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Butler, Royals pound Angels
Anaheim, CA – Billy Butler went 5-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 11-4 rout of the LA Angels of Anaheim in the opener of a three-game set at Angel Stadium.
Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI and Lorenzo Cain added three hits, two RBI and two runs scored for the Royals, who snapped a three- game losing streak.
"We knew the offense would click, and tonight it did. Up and down, everyone contributed. Billy is one of the best hitters I have ever seen, he can really hit and he can carry the team for a period of time," said Royals manager Ned Yost.
Luis Mendoza (1-2) gave up three runs on six hits while striking out six over six frames. Luke Hochevar earned the first save of his career after spinning three innings of one-run ball.
J.B. Shuck, Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo and Chris Iannetta each drove in a run for the Angels, losers in six of their last nine games.
Joe Blanton (0-7) was tagged with the loss after giving up seven runs on 12 hits over 4 2/3 innings.
"I felt good, I thought I had good stuff, but when they made contact it found a hole. That's baseball," Blanton said.
Butler got things started for the Royals in the first as he ripped a two-out double to right field to score Alex Gordon. Butler's two-run single in the third made it 3-0.
Iannetta got the Halos on the board with a base hit to center field to score Alberto Callaspo in the home half.
Jarrod Dyson's double in the fourth pushed Cain across to give the Royals a 4-1 edge, and the visitors added three more in both the fifth and sixth innings to go up 10-1.
With two on and one out in the fifth, Cain roped a single to left field to score Butler. After Mike Moustakas grounded out to second, Perez clubbed a double to center to bring Eric Hosmer and Cain around.
In the sixth, Butler crushed another double to right field to score Alcides Escobar and Gordon. Cain added an RBI single two hitters later to give Kansas City a nine-run edge.
The Angels scored a pair in the bottom of the sixth. Pujols doubled home Mike Trout, moved to third on a wild pitch then scored on Trumbo's ground out to third.
Escobar added an RBI double in the seventh and Shuck doubled home Callaspo in the home half to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
There were no walks issued in the game by either team ... Butler has two career five-hit games ... The Royals were 7-for-15 with runners in scoring position ... Kansas City had 19 hits ... Josh Hamilton and Callaspo both collected two hits for the Angels.


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Head start: Half as tall at two!
Q. Most of us reach half our adult height by around what age? a) 10 years b) 8 c) 6 d) 4 e) 2 –R. Sampson
A. Age 8 or 6 are common guesses, but you'll need to drop all the way to 2 to score a height-hit. Average infant is about 20 inches long at birth, 30 inches by Birthday #1, 35 inches by Birthday #2, say V. Gregory Payne and Larry D. Isaacs in Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach. Fascinating how a human body comes on line: First the head reaches close to its adult length, then the trunk, then the limbs, says San Francisco State University psychologist Ronald Mayer in his online Human Development: The Beginnings of Behavior. At birth, a baby's head is already huge (reason for those fetching eyes), 25 percent of total body length and 60 percent of its eventual size, then "shrinks" to less than 15 percent of body length by adulthood.
Sizewise, our bodies slowly catch up with our head-start heads. "Not understanding these subtle proportional shifts, medieval artists painted infants– as with the young Christ done at this time– to look strangely like miniature adults."
Q. If betting on the Super Lotto over the years hasn't made you rich, how might not betting on it all those years have made you a millionaire? W. Buffett
A. By using the money to bet on the unpredictable stock market instead, answers Hope College psychologist David G. Myers in Intuition: Its Powers and Perils
Figure it this way: A truck-driver named "Joe" has spent $30-50 per week for four years playing the Lotto, some $10,000 total, and never won a dime. Still he persists: "You never know," he says.
Now imagine instead that Joe had been betting $40/week by investing in a stock market index fund. Remarkably, over the past 75 years, money gambled on publicly traded stocks has returned more than 11 percent annually on average, says Myers.
So if Joe had started investing at age 25 and his fund did only as well as average, he would be a much wealthier man today. In fact, his accumulating $40 every week, enhanced by an 11 percent return, would have meant $10,400 by the end of the first four years, $37,000 after 10 years, and by age 65, Joe could have claimed a total "jackpot" of $1.3 million!
Q. What would sex be like in the weightlessness of space? J. Glenn
A. "I don't know of any research, but the Russians were rumored to have tried this years ago," says Western Washington University physicist Jim Stewart. Earthbound lovers depend on gravity to keep them together. In space, the conservation of momentum would necessitate a little advance planning: Imagine two lovers floating freely in zero-G.
"Any kind of significant push, one on the other, would result in immediate separation, at least in key body areas. So they'd better keep on hugging." Think postural experimentation and creative Velcro beltings. Owing to counter-torque, Lover A's playful tweak or twist on lover B will set both of them– untethered spinning in opposite directions.
Remember that everybody gets an inch or two taller in space, as the uncompressed spine stretches out. For a short guy, this could feel quite sexy, though naturally she'll match him inch for inch. Space love must be forgiving love, for the face awaiting a kiss will have grown swollen and bloated, as body fluids in zero-G drift upward from the legs and midsection to hang out in the cheeks, nose and lips. Expect male hormonal levels to sag. Maybe it's the sunless days, or the food, or being hundreds of millions of miles from home. Still, the starry-eyed surround may be all the Viagra he needs.
Q. Sneeze while you're reading this and it's no problem, but how about when driving on a freeway or piloting a MiG-25 Foxbat fighter? A. Dwarf
A. Eyes shut for about .1 second for a blink, .5 second for a sneeze, say David Halliday et al. in Fundamentals of Physics, 4th Edition. So at 60 mph you'll be in the dark for about 44 sneeze feet– a couple of car lengths. Flying at 2000 mph, the "blackout" extends to 1500 feet, or more than a quarter of a sky mile.
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TAUNTON — An empty black chair in memory of prisoners of war and servicemen who went missing in action but were never returned is being placed in Taunton's City Hall.
The initiative, promoted by the Taunton Area Vietnam Veterans Association, is being supported by Taunton's city government and the chair is scheduled to be dedicated during the April 1 City Council meeting.
"Basically, it's a statement saying that we know there are still MIAs out there and this is their chair," said Dennis Proulx, vice president of the Taunton Area Vietnam Veterans Association, who painted the chair in his house. "No one else will sit in it. It's for them. It's symbolic that we are thinking of them and we want them back home."
Proulx said he got the permission of Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. last year to install the chair in City Hall. Proulx said his organization is following the lead of groups like Rolling Thunder, which has been placing them in locations all around the state, including at Gillette Stadium and other prominent locations.
"It'll catch their eyes," said Proulx, talking about visitors to City Hall who will see the chair. "Sometimes we have people who don't understand what POW/MIA is. When we tell them they say, 'Oh my God, I didn't realize that.' It's something to remember them by. It's a remembrance that we will never forget them and want them home."
Proulx said Taunton has always been great about showing support for the POW/MIA cause, going back to 1983 when then-Mayor Richard Johnson proclaimed the last Sunday in March as POW/MIA Day in the city of Taunton. This Sunday, the last day in March, the Taunton Vietnam Veterans Association is holding its 32nd Annual POW/MIA Day Remembrance Ceremony at the city's Vietnam Memorial Fountain on Church Green.
Proulx pointed out that groups like Rolling Thunder, and other motorcycle groups, have been very active in the POW/MIA cause and said he thanked them for their efforts, including an annual ride on Memorial Day in Washington D.C. to draw attention to the issue.
Raynham to get its own POW/MIA chair
The Raynham Town Hall will also soon feature an empty chair of its own in honor of the POW/MIA cause.
The Raynham Board of Selectmen voted earlier this month to accept a proposal from Rolling Thunder — an advocacy group that seeks to bring full accountability for prisoners of war and missing in action service members — to place a symbolic empty seat in the Town Hall to remind citizens about the issue.
"We as selectmen agreed we would put a chair in the Town Hall," said Selectman Richard Schiavo, adding that Rolling Thunder group has placed around 50 of the symbolic POW/MIA chairs in 50 communities across the state.
"I commend them for the progress they are making," Schiavo said.
Schiavo said that U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass, is working to put one of the chairs in the Capitol in Washington.
The Rolling Thunder group, which is known for organizing motorcycle rallies to support the cause, said that nearly 92,000 servicemen have yet to return home from war, stretching back to World War I. This includes prisoners of war who died in captivity, and others who went missing in action, but were never accounted for.
The Massachusetts Chapter of Rolling Thunder also installed a POW/MIA chair at Gillette Stadium, at Fenway Park and at the TD Garden, in addition to the State House, the U.S.S. Constitution and Boston City Hall.


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Topic: what is your favourite fruit?
Mine are
and apples
Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → Fans → what is your favourite fruit?
Mine are
and apples
umm, kiwi....
Apples and pineapple. I kinda like grapes too sometimes. And blueberries.
uhh just about anything except bananas.
my favorite fruit is steak.
...that counts right?
no you fat uhhhm
never mind
people that don't eat fruit are either fat jerks or idiots
fruit's good for you.
but steak is nice too!
Oh my God, not another topic like this.
I have nothing else to say.
Yeah, its starting to get on my nerves
Sorry Guys but I think we are all going though Withdrawls about Boba Fett
I'll put my in
no you fat uhhhm
never mind
wow, that was nice and mean
im so glad your back greeny.....
The Fruits of life
im so glad your back greeny.....
MMmmmMMMmmmm sarcasm my favoritest fruit of allll
yours too?
i prefer it with some lolsauce.
My favorite fruit would have to be oranges.
fruit of the loom. tasty, tasty underwear.
Whew!! this a tough one I LOVE fruit. Let's see Bananas, apples, and peaches.
seriously, i gotta say i hate most fruits and veggies. If I HAD to pick a fruit it would be blackberries,
meat is teh best food group.
And thanks for calling me a jerk/idiot green......you make me feel so special......
I like Grapes...I hate this kind of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theres no nice way to come out and say it, and since the topic creator is acting rather rude, I'm going to just flat out say it: These kinds of topics are RETARDED. Who cares what kind of fruit someone likes? These topics are so stale. And futhermore, its -really- not nice to yell at someone when they say they don't like what the topics about. I know its the internet, but when you make topics like these, expect those kinds of replys. The guy wasn't even being rude when he said he didn't like fruit....
Exactly, these topics aren't that great. I really could care less if someone liked bananas or peaches.
okas, someone close the topic.
* sigh *
I was just curious, not to try and anger the people who can't accept a question.... but it's your choice, meh
I don't mind these topics. When I was a kid I loved surveys, I took at least three a week or so. So even though I'm not as into them as I used to be a part of me still goes "ooo" when I see a survey-type thing. That was why I thought a survey topic would be a nice replacement of the various favorites threads.
thank you Miba for understanding.
But I think no-one is really interested now.
i assure you we never were.
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It's hard to see how David Winters could force Coca-Cola to give up its 2014 executive equity plan. In the end, he didn't. But that didn't stop him from claiming a partial victory -- and vowing to be back.
The battle played out Wednesday at Coca-Cola's annual meeting in Atlanta, where shareholders were asked to vote on how much of the company's equity should be set aside to reward and retain deserving executives.
Winters, who heads Wintergreen Advisers, LLC, had been on the offensive for weeks, calling the plan an "outrageous grab" by management to pocket as much as $24 billion under the guise of executive motivation. He implored others to join him in defense of shareholders rights, and snagged some pretty big names, including a few high-profile public pension funds.
Coca-Cola predictably argued the plan was completely in line with past practice and merely aims to reward its top 6,400 managers if they hit performance targets spelled out at the start of the year.
Here's how Maria Elena Lagomasino, Coca-Cola board member and head of its compensation committee summed it up: "This proposed Equity Plan continues our past practice with long-term equity, which has historically been minimally dilutive. The new plan does not change those practices. We do not plan to change how we grant long-term equity or repurchase shares and the new plan is not any more dilutive than historical plans and programs."
In the end, 83% of shareholders voted to back the plan and nearly 17% voted to reject it. While that's a landslide for the yea vote, Wintergreen Advisers pointed out the company's margin of victory on this issue is shrinking. In 2008, only 11% voted against the plan. "It's clear that a substantial number of shareholders had concerns about the plan ... We look forward to staying involved in the discussion."
One of those caught in the crossfire was Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is Coke's largest shareholder.
When the plan came up for a vote, Buffett abstained, prompting the following statement from the company: "The Coca-Cola Company Board respects Mr. Buffett's philosophical stance on equity-based compensation. As our largest shareowner, Mr. Buffett is an avid supporter of the Company and its management team, and has been a wonderful counselor through the years. We greatly respect his views and look forward to continuing our productive relationship with him for many years to come."
Wintergreen's take on Buffett's abstinence was more blunt. "We are surprised that Warren Buffett had the opportunity to take a stand against excessive management compensation and failed to seize it."
– Jim Jelter
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From Emerging Leaders
How can library workplaces be more millennial friendly?
Team Members
(Rachel is the one who took this picture - hence her absence.)
- Besselson, Sandra - Northwestern Michigan College
- Harris, Christopher - School Library System, Genesee Valley BOCES
- Herrick, Katy - Grand Prairie Public Library System
- Nesbit, Wanda - Dover Public Library, & sponsored by the DLA
- Vacek, Rachel - Walker Management Library, Vanderbilt University
Team Mentor
Lorene Flanders - Director of University Libraries, University of West Georgia
Staff Liaison
Lorraine Olley - Executive Director, Library Administration and Management Association


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Physicist to Lead Drone Mission to Titan
NASA selects U of I-collaborative drone as possible mission to Titan
Yeast Gene Rapidly Evolves to Attack Viruses
Research in Dr. Paul Rowley's lab has promising results.
A Formula for Connection
UI gave mathematics graduate a place to explore academics and build relationships.
The Devil and the DNA Details
UI researcher's expertise helps uncover hope for the cancer-plagued Tasmanian devil.
Evolution Through Gaming
Polymorphic Gaming Studio creates video game to aid in teaching genetics.
Exploring the Moon from Earth
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Synthesizing Answers
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Evolving an Explanation
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Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers complained that Ravens safety Matt Elam hit Green Bay's Randall Cobb in the knee on a tackle on Sunday. Ravens coach John Harbaugh has no idea what Rodgers is complaining about.
Asked about the matter on Monday, Harbaugh said Rodgers' complaints are "pretty hard for me to understand." Harbaugh noted that Cobb caught the ball over the middle and Elam was just doing his job by taking Cobb down.
"Aaron made a good, quick throw in there and Matt is doing the best he can to try to stop that play. So I have no idea what he's talking about," Harbaugh said.
Rodgers confronted Elam on the field and said afterward that he told Elam he should have tackled Cobb in "the proper hitting zone." Harbaugh says Elam did make a proper hit.
"I think Matt made a tackle," Harbaugh said. "He was scrambling to try to catch up with that route as best as he could to make the tackle on him."
Elam wasn't penalized, and he won't be fined. Elam's hit was legal, and if Rodgers thinks otherwise, then Rodgers doesn't know what he's talking about.


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Sorcery can shift probability in your favor, and open opportunities where there were none, but some probabilities are just to long on the odds to be managed.
Just to give you an idea, while it varies state to state, on average your chance of winning the big pot in a Lottery is one in 18 million. Your chance of being struck by Lightning is one in 2,650,000. About 45 times more likely than you winning the lottery. If you drive 10 miles to buy a lottery ticket, its about 30 times more likely for you to die in a car accident on the way than it is for you to win the Lottery.
Now, magic does indeed make your probability of winning greater than the norm, as it does for everyone else using magick to win the lottery. Perhaps it reduces your chance from one in 18 million to one in 9 million or even one in 1 million. Not great odds.
Of course since so many people would like to use magick to win the lottery, its pretty safe to assume that there are thousands of people aiming their magic at any given lotterypot. Most of this magic cancels each other out.
Now here is the greatest rub. Lets say you win! 75% of people that win the lottery end up flat broke just seven years later. This is because they never took the time to understand money or how it works. If they did, they wouldn't have pinned their hopes and dreams on willing lottery.
2. Patron/Benefactor: A number of occultists have pined for the days of rich benefactors and patrons of the arts that would supply them with enough money to carry on their magic without the burden of earning a living.
The problem here is that the life they envisioned never really existed for anyone. Yes, there were people with rich benefactors. There still are. The problem is that the effort it takes to keep these benefactors is often more stressful than a regular job. One of my favorite books that all would-be-Sorcerers should read is Baltasar Gracian's "Art of Worldly Wisdom". Gracian was a Jesuit, but this book is filled with pithy Machiavellian tidbits aimed at keeping yourself in the company of the powerful and wealthy.
A great deal of care and conniving is often required when dealing with a patron. Sometimes the price is the integrity of your work. There are a lot of scholars who feel that the stories about Hoodoo initiations in New Orleans that fill the last few pages of Zor Neal Hurston's Mules and Men were fiction written primarily to titillate her rich white benefactor in New York who was essentially paying her to travel and report back with wild stories about what savage activities black people got up to down South. I myself have seen how the son of an important Patron can get recognized as a Tulku in exchange for some land in Mexico. Do you think Dee and Kelley wanted to travel around central Europe during the most of the 1580's putting on hokey alchemical experiments trying to get backing for their work? Nah
My advice is simple: Get your shit together and take care of business. How you do that is a subject for other posts. The thing that I want you to take home is that once you get your shit together, you need to keep your shit together and take care of business. At no point will it be ok to not keep your shit together and take care of business. There are no exceptions.
Rich people may not have the stress of debt, but they have to tend their wealth throughout their life. Rich people who do not keep track of their finances get it all taken away from them. Think that Leonard Cohen wanted to be touring at 76 years of age? Nah, his manager ripped him off cuz he did not have his shit together and did not take care of business. Think Annie Leibovitz wanted to put up the rights to her photos as collateral for a loan? Of course not. MC Hammer? Nicholas Cage? Ed Mc Mann? Don Johnson? The list of rich and famous who lost or nearly lost everything is long and all of them have one thing in common. Can you guess what it is? Thats right. They didn't keep their shit together and take care of business.
I can almost hear some of you whining internally as you read this: "But Jason, I am a magician, an artist, a mystic. I have no interest in finance and economics. I just want it to be out of the way!". I know some of you are thinking this because these exact words were spoken to me after a class in financial magic. I will tell you what I told that young man. "To bad. Your a fucking adult. Time to nut-up and handle your business. I am not telling you to become Ben Bernanke. Just figure out how to best make money for yourself and keep your head above water."
Or as Snoop Dogg so wisely does "Keep my on my money and my money on my mind".
Speaking of Snoop. This is the greatest cover of any song ever.


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The eruption of the Vesuvius and the imminent destruction of Herculaneum
Oil on canvas : 65,4 X 81,3 cm
Frame : 78,7 X 94,6 cm
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Our painting represents the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1779, with its characteristic tall column of lava, seen from the harbour of Naples with its Santa Lucia lighthouse at left.
Such a paintings were made for so-called Grand Tour tourists, wealthy Englishmen who travelled in Italy.
At the foot of the volcano our unidentified painter has represented the town of Herculaneum which was destroyed at the same time as Pompeii in 79 AD.
About the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius during the 1770s
Our painting, sadly unsigned, must have been made for one of the many Grand Tour travellers who came to Naples in the 1770s to witness the numerous eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.
Eighteenth century wealthy English gentlemen would complete their education with an extended sojourn in Italy to admire Classical ruins, picturesque landscapes, artistic masterpieces and natural attractions.
This potential new market, a mixture of tourism, scientific curiosity and a need for visual souvenirs, made several important artists move to Naples where they painted spectacular views of the activity of the volcano. Among these international painters I should mention Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729-1799), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1997), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807), Michael Wutky (1739-1822/23), Jacob More (1740-1793) and Pietro Antoniani (circa 1740-1805).
The English ambassador in Naples, William Hamilton, who was strongly interested in volcanoes, befriended some of these painters.
The most sensational views of these violent and terrifying explosions were of course set at night with lively contrasts between the fiery red and warm yellow hues of the lava with the harsher and darker colours of the night.
About our painting
In the second half of the 18th century Mount Vesuvius had entered an intense phase of seismic activity. Eruptions occurred in 1771, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776 and 1779. Our painter must have painted the eruption of 1779, with its characteristic tall column of lava.
Our view was painted from the harbour of Naples: at left one sees a lighthouse inspired by the Faro di Santa Lucia which stood at the end of the Molo, along the Riviera de Chiaia until the 2nd half of the 19th century.
Our painter has combined the eruption of 1779 with a historic subject, as did Jacob More, in his grand view of the Vesuvius from the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh:
- in More's painting the destruction of Pompeii and in the foreground the death of Pliny the Elder;
- in our painting the destruction of Herculaneum at the foot of the Vesuvius.
Herculaneum was a small Roman town, laying W. Of Vesuvius, on the coast, between the volcano and Naples. Just like Pompeii it was destroyed by the eruption of 79 AD. It was covered by a thick layer of lava. Its theatre was discovered in 1709 and from 1739 onwards further exavations followed. Only a small portion of the marvellously well preserved town has been excavated, as a later town, which of course is still inhabited, was build on top of the circa 20 meters thick layer of lava covering the Roman town.
Why should you buy this painting?
Because this spectacular painting is typical of the interest in volcanoes during the Age of Enlightenment.
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I'm a life-long Chicagoan, life-long South-sider, and a life-long Cub fan. I come from a family of Paramedics. When I was a little kid, I thought that being a Paramedic was the coolest thing one could possibly do with one's life, because my Dad was the coolest person I knew and that was what HE did. Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought it was pretty cool. My sister and brother are also Paramedics, along with numerous other members of my extended family.
Dad used to tell stories around the dinner table that would have us rolling on the floor in laughter. If you could get my dad and my uncles, also Paramedics, into the same room together, they'd play off of one another like the most experienced comedy trio you've ever seen. They worked together in the early days of EMS in Northern Illinois. They saw a lot of things.
As I got older, the funnier stories were gradually interspersed with the more serious ones. Once I had reached adulthood, I had spent many a night running errands with my father, who by then had moved into administration, him relating war stories from his "time on the street" that focused less on the humorous and more on the deadly serious while I listened in rapt fascination. I don't think Dad was trying to scare me or anything, he just seemed to know that it was appropriate for him to begin sharing the bad along with the good.
Although I had wanted to follow in my father's footsteps since kindergarten, I somehow found myself toiling in the aviation industry for nine years, having brainwashed myself into believing I was happy as a baggage handler. My wife helped me realize just how miserable I was, and with her support, I made my way into EMS. I hope I can be as good of a Paramedic as my sister, brother, and father are. They're my inspiration.
Now it's my turn to share some stories, but as my wife has no particular tolerance for the blood and gore and guts, and my siblings and father have seen it all, and the only kids I have have four legs and eat out of bowls on the floor, I have decided to make my way into blogging. I've been inspired to do so by reading the works of Kelly Grayson,, Justin Schorr (The Happy Medic), Michael Morse (Rescuing Providence), Tom Bouthillet (EMS 12-Lead), Captain Chair Confessions, Rogue Medic, and others. I don't know why I'm identifying each of them so formally. Chances are great that if you're reading this, it's because you read those blogs already. I hope I can live up to their standard, as they've set the bar awfully high.
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Screening for Anal Cancer Better Defined but More Study Is Needed
Cases of anal cancer are on the rise in people living with HIV. Part of this is due to more attention being paid to the condition and people with HIV living longer lives. Screening tools are being better defined yet there is controversy over screening recommendations by providers. A recent British study attempted to better define the role of anal Pap smears to screen for anal cancer, similar to the way in which cervical Paps are used to screen for cervical cancer. The study followed 395 HIV-negative and HIV-positive individuals.
More than 9 out of 10 were men, about half were white, and 3 in 4 were men who have sex with men. Three forms of tests were performed on each person: an anal Pap smear (where the doctor swabs an area of the anus to remove surface cells), an anoscopy (where a doctor uses a special microscope to look at the anus), and a biopsy (where the doctor scrapes away an area of the anus to remove surface cells).
The results showed that anal Pap smears accurately detected pre-cancerous skin cells about 70% of the time. The higher the grade of disease, the more likely Pap smears could detect these skin cells. They were also more accurate when there were more pre-cancerous cells present.
Anal Pap smears were also better able to find disease in HIV-positive than HIV-negative people (76% vs. 59%). In addition, anal Pap smears were more likely to find disease when CD4s were below 400, and when two or more areas were swabbed for cells (86%) as opposed to one or more (69%).
Although this is good news for detecting pre-cancerous anal cells earlier, using anal Pap smears still leaves room for errors. These findings still indicate that other tests may need to be used to confirm anal Pap results, such as anoscopy. Medical providers should be encouraged to screen for all cancers related to HIV especially as the population ages. People with HIV should discuss their risk for anal cancer and their screening options and seek out experts in the field if necessary.
For more information on HPV, read Project Inform's publication HPV and HIV disease. Another online resource for anal cancer is the UCSF Anal Neoplasia Study.


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15 Sublime Pink Buildings
With a certain day right around the corner, our hearts are aflutter with all things sugary and sweet. So, when we stumbled across this unidentified candy-coated building, we couldn't help but wonder what other delights might be out there.
More commonly associated with Pepto Bismol, Papermate erasers, and bubblegum, the color pink isn't the first thing that comes to mind when we think of divine architecture, but the psychological properties of the hue actually make it an obvious choice for the built environment. Prison holding cells are painted pink to reduce erratic behavior. Sports teams paint the opposing teams' locker room pink to keep the players passive and make them less energetic. Pastries taste better when they come out of pink boxes. With that, it's only fitting that the soothing, romantic color has been used on buildings to jaw-dropping effect that we think is nothing short of poetic.
Here's our survey of the the world's greatest built confections. Let us know in the comments what you think of adding a little more pink to our world.
Image credits: Villa Hermina on the outskirts of Cernín, Prague by hsh architects via designboom


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Blacks in AIDS 2012 Leadership: Tiffany Chester-Gilliard
One in a series about Black Americans engaged in leadership roles for the 2012 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)
Prior to coming on board with the International AIDS Conference, Tiffany Chester-Gilliard was the director of sales for Destination DC, Washington's official convention and visitors' bureau.
Now she serves as the head of the local secretariat, the administrative department for the International AIDS 2012 Conference. She is the primary liaison to the conference secretariat in Geneva and facilitates relationships with national and local government agencies, which requires managing 25 staff members in the conference's head office. Here she talks about her role, ending the epidemic and why it's important that Black Americans attend.
What does your job involve and what about it interested you as a woman of color?
My job is a kind of potpourri. As head of the local office I am responsible for a lot of its administrative duties and financial responsibilities. I became interested when the convention business bureau was making a bid for the conference. I found out that the group that was most highly impacted was black women ages 18-44. All of a sudden it went from: "This is just a conference" to "This is speaking to my peer set and to me." The experience has made me more of an advocate.
What is most significant to you about AIDS 2012?
Well, it's coming back to the U.S. after 22 years, for starters. And the U.S. just developed its very first AIDS strategy and that is a big deal. The numbers in the U.S., particularly in D.C., makes it important that we have conversations outside of the silos of people who have always been working in HIV/AIDS.
This conference has a history of highlighting scientific breakthroughs. Many things are being developed from a scientific perspective. The conference will be a good time to learn what's been happening.
The theme of this conference is "Turning the Tide Together." What do you think it will take to end the epidemic?
We understand that it's not the end of the epidemic for people who have been living with the virus. We're talking about ending new infections and mother-to-child transmissions.
The community has always been at the forefront of this fight. Thirty years ago they pushed the issue to the forefront, and questioned why these young men were dying and what's going to be done about it. Communities are pressing the Congress about needle exchange and to make sure their dollars are used in AIDS research. They will help end the epidemic.
What about the conference do you most look forward to?
I look forward to my peers engaging in the conversation about AIDS. We have an area called the Global Village that's free, open to the public and probably one of the most popular parts of the conference. Community organizations can share best practices there. I look forward to the conversations that will be happening there. African-Americans are already talking about HIV/AIDS in our churches, with our sororities and fraternities and with our children. Our community is taking on this conversation one subset at a time.
Why do you think that Black Americans need to attend the conference?
I think Black Americans tend to have an apathetic attitude towards health. We gravitate towards diabetes, hypertension, breast cancer, etc. But there are so many other things in our community that are killing us.
Black people in general have been impacted by HIV/AIDS. It's not just Africans, it's Black Americans. Black young men and women have a high infection rate. It's not a gay, white man's disease. So I hope that this conference gets enough media coverage to get Black Americans engaged in this fight.
Candace Y.A. Montague is the D.C. HIV/AIDS examiner for Examiner.com. She also writes for The Body, emPower Magazine and Capital Community News.


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Exegesis has Consequences
Ideas have consequences. Since the dawn of Western philosophy, we have witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly of this axiom. From the influence of John Locke upon the founders of America, to the disastrous results of the influence …Read More
Grammatical Fallacies
God's Word comes to us in words. These words are human words: chosen by particular human beings in particular circumstances to communicate a particular message. Of course, the words of Scripture are also divine words. Each one of them …Read More
The Importance of Sound Exegesis
A Bible scholar walks into a friend's kitchen and sees a magnet fixing a diet plan to the refrigerator door. It reads, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you … to …Read More
Interpreting Hermeneutics
My first appointment today was with a seminary student of mine who also attends our church. He is a sharp student in his early forties who left a lucrative career in order to pursue God's call to pastoral ministry …Read More
Logical Fallacies
Logic (from the Greek word logos, "reason") is the "science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration, the science of the formal principles of reasoning" (Merriam-Webster). While theology, as the study of God, transcends …Read More
Word-Study Fallacies
At my seminary, I often teach the introductory Greek course. On the first or second day of class, at least one student and I will have the following typical conversation during one of the breaks: "Dr. Cara, is it not …Read More
We Believe the Bible and You Do Not
Not too long ago, in an effort to get a better grasp of the Lutheran doctrine of the Lord's Supper, I was reading the chapters on the sacraments in Francis Pieper's Christian Dogmatics, and I ran across this …Read More


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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Chef to join our team. You will look after lots of hungry people, contributing to the efficient running of the kitchen. Responsible for producing a variety of dishes for the restaurant and meeting room areas to the highest standard, whilst ensuring the kitchen runs smoothly, safely and hygienically.Main responsibilities
- Working together with the team
- Using fresh ingredients to make good, quality food
- Implement Health & Safety legislation and COSHH at all times
- Cooking and preparation of high quality meals for potentially large volumes of customers
- Extensive food knowledge with the ability to cook and present fresh food to a consistently high standard
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- Have excellent culinary skills with an attention to detail
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- Have sound knowledge of hygiene, health and safety requirements
- Self motivated with the ability to work in a pressurised environment
- A team player with experience of supervising a team within a similar environment
- You will have Qualified to NVQ level1/2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent
Eurest prides itself on creating contemporary foodservice solutions from the tea-room to the boardroom - and everything in between - for business and workplace industry clients.
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Sightings and Specimens: Campephilus principalis main content.
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Six years ago this spring, an announcement sent waves of excitement among birders and wildlife enthusiasts: an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, generally thought to be extinct, had been sighted in an Arkansas swamp by a team of investigators. A blurry video of the large bird in flight seemed to provide supporting evidence.
Still, proof of the bird's existence was not airtight. Subsequent visits, as well as audio and video recordings in the area, yielded no definitive results. The video showed an image that might have been that of a similar species, the Pileated Woodpecker. Both species have black and white wings, but with different patterns that are visible when the wings are extended in flight. While researchers fanned out to look for evidence in Arkansas, at the Museum, ornithologists turned to the collections to examine the wings.
The Museum's Department of Ornithology's vast collection includes several specimens of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, most of which were collected more than a century ago. But, like specimens in other institutions around the world, virtually all of the collected samples showed the wings closed or only slightly open. Three Museum scientists painstakingly worked with a 117-year-old Ivory-billed specimen to carefully remove a wing, extend it, and display it for comparison with wings from Pileated samples. Given the quality of the video, their work did not settle the debate over the Arkansas sighting, but it added an important data point—and produced a detailed roadmap for preparing very old specimens for examination.
Collections are often tapped for clues of a different sort, too. "Extinct bird specimens yield DNA samples that can be used to study relationships among species and answer questions about evolution and biogeography," says Paul Sweet, who oversees the ornithology collection.
Meanwhile, back in Arkansas, the search continues.
A version of this story originally appeared in the Spring issue of Rotunda, the magazine for Museum Members.


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STOCKTON - Google Inc.'s mysterious floating technology showroom is due to take up residence at the Port of Stockton, the port director confirmed today.
STOCKTON - Google Inc.'s mysterious floating technology showroom is due to take up residence at the Port of Stockton, the port director confirmed today.
Richard Aschieris said the port has made arrangements, through agents working on behalf of Google, to house the tech company's barge that had been under construction at its previous mooring at Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay.
"We've reached an agreement for them to dock at the Port of Stockton," he said. "I'm absolutely delighted to have this agreement."
Under the pact, the port would house the Google barge for six months, with Google paying the standard dockage fee. Given the watercraft's roughly 200-foot length, that would be about $10,000 a month, Aschieris said.
"I don't know when the arrival time is, but it could be anytime in the next six months, but it's also likely sooner than later," he said.
Relocation of the barge has been the subject of intense speculation for the past month, since the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission said the Treasure Island facility did not have the permits for the barge construction. Commission officials suggested it move to a shipyard within the bay.
Google itself has said little about the project, other than it would be used to demonstrate new technology. Reports have generally come from sources such as the Treasure Island Authority and the commission.
By going to the Port of Stockton, the barge would find a home with a history of ship and barge construction and outfitting that is also outside of the jurisdiction of the bay commission.
The port has heavy lifting cranes and regularly handles large structural cargo, such as power generators and wind-energy windmills.
"The port recently did major retrofits on the Marine Highway barges that we operate," Aschieris noted.
Also, like all other commercial seaports, the Stockton port has been put under limited-access, tight security since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and creation of the Department of Homeland security.
"That in this case, is a huge advantage vs. doing it in a public marina," Aschieris said.
Even before being contacted by Google representatives, the port director said he'd been swamped by media calls and public inquiries over speculation the barge might come to Stockton.
"People are very excited about the possibility of this coming to Stockton, and they want to talk about it," he said.
As an example, Aschieris said that last Thursday, he drew a crowd while attending the men's University of the Pacific vs. Gonzaga basketball game.
"I was practically mobbed by people wanting to know about this and (asking), 'Did we have an agreement?' "
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With smartphones successfully commandeering the spotlight from their less capable predecessors this year, AT&T has decided to get serious about bringing some standards to the market. Competition is heating up, and consumers are demanding more powerful phones with capabilities that extend far beyond the box they ship in. To help fill demand, AT&T is planning to to standardize low-end devices on a single mobile OS and roll out a line of branded smartphones.
AT&T believes that smartphones will become the majority of devices that connect to its network by 2014, and it's probably right. The smartphone market is seeing strong growth (though slightly slower this quarter), thanks to new efforts like Google's Android OS and renewed competition from BlackBerry maker RIM. Apple's $200 and $300 iPhones have seen remarkable success, too, recently knocking Motorola's RAZR from its perch as the best-selling phone in the US (despite the RAZR's long-time status as a "free-with-contract" phone). But to avoid running smartphones aground in the same barren, incompatible development landscape that the current dumbphone is stifled by, AT&T wants to gets its OS ducks in a row.
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A Steelers great reflects on the coach who took over a hapless franchise and, with his no-nonsense style, turned it into a four-time Super Bowl champion and one of the crown jewels of the NFL
Editor's note: When Chuck Noll was named coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in January 1969, the team had had just seven winning seasons and one playoff appearance in its history. With his first draft pick that year, Noll took a defensive tackle named Joe Greene out of North Texas State, and the following year, after going 1-13, he drafted quarterback Terry Bradshaw. In the ensuing decade Noll would build and preside over one of the great dynasties in NFL history, a team that would win four Super Bowls in six seasons and send nine players to the Hall of Fame.
Noll, who played guard and linebacker under Paul Brown in Cleveland in the '50s and served as an assistant coach under Sid Gilman and Don Shula, finished with a head coaching record of 209-156-1, including the postseason, in 23 years with the Steelers and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. He died on Friday night at the age of 82.
The MMQB asked Rocky Bleier, a fullback on those Steelers Super Bowl teams, to reflect on his coach.
By Rocky Bleier
It's been several years since the last time I saw Chuck Noll. After much planning and prodding, he met with my former Steelers teammate Andy Russell and me for lunch in the Pittsburgh area one day. We considered it somewhat of a coup just getting to spend time with him. Chuck had a bad back and moved with a walker, and he had been relatively reclusive. When he later was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, his wife, Marianne, became very protective of Chuck and his interactions.
Andy and I could tell there was something different about Chuck that day at lunch. You couldn't quite put your finger on it, but he just wasn't as sharp as we remembered him. Life has a way of taking the things we're best at, if you're lucky enough to grow old. The great runners lose their knees first. Detail was Chuck's passion and expertise.
I remember in 1974, Chuck's sixth season as coach of the Steelers and my fourth year back with the team after serving in Vietnam. We went out to Kansas City to play the Chiefs, and they had all the main players from their recent Super Bowl team, including Lenny Dawson at quarterback. We ran the ball well, we sacked Dawson two or three times, and we beat them. On Monday we're going over the game film, and I was expecting Chuck to congratulate us on a great game. But not Chuck. Chuck said the reason we won this game was because of the lack of good habits formed by one person.
Chuck had a theory that we all eventually subscribed to: Habits are created every day in practice, and they carry over to the game—whether it's 102 degrees on the field or 30, whether it's raining or snowing, whether you have a 300-pound defensive tackle in front of you who's pounding on you every day or no one at all. In the third and fourth quarter, you don't think; you react.
So Chuck said, "The reason we won this game, gentlemen, is because of the lack of habits formed by Kansas City's left guard. The reason why we had the sacks and the forced passes and why they had no running game was because of the habits formed by the left guard."
I was dumbfounded. For a man to lead a team, the players have to accept and buy into what he's teaching. I thought, this man has that whole game broken down to one player. He must know everything. I bought in.
* * *
Chuck loved teaching moments, but he wasn't an orator or a motivator. Chuck would say, "It's not my job to hold your hand. It's my job to take motivated people and show them how to become better."
I recall a week in 1978, after we had lost one game and snuck by in the next. Things just weren't clicking. By midweek we needed a jolt from Chuck—a boot up the ass. So he pulled us together after practice and said:
"Let me tell you a story about two monks who are on a journey. Some time during their journey they stop at a clearing, and in the clearing is a stream, and they stop at the stream. On the one side of the stream is a fair maiden trying to cross. And the first monk, without any hesitation, crosses that stream, picks up the fair maiden and carries her across and sets her down. The two monks carry on in silence. Sometime later on their journey they stop at another clearing. The second monk says to the first, 'You picked up that maiden. Do you know it's against our beliefs and our religion to come in contact and touch a person of the opposite sex?' The first says, 'I set her down back there, but you carried her all the way here.' … I'll see you guys tomorrow at 10:00 AM."
We broke out of the huddle and walked back to the locker room and guys were like, "What the hell did he just say?" Eventually I figured it out: Our failures are back there. We move on.
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If he was ever angry, Chuck never showed it. And if he was happy, he showed it less.
He was not a buddy-buddy kind of coach. It was difficult for him to come up and hug you. He would come around and congratulate guys on a good game in the locker room, but you could tell it was something he felt he needed to do. It didn't necessarily come natural to him.
When the Steelers hired Bill Cowher, and some of us who played for Chuck got accustomed to how Coach Cowher carried himself, we agreed that he was just about the opposite of Chuck. Chuck would never get on the field or get in anyone's face, and he would rarely smile.
He set the tone when he was hired in 1969, while I was still at war. The story goes, he introduced himself to the team like this:
"I've been your head coach for the past five months, and I've watched every film of every practice of every game that you've played in over the past three years, and I can tell you why you've been losing—you're just not any good. You have no talent, you have no authority, and you can't cover, and you have no discipline. By the time this training camp is over, most of you will not be here."
He had the magnificent quality of being blunt without embarrassing people. If he was disappointed, he would give you that fatherly look like, What the hell.
Terry Bradshaw was more familiar with that look than anyone else. Terry was Chuck's No. 1 overall pick in 1970, after the team finished with 1-13 in his first season. After a while it became clear that Terry wasn't Chuck's kind of QB. What Chuck wanted was a Roger Staubach type. We thought of Staubach, the Cowboys quarterback, the same way we think of Peyton Manning today: organized, methodical, studious, a pick-you-apart kind of quarterback.
If I say Terry Bradshaw, it brings up a whole different kind of image. Big arm, runs the ball, and when you watched him, there sometimes seemed to be no rhyme or reason to his play. From my vantage Chuck and Terry's relationship became like father and son, with Terry as the rebel kid. He and Chuck didn't see eye to eye, but Dad was always there trying to make him the right kind of QB for his talent level.
This is how I believe it would go in the film room between Terry and Chuck:
Coach brings up a play showing the defense we're about to play in a certain situation.
"Give me the pre-read," Chuck would say. "What's the defense?"
So Brad says, "Umm, Cover 2, but … you know, it could be Cover 3 … but that linebacker is up so it could be … Chuck, can you move that film up so I can see more?"
Then we find ourselves in the game in that same situation. Brad makes the call, breaks the huddle, and walks up to the offensive line with the pre-read in his mind, and he's thinking it looks like Cover 2 but it might be Cover 3… oh screw it.
Hike! He drops back, Lynn Swann is surrounded by three players and our tight end is wide open cutting up the middle, but we don't throw to tight ends so forget him. Brad goes to Lynn and he throws it between three guys, Lynn goes up and grabs it with one hand and pulls it down for a touchdown.
So Chuck's on the sideline just muttering to himself, "What the hell is he … oh, that happened. OK."
I don't think we would have won those four Super Bowls with anybody besides Terry at quarterback. He just made things happen, and the two of them, Chuck and Terry, made it work.
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Chuck was a proud man. Before he got to Pittsburgh his nickname was The Pope. Then Myron Cope, the Steelers' radio man, nicknamed him The Emperor. The reason: He was never wrong. He always had the answer, and the right answer, to whatever needed to be done.
Coaches today will go to more experienced coaches in the league for advice. Chuck would never do that. He never would ask other coaches how they ran their offense or their defense. He wanted to be in the position to be asked how he ran his team. After I retired I worked in journalism covering the team, and I went into one of his press conferences for a sound bite. Chuck prepared his post-game press conference in his head. He would talk about the game, then his opponent, then his offense and then his defense. It could have been negative, but he never pointed to anyone or called out anyone specifically.
So every writer wants his storyline, and writers would give questions working towards the particular sound bite they wanted. And with each question, Chuck's answers would get shorter, because in his mind he had already answered whatever you were asking about in his opening statement.
I would give him a long question to try to get the most insight I could, but his answers were always so short. All I could do was laugh.
Coach had a way of doing things, and it worked. And if you spent enough time around him, some of his way became your way. Much like the Packers talk about Vince Lombardi and Lombardi-isms, we speak in Chuck-isms. For many of us, his fundamentals of football became the fundamentals of life.
Rocky Bleier played 11 seasons with the Steelers, 10 of them under Chuck Noll, and started at fullback alongside Franco Harris in all four of Pittsburgh's Super Bowl wins in the '70s. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam, an experience he wrote about for Sports Illustrated.


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