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So I'm back with another video advice post. But this one has a twist: instead of me in the video, we have one of my very favourites; the light of my twitter timeline, the one and only @WisdomIsMisery. This was supposed to be a mashup video where he and I both gave our responses to the question but
I was too lazy to record mine his answer was so thorough that you don't even need me.
Make sure you check out his blog WisdomIsMisery.com or catch him on your favourite blogger's favourite blog. If you don't have him in your e-life you are losing.
Check out the question and his response and weigh in with your feedback in the comments.
Well. I met this guy on Saturday [Note: It was the next Monday when she asked me this]. When I gave him my number he was like "I'm going to call you tomorrow, I don't do that wait 3 days stuff". So the same night he started texting me, and we texted briefly on Sunday. ..and he hasn't called. I called him yesterday but haven't heard a peep from him.
I'm about to delete his number. I've had a crappy day and I think I'm just being slightly unreasonable. Am I?
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LMAO @ you leaving me hanging in this video. Now it seems weird without context and a mashup. You cut me Max. You cut me deep!
*puts this in the stuff I can guilt trip you on later to get what I want file*
She's right, you had a thorough enough answer for both of you. Still, I would have loved to see my
ex twifey on the video!
Wis my darling I'm sorry for ambushing you. I actually considered forewarning you but then I thought, but I know you're a nice guy and you wouldn't mind too much. Honestly you said everything that needed to be said!
Three things
completely off topic…:
1 – I love your duvet cover
2 – #ThoseCheekBones! Wow, sir. Wow.
3 – The moment at 3:51 I have watched no less than 5 times. HILARIOUS. I will be using it, and perhaps making a gif out of it. #YouveBeenWarned
On to the question, and I may be being a total chick here, cause I heard what WIM was saying
when I wasn't looking at #DemCheekBones and his duvet and he's a man and therefore knows more about what men are thinking by default…but if he texts the night he gets the digits he's only in it for poon? Say it ain't so WIM, say it ain't so. I mean, can't it be possible that he's simply interested in getting to know her sooner than later? She never said that he tried to come over, just that they texted for a bit…hoping on a wish and a prayer…
#WeNeverKnowWeNeverKnow <–STILL laughing and fixin to watch that part again
1 – I own that that thing and I literally had to Google "duvet" to figure out what the hell you were talking about. Like a man, I bought it because it was on sale….
2 – Thanks!
3 – a gif? Damn you, the Internet! *shakes fist*
@Starita34: …but if he texts the night he gets the digits he's only in it for poon? Say it ain't so WIM, say it ain't so. I mean, can't it be possible that he's simply interested in getting to know her sooner than later?
I'm say that but I'm not saying that….in a perfect world a man may simply want to get to know you sooner than later but if a man cant wait 8 – 12 hours before getting to know you that might be a tall tale sign that #HeCrazy or #HeOverlyAttachful. Thus, my response is two fold:
1) In my opinion, when a guy meets a girl he's genuinely interested, IF he even texts that night, it is simply to say one of a few general things: a) here's my number, save it b) here's my number be safe on the drive home to night c) [insert polite but minimal conversation here] because he doesnt wanna f*ck sh*t up that early in the process.
2) BUT IN 98.9% OF CASES, when a man text you the same night – even if he doesnt push the issue – what he is really hoping is that YOU will respond back with something along the lines of: "What are you doing tonight?" and just like that he knows he is already on the road to redemption. All he has to do now is not say anything that'll make you change your mind from inviting him over or meeting up with him later.
In WIM's opinion, women would be better off accepting that 9 times out of 10 a man is trying to figure out how far he can get with you at all times, usually as quickly as possible. As soon as he secured that number he was already on a mission. It's POSSIBLE that mission was to be your hus-band but it's PROBABLE that mission was be your fuc-band. Based on that initial series of conversation / text a man is mentally – assuming he hasnt already – assigning you to a category such as: possible wife / possible jump off.
I may be wrong…..but I doubt it.
I can sleep easy on this:
"1) In my opinion, when a guy meets a girl he's genuinely interested, IF he even texts that night, it is simply to say one of a few general things: a) here's my number, save it b) here's my number be safe on the drive home to night c) [insert polite but minimal conversation here] because he doesnt wanna f*ck sh*t up that early in the process."
Thanks, that was easier to swallow (||) and made more sense to me.
How'd I know you wouldn't know what a duvet was? And you're a effin fool for "fuc-band"!
PROBABLE that mission was be your "fuc-band". Haaaa.. I like that!!
Another word to add to the Urban Dictionary to mean NSA chex.
I agree with your assessment on this but like you said you could be wrong, He could just be Overjoyed (#NoStevieWonder) if dude text as soon as he gets the digits, some men just operate at different speeds.
Personally I think if a man texts the same night he meets a girl he's desperately seeking. Whether it's Susan or sex or companionship, he's in urgent need of something and it's probably not a good thing.
I love my phone for enabling me to watch WIM from my bed at 1:15 in the morning and I love Maxie for posting WIM's video blog. I can finally put a voice to the tweets!!! 🙂
That's all I'm saying right now.
*goes back to video for the 14th time*
Those teeth! *insert angelic music* I swear fo' gawd I was literally looking at his teeth for more than 75% of the video.
Anywhooo…*tries to remember what was said* Um, yeah. Great advice and sh*t. And I agree with the list. Women at times are too quick to dismiss their list or make exceptions. That's when you stop being true to yourself (wants and needs) and the trouble begins. Dead the sh*t early and Keep It Moving.
Co-sign!!!! I showed my sister the video last night and we even pulled out our "cute richter card"…..oooh chile THAT smile. He is on Twitter ya'll say?
I don't really have anything to add of substance this morning. Sorry, for hi-jacking your comment Lalas. 🙂
No problem girl! I clicked on the vid and was like "oh sh*t"
BP, if you think he's fahn now, just wait til you hear him rant, he's hill-harry-@ss!
Eff my job for making me wait til 5 PM to see this… *le sigh*
Wow! Major "swoon" as I drool over my keyboard…….nice post!
Very good and solid advice given. Generally speaking you can't always know someone's intentions right away and now to avoid even going the distance with someone that is not nor never will be on the same page as you, its definitely good to just look at a few of the little things. If the little things are dealbreakers, then imagine major issues?
*Story Time!!*
There was this guy who worked security at my job (I no its a no no but he was cute) and he lived in my neighborhood (second no no but it made him relatable). After not seeing each other for like a month at work, I finally asked dude for his number. He called me that night and we chatted it up the whole entire night. We spoke on the phone a few other times throughout the week but the next week it was only text msgs. Now I was cool with that, no problem at all. But when it came time to actually going out dude just couldn't do it. Like no lie every.single.time (I'm a 3 strike girl so it was actually only 3xs) I inquired about hanging out or even invited him to chill and "watch a movie" he couldn't. The excuse: I'm super busy.
It got to the point where I changed his name in my phone to Super Busy Guy <–see Max you're not the only one to give nicknames 🙂
The point of the story..I'm a do something kind of girl. I need actions to back up words and as a woman and/or dater you have to know what you want and need in a mate. For me, dude couldn't even find time to go and have a drink or a meal after work or on his day off and it made me question "well damn homie..you so busy you can't even eat?!?" Its just not understandable to me and since I'm the type to do that I left it alone. If we can't connect on at least that level of breaking bread and sipping wine then why waste my time? *For the record I didn't and dude has since moved to an island..which is why he was super busy*
BTW I'm totally stealing this: "If you wanna get in this p*ssy you gonna have to do some work!" That joint needs to be on a t-shirt, tattoed on some skin and written as the 11th commandment
Good story. We all have different make or breaks. If you don't mind texts, cool. If you need one on one time, good. Like WIM said, have your checklist and stick by it.
For example, living in my neighborhood would be a major plus for me, d@mn a "rule". If he goes psycho, check the neighborhood watch sign: "We Call The Police"
"If you wanna get in this p*ssy you gonna have to do some work!"
Amen Sister & whoever made that statement… Makes the world a better place…
I'm one of those people who like doesn't really like to call. I just think it limits my interactions with people. I like talking to multiple people at the same time. When i'm on the phone, i'm focused on talking to one person at a time. I think that interaction is best served in person. Anyway…
You know, i'll drop a little knowledge. Men have to build up a lot of courage to talk to a woman. Usually that's why you'll see them standing at the bar having a couple stiff beverages to get their inhibitions down before they make a move. So then he gets this number and he may say, i'm going to give you a call tomorrow. Well… tomorrow comes around and now he's without his couple stiff beverages and he starts thinking about the phone call too much. So he doesn't call.
Here where she messed up though, he texted you that night, and you responded. Once a person, opens the door for texting, you're kind of done off with the guy. But when he texted you that night, this is what you should have done!!!!
Text him back: I don't do the texting thing, call me.
Shit woulda been hilarious, b. Because if he called you that late at night, you would have been able to see what his voice sounded like, if he was tipsy or not. Worse case scenario he is still out and is like, "I'm still out." And then you just say, "that's cool, just hit me after or tomorrow."
To be honest with you, my plan has always been to make plans with you that same moment we meet. Followed by texts to say "are we on" and "what time", but after that, the only phone call I will take is probably that dumass call when someone arrives somewhere and calls you to ask "where you at". I swear I have no clue how people found each other before cell phones.
PS – Say this to the hostess, "I'm meeting a friend here, i'm not sure if he arrived as yet." She will say, "[Name redacted]? Yes, right this way."
This is sound advice.
I swear I have no clue how people found each other before cell phones.
Me neither, I am a late 80s baby too ('88)… I will have to ask the OGs on that one…
Great advice! I'm not even gonna mention how the most important thing about this video is the bad thoughts I was having while watching it. Nope, not mentioning it all…
Good Advice Wiz. I would say if son is texting right after he got the number he might be a tad parched…
It all makes sense now LOL…great post
I really found the video pretty hilarious. Yea, whenever they text the same night, I usually don't respond. Maybe it is sending the wrong message, but ahh well. I am not tryna kick it the same night. *shrugs*
WIM is CUTE!! That is all. lol
This was on point WIM.
what was not on point was Max saying you're the light of her twitter timeline and not me.
Well, you know what they say and by "they" I mean me.
Haters Gonna Hate.
Women collectively set the standard… Men must meet whatever standard the women set to get the p.ussy… And string him along until he starts thinking relationship…
Not foolproof, but you are in the right direction…
Lose his number if he is not meeting your standards…
I think this was good advice and pretty on point.
I think that regardless of how NEW the situation is you should KNOW what you are and are NOT willing to tolerate from a perspective mate. If dude gets in the habit of saying he's going to call (or do anything for that matter) and doesn't follow through and she just continues to allow that to happen, that's kind of setting herself up to be disappointed in the future. It's sending the message that she will never hold him accountable for following through with what HE SAYS he's going to do. Boundaries should be established early on, otherwise how can be made at a guy for not knowing what your expectations are.
On the flip side….things do come up and she shouldn't be so easy to completely dismiss dude without giving him an opportunity to plead his case. I wouldn't call or text dude, but if he calls I'd definitely find out what the deal was before completely writing him off. Just my perspective.
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When you find a drunk girl at the pub and take her home but she has bad gas and when fucking her you quickly slip into her asshole and fuck her fast and hard and pull out really fast so that she either farts or shits, she will most likely be angry too
I went to the pub last night and took this drunk chick how and gave her an angry drunken skunk.
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The angry drunken skunk is when you are fisting a drunk females ass and you hit it just right you will feel pressure on your fist and that's when you rip your fist out of her ass like you are starting a lawnmower and immediately once your fist is out shit will shoot every where hense the term drunken skunk
I fist popped that ass causing her to have a angry drunken skunk
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It's when your licking a girl out and when you hold on to her hands and bite her clit, she will then start to grown and look like a dragon on skunk.
Yesterday I did the angry drunken skunk now I'm scared to watch Netflix with any girl.
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Beets, radishes, parsnips, rutabagas, and turnips share a love for cool weather, and growing them when temperatures are cool is the secret to sweet, crisp roots. Start sowing spring radish seeds as soon as the soil can be worked, and plants will be ready for harvest in as little as 3 weeks. Fast, even growth is the secret to a good crop. Sow new crops every week or 10 days until daytime temperatures remain above about 65?F/18.3?C. After that, the roots will be bitter and tough, not spicy and crisp.Beets and turnips also can be grown in spring, but they take slightly longer than radishes--from seed, beets take 1 to 2 months, turnips 1 to 2 months. Beets germinate in 45?F/7.2?C soil, but you'll probably get better results if you wait a bit and sow both beets and turnips once the soil is at least 50?F/10?C. If you harvest turnips when they're still small, you can sow successive crops every 10 days until warm temperatures (daytime highs in the low 70s/21-23?C) arrive to spread out the harvest.Some long-season or winter radishes also can be sown at the same time as beets and turnips in spring. Look for bolt-resistant cultivars that mature in 40 or 50 days, and sow as soon as the soil can be worked. Parsnips are the slowpokes of this group. Sow them in early to mid-spring for fall harvest.Reprinted from The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book Copyright 2008 by Barbara W. Ellis, with permission from Storey Publishing. Creative Commons photo credit: Chantal Foster
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B-Shift Battalion Chief Brian Collins began his fire service career in 1995 in Kentucky, joining Brentwood in 2002 as one of the sixteen firefighters hired with the construction of Station 4. After serving as a Firefighter, Engineer, and Lieutenant, Brian promoted to Battalion Chief in October, 2013, as the Shift Commander for B-Shift. He holds a BS in Fire Protection Administration from Eastern Kentucky University, and is currently a student in the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program. A paramedic, Chief Collins is also a member of the department's Hazardous Materials Team, and an Incident Command instructor. He has worked with state & national fire service organizations on various projects/committees, and has taught classes at the local, state, and national levels.
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Jeremiah Owyang, from Altimeter Group, was in town tonight for the Third Tuesday event and I had an opportunity to interact with him again after the presentation. From my interaction with him over the years in various roles, I've always been intrigued by what he has to say as an Analyst, Participant, Customer and a Practicianer. He always bases his reports on authentic real-life research, experience and context.
Without further ado, here are my notes from the session (as promised).
Strategic Social Strategy starts with scale in mind. Strategic being the imperative here. My 2 cents, tactically, there is difference in social media done by a small business vs. enterprise social media strategy. Most of the agencies have minimal experience on the enterprise side where it becomes more challenging as it's literally disrupting the way they strucutre and do business. Jeremiah pointed that, a proper strategy starts with:
- Foundation: First, develop a business plan and put governance in place.
- Safety: Then, get organized by anointing a team and process to deal with crisis.
- Formation: Next, connect business units to increase coordination and reduce duplication.
- Enablement: Grow by letting them prosper – give business units the support and flexibility to reach goals.
- Enlightenment: Finally, weave real-time market response into business processes and planning
- Being prepared in advanced with: the proper policies, teams, roles, and education programs. These are the foundation needed to build a Center of Excellence.
- Advanced corporations have enabled their business units to deploy social –once they've provided the right training, process, then technology (in that order)
- Savvy companies are developing a social support triage process, rather than arbitrarily responding to customers, as it can teach the crowd bad behaviours.
- Pay close attention to the emerging paid social programs and remember that Earned is a precursor to effective paid media. More of a reason why working and non-working dollars is a flawed model.
- Social Networks will be forcing paywalls but brands will need to find a balance that works well. Not an easy task.
I also noticed that numbers are still low from strategic social media implementation perspective. Agencies are active in this space and attendance reflected that. Brand strategy was only represented by barely 5-6 of us. This makes me nervous. Would you travel on a plane piloted by an unlicensed inexperienced pilot? No? Then why risk your brand with your lowest paid intern or inexperienced non-digital personnel? Social Media requires dedicated support, an evolution of how communications and marketing processes work, requires process design experience and is highly dependent upon culture (which is never bottom-led).
Sacha Chua, one of my good friends, was also kind enough to post her famous sketch notes from the session. Please click on the image to increase the size.
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MARCH 2, 2012 - Principals' Biweekly Message
More than 800 principals, teachers and other local educators joined NCDPI and State Board of Education leadership on Tuesday in Greensboro for the first in our 2012 READY Regional Outreach meetings. I look forward to seeing even more educators next week in Elizabeth City, Wilmington and Fayetteville. This is the first time in more than a decade that we have had regional meetings with the goal of meeting with all principals and a teacher representative of every public school in our state. Throughout the meetings, we are providing opportunities for you and your colleagues to learn about the remodeling effort that is underway in our state's system of public schools, why it is important and how to help their school communities understand all of this. I very much valued the opportunity to hear feedback and questions from principals and teachers so that we can address those through FAQs online and in webinars and other means.
June Atkinson
In this Biweekly Principals' Message:
- State Board Meeting Highlights
- District/Charter School Team Information for 2012 Summer Institutes
- Severe Weather Awareness Week Reminder
- March 4-10 School Social Work Week
- Gov. Perdue Declares Feb. 27-March 2 Students@Work Week
- NC Teacher Corps Recruitment
- School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest Targets Elementary and Middle School Students
- K-6 Students Can Honor Their School Bus Drivers Through Essay Contest
State Board Meeting Highlights
At yesterday's Board meeting, members approved Arts Education courses eligible for Honors Weight, Educator Effectiveness Policies, the Board's 2012-13 Supplemental Budget request, 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants, Fast-Track Charter recommendations, and School-Based Calendar Waiver Requests for Educational Purposes. Board members also approved a resolution reflecting the Board's position on the importance of pre-K education, a motion stating the application of any "fast track" charter school that cannot open by its set starting date to be null and void, and a motion granting authority to the State Superintendent to grant districts waivers of up to five instructional days if the days are to be used for specific professional development. A summary of Board action items, in addition to the full agenda and executive materials, are available online at www.ncpublicschools.org/stateboard/meetings .
District/Charter School Team Information for 2012 Summer Institutes
RttT Coordinators for each LEA and RttT Charter School will receive information next week about the expectations of the leadership team attending the 2012 Summer Institute. Before your team registers, we will communicate directly with the RttT Coordinator and share helpful information about developing your leadership team and who should be included in the composition of your team. RttT Coordinators will help us communicate who will be representing your district or school at the 2012 Summer Institute training prior to the registration period to ensure a clear and successful registration process. While some participant representation may change, this institute is for the same leadership team that attended last year. Should many changes be required, team participants need to update new attendees. As a reminder, the 2012 Summer Institute website at www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/conferences/summerinstitutes is currently live and includes helpful information to prepare this year's participants for their professional development experience. You will find information about the purpose of the two-day training session, local lodging options around each location, information about the makeup of the team and a link to the new registration site. Registration information will be available to you early March.
Severe Weather Awareness Week Reminder
As a reminder, Severe Weather Awareness Week is scheduled for March 4-10. The statewide Tornado Drill will take place on Wednesday, March 7, at 9:30 a.m. At that time the National Weather Service will issue a Required Weekly Test over the NOAA weather radio system. This will serve as a signal for school administrators to begin their tornado drill. The drill will conclude when participants complete their drill activities. No all-clear message will be issued. If this time is not convenient for your school's instructional program, you may schedule your school's drill on another day close to March 7.
March 4-10 School Social Work Week
Gov. Bev. Perdue has proclaimed March 4-10 as School Social Work Week and urges citizens to recognize the outstanding contributions made to the education of youth by school social workers. School social workers provide a valuable service by connecting children and families to needed health, mental health and other social services to support student success in schools.
Gov. Perdue Declares Feb. 27-March 2 Students@Work Week
Gov. Bev Perdue has declared Feb. 27-March 2 as Students@Work Week. Students@Work is a job shadowing initiative spearheaded by First Gentleman Bob Eaves in coordination with schools and businesses across North Carolina. The week is focused on raising North Carolina's graduation rate by giving more than 25,000 middle school students a way to connect their academic achievement with the workplace and future career options. The North Carolina Business Committee for Education and the NCDPI are the primary partners for the Students@Work program. Because of their support, more than 125 businesses will provide job-shadowing opportunities for middle school students in all 100 North Carolina counties. For more information about Students@Work Week, please visit www.ncbce.org .
NC Teacher Corps Recruitment
The NC Teacher Corps (NCTC) is now recruiting teachers to targeted LEAs across North Carolina. The NCTC is a Race to the Top (RttT) initiative to recruit, select, develop and retain recent graduates of NC colleges and universities with degrees in areas other than education, and mid-career professionals who have established success in other fields. NC Teacher Corps recruits professionals who want to expand the educational opportunities of NC students. In the first year of the program, NCTC will target the following eight school districts Anson, Cumberland, Duplin, Gaston, Hoke, Robeson, Scotland, and Union, and expand to other counties the second year. The goal is to place 100 teachers in cohorts of four to five members within an LEA, establishing a network of support. Approximately 20 recruitment trips are scheduled in the months of February, March and April in an effort to seek the brightest and best alternative licensure teacher candidates in North Carolina.
- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will partner with NCTC candidates to obtain NC teacher licensure. Candidates will access their program of study through a blended model of online university coursework and face-to-face pedagogical training. They also will participate in a modified student teaching experience in the summer. Successful candidates will participate in professional development on six Saturdays throughout the year and will complete NC licensure at the end of the first year.
- Race to the Top funds will provide full tuition reimbursement to NCTC candidates for NC teacher certification through UNC-Charlotte in the first year. In order to access these funds, NCTC candidates must commit to and complete a minimum of two years of successful teaching experience in the assigned LEA.
- NCTC candidates will complete coursework in the first year that will count towards a MAT. If they choose to pursue the MAT in the second year, Race to the Top funds through NCTC will reimburse 50 percent of the MAT, which will be completed in year two. Should candidates pursue the MAT, they are required to teach in the designated school for a third year.
We are excited about this effort to recruit talented teachers to serve students in North Carolina! For more information, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org/recruitment/ncteachercorps .
School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest
It is once again time for the annual North Carolina School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest. This year's theme is "Stand Back from the Yellow and Black." By participating, elementary and middle school students will learn more about proper bus stop behavior, such as staying out of the street and waiting until the bus has stopped completely. Top category winners will receive prizes and compete for national honors. For contest rules and guidelines, please visit www.ncbussafety.org/poster . May 25 is the submission deadline.
K-6 Students Can Honor Their School Bus Drivers Through Essay Contest
Thomas Built Buses is sponsoring an essay contest for students in kindergarten through sixth grade to honor their school bus drivers. Students are invited to submit essays of at least 90 words that describe what makes their school bus drivers so special. The winning essays will be featured on the Thomas Built website when the judging is complete. The child who nominates the grand prize winner will receive a laptop computer and $1,000 educational savings bond, and the nominated driver will receive a $1,000 Visa® gift card. Grand prize winners and top finalists also will receive Thomas Built Buses jackets and Saf-T-Liner® C2 school bus lunch boxes. To enter the contest, visit www.thomasbus.com/contest for complete rules and an entry form. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2012. Completed forms and typed or legibly printed essays of at least 90 words should be mailed to: Children's Choice Essay Contest, HMH, 1435 W. Morehead St., Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28208.


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Doretta Royer 315 464-4833
Hospitalists join University Hospital medical staff
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – University Hospital has joined dozens of academic hospitals throughout the country in adding hospital medicine to its delivery of care, using a hospitalist model.
Hospitalists are internists or medical subspecialists who work exclusively in the hospital setting. They assume the care of adult general medicine patients who typically are admitted through the Emergency Department and oversee and manage their care throughout their hospital stay, offering them a continuum of care. These patients do not have a primary care physician (PCP) or have a PCP without admitting privileges to the hospital.
University Hospital has hired two hospitalists, Anthony Karabanow, M.D., and Sastry Prayaga, M.D., with plans to hire more in the near future. In addition to patient care responsibilities, Karabanow and Prayaga supervise residents on the general internal medicine consult service and are faculty members in the College of Medicine.
Hospitals are a growing national trend intended to improve the quality and continuity of hospital-based patient care and medical education. Studies by academic medical centers indicate that the implementation of a hospitalist program generally leads to a 10 to 25 percent decrease in the length of stay and hospital cost. One study conducted at the Western Penn Hospital documented about a 50 percent decrease in readmissions.
"Because we practice exclusively in the hospital, we visit with our patients often and are immediately available to meet their needs," said Karabanow. "We assess their clinical needs and coordinate all diagnostic treatments and processes. Our frequent visits allow us to see first-hand the patient's day-to-day family dynamics that can have a direct bearing on their recovery and thus allow us to adapt our care accordingly."
Karabanow and Prayaga work with an interdisciplinary team that includes social workers and case managers and provide education to residents who accompany them during patient visits and who also perform clinical care under their supervision.
Karabanow received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut Health Science Center and trained in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Prior to joining University Hospital, he was employed at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Concord, N.H.
Prayaga received his medical degree from Guntur Medical College in India and trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent Medical Center, Conn. Prior to joining University Hospital, he was a staff physician at Reading Convenient Care in Reading, Pa.
There are more than 3,000 hospitalists in the United States, many of whom are represented by the National Association of Inpatient Physicians.
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CAPE Town is less of itself than it would be on a normal Thursday afternoon. The main thoroughfare of Adderley Street is all but deserted, and the few ordinary citizens present appear to be in hurry to leave the city centre as quickly as possible.
Armed police officers are standing at almost every corner on the road as it leads towards Parliament where President Jacob Zuma is due to deliver this year's state of the nation address. Meanwhile, at Parliament, throngs of very fashionably dressed people hang around, eating finger food and drinking bottled water and cool drinks as they wait for the start of the speech at 7pm.
Is this the stark contrast of government indulgence, inconveniencing ordinary people for its own convenience?
On this Valentine's Day, usually one of the best days for Cape Town's street flower sellers to do business, their market has all but dissipated and barricades keep back their customers.
Many other informal business people — those who depend on making some money in the day so they can feed their families in the evening — have seen their work interrupted. These include hawkers, taxi drivers and street vendors.
More established businesses such as bars, restaurants, banks, tour operators and so on have also seen a dip in their daily trade as the usual number of visitors to the city has dwindled in the face of a heavy security presence.
As I wait for the president's programme of action for the year — to tell us how he will get the economy growing, how he will get job creation moving and how he will get grandiose infrastructure projects off the ground — I cannot help but feel there is a big disconnect between the government and the people.


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Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, remembers back to a time when he stepped briefly out of character to indulge in a liaison with Sarah Miller, an intriguing but heartless distant relative--only to find himself in a series of absurd situations that culminated in his marriage to Sarah's clinging, childlike friend Angela.With her compassionate portrait of a man who has paid a terrible price for his folly, Anita Brookner gives us a novel that it at once harrowing and humane. In the traditions of Henry James and Thomas Mann, Altered States is a beautifully rendered tale of loneliness, guilt, and erotic obsession.
The Bay of Angelsby Anita Brookner
Booker Prize-winning author of "Hotel Du Lac" Anita Brookner creates a hauntingly beautiful story of a young woman's growing awareness of her own mortality and the limits of love. With lucid, unsentimental prose and witty insight, "The Bay of Angels" is a vibrant addition to the Brookner canon. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Brief Livesby Anita Brookner
With this novel, Booker Prize-winning author Anita Brookner confirms her reputation as an unparalleled observer of social nuance and deeply felt longings. Brief Lives chronicles an unlikely friendship: that between the flamboyant, monstrously egocentric Julia and the modest, self-effacing Fay, who is at once fascinated and appalled by Julia's excesses. Thrust together by their husbands' business partnership -- and by a guilty secret -- Julia and Fay develop an intense bond that is nonetheless something less than intimacy, a relationship in which we see our own uneasy compromises, not only with other people, but with life itself.
A Closed Eyeby Anita Brookner
In A Closed Eye, Anita Brookner explores, with compassionate insight and stylistic brilliance, the self-inflicted paradoxes in the life of Harriet Lytton, a woman whose powers of submissiveness and self-denial are suddenly tested by the dizzying prospect of sexual awakening.In Harriers gallant struggle with the single great temptation that comes her way, Brookner creates a hauntingly flawed heroine and a study in the evasions and disappointments that make up all our lives.
The Debutby Anita Brookner
Since childhood, Ruth has been escaping into books, from the hothouse demands of her parents and their maid. At 40 she admits that her life has been ruined by literature, and she must make a new start
Dollyby Anita Brookner
In her superbly accomplished new novel, Anita Brookner proves that she is our mast profound observer of women's lives, posing questions about feminine identity and desire with a stylishness that conveys an almost sensual pleasure.From the moment Jane Manning first meets her aunt Dolly, she is both fascinated and appalled. Where Jane is tactful and shy, Dolly is flamboyant and unrepentantly selfish, a connoisseur of fine things, an exploiter of wealthy people. But as the exigencies of family bring Jane and Dolly together, Brookner shows us that we may end up loving people we cannot bring ourselves to like -- and that this paradox makes love all the more precious and miraculous.
Eustace and Hildaby Anita Brookner L. P. Hartley
The three books gathered together as Eustace and Hilda explore a brother and sister's lifelong relationship. Hilda, the older child, is both self-sacrificing and domineering, as puritanical as she is gorgeous; Eustace is a gentle, dreamy, pleasure-loving boy: the two siblings could hardly be more different, but they are also deeply devoted. And yet as Eustace and Hilda grow up and seek to go their separate ways in a world of power and position, money and love, their relationship is marked by increasing pain. L. P. Hartley's much-loved novel, the magnum opus of one of twentieth-century England's best writers, is a complex and spellbinding work: a comedy of upper-class manners; a study in the subtlest nuances of feeling; a poignant reckoning with the ironies of character and fate. Above all, it is about two people who cannot live together or apart, about the ties that bind--and break.
Falling Slowlyby Anita Brookner
The brilliant Anita Brookner, praised by The New York Times as "one of the finest novelists of her generation," now gives us a stunning story of two sisters and the strange patterns of identity and love. The Sharpe sisters have lived a careful and contemplative existence. Miriam is a translator of French texts and Beatrice a moderately successful pianist. Their lives of quiet sophistication are suddenly interrupted by several complicated men: Max, Beatrice's agent; Simon, a handsome and charming married man; and Tom Rivers, a journalist who befriends Miriam. These men create disorder in the Sharpe sisters' controlled lives as Miriam, the unromantic stoic of the two, begins an affair and Beatrice's career undergoes an unexpected change. The exquisite writing, affecting characters, and astonishing psychological perceptions for which Anita Brookner is famous are evident on every page of this beautiful novel by a modern master.
Family and Friendsby Anita Brookner
In an ambitious departure from her usual form, Anita Brookner expands her canvas in FAMILY AND FRIENDS to create a richly textured novel about the life of a wealthy Jewish family in London, centering upon the generation that came to maturity between the two World Wars. "Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight". --WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD.
Fraudby Anita Brookner
At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant, a solitary woman of a certain age who has disappeared from her London flat? And why has it taken four months for anyone to notice?As Brookner reconstructs Anna's life and character through the eyes of her acquaintances, she gives us a witty yet ultimately devastating study of self-annihilating virtue while exposing the social, fiscal, and moral frauds that are the underpinnings of terrifying rectitude.
A Friend from Englandby Anita Brookner
In one of her most delicate and suspenseful novels to date, Anita Brookner brings us an exquisite story of friendship and duty. Rachel Kennedy and Oscar Livingston were not precisely friends or family. Rachel had been acquanted with Oscar for some time, first as her father's accountant, and then as her own. Part owner of a London bookshop, Rachel is thoroughly independent and somewhat distant, determinedly restrained in her feelings for others, but above all responsible. And it is this trait that leads Oscar and his wife Dorrie to seek out Rachel as a mentor for their twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Heather. Yet when Heather seems poised to make an unsuitable romantic decision, Rachel decides to speak out and intervene, causing an unwitting and devastating insight.
Hotel Du Lacby Anita Brookner
In the novel that won her the Booker Prize and established her international reputation, Anita Brookner finds a new vocabulary for framing the eternal question "Why love?" It tells the story of Edith Hope, who writes romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life begins to resemble the plots of her own novels, however, Edith flees to Switzerland, where the quiet luxury of the Hotel du Lac promises to restore her to her senses.

 But instead of peace and rest, Edith finds herself sequestered at the hotel with an assortment of love's casualties and exiles. She also attracts the attention of a worldly man determined to release her unused capacity for mischief and pleasure. Beautifully observed, witheringly funny, Hotel du Lac is Brookner at her most stylish and potently subversive.

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Incidents in the Rue Laugierby Anita Brookner
Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, deeply knowing novel by the author of Hotel du Lac, Maud's seduction creates a chemistry of longing, sensuality, and betrayal--with a surprising climax. 240 pp.
Latecomersby Anita Brookner
A novel about the 50-year friendship of two dissimilar German refugees brought over to England as children from Nazi Germany. Their friendship becomes a funny yet touching model for the ways in which human beings come to terms with the tragedy of living.
Leaving Homeby Anita Brookner
When cautious Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth century garden design, she finds a reliable diversion from her studies in her unlikely new friend Francoise Desnoyers, in whose beautiful house she is welcomed as a guest. She is not too dazzled to ignore the tensions that exist between Francoise and her formidable mother, or between Mme. Desnoyers and her other guests. London recedes into the background as life in France becomes more significant in every respect. It is not until the horrifying episode that puts an end to this fascination, that Emma is reconciled to her duller but safer life at home and to the compromises that she comes to accept.
Lewis Percyby Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner is justly famous for her elegant, almost Jamesian character studies of women poised on the threshold of life. But in Lewis Percy, she performs a remarkable leap of imaginative empathy in her portrayal of a man torn between the reassuring cloister of the library and the alluring but terrifying world of the senses, a world populated by women who persist in bewildering him.
Look At Meby Anita Brookner
Who has not been beguiled by charmed lives, by the ones who are beautiful and spoilt and not-to-be-trusted? Frances Hinton, shy and clever, is perhaps more seducible than most. By day she works in a medical library; every evening she goes back to solitude and the writing of fiction. So when she is adopted by Nick, and his equally dazzling wife Alix, Frances is ripe and ready to begin her sentimental education.
Making Things Betterby Anita Brookner
Facing life alone at an advanced age, Julius Herz cannot shake the sense that he should be elsewhere, doing other things. Walking through bustling streets that seem increasingly alien to him, he's confronted by life's pressing questions with an urgency he has never known before: what do we owe the people in our lives? How should we fill our days? Feeling fortified despite the growing ache in his heart, Herz finds himself also blessed with a stirring sense of exhilaration. After a lifetime of deferring to others' stronger wills, he faces a future of possibility, the only constraint the deeply ingrained habits of his mind. Profound and deeply resonant, Making Things Better explores the quandaries of aging, longing, and self-discovery with transfixing precision and spellbinding acuity.
A Misallianceby Anita Brookner
After twenty years of marriage Blanche Vernon is alone; abandoned by her husband Bertie for a childishly demanding computer expert named Mousie. While Blanche finds this turn of events baffling, she feels that Bertie must have left her because of her overly sensible demeanor. Yet many of their mutual friends disagree. In fact, Blanche has come to be regarded as undeniably eccentric--making elliptical remarks that no one knows how to read, and chatting at great length about characters in fiction. She resolutely fills her unwanted hours with activities, maintaining her excellent appearance, drinking increasingly more wine, and, in an attempt to turn her energy to good works, becoming severely enmeshed in the life of a disordered young family.
A Private Viewby Anita Brookner
Brookner explores the complications that arise when one solitary man comes up against a woman who seems determined to invade his solitude. George Bland is an aging bachelor whose existence has been virtually a mirror image of his name--up until now. For into George's life walks Katy Gibb, young, abrasively self-assured, who incites in George the most alarming feelings.
Providenceby Anita Brookner
Kitty Maule longs to be "totally unreasonable, totally unfair, very demanding, and very beautiful." She is instead clever, reticent, self-possessed, and striking. For years. Kitty has been tactfully courting her colleague Maurice Bishop, a detached, elegant English professor. Now, running out of patience, Kitty's amorous pursuit takes her from rancorous academic committee rooms and lecture halls to French cathedrals and Parisian rooming houses, from sittings with her dress-making grandmother to seances with a grandmotherly psychic. Touching, funny, and stylistically breathtaking, Providence is a brightly polished gem of romantic comedy.
The Rules of Engagementby Anita Brookner
They shared the same Christian name and they started school together on the same day. One girl stayed as plain Elizabeth, while it was decreed that the other would be Betsy. Naturally, they became friends of a sort. Many years later they still meet - different lives and loves, different choices have marked them. Elizabeth is safely married to a man many years her senior, whilst Betsy has allied herself with someone she barely knows. Yet the consequences of those choices, spelled out so long ago, have still to haunt them.
Strangersby Anita Brookner
Literary master Anita Brookner's elegant style is manifest on every page of her brilliant new novel. Beautifully crafted and emotionally evocative, Strangers portrays the magic and depth of real life, telling the rich story of an ordinary man whose unexpected longings, doubts, and fears are universal.Paul Sturgis is resigned to his bachelorhood and the quietude of his London flat. He occasionally pays obliging visits to his nearest living relative, Helena, his cousin's widow and a doyenne of decorum who, like Paul, bears a tacit loneliness.To avoid the impolite complications of turning down Helena's Christmas invitation, Paul sets off for a holiday in Venice, where he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner. Younger than Paul by several decades, the intriguing and lovely woman is in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Upon his return to England, a former girlfriend, Sarah, reenters Paul's life. These two women reroute Paul's introspections and spark a transformation within him.Paul's steady and preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his aloneness and his need for companionship in even the smallest degree. This awareness brings with it a torrent of feelings-reassessing his Venetian journey, desiring change, and fearing death. Ultimately, his discoveries about himself will lead Paul to make a shocking decision about his life.From the Hardcover edition.
Undue Influenceby Anita Brookner
Enigmatic Claire is 30 and lives alone. When she meets Martin Gibson, a faded scholar, she becomes inordinately interested. She is even more interested when she meets his wife, a far more spectacular personality. But the unexpected news of this woman's death releases emotions that were not entirely foreseen.
Visitorsby Anita Brookner
When her late husband's sister asked her to take in a reticent young drifter who is to be best man at a granddaughter's wedding, 70-year-old recluse Dorothea May is forced to realize that old age will require a good deal more courage than she had anticipated.
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Two comedies debut this week in theaters: The Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romance "The Proposal" and "Year One," a yukfest starring funnymen Jack Black and Michael Cera.
John Serba, film critic for The Grand Rapids Press, discusses whether these flicks bring the funny or not in the New Movies Podcast, with producer/commentator Cory Olsen in tow.
They also tackle the independent dramas "Sugar" and "Sin Nombre," as well as new DVDs.
Listen to the show
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"The Proposal"
Serba: 'The Proposal,' starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, an engaging romance
"Year One"
Serba: 'Year One,' starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, a primitive stinker
Serba: 'Sugar' is more than just a baseball film
"Sin Nombre"
Serba: Dread, hope mingle in 'Sin Nombre'
New to DVD
"Friday the 13th"
Serba: 'Friday the 13th' resurrected as contemporary cutup
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Saving electricity topic of presentation
Helen Wai will discuss ways to conserve energy and money during the regular meeting of the Kula AARP Chapter on Monday at the Kula Community Center.
The meeting begins with refreshments at 9 a.m., followed by a business meeting at 9:30 a.m.
The program is open to the public. No reservations are necessary.
For more information, call Diane Logsdon at 878-3448.
PWF organizing highway litter cleanup
Pacific Whale Foundation will hold a litter cleanup along Honoapiilani Highway in Maalaea on Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Trash bags and gloves will be provided along with free artisan pizza from Porto for all volunteers.
Meet at the foundation's Discovery Center in Maalaea.
For more information, call 249-8811, ext. 1.
Free caregiver workshop on Lanai
Maui Adult Day Care Centers and the Maui County Office on Aging will hold a free caregiver workshop titled "Understanding Dementia Behaviors" at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Lanai Senior Center.
Kathleen Couch, program coordinator for Maui Adult Day Care Centers will discuss early-, middle- and late-stage dementia; tips and techniques for working with dementia behaviors; and caregiver survival.
No reservations are needed. The workshop is open to the public. Certificates of attendance will be available for professionals.
For more information, call Couch at (808) 871-5804.
Distance learning topic of presentation
Bachelor's and master's degree opportunities available on Maui will be discussed during a presentation hosted by the University of Hawaii Center on the UH-Maui College campus at 6 p.m. today in room 108 of the Laulima Building.
The session will cover requirements for a variety of degree programs as well as the application process. Many of the outreach and distance-learning programs are structured for working professionals and students raising families.
For more information, contact the University of Hawaii Center at 984-3525 or email@example.com.
Dance workshops this month in Kihei
The Aloha Ballroom Dance Academy will host a four-week July dance workshop series every Wednesday evening at the Kihei Community Center beginning today.
The workshops will begin at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a two-hour dance party from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Dance professional Rita O'Connor will conduct different workshops each week. Separate fees apply ($15 per person/workshop; $5 per person/dance party).
The events are open to the public. No experience is needed. No partner is necessary. Singles and couples are welcome. For more information, visit www.alohaballroom.com or call 879-0055.
Ready to retire? Find out this month
A free workshop and two webinars will be held this month for people to determine if they are ready for retirement, according to an announcement.
The event schedule is:
* Ready for Retirement Workshop, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Kaunoa Senior Center. (Topics include "10 Steps to Get Ready for a Secure Retirement," "Top Social Security Questions" and "Medicare 101."
* Webinar on Medicare 101, noon to 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
* Webinar on Top Social Security Questions of 2013, noon to 12:45 p.m. July 19.
For both webinars, go online to aarp.event.com/hiaarpwebinar.
The events are sponsored by AARP Hawaii, Sage PLUS and the Kaunoa Senior Center.
Learn to make fruit-fly trap at workshop
The University of Hawaii Maui College Sustainable Living Institute of Maui Community Garden will host the Maui Master Gardeners at 10 a.m. Saturday for a fruit-fly trap demonstration workshop.
The workshop will take place in the garden on the northwest corner of the UH-MC campus (enter across from the Maui Arts & Cultural Center).
Master gardeners will help attendees learn to identify and prevent fruit-fly damage, and learn the areas and crops different flies like best.
Bring an empty two-liter plastic bottle and go home with a baited fruit-fly trap. Participants can buy GF-120, a fruit-fly-specific organic bait, for $20.
The event is open to the public. To register, call the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui at 984-3379.
Better health workshop series at Kaunoa
The Maui County Office on Aging will sponsor a workshop series beginning from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday in Room 102 at Kaunoa Senior Center.
The six-week course titled "Better Choices Better Health" costs $10 and is designed to help people living with chronic conditions better self-manage their health. Scholarships to cover the fee are available.
The course will run every Friday with the last session on Aug. 16 and includes the textbook "Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions" and a relaxation CD.
For more information and to register for the course, call Jan Roberson at 270-8221 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dialysis home fundraiser in Hana
Hui Laulima O Hana will hold its annual fundraiser for its communal dialysis home in Hana on Saturday at the Hale Pomaika'i Hana Community Dialysis Home.
Admission and parking are free. The event starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.
The fundraiser will feature entertainment, food, baked goods, a silent auction, drawings, games, arts and crafts, a clown, free health screenings, lomi massages and a tour of Hale Pomaika'i.
For more information, call Lehua Cosma at 269-5343. Tax-deductible donations may be sent to HLOH, P.O. Box 218, Hana 96713.
Soroptimists to present health expo
Soroptimists International of West Maui will present a free interactive health expo from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Maui Preparatory campus in Napili.
The event will begin with a guided fitness walk at 8 a.m. - athletic shoes required. There also will be a keiki obstacle course, Napili Farmers' Market, cross-fitness activities, farm-to-table cooking demonstrations by Plantation House restaurant, food and exhibits by local wellness experts.
While admission to the event is free, there is a $5 all-inclusive fee for some activities. The first 200 families to attend will receive a free gift.
Maui youths get shot at video production
Maui youths ages 10 to 16 have an opportunity to create, shoot and edit their own stories using professional video equipment at Akaku: Maui Community Television this month.
The five-day video production camp will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to July 19 at Akaku, 333 Dairy Road in Kahului. Tuition is $200.
Students who complete the video summer camp will be "youth-certified" to borrow Akaku cameras and use editing software at no charge after the camp ends, according to a news release.
For more information, contact 871-5554 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Obon Festival in Lower Paia starts Friday
The Mantokuji Soto Mission of Paia will hold its annual Obon Festival on Friday and Saturday at 253 Hana Highway in Lower Paia, across from the Paia Community Center.
Services will begin at 6 p.m. and dancing starts at 8 p.m.
There will be performances by Maui Taiko on Friday, Zenshin Taiko on Saturday and Mantukuji Taiko both nights.
Food items include chow fun, shave ice, bento, doughnuts, hot dogs and chili and rice.
For more information, call 579-8051.
Volunteers to work on mountain biking trail
In belated celebration of National Trails Day, the Department of and Natural Resources' Na Ala Hele Trails and Access Program is having a volunteer workday at Makawao Forest Reserve on Saturday.
Work will be on a mountain biking trail being designed and constructed by a Na Ala Hele crew in cooperation with the International Mountain Biking Association and the Maui Mountain Biking Association.
Interested individuals should meet in the gravel parking lot of the Kahakapao Loop Trail at 8:30 a.m. Work will consist of digging, raking and putting finishing touches on sections of the new trail.
Volunteers must wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes. Dogs are not allowed in the work area. Volunteers are encouraged to bring water, lunch and any other items and medications that they require. For more information, call Kevin Cooney at 873-3509.
Knue receives marksmanship scholarship
Lena Knue of Wailuku has received the 2013-14 Civilian Marksmanship Program Youth Scholarship, presented by the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
She participated in the Baldwin High School Rifle Team and will receive a one-year, $1,000 scholarship from Civilian Marksmanship Program based on marksmanship participation, grade point average and merit, to be used toward a pursuit of higher education.


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Noel was completing a series of lower-body exercises - squats, hamstring curls, and sprints - leading to single-leg bridges with resistance.


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Inked Girls: Heather Louise
Myself in a sentence: There's no rhyme to my reasoning.
Occupation: Wanderer
Hometown: Templeton, CA
The design and themes of my tattoos: I like different. My right forearm is probably the only "traditional" piece I have. The rest are very artsy, weird, and full of meaning.
My favorite tattoo and the story behind it: Back of my left arm. My daughter helped design all the tattoos on this arm, but she was afraid it was painful and disturbed by the idea. So I let her tattoo me all by herself. She was hesitant at first, and then grew fond of the process. Pretty good for 8.
My next tattoo: Im torn between getting my legs tattooed or leaving them clean. Once I find a nice abstract piece that suits me I'm sure they'll be next.


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During the Edo period, Japanese literati artists such as Tani Buncho loved depicting the theme of Gazing at the Waterfall by painting a blue and green landscape in the format of a hanging scroll. Watching a Waterfall is one of his masterpieces, evoking poetic sensations through his use of color
and dramatic composition. Tani inscribed the painting with two lines of a seven-word poem: "The stone cliff layered with rocks is extremely high. Falling waterfalls in the sky reverberate the cloud." [Seunghye Sun, Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry"]
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Pillar, a Keansburg High graduate, was 18 then and believed he was meant to play football here, not spend his days recuperating from a freak spinal injury in practice that left him hospitalized. For two weeks, he lay in bed, unable to walk, vacillating between anger and fear.
"When you go to stand up and your own legs won't hold you up," Pillar says, "it's by far the scariest thing that I ever thought could happen to me."
Once on his feet, he used the cane to trudge through the Berks County chill to physical therapy and the weight room, trying to reconstruct the life he lost. Doctors initially told him he would never play football again. His mother cautioned him about the risk. His head coach privately doubted Pillar would return.
Saturday at noon, Albright will play Alfred (N.Y.) University on the road in the first round of the NCAA Division 3 football playoffs.
Scott Pillar will be there.
The sun still cast light over Gene L. Shirk Stadium as the Albright Lions went through their practice routine one early October afternoon last year.
During a scrimmage, the scout offense called a sweep to the right. Pillar, a freshman wide receiver, lined up in the right slot, staring at Bobby Harper and knowing his assignment was to crack down on the all-conference linebacker.
Back at Keansburg, Pillar drove head coach Brian Kmak crazy with blocks like these. But the fast-talking, high-energy kid always searched for action and had a wisecrack ready.
"He was just constantly needling you," Kmak says. "Constantly doing stupid stuff that you've got to yell at him about."
Kmak had watched with pride as Pillar, who is also his nephew, broke out as a senior in 2007 and helped Keansburg reach the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 1 championship game. He earned a spot in the Shore Gridiron Classic as a defensive back.
Although several Division 3 programs in New Jersey came calling, Pillar left home for Albright, a private school with a student body of about 1,600. Pillar liked the atmosphere. The coaches at Albright liked his potential.
Pillar spent the first two months on the scout team, flying across the middle for passes and playing with the mantra of "ball first, body later."
On the crack block in practice against Harper, Pillar was supposed to deliver the blow. But Harper swiveled his body as Pillar came toward him. The top of Harper's helmet connected with the right side of Pillar's helmet, snapping Pillar's head back.
Pillar popped his helmet off and stumbled toward the sideline, where he found the team's head trainer, Rick Partsch.
"Rick," he said. "My neck."
Partsch watched as pain coursed through Pillar's body. His back began to spasm and he didn't want to move.
The training staff lowered Pillar onto his back, Partsch remembers, cut off his jersey and removed his shoulder pads. They stabilized him on a spine board. Paramedics arrived and the ambulance rolled away from the stadium toward the local hospital.
Last year, 13 football players suffered "cervical cord injuries with incomplete neurological recovery," according to the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research's annual report.
Pillar is fortunate to not be one of those statistics. Doctors told his mother, Lisa Lacey, that nothing was broken or severed near his spinal cord. But the hit caused trauma in his back, resulting in spinal swelling that pushed against his nerves and caused weakness in his lower extremities, family members say.
"(Doctors) said it was like a concussion to the spine," Lacey says.
After a few days at the hospital, Pillar moved home to Monmouth County. The swelling decreased, but Pillar's mood remained dark, his mother says. He stayed in bed, watched television and stewed.
Albright assistant Steve Opgenorth, who had recruited Pillar, visited the family at home, wanting to let Pillar "know we were thinking about him."
He helped Pillar in and out of his car and into a restaurant booth for dinner. They met Brian Kmak for a high school game in the area. While they sat in the bleachers, Pillar told the two men that he would play again. Kmak says they told him to take things one step at a time.
Each of those steps was small, and he needed a cane to stay upright. He tried to have fun with it, decorating his walking aid with football and skateboarding stickers.
After three weeks, he moved back to Reading and started going to class again. He limped, his back stooped, and his right hand gripped the black handle as he lugged his body to therapy sessions.
"It made me also realize that people are cruel," Pillar says. "I would get laughed at. I would get ridiculed, like, 'Look at this kid, he's got a cane.' It made me feel like crap."
After about two months, Pillar made a decision. Alone inside the athletics complex, he picked up the cane and smashed it on the ground. Then he snapped it over his knee.
He would walk on his own.
Last Saturday, Scott Pillar stood in Shirk Stadium again.
With Albright trailing in overtime against Lebanon Valley College and facing fourth-and-15, coach John Marzka was racking his brain for a play call when Pillar caught his eye. No longer hunched over, no longer injured, he turned toward the sideline and tapped himself on the chest.
For months, Marzka had marveled at Pillar's recovery. He remembers visiting Pillar in the hospital immediately after the injury and Pillar saying he wanted to be back practicing within the week.
"I'm sitting there thinking to myself, 'God, I hope he's going to be able to walk,'" Marzka said. "Honestly, I thought his football career was done."
Marzka was wrong. The physical therapy and weight training paid off, and Pillar sculpted his 6-2, 177-pound frame. With the cane gone, he soon began jogging, then sprinting. The day before spring practice started in April, Pillar and his mother say, his doctor in New Jersey cleared him to play.
In the spring, Pillar says he felt faster than before. His coach noticed.
"He was making plays left and right," Marzka says. "At that point, I felt this kid's got a chance to get on the field and make an impact for us."
Never more so than in last Saturday's regular-season finale. Pillar's 42-yard, second-half touchdown grab galvanized Albright's scramble to send the game into overtime.
In the first extra period, Marzka called a play — 58 Denver — that split Pillar out wide and sent him straight up the field. The cornerback and safety bracketed Pillar, but quarterback Patrik Subers threw anyway. Pillar leaped and ripped the ball out of the sky to score, sending the sideline into delirium. He snagged another TD in the next overtime and the defense held for a 44-43 victory that vaulted Albright into the playoffs.
"He willed himself back," Marzka said.
Pillar says he pushed the injury to the back of his mind. But sometimes, he wonders about everything.
"Would I have been this strong if this didn't happen?" he asks. "Would I have played if this didn't happen? Would I have even got a spot? Or would I have just accepted my role as a scout team player if I didn't persevere through this kind of thing?"
He does not know the answers. With his medical redshirt last season, Pillar knows he has three more years of eligibility. He will not waste them.
"I don't want to ever look back and say, 'On that last play, did I give everything I had?'" he says. "So I just try to give it all I got every play. Because I know what it's like to have that one play be your last play."
Andy McCullough may be reached at email@example.com.