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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Robert Weaver, Florida, 1962
I had the opportunity to work with Brian Rea, Chris Suellentrop and the New York Times Opinion staff on a Robert Weaver Spring Training project that's running in today's paper. There's an online version that includes 15 images, all courtesy of the Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis. Enjoy.
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- bekbek said...
I just got done looking through the online version. Stunning. I've been to some spring training games in the past few years, and Weaver's drawings still "ring true" to my eye. Something in the palm trees peeking up over the tops of the advertisements, and the old guys with their "hard shoes" intent on the game is involved in our decision to move to Clearwater this summer. Very cool. Sounds like you get to work on some fun projects.
- February 24, 2008 at 6:58 AM
- David Apatoff said...
I stumbled across the drawings in this morning's NYT and immediately turned to your blog for the back story. Congratulations, DB-- it was wonderful to see these great drawings revived from the dead and displayed for such a large and influential audience. It is the best thing the NYT has done in a long time. I only hope their audience hasn't become numbed to real quality drawing.
Are there any other similar initiatives on the pipeline?
- February 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM
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- February 24, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- Ron Kaplan said...
I saw the piece in the paper, too, and came across your blog while looking for more info on Robert Weaver. Well done, DB, and congratulations.
- February 24, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Emmanuelle.Walker said...
This serie of drawing is amazing, your line is fabulous... it made my day!
- February 25, 2008 at 2:53 AM
- shawn said...
imagine my surprise 'pon turning to the back pg of the NYT yesterday - the power of the drawings left me breathless. looking forward to seeing more, and hoping that the rest of the sketchbook finds a publisher some day soon - thanks so much for sharing!
- February 25, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- Bill Koeb said...
You Rock, DB! Thanks for posting the images and info.
- February 25, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- Dan Z said...
What did the finished paintings look like?
Is this one of them?
- February 25, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- John Hendrix said...
Next Stop: A retrospective book of the Weaver archive. Please! Great work, finally saw the page.
- February 26, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- dbdtron said...
Excellent Douglas, nice to see touches of detail of that era--wingtip black and white shoes, etc.
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Last year's runners-up, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Los Angeles Lakers – who have acquired All Star centre Dwight Howard and former dual MVP Steve Nash – are the main challengers to LeBron James and the Heat.
Boomers guard Patty Mills is hopeful of seeing more action at San Antonio, another team in contention for the title, while Australian centre Andrew Bogut is close to making a return to the court with his new team, Golden State Warriors, after a lengthy rehabilitation period following ankle surgery.
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Golden State Warriors: Midway through last season, the Warriors decided to write off any chance of finals action by trading Monta Ellis to Milwaukee in return for the big man they have been missing for a long time, Andrew Bogut. The Boomers centre was nursing a broken ankle but after missing the Olympics and working feverishly on his rehab during an extended stint at home in Melbourne, Bogut is nearly ready to lead the Warriors onwards and most importantly, upwards. Ex-Hornets point guard Jarrett Jack is another major plus for the Warriors while there are high hopes for North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes, who was a gift for Golden State in the draft at No.7 when many experts tipped him to be taken much earlier.
Last season: 23-43
Gains: F Harrison Barnes (draft), C Festus Ezeli (draft), F Draymond Green (draft), C Ognjen Kuzmic (draft), G Jarrett Jack (Hornets), F Edin Bavcic (76ers), F Carl Landry (Hornets). Losses: F Dorell Wright (Warriors), G Nate Robinson (Bulls)
Los Angeles Clippers: Yes, it's true. The NBA's long-running easybeats made the play-offs last season and they did knock off Memphis before succumbing to San Antonio. Blake Griffin and Chris Paul have a year together under their belts and if their combination continues its upward trajectory, the Clippers could be heading higher than Griffin's vertical leap. Adding Jamal Crawford gives more scoring punch, Chauncey Billups is virtually a new recruit after missing most of his first season at the Clippers with an Achilles injury while fellow veterans Grant Hill and Lamar Odom add plenty of depth and experience.
Last season: 40-26 (2nd round play-offs)
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|Gradoni di Chiaia, 80132 Napoli, İtalya
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The apartment have a sofa bed, kitchen and bathroom.
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Naples is a city visited, not only in its own right but also as a starting point for other nearby destinations such as Pompeii, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the islands of Capri and Ischia and the Amalfi Coast. The capital campaign also has a large artistic and architectural heritage, which since 1990 has been relaunched with activities such as May of Monuments and be declared part of World Heritage in 1995.
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Great host and great central location, but the 5 flights of stairs can get tiring if you want to come and go from the apartment throughout the day. The shower stall doesn't drain very well, but everything else was great. We had issues with mosquitos so make sure to close your windows at night. Rossella was quick with communications and was always ready to help. There's a hair dryer provided, but no toiletries. Overall, pleasant stay, despite the area.
Excellent position really close to everything, nice reception by Rossella, 101 steep steps make you plan your going and coming carefully, bare kitchen with only 1 pit and no coffeemaker, not so powerful shower. Noisy (like all of Naples) from 7 to 7. Good value for money.
We had a really nice stay. Location couldn't be better. Rooms are clean and spacious enough. We slept good. Rossella and family are very friendly and always helpful. They gave good advise and knew a lot about the city. We really recommend this place!
This apartment is Centrale is Naples, it is located in a quit building on the 5th floor. this building has no lift so you have to use the stairs . We had a nice time in this apartment and it was a clean and safe place. you have to leave the appartement on 10 Am which I think is early I was use to 12 O'clock and no lift was a neg point . Rossella is very nice person and helpful, she helped us for finding a safe parking with special discount. Rossela thanks for every thing
This is not a room in an apartment. It is a studio apartment.
It is very well located in the heart of NAples just behind the sea and the departments stores (Gucci, Prada...)
It is also near the market. As there is no supermarket in the city centre of Naples, this is very helpful.
The only weakness we had was the internet connection but Rossella just came in with a solution :)
We had a very good moment there!
We had a very good time in Rossella's nice appartment in the middle of Napoli. Everything is very close, especially the sea. Thanks!
This is a lovely classic European-style studio. It's very clean and comfortable for two people, and in a safe but still interesting area in Naples. There is excellent pizza down the street at Rosati's. Rossella and her family live downstairs and can easily be reached with any problems or questions. Expect stairs, and late risers should note that (in Sept. 2012) there was some construction on the roof which may prevent a lie in on weekdays.
e un appartamento molto bello con un balcone piccolo . l´appartamento molto pulito e é bene in assetto, grazie!!
Bel appartamento ben tenuto. Anche se aveva bisogno di delle pulizie di fondo a noi è andato benissimo. Lo sconsiglio per persone in sovrappeso per via del divano letto che scricchiola e per i molti scalini. Gentilissima Rossella, molto disponibile sia per il check-in che il check-out.
Io e il mio ragazzo abbiamo soggiornato per 6 notti nell'appartamento di Rossella. È centralissimo e comodo per raggiungere tutti i luoghi d'interesse della città. L'appartamento è comfortevole e adatto per una coppia. Elettrodomestici e piano cottura funzionano benissimo e grazie all'aria condizionata si sta molto bene. Rossella è stata carinissima. Ci ha aiutato con il trasporto delle valigie all'appartamento ed è stata veloce e disponibile nel rispondere ad ogni nostra domanda o esigenza. Esperienza estremamente positiva!
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The Holy Name of Jesus – God has a Face and a Name
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has taught us, in his many writings about the Holy Face, that the Hebrew term, "panim", which means "face" means to see The Face of God, or the presence of God. "Panim" is a term that describes relationships. The Hebrew word "shem" meaning "name" is also a term of relationship. God has a Face and a Name!
St. Therese and her family were some of the first to become members of the Confraternity of the Holy Face.
Here's and interesting note:
In 1885, a French father and his four daughters were among the first to join the Confraternity. The father's name was Mr. Louis Martin (now a Saint.) One of his daughters was name Marie Therese Martin, who came to be Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face.
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Water-extractable phosphorus (WEP) in livestock manure influences phosphorus (P) losses in runoff after manure has been land-applied. There is uncertainty however about how manure WEP should be determined. We evaluated relationships between various methods to determine manure WEP and dissolved reactive P (DRP) in runoff. Manure WEP concentrations determined by a 1:1000 extraction ratio provided the best prediction of DRP concentration in spring runoff. Manure WEP application rate rather than concentration provided the best prediction of DRP in fall runoff. With dairy manure, drying and grinding before WEP analysis decreased WEP concentrations. With poultry manure, drying and grinding before WEP analysis increased WEP. Regulatory agencies, labs, and researchers can use this information to standardize procedures for determining manure WEP, and this should improve our abilities to predict P losses in runoff after manure has been land-applied.
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* Center Cam Holland and strong safety Jonathan Smith both practiced this week and are expected to play on Saturday, according to Withers. That's a critical development for a North Carolina squad that could use an injection of senior leadership and experience.
Holland, a senior hailing from Pittsburgh, Pa., sat out the past two games due to back soreness. The 6-foot-2, 320-pounder was named a team captain for the offensive side of the ball prior to the start of the season. Red-shirt freshman Russell Bodine has started the last two games in his place.
Holland's 25 career starts is tied with linebacker Kevin Reddick for third-most on the team.
Smith, a fifth-year senior out of Durham, N.C., has missed three games this season due to a lingering ankle injury.
* Senior linebacker Ebele Okakpu's dismissal earlier this week opened up competition for his starting strongside linebacker position, but sophomore Darius Lipford has secured the job over freshman Travis Hughes this week during practice.
"I think Darius is the guy," Withers said. "He's played well for us when he's played, so we're looking forward to him being out there. And in the future, if Travis competes with him, then Travis will have that opportunity."
Withers provided some insight into both players during his radio show on Wednesday night.
"Darius and Travis are both young guys still learning the game, but very competitive," Withers said. "I always talk about guys that just have a sense of how to play the game. Those guys know about football. They understand keys, they understand reads. It doesn't take them a lot of reps. They can line up and play."
* North Carolina's lone fullback – senior Curtis Byrd – will be sidelined on Saturday due to a sprained knee. Withers indicated that senior H-back Christian Wilson has practiced at fullback in certain personnel packages.
* Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris learned his read-option spread offense from Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn while both men were still coaching high school football. The 42-year-old play-caller 's up-tempo approach is intent on running 80-85 plays per game, which limits a defense's ability to change strategy within specific series.
Withers has encountered numerous read-option offenses during his 24 years of coaching, but he told reporters on Thursday that Morris's scheme is different in one aspect.
"The multiple formations, the multiple motions that they give you out of it – that's probably the biggest thing," Withers said. "They spread you from sideline to sideline with it and they're able to get two, sometimes three guys in the backfield. So it's a little bit different than some [and] probably more motion and shifts than most that we see."
* North Carolina announced on Thursday that senior place kicker Casey Barth would seek a medical hardship waiver for the 2011 season after a groin injury has sidelined him for the rest of the year.
Barth first tweaked the muscle in training camp and then partially tore the muscle during the Virginia game on Sept. 17. A hematoma, a collection of blood outside of a blood vessel, formed at the injury location and expanded the muscle.
"That's the kind of thing we don't really know about," Barth said. "There's still something in there and they've just got to work it out. I tried kicking and it got sore again to where it was."
Aside from minor soreness, Barth said he only feels pain while kicking. He plans to continue with his current rehab process in order to return to full strength before spring practice.


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Gisele Dishes About Her Pregnancy: "I Did Kung Fu…And Gained Only 30 Pounds!"
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Gisele Bundchen is one hot mama! Just six weeks after giving birth to son Benjamin Rein with hubby Tom Brady, the supermodel posed for the cover of Vogue's April issue, and explained how she got her fabulous pre-body figure back so fast!
"I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week," Gisele, 29, dished to the fashion magazine. "I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds."
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text: Politics 5 March 2010 Why Falklands oil makes this an election worth losing (probably) And why Sunny Jim's 1979 defeat was doubly painful. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Perhaps everything will be paid for from Falklands oil, which, it is reported, could be worth £100bn in corporation taxes and royalties, with half going to Britain, half to the islanders. In the late 1970s, Jim Callaghan's Labour government lived in terror of losing the next election because, ministers thought, the Tories would get all the benefits from the newly discovered North Sea oil and stay in power for years. So it came to pass. One hopes Falklands oil doesn't work out the same way. It will take at least five years to come onstream, and so Labour's best plan is probably to lose this year's election, but to make bloody sure it wins the one after that. This item appears in this week's issue of the New Statesman. › The ghastliness of Carol Vorderman Peter Wilby was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996 and of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005. He writes the weekly First Thoughts column for the NS. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Jeremy Corbyn fares well in his toughest interview yet The 5 things the Tories aren't telling you about their manifesto Jeremy Corbyn's speech on terrorism will do him more good than harm


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WASHINGTON The Dietary Supplement Information Bureau, a division of the Natural Products Foundation, last week pointed to the plethora of positive news surrounding vitamin D as one of the more significant drivers in sales of vitamin D products.
"As we mentioned last year, the flood of positive literature surrounding vitamin D research has placed the supplement's popularity in a rapid ascendancy, and with good cause," the association stated.
The latest news about vitamin D research concerns vitamin D levels and young type 1 diabetics. Boston researchers have found that children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes have a very high rate of vitamin D deficiency; approximately 75% lack sufficient vitamin D levels. As a result, youths with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk for bone issues later in life, especially bone fractures. "To our surprise, we found extremely high rates of vitamin D inadequacy," stated senior researcher Dr. Lori Laffel of Harvard Medical School in Boston. "We didn't expect to find that only 24% of the study population would have adequate levels."
Research suggests that lowered levels of vitamin D may be inherent in type 1 diabetes, putting individuals at greater risk for bone-density loss. Elevated blood sugar, lowered calcium levels, and symptomatic inflammation are all thought to potentially contribute to the problem. As these are inherent difficulties of the condition, and because vitamin D is not naturally contained in most foods, the American Academy of Pediatrics and researchers have recommended that children and teenagers should take 400 International Units of vitamin D supplements each day, DSIB noted.


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In 2004, I sold my property to Homevestors. The property islocated at 9157Cloverlawn, Detroit, MI 48204. Prior to connecting with Homevestors, I lost both of my parents Bettye and Freddie, who were the original owners of the property, due to illness. They both died 5 months apart. Even though this tragedy impacted me severly, I still tried to hold on and stay at the house. I have lived in this home my whole life so I was determined to stay there.The next two years became unbearable and I had to make a change. I made plans to move to Georgia to start a new life. So I called Homevestors, because they stated that they offer money for ugly houses. I didn't have the money at the time to make necessary improvements to the house, so I thought maybe they could help me out. This was my first time every selling a house. I didn't realize that I was ripped off until I researched to see if the house was up for sale. Homevestors only offered me 30,000 for my home and they sold it for 82,000. I could understand if they made a 20,000 or even a 30,000 profit. They made a 52,000 dollar profit.(I didn't even get 30,000. After they deducted their fees, I left with 5,000 less than that). This let me know that they valued my home way less than what it was worth. I have been in Georgia since 2005. I just moved back in Michigan in Dec. 2010. Until I came to this website, I thought all was lost. I want people to know what they did was wrong. I want them to pay me what my house was really worth. I doubt that they put that much money into improvements. They tore down the garage and didn't even put up a new one. Let me know what I need to do to get justice against homevestors.
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I agree that you had a serious loss and you ended up selling your property. Yes, Homevestors paid 30K for your home but you said there were a few things wrong with the home. Your complaint however, does not mention that HomeVestors spent money to repair and renovate the home and sold it for profit which they are in business to do. So I'm not understanding why this complaint is considered a ripoff.
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On one hand, I feel for you. On the other hand, they're INVESTORS. They're in it to make a profit. They are not buying these houses to hold them and wait out the market, that's just not what they (or any of these home buyers) do.
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Effects of Hydrocortisone, Melatonin, and Placebo on Jet Lag
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This study will examine the effects of cortisol (hydrocortisone), melatonin, a combination of cortisol and melatonin, and placebo (an inactive substance) on jet lag symptoms. Jet lag is a term used to describe symptoms people commonly experience after rapid travel across several time zones. The cause of jet lag is not known, but various hormones, including cortisol and melatonin, have a day-to-night pattern of secretion and play a role in maintaining the body's internal rhythms. This study will test whether taking cortisol, melatonin, or both can help re-establish the body's day-night cycle and result in less jet lag.
People between 18 and 65 years of age who are planning a non-stop eastward flight with the following characteristics may be eligible for this study:
- Crossing six to eight time zones (6 to 8 hours difference between Eastern Standard Time and the destination)
- Destination between 30 and 50 latitudes (approximately Cairo to London)
- Evening flight (5 PM to midnight) with morning arrival
- Remaining abroad at least 4-10 days
Candidates must have a body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 30 kg/M (not too thin and not overweight) and must not be taking medicines that affect sleep or cortisol or melatonin levels. Prospective participants are screened with a medical history, blood tests, and check of blood pressure, height, and weight.
Pre-flight Procedures
Participants keep a sleep journal 3 days before the flight. For 1 day within 3 days of the flight they fill out jet lag and sleepiness questionnaires and collect morning and bedtime saliva samples for measurement of cortisol and melatonin. The saliva is collected by chewing on two small cotton pads and spitting them into a tube. Premenopausal women provide a urine sample the week before the flight to test for pregnancy. On the day of the flight, the participants do not collect saliva or fill out sleep logs or questionnaires. They are given two bottles with study medication. One bottle, labeled "AM," contains either hydrocortisone or placebo; the other, labeled "PM," contains either melatonin or placebo.
Post-flight Procedures
Upon arriving at their destination in the morning, participants obtain a saliva sample and take one of the capsules in the "AM" bottle. At bedtime, they collect saliva and then take one of the "PM" capsules. They repeat the medication doses for a total of 4 days and repeat the saliva collections on days 2 through 4, 7 and 10 after arrival. In addition, participants complete jet lag and sleep questionnaires in the morning, afternoon, and just before bedtime on the day of arrival and on days 2 through 4, 7 and 10.
After they return from their trip, participants are seen at the NIH Clinic to bring in their saliva specimens and review their questionnaires with study investigators.
Jet Lag Syndrome
Drug: Hydrocortisone
Other: Placebo
Drug: Hydrocortisone and Melatonin
Drug: Melatonin
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Participant, Care Provider, Investigator
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Hydrocortisone, Melatonin, and Placebo on Symptoms of Jet Lag
- Fatigue score
|Study Start Date:
|November 22, 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|November 14, 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 14, 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Hydrocortisone
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg hydrocortisone and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) theywill take placebo for four days.
Drug: Hydrocortisone
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg hydrocortisone (or placebo) and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they will take 5 mg of melatonin (or placebo) for four days.
Experimental: Melatonin
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg placebo and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they willtake 5 mg of melatonin for four days.
|Drug: Melatonin
Experimental: HC/Melatonin
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg hydrocortisone and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) theywill take 5 mg of melatonin for four days.
Drug: Hydrocortisone and Melatonin
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg hydrocortisone (or placebo) and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they will take 5 mg of melatonin (or placebo) for four days.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take placebo and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they will take placebo for four days.
Other: Placebo
Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers take 20 mg hydrocortisone (or placebo) and at the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they will take 5 mg of melatonin (or placebo) for four days.
Detailed Description:
Jet lag resulting from rapid flight across several time zones is a common complaint of travelers. The symptoms of jet lag are primarily described as daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and impaired mental efficiency and can also include weakness and irritability. It is considered to be due to the desynchronization between the internal circadian rhythm and the new local day-night cycle at the traveler's destination. A means of rapidly resynchronizing the circadian rhythm to the local time would benefit people who suffer severely from this syndrome.
What actually underlies jet lag is a question that has not been fully answered. Various endogenous hormones, including cortisol and melatonin, have a natural circadian rhythmicity and play a role in maintaining the body's internal clock. Cortisol is produced by the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis in a circadian manner and in response to stress. Normal cortisol has a diurnal rhythm with a maximum level in the morning and a nadir during the night. While a time shift does not change the total daily amount of cortisol that is secreted, the temporal organization of the cortisol secretions is disrupted and the circadian rhythm does not re-entrain for several days. Thus, the first few mornings in a new time zone can be considered relatively cortisol-deficient because the traveler does not experience the peak of cortisol at the time of awakening. Taking exogenous glucocorticoids at the proper time may help re-entrain the circadian rhythm faster and result in less jet lag.
Melatonin is a hormone that is secreted nocturnally by the pineal gland. Exposure to bright light diminishes its release while darkness triggers it. A recent meta-analysis has shown that taking melatonin can alleviate symptoms of jet lag.
The aim of the present study is an attempt for the first time to attenuate jet lag symptoms with hydrocortisone, melatonin, a combination of both hydrocortisone and melatonin or placebo.
Forty-eight normal volunteers will be randomized in blocks of eight to one of four treatment arms: hydrocortisone (25 mg) alone, melatonin (5 mg) alone, hydrocortisone (25 mg) and melatonin (5 mg) in combination, and placebo. Volunteers will travel in an eastwardly direction across 6-8 time zones. Upon morning arrival at the new destination, volunteers will obtain a saliva sample and then take 25 mg hydrocortisone (or placebo). At the target bedtime of (10 pm to midnight local time) they will take 5 mg of melatonin (or placebo). Volunteers will wake up at 7 am-10:30 am (local time) and take 25 mg hydrocortisone (or placebo). Subjects will repeat these dosages for 3 days for a total of four days. Participants also will obtain salivary samples of cortisol and melatonin on awakening and at bedtime on one day before travel and at the new destination for days 1 - 4, 7 and 10 after arrival. The primary outcome measure will be subjective rating of jet lag and components or correlates of this such as fatigue and daytime tiredness. Subjects will keep sleep logs and fill out a symptoms questionnaire daily for 3 days before and 4 days after the flight and on days 7 and 10. Secondary outcomes will be the measurement of salivary cortisol and melatonin. The data obtained from this study will provide an assessment of effective treatment of jet lag syndrome and will provide a better understanding of the role of hormones in the disruption of the circadian rhythm.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Age greater than or equal to 18, but less than or equal to 65, men or women.
- Normal blood pressure, BMI within 20-30 and normal laboratory results.
- Negative urinary pregnancy test 1 week prior to travel (pre-menopausal women).
- Planned non-stop eastward flight crossing 6-8 time zones between 30n and 50n latitudes.
- A minimum stay of 4 - 10 days abroad.
- Willingness and anticipated ability to comply with study procedures, including sleep and wake hours, saliva collection and questionnaire completion.
- Written informed consent.
- BMI less than or equal to 20 or greater than or equal to 30 kg/m.
- Current psychiatric or seizure disorder.
- Current sleep disorder as assessed by presence of sleep apnea, daytime napping of more than 20 minutes, chronic fatigue.
- History of Cushing's syndrome.
- Serious chronic medical condition.
- Current drug or alcohol abuse.
- SGOT or SGPT greater than three-fold normal.
- Current pregnancy or lactation.
- Current use of CPAP.
- Chronic use of beta-blockers (which inhibit melatonin secretion), anti-epileptic agents, anticoagulants, fluvoxamine, nifedipine or soporific or sleep-inducing agents (including benzodiazepines, melatonin), or glucocorticoids (including nasal or inhaled steroids).
- Fasting blood glucose greater than 110 mg/dL or known diabetes.
- Exclusion of individuals who have not experienced jet lag on previous flights.
- Use of medications known to interact with melatonin or hydrocortisone.
- Use of prescription, over-the counter, or alternative medications known to cause sleep disturbances.
- Use of prescription, over-the counter, or alternative medications that commonly cause insomnia or excessive drowsiness.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00097474
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Lynnette K Nieman, M.D.
|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00097474 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 23, 2004
|Last Updated:
|April 20, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Body Clock
Healthy Volunteer
Jet Lag
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Jet Lag Syndrome
Chronobiology Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm
Sleep Wake Disorders
Mental Disorders
Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate
Cortisol succinate
Hydrocortisone acetate
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Central Nervous System Depressants
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
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I would be grateful for some help & advice with is this:
I've just got these wheels off a friend who's upgraded his TT wheels to something else.
They are 9J X 18 ET52 with 245/40/18 Pilot Sport's all round, however, when i've taken off my original wheels to 'offer' these up, they look to be fowling on the suspension arms etc.
As the tyre's are in quite good condition & decent brand I dont really fancy purchasing any new rubber unless its totally necessary (as you can imagine) however running 225 tyre's would help me with space am I correct in thinking this?
These are the wheels:
I really like them, and would like to run them on my Avant, its a 2.5TDi Quattro as above and its totally standard (at the minute, lol)
Whats the score with 'spacers' am I right in thinking something like 10mm up front & 15mm at the rear will help me with the clearance issues i'm having? & enable me to fit these wheels to my car?
I do understand that stepping tyre's down to 225's would help but due to the good condition of the tyre's on atm I would like to try and get some life out of them first and possibly try spacers?
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Charleen Pierce
She was born May 10, 1934 in Bend to Lavoy and Ruth (Ferris) Swanson. She was raised on a ranch near Ashwood and she attended The Dallas High School, graduating in 1952.
She attended one year of college at the Linfield College. She worked for the Dept. of Agriculture in the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service from 1954 to 1965 in Madras and Prineville. She also worked for the U.S. forest Service as a Fire Management Officer.
She moved to Prineville in 1959 and married Gary D. Pierce in 1960. They owned and operated Gary's Custom Butchering in Terrebonne from 1991 to 1998.
Mrs. Pierce was a member of the First Baptist Church in Prineville. She enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing, hunting, gardening, rock hunting and socializing.
She is survived by her husband Gary Pierce; sons, Donald Wayne Pierce of Glenallen, Alaska and Dale C. Pierce of Enterprise; sisters, Helen Lapp of Beaverton and Linda Bierly of Salem; four grandchildren and one niece and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents.
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Cited by People Magazine as one of the 'Top Ten most successful young people in Hollywood' and featured on the cover of Black Enterprises' 40 Under 40, 29-year-old Nick Cannon is a successful, multi-faceted entertainer: film star, comedian, musician, writer and executive producer of his very own hit TV shows.
A San Diego native, Cannon began performing at the age of eight after his grandfather left him several instruments as a gift. Through what Cannon recalls as "a lot of trial and failure," he recorded his first song at home on his boom box. Shortly after, Cannon took the stage to perform his music along with stand-up comedy.
Cannon headed for Hollywood at the age of 15 and landed gigs at world-renowned comedy venues including The Improv, The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. Cannon went on to share the stage with the likes of Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock before landing his first television gig as a stand-up audience warm-up for the long running Nickelodeon hit show "All That." Producers quickly recognized Cannon's calling was in front of the camera and he became a regular on the show, as well as a writer, making him the youngest staff writer in television history at the age of 17. This path culminated in the creation of "The Nick Cannon Show," where he starred, directed and executive produced, earning him his first Kids Choice Award.
Cannon's powerful stage presence captivated more than just pint-sized audiences. While he enjoyed tremendous success on Nickelodeon, Cannon's career catapulted onto the big screen in 2002. He made an appearance alongside Will Smith in "Men in Black II" before landing a leading role in the classic feature film "Drumline."
That same year he released his own self-titled debut album, and has collaborated with a host of other musicians, such as Kanye West, The Neptunes, Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith, R. Kelly and E-40 on soundtracks and other projects.
Cannon later lent his voice to the character of "Louis" in "Garfield: The Movie," and starred in feature films such "Underclassman" which he also executive produced, "Shall We Dance" and "Roll Bounce." In 2005, MTV debuted "Nick Cannon Presents Wild N Out," an improve comedy show with musical performances that Cannon created, produced and hosted which eventually became one of MTV's highest rated shows in the network's history, airing new episodes for four consecutive seasons.
In the fall of 2006, Cannon was featured in the Emilio Estevez written and directed film "Bobby," a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Cannon shared the screen with stars such as Harry Belafonte, Demi Moore, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone among many others. His performance earned him a 2007 SAG nomination for "Outstanding Performance" in addition to becoming the first African American Actor in history to be honored at the world renowned Cannes Film Festival with the "Breakthrough Actor of the Year" award.
In 2008, Nick hosted the Teen Choice Awards, and most recently was the host/DJ for ABC's highly successful Presidential Inaugural Neighborhood Ball.
Cannon's other film credits include Sundance Film Festival featured films "Weapons," "American Son," and his most recent role in the psychological thriller, "The Killing Room." He now has his own multi-media company called NCredible Entertainment, which has several TV shows and films in development. In addition to the launch of his new company, Cannon hosts a weekly morning radio show "Rollin' with Nick Cannon" on CBS Radio's Hot 92.3 in New York.


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It was a sad end to the tournament for the Danes, who could not muster a response to a superior German outfit and must now book a flight home.
Joachim Low's men have progressed as winner of Group B, whose other representative in the last eight will be Portugal, which defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the concurrent fixture in Kharkiv.
Lukas Podolski marked his 100th cap with the opener after 19 minutes, but Denmark hit back within moments, Michael Krohn-Dehli nodding home from close range to send the match into the break all square.
A lackluster second half saw neither side in any hurry to snatch the initiative, but Lars Bender settled matters with the winner in the 81st minute to send the Germans into the next round with victory in all three group games.
Both coaches were forced into one change to their starting lineups, with Bender replacing the suspended Jerome Boateng for Germany, while Dennis Rommedahl's injury saw Jakob Poulsen begin for Denmark.
Joachim Low's men raced out of the blocks, and saw two chances go begging early, both at the feet of Thomas Muller.
The Bayern Munich man's indifferent form in front of goal continued, first firing over the bar from 15 yards out before somehow failing to put away Podolski's cross from point blank range.
However, Muller would make his presence felt in other ways, as his low cutback was touched by Mario Gomez into the path of Podolski, who smashed home to give Germany the lead after 19 minutes.
But Denmark would respond within minutes. Lars Jacobsen's deep corner was powered towards goal by Nicklas Bendtner, where Krohn-Dehli was waiting to head home the equalizer.
The match remained finely poised as the half wore on, though Germany's greater enterprise in the attacking third meant that it always appeared the more likely to score again.
Podolski crashed a 20-yard free kick inches over the bar before Sami Khedira poked inches wide after attacking his own blocked shot.
Gomez's poor control deep inside the area a minute before the interval spurned what should have been a clear cut opening, the ball instead smothered under the frame of Stephan Andersen.
Denmark had managed to escape the first half on terms, and then saw a fantastic opportunity to take the lead slip from its grasp five minutes after the restart.
Simon Poulsen's pace on the left saw him slide towards Bendtner, who in turn teed up Jakob Poulsen in close, but the Midtjylland midfielder could only brush his shot off the outside of post.
However, the second half saw the match settle into lull, with both sides alternating spells of possession without really displaying a cutting edge.
Substitute Andre Schurrle attempted to break the monotony just past the hour mark after sneaking in on the left flank, but his poke at goal was parried comfortably by Andersen.
Manuel Neuer then caused a few German hearts to flutter with a fumbling piece of handling on a seemingly routine effort from distance by Niki Zimling.
But chances remained hard to come by, with Germany perhaps secure in the knowledge that a draw would take it through as group winner.
That permutation would be confirmed with nine minutes to go, as Bender was quickest to react to Mesut Ozil's pass, to slot the Germans into the lead for good.
Bendtner sent a late header over the bar, but there was to be no recovery for Denmark whose exit from the tournament was confirmed with the news of Cristiano Ronaldo's late winner against Netherlands.Follow GOAL.COM USA on


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She wants dreamboots--not dreamboat
By Charlie Ganong
In case you haven't noticed, a new fashion craze has clomped onto the scene. I'm speaking, of course, about women's boots. Today nearly every gal you see in West Seattle, Westwood Village or Burien is either a.) tightly encased in a pair of calf-hugging boots, b.) on a mission to buy (more) boots, or c.) distraught because her outfit clashes with her boots du jour.
I don't know how this craze got started or where it is headed. I only know that my spouse, BusyBee (last seen fashioning Bee Houses, Birdbaths and a bazillion other homespun creations), as desperately as she pines to clamber aboard the Boot-mobile, has resigned herself to the harsh reality that, due to the vagaries of anatomy, she simply cannot wear boots.
It's not for lack of effort (or footwork.) Lord knows she has dragged me through every shoe store around in search of the "Golden Calf"--that pair of boots that have the perfect look, feel and fit. "Well, how about this pair?" I say, tentatively waving before her, hoping beyond hope, what look like suitable contenders for the princess's magic slippers.
"No, not those!" she says, hurriedly trying on and discarding what look like a perfectly good pair to me. "Those will never work. Don't you know anything?! Let's go!" And off we march to the next store, a mountain of overturned shoe boxes, bewildered clerks and dashed dreams tottering in our frenzied wake.
Still, I, like a would-be prince looking for the foot that fits the glass slipper, keep hoping that somehow, somewhere, she will find her dream boots. It must be a powerful subconscious urge--fanned by the flames of crafty advertising--this desire of millions of modern-day women to sheath themselves in knee-high footwear. Or else it's a bout of nostalgia from the sixties, which started it all, giving birth to the wildly popular Go-Go Boot, its masculine equivalent, the Beatle Boot, and, of course, the official theme song and marching tune of Bootville, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', by Nancy Sinatra.
In any event, I hope that BusyBee continues to graciously tolerate my ineptitude in trying to help her find her dream boots. Someday we'll find a pair with just the right mix of buttons, zippers, shape, color, style, and, most importantly, pizzazz. And when she finally dons those magic boots: music will start to play, light will shine down from above, the waters will part, and she will step briskly and elegantly onto the sidewalk, dazzling and electrifying the streets of Burien--or wherever she chooses to wear her dream boots.
Just be sure not to get in her way--she might be headed for a shoe store near you.
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text: Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan, 1965, 161 min.). Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish, widescreen production drew extensively on Kobayashi's own training as a student of painting and fine arts.


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[Exclusive Interview] Actor Ahn Jae Min Apologizes for Speaking Up in T-ara Issue
Actor Ahn Jae Min, who got mixed up in the complications surrounding T-ara with a tweet supposedly taking sides with T-ara member Eun Jung, opened up on his thoughts behind the tweet for the first time.
Ahn Jae Min said in a phone call with enews on August 3, "Eun Jung is like a little sister and she's a junior I care for. I was so worried and anxious about the T-ara incident and I tried to call her, but her phone number had changed. That's why I left the tweet, but…."
On August 1, Ahn Jae Min came under fire for tweeting, 'The Eun Jung I know is very pure. She's lonely, and she has a personality that isn't like a celebrity's.'
He added for Eun Jung, 'You're probably having a hard time now. I hope you stay strong, and I pray it'll become better with time. I love you, little sister.'
Netizens didn't let the tweet go unnoticed, as they told him he had been rash to express his support for Eun Jung openly in such a time. Later on, the actor apologized through another tweet.
Ahn Jae Min explained, "I first got to know Eun Jung when I was 17 or 18 years old, when the two of us were working as extras. She then became my junior in college, and I think fondly of her because we were together during the hard times in our lives."
"I wasn't trying to take sides with Eun Jung; I was expressing my sorrow at the incident," he added. "I left the post to mean that both sides will be very sad. I'm sorry it became a text that supports one side in the issue."
He finished, "I'm an actor that's practically unknown. I was so surprised that a post I left about my personal emotions made it into newspaper headlines. I believe I should've tried to find other ways of contacting Eun Jung even though I couldn't reach her. I want to apologize for being so rash."
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Twa Is Carrying Some Heavy Baggage
It's hard to envy Trans World Airlines Inc. CEO Gerald L. Gitner. Even before he assumed the top job permanently on Feb. 12, after acting as chief since December, the airline's largest union was calling for his resignation. While every other major airline posted hefty profits in 1996, TWA lost $259 million on revenues of $3.6 billion. And on Mar. 25, TWA's auditors expressed doubts about the airline's ability to continue as a going concern.
Gitner, a longtime board member who retains his job as head of investment banking firm Avalon Group Ltd., acts as if it's no big deal: "It goes with the territory. Nobody ever said it was going to be easy." True enough, but Gitner, 51, may find the job even more daunting than did the three CEOs who have come and gone since a bankruptcy ended raider Carl Icahn's ownership in 1993.
This CEO faces problems that his predecessors didn't. Employee unity--which kept the St. Louis-based airline alive through two bankruptcies and last summer's Flight 800 tragedy--is crumbling. Workers have gone without raises for a decade, and now, two major unions are in opposite camps: pro- and anti-Gitner. "They can't fight an internal battle and a battle for survival at the same time," predicts Michael J. Boyd, president of Aviation Systems Research Corp. in Golden, Colo.
TWA has almost no margin for error. Its cash position has shrunk to a meager $182 million, down from $304 million a year ago. Costs for maintenance are soaring. And while airline travel overall is up, consumers are still spooked by the as-yet-unexplained TWA crash off Long Island. The airline's passenger revenue declined by 1% in the fourth quarter, to $687 million. What's more, TWA's union contracts come up for renewal in September. And employees, who have traded wage concessions for 30% of TWA's equity, are no longer willing to postpone meaningful raises.
Getting TWA's unions on his side may be Gitner's toughest problem. In early February, leaders of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) publicly labeled Gitner unqualified because he lacks operating experience, calling for him to step down. On Feb. 27, the IAM gained more leverage when it won a contentious election to represent TWA's 5,200 flight attendants. The machinists now represent 80% of TWA's workforce and have three board seats.
OUTSIDE INTEREST. The IAM has its own ideas about how to run the troubled airline. It has been trying to find an investor to buy TWA and bring in new management. In December, when Gitner became acting CEO, IAM members flooded TWA's board with thousands of faxes urging that the top job go to Jonathan Ornstein, the head of Brussels-based Virgin Express. Ornstein, who has ties to the David Bonderman investor group, which controls Continental Airlines Inc., had approached the IAM with a reported $150 million proposal to recapitalize TWA. "TWA is a very interesting situation, and with the right ingredients, it could be fixed," says Ornstein. Says William L. Scheri, the IAM's airline vice-president: "We're always interested in people who want to bring money into TWA and turn around the airline."
While the Ornstein deal never resulted in a concrete offer, it caused a rift with the TWA pilots, who back Gitner. "My money is on Gerry Gitner at the moment," says Don Jacobs, head of TWA's Air Line Pilots Assn. The investors who are flirting with the IAM are "vulture capitalists," he says, who want to buy TWA for almost nothing. Gitner says he takes the IAM's moves philosophically: "I can't stop it, so I can't let it bother me."
Meanwhile, Gitner is doing what he can to smooth things over. On Mar. 20, he flew to Washington for a meeting he requested with Scheri, which Gitner says was at least cordial. And Gitner is visiting TWA's bases around the country to meet with rank-and-file workers.
Airline experts have been predicting TWA's demise for years. And '97 looks like another touch-and-go year. The latest snag: That alarming auditors' report could halt a $50 million private placement TWA has in the market. Still, Gitner insists the downsizing is over for now. And given forecasts of a strong summer travel season, TWA could rebound in '97--if employees stay on board.


text: Cowboys Draft '12: It's Christmas on Earth Eve Posted by Rafael at Wednesday, April 25, 2012 DeCastro: solidly in play. The latest. Today, take these rumors with a double-dose of salt: -- Let's begin with Dallas, where the short, list, to nobody's surprise, is apparently: •Mark Barron •David DeCastro •Michael Brockers http://www.cowboysnation.com/2012/04/cowboys-draft-12-its-christmas-on-earth.html in that order, or so I've been led to believe. Fletcher Cox's name would be there, but the assumption is that he won't get past Carolina at 9. -- Barron may not last until pick 14. We've heard rumors all week that teams behind Dallas might deal ahead of the Cowboys to pick Barron. Today, Buffalo is in the mix at pick 10, though there are varying opinions on this rumor. Check the Twitter box on the right and you'll see one draftnik who thinks Buffalo is bluffing, perhaps trying to get one of the Barron-leapers to deal up with them instead of with Arizona.


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Vitell Communications LLC is a National Contractor for Cable Company who I do not wish to add there name. My complaint has nothing to do with Our local Cable company who contracts the work too Vitell who then provides the contractors with the work. This company works out of Baltimore City. The whole project is over seen by a very racist man name Thomas Scovins.
This company is the worst of them all. When I was hired on. I was told I would be paid a hourly rate of minium wage and a piece rate for all completed jobs. Well this is not true. They make you clock in and out each day. When ever you get your paystubs your hourly rate is different every week and the hours are never correct. So they basically make it look like your being paid hourly on paper to avoid overtime lawsuits. The only thing you are paid for is the work you complete. When I recieved my first pay check they had deducted health insurance beneifits from my check. Well I never signed up and wasnt even eligible for another 90 days. I spoke with them several times to get my money back . Thomas Scovins is the Big Cheese in charge. He is very ignorant and would threaten my job when I started to question my pay checks. He would tell me that Im lucky to even have a job and that he knows the laws and can deduct what ever he wanted .I was a w2 employee. So I thought w2 employees couldn't be back charged for damage claims. They kept emailing me for weeks telling me there deducting almost 500 out of my checks for a damage claim. Ofcourse me being me I questioned them about it and was asking them why they don't put down on my paystub that they deducted money from my check and why wont they give me a list of all the jobs I was paid for. So that way Ill know for sure if I wasn't paid for a job I completed. They kept blowing me off to the point I just gave up asking. It wasn't long after Thomas Scovins then started a rumor about me. Which he humiliated me very bad. He had told all the supervisor that I took a crap on the bathroom floor and rubbed it on the walls. He tried to say they had me on camera. Which is not true, I would never do such a thing. I demanded too see this so called video they had. Which they did not have because I didn't do it. I really do belive Thomas is very racist. He runs every caucasion techs out of there . He treats you like crap , verbally abuses you and makes you feel like a piece of sh** just to so you will quit.If anyone does an investigation on every caucasion tech that has ever worked under Thomas Scovins. I guarentee they would all say the same stuff Im writing now. This guy is just straight evil. He would harrass me every day . Scream at me very loudly in front of the techs and supervisors. He would even sabatage my routes and equipment. I found it to be strange that every single one of my boxes and modems were all bad. What are the chances of that ? Every day I would drive 40 mins to get too work. a few days a week they wouldn't even route me , so I would just have to turn around go home. I explained to them I can't afford to keep driving too work and not be giving any work. He would do it on purpose and said that I would lose my job if I didn't not show up. It wasn't long after I started there that I was approached by one of the Dispatchers who said to me . Do You like your first weeks pay check , nothing but triple plays all day everyday. I said hell yeah keep feeding me the work. He then said in order for me to keep making that kind of money that I needed to start tipping the dispatchers and the lady who does the routing every morning. I told him no Im not tipping anyone .My first week there I made 1600 in one week. I never hit them numbers again. You will see a huge pay cut on each pay stub. Anyway after I told him no, Everytime I would call in to the dispatch to add the equipment to there account and too have them send a signal to the boxes. They would not answer my calls. They would pick the phone up and just hang up and would verbally abuse me on the phone. They would lie and say the sent signals to my boxes but they didn't. I would sit at the customers house for long periods of times just waiting on them to send a signal to my box. I made several complaints too Thomas Scovins and my team supervisor Phillip Tapper. I still have all the text messages of me doing so. It was getting so bad that I would have too leave the customers houses with out the boxes even working. I was honest with them and told them up front . Theres nothing I can do for you . Im sorry but the dispatchers keep hanging up on me and playing games on the phone. This company would also route me in the worst parts of West Baltimore City. It got to the point where they wouldnt give me enough work . I would sit on the side of the road for 3 or 4 hours waiting on my pm job too get home. They would do this on purpose . Ive even had a police officer tell me . Man your boss doesn't like you. I said whys that ? He said you shouldn't be routed by your self in this area. Its not safe. I would call and complain and I could hear them laughing in the background and trying to cover the phone up so I didnt hear them. They would even call me and tell me they had add ons and I would drive how ever many miles the jobs were and the job has already been completed by another tech or the customer would say they had cancled there appointment. So It got to the point that I wouldnt take a add on unless I spoke with the customer before I even attempted to drive to there house. So then they would make up a fake address and when I would call them before I drove there . It would be one of the dispatchers using there cell phone acting like the customer . Of course when I get too the customers house and knock on the door. They would say they never had an appointment. There is also alot of drug use in this company and the supervisors know about it. A few of the supervisor smell like pot. Most of the techs smoke pot in the company vehicles and they smell so bad when they come into work in the morining or at the end of the day to turn in there equipment. Thomas Scovins know about the drug use with the techs. He would walk by them in the morning and say sir you stink go clean your self up and use some visine. I guarentee that if The local cable company went in and performed there own drug test . They would be shocked when they got the results. That kind of stuff is just not right. You cant have techs installing cable and climbing telephone poles high on Pot.
I tried so hard to overlook all the abuse cause I really needed the money, and sadly Vitell is the only contractor in my area. I even sat down with Thomas Scovins and Phillip Tapper . I tried to reason with them both many times and explain to them how I was being treated by the Dispatchers and them as well.
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Extra Credit-Feb. 4
The University of Minnesota-Duluth's fall dean's list is as follows: Rachel Weber, Backus; Dustin Aune, Kelsey Herboldt, Alexie Larson, Chelsie Manton, Jessica Schulke, Paige Sieckert and Katelyn Supinski, Baxter; Michael Hallgren, Sorina Larson, Kayla Mudgett, Kayla Nelson and Nicholas Rardin, Brainerd; Taylor White, Breezy Point; Patricia Oyaas, Joseph Swanson and Angela Villella, Crosslake; Lance Zetah, East Gull Lake; Trevor Killeaney, Fort Ripley; Katie Boser, Maria Doroff, Jennifer Mielke, Kaitlin Norwood and Julia Ploof, Little Falls; Luke Swanson, Merrifield; David Hillstrom and Lisa Hunt, Nisswa; Samuel Headlee, Justin Kostecka, Kurtis Moody and Michael Ward, Pequot Lakes; Nathan Welle and Louis Wimmer, Pierz; Cheryl Wulff, Pillager; Nikki Neumann, Pine River; Anthony Duhn, Staples; Sean Breid, Andrew Jacinto and Mathew Jacinto, Wadena; Jay Estabrooks and Zachary Grimley, Walker.
Hallie Olsen, Staples, is an active member of the Campus Activities Board (CAB) at Bemidji State University. The board allows students from various backgrounds to plan dances, concerts, coffeehouses, Homecoming, trips, special events, along with other activities directed toward advancing the quality of campus life.
Thomas LaLond, Aitkin, is a member of the Young Life College student organization on the Bemidji State University campus. Young Life is a student group on campus that introduces a fun and friendly place for students to be introduced to God. As a student collective, the Young Life members will be taking several trips during the 2012-13 academic year including a trip to Detroit Lakes for camp and a snowboarding trip to Montana.
The following area students have been named to the University of Minnesota, Morris dean's list for the fall 2012 semester: Anastasia Buscher, Merrifield; Allison Chock, Little Falls; Kayla Kraemer, Brainerd; Luke Leblanc, Emily Spofford and Derek Toso, Little Falls; Dani Schmitz, Wadena; and Kaitlyn Steward, Ironton.
Nathan Henningson, son of Paul and Bonnie Henningson, Baxter, made the dean's list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse College of Science and Health.


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Elizabeth Gordon joins White Center's NHUAC
The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council - a White Center community group – took a few minutes to hear from, vote for, and welcome their newest member on Sept. 5: Elizabeth Gordon, co-owner of Uncle Mike's Superlicious BBQ restaurant in White Center.
NHUAC President Barbara Dobkin decided to cut through the red tape at the meeting's onset, foregoing bylaws that would make the process of bringing their new member on a lengthier ordeal, and Gordon was allowed to explain her interest in joining the group.
"I would say that one of our (speaking for her husband and co-owner Mike Gordon) big interests is the well-being of the community all together and how it is progressing and developing, and barriers to it becoming a stronger community," Gordon said.
"The first time I came to a NHUAC meeting it seemed like this was one place where concerns could be voiced and there was some access to county government without having to go to Seattle."
"I personally think she'll just be a great addition to our council," Dobkin said before putting Gordon's board inclusion to a vote. NHUAC unanimously accepted her.
"So you can come right up!" Dobkin exclaimed to a round of applause, and with that Elizabeth Gordon took her seat with the council.
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Obama: Win = Mandate to Raise Taxes
posted at 5:56 pm on October 29, 2012 by Guy Benson
Via NRO, from Morning Joe:
"If I've won, then I believe that's a mandate for [purportedly reducing the deficit] in a balanced way. We've already made a trillion dollars' worth of cuts. We can do some more cuts. We can look at how we deal with the healthcare costs, in particular under Medicare and Medicaid in a serious way. But we are going to also need some revenue."
He doesn't use the word "taxes," natch, opting instead for the now-familiar platitudes of "balance" and "revenues" — but his message is unmistakable. If the president wins re-election, he believes he'll have the winds of public opinion at his back to hike taxes on nearly a million small businesses, resulting in an estimated loss of 700,000 American jobs. Just what the doctor ordered for this economy, yes sir. He also mentions in passing that perhaps he'll "look at" entitlement fixes in a second term. A sense of what that plan might might look like certainly would be helpful to voters. Alas, those details didn't make the glossy brochure.
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Sony Pictures Classics is bumping up the Richard Linklater relationship sequel after a fruitful two month run. The pic has taken in $7.7M domestic and $10.6M globally so far, besting box office grosses for predecessors Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Before Midnight stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (who also both co-wrote) reprising their characters nearly twenty years after their first all-nighter meet cute. After an initial expansion that hit nearly 900 screens in May, Before Midnight's screen count decreased to 78 theaters by last week. Today SPC announced it's once again expanding the pic's run, this time to 226 screens. Meanwhile SPC's other critical darling, Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, is primed for a screen boost following its stellar debut last week. The film gave Allen the best per-screen average of the year and is generating Oscar buzz for star Cate Blanchett.
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Best film of the year, by far.
Nope. That would be Mud.
If you are talking about BLUE JASMINE, then yes, I totally agree.
Really liked BEFORE MIDNIGHT too, but BLUE JASMINE blew me away. One of Woody's best.
The article headline made wonder why we don't have a prequel to Midnight Run.
Before Midnight is my favorite film of the year so far. I hope the Academy doesn't forget it come Oscar time.
I agree, Chad. The film was stellar.


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"Look - this is a philosophical difference some of us have in this party. I want to drive this party to a place we can win, not only in this election but the elections of 2006 and 2008. I'm tired of losing."
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"To a group of 25-year-olds here for a bachelor party, it'll conjure up a sense of naughtiness, escape and a secret-keeping thing. But to a 75-year-old couple from Des Moines, it'll be violating their low-cholesterol order from their doctor, and having shrimp cocktail at 3 o'clock in the morning and not telling their kids about it."
"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven"
"It's people who come to Las Vegas for a bachelor party every two years, ... A pretty reasonable percentage are one-timers. We're identifying who has good potential. That's our job."