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"I coached against him in the Southern Conference and have known him about 27 years," Ellis Johnson said. "I was at Appalachian State and he was right across the mountain at Lees-McCrae (College). I think a lot of him, I've talked to Coach Croom about it. And I'm not going to get in all the plusses and minuses (of the post)."
There are plenty of personal and professional plusses to the South Carolina situation for Johnson, a native of the state who has coached in the area a sizable portion of his career. While Johnson will actually interview with Georgia Tech, he said today that there are no plans to go to South Carolina because Coach Steve Spurrier usually doesn't bother with such things in selecting his staffers. Johnson had nothing new to add on that situation Tuesday.
"No, nothing has changed. He and I have had ongoing conversations as I'm sure he has with some other candidates. That's where it is."
Talking to two other programs about jobs, while preparing his own defense for a serious task in the Liberty bowl, is just one aspect of how college football is in general this wild winter season. And while Johnson is very interested in both opportunities to move after four years with Croom and Mississippi State, he didn't seem overly worried about how thing will play out for him. Not in the current college job market.
"It's like a carousel right now," Johnson said. "There are a lot of good jobs open and a lot of people out there, some of whom don't have jobs. I'm fortunate to be where I am."
For his part Croom knows Mississippi State will be very, very fortunate not to lose Johnson or any other staff members after the breakthrough of 2007. He reiterated today the need for Mississippi State to retain this group of assistants, for continuity both in preparation for spring work and even more to conclude a successful recruiting campaign. And the key to retention is paying coordinators and assistants as closely as practical on par with State's SEC peers.
And despite speculation in some areas that Croom himself is being mentioned as a potential candidate for open professional football jobs, "No, I haven't been contacted by anybody," he affirmed.
MEANWHILE, ON THE FIELD: The sun shone but a brisk breeze dropped Tuesday's temperatures for the three hours Mississippi State spent practicing in shorts and shells. "It was a little colder today and that was good, too," said Croom, in the event that Liberty Bowl game-day will be much closer to seasonal averages. Though, tentative long-range projections are for temperatures in the mid-50s with a likelihood of rain.
Now that State has moved from the full-pads work of last week to non-contact practices much more in line with true game prep, so has the schedule of drills. A large part of Tuesday was devoted to third-down packages tailored for how Central Florida plays on both sides of the ball. The game-plan was finished over the weekend and installation began Monday.
"We're still working towards ironing some things out," said Croom. "Our defense is really working on their pattern recognition because they (UCF) really do a great job on some things. They don't do a lot of things but what they do, they do extremely well and it can cause some problems. So we have to do a great job on pattern recognition. Offensively we're still trying to get our timing right and definitely improve on our passing game."
Discussion of Central Florida has naturally focused on superb running back Kevin Smith and an offense that averaged over 38 points per game. But the Bulldogs point out that UCF's defense isn't a group to be taken lightly, either. Particularly at the line of scrimmage. "Their defensive front seven is real good," left tackle Mike Brown said. "They play together and feed off each other, and the defensive ends are some of the bigger guys I'm going to play against."
And DE Leger Douzable is as good as anyone Brown has faced; the Bulldog tackle compares UCF's leader in sacks (7.5) and tackles for losses (13.5) favorably to LSU's Tyson Jackson. Except "He's a little heavier." UCF can also 'flip' their ends without any drop-off as far as Brown can see, while the tackles take care of their own business inside.
"And their defensive line is going to keep playing hard the whole game, they keep coming and never give up. They keep coming and never give up. We have to meet a punch with a punch and make sure at the end we throw more punches than they do."
Which means practicing for a slug-fest in Memphis. Brown has been encouraged by the last couple of days drilling this particular offensive gameplan. "It's going real good, we started off a little bit rusty coming off those weeks off and we've just got back in the groove of running the ball, blocking, the quarterbacks making good reads and throwing to the right person. So we're just getting back into focus on offense."
DAY TO DAY: Focus also comes from routine, but that's not been the easiest aspect to plan for Mississippi State's post-season. The staff wanted to make bowl preparations as close to regular-season routine as possible, while still giving the boys at least some sort of holiday break. State will report to Memphis on Sunday; due a December 29th game-date Christmas at home was not an option. But Croom said there was thought given to not arriving until the middle of next week
"The other option was have our guys come back here after the break and practice Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; then go up there Wednesday. But I think that would have made it difficult for our guys logistically, for all the equipment and supplies, everything we need to get set up. From a football standpoint that would have been ideal schedule for us, come back and work and travel Wednesday, then play the game and come home. That would have been my druthers, but I let the people who have to move all this stuff talk me out of it!"
The decision to check-in at the Peabody on the 23rd means three more days of hotel bills. State has reserved almost 150 rooms for the players (107 will be on the bowl roster), coaches and their families, staff and their families, and University administrators. That will add up to over $130,000 out of the $1.04 million Mississippi State has budgeted for expenses from the $1.7 million bowl payout. The rest will be turned in to the SEC.
But even these eight days practicing on campus are part of the bowl budget, too, with meals and other expenses, so the sites are not a big line-item difference either way. Besides, Croom said about the stay in Memphis, "We got a pretty good deal on that! But it gives us a better chance to win the football game. I feel the best thing for is getting on a regular routine starting Monday. I don't like breaking up the week."
MARK THIS DATE: While the Bulldogs prepare for their final game of 2007, they received a reminder today that work on next season starts soon. Very soon, as in 28 days. On January 15, Mississippi State players will begin the 'off' season strength and conditioning program. And spring practices begin, as this year, at the end of February.

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DP: Well, yet another battle has concluded. Fishman Island is saved, and the Straw Hats are heroes...again (cough, Alabasta, cough cough). But we need to take a look back on this, so let's do just that. Hello, I'm DancePowderer and welcome to an extended edition of One Piece Battle Betting Corner. Like always, we'd be nothing without a guest panel. Joining me in the studio roundtable are some of the only characters who stayed conscious and/or alive, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Neptune, and Shirahoshi. And, according to my producer, we may or may not have more guests later on. So, I'll start with a general question, what did you guys think of the whole ordeal?
Zoro: Underwhelming. I missed a nap for this, you know. Then again, I could have defeated that guy in my sleep, so maybe I should have multitasked.
Nami: Fun. It's good to stretch your legs once in a while.
Neptune: I think I may be the first person in history to have multiple heart attacks and loss of bowel control in an eight hour period.
Shirahoshi: Scary for the most part. I kind of stole the show in the end.
DP: So, opinions all across the board. Now, I want to know...Wait. My producer is telling me we are about to receive a special guest live via Den Den Skype. It's Nico Robin. Welcome, Robin. What brings you here?
Robin: Hello, everyone. I actually called because I have a question for Shirahoshi.
Shirahoshi: Yes, what is it?
Robin: As an archaeologist, I believe all ancient artifacts should be preserved for as long as possible. So, my question is, why couldn't you have stopped Luffy sooner? I mean, Luffy wouldn't have had to lay a finger on Noah if you had just called your Sea King buddies from the start. Your response?
Shirahoshi: Um, well, you see, I did, but....Traffic was a nightmare. The expressway had at least three accidents where fish hit a patch of black water which caused gaper's delays. They got here as fast as they could. I didn't want Noah to be destroyed. Father told me how important it is. I'm sorry, Nico-chan.
Robin: Sure. This is all going to be on your head so it's no skin off my nose. Oh, Neptune, I read the poneglyph in the Sea Forest. Joy Boy sent a note. "Sorry, dude. I can't make it. Could you FedEx Noah to me or just watch it a little longer? Again, really sorry, my wife has this thing for work, and it was last minute so we couldn't get a babysitter, so now I have to watch the kids while she is at this event. It'll be another day or two at most. I'll comp you next time I see you. Thanks, pal. -JB.
Neptune: Joy Boy, you dead mooch. I did not know you could read poneglyphs, Robin. You could have told me. I've been wondering what that thing has said for years.
Robin: Gee, I guess I was so busy SAVING YOUR WHOLE FREAKIN' KINGDOM that it must have slipped my mind. And now you know. By the way, DP, I know you must be feeling crushed now. If you ever want to talk, I wrote my number down and taped it under your desk. Yeah, I can do that with my powers now. It goes back to that, "if I can see it/know where it is" thing from Jaya. I gotta go. Apparently the Minister of the Left has put me and Franky in charge of reconstructing Noah. Robin out.
DP (slips the number into his pocket): Thank you, Nico Robin.
Neptune: DP, I'm sorry about revealing that Joy Boy was the man who gave Noah to us. I know about your research, but I can't say I know anything more about him. He was my college roommate's buddy. We were friends, but we didn't talk too much. I hope you'll be ok.
DP (almost crying): Don't look at me! Go to commercial!
DP: And we're back. Shirahoshi, another question. How did the Sea Kings know who Luffy is?
Nami: Hey, not that I don't enjoy seeing royalty under pressure, but why are Zoro and I even here?
DP: Oh, yes, I'm sorry. I got too enthralled. You guys must be exhausted from all that intense fighting.
Nami: A little. Not as much as other fights though, like Kalifa or Miss Doublefinger. Those were actually tough.
Zoro: Up against one guy but outnumbered 2 2/3:1. Just another day for Roronoa Zoro.
DP: Nami, this was your first time using your new Sorcery Clima-Tact. I have to ask, how did she do?
Nami: It worked great. It had a few kinks here and there, and I'll probably reconfigure the torq to work better with the timing mechanism, but other than that, no complaints. It did everything it was supposed to. No complaints.
DP: And Zoro, I know you were rather disappointed with your fight with Hyouzou. Tell me your thoughts.
Zoro: It was like fighting the polar opposite of me. I'm awesome and only fight when I'm sober. He sucks and can only fight when he's wasted as all hell. It was no contest. My only question is where he got those eight other swords when he tried to poison me before I finished him off. It's not like Oda to take advantage of hammerspace that much. It only worked with that Blamenco guy who worked with Whitebeard.
DP: How do you know about him and his abilities?
Zoro: Den Den Hulu.
DP: And continuing on before we break the fourth wall even more. What are you guys going to do now that this whole mess is over?
Nami: Well, aside from Luffy and Zoro, none of us have had anything to eat. So food, then SHOPPING! Then rest, then MORE SHOPPING!
Zoro: Ugh, women, am I right guys?
DP: You sure are. One last question to all of you. You Straw Hats haven't even been on Fishman Island for a single day, and yet you've already blown in and tore shit up like a hurricane going through a trailer park. Your thoughts?
Zoro: Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
Nami: I guess we've gotten better at getting ourselves out of trouble since this is the fastest we've ever been.
Shirahoshi: You guys work quickly.
Neptune: If you could use the door next time, that would make things so much easier.
DP: And that's about all the time we have here. Join me when the next villain comes around for another exciting episode of One Piece Battle Betting Corner.


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By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY
The Energy Department is preventing U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporations from full participation in a $400 million program designed to develop "transformational" technologies.
Affected companies including giants such as Siemens and Philips complain that the policy exceeds the requirements of the "Buy America" provision of this year's stimulus legislation. They say it will deprive the effort to achieve energy and environmental breakthroughs of unique scientific expertise and will discourage the creation of jobs at the foreign-owned U.S. facilities.
"The definition of an American company is not the same today as it was 50 years ago. If the administration makes decisions based on outdated views, they're not doing all they can to generate jobs now," says Nancy McLernon, president of the Organization for International Investment, which represents the foreign-owned companies.
The dispute, which has simmered for months, highlights the difficulties of administering "Buy America" provisions intended to benefit some American workers without harming other Americans. According to OFII, foreign-owned companies employ more than 5.5 million people in the U.S.
Under the stimulus bill, the administration set aside $400 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program. An April 27 notice said "foreign entities" could not head project teams and were limited to receiving 25% of any contract.
"The new approach expands the definition of 'foreign entities' in a way that's never been done before," says Kathleen Ambrose, senior vice president for Siemens, one of the objecting companies.
On Oct. 26, DoE awarded its first 37 contracts, funding innovative energy storage, biofuels and carbon capture technologies. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a July letter to McLernon that the next solicitation, expected before Dec. 31, would be "modified based on other factors."
Tiffany Edwards, a department spokeswoman, added last week: "We are taking their views into consideration and crafting an approach designed to maximize job creation as well as technology development in the United States."
Siemens is a good example of the difficulty involved in labeling firms "American" or "foreign." The German multinational employs 69,000 people in all 50 states. It has energy-related research centers in Wendell, N.C., and Orlando, and has teamed with DoE on a wind turbine test facility in Boulder, Colo.
OFII, the trade association, is releasing a study today highlighting the energy research conducted in the U.S. by foreign-owned companies. The report, authored by Dartmouth economist Matthew Slaughter, says the companies' U.S. subsidiaries accounted for almost 15% of the nation's total $39.8 billion in research and development spending in 2007, the most recent data available.
"This is one area where it's clear we do not have a monopoly on the knowledge base," Slaughter says.
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VIDEO: Zamalek concede late equaliser in 2-2 draw with Morocco's FUS
Egyptian giants Zamalek were held to a 2-2 draw after conceding late...
Al Ahly suffered a 3-4 loss at home to South African side Orlando Pirates, in the return leg of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final tie.
Despite leading 2-0 13 minutes into the second half, the Red Devils somehow managed to concede four goals in just over half an hour in a remarkable capitulation.
Al Ahly XI: Ekramy; Ali, Saad, Naguib, Rahil; Fathi, Ashour, Abdallah El-Said, Momen; Antwi, Evouna.
Orlando Pirates XI: Ovono, Matlaba, Mahamutsa, Jele, Gcaba, Masalesa, Ntshumayelo, Makola, Myeni, Majoro, Gabuza
The hosts started somewhat calmly, and their wait for the first goal extended until the 43rd minute, when Evouna rounded Ovono and slotted into an empty net.
Just eight minutes into the second half, Evouna scored his side's second goal, heading home from a cross.
It seemed the 2014 Confederation Cup winners were heading for their second consecutive final, but the Buccaneers had other ideas.
Just after Evouna had missed a chance to complete his hat-trick, substitute Erasmus scored after a poor defensive clearance, as the collapse began.
Gabuza levelled the scores in the 75th minute, to the dismay of the approximate 2,000 fans in attendance.
It would go from bad to worse for the Egyptians, as Matlaba scored Pirates' third to give the South Africans the lead for the first time in the match.
Amr Gamal's 90th-minute goal meant Al Ahly needed to score twice in added time to qualify, but Rakhale capitalised on the hosts' all-out attack to make it 3-4 with seconds remaining, as Orlando Pirates won 5-3 on aggregate.
Eric Tinkler's men will take on Étoile Sportive du Sahel, after the Tunisians scraped through on aggregate against a distraught Zamalek yesterday.


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February Post2Post Book Tour features Creativity Today by new shoes today
I have two related items for you today…
(1) Next week launches the second Post2Post Virtual Book tour where an author moves with their book from site to site over the period of a week. We have a great groups of sites participating, and an awesome book under discussion… Creativity Today by new shoes today members: Ramon Vullings, Godelieve Spaas, and Igor Byttebier
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Paul R Williams
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Charles Whitmore
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Jeff De Cagna
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Chris Wilson
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Greg Eisenbach
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(2) Chris from The Marketing Fresh Peel is also sponsoring a Fresh Peel: Creativity Contest. Post a digital image demonstrating what creativity means to you in the Fresh Peel: Flickr Group. He and author Ramon Vullings will judge the submissions which are most creative.
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There is a quote attributed to Einstein along the lines of "Everything should be made as simple as possible… but no simpler."
Today it seems there are fewer and fewer simple choices. That's true in data storage, where there is a long list of vendors and choice points to sort through. To help simplify, I thought we could spend a moment talking scorecards and industry directions.
By the numbers
IDC rankings are good indications of what's hot and what's not. We're thankful so many customers trust HPE Storage, as shown in the latest IDC storage report. HPE revenue grew by 8.8% YoY while EMC, IBM, and NetApp declined. That's 9 consecutive quarters of growth … something no other top 10 vendor has achieved. Other notable stats for HPE include #1 in total storage, #1 in internal storage, and #1 in all-flash arrays within Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA).
It's nice to be #1, but we know it's fleeting and that for IT decision makers these scorecards only tell part of the story. In the next quarter or two, IDC will report Dell/EMC as a single entity. When you combine the two, they'll be number one. They might continue losing share, but they'll be a really large company losing share.
Bigger isn't always better, which leads to industry directions and observations.
A tale of two cities
Virtually every conversation we have with customers focuses on either software-defined storage (SDS) or all-flash storage. These two design centers are very similar to the stated direction of the new Dell Technologies and other industry players, therefore worthy of a quick discussion.
One of Dell/EMC's first moves was pairing ScaleIO software defined storage to Dell servers. It's a smart move, and one we made several years ago with HPE ProLiant and HPE StoreVirtual VSA. With over 25,000 successful deployments to date, and counting, we've moved beyond the 'SDS-ready' server conversation and are excited to talk about how customers can enable a data fabric that unifies discrete servers, hyper-converged deployments, and rack-scale composable infrastructure.
In storage, it's clear that flash is becoming the new normal. Again EMC and Dell are big; having eight completely disparate flash architectures to choose from. We've taken a different approach - a single architecture from entry to enterprise for all data types. This is helping to shift our focus to deeper application integration, hybrid IT automation, and risk reduction – all at flash speed.
What makes these two architectures so simple, is that all of the data services you need are built right in: data compaction, protection and availability, multi-protocol and scale. The only way to make this simpler would be to integrate SDS with the All-Flash design centers to interoperate based on workload requirements, stay tuned…
Which brings us back to choices.
Challenging the status quo
Providing choice is a good idea. But taking a page from Einstein's razor, we think that maybe the industry has lost sight of the fact that at some point, too many choices leads to confusion. For storage buyers, especially in the mid-market, the choices have grown up around them like weeds. With so many discrete choices going in different directions, it's easy to get stuck with the wrong choice until the next refresh.
As an industry, we should strive to simplify the choices (as simple as possible) but also to assure that customers can go anywhere and change direction easily (but no simpler). That's been our focus – designing storage federation into our products rather than federating separate businesses. IT managers should have the flexibility to pick an entry point, and as needs change, move data to a different platform or consumption model without disruption.
While these design centers are not unique to HPE, it takes a lot of time and engineering to deliver simplicity without compromising choice. We've been working towards this vision for 5 years and based on the numbers, that strategy is paying off. We're excited about where we're at today and excited to help customers accelerate their tomorrow.
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The 1st main chapter of Fire Emblem: Blade of Undeath. It shows Auav and Darlann on their way to Highbridge, getting stuck in an ambush, led by Mer, a very good leader in the Arcane Squad, only second to Gamorak. Gamorak joins the Player's party on the second Player Phase in this chapter.
Beat all enemies
Auav and Darlann run away from the castle, to get amushed by undead troops on Lowbridge, next to the Royal Arcane University.
Enemy Units
- 2 Undead Mages (Lv. 2)
- 2 Undead Claw-Fighters (Lv. 1)
- Mer (Dark-Mage; Boss; Lv. 2)
- Auav: Okay, we are in Lowbridge. Only a little more...
- ???: Sorry to stop you, His Foolness!
- Darlann: Who are you? Show yourself! This was a familier voice...
- Auav: Wha! Darlann!
- Darlann: Not again... Undead! Let's clear our way!
- Auav: Hmm... The Undead can't speak well, so who shouted at me?
- Darlann: Sir! Come, we fight now!
- Auav: Oh, right! Coming, Darlann!
Gamorak Coming
- Gamorak: Mmm, it seems like there are Undead here, too. Well, back inside it is.
- Auav: Is that... Gamorak!!!
- Gamorak: Huh? Was that... Oh, Auav! Hi, little feller! How's it goin'?
- Auav: You know... FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE!!!
- Darlann: Who are you spea--- No! Not Gamo-
- Gamorak: Darlann! Good to see you! Came to defend your friend Gamorak, have you?
- Darlann: Ugh... Just join us...
Fighting Mer
- Auav: Mer?!
- Mer: His Foolness Auav! What are you doing here?
- Auav: Mer... You are on our side, aren't you?
- Mer: No, I'm on the WINNING SIDE! Prepare to lose, His Foolness!
- Auav: Mer...
- Darlann: Mer. Once again, you betray us.
- Mer: General Darlann...
- Darlann: Betraying is our first-priority killing-target. You know this, Mer.
- Mer: Rules, priorities, duties! Get a life, Darlann!
- Darlann: Fight and lose with honor!
- Mer: Wha--- General Gamorak!
- Gamorak: Mer. You betray me once again.
- Mer: No... You are supposed to be---
- Gamorak: Dead? No. That's you. I'm too good to die... And I have the nice Darlann-shield!
- Mer: I... Can't... We know you're too good for me!
- Gamorak: Well... Let's test it!
- Mer: G-G-Gamorak... Just... Fight.
After Chapter
- Auav: Phew... That's it.
- Gamorak: Mer... Now who will try to kill me...?
- Darlann: I can try! You almost killed me!
- Gamorak: Hey, kiddo! I am your master, don't you---
- Auav: Let's just keep going...
- (Everybody go on)
- Auav: I wonder if Gamorak just says he is 23... He is so childish...
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PARIS (Reuters) - Morgan Pressel, chasing her second major win and first victory in seven years, moved within one shot of the lead after firing the lowest score of the day in the Evian Championship second round in Haute Savoie on Friday.
The American posted a six-under-par 65 to climb into second spot behind South Korean Lee Mi-hyang who carded a 67 for 133, nine under, in the final women's major of the year.
Dane Nicole Broch Larsen, winner of last week's Helsingborg Open in Sweden, was in third position on 135 after a 67.
Pressel has made 170 tournament appearances since she last triumphed at the 2008 Kapalua LPGA Classic.
"It's hard to nit-pick but I didn't hit my driver as well
on the front nine as I would have liked so there are certainly things that I can improve on," she told reporters.
"But I feel like mentally I stayed tough and battled through and made some birdies even after hitting poor drives."
Pressel will be a member of the 12-strong United States team in next week's Solheim Cup match against holders Europe at St Leon-Rot in Germany.
World number one Park In-bee returned a 69 for 141.
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Chapter 2, Secret Life Summary and Analysis
Twice a week, Wurtzel goes to Dr. Isaac's office, which she doesn't mind at all, despite the fact it's not a common activity for an eleven-year-old. He gives her various reasons as to why she has the issues she has, such as her parents' divorce or the fact that she is overly precocious. She was sent to Dr. Isaac after a teacher found her cutting herself. She agrees to go to Dr. Isaac on the solemn swear that she will stop doing it, and makes the teacher promise to never tell her mother about the razors.
Wurtzel explains that she cuts herself because she feels like she is a huge mistake, that everything about her is wrong. She feels a sense of peace and power when she can cut her pale, white legs and the art of hiding the scars from her mother becomes a game in and of itself.
Wurtzel starts to cut school and her grades start to go downhill. The girl that used to berate herself for getting anything less than an A is now coasting along with B's and C's. However, when her mother sees her report card, she bursts into tears and asks what has happened to her perfect daughter. No matter what Wurtzel does, she feels out of place and cannot understand why her internal pain is not reflective and obvious to anyone else on the outside who cannot seem to understand that all the effort is worthless.
Wurtzel realizes that she has gotten so impossible and unpleasant that she needs to do something to improve herself. The psychiatrists try to help her and she feels like she is unraveling. Meanwhile, her mother is refusing to acknowledge that anything is wrong with her. She treats her like a normal kid rather than reacting to the depression. Wurtzel reflects that this is perhaps the best thing for her at the time and can't blame her mother for her reaction. Eventually, the nightly scene is Wurtzel lying on her bed, helpless, and her mother, upset that her daughter is going through these problems, lying on her bed and sobbing. On some level, Wurtzel acknowledges that she cannot let her mind go too far because it would destroy her mother. She's not sure why this makes sense to someone as depressed as she is, but she says this is what happened to her.
At age twelve, Wurtzel finds herself cutting school and waiting until her mother has left the apartment to return and watch television shows or generally avoid the world rather than go to school.
One day, she meets her friend's older brother with whom she connects. His name is Abel and when he starts to hook up with her. The physical contact brings her happiness that she welcomes wholeheartedly. When she turns thirteen, she thinks the entire world is horrible. She is stuck at camp again. She sobs with anyone who will listen about how awful life is and how she is suffocating under the darkness. She is lost and cries, despondent despite the fact that her friends try to console her.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Some neighbors connect over sidewalk chit-chat, or having kids the same age. In the 5100 block of Upton Avenue S. in Minneapolis, they've bonded over Light Yellow Ochre.
That's one of the daubs of oil paint arrayed on the palette resting on Joe Burns' lap. Swizzling his brush in its various hues and shades, he's painted portraits of more than 40 of his neighbors this summer.
It's partly for practice, as in the path toward perfection. But he's also had a less artistic, more altruistic purpose. "The neatest thing for me is that I get to spend 2 1/2 hours with everyone on the block," Burns said. "You never know where a portrait, or a conversation, is going to lead you."
While joking that he should have installed a psychiatrist's couch, Burns tells no tales of revelations shared by his subjects. Rather, you get the impression he's traded his skills for some fascinating conversations.
That's because his neighbors include an astrophysicist, a cancer nurse, a marriage counselor, a financial adviser, a Le Cordon Bleu chef and a Pilates instructor.
That's the funny/risky thing about moving onto a block: You never really know who else is there until you've committed.
Burns, 50, has been a fixture on the block since his family moved there about 15 years ago. As a self-employed commercial ar-tist, he worked at home, and so was the parent at the bus stop, or at the park. He'd gotten to know his neighbors in the way that many of us do: gradually, haphazardly.
As neighbor Pam Gleason put it: "You start out standing and talking on the sidewalk. Then you get invited onto the front yard. Then you graduate to the back yard, and pretty soon it's an every-Friday-night thing."
If you're lucky.
Six years ago, Burns decided to shift gears from commercial art to portraiture. He attended the Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art in Minneapolis for four years. "It's not so much how to paint or how to draw, but how to see things," he said of the rigorous instruction. "It really is a discipline."
While there, he'd run across a story about Rose Frantzen, an artist in Maquoketa, Iowa, who'd come up with the idea of painting a portrait of anyone in the town who wanted one. She ended up painting 180 residents, with her work eventually exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
With Frantzen in mind, Burns was struck by a 2008 survey about social behavior that found people are growing more distant from their neighbors. In 1974, more than four in 10 neighbors said they spent a social evening with neighbors more than once a month. Today, that figure has declined to fewer than three in 10.
He got to thinking.
The result is the "51st and Upton Portrait Project," in which Burns has cajoled almost everyone on the block to sit for about three hours while he paints their portrait on a 12- by 12-inch canvas mounted on board. (After a show, everyone gets to keep their portrait.)
In most cases, he said, the time has flown, although he makes accommodations for the youngest kids, popping in a video of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," whose running time of 144 minutes is long enough for him to paint a likeness.
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"We all know what doctors and lawyers do, but not that many of us know what an artist does," he said.
As part of the project, Burns painted his own portrait, which proved revelatory.
"I try to paint everyone as real as I can," he said. "So I had to tell myself that I have wrinkles and no hair. It's not exactly a flattering picture of me, but it's a picture of me."
Burns' portraits, done relatively quickly compared with the 40 to 50 hours he'd spend on a museum-quality painting, are more about planes and shapes of color. Watching him work is sort of like watching a stop-action film. With a small brushstroke, Gleason's eyes suddenly brightened. Another stroke, and a cheekbone appeared. From paint, there emerged a person.
And more, Burns added, trying to explain how the very act of conversing while painting, much less painting his neighbors, invests each portrait with more than just a simple likeness.
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A community coming together and supporting each other, nearly seven decades strong. "It's a throwback to old times. Everyone who comes here sees that."
Event organizers say between the parade and surrounding events, more than 10,000 people take part in Pioneer Days.


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Severe inflammatory reaction induced by peritoneal trauma is the key driving mechanism of postoperative adhesion formation
Many factors have been put forward as a driving mechanism of surgery-triggered adhesion formation (AF). In this study, we underline the key role of specific surgical trauma related with open surgery (OS) and laparoscopic (LS) conditions in postoperative AF and we aimed to study peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction (TIR), remodelling specific complications of open surgery (OS) versus LS and subsequently evaluating AF induced by these conditions.
A prospective randomized study was done in 80 anaesthetised female Wistar rats divided equally into 2 groups. Specific traumatic OS conditions were induced by midline incision line (MIL) extension and tissue drying and specific LS conditions were remodelled by intraperitoneal CO2 insufflation at the 10 cm of water. TIR was evaluated at the 24th, 72nd, 120th and 168th hour by scoring scale. Statistical analysis was performed by the non-parametric t test and two-way ANOVA using Bonferroni post-tests.
More pronounced residual TIR was registered after OS than after LS. There were no significant TIR interactions though highly significant differences were observed between the OS and LS groups (p < 0.0001) with regard to surgical and time factors. The TIR change differences between the OS and LS groups were pronounced with postoperative time p < 0.05 at the 24th and 72nd; p < 0.01 - 120th and p < 0.001 - 168th hrs. Adhesion free wounds were observed in 20.0 and 31.0% of cases after creation of OS and LS conditions respectively; with no significant differences between these values (p > 0.05). However larger adhesion size (41.67 ± 33.63) was observed after OS in comparison with LS (20.31 ± 16.38). The upper-lower 95% confidential limits ranged from 60.29 to 23.04 and from 29.04 to 11.59 respectively after OS and LS groups with significant differences (p = 0.03). Analogous changes were observed in adhesion severity values. Subsequently, severe TIR parameters were followed by larger sizes of severe postoperative adhesions in the OS group than those observed in the LS group.
MIL extension and tissue drying seem to be the key factors in the pathogenesis of adhesion formation, triggering severe inflammatory reactions of the peritoneal tissue surrounding the MIL resulting in local and systemic consequences. CO2 insufflation however, led to moderate inflammation and less adhesion formation.
Adhesions are an important health care problem
Laparoscopy (LS) has been established as the golden standard for the surgical treatment of a variety of benign tumors and other pathologic conditions. Laparotomy or open surgery (OS) is increasingly being regarded as outdated and thus may not be the treatment of choice of many pathologic conditions in the abdominal and pelvic cavities for much longer. Many studies have been comparatively evaluating perioperative changes, as well as short and long term outcomes of OS versus LS
It is well known that LS, compared with OS, reduces adhesion formation. Therefore, many contradicting findings have been presented and discussed concerning LS-related postoperative adhesion formation mechanisms
However, both OS and LS have their specific traumatic effects on the abdominal wall and peritoneum tissue. OS has more additional traumatic effects related with the midline incision line (MIL) giving access to the operated organs, tissue drying, direct hand-manipulations, accumulation of foreign bodies and severe tissue ischemia by MIL extension, ligations and suturing of the abdominal wound. Most of these tissue traumatic factors are reduced or excluded during LS with subsequent beneficial outcome such as fast postsurgical recovery, less morbidity, pain decrease etc.
The experimental protocol was approved by the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Review Board and Animal Care Committee as a part of the research project of MD thesis by SVP.
The animals were kept under standard laboratory conditions at a temperature between 20 and 25°C, and a relative humidity of 40 to 70%. They had a day cycle of 14 h light and 10 h dark, a standard laboratory diet and free access to food and water. The animals were housed at the Laboratory for Animal Care, Faculty of Basic Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia).
Experimental design
The experiment was done by a blind randomization in anaesthetised spontaneously breathing 80 adult female 6 month old Wistar rats weighing between 210-230 g divided equally into 2 groups (Table
Table 1
Design of surgical procedures and evaluation methods in both OS and LS groups
Adhesion inducing trauma
Simulation of basic specific surgical conditions
during 1 hr
Time of evaluation and type of results
24-72-120-168 hrs
168 hrs
MIL extension
Postsurgical follow up of inflammation severity
Postsurgical adhesions' frequency and size
CO2 insufflation at 10 cm of water
Anaesthesia and surgical procedures
Anaesthesia was achieved and maintained by intramuscular fractional injection of thiopental sodium in the musculus femoralis (50 mg/kg) and inhalation of air.
According to our study design, surgical procedures included similar adhesion inducing trauma i.e. MIL, in the first step in both groups. Then MIL extension was performed in the OS group as a simulation of basic specific traumatic conditions related with laparotomy. CO2 was insufflated in the LS group as a main specific condition is related with laparoscopy.
In the OS group a 2 cm MIL was performed by scalpel and the abdominal cavity was kept open for 1 hour with extension of the MIL by eye retractor. The same MIL was performed in the LS group to induce adhesion formation in the trocar sites and 18 g catheter "HELMFLON®/HELMSYTE®" of the company HELM India PVT Ltd was fixed in the middle of the MIL. Consequently, this MIL was closed without extension. CO2 was insufflated during 1 hour through this catheter to simulate laparoscopic conditions during CO2 pneumoperitoneum and the wound around this catheter was considered as a port-site wound. The MIL was closed by two layers of continuous sutures of vicril 5/0 (Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson) in both groups. The first suture layer included peritoneum, musculus and fascia; the second layer - only the skin.
CO2-pneumoperitoneum setup
To insufflate CO2 a special setup (Figure
Figure 1
Setup of system to creation of CO2-pneumoperitoneum (Definitions in the text)
Setup of system to creation of CO2-pneumoperitoneum (Definitions in the text).
The heating device, the thermometer and the excess water reservoir controlled the temperature and humidity of the CO2 gas. The temperature in this system was kept at 37°C. The temperature in animals' body was kept by the permanent flow of warmed and humidified CO2 to keep intraperitoneal pressure level at the 10 cm of water. Animals' body temperature was above 35°c outside of their skin. Excess water after condensation accumulated in the special reservoir, and warm and humidified CO2 gas was administered through a distributor (9) with 5 small tubes connected with the let in 18 G catheter (10) which was inserted into the rats' abdomen (11).
Insufflation pressure was controlled and monitored with two water valves. The first water valve (4), which was situated next to the CO2 balloon and controlled the pressure in the insufflation system. The abdominal cavity of the animals was connected through the outlet 20 G catheter (12) with a second water valve (13) to monitor the intra-abdominal pressure. When the intraperitoneal pressure was achieved 10 cm of water excess of CO2 was deflated by means of the second water valve (13). The CO2-pneumoperitoneum was simultaneously created simultaneously in 5 animals.
Evaluation of macroscopic changes and adhesion formation
The severity of the peritoneal inflammatory reactions was studied by a scoring system (Table
Table 2
Macroscopic residual inflammatory reaction scoring system.
Smooth wound surface with palish or palish-pink color of serosa
Dilated vessels
Petechial extravasation/hemorrhage
Hemorrhagic imbibition
Black blue color of wound
Fibrinoid deposits on the wound surfaces
Necrotic tissue and detritus
Fester and other changes
Total score
To objectively present the relief of adhesions in the abdominal and pelvic cavity we carefully evaluated the frequency and character of adhesions on the laparotomy line, on the uterine horns, on the area of the peritoneal adhesion formation model and on the other abdominal and pelvic structures/organs. These data were recorded by a researcher blinded to the treatment groups. The adhesion size was observed as follows: 0 - no adhesions; 1-25%; 26-50%; 51-75% of traumatized area or total (76-100%) involvement. Adhesion severity was recorded as follows: 0 - no adhesions; 1 - no resistance to separation; 2 - little resistance to separation; 3 - moderate resistance (force required) to separation; 4 - sharp dissection needed to separation.
Groups were formed randomly and after the creation of a model, the assistants marked the animals. After filling in the individual protocol of surgical procedures for each animal, these protocols were each put in a separate envelope, which was sealed immediately. After 168 hr, the animals were randomly picked for the evaluation. One outsider surgeon (MYuE) and OAM managed this procedure. Each animal was separately evaluated simultaneously by two researchers. There were only 5 cases of disarrangements and those cases were repetitively evaluated to find consensus. Then, a new protocol of adhesion formation for each animal was filled in and, finally, after the experiment had ended, it was matched with the first protocol which was filled after the previous surgery.
Statistical analysis was performed by Graph Pad Prism. Mean ± SD is indicated unless stated otherwise. P values were obtained by two-way ANOVA using Bonferroni post-tests for repeated inflammation values and the unpaired t test for adhesion frequency, size and severity. We performed the Kolmogorov & Smirnov normality test to find out data sampled from populations that follow Gaussian distribution. Data concerning adhesion size as well as adhesion severity passed this test, but data concerning adhesion frequency did not. Using two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-tests we tried to answer the following questions:
1). Does the surgery have the same effect at all values of time (24, 72, 120 and 168 hr)?
2). Does the surgery affect the result or are the curves different?
3). Does time affect the result or are the curves horizontal?
More pronounced residual peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction parameters were registered after OS in comparison with those after LS (Figure
Figure 2
Dynamics of postoperative inflammation score changes after induction conditions of open and laparoscopic surgery
Dynamics of postoperative inflammation score changes after induction conditions of open and laparoscopic surgery. P value (LT vs LS) was obtained by two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-tests.
1) Interaction accounts for approximately 1.61% of the total variance (F = 1.19, DFn = 3, DFd = 53 and p = 0.32). If there is no interaction overall, there is a 32% chance of randomly observing effect. Subsequently the interaction is considered not significant.
2) Surgery accounts for approximately 26.53% of the total variance (F = 58.53, DFn = 1, DFd = 53 and p = 0.0001). If the surgery has no effect overall, there is a less than 0.01% chance of randomly observing effect. Subsequently, the surgical impact is considered extremely significant.
3) Time accounts for approximately 32.33% of the total variance (F = 23.77, DFn = 3, DFd = 53 and p = 0.0001). If time has no effect overall, there is a less than 0.01% chance of randomly observing effect. The effect of time is also considered to be extremely significant.
There were no significant interactions in peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction parameters, but highly significant differences were observed between the OS and LS groups (p < 0.0001) with regard to both surgical and time factors. The differences of changes in peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction parameters between OS and LS groups were pronounced with postoperative time p < 0.05 at the 24th and 72nd; p < 0.01 - 120th and p < 0.001 - 168th hrs.
The adhesion frequency was studied as follows, the presence of adhesions was considered as 1, absence - as 0 (Figure
Figure 3
Adhesion parameters after open (OS) and laparoscopic (LS) surgery conditions induced in the abdominal wall tissue
Adhesion parameters after open (OS) and laparoscopic (LS) surgery conditions induced in the abdominal wall tissue. (Overall unpaired t test, two-tail p value frequency, size and severity of adhesions).
The mean value of adhesion severity (Figure
Both open and laparoscopy surgery trigger specific traumatic effects related with removing tumors or with surgical treatment of other diseases of the abdominal cavity (Table
Table 3
Open and laparoscopy surgery-related factors and consequences of the surgical treatment of diseases in the abdominal and pelvic cavities
Midline incision
Extension of the midline incision
Direct hand-manipulations
Trocar or port sites
CO2 pneumoperitoneum
Indirect hand-manipulations
damaging factors
Tissue drying
Severe trauma
Severe ischemia
Accumulation of foreign bodies
The possibility of bacterial contamination
CO2 pneumoperitoneum-related local and systemic effects: blood gas, acid base balance parameters changes, blood circulatory in large vessels and parenchymatous organs in the abdominal and pelvic cavities
Painful slow recovery
High morbidity
Long hospitalization
A big scar
Less painful fast recovery
Low morbidity
Short hospitalization
Small scars
✓ extension of the laparotomy incision of the abdominal wall to get access to the operated organ;
✓ tissue drying due to open abdomen and prolonged surgery;
✓ direct hand-manipulations, handling of the abdominal organs and tissue;
✓ accumulation of foreign bodies - small pieces of surgical materials, tampons, plugs, napkins, suture materials
✓ severe tissue ischemia related with ligation and suturing as well as extension of the laparotomy incision of the abdominal wall;
✓ the possibility of bacterial contamination, which cannot be excluded.
However, laparoscopic surgery entails other, specific effects due to the use of gas media to extend the abdomen. From this, a large body of literature has sprung studying the pathophysiologic mechanisms of CO2-pneumoperitoneum induced systemic alterations such as respiratory, cardiovascular and blood gas, acid base parameters changes, as well as local disturbances in the peritoneal cavity such as decreased peritoneal pH and blood circulatory deteriorations with mesothelial hypoxemia during laparoscopic surgery
Recently, these two approaches have been systematically compared in malignant conditions in several meta-analyses. The mean operative time for LS was significantly longer but the postoperative hospital stay was shorter in comparison with those undergoing laparotomy in a meta-analysis of 2940 patients with splenectomy drawn from a large amount of publications
Most of these tissue traumatic factors are reduced or excluded during laparoscopy with the subsequent beneficial outcome. Due to the fast recovery after surgery, less morbidity, decreased pain etc, laparoscopy is now also being applied in the treatment of malignant but curable conditions resulting in equally beneficial results in the short-time follow-up for patients with malignant cancers.
More pronounced residual peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction parameters were registered after open surgery, as compared with LS. There were no significant interactions in peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction parameters, but highly significant differences were observed between the open surgery and LS groups (p < 0.0001) with regard to both treatment and time factors by two-way ANOVA with source of variation and Bonferroni post-tests. The differences in peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction changes between the open surgery and LS groups were pronounced with postoperative time p < 0.05 at the 24th and 72nd; p < 0.01 - 120th and p < 0.001 - 168th hrs.
We found adhesion free wounds in approximately 20.0 and 31.0% cases after creation of open surgery and LS conditions respectively. There were no significant differences between these values by unpaired t test (p > 0.05). However, larger adhesion size (41.67 ± 33.63) was observed after open surgery in comparison with LS (20.31 ± 16.38). The upper-lower 95% confidential limits ranged from 60.29 to 23.04 and from 29.04 to 11.59 respectively after open surgery and LS with significant differences by unpaired two-tail t test (p = 0.03). Subsequently, a severe peritoneal tissue inflammatory reaction arose, due to the larger size of the postoperative adhesions in the open surgery group than those observed in the LS group respectively: 2.4 ± 1.55 and 1.31 ± 1.35 scores with the upper-lower 95% confidential limits from 3.26 to 1.54 and from 2.03 to 0.59 (the two-tailed p = 0.03).
Since excess CO2 is immediately eliminated through the lungs (Figure
Figure 4
The pathways of CO2 insufflation, diffusion, circulation; and elimination during laparoscopy with CO2 pneumoperitoneum and its pathological effects
The pathways of CO2 insufflation, diffusion, circulation; and elimination during laparoscopy with CO2 pneumoperitoneum and its pathological effects. 1 - CO2 insufflation set up (including CO2 balloon and CO2 insufflator); 2 - increased tension of free CO2 gas (↑pCO2) in the abdominal cavity; 3 - CO2 diffusion into parietal peritoneum tissue (↑↑↑); 4 - passes into capillaries and vessels; 5,6 - CO2 accumulation and circulation in venous (5) and arterial (6) blood; 7 and 8 - circulatory and functional disturbances in parenchimateous organs (liver and kidney); 9 and 10 - cardiovascular and respiratory changes (heart and lungs); 11 - CO2 elimination by physiologic way.
Midline laparotomy extension and tissue drying seem to be the key factors in the pathogenesis of postsurgical complications. They trigger severe inflammatory reactions of the peritoneal tissue surrounding the laparotomic incision resulting in local and systemic consequences, whereas CO2 insufflation results in moderate inflammation and less adhesion formation.
List of abbreviations used
AF: adhesion formation; LS: laparoscopy and laparoscopic conditions; MIL: midline incision line; OS: open surgery; TIR: tissue inflammatory reaction; tPA: tissue plasminogen activator; hr: hour; hrs: hours.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
SVP & ZhRK - equally participated in all steps of surgical procedures, preparation of rats for anaesthesia, surgery and postsurgical animal care, as well as randomization of animals and filling in surgical protocols and interpretation of obtained results. MYuE - was involved in the surgical procedures as an outsider surgeon to blindly evaluate of inflammation and adhesions' parameters by scoring scales, and later she was also participated in the drafting of the manuscript and revising it critically for content. IPK - was involved in the design of the study, performed the statistical analysis, interpretation of results. He drafted the manuscript and revised it critically for content. OAM - as a coordinator and a principal researcher has made substantive intellectual contributions to the concept and design of this study, acquisition of data - a creation of surgical models and a blind evaluation of inflammation and adhesions' parameters by scoring scales, statistical analysis and interpretation of this study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We sincerely thank Veronique Berkein, MA, for her help during the preparation of this manuscript. We are also grateful to Ass. Prof. Lyudmila V. Liutova, BS, PhD, and Prof. Vladimir B. Koshelev BS, PhD, ScD for their help to set up of our experiments in the Laboratory of Fermentative Fibrinolysis, Faculty of Biology and in the Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Basic Medicine, Moscow State University.
Adhesion prevention in gynecologic surgery
Adhesion in gynecology complication, cost, and prevention: a review
Adhesions and colorectal surgery - call for action
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Consequences and complications of peritoneal adhesions
Barrier agents for adhesion prevention after gynaecological surgery
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Laparoscopically assisted versus open surgery for endometrial cancer--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Laparoscopic versus open ileo-colonic resection in Crohn's disease: short- and long-term results from a prospective longitudinal study
The surgical trauma of abdominal wall incision: A comparison of laparoscopic vs open surgery with three-dimensional stereography
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Laparoscopy and adhesion formation, adhesions and laparoscopy
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By Andrew Wolfson and Jason Riley, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
LOUISVILLE Karen Sypher stared stoically at the jury as a clerk read its verdict Thursday, finding her guilty on all counts of extorting money from University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino and lying to the FBI about it.
But her mother cried, and as he left courtroom, Sypher's son Jacob sarcastically told the two prosecutors who won the conviction, "Thanks for taking my mother away, guys."
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson III set sentencing for 10 a.m. on Oct. 27 and allowed Sypher to remain free until then, over the objection of prosecutors, who wanted her jailed but wouldn't divulge their reasons.
The verdict came after a sensational and sometimes sordid eight-day trial in which federal prosecutors claimed that Sypher, 50, fabricated rape charges against Pitino, then tried to force him to give her a house, cars and $10 million to keep silent about it, while the defense countered that it was Pitino who tried to bribe Sypher to keep her quiet.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney John Kuhn Jr. told reporters on the courthouse steps Thursday that the verdict was "a good thing for the victim and the community."
"We are happy to put this behind us," Kuhn said.
PITINO FALLOUT?: Louisville AD says coach a 'grand ambassador'
Juror Charles Smith, a 28-year-old mortgage broker, told reporters that convicting Sypher was a "hard decision," and that some jurors initially felt she might not have been guilty on some counts, specifically the retaliation charges.
But he said the jury — six men and six women who deliberated 5½ hours over two days — ultimately found enough evidence to convict, particularly because of three threatening phone calls made to Pitino that were documented by the federal authorities.
Smith said the jurors didn't want to question a woman's right to report a rape at any time but did wonder about the timing of her allegation to police, which came after she was charged in federal court.
Asked about Pitino's testimony — and what he thinks now of the coach –— Smith, a self-professed Cardinal fan, said: "He wasn't on trial here."
Pitino's attorney, Steve Pence, said his client would not comment after Thursday's verdict but may after Sypher's sentencing.
But Pence said: "The jury confirmed what we said all along, that she blackmailed Coach, and she lied about it."
Pitino did "the only thing he could — go to authorities, report it and cooperate," Pence said, adding that the coach is now "focusing on his family and basketball."
Leaving through the courthouse's back door on Thursday afternoon, Sypher and her lawyer, James Earhart, had no comment on the verdict.
The jury found Sypher guilty on all three counts of making threatening communications to Pitino with the intent of extorting cash and gifts from him.
She also was convicted of lying to the FBI when she said she didn't know who left the threatening messages and when she said her relationship with lawyer Dana Kolter, who sent a threatening letter for her to Pitino, was "strictly business."
She also was found guilty of a sixth count for retaliating against Pitino for reporting her extortion attempts.
The charges are punishable by a maximum 26 years in prison, although Earhart has said the more likely punishment is seven to eight years under federal sentencing guidelines.
Sypher's rape claims dismissed
The nationally publicized trial featured ripped-from-the-tabloids testimony in which Pitino admitted he had consensual sex with Sypher at Porcini restaurant in what he called an "unfortunate incident" — while Sypher insisted in tape recordings played for the jury that Pitino raped her twice, then forced her to have an abortion.
Presenting 20 witnesses, the government tried to show that Sypher was a gold-digger who shook Pitino down and who lied about so many facts that her rape claims were unbelievable.
Three men testified that they had sex with Sypher while she was married, two of whom said she performed oral sex on them immediately before each helped her pass on threatening communications to Pitino.
Sypher's defense presented no witnesses, but in cross-examinations and opening and closing statements, her lawyer said she was raped and then "villanized" for reporting it, and that her ex-husband —Tim Sypher, Pitino's longtime aide and one-time equipment manager — was behind the blackmail plot.
Smith, the juror who spoke with reporters, said the claim that Tim Sypher was involved came "too late."
"There was no evidence presented that showed anyone had involvement besides Karen Sypher," Smith said in a phone interview.
Sypher never testified, but the jury heard her story through video recordings of statements she gave to Louisville police and FOX-41 TV, in which she described an alleged sexual assault at Porcini on July 31, 2003, that "didn't take long, but it seemed like hours to me."
She also claimed Pitino raped her a few weeks later at a condominium belonging to Tim Sypher, who she later married and then divorced.
Testifying over two days during the trial's first week, Pitino said he was embarrassed and humiliated as a married man for the "unfortunate incident" at Porcini but that the sex was consensual and lasted just 15 seconds.
He said he never had sex with Sypher again and doubted her claims that he fathered the child that she later aborted.
Pitino's aides, Vinnie Tatum and Tim Sypher, said they were at Porcini nearby and denied hearing any screams or scuffling.
In her statements played to the jury, Sypher offered conflicting explanations for why she drove Pitino home from Porcini after he allegedly raped her, a claim that Pitino testified made no sense.
She also was never able to fully explain why she began dating and eventually married Tim Sypher, given her claim that he ignored her cries for help when she says Pitino raped her at Tim Sypher's condo, and that their marriage meant she would be continually in contact with Pitino.
Earhart tried to suggest that Tim Sypher, at Pitino's behest, "brainwashed" her, but when he was asked about that assertion, Tim Sypher testified, "That's craziness" and said he married Karen and had a child with her because he loved her.
Sex encounter at Porcini
Prosecutors Kuhn and Marisa Ford told the jury that they would prove Sypher wove a "tangle of lies," then presented testimony and evidence to back it up.
While Karen Sypher said she went to Porcini for a job interview with a Courier-Journal executive and was professionally dressed in a skirt that came to her knees, the newspaperman said he met Sypher that night at the restaurant for the first time, and several witnesses said she was wearing a white miniskirt.
While Sypher said that Porcini owner Tim Coury handed Pitino a big ring of keys before leaving for the night, Coury said he wouldn't give his restaurant keys to his own mother and instead told Pitino's aide to have them exit through a self-locking side door.
Attacking Sypher's contention that Pitino later sexually assaulted her, several witnesses described Sypher flirting that night with Pitino and "The Boys," as bartender Melissa Brent described the coach's entourage.
"My impression is that they were enjoying each other's company and getting along rather well," Brent testified.
But Earhart also pointed out inconsistencies in Pitino's story and holes in corroborating witnesses' testimony.
Pitino, for example, testified that Coury told him how to exit the restaurant, but Coury and Tatum said Coury only gave those instructions to Tatum.
The defense lawyer also got the witnesses who described Sypher that night to admit they couldn't remember similar details on any other occasion they ate or drank there.
And Earhart raised doubts about whether Tatum was present, pointing out that Pitino himself testified that he left with Sypher because he thought Tatum had already left for the evening.
But the prosecution attacked Sypher's claims that Pitino forced her to have abortion, showing through medical records that she told a Louisville counseling center that she wanted to abort her pregnancy before she even told Pitino she was pregnant.
The two sides offered conflicting accounts of threatening messages left on Pitino's cellphone in February 2009 and of meetings where Pitino asked Sypher who may have made the calls.
Testifying for the government, Lester Goetzinger, a longtime friend of Karen Sypher, said that she "begged and pleaded" with him to make the calls — and performed oral sex him on the day before he made the first two.
Goetzinger had previously pleaded guilty to leaving all three messages for Pitino, in exchange for pretrial diversion.
But playing the messages for the jury, Earhart suggested that the third call was made by someone else.
Earhart may have mounted the strongest defense to the second extortion charge, in which Sypher was accused of sending a note to Pitino with seven demands, including for new cars for her and one of her sons.
On cross-examination, Tim Sypher acknowledged that he asked his wife to write the note, and that he is the one who decided to deliver it to Pitino on March 6, 2009, in West Virginia on the eve of the Cardinals' final regular-season game that would determine the Big East champion.
Tim Sypher said he only asked Karen to put the list on paper because he couldn't remember everything she wanted, and that he didn't tell her what to write.
But he couldn't say why he gave the list to Pitino the same night and admitted that he later went to car dealerships in Lexington owned in part by Pitino to pick out vehicles for Karen Sypher and her son.
Earhart couldn't tie Tim Sypher to the third extortion attempt — a letter written by Sypher's divorce lawyer, Dana Kolter, in which Kolter threatened that unless her demands were mediated or settled that "she will seek closure one way or the other."
Prosecutors showed that Kolter sent the letter only after Sypher performed oral sex on him, belying Earhart's claim that it was a legitimate legal demand like ones sent out routinely before lawsuits are filed.
Earhart did not challenge the government's claim that Sypher lied when she told agents her relationship with Kolter was "strictly business," but he said it wasn't "material" to the FBI's investigation, a requirement for a conviction.
FBI Special Agent Steve Wight, however, said it was relevant because investigators didn't know at the time whether Kolter was making the demands solely as Sypher's lawyer or if he was influenced by her sexual favors.
The government seemed to present powerful evidence for the last count of the indictment — that Sypher was illegally retaliating against Pitino when she accused him of rape last year only after she was charged with extortion.
Subpoenaed to testify by the government, WHAS-TV reporter Melanie Kahn told the jury that Sypher tipped her off the day before she went to Louisville metro police last July to report the rape allegations.
Detective Mona Sullivan testified it was the first time in her 10 years with the sex crimes unit that an alleged victim came in to make a report with a TV crew in tow.
Ford said that showed Sypher was only interested in one thing at that point — "payback."
The case was the result of a 15-month investigation by FBI Special Agents Wight and David Beyer.
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