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Time is not on the side of the Buffalo Sabres. When Terry Pegula bought the team just a season and a half ago, he put the team and the city on notice that he was in this to win the Stanley Cup, and do it in three years.
It would have been real easy for the organization last year to blow it all up, and realize that the path of least resistance to the Stanley Cup was not with the current roster of NHL players and prospects, but they stuck to their guns and leaned on the injury line for most of the season.
While that may not have sat well with fans, they stuck to their guns. Heading into the 2012-2013 season, the Buffalo Sabres are a very young team, filled with mostly unproven talent.
The list of new additions starts with young center Cody Hodgson. Yes, he was on the team since the trade deadline move that brought him to Buffalo from the Vancouver Canucks, but he rarely played in Buffalo, and was never able to truly settle into his new home. With an off season under his belt – the center could grow and mature into the pivot man the Buffalo Sabres are searching for.
Beyond Hodgson- the hopes of center ice are directly linked the growth and development of Zemgus Girgensons and Mikhail Grigorenko. I cringed on draft day when the announcement was made that the Buffalo Sabres selected Grigorenko with the 12th overall selection in the 2012 NHL Entry draft. It is likely that the young center could be in the KHL – the fears of many fans of the Blue and Gold – if the NHL locks its players out. A lockout move for Grigorenko would not be a permanent move, as the young center wants to play in the NHL, and he wouldn't be the only one heading to the KHL to get some ice time until a deal was made. Grigorenko cannot play in the AHL because of his age, so its either back to the "Q" or to Russia with love.
Girgensons can start in the AHL, and will be joined by the likes of Marcus Foligno, Corey Tropp, Brayden McNabb, T.J. Brennan, Mark Pysyk and Jerome Gauthier-Leduc. The Rochester Americans may be a source of great hockey and begin the tradition of winning that is so missed in the Buffalo Sabres organization.
With six Calder Cups to their credit, the last time the AHL Championship crown was brought to Rochester for a coronation was the 1995-1996 season. The Amerks squad played with the likes of Dixon Ward, Brian Holzinger, Jason Dawe, Jay Mckee, Steve Sheilds and company. The winning formula did not transfer from red, white, and blue to black, white, and red.
If the NHL locks out it's players for any length of time, the Rochester Americans will instantly be infused with a higher level of talent than they would have normally started the season with, as guys such as Foligno, Tropp, McNabb and others would be looking for a full roster spot in the bigs this year if they could impress at training camp. While the 1995-1996 Rochester Americans could repeat championship magic when they made it to the bigs, continued positive drafting by the Buffalo Sabres could spell long term success for the Amerks, and in turn long term success for the Buffalo Sabres.
Don't get me wrong, I am not hoping for a lock out solely because then the Rochester Americans might be good, lets not forget that while we would flood our AHL franchise with some NHL ready talent, so will 29 other NHL teams that have an AHL affiliate. What a lockout does give the Buffalo Sabres is the ability to get their prospects on the ice for professional level hockey, playing the game at a higher level, with the hopes that once the ink drys on a new collective bargaining agreement, those fringe players the Buffalo Sabres need are ready to compete at the NHL.

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health problem in the US. Yet research is sorely lacking that can generate population based estimates of TBI in prisons. Estimates of prevalence of TBI in male prisoners from non population based samples range from 25% to 100%. [1 7] One study of female prisoners estimated a 42% prevalence of TBI. [8] We propose to conduct a population based retrospective cohort study in South Carolina prisons that will 1) provide interval estimates of prevalence rates of TBI, substance abuse, and violence among representative samples of male and female prisoners; 2) quantify the association between history of TBI, substance abuse, and violence and estimate the impact of this association on community integration and recidivism, and 3) investigate the feasibility of conducting routine screening for TBI in prisons by measuring the predictive value positive (PVP) of a new TBI screening tool. This proposed study will identify 292 male prisoners and 292 female prisoners who will participate in in person interviews shortly before prison release. After entering the community, they will be followed for approximately two years to identify risk factors for recidivism. To help ensure the prevalence estimates, a second cohort of 50 prisoners (25 males and 25 females) will be interviewed. The survey instrument will measure history of TBI, substance abuse, violence, and other potential confounders. The unifying hypothesis guiding the study is that prisoners who report a history of TBI have a higher rate of recidivism mediated by substance abuse and/or violence. This study is intended to provide a clearer understanding of the outcomes of TBI among prisoners and an accurate population based estimate of the association between TBI, substance abuse, and violence in prisons. This information can assist in providing statewide public health services. Of particular importance is the opportunity this study accords to refine the measures of TBI for correctional settings so they can be useful to inform decision making for corrections and public health. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Research Triangle Institute will conduct the study activities. Overall study findings will be disseminated through reports and scientific publications to inform corrections and policymakers.
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Have you ever thought about what your name means and how it suits you? It is that time again, my birthday! So I thought I would make something that is me! Karla means strong or womanly strength which I do believe describes me well! So a combination of a few of my favorites, gunmetal, turquoise and asymmetry! Hand beaded Czech Glass chain and other Czech glass beads in turquoise combined with the heavy gunmetal chain makes a strong statement!
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Using two pairs of chain nose pliers, open a jump ring and slip the ends of the Czech Glass Chain and the Gunmetal Chain onto it and close.
Open another jump ring and add it to the jump ring containing the chains and add the loop part of the toggle clasp and close.
Add another jump ring to the free ends of the chains.
Since we are going to bead into this end, add a gunmetal split to the last jump ring.
Cut a piece of beading wire 12" in length and crimp one end into the split ring added above, using the Magical Crimp Forming tool.
String the following: rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle, wavy square, rondelle, gm round, rondelle.
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For it to be Karla...wear it asymmetrically with the toggle at the side!
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The current i-mode data transmission speed is just 9.6Kbps, but in spring 2001 NTT DoCoMo will introduce its next-generation mobile system, based on wideband CDMA (W-CDMA), that can support speeds of 384Kbps or faster, making mobile multimedia possible.
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Training and Technical Assistance Center for Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration
(Short Title: TTA-PBHCI)
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Request for Applications (RFA) No. SM-10-011
Posting on Grants.gov: May 14, 2010
Original Receipt date: June 17, 2010
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Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243
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Applications are due by June 17, 2010
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Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their State(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2010 for the Training and Technical Assistance Center for Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (TTA-PBHCI) cooperative agreement. The purpose of this program, which is jointly funded by SAMHSA and HRSA, is to serve as a national training and technical assistance center on the bidirectional integration of primary and behavioral health care and related workforce development. SAMHSA is collaborating with HRSA on the TTA-PBHCI to support the mutual goal of promoting integrated primary and behavioral health care services across the health care delivery system. For the purposes of this announcement, "behavioral health care" includes mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders treatment and recovery support services. The TTA-PBHCI will provide an array of training and technical assistance services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of work to achieve the bidirectional integration of primary and behavioral health care. As a national resource, the TTA-PBHCI will provide technical assistance to grantees in SAMHSA's Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) program and entities funded through HRSA to address the health care needs of individuals with mental illnesses, substance use and co-occurring disorders, including individuals seen in Health Centers funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
Through this coordinated effort, the TTA-PBHCI will:
The TTA-PBHCI's overall goal is to promote the planning and development of integrated primary and behavioral health care for those with serious mental illness (SMI), addiction disorders and/or individuals with SMI and a co-occurring substance use disorder, whether seen in specialty mental health or primary care safety net provider settings across the country. It will address primary care-behavioral health care through a "no-wrong door" approach because individuals with mental health and/or substance abuse treatment needs, including individuals with SMI, often seek care in primary care settings to address their health care needs. The "No-wrong door" approach recognizes that access to physical health/behavioral health care services and effective referral arrangements for those living with a mental illnesses and/or addictions must happen in all health care settings, including primary care.
The TTA-PBHCI will support grantees funded through the PBHCI grant program in the coordination and integration of primary care services into publicly funded community mental health and other community-based behavioral health settings. The training and technical assistance will help grantees address the disproportionate rates of early mortality among people with serious mental illnesses by making available routine primary care in community mental health and other community-based behavioral health settings. SAMHSA expects that people with serious mental disorders will show improvement in their physical health status as a result of this program and that others with mental health and substance abuse service needs will be properly screened, provided appropriate brief interventions and/or referred to more extensive treatment/services if needed. The TTA-PBHCI will support SAMHSA's Pledge for Wellness 10 by 10 Campaign to promote wellness for people with mental illnesses and reduce early mortality by 10 years over the next 10 year time period. The TTA-PBHCI will also serve the crucial function of supporting grantees and the field in understanding how health reform legislation and regulations will impact the scope, delivery and financing of integrated primary and behavioral healthcare programs. It is likely these reforms will require provider agencies to have better infrastructure and be prepared to collect and report data that substantiates that appropriate integrated care is being delivered and that it is producing high quality and cost effective outcomes.
Much of the work in the workforce development field focuses on integration of behavioral health into primary care settings, but there is less known about integration of primary care into behavioral health settings or ways to promote peer support as a valuable component of behavioral health service delivery. In addition to the support for the grantees funded by SAMHSA and HRSA, the TTA-PBHCI grant will be a training resource for those in the behavioral health and primary care service fields involved with organizing, delivering and sustaining effective integrated primary care screening, assessment, treatment, and referral services.
SAMHSA has demonstrated that prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce health care and other costs to society. Continued improvement in the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services provides a cost effective opportunity to advance and protect the Nation's health. To continue to improve the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services, SAMHSA has identified ten Strategic Initiatives to focus the Agency's work on people and emerging opportunities. More information is available at the SAMHSA website: http://www.samhsa.gov/About/strategy.aspx.
Applications responsive to this Request for Application must implement evidence-based or best practices that will create or expand capacity to address the following Strategic Initiative:
Behavioral Health Workforce - In Primary and Specialty Care Settings
Provide a coordinated approach to address workforce development issues affecting the behavioral health and general health service delivery community to promote the integration of services and the training and use of behavioral health screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment in primary care settings.
Behavioral Health Workforce - In Primary and Specialty Care Settings
Provide a coordinated approach to address workforce development issues affecting the behavioral health and general health service delivery community to promote the integration of services and the training and use of behavioral health screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment in primary care settings.
As of February 2009, approximately 1.89 million men and women have been deployed to serve in support of overseas contingency operations, including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Individuals returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk for suffering post-traumatic stress and other related disorders. Experts estimate that up to one-third of returning veterans will need mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and related services. In addition, the family members of returning veterans have an increased need for related support services. To address these concerns, SAMHSA strongly encourages all applicants to consider the unique needs of military personnel including active duty, veterans, National Guard, and their families in developing their proposed project.
SAMHSA anticipates that supplemental funds may be available periodically to support and enhance grant activities. Bidirectional integration of primary and behavioral health care is a key priority of SAMHSA. To address this issue SAMHSA may provide supplemental awards in FY 2010 to the TTA-PBHCI grantee that applies for a supplement not to exceed $3,600,000 per year for up to 4 years to support a coordinated approach that addresses workforce development issues affecting the behavioral health service delivery community and promote the training and use of behavioral health screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment in primary care settings.
Under this program, the grantee will receive two separate awards: HRSA will fund training and technical assistance for their community health centers and SAMHSA will fund training and technical assistance for the PBHCI grantees and a national technical assistance resource for the general public. The grantee will be required to submit separate documentation to HRSA for their Grants Management System and adhere to their statutory authority requirements.
The TTA-PBHCI cooperative agreement is authorized under Section 520A (SAMHSA) and 330(1) (HRSA) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus areas 18 (Mental Health and Mental Disorders) and 26 (Substance Abuse).
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. For example, State and local governments, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, public or private universities and colleges; and community- and faith-based organizations may apply. Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN Tribe; any legally established organization of American Indians/Alaska Natives which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval.
Applications are encouraged from national entities with experience in the provision of training and technical assistance in the area of primary care and behavioral health integration for those with serious mental illness (SMI) and those with SMI and co-occurring substance use disorders, particularly with regards to involvement at the community level across the 50 states. Joint applications from behavioral health and primary care training and technical assistance entities are strongly encouraged.
The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for-profit agencies.
Proposed budgets cannot exceed $1,750,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Applicants are required to submit three separate budgets to indicate how funds from SAMHSA ($1,400,000), funds from HRSA ($350,000), and funds from the Supplement - Expansion and Enhancement of the TTA-PBHCI Program (up to $3,600,000) will be used in the project's implementation. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.
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ASSE Practice Specialty Interview with Bruce Main
In this interview, Bruce Main, President of design safety engineering, inc. (dse) and member of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) B155.1 Standard Committee, discusses the standard, "Safety Requirements for Packaging Machinery and Packaging-Related Converting Machinery" (ANSI/PMMI B155.1-2006), and explains his predictions for how the revised standard will impact the manufacturing industry and the overall safety, health and environmental (SH&E) profession.
Please provide a brief description of your responsibilities as a member of the PMMI B155.1 Standard Committee.
I am a member of the PMMI B155.1 Standard Committee. The Secretary and Technical Director Fred Hayes and I had discussed ways to improve safety through design for machinery and how to develop a document that machinery manufacturers could use to build safer machines. At its first meeting, the B155.1 committee discussed options for improving the standard. The committee agreed that the risk assessment process should be used for the underlying structure of the document. I wrote the draft document that the committee used as a starting point. I started with the 2000 revision of B155.1 and added elements from several B11 machine tool standards and from other standards specifically related to machine safety. I then added the risk assessment process to the document. I also lifted content from ISO 1200 Parts 1 and 2 (safety of machinery) as well as from ISO 14121 (risk assessment) and rewrote that content in performance language. After a couple of revisions to get the document ready, it became the draft structure for the revision. The committee then worked to modify the language.
It is a substantial revision. The 2000 version mentioned hazard identification and risk assessment, but it did not give detailed instructions on how to do that, which was quite consistent with the state of the art at that time. The current revision of B155.1 presents an integrated risk assessment process so that readers know what they are required do to build and use safer packaging machinery.
One of the newer provisions of B155.1 is that it does not limit technology. It provides criteria to help suppliers and users of packaging machinery reduce risk to an acceptable level. If a machinery manufacturer or user develops a new solution to a problem using new technology not considered in the standard and can demonstrate that risk has been reduced to an acceptable level, you are good to go.
One of the more challenging themes we addressed was the global market for packaging machinery. PMMI is a global organization and addresses worldwide concerns. Packaging machinery manufacturers sell machinery in many countries, and they would prefer to be able to build to one standard and ship the machine anywhere. Similarly, the companies that use the machinery operate in many countries and often wish to ship machinery from one country to another. That became a theme for the committee: "Build to one standard, ship anywhere."
We were writing in new territory. Clause 4 discusses the responsibilities of integrators, suppliers and end users because these groups wanted the clause to specifically delineate which party is responsible for safety concerns during the machinery lifecycle. We also wanted to create a document that reflects how machinery is designed, installed, maintained and used in the real world. We did not want a theoretical document with little practical use that did not address real safety problems.
We also wanted to make sure that end users found the standard's language clear and easy to use and understand. Thus, the committee tried to write the requirements as clearly and simply as possible.
How has your experience with the Machine Tool Safety Standards Committee (ANSI B11) helped you as a member of the B155.1 Standard Committee? Did you find this experience valuable during the B155.1 standard revision process?
Yes, it was extremely valuable. I learned to formalize task-based risk assessment through my work with B11 TR3, which was published in 2000. I am currently the ASSE delegate to the B11 Accredited Standards Committee, thus I have witnessed the challenges in standards development that committees must manage. I am also a technical expert to the U.S. delegation revising the ISO 14121 standard on risk assessment. These experiences helped me better understand the constraints and opportunities of standards development. It takes a significant logistical and technical effort to keep things on track. In B11, I saw how problems manifested and how subcommittees worked together to solve these conflicts and to arrive at consensus. Understanding how subcommittees write text on similar themes helped me in my experience with the B155.1 standard.
Another benefit was the emphasis on end-user clarity. In B11, we place a great emphasis on ease of use and clear language. In B155.1, we wanted to make it easy for the average end user to understand the language and intent of the standard.
How do you predict the revised B155.1 standard will impact the manufacturing industry and the overall SH&E profession in the long term?
B155.1 applies to both suppliers and users of packaging machinery, thus it will touch many people. In terms of the SH&E profession, I think it will serve as a template for how to integrate safety in the design process and for demonstrating the value of risk assessment. When you conduct risk assessment early in the design process, you have much greater opportunity to reduce risk through design changes and engineering controls rather than through administrative or behavioral measures. The risk assessment process in B155.1 also provides a good mechanism for communication between engineers, safety practitioners and front-line workers. Engineers often are skilled in developing creative risk reduction solutions to known hazards. Safety practitioners are often skilled at identifying hazards. Operators and maintenance personnel know the tasks they perform better than anyone else and often have a very good appreciation for how systems could be improved to make their tasks easier and safer. So the task-based approach to risk assessment can help everyone improve the system because it focuses discussions around tasks, hazards and risk.
Safety personnel will play a key role in determining the hazards associated with tasks. This standard will help drive risk-based decision-making. So the SH&E profession will need to move with the standard and become even more involved in preventing machinery hazards through design.
DSE provides software, training and consultation to help companies identify hazards and reduce risks. From your perspective, why is risk assessment so important in the manufacturing industry in particular?
Competitive advantage. We see that with customers who want to integrate the process and treat results as competitive and confidential information. We are able to work safety into the design process through tools like our software, which allows you to make improvements so that people can work better, faster, cheaper and safer. Our software facilitates a faster and deeper analysis than you could do before with paper, checklists or basic spreadsheet methods. Risk assessment provides competitive advantage in the marketplace, and we are beginning to see more and more customers recognize these positive results now.
It will help reduce injury and accident rates within the manufacturing industry because it will allow us to identify more hazards early on in the design process, and it will help us find ways to better reduce the risks associated with these hazards. Both suppliers and users will work through the same process and talk the same language. If you identify certain maintenance tasks that are difficult to do because there is no access or you have to take the machine apart, engineers will be able to modify the design to allow the process to be performed quickly, safely and more easily. As end users begin to ask their machinery suppliers for risk assessments, they will greatly benefit from working through the same process.
It is very challenging for the machinery manufacturing industry to meet different standards. If you sell or use a packaging machine in one country and then take it to another country with safety requirements, it can become very cumbersome and costly to modify the machine. This is why "build to one standard, ship anywhere" is a central theme of the B155 standard. In many respects, I think the B155.1 is at the leading edge of machinery safety standards.
Does DSE assist its clients in implementing the revised B155.1 standard when necessary? Please explain.
Yes, we do. As a consulting firm performing risk assessment work, we help clients implement the standard through software, consultations and hands-on, two-day training sessions, which are done onsite. The response has been very good. The sessions get our customers up to speed on the risk assessment process quickly, and the two-day format allows them to learn by doing so that they can get some risk assessment work done. Most manufacturers make good products and machinery, and they verify and document that their decisions are good. Also, as they go through this process, they can identify hazards they might not have seen before. Engineers are not always familiar with maintenance tasks, so this helps them understand what tasks and hazards are present and create better solutions. dse helps companies implement the standard and shortens the learning curve for them to do so.
Do you feel that the manufacturing industry could benefit from other similar standards in the future? Why or why not?
Yes, I do, and it is already happening. The B11 General Safety Requirements closely follows the B155 approach. Many other standards, such as ANSI Z10, ANSI Z244.1, SEMI S10, ANSI/RIA R15.06 and many others now include requirements for risk assessment. B155.1 lends itself to use in other industries because much of the standard is not specific to packaging machinery. When we took B155.1 to the machine tool industry, it worked very well. B155.1 includes a generic risk assessment process that lends itself well to other standards and industries. Other standards organizations are using that format, and we benefit from sharing. We are also seeing some movement in Europe and ISO standards in the integrated risk assessment direction of B155.1.
What advice do you have for manufacturers who wish to incorporate this standard into their safety practices?
This is a journey, not an event. You do not just decide one day to conduct a risk assessment and be done. The standard will impact the way you do business and will lead competitive advantage. Our clients find that once you start doing risk assessment, it does not take long to see the positive results that come from the process. Some customers use the results of their risk assessments as a sales and marketing tools for their company. They have seen productivity and sales gains through this effort..
Companies need to implement this standard much as they would introduce any new process to their organization. Begin with pilot projects to figure out the best way to adapt the methodology to your organization. Risk assessment works in nearly every organization with which I have worked but not always in the same way. Once you figure out how the standard can best be used in your organization, you can roll it out company-wide.
The biggest factor is just to get started. It does not happen overnight, and you will not be an expert after your first attempt. Once you get started and begin to see success, you will see benefits. Integrating risk assessment early in the design review process allows you to see what still must be addressed and allows you to make changes as the design matures. The momentum of risk assessment makes it pretty clear that the B155.1 process works. Both PMMI and dse offer training sessions to help companies explore the standard and evaluate how to jumpstart it in their organizations.
Bruce Main is the President of design safety engineering, inc., a Michigan-based engineering consulting firm specializing in risk assessment and safety through design. A professional engineer and certified safety professional, Main holds mechanical engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, and a master degree in business administration also from the University of Michigan.
He served on the Advisory Committee for the Institute for Safety Through Design, and he is a member of several industry committees on risk assessment. He is a technical expert to the U.S. delegation on Technical Committee 199, Working Group 5, which is revising the ISO 14121/EN 1050 risk assessment standard for Europe. He is also the primary representative to the B11 Committee (machine tool industry) on behalf of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
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ABILENE — The District 5 Major League title game was tied 0-0 through two innings Thursday. But Abilene Eastern's Nationals got three third-inning runs, and cruised from there to a 13-0 victory over Sweetwater's Rangers at Cal Young Park.
Sweetwater's only hit was Rylan Hayes' double, a booming drive to centerfield that led off the second inning. He was stranded after moving to third due to three straight strikeouts.
Though it was 0-0 at the time, the Nationals seized control. After three runs in the third, they pulled further ahead with two runs in the fourth to make it 5-0.
ABILENE — Sweetwater's Rangers took advantage of two critical mistakes by Abilene Eastern's Braves to score the go-ahead fifth-inning run Wednesday in the teams' District 5 Major League (11-12) semifinal.
Then Reese Hayes retired the last six hitters in order to complete a 6-5 win for the Rangers that sent them into the title game at 7 p.m. today. Hayes' twin brother, Rylan, scored the go-ahead run for the Rangers following a passed ball and a throwing error that went over the third baseman's head by Eastern's catcher in the top of the fifth inning.
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The camp will instruct students in fielding, throwing and hitting drills. Send the camp fee and form to: Tony Heredia, 1515 Josephine St., Sweetwater, Texas 79556. For more information, call Heredia at (210) 478-1922.
Several young athletes from Nolan County are honing their skills at summer sports camps being held this week.
Sweetwater and Roscoe are holding basketball camps, and a baseball camp is being held at Sportsman's Park.
The Major League (11-12) Rangers were the only local team to avoid elimination Monday in District 5 Little League tournament action,
The Rangers were a 10-9 winner over Wylie's Astros in their game at Wylie. The victory means Sweetwater will advance to face Clyde's Horned Frogs beginning at 8 p.m. today at Abilene's Cal Young Park, with the winner playing in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the same location.
If the Rangers win their next two games, they will play for the Major League title at 7 p.m. Thursday, with the title game also at Cal Young Park.
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Sweetwater batted .500 on Saturday's opening day of District 5 Little League tournament play, as four of its eight teams in action won their games to advance to today's second round.
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Power-discourse's Reading of "Jennie Gerhardt"
Michel Foucault, French well-known post-structuralism theorist, claims that power is more than supreme authority; instead, it is a relation that is intertwined with one another in a complicated net. At the center of his theory is the operating mechanism of power-discourse. Power and discourse is inseparable from one another. Power paves the way for the creation of knowledge which could also exert significant influence upon the implementation of power. The aim of this paper is to apply the theory of Foucault's power-discourse to analyze the power operating mechanism of "Jennie Gerhardt" written by Theodore Dreiser, exploring how the power-discourse mechanism that applies the modern punishment techniques of unequal gaze and gentle punishment can exert its influence on the fate of protagonists in the novel as well as how those who are oppressed by this kind of power relation endeavor to resort to the resistance power to acquire their discourse power.
Key words: Jennie Gerhardt; Power; Discourse; Unequal gaze; Punishment; Resistance power
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Foucault, Michel. (1995). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (SheridanAlan, Trans.). New York: Vintage Books.
Foucault, Michel. (1982). The Subject and Power. Chicago: University of Chicago.
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UConn was upset by Notre Dame on Sunday in the women's college basketball Final Four losing 72-63. The shocker means Notre Dame will move on to play Texas A&M in the finals which also had a big upset, knocking off Stanford earlier in the day. Coach Geno Auriemma was hard on his team after the loss which was understandable considering the Huskies lost to an inferior opponent. And therein lies the problem.
In case you don't follow women's college basketball too much, Sunday's Final Four meeting marked the fourth time Notre Dame and UConn faced each other during the season. UConn was 36-1 entering the game with their only loss coming to Stanford, meaning they had beaten the Irish three times earlier in the year. In their first meeting on January 8th, UConn won 79-76, their second meeting was February 19th and UConn won 78-57, and they met in the finals of the Big East tournament where UConn won 73-64.
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I ask you, does that seem fair? Or more importantly, do you feel like the best team will be playing for the title on Tuesday? If you say "yes", you must be a Notre Dame fan because the scoreboard doesn't lie. Yes Notre Dame was better on Sunday, but UConn proved they were better over the course of the season.


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The 13-page court document outlines the steps undercover investigators took during their raid at an address that WNCN is not disclosing at this point because no suspects have been charged.
The documents say police first went to a website offering underage child pornography looking specifically for people from the Cary area sharing that illicit material.
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The warrant lists a full page of items police wanted to seize, including computers, DVDs, correspondence as well as names and address of minors engaged in explicit sexual conduct.
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Cary's police department is the only one in North Carolina that's part of the federal task force that looks for Internet crimes against children.
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The gap between the best team in the NBA and one of the worst went beyond the scoreboard.
It showed in the final two minutes, when the San Antonio Spurs came up with three crucial offensive rebounds and held off the Kings 108-102 Tuesday night at Sleep Train Arena.
The Kings trailed 103-98 with 1:55 to play. But they didn't score again until only 55.9 seconds remained because the Spurs grabbed two offensive rebounds.
Trailing 103-100 after Jimmer Fredette's steal and pass to Marcus Thornton for a layup, the Kings couldn't grab a defensive rebound with 32.9 seconds to play.
The Spurs took advantage when Tony Parker (30 points, 11 assists) blew by DeMarcus Cousins on a botched defensive switch to give the Spurs a 105-100 lead with 19.7 seconds to go.
The Kings (19-36), who lost their third in a row, shot poorly and were fortunate to be in the game. But the Spurs (43-12) did the little things like hustling for the "50/50" balls to pull out the win.
"They got to the ball faster than we did," Thornton said. "I guess they wanted it badder than us. We've got to come up with those rebounds, and we can't gamble in those situations . They went in and got the rebounds, and that's how they won the game."
The Kings trailed the entire game, making only four of their first 22 shots, and were behind 103-92 with 2:44 to play before going an 8-0 run.
But the rebounding problem that has hindered the Kings most of the season proved to be their demise at the finish. The Kings, who were outrebounded 46-42, have been outrebounded 36 times this season and are 7-29 in those games.
"I've yet to see you make a rebounder," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "Rebounders go get the rebounds; 50/50 players go get the 50/50 balls."
Kings guard Isaiah Thomas said it's the details of the games that make teams like the Spurs title contenders.
"That's what championship teams do," Thomas said. "Make all the little plays, and we've got to learn from them, learn from this game, because we could have won this game."
The Kings shot 37.8 percent, and Thomas (6 for 10) was their only player to make at least half of his shots. He had a team-high 22 points.
Thomas also extended his streak of converted free throws to 43. The team record is held by Mike Bibby, who made 51 in a row during the 2002-03 season.
Even with the poor shooting, Thomas said it's what the Kings lack internally that could have made up the difference.
"Have heart, have fight," Thomas said. "We don't have no fight. Sometimes we play with no heart. That's all 50/50 balls are, determination. It's all mental. Either you go get it or you're not."
Cousins said there aren't any drills in practice to improve the Kings' rebounding. He is among the league's better rebounders (10 per game), but that's not enough to make up for the Kings' overall rebounding woes and problems with desire to come up with loose balls.
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I am ten weeks pregnant and have some concerns because I work in an environmental lab with harmful chemicals. My employer is concerned, but they say that continuing to work is my choice and the risks are my responsibility.
I was wondering what you know about the risks involved in prenatal exposure to such chemicals as ethyl ether and methylene chloride. Although I am trying to be extra careful, doubling my gloves and working under the fume hoods, I am still worried. In addition, are there any tests available that I should ask my doctor about to help determine if my baby is okay?
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Insurance companies are mining a wealth of data about you -- from your credit history to your shopping habits -- to help them set premiums.
If you wait until the last minute to buy car insurance, are you a bigger risk than a customer who purchases it 10 or more days in advance? Are 16-year-old drivers in Miami more or less likely to crash their cars than 16-year-old drivers in Minot, N.D.? Does a history of filing a lot of auto insurance claims mean you're also likely to file homeowners insurance claims?
These are among countless questions insurers are considering as they search for new clues to predict risk. The process is part of an evolving science called predictive modeling, which has revolutionized how the industry prices auto and homeowners insurance policies.
"Its intent is to predict the future by making mathematical sense of the past," says Steven Armstrong, a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and the global chief actuarial officer for consumer insurance at Chartis Insurance.
Predictive modeling uses statistical and analytical techniques powered by technology to sift through millions of pieces of data. It looks for patterns and clues that indicate how likely customers are to file claims.
The mathematical theories that make predictive modeling possible have been around for decades, says Eric Huls, a vice president of quantitative research and analytics at Allstate. "But there wasn't a machine powerful enough to apply them to large data sets. What's really advanced is computer power."
Those technological advancements, combined with stiff competition among insurers and the growing amount of detailed data available, create the perfect conditions for predictive modeling to take off in the last decade, says Claudine Modlin, a senior consultant at global research and consulting firm Towers Watson.
"Today, data is literally everywhere," says Chartis' Armstrong.
If insurers can't collect certain information directly from you, they can buy it from vendors. Armstrong says he's heard of predictive modelers scouring data about what people buy at retail stores to see if there are any connections between shopping habits and risk. He's unaware of any insurance companies actually using that data to set rates.
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Predictive modeling gives insurance companies the ability to consider a massive number of variables in more combinations than they could a generation ago. Back then, an insurer would probably base an auto insurance premium on 15 different characteristics, Armstrong says. "Today 40 or 50 variables might be considered."
Insurers are also using data with greater detail, including the specific birth dates of customers versus broad age ranges, such as over 55, Towers Watson's Modlin says. In home insurance, some companies are looking at how characteristics of the neighborhoods and houses -- square footage, number of bathrooms, whether the plumbing has been updated -- can predict losses.
Traditionally, insurers have used that type of information to determine how much homeowners insurance coverage a customer needs. Now they're looking at how such data might correlate with risk. Does the median age of residents in the neighborhood predict theft risk, for instance? What about the neighborhood's unemployment rate?
The science also allows insurance companies to isolate the correlation of each variable with risk and then consider how that correlation might be different in certain circumstances, Allstate's Huls says.
For example, an insurer can look at how the combination of your age and where you live correlates with risk. With the ability to isolate variables, as well as examine many combinations of them, insurance companies can set prices that more closely reflect the likelihood that you'll make an insurance claim.
All of this attention to detail may seem intrusive, but improving pricing accuracy is good for you, as well as the industry, Modlin says.
"Nobody wants to pay more than they have to, and at the very least they want it to be commensurate with their risk," she says. "You don't want to be a good driver who's paying more to subsidize a bad driver."
Before predictive modeling, rating structures were similar among insurers, Modlin says. Now, the structures are much more complex and sophisticated, and it's not as easy for one company to understand another insurer's rating methods.
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I am a senior, 68, I pay 274 every six months and ....Geico continues creating ways to increase my
premiums in spite of my contineous changes to lower coverage to stop their increases!!!
They are all scam bugs.
they have no right to ask for the name of my present company in order to give us all an estimates, cause, as soon as the know how much we are paying now, they lower their estimates few dollars enough to make us take this new company and later on they will start increasing for every renewal.
I started at 257.00 per six months, with one nice HONEST senior lady agent, and in less than 3 years
And, if you do not let them know that you switched to another company at renewal time...the previous one will snitch on you and you will get a letter from DMV telling you that if you are driving without insurance you will be stopped and your DL will be taken away from you unless you show to them you do carry insurance.
they disappeared her! and my premium now is that one, 274, including 2 changes to decrease coverage and premiums !!!! They never lose!!! Insurances enforce is there to keep the economy and the scam bugs going for free daily light stealing as well as Wall Street brokers did with so many citizens and their savings.
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And they make me carry some of the load for your whoore teen daughter that's driving off the side of the road while she looks at Mapquest as she drives to one of her paying sex jobs.
Mother foking $140 a year they want for my 1993 Chevy Caviler. Well foike them, foike them mother foikin' basturds out loud!
Checking ones credit score has nothing to do with how safe a driver you are. Just a bunch of hog wash. Income level is one way to discriminate against the seniors as our income decreased when we retire. I have to pay $300 a year more then my brother-in-law for house insurance. . The reason. I bought my house after I retired. He was still working and it doesn't matter that he has more building and property then I do. My income level dropped.
Not had a claim in over 30 years on my auto insurance and only 1 speeding ticket in that same period yet every year my insurance cost climb. Drive less now that I'm retired. Just got my insurance bill and it jumped to $2208 per year from $2024 per year. Looking for new insurance. You bet. Already got 2 quotes for over $500 a year less.
I've been an agent more than 25 yrs. Credit scoring, risk modeling, etc. for the most part is a bunch of crap. Credit scoring especially, I don't believe the company's experience, at least those we represent, have improved much since implementing it 8-10 yrs. ago. In theory you would think those with low scores (higher premiums) would be weeded out and go somewhere else, so they would be left with the better score insureds, thus increasing their profit. I'm here to tell you, people with better scores have claims too!
Another thing about credit scoring, if it's so accurate, why do you have such a variance between what 1 company thinks is a good score vs. the next one? You can easily have 1 company say you have the best score and another one say you're middle of the road.
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