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Functional Assessment of the Older Patient With Cancer
Functional Assessment of the Older Patient With Cancer
Cancer is a disease associated with aging. As the population ages worldwide, the number of older adults with cancer is dramatically increasing. In both the geriatric and oncology literature, an individual's functional status is one of the strongest predictors of overall survival and resource requirement. However, the measures traditionally used in oncology practice to assess functional status in patients of all ages—and to determine the course of treatment—do not identify the subtle degrees of functional impairment that predict morbidity and mortality in the geriatric population. This article describes the tools used by geriatricians to assess physical function, and outlines their prognostic significance for the patient with cancer. Including these tools in daily oncology practice could help physicians to better assess and treat vulnerable older adults.
The population of the United States and other industrialized nations is aging rapidly. The increased life span allows for longer exposure to carcinogens and the accumulation of genetic alterations. Thus, the incidence of cancer is increasing along with the aging of the population. Patients aged ≥ 65 years account for approximately 60% of new cancer cases and 70% of all cancer mortality annually.[1]
Health and functional ability vary more in older adults than in younger patients. Even without the presence of actual disease, aging itself causes gradual, progressive loss in the biologic reserve necessary for the body to maintain physiologic homeostasis under stress, a phenomenon called "homeostenosis." Even in healthy and highly functioning older adults, there is some degree of loss in the ability to tolerate stress. In addition, many older adults have one or more chronic medical conditions, which further decrease their organs' reserve and ability to respond to stress. Over time, increasing homeostenosis contributes to a gradual but progressive decline in the ability to function in the environment and to tolerate illness and disease.
In the general geriatric population, functional status and level of dependency have been found to predict survival.[2] For the older adult with cancer, then, the oncologist must be able to stage not only the cancer but also consider how a patient's functional status may affect the ability to tolerate and respond to treatment.[3] To accommodate this variable homeostenosis in older patients with cancer and increase their chances for survival, treatment plans need to be more individualized than for the younger population.
Many oncologists use the Karnofsky performance status score (KPS) or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale to assess a patient's ability to perform daily tasks. However, with older patients, these scales often miss subtle degrees of functional impairment.[4] While about 80% of older adults with cancer have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 at the time of diagnosis, more than 50% of these patients require assistance with instrumental activities of daily living such as driving, shopping, and managing finances.[5] This functional dependence can have a negative impact on treatment tolerance and survival.[6] For the older adult with cancer, a broader assessment of function is needed.
Geriatricians use standardized assessment tools to distinguish clinical functional age from chronologic age; this is referred to as a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). In the older adult with cancer, the goal of such an assessment would be to identify subtle functional issues that might contribute to morbidity and mortality independent of cancer therapy.
This article identifies some of the tools utilized by geriatricians in assessing the functional status of older adults. We also review the literature that supports the validity of these tools in the general geriatric population and, if available, in the geriatric oncology population. With these tools, oncologists could identify problems that, if modified, would potentially improve the older adult's ability to tolerate treatment.
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Measures for Assessing Physical Function in the Geriatric Population
Self-Report Tools
Domains Assessed
Predicted Clinical Outcome
Telephone use, transportation, shopping, meal preparation, housework, taking medications, handling finances
Impairment in < 1 increases the odds of nursing home placement or mortality 7-fold at 6 yr of follow-up.[8]
Ambulation, bathing, dressing, toileting, transfer from bed to chair, continence, feeding
Impairment in 1 or 2 ADLs increases the odds of nursing home placement 10-fold or mortality 9-fold at 6 yr of follow-up.[8]
Stair climbing
Ability to climb flight of stairs
Having difficulty increases risk of mortality 3-fold at 2 yr.[64]
Ability to walk several blocks
Having difficulty increases risk of mortality 4-fold at 2 yr.[64]
Performance-Based Tools
Gait speed, 4 m
Decline of 0.1 m/s from baseline at 1 yr increases the 5-yr risk of mortality by 2.23 times.[17]
Gait speed, 400 m
Participants in the poorest quartile of functional capacity (> 362 s) had a 3-fold increased risk of death at 5 yr of follow-up compared with those in the best quartile (< 290 s).[65]
Get Up and Go test
Sit in a chair with arms folded across the chest, stand, walk forward 3 m, turn, walk back to chair, sit, all without using arms for support.
Subjects needing > 30 s were dependent in transfers and needed assistance to climb stairs.[15]
Walk 8 ft at usual walking speed, rise from straight chair 5 times as quickly as possible, side by side stand for 10 s, semitandem stand for 10 s, and full-tandem stand for 10 s.
Scores of 4–6 were 3.2–7.4 times more likely to reflect ADL impairment; scores of 7–9 were 1.4–3.3 times more likely to reflect ADL impairment.[13] Those with decline of 1 point from baseline at 1 yr were 1.8 times more likely to die within 5 yr.[17]
ADLs = activities of daily living; IADLs = instrumental activities of daily living; m = meters; s = seconds; SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery.


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iHome iHM79 rechargeable portable speakers -- share the music
During his tenure as a Crutchfield staff writer, Marshall Chase wrote about home theater receivers, sound bars, and in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
When earbuds just won't do
There have been plenty of occasions when I've had something great to share on my MP3 player and I had to hand my earphones over to a friend. Other times there have been multiple people-buds around, so passing around the plugs for a listen just wasn't too practical.
I wished I had some other way to turn people on to the latest from the Flight of the Conchords. I just wanted to fulfill my fantasy of laying some funny or simply awesome new tunes down for people to enjoy without having to shlep around a boombox. The iHome iHM79 rechargeable portable speakers turned out to be an outstanding solution. They sounded great and slipped easily in the pocket of my backpack, my jacket, or most happily, a cargo pocket in my pants!
The iHM79 speakers are compact. They fit perfectly into the water bottle pocket of my backpack and came with a neat pouch that kept off the cookie crumbs. Strong magnets hold the speakers together therefore one must not let them mingle too close to certain sensitive items (debit cards, memory cards, laptop computers and such). The speakers extend and fold back in very easily with just a small turn.
No way speakers this size can sound good — can they?
Well, yes they can.
The iHM79 speakers begin at a height of 2-1/2" but have a built-in beveled extension to make them about 3" tall. This extension is not only in height but in sound. The seemingly slight difference in size extends the sonic reach of these speakers a bit further into the bass range. In fact in using these speakers I discovered that they are ideal both for sharing tunes with others in a small area, like around the desk at work before anyone complained, or on the night stand at home before anyone complained.
I had the iHM79 going at near-full blast with robust volume and clarity. I powered up Billy Joel's Waltz #1 (Nunely's Carousel). In this instrumental piece Joel demonstrates his amazing solo piano prowess and composition skills in a more classical mode.
I find piano to be an excellent test of any speaker because of the instrument's dynamic range. This particular piece is replete with sections where the piano keys are barely glanced and others where they take some hard hits. The iHM79 speakers had to deliver notes soft and hard with equal precision. They didn't flinch and I was frankly delighted. The expression of the artist came through clearly, and that's all I require of speakers.
The "steam roller"/charging test
The '79s have built-in batteries that recharge through a USB port in about 3-4 hours. I love not having to replace batteries. Note that the included USB cable is for charging only. For sound, you'll need to plug your MP3 player, or anything else you have with a headphone jack, into the system's mini-RCA cable (3.5mm connector). I got about 4-5 hours of play out of the speakers before I had to recharge them.
As the speakers recharged, I had James Taylor sing a few numbers for me. Before the speakers were fully charged, I tried an experiment. I unplugged the '79s from my computer's USB port, but didn't move the speakers. And I kept James Taylor playing. Charging or not there was absolutely no detectable change in volume or fidelity. Now it's possible that could occur if the speakers were a bit more discharged, but they were already running for ninety minutes when I tried. As far as their sound with JT, they were great, charging or not.
Initially, the speakers were cranked high enough for me to feel a slight vibration in my computer's keyboard. I had to drop the volume a bit because there was a small amount of distortion in the vocal. Although they sounded great in a normal room, the '79s performed well when it was especially quiet (like when my daughter wasn't home).
Speaking of my daughter, I played a little Matisyahu in her honor at a volume she would respect. The beginning of One Day had a bit of a buzz in it so again I turned the volume down to a listening level that a dad-pushing-50-but-not-wanting-to-appear-to-be-too-much-of-a-geezer could manage. There's a lot in the mix of a Matisyahu song that could get lost. I found the percussion dropped a little in prominence, but it was still clearly present. As with all of the music I ran through the speakers, you could hear the middle bass notes. But this system is not meant for the great "bass-heads" among us who crave frequencies loved by blue whales. The '79s are just a groovy way to bring tunes into whatever environment you choose.
How do they do on the grill?
This was probably the most important test of all. When I'm out at the barbecue I want to hear music. I have an average-sized deck and wanted to hear the iHM79's outdoors. Time for some classic Rolling Stones. With the speakers about 10 feet away, I could hear Mick's singing and Keith's guitar, but Charlie's drums and Bill's bass didn't make it to the grill very successfully.
Since an audio situation like that was nearly sacrilege, I put the lads on the grill's side panel and found we were all much happier. In fact, the magnetic bottoms were particularly useful since the speakers couldn't walk like they did on top of my dresser. I concluded that the '79's liked to be where the action is — outdoors. I could easily see them as an awesome personal system to enjoy while I lay in repose on the patio or at the beach. Best of all, at my favorite outdoor listening volume the Stones made it into the house where my wife actually was in repose, but it wasn't loud enough to bother her. I think we have a winner!
The bottom line
The iHM79 is one of the best personal speaker systems I've used. It sounds great, it's compact enough to take anywhere I take my backpack (which is nearly everywhere), it's rechargeable and it works with anything that sends sound out of a headphone jack. The iHome iHM79 rechargeable portable speakers are ideal for both young and young-at-heart people who want to share exciting listening with others, or simply to give their earbuds a rest.


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Junior guard Riley Grabau posted 17 points and junior forward Larry Nance Jr. chipped in 14 to guide the University of Wyoming men's basketball team to a thrilling 68-62 upset of No. 5 San Diego State on Tuesday night in the Arena-Auditorium. The Cowboys (15-9, 6-5 MW) earned their first upset of a top-five opponent since 1998, while breaking a 20-game winning streak for the Aztecs (21-2, 10-1 MW).
"I am so proud of the guys on this team," UW head coach Larry Shyatt said. "I told them after the Vegas game the other day that there may not be many people who will tell you the truth, but I'm going to tell you the truth, `You're a heck of a team. You compete. You've been in five last possession games this year, and won three of those. You're winners and somewhere there is a rainbow coming.' I didn't know it was coming tonight, but thank heaven it did."
The Pokes led by as many as 16 points midway through the second half, thanks to multiple dunks from Nance and fellow junior forward Derek Cooke Jr., but the Aztecs refused to go quietly. SDSU cut the lead to single digits with just over four minutes remaining and clawed within four points with 40 seconds left. A free throw from senior guard Nathan Sobey and one from redshirt senior guard Jerron Granberry would be the only points scored the rest of the game, as the Cowboys held the Aztecs off the scoreboard to pull the upset. Wyoming held SDSU to its third-lowest point total this season and is now one of only two schools (Wichita State) in the nation to not allow 75 points this season.
"I thought for the first three quarters of this game we had great poise on offense," Shyatt said. "We shifted the ball left, we shifted it right and we made them run around a little bit. To sum it up, I think we took a lot less risks tonight that San Diego State did. It ended up that San Diego State took a lot of risks on defense, but we were able to find open people -- sometimes on ugly possessions -- but we would find people open for a layup or a dunk."
Grabau's night came on 5-of-9 from the field and 3-of-6 from deep. He also went a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line, as he added four assists. He has now made three or more treys in five-straight games and 35-consecutive free throws dating back to Nov. 22. Nance Jr. contributed 14 points, six rebounds and three blocks, as he reached double figures for the 20th time this season. Redshirt junior guard Charles Hankerson Jr. and Sobey both added nine points apiece.
The Cowboys shot 58 percent (22-of-38) from the field for its 12th game this season over the 50-percent mark and added 42 percent (5-of-12) from deep. SDSU connected on 38 percent (22-of-58) and 24 percent (5-of-21), respectively. The Aztecs earned a big 38-25 advantage on the boards, including 21-4 in offensive boards, and 26-2 in second-chance points. Wyoming had 13 assists to seven for SDSU.
The Aztecs took an early lead thanks to a 1-of-7 start from the field for Wyoming and built the advantage to as many as seven in the first five minutes. A switch to a zone slowed down SDSU's offense and the Cowboys used a 6-0 spurt to tie the contest at 14-14 midway through the half. The Aztecs and Pokes would be tied three more times over the next six minutes, before the Cowboys closed the period on a 10-1 run to go into halftime up 32-23.
The Cowboys shot 52 percent (11-of-21) from the field in the first half and added 67 percent (4-of-6) beyond the arc, while holding the Aztecs to 29 percent (8-of-27) and just one make on seven three-point attempts. SDSU earned a 22-11 advantage on the boards, but trailed 6-1 in assists and committed 10 turnovers to just five for the Cowboys. Grabau had 13 points in the first half, thanks in part to three treys, while Nance added six points and two blocks.
The Cowboys started the second half with a nine-point advantage, but quickly built it to double digits thanks to back-to-back thunderous dunks from Cooke that Nance assisted on. The Aztecs briefly cut the lead to single digits midway through the half, but Wyoming pushed the lead back to 16, its largest of the game, with eight minutes to go to set up the stretch run.
Wyoming continues its season at San Jose State on Saturday at 3 p.m. MT.


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IL notes: Castellanos' whole new world04/29/2013 6:00 AM ET
By John Wagner / Special to MLB.com
Believe it or not, there still are questions surrounding Toledo outfielder Nick Castellanos.
The questions have nothing to do with the bat that has made him the top Tigers prospect, according to MLB.com. They deal mostly with his move from the infield to the outfield, which took place last season.
Castellanos said that position switch was one of the biggest challenges he has had to face since Detroit selected him with its top pick, a supplemental first-round choice, in 2010.
"It's not like I used to play outfield when I was little -- when I played my first game in the outfield for [Double-A] Erie, it was the first time I had ever played in the outfield in my life," he said. "I took an infield glove with me out there because I didn't feel comfortable using the big glove. I had never used one before.
Toledo manager Phil Nevin said he likes the work the 21-year-old has put into learning his new defensive position.
"It's a work in progress," said Nevin, who also moved from third base to the outfield during his pro career. "It's a different first-step reaction from third base to the outfield.
"When I made the move, the hardest thing for me was remaining focused, because you can get lost out there. You can go out there and find yourself counting grass blades. But he's doing fine with that part."
For Castellanos, his first taste of Triple-A pitching also has resulted in quick improvement.
The South Florida native started out slowly, striking out in six of his first eight at-bats. But in his last six games, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound Castellanos has gone 9-for-24 (.375) with three doubles and three home runs.
"He's an aggressive hitter," Nevin said. "He attacks right away. He hits the breaking ball well when pitchers throw it in the zone, and he has laid off when pitchers throw it out of the zone.
"He's gotten a lot better at not swinging at the balls outside the zone. I think his [strike-zone] discipline has been good."
After his slow start at the plate, Castellanos now has 20 whiffs in 95 at-bats spread over 24 games and also has drawn nine walks.
Though some may fret that Castellanos is "only" hitting .263 with three home runs in 10 RBIs so far, Nevin certainly isn't worried.
"He's just 20 years old," Nevin said. "He's still growing. He's going to be a big, physical guy. You may not see his power right now, but in my opinion, he's going to be a home run hitter in the big leagues.
"He's going to hit for average, but he's going to hit home runs too."
In brief
Strike force: The Durham pitching staff leads the circuit in strikeouts with 226 in 23 games, and it's easy to see why. The Bulls have four of the top five pitchers in the league strikeouts rankings. Right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi is second after fanning 30, while left-handed pitcher Alex Torres ranks third with 29 whiffs, one more than right-handed pitcher Chris Archer in fourth and two more than right-handed pitcher Alex Colome in fifth.
Not so fast: Charlotte infielder Carlos Sanchez won the Carolina League batting title with a .315 mark last season, then hit a scorching .370 in 30 games for Double-A Birmingham. But the hits aren't coming as easily this season for the White Sox infield prospect, who has batted just .211 in his first 19 games. Sanchez, who has split time between shortstop (eight games) and second base (11 games), has just three doubles among his 15 hits but has drawn 11 walks.
He said it: "I'm not a strikeout pitcher. I don't have overpowering stuff. I just try to make the guys put it into play. And we have an incredible defense that makes all [the plays], so it's easier on me." -- Chiefs left-handed pitcher Daniel Rosenbaum to The (Syracuse) Post-Standard. In his first four starts this season, Rosenbaum is 2-1 with a 1.14 ERA. He has struck out just five in 23 2/3 innings, but has given up just 16 hits and eight walks that have resulted in just three runs.
He said it, Part 2: "Until you get older, you really don't start to realize the opportunities you have. Especially when you're at the end, and you know you're not going to be able to play forever. I've just found a way to really appreciate putting the uniform on, and to be thankful for the people who've given you that opportunity, too." -- RailRiders right-handed pitcher Chris Bootcheck to the Scranton Times-Tribune. Bootcheck, who in March was scrambling to find a job, was 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA in his first three starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.


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This post was my first and last. I found the experience less than informative.
I grew up surfing on Pensacola Beach: I gave up the sport and gave away all my boards over 12 years ago upon finding myself moving to the flattest coast in pursuit of a better economic situation.
Last May I made an error while vacationing on Pensacola Beach. I surfed for an entire week and consequently reawakened a long repressed desire within myself, the unquenchable desire to ride waves and to pass on the joy of the afore mentioned sport to my 12 year old daughter.
Imagine my surprise when I paddled out for the first time in southwest Florida into knee high wind slop to find an attitude reminiscent of that which one might expect at some world class break! I was honestly floored, jaw agape, as it were.
On April 5, 2012 I surfed in waist to shoulder high ground swell at Juno Pier with offshore conditions. While the main peak was tense the locals behaved in a civilized and over all respectful manner toward fellow surfers. The only incident I observed occurred when a fisherman purposely set his hook into a surfers leg. Literally on the flip-side. The next day I paddled out beside Naples pier into blown-out ankle high crap, no doubt evidence of an unbridled addiction. What did I find but an assemblage of the rudest, self-important "kooks" one could imagine. I do not use the term "kook" to disparage their surfing abilities, which I freely admit outstrip my own, only the atmosphere which by their own choice they created. I am sure that, given an open face, one or two would impress most, and it just so happens that these were the instigators of this self-same idiocy. Can anyone imagine the stupidity of coming to blows over surf of such low quality?
I suppose my docility is a product of age, as I ran with a rough crowd in my youth.
What is the reason for the extreme level of attitude along the southern west coast?
Surfing is, or so I thought, supposed to be about having fun! No-doubt I should brace myself for an onslaught of childish retorts, but what is in the line-up must necessarily start on dry land!
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Acclaimed Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima has picked Chinese architect Yang Zhao to serve as her protégé for the Rolex Mentor Protégé Arts Initiative, a program that pairs a rising talent with an accomplished master. This is the mentorship program's first foray into architecture.
Sejima is best known in America for her work with Ryue Nishizawa as SANAA, the firm that completed the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art in 2006 and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2007. SANAA won the Pritzker Prize in 2010; the pair were among the youngest winners of the award in its history. In 2004, the firm won the Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion for Japan's 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Recent projects by SANAA include the "River" building for the Grace Farms Foundation and a Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
Her career goes back further, though. She was named Japan's Young Architect of the Year award in 1992, three years before she formed SANAA. As a woman who was herself accomplished at a young age, she may be an ideal mentor for Zhao, who started his practice, Zhaoyang Studio, in 2007. The architect, who is 32, graduated from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and is working on two projects in rural Yunnan Province, China. Sejima and Zhao will collaborate on Home-for-All, the housing project launched by Japanese architects in the wake of the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Sejima joins an illustrious panel of mentors participating in the 2012–13 Rolex Mentor Protégé Arts Initiative, including novelist Margaret Atwood, opera and theater director Patrice Chéreau, songwriter Gilberto Gil, artist William Kentridge, and film sound-editor Walter Murch.


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In my experience, grab and pull events are very poor.
In my experience, grab and pull events are very poor.
Have the brackets went up for this yet?????
On their facebook events page (GNP Events)
Regarding the number of byes, apparantly the coach at said club is involved with the organisation of the competition due to the Lagarto link, that may explain why there seems to be such a bias.
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Well done to Team Unity and Gracie Barra Glasgow today..both teams looking very strong! Congrats to the Clark bros on their Purple belts also!


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Ty Dolla $ign announces 'Beach House' tour dates
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Ty Dolla $ign is hitting the road this spring for his first headlining tour.
The up-and-comer has announced dates for his "Beach House Tour," which kicks off on April 29th in Fresno, California. From there Ty will make stops in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. He will then return to California, where he will wrap up the trek in his hometown of Los Angeles on May 22nd.
While on tour he will be showing off hits from his first major label project, "Beach House EP." Tickets are now on sale at DollaSignWorld.com.
On Friday, Ty Dolla $ign will take the stage on NBC's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
"The Beach House Tour" Dates:
April 29 - Fresno, CA - Strummers
April 30 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst - Main
May 1 - Oakland, CA - The New Parish
May 2 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
May 4 - Chico, CA - Senator Theatre
May 5 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
May 7 - Portland, OR - Peter's Room @ Roseland
May 8 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
May 10 - Garden City, ID - Revolution
May 13 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
May 14 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
May 15 - Scottsdale, AZ - Pub Rock
May 17 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
May 18 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
May 22 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
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Sep 22, 1989
Hurricane Hugo's storm surge rolled a five foot wave across downtown Charleston. A storm surge four times higher overtook the coastline between Cape Romain and Bulls Bay, yanking mature trees from the ground. A huge high tide pushed four foot-deep piles of sand from the beach and into the main streets near Myrtle Beach. In the end, Hugo killed 27 South Carolinians and caused nearly $8 billion in damage.


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Like a lot of kids, I cried more than once when I read To Kill a Mockingbird particularly when Atticus Finch sits beside his wounded son "and would be there when Jem waked up on the morning."
I was about 12 when I read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the only one she wrote. Atticus was not just a man of honor and courage, but a single dad to Jem and Scout, his daughter, whom I identified with so much that I wanted to take her name.
For a while after that, I wanted Atticus, a Maycomb, Ala., lawyer who dared to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, to be my dad.
I suppose every son and daughter has had some reason to want an alternative parent, someone from a book or movie who seemed to be just perfect in a way our own couldn't possibly be.
Atticus was played by the dark-haired Gregory Peck, resplendent in his three-piece suits. His voice was deep, soothing and sometimes stern. He was a dead shot with a rifle and read to his kids. He was unfailingly kind.
From a decades-long remove, I can see how the little girl who was me would yearn for such a father.
Now, though, I think about my dad, who died in 2009. His hair was so dark it seemed black. He wasn't a snappy dresser, just a professional who polished his shoes to a high sheen. His voice wasn't deep, but it was powerful, particularly when he was angry. Dad was a dead shot with a shotgun and read to me. He was almost unfailingly kind.
He was a wanderer at heart and a salesman whose career took him around the world. He often read me his favorite poem, "Vagabond's House," a long, conversational (and a little racist, too) piece about a home filled with a worldly man's treasures. It's just a dream, though the road beckoned and the house never materializes.
There were times when dad's temper overcame him, and he would just stop talking to me, sometimes for weeks. Then, one day, he'd look at me and say, "Let's go fishing."
Dad kept his tackle box and a little outboard motor in his trunk. We'd head for a lake, rent a little boat and putter out to where the big ones were.
He'd taught me how to rig a fishing rod, put on the bait or lure and how to cast, and every so often I'd catch one for the dinner table. (Dad always caught more.) And, inevitably, we'd stay out until it was so dark I didn't think we'd find our way to the dock, but he always got us there.
On the way home, he'd tell me stories about his travels and the wonders he'd seen. If I fell asleep, he'd carry me into the house and send me to bed.
My father wasn't a heroic attorney, but he did protect us. Once, when the humorless nuns at my sister's parochial school tormented her, dad stormed in and roared at them: "Have you no pity?"
It's the kind of thing, I believe, that Atticus would have said if someone had abused Scout. So maybe my dad and the fictional one really were alike both would stop at nothing to keep their kids safe.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the defendant, Tom Robinson, was convicted. But the black residents of Maycomb stood when Atticus walked out of the courtroom, and one, Reverend Sykes, told Scout to stand up, too. "Your father's passin'," he said.
A year or so after our father died, we took his ashes to the Sierra Nevada and cast them into Wishon Reservoir, where I had caught my first trout standing beside him. Then we stood, silent, for a time.
So, no, my father wasn't Atticus Finch. But Atticus was no Bill McEntee, either.
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I received letters a few days ago from Mr. Bankhead and Anne.
Who is that pretty boy dancing with your Helen, Mrs. Bankhead?
Bankhead exerted all his influence with the government in favor of negotiations.
Tea followed quickly on the heels of coffee, Monsieur coming in after Bankhead.
In the second place we know that Bankhead so understood the matter.
"If you please, sir," whispered the bowing Bankhead as he withdrew.
Dissatisfaction with Bankhead on the part of his men had been the chief cause of the transfer to Richard M. Gano.
Dr. Bankhead came into my bedroom with the air and freedom of a very old acquaintance.
Dr. Bankhead laid his giant hand on my bosom to demonstrate one of his former feats.
The command had nearly passed; only Colonel Bankhead lingered behind, picking the rare flowers for his wife—gallant man!


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President's Cup Golf Tournament
When Friday April 26, 2013 @ 11:30 AM (1553 days ago)
Where 680 Garbers Church Rd, Harrisonburg, Va.
Duration 5 hours
Join us for the annual spring President's Cup Golf Tournament! We will again have three divisions: men's, women's and mixed (male/female). All teams are two persons. The proceeds from the tournament will go toward the Loren & Pat Swartzendruber Endowed Scholarship Fund, providing need-based scholarships for undergraduate students. Join us for this fun event on graduation weekend.
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Event Web-site: http://www.harrisonburgva.gov/heritage-oaks-home
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Wallace said Red Cross "didn't talk about torture" at Gitmo; confidential Red Cross report disagrees
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace falsely claimed that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) "didn't talk about torture" at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In fact, The New York Times reported that the ICRC told the U.S. government in confidential reports that the U.S. military "has intentionally used psychological and sometimes physical coercion 'tantamount to torture' on prisoners" at Guantánamo.
As a guest on the June 5 broadcast of Fox News Sunday, Amnesty International USA executive director William F. Schulz [1] noted that the ICRC "denounced the United States for keeping prisoners in incommunicado, indefinite detention" at Guantánamo. Wallace replied that the ICRC "didn't talk about torture."
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While the ICRC did not publicly confirm or deny the Times report, in keeping with its stated confidentiality policies [3], the Associated Press noted [4] that "[a] Pentagon spokesman in Washington confirmed Monday that Red Cross officials have 'made their view known' that the indefinite detention of terror suspects at Guantánamo amounts to torture." The ICRC has noted [5] that "The ICRC's lack of public comment on the conditions of detention [at Bagram, Kandahar and Guantánamo] and the treatment of detainees must therefore not be interpreted to mean that it has no concerns."
Wallace has previously noted the allegations contained in the ICRC report. On the December 5, 2004, edition of Fox News Sunday, Wallace asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about "more stories about alleged mistreatment of prisoners by U.S. forces around the world," including the charges in the ICRC report, noting: "The most serious charge was a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross that alleged treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was, quote, 'tantamount to torture.' The Pentagon flatly denies this."
From the June 5 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday:
WALLACE: Wait, Mr. Schulz, excuse me, you're switching subjects. I asked you whether the ICRC has been allowed access to every place from Abu Ghraib to Guantánamo Bay. And the answer is yes, correct?
SCHULZ: Oh, Chris, I have no idea whether the Red Cross has been given access to the secret detention facilities that the U.S. is maintaining. Have they been given access to the Syrian prisons and the prisons where the United States is rendering prisoners? I have absolutely no idea, and I suggest you don't either. I think we don't know. But what we do know is that in Guantánamo Bay, the Red Cross broke its long tradition of silence and denounced the United States for keeping prisoners in incommunicado, indefinite detention. And here is the --
WALLACE: But they didn't talk about --
SCHULZ: We Americans, including me, they will not like the idea --
WALLACE: They didn't talk about torture, sir.
SCHULZ: Pardon me?
WALLACE: They didn't talk about torture. Let me just ask you a question. When you --
SCHULZ: Chris, we don't know what the Red Cross has said about torture.
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Post subject: Bulldog's Midseason Report Card
I've decided to do a midseason report card for each position group.
I'll start with offense.
Brandon Weeden
- Week one, this guy brought the suck. But he has not been that guy since. This is a QB we have here, and he's starting to look good. in the last seven games, Weeden's stats look like this
Yards- 1794
Att- 264
Comp- 153
%- 57.9
Over that last four games, he's looked like this
yards- 915
Att- 132
Comp- 75
%- 56.8
Wide Receivers--- C-
-This group has shown flashes of brilliance, then flashes of suck. Injuries and drops of plagued this group in a large way. According to PFF, the WR's have accounted for 15 of the Browns 30(!) total drops. We've seen progress from guys like Josh Cooper, Gordon Formerly known has Hash, and Travis Benjamin. Injuries have hurt MoMass, Norwood, and Benji. and it seems Little is in a bit of a sophomore slump and hasn't improved in the drop area, accounting for 6 of the WR drops. This group could use the consistency of MoMass back, a guy that was Weeden early favorite target, and also the bye week to get fully healthy.
Tight Ends--- D
-Cameron, while showing flashes of being a very good receiving threat, still struggles to block well. Watson has not played like his 2010 self and its obvious the concussions took a toll on him. Alex Smith is a above average third TE. As a whole, this group as dropped 6 passes, while producing only 35 receptions and one TD. This group has been very underwhelming as both receivers and blockers.
Running Backs--- B-
-Potential. Thats what this group is all about. Much like the rest of the offense, this group is very young. Trent Richardson has suffered through pain to produce his best game of the year. He's clearly displayed his physical talents to be a premier back in this league, but has struggled to adjust to the speed of the NFL. He has produced 18 missed tackles, 7th in the league. While rushing 127 times, 9th most. Ogbonnaya has been a pleasant surprise since joining the team mid season last year. Great third down back and serviceable runner. Hardesty has shown some good inside running ability, but has discovered butterfingers since the preseason. This group has average 3.76 YPC thus far. Not a great number, but we know there's reason for that as well. The RB's have also accounted for 5 drops.
-I've excluded Marecic from the grade for RB's. He's been nothing but suck. He's been targeted four times. Dropped the ball four times. He's an OK blocker, problem is he's doesn't ever block the right guy, or anyone at all.
Offensive Line--- B+
-This has been the shining star for the offense. Pass blocking has been nothing short of spectacular the last several weeks. Run blocking is steadily improving. This group is still learning to play together. Schwartz has progressed as much as Weeden has since week one. Lauvao has shown glimpses of being a legit RG, especially as Schwartz improves. Mack and Thomas are probowlers and are examples of what their positions are supposed to be. Pinkston suffered a scare with an injury, but was largely ineffective as a blocker. Greco has stepped in and has done more than anyone would have expected.
Now onto the defense.
Defensive Line--- C-
-The DE position is a mess. Sheard has been invisible this season as a pass rusher. He has been better against the run, but nothing to brag about. Rucker has been underwhelming for the contract he signed. I love Parker's intensity, but he shows his age at times. He should never play more than 15 snaps a game. Stephens shows signs of progressing as a rotation pass rusher, but thats about all he is. Sanford is a PS guy on the active roster, and he played like it this past week.
-The DT position was shaping up to be a huge position of strength. Injuries have killed this position. While the three rookies have done an admirable job, it's been nothing great. Hughes has been as advertised, as good run defender, poor pass rusher. Winn has shown great athleticism, but runs himself right out of plays a lot, allowing holes for RB's. Kitchen has played like a guy we picked up off the waiver wire. Rubin is a cornerstone for this defense and has been sorely missed the past few weeks. He's a great run defender, and underrated, but not great pass rusher. Getting Phil Taylor back, along with Rubin, would be a huge, huge boost to this position. And will have a ripple effect on the rest of the defense.
Linebackers--- C
-Oh, the injuries! From Gocong, to Fujita, to JMJ. A thin position to start the season took hit after hit with injuries. Robertson turned out to be a pleasant surprise the first few weeks, but has been downhill ever since. LJ Fort is worth developing, but obviously is not ready, evident by the poor performance against the NYG. JMJ is playing as advertised. A downhill run plugger. He's getting better. Maiva, he's just a guy. DQ is suffering from 2 rookie DT's in front of him and a ton of inexperience beside him. As a whole, this group needs to play better against the run, but it wont happen until the DL plays better against the run.
-What hasn't happen to this group? Injuries to Sheldon Brown and Dimitri Patterson and a 4-game suspension to our best defensive player Joe Haden. Brown is playing so much better than people give him credit for. Joe Haden is a top 5 CB in the NFL. Patterson is a fantastic Slot CB, but average at best on the outside. He will be a welcome addition back from injury. Skrine has shown he's not ready for major playing time, but has shown sign the last few games of making progress. Wade shouldn't ever be on the field yet. He's not ready. Hopefully after the bye, this group can get healthy and get back to form.
Safety--- B-
-A b- would seem like a lofty grade for this group, but its for the outstanding play of T.J. Ward. He's has been great this year. He's been slightly above average as a pass defender, allowing just 9 receptions out of 19 targets. He's only deflected one pass, with one TD allowed and no INT, however. Its against the run and blitz that he's been great. He's had one sack, two QB hits, and one Qb pressure. He has 18 stops, most in the NFL among safeties.
-Now, the rest of the group. Not so good. Usama Young is all over the place. Makes a good play, then a bad one. He'd be a very good 3rd safety, but he's way to inconsistent to be a starter. Ventrone and Gibson are special teamers and Hagg is a back of suck.
--Lets not forget the Special Teams
Phil Dawson--- A++++++
Reggie Hodges--- D
Josh Cribbs--- B+
Punt coverage--- A (would be A+ had in not been for the CIN game)
Kickoff coverage--- A
Return team/coaching---- D- (Tober sucks)
-There you have it. A quick breakdown of how I think this team has performed thus far. It should be noted, some of these grades would be slightly higher bases on just the last 3 games. It should be promising heading into the second half of the season.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:28 pm
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Seems close to me. I think I would give LB's a D.
We badly need TE production for this offense to make the next step.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:46 pm
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hornbybrown wrote:
Seems close to me. I think I would give LB's a D.
We badly need TE production for this offense to make the next step.
Hard to fairly grade the LB's given the state of the DL.
and the LB's were great the first 2-3 weeks.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:21 pm
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I think I'd give the receivers a C+ because they have actually been open for some bombs. Cattleman likes to see pretty bombs.
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Not gonna lie, I'm kinda bummed. I thought this would generate more discussion than it has....
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Honestly I'd give our TEs an F. We haven't got squat from them except Cameron on a few plays.
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bulldog wrote:
Not gonna lie, I'm kinda bummed. I thought this would generate more discussion than it has....
I did to. Oh well I did comment earlier. I think you did an interesting appraisal. Good post. Hope the Cattleman makes your day a little sunnier.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:14 pm
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i like the rankings except for these ones...
Offensive line B-
Linebackers, with who is playing our OLB spots i give the group a C+
Josh Cribbs a D+
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:31 pm
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I'd say it's a fair assessment, with the exception of the QB and the defensive secondary.
I think Weeden gets a B-, and the secondary gets C-.
Other than the anomaly, Weeden's play has been quite good. With a little Stick-Um for the receivers, he would be a top-10 QB.
The secondary has been up and down, and I have seen too many plays with busted coverage and missed tackles.
Your highest marks go to the OL, and I'd have to agree. Remarkable difference from last year's squad, with only one new face. Very impressive to see them gel so fast.
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Your highest marks go to the OL, and I'd have to agree. Remarkable difference from last year's squad, with only one new face. Very impressive to see them gel so fast.
They will be tested thoroughly over the next few weeks, and I'm very interested in how they fare. The Ravens have Suggs back, and their pass rush is much different (better) with Suggs. Then we play Dallas and Pittsburgh.
Is the O-line for real? We're gonna find out soon.
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Not gonna lie, I'm kinda bummed. I thought this would generate more discussion than it has....
Nothing to discuss really.
Very solid assessment that most folks seem to agree with.
Good thread.
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A comment on the secondary
TJ Ward has stepped up his game this year. He has definitely improved his pass coverage. If he can be okay defending the pass but excel at everything else, I'm happy.
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A comment on the secondary
TJ Ward has stepped up his game this year. He has definitely improved his pass coverage. If he can be okay defending the pass but excel at everything else, I'm happy.
I'd argue that he's been the defensive MVP for us thus far. Very impressed with his aggressiveness, and without penalties.
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ditchdigger wrote:
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I've been impressed with Weeden. I would probably score him slightly higher and fully expect him to be great next year. In a few weeks if MoMass can play, he might be better..... Dwayne Bowe would probably help him find amazing stats.
I love the work some of the young guys are putting in.
One of the DTs (not sure if it was Winn or Hughes was drawing a lot of double teams against San Diego). We clearly need another end, Sheard needs to work on technique... something is up, probably that film on him now.
LB was where I thought we would be the weakest on defense and it has been the case, but considering injuries they've done well enough. I'm happy to see the young guys step up and make plays. We'll clearly have depth next year. If Gocong can come back and plays well after the injury, we pick up someone or draft someone, I think the LBs will make serious strides.
The DBs have played well considering what they've been through. Ward has stepped up this season. Remember he has a broken wrist or hand... a FS would be nice though. Haden returning clearly made a difference, Skrine needs to man up next year or we need to find a number 2.
I really don't think much needs to be done with the OL. Maybe a depth signing, I know everyone wants to see someone take Cousins spot. I don't want to see him on the field anyway.
TE has been the biggest disappointment. I was really hoping Cameron Jordan would be the guy. It hasn't happened. Watson is probably going to move on and Alex Smith seems to be a better Fullback
I would be cool with a sort of high pick here (2nd if we get an extra or 3rd round) A lot of the better teams have 2 solid TE targets. Cameron will be able to create more mismatches... I haven't paid much attention to the college game this year, anyone worth a pick? There always seems to be a couple of decent free agent TEs floating around each year if not.
I don't like seeing Ventrone on the field giving someone rest (he's bad). May have been bad calls, but he has committed to many mistakes on STs (considering he's around because he's an ace). Bademosi (sweet name) has played great though. If I'm not mistaken he has serious speed and played safety and corner. I have a feeling he'll take Ventrones spot next year and will be a Mike Adams type of player moving forward (great depth at safety).
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I leave disappointed...
Come home to this.
Thats more like it.
Though, I'm sure if would have said something about DQ at MLB vs WLB, this thread could have gone on for pages between myself and DS
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The act of having hot wax applied to your most private of nether regions is a thing that requires some careful forethought; while a nail salon on any random corner can generally do a capable manicure, a Brazilian bikini wax should be trusted only to the utmost of professionals. Enter Waxing the City, where the cerologists — that's their fancy word for waxers — are just that: professional, efficient and chatty enough to keep you gossiping about your latest online dating nightmare so intently you'll hardly notice the hair being ripped from your ladyparts. (Sort of.) Best of all, they have a no-tipping policy, because when you're already spread-eagle on a table you definitely don't need any more potential awkwardness.


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Wealthy beyond most men's dreams, Cam has tired of society's petty restrictions and longs to return to his "uncivilized" Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship - but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter....
©2007 Lisa Kleypas; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"The author's sensitivity to the prejudice endured by the Roma (Gypsies) adds a measure of grim reality that is creatively offset by Rohan's discussion of Roma beliefs and superstitions. Kleypas's effortless style makes for another sexy exploration of 19th-century passion and peccadilloes, riveting from start to finish." (Publishers Weekly)
"It's different from the book - but not abridged"
It's like the whole book is here because it's almost 10 hrs long, the only thing is the Christopher Frost in the book is Amelia's old fiance' and he pops up throughout the entire book and is a problem in the end. In this version Amelia meets Christopher Frost in the last hour of the narrated book and only knows him as one of her brother's friends. The story is a great story, but without it being read how it truly is written it comes up just a tad bit lacking. When you've read it you expect it, but those of you haven't read the book, it does not deter from the story and you will enjoy it very much. I just found it odd....
"Missing part of the story. NOT unabridged"
Disappointed that part of Amelia's story line is missing, or has been altered concerning her former relationship with Christopher Frost.
"Abridged version - buyer beware"
This book was misrepresented. It is an abridged version although it was advertised as unabridged.
Amelia's back story is missing in this version.
I think Audiable should take responsibility for false advertising
"Love Cam & Amelia's Story"
I love Cam & Amelia's story, and was so happy that Cam got his own book. However, even though this says it's "unabridged," it seems like it is an abridged version, as it leaves out a whole sub-plot from the paperback version of the book involved Christopher Frost, and only puts him in as a minor character towards the end of the book. Otherwise, it's a wonderful book and I thoroughly enjoyed. Listed to it twice and read it twice!! I'll eventually do the same with the other Hathaway books. Leo and Cat's story is my second favorite, as it's fun to see how they progress through the books.
"The First and the Best of the Hathaways"
I adore Lisa Kleypas, my favorite romance author by far and this is one of the best of the best. The only one to top it in my opinion is: Dreaming of You...
The stories may be a little dark at times, but always there is a ray of laughter/love/hope that runs through it all that keeps you coming back for more and more.
"Cam&Amelia THEY'VE CUT YOUR STORY."
Anytime Cam and Amelia were together. Awesome. So very, very disappointed when I realized this was not the unabridged version as advertised.
The relationships between these two, very different, ethnicities and how comfortable Amelia was with Cam, and with herself. I also enjoyed the strong family ties between all the Hathaway's and Merripen.
I just enjoy listening to her.
With Cam & Amelia, a good story and their steamy romance? Who wouldn't?
I've really enjoyed listening to Lisa Kleypas historical novels. The Wallflower series and The Hathaway series are both pretty good. The real version would have been so much better. Yes, there were things that could have been cut, I guess, but, DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT SUCH A SIGNIFIGANT PLOT LINE?????? Please don't tease people; update your webpage and remove the 'unabridged' tag from this audio book.
"Couldn't stop listening"
I usually only listen to my audio books while at the gym but this one I couldn't stop and finished it in two days. I'm looking forward to book two which I downloaded today.
What a wonderful and delightful story. I am glad I decided to purchase this book. Will definitely have to read more of Lisa Kleypas's books.
Busy mom who loves to read but doesn't always have the time. I enjoy YA, Romance and the occasional Best Seller.
"Even a spinster can find love"
Lisa Kleypas is one of my favs! I never really cared for historical romance novels until I started reading her books. (Thank you Lisa)
This is one of my favorites (and my 2nd time listening). I love how the story of Amelia and Cam unfolds. They both have such a strong connection to one another and want to be together despite the obstacles (he's half Roma and she's considered a spinster) I absolutely loved Cam. He knew what he wanted and wasn't afraid to go after it. Sigh…
This book has everything – good story, romance, mystery, humor (the Hathaways crack me up) and a HEA.
Definitely worth a credit, but grab it while it's on sale. You won't be disappointed.
"Enjoyed it"
Really enjoyed this book. The chemistry between the two characters was electric. The narrator did a great job on Cam's voice. brought his dark sexy character to life.
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USC exhibit, 'Beyond Domesticity,' examines facets of women's writing
A University of South Carolina exhibit dispels the notion that American women from Colonial times to the early 20th century led lives of quiet domesticity with few interests outside the home.
Created by Dr. Katherine Adams and Dr. Cynthia Davis, scholars of American literature, the exhibit is titled "Beyond Domesticity: U.S. Women Writers, 1770-1915" and is on display at USC's Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library through April 30.
More than 140 books and other items from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections in the Hollings Library, South Caroliniana Library and McKissick Museum are featured.
Visitors can also take a 35-minute audio tour. One of five pre-loaded iPods can be signed out at the Hollings registration desk, or visitors can download the audio file directly to their phone or iPod at www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/beyondDomestic.html.
Adams, an associate professor of English and women's and gender studies, said she and Davis encountered many surprises along the way.
"It was quite exciting to see how many items that the university has," said Adams. "We both do scholarship in this area, so just discovering so many original sources in our very own library was amazing. It was great to look at these first editions, to go into the rare-book stacks and see a text signed by Pauline Hopkins or Susan B. Anthony. There's a big, geeky thrill in working with these original sources and books."
Many of the books are very revealing, she said. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself "(1861), by former slave Harriet Jacobs, shows how slavery changed conventional notions of girlhood and motherhood. Charlotte Perkins Gilman argues in "Human Work" (1911) that home was anything but a haven. And in "The Awakening" (1899), Kate Chopin aligns childbirth with the death of female artistry.
The books are accompanied by historical items such as a spinning wheel, women's suffrage buttons, clothing and advertising from the eras.
"The idea behind 'Beyond Domesticity' was to challenge how domesticity is only one side of women's experience in the 19th century, and I helped identify materials in the collections that would illustrate that," said Jeffrey Makala, librarian for instruction and outreach in the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
"For example, women didn't get the right to vote until 1920, but they were deeply engaged in national politics before that time, and they wrote about it," he said. "'The History of Woman Suffrage,' written in 1887 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage, is part of the exhibit. The university has a beautiful copy with a local connection: It was inscribed by Anthony as a gift to the Political Study Club of Columbia in 1895."
There were surprises even in the works that were about domestic issues, Davis said.
"You'd think that a domestic manual would present housekeeping in a positive light," said Davis, a professor in the department of English language and literature. "Yet to take one example, Catharine Beecher begins her famous 'Treatise on Domestic Economy' (1843) with a discussion of all the women who were made sick and unhappy by housework. Many of the works in the exhibit contain similar surprises."
Students in Adams' "Women Writers" course are helping to create an online version of the exhibit, scheduled to go live later this spring.
The exhibit will remain on display through April 30. For more information about the exhibit, contact Bekki Gettys at 803-777-2115. For hours of operation and more information about the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, visit the website: www.sc.edu/library/


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S.C. Poetry Initiative announces 'Minority Writers Series'
American Book Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee Matthew Shenoda will lead off the 2009 - 10 "Minority Writers Series," sponsored by the S.C. Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina department of English.
Shenoda, assistant provost for equity and diversity and a faculty member in the School of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in the department of English lounge on the first floor of the Welsh Humanities Building.
Shenoda's debut collection of poems, "Somewhere Else," was honored as one of 2005's debut books of the year by Poets & Writers magazine. It won a 2006 American Book Award and the Hala Maksoud Award for Emerging Voice, given by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. His latest collection, "Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone," was published this fall by BOA Editions.
S.C. Poetry Initiative Director Kwame Dawes, distinguished poet-in-residence at the university, says Shenoda is "a splendid poet and critic. His verse is sophisticated and reflects his position as an Egyptian-born American poet whose star is rising."
Dawes says the series "has been driven by a strong desire to bring to the campus writers who are making their mark in the literary arts and who are doing so with flair and force. This line-up represents exactly what I hoped we would be able to do."
Coming up in the series:
- Colin Channer, Jan. 28, 2010. Channer is the author of two novels, a novella and many short stories. He also is the founder and artistic director of the Calabash International Literary Festival, the only annual literary festival in the English-speaking Caribbean. "He is a splendid novelist and an engaging presence (whose) work is popular even as it remains challenging," Dawes said.
- Reginald Dwayne Betts, Randall Horton, Marcus Jackson and John Murillo, March 19, 2010. These four young writers have formed a collective called The Symphony in tribute to the gritty urban poetry of the late Etheridge Knight. "These four men write with distinctive voices but are consistent in one thing: They are gifted students of their craft," Dawes said. "I think the Columbia community will be blown away."
- Tracy K. Smith, April 23, 2010. Smith won the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for her 2003 book, "The Body's Question" (Graywolf Press). Her second book, "Duende" (Graywolf Press, 2007), won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at Princeton University.
Locations and times will be announced later. All the events in the "Minority Writers Series" are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Charlene Spearen, associate director of the S.C. Poetry Initiative, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 803-777-5492.
'Minority Writers Series'
- What: Series of events sponsored by the S.C. Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina department of English
- Who: American Book Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee Matthew Shenoda to lead off series
- When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, is first event; subsequent 2010 events are Jan. 28, March 19 and April 23


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Dear forum,
I have a question for the Pali experts, such as Ajahn Dhammanando.
We usually translate the word samudaya as 'cause'.
However, I am under the impression it means 'origin' or 'complete arising'.
Thus, what did the Lord Buddha intend to say when he used the term 'dukkha samudaya' in the Second Noble Truth?
Was he referring to 'the cause' or more?
I think the word hetu means 'prior cause' thus samudaya appears more detailed than hetu.


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text: I have held off for a couple of days to dig a little deeper into the arrest of The Dream for beating his then pregnant girlfriend because I wanted to know more about what happened. His girlfriend, Lydia Nam claims that seven months ago The Dream punched her and kicked her and strangled her during a fight when she was pregnant. That is disgusting behavior. The Dream says that Lydia made it all up because she wants to stay in the country and if you are a victim of a beating there is an exception which allows you to remain while your case is making its way through the court system. Lydia says she waited so long to file the charges because she feared for her safety. When I saw the TMZ photos of her body they look like the photos of someone who was beat. Look at those bruises and scratches. To me it is consistent with her claim that Dream pulled and dragged her by her hair, choked her with a necklace she was wearing by twisting it tightly around her neck, kicked and punched her in the head and then grabbed her by the neck, pinning her to the wall and choking her again. He then twisted her arm. To beat a woman who is pregnant is horrific and I hope he gets some serious jail time.


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|Psalms Psalm 68
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Psalm 6
Psalm 7
Psalm 8
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Psalm 11
Psalm 12
Psalm 13
Psalm 14
Psalm 15
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Psalm 18
Psalm 19
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Psalms 23 and 24
Psalm 25
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Psalm 30
Psalm 31
Psalm 32
Psalm 33
Psalm 34
Psalm 35
Psalm 36
Psalm 37
Psalm 38
Psalm 39
Psalm 40
Psalm 41
Book 2
Psalms 42, 43
Psalm 44
Psalm 45
Psalm 46
Psalm 47
Psalm 48
Psalm 49
Psalm 50
Psalm 51
Psalm 52
Psalm 53
Psalm 54
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Psalm 63
Psalm 64
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Psalm 68
Psalm 69
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Psalm 72
Book 3
Psalm 73
Psalm 74
Psalm 75
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Psalm 77
Psalm 78
Psalm 79
Psalm 80
Psalm 81
Psalm 82
Psalm 83
Psalm 84
Psalm 85
Psalm 86
Psalm 87
Psalm 88
Psalm 89
Book 4
Psalm 90
Psalm 91
Psalm 92
Psalm 93
Psalm 94
Psalm 95
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
Psalm 98
Psalm 99
Psalm 100
Psalm 101
Psalm 102
Psalm 103
Psalm 104
Psalm 105
Psalm 106
Book 5
Psalm 107
Psalm 108
Psalm 109
Psalm 110
Psalm 111
Psalm 112
Psalm 113
Psalm 114
Psalm 115
Psalm 116
Psalm 117
Psalm 118
Psalm 119
Psalm 120
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Psalm 123
Psalm 124
Psalm 125
Psalm 126
Psalm 127
Psalm 128
Psalm 129
Psalm 130
Psalm 131
Psalm 132
Psalm 133
Psalm 134
Psalm 135
Psalm 136
Psalm 137
Psalm 138
Psalm 139
Psalms 140-143
Psalm 144
Psalm 145
Psalm 146
Psalm 147
Psalm 148
Psalm 149
Psalm 150
God at the head of His people in majesty
Psalm 68 follows on these psalms, being the celebration of the introduction of Israel into the position spoken of in them. Still it has a complete and individual character of its own. It begins with the formula employed when the camp broke up in the wilderness under the guidance of God, the pillar rising up and going before them. So it is now. God takes this place at the head of His people. It is thus introduced suddenly with great majesty. Let God arise so His enemies are scattered before Him: as wag before the fire, the wicked perish at His presence. The righteous may be glad and rejoice before God, yea, exceedingly rejoice. He shall appear to the shame of the mighty wicked, and the righteous poor will be glorified. Thus the purport of this psalm is most clear. But the character of Him who thus interferes is further most beautifully unfolded. He is a father of the fatherless, a judge of widows. He makes the solitary to dwell in families, the rebellious in a dry land. Judgment is the true and gracious deliverance of the blessed God. And now His people can celebrate this goodness.
History is then recapitulated (v. 7). Such was He when He brought forth Israel from Egypt. At Sinai the earth shook at His presence. But He refreshed the heritage of His weary people, when He had prepared of His goodness for the poor. But now present facts told that tale still more to their hearts. Adonai's word went forth. The glad tidings were chanted by Israel's daughters in a great company (v. 11). Kings fled apace. What a sudden and complete deliverance it was! The quietest home-stayer divided the spoil, for it was the Lord's doing. Then Israel came out in all her beauty, though they had been lying in poverty and wretchedness.* In all the pretensions and striving of the nations, this is God's will. God challenges these pretensions of human power; "Why leap ye, ye high hills?" the seats of human power. Zion was God's hill, He would make it His perpetual abode. For the sake of His remnant He scattered the kings. In the midst of them He would dwell. But whence all this deliverance? The Lord had ascended on high, received gifts as man and for men; yea, even for rebellious Israel, who was now in question, that Jehovah might dwell among them.
{*The force of the word is much disputed; its sense, I suppose, is evident. It is used for the stables of sheep or cattle.}
Praise for the full restoration of Israel's blessing and glory: its source
This brings out praises to the God of their salvation; for their God was the God of salvation. Oh! how could Christ witness that? But they were still mortal men down here. The deliverance was earthly and temporal, though of saints. But He would be their guide always, even unto death. But He would destroy the wicked. What was really the occasion of all this burst of joy (of which the heart was too full to tell quietly the occasion) is now however drawn out; yet the exultation still casts its light and joy over it. Israel was set up again in power; her enemies destroyed; the beauty of her temple-order restored. The tribes would come up, the kings bring presents. God had commanded strength, and they look to His strengthening what is wrought. The subjection of every enemy or mighty one follows. Princes would come out of Egypt, and Ethiopia stretch out her hands to God. The kingdoms of the earth are all called upon then to sing praises to Adonai. Strength is to be ascribed to God; but His excellency, that in which He is exalted, is over Israel, and, in the clouds of His dwelling-place is power, His strength watches over His people. It is the full restoration of Israel's blessing and glory, and indeed much more than restoration; and this consequent upon the exaltation of the Lord to receive gifts as man.
The lordship of Christ
But, while it is the intervention of God in the power of judgment, for the blessing of the remnant and putting down human power and every haughtiness of man's will "God's arising" before His earthly people and His enemies fleeing there are some points in it, which are brought out by this, which it is well to notice. First, the use of Adonai. His name Jah is introduced (v. 4 and 18), but it is always Adonai as spoken of. It is not the covenant name of relationship, though Jah recall it, but power in exercise, Lordship divine Lordship but still Lordship. It is what Thomas owned when he saw the Lord, it would seem; not, tell my brethren "I ascend unto my Father and your Father," etc. It is God; but as the Lord manifested here in power as Psalm 2: 4; only there He is not redescended. Hence here we have His ascension as a past fact. It is not that God gives, but He who is Adonai has gone up and received gifts as, and in respect of, man. In His Adam (last Adam) character He has received them, having led the enemy captive (Acts 2: 33-36); here clearly the ascended man, though much more, and as head having received the gifts "in Man" the human head of glory He shed forth the gifts (Acts 2, Eph. 4). But though as, and for, and in, man, yet there was also a special object added, yea, even for the rebellious, that Jah Elohim might dwell among them. Here the remnant, the Israel of our psalm, comes in. Hence the apostle does not quote it, but stops half-way at His receiving them for man.
In the following psalms we find the humiliation of this blessed One. What a contrast! Yet how far indeed from being less glorious or of feebler interest in the eyes of us who have learned and know who He is.Synopsis by John Darby


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The world is ending.
The toothpaste is out of the tube.
The girl is bending,
her mouth to the water.
Dry and raw and cold and sore,
this is what a sigh is for.
Hot and surging, swirling and burning,
this is what the heart is yearning.
Listen to it.
Words can only do harm.
Pick the apple to tell the cherry it's an orange.
Pick a banana to tell the pear it's a pineapple.
Coconut coconut
Hear my plee
Let the fruits bring peace and harmony
Let them be touched and fondled
But don't let the king of veggies stomp on the parade.
Death becomes an avocado.
Hope Burns Bright!
The lime and the coconut, he mixed them both together.
With the lime and the coconut he felt better.
The lime and the coconut, his brother drank them both down,
he passed out with an awful frown.
The lime and the coconut she would not drink,
all she would ever do is think.
Thinking in a sea of frogs.
Ribbit RARGG
Those silly green frogs
For the moment I'm glad the time passed
Now let's hope I can show you what you lost
I believe I'm worth it.
Kiss me
I'm an alien blue frog.
I would never do you wrong.
Hope Burns Bright!
Bacon, eggs, and toast,
a salute to your victory.
But we don't have real pig,
it's unclean, pure evil,
most little piggies are.
Those piggies leave you with some nasty scars.
Bacon, eggs, and toast,
my little eggs are about to hatch.
In a week or a month, a day or a year,
they'll come out to see us here
standing over them with arms spread wide,
and with feelings bone fide.
Bacon, eggs, and toast,
I think my brain was set to roast.
The uncanny warmth and disregard,
of an old salt will leave me charred
with my jelly side down,
little more than a clown.
Unhitch my skull, pitcher-like, with an axe and pour dribbling contents
Forth to slither, red and black, over gravestone-gray pavement.
I am aware again – or nearly – pry loose my fingers
And send me plummeting to the bottom of the wishing well,
the ground itself somehow failing to catch me.
Hands scrabble against barren rock until they shed fingernails.
My second self feasts as though the marble lids of sarcophagi are easily moved.
Currents of synaptic fluid ebb and flow in puddles of gelatin,
Blank canvases, patched clothes, terrible inventions, useless books,
Encrusted precious gemstones in the maw of an ogre.
I drift cautiously, as though the wind itself is carnivorous.
Conjuring up the past is not remembering; it is replacing.
Fingernails of rock,
would be a fantastic name for a dish.
I would eat it all day long,
and it would grant my fondest wish:
To invent something wonderful
to cause calming sounds
To let me enjoy enjoyment
and destroy ungrateful hounds.
The sound of the creek and the water runs
I sit and ponder of the fish and what they truly seek
She swims in hopes of freedom
He searches for lost reason and comes across a cat
The silly cat mesmerized by beauty is taken in
by a fake smile and false warmth
Cat Cat Wake up you silly thing
Cat Cat You're worth more than you give yourself credit for
But Cat silly Cat in truth is a true glutton for punishment.
Hope Burns Bright!
I am a glutton hunting for gluten.
If only I knew what I was hunting for...
Healthy Purpose
Healthy Reason.
Dance Healthy Dance
Hope Burns Bright!
Prancing comets,
flying vixens,
I express my great conviction
that you will surrender.
Patience is a deadly virtue if it turns to sloth.
I will open up a thrift store and sell old used cloth.
I like cereal too much,
to let this go to taste,
and so ill gibber gabber on
'make you lose the race.
The rising swell of music found has got my brain a spinning
and if you call me charlie then ill be most excellently winning.
Santa gave me a gift, for to seek a shining shore,
but all i got when traveling was a terrible bore.
It pulled me in and showed me a darkness I'd never seen before,
and told to me the secret of the world's greatest store.
Knowledge is a funny thing that many dare to seek,
but all I ever wanted, was another way to speak.
A power that is born inside must come first from without,
implanted or impregnated, it will form a spout.
Out it comes and in you go, into the bad books,
with gravity and scope, you can't even accept looks.
So lets see who reads this, and if they pay attention,
because this poem makes no sense in any real direction.
I'll keep talking for a while to discover hidden secrets,
of what goes on in my own mind, lurking past all regrets.
So far I've discovered
that pizza is real great,
and if I saw a pizza,
you'd already be too late
to grab a slice.
Isn't that nice?
I think that will suffice.
Let's put this thing on Ice.
Oh pizza How I loved thee.
It seems not even you can deliver my mind
From the clutches of constant thought
To save the boy or not?
I just want to hold a single spot.
Would that be so demanding?
Even if I turned away from your dangerous lips,
You'd hold me with your sweet caress.
You'd touch my core with passion unknown.
I can't say no to you.
Look me in the eyes and see the truth I have to offer.
-But you're not really looking at me are you?-
Break me in ways I haven't been broken before.
-I want to surpass the pain.-
Bend me to your will.
-And I will be your slave.-
I'm so naive and trusting.
Is that really what I want?
And yet I still can't say no to you.
Growing addiction, you are so odd and beautiful.
Hope Burns Bright!
Words typed at random
I despise girls of fandom.
A blur of letters in different sizes
For every post the hatred rises,
In a language that does not exist.
They are all worthy of my fist.
Eta Carinae - Probably the most interesting prog-metal band in Gothenburg
A hyper fixation.
A thought inundation.
Gladness fixed to madness, will there ever be an end?
Questions will only breed questions,
breeding to more questions,
and bread to lips.
Who is bread and butter,
or is it what?
I can only wonder,
watching the mutt,
at play.
let us then move on to matters of the heart ~ for which i still do not understand
so i imagine ~ and drift on into infinity ~
She sings to Chickens
"oh Peggy Gorden,
you are my darling"
she sings to chickens...
dark hair that flies upon the wind,
and dances with each note,
and all along the garden path,
i swear she sprinkles oats
slowly gently she hums a tune
soft lips caress her tea cup
happy: she coos them in, there heart she swoons,
then sips eternal bliss
i hide my laugh, and wait a while,
each morning, or upon each eve
for such a happy melody
not yet could i believe
tist my chore to walk the dog of late,
in passing, one can't help but tarry
to call upon thy thatched cottage house
to wonder at her gladly.
such lips of cherry red, such skin,
as if ordained from angles wings
her voice, a charm that draws you in
i dream of her, and all she brings...
i find my self jealous,
of her clucking friends,
and peer at them alarmed
my eyes dark, cold and set
for they have her joyful company
and but all, are at once set free,
to gases upon her face, her charms
Alas but not with me
"come sit ye down
upon my knee,"
gladly and if i may,
steal a kiss
among other things...
this time i will say..
*she smiles* ~
< pull a duck face :3


text: 'Bryan Murray and Ruff had one of the all-time arguments following the 12-man brawl earlier this season, but they actually have deep respect for each other. Murray was one of Ruff's coaching mentors when both were with Florida. Murray became the fifth coach in NHL history to win 600 games, but this is the first time in his career that he has coached past the second round. He has a 47-51 career playoff record. One reason the Sens made it this far, however, is because Murray altered their style and made his players more responsible in their own end.'