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Revising for Organization and Coherence
After you have revised for content, your next step is to revise for organization. In this step, you will examine your paper to see if the organization is logical. First, re-read the paper. Ask you read, ask yourself these questions.
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- Use headings and sub-headings for clarification?
- Delete material?
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- Insert transitions to connect sections of the paper to the thesis?
Reverse Outline: If you are unsure of your paper's organization, it can be useful to create a reverse outline. Do this by writing one - two word descriptors in the margin next to each paragraph. Then you can step back and decide if the paragraphs move in a logical order, or rearrange them until you are satisfied.
Re-arrange: You can also take a print-out of your paper and cut apart all of the paragraphs and mix them up. Next put them in the right order. If you are not sure where a paragraph goes, consider revising or removing it. At this point you have the option of moving, deleting, or adding sentences in order to ensure you have strong paragraphs.
Revise for coherence. Here you are looking to see that all the parts fit together logically in a sensible and pleasing way. Improve coherence by reading only the first and last sentences of each paragraph. Do they move smoothly from one to the next? If not, revise them or add sentences to accomplish that goal.1
Look to make sure that everything in each paragraph directly relates to the topic sentence. Ask yourself if there is anything you might say to make your point stronger. Improve your organization by inserting transitional phrases or paragraphs, or by adding clarifying and elaborating information. Use this tool to strengthen your transition.
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- Does the paper stay consistent within the various topics?
- Have you used pronouns and repetitions within paragraphs to indicate continuation of the topic?
- Do you comment in the document about the significance of the information you have introduced to your argument (especially direct quotations)?
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Dictogloss is an activity that works with many short texts/passages. I've used it over the years and it seems to motivate and "work" because there is a built in task — the task of reconstructing the original text.
It is easy to do.
1. Choose an EnglishCentral video that will highly engage your students. Try to keep it no longer than 2-3 minutes. Most of our videos are that length. A dialogue works best.
2. Play the video once without pausing. Just ask the students to relax and take it all in. Subtitles for lower levels. Higher levels, you might not show them.
3. Next, tell them to listen again. This time taking notes, drawing pictures or however they want to record the information. You might even give them a graphic organizer or chart to help categorize information. Pause the video at selected points and replay several times.
4. The students get in groups and try to recreate the exact text from memory. After some trying, you might even reread the passage to help them.
5. Share each others passage and note the differences. Replay the video and they can compare their own to the original.
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27 September 2011
She's not alone.
I hesitate to blog about work because, well, duh, it's dumb to blog about work. Some of my coworkers occasionally read my blog, what I write is intended for public consumption, and I'm not anonymous, so caution is warranted. But I can say this much about work without it being too much: for the past month or so, work has been totally kicking my ASS. I've made a ton of dumb errors (and been called out on them by people as high up as the president of the college. Niiiiice.) I manage seven people, morale in the office is low, and I have not done a good job of helping to bring morale up. I haven't felt good at what I do in quite a while. I wake up at night and think about work, then when I'm actually at work, I'm distracted and distractable. It's just been hard.
I'm not a person who ties a whole lot up into my professional identity. That is to say, I don't feel like I define my success and worth through my job. That said, I spend 40 hours a week at work and it's wearing to feel like I'm spending that much of my time doing things poorly. Especially when I go home and deal with the fallout of adjustment to kindergarten and such.
Boo hoo blah blah. Instead of whining about it, I should be working on fixing it, right? Alas, my recent work-related mishaps are for the most part not a result of slacking off but rather a result of well, I'm not sure what. I'll think I've done a good job on something only to have mistakes pointed out to me by all kinds of people. I'll think I'm on top of something and then find out that I've overlooked something major.
Where is my brain, then? How can I get my head back in work? How can I do a better job of being empathetic to those I manage to help them to feel better about their work? How can I do all that and have empathy left for my children?
As Maddie and Riley get older (and their lives get more complex) and as my career grows longer in the tooth (and thus also more complex), I feel the squeeze of work/life balance more and more. Some might find that invigorating; I find it stressful, exhausting, and untenable. I think my recent mistakes at work are the result of simply not having the capacity to do all that I'm supposed to do. When forced to choose—work or family?—family wins, and work, which has needed a lot of attention of late, has not gotten all it needs.
There's no easy answer here. I'm doing the best that I can, just feeling frustrated and as though my best is falling short of the mark. We just wrapped up a big event at work, and this week is thus far all about figuring out just how many things got lost in the shuffle of event prep. With any luck, things will even out here on the work front in a couple of weeks, and on the school front, too. I've learned a lot about patience, at least as applies to situations, but patience with myself is a different matter entirely and getting practice in that area is just not very much fun.
16 comments:
- Peg said...
I can totally relate here. I just can't seem to figure out the doing a great job at work and doing a great job at home. I don't know how to fix it either and don't see things changing in the future but omly getting harder as our youngest gets older. Hang in there! At least you know that you're not alone.
- 18:07
- Aimee said...
I'm sorry. I know that feeling and I hate it, too. Do you have anyone to talk to so that you can bounce ideas, thoughts or feelings? A friend or therapist? I'm all about maintining, so every now and again, I call up my therapist and get readjusted. Just a thought. Hope things get better for you soon.
- 19:47
- Alanna said...
It sounds to me like maybe you've got the wrong job for this stage in life. Can you look around a little, see if there is something else that would come more naturally and require less of you?
- 19:49
- Elizabeth said...
I don't feel like I'm doing work or home particularly well either. And I've got only one kid and a partner to help. I think it's just the way for a working mom. Boo.
- 20:26
- mek said...
It was, of course, totally wrong of me, but I had to laugh when I read your first line. So true in my world, too. Why must we go through the same growing pains again and again?!
Morale is a tough one when you are the manager. You need to fix it, but you cannot fix it alone. You need your people to meet you halfway. I have, when in that position, approached it in a very straightforward way. A meeting where I say, look! Morale is low! What can I do to help? What can you do to help? If another department came to us and said Please fix us, what would we suggest?
(You probably know all this. You are smart.)
Sometimes just dragging the problem out in the sun and giving it a good shake can help set things on the right path.
- 20:34
- Shandra said...
I don't have advice really, just experience. I found parenting and working kicked my ass until my son turned 4.5, and then he was more independent and I got some brain back. Then I had another baby (!) but this time I seem to be retaining a bit more of me. I think some of it was residual grief-fog (from the loss of my first child) combined with the stress of starting up my life again after that experience, plus - well - parenting. Did I mention parenting kills brain cells?
I think you have dealt with A LOT in the last 5-6 years. I think some of that will have soaked up some capacity. Your remaining capacity is enough, but you are probably used to working with more. I fully believe that will come back online. This is hard right now, but you WILL find your way and it will be okay. Hang in there.
- 07:00
Great post. I can totally relate--I am widowed and have raised my two children alone for the last 5 years. They are teenagers now. The work/family balance is hard. Just when I think I have one side under control, something pops up on the other, needing immediate attention. It's like playing whack-a-mole, though with a whole lot more at stake than winning a stuffed animal. I have thought that it would get easier as the kids got older, and some of the parenting has. But other parts are harder. I am reminded of what one of my friends told me when she left her job to stay at home full-time: "When I worked, I always felt like I was doing two jobs badly. Now that I stay home, I feel like I'm only doing one badly!"
- 12:28
My friend always asks how do I do it all... I always say not well. My kids eat a lot of hot dogs and nutella sandwiches, my house is messy, I yell too much, I mow the lawn only when absolutely necessary and I have a lot of clean unfolded laundry. It isn't the life I totally wanted but it is ok. I figure they won't be little forever.
- 12:35
- Mariella said...
And maybe, some of it is you're just being hard on yourself?
Such a life has to wear on a perfectionist, and maybe life for you right now will only accommodate "good enough"
- 19:01
- Claudia said...
Hey Snick,
I can feel your frustration. I know that feeling of thinking you've managed something decently, even with a bit of panache, only to be told you were off the mark. It's disorienting in a fundamental way.
I offer you this column if you haven't already read it: http://therumpus.net/sections/dear-sugar/
Read any entry. She can hone in on a person's real struggle with chilling accuracy. She writes like a superhuman. She is just amazing. I sound like a religious follower, I know. It's just that good.
Best of luck to you.
- 00:19
- Denise said...
It's hard to carve out enough time for work when you have a family, but it's even more important to be spending your work time wisely. From the little you've said here, I wonder if maybe you need to readjust your focus at work Some assvice: I wonder if a coach might help? Kind of like a therapist, but for work. They are expensive, but I have a colleague who is completing a course to become a coach, and they are required to do a non-paid "internship." I wonder if there's anything like that at your university? Meetings are usually short and over the phone.
- 08:36
- Jess said...
Some unsolicited ass-vice - do you know about "Getting Things Done" (the book and productivity strategy?) I don't really have a job that requires much of me in the "staying organized" sense, but GTD is a strategy that fancy people use for their complicated jobs, apparently with great success. And it's totally designed with the idea of getting all the junk out of your brain and into more fool proof systems. The idea is that doing so will free up brain space for things like enjoying your life, sleeping well, and thinking clearly about the things you need to be thinking about.
It might be helpful. And it'll only set you back a few bucks on half.com. (Similar idea to getting a job coach, I think, but much much cheaper.)
- 11:50
I feel your frustration and have totally been there. The only thing that ever, ever helps me is to continually remind myself to be mentally present wherever I am physically present -- a lot of times when I'm in that mode it's because I am thinking about home stuff while I'm at work, and vice versa. Best wishes as you try and sort it out.
- 13:40
It's probably a lot of things, including a perfectionist's tendency to be a bit hard on one's self -- to which I can totally relate.
I also wonder if there might not also be some kind of burnout or even delayed PTSD situation going on? This sounds a lot like me this June, when I was definitely having some PTSD issues.
- 22:04
- Jay Cosnett said...
Just my $0.02, but, I think a lot of times it can be fair to look at a work situation and say, "Gee. Things are falling through the cracks that used be be caught. Am I being asked to do too much? Do I have more responsibilities without a corresponding increase in my authority to delegate or hold others accountable?"
All this "Work smarter not harder" crap is fine up too a point, until it is just, "Work more, work faster and stop complaining about it!" Which is not an effective management strategy. As a 1st level manger, you get squeezed more than anyone in the organization--you are accountable to those below you AND those above you.
I don't know a lot about your work beyond what you've written here, but is your supervisor of any help? Sounds like you need someone with some authority to help you come up with a plan to fix the situation.
Beating yourself up should NOT be the only option!
- 19:12
- darcie said...
boy do I hear this...
I'm not sure how to find a decent balance either...nor am I sure there actually is such a thing.
family always comes first for me too - hands down...
that's the reason I'm still in a dead end going no where job...
because it does, for the most part, allow me to put them first...
someday...someday there'll be time for me...I hope.
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Posted: Sun 10 Nov 2013, 13:04
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Compiling wxWidgets library
This usually works pretty much according to their documentation.
The following is a script I use to do this:
cd ${WXROOT}
rm -r -f ${WXBUILD}
mkdir -p ${WXBUILD}
cd ${WXBUILD}
../configure --enable-unicode --disable-debug_flag --disable-shared --disable-compat28 --prefix=${WXPREFIX} --with-gtk
make install
rm *.o
ln -s "${WXPREFIX}/bin/wx-config" "${WXCONFIGPATH}/wx-config"
ln -s "${WXPREFIX}/bin/wxrc" "${WXCONFIGPATH}/wxrc"
A number of considerations concerning the build are contained in the first 3 symbols;
WXROOT is simply the path to the directory created by extracting their tar.bz2 file.
WXPREFIX defines where it will end up. It would be easy to just install it into /usr/local, but then it's not quite so easy to cleanup if you want to replace it. So I always install it some where else.
WXCONFIGPATH has to be a directory that appears in the "PATH" list. Compilers and IDE's need to be able to run "wx-config" without specifying any path.
(The script also makes a link for "wxrc", just in case you find a use for it.)
The other main consideration with building wxWidgets, is "shared" or "disable-shared". I choose "disable-shared" because then I'm finished at this point. But, if "shared" is chosen, then a mechanism to make the shared libraries available to the program at runtime needs to be setup, on this machine, and on every machine where the application is installed.
I know if at least 3 ways to make shared libraries available to a program at runtime:
1) Put links to the libraries in a directory in the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" list.
2) Run the application via a wrapper script that modifies the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" list, just before executing the application.
3) Use the "rpath" facility to embed a path to the libraries within the applications executable file.
Anyway, these runtime issues don't bother me anymore.
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Posted: Sun 10 Nov 2013, 13:38
Post subject: Re: Compiling wxWidgets library
gyro wrote:
This usually works pretty much according to their documentation.
I compiled wxWidgets as part of making kicad. It went so easily I didn't even think it was something worth comment. I then made my first cut of a kicad pet and put up the link in the comments. I put the needed libraries in and also put a copy of ldconfig in my-applications/bin so that the pinstall.sh script could run it. I then tested it on a clean-006 528 CD boot and the method seems to work.
The only real worry was the risk of stomping on an existing wxWidgets install. I don't like dependencies in my pets so I have been thinking of a solution. I think I may have one.
Since at least in theory, a library with the same name (all the way to the .so.5) will do the same functions, a pet file can carry the libraries it needs along but not in the normal places. Instead, it can have the pinstall script move them into place if they are not already in the system.
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Posted: Sun 10 Nov 2013, 20:24
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Moose On The Loose,
One of the reasons I put these comments here, is to emphasise how easy it is to do. So there is really no need for anyone to go searching for a ".pet" or ".sfs" of a particular wxWidgets version/build, just do it yourself.
Shared libraries for use at runtime, can be moved wherever you like, as long as the application can find them. I have set "rpath" to "$ORIGIN/../lib" with success. Thus keeping the needed libraries within the application bundle.
On the other hand, moving the "installed" wxWidgets as used by IDE's and compilers, is another story. If you move it, you either have to fix "wx-config" to report the new location, or place a link at the old place so that the "installed" path still works.
But now I don't do either. I use a "static" build of wxWidgets, so that the bits of it I use get loaded into the executable. And since I compile wxWidgets myself, I make sure that it gets installed where I want it.
On the ".pet" issue, I have created ".pets " that contain a ".tar.bz2" file in "/tmp" and the pinstall script unpacks it into place, and then the now useless ".tar.bz2" file simply disappears at the next boot, thus not wasting space in "pup_rw".
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| September 28, 2011, 3:26 pm
Paragon Theatre has announced its first season in its new home at 2810 Larimer St. in the RiNo (River North) neighborhood just north of downtown. The move (read all about it here) will allow Paragon to expand its 2012 season to five plays, and it includes classics, a world premiere by local playwright Rebecca Gorman O'Neill, and an expected healthy dose from the the United Kingdom.
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By Shawn Langlois
Good morning.
Stocks not named Apple /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL have held up well this year, considering all the noise and the prospects for yet another batch of government ineptitude.
But fund manager John Hussman says we're getting dangerously close to a confluence of metrics that define "overvalued, overbought, overbullish" conditions and foretell of a big drop in stocks.
So far, though, Tuesday's market is looking to continue where Monday left off, and that's drifting in no-man's land. Perhaps a game-changing announcement from Facebook or concrete word on a buyout for Dell will shake things up a bit.
Key market gauges: Gold /quotes/zigman/4331913 GCG3 rose almost 1%, adding to recent gains. But what is Germany's reported move to repatriate gold back home to Frankfurt telling us? Could we be witnessing the start of the "greatest physical gold scramble of all time?"
Markets in Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860 XX:ADOW struggled to commit to a direction while Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150 XX:SXXP is mostly lower. Futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/9049316 YMH3 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/8751039 ESH3 are moving with about as much conviction as they did yesterday.
The economy: Retail sales for December hit today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, breezing past economist targets with an improvement of 0.5%. At the same time, the Labor Department reported on inflation while the New York Fed released the Empire State manufacturing index for January. Read: What to watch on U.S. economy Tuesday.
In a University of Michigan speech yesterday, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke said he's still not satisfied with how the economy is progressing, and it looks like he's sticking with the central bank's "unconventional programs."
And about that government ineptitude thing mentioned earlier… it's time to hide your kids, the sequester is coming, according to a note from Goldman Sachs broken down by Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal.
The buzz: Dell's /quotes/zigman/27952 /quotes/nls/dell DELL 13% rally Monday will keep the aging tech stock in the spotlight for the foreseeable future as rumors of a buyout — MarketWatch's Therese Poletti says they're not so far-fetched — continue to circulate. Also read: If Dell is buyout bait… 7 other big old-school tech stocks under 10-times earnings.
The number of messages mentioning Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB has more than doubled in the past week, reaching a crescendo on Tuesday ahead of the social network's hyped event later today. It didn't help the stock on Monday, and it doesn't seem to be doing much for it in the early hours. Here's the latest from CNet on what we could hear from the presser. But will it help? With almost 2% of U.K. users fleeing the site in December, has Facebook reach its saturation point?
Here's how to play the stock ahead of the news.
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Apple bulls will be looking for some sort of rebound following yesterday's big drop, and they just might get it. The stock is up a tad in premarket, and at least one analyst is disregarding reports of sluggish iPhone 5 demand. In fact, he says demand is robust.
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Random reads: New York Governer Andrew Cuomo says we need to "end the madness" when it comes to gun regulations. Speaking of the madness, people are "flooding area shops and gun shows to stock up" in Idaho.
"Ben Affleck thinks we're going to forget about Daredevil" and more "honest titles" for 2013's Oscar-nominated films, from CollegeHumor.
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Men's, Women's, Coed's, & Metro
(All basic playing rules and scoring system the same for all our leagues)
(Except the Coed 3-2 ratio explanation on page 6)
Last updated 09-02-2018
Website address: www.meblpool.com
Facebook: Metro East Billiard League
Phone: 618-210-7324 (Steve)
618-946-7324 (Tammy)
Mail: P.O. Box 127, East Alton, IL 62024
Call up to 11pm on Mon-Thu. Please, no calls on Fri-Sun!
2018 winter rule changes: (effective 9-2-18)
We added MEBL drop boxes to:
Trackside (100 Joe St, Collinsville) this was needed to reduce travel for all the new teams from Iron Rail, Slo Jo's, Trackside, and Steffi's as it just wasn't fair to make them drive back to Granite for a drop off. We were waiting for more teams in that area before putting one in and we got them, so it was time.
**Deadline for sheets to be turned in has always been 11am the next day after playing.
That is still the same on most drop boxes BUT if using Bridge Inn or Trackside, those boxes will have a 10:30am next day pickup deadline to be turned in and not 11am like the rest.
Future drop boxes: We are gradually adding drop boxes to more areas as they need them. If your bar is already within a 2-3 mile radius of an existing drop box it doesn't really serve a purpose to add one there. As we take on new bars or teams from other areas with no close proximity of a drop box, we will consider that area for an additional drop box if there is enough teams and thru traffic to justify one for that area.
T. TOURNAMENTS: (**new update 9-2-18)
1. MEBL now does a 30% match to all OPEN singles & OPEN partner tournaments that everyone is eligible to enter. We used to only match 20% to all tournaments, but players thought that was unfair to be excluded from match if they were ineligible to enter a new winner tourney or valentine tourney so those tournies will be unmatched. It will work out to MEBL matching more money overall with the 30% match to the open events.
2. On open singles tournies there will be a "Top Female" finishing position paid if no woman reaches the traditional payout and there are a minimum of 5 females that enter that tournament. We no longer offer a separate womens tournament due to lack of participation so all singles tournies are OPEN events now.
Note from MEBL: Honestly, I don't believe I have EVER SEEN 100% satisfaction out of the players for any tournament ran by any bar or pool hall in the entire nation. MEBL tries it's best to listen to what OUR LEAGUE players want and implement any changes that would benefit the most players. We really hated to delete the women's tourney from our lineup of events, but their participation was just not enough to keep doing it. It's hard to have a tourney for over 300 eligible female players when just 20 something show up to play. We created the "New Winner" tournament a few years ago to give the lower division players a chance to "get their feet wet" in tournament action without running into the top dogs. I do think it was a huge success as they enjoy it and we will keep it going but I do understand the complaints that were coming in about how it wasn't fair to match money to something that all players aren't eligible to enter so that part was tweaked.
Good sportsmanship is required in MEBL as in any other sport. Complaints against you can lead to a loss of points for that night, suspension, or being banned as a player depending on severity and/or number of occurrences. Physical contact issues are an automatic suspension. Verbal abuse of other players, disrupting the league with constant arguing and disagreeing of league rules, any form of what is viewed by MEBL as cheating, constantly spreading of slander, drama, and false rumors about other players, bar owners, or league management will be at the discretion of the league operator to do what is best for the league. MEBL works hard to represent the bar owners, captains, and players all equally and fairly to make pool league a fun and competitive sport. Sportsmanship and respect to all parties involved is a necessity to make that happen.
1. All players in this league must be 21 years old or older. If a team is caught playing a player under a different name or is underage, that player will lose their points for all 3 games. If other team knowingly allows this to happen they could be penalized also. A photo ID may be asked for to verify age or name of player. If they can't show ID to prove it, they can't play.
2. A team is allowed 10 active players on their roster at any one time. If you add a new player after that you must remove a player by writing on bottom of score sheet which player you want to drop. You can add a dropped player back on the roster with MEBL approval. Once a player has played for a team they can not switch teams that session without MEBL approval. MEBL can authorize any adjustment to any roster at any time if it feels it is in the best interest of a team or the league. No new players after week 10 of summer or week 15 of winter sessions. SURVIVAL RULE: After the cutoff for new players, you may add a new player but will cost your team a 10 point penalty. This must be approved by MEBL.
3. If you are a solid "A" division player, make sure you find an "A" division team to play on.
If a player is not on your original roster turned in at sign up, you should call and see if it is ok to add that player to your team. This is mostly for B, C, & D divisions. MEBL will not allow you to turn in a roster of mediocre players and get placed in a lower division then add "A" players to your team that weren't on your original roster, this could result in a penalty or not allowing this player on your team. MEBL reserves the right to not allow or restrict certain players in the league if they are considered pro status.
4. There is no rule or mandate by MEBL about your bar giving team drinks or T-shirts, that is up to the bar and not us. MEBL's only requirement is that home team sure away team has adequate seating.
5. Teams must use same cue ball during league play as the away team was allowed to practice with. Any legal regulation or house ball is ok, but no novelty balls. Away team should be allowed from 6:30-7:00 for team practice. If they are late for their team practice time, it's totally up to the home team to allow them extra time or go ahead and start league on time at 7pm.
6a. Breaking/Racking: Opponent will rack. If breaker feels rack is not centered, on the spot, or loose, they can request opponent to re-rack. On the break, 4 object balls must contact a rail to be a legal break and you must hit any ball in the rack first before cue ball goes off a rail. Failure to do so is a re-rack, same player will rebreak. If a legal break hasn't been made on 3rd attempt, other player will break.
6b. The 8 ball must be in the center when you rack.
6c. Break rotation: 1st round: Visiting team breaks 2nd round: Home team breaks, 3rd round: 1st 2 players flip a coin for the break (Home player flips, Visitor calls it). Winner of the coin flip chooses to break or rack first game, remaining players rotate.
6d. If table is not open, players must split quarters for the 15 league games.
7. League play is played by a 5 person rotation, not shooting all 3 in a row unless both captains agree to it. If other captain or player doesn't want to, they don't have to, get another player to shoot or get a 0 for each game missed. You have 10 roster spots available, use them.
8. MEBL reserves the right to switch captains on any team if there are issues with that captain as far as being accountable for the teams money, getting weekly envelope in on time every week, has sat out most the year, another player has played captain most the year and signed sheets, etc. The listed captain on record is always listed as the top player of the standings sheet.
9. A player can not use or wear ear/head phones, ipods, Bluetooth phones, cell phone, etc… while shooting a league match. This avoids any unauthorized coaching through electronics and the player can hear opponent if they dispute a foul before they take the next shot and it becomes too late.
10. Player must keep a minimum of one foot on floor when taking shot.
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1. The player must request they want a coach. No coaching from table or audience.
2. Only the ONE selected coach from that teams roster can come to table to offer advice.
3. Neither player nor coach can touch table, chalk, balls, bridge, or anything at table while being coached. It is for advice only not to place the cue ball, put chalk on a special spot on rail, or to line up shot with stick. Keep your stick off table while being coached and no pointing at any ball or any area on table.
4. After coaching is done, coach must leave table area before player shoots, unless they are asked to watch a close hit.
5. ONE coach per game limit.
6. Time limit: A 1 minute 30 second time limit on any one coaching. If opponent feels the need to keep time on this: At the 1 minute mark, tell your opponent "ONE MINUTE" and then at the 1:30 mark, tell them coach is over. Be respectful. This limit was forced upon us because of rude people holding up game or stalling by taking 5-10 minutes for coaching making the match last far longer than it should have. That won't happen any more.
7. If MEBL feels you are testing the limit on ANY part of the coaching limitations or rules, MEBL may penalize you with a ball in hand, refer to any part of sportsmanship rules, or suspend any more coaching for remainder of match.
8. Any player on team can tell their shooter which group of balls they have (stripes or solids), tell them they have ball in hand, or tell them to call the 8 ball. Those are not considered a coach.
1. Eight ball (call pocket on 8 ball only). Kisses, caroms, or number of rails are not called on any shot, including the 8 ball. When shooting the 8 ball, you must call the pocket that you are playing the 8 ball in. Make sure to get acknowledgement from other shooter or team first.
2. The 8 ball may not be made on the same shot with a player's own object ball.
3. Failure to hit the 8 ball is a foul, not a loss of game.
2. Entire cue ball must be behind headstring when breaking.
3. When any mixture of both groups of balls are made on the break, table is still open until a player legally pockets a ball or balls from only one group, then it is considered a closed table.
4. When table is open, all balls are neutral, including the 8 ball.
5. The 8 ball is not neutral on a closed table.
6a. After the break, on a foul, player has cue ball in hand anywhere on table.
Exception: When player scratches on break, next shot is behind the headstring.
6b. Base of object ball must be at least 50% or more over headstring line if shooting at it from a scratch on the break with cue ball in kitchen.
1. Visiting team has line up choice of all players.
Week 1&2, everyone will be a 0 average as there is no handicap until week 3.
2. When a new player comes in after week 2, they will automatically come in as a 7 average for that one night until they establish an average after shooting once. This eliminates who gets choice of lineup on the zero and the away team has total choice of lineup like it is suppose to work. Also by doing this, it doesn't let the other team zero out their high averages which takes away from handicap. On your lineup, write down the 7 average in blank and circle it so other team realizes it's a new player with temporary average.
3. Visiting team should be given 30 minutes practice, before league play. (6:30 to 7:00). If they don't show up on time to get their 30 minutes in, they lose it. Captains, use your discretion.
4. Captains; double check the other team's handicap listed (player's averages).
5. SUGGESTION but not required!!! When doing the lineup, try and match good players against good players. Don't be a chump going after the weakest player when you are the best.
(If you blatantly line up against the weakest player each week trying to pad your average, MEBL reserves the right to rule you ineligible for MVP, and give it to next highest average).
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E. HANDICAP (starts in week 3)
**Handicap is for the lower place team only. A lower team can not give a higher place team a handicap. Either the lower place team receives the handicap or there is no handicap that night. If both teams are tied in the standings, there is no handicap either. This prevents any accusations of "sandbagging" and is what captains have expressed in surveys.
1. The first 2 weeks are scratch (heads up). No handicap in week 1 or 2.
2. After a player's first week of play, they will have a game average by dividing their total points made by three. After that, it will be total points made, divided by the total number of games played. (This will be rounded off to the nearest whole number.)
3. The minimum average a player can hold is a 3 average for handicap. A players average is still computed the same way by dividing total points by times played by 3 games. If their average divides out to be a 0, 1, or 2, they will be a 3 for handicap purposes.
4. A player's average is not counted when matched against a blind.
5. Total score can not exceed a perfect score of 135 points because of handicap. Go ahead and write down the total score with handicap added to it regardless of what it is and MEBL will adjust the handicap if needed so score does not exceed the 135 max.
6. To determine the team handicap, add the five player's averages that are playing that night on each team. The difference times 3 will be given to the lower average team.
For all "A" division teams only:
6b.(A div. only) If the lower place team you are playing is 50 balls or more behind you in the standings, they will receive double handicap. B, C, or D divisions always stay at the normal handicap stated in F5 above as they can move up or down a division the next session to compensate for skill level. The best in A have no where else to move up to so this rule was necessary to implement to avoid "starring" players or having a max handicap you would be allowed to shoot. (A div. only)
1. A match is forfeited when a team does not have at least 4 players to play by 7:30 p.m. (Match should start at 7:00 p.m.) unless agreed on by both captains. If a team does not have lineup filled out and ready to play the 1st match by 7:10pm, opposing team can request a
-10 point penalty for starting late. Teams are tired of same captains not getting there or starting on time. (They must call or text MEBL to verify time and situation before we enforce penalty.)
2. A team forfeiting twice is dropped from the league with no compensation.
3. Any team forfeiting in either of the last 2 weeks of the session forfeits out completely, even if it is their first forfeit. Any team that forfeits on the 1st week, it is MEBL's decision to forfeit them out or not if there is a bye already in that division and can eliminate the bye by doing so.
4. Forfeits are a loss, 0 points. Opposing team gets 110 points for forfeit or bye.
5. If a player is late, or leaves, they will forfeit each game absent, unless agreed to by each team captain before the match begins. (In case of emergency, team captains decide or call MEBL to make a ruling or offer suggestions captains can use).
6. A player matched with a blind gets 9 points per game, (27-0 for night). This is for the team score only, and will not affect that player's average or TP. The blind gets 0 points per game.
7. We do not pay in money for a scheduled bye, only blinds. Blinds or forfeits not paid for that night but will be subtracted from the team's payback at the end of the season.
1. To qualify for a 9-0 run, two things must apply: It must be either players 1st shot and the table must be open before shooting. (Open table means neither player has established a group of balls). For a run, score keeper puts 9 with X over top of it in scoring blank and writes RUN with players name at bottom of sheet.
2. Player shooting 8 in on break shot without a foul is scored 9-0. Write 9 in scoring blank and circle it along with writing players name and 8OB at bottom of score sheet. If player has 8 on break with a foul, he loses 0-9.
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1. Each player gets 1 point for each ball made of their group, and 2 points for the 8 ball. If you make an opponents ball, you have made a point for them. (Exception: Runs or 8 on break are automatic 9 points to 0.)
2. The four point penalty rule: If a player scratches when shooting the 8 ball, makes it in the wrong pocket, or knocks it in in the middle of the game they lose 4 points off the points they have already made. (If you are shooting the 8 ball and scratch or knock it in the wrong pocket, you lose 3-9, you don't get credit for pocketing the 8 in this case). Their opponent gets an automatic 9 points.
3. If the 8 ball is made by a player before their group of balls are all made, the 4 point penalty rule applies.
4. The winner of any game is scored as a 9 regardless of how they won unless a special ruling has been made by MEBL if certain circumstances arise due to conduct or emergencies.
I. LOSS OF GAME (*4 point penalty applies)
1. *Knocking the 8 ball off the table at any time during the game.
2. *Pocketing the 8 ball before your own group of balls are made, by any means.
3. *Failure to call the pocket that you are shooting the 8 ball in. (If 8 ball falls).
4. *Pocketing the 8 ball in the wrong pocket.
5. *Scratch while shooting the 8 ball.
6. *Knocking the 8 ball, or cue ball, off the table while shooting at the 8 ball.
7. *Pocketing the 8 ball, with a foul. Do not stop the cue ball!
8. *Purposely stopping the 8 ball or cue ball from falling with hand or stick.
9.*Do not "concede" game by dropping 8 ball with hand or stick, other team could call the 4 point penalty on you if they choose to. It's tacky, but you made the 8 fall without a legal shot.
10. *MEBL has the right to give any player a zero for any game if we feel it was played unfairly, deceptively, or with extreme unsportsmanlike conduct. This may happen on the spot or be changed the next day when we get the facts.
1. Touching or moving the cue ball in any manner. (With stick, hands, clothing, etc.) Also, when placing the cue ball on any ball in hand shot, your hand is considered part of the cue ball. So if you bump or move a ball with the hand the cue ball is in, yes it is a foul.
2. Scratching or knocking the cue ball off the table.
3. Any ball that is knocked off the table will get spotted and it is a foul. If it is the 8 ball knocked off table, it is a loss.
4. Masse shots ok, but no jump shots allowed. Some bars prohibit it due to possible table damage.
5. Failure to hit one of your own balls first, when shooting.
6. Failure to drive a ball to a rail after contact with your object ball.
7. Fouls can be called by anyone on the opposing team's roster but they must be called when it happens, not after game is over. Don't argue about something that happened 3 games ago.
8. Penalties for fouls-opponent can place cue ball anywhere on the table.
**When you have ball in hand, you must place the cue ball with your hand only. If you bump it or move it in any way with your stick once it's on the table prior to your actual shot, it is a foul. The ONLY time you can move the cue ball with your stick is on the breaking shot only.
9. If it is a simultaneous hit of two balls and neither team can honestly tell which ball was hit first, the tie will go to the offensive shooter like in any other sport.
10. It is the SHOOTER's responsibility to verify a ball is not froze to rail to opponent BEFORE they shoot a "soft tap" safety on that ball. Verify it before you shoot so it's not an argument after.
1. Occasionally the 8 ball may lodge in a position where it may fall in if either player shoots near it or both players refuse to break it out after numerous shots. If both players or captains agree, you can call game a stalemate and may rerack and play game over. A tournament director can make the same call.
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1. If shooter knocks any ball off table, it is spotted and it is a foul. It is a loss if the 8 ball is knocked off the table.
2. If shooter accidently knocks in a ball with hand or stick that is not related to the actual shot made with the cue ball, opponent has the option to spot that ball to the same position it sat at prior to opponents mishap, or leave it pocketed. This is not a foul unless it is the cue ball or the eight ball.
3. On a rare occasion, a ball may stop at the edge of a pocket and not fall in. If it falls in later by itself without being hit by another ball or player while match is going on, it will be spotted as closely as possible to original position at edge of pocket.
1. If while shooting, a player touches or moves any object balls with their hand, clothing, etc., the opponent has the option to leave ball, or balls where they stop, or replace to original position. (This is not a foul. Player continues shooting)
2. Stopping or touching any ball, set in motion, with stick or hands is a foul. Penalties apply.
3. If an object ball stops on the edge of a pocket momentarily, then falls in without outside interference, it stays pocketed. (Call if special circumstances arise!)
4. If a ball falls in a pocket because of outside interference, it will be a foul. (Stomping of feet, bumping the table, etc.) (4 pt penalty may apply if on the 8 ball).
A match may be protested by writing "PROTEST" on the scoresheet where it reads: "Teams captains signature", before the last game ends. The match must be completed even if being protested. If both captains sign both scoresheets, the match will be considered correct. Regardless of protesting, money and sheets for both teams still will be turned in like usual.
1. Cost is $7 per player ($35 per team) per night.
2. All team captains should be in charge of their team's money. The visiting team captain is in charge of both teams money at the end of the evening. Do not depend on other people to turn the money and sheets in. This is the away team's responsibility for the night.
3. Visiting team captain is in charge of both team's money, and score sheets, to be turned in at one of the drop off places by no later than 11am the next day (10:30am for Bridge Inn or Trackside dropoffs). Failure to get it there on time will result in a 10 point penalty for the visiting team that is responsible of the drop off and a $5 late fee penalty for us having to do a 2nd pick up for your one sheet. This will be strictly enforced. Sheets not turned in on time hold up the stats getting done for that entire division. MEBL has drop offs in Alton, Wood River, & Granite, Collinsville, Caseyville; we can't make 2 trips for 1 sheet! In this case, we usually don't call you but give both teams a temporary score of 110 until we get the sheet on next pickup. If money is more than a week late, MEBL reserves the right to suspend your team.
4. For those teams that are constantly short part of their teams money at drop off, they will be charged a $5 accounting fee each time short. MEBL was very reluctant to do this, but some are taking advantage of it and it creates accountability issues and time to log this in. Bottomline, if you don't have $7 to shoot, find another player, we are not a bank or PayDay Loan business.
5. Special times of having money in the same night after play may be listed for any week at bottom of sheets due to a vacation or holiday schedule. 10 pt penalty will apply here also.
6. Both teams money must be turned in weekly at the same time as the sheets. This will be enforced, with no more exceptions. We've been easy too long and been taken advantage of.
7. Byes and blinds will be deducted from the team's payback at the end of the season.
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1. Position week explanation: Winter always has 24 even weeks but summer league may have an odd week scheduled. Ex: If there is a 17 wk session and you see "Position Week" listed on your schedule for week 17 it is a normal week of play with handicap. Wk 17 schedule will be 2nd@1st, 4th@3rd, etc…
2. After the last week, it takes approximately 4 weeks to get all trophies ordered and done and to have the financial paperwork prepared. See page 7 for trophy eligibility and options.
3. Each team's payout will be given by check to that team's captain. It is the team's captain's responsibility to split up their team's payback and give it to them.
4. If no one from that team picks up the trophies or check for that team at the banquet or trophy presentation, that team's trophies will be dropped off at their bar and the check will be mailed to the last address given to us by the captain at our convenience.
5. TIEBREAKER: After last week is played, if 2 teams are tied in placing positions (1st-3rd), they will have a playoff game without handicap if they can agree to it. If 3 or more teams are tied for placing position, there will be no playoff game. MEBL will review the total balls received in handicap during the season. The team that received the least amount of handicap balls will get the higher place. Any ties from 4th or lower do not playoff either.
Coed must shoot the 3-2 ratio of men/women either way. In the past we use to allow teams to shoot 4 guys or 4 girls and take a 10 point penalty, but not anymore. Other teams have expressed that they play by the rules so opposing team must too as they knew it was a COED league when they signed up their team. You will now have to "Shoot a blind" if you don't have the 3-2 ratio of players and not be allowed to shoot 4 guys or 4 girls in the same night.
1. There are 3 board members in MEBL's leagues. Board members have nothing to do with the everyday operations or any of the financials of the league so please don't call them with any problems, call MEBL. They are for MEBL to get an unbiased second opinion on rulings or situations during the season if needed, along with discussing possible changes and/or wording in the rules for the following year or asking them about player/teams skill level when placing them into divisions. If a board member is present during any MEBL match or tournament, they can determine any sportsmanship violations or the need to call a game if the overall conduct of a player or team is that unruly.
S. Trophy information and options:
1. Beginning in 2015 summer league, we stopped doing automatic trophies for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place teams as 66% of them were declining them anyway and wanted higher payouts instead of trophies. See below for trophy details as MEBL still provides the most runs, 8's on break, MVP's, and 1st place bar plaque.
2. 1st PLACE BAR PLAQUE: It has all the players names on it and is awarded to the bar.
3. MOST RUNS: (1 per division) The player with the most runs receives the most runs trophy. He/she must have the most. If there are multiple players tied for lead, there is no trophy.
4. MOST 8's ON BREAK: (1 per division) The player with the most 8OB receives the most 8OB trophy. He/she must have the most. If there are multiple players tied for lead, there is no trophy.
5. MVP: The player with the highest average with the minimum times played to qualify receives this trophy. Minimum TP is according to season length. We try and have it around 70% of total times available to play (+/- 2%). For example: 24 wk session would be 17TP to qualify (71%) for winter leagues and 13TP minimum for shorter 18 wk summer sessions to qualify (72 %)
If it is a COED league, it will be 2 MVP's (1 for highest female avg and 1 for highest male avg)
6. PLAYER TROPHIES: Even though the majority doesn't want individual trophies anymore and we are not providing them, we can order you whatever trophy you want for any player or team at cost. This cost will be rounded up or down to the nearest even dollar and be subtracted from your team payback.
7. DECLINED TROPHIES: If any player wishes to decline their run, 8onbreak, or MVP trophy; MEBL will give your team a $25 cash credit to your team payout. Why buy it if the player doesn't want it. We have no problem just giving you the cash for it instead. It's your choice.
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T. TOURNAMENTS: (**new update 9-1-18)
1. MEBL now does a 30% match to all OPEN singles & OPEN partner tournaments that everyone is eligible to enter. We used to only match 20% to all tournaments, but players thought that was unfair to be excluded from match if they were ineligible to enter a new winner tourney or valentine tourney so those tournies will be unmatched. It will work out to MEBL matching more money overall with the 30% match.
3. All tournaments ran by MEBL are a $10 entry unless posted otherwise. If it is a COED scotch doubles tourney, it is still a total of $10 entry ($5 ea player).
4. MEBL has monthly tournaments. For all regular tournaments, there are no early sign ups, first come, first serve. If the host location has 2 tables there, we max out at 32 max; if 3 tables max is 48; if 4 tables 64 max.
5. Season Ending tournaments: These tournaments have been moved back to March each year even though there may be a few weeks left in the session. This makes the transition from winter to summer league easier and increases turnouts as some move on to other hobbies after winter league has finished.
6. Special Valentine Day Tourney: It is $30 a couple that includes a catered dinner, DJ, props, and coed scotch doubles tourney. This is the only tourney we opened up eligibility on to include true couples and spouses to play with one another and have a fun evening out with dinner, tournament, music, etc…
7. Unless listed otherwise, to enter any MEBL tournament, you must be on an active current team roster currently playing in that session.
1. Tournament win limits: A player is limited to 2 tournament wins per winter session whether it be any combination of singles winner or couples winner. After 2 wins, they can not enter any MEBL tournament the remainder of that season but will be eligible again on the next session.
2. Couples tournaments remain the same. Once you become a 3 time coed scotch doubles winner, you can not enter tournament with any other 3 time couples winner as your partner. This rule has already been in effect for several years but just wasn't listed in rulebook.
3. New Winner tournament is just what it says. This is an open singles tournament for all MEBL players who have never won any singles our couples tournament in MEBL.
MEBL has over 170 teams with all 5 leagues combined. Quick information or reminders are sometimes sent out to all players by a simple text to your cell phones or use of Facebook. It is impossible to call over 170 captains in a short period of time and it is the fastest most efficient way to get you the updated information you may need during your night of play. Most of the time a "general note" is sent to all players in that league or division or whichever group that the note applies to, so don't take it as you were the only one that received it.
1. Captains: It is important to call us when you have an address or phone number changed. We need two player's number for each team at all times. If something isn't right on the sheet or money isn't right and we don't have your contact information right or updated, all we can do is take the other team's word.
DO NOT CALL AFTER 11 P.M. OR IF YOU ARE IN A DRUNKEN OUTRAGE…IT CAN WAIT TIL TOMORROW WHEN EVERYONE HAS CALMED DOWN! ALSO, MEBL RUNS LEAGUES ON MON, TUE, & WED, PLEASE DON'T CALL ON FRI, SAT, OR SUN! We need our off time just like anyone else! Our info is on front of rulebook.
Like Metro East Billiard League on Facebook to view tournament results, player pictures, and last minute updates. We keep our website meblpool.com updated on standings and all important calendar dates but rarely post tournament results or picture on there.
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(Brutal, bloody, black comedy)
You will either love this brutal, bloody, black comedy or you will hate it enough to walk out. Don't be fooled by the trailers, which paint it as filled with laughs. The trailer shows all of the funny parts.
"7 Psychopaths" is a cross between "Pulp Fiction" and writer/director Martin McDonough's classic "In Bruges." McDonough goes to extremes with the bloody violence, whether shooting somebody's head off or slitting somebody's throat, all in living (or deadly) color. One thing is for certain: It is original.
There are seven psychopaths, all a bit crazier than the next. We get a glimpse of them in a disjointed, talky beginning before the movie picks up speed, slows to a snail's pace, then picks up again for a wild ending.
The plot has Christopher Walken playing yet another weird character, a frightening psychopath dog-napper.
Woody Harrelson plays a mob boss who grieves over the dognapping of his beloved Shi Tzu and vows bloody revenge.
Colin Farrell plays Marty, a writer in search of a movie plot. He has nothing more than a title: "7 Psychopaths."
Sam Rockwell plays his friend, Billy, who leads a secret life and spends most of his time nagging Marty about his excessive drinking.
Who is this hooded character who brutally kills people who kill people, leaving the Jack of Diamonds on their blood-soaked bodies? You'll probably figure that out early in the movie.
The weirdest character carries a white rabbit with him as he attempts to be a subject in Marty's script.
It all comes down to the big showdown in the desert, where many of the characters blow each other away. The movie has some funny lines interspersed among the chases and murders. They talk a lot, kill a lot, then talk a lot more.
This is not a movie for the faint of heart or those who don't appreciate the over-abundance of four letter words. But if you have a warped sense of humor and are looking for something dark and different, "7 Psychopaths" is the movie for you. We walked out of the theatre without reaching a consensus as to whether we liked it or not.
Rated a very big R with extreme violence and profanity, plus some sex and nudity.


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My 8-year old son is picky eater and won't eat his vegetables. What suggestions do you have?
Experts who have worked with children have found that sometimes you need to expose them to new foods 8-10 times before they will accept it. Try involving your son in cooking, such as shucking corn or rinsing vegetables. Encourage his involvement in food shopping and selecting one new fruit or vegetable to try. Get his help in planning a week's worth of menus. Remember to make food look appealing and fun, such as making radish flowers or tomato roses to garnish a dish. Keep portions small.
Color is one way to think about getting a variety of fruits and vegetables. Try to select a fruit or vegetable from a variety of colors each day, such as red, blue/purple, green, white, and yellow/orange.


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'American Horror Story: Coven' Recap: 'The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks'
Episode 10 of 'American Horror Story: Coven' opens with Fiona and Laveau working together, as equals. The Voodoo Queen just saw everyone she loved massacred by the hands of Hank, recently minted witch hunter.
Fiona gives Laveau a potion to help her sleep, but she is awoken by a shadow man with bright red eyes demanding payment for a deal made long ago. Laveau pleads with him, telling him she seeks a lasting truce with the coven. However, she ends up in the maternity ward and steals a child. Once the alarms go off, she is met with security guards that tell her she can't leave with the baby. With white eyes and an attitude, the men fall to the ground and she walks off, babe in arms.
Cordelia thinks that Hank's actions are her fault, but the Laveau admits she is the one that hired Hank, the witch hunter, to take the coven out. Of course this is news to Fiona, and she reacts by shockingly slapping Cordelia for bringing that "viper" into their "sacred house." And since witch hunters don't act alone, and they are all part of a secret order going back generations to purge the world of both black and white witches, Fiona is done playing games and wants to go after the order itself.
That's when she meets up with Misty, who continues to question Fiona and her motives at every turn. Rightly so; she did kill Madison for possibly being the next Supreme. Fiona tries to convince Misty that being the Supreme is something to be coveted, a position of power and influence. To do so she brings in the big guns, also known as the white witch, Stevie Nicks! Her voice has a calming affect on all of the girls, and as Misty's idol, her presence gets her twirling while Madison realizes she has been supremely dethroned. Misty and Stevie are a match made in heaven, twirls and all, and the vision of Supreme seems more exciting than ever.
Cordelia lets Fiona and Laveau in on critical information -- that her father-in-law is the head of Delphi trust, which we know is the cover operation for the order of the witch hunters. The ladies have to be smart about taking the order down, and find that today the only god people believe in is a green, merciless god: dolla dolla bills, ya'll. Fiona thinks cutting off their money supply will bring them to their knees, and with a little witchcraft on their side as well as a mouse in a maze they do just that. Once the mouse is caught, so is Delphi, and with their spell being a success, Fiona falls to the ground. How do you wake up a Supreme? If you're the Voodoo Queen, you use a little "rattle viper sperm incense" which cleanses the area and clears the evil at hand. Duh.
Fiona tells Laveau that her cancer is spreading, and as the next Supreme grows stronger she grows weaker. Laveau wants to keep Fiona alive a bit longer, but Fiona wants to live forever. Unfortunately there are just two ways: a vial of Laveau's tears, which would just extend Fiona's agony for eternity, or to sell her soul to Papa Legba. She shares with Fiona her path to eternal life. She made her deal with Papa Legba to be immortal without understanding the price, and when she became a mother she found out her price was her baby, an innocent soul, and every year since then another soul to hold up her end of the deal. Her story doesn't do much to deter Fiona, but in the end Papa Legba only comes to those that want him enough. The question is, does Fiona?
A procession down in the ward leads us to Madison and Misty. Madison is trying her hardest to keep Misty away from the throne, and finds that the best way to do so is by telling Misty she is being played for her power. They make their way to a cemetery where Madison (supposedly) brings a man back to life, telling Misty she just wants to be friends, telling her they are both powerful and she just wants to be friends. In reality Madison has enough power to pick up a brick, hit Misty with it and knock her out for just enough time to be buried alive by cemetery workers. Not very witchy, but characteristically twitchy with a 'B.'
Zoe and Nan go to visit Luke's mother, and Nan finds out that he was cremated. Now unable to bring him back from the dead, she pins Zoe against a wall and makes Luke's murderous mother cleanse herself with bleach. What does this prove? Everyone's powers are growing, and it's anybody's guess who the next Supreme is. Nan certainly isn't as pure as she was before, but then again, power comes with a price.
Fiona does her best to call forth Papa Legba, and it seems her wish is granted. They bargain a deal: Fiona's soul in exchange for "freedom from death." She's a smart cookie, though, and having heard of Laveau's own trouble with Papa Legba she gets down to the details. She will not age, will not decay, will not fade and in return she must provide a service to Papa Legba once a year on a day of his choosing, unable to refuse the service. It could be hurting Cordelia, killing someone she loves, killing an innocent, but Fiona is determined to live forever regardless of the consequence. Unfortunately for her, the deal can't be sealed because Fiona, Supreme of the witches, has no soul. Now that immortality is out of the picture, the only way to stop dying is to get rid of the next Supreme. The only way to ensure the next Supreme is killed is to kill all of the witches in her way, an action she is more than willing to take.
Nan and her growing powers take her through the house, where she finds a baby, Laveau's stolen baby. Of course Fiona know's who the baby is for: Papa Legba needs his innocent soul, every year, without fail. Now that Nan is showing off her powers, talking smack, there is only one solution: save the baby and drown Nan. Nan is mostly innocent, and Papa Legba can't refuse. He does say that Laveau and Fiona together are trouble and with that, Fiona retires to her living room, tears in her eyes, listening to the magical delights of Stevie Nicks.
Battle lines are about to be drawn, and with Fiona and Laveau working together, both having lost so much, and willing to give up more, we all fear for the opposition no matter which side they're on.


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HOUSTON (AP) - A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.
Bush's spokesman, Jim McGrath, said Wednesday evening that the former president has been in the ICU at Methodist Hospital since Sunday.
No details were immediately provided. But earlier Wednesday, McGrath said a fever that kept Bush in the hospital over Christmas had gotten worse and that doctors had put him on a liquids-only diet.
A bronchitis-like cough initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23.
McGrath says the cough has improved, and that the 88-year-old is now coughing about once a day.
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The Portland Jazz Festival (PDX Jazz) in its fifth year has already joined the ranks of world-class jazz festivals. More than 35,000 attended shows at over 25 venues, ranging from Arlene Schnitzer Hall (the "Schnitz," with its capacity of 2,700 consistently housed nearly sold-out performances) to quainter venues like the city's primary jazz club Jimmy Mak's. One of the main reasons is its ringleader, Artistic Director Bill Royston who each year seems to come up with a dandy theme to thread everything together. Royston successfully creates a feeling of jazz community that stretches from local interest, through the Northwest, and to us on the "right" coast and beyond. In fact, the weekends were very New York-like: one day this reviewer caught seven sets of music!
Last year's theme was "The Story of ECM Records" (next year: the Blue Note Records legacy celebrating the label's 70th anniversary as well as its 25th under the leadership of Bruce Lundvall), and this year was "The Shape of Jazz To Come" featuring living legends iconoclastic pianist Cecil Taylor and of course altoist Ornette Coleman (PDX Jazz borrowed its theme name from Ornette's classic 1959 albumeven though it was his Something Else!!! recording debut which celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier that very first week of PDX Jazz '08).
The just-turned 78-year-old saxophonist's brand of ever-challenging jazz was on display with his new quintet: Tony Falanga (acoustic bass), Charnett Moffett (electric bass), Al McDowell (electric piccolo guitar), Denardo Coleman (drums) and the leader on alto, trumpet and violin. At the Schnitz (the first of a half dozen cross-global dates in just over a two-week period for the living legend's group), Ornette's earthy yet bright tone was crystal clear and spot-on. The house mix for the rest of the band, however, left much to be desired. And without the proper mix, it was hard to grab onto the group's dynamics with its demanding instrumentation of three string players (four when Ornette fancied the violin).
Moffett's continuous wah-wah broke through the murkiness of the ensemble and the hall's acoustics but only on occasion; otherwise he served as a distraction to the action elsewhere on stage, thumb-popping notes to Falanga's more sensitive and creative arco adagio tremolos. McDowell's garnished solos sounded more meandering than they presumably werehe was well low in the overall mix and may have had some brilliant shining moments but honestly they were hard to detect under the circumstances. The sound subtly improved midway through for Denardo Coleman but still was not enough. Playing his tail off, there was just not much corresponding volume in sound to show for it, particularly his cymbal work, near inaudible regardless of how actively he performed on his kit. During one of the potential and more than momentary concert highlights of the group's surprise rendition of Bach's "Cello Suite no. 1," Denardo provided a rather awkward drum foundation following Falanga's exquisite bowing while Ornette took to violinhis more classical axe of three instruments. Here and elsewhere, Ornette's playing affairs with his non-primary instruments were brief flirtations; he would quickly return to alto here as he did elsewhere after blink-like, almost indecisive moments with either violin or trumpet. Perhaps for this tune more than anywhere else in the set, the sub-par acoustics became ever more noticeable and the group's message lost. A studio session would shed much more light on what transpired but failed to make it into most listeners' ears that evening.
Ultimately Coleman's group simply wasn't given the proper megaphone to get their collective point across, a common downfall in such oversized venues that this group demands. It was a rare instance of the festival's otherwise commendable syncing of performer-to-venue, though admittedly to the festival organizers' defense there was really no other choice available of a venue that could house the near-capacity crowd. If you came to hear Ornette, and not necessarily Ornette's band, there was much less to complain about, so for first- timers the legend did not just whet appetites. Bluesy renditions of the now-classic themes of "Turnaround" and particularly the "Lonely Woman" encore, had the 2,200+ in attendance walking out at concert's end with the shared grin of having witnessed an historic figure still in fine form.


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A2P Legal Externship is a 4-credit hour non-graded program
which enables you to extern with a supervising attorney
in a wide variety of legal areas – private or public, civil
or criminal. Externships are available for the Fall, Spring
and Summer semesters. Some public sector externships enable
you to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
Why Extern?
To become a good lawyer and to supplement what you learn
in the classroom, you need practical experience in real-world
legal work. Most students aren't fortunate enough to receive
a paid clerking position — or even a volunteer opportunity
— that teaches what they want to learn. LEP presents a unique
and important opportunity to gain exposure to an area of
the law in which you are interested and helps you significantly
broaden your future employment opportunities.
Students interested in civil law may extern in a wide variety
of places. For example, some have externed at the City of
Chicago Corporation Counsel's Office, Office of the Illinois
Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission, Immigration
Court of the U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue
Service, and Environmental Protection Agency, as well approved
in-house corporate legal counsel.
Students interested in criminal law have externed at the
U.S. Attorney's Office, the Office of the Federal Defender,
and at the offices of the State's Attorney and Public Defender
in Cook County as well as the surrounding counties.
Application Process:
Information and application packets for Spring 2014 are
now available online
as well as near the third floor elevators, in the Career
Services Office, and in Room 600 Law Offices reception.
If you would like more information, please check the Externship
Summer 2014: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Illinois
If you are interested in exposure to and possible participation
in federal trial and appellate practice while assisting
the U.S. Attorney's Office in handling its multitude of
important cases, please pick up an application in Room 612
from Carole Ross, administrative assistant to Professor
Completed applications must be received at the Office of
the U.S. Attorney by Friday, January 10, 2014. The
reason for this accelerated date is because each accepted
extern must go through a security clearance, which takes
several weeks.
To receive law school credit for this externship, should
you be selected by the U.S. Attorney's Office, you must
enroll in the law school's Legal Externship Program. Externship
applications for Summer 2014 will be available in mid-March.
Professor Gross will be happy to answer any questions you
may have about either the Legal Externship Program and/or
the externship position with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Professor Richard Kling was interviewed by Fox 32 about
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Remembering the 1963 March on Washington - A
talk with Clinical Professor Richard Kling
Clinical Professor Ed Kraus spoke with Peoria's WEEK-TV
about the needs of diabetic children in schools and the
necessity of accommodation from and education of school
staff, for a story about a local couple whose 10-year old
son has struggled to perform needed care on the bus: http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Mom-says-son-denied-to-properly-treat-diabetes-is-life-or-death-issue-200679431.html
IIT Chicago-Kent Legal Fellow/Research Associate Sarah
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Health & Disability Law Clinic, discussed privacy and
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