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ATLANTA (AP) - Dion Waiters' shot worked more like a Hail Mary pass, and Alonzo Gee was in position to make the winning catch.
Gee scored on a putback with less than 1 second remaining, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 113-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night that snapped a four-game losing streak.
Gee rebounded the missed 3-pointer by Waiters and quickly followed up for the tiebreaking basket. The Hawks, out of timeouts, couldn't manage a shot before time expired.
``I thought it was good,' Gee said of Waiters' shot. ``He was in rhythm and I thought it was going in. And then I caught it and I was, like, `Oh!''
Cavaliers coach Byron Scott wanted Waiters to attempt a higher-percentage shot.
``Yeah, I guess I've got to be a little more specific and say, `Try to get to the basket,'' Scott said.
Scott said Gee ``bailed him out.'
``It didn't touch nothing,' Scott said of Waiters' shot. ``Luckily, Zo was there to rebound the ball and put it in.'
Josh Smith took the blame for Atlanta's loss, saying he should have boxed out Gee but instead was ``ball watching' on Waiters' shot.
Jeremy Pargo led Cleveland with 22 points, including three straight baskets late in the game. Waiters scored 21 and Anderson Varejao had 20 points and 18 rebounds as Cleveland earned its second road win in 11 tries.
Smith had 25 points for Atlanta, which had won six in a row. Al Horford had 15 points and 11 rebounds, but he got little help as the Cavaliers outrebounded the Hawks 49-28.
``I think this was a reality check for us in a way that we need to get back to work and get better on the defensive end,' Horford said, adding the Hawks ``got baited' into a high-scoring pace.
Tristan Thompson had 15 rebounds and six points for the Cavaliers.
Daniel Gibson's 3-pointer with 4:24 remaining gave Cleveland its first lead of the second half at 99-97. Smith scored for Atlanta before Pargo took over with three straight baskets for a 105-99 lead.
A three-point play by Jeff Teague and a 3-pointer by Lou Williams with 1:16 remaining pulled the Hawks back into a tie at 105-all.
Pargo then set up Varejao for a running jump shot, and Waiters converted a layup to give Cleveland a four-point lead. Smith's 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining trimmed the difference to one. Varejao sank two free throws before Williams answered with a tying 3-pointer with 13.6 seconds left.
Varejao posted his seventh straight double-double. It was his 11th game with more than 15 rebounds this season. He began the night with an NBA-best 14.9 rebounds per game.
Varejao had help; the Hawks never found an answer for Pargo's drives to the basket.
``We had a tough time defending them off the dribble,' Atlanta coach Larry Drew said.
Asked what his guards should have done better against Pargo, Drew said: ``Defend him. Just take the personal challenge and defend him.'
Drew said the Hawks, who survived recent close wins over Washington and Charlotte, can learn from the loss.
``I told the guys, maybe we needed a game like this,' Drew said. ``We've been home for a little while and we've dodged a couple of bullets with some teams.'
Cleveland led 54-50 with less than 3 minutes to go in the first half before the Hawks closed out the quarter with a 17-2 run. Smith started the run with three straight baskets; a 3-pointer, followed by a jam on Teague's assist and then a hook shot.
Drew called timeout with 2 seconds remaining. Ivan Johnson took the inbound pass, dribbled a few feet beyond the top of the arc and then launched a buzzer-beating 3-pointer - only the third of his career.
A smiling Johnson celebrated with chest bumps from Smith and Anthony Morrow as the Hawks left the court leading 67-56.
The Hawks kept the lead until late in the fourth quarter.
``It was one of those nights where we would play hard, get comfortable, play hard, get comfortable,' said Williams, who had 18 points. ``At the end it cost us. It didn't come down to the one offensive rebound where they lay it up. That's the one that everybody will look at, but I think they did a good job of rebounding the ball all night.'
NOTES: The Hawks went 23 for 32 at the foul line, compared to 21 of 22 for the Cavs. ... Gibson returned after missing one game with a sore right elbow. ... Cleveland ended a streak of seven straight losses in the series. The Cavaliers' last win in the series came on April 2, 2010, and their last win in Atlanta was on Dec. 29, 2009. ... Atlanta's DeShawn Stevenson made four 3-pointers for 12 points.


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April 12, 2011 > Enhanced MRI Capabilities Improve Cancer Treatment Direction
Washington Hospital's Outpatient Imaging Center recently upgraded its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to provide the latest advances in this important tool for diagnosing and treating various medical conditions, including cancer. "We are pleased to be able to offer this advanced MRI technology, which is not commonly available outside of large university hospitals," says radiologist Jacob Wouden, M.D. "The new MRI capabilities will enhance our already excellent Cancer Care Program even more, enabling local patients to have the highest quality imaging technology without having to travel across the Bay." Dr. Wouden is an MRI specialist who completed a magnetic resonance imaging fellowship at Harvard.MRI is a non-invasive imaging procedure that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the human body. The magnetic field is produced by passing an electric current through wire coils in the MRI unit. Other coils, placed around the part of the body being scanned, send and receive radio waves to produce signals that are processed by a computer to produce a series of images."Surface coils are usually not sufficient to produce detailed images of areas such as the prostate gland and rectum," notes Dr. Wouden. "One of the capabilities our new system offers is endorectal MRI, in which a small coil is placed inside the rectum, giving us much greater visualization of prostate and rectal cancers."Endorectal MRI is used after a biopsy and diagnosis of prostate or rectal cancer to help evaluate the extent of the cancer and define the proper course of treatment, according to Dr. Wouden. "Endorectal MRI can determine the stage of prostate or rectal cancer, specifically whether it is still confined or has spread to surrounding structures such as the bladder, urinary tract, seminal vesicles, or nearby lymph nodes," he explains. "Choosing the proper treatment can be a complicated decision, and information from endorectal MRI can help guide the process. For example, if the cancer has spread outside the prostate gland, it might be more appropriate to do radiation therapy or chemotherapy, rather than surgery."We also inject a contrast agent so that the structure and surrounding blood vessels that we are examining show up more clearly," he adds. "A computer-aided detection software package helps assess how much and how quickly the contrast agent washes in and out. Because tumors have more blood vessels than surrounding tissues, the contrast agent moves in and out of tumors more quickly."Dr. Wouden outlines some of the ways that endorectal MRI can also be used in pre-treatment planning for prostate cancer: "The MRI can show if the tumor involves the nerves surrounding the prostate, which might cause urinary incontinence or erectile dysfunction if damaged. That would help the surgeon plan a surgery to spare those nerves if the cancer has not spread there. For radiotherapy, the radiation oncologist needs to know where to apply the radiation, and the MRI can help pinpoint the location."While primarily used to help stage cancers and determine treatment options, endorectal MRI may be used as an additional screening tool for prostate cancer in some cases. "Endorectal MRI can be useful if the doctor suspects prostate cancer because the patient's PSA level is high, but a biopsy of the prostate is negative and may have missed the cancer," Dr. Wouden says. "The MRI can direct a second biopsy to the correct location. In addition, if a patient has already had prostatectomy surgery but his PSA level rises again, an endorectal MRI could detect a local recurrence around the surgical site."Dr. Wouden adds that endorectal MRI is just one of several new advanced MRI capabilities available at Washington Hospital. Others include:* MR enterography: Evaluation of the small bowel, especially for patients with known or suspected inflammatory bowel disease.* MR urography: Imaging of the urinary tract.* Hepatic MRI with Eovist: Evaluation of the liver and biliary system.* Adrenal MRI: Imaging of the adrenal glands (above the kidneys).* Advanced MR angiography including TRICKS: Evaluation of arterial disease throughout the body, including peripheral vascular disease in the limbs, the renal arteries (supplying the kidneys), carotid arteries (supplying the brain), mesenteric arteries (supplying the bowel), and the aorta (main artery supplying the body).For more information about MRI services at Washington Hospital's Outpatient Imaging Center, call (510) 739-6061 or visit whhs.com/imagingcenter.


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ORANGEBURG, S.C. - The Savannah State Tigers finished their 2012 season Saturday with a 27-13 loss on the road to South Carolina State - dreaming of better days ahead but stuck in a loss-filled present.
The Tigers, who were 0-8 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, finished their third straight season with a 1-10 overall record. Savannah State, in its second year in the MEAC, has lost 15 straight conference games, dating to a 33-30 win over North Carolina Central in Durham on Sept. 24, 2011 in their first game in the MEAC.
The Tigers were outscored 320-105 in their eight conference games in 2012, an average score of 40-13. The Tigers lost seven of those games by at least 12 points, and all eight by at least eight. Savannah State entered Saturday last in the conference in scoring offense and scoring defense, in total offensive and defensive yardage, and in both rushing and rush yards allowed.
After the game, Tigers coach Steve Davenport pointed to the long road ahead for the players and coaching staff.
"Right now the whole goal is to get in the weight room and get bigger, stronger and faster - that's everybody at every position," the coach said. "Our responsibility as a staff is to go out and get more pieces to the puzzle. We'll do that and try to put a better product on the field. I think we made some progress in terms of the process of where we want this program to be, but obviously, we have some long ways to go."
Saturday, the Bulldogs (5-6 overall, 4-4 MEAC) put the Tigers away after SSU had accomplished something that usually leads to great results, blocking a kick. Up 20-13, South Carolina lined up for a 41-yard field goal with under six minutes to play. Tigers cornerback John Wilson raced around the line and blocked the kick.
However, the ball took a fortuitous bounce for South Carolina, landing in the hands of offensive lineman Cephas Wilson, who did not have a carry all year, and then pushed a rugby-style scrum forward 5 yards to the Tiger 20-yard line for a first down.
On the very next play from scrimmage, Bulldogs QB Richard Cue faked a handoff on a read option play, started right, and then cut back to the left, going the width of the field to reach for touchdown along the left sideline to establish the final 27-13 margin.
Davenport pointed to that sequence as evidence of the areas where his team needs to improve.
"John (Wilson) did a tremendous job coming around the edge. ... The growing pains for this team in this conference is that we have to accept adversity a lot better. We were still thinking about the block when they lined up for first down. That's the hump we got to get over."
Tigers sophomore linebacker Wayne Burden - who had a big day, leading the team with 11 tackles, including a sack, a forced fumble and three and a half tackles - took some responsibility for the play.
"It was a blitz and I ran right by him," he explained, adding that once Cue cut it back, "I got held up on that one."
S.C. State, which had its streak of 11 straight winning seasons snapped in 2012, never trailed in the finale against Savannah State. After the Tigers went three and out on their first possession, SCSU's Josh McFadden returned a punt 30 yards to the Savannah State 35 to set up a 29-yard TD strike two plays later from Cue to Tyler McDonald for a 7-0 lead.
Junior quarterback Antonio Bostick led the Tigers' response, a 16-play, 81-yard drive on the following possession which culminated in a 2-yard touchdown connection to freshman receiver Roosevlet Isom over the middle to even the game at 7-7.
The Bulldogs' Nick Belcher kicked a pair of field goals, both on drives that started inside the Tigers' 40-yard line, to give the Bulldogs a 13-7 halftime lead.
After S.C. State took a 20-7 lead in the third quarter, Wilson picked off a pass to set the Tigers up with good field position at their 42.
With Bostick, out of the game with a strained hamstring, backup Victorian Hardison led a six-play, 58-yard drive that he finished with a 10-yard TD toss to Dylan Cook to pull the Tigers within one score at 20-13.
The Tigers' offense, however, could not complete the comeback, netting 31 yards total in the fourth quarter.
SC State 10 3 7 7 - 27
First Quarter
SCSt-McDonald 29 pass from Cue (Belcher kick), 12:50.
Sav-Isom 2 pass from Bostick (McCarthy kick), 7:37.
SCSt-FG Belcher 38, 1:03.
Second Quarter
SCSt-FG Belcher 31, 13:32.
Third Quarter
SCSt-C.Davis 3 pass from Cue (Belcher kick), 6:21.
Sav-Cook 10 pass from Hardison (kick failed), 1:39.
Fourth Quarter
SCSt-Cue 20 run (Belcher kick), 5:07.
SSU SCSt
First downs 15 17
Rushes-yards 39-56 44-153
Passing 194 214
Comp-Att-Int 17-42-1 14-33-2
Return Yards 39 96
Punts-Avg. 11-38.9 8-33.9
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 7-56 10-87
Time of Possession 33:17 26:43
RUSHING-Savannah St., Barnes 7-46, Bostick 17-14, Veals 4-4,
Simmons 3-2, Team 1-0, Hardison 7-(minus 10). SC State, Jordan 13-47,
Cue 15-34, C.Brown 5-27, Pendergrass 6-24, D.Wiley 2-11, Merrill 3-10.
PASSING-Savannah St., Bostick 10-27-0-104, Hardison 7-15-1-90.
SC State, Cue 14-33-2-214.
RECEIVING-Savannah St., Cook 6-100, Heyward 5-61, Isom 3-21,
Drummond 2-9, Barnes 1-3. SC State, Hemingway 5-81, McDonald 2-42,
Lloyd 2-37, Brannon 2-11, Rowe 1-39, C.Davis 1-3, Williams 1-1.


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November 6, 2012 10:32:24 AM
JACKSON -- Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is advocating streamlining state government by reining in the 200 boards and commissions that oversee various agencies.
In his inaugural State of the State speech in January, Gov. Phil Bryant asked Hosemann, whose office maintains the state's records, to make recommendations "on possible termination or consolidation" of boards and commissions.
A spokesman for Bryant said the issue of whether the number of boards and commissions needs to be streamlined could be presented to the Legislature at some point.
Hosemann last week took his message that the boards and commissions are a fourth branch of state government answerable to no one to the state's business community. He spoke at the Mississippi Economic Council's annual Hobnob event in Jackson where the state's business leaders hear from the political leadership.
He said while the system was set up "to be isolated from politics ... We now find it isolated from the electorate" with members' terms ranging from four to nine years and no way to remove them.
"The great majority of the members of these agencies, boards and commissions are good public servants, working only for mileage reimbursement and maybe lunch," Hosemann said.
"But, almost none of them are elected or removable by anyone who is elected after they are appointed. Even with good board members, this system cannot perpetuate."
Boards and commissions govern numerous state agencies, ranging from the public schools to licensing the state's physicians to overseeing funeral directors.
Others were created to preserve the state's history, such as the Civil War Battlefield Commission or the Holocaust Commission or the Mississippi Bicentennial Commission.
The boards also are appointed in different ways. For instance, members of the Board of Trustees for the state Institutions of Higher Learning commonly known as the College Board are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.
The staggered terms of the College Board's members are designed to prevent one governor from having all 12 appointments.
The members of the state Board of Education are appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court has an appointment to the Ethics Commission and county boards of supervisors make some appointments to boards.
Hosemann said a few boards appoint some of their own membership. There was a time when legislators were often appointed to these executive branch boards and commissions, but a Mississippi Supreme Court decision in the 1980s ended that practice by ruling it in violation of the state constitution's separation of powers provision.
After Hosemann's remarks at Hobnob where he reintroduced an issue that has basically been dormant since the governor's State of the State speech, Mick Bullock, a spokesman for Bryant, said, "The governor and Secretary Hosemann are currently working together on making potential recommendations to the Legislature."
Many of the boards and commissions operate on fees collected from the groups they govern.
For instance, the state Board of Architecture operates on a fee on architects. The same would be true for many others, such as barbers and foresters.
A handful of high profile boards, such as the College Board, receive state general fund dollars from taxes on income, retail items and from other state taxes
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Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Statement by Australia
13 September 2011
Australia welcomes the report of Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict. Australia welcomes for this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to a strong and effective international framework to protect the rights and address the situation of children in armed conflict. Australia strongly supports the work of the Human Rights Council in prioritising and defending the rights of children affected by armed conflict. Australia also strongly supports the independence of the Special Representative and the continuation of her mandate.
We welcome the advancements and improvements on the situation of children in armed conflict made in the past year, including progress on the ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
We share the concern of the Special Representative that children continue to be disproportionately affected by armed conflict and have their basic rights violated. This situation is unacceptable. We also share the concern of the Special Representative that the changing nature of armed conflict around the world is creating new challenges for the protection of children.
We are alarmed by the Special Representative's report that children are increasingly being used as human shields and for intelligence purposes, and that, during armed conflict, children are disproportionately affected by targeted attacks on schools and hospitals.
Australia welcomes Security Council measures to increase the accountability of perpetrators of grave violations committed against children in armed conflict, including the expansion of criteria for the naming of parties in the Secretary-General's reports on children in armed conflict and increasing consideration by Security Council sanctions committees of perpetrators of grave violations against children.
The promotion of human rights, including the rights of children, is one of the ten development objectives of the Australian Aid Program. A key focus of the aid program is to address the political, social and economic factors that contribute to the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.
Australia is a strong supporter of specific initiatives that protect the rights and address the situation of children in armed conflict. For example, Australia supports the work of MRM (Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism) globally, which has assisted MRM activities in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, the Palestinian Territories, Philippines and Yemen, and the work of Watchlist to build the capacity of NGO partners to conduct effective monitoring, reporting and response activities on violations against children. We also support the work of Save the Children to respond to the rehabilitation and reintegration needs of former child soldiers in Nepal.


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Radical Red: Positively Sesame Street
September/October 2002
When the news broke about the HIV-positive muppet being developed for South Africa Broadcasting Corporation's Takalani Sesame, I was excited. A ground-breaker from its inception back in the early 1970s, Sesame Street was the first children's show to feature developmentally disabled characters, physically disabled characters, and a happily inter-racial cast.
Over the past 30 years, Sesame Street has tackled sensitive subjects such as death, divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, lying, stealing, racism, and gender stereotyping. In some countries, difficult and painful political situations are depicted in an age-appropriate manner, including the bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Surely, I thought, Sesame Street would do a great job with HIV.
Granted, it would've been great to see HIV-positive muppets or cast members on SS a long time ago, but better late than never. Even if it's not a regularly-featured character, the HIV-positive South African little-girl muppet could at least break the ice ... hopefully one of the American muppets would then feel comfortable sharing their HIV status, after they saw how everyone accepted the South African muppet. Once everyone realized it was safe (and fun!) to play with fuzzy animated HIV-positive beings, surely other SS cast members would feel the great weight of stigma lifted and disclose as well. Maybe Maria or Gordon could explain how it's okay to eat or drink after someone with HIV, but that no one should touch anyone else's blood or pick syringes out of the dumpster ... but generally there'd just be lots of hugging and dancing with flailing arms, the way there always is on Sesame Street.
But almost immediately, some knobs from the GOP got all upset about whether U.S. tax dollars were funding the development of that Godless South African HIV-positive muppet, and demanded that there be no mention of HIV/AIDS in the American Sesame Street because -- you know -- they didn't feel "that subject" was "appropriate" for Sesame Street's target audience of children aged 2 to 5. And instead of breaking new ground once more time for our nation's children, Public Broadcasting Services President Pat Mitchell shot off a hasty letter to the concerned parties, assuring them that no U.S. public funding is being spent on the little girl-muppet in Takalani Sesame -- and, even more importantly, that there are no plans underway for HIV-positive characters to appear on the American version of Sesame Street at all. While the HIV-positive South African muppet will be visiting other countries' Sesame Streets in the future, the USA has apparently refused her a visa or permission for a stopover.
So, help me with this: Do these GOPers actually believe there are no HIV-positive children watching Sesame Street these days? Does PBS and Sesame Workshop not feel that an HIV-positive muppet might be incredibly validating to children living with HIV/AIDS, or who have loved ones living with HIV/AIDS, in the U.S. or anywhere else? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't children's programming supposed to be relevant to children's lives?
Where exactly do HIV-positive or HIV/AIDS-impacted children see any images of themselves, outside of maybe some terrific camp programs and community support groups?
Apparently these GOPers and all the other folk who immediately went into high-battle gear when the HIV-positive muppet announcement was made were too stricken with the pornographic Sesame Street imagery that immediately leapt to mind: Bert topping Ernie over the bottlecap collection ... Elmo and Prairie Dawn sharing syringes behind Oscar's trash can ... Grover tooting a little Tina before heading over to the pansexual orgy at Maria and Luis's place ... Kermit doing a condom demo on a banana after Cookie Monster confided that "Me no use condoms because them not feel natural to me -- besides, all Cookie's monster-lovers clean! Me just know it!"
Did these images (colorful and exciting as they may be) so cloud the collective judgment that the potential good of an HIV-positive Sesame Street character was immediately discarded out of fear over the "transmission issue"?
It's as though introducing discussion of the global HIV/AIDS crisis would somehow lead to a Stonewall-esque Muppet Riot over the right of Bert and Ernie to finally come out of the closet and live openly as God made them. Or does their reaction simply stem from the realization that people who interact with children (parents, teachers, etc.) might actually have to talk with them about HIV/AIDS if they hear about it on Sesame Street?
Like this would be a bad thing? Like we shouldn't be doing this already?
Obviously PBS and Sesame Workshop wouldn't even have to spend time on blowjobs or vaginal/anal sex or smack-shooting if they developed an HIV-positive character -- to be honest, they wouldn't even really need to go into transmission at all, given their target age group. An HIV-positive muppet would simply afford children living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS a validation of their own experiences, and would show the rest of its viewers the same lessons Sesame Street has always taught: that it's okay to hang out with people who are a little different from you.
For those interested in writing letters concerning the introduction of HIV-positive muppets on American Sesame Street:
Sesame Workshop
PBS Headquarters
(Note: due to the anthrax scare post-9/11, PBS will only handle correspondence on postcards.)
e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Editors Note: At press time, PBS officials switched gears and said they won't rule out the appearence of an HIV-positive muppet on Sesame Street.
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TULSA, Okla. - Ja'Terian Douglas turned a stout Rice defensive effort on its ear, bursting free on a 75-yard run late in the fourth quarter to set up the winning score as Tulsa downed Rice 28-24 at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa on Saturday.
"It was a heartbreaking game," Rice head coach David Bailiff said. "This team played well, and we led the whole game except the last minute and 30 seconds. It was one where we had some opportunities out there, and we have to take advantage of those opportunities when you play a team like Tulsa. They were there, but we didn't finish."
Tulsa improved to 7-1 overall and kept its conference record spotless at 5-0, while Rice fell to 2-6 and 0-4 in the league. Backup quarterback Kalen Henderson threw for 201 yards and one score, while Douglas finished with 169 yards on the ground. Keyarris Garrett led all receivers with 118 yards on three catches.
The Owls were making a strong bid to snap a five-game losing streak to the Hurricane and a 13-game road losing streak inside Conference USA and never trailed until the game's final moments. They had outrushed the conference's leading ground attack and dominated possession time in the second half, holding the ball for 23:14. The Owls offensive line held the top sack attack in FBS to half their average while rushing for 246 yards. The Rice defense had held Tulsa to just 159 yards on the ground before the fateful possession.
But after finding the end zone three times in the first half, they could capitalize on only one of three scoring chances in the second half, a Chris Boswell 35-yard field goal with 9:24 left in the fourth to break a 21-21 tie. Those missed opportunities came back to haunt the Owls in the game's final moments.
True freshman Luke Turner ran for a career-best 102 yards, all in the second half to set the Owls up with their scoring chances. He carried three times for 27 yards to set up Boswell's 35-yarder and then after a 14-yard Tulsa punt set the Owls up at the Rice 47, Turner carried the ball seven times for 24 yards to set up a 36-yard attempt that was wide left.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Another Republican has provided details on his 2013 fundraising in the Minnesota governor's race
Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson told supporters in an email he collected $240,000 from donors, which is twice the amount a rival brought it. Earlier in the week, state Sen. Dave Thompson said he raised $120,000 last year.
Johnson and Thompson are the two candidates competing hardest for the GOP endorsement at the May state convention. The other candidates in the running won't rule out primary bids in August. The winner of that contest will take on Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton in November.
Minnesota candidates have until the end of January to submit comprehensive reports on campaign activity.
Neither Johnson nor Thompson gave a full accounting that shows what they had left after expenses.
(© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


text: (not our usual fare, allright) Interview with the British man who designed the Anonymous (V for Vendetta) mask, what he thinks of how it's being used David Lloyd, British comic artists says the mask he designed is now a 'universal symbol of resistance to any group opposing perceived tyranny' and that there is 'no shortage of tyrannical powers to express opposition to in the world' - and on the perceived irony in wearing the mask which contributes to the profits of Time Warner group - 'It has a degree of irony but it's hardly an issue. And I'm no fan of corporation-bashing - it's thick-ear simplification, when what we need is reasonable political discussion.' 3:57 pm, October 26, 2011 in Culture, Politics Anonymous Mask V for Vendetta The man behind the now (in)famous 'anonymous' mask is in fact David Lloyd – who started working in comics in the late 1970s, drawing for Halls of Horror, TV Comic and a number of Marvel UK titles. With writer Steve Parkhouse, he created the pulp adventure character Night Raven. Dez Skinn set up Warrior magazine in 1982, he asked Lloyd to create a new pulp character. David Lloyd and writer Alan Moore created V for Vendetta, a dystopian adventure featuring a flamboyant anarchist terrorist fighting against a future fascist government. Lloyd, who illustrated in cinematic chiaroscuro, devised V's Guy Fawkes-inspired appearance and suggested that Moore avoid captions, sound effects and thought balloons. We asked David about where the inspiration from the mask came from, what is was designed to represent, what he thinks of how it's being used now – and on the perceived irony which was first picked up on by The New York Times back in August – where they ran a piece exposing how it buying the mask 'aids the profits' of multinational corporation Time Warner. Where did inspiration for the mask come from? Our basic character was an urban guerilla fighter against a tyranny, but we needed him to be more theatrical and flamboyant and eccentric. It had been established that he would be an escapee from a medical experiment lab and mentally affected by that, so the craziness of having him adopt the persona the costume and the mission of the historic thwarted revolutionary, Guy Fawkes, seemed like a good way of giving us what we wanted for V. It was an insane brainstorm of mine that just fit into to what we needed. And I wanted his mask to be an ordinary one you could get in any store around November the 5th but we created V in the Summer so I couldn't get one anywhere, so I invented my own. What was the mask originally designed to represent? A resurrected Guy Fawkes. What is the meaning behind the expression on the mask? The smile was an accident caused by my memory of the moustache on the regular masks that I couldn't find. But it was a happy accident. Meaning? Resonance, more. Smile on the face of the tiger. Smile in the face of adversity. Smile though your heart is aching. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Immovable, inviolable optimism… Why do you think the mask has become so popular since it's first use in a protest against scientology on 2008 – what is it about the mask that makes it so appealing amongst those in the global protest movement? The character of V is an Everyman who represents individualism in the face of conformist mass submission to authority, and – in the movie – became a united front of individuals resisting oppression, so the mask is a useful symbol to use to represent such rebellion against any perceived tyranny. What do you think those who wear it in anti-establishment/anti-capitalist demonstrations see the mask as symbolising – and does it differ from what it was originally created to represent? As answered above, but I don't know how many of the protestors have seen both the book and the movie or just one of them, so what they individually feel the mask signifies for them perhaps varies, but I'd guess that's not to too a large degree. Why do you think they feel the need to hide behind such a mask – why do they use it? Some might say '…surely if they truly believed in their aims they wouldn't feel the need to hide behind a mask'? It's a placard – a banner – a symbol that unites them behind one universal message, a message not available and as flexible or as powerful as might be similarly used if it were an actual banner or similar. Anonymous Mask Occupy London When did you personally first become aware of its widespread use and what do you think sparked it all off? Can't recall – but the movie sparked it off, I'm certain, perhaps in concert with the more profound message of the book, which found buyers amongst those movie-goers and others who were introduced to it later on. The book on it's own would not have produced such an influence, although I say that with sadness because the medium I work in deserves much wider recognition and respect for the power it has to reach people. The reason it doesn't get it's due in that regard is because most of it's best product never reaches an audience as widespread as a general movie-going one. What do you personally think of its use by groups like 'anonymous' and also 'occupy'? Fine. Like I said it's a universal symbol of resistance to any group opposing any perceived tyranny. And there is no shortage of tyrannical powers to express opposition to in this world. Do you see it as 'ironic' that the mask is worn in anti-capitalist, anti-establishment or pro-piracy demonstrations, yet a share of the profit on sales of the official licenced mask goes to Time Warner? Is this an issue? It has a degree of irony but it's hardly an issue. And I'm no fan of corporation-bashing – it's thick-ear simplification, when what we need is reasonable political discussion. What do you think of the use of the mask as a 'universal symbol of resistance to any group opposing any perceived tyranny', of what it represents now, and of David Lloyd's responses?


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England manager Roy Hodgson tried unsuccessfully to persuade John Terry to change his decision to retire from international football, it has emerged.
Terry, who returns to Wembley on Tuesday morning for the second day of a disciplinary hearing over a charge he used racist language towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, had phoned Hodgson to inform him of his decision.
Press Association Sport understands Hodgson tried to persuade him otherwise but Terry - who denies the charge - was adamant it was "untenable" for him to play for England with the FA pursuing the case.
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She recently came out of the closet.
She recently came out of the closet.
Now that this thread has turned in to "Who I Went to School With", I went to school with John Meyer.
Just sayin.
At a recent music event, this star spent some time regaling a group of guys with bawdy stories about his love life. There was a lot of macho posturing and laughing going on until someone asked him about a married celebrity with whom he had been rumored to have had a steamy affair.
Stars tone immediately changed from jovial to bitter. I wouldnt know, because apparently it didnt happen according to her. Yeah, it didnt happen 4, 5, 6, 7 times for about a year according to her. According to her, were not even acquaintances.
At this point, someone on his management team stepped in to the conversation, loudly claiming that it was time to go, but Star just couldnt stop talking. And, since I dont know her, I also cant comment on how much of a c*m freak she is. Im just assuming that she is. Im also assuming that underneath theres a lot of kink going on.
Star was then forcibly pulled away by his management, but on his way out the door, he couldnt resist turning around with one last comment. Oh, and another thing if my c*ck wanted a p*rn star experience, she would be the one to call. Because Ill bet she also has no gag reflex. Just a hunch.
Frye boots, bell bottoms jeans, big comb in back pocket. Or is that BG and WCO?


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MELBOURNE children on their way to school may be forced to cross dangerous roads without the help of a lollipop attendant because of VicRoads funding changes.
A reduction of five students using a crossing could result in it no longer being eligible for a crossing supervisor, it has been revealed.
VicRoads has confirmed some councils ''may not be funded for all existing school crossing supervisors'' but said other councils would receive more funding in the coming financial year. Frankston Council is one council on the losing end.
Last year, 67 of its crossings were funded by VicRoads and this year it applied to increase that number to 74.
The council said it has been told only 61 crossings will be funded - a reduction of about $30,000.
''If we don't get anywhere with VicRoads and they don't do the right thing, then we'll most likely have to face paying out redundancies,'' Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer said.
''Of all the areas to make cuts, children's safety being involved is just unacceptable,'' Cr Mayer said.
A spokeswoman for Roads Minister Terry Mulder would not answer questions on the funding model for level crossing attendants but said ''there is no reduction in funding to this program.''
Cr Mayer said she was appalled ''that the safety of hundreds of children could come down to such petty number crunching'', and cited examples where the affected schools had not met VicRoads' minimum pedestrian or traffic count by five pedestrians or less.
She said that the cuts would affect the community as a whole, and were ''contrary to everything we're doing to improve our community''.
''Less crossings means less kids will be walking to school, which means more traffic on the roads as parents drive them instead,'' she said.
Langwarrin Park Primary School principal Ray Flanagan said the idea of having students crossing the road at an unmanned crossing was very concerning. ''We're located at the busiest thoroughfare on Cranbourne Road and Josephine Street, and a huge number of students cross here,'' he said.
Mr Flanagan said that although in dire circumstances, teachers were able to supervise the crossing, it is officially the role of council representatives.
''My staff are not trained in this, and it puts teachers in a difficult situation if a child becomes injured,'' he said.
In January, schools received a letter from Frankston Council that said: ''As you may be aware, school crossings in Victoria are partially subsidised by the state government.
''Council has been informed that at this stage, 13 school crossings will not be subsidised by VicRoads in the forthcoming financial year.''
And it may not just be schools in Frankston that are affected.
VicRoads director of road safety strategy Julian Lyngcoln confirmed some crossings may not be funded in other councils.
''Although some councils may not be funded for all existing school crossing supervisors, other municipalities will receive increased funding,'' he said.
''Overall, across Victoria as a whole, there will be an increase in the amount of school crossing supervisors funded by VicRoads for the 2013-14 period.''
Frankston MP Geoff Shaw's office referred Fairfax to the office of the Minister for Transport and Roads.


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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" PG-13 � Teens will likely dive into this second film with gusto, whether they've read the books by Suzanne Collins or not. Director Francis Lawrence sees to it that the characters show grit and that the visual effects continue to startle.
The long film's pacing flags at times, but it pulls you into the bizarre adventures of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) well enough. Haunted by dreams and PTSD-like flashbacks to her first violent Hunger Games, Katniss isn't celebrating her victory. She grieves and braces herself for the next challenge, knowing that President Snow (Donald Sutherland), leader of the fascistic, futuristic land of Panem, wants her dead.
Her defiant performance in her first Hunger Games has inspired a budding revolt he needs to quell. While Katniss tries to enjoy her family and her childhood friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Snow and his new games designer Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) decide to distract the masses by playing up the fake romance between Katniss and her District 12 co-fighter, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Snow declares that the next games will be played not by new fighters � "Tributes" � from each district, but by past winners. This way, he can kill off potential rebel leaders.
Katniss, an ace with a bow and arrow, and Peeta, a gentle bear who can't survive the games without her, must fight again. Their coach Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) advises them to find allies. After a grim victory tour, Katniss and Peeta are dolled up by PR gal Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and designer Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) for their big presentation to the public. They announce they have secretly married and that Katniss is pregnant � both lies.
Once out in the jungle arena for the games, they must fight other humans, predators and poisons. Katniss and Peeta find allies in Finnick (Sam Claflin), Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and others. The finale makes clear the fight has just begun.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Violent sequences don't show a lot of gore, thus holding onto the PG-13 rating, but we see characters shot, stabbed and pierced by arrows during the games, their skin ravaged by agonizing boils from a poison fog and their lives threatened by vicious monkeys, lightning and a tidal wave. The dialogue includes rare use of the F-word and S-word. Katniss seems to have romantic attractions for both Peeta and Gale, but the sexual innuendo is minimal, apart from a couple of kisses.
"Delivery Man" PG-13 � The same director, Ken Scott, has remade his R-rated French Canadian comedy "Starbuck" (2011) as a PG-13 Hollywood film. He pretty successfully recaptures the genial mood of the original, but the story, even slightly sanitized, isn't ideal for middle-schoolers.
Vince Vaughn plays David Wozniak, a good-hearted underachiever who drives the delivery truck for his family's Brooklyn meat business and always owes money. A lawyer for a local sperm bank pays David a shocking visit. Many years ago, David made hundreds of donations to the sperm bank under a pseudonym, "Starbuck," because he needed cash. The sperm bank messed up badly, using David's sperm to help far too many women get pregnant.
As a result, he now has 533 adult children, all of them half-siblings. And 142 of them are petitioning to learn his true identity. Panicked, David goes to his pal Brett (wonderful Chris Pratt), a scattered lawyer raising four small kids alone. Brett promises to help David preserve his privacy. Then David learns that his girlfriend Emma (Cobie Smulders), a cop, is pregnant. Knowing how undependable David is, Emma's not sure she wants him involved with their child. This spurs David to open the file with profiles of the 142 offspring who want to know him. He starts meeting them without revealing his identity and gets involved in their lives like a guardian angel. One, a severely disabled young man (Sebastien Rene, from the original film), tests David's ability to connect. Another, the hyper-intense Viggo (Adam Chanler-Berat) just tests David's patience. The awkward truth must come out, of course. While the film's good-heartedness is never in doubt, Vaughn never quite shakes off the creepiness factor of one man fathering all those children, then stalking them, however benignly.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The dialogue includes a lot of midrange profanity, mildly crude sexual humor, rare use of the F-word and oblique, slangy references to masturbation. One character has a drug abuse problem. Loan sharks rough David up.
"ENDER'S GAME" �PG-13 Teens and sci-fi loving adults can dive into this gorgeously made futuristic saga and its blend of heart, drama, and fantabulous effects. Teens need not be familiar with the 1977 book by Orson Scott Card on which the movie is based, but it might inspire them to read it. Mature tweens would also like the film, and it is fine for them.
Asa Butterfield, who charmed everyone as the boy in Martin Scorsese's 2011 masterpiece "Hugo" (PG), plays Ender, a 12-year-old living in the future. An invasion of Earth by the intergalactic Formics has been defeated, but it is feared they will attack again. Because children have the quickest reflexes from playing computer games, Col. Graff (Harrison Ford) and the psychologist Maj. Anderson (Viola Davis) believe kids are the only ones who can repel a Formic onslaught. They have set up space stations where chosen kids train, fighting complex virtual battles � often while weightless (very cool). Ender impresses Col. Graff, who takes him away from his family to attend battle school. As teacher's pet, Ender faces bullying. He uses his brains to deflect punches and insults from other kids and make them his friends, including Petra (Hailee Steinfeld). Only the mean Bonzo (Moises Arias) won't back off. As the training grows intense, Ender has dreams he can't decipher and moral doubts about the huge, insect-like Formics and Col. Graff's extermination strategy.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The virtual and eventually "real" space battles between Ender and his fellows and the Formics show no gore. There are, however, a number of fights between the kids. One ends in a near-fatal, though bloodless, head injury. The script has one or two instances of mildly crude language. It is the moral issues of genocide raised by Ender that make it a PG-13.
"LAST VEGAS" PG-13 � A little too lewd for middle-schoolers, but OK for high-schoolers 15 and older, this story of four aging pals wouldn't seem like a natural for older teens, until you remember they have grandparents. Watching four likable men in their late 60s party in Vegas could generate some laughs. The "Last Vegas" script chugs along on cliches and clumsily crafted conflict, but actors at the level of Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline can, at least intermittently, lift the film above its flaws. It opens with a charming prologue showing the friends as boys in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
NE: The guys have crude nicknames for one another and make a lot of semi-graphic jokes about male and female parts and sex acts. They drink and judge women in a bikini contest who shake their behinds to get votes. The male emcee strips to a thong and shimmies in De Niro's face � a gratuitous moment. Sam's wife (Joanna Gleason) gives him a whatever-happens-in-Vegas blessing.


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Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff's Office is making formal community notification of a sexual predator registered as residing in Lee County, as well as whether the victim was a minor or adult at the time of offense. We are hopeful that local media will assist in this process by broadcasting or printing the name, description, and photograph of the court designated predator.
Billy Joe Altamirano (DOB 1/12/60) has moved to 8255 Breeze Drive, North Fort Myers 33917. His previous address was 239 Capitol Street, North Fort Myers, FL 33903.
Name/Description: Billy Joe Altamirano (DOB 1/12/60)
White male; 5 ft. 4 in. tall; 165 lbs.; brown hair; brown eyes
Altamirano was convicted in March 1995 of Sexual Battery by Adult/victim under 12. The victim was a minor.
Photographs and additional information on sexual offenders and predators can be retrieved on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) website at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office distributes this information to area schools, state registered daycare centers and Lee County Parks and Recreation facilities located within a one mile radius of the predator's residence.
Additionally, the Sheriff's Office has joined a partnership with FDLE by offering a link to a new feature. FDLE developed a notification service at the direction of the Florida Legislature as part of the state's compliance with the federal Adam Walsh Act. Citizens may select an unlimited number of addresses and/or offenders to track...and can update their selections at any time. The alert system will send e-mail notifications within 24 to 48 hours of an address change to the state's registry.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office encourages people to sign up for this free service by:
1. Visiting the Lee County Sheriff's Office website at http://www.sheriffleefl.org
2. Click on Crime Activity
3. Click on "Sex Offender E-Mail Alerts"
4. Follow the instructions to register your request


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Tools and other forms of automation can often go a long way toward enhancing the efficiency of migrations, especially in circumstances involving large numbers of users and multiple sites. In the case of Intermedia, the company has developed a migration wizard that leverages a super-user account. "This enables our engineers to log into the customer's system and pull a copy of their Active Directory infrastructure and then import it directly into their system for the new account," said McCormick. "The tool can then pull data for each of the users, creating all of the user accounts and distribution lists. The tool can also set up mail filter redirection and simplify configuration for the cut over. We also use a single sign-on tool as well as an Outlook profile helper."


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MIDDLETOWN Will Eno's sobering gloss on Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" is full of regular-seeming people who over the course of 2½ hours speculate as to what ought to happen between birth and death and gradually begin to connect with one another. Through March 10. Actors' Shakespeare Project. At Cambridge YMCA Theatre, Cambridge. 866-811-4111, www.actorsshakespeareproject.org
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EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht travels to Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea to discuss bilateral and multilateral trade agenda
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will make a key visit to Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 13 and 21 March 2011. His first stop in Kuala Lumpur will focus on the progress made in the current negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia. In Australia and New Zealand the Commissioner will discuss issues of common concern such as trade rules on raw materials and in New Zealand Commissioner De Gucht will represent the European Union at the national memorial service in Christchurch following the recent earthquake. During his final stop in Papua New Guinea the Commissioner will support a new Economic Partnership Agreement with the region covering duty-free, quota-free access to EU markets for goods.
"Malaysia is an important trading partner for the EU", said Commissioner De Gucht before taking off for Kuala Lumpur. "I am glad to see the good progress made in the recent bilateral FTA talks. A comprehensive agreement will further boost our trade and facilitate foreign investment in Malaysia. This will help bringing capital, know-how and human resources from abroad."
"Australia and New Zealand will stand side by side with the EU during the coming weeks and months when we go into further talks on the DDA. We all are strongly committed to find a multilateral agreement in 2011. Let me also express my condolences and sympathy at the sad loss of life and damage the recent earthquake has caused in Christchurch. The European Union has activated its Civil Protection Mechanism to give rapid and effective assistance where most needed."
"The Economic Partnership Agreement we have concluded with Papua New Guinea and Fiji is a key element in our partnership with the Pacific region. I look forward to concrete steps for turning the agreement into reality now. This will bring real benefits to small businesses and rural areas. At the same time, and while we negotiate a comprehensive agreement with the whole region, the door is open to other countries to join in the agreement".
In Kuala Lumpur the Commissioner will meet Prime Minister Najib Razak and Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed to review progress made on the comprehensive EU-Malaysia FTA since negotiations started in October 2010. With an FTA with Korea already in place and talks with Singapore well underway, Malaysia is the third country in the region with which the EU has commenced FTA negotiations.
The EU is one of the largest investors in Malaysia. Together with Malaysia's economic reform plan a Free Trade Agreement will ensure a stable economic environment and a steady path towards more openness, transparency and liberalisation.
In Australia and New Zealand the Commissioner is due to address bilateral trade relations and how to intensify business to business relationships. Together with the EU both countries are strongly committed to concluding the Doha Development Agenda in 2011. In bilateral talks with his counterparts, the Australian trade minister Mr Craig Emerson and the trade minister of New Zealand, Mr Tim Groser, Commissioner De Gucht is expected to raise the issue of raw materials supply which has become a common concern in today's international trade environment.
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the Pacific region, also covering Papua New Guinea, is, together with the EPA with the Caribbean, the only EPA that has completed the process of adoption and is now due for implementation. Papa New Guinea now has to take the necessary technical steps, such as gradually dismantling tariffs and establishing control systems on export subsidies for goods. For this EPA to deliver benefits to rural areas and small businesses it will be closely associated with development assistance for economic activities in rural areas.
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Hi there,
I am having an issue protecting sub-folders within sub-folders with PHP.
I have been protecting pages with only short directories (doing fine), but now I am wanting to protect new directories with a number of sub-directories and that is where I am having troubles.
PHP Login Script Location: http://www.mydomain.com/login/free/main.php
Works Fine -
Pages Protected: http://www.mydomain.com/login/free/members/free.php
Does not work -
Wanting Pages Protected: http://www.mydomain.com/login/free/members/free/archive/directory/2008.php
(and branched out from there)
This is the code I use on tops of all my pages, but the long one's do not work...
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Can anyone tell me why this is the case and what I am doing wrong.


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett is airing his first TV campaign ads since the primary election settled the race to be his Democratic Party competitor in the Nov. 4 general election.
The ads were set to begin airing statewide Tuesday. No details were immediately available from the campaign, although the Republican governor has been focusing heavily on Pennsylvania's economic performance under him.
Corbett, a Republican, has four months to turn around a huge polling deficit. Leading him is Democrat Tom Wolf, a York County businessman who served briefly in former Gov. Ed Rendell's cabinet and blew away the four-way Democratic Party primary field with an effective TV ad campaign.
Boosting Wolf was $10 million of his own money that helped him outspend his primary rivals. As of June 9, Corbett reported having $4.8 million in his campaign account. Wolf reported $3.1 million.


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Internship Placements
On Monday after Student Clinic, all us 8th trimester students
signed up for our clinical internships for 9th and 10th trimesters.
I was lucky enough to get Chicago clinic placement. The NUHS downtown clinic
is a whole health center providing full service primary care
services including: chiropractic care, acupuncture, laboratory
services, diagnostic imaging and X-ray services, rehabilitation,
physical therapy, and nutritional counseling. The clinic is located
on historic Maxwell Street in the heart of the University Village
Marketplace, which is part of the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC) campus.
Lambda Chi Sorority Members
Mr. NUHS Pageant
On Thursday evening, the NUHS sorority, Lambda Chi, hosted the
2nd Annual Mr. NUHS pageant. The president of sorority, Candace
Gesicki, was kind enough to take time out of her busy day to give
me all the details. The competition consisted of clinic attire,
interview, swimwear, and talent. According to Candace, "Last year
was the first year it was put on and it was a big success. But I
have to say, this year was even better and the competition was
fierce. Everyone did so well!" Guest judges for the evening
included: Dr. Sue Darby, neuroanatomy professor; Kendall Banning,
reigning Mr. NUHS; Mary, manager of the campus store; and Dr. Tony
Bifero, microbiology professor.
The talent portion of the show was especially riveting. One of
my favorite performances was AcroYoga by 8th Tri intern, Nolan Lee.
While the song "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles was played, Nolan lifted
and contorted the sorority's secretary into several amazing
positions. Another great performance was by 6th Tri students, Nick
Miramontes and Adam Altman. Together they re-enacted a memorable
SNL Chippendales skit by Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley. Other
talents consisted of singing, rapping, dancing, playing
instruments, and comedy. Hats off to Candace Gesicki and the rest
of the Lambda Chi board for a wonderful event and
Editor's Note: The winner and new Mr. NUHS is Taronté
Venable, who played guitar and sang an original song.
City Museum in St. Louis
Weekend Trip
The week concluded with a trip to St. Louis on Saturday and
Sunday for a baptism. We got into town early Saturday afternoon and
had some time to kill, so we went to the City
Museum. I am not entirely sure how to describe what the museum
was all about, but I will try. The museum is in downtown St. Louis
in the former International Shoe Company warehouse. Housed inside
is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse,
surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique
"found objects." The mind behind the museum is Bob Cassilly, an
internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor. Some of the
interested found objects included old chimneys, salvaged bridges,
construction cranes, fire trucks, miles of tile, and even two
abandoned planes. Very strange and interesting place!
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Two large Day-Glo signs in the window of the Outdoors store in Amagansett ask passers-by to stop in to sign a petition to keep the shop in its current Main Street home, but despite the support of more than 400 customers and well-wishers, it appears the store could be losing its lease.
Barry Adelman, who has owned the business for 15 years and had a lease on the storefront for just as long, learned on Feb. 21 that his landlords, Joe and Sal LaCarrubba, would not be renewing his lease.
Mr. Adelman said this week that he was surprised by the turn of events and claimed he had been told more than once in the last few years that he would be able to remain in the space.
"I'm being abused here," he said, "and so are my employees and customers."
His customers value the store's presence in Amagansett, he said. Last Thursday, Charles Reidlinger, a longtime customer, confirmed Mr. Adelman's sentiments. "I buy all of my work shoes here," said Mr. Reidlinger, who runs the Montauk Downs golf course.
In addition to shoes, the store sells all sorts of outdoor clothing and gear from jeans, khakis, beachwear, and bathing suits to workclothes, raingear, and beach toys and accessories.
Between April 2 and Sunday, Mr. Adelman had gathered 431 signatures on a petition urging his landlords to renew his lease. The LaCarrubbas are brothers. Their father initially opened a store he called LaCarrubba's in that location in 1935, and the family ran it for over 60 years, finally selling the business in 1997 to Mr. Adelman.
At an Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee meeting last week, there was discussion of a possible sale of the property.
As to what's coming next, Mr. Adelman speculated that a former partner, Steve Schneider, with whom he recently settled a legal dispute, would take over the space.
Reached for comment on Tuesday, Sal LaCarrubba declined to comment. Mr. Schneider also declined to comment, and said only that the LaCarrubbas have a "great reputation," and, he added with a laugh, "I wish Barry the best of luck."
Mr. Adelman said that his goal is to resolve the lease issue amicably, but said, "If they don't talk to me, a judge will have to decide."
His lease is up at the end of this month.
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Story highlights
- As shots rang out, a wounded firefighter reported "2 DOAs" on the street
- Investigators believe the gunman set a trap for the firefighters who responded
- William Spengler, who killed his grandmother decades ago, was found dead
- Seven houses were destroyed in what police described as an "inferno"
A man convicted of killing his grandmother decades ago ambushed firefighters on Monday, fatally shooting two of them as they arrived to battle a blaze in upstate New York, police said.
Two other volunteer firefighters were wounded in the attack in the Rochester-area town of Webster. A police officer from the nearby town of Greece suffered minor shrapnel wounds when his vehicle was hit by gunfire.
Investigators believe the suspect, William Spengler, 62, set the original fire, then likely set himself up on a berm with a clear view of the scene and started shooting.
"It appears that it was a trap," Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said. "There was a car and a house that were involved in flames, probably set by Mr. Spengler, who laid in wait in armament and then shot the first responders."
Authorities do not know how Spengler -- who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after the four firefighters were shot -- obtained the weapon or weapons he used or why he opened fire, Pickering told reporters. As a convicted felon, Spengler was not allowed to legally possess weapons, but he had "several different types of weapons" Monday, the police chief said.
Spengler was convicted in 1981 of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his grandmother and had been released on supervised parole, Pickering said.
He is believed to have lived in the home where the original fire erupted with his sister, who has not yet been accounted for, Pickering said. Their mother died sometime in the past year, the chief added.
In chilling audio heard over the scanner, a West Webster Fire Department firefighter reported "multiple firemen shot" -- including himself, with wounds to his lower back and lower leg -- and "shots still being fired."
"I'm pretty sure that we have two DOAs" -- the term for dead on arrival -- "on the street," the wounded firefighter said. "... They're down and not good."
For several hours after that Monday, the threat of gunfire stopped firefighters from battling the blaze and forced police SWAT teams to evacuate 33 people in the neighborhood of small, waterfront homes.
Eventually, seven houses were "totally destroyed" by the fire. Although the fires were under control as of 2:30 p.m. ET, by then authorities still hadn't been able to get in any of the homes. Pickering said it's possible more victims could be inside.
"I'm hoping that everyone was able to escape from the inferno," he said. "Those houses were close together."
With 'raging inferno' and gunfire, scene described as 'chaos'
Firefighters first arrived at the Webster fire before 6 a.m., said Rob Boutillier, the town's fire marshal.
By then, Spengler had set up himself somewhere above the scene in a "natural hollow, a position of cover to actually be a sniper," Pickering explained.
The calls from firefighter came in soon after, reporting that four of them had been shot. Police officers rushed to the scene, and one of the first ones there exchanged fire, "in all likelihood, (saving) many lives," according to the police chief.
"When we get there, we have people down, we have raging fires, and we have gunshots going off," Pickering said.
"It's chaos. It's chaos."
Authorities worked quickly to set up a perimeter, trying to contain the situation and the shooter. Neighborhood residents were first told to "shelter in place" because the gunman was at large, but some left their homes because of the fire.
Several people could be seen running. Police tracked some of them down, found they were neighbors seeking safety and escorted them out. Eventually, residents were whisked from the area in armored personnel carriers. All the while, there was "this raging inferno, with black smoke everywhere," Pickering said.
No more gunfire was exchanged after that initial burst, though police did see a man they believed to be Spengler moving at times. The police chief said he didn't know if the police officer hit Spengler early on, but he said the medical examiner indicated that Spengler died after shooting himself in the head.
Two firefighters also died at the scene.
One of them, Lt. Michael Chiapperini, was a veteran of the West Webster Fire Department and a police lieutenant. He'd been named Firefighter of the Year just two weeks ago, and not long before that, he had volunteered to go to Long Island to help those suffering after Superstorm Sandy, according to Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy.
The other slain firefighter was Tomasz Kaczowka, who was also a 911 dispatcher. He'd been with the West Webster Fire Department for just more than a year, fire department spokesman Al Sienkiewicz said.
One firefighter escaped from the scene in his own vehicle about an hour after he was shot and was taken to a hospital by an ambulance from another location, Boutillier said. Another wounded firefighter was conscious and speaking when he was removed from the scene, he said.
The wounded firefighters were in intensive care Monday at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, officials said.
The other person wounded was a Greece, New York, police officer who was on his way to work when his car was fired upon. He suffered shrapnel wounds that Pickering described as minor.
"We work with these people everyday; they're like our brothers," said Pickering of the slain firefighters, as he fought back tears. "It's terrible."
New shooting spurs more talk on gun control
Authorities have not said what weapons were found with Spengler, though Pickering said "probably at least a rifle was used" to shoot the first responders.
"I know that many people are going to be asking, 'Were they assault rifles?' I don't know that. I can't answer that at this time," he told reporters.
The shooting occurred amid a renewed gun control debate after the December 14 elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 26 people, most of them children. The gunman in that case, Adam Lanza, also killed his mother and himself.
The head of a lobbying group that represents first responders said the Monday shooting was "senseless and cruel."
"The firefighters who responded today were performing a selfless, meaningful service to their community, unaware that a cold-hearted maniac was planning to ambush them and take their lives," said Harold Schaitberger, general president of the Washington-based International Association of Fire Fighters. "Coming on the heels of the horrific tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, and on Christmas Eve, this shooting is even harder to comprehend."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the Webster shooting as "horrific." And the state's attorney general called it a "senseless tragedy"
President Barack Obama has set a January deadline for "concrete proposals" to deal with gun violence in the wake of the Newtown school shooting.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, has said she will introduce legislation to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, while National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has said his group will fight any new gun restrictions, saying most gun laws now on the books are rarely enforced.
Pickering, the Webster police chief, said it was important -- in the wake of the shooting in his town and others -- to "get a handle on gun control." He also said more needs to be done to make sure that dangerous people aren't in society, where they can kill.
"For the last 20 years we have been turning people loose and deinstitutionalizing people, and I think we've swung too far," he said. "I think there are still people that need to be in institutions that are a danger to themselves or others. And this is a classic example."


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City Guide
A guide to the best things to do and attractions in Bangkok
The best shops in Chatuchak market
Looking for a good bargain this weekend? Chatuchak Market is known, by the locals and everyone in the world, as Bangkok's most famous flea market. With loads of shops from food to vintage clothing, we gather you the best shops you should not miss this time you visit the market.
The best fashion shops in Bangkok
Shopping in Bangkok could be a fun experience because of the wide range of shops in town. From cheap flea markets to vintage stores and multi-brand shops, there are plenty of fashion shops for you to try on some new clothes. Why don't you go to the fashion district such as Siam, Thonglor and Chatuchak for a fun shopping spree this weekend?
The best organic restaurants in Bangkok
Exercise is important but so is what you eat. If you're looking for a healthy option of clean and organic food, you come to the right place. Here, we gather you the best organic restaurants in Bangkok and don't forget to check other best restaurants and cafes in town.
Bangkok by area
Things to do in Silom
As one of the busiest areas in Bangkok with offices, restaurants and shops, there are plenty of things you can do in Silom Road. Just go grab some bite at Everyday by Karmakamet, then enjoy your favorite books at Neison Hays Library before heading to Tapas for some drinks. Silom never sleeps and we sure you can find things you enjoy.
Things to do in Siam
Looking for a place to eat, shop and do something fun at the same time? Siam is the one-stop destination for youngsters and tourists who are looking for restaurants,vintage stores, music shops and high-fashion boutiques offering you the best of the best in Siam Square and surrounding mega shopping malls.
Things to do in Charoen Krung
Known as one of the first roads built in European style backed in King Rama IV's era, Charoen Krung is not only famous for its old charming architecture but also its richness of delicious street food, great dining places, fancy drinks and nostalgic shops. Why don't you stop by for a lavish breakfast at On Lok Yun, then go for a furniture shopping spree at New Road Arts & Décor and end the night with some cocktails at Soy Sauce Factory. Whether you love nice cuisine, fun nightlife or some antique souvenirs, this old town is a perfect place for you.
Things to do in Soi Nana Chinatown
Known as one of the coolest streets at the moment, Soi Nana Chinatown offers you wide range of nice cuisine, authentic drinks, art galleries and many more. Just a short distance of Charoen Krung Road, this small charming street transforms itself from a home of Chinese herbal shops into one of the most popular nightlife spots keeping the beauty of classical Thai architecture. From artsy Nahim Café & Handcraft to the hottest Tep Bar, we pick our favorite things you can do in Soi Nana Chinatown.
Bangkok's best attractions
Wat Pho
This vast, mellow temple rewards wandering, despite some touristy aspects. Its popular name derives from the 16th-century Wat Photharam, which was rebuilt as Wat Phra Chetuphon, in Rama I's grand Rattanakosin scheme. He adorned it with Buddha images retrieved by his brother from Ayutthaya and Sukhothai, including a major Ayutthayan image in the bot. (Rama IV interred Rama I's ashes in its base.) Large pairs of stone guards with Western features protect the inner sanctuary. The kuti (monks' quarters) lie south of Thanon Chetuphon, where the main gate is less tout-ridden than the Reclining Buddha gate. Reclining Buddha In one of several restorations, Rama III added the awesome Reclining Buddha in 1832. Made from brick and gilded plaster, it measures 46m (151ft) by 15m (49ft) and shows the posture of entering nirvana. With pillars of the vihaan built around it obscuring a full view, photographer's focus on the head and feet; the soles depict 108 auspicious signs in mother-of-pearl inlay (an early Rattanakosin speciality). The mystical number 108 recurs in the quantity of bowls along the wall. A coin dropped in each brings luck and longevity. Stupa collection Wat Pho houses 99 chedi (stupas), nine being a lucky number to Thais. Signifying the first four Chakri reigns, the colour-themed Phra Maha Chedi show classic Rattanakosin style, with square-bell shape, indented corners and floral ceramic cladding. Two hold the remains of kings Rama II and III, while another enables slim si
WTF Bar & Gallery
Nestled in the quiet street of Sukhumvit soi 51, WTF Bar & Gallery took over the old shophouse and has it turned into an easy and homey bar just like what you'd find by the street of Paris and Brooklyn. With the tiny size, this space can be packed every night but just forget those seats and hang around the bar is how most the crowd enjoy here. Grab a bottle of Singha beer or cocktails of the day (check the borad above) and enjoy their good set of indie-pop to world music playlist that could come courtesy of next door vinyl shop Zudrangma records. The second and third floor is the gallery space where you can find new exhibition from local artists rotating on month basis.
One Day Hostel & Co-working Space
Co-working space is a new business model that's booming recently in Thailand. However, the investors of One Day I Pause & Forward project extend the idea to a different level. With the concept of one day living, the space is divided to 31 hostel rooms, mini office, meeting rooms, and individual desks with high-speed internet and office supplies to rent daily or monthly. The idea is to be able to do all activities as if you're at home. Give it a try and see how productive you can be in 24 hours.


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Imran Khan, MBA '00, is the director of marketing at E-LOAN and oversees a marketing budget of over $50 million and all aspects of integrated online and offline customer acquisition activities including TV, online, sports and direct mail marketing. Khan has been involved with search engine marketing (SEM) since 1999 and is a recognized innovator in the field. Before joining E-LOAN, Khan served as Director Marketing at Cambrian Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in investing in early stage technology start-ups. Prior to Cambrian, Khan ran the marketing group at Elance, a leading services supply management solutions provider. During his tenure with Elance, Khan's effective SEM strategy resulted in a 400 percent increase in revenues. He has also held positions at Hewlett Packard where he was responsible for structuring partnerships with technology startups. Khan frequently speaks about online marketing, analytics and trends in search engine marketing. In 2005, he won the SEMA award for best in search engine marketing in mortgage industry.
Imran describes himself as a career changer and credits The Johnson School with opening the door to his marketing career. The Johnson School is also where he was initially introduced to data driven marketing. In the coming years, he firmly believes that all media is going to become digital media and that the analytical approach and methodologies online marketers are developing these days will eventually be applicable to offline media. In this respect, the future of data driven marketing appears very promising to him. Imran enthusiastically remarks, "My job offers me a tremendous opportunity to continuously learn as well as unlimited freedom to test new ideas across multiple media. Every day is a brand new adventure for me as we try to maintain and grow our competitive advantage."
David M. Bowen, MBA '77, was named assistant administrator for Information Services and chief information officer (CIO) of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 9, 2006. Bowen joins the FAA from Blue Shield of California where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. As CIO, Bowen joins the senior management team as the FAA's principal advisor on information technology (IT) and will direct the agency's overall strategic IT planning and $2 billion budget to support critical administrative, business, and operational needs.
At Blue Shield of California, Bowen operated the company's IT department at more than 3 percent below budget, while improving the department's customer satisfaction scores. He also implemented enhancements to Blue Shield's information architecture which reduced operating expenses by over $1.5 million annually.
Previously, Bowen was senior vice president of Information Systems and CIO at Baptist Health Systems, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, and director of Management Information Systems at Carilion Health Systems, Roanoke, Virginia. He has more than 25 years of flying experience and holds an FAA commercial pilot license.
Eric Beringause, MBA '82, joined Alcoa in January 2006 as president, Alcoa Consumer Products. He has extensive marketing and business development experience with several well-known global consumer products companies. Before coming to Alcoa he worked for four years at Novartis, a world leader in pharmaceuticals and consumer health, as senior vice president, Global Head-International Strategy for Gerber Infant and Baby Products, a part of Novartis' consumer health division. In this position, he had global accountability for Gerber's Nutrition businesses operating in 93 countries. His prior experience includes serving as executive vice president for Edgewood Consulting Group, Inc., a leading consumer products consulting organization based in Morris Plains, NJ, and serving in senior executive marketing and business development positions for ConAgra Food, Inc's. Grist Mill Store Brand Division, and for the Pillsbury Company Green Giant Division. Earlier, he held product management positions for Nabisco Brands and Nestle, Inc.


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So this bag has a story... This was a purchase I've contemplated for a very long time now. Chanel handbags are obviously an investment and something that I wanted to be absolutely 100% about before purchasing. My issue was that I wanted a "single flap" version of the Jumbo flap. Which sadly has been discontinued for a few years now. Now, they only sell "double flap" versions of these bags, which essentially look exactly the same from the outside, but they have an extra flap on the interior of the bag. So when you need to open the bag, you have to open two flaps. I also wanted one of the last actual gold plated versions. They stopped actually gold plating the hardware to this particular bag in 2009. So after learning that little fact, I really wasn't happy knowing that the new versions, although gold, weren't actually gold plated. Not that that's a big deal, but just knowing they used to be, made me want one of those.
So knowing this was a big purchase, and something I knew I didn't need to have right away, I kept my eyes open for a preowned one that was in excellent shape rather than spending that much money on something I wouldn't be 100% happy with.
So long story short, I found a great one and couldn't be happier! For the whole story and details on where and how I got mine, check out the video at the bottom of this post!
But first, here's the look...
I love the size of this bag... It easily fits everything that any of my larger bags hold. However, it easily goes from day to night. I love that I can carry it for an evening out as well and not feel like it's too large or "tote-like". It's just really versatile, which was important to me when investing in a handbag like this. You better believe I'll be carrying this baby everywhere!
So like I said, the bag has a story, so check out my video below for all the details!! WARNING...It's a doozie! haha... There's so much in this one! Not just info about how I got the bag, but a little review on the bag itself, as well as some of my biggest tips on buying anything "preowned". Hope you guys enjoy it!!
See you all right here tomorrow!! The paint saga continues... ;)


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Well Tim,
Did you buy the 25 to add to your collection?
I checked out the auctioneers website and it shows it sold on the day for $1,900 which if correct was a very realistic buy for someone, if it's not in your shed now do you know where it has ended up? and wondered if we may see it out in the future.
It looks to be a very genuine original tractor.
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