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I admire the use of mirrors in photographs. Are we looking at this Argentinean lingerie model, or her reflection, or her reflection of her reflection? It's profound to infinity. Which makes these photos more than just staring at the ass of a model in her underpants, but delving into the mind of a photographer who went to college. Outside of a person who says they're going into politics to help people and girls who lie about their age at college parties, there's nothing worse than an artist with a college degree. If your kid every comes to you and asks you to pay for school so he can be a photographer, pretend you'll think it over while you hand him his seaman's papers and walk him up the gangplank to a merchant marine vessel bound for the Cape of something. He will come back a man with more interesting photos.
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Rebecca Loos and Michelle Gayle don't like each other very much. Former EastEnders stay Gayle doesn't like "wannabes who always wanted to be famous but had no way of getting there". Loos thinks she's talking about her. There are going to be fireworks.
"People had sympathy for you early on," Gayle told Loos. "But they began to lose it when you tried to become a celebrity. If you have an education then why didn't you use that instead of going on The Farm?"
Loos wants everyone to know that she does in fact have a lot of talent, and not just for allegedly sleeping with David Beckham. "I have gone to school and studied things," she tells a packed auditorium. "I am about to learn my fifth language." Get her.
But it's just not washing with Gayle. Or with members of the audience. "You will never be disassociated from allegedly fucking David Beckham," offers one delegate.
Loos is hoping otherwise. She has big plans for a career in TV, both in front of and behind the screen, and it's got nothing to do with masturbating pigs.
"I am writing shows and I have got all these ideas. I am writing to channels and I am writing a book," she announces. The person sitting next to me gives the sort of "oooh!" usually reserved for Blind Date contestants who announce they have gone to university.
But Jeremy Beadle, who is also on the panel, isn't as optimistic about Loos's chances as she is. Still, if you don't believe in yourself, how do you expect other people to?
"You are slightly naïve if you think you can change your label," the former Game for a Laugh prankster tells Loos. She doesn't believe him. More importantly, do the TV commissioning editors in the audience?
In a beautifully timed Freudian slip, debate chairman Boyd Hilton - he's TV editor of Heat magazine - tells Loos: "You sold your soul, er, story to the papers..."
Loos says she never wanted to be a reality TV star. She just did her interview on Sky and the offers kept flooding in. Including that pig on Channel Five's The Farm.
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy asks the questions everyone wants to ask. "Did you keep the text messages from David Beckham on your mobile phone?" And "What was he like in bed?"
Apparently her mobile is still locked up in her lawyer's office, while Beckham was "good" but not "the best". Who was the best, asks Hilton. Loos, for once, isn't saying.

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text: After decades of corruption, scandal and chronic incompetence have left the reputation of Rome's city hall in tatters, citizens are rebelling by abandoning traditional political parties in favor of the populist 'Five Star Movement', led by a 37-year-old lawyer named Virginia Raggi. Putting her legal career on hold to run for office, Raggi now leads the pack of candidates in her bid to become Rome's first female mayor. Raggi seems to have her finger firmly on the pulse of Roman citizens, who are tired of the embarrassment and frustration of a city that doesn't work. "Rome has to first and foremost get back to being a normal city," Raggi said in a recent interview with AFP, noting that for ordinary Romans, "it is an extremely difficult place to live and that is not right for the capital of Italy." According to one local report, many on Italy's left have felt "betrayed" by their political leadership, and have gotten behind Raggi in an effort to bring back some sense of order to the nation's capital. But the shift toward the populist and anti-establishment Five Star Movement signals more than a reaction to the economic and corruption scandals of Ignazio Marino, Rome's


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A day of performances and discussions about the music of Frank Zappa will be held Sunday, May 22, at the Brady Educational Center. Zappa, one of the most innovative American composers of the 20th century, bridged his passion for modern classical music with rock and jazz to create more than 60 albums plus numerous concert performance films.
His music, although challenging on many levels, nevertheless appeals to a wide profile of listeners who appreciate Zappa's insightful lyrics and masterful guitar playing, as well as the engaging grooves and mind-bending rhythmic melodies he composed for his ensembles.
The public and members of the St. Thomas community are invited to this symposium, "Zappa Goes to College," which will feature two performances of Zappa's music by an ensemble led by UST graduating music student Alex Maiers. Members of the ensemble include students and professionals from the area; their 11:30 a.m. set will be: "King Kong," "I'm the Slime," "Big Swifty," "Pygmy Twylyte," "Zomby Woof," "Chunga's Revenge" and "Peaches en Regalia."
The 3 p.m. set: "Ruth is Sleeping," "Piano Intro to Little House I Used to Live In," "Purple Lagoon," "Black Napkins," "Inca Roads," "Black Page I, II," "Echidna's Arf" and "Big Leg Emma."
In addition to performances of Zappa's music, the symposium offers sessions on topics exploring areas of performance and study of Zappa's music. Session topics include an overview of scholarship on Zappa, a critique of filmography and discography, question-and-answer discussion about performing Zappa's music on tour, and a group practice tutorial session of selected musical excerpts from the Zappa repertoire featured in the performance. Nonmusicians and musicians alike will be able to participate in the day's activities.
All interested in attending are encouraged to register on the "Zappa Goes to College" website. The symposium will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $15, which includes lunch and access to all sessions.
For more information contact symposium coordinators Alex Maiers, (320) 248-0244, or Sarah Schmalenberger, (651) 962-5851.


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Mindfulness Meditation for Cognition and Mood
This study has been completed.
Oregon Health and Science University
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First Posted: September 20, 2013
Last Update Posted: July 13, 2015
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Helane Wahbeh, Oregon Health and Science University
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The purpose of this pilot study is to collect feasibility and acceptability of an internet mindfulness meditation intervention for older adults and to collect preliminary data on mood and cognition changes from before to after the intervention. Up to 32 older adults will be randomized to receive a mindfulness meditation intervention or a time and attention control, both delivered over the internet (16 completers). Participants will have a one-hour session weekly for six weeks with daily home practice between sessions. Participants will complete the sessions online with a study iPad. Their home practice will also be installed on the study iPad as well as an objective adherence monitoring program that the investigators developed to track actual home practice between sessions. The feasibility and acceptability measures are enrollment rate, completion rate, and participant satisfaction. Self-report mood questionnaires and cognitive tasks will be measured before and after the intervention period and data used to conduct power analyses and sample size estimation for a larger clinical trial.
|Stress, Psychological
|Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation Behavioral: Education
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Official Title:
|Mindfulness Meditation for Cognition and Mood: A Pilot Study Evaluating Feasibility and Collecting Preliminary Data
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Further study details as provided by Helane Wahbeh, Oregon Health and Science University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Recruitment [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]Enrollment and dropout rates will be calculated for each participant and summarized for all participants in the study.
- Participant satisfaction [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mood [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]Mood (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale)
- Cognition [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]Simple Reaction Time, Flanker Task, Letter-Number Sequencing, Phonetic and Semantic Verbal Fluency, and AVLT Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (AVLT).
Other Outcome Measures:
- Perceived Stress Scale [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]
- Mindfulness-Five-factor Mindfulness Scale [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]
- Positive and Negative Affect Scale [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 8 ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Mindfulness Meditation
One session per week for 6 weeks online through study iPAD. The intervention is a standardized and structured program. The objectives are to: 1) help participants understand their personal reactions to stress, 2) teach them skills to modify their stress reactions, and 3) promote their desire for self-care and feelings of competence and mastery.
Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation
A standardized and structured program based on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and has been piloted in our laboratory.Each session included 1) discussion on stress, relaxation, meditation, and mind-body interaction, 2) instruction and practice in formal and informal MM, and 3) enquiry about problem-solving techniques regarding success and difficulty in practicing mindfulness. Formal meditation instruction included a mindful Body Scan and Sitting Meditation (awareness of breath, body sensations, cognitive and emotional processes). Informal practice of mindful daily activities (e.g., washing dishes) was also taught to generalize mindfulness beyond the formal meditations. A 3-minute meditation was offered as a quick coping strategy, and it could be practiced with or without a guided recording.
Active Comparator: Education
Education sessions- 1 session per week for 6 weeks on study iPAD.
Behavioral: Education
The Education control was matched for session time and home practice. The internet sessions included a general health video and questions about the material. For home practice, the participants listened to podcasts about the same topic. The session topics were 1) Healthy Eating, 2) Healthy Exercise, 3) Healthy Sleep, 4) Healthy Brain, 5) Healthy Mood, and 6) Community Involvement.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|65 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 65 - 90 years old
- Baseline Perceived Stress Scale1 score ≥ 9
- Stable on medications six weeks prior to and during study
- Willing to learn and use study technology
- Can hear and understand instructions
- Willing to accept randomization scheme and agrees to follow the study protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cognitive impairment limiting ability to give consent or follow the protocol (≤26 on the mTICS)2
- Significant acute medical illness that would decrease likelihood of study completion (self-report).
- Significant, untreated depression, as assessed by CESD-5 >16 during screening.
- Current daily meditation practice (≥5 min/day daily for at least 30 days in the last 6 months. Past practice not exclusionary but will be recorded)
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01946893
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01946893
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Oregon Health and Science University
|Principal Investigator:
|Helane Wahbeh
|Oregon Health and Science University
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|Responsible Party:
|Helane Wahbeh, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health and Science University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01946893 History of Changes
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|First Submitted:
|September 12, 2013
|First Posted:
|September 20, 2013
|Last Update Posted:
|July 13, 2015
|Last Verified:
|July 2015
Keywords provided by Helane Wahbeh, Oregon Health and Science University:
stress, psychological
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Clinging blindly to a bale of Jamaican pot, Joey Perrone is plucked from the ocean by former cop and current loner Mick Stranahan. Instead of rushing to the police and reporting her husband's crime, Joey decides to stay dead and (with Mick's help) screw with Chaz until he screws himself.
As Joey haunts and taunts her homicidal husband, as Chaz's cold-blooded cohorts in pollution grow uneasy about his ineptitude and increasingly erratic behavior, as Mick Stranahan discovers that six failed marriages and years of island solitude haven't killed the reckless romantic in him, we're taken on a hilarious, full-throttle, pure Hiaasen ride through the warped politics and mayhem of the human environment, and the human heart.
©2004 Carl Hiaasen; (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.
"Hiaasen's signature mix of hilariously over-the-top villains, lovable innocents and righteous indignation at what mankind has done to his beloved Florida wilderness is all present in riotous abundance in his latest....Hiaasen's books are so enjoyable it's always a sad moment when they end." (Publishers Weekly)
"No reprobate escapes the satirical eye of Hiaasen, who writes like the love child of Hunter S. Thompson and Evelyn Waugh....Like Hiaasen's nine previous novels, this one's a corker, chock-full of belly laughs and blistering truths." (Booklist)
"Humor and Mystery"
I love mysteries--mainly during the summer; I also enjoy clever humor. This book is just perfect--well read with tongue in cheek. Definitely recommended.
"As Much Fun As Skinny Dipping!"
This is an excellent read...funny and inventive with outstanding characters. Couple that with an outstanding narrator and you've got a really winner!!!
"Funny Listen"
This book and reader were extremely entertaining. At times I laughed out loud.
"Best Listen So Far"
This was the best listen so far in my 6 months of membership. Since I live in Florida, it was especially funny. Great characters, great plot, wonderful sense of humor. Can't wait to listen to another of his books.
"Skinny Dip is a Fun Ride!"
Skinny Dip is a fun ride with unforgetable characters. Carl Hiaasen is the master of his craft.
"Classic Carl Hiaasen"
Quirky, crazy characters again are on the loose to right some wrongs committed by selfish, self-serving sociopaths. I always love the way Hiaasen weaves his sense of humor, social conscience and environmental awareness into his creative mystery stories. His blatant disdain for the rampant hypocrisy in our industrial/political system warms my heart. He is my kinda guy and I love the way he thinks and writes. My only complaint is that this book was ABRIDGED. I try to get only UNabridged books and didn't notice this discrepancy until after the purchase.
"Better to be Seen and not Heard"
Writer made characters one-deminsional. I would have liked better narrater. His voice was flat and you noticed he was male during his female speaking parts. In a narrator you are lost in the story not the voice.
Game of Thrones
As above
The shopping at the mall, the sneaking in and out of the house was excessive and towards the end where the heroine dresses as a male and follows the detective
Good parts but overall I was disappointed. I know where here was going with this but it missed the mark. Do not get me wrong, I love a good Mickey Spillane novel but this was undeveloped and left the reader feeling as though she waisted her time.
"Interesting, well written and entertaining!!"
I'm glad I purchased this story. I read the reviews for this and Hiassen's other stories and they were fairly diverse which made me wonder about this title.
First, however I did not find this nearly as funny as others did. Irregardless, it was a very engaging story. I particularly enjoyed the way Hiassens characters raised questions or dilemnas through their actions and Hiassen answered the questions/resolved the dilemnas flawlessly and satisfyingly. This same trait also highlights the minor criticism I have for the book. This is that it was often predictable, yet fortunately, the ending was not predictable and thus satisfying. My other criticism is that the book was fairly short. (less than 5 Hours). Importantly, the characters were well developed, interesting and brought to life through the narration.
I give it 4/5 stars. The briefness and predictability being the only negatives. I recommend this title and will very likely try another Hiassen.
"Laugh out loud funny"
It took me a bit to get the dry humor of this book, after that I couldn't turn it off! After it was over I immediately looked for more titles by the author.
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Archive for Thursday, September 18, 2003
Judge de-annexs quarry
Hunt Midwest free to seek county permit
After a three-year associaton rocked with controversy, Sunflower Quarry is no longer a part of the city of De Soto.
Johnson County District Judge William Isenhour issued a court order Tuesday de-annexing Hunt Midwest Mining Inc.'s Sunflower Quarry. In doing so, Isenhour found the Kansas Supreme Court ruling in June overturned so many of its key contractual components to make the agreement meaningless.
With the ruling, Hunt Midwest will apparently seek a conditional use permit from Johnson County to operate the quarry, south of 91st Street.
Tuesday's victory for Hunt Midwest came after a string of courtroom defeats as the company first sought to defend the controversial December 2000 annexation agreement with the city and then sought to end the agreement.
In March 2002, Johnson County District Judge Thomas Foster sided with the quarry's neighbors opposing the annexation when he ruled on parts of the annexation agreement were unlawful because they violated the due process rights of neighbors. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the ruling in May -- an action that left Hunt Midwest without a permit to operate the quarry.
The Supreme Court's decision prompted Hunt Midwest to request de-annexation from De Soto. When the City Council denied that request, the company went to court what proved to be a successful attempt to void the annexation.
But Hunt Midwest received a further setback in July when Thomas ruled the company had to get a permit to operate the quarry within days. Hunt Midwest attorneys told Tuesday that transcripts of Foster's ruling indicated the company was only required to apply for a permit by that time.
De Soto City Attorney Patrick Reavey said Isenhour ruled Hunt Midwest entered into the annexation agreement because of land use provisions that allowed the quarry to expand. When the Supreme County throw out those sections of the agreement, it motivation to enter into the contract.
Reavey, in turn, argued the agreement had a clause stating the contract would remain valid if any of its provisions or exhibits were ruled invalid. The clause was included at Hunt Midwest's insistence, he said.
The city would have a strong basis for appear, Linda Zindler, a vocal critic of the, said it was time for the city to walk away from the three-year long conflict.
"I don't think it would be in the city's best interest to appeal it," she said.
De Soto Mayor Dave Anderson was of like mind.
"I polled the Council, and there's no interest in an appeal," he said. "Thank God it's over. This thing has been a mess for four years."
Hunt Midwest starting discussing a possible annexation of the quarry in 1999 and 2000 when it appeared Oz Entertainment Co.'s redevelopment proposal for the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant would close its through Sunflower to the quarry. At the advise of city planning consultant Sean Ackerson, the City Council began considering a annexation agreement in September 2000. That agreement, which would be struck down because it short-circuited city's zoning and planning processes and thus denied the quarry's neighbor due process rights, was passed in November 2000.
Dean Palos, the county's acting planning director, said Hunt Midwest filed papers for a conditional use permit soon after the Supreme Court's ruling. The county didn't take any action, however, because it lacked jurisdiction until Tuesday, he said.
The request would be directed to the Northwest Consolidated Zoning Board, Palos said. The process would require a public hearing, but Palos said he had no idea what the schedule for consideration of the permit would be. The county would want the city's input in that process, he said.
The city has still has a voice in the future of the quarry in the form the K-10 overlay agreement that established joint planning to an area in southern De Soto and in the unincorporated area north of 103rd Street. That line divides the quarry.
Johnson County Counselor Don Jarrett said the substance of Hunt Midwest's application would determine how much consequence the overlay district would have on its conditional use permit. Land uses within the overlaid district would be subject to De Soto's approval, those to the south would not, he said.
After Judge Foster nullified the annexation agreement's land use provisions, the city created a special use permit to regulate quarries. It had several provisions more stringent than the county conditional use permit Hunt Midwest has operated under for the last 13 years. The city required quarry operators to renew permits every five years instead of 10 years and also required more frequent reporting of quarry operations.
Anderson said in his view the city should focus on the need for adequate enforcement of quarry operations and reclamation of mined property and not the duration of the permit.
"There hasn't been real reclamation out there," he said. "Hunt Midwest says that because of how the are quarrying the site and that's its coming. Expansion of the quarry would a whole lot more palatable if they would restore what has been mined."
The scarred earth was also incompatible for any redevelopment at neighboring Sunflower, Anderson said.
Hunt Midwest starting discussing a possible annexation of the quarry in 1999 and 2000 when it appeared Oz Entertainment Co.'s redevelopment proposal for the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant would close its through Sunflower to the quarry. At the advise of city planning consultant Sean Ackerson, the City Council began considering a annexation agreement in September 2000. That agreement, which would be struck down because it short-circuited city's zoning and planning processes and thus denied the quarry's neighbor due process rights, was passed in November 2000.
In their brief to Judge Isenhour, Hunt Midwest attorneys had asked that De Soto repay the taxes the company had paid the city while annexed and reimburse the $10,000 it agreed to pay the De Soto Park and Recreation Department annually. Isenhour didn't take action on the request, instructing Hunt Midwest to file a separate action if it wanted to pursue the matter.
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Character encoding and Unicode
By : Akshar Raaj
Before you proceed.
This blog post by Joel Spolsky got me interested in Unicode and character encoding and taught me several things. I suggest you read this.
Computers only work with 0 and 1 i.e binary. Any character needs to have a binary representation so computer can store it on disk or in the memory.
Computer cannot store 'a'. Computer can only store a bit pattern, say 01100001. So a character needs to have a binary representation so it can be stored on disk.
When you write 'a' to a file and save it, binary representation 01100001 or ...more info..


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"A Book for the Whole Family"
Seeing Anne grow up into a school teacher and her interactions with Davey and Paul made this into a very enjoyable book for me. I think Dora was the weakest character as I had no idea why she was even there most of the time, but this is still a very strong book.
Besides Anne herself, my favorite character was Paul Irving. He was obviously taught to prize his own capacity for creative imagination, which is a valuable lesson for anyone.
Hearing the book read aloud made it much easier to understand and enjoy.
Sometimes the right teacher makes all the difference in the world.
I can easily see why this book has stood the test of time.
"Lovely story, well read by a kindred spirit"
Only drawback was the mispronunciation of a word here or there.
Overall, it was very true to LLM's spirit.
"Loved it..."
Top 10
Currently listening to Ann of the Island and enjoying it
She is great!!
No I like it to last for a long time so I become part of the story
I am saving this series for my little grand daughter when she is old enough to read/listen
"Narration is great!"
Yes. Very wholesome relaxing uplifting read.
Writing it here would spoil it for you
When she makes a friend after the wrong turn
I laughed several times. It made me smile a lot.
I felt the need to review this because I almost didn't buy the Shelly Fraiser version after reading a couple of reviews here complaining about her voice, particularly with the children. Even with the seed planted I found nothing remotely irratating about her voices. Actually I thought they were quite good and allowed me to easily picture the child in my mind.
"Very good narrator!"
I am enjoying the Anne of Green Gables series but you have to be careful which narrator you select for each book. This one is great!
"Enter the Red Headed Snippet"
Lucy Maud Montgomery's stories always have the ring of truth about them. Somehow, one knows that something like this actually happened to someone, somewhere, sometime, maybe not all to the same person, but who wants to quibble? The red headed snippet's encounter with Mr. J.A. Harrison's parrot is my favorite story in this volume. There had to be such a parrot somewhere. There had to be a J.A. Harrison.
Shelly Frasier nails Montgomery's characters in her narration. There is quirkiness which define each one on which Frasier fastens. I was trying to find a way of expressing the attitude or theme of Montgomery's books. Finally, it came to me that the Marines' credo of duty and honor fits perfectly. I have read a couple of dozen of her books and their worldview is colored in refreshing tones of black and white, right and wrong instead of the modern shades of light grey.
This book, like all of LM Montgomery books, is funny and optimistic. I don't think Montgomery could write a boring line. It was not in her.
"Darling book! "
Montgomery died a good job of painting a picture of a red-headed girl turning into a young woman.
"Good story - Narrator so-so"
You can't go wrong with any L.M. Montgomery books. But this one isn't one of my favorites. I usually just read this one to get to next ones in the series.
The narrator's voice wasn't very appealing. I found the voices she did for children very grating. It was fine for the general narration, but her voices made me cringe a little.
"so beautiful"
the narrator was awesome. the story is beautiful. such a great purchase! cannot wait to continue the story!
"Fantastic story to both read and listen to"
I rate this in my top 10 audio books
Mirella. Her overall strength and ability to work and change to events of her life keep both Ann(e) and the reader grounded.
There are several. I love the misadventure scenes with Davy. Perhaps my favorite is the one in which Anne and Gilbert come understand themselves as a unit
Enjoy the despairs and triumphs along with Ann(e) and friends as they face their lives out of the school room
This is a storu and writer that crosses through time
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Papaya: DIY Shower Cream, Oils, Vinegar and Masks
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Papaya has a natural exfoliating effect due to its enzyme 'papain' which helps clear grime, clear pores and clean your skin. It is rich in vivid healthy components that are good for skin care and works to bring you glowing and healthy skin. Loaded with Vitamin A, this fruit helps in breaking up of the inactive proteins while clearing dead skin cells. Hence, it is used widely in cosmetic and beauty products to improve skin tone and maintain healthy and beautiful skin.
If you want the golden papaya glow, try some of these DIY home beauty recipes.
How To Make Papaya Vinegar
Cut the fruit (with the skin) into thin slices. Fill two-thirds of a glass jar with the papaya. Pour in apple cider vinegar until the papaya is well covered. Let it mature for four weeks. Strain out the papaya and the vinegar is ready to use.
How To Make Papaya Oil
Cut the skin or leaves of a papaya into small pieces and place them into a pot (do not use an aluminum pot). Add enough extra-virgin olive oil to cover all the pieces. Simmer the oil for five minutes, then store the oil and plant parts in a cool place. After two days, extract the oil by squeezing the plant parts in a towel.
Papaya Beauty Recipes
1. Papaya Body Mask
You will need:
.1 cup unripe papaya, diced
.1 teaspoon honey
.1 teaspoon plain yogurt
.1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
Blend all ingredients together into a smooth paste and apply it to your face or body. Massage gently into the skin and let it sit for 15 minutes or longer. Rinse it off with lukewarm water.
This vitamin E in this mask helps to fade any blemishes and scar tissue, while the plain yogurt and papaya brighten and soften your skin.
2. Papaya Face Mask
The papain enzyme is concentrated just underneath the flesh of the fruit; so either the flesh or pulp of the fruit can be used as face pack. Papain enzyme can irritate sensitive skin hence it's recommended that you remove the face pack immediately if it burns, stings or reddens your skin. The pack should be left on the skin for maximum 15-30 minutes and repeated once a week.
You will need:
.1 cup unripe papaya, diced
.1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
.1-teaspoon plain yogurt
.1-teaspoon honey
Blend ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Add the mixture to damp face massaging in gently. Leave it on for 15- 20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water; make sure the final rinse is with cool water.
The mask will tingle slightly; but if you use ripe papaya instead of green papaya it will not tingle. However, green papaya has more of the papain action that you want to even out the skin tone and lighten dark spots.
3. Clearing Blemishes
Apply a fine paste of raw papaya on the face and allow it to stay for 20-25 minutes. This application gets rid of the pimples and any blemishes from the skin.
4. Papaya Face Exfoliant
You will need:
.Handful of papaya, mashed
.1 tsp. Manuka honey
.2 tbs. plain yogurt
.1 capsule flax oil or evening primrose oil
Combine all of them and use them once a week. The combination of lactic acid, l-ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and fatty acids pair with the naturally occurring hydrogen peroxide in the honey to make a super vitamin-charged yet light exfoliator.
5. Papaya Body Exfoliant
Mash raw papaya and mix it with honey, salt, olive oil and use it to scrub off dead skin on your body with a exfoliant glove.
6. Papaya Peel
The peel of Papaya (outer-skin), due to its anti-oxidant element, helps in smoothing off the wrinkles and other signs of aging. Simply rub the peel, leave it on skin for five minutes, and wash it off. As it has high Alfa-Hydroxyl Acid content, regular application should be avoided.
7. For Smooth Heels
To cure cracked sore heels, simply mash the papaya and apply it on the cracked areas of heels before rinsing it off after few minutes.
8. For Dry Skin
For dry skin problems, apply mashed papaya along with one tbsp of milk cream. Leave it for 20 minutes and rinse.
9. Tighten Saggy Skin
To tighten saggy skin, mix papaya pulp, honey, and rice flour, apply the mask to the face and allow it to dry. This can be done thrice a week.
10. Removal of Skin Tan
For removal of skin tan or sun burn, cleanse your face first and then make a thick mixture of papaya pulp, yogurt, honey, lemon juice and egg white. Apply this mask to the face for 15-20 minutes. Later, rinse off with lukewarm water.
11. Pimple Free Skin
For pimple prone skin, prepare a mask of grated papaya in vinegar and apply. It is also effective for age or liver spots. You can also apply finely ground paste of raw papaya on the face for 25 minutes to help reduce unwanted pimples and other blemishes on the face.
12. Reduce Age Spots
Place the fleshy side of the papaya skin from a mature green papaya onto the age spots for a few minutes every day.
13. To Reduce Enlarged Pores
Wash face with diluted papaya vinegar.
14. Deep skin cleansing
For deep skin cleansing, apply a papaya mask followed by an application of papaya vinegar weekly, diluted with water in a 1:10 ratio.
15. To Soften Hard Skin
Apply squeezed leaves or the fleshy side of the skin from the green papaya fruit. For hard skin on the foot, use papaya vinegar in foot baths.
16. Reduce Sunspots
Apply the fleshy side of the skin from a green fruit to the spots. You can also apply papaya vinegar to the spots.
17. Reduce Wrinkles
Old skin cells make wrinkles deeper. Use a papaya powder face mask to reduce old dead skin cells and to make the skin smoother. You can also apply the fleshy side of the skin from a green papaya.
15. Papaya Skin Cleanser
You will need
.3 Tbsp (45 mL) pure honey
.1/2 tsp (2 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
.1/2 tsp (2 mL) wheat germ oil
.1 tsp (5 mL) papaya juice
Mix the ingredients together. Wash the skin with warm water. Gently massage the cleanser onto moist skin, then rinse well with water. Apply twice daily.
16. Papaya Skin Toner
You will need
.2 tsp (10 mL) papaya vinegar
.1/4 cup (60 mL) rose water
.4 tsp (20 mL) lavender water
Mix the ingredients together and use twice daily.
17. Papaya Moisturizing Oil
You will need
.2 Tbsp (30 mL) papaya oil
.4 tsp (20 mL) calendula oil
.1 tsp (5 mL) almond oil
.1 tsp (5 mL) rosehip oil
Mix the ingredients together. Gently massage into the skin twice daily.
18. Papaya Fruit Mask
You will need
1 tsp (5 mL) pure honey
1 egg
1 tsp (5 mL) cream
1 tsp (5 mL) papaya oil
Mix the ingredients together and apply to well-cleansed skin. Leave the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes. Thoroughly rinse the skin with warm water, apply papaya skin toner and then papaya moisturizing oil.
19. Treating Dark Spots
The application of mashed and uneaten papaya with or without milk on your face can help in removing the dark spots and evens out the skin tone which results in glowing skin. In order to remove dark spots you have to apply mashed papaya mixed with milk on the affected area.
Bath With Papaya
For these recipes, mix all the ingredients together. Add the oils to the bath water after filling the tub to prevent the essential oils from evaporating
Relaxing Bath
1/2 (125 mL) papaya vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) papaya oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops cedarwood essential oil
This is a good anti-stress bath and it nourishes the skin.
Pain-Relieving Bath
1/2 cup (125 mL) papaya vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) papaya oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil
This bath is excellent for muscle relaxation.
Refreshing Bath
1/2 cup (125 mL) papaya vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) papaya oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops orange essential oil
This bath will leave you invigorated and refreshed.
Disclaimer: The content is purely informative and educational in nature and should not be construed as medical advice. Please use the content only in consultation with an appropriate certified medical or healthcare professional.


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Mr. and Mrs. Nikolos Linnenkugel of Lubbock, a boy weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces at 11:31 a.m. March 17 at University Medical Center.
Mr. Anthony Castillo and Ms. Emma Morales of Lockney, a girl weighing 7 pounds, 15 ounces at 4:16 a.m. March 18 at University Medical Center.
Ka-ching! Shoppers keep registers humming
WASHINGTON — Confidence is growing that the economic recovery won't fizzle out. Consumers kept cash registers humming last month at a decent pace, pointing to modest and steady economic gains ahead.
Nissan eyes gasoline-free autos for average drivers
NEW YORK - Nissan's new electric car will cost just more than $25,000 when it goes on sale in the U.S. in December, aiming to bring gasoline-free technology within reach of mainstream drivers.
Stocks rise after increase in consumer spending
NEW YORK — Consumers are more willing to spend, and that's making investors more optimistic about the economy.
NASA will help probe Toyota acceleration problem
WASHINGTON — NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government's effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota's massive recalls.
Young adults to face higher insurance premiums to pay elderly's medical costs
CHICAGO — Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect.
IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia tablet.
UAW trust fund to sell rights to rising Ford stock
DETROIT — A trust fund set up by the United Auto Workers union is hoping to raise at least $1.3 billion to help pay retiree health care costs by selling rights to an 11 percent ownership stake in Ford Motor Co.
Verizon report sends Apple shares to all-time high
SEATTLE — Apple Inc. shares reached an all-time high Tuesday after a newspaper report said the iPhone could find a new U.S. sales outlet through Verizon Wireless.
OPEC chief says current oil price range is fair
CANCUN, Mexico — The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday that current international oil prices hovering around $80 a barrel are good for the world economy and oil-producing countries.
Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast
WASHINGTON — In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska.
Oil gets boost from economic data, Moscow bombing
NEW YORK — Oil prices got a boost Monday from positive economic indicators and worries about terrorist bombings in Moscow.
Lincoln to join luxury hybrid market
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will become a player in the small market for luxury hybrids this fall when it launches its first Lincoln hybrid, a gas-electric version of the 2011 Lincoln MKZ.
Treasury says it will begin selling Citi shares
NEW YORK — The Treasury Department said Monday it will begin selling the stake it owns in Citigroup Inc., which could result in a profit to the government of about $7.5 billion.
Post office seeks opinion on Saturday delivery
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service may have provided a clue why it is losing money when it asked regulators — by e-mail — for an opinion on dropping Saturday delivery service.
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Central Lubbock fire still under investigation A Central Lubbock fire that damaged several structures and caused a carport to collapse on two cars remained under investigation Monday.
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Suspect sought in holdup of Dollar General store
Grand Jury Indictments
A Lubbock County grand jury issued the following indictments Tuesday:
Our View: Taxpayer Certainty Act preserves
tax relief for public at critical time
Legislation filed by U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer to prevent your income taxes from increasing next year is gaining support in Congress from coast to coast. We take it as a good sign of the conservative mood among some members of Congress H.R. 4746, aka the Taxpayer Certainty Act, already has attracted 22 co-sponsors from California to Florida and from Indiana to Georgia.
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TxDOT seeking dialogue with public
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North Korea's latest threats of "unprecedented nuclear strikes" against South Korea and the U.S. underscore the urgency of a joint meeting of the U.S., South Korea and China to consider ways to cooperate in an emergency. The North reportedly has enough weaponized plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs.
Your Views
Neugebauer praised for opposing Pelosi
Story Comment of the Day
"Lubbock High School has always maintained a top-notch program. I remember winning the state contest in 1976."
Story Comment of the Day
"Want to save some money? Demolish the antiquated auditorium and coliseum. The place is a dump, it sits empty the majority of the year generating $0 and costs us $$$ to keep them open. Get the 'abandonment' vote to the citizens and let's get this done!"
A-J earns award for Pinktober effort
The Avalanche-Journal's "Pinktober" campaign for breast cancer awareness was honored Monday by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association with the "Bright Idea" award in newspapers in the 35,000-100,000 circulation category.
Superman comic sells for $1.5M, setting record
NEW YORK — The record price for a comic book, already broken twice this year, has been shattered again.
Victory Life Baptist Church places emphasis on children
Things are changing at Victory Life Baptist Church.
Calorie labeling could lead to healthier fast food
Will a national requirement for chain restaurants to post calorie counts sound the death knell for bacon cheeseburgers and double chocolate doughnuts?
Work of Love: 90-year-old has crocheted more than 200 hats, baby blankets
Pulling loops of yarn with a crochet hook, 90-year-old Marilee Bridges sits in her chair day after day and creates a rainbow of intertwining yarn completely for the benefit of others.
Garcia, Dewyze win back 'American Idol' judges
LOS ANGELES — Andrew Garcia and Lee Dewyze are back in the "American Idol" judges' good graces.
New network promises to be all wild all the time
LOS ANGELES — Flip on the National Geographic Channel and you'll find animals in the wild sharing time with shows on science, exploration, history and world culture.
'Dancing With the Stars' dismisses its first celeb
LOS ANGELES — After two weeks on "Dancing With the Stars," Shannen Doherty is leaving the ballroom.
Community Briefs
Komen group holding Cuts for the Cure
Ballet Lubbock to give preview
Look for Ballet Lubbock to perform five-minute previews of its spring production at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday at the Underwood Center's Firehouse Theater, 511 Ave. K, according to artistic director Yvone Racz Key.
Community Briefs
We want to publish your photos about spring
Faith Briefs
Stocking Patriots still working to help troops
Things To Do
Holy Week Services
Shepherd King Lutheran Church
Things To Do
Go Red to help save your life
Mention the phrase heart attack and most people think of a middle-age man fighting for breath and clutching his chest.
Grants available for holding events at Civic Center
Nonprofit organizations may contact Civic Lubbock Inc. to obtain application forms with which to request grant assistance for events to be in Lubbock Memorial Civic Center during fiscal year Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2011.
HSC Teen Straight Talk program open
Teen Straight Talk - a free program designed to motivate adults and their teens and preteens to talk about topics like abstinence, teen pressures, sex education and responsible decision making - will be presented from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Academic Classroom Building Room 150, 3601 Fourth St.
Study: Daily dose of chocolate prevents heart attacks
LONDON - The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent.
FDA panel to examine menthol cigarettes' impact
RICHMOND, Va. — A new U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel will take a closer look at menthol cigarettes and how the government should regulate them, but most believe an outright ban is unlikely.
Buckner International working to help foster children when they're older
Growing up in foster care, there wasn't a lot Cindy Martinez could count on. But over the years, she's been able to depend on Buckner International, a Dallas-based Christian ministry dedicated to helping children.
Former candidate Brady calls news conference
Attorney Zach Brady, who challenged state Rep. Delwin Jones in the March 2 Republican primary but finished third in the voting, is calling a press conference Wednesday morning to make an announcement about the April 13 runoff between Jones and accountant Charles Perry, the second vote-getter.
Tech researcher gets $1.5M grant
A food science researcher at Texas Tech could receive up to $1.5 million from the state's Emerging Technology Fund to help her market a cutting-edge process to make meat and poultry products safer for consumers.
Getting a Makeover: Early Learning Centers raising funds to spruce up facilities
OUR KIDS/Early Learning Centers raising funds to spruce up facilities
Police Briefs
Suspect sought in holdup of Dollar General store
Former Latin Kings member sentenced on drug charges
U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings on Tuesday sentenced a Big Springs man to 210 months in prison for cocaine and marijuana charges.
Chicken Express Restaurants raise money for hungry
Chicken Express Restaurants in Lubbock and Plainview have teamed up with a local non-profit whose mission is to feed the hungry.
Estacado, Cooper to compete in one-act plays today
Estacado High School and Lubbock-Cooper High School will compete in their UIL district one-act play contest today in Dalhart, and Frenship's district competition will be Thursday in Big Spring.
NM teen in serious condition after accident at dirt bike competition
A New Mexico teenager was in serious condition Tuesday after a dirt bike accident over the weekend in Lynn County, according to hospital records.
Komen affiliate event continues
The Susan G. Komen for The Cure Lubbock Affiliate is hosting the third annual Cuts for the Cure through Friday.
SPC to receive grant for auto equipment
South Plains College will receive a $210,222 grant from the state's Job Building Fund to buy equipment for a hybrid automobile technology program, according to an announcement Monday from Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs' office.
NM teen listed critical after dirtbike crash
A 16-year-old from New Mexico remains in critical condition after a dirtbike race accident Sunday.
Police Briefs
Central Lubbock fire still under investigation A Central Lubbock fire that damaged several structures and caused a carport to collapse on two cars remained under investigation Monday.
An article on Trinity Church's renovation project in Monday's Avalanche-Journal "Trinity Church's renovation reflects needs" misidentified a local construction company.
A brief in Tuesday's Avalanche-Journal about a dirt bike accident that injured Kaleb Immel, 16, of Jal, N.M., incorrectly reported the location of the Sunday accident.
Flexibility is key to future jobs
For today's college students who know what they want to be when they grow up, it couldn't hurt to think again.
Candidates make pitch for city seats
City candidates at the first forum for district races spent Monday night talking about the big picture.
Gonzalez wanted for two heists
A home invasion suspect charged with robbing and threatening to kill a mother and her family was connected to a second armed robbery this month, court documents filed this week show.
West Texans returning Census forms, but at rate below national average
AUSTIN - The U.S. Census Bureau is gradually getting back the estimated 130 million questionnaires the agency sent to every address in the nation two weeks ago.
Senator seeks secret of local business success
While he's not sure how the ideas will be received, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn met with several local economic leaders Tuesday to get a sense of why Lubbock's economy has avoided the hardest hits of the national recession.
Kinney's attorney cites conspiracy
A defense attorney told a Hockley County jury Monday that law enforcement had its own conspiracy to remove the sheriff from office.
Watering restrictions go into effect on Thursday
City residents need to spend the summer daylight hours drying out.
ATF agents say former sheriff 'careless'
Two federal agents testified in a Levelland jury trial Tuesday that their experiences with the Hockley County sheriff's office were evidence of the suspended sheriff's carelessness and lack of control.
Getting help for hungry a difficult task, report shows
Inexperience and outdated practices have made finding help affording food a miserable experience in Texas, according to a new state report.
Tech regents to build budget framework for system's schools
Texas Tech's governing board is scheduled to meet Thursday to frame next year's budget for each of the university system's schools.
Lubbock churches carry on as usual amid protests against Pope
Protesters in London demanded the Pope's resignation and some in Switzerland called for a registry of pedophile priests, The Associated Press reported, but Catholic leaders in Lubbock are carrying on as usual.
Christian militia group charged in police death plot
DETROIT - Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral - all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the U.S. government.
Former FDA scientist says radiation concerns cost job
WASHINGTON - A former Food and Drug Administration scientist said Tuesday his job was eliminated after he raised concerns about the risks of radiation exposure from high-grade medical scanning.
GOP chairman under fire for party
WASHINGTON - Democratic groups tried Tuesday to make a campaign issue out of news that the national Republican Party spent $1,946 at a sex-themed California nightclub, but GOP activists said party chairman Michael Steele will weather the hubbub.
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NORMAN, Okla.
'Gypsy's' Baby June dies at 97
Actress and writer June Havoc, whose childhood in vaudeville as Baby June was immortalized in the musical "Gypsy," has died in Connecticut at age 97.
Across The Nation
KANSAS CITY, Kan.
Father threatened child about family deaths
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police on Tuesday said a North Carolina father sent his daughter to school for two weeks with a dire warning: Tell anyone about your two dead siblings at home, and I'll kill you and your brother, too.
Obama signs final version of health overhaul, student loans legislation
WASHINGTON - Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
Prosecutors say it was time to take down Christian militia
DETROIT - It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer. Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of "Christian warriors" preparing to fight the Antichrist.
Police get training on explosives
BLYTHE, Ga. - If police officers find grainy white powder at a makeshift lab and assume they've made a drug bust, they could be making an explosive mistake.
Student Loan Questions and Answers
WASHINGTON (AP)- Bigger grants for college students who need them. Relaxed payment terms for students with loans. More money for community colleges and historically black institutions.
Inspirational math teacher Escalante dies at 79
LOS ANGELES - Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school and inspired the movie "Stand and Deliver," died Tuesday. He was 79.
Death Notices
Lino Alvarado Jr., 51, of Shallowater died March 27, 2010, at Lubbock Heart Hospital. Rosary will be 7 p.m. today at Guajardo Funeral Chapels. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Shallowater. Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Death Notices
Margarett Dee Barbee, 80, of Lubbock died March 28, 2010. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at West Lawn Cemetery in Del Rio. Sanders Funeral Home.
Sylvia Pruitt
Funeral services for Sylvia Naida Cornett Pruitt, 84, of Lamesa, will be 2 p.m. today at the Lamesa Church of Christ, with Mark Hackett officiating. Burial will follow in Lamesa Memorial Park under the direction of Branon Funeral Home.
Don M. Sager
Don M. Sager was born to Floy and Lewis Sager on July 5, 1926 in Crosbyton, Texas. He graduated from Crosbyton High School and attended West Texas State for two years.
Helen M. Suchy
Helen M. Suchy (nee Wieseman), a Hinsdale, Ill. resident of over 50 years, died on March 27, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 81 years old.
Lino Alvarado, Jr.
Funeral services for Lino Alvarado, Jr., 51, of Shallowater, will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Shallowater, with Father Philip Pasupil officiating. Rosary will be this evening at 7 p.m. at Guajardo Funeral Chapels. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Mary Frances Ball Dutton
Mary Frances Ball Dutton went to her mansion over the hilltop on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 after a brief illness. She was born in Rabbit Patch, Ark. on Nov. 7, 1922 to A.L. and Grace Ball.
Doris Gayle Jones
Doris Gayle Hagler Jones, 82, of Lubbock, died on Monday, March 29, 2010. A long-time resident of the Springlake and Earth communities, she was living with her husband, James E. Jones, at Carillon House in Lubbock.
Margarett Dee Barbee
March 30, 1929 - March 28, 2010. Margarett was the loving wife of John W. Barbee, who preceded her in death on Dec. 20, 1990. She was also Raymond (Tex) Jones Little Indian for awhile, he was very proud of that fact and loved her dearly until his death on March 2, 2000. She was the best mother in the world to Vicki McGee and Johnene Deatherage; and sons-in-law, Mark McGee and Bobby Deatherage (who gave her, her only nickname ever - "Speedy"; she laughed at this) would agree she was the best ever, as would others that were lucky enough to be in that spot for awhile.
Boyd Watson
Boyd Watson, 88, of Lubbock and formerly of Wolfforth, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2010. A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Resthaven Memorial Park.
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Charles E. Griggs
Charles E. Griggs, 71, of Lubbock, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010 at Southern Specialty Rehab.
Bonnie Hatton
Bonnie Hatton, 83, passed away on March, 27, 2010, in Lubbock. Graveside services were held on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Bullock Cemetery, with Rev. Ronny Guess officiating, directed by Edwards Funeral Home of Ranger.
Gilbert Thomas Hillis
Gilbert "Shorty" Hillis passed away peacefully in his sleep early Monday, March 29, 2010. He was 90 years old.
Felix Madera
Services for Felix Madera, 73, of Lubbock, will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Guajardo Funeral Chapels with congregation Elder Jesus Barbosa officiating.
Marion Kay McCurdy
Marion Kay McCurdy passed away on March 24, 2010 at the age of 78.
Red Raiders hope different approach to conditioning fuels more winning
In two-plus months on the job, Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville has talked with the Red Raiders virtually every day about winning championships. Close behind on the list of mantras is "lower body.''
NMSU's big first inning dooms Tech
MIDLAND - Take away the first six batters of the game, and Texas Tech got exactly the kind of game it needed on the mound Tuesday night.
Astros rebuilding under energetic new manager
HOUSTON - Rookie manager Brad Mills has won over the Houston Astros with his energy and upbeat attitude. Whether that leads to more wins in 2010 is an open question.
Sports briefs
Annual ABC rodeo returns to Lubbock
Izzo is happy coaching at Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Monday he is happy with his current job, responding to a report that Oregon wants to make him the richest coach in the nation.
Tech baseball box score
Tar Heels lend blueblood feel to NIT's semifinals
NEW YORK - This isn't where Marcus Ginyard expected to end his career when he signed a letter of intent with North Carolina four years ago.
Sports Briefs
Sports Briefly
TAMPA, Fla.
Sports Rail
Baseball games on tap for today
Doubles victories drive Tech tennis' winning streak
Rafael Garcia has tried relaying the importance of the doubles point in college tennis to his parents.
Power display fuels Cornado softball victory
Coronado softball coach J.J. Johnson doesn't want his players swinging for the fences, but he's certainly not upset when the home runs happen.
Bass' huge day propels Coronado baseball to win
Blake Bass couldn't buy a base hit on Saturday, when he went 0-for-8 with three strikeouts as Coronado split a District 2-5A doubleheader against Lubbock High.
Ones that got away: Lack of pitching depth hurts Tech
About the series: Today marks the 53rd meeting all-time between Texas Tech and New Mexico State on the diamond. Tech leads the all-time series 39-13, including a two-game midweek sweep of the Aggies when they teams last met in 2008 in a home-and-home series. Tech has won three of the last five meetings and nine of the last 11. ... The game is being played at Midland's Citibank Ballpark, home of the Double-A Midland Rockhounds. It is technically a home game for Tech. The Red Raiders are 11-1 all-time in games at Citibank Ballpark, suffering its only loss last year in splitting a doubleheader with UT-San Antonio. ... After playing 13 of its first 26 games against teams that are ranked or have been ranked at some point this season, Tech has just two more ranked opponents on its schedule the rest of the way in No. 20 Kansas State, which comes to Lubbock this weekend, and No. 9 Oklahoma, which is at Dan Law Field April 16-18. Tech is 2-9 when playing against ranked opponents.
Red Raiders Football Notebook
Tech-Tide taking shape
Coronado second in boys' 2-5A golf tourney
Jordan Sutherland shot 2-over-par 74 and Stephen Gage covered the Meadowbrook Canyon Course in 75, leading the Coronado Red team to second place in the first round of the boys' District 2-5A North Zone golf tournament Tuesday.
High school baseball roundup: Plainsmen rout Permian
ODESSA - Jared Robinson and Doug Anderson provided three-hit pitching and Jon Finney drove in three runs as Monterey run-ruled Odessa Permian 12-1 on Tuesday in a District 2-5A baseball game.
High school softball roundup: Coper's Heinrich no-hits Levelland
LEVELLAND - Cooper starting pitcher Lauren Heinrich recorded the fourth no-hitter of her high school career, and the Lady Pirates defeated Levelland 6-0 in a District 1-3A game Tuesday.
Hooper, Coronado power past Tascosa
AMARILLO - The Coronado softball team pounded four home runs - two by Bailey Hooper - and went on to beat Tascosa 13-2 in a District 2-5A makeup game Monday.
College mortgages' add stadium seats
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Season ticket holders know the annual lament. The cost of prime seats keeps rising, even if the team is lousy.
Major league baseball says goodbye to spring training in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. - The cradle of the Cactus League says goodbye to major league baseball this week.
Griner's shot sends Baylor to Final Four
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Baylor's youth nearly cost the Lady Bears a trip to Final Four, and ended up saving the day.
Baylor freshmen come up big late, help lead Lady Bears to Final Four
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Baylor's Jordan Madden missed a layup and her teammates Kimetria Hayden and Shanay Washington couldn't reel the rebound in.
Connecticut's Moore, Charles lead Associated Press All-America team
This is now an annual rite of spring for Maya Moore, who is fast joining some of the greatest players in women's college basketball.
UTEP hires Floyd to lead basketball team
EL PASO - Tim Floyd is coming back to El Paso and couldn't be happier about returning to the school that gave him his first coaching job more than 30 years ago.
Injured ankle could keep Rangers' Kinsler on DL to start season
TUCSON, Ariz. (MCT) - The Texas Rangers are leaning toward putting Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list to start the regular season as the second baseman continues to be slowed by injury.
Wildcat duo leads All-America team
Having a couple of freshmen on The Associated Press' All-America team is nothing new. This year, however, they are from the same school.
Career change works out for Butler coach
The biggest chance Brad Stevens ever took, the best game plan he ever drew up, had nothing to do with a prized recruit or some brilliant set of Xs and Os scrawled out on a greaseboard.
Virginia Commonwealth takes CBI title series lead
RICHMOND, Va. - Joey Rodriguez scored 14 straight points during a decisive second-half surge to lead Virginia Commonwealth past Saint Louis 68-56 on Monday night in the first game of the championship series of the College Basketball Invitational.
Two veterans' home workers face charges
Two former nurse aides at a West Texas state veterans' home have been accused of injuring two elderly men who lived there in 2007, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
AG tells Randall DA he can prosecute father for showing porn
The state attorney general advised a Panhandle district attorney that he can prosecute a father accused of forcing his young daughters to watch pornography, despite a law that apparently protects the father from prosecution.
Houston tycoon Duncan dies at 77
HOUSTON (AP) - Billionaire Houston energy tycoon Dan Duncan has died. He was 77.
Texas and Region
Texas and Region
NM teen listed critical after dirtbike crash
A 16-year-old from New Mexico remains in critical condition after a dirtbike race accident Sunday.
Alix executed for slaying during heist
HUNTSVILLE - Condemned prisoner Franklin Dewayne Alix was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a Houston man during a robbery.
Mexico's drug war spreads fear to small border towns of Texas
FORT HANCOCK - When black SUVs trail school buses around here, no one dismisses it as routine traffic. And when three tough-looking Mexican men pace around the high school gym during a basketball game, no one assumes they're just fans.
Fossil hunt yields significant discovery
FORT WORTH - Amateur paleontologist Kris Howe, 34, was just doing what he learned as a 5-year-old from his father, a fossil collector. But his recent discovery is being hailed as one of the most significant in years.
Drug suspect says gang hunting for Texas jail guard
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - A suspect in the killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate says his gang was hunting for the vehicle of a Texas jail guard who was slain in one of the two white SUVs attacked, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
Former candidate Brady calls press conference
Attorney Zach Brady, who challenged state Rep. Delwin Jones in the March 2 Republican primary but finished third in the voting, is calling a press conference this morning to make an announcement about the April 13 runoff between Jones and accountant Charles Perry, the second vote-getter.
Hispanic students need 'a hand' to succeed
Nothing less than a full-scale effort across the educational spectrum will help Hispanic students achieve the same academic success as their white counterparts, some of the region's top educators said Wednesday.
Morton plans of bright future for Salvation Thrift store
The single Salvation Army Thrift Store was a financial burden on the nonprofit. But Capt. Mike Morton plans to turn the nonprofit's tide by opening a second location.
Art show draws participants from region
Whether they use a camera or a paintbrush, area artists can show off and sell their work at a West Texas art show April 7-10.
Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk
The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent.
Facebook to scrap `become a fan of' for `like'
Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands and celebrities on the site. Rather than ask people to "become a fan" of say, Starbucks or Lady Gaga, Facebook will instead let users click that they like the subject.
Summer sprinkling starts Thursday
Summer water restrictions begin April 1.
Regents to discuss next year's budget
Tuition, fee changes could be on the agenda for Thursday's budget workshop
Man sentenced for sex with girl, 11
A Lubbock County jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to five years in prison for having sex with an 11-year-old girl when he was 17.
Burglars identified after Lubbock woman advertises
A Thrifty Nickle ad helped lead police to two suspected burglars, court documents filed Tuesday show.
Google service disruption bodes ill for Chinese
Disruptions suffered by Google Inc.'s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country's Internet police — a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users and advertisers in the mainland away.
Verizon report sends Apple shares to all-time high
Apple Inc. shares reached an all-time high Tuesday after a newspaper report said the iPhone could find a new U.S. sales outlet through Verizon Wireless.
Home invasion suspect wanted for second Lubbock robbery
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Mary Louise Kingsbery, SPFB benefactor, dies
Mary Louise Kingsbery, who was a principal and ardent supporter of South Plains Food Bank, Breedlove Foods, and Women's Protective Services, died Tuesday in Lubbock. She was 84.
Kinney defense begins presenting case
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City manager appoints new fire chief
The city manager has appointed Interim Fire Chief Mike Kemp as the Lubbock Fire Chief.
LPD looking for Dollar General robber
Lubbock police are looking for a man who held up at gunpoint a Dollar General store Monday night.
Residents to voice opinions on road projects at town hall
South Plains residents can voice their opinions and concerns about area highway projects today in Lubbock during a town hall meeting hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Brady endorses Jones for District 83
Lubbock attorney Zach Brady, who challenged longtime state Rep. Delwin Jones in the March 2 Republican primary but finished third in a three-candidate race, endorsed Jones Wednesday morning.
Hutchison stays
Texas's senior senator will remain in office despite plan to resign after primary loss.
Power out in West Lubbock after tractor accident
Power was down to buildings and traffic lights Wednesday afternoon in West Lubbock after a tractor hit power lines near 4th Street and Inler Avenue.
LPD gets arrest warrant for man believed to have shot at officers
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Wayland Baptist unveils plans for football team
PLAINVIEW — Bruce Rigler has waited nearly three quarters of a century to see another Wayland Baptist University football game.
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"I looked at the breakdown, and it just took me back to when I was in high school and what was going on back then," says Puzy, now 24 and repped by Wilhelmina. "It was a quick flashback, but it was, 'Oh man, I know I have to be a part of this.' " He immediately sent his information to the film's writer-director, Matt Kalafat, and soon found himself auditioning for the role of Tag, a bully intent on keeping the two groups as segregated as possible.
On his way to the audition, Puzy took an unfettered stroll down memory lane. "I just built up the arrogance I had when I was 17. I was like, 'Let me walk in there as me five or six years ago,' " the actor says with a laugh, recalling that even his calculated wardrobe of jeans and a tank top was period-accurate. To tap into the bully mindset, Puzy took a huge gamble. "My main objective was to intimidate the casting director," he says, "so as we're going on, I end up slapping the script out of her hand. That could have gone either way." He adds, "For almost a week I didn't hear anything, and I was like, 'Maybe I shouldn't have done that.' " It was a bold move that paid off for both actor and filmmaker.
"I thought that was awesome!" says Kalafat, who had been in an increasing state of panic, having unsuccessfully auditioned upward of 30 actors for the role of Tag. "Being a film nut, I've read all about the great auditions, and Milton did kind of the same thing. His walk did the talk," the director recalls. "When Milton came in, he had a fantastic look, but secondly, his behavior during the audition was perfect."
The respect for authenticity was mutual, and once he saw the full script, Puzy knew that the hot-button-issue film would not veer into afterschool-special territory. It became clear to him that his director, who happens to be a high school English teacher, had repeatedly witnessed the sometimes violent dissolution of interracial friendships from one grade to the next. According to Puzy, "There's no way you can read about it. You have to be there, and to know what's going on, to feel it and live it, and Matt did."
Since wrapping "El Baile," Puzy, who is nonunion, has landed multiple film roles, thanks in part to notices in Back Stage, including a background part on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire." However, he maintains that "El Baile" is his proudest accomplishment to date, because of the film's message. "We just wanted to show people that it's all right to be as one, you know? What's better than learning from a person you know nothing about?" Puzy asks, with a cool maturity years removed from his 17-year-old self.
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Update: August 2017
Due to health issues, hubby has had some heart issues also, we do things together..lol, that I have been having, my reviewing schedule is on hold. If I owe you a review, I am working through my TBR stack. No guarantees on when I can get the books done. I can still promote your book with a spotlight but no reviews at this time. Thanks
Update: June 2017
I have been having more health issues, this time heart. Diagnosed with Afib and had to have two more stents put in my heart. I have had to go slower in my blogging and reading schedule. If I have received a book from you, I will still try to get to you, it may not be the date I earlier promised. Please do not just send me a book to read. I will decide individually if I can read and review. I am currently scheduling into September, there are no more spots available earlier. I will always do a spotlight if you wish for your book. Thank you for understanding!
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Scotland takes centre stage
A brochure has been launched, highlighting Scotland's attractions to film-makers.
The "Scottish Film Locations Brochure" promotes Scotland as a venue for films by highlighting the country's facilities, infrastructure, scenery and workforce.
The publication recently won the award for Best Locations Brochure of the year at the Association of Film Commissions International convention in Los Angeles.
Enterprise Minister, Henry McLeish, said: "The film industry is not just an exciting and dynamic sector but it also can generate massive revenues.
So-called "creative industries", such as film, television and radio, music, and advertising, contributed about Ł5bn to the Scottish economy in 1999 and support more than 70,000 jobs.
The brochure adds to a website for the sector launched recently, called creativescotland.com.
Among the film made in Scotland last year were the Edith Wharton adaptation "House of Mirth", starring Gillian Anderson, and Robert Duvall's football film "The Cup".
Film Charter
Mr McLeish said: "This brochure represents a very impressive collaboration between Scottish Screen, the Scottish Tourist Board and Historic Scotland.
"Glasgow and Edinburgh already have a Film Charter, and I believe that this has helped them attract and provide suitable services to film-makers.
"A Film Charter for Scotland would set out clearly both what a film-maker coming to Scotland can expect, but also what local authorities and other public bodies here might expect of the film-maker.
Deputy Culture Minister, Rhona Brankin, announced that Scottish Screen was now the lottery distributor for film production in Scotland.
"Scottish Screen has developed a strategy for the use of the lottery funds for film," she said.
"While the decisions on individual projects will be the responsibility of a committee, the strategic direction resulting from the board will make a difference."
The amount of money spent in Scotland by film-makers reached a high last year, outstripping even the 1995 peak when Braveheart and Rob Roy were both being filmed.
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02 Feb 00 | Scotland
Boom times for Scots film industry
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Ever since he was spotted breaking goalscoring records in Valencia as a teenager by then Real Madrid coach Vicente Del Bosque he has plied his trade inside the area and nearly always with a first-time shot.
"It's instinctive" he says. "Hugo Sanchez scored 38 goals one season (in 35 games for Real Madrid) and they were all with his first touch."
The Mexican striker, along with Italy's Pippo Inzaghi and Radamel Falcao – who André Villas Boas coached at Porto – are other forwards Soldado has been likened to.
The comparisons are generous and goals per shots statistics suggest he sometimes needs four chances to score once, but Tottenham Hotspur supporters fearing they have overspent should look to Vicente Del Bosque's Spain Confederations Cup squad this summer when it was Soldado, and not the new Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo, who was picked to join David Villa and Fernando Torres in Brazil.
The private duel with Negredo is not one that Soldado has always won. He scored a hat-trick against Venezuela ahead of euro 2012 but it was not enough to get see him picked for the tournament.
It was a typical treble of first time finishes inside the six-yard box – right-footed from a Santi Cazorla cross, then with a rare left-foot finish from an Alvaro Arbeloa centre, before making it three from a Jordi Alba pass. It should have been four because he won, and then missed, a penalty.
But his ability to get in goalscoring positions can come at the expense of his link-up play and despite outscoring Negredo that season it was the new City forward who was taken to euro 2012 instead of Soldado.
Negredo appeared to offer the national side a better out-ball, holding possession up for the Spanish midfield.
But another year of leading the line at Valencia convinced Del Bosque that when necessary Soldado has the strength and the touch to do likewise and that his preference for being as close to the opposition's goal as possible would also open space up for players such as Cesc Fabregas behind him.
In the first Confederations Cup game against Uruguay there was evidence of that with the two combining well in what was Spain's best performance of the tournament before Soldado picked up an injury.
Him being comfortable in the Spain team demonstrates that Tottenham have a player who is capable of combining with team-mates. But it is providing the finish touch that remains his forte.
As a youngster at Real Madrid he got to train alongside his hero Ronaldo, noting how the Brazilian had made an art-form of sometimes covering less ground than his own goalkeeper but always having the intelligence to lose his marker and with a quick concentration of pace and power, score.
That all-important moment inside the area when the centre-forward must find space remains Soldado's greatest strength; that and persistence.
"You have to have the belief that if you try to get away from your marker twice and you fail the third time you will succeed. In fact they can be winning the battle for almost the entire game but then you get the better of them once; and often that is enough," he says.
Del Bosque told Soldado this summer. "You don't need to get so involved. 'Get yourself away from the play to give the midfielders space and in the end the ball will come to you.
"We create a lot of chances and I am there to finish them," he says. Most impressive is Soldado's Champions League scoring record.
"After heading a David Beckham cross past Olympiakos keeper Antonios Nikopolidis in the Champions League in 2005 for his first European goal he has scored 16 times in 23 European Cup games since.
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"The hard drive in every Xbox killed us" admitted Peter Moore who, in an interview with guardian, mentioned that it and the cost associated with the drives was one of the main reasons Microsoft chose to move away from the original Xbox so quickly.
The Xbox's built-in HDD was "why we prematurely left the original" Moore admitted, "we were still selling it [the console] at $199 and the hard drive was like $70 ... it was killing us, and there was no way to bring the price down. So in the end we determined at around the 25 million unit mark that we just needed to slow this thing down and just not sell any more, and move to the 360 as quickly as we possibly could." Intriguing. Maybe now with the 360's not so mandatory HDD, we'll see a console life cycle that'll last beyond five years. Maybe?
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Batfleck Crashed a Kid's Superman-Themed Birthday Party in Southfield [VIDEO]
Ben Affleck might be taking his role in 'Batman v Superman' a little too seriously, as he crashed a kid's Superman-themed birthday bash in Southfield over the weekend.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Ben, along with wife Jennifer Garner and 2-year old son Samuel arrived at popular children's birthday venue Detroit Kid City and asked if they could join a private party. The hosts of the party, which was closed to the public, gladly obliged and let the future Dark Knight and family enter. It's not every day that you have the power to tell Bruce Wayne whether or not he can enter a party.
Ben reportedly enjoyed the facility so much that he talked to the owner about getting one closer to his neck of the woods in L.A. Maybe he's cut out for the role of a billionaire vigilante after all.
We don't know everything that transpired at the birthday bash, but the fun apparently didn't last for Ben. We're assuming that Affleck was shunned since it was a Superman party. I mean, look at the exclusive video we obtained of Batfleck playing on the swings outside of the facility… in the rain… by himself… even his kid wouldn't hang out with him. Maybe he should have left the suit at home. At least he knows how it feels to be an orphan now.
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Both the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees lost today, so Boston's magic number to eliminate New York is down to 23. I have a question for Yankee fans. In all honesty, do you expect your team to make the playoffs?
Both the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees lost today, so Boston's magic number to eliminate New York is down to 23. I have a question for Yankee fans. In all honesty, do you expect your team to make the playoffs?
How many of you think this sort of behavior helps animals, in the long run? How many of you think it hurts them?
I complain about things when they don't work as advertised, so it's only fair that I praise the manufacturers of things that work. I've been using a Polar CS100 heart-rate monitor for several months. I've had no trouble with it. Yes, I pushed the wrong button a few times and lost valuable data, but that's my fault. I need to pay more attention to which button I push when stopping and starting. This unit can be used on a bicycle or while running or walking. Obviously, it doesn't provide distance data unless you're on a bike, but it does serve as a stopwatch, a heart-rate monitor, and a calorie counter while running or walking. (The calorie count is based on [1] average heart rate, [2] sex, [3] age, [4] height, and [5] weight.) The unit is wireless, so all you do is hook it to the stem or handlebar of your bike, tie a sensor to the front fork, and screw a little gizmo to a spoke on the front wheel. Remember: The more calories you burn, the more you get to ingest! I love watching the calories tick off as I ride.
Paul Krugman* and his ilk will not like this.
* "Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman has the disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults" (Daniel Okrent, "13 Things I Meant to Write About but Never Did," The New York Times, 22 May 2005).
Read this. Mark my words: The citizens of Iowa will do what 27 other states have done, namely, amend their constitution to define "marriage" as the union of one man and one woman. This will prevent polygamy, marrying one's dog or cat, marrying an object, marrying oneself, and marrying someone of the same sex. Even Massachusetts will amend its constitution. The citizens there have never had a say in the matter. Unelected judges with a progressive agenda have rammed homosexual "marriage" down their throats.
Addendum: Jonathan Martin weighs in on the politics of the case.
The Democrat Party is the feminine/effeminate party. The Republican Party is the masculine party. Kimberley Strassel explains how the Republican presidential candidate can woo women.
Here is a paragraph from the sports section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
"The bottom line, his [Manager Ron Washington's] consistent message, along with that of the coaching staff, has paid off, and I think we're starting to see the fruits of those labors," Daniels said. "The first two months are what they are, and we dug ourselves too deep a hole to where we're not playing for something meaningful at this point. But . . . I feel confident that we're headed in the right direction."
I count five metaphors:
1. "Bottom line." This is an accounting metaphor.
2. "Paid off." This is a gambling metaphor.
3. "Fruits of those labors."
4. "Dug ourselves too deep a hole."
5. "Headed in the right direction."
Jon Daniels, who is being quoted by reporter Dave Sessions, is the general manager of the Texas Rangers. Do you suppose he majored in English while at Cornell University?
Here is a review of a new book about the Democrat Party.
I had a good month (August) afoot and abike. I ran 15 times (3.1 miles at a time) and did three bike rallies, including the Hotter 'n Hell Hundred in Wichita Falls. That's 18 aerobic activities in 31 days. Running in the Texas heat and humidity is awful, but it must be done. The footracing season begins Monday (Labor Day). As the weather cools, I find that my speed increases. If I didn't run during the summer, I'd never win any trophies or medals in the fall (although maybe I would by winter). During the past year, I ran 151 times for a total of 501.72 miles. That's an average of 3.32 miles per run. I had a couple of unfortunate injuries during the fall of 2006 that kept me from racing more than a handful of times. I bruised the top of one of my feet, which made it painful to walk, much less run, and then I had a strange pain in the muscle near my right hip. Both injuries healed, with time. I hope they don't recur. When you add the 25 bike rallies I do each year to the 151 runs, you get 176 aerobic activities in 365 days, which is about one activity every other day. Many athletes work much harder than this, but I find that my exercise regimen meshes nicely with the other things I do. Neglecting one's body is just as bad as, if not worse than, neglecting one's mind. Both need vigorous, regular exercise.
According to Hobbes, politics had never been given any kind of scientific treatment by any philosopher from Plato onward until his own work on the subject was published. The principal problem had been that the subject lacked foundations. Hobbes reported that he happened on the foundations when he devised the following sequence of reasoning: Justice is giving every person what is owed to him. Ownership arises from the consent of people. It cannot arise from nature, in which all things are held in common. Rather, the natural condition motivates the institution of ownership. The only way to forestall the fighting that results from things being held in common is for everyone to agree to divide the objects. This consensual division of objects is ownership. In short, Hobbes arrived at two maxims of human nature: People want to take for themselves things that other people also have an interest in; and people do not want to die a violent death.
(A. P. Martinich, Hobbes: A Biography [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999], 179)
To the Editor:
It is not uncommon for those whose devotion to God may be public knowledge to have doubts about God or a short- or long-term crisis of faith. This experience is a part of our human history. Moments of religious uncertainty, even in despair, are no less part of faith than they are an aspect of living.
Many people will find it helpful knowing that spiritual models also struggle with doubting God or the value of religious faith. This honesty can assist us in taking more responsibility for how we live.
Much of popular Christian preaching promotes that our goal is to find a purpose to drive us, and then we will prosper. God is not our cosmic bellhop waiting to respond to our beacon call. The importance of faith for many people is too complex and wonderful to have its meaning reduced to how comfortable it makes us feel.
Frederick J. Streets
Stratford, Conn., Aug. 29, 2007
The writer is a former chaplain of Yale University.
If Republicans remained silent about Senator Larry Craig, the editorial board of the New York Times would castigate them for hypocrisy. If Republicans condemn Senator Larry Craig, the editorial board of the New York Times castigates them for intolerance. Heads I win, tails you lose. By the way, note the imputation of homophobia. Why can't someone want Senator Craig removed from office simply because he committed a crime? And if those who disagree with the editorial board are homophobes, why aren't the members of the editorial board homophiles? Why the asymmetry?
Today I saw my first example of something that appears to be new in academia: a professor assigns to his students not some author's book to read but someone's website to look at. In the first case, the author does not know about this, because, for example, he might be long dead, like Aristotle or Karl Marx. But a website proprietor is a still-living person who can quickly become aware that students are being told to visit his site. Moreover, the blogger whom students have been instructed to read can respond if he thinks he is being treated unfairly (rather effectively, in this case).
Maybe some day some college professor will assign your website as the object of an assignment. (Or has this already happened to you?)
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY)
P.S. The contra-Spencer article (which Professor Ernst has pedagogically included as a good illustration of "judge by the source, not by the arguments" ad-hominem rhetoric), refers to "the review of blind refereed evaluation practiced by university presses." I understand that articles in scientific journals are refereed "blind" in two senses: (1) the author does not know who the referee is, and (2) the referee does not know who the author is. This blinding seems like a good way to avoid personal animosities. But are most books by university presses really published "blind" in this way?