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The Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center seeks applicants for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree and a strong record of research achievement commensurate with rank. The ideal candidate should utilize mouse as a model system and have a research program in one of the following areas: sensory systems, neural development, or neural injury and repair. Successful candidates are expected to develop or maintain an independent and externally funded research program, to teach in professional and graduate programs, and to actively participate in pre and postdoctoral training. The faculty is part of a large interactive neuroscience community at U of L that includes basic science and clinical departments, as well as the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, and the Kentucky Lions Eye Center for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
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Wednesday October 31, 2012
Augusta, Ga--The Academy of Richmond County is one of the oldest schools in the country. Yet this past Friday, folks at their football game saw something they've never seen before. It's the reason we've selected CJ Welcher as our Academy Sports and Outdoors player of the week.
When the final whistle sounded, welcher had 338 yards rushing and seven touchdowns. That mark is the third most in Georiga football history. When Butler kept scoring, so too did Welcher. The senior has been capable of having one of those games and with the help of the big guys up front, friday was that game.
"Last year, my junior year, the most touchdowns I had in one game was four" said CJ Welcher "So to get seven it jsut feels like a big accomplishment and I'd just like to thank my offensive line, my receivers and everybody that helped make that happen."
It was one of those that you never see, you hope to see, but you don't even think about it when it's going on" said Chris Hughes "We just kept giving him teh ball, the holes kept opening up and he just kept running. It was a tremendous display by him and the offensive line."
After getting hurt last year, welcher has played with a little more purpose this season. Coach Hughes was worried about the number of carries and hits he took, but they needed him in posting the big region win.

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6 eggs, divided
1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
dash or two of Tabasco sauce
1 TBSP olive oil
3 ounces Canadian bacon, diced
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced red pepper
salt and pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups fresh baby spinach
1/2 cup of canned Ro-tel tomatoes and chilies, drained well (about 1/2 can)
2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
1/2 cup shredded cheese (I used a Mexican blend)
1 sheet puff pastry dough, thawed
poppy and sesame seeds, optional
In a medium bowl whisk together 5 eggs, mayonnaise and Tabasco sauce until smooth. Set aside.
In a large non-stick skillet heat olive oil over medium heat. Add diced Canadian bacon and fry until crisp. Drain from pan with slotted spoon to a paper towel.
To the same skillet, add the onion and red pepper. Season with salt and pepper and saute until onions are translucent, 5-6 minutes. Add the garlic and spinach and continue to saute until spinach is wilted.
Pour eggs over sauteed vegetables and cook until set, but not dry, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in Ro-tel tomatoes, cream cheese, shredded cheese and reserved Canadian bacon. Place mixture in a bowl and chill for 30 minutes.
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Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 10000 square feet (900 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers barbecue grills, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012
GROVETOWN, Ga. -- Grovetown is the fastest-growing part of Columbia County and with more people, comes more problems like traffic.
News 12 was out before dawn catching rush hour first hand. After years of complaints, the county says there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Christa Rolon cranked up for another morning drive on Thursday.
"Yesterday I had to sit in traffic for 35 minutes just to get from Chamblin to Lewiston," Rolon said. "The morning commute, it's just crazy."
For miles down Lewiston Road and William Few Parkway, it's nothing but brake lights.
"Is it like this every day?" we asked a driver stuck in traffic.
"Every day," he yelled back.
"It's definitely very frustrating to just have to sit there and creep," Rolon said.
With more homes being built, more cars are on the roads heading to Interstate 20.
"The worst time's probably between 7:20 am and probably after 8. I think the roads need to be widened, I think there needs to be a red light," Rolon said.
And that's exactly what the county has planned.
"We have had lots of complaints about this intersection," said Matt Schlachter, director of construction and maintenance. "It's not falling on deaf ears. We have been working. I know people don't realize it, they don't see anything, but we've got a lot of time and money into the design already."
The plan is to widen Lewiston Road, put in turn lanes and add a traffic signal at William Few. There will still be traffic, but planners say it will really help the flow.
"Once the new middle school opens, it's definitely going to create even more ruckus and confusion out here," Rolon said.
Lewiston is a state road, meaning more hoops to jump through and a long waiting line.
"DOT has to give us the final approval to do it because it is a state route, we can't do it without their approval. They are backed up," Schlachter said.
And it's a project that's going to cost.
"Whew, it's probably going to be about $1.5 million to do what we're looking to do here, do all the widening, install the signal," he said.
The county just got plans back from their engineers and submitted them to DOT on Thursday. Next, they will buy up the right of way, get commission approval and bid out the project. They're looking at a timeline of next summer before the first phase of work is done.
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It's no secret that University of New Hampshire students drink beer on many occasions, but the student body's beer consumption may have had an influence on New Hampshire's status in a national study.
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CMC has been sending students to intern in Washington since 1972. The Washington Program is sponsored by our Government Department under the leadership of Professor John Pitney and is administrated by the Office of Off-Campus Study.
In Washington, students enroll in courses taught by our faculty in our facility, and they live independently in apartments that they have leased. Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Associate Professor of Government, directs the program and she is assisted by two adjunct faculty, Dr. John Haskell and Dr. Adam Wolfson.
Many of our Washington alumni credit their participation in the program for launching their careers. We invite you to become a partner in your student's opportunity of a lifetime. Together we can make it happen.
We hope to answer many of your questions. Feel free to contact us if we can be of any help.
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- At orientation, all student interns receive a wallet-sized emergency card with contact information for CMC staff in Claremont and in Washington, DC.
- In a three-hour session during orientation week in Washington, security expert Scott Carle walks the students through emergency preparedness and a safety checklist of living and working in the nation's capital. A consultant for the college, Mr. Carle has over thirty years of experience in law enforcement and the U.S. military.
- Students receive an emergency kit with supplies to use in case of an emergency.
- Students' emergency contact information is always available for the on-call dean from the Dean of Students Office.
- To reach campus security, dial (909) 621-8170.
- All students from the Claremont Colleges are entitled to five free sessions with a psychological counselor.
- Students are given a list of suggested medical facilities during orientation.
- Last, but certainly not least, Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, our director in Washington, D.C., is available to assist students and can be reached via cell phone 24/7.


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President Spar was among 177 of the nation's most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on October 1.
Read two essays by Barnard psychology professor Alexandra Horowitz in The New York Times.
In The New York Times Sunday Book Review, political science professor Sheri Berman reviews The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism From Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin.
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega '81, scholar Sonia Alvarez, and South African activist Mamphela Ramphele headline BCRW anniversary conference
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, the creator of "Reacting to the Past" comments on the most important aspects of general-education requirements.
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The First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora, will hold a Twelfth Night community celebration at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4.
The Annual Twelfth Night Celebration is an evening of storytelling with audience participation. A band of traveling players and dancers will perform in historical fashion. Bring a snack to share.
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"I take care of you, you take care of me!" is much more than just a headline. It describes the century-old attitude of our family as being hosts: taking active responsibility for our environment, for our guests at STERN and for the resources we need every day.
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OAKLAND -- Aya Nakano was returning home from playing pick-up basketball at UC Berkeley about 11 p.m. Wednesday -- only an hour away from his 23rd birthday -- when a car rear-ended his Jeep Cherokee.
He did the right thing, police said, pulled over on Market Street and got out to talk to the other driver -- an act of trust that proved fatal.
Police don't know why, but one of the two men in the late-model four-door silver sedan shot Nakano before the car sped away. Nakano, of Emeryville, was pronounced dead at the scene, Oakland's 45th homicide victim of the year.
Police don't know yet if Nakano knew the men -- who were still at-large Thursday -- or if there had been a confrontation before the collision, but his family and investigators said Thursday that they want answers.
"This is just an innocent victim on his way home," said Officer Eric Milina. "He pulled over like any good citizen would do and was killed for his trouble.
"This is atrocious. We need the public's help."
Instead of celebrating Nakano's birthday, his uncle, Troy Aquino, spent Thursday posting fliers with his nephew's college graduation photo near the crash scene at Market Street and Stanford Avenue and around Emeryville and other parts of Oakland.
He remembered Nakano as an easygoing guy, excited to be home after graduating last year from the University of Oregon and pleased to have a job in a family business in the Bay Area.
"He was just a happy guy. He's always been quiet, always been friendly. His parents always joked around with him -- 'Don't be a hero. Whenever there's trouble, just stay away from it,'" Aquino told KGO-TV on Thursday.
Before he went to play basketball Wednesday night, his family had made him a pre-birthday dinner, but the young man headed to the Cal gym instead. He was headed home to an Emeryville apartment, where he lived with his mother, when his car was rear-ended.
"He said, 'I want to play basketball, and then I'll eat the dinner you guys cooked for me,' and then he never got to eat it," Aquino said.
Bryan Hickey said Nakano was one of the first people he met when he started classes at the University of Oregon several years ago. The two shared a love of basketball and Nakano often spoke of his fondness for the Golden State Warriors, Hickey said.
"He always invited me to hang out, he really accepted me into the group. I'll always remember that,'' said Hickey. "Everyone in our group of friends loved him. If you did a popularity index with him, he would have been at the top."
Hickey said his large circle of friends are devastated.
"I think all of us are just in shock because it couldn't have happened to a nicer person," Hickey said. "No one would have expected this"
Nakano's Facebook page displays his love of basketball and football and features a picture of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, an Oakland native who attended Cal.
Investigators were at the scene on the shooting -- in front of a car wash on Market Street -- looking for video surveillance tapes and other evidence Thursday. Police are offering a reward for up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest, and the family has offered a $5,000 reward. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 510-238-3821.
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Happy Homemakers Family and Community Education unit met Monday at the home of Karen Spoon. Jean Rowland was co-hostess. Rosellen Lindblade presided. Fourteen members answered roll call with "a healthful hint." The lesson "Action plan for healthy living" was given by Shirley Ade. Members brought bathroom tissue for the McPherson County Food Bank. The next meeting will be July 15 at the home of Cheryl Allison.
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The Blue Pelican, Newport, RI
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TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission is seeking nominations for the Dean Paul Garner International Friendship Award, which is given for contributions to the improvement in international relations and friendship.
The award is named for the late Paul Garner, who was dean of the University of Alabama's business school and a charter member of the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities program.
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The U.S. Grand Prix may have been winding down Saturday afternoon, but there was no shortage of excitement in the freeski slopestyle finals.
Thirty-year-old Breckenridge local Keri Herman landed a first run score of 87.0 that was untouched by the runs that followed, putting her not only at the top of the podium but also at the top of the World Cup standings, with two World Cup victories in a row. All this after finishing last in December's Dew Tour.
"Two out of two! Say something, America!" Herman exclaimed before adding, "I'm really stoked. I got all my grabs solid, landings solid. Being strong out there is key. I kept it smooth and I just can't believe it. There's such good competition right now. Fifty girls were competing. To come out on top is just amazing. To come out so well ... it's just an honor to be on top. These girls are the best."
Canada's Dara Howell and Australia's Anna Segel rounded out the podium with 85.8 and 85.0 respectively.
And as all eyes turned to the men's field, several unfinished runs left a handful of competitors vying for podium position.
It looked to be all set, with Australia's Russell Henshaw (92.2), Canada's Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (90.4) and Breckenridge's own Bobby Brown (89.4) comprising the standings - until Great Britain's James Woods pointed his skis down course. Stomping his run, Woods earned a favorable 93.4 to upset the standings and put himself on top, bumping everyone down a notch.
"I'm very excited. I'm obviously very proud of myself. I'm proud of everyone else in this competition ... Everyone skied out of their minds. I can't believe it," Woods said. "I'm very exhilarated. I'm ecstatic. I knew I needed to step up my game, and not only step up but improve because I did actually mess up my first run. There was definitely nerves involved and a nice adrenaline release when I made it."
Woods is excited to be on track for the Olympics, in which slopestyle will debut for both snowboarders and freeskiers. If he heads to Sochi, Russia, it will be significant to the athlete and his country.
For Bobby Brown, who was bumped off the podium by Woods' win, it's only one competition.
"This is a good spot. This is my first contest back in seven months. I broke my ankle this summer. I feel pretty confident going into the rest of the season," Brown said.


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Baylor's silent partner in doctor-owned hospitals
Baylor Health Care System's main partner in its doctor-owned hospitals was silent in today's story because the company declined comment.
But United Surgical Partners International's relationship with the not-for-profit Baylor system goes back a decade, mirroring the growth in physician-owned hospitals (Baylor Medical Center at Frisco shown in photo) and ambulatory surgical facilities.
Baylor chief executive Joel Allison is on the board of directors of USPI as is former Baylor CEO Boone Powell Jr. Allison receives no compensation for his board service, according to USPI's financial filings with the SEC. Powell received $35,000 in cash and another $11,000 in stock awards from USPI in 2008.
Former Baylor executive Brett Brodnax is an executive vice president for Dallas-based USPI and its chief development officer.


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SAN JOSE -- A big new shopping center, office towers and residences could replace several of the Century movie theaters near the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose under a plan to lease the property, realty agents said Wednesday.
The site being eyed for redevelopment includes the Century theaters on Winchester Boulevard near Interstate 280. The theaters' domes are a familiar sight in the area, and the theatres have over the decades played many blockbuster films.
A group of San Jose families has hired realty brokerage Cassidy Turley and its retail unit Terranomics to market the 11.6-acre site on Winchester Boulevard between Olin Avenue and Interstate 280, across the street from Santana Row.
"There is very good interest in this site," said Todd Oliver, a partner with Terranomics Retail Services.
Potentially 500,000 square feet of retail or offices, or both, could be built at the site.
"You could build a large shopping center or have one or more office towers at the location," said Greg Davies, a partner with Cassidy Turley.
It also is possible that new homes could emerge on the property.
"The city has designated this in its general plan as an urban village," Davies said. "By definition, that could include all three uses -- retail, office and residential."
The owners, operating under the name Winchester Investments, intend to lease the land beneath the theaters to the future owner. To make way for the potential offices, shops and homes, the owners would then probably bulldoze the theaters.
"This has been a site for movie theaters for almost 50 years," Davies said.
The lease on the theaters is about to expire, so the owners decided to attempt a ground lease of the property to redevelop the site, sources said.
Retail development has been rebounding in Silicon Valley as the economy has improved over the past year or two.
Plus, large and small tech companies have gobbled up considerable stretches of office space in Mountain View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Santa Clara, and now the leasing surge has spilled into North San Jose.
Across the street from the Century theatres, Santana Row has enjoyed brisk retail leasing. Earlier this year, popular retailer H&M expanded its space at Santana Row, taking over a former Borders Bookstore site. Smaller retailers have also been opening shops at the retail complex.
Then in March, the principal owners of Santana Row, Federal Realty, revealed plans to build three office complexes and more retail on the site. The offices would total 700,000 square feet and be able to accommodate about 3,000 workers if completely filled.
The brokers for the property believe the Century theaters parcel could be similarly successful.
"We believe this is the best remaining infill site in the West San Jose area," Davies said.
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at Twitter.com/george_avalos.


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For God's sake, Military Retirement should be allotted lots of funds for the veterans and early retirees. The Federal Government should analyze this very carefully. It is no joke to offer your life for country;s safety and honor. The United States, typically thought of a first-world nation, is rapidly losing its standing if one thinks about the security and life-style of its average citizens after retiring from the work force. According to a brand new study, the U.S. ranks low in relation to retirement security and even lower in health care. plus, they even buried military men and retirees even buried their selves to military loans just to support their families. Military hard works should be paid fully in accordance with their duty. Read more here:
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I am a 100% disabled retired US Army veteran. I need the money that I get for disability to live on and to pay my bills. If the gov't wants to save money, then they should quit giving PAKISTAN ALL THIS MONEY BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLAYING US FROM THE BEGINNING, AND OUR FEARLESS LEADERS DON'T HAVE THE SENSE GOD GAVE A LOONY GOOSE. But that's the DAM REPUBLICANS. THEIR MOTTO IS THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN'T FIX, JUST THROW MORE MONEY AT IT. The best thing that Obama has done is to get out troops out of Iraq, a place we should have finished off the first time we were there. All because that LIAR BUSH WANTED TO PLAY WAR. He didn't have the guts to serve himself. For the gov't to cut the benefits of the men and women who have honorably served this great country is LUDICROUS.
Trying to correct the budget on the backs of the vets is not the place to go, such as droping over 174,000 Retired Veterans from Tricare Prime to Tricare Standard, come October 1 2013. With my wife being in poor health, all it will do is add an extra burden on us. Now I have to try to find a Supplement to help the cost of her medical bills.
The government should not be looking at military benefits as a way to reduce current costs. Besides the fact that military retirement benefits were part of a contract with those collecting these benefits, the government has no business altering this contract. If they decide to change their retirement policies for new enlistees than that would be fine because the enlistee would know going in that they would be receiving certain retirement benefits based on when they enlisted. You can't go back and change the rules for those already in the system. There are hundred and thousands of useless, wasteful government programs that should be eliminated before anyone even looks at military retirement as a means to cut the budget.
Military retirement benefits are fair game for cost reduction, but only on a forward-looking basis. That will allow those enlisting or being commissioned on or after a future, publicized date to decide whether the guaranteed benefits are worth the risks and sacrifices of a military career.
Hell No! That being said I believe each person can conduct an honest assessment and determine if they truly need the benefits. If not, they can opt out of the program. Most military/retirees are true givers and if it is feasable they would give up theri benefits for the betterment of the nation.
To reduce retiree benifits is a breach of contract, if they are going to start reducing benifits lets start with our state Rep, Seniators, and any member of goverment that gets full retirement benifits after one term.


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Progress Lighting P6147-30 White Directional Series 5" Single-Light Fully Adjustable PAR-20 Pinhole-Back Wall or Ceiling Fixture
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Brighten up the darkest corners with this versatile, stylish directional spot light from the Directionals collection. Suitable for mounting on the wall or ceiling, and full 180° vertical and 360° horizontal adjustments make this light both sleek and functional.
- Suitable for ceiling or wall mount
- UL Listed for damp locations
- 180° vertical and 360° horizontal adjustment
- Mounting strap for outlet box included
- Height: 5"
- Width: 5"
- Extension: 6-1/2"
- Uses (1) 50w PAR20 bulb (not included)
- Total Wattage: 50
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4 Questions from the Community
The Progress Lighting P6147 uses a halogen PAR20 Bulb with a maximum wattage of 50W.
Can a LED PAR 20 5W, 7W or 10W bulb be used in this fixture ?
A. The Progress Lighting P6147 uses a halogen PAR20 Bulb with a maximum wattage of 50W.
The Progress Lighting P6147 has dimming capabilities.
Is this fixture dimmable?
A. The Progress Lighting P6147 has dimming capabilities.
The P6147 has a 50W Medium (E26) bulb base so a LED PAR 20 bulb will work provided that it is also medium base and does not exceed 50W.
Can the Progress Lighting P6147 be used with an LED PAR 20 equivalent?
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The base on this light is 5".
What is the dimension of the base of this light?
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When properly installed and under normal conditions of use, Progress Lighting, Inc. ("Seller") warrants its manufactured products, including their metal finishes ("Product(s)") will conform to its catalogue specifications and be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of sale to end user, as specified in Seller's shipment documents for each Product (extended warranties may apply to Seller's fan motors and Energy Star® Products as indicated in Seller's Product manuals). Warping of wooden or plastic blades is not covered by this warranty. This warranty excludes fluorescent ballasts and high intensity discharge (HID) components, and Buyer agrees to make all claims regarding defects or deficiencies therefore according to the warranty of the manufacturer thereof as its sole source of recourse or compensation. Seller's obligations under this warranty and Buyer's sole remedy for its breach to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be limited to the value of the cost of repair or replacement of the Product, pursuant to a written warranty claim validated in writing by Seller. IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR ACTUAL DAMAGES TO ANY CLAIMANT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, MULTIPLE, OR OTHER SUCH INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES OR PROFITS), WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR AS A RESULT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY (EXCEPT THOSE SET FORTH HERIN), TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE. In no case does this warranty extend to anybody other than Seller's customers, and no one is authorized to extend warranties or remedies on Seller's behalf. To be valid, the warranty claim must be made: (a) in writing according to Seller's procedures existing at the time of the claim, (b) within thirty (30) days of discovery of the defect, (c) within the applicable warranty period, and (d) include the dated store receipt or invoice evidencing purchase of the Product. Warranty claims should be sent to: Progress Lighting, Inc., P.O. Box 6701, Greenville, SC 29606. Products may be returned only after a Return Authorization Number has been issued by Seller's customer service department. Any unauthorized return, repair, replacement, modification or misuse of the Products by Buyer shall void the warranty. THIS WARRANTY IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES. SELLER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


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Yarn Profile: Morehouse Farm Merino
First Impressions
Then I discovered that the yarn I'd so confidently criticized was from Morehouse Farm Merino, a gorgeous farm profiled in both Knitting in America and Sweaters from New England Sheep Farms. Humbly corrected, I snatched up a skein and started swatching.
Knitting Up
While many commercial manufacturers use harsh processing to tame the fibers, Morehouse Farm Merino yarns undergo a minimum of processing. The yarn retains a wonderfully raw softness and bounce.
While I initially thought the yarn had been overspun, I quickly discovered that the often kinked-up spin balanced itself out as soon as I began knitting under a normal tension.
The extremely elastic yarn made lace knitting a breeze, stretching to accommodate just about anything my needles wanted to do. Since lace knitting often requires a lot of needle gymnastics, this elasticity is desirable.
Stitches appeared relatively smooth and even, with just a hint of irregularity caused by the yarn's somewhat raw nature.
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This lace-weight yarn, with its short merino fibers and gently spun single ply, provides an ideal example of the bloom phenomenon. I washed the swatches in lukewarm water with gentle soap and moderate agitation. After squeezing them dry and blotting them with a towel, I laid them out for blocking and was astonished at how much they had changed.
Like uncooked pasta, the original yarn gives very little indication of just how beautiful the end results will be. The bloom gave my stitches an attractive, almost pearl-like glow.
Because of its shorter, delicate fibers, this one-ply yarn is more likely to wear out than its non-merino counterparts. From a lace perspective, this poses little problem since one tends not to wear lace while playing football or rugby.
The bloom helps conceal snags and—yes, I'm afraid it's true—the inevitable pills that will emerge over time. Still, I can see a Morehouse Farm Merino lace scarf or shawl being passed down from generation to generation.
Morehouse Farm Merino is one of the largest purebred merino sheep farms in North America, yet the personal touch remains. When you pick up a skein and hold it in your hands, you can still feel the homegrown pride.
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As area residents recall their most memorable Valentine's Day celebrations on today's holiday, it's not the cards and gifts that stand out, but the experiences.
For Beverly resident Rachel Valentine, it is not hard to recall memories of her first Valentine's Day as Mrs. Valentine. Rachel, 30, and her husband Brian, 33, actually chose the holiday to get married.
"We thought it would be fun and kind of corny," joked Brian.
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Phillips Elementary fourth-graders, from front, Vivian Myers, Alex Reese and Tim Modesitt look over Valentines that adorn the school hallway Wednesday.
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Photo courtesy of the Riffles
Sweethearts Dariel and Louise Riffle, of Belpre, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Marrying on Valentine's Day worked out perfectly for a lot of reasons, said Rachel.
"I figure if we got married on Valentine's Day, he'd never forgot our anniversary," said Rachel.
Indeed, that Valentine's Day 10 years ago turned out to be more memorable than the couple ever expected.
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At a glance
About one billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged in the United States each year, second only to Christmas.
Women purchase 85 percent of all Valentines.
In order of popularity, Valentine's Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
Parents receive one out of every five valentines.
About 3 percent of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
Source: www.stvalentinesday.org
"We got married during a blizzard. Normally couples walk through rice or bird seed. We walked through snow," said Brian.
The evening ceremony took place in the church in Beverly where Rachel's parents were married and was attended by about 70 people.
But from the beginning of the ceremony to the end, it had snowed three inches outside, recalled Brian.
"You definitely see how much people love and care about you when they show up in three feet of snow," said Rachel.
"It was honestly a day I will never forgot," said Brian.
'The best valentine anyone can have'
Belpre resident Louise Riffle, 72, still remembers the gift that her husband Dariel, 74, gave her 50 years ago during their first Valentine's Day together.
The couple had married a month earlier and was staying at an apartment in Weston, W.Va..
"We barely had enough money to pay the bills and he was helping his mother," recalled Louise.
But Dariel managed to surprise Louise with a box of heart-shaped chocolates.
"I can remember sitting on that couch and pinching the chocolates to see which ones I was going to like," recalled Louise.
Now 50 years later, Louise said she feels so blessed by her life with Dariel that she has asked him to stop buying gifts.
"He is the type where I don't care if he never gets me anything. He cooks. He cleans. He helps with errands. He is the best Valentine anyone can have," said Louise.
Chocolate cake and teddy bears
Doing nice things for everybody is exactly what Valentine's Day is about, said Phillips Elementary fourth-graders Vivian Myers, Tim Modesitt and Alex Reese.
"I like how everybody gets treated equally and are all really nice to each other," said Myers, 9.
The first Valentine's Day that Myers recalls as being particularly memorable was just last year.
"Last year my sister helped me make my Valentines card box. It has pink wrapping paper and we cut out hearts from tissue paper and put it on the box," she said.
She also received a soft, pink teddy bear from her mom, she recalled.
Modesitt, 10, agreed that last year was his most memorable Valentine's Day.
"My parents went to a nice restaurant and got a really nice cake. It was chocolate," recalled Modesitt, who got to enjoy some of the cake himself.
This year, Modesitt plans on making his parents a card that says "You're the nicest parents in the world," he said.
Nine-year-old Reese has always enjoyed the holiday "because people are sweet and everybody is very loving," she said.
Still, this year's holiday is already on track to be the most memorable, said Reese.
"I have a boyfriend this year and he gave me a flower," she said.
A 40-year dinner date
Newport resident Cheryl Thomas also got flowers on her first Valentine's Day with her husband Cecil.
"We'd only been married about a month when Cecil and I celebrated for the first time," recalled Cheryl, who has been married 40 years.
The couple, who was living in Reno at the time, has always loved dining out together and that is exactly what they did on their first Valentine's Day.
"Back then Bonanza Steak House was still in Marietta and we went out to Bonanza," recalled Cheryl.
The couple received several restaurant gift cards at their 40th anniversary surprise party last month, and they will probably continue the tradition of a nice dinner date this year, said Cheryl.
"After 40 years, he does all this stuff automatically," she said.


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05 February 2006
How to Write Dialogue?
The question has stuck with me because it's so difficult to give any good advice about it, and difficult even to argue about it. For instance, Jed really liked the dialogue in The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, while I did not. Who's right? Both and neither. Certainly there are times when dialogue is obviously clunky or too expository, etc., but once a writer has moved past a beginner's mistakes, dialogue becomes entirely a matter of "ear" -- the writer's and the reader's. (For some good basic lessons on dialogue, check out Robert Sawyer's advice, Holly Lisle's points and excercises, and this list of pitfalls and exercises.)
To move beyond the most basic points about how dialogue works, we need to think about it as a transaction between the writer and the reader, one that relies on the other elements of the writing. "Effective dialogue" is not a single, universal entity. A style of dialogue that is effective in one story may not be effective in another, and whether dialogue is effective depends not just on the writer's skill, but the reader's sense of tone, as well as how the reader constructs an idea of what function the dialogue serves in the story.
Dialogue is not just about how characters talk. It is, more than anything else, a writer's trick. Dialogue in even the most "realistic" story is not how real people talk -- it is a convention created by the writer and accepted by the reader. The most effective realistic dialogue is dialogue that supports the illusion to such an extent that the reader forgets they are reading and begins to hear the words in their mind's ear, convinced that this is, indeed, how real people talk.
If you want to see the difference between real dialogue and fictional dialogue, record a conversation, and transcribe exactly what you hear. Written down, it will usually seem confusing, repetitive, fragmentary, and, paradoxically, unrealistic (or at least mannered), because our minds are not used to converting pure speech into text.
If writers want to improve their dialogue-writing skills, the best advice may not be to eavesdrop on conversations, but rather to look at a wide variety of fiction and decide what seems effective and what doesn't. Look at something from the 19th century, then something from today. Read a variety of contemporary playwrights -- David Mamet, Caryl Churchill, Tony Kushner, Wole Soyinka, Edward Albee, Suzan-Lori Parks, Wallace Shawn -- to see the range of possibilities, everything from the most colloquial to the most ritualized and declamatory (each is effective when it serves the overall purposes of the play). Compare Elmore Leonard and Alice Munro, Carole Maso and Stephen King, Toni Morrison and Kelly Link, Hemingway and Faulkner, Yasunari Kawabata and Louisa May Alcott, Don DeLillo and E.E. "Doc" Smith, J.M. Coetzee and Grace Paley, The Graduate and JR. And and and.
If you read and pay attention to the dialogue in the work of various writers from different cultures and historical periods, you'll find some that impress you and some you find almost unreadable. This is a test of you as a reader, but you can apply it to the sense of yourself as a writer, because it's likely that the rhythms and styles that most appeal to you as a reader do so because they match the conventions your brain has most deeply absorbed, and that will be the style that is easiest for you to write well in. (I'm not saying you should always write in that style, or that good writers never question and challenge what comes easiest to them, but rather that you might as well start with what is most comfortable and work out from there.)
Dialogue can serve many purposes. It is as much about tone and pacing in a story as it is about conveying information about the situation or characters. A lot of short conversations speed up the reading, while long speeches are generally slower to read, as are conversations broken up by narration. Dialogue filled with content is slower than dialogue that is suggestive and apparently empty. Blunt dialogue is different in effect from subtle or evasive dialogue. The use of speech tags is important, too -- often, we want readers to know exactly who is speaking, but not always, and a strategically deleted "he said" can be useful in some situations: it forces the reader to stop and think, or it plunges them into a confusion that forces them to sort things out, or to see characters as identical. Punctuation is often vitally important: there is a difference between a character whose words dissolve in... and a character whose discussion gets slashed with-- The use or lack of quotation marks or (as James Joyce and Hal Duncan prefer) opening dashes can create different tonal effects. Stories where the dialogue is not set apart from the narrative with quotation marks, such as many of Grace Paley's and Jose Saramago's, feel different from stories that use the conventional punctuation; there is a somewhat dreamier feel, one where the talking and the narrative are not as distanced from each other. Unrealistic, stilted, "literary" dialogue -- dialogue that works against the dominant conventions of realistic fiction -- can be valuable for creating irony or humor, or to highlight disconnections between elements of the fiction.
Certainly for many writers dialogue is a means to a narrative end more than a true skill of its own, but while dialogue is one item among many, it rewards careful thought and attention, because it opens up quite a range of possible effects for a writer sensitive to its potential.
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- Anonymous2/05/2006 6:54 PM
Dialogue in Rangergirl was my least favorite part. I saw why it was being done, but it didn't work for me. Great post.ReplyDelete
For years, I tried to make dialogue just not be a weakness. Only recently have I begun to make it a strength. It's really an interesting area of fiction writing to study.
[i]Jed really liked the dialogue in The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, while I did not. Who's right? [/i]ReplyDelete
You are.
My problem now is getting them to shut up.ReplyDelete
Great post.ReplyDelete
Expounding on a couple of important points about dialogue. It must fit the tone of the story and the culture in which it is written. Dialogue in a literary novel will be completely different than in a mystery or SF story, and dialogue from a white male from Seattle will be completely different than from an African-American female from Atlanta. The expressions, the rhythms, the speed all change.
In addition, dialogue must advance the story, whether it is to reveal something about the speakers or about the story. If you want to confuse with your dialogue, you'd better know how to do it well, because readers aren't forgiving.
Kameron, I sympathize. I've written pages and pages just from the voices in my head yammering on and on...ReplyDelete
M.D. -- I'm not, myself, willing to make any such large statements about any element of fiction always needing to do something. In general, as a broad principle, yes, maybe. But I'd be wary of saying that all African-American females from Atlanta talk alike, or all white guys from Seattle, nor do I think advancing the story is always the goal or should be, and while certainly plenty of readers aren't forgiving of this, that, or another thing, others are, and others are more than forgiving, in fact, some are positively appreciative. If the reader is an editor you're trying to sell to, then it may be a problem if you're writing something that doesn't appeal to their tastes and prejudices, but otherwise... I also think it can be productive for a story to use elements in unexpected ways, to mix and mingle.
- Tim Pratt2/06/2006 12:30 PM
I've never considered dialogue to be a particular strength of mine. If anything, I try to rein in my tendency to let characters go on and on. The dialogue in Rangergirl is definitely getting mixed responses, though, so I'm unsure what lesson to take from this.ReplyDelete
Then again, I wrote most of that dialogue five years ago, so my conversation-writing has probably mutated considerably since then anyway.
Great post, Matt. I love work that features great dialogue (like many of the writers you mentioned) and I've always considered dialogue my strength as a writer.ReplyDelete
I would disagree that the dialogue in a literary novel would be different than a SF novel. Why would it have to be? The dialouge in Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney, for instance, suggests the possbilities.
I never intended to say that all African Americans sounded alike, or that all white men from Seattle spoke the same way. I was talking more about the context of the story.
As for dialogue not advancing the story, why should it be different than the rest of the prose? It seems to me that every word counts, and should do so in a dialogue as well. Just my two cents, if I can use a cliché.
Certainly, yes, most of the time, and just about all the time with commercial writing, dialogue serves to move the story forward. I'm just uncomfortable with blanket statements about what it, or any literary element, must always do. Not all fiction is, or should be, about having a story and moving it forward, and every reader is likely to disagree about whether, and how, each word counts.ReplyDelete
Good comments and thoughts. It hadn't occurred to me, for example, that there might be occasions on which one would intentionally create ambiguity by omitting speech tags, but it makes sense now that you say it.
I certainly agree that dialogue serves different purposes in different works. I think that's part of an important general point, really: all these things we talk about, dialogue and setting and characterization and theme and plot and point of view and tone and mood and style and whatever else, they're all tools in the toolbox (or maybe I meant they're all types of tools), and different tools are suited for different tasks.
I should note -- while not taking away from the fact that I'm still enjoying Rangergirl, and that a line of dialogue in it made me laugh out loud this morning -- that I think the kind of dialogue I refer to as "snappy" follows different rules from a lot of the dialogue used in other contexts. There are all sorts of works for which it's not suited at all. ...I wrote and then deleted three or four different sentences here, none of which ended up being coherent, so I think I'll stop here.
But I did want to say one other thing: Thank you for not claiming, as so many people in the sf world do, that Elmore Leonard's dialogue is unequivocally the best dialogue possible. (Okay, so I'm exaggerating. Still, almost every sf writer I've heard talk about dialogue wants to write like Leonard, and recommends him as their sole answer to the question of how to get better at writing dialogue.) I think Leonard's dialogue is fine, and very well-suited to his books, but as you noted, it's just one style of dialogue among many possible.
...Okay, one other thing: I've found tabletop roleplaying games to be useful in improving my dialogue-writing skills. Trying to get so far into a character's head that you're speaking in character can be a really useful exercise. ...Which reminds me that I was surprised not to see you mention reading dialogue aloud; that's obviously not suited to the intentionally stilted or experimental forms of dialogue, but I strongly recommend that anyone who's trying to write naturalistic dialogue try reading it out loud.
Re "snappy"--it works for PG Wodehouse and it works for satire or irony and it works for when you want readers to think of characters as stupid or vapid or unaware of life as most people know it. But it's the hardest thing to do well and the easiest to make into a goddawful ear-bleeding annoyance.ReplyDelete
just discovered this insight, thanks. I'm very intimidated by dialogue.ReplyDelete
Useful advice, thanks.ReplyDelete
Excellent suggestion, to look at dialogue in books and decide which ones work the best, instead of listening to real conversations. I've done that sometimes without really thinking about it. Now that you've brought it to my attention, I'm going to do it more.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your advice it was very useful, although I have a question.ReplyDelete
Is it bad form to use italics for inner voice dialogue.
E.g: I'm dying for a cake, thought suzi.
I find it suits my story quite well, but someone has mentioned it to be technically wrong.
Any suggestions?
Excellent blog first aff, plenty interesting stuff here.ReplyDelete
Mamet said dialogue is the appropriation of everyday speech. Therefore it doesn't have to sound or feel real at certain points. Read it back is the best advice about it: if it sounds ridiculous, chuck it.


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13.24 An objective historian is obliged to be even-handed in his approach to historical evidence: he cannot pick and choose without adequate reason. I consider that there is justification for the Defendants' complaint that Irving was not even-handed in his treatment in Hitler's War of the account given by General Bruns of the shooting of thousands of Jews in Riga. Irving appears readily to accept that part of Bruns's account which refers to Altemeyer bringing him an order which prohibited mass shootings from taking place in the future. On the other hand Irving takes no account of the fact that, according to Bruns, it was only shootings "on that scale" which were not to take place in future. (A total of 5,000 Jews were shot in Riga on 30 November 1941). Nor does Irving mention that the order apparently stated that the shootings were to be carried out "more discreetly". In other words the shooting was to continue. Moreover Irving ignores Bruns's earlier reference to Altemeyer telling him of an order that the Berlin Jews were to be shot in accordance with Hitler's orders. My conclusion is that in these respects Irving has perverted the sense of Bruns's account. I was unpersuaded by the explanation offered by Irving for his treatment of this evidence.
13.25 There is a related criticism made by the Defendants in relation to the Riga shooting, namely that Irving suppressed the evidence of the widow of Schultz-Dubois about Hitler's reaction to a protest about the shooting. I am not satisfied that this criticism is made out. In the first place I am not persuaded by the evidence that at the material time Irving was aware of the account of Frau Schultz-Dubois: he testified that he had not read the relevant passage in Professor Fleming's book. In the second place, I take the view that the nature of the evidence was such that Irving was entitled to discount it: it was at least third-hand and emanated from Admiral Canaris who was anti-Nazi and no friend of Hitler.


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