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George Fowler, Joyce Hettich and Joyce's grandson Brandon Hettich have created an inspirational vegetable garden in their backyard in Warrenville. Using rows of 4 feet wide by 8 feet long by 1 feet high raised beds, the garden plot has made it possible for George, who suffers from a muscle disease and whose mobility is limited to a wheelchair, to get back in the garden and raise his own vegetables. George feels that it's important to know that successful gardening can be accessible to people with physical challenges, and said, "Those of us who are handicapped can achieve more than we expect to if we dare to dream."
Gardening in raised beds
George did a great deal of research on the Internet before designing his vegetable garden, consulting websites on raised bed design, organic gardening and soil. Materials to construct the project were purchased at local stores, and it took about a month to complete the initial phase of the project that consisted of four raised beds. The remaining beds shown in the accompanying photos took another four months to complete. Each bed is constructed of 2 inches by 12 inches boards and filled (with Brandon's help) with top soil delivered from Bricko Farms.
George has a vermi-compost bin and produces his own compost tea and also uses Azomite purchased from a farmer-owned supply store in Johnston to increase the amount of trace minerals in the soil. These organic fertilizers, along with compost, are the only fertilizers used on his plants. He has found that the use of trace minerals sweetens all the vegetables and reduces insect infestations. When necessary, he uses only organic pest controls. Horse stall mats purchased at an Aiken farm supply store provide a stable and level base to the paths between the beds in the 900-square-foot garden and make the area accessible to George in his wheelchair.
Seed starting
George starts seeds in late summer and in the winter with the aid of heat mats and grow lights. In the summer he grows tomatoes, silver queen corn, green beans, cucumber, squash, butterbeans, blueberries and strawberries. In the winter he grows rainbow chard, collards, lettuce, turnips, kale, arugula, mustard greens and spinach.
Winter beds are covered with plastic supported by PVC hoops. To prevent daytime overheating in the winter, the plastic is raised on the hoops unless the day's high temperature is below 27 degrees.
George uses livestock panels to create large trellises for his tomatoes and relies on the concepts of concentrated gardening to fill his beds with beautiful vegetables. The most expensive and the most important part of his garden is the soil.
According to George, "If you start with a good-quality soil and continue to amend it, you will be amazed at the vegetables you can produce."
Weeding by hand is a pleasure for George; he can reach everything but the middle foot of the beds. The garden keeps him active; he gets to spend time with his dogs outside, and he has a well-deserved sense of accomplishment. He recently harvested 6.5 pounds of broccoli and has plans to put in more corn in the next few weeks. Currently, squash, tomatoes, green beans, and butterbeans are in bloom.
Cabbage planted in February is forming heads. He's learning the tricks of the trade of vegetable gardening and has placed foil around the bottom of squash plants to keep off squash bugs and uses panty hose on broccoli heads to keep the cabbage moths at bay. Plans for the future include the addition of new raised beds, the installation of a drip irrigation system, and the addition of heat for winter gardening.
Getting started
George encourages anyone, whether disabled or fully functional, to try a raised bed garden. Start small, maybe with a 4-foot-by-4-foot-by-6-inch bed made with western red cedar. Use 1/3 garden soil, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 vermiculite or perlite for the growing medium. All of these components can be found at a local nursery or big box store.
He encourages beginners to try the "square-foot gardening" method, a technique that you can research on the Internet. George recommends that you "experiment with different types of vegetables; don't grow something just because someone recommends it." Venture out and study your seed catalogs or the Internet; there is an unlimited supply of information on organic gardening.
George is grateful for the support and love of his friends Joyce and Brandon Hettich; without their support and strong hands this wonderful vegetable garden would not exist. Joyce is the harvester and processor of the vegetables, and has also been an excellent student and enjoys every facet of the venture.
We can all benefit from the knowledge and experience of these wonderful gardeners; thank you for sharing your story, George! For more information on George's raised bed vegetable garden, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Upcoming Aiken Master Gardener events
The Meet a Master Gardener team will be at the Aiken Farmers Market (on Williamsburg Street between Richland and Park) on June 7 from 8 a.m. to noon to answer your lawn and garden questions. Visit us at the Farmers Market!
As part of our free monthly lunch box lecture series, Dr. James Blake of Clemson Extension will give a presentation on "How to Kill Your Favorite Plants" at 12:30 p.m. on June 16. By learning how our plants die we can learn how to keep them alive, right? The lunch box lecture series is open to the public, lasts about one hour, requires no reservations, and takes place at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2724 Whiskey Road.
Are you interested in training to be a Master Gardener? A new training class will start here in Aiken in July. If you are interested in taking the class, stop by our office for an application or call us for more information. Contact the Aiken Master Gardeners at (803) 649-6297, ext. 122; send an email to email@example.com, or visit us weekday mornings in our office at 1555 Richland Ave. E.
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The school was awarded the Certificate of Excellence on behalf of the innovations and efforts of its Student Council, made up of fourth- through eighth-grade students.
"It is an honor to be rewarded this way," said student council President Sandra Mercado, 14. "It feels good to make a difference and show others that they can make one, too."
Sandra and her fellow student council members at Pinecrest were chosen out of student councils from schools across the nation and captured the highest recognition for their outstanding community service.
The students work together with nonprofit organizations and other programs in the community to serve needy causes.
"It is important to partake in different helpful programs," said seventh-grade student council representative Megan Bersamira, 12.
"Big or small, we believe that we can help with anything and it will count."
Pinecrest teachers Daniel Waybright and Cam Woernley are involved in guiding the council in multiple projects throughout the year, and their efforts ensure a strong support system for the students.
"Our goal is to connect our students to their community and the world around them," said Woernley, a fourth-grade teacher. "We want to instill a strong sense of awareness in the students, so they know what needs to change and feel that they can change it."
Woernley and Waybright helped the students come up with ideas for the past year's new and noticeable outreach projects.
During the winter months, the council held a coat drive, encouraging a school-wide effort to collect coats and donate them to the Hunger Defense Fund in Canyon Country.
From October to November 2008, more than 120 coats were donated by the school to the Santa Clarita Valley Emergency Winter Shelter.
"Student were running up to me for weeks yelling, 'Look what I got!' when they had another coat for donation," said science teacher Waybright, who has been active with the council since last year. "It was really inspiring to see them so excited to help other people."
Among many beneficial projects made up by the council this year was the school's "Think Pink Day" to raise student's awareness about breast cancer.
The student council handed out breast-cancer awareness pink T-shirts they had printed for the special day and organized a bake sale to raise money for research.
"This event was special because it was something the whole school could get involved with," said council Vice President Jacqueline Parkinson, 14.
The students brought their own money to school and bought cookies, brownies and other baked goods.
"Everyone learned a lot and felt like they made a difference that day. That is why it's my favorite project so far," Jacqueline said of Think Pink.
Upcoming council projects include helping the Children's Hunger Defense Fund on May 21.
Students will donate an entire day to helping the fund sort through boxes of food, clothing and toiletries to send to poverty-stricken children all over the world.
"It is important for us to remember how fortunate we are and remember that other kids don't have all that we do," said council Secretary Emily Vosen, 12.
The school will make its largest attempt to encourage student awareness on May 30 to May 31 when the entire school is invited to participate in Relay For Life.
Families of students and administration at the school, located on Lost Canyon Road, will join in the 24-hour event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money to help the American Cancer Society.
Students will each be sent home with a sign-up sheet to encourage parents, friends and neighbors to join the event to raise awareness.
School Principal Iliana Faraldo has an idea about what makes the student council a special one.
"This school has built up a system of teamwork that will contribute to strengthening each student's development," Faraldo said. "By continuing to work on important projects together, greater connections will be made for the students, their community and others around the world."
Faraldo and the school want to encourage others in the community to get involved in community outreach, letting people know that they don't have to be a part of a council to help.
"There are so many different ways to contribute to needs around the world," Faraldo said. "And you don't know what you are capable of until you try."

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quote swk3000Seriously? Odd. I thought you were able to obtain it at Level 15 for some odd reason. Thanks for the correction on that!Mehrune's Razor can't be gotten at Level 15, as the quest doesn't start until you hit Level 20.
quote swk3000Alternatively, if you simply choose to kill her and Destroy the Dark Brotherhood instead, you can obtain the blade with that method as well.Blade of Woe: Tied with the Dragonbone Dagger for best damage. Get 70 Pickpocket and spend 4 perks, and you can get it from Astrid the moment you meet her. Or pickpocket it off of her in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. Going through the Dark Brotherhood is not required.
quote swk3000I haven't even hit level 20 with any of my characters yet but the courier has given me the invitation.Mehrune's Razor can't be gotten at Level 15, as the quest doesn't start until you hit Level 20.


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a bb gun :p . I was studying late, and decided to head to the rec room to get some snacks. This was about 12:30 AM, I went to the elevator, and a nerdy looking guy and girl followed me in. I asked what floor they needed, they said the 3rd. Then the geeky guy says thanks, and how's it going. We BS for a little while, then I see him pull something out of pants and point a "gun" at the nerdy girl and start shouting. It was some plastic/chrome copy of a Beretta 92, and I was amused that I recognized it instantly as a fake gun. There wasn't an orange tip or anything like that. But the gun just looked plastic, all the parts looked molded on and non functional. It was way too lightweight from the way he hefted it, the girl was giggling, and the guy was a real bad actor. I laughed and said anybody could tell that gun was fake. It looks like plastic. He grinned and said too bad, it would've been funny to scare someone, and the left. Little did he know I was a ccw, and had this been elsewhere and further away or been better actors, playing games like that he might've been shot by a real gun!


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AUSTIN - Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
Obama's challenge is to ensure that Hispanics pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party for the 2010 elections and keep supporting him through his own likely 2012 re-election race while he tackles the divisive issue of repairing the nation's patchy immigration system.
Hispanics are the nation's fastest-growing minority group. The government projects they will account for 30 percent of the population by 2050, doubling in size from today and boosting their political power.
If Democrats build on Obama's gains, Texas and other traditionally Republican states with huge numbers of Hispanics could be within reach in the future. That would mean deep trouble for a GOP that's already older, whiter, dwindling in numbers and lacking a standard bearer to make Hispanics a priority the way Bush did.
Yet while the latest Associated Press-GfK poll showed that a strong 68 percent of Hispanics approve of the job Obama's doing, maintaining such support is far from certain.
"Democrats speak to me, and this one in particular seems to be listening to what we need and what we want," said Tina Calhoun, 52, of Sacramento, Calif., who grew up in a family of Republicans but tends to vote Democratic. Still, she, like many others, isn't necessarily going to stick with Obama no matter what. "I want to give him a little more time," she said.
Indeed, it's unclear whether Hispanics will back Democrats to such strong degrees next fall when Obama is not on the ballot.
There's also a lifetime before Obama's expected re-election campaign, and he's promised to push immigration legislation before then, including an eventual path to citizenship for about 12 million people in the country illegally.
"Our community will judge him based on how he delivers on the promise he made to see immigration reform early in his administration," said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, suggesting the issue trumps everything else.
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The Breech School of Business is accredited by two associations, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, (AACSB) and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, (ACBSP), and is one of only six business schools nationwide to hold this honor. The accreditation process is one of continuous improvement with a focus on quality, rigor, and relevance of the academic programs. Specialized Accreditation is a peer reviewed process which must be earned, and continuously maintained.
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California lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban therapy for teenagers wanting to change their sexual orientation.
The legislation is the first of its kind in the country, and faith-based groups are now speaking out in opposition.
Conversion therapy is a controversial treatment meant to help a person change his or her attraction to the same sex. Supporters and critics are sharply divided on the issue.
"They want to institutionalize homosexuality, and they don't want anything at all in any way to treat homosexuality as something that can be changed," Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, said.
Democratic State Sen. Ted Lieu ,the bill's author, said conversion therapy "can be dangerous" and "cause extreme depression and guilt."
But mental health experts argue that research on the issue is lacking proof of those claims and therefore, not conclusive.
"There really aren't any studies of adolescents seeking this type of therapy," said Dr. Mark Yarhouse, leader of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity.
A task force of the American Psychological Association added that, "There are no studies of adequate scientific rigor to conclude whether or not sexual orientation change efforts do or do not work."
The group did, however, caution parents to avoid such therapy for their children.
Yarhouse said he believes without significant research to credit or discredit conversion therapy, it's premature to try and ban the practice.
"What I would conclude right now is that we don't have enough well-designed studies to say whether or not it is effective for a certain percentage of people," he explained. "So I think we should be cautious about what we provide and what we say to the public about this."
"But that's a far cry from making this illegal," Yarhouse added.
Some faith-based groups claim the proposed bill violates parents' rights.
"Parents certainly have the right to direct the health care of their children, and that should include their mental healthcare as well as their physical health care," said Peter Spring, senior fellow for Policy Studies for the Family Research Council.
A coalition of California mental health groups currently oppose the bill, saying it "could chill legitimate exploration of gender identity and sexual orientation."
Exodus International, the world's largest Christian referral network for ministering to homosexuals, said it doesn't engage in policy matters and refused to comment on the debate.
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Unless you catch a coach at an inopportune time, or they just lost the final game of the season, you will never get a coach in any sport to talk about next year. Heck, it's hard enough getting them to talk about next week. It's always the next game, next opponent. Nothing else matters.
However, we here at the Tribune Chronicle enjoy looking ahead at what is going to come in the weeks, months and years ahead.
And though we do not have a crystal ball telling us who is or isn't going to win a particular game, it does allow us to have fun in looking at the possibilities ahead:
WEEKS: Specifically next week - that's if Mother Nature allows high school sports to exist.
If Polar Vortex Part II doesn't completely shut down the Mahoning Valley next week, it could go down as one of the more entertaining weeks of the high school basketball season.
On Tuesday (the day the high temperature is supposed to reach a whopping 0), LaBrae faces Poland in a battle of Mahoning Valley powers. Poland has lost just one game so far this season, while the Vikings have only suffered three defeats. These are two teams that (at least in the past few seasons) have been threats in the postseason, so Tuesday's game will sure be a great contest.
LaBrae's schedule doesn't get any easier. On Friday, it welcomes Campbell in a game that will have huge implications in the All-American Conference, National Division.
On the girls' side, Lakeview takes its perfect mark on the road twice this week, facing Howland on Monday, then unbeaten Pymatuning Valley on Saturday.
MONTHS: While it's already been written that the Division III boys tournament in Howland is going to be one of the better ones in the area, it can't be forgotten that the Division IV Grand Valley district will be the most competitive it has been in years.
The early favorite to win has to be the Windham Bombers, who are the defending district champion and are playing their best ball of the year right now, picking up two huge wins this week against Bristol and Maplewood. All three of these teams will be some of the top seeds in the Grand Valley district.
However, it just won't be those three trying to knock each other out - they also have to watch out for John F. Kennedy.
Led by Zachary Usher's 19.7 per game, the Eagles will probably yet again fly under the radar at the tournament draw. After Saturday's overtime loss against Girard, Kennedy is 2-9. However, the Eagles should not be forgotten and will give whoever they play in the tournament a run for their money.
YEARS: While there are way too many names to drop for the little space left, it's safe to say that basketball in the area - both on the boys and girls side - will be fun to watch over the next few years.
To get an idea of how the young bucks are holding their own against the upperclassmen, check out page 3C of today's paper and look how many freshmen and sophomores are listed in the area leaders.


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John Legend's inescapable radio song "All of Me" knocked Pharrell William's "Happy" off the number one spot of the Billboard charts earlier this year, making it the traditional soul singer's first number one hit. He is set to perform at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. on July 23, with opener Marsha Ambrosius. Tickets start at $35.
Legend's breakout record Get Lifted was released on Kanye West's label GOOD Music in 2004, and since then Legend has collaborated with other mainstays of the hip hop genre like The Roots and Andre 3000 of OutKast.
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May 7 Fultondale Arts Council First Saturday Arts Event to go on as scheduled; We will collect new art supplies for children, diapers and baby wipes for Alabama tornado relief in our region
Birmingham, Ala. -- The Fultondale Arts Council will continued as scheduled on May 7 at Black Creek Park from 10 am -4 pm. We also will be collecting children's art supplies and diapers, baby wipes for the tornado relief efforts throughout our region. We are encouraging people to donate new children's arts items such as: crayons, sketch pads, construction paper, coloring books, finger paints, activity books, colored pencils and markers or any arts products geared towards children. Bins will be available for attendees to drop items in as they enter the artist market area. The Fultondale Arts Council will work directly with Jefferson County missions and the United Way of Central Alabama to deliver the donations to the tornado-devastated areas.
"After speaking with Mayor Lowery and the City Council, we believe it is in the best interest of the Fultondale Community to move forward with the event on Saturday," said Kara Kennedy, volunteer chair, Fultondale Arts Council. "Our community is working together during this time to help those who were affected by the tornadoes recover from this tragedy. The Fultondale Arts Council wants to do its small part to help our citizens recover."
In addition, the Park Players (Birmingham Park Players) and Fultondale schools arts groups also will participate in the day's festivities. The May 7 event is the first in a series of First Saturday Arts events that the Fultondale Arts Council have planned for the summer. Local artists will exhibit their artwork in the artist market and attendees will have the opportunity to view and purchase artwork. Food and beverages also will be available for purchase at the park. Spoon Fed Grill will be on-hand with their food truck and there will be a Coca-Cola truck.
The event is free to the public. Artists who would like to exhibit, can do so for free.
About the Fultondale Arts Council:
Founded in 2010, the Fultondale Arts Council is a nonprofit organization that promotes, educates and encourages an appreciation of visual and performing arts in the Northern Jefferson County area. This all volunteer and member collaborative group is dedicated to ensuring that arts education and expression are constant in the lives of the citizens of Northern Jefferson County.


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On Mao's Birthday, Ambivalence AboundsDecember 26th marked the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, and celebratory preparations caused much unease in the CCP. Earlier this month, amid an ongoing Party frugality campaign, a $16.5 million bejeweled golden statue of Mao was unveiled. Meanwhile, central authorities lowered the profile of a planned birthday gala by changing its name and merging it with a New Years ceremony. A report from Reuters earlier this week put official ambivalence
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The province of South Sulawesi witnessed chaotic scenes immediately after the General Elections Commission (KPUD) declared incumbent Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo and his running mate Agus Arifin Nu'mang the winners of this year's gubernatorial election.
The pair now has a fresh mandate to govern the province for the next five years, until 2018.
Of the total 4,294,960 votes, Syahrul and Agus secured 52.42 percent (2,251,407 votes). Their closest rivals — Ilham Arief Sirajuddin and Abdul Aziz Qahhar Mudzakkar — returned 41 percent of the vote (1,785,580 votes), followed by Andi Rudiyanto Asapa and Andi Nawir Pasinringi with 6.01 percent (257,973 votes).
"Syahrul Yasin Limpo and Agus Arifin Nu'mang garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, therefore they are automatically declared as the new governor and deputy governor for the 2013-2018 period," said South Sulawesi KPUD head Jayadi Nas on Thursday.
Out of a total of 6,283,881 eligible voters, 4,345,674 people cast their votes on Jan. 22. The KPUD recorded 4,294,960 of the votes valid.
The declaration was marred by protests launched by a group of people, reportedly supporters of Ilham and Aziz, who claimed that the recent election was tainted by a number of violations. The protesters were enraged as they were unable to get close to Hotel Singgasana where the KPUD was holding a plenary session and announcing the result.
They set alight a parked motorcycle and two cars bearing pictures of Syahrul and Agus, while also pelting houses and stores with stones.
Dozens of police officers were present but could not do anything when the protesters started the
Protesters also headed to the official residence of the incumbent governor, but they only made some speeches in front of the house and set off firecrackers.
Security personnel were deployed around the house to anticipate any security threats.
Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, who is also Makassar mayor, said that he accepted his defeat, but he and
his lawyers would examine violations that reportedly occurred during the election.
"We have three days to file complaints," said Ilham, who is the Democratic Party head for South Sulawesi.
Meanwhile, in Papua, the Papua Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) found three criminal and three administrative offenses.
The criminal offenses include the attack on the campaign team of candidate No. 6, Habel Melkias Suwae and Yop Kogoya in Yahukimo on Jan. 21; the distribution of cash by a supporter of candidate No. 6 at Sinapuk Field in Wamena, also on Jan. 21; and the mob killing of councilor Yosia Karoba in Tolikara regency on Jan. 29 in Gilibandu district.


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Schizophrenia - Topic Overview
What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is an illness that can affect your ability to think clearly, manage your emotions, and interact with others. It affects each person differently.
The way other people react to schizophrenia can make a difference in how schizophrenia affects you. It can make it easier or harder for you to cope with the illness.
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Most people who have schizophrenia:
- Hear and sometimes see things that aren't there (hallucinations).
- Often believe some things that aren't true (delusions).
- May think that some people are trying to harm them (paranoia).
With treatment, they may come to understand that these experiences aren't real but are a problem with how their brains work.
Some people with schizophrenia have paranoid thinking, which causes them to have frightening thoughts, to believe that people or forces are trying to harm them, and to hear voices. Some people think that schizophrenia is the same as a "split personality" (dissociative identity disorder), but that is a different mental health problem.
Living with schizophrenia can cause many challenges. It's a difficult disease. It changes your life and the lives of your family. But you can live a full and meaningful life if:
- You are willing to work at helping yourself.
- You get professional help.
- You have the support and understanding of your family.
What causes schizophrenia?
Experts don't know what causes schizophrenia. It may have different causes for different people.
- In some people, brain chemistry and brain structure aren't normal.
- Family history may play a role.
- Problems that harm a baby's brain during pregnancy may help cause it.
It is not caused by anything you did, by personal weakness, or by the way your parents raised you.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms of schizophrenia include:
Negative symptoms. "Negative" doesn't mean "bad." Negative symptoms are things that are "lost" from your personality or how you experience life. You may:
- Not care about things.
- Have no interest or drive to do things.
- Not take care of yourself, such as not bathing or not eating regularly.
- Find it hard to say how you feel.
- Become angry with strangers for no reason and react to others in other harmful ways.
Positive symptoms. "Positive" doesn't mean "good." Positive symptoms are things "added" or "new" to your personality or how you experience life. They include:
- Hallucinations.
- Delusions.
- Thoughts and speech that are confusing.
Cognitive symptoms. These symptoms have to do with how you think. They often aren't obvious to you or others. They can include:
- Memory loss.
- Not being able to understand things well enough to make decisions.
- Having trouble talking clearly to others.


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The Vikings still have a long way to go, and have several lessons to learn, in their quest to regain relevance, even after a solid win over a good Bears team on Sunday.
It's true that they've kept their playoff chances alive, but what might be more valuable than the glimmering hope of a postseason run are the lessons they'll learn in their remaining three games, as they gear up to take on the St. Louis Rams, the Houston Texans and their divisional rivals, the Green Bay Packers.
The Vikings are by no means a complete team, and they have a long way to go in order to be considered perennial contenders within the division. While they've gained valuable insight over the course of the season on a number of issues, they still have much knowledge to glean against a diverse array of opponents.
Here are the five questions that need to be answered as they finish up their unlikely run at the postseason.


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2011's Hot Toy Craze by Mark Heike
Have you seen this year's big holiday toy craze, Mattel's "Monster High" dolls? These things actually crept onto the market more than a year ago, but it took awhile for them to really take off. The concept is this: a group of orginal (mostly female) teen characters who are supposed to be the second-generation offspring of famous monster characters-or at least archtypes. The 12-inch dolls are cute and creepy at the same time, and pretty nicely designed. When I first saw them last year, I wondered if the Mattel folks hadn't miscalculated badly and come up with something that would miss the mainstream and appeal only to the collector's market. A lot of other so-called "experts" among retail buyers and chain-store magnates originally had the same thought ("Little girls won't want this SPOOKY stuff."), but once the marketing machine (starting out with little on-minute animated freebies on YouTube last year to two animated TV specials this year, leading to a live-action theatrical movie next year, but no comic book in sight so far )) got cranked up, all were proved wrong.
Older (and male) collectors covet these things, but the 6-11 year old girls are snapping them up at an incredible rate. I'd tell any of you who are FEMFORCE fans to go check them out at your local Target, Wal-Mart or Toys 'R Us, but right about now the shelves are BARE, and most retailers seem to be having a hard time keeping them in stock. We at AC always felt that there was a little more range to the youth female market than just pink and frilly stuff, and the Monster High franchise seems to be proving it. Now if only some foreward-thinking toy company would bankroll a line similar to this that focuses on SUPERHEROINE characters instead of monsters (maybe some franchise that ALREADY HAS a long-running comic book?), I know a small group of talented creators who could supply the graphics, comics, videos (live-action and animated) and toy sculpts as sweat-equity. Any takers out there?


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Several North Texas cities ranked among the 150 best places to retire, according to a study by WalletHub, a personal finance social network.
Grand Prairie ranked second, Plano came in ninth and Garland ranked 14th. Fort Worth ranked 43rd and Dallas, 50th.
The study analyzed the retirement friendliness of the 150 largest U.S. cities and 25 metrics, including cost of living, job prospects for workers aged 65 and older, and the availability of recreational activities.
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This book embodies the proceedings of the International Study Group for Research in Cardiac Metabolism at their third meeting. As such, it represents the contributions of 169 scientists from throughout the world. Its basic subject is the metabolism of the heart, called here "myocardiology." The book contains papers on myocardial metabolism, free fatty acids as related to the heart, biochemistry of cardiac hypertrophy, hereditary cardiomyopathy, cardiac morphology, structural-functional relationships, myocardial infarction, degenerative and toxic myopathies, electrolytes and cardiovascular diseases, and stress and cardiovascular diseases.
This book is an absolute must for those dealing in cardiac metabolism, but it is also useful for clinicians, pathologists, histochemists, biochemists, and electron microscopists.
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GSBS Dean's Report – Faculty Senate 2/11/13
1. The Dean attended the UT System Dean's Council 2nd meeting of the year in Austin on Sat Jan 26, 2013. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Patti Hurn, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation. Dr. Ken Shine, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs also attended. Attached is an agenda of the meeting which also lists members of the Council from the other UT Health related institutions. Dr. Steve Mintz gave an interesting presentation on MOOCs and efforts underway to embrace them at the Austin campus. It was UTMB's turn to present an overview of our GSBS and its activities.
2. UTMB Homecoming is scheduled for Fri and Sat, March 22 & 23. The annual GSBS Dean's Lecture will be at 4pm in Levin Hall at 4pm Friday and a reception will follow the lecture in the GSBS Office Suite on the 4th floor of Levin Hall. This year's speaker will be Dr. David Walker, Chair, Department of Pathology, Director, UTMB Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Director WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases.
3. Here is a link [https://alumni.utmb.edu/gsbs/currentnewsletter] to the latest GSBS Quarterly Alumni Newsletter, which is designed, written, and compiled by Ms. Jo Bremer, Director of the Office of Posdoctoral and Postgraduate Affairs. She was hired originally in Jan 2009 to develop the GSBS postdoc office and the postdoc certificate program. However, when school development officers were centralized before Ike, GSBS lacked office staff to communicate with our alumni. Jo voluntarily took the job on and has done a great job, not only with this newsletter, but rejuvenating our alumni Executive Board, which meets 2-3 times a year (including at Homecoming), and arranging for Board members to participate actively in professional development programs for our students & postdocs. Jo also works with UTMB Development on solicitations to alumni for dues and gifts to our endowments & scholarships.


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So apparently it is spring here at Forsinard, although from the rain and wind hammering against the side of the office you would probably never believe that. The sky is grey, it's cold again and I can barely see Ben Griam Beg through the cloud. The correct Scots word is...dreich! However over the last couple of weeks when the weather has been reasonably good we have had all manner of breeding birds starting to turn up on the reserve.
Up at Forsinain farm we have had our first swallow, plus a female merlin and a host of skylark and meadow pipit. There are still a few greylag geese loitering around in the fields, a "gang" of starlings have taken up residence in the eaves of one of the cottages and curlew and snipe can still be hear calling at dusk. The crazy "electronic" sound of lapwing can sometimes be heard drifting on the breeze. There are several pairs of pied wagtails and a couple of grey wagtails around the Forsinain Trail and both field voles and weasels in amongst the dry-stone walls along the side of the track.
Female Merlin taken by Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
Down on the river there are at least two pairs of dipper along with a pair of common sandpiper and a rather lonely looking oystercatcher. A grey heron has also been lurking around the red bridge over the last couple of days and I spotted a peregrine falcon patrolling over the lower fields by the river.
Dipper by Tom Marshall (rspb-images.com)
Out on the bog the golden plover are starting to sort themselves out, with the odd greenshank now turning up, hen harriers sometimes being seen hunting over the peatlands and the dark shape of ravens cruising over the plantations. There are still herds of red deer around, with fifty spotted grazing down by the river last week.
Greenshank by Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
If you want to get some idea of what all these birds sound like, then click on their name (underlined in blue) and visit the profile page for the species. At the top left corner of the species page is a button labelled PLAY which will give you an idea of the range of calls and songs associated with that bird species.
Our volunteers were out this week undertaking surveys and performing the essential task of cleaning out the water tank at Forsinard. This vital task is performed once a month on a rota system and as per usual it was an absolutely awful day with heavy rain. Still, the volunteers (Paul & Will) along with our Assistant Warden Claire and myself managed to drain down the tank, clean it out and restore the water supply.
Our volunteers Will and Paul cleaning out the water tank
Remember that the visitor centre is now open daily from 9am to 5pm and Kirsty will be leading guided walks on Tuesdays and Thursdays (2pm - 4.45pm) from the start of May!


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The Aiken area is bracing for a winter storm that has been classified as "dangerous" by the National Weather Service in Columbia. A warning is in effect from 7 p.m. this evening until noon on Thursday.
Rain is expected to change over to freezing rain tonight, and the precipitation will continue into Wednesday when temperatures might not rise above freezing. Ice accumulations ranging from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch are possible.
If that happens, travel conditions will become hazardous and there could be lengthy power outages.
"Whenever we get above a quarter of an inch of ice, we have concerns," said Chris Cady, manager of supply chain and facilities for Aiken Electric Cooperative. "The weight on the power lines is a significant amount, and it can pull those lines down. Tree limbs will snap, and some of the smaller, less mature trees will bend over into the power lines."
During a storm in late January, 2½ inches of snow and some ice covered Aiken. But this time around, ice probably will dominate, and that isn't good news.
"When you're talking about ice, it's always the worst case scenario," said Bobby Usry, a resident engineer for the S.C. Department of Transportation who is based in Aiken. "I am not looking forward to this situation at all."
What's happening
The weather pattern that will produce the wintry precipitation includes a Canadian high pressure centered to the north that is directing cold air into central South Carolina and the CSRA.
Low pressure that was developing in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday was supposed to push moisture northward and then move northeastward until it was near the Carolina coast on Wednesday night.
Today, locally, "there should just be some rain early because temperatures should be above freezing," said Kim Campbell, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Columbia. "There may be some sleet developing by later in the afternoon, and there could be some snow flurries. After the sun sets, temperatures will start to fall. It looks like the rain will change to ice between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.," said Campbell.
On Wednesday morning "it should be pretty messy outside with lots of ice," Campbell said. "Along with the ice accumulation, we're expecting winds to be in the range of 12 to 15 miles per hour all day on Wednesday, and there could be a few higher gusts. That, in combination with ice on the power lines and ice on the tree branches, may cause some difficulties."
Predictions call for the precipitation to end late on Wednesday night.
"This is the kind of event that will be pretty significant, and it will affect people being able to do their daily activities, such as driving and going to work," Campbell said. "It is something they need to be aware of and they need to be prepared for."
Road concerns
Twelve trucks traveled from the Department of Transportation's maintenance facility on University Parkway in Aiken to Columbia on Monday to pick up 130 to 150 tons of salt.
"We weren't completely out, but our stockpile was much lower than it needed to be because of the storm two weeks ago, and unfortunately, it had not been replenished," Usry said.
The Department of Transportation's heavy equipment in Aiken includes 12 trucks with tailgate spreaders and plows attached, three trucks with calcium chloride (liquid salt) tanks and five motor graders.
"If we do get an ice event, we won't mobilize the motor graders because they can't push ice around like they do snow," Usry said.
The first priority for Usry's crews will be Interstates 20 and 520. The second priority will be Highway 118 (the Aiken bypass), U.S. Route 1 and S.C. 19.
"We'll also try to focus on the critical routes in and out of the hospital (Aiken Regional Medical Centers)," Usry said.
Because rain was in the forecast, Usry wasn't planning for his crews to pretreat roadways early today.
"When it's raining, you can't just go out there and dump stuff on because it will wash right off," he said. "We'll wait until later when the temperatures start getting lower."
County concerns
Because of the threat of ice accumulation, Aiken County Public Works Director John Dyches reported that his staff was preparing to deal with downed trees and fallen tree limbs.
"We're making sure we have our chainsaws ready and our heavy equipment fueled up," he said. "If it doesn't pose a risk to our own personnel, we will go out and try to make sure that roads are clear or are at least open to one-direction travel. We'll try to keep people moving."
Aiken County employees assist the Department of Transportation in removing snow from roads during and after winter storms. But when ice is the problem, there's not much the County can do.
"We have 11 motor graders, and we usually run five routes for the Department of Transportation," Dyches said. "But with ice, there is very limited work that our motor graders can do, because you can't push ice out of the way with them."
Power preparation
Aiken Electric Cooperative is ready for the latest round of winter weather locally, according to Marketing Specialist Muriel Carter.
"We'll have our crews on standby 24/7, and because we're a cooperative, we'll have crews from other states available to come in and help us repair lines if we need them," she said.
SCE&G already has taken steps to increase its manpower.
"We are part of the Southeastern Electric Exchange, so we can ask other utilities to send crews when we are having an event like this," said Emily Brady, SCE&G spokeswoman. "We put out a request for 200 people, and we're getting 250. If we see the weather is going to be worse than we thought, then we might request more."
In addition, on Sunday, SCE&G recalled 140 contractors that it had released to go help following major winter weather problems in the Northeast recently.
"They're coming back right now," said Brady on Monday night. "They had been in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland."
She added that SCE&G officials were expecting "a pretty severe ice event."
Dede Biles is a general assignment reporter for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since January 2013. A native of Concord, N.C., she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Need help with power problems?
With weather forecasts calling for accumulating ice during the latest round of winter weather locally, there could be problems with downed trees, fallen tree limbs and power outages. Here's how to get help:
SCE&G: Customers can report outages by calling 1-888-333-4465. They also can report outages on their phones and Internet-ready mobile devices by visiting www.sceg.com/mobile. In addition, they can go on their computers and visit www.sceg.com/storm to learn about how to report outages and find other information. Customers can register for the company's texting option by going to www.sceg.com, logging into their accounts and looking for "Activate Text Options" under the "Account Options" feature. After signing up, they can text the word "OUT" to 467234 (gosceg) to report outages.
Aiken Electric Cooperative: Customers can call 1-877-264-5368 to report outages.
Aiken County Public Works Road Maintenance Office: Fallen trees and tree limbs blocking roads can be reported by calling 803-642-1532 or the Aiken County Sheriff's Office at 803-648-6811.


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Kororaa 16 (Chum) released
It was a little while in coming, but it was worth the wait! It is my pleasure to announce the release of Kororaa 16 (codename "Chum") which is now available for download.
The KDE desktop has a custom layout with specific default applications, such as Firefox for the web and VLC for media, etc.
Users still on Kororaa 14 should upgrade to 16 as the older version is no longer supported upstream. Unfortunately for users who wish to stay with GNOME 2.x, this means you will need to upgrade to GNOME 3. Do not despair however, Kororaa includes a desktop switcher for GNOME 3, so that users can switch between the new Shell interface and the 2.x style Fallback mode. Just run the "Switch between Shell and Fallback desktops" link on the desktop (see screenshot above).
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Note: Kororaa is not provided or supported by the Fedora Project. Official, unmodified Fedora software is available through the Fedora Project website.
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For more than a quarter century, hungry diners looking for a smile with their salsa have packed into El Bravo, a postage-stamp sized Mexican diner in North Phoenix.
After a recent visit, I'm happy to report that the traditional offerings - tacos, tamales, burros and the like - are just as fresh and appealing as ever.
The interior of this little taco shop is decorated in a cheery serape-toned palette of vivid blue, yellow, green and red. A central service window allows easy access to the genial kitchen staff; the front dining room holds booths on both sides and a couple of tables, while a roomier dining area to the left of the entrance is set up for about 40 more diners.
We arrived for a recent visit famished and ready for a breather after a long day. As usual, most of the tables were occupied, and the sole waitress in the front room was juggling order-taking and clean-up at the same time. Spying a just-vacated booth, we lent a hand with bussing the table before taking a seat; it's that kind of place.
Service was prompt, and after ordering a basket of chips and salsa ($1) from the beaming waitress (the staff here seem to smile all the time, no matter what), we settled in. The menu features a dozen burros, including spicy machaca, steak, chorizo egg with potatoes and a breakfast version, and about as many combination plates, along with enchiladas, tostadas, tacos, tamales and fried popovers (Navajo tacos).
Burros average $5 solo, $1 more for enchilada style. While the machaca burro here is a favorite and always dependable, we decided to venture out a bit. The chicken version, ordered plain, was a huge wrap of seasoned shredded white meat with plenty of chiles, diced tomatoes and onion. We ordered a side of guacamole ($3.50); ladled with the fine-diced salsa and then topped with a squirt of the fiery hot sauce, it was a nice blend of flavor and texture. A chicken chimichanga combo ($9.60), served with rice, beans and a generous dollop of guacamole, featured a huge, fried tortilla with just enough greasy crispness and plenty of the same delicious chicken inside. Rice and beans served alongside were up to snuff; the rice was obviously freshly prepared, without the gummy flavor lent by sitting too long in a saucepan, and the beans, while a bit bland, were hot and finished off with plenty of cheese.
The trio plate ($7.10) is one of my favorite ways to sample beef here. A good-sized shredded beef tamale, topped with salty bright-red enchilada sauce, had plenty of juicy meat, while a ground beef taco, served with fresh lettuce and tomato and a handful of cheddar cheese, was simple and satisfying. A bean and cheese tostada was obviously freshly made; the corn shell hadn't had time to wilt underneath the toppings.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Chris Paul tied a record for steals, and his New Orleans Hornets played enough good defense to pull out a victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Paul had 18 points, nine assists and five steals, James Posey scored nine of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, and the Hornets beat the Grizzlies 91-84 on Tuesday night.
Paul's first steal of the night, off a bad pass by Memphis' Darko Milicic, tied Alvin Robertson's NBA record of a steal in 105 consecutive games.
The loss snapped Memphis' four-game winning streak, its longest of the season. The Hornets won for the fifth time in six games despite struggling from the field at times.
"We toughened up at the end and got five big stops in a row," New Orleans coach Byron Scott said. "We made some key baskets. The defense the last few minutes of the game was the key to the victory."
David West also scored 18 points, but shot 5-of-16. Paul was just 3-of-10 from the field but made 11 of 12 free throws.
Rudy Gay led Memphis with 28 points and O. J. Mayo added 20.
New Orleans led by 15 in the first half, but Memphis capitalized on the Hornets' poor shooting to tie it at 81 with 3:18 left. A 3-pointer by Peja Stojakovic from the left corner with the shot clock running down put New Orleans up to stay at 84-81 with 2:52 remaining. That allowed the Hornets to close the game on a 10-3 run.
"Peja's big 3 in the corner hurt us," said Gay, who added that 6-foot-1 Memphis point guard Mike Conley, "played good D on him, but Peja's 6-10. He's one of the best shooters in NBA history, and he's been hitting those for years."
New Orleans beat Memphis 106-87 on Dec. 6 after building a 37-16 lead after the first quarter. While not quite as bad, Memphis again fell behind early on Tuesday. The Grizzlies missed their last 10 shots of the first quarter, failed to score in the final 6:48 of the period after tying the game at 11, and the Hornets closed the period with 15 straight points.
Unlike the game in New Orleans, Memphis didn't quit and cut into the lead during the second period, then benefited from poor shooting by New Orleans, including 19 percent in the third.
"We just got discombobulated on the offensive end," West said, "but we were able to settle down defensively. We were able to maintain our composure and make key plays down the stretch to win the game."
The game was testy, with West receiving a technical for slamming the ball down when he didn't get a call. Tyson Chandler's fifth foul was accompanied by a technical when he swiped at Grizzlies guard Kyle Lowry, who had grabbed Chandler's waist fighting through a pick.
By the end, Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni and Scott were mouthing at each other down the sideline. Scott declined comment about the exchange after the game.
Despite shooting 24 percent in the first quarter, the Grizzlies stayed close behind 16 points from Gay and 12 from Mayo. The Grizzlies made 11 of 14 shots in the second period to cut into the lead.
Paul had eight points despite 1-of-5 shooting as the Hornets used balanced scoring to build a 49-42 halftime lead. New Orleans was 16-of-23 at the free-throw line, compared to Memphis' 9-of-11.
The Hornets were just 3-of-16 in the third but carried a 61-60 lead into the final stanza.
"(The Grizzlies) were doing a good job of being aggressive on the screen-and-rolls," Paul said of the Hornets' third-quarter shooting woes. "A lot of it was we weren't making shots. (Their) pick-and-rolls really hurt us in that quarter. O.J. Mayo got going, and so did Rudy."
But in the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, Posey continually hit shots to keep the Hornets close or ahead of Memphis until Stojakovic's 3-pointer kick-started the Hornets' winning surge.
"They played a great all-around game," Paul said. "But, as a team, we feel like we've been through a lot of things, and we were able to pull it together in the fourth."
- The Hornets are now 14-1 when leading after three quarters. The victory was the Hornets' seventh straight in the series. New Orleans has won 11 of the last 12 against the Grizzlies. The 11 first-quarter points for Memphis was a season-low for any period this season. The Hornets have held eight of their last 11 opponents to 95 points or less. They are 9-2 in those 11 games. Memphis scored at least 100 points in all four games of its winning streak.


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The BBC has removed all programmes featuring the late Sir Jimmy Savile from its schedules while police investigate allegations that he was a serial abuser of young girls from the 1960s to the 1980s.
A repeat of The Story of Light Entertainment, which included an interview with Savile, will not be shown on BBC Four on Saturday, and episodes of Top of the Pops presented by him have also been cancelled.
A former BBC press officer cast doubt yesterday on the corporation's claim that it became aware only last December of the allegations against Savile, who died a year ag
Karin Ward
Following recent child abuse allegations in ITV1's Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, the woman who initially told her story of abuse to Newsnight has given a revealing interview for ITV News to Mark Williams-Thomas.
Karin Ward, who has waived her anonymity, says she told Newsnight she saw Gary Glitter having sex with an underage girl in Savile's dressing room at BBC Television Centre and that she was abused by another TV star when she was 14 years old in that same room. Below she also reveals how she learned her Newsnight interview had been shelved in a short text message which left her feeling "extremely aggrieved and angry" because it meant she had not been believed.
Newsnight came to see you. So what do you tell them?
I told them basically the same as what he'd read in the work I'd written online. He wanted more detail, he wanted more but I said to him then and I can say to you now, I can't say something that didn't happen. I can only say what did happen. The fact was, Jimmy Savile used to come to Duncroft, he used to take us girls out. We loved it when he came. Everybody knew he was a perv and everybody knew he would be groping and wanting sex and wanting other worse things than just plain sex but he brought lots of nice things with him. We got nice food when Jimmy was coming. He used to bring a thousand cigarettes with him at the time and of course cigarettes was the currency in that kind of environment so girls just flocked around him. He brought sweeties. Sometimes he bought perfume...he brought make-up. A lot of things were duty-free. He lavished gifts on everybody and was all jolly and then he wanted people to come out with him for a ride in his car.
Tell me specifically the detail you gave Newsnight regarding Jimmy Savile.
I told Newsnight what was the absolute truth, was that Jimmy Savile took me out in his car one afternoon and pulled into a lay-by. This had happened before and he had just groped...there had been a bit of snogging and groping. This time he wanted more... But I know when I mentioned it to the other girls later on, when we found out we were going to London, I said 'well it's because of me, what I did, I did this' and I found out some of the other girls had done similar. One or two of them had had sex with him...all on the promise of going to London to be on his show.
Did you go to London?
Oh yes. We went to London several times. We were in an approved school for intelligent but emotionally disturbed girls and there we were in London on a regular basis mixing with rich and famous people, rubbing shoulders with celebrities and it was fantastic a lot of the time but some of the celebrities were actually not very nice. Some of them were wonderful.
When you went to the London studios, did anything happen? Where did you go?
We went to Jimmy Savile's dressing room. Every week we would go there and we would meet the guests who were going to be on his show. In advance. It was quite a big room. It had tables and chairs and a big couch and a little alcove with a couch or something in there and I think there was a curtain in there but I can't really remember but all the people who were going to be on his show would be in the dressing room. There would be a lot of drinking alcohol...a lot of camaraderie.
Tell me specifically, what did you tell Newsnight happened to you at the BBC?
At the BBC, I told Newsnight that I saw Gary Glitter have sex with a girl in Jimmy Savile's dressing room...in that little alcove bit. I didn't see it completely but that's what was going on and nobody batted an eye-lid. I also told them that I was horribly, horribly humiliated. Jimmy Savile had a girl on his lap and he had his hand up her skirt and inside her underwear. She came from Duncroft and she was 14 and we were good friends. The girl Gary Glitter was having sex with also came from Duncroft. I think she might have been not quite 14. But we were all from Duncroft that day.
[Karin then went to describe how she was subject to a very bad attack of wandering hands by a television star who groped her]
I didn't like him because he smelled like my step-father and it frightened me and freaked me out. I rebuffed him and he humiliated me in front of everyone in the dressing room by saying something really unkind about my lack of breasts, which to a 14 year old girl was just awful. I...urgh...I was appalled and really, really upset. I'm pretty sure that's all I told Newsnight because that's really all there was to tell except that we used to go out to parties afterwards and met some wonderful celebrities.
Did you see...did you tell Newsnight that you saw Jimmy Savile doing anything to anybody in his dressing room?
He was always groping people. I think I told them that. He'd groped people and he'd quite often sit people on his lap and have a grope at a breast or stick his hand up someone's skirt and nobody seemed to mind. That was ok. He'd always got those foul cigars.
So Newsnight come back to you and say the programme is not going ahead. What did they say?
They didn't bother to say very much at all. They sent me a text saying the programme wasn't going ahead and that was it.
What did that text say?
Er... 'Programme's been cut. Sorry.'
Why do you think the programme didn't go ahead?
I think the BBC cut the programme because they were appalled. I think they'd let this guy go on and say 'I'm going to expose Jimmy Savile', they'd let him out on a free rein to do that but when they found out some of the abuse happened on their premises I think they were 'absolutely not, you're not telling anyone that, cut it'. And it went hand in hand with other girls' experiences that I knew of, where they had complained to Surrey Police and said 'I was raped, I was assaulted' and Surrey Police said 'this did not happen.' Nothing ever came of it so I was not surprised but I did feel extremely aggrieved and angry because that meant yet again I hadn't been believed when in actual fact I was telling the truth.
Why did you go to Newsnight? Why did you waive your anonymity to talk to Newsnight?
Well, I'd already written it down and it was in the public domain online and I knew lots and lots of people had read it and commented on it. I thought I had nothing to lose by admitting who I am because I'd already written it and most people had guessed who JS was, plus of course, he'd died which meant that...it sounds really pathetic and silly but it meant he couldn't do anything or come and get me if I said what he'd done. He had a lot of money and money buys power.
Do you think the abuse that was taking place at the BBC...you were there in his dressing room...do you think the BBC knew about the abuse at the time?
I'm not sure that the boffins...the bigwigs...I don't think the bigwigs knew but I'm pretty sure that some of the...on reflection, with hindsight...I'm pretty sure that some of the production staff must have known...I'm almost certain that some of the production staff must have known what was going on. It was no secret that Jimmy liked young girls.
How does it make you feel, that Newsnight didn't run with your story?
Really quite upset. Because it wasn't easy. This isn't easy. It's not easy to come out and admit to something that you're actually bitterly ashamed of. I am ashamed of that. It's disgusting. What I did...it's not easy. It's never easy to admit that you're a victim. It's never easy to admit that you did anything you're ashamed of. Having done it and found it was scrapped. Didn't matter. Once again. Yes. Upset...aggrieved...angry. I spoke to several other people that I know were at Duncroft who said 'no I'm not saying anything. I'm not coming forward' and a lot of them said to me 'I told you so. I told you before you did it, don't do it, it won't happen'.
Having told BBC Newsnight about what happened to you with Jimmy Savile. Do you think even if they didn't broadcast the programme, should they have done something else?
Really it's easy to be wise with hindsight. Really, they should have gone to the police. And said 'look, we've got this allegation, this needs to be investigated.