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Find Your Passion: Helping Her Hometown
By Drew Wood
A University of Alabama student brings fellowship and health care together with a project she views as inspiration for a healthier Tuscaloosa.
In January 2007, India Williams took part in the UA Blackburn Institute's Burt Jones Travel Experience to Alexander City. While there, she saw a Christian community struggling to maintain fellowship between churches. Knowing this struggle was not limited to one particular community, Williams says she felt an obligation to bring change to her Tuscaloosa hometown.
Awarded the Daniel Scholar's Project funding by the Blackburn Institute, Williams developed The Good Shepherd's Project. Now in its second year, the Good Shepherd's Project is designed to bring ministers of different faiths together to create a network to help combat ongoing issues in Tuscaloosa.
Currently, the focus for the project is the lack of health care in Tuscaloosa for both the uninsured and the underinsured, Williams says. "One issue that supersedes all is health care. Everyone needs a healthy body."
The Good Samaritan Clinic was chosen as the conduit through which the project functions, as it is the only all-volunteer, faith-based clinic providing free health care in Tuscaloosa, Williams says. The clinic also strives to bring spiritual healing to its patients, making it ideal for the project, she says.
She did her own investigating of the clinic, further rooting her passion to help. "There are really long lines outside of the clinic in the mornings, and a lot of them are children. I could see the pain on their faces."
As the clinic is all-volunteer, it is open to receive new patients only on Tuesdays, and there are often waiting lines, Williams says. Thursdays are set to serve returning patients, prescriptions, tests and lab work and other follow-up matters. The clinic serves 15 patients per day, and both supplies, and volunteers, can run thin. With the power of a connected, faith-based community, that can change, Williams says. "We need anyone from nursing students to people answering the telephone."
Williams, a triple major who graduated last month, says she hopes the path of the project will ignite a passion through the community and will help the ministers of Tuscaloosa bring change in other aspects.
Williams said a future project focus will likely be crime control. "Ministers taking back their streets," she says, "will be what we strive to accomplish."
It's important, she says, not to settle for how things are, even when they are acceptable. "If better is possible, then good is simply not enough," Williams says, adding that she will continue striving for a "better" Tuscaloosa.
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Drew Wood earned her bachelor's degree from UA's College of Communication and Information Sciences in December. A public relations major, Wood worked with UA's Office of Media Relations as a student writer during Fall 2008.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.

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By all accounts, Jenny was just a mutt. A little less than a year-old, black and brown, with floppy ears, a large head and big feet attached to a puppy's body, she was rescued from the Clovis Animal Shelter.
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Concerning the letter on Beeville Housing Authority problems that was printed in the Feb. 2 issue of the Bee-Picayune, I wish to correct the word "mold." I take the blame for the misspelling. One of the problems I'm dealing with inside and outside my apartment is mold, not a mole.
I guess that sometimes I get careless and spell the way I talk. Ha! I apologize for the mistake. A mistake that caused confusion on a very serious problem of mold (one of the reasons I should move to a better place), but it did not happen. I'm still here.
This letter is based on what I believe to be preferential treatment by those choosing who will be certified for shelter. I'm just as poor as other people in need of this assistance. This is the other problem I have – when Section 8 of Beeville Housing Authority certified me with a voucher, I took it to Amber Stone Apartments because they had already approved my application. I paid a $25 fee for the application and gave them a $200 deposit for the security of the apartment. Amber Stone Apartments are for low income, so, yes, I qualify, but BHA denied giving me a voucher. A voucher is pay from the government to apply to the rent payment, and, yes, BHA, I have the voucher with me. There is a big mess of lies between the administrative parties involved. To make a long story short, between runs back and forth to clear this case, I missed out on a one-bedroom apartment from Amber Stone Apartments that they had already approved me for! I came home and packed for nothing. Now, I'm unpacking my things for staying. BHA put me though a lot of work; this is not right.
A journalist I am not. But a tattletale, I am. I only seek justice, so if I sound angry, I think my anger is justified. People, please stop being scared. Speak up for your rights.
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On May 1, 2011 New York State Troopers from Liberty arrested Richard Tisdale for Driving While Intoxicated following a vehicle and traffic stop on State RT 17 near exit 102 in the Town of Thompson.
Tisdale was stopped for speeding and found to be under the influence of alcohol. Tisdale was charged with DWI under Leandra's Law due to the prescence of his 1 year old son.
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Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger crafts this riveting tale about a small Minnesota town's ex-sheriff who is having trouble retiring his badge. Cork O'Connor loses his job after being blamed for a tragedy on the local Anishinaabe Indian reservation. But he must set aside his personal demons when a young boy goes missing on the same day a judge commits suicide—and no one but O'Connor suspects foul play.
Solve another case with Cork O'Connor.
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"Krueger makes Cork a real person beneath his genre garments, mostly by showing him dealing with the needs of his two very different teenage daughters. And the author's deft eye for the details of everyday life brings the town and its peculiar problems to vivid life." (Publishers Weekly)
Audible has changed my life! Dry , itchy eyes were destroying one of my greatest pleasures - reading. Now I am experiencing books again!
"Crackerjack Beginning to a Great Series"
I have been re-visiting in audio the first volumes in some of my favorite series! William Kent Krueger's is as good as I remembered, and, with David Chandler's terrific narration, listening is even better than reading. "Iron Lake" is full of non-stop suspense and introduces characters who grab your interest and sympathy at once. Ex-Sheriff Cork O'Connor is a decent man with an interesting cultural heritage, a troubled past, and a complicated family life. You'll want to follow him anywhere!
Retired CFO, Army wife, Mom of five, Grandma of six, two sons who served in combat, love to read books that reflect my values and faith, love mysteries, historical, military stories, and books that don't waste my time . . . if it doesn't have an ending that was worth the wait, I'm not a happy camper.
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My husband and I listened to this on our way to New Orleans to visit our daughter and her family. Couldn't stop listening . . . listened to it in bed after we got there . . . listened to it on our little side trips . . . finally finished it in bed the second day we were there . . . this is a book for both men and women . . . and it will keep you guessing . . . I love the historical aspect of the Indian customs and superstitions . . . Cork the ex-sheriff is a normal guy, with an arrow straight moral compass . . . I like that about him . . . and what he uncovers will blow your mind . . . thought I had it figured out, then I didn't . . .
Baby Boomer in Raleigh NC. Faves include James Lee Burke, CJ Box, Baldacci, Flynn, Child, DeMille, Crais, Connolly, Thor, Coes, L'amour. Average two books/week.
"Who came first - Wm Krueger or CJ Box ???"
I'm a HUGE CJ Box fan. As I listened to this narrator - David Chandler (also the voice of Box's Joe Pickett) I had to keep reminding myself this was Cork nor Joe. Cork and Joe are brothers from different mothers.
Finding Krueger and his large collection of Cork novels I feel like I've found long lost CJ Box stories. Both involve rural outdoors and a straight arrow hero with a family. Just enough differences in the two (Joe and Cork) to make all the books interesting.
I love to read books set in interesting places or historical settings. I especially love mysteries and thrillers.
"Good start to a mystery series"
This is my first book by William Kent Krueger and I was really pleased. I really enjoyed the background of this upper Minnesota setting and the Native Indian culture. I figured out the "whodunit" too soon, but the story was still interesting. There were some parts of the story where my heart was really beating fast so I am looking forward to continuing this series. I love the main character, Cork O'Connor. The narrator, David Chandler, did a good job. I don't remember him using different voices for the different characters, but the writing was so well done that I always knew whose voice was talking. The dialogues were very well done and fun to listen to throughout the story.
I don't usually rush out for all the "best sellers", but give each intriguing book/author a look. I have found many diamonds in the rough.
"Pretty Good"
It was a good mystery but I had a hard time sticking with this one. The main character is so down on his luck that it is a little depressing. It was not bad just a little slow and some parts seemed to wonder away from the story. The ending really saved this book for me.
The narrator did an good job. Nice and smooth but no differences in the voices. From what the reviewers say this series gets better, I will probably read one of his later books that has a different narrator.
His Wife
"So, so book and story"
I could have done without all the profanity in the story. I started with another book in this series and thought I would start a the beginning if the series. If I had listened to this one first, I'm not sure I would have continued in the series.
"What a wonderfully sad story"
A great narrator adds to this story, but reading it would not have taken anything away from this heart gripping tale. It's a story of a good man, that has lost most everything of his way of life; his job, his wife, his home and is trying to hang on to his children. It's a suspenseful thriller/mystery that explains the circumstances of each character as you try to figure out, just who can be trusted. With lots of twists and turns along the way,
you can see the perspective of each person as the story unfolds, with greed, murder, deception, and love, all entangled in this complex mystery.
With a justifiable ending, it leaves you glad you listened to it, but not feeling warm and fuzzy... mainly thankful there's another in the series to go to.....cause you won't want to leave Iron Lake just yet.
"Full of surprises"
I live in Northern Wisconsin and been to the range many times so it was easy to picture the scenes and the people and the town. The character were especially colorful and I enjoyed the mysteries, twists and turns of the plot.
The main character has such an interesting complex personality that I want to listen to the next book right away so I can find out more about him.
I love that part of the country and now I can't wait to get back up to the Boundary Waters as soon as spring arrives (That's late June up there)
Northern Minnesotan dialect
One half chapter seemed to be repeated right after itself but slightly differently. I listened to it 3 times and I never did figure it out
Love a good mystery, but don't care much for pure thrillers.
"Good debut, but does the series get better?"
This was an enjoyable mystery, although it tends to wander a bit and drones on too long about the plight of the Ojibwe tribe and their exploitation by whites, all of which is probably true but for the most part, tangential to the plot. On the other hand, his descriptions of the wilds of Minnesota and its history add to the drama. I understood that this was the first of a series with Cork O'Connor as the protagonist, so however dire his situation appeared to be at any point, I knew somehow he would survive. I liked that he and his wife were multidimensional, having both great strengths and evident weaknesses. Many of their adversaries, however, are more one-dimensional, purely cunning and evil, without any sign of conscience. The female leads are both very beautiful, and sex is always passionate, thrilling, and uncomplicated. The plot is intricate, but fairly predictable, and the ending was, for me, typical of the genre, not at all unexpected. I was rather surprised to learn that Iron Lake won the 1999 Anthony Award for best first novel. The quality of the prose does not compare to that of Louise Penny or Michael Connelly. However, from other reviews, I infer that the writing becomes stronger with time, and note that subsequent books in this series won Anthony Awards for best novel of the year in 2005 & 2006. His latest, Trickster's Point, the twelfth in the series, is currently #12 on the NY Times hardcover best sellers list. So I'd be willing to give a later book in the series a try sometime, but am in no rush to do so. David Chandler was an excellent narrator; I enjoyed listening to him.
"Is this gonna be a good series, or what?"
This was a surprisingly good book. I think I picked it up in a 3 for 2 credit sale because I am always looking for a new series in this genre. I think I may have found one. Krueger not only tells a good story, he creates and develops interesting characters that should be interesting to follow. Moreover, this is not a "they lived happily thereafter book". I get the feeling nobody, the main character not withstanding, is safe in Krueger's plots. I suppose time will tell if this theme continues as I go through the 13 available books.
From a more critical point of view, Krueger's plot in Iron Lake might have been a bit over extended. There were a lot of characters and sub-plots that didn't add much, if anything, to the story. Are some of them going to play roles in later books? I don't know. But, I'd like to give the author a little slack in the first book in his series and move on to the next one. In my experience, the good authors usually get better with experience (probably because they get better editors who polish the work). I hope that will be the case in later Cork O'Connor stories.
The narrator, David Chandler, did a great job. I almost did notice he was there and I could usually identify the character by the sound of his voice.
In any event, I will purchase the next book in the series right after I submit this review. I suppose that best expresses my feelings toward this one.
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Lush turf meets the sparkling sea at the Dominican Republic's Corales Golf Club.
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Deliveries are set to begin in 2017 on a model our reviewer considers peerless.
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More airplane for less money. That has been the core of Embraer's value proposition since it entered the corporate jet fray in 1999, and it has resonated with the market.
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To call the HM4 a watch is like saying an aircraft carrier is a boat. Of course the HM4—short for Horological Machine No. 4—tells time, but it is far more than a mere timepiece and ultimately reflects the creative genius of its creator, Maximilian Büsser, and his team at MB&F, the Swiss watchmaker.
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Rather than downplay the HondaJet's unconventional look, with its over-the-wing engine mount (OTWEM), the manufacturer has chosen to embrace it. The new ad campaign features a series of clever images that suggest the frontal shape of the developmental jet, with appropriately positive connotations. Knowing the history of the HondaJet's development, I love it.
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One of the most pervasive myths about the taxation of business jets in the U.S. is that the owner isn't entitled to any deductions unless more than 50 percent of the aircraft's usage is in a trade or business. I hear this regularly from people who are contemplating a jet acquisition but worry that they won't be able to take any tax deductions for it because less than half the usage will be business-related. Like many myths, this one contains a nugget of truth, as I'll explain presently. But it's incorrect to assume you can't write off anything if your business use doesn't exceed 50 percent.
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CARROLL, Ohio — Things would never be quite the same in this Fairfield County village once the new neighbors arrived from Lucasville in 2010.
The often tumultuous relationship between father Aaron Alvelo and his daughter Taran, a seventh-grade softball prodigy, immediately had everyone talking.
"For several hours a day over a five-year period, I dreaded going to pitching practice with my dad in the backyard," said Taran, who for several years has been rated as one of the elite players at her age in the nation. "He'd throw the ball back at me really, really hard. He'd scream at me and make me cry. We'd bicker all the time. This would go on all the time, practically every day.
"The neighbors probably thought we were crazy. But all of it was done for a reason."
Aaron Alvelo, who now is in his second-year as the softball coach at Bloom-Carroll High School, for which his daughter plays, isn't that stereotypical whip-cracking, success-driven father trying to live through his daughter.
"If you had watched us work together every day in the yard, you'd think I was flipping psycho," said Alvelo, or "Scoob," as he is commonly known. "We're not always nice to each other, but that's our nature, and we both understand that it's a means to an end.
"When we discovered at about age 9 that she was really serious about softball and highly respected people identified her as having that 'it' factor, I told her that pitching was a lifestyle and to be able to handle the physical and mental stress of performing at the highest level you can possibly play at, she couldn't just rely on what God gave her. We had to create and build in her a mental toughness and an ability to handle the pressure of big games."
Neighbors observing the loud backyard bickerings of the Alvelos might not not understand the dynamics involved.
"I put the ultimate amount of pressure on her that I can, we call each other names, I walk into the house, look out the window and she's working as hard as ever throwing into the net," he said. " The point is, she's not going to come into the house crying and give up. She refuses to back down, and that's what we're trying to achieve.
"There's never going to be a pressure that she hates what she's doing. She's not wired that way."
Taran aced an important test during a camp in Seattle with some of the nation's top 18-and-under players. A University of Washington coach wanted to see what the 13-year-old was made of and quietly ordered the umpire to call all of her pitches balls.
Refusing to come unwound, she loaded the bases but proceeded to strike out the next three batters on nine straight preannounced fastballs.
Shortly after being identified as Washington's top recruit, Alvelo committed to the school in August of her freshman year at Bloom-Carroll. The Huskies, ranked 10th in the nation this year, have made 20 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
No player in central Ohio has reaped this sort of national attention. After pitching Bloom-Carroll to a Division III runner-up finish as a freshman and a state title last season, Alvelo was one of 30 players named to the MaxPreps preseason All-America team last month.
She is rated by most services among the top six juniors in the country, and her fastball has been measured at near 70 mph.
Just two days after cheering on Washington to the women's College World Series title in 2009, Alvelo's age-group team played in a national tournament on the same field in Oklahoma City.
"There was still purple-and-gold confetti all over the field in front of our dugout, and it just seemed too good to be true," she said.
"Those were my colors at Lucasville Valley, and also at Bloom-Carroll where we ended up moving. I had fallen in love with Washington since the first time I went to camp there, and it was like my dream school."
Alvelo said she still has the confetti displayed in her bedroom.
Having won a state championship and a scholarship to her dream school, one might wonder what's left for Alvelo to attain during her final two high-school seasons.
"There are all kinds of smaller personal goals, both pitching and hitting, I'm shooting for," she said. "Travel ball is fun, but you're basically representing yourself there. To play for your town, with the school's name on your uniform, means so much more. There's such a sense of pride associated with it.
"I get excited looking at that trophy, the banners and the signs leading into town every time I see them. We succeeded at something that everybody else in Ohio strives for, and we want to do it again."


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Touching on a few essentials for writing a good Facebook post
By Amy Tenowich 02/21/2013
The family puppy wearing a fez, a colorful farm-to-table meal, and anything shared from George Takei — these are the kinds of posts that successfully accomplish Facebook's mission: To give us all something fun to look at when we're bored at work. But some other types of posts that I see trending — and the follow-up comments — baffle me.
One of the most popular is the "Fishing-For-Questions" post — a dramatic, open-ended statement that can mean you either ran out of cooking spray, or that your body has just rejected your recent organ transplant. Example: "Well … I guess it's really, finally come to this." The Facebook paparazzi immediately swarm the post, as both BFFs and people no one remembers friending rabidly pepper the page with mounting questions that go unanswered, deliciously building the tension. "Oh my god! It's finally come to WHAT? TO WHAT???" And, "Please, I'm sooo freaking out right now … & ur phone went to vm!!" Blood pressures are rising dangerously high … people are frothing … they are actually cannibalizing each other. Oh god, please reply! Let them know what it's truly "finally coming to" before 37 people OD/riot/sleep with strangers to quell the anxiety!
OMG! A reply on the post from the poster:
"Oh, no biggie — I just had to finally switch to sensitive toothpaste."
The poster's 15 seconds of fame don't end there. Now, instead of making a diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder, or better yet, ignoring this, the throngs post endless comments of relief that our tender-gummed hero is going to survive. "Ohhh … I'm soooo happy to hear you are okaaaay!!! I was soooo worried!!" You'd think the person was on a space mission and had been harvested for body parts by aliens. FYI, these people are like 40.
This leads to a sister genre, the "Out-Of-The-Blue-Be-Concerned-About-Me" post. The variations are endless, but here is an example: "Starting to finally see the light at the end of a verrry dark tunnel…" An immediate flurry of 27 "likes" and comments like, "Hang in there! Namaste!!!" And, "Ur da best luv u sooo much be strong!" Then sage words like, "U can only appreciate the lite after the drk. Heart." Now, of course if this person had posted a photo from inside an actual tunnel, this would be funny. But the Facebook-a-sphere had no idea things had been so morbid for this person for so long. And why would they? Roughly every 17 minutes for the past three weeks, the user had posted photos of herself baking cupcakes, skiing Vail, accepting an award, inquisitively holding three different paint chips next to a wall inside a new weekend home, etc.
Next, there's the post about making a simple decision, consulting everyone the person's ever met since potty training. "Hmmm … at the checkout line. Paper or plastic? Choices!" Really? Choices? You're a corporate attorney.
But the "TMI" post takes the gold. Facebook is a great way to share your milestone moments — but let's keep it zipped up about certain details, like the album of you birthing in a kiddie pool in your loft, and any New-Agey plans with the placenta. Also for the "Do-Not-Post" list is that shot of daddy cutting the cord. Look, dad's a wannabe screenwriter and has never picked up a tool in his life other than his nose hair clippers. His first crack at dexterity is the ribbon-cutting at your baby's grand opening ceremony?
This just in: A friend IM'd me that her friend has a friend who just posted that she will not be circumcising her baby boy, because it is akin "to what they do to those girls in Africa." Snip or don't, but last I heard, American doctors weren't using off-brand-soda-bottle shards for the mutilation and oppression of little boys. Also, let's not draw so much public attention to your child's foreskin. He'll thank you in about 12 years.
I'll bet that lady was one of the people who pasted that thing in her status about "hereby and henceforth ergo but not limited to, my copyright is 'mine' and I do not 'authorize' Facebook or any agent thereof to steal my verbiage or images." Because let's face it, we all want those sepia shots from her "Baby Zane's Unaltered Penis" album for our lockets.
All said, maybe everyone deserves a few passes … like me, that time I posted a sympathy-seeking picture of my bandaged finger after getting bitten by a squirrel, even though I had been brilliant enough to try to feed wild varmints barehanded. Or perhaps I'm just afraid that I'll be unfriended by nearly everyone I know for writing this. If I am, maybe I'll post something like, "Have you ever lost almost everything?!?" Maybe then, people will "like" me again.
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Gifts for the fit
If you have a fitness buff on your Christmas gift list, chances are they want some gear. I know I do. These items usually take some explaining and often end up with me providing website links. Specificity is key.
Anyway, instead of providing my own gift guide, I thought I'd give you some I found while writing a post for my personal blog. There are plenty.
Posted by Diana Holbrook on December 14, 2013 09:07 PM
- Active.com has a list specific to running, which I found helpful because I'll be running my first half marathon next year and am in need of a few things.
- This list is by fellow blogger Sarah McMullin and has some more affordable items, mostly technology related.
- Fitness Magazine has several lists wrapped up into one neat package, featuring gadget gifts and gifts for the healthy chef.
- I like what Mind Body Green did a few years ago. They had their contributors provide, over the course of a couple of weeks, what they would like to give and receive.
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Resolve to stop making the same resolution
Who is making a New Year's resolution to lose weight and get healthy?
According to a study by Scranton University, many of you. Losing weight was the No. 1 resolution made last year. The same study says: 1) 45 percent of people make resolutions; 2) 47 percent make a resolution of self-improvement; 3) 38 percent make a resolution to lose weight; and 4) eight percent are successful in achieving their resolution. All of those new faces in the gym in January tend to disappear by mid-February, and 60 percent of gym memberships go unused, according to Time Magazine.
The purpose here is not to discourage you from making a resolution to get in shape, of course, but to help you succeed and keep from making the same resolution again next year.Continue ReadingPosted by Diana Holbrook on December 31, 2013 09:10 PM


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Written by Alex F on 18.03.2012 at 05:13
Alcest? Drudkh? I feel like those were both pretty bland
Written by Unhealer on 19.03.2012 at 03:01
I also thought Alcest was somewhat a dissapointment. Les Discrets did a great job on the other hand, and I think they surpassed their debut album
I still have to check out Dodecahedron
Written by SceneryOfLoss on 21.03.2012 at 15:51
Nice that you included Ram-Zet! I loved it too!
Written by IronAngel on 18.08.2012 at 01:24
How do you feel about that Arcana album? I was excited to see it drop, but compared to the new Dead Can Dance it was kinda disappointing and average. (DCD is definetely album of the year material, so check it out if you haven't.)
Written by Iron Nostarion on 26.08.2012 at 01:28
Rush is way underrated on this list. I think you should give it more listens.
Written by Boxcar Willy on 24.10.2012 at 20:48
How was the new Bison album?
Written by 1Yossarian1 on 08.11.2012 at 19:00
Its awesome to see Godspeed getting some recognition on this site! Definitely one of my favourites of 2012 too, great list \m/
Written by psykometal on 13.11.2012 at 03:16
Missing a lot of of good Slam and BDM releases...tsk tsk
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Gorefilia and Vanitas are the ones I forgot, but some of the BDM albums just didn't cut it with me this year.


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BERLIN Wayne Sargent Tillotson, 97, formerly of Berlin and the Central Vermont area, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the Greensboro Nursing Home.
Born June 9, 1916, in Johnson, he was the son of Glen and Daisy (Sargent) Tillotson. He attended Johnson Elementary School and graduated from Johnson High School in 1934.
On March 10, 1941, he married Hazel Grace Brown. Following their marriage, they made their home in Newport until moving to East Barre in 1946. Two years later, they moved to Lower Graniteville and in 1983 moved to Greensboro Bend. In 1986, they began residing at the Weston Mobile Home Park in Berlin. Mrs. Tillotson died July 22, 1996.
After Tropical Storm Irene, Mr. Tillotson lived with his daughter, Cynthia Stewart, for a year before becoming a resident at the Greensboro Nursing Home.
In earlier years, he worked in the dairy industry for the H.P. Hood Company as a tester in the Newport area. Later, Wayne worked in the granite industry for many years at the Rock of Ages Quarry as a bar runner until his retirement in 1990.
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This year I am determined to keep all 10 New Year's resolutions.
Last year I only kept three: Not bad for a batting average, but not stellar when the ones kept were exercising five more minutes per week, saving $5 more per month and eating five fewer vegan meals per year.
My problem was setting my sights too high. For example, I made such impossible resolutions as not mixing whites and colors on hot in the washing machine, remembering to return people's calls, and becoming a better person.
This year all 10 are more realistic.
I resolve to:
- Not start smoking — anything new;
- Not drink in bars except at happy hour — unless someone else is buying;
- Not pick up checks for meals — unless dining alone;
- Turn off my phone at movies — unless expecting a call;
- Exercise more — except on non-Saturdays;
- Eat healthier — except when at home, work or traveling on business or vacation;
- Take self-improvement classes — unless they cost money or interfere with something I'd rather be doing;
- Read more and watch less TV — between 3-6 a.m. (if awake);
- Not throw a fit in sports — unless I've missed a short putt or layup, hit a ball into the net, or a teammate screws up;
- Convince people that I have become a better person — by not admitting to anything illegal or saying what I really think (except on Facebook)
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The music of Dirty Projectors has always been akin to some tweaked version of the Sistine Chapel. Dave Longstreth and his cronies have a reputation for intricately detailed grand statements. Tying tangled knots out of snaking guitars and vocals, they conjure a kind of beauty you can appreciate more than you can feel.
Not anymore. "Swing Lo Magellan," the album they released this week, is indisputably human, built from relatively simple structures and discernable ideas about subjects like love and hangovers. They even mixed in studio chatter of bandmates Amber Coffman and Haley Dekle mocking Longstreth's lyrics.
"Magellan" is still fraught with the band's trademark quirks — Yale-bred academic shredder flourishes and awkward bleating and whatnot. They haven't abandoned their identity, just refined and nearly perfected it.
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A Florida woman named Crystal Metheney is under arrest for shooting a missile at a car. Even stranger, she isn't the only person with this unfortunate name.
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SanDisk Corp. has issued a statement claiming that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) had issued an initial determination which found that certain accused flash memory products did not infringe the remaining two SanDisk United States Patents. Potentially this means that the lawsuit filed by SanDisk against 25 of its rivals is partly unenforceable.
"SanDisk is disappointed by the initial determination of the administrative law judge. We will continue to vigorously pursue actions against companies that use SanDisk's patented technology without a license. SanDisk expects that the initial determination will not adversely impact existing licensing agreements or the royalties expected from those agreements" said E. Earle Thompson, vice president and chief intellectual property counsel at SanDisk.
SanDisk initially asserted five patents in the ITC on October 24, 2007 against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, flash media cards, MP3/media players and/or other removable flash storage products.
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Balancing act on IraqJune 19,2014The New York Times said the following in an editorial:
So far, President Barack Obama has struck the right note on Iraq, where Sunni extremist militants are seizing territory and threatening the existence of
the state. He has been cautious emphasizing the need for political reform in Iraq and reaching out to other countries that could have an impact on its fate.
His opening to Iran has been the most controversial and potentially the most important move. Iran has the most leverage with the Shiite-led government in Baghdad and its prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. The United States has been negotiating with Iran for months over Irans nuclear program, but the agenda had not gone beyond that until Obama sent a senior State Department official to discuss Iraq with an Iranian official in Vienna this week. The two countries cooperated on Afghanistan in 2001 against the Taliban, and, in theory, they should be able to find common interest in stabilizing Iraq.
Obama has called on al-Maliki to form a broadly representative government of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds as a condition of any military action by the United States. The American ambassador in Iraq and a senior State Department official have been pressing that issue in Baghdad. Even so, al-Maliki on Tuesday refused to reach out to Sunnis. Maybe Iran can make him hear the message.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant the rebel group that is sweeping across Iraq is also waging war in Syria, commingling those conflicts and fueling Sunni-Shiite tensions throughout the Middle East. Obama and his aides have been consulting regional leaders, whose interests would be severely threatened by an Iraq in total collapse, whether they acknowledge it or not. Turkey, for instance, should shut its border to militants and to materiel flowing into Syria and Iraq. And Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf states need to stop financing (directly or indirectly) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which began as an al-Qaida affiliate, and other extremist groups.
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Speculation in recent days has focused on airstrikes by drones or planes against militant targets; if they are ordered, officials say they are likely to be isolated and tactical, like U.S. operations in Yemen, and Iraqi forces would have to follow up on the ground.
If Obama decides to take military action, he must make it clear that it is not done to support al-Malikis government but to disrupt the militants momentum while the Iraqi Army regroups.
In the meantime, the administration has to develop better intelligence on the militants movements. It plans to provide more weapons to the Iraqi army, even though major units disintegrated as the militants swept through northern Iraq. U.S. officials say there are still capable Iraqi units to build on, but that seems a risky bet.
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Close Thread. Add to one of the 100 other Marbury threads.
With all the recent talk about our point guard stephon marbury, a few things have come to my mind.
In the offseason, Stephon Marbury has been constantly criticized by his haters becasue they seem to think he is not giving a full effort in preparing for the upcoming season. Marbury has previously stated that he has been "running through mountains" to prepare for the 08-09 season. Haters ASSUME that he has not been preparing. This is an ASSUMPTION and cannot be proven by FACTS. However, this somehow still leads to HATE from Marbury haters.
Now, lets take a look at our power forward Zach Randolph. His off seaon workout has not exactly been helpful to himslef or the Knicks. First, it was revealed that Randolph was taking part in Club Fighting. This has been proven by FACTUAL DATA. Second, it has now been proven that Randolph will skip the team's workout in Las Vegas. Instead, he chose to throw a party in Indiana. These offseason activities do not (a) improve his defensive skills (b) improve his health or (c) get him to be a better basketball player. Now, Zach Randolph's offseason "preparation" has been proven by FACTS. Yet, does not lead to any hate, unlike Stephon Marbury.
Next, lets look at On-Court Leadership.
Stephon Marbury has sacrificed his shot attempts in order for his teammates to get the oppurtunity to score. This sentece alone is nothing but oppinion. But with FACTUAL DATA, this sentence turns into a FACT. (Factual Data):
Number of Stephon Marbury shots attempted in the 2006-07 season: 952
Number of Eddy Curry shots attempted in the 2006-07 season: 1016
Number of Stephon Marbury Assists in the 06-07 season: 403
Now, lets look at some stats of Zach Randolph.
Assists in 07-08: 140
Shot Attempts in 07-08: 1058
Also, it is a FACT that Stephon Marbury is not known to start on court fights.
What is also a FACT is that Zach Randolph threw a bottle at his own teammate in the huddle in overtime of a game vs. the wizards. But, once again, this has not lead to any major HATE.
What Starbury haters need to realize is that there are larger problems on this team then Stephon Marbury. Also, there are more valid arguments to be made about players on this team other then Stephon. Stephon Marbury is not the bad guy on this team. Remember, the reason Steph got surjury and sacrificed last season, which was going no where anyway, so that he can be 100% for the 2008-09 season, where with Isiah Thomas gone, there would be a much greater chance of winning.
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
great thread.
Its a mystery to me, i dont know why they all chose to hate marbury and blame him. They wanna talk about bad character i think they need to point the finger at zach randolph. If they wanna talk about losing games they need to point the finger at crawford. But somehow marbury ends up being the scapegoat for everything.
My question to everyone is:
Who can deny the solid facts and research the thread starter presented?
Unless you want to be ignorant like someone and be like "THAT DOESN'T MEAN ****!!! GRRR IM STUPDID" -LJ4PtPlay
Can't wait for team "starburys" self imposed two month walk off the site after the buyout. What will you guys call yourself after hes gone? I'm sure during your two month hiatous you would be able to come up with something atleast slightly clever.
So Marbury is great because he's great in FANTASY LEAGUES? Where stats count...fact that he's a loser has no bearing.
10 championships.
Want another?
Oscar Robertson greater player than Magic Johnson could ever be...yet don't get nowhere near the admiration Magic gets...strictly in terms of on the court prowess? Why?
Magic has more championships.
Julius Erving...very well may have been the GREATEST NBA PLAYER OF ALL TIME....whose considered greater than him?
Marburys career has been great statistically...but he hasnt had much of an oppertunity to prove himself the last couple of years because of a lack of support. Not too many if any nba stars could make this team look good. In 2006-07 Marbury didnt have one of his best statistical years but in the opinion of some he had his best year because he stepped up his defense and showed alotta heart. Where did it get is? It almost got us to the playoffs but is it marburys fault that we missed the playoffs? **** no the blame goes 100% to Isiah thomas for bringing in a supporting cast of clowns like Eddy curry, jamal crawford and jared jeffries.
Oscar Robertson>>>Tragic Johnson
stephon marbury = decline
stephon marbury = not top ten point gaurd
stephon marbury = 22 million coming off the books
stephon marbury = drama with every coach he ever played for
stephon marbury = 31 years old
stephon marbury = never won a playoff series
stephon marbury = not a New York York Knick beyond this season


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#2952 - 05/25/00 10:21 AM Famous last words
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This thread is a continuation of an off-topic on 'worst verse'.
For some reason US presidents' last words stick in my mind. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th 1826 - exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence of which they were both instrumental in drafting.
Jefferson died first with the words - 'is it the fourth?' on his lips. A few hours later Adams met his maker with 'Thomas Jefferson lives!'. Oh the irony.
#2953 - 05/25/00 03:11 PM Re: Famous last words
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Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?
- Gertrude Stein
scary thought - what did she hear in the silence?
Any suggestions?
#2954 - 05/26/00 09:00 AM Missing Last Words
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
To save y'all trailing back through the archives, here's the story so far.
Subject: Last Words
Poster: jmh
Posted on: Thu May 25 09:40:46 2000
Is it true that Oscar Wilde's last words were -
"Either this wallpaper goes or I go"
Subject: Re: Last Words
Poster: Jackie
Posted on: Thu May 25 09:49:55 2000
Apparently the wallpaper is still there!
Subject: Re: Last Words
Poster: Rubrick
Posted on: Thu May 25 09:56:49 2000
> "Either this wallpaper goes or I go"
I've heard that story before and I can't give you an honest answer. Oscar Wilde died in disgrace and exile in Paris of meningitis when he was only 44 (his anniversary comes up next month). Though his life was well documented his final days seem to have been spent in relative obscurity. Those that knew him said that he kept his sharp wit with him to the end so he may have actually said the quote above. There are plenty of Wildean scholars in these hallowed walls. I'll accost a few once they are sober and get the truth out of them.
Speaking of death bed words (and I really think we should start a new thread on this subject) I'm reminded of the joke about Robin Hood who is lying on his death bed. His merry men are crowded around him. He pulls out his bow and arrow and tells them 'I will fire this arrow and where it lands that will be my resting place'.........
......So they buried him on top of the wardrobe.
Subject: Re: Last Words
Poster: tsuwm
Posted on: Thu May 25 09:59:38 2000
Last words of Pancho Villa:
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Subject: Re: Last Words
Poster: Rubrick
Posted on: Thu May 25 10:03:52 2000
Okay, that's it. Off-topic. Let's start a new thread!!!!
#2955 - 05/26/00 07:26 PM Re: Missing Last Words
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Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
Jo, that was right thoughtful of you; not only re-posting the thread (it does get confusing around here) but also for your courtesy in speaking our language over/across/down here (i.e. "y'all.")
Anna in A'lan'a
#2956 - 05/28/00 02:32 PM Re: Missing Last Words
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>>speaking our language over/across/down here (i.e. "y'all.")<<
>>Perhaps in the future, people using whatever the Internet becomes will talk of the days when people all over the world spoke different languages. Who knows?<< (Jo, under "Decimate")
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Yours truly needed a black eyeliner and can I be honest? I am quite the eyeliner snob. While I'll try almost any brand, I really only stick with Urban Decay's eyeliners for everyday use. They just haven't failed me. But alas my laziness and cheapness has prevented me from driving to Sephora and spending almost $20 on said eyeliner. Instead, a recent stroll through Walgreens had me swooping up Maybelline's newest eyeliner. After all, it was only a good $7 or so.
These kids come in 6 shades; ranging from a gray, to a purple, silver, gold, blue and black. I so meant to grab the black (Midnight Master) but ended up with the Gray (Coal Commander) instead. Opps. I suppose the gray cap was a ringer, uh? I know. I'm so smart.
So yeah, Coal Commander is little grayer than I'd like. See how much darker Urban Decay's Zero is compared to Coal Commander?
I'm one of those Must.have.dark.eyes kinda gals. For no reason in particular. I just feel like the darker the line, the more awake and sultry I look. *bats lashes* Funny thing about this liner though…when I applied one eye with Coal Commander and the other with what was left of my Urban Decay Zero, from far away, I couldn't tell which eye had which. Can you tell?
The right eye (your right) is rockin' Coal Commander. So despite my "I wanted black, not gray." whines, I wasn't too disappointed at CC's payoff on the waterline. As you get closer, you can see a bit of shimmery sparkles in there.
My poor eyes can only do matte liners on the waterline. Anything with a sparkle or shimmer to it has me itching like mad. Coal Commander was no exception. For the sake of beauty reviews, though, I kept the liner on just to see how well it would hold up throughout the day. It did…really well! It lasted from 7:00 a.m. through a hardcore lunch break workout and right on through post-work meetings. Impressive, uh? Not a bad eyeliner if you're in the need for a new one. Because of my super sensitive waterline area, I won't be using it there anymore but I'l definitely be applying it on the lower lashline.
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I'm an American who has lived in Mexico the last 2 years, and my baby was born there in February via cesarean. Unfortunately, the nurses did not give me the option for breastfeeding in the hospital; they were quite forceful and insisted that I would be in severe pain because of my c-section if I breastfed. So I didn't get off to a good start. Once I got home I tried to start breastfeeding but my baby wouldn't latch on and I couldn't figure out why. I didn't want to give up because I knew the benefits my baby would have if I breastfed. I had flat nipples, so thinking that was the problem (the reason my baby wouldn't latch on) I tried every method known to man to pull the nipple out, with little success. Finally I realized (after many tears shed on my part) that a good part of the breast has to be in the baby's mouth for him to latch on (also preventing cracked/painful nipples!).
So baby and I were happy for a while, but then breastfeeding became really inconvenient. I was staying with my inlaws and because of their personal convictions, I had to go into a separate room to breastfeed. It became a real hassle because we had no privacy, and (long story short), I started to cut back on feedings and supplementing more with formula. Then at around 3 months, my baby started to become really fussy and would not stay still, so I gave up. Now I'm regretting it, my baby is 6 months old, so it's been over 3 months since I stopped breastfeeding altogether. Every once in a while I try it but my son seems to have no idea what I'm doing and he turns is head and is otherwise squirming to get out of my arms.
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