather. Consequences for waterfowl habitat could include changes in the timing and duration of when wetlands are wet, changes in land use, northward expansion of invasive species, and greater challenges for water management.
DU's International Conservation Plan has identified North America's two most important waterfowl breeding areas—the Prairie Pothole Region and the western boreal forest—as our top priority conservation regions. Next in importance are the continent's key waterfowl wintering areas: the Central Valley of California, Gulf Coast, and Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Waterfowl could face significant climate-related impacts in these high-priority areas.
In the Prairie Pothole Region, for example, average temperatures have increased over the past century, and all global climate models predict further warming and a reduction in average soil moisture in this region. Expected ecological changes include fewer wetlands on average, shorter duration of flooding in wetlands, and greater annual variability in surface water—in short, both deluge and drought.
Rapid alternation between wet and dry years might actually be helpful to ducks, whose mobility allows them to respond more rapidly to changing conditions than can their predators. Prolonged drought would be another matter. Thus, future patterns of year-to-year variability in precipitation will be important to waterfowl.
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Brent Musburger has the temerity to say AJ McCarron's girlfriend is beautiful, and for that he is crucified on a cross of political correctness. How pathetic our society has become. But kudos to Katherine Webb for having the good grace to accept a compliment.
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Do you enjoy a "BOLD" conversation? Or maybe you've been longing to have one for quite some time? Molly Fiore, local author and speaker, invites you to join her in one. She will be at the Eagle Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 15.
She invites the public to a free presentation - which is actually a bold conversation - about putting ourselves out on the line. "Many of us have 'stuff' that we probably wouldn't want to put on the table or share with the world. This is called our private life," Fiore said. "What would happen if we took it public? What would we stand to gain by doing so?"
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The public is invited to her free presentation at the library. She will also meet with the Eagle Book Club in June to discuss more about her memoir.
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How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some amazing catastrophic missteps of Axis and Allies alike. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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Never had there been a war on the scale of World War II—a global conflict so widespread and involving so many different military organizations from such a diverse pool of combatant countries that the consequences of every decision, both the brilliant and the bad, were multiplied one hundredfold. Bill Fawcett, popular chronicler of monumental military mistakes and truly boneheaded battlefield blunders now looks closely at the historic errors that ultimately determined the course of post-WWII history.
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- Battles lost that should have been won, including Moscow, Stalingrad, and D-Day
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Lions of East Mississippi Community College have been rewarded for their school-first national championship by being tabbed as the top-ranked junior college football team in the nation, according to the NJCAA Preseason Top 20 football poll released Wednesday.
Guided by fifth-year head coach Buddy Stephens, the EMCC Lions went undefeated a year ago on the gridiron, including eight victories over teams that were ranked among the NJCAA Top 20 during the course of the 2011 season. After capturing their second MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 championship in three years, the Lions' first-ever, 12-win season was capped by a 55-47 road victory over Arizona Western College in the El Toro Bowl played in Yuma, Ariz., for the 2011 NJCAA National Championship.
"It's certainly a tremendous honor to become the first team in school history to be ranked No. 1 during the preseason," said Stephens, who received national junior college football coach of the year honors a year ago by the American Community College Football Coaches Association and from the American Football Monthly coaches' publication. "It does help to be able to control our own destiny if we're able to take care of business on the field throughout the season. At the same time, it is a long season and we will face another daunting schedule again this year. It's all you can ask for coming off a national championship season, so we'll just try to do what we have to do in order to best represent the No. 1 ranking."
An indicator as to the year-to-year strength of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and NJCAA Region 23, the MACJC has landed four teams among the top 11 in this year's NJCAA Preseason Top 20 national rankings. Following EMCC at No. 1, MACJC South Division powers Mississippi Gulf Coast and Hinds follow at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, while MACJC North Division foe Northwest Mississippi is preseason ranked 11th nationally. Including national title game opponent Arizona Western and 2011 playoff opponents MGCCC and Hinds, half of East Mississippi's dozen gridiron victories a season ago came against teams ranked among the top 11 in this year's preseason poll.
The 2012 EMCC Lions will begin defense of their national championship by welcoming Pearl River Community College to Scooba for the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at EMCC's Sullivan-Windham Field. Following a pair of road games against MACJC South Division opponents – Sept. 6 at East Central and Sept. 13 at Southwest Mississippi – East Mississippi will begin to seek the school's fourth regular-season divisional title in five years by playing host to Mississippi Delta on Thursday, Sept. 20.
In alternating home and away games throughout their divisional slate, the Lions will kick off division road action at Coahoma on Thursday, Sept. 27, before entertaining Holmes during homecoming weekend (Oct. 6) on the Scooba campus. EMCC's regular-season schedule winds down in October by sandwiching an Oct. 18 home date versus Northwest Mississippi between road outings against Northeast Mississippi (Oct. 11) and Itawamba (Oct. 27).
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Monday's letters: Stop the madness
Published: Monday, October 29, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 6:17 p.m.
To the editor: How sad that columnist Stephen Blacks Democratic Party has a core principle that one persons success was at the expense of another. You didnt build it by yourself, and now, regardless of how much you give to charity or your church and pay in taxes, youre scum.
There is no emphasis on studying and working hard to achieve the American Dream. The goal is to get as much from the government as possible food stamps, housing, Obamaphones, health care, tuition.
Its obvious that Mr. Black thinks so little of his fellow Democrats that he believes they will read his diatribe and vote for Barack Obama rather than looking at the presidents record and his vision for the country and deciding for themselves if they want four more years of the same.
Fortunately for the country, the real Joe Six-packs are looking at the unemployment rate, the price of gas and groceries, Washington spending, and the number of Obamas golf rounds and vacations, and theyre saying, Stop the madness!
President John F. Kennedys request that we ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country has no place in Mr. Blacks Democratic Party. Its sad, and its shameful.
Susan Mehiel
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To the editor: When I was about 7 years old, my father had me memorize The Americans Creed by William Tyler Page. I still feel that document (www.ushistory.org/documents/creed.htm) to be worthy of consideration by every loyal American.
It opens with these words: I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed . I believe this opening statement, reworded as follows, reflects the current Republican agenda: I believe in the United States of America as a government of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy; whose unjust powers are derived from the consent of the political action committees . It seems to me they only care about the rich people.
Mitt Romney wants to cut the taxes for the wealthy and intends to cut social programs for the poor to pay for it and billionaires like Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers are funding PACs that support Romney. Youd better believe they will be driving Romneys agenda if he is elected. Dont let this happen. Vote Obama/Biden.
Goodwin Hart
To the editor: We can blame the biased left-wing media and the Democratic Party for not telling the truth to the American people. Why has no one asked Barack Obama why he chose Forward as his new slogan for re-election?
The slogan Forward has long ties to Marxism and communism. The Washington Times notes that Forward captures the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history which would move forward past capitalism into socialism and communism. In 1905, V.I. Lenin founded the communist word Vepred, Russian for forward, and Leon Trotsky wrote for a German socialist paper called Forward.
If Obama were to speak candidly, his radical agenda would be exposed. Therefore, he speaks in code and lies to the people. The Democrats have given us an amateur on economics ($5 trillion more in debt) who is more interested in his 2012 election than foreign events (four Americans murdered in Libya).
Obviously the Democratic Party got hoodwinked to let it be taken over by the cool socialist-communist. Vote them out and save America.
Edmund L. Liguori Sr.
Flat Rock
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