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Updated 6:35 am, Thursday, December 26, 2013
When Palega Recreation Center reopened last month after a $21 million makeover, the park was packed with kids and adults eager to try out the new facilities.
But for those who grew up in the neighborhood years ago, something just wasn't right.
"It's good to hear about the renovations, but why do they always change the name?" asked Mario Monterosso. "Portola Park was where we played baseball, basketball, touch football and pingpong."
It's been almost two decades since Portola Park had its name changed to honor 22-year-old Sululagi Palega Jr., a well-known local basketball and football player who was killed in a 1994 drive-by shooting, but that doesn't mean the name it held for most of its 80-plus years of existence is forgotten.
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All across San Francisco, pieces of the city's history have been renamed, their original designations living now only in the memories of aging San Franciscans and former residents.
"Everything changes when you've been around as long as I have," said Monterosso, 77. "My elementary school in North Beach, Sarah B. Cooper, was renamed. Bayview, the school I attended when my family moved to the Silver Terrace District, was leveled and renamed. My junior high school, Portola, was leveled and renamed Martin Luther King."
Portola isn't the only city recreation facility that been renamed over the years. Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow is now Hellman Hollow and its Middle Drive East has become Nancy Pelosi Drive, North Beach Playground was rechristened for Joe DiMaggio, and the Marina's Moscone Recreation Center is still Funston Park to old-timers.
Driven by community
Changing the long-standing name of any park or recreational center isn't something done on a whim, said Sarah Ballard, a spokeswoman for the city's Recreation and Park Department.
"It's not a top-down process that comes from City Hall or the department," she said. "It's community driven, with the community coming together to honor someone from the area."
Since 1981, the Recreation and Park Commission has had a policy for naming or renaming facilities. It says that "the existing place names shall be deemed to have historic significance" and that the commission "will modify existing park names only with the greatest reluctance."
The policy has worked for the city, said Mark Buell, the commission's president.
"Change is hard, and we wouldn't do it lightly," said Buell, who admitted that it's still Funston Park to him and his childhood friends. "Typically you have to be a major star or have the misfortune to die young to get something named after you."
An example of the community drive was the 2002 effort to rename the recreation center and fields at Ocean View Park for Minnie and Lovie Ward, longtime neighborhood activists. Supporters noted that the Wards had co-founded a neighborhood organization, helped push the rebuilding of both Sheridan Elementary School and the Oceanview Library, and had been involved in many other community activities.
The name change had the backing of the Oceanview-Merced-Ingleside organization, police officials and religious figures, the city's Police Officers Association, then-Mayor Willie Brown, and other local politicians.
But even now, more than 10 years later, not everyone is happy about the change.
"I've lived in the neighborhood for more than 50 years and took my kids to that park, but since the name changed, it's become strange to me," said Patricia Ris, who is also upset that the park's grass fields are being replaced by artificial turf. "I was turned off by the whole process. I absolutely hate to see it change like this."
When it's done right, though, the renaming effort can bring a community together to show its pride in one of its members.
Honoring flight attendant
From day one, it was the Chinatown community that pushed to have the rebuilt Chinese Recreation Center named for Betty Ann Ong, the 45-year-old American Airlines flight attendant who died when terrorists flew her hijacked plane into New York's World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
"People approached Mayor Lee and he said it sounded like a good idea, and I said the same thing," said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, who represents Chinatown, where Ong grew up. "The family had wonderful support in Chinatown, and a lot of community voices thought (the recognition) was appropriate."
When the request came before the park commission in 2011, there wasn't a dissenting voice heard, and now Ong's name, in both English letters and Chinese characters, graces the front of the center at Mason and Washington streets.
"I always tell people if they are considering renaming something, they absolutely need a community consensus," Chiu said.
But Chiu knows that changing names is easier than changing memories.
"To a lot of people, especially our older community, it will always be known as Chinese Center," the supervisor said. "But the generation growing up is going to know it as Betty Ong and know who it was named for."
In the end, the parks, fields and other facilities are far more important than their names, said Ballard.
"As long as you can find them and enjoy our parks, call them what you want."
John Wildermuth is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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And yes, the legal news just continues to come. With high-profile lawsuits going on in the world of technology (Nokia vs. Apple, Apple vs. HTC), we really can't get around lots and lots of news about the subject. This latest tidbit we have for you is most interesting, and only serves to further confirm the rumours that Bing might become the default on the iPhone: Microsoft has more or less endorsed Apple's lawsuit against HTC.
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It's not possible to switch to Bing, but you can choose between Yahoo and Google (with Google being the default). So, since there is already a mechanism to switch search engines, the logical choice for Apple, if they were to change the default to Bing, would be to keep Google as an option.
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I have a longstanding obsession with J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit,' starting with the great 1977 animated film that captured my young imagination. Hobbits are content to be intensely local and ignore the world beyond their neighborhood until Gandalf instills in Bilbo and subsequently Frodo to learn about the wider world. I've always seen that as push for all of us to get to know more about the world, and to experience it first-hand. Sometimes academic geography forgets the explorer component of geographic inquiry and discovery; it is these types geographic quotes from the movies and books that I wish to share.
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If America is to be strong, it needs an energy policy that fosters a strong America.
A good example of that is the wind energy tax credit set to expire at the end of this year. Hopefully, the tax credit won't be one of the victims to fall off the fiscal cliff.
When Rep. Steve King visited with us earlier this month, he reiterated his support for the tax credit, saying it was good for Iowa and America. Indeed, King made the salient point that it was far better for America to getting energy from wind than to place its young men and women in the military in harm's way by trying to protect America's energy resources abroad.
King first campaigned for his House seat, in fact, on two key issues - support of wind energy and for completing the four-laning of Highway 20 - a project in the planning as long as the nation's interstate highway system.
King also noted that, just like the ethanol industry, the wind industry should be able to stand on its own once it's well established. Until then, the tax credit is needed - and desperately - if wind farm development is to continue.
King is also a strong supporter of opening federal land for oil exploration as well as getting as much of our electricity as we can from clean-burning coal plants.
A lot of what King has said all along has proven to be prophetic. More oil resources have been found in the Williston Basin over the past year than in many years. New extraction methods have helped make it all possible.
King is also pushing hard for the Canadian pipeline that will take oil to refineries in the Gulf. Granted, it's not American oil. But it's Canadian. And that's a whole lot better than having to fight wars in the Mideast to get it.
Another big boon to America's energy mix is natural gas. New discoveries the past several years have helped in that area as well.
And of course we shouldn't neglect the potential of solar energy - an energy source that's making huge inroads in developing countries.
This should not be a political issue, however. And King isn't making it that. In fact, he's been taken to task by members of his own party for his support of the wind energy tax credit.
Creating and sustaining our nation's energy supply is something that should concern all of us.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Vietnamese citizen's chances of finding work in Japan Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Vietnamese citizen's chances of finding work in Japan Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Japan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ExpatLukeJoined: 11 Feb 2012Posts: 743 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:48 am Post subject: Vietnamese citizen's chances of finding work in Japan This question might strike you as bit strange, but I was wondering how easy (or difficult) it would be for a Vietnamese citizen who has a degree in Japanese and speaks fluent Japanese to find work in Japan. Is there any need for Vietnamese teachers or perhaps a Vietnamese/Japanese translator? She also speaks an advanced level of English. Not fluent but very close. Back to top mitsuiJoined: 10 Jun 2007Posts: 1536Location: Kawasaki Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:14 am Post subject: Not sure how easy it is but Vietnamese do come to Japan to work or study. I learn Japanese at a church, and many Vietnamese study there. For teaching Vietnamese at the university level, a MA would be required. Back to top ExpatLukeJoined: 11 Feb 2012Posts: 743 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: Ah thanks, I didn't think there'd be much information about this. I suppose I'll keep looking. Back to top OneJoelFiftyJoined: 06 Oct 2009Posts: 463 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:19 am Post subject: If she's fluent in Japanese and close to fluent in English, perhaps Japanese-English translation work might be an easier route. Back to top mitsuiJoined: 10 Jun 2007Posts: 1536Location: Kawasaki Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:16 pm Post subject: I don`t think teaching pays well. I would say work for a Japanese company in Vietnam doing translation or interpreting is the way to go. Back to top hivansJoined: 29 Aug 2004Posts: 51Location: fukuoka Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:32 am Post subject: I wonder if medical interpreting might fit the bill? I got a circular last year about some activities related to Vietnamese medical interpreters in Kobe. I didnt keep the originals but I found a couple of links on the internet to these activities (the first is about a talk by an interpreter called Duong Ngoc Diep and the second is anewspaper article). Maybe they will suggest an avenue worth following. http://www.tcc117.org/facil/blog/?p=545 http://www.tcc117.org/facil/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iryo2012_2.pdf My view from Southern Kyushu is pretty provincial, but there do seem to be quite a few Vietnamese people involved in health and care occupations here, so with increasing visitors from Vietnam, it might suggest that medical interpretation is one way to go, especially for someone with a three-language combination including English. In case, you havent already come across these, here are two links for national translation/interpreting organisations that could be worth staring your search with. http://www.jtf.jp/index.html http://jami.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/ Good luck anyway! Back to top ExpatLukeJoined: 11 Feb 2012Posts: 743 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:08 am Post subject: Thank you very much for the information! It seems interpreting/translating might a real option. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Japan All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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"When 289 first opened its doors, it was a physical symbol that the New York City Fire Department would protect this neighborhood every day, no matter what," said FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano. "Every year, every day, you go out these doors when someone needs help, and that's what this job is all about."
During his remarks, Cassano noted the September 11th Memorial for two members of EC289 who were lost on that day.
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Chief Edward Kilduff noted the rapid growth of the area the firehouse serves, and the conversions of one-family homes into two- and three-family homes as unique challenges to the present-day firehouse.
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Brandyn Curry scored 16 points for the Crimson Saturday evening (Harvard Athletic Communications).
BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, Italy – The Harvard men's basketball team earned its third straight win on its foreign tour of Italy, as the Crimson defeated Bassano Basket, 83-52, Saturday evening.
Brandyn Curry and Wesley Saunders each scored 16 points to lead the Crimson, while Kenyatta Smith added 15 points and Kyle Casey netted 14 points. Casey, Jonah Travis and Christian Webster all pulled down six rebounds.
In the inaugural game played at the Palazetto Di Creazzo, the Crimson took a 12-7 lead at the 6:28 mark of the first quarter when Saunders accepted a bounce pass from Christian Webster and threw down a highlight reel dunk with his right hand. Harvard upped its lead to 14-7 when Casey went to the line and connected on both from the charity stripe with five minutes left in the first. After the Crimson went ahead by 12, Bassano scored seven straight points to cut the deficit to 19-14.
With 30 seconds left in the quarter, Kenyatta Smith added a layup, followed by a bucket in the paint by Saunders, who led the team with 12 points in the first half, as Harvard went up, 24-14, after the first. Harvard went on a 9-2 run to open the second and then grabbed a 35-20 advantage when Casey dribbled past a defender and finished with a floater with 4:37 left in the stanza. Bassano came back to within 10, 35-25, with 2:32 remaining, but Saunders made a steal at midcourt and dished a pass off to Casey who scored on the break, making it 39-27 in the final minute of the half. In the final seconds, Curry scored two straight buckets, including one on a dunk on the break, as the Crimson took a 43-30 lead into the break.
In the third, Smith grabbed a defensive board and pushed the ball up the floor, leading to a Steve Moundou-Missi layup from under the hoop, as the Crimson held a 49-32 advantage. At the 4:50 mark, Casey drove the lane and was fouled before sinking a basket, keeping Harvard in control, 51-39. With 32.9 seconds left in the quarter, Webster went to the line and hit both, making it a 59-43 contest.
Webster added a buzzer beater on a runner through traffic before time expired in the third, as the Crimson grew its lead to 61-44. With 4:56 left in the game, Casey tipped in a missed free throw, giving the Crimson its largest advantage to that point, 72-50. Later in the fourth, Harvard went up by as many as 28, 78-50, when Curry nailed a one-handed shot off the glass, with just over three minutes to play.
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HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The Denver Nuggets had a historically bad night from the perimeter in Portland on Thursday. But if any team was going to score 91 of its 93 points from the paint and the free throw line, it was going to be the Nuggets.
Denver is a good team, and they're obviously better than their 14-13 record, because they've played such a brutal, road-heavy schedule. But they still have their flaws, in particular outside shooting.
If there's one thing that the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder have taught us, it's that 3-point shooting can make you a very potent offense. But the Nuggets aren't the only good team with that particular shortcoming. And with trade season officially open, there should be more than a few teams in the market for a shooter or two…
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There are six teams in the league that have made more than twice as many threes per game as the Bulls have (4.2). They ranked fourth in 3-point percentage last season, but their three best shooters from that squad – Kyle Korver (Atlanta), C.J. Watson (Brooklyn) and John Lucas (Toronto) – are gone.
Marco Belinelli is the Bulls' best shooter and their threes are up since he has joined the starting lineup. But they obviously need another perimeter threat, even if they're eventually getting Derrick Rose back this season.
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OffRtg: 104.6 (7)
3-point percentage: 32.5% (28)
EFG% outside the paint: 41.4% (30)
Remember when Danilo Gallinari was the best shooter Mike D'Antoni had ever seen? That was after Gallo shot 44 percent from beyond the arc as a rookie. And every year since, his 3-point percentage has gone down.
It doesn't help the Nuggets that neither of their point guards (Ty Lawson and Andre Miller) can shoot this season or that Andre Iguodala is their starting two guard. Iguodala shot 39 percent from beyond the arc last season, but this year, he's back at his career mark of 33 percent.
The Nuggets still have a top-10 offense because they get out on the break, get into the paint, get to the line and are the best offensive rebounding team in the league. But a shooter could open things up and keep defenses from packing the paint when the Nuggets aren't running.
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OffRtg: 101.5 (16)
3-point percentage: 36.7% (8)
EFG% outside the paint: 44.4% (13)
The Grizzlies' 3-point percentage looks fine on the surface, but they don't take nearly enough threes to keep the floor spread for their big and talented frontline.
Memphis could probably use O.J. Mayo, the league leader in 3-point percentage, right about now. Mayo's replacement, Wayne Ellington, hit seven threes in Memphis' Nov. 11 win over the Heat, but then hit only five over the next 13 games. Mike Conley is the team's best 3-point shooter, but he's also the team's point guard.
The "shooting" guard is Tony Allen, who has made a grand total of 12 3-pointers over the last four seasons and has shot 28 percent from outside the paint over the last five. Rudy Gay's jumper has seemingly regressed over the last two years.
The Grizzlies are 17-6 because they have the No. 1 defense in the league, and Allen is a huge part of that. But if they truly want to be title contenders, they need to improve offensively. And that starts with better shooting from the perimeter.
Minnesota Timberwolves
OffRtg: 100.2 (20)
3-point percentage: 30.1% (30)
EFG% outside the paint: 42.0% (29)
The Wolves have just been brutal from beyond the arc. In fact, in the last 10 seasons, only last season's Bobcats have shot worse (29.5 percent) from 3-point range.
The problem starts with Kevin Love, who is 18-for-73 (25 percent) from 3-point range. Love has shed the glove that he wore when he returned from his broken hand and he did hit four of his nine threes in Thursday's win over the Thunder. So there's hope that the numbers will improve as the season goes on.
Still, Chase Budinger's absence has left the Wolves without a real shooter on the wings.
Additional thoughts on the Lakers and Nets
- The Lakers seemingly need more shooters to run D'Antoni's offense at peak efficiency, but they currently rank fifth in offensive efficiency and sixth in 3-point percentage. The key has been Metta World Peace and Kobe Bryant shooting 37.5 percent from beyond the arc, up from 30.0 percent last season. So it will be interesting to see if they can keep that up.
- The Nets rank 19th in 3-point percentage, but mostly because Deron Williams leads the team in attempts. Williams shot 36 percent from beyond the arc in Utah, but is at 32 percent since joining the Nets. This season, he's in Dwyane Wade territory: 42-for-143 (29 percent).


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Susan Rouse, a volunteer with the Patterson campaign, said she phoned Hagee Ministries and asked if it was true that Pastor Hagee had endorsed Dan Patrick. When the secretary asked why she wanted to know, she replied that she was "surprised that Pastor Hagee would endorse DP due to his "negative factual history." She said the secretary replied that "Pastor Hagee might 'support' someone as a 'private citizen' but that he does not 'endorse' anyone and 'has not endorsed Dan Patrick or anyone else.'"
However, a spokesman for Hagee Ministries said that the secretary was not aware of Hagee's endorsement, and simply knew the church had a policy that it did not make endorsements as an institution. "As a matter of policy, Cornerstone Church does not endorse individuals as an organization, but from time to time, Pastor Hagee does," the spokesman said.
Verbal warfare escalated earlier this week in the Republican Primary race for lieutenant governor when Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson accused Houston Sen. Dan Patrick of misleading voters by claiming that John Hagee, pastor of the 22,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, had endorsed Patrick's candidacy. Patterson claims he was told that Hagee does not make political endorsements.
Patterson told the Austin American Statesman that Hagee Ministries had assured him via email that Hagee did not formally endorse candidates.
Patrick responded that Hagee had endorsed him at a fundraiser that Hagee held for Patrick's candidacy. Campaign finance reports confirm that Hagee donated $1,000 to Patrick's campaign. We reached out yesterday to Hagee's office to settle the dispute about a formal "endorsement."
Today, a Hagee spokesman responded with a formal statement: "Pastor Hagee held a fundraiser for Dan Patrick at which Hagee endorsed Patrick's bid for lieutenant governor."
Patrick said in a press release earlier today that Patterson has removed his claim of fraud from Facebook. "Sunday night on Facebook, Jerry Patterson said he had an email from Pastor John Hagee saying he had not endorsed Dan Patrick. That post has since, mysteriously, disappeared. Patterson continued the attack that I didn't have the endorsement of Pastor Hagee the next day. Yesterday in the Austin American Statesman, Patterson took his absurd attack to a new level calling me a pathological liar and suggesting I made up the Pastor's endorsement."
We will reach out again to Hagee Ministries to clear up why Patterson received an email in conflict with today's statement. Patrick and Patterson are in a four-way race with Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples and incumbent David Dewhurst for the Republican nomination. Democratic Sen. Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio is also running.


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LAS VEGAS — Bob Arum has seen the future of boxing, and it is him.
Actually, it isn't him, but he will still cash the checks and run the news conferences and say the wonderfully outrageous things that have kept reporters sprinting to their keyboards for 46 years.
Arum is founder and chief executive of Top Rank Promotions, same as he has been since he promoted his first fight for Muhammad Ali in 1966. He was a Harvard-educated lawyer back then and the fight he promoted was also the first fight he ever saw. As a young lawyer, he had run an investigation that resulted in an accused figure committing suicide. That made Arum pause to ponder the value of his life work and decide to go into something less scurrilous.
So here he is, turning 81 Saturday, the same day he will promote yet another big-money, big-hype fight, Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manual Marquez.


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PIWOWAR, THADDEUS "TED" Allegan
Thaddeus "Ted" Piwowar, of Allegan, died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at the Wings Home in Allegan. Mr. Piwowar was born March 5, 1935, in Chicago, the son of John and Julia (Lachor) Piwowar. Ted graduated from Michigan State University in 1957. He was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving as a Captain. He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus for the past 48 years. Ted worked for the United States Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service for over 38 years. During retirement he worked for the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy for 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Dolores; his four children, Regina, John, Matthew, Teresa; three grandchildren, Travis, Amy, Julia; two great grandchildren, William and Travis; his sister, Mary Madejczyk, several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his two sisters; Jane and Julia. Friends may meet with the family on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, from 6-8 pm at the Gorden Funeral Residence, Allegan Chapel, www.gordenfuneral.com, where the Rosary will be recited at 6:30. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday at 11 am at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Rev. Fr. Alan P. Jorgensen Celebrant. Interment at the Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Church or the Wings Home, 330 Linn St., Allegan, MI 49010.
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Back in the day, we had ticks. Big, yucky American dog ticks. They usually crawled to the top of your head, you felt a lump, pulled the tick out, flushed them (or found some other form of revenge), and that was that. Usually no one got sick. Ticks were mostly just an annoyance, and that's what people knew about ticks. American dog ticks are still around but these days, there's another tick, a tiny blacklegged tick, smaller than a freckle.
It's also known as the deer tick, and it crawls up under clothes, latches on without much fanfare, and these ticks are LOADED with disease-causing pathogens.
Once attached to people or pets, deer ticks are just hard to find! Their numbers are on the rise and they occur in more & more places – even your backyard! Read our "Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know About Ticks These Days" and stay disease-free.
The author is professor of public health entomology at the University of Rhode Island, and is director of the non-profit TickEncounter© Resource Center. His Think T.I.C.K Take ACTION! strategy and toolbox for tick-safe living is available on www.tickencounter.org.Top Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Ticks These Days - Non-Flash List


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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sunday Flashback
9 comments:
- RHEA said...
I love "Hosanna" and "Lead Me to the Cross." Brooke Fraser is an amazing songwriter (she wrote both songs, and others that Hillsong and Hillsong United perform).
- July 7, 2008 at 6:32 AM
- Apple said...
We visited our old church in Wilmington this morning and REALLY missed you guys! Who would have thought you could become so attached to a church body so quickly?
We had to rush 4 1/2 hours back yesterday so that we could make it in time for the evening gathering...we were late, but we made it!
We appreciate you.
- July 7, 2008 at 8:36 AM
- Laurel said...
Ahh, reading your post today brought back memories of Sunday School. We used to sing a song about Zaccheus...
"Zaccheus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he ......"
Darn - sure wish I could remember more of the words now!
Thinking of you, and praying that you get asked to help families out with some happier things. I'm sure you're quite wrung out emotionally after these past several days. I know that I would be.
- July 7, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Paul J. said...
I have a fever...and the only prescription is more cowbell.
- July 7, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- Andy Lawrenson said...
nothing like a little cow bell to perk up a worship gathering.
I haven't looked at the numbers but I know that the nursery and kid's church rooms were slammed.
- July 7, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Rick Lawrenson said...
If only we had a keytar player!
- July 7, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- MilePost13 said...
I'd give my left leg for a good keytar player...
Here's the whole song, for Laurel...
Zaccheus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he
He climbed into a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see.
And as the Saviour passed that way He looked up in the tree.
And He said, "Zaccheus, you come down!"
"For I'm going to your house today. "
"I'm going to your house today."
- July 7, 2008 at 5:00 PM
- Rick Lawrenson said...
First song I ever clapped hands to at church. (But only in Sunday school. God forbid we clapped in a church service.)
And thanks Nate for the KJV spelling of "Saviour". It kept the song in context for me.
- July 7, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Matthew & Lynsey said...
Hi, Rick. I just got back to MD and read this post. Thanks for mentioning me! It was a great service yesterday and I was glad to join in worship with your church.
Thanks again for taking the time to blog. I know you must be super busy as a pastor and I'm thankful that out of all the things the internet can be used for, it's so nice to see that God can be glorified in something as simple as a blog. I introduced myself to Nathan as well since I've been following both your blogs for months now.
Like I said on Sunday, I've really enjoyed your posts about Biblical reasons for leaving the church. It's been neat to share your blog address with some of the members of our congregation since we have lost a lot of members in the past year. Unfortunately, most of them were the majority of our servant base and the rest of us are struggling to pick up the slack.
It's been cool see some of the ideas of your Youth Pastor as well since my husband and I volunteer with the youth at our church. I hope we can start to implement some of the strategies that he has used to help make our Youth Group more effective for reaching teens for Christ.
Thanks again for your ministry!
- July 7, 2008 at 6:34 PM


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MEXICO CITY – Authorities in Mexico say a Mexican federal police commander has been charged with providing false information in the case of 14 officers accused of ambushing a U.S. Embassy vehicle in August.
Two government officials familiar with the case say Inspector General Juan Manuel Pacheco Salgado was jailed Monday on accusations he lied to authorities about what happened in the Aug. 24 attack on a rural road south of Mexico City.
Fourteen officers were formally charged with attempted murder last week for the attack that wounded two CIA agents.
Initial reports on the shooting had said federal police mistook the embassy SUV for a criminal vehicle, but officials later said it appeared to be an intentional attack and raised the possibility it was staged at the behest of a drug cartel.


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Students at Oregon Elementary School gathered around the flagpole Sept. 13 to sing patriotic songs for friends, family, and guests.
The students were taking part in the annual National Anthem Day.
"It is a lot of practice," said sixth grade student Taylor Wilson. "We started at the beginning of the school year. I am glad it worked out. It is great to see everyone lined up."
Lined up directly behind the first row of students were members of the Oregon VFW, Oregon Fire Department, Oregon Police Department, and active military servicemen.
"I liked seeing all the smiles of the veterans," said sixth grade student Lauren Montivon.
Classmate Kailynn Weber also enjoyed singing for the gathered crowd.
"It is nice seeing everyone come here and seeing everyone waving flags," she said.
The students all had small American flags and waved them during the patriotic songs.
This was the fifth time these three students participated in the event.
"We have done this for 5 years now," said Montivon. "We started in second grade."
"We know all of the songs," said Wilson. "And this program is a cool routine.


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Sous Vide
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When it comes to sous vide cooking, the most difficult thing to figure out is the time and temperature range to use for various foods. We have compiled a list of times and temperatures you can use as a reference guide for your cooking. We even give you a place to save your own notes as you try them out.
We offer over 400 sous vide time and temperature combinations across 175 cuts of meat and types of fish and vegetables. Conveniently broken up into 10 main categories for ease of use:
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Each of these main categories has a lengthy description of how sous vide relates to that type of food and discusses both the time and temperature guidelines and the general process for cooking it. We then list the cuts of meat or types of food in that category and provide a short description of each item and one or more recommended time and temperature combinations.
Also included is a brief introduction to sous vide, a discussion of sous vide safety, links to more sous vide resources, and an overview of how to substitute sous vide food into your favorite traditional recipes.
While there are no recipes in this app, the best part about sous vide is how interchangeable it is with existing recipes. You can take many traditional recipes and follow them to the letter with the only exception being to replace the cooking of the meat with sous vide instead of baking, braising, pan-frying, sauteing, etc.
Take your favorite chili recipe and use turkey, beef, or chicken that was cooked sous vide. Make fajitas and instead of grilling the meat try cooking it sous vide. Sausage for pasta, roasted rack of lamb, steak for salad, fried chicken, and corned beef can all be cooked sous vide while keeping the same marinades, sauces, and sides as the traditional recipes call for.
We hope you'll use this guide as a starting point to explore sous vide cooking more on your own!
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Stevens Ranked Third in Most Improved Graduation Rates
In a time of declining graduation rates throughout many US four-year colleges, Stevens Institute of Technology has once again set itself apart by bucking the trend. In a recent analysis released by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Stevens was ranked third for most improved graduation rate.
The Chronicle analyzed changes in graduation rates reported by more than 1,000, four-year public and private nonprofit colleges and universities. Stevens' average increased by 13 percentage points, at the same time becoming more selective in admissions decisions, during the six-year period analyzed in this report.
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Current Law Students / Re: Legal Reasoning« on: November 24, 2007, 02:51:42 PM »
[...] If one travels along the path described by this 7-pointed figure, one goes through a movement similar to the one described by the 6-pointed figure in the Enneagram. The Enneagram could have been drawn in such a way as to avoid using a 6-pointed figure. In other words, it was not because of the absence of adequate seven-pointed figures on which to map the 7-tone scale that Enneagram was chosen, with its 6-pointed figure.
According to Gurdjieff the enneagram figure is a symbol that represents the "law of seven" and the "law of three" (the two fundamental universal laws) and, therefore, the figure can be used to describe any natural whole phenomenon, cosmos, process in life or any other piece of knowledge. The basic use of the enneagram is to explain why nothing in nature and in life constantly occurs in a straight line, that is to say that there are always ups and downs in life which occur lawfully. Easier examples of this can be noticed in athletic performances, where a high ranked athlete always has periodic downfalls, as well as in nearly all graphs that plot topics that occur over time, such as the economic graphs, population graphs, death-rate graphs and so on. All show parabolic periods that keep rising and falling. Gurdjieff claimed that since these periods occur lawfully based on the Enneagram that it is possible to keep a process in a straight line if the necessary shocks were introduced at the right time.
The principal enneagram figure used by the Fourth Way and Gurdjieff is a circle with nine points. Within the circle is a triangle connecting points 9, 3 and 6. The inscribed figure resembling a web connects the other six points in a cyclic figure 1-4-2-8-5-7. This enneagram's construction is based on the laws of octaves. The enneagram's construction is also constructed lawfully on the same laws as the decimal system. If the enneagram is used to represent a whole octave of notes and the number 1, then by dividing 1 into seven different notes...
...it can be noticed that all of these fractions, except in the case of the last one, are made up of the same numbers running in a definite sequence, and by joining those numbers on the figure the given web-like shape is obtained. Also, if the web is used in an explanation, by knowing the initial number of the period it is possible to immediately re-establish the whole period in full.
On the enneagram most processes are represented through octaves where the points serve as the notes; a concept which is derived from Gurdjieffs idea of the law of seven. In an octave the developing process comes to a critical point (one of the triangle points) at which help from outside is needed for it to rightly continue. This concept is best illustrated on the keys of the piano where every white key would represent an enneagram point. The adjacent white keys which are missing a black key (half note) in between represent the enneagram web points which have a triangle point in between. In order that this point would pass onto the next, an external push is required.
Using the enneagram a process is depicted as going right around the circle beginning at point 9 (the ending point of a previous process). The process can continue until it reaches point 3. At this point an external aid is needed in order that the process continues. If it doesn't receive the 'help' the process will stop evolving and will devolve back into the form from which it evolved. The process continues until point 6 and later 9, where a similar "push" is needed. If the process passes point 9 the initial process will end while giving birth to a new one.


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Chris visits the local butcher to learn about top sirloin. Then, Bridget shows Chris how to make affordable Roast Beef and Whipped Potatoes. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's tips and techniques for cooking with salt. And finally, Adam reveals his picks for multi-timers.
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La Vitton Laventine - Olive Forte Cleansing Oil
46 reviews
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on 11/1/2012 12:55:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
For me, this product did take off the makeup... But it felt very slippery and greasy, because it is mostly olive oil, so I would rather apply olive oil to remove my makeup rather than pay extra for less amount in this container. I washed my face again after using this product due to the grease although I am aware that olive oil does not clog pores and is highly moisturizing for the skin, it just does not feel comfortable for me to leave it. Why go through all this trouble when you can just use a one-step cleanser? Just my opinion.
on 9/15/2012 5:11:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Didn't love this. Yes, it does remove all makeup and sunscreen, and it does it without leaving any residue behind, but it didn't really "clean" my skin. After 2 weeks of using this my face looked unhealthy, and I think that's because it wasn't sufficiently cleansing away dead skin cells. I can't be sure--I'm no expert or dermatologist. All I can do is look in the mirror and trust what I see. This works so well for so many, and I love the idea of using a natural oil cleanser, but unfortunately this wasn't for me. I didn't finish the bottle and returned to my trusted Decleor Aroma Cleansing Milk.
on 6/4/2012 7:55:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
This is an AMAZING cleanser. Yes, you're putting oil on your face, and yes, it smells like the olive oil you would pour in a salad, but the results are fantastic.
I use one pump, massage for a few minutes and rinse off with warm water. Not only does it take off all the makeup, but it leaves the skin incredibly smooth and clean: no residue. I have combo/oily skin with occasional breakouts and since I started using this my pores are gone, I dont shine anymore and NO BREAKOUT!
Worth the price....(30$ in Canada)
on 7/15/2009 10:32:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I was a big fan of the oily-combo version of Laventines oil cleansing line, but found that over time it was drying out my skin, possibly due to the essential oils. After fooling around with various natural soaps (which continued to dry my skin out), I finally switched to the Olive-forte cleanser, and I'm very glad I did. It doesn't dry my skin , but still does a good job cleansing - I have pretty oily skin, and feel no need to follow up with any sort of soap or cleanser afterward. It also has a great olive scent (very fruity), but doesn't have the heavy feel of olive oil on the skin. I can also get away with one pump to clean my whole face (but I don't wear foundation). Overall, a terrific product.
on 1/2/2009 11:44:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I used to use DHC deep cleansing oil, but I increasingly disliked its thick texture and strong cooking oil smell, so I tried Laventine olive forte and I'm loving it. Except for its heavy-duty power to remove makeup, Laventine cleansing oil is lighter in everyway compared to DHC - in color, scent, texture, even ingredient secelction. Laventine has about 5 ingredients, all natural, while DHC had a dozen ingredients including some unfamiliar chemicals. All in all, both DHC and Laventine are great makeup removers and well worth trying, it's a amatter of personal preference which one is your favorite. For now, I prefer Laventine.
on 12/20/2008 1:30:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
It does what it says it does, but in the expensive range, I still think DHC is better. I do like the easy pump dispenser, but I think their facial care products are ok, nothing spectacular. It does what it says, but I'm not going to purchase from them again. The oil moisturizer serum I think breaks me out so I stopped using it. Although this is cheaper then DHC, might as well spend a little more and get the real deal. DHC seems to be more moisturizing, cleans off makeup better, and doesn't break me out. The quality overall is worth it if you want to spend money in that range.
Quite honestly, I found an oil cleanser I like so much better on Etsy and it is sooo much cheaper and has good quality ingredients. I've tried Jojoba oil just by itself and have had good results with that and it is sooo cheap, but the kind I am using from Etsy is so much better than plain Jojoba oil by itself.
on 11/11/2008 10:37:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Love this cleanser! I have very sensitive skin and react to fragrance badly. This cleansing oil is so gentle it actually makes my skin feel better after washing. It removes mascaras without making my eyes red or irritated. Unlike other fragrance free cleansers which tend to smell unpleasant or chemical, the natural olive oil actually smells quite fresh and nice. It's a real treat for sensitive skin and I highly recommend it.
on 9/24/2008 10:38:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This product removes makeup (including eye makeup) very well but it leaves my dry sensitive skin really tight and irritated. I wish they made a more moisturizing version without aromatic essential oils.
on 9/14/2008 6:53:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Very Oily, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This was the first cleansing oil I tried and it was after reading the great reviews about it here. It is the best for my super oily skin! Does not break me out at all and it lasts for a long time. However, Laventine does no longer ship to Europe so I can't get my hands on it anymore...sigh. Now I am on the hunt for another cleansing oil but I doubt I will find one as good as this...
on 8/28/2008 8:50:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is a gentle facial cleanser which really gets in there and removes all the makeup, sunscreen and moisturizer at the end of the day. It doesn't overdry, and you can adjust the level of moisture left behind by this product depending on the water temp. you rinse with (hotter water removes all the oils while colder water leaves some behind) so you can cater to your skin's "mood' each day with one product. My only beef is that I don't think this stuff removes mascara as well as I would like unless I use a whole pump just for my eyes--and my mascara isn't even waterproof. It is a little pricey to use a whole pump each night just for my eyes. But it does remove my Sofina sunscreen and makeup! And my face feels so nice once I rinse it off! Will definitely repurchase.
Update: Wow!!! Usually I rub this stuff in for about 30 seconds and then rinse, but last night, I decided to massage this on for about 5 minutes. Holy crap, what a difference! After about 3 minutes, I felt this stuff warm and then melt into my skin--which I cad never felt when I didn't rub it in as long. It got EVERYTHING out of my pores (and felt fabulous at the same time). At the end, there was a white film on my skin which I am assuming was my sunblock that had been drawn out. It was wonderful! I can't wait to go home and repeat this tonight. So for all you ladies who use an oil cleanser (or want to try one) take a couple of extra minutes to really rub this in and it will be so worth it! Super HG!!!!!
UPDATE 3/30/09** I stopped using this. My face was a mess. I don't know that this was the culprit because I was using several products, but I have since switched to Cerave and will likely not use this again. It's too bad because it felt very nice going on, but plain old Cerave will have to do. continued >>
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Hey guys, I know I haven't been on here in a while, how is everyone?
I had to come on and tell you all about this new hunting show that is in its first season on the Pursuit Channel, on Direct TV(608). It is called Average Joes Huntin Show, it's a group of regular guys who film there hunts for trophies but unlike the rest of the shows they are all doing it on a budget. 90% of everyday hunters can't afford to hunt like the guys on TV but now this show proves that even though you don't have and bottomless bank out you can still have hunts of a lifetime. It is definitely different from the rest of the shows I have seen, I think it's a great concept and is a great show. If you want you can check out their website to find the show time, that's how I found out about the show, it's www.averagejoeshuntinshow.com .
Let me know what you all think, I am curious to know if I was the only one who thought this is a great idea for a new show?
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Would Major League Baseball benefit from an East-West realignment? Would it gain more interest from American sports fans and sustain it?
The steroids controversy hasn't singularly pushed baseball behind others in popularity, it's also the format issues. The great game of baseball, the only one played without a clock to count down time left, must consider tinkering with aspects of its game in order to enhance interest among sports fans (I wrote these solutions for baseball's season, playoffs about one year ago).
With 30 teams to consider geographically, the split to an East-West realignment would place 15 teams in the East and 15 in the West. That kind of split just seems to make sense. Get all the teams who are close to each other to play each other more times to determine playoff seeding from each league, East and West.
Would there be Interleague play still? I suppose so, but it would not be absolutely necessary. If the schedule permits, rotating the home team every other year, East-West Interleague play could be viable. Such a system works for the NBA and NHL.
The most important variable would be to get the realignment established and get fans vested in the regional rivalries.
What about the designated hitter rule? How would that be handled? Frankly, that rule is the least of MLB's worries, but, of course, it does need to be addressed.
There are several ways to skin this cat. One suggestion is to allow teams to determine before every home game whether they want to use the rule or not. That would create an additional home-field advantage.
The visiting team wouldn't know until right before the game starts whether the rule will be used. Strategies would include determining whether the opposing pitcher is any good at the plate or whether the home pitcher can swing the bat well.
How great would it be to see the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates playing the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox on a regular basis each season? Surely, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A's would sell more tickets if they were playing each other more often. Plus, baseball would save on travel costs.
Here's the breakdown of how the realignment could look:
East: Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers.
West: Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
It's not a perfect realignment. Ideally, it would be best to leave the Chicago teams in the East, but bringing Chicago to the West would be the best solution numbers-wise.
This format would really be at its best during the playoffs. There would be matchups leading to a World Series that would pit teams in the wild-card rounds through the League Championship Series that are closer together, making it more emotional for fans.
It seems to have worked pretty well for the NBA. The most intriguing element for the NBA is its finals, when the East-West format is on stage for the world to see. The World Series would have that opportunity in this new alignment as well.
Howard Alperin is Managing Editor of AmericanizeSoccer.com


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ST KILDA has taken another step towards re-engaging Moorabbin, appointing strategic sports marketing consultants the Gemba Group to develop a feasibility study for their former home ground.
The Saints have secured the support of the City of Kingston for what they describe as a "broad vision for a community sporting hub at Moorabbin Reserve".
As part of this, the Saints have turned to Gemba - the company formerly part-owned by Essendon coach James Hird - to develop a presentation to the Baillieu Government on the "community infrastructure needs."
If given the go-ahead, this multi-million development could mean the Saints would split their training sessions between their new Linen House facility at Seaford and their old ground.
Saints president Greg Westaway said the club was working to redevelop Moorabbin.
"We think we can we do things with that to help junior football and other parts of the competition and do something for the Moorabbin community as well," Westaway said.
"Everyone can win out of that, if we do it right. We think we have a pretty good plan."
Asked if the Saints were keen to return to training on a regular basis at Moorabbin, Westaway said: "I think we will train there intermittently but far be it for me to say when because the football department coaches will make a call on that. It can be disruptive unless it is well planned."
The Saints train occasionally at Moorabbin.
St Kilda's lease at its old home does not expire for another 28 years. The Southern Football League and AFL Victoria also have offices there.
The TAC's Sandringham Dragons and the South Metro Junior Football League would also be based at Moorabbin under the proposal.
The Saints began to look elsewhere in 2007 after falling out with the City of Kingston over a proposed redevelopment. The City of Frankston tipped in almost $4 million to the Seaford development, but the Saints, with their expanding football department, have already started to outgrow it.
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
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Fort Drum, NY – A 10th Mountain Division Soldier, stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana with the 94th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team died in Gamberi, Afghanistan, Thursday September 19, in a non-combat related incident.
Deceased is Sergeant William D. Brown III, age 44, of Franklin, North Carolina. He was a healthcare specialist.
Brown joined the Army in May 2010. After completing training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Brown arrived at Fort Polk in December 2012.
Brown deployed with his unit to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in July 2013.
Brown's awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal and a Certificate of Achievement. He completed the Brigade Combat Team Trauma Course, the Warrior Leadership Course and the Combat Lifesavers Course.


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A&M Football at Louisiana Tech PostponedFeatured Stories, Sports Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The Texas A&M football season opener at Louisiana Tech has been postponed until October 13.
From Louisiana Tech's website:
Louisiana Tech University officials announced today that its season opener against Texas A&M has been postponed until Oct. 13 due to the impending effects of Hurricane Isaac which is scheduled to make landfall along the Louisiana coast in the next 24 hours.
LA Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde said that after consulting with Tech President Dan Reneau, head football coach Sonny Dykes, Texas A&M officials and numerous regional and national weather agencies, the decision was made to postpone the game.
"Our primary concern was for the health and safety of the general public, students and fans of both institutions," Van De Velde said. "It's impossible to predict exactly what is going to happen throughout the state so we also wanted to be conscientious of the possible effects of his storm on residents throughout Louisiana.
"As much as both teams wanted to play, the safety of everyone took precedent over a football game, even one of this magnitude. We simply couldn't move forward with Thursday's kickoff in good conscience knowing what this storm may do. We appreciate the cooperation of Mayor Glover and the City of Shreveport and the Independence Bowl as well as Texas A&M University."
Both Louisiana Tech and Texas A&M had the same open date of Oct. 13 on their schedules which allowed the game to be moved back. Kickoff time will be determined at a later date but fans are reminded that tickets and parking permits that have already been purchased will be honored, but there will be no refunds.
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I don't really get the people who keep saying it is a QB driven league and you have to be able to sling the ball all over the field. If that is the case, you better be able to sling it just as good as Brady, Peyton, Brees, etc. If you can only do it 90% as well you will lose almost all of the time.
Having a G&P with a great D and a competent QB, you can keep those offenses off the field and control the clock, but you can;t be like the Jets this year with countless 3 and outs and turnovers and turnovers for points.
whatever the operative philosophy is, as an offense you have to get the ball in the endzone. it's not enough to march up and down between the 20's. and score field goals.
With football, all phases are integrated. They all bleed into one another.
So we were the epitome of G & P and couldn't get to the SB.
What's more difficult: finding a QB or maintains the # 1 rushing attack AND defense?
In 2010 we went on the road and beat two of the best QBs to ever play the game, in the playoffs. Playoff football just isn't as simple as the team with the best QB wins.
There's no one way to make it to the Super Bowl. Of course it helps a ton to have a Brees, Brady, Manning, or Rodgers, but if you don't you can't just pretend that you do. You need to surround a decent QB with offensive talent, and build a good D.
A ground and pound executive?
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Joseph M. ("Mike") McCune, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Division of Experimental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Mike McCune is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Experimental Medicine. He received his AB from Harvard College (1975), his PhD from Rockefeller University (1981), and his MD from Cornell University Medical College (1982). He completed his residency in internal medicine (1984), did fellowship training in infectious diseases at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and is board certified in internal medicine. After post-doctoral work at Stanford in the Department of Pathology (1988), he was a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of SyStemix, Inc., and then served as its Vice President, Research and Development until 1991. He started this biotechnology company to optimize and to standardize the use of "humanized mice" (which he invented while at Stanford) for the discovery of human hematopoietic stem cells and for the preclinical development of effective antiretroviral therapies, including gene therapy, against HIV. Thereafter and until his move to the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology/UCSF in 1995, he was Vice President of the New Enterprise Research Division (an exploratory research group), a member of the Partnership Committee of Progenesys (a joint venture that he founded between SyStemix and Sandoz, aimed at developing hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapies for HIV disease), and a Clinical Associate at UCSF (working at the San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Clinic).
His past research has focused on the definition of pathogenic mechanisms of viral diseases, particularly HIV disease. This focus has spanned a range of fields, from understanding critical structural determinants of infectivity, to devising a small animal model (the SCID-hu Thy/Liv mouse) to study HIV pathogenesis and to prioritize antiretroviral compounds against HIV, to studying mechanisms of T cell depletion and repletion in vivo. Throughout this body of work, he has engaged in hypothesis-driven, patient-oriented research that has involved collaborative teams of basic scientists, translational researchers, and clinicians. More recently, and as a consequence of a sabbatical year at the Institut Pasteur (2003-04), he has devoted all of his attention to understanding the correlates of protective immunity against HIV, with the specific intent to work with others to eradicate HIV from infected individuals and to end the AIDS epidemic once and for all. This change of focus has now been materialized at UCSF by the creation of the Division of Experimental Medicine, of which Dr. McCune is the Chief. From 2005-2008, he concomitantly served as the founding Principal Investigator and Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF, an organization whose mission is to enhance and to facilitate the process by which better therapies can be brought from the lab bench to the community more quickly. In this capacity, he served as the Senior Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research in the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy at UCSF.
Dr. McCune's studies have led to the publication of over 200 peer-reviewed articles and he is the holder of 20 patents and inventions. On the basis of this work, he was awarded the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scientist Award in 1996, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research in 2000, a MERIT Award from the NIH in 2001, the NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2004, a Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Phase II Award in 2011, and a number of mentoring awards for his activities with junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. He is a member of many scientific and professional societies, including the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Association of Physicians, and the Henry Kunkel Society. He has also served on the editorial boards of multiple scientific journals.
His current activities embrace and are motivated by the experiences of 30 years of work in the HIV epidemic. In the case of the Division of Experimental Medicine, he has created a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment for the analysis of the human immunology of chronic infectious diseases of medical importance, including those caused by HIV, TB, malaria, and helminthic worms. The underlying hypothesis of the Division is that each of these agents has evolved patterns of interaction with the host which, in most cases, do not lead to overt disease; that these patterns are likely to embrace protective immune responses with mechanistic overlaps; and that elucidation of such common patterns of successful host-pathogen interaction may inform the development of interventions (e.g., vaccines and medicines) to successfully fight HIV. The Division is also established to train individuals in the processes of collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient-oriented research and to serve as a model for other research units that might be focused on other human disease states.
His focus now is to eradicate HIV from infected individuals who must otherwise take life-long antiretroviral therapy. With his colleagues, Drs. Steve Deeks and Rafick Sekaly, he is leading a worldwide consortium of scientists that is addressing a number of hypotheses about how eradication might be achieved. This work is enabled by a bridging network of basic research labs and venues for clinical investigation, many of which Dr. McCune helped to build. He wishes to achieve the type of survival rates, off antiretroviral medications, that are currently available to those who are uninfected. He anticipates that this will involve not only the addition of orally available adjunctive therapies to the existing antiretroviral medications, but also the creation of therapeutic interventions that will prompt effective host responses against HIV. He believes that this effort will eventually lead not only to the eradication ("cure") of HIV within those who are infected, but also to the development of vaccines to prevent infection of those who are not. Not less importantly, he believes that the preventative and therapeutic interventions that serve to eradicate HIV may be applied to the treatment of other chronic infectious diseases (e.g., those caused by tuberculosis, malaria, and helminthic worms) and possibly even to the treatment of other chronic conditions that, like HIV, are accompanied by a state of aberrant inflammation (e.g., autoimmune diseases, atherosclerosis, malignancies, dementia, and obesity).


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STOCKTON - Prosecutors filed no criminal charges Wednesday against a Stockton man last seen with a 23-year-old woman who vanished earlier this month.
STOCKTON - Prosecutors filed no criminal charges Wednesday against a Stockton man last seen with a 23-year-old woman who vanished earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Stockton police officers and San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies spent more than two hours Wednesday evening searching the Calaveras River for the body of Dalene Janice Carlson, who disappeared Aug. 7.
They will resume the search this morning. Police Lt. Aaron Rose said officers were to keep watch over the search area overnight to keep out intruders.
The search was centered just east of the river's Pacific Avenue overcrossing, not far from the University of the Pacific campus. By dark, officers, some on foot and others using a small aluminum boat, called off their search.
Investigators still consider Jason Ross Gilley, 25, a person of interest in the disappearance of Carlson. But instead of facing criminal charges, prosecutors said Wednesday afternoon that Gilley is expected to be released from jail.
San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Robert Himelblau said he didn't file charges against Gilley because there is no tangible evidence of a crime, and Carlson is nowhere to be found.
"There's no proof she's dead," Himelblau said. "There's no proof she was kidnapped."
Finding her body was the focus of the Calaveras River search. With dozens of curious onlookers, police and sheriff's deputies slowly and carefully traversed the river from a point about 30 yards east of Pacific Avenue to a distance of almost 500 feet. Yellow crime-scene tape blocked bikers and pedestrians trying to use the popular Calaveras River trail.
Searchers using a long pole-like device occasionally pulled debris from the river but did not find Carlson.
The case has been sent back to police for more investigation.
Police have said that said Gilley was seen with Carlson, a newcomer to Stockton, late Aug. 6 or early the morning of Aug. 7. The two were drinking together at Finnegan's Pub and Grill on Pacific Avenue.
After leaving the pub, a surveillance camera captured Gilley and Carlson making a purchase together at the nearby Food 4 Less on Hammer Lane. She hasn't been seen since.
Investigators interviewed Gilley on two occasions, and he was arrested because police said he made inconsistent statements. He was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail early Monday.
Gilley declined a request by The Record for a jailhouse interview Tuesday.
His mother, Debbie Cooke, said in a phone interview that she supports her son and believes he did nothing more than give Carlson a ride home that night. This week has been very difficult, she said, between worrying over her son and Carlson, whom she called her son's friend.
"Our whole family is concerned about her whereabouts," Cooke said. "We want her home safely as much as her family does."
Gilley was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in San Joaquin County Superior Court on kidnapping and false imprisonment charges stemming from Carlson's disappearance.
Bailiff's didn't bring Gilley into court, and San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Franklin Stephenson announced that no charges were filed.
Stockton police spokesman Officer Pete Smith said Gilley remains a person of interest, and officers are counting on his cooperation. Investigators believe foul play is a factor in Carlson's disappearance, given the length of time she has been missing.
Police have increased their efforts to solve the case. Homicide detectives have now joined the investigation in the event their worst fears come true and the case takes a tragic turn, Smith said.
"It's tough to backtrack," Smith said. "So we want those eyes and ears on the case."
More about Gilley's background and his relationship with Carlson became public Wednesday.
Papers on file at Superior Court show that Gilley had been arrested in August 2006 on suspicion of pandering and procuring on Wilson Way, a known hangout for prostitutes. The case was dismissed in November 2007, court records show.
For her part, Carlson had recently relocated from Sands, Idaho, to Stockton, where she lived with her aunt, Margret Baker, and sought a fresh start in life. She planned to start classes at San Joaquin Delta College.
Shawna VanArnam, 27, of Clear Lake in Lake County, said she saw Gilley and Carlson together briefly on the Friday morning before Carlson vanished. VanArnam has a 3-year-old son with Gilley. VanArnam and Gilley had dated for 41/2 years, she said.
Gilley came to her front door at about 10:15 a.m. to pick up their son for Gilley's weekend visit. In the brief time VanArnam saw them together, she said Gilley and Carlson acted like a couple.
They stayed about 15 minutes, VanArnam said.
"They looked like they've been partying," said VanArnam, adding that Carlson appeared tired, wore large sunglasses and appeared to have on makeup from the night before.
VanArnam said Gilley had anger issues, but she said he never abused her. Rather, in fits of rage he would go outside and punch the car or a tree, VanArnam said.
Learning that Gilley had been suspected in Carlson's disappearance made VanArnam sick to her stomach, she said. More than anything, she fears now for her son's safety because Gilley has custody every other weekend, she said.
VanArnam said that this weekend, she's not handing over her son to Gilley, who lived with his mother and never kept a job for more than a few months.
"If he doesn't like it, he can take me to court," she said. "I think there's more to this story."
Baker, the missing woman's aunt, said news that Gilley would not be charged was both scary and heartbreaking. The family remains hopeful that Carlson will return home.
She said Carlson's mother, Narlene Flagg, is expected to arrive in Stockton from Idaho this afternoon. Baker said Flagg wrote a thoughtful letter, telling Baker not to feel responsible. Baker said she can't help but blame herself.
"I feel that if I didn't let her go that night, ..." she said. "It's making it hard right now."
Anyone with information about Carlson's whereabouts is asked to call the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8377.
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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Tuesday, August 09, 2011
25 Things We Love About Michigan Football Saturdays
So until you can be there on September 3rd with 110,000 of your closest friends, do the next best thing: follow along with us here on the MZone as we count down the Maize and Blue memories that, just reading about them, might give you chills. Just thinking about them might cause you to hear the roar of the crowd. And just watching the numbers get smaller lets you know that Meeechigan football is merely days away.
If you live in one of the suburbs of Detroit or have ever flown into DTW and then driven in from the airport for a game, the feeling starts long before you reach the green highway sign. It begins as you go west on I-94, passing car after maize-and-blue-adorned car. Each heading to Exit #177: State Street.
You inch your way up the off-ramp (nobody said doubling the size of a town was easy on traffic). Until you're able to make that right on State Street. You pass Briarwood Mall on your left and, when you clear the light at Eisenhower Parkway, something inside you (and outside your car) changes.
The increasing price to park means you're getting closer. A few hearty souls park way out and trek in, but usually they're fans of the opposing team who weren't exactly sure where to park so they simply took the first thing they saw.
But not you.
You don't even start looking until you see the Varsity Tennis Center on the left. Because right after that comes the golf course. You can already spot the footballs arcing above the fence, the flags flying high. Tailgating nirvana is nigh.
Or maybe you wait until you cross over the train tracks and park in one of the student neighborhoods across from Schembechler Hall. Slip in to somebody's backyard who promises "easy in and out" even though it looks doubtful.
By now the crowds flowing up State Street are no longer confined to the sidewalks. Reaching McKinley, the car is the intruder, the pedestrian now king.
A party seems to be going on at each of the run-down student houses near State and Hoover. A keg on the porch, banners draped out of the upper windows, colorful signs for the more creatively inclined.
Continuing on toward the heart of Michigan's campus, you're met by the wall of folks who've attacked A2 from the north. South Quad, West Quad and the Student Union, where JFK announced his dream of the Peace Corp, to your left; Central Campus and the Diag to your right.
The stage is set. The ambiance is perfect. The game is just around the corner.
Or, more precisely, now just a short walk from State Street.
3 comments:
- Mikoyan said...
I've taken to parking downtown. There is a pretty nice lot on William and it's not too bad of a walk.
- August 09, 2011 8:57 AM
- Adam said...
Wooo! Great post. I lived at 925 State senior year in 2007/08, which is the yellow house with blue trim in your picture (just to the left of the traffic light).
I actually think this might be from that year, although it's tough to say because most years looked like this...weird and awesome.
Unfortunately, AAPD cracked down on parties there that were spilling out into the street so it's not as good as even 2 or 3 years ago. But you're right - I still head to State Street for at least an hour every gameday I can make it back to town. It's definitely worth of a top 25.
- August 09, 2011 9:00 AM
- GoBlueBob said...
MGoBlue.com is doing a countdown also with video clips each day. I have never seen the State Street parties because we park at Pioneer but my youngest son has participated.
- August 09, 2011 5:12 PM