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MORROW, Ga. – After a tremendous start to the 2011-12 season, the Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes faced the most formidable challenge in conference play: the defending national champion Lady Lakers of Clayton State. The #5 Lady Lakers (9-1, 1-0 PBC) weathered an early Blue & Gold storm in the first half and a GSW counter punch in the second half before taking home the victory by a score of 66-62.
GSW gave Clayton State everything they could handle during the opening 20 minutes. The Blue & Gold would lead by as many as ten points before settling for a six-point halftime lead. The Lady 'Canes would recover in the second half erasing a 14-point Laker lead. The Lady 'Canes would tie the game with a minute remaining before dropping the game on Clayton State free throws.
Clayton State had three players in double-digits. Drameka Griggs (13 points), Brittany Hall (12 points) and Kayla Mobley (12 points) led the Laker attack.
Georgia Southwestern was led by Tania Walters. The senior guard registered nine points, a career-high eleven rebounds and six assists. Fellow senior Terra Branch would lead all Hurricane scorers with 13 points. Forwards Jessica Jones and Adrian Randall both recorded near double-doubles as they tallied ten points and eight rebounds and twelve points and seven rebounds respectively.
The game's first five minutes were a sloppy affair for both squads as the two combined for ten turnovers during that span. The Blue & Gold would right the ship after the game's first media time out. Back-to-back baskets from Adrian Randall and Briana Walker would give GSW the 9-6 lead with twelve minutes remaining in the half. The GSW defense would hold out as the 'Canes built a lead as big as ten points.
A ten-point Georgia Southwestern lead would be reduced to as little as two before the Hurricanes pushed it to six points by half's (32-26). Defensively, the Hurricanes forced eleven Clayton State turnovers in the half. They also held the Lady Lakers to 10-28 shooting from the field and held a +13 rebounding margin.
It was a balance attack for the GSW offense in the game's first 20 minutes. Six different Lady Canes scored, and they were led by Jessica Bivins with nine points. Briana Walker scored seven points and Jessica Jones six points to round out the first half scoring.
Clayton State Head Coach Dennis Cox's halftime speech apparently sunk in on his team. The fifth-ranked Lady Lakers would respond with a 15-2 run in the second half's first 5:11 to take a 41-34 lead on six of eight shooting. The haymaker from Clayton State was weathered by the Lady 'Canes, which saw GSW cut a ten-point Laker lead in half going into the under ten minute media timeout.
The Lady Lakers would answer the run with one of their own that upped their advantage to 14 points as the visiting team was unable to string together consecutive stops. GSW would cut the lead to three late in the game before tying it with one minute remaining. Clutch free throw shooting by CSU in the final minute would give the Lady Lakers the 66-62 decision.
The tough-fought loss puts the Lady 'Canes' record at 8-2 (1-1) PBC. The game was their last of 2011 as they will return in 2012. They will host Coastal Georgia on Wednesday, January 4th at 5 p.m.


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In the past couple of weeks I've noticed an acceleration of new funding projects pop up and some from a few surprising places:
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> The Beverage Brand: Coca-Cola is launching 9 accelerators via GigaOm
> The Agency, VC, Event Hybrid: R/GA and Techstars Launch "Connected Devices" Accelerator via TechCrunch
But meanwhile, Jerzy Gangi, offers his observations on how Silicon Valley has killed major innovation by funding services like Instagram but not Hyperloops. His exploration on how ideas don't get funded is very interesting and the whole thing is definitely worth reading.
However, it makes me wonder if innovation has come into its own and we're just starting to see the beginning of a major movement in which innovation is a common goal across sectors bigger than one revenue stream, corporation, or place.

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Living together will not make him your spouse
Q. I have lived with my boyfriend for almost seven years. People have told us that if we live together for more than seven years we will have a common law marriage. We don't want to be married. Should we just live apart for a few weeks and then move back in together? How long do we have to live apart?
A. The good news is that you don't have to move out, and you will not be married. Just living together for any length of time does not create a common law marriage. To have a common law marriage, you must agree to be married, hold yourselves out as married, and live together as married. As long as you do not want to be married and don't hold yourself out as married, you will not create a common law marriage.
Q. What legal device do I use to leave property to a friend after I die? I don't want to leave it to my family.
A. If you want to transfer property after your death, the device you use is a will. It doesn't matter if the person is family or friend. Without a will, the law determines where your property goes, and it usually goes to a family member.
Q. I was married over a year ago. The person who took the video still has not delivered, even though we have paid in full. Can we take him to small claims court to get our money back?
A. First, do you want the video or your money? My guess you probably still want the video more than the money, so I suggest you start with a certified letter and e-mail, giving the videographer a week to get you the video or a refund. If he or she doesn't respond and the amount is under $10,000, a claim in small claims court is the best way to enforce you legal rights. You also should file a complaint with the Texas Consumer Complaint Center and maybe we can help. Visit www.texasccc.com.
Q. Does a store have the right to limit who may park in its lot? Isn't this public property? Can I be towed for parking where I shouldn't?
A. As a general rule, a parking lot is not public property. Nearly all parking lots are private property, and the owner of the lot may limit who may park in the lot. Whether you may be towed, however, is a different question.
Although a store may limit who can use its parking facility, it must follow state law to have the right to tow violators. Under state law, a parking facility must place the proper signs before it may tow a car. Among other things, the signs must be conspicuously visible to and facing the driver who enters the lot, located at each entrance to the lot. The signs must also contain the international symbol for towing vehicles, describe who may and who may not park, and contain a current phone number that is answered 24 hours a day to enable the owner to locate the car. The bottom line is that a parking lot owner may limit who is permitted to park in the lot; however, it may only tow wrongdoers if there are proper signs.
Q. I am the sole shareholder and president of a small corporation. Does my business need an attorney to file a claim in small claims court?A. In most cases, a corporation may file a lawsuit only through an attorney. In small claims court, however, any authorized agent, such as the president, may represent a corporation.
Q. Can our daughter-in-law claim any part of land our son recently inherited?
A. If the property was inherited by just your son, it is considered his separate property and his wife has no interest in it.
Do you want to know more about your legal rights? Check out my Web site, www.peopleslawyer.net


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Game 14, UMBC at Maine Game Notes
America East Game Notes
BALTIMORE – UMBC women's basketball returns hits the road for America East action on Wednesday, Jan. 8 when it takes on Maine in an ESPN3 matchup at the Cross Insurance Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., with Ed Cohen and Vera Jones calling all the action.
SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS (2-11, 1-0 AEC): UMBC opened up the new year and its conference play by snapping an 11-game skid with a 47-32 victory against Binghamton on Saturday. The Retrievers shot 52.2 percent from the floor in the opening half and their defense held Binghamton to a season-low 32 points, marking the first UMBC opponent to score less than 40 points since Vermont scored 32 on Feb. 9, 2011. Freshman forward Sara Tarbert and sophomore guard Liz McNaughton each played the entire 40 minutes in the contest and scored 13 and 10 points, respectively. Tarbert added a game-high nine rebounds and three assists in the victory.
The Retrievers' defense, which ranks second in the America East in field goal defense on the season (.374), held Binghamton to 22.8 percent shooting from the floor on Saturday. Tarbert leads the Retrievers offensively, ranking third in the league in rebounds (7.2 rpg), fourth in scoring (13.5 ppg) and seventh in assists (2.9 apg). McNaughton is shooting 54.5 percent from the floor over the last three games and is averaging 9.3 points per game over the span, while junior guard Janelle Saling has knocked down 45.0 percent of her three point attempts during the time frame to also average 9.3 points.
SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS (6-8, 0-1 AEC): Maine has lost six of its last seven games, including a 66-56 overtime loss to Hartford in its America East opener on Dec. 11. In its latest contest, the Black Bears dropped a heart-breaker to Yale, falling 86-85 at the Cross Insurance Center. Four of Maine's five starters finished with double-digit points, including a game-high 23 points from sophomore forward Liz Wood. Senior guard Ashleigh Roberts chipped in two of her 18 points with 15 seconds remaining to put the Black Bears ahead, but a Yale layup as time expired represented the game-winner.
Roberts leads Maine's offense with 13.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game on the season, while Woods is chipping in 12.4 points and a team-best 6.9 rebounds. Senior guard Cherrish Wallace is the third Black Bear averaging double-digit points, scoring 11.5 points and dishing out 4.5 assists per contest.
Maine returned five letterwinners and four starters from last season's squad that finished ninth in the America East and registered a 4-24 overall record. Head coach Richard Barron welcomed back America East Co-Rookie of the Year Liz Wood in his third season at the helm of the program. The Black Bears were picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll.
INSIDE THE SERIES: UMBC travels to Maine for its first meeting inside the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine. The Retrievers have won five in a row against the Black Bears and has won four of its last five on Maine's home court. UMBC holds an 11-9 advantage in the all-time series, including an 86-79 victory in Orono last season. Four players finished in double-figures in the win for the Retrievers, including a pair of 20-point efforts from then-seniors Brittany Crowell and Raven Harris.
ON THE HORIZON FOR THE RETRIEVERS: UMBC returns home for back-to-back home games, starting with conference newcomer UMass Lowell on Jan. 11. The Retrievers follow with their ninth annual Midday Madness contest on Jan. 15 versus New Hampshire.


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Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Miami
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Miami
The Magic City, Miami's cover is produced by Florida based U.S. Foundry. An alligator lurks at the base of the palm.
"We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
Put a functional memento of your favorite city on your table with a manhole cover in the form of a cork trivet. Each trivet replicates a real manhole from a city permanently etched into cork.
Each cork trivet is nearly 3/8" thick and about 7-1/4" in diameter. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork and packaged from upcycled cardboard in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Shipping is free with any two orders or more (trivets and/or coasters.) Mixed styles and/or types. For example: NYC Coasters and a Budapest trivet ships free. Or a Philly Phever coaster set and a Grand Tour Coaster set ships free. Or a Hamburg trivet and a Roma trivet ships free. Or two Paris trivets and a Miami trivet ships free. We could go on….
Any single item order only is $3 shipping. See the International Shipping Options.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur.
As each one is handmade please allow five business days for delivery.
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No more tickets for Comic-Con 2009?
Not exactly; Comic-Con, the country's leading comics and popular arts convention, has been sold out for two months with people buying their tickets as far in advance as last year. But not to worry, there are still some opportunities to mingle with your favorite comic book heroes.
For the first time ever, Comic-Con is selling tickets on Ebay, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. If you're not an early bird and didn't get tickets in advance, go to Ebay and bid your Comic-Con heart out! But beware of scalpers! There are unique bar codes on the tickets sold by Comic-Con and you will not get in if another name is on your pass.
Also make sure you check out Comic-Con's official Twitter account for updates on ticket sales.
You could always work at the event too. Not only would you get in free, but also some jobs actually pay a pretty good compensation. Look on craigslist.org for some of the job descriptions such as production assistant or makeup artist.
Then, of course, you can always just hang out around downtown San Diego in hopes of spotting some celebs or characters coming to and from the event. Grab a chair on any restaurant patio in the city's Gaslamp District and enjoy the people-watching.


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From Chanukkah to Christmas and of course birthdays, most of you will have to admit that part of the fun about giving and receiving presents lies in the packaging and wrap, which add an element of mystery and surprise to any gift. They conceal the object's shape and any writings on the box, and increase our excitement and anticipation. For the aesthetes among us, the packaging can outshine the gift (or it can be used to hide a more metaphysical content – for more on this, you can read one of my favorite children's books, "The Gift of Nothing").
This rule of course applies to food, which is why chocolates seem to taste so much better when they come in a gorgeous box. The Japanese take this to the next level, cutting their vegetables into beautiful shapes and serving their kids' school meals in lacquered bento boxes. This probably sounds like too much work and most of us would not be willing to do it everyday, but when it comes to holiday desserts, I know that we are all willing to go the extra mile.
So here is a special edible gift that your family will love! The mascarpone mousse, which will remind you of Tiramisu, is hidden in a treasure chest made of "Croccante" (Italian almond brittle). This type of candy, popular throughout Italy around the holidays and at fun fairs, is a mixture of caramelized sugar and almonds, easy to make, and easy to eat: you can break it into pieces and serve it with coffee, give it to kids in lieu of candy, or grind it up and sprinkle it over gelato. The only problem is that once you taste it, it will be hard to stop.
Happy Holidays!
SURPRISE HOLIDAY CHEST (Scrigno di Croccante)
(For the chest)
- 2 and 1/3 cups blanched almonds
- 1 lemon
- 1 ½ cup sugar
(for the filling)
- 2/3 pounds Mascarpone
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped or coarsely grated.
- ½ cup sugar
Grind the almonds very coarsely in your food processor, or chop them with a knife. In a saucepan, melt the sugar on medium heat with the filtered juice of half the lemon. Yum, caramel!
Add the almonds and keep cooking until the sugar has completely melted and has turned dark golden brown. Double-Yuml!!!
Cut a circle from parchment, about 9 ½" in diameter. Place it on top of a larger sheet of paper or foil. Now pour the caramel on top of the circle and spread it all over, it should be between 1/3" and ½" thick.
Carefully lift the circle and trasfer it onto a round 8 " baking pan, lifting the sides and pressing them against the sides of the pan with a tablespoon dipped in lemon juice, until the caramel has molded to the shape of the pan. On a smaller disc of parchment, make a second disc of caramel (slightly less than 8″ in diameter), which will become the "lid'.
Whip the cream with an electric whisk, and combine it with the sugar, mascarpone, and amost ¾ of the chocolate. Pour into the caramel container, and top with the lid. Decorate with the rest of the chocolate, melted in a bain-marie, poured on top of parchment and cut into stars – or simply grated. Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.


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require Log::Agent::Channel::Handle; my $driver = Log::Agent::Channel::Handle->make( -prefix => "prefix", -stampfmt => "own", -showpid => 1, -handle => \*FILE, );
The handle channel performs logging to an already opened I/O handle, along with the necessary prefixing and stamping of the messages. The creation routine make() takes the following arguments: "-handle" => handle Specifies the I/O handle to use. It can be given as a GLOB reference, such as "\*FILE", or as an "IO::Handle" object. NOTE: Auto-flushing is not enabled on the handle. Even when the channel is closed, the handle is left as-is: we simply stop sending log messages to it. "-no_newline" => flag When set to true, never append any "\n" (on Unix) or "\r\n" (on Windows) to log messages. Internally, Log::Agent relies on the channel to delimit logged lines appropriately, so this flag is not used. However, it might be useful for "Log::Agent::Logger" users. Default is false, meaning newline markers are systematically appended. "-no_prefixing" => flag When set to true, disable the prefixing logic entirely, i.e. the following options are ignored completely: "-prefix", "-showpid", "-no_ucfirst", "-stampfmt". Default is false. "-no_ucfirst" => flag When set to true, don't upper-case the first letter of the log message entry when there's no prefix inserted before the logged line. When there is a prefix, a ":" character follows, and therefore the leading letter of the message should not be upper-cased anyway. Default is false, meaning uppercasing is performed. "-prefix" => prefix The application prefix string to prepend to messages. "-showpid" => flag If set to true, the PID of the process will be appended within square brackets after the prefix, to all messages. Default is false. "-stampfmt" => (name | CODE) Specifies the time stamp format to use. By default, my "own" format is used. See Log::Agent::Stamping for a description of the available format names. You may also specify a CODE ref: that routine will be called every time we need to compute a time stamp. It should not expect any parameter, and should return a string.
Beware of chdir(). If your program uses chdir(), you should always specify logfiles by using absolute paths, otherwise you run the risk of having your relative paths become invalid: there is no anchoring done at the time you specify them. This is especially true when configured for rotation, since the logfiles are recreated as needed and you might end up with many logfiles scattered throughout all the directories you chdir()ed to.
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The Duchess of Cambridge is the No. 1 beauty inspiration for women in Britain, according to a survey by beauty e-tailer Feel Unique. Thirty percent of those surveyed said they preferred to buy products used by the former Kate Middleton, compared with 15 % who said they preferred to go with model Kate Moss, who ranked second, and 12 % who would opt for Victoria Beckham, No. 3 in the poll. [Daily Mail]
If it's any consolation to Beckham, the former "Posh Spice," British doctors reportedly have named a medical condition after her. "Poshitis" refers to sore muscles or tendons caused by carrying heavy handbags. [Express]
Ashley Olsen, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Malandrino and Dree Hemingway were among the fashionable folks who turned out Saturday to New Jersey's Liberty State Park for the sixth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, hosted by Matthew McConaughey, with his wife, model Camila Alves, at his side. The only disappointment was that model and polo legend Nacho Figueras, whom our Adam Tschon profiled a while back, was recuperating from a fracture and had to cheer from the sidelines rather than play. [The Cut] [WWD]
Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of actors Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, will be the face of Fendi's next women's fragrance, which is due for release in September. [WWD]
Spanish retailer Mango has announced that it is adding a plus-size line, so American consumers can fit into the clothes. [Racked]
Jos. A. Bank, known for conservative businessmen's clothing worn by the likes of Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, reportedly is a surprise bidder for denim purveyor Lucky Brand. [WWD] (Subscription required.)
Designer Trina Turk has given Malibu Barbie a makeover. [Los Angeles Times]
Angelina Jolie returns to red carpet
PHOTOS: Retiring soccer star David Beckham's style
Will the NSJ Crew's "Khaki Pants" be the next viral video?


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Bid to Raise Malpractice Cap Gets a Rider
Backers of Bigger Awards in California Add Doctor Drug Testing to Ballot Campaign; Patient Safety or a Sweetener?
A California law on medical malpractice awards, in place since 1975, puts a $250,000 ceiling on the amount of money that can be given for noneconomic damages.
Now, lawyers and some consumer groups are mounting an effort to substantially raise the cap through California's referendum system, but they are coupling it with a popular idea that hospital doctors should undergo routine drug and alcohol testing.


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New York, June 23, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information today called on the Syrian government to produce immediate evidence showing that unjustly imprisoned blogger Tal al-Mallohi is alive and well. The demand follows several recent news reports saying that al-Mallohi died in a Syrian prison a month ago.
"The Syrian government has repeatedly demonstrated a disregard for the well-being of detained journalists, a practice that has worsened over the past three months," said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem. "Damascus must immediately provide concrete evidence that Tal al-Mallohi--who shouldn't be in prison in the first place--has not been harmed in custody."
Al-Mallohi, 20, was detained in December 2009 after she was summoned for questioning by security officials. She was held in extrajudicial detention for close to a year in relation to her online writings. The High State Security Court in Damascus, a special tribunal established under Syria's Emergency Law, sentenced al-Mallohi in February to five years in prison on a fabricated charge of "disclosing information to a foreign country that must remain a secret for national safety."
Al-Mallohi's blog was devoted to Palestinian rights and was critical of Israeli policies. It also discussed the frustrations of Arab citizens with their governments and what she perceived to be the stagnation of the Arab world.
"We have always maintained that extraordinary tribunals are no place to try a blogger for exercising her right to free expression," said Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. "At this point, the Syrian government must provide tangible proof that Tal al-Mallohi is in good health."
Reports questioning whether al-Mallohi is alive emerged after Khalid al-Khalaf, a human rights defender, told the Egyptian daily Al-Shorouk that a "sympathetic Syrian judge" had said the blogger had died in prison. Al-Khalaf did not name the judge.
Al-Mallohi's case has gained widespread attention on the Arab blogosphere, on social networks, and among human rights activists worldwide. In September, Egyptian activists organized a protest in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo calling for al-Mallohi's release. The protestors tried unsuccessfully to deliver a letter to President Bashar al-Assad through Syria's ambassador in Cairo. The letter appears on ANHRI's website. Around the same time, CPJ sent a letter to al-Assad protesting al-Mallohi's detention.
A delegation from CPJ and Reporters Without Borders raised al-Mallohi's case in a meeting today with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The meeting, which had been previously scheduled, focused primarily on press issues in the Middle East and freedom of expression online.


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You're careful when it comes to your identity. Bank and credit card statements are always shredded, you cover your hand when entering a pin number and never give personal information over the phone. But, identity theft is still on the rise and tax-related theft is one of the fastest growing forms according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
Don't wait until it's too late, use these tips from Farm Bureau Financial Services' identity protection provider CyberScout® to protect yourself and your tax refund.
Taxpayers are facing a surge in tax identity theft cases. Federal regulators are doing their part on crack down on fraud, but consumers must take steps to protect themselves.
Protect yourself and your refund with these tips:
1. File Early. The IRS will always flag a second return as suspicious, so filing early makes it more likely for the fake return to be flagged and not yours.
2. Go electronic. Opt for direct deposit of tax refunds to avoid lost or stolen refund checks.
3. Choose tax preparers carefully. Many fraud rings front as tax preparation companies that may steal personal information or redirect your return.
4. Paranoid is the new black. Store sensitive tax information on a password-protected or encrypted external drive or disk and keep it in a secured location.
5. Don't respond to unsolicited requests for personal information. The IRS never communicates via unsolicited email. Forward any suspicious emails to email@example.com.
If your tax return is filed fraudulently, you can expect your refund to be delayed by a week or more and diminished customer services via the IRS Help Line.
By The Numbers
- Average time it's taken for the IRS to resolve claims: 278 days1
- Average number of fraudulent returns filed per year (2013-2015): +2 million2
- Amount paid to tax return fraudsters in 2013: $5.8 billion3
1 "What the IRS Isn't Telling You About Identity Theft," USA Today, January 2016.
2 "Interim Results for the 2016 Filing Season," Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, March 2016.
3 "Interim Results for the 2016 Filing Season," Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, March 2016.


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NEW YORK — Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a three-run homer that capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Mets salvaged what had been shaping up as another sorry afternoon, startling the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday.
Matt Garza pitched seven scoreless innings, and the Cubs scored twice on a madcap play that featured three bad throws by Mets infielders, giving Chicago a 3-0 lead.
But New York came back against Carlos Marmol (2-4)in the ninth, starting with Marlon Byrd's leadoff home run. Nieuwenhuis connected with one out.
Bobby Parnell (5-3) pitched the top of the ninth. Mets starter Jeremy Hefner allowed one earned run and struck out five in five innings.
Garza gave up three hits and struck out five, and was all set up for his second win in five starts this season. The Cubs had used closer Kevin Gregg on four consecutive days and manager Dale Sveum turned to Marmol, who had been unseated as closer earlier this season.
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman singled three times and drove in one run, and Julio Teheran pitched six innings to lead Atlanta over San Francisco.
Teheran (5-3) allowed seven hits and one walk. The 22-year-old struck out eight and got a few stellar plays from outfielders Jason Heyward and Justin Upton in the fourth, and by Andrelton Simmons at shortstop in the sixth that kept a run from scoring with the Braves holding a two-run lead.
Lincecum (4-7) gave up six hits and five walks in six innings. Two of his three runs were earned, and he struck out three.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 19th save in 22 chances. Kimbrel struck out Andres Torres and Joaquin Arias before retiring Nick Noonan on a flyout.
CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto pitched six solid innings in his return to Cincinnati's rotation and Jay Bruce homered in a win over Milwaukee.
Donald Lutz drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single, and Zack Cozart and Joey Votto each had two hits as Cincinnati rebounded after losing 6-0 on Saturday.
Cueto, activated from the disabled list Sunday, improved to 4-0 in his seventh start of the season. He allowed five hits and one run with three strikeouts and no walks as the Reds took two of three in the weekend series.
Cueto made his first start since a 6-0 win at Pittsburgh on May 31. He was placed on the disabled list on June 5 for the second time this season because of a strained muscle in his right shoulder.
Alfredo Simon allowed two hits and had six strikeouts in three innings of relief for his first save of the season and second in two years with Cincinnati.
Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta gave up all five Reds runs — four earned — in 5 1-3 innings. The slumping Peralta (4-8) allowed seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts to fall to 1-6 in his last seven starts.
MIAMI — Ricky Nolasco allowed one run and three hits in seven innings to help Miami take the rubber game of its three-game series against St. Louis.
The NL Central-leading Cardinals lost a series for the first time since April 26-28 against Pittsburgh.
The Marlins climbed above .300 at 21-47, still baseball's worst record. They scored 19 runs in the series against a team with the lowest ERA in the majors.
The abundance of offense was a refreshing change for Nolasco (4-7), who has endured the worst run support of any pitcher with at least 14 starts.
Juan Pierre drove in two runs and had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, and Justin Ruggiano and Placido Polanco each had a two-RBI hit. The Marlins have won eight of 14, their best stretch this season.
Tyler Lyons (2-3), making his fifth major-league start, lost for the third time in a row after winning his first two decisions. He gave up six runs in 5 1-3 innings.
The Cardinals managed only five hits, all singles.
PITTSBURGH — Rookie Gerrit Cole won again, getting home run help from Pedro Alvarez and pitching Pittsburgh past Los Angeles.
Cole (2-0) allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks in 5 2-3 innings. The top pick from the 2011 draft won in his big league debut last week.
Alvarez snapped a 2-all tie when he connected off Zack Greinke (3-2) for a three-run homer in the fifth. Alvarez leads the Pirates with 15 homers.
The Pirates won for the sixth time in nine games. Alex Presley had three hits for the Pirates, including a home run, and Garrett Jones added a two-run single.
Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig had three hits and raised his batting average to .479 in his first 48 at-bats in the majors.
DENVER — Jhoulys Chacin came within an out of his second career shutout, and Colorado topped Philadelphia.
Chacin gave up six hits, struck out three and didn't walk a batter. His 8 2-3 innings marked the longest outing by a Rockies starter this season.
Jimmy Rollins hit an RBI double with two outs in the Phillies' ninth, and Ryan Howard followed with a single to finish Chacin (5-3).
Rex Brothers got the final out for his second save of the season.
Wilin Rosario and Carlos Gonzalez homered for Colorado. The teams combined for 30 runs and 55 hits in splitting the first two games of the series, but pitchers dominated the finale at Coors Field.
Phillies starter Cole Hamels (2-10) was sharp early, but Chacin was efficient throughout. Chacin needed just 74 pitches — 59 strikes — to get through the first eight innings.
Hamels has lost two straight decisions and eight of nine.
SAN DIEGO — Kyle Blanks hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to a snap a tie and lift San Diego to its season-high sixth straight victory.
Blanks' eighth home run of the season came off Arizona reliever David Hernandez (2-4) and made a winner of Clayton Richard (2-5), giving the Padres a three-game sweep.
Huston Street came on in the ninth to earn his 13th save in 14 opportunities for the Padres (35-34), who moved above 500. for the first time since closing the 2010 season with a 90-72 record.
The Padres have gone 30-19 since May 1, are 21-7 in their last 28 home games and have pulled within two games of first-place Arizona in the NL West.
Everth Cabrera opened the eighth with his third single of the game and Chase Headley walked with two outs before Blanks hit a 1-2 pitch 379 feet into the left-field bleachers.
Until then the game had been an outstanding pitcher's duel between Richard and Arizona's Ian Kennedy.


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There are several ways to report a bug, including the Gramps Bugs mailing list. You do not have to be a member of this lists to post.
However, the best way to report a bug is to use the Gramps Bug Tracker, see How to report bugs. This allows us to follow a formal method of tracking and resolving your report. Due to the high volume of email that the primary developers receive, there is always a chance that an email may slip through the cracks. Using the bug tracker will make sure that your issue will be handled.
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Requesting an enhancement can be done by creating a feature item on the bug tracker, or the gramps-users or gramps-devel mailing lists. We would prefer that serious requests get submitted to the bug tracker. You switch to Project: Feature Requests on the top right head corner, and select Report Issue. Again, this allows us to formally track the request.
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An astonishing number of Honda Jazz owners buy another and the revised third generation version we're looking at here aims to keep them loyal. But the Japanese brand also needs to attract new converts to its clever little supermini, something that will be easier to do with this enhanced MK3 model thanks to its smarter looks and the wider variant choice made possible by the introduction of a fresh 1.5-litre engine into the range. For very good reasons, this is the supermini that industry insiders commonly recommend.
The Honda Jazz has always offered something rather different to supermini buyers. You don't get a vast choice of engines or sporty handling but what is provided is arguably more useful. The biggest and cleverest cabin in the class and a thoroughly engaging ownership experience. This MK3 model was launched in 2015 with a single 1.3-litre i-VTEC petrol engine option, but a further 1.5-litre i-VTEC petrol unit has since also been added to the range. Plus the brilliant 'Magic Seat' system that made the cabin of earlier versions so superbly versatile has been retained and works well incorporated into a large bodyshell that offers a long wheelbase by supermni standards, so very decent interior space. As a result, the Japanese brand is claiming that this Jazz 're-defines' what a supermini can be.
Driving Experience
Jazz buyers get two petrol engine options, a 1.3-litre i-VTEC petrol unit offering 102PS and a 1.5-litre i-VTEC variant with 130PS. Both are mated to a sweet-shifting six-speed gearbox and both have to be worked quite hard to give of their best. Still, if you push along, performance is reasonable and in the 1.3-litre model that most will choose, 62mph from rest can be covered in 11.2s en route to 118mph. Optional is a CVT automatic gearbox, which enables the 1.3-litre Jazz to return very reasonable efficiency figures - 61.4mpg on the combined cycle and 106g/km of CO2. We'd suggest this variant to be appropriate for urban-based buyers only though. Around the corners, this third generation model feels reasonably sharp thanks to quite feelsome steering and an 'AHA' 'Active Handling Assist' system that helps get traction down through the bends. Over longer distances, you'll notice the decent refinement too. There's also some clever technology, like the 'Intelligent Speed Limier'. Working in conjunction with a 'Traffic Sign Recognition' system, this set-up knows what the prevailing speed limit is and limits your pace accordingly, so here's no chance of absent mindedly creeping past 30mph and getting zapped by a roadside camera.
Design and Build
Exterior changes align the Jazz with the latest Honda family style, incorporating the 'Solid Wing Face' headlight signature and grille used on the larger Civic model. The front bumper is sharply sculpted, with more aggressive contours around the air vents. At the rear, shallower grille sections are linked by a gloss black trim strip above a trapezoid lower section. The interior now features a unique pinstripe pattern on the upholstery and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear knob, all of which are enhanced by orange stitching. As before, there's a huge windscreen that imparts a genuine feel of airiness up front. It extends way overhead, meeting the roof panel a good few inches aft of where you'd normally expect that junction. This, along with the large front quarter windows, provides respectable forward visibility. Boot capacity measures 354-litres, with space extending to 884-litres with the 'Magic Seats' folded. The dash is dominated by either a five-inch LCD multi-information display or a seven-inch Honda Connect infotainment touchscreen, depending on model grade. The bigger screen is driven by Android 'phone technology and features smartphone-style 'pinch, swipe and tap' operation. In addition, it offers MirrorLink functionality, which means that it'll replicate the display and workings of your Android smartphone. Those betrothed to Apple will have to buy a clunky aftermarket case.
Market and Model
As before, Honda has priced this Jazz against higher quality offerings in the supermini segment, so expect to be payment Volkswagen Polo rather than Ford Fiesta money for one. Prices start at around £14,000 and there's an £1,100 premium to pay if you want the CVT automatic gearbox. The volume 1.3-litre 102PS i-VTEC petrol unit is on offer across a choice of three trim levels - 'S', 'SE' and 'EX'. If you want the 130PS 1.5 i-VTEC unt, you'll need around £17,000 and the more dynamic 'Sport' variant. Specifications are generous across the range, with base-grade 'S' models fitted with convenience features such as air conditioning, cruise control with speed limiter and dusk sensing auto lights. Every grade comes with Honda's City-Brake Active to help avoid low-speed accidents. The mid-grade 'SE' model adds front and rear parking sensors, electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors and 15" alloy wheels. Honda's Driver Assistance Safety Pack is also included, giving owners the extra reassurance of five advanced active safety aids. Customers opting for the 'SE' or 'EX' models will also benefit from the Honda Connect in-car infotainment system as standard. This Android-based system features an app-based 'pinch, swipe and tap' interface accessed on a seven-inch touchscreen in the centre of the dash. Honda Connect comes with pre-installed apps, with others available for download from the Honda App Centre. These give rapid access to internet-based services such as web browsing, real-time traffic information, news and weather, social media, and internet music stations.
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The engineers on the MK3 model Jazz development team have done what they could to enhance efficiency here. You get a slippery shape, there's six rather than five speeds on the manual gearbox and of course there's one of those stop-start systems to cut the engine when you don't need it, stuck at the lights or waiting in traffic. To help things further, the two Euro6 petrol powerplants get a high compression ratio, low levels of internal friction, an effective exhaust gas recirculation system and electronic operation for the variable timing control to optimise valve timing. So that drivers can play their part, an 'ECO Assist' function changes the backlight colour of the speedometer from white to green in fuel-efficient driving you'll be able to monitor via fuel efficiency readings recorded on the 'Honda CONNECT' infotainment screen. The optional Garmin Navigation system also helps out with the option of so-called 'Eco routing'. The result of all this effort sees the 1.3 i-VTEC CVT automatic version of this car return 61.4mpg on the combined cycle and 106g/km of CO2. Unfortunately, the figures managed by the manual transmission 1.3-litre version most people will actually buy aren't quite so good - 56.4mpg and 116g/km. Bear in mind that all these readings apply to a car fitted with 15-inch wheels and will worsen slightly if you have a top variant with 16-inch rims. As for the 1.5 i-VTEC derivative, the figures are 52.3mpg on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions of 124g/km in a CVT auto variant.
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Every man . . . as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. – 2 Corinthians 9:7
If you are visiting the Faith Baptist Church website, but Faith Baptist Church is not your church home, we do not expect you to give. There is no obligation to give at any of our worship services. However, if Faith Baptist is your church home, or if the Lord has touched your heart about supporting His work here at Faith Baptist, we hope this tool will help you to do just that. If you'd like to help support Faith Baptist Church financially please click the image to the right and use our secure giving form.
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The truth is, the single most important question that you will ever answer is this - "If I were to die today, would I spend eternity in Heaven with God?" According to the Bible, your relationship to Jesus Christ is central to the answer to that question.
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Prayer is a necessary and vital component of every Christian's life. Prayer is our opportunity to make our requests know to God. As such, the Bible has much to say about the subject of prayer. In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Paul admonishes us to, "Pray without ceasing," and in Luke 18:1 Jesus said, "men ought always to pray."
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Above: Photo of William Frederick Wernse taken around the mid-19th century.
A recent internet find was that of a biographical sketch of my gr-gr-grandfather, William Frederick Wernse in a recently uploaded copy/scan of the Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Other Missouri Cities (Published by the American Biographical Publishing Company/H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Chicago, 1884), which featured biographical sketches of various figures in those regions whose employment was involved in law. Below is the bio on William Wernse, p. 207 & 208:
William F. Wernse.
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William F. Wernse is a brother of H.H. Wernse, a banker of Saint Louis, who has been engaged in the banking business for many years. William first came to Saint Louis in 1855, but removed to Illinois the same year. he attended the public schools in Illinois, where he lived until 1861, when he entered the United States service, serving with honor until 1864, and was in many of the battles of the Army of the Cumberland, and the Tennessee. In 1864, he engaged in the banking business, and continued until 1874, working in various capacities, commencing as messenger, and by industry, energy and by his superior business capacity, by gradual promotion obtained the position of cashier. In 1875 he entered the law department of Washington University, at Saint Louis, and is a graduate of the class of 1877. He was admitted to the Saint Louis bar and to the bar of the United States courts, and practiced law successfully until 1879. he is now editor of the "American Law Digest and Legal Directory" and the "American Banker's Manual," on which he has bestowed years of unremitting labor, and distinguished capacity, and enjoys a large patronage for these publications in all parts of the country. As a writer he is careful, accurate and discriminating, and has as aides in his work much of the best legal talent of the United States. Personally, Mr. Wernse is exceptionally courteous, kindly and gentlemanly in all his business and personal relations.
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Even if the hotly rumored 'N Sync reunion doesn't happen, the MTV Video Music Awards are already shaping up as Justin Timberlake's night.
The lead nominee — with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — is up for six awards. Timberlake also will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and the anticipation over whether he and his old boy-band cronies will appear together will persist well after the show kicks off Sunday night from Brooklyn.
MTV is officially mum, neither confirming nor denying the rumor, and Joey Fatone has even denied it officially. But 'N Sync debuted a Twitter account Saturday, and the hubbub has overshadowed what will be an all-star lineup at the Barclays Center.
Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Drake will perform hit singles for the first time, and Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus and — if the spurned Stephen Colbert is to be believed — Daft Punk square off in a song-of-the-summer competition. But 'N Sync has managed to steal the thunder.
"We're just hoping we're not doing anything after them because anything after 'N Sync this year is going to be irrelevant," One Direction's Harry Styles said.
One Direction didn't give any clues about its role, and MTV has kept many details about the two-hour show under wraps. Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jared Leto and last year's host Kevin Hart (MTV has chosen to go without a host this year) are scheduled to participate, and former NBA player Jason Collins, who recently acknowledged he is gay, will introduce Macklemore and Lewis' marriage equality anthem "Same Love."
The Seattle duo is the surprise of the year and is up for six awards, as Timberlake it. The Seattle rap crew has the top song from the first half of 2013, "Thrift Shop" featuring Wanz, one of five songs up for the top honor: video of the year.
Timberlake — who's won seven moonman trophies — has the year's best-selling album, "The 20/20 Experience," and his follow-up "The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2," is due out in September. His "Mirrors" is up for video of the year. Thicke's "Blurred Lines" featuring T.I. and Pharrell, Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" and Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" round out the category.
Mars has the next-highest number of nominations, with four. Pink, Cyrus, Thicke and Thirty Seconds to Mars have three apiece.
The show travels to Brooklyn and the brand new Barclays Center for the first time, which should change its vibe. It also will change the iconic moonman trophy. MTV commissioned Brooklyn artist KAWS to redesign the statuette for this year's show.
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Eddie Cochran
He sang about teenage angst, wild parties, burning desire and fast cars.
Eddie Cochran sang directly to the American teen over his thick guitar sound. While his career and life were tragically cut short, his influence on rock music is everlasting.
Although Eddie Cochran was only 21 when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer.
Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C'mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker. But he was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him "rock's first high-energy guitar hero, the forerunner to Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman and, at least in terms of dexterity, Jimi Hendrix." Cochran was also proficient on piano, bass and drums.
Beneath Cochran's polite exterior lurked an all-American rebel, and in death he achieved iconic status with several generations of rock and rollers, from the first wave of British Invasion bands to the Sex Pistols (who covered "Something Else"). He even played an indirect role in the Beatles' formation. In June 1957 Paul McCartney taught John Lennon the chords to Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" at a church picnic where Lennon's Quarrymen were playing. In the late Sixties, Blue Cheer recorded a memorable version of "Summertime Blues," a timeless anthem of teen disenchantment. The Who recorded and released a cover of "Summertime Blues" in 1970.
Cochran was born in Minnesota, raised in Oklahoma and moved to California with his family, where he began his musical career in 1954. Initially, he teamed up with singer-guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), touring and recording as the Cochran Brothers, who performed in a country-rockabilly vein. Cochran's musical influences ran more toward the extroverted likes of Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins, and that is the direction he pursued as a solo artist in the late Fifties. Cochran found a manager and collaborator in songwriter Jerry Capehart, with whom he worked until his death. Cochran cut his first rock record, "Skinny Jim," for the Crest label in 1956. His big break came when a movie producer approached him to appear in the film The Girl Can't Help It (1956), which featured his frenetic version of "Twenty Flight Rock." That same year Cochran signed with Liberty Records, where he perfected a sound on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" that featured driving acoustic and electric guitars, handclaps and tambourines and lyrics that unerringly expressed the alienated teen mindset.
Cochran recorded prolifically for Liberty, with mixed results. The label tried molding him as a crooner, and his debut album, Singin' to My Baby (1957), was full of schmaltzy ballads that had been foisted upon him. Cochran favored a leaner rock and roll sound, and it is that aspect of his catalog—including not only the hard-rocking hits but also such posthumously popular tracks as "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie," "Something Else" and "Nervous Breakdown"—for which he is remembered. He was especially revered in Britain, where his influence as a rock and roll original endures to this day.
Eddie Cochran released only one album during his lifetime, which was abruptly cut short when his taxi crashed en route to a London airport at the end of a British tour. Also injured in the accident were rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran's fiancée, songwriter Shari Sheeley. The single Cochran released just before his death, eerily enough, was entitled "Three Steps to Heaven." Ironically, he had been planning for some time to cut back on touring in order to concentrate on songwriting and studio work.
Inductee: Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals; born October 3, 1938, died April 17, 1960)


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Q: How can I tell if my apartment is infested with bedbugs? A friend has just gone through a nightmare experience trying to get rid of them. She had to throw out her mattress, couch and other furniture, have the whole place fumigated and everything dry-cleaned. It cost thousands of dollars.
I saw a bug the other night in my bedding, and the next night I had a bite. I am totally freaked out. I can't afford an exterminator to find out.
A: Bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) were once rare in the U.S. but are now making a dramatic resurgence. The bites can cause intense itching.
These pests are very hard to eradicate, but researchers at Rutgers University have come up with an easy and inexpensive way to detect them (Science News, Jan. 16, 2010). Put 2.5 pounds of dry ice in a one-third-gallon jug, such as a Coleman cooler with a flip-up spout. The spout should be left slightly open, so the carbon dioxide can leak out.
Place the cooler in a plastic pet-food dish and tape a piece of paper to the outside of the dish as a gangplank for the bedbugs to climb. To make the plastic even more slippery, dust the dish with talcum powder. Within 12 hours, the carbon dioxide will lure bedbugs to the trap, and you will see them in the bottom of the plastic dish if you have any.
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A: Mirapex (pramipexole) can ease RLS symptoms but side effects such as compulsive eating, shopping and gambling, as well as hypersexuality, have been reported. Some people may fall asleep while driving.
Many readers tell us that minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium can help RLS as well as leg cramps. Some also find soap under the sheet helpful.
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When I looked for more information, I read it should not be taken if you have high blood pressure. Since I take atenolol, my blood pressure is under control. Does that mean it would be safe for me to take this weight-loss pill?
A: Meridia (sibutramine) is a controlled prescription diet pill. It should only be taken under careful medical supervision, as there are a number of potentially serious side effects and drug interactions to watch out for.
Although there are Web sites that offer to sell Meridia without a prescription, this is a dangerous plan. Sites that sell controlled substances without requiring a bona fide prescription might have few scruples about selling you counterfeit medicine.
What is more, the Food and Drug Administration notified doctors in November 2009 that it is evaluating whether Meridia puts patients at higher risk for heart attacks and strokes. Your doctor will know if your blood pressure is controlled well enough for this risk.
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BISD's superintendent delays termination notices
In a letter to all Beaumont Independent School District staff, Superintendent Timothy Chargois said the district now anticipates that all employees affected by the coming reduction in force will be notified no later than June 30, rather than the June 12 date given previously. Also, Chargois outlined the process by which the district will decide who loses their job and who does not, a process he described as "unbiased, not considering personalities, but focusing on the positions." The full text of the letter, sent via email to all BISD staff Monday, June 2, appears below:
To: All Staff
Subject: The RIF process and update
Dear BISD Employee,
Normally, the last week of school is filled with the joy of recognition programs, awards and other honors as students and teachers get excited about the summer break. Unfortunately, this school year is also ending with serious issues that may have employees wondering how the recently approved Reduction in Force will impact our lives.
We are working toward the goal of bringing staffing across the district within approved guidelines. For the most part, that means 22 students per teacher up to grade level four and 28 students per teacher from grades five and higher. Of course, this may mean teachers will have larger class sizes. However, this will also mean we will be operating within state guidelines. The RIF will impact all areas, including administrative staff, maintenance, clerical, transportation, child nutrition and other support staff. Additionally, any unfunded grant programs will also end, and consequently, those job positions supporting those particular grants will also be eliminated. Unfortunately, the RIF will also impact teaching positions.
In my May 23rd letter to employees, I outlined why the RIF is necessary. I want to make sure each employee understands how the process is being executed. Foremost is a plan for the RIF process to be unbiased, not considering personalities, but focusing on the positions. For example, let's say a school has four 5th grade English teachers and 84 students. The approved staffing guidelines require one teacher for every 28 students. Since 5th grade English at this school has one teacher more than the staffing guidelines require, then 5th grade English at this campus would become an "affected employment area." To help determine which one of the four teachers will be impacted by the RIF, a template applying the RIF criteria identified in Policy DFFA (Local) and in the procedure for reduction in force. In order of importance, the RIF criteria are (1) qualifications, such as certification, (2) employee performance, (3) extra duties, (4) professional background, and (5) seniority. Therefore, if these 5th grade teachers are equal in every category of one through four, then the employee with the least years of service would be the one impacted by the RIF.
Contrary to our initial estimate that employees affected by the RIF may expect to be notified by June 12, we now anticipate that all employees affected by the RIF will be notified no later than June 30. Certainly, we do not want to rush the process, but we want everyone to be aware of the checks and balances in place to assure fairness in the process. Please click here<http://www.bmtisd.com/financial-exigency-information/> for more information concerning the RIF process.
Timothy B. Chargois, Ed.D.
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In Tahoe, please don't spank the bears
The bear stories that have emerged from Tahoe since the fall have defied logic.
Until last week, that is.
At Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, some students unaccustomed to bears have made it a game on campus to "spank" the animals with a pat on the butt, another game to "pet" one. One student resorted to feeding a bear an apple after deciding it was a bad idea to spank him, according to a November report in the student newspaper.
In one case, a bear social- ized to humans opened the window of a dorm room, climbed in and rummaged through the student's mini-fridge.
Another student, a sophomore who lives in a house near the campus, said a bear broke into her home four times, ate everything and trashed the sofa.
In October alone near Incline, Nevada wildlife officials caught 14 bears, transported them into national forest lands and released them. Other bears branded as dangerous have been shot and killed.
In response, some Tahoe residents on both sides of the state line have damaged traps, harassed game wardens and staked out the traps to keep the bears out of them.
Last week, Ron Stiller, an Incline resident, said he would start a new crusade called Bear Smart Tahoe.
The citizen group probably would go door-to-door to make sure that garbage, dog food, birdseed and other attractions are not left outside. That's something nobody is doing.
The group plans to emphasize minimizing contact to keep bears wild, not socialized.
In several high Sierra wilderness areas, backpackers are required to use bear-proof food canisters. It largely stopped food-raiding by bears at wilderness campsites.
In many areas around Tahoe, the bears work daily routes from home to home until they find something. The hope is to break that chain.
The bears have no fear of people. Game wardens thus have two choices: to trap the bears and move them, or shoot and kill them. That leaves it up to the public to do the Bear Smart Tahoe thing.
To see the original report in the Sierra Nevada College Eagle's Eye, click here.
Tom Stienstra is The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoor writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Harvard
women's basketball team extended its win streak to six games
and improved to 17-7 overall and 8-2 in Ivy League play with a
62-54 win over Brown, Friday night at the Pizzatola Sports
Junior Emma Markley led the Crimson with 15 points and four blocks despite only playing 21 minutes due to foul trouble. She had 11 points in the second frame and six rebounds on the night. Sophomore Brogan Berry had 12 points with 10 coming in the second half. Junior Jackie Alemany paced the Crimson in rebounds with seven.
Brown took advantage of a slow start by the Crimson scoring the
first five points of the game. Harvard answered when Markley and
Christina Matera contributed a jumper and a three-pointer,
respectively, to even the score with 17:11 left in the first half.
Brown's Natalie Bonds put her team back on top with a lay-up
and helped the Bears extend its lead to 11-5 over the next four
minutes. After Jackie Alemany cut the lead to four, the Bears
drained a shot from beyond the arc and added another jumper to pull
ahead, 22-13 with 7:02. Claire Wheeler and Alemany scored
back-to-back baskets to cut the lead to five with just under five
minutes left in the half. Harvard outscored the Bears, 14-2, in the
final 4:42 of the first session to erase a nine-point deficit.
Twelve of those points came from Lippert (seven) and Rutzen
At the half, Harvard had 12 turnovers to nine by the Bears. The Crimson held a 20-15 advantage in rebounds after 20 minutes. Harvard shot 44 percent in the first frame, while the home team managed just 34.5 percent.
Brown outscored the Crimson, 17-8, during the first eight minutes of the second session to take a 41-37 lead with 12 minutes to play. Harvard held the Bears scoreless from the field for nearly three minutes, allowing just a free throw and was able to cut into the lead, 42-40, on a Brogan Berry three-point play. The Crimson regained the lead when Berry hit two more free throws and extend its advantage on a Caitlin Rowland jumper with 8:15 left to play. A Matera three-pointer put the Crimson up, 50-44.
The Bears pulled to within 50-49 before Markley hit an off-balance jumper to make it 52-49. With 4:44 on the clock, Bonds was called for both a technical foul and a personal foul after a tie up with Markley. Berry made 1-of-2 shots on the technical and then Markley hit both free throws to push the lead to 55-49. Just over a minute later Berry sunk a trey to put the visiting team up 58-51. A three-point play from Markley and free throws from Alemany and Rutzen sealed the win for the Crimson.
Harvard shot 43.1 percent from the field, while the Bears shot just 32.1 percent. Brown won the battle of the glass, outrebounding the Crimson, 37-34.
The Crimson plays its final regular season road game of the season at Yale Saturday. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.
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Brand name: Atripla
Generic name: efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir, or EFV/FTC/TDF
Class: NNRTI and NRTI -- single-tablet regimen (STR)
Manufacturer: Bristol-Myers Squibb, www.bms.com, (800) 321-1335, and Gilead Sciences, www.gilead.com, (800) GILEAD-5 (445-3235), www.atripla.com
AWP: $2,080.97/month
Standard Dose: One tablet (600 mg efavirenz/200 mg emtricitabine/300 mg tenofovir), once a day, preferably at bedtime, on an empty stomach or with a light, low-fat snack. Take missed dose as soon as possible, unless it is closer to the time of your next dose. Do not double up on your next dose. Dose cannot be adjusted for people with kidney problems and Atripla should not be used in people with moderate or severe kidney or liver impairment.
Potential side effects and toxicity: See the individual drugs contained in Atripla -- Sustiva, Emtriva, and Viread (efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir). Atripla is well tolerated in most, but not all, individuals. Use with caution in individuals with depression or other psychiatric issues. Diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, headache, dizziness, depression, insomnia, abnormal dreams, and rash. Kidney function should be assessed before initiating treatment and throughout therapy as determined by a provider. Women should not become pregnant on Atripla or for 12 weeks after discontinuation, and should not breast-feed while on it, because of the risk of birth defects. Dose cannot be adjusted for people with kidney problems. See chart for potential drug class side effects.
Potential drug interactions: See the individual drugs contained in Atripla: Sustiva, Emtriva, and Viread. Do not take Atripla with Combivir, Complera, Emtriva, Epivir, Epivir-HBV, Epzicom, Sustiva, Trizivir, Truvada, or Viread, since these medications are already in Atripla or they have equivalent medications. Atripla should not be taken with Vascor, Propulsid, Versed, Orap, Halcion, Vfend, Hepsera, or St. John's wort. Tell your provider or pharmacist about all medications, herbs, and supplements you are taking or thinking of taking, prescribed or not.
More information: Atripla was the first complete HIV treatment regimen in one pill, taken once daily, but now has head-to-head competition from Complera, approved in 2011, and there are more single-tablet regimens on the way (see the "Quad" page). Atripla is on the list of preferred regimens for treatment-naïve patients in the DHHS HIV treatment guidelines. Atripla is one of the most commonly prescribed medications for those taking HIV medicine for the first time due to the ease of taking one pill, once a day. Another benefit: the single tablet cuts the number of insurance co-pays. Complera's approval, however, makes Atripla's side effect profile harder to overlook. Efavirenz should not be taken during pregnancy. According to one meta-analysis, if women get pregnant while on Sustiva (efavirenz) or Atripla, however, the risk of birth defects is minimal. The efavirenz in Atripla can cause a false positive for marijuana on certain drug tests. A more specific confirmatory test can be done. Atripla should not be used in patients under 18 years of age. Most treatment-experienced people (those who've already been on HIV therapy) may not be able to use Atripla due to having developed drug resistance (when their medications may no longer work against the virus), and Complera is not an option for people resistant to Atripla. Drug resistance most commonly occurs when people don't take their HIV medicine as prescribed, but some may also be infected with a drug-resistant virus against which some of the medications in Atripla will not work. Because it is one dose once a day, it is important not to miss a dose. Be careful when stopping Atripla, so that you avoid the rapid development of HIV resistance to it -- check with your doctor or pharmacist first. Use of tenofovir must be monitored in people with underlying kidney problems. In this combination product, the tenofovir dose cannot be adjusted. Therefore, Atripla should not be used in people with severe kidney problems. Tenofovir and emtricitabine are also both used to treat hepatitis B. If you are co-infected with hepatitis B, when you stop Atripla your hepatitis B may be reactivated. If your HIV develops resistance to tenofovir and/or emtricitabine, it does not mean that your hepatitis B is also resistant to them. Gilead and BMS are forever to be commended for collaborating to bring Atripla to market. See package insert for more complete information on potential side effects and interactions.
Doctor's Comments
Atripla was the first single-tablet, once-daily regimen. It's a preferred regimen in all treatment guidelines based on its outstanding efficacy, safety, tolerability, and convenience. The main disadvantages include the potential for kidney toxicity with tenofovir (see Viread) and the early side effects of efavirenz (see Sustiva). Atripla is not a good choice for people who aren't fully committed to staying on therapy without interruption. The long half-lives of the three drugs mean that an occasional missed dose or two won't matter, but interrupting therapy altogether can cause drug resistance, especially to efavirenz.
-- Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H.
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The gold standard for realistic regimens we can take indefinitely, Atripla still has the benefits of simplicity: a once-daily pill with everything you need in it. The downside is the compound has the same drawbacks as Sustiva (efavirenz), which is one of its three ingredients, the other two being the Emtriva (emtricitabine) and Viread (tenofovir) found in Truvada. It can cause vivid dreams, nightmares, depression, out of range lipids, or bone density problems (for some people, not all). It has the easiest by far co-pay programs, as well as patient assistance programs (PAPs). This breakthrough product showed us that pharmaceutical companies can get along and work together (Gilead and Bristol-Myers Squibb). Still by far one of the most prescribed regimens in the ADAP world, we were very glad to see the companies work out a deal for price freezes and easy access patient assistance programs; helping to save Florida's ADAP from getting deeper into fiscal debt.
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Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
For the past three years, the Brookings Institution has put out an annual Global MetroMonitor report ranking the economic performance of the 300 largest metros in the world relative to each other, to their own countries, and to their past hey days prior to the recession. The latest edition, published today, captures both positive and depressing news for U.S. metros. The positive: Some of them are finally recovering from the recession (this couldn't be said about a single one of America's 76 largest metros at this time last year).
The depressing? There are just three of them: Dallas, Knoxville and Pittsburgh.
And 20 of these metros actually lost ground in 2012. Globally, North America doesn't even crack Brookings' economic performance index – a combined measure of growth in real GDP per capita and growth in employment rates – until Houston comes in at No. 40 and San Jose at No. 46, behind what looks like the entire mass of China (22 of the top 30 metros are Chinese).
The report highlights metro areas that have returned to their recession-eve peak in growth rates of GDP (a measure of standard of living) and employment (a measure of widespread job opportunity). San Jose and Houston are both performing well on these fronts, but not as well as they did before the economy turned sour. This is America's map of recession recovery:
All those yellow dots (sized according to GDP) haven't gotten there yet. The blue ones have; the pink are sliding backwards. Those red dots – Albuquerque, New Mexico and Madison, Wisconsin – are still in a full blooming recession. You can also peruse Brookings' interactive map from the report here.
Western Europe looks even worse, while much of the developing world in Asia and Latin America – where many cities suffered no recession at all in the past five years – appear the strongest.
"With all that said, the U.S. story – especially relative to metros in the rest of the developed world – is not as bad," says Emilia Istrate, an associate fellow at Brookings and the lead author of the report. "While three recovering U.S. metros might not seem like a big result, it's still better than none last year."
The economies of Dallas, Knoxville and Pittsburgh rely heavily on large local service sectors in education, health care and government, as well as on financial and businesses services like banking and insurance. This can equally be said of plenty of other U.S. cites on this list. But each of these metros have growing local clients for all of those services, in the form of energy companies (Dallas), shale and natural gas extraction (Pittsburgh) and construction (Knoxville).
The report also focuses on how metros compare relative to each other globally. This map shows how U.S. cities performed in the economic index ranking of the 300 largest metros (sorry, again, No. 282 Albuquerque):
And this map shows how U.S. metros fared over this past year relative to the national economy on both GDP and employment growth. The dark blue cities outperformed the nation on both counts, while the red cities did neither. Chicago, in particular, looks in trouble:
In all, the 300 metros on this list (which include cities and the surrounding suburbs and countryside that contribute to their economy) account for nearly half of the world's economic output, even as they house just 19 percent of its population. That suggests that even in a general economic slowdown, cities are still leading the way. 56 of these metros worldwide are doing better than their countries as a whole this year.
"This fact points to the economic reality that often goes under the radar," Istrate says, "that the global economy is in fact a metro-driven economy."
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It seems Johnny Depp won't be enjoying his new movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" like most audiences on May 20th. Like a very small portion of the population, he simply can't see 3D movie effects.
"I'm unable to see in 3D. My eyes don't see in 3D. I have a weird eye... It just doesn't work. It may come as a surprise to you, but I've never seen normally," he told the TV show Access Hollywood.
In any case, I hope the movie doesn't need the 3D to be enjoyable, much like one of Depp's other recent movies. Because, you know. 3D kinda sucks. [TGDaily via Engadget]