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The scene:
Wow, I have never seen as many ticketless as I did at this show. I guess it speaks to the smallness of the venue. I would estimate at *least* 500 people with their fingers in the air, and the number is probably much more than that. The stairway down from the parking garage was a veritable gauntlet of people begging for tickets. Matt, a fellow Dartmouth student who had only seen West Coast shows up to this point was astonished at the scene on the right coast, and last night, I was too. I'm not one to complain too much about the scene like some people; but this definitely got to me. Drugs don't bother me; ticketless do.
The venue:
The weirdest "arena" I have ever seen. Take a normal arena and cut off the corners to make it look like a big plus sign, and you have an idea of what it looks like. It was ill-equipped to deal with the crowds of people that were there; the hallways were packed between sets. The security was fine for the most part, but the one guard closest to us during the show was the biggest jerk I have seen at a concert. While Ann and I were heading down to our floor seats, we saw a head with what looked like a box of DATs trying to explain to this guy that he just needed to drop them off to a taper. This guard got in his face and started yelling at him, so the head just says to the guy "You're a nerd." The guard then says "You get the hell out of my face or I'll kick you out!" It was pretty funny how calm the fan stayed while being bitched out by this loser. The guard did some other silly things during the show but I won't get into it. The rows on the floor were unbelieveably close together, but I was on the floor, so I didn't really mind. Except when the guy behind us crashed from whatever drugs he was taking and slumped over our seats. We pushed him back and his girlfriend took care of him. Remember: moderation is key!
The show:
Set I
Once we got settled into our seats, we waited for the lights to dim. Dim they did, and the band came out and started with a spacey little intro that can only lead to DWD. During this, Trey teased the main riff from Stash once, then Mike played the DWD bass intro and they were off. This DWD was exclusively Type I, with Trey leading the jamming they whole way through. It was very enjoyable, but nothing like 2/17/97 Amsterdam, for example. Trey was truly taking the lead the whole night, much more than shows from 97 and earlier this year (I haven't heard much fall tour, so I can't comment on what's been happening recently). The time for this version was ~13 minutes, and most of those minutes were Trey soloing.
MOMA DANCE followed and I noticed something about this song: it doesn't change a hell of a lot (well, the ones I've heard). That said, it is a GREAT composition, and I love the bah-bah-bah-bah...bah-bah-bah-bah...bah-bah-ba riff. It's just so different from other Phish composed songs, that I expect a jam, but I shouldn't, because there's no jam in Guyute. The jam at the end was good, but nothing that one wouldn't expect from Moma, and similar to the Deer Creek from this summer that I heard on the way to the show. It was nice to hear it after the release of SOTG, because now I know all the lyrics. GINSENG SULLIVAN is a song I've been hearing a lot lately, 3 times in 1998 alone. At this point I'd rather hear Nellie Cane, but Ginseng was well played, and I allowed myself to enjoy it
STASH was up next, turing the tease at the beginning of the show into foreshadowing. This Stash was definitely the highlight of the first set, lasting 12 minutes and going to some very cool places. In the middle of the jam there was a great segment with Trey playing staccato notes with Fishman keeping the beat on the woodblocks. Kuroda added to the fun by lighting up the fans in the back of the stage, changing their color to Trey's jam. They were extremely together throughout the jam segment, and it stayed fairly close to the foundation of the song. Certainly a part of the show where you look at your compainion and give her or him a smiling nod (you all know what I mean, right?). Stash ended and was followed by BRIAN and ROBERT, which was a much needed chill out song after that raging Stash. I've never been able to get into the words of Brian and Robert, but this one was well played and I love the sound of Page's organ (Rhodes? Moog? what the heck does he play in this one? I get confused...) that continues throughout the song.
After Brian and Robert, they started up LIMB BY LIMB. This was a tight version, with a slight flub by Kuroda (or one of his minions) who kicked the red lights a measure early before the guitar solo. Great solo in this Limb, but nothing you haven't heard before out of the Lemonwheel Limb. This tune was 11 minutes long, for those of you playing along at home. SAMPLE was next, thought by most in attendence to be the set closer for sure. We were glad to be wrong.
TELA was a huge surprise, and probably my favorite slow song to hear. I was pretty happy to get my second Tela in 98. I love the end where they sing "Tela, Tela, jewel of Wilson's foul domain." Although I do like the original TMWSIY with the "vulgar crooked hut" stuff better. After this we got a CHALKDUST TORTURE, and I knew for sure that it would be the set closer, and it was. Trey told us he'd be back in 15 minutes, so I ran to get a soda and call Rob so I wouldn't miss anything
Set I recap: Great Stash, good DWD and Moma, nicely executed Tela. 5.5 on the Scott Jordan Concert Review Scale.
Set II
The distinctive delay loop (present on SOTG) signalled that a GHOST was on the docket. And a fine Ghost it was! Definitely not the funk Ghost of Tours Past, this Ghost veered off into an almost Bathtub-like jam. Matt compared it to the Murat Gin, I compared it to the Went Gin without the Euphoria - but the interesting thing is that we both compared it to a Gin jam. I would call Trey's jamming almost circular, in that he was repeating a cycle of notes that cycled through a range of pitches. Trey definitely dominated the jam, and the song lasted a fun-filled 17 minutes, before degrading into some sustained space noises, out of which came Mike's vocal solo at the begininning of HALLEY'S COMET. This version was completely straight up...no jam at the end at all, just an abrupt stop, which was followed within seconds by TWEEZER.
This Tweezer was the tightest jam they played all night, with a lot of nice clav work by Page at the beginning of the jam (typical, but quite good). The jam was lead by Trey's guitar work that was decidedly anthemic (not anemic!) and not funky. It ended in the "repeat the main riff and slow it down each time" fashion, and entropically melted into some space that I thought for sure was either going to be 2001 or Bowie, it was pretty cool, and I never expected the song that would emerge. But after a couple minutes, I heard Trey tease POSSUM as a signal for Page and Fishman to start it up. Start it up they did, and Possum really got me and the rest of the fans dancing. This Possum was a raging 15 minutes long, and fun was had by all.
The lights seemed to signal and end-of-show atmosphere at the end of Possum, so we were surprised when the band started up WADING IN THE VELVET SEA. This Sea had no delay loop by Trey, starting only with the really pretty piano solo by Page that we all know and love. I really like the lyrics to this song, and I'll be damned if I let all of you convince me that it's cheese. And Page singing? Come on, what more can you want? Nice slow solo by Trey to finish up the song, and we figured they wanted to end on more of a high note, and we were right. As soon as they started up CHARACTER 0, I could feel a collective sigh from jaded fans all over the venue. Previous to this night, I felt the best Zero was 12/31/96 Boston, but last nights was MUCH better. They actually mixed it up a bit in the jam at the end. I know you all don't believe me, but Trey was definitely doing things with the solo that he had never done before (or at least I hadn't heard before). They looked like they were having an incredible amount of fun for the 9 minutes that Zero covered, and it really was a good closer (which is something I rarely say about Zero).
Set II recap: Wonderful, original Ghost, tight Tweezer, long Possum, best Chracter Zero ever. 8 on the SJCRS.
Who walks out with the band but that begoggled fool, the Dude of Life! Trey lets us all know who he is, and they play SUZIE GREENBERG, a song that I thought was on permanent leave due to the statements by the band in the Phish book. A really fun version, with different lyrics that I couldn't quite catch in the second verse. The Dude is great, some of my first tapes were shows that he guested at, so he has a lot of sentimental value for me. He is a great showman too, running around the stage, pointing at Page and Trey when it's their turns to solo. I was hoping for a Crimes of the Mind or She's Bitchin' Again after Suzie, but forgot that they still hadn't played TWEEZER REPRISE. The Dude was singing something at the beginning of the song before the lyrics, but no one I talked to could figure it out. Maybe it will be more clear on the tapes. He helped out with the standard vocals as well and made an ordinarily great show-closer extraordinarily great.
Encore recap: Fun as hell, The Dude, Suzie back from the dead. 8 on the SJCRS.
So I guess that gives the whole show about a 7.25. Definitely above average, the first set wasn't stellar but the second and encore make up for it. They are damn good this fall, folks, and I encourage you to be VERY psyched for any shows on your schedule. See you all in Worcester!


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"Adele Ashworth…is certain to become one of Romance's most beloved writers." <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
—Lisa Kleypas
The first of three dashing, daring, and utterly unforgettable dukes takes the stage in The Duke's Captive—book one in an enthralling new historical romance series from USA Today bestseller and Rita Award winner Adele Ashworth. An author whose novels have been called, "exquisitely written and brimming with emotion" by the inimitable Julia Quinn, Adele Ashworth enchants again with the breathtaking story of a duke's revenge undone by the power of passionate love.
Vengeance would be his . . .
Ian Wentworth arrives in London with one goal: revenge. Now a duke of enormous wealth, he should settle down to the business of marrying and producing heirs. But nightmares of an ordeal from his past haunt him at every turn. All those he believes responsible have paid with their lives. All but one: Viola Bennington-Jones, the lovely Lady Cheshire. And he will not rest until he sees the tempting beauty suffer.
Viola keeps her secrets—and there are many—safe from society's prying eyes. When she first spies Ian at a glittering ball, the rush of recognition immediately turns to panic. Does he remember the tender touches that once passed between them? Does he feel the electric passion that binds them still? Or does he blame her for the awful horrors her kin bestowed upon him? The enigmatic duke holds her captive: in desperate thrall to his powerful sensuality, her future—and her heart—in his hands.
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- On Sale: 06/29/2010
- Trimsize: 4.188 in (w) x 6.75 in (h) x 0.96 in (d)
- Pages: 384
- List Price: 7.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Romance / Historical / General

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PA in September: PASA Blankets the Commonwealth in Support of Local Farms & Food
September 16, 2012 in Community Events, Community Resources, Community Support for PASA, Uncategorized
The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) announces an exciting array of events and opportunities to support your local farmer while enjoying the lovely fall weather in Pennsylvania. To celebrate the harvest season, PASA is hosting and attending farmer-focused and family-friendly events throughout the Commonwealth. Read on to find an event near you or mark your calendars for a PA road trip!
South Central PA:
Join PASA at Farm Aid 2012 on Saturday, September 22, at Hersheypark Stadium. The concert will feature Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Kenny Chesney, Jack Johnson, ALO, Pegi Young & The Survivors and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Farm Aid is much more than a concert – there are plenty of events leading up to the concert, including the following:
- Farm Aid's 2nd National Gathering of Farm Advocates on Thursday, September 20, is a working meeting that will bring together new and established farm advocates and financial, legal and farm policy experts for a day of training and skills development. Register at farmaid.org/advocates.
- The Farm Aid Forum – Shale Gas Extraction & the Family Farm is an educational session provided to discuss the range of impacts, resources and protections for those facing unconventional natural gas extraction on their land or in their community. This open meeting will be held Friday, September 21st from 9:00am – 12:00pm at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East (4752 Lindle Road, Harrisburg PA 17111). RSVPs are required – please email email@example.com to RSVP.
- Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village is open from noon to 5:30pm on Saturday, September 22, and is a lively space where concert goers enjoy interactive and experiential exhibits about soil, water, family farmers and good food! Stop by and visit PASA's three exhibits in the HOMEGROWN Village. Play ag trivia, help recreate a mural of the Buy Fresh Buy Local® logo, learn about backyard conservation and homesteading in the Skills Tent, try out our bicycle powered generator at our Good Food Neighborhood™ booth and enter to win amazing raffle prizes donated by PASA member farms and businesses.
For more information about these and other Farm Aid events surrounding the concert, visit farmaid.org/events.
ART on the FARM at Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs on Sunday, September 23, from 4:00pm to 8:00pm is a collaborative fundraiser to benefit PASA & the Carlisle Arts & Learning Center (CALC). Art on the Farm provides a unique opportunity for the Cumberland Valley to experience local flare through art, education and agriculture.
Area painters, ceramicists, fiber artists and performance artists will be engaged "en plein air" work from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Guests will be given a map of the Dickinson College Farm for an opportunity to interact with artists in action. Educational programs will run concurrently with the "en plein air" sessions, allowing visitors to gain a deeper perspective and appreciation for key topics relating to sustainable land management and food production.
Hors d'oeuvres made by local restaurants will be provided along with samplings of craft beer and wines. This will be followed by a light dinner made with fresh, local ingredients. The night will culminate with a live and silent auction. The cost is $40 per Individual or $75 per couple. To purchase tickets visit carlislearts.org or call (717) 249-6973.
Eastern PA:
PASA's 5th Annual Bike Fresh Bike Local ride offers 25, 50 or 75 mile route options to make this the perfect ride for those who haven't been on their bike in a while to cyclists looking for a challenge. Get your family, friends and co-workers out to appreciate the beautiful rolling hills of Chester County and see where our food comes from! The ride starts & finishes at event partner and Chester County's famous beer destination, Victory Brewing Company. All participants receive a delicious locally sourced lunch and an award winning Victory draft beer (for riders 21+ years of age) after the ride!
Walk-in registration ($45) is available at the event. PASA also gratefully welcomes additional donations, which you can add at the time of registration. Register at pasafarming.org/bikefresh.
Join PASA from 11:00am – 3:00pm on Saturday, September 22, for an amazing event celebrating the official Grand Re-Opening of Kimberton Whole Foods' Downingtown store in its new location! Come for the expanded organic produce section, the larger selection of great healthy groceries, the green building features throughout the store and the free samples, bike raffle, kids activities and food demos! The new Downingtown store is 2 doors down from the previous Downingtown location in the Milltown Square Shopping Center. Directions to Kimberton's store in Downingtown can be found by visiting kimbertonwholefoods.com/
Western PA:
September is Local Foods Month in Western PA, and to add to the fun and celebration, PASA is hosting a Farmer Olympics at the Mother Earth News Fair! The Farmer Olympics brings local farmers and their supporters together for some friendly competition in fun, farming-inspired challenges. Teams of farmers and community members will test their skill, agility, teamwork and knowledge in competitions like the potato harvest scramble, tomato-trellising relay, box building, fence moving and farm trivia. Teams receive free admission to the Mother Earth News Fair on Sunday, September 23. Fun for all, and prizes to the winners!
The Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs Mountain Resort is a fun-filled, family-oriented sustainable lifestyle event. The Fair features practical, hands-on demos and workshops on topics like renewable energy, small-scale agriculture, livestock, gardening, green building, and natural health in addition to vendors of organic food and drink, books and magazines, tools, seeds, clothing and more. In 2011, over 9,000 people attended the Fair, and this year the event has been extended from two days to three. Look for today's interview with Mother Earth News Fair keynoter and author of The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Katz on the Good Food Neighborhood blog!
Also, don't forget about these upcoming Sustainability Schools workshops:
Saturday, September 22
Longview Center for Agriculture
Collegeville, Montgomery County
In partnership with Greener Partners
Saving Tradition by Saving Seed
Saturday, September 29
Dickinson College Farm
Boiling Springs, Cumberland County
In partnership with Dickinson College Farm
About PASA:
With over 5,000 members, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) is one of the largest and most active sustainable agriculture organizations in the U.S. Through educational programs and regional marketing assistance for farmers, advocacy, and public outreach, PASA seeks to promote profitable farms that produce healthy food for all people while respecting the natural environment. PASA's hallmark event, the Farming for the Future Conference, draws thousands of participants from more than 30 states and six countries each February. For more information, visit pasafarming.org.
Megan Epler
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"Promoting profitable farms that provide healthy food for all people while respecting the natural environment."


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- May 13:
- Amgen Tour of California notebook: Rider Robbie Squire scoffs at the heat
- Amgen Tour of California: Cycling, suffering and ice-filled panty hose beat Bay Area heat
- Tour of California: Rohan Dennis wins Stage 3 on Mount Diablo
- May 12:
- Bradley Wiggins storms to Stage 2 victory at Tour of California
- May 11:
- Tour of California opens with photo finish
- May 10:
- Tour of California: Santa Rosa-based cyclist looks to win for his dad
- May 9:
- Amgen Tour of California offers a hot challenge
SACRAMENTO -- Carmen Small tried to break right Sunday in a sprint finish on Capitol Mall in the women's race of the Amgen Tour of California.
Back home in Durango, Colorado, husband Ben Sonntag screamed at his computer screen while watching a live video stream.
Small seemed to hear him. She suddenly switched to the left for a big move that led to victory for Team Specialized Luluemon in a one-hour circuit race that was held in conjunction with the men's stage.
"Patience was the game today," said Small, who will be among the 20 women competing Monday in an individual time trial in Folsom.
The two days of racing are an expansion for women, who are trying to make inroads by participating in America's most prestigious stage race.
Small and other pros underscored how women are ready for more serious racing with an aggressive, fast pace over a 1.24-mile course that had a climactic ending.
The real sprinting began on the last corner when Alison Powers of UnitedHealthcare took off a bit too far from the finish line.
Team Tibco leader Jo Kiesanowski of New Zealand followed Powers with 200 meters left feeling confident.
Then Small flew past.
"It all changed within a few seconds," said Kiesanowski, who was fifth.
"I didn't have time to react."
UnitedHealthcare's Coryn Rivera of Tustin was second, followed by Optium Pro Cycling's Walle Brianna of Portland, Oregon.
Rivera, a student at Marian University in Indianapolis, marveled at Small's tactics.
"Carmen had a free ride to the line," she said.
Small credited Specialized teammates going out fast and protecting her from the winds to conserve energy throughout the hour.
The women are grateful to participate in the Tour of California but they feel as if they are getting table scraps.
"A 60-minute 'crit' is not going to cut it," Tibco's Jasmin Glaesser said. "The men did 180 kilometers today — we did an hour of racing."
The women competed on a day the weeklong Tour of Britain concluded with world and Olympic champion Marianne Vos winning. The British tour attracted many of the world's stars, siphoning off riders from the California event. It also proved to be a popular.
A much weaker field competed in Sacramento with lower-level teams from Northern California entered. That made for dangerous conditions with multiple crashes. About 40 percent of the 100-plus field did not finish.
"It was a sketchy race," said Glaesser, who won a 2012 Olympic medal in track cycling. "Riders were doing unpredictable things."
Rivera described the conditions as scary.
"Never a dull moment out there," she said.
While the women know they can do much more they don't want to speak unkindly when race organizers have expanded their opportunity. They called the extra day of racing a positive step for women's cycling.
But "it is not going to be enough until we get our own tour," Small said.
She hopes days like Sunday will help attain their ultimate goal.
"It's just an hour crit but we showcased ourselves," Small added. "We can race our bike hard and competitively."
Small had no problem with inexperienced riders racing alongside the pros because "you have to let those teams in because how are we going to grow the sport?"
When it came down to the final meters, the race provided all the excitement cycling can offer.
"I think we made an impact," Rivera said.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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Empfehlungen, Routen und Kuriositäten: Detail
19 Juli 2010
Luminaria di San Domenico
Every year, since 1606, Praiano inhabitants used to decorate its balconies, terraces, gardens with lighting system composed by wax and oil. This custom handed from 1599, when Dominican Monks came to the Monastery of Santa Maria a Castro, placed on the hill above Praiano. "Luminaria di San Domenico" is an Event which comes true every year from August 1st to August 4th to celebrate San Domenico.
On August 4th , very early in the morning (the first Mass is at 6.30 am), Praiano celebrates San Domenico's Festival.
"Luminaria di San Domenico" has a particular meaning: Domenico's Mother, before giving him birth, she dreamed a dog with a torch in his mouth to burn the world. So when Domenico was born he had to diffuse "God's word all over the world".


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JACKSON COUNTY-One of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce your electric bill is to replace existing incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR qualified lighting, such as compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).
Appalachian Power is working with participating stores to offer our West Virginia customers instant rebates on energy-efficient lighting. Look for the Appalachian Power Company (APCO) label on the shelf for qualifying bulbs. CFL availability may vary depending on retailer.
There is a 12-bulb limit per purchase. Product selection varies by store and retailer. Rebates are available while supplies last.
ENERGY STAR light bulbs:
Use up to 75% less energy
Last up to 10 times longer
Save an average of $30 in energy costs over their lifetime
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Helps the environment by saving energy.
Savings are based on 6000-hour bulb lifetime, burning 3 hours per day at 9.1 cents per kWh.
CFLs contain a small amount of mercury and need to be disposed of properly and preferably recycled.
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Car carpets wear out immensely. Support our weight with all types of footwear, and suffer from constant friction by moving our feet, looking for comfort. Therefore, we must give proper maintenance to carpets of the car, to be always kept in perfect condition.
Cleaning under carpets
Depending on the make and model of your car, under rugs have a closed cubicle of various materials, mostly tufted carpets and rugs as homey. We must keep these rugs in good condition, as are those that ensure good fixation to the carpet of the Toyota Prius .
" After cleaning and drying, check the rubber mat to analyze damage and bad sectors. "
At least once a week, remove the rubber mats, bending toward the center to avoid spreading dirt. Quítalas bottom clean carpet vacuuming, scrubbing with the brush vigorously. You can do a deeper cleaning, sprinkle baking soda and leaving acting at night to suck the morning. Such cleaning not only remove stones and other debris which may affect the rubber mats also reinvigorate the inner texture of the Toyota Prius carpet, leaving it softer and suitable to ensure the rubber mats, either due to its rough texture of the lower face or by Velcro straps that can adhere to universal glue. So, carpets never slip, endangering your driving technique.
Cleaning the rubber mat
" You can do a deeper cleaning, sprinkle baking soda and leaving acting at night. "
After removing the rubber mat, shake to remove dirt. To clean, simply nothing better than warm water with liquid dish detergent, concentrated. This will leave them clean and shiny, well-hydrated. After brushing, rinse with hot water and let dry or warm, or hanging them tendiéndolas always in the shade, for the sun and heat can dry drying them and alter them.
After cleaning and drying, check the rubber mat to analyze damage and bad sectors. This not only meets the an aesthetic issue, but a damaged carpet could be cut, move, settle behind the pedals fail to operate properly, this is potentially a great danger to the driver and the other occupants of the car .
If you notice that the rubber mat has an injury , you should fix it immediately. With the carpet completely dry and cold, measures a sturdy cloth (can be jeans or denim, or other similar fabric) and trim, surpassing the total size of the crack or damage. Apply two-component glue or contact cement on the canvas, in a thin layer, and do the same around the broken area of the rubber mat on the reverse. Left to air until the glue has bite but it does not stick to your fingers, and place the cut fabric with some pressure.
This technique is applicable to cracks in the center or at the edges of the rubber mat, where no pieces missing. If there are pieces missing, you can replace them with pieces of rubber (the hot water bottles broken or punctured are ideal for this work). Finally, you can take the time to attach Velcro strips (the rough or hooks), to leave the carpet firmly fixed in place and correct.
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From: TX, United States
Genre: Christian/Gospel, Country
Conlan is a songwriter from the surrounding area near Houston, Texas. His songs were produced by Kevin Hamilton and recorded at Mr Hamilton's sound studio, Razor's Edge Sound of Austin, Texas.
I am so privileged to have Glay Marie record the following songs:
The Hiding Place
No One Has a Greater Love Than This
The Little Girl In Me
He Rides The Heavens
You can learn more about this unusual and multi-
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Though it's been a year since the storm we've come to know as the derecho hit, the memory of its destruction is still fresh to some victims.
"It sounded like a freight train coming, it was awful," said storm victim Linwood Craddock.
WDBJ7 spoke with Craddock and his wife Shirley last year after the storm at the Pine Tree Mobile Home Park. A neighbor's tree had fallen on top of their porch.
"It was a big thump when that tree went down side of my trailer. I didn't know what was going on. I heard a big racket, it shook my trailer and then I realized something had went wrong. And we looked out the window and saw nothing but tree limbs," said Craddock.
Craddock says he was standing in the kitchen taking his medication that night. He tried leaving outside of his front door but it was blocked by a tree.
"It took this whole corner off here, from along here all the way down. It tore the gutter down off the back end of the trailer," said Craddock.
He remembers wanting to save the food in both his refrigerator and deep freezer. An old generator he was using stop working, so he had to buy a new one at $700, fueling it at what he says was $32 a day. He says he feels a little better after some improvements.
"Our landlord got all these tree cut down in here. It made the park a lot better; a lot safer," said Cradock.
It's a first for Craddock, ever seeing a wind storm so powerful, he hopes never to experience it again.


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Every Yuletide season, the same debate is sparked. A real Christmas tree with soft needles and a heady aroma-or an artificial one that assembles in an instant, can be purchased pre-lit and doesn't drop leaves on the floor?
Sometimes it seems like neither side of the Christmas controversy will budge from their fondness for real or fake. But there are those who have switched to the plastic version and been happy in the process.
For Judy and Steve Weber of Lowell, the seven Christmas trees they've decorated this year are all artificial ones.
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SHARON BOPP The Marietta Times
Jan Rowley, sales associate at Thomson's Landscaping in Marietta, spruces up the decorations on a pink and green themed artificial Christmas tree Monday.
"It took several years to make that transition and get used to the idea (of artificial trees)," said Steve Weber.
When their adult children were still at home, the Webers' trees were real.
"We love Christmas around here," Judy Weber said.
Fact Box
At a glance
Types of real Christmas trees
- Balsam fir: Usually the most reasonably priced and abundant cut tree. Balsams have short, flat, needles that are long lasting and are very fragrant when first cut.
- Douglas fir: A beautiful, full dark green to blue variety. It holds its needles well and is very fragrant.
- Scotch pine: One of the most popular Christmas trees with a nice, lasting aroma. Its ridged, dark green needles hold for four weeks and don't drop when dry.
About artificial trees
- Artificial Christmas trees are made of plastic, PVC specifically, that ensures the long life and durability of the trees. With these chemical properties, artificial Christmas trees provide a useful life of 20 years or more.
- Each artificial tree saves 10 live trees from being cut down in the process.
- Artificial trees do not clog up the waste stream or recycling facilities on an annual basis.
Source: christmastreeassociation.org.
However, the mess of a real tree grew old, and they found an extremely lifelike artificial tree that took some of the sting out of it being fake.
"I love real trees, but you just can't put them up in November," said Judy Weber.
Nowadays, the Webers have several types of artificial trees including a 27-inch antique German feather tree with the original porcelain Santa at its tippity top and red "berries" on the ends of branches.
There's also another white "fake feather" Christmas tree offering holiday cheer in the hallway of the couple's home and a tall, skinny "pencil" tree.
The biggest Christmas tree the Webers decorate is in their living room. It stands nearly eight feet tall and is adorned with antique ornaments in the shapes of fruit, musical instruments, birds, angels and more.
The Webers' favorite Christmas ornaments are those they've collected or bought at auctions over the years.
"All the ornaments are at least 60 years old, some are probably pushing 100 years," Judy Weber said.
"They're all what we call dead people's ornaments," she laughingly added.
At Thomson's Landscaping in Marietta, which offers both real and artificial trees, real trees have outsold their artificial counterparts this Christmas, said sales associate Jan Rowley.
"(Customers) just want that smell," she said.
Many of Thomson's customers are also looking for the thin, narrow artificial trees called pencil trees, she added.
Wall, or half, trees that can be hung from a wall or "potted" in an urn are getting more popular too.
Whether real or artificial, Washington County residents are embracing trees with different themes or color schemes than traditional ones in years past.
Linda Turner of Newport has a white artificial tree that she'll fancy up with a blue bow at the top and all blue ornaments.
Some years, Turner said she goes with a red color scheme instead.
"Red, I love a bright red," she declared.
Karen Duley, 61, of Belpre said her 16-year-old granddaughter decorated all four trees in her home this year.
One has a horse theme, complete with belt buckles for ornaments, rope for garland and a cowboy hat as a topper. A second tree is decked in pinks and greens, and a third with silk poinsettias.
In Duley's dining room, dehydrated orange slices are interspersed with country-themed ornaments.
"We live in a log house" which ties in with the country look of the tree," said Duley.


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Becky Selengut is a private chef, author (Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook, Good Fish), columnist (Edible Seattle) and cooking teacher. She worked for 3 years at the internationally acclaimed Herbfarm Restaurant under her mentor, Chef Jerry Traunfeld before setting out on her own to start Cornucopia, her private chef and education business.
Shes at work on her third cookbook, "Shroom: Mind-bendingly good recipes for wild and cultivated mushrooms" (Andrews McMeel Fall 2014).
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga.- After two sequential Peach Belt Conference losses, the Augusta State Jaguars responded at home with a 75-70 victory over Armstrong Atlantic State University on Saturday, Jan. 12 at Christenberry Fieldhouse.
ASU advances to 9-2 overall, 2-2 in the PBC, while the Pirates move to 6-7 overall and 1-5 in conference.
Armstrong junior Tori Klewicki-McNutt paced the Pirates with 24 points, while senior Demisha Mills added 11 of her own.
The Jags allowed Armstrong an 8-0 lead to start off the game, but quickly collected themselves after Tanchelle Hollingsworth hit two consecutive deep-balls to bring ASU with two, 8-10. A three-pointer from senior Brittany White at the 8:59 mark gave the Jags their first lead of the game, 21-20.
A pair of steals from White and Tiffany Jaecks, led the defensive turnaround for ASU in the first half and resulted in a couple of Taylor Ayers layups. The Jags out-rebounded AASU by two and scored nine points off turnovers.
Laci Schreiber stretched the ASU lead by eight on a jumper in the lane with 17:30 on the clock. The Jags missed their next six shots, committed three turnovers, and four fouls to allow the Pirates back into the game.
Armstrong tied it at 50-50 with 12:55 left, but another trey from White put the Jags up and they never let the lead go. White's steal on a Pirate fast break attempt with 33 seconds left in the game, sealed the ASU victory.
"We are starting to get used to each other offensively," Head coach Nate Teymer said. "We have to start getting some scoring from other places. It's not just one person that has to step up; it has to be a team effort."
White did it all with a team-leading 16 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and six steals. Hollingsowrth added 15 points, while Ayers added 13. The Jags had five less turnovers than AASU and scored 22 points off Pirate turnovers.
The Jaguars continue conference play on Thursday, Jan. 17 when they host Flagler in Christenberry Fieldhouse for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon on Wednesday chided a local blogger who is set to be arraigned on disorderly conduct charges Wednesday for taking a photo of Supervisor Scott Wiener in a City Hall bathroom in October.
Gascon, speaking to reporters at an unrelated event this afternoon, said the behavior of blogger and gay rights activist Michael Petrelis was "very, very inappropriate."
Petrelis allegedly snapped the photo on Oct. 26 after encountering Wiener in a second floor bathroom at City Hall and posted it on his blog the next day.
Below the photo, Petrelis wrote that he tried to take a photo of Wiener as he stood at a urinal but the time it took for his camera to focus gave the supervisor "enough time for him to put away his wiener and zipper up."
Petrelis wrote, "The only photo I caught was of him grabbing his toothbrush from the wash basin. He sighed heavily and with exasperation having to not only have to interact with me, but in a restroom and with a camera going off."
Petrelis eventually wrote in a later post that he surrendered to sheriff's deputies on Nov. 29 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He is set to make his initial appearance in San Francisco Superior Court on Wednesday morning to face the misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
Gascon said that he wants "to make sure we send a message that that type of behavior is not accepted ... it completely trespasses the social boundary of decency and good sense."
He said, "It is OK for robust political engagement, it's OK to disagree ... it is not OK to invade people's privacy in a way that occurred in this particular case."
Petrelis and Wiener have had several political disagreements, including over a nudity ban authored by Wiener that just received its final approval from the Board of Supervisors today.
Wiener declined to comment on the case but referred reporters to a written statement he provided to the sheriff's department in the days after the incident.
The supervisor said in the statement that Petrelis "has a history of inappropriate and harassing behavior" and "has yelled at me in public before as a result of our political disagreements."
Wiener said as a result of his history with Petrelis and the blogger's attempt to photograph him urinating, "I did not want to remain in the restroom with Petrelis."
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Cleveland Police stand outside a home where they say missing women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were found in the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue in Cleveland on Monday, May 6, 2013. The three women who went missing about a decade ago were found alive in a residential area just south of downtown, and a man was arrested. (AP Photo/Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The sister of Amanda Berry, one of the three women freed after being held captive for about a decade at an Ohio home, has made a brief statement saying the family is thankful for the community's support but is asking for privacy.
Berry arrived at her sister's house Wednesday morning.
Charges against the man who owns the home and his two brothers are expected to come Wednesday.
Ariel Castro and his brothers are in jail but haven't been charged.
A 911 call led police to his house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women, who disappeared over several years, were found Monday.


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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross in 1820 or 1821 and died 10 March 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made many missions to rescue over 70 slaves using the Underground Railroad, a network of antislavery activists and safe houses. She later helped recruit men for John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. In the post-war era, she helped with the struggle for women's suffrage.
Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, on Edward Brodas plantation near Bucktown. Harriet's ancestors had been brought to America in shackles from Africa during the first half of the 18th Century. Harriet was the 11th child born to Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene (slaves of Edward Brodas). Because of her indentured status, Harriet was denied the opportunity for education, leaving her illiterate her entire life. Slave owners did not want their slaves to know how to read or write.
As was the custom for many slaves, Harriet began working at an early age. When five years old, she was first sent away from home, "loaned out" to another plantation, checking muskrat traps in icy cold rivers. She quickly became too sick to work and was returned, malnourished and suffering from the cold exposure. Once she recovered, she was loaned out to another plantation, working as a nurse to the planter's infant child. By the age of 12, she was working as a field hand, plowing and hauling wood. At 13, while defending a fellow slave who tried to run away, her overseer struck her in the head with a two-pound weight. This resulted in recurring narcoleptic seizures, or sleeping spells, that plagued her the rest of her life.
In 1844, at about the age of 25, Harriet married John Tubman, a freeman. She gained permission to marry him from her owners and lived with him in his cabin, but she was required to continue working for her master. When Harriet told John of her dreams of one day gaining her freedom, he told her that she would never be free and, if she tried running away, he would turn her in. On one of her first return visits to Maryland, Harriet went to John's cabin in hopes of getting him to go north with her. She found that he had taken another wife.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, found work cooking, laundering and scrubbing, and saved money to finance rescue trips. She became involved with the city's large and active abolitionist (anti-slavery) organizations and with organizers of the Underground Railroad, a secret network through which slaves were helped in escaping from bondage in the South to freedom in the North. She soon returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or "Moses", as she was called) "never lost a passenger". Heavy rewards were offered for many of the people she helped bring away, but no one ever knew it was Harriet Tubman who was helping them. When a far-reaching United States Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, she helped guide fugitives further north into Canada, and helped newly-freed slaves find work.
When the American Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid on the Combahee River, which liberated more than seven hundred slaves. After the war, she retired to the family home in Auburn, New York, where she cared for her aging parents.
She was active in the women's suffrage movement, believing the right to vote was vital to preserving their freedom, until illness overtook her and she had to be admitted to a home for elderly African-Americans she had helped open years earlier. Living past ninety, Harriet Tubman died in Auburn on March 10, 1913. She was given a full military funeral and was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery. One year later, the city of Auburn commemorated her life with a memorial tablet at the front of the Cayuga County Courthouse. In 1944, Eleanor Roosevelt christened the Liberty Ship Harriet Tubman, and in 1995 the U.S. Postal Service honored her life with a postage stamp.
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Chemotherapy + AntiCXR4 for Relapsed or Refractory AML (UW09036)
A Phase 1, Open-label, Multicenter Study of MDX-1338 (BMS-936564) in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
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To determine 1) the safety and tolerability of multiple IV doses of MDX-1338 (BMS-936564) as monotherapy, and 2) the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of MDX-1338 (BMS-936564) as monotherapy (monotherapy MTD) in subjects with relapsed/refractory AML.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Relapsed/refractory AML (M3 excluded) for which no standard therapies are anticipated to result in a durable remission or are unsuitable for standard therapy. If relapsed, no more than 2 relapses are allowed. If refractory, must be primary refractory to at least 1 induction regimen. Secondary AML subjects from MDS or prior chemotherapy are eligible. MDS-only subjects are not eligible
- Life expectancy at least 12 weeks
- ECOG Performance Status of 0-2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
- Any other malignancy, excluding basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, localized prostate cancer, or superficial bladder cancer stage 0, from which the subject has not been disease-free for at least 3 years
- History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies
- Known central nervous system (CNS) involvement
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ANTIOCH -- Ralph Garrow Sr., a longtime homebuilder who helped create many homes for first-time buyers as the city grew after World War II, died this week of natural causes at age 96.
Many remember Garrow as a reserved, quiet man who stayed in the background but played a key role in Antioch's first wave of suburban growth.
"He built almost all of the homes, a lot of the subdivisions, before a lot of the big builders came in," said Leo Fontana, a longtime friend and former councilman.
With Dupont's opening in 1956 adding to the city's mix of canneries and manufacturers on the riverfront, Garrow knew that plenty of industrial workers would need homes, Fontana said.
"Dad wanted to provide good houses for veterans and working men and their families," said son Ralph Garrow Jr., who followed in his dad's footsteps in 1977.
Building homes that young families could afford was one of Garrow's hallmarks.
"I always wanted to build something that most of the Antioch people could buy," Garrow Sr. told the Antioch Daily Ledger in a 1982 interview. "We're trying to build communities within themselves" while strengthening the Antioch community.
Born in Stockton, Garrow moved to Antioch in 1941 and met his late wife Eunice Higgins shortly thereafter. He left working with family in downtown Antioch after the attack on Pearl Harbor and enlisted in the Army. He and Eunice were married in Kansas in 1943 before he was deployed overseas, and their marriage lasted 61 years.
While returning home on a ship from the war in 1946, he read a real estate textbook that piqued his interest in the trade, Garrow Jr. said.
"He started right away, and within a couple years started some infill projects off C Street and was buying lots here and there," Garrow Jr. said.
Developments Garrow created during his heyday in the 1950s, '60s and '70s include neighborhoods off Contra Loma, Tregallas near the post office, Garrow Drive, homes around Lake Alhambra called Garrow Estates, Delta Fair Boulevard near County East Mall and some of the condominiums and duplexes in the area off L Street and Sycamore Avenue.
Garrow Sr. also built some of the earliest tract homes in Brentwood and what is now Oakley.
All told, he probably built about 5,000 homes during that four-decade stretch, family members said.
His goal was to strike a balance between affordability and providing some upgrades compared with other homes, Garrow Jr. said.
"His houses were rock solid, and he never cut corners. It was important for to him have a good reputation, to build a good house and stand behind that," Garrow Jr. said. "He also wanted to promote the town and help it grow and be a great place to live."
Garrow Sr. later advised his son as he took over the company.
In his later years, Garrow Sr. became a philanthropist through anonymous gifts to local causes, including behind the scenes with then-Delta Memorial Hospital.
Despite his busy career, family was also extremely important to him.
"He made sure to always look at the clock, and walk in the door by 5:05 p.m.," Garrow Jr. said.
In his later years, he enjoyed long trips to warmer climates with Eunice, golfing and watching the thoroughbred horses he owned race at Golden Gate Fields.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.
Name: Ralph Garrow Sr.
Born: Nov. 16, 1917 in Stockton
Died: April 14, 2014 in Brentwood
Survived by: Son Ralph Garrow Jr, of Antioch; daughter Joslyn Vigil of Brentwood; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Eunice and 10 brothers and sisters.
Services: A viewing will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday April 24, followed by a service at 11 a.m. at Brentwood Funeral Home, 839 First St. He will be interred at the family plot in Stockton.


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Yellen and the Fed, a WSJ Briefing
The following is from a new e-book chronicling Janet Yellen's path to Fed chairwoman. To download the full e-book for free, go to wsj.com/fed
When President Barack Obama called on Janet Yellen to become the next leader of the Federal Reserve, he placed in the hands of the five-foot-tall, gray-haired economist from Brooklyn one of the most consequential challenges of our time.
She has to decide when the recovering US economy is ready to stand on its own without the unconventional cocktail of financial medicine the nation's central bank has administered to it during the past six years of market turmoil, recession and sluggish recovery.
But when that moment of normalcy will come is highly uncertain and government officials have fumbled it in the past, with grave consequences. During the Great Depression, the Fed tightened credit at key moments when the economy was still vulnerable, such as in 1931 and 1937, prolonging the human misery resulting from the deep downturn. In the 1970s, the Fed kept credit cheap for too long and inflation ensued. In the 2000s, the Fed kept rates low after another recession, potentially contributing to the housing bubble that emerged.
Ms. Yellen's first decision comes Wednesday, March 19, when the Fed completes its first policy meeting under her leadership. These issues will be front and center The Fed started pulling back its bond-buying program in December 2013, a process she has signaled will continue. Next, she has to decide when to start raising interest rates from near zero, a process she wants to defer as long as inflation is low and no new financial bubbles emerge.
"While we have made progress, we have farther to go," said Ms. Yellen, standing beside Mr. Obama in October 2013, when he announced he was nominating her to the top Fed post. "The mandate of the Federal Reserve is to serve all the American people, and too many Americans still can't find a job and worry how they will pay their bills and provide for their families. The Federal Reserve can help, if it does its job effectively. We can help ensure that everyone has the opportunity to work hard and build a better life. We can ensure that inflation remains in check and doesn't undermine the benefits of a growing economy. We can and must safeguard the financial system."
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It was Sunday, May 31st when 12-year-old Seth Harris lost his battle with leukemia. Two and a half weeks prior to that he had received a bone marrow transplant at the Blair E. Batson Hospital in Jackson. Although the transplant went well initially, family members say it was about five days after the procedure when Seth was diagnosed with a disorder known as "VOD" for short. It is a disease that develops in the liver due to high doses of chemotherapy and / or radiation.
That's when Seth's family says the real problems started, because they say according to doctors at the hospital, the only drug that could help Seth's condition was Defibrotide. It's a drug that has not been approved by the FDA but is still used some in the US.
According to Seth's family they were told by hospital officials that there was a great deal of paperwork involved in attempting to retrieve the drug and that it would be too difficult to get.
Seth's mom says this has left the family with many questions because a month prior to Seth needing the drug it had been given to another patient at the facility.
"They claim that the protocol had changed but we'll never know I don't guess," says Dawn Harris.
Because Harris' family says the extensive red tape was the sticking point, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
"The family was kind of in shock for the first 48 hours and then we just kind of did that, 'You know, she might not can get it but we might can," says Harris.
By using all sources available from the Internet and other health care and government contacts, Harris says the family discovered that the drug was available but the last hurdle to overcome was getting clearance from the hospital. In the end, family members say this clearance was ultimately granted about two weeks after Seth's diagnosis.
"So, he had 11 days that his body just kept going down. Trying to shut down without the medication and we cannot help but feel like if he would've got the medication in three to four days, which we now know is possible, that he might still be with us," says Dana Hendry, who was Seth's aunt.
Now the family is bracing to take steps to remove any such red tape involving this type case.
"We've got to get over our shock from loosing Seth and then we're going to get the ball rolling and just try to change things," says Harris.


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Career Paths: Why We Get Sidetracked
None of us dreams of being an also-ran. Ask any rising professional, and they are charting a sure course to the biggest office, the most prominent job, the contribution that matters most.
But between the planning stage and execution, things can go wrong. Subtle forces sidetrack us in ways we fail to anticipate.
My research has focused on that gap between intention and reality. Three kinds of forces thwart good decisions as we try to implement plans: forces from within (e.g., emotions as in the case of Yang's decision), forces from our relationships with others, and forces from the outside world.
As an example of how forces within ourselves can derail us, consider Jerry Yang's 2008 decision to reject Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo, the company he co-founded that became, for several years, the world's most popular search engine. The offer was $6 billion above Yahoo's value at the time, but insiders said "the emotional part of Yang would rather do anything but sell to Microsoft." So he rejected the offer. News accounts claimed Yang's judgment was clouded, the company's stock price kept dropping, and profits continued to shrink. Several chief executives later, the company is in yet another turnaround.
When evaluating Microsoft's offer, Yang could have taken his emotional temperature, reflecting on his emotional attachment to his company and the source of those feelings. When facing important decisions, a self-check can reveal whether emotions are unduly influencing our judgment. Taking time to cool off helps ensure our decisions match our plans, rather than our emotions.
Forces from our relationships can also sidetrack us as we implement our plans. Here is an example of how such forces operate: Say you just graduated from a top M.B.A. program and were weighing two job offers, both from companies you would be happy joining. The first one is for $130,000 a year. You know that the company making you the offer pays that salary to all starting M.B.A.s from top schools. The second offer is for $140,000. But you learn that the company pays other graduates of your program $150,000 per year. Which offer would you accept?
A group of business students was presented with a similar question in a study. The result? Students preferred the first job offer, even with the lower salary.
Social comparisons make us uneasy. We may reject the good ideas of team members that excel on dimensions we feel we also excel at (such as creativity) because we find them threatening. We may even sabotage them.
But we can stop the cycle before it starts: Simply asking ourselves whether our decisions may be driven by bitter feelings we have after comparing ourselves to others can help us stay on track.
How might we be thrown off course by forces from the outside world? As a leader or manager, you'd like to make wise and fair decisions, but it doesn't always turn out that way.
At promotion time, are you more likely to promote a salesperson who regularly hits sales targets in a region with high demand or another who falls short of the mark but working in a more difficult region? Most people would promote the high-performing salesperson, failing to account for market conditions.
When we evaluate the actions of others, we tend to discount how situational factors such as the difficulty of the tasks people are working on influence their behavior. To assure that your judgments are based on sound information, ask yourself whether you are appropriately accounting for the impact of situational factors, such as the complexity of the work or the market conditions.
Making plans is easy, but implementing them is the hard part. Understanding that which leads us astray can help us stay true to our goals, ultimately realizing the career and life we want.
Francesca Gino is a behavioral scientist and professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013).


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The 22nd annual Teddy Bear and Doll Show will offer vendors and collectors a chance to display, buy and sell new and used stuffed bears, dolls and accessories-and to hear some unique stories.
"Without a story these are just items," said Ken Yenke, an expert on antique toys and bears, author and owner of a small antique teddy museum in Chelsea, Mich. "It's the history and memories behind them that make them special."
Yenke and his wife have attended all but the first Teddy Bear and Doll Show and will be there again this year.
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A young child looks at some of the displays at a past Teddy Bear and Doll Show. The annual event will be held again in Marietta Sunday.
The show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta. The cost is $3 for adults and $2 for children and includes an entry to win a grand door prize.
"Generally we have over 300 people for the event depending on the weather and we are expecting a similar turnout this year," said Anna Vukovic, event coordinator. "My phone has been ringing constantly with people interested in setting up a table at the show."
With the steady interest of vendors and collectors, those who attend the event are given a rare opportunity to have fun and take advantage of expert advice.
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What: The 22nd annual Teddy Bear and Doll Show.
Where: Lafayette Hotel, 101 Front St., Marietta.
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Cost: $3 for adult tickets, $2 for children; all proceeds benefit Marietta Area Teddy Bear Fund.
"People don't simply just come and leave like when you shop in a store," said Vukovic. "We have people that stay for hours just talking and sharing stories with each other."
That interaction is as much a part of the show as the displays, said Yenke.
"I enjoy interacting with a community that is dedicated and comes each year," he said. "I've been fortunate enough to see several of the regular attendants grow into adults over the course of my 20 years attending."
Several of the most unique pieces of his collection were discovered during the Marietta show, he said.
Yenke was able to acquire a set of extremely rare and valuable bears named "Teddy G" and "Teddy B" that were used in children's books in the early 1900's.
"This is the only set of these two bears I've seen," he said.
Beyond the teddy bears at the show, the admission price pays for more of the stuffed animals.
All proceeds go to the Marietta Area Teddy Bear Fund, said Vukovic, director of volunteer services for the Marietta Memorial Health System.
"The fund was originally created to provide children 6 months to 12 years of age who have been hospitalized with bears," she said. "We have adapted that policy over the years and generally hand out several thousand bears a year to both children and adults who are treated."


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BATON ROUGE — Two women are on supervised probation and must repay a total of nearly $21,000 received through food stamp fraud.
Angelique Lowery of Denham Springs and Sonja Cook of Tickfaw both pleaded guilty to defrauding the program by failing to report that their husbands were living with them, according to the Department of Children and Family Services.
Lowery must repay $7,722 to the department and Cook must repay $13,270, department spokesman Trey Williams said in a news release Tuesday.
"Cases such as these should serve as a warning to anyone who is fraudulently claiming benefits," said department Secretary Suzy Sonnier. "DCFS will use all of its available tools, include the latest in technology and resources, to track down those who choose to break the law and will seek prosecution to the fullest extent possible."
Lowery is on probation for five years and Cook for two, Williams said.
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by Chris Catania
Much like the beginning moments of Sage Franciss second Epitaph release Human the Death Dance (2007), there lurked in the distance a hint that something overwhelming was going to happen, something I wouldn't fully understand until the tsunami passed through me three hours later.
Colleen Catania
For the last several years Francis has developed an underground following via winning the 2000 Scribble Jam battle rap competition, appearing with the Wu Tang Clan in 2004 and collaborating with Slug and Ant of Minneapolis collective Atmosphere. Never slowing down, Sage Francis continued to sharpen his KRS-One influenced emcee machinegun cadence and merge it with his beat-poet-meets boom-bap street party groove.
I chatted briefly with a bushy-haired fan before the Sage set and asked if he had seen Sage live and he said, Oh, yeah! Have you? I said, No, but if what I heard on his record would be even remotely close to the live show He cut in and said, Ive seen him three times and, oh man, is he awesome!
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The kid was right!
Opener Alias turned into the DJ and dropped the beat and the hip-hop human DIY dynamo rocketed from the wings and into the first song, unleashing the Molotov anthem Underground For Dummies. This song tethered the nightand ignited the packed crowdaround the rallying chorus of Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel/ Drop drop goes the easel, the easel/ This is hip hop for the people, the people/ So stop calling it emo, whaaaaa!
Before the first song was halfway done I fought to scribble in my notepad, then gave up scribbling and became a part of the show as skilled craftsman Sage melded with the fans; his words the fodder, the fire the performance, the fans' minds his cerebral workbench as he reveals his trials and tribulations not to whine but to challenge and engage the status quo from relationships to religion to politics.
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And that chorus from earlier, that Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel? I havent been able to get it out of my head for days. Its a chorus like most of Sage's songsthat drips with layers of subtext and possesses the power to command the pumping of one thousand arms. Its clear that Sage understands himself and his audience and how to work a crowd. The umbilical bond was amazing to watch (and be engulfed in) and it's also where he connects with his audience like a homerun slugger to a meaty fastball. You could easily agree with Francis when he raps in Underground For Dummies that "his white skin flashed dollar signs in the eyes of managers." Thought the key to his success might start with the color of his skin, as you experience Franciss jaw-to-the-floor emcee chops, the issue of race goes mute after about thirty seconds.
From the spoken-word supporting cast to the openers, Buck 65 and Alias, this show was something that I will have a hard time not comparing other hip hop shows to. Many will agree that live hip hop might have more inherent flaws than rock n' roll but Francis delivered a show laced with potent creative electricity that chugged along, slowing at all the right moments but never losing energy or wasting words.
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haha what the hell? we never played underground for dummies. we did the chorus at the end of bridle, but i have reason to believe that this girl wasn't even at the show.
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Unfortunately, I forgot to take a video of the entire thing. What a waste!
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Person from TLUG: Server being moved. The move will be from Nov 27 to 28. We're planning to shut down the server on Friday night. Hopefully we'll be back up on Sunday night, but I doubt it. We don't know when the server will come back up. I asked them for some more details, but they haven't responded yet. The server downtime is probably going to be around Nov 26 PM to Mon 29th. No list during that time. .. has graciously offered to put up a temporary web server. Discussion of web and mail contingency plan. Planned server upgrade: 2, 160 GB, 8 MB cache, 20,500 yen. Also, 3000 yen for new server rails because of move. OSDN will organize this; we'll just pay them later.
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Robertson, who has business interests in China, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Wednesday that he did not support a policy of forced abortion but said China has more than 1 billion people and is faced with rising unemployment and social unrest.
"I don't agree with forced abortion, but I don't think the United States needs to interfere with what they're doing internally in this regard," Robertson said. "They've got 1.2 billion people and they don't know what to do. If every family over there was allowed to have three or four children, the population would be completely unsustainable."
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To correct Lincoln somewhat, he should have said, . . . that government of the people, by the politicians, and for the politicians shall not perish from the earth.
Government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
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The first three months or so of a president's term is ordinarily the time to set the agenda. Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 21, 2013. As of early May, we've had about 100 days of his second term in office, and he's managed to demonstrate he's a lame duck. No one takes him seriously anymore. Even the Democrats don't respond to his "leadership", mainly because there isn't much leadership displayed, and whatever leadership he's shown has been weak and ineffective.
I'm not the only one writing about his. Here's a link to Yahoo -- President's first 100 days. What has he accomplished?
Let's consider his possible positives:
Gay Rights -- You might consider the advances in gay rights as influenced by the president. Rhode Island became the 10th state to recognize gay marriage. His justice department argued in the Supreme Court cases for the federal government's Defense of Marriage Act. California's Prop 8 also came under review.
Immigration? – This could be a positive, or a big negative. Republicans want effective border control. They may give away the store and fail to see the border controlled. The Democrat version of immigration reform contains the usual nullifiers and exemptions that could result in total amnesty for existing illegals while luring many more from Mexico. It could be a huge disaster for the country.
Now for the negatives:
Budget – Obama again submitted a budget to the Senate, and again it drew zero votes. The Senate Democrats wouldn't touch it. There were no real cuts in the debt or deficit, and he wanted to spend even more than last year. A very minor tweak to Social Security alarmed and angered the Left.
Gun control -- Many Democrats unexpectedly voted with Republicans to defeat background checks in the Senate. He can blame his own party.
Syria – Obama is out on a limb, because he drew a line in the sand against Syria's possible use of poison gas. They crossed it, and now he's wavering about what to do, and seems to be doing nothing. An effective president would have thought about the consequences of his stern warning.
Sequester -- Perhaps nothing illustrates Obama's petty nature more than his handling of the sequester. Remember, the sequester doesn't really cut any money out of the budget, it merely reduces the increase from last year. Early this year, House Republicans passed a bill giving the President flexibility to manage each federal department's money so as to keep essential functions going. Democrats stopped the bill. Later on, Obama cut out White House public tours to "save money" even as he flew all over the world and the U.S. in Air Force One. One less trip would have easily covered the tours.
Then, the flight controllers were furloughed to save money, and airline passenger service was badly disrupted. Because of widespread protest, Congress quickly threw a bill together to allow the FAA to reallocate money and allow the controllers to go back to work, and the President signed it.
Now, many Air Force squadrons have suspended flying, claiming they don't have the money. This will hurt pilot training and readiness.
Many have accused the President of deliberately causing as much pain as possible, then blaming Republicans for the sequester. This criticism seems totally accurate.
Obamacare -- A total fiasco. Baucus -- "A train wreck" Health insurance costs are going through the roof. Big tax increases are coming. "The most complicated legislation ever passed."
Economy – Not better. Still way too much unemployment.
War on Terror -- Obama's administration will barely admit the Boston Marathon bombing was terrorism. He refuses to blame Islamic Jihadists, even though the bombers were clearly that.
We've all known brilliant people who are totally ineffective in life, who do stupid things in an arrogant fashion, believing they are smarter than everyone else. I think Obama is in that category. We know he never accepts blame for anything that goes wrong. We know he never listens to Republican suggestions, never really works with them. We know he sets general goals, never provides detail. We know he's obsessive about "raising taxes on the rich" and shows no concern about the deficit or the debt.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- This week Augusta commissioners voted down a plan to create an advisory committee to watch over the Housing and Community Development. Some of those board members held a news conference to explain what their role is all about.
Irma Williams, Charles Rouse and Barbra Gordon are all on the Citizens Advisory Committee.
"We had to pay money back. We were set up under HUD guidelines. We did not want to be paying money back," Irma Williams said.
Board members were volunteers and had to be appointed by a commissioner.
"I think it's the same way that people elect commissioners to do oversight for the city. No three persons should have the authority to have a say and nobody looks over it," said Commissioner Marion Williams.
"We would go to our commissioners and say this is wrong. We would say they are not following guidelines to the commissioners who appointed us," said Ms. Williams.
Board members watched a number of issues. They would check funding applications for projects at Beulah Grove Senior Home, Antioch Ministry and the Laney Walker/Bethlehem Project.
"We helped a lot of nonprofit organizations. We didn't get any negative feedback from the organizations that we helped," Roue said.
"These were 10 well-educated, highly-motivated people. You're not talking about some 'Johnny-come-lately.' You are talking about people who were committed to this community," Gordon said.
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