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- CBS closes show with little matter 1998
- Adieu Urkel: The End of the Era of the Ultimate Nerd 1998
Bittersweet Exit for 'Family Matters' 1998
Off Camera - Dissing `Family' Goodbye 1998
FAMILY MATTERS CBS (Fri., July 10 and 17, 9 p.m. ET) 1998 People

CBS closes show with little matter
Times Union, 07/24/1998

HOLLYWOOD -- The long-running comedies "Seinfeld" and "Murphy Brown" received huge, highly hyped send-offs last May. That isn't the case for CBS' "Family Matters," which has quietly left the network airwaves Friday nights after nine seasons. The sitcom that gave the world -- for better or worse -- the ultimate nerd Urkel didn't even get a chance toshoot a series finale. In fact, star Reginald VelJohnson was told the show was canceled when he received a call to clean out his dressing room.

"I hold no bitterness against anybody," says VelJohnson, who plays Urkel's exasperated foil, Carl Winslow. "I sincerely want to take away the good memories. I don't have a bad word to say about anybody."

Still, VelJohnson says, he wishes the cast had gotten the opportunity to say goodbye.

"More so for the fans," he says. "When they come up to me in the street and say, `Oh God, we heard your show is over. How come they didn't have a big final episode?' I thought we should have had one, the fans thought we should have had one, but the powers that be didn't. That's the sad thing about it. But you dwell on it for a second or two and then you press on."

Created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, "Family Matters" was actually a spinoff of the then-popular ABC comedy "Perfect Strangers," in which Carl's wife, Harriet (JoMarie Payton-Noble) was an elevator operator.

"Family Matters," which premiered in September 1989, revolved around the loving, middle-class Winslow family, which included Harriet, Carl and their children (Darius McCrary and Kellie Shanygne Williams). Though the series came out of the starting gate slowly, it was a winner by the end of the first season after the addition of Jaleel White as the Winslows' nasally voiced neighbor, Urkel.

A top ratings performer as part of ABC's "TGIF" Friday family night, the series moved to CBS in its last season as part of the network's plan to build its own Friday night family lineup. The ratings, though, plummeted. During the 1996-97 season, "Family Matters" was No. 50 with an average of 13.73 million viewers. On CBS, the comedy only attracted 8.82 million viewers, placing a dismal 108th.

"We had a show that we felt at best at ABC was only in it for another year," explains Tony Jonas, president of Warner Bros. Television.

"Looking at what we could do to protect what we knew was a great show, CBS rolled the dice with us and gave us a great shot at trying to keep the show alive. We had no intention of producing the show for one year. We wanted to keep that thing going for as long as we could."

Jonas says it was a combination of elements that caused the series' demise.

"The on-air promo at CBS was terrific, but there were no kids watching CBS to begin with to even know that the promos were there to talk about the show," he says.

He agrees it would have been nice if "Family Matters" had gotten a big send-off. "I can certainly tell you it's a show that deserves it, but the show didn't find the audience we all hoped it would. So it really wasn't a platform for giving a great, big send-off. It was sort of vanishing into the sunset with numbers that were, unfortunately, quite low."

Though "Family Matters" never won Emmys nor was a critics' darling, audiences loved it, says VelJohnson, because "we weren't a black family or a white family, we were a family. Families are universal. Everyone compared us to `The Cosby Show' (saying) we were the blue-collar version and wouldn't last very long."

But what people found in "Family Matters" that they didn't find in "Cosby," VelJohnson says, "was a special warmth that was rare. There were a lot of secondary plots as opposed to Urkel (stories) which were special to a lot of people. A lot of people came up to me and said, `We love the way you handle your son.' It actually taught things -- every week."

VelJohnson has kept busy since the series stopped shooting. He's currently appearing in the musical "Purlie" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and has written a two-hour movie, "Alive in Las Vegas," for producer Fred Silverman, which may become a series.

Adieu Urkel: The End of the Era of the Ultimate Nerd
By N.F. Mendoza, zap2it.com 98-07-06

'Tis a far, far better place you go, 'O misunderstood genius. And I'm not talking about the ubiquitous, brilliant Steve Urkel -- I'm talking about his equally brilliant creator: the modest, soft-spoken Jaleel White.

I interviewed the "Family Matters'" star during a lunch, three or four years ago, when he was preparing to enter his freshman year at the University of California Los Angeles. At the time, I was writing a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times which was also syndicated. I often found myself opposite many a TV star -- but none generated as much fan interest (and interruptions) as White.

Australians, Japanese, several tourists, and even jaded L.A. locals interrupted our meal to ask White whatever came to their minds (which, frankly, wasn't much). But the fact is, White was -- and is -- an international star. That's saying a lot for White, who has done very little in Hollywood, save for his unique creation of a very different kind of boy-next-door. (For the record, White comes across as a very polite, sweet, if not slightly sheltered boy-next-door himself -- but a completely different breed from his TV alter ego.)

Suspendered Steve Urkel began as a one-shot spot on the Warner Bros. television series, a fairly standard-issue sitcom that centered on an upper-middle class African-American family. But White's bespectacled, besotted, high-water pants-ed, whiny, nasal neighbor caught the fancy of the public and soon the entire shift of the series transferred to the teen. White, like many an actor before him (Ron Howard being the most notably successful), literally grew up on screen.

Like Christopher Reeve, whose marvelous transformation from superhero "Superman" to bumbling Clark Kent is largly ignored, White has always gotten the bum rap.

First, that bad rap generated from envious castmates (White became recurring the first season then a regular in the second season in 1990) -- and understandably so -- their show was turned around for his Urkel. But mostly, White's clever characterization of a lonely, misunderstood, annoying, persistent neighbor, and kooky genius has been verily under-estimated.

If you've seen "Family Matters" -- and for that matter only if you've seen it (and we're not talking just promos, but the real show) -- you've seen White's brilliance at work. No matter how annoying you find his Urkel, no matter how corny you find the sitcom's humor -- you will also find this -- great comic timing.

White, was, no doubt, bolstered by a strong supporting cast which featured such unique little gems as Shawn Harrison, who played the utterly sweet and utterly clueless Waldo Faldo from the second to the seventh seasons. (Where is Harrison by the way??)

Laura, the object of Urkel's avid affections, is played by the competent and charming Kellie Shanygne Williams, who's had the role since the show's inception and premiere Sept. 22, 1989. Big brother, the earnest Eddie, played by Darius McCrary, was himself almost written out of the series (his part was considerably shrunk) until Eddie resurfaced or re-emerged as Urkel's best friend -- and one-time roommate. TV's long-standing parental role models, the Winslows, are played by the venerable Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton-Noble.

At the forefront of the series was the developing and evolving relationship between Urkel -- whose parents were never seen on screen -- and Carl (Veljohnson). Carl's relationship with Urkel surpassed his relationships with his "real" children.

However cartoonish the series was, and most certainly eventually became, it had a positive portrayal of a sharp-witted elderly person, Grandma Winslow, played by Rosetta LeNoire. Changes are inevitable when a series has been on as long as "Family Matters" has been, and cast members not only came, but went, too. Telma Hopkins, who played Harriet's sister Rachel, left in 1993 to star opposite Cindy Williams in the short-lived "Getting By." After many threats (begun the first season when Urkel took over), Payton-Noble, who played Harriette Winslow, left "Family Matters" this year and was replaced by Judyann Elder. One mostly ignored daughter, Judy, played by Jamie Foxworthy, was written out without an explanation in 1993 (although official word is the separation between actress and series was the proverbial "mutual").

And now, an era comes -- very -- quietly to a close. Despite a long, successful run at ABC, anchoring its "TGIF" lineup, the series moved (along with ABC's "Step By Step") to CBS last fall, with the high hopes of beginning and initiating a new era. It wasn't meant to be. Whether youthful and family audiences were too accustomed to tuning into ABC on Friday nights, or whether "Family Matters" just finally -- after nine years -- got "old," we might not ever know. But we know this: CBS canceled the series.

And fans of "Family Matters" have chosen to express their grief somewhat quietly. Unlike fans of UPN's "The Sentinel," and CBS' "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," or "Magnificent Seven," there were no sign-carrying protests outside CBS studios, no letter-writing campaigns (at least not high-profile ones) and no full-page ads were taken out and paid for by fans furious at their show's cancelation. Rather, fans, like maybe even White himself, seem content to understand that Urkel and his "Family Matters" have had their time.

Now, the alphabet net airs a two-part episode where Urkel, now engaged to his beloved Laura (goodbye gal pal Myra, a hilarious, geek gal -- albeit a pretty one -- who since 1993, adored Urkel and was played by pretty Michelle Thomas), Urkel goes off to space.

White, 21, still at UCLA and anxious to himself say goodbye to Urkel, aspires to direct and produce (and maybe even bid adieu to acting altogether). White, the most underrated comic actor of his time, created a unique hero for TV. Sure the series was often way over the top. Sure, it was silly. Sure it was, especially in the last couple of years, pure, undadulterated fantasy (think of Urkel and his alter ego, suave and debonair Urquelle -- courtesy of a switchy changy machine Urkel invents).

But still, if the French can adore Jerry Lewis, we can adore Urkel...pardon us, Jaleel White.

Good luck, "Family Matters" cast. Good luck, Urkel. But mostly, good luck, White. May you be as ambitious and successful in your next venture as you have been in this one.

"Family Matters'" two-parter, "Lost in Space, Part One and Part Two" airs Friday, July 10 and Friday, July 17 at 9 p.m. on CBS. Rebroadcasts air widely in syndication through the U.S. and also on TBS.

Bittersweet Exit for 'Family Matters' 1998
M.S. Mason Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
It's a season of sitcom endings. "Seinfeld" signed off amid unprecedented national fanfare, while "Murphy Brown" made a poignant, sedate exit. On July 10 and 17 on CBS, the long-running "Family Matters" will also air its last two episodes as TV's goofiest nerd, Steve Urkel (Jaleel White), saves a space shuttle and seals his relationship with the ever-perfect girl next door, Laura (Kellie Williams).
Even Urkel's arch foil, Carl, Laura's dad, welcomes him home from space and into the family with a warm hug. While this episode may not have been meant as a farewell, it works as one. After nine seasons, "Family Matters" leaves quietly.
And though he loved doing the show, Reginald VelJohnson, for one, is just as glad as he is sad to see it go. Playing the lovable Carl has had its rewards, but no actor wants to be trapped in a type, and Mr. VelJohnson has played enough policemen for now. Remember, he co-starred with Bruce Willis as a genial, Twinkie-eating cop in "Die Hard."

"Nothing lasts forever," he says, "but there must be endings before you have beginnings, so I think I'm at a beginning. I'm ready for a new challenge. What do I do next? It's like starting your career over.
"I am remembering now how the show began," he continues. "The first time we all met [the cast], we were all wearing the same colors - black and white. We all knew it would be something special. And it has been good. I think of these people as family. But in a way, I'm glad, too, that it's over. Now it is time to show what I can do as an actor."
When the show began in 1989, the approach was much more ensemble than it has since become. A middle-class African-American family living in suburban Chicago included Carl as a good dad and an exemplary cop, his head-strong wife, Harriette, their children, Laura, Eddie, and Judy, Harriette's widowed sister, Rachel, with baby Richie, and Carl's sharp-witted mother. It was one complex household. But it soon became clear that the real star of the show was Urkel.
Assertive, brilliant, and annoying as a gnat, Urkel had a crush on Laura that led to all kinds of misadventures. And they all drove Carl crazy.
"I would have preferred for some of the episodes to concentrate on some of the other characters," says VelJohnson. "It was mostly about Steve and my reaction to Steve. But other characters were just as interesting - like Harriette and her sister Rachel. They had a special relationship. And Jo Marie [Payton-Noble, who played Harriette] is brilliant. It's like a fruit bowl: If every time you go to the fruit bowl you choose a banana, you can get tired of bananas. You have to try the oranges and apples."

Still, the nine years he has been on the show have left happy memories. One of the best rewards, says VelJohnson, is the respect he has received from policemen. "They thank me for giving the police force a good image," he says. "Especially black police officers thank me. You know, they have a heavy load to take home every night. I don't think the general public realizes what they go through every day."
"Family Matters" always projected a positive message, says VelJohnson. The show even said it was OK to be a nerd. Urkel represented everyone who was unsure of himself. "You can laugh, but Urkel was always the winner, and audiences learned from Urkel's mistakes and triumphs."
He points out that Carl, too, is an excellent role model - a warm, caring father. And children respond affectionately to that character. He has no kids of his own, but VelJohnson volunteers for Big Brothers of America, visiting group homes and hospitals. "Little kids come up to me and say, 'I wish you were my daddy.' These little kids have no one....
"I wish I had the kind of father I play on 'Family Matters,' and I meet kids now who are looking for that as well."

Off Camera - Dissing `Family' Goodbye / CBS buries finale of show
it grabbed and dropped Verne Gay, 1998, Newsday Inc.

THE FINALE for most shows with lousy ratings usually can be found at the end of a dusty trail that leads directly to the edge of a bottomless canyon - into which the unfortunate show is pushed.
But the finale for a long-running hit is another matter altogether.
It can be ridiculously overhyped ("Seinfeld") or controversial ("Ellen") or muted ("Murphy Brown.") But the end of the road for "Family Matters?" This one goes under the heading of bizarre.
Tomorrow night at 9, when it's guaranteed that absolutely no one will be watching, CBS will air part one of a two-part finale, titled "Lost in Space." Part two airs next Friday - when, again, it's guaranteed that no one will be watching.
What's going on here? Isn't the idea of commercial television to get the most people in front of the set, and not the least? Is, perhaps, CBS so embarrassed that it is obliged to bury it in the middle of July? That seems a stretch. Let us assure you, this "Matters'" finale will not be the greatest waste of 21 minutes on TV this season; plenty of other shows are competing for that honor. It is an intermittently amusing, if cartoonish, end - nothing much different from the 214 prior episodes.
The show, a "Perfect Strangers" spin-off that bowed in 1989, originally focused on the Winslows, a middle-class black family. But a few years into its run, neighbor and nerd extraordinaire Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) became the center of attention.
In the finale, Urkel gets a trip into outer space because NASA likes his latest invention (the "Urkel Artificial Anti-Gravity Feed 5000"). He is marooned. He is saved. He nearly gets hitched to paramour Laura Winslow (Kellie Shanygne Williams), but ends the nine-season run with a lingering kiss instead.
So what's going on? The demise of "Family Matters" - whether you love it, loathe it or have no idea what we're talking about - is a notable event in TV for several reasons. It's believed to be the longest-running show in prime-time television that featured an all-black cast. "The Cosby Show" lasted eight seasons; "Matters," nine. It was, for most of its life - no surprise - a very popular show with black viewers. It also was a very popular show with young kids. The show remains a staple in syndication (reruns air on WPIX/11, TBS and WGN).
The show was never a mega-hit, but it did finish in 15th place among all prime-time shows during the 1990-'91 season. "Durable" may be the best description: never a favorite among critics, most of whom likely never watched it, but a lynchpin of ABC's "TGIF" lineup, nonetheless.
And then CBS stepped in. Early last year, Leslie Moonves, chairman of CBS Entertainment, pulled off what seemed to be - on paper - a heist. By prying "Matters" (and "Step by Step," another Miller-Boyett sitcom) off the ABC schedule, he hoped to torpedo "TGIF" by dragging a proven ratings-grabber among young viewers from one flagging network to another. Thus, he could lower his own network's median age (the oldest among the major networks) and attract more advertising dollars. Moonves paid an estimated $40 million for this series, a record for a show to jump from one network to another.
On paper, brilliant. In practice, disaster.
Moonves is a smart guy. What happened here? In a phone interview, he says simply, "It didn't work. It failed. It is probably my biggest disappointment from last year." But, he adds, "the biggest problem facing CBS from the day I walked in here until the day after I walk out is getting ourselves demographically younger. We have no kids watching our network. None.
"My Friday night was my biggest disappointment [because of] the fact that I could take a 16-share show and put it on exactly the same night in exactly the same time period and it goes to an 11 share right off the bat. Yes, I had to pay a little bit higher than I would have liked, but it was our only play in the game. I don't think I should be penalized for taking a risk."
Yet, it didn't seem like such a big one at the time. There is a saying among programers that people don't watch networks, they watch shows. Hogwash. People do watch networks, and older viewers have long gravitated toward CBS. But there also has been a long history of CBS Entertainment executives who have tried to tart up the schedule in efforts to bring youngsters aboard - to no avail.
"Matters" now becomes the latest victim. A few key stats are telling. The median age of "Matters'" viewers on ABC in late '97 was 32.3. The median age of "Matters'" CBS viewers was 44.2. The show averaged 14.3 million viewers during its last year at ABC. That fell by 5.4 million at CBS ("Step by Step" had a similar plunge).
The "Family Matters" blunder may turn out to be Moonves' single biggest mistake. But why bury this pricey failure in the dog days? Says Moonves, "We didn't know what else, frankly, to do with it."
A final irony: The show that has replaced it, "Kids Say the Darndest Things," is doing quite well with kid viewers. It is partly owned by CBS and costs a tiny fraction of $40 million.

FAMILY MATTERS CBS (Fri., July 10 and 17, 9 p.m. ET) 1998 People

Why it's enough to make you picket your CBS affiliate with an "Unfair to Urkel" sign. After his network lured Family Matters. away from ABC last year, CBS Television president Leslie Moonves called it "one of the great television shows in history." But its ratings suffered on CBS, and the canceled series ends ist nine-season run with a two-part episode dumped in the summer dog days. Doesn't Jaleel White's supernerd character Steve Urkel deserve as much farewell fanfare as that smug Seinfeld guy and his friends? Before you get carried away, know that the finale is not very funny. Urkel is chosen to be the first student in space--which makes sense, since his geekiness is out of this world. But the spacecraft collides with a satellite, and our oddball hero--who says he's so upset he's "about to blow chunks"--must save the day. Urkel's fiancee, Laura (Kellie Shanygne Williams), prays hard for his safe return, while her family busies itself with a boring subplot. "I can't watch this," Laura moans as TV covers the space crisis. Fear not; the end is near. Bottom Line: Goodbye already.

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Paid search has been enormously successful. Yet click rates are at an industry average of just 2.6 percent, in part, because of the challenge of serving truly relevant ads against search queries. But what if there were a way for consumers to indicate very specific requirements to search engines or Web publishers and receive exact results directly in their e-mail inboxes or RSS readers? The clickthroughs and corresponding purchases would likely be many times today�s paid search response rates.

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Rocks of Permian Age

The Permian rocks of Kansas have been reclassified to conform with the recommendations in the report of the Permian Committee of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (C. W. Tomlinsori et al., 1940), and divided by Moore (1940, p. 42) for the State Geological Survey of Kansas into the following series and groups, in descending order:

Guadalupian series
Quartermaster group
Whitehorse group
Leonardian series
Sumner group
Nippewalla group
Wolfcampian series
Chase group
Council Grove group
Admire group

Only the Wolfcampian series is represented in the outcrops in the Forest City basin.

Wolfcampian Series

Detailed descriptions of the outcrops of strata of the Wolfcampian series in Riley and Geary counties have been published by Jewett (1941a). The rocks included under this term were formerly known in Kansas as the Big Blue series, but since their correlation with the standard section established in Texas the term Big Blue has been abandoned by the State Geological Survey of Kansas. Under the new classification the Sumner group, formerly included in the Big Blue, has been excluded from the Wolfcampian and added to the overlying Leonardian series. The western counties of the Forest City basin are underlain by the Admire and Council Grove groups which constitute the lower part of the Wolfcampian series. These rocks, concealed in many places by glacial deposits, occupy broad belts trending east of north on both sides of the Nemaha anticline in northeastern Kansas. Older rocks of Wabaunsee age come to the surface on the crest of the Nemaha anticline in this part of Kansas. Only small areas east of the Nemaha anticline are underlain by the Chase group.

Admire group

North of Kansas River, the Admire group crops out in two southwesterly trending belts separated by the Wabaunsee which is exposed between them on the crest of the Nemaha anticline. These belts merge south of Wabaunsee county. The Admire group consists chiefly of shale, much of which is red. The shale is interstratified with a number of limestones, named in ascending order, Aspinwall, Falls City, Five Points, and others which are thinner and less prominent than those in the overlying Council Grove group. The lowest rocks of the Admire group were deposited in channels, possibly 125 feet deep, eroded in the Pennsylvanian rocks. The channel deposits consist mainly of deposits known as the Indian Cave sandstone. The Admire group without the channel deposits has a thickness of only about 100 feet. It is overlain by the Council Grove group without obvious disconformity.

Council Grove group

This group of rocks consists principally of shale with a number of resistant but thin limestone beds, the Americus, Neva, Cottonwood, Funston, and others. Much of the shale is red or green. The lowest member is the Americus limestone. The highest member is the Speiser shale which underlies the conspicuous Wreford limestone at the base of the Chase group.

The Council Grove group north of Kansas river underlies the surface in the syncline east of the Nemaha anticline. It crops out again on the west side of the anticline. South of Kansas River these two belts of outcrops come together and the Council Grove takes it place in the parallel bands in which successive groups crop out across the state.

According to sections measured by Jewett (1941a, pl. 6) in outcrops in Riley County, the Council Grove group has a thickness of 300 feet. This group overlies the Admire group and underlies the Chase group with essential conformity.

Chase group

The Chase group is composed of cherty limestones alternating with shale. The lowest member of the group is the Wreford limestone; the highest is the Herington limestone. Only the lowest Chase rocks occur in the Forest City basin north of Kansas river where they have been preserved locally in a synclinal area in northeastern Nemaha county. The lower part of the Chase group occurs in a narrow belt at the surface of the Flint hills on the western border of the Forest City basin.

Permian rocks younger than the Chase group are not now found in the Forest City basin, although eastern Kansas was undoubtedly covered at one time by many hundreds of feet of upper Permian rocks.

Rocks of Quaternary Age

Pleistocene Series

Glacial till--No rocks of Mesozoic age are known to occur now in or adjacent to the Forest City basin area of northeastern Kansas, but it is probable that Cretaceous rocks at one time extended far into the basin. Deposits of Tertiary age, consisting dominantly of chert gravels, have been reported (Todd, 1920; Frye, 1941, p. 246) at some localities overlying the bedrock and overlain by Pleistocene glacial till. The stratified rocks of Pennsylvanian and Permian age in the northern counties of the Forest City basin were covered by unconsolidated glacial debris in Pleistocene time. At least part of the area was covered by both the Nebraskan and Kansan glaciers (Frye, 1941, pp. 146, 147), so the original thickness of these deposits is not known. The Kansan ice sheet advanced approximately to the present valley of Kansas river, and glacial deposits formerly covered all of eastern Kansas north of this line (Schoewe, 1930). The glacial deposits have been eroded from much of the area since the retreat of the ice, especially in the major valleys and their tributaries. Deposits of Pleistocene age attain a maximum thickness of more than 100 feet and conceal the stratified rocks in large areas of the upland surface between the valleys.

Alluvium--The valley flats of the major valleys are underlain by deposits of alluvium. These deposits have in large part been deposited since the retreat of the ice, but the development of the major valleys may have been initiated before the advance of the Kansan ice sheet.

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– We would love to meet you and discuss this exciting time in your life

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Wedding in St Georges

Who can be married in church?

Any adult who lives within the parish boundaries of that church or has a connection with the Parish (or is on the church electoral roll). Please contact us to discuss this further.

What if one or both of us have been married before?

Marriage is intended to be a lifelong commitment. However, we realise that sometimes promises are broken, relationships fracture and come to an end. In certain cases we will consider re-marrying those who’ve already been married.

We follow the Bishop’s guidelines on re-marriage there is a useful form and explanation of the policy available here.

How can we make the arrangements?

Please contact the parish office, we will take some basic information from you and then a member of the clergy will arrange a time to meet to discuss getting married. We will require a £100 deposit before we will confirm the booking.

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We know that every engaged couple wants to give their marriage the best possible start and so we provide marriage preparation for all couples to

Help couples lay the foundations for a relationship that will last a lifetime.

Marriage preparation will involve looking at

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  • making each other feel loved
  • developing a good sexual relationship
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This is based on Christian principles however it is designed for all couples with or without a church background.

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A month or two before the service you will meet with the person taking the service to discuss practical details of what the service will involve.

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I offer private individual or group Polynesian Dance Lessons, a Cultural Workshop, and The Interactive Polynesian Dancing Show. Dance Lessons are personalized and are wonderful for all age groups.
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If you have a group of more than 10 people and a suitable size room, preferably with mirrors yet not required, we can come to your location for basic hula lessons. $25 per person + transportation fee if beyond Hampton-Newport News-and-Yorktown.
Hawaiian hula and Tahitian dancing shows are also available for libraries, schools, kids' parties, and more! Our children shows are educational, fun, and interactive. Children will learn about the Polynesian islands, people. language, and culture.
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You will learn more than just a dance. You will learn the meaning of what you are dancing to and more about the Polynesian culture. I am proud to share my Polynesian heritage with you.
We offer hands-on workshops using implements used for hula and Tahitian dancing. We'll show your guests/audience how these implements are used, how they are made and they will have an opportunity to try these implements for themselves.
We will teach and demonstrate basic hula steps to your guests/audience. Demonstration and lessons to 2 songs provided.
Your guests will learn to count, name body parts, and the colors of the rainbow in the Hawaiian Language. They will also learn to pronounce and write some common Hawaiian and Tahitian words.
We also teach how to make a candy lei or a flower lei (supplies to be provided by the host of the event unless other arrangements have been made).
I also sometimes offer specialized crafts workshops, such as weaving and braiding lauhala, Hawaiian quilting, or making implements. Please inquire.

The Interactive Polynesian Dancing Show
* I dramatize a Hawaiian legend, story, or folk tale.
* Guests will play with Hawaiian rhythm instruments.
* Guests will participate in hula lessons and learn basic dance steps.
* Additional costumes, including colorful Tahitian headdresses, may be included to highlight the special birthday girl or boy or other special person/people. This show can be customized for libraries and schools, too!

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Babies' Long Bootees

Babies' Long Bootees Babies' Long Bootees
(from Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, 1918)

(Explanation of terms and stitches used)

Two colors of Saxony, blue and white or pink and white, and two steel knitting-needles, No. 14, are required for these bootees.

With color, cast on 57 stitches.

1. Knit plain.

2. With white, knit 4, over, knit 3, * slip, narrow and bind, knit 3, over, knit 1, over, knit 3; repeat from * to end of row.

3. Purl.

Repeat last 2 rows three times; with color knit 2 rows; with white repeat 2d and 3d rows twice, and again knit 2 rows plain with color and 2 rows plain with white.

With white knit 14 rows of single rib (knit 1, purl 1).

With color knit 2 rows plain; then with white knit 8 rows in single rib; repeat the last 10 rows, and again knit 2 rows plain, with color.

With white knit 1 row, purl 1 row, alternately, for 4 rows; this gives the appearance of plain knitting on the right side.

Make a row of spaces in which to run ribbon, thus: Knit 2, * over 3 times, narrow, knit 1; repeat from * to end of row. Purl back, dropping 2 of the "overs."

Again knit forward and purl back for 5 rows; then knit 15 rows in single rib, completing the leg.

For the instep: Slip 1st 18 stitches on to the needle, join in the color, knit 21 stitches, turn and knit back. With white knit 1 row and purl 1 row, alternately, for 6 rows. Repeat last 8 rows three times, which will give four white stripes and the same of narrow ones, in color; again knit forward and back with color.

For the slipper or foot, using color, knit off 18 stitches on right-hand needle, pick up and knit 17 stitches along the side of instep, knit 21 across instep, pick up 17 on other side and knit the 18 stitches on left needle. Knit back and forth plain for 20 rows and bind off. Sew up the foot and back of leg, and draw ribbon through the spaces.

These bootees come up well to the knee, and are warm as well as pretty. The ribbed portions cause them to fit snugly, so they are not likely to slip down and off the little feet.

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Designer: Donna Druchunas
Pattern Type: Knit
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Sizes Included: Medium 7" circ., Large 8" circ.
Yarn Lines: Shadow Lace Yarn
Yardage: 250
Needles/Hooks Suggested: Size 2 (2.75mm) & Size 3 (3.25mm) DPNs
Fiber Type: Wool & Blends
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Inspired by the detailed trim found on Alaskan parkas, these Double Diamond Fingerless Gloves are just the thing to keep your hands warm in chilly weather. Knit in the round, these mitts feature a larger, central diamond surrounded by several smaller diamond motifs. The gloves use lace weight yarn which reduces the bulk and allows them to be worn all day while still keeping your hands toasty. The pattern uses charts for the lace work portions of the pattern.

About the Author: Donna Druchunas escaped a corporate cubicle to honor her passions for knitting, world travel, research, and writing. She is the author of numerous knitting books, including Kitty Knits, Skein for Skein, and Successful Lace Knitting, all published by Martingale & Company®. Her designs have appeared in Family Circle Easy Knitting, Knitter’s, and Interweave Knits magazines. She lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado with her husband, mother, and three cats. Visit her website at

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SFA men's basketball falls at Baylor, 67-51 - KTRE.com | Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas

SFA men's basketball falls at Baylor, 67-51

WACO, Texas – Junior Jared Johnson recorded a season-high 16 points off the bench, but the Stephen F. Austin men's basketball was unable to topple Baylor in a 67-51 loss on Monday night inside Ferrell Center.

Baylor (4-0) limited the Lumberjacks (1-3) to a season-low 33.3 mark (18-for-54) from the field and 19.2 percentage (5-for-26) from 3-point land.

The loss moves SFA to 1-3 on the season, the program's worst start since the 1998-99 season when the team opened up 0-4.

Johnson paced the ‘Jacks, finishing 4-of-10 from the field, 2-of-5 from beyond the arc and 6-of-7 from behind the line. The native of Columbia, South Carolina, also pulled down five rebounds against the Bears (4-0).

SFA placed three players in double figures in all, as senior Jacob Parker and junior Thomas Walkup netted 10 and 11 points, respectfully. Parker finished with 4-of-9 from the field with one 3-pointer and one free throw, while Walkup finished 5-of 8 with a free throw. Parker also crashed the glass for eight boards.

The Bears led the SFA 30-24 in points in the paint, 13-8 off turnovers, 14-10 in second chance opportunities and 4-0 in fast break points and, while the ‘Jacks outscored Baylor 28-17 off the bench.

After Parker scored the first four points of the game, SFA suffered a scoring drought as the Bears went on a 12-0 run to take a 12-4 lead. The pointless streak lasted 5:43 before Walkup broke up converted a layup with 12:06 left before the half.

Walkup's layup sparked a 14-6 run over the next 4:32 to tie the game 18-18, before both teams traded 1-for-2 showings from the charity stipe to make it 19-all. The tied didn't last long however, as Baylor closed the half on a 14-3 run to take a 33-22 lead into the break.

The ‘Jacks were able to cut the Bear lead to 10 points on five different occasions, but were never able to push it below double figures, as Baylor outscored SFA 34-29 in the second half to take the 67-51 final.

The ‘Jacks will be back in action on Thursday, Nov. 27, playing Prairie View A&M in the 2014 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.

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Affidavit: 37-year-old clerk stole more than $11K from Trinity Co. utility district

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A Trinity County constable arrested a 37-year-old former employee of the Westwood Shores Municipal Utility District in connection to allegations that she stole more than $11,000 from the business.

Starla Barrett was arrested and charged with theft of property between $1,500 and $20,000, which is a state-jail felony. No information was available on her bail amount.

According to the arrest affidavit, Barrett stole $,9437.08 in checks and $1,945.88 in cash while she was working as a clerk for the Westwood Shores MUD. The bookkeeper at the business approached Pct. 2 Constable Mark Cole on. Monday and said that the money went missing from the funds that Barrett was supposed to deposit into the First National Bank of Trinity.

When the bookkeeper went through the utility district's finances, she found that six different deposits were missing. The missing deposits were from a period between Dec. 23, 2014 and Feb. 5, and they ranged in amount from $163.42 to $2,952.03.

According to the affidavit, Cole conducted a non-custodial interview with Barrett. At first, she denied taking the funds, but eventually Barrett admitted to stealing the money, the affidavit stated.

In the affidavit, Barrett is quoted as saying, “I was planning on depositing the funds back when the cash was at hand. I'm so sorry for doing this. I work with a great group of people.”

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There's a fight against mother nature and an eastern Iowa neighborhood, as people work to remove the Emerald Ash Borer from their trees.

The Emerald Ash Borer is an exotic beetle that feeds on ash trees, and it eventually kills the tree.

Waterloo volunteers are tagging the affected trees that need to be cut down later this year.

Prospect Boulevard is lined with big beautiful trees, and neighbors are trying to imagine what it will like like when many of them are cleared.

It's a growing problem across the Midwest.

At last check, 2,500 ash trees have already been cleared in Waterloo, and nearly 2,100 more trees are set to be cleared.

It has many neighbors and city leaders upset.

"I've been here many a year, and you just feel like you're in a park. Well, you're really in a park. It's a long linear park. It's just a gorgeous neighborhood. I think it's the premier visual neighborhood in town," Councilman Tom Lind said.

Councilman Lind and a group of volunteers are marking affected trees with yellow ribbon to let people know they're coming down, and several neighbors say they're sad about the news.

"So, we met with the landscaping company to see if we could save the trees. Unfortunately, he said it was too far gone, and we were probably going to have to let it go," Marcea Seible said.

More than 80 trees, including a couple in Marcea's yard are currently marked, and neighbors say they plan to raise money to plant new trees once the ash trees are cleared later in the year.

"This neighborhood is great. The people come together, and we really want to keep it beautiful, keep it looking nice, and keep the boulevard a pleasant place where people like to drive through, but also people like to live here as well. It's been really nice to come together with our neighbors to see what we can we do," Marcea said.

Councilman Lind says he plans to hold a meeting in the next couple weeks at Byrnes Park Club House to discuss the timeline and a fundraiser.

According to city leaders, people have the option to treat ash trees, but the material is costly, it needs to be applied several times, and it doesn't ensure the tree won't die.

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Hi, I'm Leslie Limon. Welcome to my lil' corner of the world wide web.  I never know what to write in these "About Me" pages, so I'm just going to give you a list of the 10 most important things I think you should know about me and what you can expect to read about here at La Casa de Leslie.

10 Awesome Facts About Me!

1. To start things off, and at the risk of breaking a few hearts, I must tell you that I am a happily married woman.  Hubby & I have been married for 22 years. My Hubby (whose real name is Alfonso) is a wonderful husband, an amazing dad to our 4 kiddies, and my best friend. I love him more than anything, even though most days he drives me absolutely crazy.  But he really is the man of my dreams. One of these days, I'll get around to finishing the story of how we met.

2.  I am a very proud mamá! My four kiddies are the smartest, sweetest and most gorgeous kiddies EVER!  So you will definitely be reading a lot about them.  Hope's 19, Nick's 17, Ashley's 14, and Jack is 12.

3. I'm a domestic goddess that can do it all. I just choose not to! I'm a card carrying member of H.A.H! (Housewives Against Housework) who really dislikes any and all household chores. I only do them every day, because no one else will.

4. I'm 41 years old and to be honest I don't have any feelings (good or bad) about growing older. Heck, I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. My only real problem with growing older is the losing battle I fight against all the gray hair that insists on making me look older than I actually feel.

5. I'm a full-time caregiver (like 24/7), but also work part-time as a freelance recipe developer and English/Spanish translator. I used to teach ESL (English as a Second Language) both in a classroom setting and as a private tutor.

6. As I stated in #5, I speak (and write) Spanish fluently. I learned to speak Spanish when I was five and it's really come in handy. (You'll find out how in just a sec....) And sometimes I even like to post in español for #SpanishFriday.

7. Fifteen years ago, Hubby and I made the decision to leave the only life I'd ever known in a sleepy little college town in southern California, to see what life would be like living in the small town where my husband grew up. I guess I should mention that the small town in question just happens to be smack-dab in the middle of Mexico.  Life here has been quite an adventure, and it makes for excellent blog fodder.

8. I love God, holidays, cows, all things leopard print, reading, makeup, nail polish, red wine, routines, I Love Lucy, Grey's Anatomy, 80's hair metal, picnics, afternoon naps, curling up on the couch to watch a movie or read a book, a good joke (naughty or nice), coffee, Diet Coke (or Coca-Cola Light as it's called in Mexico), photography, country music, planning, journaling, organizing, hanging out at el rancho, camping, my dogs Lucy and Colby, and our new pet hamster Harry Theodore.

9. I don't like cold weather, migraines, asthmabanda music, mean or negative people, shoes, shopping for shoes, movies that don't have a happy ending, movies about the devil, exercise, anyone touching my feet, the fact that I can't watch a movie without crying, rats, bugs, snakes, and any other kind of creepy crawlers.

10.  And last but not least, I love to cook!  But you'll rarely ever read about that here. For more about my mad culinary skillz, head on over to my food blog, La Cocina de Leslie.

If you made it this far through the list, I hope it means you'll stick around for more, so we can get to know each other better.  Mi casa es su casa!  I love it when you leave comments on the blog, but you can also reach out to me via Facebook and Twitter. And be sure to sign up to receive my new blog posts via email. (See sidebar.)

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  1. I had no clue about any of that... Just kidding, I've become one of your biggest fans! :-)

  2. I probably should have told you before how much I really admire you. You are an amazing, down-to-earth, wonderful woman. I hope to keep reading about your trials and tribulations of your every day life. And, oh yeah, it just happens to be in the middke of Mexico.

  3. I feel like I should've brought a "blog warming" gift :) Your blog looks beautiful and you'll see me around!

  4. Visiting from SITS. What a great list! Makes me want to re-do my About Me page!

  5. I LOVE THIS! I am in the process of revamping my About Me, and you totally just encouraged me!! What a fantastic way to do it! :) Stopping by from SITS.

  6. Thanks for posting this on Sharefest I love this a out page. Fun, creative, and a great way to link to many posts! And your family picture is lovely.

    1. Whoops I meant ABOUT page :) darn keyboard!

  7. I think you did a fine job on you About Me page.

    Stopping by for Saturday Sharefest -- I'm a little late. I hope you had a great weekend.

  8. Hey Leslie!

    I just wanted to say that i've read some of your posts and they are great! I just came across your blog from other people's blogrolls and you have a beautiful family:)

    I would encourage you to take a look at my blog and let others who are going through the same thing to take a look at it:) Thanks for blogging!

  9. Hi Leslie, just found this blog. I have been using and loving the recipe blog to WOW my Veracruz, Mexico born fiance (giving you your due credit, of course ;). He has loved ALL the recipes. I'd have to say that he especially enjoys the enchiladas verde & aroz verde. We make the enchiladas with corn tortillas and he prefers shredded pork roast over chicken but I still make them both ways. They have become an entire family favorite. I usually make 4 pans at a time and pass them out to my mother and father. Thanks so much for the inspiration. I'm pretty sure your recipes are one of the factors in our successful relationship. He says I cook just as good as his mother. :)

    1. Hi Nicole! Thank you so much for commenting! I'm so glad you and your fiance are enjoying my recipes. I hope you'll stick around this blog too! :)

  10. Hi Leslie,

    I was looking on the internet for more recipes.....Instead of meat with salsa,beans, caldo de poyo , Caldo de res but with veggies,and rice....In Mexico that's all my husband family made and ate......very nice blog... If u have time I would love to here ur experience in Mexico sense u been there......

    Thanks Elizabeth

  11. Hi Leslie:

    Just found your blog and must say it is very nice. I live near Mexico City. I have been here for about 2 years now so am finding information on your blog site informative and helpful. I am a native american from California. I welcome you to check out my blog, if you choose.

    Loving Life on Earth

    I will be following your blog and it is nice to have met you virtually.

    Sincerely, Kathyann

  12. Hi Leslie,

    I am visiting from the SITS Girls Blogtober challenge. I'm so glad that I got you because I used to live in Mexico City. I lived there for 4 years and went to high school there so I am very fond of that place. I miss being there for Dia de los Muertos.

    I really like your About Me page. I think it's humorous and really explains a lot about you and your passions which will come through it the blog. You also have a lot of links back into your site which is great for internal SEO and encourages people to read deeper into your blog. The only suggestion that I would make it even more engaging is to list maybe 3-5 of your best posts that really represent your writing style and content. That way the reader knows what to look forward to if they follow you.

    Keep up the great work on your blog!
    Sue Kirchner

  13. Just found your blog, can't wait to keep reading. Love your family!

  14. Leslie,

    Long time reader and fan, you are my one of my favorites, I have enjoyed seeing your family growing up.


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We have spent time searching the internet for the best companies providing airport transfer by coach, taxis, shuttle, mini bus services and below are the three which we feel offer the most competitive and cheap prices and all round professional service.

Shuttle Direct:

Shuttle Direct offer private taxis, Shared transfers and Shuttle busses. Their private taxis run to virtually any destination you require, they will deliver you directly to the front door of your accommodation and you will not have to wait at the airport for extra passengers. They also run very affordable Shared Transfers and Shuttle Busses.

These services mainly run to larger more popular destinations and timetables are increased during peak seasons. Look out for destinations offering these services as they can represent huge savings to customers. Be aware that prices quoted are per person, they are often the best option for anyone travelling in a group under four persons.

Resort Hoppa:

Resort Hoppa offer very competitive private transfers which can accommodate extremely large groups, even up to 55 people on a coach. Resort Hoppa rates are based on the size of vehicle used. For example they will charge the same rate if your group is 2 or 4 persons as the car used to accommodate you will be the same vehicle.

They definitely represent the cheapest options if you are travelling in a suitably sized group, so check their booking engine to see if your party could save money. You might find them less competitive if you are travelling as a couple.

Holiday Taxis:

Holiday taxis offer a similar service to Resort Hoppa, their prices are based on the type of vehicle which is used. Again it depends on the size of your group as to how much money you may save so take a look at their booking system to see how you fare. They also offer a premier service for anyone who wishes to travel in luxury. Holiday Taxis are also taking a ‘greener’ stance regarding vehicle emissions, this allows you to off set your carbon footprint for a small fee.

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The PPP/Civic has launched a propaganda offensive intended to convince the public that the current crime wave is being imagined by journalists and the opposition, PNC/R member Jerome Khan said yesterday.

Khan was speaking at the PNC/R's weekly press conference and he noted that the government seemed not to recognise the seriousness of a situation where people were seeing the collapse of order and the shrinking of business and social activity.

Meanwhile Khan said the party condemned the callous and cavalier attitude which characterises the approach of the government to the crime wave. He said that while law-abiding and decent citizens cower indoors at nightfall and gangs of all types roam the country unchecked, "the PPP/C has taken an astonishingly blase attitude."

Jerome said the current circus of so-called consultations was another contemptuous attempt by the government to divert attention from their failure and disarray. He noted that the consultations were attracting no public support and the harsh reality was that the public wanted clearly focused action that was policy driven, firm, decisive and organised.

He said the government calling out the troops was good propaganda, but it was patently not good for the morale of the police or the army. It was intended to allow the government to continue to avoid honestly addressing the fundamental causes of the national crime and public security problems.

The government, having demoralised the police force was now bent on "dragging the GDF into the quagmire created by its own incompetence, insensitivity, corruption and bad faith."

He said the army should be carefully circumscribed within its constitutional mandate and as authorised by law. Khan said the constitutional and legal position is that the GDF's loyalty should be to the constitution not to any government or political party. Such an approach, he said, will serve to prevent the demoralisation of the army; the undermining of its professionalism and the diminishing of its operational competence and capacity.

The police, he said, now seem to have "abandoned their legal and constitutional responsibilities for the maintenance of law and order, and appear content to surrender their duties to the army unfettered by any limitations."

Meanwhile the PPP/C, he said, continues to bask in the self-deception that the war on crime will be won by the purchase of heavier weapons and protective gear, but the PNCR believes that such an approach will have little effect.


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June 7, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bank lending rates are expected to ease in the second half of 2013 with reduced bank borrowings by the state, the Central Bank said holding policy rates in June, after a cut last month. In May the monetary authority cut its policy rate corridor by 50 basis points.

The reverse repo rate at which money is given to banks for liquidity shortfalls and indicates a ceiling overnight rate in the interbank market was cut to 9.00 percent and the repo rate at which excess money is withdrawn was cut to 7.00 percent.

Liquidity auction rates at which cash was withdrawn and injected have ranged from 7.8 percent to 8.2 since a May rate cut forming a narrower effective signal rate corridor.

This week a repo auction rate fell to 7.6 percent, amid excess liquidity dragging down short term rates further.

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JOBS – Supports moving overseas jobs back to the U.S. His “Bring Jobs Back Home Act” offered a 20 percent tax break for American companies who move back to the states. He also supports increasing American manufacturing and construction jobs, decreasing dependence on foreign oil to increase domestic jobs, and expanding the number of American math and science teachers.

HEALTH CARE – Supports insuring and providing health care to more Americans with the Affordable Care law. His plan allows dependents to remain insured under their parents’ health care policy until the age of 26, rather than 19.

EDUCATION – Supports innovative state plans to improve teaching quality and academic achievement. He developed the Race to the Top program offering $4.35 billion worth of competitive grants to encourage state efforts to implement reforms cutting college tuition. He also more than doubled federal spending on college Pell Grants for low-income students. Obama encourages Congress to cut federal aid to colleges that raise tuition too high.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE – Supports; repealed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy

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JOBS – Supports raising visa caps for skilled workers to keep domestic jobs in American hands. He also plans to continue the Bush tax cuts and drop corporate tax rates from 35 to 25 percent. His plan is to increase jobs by reforming the tax code, stimulating trade, and decreasing the economy’s energy dependence.

HEALTH CARE – Opposes and will work to repeal the Affordable Care law. He considers health care plans not in the realm of national power and favors state-level health care laws. However, he has said his plan would allow dependents under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ health care policy.

EDUCATION – Supports offering students school of choice and providing them only qualified teachers. For college students, he argues for less government financial aid and more private lenders to get involved, which he said will discourage colleges from increasing tuition rates. He intends to restrict eligibility for Pell Grants to provide for only the students who need it the most.

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LAS alum helps rescue dogs from canine fight club.

Stephen Zawistowski and dog Morgan

The dogs were doomed.

Almost everyone expected that the 51 dogs, most of them pit bulls, would be put down. Even the organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, advocated that the dogs be euthanized. After all, these were the dogs discovered in the notorious dog-fighting ring on the property of NFL quarterback Michael Vick. They were beyond redemption.

However, Stephen Zawistowski, an LAS alumnus, thought otherwise. When the public expressed great interest in the fate of Vick’s fighting dogs, a federal attorney turned to Zawistowski, a University of Illinois psychology graduate now serving as executive vice president and science advisor for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

According to Zawistowski, an ASPCA forensic veterinarian had been brought into the Vick case to determine the cause of death for numerous dogs on the property. Dogs that did not make the grade as fighting animals had been electrocuted, shot, drowned, hanged, or slammed on the ground, reported a Sports Illustrated cover story.

But what about the surviving dogs? This ASPCA colleague recommended that Zawistowski be brought in to evaluate the dogs and determine if they might be saved. So Zawistowski, a certified applied animal behaviorist, pulled together a team to do just that.

“We looked at how responsive the dogs were to people and other dogs, and how they reacted to novel situations,” he says. “One of the first things you do is find out if the dogs allow you to touch them. Can you put your hands around their ears, feet, or muzzle? Are they comfortable being handled?”

Working in teams of three, one person would keep the dog on a leash, a second person carefully attempted to interact with the dog, and the third person observed and evaluated.

Zawistowski has investigated many cases of aggressive dogs, and he was surprised to discover that most of Vick’s animals were not as aggressive as expected.

“Our impression,” he says, “was that these were more similar to dogs you would find in hoarding cases,” in which people keep large numbers of animals but give them little care and attention. In the end, only one of the 51 dogs had to be put down for aggression—although a couple of them had to be euthanized for medical reasons.

For Zawistowski, caring for animals has been a lifelong passion. “I was the kid in the neighborhood who brought home all the birds and critters around town, would fix them up, and let them go,” he says. He and his father even bred beagles when he was growing up.

Zawistowski completed his master’s in psychology at U of I in 1979 and his PhD in 1983, focusing on behavior genetics—with an emphasis on animal behavior. He worked with the U of I’s Jerry Hirsch, a pioneer in behavior genetics, and they studied the influences of both learning and genetics on animal behavior. Specifically, they used classical conditioning techniques to change the feeding behavior of blowflies.

After teaching at two universities, Zawistowski found that the ASPCA was looking for someone with a background in animal behavior. He fit the bill, so he joined the ASPCA in 1988 and helped start an animal behavior evaluation program. He also began as director of the education department, which had a staff of only two or three—“me, one guy, and a chicken.” Today, 400 of the ASPCA’s staff of 500 report to him.

Although dog-fighting cases may capture headlines, he says he is most proud for helping to bring scientific management techniques to animal shelters. In fact, he helped to establish a new field known as shelter medicine, which combines the management of large numbers of animals with traditional companion animal medicine.

According to Zawistowski, attitudes on animal welfare are changing, as evidenced by three landmark events, including the Michael Vick case. The other two were the outpouring of concern over animals in Hurricane Katrina and the massive pet food recall in 2007. The Vick case also led to this year’s raid on a dog-fighting ring in five states, in which authorities seized 350 dogs and arrested 30 people.

“They had been working on the case for two years,” he says. “So it shows they’re taking it very seriously.”

Dog fighting is illegal nationwide, but there is a large subculture, complete with glossy magazines and an Internet underground. In certain areas, he says, weekend dog fights are major events that even include rides for children.

Once again, most of the dogs seized in the recent raid were pit bulls, which raises the question of whether pit bulls are aggressive by nature or have it trained into them; and this goes right back to the behavior research that Zawistowski did at the U of I.

He says it’s a combination of breeding and training. “Just as it’s easier to teach a Labrador how to retrieve a ball than a beagle, it’s easier to teach a pit bull how to fight. Pit bulls are natural athletes. But it doesn’t mean every Labrador is going to retrieve and every pit bull is going to be a fighting dog.”

As for Michael Vick’s dogs, he asks, “Will they ever be like a dog that has never been fought? No. They’ll always bear the legacy of both their breeding and training. But it doesn’t mean they are killers for life.”

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Fall 2009


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A dynamite bomb went off on August 14, 1934 in the doorway of a small print shop at the hotel and injured three people, two of which were union picketers who were questioned in the bombing. At the time of the blast, union electrical workers had been striking for months against the hotel. Also brought in for questioning was Danny Stanton, a former Al Capone gangster.
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UC regents are frustrated that campuses haven't made bigger strides on diversity

University of California regents Wednesday bemoaned what they called disappointing progress on efforts to increase diversity among students and faculty at the system’s 10 campuses.

Last month, UC officials announced a 36.7% increase in admissions offers to Latinos and a 31.9% jump in offers to African Americans. Those improvements were part of a significant boost in admissions of California students.

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Two women named to lead Cal State campuses Chico and Channel Islands

California State University trustees named two women to lead the Chico and Channel Islands campuses, paving the way for the nation’s largest university system to have more women serving as presidents than at any time in its history.

Erika D. Beck, provost and executive vice president at Nevada State College in Henderson, will preside at CSU Channel Islands. She succeeds Richard R.

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Thanks to Nike's Phil Knight, Stanford is planning an ambitious graduate scholars program

One of the country's most prestigious universities is aiming to bring even more cachet to its California campus.

Stanford University unveiled plans Wednesday for a program similar in style to Oxford University's Rhodes Scholarships but more than three times as large in scope.

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Why only 19% of Cal State freshmen graduate on time -- and what lawmakers aim to do about it

Cal State University campuses are under pressure to boost their four-year graduation rates, which in most cases are far below the national average. A new state Legislature bill set to be introduced Monday could make their task easier.

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Philip Pumerantz, university founder who helped resurrect osteopathic medicine, dies at 85

Philip Pumerantz, a former high school teacher who helped resurrect the once-maligned practice of osteopathic medicine in California by founding what’s now a bustling medical school, has died at his home in Upland.

Pumerantz, who was one of the longest-serving university presidents in the country when he retired in 2015, died Dec. 26. He was 85.

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Gov. Brown proposes California's first fully online public community college

Gov. Jerry Brown wants California to launch its first fully online public community college to help 2.5 million young adults without college credentials gain skills for better jobs and greater economic mobility.

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On Tuesday, April 25, LCIA is partnering with Baton Rouge’s Downtown Business Association to host a Coffee Chat focused on business in the Capital City’s downtown. Attendees are invited to attend part or all of the event, which will feature networking and informal discussion about downtown development and opportunities.

The following topics, among many others, will be up for discussion:

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The Downtown Business Association and the Downtown Development District will both be present to discuss how they promote downtown Baton Rouge and support downtown businesses. The event will conclude with an optional walking tour to give attendees a firsthand view of downtown projects and development. So come grab a cup of coffee, learn about downtown Baton Rouge, and connect with other businesses.

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I mean, I’ve barely gotten past the champagne headache and now I’m sitting down to write a column defending — or maybe even praising — Ticketmaster. The ticketing giant, despite its many faults, deserves a little credit for what it has done in the past few weeks.

I’m talking about “slow ticketing.” For years now, concert ticketing has been a hot mess. Popular concerts frequently sell out in minutes, and then most of those tickets end up on resale sites like StubHub. That’s because they’re being snatched up by bots, scalpers and so-called “ticket brokers.”

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But now, Ticketmaster is working to correct it. The company has begun implementing “slow ticketing,” a process designed to weed out the scalpers and automated bots and give true fans the first crack at tickets. I believe this began in early December, when tickets to Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour went on sale.

Ticketmaster is now requiring ticket buyers to register in advance, and then respond to an invitation to purchase tickets within a specific time window. As a result, the company expects to be able to allow more customers to choose their seats on a seat map, rather than using the “best available” option.

Ticketmaster has also substantially raised prices for many tickets; for instance, a VIP ticket to a Swift show on the current tour will cost you about $1,500. For a ticket that will get you up close on the floor — in the “Snake Pit,” as it’s being called — expect to shell out $800. That decision, Ticketmaster has said, was geared toward bringing prices in line with what was seen on the resale market.

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The result, according to Ticketmaster, is fewer tickets being resold on StubHub. During Swift’s 1989 tour, about 30 percent of the tickets made their way to the secondary market, according to David Marcus, executive vice president and head of music at Ticketmaster. With the introduction of slow ticketing, only about 3 percent of the 2.5 million Reputation tour tickets sold are being sold second-hand.

Ticketmaster also has its own in-house company called TicketsNow for re-selling tickets that you genuinely need to unload if you purchased a few too many or plans fell through.

Make no mistake — this change is largely driven by greed, as well as a desire to capture more of the ticket-selling market.

“This time, the artist and promoter are capturing that revenue and not the secondary market,” said Jesse Lawrence, founder of TicketIQ, a search engine for primary and secondary tickets. Lawrence told Billboard that the result could be an additional revenues of up to $1.5 million per show for Swift and promoter Louis Messina.

Nevertheless, the system seems to be working as designed, and Ticketmaster remains committed to improving it as they go. The old way was profoundly broken. With the implementation of slow ticketing, not a single show sold out on the first day of sales. Fewer tickets are ending up in the hands of scalpers, and the money is going to the artist and the promoter responsible for putting on the show. And that’s probably right where it belongs, even if someone is willing to pay $1,500 for a VIP ticket.

Damien Willis is a columnist for Pulse, writing primarily about entertainment and pop culture. He may be reached at or @damienwillis on Twitter.

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