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Mike Gillislee carried the ball 20 times for 122 yards and a touchdown as the seventh-ranked Florida Gators blanked the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 23-0, Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
With starting quarterback Jeff Driskel sidelined with an ankle injury, Gillislee carried the load for the Gators, while backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett completed 14-of-22 passes for 154 yards in the start.
"I feel like I played alright, managed the game pretty well," Brissett remarked. "We came out with the win so that's good enough for me."
The Gators (10-1) have won three straight since an Oct. 27 loss to Georgia, but have already been eliminated from contention in the SEC Eastern Division.
They finish off their regular season with a matchup against No. 10 Florida State next weekend, which could bolster Florida's chances at an at-large bid to a BCS bowl.
Marques Ivory finished 14-of-25 for 169 yards with an interception and Kevyn Cooper hauled in three passes for 93 yards for the Gamecocks (6-5), who've lost five of their six road games this season.
"We had some opportunities in the first half," Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe said. "That's the first time we've been shut out in a long time. But if you're going to have it happen, you want it to be against a quality team like they are."
Ivory hit Cooper for 76 yards on the Gamecocks' opening play from scrimmage, but Griffin Thomas missed a 25-yard field goal and Jacksonville State came up empty.
It was all Florida from there.
Gillislee rushed eight times for 35 yards on Florida's opening drive, including a 7-yard TD surge to cap the 12-play, 80-yard march.
After a three-and-out from the Gamecocks, Gillislee ripped off a 46-yard surge on the Gators' first play, and Trey Burton followed with 13 more to the Jacksonville State 13, setting up Caleb Sturgis' 21-yard field goal to press the lead to 10-0 with 2:22 left in the first.
After the teams exchanged punts, Jacksonville State again came up empty on a deep drive into Florida territory when Thomas missed a 36-yarder to keep it a 10-0 contest with under six minutes left until halftime.
The Gators answered with a deep drive into Jacksonville State territory, but Sturgis' 27-yard field goal attempt was blocked to send the Gators into the locker room holding a 10-0 advantage.
The Florida offense was forced to punt on the opening drive of the second half, but the defense quickly picked up the slack, as Jon Bostic intercepted Ivory's first pass of the half and took it seven yards into the end zone to give Florida a 17-0 lead early in the third.
The Gators got a pair of field goals from Sturgis early in the fourth, as he nailed a 44-yarder less than a minute into the final quarter and after a three-and-out from the Gamecocks, buried a 47-yarder to press the lead to 23-0 with 11:41 left in the game.
The teams exchanged punts from there, as the Gators held the visitors out of scoring range to hang on for the shutout.
Game Notes
This game marked the first meeting between these schools on the football field ... Jacksonville State finished 4-of-16 on third downs, while Florida converted 2-of-11 third downs ... Florida held Jacksonville State to 48 rushing yards ... The Gators rushed for 202 yards and compiled 356 total yards of offense.


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I use the old Evo cigarette atomizers and refills and I get tons of vaping from them. I bet you that old Intellis' Evo has more juice than any of those Nicocigs. Although some of the flavors I tried were lovely, particularly medium nicotine 8mg.
Intellicig sells wholesale trade packs of all of its stuff, any one of us could become an Intellicig-Evo dealer!
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I am getting used to my Nicocigy, I got mine from garden.co.uk. Three days after it melted in my hand. garden.co.uk exchanged it no problem and I am talking about the new. The old design was leaking liquid into my mouth when vaping a lot, garden.co.uk told me that is just a teething problem and it will be corrected in a new Plus model.
I tried it with refill cartridge out, drawing directly from atomizer, that works good, but stronger hit.
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Josh Donaldson belted the tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Brandon Moss won it with a three-run shot in the 10th to give the Oakland Athletics a dramatic 7-4 triumph over the Seattle Mariners.
The A's -- winners of their last two -- reduced their magic number to three for clinching a playoff berth.
"We focus on playing one game at a time," Donaldson said. "Every game out there is the biggest game of the year for us. We've been playing playoff baseball for the last month."
Josh Reddick walked with one out in the ninth, and Donaldson followed with a homer to center field off Tom Wilhelmsen.
In the 10th, Coco Crisp singled to lead off against Oliver Perez (1-3). Stephen Pryor entered from the bullpen with one out and he walked Yoenis Cespedes prior to Moss' blast to right field.
Oakland starter Dan Strailey lasted just 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs -- three earned -- on three hits. He walked four and struck out three.
But Pedro Figueroa, Pat Neshek, Evan Scribner and Ryan Cook combined for 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for Oakland, giving the A's lineup a chance to tie the game back up in the ninth.
In taking a no decision, starter Jason Vargas pitched seven solid innings for Seattle, allowing just one run on five hits, while striking out seven and walking none.
"He easily could've had 17 or 18 wins," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said of Vargas. "I love the way how he finished it off today and how he pitched and the way he competed. He put together a complete season and really came into his own this year."
He was backed by Seattle's bats in the early going, which got him a four-run lead to work with. Michael Saunders hit a two-run homer and Kyle Seager added a solo shot for the Mariners, losers of their last two.
Seattle jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, taking advantage of a leadoff walk and two consecutive errors in the second.
After John Jaso was issued a free pass from Straily, Justin Smoak hit a grounder to Moss at first base, who tried to throw to second for the force out. But Moss sailed his throw into left field for one error -- and then Cespedes committed a second error when his throw back to the infield was errant, allowing Jaso to go all the way home.
In the fourth, Seager hit a leadoff shot, and was followed three batters later by Saunders, who jacked a two-run homer to right to make it a 4-0 game.
Oakland responded in the bottom of the frame, with Moss hitting an RBI single to right to drive in Cespedes, who had singled in the previous at-bat.
Vargas then retired 12 of the next 13 batters he faced before reliever Carter Capps came in to start the eighth.
Though Capps began by striking out Cliff Pennington, he surrendered a single to Coco Crisp and then walked Stephen Drew to put runners at first and second with one out.
Wilhelmsen came into the game to face Cespedes, who popped on a foul ball to first. Crisp then stole third and scored on Moss' double to right, making it a 4-2 game, but the inning ended when Drew was gunned down at home plate.
In the ninth, the A's got a one-out baserunner when Reddick worked a walk off Wilhelmsen, who then surrendered Donaldson's two-run, game-tying homer.
Grant Balfour (3-2) tossed a 1-2-3 10th to earn the win.
Game Notes
The A's are now 11-7 in the season series against the Mariners ... Saunders hit his 19th home run of the season, to go along with 20 steals. The Mariners have not had a 20-20 player since Mike Cameron in 2002 ... Entering the game, Wilhelmsen hadn't allowed a run in his last 12 1/3 innings of relief.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After winning his first Daytona 500 in 2006, which served as the launching point for his unprecedented streak of five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, Jimmie Johnson seemed to fade into the background in his next six appearances in NASCAR's traditional season opener at Daytona International Speedway, finishing no better than 27th, in both 2008 and 2011.
And last year's race?
Johnson was seen slinking away from Daytona after his No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet was collected in a six-car crash on the frontstretch of the 2.5-mile tri-oval, resulting in a career-worst 42d-place finish after completing just one lap.
It was yet another in a disturbing pattern of carburetor-restricted disappointments for Johnson at Daytona.
"Plate racing has been tough on the 48 as we all know for the last few years,'' said Johnson, who completed all 200 laps Sunday to win the 55th running of the Daytona 500, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a 1-2 finish between Hendrick Motorsports teammates.
Mark Martin, the sport's 54-year-old patron saint, finished third while reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski (fourth) and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five.
"Happy to get through it all,'' said Johnson, who led four times for 17 laps, including the last 10 after he wrested the lead from Keselowski. "Just a strong racecar. I feel like the speed our car had in it allowed me to really have control of the race there late. I felt like I was sitting on something all day and was just ready to have some fun when it counted.''
Danica Patrick finished eighth after becoming the first woman to win a Sprint Cup pole and lead a lap at Daytona (three times for five laps). But Johnson wrested away the spotlight by emerging as the convincing winner of a race that was largely devoid of the problems that pockmarked Daytona's previous four races.
It wasn't rain-shortened (as in Matt Kenseth's victory in 2009) and there were no potholes to repair (as in Jamie McMurray's win in 2010). Nor was it marred by awkward tandem-style racing (as in Trevor Bayne's 2011 victory), or by a rain-postponement and fireball delay (as in Kenseth's victory last year).
A sense of normalcy seemed to return to Daytona with Johnson's return to Victory Lane.
By driving his Chevrolet SS to victory in the debut of NASCAR's sixth generation car — the Gen-6 — Johnson and his team led by crew chief Chad Knaus went back to the three basics that served them well during their run of five consecutive championships: hard work, hard work, and more hard work.
"Jimmie did a great job today,'' said Knaus, who did not preside as crew chief for Johnson's first Daytona 500 win after he was ejected for improper modifications found during inspection.
"You know, we work really hard at Hendrick Motorsports to prepare for the superspeedway races. We put a great product out there. I'm telling you, I know we worked at least 35 days straight on the car that we raced in the Daytona 500. I know I put in personally 38 hours straight.
"I actually sent Jimmie a text saying, 'I've seen 6:48 [on the clock] three times today and haven't been to bed yet.' ''
That dogged pursuit of perfection didn't end when the team unloaded at Daytona, where concerns about the Gen-6's handling characteristics in the side draft caused many drivers to balk about spending too much time practicing out of fear of crashing their cars (see Carl Edwards, who wrecked four times during Speedweeks, the last time in a nine-car melee in Turn 1 on Lap 138).
But Johnson was spotted time and again on single-car runs during each practice session.
"We worked real hard, we had a game plan down here every time [in practice],'' Johnson said. "Even though we were in single-car drafts, we had an agenda we worked on and made the car a little bit better each day, kept perfecting it.
"I had one heck of a racecar today.''
That much was evident when Johnson and Keselowski swapped the lead five times in the last 14 laps, before Johnson took it for good when he got drafting support from Denny Hamlin, the last man standing from Joe Gibbs Racing's three-car stable of Toyotas, to surge past Keselowski on Lap 191.
Two laps later, the race was slowed for the sixth and final caution for debris in Turn 2.
"The caution truthfully fell at a good time for us,'' said Johnson, who had fought his way along the bottom, side-drafting Keselowski to keep him from pulling away. "Right when we surged ahead, that allowed me to get ahead for the driver's choice [on the restart] for which lane we wanted.''
Johnson chose wisely on the restart on Lap 194, taking the preferred outside line which he fiercely protected to take the checkered flag.
After going through a two-year championship drought, and seven years between Daytona 500 victories, Johnson was asked if Sunday's triumph signaled his return to championship form.
"No, I don't think we went anywhere,'' Johnson said. "Everybody in the garage area, they're wise to all that. We had great pace last year, championship form, had two bad races at the end.
"You know, I'm just enjoying this moment. This is a one-of-a-kind race.''
Johnson's 61st career win came in his 400th career start — Lee and Richard Petty, David Pearson, Dave Marcis, and Dale Earnhardt are the only other drivers in NASCAR history to win in their 400th start.
And it is one Johnson should get a lot of mileage from in his quest for another title.
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WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007---The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that Charleston Waterfront Park will receive the 2007 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meeting, October 5-9, in San Francisco.
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The Landmark Award recognizes a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes significantly to the public realm of the community in which it is located. Previous recipients include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, and the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.
As in many cities, Charleston's waterfront suffered from a history of industrial use followed by abandonment. Charleston's older port facilities on the Cooper River became obsolete and the marshland that had existed before industry intervened was ruined. The original surrounding neighborhoods, which had grown up around the early port economy, are among the most historic in the city. However, by the early 1980's these areas were languishing and the waterfront itself had been given over to surface parking.
Designed by Sasaki Associates and completed in 1990,the 13-acre park established an important precedent for restoring the water's edge for public use. The innovative design integrates significant sustainable and urban design ideas with the landscape architecture. Today, the park remains a catalyst for investment in the city, creating far more value than private development alone.
The jury called the park "simple, elegant, urbane" and said it "really works socially, is timeless, and is built to last." Jurors noted that "it jumpstarted the reclamation of downtown as we know it today and turned the city back to the water—just one instance of the exemplary public realm created over many years by Mayor Joe Riley."
Charleston's Mayor Riley was credited with "making this project a reality; he used a public landscape to turn this city around and reclaim its waterfront."
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After winning his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2004, Mitch Seavey spent nine years trying to get his second title, all the time thinking that if he ever reached the burled arch in Nome first again "that'd be it." That he'd hang up the sled and retire from the sport.
But when the 53-year-old Sterling musher did just that in early March, becoming the race's oldest winner, thoughts of retiring were far from his mind. And they still are, he said.
"When it happens, I feel like, 'We've got this figured out again,' or whatever it is," he said of winning. "It is one of those things that is extremely difficult to get out of. So, we love it. I think the bottom line of it is for me that I'm very blessed to have something that I enjoy this much and I'm reasonably good at, and not a lot of people have that blessing in their lives.
"So I think I'm staying with it."
Seavey spoke at a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Sports Center about his recent win, race strategy, his son Dallas — who the year before became the race's youngest musher to win — and numerous other topics between audience questions.
The musher said he wasn't sure if he was proud of being the oldest musher to win the race. But, he'd take the honor nonetheless.
"The thing about Dallas' record, he'll never be able to break it again, but I can always go forward and get the oldest musher another time," Seavey said drawing chuckles from the audience.
With his father Dan, 75, still occasionally mushing, and sons Dallas and Conway, who won the Tustumena 100 race in February and placed second in the Junior Iditarod, also racing, Seavey said he thinks his family has mushing down pat.
"We've trained and bred and produced sled dogs for obviously decades now and going back to my dad in the 1960s and we finally feel like we've got it figured out a little bit," he said.
He said the Seavey strategy is guided by the inherent strengths of his sled dogs' genetic lines. He said his dogs tend to be hard drivers, like to run fast and that they won't quit easily, which means Seavey won't allow them to do 80- or 100-mile runs as it takes too much out of them.
Seavey said his strategy this year — in a "roller coaster" race that he felt he was either winning or losing depending on the day — was to pace himself unlike other mushers who pushed too hard in the wrong areas.
Such was the case, he said, when second-place musher Aliy Zirkle pulled in only 13 minutes behind him at White Mountain, he said.
"She had outrun me by a half hour from Elim to White Mountain," he said. "It appeared she had a faster team. What I hoped at the time — and it turns out I was right — that she had kind of overrun her dogs a little bit trying to catch up to me. It was actually a better strategy for me to let my dogs take it easy and get to White Mountain without stressing them."
Zirkle told the Alaska media that she would be able to overtake Seavey in the mountains between White Mountain and Nome, but Seavey said he didn't stray from his strategy as he stopped to feed his dogs shortly after coming out of the hills onto the beach.
"When I finished feeding my dogs and put my bucket back in my sled, I looked back and there she was right there about a half a mile behind me across this lagoon," he said. "I was like, 'Well boys, now's the time.'"
Seavey said the race was warm and most of the trail was soft with portions of water and overflow from the Yukon River. He said they were similar conditions to those he experienced in the Tustumena 200, which he said he was amazed he won because his dogs don't usually travel fast enough to win short races.
"For some reason we seem to do really well when the conditions are really difficult, particularly in warm weather," he said. "Not being from the Interior we are more used to warm."
Seavey gave much credit to his lead dog Tanner, a 6-year-old male that was born and raised in his kennel that will likely be the father of a few more puppies.
"He's one of those dogs that goes over and above the call of duty, so to speak, but he is so athletic that it doesn't really seem difficult for him," Seavey said.
One audience member asked Seavey if his dogs knew that they had won.
"What they know is that I'm happy," he said.
After winning, Seavey said he went straight from Nome to New York City to appear on CBS' This Morning Show with Dallas, make other appearances and conduct phone interviews. Another New York highlight was getting his picture taken with the Central Park statue of Balto, the famous sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 Nome serum run.
Seavey said he was thankful to "escape" much of the clamor by then taking a trip to Mexico.
As for this year's fourth-place Dallas, Seavey said his son is going through start-up kennel pains. He said some of the good dogs Dallas got from his and other mushers' kennels were getting older and he had to rely on some of his own younger, inexperienced dogs.
Seavey said he has had high expectations of Dallas since his son decided to become a professional musher.
"It went without saying in our family that he was going to win the Iditarod and probably be the youngest to win the Iditarod — that's just the way Dallas goes about things," Seavey said. "He had a number of advantages. Being raised in a competitive kennel he could be 25 years old and have 20 years of experience, which very few people have at that age."
As for Conway, Seavey said the 16-year-old wants to be a musician, but naturally has the family skill.
"He's a really good musher and every year he is kind of hesitant," he said. "Then when it gets snowy and everyone is mushing, he's like, 'Well, maybe I should run those dogs,' then he goes on and does really well. I think he will run the Iditarod, but he is likely not to be a career musher."
But now as just that — a career, older musher, Seavey has the advantage of knowing complex sled dog racing strategy. But the sport is evolving and incorporating technologies like GPS trackers and a wealth of statistical information that helps more and more young or rookie mushers through the race.
"As a competitor, if you have more experience and you understand the race, the more information that's out there for free actually helps the people pursuing you," he said with a laugh. "... And the same thing with a lot of the stats available on the Iditarod website archive. You can become an Iditarod musher and in a couple good evenings of studying, you can understand how the race is run.
"Back in the day we were saving newspaper clippings and trying to piece it together, 'How did they do that? Who ran where, how long and where'd they rest?'"
Brian Smith can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Rise of the Non-Affiliated
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(34) Anonymous, May 24, 2014 11:43 AM
Why i no Longer Attend Shul
My osteoarthritis prevented me from attending shul but before them I noticed no one with disabilities was attending on a regular basis. i had no family and was hoping I could meet friends here. The rabbis were wanting a younger,yuppie crowd with big money and had no place for old,childless people like me.
I got the hint so I don't go anymore. I miss it. It was very important to me.it is hard for my wheelchair to enter the shul.
no one calls and nobody checks on me or even send a letter. I am so incredibly lonely.
(33) chas, May 13, 2014 10:41 PM
My daughters have been driven away by the politicization of religious institutions. In classes I have seen (been subject to) harassment for having a different opinion. Sermons that are secular and even promote a political point of view. They still believe but don't feel the need for the organization.
(32) Remi, May 9, 2014 7:04 AM
working mothers
Is it possible that the sense of entitlement comes from working mothers and the social denigration of motherhood. "I am not fulfilled unless I earn."
This leads to children that
a. are taught by example that self-fulfilment is more important than selfless love;
b. are brought up by women who nevertheless feel guilty about their choice and so indulge their children to compensate. The others (the community) will eventually compete with their needs and desires. In a life where gratification is equivalent to being loved the unconscious question will arise: Why should I bother to put up with people who make my life less bearable. The French atheist philosopher famously said, "L'enfer c'est les autres." - Hell is other people.
c. are brought up in very small families, because more siblings compete with the career prospects of their mother and the financial commitments of the whole family. The inherent insularity of small families is not generally conducive to a wider community outlook.
But given the trend, religions can do better than to lament falling congregations. They need to be fruitful and multiply, to show that they have faith in Hashem, or even in life, and that this faith is worth having. Dosteovsky said that the world will be saved by beauty. It is for us to demonstrate that this is true. Ultimately, love of God and Man is much more fun than a computer screen. The battle is not lost, but it has to be fought.
While there are many, many women, who work out of necessity, or who do so and maintain a balanced and joyful relationship with their children, the lack of social status in home building relative to paid career, is I think a strong contributory factor in the problem Rabbi Yaakov describes. Who is responsible for that trend is another question.
(31) Gunnar Thulander, May 9, 2014 1:32 AM
give someone great distress and he or she will soon call out for the God they affirm not to believe in !!!!!! In other words the awareness of GOD is deeply rooted in us all ,this present world promote free will , free choice ,free what ever ,and we are bombarded with choices from all directions and so we filter out what we for the present time do not need ',,,,,,,,,
(30) Kerrie, May 8, 2014 9:57 PM
Non-affiliation is an indicactor of a greater problem
The points you raise are valid the world over. Young people these days grow up in a society that is self-serving and egocentric. It started mid 20th century and we are now reaping the results of this cultural change and attitude. Children initially reflect the attitudes that are instilled in them from adults in their life, which is then reinforced by peers and community. People will always gravitate towards what is easy and comfortable for them, and society is telling them that this is acceptable, and to be otherwise is stupid. The internet and other media, and the mobility that we enjoy (as mentioned above) has just enhanced this trend and made it an international phenomenon. I agree that the root of the problem is an attitude of perceived "entitlement". We are not making ourselves accountable to anyone other than ourselves and the government doesn't allow us to, intervening in acknowledging that there is indeed a G-d.. When we have a sense that we are not gods, and that there is a Creator that has ultimate control and has given us boundaries and guidelines to work within, we develop a better sense of obligation to Him, His creation and other people - based on gratitude, love and appreciation. Notice that these qualities are largely missing in our society today. Non-affiliation is just one marker of this issue. Until people start to take responsibility for their behaviour, thoughts, and care as much for the community as they do for themselves, and are held accountable for decisions that they make, there will be no change without Divine Intervention.


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The Good Wife
Wednesdays, 8.30pm, Ten
What's it all about?
The fourth-season opener in this consistently excellent drama executive-produced by the Scott brothers, Ridley and Tony. This episode is sadly dedicated to Tony, following his death in August.
Our view
Season four opens where season three ended, with Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) - the in-house investigator of law firm Lockhart & Gardiner - sitting in the dark in a barren apartment waiting for vengeance to come a-calling. We still don't know on whose behalf, but by the end of the episode we do: he's a shifty Englishman (Marc Warren) who turns up at the firm claiming to be a tow-truck driver who needs some legal assistance in his hunt for a major city hall contract. Yeah, right. Anyway, what unfolds between him and Kalinda is as unsavoury as it is predictable.
Kalinda's increasingly shady and shadowy private life is, in fact, becoming something of an issue for the show. It offers titillation as she plays both sides of pretty much any fence you might care to mention (sexual, legal, ethical) but it also drags the plotlines into barely plausible — and in the case of the pseudo-rape scene in this episode, quite risible — territory. I'm starting to wish it just wouldn't go there.
Elsewhere, the resolve of the good wife of the title, Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), to play everything by the book is tested (for the millionth time) when her 17-year-old son Zach (Graham Phillips) is pulled over by a state trooper and pinged for suspected drug possession. It's a beat-up, of course, and she could easily make it all go away simply by getting semi-estranged hubby Peter (Chris Noth), the state attorney, to get all heavy on the blower. But Alicia doesn't roll that way, so it goes to court instead. Thanks a lot, Mom.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, things are looking disastrous. Lockhart & Gardiner is (for the millionth time) staring down the barrel of insolvency — nay, bankruptcy — with debts of $60 million, questions over the fitness of its principals (never mind its principles) to rule, and a court-appointed trustee (Nathan Lane in a Lurch-like role) preparing to wield the axe over staff numbers, furniture leases and the modernist paintings on the walls of Diane's (Christine Baranski) office.
In other words, it's business as usual in the world of The Good Wife.
What makes this show so much better than your average legal procedural is the meshing of the office and the domestic worlds, the shades of moral grey that the characters inhabit, and its ability to tap into hot-button issues in the case plotlines (terrorism, cyber crime, the pros and cons of social media have all figured prominently). Zach's web-video campaign against the bent copper who pulls him over in this episode straddles the domestic and social issue elements but it's really the arrival of Nathan Lane's character that gives the clearest indication of where things might be headed this season. It's a hell of a way to welcome Will (Josh Charles) back to the bar, really.
In a sentence
A slightly conflicted return but given the consistent form of the three seasons so far, well worth hanging in there.
Our score: B


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Lily, who has lived with her Aunt Cara, goes with her mother Renee to Bella's wedding. But when Lily gets there she is surprised to find out that the Cullen's are Vampires just like her. The Cullen's and my new edition to the family, don't know what to make of this smart young vampire. What will Bella think about having an unknown little vampire sister? Why are the Vulteri so interested in both Bella and Lily? What the heck! 1001 reads but only 28 reviews!!! I'm demanding more or i'll stop writing!!! pleas eand thankyou! Banner by me!! YAY!!
I own only the three lovelys, Cara, Lily, and the wonderful William. Sephenie Meyer owns all the wonderful people in Forks. And Jo Rowling owns all the Harry Potter references and characters. Rate and Review!!! i need to know if i should go on!
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"Lily, Can you get the mail," Cara's thoughts interrupted mine. I hated that I could hear everyone's thoughts around me. I still hadn't mastered blocking them out.
"Ugg! I'm reading, Car!' I sent that thought up to her mind. She knew I would get it, anyway. I left my book open and ran down the two flights of stairs to the mail box, which I had to unlock.
I didn't even look at what I had in my hand until I was in Cara's study on the second story of our mansion.
I quickly sorted through the mail. It contained two bills, which I threw at Cara who caught them before they even thought about hitting the ground, a magazine, a few junk and a very thick manila package addressed to me. I threw the magazine and junk mail into the waist basket as I left the room.
I headed back up the stairs to my library. I set the letter down on one of the mahogany tables and went to my "bed"-room. I found the CD I wanted and put it in my stereo then went back into my library. I could still here the music playing from in hear. Music helped clear my mind when I was stressed with the mind-noise of the humans in the area.
I flopped down into one of the chairs at one of the tables. I opened the package. It obviously was from my mother, whose messy scrawl I recognized anywhere. I tore it open, careful not to rip the objects inside. There was a fancy, thick invitation like thing and a folded letter. I opened the invitation first. It had very elegant writing on the expensive ivory paper.
You are cordially invited to celebrate
The wedding of
Isabella Marie Swan
Edward Anthony Masen Cullen
On August 13
That was all i read before I heard a soft thud, telling me that the invitation hit the floor. That's in two days! I turned quickly to the other piece of paper that was in the package for an explanation as to why I was invited to my sister's wedding.
Renee Swan Dwyer is my mother, I am her second daughter. I have and never will know my father; he was one of mom's boyfriends after she left Charlie Swan, my sister Bella's father. I was kept a secret from everyone when my mother gave me to her sister Cara. Aunt Cara was widowed, rich, and desperately wanted a child. My mother gave me to her because she did not have enough money to raise both Bella and I.
For the past 17 years I have lived in Northern Michigan in her three-story mansion.
When I was 10, Cara told me her greatest secret, she was a vampire. She was turned nearly 10 years before Renee gave me to her.
Cara had an unusual resistance to human blood, she could only drink animal blood, and she also could change her physical appearance, and others, at will. She grew very familiar to the humans we lived around.
When I was only 15, I was attacked by a vampire but narrowly escaped, so out of safety she changed me. I had always fainted at the sight and smell of blood, and strangely that nausea fallowed me into my new life.
Cara changed both our eye colors, and she aged herself so humans wouldn't get suspicious. She turned my eyes a silvery grey, the original color, and hers was a light blue instead of the gold color we got from drinking the animal blood.
About a half a year after I was changed I developed the power to read the minds of people around me and put my own thoughts into other people's minds. That is how we go undetected in Michigan.
My life was rather boring during the day. I went to school, got many stares and went home. I would spend my time by reading, drawing, or listening to music.
When night came I was a totally different person. I could be found on our roof or sitting in the grass simply laying there watching the moon and stars. When it was cloudy, which was most of the time, I would watch the forever changing black pearl-like clouds stretch across the skies. When it rained or storm I would dance the night away.
I enjoyed every moment I had to myself and the night. I would watch from the time the sun started to sink below the western horizon to the first rays of the morning sun shine in the eastern skies.
Every week I got either an e-mail or a letter from my mother Renee. Her letters she sent me where always updates, news about our family and her life. She sent me a letter about the happenings of her life once a week. She was so free spirited! In the letters she would babble on about Phil and herself. I certainly knew about my step-sister. I knew that her, my mother and I look very similar. We all have brown hair and heart shaped faces. The only difference between us was that both my mother and Bella have big chocolate brown eyes but mine where and have always been the grey Cara changed them to.
Dear Lily,
I'm so lonely down here alone when Phil is playing! I wish you lived down here with Phil and me in Florida! I'm thinking about asking Cara if you could come and live down here with us. I've told him about you and after he calmed down about this secret I kept he seemed really anxious to meet you. I think you would like it here in Florida. I swear you and Bella are so similar, both of you love the rain, clouds and the cool weather of the North!
By the way I would be so happy if you came to Bella's wedding in Forks, Washington with Phil and I. That way I can have you meet Bella and Phil at the same time! I think its time for our secret to come out. I think you'd like Washington. It's almost at the same as Michigan. You could meet the Cullen's while your here. Please, please, please come! I'll call Cara later to ask her if it's okay.
Your loving mother,
I finished reading this and ran once more up to Cara's study. I handed her the letter while I was jumping up and down.
"We'll see," She answered the question that was bubbling inside of me. "I'll have to talk to Renee."
I've been daydreaming about meeting my step-sister since I had learned about her. I called Renee later that day. Cara finally agreed to let me go after begging from both my mother and me. I was going to Washington to meet my sister!!!
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'King Mo' Lawal Putting Himself Through Hell to Prepare for Bellator Tourney
After a yearlong layoff, Muhammed Lawal returns Jan. 24 to take on Przemyslaw Mysiala in the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 8 light heavyweight tournament.
"King Mo" joined the Sherdog Radio Network's "Beatdown" show ahead of the matchup to discuss his opponent, the tournament format and more.
On whether he's nervous making his debut in Bellator and on Spike TV: "No. I got more nervous with wrestling because with fighting, you're getting paid. You're getting paid to show up. In wrestling, you had to win the tournament. When I went to Russia and when I went to Iran, I had to win the tournament to get paid. I had to beat my opponent and beat the referees that were trying to cheat me. That was more stressful and that was more nerve-wracking to me."
On whether it adds pressure that his opponent is not well known: "It's like this: If I beat him, then I would get no credit anyway. If he beats me, then I'm a bum or the dude's real good. To me, it's just a fight. I'm not worried about names. Names mean nothing."
On whether he's ready for the tournament format and what could be a grueling year: "I think so. I went to Holland. I was there for a whole month. … My schedule was like this: I'd wake up at 5:30 in the morning, train from 7 a.m. to 11:30, come back at 6 and train till 8:30 p.m. I put myself through a month of hell. It's not over. I'm in Vegas right now training with Jeff Mayweather, sparring with two-time Olympian Michael Hunter and rolling with Roy Nelson and sparring with Roy Nelson and boxing with other guys in the gym. I'm putting my body through hell to make sure I'm prepared."
On how he'll train knowing he could be fighting every four weeks: "You've got to be careful. You have to peak but not peak. For my fight, I'll be in shape, but real talk: I won't be in the best shape of my life. Even the second fight, I'll be in a little better shape than the first fight. Third fight, I'm going to peak. I'll be peaked in my third fight and then I'll bring it down, wait a few weeks before I train again, bring it down and slowly ease back into it and peak again for the title fight. That's how you've got to do it. It's called periodization. I don't think a lot of people in the fight game understand that, especially MMA."
On whether the tournament format will affect how he approaches each fight: "No, because to me, I'll go out there and knock you out. If I don't knock you out, I'm going to go out there to beat you up. Regardless, my goal is to try to finish the fight. If it goes all three rounds and I'm a little bruised up, well, the ice bath will be my best friend for the next three or four weeks before my next fight."
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Big West Wrap & Tourney PreviewPosted by Brian Goodman on March 11th, 2011
Ryan ZumMallen is the RTC correspondent for the Big West conference.
Tournament Preview
Northridge is a confusing team. They lost to a terrible UC Davis team and then upended Pacific for the No. 3 seed, followed by a first-round blowout of Fullerton. So one could assume they are rolling, but who knows in the Big West? One night is typically a complete wash from the next. Still, Northridge is hungry while Santa Barbara has looked tired all year. Maybe they were taking the Lakers' approach and coasting through the regular season. We'll see, but either team will provide a worthy challenge in the title game. In the other game, expect Long Beach to handle Riverside, who doesn't have the depth nor scoring power of the Irvine team that troubled the 49ers on Thursday.
Could Long Beach State pose a threat to a first-round NCAA opponent? Maybe. Could any of the other Big West teams? No. They will be mercilessly run ragged. And it will be tough for Long Beach to hang with a top-tier squad, as well. They would have to play mistake-free basketball for a complete forty minutes, something that has been difficult all year. The 49ers do have impressive wins over Iowa and Montana, as well as near-misses at UNC and on a neutral site against St. Mary's. But an NCAA Tournament game would require a level of focus that they haven't shown yet, not to mention depth that will keep coach Dan Monson confident even going seven players deep.
Even with all of that in mind, Santa Barbara has weapons. They beat a very good UNLV team earlier this year and are difficult to contain when James Nunnally and Orlando Johnson are both hitting. They were one-and-done last year, but they made it, and a second chance could mean trouble for a high seed looking ahead to their next round.
A Look Back
Once you get to the conference tournament, regular seasons go out the window. In no other conference is that truer than the Big West, where so little stands between teams that the actual seedings don't mean much once the ball goes up. Several teams looked good on paper, only to falter on the court because of unforeseen circumstances. Or because they just weren't as good as expected. Even late in the season, teams were swapping positions up to the last second, criss-crossing very thin lines that were trying – unsuccessfully – to settle the teams into place. In round one of the conference tournament, for instance, a No. 7 beat a No. 2, a No. 5 beat a No. 4, and No. 8 gave No. 1 a run for their money. It's unpredictable, exciting and entirely frustrating. That's just how it goes out here. Let's take a look back before we march forward.
Big West Player of the Year: Casper Ware (G, Long Beach) The smallest man on the court was unquestionably the best player in the building on any given night. At just 5-10 (maybe), Ware was a dagger machine, hitting one big shot after another. In the offseason, he drastically improved his long distance shooting and made more three-pointers this year than in his previous two seasons combined. That extended range made it impossible for defenders to contain the lightning quick penetrator who previously made his name on attacking the basket. Ware was also the head of the Long Beach offense and finished second in assists. For good measure, he was also named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year, and by the end of the season made a habit of chasing down breaking guards to pin their layups against the glass, a la LeBron.
All-Conference Team:
- Casper Ware (Long Beach)
- Larry Anderson (Long Beach)
- Orlando Johnson (Santa Barbara)
- David Hanson (Cal Poly)
- Sam Willard (Pacific)
Big West Coach of the Year: Joe Callero (Cal Poly) – The Big West awarded this honor to Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson, but I always said that Callero deserved the award if Cal Poly finished in the top four. When they did me two better and grabbed the No. 2 spot, I definitely had to stick to my word. Cal Poly was not the most talented team in the Big West this season; they were maybe the sixth or even seventh. But the tightest defense I have seen in years lifted the Mustangs high above more talented teams that were not offensively disciplined. Cal Poly finished first in the conference in scoring defense and defensive field goal percentage. They forced turnovers without committing them, and that is unquestionably a sign of solid coaching. In 2009, Callero took over a notoriously poor team and in two years has earned 27 overall wins, a monumental feat for the perennial doormats. This isn't a total rarity in the Big West, as teams will regularly focus all attention on a one-year run at the NCAA Tournament and then fall back into dark matter once their seniors graduate. Callero hasn't had success because of a massive influx of talent or transfers, he's done it with fundamentals and defensive intensity and deserves to be recognized. The fact that Cal Poly fell to the No. 7 seed UC Riverside in the conference tournament on Thursday does not take away from their achievements this season but instead illustrates the tiny margin of error between Big West teams. It only takes two (sometimes just one) hot shooter to take a team to the title in this conference. Riverside took Cal Poly out of their snail's-pace comfort zone and that was enough to halt what the Mustangs have achieved this year. Still, cheers to making the most of what you have, Coach Callero.
Power Rankings
1. Long Beach State (14-2, 21-10) – Defeated UC Irvine, 79-72, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday. At one point, conference Player of the Year Casper Ware nailed four consecutive three-pointers to keep the Anteaters at bay, but this game went down to the wire before the 49ers pulled away for their tenth straight win. Long Beach is playing very well and their greatest attributes have been Ware and their intense focus. An over-reliance on Ware is beginning to show, though, as the point guard collapsed in pain in the second half with cramps and the 49ers, even armed with capable forwards and guards, struggled without him. There must be a priority to feed forward T.J. Robinson inside if Long Beach wants to dance this year.
2. Cal State Northridge (9-7, 14-17) – Defeated Cal State Fullerton, 75-54, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday. With the collapse of Pacific and Santa Barbara this season, the Matadors found themselves in the No. 3 seed and promptly handled their first round opponents. This is not a bad team, but neither are they a complete team. They having scoring on the inside in Lenny Daniel and the outside in Reshaun McLemore, but consistency issues need to take a backseat if Northridge wants to contend for the title. That could be difficult, relying on a swarm of underclassmen and some true freshmen. The Santa Barbara draw is a tough one in the second round, but that's what champions are made of.
3. Santa Barbara (8-8, 16-13) – Defeated Pacific – 79-67, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday. I said last week, forget the records, no one wants to play UCSB in the first round of the conference tournament. The Gauchos responded to a listless season with a big win over the Tigers and are very dangerous with a little momentum. Still, this is a squad with very serious off-court and on-court issues: Vital scorer James Nunnally played poorly down the stretch and is rumored to be feuding with All-Big West teammate Orlando Johnson, while the Gauchos are below-average rebounders and have little control over their pace or even their own offense without a capable point guard. Explosive and a certain title contender, but do not bet on UCSB.
4. UC Riverside (6-10, 14-18) – Defeated Cal Poly, 70-66 in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday. Riverside was able to speed up the game to avoid the suffocating Cal Poly defense and jumped out to a 14-0 lead. All three starting guards scored in double figures, led by 23 from Kareem Nitoto. It forced Cal Poly to play catch up and shoot an eye-popping 36 three-pointers, but 18 from All-Big West forward Shawn Lewis and 16 from My-Big West forward David Hanson forced overtime. Still, Riverside showed poise that had been absent from the conference season
5. Cal Poly (10-6, 15-15) – Lost to UC Riverside, 70-66 in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday.
6. Pacific (8-8, 16-15) – Lost to UC Santa Barbara, 79-67, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday.
7. Cal State Fullerton (7-9, 11-20) – Lost to Cal State Northridge, 75-54, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday.
8. UC Irvine (6-10, 13-19) – Lost to Long Beach State, 79-72, in first round of Big West Tournament on Thursday.
9. UC Davis (4-12, 10-21) – Did not qualify for Big West Tournament.
This is a one-bid league, so the Big West Tournament champion will be the team that punches a ticket to March Madness. Even Long Beach State, with 20 wins and a jaw-dropping non-conference schedule, will be an NIT invite without a tourney title. If Long Beach State does take the tourney, expect them to come in around the No. 13 seeding. If it's any other team, expect a No 15. When the 49ers made it in 2007, the committee placed a lot of confidence in them with a No. 12 seed and Tennessee promptly blew them out by 35 points. The Big West hasn't had a seed that high since. Until a Big West team steals a win, I wouldn't expect any different.


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"I want people around the world to say that Darvish is the world's best pitcher."
So said Yu Darvish on January 24, 2012, in front of more fans in the Sapporo Dome, where he'd pitched his home games for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for seven seasons, than showed up nightly in St. Petersburg for Rays-Rangers two weeks ago.
Darvish beat Matt Moore and the Rays in the third of those three games, 8-2, a game in which he battled through command issues but got an unusually healthy dose of run support from the Texas offense.
The next time Darvish faces the Rays and Moore faces the Rangers will be the first weekend in April. Both go today with the task of extending their clubs' season beyond 162, and even if that happens for both, the next time Darvish and Moore's turns come around one of their teams will have been eliminated.
But they may be in their respective dugouts in Arlington tomorrow night, or Tuesday afternoon, or Wednesday night.
Darvish started the 2012 season (and his Major League career) dramatically, going four-pitch walk/strikeout/single/single/single/wild pitch/walk/single/bases-loaded walk to the first eight Mariners he faced, allowing Seattle to take a 4-0 lead before he recorded the second out of the ballgame . . . and battling through it to earn a win.
Darvish ended the 2012 season dramatically, getting lifted inexplicably from what was then a 2-1 deficit to Baltimore in the seventh inning of the Wild Card Game, having thrown only 91 pitches without so much as one walk (6.2-5-3-2-0-7).
Darvish started the 2013 season dramatically, coming one Marwin short of a perfect game, as he went 8.2-1-0-0-0-14 against Houston in what was the first of the Rangers' 17 wins in 19 games against the Astros, every one of which they have needed to get to this point.
Dramatics will be fine, but I'm not interested in Darvish's season ending today.
Or Elvis Andrus's. Or Leonys Martin's or Martin Perez's. Or Adrian Beltre's or Neal Cotts's or Craig Gentry's or Tanner Scheppers's or Jurickson Profar's.
Or Nelson Cruz's.
Today's the first day in Rangers history that the club's playoff chances come down to the final game of the season. It's fitting that Yu Darvish is getting the ball, with an opportunity to give people around the baseball world something to say.
Tomorrow morning, I want to write a report titled "12 things." Or "13 things," if need be.
I want Yu Darvish — and his offense — to give us all something awesome to say.
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New Zealand V8 racer Scott McLaughlin, 19, completed the first part of his 2012 mission by winning the inaugural V8 SuperTourers' series with a race to spare.
Part two of his quest is next weekend on the streets of Sydney for the last round of the V8 Supercars development series, which he leads.
Now based on the Gold Coast, McLaughlin, and co-driver Jonathon Webb were never really challenged during the opening race of the weekend at Ruapuna and won from Andy Booth (with Tony D'Alberto) and Chris Pither (with George Miedecke).
"I just got out in front at the start of the first race and kept the gap until I could hand the car over [to Webb]," said McLaughlin. "It's my first big championship and hopefully it won't be my last.
"I saw that Murph and the others weren't there after that first corner and I thought 'okay, now I just need to put my head down and keep doing what I'm doing and get on with it'."
Greg Murphy's championship challenge ended on the opening lap at turn one of race one as he was turned and ended up on the grass. The Aussie V8 Supercar driver limped back to the pits with steering damage, and although he rejoined the race, the team never threatened.
Meanwhile, up front McLaughlin handed the car over to Webb at the halfway stage and the Aussie retained the lead to win.
Race two started with Chris van der Drift (with Tim Edgell) proving his qualifying pace - putting his car on pole - was no fluke and he led the field until the driver changeover. Edgell continued to lead until a safety car incursion that closed the field right up, and with Murphy now living in Edgell's boot, it wasn't long until the four-time Bathurst winner moved past and took the lead.
In the interim, McLaughlin was slithering through the field and was soon glued to Murphy's back bumper. A little too close as it transpired, for the youngster punted Murphy, spinning him around and dropping him back down the field.
McLaughlin refused to take the drive through penalty and was subsequently hit with a 50-second post-race penalty plummeting him down the field. After much jibber jabber in parc ferme, the race win was finally awarded to Daniel Gaunt and Andrew Waite, with Geoff Emery and Steve Owen in third and Edgell rounding out the podium.
McLaughlin later apologised to Murphy, who's a boyhood hero, for his youthful exuberance. A small consolation for Murphy's outfit is they won the 2012 teams' championship from McLaughlin's crew.
"It was a relief to know I had the championship before the second race.
"It was a bit unfortunate what happened [hitting Murphy] but I drove the wheels off the thing all weekend and we came away with some good results."
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Scott McLaughlin 3474
Greg Murphy 3175
John McIntyre 3015
Jonny Reid 2749
Andy Booth 2667
Kayne Scott 2502
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DETROIT — Piano prodigy Conrad Tao is set to perform three shows with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The 19-year-old Tao and the DSO are to play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major.
The Leonard Slatkin-conducted performances are to take place today, Friday and Saturday at Orchestra Hall. They're also to feature Copland's Three Latin-American Sketches and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.
Tao's performances are part of the DSO's three-week celebration of Chinese artists and composers.
He's a Chinese-American who was born in Urbana, Ill.
Tao gave his first piano recital at age 4, and four years later he made his concerto debut performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major.


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It's shit like this that makes me want to be alive 100 and 150 years from now. Not because I want to live forever but because think about all the cool shit those guys are gonna have.
Appreciate what you have today. Take a look at current technology that helps quality of life.
I thought that 100 to 150 years from now, the last human survivors will be scraping by in the ruins of our civilization.
Assuming that there's anybody left at all.
Then you'd get a first cut at this stuff. Are we geeky enough?
I think it is largely logistical; moving the nerves to the chest makes it easier to reliably and comfortably interface with them (from what I have seen, strapping something to the stump is hard enough on the skin without having whatever else adding pressure points and whatnot).
Something is missing still. Do we know the language of nerve impulses?
Something is missing still. Do we know the language of nerve impulses?
We actually do know quite a lot about the language of nerve impulses, like how repeated stimulating of a post-synaptic neuron in the central nervous system either increases or decreases its response depending on the frequency and amplitude of the stimulation.
The muscle, however, is much simpler than the brain. Muscle contraction is basically frequency modulated: a nerve impulse to the muscle causes a single depolarization of the muscle cell membrane, resulting in a short twitch. Repeated high-frequency impu
Do we know the language of nerve impulses?
Yes, it's called sodium and potassium permeability.
Do we know the language of nerve impulses?
Do we need to? It's likely easier for a brain to learn to communicate with a motor than it is for a motor to learn to communicate with a brain.
This is good progress, but still a kludge because it uses muscles rather than a direct nerve attachment.
I don't know what you mean by that, because TFA says that the motors are controlled by nerves. For example, the nerves that used to innervate her biceps were just rewired to other muscles after the amputation, so that now they can take those nerves and connect them to the motors that clench the forearm. The motors therefore act as muscles, though obviously in a different physiological manner.
This is good progress, but still a kludge because it uses muscles rather than a direct nerve attachment.
Don't quote me on this, but I'm assuming its because unconnected axons don't fire or degenerate too quickly to be used. I'm more certain that unopposed synapses are unstable and not functional, you don't want neurons just dumping neurotransmitter into nothing. I know that in development, some neurons require functional synapses for survival, and unconnected projections from neurons disappear. So I'd guess that if you have a motorneuron running into an arm that wasn't there anymore, the axon might go thro
One really nice thing about that video is that it shows how cool actual amputees think this technology is, as opposed to how lame (a surprising amount of) people with 2 functional hands seem to think it is.
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"Harry, A History" Event Reminder
May 01, 2009
Harry, A History
Quick reminder: I'll be at the Contra Costa Library in Concord, CA (near SF) this weekend, giving a keynote and doing a signing of my book, Harry, A History. It should be a fun day and I hope to see you there! You can RSVP to the event on my Facebook account (page here, event here) or by just taking down the following info:
Contra Costa County Willow Pass Center
Keynote, Q&A and Signing:
Sunday, May 3, 2009
2pm – 3:30 pm
2748 East Olivera Rd, Concord, CA
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You can read more about the event here.
I will see you there! And as a reminder, any requests for future events like these should go to [email protected]. I'll also have more updates soon about summer schedules. See you this weekend!


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May 15, 2012 > Team Effort Improves Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients
Washington Hospital Recognizes Critical Care Awareness Month
More than 5 million patients are admitted each year to intensive care units (ICUs) at hospitals in the United States. According to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, patients in ICUs that are staffed by a critical care team that includes "intensivist" physicians and other specially trained staff have double the chance of survival than those in ICUs that lack a highly trained staff. Introduced in 2008, the Intensivist Program in Washington Hospital's 28-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has already bolstered the standard of care for seriously ill patients and improved patient outcomes - including a significant decrease in mortality (death) due to sepsis (a life-threatening infection), as well as improved ventilator outcomes for patient's with respiratory failure. "Intensivists are physicians who are board-certified in critical care medicine and in a primary specialty such as internal medicine, surgery, anesthesiology or pediatrics. Some of them have another subspecialty like pulmonary medicine, emergency medicine or infectious diseases," says Dr. Carmen Agcaoili, medical director of the intensivist program at Washington Hospital. "We currently have five, full-time intensivists and four, part-time intensivists on staff, so the ICU is always covered 24 hours a day, every day," she says. "We also have respiratory therapists dedicated to providing ICU coverage 24/7. In addition to our dedicated critical care nurses, we have pharmacy, dietary, case manager, social work, spiritual care and rehabilitation services for ICU patients, including a physical therapist with an interest in critical care on staff."During Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month in May, Washington Hospital will be recognizing the efforts of members of the critical care team providing care for critically ill, vulnerable patients. Dr. Agcaoili notes the ICU team has taken several steps to raise the bar of patient care. "We conduct daily rounds with our multidisciplinary team, going over a checklist with each patient to make sure we're following best practices," she explains. "We also have palliative care rounds every Tuesday, to help identify and prepare patients and their families for dealing with chronic and terminal illnesses. We encourage patients' families to be present during rounds, because the families often can help provide details of the patients' medical histories and treatment preferences. In addition, Dr. Agcaoili says that a Multi-Disciplinary Team has been working on improving identifying and caring for patients who develop Delirium while in the ICU. Delirium is a sudden change in how a person thinks. "When patients become confused, they cannot pay attention or think clearly, says Dr. Agcaoili. "This condition is very common and can be upsetting to both the patient and their family. The Intensivists and staff are working together to reduce the number of patients who develop delirium."Working with the families and loved ones of ICU patients is an important aspect of the critical care team's efforts. The Intensivist Program has established a Family/Patient-Centered Committee to address the needs of patients and families and opportunities to improve their critical care experience. Some of their efforts to improve communication between families and members of the ICU team and provide a better hospital experience include:* A "Getting to Know Me" questionnaire that patients and their families can fill out to provide information on the patient's occupation, favorite hobbies and other interests that would cheer them up. The information helps staff members get to know patients personally and involves families in the care process.* Scheduling "quiet time" between 3 and 4 p.m. and "sleep time" from midnight to 4 a.m. to make sure patients and their family members all get enough rest.* Getting spiritual care advisors involved with the patient and family early.Another effort planned for the future is an introductory brochure with information on critical care treatments as well as information that will prepare families for a patient's transition from the ICU to a regular patient room in the hospital."Our team is patient-centered, and we're working to improve patient and family satisfaction," says Dr. Agcaoili. "It's all part of Washington Hospital's 'Patient First' ethic."The critical care team at Washington Hospital also works closely with patients' attending physicians. "We offer two-day classes in the fundamentals of critical care for all doctors who admit patients to the ICU," Dr. Agcaoili explains. "The classes, which also are open to nurses, respiratory therapists and pharmacists, are co-sponsored by Washington Hospital and the Society of Critical Care Medicine."


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Commissioner to review Blue Jays-Marlins deal
By Paul Hagen / MLB.com | 11/15/12 4:34 PM ET
CHICAGO -- The pending 12-player trade between the Blue Jays and Marlins is under review, Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday at the conclusion of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings. All trades routinely are reviewed by the Commissioner's Office before becoming official. While indicating he'll take a longer look at this one, Selig said there is no timetable for a decision.
"One thing I've done in this job is to carefully study the history of every situation," Selig said. "There are many variables in a trade. Trades are different; money going different ways. This is unusual. Money is going from Miami to Toronto in this deal ... So, I've gone back already. I've had people who have been very helpful. And I'll look at all that. So when I say the matter is under review, that's exactly what it is."
The Marlins reportedly agreed to send shortstop Jose Reyes, left-hander Mark Buehrle, right-hander Josh Johnson, catcher John Buck and outfielder Emilio Bonifacio to Toronto. In return, Miami is to receive shortstop Yunel Escobar, right-hander Henderson Alvarez and catcher Jeff Mathis in addition to four minor leaguers: outfielder Jake Marisnick, shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, left-hander Justin Nicolino and right-hander Anthony DeSciafani.
Since midseason, the Marlins also have traded shortstop Hanley Ramirez to the Dodgers, right-hander Anibal Sanchez and infielder Omar Infante to the Tigers and closer Heath Bell to the D-backs. Reyes, Buehrle and Bell were signed as free agents last winter.
The Commissioner said he can see the situation from both perspectives.
"I am aware of the anger (among some Marlins fans)," Selig said. "I'm also aware that in Toronto, they're very happy. But I'm sensitive to (the reaction in Miami). We're doing great, but I have a great sensitivity to fans and people in areas. Remember, my career started because the Milwaukee Braves went to Atlanta and I never forgot the hurt that I felt and everybody around. So I'm not insensitive to that. I've lived through it.
Selig said he's talked to baseball people who believe the Marlins "in terms of young players, did very well."
"These are two independent baseball people," Selig said. "So I want to think about it and I want to review it. I want to be my usual painstaking, cautious, slow, conservative self in analyzing it.
"In a trade where it's just for cash, that's a different story. That's easy. Other than that, clubs have to make their own decisions. And that's not up to the Commissioner, by the way. But I will talk to a lot of baseball people. We'll talk about all those things. The questions are fair about the Marlins' fans."
Selig was asked how the Blue Jays-Marlins trade differs from the August deal in which the Red Sox sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford to the Dodgers, lowering their payroll in the process. He said that deal was reviewed and that it was a "fair analogy."
Selig said he was confident the matter would be resolved.
"You have to start with this context: The sport has never done better," he said. "It's never been more popular, revenues are up, everything is up. But, you know, in life you go through cycles."
"As I said to the owners, and I will tell you this: My job from the day I walked into this office and even the many years that I watched other Commissioners, is to do what's in the best interests of baseball. People have different views of that, of what you should do and how you should do it. But I think I've been able to come through all these situations and the sport's been stronger and better as a result.
"I know what the Commissioner can do, can't do, what his legal responsibilities are, and pick up on this now. I understand all that, and in the end I'll do what I've done in the other past situations. People always as ask me, 'Boy, don't you wish this didn't happen?' Well, there are a lot of situations I wish didn't happen. But they have and I have to try to do what I have to do."