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Weimaraner Medium Art Print
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Canine model, Harry the flat-coated retriever, poses for this fantastic art print, which so perfectly depicts his playful temperament and 'full of beans' spirit. Skilled British pet portraiture artist Justine Osborne uses contrasting shades of black and grey to highlight this retriever's shiny coat, and the lolling pink tongue makes a great focal point – as well as adding a touch of fun to the piece! The perfect gift for the retriever owner in your life, this portrait makes a striking addition to any contemporary home.
Maximum 250 prints per edition
Image size 25x25cm (10x10in), paper size approx 33x35cm (13x14in)
Print will be sent rolled and is ready to be mounted (matted) and framed. Complete with Certificate of Authentication, signed and numbered, presented in acetate to preserve the print
Product code: PMD-00015
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Last Summer I went on a road trip with my daughter and wrote about our travels here on the VisitBritain Super Blog. This summer I wanted a family holiday in England again but still needed the journey to be part of the adventure too. The Isles of Scilly was the perfect location as we needed a tube, train, plane, taxi, boat and taxi to get to our hotel yet it only took from breakfast time to mid-afternoon to complete the journey.
We stayed at Hell Bay, the only hotel on Bryher, the smallest of the inhabited islands. The contrast from our morning in London couldn't be greater as Hell Bay is in a secluded cove on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. There can be few hotels in the British Isles that enjoy such a spectacular and picturesque setting. Hell Bay remains eternally popular with families as well as couples looking for a place to escape, relax and recharge.
There are just 25 rooms and great facilities including a heated outdoor pool which we loved. The view from our first floor room was breathtaking and I sat out on the balcony and watched the sun set each night. Even when it wasn't sunny the view was still outstanding.
Hell Bay pride themselves on serving fresh, local, seasonal dishes and our breakfast could not have been fresher as we collected the egg ourselves from the hen house! The dinner menu is incredibly creative for such a remote location and my daughter was unsure if we could actually eat the dishes as they looked like works of art.
Actually, all of the Isles of Scilly seem to be a 'foodie heaven' and the Tresco & Bryher Food Festival is on 15-16 September 2012, with the Autumn of Food continuing on into October, celebrating the very best of local produce, producers, chefs and suppliers. We took a day trip to Tresco and had lunch at the Ruin Beach Cafe which makes good use of the fish, crab and lobster from local fishermen. We spent the rest of the day playing on the beach in front of the restaurant as it's such an idyllic location.
About the Isles of Scilly There are around 150 islands and rocks that make up the Isles of Scilly and they are located about 28 miles off the southwestern tip of the Cornwall. There are five inhabited islands and many uninhabited making this a popular area for ornithology. The airport is on St Mary's, the largest island with a population around 1,500, and Tresco is the second largest and is privately-owned by the Dorrien Smith family, who also own Hell Bay. The Tresco Abbey Gardens are worth a visit to see the 5,000 sub-tropical and exotic plants. St Martin's is known for its white beaches and clear waters, St Agnes is the most south-westerly community in the British Isles, and Bryher is the smallest inhabited island with less than 100 people living there. You can find out more about the islands and what to do there at: www.simplyscilly.co.uk. What to do on Bryher We enjoyed walking all over the island and playing on the beaches. We only paddled in the sea but some of the other hotel guests went for a refreshing swim each morning and the big kids loved snorkelling. As well as the hotel facilities including tennis courts, golf, croquet and an outdoor heated pool, we visited the island shop which caters for all the visitors and residents so is well-stocked, and we had tea and scones at the Vine Cafe. The Fraggle Rock pub is England's most westerly pub and classed as a Jamie Oliver 'Best British Boozer' but was closed when we went to visit (not all day opening). And do remember you could just try relaxing at this peaceful location. Find out more at: www.bryher-islesofscilly.co.uk. The Isles of Scilly feel very safe and children can have the freedom to explore here much more than they ever could in a city. I didn't get to see the puffins, nor did I try scuba diving to see the incredible amount of ship wrecks. So I'll have to go back in spring, and bring my wellies, when the tides mean it's actually possible to walk between the islands of Bryher, Tresco and Samson. I really did enjoy our time on the Isles of Scilly and have written about it for Anglotopia too (where you'll find lots more photos). Laura Porter writes the About.com London Travel site which is an online travel guide for visitors to the capital. She fits in further freelance writing while sustaining an afternoon tea addiction to rival the Queen's. You can follow her at @AboutLondon and find out more at about.me/LauraPorter. See more articles by Laura on the VisitBritain Super Blog. (All images © Laura Porter.) Credits: My trip was organised by Massey who represent Hell Bay and they kindly provided accommodation and meals. Train tickets were provided by First Great Western and South West Trains, and Isles of Scilly Travel provided my flight. About Skybus: fly to St Mary's from Southampton, Bristol, Exeter, Newquay, or Land's End, followed by a short boat transfer. Prices from £135 per adult return / £74 per child return (2 – 15yrs). This is based on a Land's End departure cost, with prices increasing from other airports. Call Isles of Scilly Travel: 0845 7105555 / www.ios-travel.co.uk South West Trains operates a regular service between London Waterloo and Southampton Airport Parkway. Prices start from £35.90 for a standard class single fare. Visit southwesttrains.co.uk or call 0845 6000 650 for more details.

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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionDILLON VALLEY SUB
Listing Date07/11/19
Year Built1977
Lot Size0.27 Acres
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
This great neighborhood home is looking for just the right buyer: Loads of room, big lot, wide driveway. Your storage needs solved with 2 car garage & sheds out back! The price is right -can't beat $250/sq. ft! Spacious, and made even more so by extra family room & wet bar downstairs. New furnace in 2017. Lots of opportunity to open the space up, add your personal touches & polish this gem of a home into your mountain dream! Flawlessly hosting all of your mountain gear, toys, friends & family!
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Come experience the magic of the Colorado high country and fall in love with the town of Dillon. Perfectly situated on the scenic shores of the Lake Dillon Reservoir with recreation, entertainment, relaxation, and pure fun all at your doorstep. Dillon is a great getaway close to Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Copper Mountain, Vail, Beaver Creek and Denver. Aside from being an excellent, central location for embracing Summit County's winter activities, Dillon bustles with summer events for all ages, from the Thursday Nature Nights series and Friday morning Farmers Markets to the popular weekend concerts at Lake Dillon Amphitheatre. Spend an afternoon at the Dillon Marina where rental boats, guided sailing tours or sailing lessons are available, or visit the School House Museum and historical park where relics from the mining days come to life. World-class lodging, dining and shopping are within minutes.
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(Phys.org) -- A University of California, Davis, discovery that male navel orangeworms respond more readily to artificial or "deceitful" female sex pheromones than to natural sex pheromones could lead to a better mating disruption approach, resulting in a reduced larval infestation of California's multibillion almond, pistachio and walnut crops.
The research, published July 20 in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal from the Public Library of Science, also found that the deceitful sex pheromone or paraphermone is more chemically stable than the natural sex pheromone, said chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
"Sex pheromones can be used as an environmentally safe alternative to control insect population without the need of hard chemicals like pesticides," he said. "Unfortunately, the constituents of the natural navel orangeworm sex pheromones are chemically unstable and, therefore, readily degraded in the field.
"Our research is aimed at identifying more stable analogs (parapheromones) for practical application," Leal continued. "We're working on how this compound, discovered years ago, interacts with the olfactory system. We found that a formate analog of the pheromone is so deceitful that it tricks' the moth olfactory system. The formate has been known since 1982 but it was unknown how it works.
"The moth sense of smell cannot distinguish the natural sex pheromone from the parapheromone to a point that the odorant receptors tuned to the reception of the sex pheromone are even more sensitive to the synthetic alternative," he explained.
The larvae of the navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) infest unharvested or "mummy" nuts left on the tree or on the ground. The infestations also can lead to fungal diseases.
The UC Davis-based research suggests that the stronger response to the formate analog might be a "common feature of moth pheromone receptors," Leal said, "and could be used as a replacement for chemically less stable aldehyde pheromones."
Ultimately, the research aims to identify a chemically stable replacement for the natural sex pheromone, which can be used in the field to disrupt male-female communication.
The scientists cloned odorant receptors (ORs) and then tested them in the antennae of the male navel orangeworm.
"Insects achieve their prominence through successful reproduction, which in turn relies heavily on an acute olfactory system, " wrote the eight-member team comprised of seven scientists from the Leal lab and a researcher from the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Thousands of finely tuned pheromone sensors in the antennae enable male moths to follow the trail of a pheromone scent remotely released by conspecific (same species) females when they overtly advertise their readiness to mate."
"The acuteness of the insect's olfactory system is clearly manifested in the selective and sensitive detection of sex pheromone by male moths," they wrote. "Although a single molecule of the natural sex pheromone is estimated to be sufficient to activate a neuron in male antennae, pheromone analogs with minimal structural modifications may have very little or no activity. One noticeable exception to this lock-and-key' tight selectivity of the receptor-pheromone system is that formate analogs are deceitful' to detectors of aldehyde pheromone."
The navel orangeworm (NOW) is the primary pest of California's 800,000 acres of almonds, reducing yield and increasing processing costs. NOW females lay their eggs in the mummified nuts. The larvae consume most of the nut meats and produce large amounts of webbing and frass.
The research team included Pingxi Xu, Elizabeth Atungulu, Zain Syed, Young-Moo Choo, Diogo Vidal Caio Zitelli and Leal from the UC Davis lab, and Stephen Garczynski of the Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, Wash., an ARS/USDA lab. Syed is now with the University of Notre Dame.
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For boomers, long-term planning can have extra challenges
In less than a year, Rona Bartelstone became a primary caregiver for her husband and both parents.
The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., business owner's mother was diagnosed with early dementia in late 2002. Her father, who lived with his wife in Aventura, Fla., was diagnosed with colorectal cancer five months later. That August, Bartelstone's husband suffered a stroke.
Bartelstone, CEO of Rona Bartelstone Care Management and Home Healthcare in Fort Lauderdale, lost her company partner because her husband, Alan Markowitz, could no longer help to manage the business. Both her emotions and finances were affected as she took time away from work to care for her family; Bartelstone, 56, said her company "lost about two years of income that I now cannot count on (for) my retirement." To recoup, she may retire later than planned -- and with less wealth.
Baby boomers may feel the pressure to help with their parents' care, but how can they do it without sacrificing their own savings?
For Bartelstone, the answer was simple: long-term care insurance.
Long-term insurance can pay for in-home care, full-time care or a care facility, and it's one way boomers and their parents can avoid a financial train wreck.
Bartelstone's mother, 81, remains in her own Aventura house, but she has a health aide five days a week for six hours a day. (Bartelstone's father died in 2005.) Markowitz, Bartelstone's husband, also has an aide for 11 hours a day, five days a week. His aide is paid through lifetime long-term care insurance. Bartelstone bought the policy with Markowitz, now 65, about six years ago and called it a "very good investment."
"Because he's so young, he's going to need care for many years," she said. "I didn't have to go into my savings."
Home health aide costs in 2006 averaged $15 an hour in the Miami area, according to a MetLife survey published in September.
For a private room in a Miami-area nursing home, daily rates averaged $225, or $82,121 a year, a 2006 Genworth Financial report stated. A semi-private room averaged $180 a day, or $65,554 a year. Private assisted-living facilities cost less.
But before buying a policy, be sure to know what the policy covers and what it doesn't, cautioned Lori Parham, state director for AARP Florida.
For those without long-term care insurance plans, paying for care with lifetime savings certainly will be tougher. Bartelstone, a presenter at a recent conference focusing on baby boomers who care for aging parents, said home care allows patients to remain in their homes but may not be the cheapest option for people who require 24-hour care.
Financial planners cautioned against spending down assets in order to qualify for Medicaid, which will pay for nursing home costs based on asset levels.
"The standard of care under Medicaid is going to be lower, in many cases, than the standard of care we can buy," said Karen Schaeffer, co-founder of Schaeffer Financial in Washington. "It may make more sense to sell the home."
Seniors intent on staying in their homes may opt for reverse mortgages, which take equity from their houses and give the borrower cash in a lump sum, fixed monthly payments or a line of credit. This gives them money for daily expenses. But Schaeffer said needing a reverse mortgage is a sign the senior should move.
Other seniors move in with their boomer children to save costs.
"We need to get our homes equipped to accommodate more than one generation," said Schaeffer, who spoke at the recent Miami conference sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of Miami-Dade.
Above all, planners said, baby boomers need to know when to include a financial planner or care manager for themselves or their parents. Boomers should have conversations with parents about money and healthcare long before a crisis occurs.


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Stone Energy Corporation (SGY) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Wednesday October 05 as the stock popped 5.37% to $11.98, representing a gain of $0.61 per share. Some 976,416 shares traded hands on 3,230 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 1.5 million shares out of a total float of 5.69 million. The stock opened at $12.22 and traded with an intraday range of $12.50 to $11.70.
After today's gains, Stone Energy Corporation reached a market cap of $68.17 million. Stone Energy Corporation has had a trading range between $98.40 and $2.70 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $11.28 and a 200-day SMA of $15.08.
Stone Energy Corp is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development and operation of oil and gas properties.
Stone Energy Corporation is based out of Lafayette, LA and has some 310 employees. Its CEO is David H. Welch.
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Neshoba County, Miss., will open a state-of-the-art emergency operations center this spring, featuring a next-generation 911 system.
Managing a local crisis should be a bit more efficient for officials and responders in Neshoba County, Miss., once a new $1.6 million emergency operations center (EOC) opens its doors this spring.
The new building will unite emergency administration offices with the county's 911 call center under one roof, providing a dedicated facility for disaster management and collaboration opportunities. Neshoba County is also upgrading to a next-generation 911 system, which will allow for text, video and photographic communications.
In an interview with Government Technology, Jeff Mayo, the county's emergency management director, said the dispatch console for the new technology hasn't been purchased yet, but moving to an IP-based platform ensures the county will be ready when carriers start rolling out higher 911 functionality in the future.
But it's the unification aspect of the project that Mayo believes will have an immediate positive impact once the new building is online. He explained that operations are currently spread over three different county facilities. The 911 call center is located at the county jail, while meeting space for collaborative activities is shared with county supervisors at the local courthouse. Emergency management personnel currently work out of the county's Road Department office.
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Mayo and representatives from local law enforcement and fire departments, government officials and other personnel from three different tribes of the Mississippi Choctaw Indians routinely have to meet at different places. That won't be a problem once the EOC project is finished.
"This will enable all of us to come together in a joint environment to manage emergency operations," Mayo said.
The building was originally scheduled to be completed on January 12. But due to weather issues – including the facility's main generator being snowed-in in Minnesota – Mayo felt it would take a few more weeks. He added that the county just took bids on the unified communications solution that will serve as the network infrastructure and telephony for the building. Getting that finalized and installed would likely push back a move-in date to early March at the earliest.
Most of the EOC's price tag is being covered by federal grants. Neshoba County received a federal EOC grant in the amount of $976,800. It also scored a $233,267 grant to construct a safe room in the facility that will harden the exterior walls, roof, windows and doors. The county has to match 25 percent of the grant funds. The next-generation 911 system cost approximately $178,000. Overall, Mayo expects the project to finish slightly under budget.
The Neshoba Democrat reported that the county also purchased an Orion Aries computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system for $35,127. The updated technology should aid 911 dispatchers in routing first responders to an incident.
According to Mayo, an additional CAD is also being added once the 911 call center is active in the EOC, bringing the total number of work stations to four. The extra station will be needed – Neshoba County has signed an intergovernmental agreement with neighboring Kemper County to provide 911 services to residents, including both call receipt processing and dispatching. The Democrat noted that Kemper County will pay Neshoba $60,000 for the first year of service, and then increase the cost by 5 percent every year thereafter.
The city of Philadelphia, Miss., is also considering how it will address 911 dispatch, entertaining the idea of using Neshoba County's new system. Philadelphia Mayor James Young told the Democrat that the city is waiting to see what its new fire chief wants to do, however, before making any decisions.
"When we decided to build the new facility and first got notification of the grant award, we just asked the city [and said] this would be a good time if they wanted to do that, so we could incorporate the technology … and integrate the personnel into having that kind of central dispatch for the jurisdiction," Mayo said. "We'll see where that goes."


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Sea-Tac Airport illustrates the human element in escalator accidents
State officials say it's not easy to prevent people from falling and injuring themselves on escalators, even when they're working properly.
Nobody knows that better than the people who run Sea-Tac Airport.
The airport has more escalators than any other location monitored by the state. It also has the most accidents, according to the state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
Between 2008 and early 2014, there were 175 injury accidents on the airport's 79 escalators, state records show. That's more than half of the 318 escalator accidents reported statewide to L&I during that time.
Yet since 2008, state inspectors have blamed mechanical problems for escalator-related injuries at the airport only three times.
Instead, inspection reports usually pointed to a different culprit: Wheeled luggage.
People fall on airport escalators with luggage so frequently that state inspectors have repeatedly recommended that Sea-Tac add signs directing people away from escalators and toward elevators.
In response, the Port of Seattle – which runs the airport – has adjusted its signs in some areas, but not others.
Sea-Tac officials say there's only so much they can do to encourage people to take elevators if they're carrying too many things, or are otherwise physically impaired.
During peak summer travel periods about 100,000 travelers go through the airport each day, said Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper.
"We have people focused on getting where they want to go really fast," said Stuart Mathews, general manager of aviation maintenance at the airport. "That's really the much harder piece to deal with on this, the human element."
In some places, adding signs can cause people to stop abruptly, creating additional traffic flow problems, Mathews said. And it wouldn't be physically possible to move everybody through the airport using only the airport's 82 elevators, he said.
Even so, state officials would like to see port officials do more, such as putting warning signs on the floor, or adding more overhead announcements advising people to take elevators if they can't hold the escalator hand rail, said Jack Day, L&I's chief escalator and elevator inspector.
The airport plays announcements discussing escalator safety four times an hour. They include messages to not bring strollers or pets on the escalators, as well as to face forward while riding. None specifically warn against bringing wheeled baggage on the moving staircases.
Day said he would rather avoid imposing any kind of blanket regulations on signage around airport escalators. State officials understand that an approach that works in one area might not work in another, he said.
L&I inspectors meet regularly with Sea-Tac officials to discuss ways to improve escalator and elevator safety, Day said.
Simply banning people from taking luggage on airport escalators wouldn't work, he said, due to human nature.
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NBA A-Z: George Karl says Carmelo trade helped Nuggets
Denver Nuggets coach George Karl wouldn't admit it at first, but it was official by the end of an interview with USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday: he's having a blast.
The sixth-winningest coach of all-time, this 61-year-old who spent recent years fighting off cancer (twice) and enduring the Melo-drama that led to Carmelo Anthony being traded to New York back in 2011, is having fun again with a team that embodies all that is good about one of the game's great coaches. While the Miami Heat have extended their winning streak to 24 games in what is the second-longest in league history, Karl's Nuggets (47-22) have quietly won 13 straight and set a new franchise mark for the Nuggets' NBA era that started in 1976. Their latest win came on Tuesday night, as they won 114-104 at Oklahoma City.
NUGGETS:Late dominance drops Thunder
HEAT:Latest win was toughest yet
The Nuggets are currently in fifth place in the Western Conference, pushing to secure the home-court advantage in the playoffs that would be key considering they're 30-3 at the Pepsi Center this season and on pace to best the team record of 36-5 at home (set in 1976-77). Point guard Ty Lawson (16.9 points a game) and small forward Danilo Gallinari (16.3) are sharing the lead scoring duties, but six players average double figures in scoring and the defense that has been the fifth-best in the league during the streak is headed by new addition Andre Iguodala (who was traded to Denver from the Philadelphia 76ers last summer as part of the Dwight Howard deal that sent him from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers). Karl's system — player politics be darned — is the sort of meritocracy that is rarely seen in today's professional sports landscape.
Karl, who is hopeful that this group can deliver the championship that has eluded him in 25 years as a head coach in Cleveland, Golden State, Seattle, Milwaukee and Denver, took some time to discuss these Nuggets and his career.
Q. So you having fun yet?
A. You know, in coaching you don't ever really have that joyful fun, but there's no question that it's enjoyable. It's winning. And when you win and you've lost, what, four games in 60 days or something like that, it's nice not having the headache of that day of losing. In the NBA, you win, and you think you're going to win tomorrow. But as soon as you lose, you don't think you're ever going to win again.
Q. Are you as surprised as most people are with how quickly your franchise recovered from the Anthony deal?
A. I definitely think that the speed that we've built ourselves back into being a contender in the Western Conference has surprised me. We have one player on the team that played with Melo. The Melo trade was, what, two years ago in February? And you have to remember that one of those years was a lockout year. So probably the team has only played together less than 100 games … And then you had the Nene trade last year. Nene was another piece that we changed up. That was kind of the final addition that "we're going to go with young players." During the year, we played Kosta (Koufos) and Timo (Timofey Mosgov) a lot more than we played Bird (Chris Andersen) and Nene. We turned it over to all the young guys. The team has evolved. It's worked hard. It has stayed focused … My team even last year always thought they could play with the big boys. Now that they have the consistency to play an 82-game season together and show that they're good enough, that's what we're doing this year.
Q. You've had to massage a lot of situations here. I talked to Andre (Miller) earlier this season and he was clearly uneasy with his playing time then, and young guys like JaVale (McGee) are always going to want more time (he's averaging 18.4 minutes per game). Dissect that a little bit for me. How have you been able to get most out of this group and keep some of these situations from turning into negatives?
A. The two keys that, I think, have really made this thing work — well, there's really three — is my bench is really good. The bench puts a lot of pressure on the starters to play really good, because they know that I will go to my bench as quick as any coach in the NBA. The second thing is Andre (Miller) and Ty (Lawson). You've got two point guards who can give you 10 assists on any given night, and can orchestrate a team in a different way, and sometimes do it together. It just brings the pass, and the importance of the pass, the demand that we pass the ball because that's what I like, that's what I think wins championships, and we have two guys who do it. The third thing is that our big guys get no credit. The big guys are kind of low maintenance, no-nonsense players, but they do the job almost every night. I can't tell you who that's going to be — who's going to be the A player tomorrow. It might be Kosta, it might be JaVale, it might be Kenneth (Faried). We might play two big guys.
The one thing is that we have the versatility if we play the Lakers. When you match (Pau) Gasol, and we have three big guys. Timo (Mosgov) doesn't play much, but Timo can play. I think we're better when we're going small rather than those 10 minutes or five minutes that I give to somebody — maybe Gallo, or Wilson (Chandler) — if I have to give them to Timo I'll give them to Timo. And I'll be honest with you — Anthony Randolph is not bad either. Wilson might miss a game or two (because of a joint separation in his left shoulder). It might be Anthony Randolph tomorrow.
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Q. But when you're running a team like that, players today typically don't take to it.
A. But again, I think so much of why we work is the competition for minutes. Every player has a competition for minutes. I think everybody knows their time. (Andre) Iguodala and Gallo are probably going to get 30-35 (minutes) every night. But for them to get 40, or 38, they've got to play good. And I have no problem finishing any way I think I can win. Sometimes that ruffles the feathers a little bit of my players. But Corey Brewer is the guy who I think has played well enough to finish a lot of games. I don't do it all the time, and when I don't do it I think it's unfair to Corey, because even though Iguodala and Gallo are the high-paid dudes, sometimes Corey is the better basketball player. It's not right that we always give it to the guy who gets paid the most money. There should not be an entitlement that because you get paid the most money, that you should finish every game. But if you don't do it, then the agents are going to call and the players are going to mope and so you negotiate that. It's a compromise as a coach.
I've seen Pop (San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich) sit (point guard Tony) Parker when it counted. I've seen Pop sit some of his A players when it counted, and I think that's probably the way it should be and it's probably the way most coaches would like it to be. But I think it's easier to maybe not do it that way. For me, I think everybody knows in that locker room that I want to win. I want to play winning (basketball) and I want to play the right way. The guys who do that for me on that given night are going to get the benefit of the doubt, most of the time.
Q. Has your longevity and success allowed you to have a wall up between you and the fires that coaches are always putting out or is that still always there?
A. I don't think there's any question that I don't think young coaches can maybe take the risks that I take. But in the same sense, I think my staff and I work very hard on explaining what we're doing. And we have no problem with a player wanting to play, and we have no problem answering a question of why you're not playing — in fact we encourage it, we like it, we want players to want to play, we want them to be angry when they're not playing, but we don't want them to degrade the team or negate the team (with) a negative attitude during the game or during practice or in the locker room. Do that one on one with me, do that one on one with (general manager) Masai (Ujiri), do that one on one with my assistants, and let's talk this through. I try to tell players all the time — I'm 61 years old. It's not personal man. I mean this is not personal. I'm past the time when I'm making a personal decision. I'm making a basketball decision based on who is playing well, who is playing hard, and who is more focused and more disciplined on that given night.
Q. That's a good place to be. Tell me, as far as this season goes, was (beating Oklahoma City on Tuesday) the best win of the season?
A. We've had so many good ones. You know, in the month of February and March, I've just been so satisfied walking out after games. There's no question (the win over the Thunder) was impressive, but we've beaten the Lakers, we've beaten San Antonio. Both those games were on our home court, and I think we have a six-game winning streak on the road, and I can't don't care what you say — everybody knows you've got to play a little better, a little more together, a little more focused, to win on the road. And to win the six in a row (on the road) has shown this team has really kind of come along and grown up. But I really respect Oklahoma City. I really think they're good. And not only did we win, but we took control of the game and never gave it back to them on their court. I mean they got it down to five, and I don't think they had a shot to get it to three. But having a five and 10-point lead in the second half on their court, and not letting them have their momentum swing go back against you, I can't deny that there were a lot of positives. It was just the approach to the game, with Andre (Miller) talking to the team before the game, getting serious about "don't give in to the schedule because it's a back-to-back and you got in at 2:30 in the morning." And then you really don't play well early in the game, they have a 10-point lead, they look faster than we do and quicker than we do. And then to come out and put our heads together to defend early in the game. I think we held them to 16 points in the third quarter, and that was the thing that turned it. I said at halftime, I said, "The team that's going to turn up the defense is going to win this game," and we chose to do that.
Q. You mentioned Andre (Miller) talking to the team. Is the off the court side of your team the same as on the floor in terms of a new guy playing that leadership role all the time or who is holding that torch?
A. No, I think Andre is the pro in our locker room. I think Iguodala will get there. I think Ty is coming there. I think Gallo (Gallinari) — I always think it's a little harder for a European player to take that responsibility, but I think Gallo has that personality and mind to do that. And our bench has a unity. Our practices are pretty good because the bench goes after the first unit. I mean, right now the bench is mad because I'm not letting Andre Miller practice much and so they're not getting their leader. There's a lot of trash talking in our practices in our practices about who wins the practices. You don't win a lot of practices, but that's all good stuff.
Q. You mentioned getting better on the road, but the chance to get home court (in the playoffs) is obviously huge considering you guys are 30-3 there. Are your guys talking about that goal or is it pretty much obvious what you're trying to get done here?
A. I think the whole season was to get home court … I just want to be realistic. If come the last 10 games of the season, that's a possibility, then that's cool. But right now, we're going to stay focused on the cliché of taking one game at a time, and also realizing that the home court is reachable and we don't have total control. We don't play Memphis or the Clippers anymore. All we've got to do is put a big number up (wins-wise), and if they catch it or beat it — if it's a high number in the mid-50s, then we've got to shake their hands and say congratulations and still be ready to play in the playoffs. But home court is something that, being a young team and having that in our back pocket (would be big). Most series, everybody wins on each other's home court. But to win twice here would be — not many people have that much of a chance.
Q. That record is good enough at this point to have your group be in the discussion about title contention. I know that's not where your head is at this point, but how do you see this idea that this deep and balanced group can take it to that level?
A. My first step is to get this team to win in the first round. And then, once you win in the first round, there's confidence. Coach (Tim) Grgurich (formerly a longtime Seattle SuperSonics and Denver assistant) and I have talked about how this team reminds me a little of my first full year in Seattle (in 1992-93). I think we played Utah in the first round, beat them in a Game 5 in the first round. We were down 2-1 in that series, and could've lost in Utah in Game 4. But we won Game 4 — that made us grow up. We won Game 5 in a really crazy game. I think it's actually a record, where in the same game we had the lowest scoring half and the highest scoring half for a SuperSonic basketball team (the Sonics scored 30 points in the first half and 70 in the second half) … And that whole momentum of learning to win in that series, and then we took Houston to a seven-game series and beat them in overtime (in Game 7). It was really one of those weird series, where we won at home easy and they won at home easy and Game 7 was an overtime game. We won that game, and then we play Phoenix and we're growing up right in front of ourselves (the Sonics lost to the Suns in seven games in the Western Conference Finals). You could see the confidence happen.
Now can we do that this year with this group? I think we can. I hope we can. I really think we can. That's where I want to put this team. I want to put them in that place, the best chance possible to win a first round (series), and then see where our confidence goes from there.
Q. This would have been the first question a couple of years ago, and it's a good sign in that regard that it's not, but how is your health?
A. I'm doing good. My voice, earlier in the year, was kind of in a little bit of a weakened state. I don't know what it was, but I've gotten some treatments that worked out really well. The schedule the first two months were the hardest part of the schedule. Now there's more of a home-tilted schedule, which means you get more rest and you have more days off and then of course my staff does a great job.
I only coach five on five basketball. All those maintenance days, and all those shooting days and those drill days, I'm basically the Principal that walks in the back of the room and sits down and observes. And we have a great young staff. We've kind of fallen into a rhythm that I think everybody enjoys. The scouts do their jobs, and then my top assistants take over and then they bring it to me and then I coach the games.
Q. When you've gone through what you've gone through, does it make all of this gravy at this point?
A. I don't know if it's gravy. I still get nervous. I still have my fears and my moments of paranoia that all coaches go through. I think the best word for me to use is "balanced." It's much more balanced. If I feel like I'm out of balance, then I always go to my health and my family now more than in the past. When it started and was swirling out of control, I usually panicked and just coached harder and spent more time on basketball and trying to understand and figure it out. But I still love the chess match of the games. I love the enjoyment of motivating and mentoring a team and persevering through tough schedules in November and December. And now, it's actually pretty much fun watching them grow up, watching them do it, watching them take more responsibility.
Q. You looking ahead at all these days in terms of possible retirement? Any plan there?
A. Well, I've got one year left on my deal here (after this season), with a three-year option (if the Nuggets pick up the option, Karl is essentially on board for an additional three seasons). I don't think I think about retirement, but I don't think about the rat race of what's my next job going to be. It's not in the back of my mind, other than I'm going to probably finish my career — hopefully I finish my career here in Denver. That gives me, again, more balance and probably a more secure perspective on coaching than most coaches have in this business because I think all coaches are always worried about their job a little bit.
POWER UP: One man's take on NBA power rankings
Here are my votes for team, MVP and rookie in USA TODAY Sports' NBA power rankings:
Top five teams
- Miami Heat
- San Antonio Spurs
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Denver Nuggets
- Memphis Grizzlies
Top five MVP candidates
- LeBron James, Miami Heat
- Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers
- Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
- Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
Top three rookies
- Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
- Anthony Davis, New Orleans Hornets
- Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards
Read the NBA A-Z insider column from USA TODAY Sports' Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt at nba.usatoday.com. Send the guys feedback and ideas to @Sam_Amick and @JeffZillgitt.


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COLLECTIVE VISIONING: Met. Worked on idea for big sheet of paper on wall. 1 row for overarching vision, than broad goals, than more specific below. Also talked about having 1 or 2 day visioning event involving OE & other groups hopefully.
FACILITATION: Introduction to facilitation: Noon, Sunday @ Growers
FORECLOSURE ACTION: Group working to support an owner. Looking at how much revenue not recorded with county on house flipping. Talk about how many foreclosures are being shown to be invalid.
FINANCE COMMITTEE: Sunday meeting moved to new time of 6 p.m., Thursdays at 5:30.
HOMELESS TASK FORCE, 8:30 A.M. this Thursday. St. Mary's Church, entrance at back. Lots of concern that city has not shown how it is spending the 100,000 it promised to spend on wet bed housing, etc.
Learning about yurt villages.
MEDICAL: Last event was more quiet. Continues 12 to 4 every Sunday. 7th & Pearl Federal Building.
MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS: representatives went to media training in Salem with someone named Art Casey. Focused on how to project our message, message discipline techniques. Will go to finance for funds to reproduce video. PIELC will include workshop on this. Media shooting for first episode of news magazine on 29th.
Sundays at Sheldon studio work on this.
STATEWIDE ASSEMBLY agenda formatted, much will be in small groups. Set up for various kinds of committees (media with media, finance with finance) can talk together, various working groups. Probably Sam & Jennefer will facilitate.
CARETAKERS: push bar in back. Trying to get building open from 10 to 7. Staffing building didn't work before so reduced to open during meetings, but hoping to change to 10 to 7.
Friday Art Walk: 6 to 9 Friday night OEV
SIGN MAKING PARTY for More than a March: 5 to 8: Friday night at OEV.
PEOPLE UNITED: we need volunteers to come to Free Speech Plaza by 10 a.m. Saturday with any materials. We are all hosts that day. If see something that needs to be done, do it. Greet people. We will be there in service to our community. Last planning meeting for this weekends' march will be Wednesday at OEV 3 p.m. Check at info booth when get to rally on Saturday. OE business cards will be available for handing out.
Arwen De Spain's family update: Her son's recovery going great. Meals successfully delivered.
Forum on the Commons by Occupy Wall Street: last Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
Strategizing direction of movement this summer. In South America seeing development of Creative Commons as common resource counter to market and state both.
Looking toward some month long workshops about this. Finn has print outs about developing social charters about local commons.
Beatrice brought bandanas.
WE THE PEOPLE: got resolution passed by city council. Working on 501 C-3 status. Got funds from Morse Center for politics for democracy school.
Fergus & Rainbow went to Occupy Solidarity Social Forum in Olympia. Were 600 people there. Had run of Labor Temple and Synagogue. Theme was a lot about moving from protest to organization. Co-produced by Fellowship for Reconciliation.
NEW COMMITTEES: HEALING & SUSTAINABILITY: Sage. Wanted to have meetings here, but found it closed when he arrived.
Charles Eisenstein: wrote some books, one Sacred Economics, about gift/local economics, some about Occupy. Google "revolution is love". Doing tour in Oregon.
March 10 at University, see unifyingcascadia.eventbrite.com
March 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at WOW Hall, $20 donation requested.
TSUNAMI BOOKS: Get approval of both owners before putting up political posters at Tsunami. They let us know it applies to us.
Jean Wisnet, head of ALEC for Oregon, attacked Foreclosure Reform bills and Oregon House. 2 bills have passed Senate and gone to House. GOP members have "gut & stuffed" bills, taking out meaningful parts requiring that lenders do mediation before foreclosure, and not to do "doubletrack" in which, eg., one branch of B of A. negotiating while a different branch foreclosing. Head of ALEC took out these, put in stuff like immunity for banks. Happening in legislature now.


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Australia can afford to manage the risks of climate change but strong action is needed quickly, an academic says as a new global report urging the country to boost its investment in renewable energy is released.
Unless Australia quadruples its use of low carbon energy by 2050 agriculture, coastal areas and their tourism industries and trade will be jeopardised, Australian National University's Dr Frank Jotzo said.
His comments come as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calls for greater effort by all countries regardless of current output in a new report released in Germany on Sunday.
"Australia is one of the developed countries most at risk from climate change impacts," Dr Jotzo told AAP.
And while encouraging other countries to help in the fight against climate change might lead to a drop in coal prices, it's not all bad news for the economy.
"Australia has very significant opportunities in low carbon or zero carbon energies," Dr Jotzo said.
We used to ride on the sheep's back, he said, but the export of uranium for nuclear power could prove to be the golden fleece of the next century.
"Australia is one of the few countries in the enviable situation not just to have fossil fuels in abundance but also to have zero carbon energy source in abundance," he said.
"There is every opportunity for Australia to be an energy super power under a strong global climate change mitigation scenario."
The IPCC report, worked on by more than 800 experts, focuses on the underlying technical, economic and institutional requirements of mitigating climate change and recommends the world greatly increase the use of low-carbon energy sources by 2050.
One of the lead authors, professor David Stern from the ANU, told AAP that Australia had to cut its emissions.
"In countries like Australia emissions are very high so the assumption is we have to (make the) cut," he said.
While Australia has to do its bit, so too must developing nations which are showing growth in emissions levels, he added.
Sunday's report focuses on the underlying technical, economic and institutional requirements of mitigating climate change and recommends the world triple the use of low-carbon energy sources by 2050.
In response to the report Australian Greens leader Christine Milne said the federal government must retain or increase the target to source 20 per cent of energy from renewables by 2020.
"The government needs to give up the protection racket for Australia's big polluters and start protecting communities," she said.
The Climate Council – the former Climate Commission – said solar is the answer as Australia should shift away from coal-fired power.


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Straight-laced Singapore hit by teacher scandals
SINGAPORE (AP) — Their affair started with her giving him a copy of the mushy memoir "Eat, Pray, Love." It ended with the 32-year-old female teacher in Singapore getting a jail sentence for illicit sex with her 15-year-old male student.
The case, which shocked Singapore, was the latest in a string of scandals involving Singapore educators, who in the past year have been caught embezzling college money, committing lewd behavior, peddling drugs and a couple of times having sex with students. At least 10 such cases have reached the courts this year.
In a country known for its orderliness and strict laws where even jay-walking and public spitting are punishable offenses, the scandals are raising questions about whether the government — in its hugely successful efforts to control political dissidence and crime — has ignored declining moral and social standards.
More surprising is that such egregious cases have been recorded in Singapore's highly regarded educational system, where both teachers and students are conditioned from first grade to be disciplined, rule-fearing and committed to academic excellence. A student's academic future is determined at age 10 through a streaming system, which pushes over-achievers into a fast-track schooling. At age 12 they take a national test to get into top schools.
"This over emphasis on results does not directly contribute to falling standards of probity in schools. Rather, what it did was to reduce the importance placed on values, character and integrity," said Eugene Tan, an assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University.
"In a sense we took our eyes off the ball when we shouldn't have. I think the matter is a lot more complex with multi-casual factors, including a general societal decline in moral standards," he said.
Gabriel Tan, an associate professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore, said there is a general sense of frustration among Singaporeans at the "very tight control" on society by the government. This control has long ensured that people conform to the government's vision of a good society -- law-abiding hard-working, health-conscious staid nationalists.
"Recently, in the last elections, there seemed to be a sort of murmur among people saying they wanted a more open government so this (spate of scandals) actually may reflect Singapore moving in the direction where you are questioning and abusing authority," said Tan.
By far, 2012 was the worst year for schools, colleges and teachers in attracting unsavory attention.
The teacher-student affair was the most shocking. The mother of two cannot be identified to protect the privacy of her sex partner, who is underage. Facing up to 20 years in jail, she was sentenced on Oct. 29 to one year in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual offenses with a person under 16 years of age.
"As a parent, you don't see how classroom lessons and extracurricular activities are conducted," said Elaine Khoo, a 43-year old banker and mother of two. "Naturally that means you have to place your trust in the school to do what's best for your child, but what if it's at the hands of morally-questionable people masquerading as teachers?"
In passing the sentence, District Judge Eugene Teo noted that the teacher had "no predatory pedophilic tendencies."
"There are no shades of anything in a saga such as this, no justifications; only a clear line not to be crossed," Teo said.
The court heard that the student was traumatized following a boating accident during an overseas school trip in 2011. He started confiding in the teacher, who had chaperoned the excursion. She then began wooing him with gifts, including a copy of "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert that was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts.
That, according to prosecutors, led to the beginning of an affair during which she took the boy to her home in December 2011 where she performed oral sex on him with his consent. She took him home again in January 2012 where they had consensual sex several times, according to prosecutors.
The affair came to light after the boy's parents became suspicious and lodged a complaint.
A day after the sentencing, a court started the trial of a former school principal accused of using 150,000 Singapore dollars ($120,000) from school funds to build a house for his religious order and pay for his tennis coach. Anthony Tan Kim Hock, 65, who retired in 2009 after 25 years at the school, is facing 21 criminal charges. If convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison.
Another case involved a 39-year male teacher who filmed a total of 94 upskirt videos of female students in uniform at various locations around Singapore, including at the secondary school where he taught. He was sentenced to nine months in jail last month after pleading in his defense that he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder.Another teacher allegedly installed three pinhole cameras in a female toilet in a school where he was teaching.
Other cases involving wayward educators include: a former school principal caught seekingsexual services with anunderageprostitute,alaw professor at the prestigious National University of Singapore being accused of accepting sex in exchange for good grades, a51-year old male private tuition teacher caught sexually abusing seven of his male students anda55-year old former childcare teacher who helped her boyfriend sell drugs.
Earlier this year, a teacher was caught sending lewd text messages to his 13 year old female student and was sentenced to 10 months in jail, while a former Chinese-language teacher was sentenced to 10 years jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting two boys and performing oral sex on a 8-year-old student.
Some Singaporeans worry such cases are tainting the reputation of Singapore's education system, rated as one of the best in the world. Students in Singapore, where the literacy rate is 96 percent, consistently outperform counterparts in the U.S., especially in math and science, a fact noted by President Barack Obama in a 2009 speech.
The Education Ministry said it takes a "very serious view of misconduct by teachers," and violators are subject to disciplinary action.
"Teachers who have misconducted themselves are a small minority of the 33,000 strong teaching force, and are not representative of the Education Service at large," it said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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Environmental stewardship refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices. Aldo Leopold (1887–1949) championed environmental stewardship based on a land ethic "dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it.
There are 3 types of environmental stewards: doers, donors, and practitioners. Doers go out and help the cause by taking action. For example, the doers in an oil spill would be the volunteers that go along the beach and help clean up the oil from the beaches. A donor is the person that financially helps the cause. They can do anything from donating their money, to having galas or other fundraisers. They are typically governmental agencies. Lastly there are practitioners. They work on a day-to-day basis to steer governmental agencies, scientists, stakeholder groups, or any other group toward a stewardship outcome. Together these 3 groups make up environmental stewards and with the help keep the ecosystem running healthily. Anybody can be an environmental steward by being aware and knowledgeable of the world around them and making sure they do as little as possible to negatively impact our world. Without these groups it would be hard to get any sort of sustainability in our increasingly technology, pollution, industrial based world.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - For the second straight summer, the Santa Clara men's and women's tennis programs hosted the United States Tennis Association's Northern California Sectionals at the Degheri Tennis Center. This year, the Broncos help to raise close to $2,000 for the American Cancer Society during the week long event that was held from June 16-22.
"We were really honored to once again host the biggest juniors tournament in Northern California," said men's tennis head coach Derek Mills. "Not only did we get to see all of the top juniors, but it was great that we could raise the funds for the American Cancer Society at the same time. Hopefully, we'll be able to continue to host this tournament and support cancer research for years to come."
The tennis programs decided to donate 100% of the money from the event to the American Cancer Society in support of Jason Scalese, the tennis coach at Archbishop Mitty High School and the tournament's director. Scalese, a friend and supporter of Bronco tennis, had a former player battle cancer.
"Jason did a phenomenal job setting up and running a first class tournament," said Mills. "All of the feedback we received was incredible and we thank him for all his hard work and dedication to the USTA and Santa Clara tennis."


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Announced the results from three Phase I clinical trials of Bendavia
Boston, MA – April 9, 2012–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stealth Peptides Inc. (Stealth), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for diseases with unmet medical needs, announced today the results from three Phase I clinical trials of Bendavia, a novel compound that targets the mitochondrion to treat mitochondrial dysfunction, including ischemia reperfusion and microvascular injury. The studies evaluated the potential for interactions between Bendavia and several drugs routinely administered to patients undergoing in–hospital interventional procedures. During the studies, volunteers received a single dose of Bendavia administered as an intravenous infusion followed by a standard dose of heparin, aspirin or clopidogrel. Results from these clinical trials indicate that Bendavia does not appear to affect the pharmacodynamics of these commonly used drugs. Safety data from these studies and preliminary results also demonstrate that Bendavia appears to be safe and well–tolerated at the doses evaluated, with no serious adverse events reported. Pharmacokinetic analysis from related clinical studies also showed highly predictable dose–proportional exposure of Bendavia among volunteers.
The initial clinical program for Bendavia is the treatment of ischemia reperfusion injury, a common complication of interventional procedures for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and coronary bypass surgery. Standard animal models for AMI demonstrate Bendavia's beneficial myocardial effects and confirm the significance of its novel mechanism of action, which preserves mitochondrial function under pathological conditions for ischemia reperfusion and microvascular injury.
Contrary to prior therapeutic strategies for ischemia reperfusion injury and AMI that focused on uni–targeted pathways, Bendavia and its mitochondrial directed actions address the more complicated, multifactorial nature of diseases. Specifically, Bendavia maintains electron transport efficiency, mitochondrial respiration and adenosine triphosphate levels and prevents mitochondrial swelling and depolarization. Bendavia also appears to be a strong ophthalmologic protectant in preclinical models and holds promise as a treatment for disorders such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
Stealth's CEO, Travis Wilson, remarked "Stealth is very pleased with the drug interaction data and tolerability of Bendavia from these Phase I clinical trials. Based on data from several studies showing Bendavia's potential benefit for such common cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as heart failure and diabetic retinopathy, we feel that it is a unique and promising therapeutic candidate for cardio–renal and ophthalmologic disorders."
Stealth is currently enrolling patients in a multinational Phase II clinical study with Bendavia focused on ischemia reperfusion and microvascular injuries for patients experiencing acute ST–segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Stealth's Phase II clinical trial is termed EMBRACE–STEMI™ for the Evaluation of the Myocardial effects of Bendavia for reducing Reperfusion injury in patients with Acute Coronary Events.
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Stealth Peptides Inc. (Stealth) is a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative mitochondrial therapies for diseases with unmet medical needs. Stealth has a rich and promising pipeline of preclinical and clinical compounds from a unique class of short peptides (500–700 Daltons each) that target mitochondria. Published, peer–reviewed data for these compounds suggest significant in vitroand in vivo efficacy for metabolic, ophthalmologic, neurologic and cardio–renal related disorders. The intellectual property portfolio around these compounds is exceptionally robust with compositions, including Bendavia, protectable by patent until 2031.
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I have another scissor fob or two to show you, these are my latest stitching addiction!
I made this for Ina in the Hooked on Exchanging blog for the Halloween exchange, I did not include any gifts for this, I usually like to make my extras but I ran out of time, I spent that much time on the stitching on this one that time just flew by and before I knew it the send date had arrived.
It may not look much but there was quite a bit of work in this!
It is a Just Nan pattern from a Halloween issue of Just Cross Stitching magazine from 2009, to be honest I was not too sure if I liked the design or not but at the time I did not have any other appropriate halloween scissor fob patterns.
I have also been stitching a Christmas scissor fob from my Christmas Cat cross stitch design, the photos are below.
You can see a cross stitch scissor fob tutorial with detailed photographs on my finishing blog here
I trimmed the tassel with black mill hill beads
I stitched our names on the reverse with a hand made with love tag
And now for the Christmas scissor fob, I hope you are not bored by now!
I designed this Christmas Cat cross stitch pattern but then decided to design a smaller pattern to make a scissor fob or small pillow.
I trimmed it with mill hill red beads and metallic silver thread
The tassel and cord were made from DMC stranded cotton.
The Christmas Cat pattern is available to purchase from me, just email me in my profile.
Included with the pattern is the free scissor fob cross stitch design.
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Mich. city plans huge salad bar in record attempt
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. (AP) -- A West Michigan city's celebration of its agricultural heritage is expected to include a salad bar that may be one for the record books. Locally-grown lettuce, cabbage, radishes, celery, carrots, onions, zucchini, cucumbers and peppers are planned for Saturday's 680-foot-long salad bar in Hudsonville. Organizers want to set a Guinness World Records mark for the longest continuous salad bar. All those vegetables are expected to weigh nearly 5,000 pounds. Guinness says the current record was set by a 660-foot, 4,548-pound salad bar in South Africa in 2002. Hudsonville's world-record attempt is part of the Saladbowl Bash, which also includes live entertainment, vendor booths, a bike parade and a spelling bee.


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Great Recession still affects health care spending
WASHINGTON — U.S. health are spending in 2010 grew at the second-slowest rate in 51 years, as patients continued to postpone hospitalizations, fill fewer drug prescriptions and avoid doctor visits in the aftermath of the Great Recession, according to a government report released Monday.
Because health care is considered a necessity, slowdowns in spending for medical services typically emerge some two years after an economic downturn. But high unemployment, the loss of job-based health coverage and plummeting household incomes caused national health spending to slow almost immediately after the Great Recession began in December 2007.
As insurers shift more costs to patients and more employers drop or cut health insurance offerings, the use of medical services continues to decline.
Public and private spending for health care totaled nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010, or $8,402 per person, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That's up from nearly $2.5 trillion, or $8,149 per person, in 2009.
The 3.9 percent growth in spending was the second-smallest annual growth rate since the data was first tracked in 1960. Only 2009's 3.8 percent increase was smaller, said Anne Martin, an HHS economist.
Because gross domestic product and health care spending grew at similar rates in 2009 and 2010, the share of the GDP devoted to health care spending remained stable both years, at 17.9 percent.
Of every dollar spent on health care in America, private insurance pays about 33 cents, Medicare pays 20 cents, and state and federal Medicaid payments account for about 15 cents. Patient out-of-pocket payments account for about 12 cents, with the rest coming from a mix of third-party payers and various government programs.
Provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act had "minimal impact" on health spending that year, Martin said. That's because major provisions of the act, such as the expansion of Medicaid coverage for the poor and the creation of state health insurance exchanges, won't begin until 2014.
Retail prescription-drug spending — the third-largest share of health spending, behind hospital care and physician and clinical services — grew only 1.2 percent in 2010, the lowest annual growth rate ever.
Along with fewer drugs consumed, the continued use of cheaper generic medications and the loss of patent protection on certain brand-name drugs drove spending downward. In addition, fewer new drugs were introduced in 2010.
Premiums and benefit outlays for private health insurance, which includes job-based coverage and privately purchased coverage, both saw slower growth rates in 2010. The 1.6 percent growth in benefit payments for private coverage was the smallest increase ever recorded, as job losses continued to fuel enrollment declines.
In 2009, private insurance enrollment fell 2.9 percent as 5.7 million people lost coverage. Another 3.7 million lost coverage in 2010, producing a 1.9 percent decline in enrollment, Martin said.
Other findings from the report:
- Medicare spending grew 5 percent in 2010, down from 7 percent in 2009. A slowdown in spending for Medicare managed-care programs triggered the decline.
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PITTSFORD — The Buffalo Bills converged on St. John Fisher College Friday knowing that competition for jobs will be more heated than in recent years.
The Bills had just 11 players on last year's opening-day roster who were new to the organization in 2012.
This year they could have 20 or 24 new faces on the 53-man squad when the season opens on Sept. 8. The team already has said goodbye to 18 veterans from last year's team.
"Each year you've got to re-prove yourself," said Bills center Eric Wood. "And I learned that early on, when you see veterans get cut that have made a lot of plays around the league. Your job is never safe in this league, especially with the lack of money that rookies are making these days. They're always looking for someone who can take your spot, and rightfully so. That's what they should be doing."
It's especially true with a new coaching staff.
New head coach Doug Marrone has made sweeping changes and is installing new schemes on offense and defense. It's obvious the Bills are going to be a lot younger than the past two years under former coach Chan Gailey.
Camp officially opens today at the college south of the city of Rochester. The battle for jobs begins in earnest with the first practice on Sunday evening.
"You have a coaching change and you have a lot of turnover," said defensive tackle Kyle Williams. "There's a lot of competition every year, and more so probably with a new staff coming in because everybody kind of starts on equal footing."
"Coaches are coming in trying to learn veteran players," Williams said. "They're bringing in guys. When they're bringing in rookies, they might have seen more of them to start out than they have of you playing. You kind of approach every training camp the same way, knowing you're going to have to come out here and work and do your best. Take every day for what it is and get after it."
Linebacker Bryan Scott said the fact the team has such a long playoff drought – 13 years – adds even more motivation for veteran players to re-prove themselves in training camp.
"Every year we have to prove ourselves, and especially now," Scott said. "We are trying to break a trend that has been going on. There's a sense of urgency, a chip on shoulders, a new coaching staff. There's a lot of young guys. And it's just an exciting time. … We still have a lot of work to do. But in saying that, I'm still very excited."
Scott said the fact everyone starts with a clean slate with the new coaching staff gives everyone, veterans included, the chance to earn significant roles.
"The challenge ahead of us is a great opportunity across the board," he said. "I feel very comfortable with this coaching staff, especially the defensive coaches who I work with.
"I'm excited to see how the game plans come together and how games are called. But I have no doubt in my mind that we have bought into the system here. I'm excited to get this thing rolling."
The competition for playing time is perhaps no more intense than at receiver. Aside from No. 1 man Stevie Johnson, every spot is uncertain.
"This competition is going to be highly aggressive," Johnson said of the team overall. "It's only going to make each other better. Last year, we had competition, but it wasn't as vocal as it is now. We start talking, like that blacktop basketball. You get to talking and bring out that A game. It's going to be interesting to be in this competition with these guys."
"It's all about what you've done for the league lately," said defensive end Mario Williams. "That's what the NFL's about."
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As we all know, the Tercel wagon long ago replaced the VW Transporter as hippie transportation of choice. Still, some traditionalists stick with the Volkswagen. This one, however, has departed Shakedown Street forever.
I found this Volks in a Northern California self-service yard while searching for a parts-donor Midget for my 20R Sprite Project (found the Midget, but it had been stripped clean). Yes, its last owner painted a big pot leaf and the word STONE on the side. You've got to admire the screw-the-Man spirit behind the paint job; let's hope the driver miraculously walked away from the wreck (or, better still, that the influence of 19 bowls of Northern Lights caused the parking brake to be forgotten, with the van rolling unoccupied down some Trinity County fire trail and into a tree).
At first glance, I wasn't quite sure what sort of object had been struck by the bus. Light pole? Utility pole? Tree? Ah yes, a tree… and here's the evidence that it was a redwood tree. That's like a Hummer being destroyed in a wreck with an Iraqi oil refinery!


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Today's consumers seek and accept shopping advice from peers, family, friends and even strangers. They bring attitudes and expectations, shaped by experiences across a broad spectrum of industries, to every interaction with retailers. And through this lens of connectivity and collaboration – which enables them to know almost everything about every product and brand – these "smarter," empowered consumers ultimately decide which retailers have earned their trust.
Trust is widely recognized as the foundation of interpersonal, consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business relationships. Businesses now need to develop trusted relationships to win over empowered consumers. Retailers must not only consider the wants and needs of individual consumers, but also understand how consumers engage in virtual communities to share ideas, tastes and buying habits. The shopping world is transforming from the market of "me" to communities of "we."
For retailers and product brands, it is no longer about just catering to the growing use of technology and capitalizing on the smarter consumer. Instead, it is about winning them over by anticipating their behavior and preferences, engaging with them on their terms. If retailers can listen, learn, anticipate, adapt, execute and excel, while interacting with growing "communities of we," they can earn consumer trust and rewrite the rules of retail.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—Federal officials announced tougher rules Wednesday designed to fight an uptick in black lung disease in some pockets of coal-mining country.
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