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SAN FRANCISCO (MCT) — The National League championship series isn't going to be quick, or easy, or pretty.
The Cardinals probably didn't need the reminder, but their Game 2 against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night at AT&T Park left little room for interpretation.
The Cardinals finished with one run, four hits, two errors and plenty left to contemplate.
Playing behind starting pitcher and enforcer Chris Carpenter, the Cardinals fell victim to a flurry of pitching and defensive mistakes within a 7-1 loss that leveled the series at a game each and perhaps placed it on slow simmer as well.
On this night imprecise command and a rash of odd fourth-inning plays prevented Carpenter from resembling his postseason reputation.
Instead of dominance, Carpenter offered four innings in which he threw more balls than strikes, allowed a home run to the first hitter he faced, was charged with an error and seemed displeased with the night in general.
The Giants received their first quality start in seven postseason games as Ryan Vogelsong held the Cardinals to the lone run, generated by Carpenter's second-inning gap shot.
The series moves to Busch Stadium for the next three games but it remains to be seen whether the teams left behind the rub caused by left fielder Matt Holliday's hard first-inning slide into Giants shortstop Marco Scutaro.
The slide left Scutaro down behind second base for several moments as a crowd of 42,679 made known its displeasure. Scutaro remained in the game for three at-bats and became a central figure in the fourth inning before leaving with what was described as a left hip injury.
After never trailing Sunday, the Cardinals never led in Game 2.
Giants center fielder Angel Pagan charged Carpenter's fourth pitch for his second leadoff home run this postseason. It was a indicator of things to come as Carpenter never found an easy rhythm.
Tied entering the fourth inning, the Giants seized irrevocable control with a series of flares, curious defensive plays and Scutaro's two-out, bases-clearing hit.
A 5-1 game took its final shape as the Giants overwhelmed rookie Shelby Miller for two eighth-inning runs. A leadoff walk and three singles chased Miller before he got a second out, though additional defensive problems factored.
The Cardinals reverted to their early September form on defense after playing crisply the last several weeks.
Absent was the collegiate enthusiasm that spilled over the dugout rail during Sunday's 6-4 Cardinals win.
The Cardinals appeared in counterpunch mode, unable to generate a hit with runners in scoring position while trying to patch together another five innings from an increasingly stressed bullpen.
The Cardinals left runners in scoring position in four of the first five innings while failing to score any of three men who rattled Vogelsong with doubles.
The night's most promising threat also became its most controversial after Carlos Beltran walked and Holliday singled with one out in the first inning.
First baseman Allen Craig bounced a ground ball to shortstop. Scutaro took the feed while keeping the bag between him and the churning Holliday, who appeared to launch himself over the base at Scutaro's left leg.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy briefly argued for interference against Holliday but received no satisfaction.
The play was fresh enough for Pagan to salute the Cardinals dugout as he began his home run trot.
Vogelsong dodged the threat when he extended catcher Yadier Molina's tough postseason with a ground ball. (Molina singled in the ninth to break a one-for-19 funk.)
The Cardinals have scored 41 runs in five playoff wins. They have scraped for 10 hits in their three losses.
The Giants badly needed an extended outing from their rotation and Vogelsong delivered.
Vogelsong, the NL earned-run average leader through Aug. 12, was good enough to construct a string of 16 consecutive quality starts early this season but entered Monday with only two outings of at least six innings among his last seven.
Monday he lasted seven innings before turning over a four-run lead to a bullpen that had thrown 51/3 hitless innings the previous night.
Vogelsong never faced the tying run at the plate after a fourth inning in which first baseman Brian Belt opened the surge with an opposite-field flare that dropped near the left-field line for a double.
The Giants then took advantage of the Cardinals' defensive positioning when left fielder Gregor Blanco chopped a one-hopper over third baseman David Freese for a single to put runners at the corners.
Carpenter's death by paper cuts continued when shortstop Brandon Crawford topped the ball between the mound and first base line. Carpenter fielded the ball but his momentum took him near the baseline. With Crawford running inside the line, Carpenter palmed a throw that Craig couldn't handle.
Carpenter absorbed a tough error on a play that scored Belt for a 2-1 lead.
The Giants might have caught a break when Carpenter fielded Vogelsong's two-strike, one-out bunt, which appeared ready to roll foul.
A walk of Pagan loaded the bases for what became the night's pivot point.
Playing on a painful hip, Scutaro lined a single to left-center field that scored two runs without challenge.
Moving laterally, Holliday overran the ball as he appeared to hurry. His boot of Scutaro's hit allowed Pagan to score from first base to complete the four-run rally and doomed Carpenter's appearance with three unearned runs.
Holliday's night deteriorated after the play. He failed to push a ball from the infield in his last three at-bats, and in addition to his error allowed an eighth-inning fly ball to drop untouched near the left field line.
The postseason loss was Carpenter's first since Game 1 of a 2009 National League division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Carpenter was 4-0 in six starts last postseason and was 10-2 in 16 postseason starts before Monday.
A rotation that had the lowest September ERA of the league's last four tournament teams has now scraped for 10 innings total in its last three appearances. A bullpen that has served as the team's pillar has worked 34 innings in eight games.


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Pamela Marie Sherwood
Pamela Marie Sherwood, 50, of 405 Haines St., passed away Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her residence.Born March 8, 1962, in Bradford, she was a daughter of Robert and Joan Boore Robinson. On Oct. 18, 1985, in Bradford, she married David Sherwood who survives.Mrs. Sherwood, a wife, mother and homemaker was a member of the Eagles Club in Kane.Surviving, in addition to her husband, are three sons, Joshua Sherwood and Christopher Sherwood both of DuBois and Dustin Sherwood of Kane; one daughter, Michelle Henderschotte of Mt. Jewett; two sisters Tammy Robinson of DuBois and Renee Robinson of Ridgway; two grandchildren, William and Dustin Snyder; four brothers, Arden Robinson of DuBois , John Robinson and Robert Robinson, both of Kane, and Kenny Robinson in Florida; seven nieces, Desire Robinson, Dale Marie Robinson, Richelle Robinson, Tiffany Robinson, Ashlynn Robinson, Kayla Robinson and Deanna Robinson; and a nephew, Jacob Robinson.Her parents and a sister, Penny Fox, preceded her in death.The family will be receiving friends from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, at the Cummings Funeral Home, Inc. where a memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Leonard Eastman, of the Kane Revival Center, officiating.Online condolences can be expressed at www.cummingsfh.com.

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To some observers, it might seem awfully tedious work, not worth the effort.
Congressional oversight requires patience, resilience and earnestness. Tracking down answers, obtaining documents and interviewing whistleblowers typically are not met with a warm welcome by the federal bureaucracy.
In my years of oversight, I've learned not to expect an open-armed hug from those under scrutiny. I'm more likely to get the cold shoulder. Some might say it even invites the opportunity for an IRS audit.
From the departments of Housing, Defense and Justice, to the IRS, FBI, FDA and EPA, I've come to believe that stonewalling is a condition of employment.
Deny and delay is a strategy that doesn't work for me or for my constituents.
The instinct for self-preservation covers up misdeeds that often are self-inflicted. Consider the insular culture at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that contributed to delays in medical care to veterans. Dubious decision-making at the IRS led to a political targeting scandal that is harming the credibility of the federal tax collection agency.
Other troublesome patterns of mismanagement throughout the bureaucracy also require a short leash. That's why I'm hounding the Pentagon to clean up its dysfunctional bookkeeping system; nudging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to protect scarce health care dollars from waste, fraud and abuse; and, scrutinizing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for vulnerabilities in foreign worker and student visa programs.
Relentless oversight helps keep the government answerable to the people and that builds public trust in our institutions of government.
Hard-working American taxpayers pay for public services that tend the public good. Our way of life depends on the federal government to provide national security, manage foreign policy, handle matters of international trade and uphold law and order.
Consider the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is known around the world as a premier anti-crime, anti-terrorism agency that helps secure peace, stability and justice. It serves as a key link of U.S. law enforcement, providing leadership in our criminal justice system to help secure a safe and free society. Every day thousands of dedicated FBI agents put their lives on the line to serve and protect.
However, not even the FBI is immune from sloppy stewardship. Over the years, I've worked with a number of rank-and-file agents who have reported a culture of misdeeds and mismanagement.
Years ago, I led a congressional oversight investigation of the FBI crime lab. Prompted by an agent who blew the whistle on substandard science, I worked to raise awareness about its flawed quality control issues. A task force was created by the U.S. Justice Department to fix the flaws. Forensic science that examines evidence to solve criminal cases and prevent acts of terror must be held to the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Victims and defendants in our criminal justice system rely on scrupulous scientific evidence to determine guilt or innocence. Society can't afford to have the scales of justice compromised by mishandled forensics or flawed scientific testimony on the witness stand.
Incredibly, nearly two decades since my first look into misconduct at the FBI crime lab, an internal watchdog report shows scant results from the work of the task force that ostensibly spent almost a decade working to solve the problems. Shockingly, the task force failed to notify defendants, whose lives were on the line in capital cases, about the possibility of scientifically flawed evidence used at trial.
The FBI ranks "fairness," "respect for the dignity of those we protect," and "institutional integrity" among its core values. Based upon the review by the U.S. Department of Justice watchdog, the FBI in this case has flunked its own standards of excellence.
This adds to the FBI's poor track record for dragging its feet, mistreating agents and resisting accountability. Whistleblowers at the FBI have reported retaliation, reprisal or reassignment this year for coming forward to expose gender discrimination. In May, I raised this issue at an FBI oversight hearing. The FBI director pledged to cooperate with internal reviews and stop further retaliation. However, more female employees since then have come forward with allegations of workplace discrimination.
The federal agency tasked with enforcing law and order in our society should not be preventing its own employees from seeking due process under the law. High-profile cases of mismanagement undermine its reputation to solve high-profile criminal and terrorism cases.
The FBI must restore its commitment to truth, fairness and justice. Anything less is a disservice to its legacy and mission. More importantly, its legion of dedicated agents and American public deserve nothing less.
And throughout the federal bureaucracy, congressional oversight injects a dose of good government that helps prevent overreach and diagnose bureaucratic wrongdoing. Robust checks and balances is just what the Constitution ordered.


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6226 Advanced Oil & Gas Contracts - BORREGO- 18003
Theodore Borrego (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
Time: 4:00p-6:00p W Location: 119 TU2
Course Outline: Advanced Oil and Gas Contracts: This course is designed to familiarize students with some of the documents which are in common use in the domestic, on shore oil and gas industry, including oil and gas leases, operating agreements, farmout agreements and several other forms of agreements. The course will stress solutions, which are to be worked out by the students, for problems which are commonly presented to counsel representing oil and gas companies. Students will prepare and submit, on a weekly basis, drafts of documents or portions of documents, addressing particular issues. A course in oil and gas law is highly recommended as a foundation for this course.
Course Syllabus: see below
Course Notes: This is an LL.M class, and JD students may register, if space is available. Quota = 12
Prerequisites: Oil & Gas recommended
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No book is required. A CD will be distributed on the first day with all information, readings and forms.
Read the Syllabus. It should answer all of your questions.
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Jack Spencer was Capitol Affairs Specialist for Michigan Capitol Confidential, a news service of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, from 2011 to 2016. Spencer is a veteran Lansing-based journalist who worked 13 years at the Michigan Information & Research Service.
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How Outraged Is the Right, Really?
They could learn from their liberal counterparts. … more
Voters have Diminished Clout in Lame Duck
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Winning by Default
Breaking down the GOP's 2014 election success. … more
Caught With Their Swimming Trunks Down
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STATELINE (WIFR) – In parts of Thailand, the country is dealing with issues like child prostitution and now, some locals are doing something unique to try and help victims.
Child prostitution and child labor are problems that happen too often in third world countries and people thousands of miles away can be a part of the solution.
Rockford First Members, Esther Kumar and Nick Durick are leaving in February for a mission trip to Thailand, working with an organization called ZOE. This is Durick's second trip.
"We had to drive through the red light district and just seeing bar after bar after bar with women and people lined up for sale, it was a gut-wrenching and heartbreaking sight," Durick said.
To help victims, missionaries must raise $3,200 for the trip.
"I was freaking out." That's when Kumar fired up the sewing machine to make scarves, something her mother was already doing. "I thought, since she can do it, why can't I?" She's now selling them to raise money for her mission.
"I want to go to give hope to kids, not only does ZOE rescue kids, but they give them shelter and teach them, and give them education and I want to do that," said Kumar.
Kumar is working towards that goal one stitch at a time.
Once missionaries are in Thailand, they'll help with prevention, telling families what to look out for, what could happen if they sell their children, they'll also just be there for support and to spread Christianity. About 98% of Thailand is Buddhist.
If you're interested in helping Kumar with her mission trip, she has a Facebook page where you can check out the scarves and bracelets. Durick is also selling T-shirts to raise money for the trip. You can find the links to their Facebook pages below.


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The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 conjured up a record $168.6 million in North America its first three days, surpassing the previous opening weekend record of $158.4 million set by The Dark Knight in 2008. The final "Harry Potter" movie opened in 4,375 theaters and averaged $38,526 per location. The film also claimed the biggest midnight debut ever with $43.5 million, the biggest opening day ever on Friday with $92.1 million (including those midnight grosses), and the best IMAX debut ever with $15.5 million for the weekend. The studio said that 43% of the opening gross came from 3D theaters.
The movie opened to a worldwide record of $476 million. You can read the full details on the international debut here!
Paramount's Transformers: Dark of the Moon dropped a spot to second with $21.3 million domestically its third weekend. The Michael Bay film is the first to pass the $300 million mark at the North American box office this year having earned $302.8 million so far. The movie cost about $195 million to make, not counting marking costs.
Warner Bros.' Horrible Bosses added $17.6 million its second weekend to bring its total to $60 million. The R-rated comedy was made for just $35 million. In fourth, Columbia Pictures' Zookeeper made $12.3 million and has earned $42.4 million after two weeks. This comedy was budgeted at $80 million though.
Pixar's Cars 2 rounded out the top five with $8.3 million. The sequel, made for $200 million, has collected $165.3 million domestically in four weeks.
The other newcomer to North American theaters was Disney's Winnie the Pooh, which took in $8 million from 2,405 theaters for an average of $3,326. The animated film cost about $30 million to make.
In seventh place, Sony's Bad Teacher added $5.2 million to bring its four-week total to $88.5 million. The comedy was reportedly budgeted at just $20 million.
Also this weekend, Midnight in Paris became Woody Allen's highest-grossing film of all time in North America. The film, which is Allen's 42nd feature he has written and directed and his 4th with Sony Pictures Classics, has grossed $41,792,695 to date.
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Just wanted to generate some discussion about lacrosse on the Board this evening. I haven't seen any talk about how Maryland moving to the B1G will affect the lacross programs in the conference. Maryland obviously has a premiere lacross program that is a regional fit among other mid-Atlantic schools. Does anyone know what will happen with that sport?
[EDIT: This is all I've seen on Michigan lacrosse recently: http://mgoblog.com/links/michigan-lacrosse-quietly-releases-2013-schedule - no Maryland on the 2013 schedule (obviously).]


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The Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences agreed to a new six-year partnership with the Holiday Bowl beginning in 2014, bowl officials announced on Monday.
The Big Ten, which previously had a tie-in with the San Diego-based game from 1992-94, will replace the Big 12 as the Pac-12's opponent.
The Holiday Bowl will now have the second pick from the Pac-12 after the newly formed College Football Playoff has its structure per selection guidelines established by the conference. The Alamo Bowl has the first selection of remaining teams, with the Rose Bowl to take the league champion against the Big Ten champ.
The Big Ten's team for the Holiday Bowl will be determined after discussions between all bowl and team officials to create the best matchup.
"We are entering a new and exciting time for the Holiday Bowl," said Bill Geppert, 2013 bowl president. "In the ever-changing world of college football, we are excited to begin this new chapter that will no doubt provide a huge economic impact to San Diego as our community welcomes thousands of college football fans to our beautiful city every December."
The Pac-12, entering its 16th year of partnership with the Holiday Bowl, extended its current relationship for six years through 2019.
Also included in the new agreement is the stipulation that the Holiday Bowl cannot have the same team appear in its game more than twice during the six- year span.
The Big Ten has appeared in the bowl a total of nine times over its history, while the Pac-12 has had eight of its current members appear in the contest.


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Red Sox principal owner John Henry reiterated his intentions Monday that he has no plans on selling the franchise.
Meeting with the media at JetBlue Park a day before Boston's pitchers and catchers report for spring training, Henry spoke on several matters, but was adamant about keeping the rebuilding Red Sox, despite reports to the contrary.
"You just don't get an opportunity to own something like the Boston Red Sox. As long as we can do it, the three of us are committed to being here," Henry told reporters, while acknowledging team president Larry Lucchino and chairman Tom Werner. "These thoughts that we're somehow selling, those are just not true."
Free agent outfielder Michael Bourn has agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract with the Cleveland Indians.
Bourn, an All-Star with Atlanta last season, must pass a physical later this week in Goodyear, Ariz., before the deal can be completed. Bourn batted .274 with nine homers, 57 RBIs and 42 steals last season for the Braves. He played center field last season and would give an immediate boost to a Cleveland team that has reloaded with the acquisition of free agent Nick Swisher, manager Terry Francona and starter Brett Myers. ... Speedy outfielder Dexter Fowler and the Colorado Rockies avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $11.6 million contract. ... Free agent left-hander Hideki Okajima has agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.
Makeup date for B's
The snowed-out game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 25.
The game was originally to be played on Saturday. It was first pushed back from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then postponed because of the blizzard that dumped as much as three feet of snow on parts of New England.
The NHL will not suspend Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski for allegedly biting an opposing player in Saturday's game against Montreal. The league said there was no conclusive evidence that Grabovski bit Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty.
Vick back with Eagles
Michael Vick took a significant pay cut to stay with the Philadelphia Eagles and compete for a starting job.
The four-time Pro Bowl quarterback agreed to a restructured three-year contract with the Eagles, just two seasons after signing a $100 million extension that included $35.5 million in guaranteed money. The new deal is essentially for one-year, however. A source familiar with the contract said Vick could earn up to $10 million in 2013 if he meets all his performance incentives.
Bills new coach Doug Marrone began retooling his underperforming defense by releasing two veterans: linebacker Nick Barnett and strong safety George Wilson.
The two players were among the Bills' most experienced defenders, and finished first and second on the team in tackles.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama throws his support behind Liberty...
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No More Idaho Teacher Early Retirement?
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill ending an early retirement incentives program for teachers has cleared a committee and is headed to the Senate floor. The program was axed by Idaho's education overhaul, but reinstated after voters repealed the measures in November. Boise Republican Sen. Cliff Bayer said the program is intended to save the state money, but data shows many teachers retire early regardless of the extra benefits.


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Drove a luxury sedan through mud, over rutted tracks and up a very big hill the other day. Didn't touch tarmac once. Didn't stop until I reached the top.
If you're thinking that not many people would want a fully-equipped four-door with off-road capability, you're probably right.
Subaru NZ might agree: it expects to sell only 20 of its new flagship sedan, the Legacy X, each year.
But as company boss Wally Dumper told media at the model's launch: "There's an opportunity there."
We Kiwis love wagons, but in some markets buyers of pseudo-luxury models still feel a load-carrier lacks the dignity and premium look of a conventional three-box sedan.
That thinking led Subaru to create the Legacy X, which is aimed mainly at the American market.
This $67,990 machine comes only with the 3.6-litre boxer-six petrol engine and is fitted with every piece of equipment available from the Japanese maker: leather upholstery, powered/heated front seats, satellite navigation, automatic lights/wipers, windscreen wiper de-icer, a thumping McIntosh 10-speaker sound system and the new, high-tech EyeSight active safety system.
Naturally, the Legacy X is four-wheel drive.
But it also has a 50mm raised ride height and 200mm ground clearance, meaning it can go pretty much anywhere an Outback can.
The model will be of interest to rural businesspeople who want to maintain a premium image, executives with country-based clients and even farmers who might otherwise buy a top-line Australian sedan.
Aside from the Legacy X's practical nature, Dumper also sees it as a "Euro fighter" - an upmarket, all-wheel drive car for buyers who want something a little bit different.
Different it is, although the Legacy X doesn't give too much away in terms of styling.
The raised ride height exacerbates its already "perched" look, but it's balanced by the wider track and flared guards from the Outback - in body colour, of course.
The X heads a revised Legacy/Outback model range.
The 2.5-litre Outbacks have a new boxer engine and Lineartronic (continuously variable) transmission that have further improved fuel economy to 8 litres per 100km.
Despite the major powertrain upgrade, exterior changes are minor.
The 2013 Outback is most easily identified by a new grille shape, although it has also gained an extra 13mm ground clearance - at 213mm, it rides just slightly higher than the Legacy X.


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They say every dog has its day and in the case of Queensland post-hardcore road-dogs The Amity Affliction, that day has come.
After nearly ten years of sweating it out on stages around the country, the band is starting to gain some heavy duty recognition, thanks to their stellar third full length release, Chasing Ghosts.
The band's maiden voyage on global label Roadrunner/Warner, upon it's September 7 release, it debuted at number one in the ARIA charts.
''It's pretty much the wildest thing that's ever happened to me in my life,'' said bass player and clean vocalist Ahren Stringer. ''I think it made history. I think it's the only hardcore album to make number one in Australia.''
The Amity Affliction was formed in Gympie in 2003. At the time their blend of heavy music - a mix of hardcore, punk and metal with melodic overtones - was far from as accessible as it is today.
''I feel like this kind of music has gone full circle,'' said Ahren. ''It just keeps getting bigger and I'd like to think that we've got something to do with that.
''Obviously with bands like Parkway Drive - they're being worldwide acclaimed - and I think everyone is looking at Australia at the moment in the heavy music industry and it's just a freak thing.''
Chasing Ghosts is somewhat of a concept album, exploring different themes related to death.
While taking care of a fair share of the vocal duties, it is extreme vocalist Joel Birch who tends to the lyrics.
''He wanted to let kids know that there's light at the end of the tunnel and make a really positive record,'' said Ahren.
The Amity Affliction made serious blips on the global radar with the release of 2010's Youngbloods album.
It reached number six on the ARIA chart.
Ahren said that considering the acclaim it received, preparing the follow-up was never going to be an easy task.
''That was kind of our record that broke us and made us do this as our job so it was definitely a hard one to top but it also made us more driven to succeed,'' he said.
''We knew we had to step it up so we definitely went hard and wrote as hard as we could for a few months before we got into the studio. I think we bettered it [Youngbloods] to be honest and I don't think many people expected us to. The hardest thing is trying to put out a good album and then better it.''
Chasing Ghosts was recorded in America with Michael Baskette [Story of the Year, Falling In Reverse] serving as producer.
Baskette's job was made a little easier considering the band had the album written before landing at the studio.
''He definitely brought a few things to the table,'' said Ahren. ''It's definitely good to have a set of fresh ears - sometimes it will just be like, 'why did you put that bit here, why don't you put that bit instead', and it's kind of like, 'why didn't I think of that', but for the majority of it I think we owe a lot of it to ourselves because we worked really hard and had the whole record written before we went to the studio.
''I think he was a bit blown away by that as well. He's used to bands showing up with a few riffs.''
Ahren said the Roadrunner/Warner signing was crucial to the band moving forward, specially in an international sense.
''We always work well under pressure and we've always worked hard,'' he said. ''We've been doing this for almost 10 years now - it's been a long struggle for the most part. I think we've finally caught a break.
''After Youngbloods we thought we've finally got a product to get a deal and we shopped around and Roadrunner were really the only one that got back to us surprisingly and they're a huge label and we went, 'yep, that's done', and the rest is history.
''I just hope it spreads like wildfire. We want to branch out to as many countries as possible and see the world. What every band wants I guess. It's pretty much undoable without a worldwide record deal.
''We've done the hard yards, we know the ins and outs of touring and how to get along on tour and it's definitely prepared us for things to come.''
On Monday the band will play the first of a string of Australian dates in support of the new album, which will take them around the country until October 8.
It will be their biggest headlining tour of Australia to date.
They will play two shows at Sydney's Big Top [at Luna Park] on September 29 and 30 - the first is already sold out.
Ahren said there was nothing like getting on stage and playing live.
''It's such an incredible feeling, specially seeing all of the kids singing along and moving around,'' he said. ''It's really overwhelming at times. I try not to look kids in the eye sometimes in case I just freak out and go, 'what's going on here'.''
Following the Australian tour the band will make its fourth trek to America to be a part of the AP Tour.
Also on the radar is a series of shows as part of the 2013 Soundwave touring extravaganza.
The Amity Affliction will be one of the only Australian acts on the bill which includes international heavyweights Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Linkin Park and StoneSour to name a few.
''It's the biggest festival I think Australia has ever seen,'' Ahren said. ''It's mindblowing how many big bands are on there as well and to be able to play alongside them is an honour.
''It's always good to be put in front of an audience that wouldn't normally buy tickets to your shows. You're always going to win over fans at festivals as well so everybody wins.''
For a full list of tour dates visit the band's Facebook page here.


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I am DIENG for an explosive edge rusher (maybe Barnes)...
I LOVE Warmack and Cooper...
But really this would be a dream!
2 of DBAKES "great eight"!!!!
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I am DIENG for an explosive edge rusher (maybe Barnes)...
I LOVE Warmack and Cooper...
But really this would be a dream!
I'll puke if we take a TE in the 1st round.
Mods please move to the Draft Forum.
Johnny Mitchell, Kyle Brady, Anthony Becht, Dustin Keller .......when the hell is it EVER worth it to take a TE in round one, then at 13 OVERALL = crack smokers.
Not even just the Jets - league wide first round TE's are almost never ever worth it. Even Vernon Davis at 6 overall took 4 years to finally do anything.
There was a team who had a pick and Mingo was his name, O!
and Mingo was his name O!
(The Leprechauns warned you.)
Austin's stock has leveled off a bit after skyrocketing for about a month. I don't care if you can't line him up outside. I think you can line him up in the slot and in the backfield and create nothing but mismatches with him. I do not believe that a high draft pick has to be able to play outside. He would also become our KR/PR.
I think Eifert is easily the most polished TE in this draft. With an average QB he will become an absolute mismatch.
Personally, I would prefer us taking one of the Guards and one of these guys.
still don't know how i'd feel about austin. but i'd rather have cooper than eifert.
Efiert is easly the best TE to come out of ND in a while and thats saying alot considering Carlson, Rudolph, fasano have all had some kind of success at the NFL and are all Solid players.
I would have no issue taking him .its better than taking a Guard which is probably the easiest position to fill in the NFL.
Would be extremely happy if we were able to land those two. Don't think Eifert makes it to 13
If you want to see him truly getting after the QB, watch his 2011 games where they did much less contain from the D-line.
Mingo has no problem taking down Qb's. When he arm tackles running backs, he has a much bigger problem. That's definitely something ****ty, but the bottom line is that he's getting money to rush the passer. Simply said, it's more important than stopping the run, especially in today's NFL.
In regards to the OP, I wouldn't hate that draft. I think Eifert has hall of fame ability because of his catch radius and mobility, but Austin I wouldn't be as thrilled about. Austin certainly brings a gamebreaker aspect, but I think he's a bit too easy to take down. You can be small in the NFl, just don't be so easy to take down.
Unless something heavenly happens like Dion Jordan or Ansah falling, give me Mingo and Manuel or Eifert. Call it a day.
Something worth considering is that the team doesn't go with Warmack or COoper, but drafts DJ Fluker with the intent on playing him at guard. Extra large human being with some versatility to also play tackle. And apprently Tennessee views him as a big time guard as well.


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Final Results
BRONX, N.Y. - For the first time since 2002, the Columbia women's soccer team opened the season with a victory on Friday, Sept. 6 in the Bronx. Both Alexa Yow and Natalie Melo led the way with a goal and an assist each as the Lions defeated the Manhattan Jaspers 3-2 in double overtime at Gaelic Park.
The Lions applied pressure from the start striking first with a score in the ninth minute. Yow quickly found the back of the net after capitalizing off the Phoenetia Browne's sliding setup from the Kimmy Bettinger assisting pass. Columbia stayed on the attack for most of the first half holding an 8-2 shot edge over the Jaspers. The Lions held Manhattan scoreless in the the first half to take a 1-0 lead at the break.
The Jaspers came out in the second half ready to battle. Manhattan's Tara Teal tied the game at 1-1 in the 51st minute on a play started by Erica Modena. Teal threaded the ball into the net after finding the deflected pass from Modena.
In the 58th minute of play, Columbia quickly answered the Jasper attack. After some crisp passing by the Lions, senior Beverly Leon fired a shot to right corner to give the Lions a 2-1 lead off the Natalie Melo assist.
Junior goalkeeper Grace Remon made five saves in goal on the day, including a big time diving stop on a Jasper penalty kick at the 67th minute to hold the Columbia lead.
With an action packed second half of play, Modena once again stepped up for Manhattan to tie the game at the 75th minute. The first-year player used her speed to grab a quick steal at the top of the box and capitalized on the one-on-one play to tie the score at 2-2.
The Lions had several good looks toward the end of regulation tofight for the lead, including strong shots from Browne and Bettinger, however the battle at Gaelic Park would head into overtime.
In the first overtime, Leon worked her way for a potential game winner that sailed just wide right of the goal. In the second overtime the Lions would not miss. Elly McGuffog tapped a pass to Yow who found Melo running on the outside for the quick game winning score as Columbia grabbed the victory 3-2.
The Lions start the season at 1-0 and return to action on Sunday, Sep. 8 to face the Monmouth Hawks in the team's home opener at Columbia Soccer Stadium at 1 p.m.


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Local shop keeps busy with bridal season
With the new year starting, this is currently the busiest season for bridal shows and prom dress shopping.
Local bridal shops, including Simply Elegant, are keeping up with the current trends and are preparing for trunk shows in the coming months to display gowns, veils and jewelry for that special day.
"A few weeks before Christmas is our quiet time," Simply Elegant Formals owner Brenda Johns said. "There is time there to prepare for the upcoming season."
Simply Elegant, on County Road 25A, or Wood Street, has used the time prior to the holidays to prepare for trunk shows, bridal shows and the upcoming prom dress shopping season.
In order to prepare brides for their big day, Johns has put together folders filled with literature on how to prepare for their big day and is handing them out to brides-to-be.
A helpful tip for planning a wedding is to attend bridal shows and take notes on what they like and do not like, according to Johns.
"A lot of girls are looking for individualism," Johns said.
Johns said that many brides-to-be are looking for something different, and not something that they've seen before.
A few trends Johns said growing in popularity are wedding gowns with big rosettes, frilly patterns and unique, one-of-a-kind dresses.
"Unique dresses are still out there," Johns said, "and traditional dresses are starting to come back."
Traditional dresses include lace pattern and dresses with sleeves, even if it is only a one-shoulder sleeve.
"I suggest girls take the time to try on different styles," Johns said. "They may not like a style on the hanger or model, but if they try it on, they may love it on themselves."
On Sunday, the annual Lima Bride 2012 will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with shows at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. During this time there will be 65 booths set up that will display new ideas and products, such as cakes, dresses and photographers, tickets for this event are $5 at the door.
Simply Elegant is among one of the vendors who will be bringing samples of their dresses and setting up a booth at the event.
"We will show 10-12 gowns, which will be modeled by professional models," Johns said.
Other shows that the store is getting ready for is their annual trunk shows.
During the weekend of Jan. 14, the bridal shop will feature head pieces and jewelry, and some will be at special discounted prices.
"We will be having a large amount of inventory," Johns said. "You will see more than we normally have."
On Jan. 21, a Bonny Trunk Show will be held at Simply Elegant, and will feature the Unforgettable line, which focuses on plus sizes.
On March 30, will be the shop's largest trunk show, which will feature a mother's line of dresses, including Jade, and bridesmaid dresses, which will include the Jasmine and Belsoie lines.
In addition, Simply Elegant has partnered with local vendors, and is holding a raffle at their shop, in which a winner will be drawn each month, and will win prizes, including gift certificates and special deals from local photographers, masseuses and florists.
"This is to let people know what is available," Johns said of the many local vendors in the area.
One tip that Johns also suggests is to be cautious of buying a wedding gown online, and to make sure the dress they are thinking about purchasing online is indeed authentic, and not a website posing to be a designer.
"We always provide our customers with certificates of authenticity," Johns said of the dresses they sell. "This gives them comfort to know what they paid for."


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The latest NFL Draft shakeup came on Sunday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally completed a long-rumored trade with the New York Jets for cornerback Darrelle Revis.
The Bucs sent the 13th overall selection in Thursday's first round, along with a conditional 2014 selection, to north Jersey for the former All-Pro.
There had been speculation since January, when John Idzik took over as Jets general manager for the fired Mike Tannenbaum, that Revis was on the trading block.
"It became quite evident, we had some discussions with his representation, and it became quite evident to us that there was a substantial difference between Darrelle's view of his value and ours," Idzik said during a conference call after the deal went down. "So we felt like there would have to be a significant change on either side in order to create a path toward reaching an agreeable deal for the long term. So you had to really weigh that into the situation, too."
Now that the Revis domino has fallen, it's time to take one final educated guess at the 78th Annual selection meeting, albeit one which doesn't take into account any potential trades or unstable personnel people around the league.
So let's lock it in with The Sports Network's final 2013 NFL mock draft:
1. Kansas City Chiefs - Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M - The Chiefs have done everything possible to make this pick seem more valuable to teams thinking about trading up, flashing "interest" in West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith and trying to beat the drum for Central Michigan left tackle Eric Fisher. In the end, this is just not a sexy draft at the top, so Kansas City will stand pat and take Joeckel. Scouts often reference the potential "ceiling" of a particular prospect and rarely talk about a player's "floor." Joeckel's floor is significantly higher than Fisher's and that's the real difference between the two players.
Previous Pick: Joeckel
2. Jacksonville Jaguars - Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU - There is a lot of momentum building for Fisher to Jacksonville since the Jags need an offensive tackle but remember who the new head coach of the team is. Gus Bradley, is a defensive-minded mentor who wants to address the Jaguars' paltry pass rush, specifically off the edges. Oregon's Dion Jordan has emerged from the pack as the best prospect off the edge but his frame is best-suited for the 3-4. Ansah is an athletic freak with a Jason Pierre-Paul-like upside as a pass-rusher.
Previous Pick: Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon
3. Oakland Raiders - Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah - Matt Flynn isn't going to generate a ton of excitement in the Bay Area, but his presence enables the Raiders to stop thinking about Smith and focus in on defensive tackles Sharrif Floyd or Lotulelei. If Oakland believes the doctors and are convinced Lotulelei's heart scare is behind him (his left ventricle was pumping at below normal levels at the combine), he's the choice. Star is a versatile player who fits in playing multiple techniques and shows more on tape than the up-and- down Floyd.
Previous Pick: Lotulelei
4. Philadelphia Eagles - Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma - The Eagles went through their first OTAs under Chip Kelly last week and one thing was abundantly clear, the former Oregon mentor is going to push the tempo and play basketball on turf in Philly. That means conditioning and athleticism are going to be paramount, and Johnson, who can run a faster 40-yard dash and leap higher than some wide receivers, is a better fit in the City of Brotherly Love than the far more traditional Fisher.
Previous Pick: Fisher
5. Detroit Lions - Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan - Detroit needs to solve its tackle situation because right tackle Gosder Cherilus left for Indianapolis in free agency and veteran left tackle Jeff Backus called it quits after a solid 12-year career. The Motor City Kitties will sprint to the podium when they see Fisher is still on the board.
Previous Pick: Johnson
6. Cleveland Browns - Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia - It's pretty clear that the Browns' new brain trust of president Joe Banner, GM Mike Lombardi and head coach Rob Chudzinski isn't all that enamored with Brandon Weeden. Smith has been sinking like a stone in most people's eyes after getting trashed in a Pro Football Weekly scouting report but he remains the top signal-caller in this draft and Cleveland will ignore the white noise and continue the reboot of the franchise.
Previous Pick: Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama
7. Arizona Cardinals - Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina - Arizona's draft prospects changed markedly when the team acquired Carson Palmer from the Raiders. Palmer may be on the downside on his career and is certainly not the Pro Bowl player he once was in Cincinnati, but he is a massive upgrade on the terrible triumvirate of Kevin Kolb, John Skelton and Ryan Lindley which eventually cost Ken Whisenhunt his job in the desert. Rebuilding perhaps the worst offensive line in football is now the priority, and while the Cards would prefer a tackle, the top three will almost assuredly be off the board in the first five picks. That leaves a choice between the two best guards and Cooper's athleticism vaults him ahead of Alabama's Chance Warmack.
Previous Pick: Chance Warmack, OG, Alabama
8. Buffalo Bills - Chance Warmack, OG, Alabama - It's finally sinking in that new Bills coach Doug Marrone simply can't use up all of his political capital by taking his former quarterback at Syracuse, Ryan Nassib, this early. So, it's either trade down or take Warmack, an excellent fit after the Bills lost star guard Andy Levitre in free agency as well as reserve Chad Rinehart.
Previous Pick: Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
9. New York Jets - Barkevious Mingo, OLB/DE, LSU - Although Mingo has fallen on most draft boards, the Jets are reportedly smitten with the LSU pass rusher and will try to finally give Rex Ryan a difference maker off the edge.
Previous Pick: Smith
10. Tennessee Titans - Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama - The Titans addressed their most glaring holes in free agency by signing Levitre from Buffalo, inking strong safety Bernard Pollard from the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, and getting running back Chris Johnson and young quarterback Jake Locker backups by convincing Shonn Greene and Ryan Fitzpatrick to leave the AFC East behind. Tennessee still needs to improve a defense that allowed a league-worst 29.4 points per game in 2012 and getting the draft's best pure cornerback is a step in the right direction.
Previous Pick: Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida
11. San Diego Chargers - Dion Jordan, OLB/DE, Oregon - The Chargers' offensive line is abysmal, but D.J. Fluker figures to be the best prospect left on the board here and the Alabama right tackle can't compare as a prospect to the suddenly sliding Jordan, who fits another need for the Bolts, albeit a lesser one.
Previous Pick: Cooper
12. Miami Dolphins - D.J. Fluker, RT, Alabama - Miami also wants a tackle after losing former No. 1 overall pick Jake Long in free agency. Jonathan Martin is set to move from the right side to the left and that move will open up things for Fluker in South Beach.
Previous Pick: Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State
13. New York Jets (Acquired from Tampa Bay) - Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State - Getting Rhodes here, a player who could be better than Milliner down the line because he has better ball skills, makes a lot of sense for a franchise in rebuilding mode.
Previous Pick: Ansah
14. Carolina Panthers - Shariff Floyd, DT, Florida - Teams drafting for need will send the loser of the Lotulelei versus Floyd battle in Oakland here and Carolina will be thrilled with either. The Panthers need to sure up their run defense.
Previous Pick: Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
15. New Orleans Saints - Jarvis Jones, DE/OLB, Georgia - Poor 40 times have sent Jones crashing out of the top 10, but the Saints, who are switching to a 3-4 scheme, need edge players and Jones could be a Terrell Suggs-like steal in the Big Easy.
Previous Pick: Jones
16. St. Louis Rams - Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia - Some have Austin going in the top 10, but at the end of the day, he is a specialist, a slot receiver who doesn't project outside the numbers. That said, Austin is the most dynamic playmaker in this draft and will be a nice fit in St. Louis because the Rams lost slot stalwart Danny Amendola to New England in free agency.
Previous Pick: Austin
17. Pittsburgh Steelers - Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame - Pittsburgh could go wide receiver, but Tennessee's Cordarrelle Patterson as well as Cal's Keenan Allen have been falling. Eifert, on the other hand, has been rising rapidly and some have the former Notre Dame star landing in the top 10. With Heath Miller coming off ACL surgery in late December, Eifert could be in the heir apparent in the Steel City.
Previous Pick: Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
18. Dallas Cowboys - Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri - The 'Boys are one of the few teams making the switch from the 3-4 to a Tampa-2-like 4-3 and Richardson has a chance to be an impact player as a three-technique.
Previous Pick: Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina
19. New York Giants - Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State - When the Giants have succeeded in the past, Eli Manning got a lot of the credit and deservedly so, but it was the pass rush that was the engine of Big Blue's Super Bowl teams. The rush was derailed in 2012 and Werner was a top five-level prospect earlier in this process, but his closing speed off the edge, or lack thereof, has scared off some teams. New York will take advantage of that since Werner has the type of motor to excel in the NFL and projects as a solid fit with the Giants as the replacement for Osi Umenyiora.
Previous Pick: Werner
20. Chicago Bears - Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame - The Brian Urlacher era is over in the Second City and taking Te'o, would accomplish a couple of things. It gives Chicago an heir apparent and keeps him away from NFC North-rival Minnesota.
Previous Pick - Te'o
21. Cincinnati Bengals - Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State - For whatever reason (it's money), the Bengals have let incumbent starting right tackle Andre Smith, who was one of the best in all of football last season, dangle in free agency. It looks as if the organization doesn't have the stomach for the paycheck Smith wants, so bringing in Watson as a replacement makes a lot of sense.
Previous Pick: Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
22. St. Louis Rams (from Washington Redskins) - Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas - The Rams could continue attacking the receiver spot or look for Steven Jackson's replacement at running back, but their need at safety is just too great and Vaccaro is the best available, a player who has the ideal combination of size and athleticism to roam from sideline to sideline in coverage.
Previous Pick: Matt Elam, S, Florida
23. Minnesota Vikings - Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee - The Vikings have been looking for the answer at split end since Randy Moss' first go-around in the Twin Cities ended and the team believes Hunter is the answer, a player some scouts are now calling the most physically gifted receiver on the board.
Previous Pick: Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State
24. Indianapolis Colts - Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington - Chuck Pagano would probably prefer to build up his 3-4 defense with another edge pass rusher but he also needs to supplement a corner group which includes Vontae Davis, Darius Butler and free agent acquisition Greg Toler. Trufant would project as the best of that bunch early on.
Previous Pick: Mingo
25. Minnesota Vikings (from Seattle) - Kevin Minter, MLB, LSU - This is Minnesota's pick acquired in the Percy Harvin deal. The Vikings let their middle linebacker in 2012 -- the pedestrian Jasper Brinkley -- walk to Arizona, so they need a mike. Minny general manager Rick Spielman would love Te'o, but with him off the boards, it's between Alec Ogletree, Arthur Brown and Minter. Ogletree is the far more athletic player who is best-suited for the Vikings somewhat antiquated Tampa-2 base scheme, but Vikings coach Leslie Frazier is big on character and Minter is a solid prospect who trumps the other two there.
Previous Pick: Alec Ogletree, ILB, Georgia
26. Green Bay Packers - Matt Elam, S, Florida - Packers general manager Ted Thompson has publicly stated he wants his team to be more physical and Elam is a thumper from the safety position who would replace Charles Woodson.
Previous Pick: Watson
27. Houston Texans - Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee - Even before they released veteran Kevin Walter, the Texans badly needed a complement to Andre Johnson. Patterson is very raw and doesn't run routes all that well, but he's the best YAC (yards after catch) receiver in the draft and more of a vertical threat than Keenan Allen.
Previous Pick: DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
28. Denver Broncos - Margus Hunt, DE, SMU - The Elvis Dumervil fax fiasco put defensive end in play for the Broncos and the 6-foot-8, 280-pound Hunt is the type of raw talent you gamble with late in the first round. Most project him as a 3-4 end, but Hunt certainly has the size and frame to hold up as a base end in a 4-3 also.
Previous Pick: Hunt
29. New England Patriots - D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston - Although the Patriots got Aqib Talib and Kyle Arrington back in free agency, the back end is still the biggest problem on the New England defense and the team has been hot on the trail of the rapidly ascending Hayden.
Previous Pick: Trufant
30. Atlanta Falcons - Tank Carradine, DE, Florida State - The Falcons replaced the aging but always productive John Abraham with Umenyiora, a talented but far less consistent player. Meanwhile Troy Biermann is a high-motor player on the other side who is probably best-suited for fewer reps. They could put Carradine in the picture, a player on the rise after ACL surgery.
Previous Pick: Carradine
31. San Francisco 49ers - Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina - The Niners lost both Isaac Sopoaga and Ricky Jean-Francois in free agency, so they need bodies on the interior of their defensive line and will be happy to swoop in on the falling Williams.
Previous Pick: Eifert
32. Baltimore Ravens - Alec Ogletree, ILB, Georgia - The Ravens may be a little gun shy to take on a character concern especially after Rolando McClain was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Sunday. But, with Ray Lewis retiring and Dannell Ellerbe exiting to Miami, Baltimore badly needs an inside linebacker and Ogletree is too talented to pass up here.
Previous Pick: Minter
33. Jacksonville Jaguars - Terron Armstead, OT, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
34. San Francisco 49ers (from Kansas City) - Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford
35. Philadelphia Eagles - EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State
36. Detroit Lions - Keenan Allen, WR, California
37. Cincinnati Bengals (from Oakland) - Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
38. Arizona Cardinals - Matt Barkley, QB, USC
39. New York Jets - Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas
40. Tennessee Titans - Larry Warford, OG, Kentucky
41. Buffalo Bills - Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
42. Miami Dolphins - Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State
43. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Gavin Escobar, TE, San Diego State
44. Carolina Panthers - Jonathan Cyprien, S, Florida International
45. San Diego Chargers - Kyle Long OG/OT, Oregon
46. St. Louis Rams - Arthur Brown, ILB, Kansas State
47. Dallas Cowboys - Eric Reid, S, LSU
48. Pittsburgh Steelers - Datone Jones, DE, UCLA
49. New York Giants - D.J. Swearinger, S, South Carolina
50. Chicago Bears - Barrett Jones, OC, Alabama
51. Washington Redskins - Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State
52. Minnesota Vikings - Kawann Short, DT, Purdue
53. Cincinnati Bengals - Khaseem Greene, OLB, Rutgers
54. Miami Dolphins (from Indianapolis) - Jesse Williams, NT, Alabama
55. Green Bay Packers - Giovani Bernard, RB, North Carolina
56. Seattle Seahawks - Johnathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State
57. Houston Texans - Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M
58. Denver Broncos - Jonathan Franklin, RB, UCLA
59. New England Patriots - Robert Woods, WR, USC
60. Atlanta Falcons - Chase Thomas, LB, Stanford
61. San Francisco 49ers - DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
62. Baltimore Ravens - Travis Frederick, C, Wisconsin
- Cleveland exercised its second-round pick in last year's supplemental draft
- New Orleans forfeited its second-round pick due to the Bountygate scandal


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The four rail bridges in San Mateo's North Central neighborhood are more than 100 years old and no longer meet seismic safety standards. The bridges, located at Tilton, Monte Diablo, Santa Inez and Poplar avenues, will be replaced with single-span structures.
Crews will begin clearing vegetation at North Railroad Avenue between Tilton and Monte Diablo avenues. The vegetation removal is necessary because the clearance height of the single-span bridges has been increased to meet modern standards. As a result, retaining walls will have to be constructed. Site clearing work will allow for those structures to be put in place.
Once site clearing is completed at North Railroad Avenue, work will proceed north to Bellevue on the west side of the tracks, before moving south on the east side of the tracks. The removal work is expected to be completed in June.
The construction phase of the project should begin in September and will likely take approximately two years to complete. The San Mateo Bridges Replacement Project is projected to cost $30 million with the Federal Transit Administration providing $20.6 million and state sources are funding an additional $9 million. Caltrain is providing a local match of $370,000.


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German driver Nico Rosberg survived great late pressure to claim his second win of the season in yesterday's breathless and dramatic British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Rosberg, who was 28 on Thursday, came home just seven-tenths of a second clear of second placed Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull in a furious finish to a tumultuous event.
It was the Mercedes team's first victory in Britain since Stirling Moss won at Aintree in 1955 and Rosberg's second in three races and third of his career.
Rosberg, who won earlier in the season in Monaco, said that it was a wonderful moment for him to win a race his father former world champion Keke never won.
"This a very special day for our team in our home race," he said. "We are progressing all the time so it's a very special day for me and the team today."
"With Lewis, I feel sorry for all the British fans. It would have been a great race for Lewis here in front of his home crowd. That's racing sometimes," said Rosberg in a podium interview with 1996 champion Damon Hill.
However, the race was overshadowed by a dangerous spate of Pirelli tire failures, including one that blew Briton Lewis Hamilton's hopes of a home win in the other Mercedes as he led from pole position.
In all, four drivers were hit by tire blowouts while championship leading defending triple world champion Sebastian Vettel was forced to retire his Red Bull for the first time this year after inheriting the lead.
Hamilton's tire explosion was followed by others for Brazilian Felipe Massa of Ferrari, Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso and Mexican Sergio Perez of McLaren in a contest that saw two Safety Car interventions.
Red Bull said they found cuts in Vettel's tire after he had pitted while Mercedes detected the start of delamination in Rosberg's rear left.
"We have seen something new, a different type of problem. We're currently performing our analysis, we've got to go away and understand what has happened today," Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said.
"It was one tire at the back, left rear, so we need to understand that. It's pointless me adding anything else until we have all the facts," he told reporters.
Webber, who fell to 15th on the opening lap, fought back to finish second in his first race since announcing he was quitting Formula One at the end of the season ahead of two-time champion Fernando Alonso in the second Ferrari and Hamilton, who stormed from the back to finish fourth despite his tire failure.
"Wonderful drive, Lewis," said team principal Ross Brawn over the team radio at the finish. "Sorry it didn't quite work out but well done."
Webber, 37, who had won this race twice, said he felt happy, but also frustrated at just falling short.
"It was frustrating, but the boys did a great job," he said. "There were a lot of issues with the tires and we were lucky and it was a clean race for us."
Alonso closed the gap in the overall standings on Vettel, who has 132 points while the Spaniard is on 111 after eight races with the next race the German Grand Prix on Sunday.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, finished fifth for Lotus ahead of Massa, German Adrian Sutil of Force India and rising hope Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso.
Briton Paul Di Resta of Force India finished ninth and German Nico Hulkenberg 10th for Sauber on an amazing day in rare British sunshine.
Additional reporting by staff writer


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Blue Chip
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Gamecock alumnus now living in the Chicagoland area, and I think this would be a really interesting read. Most people I've interacted with here just don't understand the enormity of college football in the south. It would be cool to see an outsider's perspective.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
I've lived around the country. Although we like to think we're unique, it is really not that different than pro football fans up north. Down here, we like the college game better.
As for the culture, yes it is exciting and people are passionate in large numbers. The Big Ten's big schools (OSU, Michigan, etc.) have similar environments.
Not sure what your theme will be for your book. It has to be more than college football is like the NFL up north. You're dedicating a year to traveling in the southeast and writing a book about football culture. Seems a little sketchy. I'm skeptical.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Oh Dear God, this had me rolling. Mainly because it is so true. Thanks for the fun read.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
I'll post more of my thoughts later, but I hope when you are researching University of South Carolina football that you focus on more than win-losses. I personally think that history plays a part in the evolution of our program, fans, and ultimately the fierce loyalty that we have for our Gamecocks. Our university's history, especially our rivalry with Clemson, is deeper than sports. It has roots in politics during Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction before football was even a thing. I want to point out that we don't sit around talking about that history anymore, but this information sets the historical context for the evolution of USC as an institution and then the athletics program by extension. The quick summary is that South Carolina had no money after the Civil War, and higher education that didn't directly relate to the state's economy (agriculture) was no longer considered a priority. Thus, USC was not well funded until the GI bill and subsequent baby boomers needed a place to go to college. And as we all know, money=success=money=success, etc.
The games themselves were (and are) social events. The 'Big Thursday' game was arguably the biggest event of the year in the state of South Carolina in its heyday, with the governor and many other elected politicians attending each year along with other important people in the state. Many of the traditions (particularly girls being well-dressed) evolved from that era.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
I'm assuming you've read this book:
I love this book and its concept. It sounds somewhat along the lines of what you're trying to do. Clay obviously was raised a UT fan so you will be more of an "outsider." It's also coincidental that you will be at SC for the UT game. I felt as if Clay's South Carolina chapter was simplified a little as he was with his parents for that game rather than finding an old buddy to stay with as he did for the other games. I am anxious to read your perspective and how an outsider's perspective has changed over the past 8 seasons. How else will yours be different?
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
No SEC fanhood book would be complete without talking about fans who didn't attend that school, and why they are fans. I went to Coastal Carolina, even played ball there, but my dad went to USC, and many of my friends are USC fans who didn't go there. Why?
There is a strong history in the South of loving college football for many reasons, and one big one has been the lack of NFL football for so long.
In SC, I grew up as a kid before the Panthers existed, and the Falcons weren't very good. I have a couple brothers who are a good bit older than me, and they grew up when the South basically had the Falcons and Saints both of whom were awful, and the Dolphins way down in Miami. The Panthers, Jaguars, Titans didn't exist mostly, and the Bucs were a new team that was awful too. The Redskins had a big presence down here in NC and SC, just by default. I recall a lot of older guys here who are either fans of the Redskins or Dolphins...because growing up, those were the closet NFL teams with a .500 record that was worth watching.
But the teams at Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, etc, were very good, and their stadiums just as big and loud and fun.
More a lot of SEC fans, the SEC is our own version of the NFL. And in my opinion, so much better, because so many players are local in-state guys, people who are known in the communities in the state or families who are friends with our families. A much more local connection.
Walk On
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Absolutely love the feedback, guys. This is fantastic and a lot of it stuff I couldn't read in a book or find on google.
To answer a few questions buckshot:
The reason I don't want to do this with the Big 10 is summed up in your answers about football and the rivalries being a way of life, rather than a game. I can't help imagine that the 'stranger in a strange land' aspect of narrative will open a door to that world if only for a glimpse.
I'm fascinated by and only know that I have no real idea about the tradition and ritual of gameday, tailgating, and as you said, football as a daily reality. (I've been asked to sit down at ND games WHILE WE WERE ON DEFENSE multiple times over the past few years).
Because an SEC-wide tour could never attempt to do justice to showing what football means in the south, what I see as my goal is to provide anecdotal, observational representative accounts of it through my mile-wide, inch-deep journey.
Thank you for the historical background cliff notes on what makes USC/Clemson so heated. I had no idea, and again, embracing my ignorance is going to be the best thing I have in hopes of getting to know a little bit of this way of life.
I haven't read Dixieland Delight yet. I'm familiar and understand the idea. I can give a better answer of how I intend my story to be different after I've read it (I'll need 2-3 weeks).
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Oh, and I'll be in Auburn for the South Carolina game the week before coming to SC for the Tenn game.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
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Hey Magoo, thanks for your interest.
I am married to a South Bender and miss the good old days of "that other" USC's rivalry with the Irish.
However, as THIS USC, OUR USC, I look forward to your survival this year to meet us on the field later.
By the way, Friday nights down south are why we are so good, year round.
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I've been posting on a few boards the past week or so and got some more questions asking me to clarify a bit what I'm looking for. So, I'm going to throw this abstract out there and maybe a few of you could take a stab at it. Again, I'm really grateful you guys have been so receptive.
Okay, keep in mind that I'm still in the early stages of this. I'm halfway through a second draft of a pubishing grant proposal and about 10 days removed from the idea and decision to do this. So bear with me if it's still a bit scattershot.
First off, I intend this to be written from the lens of a 'stranger in a strange land,' fully aware going in that I know nothing about what football in the south is, walking in with a sense of curiosity and wonder at this way of life that makes my big-city, Northerner, Fighting Irish fandom pale in comparison, and trying to gain some insight into what it is to breathe college football. I'd imagine I'll get a lot of mileage out of the contrast between who I am and what I represent and what is represented by this culture.
That said, I want my end product to be something that people like yourselves can look at and say that though I can never fully understand it because I don't live it, I did my best to paint an accurate picture and do it some semblance of justice and one that offers readers from other areas around the country to get a scrapbook of stories, historical context (from your eyes rather than a textbook linear narrative which they can read in SEC: 75 Years of Pride and Tradition, or whatever the name of that book was) and background within a road trip narrative that has a sports organizing principle.
Things I want to examine:
What does college football in the South mean to those who live it?
How these rivalries came to be and why they're so much more than just the 60 minutes on the field once a year.
What are the unique rites and rituals that each school and each rivalry, and what significance they hold?
Fundamental questions about the nature of regional and national identity
The uniquely American instinct to fashion our own heroes and this uniquely American game
What role does family lineage play in shaping this
To what extent the identity of the American man living in the South is tied to College Football fan - are they one and the same?
How teams like TAMU and Missouri fit can/will fit into this story moving forward
How each school came to be a football school
If you have any other guiding questions/ideas that would work well with this or that touch on some aspect I've missed, I'm all ears. Like I said, work in progress. But that should give you the gist.
Two Questions: 1. does missing some of these teams make this less compelling? I feel bad not hitting some of these schools, but comforted knowing that according to multiple boards, it's more about experiencing the rivalries in action than checking off a list... 2. I'm a little unsure on how to approach schools like Florida State, Clemson and Texas (their historical context is big for 'understanding' ATM football. Thoughts on whether this would be better served as SEC or football in the south (which largely leaves out schools like UK, Vandy, Mizzou Miss St-which I feel worse about missing than the others- and touches on schools like Clemson and FSU)
Here's a second draft of the schedule that I've planned out. It's almost identical to one another poster laid out for me...
8/28 - aTM @ USC
8/30 - Clemson @UGA
9/20 UF @ Bama
10/4 LSU @ Auburn
10/18 Tenn @ Ole Miss
10/25 Bama @ UT
11/8 Bama @ LSU
11/22 Ole Miss @ Arkansas
11/28 LSU @ aTm
11/29 Iron Bowl
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Nice schedule, but The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Auburn vs UGA) is going to be intense this year.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Hitting two USC games.. Nice. Both of those games are going to be absolutely electric.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
For the first time I have a small inkling of what black people must feel like when they see this:
Always remember... stay Feisty.
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
A guy I went to college with put it like this after seeing different levels of football in the south:
Southern high school football is bigger than a lot of northern college football, and southern college football is unmatched in most of the northern USA.
I think it would be awesome if you could get Morgan Freeman's voice on a GPS. It would be like he's narrating your travels
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
magoo here is a 1st hand account of an infamous day in the rivalry of Carolina and Clemsin. It was shared by a friend on another Gamecock board.
A First Hand Account Of The 1961 Sigma Nu Spoof
By Theodore Kohn
Posted Nov 18, 2005
| More This story was originally published on this very day, 2002. The forward belongs to Russ Perry...the rest is pure Kohn. We hope you enjoy it as you prepare for "The Big Game 2005"...
In 1961 the Sigma Nus of USC pulled a prank on Clemson that made the news as far away as California and New York. This is a first hand, behind the scenes, account of how it all went down ...
Yep, I was a member of the Sigma Nus. It was Nov 11, 1961. Big day against ClemSin. We had started the year 1-5, and so another losing season was upon us. But what the hell? We partied with the best of them! Question was, how could we save the season?
College Pranks were legendary back then. A couple of years before, ClemSin students had vandalized statues of respected Carolina Alumni on Sumter Street before the Big Thursday game! That had gotten a lot of state attention. So Carroll Gray, believe it or not, now the Pres. of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, came up, along with Doc Howard of Gray Court, SC (Doc later was instrumental with Ed Robinson in creating the Cockabooses), with the Prank of all Pranks: Our frat would dress up as the ClemSin Tigers and appear on the field of Carolina Stadium pregame, and spoof the ClemSin faithful! (in 1961, Carolina Stadium held about 47,000. Same location, and was the predecessor to W-B).
At any rate, the fraternity had 3 weeks to prepare for the big event. Bo Mullis, my college roommate who was later to become the President of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, and I, were USC cheerleaders, and therefore were not part of the Clemson pre-game team as we had to go on as usual as cheerleaders egging on the crowd with our hottie partners! (Mine was Anna Louise Long, Bo's was Carole Jones, whom he later married). But we were privy as to what was going to happen, and had participated in the three week practice.
No kidding. The fraternity practiced looking like a football team for three weeks in secret, running onto the field, doing drills, synchronized push-ups, stretches, and so forth.
The secrecy was made as a collective blood oath: It was great! like being in the CIA! Unbelievable, but more than 50 kids all kept it to ourselves, a remarkable task. The more I reflect upon it as the years passed, the more I realize what a monumental secret we all kept, because when it happened, it was shocking to 47,000 people, and ultimately to all of college football!
Anyway, we had an inside track to Orangeburg High School through one of our members. Their colors were Clemson colors, Orange and Purple, and we were able to appropriate Orangeburg's uniforms for the weekend.
In years past, the Carolina-Clemson game had been played on Thursdays, and as most of you know, it was the only game in the US played on Thursday. In the State of South Carolina it was known as Big Thursday. But Frank Howard and the Clemsin folk, didn't like playing the big game in Columbia every year during state fair week, so on Nov 11, 1961, it was the first Big Saturday in Columbia.
Meanwhile, as the Big Saturday approached, the Sigma Nus practiced and practiced doing the Clemsin warmups.
We had found an old milk cow and Ed Hancock was in charge of trucking it to the stadium. The cow was going to have a sheet tied on it declaring her the Clemson Homecoming Queen. Ed and a few others loaded Bessie onto the back of a pickup truck and headed to Columbia from Lexington County.
Meanwhile, inside the stadium, the pregame crowd was loud, and the Clemson band was playing Hold that Tiger, and the Carolina Band was playing our Old Fight Song. (Which is great and should be brought back!) They were like dueling bands! We were cheering Culture vs Agri-Culture! and Beat the Damn Farrrrmers! and the Clemsin rats (frosh) were in unison standing and giving Carolina hell.
Then it happened. The Sigma Nus came streaming out of the Southeast corner of the end zone, and Clemson fans could be heard yelling Here Come The Tigers!!, and the ClsmSin cannon went off! And their band broke into Hold that Tiger!
And the Sigma Nus lined up and started doing precision drills, doing synchronized pushups and exercises, and then Ronald Leitch comes strolling out on the field with a pillow stuffed under his all black outfit, posing as Coach Frank Howard (of Howard's Rock fame), and the Clemsin crowd goes nuts! And then Ronald starts spitting black stuff from his mouth like tobacco juice from an oil well, and the Sigma Nus degenerate from precision drills to spastic displays of ineptitude. The punter, Jack McCathern, starts practicing punts which go over his head. The erratic QB starts fumbling, the running back starts doing somersaults at the line of scrimmage, the football starts slipping out of the hand of whoever has it, and suddenly, the Clemsin fans know they've been had! First the rats come pouring onto the field, then the rest of the Tigger faithful, and there's an old fashioned rip roaring riot on your hands, right there on the middle of the field, with the entire Carolina faithful laughing their collective asses off as they realize what's happened! The poor Clemsin students lose the fight as they are cracking knuckles upside the heads of Sigma Nus protected by helmets, shoulder pads and other articles of exoskeleton attire. Young turks such as Guy Meares, Alden Sweatman, Jerry Ballentine get in serious punches to unnamed Clemsin rats! Not to mention future Lt. Governor of SC, Mike Daniel from Gaffney who cracked a couple of skulls, or Chuck Simons from Aiken, a future SC Supreme Court Judge, or scrappy future attorney from Gastonia, Ben Morrow, who gave a lick or two, or Guy Meares, and Alden Sweatman from Columbia, Bennie Pendarvis from Barnwell, and Jeffrey Brooker from Denmark, all future medical docs of note who were two fisted that day, and held their own! It was one heck of a fraternity, and one heck of a prank!
We won the game by the way 21-14!
And the riot was reported in papers as far away as the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press.
By the way, Sigma Nus who were on the team and could not participate in the big prank, were John Caskey, who later was an All-ACC end, and Johnny Jones, and Richard Lomas. Later, Dan Reeves pledged Sigma Nu, largely because of them.
And finally, the old cow, Bessie, the Clemsin Homecoming Queen never made it to the field. She actually died en route to the stadium on the back of the truck. If you don't believe me, ask Ed Hancock!
"Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, Oh how I wish he'd go away."
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Re: Chicago ND fan/SEC book idea
Pretty awesome - poor Bessie though
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I'll enjoy it.
I'll say this, up here outside of a few teams, (ND and Penn State) no one gives a shit about CFB, would be nice to see one of there own go in.
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Food Insecurity, Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS Treatment: A Global Perspective
December 2008
Malnutrition is a general term describing improper nutrition, either in excess or deficiency. Some examples include protein and/or calorie deficiency, micronutrient deficiency and overnutrition resulting in obesity.1 Manifestations of malnutrition vary globally. In resource-poor areas described in this paper, it manifests as kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition), and marasmus (protein and calorie malnutrition), or the deficiency of specific nutrients. In New York City, a resource-adequate setting, the majority of malnutrition takes the form of obesity, with possible deficits in micronutrients due to consumption of food available in low-income communities.
While malnutrition is exhibited differently depending on location, food insecurity is present everywhere. We define food insecurity as the lack of regular access to ample quantity and quality of safe, nutritious food that meets dietary needs as well as food preferences of individuals and communities.
This article examines the effects of malnutrition and food insecurity in the global HIV/AIDS community, and proposes possible solutions to decreasing global malnutrition and food insecurity.
There is a large body of evidence that supports that inappropriate food intake negatively impacts immune function.2,3 Deficits in certain micronutrients such as vitamin A,4 vitamin C,5 vitamin D,6-9 zinc,10 selenium,11,12 copper,13,14 and iron15,16 impair immune function. A high content of dietary fatty acids, specifically saturated fat, plays a role in immune suppression.17 Protein deprivation decreases many body functions including the production of inflammatory mediators that are needed to fight infection.18,19
Studies completed before and after the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)20 show that wasting (a form of malnutrition) is a predictor of death for HIV-positive individuals.21-24 A groundbreaking 2006 study done in 2006 found that moderate to severely malnourished people starting HAART experienced a six-fold higher hazard ratio for death. Those starting Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)25 who were moderately to severely malnourished were twice as likely to die as those who were not malnourished. Malnutrition decreases survival in patients starting ART and HAART for several possible reasons: impairment of immune reconstitution and in turn a prolonged period of opportunistic infection risk; adverse effects on drug absorption; lower threshold for drug toxicity; and/or decreased physical function.26
Food insecurity plays a major role in the development of malnutrition in resource-poor and resource-adequate settings. In resource-poor settings, there is decreased or no adult labor in HIV/AIDS affected households. These households have less capacity to produce or purchase foods and have higher medical costs. In addition, children often stop their schooling to work, or simply because the family affected by HIV can no longer afford the education. Research in Tanzania showed that food consumption decreased 15 percent per capita when an adult died. Funeral costs deplete monies that could be used for food. The agricultural knowledge base of families and communities decreases as individuals with farming and science knowledge die from HIV/AIDS.27
Women are especially vulnerable in HIV/AIDS-affected households. Usually, they care for the sick and dying in addition to maintaining heavy workloads related to gathering food and feeding the household. If the mother dies of HIV, often the family goes hungry because of decreased means of food gathering and preparation. One study showed that food insecurity and malnutrition were the most immediate problems faced by female-headed households affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda.28
Our work with hundreds of clients in New York City has demonstrated many similarities among our food insecure population. Food assistance programs are not geared towards people living with HIV/AIDS who have increased nutritional needs. In addition, there are few supermarkets or places that offer fresh, whole foods in low-income neighborhoods. Markets that do carry these types of foods tend to be very expensive. This makes it difficult for HIV-positive individuals to obtain nutritious foods through food stamps and other supplemental subsidies.
Due to the lack of nutritious foods accessible to low-income HIV-positive individuals, many eat foods that contain a high amount of refined carbohydrates, saturated and trans-fats, and calories with little micronutrient value. Because of this we see many obese clients with diseases characteristic of the general obese population.
Food insecurity in itself is a risk factor for HIV/AIDS transmission. Malnutrition has been shown to increase transmission of HIV from a pregnant woman to her fetus, which remains a major issue in the developing world.29 In addition, because of food insecurity and decreased access to safe water supplies, HIV-positive mothers are forced to breastfeed their children, which further increases the risk of HIV transmission.30
In addition to mother to child transmission, food insufficiency is associated with increased HIV risk-taking behavior and sex exchange. A recent study of food security and HIV risk behaviors interviewed 2,051 adults in Botswana and Swaziland. The individuals were asked information about their food intake over the previous 12 months. Condom use, sex exchange, and other HIV risk-taking behaviors were examined. For women, sex exchange was defined as exchanging sex for food, money or other resources; for men, sex exchange was defined by paying for or providing resources for sex. HIV risk behaviors included inconsistent condom use, intergenerational sex and lack of control over sexual relationships. Of all study participants, 32% of women and 22% of men experienced food insufficiency in the previous 12 months. This study sends a clear message that without adequate food, individuals may surrender long-term health and safety to survive in the present.31
A program in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demonstrates that when multiple institutions work together, societies can successfully diminish malnutrition and food insecurity. Bukavu, like other cities in the DRC and around the globe, suffers continual conflict and humanitarian crises. Many structures -- including society, economy, and health care system -- are near collapse. Because of the lack of infrastructure, and security, deploying effective social programs is difficult. However, in 2003, Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme of the UN to create a food security program for HIV-positive individuals in Bukavu. This included distribution of seeds, tools and agricultural support, as well as a nutrition support system which distributed food rations and nutrition education to over 200 families. This program improved the medical management of HIV, as demonstrated by overall weight gain. If many more medical and nutrition agencies collaborated together, using Bukavu as an example, there would be more success in overcoming the challenges of food insecurity, malnutrition and HIV.32
Clearly there is overwhelming evidence that confronting malnutrition and food security in the HIV/AIDS community is necessary to successfully treat the disease. It is imperative that in addition to increasing access to HIV medications, organizations must also provide nutritious, safe and sustainable food assistance.
Sarah Spool M.S., R.D., C.D.E., C.D.N. is the Assistant Director of Nutrition Education and Health Outcomes at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). Jenny Torino M.S., R.D. is an HIV Nutrition Specialist at GMHC.
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This article was provided by Gay Men's Health Crisis. It is a part of the publication GMHC Treatment Issues. Visit GMHC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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