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The Nike Hoop Summit remains a showcase of young American basketball. But suddenly, they're not the entire show.
For a second consecutive year, the World Selects dominated Team USA, this time posting a 112-98 win Saturday before 6,265 in the Rose Garden. The taller, perhaps quicker international juniors jumped on the United States from the outset and won back-to-back games for the first time in the 16-game series history.
Players from 10 countries, including two from France and Canadian forward Andrew Wiggins, helped the World Selects shoot 49 percent and out-rebound USA 50-35.
"It speaks about the growth of the game globally, particularly at the youth level. It's great for basketball. The U.S. is going to make sure they're ready next year, (with) a stronger roster, more prepared," World Selects coach Roy Rana of Canada said.
The United States had few answers for the World Selects' size and passing game. French forward Livio Jean-Charles hit 10 of 13 shots and led all scorers with 27 points. Several of Jean-Charles' game-high 13 rebounds turned into baskets.
The Worlds have only practiced for a week, but played like a team that had been together for months, as they had 24 assists among their 38 baskets.
"We have cool chemistry on the team," Jean-Charles said.
Rana, coaching his third World Selects team, said this was "one of the most memorable experiences" of his coaching career because of the team's selflessness.
"Probably the most impressive thing is the way we shared the ball from the first practice," Rana said.
The United States roster will likely produce several future college and NBA all-stars, but it clearly was built differently than the World Selects. The USA's tallest players were 6-foot-9, including Duke-bound forward Jabari Parker, who led the Americans with 22 points. The World squad included a pair of 7-footers, including Kentucky-bound center Karl Towns Jr.
USA coach Mike Jones said his team was built similarly to this country's 2012 Olympic squad, in that every player could play multiple positions.
"We were hoping that was going to give us an advantage, (but) they were very long and strong," Jones said.
Parker liked his team's potential, but couldn't deny what was the difference.
"At the end of the day, our team is more athletic, but they played better as a team," Parker said.
Perhaps, as each player on the USA's 10-man roster has signed with a college, most with prominent programs. Three are headed to Kentucky, including forward Julius Randle and guard Andrew Harrison, who scored 19 points each for USA. Two others will play next season at Arizona in forwards Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who scored 19 points, and Aaron Gordon, who had nine points.
But the World Selects have plenty of talent as well. Several already play professionally in Europe, and others, such as Wiggins and Australian guard Dante Exum, are expected to be among the hottest college recruits for the Class of 2014.
The World Selects trailed only once in the game, at 2-0. Second quarter runs of 10-2 and 10-1 allowed the Worlds to build a 16-point first half lead. USA closed to within 64-62 late in the third quarter on a layup by Hollis-Jefferson, but the threat was short-lived. Two minutes later, the World Selects regained a double-digit lead, and early in the fourth quarter, led by as many as 18 points.
Several current Trail Blazers attended Saturday's game, including former Hoop Summit players Nicolas Batum and Meyers Leonard. Batum was on hand to support the World Selects' two French players. It became personal at one point, as Jean-Charles broke Batum's French scoring record in a Hoop Summit game of 23 points.
"He didn't want me to beat his record. But he said I played good," Jean-Charles said.


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Medicines highlighted as risk factor in AKI guideline
Healthcare professionals have access to a new clinical guideline to help them detect and prevent acute kidney injury (AKI), which is seen in up to 18 per cent of all people admitted to hospital.
The guideline, published today (28 August 2013) by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, recommends that healthcare professionals investigate for AKI by measuring serum creatinine levels in people with acute illness if one of a number of risk factors is present. One of the factors noted is that patients are using drugs with nephrotoxic potential within the past week, especially if the patient is hypovolaemic (has a reduced circulating blood volume).
These drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aminoglycosides, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists and diuretics.
Other factors noted, include: the patient has heart failure, liver failure, diabetes, a history of acute kidney injury, reduced urine output, neurological impairment, hypovolaemia, sepsis, or is aged 65 years or over.
Coral Hulse, a nurse consultant at the Mid-Cheshire Hospitals who helped develop the guideline, said: "Monitoring fluid intake and how much urine is passed is vital in the war against acute kidney injury as is monitoring the medication the patient takes and checking results as soon as they are available."
NICE estimates that around 12,000 cases of AKI are partially or fully preventable.
Earlier this year, a BMJ study found that patients taking a high-potency statin compared with patients taking a low-potency statin have an increased risk of admission to hospital for AKI (PJ 2013;290:326).
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From y'all:
* Frank Hammon from Virginia writes, "Bob -- Just a couple of items to note. First, since everyone there keeps bringing up TJ's, there's this from today's AJC."
Frank also takes us to another Destiny-like project, this one in Virginia.
Interesting how these massive entertainment-oriented projects are popping up all over.
Interesting, too, that in Hotlanta, TJ's is still hot and folks are not yet bored or jaded.
And one more... Frank sends us a pix of Quaker State & Lube.
* AlbanyReader links us to the Albany newspaper regarding Cabela's, "Hi, greetings form AlbanyReader. I posted this to a comment on your story on 11/2. Not sure if you saw it."
I did see it, and thanks.
As I mentioned, here, I believe, and perhaps in The P-S, Cabela's continued interest in the Albany market can't be good news for us, or Destiny USA. The Cabela's that was penciled on Destiny plans called for it to come a long way down the road. However, if Cabela's goes ahead sooner with a store in the Albany market, it's extremely unlikely it would water it down with another store in Syracuse. It would also water down the luster of Destiny as something unique that would appeal to Upstaters and others traveling a long way for a look-see.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that dairy producers and the public have until Dec. 26, 2007, to comment on a proposed rule concerning the new Dairy Disaster Assistance Program III (DDAP-III). USDA published the proposed rule in the Federal Register today.
The proposal sets forth rules governing how this program will be administered. Comments may be made on proposed eligibility requirements, proof of production history, loss determinations, payment rates, payment rate calculations, appeals and other program provisions. Also, the proposal outlines the differences between this program and similar dairy disaster assistance programs carried out by USDA in recent years.
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"Growth and value investing are joined at the hip."
You think that's crazy? Tell Warren Buffett. He's the one who said it, not me.
But, of course, I think he's right. I'm writing today because the largely semantic differences between value and growth often gets lost, even here at The Fool.
Head to head
That's because there is a temptation to equate growth investing with speculation, as fellow Fool Chuck Saletta did.
But that's just wrong. Real growth investors don't bet on companies whose "sky-high" expectations make it nearly impossible to produce meaningful returns. More often, gurus like Steve Wymer of Fidelity Growth Company invest in firms whose superior growth characteristics have yet to be recognized or rewarded by the stock market.
Value investors, on the other hand, look for stocks that trade for less than their intrinsic value, or stocks that the market has unfairly undervalued. Often, these firms are experiencing problems that investors believe to be temporary.
Both strategies, although seemingly different on the surface, operate on the premise that the market has mispriced a stock.
The obvious won't help you
History proves that you'll need more than math to discern what, exactly, is mispriced. Take the market's 10 best stocks. Hansen Natural was trading for 29 times trailing earnings in 1996. A value investor simply looking for stocks with P/Es below the market average would have missed the 250-bagger to come.
Same with Daktronics (Nasdaq: DAKT ) , a 73-bagger from 1996 to 2006, which was trading for 21 times earnings a decade ago. Best Buy, a 40-bagger in that timeframe, suffered low sales growth and a net loss in 1997.
The very best value stocks
Stock market myth says that only value investors zig as others zag. Hogwash. Wymer has been buying shares of VMWare (NYSE: VMW ) , salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM ) , and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO ) , none of which look "cheap" by the numbers. Yet Wymer, by investing where others won't, has crushed the market.
David Gardner can claim similar success. When last summer obliterated the returns of his Motley Fool Rule Breakers service, David remained committed to owning businesses whose capacity to rule high-growth industries leads to huge gains in cash flow.
Today, more than 15 stocks in the Rule Breakers portfolio have at least doubled, including screen sultan Universal Display (Nasdaq: PANL ) and robot doc Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG ) . No surprises there. They were misunderstood. They were cheap relative to their growth potential. In short: They were value stocks.
Rules breaking, fortunes in the making
So, please, don't make the mistake of confusing growth investing with speculation. You'll miss out on just about all of the market's best value stocks -- the misunderstood multibaggers in the making -- if you do.
This article was originally published on Jan. 31, 2007. It has been updated.
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A quality notebook for audiovisual enthusiasts with money to burn.
The price of the Qosmio (pronounced "koz-mio") might seem like a lot, but this audiovisual enthusiast's dream machine goes a long way to justify the outlay.
It's intended to be a coffee-table all-in-one media centre unit. It has TV playback; timeshifting and recording; DVD player and recorder; plus CD/MP3/photo abilities.
The G10 has a 17" wide-aspect display with extras such as high-brightness dual-lamps and a CSV (Clear Super View) anti-glare coating. These combine to make the display appear very bright and deliver superior viewing angles and a contrast ratio of 500:1. The display has a native resolution of 1440 x9 00 pixels, and it's driven by a 128MB DDR Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5700 graphics controller. The notebook achieved top-notch performance scores in our tests: 12,600 in 3DMark 2001 and an average of 161fps in Unreal Tournament 2003's Face3 map.
The G10 is an ideal candidate for Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition software. A slim remote and infrared extender unit (for controlling things like pay TV set-top boxes) is also included. The output of the built-in Hauppauge analog TV tuner looks good on the LCD, and the G10's composite and S-Video inputs and outputs mean that integrating it with your existing gear is straightforward.
All this AV connectivity is aided by a hybrid of hardware and software technologies that Toshiba calls the "Qosmio Engine". Toshiba includes a Trident S3 super video processor that works together with the company's pre-installed Toshiba image enhancement utilities to perform many video enhancement tasks, including de-interlacing, dynamic colour adjustment and digital noise reduction.
The Qosmio Engine also helps drive the Qosmio player--a fast-boot Linux-based TV/CD/DVD playback interface controlled by dedicated playback buttons just above the keyboard. With it you can turn on your "TV" in about five seconds, without having to load Windows. Toshiba is planning to enable more functions, such as TV timeshifting, through free software updates.
The Qosmio G10 has four USB 2.0 slots and a single FireWire port for attaching peripherals. It includes Fast Ethernet, a 56Kbps modem and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi for connectivity, plus a multi-card reader and two 5400rpm hard disks. It has a double-layer SuperMulti DVD burner in addition to Intel's 2GHz Intel Pentium M processor (coupled with 1GB of 333MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM).
Audio is looked after with built in harman/kardon speakers and a digital audio output. Toshiba offers various warranty upgrade options, but a one-year warranty (with courier pickup and return service) is standard.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up today. Some plans are subject to change.
Among today's coverage highlights as we see them:
-- SKOREA-SHIP SINKING (sent; developing)
-- UKRAINE (sent; developing)
-- UKRAINE DIPLOMACY (sent, developing)
-- RUSSIA-PUTIN (sent; developing)
-- BOSTON MARATHON-POLITICAL RESPONSE (upcoming)
-- HEALTH CARE POLITICS (sent)
-- SMALL NUCLEAR PLANTS (sent)
-- 1971 DISAPPEARANCE (upcoming)
-- PREFERRING PRISON (sent)
-- ALIEN PLANET-HFR (upcoming)
-- FRANCE-CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (sent)
PHOTOS: SKOREA-SHIP SINKING (sent; developing); FIRE TRUCK RESTAURANT CRASH (SENT)
VIDEO: SKOREA-SHIP SINKING (sent; developing); UKRAINE
Here are details of those stories, plus others we have in the works for today and notable pieces that we sent in the past 10 hours:
SKOREA-SHIP SINKING - An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast, likely with about 290 people trapped inside, because officers on the bridge were trying to stabilize the vessel after it started to list, a crew member said Thursday. SENT: 1,100 words, photos, videos, audio.
SKOREA-SHIP-SCHOOL REUNION -- A dozen former classmates celebrating their 60th birthday aboard the South Korea ship are among the missing. SENT: 460 words, photos.
UKRAINE -- Three pro-Russian militants died and 13 were wounded when Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on a National Guard base in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine's interior ministry said Thursday. SENT: 510 words, photos, video.
UKRAINE DIPLOMACY -- Diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Europe meet for the first time over the burgeoning crisis that threatens to roil the new government in Kiev. Obama administration officials tamped down any expectations that the meetings in Geneva would yield a breakthrough. SENT: 900 words, photos, video, audio. SENT: 860 words, photos, video, audio. UPCOMING: 400 words by 1400 GMT.
RUSSIA-PUTIN -- Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine, but recognized for the first time that the troops in unmarked uniforms who had overtaken Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula before its annexation by Moscow were Russian soldiers. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
EUROPE-RUSSIA -- The European Union is warning Russia that interfering with gas deliveries to Ukraine to apply political pressure would backfire by damaging its reputation as a reliable supplier for the EU. SENT: 130 words, photos.
MOLDOVA-US -- U.S. senators say they will support Moldova financially and politically as it moves toward EU. SENT: 245 words.
MALAYSIA-PLANE -- Investigators analyze data collected by a robotic submarine that completed its first successful scan of the seabed in the hunt for the missing Malaysian plane, but say tests have ruled out that a nearby oil slick came from the aircraft. SENT: 700 words, photos.
PISTORIUS TRIAL -- The prosecution in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Thursday challenged the credibility of an expert witness for the defense, which was trying to show that the athlete killed his girlfriend by mistake. SENT: 350 words, photos.
IRAN-NUCLEAR -- Iran has converted most of a nuclear stockpile that it could have turned quickly into weapons-grade uranium into less volatile forms as part of a deal with six world powers, the U.N. atomic agency reported Thursday. SENT: 450 words, photos.
IRAQ -- Militants launch attack on military base in northern Iraq, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 12, officials say. SENT: 370 words, photo.
ISRAEL-VISITING PALESTINE -- This bustling center of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it might as well be on the other side of the world. After fighting kept Israelis from several Palestinian cities for a decade, some are trickling back in tours led by peace activists and guarded by plainclothes police. The normalcy of life in Ramallah comes as the biggest surprise to visitors. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
NIGERIA-KIDNAPPED GIRLS -- The principal of a school where more than 100 female students were kidnapped says she cannot confirm a military report that they are free. SENT: 350 words.
SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS -- Small underground nuclear plants could be the wave of the future for an energy industry that has come under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster. SENT: 750 words, photos.
INDIA ELECTIONS -- Indians cast ballots Thursday on the biggest day of voting in the country's weekslong general election, streaming into polling stations even in areas where leftist rebels threatened violence. SENT: 880 words, photos.
INDIA-NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER -- An Indian court said Thursday it won't rule before July 1 on the case of a New York City police officer arrested in New Delhi on a weapons charge. SENT: 240 words.
MEXICO-ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD -- Few outsiders dare venture after dark into Tepito, a neighborhood known as Mexico City's main clearinghouse for contraband ranging from guns and drugs to counterfeit sneakers. But a theater project has been taking middle-class audiences into the gritty area blighted by poverty and crime. SENT: 850 words, photos.
GERMANY-PIRACY -- German court convicts Somali man in 2010 oil tanker seizure, gives him 12-year prison sentence. Sent: 130 words.
JORDAN-MILITARY PLANE CRASH -- Jordanian fighter jet crashes, pilot killed. SENT: 90 words.
THAILAND-JOURNALISTS CHARGED -- Journalists charged with defaming Thailand's navy in a news report on Myanmar's refugees. SENT: 320 words.
CHINA-SHOE FACTORY STRIKE -- A strike at Chinese factories of the world's biggest athletic shoe makers snowballed to about 30,000 workers, a labor group said, one of the largest-ever work stoppages at a private business in China. SENT: 450 words.
ALGERIA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS -- Algerians trickled into voting booths to elect the president of this oil-rich North African nation in an election expected to be dominated by the ailing incumbent running for a fourth term. SENT: 370 words, photos. UPCOMING: 550 words by 1900 GMT.
ALGERIA-ELECTION-GLANCE -- Key things to know as Algeria votes for president. SENT: 340 words.
CHINA-CORRUPTION -- Chairman of Chinese state-owned conglomerate being investigated for graft, party says. SENT: 225 words.
CHINA-XINJIANG -- China says police killed attacker in Xinjiang; activists say he was shot after running light. SENT: 320 words.
PUERTO RICO-OBIT-FELICIANO -- Puerto Rican salsa great Cheo Feliciano, member of Fania All Stars, dies in car crash at 78. SENT: 445 words.
WRE-SAUDI-WRESTLING -- World Wrestling Entertainment's stars in conservative Saudi Arabia for first live matches. SENT: 130 words, photos.
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING -- Race director says Boston Marathon will be 'safest place on the planet'. SENT: 700 words, photos.
FIRE TRUCK RESTAURANT CRASH -- Firetruck heading to blaze plows into Los Angeles-area cafe; 15 hurt, including firefighters. SENT: 320 words, photos
PREFERRING PRISON -- A 74-year-old high school dropout who spent nearly all his adult life in prison is being sentenced this week for a robbery he said he committed so he could go back. SENT: 720 words, photo.
NYC CARRIAGE HORSES -- A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show. UPCOMING: 400 words by 2100 GMT, photos, video.
NYC TERROR -- Judge rejects Egyptian clergyman's request to give opening statement at his terrorism trial. SENT: 150 words, photo. UPCOMING: 500 words by 2100 GMT.
AMERICAN TERROR PLOT -- A former high school honors student from suburban Baltimore faces sentencing for his role in aiding a woman known as "Jihad Jane" in an overseas terror plot. SENT: 130 words; updates from 1430 GMT hearing, then 400 words by 1800 GMT.
ATHEIST CONFERENCE-UTAH -- The 2,200-member American Atheist National Convention comes to Salt Lake City, saying they chose Utah because the Mormon church is interfering with freedom of religion and freedom of speech in Utah. UPCOMING: 400 words by 2000 GMT, photos.
CHURCH ABUSE-SCHOOK -- Kentucky jury convicts cancer-stricken former priest of sodomy in case from 1970s. SENT: 140 words.
OBIT-PATERSON -- Basil Paterson, a longtime state lawmaker, the first black secretary of state from New York and the father of former New York Gov. David Paterson, has died at 87. SENT: 120 words. UPCOMING:
HEALTH CARE-POLITICS -- With enrollments higher than expected, and costs lower, some Democrats say it's time to stop hiding from the president's health care overhaul, even in this year's toughest Senate elections. SENT: 750 words, photos.
ALIEN PLANET-HFR -- NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope has discovered a distant world similar in size to Earth that may harbor water on its surface. Scientists say it's the best candidate yet in the ongoing search for a twin Earth. By Science Writer Alicia Chang. UPCOMING: 500 words after 1800 GMT, photo.
TARGET BREACH-SECRET SERVICE - Secret Service investigators say it could take years to identify the hackers who breached Target's computer systems in December --and even longer to bring them to justice. But within months, the agency will likely have a full understanding of the methods the hackers used to pull off the pre-Christmas breach. UPCOMING: 900 words by 1700 GMT.
CHINA-ECONOMY-EXPORTERS -- Factories that had thrived by using cheap migrant labor to churn out inexpensive clothing, electronics and toys for export now face changing government priorities as a growth engine based on investment and trade loses its momentum. By Kelvin Chan. SENT: 920 words, photos.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS -- The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits last week rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 304,000. Jobless claims continue to be near pre-recession levels despite the slight increase. SENT: 300 words, photo.
EARNS-GOLDMAN-SACHS -- Goldman Sachs' earnings fell in the first quarter as bond trading slumped, but the results still came in well ahead of what investors were expecting. SENT: 160 words, photo.
WALL STREET-OPEN -- Technology stocks lead an early decline in Wall Street after Google, IBM earnings disappoint. SENT: 140 words.
GERMANY-SAMSUNG-SECURITY -- A Berlin-based researcher says he has managed to fool the fingerprint-based security system on Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone using wood glue and a picture of the original print. SENT: 140 words.
FRANCE-CANNES FILM FESTIVAL -- A Tommy Lee Jones western and a David Cronenberg expose on Hollywood are among the 18 films vying for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. SENT: 300 words, photo.
FRANCE-CANNES FILM FESTIVAL-LIST -- SENT: 125 words, photo.
ANOTHER CELEBRITY SEX TAPE -- Rob Lowe. Pamela Anderson. Paris Hilton. Kim Kardashian. Farrah Abraham. The list of celebrity sex tape participants goes on and on, and public interest remains robust. UPCOMING: 700 words by 1800 GMT, photos.
TRIBECA-OPENING NIGHT -- The raw New York lyricism of Nas kicked off the 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival with an exuberant hip-hop beat. SENT: 460 words, photos, video.
CHRIS BROWN-BODYGUARD -- Chris Brown's bodyguard is going on trial on charges he and the singer punched a man outside a Washington hotel. The case will likely be a preview for Brown's own assault trial in coming days. UPCOMING: 300 words by 1900 GMT, photos.
BOOKS-UNBROKEN -- Random House says it plans to publish a young adult adaption of Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling survival saga "Unbroken." SENT: 115 words.
PUERTO RICO-OBIT-FELICIANO -- Police say Puerto Rican salsa legend Cheo Feliciano has died in a car accident in the U.S. territory. He was 78. SENT: 130 words.
THEATER-Q&A-STEPHEN SPINELLA -- Stephen Spinella's double life is about to get complicated, thanks to some new facial hair. The two-time Tony Award-winner is starring on Broadway in "The Velocity of Autumn" and also moonlighting on TV in "Royal Pains." But to play the stage role, he's grown a soul patch and a mustache. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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Dan at Grand Performance Bicycle Shop brought me a standard cable stop repair, but not for the normal reason. Dan's thighs are quite large and while riding his thighs would rub the cable stop and draw blood!
As I went to move the cable stop inward on the frame, I saw that there was a hole that was drilled/filled at the factory! The factory had started drilling in the "right" place but then changed their mind and positioned the cable stop outboard.
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Jeff and I talked about what I might make for the space. All of the work has a biblical theme. I wanted to get input from Jeff, as I was nervous about approaching anything theological on my own. After a couple of ideas, Jeff encouraged me to consider making a piece about the death and resurrection of Jesus. I was terrified. That is a subject I have never wanted to deal with. It is just too big for me. At first I thought there was no way I was going to be able to do that.
But, after a few days, I begin to see how some ideas I was exploring were coming together: my interest in the history of objects, my love of the communion of saints, my interest in working with mundane, overlooked materials, my desire to incorporate ritual into my artistic process. The core idea for Corpus began to suggest itself to me.
How do you anticipate that the Wheaton community will respond to the piece when it debuts April 22?
Well, the work has received attention in the college newspaper and a recent chapel message. Members of the community are being educated about the piece, about the process, and about the ideas behind it. This is great. At the same time, this means people are already forming their responses to the piece, which is a bit unfortunate. The piece isn't up yet. It's not even finished yet. I hope that the piece will still have the power and presence to surprise people. Again, this goes to that earlier comment about things becoming abstract instead of tangible.
It strikes me that Corpus presents a meditation for Good Friday: that Christ took on upon his body our humanity in all its mess and dirt. In what ways is the piece also a meditation for Easter Sunday?
A verse that come to my mind is from II Corinthians: "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." I think that verse is somehow represented by the piece. It is both a "Good Friday" and an "Easter Sunday" verse. I really hope the "Easter Sunday" part of the piece will manifest itself. Part of that will require the viewer to begin to contemplate on the skin cells and hair in a positive way. To think of our community grafted into Christ's body, and also grafted in with the body of the Communion of Saints (that's where the history of the piece comes in, and why I didn't want a new corpus). That's where the hope comes in.
Also, I have removed the corpus from the cross. It will "float" just in front of the wall. While it maintains the pose of crucifixion, I hope there will be a hint in that pose of ascension to it as well. While ascension is not technically an "Easter Sunday" topic, it is an Easter season one.


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One day this spring, when Linda Bianchi went to put away a pearl earring she'd recently had repaired, she found that some of her jewelry was missing. She also found, in the coming weeks, that many island women have surprisingly similar stories.
The King County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the apparent string of residential burglaries.
Since Bianchi reported the theft, three other women have contacted the sheriff's office because they, too, recently discovered jewelry missing, according to Sgt. Cindi West, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. After Bianchi's story circulated, five women contacted her with their own stories of stolen jewelry, she said, including some who have not reported their losses to police.
The spate of thefts extends beyond jewelry and includes a valuable guitar recently taken from a home near Gold Beach and a rare coin collection and cash that had been tucked away in a jewelry box in a home off Cove Road. Earlier this month, a woman in Burton arrived home to find a strange vehicle in her driveway and encountered a man walking out of her house. She expects he is a suspect in the thefts, she said.
Adding to the situation's twists and turns, this month a sheriff's deputy, acting on a tip that some of the stolen items might be on the roof of Joy's Cleaners, climbed up, fell through the roof and was injured. He is expected to return to work soon, West said.
According to Bianchi, all the victims she has talked with said there was no sign of forced entry at their homes and that nothing was disturbed.
"You have no idea anyone's been in your home," she said.
West confirmed that the lack of telltale clues in the reported cases and noted that more islanders may have had items stolen but may not have noticed them missing yet. She suggested islanders take stock of their possessions, and if anything is missing, contact authorities.
"They should absolutely report it," she said.
News about the thefts and a potential suspect have been circulating on Vashon by word of mouth and email list serves. West, however, declined to comment on specifics, but stressed that the string of thefts is being actively investigated.
She added that islanders should lock their doors and windows when they leave their homes. Most who had items stolen said they did not always lock their doors when they were out, West said, but it is not clear yet if the intruder always comes in through unlocked doors and windows or sometimes uses a device to gain entry without leaving clues behind.
Bianchi, who has since installed a security system, believes the thief stole $5,000 to $10,000 worth of jewelry, including diamond and aquamarine earrings, a sapphire ring and gold bracelets — and perhaps other items she has not discovered yet.
"They knew what to go for," she said.
The items were in a drawer in her bedroom, she said, and like several of the other women who shared their stories, she at first wondered if someone close to her — a family member, a housecleaner or a landscape worker — might have taken the items.
"You don't even imagine there's an outsider who's come into your room," she said.
Maria Pottinger, who lives near Portage, noticed late last month that about half of her jewelry was missing, she said. It, too, had been inside a dresser drawer, and she thought perhaps one of her young children or one their friends might have taken the items, attracted, she said, to "shiny baubles." She said she had several difficult conversations with the parents of her children's friends, hoping to get her jewelry back while not involving the authorities.
"You think of everybody, and nobody makes sense," she said.
After she learned about some of the other thefts, she said, she called the police.
Pottinger believes about 10 items are missing, including her mother's wedding ring, a birthstone ring from high school and a tennis bracelet she bought long ago.
The thefts of such items would be difficult enough from a store, she said, but the thief has stolen heirlooms and wedding rings — items with personal significance.
"This is not just inventory," Pottinger said. "It is not emotionless stock."
Pottinger said the family kept their doors unlocked most of the time, but they have a large dog that is typically home and that she thought would have been a deterrent to any intruders.
Because she doesn't wear her fine jewelry often, she doesn't know exactly when it was taken — possibly anytime between Christmas and late May.
In upper Burton, Linda Sferra said she believes she knows exactly when this month a thief stole her favorite earrings and a bracelet from what she described as a "well-hidden, safe place." A vehicle had been spotted in her driveway while she was out one day, she said, and it matched the description of the vehicle a neighbor encountered in her driveway that same day.
The earrings will not be valuable to the thief, she said, but they meant a great deal to her because she bought them on a trip to Italy with her mother.
"He created the perfect lose-lose situation," she said of the thief. "We both have nothing."
Unlike other victims, Sferra said there was an indication a thief had been in her home, and, in fact, she believes he was likely there twice.
Though Sferra feels violated, she said the repercussions from the thefts are larger than her own experience.
"This threatens our Vashon lifestyle: honor bar flower stands, honor bar vegetable stands, living without putting energy into defending your stuff."
Sferra's neighbor Trish Howard, who came upon a man walking out of her home, said she doesn't have jewelry and found nothing missing after the incident. She believes she may have interrupted the man when she pulled into the driveway. His vehicle was parked at an odd angle, she said, and was facing out. She parked in front of it and stayed in her car, but asked him if she could help him and if he was looking for someone. The man claimed he was looking for someone who was a detective, and Howard said she suggested he talk with her neighbor, Dept. Jeff Hancock. The man, in fact, went next door and spoke with him. Hancock could not be reached for comment about the incident.
Ironically, Howard said, she may have cooked dinner for the man because she is a volunteer with the free community meals program, and she believes she recognized him from a recent dinner.
In Dilworth, Glenna Mileson said she was startled to find jewelry missing from her bedroom late last month. She is in the same book group as Bianchi, she said, and had talked with her the month before about Bianchi's stolen jewelry.
Like some of the other women, she has looked for her jewelry in places it might now be for sale, she said, and contacted the detective on the case to learn, if possible, how to track down her belongings, including her wedding ring and an opal necklace she cherishes that she purchased on a family trip to Australia.
Unlike many of the others, Mileson said her family usually locks the doors when they leave, though it was possible they may have been unlocked when the thief entered, which she expects was sometime in mid- to late May. She, too, said she first imagined that a friend or family member must have taken the items — a thought she did not relish.
But it was difficult to think otherwise.
"On Vashon, we have no experience with this," she said.
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Hussey struggled with the bat in the just completed five-match series against Sri Lanka, prompting the promotion of Finch into the 13-man squad for the two games at Perth.
"A top four of (David) Warner, Finch, (Phil) Hughes and (Michael) Clarke has good balance and the team looks forward to getting better starts than has been the case recently," Chairman of selectors John Inverarity said
Fast bowler James Pattinson and allrounder Shane Watson were both considered for selection, but have been given more time to overcome injuries.
Inverarity said Pattinson would likely travel to Perth to practice with the team, while Shane Watson has been making "pleasing progress" in recent weeks.
"(Watson) is planning on playing for his Sydney club (Saturday) and will be available for selection for New South Wales' One-Day Cup fixture against Western Australia on 30 January," he said.
Inverarity said Michael Clarke, who has been named to captain the team is making steady progress with the ankle he injured on Jan. 22 , "and we are confident that Michael will recover in time to be fit for the first of the ODI fixtures against the West Indies on 1 February."
The selectors were happy with the Australia's win in Hobart on Wednesday when it leveled the series with Sri Lanka at 2-2 with one match abandoned.
"The National Selection Panel was delighted with the ODI team's impressive win against Sri Lanka in Hobart on Wednesday, in particular with Phillip Hughes' well-crafted innings and the bowling of Xavier Doherty and Moises Henriques," Inverarity said.
"There were concerns, however, with the team's batting performances during the series when the conditions were conducive to swing bowling, conditions that were beautifully exploited by Nuwan Kulasekara and Lasith Malinga.
Australia squad: Michael Clarke (captain), George Bailey, Ben Cutting, Xavier Doherty, Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner.


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Interim park director named
North Whidbey Park and Recreation District commissioners picked a reluctant interim administrator to replace former director Jim Shulock during a protracted special meeting Monday night.
After a half dozen motions failed, the commissioners finally passed a unanimous measure to appoint Sally MacLaren-Meuer, the head swim coach, as the interim director at a salary of $5,000 per month plus benefits. As part of the motion, MacLaren-Meuer and a couple of the commissioners will meet to hash out her responsibilities as both an interim director and head swim coach.
But even with the big pay increase, MacLaren-Meuer wasnt happy. She emphasized that shes worried about the uncertainty of what is expected of her, the possible rough transition after Shulock leaves Wednesday, and how shell have time to handle both positions.
I would really care not to have this job, she admitted, but added that shell run the district in a professional manner for the sake of the pool patrons and the staff.
MacLaren-Meuer, members of the pool staff and several patrons staged a protest outside the pool last Friday because they objected to the decision by three commissioners not to extend Shulocks contract. MacLaren-Meuer said the staff decided not to close the pool, as originally planned, after the districts attorney told them they would be breaking the law.
Instead, the protesters quietly waved signs and asked patrons not to swim on that day. Most of the people supported us, but a few people chose to swim, MacLaren-Meuer said, which was fine.
The meeting Monday night was relatively orderly compared to the last meeting, which descended into unruliness and name-calling after the commissioners didnt give Shulock a new contract. But there were a few rough spots as there was obvious tension among board members, Shulock and the standing-room-only crowd of pool supporters.
Commissioner Janet Sabalausky, the new chairperson of the board, angrily threatened to call the police and kick people out of the meeting for snickering. Commissioner Brien Lillquist, obviously frustrated when several motions to hire MacLaren-Meuer failed, threatened to shut down the pool until a permanent director could be found. This earned him loud jeers from the crowd.
In a parting speech, Shulock warned that the commissioner have put the district at risk by not planning out the turnover in leadership. He also bluntly asked the commissioners why his contract was not renewed.
I need to be aware of my shortcomings for future job resumes, he said. I would also like to know when I could expect my written evaluation that you told me would be forthcoming by Friday of last week. I believe it is my right and it is a requirement to furnish this evaluation.
The commissioners, however, did not respond.
The meeting began with a motion by Commissioner Harvey Prosser to give Shulock a four-month contract as interim director. Jim has done an adequate job, Prosser said, though he has some deficiencies. This will give him time to find a new position and give us time to find a new director.
Commissioner T.J. Harmon-Fisher, who has also supports Shulock, seconded the motion. It failed after Commissioners Sabalausky, Lillquist and Fred Smyth voted against it.
Then a series of motions to hire MacLaren-Meuer as the interim director also failed.
Smyth made a motion to hire her on an interim basis at Shulocks salary of $35,000 a year. But MacLaren-Meuer argued that it wouldnt be fair to pay her the directors wages for essentially doing two jobs. The commissioners agreed, but had trouble deciding on a fair salary.
Another stumbling block was that Harmon-Fisher said the position should have a defined job description, especially since there are certain functions like payroll that MacLaren-Meuer doesnt know how to do. Prosser, by the way, volunteered to handle the payroll.
Smyth, however, said the directors job description already exists and MacLaren-Meuer can simply delegate those duties she cannot or doesnt have time to perform. He said the commissioner shouldnt micro-manage her by writing out the minutia of the position.
Several motions came and went. But finally, after MacLaren-Meuer said she would like her duties clarified, the commissioners unanimously decided to hire her at a $60,000-a-year salary. Her position is on a one-month basis to start with, but a committee which wasnt set up is supposed to bring a longer-term contract before the board sometime in May.
Were going to have some rough spots, Sabalausky said, but to try to iron everything out tonight would be difficult.
Sometime in the future the commissioners also plan to start advertising for a permanent district director.
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Wexford County District Court Judge David A. Hogg gave Phillip Lewan, 70, a three day credit for time served in his sentence.
Lewan previously faced two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for an incident at a campground where he police said he lured a woman to a remote area and began to kiss and grope her, according to a report from the Cadillac News.
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I love this scallop - edge pinafore dress from Dahlia. I got it on eBay for £36 which was a bargain as the RRP was £65!! I would never pay that much for it, even if I do love it! I've worn this little ensemble to work quite a few times. I think the dress works pretty well with this lace top from Topshop, but would also be great with a shirt or blouse. I might start posting more work outfits more often as it's pretty much all I wear these days! I also feel my work wardrobe needs some inspiring, so please send any workwear inspired posts my way!


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WATCH: Only Gordon Ramsay Would Scream F-Bombs In The Middle Of A Quinceañera Waltz
by Mariella Mosthof | 10:46 am, May 8th, 2013
For future reference: Hell's Kitchen, with its open kitchen, where Gordon Ramsay's potty mouth expedites two teams of chef trainees, whom are basically useless baby birds, might not be the best venue to host a young lady's quinceañera.
The restaurant hosted its first quince last night, and when the Red Team failed to fire all their appetizers before the customary beautiful court waltz was scheduled to start, Ramsay suffered a total meltdown, and not-at-all awkwardly dropped multiple, noisy f-bombs in the middle of the dance.
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Unlike, say, the populations of Tennessee and California, Nick Saban likes Lane Kiffin. A lot.
How much? It goes beyond hiring him at a time when Alabama needed more hands-on expertise in an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach than it had in a long time.
Saban hinted Monday that Alabama may have lost to West Virginia had Kiffin been in the press box instead of on the sideline, had he merely been talking in Blake Sims' ear rather than looking him in the eye.
"I think if he wasn't on the sideline, we would've had a lot more issues, maybe more issues than we could overcome to be successful in the game," Saban said.
Whoa. That's a big, fat headset sticker for the OC.
Saban wasn't finished in praising Kiffin for the job he did guiding Sims through his first college start at quarterback.
"He did a really good job of managing Blake and helped him manage the game as much as you could ever do it," Saban said. "I don't think anybody could've done that had he been in the press box. So I think that was critical."
Sims set Alabama records for completions (24) and attempts (33) for a first-time starter. He also threw for more yards (250) than Greg McElroy (230) and AJ McCarron (226) did in their debuts.
Sims exceeded a lot of expectations, too, down to how much he would play. He went the distance except for the final 65 seconds when Jake Coker took his first snaps in an Alabama uniform to run out the clock.
A quarterback competition still exists, Saban said Monday, but one game into the Saban-Kiffin partnership, you have to say the new guy has exceeded a lot of expectations himself.
No doubt Saban has heard the skepticism of the Kiffin hire and hasn't appreciated it. How else to explain his well-intentioned if slightly misguided pro-Kiffin rant after the game?
"You know, the guy is a really good coach now, all right," Saban said. "Y'all need to fess up to that. And most places that don't like him is because he left and they were mad because he left. They weren't mad about anything he did while he was there. Just do a little research on that."
Um, not exactly. Tennessee was angry Kiffin left for USC after one year. On the contrary, the Oakland Raiders couldn't wait to fire Kiffin after four games in 2008, and USC let him go after five games last year.
Where Saban was right from the start in hiring him was focusing on the things he'd be asked to do in Tuscaloosa, things that make Kiffin's job tougher initially than that of his predecessors, Doug Nussmeier, Jim McElwain and Major Applewhite.
None of them had to groom a new starting quarterback almost from scratch in less than a year. Nussmeier and Applewhite inherited a starter. McElwain groomed McElroy for a year and McCarron for two years before they took over the job.
Kiffin's been asked to coach up one quarterback in Sims who never appeared to be the heir apparent and speed up a late transfer in Coker who's been forced to play catch-up.
"Lane does have command with the players," Saban told me Thursday in his office. "They all respect him. He's really good with all the skill guys. He's just good with all those guys."
Some of us recognized the new coordinator's ability before he was officially hired. If he stays in his lane, Kiffin has a chance to be Alabama's newcomer of the year.


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You have until Feb. 22 to check out an amazing art exhibit at Drake University.
The "Magpie Tendencies" exhibit at The Anderson Gallery is by Jennifer Angus, of Madison, Wisconsin. She has earned the name the "bug lady."
The exhibit is a mix of art and entomology -- the study of bugs.
The art shows some of Angus' collection of more than 30,000 insects.
The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday 1-4 p.m. Angus will be at the exhibit on the evening of Feb. 22.
You can see it at the Harmon Fine Arts Center on the Drake campus at 2505 Carpenter Ave.


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Rudy Calzada, mainstay of Woodinville Community Band, celebrates 80th birthday
|One of the mainstays of the Woodinville Community Band has been trumpet player Rudy Calzada who celebrated his 80th birthday Oct. 12. Rarely missing a rehearsal with the band, Calzada is known for his enthusiasm and love of life.
Evergreen needs volunteers for Trauma Intervention Program
|Evergreen Healthcare and local fire and emergency service providers from Redmond to Shoreline have partnered to launch a new Trauma Intervention Program (TIP).
Watertenders angered by paving at Daniels Creek Park
|"I am deeply saddened by what I see happening at Daniel's Creek Park," said Terry Lavender, a member of Watertenders who has spent countless hours as an Adopt-A-Park volunteer since 1993.
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
|Community members are invited to give thanks at the 7th annual Community Interfaith Service of Thanksgiving on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Northshore United Church of Christ, 18900 168th Ave. The church is just north of Mack's Corner.
Pacific Northwest Ballet presents 'Encore'
|Pacific Northwest Ballet's recent program, "Encore," is a repertoire of interesting works ranging from Balanchine's elegant "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" and his darker, more stylized "La Valse" to co-artistic director Kent Stowell's jazzy and light "Dumbarton Oaks" to finally, William Forsythe's "In the middle, somewhat elevated," an aggressive and explosive number that pulsates with energy.
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|A family memorial service for Charles B. Yager, age 72 of Woodinville, was held Wednesday Nov. 15, at Evergreen Hospice. Mr. Yager died on Nov. 13 at Evergreen Hospital.


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CenturyLink, OPALCO team up on temporary fix, restore communication lines
A team of divers on Thursday morning began assessing damage to the severed underwater fiber cable that shutdown lines of communication earlier in the week on San Juan and its surrounding islands.
Whether the cable will be repaired or replaced will be determined based on that assessment, according to CenturyLink spokeswoman Jan Kampbell. The severed portion of the cable is located about one mile offshore of Lopez Island.
Meanwhile, a temporary solution is in the works that will restore voice and 911 service for CenturyLink customers on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez islands, according to Kampbell.
Kampbell noted in an email that CenturyLink will use Orcas Power & Light Cooperative's fiber cable and microwave system to connect customers with voice and 911 phone service while work on the severed cable proceeds.
Damage to CenturyLink's underwater fiber cable has disrupted telephone, internet and a wide spectrum of wireless communication service since early Tuesday morning. Islanders have used various wireless "hotspots", such as San Juan Island Library, to connect to the internet, conduct business or access email accounts since the breakdown of communication.
According to San Juan Island & Town of Friday Harbor Department of Emergency Management, AT&T is setting up a portable cellular phone service site in Friday Harbor, Thursday morning, which is expected to provide service for its wireless customers.
Until service is restored, Lopez Island residents are advised to use either cellphones or land lines to call Lopez Fire district in the event of a emergency, 360-468-2991, or to go in person to district headquarters, 2228 Fisherman Bay Road.
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Vital Beats Every Drummer Must Know
Tempo: Mid to fast
Beat Placement: Behind the beat
Time Feel: Swung
Dynamics: Yes! This groove uses lots of accents and buzz rolls and your dynamics will contribute a lot to the feel.
A New Orleans second-line march has more in common with a Scottish march than those we played in high school. Second-line refers to the band that follows the hearse and family that lead New Orleans funeral parades — and you thought death metal had dark origins! Surprisingly, this music has a cheerful, upbeat swinging quality. The drumming is based on a unique blend of Civil War–era marches and African and Caribbean rhythms, creating a funky, laid-back groove that every drum set drummer should have in their trick bag.
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Tempo: Medium to fast
Beat Placement: On the beat
Time Feel: Even or swung
Dynamics: Wide range of volumes, often accenting to lift the music.
While this groove is used in many country songs, it's also found in certain rock songs like Golden Earring's "Radar Love" or Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz." When swung hard, this groove is very similar to a shuffle and can be thought of as a hand-to-hand shuffle since it uses a RLRL sticking. When played straighter, it has more of the sound of a train gradually churning along. In country music, it's often played with brushes (or rods) for a lighter train-like sound.
Tempo: Wide range depending on style
Beat Placement: Varying
Time Feel: Varying
Dynamics: Wide ranging
"Latin" encompasses a wide range of grooves, since these patterns come from a variety of countries, each with its own groove contributions. The most common styles we play are bossa nova, samba, mambo, and rumba. Drum set originated in the United States and is used to impersonate the sound of several percussionists playing hand drums, which are used in Latin music. Since groups of individuals have their own unique ways of interpreting time, the ability to bend the note placement of your hands over a steady foot pattern will create more realistic results than completely accurate metronomic playing. Fills and grooves in Latin music are somewhat ametrical in rhythm, and can even oscillate similar to an egg rolling. Often, the difference is somewhere between even spacing and a triplet feel, but is actually not quite either. It can also shift back and forth between those divisions, first hinting one way, then the other. That is the reason Latin music is so challenging and rewarding to play.
In this example, we see a typical samba (or bossa nova) pattern followed by a rhythmically distorted fill above it. The ability to play evenly with your feet while changing the note spacing played above it certainly won't come overnight but is definitely worth the effort if you want to play Latin music styles more authentically. These techniques can also be used in jazz and rock. Ringo Starr accomplished similar oscillating feels on The Beatles song "Ticket To Ride." To learn this technique with a samba foot pattern, you'll need to be able to put your feet on autopilot while you focus your attention on the note spacing and rhythm of your hands.
Slow Blues
Tempo: Slow
Beat Placement: Behind or on the beat
Time Feel: Even
Dynamics: Wide range
Blues is all about the feel. It is usually played with a 12/8 time signature, and slower songs usually have a behind-the-beat feel, although you don't want the tempo to drag.
Tempo: Medium to fast
Beat Placement: On the beat
Time Feel: Even
Dynamics: Wide range but usually medium
As blues music speeds up beyond our ability to play all three cymbal notes per beat, we drop the middle note, leaving the first and third note to create the cymbal pattern characteristic of a shuffle. Shuffles can also be played with a jazz ride pattern or straight quarter-notes with the snare and bass drum outlining the shuffle rhythm. There are dozens of varieties of shuffles, just like you'd find with rock, jazz, or Latin grooves.


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DETROIT -- When Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland coached third base for the Chicago White Sox in the early 1980s, he had a sign taped to his locker that read: "Stopping at third adds nothing to the score."
In other words, it pays to be aggressive.
That proved true Thursday afternoon when Tigers third-base coach Tom Brookens waved Prince Fielder home in the seventh inning with only one out and the game tied at 4-all.
It was a gutsy call, but -- as Leyland said after the game -- it was the right one to make.
"(Brookens) stayed aggressive," he said. "That's what you've got to be."
Brookens has arguably been one of the most aggressive coaches in the league during his first year at third. This season, Detroit has had 20 base runners thrown out at home, second only to Boston (23) and five more than its total from 2012.
Some questioned Brooken' late-inning call Thursday, pointing to a similar move he made just this past weekend that resulted in Fielder getting thrown out at the plate in the ninth inning to end the game.
That didn't happen this time.
Fielder had just poked a single into right field to score Torii Hunter and tie the game at 4-4 when Martinez walked to the plate.
Fielder rounded third right about the time Raul Ibanez's strong throw from left reached cutoff man Carlos Triunfel. Triunfel made a quick turn and fired a relay throw that forced Seattle catcher Mike Zunino to reach toward the third-base dugout.
Fielder slid to the inside of the plate in an attempt to avoid Zunino's tag and was called safe by home-plate umpire Ron Kulpa. Fielder clapped his hands and pounded the turf in celebration.
"It was pretty close," Fielder said. "I was just faster, I guess."
Mariners manager Eric Wedge wasn't so sure about the call.
"All I knew was that it was a bang-bang play at the plate," he said. "Mike did a great job of getting the throw and making the tag. We just didn't get the call."
Zunino argued with Kulpa, but to no avail -- the Tigers took a 5-4 lead, one they wouldn't relinquish. It was the second of two runs Fielder scored Thursday and the second in which he scored all the way from first base.
"You see your kid, he's running for a touchdown in little league, and you start running down the line with him. That's what I do with Prince," Hunter said. "Every time he scores from first to home. It's exciting. That big boy can move."
Brookens' aggressiveness has certainly led to a fair share of finger-pointing this year, as it generally does. But there's a big difference between making a mistake and getting a runner thrown out for being aggressive.
In late April, Brookens waved home Martinez, who bypassed home plate and kept running to the dugout after Jeff Francoeur's throw easily beat him home. That was a mistake.
On Saturday, Fielder was thrown out at the plate to end the game after Brookens sent him home with two outs and runs at a premium. That was the right call to make.
"It's been a little hard for (Brookens) because I'm so used to (former third-base coach Gene Lamont) and you get spoiled," Leyland said. "But he's done a good job."
Some fans will disagree, but that's just the nature of the business for third-base coaches. Rarely are they recognized for doing something right.
Fans are more likely to criticize a call if it results in an out at the plate than if a runner is left stranded on third. In both cases, the run doesn't score.
After the game, Leyland applauded Brooken's decision to wave Fielder home -- just like he did five days earlier when Kansas City gunned Fielder done at the plate.
"If you've got a chance and you think you've got a chance to score him, you send him," Leyland said. "I don't have any problem with an aggressive third-base call."
And neither do the fans -- so long as the run scores.
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Will new condo transform Yonge-Dundas Square?
Yonge-Dundas Square could be about to get its first mixed-use residential towers if Toronto and East York Community Council gives the go-ahead later this month. The 39-storey cluster of towers will sit between Victoria Street and O'Keefe Lane and provide one of the clearest views of Toronto's most famous intersection.
The project involves renovating two designated heritage properties on the south side of the square and demolishing a third between Victoria Street and O'Keefe Lane. The new towers would rise behind the remaining structures, known as the Hermant Buildings, and provide a mix of retail and office space at grade and residential units nearer the top.
The Hermant Buildings, two art-deco inspired former factories, were built in 1913 and 1929 and will house office space. The smaller of the pair, located roughly midway between Victoria and Yonge streets, was briefly the tallest in Toronto though it stands at just nine floors.
Both were owned by Percy Hermant, founder of the Imperial Optical Company which was once the largest glasses and eyewear manufacturer in Canada. The business operated out of the buildings and carried the company's logo on its Dundas Street side for many years.
The pair are cited for the detailed exterior and decorative metalwork that will be restored under the construction conditions outlined by the city. The Section 37 agreements on the table would also provide public artwork and cash for new green spaces in the neighbourhood.The new structure will comprise several towers of different height towers, the tallest of which will feature a penthouse apartment with panoramic views of the city. Smaller 38- and 40-storey buildings will be built on the same site with entrances on Victoria Street.
"It has a huge profile, obviously it'll be visible from the square, so it has quite a cachet in that regard." says David Dow, principal of Diamond Schmitt Architects. "We've really tried to create a building that has a bit of a different look than many of the all-glass buildings out there. The pre-cast vertical panels on it will create a different look."
The design is a joint venture by Diamond and Schmitt and Page + Steele IBI Group on behalf the owner of the heritage buildings. "It's a project that's been in the works for quite a while so we're pretty enthused by it now," adds Dow. "We've got the working drawings complete and once the approvals are in place we're hoping to see things move quickly."
Here are some quick stats:
Height: 39 floors, 122.5 metres
Residential units: 362
Parking spaces: 70
Total gross floor area: 30,980 square metres
Total residential space: 21,800 sq. m.
Total office space: 8,150 sq. m.
Total retail space: 230 sq. m.
The rental units will be the latest to arrive in the area between Queen and Dundas since the giant Massey Condos were announced this time last year. Do you think more residential units on this section of Yonge will improve the neighbourhood? What do you think of the plans to keep the heritage buildings?
The site plan will go before Toronto and East York Community Council later this month with recommendations from the city planning division that the project be given the green light. If it's approved, the developers will be able to start construction immediately.Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
Images: Diamond and Schmitt Architects and PAGE + STEELE IBI Group, Derek Flack/blogTO, City of Toronto and City of Toronto Archives
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Just like Yonge-Dundas Square!
there's a lot of beautiful ones we should keep obviously but the Hermant Buildings are not on that list.
It'll transform it from a soulless, poorly-conceived facsimile of a genuine international center city public (really private though) square into a soulless, poorly-conceived facsimile of a genuine international center city public (really private though) square with cookie cutter uninspired condos jutting up against it.
Hardly any city in the world is immune from this, and in fact every North American city that exists has this problem. This is not unique to Toronto. Stop it.
It might also be noted that Toronto is somewhat spoiled by all of the condo construction and pretty much any other city on the continent (except perhaps Vancouver) would be drooling over the prospect of such a building at such a location no matter what the style.
As to living at Yonge-Dundas, there is a market for everything. There are recent condo building in Times Square in New York too, go figure.
Diamond and Schmitt and Page + Steele in a JV? Wow, what an odd arranged marriage that must be. Let's hope that DS handles the envelope and public details while P+S does the units.
A drab boring city living in the past seems to be their agenda. Everything they see is a bland boring glass box.
This is hilarious! Who 'drools' over cheap, POS buildings? Who feels 'spoiled' by the proliferation of condos? Maybe teenaged development nerds, skyscraper freaks or skyline dorks - the types who spend their free time taking photos of construction sites and posting them online for all their little buddies to masturbate over? But what about the other 99.9% of the population - the women, the adult men who don't rely on the girth and height of their 'ahem' skyline in order to feel 'manly' lol
If there are people who would actually drool over the 'prospect' of this.. thing.. lol... I hope they get help they need, and keep their drooling asses the fuck away from me!
How about all the people who work in the trades and construction who would be out of work if it weren't for this huge construction boom?
Or people living in the sprawling cities in the US where everyone leaves downtown after 5 PM and no one wants to live there?
I really don't understand all the hating on condos. We're really lucky to live in a city with a booming, intensifying downtown.
Look at the renderings. I think that the insistence on preserving these heritage buildings has made the builder sacrifice finish on the new building. It's a shame. To me, I question the heritage value of these buildings.
Mona Lisa spiral towers from Mississauga.
They would be ore iconic yonge dundas
And seriously, if you're going to drool over this mundane, could-be-anywhere, piece of crap, you must be drooling full time, every time you pass any nondescript cheapo building in any city, or anywhere in the GTA.
I'll bet there were a lot of drooolers in Miami back in 2007. Ask them if they're still drooling.
First and foremost condos are housing. Entertaining and inspiring passers by is secondary. There are actually very few places in the world where the majority of housing is beautiful with very high quality materials - Manhattan is one example. Sure, in Toronto there are some beautiful buildings like the new Four Seasons, Shangri La, L Tower, etc., and that's great. But these are incredibly expensive and condos shouldn't just be for the ultra rich. They're an accessible form of home ownership compared to single family houses which are out of reach in the GTA for almost anyone.
This building is a fine looking building, and it fits in nicely in a city (based on the rendering here anyway - I'd be curious to see its base and other details), even if it wouldn't in an architecture gallery.
As for the condo market, there are some key differences between Toronto now and Miami circa 2007 - they're not comparable. Will there be a market correction? Maybe. But that's not a reason to hate the condo boom, and I think basically everyone working in the construction industry would agree. People who are looking to purchase a home in the city would also agree.
How sad this architect thinks vertical strip of pre-cast makes this building somehow unique and interesting. This city really needs to raise the bar - incredibly banel, lacking in imagination, creativity and innovation.
Rinse, repeat. This city sucks.
JMac is not entirely correct -- there are many, many shoddy buildings in Manhattan, especially residential, but that's not the point. As he notes, mo' buildings equals mo' housing, and mo' housing equals mo' city. It would not take long for me to google search a dozen cities where they practically throw a parade at the prospect of a single residential building being built in their barren downtowns. And I'm not talking Buffalo or Detroit, I'm talking real cities. For example, the fact that downtown Dallas tripled its entire residential population from 2,198 in 2000 to 6,069 in 2010 was cause for a major newspaper article there -- over what would be a rounding error at CityPlace. That's the drool. But anyone who has ever spent time in other cities would realize this, it's so obvious.
As I said, Toronto is spoiled. Big picture, it's great to see these condos continuing to pop up. Fine tune the urbanity of the buildings, sure, but on the whole this will be looked back on as a great golden period for the development of the city.


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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The following crimes were reported to the Montgomery Police Department from Saturday, May 21 to Monday, May 23.
Four black swivel computer chairs valued around $800 were reported stolen from an 86-year-old man's home on Monday. The incident occurred on the 2400 block of Betchen Drive.
A $2,000 wheelchair lift rack was stolen from a 76-year-old man's home on the 3400 block of Buckhoard Road on Monday. The man's car tag was also stolen from his silver Mercury Grand Marquis in the driveway.
A 44-year-old woman reported a burglary at her home on the 600 block of Chartrice Street on Monday. The woman reported more than $2,000 in missing jewelry and a missing flat-screen TV. The front door was also damaged, the woman also told police.
On Monday, a 44-year-old woman reported her 2004 Chevy Tahoe as stolen from a parking lot on the 3700 block of Eastern Boulevard. The vehicle was valued around $51,000.
A black 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix was reported missing from a home on the 600 block of Colombia Avenue. The 24-year-old owner of the vehicle also reported her $2,400 rims as missing.
A 33-year-old man reported his 1999 Ford Crown Victoria missing from his home located on Montgomery Street on Sunday.
Police responded to a theft in progress at Eastdale Mall on Saturday, where a thief was caught stealing 12 pairs of panties from the storefront.
A 33-year-old Montgomery man reported $700 worth of Playstation games missing from his home on the 4800 block of Park Town Way on Saturday.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Drink ¤'em while you got ¤'em -- 32-ounce sodas, that is.
On Thursday, the city Board of Health passed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to limit the size of sodas and other sugary drinks New Yorkers can purchase at restaurants and concession stands to just 16 ounces -- sending the big drinks the way of smoking in public places and trans fats.
"This is the biggest step a city has taken to curb obesity," Bloomberg said yesterday. "Simply by proposing limits on sugary drinks, New York City pushed the issue of obesity -- and the impact of sugary beverages -- onto the national stage. The Board of Health's passing this proposal means that New Yorkers will soon consume fewer junk calories and eventually begin turning the tide of the obesity epidemic that is destroying the health of far too many of our citizens."
Fruit juices, no-calorie sodas and dairy-based drinks, like milkshakes, are exempt from the ban. But fast-food joints that allow people to fill their own beverages won't be able to stock cups larger than 16 ounces.
But Islanders who love the signature "Big Gulp" drink at 7-Eleven can rest easy: The chain, and all convenience stores, are exempt from the rule. The limit applies to
food service establishments regulated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- convenience stores aren't. But it will be impossible to buy a soda or pre-sweetened iced tea bigger than 16 ounces at a slew of places: Restaurants, food carts, delis and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums and arenas.
And while many Islanders said the previous health initiatives didn't affect their lives much -- and when they did, it was often for the better -- they panned this way as being too invasive.
"I feel people should be able to order what they want to," Mike Walker, 34, of Mariners Harbor said.
While Walker said he agreed people shouldn't be able to smoke in public places -- and enjoyed the results of that 2002 policy -- all the Bloomberg administration's rules taken together were beginning to feel restrictive. When it came to calorie counts and sodas, he said the mayor should stay out of people's choices.
"It's your life. You should be able to do what you want to do," he said. "There's some people that watch their diets, and there's some people that don't."
"We're starting to make New York a less-free city," he added.
Frances Lombardi of Grant City agreed that the soda ban is bad policy.
"I think it's none of his business -- if someone wants to drink that much then let them drink it," she said.
But she has found some of the mayor's initiatives useful -- like putting up letter grades from the Health Department in establishments' windows. It helps her choose a clean restaurant, she said.
"I think that's a good thing," she said. "It keeps you away from the bad places."
While she's not a smoker, she opines that others should have the right to smoke a bit more freely than they do now -- with it banned in parks and public places. But she also liked the mayor's regulations forcing restaurants to post calorie counts, and said it helped her make choices.
"You know how many calories you're eating," she said.
Gabriella Mastandrea, 13, of Rossville and Jacqueline Parks, 15, of Pleasant Plains, were enjoying tall cans of Arizona iced tea -- and since it's sweetened, they would no longer be able to purchase that size of the drink in restaurants or at movie theaters.
"I think that you should be entitled to drink what you want," Gabriella said.
"I should be able to buy whatever I want and drink it," Jacqueline added.
But the girls said the smoking bans had affected their lives more positively.
"The smoking thing makes more sense. It smells terrible," Jacqueline said.
Smokers were mixed on how the bans on butts had affected them.
"I'm a smoker, but I believe in the no smoking rule," Stanley Sajecki of Huguenot said.
Sajecki said other people shouldn't have to be subjected to the negative health effects of secondhand smoke. But he's no fan of the soda ban.
"I think it's ridiculous," he said. "With everything going on in this city, that's what he has to worry about? Who's drinking what?"
The mayor should lay off his health initiatives, Sajecki said.
"I think he should stick more to the political end of his being mayor than anything else."
Fellow smoker Gilbert Alicea, of the Bronx, who was visiting Staten Island yesterday, said the smoking bans had negatively affected his life. He doesn't smoke often, and usually does so at home -- but if he does it on the sidewalk, he's constantly met with dirty looks and over-the-top coughing.
"If I smoke, I feel like I'm crucified," he said.
He blames the mayor's bans, saying 10 years ago, people didn't care if he smoked outside an office building. Bloomberg "puts a battery into people" with his policies on smoking that get people worked up, he said.
"It's just ridiculous," he said. "Mind your own business."
While the smoking ban has had an impact on him, he doesn't think the soda ban will do much to make people thin -- since restaurants will just start offering free refills, or people will buy two 16-ounce sodas, spending more money and consuming more sugar.
"I really think it's ridiculous," he said. "He's getting involved in situations that he really has no business in, nor does the Health Department have business in."
"Calorie counting was OK. The smoking bans are fine indoors, but extending them to outdoors seems too broad an initiative," commenter rhymer said. "It's those extensions of government intrusion that are worrisome."
But the bans made a positive impact on some people's lives. Daddycooksbest said he quit smoking after the price went up.
"[I] quit due to the fact 2 packs a day would put me in the poor house," the commenter wrote, adding Bloomberg is "a robber baron but [I] have him to thank for this."
NYSERDA wrote the mayor's roles and powers ought to be redefined.
"I appreicate that Bloomberg offers suggestions, but take offense to him forcing his ideas down our throats," NYSERDA wrote. "There should be a line that the Mayor should not cross."
DarioNYC thought the city should ban high fructose corn syrup, and enjoyed the smoking bans and calorie counts.
"I actually miss the calorie count if I'm somewhere and have to eat at a chain restaurant," DarioNYC wrote. "I usually look up calorie counts on my phone, but it's a lot easier when it's on the menu right in front of you and helps inform the consumer."
The mayor's health initiatives -The ban on big, sugary drinks is just the latest move by Hizzoner
2002 -A smoking ban prohibits lighitng up inside bars and restaurants
2005-Trans fats are banned from use in restaurant kitchens
2008-Restaurant chains are required to make calorie counts available on menu boards and also on menus
2010-Restaurants and food service establishments are required to prominently post letter grades reflecting their health inspections
2011-Smoking is banned in city parks, plazas and beaches


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News & Highlights
2016 Women's Health Research Conference
Thank you to everyone who attended the Powell Center's 12th Annual Women's Health Research Conference: "Environmental Exposures and Hormones: Implications for Health" on Monday, April 4th.
Special thanks to our keynote speakers, Drs. Shuk-Mei Ho and Cheryl Walker, and our panelists, Drs. Sharon Allen, Shalamar Sibley, and June La Valleur.
If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, or if you registered on-site and would like a receipt, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A New Era in Cervical Cancer Screening: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Screening by Deanna Teoh, MD
Deanna Teoh, MD, Powell Center BIRCWH Scholar recently published an editorial in the Journal of Women's Health. The article discusses the risks and benefits of cervical cancer screening, as well as the barriers that need to be overcome to improve adherence to the most recent screening guidelines.
Read her full editorial here.
Research Participation Opportunity: Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Abstinence in Hormonal Contraceptive Users
Dr. Alicia Allen, BIRCWH Program Scholar, is conducting a study as part of the University of Minnesota Tobacco Research Program regarding Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Abstinence in Hormonal Contraceptive Users. The purpose of this study is to explore how the hormones from birth control can influence women's efforts to quit smoking. The study is looking for women between the ages of 18 and 35 who are currently taking birth control pills or the Depo shot, or have regular menstrual cycles.
Details about the study requirements and compensation can be found here: http://www.tobaccoresearch.umn.edu/orcasstudy.html.
If you are interested in being a particpant or have questions about the study contact Kim or Himal at 612-626-7276, or email email@example.com.
March Lecture CANCELED
The March 30th Women's Health Lecture, "The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Women," has been canceled. The next Women's Health Lecture will take place on April 27th.
Register Now for the 2016 Women's Health Research Conference!
Register now for the 12th Annual Women's Health Research Conference, ""Environmental Exposures and Hormones: Implications for Health". This year's conference will take place on Monday, April 4th, at Coffman Theater in Coffman Memorial Union 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm. It will be followed up by a wine and poster reception in Campus Club from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm.
About the Conference
The conference will explore the effects of environmental exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that are found in everyday products such as plastic food containers, cosmetics, and sunscreen. Discussion will also focus on specific conditions (e.g., obesity, diabetes, and cancer) of altered hormone action and their impact on human health.
For more infomation and a detailed agenda, click here.
General admission - $25
Students - $15
Update on Menopausal Symptoms and Treatment Options, published in "Journal of Women's Health"
The vast majority of women going through the period of menopausal transition, or perimenopause, will seek medical help coping with symptoms that can significantly impact their health and quality of life, such as hot flashes, poor sleep, depression, and vaginal dryness. The pattern of common perimenopausal symptoms, how they often interact to worsen the effects of each, and current hormonal and non-hormonal therapeutic options are examined in the article "Perimenopause: From Research to Practice." Author Nanette Santoro, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, describes the stages of reproductive aging in women, linking common symptoms to the late reproductive stages, the early and late menopausal transition stages, and the early postmenopause. Dr. Santoro discusses strategies for treating multiple symptoms with a single medication when possible. Read the full article in the Journal of Women's Health here.
Research Participation Opportunity: Exercise, Activity and Smoking in Young Adults (EASY-A)
Dr. Alicia Allen, BIRCWH Scholar, is currently conducting a research study entitled "Exercise, Activity and Smoking in Young Adults" (EASY-A), part of the University of Minnesota Tobacco Research Program. The study is looking for male and female particpants between ages 18 and 40 who smoke and want to start exercising. The study's purpose is to examine how physical activity changes in young adults who smoke while they start a new exercise program. To find out more about particpation requirements and compenstation visit http://tobaccoresearch.umn.edu/easy-a.html.
If you have questions or would like more information please contact Sam at 612-626-7276 or at email@example.com.
The Powell Center Welcomes Carol Lange, PhD, as the Research Director
Rachel Isaksson Vogel Named Newest Masonic Cancer Center Scholar
Dr. Rachel Isaksson Vogel is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health. She received her Master's degree in Biostatistics in 2008 and served as a statistical consultant for cancer researchers through 2015. In 2016 she completed her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and transitioned into a faculty research position. Dr. Vogel served as a statistician with the Masonic Cancer Center Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core for the past seven years. She is interested in outcomes research, specifically, cancer survivorship among women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As the Masonic Cancer Center Scholar her proposed research will assess cognitive decline following chemotherapy and its impact on survivors' daily functioning. The objective of this proposed study is to further define chemotherapy-induced cognitive decline in an ovarian cancer population and assess the potential role APOE4 carrier status plays in cognitive changes.
Deanna Teoh, M.D., Named Newest BIRCWH Scholar
Deanna Teoh, M.D. has been named a University of Minnesota BIRCWH Scholar. Dr. Teoh has been an Assistant Professor in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota since 2011. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, followed by a residency at the University of California at San Francisco and a fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Teoh has received several awards in teaching, professionalism, and research during both her residency and fellowship. Her clinical research interests are focused on advanced laparoscopic surgery including Robotics. She is also principal investigator for a randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating thermal injury at the vaginal cuff during total laparoscopic hysterectomy using two different modes of electrothermal energy. In 2015, she served as the Masonic Cancer Center Scholar.
Dr. Teoh's current and past research focuses on improving patient outcomes specifically in women with gynecologic cancers or pre-malignant conditions. Her proposed research focuses on cervical cancer screenings and her objectives are to determine adherence rates to the 2012 cervical cancer screening guidelines, identify barriers to healthcare provider adherence, and to engage healthcare providers to implement and evaluate a system to improve adherence to the guidelines.


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Authorities received a call Friday at 12:52 a.m. that there was an explosive planted in a vehicle parked in an unnamed campus structure, according to the U-M police incident summary.
The structures were searched and no explosives were located.
The phone number is associated with previous prank calls, according to the phone system company.
Police continue to investigate.
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