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Roberto Luongo 'wins' the coin toss again
Goalie Roberto Luongo (1) of the Vancouver Canucks stops Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks during shootout enroute to defeat the Blackhawks 2-1 in NHL action on February 1, 2013.
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VANCOUVER - Heads, Roberto Luongo wins. Tails, Cory Schneider loses. Alain Vigneault is not only a great coach, he's an illusionist, too.
For the fourth straight game, Vigneault is playing what is supposed to be his backup goalie Monday night. The Vancouver Canucks are in Edmonton. We're not sure where general manager Mike Gillis will be after he surfaced Sunday at the Washington Capitals' home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Gillis is trying to trade Luongo, currently described by Vigneault as "the guy who gives our team the best chance to win." Gillis's coach is so convinced of this that he admitted after Sunday's practice in Vancouver that when he flipped a coin to decide his starter against the Oilers, Luongo had the benefit of both heads and tails.
So it is logical to ask: Does Vigneault do other party tricks? And: Why is the general manager trying to trade the goalie the coach says gives his team the best chance to win?
"I just think with the condensed schedule and the importance of every game and every point, it's a little different scenario than usual," Schneider explained. "Your (pre-season) strategies kind of go out the window a little bit and you just do everything you can to win. I'm not over-thinking it."
Well, that makes at least one person not over-thinking the Canucks' unorthodox deployment of their previous and current (so we were led to believe) No. 1 goaltenders.
The Capitals don't have a No. 1 goalie and certainly fit the profile, described recently by Gillis, as a team that would be interested in Luongo even if they've been left out of the months-long conjecture about where the 33-year netminder may land.
If they want Luongo, the Capitals have a young goalie to spare — either Braden Holtby or Michal Neuvirth — and several enticing players, including Swedish centre Marcus Johansson, who could be the centrepiece of the deal for Vancouver.
Luongo's no-trade clause gives him a say, of course, but not only has he not spoken to Gillis about the Capitals, he hasn't heard from the GM since the season began.
"I'm not really concerned with that right now unless he's got something to say," Luongo said Sunday. "It's a unique situation we're in."
Yes, it's not every day a goalie two seasons into a 12-year, $64-million contract gets deposed as the starter, agrees with management that trading him is the best course, then nine months later is not only still on the team but playing ahead of the guy who was supposed to replace him.
As commentator Ben Wright once said of golf: "Funny old game."
The biggest news for the Canucks on Sunday was not that Gillis went to Washington, but that injured Vancouver star Ryan Kesler went out on the ice for a full practice for the first time since surgeries last spring.
Kesler, who scored 41 goals and won the Selke Trophy two years ago, will likely make a greater impact when he returns to the Canuck lineup than anyone Gillis acquires for Luongo.
"You don't replace a Ryan Kesler and all the minutes that he plays and those tangibles he brings game in and game out," Vigneault said. "When he's ready to play, he's going to help us. He wants to play, wants to get out there and help his teammates. Hopefully, that will be real soon."
Kesler didn't sound like he'd be playing soon. But he's on the Canucks' two-game road trip that ends Thursday in Minnesota and should return before the "several months" his agent, Kurt Overhardt, predicted in December Kesler would remain out.
He had shoulder surgery last May 8 and was just beginning to increase the intensity of rehabilitation when he learned his wrist also needed surgery, which occurred June 27. The second operation delayed the recovery from the first, and Kesler spent the entire NHL lockout on the injured list.
"They didn't know until after I got my first surgery that I actually needed surgery on my wrist," Kesler said Sunday. "It was a big surprise to me and a big surprise to everybody else. I guess you could say there was a huge 'wow' factor like: I need surgery again? That put me back a couple of months.
"I just got the shoulder going when I had the surgery on my wrist. There was a ligament completely torn off the bone and they had to put an anchor in to sew it back down. I hurt it (last) November but just couldn't figure out what was going on there. We thought it was a pinhole tear, but it ended up being something way bigger."
It turns out Kesler had two strikes against him last season. He required major hip surgery after the Canucks' Stanley Cup run in 2011. He missed the first five games of last season, and Kesler said he returned too soon. Just about the time he started feeling better on the ice, he injured his wrist. No wonder his goals fell by nearly half, to 22.
And it's no wonder the 28-year-old is adamant he won't rush back this time, even if Vigneault said it may take only "a couple" of practices before Kesler plays. Sunday was his first practice. The next one will be Wednesday in St. Paul, Minn.
The Canucks have time for quality practices next week, when they play only twice before starting a survival test of 23 games in 44 days.
"I think all you guys know I don't like to sit on the sidelines and watch," Kesler said. "I don't think anybody does (but) I just have to be smart about this. There's a chance I could come back early, but it's not worth it. I don't feel comfortable yet; that was my first skate.
"It's been an extremely long, hard road for me. There's still no timeline. I had to be patient; that was my biggest thing. I had to keep telling myself 'baby steps.' I've still got to be patient. There's still a long way to go."


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What Sarah Said: Episode 1 – Copyright Trifecta
Introducing the first episode of What Sarah Said, my new videocast/podcast/video-thingie where I answer your questions about libraries, technology, privacy, intellectual freedom, etc. One episode, one question (or multi-part related questions).
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Hi, welcome to Episode 1 of What Sarah Said, a brand-new podcast with me, Sarah Houghton, author of Librarian in Black, and a librarian in…black. This is a podcast where I will answer questions from my readers and viewers and do my best to help out.
And today's first question comes from Suzanne, and she says: OK. So what exactly do the copyright laws say about making one coy of a magazine article for personal use, burning a CD for personal use — I know you're not supposed to but every laptop does this — so is it really truly illegal, and finally, showing a DVD at a school as a fundraiser.
Alright, so three possible parts, three separate questions, and the answer to all three is, yes, that is a violation of copyright. So let's take these one by one.
So, first off. Making a copy of a magazine article for personal use. If you're not making a copy of a subscription that you already paid for yourself — for instance, if you're making a copy of a subscription that your local library paid for, or a friend paid for, that's a violation of copyright, because you're making an unauthorized copy of an entire work, and in this case the work is the article.
The second question, burning a CD for personal use. You're entitled to make a backup copy of CDs that you've already purchased. So, in case they get damaged or something, you can make a backup copy. Kind of an archival copy, if you will. Can't share that copy, but you can make that copy, and keep it in case the first one gets damaged. But if you're making a burned CD, let's say, again, from a library copy, or a friend's copy, that is a violation of copyright.
And then lastly, showing a DVD at a school as a fundraiser. The movie companies require that you pay them a screening fee, a broadcast fee, a display fee, they call it different things, in order to make some money back on that movie. So even if you're not showing it at the movie theater, if you're just showing it to a room of 25-year-olds, doesn't matter. They still require you to pay that fee in order to, to screen that film that they paid to make. And so showing it at the school as a fundraiser — or even not — even if there's no money involved at all and you're just showing it for free, that is still a violation of copyright, because you haven't paid the rightsholders what they legally require you to pay in order to use their product.
So the short answer is, basically, none of those things is OK, and the lesson is that just because it's easy to do, technically, doesn't mean that it's not a violation of the law. Doesn't mean that it's not a violation of copyright. So we all have to be very careful in both what we do as library professionals but also what we tell other people they can and can't do. We need to be comfortable with the law, we need to understand what's admissible and what isn't. Otherwise we're going to give people bad advice, and as information professionals, we don't like that. So thanks for your question Suzanne, and congratulations on being our inaugural question for the first podcast, and I hope I'll see everyone else for episode 2.

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Sergio Leal, a professional dancer, entertainer, nightclub promoter and business entrepreneur established Latin Dance Pro with his former business partner Salud Leon in 2000 and became the first couple to teach and choreograph a unique style of elegant Salsa! For Sergio and Salud, dance was more than a hobby. It was a way of life.
The two longtime friends discovered their shared love for dance in college, and their natural talent was recognized early on.
|Today, Sergio manages his own dance academy and entertainment company, Latin Dance Pro, in Pasadena, Glendale, Hollywood, Los Angeles, and teaches over 300 students per week. He focuses on Latin Dances such as Salsa, Bachata, Cumbia, Cha-Cha-Cha, Merengue, Rumba and Argentine Tango.
In 2007, Sergio's devotion to dance and keenness for fashion inspired and motivated him to embark on creating his own online Latin dancewear company, Latin Dance Fashions (www.latindancefashions.com). To date, his dancewear has appeared in film, television, broadway shows, Latin Grammys, and has been worn by celebrity dancers in prestigious competitions and showcases worldwide. His international clientele continues to grow, making Latin Dance Fashions one of the top-ranking online stores in the world.
Despite his many accomplishments, Sergio's humility and patience enables him to do what he loves most, and that is sharing his passion for dance with others. Sergio's dance background includes American Style Ballroom, Argentine Tango, New York Hustle, and Salsa.


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Blades of Time - PS3
Release Date:16 March 2012
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Ayumi is the name of the heroine of Blades of Time, and she is best described as a beautiful, weapon wielding treasure seeker with a particular skill with blades. She must slash and stab her way through an island full of mystery, danger and hidden pitfalls to escape from its menacing, villainous inhabitants who are caught in the grip of Chaos magic.
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Overall, very little about the game stands out as particularly good or particularly bad. Blades of Time has excellent and immersing graphics and level design. Some of the worlds are such a visual and creative feast that they can be considered nothing short of brilliant. This beautiful attention to world building is offset by the game's overly complex and poorly presented story. Most players will reach the end of the game caring little about the consequences or meaning of their victory. Only very detail oriented players will have a hope of keeping track of the confounding array of factions and characters.
Players will encounter a wide variety of enemy types that will keep the challenge of combat fresh from the beginning battles to the finale. This freshness is partially defeated by the simplistic and often unreliable combat controls. With only two attack buttons, the game risks becoming an exercise in mad button-mashing, rather than the beautiful tactical experience it could be. While some games artfully blend gun weapon with melee weapon choices, Blades of Time is not one of them. The opposing weapons only add to the clunky feeling of combat. Unresponsive controls are more than just a passing nuisance in Blades of Time. They are often guilty of causing frustrating defeats or unintended hikes in difficulty during larger battles.
One mechanic that is unique in Blades of Time is also its namesake, and one of its shining achievements. Players may choose to rewind time at any point in combat. While the concept of time manipulation is nothing new, Blades of Time adds a new flavor to the mechanic. When players reverse time, a duplicate will remain and act out the actions they originally made. The player will then be able to attack with an entirely new set of moves and essentially double up their attack power or compliment their original set of attacks. Enemies also regenerate their health when time is reversed, so players are best to carefully plan their use of the ability, or they risk dragging battles out far longer than need be. Boss enemies are tough enough that using the time reverse may be necessary to defeat them, so it doesn't seem so much like an overpowered or game-breaking mechanic. There are, however, many non-boss instances where you can take advantage of the mechanic to make the game trivial in difficulty. This makes the ability another example of how Blades of Time falls short of making a balanced or seamless experience.
Taken together, Blades of Time is a visually beautiful and imaginative game with some unique mechanics at work. These advantages, however, don't really make up for the lack of an understandable story or the frustrating control issues. The Blades of Time world may be worth stepping into, but players should be prepared for some seriously frustrating encounters that will mar their overall enjoyment.


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The company is launching a facility to produce aluminium ladders at its North American headquarters in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
The factory, near Milwaukee, will produce ladder sections of up to six metres in length.
Denmark-based Avanti says supplying US wind farms with domestically produced ladders will lead to major savings in transport costs.
Shorter transport times will reduce the amount of damage that the ladders incur during transit, Avanti says.
The company's other ladder factories are in China and Germany.
Its US operations include technicians stationed in Texas, West Virginia and Oklahoma.
The Wisconsin factory opens as the state takes steps to align local permitting rules.


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Saperstein: Historic Ruling Fulfills Moral Obligation to Provide Health Care
In response to the Supreme Court Decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, released the following statement:
Today is a bright day for our nation, and, especially, for those whose access to health care is fragile. Today's historic ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a victory for those whose believe, as we do, that health care is a fundamental right, and, especially given the lead opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, a victory for the court itself.
The ACA now still has the chance to help the nearly 40 million currently uninsured Americans receive coverage and the millions of underinsured see their situation improved.
For too long, the U.S. health care system has been plagued by injustices and inefficiencies. Today's ruling ensures that the ACA will go forward and Americans will now have the chance to see the benefits the individual mandate can bring to their health, such as preventative and emergency care, affordable prescription drugs, and insurance despite pre-existing conditions. We are also pleased that the Medicaid expansion stands, helping lower-income individuals get the health care they deserve.
The ACA can now bring the health insurance system closer to reflecting our highest aspirations, not the lowest common denominator.
Our Reform congregations have been at the forefront of advocacy on behalf of health insurance reform in their states and at the national level. They have led the faith community's call to heed the lesson of Maimonides, the revered medieval Jewish physician and scholar, who placed health care first on his list of the ten most important communal services that a city should offer its residents (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot De'ot IV: 23). We are proud of the work they have done.
Today, the Supreme Court has spoken and spoken powerfully. Now our nation must move forward together.


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Sport had always played an important role in Asha's life and from as early as she can remember she was in the pool. At age seven she started swimming at the Lilydale Swimming Club which eventually lead to training six times a week mornings getting up at 4.45am and also evenings. By the time she was 16, she was sick of the early mornings and wasn't enjoying it anymore.
Since then Asha has struggled with a range of issues she believes were initially triggered by the void created in her life by the lack of activity.
"I went from being a super fit kid who was able to eat and drink whatever I wanted and still be a size 6-8, to only playing netball once a week and I really struggled. My body wasn't used to not doing exercise but I was still eating non-stop all day. This was when my body issues started. I would look at myself in the mirror and hate what I saw, I thought I was fat and disgusting and I would just cry and scream at myself."
"I started to see someone and talk about what was going on in my head and how to deal with these feelings and thoughts. I got myself on track to being fit and healthy again. But in July 2016, I wasn't happy with how I was looking and I lost 3kg in three weeks from eating healthy and running most nights after work. People were commenting on how healthy I was looking which made me feel good. But I started to have too much control in what I was doing and then I started to cut back on how much I was eating. There was one night after it I felt so horrible and heavy and had a shower and purged everything I had eaten and that is when I knew things were starting to get out of control."
"I dropped 12kgs within two and a half months and went from being 68kgs to 56kgs which was tiny for someone with my build. My family started to become concerned on how I was losing weight but wasn't exercising. It eventually came out, mum was devastated and felt like it was her fault. But I didn't care, I loved being 'skinny' and this went on until February-March 2017. It was then that I started boot camp with a friend, and I started eating well because I was doing all this exercise again but once again I lost control but in a totally different way. I was binging on food, but still purging. It was a back and forth cycle. I hated myself more than ever but I had lost all control. I needed to give myself a goal, something to motivate me."
"I had previously only ever used to exercise to get skinny and be thin so that is why I signed up for the IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong. It gave me a purpose to train and to be able to train I needed to fuel my body with good foods and at the same time get a fit and HEALTHY body again. Doing this event has been exactly what I needed to get back on track."
"I was looking for a goal, something to train for, to motivate me. I knew about IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong because that was the first IRONMAN race my brother did. So I had a look online and signed up for it in November knowing that it was only giving myself three months to train, but that meant I had to get into training straight away." Asha said.
Asha's first and only triathlon was for fun when she was nine but she had always enjoyed running but having competed in the Lorne Pier to Pub for the past seven years she is still very comfortable with her swim leg.
"The swim will be the easiest bit for me and have done plenty of open water swims. I can do all the lengths of the race, it is just putting them all together on the day which is the scary part. I love to run and I always feel really good after a run, but I am not sure how good I will feel running after riding 90km."
"I am going into this withy no experience. I am borrowing a bike, I don't have bike shoes, so I'm wearing runners. I don't have all of the fancy equipment but I have the drive and the heart to give it all I have and I will cross the finish line. Seeing and crossing that finish line will be the most incredible feeling. I have so many people supporting me to do this race, and I want to do it for all of them but mostly myself. This will be by far the best thing I will achieve in my life so far and I can't wait." Asha said.


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The man who once pointed to the future and urged people to party like it was 1999 is now saying the Internet is dead.
Reclusive pop star Prince railed against the web and all manner of gadgetry in an exclusive interview with The Mirror that will not dispel the notion that his eccentricity is now at Michael Jackson levels.
"The Internet is completely over," the legendary musical genius said. "I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it."
He added, "All these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
The 52-year-old devout Jehovah's Witness spoke from his 70,000-square-foot home base in Minneapolis called Paisley Park in advance of the release of his new album 20TEN.
The interview was given in conjunction with a Mirror giveaway of the CD. But aside from making his journalistic interrogator dance to old videos of "Soul Train," and listen to the new record (which the reporter says is great), the mercurial star doesn't play ball. He refuses to allow any pictures and won't answer questions about Michael Jackson or his own past.
Fans might like to know Prince believes he's a much better musician now than when he was younger, and said it has done wonders for him.
"Playing electric guitar your whole life does something to you," he said. "I'm convinced all that electricity racing through my body made me keep my hair."


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prostate gland biopsy is a test to remove small
samples of prostate tissue to be examined under a microscope. See a picture of
the prostate gland.
For a prostate biopsy, a
thin needle is inserted through the
rectum (transrectal biopsy), through the
urethra, or through the area between the anus and
scrotum (perineum). A transrectal biopsy is the most common
method used. The tissue samples taken during the biopsy are examined for
cancer cells.
A biopsy may be done when a
blood test shows a high level of
prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or after a
digital rectal examination finds an abnormal prostate
or a lump.
A prostate
biopsy is done to determine:
Tell your doctor if you:
You will need to sign a consent form that says you
understand the risks of a prostate biopsy and agree to have the biopsy done.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the
biopsy, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help
you understand the importance of the biopsy, fill out the
medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
If a prostate biopsy is done under
local anesthesia through the area between the anus and
scrotum (perineum), no other special preparation is needed.
the biopsy is done through the rectum, you may need to have an
enema before the biopsy.
If the biopsy is
done under
general anesthesia, your doctor will tell you how soon
before surgery to stop eating and drinking. Follow the instructions exactly about when to stop eating and drinking, or your surgery may be canceled. If your doctor has instructed you to take your medicines on the day of the surgery, please do so using only a sip of water.
During preparation for the biopsy, an
intravenous line (IV) is inserted in your arm, and a
sedative medicine is given about an hour before the
This biopsy is done by a doctor who
specializes in men's genital and urinary problems (urologist) in
the doctor's office, a day surgery clinic, or a hospital operating room.
Before your prostate biopsy, you may be given
antibiotics to prevent infection. You may be asked to
take off all of your clothes and put on a hospital gown.
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is commonly used to
guide the placement of the needle during a prostate biopsy.
positions are possible for this method. You may be asked to kneel, lie on your
side, or lie on your back with your feet resting in stirrups. Your doctor may
inject a local anesthetic around the prostate gland before the biopsy is
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is generally used to
guide the needle to the correct biopsy location. A prostate biopsy is usually
done with a spring-loaded needle. The needle quickly enters the prostate gland
and removes a tissue sample. Between 6 and 12 samples are taken from different
areas of the prostate.
The biopsy can also be done with a needle
guide attached to your doctor's finger. He or she inserts the finger into the
rectum. Then the needle is slid along the guide, through the wall of the
rectum, and into the prostate gland. The needle is turned to collect a tissue
sample and then pulled out.
A transrectal biopsy takes about 30
minutes. See a picture of
transrectal prostate biopsy.
this method, you will lie on your back with your feet resting in stirrups.
spinal, or
local anesthesia may be used.
A lighted
scope (cystoscope) is inserted into your urethra. It allows
your doctor to look directly at the prostate gland. A cutting loop is passed
through the cystoscope to remove small pieces of prostate tissue.
A transurethral biopsy usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes.
Transperineal biopsy is not done as commonly as transrectal or
transurethral biopsy. You will lie on an examining table either on your side or
on your back with your knees bent. General or local anesthesia may be
skin at the biopsy site is cleaned with an antiseptic solution, and the area
around it is covered with sterile cloth. Your doctor will wear sterile gloves.
It is very important that you do not touch this sterile area.
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is generally used to
guide the needle to the correct biopsy location.
A small cut (incision) is made in your perineum. Your doctor
inserts a finger into the rectum to hold the prostate gland and then inserts
the needle through the incision and into the prostate gland. To collect a
sample of tissue, the needle is gently turned and then pulled out. Biopsy
samples may be taken from several areas of the prostate. Pressure is applied to
stop the bleeding, and a small bandage is placed over the cut. The biopsy
usually takes about 15 to 30 minutes.
You may feel a slight sting when you
receive an injection of medicine to numb your skin. You may feel a dull
pressure as the biopsy needle is inserted. For a transrectal biopsy, you may
feel pressure in the rectum while the ultrasound probe or guiding finger is in
place. You also may feel a brief, sharp pain as the biopsy needle is inserted
into the prostate gland. Usually several biopsy samples are collected.
Following the biopsy, you will be asked to avoid strenuous activities
for about 4 hours. You may have mild pain in the pelvic area and blood in your
urine for up to 5 days. Also, you may have some discoloration of your
semen for up to 1 month after the biopsy. If you had
a transrectal biopsy, you may experience a small amount of bleeding from your
rectum for 2 to 3 days after the biopsy.
If you have a
transurethral biopsy, you may have a urinary catheter in place for a few hours
after the biopsy. You also may need to take an antibiotic medicine for
several days after the biopsy.
If you have a general anesthetic,
you will be in a recovery room for a few hours after the biopsy. You will need
someone to drive you home when you are released. When you get home, your
muscles may ache and you may feel tired for the rest of the day.
A prostate biopsy has a slight risk of causing
problems such as:
Call your doctor immediately if
prostate gland biopsy is a test to remove small
samples of prostate tissue to be examined under a microscope. Results are
usually available within 10 days.
The prostate gland tissue
samples appear normal under the microscope, with no signs of infection or
Cancer cells or signs of
infection are found.
Signs of an abnormal
noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH),
lymphoma, or
rectal or
bladder cancer are present.
If cancer cells are present, a grade (Gleason score) will be given, which your doctor will discuss with you. The
Gleason score is considered a tool for predicting how aggressive the cancer
Reasons you may not be able to
have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
Other Works Consulted Loeb S, Carter HB (2012). Early detection, diagnosis, and staging of prostate cancer. In AJ Wein et al., eds., Campbell-Walsh Urology, 10th ed., vol. 3, pp. 2763–2770. Philadelphia: Saunders.Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis:
Saunders.Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009).
Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.Zelefsky MJ, et al. (2011). Cancer of the prostate. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 9th ed., pp. 1220–1271. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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Movie: Gods and Generals Blu-Ray was another historic docudrama in the vein of the director's Gettysburg, this time the lengthy flick made as a prequel effort. The movie focused much of its efforts on three men; General Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall), Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), and especially General Stonewall Jackson (Stephen Lang) as told in sympathetic terms with the backdrop of three major battles including Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville as the primary fields of battle. As anyone with a background in history knows, each of these men and each of these battles could be made the subject of a great many hours, meaning a lot of glossing over was necessary to make even this bloated bit of historical fluff a reality. That is not to say it was inaccurate on the big matters though, merely an observation that with so much material on hand to work with, the dramatic elements were played up and bolstered by overly long speeches that came across as apologetic to some characters that were certainly not above question.
General Jackson is the winner of the lion's share of the dialogue in the flick, portrayed as a deeply religious military man on a quest that allowed him to put his trust in God and live with the results. As a military man, his dedication and intelligence were such that he kept his ragtag armies winning, his untimely death resulting in the loss of the war for the South over time. General Lee became the commander of the southern forces and scored great military victories in Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, but Duvall's characterization, while likely at least reasonably accurate, was saddled with speech making at every turn and despite the humanizing touches came across as stiff in his role. Chamberlain was included as much as a legacy from the Gettysburg release but was also allowed to make his politically correct speeches from time to time, albeit tying the hands of actor Jeff Daniels more than the other two were during the flick.
The battles covered were largely viewed as victories for the South, Manassas the location of a major railway hub at the time and important as a means of quickly transporting troops from the North. It also served to put the North on notice that they would not be in for a cakewalk of a conflict. The relatively conservative style of their leadership resulted in many strategic problems and much of this was captured by the movie. The problem is that getting the facts right and making them interesting to a mass audience, even history buffs like myself, are two different things so while die hard fans might love the movie it remains a critical failure for bouncing around between the tiny glimpses of colorful dialogue, the battles, and the aforementioned boring speeches by the lead characters.
The interesting choices made by the director aside, there was enough to like about the movie to bolster a person's love of history if it already existed, in essence breathing life into long dead characters from the past, but little to instill such a love in the first place. I think that is why so many critics disliked the movie (it bounced around too much with too many focal points as it tried to cover so much material) and why a lot of people, presumably largely from the Southern states given how sympathetic this movie was to their side of the hostilities, enjoyed it. For the most part, I still think it merits a rating of Rent It for a generalized audience but history buffs with a military leaning should consider this one, at least until the full version is offered up as a future double dip.
Picture: Gods and Generals Blu-Ray was presented in a very crisp 2.4:1 widescreen color as shot by director Ronald Maxwell and mastered using the standard VC-1 codec with a 1080p resolution. Having seen bits of the movie in the past on cable television, this was definitely a step up the ladder in terms of picture quality, the bitrate hovering in the mid teens (in Mbps of course) for most of the show. Rather than come across as a movie made strictly for television, it used sweeping landscape shots to establish the battlefields and attempt to support the weaker story elements with visual grandeur; the enhancements from the high definition transfer evident in a great many ways. The detail was markedly better, the colors vivid, and the entire production clear enough to easily see the occasional wristwatch not caught by quality control. The darker scenes were not as plentiful as the better lit day time scenes but even then, there were few problems observed and issues with grain, aliasing, or video noise were so rare as to be dismissed without a thought from this reviewer. Unlike the previous version of the movie, this was not a double sided disc so any issues with that have been eliminated by virtue of the newer technology of the blue ray format.
Sound: The audio was presented with a minimal range of choices using the 5.1 Dolby Digital English at 48 KHz using 640 Kbps with the optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. The dialogue was well handled and the musical tracks combined mostly period sounding bits with a few contemporary pieces tossed in thanks to Bob Dylan and Mary Fahl. Of special interest was the sound effects for me and to be forthcoming on the topic, there were a number of fine examples of the separation, headspace, and directionality of the audio but it was the way they were integrated into the rest of the production that gave them added appeal. They were not consistently good but during the three main battles and most of the other major scenes, I found little to fault with them; replaying those scenes in part to make sure. The bass was downplayed too much outside of the thunder of battle but otherwise, it was a pretty solid effort overall.
Extras: There were a lot of extras on this single disc release, sadly lacking the one thing most fans would have appreciated the most; the fully restored version of the movie. The first extra on the list from the page containing them was a short introduction by the financier of the flick, Ted Turner, who claimed the movie was as historically accurate as could be made and provided a cheerleading session about the merits of the film. This was followed by an audio commentary where the director and a couple of military historians spoke at length about the release on an audio track. I listened to it while typing this review and found it to only contain bits and pieces of commentary rather than allowing the trio to speak endlessly for the three and a half hours of the movie but they shared a deep concern about making the movie as accurately as possible given the constraints at hand; making it clear that the majority of acting extras used were from and how certain events were determined as well as some of the liberties taken with the dialogue. Of more interest to me were the three documentaries, the first being Journey to the Past: The African American Slave Experience in the Film's Era; the second being The Life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and the last being The Authenticities of the Film; all of which totaled the better part of an hour with a lot of weaker moments surrounded by bits such as the author of the book the movie was based on giving some insights as to his work. There was a trailer for the movie, a couple of music videos; one by Bob Dylan titled Cross the Green Mountain that was a snoozer and the more appealing Coming Home by singer Mary Fahl. There was also a barely related (but short) infomercial for Visiting Historic Virgina, presumably promised in return for cooperation by the state in making the movie.
Final Thoughts: Gods and Generals Blu-Ray was a technical step up from watching it on cable or the previous DVD release but it could have been a lot more too which leads to the difficulty I have with rewarding such a release a higher rating. The highly compressed (I hesitate to say "glossed over") battles and limited time focusing on any one character were bigger issues for me so while I liked it more than many "professional" critics seemed to do when this one came out, I can't say that they were wrong in their assessments. The extras were decent and the story involved historically significant situations that we should all consider during these times when internal military conflicts have been replaced with equally paralyzing political conflicts between the two leading parties of the day; the results ending up very much alike in our modern context. Give Gods and Generals Blu-Ray a look and I think you'll find plenty of smaller pieces to appreciate though, even if the sum of the parts wasn't as good as it could have been.


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After the state released its draft regulations for medical marijuana, I fell asleep and had the strangest dream...
In the year 2030, a Budmobile leaves the city�s medicinal marijuana super dispensary on Salisbury Street for its monthly delivery to the residents of Slottsville, formerly known as Worcester. The colorful vehicle is emblazoned with the question �Need Weed?� along with a toll-free number for Dr. James Broadhurst, who overcame his rabid opposition to medicinal pot in 2014 and is now known by his street nickname, Dr. Feelgood.
First stop is the home of Billy Breault, activist and anti-drug alarmist. Breault is armed with a doctor�s note claiming he needs the weed due to an inner-ear-based hearing loss stemming from long-term exposure to his own voice. In the background, the television blares with the ongoing saga of Amanda Knox, who is being tried for the 10th time in an Italian court for the murder of her roommate. Amanda is no longer hot, so the broadcast is slated for the bottom of the news hour.
�She�s a prostitute!� Breault yells. �I demand we pass an ordinance to ban her from Main South! I demand we contact our legislators!� Alarmed, the driver leaves skid marks as he heads to the home of Konnie Lukes, who needs medical marijuana to combat a vocal tic from Tourette�s syndrome that causes her to say �No!� and �I object!� over and over.
�Don�t bogart the ganja, dude,� a stern Lukes orders the driver.
Next comes his busiest and most dangerous stop � the Mass College of Pharmacy Slots Parlor and Good Time Emporium in the city�s Canal District. When he approaches the entrance, a horde of pale and emaciated gamblers stagger toward the vehicle, not unlike the extras in �The Walking Dead.� The pot is intended to enhance their appetite for the Purina Cat Chow they�re forced to eat because they can no longer afford people food. Most are wielding the M-16s distributed like breath mints by U.S. President Sarah Palin, in the aftermath of North Korea�s recent nuclear strike on Austin, Texas.
Frightened, the driver pelts the crowd with bags of pot and jumps inside the Budmobile. On the radio comes a news bulletin: After Amanda Knox is acquitted of killing her roommate, the Italian court immediately sentences her to life in prison.
The Budmobile makes its way to the Slottsville city common, where a gray-haired man named Michael O�Brien skates solitary circles around the Ice Oval. O�Brien reportedly ran the city for years before he was institutionalized for stress in 2020; he now depends on weed to keep him mellow. Or, as he likes to put it, �I am confident that this Class 1 narcotic will continue to produce a positive effect on my cognitive and emotional well-being notwithstanding the ancillary and persistent side effect known as the munchies. In conclusion, someone pass me a Twinkie.�
The Budmobile heads past 100 Front St., former home of the defunct business known as the �newspaper industry.� Newspapers once reported the major news of the day and shuttered a decade ago, after covering the sensational trial of Oscar Pistorius, who accidentally shot another girlfriend he found cowering in his bathroom. The building is now owned by the Mass College of Pharmacy, which has consumed the entirety of Worcester County and large parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Guam.
The driver heads back to Salisbury Street and turns on the radio just in time for the big news: Pope Francis plans to come to Slottsville to wash the feet of John Fresolo, but not before dipping himself in a large vat of penicillin. The 16-term state representative continues to insist he won�t resign, despite tweeting a graphic picture of his stimulus package to the Vatican.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's ice hockey team heads to the Empire State this weekend to start ECAC Hockey play. The Bulldogs visit Colgate Friday at 3:00 p.m. and No. 2 Cornell Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
Yale (0-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) opened the season with non-conference losses at Robert Morris and RIT this past weekend. Sophomore goalkeeper Jaimie Leonoff (Montreal, Que.) totaled 70 saves, including 37 Friday night at RMU. She kept the Colonials scoreless until the third period, when they scored twice to come away with a 2-0 win. Her .933 save percentage places her eighth in the country.
The Bulldogs' penalty killing unit had a good night in the season opener, killing off all five RMU power plays. For the weekend as a whole Yale killed off nine of 11 penalties (.818).
Senior forwards Danielle Moncion (Round Lake Center, Ont.) and Alyssa Zupon (Basking Ridge, N.J.) led Yale in the faceoff circle, combining to win 46 of 83 draws. Sophomore forward Stephanie Mock (Cape Coral, Fla.) led the team in shots with seven, followed by freshman forward Jamie Haddad (Wilbraham, Mass.) and junior defenseman Tara Tomimoto (Calgary, Alta.).
Colgate (2-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey), which is in its first season under head coach Greg Fargo, lost four straight games to start the season by a combined score of 26-1. Those games were against current No. 1 Minnesota, No. 7 Northeastern and New Hampshire, however -- teams with a combined record of 15-3-0. The Raiders bounced back nicely from that tough start to sweep UConn, 5-3 and 4-1, before taking this past weekend off. Forward Jocelyn Simpson leads the Raiders in goals with three. Yale's last meeting with Colgate ended in a 1-1 overtime tie thanks to 43 saves from Genny Ladiges '12 and a goal from junior forward Jackie Raines (London, Ont.) assisted by Mock and Zupon.
Cornell (1-1-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey), which hosts St. Lawrence on Tuesday and Brown on Friday before the Bulldogs come to town, split its series with No. 3 BU to open the season this past weekend. Six different players scored goals for the Big Red, and four players each had a pair of assists. The Big Red has won the last three ECAC Hockey championships and advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four each year, making it to the national title game in 2010-11. Forward Jillian Saulnier was the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year last season, while defenseman Lauriane Rougeau was named the conference's best defensive defenseman. Forward Brianne Jenner was just named to Team Canada's roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Cup tournament.
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Hi Guys,
I tried my first scan with a small reference object in Stereo SL3.
The Calibration Info is in picture one.
I've done 2 Scannes, one in "Extended View" an the other without "Exetended View".
Nothing else has changed.
Picture 2 "firstsacan": you can see the scans in Shape Fusion.
Brown and Blue are the scan in Extended View which are like two scanns and not Fused automaticliy and had not the same position.
The green plane is otpcal exact between the other ones, which is the second scan without Extended View.
Is there someting wrong with calibration, or is there a buttom which i have overlooked?
I thougt the scans from the Extended View will be as "one scan" which don't need to be fused.
Thanks a lot for helping me!


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In the Future, Who Will Need Teachers?
Guitar teacher Erich Andreas works from a basement studio in Nashville, Tenn. His classroom, though, is the world itself.
Across one hour, Mr. Andreas may be giving free video lessons to up to 1,500 people who stream his yourguitarsage.com broadcasts to points across the globe—Chicago, London, Bucharest, Manila.
The current hype is that ubiquitous Internet connections and tablet devices will emerge as a competitive threat to real-life teachers, kill the textbook business and bring low-price learning to billions around the world.
Such big changes may take a generation, as problems at many for-profit colleges are showing today. But these forces are already at play, in their full smashup glory, in what has happened to the simple guitar lesson.
The Internet already has devalued some musical knowledge—musicians have been swapping song cheat-sheets on the Web for 15 years. Cheap and easy-to-use online video and a new generation of teaching apps have refined and broadened the scope for sharing similar know-how.
But, if the guitar world is any indication, we will still need the kind of teachers who stand in front of a room and talk. We will just need fewer of them.
"I don't know if in-person classes are really necessary," says Thomas Sundboom, a 62-year-old guitar student in Balsam Lake, Wis., who is learning to play Creedence Clearwater Revival songs. He pays $40 a month for access to Mr. Andreas' site, less than half the $100 a month he paid for conventional lessons. "That should put a downward pressure on prices, for sure."
That's why this part of the $9 billion music-education industry shows what lies ahead for all kinds of education, both formal and informal.
There will be big business opportunities for a select group of star teachers and a handful of companies, too. The downside: Schools and teachers will have to adapt to lower-cost competition from around the country and the world. And they may have to acknowledge that technology might be better at many tasks done today by a fidgety teacher and a metronome.
"Traditional guitar teachers may find that the online approach will impact them significantly," says Gary Ingle, executive director of the 22,000-member Music Teachers National Association. "Right now there is a great sorting out period."
The first transition in this marketplace is what is best called a "media model," in which a handful of personalities have become do-it-yourself broadcasters. They include instructors like the 43-year-old Mr. Andreas, who uses a series of free YouTube videos and live lessons via webcam to draw students to his $40 monthly subscription plan. Today he has 170 subscribers.
On YouTube, the biggest teaching star by far is Justin Sandercoe, a West London guitar instructor who started a website in 2003 with text-only pointers for aspiring players.
In July 2006 he uploaded his first video to YouTube and later put in 12-hour days recording a catalog of instructional videos. Today he has 170,000 subscribers, and his meticulous, enthusiastic lessons have been downloaded nearly 130 million times.
This base of support has changed Mr. Sandercoe's life. He now flies around the world, paying for his travel by giving in-person lessons to his fans. He also occasionally does one-on-one sessions via online video—at the very real-life rate of $100 a lesson. He says he earns a "pretty decent living."
"I can do it wherever I like now," he says on a Skype call. "I had personal experience with teachers who were terrible. I hope my lessons will kill off that kind of teacher."
The business problem with such media models is that production can be ramped up only so much—it largely relies on one person's available time.
Which brings us to the next step: the development of new learning programs that aren't media in any traditional sense. Using mobile broadband, graphics and cloud computing, they are real-time feedback devices that can listen to a student play and track how well she is following streaming sheet music.
One system under development by a small California company called Chromatik Inc. will allow students to follow digital sheet music, then submit a performance of that music to a teacher for review. The teacher will be able to digitally annotate the performance and send it back to the student. All the performances will be stored online.
Robert Hutter, managing partner at $65 million venture fund Learn Capital, says these new programs don't cut out teachers, but rather extend "the power of the teacher to many more people in the same amount of time."
Motivation and discipline still lie at the heart of becoming a good musician. And it is here that technology still falls short of a traditional teacher's care and attention.
In fact, technology in some ways makes the problem worse. Devices have made it so "kids can't focus," says Albany, N.Y., guitar teacher Jason Ladanye. "They don't make kids the same way anymore. They don't see the value in doing the work."
Mr. Hutter, the venture capitalist, says that problem is solvable. He cites new studies that show social-network interplay—wisecracking banter among students—unlocks a greater ability to retain knowledge. "If you're learning and engaging in a social community, that lights up the brain. That is the magic of this moment."
Over time, perhaps, the traditional guitar teacher may become less of a gate keeper of knowledge and more of a motivator of the distracted student.
Teachers will be coaches, not priests.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A woman left disfigured by radiation treatments for a cancer she never had underwent reconstructive surgery Monday in Kentucky, hoping to restore the life she once thought was over after losing her husband, business and home in a former Soviet republic.
Lessya Kotelevskaya could be in surgery for as long as 24 hours at University of Louisville Hospital, said Tiffany Meredith, a spokeswoman for the surgical team.
"She has waited for this day for many, many years," said her older cousin, Oleg Sennik, who brought Kotelevskaya and her young son to live with him in Louisville last year. "She just wants to be a normal person."
The procedure includes removing a leg bone to be conformed into a new jawbone, with the skin becoming the new inside covering of her mouth. Dr. Jarrod Little, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with UofL Physicians, was donating his time and leading the team on the $1 million-plus surgery, said Meredith, a spokeswoman for UofL Physicians.
UofL Hospital President Ken Marshall said the hospital was doing its part, too.
"We will make sure Lessya does not incur any personal hospital charges from her surgery," he said.
A few hours into the procedure, Little indicated the surgery was proceeding as planned, according to a Twitter post by UofL Physicians.
Kotelevskaya, now 30, spent years hiding in the shadows of society in Kazakhstan, where the Ukrainian native had lived since childhood.
She was diagnosed with jaw cancer at age 19 after she was accidentally elbowed in the face at a basketball game and her jaw became swollen.
The radiation treatments caused a gaping hole in her right cheek, making it difficult to eat and talk. At the time, she and her husband ran a clothing boutique. It took years to find out the diagnosis was wrong. By then, her husband had left her and their business went under.
She scraped by for years, cleaning a gym or carrying sand to people's doorways so they wouldn't slip on the ice. She worked at night so people wouldn't see her. At one point, she lived in the utility room of a car wash. All the time, she cared for her young son, according to Meredith.
Sennik said he spent years trying to find Kotelevskaya until finally reconnecting online. She was a mere 79 pounds when they reunited, Sennik said. He took her cousin to Ukraine for treatment, and doctors determined she did not have cancer.
Kotelevskaya now weighs 122 pounds. She drinks protein shakes and takes vitamins to supplement the small amounts of solid food she eats.
Since arriving in Kentucky, Kotelevskaya has started English lessons and got a driver's license, Sennik said. Her son, now 7, is adjusting well, he said.
"She says she wants to get her 11 years that she lost back," Sennik said in a phone interview Monday.
Kotelevskaya is in this country on a green card but hopes to become an American citizen, her cousin said. Inspired by the medical care she's received, she hopes to someday become a nurse, he said.
Sennik said there is no way his family could have afforded the surgery.
"My mind is just totally blown away," he said. "It probably could happen only in this country, that people are so kind and supportive."


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Scotland v South Africa, Murrayfield, November 17
Scotland look to emulate 2010 win
ESPNscrum Staff
November 13, 2012
Scotland celebrate their 2010 triumph over South Africa © Getty Images
Scotland will go into Saturday's match with the Springboks hoping for a similar performance to the last time the pair met.
Despite having lost 11 of their last 13 meetings with the Boks, they beat the South Africans in their last encounter back in 2010. In a match played in atrocious conditions, Dan Parks nailed all of Scotland's 21 points with the boot as they ended the Boks' hopes of a Grand Slam tour to the northern hemisphere having beaten Ireland and Wales the previous weekends. It was one of Andy Robinson's greatest wins during his Scotland tenure and he will be hoping for more of the same on Saturday.
But the fixture has been traditionally dominated by the southern hemisphere side. They silenced Murrayfield back in 1998 with a powerful 68-10 victory with Scotland's other recent win coming back in 2002 when they downed the Boks 21-6.
And Saturday's match will be the 22nd meeting between the two sides following their original meeting back in 1906 which Scotland, playing in Glasgow, won 6-0.
Scotland v South Africa All-time record: Played: 21, Scotland won 5, South Africa won 16.
Biggest winning margin: Sco: 15, 21-6 at Murrayfield, 2002; SA: 58, 68-10 at Murrayfield, 1997.
Highest score: Sco: 29 (29-46) at Murrayfield, 1999; SA: 68 (68-10) at Murrayfield, 1997.
Most tries: Sco: 3 (25-29) at Kings Park, 2003; SA: 10 (22-44) at Murrayfield, 1997.
Longest winning sequence: Sco: 2 (1965-94); SA: 7 (2003-2010).
Most points (individual): Sco: Chris Paterson 53; SA: Percy Montgomery 101.
Most tries (individual): Sco: 2 Simon Webster, Andy Craig and Arthur Smith; SA: 4 Joost van der Westhuizen.
Most points in a Test: Sco: 21 Dan Parks at Murrayfield, 2010; SA: 26 Percy Montgomery at Murrayfield, 1997.
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Gary Halperin and RoseAnne McCabe comfortably chat with each other in their tidy Sarasota living room. A piano sits on one side: McCabe is a musician and plays bass with the Sarasota Orchestra. Halperin is a yoga instructor and helps care for their three children, Madeline, 9, Hannah, 6, and Megan 5. A mini-van sits in their driveway; their home radiates a sense of family.
They say fate brought them together 12 years ago when they both moved to Greensboro, N.C., around the same time. They met through a mutual friend, the conductor of the Greensboro Symphony.
"It just seemed like chance that we all ended up in Greensboro together," she says.
In 1999, the mutual friend invited them both to a Mother's Day dinner.
"Oh, he was handsome, really handsome, and he was so nice and just a normal nice guy," she says about her initial impression. "And he knew my friends; it just felt safe." He was struck by her beauty and wit, he says. On the drive to the restaurant that night, they both sat in the backseat of the car chatting non-stop.
"I was sort of like telling jokes or asking her questions that were a little beyond what you would do to somebody you just met," he says. "And she was laughing and in sort of the right frame of mind I was in."
After their first meeting, he was hesitant to ask her out. At the time, he only knew three people in Greensboro, N.C. — she being one of them. He thought that if things did not work out he would lose the only three friends he had. Regardless of his hesitations, one Friday night, he called her after other plans for the night fell through. She agreed to meet him at a vegetarian restaurant under the assumption that more people were coming out.
Then, while chatting over dinner he asked, "So, do you go on many dates?"
She replied, "Well, is this a date?"
He asked, "Do you want it to be?"
She said yes.
The couple talked late into the night.
"There were so many coincidences that same night," they say in unison.
"I mean, you were reading the same book that I was reading; it was just unusual," McCabe says to him.
She called her sister that night and said, "I think I met the one. I think I met the guy."
For the next year, each day they'd learn something new about each other. He loved her sense of adventure and strength. He recalls a time when they went on a hike in West Virginia. They hiked up a mountain, walked across a 12-mile ridge and hiked back down. "She did it and she was totally fine, she didn't even breathe heavy the whole way up."
She fell for his wit and humor. She recalls a time they were leaving an old antique store when the shopkeeper asked, "Anything you can't live without?" Halperin immediately replied, "Just her."
Halperin had made a rule for himself that he was not going to propose to anyone until they'd dated for at least one year.
"We would have to go through all four seasons together, because, with my experience, people's personalities and moods change with the seasons," he says. "I wanted them to see me and for me to see them."
One year from the day they met, he cooked her dinner at his home and proposed.
"Even though we had talked about it before, it still startled me," McCabe says.
The couple did run into a speed bump during their engagement. Her family is Catholic; his family is Jewish.
"They asked very hard questions during our engagement," she recalls. "(My family) wanted to question that because they wanted me to know deep down was this what I really wanted."
When the couple was married Jan. 6, 2001, both families fully accepted the union.
The couple moved to Sarasota soon after they married, when she got a job with the Sarasota Orchestra. Their children attend the Temple Beth Sholom School but also practice Catholicism.
"Every day is different; every day is new; and there are no two days that have ever been alike," she says.
Their second daughter, Hannah, was born with Down syndrome, but, despite the challenge, their love for each other and their family remains strong.
"For a lot of couples it causes a lot of problems in the relationship when you have to deal with extra stress," Halperin says. "Nothing has fazed us. It's meant to be, and there is this underlining trust that it's forever, so we can survive anything."
Words of Wisdom
⤠RoseAnne McCabe learned from her father "tend to your knitting." This means do you what you have to do for yourself. "It really is about self-love, when you can learn to love yourself, you can love other people," she says.
⤠Gary Halperin says be open to a lot of people even if they don't meet the exact criteria for an ideal mate. "When somebody comes, even if they don't meet your exact bullet points, you might want to be open to them because that might be someone to share your life with," he says.
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• He leaves the cabinet doors open.
• She leaves cereal stuck to the side of the bowl and leaves the bowl on the counter.


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I'm in Burbank at the Marriott. Tomorrow morning, Thursday, will be my intro to technology and genealogy; more than a laptop and a digital camera. (That's the extent of my tech stuff.)
If you are in the session, please let me know. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions. Of course, it appears that so many bloggers are really much more advanced than I am. BUT, if you are a newbie in this area, I'd love to meet you. Please say Hi.
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Area sports reports
The following is a list of sports events, youth league registrations and other news for metro-east residents wanting to participate in organized activities. Organizations or individuals with information for this list should mail the item to: News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, 120 S. Illinois St., Belleville, IL 62222. Items also can be e-mailed to Norm Sanders at email@example.com.
ST. CLAIR STING -- St. Clair Sting 10-under select team holding tryouts in August. Prospective players can't turn 10 before May 1, 2010. Todd Herring, 624-5966 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
ST. CLAIR VIPERS -- 2009 Illinois USSSA State Champions will hold 12-under and 13-under tryouts in mid-August. If interested in joining an elite select baseball program, call John Servos at 304-5643.
ILLINOIS BRAVES -- The only elite prospect club in the metro-east will hold 14-under tryouts at noon Aug. 16 in Millstadt. Mike Hopkins, 779-8681 or Paul Hoock, 210-8385.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SELECT -- Baseball league is accepting teams through Aug. 16 for divisions 9-under though 15-under for its fall league at Freeburg Sports Complex. USSSA-sanctioned games are Aug. 28-Oct. 31. Contact Glen Polacek at 939-6442 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration forms at www.eteamz.com/SISBL.
METRO-EAST SMASH -- Tryouts for the Metro East Smash 14-under team (formerly the Illinois Braves 13-under team) for the 2010 season are Aug. 6 and 7 at Moody Park in Fairview Heights. Open to all athletes born after May 1, 1995. Dennis Jackson, 410-8035 or Jeff Biggs, 604-4871.
BASEBALL-SOFTBALL LESSONS -- Professional baseball and softball instruction year-round. 654-3615 or e-mail email@example.com.
MEN'S LEAGUE -- Belleville Parks and Recreation Department is accepting team registration for its Men's Open 18-older Basketball League to be played Monday nights at Central Junior High in Belleville. Fee: $380 includes eight-game schedule, with top four teams making the playoffs. Deadline is Aug. 28. Todd Strubhart 233-1416.
JETS BASKETBALL -- The Jets will host a 3-on-3 league beginning Aug. 22 at the Family Sportsplex in Belleville. League consists of eight games, fee is $300 with Aug. 14 entry deadline. A Little Shooters Instructional Program begins Sept. 11 for players in grades kindergarten-2. Fee: $100 for an eight0week program with Sept. 5 deadline. A Fall Boys High School League begins Sept. 12 and lasts for six weeks. Fee: $325 per team with Sept. 5 deadline. The Jets High School Girls Showcase is Sept. 26, giving players a chance to play before Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior college coaches. Fee: $60 per player with Sept. 15 deadline. The Jets High School Boys Showcase is Oct. 4, giving players a chance to play before Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior college coaches. Fee: $60 per person with Sept. 22 deadline. A Men's and Women's Adult League begins Spet. 19 and lasts for 10 weeks. Fee: $450 with Sept. 12 deadline. 277-7111, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.jetshoops.com.
SMITHTON BASEBALL -- The Middle Tennessee State University baseball coaching staff will hold the Jim McGuire Sr. Memorial baseball camp 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 15 at Smithton Community Park for ages 7-14. Players will be grouped by ages. $25 per camper. Proceeds will benefit local youth baseball. 76ers Club will sell barbecue and beverages. Call Kathy, 407-8324 or Debbie, 407-4822.
ALTHOFF -- Althoff High is offering the following summer sports camps. For more information, call 235-1100 or visit www.althoff.net: Cheerleading-Aug. 15 for grades kindergarten through 9, $50; Pom Pons-Aug. 3-5, $50.
FIREHOUSE GYM -- The Firehouse Gym in downtown Belleville is offering individual and group strength and conditioning classes for all ages this summer. Classes for athletes in grades 7-12 are held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Adult cardio and conditioning classes are offered at 6 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. College athletes may set up individual workout classes. Jim Stiebel, 567-7432 or e-mail email@example.com.
COACHING CERTIFICATION -- ASEP Coaching Certification Clinic Aug. 15 at the Days Inn and Suites in Granite City for anyone interested in becoming certified to coach middle school or high school athletics. Successful completion of the ASEP program is required by the Illinois High School Association for all non-faculty coaches. Jeff Kyle, 217-586-4799 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
DANIA SHRINE CLUB SCRAMBLE -- Four-person scramble 9 a.m. Aug. 7 at Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon. Fee: $50 includes golf, cart, skins game, lunch and refreshments. 632-9826.
LEBANON LIONS -- The Lebanon Lions will hold a four-man scramble at 1 p.m. Aug. 8 at Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon. Fee: $60 includes golf, cart, attendance prizes, food, cash prize and refreshments. Tim, 806-1954.
LEBANON SCRAMBLE -- Trinity Services/ALPHA is sponsoring a four person scramble 11 a.m. Aug. 9 at Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon. Fee: $65 includes golf, cart, lunch, flight cash prizes and attendance prizes. Steve, 224-7253.
BREWERS SCRAMBLE -- A four-person scramble will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 15at Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon. Fee: $65 includes golf, cart, flighted cash prizes, attendance prizes and contest holes. 537-4279.
STONEWOLF EVENTS -- A look at some of the 2009 events being held at Stonewolf Golf Club in Fairview Heights: A Nine and Dine event featuring nine holes of golf and dinner at the club restaurant is 4 p.m. the last Sunday of each month through September; Senior Scrambles will be offered at various times throughout the season. For information on any program, call Don Hawkins at 624-4653, ext. 114, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
LOCUST HILLS EVENTS -- Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon offering a 2-Person Senior Scramble (age 50-over) each week at 9 a.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Monday. Fee: $25. Flighted prize and skins money. 537-4590.
ORCHARDS JUNIOR GOLF -- The Orchards in Belleville will offer a junior golf program that includes an instructional clinic for juniors 5-older on Sundays Sept. 13-Oct. 11. Fee: $95, or $225 including a junior set of clubs. Private golf lessons and summer passes also available. Instructors are PGA pro Dale David and his staff. 233-8921 or e-mail dale@orchardsgolfclub.
BECKY NEIGHBORS MEMORIAL -- Third annual Becky Neighbors Memorial four-person scramble 8 a.m. or 1 p.m. shotgun starts Aug. 8 at The Orchards in Belleville. Fee: $75 per player includes golf, lunch and dinner. Proceeds benefit the Brooke and Mia Neighbors Education Fund. Gene "Boomer" Neighbors, 444-4221 or Barry Kinzel, 978-1652.
TONY TWIST INVITATIONAL -- Tony Twist Invitational four-person scramble benefit is Aug. 13 at Tapawingo National Golf Club in Sunset Hills, Mo. Benefits St. Louis Society for the Physically Disabled. Among the auction items are the opportunity to throw a pitch on the mound at Busch Stadium before the Cardinals-Cubs game Sept. 20. Jerry Ehrlich, 314-989-1188, ext. 23, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
SO. ILLINOIS GOLF CLASSIC -- Ninth annual Southern Illinois Golf Classic to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Aug. 14 at Far Oaks Golf Course in Caseyville. 402-1986 or e-mail email@example.com.
FOZ RYAN GOLF CLASSIC --Special Olympics Illinois will hold the first Foz Ryan Golf Classic 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at Yorktown Golf Course in Belleville. Event is a three-player scramble in which teams can opt to have a Special Olympics athlete play as their third member. Special Olympics Illinois and Jody Trover are holding free golf clinics every Saturday through Aug. 15 for any Special Olympics athletes who are interested. Clinics are being held at The Practice Tee Driving Range in Fairview Heights. Tournament fee: $50 per person includes all green fees, cart rental and dinner. All Special Olympics athletes will play for free. To register a team, contact Special Olympics Illinois at 654-6680 or e-mail email@example.com.
WATERLOO BENEFIT TOURNAMENT -- The Fifth Annual Kaitlyn Krusaders Golf Tournament to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Metro Saint Louis/Greater Missouri Chapter is 1 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Acorns Golf Course in Waterloo. Kaitlyn Steiger, age 15, was diagnosed with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes in 2003. Call 314- 846-1599 or visit www.smgrep.com/kaitlyn
ALTHOFF GOLF CLASSIC -- Althoff Golf Classic five-person scramble 7:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Clinton Hill Country Club in Belleville. Fee includes includes golf, cart, breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverages and Althoff logo gift. Skill contests and flighted skins competition with Sept. 2 entry deadline: Sept. 2. 235-1124 or visit www.althoff.net.
ST. LUKE'S SCRAMBLE -- 19th annual St. Luke's four-person scramble 1 p.m. Sept. 20 at Yorktown Golf Course in Belleville. Fee: $40 per person includes golf, food, two drink tickets and prizes with proceeds to benefit St. Luke's St. Vincent de Paul organization that helps the needy. Bonnie, 277-7943.
SPORTING CLAYS -- Lewis & Clark 2009 Sporting Clay Invitational Aug. 22 at the World Shooting Complex in Sparta. Fees: $90 individual fee, or $90 plus $10 for Lewis Class. 234-9111.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DESTROYERS -- Girls fast-pitch second-year 14U team looking for experienced players for 2010 season. Tryouts Aug. 15. Call 444-5248 after 5 p.m. for details.
BELLEVILLE FALL LEAGUES -- Belleville Parks and Recreation Department is accepting team registration for its ASA/NFA fall 10-under and 12-under and High School League at Laderman Park. The 10-under and 12-under leagues will be played at Laderman Park on Saturdays beginning Sept. 12. The High School League will be played Sundays beginning Sept. 13. Fee: $800 for 12-game doubleheader league with insurance and registration for 2009 and $900 for new teams. Todd Strubhart, 233-1416 or visit www.belleville.net
TRENTON THUNDER 18-UNDER -- Tryouts for the Trenton Thunder 18-under girls select fast-pitch team will be held 2-4 pm. Aug. 16 at Trenton Park in Trenton. Angie Maue, 409-0869, or e-mail email@example.com.
TRENTON THUNDER 16-UNDER -- Tryouts for the Trenton Thunder 16-under girls select fast-pitch team are 4-6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Trenton Park in Trenton. Paula Cummings, 971-6802 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS STING -- Southern Illinois Sting 12-under girls select fast-pitch team is seeking pitchers and position players for 2010 season. Team plays league games in Belleville along with six tournaments. Dave Fulton, 476-1194 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
METRO MUSTANGS -- The Metro Mustangs girls select fast-pitch team will hold tryouts 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 15 and Aug. 22 at Laderman Park Field 2 in Belleville. Team will play in Laderman Park high school league this fall and 18-under next summer. Pat Mathis, 397-2840.
JUNIOR LANCERS -- The Belleville Junior Lancers 14-under and 12-under girls select fast-pitch teams are seeking a quality pitcher, catcher and utilility players for the 2010 season (born in 1996 or 1997). Looking for players that will attend Belleville East High School. 14-under information: Randy Wroten, 416-4025 or 791-8296, or Mikki McPherson, 401-3191. 12-under infomation: Randy Wroten, 416-4025 or 791-8296 or Jessica
TOMAHAWKS TRYOUTS --TheTomahawks girls fast-pitch softball organization will hold tryouts for the 2009-2010 season Aug. 15-16 on Field 6 in O'Fallon City Park. Tryout times Aug. 15 are: 10-under at 10 a.m.; 12-under at 1 p.m.; 14-under at 3:30 p.m. 16-under tryouts are 2 p.m. Aug. 16. Players should arrive 30 minutes early to complete registration. Girls interested in playing 18-under should call for tryouts. Information: www.eteamz.com/OTFS/index.cfm? or contact Wayne Bendall at 407-5061, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
METRO-EAST ICE -- The Metro-East Ice 18-under girls select fast-pitch team will hold tryouts from noon-2 p.m. Aug. 15-16 at the Edwardsville High Sports Complex. Chris Evans, 972-2860 or visit www.eteamz.com/metroeastice.
SEEKING COACH -- A 14-under girls select fast-pitch team is looking for a head coach. Forty to 50 games in the spring and summer of 2010. Call 401-3214 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
METRO EAST SHOXX -- Metro East Shoxx 14-under and 16-under girls select fast-pitch team tryouts are Aug. 8 (rainout date Aug. 9). Teams will play a local league and tournaments in the metro-east and St. Louis area. 973-5062 or e-mail email@example.com.
HIGHLAND ORANGE CRUSH -- First year Highland Orange Crush 18-under girls select fast-pitch team is looking for a pitcher. Will play four tournaments plus league play in Collinsville. Darren Zobrist, 401-2535.
REBELS TRYOUTS -- Tryouts for the Rebels 12-under, 14-under and 16-under teams will be held Aug. 15-16 at Laderman Park in Belleville. 12-under: noon-2 p.m.; 14-under: 8-10 a.m.; 16-under: 10 a.m.-noon. Teams will play 35-40 games in spring and summer, 2010. The 14-under team is looking for a head coach for the 2010 season. 401-3214 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
ALTON FLAMES TRYOUTS -- Alton Flames girls select fast-pitch organizationis holding tryouts for the 2010 season. Registration begins an hour before tryouts. Aug. 8 at Kutter Park in Cottage Hills 10-under (players born in 1999 or 2000), 10 a.m.-noon; 12-under (1997 or 1998), 12:30-2:30 p.m.; 14-under (1995 or 1996), 3-5 p.m. On Aug. 16, 10-under (1999 or 2000), noon-2 p.m.; 12-under (1997 or 1998), 2:30-4:30 p.m.; 14-under (1995 or 1996), 5-7 p.m. Bill Halpin (10-under), (217) 839-4099; Kim Nixon (12-under), 372-8372; and Darrel Gaudio (14-under), 377-6172.
ST. LOUIS FUSION TRYOUTS -- St. Louis Fusion 14-under girls select fast-pitch team (formerly the Southwest Sluggers '96), will hold tryouts 3-5 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Winston-Brown Recreation Complex, 1325 Schiller Ave., Edwardsville and 3:30-5 p.m. Aug. 9 at Kirkwood (Mo.)Athletic Association, Field 3. Henry Goff, 406-5443, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
COLUMBIA NAILS TRYOUTS -- The Columbia Nails girls select fast-pitch team will hold the following tryouts at the Columbia Bowling Alley softball field, 101 Valmeyer Road, Columbia: 16-under A, 9-11 a.m. Aug. 8 ; 14-under B -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 8; 12-under A -- 9-11 a.m. Aug. 9; 10-under A -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 9. Steve Dossett, 410-7491 or visit www.Columbianails.com
COLLINSVILLE EXTREME -- Skill Development Team tryouts for the 10-under, 12-under, and 14-under Collinsville Extreme girls select fast-pitch teams are Aug. 15 and Aug. 23. Attend both. Pitchers and catchers workout 9-10:30 a.m. Aug. 15 and noon-1:30 Aug. 23. All players workout 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 15 and 2-4 p.m. Aug. 23. Information: www.eteamz.com/CollinsvilleExtremeClub or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
EXTREME ELITE -- Tryouts for the 16-under and 18-under Extreme Elite college development softball teams will be held by reservation only throughout early August. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com before Aug. 14 to schedule. For more information, visit www.eteamz.com/CollinsvilleExtremeClub
GOLD DIGGERS -- The SWI Gold Diggers 12-under and 14-under teams have openings at all positions for the 2010 season. Teams will play in the Belleville Summer League and four to five tournaments. 12-under tryouts: Aug. 8-9 and Aug. 15 at Troy Park Field; pitchers and catchers 1-2 p.m. Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Aug. 9, field players 1:30-3 p.m. Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 and 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 9. 14-under tryouts: Aug. 8-9 and Aug. 15 at Troy Park Field; pitchers and catchers 9:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 and 1-2 p.m. Aug. 9; Field players 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 and 2:30-4 p.m. Aug. 9. Jeff Alford, 644-5341 or 960-3625.
HIGH SCHOOL FALL LEAGUE -- Centralia Recreation Department is offering a fast-pitch high school softball fall league beginning Sept. 7. 10-game season on Sundays with postseason tournament. Fee: $375 per team with Aug. 18 deadline. 533-7676 or Spanky Smith, 292-9255.
CO-ED SOFTBALL LEAGUE -- Teams needed for Tuesday night co-ed softball league in Collinsville. Bob McCartney, 345-5760.
HITTING LESSONS AT BALLS 'N STRIKES -- Balls-n-Strikes Metro, located at the Family Sportsplex in Belleville, has added former Belleville West softball coach Bob Yagge as its head softball instructor Yagge will be teaching girls fastpitch hitting for ages 8-18 5-9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Oct. 19 There are six-week sessions lasting one hour each. Fee: $105. Marcus Barriger, 207-4549.
PLAYERS NEEDED -- Girls select fastpitch softball teams are looking for 12-under and 14-under pitchers and position players and 16-under position players that are strong hitters. Teams are being formed for next season and will play 40-50 games. 401-3214 or e-mail email@example.com.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS -- Tryouts for the Southern Express girls select fast-pitch regional travel 10-under through 18-under teams are being scheduled. Check the Southern Express Web site for the tryout date, time and location for each division at www.southernexpresssoftball.com.Mike Thomas, 967-1601, or Michele Rushing, 534-1640.
SOUTHERN FORCE -- Tryouts for the Southern Force girls select fast-pitch teams in 14-under, 16-under and 18-under levels are now being scheduled. A private workout can be requested and open tryouts are Aug. 16 at Eichelberger Field at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Tara Glasco, 559-3658, Wade Thomas, 384-7432 or Jay Schaefer, 889-0282, or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
EDWARDSVILLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE -- Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department is now registering teams of adults 17-older for a fall co-ed slowpitch softball league. Games are played Tuesday nights at Hoppe Park beginning Sept. 8 and will continue for seven weeks. Registration and fees due by Aug. 13. Limited to first 16 teams. 692-7538, or visit www.cityofedwardsville.com.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FALCONS -- Southern Illinois Falcons 18-under girls select fastpitch team holding tryouts for 2010 season 2 p.m. Aug. 8 at New Athens High softball field. Jay, 781-4142.
YOUTH TOURNEY --A tournament for fifth- and sixth-grade boys and seventh- and eighth-grade boys will be held Aug. 15-16 at Little Dog Fields in Gillespie. The competition will be a daylong event, with the fifth- and sixth-graders playing Aug. 15 and the seventh and eighth graders playing Aug. 16. A maximum of eight teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Kent Tarro, 217-839-3508 or firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
BFC JUNIORS -- Belleville Futbol Club is running a Total Development Program for under-6 through under-8 boys and girls, designed to present an opportunity to build a solid foundation in technical and tactical development. Chris Cesa, 779-1347, e-mail: email@example.com or visit www.bfcsoccer.org.
KNIGHTS SOCCER CLUB -- The Knights Soccer Club has several openings for a girls under-13/under-14 team for next fall. Herb Foerster, 977-6511 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
ELITE FT TRAINING -- Elite FT is offering speed and agility programs for athletes of all sports, plus soccer camps this summer. Soccer camps for players in pre-kindergarten through college. Register online at www.EliteFT.com, call Justin McMillian at 972-1830 or e-mail email@example.com. Scholarships are available.
GIRLS PLAYERS NEEDED -- A girls under-13 team has several openings for the fall outdoor season. Team will practice near South County and play in the SLYSA. Herb Foerster, 977-6511 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
O'FALLON SOCCER LEAGUES--O'Fallon Parks and Recreation Department's Mighty Ball soccer program for ages 3-5 will run 9-10 a.m. Saturdays Aug. 8-Sept. 19. Fee: $30 for O'Fallon or Shiloh residents and $40 for nonresidents. A Shiloh-O'Fallon youth soccer league runs from August through November for children in grades kindergarten through 8. Fee: $50 for grades kindergarten through 4 and $55 for grades 5-8. Keith Richter, 624-0139, ext. 5103 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. For the Shiloh-O'Fallon Youth League, call Amber Codispoti at 624-0139, ext. 5104, or e-mail email@example.com.
O'FALLON/SHILOH SOCCER -- O'Fallon Parks and Recreation Department offering a recreational youth soccer program for players in grades kindergarten through 8 from August through November. Fee: $50 for grades K-4 and $55 for grades 5-8 includes complete soccer uniform. Amber Codispoti, 624-0139, ext. 5102 or e-mail email@example.com.
O'FALLON KiXX SOCCER -- O'Fallon Parks and Recreation Department has open registration for its KiXX under-7 and under-8 developmental program (fall 2009, winter indoor and spring 2010 seasons). Players are with a licensed trainer one day a week and a licensed coach one day a week. Keith Richter, 624-0139, ext. 5103 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
O'FALLON TOURNAMENT -- O'Fallon Open Tennis Tournament Aug. 7-9 at O'Fallon Township High School and O'Fallon Community Park. Benefits OTHS tennis team. Events include junior singles (open to 10-16 year olds), junior doubles (open to 10-16 year olds), men's singles (open and age categories for 35-older and 45-older), men's doubles (open and age categories for 35-older, 45-older and 55-older), women's singles (open and age categories for 35-older and 45-older), women's doubles (open and age categories for 35-older, 45-older and 55-older), and mixed doubles (open and an age category for 35-older). Carol Sterthman, 632-3877.
KINGS POINT EVENTS -- Kings Point in Belleville offers a Little Stars program for ages 5-7, a Junior Development program for ages 8-11 and junior varsity and varsity programs for ages 10 through high school. Instructors include Kings Point pros Greg Nester, John Connors, Brett Zaron and Bob Keefe. 277-7715.
ST. CLAIR EVENTS -- St. Clair tennis pros Mark Brunner, Dave Kelley, Becky Brunner Holzgrafe and Brian Holzgrafe are available for private and group lessons. Leagues and clinics are forming for all ages. 632-1400.
DEMO'S SAND LEAGUES -- Sand volleyball leagues are forming at Demo's Sports Bar in Belleville. Leagues available Monday through Friday for co-ed teams along with a Sunday four-person power volleyball league. 236-7113, 236-1759 or 233-9134.
CO-ED SAND VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE -- Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department is registering adult teams (17 and older) for a fall co-ed sand volleyball league. Games are Wednesday nights at Hoppe Park beginning Sept. 9 and will continue for seven weeks. Registration and fees are due by Aug. 13. Information: 692-7538 or www.cityofedwardsville.com.
TEAM SPONSOR -- Teams looking for help with sponsorship for any adult, youth or co-ed sports program can contact Fat Daddy's Catering and Concessions. Call Paul Schaefer at 530-6410.


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The U.S. sent the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise on its way to the Persian Gulf March 12 for one final foray into the field before its ceremonious decommissioning.
Reports out today by the Associated Press say the U.S. is deploying the aircraft carrier amid the "rising tensions with Iran," but the ship has been on its way to meet up with the Fifth Fleet stationed in Bahrain for over three weeks.
What comes as a bit of a surprise, however, is the Iranian report put out Saturday through its Mehr News Agency, saying that Tehran is demanding the Enterprise halt its passage into the Strait of Hormuz, and report to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp's Sepah station.
Iran says that while it's there, the ship's commander will answer Revolutionary Guard questions and wait until it receives official permission before entering the area.
The Enterprise and its crew of up to more than 5,800 sailors will be meeting up with the Fifth Fleet to form a carrier strike group.
A strike group is made up of about 7,500 servicemembers, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, six to 10 destroyers, and 65 to 70 aircraft. It is the single largest operational unit of the U.S. Navy and is used as a mighty display of force.
The carrier group can operate at any time of day, in any weather conditions, whether on the open ocean or hemmed in closer to shore and provides firepower through an array of missiles, torpedoes, and aircraft ordnance.
Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet told the AP that the two carriers will operate in support of missions in Afghanistan, and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia.
The deployment of the Enterprise is "routine and not specific to any threat," Derrick-Frost said, adding she didn't know how long the increased naval presence in the area would last.
The USS Enterprise has been in the service of the Navy since 1961, used in the filming of Top Gun and will be the first nuclear powered flattop to undergo the decommissioning process.
This is only the fourth time in the past 10 years the U.S. has deployed two aircraft carriers at the same time to patrol the region.


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Part Time Bank Registered Nurse
- Recruiter
- Barchester Healthcare
- Location
- Warminster, England
- Salary
- £15.50 per hour
- Posted
- 04 Oct 2017
- Closes
- 01 Nov 2017
- Ref
- Henford House/RGN
- Contact
- Barchester Healthcare
- Nursing Field
- Care Home
- Function
- Registered General Nurse
- Job Type
- Part Time
Barchester Healthcare is looking for an outstanding Registered Nurse (General) Bank to provide and supervise the delivery of high quality nursing care to our residents.
Barchester is all about doing things a little bit differently. If you join us as Registered Nurse (General) Bank get ready for something new. Our unique approach to the care sector sets us apart, so to make things happen our people need to be a little bit different too.
This is a fantastic time to join Barchester Healthcare, as we roll out one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. We offer a competitive salary and impressive benefits; not least an outstanding profit share scheme, unrivalled in this sector, designed to recognise the excellent performance of you and your team.
You will be also be given every opportunity for continuing professional development. There is always opportunity for career development at Barchester.
Reporting to the Unit Nurse Manager/ Deputy General Manager (clinical) / General Manager, you will be expected to maintain professional and clinical standards and ensure all residents are treated with dignity.
You will need to hold a current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse (General) and provide evidence of continuing professional development. Ideally, you will have a nursing degree, or be willing to undertake education to degree level. A teaching or mentor/ supervision qualification would be an advantage.
You must have up to date knowledge of clinical practices and a strong understanding of relevant regulatory care compliance. You must also have an awareness of the clinical policy framework, DoLS/ MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines.
You must have experience of producing well developed care plans, undertaking risk assessments and clinical team working. Experience within an older person setting and supporting newly qualified nurses would be beneficial.
Our residents, patients and their families expect great services. So whether it's in one of our purpose-built care homes or independent hospitals, you need to be focused on continually improving the quality of life for the people in your care, to achieve our ambition of Barchester as the leading provider of care and hospital services.
Barchester Healthcare has over 200 purpose-built care homes across all areas of the UK and seven private hospitals in the North East specialising in mental health. We are the only care company to have been voted in the Sunday Times Top 25 Big Companies to work for 6 times.
If you have the unique qualities required for this exciting role and want to work with an organisation that provides the type of care you'd expect for your loved ones, we would welcome your application.
Please note: this is a BANK position to provide cover as and when required, for example for planned absence such as annual leave, or unplanned absence such as sick leave. The hours and days will vary accordingly.


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This is a completely customizable cute kids text wall decal. Use it to spell out your child's name or anything else. This particular font features cute letters for a fun and care-free written sort of look. This font can be purchased in CAPS or in lowercase. (We will use exactly what you put in the space above).
For lowercase letters "f", "g", "j", "p", "q", "y", "z" please see the diagram below to see how the size options are effected by those letters. The price is per letter and is based on the height option you choose. The width will be dependent upon however many letters you choose.
NOTE: Not all the letters have the same width some may be slightly narrower or wider than others.
Wall Decal includes:
-Simplified instructions (on reverse of packing slip)
-Application squeegee
-High quality matte vinyl (for a paint like finish) with
a paint friendly adhesive that won't harm your walls,
so they stay on the wall until ready to be removed.


text:
Last Wednesday night, the Aztec Plumbing Warriors scalped All Island Glass in a 25-2 win.
The game was actually much closer than the score implied. Statistics show that All Island Glass stranded over 24 players on base throughout the game. They also made 19 fielding errors.
"If you just take those two statistics away, and tweak the score a little bit, it was actually a pretty even game," said All Island player Kayla Schuneman.
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All Island Glass
With that win, Aztec Plumbing has pivoted into second place. Next week, they challenge the undefeated Beachview Rec'N'Crew in a game that will determine who leads the league.
"They better watch out for our tomahawk chop," warned Aztec player Lorraine Geiger.
In the other games of the week, the Beachview Rec'N'Crew ran down the shopping aisle of victory against the Bailey's Baggers in a tight 12-9 game.
"I like to shop at Bailey's," said Matt Palfri of Beachview, "because they sell Wheaties - the Breakfast of Champions."
The Great White Grill chomped up the Sanctuary Island Electric like they were chum in a bucket in a 21-6 win. But don't let the lop-sided score fool you - Sanctuary Island Electric has still got a lot of spark left in them for the future games.
"We were just charging our batteries for next week," said Electric captain Bryan Hayes.
The Sanibel Adult Softball League plays every Wednesday night at the Sanibel Ball Fields. For more information, contact the Rec Center at 472-0345.