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Conciliate Mondazza, of Ruwa, a town outside Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, remembers that night, so long ago, well. "I was sleeping in my bedroom when the door just opened. And there she was...this woman," she explains in a soft voice. "I couldn't speak or move...and she just stood there glaring at me. Then, she was gone! I had to jar myself to get up and close the door. I believe, or was made to believe, that that woman was a witch. She was jealous of us because we [her brothers and sisters] always received prizes at school [e.g. for good grades] and her children didn't. She would say 'How come they're always getting the prizes?' She once offered us some coins and my mother said, 'Don't you dare use those coins or you will be bewitched!'"
Conciliate's husband, Isaiah, didn't want her to tell that story and protested as she began. To admit to believing in witches, especially to a North American, is tantamount to admitting to being 'primitive,' 'superstitious,' and, perhaps even delusional. And yet, Conciliate is not unique as an educated, thoroughly 'modern' Christian who happens to believe in witches and witchcraft. In fact, as sub-Saharan Africa reels under a series of apparently chronic economic, social, political and health crises such as AIDS, witchcraft and witchcraft accusations appear to be on the rise. African print and electronic media are replete with references to witches and witchcraft, prompting serious debates both within the continent and beyond on the role of witches in African societies. Recent headlines from Zimbabwe's national newspapers, The Herald and The Daily News, for example, read: "Modern Court Must Address Issues Dealing with Witchcraft" ( The Herald, June 5, 1999), "Six Teachers Transfer Over Alleged Witchcraft Acitivity" ( The Herald, June 6, 1999), "Man Jailed for Killing Father over Witchcraft Allegations" ( The Daily News, May 14, 1999). What accounts for this sustained and apparently pervasive belief in witchcraft in modern Africa? Is it an anachronistic holdover of a primal past or the product of a malcontented modernity? Are witchcraft and witchcraft accusations the sole province of Black Africans or can non-Blacks be imputed with such practices? With a particular focus on the chiShona-speaking peoples of Zimbabwe, I attempt to unravel the modern enigma of African witchcraft at the millennium.
Hard Lines and Fuzzy Edges: Defining Witchcraft in Zimbabwe
Part of the enigma of African witchcraft, in Zimbabwe at least, is the slipperiness of defining what it is exactly. From a general legal perspective, witchcraft as such does not exist in Zimbabwe. The ascendancy of European rule in the late 19th century witnessed the development of the Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1899, which made it illegal for Africans (and non-Africans) to accuse or punish suspected witches. Legislation was promulgated on the European belief that witches as such did not exist and, therefore, the focus was on preventing imputations of witchcraft (which usually led to general social unrest, a slowdown in colonial production in mines and on farms and, often, to the eventual murder of the reputed witch). Colonial hard-line efforts to legislate away African belief in witchcraft met with little success and, perhaps, had the unforeseen effect of making Africans believe that Whites were actually working to protect witches. Despite recent attempts by the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association to amend the Act (in language that indeed acknowledges the existence of witches), it still remains much as it did during colonialism.
If witchcraft does not exist legally, however, it is still very much alive in the average Zimbabwean's everyday life. Recently, in the capital city of Harare, many women were terrified to hear that a man was said to be in possession of mubobobo, a magical medicine which allegedly allowed him to have sexual intercourse with married women, unbeknownst to them, while they slept next to their husbands who were also unaware of the impropriety. In another case, a man who stole a sizable amount of inventory from a store was attacked by a gang of tokoloshis, small, usually invisible creatures that can either persecute people who have stolen something from their owners or, alternately, bring their owners wealth and success. The expense of keeping tokoloshis, however, is great - they typically feed on blood. Usually, this means that someone in the owner's family will die every year that they keep them. On a domestic note, a man who suspects that his wife is being unfaithful may go to a n'anga (traditional healer) and get a type of medicine to place in her drink or her food that will bring on a type of affliction locally known as runyoka. Any man that she has sexual relations with, other than her husband, will begin to 'waste' away, the husband being unaffected. Not surprisingly, runyoka is often conflated with HIV/AIDS. Runyoka is, however, curable with a traditional healer's intervention; HIV/AIDS is not.
All of the above diverse practices fall generally under the rubric of witchcraft. What then constitutes witchcraft? "Witchcraft in Africa includes the use of harmful medicines, charms, magic and any other means or devices in causing any illness, misfortune or death in any person or animal or in causing any injury to any person or animal or property," says Gordon Chavunduka, president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association[1]. So, then, is a husband who places runyoka on his wife practicing witchcraft? "It depends on the situation," explains Chavunduka. "It depends on who is defining the situation. To the husband, it's not witchcraft. He is, in fact, protecting his wife. But that other chap who slept with her and suffered as a result might regard him as having practiced witchcraft." In such a context, it is difficult, to say the least, to establish a baseline definition of what constitutes witchcraft. One man's protection is another man's witchcraft. It is precisely this ontological ambiguity, along with the fact that there is no legal acknowledgment of its existence, that makes the practice of witchcraft such a fuzzy thing to substantiate.
But who, or what, exactly is a witch ( muroyi) and why do people live in such fear of them? Witches are perhaps the most horrific manifestations of humanity's dark side in the Zimbabwean imagination, flying or riding the backs of nocturnal animals through the darkness of the night, greedily consuming the flesh of corpses. A favorite delicacy is said to be the flesh of infants, and women whose children die young, or women who abort may be accused of killing their children for the sheer evil joy of it and/or using their flesh for their malevolent medicines. Men are also known to be witches, though not as commonly as women. Witches are thought to be able to turn into any of their familiars -hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, owls - and await their unsuspecting prey. Witch status is achieved in one of two ways, through involuntary possession by a non-human spirit, or shave, or through apprenticeship to a known witch and the consumption of certain medicines, or muti[2]. Paradigmatically speaking, the witch is the quintessential anti-social being, wreaking havoc and social mayhem wherever s/he may go. Here, however, it is important to distinguish the act (witchcraft) from the actor (the witch). While all witches, by definition, practice witchcraft, not all practitioners of witchcraft are necessarily witches as defined above.
How is witchcraft diagnosed? Through the divination of a traditional healer or n'anga (in this case usually a spirit medium or a faith healer), who has a real knack for "sniffing out" witchcraft. But here, again, the slipperiness of defining witchcraft is evident. To bewitch someone (say, a wife who is having an affair), a person will go to a traditional healer for the appropriate medicine. Does that mean that traditional healers practice witchcraft and are, indeed, witches? "Any n'anga will tell you that a n'anga is also a witch," says Daniel Mungoshi, a practicing traditional healer in Mutare, east of Harare. "If a n'anga has the power to heal, don't you think he also has the power to harm?" he asks rhetorically, raising his eyebrow[3]. The Janus-faced nature of traditional healers leads many people to treat them with a combination of dread and delight. Like their biomedical counterparts who have taken the Hippocratic Oath, however, most traditional healers are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of their patients' lives.
Despite the horror with which they are viewed, witches are an essential part of Zimbabwean society. Their presence helps render the often inexplicable contingencies of life explicable through a shifting cultural grammar of illness, death, misfortune and even success. How else can a family make sense of the unexplained death of an otherwise healthy baby? Why is it that John contracted HIV when Joe, who is known to have slept with a woman who later died of AIDS, did not? What accounts for the recent phenomenal success of Helen's business, when a few weeks ago she was on the verge of bankruptcy? Many of the answers to these questions are often found within the paradigm of witchcraft. More than anything, witches act as a huge psychological canvas upon which the society can project its innermost fears, its acknowledgment of a loss of control, of worlds - individual and collective - gone awry. But, fear of witches and witchcraft also acts as a form of social control, lest someone get too proud or overzealous in his/her acquisition of wealth and power, steal something from the wrong person, or have an affair with the wrong person's spouse. Witches are always waiting in the wings to snatch a boastful person's joy.
Ruptured Boundaries: Witchcraft, Whites and Other Non-Blacks
Because African witchcraft is thought of solely as a Black practice and knowledge system, it is surprising to hear of witchcraft cases involving non-Blacks. However, since their arrival on African soil, Whites (and the offspring of White/Black sexual unions, or Coloreds) have also been involved in cases of witchcraft as either victims or, in a few cases, direct transgressors of the Witchcraft Suppression Act. In 1921, for example, in the Matopos (an area in southwestern Zimbabwe) a White trader and an African man had a long-standing unspecified disagreement. The African man had a local reputation, in the English vernacular of the day, as a "witch doctor." After several suspicious fires on his property, the trader attempted to have his nemesis removed from the area to no avail. Eventually, one of the trader's African employees was murdered and evidence pointed to his rival. Following the arrest of the "witch doctor," the trader began acting strangely, eventually divesting himself of his clothing and taking to the hills. Colonial authorities speculated his mind had become unhinged after the damage to his property. Local people, however, believed that the trader had been " tagata-ed" (perhaps a corruption of "targeted"), or bewitched, by his rival ("Strange 'Tagati' Story: White Trader's Black Enemy - Native Belief in Witchcraft," Salisbury Herald, December 17, 1921).
In another case, a Colored woman was charged with contravening the Witchcraft Suppression Act in 1954. Apparently, she had had a fowl stolen from her and, under the advice of some friends, went to a "witch doctor" who divined the identity of the thief. She was found guilty, then reprimanded and discharged[4]. Likewise, a White man who forced his Black employees to drink a blue liquid (a "witch-finding" elixir) after a work stoppage in 1951, was also convicted of contravening the Act[5]. These cases, in part, speak to the blurring of boundaries between Black and non-Black, to an ontological overlap of what were previously thought of as very discrete systems of belief/knowledge and practice.
Non-Blacks have been implicated in witchcraft in another way also, namely through ritual murder and the trafficking of human body parts. In South Africa, for example, there are documented cases of Whites being killed for their body parts, the belief being that because Whites bring money into the country and are generally more successful than Blacks, medicine made from their organs will be more powerful and effective. Paradoxically, Whites are less likely to be ritually murdered because of the belief that Blacks who kill Whites are sentenced to death, the death sentence being a strong deterrent. Some Indian businessmen and traders in South Africa and Zambia are also thought to indirectly participate in ritual killings to secure medicine that will ensure the success of their businesses. There are, of course, ways around the outright killing of someone to obtain human tissue. In Johannesburg, a White police officer at a mortuary was alleged to be supplying traditional healers with human fat, harvested from the corpses he was paid to protect (Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Witchcraft Violence and Ritual Murders in the Northern Province of the Republic of South Africa, 1995).
Vulnerable Bodies: Ritual Murders, Structural Violence and the State
Though there has been no official inquiry into ritual murder in Zimbabwe, the practice exists and in these days of economic instability, it appears to be more common than it is reported in the media. The motives underlying such killings, as in the above examples, is usually some form of material success. Though not usually involved directly in the killing of victims, some unscrupulous traditional healers are involved in consultations on body parts and the preparation of those parts for ritual purposes. "The traditional healers give advice on who to kill and which parts of the body to be used to prepare such medicines," says Chavunduka. Different body parts have different qualities ascribed to them. Genital organs and breasts are used for fertility purposes. The eyes of a victim grant the users farsightedness (in business), while the hands are used to attract many clients.
In the capitol city of Harare, police records indicate that 100 people were murdered in 1998 and most of the cases that went before the court were shown to be ritual murders ("Ritual Murders and Trade in Body Parts on the Increase," The Sunday Mail, April 18, 1999). In March of 1999, a policeman and his wife were detained on allegations that they ritually murdered their domestic worker to secure a minibus ("Couple in Alleged Ritual Killing Granted Bail," The Daily News, March 30, 1999). In April of 1999, a youthful-looking 38-year-old man from the Harare suburb of Epworth was released by his kidnappers after being declared "too old" to be killed for his body parts ("Too Old to be Sacrificed," The Standard, April 18-24, 1999). For every case that gets reported, however, one or more goes unreported. Add to this the rise in numbers of missing persons and some investigators begin to speculate on a grisly pattern. Sadly enough, it is precisely those individuals who are most socially and economically vulnerable - children, homeless people, unskilled workers - who are usually the targets for ritual murders. Children in particular are singled out because of the belief that their organs make powerful medicine.
In the eastern highland region of Zimbabwe, a Mutare-based man, Tichafa Chiweshe, admitted that his paternal grandfather had ritually murdered one of his employees at his large farm so as to ensure the farm's continued success and productivity. His case points to one of the well-known side effects of ritual murder on the perpetrator of the crime, namely that the murdered person's spirit often returns as ngozi, an avenging spirit. The ngozi returns to wreak havoc in the lives of the murderer's family, sometimes even causing death. "People on my father's side always die when the guavas are ripe," Chiweshe explained[6]. Moreover, he attributes his chronic bad luck to the ngozi, aware that things will only get better when he visits a n'anga and performs the appropriate rituals to put the murdered man's spirit to rest.
The physical precariousness of those vulnerable individuals with regard to ritual murder speaks to the general economic, social and political precariousness of the collective Zimbabwean body, where a discourse of state-sanctioned covert violence and apathy colludes with an ever-worsening economy. As 1999 began, the country seemed inescapably swept up in a downward spiraling socio-economic and political vortex which extended its tendrils into all facets of life. The government was involved in a costly (allegedly $1,000,000-2,000,000 a day) and increasingly unpopular support of Laurent Kabila's forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in the name of preserving 'democracy'). At the same time, it was dealing with charges of rampant domestic governmental corruption, skyrocketing inflation and interest rates, astronomical increases in the price of basic goods, a controversial land reform and resettlement program, the collapse of the healthcare system and stalled talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the release of some $53 million in desperately needed aid.
This kind of macro-structural violence perpetrated on the average Zimbabwean by external forces (whether government or international interests) can be analytically and metaphorically read as ritualistic murdering of the downtrodden to benefit the already powerful through what Peter Geschiere refers to as the "accumulative tendency of witchcraft in relation to power."[7] It is common knowledge that some state functionaries keep protective charms, regularly consult n'anga and in some cases keep tokoloshis to further their own acquisition of wealth and power, which is usually at the expense of their constituents. In such domains of power and politics, however, witchcraft beliefs, as Geschiere notes, are usually expressed in rumors and allusions. Outright accusation and public confession rarely occur and discerning concrete actions is difficult at best. Add to this the fact that witchcraft is, by nature, secretive, concealed from the public eye and it is not difficult to see why it is difficult to substantiate. The inability to fully capture witchcraft, in an empirical sense, serves to only increase its power - intimations alone are enough to change people's behavior and/or the course of events.
The modern practice of witchcraft in Africa remains enigmatic to those of us rooted in other historical and cultural traditions and places, particularly those of us who brashly assume(d) such practices would expire with the advent of "modernization." Paradoxically, however, those same forces that constitute what we loosely label "modernity" - globalizing economy, novel flows of information and technology, new configurations of transnational power and control - appear to be the very same forces feeding the proliferation of witchcraft activity. So, far from receding into the dark corners and private spaces of public discourse, witchcraft is asserting itself in bold and bombastic ways. Not simply a reaction to capitalist forms of penetration and control, witchcraft is part of a deeply historical form of sense making which has adapted to the exigencies of modern African life. While the apparent rise in witchcraft practice may be seen as the birth pangs of Zimbabwe's delivery into the global economy, explanations of witchcraft are not reducible solely to this process. Witchcraft is a deeply historical and cultural grammar of affliction and effrontery, malaise and malappropriation, modernity and "tradition" that demands examination on its own terms.
David Simmons is a doctoral candidate in anthropology and a researcher-in-residence with the African Diaspora Research Project at Michigan State University. He is also currently a King, Chavez, Parks Fellow. His dissertation is titled, "Managing Misfortune: N'angas, HIV/AIDS and Health Development in Zimbabwe."
Michael Gelfand, Medicine and Magic of the Mashona (Capetown: Juta and Company Limited, 1956), and David Lan, Guns and Rain: Guerrillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe (Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1985).
David Simmons, Interview with Gordon Chavunduka, June 1999. A fact duly noted by E.E. Evans-Pritchard in his canonical Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937); see also Peter Geschiere, The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa (Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1997).
Regina versus Annie Meyer, Court of the Magistrate for the District of Charter at Chilimanzi, no. 168, (1954).
Rex versus Ernest Ronald Davies, Court of the Magistrate for the District of Charter at Chilimanzi, no. 74, (1951).


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No Bake Bars - Almost Like What I Remember
I've been thinking a lot lately about when I started to love cooking. I've written before how I grew up around some amazing cooks; I can still remember pulling a chair over to the counter and asking my grandmother or my Great Aunt Maggie to let me sift the flour, or turn the squash, or stir the grits. (Hello. Yes. I'm Southern, and if that sentence doesn't prove it then I don't know what does.) I think cooking satisfied a deep-seated desire in me to control things - you know, choosing the recipe, measuring the ingredients. (Some things never change!)
As young as 10 I was making breakfast - pancakes, eggs and sausage - at my cousins' house on Saturday mornings. Their mom would let us do pretty much what we wanted on those weekends, and our simple breakfasts are probably the first full meals I ever made. In middle school I took my first home-ec class, and would you believe I still have the recipes from that class? And I use them! Homemade pancakes and stir fry - and they're still as good as I remember (but my handwriting has definitely improved.) I'm pretty sure that class pushed me to try other things, and my love for baking was born. I started out making School Fudge from a recipe out of the church cookbook. (They're actually no-bake drop cookies, and they're the inspiration for this recipe, too!) I still love those cookies, and I'll have to share it with you guys one day, soon, too.
High school brought more home-ec classes and recipes for chocolate-chip cookies and croissants. My mom was also in school (and my dad worked third shift) so I made dinner for my sisters and myself quite often: I mastered mac-n-cheese and squash casserole during that time. Then came college, and my three roommates and I were considered odd because we all had one night to cook, and we actually sat down at the table together to eat every evening. (We also cooked for boys once in a while, but only one of us married the boy we cooked for back then!)
I'm pretty sure that I stole Brad's heart through is tummy. And my dad doesn't call me Mini Martha for no reason. And my grandfather often tells people that I'm a good cook - and I know he knows where I learned it all from, and that makes him even happier. Food is a big part of my history and it fills my memories. I think that's one reason why I love it so. There's a reason it's called soul food, you know? When it's done right it warms you through: body, heart and mind. And that's just how it should be.
No Bake Bars
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1 cup salted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups quick cooking oatmeal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1: Spray a 9-inch square pan with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
2. In a large pan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, vanilla, and oats. Reduce heat to low and cook two to three minutes.
3. Place half the mixture in prepared pan. (Reserve other half for top.)
4. In a small, heavy pot over low heat, melt chocolate chips and peanut butter. Stir until smooth. Pour chocolate mixture over oats in pan, spreading evenly.
5. Crumble remaining oats over chocolate and press gently. Cover and refrigerate two to three hours or overnight. Bring to room temperature before slicing.
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Mmmmmm! I haven't had those in YEARS!!! Sounds great!! I still have a biscuit recipe from my 8th grade home ec class! I love this post Abby!! What great memories!ReplyDelete
I love that food is so much more than just food . It is memories, and togetherness and love all wrapped up in one. I think that is why it is so easy to get so passionate about it.ReplyDelete
I have had no bake cookies before (in fact, I have some waiting to be posted about!!) but never no bake bars. These sound wonderful!
Absolutely 100% going to make these. YUM Just went through the (minimal - YEA!) ingredient list in my head and I've got everything already! Looks so tasty... but I'm afraid about Deborah's post about the average holiday weight gain.ReplyDelete
Of COURSE you still have your recipes, Carrie! I'm not surprised at all that we have similar fond memories of those classes.ReplyDelete
You're right, Deborah. Food is all about passion in one form or another. I love that about it!
kara: Eat one. Give two to Chris. And take the rest to work!
*Note: These bars are fairly crunch and messy, which makes them kind of fun. They're similar to cookies in the ingredients, but not the outcome, because their chilled and have butter (I'm guessing.) Just a heads up!
I am glad I am not the only one who snagged a husband through his stomach!:) Loved reading your 'food history'. I can relate!ReplyDelete
By the way - how did you get your bars so thin? The picture on allrecipes.com shows much thicker (less appealing" bars! Did you use a different pan?ReplyDelete
I don't *remember* using a different sized pan, but I very may well have. I do know that I ended up with a lot of bars. I made them for dessert when we had a few people coming over for dinner so I may have tried to stretch them!ReplyDelete
And honestly? They're so sweet and rich that they really don't need to be any bigger! I don't think it matters what size pan you use bc they aren't baked, just chilled, so just match it to your use!
These look great! I love nobake oatmeal recipes.ReplyDelete
These bars certainly bring back memories of all those home-ec classes right through to Grade 12. These days the kids don't get the same opportunity in school. They can take either cooking or sewing, but not both if they want to graduate with enough credits. Too many choices. My daughter never learned to sew.ReplyDelete
Oh man...talk about childhood memories. I am definitely bookmarking this site--I want to try out this recipe!ReplyDelete
I am definitely making those for an upcomig Sunday potluck! They sound great! I agree with you 100% on all the memories of food. My grandfather often tells me how proud he is of my cooking and I know it makes him think about my late grandmother and I am happy I can continue what she had started...making everybody happy with her cooking. I too believe Hubbs fell hard for my cooking...poor man can only boil water!!ReplyDelete
We have friendly friday at the YMCA where people bring treats to share. This looks like a must try!ReplyDelete
These bars look amazing & I am linking to them in my post tomorrow :)ReplyDelete
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Luxury Florida equestrian estate Wild Orchid Stables has sold before auction for $US4.235 million.
The estate is located within the guard-gated community of Homeland, a development of ranch and equestrian properties in Palm Beach County, Florida, just a short distance from the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.
The Wellington property had a reserve of $2.75 million. Its sale price doubled the existing sales record for Homeland. Previously, the highest price on record dating back to the community's founding in 1977 was $1.8 million.
The property was sold by Platinum Luxury Auctions and listing agent Matt Johnson of Illustrated Properties. They previously teamed up to sell Wellington's Two Swans Farm for nearly $7 million in February 2013.
The buyers of Wild Orchid Stables are a couple with other real estate holdings in the Wellington area. They intend to make Wild Orchid Stables their primary residence, and have plans to add to its horse facilities in the future.
The property was originally slated for auction in December 2013, and although that process produced a pre-auction offer of $3.4 million, both Platinum and the seller elected to extend and re-launch the auction at the start of 2014 to accommodate a number of parties who would not arrive in Wellington until the start of the annual Winter Equestrian Festival.
"We certainly were met with a few blank stares when we collectively elected to turn down that first record price and wait for something better," said Trayor Lesnock, Platinum's president and founder. "But in this case, patience proved to be prudent."
Built by a professional contractor as a family compound, the 6,450 square foot, 5 bedroom and 6.5 bath estate includes a separate guesthouse, resort-style pool with waterfall, waterslide, wet bar and hot tub "grotto," oversized custom car garage, exotic wood built-ins, stone fireplaces, marble flooring, a 200-foot by 100-foot riding arena, six paddocks, and a stocked fountain pond. In order to prepare for the auction re-launch, the seller also built a new barn and cleared 5 acres of the property that had been densely forested.


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Weekend Songs: Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise'
Classic rock is about heavy hooks, power chords, and tight harmonies, but it's also about letting loose and enjoying the good times — and there's no better time than Friday evening, when we pick up our paycheck, punch out of work, and enjoy a couple days of much-needed rest and relaxation.
This Friday, we're raising a post-Thanksgiving turkey leg to Edward Joseph Mahoney, the Brooklyn-born second-generation cop who eventually ditched his badge and gun to pursue his rock star dreams as Eddie Money — and struck gold right off the bat with his 1977 self-titled debut album.
The record's leadoff single, 'Baby Hold On,' was actually its biggest hit, but since we're here to talk about weekend songs, it only makes sense to focus on the follow-up, 'Two Tickets to Paradise.' A sort of spiritual cousin to Bruce Springsteen's 'Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),' it's written from the perspective of a young guy who's desperately trying to convince his girlfriend to ignore her disapproving parents and come away with him "on a trip so far away from here." With its smooth production, urgent uptempo chorus, and insistent melodic hook, 'Tickets' was a natural for late '70s FM radio — where it found an immediate home, eventually working its way all the way up to Number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.
While Money might have written 'Two Tickets to Paradise' to convince a specific girl to leave town with him, its title became shorthand for that end-of-the-work-week feeling you get when you've fulfilled all of your responsibilities to the Man and you're free to relax without obligations for a little while — like, say, at at an Eddie Money concert, where 'Tickets' has remained a constant fixture of the set list for more than 30 years. Simple yet effective, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' is a perfectly blue-collar song for a perfectly blue-collar emotion, and that's what this series is all about. Grab your favorite pair of shades, hoist your favorite brew, and turn it up good and loud: The weekend starts now.
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"Carrie" Crossed With "Cinderella" [VIDEO]
Just in time for Haloween is this funny video of the audio from the new horror film "Carrie" mixed with video from the movie "Cinderella"
"Carrie" is already out in theatres and has gotten some pretty good reviews.
This "mash up" is hilarious and its amazing how well the audio goes with the video.
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Nazarene Ally will be in attendance at the 3rd annual Oklahoma LGBTQQIA College Summit presented by The Equality Network Institute.
The summit will be held in the Main Building at Oklahoma City Community College on Saturday, March 1st, from 10am until 5:30pm.
According to TEN Institute, "panelists will include Professor Toby Beauchamp, representatives from The Equality Network, Oklahomans for Equality, Cimarron Alliance, and students, faculty, and staff from universities and colleges around the state."
To register for the Summit, go to http://tinyurl.com/2014CollegeSummit. Registration is free and includes lunch and a t-shirt.
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Drew Brees: Packers game not 'must win'
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees knows Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers will be a big one for the 2-4 Saints. But he's not yet ready to call it a must-win.
"There's no must-win games until they're must-win games," Brees told reporters, according to CBSSports "It's important. It's really important, but nobody needs that kind of pressure."
But as CBS points out, only four teams since 1990 have made the playoffs after starting 2-5. Still, New Orleans is only one game back of the 3-3-1 Carolina Panthers in the NFC South.
A win over the Packers, though, would do wonders for the Saints' confidence, Brees said. Green Bay has won four straight and sits tied atop the NFC North at 5-2.
"There's definitely a sense of urgency, but not a panic mode," Brees said. "We've got a lot of veteran guys on the team — we do have a lot of young guys — we have a lot of veteran guys on the team that have been through a lot together. I think we understand that we can just focus on the process, and we can get a little bit better each week, that eventually these wins will come."
• Russell Wilson: No division in Seahawks' locker room
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Bloons TD 1Edit
This is the first game in the Bloons TD series, consisting of only Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, and White Bloons; Camo Bloons made their debut in BTD4 and Regen Bloons in BTD5. The only towers available are the Dart Monkey, Tack Shooter, Bomb Tower, Ice Tower, and Super Monkey, all of which have two separate upgrades, except, ironically, the Super Monkey. You have 40 lives, and gameplay is much more difficult than the subsequent Bloons TD games. Just like all the other Bloons TD games, the first round consists of only Red Bloons. If you have only ever played games made after Bloons Super Monkey (BTD4, BTD5, BTDB, and BMC), it will come as a surprise that instead of revealing two Pink Bloons, the Black and White Bloons instead release two Yellows. In all, there are 50 rounds, and when you reach the end, there is a congratulations message, then you get to choose whether or not to play again.


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Pulmonary Function During Prone and Supine Positioning in NICU Infants Requiring Assisted Ventilation
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
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This study seeks to determine in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients specific improvements in pulmonary function which may occur when an infant is ventilated in the prone as compared to the supine position. Modest improvement in oxygen has been reported to occur with prone positioning, but the exact etiology for this change is not clear. A special incubator designed as an integrated care system allows routine care and the measurement of both patient and ventilator breaths during mechanical ventilation. This study will utilize this device to evaluate in NICU ventilated patients whether specific changes in pulmonary function accompany position changes, and whether these are correlated to a change in pulmonary gas exchange.
|Pulmonary Function
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Pulmonary Function During Prone and Supine Positioning in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Infants Requiring Assisted Ventilation
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|Study Start Date:
|October 2002
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|May 2010
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|May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|up to 6 Months (Child)
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
For stable NICU infants who require assisted mechanical ventilation beginning after the 1st 24 hours of life and repeating every 2 to 7 days
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- Any NICU patient who does not have a major congenital anomaly and is on assisted mechanical ventilation will be eligible for this study.
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- Healthy patients
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00749762
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|United States, Utah
|University of Utah / Primary Childrens Medical Center
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132
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|Donald .Null, M.D.
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A man has died after he was hit by two cars on the M4 motorway, causing a multi-car pile-up, on Saturday evening.
The man was crossing three lanes of traffic near Church Street, Parramatta, when he was hit.
Police say emergency services were called about 7.30pm but the man died at the scene.
The accident caused chaos on the M4 with several other cars smashing into the cars that killed the pedestrian.
A number of roads have been closed, including the M4 eastbound, west of Church Street.
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The team at OPS in Derby have successfully scooped the prestigious European Partner of the Year award from Objet.
With the service and sales efforts by all members of the team they have managed to obtain and sustain a solid, satisfied customer base.
With some of the largest clients in Europe on their list, they have surpassed all expectations from the Objet manufacturing team.


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If you're a company like Echometrix that sells parental control software, you're sitting on a whole bunch of data about what teens and children say and do on the Internet. What to do with that information? Use it to make your software better? Well, of course. But why not sell aggregate data to marketers, too?
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Global Medical Food Market
The basic necessity for a person is to get proper food. But if a person is suffering from any particular disease then he must require medical food to get proper nutrition to get over with the disease.
The purpose of medical food is to meet the basic nutritional deficiency for any specific diseases. People generally confused medical food as nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. Nutraceuticals are generally the food nutrients and ingredients of food which delivers health advantage and in battled diseases. Like dietary supplements are more beneficial to healthy adults, bodybuilders and consist of minerals, vitamins, botanicals and herbs.
According to Bruce P. Bennett, director of medical education and scientific and regulatory affairs at Primus Pharmaceuticals in Scottsdale, Arizona, "medical food can't prevent or cure illness; they are meant only to manage the course of disease.
In the report of global Medical Food Market, Market Research Future has investigated a detailed analysis on the current as well as future market scenario, new development, market trends, growth drivers and established and emerging key players.
Medical Food Market: Prominent Market Players
- Nutricia
- Nestle
- Abbott Laboratories
- Targeted Medical Pharma
- Primus Pharmaceuticals
- Pamlab
- Accera
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As per the analysts of Market Research Future, the global medical food market has made a notable growth in the last decade. The reason behind this growth is that many key players and small players of food and health care industries are moving and concentrating into the areas of medical food. Considering North American market, United States is one of the major pioneer market for medical food where the term "medical food" is understood comparing to rest of the world. As per the analysis the major growth driver of Global Medical Food Market is the rising of ageing population across the globe.
The large population is shifting towards enteral nutrition as it is much safer if comparing with parental options as it decrease the risk of being infected, physiological benefits. Another growth driver includes the region of North America, Western Europe, China, Japan, New Zealand, where the consumption of medical food is high as people are more aware about the products and higher demand of personalized medicine. Huge market size can also be considered as a major growth factor in the particular industry.
The medical food companies are much more advanced and offering the medical food in the form of capsules and tablets that can be easily taken the individual as prescribe by the doctor. Another trend is that the medical food products are much more recognized in developed regions.
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Focusing on the opportunity side, there is potential scope to grow in the Middle East region particularly in African countries, where a huge pool of population is suffering from severe diseases, so here there are huge chances of medical food market growth. Although in the treatment of disease, some drug therapies are not able to cure and prevent, in this cases medical food can become a key factor to diagnose the treatment successfully.
Even if comparing the prices of medical drugs to medical food, the production cost and price of medical food are much cheaper because of the difference in regulatory requirements. The ingredients which are used in the production of medical food generally has low toxicity so that it very much safety. In the countries such as China and India where the projected population of 2030 will be raise by 24.4% and 3.9%, so in this market there are immense opportunities to capture the market. The restraints and barriers to this market would be the lack of awareness and understanding. People generally do not understand the medical food in medical community. Even thesetypes of issues prevent doctorsto advice of using these products.
Medical Food Market: Market Segmentation
For the purpose of this study, Market Research Future segmented the global medical food market into product classification, applications and end users. In the market segment of global medical food market, the product is classified into nutritionally complete products, nutritionally incomplete products, formulas for metabolic (genetic) disorders and oral rehydration solutions. As the medical food products are consumed in several diseases, so our report has considered the major applications such as allergic disease, diabetes, orthopaedics, metabolism, wound healing, neurological and psychological dis-orders and others. The end users for this market would be infants, adults and aged.
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For the purpose of this study, the global medical food market is segmented into North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East & Africa. As per the estimations, the North American market along with Western Europe and other developed economies such as China, Japan and Australia has a huge potential to grow in the global medical food market as population is much more aware about health and growing ageing population. APAC and MEA region, where the population growth rate is high and so much of awareness is generating so here the medical food products have ample opportunity to grow and capture the market.
Market Research Future introduces about the global Medical Food Market during the forecast period 2017-2027 which mainly includes the growth drivers, trends and restrains and how the market will grow in the future across the globe. In this report Market Research Future has focused on the current market scenario which includes market segmentation, market dynamics, and competitive landscape along with company profiles.
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If you have come here, chances are you're looking for some trusted advice, about some very tough topics that revolve around end of life issues for a family member, friend or even pet.
It's difficult to have "the talk" with your parents, spouse or family however, countless people have shared with me that if they had been made aware of the many options available
ahead of time and given a choice, proactive and or preventive measures would have been put into place.
The end-of-life decisions each of us will face for our pets, parents, children and even ourselves will never be easy. With the right information followed by careful planning you, can have the ability to control emotional and financial decisions, which will minimize much of the anxiety and stress for those you leave behind. The benefit of planning enables those you love to focus on what's really important, rather than leaving them wondering "if" they made the right choices.
Adult children tell me that when their parents left them a "road map" to follow through planning ahead, it was truly a blessing. Conversely, adult children whose parents did not take proactive measures repeatedly say, "they will not put their children through what they had just experienced."
It's my goal to provide people with as much information and resources to make informed end-of-life decisions for their entire family…this includes their pets. Why? As a pet parent, it's my personal belief that it's unfair to the pet to not make plans for their end of life care, especially if the pet parent enters a care facility that does not allow pets, enters hospice or dies. Just because our life is ending, doesn't mean our pet's life has too. It's my hope that you will plan ahead for your "entire"family. There are many ways to plan for yourself and your pet!
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First Timers: Carnival Splendor Cruise Review by HappieJay
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Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
Day 1: Boarded on the ship around 1pm. There were tons of people there waiting in line already. They checked all our bottles of water just in case we were bad and try to sneak some alcohol. Lots of peoples' attempt to sneak alcohol via bottle waters failed. Apparently, alcohol bubbles up when you shake it up. The guest behind us had a suit case of Bud Light, which was confiscated. Our rooms were not ready till 2pm. We lunch on the Lido deck. Our rooms were clean, but not to our expectations. Being a health professional and a clean freak, I sanitized our rooms. From pervious cruisers's recommendations we brought: Frebreze, all purpose cleaner spray, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer wipes, walkie-talkies, bug spray, 16oz Styrofoam cups/lids/straws and downy wrinkle releaser. We hung majority of our clothes and utilized the closet space. We pushed our suit cases More under our bed. The room was more spacious then we expected.
Day 2: It was chilly and very windy. We stayed indoors most of the day. The gym was very busy from 8am-10am. There is a 30min time limit on the treadmill. The gym showers where fabulous. 3 individuals stall with wonderful shower heads and great steam ability. Per my hubby and BNL, the steam was only working in the handicap shower stall in the Men's room.
Day 3: It was HOTT! I am not the sunbathing type, but wanted to enjoy the view and feel the ocean breeze. I found that deck 3 was perfect for me. It was quiet, had plenty of shade, and some lounge chairs available. Being a nonsmoker, I avoided the area that that had a cigarette box to prevent second hand exposure.
Day 4: Puerto Vallarta. Hot and Humid. We decided to do a zipline tour. http://www.canopytours-vallarta.com/. My husband and I did the tour, while my BNL and FNL hung out and had lunch in their restaurant area. $5 per person cab ride to the Office. I can stress the importance of BUG SPRAY and bringing our own bottle of water that could be hooked on you or be carried by a strap. I was eaten alive by mosquitoes. I had forgotten my bug spray on the ship. Although they had water available in coolers, we were hesitate to drink "Mexico water" since so many people warn us not to. There was 9 people in our group. Instructions were quick and sweet and we were off. The hike to the first zipline was not difficult, but I was short of breath. For those who are out of shape, be prepare to break a sweat and fuff and puff. We had a great time and felt very safe. The staff was funny and very encouraging. They only took one photo during the zipline tour. I was expecting to get some great photo taken by their photographer, but it didn't happen. We bought our photos ($10 ea) and the video ($40). If you go in a large group, you should buy ONE DVD only. You can copy it give it to the others in your group when you get back home home. Our driver was nice enough to drop us off at port (saved us another $20 cab ride). We walked to Krystals and hung out on the beach/pool area. The staff there was friendly. It was not crowded at all, but they had limited seating with shade/umbrellas. We bought a bucket of beer and cooled off at the beach area. There were tons of vendors coming up to you one after another asking you to buy random things. It became super annoying after the tenth time. If possible stay in the pool area. Vendors can not come on hotel property. The pool was clean and spacious. People who were staying at the resort had different color wrist bands on. Not sure what they meant. Okay for food and drinks? Drinks only? We spent about 3 hours there. We checked out WalMart and Sam's Club hoping to buy some cheap souvenirs. No luck. My hubby and BNL hung out in what we called the "Green Zone" which was the port area. 3 Beers for $5.
Day 5: Mazatlan. We booked a City Day Tour through Frank. http://www.mazatlan-frank.com/ Our tour guy was Andres. It was just the four of us, so Andres was pretty flexible when and where we could stop. He spoke English pretty well. The morning was cloudy and foggy. Our view of Stone Island and the light house was crappy, but we made attempts to take some pictures. The clouds parted by noon. We first went to see the church and went to the market. The church was beautiful. The market is where you should by most of your souvenirs. The market have knock off Senor Frog stuff. Always check if it's better to pay in peso or in dollars. Andres then took us to see the old downtown, the cliff divers, the "golden zone" and other tourist areas. We saw some nice homes in the "El Cid" area where doctors, actors, and I guess where the well to do live. We did care too much about the art/jewelry gallery that we stopped at. We stayed there for about 15mins only. We had lunch at Tony's. The food was good and they were friendly. The view was beautiful. We had a few vendors come by here and there. I was craving for a cold drink and took my chances and ordered a coke with ice. My BNL ordered 2 Margaritas. We survived. We asked Andres to take us to where "normal and average" people lived. We wanted to see the "real Mazatlan". He seemed a little hesitate at first, but was willing. We went to the shrimp docks, the poorer neighborhoods, went into a local store, saw a local grade school, and eat some real "Chiccorones" from a street vendor.
Day 6: Cabo. HOTT and HOTT. We woke up early to eat breakfast to get off the ship asap. We were only in CABO from 7am-3pm. The boat ride to the port was just a few minutes. We were at port by 835am. We booked http://www.cabosanlucastours.net/Lands-End-Tour.htm. It was so NOT worth it. It did not start till 935am. The tour was not 2.5 hours. We skipped out on the tequila because they wanted us to drink prior to going on the boat. Tequila that early + rocky boat ride = baaaaaarrrrrrffffffff.....uuungghhh.... Apparently they are willing to drop you off on Lover's or Pelican Beach and pick us back up later. We thought that was pretty cool b/c you wouldn't have to pay for a water taxi later. The boat ride to see Land End was 45mins and we were dropped off at the port. RECOMMENDATION: Pack your beach items and if possible a small cooler with drinks and snacks. Take a water taxi and have them drop you off and pick you up later. It should cost you about $9/person. If you plan to stay at Pelican Beach, bring your own snorkel gear. NO lifeguards on duty. Wear a life jacket if you are not a strong swimmer. I had a 50 min massage for $25 at salon behind Solomon's Restaurant. I don't remember the name of the salon. The salon was: small, there were two areas that were sectioned off with white linens, light yoga music played in the background, and it was kind of clean. I think I was their first client that morning. The massage therapist took her time. She spoke no English. The massage was great. My only complaint is that I was in the section closest to the door and could hear people coming in and out asking about prices etc and they did not give you a clean warm towel so you could wipe the oil off you after your massage. I tipped my therapist $5. Overall...worth it. My hubby and BNL hung out a bar/restaurant. They ordered 7 beers for $10 and some chips and salsa. We did a little shopping at the outdoors market. Prices there were double the prices at the Mazatlan Market. We bought 4 custom name bracelets made of thread/yarn for 200 peso. The only bargain we found there. There is also a store near the restrooms that sell 3 t-shirts for 100 peso ($7). A very good deal. We waited in line for almost an hour to get back on the boat.
Day 7: Cold and Windy. Hardly anyone was on Lido deck or in the pool area. We stayed indoor most of the day. We were hoping that they would have a special on the pictures, but no such luck. We bought about $125 worth of pictures. The farewell party includes FREE selected drinks. Try and go if you have time. At our last dining room dinner meal, we had ordered a cake for my FBL Bday. They brought out the wrong cake. We ordered vanillin and a smaller cake... they brought out a chocolate cake that was double the size we had ordered. His name was not written on the cake nor was there a card included. MY FNL was happy, but only took one bite of the cake. We called to complain after getting back home...there is an open investigation. I'm not sure what that means...but okay.
Tips: We are not rich, but we are professionals with a decent salary. We could not help ourselves, but get to know the staff helping and serving us. Most of them are married, have kids, work long terrible hours, are from third world countries etc... I guess getting to know them at a superficial level make us feel VERY GRATEFUL for what we have back home and a little guilty for being so materialistic. So in addition to the $70 service charge per person, we tipped our dining wait staff and housekeeping team a little extra. We saw that most people tipped only the head wait staff member and did not tip the assistant. Please try to tip both if they are providing good service. . The cleaning team consists of 3 people. We personally gave them their tip individual. They were all very grateful and humble.
OVERALL: We had a great time. The Carnival staff was awesome. John was so funny and witty. He made the shows very enjoyable. Connie and Sunny (our dinning wait staff) was very attentive to our needs especially my FNL. We were able to order as many dishes as we wanted. There was one night when my hubby was feeling ill and did go to dinner. Sunny was able to get the main course to go for him. We meet two GREAT ladies from Texas. Less
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HL20: Jeffrey Brenner, MD—Providing Better Care to Complex Patients
In our annual HealthLeaders 20, we profile individuals who are changing healthcare for the better. Some are longtime industry fixtures; others would clearly be considered outsiders. Some are revered; others would not win many popularity contests. All of them are playing a crucial role in making the healthcare industry better. This is the story of Jeffrey Brenner, MD.
This profile was published in the December, 2013 issue of HealthLeaders magazine.
"Healthcare is incredibly expensive, and we are not getting our money's worth."
Jeffrey Brenner, MD, the founder and executive director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers and the medical director for the Urban Health Institute at Cooper Hospital, both in Camden, N.J.—one of the poorest communities in the country—became interested in providing primary care to highly complex patients as a medical student working in an inner-city free clinic.
While training alongside a passionate physician and mentor, Brenner says he realized how important it is to take the time to build strong relationships with patients who have complicated barriers to care. "I saw how transformative it was to patients' lives."
Soon after, Brenner began working at a student-run health clinic, and that experience changed the trajectory of his career.
"I loved taking care of complex patients who really need good medical care. … I thought primary care was boring and mundane, but it is actually more complex than any other specialty if you bring science and rigor to it. It was an 'a-ha' moment for me. I was going to get a PhD in neuroscience, but I switched off that and got very interested in the science of healthcare delivery and the science of primary care."
Today, Brenner focuses his work on improving care for patients who use a disproportionately high amount of hospital and emergency services, a group he calls superutilizers.


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Scripko Shines as Lady Flames Post Second-Straight Conference Victory
Scripko (Fayetteville, N.C.) notched a match-high and career-high 19 kills and added a career-best 16 digs and five blocks, helping Liberty to its second-straight Big South win. The Lady Flames are now 10-6 overall and are part of a three-way tie atop the conference standings. Liberty, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop own matching 2-0 loop records.
High Point, which ran off the best non-conference record of any Big South team, now stands at 9-6 overall, but has dropped both of its conference tilts.
Game one was as close as they come, featuring 27 ties and 11 lead changes. Scripko, who started at outside hitter for the first time, came out swinging. She provided six kills, seven digs and a solo block during the opening stanza. High Point was able to get the better of things due to its play at the net, however.
The Panthers recorded five blocks to Liberty's one during the opening stanza. High Point's fifth block, a combined effort by Lindsay Raus and Kristina Taylor, cashed in the team's second game point and wrapped up a 31-29 triumph.
High Point got off to a fast start in the second game as well, posting four-straight points to open up the scoring. The homestanding Panthers held an 11-6 edge, before Liberty ran off seven-consecutive points. Kallie Corbin (So., S, Beaverton, Ore.) served for six of the points, and Jessica Nelson (R-Jr., OH, Tokyo, Japan) contributed two kills during the surge.
The Panthers never led again during the stanza, although they knotted the score at 20-all on a kill by Ashley Mellott. Liberty then put the game away with nine-straight points. Chelaine McCarty (So., MB, Houston, Ala.) served during the surge, wrapped up by three-consecutive kills off the right hand of Nelson. The Lady Flames' final margin of victory was 30-22.
Liberty recorded its highest attack percentage of the evening during game two, at .289. Ashley Webber (Jr., MB, Lakeside, Calif.) hit .500 in the game, Scripko came in at .364 and Nelson hit .312.
High Point went up 2-0 to start out game three. However, the Panthers' final lead of the game came at 3-2. A quick, 3-0 Liberty burst midway through the game gave the visitors the advantage for good, 19-16. Webber and Scripko initiated the run with consecutive kills. An ace by Corbin, one of three Lady Flame aces during the stanza, highlighted a 5-0, game-ending run, which sealed Liberty's 30-24 win.
The Liberty attacking tandem of Nelson and Scripko led the way once again during the fourth game. Nelson came up with a game-high eight kills and the freshman hit .667. The game was tightly contested, though, and a late, 3-0 burst left High Point on top, 25-24.
Coach Shane Pinder's Lady Flames quickly recovered and finished their 30-27 decision by recording six of the match's final eight points. Fittingly, Nelson had two kills during the run, while Scripko provided a block assist and the match-winning kill.
Like Scripko, Nelson ended up with a double-double, compiling 16 kills and 12 digs, along with two of Liberty's four service aces. The redshirt junior leads the Big South with 11 double-doubles on the season.
Liberty also received solid contributions from middle blockers McCarty and Webber, as both hit well over .300. McCarty, the reigning conference player of the week, hit .324 with 13 kills, and Webber added 10 kills, a .324 attack percentage and five block assists.
The Lady Flames continued their stellar defensive play as well, racking up 99 digs. Liberty, ranked No. 8 nationally in the category, received 20 or more digs from Corbin, Karyl Bacon (Fr., OH/DS, Temecula, Calif.) and Lara Bartolomeo (Sr., L/DS, Huntington Beach, Calif.).
Corbin finished with an even 20 digs, to go along with a match-high 59 assists and three blocks. Meanwhile, Bacon and Bartolomeo evenly split 44 digs. For Bartolomeo, it was her fifth 20-dig match of the season.
Freshman Julie Hershkowitz served as High Point's back-row standout, coming up with a match-best 34 digs. Ashley Johnson hit a team-high .351 with 18 kills and Audie Gonzalez added a double-double (12 kills, 15 digs). However, the Panthers were hampered by the absence of Big South Preseason All-Conference outside hitter Jamie Kaufman, who left the match with an injury early in game three.
The Lady Flames will wrap up their three-match conference-opening road swing at the Winthrop Coliseum, Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The match will pit Liberty against the five-time defending conference champion Winthrop Eagles (6-9, 2-0 Big South), who have won 56-consecutive contests versus Big South foes.


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When junior AJ Sijiye went down with a season-ending knee injury during training camp, Chestatee coach Stan Luttrell said the War Eagles weren't going to have a star running back, but instead they would use a committee of running backs this season.
Luttrell figured he'd be able to rely on a multitude of players to get the job done, and he had hoped his seniors would rise to the occasion and carry the offense. Last Friday night, one of the seniors stepped up and rushed the War Eagles to a 15-14 win over West Hall.
Zac Cheshire finished with a career-high 118 yards rushing with both Chestatee touchdowns, including the score that set up the War Eagles' game-winning two-point conversion with just over five minutes remaining.
He also played every snap on the defensive side of the football and on the War Eagles' special teams. For his efforts, Cheshire has been named The Times' Football Player of the Week.
"The O-line, they were definitely getting us a push," Cheshire said, of his offensive success. "It was pretty easy to hit the holes."
In an option-style offense, having a reliable group of running backs is a must in order to be successful. Having a running back that a coach can rely on to get the tough yards is even more critical.
Cheshire was able to get the tough yards while displaying his breakaway speed for the War Eagles.
"Even though he is small in stature, he packs a punch," Luttrell said. "There is a lot to be said for just great effort. In our offense, a guy who is fearless and gives great effort can be successful."
With the War Eagles trailing 7-0 late in the second quarter, Cheshire spun away from a pair of Spartan defenders and broke loose for a 25-yard touchdown, finally getting the first touchdown of the night for Chestatee.
After sharing his carries with senior Blake Buffington in the first half, Cheshire carried the load in the second half. The senior recorded nine of his 21 carries in the final two quarters, including his 7-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
"The whole backfield is a solid group of kids and anyone of us can do work, but I do feel as the season goes on that we will be getting better and better," Cheshire said. "But I can definitely handle the load."
Cheshire's success against West Hall – and last week against North Hall – is an enjoyable sight for Luttrell. The War Eagles not only lost presumed starter Sijiye, but they were also looking to fill the productivity they lost from Quan Clark, who finished with a team-best 1,313 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior in 2012.
"(Cheshire) is one of those seniors that has been in our program for years," Luttrell said Friday night.
"This is his senior year and this is his time. It is exciting to see him make plays. He is not the biggest guy, he is one of the smaller guys on the field, but he is a product of our program and his commitment and dedication to the program definitely showed."
For Cheshire, he was more than willing to fill the void and become the War Eagles' go-to rusher from the start.
"The coaches always talk about how one minute a guy can go down and you're up," Cheshire said. "I realized it was my chance to take advantage of the opportunity and make the best of it and step up to the plate."
Chestatee is coming off an 8-3 mark last season, the program's best record to date. Cheshire hopes to get the War Eagles to an even better record this season and help secure the school's first-ever playoff victory.
He started helping the team in that direction on Friday night with his performance against West Hall.
"Last year we had a good season, so we are definitely trying to build a legacy here at Chestatee," Cheshire said. "We got a slow start with the first week (a loss to North Hall) but the potential is as great as we can work.
"We come out here and we work our butts off and are going as hard as we can. We can make it to the top as long as we continue to execute."
Chestatee returns to action Sept. 20, when it visits Eastside.


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Nov 29, 2005
At least 5 people killed as JMB blasts again
In gazipur the suicidal bomber entered the hall room dressed as an advocate and blasted the bomb tied with his waist killing 3 people and more than 50 injured.
In chittagong the suicidal bomber was suspected by the police check post in front of the court yard. And when he was searched he blasted the bomb killing one policeman and and another person. But he himself escaped death and now under police custody in Chittagong medical hospital. 13 more policeman was injured in this incident.
Bangladesh has been hit by a wave of recent bombings that have targeted judges, journalists and politicians. The latest blasts follow the killing of two judges in southern Bangladesh earlier this month.The courts and judges are targeted because JMB wants to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh. What a way to exploit Islam by killing this innocent people!
Furthermore bomb threats were received by American and British Embassies in Bangladesh and also district judge of Dinajpur received bomb threats. The police forces were searching for the JMB leader Abdur Rahman but they hadn't been successful so far.
The fact that JMB has prepared a suicidal squad is very horrific because you can't catch them as they are all ready to die.
What's coming next? I don't know ..
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Dude, help me with this. I gotta choose between CSe and Mech in about 2 days. I have a AHEM! secret weakness for CSe, but tell me you're a Cse student right? So here's what all newly admitted students may ask, how much potential does Cse still hold? Is there ample jobs abailable for everyone? Is there any course where web-designing is taught in detail (because scripting and design seem to be the core of my weakness) ? Is there good subject to do a MS on? If there are a good deal of "JOBS" then where? and how probable? You got to know all these, I mean you're in the Final years for crying out loud.ReplyDelete
PS: you seem to be interested in BD politics too (LOL), hey check out this column in "Lj bangladesh" and say if you like it or not : http://www.livejournal.com/community/bangladeshi/86847.html


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Destination: Europe - River Cruise
Embarkation: Amsterdam
The day excursions were very good and led by friendly, well informed guides. The food on board was excellent and well presented. Each night there was different entertainment in the lounge. We had a french singer, glass blower, classical music, etc. I left my carry on bag on the ship when we disembarked and Katya, the hotel manager, was wonderful in helping to get it returned to me.
The ship was very comfortable, my only complaint is that we wanted to do it all, and we were extremely tired at the end of our cruise, but we had an extension in Switzerland afterwards where we continued to do it all! Being seniors, we wanted to see everything, but it sure wore us out! I would highly recommend this cruise and we hope to take another. Less
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Motorola ATRIX HD is ready for a soak test; will it be Android 4.1?
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Nov 2012, 18:14
The Motorola ATRIX HD is about to undergo a soak test and while there is no official word aboiut the software build being tested, there is hope amongst Motorola ATRIX HD owners that the device is being tested for Android 4.1...
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1. Izzy_V (Posts: 216; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Still thinking about getting one and this would be another incentive to get it. Don't need or want to dish out like $400+ for one of the newer quad-core phones that have features I'll never use. :/
2. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
i agree bro, i have a dual core droid incredible 4g lte running ics and it seems to be fast enough and has everything you could want on a phone......but the best part about it is i only paid 230 for it, instead of 400 or 500 dollars........also i must say battery life is pretty darn good on it :)
I bet this atrix hd is a great phone as well....i wouldnt knock giving it a try
3. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
If you're on AT&T, go for it. This is a suprisingly inexpensive phone that has a lot of power. I think it started (at launch) at $99... so it may be even less today.
4. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
The phone may be nice under the hood but Motorola's recent actions regarding 2011 phones not getting updated should be taken into consideration as well.
7. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
The average consumer does not care about software updates. Probably only 20% of the owners of those phones know what "jelly bean" is in respect to android.
8. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
Sounds like an excuse to me.
9. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
I'm waiting till next year to buy the phone that have the 1080P FULL HD SCREENS with QUAD core I'm skipping all 2012 phones for now
5. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
i'm about 90% sure this is JB. o:
6. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
nope their going to cancel the ATRIX HD just ike they did with my original ATRIX :( . i will never again buy a MOTOROLA PHONE on AT&T I'm done with them


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Just a quick update for those who don't know: Although both votes were extremely close, the school budgets passed in both East Ramapo and Mount Vernon. That means Ramapo, Spring Valley and Mount Vernon High Schools will have varsity sports (although Mount Vernon's sports were not in the same danger).
It's obviously great news for Section 1 sports. Here's the story on Mount Vernon, which saw its budget pass by just 20 votes despite shockingly low voter turnout. The Ramapo vote wasn't that close despite a similar budget being voted down last month.
OK, thankfully for those districts and all Section 1 fans, we're now back to sports.
And speaking of which, Ramapo has appointed East Ramapo girls varsity coach Austin Goldberg to replace Dave Sachs as the school's new boys basketball coach. You can read Mike Zacchio's story on Goldberg here.


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In a series of questions and answers, we examine what the Government's decision to scrap its West Coast franchise plans means for rail passengers and future rail policy ...
Q. Just how embarrassing is all this for the Government?
A. Well, it's left ministers and Department for Transport (DfT) officials with a great deal of egg on their faces. Former transport secretary Justine Greening and the incumbent Patrick McLoughlin had been at pains to say that the West Coast bidding process had been robust. Now it transpires it was anything but.
Q. So what exactly has gone wrong?
A. It seems it was not just a matter of the difference between Virgin's bid and that of FirstGroup but that all the bids from all four competing companies were not properly evaluated by officials. Heads could roll at the DfT while the Government's general competence, at a time it is trailing in the polls, has been called into question.
Q. So what happens now?
A. There are two reviews to look into what happened and, until they report, the bidding process for three other rail franchises has been put on hold. A number of other franchises are due for renewal over the next few years and this lengthy process could be spun out even further now, leading to uncertainty at a time of ever-increasing passenger numbers on the network.
Q. What about the West Coast and its passengers?
A. Passengers should have nothing to worry about. Possibly, Virgin will be asked to carry on running the trains after the December 9 date on which FirstGroup had been supposed to take over the line. In any case there is a legal provision for the DfT, if necessary, to take over franchises and run them in the public sector. The department has been doing this since 2009 on the East Coast main line after National Express pulled out of the franchise.
Q. What other implications are there?
A. At least Mr McLoughlin comes out of the debacle relatively unscathed, even if he initially embraced the original DfT West Coast decision made under Ms Greening. Mr McLoughlin can say that the errors occurred before his arrival at the DfT, while Ms Greening, now International Development Secretary, must bear the brunt of the criticism.
Q. What about Government rail policy generally?
A. This fiasco will support the views of some who question what franchises are for. It also plays into the hands of those who say that the Government has too much control of what is supposed to be a privatised railway. Then there is the question of rail running costs, which the Government are determined to reduce. Some might argue that in deciding on bids from companies to run franchises, the DfT is more concerned about how much money is being promised than the standard of service likely to be provided.
Q. What about FirstGroup, Virgin and the two other unlucky bidders?
A. They are getting their bid costs back from the DfT at a time when they rail industry can ill afford to dish out any money. As usual the real losers here will be taxpayers.
Q. So something of an omnishambles, then?
A. Looks like it.


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Delta Air Lines will ground at least 30 Delta Connection Bombardier CRJs this year as it moves to execute "synergies" associated with its merger with Northwest Airlines. During today's first-quarter earnings call, Delta executives would not talk about which regional partners will feel the effects, but emphasized the move's "minimal impact" on staffing given the scope of its regional network, which now includes the former Northwest Airlink partners Pinnacle Airlines, Compass Airlines and Mesaba Airlines as well as six Delta Connection carriers.
Delta announced the move as part of a wider capacity cut that will see it close its dedicated freighter operation with the grounding of 14 Boeing 747-200 freighters on December 31. All told, it plans to slash "between 40 and 50" mainline airplanes, including several Boeing 757s and MD-88s.


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Have you ever brought your car into the dealership for a repair and they are generous enough to loan you a car for the day? Those cars, many times new models, certainly are fun to drive. Evidently, the suspect in this case liked his loaner car a little bit too much and decided to keep it!
On January 3, 2013, a representative of Mercedes-Benz of North Olmsted contacted the North Olmsted Police Department to report a 2013 Mercedes Benz E350 was taken from the dealership. A customer had dropped off a high-mileage car for service and was given a service loaner car but did not respond to multiple contacts from the dealership once the repairs had been made to his vehicle.
North Olmsted Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Mercedes.
Less than 10 minutes later, several law enforcement agencies in north east Ohio picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen Mercedes on their Police Tracking Computers installed in their cruisers. Police quickly located the stolen Mercedes parked in a driveway in Maple Heights Ohio.
Because of the fast recovery there was no visible damage. Detectives with North Olmsted Police are further investigating the information obtained during the recovery for possible charges.
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