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February 5, 2007
CANTON, Ohio - The Wabash College swim team's biggest asset might be its biggest unknown. More than 20 student-athletes will attempt to unravel the contradiction beginning Thursday at the North Coast Athletic Conference swim meet.
The Little Giants arrived in Canton late Wednesday afternoon and arrived at the competition pool just before 5 p.m. for a quick acclimation session. Coach Peter Casares watched over the workouts and planned on getting his athletes out of the pool and to dinner before all the other teams crowded the pool.
The Little Giants lost just once in dual meet competition this season and have 17 swimmers who have posted times that could allow them to score during the conference meet. Remarkably, 11 of those 17 swimmers are freshmen.
The Crawfordsville Journal Review took note of standout sophomore Jordon Blackwell in Tuesday's edition. Read that story here.
"I don't know what these guys are capable of," Coach Peter Casares said of his talented newcomers. "That excites me but also makes me nervous.
"We are swimming better than we have in years past in our dual meets. A lot of these guys hope to do lifetime bests this week so they haven't reached that pinnacle yet. They've been swimming fast while tired."
The NCAC meet isn't just any other Div. III swim contest either. Kenyon College has dominated Div. III swimming like no other team in NCAA sports. The Lords are the 27-time defending national champions. The have won the NCAC meet 21 of the 22 years it has been contested.
Casares, the 2005 NCAC Coach of the Year, has made it the Little Giants' goal to narrow the gap between his Little Giants and perennial powers Kenyon and Denison. In last year's meet, Wabash pulled away from fourth and fifth place Wittenberg and Wooster in the final standings with 974 points.
"We've talked the last few years about getting over 1,000 points but this year I talked to the team about winning the conference meet for the first time," Casares said.
Casares' young team might be a couple years away but he peppers his conversation with a healthy dose of maybe. "It becomes a numbers game in big meets like this. How many people can you score in the top eight? We looked at the times from the past four years from the NCAC meet and really there is no way we can win the conference, but we might.
"There is no way we can win, but we might," he repeated.
His realistic goal is for his team is to be in position if Kenyon or Denison falters in any way. "A victory at this meet is having every single guy swim their best. If we can do that, whether we come in first or third, it's a success.
"Some objective things we can accomplish this year is to score 1,000 points, to achieve some national cuts, to break school records, and if we can sprinkle in a couple of those things with our highest point total that would be a very good success and a big springboard to the future."
The Little Giants remain a bit under the radar in a meet so dominated by two schools. Still, CollegeSwimming.com had Wabash ranked as the nation's fifth best dual-meet team in the country.
It's not only a big week for the swimmers but for Wabash Athletics. The meet is held in Canton to accommodate big crowds but is hosted on a rotating basis by NCAC member schools. Wabash will host this year's meet.
Sports Information Director Brent Harris will be meet director. Athletic Director Vernon Mummert will act as host. Other College staff members will be in Canton to assist with the administration for the competition.
In photos: Upper right, Asst. Coach Kyle Dunaway watches swimmers take a few laps while the guys on the deck get used to the atmosphere. Lower left, Adam Petro, Kyle O'Keefe take a few moments during the brief work out. On home page, Coach Peter Casares talks with Blaine Cooper-Surma, left, and Kyle Weaver, right.


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By William Parker, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
Post-industrial cultures face a barrage of pandemics of allergic and autoimmune diseases. (Pandemics are epidemics which occur in multiple regions of the planet simultaneously.) These pandemics involve a hyperactive immune system which attacks harmless environmental and self-derived targets, producing allergic and autoimmune diseases, respectively.
The shocking fact is that, for the most part, we know exactly why this happens. These pandemics are preventable.
Each autoimmune disease and each allergic disease has three important contributors. The first is called the trigger. The second is genetics. The third is the actual cause of the allergic and/or autoimmune disease. Most of the triggers and the genetics occur (and have occurred for many generations) without the pandemics, so these are not the actual cause, per se. Thus, even though the triggers and the genetics are important, they are not the cause. This is fortunate, since there is nothing we can do about genetics, and it is generally impossible to avoid all triggers which might stimulate the onset of allergy and autoimmune diseases. We simply can't live in a sterile bubble and avoid every dust mite allergen, mold spore, virus and pollen grain on the planet.
This leads us to the third factor behind pandemics of allergic and autoimmune disease. This is the actual cause. This cause involves changes in our culture so that our genetics do not match our environment. These changes have profoundly affected the "ecosystem of the human body", which we call the human biome. We know of four primary ways that we have altered the ecosystem of the human body, making it susceptible to allergic and autoimmune disease.
- Depletion of "keystone" species from the ecosystem of the human body affects both allergic and autoimmune disease. The introduction of toilets, water treatment facilities, and modern medicine into Western culture had some expected results. We got rid of many infectious diseases and parasites. Unfortunately, this nice result had some unexpected consequences: Our immune systems are now essentially "bored", and like teenagers with nothing to do, are out causing trouble. The species we lost from our ecosystem turned out to be "keystone": without them, the system gets unbalanced. There is very little to be done about this at the present time by the typical person. We absolutely do not recommend that people stop good hygiene practices. Washing your hands and your baby prevents the spread of pathogens, and this is important. On top of that, you can't get the keystone organisms (sometimes called "old friends") that the immune system really misses by practicing sloppy hygiene. Those keystone species are long gone from our environment. Short of obtaining some black-market organisms of unknown quality in a desperate, death-defying act, we must wait on modern medicine to fix this problem by re-introducing the right organisms in a controlled and safe fashion. Fortunately, the other three factors listed below can be controlled by the typical individual. Because this first factor is out of our control, it is extremely important to control the other three. We already have this one strike against us, and we don't need any more.
- Psychological stress is well recognized as a factor that influences both allergic and autoimmune disease. It is unclear whether Western culture is particularly prone to psychological stress compared to traditional (agrarian and hunter-gatherer) cultures, but it is clear that increased psychological stress is bad for our immune health. It pays to reduce our psychological stress.
- Vitamin D deficiency, like the other factors described above, affects both allergic and autoimmune conditions. Inadequate levels of vitamin D were probably relatively rare before the industrial revolution, when sunlight was the main source of light for our labor, but this problem now affects over half the population due to the use of indoor lighting and sunscreen. Sporadic exposure to the sun which causes severe sunburn and subsequent skin cancer is not a good option. Fortunately, we don't need to move our offices out of the air-conditioning to get our vitamin D. Supplements are available in the grocery store. It pays to keep our vitamin D levels up.
- Deprivation from mother's milk is yet another factor which affects both allergic and autoimmune disease. By the time our babies are born, they were already exposed to an environment (the womb) affected by depletion of keystone species. Our babies may have also been exposed to an environment where psychological stress and inadequacy of vitamin D have affected their immune system. To be deprived of breast milk adds further to the potential milieu of insults suffered by the immune system.
Research in my lab at Duke has shown very large differences between breast milk and baby formulas in terms of how they help a baby's healthy, necessary bacteria grow. Simply put, if you mix normal bacteria with breast milk in a test tube, the bacteria do the normal things that they would do in your baby. If you mix the same exact bacteria with baby formula in a test tube, the bacteria grow in a completely different way. The normal mode of bacterial growth in the gut is to form protective films of living bacteria we call "biofilms". Mother's milk helps this happen. Infant formulas, on the other hand, induce the bacteria into prolific growth as single, free-floating cells. The bacteria grow very fast, but they remain nomadic and don't stick together. The difference is huge and can easily be seen in a test tube with a simple experiment. Infant formulas are just not the same as mother's milk in terms of how they affect healthy bacterial growth.
We know that the development of our baby's immune system is dependent on the friendly bacteria in our baby, and now we know how much the normal growth of this friendly bacteria depends on breast milk. With this in mind, it seems more than worthwhile to avoid yet another risk factor. It pays to give our babies breast milk.
Thus, we see that our environment has changed. Just as obesity has become pandemic because we no longer need exercise to survive and because extremely rich food is widely available, so have pandemics of immune disease emerged because of changes in our environment. Fortunately, we can compensate for most of these changes, and it is hoped that modern medicine will soon take care of the loss of keystone species that affects us all even if we do our best to control all other factors.
Much of this information is taken from a recent review entitled "A prescription for clinical immunology: The pills are available and ready for testing." (10-pages with 50 references: Current Medical Research and Opinion, 28:1193-1202) Much of this information is also available in an article entitled "Reconstitution of the human biome as the most reasonable solution for epidemics of allergic and autoimmune diseases." (11 pages with 109 references: Medical Hypotheses,77:494-504.)
The author, William Parker, is an immunologist at Duke University who has published numerous peer-reviewed papers describing the interaction between the immune system and the environment. The ideas that William presents here were developed in collaboration with a diverse team of scientists that includes Michael Muehlenbein, an anthropologist, Sarah Perkins, a parisitologist, and Staci Bilbo, a neurobiologist.
*image inserted by Best for Babes. For microscopic images of human milk vs. cows milk vs. infant formula, see these pictures at kellymom.com and drmomma.org


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I am a New Zealander or Kiwi who lives in Upper Hutt, but works in Wellington.
Trivia:- Five out of four typographical errors may be caused by dehydration. - From a poster for bottled NZ water.
Some Article Bookmarks
Some Wikitravel Bookmarks
Some Articles I initiated
Some Work to do
Some Wikitravel:Articles that could be written
Attention Wiki Spammers
This is dedicated to the spammer who posted the URLs for jbbjcc <dot> com on this page.
Please be aware that I am prepared to have your URLs and keywords chonnqed!
If you would like your google pagerank reduced and have your website disappear from search engines (not recommended) then posting here is the best way to do so. The above link will merely redirect somewhere else, meaning you are wasting your time by posting.
Hint: There are better ways of improving a website's page rank, like making a good one with the correct title names and keywords on the webpage. I was amazed just how much good website design improved the pagerank of a website I maintain. (And I won't tell you what it is because you will only spam it and I don't need the link for the site's page rank.) Do something constructive with your time - improve your website (instead of trying to improve its page rank) because that will hold visitors once they get to you and mean more hits anyway; they might even link to you!
PS: Thanks for the simplified chinese language pack - I can now recognise your spam as chinese - (which I cannot read).


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Bonus Match 5 is an exciting numbers game held nightly – seven-days-a-week. Every evening, the Lottery will select five winning numbers ranging from one to 39. A Bonus Ball will then be drawn from the remaining 34 numbers. The Bonus Ball provides you with extra chances to win.
Pick up a Bonus Match 5 playslip at any Lottery Retailer. Each playslip has nine game boards, lettered A through I. You may play one board for $1, three boards for $2, four boards for $3, six boards for $4, seven boards for $5, or nine boards for $6.
You can either select your own numbers or let the Lottery terminal select them for you.
To pick your own, you must select five numbers on each board you want to play. If too many or too few numbers are selected on any board, the playslip will be rejected. Make a heavy vertical mark through each number you choose. Use pencil or blue or black ink. Red ink will not be accepted. If you make a mistake mark the white box next to "VOID" at the bottom of that board, then use any remaining open boards to complete your selections. Please do not attempt to erase errors.
If you want the terminal to "Quick Pick" your numbers randomly, mark the "QP" box at the bottom of each board you want to play.
You can play the same numbers for two, three, four, five, six, or seven drawings in a row, including the next drawing by marking the appropriate "NUMBER OF DRAWS" box. If you are a winner before the final day on your ticket, you can still cash your ticket immediately. You will receive an exchange ticket for the remaining days of play.
You can play for one future drawing by marking the appropriate day in the "ADVANCE PLAY" column: only one drawing in the future, not the next drawing, may be played for each playslip marked for advanced play. Your ticket will be valid for the drawing dates printed on the ticket.
You can win Bonus Match 5 by matching five, four, or three of the original five winning numbers selected. If you match the bonus ball number, you only need to match four, three or two of your original numbers to win!


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Puppy Socialization Class
February 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
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An event every 1 week(s) on Tuesday that lasts 0 day(s) and 1.25 hour(s), the last of which will begin on May 22, 2018
This Week's Topic- Walking on Leash: Equipment & Preparation
In essence, it's a kindergarten class for pups. You'll learn basic foundational commands such as "LOOK AT ME", and "TOUCH TARGET" so you and your puppy can start off life together on the right foot. As an added bonus, Kate's pup Walter (and sometimes his friend "Legs") attends to help teach puppies social etiquette.
Topics covered include:
- "Look at Me" & "Touch Target"
- House Training: Troubleshooting, Scheduling, Q&A
- Unwanted Chewing: Tips & Prevention
- Unwanted Nipping/Biting: Tips & Prevention
- Inappropriate Jumping: Tips & Prevention
- Unwanted Barking: Solutions & Strategy
- Walking on Leash: Equipment & Preparation
- Puppy Separation Anxiety: Tips & Prevention
Cost: $40 per class
4-Pack Class Package: $150, includes $10 discount
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Fecteau: Talk About Gun Violence
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Despite what you may hear from the White House, now is the time to talk about gun violence. Mr. Trump is paraphrasing the same line predictably regurgitated by our elected officials: "Now is not the time to talk" to talk about gun violence. At least this time, he used a variation of the line instead of insulting us with the exact same verbiage used repeatedly. These cheesy, boilerplate lines would be utterly laughable if not so completely tragic in the face of such pervasive gun violence.
There is a reason for such tactics. The gun industry and its allies generate these generic lines to pacify the masses just long enough for the people to forget and move on until the next mass shooting – sometimes even more tragic than before. Then, of course, like clockwork, another mass shooting takes place and they use the same tired lines again (wash, rinse, repeat).
The gun statistics in the United States are grim and disgustingly nauseatingly tragic – no talking point will change that. We are the only industrialized where its citizens are twenty times more likely to be harmed by gun-related violence than any other industrialized country in the world. Nearly 300,000 Americans lives have been lost to gun violence in the last decade – compared to only 80 Americans killed by terrorism. Since 1968, more Americans have been killed by gun violence than all wars fought by Americans.
We can take viable steps to deter such horrendous gun violence in the future, but we have to have sincere dialogue. When simply resorting to cheesy talking points to delay action on gun accessibility with the intent of preventing action, we only contribute to an environment ripe for exploitation by our enemies, and the mentally deranged.
This is not the price of freedom, and gun violence certainly can be prevented, but we just need political courage to have that discussion especially in Congress. If now is not the time to talk about gun violence, when?
[email protected]) is a Master of Public Administration candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an Iraq War veteran. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewFecteau
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Five-Tool Player
Kate Coyne-McCoy - In baseball, they call them all around superstars - five tool athletes.
McCoy, who once ran for Congress, is a strong political organizer for EMILY's List, a proven fundraiser for Raimondo's PAC, strong with the media, and is a top lobbyist.
She is manages to balance being a partisan with her all-around effectiveness. McCoy can do it all.
Effective Insider
Lenny Lopes - Whether you're looking for someone to navigate the halls of the State House, manage your public relations image, or execute a contract, Lopes can do it all.
The affable and well-liked former Chief of Staff to then-Attorney General Patrick Lynch (and prior to that, Legal Counsel to Lt. Governor Charlie Fogarty) had joined forces with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West before striking out on his own with The Victor Group, taking on such heavyweight clients as Lifespan and online gaming behemoths Fanduel and DraftKings, and more niche healthcare accounts — including the medical marijuana Rhode Island Growers Coalition.
Lopes was tapped this past spring following the tourism debacle by Havas PR to help navigate their way through the Rhode Island waters, and ultimately defend their performance and reputation to stave off their contract cancelation for now. If you're hired to be a PR firm's de facto PR brain, you must be on your game.
Two Coast Operative
Matt Lopes - With more than 20 different lobbying agreement Lopes has emerged as a premiere influencer in Rhode Island. His clients range from Dunkin' Donuts to Amgen to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation.
While managing one of the biggest lobbying practices he is often on the West Coast -- he is a nationally recognized Special Master for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, overseeing prison reform and compliance.
He plays with the big boys on both coasts. Easy for a guy who was a star athlete in high school and at Dartmouth.
Gambling Man
Don Sweitzer - IGT (formerly GTECH) super lobbyist plays the game at most every level, with big ties to the Clinton organization that go all the way back to Sweitzer playing a key role with Clinton-Gore in 1992.
Sweitzer's contacts span the political spectrum - despite his Democratic pedigree, don't count him out if Donald Trump wins the Presidency as Sweitzer worked for Paul Manafort back in the early 1990s.
Reportedly, Raimondo asked him to serve as her chief of staff - he gracefully declined.
New School
Segal, Bell and Regunberg - These three young Brown grads are emerging as the leaders in progressive causes in Rhode Island and across the United States. David Segal, who served on the City Council in Providence and as a State Rep, failed in a 2010 effort for Congress losing to David Cicilline in the Democratic primary.
In 2016, Segal along with Aaron Regunberg emerged as a powerful force in trying to kill of the Super-Delegate structure in the Democratic primary.
Sam Bell is leading a major effort to re-calibrate the Democratic party to the left the election season. We will know just how good Bell is after September 13's Democratic primary - Bell is overseeing more than a dozen progressive candidates' campaigns.
Old School
Goldberg, Walsh, Ryan and Murphy - These four veteran lobbyists know the pass codes to just about every private office in the State House. For decades they have been the go-to guys. Regardless of who is in power Bob Goldberg, Joe Walsh, Mike Ryan and Bill Murphy are always in vogue.
Only Ryan was not an elected official. Murphy ran the House for a decade, Goldberg had pulled off one of the greatest political coups when he lead a small band of GOP senators and split the Dems to take power, and Walsh was the almost Governor of Rhode Island in 1984.
Combined, they have the lion's share of premier clients and have collected the millions in fees to prove it.
Urban Innovator
Nicole Pollock - The new Chief-of-Staff for Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza certainly has big shoes to fill, with the recent departure of both Chief Operating Officer Brett Smiley and outgoing Chief of Staff Tony Simon but Pollack has gotten off to a strong start. Following the recent summit on Kennedy Plaza co-hosted former Mayor Joe Paolino and Elorza, Paolino told GoLocal, "[Elorza's] new Chief of Staff, I'm very impressed with."
Pollock had joined the administration in February 2015 as Chief Innovation Officer and then served as Chief of Policy and Innovation for the administration before being tapped for the top post. Pollock had previously served in a policy and communications role for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. A graduate of Brown University, Pollock currently serves on the Board of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association and the Providence Plan.
The city has no shortage of pressing issues to tackle, from devising a plan to handle the ongoing panhandling, homelessness, and drug use issues in Kennedy Plaza, to the ever-looming issue of the protracted legal battle with the Providence Firefighters that could have monumental financial implications for the city, depending on the outcome.
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Emerging Star
Matt Bucci - The up-and-comer on Governor Raimondo's staff was in the mix for Chief of Staff or another promotion this summer, but may chose to take his skills and join the world of lobbying or grab another private sector position.
Made news when he was tied to Governor Raimondo's ill fated and ultimately canceled trip to Davos Switzerland. Raimondo was going to spend a weekend with the beautiful people and raided the non-profit URI Foundation's scholarship dollars to fund the trip.
The former staffer to Senator Jack Reed is widely respected. Look for news about Bucci in the near future. Too talented to not make a leap soon.
Seasoned Pro
Chris Hunter - The strategy wunderkind has morphed into a well-established operative in his own right in veteran lobbyist Frank McMahon's public affairs shop, Advocacy Solutions.
The long-time government and public relations manager for the Providence Working Waterfront Alliance, Hunter is equally adept at the State House, having snagged emerging industry client Lyft and engaged in the hand-to-hand combat that comes with lobbying for the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools.
Election seasons in particular are where Hunter's know-how comes in handy, having managed a number of successful bond referendum in the state. Hunter is a constant presence networking around town, whether it's hobnobbing with the Providence Committee on Foreign Relations or serving on host committees for key candidates - he's the combination of both "who you know" and "what you know."
Nick Hemond - None may be more unabashedly and relentlessly ambitious than Hemond, who landed as an associate at powerhouse DarrowEverett in 2014.
The President of the Providence School Board lobbies at City Hall for high-profile real estate clients including Buff Chace and High Rock Management (i.e. the ownership of the Superman Building) and at the State House for labor interests (RI FOP, RI Carpenters Local Union 94), Big Health (the Hospital Association of Rhode Island) and rounding it out with such interests as AAA, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, and infrastructure firm AECOM.
If that doesn't sound like a full load, toss in a slew of crisis communications clients in the way of bars and clubs in varying degrees of trouble (read: stabbings, shootings) before the Providence Board of Licenses. Having so many fingers in so many pies (and some of which could appear somewhat conflicting) has raised eyebrows, but in the meantime if Hemond is winning, the checks keep coming.
Veteran Professional
Leo Skenyon - The seasoned political operative is the man behind the man. Serving as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello, Skenyon helped navigate a more than treacherous legislative session which saw Finance Chair Representative Ray Gallison resign, Representative John Carnevale found ineligible to run at his purported address in Providence, and a slew of financial and ethics issues for a number of Democrats.
The Speaker however emerged from the session having tackled the thorny issue of community service grants, and what had seemed up until this year a nearly impossible task, putting ethics reform — and oversight of the Assembly by the Ethics Commission — before voters this November.
Skenyon has weathered many a political season before, having been the former Chief of Staff to then-Senate Majority Leader Jack Revens in the 1980s, and then a former top aide to Governor Bruce Sundlun and U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell. Now, his boss faces both a Republican and Independent challenger in the general election in November.
Deep Pockets
Joe Shekarchi - The Chair of the House Labor Committee is running unopposed this year in District 23 in Warwick, marking just the third election season for the powerful politician-lawyer, who first won in 2012.
Given his fundraising prowess, however, one would think that Shekarchi accrued his war chest over a longer tenure, with over $528,000 cash on hand as of the second quarter of 2016, making him far and away the most flush General Assembly member (by way of comparison, Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello reported just over $365,000 cash on hand for the same period; Governor Gina Raimondo had $1.4 million.)
It was managing money that helped establish him on the map as a seasoned statewide political operative — he was the campaign manager for statewide operations for Raimondo when she ran for General Treasurer in 2010. With a number of successes in business and on the Hill, keep an eye on Shekarchi's future plans.
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Report: NYC police chief nixed run for office
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg wouldn't confirm a published report that said he paid for a poll to convince police Commissioner Ray Kelly to run to replace him in City Hall.
The poll, reported on Monday in The New Yorker magazine, appears to be the latest sign of Bloomberg's disenchantment with the field fighting to succeed him. The magazine said Bloomberg used his longtime pollster in June to convince Kelly he could win, but Kelly declined to enter the race.
The mayor, whose 12 years in office will run out at year's end, was questioned about the report at the end of a press conference announcing a large gun bust.
"I don't know where that came from, and we're here to talk about guns," a testy Bloomberg replied. "Let's get serious."
Bloomberg, now an independent though he was first elected in 2001 as a Republican, has repeatedly criticized the Democratic mayoral candidates.
Many political observers expect him to eventually back City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a frequent ally. Quinn helped Bloomberg overturn the city's term limits so he could run again four years ago, and, of the Democrats, her views most closely mirror his.
While Bloomberg frequently speaks highly of Quinn, he has stopped short of giving her an endorsement.Bloomberg and Quinn have clashed frequently of late, including over the fate of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy, which it uses to question people it deems suspicious. Last week, a judge appointed a federal monitor to oversee the program. Bloomberg plans to appeal; Quinn urged him not to.
Late last year, Bloomberg also asked former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to run, according to several people close to the mayor who were not authorized to speak about the private conversation. Neither Bloomberg nor Clinton addressed the report, and she declined to run.
Meanwhile, the increasingly bizarre Democratic race took another strange turn Monday when an 84-year-old newspaper editor who backs Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, the race's new front-runner, slapped a pair of Quinn supporters at a Manhattan campaign event.
George Capsis, the publisher of WestView News, slapped state Sen. Brad Holyman and a campaign volunteer.
"If you bring him over here, I'll hit him again," Capsis told reporters as he gestured at the volunteer.
Capsis, who wasn't arrested, told reporters he was upset at Quinn for not helping save a hospital that closed in her City Council district. Quinn later released a statement denouncing the incident.
More than a half-dozen Democratic mayoral candidates, including ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner, are competing in the Sept. 10 primary. Three major Republican candidates and independent Adolfo Carrion Jr. also are running.


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What fish to eat, what to avoid if you're pregnant
The government is advising pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who may become pregnant and young children to eat more fish, since many types of low-mercury seafood are good sources of omega-3 fatty acids important for brain development. But it also says to avoid those high in mercury, a neurotoxin that can be found in streams and oceans.
What fish to eat and what to avoid if you're pregnant:
The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency say many of the most commonly-eaten fish are lower in mercury, including salmon, shrimp, pollock, tilapia, catfish, cod, flatfish, haddock and canned light tuna.
The government says pregnant or breastfeeding women and young children should not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico because of the mercury content. Officials advised limiting white albacore tuna to six ounces a week.
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5 Tips to Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals
The best way to stick to your fitness routine is by achieving your goals. There is nothing more motivating than being able to see all the good your fitness routine is doing. However, it can be hard to get the results that we want, especially right away and trying to figure out what is wrong can be even harder. Is it the goal itself, our fitness routine or just us having unrealistic ideas? It can get extremely confusing to us. That is why we have compiled a few tips to help get you started down the right path to achieving your goals.
Have a detailed plan. You need to have a set way to go about achieving your goals. You need to know how you are going to go about achieving it, if you will need the help of others, where to go to find any information you will need and how to overcome any obstacles or setbacks along the way because face it they are going to happen.
Ease into your goals. Do not expect results overnight. Most of us become discouraged when we do not see results immediately, and this is why we have to start out with smaller and more specific goals. You could try working out for 15 minutes every other day or drinking at least eight glasses of water per day. These smaller goals will give you a sense of accomplishment and help give your confidence a boost, which will help you achieve all of your goals.
Do not expect perfection. No one is perfect, not even you, and we have to accept that. There will be bumps along the way. We will experience those days when we want to throw in the towel and walk away from our fitness routines and our goals, but we have to stay the course. We started this fitness routine to achieve something, and we should never let any setbacks stand in our way. So, have a plan ready for those days and use it. It is time to dust yourself off and get back out there.
Track everything. You need to keep a written record of everything. How else are you going to know if you are improving? Write down what you eat and drink, how often and how long you exercise, how much you can lift or how far you can run and of course, all those little measurements (weight and inches) of your body. This will help you see how much all of your hard work is paying off and encourage you to keep going, especially on the days you are feeling down.
Ask for help. There is no shame in needing help to achieve your goals. Many of us need that extra push from others to help us achieve our goals. We may need someone to show us how to perform the best exercises or have them in the corner cheering us on. It could be as simple as someone going to the gym with us and holding us accountable to help us be successful. It can never hurt to have people around you that support you. They can always lift you up when you are feeling down, so you should never be afraid to ask for help when you need it.
Starting a fitness routine can be confusing, and you do not want to make it harder by setting the wrong goals or by going about achieving your goals the wrong way. You need to see positive results in order to make sticking to our fitness routine easier, so try a few of our tips and see how much more you can achieve.


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|Kyle Busch Wins ISM Connect 300
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Gordon Drinks it All in at PIR after Victory Drought
During the final 20 laps Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, Jeff Gordon found a way to beat the driver perhaps closest to matching Gordon's talent during his prime.
"We beat Kyle Busch! Are you kidding me? Pinch me, man! Pinch me!"
No one stays atop NASCAR's throne forever. Richard Petty. David Pearson. Cale Yarborough. Bobby Allison. Bill Elliott. Darrell Waltrip. Rusty Wallace. Dale Earnhardt. Jeff Gordon. Jimmie Johnson.
And now perhaps Kyle Busch, with his 88 victories in NASCAR's three major touring series, could be considered today's heir apparent. So for Gordon to beat Busch at his best was like turning the clock back 15 years, when it was the Intimidator and the Golden Boy going toe-to toe, week-in and week-out.
"He's tough," Gordon said of his former Hendrick teammate. "I respect his talent, that team, and he's aggressive. I think everybody knows, you don't want to have to restart up against him. He's just won a lot of stuff lately. And to be quite honest with you, to me, there's nothing cooler."
Busch won Friday night's Truck race. He never gave up the lead in Saturday's Nationwide race. And when he wrestled the lead away from Tony Stewart on a restart with 21 laps to go Sunday, it seemed that Busch was destined to sweep all three races at Phoenix. But Gordon had other plans.
"I think he was on a mission [Sunday], that's for sure. And when Jeff Gordon has a good car and he has the opportunity to beat you, he's going to beat you," Busch said. "There's no doubt about that. He's my hero and I've always watched him and what he's been able to accomplish over the years. It's no surprise that he beat us."
Gordon should have won at least four times in 2010 but didn't, for a variety of reasons. So given the chance in the second race of 2011, Gordon didn't let the opportunity slip away.
"Man, what an awesome, awesome, feeling it is when you've got the car right like that," Gordon said. "And they give you 20 [laps] to go and it's your job to go get it done, you've got what you need to go do that and then you pull it off."
Gordon passed Stewart for second on Lap 292, but was still more than a half-second behind Busch with the laps winding down. But as Gordon's No. 24 Chevrolet began to reel in the No. 18 Toyota -- chipping away precious hundredths of a second with every lap -- the estimated 75,000 in attendance began to believe in something special, standing almost in wonder as the gap between the two cars closed.
And on Lap 304, eight laps from the checkered, Gordon found himself in a long-familiar spot. And unlike 2010, when it seemed like everything that could go wrong, did -- he looked again like the driver who seemed at one time to be a shoo-in to join Petty and Pearson as the only drivers to win more than 100 Cup races in their careers.
"I thought, 'Even if I catch him, what am I going to do with him?' " Gordon said. "We caught him, he got loose, I got underneath him and I didn't know what to expect. I got into [Turn 1], he was right on my door. I got loose, got up into him, they said 'clear' and I went. Because I knew I'd need to get away from him as fast as I could."
Busch could see Gordon coming and realized there was little he could do to halt Gordon's charge.
"He was gaining on me really good and I knew he was going to get to me eventually and this place is so flat and it's one groove that we all run the bottom," Busch said. "He got so tucked up behind me in [Turns 3 and 4], he got me loose and I could not put the gas down. I mean, he was so far up underneath me that I could not go forward.
"So I was loose, and he was just waiting for the exit of the turn to turn underneath me and get alongside of me and then once we got down into Turn 1, we both drove off in there pretty deep and I had enough where I could slow down and kind of run on what I thought would be the second lane. And he just drifted up a little bit into me and knocked me out of the way."
Busch admitted the bump didn't matter to the eventual outcome.
"He had a fast enough car," Busch said. "He could have done that, either way. He would have won if he didn't do it, if he did do it. It has nothing to do with how he won."
Once he got by Busch, Gordon continued to pull away, eventually winning by 1.137 seconds. It was a victory that finally tied him with Yarborough at 83 victories, one shy of Allison and Waltrip.
As the fans cheered and clapped and waved their hands, Gordon did perhaps the worst burnout in the history of PIR. But when you haven't won in 66 races, you don't care about style points.
"It's been a long time, I know," Gordon said. "I'm going to savor this one so much.
"I've been tweeting lately for the first time, and all of the stuff the people have been saying, the motivation has been unbelievably inspiring. And then to see that crowd stick around to see my really lame burnout -- because I stink at them -- they loved the show. Man, we hope we can give them some more shows like that this year. That was awesome."
The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer.


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Record Funding Award
Given to Ohio
University College
of Osteopathic
College to Open
Extension Medical
Campus in Columbus,
Further Diabetes
ATHENS, Ohio (April
30, 2011) – The
Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations' $105
million award to
Ohio University's
College of
Osteopathic Medicine
represents the
largest private
donation ever given
to a college or
university in Ohio.
This gift will be
used to address some
of the most pressing
health care issues
across the state and
the nation – the
impending shortage
of primary care
physicians and the
diabetes epidemic.
The transformational
gift was jointly
announced by the
Ohio University
College of
Osteopathic Medicine
(OU-COM) and the
Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations in
Columbus, Ohio,
during the Ohio
Symposium held at
the Hilton Columbus
Easton Town Center.
"We have never
before considered a
grant or an award of
this magnitude,"
said Richard A.
Vincent, President
and CEO of the
Osteopathic Heritage
"Nor have we
considered an award
that has the
potential impact
that this one will
have in both central
and southeast Ohio.
Given the urgent
needs in health
care, like an
impending shortage
of primary care
physicians and a
burgeoning epidemic
of diabetes and
related illnesses,
the time was right
and the choice of a
recipient was
"We feel that Ohio
University, and its
College of
specifically, are in
the best position to
addressing these
issues," he said.
"The money is going
to Ohio University
and its College of
Medicine, but it's
going there because
it is, we feel, the
best position to
facilitate the
impact in the
community with
regard to service
and education."
In recognition of
the award, the
medical school will
be renamed the
Ohio University
Heritage College
of Osteopathic
pending approval by
Ohio University's
Board of Trustees at
its June meeting.
According to a
Chronicle of Higher
Education report
published in March
detailing private
cash gifts given to
universities and
colleges since 1968,
the Osteopathic
Foundations' award:
is the largest gift
given to a higher
institution in Ohio;
is the fourth
largest gift in 2011
to an institution of
higher education in
the U.S.;
is the fourth
largest gift ever
given to a U.S.
medical school; and
ranks among the top
50 gifts ever given
to a higher
institution in the
"This is a really
remarkable gift, one
that will be
transformational for
both Ohio University
and the College of
Medicine," said Dr.
Jack A. Brose, Dean
of OU-COM. "We have
had a very long and
relationship with
the Osteopathic
Foundations. They
have been central to
many of the exciting
things that we have
done as a medical
school. They have
worked with us to
help us determine
the direction of the
"This historic gift
from the Osteopathic
Heritage Foundations
will forever change
Ohio University and
our College of
Medicine," said
Roderick J. McDavis,
Ohio University
President. "We are
grateful to the
Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations for
their commitment
which will
dramatically broaden
our ability to
improve the human
condition of the
people of Ohio. This
gift will transform
Closing the "Doctor
Gap" by Building in
Central Ohio
By the year 2025,
some experts predict
there will be a
shortage of at least
124,000 physicians
in the U,S,¹,
particularly primary
care physicians.
"Primary care is
desperately needed
in this country yet
the number of
physicians going
into primary care
continues to
decrease," said Dr.
Brose. " We must
reverse that trend."
To help turn those
numbers around,
OU-COM plans to
expand its class
size and build an
extension campus in
central Ohio. Mr.
Vincent believes
that Ohio
University's plans
will further enhance
central Ohio's
growing national
reputation as a
destination for
medical education.
"Central Ohio has a
number of highly
respected health
care systems.
Children's Hospital,
Mount Carmel Health
and The Ohio State
University Medical
Center, all of which
offer graduate
medical education,"
said Mr. Vincent,
"Having Ohio
extension campus
established in
central Ohio will
enhance medical
opportunities and
lead to more
physicians remaining
in Ohio to
Since its inception
in 1975, OU-COM has
specialized in the
training and
placement of primary
care physicians,
which includes
family practice,
general internal
medicine and
More than half of
the medical school's
practicing graduates
serve as primary
care physicians and
60 percent stay in
Ohio to practice.
That makes OU-COM
number one in Ohio,
and near the top ten
nationally in
medical schools that
graduate physicians
who practice primary
care, particularly
in under-served
rural areas.²
"Our goal is to
become nothing less
than the leader of
primary care
education," said Dr.
Brose. "This gives
us an opportunity on
our new central Ohio
campus to focus in
on the needs of
central Ohio.
It also broadens our
ability to service
communities of need
throughout the
entire state."
The location for the
new site is still
being finalized.
However, the campus
is slated to take
its first incoming
class by August,
Once open, it will
enroll 50 new
students each year,
in addition to the
140 who are admitted
annually at the
Athens campus.
By 2019, it is
anticipated that the
Heritage medical
college will be
graduating 200
students annually.
Enhancing Research
into Diabetes
On the Athens
campus, this funding
award will also help
expand research and
treatment of
diabetes, a disease
expected to
skyrocket in the
U.S. by a staggering
165 percent by
2050³, eventually
affecting one in
three Americans.
Appalachian Ohio has
the highest
incidence of
diabetes, obesity
and related
metabolic diseases
in the state (11.3
percent), and rates
that are much higher
than the national
average (7.5
There is a firm
foundation for
diabetes research on
the Athens campus,
and the Osteopathic
Heritage Foundations
funding award will
facilitate expanded
research into this
devastating disease.
"In order to enhance
that type of
research you need an
infrastructure - a
modern, up-to-date,
infrastructure, and
this award is
certainly going to
help in that
arena.," said John
Kopchick, PhD,
professor of
molecular biology at
As a result of this
award, the college
plans to build a new
Clinical Treatment
Research Center on
the Athens campus,
which will attract
researchers to
Athens. The new
center will also
serve diabetic
patients better and
enhance programs
designed to prepare
primary care
physicians in
diabetes management
and research.
Dr. Kopchick, the
Goll-Ohio Eminent
Scholar, says the
commitment by the
Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations is
unique, in that it
will impact patients
immediately and
support research
leading to future
treatments and
cures. "To be able
to increase the
capabilities, the
capabilities like
this, it's a game
changer," Dr.
Kopchick said.
Taking Aim at the
Leading Cause of
Disability in the
Another critical
issue facing health
care in this country
is the cost of
disorders and
diseases. These
conditions are the
leading cause of
disability in the
U.S. Despite the
enormous related
health care costs,
however, funding for
research to reduce
the pain and
suffering created by
these conditions is
less than 2 percent
of the budget of the
National Institutes
of Health.
Part of the award
from the Osteopathic
Heritage Foundations
will help fund a new
research facility
for the Ohio
Musculoskeletal and
Institute (OMNI).
For more than a
quarter of a
century, physicians
and scientists at
Ohio University have
worked together to
research into these
conditions, making
it one of the
longest running
research entities at
"Helping people
address and live
with chronic pain,
low back pain,
especially, is right
in line with our
mission," said Mr.
Vincent. "Our
priorities are
community health and
quality of life,
osteopathic medical
care, and research,"
he said. "All are
components targeted
by the OMNI project,
and OU-COM as an
"Just the Beginning"
While the $105
million dollar award
will make Ohio
history, the future
benefits to the
community at large
and the
projects that it
will support will
have a dramatic
effect on the
Administrators at
OU-COM and the
Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations hope
gift will energize
the University's
alumni, as well as
other corporations
and individuals to
invest further in
"We're very excited
about the award.
It gives me chills,"
says Dr. Kopchick.
"But, it's a
starting place.
To think that this
is the end-all, this
is all we need and
we're going to rest
on our laurels, we
don't do that."
Downloadable B-Roll,
sound bites, still
photos and other
story elements
available at:
¹The Complexities of
Physician Supply and
Demand: Projections
Through 2025,
Association of
American Medical
October 2008.
Medicine, April
³Projection of
Diabetes Burden
Through 2050, Impact
of changing
demography and
disease prevalence
in the U.S.,
American Diabetes
November 2001.
Online at:
from OU-COM and
Appalachian Rural
Health Institute
(ARHI) online at:
Burden of
Diseases, Bone and
Join Burden.org,
Retrieved online
April 2011 at:


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My blog used to be called Nappy Valley. But now I've moved to the dizzy heights of Crystal Palace (via a spell as an expat on Long Island, New York). And my Littleboys are long out of nappies.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Giving thanks...
There are several reasons for this. The main one is that I am just too busy. I work every day, writing for a magazine website, between nine and three at home, and then the boys come home from school at 3.15. I fit in shopping, laundry and everything else when I have a quiet moment at work, and then have fifteen minutes in which to mentally switch between work mode and 'Mummy' mode. Then between three and six, it's homework, reading, piano practice, and activities; swimming lessons, music lessons, playdates. Time to cook dinner, then we're into the whole bed and bath routine. By the evening I am too shattered, plus less keen on spending hours at a laptop I've already slaved over all day.
I've also been gearing up for a five mile run which takes place in our town every Thanksgiving morning, so my energies have been going somewhat more into exercise than usual. (The 'Turkey Trot' , as it's known, is a Thanksgiving tradition in many American towns, although it sounds like something you might come down with on holiday in Bodrum). And I had a lovely weekend catching up with my dear friend Four Down Mum To Go, who was in town for her birthday present and busy emptying the Manhattan stores of their wares.
But another reason is that things are relatively quiet and calm. I loved this recent post by Iota, in which she explains her less frequent postings on her blog by the fact that she is both busy and happy. It's similar here.
I'm into the start of my third year here as a Brit in America, so I'm no longer so bewildered by American customs, language or idiosyncrasies (although some still fox me occasionally) that they seem worth commenting on. I don't have to do anything like take a driving test, apply for a credit card or find out about the American school system. After all the excitement of the tree drama and house move, I feel as if things are on an even keel - and that suits me just fine, thanks very much. I'm not asking for drama.
There will undoubtedly be more blog fodder coming up soon. The "Holidays" are fast approaching, we've got trips to California and Vermont lined up, and the Littleboys are hilariously taking part in a piano recital. (Update: Littleboy 1 has now, amazingly, discovered that he LOVES the piano and is practising non-stop without even being asked to. Littleboy 2 is determinedly refusing to practice his recital pieces.)
But, in the spirit of Thanksgiving (when all American schoolchildren are asked to draw multiple pictures of things they are thankful for, as well as the ubiquitous handprint turkey art), this week I am thankful that all is relatively peaceful.
8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I'm surprised you ever have time to blog with everything you're doing! Good luck with your run and Happy Thanksgiving. x
- 23 November 2011 at 13:47
- Bush Mummy said...
Gosh can't believe you've been there three years? Where does the time go? So glad to hear you are settled and happy. Enjoy the peace. Happy Thanksgiving from W12.
BM x
- 23 November 2011 at 16:55
- MsCaroline said...
"Busy and happy" sounds good enough to me. When my boys were small and I was still working full-time, I doubt that I'd have been able blog at all. Looking forward to hearing about your travels and especially the recital. Enjoy the turkey art and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
- 23 November 2011 at 19:18
- Nota Bene said...
Peaceful is good. Definitely.
- 24 November 2011 at 07:51
- Paradise Lost In Translation said...
Good, I'm so glad for you. Peacefulness & contentment. What blessings! Enjoy Thanksgiving. What a great tradition:o) Us Brits could learn a thing or two from this custom
- 24 November 2011 at 10:15
- Iota said...
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- 24 November 2011 at 12:33
- Iota said...
What a great Thanksgiving post.
I think it's a pity that the mummy blogging world is a little defensive about blogging as an antidote to the isolation/loneliness/boredom/bewilderment of being a mum - or an expat for that matter. (Perhaps it isn't so much these days, but in the early days whenever that was suggested, it created a big uproar.) I think there are inevitably times in our lives when things are hard, and blogging seems to me a really very creative way of getting through. Much better than lots of the other addictions that people have. And so often, it seems to lead to new opportunities, or a new self-confidence, or the love or writing, or commercial partnerships, or other really positive things.
Happy Thanksgiving!
- 24 November 2011 at 12:34
- geekymummy said...
Sounds like everything is going wonderfully! It's good to be busy. I rarely have time to blog either, new responsibilities at work have me reading and writing science instead of blogs. I miss both reading blogs and blogging though, hence I'm catching up over this much needed holiday! Happy thanksgiving to you all.
- 24 November 2011 at 13:07


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Jan. 26, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. _ The Lipscomb Bisons deserved a better fate.
Playing without four players, using an improvised line-up at times, the Bisons gave Kennesaw State all they had in a 79-72 at the Convocation Center Saturday night. Kennesaw State is not eligible for the Atlantic Sun Tournament this season and is not one of the conference teams the Bisons play twice this season.
Lipscomb's Bisons lost 79-72 Saturday night to host Kennesaw State in an Atlantic Sun game at the Convocation Center.
"It has become a mental thing," said Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson. "There is no other way around it. We have lost some close games. Our guys are getting frustrated and that is part of it.
"There are no easy ones in this league. We have to be ready to play every night."
It was a historical night for the Bisons, if not a winning one.
Senior forward Eddie Ard broke the 1,500-point barrier for his career. He needed only nine points. He scored 14. He is only one of two active players in the Atlantic Sun with 1,500 or more points. He is the 21st player to reach that level in the history of the conference.
Freshman center Adnan Hodzic scored a career-high 23 points, tying for the game high in scoring. He also grabbed nine rebounds, one short of a double-double.
"Adnan has done a good job down there," Sanderson said. "He is a strong kid. He is continually getting better. He is battling and competing."
The Bisons opened the game with a 10-0 run. Kennesaw State answered with a 22-2 run to take a 22-12 lead with 7:01 left in the half.
The Bisons put the pressure back on Kennesaw State, with an 8-0 run of their own. Two free throws by Ard with 4:10 remaining pulled the Bisons within two at 22-20.
Twice in the final 2:15 before intermission the Bisons trimmed the lead to one before going into the dressing room trailing 31-28.
Senior center Jason Hopkins gave the Bisons their first last of the second half, 34-33, on a lay-up with 17:07 left to play. Hodzic followed with a pair of lay-ups to extend the Bisons lead to 38-33 with 15:19 on the clock.
The biggest lead for the Bisons in the second half was nine points (45-36) with 12:30 remaining on a free throw by Hopkins.
"There was a flurry of turnovers there in the middle," Sanderson said.
Kennesaw State started another surge and tied the game 49-49 with 10:03 to go.
A lay-up by Ryan Daugherty gave Kennesaw State a 51-49 lead with 9:41 to play. The Bisons would tie the game four times in the last 9:31 of the game, but never were able to regain the lead.
The Bisons out shot Kennesaw State from the field, 47.4 to 41.1 percent. The Bisons also held a 42-36 advantage on the boards.
The Bisons had nine steals. Freshman guard Jimmy Oden tied his season-high.
The three big differences in the game for the Bisons were 3-point field goals, free throws and turnovers. The Bisons hit five-of-19 3-point attempts while Kennesaw State hit 10-of-26. The Bisons were 13-of-25 from the free throw line with Kennesaw State hitting 23-of-35.
"Right now, we need every free throw to drop," Sanderson said. "Making the front ends of one-and-ones keeps the lead at four or five instead of zero.
"We were shooting 73 percent in the league going into the game. The worst thing we can do is harp on it. We need to shoot some extra ones, but we can't harp on it. We have shot the ball particularly well from the free throw line, but the last two games we have not."
The Bisons made 24 turnovers. Kennesaw State committed 18.
"I thought our triangle and two was very effective, and then all of sudden we had a flurry of turnovers that got us out of our defensive rhythm," Sanderson said. "They started making some shots and lead whittled down."
Hopkins hauled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
Also in double figures in scoring for the Bisons was freshman guard Josh Slater with 10.
Guard Ronell Wooten led Kennesaw State with 23 points. Forward Shaun Stegall added 21 and Kelvin McConnell finished with 13.
The Bisons are 8-13, 2-5 in the A-Sun. Kennesaw State is 5-15, 3-4 in the conference.


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Plans to provide Pennsylvania schools with grants to hire armed guards will be discussed in a February hearing in Harrisburg.
Plans to provide Pennsylvania schools with grants to hire armed guards will be discussed in a February hearing in Harrisburg.
School emergency plans and security measures designed to ensure student safety and increase school-to-parent communication during an emergency will receive an in-depth review by two key Senate committees, according to Republican state Sens. Lisa Baker, Mike Folmer and Joe Scarnati.
The Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, chaired by Baker, and the Education Committee, chaired by Folmer, will hold the hearing from 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 13 in the North Office Building, Hearing Room 1, Harrisburg.
Among the strategies to be discussed is a proposal by Scarnati to give grants to schools to train and hire armed guards to provide security.
"In light of the unimaginable tragedy which took place in Newtown last month, it is apparent that the most important thing government can do in order to combat evil is to ensure the greatest level of security possible in our schools," Scarnati said.
Many school districts across Pennsylvania currently employ armed police and school resource officers, according to the senators.
A half million dollars under a safe schools program already offers funds for metal detectors and conflict resolution. But for Pennsylvania's 501 school districts, Scarnati said it's not enough.
His initial proposal is to budget $10 million for the fiscal 2013-14 budget.
"Every day care, school, college and university must have an emergency plan in place and they need to be able to carry it out," Baker said. "Law enforcement and other emergency personnel need the training and capacity necessary to prevent or respond to a crisis large or small."
Scarnati said several resource officers in his district have been extremely helpful in alleviating conflicts among students.
"It's amazing what students tell these resource officers about what's going on," he said.
Some superintendents have contacted Scarnati directly to support the value of armed guards and resource officers, while others have asked how they can get funding to hire them.
Representatives of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association will testify at the hearing, as well as school superintendents, teachers and principals.
"Everyone realizes the necessity of taking action to protect our children," Baker said. "So many groups taking part in this effort to offer solutions is encouraging."


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Missed opportunities were the big story for the Bruins on Thursday night, as they could put only 3-of-51 shots past Canadiens goalie Carey Price. P.K. Subban's second power-play goal of the night gave the Habs a 4-3 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-7 series, with Game 2 on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.
BOSTON - Look at it this way: The last time the Bruins opened a playoff series at TD Garden, and Game 1 ended on a shockingly sudden, 11th-hour type of goal against, they went on to win four straight games and advance to the next round.
Not buying it?
Well, you probably shouldn't. It was one thing for the B's to do that to the inexperienced and injury-weakened Red Wings in this year's first round, but they're facing a much better Montreal Canadiens team in Round 2. And a much better goalie in Carey Price.
That said, Thursday night's 4-3, double-overtime loss to the visiting Canadiens in Game 1 of the best-of-7 probably won't be a series-killer for the B's and certainly shouldn't be. There was plenty to like about the Bruins' game, particularly when it came to generating scoring chances (51 shots on goal) and limiting those of the Habs (33).
The big plays weren't there for the Bruins, though – or at least, not as many as were executed by the Habs.
Tuukka Rask blamed himself because he "couldn't make the game-savers," and summarized his 29-save performance by saying "when you (stink), you (stink)." Defenseman Matt Barkowski was downcast after taking two penalties that led to Montreal goals. Torey Krug scored during a thrilling, third-period rally, but lamented being unable to handle a pass in his skates and watching the Canadiens race back with the loose puck to score.
"You feel like you have the momentum, and then all of a sudden the puck ends up in the back of your net," Krug said.
"It's not a good way to play playoff hockey. There's a couple of uncharacteristic plays by our team and it ends up in your net, and it's not what we want."
The Bruins would have survived those mistakes if they'd buried only a couple more of the fantastic chances they had to beat Price, who faltered briefly in the third period (3 goals on 14 shots), but never let the B's take a lead. He was particularly spectacular in the first overtime period, stopping 14 shots.
"I thought we carried the play for the most part and obviously in that first OT period," Bruins coach Claude Julien said.
"The only thing is, we've got to find a way to bury those great opportunities that we had. That's probably where there's some regrets."
There were others, though, like failing to control Montreal's third line of Rene Bourque (goal, assist), Lars Eller (assist) and Brian Gionta (assist), which didn't exactly come out of nowhere: That trio was a combined 6-5–11 to lead the Habs' four-game, Round 1 sweep of Tampa Bay.
And the special teams that lifted the B's against the Red Wings were suddenly a liability. The power play had only two (unsuccessful) opportunities and the penalty-killers were lit up for a pair of goals on just three shorthanded situations: Both came off the stick of defenseman P.K. Subban, the second at 4:17 of the second OT.
"We need to do a better job of boxing out, blocking shots, disturbing their entries," said Patrice Bergeron, who picked up his sixth point in as many games this postseason (an assist on Krug's goal), but lost a faceoff to Thomas Plekanec that set Subban's winner in motion.
In spite of their errors and omissions, the Bruins still had enough to recover from the 0-2 deficit they faced through 40 minutes, with Reilly Smith (2:44) and Krug (6:30) finally beating Price to tie it. Francis Bouillon put the Habs back on top with 7:51 left in regulation, but Johnny Boychuk forced overtime on a blast from the point with 1:58 to go.
"It took us a while to get our game going, I guess," Julien said. "Once we started getting pucks on the net – which we weren't (doing) enough earlier – and once we started getting some bodies there and creating some traffic, things started picking up. From midway through the second period on, that's where we were at our best."
The Bruins will want to be at their best a little earlier in Game 2, which starts at 12:35 p.m. Saturday. Their seven-game, first-round win over the Habs in 2011, after losing Games 1 and 2 at home, may now be the stuff of Stanley Cup championship legend, but the Bruins would prefer to avoid multiple must-wins at the Bell Centre.
"We've got to move on," Krug said.
"It's a long series – it's going to be long. We know that, I think they know that, and they've got one in our building."
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100 Anniversary
A History of St. Mary's Catholic Parish from 1890 to 1990 Hague,
Emmons County, North Dakota
t. Mary's Catholic Church parish is the oldest continuous German Russian Catholic Parish in North Dakota.
It was in about 1885 that the first German-Russians began to settle in this territory. Initially services were held in private homes. In 1890 a small wooden church was built in the settlement of Selz, about a mile west of what is now the town of Hauge, ND.
The Fathers from Fort Yates, ND came over occasionally to have Mass at St. Mary's. Father Bernard Strassmaier was the first priest to serve this parish.
In 1906, on completion of the brick church, the original church was sold at public action.
y 1906 the parish was large enough to build its first brick church in Hague Proper. Father Peter Schardt was the first resident priest at Hauge.
The church was elaborately furnished, the dome above the main altar was studded with gold pieces in the shape of a star. On the main altar was a life-sized statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There were two side altars resembling the main altar. Lighting was provided by two large chandeliers with candles that could be pulled down to light and then pushed back up. The church contained three steeple bells with beautiful sounding chimes. Many of the furnishings were imported from Germany, France and Belgium.
On February 13,1929, Ash Wednesday, a disastrous fire burned the church, leaving only a few pillars with some bricks.
Many courageous efforts were made by the people to save the church and in particular the Holy Eucharist in the tabernacle. All efforts failed because there was no fire truck or enough water, people worked desperately carrying water with pails and only managed to save the parish house.
After the fire, Mass was held in the school building south of the church. On certain occasions, services were held downtown in the building which is the Hague store today.
The entrance of the 1906 structure was saved and is our beautiful grotto today.
he beautiful church we have here today is due to the efforts of our past and present parishioners. Despite the great depression at the time, the parishioners raised funds to build a new church that was nearly a duplicate of the 1906 building. The new cornerstone was laid August 4, 1929 and dedicated on June 19, 1930. Much of the labor was supplied by local church members. The church basement was excavated entirely by hand with assistance of horses. Hebron brick from North Dakota was used for construction. The church cost approximately $80,000 and is presently valued at $1.2 million dollars.
The 13 Roman-arched stained glass windows portray various saints. The stations are statue sized with special lighting for each.
Oil paintings, scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary, adorn the ceiling. There are over 100 statues and paintings of angels throughout the church.
Oil paintings, scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary, adorn the ceiling. There are over 100 statues and paintings of angels throughout the church.
A large angel adorns the main altar, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. This kneeling angel holds the sanctuary lamp. Two other angels near the front entrance with dish in hand containing the holy water are a welcome sign to worshipers and guests to remind them of the sacredness of the place and the need for cleansing ourselves as we enter God's house.
The churches most outstanding feature is the "High Altar" with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a lighted crown. Every August 15th the parish celebrates its patronal feast, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with an outdoor Mass.
he pioneer cemetery is located near the old church site. By far the most predominant form of marker found here is the handmade type of wrought iron cross or "eiserne kreuze". The iron crosses have a special meaning; the cross symbolizes religion or the foundation of society, while the iron is a symbol of strength, occupation, or the muscles of society. The surviving crosses remain open to the effects of time and nature. A new gate was installed in 1988. The recent revival of the interest in the "eiserne kreuze" has been beneficial to the art form.
Today the old St. Mary's Cemetery is carefully tended and the crosses wear a protective coat of silver paint.
The first burial in the present cemetery was in 1915, the first burials were positioned eastward the direction of the rising sun and the holy city of Jerusalem; later the burials were positioned to face north toward the new church.
At the entrance of the cemetery is a large statue of the "Crucifixion Group". A new entrance gate was installed in 1988.
On July 25,1983, St. Mary's Church as officially proclaimed as a historic site by the National Register of Historic Places. The church is truly a landmark at Hague with its spire topped with a cross rises mightily on the North Dakota prairies.
A new road sign about the church was completed in August, 2004
at the intersection of Highway 83 and 11 near Hague. Four new front
doors with center glass fixture to enhance lighting was completed
in July, 2004.
General History and Improvements of the Present Church
*Built in 1929
*Dedicated in 1930
*Completely painted and decorated in 1944
*New Organ installed in 1946
*Repainted in 1970
*Releaded Windows in 1975
*Public Address System in 1975
*Held our 50th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church, August 15, 1980
*Ceiling Fans in 1982
*Accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1983
*New Furnace in 1985
*New Speakers in 1988
*Insulated Church in 1988
*Repaired the Steeple in 1988
*New Window Louvers in 1990
*100th Anniversary of St. Mary's Parish Celebrated in 1990
*New Basement Windows in 1992
*New South Door in 1994
*New Propane Furnace in 2000
St. Mary's Catholic Parish is the Oldest Continuous German-Russian Catholic Parish in North Dakota
Parish Priests
from 1897 through 1989
April 1897-December l897-Rev. Bernard Strassmeier,
December 1897-December 1898-Claudius M. Ebner, O.S.B.
December 1898-April 1906-Rev. Stephan Stenger, O.S.B.
April 1906-December 1909-Rev. P.W. Schardt
January 1910-November 1910-Rev. Herman Schmitz
1911-1912-Rev. Thos. L.Rabsteinek
1912-1919-Rev. Th. Eisele, D.D.
1919-July 11, 1957-Msgr. Jos. Niebler
Late 1940's-Fr. Rudolph Hanson (Assistant)
1947-1950-Rev. Eugene Haspert (Assistant)
About 1950-Fr. Joseph Splonskowski (Assistant)
1952-1955-Rev. Eugene Hornstein, O.S.B. (Assistant)
September 11, 1957-February 4, 1968-Msgr. Francis Lauinger
April 7, 1964-June 18, 1966-Rev. Edward Korte (Assistant)
June 18, 1966-July 31, 1968-Rev. Joseph Rogers (Assistant)
July 31, 1968-August 1, 1973-Msgr. George P. Aberle
August 1, 1973-July 19, 1978-Rev. Michael Krank
July 19, 1978-January 1981-Rev. Robert Wuest, C.PP.S
January 1981-June 1981-Fr. Bill Miller and Fr. Hubman (Assistant)
June 1981-August 1982-Fr. Brey
August 1981-December 1, 1981-Fr. Bill Miller and Fr. Betzen from Linton
December 1, 1981-October 1, 1985-Rev. Laurence R. Talty
October 1, 1985-Rev. Michael Mullner from Bismarck
January 15, 1986-Emil Dinkel, C.PP.S.
July 1, 1989-Mission of St. Peter & Paul Church, Strasburg
July 1, 1989-Fr. Leonard Eckroth
The book, Hague Area Book II: The Past 100 Years and Its People, 424 pages, 1989, softcover is available at this website page: library.ndsu.edu/grhc/order/nd_sd/hague.html.


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Departments that fall under the Physical Plant "umbrella" include: Building Maintenance, Construction, Lock Shop, Custodial, Gross/Cunningham Complex Operations, Sternberg Operations, Grounds, Motor Pool, Akers Energy Center, Central Purchasing, Mail Center, Printing Services, Environmental/Safety, and Residential Life Maintenance.
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BandA wrote:Back to topic. If you were to clean room the next contract, what would it look like? How would you incent the operator?
...But as the Baker administration starts to consider the outlines of the next contract, perhaps it's time to ask whether it might be us, not them. The contract offered to Keolis — like the contract with Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail before them, and the contracts with Amtrak before that — was relatively short in the context of public transportation. As counterintuitive as it might seem, the best way to achieve breakthrough improvements in service levels might be to take a page from cities and regions that have signed much longer-term agreements coupled with higher expectations.
...A contract in the neighborhood of 20 years, along with an expectation that the next contractor would be responsible for the system's capital needs, would shift responsibility to that company and give it more of an incentive to innovate. While it's far too soon to start soliciting bids, the Baker administration shouldn't miss the chance to craft a transformative deal.
rethcir wrote:WHy does a lo term contract provide incentive to innovate? If I had a 20 year contract at my job, I'd sit on my ass and do nothing all day.
octr202 wrote:And all of that comes at massive expense (particularly the all-high level platforms and faster speeds). Unlikely there's a combination of long-term vendor contract terms and attractive payment by the MBTA that makes that an easy reality.
We've neglected a lot of the incremental improvements that some commuter rail authorities have been making for a long time, since we've been in survival mode for so long. Catch up isn't going to be cheap or easy.
leviramsey wrote:Can we really say that that MBTA has been in survival mode given how much it has expanded?
dbperry wrote:Could ALL the capital funding spent over the last 20-25 years have been better allocated to projects that would have left the MBTA in a better state of good repair or better state for future service? Obviously yes but it's never as simple as that. For a simple example, see the Conservation Law Foundation lawsuit & settlement that required construction of Greenbush as mitigation for the environmental effects of the Big Dig.
+1leviramsey wrote:With friends of transit like the Conservation Law Foundation, who needs enemies?
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Each year, the United States honors the contributions that Latinos have made to our country with a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration that runs from Sep. 15 to Oct. 15. The Art Center is pleased to co-host the annual kick-off celebration again this year with the Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce and Hispanic Affairs Project. This is a free event for the community, featuring music and dance performances, the presentation of the Hispanic Advancement Award, and keynote speaker Aline Silva, pastor at Koinonia Church.
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text: URMC / Labs / Majewska Lab / News News 20182017201620152014 Archive W. Spencer Klubben Wins Walt and Bobbi Makous PrizeFriday, May 17, 2013The second recipient of the Walt and Bobbi Makous Prize has been awarded to: W. Spencer Klubben, a Biomedical Engineering senior working in Ania Majewska's laboratory. As a biomedical engineer, Spencer concentrated in medical optics and developed a strong interest in visual perception and development. Spencer's work has primarily focused on quantifying microglia's effect on neuroplasticity within the visual cortex and visual system. Most experimental methods have been focused around the utilization of optical imaging to analyze neuronal activity within mouse cortex. Experiments were conducted on mice with a varying dosage of CX3CR1, a single allele genetic fractalkine receptor responsible for the mobility of microglia. Spencer will receive the Makous Prize at a College-wide award ceremony on Saturday, May 19.The Walt and Bobbi Makous Prize was established this year by the Center for Visual Science, a research program of more than 30 faculty at the University dedicated to understanding how the human eye and brain allow us to see. The prize is named for Walt Makous, who was Director of the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester throughout the 1980s, and his wife Bobbi. The prize honors the graduating senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to vision research at Rochester.Microglia: A Standing Ovation, Please!Friday, January 14, 2011 Structure of a Synapse New research from the Majewska Lab at University of Rochester Medical Center is revealing even more reasons to stand up and applaud the microglia. It turns out that microglia serve more than immune functions. They are essential to learning and memory. This research suggests that a lot of what is going on in that synaptic gap is engineered by the microglia. The research team, led by Ania Majewska, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, used two imaging techniques to study the microglia in the animals' brains during these various stages. When the lights were off, microglia contacted more synapses, were more likely to reach toward a particular type of synapse, tended to be larger, and were more likely to destroy a synapse. When the lights came back on, most of those activities reversed. The finding that activity among microglia changed in response to visual inputs was, in itself, surprising. Just the fact that microglia can sense that something has changed in the environment is a novel idea, says Majewska.Majewska Lab Research Featured in Nature HighlightsWednesday, November 10, 2010The Majewska Lab's current research on learning and memory has been featured in the current issue of Nature Highlights. The research details immune cells called microglia help to protect the brain after an injury. They may also be involved in pruning the connections, or synapses, between neurons — a key process in learning and memory formation. Using electron microscopy, Marie-Ève Tremblay, Rebecca Lowery and Ania Majewska at the University of Rochester in New York imaged mouse brain slices and reconstructed the interactions between microglia and synapses in three dimensions. Most of the microglia were directly adjacent to the synapses, and in particular to dendritic spines — neuronal structures — that were small and were often pruned away later on.Read More: Majewska Lab Research Featured in Nature HighlightsHow Some Brain Cells Hook Up Surprises ResearchersTuesday, November 2, 2010 Marie-Ève Tremblay, Ph.D., and Ania Majewska, Ph.D. Immune cells known as microglia, long thought to be activated in the brain only when fighting infection or injury, are constantly active and likely play a central role in one of the most basic, central phenomena in the brain – the creation and elimination of synapses. The finding, reported in the Nov. 2 issue of PloS Biology, catapults the humble microglia cell from its well-recognized duty of protecting the brain to direct involvement in creating the cellular networks at the core of brain behavior. When scientists talk about microglia, the talk is almost always about disease. Our work suggests that microglia may actively contribute to learning and memory in the healthy brain, which is something that no one expected, said Ania Majewska, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy who led the work. The group's paper, co-authored by post-doctoral associate, Marie-Ève Tremblay, Ph.D., is a remarkably detailed look at how brain cells interact with each other and react to their environment swiftly, reaching out constantly to form new links or abolish connections.Read More: How Some Brain Cells Hook Up Surprises Researchers"Photons and Neurons": 27th CVS SymposiumThursday, June 17, 2010Earlier this month, the Center for Visual Science (CVS) held its 27th symposium. The theme of this year's symposium was Photons and Neurons and it brought together scientists who develop and use optical imaging methods from all over the world. Optical imaging promises to revolutionize neuroscience by offering minimally-invasive, direct recording of neural activity at single cell resolution in the intact working brain. Optical imaging of neural activity, however, has yet to deliver the ultimate prize of recording the activity of many individual neurons in real time throughout the depth of a brain structure such as the cerebral cortex. Achieving such a goal will require the coordinated effort of experts from disparate backgrounds, including neuroscientists, optical engineers, biochemists and molecular biologists. The symposium brought together this diverse group of scientists and provided a platform for discussion of the latest developments in optical imaging of neuronal function. Discussions were long and lively and allowed the exchange of ideas, identification of pressing neurobiological questions, discussion of current limitations, and developing of ideas for possible solutions. The symposium was supported by the National Eye Institute (R13EY020691) and the Center for Visual Science, and was co-organized by David Williams, Ania Majewska and Tony Movshon (NYU).Ania Majewska, Ph.D. named a Kavli FellowSaturday, November 1, 2008Congratulations to Ania Majewska, Ph.D. on being named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Each year the NAS conducts the Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium with some 100 of the best and brightest of young American scientists attending to hear, discuss, and debate talks across a wide range of the natural sciences. Thus, many of the country's ablest scientists--those now rising to positions of leadership in their institutions and their professions--have gone through a seminar on the value and potential of interdisciplinary research. Attendees are selected from a pool of young researchers who have made significant contributions to science.Spouses Awarded Prestigious Sloan, Pew FellowshipsFriday, August 3, 2007This summer the University of Rochester Medical Center boasts winners of two of the most prestigious awards available to young scientists - and the winners are from the same family. Edward Brown, Ph.D., has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, and his spouse Ania Majewska, Ph.D., has received an award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Brown, one of just 20 scientists in the nation to be recognized by the Pew Charitable Trusts this year, will receive $240,000 toward his research, while Majewska will receive $45,000 to continue her work.Cajal Club Explorer AwardWednesday, October 11, 2006A couple of weeks ago, Gary Paige, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, was informed that Ania Majewska, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor who had recently joined the department, had won the Cajal Club Explorer Award. Receiving such a prestigious award is a cause for recognition and celebration. What make's this all the more special, however, is Ania's personal and professional story.Read More: Cajal Club Explorer Award


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DENVER—Colorado's ethics panel will deliberate in public later this month about a complaint that the governor improperly accepted funds from a partisan group that has supported him in elections.
At a hearing Monday, The Denver Post reported ( https://tinyurl.com/owqhcev) that attorneys for Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, argued that he did not violate state law by allowing the Democratic Governors Association to pay his costs for an Aspen conference last summer. The conservative Compass Colorado group says the governor violated the law's gift ban provision.
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission says it will deliberate on the matter in public at its April 14 meeting.
Last year, the panel fined Secretary of State Scott Gessler, a Republican, $1,514 for using funds from his office's discretionary account for travel to GOP events in Florida.
Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com


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8.6. The Wake
Released December 2007
"What else could you have done?"
"Taken more note of the warnings, I guess. We saw a future Peter once, and he'd become a killer. Ms Jones told me I was doing a lousy job as a mother, and when I didn't listen she stole him from me. Then there was how he was on Montevadros. Even the Oracle of flipping Delphi warned me to be on the look out. And if I'd spent less time knocking about with monsters and magic artefacts, and more time here with him… This is where you're meant to tell me that I mustn't blame myself."
"You mustn't blame yourself."
"Yeah thanks. I feel so much better now."
Written By: Simon Guerrier
Directed By: Gary Russell
Lisa Bowerman (Bernice Summerfield); Rex Duis (Bodie); Thomas Grant (Peter Summerfield); Harry Myers (Adrian Wall); Miles Richardson (Braxiatel); Sam Stevens (Doggles); Steven Wickham (Joseph); Paul Wolfe (Hass)


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We've all seen dunks that left us speechless. Especially if you witnessed them in person. I knew this was true, sort of vaguely, but that realization crystallized for me when I read Bruce Feldman's article about a then unknown Tracy McGrady throwing down on a top basketball recruit, James Felton.
Entering the camp, McGrady was a 17-year-old mystery from central Florida, unmentioned on most top-500 recruiting lists. So everyone in the gym took notice as he slowed at the top of the key to wait for the much-hyped Felton. When the big man caught up, McGrady stared him down, then took off a couple of strides inside the free throw line. Felton jumped too, but just as his fingers grazed the ball palmed in his opponent's right hand, McGrady whipped it down to his waist. In the next instant, he grabbed it with his left and windmilled it through the hoop so fiercely that it should have dented the floor. By the time the unheralded prep landed, he was the next big thing. Dozens of fans and players tumbled onto the court, yelling and high-fiving, temporarily halting the game. All Felton could do was shake his head, scratch his cheek and try not to look the victim. But the damage was done. The country's most-sought-after big had been owned. "It was one of the best basketball moments of my life," recalls Odom. "An I'm-ready-to-get-drafted type of move. I'd never seen anyone do something like that, not even in the NBA."
Feldman's story ends sadly. McGrady goes on to be a multi-millionaire All-Star while James Felton's life falls apart. Feldman traces their career arcs from this moment and while the construct might be artificial, the central concept, that some dunks are big enough to change the way we think, is not.
In much less maudlin terms the story left me thinking about the dunks I remember most from my life as a sports fan. We all have these moments stored away in our minds but we remember lots of them from television viewings. Which, to be honest, is not the way a dunk was truly meant to be experienced. With a catchphrase or an attempted witty quip from a desk-bound anchor. It strips away the primordial fury of the dunk. The soaring through the air, the unexpectedness of it, the sheer power. When you're watching highlights on television you're expecting to see the otherworldly. Watching a game in person when something spectacular happens, that's when the true impact of the dunk is felt. So here are the three dunks I remember most.
The first wasn't during a game or any particular athletic event. We'd just come back from summer break and were freshmen in high school. My best friend, Ian, had spent the summer refining his dunk attempts but none of us had seen him be successful so far. Then, during lunch break, he took a basketball and dunked. Having a friend your same age who could dunk suddenly makes you realize that you're getting older. An actual friend who could dunk? Wow. Sex was sure to come soon. Even if, you know, it wasn't. I know the first guy able to grow a mustache gets a lot of pre-adolescent tail, but the first guy who could dunk in your high school? All of a sudden the sky was the limit for Ian. Chicks dig big verticals.
The second also happened in high school. My school, Martin Luther King, was playing Shawn Marion's team from just up the road in Clarksville. During warm-ups Marion's head almost touch the rim on the lay-up line. He was very thin and gangly and his arms and legs seemed a bit disjointed from the rest of his body. Even now when you watch Marion play on television there's something a bit awkward about the way his body moves. So imagine this same movement during his junior year. It was a summer league game and a guy on the team, Jamie, was supposed to have the back side of the rim covered. Then, out of nowhere, it happened so quickly I could barely tell what was happening, a lob was in the air and Marion came soaring from what seemed like the roof of the gym. It was unbelievable. The most explosive athletic move I'd ever witnessed up to that point. Jamie never saw it coming. Which was probably fortunate because at least this way he only ended up with Marions nuts on the back of his head instead of his face. Marion hung on the rim and straddled him for a moment before coming back to earth. Every player on both teams just stopped playing. Except for Jamie who was trying to run back up to the court.
During the next timeout he said to my friend D.J., "How come you didn't yell backdoor?"
And D.J., whose mouth was still agape, said, "Because I wanted to see what happened."
From that day forward everyone knew that there were good athletes and there were great athletes and there was a tremendous line between the two.
Finally, during my sophomore year at George Washington University, GW and Xavier were locked in a very tight game that would decide the outcome of the A-10 West. There was a breakaway and then-sophomore James Posey of Xavier got the ball. Only GW's 6'7 brute Spaniard, Antxon Iturbe, stood in the way. Iturbe had a vertical leap of about 24 inches on a good day so he had no hope to challenge Posey at the rim. Instead of fouling him as hard as he could, Iturbe decided to set up in the middle of the lane and take a charge. Only Posey never slowed down. Instead Posey took flight just inside the free throw line, cocked the ball behind his head, slammed into Iturbe and never stopped going. It appeared he might float all the way into the white retaining wall behind the basket. Instead he reached the rim and slammed the ball with such force that a raucous Smith Center crowd went completely silent. You could hear a pin drop all of a sudden. Even the white kids from parochial high schools who had been taught to take charges their entire lives didn't speak. There was no foul called because I think the referee was too shocked to call the charge. But I'll never forget that moment of complete silence that followed the dunk. I'd never before, and never have heard again, a home arena go so silent in an instant, all in awe over the awesome power of a dunk. To this day, every dunk I've ever seen is compared to that one single dunk that doesn't even exist in cyberspace anymore. And all have been found lacking.
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We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
List any 3 numbers. It is always possible to find a subset of adjacent numbers that add up to a multiple of 3. Can you explain why and prove it?
Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?
Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?
How to build your own magic squares.
Account of an investigation which starts from the area of an annulus and leads to the formula for the difference of two squares.
Jo has three numbers which she adds together in pairs. When she does this she has three different totals: 11, 17 and 22 What are the three numbers Jo had to start with?"
Water freezes at 0°Celsius (32°Fahrenheit) and boils at 100°C (212°Fahrenheit). Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?


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Well, this just in: longish url to darkhorse.com board, there's a post by Chris Warner, DH editor in charge of Berserkin short: Bookstores are PO about having no more shelf space and there is no end in sight to this "new manga title" avalanche. Going a little easier on bookstores' shelf space (=not cranking stuff out ASAP) makes it easier to carry a series, since they need to keep all of the older volumes in stock as well. Some retailers are not feeling very easy about having Berserk on sale so not making it even harder for them serves a very real purpose.
I wouldn't rule out a bimonthly schedule in the future, but we'd probably need to wait until the bookstore shakeout...well, shakes out.
100,000 x 15 bucks a book = $1,500,000I think it's a good number, don't you?And I like how they are still considering the bimonthly release.It's bad enough that both Darkhorse and Miura won't reach Vol 50 until I'm in my early 30's.
Over a million bucks. Million. Since when is a million not good?
Seeing as people who win the lottery can get up to £20,000,000, no a million isn't very much.
We priced titles based on a reality-based model rather than one based on needing huge volume to turn a profit
Great reasoning really. I guess you earn $200,000 a month, too?
If i was the Chairman of Dark Horse i'd be expecing to earn more than that!
I do too, I already have 7 and 8 on order! I can't wait! - C
ok i just went to 3 comic shops in the city. and no one has issue 7. so if anyone can confirm that it has been held back yet again please let me know ???.
"Free Comic Book Day".