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Nicholas Rasberry worked as a mechanical engineer, tended bar at his uncle's nightclub and moved into a two-storey home in southeast Calgary with his wife and their pets.
There was nothing concerning about him to those who knew him — until he was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a man who lived on the same street.
Police said Rasberry and Harvey "Craig" Kelloway, a 31-year-old middle-school science teacher, had met for the first time just hours before Kelloway was killed Saturday night at Rasberry's home.
News of the charges shocked a former colleague of Rasberry.
"He's incredibly smart, really good to work with, a really awesome guy," said one man, who last worked with Rasberry several years ago did not want his name published.
"There's two sides to every story and I know Nick. That's not Nick. There's more that needs to be understood, too. This guy is the type of guy if you needed a hand with anything, he'd be there."
Officers and paramedics were called to a residence in the 100 block of Auburn Springs Close S.E. in Auburn Bay before 11:30 p.m. after someone called 911 from the home.
Kelloway was found with critical stab wounds but could not be saved.
Police said the accused man had gone to the victim's house earlier in the day to introduce himself. After they met, the two men hung out throughout the day with other people.
They ended up at Rasberry's home where an altercation broke out and Kelloway was stabbed.
Alcohol was involved. Police are trying to determine a motive.
Neighbours were shocked to see the incident unfold in their community, and to learn of the charges. They said the home had no hint of trouble and called the owner nice, clean cut and professional looking.
Tyler, who asked that his last name not be printed, said the man seemed nice and had even introduced his dogs to Tyler's kids.
"There was no signs that he was a bad guy. He probably got caught up in the heat of the moment."
"That's the shocking thing. I don't think he had it in him. Maybe I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt now. Wrong place, wrong time.
"He didn't seem like a bad guy by any means."
Sylvia Areny, who lives around the corner, said it was the first real sunny weekend and residents were just coming out of hibernation.
"Garage doors were open and people were meeting each other," Areny said.
She said the crime is sad more than anything.
"It doesn't make me feel any less safe," she said. "It's an isolated incident."
Rasberry, who had no criminal history, is expected to appear in court Wednesday.
While Rasberry's family was reluctant to speak about the 30-year-old, an online bio on a personalized site about his wedding provided a glimpse into his life.
The bio indicated Rasberry studied mechanical engineering at the University of Calgary.
While in school, he worked as a bartender at the recently shuttered Back Alley Nightclub owned by his uncle, Doug Rasberry, who declined to comment when reached by the Herald on Tuesday.
It was at the Back Alley where Rasberry met his wife, whom he married in Mexico two years ago, according to the website.
The pair briefly spent time in Qatar, where Rasberry was overseeing a project for Enersul, a Calgary sulphur company.
A company spokeswoman declined to comment when reached by phone.
According to a bio on the Enersul website, Rasberry has been with the company for six years, currently working as the manager of technical sales. His work has taken him to Qatar, Taiwan and Germany.
Meanwhile, a Facebook memorial page has been created for Kelloway, with condolence messages from students flooding the wall.
Many credited Kelloway for being a positive role model who never gave up on his students and made learning fun.
His family in Nova Scotia are making funeral arrangements.
-With files from Stephane Massinon and Bryan Weismiller, Calgary Herald


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In the study of perspective drawing, (Live Education, Perspective Drawing) we learned that a powerful tool was created through the implementation of the grid. It not only allowed for an exact representation of three-dimensional space on a flat surface, but could also be extended to map projections and the charting of the earth through latitude and longitude lines. This opened the doors for extensive navigation and exploration, for accurate maps could be made that would allow another sea voyager to find their way to the same exact place discovered by the explorer.
In this exercise the student can gain a sense of the accuracy given by the grid, learn an important algebraic idea, and have fun giving rein to his or her imaginative creativity. Notice that a horizontal and vertical cross (known as the x axis and the y axis) divide the map into four quadrants. If the y axis points north and south, and the x axis, east and west, then the four quadrants could be called NE, NW, SE, and SW. Notice also that each axis is numbered positive and negative. By setting up the grid in this fashion, one can exactly represent every point upon the surface. This is an important idea to grasp: that one point upon the surface of the plane, and one unique point only, can be represented by a pair of numbers (coordinates). There is no other point on the plane surface that contains an infinite number of points that can be represented by a given pair of coordinates; those coordinates represent a unique point among an infinity of points.
Look at the largest and southernmost island and find the large bay in the SE quadrant. There is a point designated as (5, -8). Let us imagine this to be the location of a large city. If we look above at the number line on the x axis we see that this point lines up vertically with the number 5, and then, looking to the y axis we can see that it also lines up horizontally with -8. Thus we can designate any point on the map in a similar way (x,y). The first number of the pair will always designate where the point lines up with the x axis, and the second number will designate where the point lines up with the y axis.
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Heres the fun part. The student can create his or her own map in the main lesson book similar to the one given in the example. It is a mythical land, perhaps with a geographical terrain similar to C. S. Lewiss Narnia, or it could be a section of illustration such as the Greek islands inspired by the world atlas. One might imagine a main body of land and several islands surrounded by ocean. After creating the x,y grid with the coordinates (0,0) at the center of the page, put in mountains, rivers, lakes, bays, inlets, peninsulas, regions of forest, desert, farmlands, jungles, lowlands, etc. Choose colors for the different regions, such as light green for farmlands, dark greens for forest or jungle, orange for desert, etc. Name the islands, the land, the ocean, seaways, rivers, mountain peaks, etc. Put in cities naming them also.
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Neon is a fashion trend that might be best suited to the cool kids — or real kids.
Unlike so many looks that trickled down from designer runways to mass retailers and into teenagers' closets, the almost electrifying shades of pink, green, yellow and orange have been hanging out in high school hallways for a while. And they're back again for the new school year.
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She'd like to see mint green jeans with a yellow neon tank with a gray cardigan. "Neon looks best as a surprise within a look."
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He adds, "The children have a sense of humor about their clothes."
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She expects neon citrus yellow-green to be particularly popular with kids and — as with everything — neon pink.
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Trent Parke, a Magnum photographer from Australia, is one of the first photographers that Rebecca and I showed our Violet Isle book dummy to a couple of summers ago in Paris. There was good reason: He and his wife, Narelle Autio, the wonderful and painterly photographer, had already published a joint book of their photographs, The Seventh Wave (2000). So no surprise that Trent was the first to notice how our two bodies of work played off each other.
Unlike Rebecca and I, Trent and Narelle have photographed not only in the same location, but in the very same spot, sometimes even taking their photographs just minutes apart, as their TWO LOOKS column below explains. To read more about these two Australian photographers –– and to see more of their lyrical images –– click on the links at the end of this posting.––Alex Webb
Trent took this picture while we were travelling around Australia, living out of the back of our 4WD. We were in Fremantle, Western Australia. It was a 40°C day (104°F ) in the middle of a week-long heat wave and like most Australians –– and especially those living in a tent –– we headed for the beach. At the time I was literally immersed in my project Watercolours. I had spent three days photographing in the ocean, hanging around in deep sea. Strangely, during most of this time I had had to be forced into the water. Normally totally at home in the water, I couldn't shake that 'sharky' feeling. After three days of Trent's urging me back in the water and convincing me not to worry, I finally said that's enough.
Not long after, a loud wail screamed over the beach. The siren sounds –– not unlike those signalling an air raid –– but on an Australian beach no one looks up at the sky. Within seconds the crowded water was empty, the beach now lined with people looking seaward, searching for the telltale shadow. And there was the shark –– all five metres of it –– swimming up and down the beach, oblivious of the commotion it had caused.
When I first saw this picture of Trent's I was devastated –– in a friendly rival kind of way. I wanted it. It was such a fantastic unusual view of the beach. I had also attempted to capture the strange sight of hundreds of people looking out to an empty sea, and, although I was yet to see my transparencies, I knew I would have nothing as strong in colour. His black and white image conjures up those chilling, historical images of unknowing spectators watching atomic test explosions, their shielded faces lit by a mesmerising, blasting light.
This photograph, which went on to become an important part of his Minutes to Midnight series, is a classic example how Trent approaches his work. The image, while standing alone as a documentary photograph, has become something quite different. It now also represents a dark episode in our history and seen together with the rest of Minutes to Midnight it becomes an apocalyptic chapter out of this epic imaginary story about Australia. He has used symbolism and a joint memory to take it to another level. It is something that Trent does with maddening regularity –– but it always amazes me.––Narelle Autio
This photograph of Narelle's is one of my favourites from her Watercolours series. It has all the elements of herself and her photography in it: Her trademark use of colour and light, her optimistic outlook, and her painterly approach.
For three days we returned to this beach in Fremantle, Western Australia. Out past the breakers on Cottesloe beach is a floating buoy. It is sizable enough to hold three or four people –– that is, if you have the arm strength to haul yourself up. I remember for two days Narelle continually swimming out to the buoy and photographing the swimmers throwing themselves off and plunging in. However, on the third day after swimming out, she turned around and came back to shore. I asked why. It was, after all, the reason we had continued to return to this same beach. She said she didn't feel comfortable and had that "sharky" feeling. (I had swum out to the buoy myself the previous day and had also encountered that same sharky feeling. It was that sort of place.)
Regardless of the fact that a five-metre shark did manage to close the beach less than an hour later, I am very glad she did decide to come back to shore. Because otherwise she would never have taken this picture (above). Yes, there was the other small fact that she could have been eaten by a shark. But what is more important when you take a frame like this?
I also remember being in our two-man tent at a caravan park further up the west coast, when her processed transparencies arrived back from the East Coast. I remember coming to this sleeve of negs and my eye immediately going to this frame. I think I said it to her then: "You won't beat this frame on this trip –– and neither will I."
Of all the amazing photographs she has taken at the beach and under the water, I still come back to this frame as the one that truly represents her work. If you look at both photographs we took on the same day, maybe only several minutes apart, it gives a pretty good indication of our personalities and the way we look at the world. And it shows how two photographers can be at the same place at the same time, but the resulting photographs can have completely contrasting emotions.
Oh, and by the way, several swimmers did get stranded standing on the buoy. The whole beach watched as they waited to be rescued by the coast guard as the shark circled nearby. As one man tried to mount the rail of the boat, he slipped and fell into the water. I have never seen someone swim so fast in my entire life. The ensuing thrashing and panic was incredible as he tried to haul himself back on to the buoy. It really was like a real life scene from the movie Jaws. ––Trent Parke
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Originally from Houston, Texas, Nick received his BA in psychology from the University of Michigan. He's been at the firm for two years. Prior to BCG, he interned and worked in various industries, such as energy and education tech.
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A: That's the best part of my job: there's no such thing as a typical day. One day, I might offsite with the other members of the diversity team sharing best practices. The next day, I might be on campus talking to undergraduate students about various consulting opportunities. And the day after that, I might be in Atlanta co-locating with my manager to make sure we're ready for conferences for organizations that we sponsor. Every day brings new challenges, and this role definitely keeps me on my toes.
Q: How do you maintain a sustainable career balance at BCG?
A: I carve out time for myself. When I'm on the road, I try to take an hour in the morning to work out and then some time in the evening to talk to my family. On weekends and when I'm not traveling, I'll take time to practice my saxophone, get dinner with friends, or go to one of the many festivals and events in Chicago (when the temperature isn't below freezing). Every role at this company can be challenging, and it's important to figure out what energizes you so that you're able to give 110%. People often talk about work-life balance, but you definitely own part of that responsibility for creating the balance.
Q: How has your network grown as part of working at BCG?
A: Because my responsibilities span North America, I've been very fortunate to meet so many of my colleagues in other offices and work closely with them on various initiatives. On a professional level, it's perfect because I'm able to leverage their knowledge if I have region-specific initiative that we're trying to implement. On a personal level, it's a great reason to plan vacations. One of my friends is a project leader and temporarily based in Brussels. So Justin, if you're reading this, I'm still coming to visit you, buddy!


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For this month's Mixology Monday, I decided to highlight a cocktail called the Diamondback, which I first saw in the September/October 2007 issue of Imbibe magazine.
Our taskmaster, Rick, demands we tax our livers with drinks that "contain at least 3oz of 80-proof spirit or have less than 1/2oz of non-spiritness." No Rick! Don't throw me in the briar patch! Anything but the briar patch!
The recipe in Imbibe credited the Diamondback as Murray Stenson's variant of a recipe that first appeared in the book Bottom's Up, by Ted Saucier. Saucier's volume calls the drink the Diamondback Lounge and credits it to the Lord Baltimore Hotel, in Baltimore, Md. The hotel itself is still around, but I see nothing about the Diamondback Lounge.
Saucier's original calls for rye, applejack, and yellow Chartreuse. Stenson's says rye, applejack, and green Chartreuse. (Don't worry; I'll list both recipes at the end.) You might see where I'm going with this. I chose bonded rye (100 proof), bonded applejack (100 proof), and green Chartreuse (110 proof).
That's a lotta proof.
When I first mixed this drink, I realized immediately that it had a strong bite and so I understandably assumed that both the drink and the lounge were named after this charming critter:
Turns out, I was probably wrong.
As I was researching this post, I learned that an animal called the diamondback terrapin is the state reptile of Maryland. Sports fans should recognize the terrapin as the mascot of the University of Maryland, and college-journo geeks (I know you're out there) will remember that the U of M student publication is the Diamondback. So, the real culprit for my achin' head? This beast:
Man, I thought it was a snake fucking me up. Turns out it was a freakin' turtle. I'm so embarrassed.
Diamondback Lounge, Bottom's Up
- 1 jigger rye whiskey (I used Rittenhouse bonded)
- 1/2 jigger applejack (Laird's bonded)
- 1/2 jigger yellow chartreuse
- Ice
Technique: Shake well. Serve over ice in old-fashioned glass. Decorate with sprig of fresh mint.
This is okay, although it's a little mild, and I don't think the mint adds anything.
Diamondback, from Imbibe
- 1-1/2 oz. rye whiskey
- 3/4 oz. applejack
- 3/4 oz. green Chartreuse
- Ice cubes
- Garnish: Cherry
Technique: Stir ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish.
photo by Jennifer Hess
You'll note from the photo above that I forgot the garnish. A cherry makes more sense to me here than mint does, anyway. This is a better drink than the version with yellow Chartreuse, since the green has more backbone and brings more botanical notes to the drink. Still, I think equal parts applejack and Chartreuse result in a drink that's a tad too sweet for my tastes.
Hence, if you'll forgive me…
Diamondback Terrapin
- 1-1/2 oz. rye whiskey
- 1 oz. applejack
- 1/2 oz. green Chartreuse
Build in an old-fashioned glass over ice. Stir until chilled. Garnish with your own best wishes or deepest fears.


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Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !
Scream 4 , they are back !
Yeah , Sidney , Gale and Dwight are back for another Scream in your screen .
Official site
Here the trailer :
Casting :
Neve Campbell -> Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox -> Gale Weathers-Riley
David Arquette -> Shérif Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
Emma Roberts -> Jill Kessler
Hayden Panettiere -> Kirby Reed
Adam Brody -> Détective Hoss
Mary McDonnell -> Kate Kessler
Nico Tortorella -> Trevor Sheldon
Alison Brie -> Rebecca Walters
Rory Culkin -> Charlie Walker
Erik Knudsen -> Robbie
Marley Shelton -> Judy Hicks
Marielle Jaffe -> Olivia Morris
Kristen Bell -> Trudy
Anna Paquin -> Sherrie
Lucy Hale -> Patty
Shenae Grimes -> Marnie
Aimee Teegarden -> ???
Brittany Robertson -> ???
Nancy O'Dell -> Elle-Même
Coco Arquette -> Tatum Riley
Wth Sidney still in school ?
Well i will watch it for funny moment i remember the previous movies long time ago , that was quite good to laugh back then ^^
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Scary Movie was only good when Charlie Sheen was in it. Now, not so much anymore. They don't make them the way they used to, and with all the imitations coming up, it's pretty ridiculous now. It was a grand idea at first, but it was abused as time went on =/
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I've been following Scream 4 forever and it looks like it's going to be absolutely what Scream fans want. I doubt Kevin Williamson would allow it to be so bad that fans of the original trilogy would be pissed off. I'm excited because Kevin is an excellent writer and Wes is a horror genius who hopefully redeems himself (his later work hasn't been so...scary) with this new Scream.
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Smile, like HTT Girls
I remember when Scream was good with its first installment. Then again, I remember when James Cameron was still a talented filmmaker.
I expect this fourth one not to be any better than Micheal Bay's horror movie rip-offs remakes.
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In approximately 40% of cases–when there has been no physical damage to the hard drive–data may be retrieved by an in-house technical support person. These cases are often caused by human error, software corruption, or computer viruses."


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UMass Memorial Health Care, which hired models in short skirts to lure potential bone marrow donors and then charged insurers high fees to test samples, will pay $520,000 as part of an agreement with Attorney General Martha Coakley's office.
The attorney general, who filed a complaint and final judgment in Suffolk Superior Court today, said in a written statement that the Caitlin Raymond International Registry and UMass Memorial Health Ventures, Inc. -- subsidiaries of the hospital network -- jointly engaged in improper marketing by paying fashion models to recruit potential donors at malls, festivals, and sports venues including Foxboro Stadium.
The number of donor tests performed by UMass Memorial increased significantly from 7,000 in 2008 to more than 40,000 in 2010, and the amount the organization charged insurers for individual tests ranged from several hundred dollars to more than $4,000, the attorney general's office said. Some donors also received large bills.
The complaint said that UMass Memorial improperly gave away "tokens of appreciation" such as free T-shirts and sweatshirts; gave staff bonuses for targeting insured individuals for testing; and failed to disclose to potential donors the amount billed to health plans and the amount they may have to pay out of pocket.
"Efforts to increase bone marrow donor registration cannot be built on unfair and deceptive practices that increase the cost of health care for all of us," Coakley said in the statement. "No health care provider should be allowed to use gimmicks and free gifts to increase the volume of services covered by health plans for their own financial gain."
UMass Memorial agreed to repay Massachusetts consumers for any money they spent for donor testing, and will not charge health plans more than $175 for each test over the next five years.
While UMass Memorial officials deny breaking the law or harming anyone, they said they have changed their practices and have continued to match donors with recipients. Forty-eight patients received transplants from donors in the past year as a direct result of past recruitment efforts, Douglas Brown, senior vice president and general counsel of UMass Memorial Health Care, said in a written statement.
Chief Executive John O'Brien said: "We accept full responsibility for the mistakes and errors in judgment that were made. We are pleased to have reached a resolution with the Massachusetts Attorney General that validates the important work of the Caitlin Raymond International Registry."
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New Avalanche forward P.A. Parenteau is a late bloomer, now playing the best hockey of his career in his late 20s. When he turns 30 in March, the right winger hopes to have taken his game to new heights, with an opportunity he could have only dreamt about early in his pro career.
That opportunity — a four-year, $16 million contract with the Avs — was delayed four months but finally began to unfold Wednesday, when he donned a Colorado practice sweater and skated with many of his new teammates for the first time. His first paycheck is on the horizon.
"I was looking forward to coming here in September. I was all ready to go and then it was all put on hold," Parenteau said of the NHL lockout that ended Sunday morning. "It's not easy, because I was really looking forward to the new challenge. But now the time has come."
Seventeen members of the Avalanche participated in Gabriel Landeskog's captain's practice Wednesday, scrimmaging 4-on-4 before wrapping up the two-hour session with conditioning. Goalie Semyon Varlamov, who has been playing in his native Russia, and others are expected to join the informal skates Thursday or Friday.
Parenteau, a 6-foot, 190-pound right-handed shooter, produced 38 goals for the New York Islanders over the past two seasons, playing in 81 and 80 regular-season games, respectively. Before his two-year stint with the Islanders, he played only 27-of-479 professional games in the NHL.
Many expect Avs coach Joe Sacco to put Parenteau on center Matt Duchene's line to begin training camp. Parenteau excelled while playing with like-minded center John Tavares with the Islanders. Tavares and Duchene were picked No. 1 and No. 3 in the 2009 NHL draft.
"I signed here because I knew there were a lot of good forwards and an opportunity to play with great players. I'll play with whoever they want me to play," Parenteau said. "I think I'd be a good match with Dutchy, for sure. I don't think he had the season he wanted last year, with all the injuries. But he looks pretty good out there, looks ready to go."
The 21-year-old Duchene, who is beginning his fourth NHL season, already has played in 219 NHL games — 31 more than Parenteau (188). But Parenteau seems to already have a leadership role among the young Avs.
After the scrimmage, Parenteau was seen having a deep discussion, in French, with veteran goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 35. Parenteau grew up in Hull, Quebec, and Giguere is from nearby Montreal.
New forward John Mitchell also made his debut in an Avs sweater and first-year Colorado defenseman Greg Zanon participated in his second practice in as many days.
The bearded Zanon moved to Colorado in August to prepare his children for the school year and has been skating with local NHL players at the University of Denver. He played for the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins last season.
Mitchell, also married with a young child, helped the New York Rangers advance to the Eastern Conference finals last year. His family is in the process of moving from Canada.
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Can a Pill a Day ... Keep HIV Away?
Spring/Summer 2012
What would it mean for the future of the epidemic if HIV-negative people could take a pill to prevent HIV infection? That may soon become a reality: on May 10th, an FDA advisory panel voted 19 to 3 to recommend approval of the HIV medication Truvada as a prevention tool for men who have sex with men. The panel also voted 19 to 2 to recommend it for any HIV-negative person who is in a relationship with a partner who has HIV.
The FDA usually follows its committees' recommendations, but is not required to do so. It initially said it would announce its decision on approval before June 15, but later extended the target date until September 14. The agency wants more time to look at the proposed medication guide, educational training, and the implementation system for the possible rollout of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). AIDS organizations nationwide are eager to hear the decision, since approval could transform the way we think about HIV prevention. In addition to condoms, safer sex education, and behavioral counseling, a new medical tool may soon be available.
A New Use for HIV Meds
HIV meds have long proved essential for helping people with HIV better manage the virus. The introduction of AZT in 1987 changed the course of the epidemic by prolonging lives and challenging the perception that AIDS was a death sentence. At the dose used back then, however, it was highly toxic and came with taxing side effects. The true breakthrough came in 1995 with the introduction of combination HIV therapy, a new approach to treatment that allowed HIV-positive people to lead healthier lives.
Recent research has presented a new use of HIV meds: the "treatment as prevention" model. One study found that people with HIV are 96% less likely to transmit HIV to their negative partners when they start taking HIV meds earlier. But the use of HIV meds to prevent transmission has largely been limited to HIV-positive people up to this point.
So it comes as a major development that the FDA is currently reviewing an application for use of the HIV med Truvada as a prevention tool. Several studies have found that HIV meds taken daily by HIV-negative people can reduce their chances of infection. Some doctors already prescribe HIV meds as prevention, but since the FDA does not allow drug companies to market HIV meds for prevention, these are known as "off-label" uses and are not covered by most insurance plans.
The Evidence
Over a million people live with HIV in the U.S., and an estimated 50,000 are newly infected each year. Recent studies focusing on HIV vaccines and microbicides (gels to prevent transmission) have produced disappointing results, and marginalized communities continue to bear the brunt of failed prevention efforts. People who are oppressed based on race, class, gender, and sexual orientation are at increasingly high risk for HIV, creating more complex challenges for prevention programs. Transmission rates among MSM are a particular area of concern. The CDC estimates that HIV infections among MSM increased by 34% between 2006 and 2009. They increased 48% among MSM of color during the same period. Thus, there is a sense of urgency among AIDS advocates that we need new prevention strategies.
Several studies have shown that PrEP is an effective prevention tool, including the "iPrEx" study, which was completed in November 2010 in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, and the U.S. In this study, a total of 2,499 HIV-negative MSM and transgender women who have sex with men took either a daily Truvada pill or a placebo (sugar pill).
Researchers found that those taking Truvada were 44% less likely to become infected with HIV than those taking the placebo. Among participants who reported having unprotected receptive anal intercourse, which is higher risk for HIV, Truvada reduced infections by 58%.
PrEP could be most effective for people who have less control over condom use, such as sex workers or people who have sex under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Additionally, a married woman who has difficulty advocating for safer sex with her husband could use PrEP to protect herself if she suspects he has other partners. Researchers were unable to detect Truvada in the blood of the majority of study participants who took Truvada and became HIV positive.
This means they might not have been taking the drugs as directed. In fact, adherence was surprisingly low. While people claimed an average of 90% adherence, blood tests indicated an adherence rate closer to 50%. On one hand, this opens the possibility that PrEP could be even more effective than iPrEx showed. On the other hand, adherence rates present a serious hurdle. If people in a closely monitored study have difficulty taking a daily drug, how can people be expected to take meds consistently in the "real world"?
In July 2011, the University of Washington released early results for its Partners PrEP study, which provided Truvada, Viread, or a placebo to 4,758 serodiscordant (one partner HIV positive, the other not) couples in Kenya and Uganda. HIV meds were found to protect the HIV-negative partners in the study from infection. Those taking Truvada had 73% fewer infections, while those taking Viread had 62% fewer infections.
Unlike the iPrEx study, Partners PrEP had a remarkably high level of 95% adherence to the pills, which might explain the higher success rates. These findings suggest that PrEP is safe and effective for heterosexuals as well as MSM, and that serodiscordant couples might be a realistic target population for PrEP.
But these studies leave many questions unanswered. Given the short-term nature of PrEP studies, what long-term side effects can arise for people taking PrEP indefinitely? Could PrEP protect injection drug users, who have not been addressed in any of these studies? What would adherence to PrEP look like without regular monitoring and behavioral counseling? How might PrEP affect women who are pregnant or using hormonal birth control? How do social factors like race, income, culture, education, and nationality affect adherence rates? And how do we pay for it?
The Cost
Some worry that PrEP would not be available to those who truly need it due to high price. There is no guarantee that Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurers would cover the cost of PrEP. Many people at risk for HIV are in low-income groups, and U.S. patent laws will block the availability of cheaper generic versions of PrEP.
Truvada can cost over $38 a day, while condoms cost under a dollar each. In meetings with clinicians and community advocates, Gilead has stated that the company has no plans to market Truvada for prevention. But if that changes, Gilead could make huge profits by marketing the drug not only to people with HIV, but to anyone at risk of being infected. PrEP might be available only for the wealthy, and not to those at highest risk of HIV infection. This would do little to address the social inequalities that make HIV prevention so complicated. And it would favor those who already have access to quality treatment while snubbing poorer people.
If funding is used to make PrEP more widely available, we face a challenge of how to use limited resources. Using the recently revised U.S. treatment guidelines that recommend HIV treatment for everyone with HIV, there are over 25 million people in the world who are in need of HIV meds but who do not have access to them. In the U.S. alone, over 3,500 people sit on waiting lists for HIV meds through the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP). Can we justify investing in PrEP for HIV-negative people while the same drugs are unavailable to so many who need treatment? People with HIV in poor countries usually take cheaper generic versions of HIV meds, while people in the U.S. must pay more. A cynical cost-benefit analysis of Gilead's potential profits might encourage it to market PrEP in the U.S., rather than increase the accessibility of HIV meds all over the world.
A new study from Stanford University looked at the drug and health care costs of prescribing Truvada to MSM. Giving the drug to all MSM would cost $480 billion over 20 years, but targeting only those with five or more partners a year would bring that number down to $85 billion. Over the next two decades, they estimated 490,000 new infections in the U.S. if PrEP is not used. But even if it is only 44% effective, 41,000 new infections would be prevented if high-risk MSM took the drug. They conclude: "PrEP in the general MSM population could prevent a substantial number of HIV infections, but it is expensive. Use in high-risk MSM compares favorably with other interventions that are considered cost-effective but could result in annual PrEP expenditures of more than $4 billion."
"Even though it provides good value, it is still very expensive," said Jessie Juusola, lead author of the study. "In the current health-care climate, PrEP's costs may become prohibitive, especially given the other competing priorities for HIV resources, such as providing treatment for infected individuals."
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Not raining at the moment
Not raining at the moment
Max has stopped
Max with a turbo issue....
lol...it was a joke
LeClerc spins.....caught tailwind
and Stroll...same turn....T8
Max car was an electrical issue.
Holy cow Grosjean goes fastest on SS (with Ferrari engine) but still very fast. Looks like our engine is very strong!
any free links???
...the new SF90 in the MATTE RED, to me it looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.
Haas faster than McLaren again
But I put the stream to the mute button, because I cant handle Crofty and his ANTI-FERRARI comments...
Bottas is hungry this weekend, he had that crash, so he has to pay back to the team
Kimi very strong, nice one.
Kimi within a tenth of Bottas, made some small mistakes on the way so he could have went 1st
here comes Seb
Seb 3rd, 0.1s down on Bottas. Small mistakes there also, so we are there
Vettel fastest S1, which is an engine sector!
Is Vettel running the old or the new diffuser?
Ricci pace worrying for us, or we are save for Q3 tomorrow from RBR? Practice 2 will tell us more, but for now the pace looks solid.
Yeah, i know it's only FP, but Ric fastest by 0.3 sec.
we've been concentrating on Ferrari vs Merc a lot, it's easy to forget RBR could pose a threat.
Lol did anyone notice how the sky commentators especially Crofty was disappointed by the ferrari laps being so close to bottas
typical redbull one car in the garage in a million pieces the other goes out on fumes for a glory run to get the head lines
FP1 isn't representative at all on this track.
Race and quali conditions would be similar to fp2
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"The needs of refugees don't respect our bureaucratic divisions, so we have to coordinate across governments…we have to do a better job of breaking down barriers, both within our governments and between our governments and with multilateral organizations." -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, December 7, 2011
On December 7-8, 2011, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), held a two-day, high-level event marking these anniversaries in Geneva to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Statelessness Convention. Some 500 guests attended, including Secretary Clinton, approximately 80 ministers and other senior government officials and senior NGO representatives. Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey introduced the keynote speaker, Finnish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari.
In her opening remarks at the Ministerial, Secretary Clinton said: "Protecting and assisting refugees is among my government's highest humanitarian priorities." UNHCR is the United States' largest humanitarian partner on refugees and stateless populations, and our government contributed over $698 million to UNHCR in fiscal year 2011.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration David Robinson attended as the head the U.S. delegation and delivered a comprehensive set of pledges to take specific actions to improve protection and assistance for refugees and stateless persons. Formulation of the U.S. pledges was an inter-agency effort, with input from the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department Health and Human Services. Pledges covered a number of areas: asylum and detention, vulnerable populations (children, women, Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT), urban refugees), refugee resettlement, and statelessness.
For example, we pledged to provide ongoing, comprehensive training to all immigration judges and members of the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals and their legal staff on refugee law -- for example to improve the adjudication of asylum claims -- and to undertake a new multi-year "twinning" program with Uruguay and Bulgaria to strengthen global refugee resettlement worldwide. A twinning program is partnership activity that aims to encourage a country that has not traditionally resettled large numbers of refugees to develop or strengthen its resettlement program. We also pledged to assist UNHCR with the deployment of eight trained staff to assist in efforts to conduct more systematized Best Interest Determinations. These are assessments that UNHCR makes for children under UNHCR's concern -- unaccompanied minor refugee children, for example -- to ensure that the child's best interest and needs are always the primary consideration, for example, ensuring the child's physical safety, providing temporary care, or facilitating the return of the child to family.
We are party to the Refugee Convention's 1967 Protocol, which recognizes refugees' rights and sets out the obligations of signatory states. Although we are not a signatory to the Statelessness Convention (primarily due to the fact that the Statelessness Convention does not allow an individual to voluntarily renounce his or her citizenship of a country unless he or she is also a citizen of another country, while our national citizenship laws do allow such voluntary renunciation), we have been very proactive both diplomatically and financially in helping to prevent and resolve statelessness around the world. For instance, the United States has launched an initiative to combat discrimination against women in nationality laws. At least 30 countries prevent women from acquiring, retaining, or transmitting citizenship to their children or their foreign spouses. According to the UNHCR, as many as 12 million people around the world are not recognized as citizens by any state.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres noted that despite the enormous increase in the number of people displaced around the world, the difficult financial situation facing many countries, and increasing xenophobic sentiments around the world, the Ministerial had a very positive story to tell: continued strong commitment to the plight of stateless persons, refugees and other displaced persons. There was a renewed commitment to international solidarity and burden-sharing, including real acknowledgment by the international community of the important contributions made by host countries, as well as acknowledgment that we must collectively begin discussing the new challenges of forced displacement. The "quantum leap" made during these two days was on the protection of stateless persons. Seven countries ratified one or both the Statelessness and Refugee conventions in the lead up to the Ministerial. There were 20 more commitments made by states to take steps toward ratifying at least one of the two conventions, and 25 states pledged to improve the protection of stateless persons in their territories.
At Secretary Clinton said at the opening of the event, "If we do what is necessary today, we can alleviate a lot of suffering."Learn more about refugees and statelessness by joining the conversation on the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration's Facebook page.
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'Up and doing' in a few words is my discription of a responsible government, as it is the attribute that characterizes the American government, as demostrated by The US state department, that shows its commitment not to the Americans but to all people of the world. I like to commend the effort of the US government in supporting UNHCR, we appreciate your concern for the protection and assitanting the world refugees.
Jun B. in Indonesia writes:
Mrs.Clinton said :"If we do what is necessary today,we can alleviate a lot of suffering". So,please do what is necessary today Mam, so you can alleviate 22,000 DV 2012 Winners suffering.Thank you.
Lucian D. in Illinois writes:
Dear Ms. Clinton,
I am writing in behalf of many Romanians citizens that are forced by actual non democratic regime to suffer and live in inferior standard conditions. The president is a new rising dictator who wants to chance the constitution and cut any democratic rules in the country. This is unacceptable for many of us. EU is unable to see what is going on in this country and stop the dictatorial regime. Please Ms. Clinton save democracy in Romania and condemn this new dictatorial regime. Thank You
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
"...vulnerable populations (children, women, Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT), urban refugees)..."
What about the other vulnerable people, such as welfare cheats, people with hideous and loathesome diseases, criminals and the criminally insane including psychopaths and sociopaths, car thieves, bank robbers, and the occasional terrorist who can't find government employment? None of those are wanted in any country yet all of these are in the mix of refugees.
Xenophobia, as with homophobia, is a natural response which often arises from bad experience with a specific behavior or group of people.
Calling it "Xenophobia" is one way to twist the language - instead of saying there is a choice and choices have to be made about which people are allowed to enter a country.
The opposite of "Xenophobia" would be anarchy when anyone and everyone can just cross into another country, en masse or individually, without qualification or even observation.


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Ducks rally past Capitals for ninth straight winby Adam Vingan
WASHINGTON -- The League-leading Anaheim Ducks have been unflappable during their franchise-record nine-game winning streak. They kept their poise again Monday night after trailing the Washington Capitals by two goals before the game was 15 minutes old.
Andrew Cogliano scored late in the first period, Saku Koivu tied the game in the final half-minute of the second and rookie Hampus Lindholm got the winner with 5:36 left in regulation for a 3-2 victory that provided coach Bruce Boudreau with a triumphant return to Verizon Center in his first trip back since being fired by the Capitals two years ago.
"I thought our guys were really good after the first 10 minutes," Boudreau said. "I think they were trying hard for the guys that were in Washington, and [Ducks assistant coach and former Capitals assistant coach] Bob [Woods] and myself, and I think they were a little nervous in the beginning, but once we got our legs going, I thought we shut them down pretty good."
It was the second time in as many games that the Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit; they trailed 3-1 after two periods against the New York Islanders on Saturday but rallied for a 5-3 victory.
Jonas Hiller made 17 saves for Anaheim, allowing first-period goals to Mikhail Grabovski and Nicklas Backstrom before shutting down Washington the rest of the way.
"That's our success right now," Hiller said. "We don't look back. We don't stop playing our game even if we're down a goal, two goals."
Lindholm's wrist shot through heavy traffic beat goaltender Philipp Grubauer for the 19-year-old rookie's third goal of the season.
"The puck just bounced right to the middle, and I get the puck on my stick, and I just tried to make a quick move forward so I could get it to the net and I saw it went in," Lindholm said. "It's a very good feeling. It's a huge goal and it's fun for Bruce and those guys to win against their old team, so it's just a blast."
Anaheim (27-7-5) leads the NHL with 59 points, one more than the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Capitals, 1-2-1 in their past four games, opened the scoring with a transition play that began with a deft indirect pass off the wall by Eric Fehr to spring Grabovski, who entered the offensive zone with speed and got behind the Ducks defense. Grabovski dropped the puck to Troy Brouwer, who sent a quick pass back to Grabovski for a tip-in on the give-and-go.
Backstrom extended Washington's lead to 2-0 on the power play at 11:37. With Koivu in the penalty box for the second time for hooking, John Carlson collected Brouwer's faceoff win and found Backstrom near the half-wall. Backstrom surveyed his options before skating into the right circle and snapping a shot that ricocheted off the right post and into the net for his ninth goal of the season.
Anaheim responded at 17:15 when Cogliano scored off a scramble in front of Grubauer. Lindholm's wrist shot went wide of the net. Cogliano fetched the puck and fed to Koivu, whose shot also went wide. But Cogliano was able to wrap around the net undetected, corral Koivu's attempt and throw a sharp-angled backhander past Grubauer to make it 2-1.
The Ducks controlled the play through most of the second period, outshooting the Capitals, who spent 6:34 on the penalty kill, by 11-4. Koivu, set up by an end-to-end rush by defenseman Ben Lovejoy, tied the game at 2-2 with 27 seconds left in the period. Lovejoy carried the puck from the Ducks' blue line below the Capitals' goal line, holding off Dmitry Orlov as he rounded the corner to slide a one-handed pass to Koivu in front.
It was the second time in as many games that the Capitals (19-14-4) lost after leading by two goals. They led the New Jersey Devils 3-1 and 4-2 on Saturday but lost 5-4 in overtime.
"It's not acceptable at all, I think, and it's something we have to look at ourselves in the mirror and make sure we all do a better job," Backstrom said. "I mean, this is not good enough, that's for sure."
Washington had 11 shots on goal in the first period but totaled eight in the final two periods -- not including Alex Ovechkin's wrister that he thought tied the game with 3:09 remaining. Ovechkin's shot rang off the crossbar and landed behind Hiller but did not cross the goal line as the referee immediately signaled no goal even as the goal siren sounded. The no-goal call was upheld by video review.
"I saw the one replay they showed [on the scoreboard], and it looked like it was in on that one, but at the same time, looking at the crossbar, you can still see the mark kind of outside of the crossbar, so I was pretty sure it wasn't a goal," Hiller said. "In the end, it's not on me to call, but it was definitely nice to get that break, and I think, in the end, if you work hard, you deserve those kinds of breaks going your way. And I think that's what we did, especially in the third [period]."
The Ducks, who've played 24 of their 39 games on the road, are off until the Phoenix Coyotes come to Honda Center on Saturday night. The Capitals host the New York Rangers on Friday.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Winning at home is a given. It's what the Indiana Pacers are supposed to do when facing a lower-seeded opponent in the playoffs. Bullying said opponent is always a good thing, too, especially when you are trying to shift the pressure back on the Atlanta Hawks the way the Pacers did with their 106-83 Game 5 beat down of the Hawks Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
But now comes the real challenge for the Pacers, armed with a 3-2 lead and the chance to end this series in Game 6 Friday night in Atlanta.
Do it again.
Be the bully.
Impose your will.
But, do it away from home this time.
Do it in Atlanta, where you haven't won since 2006. Snuff out that 13-game losing streak on the Hawks' home floor. Make those of us who are still skeptical of the Pacers' Eastern Conference contender status believers.
It's easy to play the tough role at home. Both of these teams have done that through five games. If you want to be taken seriously, though, you're going to have to make a statement on the road at some point. If you don't believe that, ask the Memphis Grizzlies (who used a huge road win in Los Angeles Tuesday night to take control of their first-round series against the Clippers).
Pacers' big man and unquestioned leader David West understands what needs to be done. He showed as much in Game 5 with a much-needed breakout performance (24 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the floor). For all the things All-Star swingman Paul George can do to take over a game, the Pacers need a show of force to get past the Hawks and move on to whatever challenges await them in the conference semifinals.
West instigated things in Game 5 and his teammates followed. George finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Roy Hibbert with 18 and nine and Lance Stephenson 12 rebounds as the Pacers outmuscled the Hawks on the boards 51-28. West finally backed up his barking with the production and the Pacers reaffirmed their control in this series. Now they have to take this show on the road.
"I just wanted to come out and be aggressive, take a couple of jump shots and get our guys going and get our flow," West said. "We looked at the film [from Games 3 and 4 in Atlanta] and we left about 30 to 40 points on the board down there just not concentrating on our finishes. We didn't give up that four or five minutes stretch we gave up in the two games at their place where they were able to extend the lead and make us fight uphill the rest of the way. It's more about us, we were just a little bit more focused, we've had a couple of fiery film sessions and really, really challenged guys to own up and I thought guys did a good job responding to that. We were the initiators and not so much reacting to what they were doing."
The Pacers earned the clear advantage in Game 5 with a show of physical force, one that caused the Hawks to melt down with Josh Smith, Jeff Teague and Ivan Johnson earning technical fouls, causing coach Larry Drew to chide his team afterwards for losing their composure and not playing smart.
It had nothing to do with the Pacers' scheme or their analytics. It had to do with Pacers' coach FrankVogel's favorite word, "disposition."
Improved disposition on both ends of the floor by the Pacers, the better team by basically every measure, have to find a way to do what they did in Game 5 in Game 6 Friday night at Philips Arena.
Vogel disagrees, of course. He's still clinging to the notion that this is tactical battle instead of an emotional test of wills.
"It's just about how we're playing in that building versus this building," Vogel said. "I think there has been a series of moves in this series where you play a game and something works or doesn't work and you make an adjustment. Their adjustments down there, give Drew credit, changed the momentum. Hopefully, we changed it back into our momentum and hopefully we can get game 6."
West knows better. You lose 14 straight games in Atlanta and the pressure shifts right back on the home team for Game 7. The skeptics come roaring back into the picture, questioning the Pacers' mettle.
A legitimate contender, the sort of big-time outfit the Pacers' paper profile suggests they are, finds a way to end this series in six.
"We just have to fight," West said. "We can't have those spells where we're on somebody else's floor, where we for four to six minutes we are turning the ball over and giving them extra opportunities. We've got to to be able to go in there and handle that environment and control the basketball game. Go inside, set the tone defensively and let the chips fall where they may after that."


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I gave the profession youth, health, energy, enthusiasm, adequate training, a lifelong devotion, and an unquenchable zest for living. The profession has given me an abundant livelihood, the opportunity to help others, and outlet for my unlimited energy, adventure, travel, association with interesting people, and often a sustenance that was not only material, but also spiritual.Leonie von Zesch, circa 1940. Photo courtesy of The Jane G. Troutman Family Trust.
DDS 1902 College of Physicians and Surgeons, San Francisco
For Leonie von Zesch, the world beckoned, and it would do so throughout her eventful life. In a male-centered culture she was cheerfully persistent, finding opportunities where none existed and discovering ways to get around the roadblocks in her way. She craved adventure and wherever she went—even on vacation—she found people in need of dental care. Often these "temporary" offices of a few weeks or months extended into years as she treated patients in Texas, Arizona, California and Alaska.
A Confident Young Dentist
Leonie von Zesch obtained a dental degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1902. She felt lucky to find a dentist to take her on as an assistant, but he required her to work 13 or more hours a day, six days a week.
Moving Up
Her second employer gave von Zesch her own room and shared his assistant, a much more satisfactory arrangement. Von Zesch and her assistant are pictured above with a patient.
Von Zesch's office was destroyed by the fire that followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. When she discovered the Army was setting up a refugee camp at the Presidio Army base, she offered to perform dentistry for the displaced. She was provided with a tent and became the first, and only, paid U.S. Army woman dentist until 1951.
Great Publicity
After a few months of emergency dental work for earthquake refugees, the Board of Health decided to replace von Zesch with a male dentist. Fortunately, she had friends in high places that influenced the Board to reinstate her. She kept her job until the relief effort was completed.
Why Not the Navy?
The return of the Navy's Great White Fleet from its round-the-world tour in 1908 provided von Zesch with another opportunity. Each ship held more than 1,000 seamen, and there were many ships. She organized a group of dentists and laboratories to provide dental care. To disguise her gender, she had checks made out to male colleagues. Ultimately, the Navy brass learned of her sex and she was replaced by male dentists.
Some Vacation!
In 1915, during a visit to her sister in Cordova, Alaska, von Zesch was asked to take over the local dentist's practice while he went on vacation. The idea was tempting, "for after all, my profession was not only a health service but also my means of earning a livelihood. And here was a field for abundant earning." Von Zesch ended up working in Alaska for over 15 years, becoming the state's first female dentist.
A Means of Transportation
During the Alaskan winter, von Zesch travelled by dog team to outlying villages. One time her dog team broke though the ice. Defying common sense and to the horror of her guide, von Zesch crawled forward on thin ice and managed to rescue the drowning dogs.
A Near Disaster
Von Zesch and her assistant, Mrs. Cheney, travelled by dog sled to schools and Catholic missions to give dental care to Inuit children. On one trip, they headed home just as the ice was melting. Only luck and a daring rescue saved them and their dogs from drowning.
A Slight Deception
In 1933, von Zesch discovered the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in California's mountains and saw another opportunity. In four years she helped more than 4,000 boys. Because CCC authorities would not have approved a woman dentist, she signed her vouchers L. von Zesch. When discovered, she was replaced because she was a woman. This group of CCC boys worked in Lassen National Forest, California.
Wanted, Woman Dentist
In her later years, von Zesch took a position as prison dentist for the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi. She said, "for once in my whole professional career, it stood me in good stead to be a woman." Von Zesch trained several dental assistants from among the prisoners; one of her best was a murderer.
A Typical Prisoner
Von Zesch enjoyed caring for the prisoners. Despite what people thought, the women were pleasant and often charming. Roberta Hall was a forger but became a writer and poet while in prison.
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To learn more about von Zesch, read her autobiography Leonie: A Woman Ahead of Her Time.
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Rex Ryan spent most of the season defending Mark Sanchez. On Sunday, he couldn't ignore his quarterback's struggles any longer.
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The New York Jets coach yanked an ineffective Sanchez midway through the third quarter against the Arizona Cardinals. With Tim Tebow injured and inactive, Greg McElroy received the first opportunity of his NFL career.
McElroy responded, leading the Jets to a go-ahead touchdown in his first possession, followed by a clock-consuming drive in the fourth quarter to close out a 7-6 win at MetLife Stadium.
"I just felt that at that time I thought I needed to make a change, and that's why I made it," Ryan explained. "I'll always do what I think in the best interest of the team and trying to find ways to win. At that time, I thought it was time to make a change."
The win keeps the 5-7 Jets' slim playoff hopes alive, but this game will be remembered for the possible end of the Sanchez era in New York. The fourth-year starter completed just 10 of 21 passes for 97 yards with three interceptions before being pulled, drawing loud cheers from a sparse but frustrated crowd. The Jets didn't score with Sanchez under center, though Nick Folk missed two first-half field-goal attempts.
McElroy took over and promptly led the Jets on a 10-play, 53-yard drive punctuated by his 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeff Cumberland. McElroy celebrated with teammates in the end zone, then called for the ball, which already had been tossed into the stands. It was thrown back to him, a keepsake for the young quarterback.
Let's not get it twisted: McElroy didn't power the Jets to victory here. He finished 5-of-7 passing for 29 yards as the Jets leaned hard on a running game that finished with 177 yards. But there's no denying that McElroy provided a spark that was absent under Sanchez.
Which all leads to the obvious question: Will McElroy start next week against the Jacksonville Jaguars?
"I'll let you guys know who's going to be the quarterback when I'm ready to," Ryan said, "but right now we'll look at our situation and evaluate it as the week goes on."
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It was a predictable answer, but one Ryan had to give out of respect to the quarterback who once helped him reach back-to-back AFC Championship Games. ESPN New York reported that Ryan had his arm around Sanchez at his locker after the game.
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AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry, on a trip to Israel that has fanned talk that he'll run for president in 2016, talked up a planned Texas A&M branch in Nazareth as a boon to peace in the region on a conference call with reporters Wednesday.
"We want to see the Nazareth branch as a means to obviously move the peace process forward, and build understanding between cultures," said Perry after announcing the proposed international branch of Texas A&M with Israel's president, Shimon Peres, and other officials at Peres' home.
Perry said he is engaged in a "grassroots effort" to give people of different religions and cultures a chance to be on the same campus.
"I think that's the real exciting part, that's the real beauty of what Texas A&M is putting forward, is this campus where Muslims and Jews and Christians have the opportunity to study together," Perry said. "I think we're all agreed there may be disagreement on the Palestinian situation, but I think we can all agree on the fact that when we study together, when we do business together, our opportunities to live peacefully together are substantially increased."
Texas A&M also has an engineering school in Qatar.
Private dollars need to be raised to fund the project, which also requires statutory changes in Israel, so it's "still a little ways down the road before any dollars will be flowing," Perry said. But he said. It's a "very, very real" opportunity for benefits to Israel and Texas.
Perry and his wife, Anita, left last week for a trip that included a stop in London before heading to Israel, where Perry's activities also included speaking at a water conference.
Perry took only four questions on the conference call, including one from Cahnman's Musings about a verse in the Bible promising blessings to those who bless Israel, and his thoughts about whether Texas could expect blessings.
"Well, I'm all about accepting all the blessings I can get from the Lord, so that's all good," Perry said. "It is a fascinating place to visit historically and religiously, and so to be able to assist a country that our faith is very much intertwined with is very satisfying."
Perry wasn't asked about his presidential ambitions or his earlier comment, in response to a question from the Washington Times about U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (also talked up as a potential 2016 presidential contender).
The Washington Times reported that Perry – when asked whether his admirers and government officials in London or Jerusalem had talked about Cruz being the face of the United States and of Republicans – Perry responded, "No one has come up to me and even said the word 'Cruz' — no, not once did I hear that."


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PHILADELPHIA — Andrew Bynum will have arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove debris from both knees and will miss the remainder of a season he hasn't played in anyway, the Philadelphia 76ers announced Monday.
"After many months of rehabilitation and consulting with numerous doctors, Andrew and the doctors treating him determined that this is the best course of action at this point," Sixers general manager Tony DiLeo said in a press release. "We will continue to monitor and evaluate his status moving forward."
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Bynum's longtime orthopedist, Dr. David Altchek of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, will perform the surgery. The primary focus of the procedure is to clean out loose bodies from the joints in an attempt to alleviate pain and swelling, according to the Sixers.
Bynum was originally diagnosed with a bone bruise in his right knee in September, a month after the Sixers acquired him from the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster four-team trade in August. The Sixers nevertheless expected Bynum to be ready to play in the season opener, but as the season progressed, the team and player repeatedly delayed the date of his expected debut. Bynum was diagnosed with a "mirror issue" in his left knee in November, when a piece of cartilage broke loose and his joint swelled after going bowling.
Bynum is making $16.9 million this season and will become an unrestricted free agent in July. He's been hoping to land a long-term deal and nine-figure pay day.
"Well, no one anticipated that this would happen, that Bynum wouldn't be able to play any — so far he hasn't played any games," Sixers President Rod Thorn said March 13. "No one was anticipating that. We were hopeful that he might be able to play when the season started, then it's been a series of things and he hasn't been able to play. That's been tough. We've got a bunch of good shooters that would have fit, I think, pretty well around him."
The Sixers, hopeful that Bynum's acquisition would fuel a potential championship run after the team advanced to the second round of the playoffs last season, have instead staggered to a 25-40 record, excluding Monday night's result against Portland. They play 12 of their final 16 games on the road, and are well out of the playoff picture.
The Sixers acquired Bynum as part of a four-team trade in August that sent Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Philadelphia dealt All-Star swingman Andre Iguodala, first-round draft picks Nik Vucevic and Moe Harkless and a protected future first-round pick in order to land Bynum and forward Jason Richardson, who started 33 games this season before also requiring season-ending knee surgery.
DiLeo and Sixers co-owner and CEO Adam Aron have said that four doctors reviewed Bynum's medical history and approved the trade. Aron has also said that six doctors have actively treated Bynum throughout the season.
The last time 7-foot, 300-pound Bynum spoke to the media, on March 1, he said that his right knee continued to swell a week after taking part in his first and only practice of the season on Feb. 22 and that he was no longer confident he'd play for the Sixers this season. He'd been visiting doctors and considering surgery ever since.
Bynum said there's no surgical procedure available guaranteed to repair his knees to the level where he could return to the court and that he doesn't want to play in pain.
"I think I'll be able to play in some form or fashion in the future," Bynum said on March 1. "I think they are getting close with things to do for articular cartilage. They just grew cartilage in a Petri dish, so I think science is looking at it, doctors are looking at it and this is a serious problem and they're going to come up with something."
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Jason Wolf writes for The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal.