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A post office called "Wilmore" was established in 1877. It was named for John R. Wilmore, a local landowner and former slave owner.
In 1882, the Southern Railway established a line through the county and located a flag stop at Wilmore which was briefly called "Scott's Station". It was named for John D. Scott, the owner of the site. The station's name was soon changed to Wilmore.
By the 1890s, Wilmore was a prosperous settlement with a population of about 600. Wilmore was an important shipping point for cattle, hogs, grain and other produce, and the settlement had a blacksmith, carriage repair shops, two drug stores, three doctors, three large stores, a hardware store, two butcher shops, a livery stable, a school, several churches, a glass mill, and a grist mill. Asbury University (formerly Asbury College) was founded in 1890.
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Revitalization team hard at work at Torrington's Warner Theatre
TORRINGTON >> After a tumultuous beginning of the year marked by the resignation of Executive Director John Bonnani and board president Ken Merz within weeks of each other, things are beginning to turn around for the Warner Theatre.
In the immediate wake of the staff upheaval, the theatre reached out to the Arts Consulting Group and brought on consultant Elissa Getto to guide the non-profit community theatre through their financial troubles.
Getto was with the theatre for four months, said Lynn Gelormino, spokesperson and current Warner general manager.
During that time Getto, "put together a plan for immediate needs and where the theatre is going in the future."
That plan included a little bit of everything, said Gelormino, from finances to programming.
Getto previously consulted with the Stamford Center for the Arts before becoming the executive director there. The Stamford Center was also financially troubled, said Gelormino, so Getto came to the Warner with a lot of hands on experience. She was also able to provide an outsider's perspective on the theatre.
"She was able to fill the holes," said Louisa Roraback, current board president and revitalization team member. "She had knowledge of the changes in our industry over recent years."
A knowledge that Roraback said was lacking before Getto came in the picture. According to her, Bonnani brought many unique skills and a creative vision, but he didn't necessarily have the knowledge of the current industry.
"We didn't recognize that there was a disconnect between what we wanted to do and our donor base," said Roraback. "That's where the problems really started."
The theatre incurred a $35,000 deficit last year.
The creative vision not aligning with the donor base was only one contributing factor to the difficult times the Warner fell into, said Gelormino.
"Years ago, if there were three shows going on, you could go to see all three. Today, you have to pick and choose," said Gelormino. "You may only sell out one show in a weekend. That's just the reality."
Roraback added that people have more options of what to do with their disposable income these days. There's more competition.
Getto is not with the theatre any more, but Gelormino said that she or the Arts Consulting Group is only ever a phone call or an email away. They have already followed up with the consulting group since Getto's departure.
Upon submitting his letter of resignation on March 12, Merz recommended creating a revitalization team to see the theatre through. In March, a team of board members and community members was assembled under the direction of Roraback and Brian Mattiello.
Things have been quiet since then, but the revitalization team has been hard at work meeting once a week. They identified several areas within the theatre that needed attention including creative direction, expense management and contributed income.
Roraback said that, for the time being, the team is going to continue meeting weekly to address these areas.
"New goals will continue to come up," said Roraback.
Getto and the revitalization team pinpointed areas that needed help, but they have also revealed things that were already working like the Metropolitan Opera Series and the stage company's season, said Gelormino.
Through the revitalization the Warner was also able to secure monetary gifts from donors and contributions from vendors, which helped the theatre stabilize.
"The staff has been wonderful," Roraback said of the transition. "They have made sacrifices. We have to thank them for providing the energy and advice."
The Warner has always been a community theatre, said Gelormino. With that distinction comes a certain responsibility to the public. Roraback said that can sometimes be a double-edged sword.
"It can be difficult. When we were in the midst of a the hardest part, people wanted to know what was going on," said Gelormino.
Organizations have financial troubles every day, said Gelormino. Due to the theatre's prominent position in town and in relation to Torrington's revitalization as a city, there was a lot of scrutiny.
Their financial problems forced the board and the staff to, "take a step back and refocus, regroup," said Gelormino. "That's our plan."
A new movie screen imported from Germany will hopefully be installed by mid-July, said Gelormino. The screen was purchased through a private family foundation grant.
The Warner will also be the first community theatre in Connecticut to put on Shrek the Musical this summer from July 27 through Aug. 4.
"We want people to remember we're here," said Roraback. "That drives the success of the theatre."
Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.

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Sarah Saenz joins XPRIZE with five years of experience in nonprofit management and two years of experience in corporate philanthropy. As the Prize Manager for the Avatar XPRIZE, Sarah will use her skills in communication, relationship-building, and project management to communicate and coordinate with teams from all over the world and help with the operations of the competition.
Prior to joining XPRIZE, Sarah spent two years with the Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas as a Senior Specialist in their Community & Government Affairs group. During her time at Wynn, she created and implemented the volunteer outreach program, coordinated community and volunteer events for the company, and worked with dozens of nonprofit organizations to help create an impact to their missions.
She completed her Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Public Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she was also elected as the first Latina Undergraduate Student Body President in 2011. Sarah also donates her time to VR Kids, a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 that uses virtual reality as a therapy for mobility-impaired and hospital-bound children at no cost to families.


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With the 2012 elections behind us, the real work of serving our nation must now take center stage, not only with those in the halls of power, but with you and me.
This long campaign wasn't about the candidates; it was about making life better for our neighbors. No matter your personal politics, I hope you engaged in last week's election and hope that you will continue to be involved in the issues that brought you into the voting booth.
While serving in the U.S. Army, I saw up close what it means for people to put their country's needs before their own. Soldiers in my platoon never asked, "Is this mission good for me? How will I benefit from this assignment?" No matter who occupies the White House or the Statehouse, whether you voted for that person or not, we should not ask those questions either. On Veterans Day, let us remember the true meaning of service — we should remember those who put all on the line to make sure that "a government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from this earth."
And it is not only our veterans who understand the importance of selfless service. We all understand — from the patrol officer on your street corner to the teacher in your child's classroom — how much more we can accomplish in service to one nation than we can in service to our own partisan interests.
Remember why you voted and let's work to make the changes we believe in a reality through action at the federal, state, and local level. Your voice matters to our communities and we can make improvements through our shared service to one another. This Veterans Day, let's honor those who have so nobly served our nation in harm's way by fighting for our beliefs. But let's also honor them by working toward consensus.
Imagine if Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams and Madison had not been able to put aside their differences for long enough to help draft the Constitution and guide our fledgling nation through the early days of this noble experiment called America. If men such as them could see the value of compromise for the good of the nation, then surely men such as Obama, Boehner, Reid and McConnell can as well.
Hard-fought compromise is the bedrock of American democracy, and why so many of us chose to serve our nation in the first place.
Editor's note: Mr. Goodwin is a former U.S. Army Captain and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan


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Planes, Trains and Automobiles was hands down a great flick. Contrastingly, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 6.2 Diesel-converted Roadmaster is kind of plain, sounds like a train, and upon close examination, appears to be an automobile. But is its price all that and a bag of popcorn?
Baby got back - Squareback that is - and along with a non-jaw dropping price made for a lot of likey-likey from the commenters, and a 77% Nice Price win for yesterday's 1966 VW Type 3. That love shown was despite the fact that the Vee-Dubb was old, slow and noisy.
In contrast, today's 1991 Buick Roadmaster is, well, old, slow and noisy. But at least it's ginormous, smelly and uncouth, sort of like John Candy's character in PT&A. Despite what some of you 'youngin's' might think, the Roadmaster is not an ass-kicking horror film about a deranged lunatic plying deserted highways in search of randy teens to murder in clever and grotesque ways, and who ends up being revealed to have been the undisclosed deformed brother of the highway patrolman who finally takes him down. Or does he?
In fact, Buick decided in 1936 to replace all their model numbers with names, and the 80 became the Roadmaster. Non-celibate teens had nothing to fear from the baroque beasts, and in 1958, the name was put out to pasture. Having not gone too far a field, it was resurrected in 1991 for Buick's B-body wagon. At 218 inches long, and nearly 80 inches wide, it's hard to imagine that the '91 Roadmaster was representational of the down-sized B-bodies from GM. Of course back then the SUV hadn't killed of the station wagon like it was some kind of fornicating teens that had chosen unwisely the location of their booty call.
This one used to have wood on the sides, but at some point that got effed up and so off it came. It also used to be painted white, but like the vinyl trees, that's but a memory. But the biggest change that has happened to this Roadmaster is under the hood, where, instead of Chevy's LO3 5.0 V8, you'll find a Detroit Diesel 6.2. Dah, dah, dahhh.
The current owner and seller of this loco-locomotive didn't undertake the conversion to compression ignition, but does handily provide a link to the longroof forum were the builder details the work involved. It took more than just popping out the gas engine, and dropping in the clackity-clacker, as required were significant modifications to the oil pan, relocation of the ABS pump, and a diesel torque converter for the transmission to account for the change in the power curve.
A four-row radiator, and a bunch of other mods made the diesel not only fit, but run and get pretty good MPGs in the Enterprise Class Buick. And then for some reason it sat for a good long time. The current owner says he picked it up, threw a couple of new batteries in it (yeah, two - this engine runs 22:1 compression) and got it back on the road again. A Christmas miracle didn't occur leaving he and his diesel soot-coated wife stranded, and the edict was issued that the car had to go.
So now here it is offered up on Canada's socialist version of Craig's List - Everybody's List. Actually it's listed on UsedOttowa.com which is a perfect place if you're Canadian to list a used auto, eh? Along with the new batteries, it has springs claimed out of a 442, and a recent, and aggressively-geared 700r4 transmission. It also still rocks the Detroit Diesel smoker and you can marvel at its cold weather starting ability in the seller's YouTube video:
All that clattering will either drive you nuts or make you pine for a resurgence of Trucker's Caps and CB radios. You won't be listening to the radio because only the back speakers work, according to the ad, and you might want to invest in some POR as the fender below the fuel filler has the big C.
Other than that, there's not much to say about it other than it's big enough to live in, and the seller says he gets 30+mpg Canadian, which is like, around 25 U.S., I think. Also, it costs $2,000.
What's your take on two grand for a massively obese smoker that's loud and not the least politically correct - and isn't Rush Limbaugh? Is that a price that should have this rattling in some new owner's driveway right away? Or, would you have to be loco to pay that much for this locomotive?
You decide!
UsedOttowa.com or go here if the ad disappears. Thanks to Jake and the Fat Car for the tip!
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DCF Report: Torrington child was 'denied proper care,' suffering from narcotic withdrawal
Report: Child was 'denied proper care,' suffering from narcotic withdrawal
WINSTED >> Baby Shiloh was born addicted to drugs.
At less than a week old, the baby whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert in Connecticut and beyond earlier this week was placed into an intensive care unit at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, suffering from withdrawal.
Her mother, 30-year-old Amirah Alfar, of Torrington, was jittery and had dilated pupils, obvious signs of drug withdrawal, when she was observed by hospital staff.
The Department of Children and Families was called to investigate. Confidential records obtained by The Register Citizen show Alfar was prescribed 145 milligrams of methadone by CT Counseling. She told a worker there she used cocaine to stay awake June 13.
The baby, whose full name is Shiloh Gilbert-Alfar, was released from the hospital the same day into her mother's care, but required home visits from a nurse.
Her first month of life has been chaotic and unstable.
The child is now in the custody of Arizona welfare workers following a massive multi-state manhunt prompted when Torrington police issued an Amber Alert early Monday morning.
Her mother is at the center of the investigation and could face criminal charges for skipping town when social welfare workers from the Department of Children and Families went to her Torrington home on Hillside Avenue to serve a court order taking custody of Shiloh Gilbert-Alfar.
Alfar and baby Shiloh were eventually found by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation at a convenience store in Prescott Valley, Arizona, near the home of a relative, and more than 2,100 miles away from Torrington.
Alfar was expected to speak with authorities but isn't in custody and hasn't been arrested, authorities said. She was no longer staying with a relative, said Christopher Ashe, who answered the phone at the Prescott Valley, Arizona, home where Alfar reportedly sought refuge.
"She has not done anything wrong," said Ashe, who identified himself as Alfar's grandfather. He then hung up the phone.
A message left at the office of Alfar's attorney, Michael Agranoff, was not returned.
Citing laws protecting juvenile confidentiality, DCF has refused to disclose why it sought custody of baby Shiloh.
But a confidential temporary custody order filed by DCF, signed by Judge James Ginocchio Friday and obtained by The Register Citizen, shows baby Shiloh inherited the troubles of her mother and putative father, William Caicedo. Paternity is still unsettled.
On Wednesday, 34-year-old Winsted resident Salvatore Latina, the father of Alfar's 7-year-old daughter, will consent to a state-issued paternity test after he was named in court documents as the father.
In an interview with The Register Citizen Tuesday, Latina said he hasn't had any romantic contact with Alfar in several years and is confident results will show he is not the infant's father.
He said he was granted temporary full custody of the couple's 7-year-old daughter after his attorney, William Waterfall, filed a motion in court this week asking to suspend Alfar's visitation rights.
A magistrate agreed to grant the motion Tuesday, Latina said, meaning Alfar nor her family members can have contact with the girl.
Latina said Alfar shouldn't be allowed around his daughter,
"I think she's worse than the devil," Latina said. "I (would) rather deal with the devil."
DCF's language in a temporary custody order for baby Shiloh wasn't as pointed but said the infant was in "immediate physical danger from surroundings" and "denied proper care and attention, physically, educationally, emotionally or morally."
DCF says Alfar refused to submit to a hair test for drugs when she was visited by a social worker last week, days before she fled Connecticut.
While pregnant, she tested positive for heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, crystal meth and prescription opiates.
She blamed Caicedo, the man believed to be the baby's father, for lacing her food with drugs.
A Torrington police report from Oct. 13, 2009 says Alfar appeared "messed up" during a visitation pick up of Latina's daughter, 18 months old at the time, from the Hillside home Alfar shared with her mother, Anita Gilbert.
Gilbert told police she found crystal meth in her daughter's bedroom; Alfar said it was salt. Gilbert told police her daughter was a heroin addict, police said.
After years of Alfar "acting like the victim," Latina said he hopes she is arrested.
"I'm baffled she's not under arrest," he said. "For you to tell me you didn't see that Amber Alert is an absolute lie. You're telling me your mother didn't call you. She knew DCF was coming for her."
Reach Isaac Avilucea at 860-489-3121 ext. 324.


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Eat for Eight Bucks: French Onion Pastina Recipe
Dinner recipes that will keep your stomach and wallet happy from Cara and Phoebe of Big Girls, Small Kitchen
There's a sort of magic in caramelizing an onion; it doesn't seem possible that all that sugar is hiding inside the sulfurous bulb. And it's that surprising sweetness that makes French onion soup one of the most comforting foods I know.
While I'm always soothed by French onion soup, I'm rarely left full, and I've long plotted to somehow bulk it up. But filling up on baguette seems unimaginative, and simply throwing some cooked noodles into the pot, as you might do with a chicken soup, doesn't feel like a coherent dish. So I've devised what you might call a mock risotto, in which acini di pepe (a pastina, or little pasta, named for its peppercorn shape) is cooked directly in the soup, absorbing all of its sweet, oniony flavor. As with risotto, any unabsorbed liquid is thickened by the starch to form an almost creamy sauce. But, unlike risotto, there's no stirring or incremental ladling of stock.
It wouldn't be French onion soup without the cheese, so I stir some grated Parmesan into the finished pastina and top it with a Parmesan crisp. The crisp is a fussy, and optional, extra, but little flourishes like this one always make me feel better about cooking on the cheap. The dish, after all, cost just $6.85 to make.
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Note: Items bought in large quantities, like the pasta and Parmesan, have been pro-rated for cost. Ingredients a cook can reasonably be expected to have on hand are considered "Pantry Items" and are not factored into recipe cost.
2 large onions - $0.86 1 quart beef stock - $3.29 1/2 pound acini di pepe - $0.85 (total cost of item - $1.69) 3 ounces domestic Parmesan - $1.85 (total cost of item - $3.09)
Pantry Items Dried thyme; flour; olive oil; salt and pepper
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound onions (about 2 large), very finely sliced
- 1 tsp flour
- 3 1/2 cups beef stock
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 pound acini di pepe, or other very small pasta (orzo, stelle, seme di melone)
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Parmesan crisps (recipe follows)
Cook onions in oil in a large, deep saucepan, stirring occasionally, until onions are very soft and a deep brown color, 25-30 minutes. As the onions cook down, they may start to stick to the bottom of the pan; whenever this happens, deglaze with a small quantity of cold water, scraping with wooden spoon to dissolve brown bits.
Remove about 1/4 of onions from pan, reserving for garnish. Season with salt and pepper and cover to keep warm.
Sprinkle flour over the onions in the pot, stirring to incorporate. Add beef stock and dried thyme and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer, adjust seasoning, and add pasta. Cover pan and simmer, depending on type of pasta, for 6-9 minutes, or until pasta is al dente and most of the liquid is absorbed. Stir once or twice during cooking to prevent sticking.
Remove pasta from heat and stir in shredded Parmesan. Adjust seasoning if necessary. To serve, top with reserved onions and Parmesan crisp.
Parmesan Crisps
Heat a nonstick pan over medium-low heat. Sprinkle a small handful (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) of grated Parmesan into the pan to form a circle about 3 inches in diameter. Cook until cheese is somewhat melted and beginning to take on color, 1-2 minutes. Using a spatula, gently loosen the cheese and flip, cooking for an additional 30 seconds.
Place on paper towels to cool, or, for a curved shape, immediately drape over a rolling pin or other cylindrical surface.
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Cookbook author and cooking teacher James Peterson created this recipe exclusively for Epicurious. The repeated caramelization of the vegetables is the secret to the gravy's surprisingly rich flavor. For more of Peterson's gravy-making advice, including how to thicken with a roux and avoid lumps, see our Gravy Primer.
- Yield
- About 2 cups
- 1 medium onion, peeled, quartered, and broken into large chunks
- 1 large carrot, peeled and halved lengthwise
- 1 fennel bulb, green fronds removed and bulb cut into quarters
- 1 medium turnip, peeled and cut into quarters
- 5 ounces mushrooms, such as crimini or shiitake, trimmed and cut into quarters (about 2 cups total)
- 4 medium tomatoes, cut into quarters and seeded
- 15 sprigs fresh or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 3 cups of vegetable broth or water
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, chervil, or tarragon (optional)
- For thickening (optional):
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Spread the vegetables and thyme in a single layer in a dry heavy-bottomed flameproof roasting pan. Roast until any juices released by the vegetables have caramelized on the bottom of the pan, about 2 hours. Stir the vegetables using a wooden spoon to scrape up the crust on the bottom and sides of the pan. Continue roasting, stirring occasionally, until there is a brown crust covering the bottom of the pan, about 1 hour.
- Transfer the pan to the stove and add 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil, and continue boiling until the water dries out and caramelizes on the bottom of the pan, 3 to 5 minutes. With the pan over high heat, continue to caramelize the vegetables for 10 more minutes, adding drops of water to any dry spots and using a wooden spoon to scrape up the crust forming on the bottom of the pan.
- Add 3 cups of vegetable broth or water to the roasting pan and bring to a simmer while scraping the caramelized juices on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Continue simmering and scraping for about 1 minute.
- Pour the liquid and vegetables through a fine-mesh strainer set over a blender, pushing down on the vegetables to release their juices. Add about 3/4 cup of the vegetables to the blender (discard the remaining vegetables) and purée on high for 1 minute. Strain the gravy again, pushing on any remaining solids to help thicken the gravy. Season to taste with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley, chervil, or tarragon, if desired. DO AHEAD: Gravy can be made ahead and kept covered in the refrigerator, up to 3 days. Reheat in a small saucepan over moderate heat.
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If you want thicker gravy, use butter and flour to make a roux. In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Sprinkle with the flour and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture bubbles and turns golden brown, about 5 minutes. Gradually whisk in the gravy and bring it to a boil, then lower the heat and continue cooking until the mixture thickens.


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Connie Britton talks challenge of 'Nashville'
ABC star forced to learn songs, dances on short notice
Connie Britton, the star of ABC's hit drama "Nashville," said she's had to get some last-minute lessons for her role on the show.
During an on-set interview with KMBC 9's Lara Moritz, Britton said she insisted on doing all the dancing and singing for her character Rayna. She said it's meant picking up some things on the fly.
"I was getting a little crash course on the two-step, which I really feel like I should know," she said. "I should know how to two-step. I spent a lot of time in Austin, Texas."
Prior to her role in Nashville, Britton played coach's wife Tami Taylor for five seasons on "Friday Night Lights," which was shot in Texas.
She said after the quick lesson, she was two-stepping like a pro. She said it's one of the many things she loves about her role on "Nashville."
"The great challenge of all these things that are really brand new to me, (playing) a character who's supposed to have doing it her whole life," Britton said.
"Nashville" airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. on KMBC.


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I am the curator and archaeologist for the Lost City Museum, a small archaeology museum located in Overton, NV. The main focus of the museum is the Virgin River Branch of the Ancestral Puebloans (also known as the Anasazi) who lived at the archaeological site complex formally known as Pueblo Grande de Nevada, but more commonly referred to as the Lost City. The Lost City Museum has a collection of artifacts dating not only to the Ancestral Puebloans, but to the group that occupied southern Nevada after it was abandoned by the Ancestral Puebloans, the Southern Paiutes.
As the curator of a small museum I have many different projects going at once, ranging from a rehousing project that is being funded through money to organizing special events at the museum. One of the projects I am currently working on is the analysis of the museum's incised stone collection. The incised stones were collected from Clark County, NV, the southern-most county in Nevada. Incised stones are intriguing artifacts because archaeologists aren't entirely sure of their prehistoric use. Some suggest that it is a form of portable rock art while others suggest they could have been used by shaman during rituals.
Sometimes it feels like I don't choose the projects I work on, they choose me. As I was rehousing the archaeology collection of the Lost City Museum I kept coming across more and more incised stones. I knew the museum had a couple dozen incised stones that were recently on display at the museum. It wasn't until I went through all of the boxes in the collections storage areas that I realized the museum had over one hundred incised stones (this perfectly illustrates why I started the rehousing project; I never knew for sure what the museum had and what wasn't stored in the correct place). Given the number of incised stones at the museum I felt that it was extremely important that I properly catalog and analyze the stones so that the information could be used by researchers in the future.
My analysis of each incised stones consists of recording the dimensions of each stone and noting whether the stone is hand size or smaller (the majority of incised stones can be comfortably carried in a hand). Next I categorize the design present on the stones. A past researcher was helpful enough to come up with eight categories of incised stone designs: curvilinear, dendritic, circle, band, bisect, cross-hatch, anthropomorph, and no discernible design. An example of a curvilinear design can in seen in the included photograph. Next I determine the stone's material type. A majority of the stones analyzed so far have been sandstone, a readily available stone in southern Nevada. Once I gather all of the data I will be able see the patterns present within the collection. I can then compare this information to the information already obtained from the analysis of other incised stone collection at Nevada State Museums and see if the Lost City Museum collection differs greatly from those collections.
This is an ongoing project because as much as I would like to focus all of my time on the analysis of the incised stones, new projects or issues pop up on a daily or weekly basis. As the curator of a small museum I wear many hats, and I often have to put projects on hold while I research something for a fellow archaeologist or give a tour to a group of Girl Scouts. One great thing about being an archaeologist for a museum is that it is unlikely I will run out of research topics any time soon.


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(CNN) -- Kyron Horman has been missing since June 4, 2010, but his mother is not giving up.
Desiree Young and volunteers spent "two solid days of searching" for her son this weekend, she said in a news conference Sunday in Portland, Ore., calling the search "successful."
More than 100 volunteers, along with 10 search dog teams from around the country, joined the search effort in the Portland area, looking for evidence that might help solve Kyron's disappearance.
Kyron was 7 years old when he went missing. He was last seen by his stepmother, Terri Horman, who told police she had dropped him off at his school, Skyline Elementary.
Young was optimistic about the latest search, telling reporters, "we found a lot of things, and possibly evidence," but declined to give details, citing the ongoing criminal investigation. Everything searchers found will go to law enforcement for further examination, she said.
Though Portland law enforcement was not part of this search, Young said she has been working closely with police and has been keeping them informed.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office told CNN affiliate KGW that their investigation is ongoing, and they hope the volunteers find something that helps bring Kyron home.
Since Kyron's disappearance, most of the speculation has focused on the boy's stepmother.
In August 2010, investigators solicited the public's help for information about the location of the white pickup truck that she is believed to have driven the morning of Kyron's disappearance.
And in divorce filings, the boy's father, Kaine Horman, said he believes his estranged wife, Terri Horman, "is involved" in the boy's disappearance.
No charges have been filed against anyone in the case, nor has anyone officially been named a suspect.
Young told the media gathered Sunday that she will not give up searching for her son.
"My mission has always been to bring Kyron home, and I will go to the ends of the earth to do that."
Jennifer Moore contributed to this report.
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Advice on introducing your baby to solid foods from around 6 months is the same for vegetarian and vegan babies as it is for non-vegetarian babies.
Babies and young children on a vegetarian or vegan diet can get the energy and most of the nutrients they need to grow and develop from a well-planned varied and balanced diet.
Find out more about vegetarian diet and vegan diets
But they might need specific supplements (such as vitamin B12) in addition to the usual vitamin supplements recommended for all babies. Talk to a health professional for advice.
Read more about your baby's first solid foods, food allergies in babies and food to avoid giving babies.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is found in animal foods, including eggs, cheese and milk.
If your baby or child has a vegan diet or a vegetarian diet that does not include dairy or eggs, they'll need to take a supplement that contains vitamin B12 or eat foods fortified with B12.
Foods that may be fortified with vitamin B12 include:
- breakfast cereals
- yoghurts and milk alternatives, such as soya, oat, coconut and almond drinks
Always check the labels as not all these products are fortified, especially organic versions.
Vitamin B12 can also be found in some yeast extracts, which is suitable for vegans (choose a brand with no added salt for your baby).
In the UK, fish, cows' milk and other dairy products are the main sources of iodine in our diet.
Iodine can also be found in plant foods, such as cereals and grains, but the levels vary depending on the amount of iodine in the soil where the plants are grown.
Some seaweed and kelp products contain iodine, but these are not recommended as they can provide very high amounts of iodine, which may be harmful.
If your baby or child has a vegan diet or a vegetarian diet that does not include dairy, a supplement can provide a reliable source of iodine.
Omega 3 fatty acids are mainly found in oily fish like salmon and mackerel.
If your child does not eat fish, other sources of omega 3 include:
- flaxseed (linseed) oil or ground linseeds
- walnuts – give children under 5 years walnuts that have been ground up to reduce the risk of choking
- ground chia seeds and hemp seeds
- eggs enriched with omega-3
Evidence suggests that vegetarian sources of omega-3 fatty acids may not have the same benefits for reducing the risk of heart disease as those in oily fish.
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You can make sure your child gets enough iron by giving them:
- beans, chickpeas and lentils
- seeds and nuts – offer these ground or as a nut butter for children under 5 years to reduce the risk of choking
- dark green vegetables
- wholegrains like wholemeal bread and brown rice
- fortified cereals
- dried fruit, such as apricots, figs and prunes (offer these with meals, rather than as a snack between meals, to help prevent tooth decay)
Milk and dairy products are a good source of calcium, which is important for bones and teeth.
Whole cows' milk can be used for cooking from 6 months and offered as a main drink from 1 year old.
You can give your child unsweetened calcium-fortified milk alternatives, such as soya, oat or almond drinks, from the age of 12 months as part of a healthy, balanced diet.
Children under 5 years should not have rice drinks as a substitute for breast milk or infant formula because they may contain too much arsenic.
Other sources of calcium include:
- pulses (such as beans, lentils and chickpeas)
- tahini
- almond butter
- calcium-set tofu
- dried figs
- bread
- green leafy vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and okra
Some foods are also fortified with calcium, so check the labels.
Good sources of protein for children who eat some animal foods include:
- dairy
- fish
- eggs
Good sources of protein from plant foods include:
- beans, chickpeas, lentils and soya products, and foods made from them, such as hummus, tofu and soya mince
- seeds and nuts – offer these ground or as a smooth butter for children under 5 years to reduce the risk of choking
Peanuts, nuts and allergies
If your child already has a diagnosed food allergy, or there's a history of allergies in their immediate family (including asthma, eczema or hayfever), talk to your health visitor or GP before offering them foods containing peanuts or nuts for the first time.
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Is your child getting enough calories?
Young children need a good variety of foods to provide the energy (calories) and nutrients they need to grow and develop.
A vegetarian or vegan diet can be high in fibre. This can mean your child feels full up before they have taken in enough calories and nutrients.
When it comes to starchy foods, in addition to the higher fibre wholegrain and wholemeal versions, your child should have some lower fibre foods, such as white bread and rice, until they're 5 years old.
If you're concerned your child is not getting enough energy, offer them higher calorie foods, such as hummus, smooth nut and seed butters or full-fat yoghurt (dairy or dairy alternatives), and use vegetable oils or vegan fat spreads in cooking.
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The Department of Health recommends that all children aged 6 months to 5 years are given vitamin supplements containing vitamins A, C and D every day.
It's also recommended that babies who are being breastfed are given a daily vitamin D supplement from birth, whether or not you're taking a supplement containing vitamin D yourself.
Babies who are having more than 500ml (about a pint) of infant formula a day do not need vitamin supplements because formula is fortified with nutrients.
Vitamin D2 is suitable for babies and children who have a vegan diet, and you can also get supplements containing vitamin D3 that comes from lichen.
Your health visitor can give you advice on vitamin drops for babies and young children.
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WASHINGTON — A man who volunteered at a gay community center had a backpack full of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and a box of ammunition when he said "I don't like your politics" and shot a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative lobbying group, authorities revealed Thursday.
Floyd Lee Corkins, 28, was charged in federal court a day after opening fire in the lobby of the Family Research Council. The guard, who was shot in the arm, was wounded but was able to help wrestle the gun away and restrain the shooter, police said.
Corkins was charged with assault with intent to kill and bringing firearms across state and was expected to appear later Thursday in federal court.
Corkins lived with his parents in Herndon and had recently been volunteering at a D.C. community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. He told the guard words to the effect of, "I don't like your politics" and pulled a handgun from his backpack, according to an FBI affidavit.
Besides a box of ammunition, authorities also found 15 sandwiches from Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that has landed at the center of a national cultural debate over gay marriage.
The shooting drew swift condemnation from President Barack Obama and Republican president candidate Mitt Romney, but also advocacy groups from across the ideological spectrum. One, the National Organization for Marriage, said it was time to stop labeling organizations that oppose same-sex marriage as hateful.
The Family Research Council had recently defended Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy for his opposition to gay marriage. The council strongly opposes gay marriage and abortion and says it advocates "faith, family and freedom in public policy and public opinion." The conservative group maintains a powerful lobbying presence, testifying before Congress and reviewing legislation.
Corkins' parents told FBI agents that he has "strong opinions with respect to those he believes do not treat homosexuals in a fair manner," the complaint says.
The assault charge carries up to 30 years in prison and the weapons charge has a 10-year maximum sentence. It wasn't immediately clear if Corkins had a lawyer.
Authorities believe Corkins parked his car at a northern Virginia Metro station and used public transportation to get downtown. An open black box resembling a gun box was found on the car's passenger seat, the affidavit says. Corkins used a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that was legally bought and owned, said Richard Marianos, special agent in charge of the ATF's Washington field office.
The guard, Leonardo "Leo" Johnson, 46, was shot in the left arm. His mother, Virginia Johnson, said he was resting comfortably at a hospital Thursday morning. She said she had not been to visit him but had spoken to him by phone.
"He said he feels very well," she told The Associated Press in a brief interview. "I am proud of him, very proud of him."
FRC president Tony Perkins said he visited Leo Johnson in the hospital and told him that he was a hero.
"He said, 'This hero business is hard work,'" Perkins said during an appearance Wednesday morning on American Family Radio.
Perkins added that the shooting would not deter his organization from its mission.
"We're not going anywhere. We're not backing up, we're not shutting up. We have been called to speak the truth," Perkins said. "We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced."
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Hello everybody, I just started getting a course in Java and have no previous knowledge of the programming language. We have a homework assignment where we have to determine if a given point lies within the bounds of a rectangle based on 4 previous integers (x and y coordinates of point one and two respectively). I've got the "if else" part covered I only don't know how to initialize my variables because those need to be filled in by the program user to get an output of error, inside or outside.
What am I doing wrong/missing?
Thank you so much for your help in advance!
public class Rectangle{ public static void main(String args[]){ int a; int b; int c; int d; int e; int f; // length = c - a // width = d - b if ( a <= c && b >= d ) { //if point 2 is not to the right and below point one System.out.println("error"); } else if ( (b >= e ||e <= d ) && (a >= f || b <= c)) { //determine if 3rd point is in the bounds System.out.println("inside"); } else { System.out.println("outside"); } } }


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You may need ERCP to find the cause of unexplained abdominal pain or yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice). It may be used to get more information if you have pancreatitis or cancer of the liver, pancreas, or bile ducts.
Other things that may be found with ERCP include:
Your healthcare provider may have other reasons to recommend an ERCP.
You may want to ask your healthcare provider about the amount of radiation used during the test. Also ask about the risks as they apply to you.
Consider writing down all X-rays you get, including past scans and X-rays for other health reasons. Show this list to your provider. The risks of radiation exposure may be tied to the number of X-rays you have over time.
If you are pregnant or think you could be, tell your healthcare provider. Radiation exposure during pregnancy may lead to birth defects.
Tell your healthcare provider if you are allergic to or sensitive to medicines, contrast dyes, iodine, or latex.
Some possible complications may include:
You can't have ERCP if:
There may be other risks depend based on your condition. Be sure to discuss any concerns with your healthcare provider before the procedure.
Barium within the intestines from a recent barium procedure may interfere with an ERCP.
An ERCP may be done on an outpatient basis or as part of your stay in a hospital. Procedures may vary based on your condition and your healthcare provider's practices.
Generally, an ERCP follows this process:
After the procedure, you will be taken to the recovery room. Once your blood pressure, pulse, and breathing are stable and you are alert, you will be taken to your hospital room or discharged home. If this procedure was done as an outpatient, plan to have someone drive you home.
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NEW YORK—When Paramount owned the film rights to The Chronicles of Narnia, its plan at one point was to set the C.S. Lewis children's classic in present-day Brentwood. Instead of a White Witch wooing young Edmund with Turkish Delight, a cool Californian would win him with cheeseburgers. "They never made it," notes a grateful Mark Johnson, the producer of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the first book in the Narnia series and due in theaters Dec. 9.
Thanks to the wonders of computer-generated animation and a unique array of talent, filmgoers instead of enduring cheese are being treated to a golden age for Christian fantasy on film. Peter Jackson brought J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings to screen in three stunning installments that culminated in 2003's Return of the King, a film that swept all competition with a record-setting 11 Oscars. Two years later it's still hard to believe that Tolkien's once-obscure Middle Earth fantasy, replete with heavy Christian overtones, has become one of the most successful film franchises in Hollywood history.
That success set the stage for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-an ambitious collaboration involving Mr. Jackson's special-effects wunderkinds along with the small, education-oriented production house Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures.
While previous attempts to visualize Lewis' beloved tales were made (most notably in a 1988 British miniseries), the book has never received the big-screen treatment it deserves. And while many a fan may have longed for a full-scale production that would do the books justice, devotees should be grateful to the C.S. Lewis estate (managed by Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham) that none got off the ground before now.
But it was that other fantasy franchise, Harry Potter, that finally catapulted Walden and Disney into Narnia production, according to Wardrobe's producer, Mark Johnson. "U.S. studios were reluctant to make any movie that had British kids in British situations at its core. They didn't think that American audiences would tolerate that," he said. "When Harry Potter came along and was so successful, I think that allowed this movie to get made as faithfully as it did."
The long journey to theaters this month highlights the complex process involving players who don't always share Lewis' faith and worldview (or sometimes even fully understand them), but who are united by a common respect for the integrity of the work and a desire to remain essentially faithful to it.
When Walden Media president Micheal Flaherty and college roommate Cary Granat, now Walden CEO, formed their production company, "the crown jewel" of film adaptations for them was The Chronicles of Narnia, Mr. Flaherty told WORLD. The company began, he said, with an eye towards making faithful film adaptations of great books that would generate greater interest in the books they were based on, and in reading in general.
Much of the credit for creating a straightforward (faithful may be a description debated by purists) adaptation of Lewis' work rests with Walden, the smaller half of the film's production partnership. With only a few productions under its belt (Because of Winn Dixie, Holes, Around the World in 80 Days), Walden looked to conservative media investor and Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz and discovered he too had an interest in bringing great books to the screen, and a specific interest in bringing Narnia to life.
But Walden still needed a distribution partner with box-office muscle. Walden had worked with Disney on two films and discovered that "everybody at the company" was committed to making a faithful adaptation with wide distribution, said Mr. Flaherty, "a commitment that they have overdelivered on every day."
With some special effects in the hands of Mr. Jackson's New Zealanders at Weta Workshop, the team looked to another Kiwi, Andrew Adamson. Mr. Adamson is well known as a top animation director-he was behind DreamWorks' two highly creative Shrek movies-but had never directed a live-action feature. With Shrek, however, Mr. Adamson said, "I had taken kind of a fantasy story with animated characters and imbued it with a lot of human qualities, and I think that's what they felt this story should be. Yes, it's a big, epic fantasy story but ultimately it's a story about human characters with human values."
Unlike Paramount, Mr. Adamson said he didn't want to contemporize the classic and wanted it to stay in period. But he did expect the producers "to want to contemporize it, to want to Americanize it, and they didn't. They wanted to be true to the book-which is what I wanted from reading it as an 8-year-old."
"We tried to be as faithful to the book as possible," said Mr. Johnson. That's what fans of the book, particularly Christians who appreciate the way the story is rooted in the truths of Lewis' faith, probably care about most. But Mr. Johnson noted, "Lewis himself never really saw these as Christian books. Obviously he is a Christian in his views and values, but they were not specifically that-we just wanted to be true to the book so that if you find religious meaning in the books, hopefully you'll find it in the movie."
Arguing that the Narnia tales are not "Christian" books misses the depth of Lewis' belief. "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else," he famously said. Overlooking the significance of his faith produced some interesting twists in the screen adaptation, at one point actually adding a scriptural reference.
At the climax of the movie's final battle, Aslan the lion says, "It is finished," a statement nowhere found in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Yet Mr. Adamson seemed surprisingly unaware of the statement's obvious religious imagery. Asked why it was added to the script and whether it was meant as a direct biblical allusion, Mr. Adamson responded: "Not intentionally. I actually honestly didn't know that. The thing I wanted, the thing I was really going for there is for Aslan's sadness-there's a moment where Aslan and the White Witch stare at each other at the end where they are both accepting their fate. Aslan accepts that he is going to have to kill her; she accepts she is going to be killed. To me, I didn't want to send home the message that war is an ideal solution. I wanted Aslan to regret the fact that he was going to have to kill the White Witch. I wanted a line that he could turn to Peter and really just say, 'it's over,' 'it's done.'"
While Mr. Adamson agrees that "the ideas of good and evil and of forgiveness and sacrifice are very present in the book and I think that's what makes it so universally appealing," he added, "I didn't really think a lot about the religious aspect of the film. . . . I think that because I set out to make a movie of the book, I think I've stayed really true to the book and I think people will interpret the movie the same way."
Keeping the story on track seems to have largely been the responsibility of C.S. Lewis' stepson and keeper of the estate, Douglas Gresham.
Mr. Adamson described him as "a huge cheerleader" of the project but said he disagreed with him about keeping one scene from the book which the director considered sexist.
Father Christmas gives weapons to the children but tells the girls, "I do not intend you to use them, for battles are ugly when women fight." Mr. Adamson, considering the line sexist, told Mr. Gresham, "C.S. Lewis may have had these dated ideals but at the same time there's no way I could put that in the film." The two compromised, Mr. Adamson said, with Father Christmas on-screen saying, "I hope you don't have to use them because battles are ugly and fierce."
Overall Mr. Adamson said he agreed with Mr. Gresham on most things. "He was a huge asset at times when I was adapting, particularly in the writing process, when I could call him up and ask, 'Does this take anything away from what Jack [C.S. Lewis] intended?' or 'Does this addition change things too much?'"
Mr. Gresham's expertise, explained Anna Popplewell, who plays the oldest sister Susan in the movie, "reminded me of the responsibility to the huge family of readers and the importance of the story."
The actors who play the Pevensie children are not movie stars. Younger Lucy's Georgie Henley, in fact, had not acted a day in her life, yet moved to New Zealand for filming with her mother, away from her father and two sisters.
Aslan, too, presented a learning curve. Initially cast as a real lion, the production team ultimately decided that-ironically-made him unrealistic. In the movie he is a computer-generated lion, except on the Stone Table, where he is a puppet. Throughout he is voiced by Liam Neeson.
Mr. Gresham proved invaluable in keeping the production lifelike. Said Mr. Flaherty: "In addition to Douglas' encyclopedic knowledge of all things Narnia, he actually brings a wealth of personal discussions with Jack about Narnia to the table. Having Douglas' integral involvement was the next best thing to having C.S. Lewis himself."
Hearing from these players, discovering that they are sometimes slightly at odds with one another, and-it can be argued-with Lewis himself, should help readers and moviegoers understand just how many different ingredients come together in the translation of a book-the unadulterated perspective of a single author-to the screen, a much more diverse collaboration. That overall the movie remains faithful to its source material is a testament to the power of Lewis' story and to the deep magic of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.


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What's Up for May 2012?
View sunspots and a solar eclipse through solar-safe 'scopes this month.
Jane Houston Jones: What's up for May? A solar eclipse and 400 years of sunspots.
Hello and welcome. I'm Jane Houston Jones at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
A unique annular solar eclipse occurs on May 20 for lucky observers in a path from Eureka, California, to Lubbock, Texas.
The rest of the United States will see a partial solar eclipse.
An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is at its farthest distance from Earth in its monthly orbit.
At this time, the moon appears smaller than the sun, covering only 94% of the sun's disk.
The sun will appear as a bright ring, or annulus, around the dark silhouette of the moon.
No matter where you view from, you'll need a low western horizon to see this sunset eclipse.
The exposed ring of sunlight will be bright and you'll need to view using solar-safe telescopes or projection methods.
Though only 6% of the sun's surface will be visible at greatest eclipse, it will still be 60,000 times brighter than the full moon and will damage your eyes if you look directly at it.
The hours leading up to the eclipse are a perfect time to view sunspots and other features through safe solar telescopes.
The first sunspots were observed nearly 3,000 years ago, but an English monk, John of Worcester, made the earliest existing drawings of sunspots in 1128.
Galileo's solar observations, exactly 400 years ago in 1612, were made at the same time of day, every day.
So he was able to track the motion of the spots across the disk of the sun.
The movement of the sunspots allowed early astronomers to estimate the sun's rotation period, which is about 27 days.
NASA's Ulysses and TRACE spacecraft have completed their mission studying the sun.
The two STEREO spacecraft launched in 2006 to see the structure and evolution of solar storms as they blast from the sun and move through space.
And SOHO has been studying the sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind since 1995.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is currently observing the sun in many wavelengths.
It's the first mission to be launched for NASA's Living with a Star program.
SDO will study how solar activity is created and how space weather comes from this activity.
In the night sky, watch Venus drop in altitude all month long.
Through a telescope you'll see a slender crescent.
Mars and Saturn remain great viewing targets all month long, too.
You can read about this month's solar system theme at solarsystem dot nasa dot gov slash y s s for Year of the Solar System.
And you can learn about all of NASA's missions at w w w dot nasa dot gov.
That's all for this month. I'm Jane Houston Jones.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


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The Shedd Institute's resident historic jazz & classic American Songbook ensemble is now in its 22nd season, offering 4 all-new programs each year in Eugene, Florence and Corvallis.
Shedd Classical
The Shedd Institute's classical music series, featuring both self-produced local and national artists. Shedd Classical touches on the full extent of the European art music tradition, with a special interest in the Americas and 20th c.
Shedd Theatricals
Shedd Theatricals offers full, live-orchestra productions of the best of classic Broadway from the 1940s-60s and the fun-loving, witty, and totally sparkling musical comedies of the 1920s and '30s.
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Mr. Tom's Magical Moombah is a musical vaudeville for kids! Filled with skits, songs and contests, the Moombah introduces youngsters to the great songs that everyone should know!
Now Hear This
The Now Hear This presents 35 to 40 concerts each year in a broad variety of genres from jazz and classical to bluegrass, world music and country, and more.
Shedd Presents
Shedd Presents offers a fascinating mix of special projects by top local artists. It regularly premieres projects that subsequently become permanent ongoing features in the Shedd mix.
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LONDON — The image was almost unbearably poignant. Thereshe stood in a virtually deserted mixed zone, alone, having broken down intears, apologized, turned and quietly walked away in order to compose herself.
On the television monitor six feet or so away, she thenwatched as the camera zeroed in for a close-up of her pupil, training partnerand pal, the girl she first saw as a bubbly eight-year-old at the Sky Ridersclub now all grown up, atop the podium as O Canada rang out inside the NorthGreenwich Arena.
The anthem she'd always dreamed of hearing playing forherself at an Olympic Games, and now never will.
Pride and pain. Achievement and regret. All there, in oneperson, silently staring at the flickering images on a screen.
"Fourth,'' murmured Karen Cockburn later, choking back asob, "is the worst place to finish. But of course I'm happy for Rosie. So it'smixed emotions. At the end, I for sure thought I was going to be fourth. Andthen the Chinese competitor fell. Then I thought for sure I was going to bethird. Her routine was good, but it wasn't that good. So when she fell Ithought she'd be below my score.
"So it was like up, down, up, down, then the results cameup and I was point-one out. Obviously, it's a good day for Canada ... to win agold medal. But obviously I'm disappointed, too.''
Cockburn's Olympic odyssey ends with a silver and twobronze in four trips. When China's He Wenna, the leading qualifier, fell on thelanding of her final trampoline routine — opening the door for Rosie MacLennanto claim Canada's first gold at these Games — it seemed that Cockburn mightbenefit, too.
In her final Olympic endeavour, the sentimental favourite,that ending would've been just. But when Wenna's score was posted, a 55.950, itcondemned Cockburn to fourth, a step off the podium, at 55.860.
In the aftermath, there were no angry recriminations ortortured wailings from the Canadian camp over the sordid injustice of it all.Just equal measures of surprise, confusion and regret.
"I am a little shocked the Chinese girl hung on to thirdplace so Karen got bumped down,'' said Canadian coach Dave Ross. "Karen'sroutine was very nice, too. I thought it was a little bit underscored. But it'sa judged sport. And Karen, to be fair to the sport and the judges, is anathlete from another generation. At the end of her moves, she pikes a bit andthat's sort of becoming passe. So it depends on how much they noticed it or howhard they deducted.
"Technically, there's supposed to be no deduction. Butwhen you see other people holding their line longer, it's easy to give them aslightly higher mark.''
As ecstatic as MacLennan was on the defining day of herathletic career, and quite probably the most exciting day of her 23 years onthis planet, there had to be sadness, too. After all, the first person to hugher when Wenna's score went up was the vanquished, and anguished, KarenCockburn.
"It's definitely bittersweet,'' said the new Olympicchampion. "Our dream was to both be on the podium no matter which way it was.We've been hugely supportive of each other in training. I know I wouldn't bewhere I am in my athletic career without her pushing me, motivating me and guidingme. She's had an amazing career. I wish she was still going. I couldn't ask fora better training partner, friend, support system, roommate. Everything.''
For Rosie McLennan, there will be other Olympicexperiences. She'll be back four years from now to defend her title in Rio. Hermentor, confidante and friend will more than likely be at home, watching andcheering her on from a distance, along with the rest of the country.
"Usually, once you get home from the Games then you gointo your daily life,'' Cockburn mused. "Everything's routine again. You forgetabout the Olympics. Kind of like 'Okay, it's done. That's kind of the way.Usually, I was always looking forward to another one. Well, after Beijing Ithought I was retiring, too.
"Obviously, I wanted to end on better than fourth. Butfour Olympics ... I'm happy with my overall career, I'm just not happy withtoday.''
Karen Cockburn's Olympic saga wasn't supposed to end thisway. She was supposed to be the one atop the podium, to complete thethree-color set, finally hearing that anthem play for her. And Rosie, hertalented charge, was supposed to be there alongside her.
It would have been a lovely story.
Still, Cockburn can leave the sport with the unshakableknowledge that her legacy is assured.
"She's the first medallist for Canada, ever, intrampoline,'' said Ross, who's been there from the beginning. "She's been constantlyon the top, and on the podium almost every competition she's gone to. Shereally puts us on the map. But also ..." And here it was his turn to struggleto maintain his composure, and find the words — " ... because she's so nice andso helpful to people. She's such a good person. So with all that, just a reallygood ambassador for the sport. And, it goes without saying, an amazing, amazingathlete.''


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G. M. Lupo is an author and award-winning playwright living in Middle Georgia. His play, Opposites Detract, premiered at Amplifest by Merely Players Present in 2019 and his work A Debt to Pay, premiered at Tapas III, Academy Theatre, Hapeville, GA in June 2018. His full-length play, Another Mother, won the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award, and received its world premiere in Atlanta in August 2017. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild. His most recent publication is Rebecca, Too (2018), a novel, available at online book sellers and in eBook format at Books2Read.com/RebeccaToo. View all posts by G. M. Lupo


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This is the card I made for TMITA's challenge this week as well as using the freebie digital image Christmas Arrangement. I'm running a little behind this week with things so I am posting this now. The challenge was to Glitz it up; to use glitter or stickles. I used DCWV glitter stack for the yellow mat around the image and yellow stickles on the bulbs and I must say I LOVE yellow stickles, it is one of my favs! I colored my image with my Bic Mark-its, except the lily which I did with my prismacolor pencils which I just love. I chose too do my lily in white so I needed my pencils to keep it as soft and as white as I had envisioned it. I set the colors off with the dash of purple and the fiber is so pretty in real life because it matched the colored bow in the image so well. I really liked how this turned out as well.
I did a little Christmas shopping today, my first trip out, it was nice I must admit to get away from the computer today. I have been so busy with getting things tweaked and finished up on my site. So, if you haven't been to my new Digital Store, please stop by and take a look around. We are still under some construction, but it gets better with each passing day. You can find Paper Cupcakes here.
OK.. signing off and going to bed before 1:00AM tonight!!
Thanks for stopping by and looking and sorry if there are typos or things wrong, but tonight I am just going to hit publish post! :O)
December 16, 2009
Free Digital Image - Christmas Arrangement
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