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There's no getting around it: for any beginning guitarist who aspires toward excellence, practice is the essential component in achieving that goal. But what about players who've already reached the pinnacle of their craft? Do they continue to practice, and what exactly does "practice" mean to them? Below, ten six-stringers who've climbed the ladder to greatness share their thoughts on the topic.
Joe Satriani (as told to M – Music & Musicians)
I do still practice, but it's different from how it used to be. I know where all the scales are, and where all the chords are, so all that work is behind me. You never forget those things, once you learn them. But I do play every day. Today, at some point, I'm going to run through my entire set, for the upcoming tour. And I'll do that every day up until I start rehearsing with the band. And then of course we'll rehearse several times a day, together. You always want to be at your very best, before anybody buys a ticket to your show.
Eric Johnson
I grew up listening to classical music, to players whose performance level was very high. The desire to play at that level got instilled in me. The question then becomes, how do you achieve that? Do you achieve it by constantly redoing something, with overdubs or multiple takes, or do you achieve it by being so proficient that you're able to pull off something great at any given moment? Classical musicians are so well rehearsed, and their performance level is so high, they just go in and nail it, and capture a real performance. Practice is key, to be able to do that. A lot of the music I love – folk, blues, rock and pop – is wonderful when it's rough and off-the-cuff. That's one polarity, and that's predominantly my type of music. But then there's the other polarity, which involves a higher level of performance.
Joe Bonamassa (as told to M – Music & Musicians)
I try to practice things that are somewhat outside my normal sphere. I tend to pick up an acoustic guitar or a mandolin, instead of just hammering something out with an electric. I might practice prog rock as well. In the live shows we sometimes do Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise." We used to do Genesis's "Los Endos," from their Trick of the Tail album.
Kaki King (as told to Performing Songwriter)
When I'm about to go on tour, or I'm doing a gig, I'll have rehearsals and I'll prepare. But I have a bit of paranoia involving the possibility of injury. I've known many guitar players who have practiced incessantly, and hunched their backs for ages, and have hurt themselves. There have been times when I've given a hug to a guitarist-friend at the end of an evening, and I've detected that they're wearing a back brace. I never want to encounter that problem. My dedication to music takes a bit of a different form. I don't constantly go over the music I'm making, and the fact that I don't really comes down to my not wanting to get hurt. That may seem ridiculous to some people, and maybe it makes perfect sense to others.
Alex Skolnick, Testament (as told to Guitar World)
When Testament was up and coming, that was the first incentive I had to practice hard and get it together. There is nothing like knowing you're going to be in front of an audience. I remember we used to tape some of the gigs on little cassette recorders that sounded terrible, but you got an idea of how you sounded. That was also a wake-up call that I really needed to focus. As for my practice routine, I was studying the basic scales. One thing that hasn't changed is, I always warm up a lot before I have a show. Whatever I need work on, that's what I warm up on. Back then, it was all about memorizing scales and patterns; now it's more transcribing solos by my favorite artists. I'm always working on lines by Joe Henderson, Chick Corea or John Scofield. So I learned all the scales from that. But then I had to forget them and learn licks and learn how to trust myself.
Neal Schon, Journey
I play constantly, but it usually takes the form of jamming. I've never really practiced in a conventional sense. I have a looper set up with a couple of small-powered speakers. And I have a Fractal unit at home, going into a looper, with a drum machine … so that I'm able to switch up the drum beats after I've laid down a riff or two. I loop constantly and I make up riffs, for what I want to have a blow on. That's how I practice. I just riff over the top of those things, and play some melody.
Chris Broderick, Megadeth (as told to Guitar World)
The funny thing is, as time goes on, the realization of how much you don't know only gets worse! I see more and more things that I need to approach on the instrument—more different techniques, more styles, more players. I remember a time about 15 or 20 years ago when I would sit down with the instrument and say, "Well, I've already practiced my scales, I already worked on my arpeggios, I've worked on this and I've worked on that, and I don't have anything else to practice." But today, there's just a minefield of things to work on. I finally came to the conclusion that you've just got to go toward whatever it is that interests you the most at any given time. Hopefully, you'll zigzag your way through the patterns of everything you want to learn. Eventually, you'll come full circle.
Steve Lukather (as told to M – Music & Musicians)
I try to practice every day. That might consist of learning new music, or learning someone else's music. There's always a lesson in doing that. It helps with ear-training, among other things. And then there's the technical aspect of practice. That might involve something like delving into Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry book, which you could spend a lifetime studying. Or, if you're banging your head against a wall, you might dig out Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. A lot of practice, for me, consists of just listening to things. I'll hear something and think "Wow, that's interesting. Let me try that." I also continue to learn things from great players I know personally, as friends.
Tom Morello (as told to M – Music & Musicians)
A friend gave me the best of advice anyone's ever given me in the music business. He said, "Practice guitar at least one hour a day, every day, no matter what." I took that to heart, and soon my playing ability improved. From there I went to two hours a day to four hours a day until eventually I was practicing eight hours a day, no matter what. That means if you're on vacation with the family in Ireland, for example, you stop at a bus station and play for 45 minutes, to get toward your practice time. I did that, in an obsessive-compulsive way that I don't really recommend, because it precludes a social life.
Clint Lowery, Sevendust (as told to Guitar World)
I don't practice as much as I did in my earlier days. On the road I do quite a bit; I practice for about an hour and a half before we play. I go over scales and keep my right hand active and my left hand mobile. Every now and then I'll have a phase where I pick up the guitar, and every time I hold it I'm still excited about playing. Some days I feel like I could play anything, and other days I feel like I'm a beginner again. That's the beauty of this whole thing. Insecure players sometimes make for better players because you're always striving to figure stuff out. I'm a big YouTube junkie; I watch people play on there and try to emulate what they do. There are some amazing guys out there. You can sit in your basement and play guitar 24 hours a day and play everything fast as lightning with all this accuracy, but there's a feel that some people have that just can't be practiced or rehearsed. Some people just have it.


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Little white experimental pieces are coming off the hook. They are part of an exploration exercise in form and texture. The hard-wired organic shapes dominate. What would they be like if I was crocheting in another world with non-carbon based life and different physical laws?
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U.S. President Barack Obama tried to rev up the economy by exhorting Congress to immediately pass the American Jobs Act he plans to send over this week, saying his formula of tax cuts, credits and relief is what the country needs now.
The country needs something. Unemployment has stood at 9.1 percent for two months running. In the latest report, first-time jobless claims rose by 2,000 to 414,000 for the week ended Sept. 3. The gross domestic product grew by only 1 percent in the second quarter. And the stock market seems to be heading south again.
Not a pretty picture.
After Obama's Thursday night address to a joint session of Congress, Democrats from the local to the federal level were quick to praise his proposals and back the president's call to stop all the grandstanding in Washington.
Dialing down the rhetoric would be nice but how effective would the estimated $447 billion plan be -- even if it is all paid for by trimming other forms of spending?
Let's look at the payroll tax.
Last December's budget dance produced a moratorium on taxing 2 percent of wages paid by employees to Social Security. For someone making the median income -- it was about $50,000 in 2009 -- that came to about $16 a week. Now Obama wants to increase that by about 50 percent. When he says that comes to about $1,200 a year, it sounds like a nice number, but the reality is $24 a week doesn't buy much.
Hardly something to get consumers spending again.
Richard Kaplan, a University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana expert, said cutting the employer portion of the payroll tax for hiring workers who have not worked for six months won't have much of an impact either -- the tax break granted in the 2010 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act didn't.
And, Kaplan noted in a university news bureau interview, not paying into the Social Security trust fund has a negative impact on its fiscal condition.
As for creating domestic jobs, there needs to be a demand for domestic products rather than goods produced more cheaply in China, Economist Peter Morici of the University of Maryland said.
Morici said Obama's proposals do little to boost domestic demand.
"The president proposes spending an additional $140 billion on roads, schools and other infrastructure but wants Congress to pay for this with cuts in spending on Medicare, Medicaid and other programs," Morici said in a news release. "How will adding construction workers to the national payroll while laying off healthcare workers boost employment? …
"Much of the payroll tax holiday for workers merely extends a benefit due to expire at the end of this year. And the president proposed to pay for these temporary tax breaks with permanent increases in taxes on high-income individuals. The net effect on domestic spending is likely to be negative.
"Similarly, temporary payroll tax cuts for employers won't create much new business investment and hiring if paid for by higher business taxes overall, as the president proposes, by boosting overall corporate taxes through a complex scheme of eliminating tax incentives to invest a lot and lowering rates just a bit."
And then there's the tax structure overall.
Kaplan pointed out many of Obama's proposals have time limits, most of them a year. That means taxes become more complicated, further burdening businesses, especially small businesses.
"History is very clear that even conceptually straightforward ideas like tax credits for hiring new employees acquire numerous limitations, income-based phase-outs and other restrictions as they work their way through Congress," Kaplan said. "The bottom line is that the president's proposals prioritize some goals -- in this case, job creation -- over the objective of tax simplification, a situation that broadly characterizes our experience of the past several decades."


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The Lady Bucks claimed the title with a thrilling five-set victory over the St. Joseph Jayhawks in the championship match.
It looked like Monticello would be overpowered by the hard-hitting squad from St. Joseph, but the Lady Bucks relied on speed, hustle and teamwork to earn the state title.
Monticello entered the tournament as the second-ranked team in the state, behind top-seeded Rich. The Lady Bucks faced an unexpected foe in the championship when St Joseph upset Rich in the semifinal.
St Joseph was a worthy foe, featuring a tall lineup of hard hitters and strong blockers. Many of the St Joseph players compete year-round for club teams.
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Devin Dalton, Shaylynn Black, Stevee Wilcox and Jessica Ewert were rewarded for their strong play by being named to the All-Tournament team, with Dalton as the Most Valuable Player.
Dalton was the only returning starter from the 2011 state championship team. With a new lineup, the Lady Bucks were able to develop their own identity. Strong teamwork, chemistry, tenacity and hustle marked this team and it was evident in the championship match.
The Lady Bucks fell behind early in the first two sets but fought back to win them both, 25-20 and 25-19.
After the Lady Bucks took an early lead in the third set, the Jayhawks started a comeback attempt. The third set was neck and neck until it was tied 23-23. The Lady Bucks were just two points away from a championship, but St Joseph found a way to win the set, 25-23.
The momentum continued to change in the fourth game as St. Joseph pulled away from an 11-11 tie to win 25-17 and force a decisive fifth set.
The Buckaroos opened the fifth set with strong serving and defense and built an early lead at 10-4, before St. Joseph attempted a last-ditch comeback.
The lead closed to 14-11 for the Bucks, but when a Jayhawk spike landed out-of-bounds, Buckaroo Coach Tony Esplin jumped and the celebration began.
In addition to the senior leaders, a supporting cast of underclassmen also contributed to the win with strong play in the championship match. They include Mary Beh, Ashley Ewert, Shania DeAnda and Miranda Martinez.
Monticello started the tournament against the Milford Tigers. Monticello dominated the first set 25-11 before falling in the second set 29-27. It was the longest set in the entire tournament and was the last set that the Lady Bucks dropped before the championship match.
Monticello won two more sets over Milford to advance to the quarterfinal match.
Monticello dominated play while defeating Layton Christian in three straight sets 25-14, 25-14, 25-20. The win moved the Lady Bucks into the semifinal game against the Region 20 champions from Piute.
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The beginning of this mission shows just how complex the story can get in Grand Theft Auto IV. This mission can be started in one of two ways. After killing Vlad, you can either call Roman or Roman will call you. Once this occurs, he'll tell you to meet him at the a bar on Mohawk Avenue, so head down there and drive into the arrows in front of the establishment. A humorous (yet strangely serious) cutscene will follow in which Roman, scared of repercussions from Vlad's murder, is hiding in a dumpster. It's not that funny, though, because Roman and Niko really are being followed! A man with a machinegun walks up to them and takes them to an unknown location where you get to meet the people Vlad was working for. After a lengthy cutscene at the house of the boss, you'll realize they didn't like Vlad that much anyway. For the time being, you're working for them. As for Roman, well... he has a gunshot wound to deal with.
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GNU Snowboards presents TUBE CITY – POPULATION RADNESS! on February 4th at Summit at Snoqualmie, WA.
The event was born in the loins of Lib Tech's Holy Oly Revival…starting as the side show to the ariel trickery and the 1000 method onslaught of the giant quarterpipe it grew like all good fungus grows…year after year it adapted, progressed and now, like the cheese in the classic kids song Farmer in the Dell, it stands alone. Make your travel arrangements now, because all roads, flights and ferry rides eventually lead to Tube City – Population Radness!
The event will consist of a highly creative zone of metal tubes, lift towers, propane tanks and other assorted and recycled metal in a hike-able, skatepark inspired layout.
"The Summit is known for it's fleet of round, cold steel" says Lib Tech pro and Ballard resident Jesse Burtner, "Let's get tubed!"
"I was just really stoked to use a reference to the Farmer in the Dell in the press release." said event creator Krush Kulesza.
Prizes will be given out to people who deserve em and someone will we appointed the MAYOR of TUBE CITY for downright awesomeness.
Pat Bridges and the fine folks at Snowboarder Magazine are also giving out a SUPERPASS invite to Superpark to one deserving shred at the end of the event. This is a pretty big deal.
Thanks to our amazing sponsors GNU Snowboards, Arnette, Lib Tech, Poler and Snowboarder Magazine.
Registration is from 8:30-10AM at the Main Lodge at Summit Central / Discounted lift tickets will be available / Helmets are required / Under 18 needs a parents signature


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Hospital Pediatrics
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Hospice Pediatrics
By Lisa M. Browder, ICA, CR, RA
I'll be honest - pediatric care makes me a little nervous. Most of the available literature on pediatrics deals with common childhood issues. Although other hospices are using essential oils effectively for symptom management with their pediatric patients, there is no information-sharing network to allow us to work together, or even to know that others doing similar work exist. So I use the available literature on aromatherapy and childcare and then apply my own sleuthing technique: I quiz the nurses for relevant information on symptoms and their likely causes, determine whether it is an acute issue or an ongoing challenge, sort through essential oils that would be helpful, eliminate the ones I think might be too strong for the child's age and/or disease process, figure out what delivery method would be most effective and vary the dilution rate as necessary. These youngest hospice patients are rarely able to tell me how I am doing, so my assessment of success or failure has a different standard; it relies on nursing reports and visual cues such as a resolving skin issue, an unfurrowed brow, deeper sleep patterns; relief from constipation, or cessation of whimpering or crying.
Our pediatric program manager identified the top five pediatric diagnoses as holoprosencephaly, neurodegenerative disorders, severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and chromosomal anomalies. Even pronouncing them is a challenge; they just sound scary. However, I have learned these formidable-sounding diagnoses have some common treatable symptoms, like constipation, irritability, skin issues and muscular aches.
With holoprosencephaly, the lobes of the brain have failed to develop. These little ones suffer from mobility issues, seizures, visual and hearing disturbances, irritability, agitation and contractures. Our program manager says holoproscencephaly babies appear to be born more often to diabetic mothers. These babies do extremely well with specially-blended crèmes for muscular aches and pains and agitation; each applied topically by our massage therapist. Additionally, in the acute-care units we diffuse lavender (Lavandula augustifolia) at bedside.
Neurodegenerative disorders are particularly thorny and there are enough of them that many do not even have names. These children are normal at birth but somewhere between 5 and 10 years old begin to "reverse," a condition distinguished by sudden tripping, falling and/or balance issues. They go on to develop spasticity and contractures. Many of these are older pediatric patients, so they may take a lot of pharmaceutical medications which can cause serious constipation. My formula to relieve this includes lavender, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis ct verbenone), ginger (Zingiber officinale), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and black pepper (Piper nigrum).
Some of these children do well with a combination of essential oils and massage. Others will not tolerate touch. Since it is unpredictable, we usually send in the massage therapist with a topical crème to see how the child responds. One of our patients, a 17-year-old, only liked his head touched, so the massage therapist did cranial work with him. Another, a 9-year-old with Batten disease (a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system), responded extremely well to both massage and reflexology and particularly loved the aromatherapy blends created for him. He was constantly restless and had frequent seizure activity. When the inhaler stick created for his breathing was held up to his nose, his movements ceased and he would inhale, deeply and audibly. The inhaler contained lavender, eucalyptus radiata, chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), myrtle (Myrtus communis) and peppermint (Mentha x piperita).
Severe cerebral palsy is frequently accompanied by other diagnoses so there may be multiple symptoms to sort out. These children show a loss of mobility and lose the ability to speak. Their muscle control is affected and they often have scoliosis and contractures. They benefit from a combination of massage and essential oils. We use a topical blend of lavender, rosemary, juniper (Juniperus communis), black pepper, fennel and peppermint. These patients may not be able to speak, but the essential oils still affect emotional centers so we frequently see a softening of facial features accompanied by soft sounds that the mothers identify as pleasure reactions.
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is due to a lack of oxygen to the brain and most commonly occurs during the birth process. The affected part of the brain dies, dissolves and becomes fluid on the brain. Vision and hearing are affected and these babies suffer from contractures and spasticity. We worked with a 27-week-old baby that would only allow our massage therapist (not even his mother) to touch his feet. She used a lavender crème applied topically to help him relax.
Then there are the babies born with chromosomal anomalies such as Trisomy 18 or Trisomy 13. These diseases involve an extra copy of a numbered chromosome rather than the normal two sets and the extra material interferes with normal development. According to the National Institute of Health, these children may have clenched hands, crossed legs, low-set ears, mental retardation and sometimes a cleft lip or palate. They will frequently have clenched fingers and, as our nurse told me, they "usually just require a relaxing environment." They are good candidates for a bedside diffuser and/or hand massage with a lavender crème.
I was recently asked to blend something for one of our patients with an unidentified skin issue. Tiny blister-like raised areas appear, open up, scab over and eventually disappear. The child does not appear uncomfortable and no pattern has emerged to identify a possible source. Even a dermatologist has been unable to identify the issue. I made a .5 percent formulation in grape seed oil (Vitis vinifera) of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) and Roman chamomile and suggested massaging a small amount into the affected areas after his bath. I chose the tea tree for its antifungal/antibacterial/anti-infectious properties, chamomile for inflammation, and sweet orange primarily for aroma. There has been a marked improvement, with the spots healing rapidly. One of the nurses told me, "It looks like someone vacuumed his skin."
The majority of my blends are between .5-1 percent but I have also used a 2 percent constipation blend and a 3 percent blend for dry/patchy skin. There have been no negative results reported. To the contrary, many of the stronger blends have been the most successful and in the shortest amount of time. So although some of the diagnoses in pediatric hospice sound daunting, my experience has been nothing but positive. These smallest of our patients with their life-limiting illnesses respond exceedingly well (and quickly) to essential oils.
Lisa Browder is a certified reflexologist, Reiki practitioner and Registered Aromatherapist. She is the Complementary Therapies Manager at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas. Lisa is a Professional Member of NAHA, and is NAHA Regional Director for Nevada. She is the owner of Scentsibility. Visit her new web-site at: www.scentsibility.net
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 1 July 2011—OCLC recognized award winners during the OCLC President's Luncheon June 27 at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibit held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Part of OCLC's commitment to research and education includes furthering the advancement of librarianship. OCLC does this not only through advocacy efforts, Research and the Innovation Lab, but also by financially supporting awards and scholarships.
OCLC is proud to announce the following 2011 awards that recognize innovation and creativity in the library community:
- OCLC/LITA Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology
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- John Ames Humphry/OCLC Forest Press Award for International Librarianship
Sally Tseng, Former President, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) and Head of Serials Cataloging, University of California, Irvine
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Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, the Library of Congress
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This Vault Boy costume comes from Molly B, who wore it at Otakon 2009 earlier this month in Baltimore. In her email, she mentions that she ran into other Fallout fans at the show, including a few Vault Dwellers and a friendly Talon Company Merc.
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Heineken Cup
Edinburgh shun Cape Town clash with Saracens
ESPN Staff
October 11, 2012
Sarries chief executive Edward Griffiths has labelled Edinburgh's decision as a "missed opportunity" © Getty Images
Edinburgh have rejected a proposal by Saracens to stage their Heineken Cup clash next year in Cape Town.
Saracens had hoped to move their Round 5 date with their PRO12 rivals to the 55,000 capacity Cape Town Stadium and reportedly offered to cover the costs of their opponents but Edinburgh have turned down the offer citing their 'commitment to their fans'.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the plan was similar to that tabled by Saracens last season ahead of their clash with Biarritz that was signed off by the French Top 14 side only for political wrangling in South Africa to scupper what would have been a high-profile fixture.
Saracens chief executive Ed Griffith told the newspaper: "They've passed over the chance to stage a game that I think would have had a crowd of 50,000 in Cape Town. It would have been a one-off. It would have made rugby history and I think it would have been a huge event for the players, the supporters, everybody.
"From what I understand, there was no enthusiasm at Edinburgh for going at all. Which is sad, because last year Biarritz immediately saw the opportunity and were very enthusiastic. That fell through because of various problems out there, but those have all been solved.
"It would have created a fantastic occasion for rugby. Rugby as a sport is a game that needs to take a step out occasionally. It cannot just do the same things over and over again. We are in a very competitive market and we need to be bold and we need to be innovative.
"It's probably going to be very cold and miserable in Europe then. But people could have turned on to see this game played in the evening sunlight and balmy temperatures, and probably a great game of rugby. It would have been fantastic for Saracens and for Edinburgh and for European rugby, so it's disappointing that it can't take place."
The Edinburgh game is now set to be staged at Sarries' traditional Vicarage Road ground with managing director Craig Docherty commenting: "As a club, our commitment is to our fans and other key stakeholders, such as sponsors, and fundamentally our goal is to qualify from what is a very challenging Heineken Cup pool.
"Following Edinburgh Rugby to South Africa is simply not an option for the vast majority whose support was so crucial to our journey to last season's semi-final. I'm sure they will be desperate to support us in what could be a critical pool game.
"The case made by Saracens was not commercially compelling and, from a performance perspective, would have had a detrimental effect on our preparation for and recovery from this match.
"Edinburgh Rugby are open to new and innovative ideas but the prospect of playing our final pool game in the southern hemisphere was simply not an option that we could seriously consider from a number of different perspectives."
French side Racing Metro have already agreed to play their second round match with Saracens at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels later this month while the Premiership side's date with Munster in December is set for a "central London venue".
Saracens have already staged games at Twickenham and Wembley this season and their travels will also take in Stadium MK and their soon-to-be-completed new home - the Allianz Stadium in Barnet.
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On this day in 2008, the Ford Motor Company announces the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to the Tata Group, one of India's oldest and largest business conglomerates, for some $2.3 billion–less than half of what Ford originally paid for the brands. The sale came at a time when Ford, along with much of the rest of the auto industry, was experiencing a sales slump as a result of the global economic crisis. For Tata, which earlier that year had unveiled the Nano, the world's cheapest car, the purchase of the venerable British-based luxury brands was referred to by some observers as a "mass to class" acquisition.
Jaguar, known for its high-performance luxury autos, grew out of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which was co-founded by William Lyons (1901–1985) of Blackpool, England, in 1922, to make motorcycle sidecars. In the early 1930s, the business was renamed SS Cars Ltd., and in 1935, its first Jaguar automobile, the SS Jaguar 100, launched. Following World War II, the company changed its name again, to Jaguar Cars Ltd., in order to avoid any association with the Schutzstaffel, the Nazi paramilitary group also referred to by the initials "SS." In 1948, the XK120, which was capable of reaching speeds of 120 mph, made its debut and helped Jaguar stake its claim as a sports car brand. By the 1950s, Jaguar was exporting its high-performance cars to America. In the early 1960s, the automaker introduced the E-type (known as the XK-E in the U.S.), a sleek two-seater with a bullet-like silhouette that was the fastest production sports car on the market at the time of its launch. The now-iconic roadster won accolades for its design and in 1996 an E-Type became part of the permanent collection of New York City's Museum of Modern Art (just the third car to do so). In 1989, Jaguar, which had already undergone several mergers, was acquired by the Ford Motor Company for $2.5 billion.
The first Land Rover debuted in 1948 and was the brainchild of Maurice Wilks, the head designer for the British car company Rover, of which his brother Spencer Wilks was the managing director. Maurice Wilks had used an old American-made Willys-Overland Jeep to do work at his farm in England; however, the Jeep was plagued by mechanical problems and Wilks decided to design a more reliable vehicle. He intended it to be used for farm work and be more versatile than a tractor. The resulting Land Rover, known as the Series 1, had a boxy, utilitarian design, four-wheel drive and a canvas roof. Such features as passenger seat cushions, doors, a heater and spare tires were initially considered extras and cost more. The rugged Land Rover was well-received by the public and ended up being used not just for farm work, but by police forces, military organizations, aid workers in remote places and travelers on expeditions where road conditions were poor or non-existent. In 2000, Ford purchased Land Rover, which by that time had also undergone several ownership transitions, for $2.7 billion.


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R.A. Allen's Rienzi plantation was in the news Aug. 18, 1877, but the story in the Thibodaux Sentinel had nothing to do with its history or architecture, but everything to do with Reconstruction election irregularities.
R.A. Allen's Rienzi plantation was in the news Aug. 18, 1877, but the story in the Thibodaux Sentinel had nothing to do with its history or architecture, but everything to do with Reconstruction election irregularities.
Election tensions had been high across Louisiana, with republicans, including former slaves, against a democrat party largely representing former Confederate whites. Federal officials were present to keep both sides honest.
We are able, Sentinel editors wrote, "to publish in this issue the decision of the supreme court in the contested-election case of Webre vs. Wilton."
Democrat L.A. Webre and republican William Wilton had been candidates for Lafourche Parish sheriff in Nov. 7, 1876, elections. State election officials had named Wilton the winner. Webre, claiming election fraud, brought suit and District Judge Taylor Beattie had ruled in his favor.
Wilton appealed that ruling to the Louisiana Supreme Court, where "Mr. Justice Egan" delivered the opinion, citing "illegalities," including the Rienzi matter, where a republican supervisor had allegedly "informed the republicans of the location of the voting-places several days before, but concealed them from the democrats until 24 hours before the election, too late to notify the people in the country in a parish 90 miles long."
The high court found the polling place for Rienzi, precinct 17, "was not held at the place fixed by law... but one and a half or two miles distant, in a private place, a Negro quarter remote from the public road, and without notice to the democrats," including plantation residents and owner R.A. Allen.
"I was at home on the Rienzi plantation on the day of the last election, in November, 1876," Allen had testified. "I understood that the poll was to be held at my warehouse on the front of my plantation. I got up very early for the purpose of opening the warehouse."
The first official to arrive was a supervisor named Gilmore. Leaving Allen alone at the announced polling place, he rode off to the "quarters," looking for the balloting.
"When I got there I found them holding the election in one of the houses in the quarter, and Mr. Billiu was there. I told the parties holding the election that notice was stuck up that the election was to be held at the warehouse on the public road." A commissioner responded to his protest "that they were instructed to hold the election in the quarters, and that they were going to hold it there."
M.W. Billiu had testified that as a "democratic supervisor at poll 17, he repaired to the warehouse, where it should have been held, in front of the public road; waited till after 6 p.m., the time for opening the poll.
"I learned by chance that it had been opened at the quarters on the Allen plantation, about one mile from the public road.
"I went down there, and found the poll opened and the voting going on under the supervision of three republican commissioners, one white and two colored. I demanded of the white commissioner what he meant by such arbitrary and unjust proceedings, and was answered that he was acting under instructions."
Lucern Bailes had also testified. "I am a colored man, aged fifty years, am a carpenter and wheelwright. Have been working for forty years on Mr. R. A. Allen's plantation; was on that plantation on the day of election. The poll was opened in a room in the quarters once occupied by Buck Payne. I do not know at what hour of the night the poll was opened, but I went to the poll, that morning, and believe the poll was opened before six o'clock. I could not at that time recognize a man the length of the room, it being so dark."
William Black told the court, "Am a colored man, forty-odd years old. Have been working on Mr. Allen's place since I could as a laborer: was on the plantation the day of last election. I could not tell what time I got up. I got up before day. The poll was held in a house called Buck Payne, in the quarters. When I found that the box was there I could only discern daybreak. I did not know until that morning that the poll was to be held at the quarters. I thought it was going to be held in front gate at the warehouse on the public road."
The testimony persuaded justices to rule "that plaintiff, L. A. Webre, be, and he is hereby, declared to have been duly elected sheriff of the parish of La Fourche at the general election on the 7th of November last. That he is entitled to the fees and emoluments of said office."
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Lynn Parsons* will never forget her first pregnancy. One memory in particular stands out: the night her moody husband, Mark*, sat in front of the TV watching a violent cop show. Parsons, 6 weeks along, was upset by the images of a terrorized woman flashing across the screen and asked him to turn off the set. His response: a swift kick toward her abdomen with his steel-toed boot. That was the first time Parsons realized exactly how much danger she and her baby were in. She managed to dodge that blow, but as the months wore on, she wasn't always so lucky.
Parsons married her husband because he was tall, handsome, and quiet. "That was one of the things that attracted me," says the forthright, intelligent 35-year-old woman. "I had grown up with an awful lot of yelling in my house." But during their long courtship, Mark broke the stillness twice by striking and choking her. To woo her back, he once drove a carload of gifts and stuffed animals to the restaurant where she worked to tell her how sorry he was. Though Parsons had doubts about marrying him, his persistence finally won her over. "When you've fallen in love with somebody, you believe it when he says it won't happen again."
In the three years they were married before she got pregnant, Mark never raised a hand to her, so Parsons considered the violence a thing of the past. However, with their baby on the way, the violence not only resurfaced -- it returned with a vengeance. "There was this sudden change," she says. "Instead of months or years between incidents, it was just constant." Tensions erupted almost daily, leading to arguments and tears. More and more, Mark's sarcastic streak was directed at her. He hit her and pushed her off the bed. He choked her against a wall and punched out the plaster near her head. He drop-kicked a hot iron at her.
These are scenarios that most of us find nearly unfathomable. We expect husbands to shower their pregnant wives with love and attention, protecting them against harm -- not causing it. How can we begin to comprehend repugnant images of a woman fending off punches and kicks from the father of her unborn child?
But these assaults happen far more often than we realize. A review of 13 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluded that between 3.9 percent and 8.3 percent of pregnant women are victims of domestic violence. That translates into a staggering number: Up to 332,000 of the 4 million American women having babies each year suffer physical abuse. And it isn't a problem that affects only low-income families. "Batterers come from blighted neighborhoods and pricey ZIP codes alike," says David Adams, Ph.D., a Cambridge, MA, psychologist who cofounded one of the nation's first batterers' programs. One in five men who enter Adams's program is a professional, he says. "We've had psychologists, doctors, and lawyers."
*Names and some identifying features have been changed
Profile of a Batterer ahead
Profile of a Batterer
Men who abuse their pregnant partners often blame money pressures, stress, and the added responsibilities of having a child. But all expectant fathers face these pressures. What makes batterers different? Often, they are emotionally immature, self-centered men obsessed with controlling their partners, says Sandra Baca, Ph.D., a Los Angeles psychotherapist who counsels batterers and survivors. They use ridicule, sarcasm, and threats before resorting to the ultimate control tactic -- beatings. "Violence gets results," says Baca.
Rhonda Alvarez's* husband followed the pattern of a typical batterer. Early in their marriage, he hurled insults. Then, when Alvarez was six months pregnant with their first child, an argument flared out of control and he slapped her, pulled her hair, and left her with a huge bruise on the side of her abdomen. Alvarez wept because her stomach ached; he accused her of faking the pain. She stayed up all night brooding over the beating. "I blamed myself. I felt that I shouldn't have said what I did." She tried harder to be a good wife, but more beatings followed, usually after her husband's weekend drinking binges. Like many women living with violent men, Alvarez saw two sides to her husband. "He's very funny and friendly and sociable, but when he drinks, his personality gets aggressive," she says.
For a man prone to battering, his partner's pregnancy can trigger deep fears of losing the spotlight in a relationship and losing control over someone who caters to all his needs, says Adams. "They're bugged that they're not the center of attention anymore." It seems astounding, but some abusers are so jealous of their own baby that they focus attacks on the pregnant abdomen. And they often resent the attention outsiders lavish on mother and child. Says Parsons, "You're carrying the child, so people are more happy for you than they are for him."
Abusive men also tend to see gender roles in black and white. Instead of pitching in around the house, they expect their partners to do "women's work" and they have little patience when fatigue or morning sickness gets in the way of cleaning and cooking. Alvarez's husband called her a slob and berated her for neglecting the house. Even though she worked the graveyard shift during her pregnancy, she scrambled to keep their home tidy. "I had to make sure everything was perfect, just right, the way he wanted it. His dinner had to be ready and the house had to be clean," she recalls.
Some batterers get upset over their partners' changing appearance. Instead of seeing a wife or girlfriend as nurturing their growing child, they only see her putting on weight. When these twisted dynamics are added to the emotional and financial stresses future fathers experience, abuse can escalate quickly, as it did in Parson's case. Because pregnancy brought about so many changes beyond her husband's control, she says, "the only thing he could do was make it worse."
Don't Ask, Don't Tell ahead
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
For an expectant mother suffering from abuse, her doctor's office might seem like a haven, a place to find help out of a very bad situation. Unfortunately, many health-care providers remain in the dark about domestic violence, says Linda Chambliss, M.D., a perinatologist at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix. "People don't want to talk about it. Some physicians still see it as a social worker's problem, or they think it doesn't happen to their patients," she says. But Dr. Chambliss knows differently. Among the 20 to 25 pregnant patients she sees each day, at least one is usually seeking help for injuries received as a result of battering. She recalls checking one patient for preterm labor after her partner threw a telephone at her stomach. In one of the worst cases she's seen, a pregnant patient said her husband had stabbed her numerous times. In the end, the fetus died.
Chambliss and others are working to get the word out. With the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association, she has developed training sessions to teach obstetrics and gynecology residents to ask about and recognize abuse. And the Centers for Disease Control recently held its first-ever conference on how violence hurts women's reproductive health, including during pregnancy. But it's the March of Dimes that is leading the way. The organization urges doctors to routinely ask every pregnant woman about battering -- especially since the JAMA review of studies suggested that moms-to-be may be more likely to suffer violence than gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, or placenta previa -- conditions for which they are regularly screened.
Even when physicians and nurses ask about abuse, it doesn't mean they'll get an honest answer, of course. When Alvarez's family doctor asked about the fist-sized bruise on her abdomen, she lied, saying she'd slipped and fallen; he urged her to be more careful. Parsons didn't tell her obstetrician about being battered, either, but did ask for help. "I told him I thought I was going crazy," she says; he referred her to a marriage counselor. She called him again. "I told him I felt that my heart was coming out of my chest. It really hurt and I couldn't breathe." He referred her to another doctor, who checked her heart and lungs and told her she was fine. He never raised the prospect of abuse, nor did any of the nurses she saw. "There were signs, but they didn't pick up on them. We were financially well-off, middle-class -- we didn't fit the profile of those they thought they should ask," she says.
Even if a woman doesn't feel comfortable turning to her doctor, it's crucial that she get help somewhere. "Keeping abuse a secret only protects the abuser," emphasizes Judith McFarlane, one of the leading experts on violence against pregnant women and a researcher at Texas Woman's University in Houston.
Real Risks ahead
Real Risks
Perhaps nothing motivates a woman to leave an abusive situation more than knowing that her child might be in danger. And the risks for a battered mother-to-be and her baby are substantial. The range of injuries inflicted on fetuses includes skull and femur fractures, early separation of the placenta, and death; the mother's uterus may be lacerated as well. Battered women who are undernourished -- a significant number are so depressed or anxious that they fail to gain enough weight during pregnancy -- are more likely to have a low birth weight baby (under 5 1/2 pounds). This is especially worrisome because these babies are 22 times more likely to die before their first birthday. A malnourished mother-to-be increases her odds of becoming anemic, of having a difficult recovery from childbirth, and of suffering from vaginal and urinary tract infections, bleeding and spotting, and miscarriage. Her chances of preterm delivery go up, too, in turn increasing the odds that her baby will have breathing and feeding difficulties. Bonnie Dattel, M.D., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, says research indicates that the risks to children may go well beyond infancy to include developmental and learning problems at school.
To make matters even worse, many women turn to cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs to numb depression, anxiety, and suicidal feelings. "They use the substances to cope with the violence," says McFarlane. And because battered pregnant women are twice as likely to delay prenatal care until the third trimester, they place themselves and their babies in even greater danger. They may be too depressed to take care of themselves properly, or afraid a doctor or nurse will ask about their injuries. Some batterers even stop partners from getting care. Dr. Chambliss's patients have confided to her that husbands or boyfriends had taken away car keys or bus fare to prevent them from seeing a doctor.
Expecting the Worst ahead
Expecting the Worst
Why does an abused woman stay? There are any number of reasons, of course, but during pregnancy a woman is particularly vulnerable. She may dread the thought of going through labor alone; she may need help from her partner after the baby is born; and she may feel more financially dependent on him while she's expecting and after. What's more, like many women who are battered, Parsons wanted the violence to end -- not her marriage. She clung to the dream that she and her husband could still build a life together. She fantasized that after the baby came along he would return to being as attentive as he was during their early courtship. "In the beginning, it was wonderful. It was flowers and taking me out to eat. I was treated like a queen," she says. "I was holding on to the hope that it would get back to that someday."
To an outsider, her wish might sound naive, but battered women often lose perspective. Jealous, possessive husbands or boyfriends control their actions and keep them from using the phone or seeing friends and family. They cut off a woman's emotional support so she becomes entirely reliant on him. Parson's husband drove away her friends; Alvarez's wouldn't let her accept rides to work from a male coworker who thought it was too dangerous for a pregnant woman to ride the bus late at night. "These women are truly isolated," McFarlane says. "They are prisoners in their own homes."
Many tell no one about their crisis. When patients confide in Dr. Chambliss, her advice is compassionate but clear and direct: "I tell them that no one deserves to be hit, and that probably this will get worse."
She also reminds them that domestic violence is a crime. Laws vary from state to state, but California, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are among the states with the strongest domestic violence laws. Recently, the Arizona legislature passed a law allowing the court to increase penalties if the victim of abuse is pregnant. And California gives the baby what amounts to legal rights against its batterer; a batterer can be prosecuted for murder for killing a fetus.
Some abusive men do stop after an arrest lands them in a court-ordered counseling program. But success rates for such programs are low. For many women, safety for themselves and their children means leaving -- and that means confronting the paralyzing fears of ending up homeless or facing the batterer's wrath. Leaving is risky because an enraged batterer might step up the violence. But staying can be worse. McFarlane's reminder is chilling: "A man who hits a pregnant woman is unusually violent -- even for a batterer."
Parsons and Alvarez say their husbands threatened to kill them if they ever tried to go. Still, Alvarez left not long after her husband choked her breathless one day. "He almost killed me. He had that anger, that fire in his eyes," she recalls. She called a women's shelter, which helped her plan an escape and find a place to live where her husband wouldn't find her. She secretly stashed away money, then filed for a restraining order before moving with her three kids to a hidden location. Today, she is legally separated from her husband.
Lynn Parsons, too, eventually found a way out. At just 29 1/2 weeks along in her pregnancy, she gave birth to a 4-pound boy with serious neurological problems. When she returned home from the hospital, her husband resumed the abuse. She first tried to leave when the baby was 2 months old. She came back after her husband promised that he'd change; he didn't. She left again when the baby was 8 months old, but returned because she was afraid she couldn't support herself and her son. When her son was 22 months old, Parsons reached her breaking point. She worried that it was only a matter of time before a hurtling plate hit her son, and she hated to see the boy cower at his angry father. "He loved his dad, but when there was yelling and screaming, he'd refuse to look at him," she says. That was when she got a restraining order, forced her husband to move out, and filed for divorce. "My self-esteem was so low, I didn't feel like I deserved better," she says. "But I wanted something better for my son. I didn't leave for me -- I left for him."
Katherine Kam is a freelance writer living in the San Francisco Bay area.


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HOUSTON (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush is improving but remains in a Houston hospital for treatment of a stubborn bronchitis-related cough.
Methodist Hospital spokesman George Kovacik (Koe-vah'-check) said Tuesday the 88-year-old former president had a good day Monday but doctors are being "extra cautious and are in no hurry to send him home."
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Bush has been in the hospital since the day after Thanksgiving. The same illness put him in the hospital for about week in early November. It's described as not life-threatening but painful when the ex-president coughs.
Bush and his wife, Barbara, live in Houston during the winter. They spend summers at their home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
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The lecture, titled "Religious Scandals: Can People Do Whatever They Want in the Name of Religion?", is free and open to the public and will be followed by a Q&A session.
Dr. Buddenbaum's talk will explore the limits of First Amendment protection of "scandalous" acts that people have performed or sought to justify in the name of religion. The talk will draw on material from a book she published in 2009 on media coverage of religious scandals in American history.
As a leading scholar in the field of religion and media, Buddenbaum taught for more than 20 years at Colorado State University, which has one of the strongest programs on religion and media in the country. Prior to moving to Colorado State, she worked as a reporter and taught at Indiana University and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.
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Opinion: DeMint to Establishment
Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint on the political tension between the tea party and GOP "establishment." Photo credit: Getty Images.
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... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the tea party world Republicans to historic victories in twenty ten ... the squabble that was a different story ... now that the GOP isn't soul searching not what lessons should Republicans learn ... from those experiences in particular the tea party ... we got to head the Heritage Foundation and former Senator Jim demand here ... to reflect on the experience the center ... while come thank you Mary um so that it could be seen to judge the mood of the nation crackling twenty ten I'm so what what's Oman in twenty twelve wind that momentum carried through ... well it's a it's a great lesson for the Republican party or anyone who wants to change the course of our nation ... the one of the greatest things happen that has happened in our generation was the grassroots movement some of it was called Tea Party some other was called the Patriots movement ... but the people were concerned about the spending the barring in debt ... that's primarily what the tea party was about that they held up signs about constitutional and the government ... but they were united around some very simple ideas I saw libertarians recovering liberals and conservatives ... people who'd never been a mom with politics ... it was a great ... movement of citizen vigilance ... and the lesson to be learned is if Republicans gain a majority ... in the game seats in the Senate ... because it was a bottom up phenomenon ... in two thousand twelve ... the Republican establishment took it back ... and did it their way it was a top down approach ... hundreds of names of dollars on TV ... while stiff arming ... the tea party movement Denville flying at two locations ... and so it isn't ... we have to win the nation ... one heart attack and building a small coalitions ... at the local level and then changing at the state level ... we know what works and is exactly what the Obama team of scientists with the business plan I say I mean the sovereign I is that the tea party didn't want to example for example I'm compromise on the debt ceiling last time around sure they didn't and they did this ... was this part of it because we we said ok you can have the debt ceiling but we need to put our country on a path to a balanced budget ... that's what the cut camp in Dallas was all about ... the conservative tea party members of the House of Representatives ... passed an extension of the debt ceiling ... but they wanted the Republican party to recognize what the move was all about it if it's a overpromise t think that that kid that the tea party members of the house the Senate ... said the ... outlook American public that we can do all the things we can get spending cuts we can reform taxes ... and then when they were unable to deliver ... 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The Irish sisters and owners of Culhane's Irish Pub in Atlantic Beach, Florida are both excited and relieved that they will be able to fly the Irish flag over their pub this St. Patrick's Day after a citation almost forbid them from doing so.
"We love this country and we're proud that we're able to hang both American and Irish," said Mary Jane Culhane, co-owner of Culhane's Irish Pub in Florida
Speaking with Aine Culhane on Wednesday, you could hear the excitement and relief in her voice that her pub, which she owns with her three sisters, will be able to fly the Irish flag for the St. Patrick's Day holiday.
However, as Aine explained, the flying of the Irish flag is only temporary as the city of Atlantic Beach will have to take time to review the verbiage under the current legislation.
First Coast News in Florida first broke the story of the Irish pub owners - Aine, Mary Jane, Michelle and Lynda Culhane, all from Limerick - who were given a citation for flying the Irish flag over their business on February 20. A local ordinance rules that no flag besides an American one can fly outside a commercial property.
Last week, Aine Culhane told IrishCentral that a nearby Greek restaurant had been told to take down their national flag due to a local ordinance.
When their Greek neighbors pointed out the Irish pub was also displaying their national flag, the city of Atlantic Beach code officers threatened the Culhane's with a fine.
Aine said of the citation, "It's sad. It's a sign of freedom to fly your flag. It's a shame. It's supposed to be a celebration."
Michelle Culhane added that she was "Shocked." She went on, "This is America, the land of every nationality. I couldn't believe they made us take down our Irish flag."
The four Culhane sisters vowed to appeal the citation, but were initially told that any revisions to the current ordinance wouldn't happen until after upcoming St. Patrick's Day, March 17th.
However, to their surprise and delight, an emergency meeting was called on Monday evening to review the ordinance and the matter of flying the tricolor over the pub.
Aine explained on Wednesday that she and her sisters weren't expecting any of the attention, nevermind an emergency meeting. She attributed the meeting being held so quickly to the fact that the story had gained so much media attention.
Similarly, Aine was thankful of the support Mayor Pro Tem Maria Mark gave the Irish pub. Aine said that Mayor Mark had said that as an Italian-Irish American herself, she would never be able to face Ireland again if she hadn't stood up for the pub!
Mayor Mark told First Coast News that the media attention "did motivate us to make this motion to suspend that enforcement so they can fly their flag."
Aine explained how the support was evident at the meeting that was held Monday night. All those, including the four sisters who were attendance, were wearing some bit of green to show support for their cause.
At the meeting, a unanimous decision allowed the Culhane sisters to fly the Irish flag for the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend, although it will have to be taken down next week while the verbiage of the ordinance is reviewed.
With the flag fiasco put behind them, the Culhane sisters can now focus their efforts on what is sure to be one of their busiest weekends of the year, St. Patrick's Day. Aine said that last year, the pub welcomed some 5,000 people to celebrate, and she has a feeling it could be bigger this year after the story made news headlines.
Check out First Coast News' video coverage of the story here


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I was very disappointed to see Sheila Dixon included in your feature of Baltimore women leaders ("50 women to watch in Baltimore," July 22).
The other women seemed to be people whose lives so far have indicated they will make positive contributions to our city and this region in the future. Ms. Dixon is out of office for good reason.
Let us allow her to show why we would want to watch her now and in the days to come.
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December 21, 2012
Bud Wainscott, a permanent substitute at Stevens HS, recently published two children's books – The Candy Well and The Wounded Hawk, which are available on Amazon. Both books are illustrated by 2012 Stevens graduate Regina Puente.
Wainscott, 78, grew up in Indiana but has become a loyal Falcon fan. The former teacher and coach currently is working on his third book.
Pictured are Wainscott and Puente at an author and illustrator book signing at Stevens.