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Alanis Morissette On Anger, Fame And Motherhood
And if you're just tuning in, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.
If you happened to pass a radio in the mid-1990s, you couldn't possibly have escaped this.
ALANIS MORISSETTE: (Singing) You, you, you oughta know.
RAZ: Alanis Morissette and "You Oughta Know." That record, "Jagged Little Pill," went on to sell more than 30 million copies, and it made Alanis Morissette very, very famous overnight, a level of fame she wasn't ready to handle. Her lyrics were often angry, the product of tormented relationships.
Today, Alanis Morissette sings about somewhat different things on her new album, "Havoc and Bright Lights." For starters, she's older - 38 - and she's now a mother. And the first track off the record, "Guardian," is about that new role in her life.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) You who smiled when you're in pain...
RAZ: So how did motherhood affect Alanis Morissette's new record?
MORISSETTE: It did affect it in the sense that I was able to finally have my maternal energy channeled into an appropriate relationship versus having done it super dysfunctionally with ex-boyfriends and in professional relationships. Now, being a mom with my actual son was very appropriate.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) I'll be your keeper for life as your guardian. I'll be your warrior of care, your first warden. I'll be your angel on call, I'll be on demand. The greatest honor of all as your guardian.
You know, I also didn't want to write a full throttle mom record because that wouldn't have been that exciting for me to. So records wind up being these great snapshots of periods of time in my life to the point where when I start writing a record I don't actually have an intellectualized grasp on what it'll become. It emerges as we go.
RAZ: Tell me a little bit about your upbringing. You grew up in Ottawa.
MORISSETTE: Mm-hmm.
RAZ: A pretty strict Catholic family, right?
MORISSETTE: Yup, pretty Catholic. It's where I cut my teeth in the singing world. I remember my brothers hilariously said that I had the worst singing voice - and I believed them - until I sang - I think I sang the St. Francis of Assisi song in church one day when I was 10 years old. And a woman turned around after, and she just said, you have a beautiful voice.
And I thought, wow, that's interesting. I didn't know I did. So that was a turning point for me. So God bless the Catholics for that, among many other things.
RAZ: It's amazing, I mean, the story of how you sort of emerged, because you came to Los Angeles as a kid. I mean, you were what, 19 or 18?
MORISSETTE: Mm-hmm.
RAZ: And you became huge. I mean, millions and millions of people bought "Jagged Little Pill," and you became a celebrity...
MORISSETTE: Yes.
RAZ: ...overnight.
MORISSETTE: Yup.
RAZ: You sing about that on this record, about being a celebrity.
MORISSETTE: Yeah.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) I have tasted stardom since before I breathed. My well-known hungry daddy modeled it for me.
Yeah. I have to make a commentary of what it was to be in it but not of it in my own way. You know, I was sold the same bill of goods about what fame would afford me. You know, the story goes that we would be surrounded by people who adored us, our self-esteem would skyrocket, and everything would be glorious, you know?
And I found that fame actually only amplified that which was already there to begin with. So if there was any self-doubt or self-hatred or tendency toward self-annihilation, it just kind of put steroids into it and made it even more explosive.
I know a lot of artists that I watched over the years, the Jimi Hendrixes who have this gorgeous talent and this major movement of energy that courses through them, and we're demanded to be responsible for that and to corral it. And we don't always have the faculties to do that, you know?
MORISSETTE: (Singing) Give me celebrity, a kingdom to be famous. Tell me who I have to be starting to be famous.
RAZ: Is there a part of celebrity that - I mean, obviously, there are huge privileges that go along with it and there's a part of it that is tedious. I mean, people who are huge fans of yours presumably come up to you and they have an image and a sense of what you will be like. And you may be having a bad day, but you have to be friendly. You have to be nice, right?
MORISSETTE: You don't have to be anything, really. I mean, it's always nice to be gracious, because if this person has been listening to your music for, in my case, 17 years and then you have 11 seconds with them, you know, I really want to offer as much love as I can. And if I'm in a bad mood or I'm PMS-ing, I'll just turn to them and say, I'm exhausted. I'm so sorry. You know, so I'll attempt to be as gracious as I possibly can, but I'm also human. So...
RAZ: How do you sort of react when people who write about your music refer to Alanis Morissette's anger or her feelings of being a scorned woman? Do you - I mean, do you feel like that's in the past? That is not who you are in any way?
MORISSETTE: If there were to be any quality that I become a poster child for, I'll take anger. Because as a woman, two of the main emotions that we are, quote, unquote, "not allowed to feel" are anger and sadness. That anger is such a really powerful life force, and I think it can move worlds, you know? It is behind every activism and every serviceful move that I do. Anger fuels it.
So for me to think that anger can go away is naive. But the form that that anger takes and the degree to which I am responsible for it in that I don't allow it to be destructive, you know, ideally, that would be how I'd operate with it, but sometimes it has its way.
RAZ: By the way. I was curious about something that you did a few years ago. You covered the song "My Humps."
FERGIE: (Singing) My hump, my hump, my hump. My lovely lady lumps. Check it out.
RAZ: This is a ridiculous song by the Black Eyed Peas. And you covered it as a totally earnest ballad.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) My hump, my hump, my hump...
RAZ: What's the story behind that?
MORISSETTE: Well, a lot of record company members over the years would beg me to write a party song. They'd just be like, you write such intense songs. Can you please just write a party song? And I - at first, I was completely offended, and I said no.
And then I thought, God, you know, I'd love to do that, but I don't actually think it's possible, but I can cover one. And I love highlighting lyrics, you know, lyrics that some people might pooh-pooh and make fun of, but there's actually some gems in there because Fergie talking about how it's nice for a woman to standstill and let her man work, work, work, work, work, work.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) Make you work, make you work, work. Make you work...
It's lovely in the quoting department. It teaches women to standstill, which is always a good thing.
RAZ: Apparently, she loved your version of it.
MORISSETTE: Yeah. She sent me a cake in the form of a butt.
MORISSETTE: Very kind.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) What you going to do with all that junk?
RAZ: This album is out. You're going to be touring it.
MORISSETTE: Mm-hmm.
RAZ: And you have a child and a great marriage and all these great things are happening. And it seems like what people have thought about you or sort of imagined your life to be is very different from what it has become.
MORISSETTE: Yeah.
MORISSETTE: Yup. There's new chapters now, and it goes to show for me that I didn't want to keep repeating the same story over and over again, you know? If it was an authentic one, which it always was, no regret around that. But I really wanted to evolve my own story, you know? So I specifically took time off because I wanted to have some fulfillment in my personal life.
I had so much and still do have incredible fulfillment in the music, and my personal life had a little bit of tumbleweed rolling around in there. Crickets were to be heard. So I specifically took time off.
RAZ: Where do you see your music heading over the, you know, course of your career?
MORISSETTE: Well, I think in terms of the sonic musical soundscapes - and I still feel like I haven't even scratched the surface. There are so many billions of chords, and I think of music in terms of color. So there's so many color blends and combinations that I haven't even begun to tap into.
So in that sense, I feel like beginner's mind. And then content-wise, all I can commit to is that I will be chronicling what's going on at any given time and that it'll be a snapshot of that era to the point where when I'm on my deathbed at 108, I'll look back and remember each record for what was going on during that period.
RAZ: That's Alanis Morissette. Her new album is called "Havoc and Bright Lights." Alanis Morissette, thank you so much. Congratulations on the record.
MORISSETTE: Thank you so much for our conversation.
MORISSETTE: (Singing) Here I leave my story, I leave it in the dust.
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If contrast solution is required for the CAT scan, it will be given in the radiology area through an IV (intravenous) line placed in your child's hand or arm. Placing the IV will feel like a quick pinprick, and the solution is painless as it goes into the vein. Sedation may occasionally be required if your child can't lie still for the scan. Sedation medicines are given through an IV line and help to keep a child comfortable during the CAT scan. Since the scan is brief, other soothing methods are often attempted first. The technician will position your child, then step behind a wall or into an adjoining room to operate the machine, viewing your child through a window. The technician will speak to your child through an intercom. You'll be able to stay in the CAT scan room with your child until the test begins and possibly during the test. If you leave the CAT scan room, you'll join the technician in the outer room or you might be asked to sit in a waiting room. If you stay with the technician or in the CAT scan room, you'll be asked to wear a lead apron to protect certain parts of your body. When the procedure starts, the table moves through the CAT machine. Older children may be asked to hold their breath for a few seconds at a time to prevent blurring of the image. What to Expect Your child won't feel anything as the CAT scan is taken, but may hear whirring and buzzing as the machine works. The room may feel cool due to air conditioning used to maintain the equipment. Some children may feel uncomfortable lying still for extended periods. After the scan is complete, your child will be asked to wait a few minutes so the technician can review the quality of the images. If they're blurred, parts of the CAT scan may need to be redone. If your child required sedation, it will take a little while for the medicine to wear off. 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Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for a second grand slam final appearance with a rout of Sara Errani in the quarter-finals of the US Open.
After beating Maria Sharapova on Sunday for one of the best victories of her career, Wozniacki picked up where she left off to defeat 13th seed Errani 6-0 6-1.
And the 10th seed will be a big favourite to reach the final when she takes on unseeded Chinese player Peng Shuai in the last four.
Wozniacki reached the only slam final of her career in New York in 2009, losing to Kim Clijsters, and is through to the last four at one of the big four tournaments for the first time in three years.
Errani beat Venus Williams in round three and things might have been different had she taken one of four break points in the first game.
But Wozniacki saved them all and thereafter played a near perfect match, mixing aggression with control and seizing on Errani's weak serve at every opportunity.
The Italian did not hold serve once in the match but did at least manage to break the Wozniacki serve at the start of the second set.
Normal service was soon resumed, though, and it was a sign of how good Wozniacki is feeling about her game that a player known for her defensive capabilities hit 26 winners.
The 24-year-old said: "It was a great match. It was really tricky conditions with the wind but I stayed aggressive and it really paid off today. The first game was very important. I was a little bit nervous but I served really well after that.
"To be in the semi-finals means so much to me. It's been an up and down year but it's an incredible feeling and it shows that hard work pays off."
Wozniacki has beaten Peng in five of their six previous meetings but the Chinese woman was equally impressive in a comprehensive victory over Belinda Bencic earlier.
"She's been on tour for so long," said Wozniacki. "She's very aggressive so it's not going to be easy but I'm so happy to be in the semis and having another chance to be here."


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Lately, we as Native people have been bombarded with a constant influx of demeaning imagery in the media and fashion industry. It seems like every other skinny blonde model or pop singer these days is rocking a tacky war bonnet. Yet, change is happening! As quickly as the recent horrid faux pas came onto the scene, they were soon squashed by a swift backlash. Plenty of Native writers, mostly women, have discussed the issue of irresponsible appropriation in numerous excellent articles. Many kudos to those who spoke out in various ways, educating others in the process.
Now that we are beginning to see our efforts being addressed, I'd like to bring the dialogue inward and pose a question: What do Native people think makes for a beautiful Native woman?
Some of you may recall a contest last year on Facebook, "Worlds Hottest Native," or something to that effect. Sponsored by an entity called Native Entertainment, a plethora of contestants entered pictures of themselves in their sexiest poses. Votes were tallied and although I don't much recall how "The Hottest Native" male looked; mostly a chiseled faced, lean and long haired male of the standard variety, I distinctly recall the contestant who was selected as the "Hottest Native" female. She was some semblance of a Navajo; brown skinned and big breasted (read: fake) with bleached blonde hair; a rez Pamela Anderson.
That got me thinking. Is "hot" just code speak for white, mainstream beauty? Furthermore, how much of my own beauty aesthetic has been influenced by Eurocentric standards? Has our beauty standard as Native people become so colonized that we only recognize beauty if it looks white and thin?
As for me, I'm not going to front about my own colonized insecurities. One of which I encountered the other day at IHS when forced to stand on a scale. I hate scales and everything they symbolize. I wanted to crush it with a sledgehammer! As soon as I saw those three digital numerals, I felt self conscious in a way I hadn't moments before. It forced me to ask myself why numbers on a scale bothered me so much. What was I comparing myself to? It irritated me I was so sensitive about it, yet my feelings of inadequacy were so real in that moment, I couldn't help but ride the emotional tidal wave. I like to think I'm better, stronger than what mainstream media tells me is beautiful, but clearly I too am impressionable.
Recent Facebook observations have also brought my attention to the impact of this ubiquitous Western beauty aesthetic on other Native women.
Interesting Observation I: It all started with a post by a lovely looking, lady lawyer from North Dakota who was suggesting that women shouldn't go out in public, in this case, a hotel lobby looking all "rugged." She said she had been raised to always be "put together" by her Indian mother when you go out in public. It reminded me of my own mom who, when I was younger would tell me to put lipstick on so I didn't look "dead" (Gee thanks for the ego boost!). Some healthy dialogue ensued. A handful of women fiercely challenged her notion, including myself. I am guilty of walking down hotel hallways in early mornings, unwashed, in a zombie like state, on a quest for coffee. I am also guilty of going to the store in sweats and big shades, hair in a sloppy ponytail, just to grab some necessities. I don't know about you but I have no desire to "look good" all the time.
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It got me questioning why we as women are expected to maintain a higher level of appearance than men. Were we always expected to be "well coiffed" back in the day? Seems like a throwback from the boarding school era to me, but what do I know?
Interesting Observation II: A young Native woman I know, a bright college student, was recently lamenting about how she needs, not wants, NEEDS bigger boobs. She stated she was planning on getting some as soon as she could afford them. Now let me tell you, this girl is stunning! The kind of girl other girls envy. The girl I'd probably have hated in high school when I was rocking the serious commod bod. Yet, in spite of her obvious beauty, she still seemed to be fixated on her supposed flaw; a lack of "suitable" breasts.
Whether in traditional regalia or street clothes, I see plenty of Native women of all ages at pow wows and Indian events all "dolled up."We're talking full faces of makeup, stylish clothing and flashy accessories. Clearly we have a desire to be "conventionally" attractive. Did we always adorn ourselves in such a way as to lure attentive glances? Undoubtedly our beauty aesthetic has evolved with time and Western influence.
Which leads me back to my initial question: What, traditionally, made an Indian woman "beautiful"? Adding to that question: how did we as women view our own sexuality and attractiveness? Sure, we can talk about sex in terms of the size of a guys parts, and if he was good in bed or not, but do we ever really talk openly to each other about our own needs, wants and desires? From my experience, it's something Native women, women in general, barely discuss.
Maybe, back in the day beauty was found in a woman's sexual prowess and feminine energy and looks were merely an added bonus. Or, a maybe it was a woman's specific area of knowledge or a certain skill she possessed that made her the desire of many. What if it was one wicked sense of humor? Or…maybe I'm just seriously overestimating our depth as Native people and we were just as swayed by a pretty face as everyone else. I have so many questions about what we were like before all this cold, hard colonization stuff set in.
Which brings us back to the present; the fact of the matter is, as long as we continue to hungrily consume mainstream culture in the form of television, internet, Facebook, music, movies, etc. our women will continue internalizing Eurocentric beauty standards, including those that mock and sexualize the very essence of our womanhood.
Although it's great that we are seeing the fruits of our efforts being addressed in mainstream media, we need to start verbalizing what it is we truly value in our Native women. If we can begin to collectively define our beauty standards and sexuality based on our own authentic indigenous values, then we might have a chance of changing our lenses before it's too late. Or is it already too late?
Christina M. Castro (Jemez/Taos Pueblo) provides some much-needed female energy to the Thing About Skins fold. She is a writer, educator and community organizer. With degrees in English, Creative Writing and Education, she has worked with predominantly Native American students at schools throughout the Southwest. In 2008, she had the opportunity to work for Barack Obama's Campaign for Change as a Field Organizer in the eight northern Pueblos of New Mexico. The invaluable experience and training she gained has only strengthened her resolve to continue her work for social change. She currently teaches English at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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On this date in 1913, a big parade was held in our nation's capital in support of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.
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Croatian football player Mario Cizmek regrets getting entangled in match-fixing scandal
Football player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start paying off your debts.
But the broke and desperate athlete soon learned that one match wouldn't do it. He would have to throw another game, then another, then another.
And so it went until, in what he described as his ''worst moment,'' he was arrested at his home in front of his two daughters on charges of match-fixing, frantically dialing his wife to take the children because police were hauling him off to jail.
''Twenty years of hard work I destroyed in just one month,'' he said.
The Croatian midfielder was the perfect target for fixers: He was nearing the end of his career, his financially unstable club hadn't paid him a regular salary for 14 months, and he owed money on back taxes and his pension.
Cizmek's story is typical of how the world's most popular sport is increasingly becoming a dirty game - sullied by criminal gangs like the one that bribed Cizmek, and by corrupt officials or others cashing in on the billion-dollar web of match-fixing.
An examination of Cizmek's case turns up contrasting portraits of the 36-year-old with quick feet and an engaging smile.
One is of a victim - a player forced into match-fixing by an unscrupulous club and preyed upon by a shadowy former coach convicted of bribery, fraud and conspiracy in a Croatian match-fixing case and banned for life from soccer by FIFA, the world soccer body. That's the picture painted by FIFPro, the global players' union, which has used Cizmek's story to warn players.
Croatian prosecutors, armed with reams of phone calls and text messages from police wiretaps, have a different take. At a match-fixing trial at the County Court of Zagreb, they portrayed Cizmek as the ringleader who got several FC Croatia Sesvete players to throw six games and tried to fix a seventh in spring 2010. The authorities said he organized the players, handed out sealed blue envelopes of euros, and promised that they could stop whenever they wanted.
Cizmek readily admits he delivered the payments but says it was only because his apartment was closest to the fixer. Looking back, he says, he realizes he was manipulated.
''Now I see that he didn't want to be seen handing over the money,'' he said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Cizmek joined FC Zagreb on a junior scholarship, signed at 18, and played there for eight years.
''Those were the best years. All my dreams came true,'' he said. ''I signed a professional contract and was among the better players. They thought highly of me. I was even a captain of this club.''
After stints in Israel and Iceland, he returned home to play for FC Croatia Sesvete in the country's second league. In 2008, Cizmek scored the goal that sent his team into the top division. That goal benefited every player on the team and lined the pockets of the club's owner, Zvonko Zubak.
But the team fell on hard times, especially with the European economic downturn.
The entire FC Croatia Sesvete locker room was in an uproar for months, with players trying to make ends meet, Cizmek said. A study by the FIFPro union reported that more than 60 percent of Croatian players do not get paid on time.
''We had no money, and we no longer spoke about training or football, but only about how we were going to survive,'' Cizmek said.
''Every other day we would ask whether we would be paid, and they would say 'Yes, on Monday.' Then we say, 'OK, on Monday,''' he said. But there would be no pay on Monday - only a promise to be paid Wednesday - and then no money that day either.
''It would go on for weeks,'' Cizmek said, shaking his head.
One man who hung around the players offering advice and sympathy - and loans to those short on cash - was Vinko Saka, a former assistant coach for Dinamo Zagreb, the soccer powerhouse that has won Croatia's national title every year since 2006.
Saka was always somewhere around the field or at the bars where the players gathered, Cizmek said.
A flashy figure in his 50s who drove a BMW X6, he promised to introduce young players to the dozens of foreign coaches and clubs he said he knew.
''He was always offering presents,'' Cizmek said. ''I had known Vinko for years. We were kind of friends. He was someone who was related to sports, whom I was seeing at the matches. He coached junior teams.''
Midfielder Dario Susak, then 22, testified that Saka suggested he could help him get a contract with a foreign club, then loaned him $2,550 at a high interest rate. Once he owed the money, Susak testified, Saka told him he would have to lose matches.
Unbeknownst to any of them, Croatian police were already running a wiretap on Saka after being tipped off by German investigators.
Croatian prosecutors said Saka bribed up to 10 people on Cizmek's team, and another five tied to either FC Varteks or FC Medimurje.
Saka ended up being convicted of fraud, bribery and conspiracy and going to jail. His lawyer confirmed the plea bargain but wouldn't discuss the case.
The deal involving Cizmek came together at Fort Apache, a steakhouse on the truck route between Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and Slovenia. Cizmek and his goalkeeper met there with Saka and two associates on March 25, 2010, to fix a game with FC Zadar two days later, according to players' testimony and police transcripts.
Six players would get $24,220, although the money was not divided equally. One of the unwritten rules of match-fixing is that the goalkeeper gets the biggest share because his statistics suffer the worst blow; defenders get the next-biggest, midfielders get less and strikers often are not even included in the fix.
The result: Zadar won 2-1 as Cizmek, one of the best players, stayed on the bench. After the game, he said, he collected $2,550, bought his kids a bunk bed and stashed the rest away, saving up to pay an overdue tax bill.
Cizmek saw himself as a Robin Hood-sort of figure: stealing money from crooks to put food on the table for his teammates and their families who were being crushed by an unjust system.
The match-fixing train had begun rolling, and it would prove difficult to stop.
The stakes were raised for an April 3 match against FC Slaven Belupo, according to players' testimony. This time it was $51,000 for eight players. They not only had to lose, but to do so by at least three goals. That enabled those in on the deal to win two bets in one match.
Cizmek's team lost 4-0. Saka, however, delivered only $43,300, eight Croatia Sesvete players testified in court. Cizmek said Saka did not explain why.
The demands for an April 14 game against FC Rijeka were even greater: $51,000 to trail at halftime, a final score that included more than three goals, with the team losing by at least two goals, Cizmek testified.
Player Ante Pokrajcic testified that he was happy to have scored a goal until the team's owner stormed into the locker room, cursing about the 1-1 halftime score. Only then did Pokrajcic realize the game had been fixed.
The team lost 4-2, but Saka delivered only about half of what was promised, according to players' testimony.
The players were furious. In the next game, they won 3-1 against Inter Zapresic.
But another unwritten rule of match-fixing soon became clear to Cizmek: Once a player has fixed a game, he is trapped forever.
The criminal gang usually has enough evidence to get a player thrown out of the sport for life. Plus, the shame alone will keep him silent, and the fixer's demands will keep escalating until the player quits, retires or gets caught. Some implicated in match-fixing have even committed suicide.
When Cizmek approached the goalkeeper and a midfielder about fixing an April 17 game against FC Lokomotiva, they refused. He handed the money back to Saka two hours before the game, he said.
''If I was really the ringleader, I could have made them do it,'' he told the AP. ''But I couldn't do it. ... We told them, 'No more.'''
Saka exploded in anger but made sure not to bet, Cizmek said. FC Lokomotiva won 2-1 anyway, and Cizmek said he scored a goal ''just for pride'' in the second half.
For the last three games of the season, Saka went above the players' heads to fix the game, according to players' testimony. Those involved now included the coach and one of the owner's sons - both of whom were convicted in the case.
''Saka came to me and said, 'I have arranged everything higher up. If you want you can check with the son,''' Cizmek said.
Cizmek said he refused to deliver that message to the other players, making the son talk individually with each athlete. Other players confirmed his account in court. Cizmek said the fixer made sure not to involve the owner's other son, a young player on the team.
With substantial bribes now going to the coach, the payouts for the players grew meager: $22,300 for seven players in the last game, according to testimony.
Overall, Cizmek earned $26,130 from match-fixing, not as much as goalkeeper Ivan Banovic ($37,600), defender Jasmin Agic ($35,000) or coach Goran Jerkovic ($33,000), according to the findings of the court in its sentencing document.
The season ended in early May but police did not come knocking until June 8.
Cizmek was arrested at his home and taken to Zagreb's Remetinec jail, where he stayed until July 15. His wife handed police the $20,000 he had been saving for his tax bill. The bunk beds were all he had to show for his money.
He went on trial for match-fixing with 14 others.
With the wiretaps, prosecutors had a very strong case. Cizmek made a full confession, pleaded guilty and gave testimony to the players' union against match-fixing. But he and the coach still got the longest sentence - 10 months.
The goalkeeper, the owner's son and three others were given nine months; two players got eight months; and the youngest member of the team, a 20-year-old midfielder, got a seven-month suspended sentence.
They are now free, awaiting the result of their appeal.
Saka cut a plea bargain with prosecutors in which he was convicted of fraud, bribery and conspiracy to commit a crime against the public order and sentenced to one year in prison. The Zagreb court ordered him to pay back $58,800 of the $844,000 it estimated his fixing operation made in Croatia.
Saka served his time in jail and then went to Italy to be questioned in a match-fixing investigation there. His lawyer in Italy, Kresimir Krsnik, said prosecutors have six months to decide whether to press charges.
''Saka will answer any call from the court. He has given his statement there and returned home,'' Krsnik told the AP.
Saka is back living in an affluent Zagreb neighborhood, driving around in his BMW.
Cizmek is trying hard not to be bitter.
Chain-smoking Marlboros at a Zagreb coffee bar, he dreads going back to jail.
''I was in there already, with murderers and rapists and drug addicts,'' he said. ''It was a scary place.''
He is angry that Saka got a much better plea deal than the players and doesn't hold out hope for his appeal, which is pending.
He says his club still owes him salary but went bankrupt in 2012 and dissolved.
He works on his family's organic farm, peddling jams and berry tea at farmers' markets, but is just scraping by. In one of his last interviews with the AP, Cizmek mentioned his recent divorce, and worry lines around his eyes seemed deeper.
He mourns for his lost soccer career and doesn't know what he will do with the rest of his life.
''I should have just taken my football shoes and hung them on the wall and said: 'Thank you, guys' and gone on to do something else,'' Cizmek said.
Still, he knows what he did was wrong.
''Everything I lost is my fault. I need to take the responsibility. I don't blame anyone, not even Saka,'' he said. ''No one made me do this.''
He cited an old Balkan expression: ''The one who confesses, half their sins will be forgiven.''
''I have opened my soul to you,'' he said. ''I hope it will pay me back in karma for being so honest.''
(For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports)


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The decision to move sophomore Valdez Showers from safety to running back/slot receiver has not generated much of a buzz around Gator Nation, but offensive coordinator Brent Pease seems pretty excited about it.
Showers has a chance to make quite an impact on offense, Pease said Wednesday.
"He's a kid that played it in high school, he's natural, he's got great speed and brings in kind of that scatback-type of runner," Pease said. "You have the pounding back who's running it downhill, then all of a sudden you spread them out and this guy's hitting creases and seams because he's got enough foot speed (to do it)."
Valdez is taking on the dual role (running back/receiver) that Omarius Hines filled last season.
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"Here's a kid who's shown great consistency and stepped up. At one scrimmage, he rushes for 90-some yards, hits a big play. It wasn't just a matter of that. You look at all his other plays and his protections, he's done a very good job of that. And not just for that scrimmage. It's been all of fall ball."
All the preseason hype about him apparently hasn't gone to cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy's head. He's gotten after it harder than ever on the practice field, defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin said.
"Loucheiz has had a good camp," Durkin said. "It's been our challenge to him: 'OK, you've got a great skill set talent-wise and all the things you look for in a corner, now you have to refine the position with the techniques and fundamentals.'
"He's worked hard at it. Loucheiz is a great competitor. When we start practice, he's ready to go and compete, and he's improved himself in that way. It's an ongoing thing, but we feel good about where he's at now."
With Purifoy and Marcus Roberson — the starting cornerbacks — getting most of the attention, a former starter, Jaylen Watkins, has been somewhat overlooked in camp. But he shouldn't be, Durkin said.
"Jaylen is another guy who has had a great camp," Durkin said. "I know the other two corners get talked about quite a bit and rightfully so, but Jaylen is a darn good corner himself. He's had a really good camp for us. He'll play a lot of football because he's a guy that can play many positions for us."
Durkin said the video of former middle linebacker Jon Bostic making his big hit in an NFL preseason game last weekend has been a popular one in the coaches' office this week. Bostic, a rookie with the Bears, was fined $21,000 for the hit on San Diego wide receiver Mike Willie.
"Coaches, players alike — everyone looked at it," Durkin said. "Obviously, we're all really proud of him. You can't find a better guy than Jon Bostic to represent our program. All the guys feel strongly about that, so everyone was talking about it.
"That was such a bang-bang play. Obviously, I don't think he was intending to do anything with it. I just texted him a little bit ago — he got fined 21 grand or something like that — and I said, 'The good news is, you have the money now that you can go pay that. The bad news is you just got fined that.' We're really proud of Jon and how he's playing thus far in the preseason. We know he's going to have a great career."
Even though the Gators no longer have Bostic and first-round draft pick Sharrif Floyd to anchor the middle of the defense, Durkin seems pretty confident UF will be strong against the run again this season.
"We've done some different things up front," Durkin said. "Some guys are playing inside and outside, just like Dominique (Easley) did last year for us.
"Leon Orr has had a great camp for us. Damien Jacobs has done a great job. Jon Bullard is going to play some inside and some outside. He mainly played end for us last year. He'll play some of both. Darious Cummings. … We've got a good group of guys that we can roll in there and have some good depth inside. We can play physical and understand what we need."
Jacobs, who has missed the last week of practice with a patella injury, is expected to return soon, Durkin said. "He's getting back in there now. We expect him to be back (soon). Up until the point he got injured, he was having a great camp and along with that a great spring. He's been in our program now for over a year, so he's a guy we know what he can do when he plays. He's a good player," Durkin said. … Durkin said true freshman cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III (shoulder) also is expected back in the next few days.


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Jean Harris, 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor killer, dies
- She was granted clemency by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo
- Harris says she shot Tarnower, a millionaire cardiologist, four times in a struggle over a gun
- She served 12 years in prison
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Jean Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, has died. She was 89.
Harris died Sunday at an assisted-living facility in New Haven, her son, James Harris, said Friday.
She had claimed the shooting of Tarnower, 69, was an accident. Convicted of murder in 1981, Harris suffered two heart attacks while serving her sentence in the Bedford Hills women's prison north of New York City. She was granted clemency by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo when she underwent heart bypass surgery in December 1992 and was released on parole three weeks later.
She later founded Children of Bedford Inc., a nonprofit organization to provide scholarships and tutoring for children of female prison inmates.
Her trial for shooting Tarnower, the millionaire cardiologist famous for devising the Scarsdale Diet — a weight-loss book and sensation of the 1970s named for the New York suburb where he practiced — brought feminists rallying to her defense.
They pictured her as a woman victimized by a male-dominated society, adrift because she was getting older and her lover of 14 years was brushing her off in favor of his younger office assistant. In addition, they said, she was in the thrall of antidepressant drugs Tarnower had prescribed for her.
The case inspired two made-for-television movies, "The People vs. Jean Harris," which aired not long after her 1981 conviction, and "Mrs. Harris," which ran on HBO in 2006.
Harris always maintained that she went armed to Tarnower's Westchester County estate in Purchase on March 10, 1980, to confront him over his womanizing and kill herself, but unintentionally shot him four times in a struggle over the gun. She later acknowledged at a parole hearing that she was "certainly guilty of something. I caused the man's death."
A jury convicted her of murder, and she was sentenced to 15 years to life.
Her lawyer had unsuccessfully gambled on an all-or-nothing strategy that eschewed an "extreme emotional disturbance" defense and did not allow the jury to consider a lesser charge such as manslaughter.
Jurors said afterward it was Harris's own testimony that led them to convict her. They said they tried to re-enact her account of the struggle for the gun and did not find it credible.
The defense maintained that jealousy was not a factor. But during cross-examination, the prosecutor introduced a letter written just prior to the shooting in which Harris referred to her rival as an "ignorant slut" and "a vicious, adulterous psychotic."
"The fact was, Jean Harris was too much of a lady to admit that she was jealous of the office girl," the late author Shana Alexander wrote in her book about the case, "Very Much a Lady." ''She would rather go to prison than acknowledge it. And she did."
As an inmate, Harris criticized authority, chafing under what she saw as arbitrary, counterproductive rules. In books and articles she wrote and in interviews, she advocated reform, both for her own benefit and that of other imprisoned women.
Housed in the prison's honor wing, she taught mothering skills to expectant inmates and worked in the Bedford Hills children's center.
Born Jean Streuven on April 27, 1923, she grew up in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, attended private schools, graduated magna cum laude from Smith College and married industrialist James Harris.
The couple lived in Grosse Pointe, Mich., and had two sons. Harris also got her first job there, teaching first grade.
She and James Harris divorced in 1966. A few months later, the slender, blond, blue-eyed divorcee of 43 met Tarnower, 12 years her senior, at a party on Park Avenue in New York. They talked about marriage early in the relationship, but that never panned out, and Harris remained his lover.
In 1977, she left a sales administration job in New York to become headmistress of the Madeira School for girls in the Washington suburb of McLean, Va., a position that also got her listed in the capital's social register.
Weekends and vacations were spent with Tarnower, traveling or on his arm at social gatherings. She also earned a mention in the acknowledgments in his best-selling diet book, "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet," for helping with research.
But Tarnower's dalliances with other, younger women drove Harris to desperation, and, according to her account, she decided to drive from Virginia to his home and kill herself in his presence.
She testified at her trial: "In Westchester, I always felt I was a woman in a pretty dress that went to dinner parties with Dr. Tarnower. In Washington, I was a woman in a pretty dress and a headmistress. I wasn't sure who I was, and it didn't seem to matter."
The expensively dressed Harris came across as snobbish, arrogant and jealous of the younger woman who had replaced her as the principal object of Tarnower's attention.
During the trial, it was assumed that Harris insisted on testifying about the fateful last meeting in Tarnower's bedroom. She later said she would not have taken the stand had her lawyer told her to "keep quiet."


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Painter Hillary White takes classic works of art and throws in familiar characters like Boba Fett, xenomorphs, and Skeletor. The ensuing pieces delight, induce fright, and resemble yard sale kitsch sold in the seventh circle of the underworld.
For example, that's a Sith Lord guest-starring in Italian Baroque painter Domenico Zampieri's famed 17th-century fresco "Virgin and Unicorn." It only gets weirder from here. Much, much weirder.
Perhaps due to their cultural cachet as children's entertainers, the Muppets are a frequent target of White. She places the happy puppets in classic works by Dutch painters and makes them reenact Biblical murder scenes. The artist also seems to favor 1980s movie monsters, what with the Ghoulies, Gremlins, and the Critters getting the gallery treatment.
Here's a sampling of White's work. If you've ever wanted to see Voltron go Impressionist, today is the day.
"The Best Supper" (Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Last Supper")
"By The Power of Retribution" (Edward Armitage's "Retribution")
"Better, Harder, Sacred" (Hans Memling's "Madonna And Child")
"Alien The Terrible" (Ilya Repin's "Ivan the Terrible And His Son Ivan")
"Temptation of Robin" (Ary Scheffer's "Temptation of Christ")
"The Garden of Muppetly Delights" (Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights")
"Internet Memes in a Landscape" (Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora's "Chaste Women in a Landscape")
"Wheat Field With Johnny 5" (Vincent Van Gogh's "Wheat Field with Cypresses")
"Beaker Slaying Honeydew" (Artemisia Gentileschi's "Judith Slaying Holofernes")
"Voltron Dans Les Coquelicots" (Claude Monet's "Les Coquelicots a Argenteuil")
"The Death of Brainy" (Jacques-Louis David's "The Death of Marat")
"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Bird" (Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp")
"Nightmare at Café Terrace" (Van Gogh's "Café Terrace at Night")
"Whistler's Turtle" (James Whistler's "Whistler's Mother")
"Darthpocalypse" (Hans Burgkmair der Ältere's "Altarpiece of John the Evangelist")
Lambchop, by way of Lucifer in The Divine Comedy.
You can find prints of some of these works at White's Society 6 store. There also many more paintings at her Flickr account, where you can find scenes of Darth Vader fondling Sarah Palin by way of Gustave Courbet (not safe for work) and the Yip Yips channeling Andrew Wyeth (also NSFW, mostly due to soul-scarring Muppet nudity).
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5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Halifax, North Carolina, in July, 1861. It surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia 9 April 1865. On 12 April 1865, 81 members of the 5th Regiment North Carolina State Troops were paroled. [1]
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 3238 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
Company A - many men from Cumberland County.
Company B - many men from Gates County
Company C - many men from Johnston County
Company D - many men from Craven County and Lenoir County
Company E - many men from Rowan County
Company F - many men from Bertie County
Company G - many men from Wilson County
Company H - many men from Gates County
Company I - many men from Caswell County
Company K - many men from Rowan County [2]
The information about the companies comes from A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865.
Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster. [3]
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- Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'North Carolina in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).
- National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
- North Carolina in the Civil War describes many sources, specifically for North Carolina, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- United States Civil War, 1861-1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans' censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- Brotherton, Marvin K. (Marvin Kenneth). Civil War tragedy : the Lipe family of Mooresville, N. C. (Davidson, North Carolina : M.K. Brotherton, c1993), FHL book 929.273 L663b
- John Wheeler Moore. Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War between the States, volume 1. (Raleigh: Ash & Gatling, State printers, 1882). Internet Archive.
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- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 24 January 2018).
- ↑ Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865, (accessed 23 March 2011)
- ↑ Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster. Vol 3. Raleigh, N.C. : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966. FHL book975.6 M2nc Vol. 4


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Blimey! Is there no rest for the wicked? We've been all over the world these last few months, chasing work and holidays in equal measure. But of course we're not grumbling; we love to travel and our global mission of decorative beautification, as well as downtime in gorgeous climes, are the elements of life that really make us tick. Hey, from Toronto to the Dominican Republic, from Grand Cayman to L.A. and from Glasgow to London, we rarely stop for breath.
This observed, we're looking forward to some fun now we're back in Blighty. Yup, as you read this we'll have been home since Wednesday and staying till February 16. Based for several days in London to take part in the hit BBC1 quiz show Pointless — and to glance again at a restaurant project we're working on in South Kensington — we're having a busy old time. And Sunday, we're flying to Scotland to see our family. A holiday? Well, not quite; we're also working on a bedroom project in an Edinburgh mansion; the reconfiguration of a dreary basement into a funky, self-contained teen haven. Having already reworked the upper floors of the Capital pile, we're turning our attentions to our clients' 17-year-old daughter, or rather her bedroom, a space which needs drastic attention.
For now, in an allusion to that which we have planned, we're going to demonstrate — for you guys — the way that even disastrous real estate can be saved. Using one of our favourite HGTV projects as inspiration for the Edinburgh assignment (we've already run visuals by our clients and they collectively swooned) we're going to rock out the monochrome vibe. To the power of 10, no less.
Observing our ramshackle before shot, you'll witness the horrors with which we were faced. We hate the idea of lost opportunity — rooms, after all, are way too valuable to be treated like this — so we settled at our drawing board to bring the harrowing scene alive. Essentially a garden room/trash zone before work began, we saw past the mess and dreamt of potential. Working this mammoth job to it's happy conclusion, we created a valuable extra sleep zone, and, in doing so, freed up the need for siblings to share bedrooms on the floor above.
Finish off Rooms
If you have a basement, complete (or rather incomplete) with bare beams and unfinished walls, don't be despondent; there is hope. Trust us. As long as your solum has code satisfying services and ample headroom, then it's actually relatively easy, with a little jiggery pokery, to work a minor miracle. Modern construction wall board and metal framing is relatively easy to install — if you have the relevant skill set — and results can be taped out and plastered to achieve a smooth finish. But don't cut corners; do it properly. It's worth investing in insulation to line the cavities you form as this will keep heat bills down and increase soundproofing.
If in any way unsure about the process, then bring in a contractor to assist you. Doing a job is one thing, but ensuring that your work is built to code is another; there are fire safety regulations to be met and electrical considerations to which you must adhere. Keep an eye on Bryan Baeumler's column here; he's the master of construction standards and his musings contain the type of information you'll need when it comes to all the heavy stuff.
Being that this is a basement room, we were somewhat apprehensive to specify wood — or carpet, for that matter — due to the worry of moisture ingress further down the line. As a serviceable alternative, we employed a glossy porcelain tile and topped this with a deep pile rug that can be removed for easy cleaning as and when required.
Create a Focal Point
When revisioning a modern project that lacks inherent features, it's good to create a focal wall to distract the eye from any elements that may be missing. In a bedroom, ideally, the focal wall should be the one behind the bed, normally the largest "unbroken" area. To kick things off, we painted using low-cost matt white before adding a huge panel of atmospheric matt black for drama. This done, and with proper drying time allowed between coats, we applied extra detailing with wall graphic stickers. These add a little whimsy and can be easily removed when its time for a new look. Try www.whatisblik.com for an incredible array of decals featuring both naïve and sophisticated lines.
Visit Different Stores
Catalogue shopping is all very well, but avoid favouring one store or you'll end up creating a look that's more about the shop than it is you. It's far seemlier to mix and match from different destinations. Here, a no-frills Ikea bed in white is teamed with hound's tooth night stands from The Bay, and the look is friendly yet sophisticated.
Keep Window Dressings Simple
We replaced the old rickety doors with a slick new set from the Home Depot and we added new locks for extra security. This done, we adorned the glazed areas with plain black roller blinds. When dressing modern French doors, don't be tempted to overdo window treatments or your billowing curtains may impede the ability of doors to freely open. Our actions allow the glazed areas to be covered without anything obstructing passage. Think about all the practicals before you shop and you'll make fewer mistakes.
Closet Case
Beautiful rooms should also be practical rooms so make sure you provide ample storage in your design. We created a useful wall of cupboards by building stud partition dry wall casements around basic buy wardrobe carcasses. Doing this seamlessly integrated the system into the room, creating, as it did, a streamlined modern look that wasn't at all expensive. Our doors come from Ikea and are built to allow wallpaper sections to be inserted as decorative detailing into their unique double walled cavity.
Mix Plain and Pattern
As much as we adore decorating with the monochrome scale, we're aware that, poorly conceived, it can look a little austere. To avoid sterile results, mix different textures and patterns; doing this will add interest. To keep everything clean, leave lots of white "breathing space" between layers and your finished results will seem spacious and cool. While we kept our vision significantly black and white, it's also worth considering that a third colour (such as vibrant Miami yellow or this season's tangerine), will add pop; a few toss pillows, for example, or a snappy toned artwork could spin the project to the next level for you. Please remember that our looks are merely "serving suggestions;" personalization is key so add your own flair to bring everything to life.
Crisp white linens, the perfect "underpin" for a bedroom scheme like this, provide optimum flexibility further down the line. Just imagine how easy it would be to seasonally adjust; soft green or the aforementioned tangerine would work particularly well during summer, while red, hunter green, or even shimmering gold would imbue your room with a cozier feel during colder climes. To amplify drama, add more black detailing around your third colour choice and, conversely, to restrain proceedings, opt for accessories such as lamps, frames and rugs in snowy white.
General Tips When Using Monochrome
• Explore architecture: While you can successfully remodel your project by removing — or adding — walls, so, too, can also play with furniture "structure" to add unexpected results. Complex, edgy pieces will give your monochrome interior a kick, so think about playing round topped tables in rooms with otherwise square lines, and explore options such as hexagonal drum tables or perhaps a wedge-shaped chaise like the one we specified here.
• Opt for flexible lighting: A sure fire way to change the feel of your work is to employ clever illumination. You can easily switch moods with differently coloured bulbs, or, if you'd like to go a step further, search out lamps that have a sequential colour "pattern." Options like these are now surprisingly affordable and are a great way of "painting" your room at the flick of a switch.
Texture: To add depth, play around with textures and patterns where finishing and upholstery are concerned; experimenting with various tactile elements is a great way in which to enliven decor. Consider leather trimmed throws, open weave blankets or snugly finishes like chenille or silk. In HomeSense, just last week, we witnessed the company's new interior collection and it's better than ever. How on earth they manage to retail the quality they do — at such affordable price points — is anyone's guess, although we imagine it has much to do with their "fashion forward" buying team and bulk buying capabilities. Pop in and get ready to set off on a design treasure hunt!
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are the hosts of HGTV's Colin & Justin's Home Heist and the authors of Colin & Justin's Home Heist Style Guide, published by Penguin Group (Canada). Follow them on Twitter @colinjustin or on Facebook (ColinandJustin). Check out their new candle range at www.candjhome.co.uk. Contact them through their website, www.colinandjustin.tv.
Paint: ICI Paints, www.icipaint.com
Decals: BLIK from Home Depot, www.homedepot.ca
Bedding and clock: Bouclair, www.bouclair.ca
Pillows and side lighting — JYSK Canada, www.jysk.ca
Damask pillows and baskets: HomeSense, www.homesense.ca
Side tables: The Bay, www.hbc.com
Closet doors, bed and rug: Ikea (Billy Byom closet, Malm bed), www.ikea.ca
Wallpaper: Julien Macdonald at Graham & Brown, www.grahambrown.com
French doors: Home Depot, www.homedepot.ca
Floor lamp: EQ3, www.eq3.ca
Piggy bank: Morba, www.morba.ca
Throw rug: Carpet Mill, www.carpetmill.ca
Floor tile: Image Flooring Décor Shoppe, 1801 Dundas St. E., 905-433-9218