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How to help every dog have a lot more days
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, June 10, 2012
What sets you free?
Health professionals at Kaiser believe you should identify the activity that "sets you free," and then take part in it as much as possible. Do that and doctors think you will be far happier and healthier, and will need doctors and medical care a lot less.
At Kaiser health clinics, doctors have even put up a small poster in many rooms that asks, "What sets you free?" It has a photo of a mountain biker in the foothills. The text describes people who have a zest for life and adventure - and don't smoke - tend to be far healthier, live way longer and feel a lot better all the time than their counterparts who do not.
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Now get this: How would you like to get the same benefits for your dog?
These rewards are within every person's reach. To get them, here are a few gems I've collected over the years, that bear repeating over and over, that you can clip and post on your refrigerator:
-- Hike, bike (or exercise) three times a week and generally cut out the bad habits and you'll live 14 years longer (livescience.com).
-- If you hike or bike (or exercise), you will have half the physical problems of those who don't (Stanford).
-- Exercise will lengthen your life no matter how late it is started in your life (New Eng- land Journal of Medicine).
-- Exercise cleanses your mind, relieves stress and makes you feel good (Cornell).
Hiking, biking and exploring parks, national forests and wilderness can also create the mental dynamic where you always have something to look forward to. You thus become a positive force, where you wake up with a zest for what your life can bring. That can create the inner-makings that can help ward off illness and keep you healthy.
Now the personal revelation: The same approach can work for your dog.
You can help your dog live a very long, healthy, active and happy life. For fellow dog owners, I realize if you could wish for anything, it would be for your dog to live forever.
As I write this, our family dogs, Pooch, 14, a Heinz-57 rescue, is sleeping at my feet. His best friend, Buddy, a rapscallion of a golden retriever who looks far older, has a paw on one of my lightweight hiking boots. When I move, they'll wake up, to make sure they do not miss out on anything.
They both know when I stand up, the chance of something good happening, a drive, hike, swim or an adventure, is likely just ahead.
Dogs, like people, need something to look forward to.
This was enough to keep my Rebel, partner across thousands of miles of roads, trails and hundreds of camps, going for 17 years. Before that, Sport, my childhood doggy, was with me on the trail right up to the end after 14 years.
Genetics and bad luck aside, this approach can turn your life into an event: Every day, your heart feels charged with superpowers, your mind clean and sharp, your attitude flush with enthusiasm for what is ahead - and that feeling stays with you, day after day, your dog at your side, for years.
This past week, on a trip into the Sierra, we trekked above a frozen snow-covered slope and I got the treasure of watching Buddy schuss down like a four-legged snowboader; it's photo 12 in the gallery I posted of the trip at SFGate.com. On another hike, we found a pool at Deadman Creek and ol' Bud was in euphoria to swim around a bit, and so was I to watch him.
Many people can discover this joy by accident.
You get a dog and quickly realize you have to take the dog for a walk every day. It doesn't take long and you want to expand your walks, to explore parks that allow dogs on trails and service roads. That sets off the magic of discovery, to see things you never dreamed of, and next thing you know, you and your dog can hardly wait for the next walk.
That's why people who walk their dogs a lot live longer. And dogs who have owners who hike a lot live a lot longer, too.
Hiking with dogs
Here are the best park districts and trails for dogs in the Bay Area and beyond. For a complete list of agencies, best trails and recommendations, see "Best wildland areas to take your dog," Feb. 2, 2012, sfgate.com.
Best areas for dog: U.S. National Forests, Bureau of Land Management, East Bay Regional Park District, Marin Watershed, Marin County Parks & Open Space.
Bay Area's best dog walks: Carson Falls Loop, Marin Watershed; Golden Gate Promenade and beach, Marina Green to Fort Point, San Francisco; McNee Ranch State Park, Montara; Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline, Martinez; Mott Peak, Briones Regional Park, Pleasant Hill; Grass Valley Loop, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Alameda County; Little Yosemite, Sunol Regional Wilderness, Alameda County; Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto.
Best to meet other dogs: Fort Funston, San Francisco; Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, Richmond; Bon Tempe Lake, Marin Watershed; Rancho Corral de Tierra, Montara.
Dog notes: Carry vaccination papers; keep dog on leash unless permitted to run free and responds instantly to commands; make sure dog has tags, ID with cell phone number, and ID chip implant; when driving, have water available; do not put dog in back of pickup truck unless safely roped in; when meeting other users on trail, keep dog to side and away from contact; vaccinate for rattlesnake bites.
- Tom Stienstra
Tom Stienstra is The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoors writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter: @StienstraTom


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Twins were born at the White-headed marmosets in the new Amazona from Aqua Zoo Friesland. The young often sit on the back of two different adults and are being watched by the rest of the group. The twins can be seen by the public but you would have to look very closely because they are very difficult to spot in between the long hair of the adult. The sex of the two is not yet known and will be determined at the health check.
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Hawaii – Aug. 2011
What I read on my summer vacation:
State of Wonder – Ann Patchett. Harper. Cloth.
OK, I'd walk a mile in the middle of the night for a new Ann Patchett novel. This is my favorite woman's adventure novel since Lucy Bledsoe's Big Bang Symphony.
Once Upon a River, Bonnie Jo Campbell. Norton, cloth.
Whew! The world just stopped for a lttle while when I first read Campbell's story, "Family Reunion," (in her collection American Salvage) much the same way it did when I first read Dorothy Allison's "A River of Names." (Which I carried around with me, in my pocket or my backpack, for a good six months after I first read it, back in the 70s.) Unlike Allison's characters, Campbell's women are positively feral.
Once Upon a River is the expansion of that story, the story of a girl/young woman sorting out rape, loss of family, and striking out on her own, on, of all places, the Kalamazoo River. Not that I'm overly identified with these characters, but I did play on islands in the Kalamazoo when I was a kid (and it stank to high heaven with paper-factory waste) and then canoed it as a teenager when it smelled less bad.
It pushes the boundaries of women characters to a new edge, very much the way that Bastard Out of Carolina did. Dorothy Allison had a readership, and Bastard had a whole women's movement to celebrate its publication. I can only hope that Once Upon a River finds its constituency as well. That seems scarier and less likely than a couple decades ago. Do what you can to keep this one from falling between the cracks.
Dreams of Joy, Lisa See
Everything you expect from Lisa See…. And an engrossing look at the emergence of Red China, as well.
Sister Gin— June Arnold's wonderful novel from 1975 about booze, and lesbians, and the advent of gut-level feminism. One of the most important books that Daughters Ink ever published. Currently in print from The Feminist Press.
The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson. A wonderful telling of America's Great Migration, 70 years of African-American exodus from the South to the North, told through the lives of three individuals. Warm, personal, profound-and deserving of every award. It explained a lot about my own childhood and the girls I loved in the second and third grades, as well.
Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan (Penguin, paperback).
I don't remember who put me on to this or where I picked it up. A rich, complex story, set in Locke, a Chinese immigrant town on the Sacramento Delta in the twenties — mostly about the women — Chinese, and white, how they came to be there, and about their lives, loves, strictures, laws, and mythologies that inform their lives. Includes a lesbian sub-plot/theme. A version of lesbian lit that I haven't read before. Not a light read, but totally worth the journey.
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan, Anchor/Doubleday. paper.
Just as rich and complex as everyone is saying. Brilliant? Yep. The writing deserves all the awards it's getting. And a tale that explains its times. So why didn't I enjoy reading it more? Because it's a generation after me? Made me realize how little I read that's primarily about white, middle-class (even seeking/avoiding) and/or glam worlds. Not my interest area. Nor is the (straight, white?) music industry.
The opposite of Water Ghosts, having a queer character here just pissed me off. Felt classically token: Need a character who suicidal? drowning in self-doubt, unable to realize himself? Ah! throw in a queer! This poor guy doesn't even get to come out, but drowns in pursuit of the guy he loves (who later Gets The Girl). Do I remember correctly that this is the only queer character in the entire book? Sheese! Another Dead Queer award book. URGH!!! Why is that still socially acceptable?
From Bywater Books:
The Indelible Heart – Marianne K. Martin. I don't read much genre fiction — but I always read Marianne Martin. This one offers a good reminder about the importance of activism.
I Came Out for This? Lisa Getlin
Sleeping Angel – Greg Herren.
Probably aimed at high school students suffering from queer-bashing/bullying, but a great read for anyone who's been through it. Or who works with teens. Or who thinks that "words can't hurt" or that homophobia in schools isn't their business. If I won the lottery I'd send a copy to every high school principal and teacher in the country.


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Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Halts Development of Two Hepatitis C Treatments
Published: Feb 06, 2013
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDIX) is shelving the development of two hepatitis C therapies that had been stopped by U.S. regulators after a competing therapy was linked to heart risks. The Food and Drug Administration put a hold on studies of the company's nucleotide polymerase inhibitors IDX184 and IDX19368, after safety issues arose while Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) tested a hepatitis C therapy in the same family of compounds, called guanosines. Idenix is among companies including Bristol-Myers and Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD), seeking new therapies for the viral disease that affects as many as 170 million people worldwide. The experimental drugs are designed to be taken as pills with shorter treatment durations and fewer side effects than the current medicines. While Idenix, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found no evidence of severe heart problems with patients on its IDX184, the FDA said the clinical holds would remain in place, the company said today in a statement. Idenix hadn't begun testing IDX19368 in people when the holds were issued. Idenix said it would stop development of the two drugs and proceed with different versions of nucleotides, called uridines. Proof-of-concept testing of the therapies is planned before July, the company said in its statement.


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House of Fraser talk about their 160 year history as the UK's favourite premium department store, their rapidly growing online store and what this means for their competitive affiliate programme.
Name: House of Fraser
Contact: M Herrera / S Chima
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Tell us about House of Fraser
House of Fraser is the leading, national premium department store group in the UK and Ireland, trading principally under the iconic House of Fraser brand name through a portfolio of 60 well-invested stores, as well as through the rapidly growing web-store, www.houseoffraser.co.uk.
The House of Fraser brand is differentiated from other department store groups in the UK by our 160 year history in the UK retail market, a wide geographic reach (across the UK and on-line), a broad range of high quality premium branded merchandise offered at competitive prices, increasing exclusive House Brand offering and a real commitment to providing an imaginative, exciting and relevant shopping experience to all customers.
Key figures
- 61 stores in the UK & Ireland
- 4.9 million sq ft selling space
- Annual sales of £1.2bn
- Rapidly growing web-store
What are some of the developments that House of Fraser has seen this year that has put it ahead of its competitors?
House of Fraser recognises the essential role affiliates play in the growth of a business, therefore affiliates is a key focus within the eCommerce team, so there are a lot of exciting developments, promotions and activity taking place for House of Fraser affiliates!
What does this mean for House of Fraser affiliates?
We aim to make all of our affiliates feel like a valued part of the House of Fraser strategy, for example we are looking at attribution modelling to ensure we reward our affiliates fairly. We are constantly looking for ways to grow the affiliate programme, both through optimising the work we do with our existing affiliates and continuously sourcing new affiliates.
What resources/commission does House of Fraser offer its affiliates?
We run our affiliate programme through Affiliate Window, so we offer competitive rates of commission along with a strong affiliate interface and the unrivalled support that Affiliate Window representatives offer. We also encourage Affiliates to communicate directly with us here at House of Fraser with any ideas, promotions and suggestions.
Are there any exciting developments coming up for House of Fraser?
Yes, we have a lot of exciting things planned! As previously mentioned we are currently exploring attribution modelling to gain an insight into which affiliates fit where in the complete sales process to ensure we are rewarding each affiliate who plays a part. In addition we are planning to increase the commission we pay out on our in-house brands such as Biba, Pied a Tierre, Linea, Mary Portas (and many more).
Alongside this we are planning a whole calendar of promotions to ensure that House of Fraser affiliates always have fresh and interesting messages to communicate to their customers
What are the key drivers for affiliates to join the House of Fraser affiliate programme?
House of Fraser is the UK's favourite premium department store, with over 1000 brands any customers affiliates drive to House of Fraser will be sure to find something they love!
- We regularly run affiliate and customer promotions and incentives such as brand events, exclusive affiliate promotions and incentives which show that House of Fraser is always looking for ways to maximise affiliate potential. Likewise, we are always open to any suggestions made by an affiliate to help drive traffic and sales.
- Affiliate queries are always responded to in a timely and concise manner – we understand that affiliates need responses quickly and that really deal with the matter in hand.
- Our comprehensive delivery options include international delivery to more than 20 countries across Europe, the USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand so we accept affiliates from all over the world.
- House of Fraser operates on a 30 day cookie (along with post impression tracking coming soon) coupled with a High AOV of £95 means promoting House of Fraser is a strong way to turn your traffic into commission.
- House of Fraser offers competitive commissions and of up to 6% with plans to make these commissions even more attractive for affiliates it's a great time to be part of the House of Fraser Affiliate programme
How can affiliates sign up to the House of Fraser affiliate programme?
It couldn't be easier, if you already have an Affiliate Window account simply search and apply to the House of Fraser programme. If you don't, you can complete an application here.
Want to be featured as the PeformanceIN Programme of the Week? Contact Mark Atherton for more info.


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Tonight I am off to Amsterdam with my husband and a friend to take photos of a Zombie Walk. It's a celebration that is being put on by the FOXLife network to celebrate The Walking Dead starting soon on TV here in the Netherlands. It's great timing that it is so close to Halloween.
I've always seen photos from Zombie walks in Canada and the US and I've so wanted to get photos of one myself, so I'm really happy that they are doing one here now.
Only problem is that unlike most of the zombie walks in other countries, this is going to take place at night, which makes the whole photo thing a bit more difficult for someone like me. I don't have a lot of gear and taking photos of moving targets in the dark will be a challenge, to say the least. So I asked my friend Gail for some tips… the first thing she said was maybe looking into sorting out a diffuser for my pop up flash.
One of the most popular types of DIY diffusers were like this one using an old film cannister, but I didn't have one of those handy. I saw other version like this one using wire and a vaccum bag, but the hot shoe on my camera is designed differently so that wasn't going to work. Plus, we have a bag free vacuum – DOH!
So, together with hubby I sat down and tried to come up with a design of our own. These are the products we used (I forgot to take photos before cutting stuff up so these are random ones I found online):
1. A frosty plastic file folder
2. A thin plastic shopping bag, like what this person put their cat in. The semi see-through crinkly kind (I used a HEMA bag for those of you who might be in NL).
3. One or two skinny rubber bands
4. White (or any other color if you don't want to match) electrical tape
I didn't take photos of the actual creative process, but here's hubby working hard on it.
He even managed to only cut himself once, which is a miracle if you ask me, considering he was using a box cutter AND scissors!
Here is the finished product:
Will it work in softening up some of my photos this evening? Well, that remains to be seen! I did a few quick test shots with hubby as we worked on it. I had him stand in the toilet where it was dark so I could see if there was any difference. If you are wondering, his eyes are closed because I kept blinding him with the flash.
The top photo was with the pop-up flash alone, the bottom is with the diffuser. You can see that the shadows aren't as extreme and (well I would know this, you wouldn't) the color of the tiles is the actual color in the bottom, but made more white on the top.. Both photos are straight out of the camera with no editing so I could show the initial difference.
Granted, this is definitely a different environment than I would be using it in tonight so I'm not sure what the results will be. Good thing about this is that if I'm taking photos and they just don't look right on my LCD screen on the camera, it's easy to remove. We'll see!


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Science and sustainability: where next after Johannesburg?
Professor David King, chief scientific advisor to the UK government, spoke yesterday (12 September 2002) to participants at the British Association's festival of science about the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) that was held in Johannesburg earlier this month. The session was organised by SciDev.Net.
Moving forward with sustainable development
Professor King was upbeat about the outcome of the Summit, saying that it offered a critical "staging post" in the continuing international process.
He cited success stories of the past 15 years that include the Montreal protocol on ozone depletion and the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The latter was ratified by China at the WSSD — an important step towards its entry into force, which many hope will take place later this year.
King said he was not overly worried that science did not feature significantly in the text of the political declaration agreed at Johannesburg, but looked towards partnerships as a way to progress the scientific agenda.
"Having established the broad principle in the political auditorium, we should get on with bilateral agreements and partnerships," he said. These will be important even if all 189 countries did not endorse them at the WSSD.
Building scientific capacity
There is no doubt that developing nations lag significantly behind the rest of the world in scientific capacity. On the investment front they are well behind OECD countries, which now invest 2.3 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) in scientific research and development.And scientific output — for example, in terms of publications in recognised journals — is similarly poor. "Very little high level science activities are going on in many countries in the developing world," King said.
In order for sustainable development to be emphasised in any given country, growth of local capacity will be essential. King underlined the important role that developed nations must play in assisting with such capacity building.
For example, Europe "needs to look at mechanisms for transferring knowledge from north to south," he said. Seemingly straightforward issues such as access to scientific reports and publications are far from trivial for developing countries.
It is within this context that type 2 outcomes of the WSSD will be important. King described the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (see Top maths institute to stem Africa's brain drain) — which has been spearheaded by UK-based cosmologist, Neil Turok — as a good example of how local scientific capacity can be achieved.
But financial support is also necessary. "The bottom line is that funds are required to pump-prime these activities," he said.
King was confident that it is possible to "build a lasting impact" from capacity-building initiatives. He reflected on India's success following Independence. From initial investment in the Indian Institute of Technology in 1949, the country has developed tremendous strength in science and technology, and now leads the world in computer software technology.
Slowing the brain drain
A key obstacle to achieving sustainability in the developing world is the flight of top scientists, engineers and technologists to countries that have a demand their skills, and that are able to offer attractive salaries.
"If you keep draining off from the top you won't sustain the stream," King said. "What we would like to achieve is a blockage of the current brain drain."
Key to slowing the brain drain, he said, is recognition by governments of the importance of science in policy-making. Developing nations must "exploit science, engineering and technology for local benefit," he said.
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy was named as an excellent example of a way to address this problem. Set up in 1964, the centre enables developing-country physicists to get exposed to top-level science from Northern countries. "We should see if we can set up Trieste type institutions in developing countries," King said.
Climate change - a key issue
Looking beyond Johannesburg, King highlighted climate change as possibly the most important issue. "It has to be top of the agenda for sustainable development," he said.
Climate change clearly poses a serious dilemma for developing countries that currently lack sufficient energy provision, but at the same time are being pressured to adopt sustainable, non-fossil fuel technologies.
He said that it is essential for close north-south contact in this area, particularly within the context of technological 'leapfrogging'. Southern countries should be helped to apply existing technologies, rather than having to develop them from scratch.
King was disappointed that no numerical targets for renewable energy were agreed at Johannesburg. But the international community does agree on the need for substantial increases in renewables, he said, and this is clearly an area that demands scientific input.
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The Stripper
1963, Drama
Stuck in a dead-end job in a dead-end Kansas town, Lila Green (Joanne Woodward) is at the end of her rope. After she loses her job as a local magician's stage assistant, Lila moves in with neighbor Helen (Claire Trevor) and her son, Kenny (Richard Beymer). One night, Lila and Kenny give in to their mutual attraction, but immature Kenny doesn't pursue her any further. When Lila lets a new boyfriend talk her into stripping at a nearby club, her world falls even further into ruin.


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Woman, paramour held for smothering her husband in Thane
A 37-year-old woman and her paramour were arrested in Thane for allegedly smothering her husband, police said on Wednesday
Thane: A 37-year-old woman and her paramour were arrested in Thane for allegedly smothering her husband, police said on Wednesday.
On February 4, police had registered a case of accidental death of Yogesh Kende (47), a resident of Kolshet area in Thane city.
However, sensing something amiss, police conducted a probe into the death and later it was found that the victim was murdered, senior police inspector S D Jadhav said.
During the course of investigation, police ascertained that the victim's wife was in love with a 24-year-old carpenter staying in her neighbourhood. The woman and her paramour then hatched a conspiracy to kill Kende.
Accordingly, the duo smothered him on February 4 with a pillow and showed it as a case of natural death, police said.
Based on a complaint by the victim's 19-year-daughter on Tuesday, the Kapurbawdi police arrested the two accused and booked them IPC sections 302 (murder) read with 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), police said adding that further probe in the case was on.


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Doctors in China's threadbare rural hospitals are bracing themselves for the onslaught of a deadly virus. Hamish McDonald reports from Shanxi province.
From his sparsely furnished office in the Daixian County Hospital, Li Huangxi looks out across a smoky town of tacky new buildings and ancient pagodas, wondering when and where China's newest enemy will appear and how adequate will be the defences he and his 196 staff have prepared.
One floor in a wing of the three-storey hospital has been set aside as an isolation ward to receive any patients showing up with symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome, the fierce new viral pneumonia that has already infected 5191 people in China and killed 275.
With a $A160,000 grant from the central government, Mr Li, the hospital's director, has renovated the ward, fitted out an ambulance, installed the hospital's first mechanical respirators that help keep severely stricken SARS patients breathing and bought ultraviolet-light disinfectors.
But with only two respirators, he knows the hospital could be quickly overwhelmed, and SARS patients will have to be moved to bigger hospitals in the Shanxi provincial capital, Taiyuan, three hours' drive through mountainous terrain.
Daixian is a town of 200,000 people 500 kilometres west of Beijing. Its hospital opened in November 1949, a month after Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic, and remains a pillar of the social welfare net the communists tried to extend to the population.
It is on facilities such as the Daixian hospital and government medical professionals such as Mr Li that the fight against SARS in the world's most populous country now depends.
Carried by travelling workers from southern Guangdong province, where SARS appeared in November, the illness has affected 435 people in Shanxi province. Nineteen have died.
The potential for SARS to spread rapidly in regions such as Shanxi worries the World Health Organisation, which has experts looking at their preparations.
As in most of the northern and inland provinces of China, its people struggle to get by, left behind by the export-led boom of China's coastal regions.
Many of Shanxi's people live in villages that remain little changed over centuries, farming tiny plots terraced along rock-strewn valley floors. Others work in satanic coalmines, power stations and brick kilns, industries that colour the sky brown and coat surfaces with black dust. Intense cold winters and baking summers make it an environment ripe for respiratory illnesses.
In villages around central China, centuries-old houses with roofs capped with dragons are festooned with slogans about "Early detection, early quarantine, early treatment". At roadblocks outside townships, officials take the temperatures of arriving travellers.
But the health-care network itself is atrophying. An increasingly market-driven China is shifting to a user-pays basis for services. Government spending has shifted to infrastructure such as freeways and airports, and other systems linked directly to fast economic growth.
Spending on health is a lowly 2.1 per cent of GDP, on education only 2.3 per cent. In villages near Daixian, 14 small clinics provide primary care. They are now staffed by qualified doctors instead of the "barefoot doctors" or paramedicals sent to rural areas in the early communist era.
Daixian's hospital treats work and traffic injuries, and deals with childbirth complications. But patients with serious diseases requiring advanced treatment have to look elsewhere, and pay market price.
Daixian's current hospital looks older than its 12 years; lighting is dim, accounts are totted up on an abacus, no computers are in sight and medical equipment is antiquated. "We have just enough funds to pay the salaries of doctors and nurses," said Mr Li. "There are no funds left to purchase new equipment."
At the Shanxi Medical University Hospital in Taiyuan, where some of the province's SARS patients are being treated, red posters signed by staff and pasted on walls pledge to fight "shoulder to shoulder" in a war against the invisible enemy. Doctors and nurses were dragooned this week into a clean-up of the grounds. After digging rubbish from a disused fountain outside the SARS isolation wards for state TV cameras, the white-clad staff drifted off with their brooms and shovels.
Some staff said the hospital's finances were staggering under the cost of treating SARS patients in prolonged intensive care, which could cost up to Rmb 120,000 (A$24,000) for one case.
After the epidemic moved across the country in March and April, the central Government ordered hospitals and clinics to waive all charges for treating SARS cases. As well as creating a huge direct burden, anyone turning up to hospital with a respiratory ailment is refusing to pay the bill on the grounds they were being checked for SARS.
The SARS scare has been a wake-up call to the Chinese leadership about the country's lagging social welfare sectors, with perhaps a percentage point taken off this year's prized GDP growth rate. Authorities this week threatened to execute or jail for life anyone intentionally spreading the disease.
Finance Minister Jin Renqing has admitted that China's governments would have to "adjust expenditure structures" to increase health care. But far more than an "adjustment" might be required, eating heavily into Beijing's resources to pump up economic growth.
As for the epidemic's lessons about transparency and calls for truthfulness in reporting by the country's new leadership, so far this seems to mean chiefly that the top leaders don't want to be lied to by their fearful subordinates.
The WHO is still pressing Chinese health authorities for a full epidemiological analysis of SARS cases, including such details as age structure and apparent paths of infection. Even for the 2000 cases in Beijing, this is not forthcoming.
As for the public, the head of propaganda at Taiyuan hospital, Zuo Xiuhua, encapsulates the attitude of many officials down the line. "I am obliged only to report to my superiors."
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The Las Vegas Story
1952, Crime
On a visit to Las Vegas, the wealthy Lloyd Rollins (Vincent Price) goes on a gambling streak, much to the dismay of his beautiful wife, Linda (Jane Russell). While in town, Linda decides to stop by her old stomping grounds, a casino, where she runs into her former flame, Lt. Dave Andrews (Victor Mature). Though Andrews hopes to rekindle his romance with Linda, missing jewelry, murder and kidnapping hinder those plans, and he must get to the bottom of the crimes.


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Losing Weight is STILL a Stupid Goal…" Part 2 from Former Fat Guy, Pete Thomas -Author and Season 2 At-Home Winner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser
The beginning of weight loss
By Pete Thomas
Author and Season 2 At-Home Winner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser"
Have you ever considered exactly when is the beginning of weight loss?
To be successful at weight loss the first thing you must do is Master your Mind.
Your body will only go in the direction that your mind takes it. Goals help the mind to focus
Like everything else in life, success in weight loss starts with setting great goals.
What You Don't Know …Matters
One is that people don't know any better. There's a lot of weight loss information out there, but it's not organized very well. And weight loss teachers typically only teach part of the story, such as the exercise part or the dieting part. Or the information they teach doesn't have a good foundation; they start with advanced concepts before teaching the basics. That is one reason I wrote my first book, Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever. It goes back to the basics and teaches lifelong weight loss—from the very beginning.
See It… Then Achieve It
Another reason people make short-sighted goals is because they lack the confidence to set aggressive goals. You're pretty sure you can lose five pounds, but 25? And you can probably keep the weight off until August without much trouble, but keep it off forever? Mentally you cave in at the thought. Maybe you don't know anybody who's done it before. Well, now you do – me. I lost 185 pounds in under a year and I've kept it off for seven years and counting. I put all my secrets into the book, so that you can have the confidence to gain long-term health as well.
Don't Leap. Take Just One Step
Another reason we create bad goals is that some of us are just lazy. (For you politically correct people, let me use a kinder phrase – "action challenged.") Losing a few short-term pounds is not hard – you just skip that unhealthy snack every night for a few weeks. But a lifetime of giving up chocolate cake? Sorry, I'll stay fat. You know what? I get that. I've been there.
When you're looking at a mountain and thinking, "I have to cross that giant thing," it can be daunting. That's why my weight loss method breaks it up into small, reachable steps. Climb this rock. Now reach that one. Pretty soon you are in the habit of climbing and it feels good.
You can read more about taking that first, important step in my new book, Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever.
So get informed, be confident, and start moving forward for a lifelong journey of health and purpose. And remember, There's a Winner Within You!
Have you begun your weight-loss journey by "Mastering Your Mind?" What have you mastered thus far and what do you intend to master next? Please share your comment below!
Decide today, right now, to set a goal to achieve and maintain a healthy goal weight and make good on that goal by taking a few small steps that you can maintain forever.
About Pete Thomas
Pete Thomas is the Season 2 $100,000 At-home Winner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and author of the book, "Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever: A 4 Step Permanent Weight Loss Plan from the "Biggest Loser" of All Time" modeled after his popular weight-loss program based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 2005, Thomas lost 185lbs in 9 months and has successfully maintained his weight loss for over 7 years. Now considered the Nation's #1 Corporate Health and Wellness Speaker, Thomas inspires thousands on a monthly basis, speaking and providing cutting-edge content to human resource professionals, as well as health and fitness oriented blogs, books and magazines.
Through his company, Pete Thomas Wellness, Thomas helps corporations motivate, educate and engage employees in their wellness programs—leading to healthier habits, increased productivity and lower health care costs.
A highly skilled TV personality, Pete Thomas has appeared on ABC's The View, The 700 Club, and eXtra, as well as being featured in People Magazine, Runner's World, TV Guide, inTouch Weekly, Real Health and commercials nationwide. Thomas now travels full-time as a motivational speaker, consultant, and corporate spokesman—sharing his "Winning Principles" to organizations worldwide—both in person and via his website at www.PeteThomas.com. For an interview or to inquire about booking Pete Thomas for your event, contact Anita Lane at 646.450.6214 or via email at email@example.com.


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Amid all the obvious nods in The Ayrshire Legatees to Humphry Clinker, it's the differences that stand out most. Mrs. Pringle is almost too much like her counterpart Tabitha Bramble, but the difference between Mr. Pringle and Matt Bramble, and the resultant difference in attitude between Andrew Pringle ("my son") and Jeremy Melford (Matt's nephew), is most interesting to me.
We know from Humphry Clinker week that Matthew Bramble is a misanthrope, in fact, "the most risible misanthrope I ever met with." But for all that Matt is smart, worldly-wise (though he prefers the country, he well knows how to act outside it), friendly and caring, to be made fun of for his quirks but not, at bottom, ridiculous. Mr. Pringle, on the contrary, is ridiculous. He is a real country mouse, who tries to pull medallions off hackneycoaches, is barely able to carry out his affairs with regards to the legacy, and generally looks a fool more often than not—while insisting on acting the most respectable person in the entire country on account of his superiority of religion, of course.
And where Jeremy Melford comes to really love and appreciate his uncle through acquaintance with his eccentricities and ultimate character, Andrew Pringle is genuinely embarrassed, as when he writes to his friend Mr. Snodgrass:
I know not how it is, that the little personal peculiarities, so amusing to strangers, should be painful when we see them in those whom we love and esteem; but I own to you, that there was a something in the demeanour of the old folks on this occasion, that would have been exceedingly diverting to me, had my filial reverence been less sincere for them.
The poor Pringles. They hardly know whom to look to for advice on the fashions, once finding they've been led astray. But they try so hard! Try so hard, that is, to be something they really and truly aren't. Writes Rachel:
The Argents, who are our main instructors in the proprieties of London life, say that it would be very vulgar in me to go to look at her, which I am sorry for, as I wish above all things to see a personage so illustrious by birth, and renowned by misfortune. The Doctor and my mother, who are less scrupulous, and who, in consequence, somehow, by themselves, contrive to see, and get into places that are inaccessible to all gentility, have had a full view of her majesty.
And here, another great difference from the Brambles. These stodgy Calvinists do fall in love with vulgar London, and return to Garnock, amid much celebration, in finery. All the more reason to love Matthew Bramble and his retreat to the country with its tides of nectarious milk and cream. On the other hand, none the less reason to love John Galt.


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Rob's role at NTU embraces the full range of academic activities. His research is in applied economics and public policy analysis.
He has particular expertise in EU policies, the WTO and agricultural trade policies, and biofuels policies. More details can be found under the 'Research' tab, and via the link to his publications.
His main teaching is on the Economics of European Union but, in most years he also contributes to a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules on international and applied economics and, increasingly, also on research methods.
Within the Division of Economics, Rob is currently Module Leader for the Level 3 module Jean Monnet Europe and the World Economy, and Module Leader for the Level 3 Research Project (Economics). He is also the Division's Placement co-ordinator. He is a member of the NBS Research Policy Group. He chairs the NBS School Research Ethics Committee and is a member of the College Research Ethics Committee.
Rob's teaching on the Economics of the EU has received financial support from the European Commission. In 2004 he was awarded 'Jean Monnet' funding to support the creation and initial years' teaching of his module Europe and the World Economy.
In 2010 he was awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Studies, again with funding which supports his teaching and his teaching-related research activities.
Rob places a great emphasis on teaching and has a particular interest in promoting research informed teaching as a way of enhancing the student experience.
In 2012 Rob was awarded Nottingham Trent Students Union's Inaugural Outstanding Teaching Award, for NBS.
In 2013 Rob was one of only two academics at NTU to receive the inaugural Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award.
In 2014, Rob was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.
Career overview
Prior to joining NTU in 2000, Rob was Lecturer in European Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Leicester. He was Deputy Director of the Centre for European Studies, Programme Leader for the MA in European Economic Studies and also held a Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Studies. This provided a solid foundation for the career development seen since 2000 here at NTU, where he progressed from Senior Lecturer in Economics, to Reader in European Economics in 2006, and to Professor of European Economics and Policy in 2010.
Research areas
Rob's research is in the areas of applied Economics and public policy analysis. He has particular expertise in EU policies, the World Trade Organisation and agricultural trade policies, and biofuels policies. In recent years, his work on biofuels policies has expanded to embrace wider issues of food security, energy security and sustainability.
Rob leads the International and Development Economics Research Group within NBS, and is involved in NTU-wide research networks for renewable energy and low carbon.
Rob has published many articles over the years on these topics, in leading applied economics and public policy journals including:
- Governance
- the Journal of Rural Studies
- the Journal of European Public Policy
- the Journal of Common Market Studies
- the Journal of European Social Policy
- the Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Eurochoices
He is the author or a book on the Common Agricultural Policy. His book on biofuels policies, co-authored with Prof. Adrian Kay of the Australian National University, is due to be published by Palgrave in December 2014.
Rob has given numerous presentations to academic conferences and seminar series, but he has also given papers to student conferences, civil society meetings and meetings with policy-makers.
Rob has supervised to successful completion several PhD candidates, covering a wide range of both applied Economics and social science topics.
Internally, Rob leads the International and Development Economics Research Group and is involved in NTU-wide research networks on renewable energy and low carbon.
Please visit the NTU Doctoral School website for information on doctoral research opportunities at NBS.
External activity
Rob's research has resulted in him engaging directly with policy-makers and civil society, as well as academics. As a result of his work on the EU Budget, Rob has been invited (in 2004, 2006 and 2011) to submit evidence of House to House of Lords European Union Committee Inquiries.
Rob is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, an Associate Editor for Economic Issues, and a member of the Steering Group for EuroChoices.
Rob has acted as External Examiner for PhDs at Cambridge University and Utrecht University.
Rob has had Visiting Fellowships to Griffith University (in 2007) and to the Centre for European Studies, Australian National University (in 2012 and 2014).
Sponsors and collaborators
* In 2001 Rob was the only academic from a new University awarded funding from the UK Government Challenge Fund. For this Rob undertook a project for DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) looking at the budgetary impact of extending the CAP to the to the applicant countries.
* In 2007 Rob was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. This award, of over £13,000, enabled Rob to spend a term working with Dr Adrian Kay as a Visiting Fellow in Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane. This project analysed both the dynamics behind the 2005 reform of the EU sugar regime under the CAP and also, with sugar as one case study, changes in the place of agriculture in WTO trade rules and how dispute settlement rules and their enforcement have changed over time.
* In 2008 Rob was a member of a team, led by Dr Wyn Morgan and including Dr Tim Lloyd, Professor Tony Rayner and Evious Zvogu of the University of Nottingham, that received support from the Nuffield Foundation to analyse the impact of EU sugar policy reform on sugar market and price volatility.
* In 2009 Rob, with Dr Kay (now an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University) was awarded over £78,000 by the ESRC to investigate the dynamics and interactions of food and biofuels policies in the EU, USA and Brazil.
* In 2014, Rob was a Co-Investigator on a successful bid for funding from the ESRC for a seminar series (led by Professor David Smith, also at NTU). The award, for £21,191, is for a series of seminars entitled 'Green Innovation: making it work'.
Press expertise
Professor Ackrill can provide comments on agricultural policies; European Union policies; and biofuel policies, including those in relation to food security, energy security and sustainability.


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New president Chris Pook thinks picturesque St. Petersburg can help lift the ailing series.
By JOANNE KORTH, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published December 21, 2001
ST. PETERSBURG -- The president of Championship Auto Racing Teams believes sailboats will make a beautiful backdrop for open-wheel racing along the waterfront.
Chris Pook, elected Tuesday by CART's board of directors, said locales such as St. Petersburg not only look terrific on television, but can help the ailing series regain its footing in the United States.
"St. Petersburg has the potential to be a truly romantic street circuit," Pook said. "It's got the waterfront area and the harbor, and we can build that into a mini-Monte Carlo."
Located in Monaco, Monte Carlo is perhaps the world's most famous street circuit. Formula One cars charge up the Beau Rivage, sweep through Casino Square, race past the Hotel de Paris and tunnel beneath Loews Hotel before emerging on the harbor front.
Pook also mentioned St. Petersburg's picturesque architecture and Tampa Bay's large market as key ingredients to building a successful event. "Street circuits are made up of unique bits and pieces that create the character of each street circuit," Pook said. "St. Petersburg has all the ingredients necessary, and it has the market adjacent to it to deliver what we need to our sponsors and suppliers, manufacturers and the media."
The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach will promote the event, which recently received CART's blessing. Pook, who founded the Long Beach race in 1975, left as president of that organization to work for CART. Before he left, Pook helped design the proposed circuit in St. Petersburg.
Martyn Thake, CART's director of circuit development, is scheduled to visit the city today to examine the layout. It includes a runway at Albert Whitted Airport and is centered farther south than the one used for waterfront street racing during the late 1980s.
"I'm looking for the surface condition, the transitions between surfaces and through turns, the width of the streets and the amount of runoff space at the end of the straightaways," Thake said.
Thake will plug an architect's rendering of the circuit into a computer simulator to determine what speeds the cars likely will run, then make any necessary adjustments to the circuit.
Thake, who served as vice president of operations and race director of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix from 1988-90, expects a safe and acceptable circuit for CART's champ cars can be found.


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One of the Hebrew words for praise is yahdah (Strong's 3034). It literally means to give thanks or to thrust out your hand. It is formed from the three Hebrew letters yod, dalet and hey. Each Hebrew letter also has a picture associated with it. The pictures for yod, dalet and hey are a hand, a doorway and God's grace. So praise literally means the thrust out hand of Jesus is the doorway to God's grace. As we praise the wonderful works of Jesus, we are constantly accessing God's grace.
"The Doorway to God and His Grace" - In this message we learn that as we sing and praise in our understanding and in the spirit, we access God and His Grace. We are constantly being filled to capacity with the Holy Spirit as we maintain and attitude of praise and thanksgiving. No situation is hopeless when we have Jesus. Every time we praise and give thanks, we open the door to God and His grace.
In part one of this series we learned one of the Hebrew words for praise is yahdah (Strong's 3034). In this message we learn a very similar Hebrew word for praise is halal (Strong's 1984). It means to boast and give thanks clamorously to the Lord. When you add the Hebrew letter "tav" to each word you get the words towdah and thillah. The pictogram for the letter tav is a cross. Towdah and thillah literally mean the sacrifice of praise or thanksgiving. Today, we no longer offer bulls and goats as our sacrifice. Instead we offer the sacrifice of praise.


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The American College of Radiology Gold Seal Accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety.
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We have a state-of-the-art medical imaging suite in the Emergency Department, available 24/7 for emergency scans. Our low dose CT equipment is the leader in technology, capable of faster scans at superior high-definition imaging of every organ in the body.
Dr. Peter Khouri is Chief of Radiology at Northern Westchester Hospital.
To learn more about NWH's Radiology and Medical Imaging, please contact us at (914) 666-1371.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last month, movie-industry elites gathered in Hollywood to honor achievements with names such as "La La Land," "Moonlight" and "Arrival." In just over a month, a little bit farther south in San Diego, another entertainment industry event, created by television research company DRMetrix, will honor achievements of infomercial hits like "MyPillow," "Total Gym" and "Proactiv."
The inaugural 2017 AdSphere™ Awards will be just as meaningful as the Academy Awards™ for direct response television (DRTV) advertisers, who use web addresses and/or 800 numbers in their ads to provide a way for consumers to respond.
As the leading television research company for the DRTV industry, DRMetrix created the AdSphere Awards to honor the top network cable advertisers and brands in the $350 billion direct response marketing industry. The awards presentation will take place at Response EXPO 2017, the direct response industry's annual trade show, on April 26 at 2 pm in Booth 409 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. The AdSphere Awards are the first awards program to be inclusive of the entire DRTV industry with advertisers such as Nutrisystem, Liberty Mutual, Dollar Shave Club and many others being honored.
"AdSphere is the only ad monitoring platform that identifies and tracks all DRTV commercials that appear on TV, segmenting them across four industry classifications: brand/DR, lead generation, short-form product and long-form infomercials," said Joseph Gray, AdSphere Awards creator and CEO of DRMetrix. "The AdSphere awards data demonstrates that the DRTV industry is much larger than traditionally thought and continues to experience rapid growth. Whether a 1-800 phone number, web address, SMS or a mobile app response is included, AdSphere identifies and tracks all DRTV commercials."
For the 2017 AdSphere Awards, a universe of 92 national cable networks were monitored during 2016, identifying more than 3,500 DRTV brands. In addition to detecting over 89,000 infomercial (28.5 minute) airings, AdSphere detected an astonishing 7.92 million spots of varying creative lengths up to five minutes in duration at an estimated valuation of $6.4 billion dollars. The awards recognize top brands across a wide range of industry categories representing all facets of the DRTV industry. AdSphere segmented DRTV campaigns across 20 major categories and 145 sub-categories. The complete list of "Best of Category" AdSphere Award winners for 2017 is online at www.drmetrix.com/adsphere-awards.html.
In addition to the "Best of Category" awards, the following top seven advertisers of 2016 will receive a coveted AdSphere Award:
2017 AdSphere™ Award Winners – Top Seven Categories
|1. 2016 - Advertiser & Brand of the Year
|Classification -All Short-Form
|2. 2016 - Advertiser & Brand of the Year
|Classification - Lead Generation
|3. 2016 - Advertiser of the Year
|Classification – Short-Form Products
|4. 2016 – Advertiser & Brand of the Year
|Classification – Long-Form
|5. 2016 - Advertiser & Brand of the Year
|Classification – Short-Form Retail Products
|6. 2016 - Brand of the Year
|Classification – Long-Form Retail Products
|7. 2016 - Brand of the Year
|Classification – Short-Form Products
"The DRTV industry has expanded far beyond the original infomercial format and AdSphere has quickly become the industry's gold standard based on its unprecedented ability to capture every type of TV commercial that provides a way for consumers to respond," said John Yarrington, director of Response EXPO. "Our group's mission is to define and bring together the entire direct response industry, and the AdSphere Awards are a great way to help achieve that by recognizing the tremendous accomplishments in our space."
About DRMetrix
DRMetrix, the industry's leading television research company, monitors over 100 national cable TV networks 24/7/365, tracking all short-form, 5-min, and long-form commercials including web address, mobile app response, SMS, or toll free number. The AdSphere™ Awards recognize top DR advertisers and brands across Brand/DR, Lead Generation, Short-Form Product, and Long-Form industry classifications. DRMetrix makes its AdSphere Weekly Top 40 Spend Index™ Rankings available to retailers and marketers on a complimentary basis and also offers a free white paper, "How to increase retail sales of 'As Seen On TV' Products'." To receive a copy of the white paper and to subscribe to this complimentary service, retailers may request this information by emailing email@example.com
For more information, please visit www.drmetrix.com.


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Chris Jones is thankful for his new opportunity
This is the first "Offseason Spotlight" piece and more will continue to post on current and former Indians' prospects leading up to the start of spring training. Today we catch up with former IPI favorite Chris Jones.
Today is Thanksgiving, which is time when so many of us get together with our families and enjoy lots of food and spirits, and get ready for the madness that is the start of the holiday season. A lot of people also take the time to reflect on the things in their life that they are thankful for.
It was just a little over a year ago when left-handed pitcher Chris Jones was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for right-handed pitcher Derek Lowe, a deal consummated on another holiday of sorts, Halloween.
Jones, 24, had been kind of stuck in a rut with the Indians and was not moving at the pace he probably would have liked to in the organization, but the trade opened up a new opportunity for him with a new team. While he left behind many friends he made over his five years in the organization, the new beginning in the Braves' minor league system afforded him a chance to start anew and get a better opportunity than the one he was getting with the Indians.
"I was [drafted and signed] out of high school, so the Indians pretty much taught me how to play the professional style of baseball," Jones said to the IPI in a recent interview. "They did a lot of good things for me. It was kind of hard [to be traded] as I had been with them for five years and I knew everybody and was really close with everyone, but obviously from a career standpoint the [Braves] liked something about me. So it is a good situation for me and it has been fun so far."
Jones was well into his offseason when he got the news from Indians Vice President of Player Development Ross Atkins that he had been traded. The trade came completely out of nowhere and was something he was not expecting.
"I was still sleeping and it was 10 o'clock in the morning when Ross called me and told me about it," Jones recalled. "[Braves Director of Minor League Operations] Ronnie Richardson called me right after Ross and I had a good conversation with him. It was real short and he said they were excited to have me. Shortly after that it was on the clicker on ESPN. I was already working out with a personal trainer, so the Braves just said keep doing what you are doing and we will see you in spring training. So I got ready to enter a whole new world."
Jones went to spring training and impressed, and the Braves assigned him to Double-A Mississippi to start the season and that is where he stayed the entire year. He made 45 appearances out of the bullpen and went 2-5 with a 3.90 ERA, and in 60.0 innings he allowed 69 hits, 1 home run, 19 walks, and had 61 strikeouts.
In five seasons in the Indians organization from 2007-2011, Jones never pitched above High-A Kinston, so he was happy for the opportunity to move up to Double-A.
"It was great," Jones said. "I learned a lot in my first year at Double-A. I had a lot to learn and the first part of the season was more of a learning experience, and once I got used to it I kept getting better the rest of the season. I ended the season strong and August (11 G, 2.87 ERA, 12.6 K/9) was definitely my best month of the year."
Jones is not a hard thrower as he throws an average fastball that gets good arm side tail and sits at 88-90 MPH and touches 92 MPH, and his curveball is a plus offering and considered the best pitch in his arsenal. His deceptive, unconventional delivery to go along with a very good curveball makes him tough on lefties, which is why many feel he could become a good matchup lefty out of the pen.
Jones maintained his stuff this season and really did not tweak a lot with his mechanics. He just kept working on his fastball command and the consistency of his outings.
"I just added some little things," Jones said. "My pitching coach in Double-A asked what I had worked on the past couple of years with the Indians and he watched it, and we implemented some little things from there. At the end of the season we added a cutter which I don't throw very much, but is a [good pitch to use against right-handers]."
Jones recently pitched in the Arizona Fall League where he made ten appearances and went 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA. In 15.2 innings he allowed 14 hits, 2 home runs, 7 walks, and had 11 strikeouts. The move to a full time bullpen role has really benefitted him, and he hopes he can use the experience he gained in Double-A and the AFL this past season as a springboard into an even more successful campaign next season.
"I love pitching in the bullpen," Jones said. "At times I miss starting, but I like being in games, and in the bullpen you can be in more games. I know the bullpen is not as [valued] as the starters, but any way I can get to the big leagues does not matter to me. Next year I want to keep going and go to another level. Even if I repeat Double-A I'd like to see Triple-A, and of course I always have the main goal [of making it to the big leagues]."
If the opportunity arises, Jones will most certainly be ready for it.
Follow Tony and the Indians Baseball Insider on Twitter @TonyIBI. Also, his new book the 2014 Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider which profiles the Indians' Top 100 Prospects and more is available for sale.


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Candidates for two at-large seats on the Hastings City Council will appear at a public forum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 400 Ninth St. W., in Hastings.
The Aug. 12 primary election will narrow the field of six candidates to four, who then will compete in the Nov. 4 general election.
Although candidates Tom Wright and Blaine Hornbuckle have withdrawn from the race, their names will be on the ballot, City Administrator Melanie Mesko Lee said. If they finish among the top four, the candidates with the next highest number of votes would advance.
The forum will be hosted by Hastings Happenings, a website run by former planning commission member Tom Bullington. He will serve as moderator and ask questions given to him by audience members and submitted in advance through the website.
Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173. Follow him at twitter.com/NFerraroPiPress.


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The Cedar Creek Cowboys, a Malakoff select baseball team, won the Deep East Texas World Series this past weekend in Marshall. The Cowboys were undefeated in tournament games. Pictured are, back row from left, coaches Stephen Burkhalter, Derek Rogers, David Strawn, Bill Borchardt; middle row from left, Jensen Smith, Cory Strawn, Hunter Davis, Cody Strawn; front row from left, Trent Harris, Joshua Wilson, Kobe Borchardt, Cameron Rogers, Chandler Carter, Dalton Burkhalter, and Kobey Roberts.
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By Michael V. Hannigan
The Pride of Malakoff Marching Band received a 1st Division rating at UIL competition in Mesquite last week, earning a spot in this Saturday's Area competition in Denton.
"The kids got out there and did a good job," said first-year band director Darrington White.
Malakoff is scheduled to enter the field at Denton at 1:45 p.m.
Winning in Denton would mean a trip to the state competition for the band. Band competition is a little
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By Michael V. Hannigan
The name may have changed, but the work continues.
The Malakoff Food Pantry recently changed its name to Faith in Action Outreach to better reflect its mission.
"We are simply demonstrating the love that Jesus Christ has for all of us and we are doing our best to pass this love on to the folks in our community that are down on their luck," said organization president Larry Albertson. "We believe the name Faith In Action Outreach does a good job of painting a picture of who we are now and what we want to become."
Faith in Action is a non-denominational Christian organization that currently feeds around 1,000 people each month. The hungry come
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Here is a list of the Halloween and Fall Festival events which have been submitted to The Malakoff News.
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By Michael V. Hannigan
Malakoff Detective Sergeant Floyd Thomas recently received the Hope Award from the East Texas Crisis Center.
The award was presented at the Crisis Center's annual Wine and Cheese event held this year on Oct. 7.
Recipients are chosen because of "their dedication in helping victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other violent crimes in the community."
In a letter announcing the award, Crisis Center Director of Outreach Donna Johnson wrote, "Officer Thomas's work
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There will not be any area school board elections come May 2012 thanks to a change to the state's election calendar.
Although all three school districts are still working out the details with their respective attorneys, the following moves are expected to be become official next month:
- Malakoff will hold its school board elections in November of even-numbered years.
- Trinidad will hold its school board elections in November of even-numbered years.
- Eustace will hold its school board elections in May of odd-numbered years.
Moving the election calendar will also require an adjustment to the terms of current school board members; it is those
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Dear Editor,
On behalf of the Malakoff Ex-Students and Alumni Association, I'd like to thank all of those individuals and businesses that made our 2011 Homecoming and Reunion weekend a huge success. The turnout was amazing with over 200 exes and guests in attendance for the game, banquet and picnic. Without the countless hours, hard work and dedication of our volunteers, board, and many others in the county, this would not have been possible. Thank you all!
With the generous sponsorships and donations we received this year, we'll be able to continue our current scholarship commitment to MHS.
The association awarded the first MESAA Distinguished Alumnus of The Year Award to


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The Florence Congregational Church, at 130 Pine Street in Northampton, was constructed starting in 1861. The village of Florence was developing as an industrial area at the time. Before the church was built, residents had to make the Sunday trip to Northampton to attend church services. The Florence Church had its beginnings in 1857 as a fair weather outdoor Sunday school for the First Church of Northampton. The church has a Stick style Parish House designed by William Fenno Pratt.
W. H. Lyman House (1870)
The Gothic cottage at 319 Elm Street in Northampton, built in 1870, was designed by William Fenno Pratt for W. H. Lyman. A later owner was S. C. Parsons.
Todd Block, Northampton (1870)
The William Todd Block, at 153-159 Main Street in Northampton (the building on the left in the image above), is a commercial/apartment building erected in 1870. It was designed by J.M. Miner. It replaced an earlier brick building on the site that was destroyed by fire in July 1870. As related in The Attractions of Northampton (1871), by Charles H. Chandler:
The year 1870 will long be remembered in Northampton on account of the two great fires which occurred, and the consequent impulse given to business by rebuilding. The fire of May 18 destroyed the Edwards Church and the North Block; that of July 19 the Warner House, Todd's Block, and several smaller edifices. By these two fires the whole business center of the town was threatened, and in fact narrowly escaped destruction. As a result, the Edwards Church has been rebuilt on a new site in a superior manner, and the new Fitch Hotel rears its lofty front where the Warner House stood. Todd, Lee & Co. have erected a fine brick block on the old site of the Edwards Church, and W. H. Todd has rebuilt his block, and most of the other buildings burned have been replaced by better and more substantial structures. Besides, Messrs. Dawson, Fitch and Crafts have built a brick block on the corner of Main street and Strong avenue, and Wright & Co. have entirely remodeled their store, putting on a new front.
Next to the Todd Block, at 147-149 Main Street (the building on the right in the image above), is the Serio Block, built c. 1860. Originally called the Clapp and Johnson Block, it was part of what was known as granite row. The building's second story was added during a renovation in 1870.
John C. Hammond House (1891)
The house at 222 Elm Street in Northampton was built in 1891 for John C. Hammond (1842-1926), a lawyer. It was designed by R. F. Putnam, an Amherst Academy schoolmate of Hammond. The young Calvin Coolidge, the future president, read law in "Judge" Hammond's law office and stayed in the house when the Hammond family was away during the summers in Goshen. The house remained in the Hammond family for many years.
Sylvester Graham House (1800)
The house at 111 Pleasant Street in Northampton was built around 1800. In 1836 it was purchased by Sylvester Graham, who lived there until his death in 1851. Sylvester Graham was a dietary reformer and temperance advocate who emphasized vegetarianism and baking a type of bread made with unbolted wheat flour, known as Graham Flour. The Graham Cracker is also named for him. The house's original gable roof was later replaced with a mansard roof.
William Clark House (1886)
The house at 149 Elm Street in Northampton was built around 1886 on the site of earlier houses owned by the Sage and Clark families. From 1935 to 1958 it was owned by the Eames family as a guest house (appropriately called Eames Home) that was frequented by guests of Smith College students.
First National Bank, Northampton (1928)
The First National Bank building at 1 King Street in Northampton was built in 1928. A bank had existed on the site since 1865. The current impressive structure on the site was designed in the Art Deco/Art Moderne style by J. Williams Beal & Sons. Since 1993 the building has been home to Silverscape Designs, founded by jewelry-designer Denis Perlman, who loving restored the former bank.


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I wanted to wait a day to write this out of respect for
a popular victory by Union Rags in the 2012 Belmont Stakes. The winner once
again proved to be one of the best horses of his generation and fully redeemed
himself for losses in the Florida and Kentucky Derbies. I was happy for Union
Rags. He's a nice horse, but it did not take me very long after the finish to
come to the realization that a healthy I'll Have Another would have cruised to
victory yesterday.
I heard the Beyer figure came in at a 96 for Union
Rags, confirming what I had already seen with my own eyes, that I'll Have
Another was too good for the field that competed in this year's Test of a Champion.
Union Rags had the entire stretch to get by a tiring Paynter but could not do
so until the final few yards. Union Rags won the Belmont more with his class
rather than a burst of speed down the lane as his challenger couldn't muster
anything better than a 52 second final half mile. Imagine what the race would
have looked like if our Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner had not been
scratched on Friday morning? Believe me, I have.
I picture I'll Have Another sitting comfortably on the
outside not too far behind the pacesetter with Mario Gutierrez waiting
patiently to give him his cue. Somewhere on the far turn I'll Have Another
would have gotten the OK to go and quickly collared Paynter. Coming into the
homestretch, a quarter mile from history, I have no doubt that the little
chestnut would have spurted clear and would have opened up daylight as Union
Rags could only rally for second.
His Santa Anita Derby was gutsy, at Churchill Downs he
announced himself to the world, and in the Preakness he proved himself a star.
Any of the three performances would have been plenty to carry him to victory in
the Belmont, but a similar run to his last one could have seen a runaway Triple Crown for the colt bred to run long. I can only imagine what the scene at
Belmont Park would have felt like yesterday if that was the case. The crowd
would have transformed into one pulsating force of nature as I'll Have
Another's cheers grew louder and louder with every stride down the Belmont Park
stretch. It's been 34 years since I saw the last Triple Crown winner in person,
so that electricity would have been an exciting new sight to behold.
Agree with me or not, no one will change my mind on this. I'll
Have Another would have been the horse to bust through racings long-standing
barrier. Unfortunately, we are only left to wonder what if.
What if I'll Have Another won the Belmont stakes by
a big margin? What if the world of racing was able to celebrate a brand new
Triple Crown winner? What if I'll Have Another was around to race another year
or two?
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Brian has been a passionate fan of horse racing his entire life. Taken to the races at a very young age, he has been lucky enough to see all the greats in person from Secretariat, Forego, and Ruffian through Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, and American Pharoah. Before coming to the Nation, Brian displayed his love for the sport through the development of his horse racing website, which quickly became one of the most popular blogs in the game.
The Editor of Horse Racing Nation from 2010-2017, Brian authored a daily column as Zipse at the Track, or ZATT for short, and added his editorial flare to the overall content of the website. Now a Senior Writer for HRN, Brian continues to contribute his thoughts on racing, as well as co-hosting the popular racing show, HorseCenter. A big supporter of thoroughbred aftercare, he serves as the President of The Exceller Fund.
Brian's work has also been published on several leading industry sites. He has consulted for leading contest site Derby Wars, is both a Hall of Fame and NTRA poll voter, and is a Vox Populi committee member.
A horse owner and graduate of DePaul University, Brian lives just outside of Louisville with his wife Candice and daughter Kendra.
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Social Anticipation: Using the Intention Web for Experience Marketing
Jeremiah Owyang coined the term "Intention Web" to describe social media which captures and promotes users' future plans. Where the asynchronous web is about the then, the real-time web is about the now, Intention Web properties are about the later.
Event and experiential marketers seem to have been focused on using social media as a sort of historical record of their activities, posting content, including transcripts, photos, videos, Powerpoint presentations etc. after the fact.
Otherwise, the community has begun to embrace the now, talking about what's happening on Twitter, Facebook and the like, by promoting and encouraging attendees to share their personal experiences real-time during speaking sessions, concerts and brand experiences of all types. By attracting and leveraging as many followers as possible marketers are able to broadcast updates and engage audiences well beyond the physical experience.
But what about the future? Aside from simply listing an event on Facebook, Linkedin or your favorite social network, what are you doing to build excitiment, drive anticipation, generate audience and foster community before your event takes place?
There are a few Intention-based social networks that specialize in driving this anticipation. Here they are, along with some ideas for how to best use them in your event marketing program.
Dopplr: "Dopplr is a service for smart international travelers. Dopplr members share personal and business travel plans privately with their networks, and exchange tips on places to stay, eat and explore in cities around the world. Dopplr presents this collective intelligence – the travel patterns, tips and advice of the world's most frequent travellers – as a Social Atlas. You can use Dopplr on a personal computer and a mobile phone." Setting up a profile is easy. Then you can build your network easily by inviting friends from: Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Outlook, or type in your own email addresses. Travel plans need to be fairly specific, and the carbon footprint section is interesting. While Dopplr is not about events, its a great resource for travel planning for a specific city with restaurants, hotels and activities explored in each location. Look for more mobile integration for Dopplr with their iphone App and recent acquisition by Nokia.
Meetup: "The world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities." This group-centric site makes it really easy to find groups and their activities in locations where you are or are traveling to. You basically have two options: Find a Meetup Group or Start a Meetup Group. Finding a group is easy. Just type in a few keywords, and the site will serve up all the groups in your area that meet on the topics you're interested in. Once you select a group, you'll be brought to their page where you can sign up for "meetups" post pictures, and participate in the group forums. You can also share group activities with Facebook and Twitter. To create a group is also simple, but there is a nominal cost ($12 – $19 per month depending on length of commitment) to keep the group listed. Once you've created a group you can invite folks to join, promote your group r meetups through the site or other channels or simply wait for them to come to you via keyword search.
Plancast: "Plancast is the easiest way for you to share your plans with friends and discover what others are doing in the future." This lightweight application allows users to keep tabs on what people are doing in real life. Simply create a profile (name, picture, location, bio) and you're on your way. From there you can post What you're planning, When it occurs and where it happens. You can subscribe to other users, or they can subscribe to you, this way plans are shared. Plancast seamlessly integrates with Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz, so your plans can be posted across your social networks, and subscribers (think friends, followers, etc) can be invited to join you on Plancast. Once you post your plan, others can plan on attending or participating. Plancast is an easy way to organize nights out, tweetups or major events. It's all about the subscribers, so build your network and use Plancast to get together.
Tripit: "TripIt turns chaos into order by making it easy for anyone to: Organize trip details into one master online itinerary — even if arrangements are booked at multiple travel sites, Automatically include maps, directions and weather in their master itinerary, Have the option to book restaurants, theatre tickets, activities and more right from within the online itinerary, Safely access travel plans online, share them, check-in for flights, or print an itinerary." The interesting thing about Tripit is the ability to share your plans with others. Like Dopplr, this functionality can help users organize formal or informal meet-ups in cities where they are traveling to. You can add friends through email address books (e.g., aol, gmail, hotmail, live, msn & yahoo), my entering individual email addresses, or through Linkedin. Tripit also has a host of applications to try out from iGoogle integration to groups which let's you track the itineraries and locations of people within groups you assign. Check out the interactive map that plots where people are traveling to. Tripit Pro also has some interesting functionality including tracking your frequent flyer program points and getting travel alerts. No other service does a better job integrating with social media applications like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google, etc. Its a great tool to organize not only your own itineraries, but those of your entire team.
Upcoming: "Upcoming is a community for discovering and sharing events. It can help you find stuff to do, discover what your friends are doing, or let you keep private events online for your own reference." You'll need a Yahoo ID to join Upcoming, as it is a Yahoo property. Once you're in you can create a basic profile. Adding friends is a bit more challenging, you need to know their names or do a search for existing members. Alternatively you an invite users via email. Finding events is as simple as entering a subject (keyword) and location, and upcoming will seve up all upcoming events in your area. Adding an event is also quite simple. Other features include integration with music sites like Ping.fm, Pandora and iTunes to add concerts. Additionally, you can join groups to subscribe to their forums and events, or check out places to get information on all the happenings in your favorite locales. The only interaction with other social sites on Upcoming seems to be the ability to share events on Facebook. Upcoming seems to be more about posting and finding events than driving community or building personal profiles for interaction.
In conclusion, these are just some of the Intention Web sites you'll find out there. Facebook and Linkedin already have some pretty robust event applications. And sites like Socializr, Baseloop are more geared toward smaller, friendly get-togethers. Deciding which application(s) to use is largely dependent on what you're trying to accomplish. For managing travel to other cities with groups of folks or across your communities, consider Tripit. For connecting with your communities on the social web and sharing plans, Plancast is the way to go. For promoting your community look to Meetup. How are you using the Intention Web to build anticipation and coordinate your plans?


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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A former middle school counselor in Salina has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a boy younger than 14.
Thirty-two-year-old Brooke Dinkel, a former counselor for Smoky Valley Middle School, was bound over for trial Monday. She faces 10 counts of rape and 10 counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Her trial was scheduled for Oct. 14.
The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14ldZk7 ) the boy testified in a preliminary hearing last Wednesday that he and Dinkel had sexual contact more than 10 times after he started stripping wallpaper at her house.
Information from: The Salina (Kan.) Journal, http://www.salina.com


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Life Is Your Average Country Tearjerker
The Way We Live Now: Getting kicked while we're down. The schools are crumbling. Even the military ones! The jobs are scarce. Even for smart people! The rents are rising. The babies are crying. We ain't got much.
Here in New York they're laying off thousands of teachers. (Military schools are doing even worse—totally broke). But they're not laying off any cops, because of the car bomb. In my day kids called in bomb threats to schools all the time, just to get out of class. And now we can't get one measly evacuation to save some teachers' jobs?
Extra credit? I don't think so.
They also closed down St. Vincents Hospital. Did they think about the fact that that would turn a bunch of midwives into outlaws, jeopardizing their livelihood and, by extension, your baby. No. They didn't even think of your baby. Your baby. Your baby!
Oh yea and the rent board met to "decide" whether your rent will go up, DO WE EVEN HAVE TO TELL YOU?
What we object to specifically is the dynamic of problem piling up upon problem piling up upon—that's right—problem. Shit, you're telling me I went to law school and I can't even get a cushy job any more? I mean, I didn't actually go to law school. But Elizabeth Wurtzel did. Do we deny her gainful employment? Just so you can give her job to a man? No, because 20% of men aged 25-54 are not working, so there.


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