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Most people know the intrepid, and let's just say it totally ballsy, Chuck Yeager strapped himself into a plane with more engine than wings and successfully exceeded the speed of sound on October 14, 1947.
What is less well known is that Yeager only got the chance to make the flight because Bell Aircraft's test pilot refused the offer, without an accompanying $150,000.
Yaeger could have cared less about the money, and jumped at the flight aboard Bell's X-1 that promised to hurl him through the air faster than any human ever before.
Yaeger lived for speed, whether planes, cars, or horses and two nights before the Bell flight he fell from his favorite mount and broke two ribs.
He was so concerned he'd be scratched from the flight that he went to a distant veterinarian for medical treatment and told only his wife and best friend what happened.
Broken ribs hurt, a lot, and Yaeger was in so much pain he couldn't seal the X-1's hatch without help from a broomstick his buddy had rigged up beforehand.
That round of discomfort must have paled to what all that G-Force did to him as the X-1 reached a top speed of Mach 1.07.
We ran these photos early last summer, but in honor of Yeager's 65-year flight anniversary and, Felix Baumgartner, who will attempt to break Mach I without any aircraft at all today, we thought we'd run them again.
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A national panel of experts now recommends annual low-dose CT scans (LDCTs) to reduce lung cancer deaths among high-risk patients.
This week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published its final recommendation on lung cancer screening based on a comprehensive review of available evidence.
The statement from the national panel of prevention experts calls for annual low-dose CT scans (LDCTs) to detect lung cancer in patients who:
- are 55 to 80 years old
- have a 30 "pack year" or greater history of smoking (a "pack year" means that someone has smoked an average of one pack of cigarettes per day for a year)
- are either current smokers or have quit in the past 15 years
The panel concluded that its recommendation would reduce lung cancer deaths by 14%. Citing smoking as the biggest risk factor for lung cancer (accounting for about 85 percent of cases in the U.S.), the panel stressed that screening is not an alternative to quitting smoking.
"For patients at high risk of lung cancer, screening with LDCT has the potential to find even the smallest cancers at an early stage when they are most treatable," said Jo-Anne Shepard, MD, director of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention in the Mass General Department of Radiology. She added that about 95% of lung nodules are benign and may require an additional CT scan but more concerning ones may require more frequent follow-up or a biopsy.
Evidence for the test's effectiveness comes from large academic medical centers with expertise in using LDCT and diagnosing and managing suspicious lung lesions. According to the panel's statement, the effectiveness of lung cancer screening is associated with clinical settings with high rates of accuracy in interpreting LDCTs, appropriate follow-up protocols for positive results, and clear criteria for undertaking invasive procedures.
LDCT for lung cancer is available at Mass General for patients with a doctor's order who meet the recommended criteria. All scans are interpreted by thoracic radiologists who specialize in lung cancer diagnosis and collaborate with thoracic oncologists, thoracic surgeons and pulmonologists to provide comprehensive follow-up care.
The test, which requires no preparation or injection, uses a low dose of radiation comparable to that of a mammogram and less than the average American's annual exposure to background radiation.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, diagnosed in more than 200,000 Americans each year with a growing number of cases in women. Nearly 90 percent of people who have lung cancer die from the disease because it often goes undetected until it reaches an advanced stage. LDCT is the only recommended screening test for lung cancer.
Physicians can call 617-724-9729 or use ROE to order LDCTs for lung cancer screenings at Mass General Imaging locations in Waltham, Chelsea and Worcester. Currently, the test is available on a self-pay basis for $350. Insurance companies are expected to provide coverage by the end of 2014.
For more information, read the final recommendation statement from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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A study that appeared in last Friday's edition of Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals a new clue about evolution of galaxies; unfortunately, that clue does not fall in line with our current theories about galactic evolution. It is currently thought that massive luminous galaxies—such as the Milky Way—began life shortly after the big bang. Accordingly, the stars in these galaxies have been turning simply hydrogen in heavier elements for many billions of years.
But, using results from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS) project, researchers have found a handful of galaxies that have too little metal (in astronomy terms, elements heavier than helium) for their given brightness. The implication of the low metal abundance is that the galaxies are young, which challenges the prevailing notion that such bright galaxies should be considerably older. The difference is rather dramatic, as the metal content suggests an age of only 3 or 4 Gyrs, instead of the 9 or 10 Gyrs that traditional models would suggest.
There aren't a lot of these anomalous readings—the authors found a total of about 15 in a survey of over 53,000 galaxies. Still, they do demand an explanation, and the authors suggest several.
The first is the most obvious: these are galactic late bloomers, massive objects that resisted gravitational collapse and stellar formation for far longer than their counterparts elsewhere in the universe. A second possibility is that these observations result from a sudden output of light from a stellar merger or extreme starburst in an otherwise normal dwarf galaxy.
The low metal content is in line with other dwarf galaxies, but the brightness is not. This scenario is unlikely, however, as the researchers calculate that it would require a luminosity enhancement factor of nearly 28, far off the high-end of what is seen in even the most powerful starbursts (these exhibit luminosity enhancements of two- to three-fold). Finally, they postulate that these anomalous bodies could be the result of a normal L* galaxy accreating a very large amount—an order of magnitude more than the galaxy weighs—of pristine gas.
While any of the scenarios is possible, the latter two seem pretty unlikely. Since the galaxies included in this study are nearby—in astronomical terms, at least—with redshifts between 0.29 and 0.42, they could provide a useful and unique insight into the formation of galaxies in the early stages of life, assuming that the late bloomer idea is the correct explanation.
According to the lead author of the paper, John Salzer, "these objects may represent a unique window on the process of galaxy formation, allowing us to study relatively nearby systems that are undergoing a phase in their evolution that is analogous to the types of events that, for most galaxies, typically occurred much earlier in the history of the Universe."
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"There is so much to do to protect pythons and boas," says Tomás Waller, Chair of the new IUCN Species Survival Commission Specialist Group dedicated to these species. Here he talks about their threats and what needs to be done to ensure a future for these iconic reptiles.
Love them or hate them, snakes play an important ecological role but face a host of threats. Habitat loss, hunting for the pet and skin trade, or for medicine and food; invasive species; climate change; and they themselves being invasive species, are some of the problems that boas and pythons face every day.
Widely distributed, these species remain in the tropical and subtropical areas of most continents, comprising a large number of small and unusual varieties in addition to several impressive giant snakes. So far around 40 boas, pythons and related species have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and about 14 species are already included in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
The new Specialist Group already faces big challenges says Waller: Promote responsible consumption, raise awareness about the importance of conserving these species, and involve local communities in the sustainable use and management of these species.
With around 60 members, the Boa and Python Specialist Group brings together scientists and conservationists from around the world to provide expert opinion and advice, develop research, build capacities, share experience and disseminate knowledge.
"Snakes are not always well received by society. So it is necessary to increase understanding that these species deserve to coexist with us on Earth", says Waller.
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Knee replacement linked to weight gain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Being overweight is known to increase the risk of needing a knee replacement, but a new study finds that knee replacement surgery may also raise a person's risk of gaining weight.
Analyzing the medical records of nearly 1,000 knee-replacement surgery patients, researchers found that 30 percent of them gained five percent or more of their body weight in the five years following surgery.
One possible explanation for the counterintuitive results, experts said, is that if people have spent years adapting to knee pain by taking it easy, they don't automatically change their habits when the pain is reduced.
"After knee replacement we get them stronger and moving better, but they don't seem to take advantage of the functional gains" and become more active, said Joseph Zeni, a physical therapy professor at the University of Delaware, who was not part of the study.
"I think that has to do with the fact that we don't address the behavioral modifications that have happened during the course of arthritis before the surgery," he added.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. undergo knee replacement surgery each year.
The goal of putting in a new knee is to alleviate pain and get people moving around more, but Daniel Riddle, lead author of the new study and a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, said his team had noticed that patients tended to gain weight after surgery.
To see whether this was common, Riddle's group used a patient registry from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, which collected information on 917 knee replacement patients before and after their procedures.
The researchers found that five years after surgery, 30 percent of patients had gained at least five percent of their weight at the time of the surgery. That's 10 pounds or more on a 200-pound person, for example.
In contrast, less than 20 percent of those in a comparison group of similar people who had not had surgery gained equivalent amounts of weight in the same period.
Riddle's team explains in their report, published in Arthritis Care & Research, that this degree of weight gain can lead to "meaningful effects on cardiovascular and diabetes related risk as well as pain and function."
Part of the explanation for the weight gain the researchers observed could be the age at which patients get surgery, Riddle said. People in their 50s and 60s tend to gain weight anyway.
Still, in light of the lower rates of weight gain in the comparison group, which was also middle aged and older, Riddle said something else may also be at work among knee surgery patients.
"There's something going on in these patients that predisposes them above and beyond their peers to weight gain," Riddle told Reuters Health.
Indeed, the team also found that patients who had lost weight before their surgery were slightly more likely to gain weight afterward.
Riddle said that could be because when people lose weight in anticipation of an event, such as knee surgery, they are more likely to put on weight after they've achieved that goal.
Zeni said that to help people stave off the pounds after surgery, health care providers need to address the sedentary lifestyle people often adopt to accommodate their arthritis.
"We need to encourage patients to take advantage of their ability to function better and get them to take on a more active lifestyle," he told Reuters Health.
Riddle agreed that the habit of being sedentary before knee replacement may carry over after surgery.
He said it will be important to develop and study weight loss interventions for these patients, and to target them to those who are most at risk of getting heavier, like relatively younger patients in their 50s and 60s and those who have lost weight before knee surgery.
In the meantime, Riddle said, patients can also take some action on their own by talking with their doctors about maintaining a healthy weight and consulting with a nutritionist and physical therapist about lifestyle changes.
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"[I felt] free, the opposite of heavy."
Karl Rabeder lives an opulent lifestyle. He has a talent for making and spending money. He's been blessed with all the worldly possessions most people could imagine. He has a villa overlooking the Alps, an $850,000 farmhouse, gliders, expensive cars and a fortune worth about five million dollars.
But he's trying to get rid of it all.
Mr. Rabeder says that while vacationing with his wife in Hawaii it hit him how soulless his five-star lifestyle was. He felt like everyone around him was acting and it prevented him from knowing real people. On gliding trips to South America and South Africa he had the nagging feeling that there must be a connection between his wealth and the poverty around him. This feeling of injustice that he felt eventually prompted him to downsize until there there was nothing left and it has given him a sense of freedom that he never had when he was surrounded by luxury.
The Bible and the Catholic Church teaches that the goods of the earth are meant for all mankind, not just for those who can afford them. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the, "goods of creation are destined for the whole human race." And that the, "appropriation of property is legitimate for guaranteeing the freedom and dignity of persons and for helping each of them to meet his basic needs and the needs of those in his charge."
This doesn't necessarily mean that people are called to give away all that they have. It means that people who have been blessed (and who in America has not been blessed?) have a moral obligation to use their treasures for the betterment of those around them.
In some cases this may mean giving away everything, but for most people it means being a good steward of what has been given to you. Our Christian identity is based on the belief that we are created in God's image and likeness. Being created by God and for God means that "we are not our own." (1 Cor 6:19) If we belong to God then all that we have belongs to God and like the wise steward, we are entrusted with the responsibility of giving even more back than what has initially been given to us.
The Church's understanding of the universal destination of all goods stands in stark contrast to the socialism that is immediately brought to mind when hearing such a phrase. St. Thomas Aquinas argued that by defending private property and ownership, wealth is "spread around" much more efficiently and effectively than by simply abolishing wealth and dividing it among everyone.
Aquinas gives three reasons why this is the case. He says that people take better care of their own property than they do public property. Visit a public restroom to see how this is true. He adds that when the law recognizes and defends ownership there are fewer disputes. It is pretty hard to argue that a house is yours if someone else holds the deed. And finally, if a person knows that he can use his property with minimal influence from others, he will work harder to produce more. (Summa II,II,66) If you fear that your business could be taken away from you then you have little motivation to make it a successful business.
What is interesting about Karl Rabeder is that he (wisely) didn't just send an oversized novelty check to some charity. He has what Frank J. Hanna, author of What Your Money Means, would call a "vocation to wealth creation". For Karl, simply giving away his fortune would have been an irresponsible use of the money-making talent he has been given. Instead, he has chosen to form a microcredit charity that provides small loans and business strategies to poor people in Latin America who are trying to start their own businesses. He is teaching people how to fish, as the proverb goes. By establishing and supervising this charitable organization he is ensuring that his fortune provides long-term help for anyone with the motivation to improve his own situation. And even though Karl is trading his spacious Alpine home for a small apartment in Innsbruck, he can call himself free for the first time.
What Would It Take to Call Yourself Free?
Did you know that Catholics give less to charity than almost any other major U.S. religion? Christians in general tithe about 2.2% of their income. While that number isn't much to be proud of, Catholics average half that amount according to Charles Zech's Why Catholics Don't Give …And What Can Be Done About It.
In the Old Testament almsgiving was an essential part of the Hebrew religion. They had three tithes to make, which exceeded the ten percent tithe that we usually think about. Ten percent was the amount they had to contribute to the place the LORD chose to make a home for his name. This included ten percent of all their wealth, not just money. In addition to the annual tithe, a third-year tithe would be given to the Levites, widows and the poor. Finally, every seventh year all debts would be forgiven and people would have to help one another in their needs. Of all that was given, the best was required. A man would give the finest of his flock as the tithe and if he desired to keep this offering he would have to buy it back at a fifth more than its value. (Lev 27:30)
The problem with having many possessions is that they can distract us from our identities as children of God. Money can be a great blessing but it can also cause a person to lose his soul. It doesn't matter whether you have very little money or great amounts of wealth, the temptation to use it selfishly is a danger for most of us. The Certified Financial Planner Board estimates that nearly one third of lottery winners end up bankrupt. While this could be because they give it all away, it is more likely that this wealth is wasted on big homes and fast cars. What is obvious is that people who have large sums of money given to them unexpectedly are generally not good stewards of their wealth.
The Person Who is Trustworthy in Small Matters is Also Trustworthy in Great Ones (Lk 16:10)
To avoid becoming too attached to our possessions we must intentionally detach ourselves from them. This has to be done with prayer and deliberation. Thomas Zordani, author of Faith Finances, says that when he is counseling a family on how to get out of debt he tells them that they need to begin tithing before they set aside money for anything else. Although it may seem like a great burden, he says that once a budget has been established it becomes apparent that the family was tithing already – but to the wrong god. It is easy to come up with ten percent when you spend money on coffee from Starbucks and you eat out for lunch every day.
Zordani goes on to say that tithing and giving alms forces a person to take control of his finances. It keeps the universal destination of goods at the forefront, which serves as the reminder that God is the provider of all that we have. It also means that we have to trust that God will continue to provide for our needs as we struggle to provide for the needs of others.
How Much Should I Tithe?
The traditional amount that a person should tithe is ten percent. Asking whether that means gross or net is not really relevant if you fall into the 1.1% category of Catholic givers. Zordani recommends tithing 10%. He cites the prophet Malachi (Mal 3:8-11) who says that if you do not give the full tithe you are cheating God. Frank Hanna goes even further and says that if you have non-essential income you should be using anywhere from ten to one hundred percent of it for charitable purposes. Regardless of how much you determine God is calling you to give, it is essential that you give it with a cheerful heart (1 Cor 9:6-9).
God's Promise
The same passage that warns against cheating God also promises a great reward for those who give generously. It says that the floodgates of heaven will be opened and you will receive blessings in abundance. The New Testament says the same thing. "The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you and still more will be given to you." (Mk 4:24-25)
Some people will be called to tithe ten percent and some us may be called to give away everything we have, but everyone has to make the choice. Will you answer the call as Karl Rabeder did or will you walk away like the rich man? The words of St. Ambrose haunted Frank Hanna until he committed himself to using his wealth for the benefit of others. St. Ambrose said, "It is the hungry man's bread that you withhold, the naked man's cloak you store away. The money you bury in the earth is the price of the poor man's ransom and freedom."
Start Giving Today, Start Giving Right Now
According to Why Catholics Don't Give, one of the reasons Catholics remain so uncharitable is because they fail to plan. If you faithfully put a $1 in the collection basket every Sunday you'll have given $52 dollars by the end of the year. That's a percentage of .0011 for a family with an income of $45,000 a year. Wow. You cannot base your charitable donations on the amount you have in your wallet when it's time for the collection. Even if you put in $20 a week you'd only be at the 2.2 percent that the average Christian of any denomination gives.
Instead, pray about what God is asking of you and build your budget around it. Even if you have a talent for growing wealth you can't "work the money" for years with the intention of giving a greater sum later. There are people who need your help now. Most arguments that involve increasing wealth in order to give more later are really excuses not to give at all. Giving now helps those who can't afford to wait until tomorrow.
If you give with a happy heart Frank Hanna says that it will form you in virtue. You will learn to develop faith in God's providence. You will learn humility because in giving you accept that someone else is going to be making choices about how your money is spent. You will grow in generosity by learning to let go now and you will set a good example for others who look to you for inspiration.
The Challenge
Frank Zordani offers this challenge in Faith Finances: Commit to a ten percent tithe for six months and then assess where you are financially. After six months if you feel you've been more generous to God than He's been to you, stop tithing.
With Lent just beginning, now is the perfect time to accept this challenge and start supporting your parish and other organizations that give so much, spiritually and physically, to those who need it.
If you're on the edge and want to learn more about this ancient tradition and the benefits it brings to the world, you can read the following sources for this article.
This article brought to you by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods. Written by James Rutherford.
What You Money Means and How To Use It Well by Frank J. Hanna
Faith Finances by Thomas E. Zordani
Why Catholics Don't Give …And What Can Be Done About It by Charles E. Zech
Making Stewardship a Way of Life by Andrew Kemberling and Mila Glodava
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If only someone passed some kind of law making it illegal to bomb and burn churches.
First in Pakistan, notorious home of love, peace and tolerance
A mob of hundreds of Muslim men attacked and burnt an 82-year-old church and an adjoining school in northwest Pakistan during a protest against an anti-Islam film, sparking concerns among the minority Christian community.Truly what better way could there be for Muslims to show their outrage at disrespect for religion than by burning a church.
"The St.Paul Church, its school and the houses of the principal and pastor along with a vehicle were burned by a mob," he said in a statement released by Pakistan-based rights group World Vision In Progress (WVIP). Several people staying inside the church complex were beatenWhat can you do, Muslims take respect for religion seriously and no one was going to stop them from showing their full measure of respect for that church.
And in Nigeria, Muslims continued their long tradition of religious tolerance by bombing a church killing a woman and 8-year-old boy.
Another attack has targeted Christians in Nigeria's Muslim north. A suicide bomber blew himself up outside St. John's Catholic Church in Bauchi, the capital of the federal state of the same name in northern Nigeria.Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group that the State Department assures is just upset over poverty and martial law, was behind the attack and while it would be tempting to attribute this to Mo Movie Outrage, this is part of the Islamic genocide of Nigerian Christians.
Attacks in central and northern Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram have killed some 1,400 people since 2010.It's almost like Muslim respect for religion/murderous violence predates the Mo Movie.
Meanwhile former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo blamed the rise of Boko Haram on the fall of Gaddafi.
One major external factor he said gave rise to Boko Haram was the fall of the late Libyan strong man, Muamma Gaddafi following the uprising in the North African country.The timing for the events don't really match up, but he presumably means that Boko Haram's violence intensified with new recruits after the fall of Gaddafi.
He said the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya and three other Americans by a mob protesting an alleged blasphemous video on Islam, could not be devoiced from the Gaddafi saga owing to the current general instability.
"When the man fell, those that had been trained in Libya during the time of Gaddafi from other countries, moved out with their weapons.With their training, they started wrecking havoc.
The overthrow of Gaddafi has been the result of the killing of US ambassador in Libya; instability, which is the connection. We knew that there is going to be a price to pay because of the way that it all went in Libya. At the end of the day, all of us in Africa and all those who masterminded the way it happened will have to pay the price and we are now paying that price," the former leader asserted.
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Bobcats battle back to top Wizards 100-94
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Al Jefferson laughed when told he finished three stitches shy of a triple-double.
"I have to call my agent because I'm done with my modeling career," Jefferson said.
Jefferson had seven stitches in the first half to repair a gash above his right eye, but returned to finish with 19 points and 11 rebounds, helping the Bobcats overcome an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit and defeat Washington 100-94 Monday night. The win prevented the Wizards from clinching their first playoff berth since 2008.
Jefferson's put back off an offensive rebound with 3:30 left in the game helped the Bobcats take the lead for good at 93-92.
Kemba Walker had a big second half, finishing with 21 points and 10 assists, and rookie Cody Zeller scored a career-high 15 points on 4-of-4 shooting and added eight rebounds for Charlotte.
Walker scored nine points in the final quarter and the Bobcats erased a 16-point halftime deficit and pulled within two games of the Washington in the race for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs Both teams have eight games left and will meet again on April 9.
"We made big shots and played well defensively in the second half and really came together as a team," Walker said. "It shows our resiliency. That was a big win for us."
Bradley Beal had 20 points for the Wizards, who missed 11 of their last 14 shots from the field.
"It (stinks) man," Washington's Al Harrington said of not clinching a playoff spot. "Because obviously we played a great first half. We really thought tonight was our night, but to have them come out and play the way that they played and beat us – that's tough."
Washington still would have clinched a playoff spot if the Utah Jazz had defeated New York later Monday, but the Knicks won 92-83.
The Wizards (38-36) came in looking to snap the third-longest playoff drought in the NBA – and for a while it looked like they would.
The Wizards shot 59 percent in the first half, at one point hitting 10 straight shots from the field and scoring on 14 of 15 possessions to close the first half on a 30-7 run.
The Bobcats could do little right in what Jefferson called an "embarrassing" first half.
But he was confident they would battle back.
Jefferson walked to the scorer's table at the start of the third quarter and told whoever was in earshot, "Hey, watch this comeback."
"Everyone looked at me like I was crazy," Jefferson said. "At the end of the game though people were pointing at me saying, `You said it. You said it."'
Charlotte's defense was the big difference.
Coach Steve Clifford also went to a pick-and-roll with Walker and Jefferson.
"The Wizards did a good job of taking away the post," Clifford said.
The momentum turned four minutes into the fourth quarter when Walker came up with the loose ball off a Washington turnover and fed Chris Douglas-Roberts for a fast-break layup in traffic with 7:38 left in the game. Douglas-Roberts had to adjust in midair to get his body from one side of the rim to the other to avoid defenders and get the shot to drop.
Douglas-Roberts made a 3-point play and then knocked down a long-distance 3 to cut the lead to one before Jefferson's put back gave the Bobcats the lead for good.
Jefferson hit a 16-footer to push the lead to three.
Walker followed with a backbreaker when he scored on a driving layup to make it 97-92 after a Bobcats possession that took more than a minute off the clock. Charlotte twice came up with key offensive rebounds, allowing Walker to bring the ball back out and reset the offense and milk time off the clock.
"When you give a team two to three looks one time down the floor, they're going to make one," said Wizards forward Drew Gooden. "I would say we lost the game giving them second and third possessions offensively."
Jefferson left the game briefly at the end of the first quarter to head to the locker room to get the stitches above his right eye after taking an inadvertent elbow from Trevor Booker.
"I had to get a shot to numb it and I hate needles," Jefferson said.
NOTES: Gary Neal returned to action for the Bobcats after missing two games with an ankle injury. He had nine points … The Bobcats have won four of six against Washington, but have split their two games this season. … The Bobcats have won 11 of their last 13 at home.


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Several gay and liberal activists decried the choice because Warren opposes same-sex marriage, even though the California megachurch pastor's recent activism has been focused more on poverty reduction and HIV/AIDS around the world. In fact, Warren spent some time on the phone this week with Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, to talk about the 15th anniversary of the country's genocide.
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The two comedies were slated to premiere on Friday, Oct. 19, but a source says NBC decided to push their debuts in order to maximize promotional efforts for both series. There's no word yet on when Community and Whitney will return, but in the meantime, repeats of Grimm will air in the hour-long vacant timeslot.
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SECRETARY OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,
1. The provisions of K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1502 must be followed for a court to rule upon a petition pursuant to K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1501.
2. If the provisions of K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1502 are not followed, an otherwise timely and appropriate K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1501 petition should be filed and the petitioner given a notice to correct the deficiencies with a reasonable opportunity to comply.
Appeal from Butler District Court; JOHN E. SANDERS, judge. Opinion filed June 29, 2001. Affirmed.
Wayne Stewart, appellant pro se.
Julie L. Riddle, Kansas Department of Corrections, for the appellees.
Before BEIER, P.J., PIERRON, J., and BUCHELE, S.J.
PIERRON, J.: Wayne Stewart appeals the district court's summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1501. Stewart's petition concerns his complaint that prison officials refused to properly process his request for disposition of a certain detainer. The district court held that Stewart had refused to verify his petition as required by K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1502, and, therefore, he did not comply with the Kansas Code of Civil Procedure.
It is not clear when Stewart initially mailed his petition to the district court. However, the petition was not verified as required by K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1502. Stewart states that on June 21, 2000, he received his unfiled petition in the mail with a copy of 60-1502 and a note from the clerk of the court stating: "Petition is not verified (by notary)." On June 23, 2000, Stewart sent his petition back to the court with a note stating:
"Please file my petition I'm returning. Please read Taylor v. McKune, 25 Kan. App. 2d 283, 962 P.2d 566 (1998), and Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 101 L. Ed. 2d 245, 108 S. Ct. 2379 (1988). In these cases the Kan. App. Court concluded that none of the deficiencies or omissions deprive the district court of jurisdiction.
"I'm returning my petition to you on this 21st day of June 2000. If you still feel lack of Notary is reason to return my petition again please enclose an Order of Non-Compliance for such, instead of the note I received today 21 June 00."
Stewart's unverified petition was filed on June 23, 2000. The district court entered its order of dismissal on July 12, 2000, and held:
"The problem now appears that Stewart, in like manner, is refusing to verify his petition for writ of habeas corpus herein after his omission was called to his attention by the Clerk. The law requires that applications for writs be signed and properly verified. It is also true that inadvertent oversights or omissions in the preparation or signing of pleadings does not deprive this court of jurisdiction as Stewart correctly points out. The distinguishing feature here and what sets this case apart from those cited in petitioner's pleading is that here petitioner is, for whatever reason, refusing to properly prepare or verify his habeas corpus pleadings. Unintentional oversight is one thing. Deliberate refusal to comply with the rules of civil procedure is quite another."
The district court was correct in its analysis.
Stewart bases his arguments on Taylor v. McKune, 25 Kan. App. 2d 283, 962 P.2d 566 (1998). In Taylor, the plaintiff timely filed a habeas corpus petition but failed to include verification, the proper fee, a poverty affidavit, or a list of prior civil actions. The district court did not file the plaintiff's petition, but sent it back to him requesting a correction of the problems or it would not file his petition. The plaintiff immediately remedied the deficiencies and the court filed his petition. Although the plaintiff's deficient petition was timely given to prison authorities for mailing to the district court, the court did not receive his petition until outside the 30-day requirement. The Taylor court held the delivery of a pro se habeas petition to prison authorities for mailing to the clerk of the district court constituted a filing within the meaning of K.S.A. 60-1501(b) and tolled the 30-day statute of limitations. 25 Kan. App. 2d 283, Syl. ¶ 1.
Stewart relies on Taylor for the court's discussion of the plaintiff's initial deficient petition.
"We have noted Taylor's petition was initially filed with no verification, no list of prior civil actions, no filing fee, and no poverty affidavit. While Taylor quickly remedied those deficiencies upon receiving the district court's order of noncompliance, the question remains whether any of the deficiencies prevented the petition from being accepted by the clerk of the district court upon receipt. We conclude the answer is no; none of the deficiencies or omissions deprived the district court of jurisdiction. See Avco Financial Services v. Caldwell, 219 Kan. 59, 62-63, 547 P.2d 756 (1976) (jurisdiction is unaffected by the timing of the payment of a docket fee); Patterson v. Patterson, 164 Kan. 501, 504, 190 P.2d 887 (1948) (imperfect verification or lack of verification does not oust the court of jurisdiction)." 25 Kan. App. 2d at 288.
We understand the district court's attempts at screening petitions for writ of habeas corpus prior to filing in what appears to be an attempt to obtain complete statutory compliance or to save administrative costs. However, according to Taylor, the lack of a proper verification of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is not a jurisdictional defect. 25 Kan. App. 2d 283, Syl. ¶ 2. The clerk should have filed Stewart's unverified petition and then asked the court to send an order to correct the deficiencies. The court could then have instructed Stewart that if he did not correct the deficiencies set forth in the order of noncompliance, the case would be dismissed. In this way, the verifiction requirements of K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1502 could have been complied with and the K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-1501 petition properly considered.
However, under the facts of this case, we have a different situation than we had in Taylor. Taylor, upon being informed of the deficiencies in his petition, corrected them. In the instant case, Stewart was informed of the deficiencies and refused to correct them. As stated above, the 60-1501 petition should have been filed and Stewart should have been given an opportunity to correct the deficiencies. However, since he refused to take the necessary steps after being informed of what he needed to do, under the facts of this case, the timing of the actual dismissal of his petition was not critical. The timing was important in Taylor as the statute of limitations had run between the time Taylor filed his original request and when he complied with the notice of the deficiencies. Here, there has been no compliance at all.
Since notice of the deficiencies was given to Stewart by the clerk, a formal order of noncompliance was not necessary. Had Stewart corrected the deficiencies after receiving the notice, Taylor would have applied.


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Among other accolades, in 2005 Chris was named one of Wired magazine's ten "sexiest geeks." In addition, The Republican War on Science was named a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times book prize in the category of "Science and Technology," and Chris's 2005 Mother Jones feature story about ExxonMobil, conservative think tanks, and climate change was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the "public interest" category (as part of a cover package on global warming).
Chris's 2005 article for Seed magazine on the Dover evolution trial was included in the volume Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006. In 2006, Chris also won the "Preserving Core Values in Science" award from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.
Chris was born in Mesa, Arizona, and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana; he graduated from Yale University in 1999, where he wrote a column for the Yale Daily News. Before becoming a freelance writer, Chris worked for two years at The American Prospect as a writing fellow, then staff writer, then online editor (where he helped to create the popular blog Tapped).
Chris has contributed to a wide variety of other publications in recent years, including Wired, Science, Harper's, Seed, New Scientist, Slate, Salon, Mother Jones, Legal Affairs, Reason, The American Scholar, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. In addition, Chris's blog, "The Intersection," was a recipient of Scientific American's 2005 Science and Technology web award, which noted that "science is lucky to have such a staunch ally in acclaimed journalist Chris Mooney."
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11. Don't take I-66 during rush hour. I blogged about this awhile ago, but it's worth repeating. Before coming to DC, I had no idea that roads existed that were HOV-only during certain parts of the day. Until I got a ticket on 66 the very first time I'd ever driven on it. (I'm still bitter.)
10. Do invest in a winter coat. I moved to DC from California and couldn't justify spending a couple hundred dollars on a coat, so the first winter that I lived here I just wore the heaviest jacket I owned. A random woman on the Metro actually admonished me for not having a warmer coat. And, turns out, DC winters are a lot easier to handle when you're not freezing your ass off.
9. Don't get too attached. Okay, this is terribly pessimistic of me, I realize, but it's true. I had a really difficult time when a few friends I had become super close with left the area. DC is a transient city, and friends you meet will usually move eventually. It takes time to find people who aren't just passing through.
8. Don't live at an AvalonBay "community." Avalon owns a bunch of apartment buildings in the DC area, and I was mid-lease when they bought the building I lived in. They have horrible management and don't care about their residents. I quickly moved out.
7. Don't shop at Tysons Corner during the holidays. Okay, you can shop at Tysons during the holidays, but be prepared for some anxiety-inducing mayhem. I basically had a nervous breakdown from the crowds a couple years ago, so now I steer clear come November.
6. Do look at the Metro website on the weekend. I was used to taking the Metro on the weekdays, but it took a few mistakes before I realized that weekends are a different story. One time I had to wait over a half an hour for a train because of track maintenance. Now I check the website for delays and either leave earlier or drive.
5. Don't tempt thieves. I was hiking at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland, which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I came back to my car and my window was broken—I had left my purse on the seat. My old roommate had the same thing happen when she parked at West Falls Church Metro and left a coin purse on the console. It's a fine line between cautious and paranoid, but now I have no problem being the latter.
4. Don't let angry residents rub off on you. It's easy to get snippy, cut people off, give tourists dirty looks—a lot of people in DC do it, and I am certainly not casting the first stone (I won't mention the fist fight I almost got into with a guy at the Library of Congress—not one of my finer moments). But the other day I was crossing a street with a man who went ab-so-lute-ly ballistic when a bus was blocking the crosswalk, and it made me realize there's no reason to get so upset over minor annoyances. There's something very satisfying about letting things go.
3. Don't ask who the House Majority Leader is. When I moved here I knew very little about politics, and when I mentioned in front of coworkers that I didn't know who Nancy Pelosi was, it was as if I had suddenly grown a third eye. "No Toto, we're in California anymore." Now I know a lot more about government and when I don't, I fake it.
2. Don't be too impressed. DC probably has the highest percentage of overachievers of any city in the country. People here are impressive. They speak Chinese and they have multiple degrees and they save children from burning buildings for fun on the weekends. But don't spend too much time comparing yourself to others. (I'm still trying to take my own advice on this one.)
1. Don't take DC for granted. When you call the DC area home, it's easy to procrastinate about going to museums and monuments and the Kennedy Center and Rock Creek Park and Jazz in the Sculpture Garden, etc. But you probably won't live here forever, so now's the time to take advantage of all that DC has to offer.


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According to the lovely linen letter that arrived today, Don Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Secretary of State for Spain, accepts my kind invitation to visit his namesake town. He can´t come for the fiesta in August, but he asks us to phone his office to set up a mutually agreeable date for him to come over for a roast lamb and a nice sit-down chat with the folks from hereabouts.
To which I reply, (with a flash back to my Pittsburgh roots):
Holy Frickin´ Shit. He said YES.
I don´t have china, I don´t even have a full set of plates or silverware. I don´t have a dining table, or chairs, or a kitchen. My dogs are rude. I don´t know how to roast a lamb the way they do here. I have never played hostess before to an international diplomat. (When I meet high-ranking politicians I instinctively begin lobbing impertinent questions at him/her.)
And I don´t have a thing to wear. (I have a nice apron, though.)
Still, I am most pleased. I´ll talk to Estebanito, the alcalde, about dates, and locations, and about keeping this very, very small, and as informal as possible. (He´s already said he wants to show off his family´s big bodega...and we already know that lambs roast wonderfully well in there!)
I have yet another good reason to pound those Spanish verbs, and get this house into some kind of shape! I will consult with everyone I know who´s shmoozed with these types before. He shouldn´t be too hard to handle, seeing as he IS a diplomat. I wonder if they´ll let us have some random pilgs in for the feast, too?
The Foreign Minister is coming over. Holy moley. I may speak Spanish like a dim child, but I must be able to WRITE it convincingly enough!


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Massachusetts gambling regulators say a group led by Foxwoods can continue its pursuit of a resort casino in Milford if it lines up the necessary financing and meets several other conditions.
The ruling issued Friday by the state gaming commission follows a hearing in which it was revealed that Crossroads Massachusetts had yet to secure 55 percent of the equity financing for the proposed casino that would be operated by Foxwoods.
The additional financing must be lined up in time for the commission to complete a background check and make a final suitability determination before the Dec. 31 deadline for final casino applications.
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MIC Gadget got some hands-on time with that 64GB iPhone we told you about earlier. You'll notice the camera doesn't have a silver ring around the edge like the infamous "lost in a bar" phone.
Perhaps most interesting is that we've been hearing that Apple does limited runs of these things (and had done them in the past as well) but the guy who got them from Foxconn said:
According to the owner, he believes that the next iPhone will bring 64GB storage capacity to users.
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A 73-year-old Miami man was arrested on attempted murder and arson charges after police say he tried to burn down his neighbor's trailer home containing two women and eight children because the women are lesbians.
Braulio Valenzuela-Villanueva is also facing a hate crime charge over the blaze that was sparked early Saturday at the River Park Trailer Park at 2260 Northwest 27th Avenue, according to a Miami-Dade Police arrest report released Wednesday.
Valenzuela-Villanueva was being held on $230,000 bond Wednesday, jail records showed. An attorney was not listed.
According to the arrest report, Valenzuela-Villanueva had been involved in an ongoing feud with his neighbors that had resulted in several heated arguments.
Tensions allegedly boiled over around 4:25 a.m. Saturday, when Valenzuela-Villanueva set fire to a mattress that was leaning against his neighbor's trailer, the report said.
The fire consumed the mattress and began to burn the trailer, going undetected for several minutes. The trailer had no smoke detector or fire warning system.
At one point, a neighbor noticed the fire and alerted the victims, who were able to escape. Valenzuela-Villanueva casually came out of his home and observed the fire, and had to be compelled to assist in bringing a garden hose to extinguish the fire by a neighbor, the report said.
Firefighters responded, but the trailer sustained considerable damage, the report said.
A neighbor's security system recorded Valenzuela-Villanueva set the fire, but when he was questioned, he didn't admit to setting it, the report said.
"He stated that he despised the two adult victims for the simple fact that they were lesbians," the report said. "According to the defendant, every time he saw them kissing he felt a deep repugnance, and in his opinion they did not deserve to have children."
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A representative for Jones confirmed that he died Wednesday morning of a heart attack in Indiantown, Fla.
Jones rose to fame in 1965 when he joined The Monkees, a British popular rock group formed for a television show. Jones sang lead vocals on songs like "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer."
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By Douglas A. Levy
Financial aid and higher education administrators understand that accurately estimating and effectively communicating the cost of college and financial aid packages can be a real challenge. When students and parents ask what college will cost or how much financial aid they will get, the answer is inevitably, "it depends." While students, parents and now lawmakers may find this answer less than satisfying, it is often the only way to avoid providing inaccurate or misleading information.
The primary reason for the common "it depends" answer is the fact that so many variables impact what goes into a financial aid package. In addition to student variables like financial resources, dependency status, enrollment status and housing need/preference, the cost of college is impacted by many other variables like state higher education funding and changes to the federal student aid programs. As a result, student aid packages and the net-price of college are highly individualized and constantly in flux.
Despite the challenge, higher education institutions embrace their responsibility to deliver accurate information. I witnessed this as chair of NASFAA's Award Notification and Consumer Information Task Force. To develop recommendations, the task force reviewed sample award letters from various institution types, surveyed financial aid offices and consulted with consumer groups, other higher education associations and student aid experts. Through this process, I have seen the difficult decisions institutions grapple with to ensure their award letters are succinct and easy-to-understand, but also comprehensive and accurate.
The complex interplay of volatile factors that impacts the net-cost of college makes it unreasonable to expect a one-page award letter to convey all relevant information or for colleges to tackle this vital challenge alone. That's why I applaud the Obama administration and Congress for working to address this important issue. However, these efforts must proceed with caution to avoid potential negative unintended consequences. Here are three things we should watch carefully.
First, the process to make consumer information and financial aid award letters simple and transparent has become incredibly complex and opaque.
It began with a mandate by Congress for the U.S. Department of Education to research financial aid letters and recommend ways to strengthen them. Then the Obama administration created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which was charged with creating a college cost shopping sheet and improving financial aid award letters. While these two efforts seem to be collaborative, it is unclear at what level of collaboration exists and it raises concerns that final recommendations could overlap. Although the Education Department hasn't finalized its report to Congress, some lawmakers have already introduced legislation to improve financial aid award letters and higher education consumer information. If Congress acts, it could preempt any recommendations from the Obama administration through the CFPB and Education Department.
Second, some lawmakers and student aid policy experts have been pushing for a standardized student aid award letter that would eliminate any flexibility for institutions to customize the information to meet the unique needs of their student populations. While I recognize the need to standardize terms and certain content and elements of the award letter, institutions also need some flexibility to customize the format and presentation method (e.g., paper, web self-service, mobile app) to the unique needs of their student populations and communication standards already in place at the institution. These are the reasons why NASFAA's recommendations seek to strike a balance by standardizing award letter terminology, content and elements while maintaining flexibility for colleges and universities to customize award letter presentation.
Third, there has been much rhetoric about finding a way to make the purchase of higher education similar to buying a house or car. While this makes a good talking point, it is unrealistic comparison.
"The decision about a liberal-arts college versus a large university with a strong communications program, a community college that will prepare you for transfer to a bachelor's nursing program, or a technical college to learn welding is not quite like three bedrooms or four," according to a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article by independent higher education policy analyst and consultant Sandy Baum and Spencer Foundation President Michael McPherson. "No rating system can measure the compatibility of one's interests, skills, and personality with specific schools."
Baum and McPherson note that, while it may be difficult to develop the perfect set of metrics, we shouldn't let perfection be the enemy of the good. I fully agree with this sentiment and it is one reason I volunteered to chair the Award Notification Task Force.
It should be said, however, that while adopting NASFAA's award letter recommendations will strengthen this critical tool and help students and parents make more informed decisions about higher education, it is not a silver-bullet solution. Award letters and higher education institutions can't solve this problem on their own. They need help. This includes (but is not limited to) increasing financial literacy for students at a younger age to ensure students and parents have a basic understanding of financing their higher education and how that equates to a comprehension of the elements on an award letter.
Institutions also need states and the federal government to provide more stability and predictability. Recent reductions in state funding have forced many colleges to increase tuition and fees to compensate. Predicting what college will cost is increasingly difficult when one revenue stream is constantly changing.
In addition, the U.S. Congress has enacted many changes that have eliminated or reduced student aid eligibility for many students. These changes have been the result of backroom budget negotiations and included in last-minute budget bills, giving students and families little time to understand or plan for these updates. For example, students planning to borrow subsidized Stafford Loans this fall are not sure if their interest rate will be 3.4 percent or 6.8 percent. Enacting student aid policy through this process—instead of through the more deliberative reauthorization process utilized in updating the Higher Education Act—eliminates robust debate about what is best for parents and students and makes it exponentially harder for institutions to communicate accurate financial aid information to students and parents.
Estimating and communicating college cost information would be easier if states provide stable funding and Congress sticks to a process that uses reauthorization—not annual budget bills—to set adequate funding levels through the Higher Education Act. This will increase predictability by allowing ample time for implementation, early awareness, and family budgeting.
Colleges are working to do more to help students and families understand, estimate and compare educational costs, and we encourage others to collaborate with us to accomplish this worthy, but challenging goal.
Douglas A. Levy is the Director of Financial Aid for
Macomb Community College in Warren, MI, and Chair of NASFAA's Award
Notification & Consumer Information Taskforce.
Well said David. It would be easier to make awards letters simpler if the programs weren't so complex. I have not yet figured out what the 150% limit on subsidized loans is going to mean. I think we have already broken the saturation point with consumer information. If we have to add all the information from the Frankien Bill to our award letter it will be a book.
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