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I'm not a good tennis player, but I do like the game. And when I was a kid growing up, I spent a lot of time watching tennis greats on television, especially when the US Open rolled into my hometown.
One of the fiercest players I remember watching was Cliff Richey. On the court, he was a relentless competitor, passionate and quick. You could feel the intensity of every move he made and sense the warrior within him in the way he stared down his opponents. Watching Richey was electric. You never knew what would happen next. Sometimes, he'd doggedly battle volleys up and down the court. Other times he'd bark at the linesmen, or boil to the point of losing his temper over a missed shot.
Richey was the original bad boy of tennis - long before Jimmy Connors. Years before John McEnroe. The persistent and stubborn way Richey competed as a professional athlete earned him the nickname "The Bull". Over the course of his 30 years in professional tennis, Cliff "The Bull" Richey won over forty-five tennis titles, and became a two time semi-finalist in the U.S. and French Open. His greatest opponent, though, wasn't one that he met on the court. It was simmering within, darkening his days - and already beginning to steal his spirit and sense of well being. It was depression.
The illness of depression was shadowing Richey as a young boy, as an amateur athlete and during his years as a professional tennis player. Like many, he didn't realize his thoughts and behaviors were symptoms of a serious mood disorder. Richey chalked up his irritability, anxiety, and melancholy moods to the rigors of being an athlete in training. He attributed much of his misery to the grueling lifestyle of a celebrity tennis player. It was only when his depression deepened in the late 1990's that he realized that something was very, very wrong. Racked with despair, anxiety and fatigue from sleeplessness, he began fearing the night. Richey didn't want to know what time of day it was and began taping black trash bags over the windows. For about six months, he'd stay in bed all day and weep. It was during a routine dermatological check-up that Richey learned he was experiencing a major depressive episode. He was almost 50 years old.
Just like Richey approached the game of tennis, his determination in beating depression became his next match. He began treatment with talk therapy and medication, and soon found himself feeling better. He is still a fierce a competitor, but this time he's fighting against mental illness. Richey has written about his life experiences in the book "Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion's Toughest Match," which is a thrilling and meaningful read.
Serani: What made you decide to write your autobiography - and most of all, highlight your struggles with depression?
Richey: After realizing that I'd been depressed a good part of my life, I wanted to take what I lived through and help others find their way. Depression is a bully and it can con you. I wanted people to know that with hard work, you can beat it and outsmart it.
Serani: Sounds like you're talking about depression like an opponent in one of your tennis matches.
Richey: Well, in a way, yeah, that's exactly true. When you're faced with adversity, you have to move forward. When I was in a tough competitive match, I might be cramping, getting bad line calls - but no matter what was going on, I had to muster enough positive emotions to get to where I needed to go. A champion will do that... summon the will and determination to fight. When you're in a competitive match, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. That's how I look at depression. Sometimes it gets the better of me, on other days I keep it in check. But depression hasn't defeated me. It'll never defeat me.
Serani: We know that men and women experience depression differently. Do you think people knew you were depressed back then?
Richey: I can honestly say that no one knew I was depressed. Myself included. My professional life as an athlete afforded me a lot of camouflage. Being aggressive, irritable, driven or difficult was attributed to my being a premiere athlete. You know, I'd be a monster on the court, but then let off steam drinking and being a good ol' boy, which was, you know, very acceptable back then. I never thought for a second that those behaviors were symptoms of depression. But did anyone know I was overtly depressed? No. We didn't know back in the 70's and 80's what depression was all about. It was a different time. But Arthur Ashe was one of the only people close to me who worried that I'd burn myself out if I kept behaving like I did. And he was right. I did burn out.
Serani: For many people, the structure of their life and how they live through things makes it hard to detect depression. Sounds like you went through that.
Richey:Yes. For me, I was playing competitive tennis all over the world. I thought what I was experiencing was a result of jet lag, or playing through physical illness - feeling lost and lonely on tour in countries....I thought life was just that way. It never really occurred to me that something else might have been going on. Only when I retired from tennis, did others start to worry more about me - and I began to really notice concerning things in myself.
Serani: I often tell people I work with that the planet they live on is the only one they know. So, sometimes you don't realize that you can feel better because you never knew it could exist outside of yourself.
Richey: Exactly. Through therapy you learn that there are other ways to cope - and that opens another world for you to live in.
Serani: How did your family react to your diagnosis of depression?
Richey: Well, my Dad didn't really understand the depths of my depression back in 1995, but he made it a point to check up on me every morning. You know, it was okay that he didn't get it because he was there to support me - and that's what mattered. My sister and my mother recognized that depression was an illness and could talk more openly about it. So I got a lot of emotional support from them. Also at that time, my wife was a huge source of support and guidance when I was sick and fragile. But as I look back, I realize my depression was hardest on my kids. They were too young to appreciate my illness or understand what my emotional absence was all about. Bottom line was they needed a better father and I wasn't there for them.
Serani: You describe how writing this book helped you reconnect with your children. Tell us about that.
Richey: It was a real chance to come back around and re-invent my relationship with them - and there's no doubt that a lot of healing and recovery occurred writing my book. The beautiful thing is that in recovery, almost everything in your life becomes a second chance. That's the message I want others to know... that healing has no time limits.
Serani: You've become an advocate in the fight against mental illness stigma.
Richey: Yes. And I have to say society really doesn't let many people talk about mental illness. It isn't set up yet to let others come out and be public. There's still this myth that if you have a mental illness there's something fundamentally weak or lacking in you. That, in and of itself, perpetuates stigma. Because of my celebrity, it was easier for me. I didn't have a job to lose. I didn't have to worry what the social or financial fallout would be. People tell me it's a brave thing, what I've done, writing this book and talking all over the country. I don't see it that way though. It's something that I felt I just had to do. And it feels so powerful when I see how my story inspires others. I can see people in the audience and their desire to get better. To try harder with the new tools they've been given. So, I get back more than I give.
Serani: What would you like readers of Psychology Today to come away with if they are living with depression or love someone who is struggling with the illness?
Richey: I'd want them to know there is hope. There is recovery. There truly is a way you can get through depression. There is life beyond that dark, bleak hole. People need to hear that there others out there, like you and me, Deborah, who've been through the fire and have come out. The work you do, the writing and research - it's bold and brave. It's important for us to show others that they can learn to live with depression.
Serani: How do you approach living with depression each day?
Richey:I've got what I call my "three legged stool". The first is that I use everything I've learned in [talk] therapy. How to think, problem solve, cope and defeat those negative thoughts. The second is I always make sure to take my medication. It's something that works to keep me in a good place. Third is I keep a healthy lifestyle. I eat well, rest and make sure I exercise. The healthier you are physically, the better chance you have with your mental health. They are related. Defeating depression takes hard work - and it's important for people to know that so they can get to the other side. When you're feeling so miserable, sometimes all you need is someone to say "Look, this is the plan, just follow it. It's hard work, but you'll get there."
Serani: In closing, what words of wisdom you can offer?
Richey: My Dad was my tennis coach. Probably the biggest weapon he taught me in tennis - and I've used it in my battle with depression - it's the last five words in my book - never, ever, ever give up.
Editorial Note: Dr. Deborah Serani is the author of Living with Depression" by Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Company.


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After two games, it's still very early in the season, but you can start to see some consistencies and inconsistencies for each NFL team as well as some players and coaching staffs. You can start to weed out the contenders from the pretenders. You can also pay attention to what teams and players seem to be ascending and which teams and players are starting to inch downhill.
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Fastleigh - reflecting 1970s "Blue" Era.
Can Perth & District Model Railway Club provide a small layout to show at the centenary of Arbroath Railway Station? So said the email and of course, we would be pleased to... but limited to 6 feet long, we did not possess a layout less than 12 feet long. Ah! Stan Moug, a member of our club and a native of Arbroath (well, not since 1981) decided to rise to the challenge and build a layout in only 2 weeks, almost from scratch...well there were two exhibitions to attend as well! It needed to be built fastly!!
The baseboard frame already existed, having been built for another forthcoming project, built using mainly 9 mm plywood, another plywood top was fitted. To build a OO gauge layout in such a small space (it had to fit into the waiting room on Platform 2 along with other exhibits!) is tricky and therefore a shunting layout was planned and further interest would be created by incorporating modern digital technology and providing sound and lights on the locomotives. The builder best remembers Arbroath station in the late 1970s, memories of blue diesels and Class 26's shunting the coal yard. Therefore, this era was selected and Fastleigh was born.
Time being a constraint, it was decided to use bits from the spares box to build the original layout ; the points were salvaged from a previous layout as were the buildings. The only "new" items were the scenic materials used to create the ground cover. That was the first board....the goods yard.
The enthusiasm was kindled and an extension was built to improve the operating flexibility and interest. The ethos remained the same though - building reasonably quickly using as much from the scrap box as possible! An air of dereliction prevails and the limited goods facilities and parcels depot cling on, avoiding closure thus far. Some siding space is now used for carriage storage and the disused shed has been taken over by the Engineers. The signal box has long closed so much of the former through line operates on the "one engine in steam principle" - the sealed tunnel mouth the only indication that this line once went somewhere else but alas Dr Beeching signed its fate.
26027 seen through the goods shed.
Although in decline, there is still some significant activity around Fastleigh. The local brewery Abbey Ales generates some van traffic as its products are much in demand throughout the country and domestic coal is still off-loaded in the yard. The remaining sidings in the goods yard are used mainly for storing wagons which are used further along the branch and trains are occasionally sent along simply to re-sort the wagons. Fastleigh never had much in the way of passenger facilities and the terminus end has always been used for handling parcels and mail. The volume of traffic is now much reduced and some of the sidings are now used for passenger stock storage. Such trains can be seen regularly. The former engine shed and coaling dock have been taken over by S&T and various deliveries are made as well as storage of ballast wagons. Track is PECO Code 100 which when painted, ballasted with a mixture of ballast and ash and weathered looks the part and points are operated using SEEP point motors located under the boards. Each board has its own control panel but of course, being DCC, an operator can drive a loco on any section of track. Most of the stock is fitted with Kaydee couplings which allows hands-free uncoupling. The couplings are released by passing over magnets hidden under the tracks at various locations.
The DCC control system used is the Gaugemaster Prodigy package which is fairly easy to operate and flexible enough to cope with the requirements of this layout. Some of the locomotives are fitted with sound and combined with working lights the operation is enhanced for both driver and viewer. Operation is deliberately from the front to make it easier to interact with you - the viewer. Please feel free to ask any questions but beware - you may even end up driving the trains!
I hope you enjoy FASTleigh.
You can view Fastleigh on "Perth MRC TV" in 2 parts. These images were recorded in May 2014 in our club workshops. Go to the playlist after viewing this to see part 2.
The Derrick Burrows Memorial Trophy - St Andrews Exhibition 2012
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Firemen Receive Frantic Call To Help Remove Ring From Man's Penis, Tweet Photos Of The Heroic Rescue
A team of firemen in Kota Baru, Malaysia were called to remove a steel cock ring that had become stuck around a man's ball sack, The Star Online reports.
Fireman Zaki Ismail said his department received a frantic call from the emergency room of a local hospital at around 7:25 a.m. Saturday morning. Hospital workers said they didn't have the right tools to do the job, and so they needed his department's help.
Ismail and his men rushed to the scene. When they got there, Ismail said, "the man was unconscious." The ring was made out of stainless steel and looked, Ismail claimed, "like a vehicle spare part."
When asked how it got stuck around the man's genitals, Ismail told the paper he had no idea, nor did he ask.
"We were concentrating on the job of removing the ring," he said.
The cock ring ended up needing to be cut off, a procedure that took extreme concentration.
"You can't have shaky hands and you have to be very confident while performing the procedure," Ismail said.
Later that evening, the fire department tweeted a photo of the cock ring being removed by firemen. The photo was also posted to the department's official Facebook page, where it has received more than 10,000 "likes" and 1,500 shares.
Both patient and ball sack are expected to make a full recovery.
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@Raphael: @Raphael: actually the guy wasn't identified and, while I agree the photo was an invasion, he would get way more publicity (name included) if he chooses to sue. And remember, we're talking about Malaysia not the USA or UK so who knows what the law is there?
Did no one in the country have a ring cutter? I mean, com'n now…
@Raphael: It's Malaysia. They're more worried about keeping their planes up than some dude's dick.
I know Asians are known for small endowments, but I can't see a thing in that pic.
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University of East Anglia scientists make major advances important for cancer research
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made a major advancement in understanding tissue development that has important implications for cancer.
Findings published today in the journal Cell Science show how the protein EB2 is a key regulator of tube-like structures inside cells and critical for normal tissue development and function.
The findings are an important step in the race to find cures for cancers including gut, breast and pancreatic cancer.
Microtubules are tubular structures that make up the internal 'skeleton' of cells and perform many essential functions. EB2 belongs to an important group of proteins that influence the behaviour of microtubules.
Researchers investigated the microtubule make-up of cells in epithelium tissue, which is one of the four basic types of animal tissue along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissues line the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body and also form many glands.
Lead researcher Dr Mette Mogensen, from UEA's school of Biological Sciences, said: "We found that EB2 is a key regulator of microtubule reorganisation which is essential for normal epithelial development and function.
"Our findings represent a major advancement in our understanding of how these cell structures work and change, which not only has implications for the maintenance of a healthy tissue but also for cancer.
"We have also shown that the level of EB2 expression determines the microtubule pattern within cells and therefore how they behave. Low expression of EB2 ensures microtubule stability and promotes bundle formation whereas high expression of EB2 helps to maintain a flexible population of microtubules.
"This is important because the precise pattern that microtubules form within cells directly relates to their function. For example stable bundles of microtubules, promoted by low EB2 expression, enable efficient transport of molecules in and out of cells, which is essential for some cells in the gut.
"On the other hand, unbundled flexible microtubules, promoted by high EB2 expression, are important for normal function of stem cells in the gut."
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The research was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the cancer charity Big C. The next stage of the research will focus on the regulation of EB2 which is critical for normal epithelial tissue development and function, and for maintaining a non-cancerous state.
The paper: 'The mictotubule end-binding protein EB2 is a central regulator of microtubule reorganisation in apico-basal epithelial differentiation' by Deborah A Goldspink, Jonathan R Gadsby, Gemma Bellett, Jennifer Keynton, Benjamin J Tyrrell, Elizabeth K Lund, Penny P Powell, Paul Thomas and Mette M Mogensen is published in the journal Cell Science on June 28, 2013.
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DETROIT - The Detroit Titans women's lacrosse
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The 17-goal showing marks the second best goal total for Detroit
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The Titans (3-5) scored the first eight goals of the contest, with freshman Rachel Irurralde (South Lyon, MI/South Lyon) starting things off not even a minute into the contest. Freshman Anna Eidem (Champlin, MN/Totino-Grace), who ended with a game-high six goals, went on to net the game-winner at 23:17 off an assist from Iturralde. Freshman Corina Mahorn (Whitby, ON/Anderson CVI), who ended the afternoon with three goals, netted two in the first half, with the last at 11:49 to give Detroit an 8-0 advantage.
The Bulldogs' (0-7) three goals were all scored in the first half by sophomore Emily Erwin, sophomore Heather Jack and senior Aja Scheuber.
Eidem added to her goal total, twice, in the final minutes to give the Titans an 11-3 lead at the break.
Freshman Emily Boissonneault (Brooklin, ON/Donald A. Wilson) ended with a game second-best four goals, while seniors Liz Hardy (Clarkston, MI/Clarkston) and Megan Canty (Royal Oak, MI/Kimball) each found the back of the net once in 60 minutes of play.
Freshman Brett Yenger (Cincinnati, OH) improved her record to 3-5 in net as tallied 10 saves in 60 minutes of play, while Diana Aguilar earned the loss for Fresno State as she gave up four goals in 13 minutes of action.
Detroit had a slight advantage in ground balls, 33-30, and the Titans tallied 28 shots to the Bulldogs' 17.
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|Nicole loses her baby; Airs week of Oct 1
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|Sep 30 2012, 12:59 AM Post #261
|But if Stefano wanted to take the baby, why take it now? I could understand if Nicole went to give birth and the doctor told her the baby was dead and it was really spirited away and given to Stefano for whatever plans he had. But Nicole is one to two months away from giving birth. Removing a child from it's mother prematurely can be very dangerous to the baby. It can result in longterm health problems. Why gamble with the baby's health now? If there is a plan to fake the baby's death and take possession it makes more sense to wait until it's full term. No, I think the baby is really dead. It seems pretty stupid to take the baby prematurely when it's not necessary. And Stefano may be evil but he's not stupid.
|Sep 30 2012, 06:54 AM Post #262
I doubt Daniel has a plan. They haven't written him one. That is just one of the tricks they use to make us wonder if the baby is alive when they actually have killed her baby. I bet when she loses the baby this plan is never mentioned again. Even having EJ saying he is going to get what is his. Is just another ploy.
I have watched enough of their tricks when she lost her first baby. They had characters mentioning certain things and never addressed it again, when it needed to be addressed.
Stefano and Kristen has nothing to do with it, bccause they still have EJ needing DNA test to prove that the child is his. Stefano is not going to steal her baby unless he knows for sure that it is his grandchild. And they haven't shown anyone taking another test, unless these writers want us to fill in all the gaps for them.
|Sep 30 2012, 07:08 AM Post #263
unfortunately IA I love a scheming nicole but can't take anymore of these depressing stories for her.AS bad as the firsrt miscarriage was they at least did it for the baby switch story theres no point in kiling this baby off and this is one of the most boring stillborns in history of soaps theres no freak accident ect and the father isn't even involved in this story
|Sep 30 2012, 07:37 AM Post #264
:o I had a horrible thought. What if TomSell actually pulls this off?
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|Sep 30 2012, 07:39 AM Post #265
|I don't think the baby is dead--I just don't know who has the baby-- Nicole or EJ....The next question I have is Nicole and EJ the end game or is it Nicole and Eric? I keep thinking that whoever has the baby for the other, how do you get past that? They've only put out part of the spoilers, IMHO.....November is coming soon.
|Sep 30 2012, 09:04 AM Post #266
|I don't feel that the baby is dead. I guess I will have to wait to see what happens. I'm not an ejole fan and was really upset when I found out there was going to be an ejole baby but have since gotten used to the idea and actually started to look forward to the day when Nicole will become a mother. If this is true that Nicole's baby is dead I will be very disappointed and sad.
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|Sep 30 2012, 09:13 AM Post #267
Hope got pass Bo covering for Chelsea in running their son down and kiliing him, Bo got pass Hope almost setting him on fire, Lucas got pass Sami lying for years that Will was Austin's son, Sami got pass Lucas almost letting her die in........well you get the idea. On Days, couples get pass things.
|Sep 30 2012, 09:28 AM Post #268
I wondered what happened to you. :)
Cynthia would never state she loves someone in her username. ;)
|Sep 30 2012, 10:32 AM Post #269
I sadly feel the actor needs glasses if he truly feels that way about Daniel and Jennifer. :puke:
|Sep 30 2012, 10:39 AM Post #270
It seems to me from reading several interviews that SC is not in touch with his character and how he comes across on screen. Whatever it is that he trying portray Daniel as, it is not working for him. He needs a dose of reality.
|Sep 30 2012, 10:52 AM Post #271
But see, to me, it would depend on who has the baby and the reaction depending on who the end game is-- Eric and Nicole or EJ and Nicole. The only way I could see this be accepting is if Eric helps Nicole through her anger since he's a man of God.
Either way, I think it could be good if written right. You have the actors who could make the phone book sound interesting and I really hope that you have people who can write this well. (not holding my breath on that one though)
|Sep 30 2012, 10:59 AM Post #272
Bring back Jack!
|^The fact that he needs to tell us there's a spark and then describe it in a way that makes no sense & that he's trying to make sound believable says it all really about the fact this so called spark doesn't speak for itself (natural chemistry doesn't need pointing out). I guess this is his version of "Daniel & Jennifer really love each other so much" that MR was spouting last year :blah: . Sorry SC but Jennifer has been a widow for less than a month so she shouldn't be having organic sparks ( :eyeroll: ) with anyone - let alone your disgusting character.
|Sep 30 2012, 12:18 PM Post #273
SC has a habit of saying a lot of crap that doesn't make sense in interviews - i.e., his own take on the situation rather than what's actually happening on screen. Like during the Chloe/Parker/one-night stand fiasco he kept saying that Daniel knew more than he let on, and he wasn't a dummy in the situation. What actually played out? Daniel had no idea what was going on and was a total dummy.
So...his extreme plan to protect Nicole may be that he's doing everything he can to keep Jennifer off the scent. That he's trying to protect Nicole and the baby that way - by guarding the paternity secret even from The Great Love of His Life.
|Sep 30 2012, 01:40 PM Post #274
|I think daniel has tried to protect nicole and he risk his job. But if that is his extreme lengths then they suck
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|Sep 30 2012, 01:58 PM Post #275
Organic spark my ass...it's more contrived bullshit they are trying to force feed the audience. Today's kool aid. I'm not drinking it. :moon:
|Sep 30 2012, 02:15 PM Post #276
|Im actually starting to wonder if ej really will have something to do with the babys death since he told nicole a few weeks ago that she needed to tell him the truth or he would have to remind her of what happened with sydney. If ej is not devastated by the loss we will defenitly know he has something to do with it
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|Sep 30 2012, 06:31 PM Post #277
I don't know about that. Remember we saw him all up in Nicole's face demanding where Sydney was after he had kidnapped her.
|Sep 30 2012, 06:42 PM Post #278
|True. I dont know i just am grasping to any hope that this is any thing but giving nicole a dead baby. I dont care who is behind it ej stefeno rafe daniel nicole herself hell even father matt could be and id be happy as long as there was some hope this baby was actually alive
|Sep 30 2012, 06:53 PM Post #279
|I think there is definitely more to this story. The timing is just so strange, the fact that it is a substitute OBGYN that tells her is also very, very telling.
|Sep 30 2012, 06:56 PM Post #280
|I thought it was too but this like many others have said could be so daniel doesnt find out and jennifer can be framed which further pisses me off. Because if they are going to do this then it should be about nicole not daniel and jennifer
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The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 1, 1861-1909
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The lawman is a mythic figure in Western history distinguished from mere mortals by the badge on his chest. It was that badge, not the gun he carried, that separated him from other men. Most men carried guns; few were defenders of law and order. The symbolic importance of the badge...
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Before the first cattle drive came through, before there was even a town worthy of the name, Fort Worth marked the frontier where civilization ended and "the West began." There was a community around the fort as early as 1853, but law and order was slow in coming. For the next twenty years...
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Tarrant County's first sheriff was Francis Jourdan (sometimes Anglicized to "Jordan"), elected in the first countywide elections on August 5, 1850. Since the little community of Fort Worth would not get its first town marshal...
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The second local peace officer to die in the line of duty was Christopher Columbus Fitzgerald, mostly remembered as C. C. Fitzgerald, who joined the little community on the Trinity after it was incorporated as a city in 1873. Far removed from...
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When is a police officer justified in using "deadly force"? Today that question is a weighty legal and ethical issue. In nineteenth-century Texas the answer was simple: an officer's decision to draw his weapon was circumscribed only by his own good judgment. There are always two sides to every question, and this one is no different...
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Five years passed before another local officer died in the line of duty. Once again the case involved a question of jurisdiction: What business does a Fort Worth deputy marshal have joining a Mississippi manhunt? That deputy marshal was William...
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April 3, 1886, was the single bloodiest day in Fort Worth law enforcement history. Three officers were shot down, one of whom died. The injuries of the others certainly shortened their lives. The fact that the "enemy" was the Knights of...
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The report of the Kerner Commission investigating racial violence in America in the 1960s pointed the finger at the nation's police as one of the main causes of that violence. If the Kerner Commission had been transported back to Fort Worth at the turn of the century, they would have found race to...
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The day after Lee Waller was shot, while he was still fighting for his life, another Fort Worth Officer, J. J. Garrett, told a Gazette reporter, "About the only thing going on in the criminal world is killing policemen." It certainly...
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Not every officer who died in the line of duty was a regular officer. Special police and special deputies were also duly commissioned lawmen who laid their lives on the line to defend law and order. John Nichols was the first "special officer" in Fort Worth history to die in the line of duty...
CHAPTER 9 Police Officer Hamil Scott & County Attorney Jefferson McLean (March 22, 1907)
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The deaths of most of the officers in these pages were the direct result of being assaulted in the performance of their duties. It is not that simple with Dick Howell and Oscar Montgomery. Both men were severely wounded in the line of duty and in fact given up to death, but they were too tough...
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Not until 1908 did the Fort Worth Police Department finally get around to drawing up a list of qualifications for men seeking to join the force. With the sweep of a pen, a new era had dawned. Henceforward, all would-be policemen must be between the ages of 25 and 45, able to read and...
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RUSH: Sunday Night Football on NBC during the halftime break, the reporter, Josh Elliott, who is one of the new heroes-in-waiting at NBC News, he's gonna be one of the new saviors, Today Show, Dateline NBC, whatever. They were featuring him at halftime of the game between the Seattle Seahawks and I don't even know who they played. I'm embarrassed. I didn't know there was a game on TV Sunday night. (interruption) It was the Packers? Where was the game? Do you know where the game was played? Was it Green Bay or Seattle? Look at this. Nobody knows.
Folks, this is unheard of. I can't believe that I didn't watch a Sunday Night Football game week three, dress rehearsal the preseason, and it was the Seahawks and the Packers. I was at home Sunday night, I was doing show prep. In fact, I turned the tube on at nine o'clock to watch Ray Donovan, that depraved family. By the way, did you watch that? Did you do what I suggested yesterday?
Folks, I'm telling you, if you think your family is an embarrassment, if you think your family is the most dysfunctional family in America and if it embarrasses you and if you do not ever want to get together with your family again, you've got to watch Sunday night's depraved episode of Ray Donovan on Showtime, because the depiction... in the first place, everybody forgets the 14-year-old boy's birthday. Nobody remembers. His parents don't remember, nobody remembers it's his birthday.
So in order to make it up to him, the parents ask, "What do you want, Con, what do you want?" He says, "I want family party and I want my convict grandfather here. I want everybody in the family here." That doesn't go well. But since they feel guilty forgetting the kid's birthday, they get everybody there, and it is an absolute... I don't even want to try to describe it. I don't want to do spoilers. You've got to see this. It will hearten you. It will renew your, well, it'll tell you that your family, no matter how bad it is, isn't that bad. But I did. I was watching that. That's when I turned the tube on at nine o'clock.
I didn't even know there was a football game. Anyway, Josh Elliott, at halftime, interviews cornerback Richard Sherman, and I guess the NFL has instituted more stringent contact rules for the defensive players, particularly defensive secondary this season. They're gonna not be as tolerant of incidental contact downfield beyond the five yards of the line of scrimmage. And it's gonna cause probably the game to be slowed down some. They're gonna be calling more penalties, throwing more flags. And of course the defensive players don't like it at all.
But Richard Sherman thinks he's figured out why the league is doing this, and I've told you, back last Super Bowl when Richard Sherman went off on Michael Crabtree, I tried to tell everybody in this audience, at least who might not know, that Sherman is a bright guy. He's educated, extremely intelligent, smart.
So listen to what he says here. Josh Elliott of NBC says, "Points of emphasis by the NFL this year, specifically the cracking down on illegal contact, holding, in the eyes of the referees. Do you feel like those are points aimed directly at you guys? Is the league tightening down on this because you guys are too good as a secondary?"
SHERMAN: If you look at statistics the way the preseason has gone, it's rarely ever affected us in a game, but, you know, when the fantasy football numbers need to be what they need to be then the league needs to do what it needs to do to get it done, you know, and this is a money-driven league.
RUSH: Richard Sherman is saying that the rules changes are because the number of fans playing fantasy football is growing exponentially, at geometric proportions, and that fan group consists of a lot of people who are not even football fans, but they understand following a player and points. They may not know what slot right 63 hook and go is. They might not know what a cover 2 Tampa 2 defense is. They might not know what a double rollover zone is, but they can draft players, and they can follow points being scored. Fantasy football players don't care about teams; they care about individuals.
In fact, folks, many NFL Drive-By Media purists hate fantasy football. You know why? Because fans are not fans of teams. They are fans of individuals. And the Drive-Bys don't like to focus on the individual. It's a team game. In fantasy football, any number of ways of doing it. I was in one of the first ever fantasy football leagues back in 1980. I was the commish of the PFL, the Paper Football League. That's what we called it. There were six of us. The name of my team was the Limbaugh Laxatives, 'cause our team was full of whatever.
It was fun. The way we did it, we had a draft at a bar on a Saturday afternoon after the final preseason game. I think we drafted 25 players each, or 20 or whatever, and every week, Saturday at noon, we had to activate 11, all offense, no defense, no kickers, just offense, quarterbacks, receivers, and running backs. And there were points assigned for... there were kickers. You had to have a kicker. Points assigned for field goal, length of field goal, and touchdowns, length of the touchdown, quarterback pass, touchdown, running touchdown, all this, and you tallied the points.
So we began watching football a whole different way. We cared about how our individual players did as much, if not more so, than whatever teams we liked. Now, back then the Internet hadn't yet come up. You had to wait 'til Monday morning for all the box scores to find out who had scored, and in what way, in order to get the final points tally. But today it's gotten so big that during live game broadcasts the networks fill you in on fantasy football results, what running backs are scoring and what quarterbacks have thrown, TD passes or whatever.
Sherman is saying here that for the fantasy football fan to be kept interested, there have to be points scored. And if you want points scored, you gotta make it easier on the offense to score points, ergo the penalties are going to be more closely called on the defensive backs: pass interference, holding, what have you. And he's saying we haven't, as a team, we haven't been affected by these rules because our cornerbacks are good. We don't have to cheat in order to beat the other guys. But what he's saying is the league needs to do what it has to do to get it done, fantasy football, money-driven league. There are all kinds of people buying in to fantasy football leagues on ESPN and other websites. It is huge now. So it's an interesting take.
RUSH: Man, I am so embarrassed. So the Seahawks didn't play the Packers Saturday night. That's the opening Thursday night game. Somebody told me that the Seahawks played the Packers Sunday night, and I'm so out of it, I thought that was true. Ah, this is embarrassing. No. For me, it's embarrassing. I used to know this stuff in my sleep. I mean, this is just how distant it's becoming.
The Sunday night game was the Cincinnati Bengals and the Arizona Cardinals. That's where the Sunday night crew was and I guess they just talked to Sherman of the Seahawks from Seattle during halftime, as an interview. Man, that's just embarrassing.


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Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment The Bottom Line.
This week Dave and Mark talk with Bruce Lane, president-elect of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. They discuss rising home prices in the state, the impact this bad winter has had on home sales and how the housing market affects the local economy.
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Wolf at the Door: What Happened to the Predictions of Doom?
As China prepared to accede to the World Trade Organization, analysts worried about a globalization trap, including crippling competition for its industries and farmers, a loss of sovereignty and disruption to the nation's anticipated trajectory of growth, explains Gregory Chin, chair of the China Research Group at the Center for International Governance Innovation. Specialists fretted about every detail of possible competition, and some pessimists suggested that "WTO entry was the veritable 'wolf at the door.'" Because of government intervention, the early apprehensions proved unwarranted: China benefited from increased global harvests and low prices for grain imports; the government prepared for competition with specialization programs based on comparative advantages of its agro-zones, as well as stimulus investments aiming to create new jobs to compensate for layoffs in the state-owned enterprises. Chin concludes that moves by a pro-active government, applying specific policy tools, helped circumvent the worst effects of competition and globalization. – YaleGlobal


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The Freedom Riders practiced non-violent resistance, despite brutal attacks against them. They challenged Jim Crow travel rules. The original plan called for a two-week trek from Washington, D.C., to the South traveling on two buses.
Hank Thomas, 19 when he boarded one of the buses with Lewis in 1961, said the violence surprised him. "We had no thought of any kind of violence," Thomas told a CBS News reporter yesterday [Friday, Aug. 23]. But violence would ensue 10 days later.
Outside of Anniston, Ala., the Ku Klux Klan surrounded Thomas' bus and the racist group set it afire. Thomas and five others barely escaped death. "I was looking for the easiest way to die," he said.
Hours later that day, in Birmingham, Ala., the second bus which carried seven others, met an unforeseen and brutal attack from thugs carrying pipes and bats. The late James Peck, another Freedom Rider and a Birmingham resident, lost six teeth after being knocked unconscious during the attack.
"We must not surrender to violence," Peck, a New York native, said in 1961.
Peck died in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1993 at age 78.
Diane Nash, who at the time attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., recalled the importance of carrying out the Freedom Riders' mission despite the violence. "It was critical at that moment that we not allow the rides to stop," said Nash, 72, who would go on to recruit new students for a second wave of Freedom Rides headed toward Alabama. More than 400 students and others across the country ultimately joined them.
"It was the start of the civil rights movements," said Stanley Nelson, 62, director of the new "Freedom Riders" documentary. "You see it becoming a movement around the Freedom Rides." Nelson will debut his film at Cramton Auditorium on the campus of Howard University in Northwest on Sunday, Aug. 25. The event is free and open to the public.
The Freedom Riders, along with the overwhelming media attention, pressured the administration of John F. Kennedy in 1961, to finally enforce federal laws desegregating interstate buses and public accommodations.
"This means everything to me, being a part of this [50th anniversary] and traveling to D.C.," said James Vincent, 64, who hails from Providence, R.I., where he heads the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.


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A member of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) Prince Albert branch was recognized by head office recently.
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The Prince Albert branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society recognized Barb Beck with the 2012 SGS Volunteer Heritage Award at the societyŌĆÖs annual December supper.
Barb Beck is the recipient of the 2012 SGS Volunteer Heritage Award, which is given to a person who has demonstrated talent and energy for the development, study, research and preservation of family history and genealogy in Saskatchewan.
ŌĆ£Barbara was selected because of her outstanding volunteer work with the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, and particularly, the Prince Albert branch,ŌĆØ SGS executive director Linda Dunsmore-Porter said. ŌĆ£She has been with us for a number of years. SheŌĆÖs worked on our cemetery projects. She has really contributed to the success of the society through her volunteer work.ŌĆØ
An email is sent to each of the branches for the annual award. All of the members are asked to nominate someone and the board reviews all of the applications.
Anywhere from three to five people are nominated for the award each year. The only other recipient from the Prince Albert branch to receive the Heritage Award was Leverne Baxter of Christopher Lake in 2008.
ŌĆ£It feels wonderful,ŌĆØ Beck said. ŌĆ£I do all of the data entry for them on the cemetery records ŌĆ" Our group has recorded 134 cemeteries in Prince Albert and surrounding area -- and we read the headstones and record that.
ŌĆ£We also have collected, from the Prince Albert Daily Herald, all of the obituaries from 1982 to date,ŌĆØ Beck continued. ŌĆ£We also collect the ones from the Shellbrook Chronicle and the Spiritwood Herald and the Kinistino Post-Gazette when it was in effect.ŌĆØ
Beck has been a member of SGS for about eight years and serves as treasurer of the Prince Albert branch. While recovering from knee surgery, she became curious about her own ancestry and decided to get involved with the Prince Albert branch.
ŌĆ£I started sorting through all of my photographs and I started thinking about the early days,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£So, I started doing my own research on my own family tree, and that motivated me to get involved on the community level.ŌĆØ
SGS was established in 1969, with a group of individuals helping each other find information about their ancestry.
ŌĆ£They would help other individuals to research their families and it just kept growing from there,ŌĆØ Dunsmore-Porter said. ŌĆ£Each year, there was more interest (shown) by people and it was a way to help educate people as well.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£The branch is getting smaller and smaller because thereŌĆÖs a lot of information out there online now,ŌĆØ Beck added. ŌĆ£But those of us who are still going to it feel very strongly that, even though thereŌĆÖs a lot of information online, itŌĆÖs not necessarily always accurate.ŌĆØ
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ŌĆ£It certainly shows that a person like her and our small group are certainly being noticed by the head office of our organization out of Regina,ŌĆØ he said.
ŌĆ£(BeckŌĆÖs) just an untiring worker. This past couple of years, she has dedicated all of her spare time to the organization,ŌĆØ Wilm added.


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Actinomyces bacteria normally live in the mouth and in the nasal passages near the throat. Several species are associated with diseases in dogs.
Actinomyces bovis has been identified infrequently in infections in dogs and other mammals. Disease occurs when this bacterium is introduced to underlying soft tissue through penetrating wounds of the mouth (such as those that occur from carrying sharp objects in the mouth or running through underbrush). Involvement of the nearby bone frequently results in facial distortion, loose teeth (making chewing difficult), and difficulty breathing due to swelling of the nasal cavity. Treatment is rarely successful in longterm cases in which bone is extensively involved, due to poor penetration of antibacterial drugs into the infected area. In less advanced cases, your veterinarian may prescribe an antibiotic.
Actinomyces hordeovulneris causes abscesses on the liver and spleen and generalized infections, such as inflammation of the cavity surrounding the lungs, inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and bacterial arthritis in dogs. One factor that appears to be related to infection with this organism is the presence of foxtail grass (Hordeum species) particles that have migrated into the body tissues, allowing penetration of the bacteria. Treatment includes surgical removal of the contaminated tissue and drainage, followed by longterm treatment with an antibiotic.
Actinomyces viscosus causes chronic pneumonia, inflammation of the cavity surrounding the lungs, and abscesses under the skin in dogs. Lesions generally develop after a traumatic injury such as a bite wound. Treatment of inflammation of the chest cavity with an antibiotic may be successful if begun early in the disease course. Treatment is more likely to be successful with a localized infection under the skin, which your veterinarian will also treat with an antibiotic.
Last full review/revision July 2011 by Otto M. Radostits, CM, DVM, MSc, DACVIM (Deceased); David A. Ashford, DVM, MPH, DS; Craig E. Greene, DVM, MS; Eugene D. Janzen, DVM, MVS; Bert E. Stromberg, PhD; Max J. Appel, DMV, PhD; Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM; J. P. Dubey, MVSc, PhD; Paul Ettestad, DVM, MS; Kenneth R. Harkin, DVM, DACVIM; Delores E. Hill, PhD; Johnny D. Hoskins, DVM, PhD; Jodie Low Choy, BVMS; Barton W. Rohrbach, VMD, MPH, DACVPM; J. Glenn Songer, PhD; Joseph Taboada, DVM, DACVIM; Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhD; John F. Timoney, MVB, PhD, Dsc, MRCVS; Ian Tizard, BVMS, PhD, DACVM
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Robert Downey Jr. must be a very busy man, because he's dropping out of projects left and right. First, he left the Alfonso Cuaron sci-fi pic Gravity, and now he's left Sam Raimi's Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful. But before you get too depressed, THR claims that Disney's golden goose Johnny Depp might pick up where Downey left off.
Disney will produce Raimi's version of Oz, and due to their strong relationship with Depp they feel as if he'd be the perfect candidate to play the title character. The actor has already headlined several blockbuster films for the studio including Alice in Wonderland and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Despite their history, Depp's not a done deal. The actor is a very busy man, and is expected to begin shooting Tim Burton's Dark Shadows adaptation fairly soon. At the same time, Disney has already hired "a unit production manager and begun the task of creating the world of Oz."
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The one single element that has most affected our cities and our societies is water. Thus far on the trip we have been able to see several different methods for the transport and utilization of this precious resource. Roman aqueducts, as seen in the upper image to the right, are a prime example of the sustainability of ancient civilizations. We have seen aqueducts in many of the cities we have visited, with the most well known being Pont du Guard in Avignon France. The aqueducts, built out of local stone, carried water powered by gravity to cities nearby. This architectural achievement allowed for these civilizations to have many advantages that their predecessors were not able to enjoy. From this availability of water came many luxuries that today we take for granted. The first cooling systems were water based and would not have been possible if not for the Roman's ideas about the transport of water. During the summer months the pools of water, which were also aesthetically pleasing, would allow spaces to be cooler by a process called evaporative cooling. Several newer buildings such as Norman Foster's Hearst tower in New York City have found modern ways of incorporating these ancient design principals. Examples on a smaller scale can be found in many European courtyards, as seen on the lower image to the right. The same problem still exists, the need to get water from a source to a place of need. Managing storm water runoff is a problem that still exists today. We have seen examples of how drainage from the hardscape (pavers, stone, granite, etc.) gets routed not to storm water drains, but to trees within the plaza spaces. Irrigation/ drainage canals, or runnels, are strategically placed to allow for maximum drainage potential for the space as well as maximum hydration potential for the plantings. Both of these examples have taught modern designers different ways of how to deal with water and how to route it to a specific destination. Many of the design ideas seen in these sustainable sites of the past are still being used today. It's interesting to me that it seems we are in a society that has rediscovered and glorified the use of these elements in new design. While this is not a negative happening, it should have never come to this point.
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