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Reverend Dr. Stan Basler, Faith Community Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries
Alice Blue, Community Service Council
Jeanne Burruss, Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Detective Darren Carlock, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gene Christian, Executive Director, Office of Juvenile Affairs
Tre Clark, Parent
Gwen Downing, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Rebecca Frazier, Office of the Governor
Sheila Harbert, Girl Scouts of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Kenny Holloway, Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Robin Jones, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Jay Keel, Chickasaw Nation
Beth Martin, Oklahoma State Department of Health
Laura NesSmith, Parent
Dr. Laura Pittman, Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Dr. Susan Sharp, University of Oklahoma
Lisa Smith, Executive Director, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
Richard Smothermon, District Attorney's Council
Dr. Ron Thrasher, Oklahoma State University
Cynthia Valenzuela, Oklahoma State Department of Education
The Honorable Judge April Sellers White, Post Adjudication Review Board
The Honorable Richard Woolery, Judge
Karen Waddell, Facilitator
Linda Terrell, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
Julie Bisbee, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
Jack Chapman, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
Treasa Lansdowne, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force
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On any given day, more than 26,000 Oklahoma children have a parent in an Oklahoma prison.
This number does not include children with parents jailed or imprisoned in county jails and federal
correctional facilities. More than half of these children were living with their parent immediately
before incarceration. With thousands of inmates entering the prison system each year, this
number underrepresents the total number of children impacted in the state.
In 2011, the Oklahoma Legislature created a task force to look at the needs of children with a
parent in prison. Oklahoma leads the nation in the rate of women sent to prison and is ranked
fourth in the rate of male incarceration. With more than 3 percent of all children being impacted by
our state's high rate of incarceration, it is key that our state understand the breadth of this issue
and develop appropriate services to meet the needs of this at-risk population.
To inform our work, the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force gathered estimates of the
number of children impacted by parental incarceration in Oklahoma. As there were already
reliable estimates of the number of children with a mother in prison, the Task Force collected data
from incarcerated men about their children during September, 2011. A survey was developed by
the Task Force to assess the number of children with an incarcerated father. This survey resulted
in an estimate of 21,482 children with a father in prison, 10,204 living with the father at the time of
incarceration. According to the Oklahoma Study of Incarcerated Women 2009 report (OCCY) and
the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Division of Female Offenders Fiscal Year 2010 Annual
Report (ODOC), there were approximately 4,624 minor children in Oklahoma in 2009 that had a
mother in prison, 2,430 of who lived with their mothers at the time of incarceration.
The growing number of mothers in prisons is especially significant since incarcerated mothers
often are the sole support for their children, making incarceration a more disruptive change and
more difficult adjustment for children and families. In addition, our research has discovered that a
significant number of these children were living with their fathers prior to the fathers' incarceration.
Most prisoners have never experienced positive parenting role models.
A large number of children are being adversely impacted by parental incarceration. We know from
prior research that incarceration of a parent can increase the problems of children, including school
challenges, attachment disorders, behavioral problems, criminal activity, physical health problems,
and substance abuse.1 (Study of Incarcerated Women and their Children, January 22, 2010)
Estimated Number of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration in ODOC
Total estimated minor children with incarcerated mother: 4,624
Total estimated minor children living with mother prior to incarceration: 2,430
Total estimated minor children with incarcerated father: 21,482
Total estimated minor children living with father prior to incarceration: 10,204
Total estimated number of children with incarcerated parent: 26,106
Source: (Survey of Incarcerated Fathers, 2011) It is important to note that these are cross-sectional data. The actual
number of children affected each year is higher because of new receptions.
1 Response rates in prison research are affected by a number of factors. While some non‐response can be attributed to subject's
refusal to participate, other factors such as discharge, movement to a different facility or being in segregated housing result in
no‐availability of those in the sample.
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Location of Children and Incarcerated Parents
Source: (Prison Fellowship Ministries, Project Angel Tree) Location of children and incarcerated parents data. The
green dots on the above map represent where the children of incarcerated parents are located. The red dots represent
where their parents are incarcerated throughout the United States.
As part of the task force's work, several groups came together in an effort to get an accurate
estimate of the number of children impacted by Oklahoma's high rates of incarceration. Many of
the children of incarcerated parents live with family members as their parent's serve out their
sentences. To better provide services to children with incarcerated parents, it is important to know
roughly how many children have a parent in prison.
In addition to children whose parents are incarcerated in Oklahoma, there are many Oklahoma
children with a parent incarcerated in another state, increasing the scope of the problem. Prison
Fellowship Ministries, Project Angel Tree is a prison fellowship program that connects parents in
prison with their children. Prison Fellowship Ministries, Project Angel Tree partnered with the
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth to extract and analyze data that has been collected
on its inmate Christmas participation form and provided a preliminary description of the
characteristics of children with incarcerated parents in Oklahoma. The distribution of incarcerated
parents with minor children in Oklahoma comes from data collected by Project Angel Tree
applications from 2009-2011.
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Contact between an incarcerated parent and their child is an important aspect of maintaining the
relationships and can be beneficial to both parent and child when it is in the child's best interest.
For the parent, regular contact with their children helps reduce the anguish that results from
separation. For the child, regular contact offers reassurance that the parent is doing okay and still
loves the child. (Source: Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children, 2010)
Objective: To foster communication among children, caregivers, and incarcerated parents in order
to maintain contact with their parents and to minimize the impact of the parent's incarceration on
their children.
Recommendation: Support activities to maintain contact between an incarcerated parent and a
minor child when it is in the best interest of the child.
a. Facilitate a child's ability to maintain regular contact with an incarcerated parent including in-person
visits, telephone conversations, and explore other technology that can increase
b. Facilitate regular in-person visits, especially with infants and toddlers, to ensure the healthy
development of trust and attachment.
c. Ensure criminal justice facilities have child-friendly visitation policies and procedures to
encourage regular visitation.
d. Develop workshops for caregivers and adults who work with children on how to give age-appropriate
information to a child regarding an incarcerated parent.
Oklahoma data strongly imply that children of incarcerated parents are at-risk for negative
outcomes such as drug use and criminal behaviors in adulthood. It is evident that most children
with incarcerated parents are experiencing adverse events.
Study of Incarcerated Women and their Children 2009
They have at least one incarcerated parent
Most come from homes with alcohol and drug abuse
Most come from homes with mental illnesses
Many come from homes where the mother has been battered
Many are at-risk of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and neglect
Source: (Study of Incarcerated Women and their Children 2009, Susan F. Sharp, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma,
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study)
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Many parents and caregivers do not seek services for the child due to fear the child will be
identified by child welfare agencies or because of the shame and stigma.
Objective: To encourage parents and caregivers to seek services for the child regardless of social
Recommendation: Eliminate any barriers preventing children of incarcerated parents from
accessing quality health care.
a. Support the activities of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to ensure that children of
incarcerated parents have access to SoonerCare or the Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP).
b. Educate caregivers about services available for important health checks (examples: eye
ear, dental, mental health, etc.) and age appropriate medication.
Those who have contact with offenders and their children often lack knowledge about the unique
needs of children whose parents are engaged with the criminal justice system.
Objective: To train all criminal justice professionals and individuals whose responsibility is to
provide services to children when parent(s) is/are involved with the criminal justice system, either
through arrest, county jail placement, or incarceration.
Recommendation: Develop a statewide training curriculum which serves to educate participants
on the sweeping adverse effects that parental involvement in the criminal justice system has on
a. Educate law enforcement and individuals including school personnel whose responsibility is
to provide services to children of incarcerated parents and their families on the impact of
incarceration on children, families and communities.
Parents who are incarcerated may lack appropriate knowledge and skills for raising children.
Objective: To improve the parent-child relationship by providing quality approved education
Recommendation: Provide parent education programs (including child development) to parents
to help support a healthy and strong parent-child relationship.
a. Develop a core curriculum that is approved across agencies.
When a non-custodial parent is removed from the workforce, through arrest or incarceration, the
ability to provide financial support (whether court-ordered or not) is adversely impacted.
Acknowledgement of parental obligations is an important part of responsible parenting.
Objective: To provide validation of the parent-child relationship and eventually a possible avenue
for financial support of the child.
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Recommendation: Provide information to incarcerated non-custodial parents on how to
responsibly address financial obligations to their children while incarcerated.
a. Provide assistance to incarcerated non-custodial parents
in the completion and filing of legal materials
related to child support obligations.
While mindful of public safety, the high rate of incarceration in Oklahoma could be reduced.
Objective: To reduce reliance on incarceration through expansion in the availability and use of
programs and interventions which serve as viable alternatives to periods of incarceration. Use of
alternative programs and interventions should especially be considered when imposing sentencing
options for individuals who are custodial parents of minor children.
Recommendation: Expand the use of community-based sentencing options utilizing evidence-based
intervention programs and services targeted to reduce criminal risk factors.
a. Prior to considering sentencing options for any individual, a thorough
assessment/evaluation should be completed to determine risk factors, substance treatment
needs, and the need for mental health intervention services.
b. Prior to imposition of a sentence on a custodial parent, the court should make inquiry, as
appropriate, as to the status of minor children and determine, either through the appropriate
state agency or family members, how the children will be cared for in the absence of the
custodial parent.
c. Support expanded treatment programs for custodial parents that allow for minor children to
remain with the custodial parent if doing so will not adversely impact the minor child.
d. Ensure all intervention therapies incorporate techniques to safely address trauma-related
e. Divert to community-based sanction programs for individuals who commit non-violent crimes
other than drug offenses that stem from substance abuse.
f. Remove pre-determined sanctions as a condition of entry into specific court diversion
g. Provide for a low-cost procedure for dismissal or expungment of a case, if in the interest of
justice, when the individual has successfully completed a treatment or intervention program,
and has otherwise met the requirements of the court.
h. Cost savings realized by expanded use of community-based sentencing options should be
invested in early intervention activities such as substance abuse treatment, mental health
treatment, parenting skills development, and employment training and placement.
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Drug Court: Percent of Children Living with Parents at
Entry and Graduation
Entry Graduation
The 2012 Smart on Crime initiative identifies how drug court is reuniting children with their parents. At entry, 40 percent of children
of drug court participants were living with their parents compared to 61 percent at graduation. (Source: ODMHSAS –Creating
Healthier Oklahoma Communities "Smart On Crime")
Oklahoma lacks ongoing sources of data on the needs of incarcerated parents and their children.
The scope of the problem indicates the need for continued efforts.
Objective: To help support and sustain resources which foster transformation in the lives of
children of incarcerated parents through the following: support of a statewide data repository,
raising public awareness, a clearinghouse for community resources, an overall better collaboration
and communication among state agencies and organizations that serve this population.
Recommendation: Designate the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth as the official
state agency responsible for increasing public awareness, coordinating research, creating a
resource clearinghouse which identifies available services to children of incarcerated parents, and
coordinating an advisory committee. This work should continue collaboratively with agencies,
community and faith-based providers to better meet the needs and improve the quality of life for
children of incarcerated parents.
a. Data on the needs of children with incarcerated parents and their caregivers are not
consistently collected or maintained. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is
the planning agency in the development and implementation of the internet accessible data
sharing system (JOIN) that can act as a clearinghouse and could serve as a central
repository for disseminating information. The JOIN database has the potential to help with
gathering data in answering key questions about children with incarcerated parents and
their needs.
b. The Commission on Children and Youth should coordinate relevant research and
educational materials as needed to raise public awareness and engage in policy advocacy.
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c. To help ensure that children and families receive the support they need, the Commission on
Children and Youth should administer an advisory committee to increase collaboration and
communication, improving initiatives, and tailor the strategies to reflect children of
incarcerated parents needs and resources.
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The Oklahoma Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force would like to thank the following:
The Honorable Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma
The Honorable Brian Bingman, President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate
The Honorable Kris Steele, Oklahoma Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable Jeannie McDaniel, Oklahoma House of Representatives
The Honorable Patrick Anderson, Oklahoma State Senate
The Honorable Judge April Sellers White (Retired)
Dr. Susan Sharp
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Prison Fellowship Ministries, Project Angel Tree
Tulsa Police Department
Debbie Simpson
Special Recognition
Director Justin Jones, Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Special thanks to those who created the video addressing the financial obligations of incarcerated
parents: The Reverend Dr. Stan Basler, Kenny Holloway, Judge April Sellers White, The
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, and The Oklahoma Department of
Human Services Child Support Enforcement Unit.
This publication is issued by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY)
as authorized by Lisa Smith, Director. 75 copies have been printed at a cost of $72.93.
Copies have been deposited with the publications clearinghouse of the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries. For more information or additional copies, contact OCCY at
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Perspective in art and life
They are about the same size, I think, around four by six inches. Miniature paintings. One is an oil in bright, southwest colors. The other is a watercolor in gentle, muted colors.
They both need to be framed.
The bright one I purchased on my last trip to Santa Fe over a year ago. The weather was rotten and forced me mostly to explore indoors. But one blustery day, when there was no rain or snow, I ventured down to the historic square where, for over 400 years, Indians of various tribes have sold their creations. There, I found an older man who had magical, tiny paintings of the Southwest. The sheepherder riding his horse against the red/orange cliffs against the bright blue sky with the abstract sheep was so simple and stunning, I bought it on the spot. It was less than the price of a nice dinner.
And I have meant for over a year, to find a proper frame for it.
The second was handed to me last summer in a sealed envelope. I suspected it a thank-you card for some concert tickets I had arranged for a friend. I tucked "the card" into my bag. I forgot it until I took out that same bag a week later. When I opened the envelope, I saw at once the back of "the card." It said, "Old friends are the best friends, thx, Ted."
When I turned it over I found a beautiful watercolor of Turtle Beach, at Poipu Park in Hawaii. I was immediately embarrassed for treating the "card" so casually. And I loved the abstract of the stormy beach with the cloudy sky and dots of turtles hugging the rocks in a place I had visited with my children decades ago. My friend Ted made his living as an architect, but he was, in his heart, an artist. He was well read and he understood perspective, in art and in life.
Two decades ago a group of us traveled up to Ennis, Montana, for a weekend, to celebrate former Mayor Hal Taylor's significant birthday. Hal had suffered a stroke and made a remarkable recovery and his wife Judy, wanted to surprise him with a small dinner of friends at the Sportsman Lodge in the fishing paradise off the Madison River, where Hal loved to fish.
We took an oath about much of that weekend, but I can share that the day started out at the Blue Moon Saloon in the tiny town of Cameron, which consisted of a couple of cabins, the post office and the Blue Moon Saloon. Ted, with his artist's eye, pointed out to me the nuances of the bar and its tender, the colorful characters who came and went and the even the kindly police officer who followed each of our cars back to our separate hotels at the end of the long night of celebrating.
Years later, when I was writing an article about outdoor art in Park City, Ted took the time to talk to me about unintended art. It was his way of seeing. He thought the multiple stop signs, located where the National Ability Center had been built, were a great abstract creation. I never drive past them when I don't think of those many red and white alerts as more sculpture than signage.
Ted was the first president of the Park City Rotary Club. As Park City was gaining in popularity and personal success, he saw a need for a place where men (yes, it was only men then) could gather besides a bar. And the need to lay down some lifestyle guidelines that included, at its very core, service above self. The club distinguished itself in creating a park, in painting the homes of senior citizens, in creating the landscaping for the Peace House when it was first built. The group of civic leaders still takes pride in doing good works.
Ted achieved senior status a number of years ago and his health started to dominate his activities, but when he showed up and told us some story, it would be with his dry, dry sense of humor, often with an underlying cautionary tale. He was a wise, thoughtful, gentle man, who loved his Indian motorcycle and never set on his laurels of having designed so many of the iconic buildings that define Park City still, from the Yarrow Hotel, to the Motherlode condos, to so many projects in and around Deer Valley.
He passed away a few weeks ago, not unexpectedly, after his years of struggle. He was surrounded by his loving family, wife Lisa and sons Cordell (and his wife, Karen) and Riley. In his final weeks, he had been visited often by his friends and fellow Rotarians. He had a full life and, at his memorial this week, there were great stories of road trips and concerts and cigarettes and motorcycles and his love of his family. The hundreds of people there were the very people who won and lost fortunes in those early years of growth in the late '70s/early '80s, not unlike those miners a hundred years before them. And even though it was in the lodge at Deer Valley, there was something holy about the evening.
When I drove home later on the snowy night and walked into the same home I have lived in here since 1980, I was lost in a mood of tender thoughts. When I entered the bedroom my eyes landed on the long side table there, which is a bit of a catch-all for things-that-need-attention. The two tiny paintings were on the edge. They are both so very valuable and they deserve proper frames and places. Tiny pieces of art. Large representations of life. Worth displaying and admiring the lives that created brush strokes that created the art. I will look for just the right place to hang them soon, maybe this very Sunday in the Park …
Teri Orr is a former editor of The Park Record. She is the director of the organization that provides programming for the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts.
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More from Friday's training camp session following interview sessions with selected players and coach Tom Cable:
That the media was unaware of all surgical procedures concerning Raiders players is nothing new. Zach Miller's procedure, for a sports hernia, came as a surprise to reporters.
Javon Walker's knee procedure came as a surprise to the Raiders.
Walker missed practice because of a knee surgery to "clean up" existing problems, with coach Tom Cable telling reporters he hadn't heard anything about it until recently.
"We found out a couple days ago," Cable said. "Yeah it is a little bit uncommon, but we're aware of it now and it was probably the right thing to do and get it cleaned up."
After having Nnamdi Asomugha break up a potential reception on an in route from quarterback JaMarcus Russell, Darrius Heyward-Bey said he thought to himself, "All right, I'm not in college anymore."
Said Asomugha: "Well, I haven't met the kid yet. I didn't even know what his number was. I knew that he came off, and you know, he's young. There's some easy giveaways right now. I'll talk to him about that stuff. I just jumped it, me and Kirk (Morrison) went after it.
"I saw his eyes. He can't give it away with his eyes but this was his first practice. I wasn't watching him so I don't know how well he did. But he has speed and speed is always a threat."
— Miller said he started to feel pain last November and when he didn't improve, opted for sports hernia surgery. He'll likely be out another month at least.
— Cable said the reason Heyward-Bey was instantly put in with the first team was to push him, and part of that was giving him the opportunity to play against Asomugha.
"You're going to get a guy who's going to mess with you a little bit," Cable said. "He's gonna play off and play up, and he's play up and bail out of there or play off and jam you as you come off. He's gonna get the full gamut. I think that's really good for a young kid."
–Heyward-Bey got a thumbs up from Russell for his first day's work.
"He had good, sure hands today. I saw him catch a lot of balls with his hands . . . some new guys, young guys use their chest. But all of their guys used their hands pretty good today."
— Russell said he has missed a week of offseason activities following the death of his uncle but otherwise has been at the facility. He politely responded to a question regarding his commitment.
"When you have pride that you see you work each and every day and give it your all," Russell said. "People can have their opinion on what's going on but those guys are not with you daily so they don't really know."
Cable has stayed solidly in the middle where Russell is concerned, praising his progress while at the same time stressing he has a long way to go.
"He has to learn how to accept that and embrace that responsibility. Where is he at with that? I think he's somewhere in the middle. Do I think he's there yet? No, not quite," Cable said. "He has some more things to do some more things to prove but we keep pushing it for him to be there."
— Cable's assessment of Russell's practice performance: "He threw some deeper balls, some digs and things like that. Some deep hooks, He was throwing them on time. He really lit it up that way. I like where he is at. He has some things going on right now, he is just going to be getting better and better and better."
I'll have to watch today's evening practice a little closer, because I missed any of the Raiders quarterbacks lighting it up. It looked like a lot of training camp practices I've seen over the years (minus the contact), with the good thing being that it's only a minicamp practice in May.
— In Russell's favor was that he wasn't the quarterback when there were mishandled snaps _ and there were six of them, by Cable's count. Those were split between Jeff Garcia and Bruce Gradkowski.
— Derrick Burgess missed the morning practice with the stomach flu, while center Samson Satele is recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. Wide receiver Arman Shields is having problems with the same knee which was surgically repaired as a college senior _ before the Raiders picked him in the fourth round.
Cable said Shields was "day-to-day."
As for Andrew Walter, a no-show in optional activities this offseason, Cable said, "He hasn't been part of the offseason program, and those other guys have. And that's why you didn't see him really get any reps today, 'cause they're all prepared and ready to do this. And there's been some change in what we're doing offensively and so forth, so he's got some catching up to do."
— Safety Mike Mitchell received a pre-practice lecture from Cable about his lust for contact and will likely get another before the pads go on at training camp.
"This is your football team, these are your teammates, your brothers and you've got to take care of them," Cable said. "Me and him have kind of had that discussion a little bit, 'It's time to go now. Take care of these guys, take care of these others and they'll take care of you."
— Asomugha's reaction to the Raiders' first two draft picks: "Surprised isn't the word. Those guys weren't really on the radar for me as far as guys that I was looking at. Because I thought that they were gonna go with some of the bigger names. But knowing Al, you can't get surprised with that stuff. He always wants to find the gem, or that guy that no one's really looking at, and he wants to develop them and see how they work out. So I wasn't surprised at all. I just . . . I was a little confused a little bit at first."
— Fullback Lorenzo Neal gives the Raiders the opportunity to take their time with Oren O'Neal, who at best will be ready for training camp but could conceivably be put on the physically unable to perform list and be brought back later.
Neal said he had talked to other teams, but got a call from Al Davis about joining Oakland. To put it mildly, he's excited to be here.
"You bring that confidence that says, 'Look, man, believe in me. Just get on my hip and don't dip. Let's go.' Before you know it, you just start feeding it, it becomes an attitude, it becomes, hey, even if you're not as good, you start making these guys believe that you're better than you are," Neal said after being asked about what he'll bring to the Raiders.
"That's what it is. You get off to a hot start, you start fast, you finish strong, and you get guys believing. The talent's here. It's about the opportunity. It's about guys rising up and saying, 'You know what, I'm going to make the change.' Coaches coach, players make plays. Players got to make plays. When you're lined up in your position, you got to do what you need to do. I'm brought here to help the offense get going, for the veteran leadership. You got a good group of backs in Fargas and McFadden. So, you just go in here and you say, 'Look, come on, boys, we can do this.' Get them to believe. These guys are eager, they're hungry, they just want to be led. I feel like I'm the man for the job."
Neal will prevail upon younger players to watch a little more film, be a little more prepared.
"It's not just what you bring on the field but what you bring off the field, the intangibles and say, 'Hey, look, guys, I'm going to be here on Tuesday watching film on my off day.' It's getting in the weight room working out, showing the guys, this is what has allowed me to play 17 years," Neal said. "Saying, 'Hey, guys, let's go to meetings, let's watch a little extra film, let's not watch extra film, let's lift some weights.' Let's do the extra things instead of saying, 'Hey, you know what? On Tuesday I'm not going to come in.' You win the game on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday. That's when the game's won.
"The game is simple if you know what to do, if you know your assignment. That's the easy part. The game is simple. It's about the practice, it's about the attention to detail. It's very imperative that you get leadership and you lead by example. So, I'm excited about it."
— If there's anything you want to know about Danny Southwick, the quarterback in camp on a tryout basis, you can check out his Web site.
I'll have a report following the second practice later this evening . . .


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Bush library: More 9/11, less Cheney
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — George W. Bush was a wartime president, and his new museum won't let you forget it.
High ceilings mean visitors can hear the wail of sirens on Sept. 11 across adjoining rooms, as Bush bellows resolutely: "Today our nation saw evil."
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The 14,000-square-foot museum is part of a 23-acre Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University, just north of Dallas. All the living former presidents, plus Barack Obama, will be here Thursday for the dedication.
( PHOTOS: George W. Bush's career)
Politics is downplayed; the 2004 reelection campaign goes unmentioned. And essentially invisible are Karl Rove, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney, who the president became somewhat estranged from in his second term.
Bush wants to be remembered as a statesman, not a hawk. An oversize painting of him with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair hangs at the entrance of a theater.
Social issues, from his steadfast opposition to abortion to his push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, are ignored, too.
As he gets the inevitable second look, Bush World is eager to remind everyone of how vulnerable the country felt on Sept. 12, 2001.
( PHOTOS: Sept. 11 remembered)
Much of the library is as much about what Bush wanted his presidency to be as what it became. He expected domestic issues to dominate his presidency. The first room of the museum shows footage from the 2000 election (described as "A Campaign of Character"). Large displays tout the No Child Left Behind act, tax cuts and the faith-based initiative. Other panels mention a book festival, T-ball at the White House and a state dinner with the president of Mexico.
This, Laura Bush explained Wednesday, is "what we thought we'd be working on all four years."
"Then you turn the corner and see the big beam from the World Trade Center," she said.
A sign next to that mangled piece of steel blares: "…and then there came A DAY OF FIRE." A wall lists all who perished.
"He was thrust into a new and unexpected role: War President," reads the display.
Iraq and Afghanistan are not their own sections. Instead, they are conflated with the so-called "Global War On Terror" in a room called "Defending Freedom."
Next to a picture of Saddam Hussein is a "Threat Assessment" that says he had "used WMD on his own people and a neighboring country … refused to account for his chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs [and] cheered the attacks of September 11."


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After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, particularly historic New Orleans, local residents, government officials, and businesses longed to regain some sort of normalcy after experiencing the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., one of the nation's largest food retailers, was able to react swiftly in the Big Easy, because the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company had already put an aggressive program in place that allowed it to rebuild damaged grocery stores quickly in the event of a natural disaster.
New Orleans East, one of hardest hit areas, marked a significant milestone in October 2007 with the grand reopening of Winn-Dixie's New Orleans East Store, during a historic remote NASDAQ opening bell event from the rebuilt location. It marked the first NASDAQ remote opening ceremony from a grocery store — and the first ever in Louisiana. The 50,709-sq-ft location was the first full-service grocery store to return to the storm-ravaged community, and the company took the opportunity to build a prototype store that showcased all of its latest design concepts.
One less visible but important addition to this solution was a 600kW diesel generator from Cummins Power Generation that is capable of providing electricity to the entire store in the event of a power outage. The unit comes complete with automatic transfer switches (ATSs) and a 3,600-gal sub-base fuel tank. The standby generator, which features a PowerCommand iWatchTM wireless monitoring system that links the generator set with cellular and satellite networks, sits atop an 8-ft-high, flood-protected platform.
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Last of my doughs from this batch:162 hours in the fridge, reballed 5 hours prior to bake, opened up cold before bake....excellent pizza all week, and this one was the best!!John
They really were very good Norma and TRDanny, dough stored in individual containers...they usually fill the containers by day 3 or 4..I just let them stay that way until the day of bake. Reballing seems to bring the dough to life. Next time I will use cold water to slow it down a bit, though I really don't know what I'll gain, since this last dough was primoJohn
Bill The longest one I've done is on a 7 day old dough, which has filled up the container and stopped growing, although there are gaseous bubbles in it. I'd wait until the day of baking to reball, and I think you will be amazed how the dough comes to life and starts growing again....give it 5 or 6 hours if you can. Also, if you wait that long, don't bother warming the dough up before opening....just take it out, dump it, form it, bake it and enjoy!!John
NormaYou know as well as I, the knowledge comes in itty bitty bits. One more thing I'm working on regarding these doughs...will shortening the reball time prior to bake improve the pizza as the dough ages. With this particular process I'm going to say yes, but I will verify tonight after work.Here is a pizza we had for lunch yesterday....in the fridge 48 hours, reballed 12 hours prior to bake...should have baked it just a hair longer, but it was again good eats....with an excellent bottomJohn


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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2002 11:43 pm
Post subject: NEED: Greco, Orville, Burny/Fernandes, Yamaha, Info & Da
I love this site, but there's no information on Greco, Orville, Burny/Fernandes, Yamaha, among other high-profile, high-quality Japanese replica guitars.
Seeing that there is a huge interest in these other reissues and knowing that they are top-rate guitars, of which, many were also made at the Fuji Gengakki plant, I'd like to see a section dedicated to these individual brands.
I get up to 100 emails every week from people wanting to know about the guitars I sell in more detail and want to know particularly about what other models there were, and what the model numbers and letters mean, as well as pickup/electronics questions, etc.
I'd like to steer them somewhere to find this info, but there really isn't any good place on the net written in English to look. I know a little, but not enough to answer all their questions.
Just a thought - if you agree with what I propose or disagree, I'd like to hear what you think
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I knew someone was going to say that!
I think you're right - and I'm not saying I want to find information about these other brands so I could make more money in my auctions on eBay -
The real reason is that, since I've been in Japan for less than a year searching for these guitars, whether it be Tokai, Orville, Greco, Burny/Fernandes, ESP, Seymour Duncan, Moon, Guitars 'R Us, History, FgN, Navigator, Yamaha, Fender Japan, Bacchus, and hundreds of other unknowns, I've BECOME ADDICTED
to these unbelievable-quality guitars. It's like collecting baseball cards, seriously - because there are so many brands here and the prices of these guitars are about half of what you could find in the US, IF you could find it in the US - so I just collect these.
Before, a Gibson custom flame ES-336 reissue would have been my life's-savings - but here, I got the same exact one for $400. USD
Most are too good a deal to let go by.
I would definitely start up a site if I knew what I was doing - I never made a site myself, but am interested.
The only reason I asked here was to see what, if any, interest you guys had/have. AND, Ned has made this into an incredible site
, in his spare time. If I could do this in my spare time, I would!
I just would like to make it like his site in many ways, and thought, "Why Reinvent the Wheel?" It would fit well into Ned's "Date Other Guitars" section, or even as a link from it.
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Here is the site i got most of my information from about Orville guitars. I too own many japanese guitars. It is so easy to get a load of these bad boys for dirt cheap when you live in Japan.
I own a:
2001 Love Rock LS200
Orville by Gibson LP Custom in ebony
Orville LP Custom in ebony (forgot where i put these pics)
Tokai Custom Edition
And just sold an old Tokai Breezysound in Blue Floral.
Picking up a 70's Silver Star this week for $80 (45 i think it said stamped on neck). Saw a red Custom Edition for $90. That might be my bro's christmas present.
About the Burny's and Greco's, the older 70's thru 80's guitars are top notch. My friend picked up a few Burny's and i have to admit the quality on those remind me of these Tokai's. The older Greco's are of high quality as well but i see to many of them with bolt on necks (LP type). And the Greco's i see always looked abused.
Friends Burny he just sold:
I love it here in Japan!
Man is it addicting!
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LondonBarry is right - I think including all those other brands would dilute the purpose of the current site. If I had time I and could easily gather the information I would consider creating another site that would show case these other brands. However, I don't have time to keep up this Tokai Registry as it is and focusing on another site would be a disservice to the visitors here.
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Been looking for any kind of bulletin board regarding this matter but no luck. I've become friends with some people in Japan and they try to answer as good as they can. So many helpful people on the net! Anyhow, to spread the word and learn a few things myself I hope someone will start a page regarding MIJ guitars, may it be Fenders, Bacchus', Moons, Seymour Duncans, Van Zandts, Joe Bardens, Fernandes, Orvilles, Grecos, Kids etc etc...there are loads of them...
Sometime today Mr Postman will show up with my new Tele. A slightly used Seymour Duncan DT-190. It's like a 52 reissue with laquer finish, fat maple neck and beautiful swamp ash body. Can't wait.
Some say Duncans (made by ESP) are ok, some say they are fantastic! We'll see...haven't seen a junk MIJ guitar yet..
// johan, sweden
Oh, by the way, check out my Fender Japan 54 Strat. Guitar porn!
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I owned an early model ESP Tele, (3 digit serial no.) and I'm STILL kicking myself in the ass for selling it to a buddy. It was a killer guitar, and I haven't seen another like it... It was just a plane-jane white guitar, but there was serious mojo inside.
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Korean I think,Barry,but in Japan perices territory.
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Edwards has just offered a line of lacquer top guitars with Duncan pick ups. They look nice. But my Ornettes does the humbucker thing as well as the Gibson LP standard I had so the Gibson was sold.
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I have a Greco 64' flavour SG Special in cherry and a Burny 57' flavour Les Paul Special in TV yellow. Both are terrific guitars and P90 equipped.
The main body of each guitar is 2 piece with a one piece mahogany neck.
The Greco has a serial number but not the Burny.
Both have fairly chunky necks but I would say the Burny's neck is a little fatter, in fact very 50's Les Paul.
Both are very exact replicas of the Gibson guitars from the same era they are copied from (especially the Burny).
Tonally they are excellent.
The SG came via Mr. Mechling. I was really worried about losing the headstock and neck off this guitar in transit but it arrived safe and sound via USPS and UK Parcel Force. Amazing!
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Hi Guys -
It's been a while since I've posted anything - just a whole lot busy lately with school coming to and end this year.
I have recently purchased about 10 ESP Edwards Les Pauls, the lacquer tops you guys have been wondering about and others...
Seriously, as far as Les Pauls go, ESP Edwards is THE hottest thing right now. They have amazing wood, fit, and finish, jumbo frets on a killer rosewood neck, nicely-aged pearloid inlays which are set very well in sharp settings, and ALL have the most gorgeous-sounding Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups money can buy.
I know this is the Tokai Registry, but honestly, for new, affordable Japanese Les Pauls, ESP Edwards buries the new Tokais, Japanese or Korean.
I buy and sell these for a hobby, and I know my stuff on these guitars. I have seen the most gorgeous Tokai Love Rocks, but they play very poorly and the tone on their new pickups are just so-so.
The ESP Edwards with the SD SH-1 / SH-4 humbuckers really makes them a better buy, plus the wood is generally bookmatched solid tops on the Edwards or 1 piece solid tops, with bookmatched mahogany backs or 1 piece backs. Also, the necks are 1-piece, not like the new Tokais that have that extra heel piece of wood glued on
And to top it off, 90% of the Edwards models have nitro finishes. I bought about 10 and am keeping 4 of them - a '56 "black top" - P-90's model, a '56 "gold top," one of their EMG-equipped Black Les Paul Custom models, and a '57 Gold Top.
I decided to sell a few, which you can see here:
They also make KILLER Flying Vs - Check this one out I am selling:
The Vs have Seymour Duncan SH-1n / SH-4 humbuckers as well.
They tried to bridge the gap between ESPs expensive Navigators and the cheapo Grassroots, but ended up making REALLY high-end guitars that are still cheap.
Out of the myriad of new Japanese guitars out there, you can't go wrong with one of these ESP Edwards.
I don't know if they are Japanese-made or Korean, but certainly they have craftsmanship like the old Tokais, not the new ones.
Here's their website if you want to check 'em out:
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text: {-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-} {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-} {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-} {- | Copyright : (c) Henning Thielemann 2008 License : GPL Maintainer : email@example.com Stability : provisional Portability : requires multi-parameter type classes Comb filters, useful for emphasis of tones with harmonics and for repeated echos. -} module Synthesizer.Plain.Filter.Recursive.Comb where import qualified Synthesizer.Plain.Filter.Recursive.FirstOrder as Filt1 import qualified Synthesizer.Plain.Signal as Sig import qualified Synthesizer.Plain.Control as Ctrl import Synthesizer.Plain.Filter.NonRecursive (delay, ) import qualified Algebra.Module as Module import qualified Algebra.Ring as Ring import qualified Algebra.Additive as Additive import NumericPrelude.Numeric import NumericPrelude.Base {- | The most simple version of the Karplus-Strong algorithm which is suitable to simulate a plucked string. It is similar to the 'runProc' function. -} karplusStrong :: (Ring.C a, Module.C a v) => Filt1.Parameter a -> Sig.T v -> Sig.T v karplusStrong c wave = let y = wave ++ Filt1.lowpass (Ctrl.constant c) y in y {- | Infinitely many equi-delayed exponentially decaying echos. The echos are clipped to the input length. We think it is easier (and simpler to do efficiently) to pad the input with zeros or whatever instead of cutting the result according to the input length. -} run :: (Module.C a v) => Int -> a -> Sig.T v -> Sig.T v run time gain x = let y = zipWith (+) x (delay time (gain *> y)) in y {- | Echos of different delays. -} runMulti :: (Ring.C a, Module.C a v) => [Int] -> a -> Sig.T v -> Sig.T v runMulti time gain x = let y = foldl (zipWith (+)) x (map (flip delay (gain *> y)) time) in y {- | Echos can be piped through an arbitrary signal processor. -} runProc :: Additive.C v => Int -> (Sig.T v -> Sig.T v) -> Sig.T v -> Sig.T v runProc time feedback x = let y = zipWith (+) x (delay time (feedback y)) in y


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I was trying to either find an existing description of, or come up with, something analogous to linear orders / (non-strict) total orders, but which works for things in more than one dimension (with the goal of after that, finding a notion of something like a scattered order for such things), and I came up with an idea for it, but I am curious if anyone knows of, or will come up with, a better one.
Here is what I came up with:
Instead of having a set of points along with a total order on that set, have a set of points along with a set of pre-orders on that set, such that for every pair of distinct points from the set x_1 , x_2, one of the pre-orders associated with the set has x_1 < x_2 . (or possibly, either has x_1 < x_2 , or has x_2 < x_1 (not both though))
("preorder" might be replaced with a slightly stronger requirement? I am not sure.)
Two of these pairs (of a set of "points" and a set of pre-orders on the set having the required property) are isomorphic if there exists a pair of bijections, where the first one is between the two sets of points, and the second one is between the sets of preorders on the points, such that for any pair of points x,y from the first pair, and for any preorder from the first pair, the preorder has x <= y (where <= is the preorder in question) iff f(x) g(<=) f(y)
( g(<=) is the preorder from the second pair that the one in the first pair gets mapped to. I don't know what a good way to notate this is. It looks weird to put a symbol like <= as the argument to a function? )
When one of these pairs only has one preorder in the set of preorders part, it is equivalent to a (non-strict) total order, with the only thing lost being that
If you define one one such pair based on position in a (finite dimensional) vector space in a particular way, I have a few results about when two of these are isomorphic.
Let the points be from the vector space V = R^n with the usual dot product.
For v in V , let L(v) be the preorder defined as (x L(v) y) iff ( (x . v) <= (y . v) ) .
For some subset S of V, pick the pair defined as : (S , { L(v) | v in V } )
If two such pairs defined in such a way from sets S and S' have S and S' be translations, rotations, or scalings of eachother, then the corresponding pairs are isomorphic.
If all the points in S except for 1 are in a 1 dimensional subspace of V, then the pre-orders include:
1) for each of the elements of S other than the 1, a preorder which keeps all of those in the same total order (or reversed) , and has the extra point equivalent to that one
2) one where all of the points except for the 1 are equivalent, and the extra point is either less than or equal to all the rest
3) one where all the points are equivalent (whether to exclude this in the definition or not I don't know. It seems inconsequential.)
and possibly
4) one where all the points but the one are in their order (or the reverse of it) and the extra point is greater than all of them, and/or one where it is less than all of them
5) possibly more that I haven't thought of, but I think this is probably all of them.
I don't know if this is a reasonable idea to define. Any and all feedback is appreciated.
Do you have advice for when it makes sense to define a type of structure? Does "I am going to try to come up with a type of structure that captures this idea" make sense as a motivation, or do the definitions for types of structures generally come around gradually, bubbling up around work people are already doing, and then it just gets formalized later?
In addition to feedback on the idea, I am also interested in feedback on the presentation of the idea.
(also, if this idea isn't something I ought to immediately abandon, would it make sense to give these pairs a name (assuming they don't already have one given to them by someone else before I thought of them I mean)? In the text document I have I have been calling them a "smidge" for lack of a good name.)


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February is unexpectedly interesting for blooms on the High Line. This month features three plants: witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida'), Dawn bodnant viburnum (Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn'), and sweet box (Sarcococca hookeriana).
The rose-colored buds in the picture above are the beginnings of blooms on a Dawn bodnant viburnum, a shrub that flowers during the bleakest part of the winter. Its clusters of flowers have an excellent fragrance in late winter/early spring.
Witch hazel is another unique flowering shrub that blooms during winter months. Its long, narrow petals have been described in many ways–from the shape of a spider to strips of shredded paper.
In the past, European settlers in North America believed the plant possessed a magical ability that caused its branches to bend when near water. 'Witch' comes from the Old English wych, or 'bend'. Hazel, another plant believed to have the power to reveal water, grows commonly in Europe.
The spring blooms are slowly beginning to reveal themselves, like the daffodil foliage in the picture above. Stay tuned!
View a complete list of plants in Section 1 here.
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Two birds with one stone: A novel and broad Ebola vaccine in humans or with specially engineered cows could help researchers develop large quantities of Anti-Ebola serum and protect humans against filoviruses.
(PHILADELPHIA) – By many estimates, an Ebola vaccine could be available in humans as early as next year. But will it be the right one? There are a number of vaccines in development and each is in a race to prove that it is most effective, safe and that it will protect the largest number of people. One promising Ebola vaccine is based on a human rabies virus vaccine and is developed by Thomas Jefferson University in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This novel vaccine could not only help reign in the current epidemic in West Africa, but could be easily expanded and used if another filovirus strain started to spread.
The researchers also plan to develop the vaccine into the type of antibody serum therapy used in the first U.S. recipients in a platform that could deliver at least 2,000 doses of potentially life-saving serum per month.
"Vaccines are the best way to completely eradicate an epidemic threat like Ebola," says Matthias Schnell, Ph.D. Director of the Jefferson Vaccine Center and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Thomas Jefferson University. "But for those patients who already have the disease antibody-based therapies could be the best treatment – it's a way to give the body's own defenses time to ramp up."
Dr. Schnell and his team have developed a vaccine that activates the immune system to produce large amounts of antibodies against three virus strains, in order to most effectively eradicate the threat of hemorrhagic fever. It includes the Zaire strain of Ebola virus that is currently spreading across West Africa, as well as the Sudan strain, and the Marburg virus, a virus in the same family as Ebola, which causes a very similar disease.
Already, Dr. Schnell's group has developed the vaccine and had good protection in non-human primates against the Zaire Ebola virus. Currently the vaccine is being developed with the help of Peter Jahrling at the Integrated Research Facility at the NIH and IDT, a company that prepares human-grade vaccines. Although the current timeline would have the shots ready for trials in two to three years, Dr. Schnell says that a vaccine could be ready in six to ten months if appropriate investments were made.
Although the vaccines would prevent the spread of the disease, it may not help those who have already contracted the infection because of how quickly the disease progresses. In order to address this issue Dr. Schnell is working with another company that produces antibodies en masse.
Although they do not confer the long-lasting immunity of a vaccine, antibodies attach to virus particles and help chaperone them out of the blood before they can infect more cells. "It's like a sponge that mops up a lot of the virus in the body," says Schnell. "It gives the immune system the time it needs to build a response to the virus that has already infected cells." But to be safe and to have the ability to give multiple doses if needed, those antibodies need to "look human" to the immune system.
The experimental therapy that humanitarian aid workers Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol received was based on a purified monoclonal antibodies from mice genetically engineered to produce human antibodies against the Ebola virus. However, the company that produced the serum had a very limited quantity available.
SAB Biotherapeutics is a company in South Dakota with a small herd of cattle that can produce human antibodies. Together with SAB, Dr. Schnell is applying for a grant that would allow the team to vaccinate the cows with his vaccine in order to produce large quantities of antibodies specific for the three viral strains. The cows would have their blood plasma harvested every two weeks to produce 30-60 liters of serum every month from one animal – the equivalent of 2,000 doses. The vaccinated cows would produce polyvalent antibodies – antibodies that can recognize many different viral components – rather than the monoclonal antibodies administered to Brantly and Writebol. Polyvalent antibodies are more likely to remain effective if the virus mutates. "If money were no object, we could have the first batch of serum ready for human testing in four to six months," says Dr. Schnell.
For more information, contact Edyta Zielinska, 215-955-5291, email@example.com.
About Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), the largest freestanding academic medical center in Philadelphia, is nationally renowned for medical and health sciences education and innovative research. Thomas Jefferson University includes the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC), one of the largest private medical schools in the country and ranked among the nation's best medical schools by U.S. News & World Report, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Jefferson Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions, and Population Health. Jefferson University Physicians is TJU's multi-specialty physician practice consisting of the full-time faculty of SKMC. Thomas Jefferson University partners with its clinical affiliate, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.


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Friday, November 4, 2016
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I used stampin' up dimensionals to pop up all of the layers, then added my stamped sentiment.
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