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Rattle Snake Round Up Festivals in Texas
Rattlesnake roundups are a traditional springtime ritual in the southeastern United States. The biggest takes place in Texas. The festivals usually involve wild-caught snakes, which are "milked" of their venom for anti-venom production and cancer research. The festival at Sweetwater typifies the purpose, style and attractions of most such events.
The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup
"The Annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up" is hosted yearly in Sweetwater in west Texas over the second weekend in March. Bounty hunters are estimated to capture 1 percent of the state's entire rattlesnake population during the event. Sweetwater's population, normally around 12,000, welcomes some 40,000 visitors. The inaugural event was held in 1958, and 2003 marked the first festival at which no one was snake-bitten. The event commences on a Thursday with a parade through the downtown area, followed that evening by a Miss Snake Charmer Pageant held in the Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium. Miss Snake Charmer is customarily clad in a plaid shirt and blue jeans and must either skin a dead diamondback or milk a live one during the year of her reign. It is believed that no Miss Snake Charmer has ever chosen the live option. The next morning, bus tours begin transporting attendees out to the roundup sites, where they watch bounty hunters -- paid by the pound -- dragging the lethal reptiles out of their desert dens. Meanwhile, back at the Nolan County Coliseum in Newman Park, snake measuring and weight-ins begin at the Research Pit.
The Catch
After passing through the Research Pit, the live snakes are dumped into a massive holding pit where tens of thousands of the snakes writhe and slither in a great amorphous mass. Snake wranglers enter the pit and walk among the diamondbacks, passing them out one by one to staffers that first milk them, then kill, skin and fry them or hold them back for living sale. The majority go to a company called Maverick Trading Post (mavericktradingpost.com) that prepares and sells the reptile meat and snake paraphernalia. Buyers are also present, amassing great collections of snake gall bladders; they are believed to be a cure for impotence. The day is filled with handling demonstrations. Experts in the "Milking Pit" grasp the back of the head with one hand and the tail with the other, then cause the snake to express its venom. When the snakes have been milked, the handlers allow spectators to pet the creatures and hold the shaking rattles. Meanwhile vendors offer snake meat dishes, most of them fried, and french fries, and a combo platter called the "Hunter's Special," which is fried rattlesnake with french fries.
Demonstrations take place throughout the day to grandstands set up around the snake pits. Expert handlers put massive specimens on a table then agitate them to show the crowds how a snake positions itself when readying to strike, and then just how fast it moves when it does so. This is considered educational entertainment. Aside from the "Demonstration Pit" there is also a "Skinning Pit" -- the snakes are executed out of the public eye, then the corpses returned to the pit -- and a "Sales Pit."
Other Attractions
A separate building adjacent to the coliseum hosts countless vendor stalls, all selling rattlesnake skins, stuffed rattlesnakes, knives with rattlesnake-head handles and festival T-shirts. There is also a gun and knife show, and beer for sale. Outside, a barbecue cook-off -- fried pork rinds are a big favorite -- enhances the carnival. More beer tents round out the experience. Next door is the Nolan County Museum; above its entrance a gigantic rattlesnake serves up a hint of the delights inside.
Other Events
The National Rattlesnake Sacking Championship takes place during the first week of April in Tyler; the highlight of the event is a contest to determine which two-man team can get 10 rattlesnakes into a bag the fastest. The World Champion Rattlesnake Races take place on St. Patrick's Day in Old San Patricio; aside from the eponymous races, handling demonstrations take place and beer is sold. The Lone Star Expo and Rattlesnake Roundup is held in Brownwood. The Big Spring Rattlesnake Roundup, held in the town of Big Spring, offers most of the same delights, as does the Diamondback Jubilee in Lometa and the Freer Rattlesnake Roundup.
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The purpose-built crew terminal, the first built by the airline, is the most advanced of its kind in the region,and is fitted with leading-edgebaggage handling systems, electronic check-in kiosks, security and customs scanning equipment and E-gate facilities for immigration control.
The airline will provide user-friendly technology and convenience for its2,250flight crew and approximately 5,800 cabin crew during the check-in and briefing processes prior to boarding their flights. Operating crews will be provided with up-to-date flight information such as flight plans, weather reports, destination information, service protocol and passenger data, for review in dedicated briefing areas within the CBC.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways' President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are tremendously proud to open this spectacular facility, which has been designed and built to provide our operating crew, and those of our partner airlines, with the latest technological advances and the utmost convenience.
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Located adjacent to Terminal 1 at Abu Dhabi Airport, the expansive new facility measures approximately 88,264 ft² set over two floors, consisting of a steel frame structure with a bespoke cladding system reflecting Etihad Airways' 'Facets of Abu Dhabi' corporate design, and features branded fleet and product renders throughout the building,with a superior high quality finish.The contract for the building of the CBC was awarded to leading British construction firm McLaren, which operates from its two UAE bases located in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The terminalfeatures 20 fully-equippedpilotand cabin crew briefing rooms, four of which can be joined to accommodate larger Airbus A380 crews.
Etihad Airways has opened three crew lounges within the CBC. The luxurious Landside Lounge, located on the first floor, is equipped with complimentary WiFi, Mac Book computers, hot and cold beverage stations, and shower facilities. The smaller Airside Lounge is equipped with the same facilities with the exception of showers. The airline has also provided a landside Quiet Room where crew can relax in a calm environment before they commence their duties.
The CBC boasts laundry and dry-cleaning services, a mail room and a 24-hour coffee shop serving light meals and snacks. A dedicated duty-free outlet will open within the arrivals hall.
The Guest Services department, which oversees the airline's cabin crew, has relocated its Performance Managers to the CBC to enhance communication between cabin crew and management, providing access to the latest updates, information and advice.An employee service desk providing HR assistance and travel information has also been set up at the centre.
The CBC was completed with the cooperation and support received from Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), which released the necessary land required, and which was instrumental in expediting the approval of the appropriate permits necessary for the construction of the facility.
The CBC is an airside / landside facility which also accommodates government entities such as Police, Customs, Immigration and State Security, and meets all necessaryhealth and safety requirements set by the relevant authorities.
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About Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways began operations in 2003, and in 2014 carried 14.8 million passengers. From its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways flies to or has announced plans to serve 113 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The airline has a fleet of 120 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and more than 200 aircraft on firm order, including 66 Boeing 787s, 25 Boeing 777Xs, 62 Airbus A350s and five Airbus A380s.
Etihad Airways holds equity investments in airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Virgin Australia, and Swiss-based Darwin Airline, trading as Etihad Regional. Etihad Airways, along with airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Etihad Regional, Jet Airways and NIKI, also participate in Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand that brings together like-minded airlines to offer customers more choice through improved networks and schedules and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. For more information, please visit: www.etihad.com

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared on television for the first time in five months.
The ailing Castro was seen Tuesday on a video shown on state-run television speaking with his younger brother and current Cuban leader Raul Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Granma newspaper reported online.The 81-year-old Fidel turned over authority to his brother Raul in July 2006 after announcing he was suffering from an undisclosed gastro-intestinal illness. He was last seen on TV in mid-January of this year and Raul was made Cuba's official leader in February.


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|Comparisons of the release of vasodilator substances from left and right cardiac chambers of the isolated perfused rabbit heart: implications for intraventricular thrombus formation.
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|PMID: 19232543 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Prostacyclin (PgI(2)) and endothelium-derived nitric oxide (EDNO) are produced by the arterial and venous endothelium. In addition to their vasodilator action on vascular smooth muscle, both act together to inhibit platelet aggregation and promote platelet disaggregation. EDNO also inhibits platelet adhesion to the endothelium. EDNO and PgI(2) have been shown to be released from the cultured endocardial cells. In this study, we examined the release of vasoactive substances from the intact endocardium by using isolated rabbit hearts perfused with physiological salt solution (95% O(2)/5% CO(2), T=37 degrees C). The right and left cardiac chambers were perfused through separate constant-flow perfusion loops (physiological salt solution, 8 ml min(-1)). Effluent from left and right cardiac, separately, was bioassayed on canine coronary artery smooth muscle, which had been contracted with prostaglandin F(2alpha_)(2 x 10(-6)M) and no change in tension was exhibit. However, addition of calcium ionophore A23187 (10(-6)M) to the cardiac chambers' perfusion line induced vasodilation of the bioassay coronary ring, 61.4+/-7.4% versus 70.49+/-6.1% of initial prostaglandin F(2alpha) contraction for the left and right cardiac chambers perfusate, respectively (mean+/-SEM, n=10, p>0.05). Production of vasodilator was blocked totally in the left heart but, only partially blocked in the right heart by adding indomethacin (10(-5)M) to the perfusate, respectively, 95.2+/-2.2% versus 41.5+/-4.8% (mean+/-SEM, n=10, p<0.05). 6-Keto prostaglandin F(1alpha), measured in the endocardial superfusion effluent was also higher for the left cardiac chambers than for the right at the time of stimulation with the A23187, respectively, 25385.88+/-5495 pg/ml (n=8) versus 13,132.45+/-1839.82 pg/ml (n=8), (p<0.05). These results showed that cyclooxygenase pathway plays major role in generating vasoactive substances for the left cardiac chamber endocardium; while it is not the main pathway for the right ventricular endocardium at which EDNO and PgI(2) could act together and potentiate their antithrombogenic activities in isolated perfused rabbit heart. This may be an explanation for the intraventricular thrombus mostly seen in left ventricle rather than in right ventricle as a complication of myocardial infarction.
|Berent Discigil; Yeow L Chua; Paul J Pearson; Paulo R B Evora; Andrea C Celotto; Hartzell V Schaff
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|Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article Date: 2009-02-20
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|Title: Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry / official journal of the Nitric Oxide Society Volume: 20 ISSN: 1089-8611 ISO Abbreviation: Nitric Oxide Publication Date: 2009 Jun
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|Cardiac Surgical Research and the Section of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, USA.
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Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
Thrombosis / metabolism*
Vasodilator Agents / metabolism*
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Tim Abbott <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes:We also ran into a few packages which will overwrite configuration files that they manage via debconf, overwriting our symlink every time the relevant package is upgraded. But I think that's a bug in those Debian packages, since the same problem would occur for any manual changes to those configuration files as well (I think in the cases I've seen it is a failure to check whether an upgrade is occuring when generating the configuration file in postinst).Configuration files generated by debconf may not be manually changed without running this risk, including by humans. Generally, this is documented in the file. I have several of those in packages I maintain. This is a pretty widely accepted way of dealing with configuration files, and the right way to modify those files is with debconf pre-seeding rather than by trying to overwrite the file, IMO.
Many such files have configuration options other than those managed by debconf (/etc/krb5.conf would be a good example). For those files, pre-seeding debconf doesn't suffice.
What other problems have you experienced?I've seen the diverted configuration file disappear, making it impossible to undo the diversion, and never did track down why that happened. I haven't run into any problems in cases where the diversion is never dropped, though. (But renaming the package that manages the diversions is something that dpkg-divert doesn't deal with at all well.)
Renaming a package requires no special effort in our system (the new package and the old package will conflict because they divert the same file, and the old package will remove the diversion on prerm because it knows it is being removed, and then the new package will install the new diversion on postinst).
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Sidenote: I get that some of these pointers should come as a given, but there are a couple that I am still not willing to compromise on. *glances down at bright teal and highlighter yellow nails as I type this. NO shame in my game.*
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CAKED-ON BASE – Painting layers of foundation, tinted moisturizer, concealer, and powder on your face will rub off on your collar…and his. Stick with a lightweight foundation, remove any obvious makeup with a damp sponge, and dab concealer just over blemishes or redness. Men—and their dry-cleaning bills—will thank you.
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When your baby is crying and you don't know why, it's not always easy to stay calm -- especially if you're a new parent with little experience. Keep in mind that if you let your baby's cries agitate you, this can make your baby more upset so that he cries harder still, compounding the problem. Instead, take a few moments to determine what your baby is trying to tell you, and then offer comfort. You can think more clearly if you remain calm, even if your child doesn't respond to your efforts to calm him.
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Run through the list of basic needs, such as checking baby's diaper, offering milk and burping your baby. Calmly try changing positions, singing to your baby, patting and/or rubbing his back, and rocking him in a rocking chair.
Turn the lights down and put on some soothing music to calm you and the baby. Cuddle your baby skin to skin so she can hear your heartbeat. Easy ways to cuddle skin to skin include removing your shirt and putting your baby in a sling while she's wearing only a diaper. Another option is to slip your diapered baby inside your shirt and wrap a light sheet around you and baby to hold her secure. Rock her gently or slow dance with her while rubbing or patting her back while you are skin to skin. Whisper a calm phrase like "Everything is OK" to your baby as this can help calm both of you as well.
Massage your baby with baby lotion. Use your fingers to stroke down the right side of his abdomen. Keep your stroke, steady, firm, but still gentle. Use two fingers of both hands to draw a heart shape from just above baby's pubic bone to the bottom rib with your fingers meeting just above the belly button for the down stroke. Finally, stroke a "U" shape on his abdomen. This "I love you" massage helps remove bubbles from the intestine and will often soothe a baby with colic or an upset tummy, according to "Clinical Implications of Touch in Labor and Infancy," a Johnson & Johnson parenting video.
Put your baby in a stroller or car seat and get him moving. Remind yourself to stay calm as you're doing this. This will slow you down -- and also help you communicate calmness to your baby. Battery-operated swings and bouncers can also soothe little ones and help them go to sleep.
Know your limits -- and when it's time to step away to collect yourself, suggests HelpGuide.org. Don't compare your abilities and your baby's behavior to anyone else. Every baby is different and certain periods in a baby's life are more difficult that others, such as when the baby is teething or suffering from colic. If you're alone and feel you're reaching your limit, put your baby in a safe place like her crib or bassinet. Let her cry while you take a few minutes to settle down in another room.
Take turns caring for your baby if there is another adult or responsible person in the house. Express your need for a break or time-out. While the other adult is caring for the baby, take a shower, go for a walk, meditate, take a catnap or do whatever works for you when you need to de-stress. Come back when you are calmer and more capable of handling your baby.
Let your baby cry in a darkened room with soft, white noise for a period of time. Come back periodically to check on your baby, let her know that you're there, and then distance yourself from the room. Sometimes babies just need to cry it out because they're overstimulated and need time to decompress.
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Industry projections call for five billion intelligent devices by 2010 and over 15 billion by 2015. "The embedded Internet is preparing to transform the world. An era of intelligent connectivity is emerging and according to the industry is about to hit the fast-forward button." (Source: Gantz, John. "The Embedded Internet: Methodology and Findings." IDC—January 2009)
Driven by consumers' embrace of new mobile communications and entertainment options, and continued global growth of wireless and wireline/broadband networks, the telecommunications and networking equipment provider industry will continue to grow. Particularly in the telecommunications industry, applications are the device – "It's not about TV apps, or phone apps. It's about apps that work across all devices, storing your activity so that your behavior on one device carries over the others. As companies release new gadgets and old devices get web connected, these kinds of cross-device features will become more crucial." (Source: The top trends at the Consumer Electronics Show" Dean Takahashi and Anthony Ha, VentureBeat, January 2010)
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- transitive v. To give advice to; counsel.
- transitive v. To interpret; explain.
- n. Advice or counsel.
- n. Archaic A narration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Help, advice, counsel.
- n. Decision, a plan.
- v. To govern, protect.
- v. To discuss, deliberate.
- v. To advise.
- v. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Advice; counsel; suggestion.
- n. A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
- transitive v. To advise or counsel.
- transitive v. To interpret; to explain.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete form of red.
- An obsolete form of red.
- An obsolete variant of ready.
- n. See read.
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- v. give an interpretation or explanation to
- v. give advice to
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I took some time time to make an "ideal" talent tree for the priest. Here is the result. What I have tried to create was a talent tree that allowed all specs to be properly represented. There are minor buffs here and there, with appropriate nerfs to prevent the class from being overpowered. I've added a few things in, and combined some talents together.
In this build, Holy Nova has been made trainable. Inner Fire has also been made to have no charges, with a duration of 30 minutes.
With the increases in crits, plus Grace coming closer to its original glory, plus Lightwell being accessible to Disc priests (more raid healing, rather than single target), the Discipline tree shapes up as much more of a single healing target class.
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Albergo Carola is a typical Italian pensione. Albergo Carola lies near the Stazione Brignole.
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Albergo Carola's well-kept rooms can be found on the 3rd floor of a lovely old building.
Staff is charming, friendly and give lots of advise but if you don't speak Italian you'll have a problem. The owner only speak Italian or Spanish. He know only a few words in English. So you may want to have a phrase book handy. Daughter does speak English but is not always around the Albergo.
The rooms are tiny but very clean.
They have single, double rooms with or without bathrooms.
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Earlier on we reported that Apple supposedly was attempting to offer licensing deals to their Android competitors, namely Samsung and Motorola, both of whom are currently embroiled in a fierce legal battle over patent infringements, but it looks like either the deal wasn't enticing enough, or Samsung didn't receive the memo, but the company has recently filed a new lawsuit against Apple in South Korea.
Once again we guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that this new lawsuit is over alleged patent infringements, three of them to be exact. The South Korean company is claiming that Apple's iPhone 4S and iPad 2 allegedly infringed upon three of its utility patents which includes the way data is displayed. This is basically an aspect of the iOS user interface and the way that Apple has implemented SMS. We're not sure what the end result here will be, but hopefully all the companies involved will eventually reach some sort of settlement and cease this patent war, which in all honesty has been dragged out long enough.
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Signatures of Grace is a lovely book, and an invaluable addition to any Catholic's library. In fact, it would be a great gift – for Mother's Day, perhaps, for a favorite teacher, catechist, parish minister or priest as this school year begins – for yourself.
The idea behind Signatures of Grace was simple. Get seven Catholic authors to write about one sacrament apiece. Ask that the essays be a tapestry woven of personal experiences and solid historical and theological information. Add a final posthumous essay by the late, great Andre Dubus and publish. Result: a treasure.
All the essays are fine,(except for "Anointing of the Sick," penned by the ubiquitous pseudo-Catholic Mary Gordon, who is distinguished from the other contributors by her clearly non-practicing, beyond-it-all stance), but for the moment, I'll just tell you about my two favorites: Patricia Hampl on Reconciliation and Paula Huston on Matrimony.
Hampl's essay (reprinted in a recent issue of Commonweal) begins on a lovely, elegiac note, remembering her 1950's Catholic childhood in which sacraments, sacramentals and other endless expressions of spirituality were as common as school composition books and Saturday nights at the movies. Friends stopped by church on the way to those same movies to catch confession. The priests prayed their breviaries as they walked down the street. As Hampl writes, the nuns in school told them that the Kingdom of God was within them. How, she says, remembering the world of prayer that surrounded her, could she doubt them?
The essay continues, recounting various experiences of confession, tracing the history of the sacrament, and ending with Hampl's late return to it, a moment of grace at a retreat at a monastery.
Even better is the essay by Paula Huston on the Sacrament of Matrimony. At first glance, she seems an odd match for this sacrament. One might expect the author to deal with Matrimony to be a venerable, ancient cradle Catholic beyond reproach enjoying the sixth decade of an uncomplicated marriage (as if there were such a thing) and umpteen children.
Not so. As her adult life began, Paula Huston was married and not Catholic. Not anything, really. Time passed. She began a fairly wretched affair with a married man, one which wrecked both of their marriages. They, in turn, married each other.
Huston still wasn't Catholic, but she was searching. A philosophy class stopped her dead in her tracks, forcing her to confront the question – what's real? Philosophers can cleverly demonstrate the shifting sands upon which most perception and all abstractions seem to rest. Where's the solid ground?
Her professor directed her reading to find answers, but the real answer came from his wife, a practicing, devout Catholic whom Huston watched with awe from afar, then more closely as they became friends. The study and the friendship eventually led Huston to the doors of the Church herself, ready and willing to become Catholic.
A problem of course. Her marriage, to be precise.
For you see, you can't become Catholic if you're in an "irregular" marriage. Even though Huston hadn't even been Catholic when she married the first time, since the Church recognizes the marriages between non-Catholics as valid, she had to go through the annulment process, get the first marriage annulled and get remarried in the Church in order to become Catholic.
It took a year and a half (I think – again, I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm pretty sure that's it). During that time, Huston went to Mass faithfully, never receiving Eucharist, approaching the priest only for a blessing, until one day, the priest took her aside and asked who she was and why she never received Communion. She explained, he called the Tribunal, got things really rolling there, and at last, it all came through, and in one busy afternoon, Huston joined the Church and had her marriage convalidated.
No, it's not ideal. But I'll tell you what I like about it.
It's not ideal.
I think that too often we're convinced that God won't act in our lives until we reach some state of perfection. It's true that the greater our faith is…well…the greater our faith is (which simply means we recognize God's presence more easily and frequently and we act in concert with His will, not our own.)
But that doesn't mean God waits on us to reach some mystical state that only the saints reach in order to act in our lives. "Grace is everywhere" – even in the midst of sin. Jesus said quite explicitly that the healthy don't need a doctor, only the sick do.
So Huston's tale might surprise, and might even be mildly shocking, as she speaks of grace in the midst of a marriage that began as an adulterous affair. But take our lives, less dramatic perhaps. Every day, we sin. Every week. And every week, in the midst of that sin, we confess, we dare to receive Eucharist, we dare to receive Christ right in the middle of the muck. We might think that our muck is not as far-reaching as Huston's, but how can we be so sure? How dare she, some might ask.
Well…how dare we?
Author Patricia Huston, strengthened by all sorts of "signatures of grace" in her messy, imperfect life, has written a book that is remarkable in its honesty and utterly devoid of self-centeredness. I am grateful for her telling of the story.
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Baylor Freshmen Take 'First Step' into CommunityAug. 28, 2000
More than a thousand Baylor University freshmen and transfer students saw what it was like to transform a neighborhood, as they stepped out into the Waco community for the first time during Welcome Week's First Step community service project.
Although service has been an important part of Welcome Week for several years, this was only the second time that students worked in one general area, a pursuit that allows the students and homeowners to see a neighborhood change in a span of about three hours.
This year's project, sponsored by Baylor, the City of Waco, Keep Waco Beautiful and the Area Agency on Aging, took place in the Applegrove neighborhood, located north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Interstate 35.
Four members of the Welcome Week staff, including San Antonio senior Megan Harris, spent several weeks this summer visiting neighborhoods and determining the needs. "When we went to homeowners and told them about the project and if they would like help, many asked how much do you charge, and we said, no, it's free," Harris said. "They were so appreciative and thankful that college students would take the time to help them."
More than half of the homes in the Applegrove neighborhood are owned by people over 65 and on fixed incomes, said Jim Cole, a Baylor senior from Wichita, Kan., and a Welcome Week staff co-chair.
"Many of the homes needed work so they could pass city inspection," Cole said. "There was a need in the neighborhood and we had students who wanted to help, who wanted to do something to benefit someone else."
Early Saturday, Aug. 19, students met at the Bill Daniel Student Center where they were transported on buses to a nearby church. There they received their assignments and went to work.
"The good thing about working in the same neighborhood is that you can really see the difference you're making," Harris said. "In three hours, we painted 14 houses and filled 4 or 5 roll-off dumpsters with trash, debris and old furniture. We [members of the Welcome Week steering committee] circled the neighborhood seeing if anyone needed water or tools, and it seemed like you would just turn around and half of a house would be painted."
Harris added that many of the students "really got carried away," painting fences, mailboxes, toolsheds, even carports. "Most of the homeowners were there during First Step. We were told that this was the first time that there was a major cleanup in the area."
Katy freshman Amanda Duncan thought the First Step project was a great way to get involved and help the community, especially when some colleges aren't known for helping the city around them.
"I think most colleges don't really have a big community service project [like Baylor's]," she said. "Most of us did painting and yardwork and you could really tell a difference when we left. We really made people's day and they felt great about their neighborhood. It was a really great experience."
First Step also introduces students to Steppin' Out, a Baylor tradition in which more than 2,500 students with various organizations and groups set aside one Saturday a semester to step out into the Waco community to assist with various service projects. Leaders says they hope that spirit of volunteerism and service-learning will continue to be part of students' lives after Baylor.
"I love the event because it starts freshmen off on the right foot and shows them how service-oriented Baylor is, which is one of Baylor's greatest attributes," said Jon Rolph, student body president and Welcome Week seminar leader. "It's a valuable experience because you leave the Baylor bubble, meet the people you're helping and build relationships with each other."
Vice president for student life Steve Moore also worked alongside students. In addition to the service the students provided, Moore said he's proud of the growing partnerships between Baylor, the City of Waco and other agencies.
"We're working more closely with the city and with several agencies so that the work that we did on Saturday will have a multiplying and ongoing effect," he said. "It lays the groundwork for groups from Baylor to go back during the course of the year and build on what was done in that one day."
Other businesses that lent a helping hand during First Step were Dr Pepper, which donated water and fountain drinks; Reddy Ice; Sherwin-Williams, which donated the paint (homeowners could choose from three base colors and five trim colors); and the City of Waco, which donated the roll-off dumpsters.
Following the project, students returned to campus for a noon lunch and a celebration of service.
"You should have seen them when they got off those buses," said Dr. Martha Lou Scott, dean of campus life. "They were hot, they had paint all over them, but they still had a spring in their step. There was still such an eagerness about them."
Although temperatures reached triple-digits during the student's first step into the Waco community, many are eager to continue to serve others while at Baylor. Much of it stems from the project's final results, said Dub Oliver, associate dean of campus life.
"They see what ccan be accomplished when we focus our efforts to help others in the community," he said. "Because of this first step, many students will continue to be involved in community service efforts throughout the year and the rest of their time at Baylor."
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There's no doubting that Jonathan Papelbon is the go-to guy for the Philadelphia Phillies. He has the big contract, the ninth inning-job, the 257 saves to his name.
Yet, for all the things he has, Papelbon does not have the best stuff on the Phillies.
To find that, you'd have to look to his set-up man, Antonio Bastardo.
That seems like a pretty big statement to say, considering that Bastardo is coming off a 4.33 ERA, 0.7 fWAR season, while Papelbon continued his run as one of baseball's surest closers in 2012. But, just let me make my case here.
Or rather, I'll try to let a couple of names do it: Craig Kimbrel, and Aroldis Chapman.
Baseball fans know them as the game's two best relievers (though Chapman will have to shed the reliever tag this year). They're also the only two pitchers in the game who struck out batters at a higher rate than Bastardo in 2012.
Not that Papelbon's top-15 K/9 of 11.83 is anything to complain about, but it simply doesn't compare to Bastardo's 14.02 K/9, which is elite in every sense of the word. On top of that, Bastardo's .204 BAA also suggests that batters had a more difficult time with his offerings, compared to the Philies closer's .214.
Bastardo has no problem getting outs. The issues he has is what happens to the few batters that managed to get hits. Aside from the 4.50 free passes that he hands out every nine innings, Bastardo also combined that with a penchant for giving up homers, serving them up at a too-high 1.21 HR/9 rate that helped ballooned his ERA to where it was last season.
So, for now, he'll have to settle for being the set-up man with great stuff, but inconsistent control.
But if he keeps going on runs like the one he made over the final 18 appearances of 2012, where Bastardo threw 14 innings of nine-hit, one-run ball with four walks and an eye-popping 27 strikeouts, who knows? It might not be too long before he starts forcing the Phillies' hands to give him a chance to be more.


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Good morning, folks. Here are today's stories…
Congratulations to Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco, who's getting married on November 15.
A "circuit breaker" that would limit how much of their income people pay toward property taxes is more popular among New Yorkers than a tax cap, according to a Siena Research Institute poll released on Monday. Also, upstate NY is grumpier about the future and Giuliani beats Bloomberg in a Republican primary matchup.
In a move that clouds Democrats' hopes of ending four decades of Republican control in the state Senate, family-values Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr. announced yesterday that he's running on both the Republican and Democratic lines this year.
New York's new Regents integrated algebra test administered in June was so hard that a student could get a "raw score" of just 30 points out of a possible 87 and still pass.
A satirical New Yorker magazine cover cartoon depicting Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals drew outrage from the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign as it appeared on newsstands Monday.
Donald G. Hobel stepped aside as the Democratic nominee for the 62nd District State Senate seat Monday, giving party leaders the opportunity to replace him, likely with Niagara County Sheriff's Deputy Brian D. Grear.
The initial shots from Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano have been fired in the direction of Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, D-Buffalo, according to campaign finance filings made public Monday.
Republican state Sen. Hugh Farley officially announced his campaign Monday after the Republican, Conservative, and Independence parties endorsed him.
Six candidates, including two Republicans and three Democrats, have filed petitions to run to succeed Sen. Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, who is retiring this year.
Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries holds "evening office hours" outside of a subway station in Brooklyn.
The Friends of Thomas Suozzi organization is expected to file a semiannual campaign finance report today for the Nassau County executive, showing that nearly $1.7 million has been raised so far for his next campaign.
Facing possible federal investigations, Rep. Charles Rangel said Monday he'll evict himself from one of four dirt-cheap, rent-stabilized apartments he's had for more than a decade. Bloomberg wouldn't comment.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel is soliciting donations from corporations with business interests before his panel, hoping to raise $30 million for a new academic center that will house his papers when he retires.
Randi Weingarten is elected to lead the national AFT.
Staten Island GOP leaders last night picked former Assemblyman Bob Straniere to run for the congressional seat held by scandal-scarred Vito Fossella.
The hippie hooker booker who helped make sure the love was anything but free at Eliot Spitzer's preferred escort service is taking a deal from the feds.
Jay Gallagher has a column that asks the question, "Can Tom Golisano buy democracy?"
Bill Hammond lauds Paterson's support of charter schools in his column this week.
In Decision '08 news:
Obama says US strategy in Iraq is not keeping Americans safe; he would send 2 more brigades into Afghanistan.
He urged blacks to take responsibility for improving their lives at the NAACP convention.
Obama will meet with Palestinian leaders on the West Bank.
A profile of Obama campaign architect David Axelrod.
Born before computers, the six-pack, and the AMEX card, some are saying McCain is too old to be president.
McCain makes a dramatic bid for Hispanic support.
Both Obama and McCain would seek women, Hispanics for Supreme Court.
McCain backs US actions on Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae; Obama said the US might not take action.
Poll says that voters are split about the candidates' Iraq-pullout strategies.


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Alum Dedicates Her Career to Finding a Cure for Cancer
Posted: May 2, 2007 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
Susan Braun
It all started with a letter. Susan G. Braun, BA '77, had just gotten one in the mail from a close college friend. Upon reading it, Braun learned that her friend had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Braun called her immediately, and during their conversation, her friend said she would triumph over the illness.
Now, as the new executive director of the ASCO Foundation, the organization that works with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to fund cancer research, patient care, and education programs, Braun looks back and realizes how little she knew about breast cancer.
"I really believed that she was going to beat it," says Braun, "because as well educated as I was, I truly did not believe that young women died of breast cancer."
Tragically, Braun's friend succumbed to the illness not long after, at age 36. "At her funeral, I said to myself, 'This is wrong. This is just wrong. What can I do?' So I set out to do something."
Braun, who was working in the oncology and immunology division at Bristol-Myers Squibb at the time of her friend's death, began talking to her colleagues at work about the issue. Two of them had lost their mothers to breast cancer.
"I asked them, 'We know a lot about therapies, we know a lot about physicians, but what do we know about patients?'" says Braun.
She and her colleagues began to explore how their company could help patient advocacy groups do their important work — something that no pharmaceutical companies were doing at the time. By reaching out to advocacy groups, Braun came to know people at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
"I found out that I loved working in the world of patient advocacy and felt that I could make a difference," she says.
Braun began working at the Komen Foundation as its president and chief executive in 1996. During her nine-year stay, the staff grew from 20 to 200, and the foundation's gross revenue grew from $21 million to more than $200 million.
Braun describes her experience at Komen as inspirational, but she got to a point when she felt it was time for a change.
"I knew that Komen would continue to grow and flourish without me. I was hoping to find a place where I could work in yet other ways to help with research and education, and basically put an end to cancer."
At the ASCO Foundation, Braun and her colleagues are funding young medical investigators who are beginning their careers. These grants also encourage them to stay committed to the field of oncology.
ASCO is also dedicated to educating people with all forms of the disease, and the foundation produces a web site for people with questions about cancer.
"There is such hope on the scientific horizon, and what motivates me every day is that we can bring that hope to people," Braun says. "We can make a real difference in the lives and well-being of people with cancer and their families and truly change the course of this complex array of diseases."
This article appeared in a slightly different form in the spring 2007 Mason Spirit.


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I'm a Sunderland fan, and there's been much complaining on the Blackcats fans' list I read about the sale of the striker Kenwyne Jones to Stoke for £8m without an apparent replacement on the horizon. I like Jones, and one of my fond memories is of him scoring the goal against Fulham which ensured that Sunderland stayed up a couple of seasons ago. He also has a flamboyant goal celebration. But I recently read Why England Lose, which devotes a chapter to why football clubs waste money in the transfer market, and one of the rules of how to avoid doing this is "Sell any player when another club offers more than he is worth". Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, the book's authors, suggest that Lyon's rise in France is almost completely down to managing the transfer market well.
And since there is still about 36 hours to go before the summer transfer window closes, by way of a public service here's their 12 rules in full:
- A new manager wastes money on transfers. Don't let him.
- Use the wisdom of crowds (get groups to assess transfers)
- Stars of recent World Cups or European Championships are over-valued. Ignore them.
- Certain nationalities are over-rated.
- Older players are over-valued.
- Centre-forwards are over-valued; goalkeepers are under-valued [except by Sunderland]
- 'Gentlemen prefer blondes'; identify and avoid 'sight-based prejudices'.
- The best time to buy a player is when he is in his early twenties.
- Sell any player when another club offers more than he is worth.
- Replace your best players even before you sell them.
- Buy players with personal problems, then help them deal with their problems [Brian Clough did this brilliantly].
- Help your players re-locate.
The picture is from the Modern Anthology blog, and is used with thanks.


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Breaking News….Nick Saban has agreed to a multi year contract extension to STAY at Alabama! Details to come out soon!!
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) December 14, 2013
Nick Saban is staying at Alabama, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit reports. ESPN's top college football analyst just tweeted that Saban has agreed to an extension to remain at Alabama. Other outlets are claiming the same.
The timing is curious to say the least – three days ago, just about everyone who covers college football wrote that Texas coach Mack Brown was going to step down from his position. UT super-reporter Chip Brown led the charge, and ESPN, CBS and many, many outlets followed.
You know what everyone's going to say: Texas swung for the fences all week, missed with Saban, and now they have to take Mack Brown back. Man, what an ugly situation for the Longhorns. Another lost year of recruiting, another year of, 'who replaces Mack?'
Merry Christmas, Austin.
Party at every Waffle House in Tuscaloosa, obviously.
Related: Nick Saban Has Had a Contract Extension on His Desk For Six Days Now, Paul Finebaum Reports [UPDATE]
Related: Nick Saban Will Be Next Texas Head Coach, Per Fort Worth Star Telegram Report
Related: Mack Brown Replacements: Nick Saban And 11 Other Names That Could Be On Texas' Wish List


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First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
New WHO report presents more complete picture of global violence
Geneva, 3 October 2002 - The World Report on Violence and Health is the first comprehensive report of its kind to address violence as a global public health problem. Violence kills more than 1.6 million people every year. Public health experts say these statistics are just the tip of the iceberg with the majority of violent acts being committed behind closed doors and going largely unreported. This report aims to shed light on these acts. In addition to the deaths, millions of people are left injured as a result of violence and suffer from physical, sexual, reproductive and mental health problems, says the first comprehensive World report on violence and health released today by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The death and disability caused by violence make it one of the leading public health issues of our time, says the report. Violence is among the leading causes of death for people aged 15-44 years of age, accounting for 14% of deaths among males and 7% of deaths among females. On an average day, 1424 people are killed in acts of homicide almost one person every minute. Roughly one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. About 35 people are killed every hour as a direct result of armed conflict. In the 20th century, an estimated 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly as a result of conflict, and well over half of them were civilians. Studies have shown that in some countries, health care expenditures due to violence account for up to 5% of GDP.
The report challenges us in many respects. It forces us to reach beyond our notions of what is acceptable and comfortable to challenge notions that acts of violence are simply matters of family privacy, individual choice, or inevitable facets of life, said Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO on releasing the report. Violence is a complex problem related to patterns of thought and behaviour that are shaped by a multitude of forces within our families and communities, forces that can also transcend national borders, she added.
The World report on violence and health is the first comprehensive review of the problem of violence at a global level. It focuses not only on the scale of the problem, but also covers issues related to the causes of violence and the methods for preventing violence and reducing its adverse health and social consequences. In addition to the familiar issues of collective violence such as war or conflict, the report examines equally significant yet frequently overlooked issues such as youth violence, child abuse, elderly abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and self-inflicted violence or suicides.
The data on youth violence show that youth homicide rates have increased in many parts of the world. For every young person killed by violence, an estimated 20-40 receive injuries that require treatment. Research shows that fighting and bullying are common among young people and that drunkenness is one of the situational factors found to precipitate violence. As far as child abuse is concerned, data from selected countries suggest that about 20% of women and 5-10% of men suffered sexual abuse as children.
Women often face the greatest risk at home and in familiar settings, says the report. Almost half the women who die due to homicide are killed by their current or former husbands or boyfriends, while in some countries it can be as high as 70%. While exact numbers are hard to come by due to lack of reporting, available data suggest that nearly one in four women will experience sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Most victims of physical aggression are subjected to multiple acts of violence over extended periods of time. A third to over half of these cases are accompanied by sexual violence. In some countries, up to one-third of adolescent girls report forced sexual initiation.
Abuse of the elderly is one of the most hidden faces of violence according to the report, and one that is likely to grow given the rapidly aging populations in many countries. Up to 6% of the elderly report having been abused. As for suicide or self-inflicted violence, it is recognised as one of the leading causes of death in the world. Among those aged 15-44 years, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death and the sixth leading cause of disability and ill-health.
The statistics are chilling but the situation is far from hopeless, say the experts. There is nothing inevitable about violence, nor is it an intrinsic part of the human condition, said Dr Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention. Evidence from around the world suggests that violence can be prevented by a variety of measures aimed at individuals, families and communities, he added. As a complement to the law and order approach to violence, the report promotes a public health understanding of the complex social, psychological, economic and community underpinnings of violence. While recent research suggests that biological and other individual factors may explain some of the predisposition to aggression, these factors more often interact with family, community, cultural and other external factors to create a situation where violence is likely to occur. Understanding these situations and these causes creates opportunities to intervene before violent acts occur, providing policy-makers with a variety of concrete options to prevent violence.
Among the recommendations for prevention made by the report are primary prevention responses such as preschool and social development programmes for children and adolescents, parent training and support programmes and measures to reduce firearm injuries and improve firearm safety. Other recommendations include strengthening responses for victims of violence, promoting adherence to international treaties and laws, and improving data collection on violence.
For information on the report, visit www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention To order a copy of the report, contact email@example.com


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Journalists made redundant when the Scarborough Evening News was transformed into a weekly are among a group preparing to launch a three-day-a-week title for the town.
They plan to publish the first issue of the Scarborough Voice in September, printing 10,000 copies for sale on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The 20-page paper will sell for 25p, half the price of the old Evening News and a quarter of the £1 charged for the new weekly version.
The team of eight involved in the project are led by Matthew Thurston who already runs a monthly magazine, the Scarborough Advertiser.
He said: "With the Scarborough Evening News going weekly we are saying there's a gap in the market to keep providing local people with local news."
The Evening News, owned by Johnston Press, was selling about 10,600 copies a day when its daily publication ceased earlier this month.
Source: HoldTheFrontPage


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Six teens between the ages of 14 and 17 are facing weapon-related charges after Winnipeg police officers noticed the group acting suspiciously.
Officers stopped the youths in the area of Isabel Street and Logan Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Additional police units were called to help with the group.
After searching the teens police found three cans of bear spray, an 8-ball and several machetes.
The six youths are charged with possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose and carrying a concealed weapon.