text: Patient Stories 2015-10-09 A Colonoscopy Catch Main Article Content Breadcrumb navigation All/Patient Stories/A Colonoscopy Catch Colonoscopy Leads to Preventative Treatment A patient's decision to have a screening colonoscopy helped NM physicians identify and remove growths just before they turned into cancer. Laura Lau, a 70-year-old patient, has no family history of colon cancer. But, because she is over the age of 50, her primary care physician, Nicholas Zoretic, DO, from Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group in Bloomingdale, recommended a screening colonoscopy. "Preventing colon cancer is the key reason for getting tested," says Rajesh Keswani, MD, gastroenterologist at the Digestive Health Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and director of quality for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "Colonoscopies are our preferred method to find polyps, or small growths in the colon that shouldn't be there, before they turn into cancer." Lau says it wasn't until her husband scheduled a colonoscopy for himself that she decided it was time. "I kept putting it off," says Lau. "I knew I just needed to do it and get it over with. It was time." She then scheduled her procedure with Arvin Bhatia, MD, gastroenterologist with Regional Medical Group at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital. Lau's colonoscopy showed a very large polyp and biopsies showed that it had not yet turned into cancer. While many patients undergo surgery to remove these large polyps, Dr. Bhatia consulted with Dr. Keswani, who specializes in large polyp removal. They both agreed that an attempt to remove the polyp via colonoscopy with Dr. Keswani would be appropriate. "The process was smooth and convenient," says Lau. "Since all three of my doctors are a part of Northwestern Medicine, I didn't have to start over with each appointment. I live in the Chicago suburbs and only had to travel downtown once for the procedure since my doctors were communicating." Lau's results confirmed that she had gotten her colonoscopy just in time as the polyp had not yet turned into cancer. She is now back to doing what she loves — working as a substitute teacher at local high schools three days a week. "The best way to prevent colon cancer is to get tested," says Dr. Keswani. "Colorectal cancer usually develops after the age of 50, and the chances of getting it typically increase as you get older." Learn other ways to prevent colorectal cancer or visit the Digestive Health Center for more information. Interested in connecting more to the Northwestern Medicine community? 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The Seniors Country Store will have an open house on March 23.
The Seniors Country Store will have an open house on March 23.
Refreshments will be served and there will be outside vendors. Come and check out the wonderful variety of merchandise, including jewelry, baby afghans and clothing, old timey bonnets, potato bags (so your microwave potatoes stay really moist) and bird houses. It is the perfect time to put up a house for blue birds and other feathered friends.
There are many other fabulous items at the store, all made by seniors. Come to shop and stay for the Easter parade — you will have a great view from the store's parking lot. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Call Irene Mimlitsch at 731-2211 or 798-2540 to learn more.
Welcome Civitan honors local clergy members; 7 attend
The Welcome Civitan met on March 7 for its annual clergy night. There were seven area ministers in attendance that night. They were the Rev. Charles Buckner, a retired missionary; the Rev. Jim Camp, retired director of N.C. Baptist Children's Home and an evangelist; Eddie Evans, associate minister at Center United Methodist Church in Welcome; the Rev. John Gordon of Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem; the Rev. Randy Hall of Fairmont Presbyterian Church in Lexington; the Rev. Dennis Marshall of Bethesda United Methodist Church; and the Rev. Lee Pollock, a retired United Methodist Church minister.
They were honored with a meal and a gift certificate from the club. The club was honored to have Hall as guest speaker.
Saturday will be the club's community breakfast at Center United Methodist Church. The buffet will include tenderloin, sausage, bacon, eggs, grits, gravy, waffles, biscuits and toast. Tickets are still available. Come out from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and enjoy breakfast and support the club. The price is $6 in advance or $7 at the door. Children ages 5 to 12 are $3. See any club member or call 731-7181 for tickets.
The Civitan will have a joint meeting with the North Davidson High School Junior Civitan on March 21 at Center United Methodist Church.
Residents are urged to come out for the annual Welcome Easter Parade at 3:30 p.m. March 23. The club is one of the parade sponsors, and Bud Hayes, longtime club member, is the grand marshal of this year's parade.
Scout attend council outing in February
Troop 238 Boy Scouts Andrew Coppley, Brett Dorwart, Cole Howard, Dalton Byrd, Joey White, Mason Hamilton, Samuel Wooten, Ty Holcomb and Will Walser attended the Patrol Leaders' Council outing at the Long House at Camp Woodfield Feb. 15 through Feb. 17.
Church seniors group marks anniversary
Last week the Beulah UCC Prime Timers celebrated its 10th anniversary. The group, made up of seniors from the church and community, began in March of 2010, and has met the first Thursday of each month, except for July and August, for the past 10 years. The Prime Timers enjoy devotions, fellowship, a variety of guest speakers and programs, and a meal prepared and served by volunteers from the church.
Come to poor man's supper Saturday
Bethesda youth will have a poor man's supper at 5 p.m. Sunday.
The children of Bethesda UMC will be participating in Palm Sunday Service on March 24. They will also have the annual Easter egg hunt from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 24. The Maundy Thursday Service will be at 7 p.m. March 28.
The Easter sunrise service will be at 6:30 a.m. March 31, followed by breakfast at 7 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m. with the worship service following at 10:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center.
Moravians will stage spaghetti meal
Community Fellowship Moravian Church, located at 181 Welcome-Arcadia Road in Welcome, will be having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday. Plates are $7.50 for dine in or take out and include spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, garlic bread, dessert and beverage. Call 731-8265 for more information.
First Baptist choir will perform March 23-24
The community is invited to join First Baptist Church in Welcome for the celebration choir's presentation of "There Stands a Cross" at 7 p.m. March 23 or at 11 a.m. March 24.
Pilgrim Reformed offers Lenten meal
Pilgrim Reformed's last Lenten meal and devotional will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday . The public is invited to attend.
The Pilgrim Youth Group will hold a hot dog lunch fundraiser after the worship service on Sunday. The congregation is invited to come and enjoy hot dogs with the trimmings and homemade desserts.
The church wishes to thank the youth group for joining the Rev. Kent on his visits to shut-ins last weekend while he delivered communion. This was during the time the young people were doing a 30 hour Lenten fast. The church wishes to commend them for fasting and the work they are doing.
The children's Easter egg hunt will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on March 23 for ages birth to fifth grade. The rain date is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 24.
Stuff the Truck for Crisis Ministry will be on March 24.
The Rev. Kent will speak at Center UMC at 7 p.m. on Palm Sunday.
The Maundy Thursday service will be at 7 p.m. March 28, and the Good Friday service will be at 7 p.m. March 29. Easter Sunrise Service will be at 7 a.m. March 31 with breakfast to follow. The community is invited to attend these special services.
The church wishes a very happy birthday Martha Essick, who is the oldest member of the church. She will be 98 on March 28. Although she does not get to attend church, she is very special to those of us who knew her when she was a very active member.
Marking milestones
A special birthday wish goes to my aunt, Catherine Watlington, who turned 97 on March 12.

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Opinion: Should Governor McDonnell Resign?
WSJ Bartley fellow Harry Graver on the propriety of campaign gifts given to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. Photo: Associated Press
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Archos announcements are not usually very eventful, but they do have some good options for affordability-minded customers. The company has just announced a new tablet aimed at kids and will be upgrading G9 tablets to Android 4.0′s Ice Cream Sandwich.
Archos had a bit of a delay with its Android 4.0 upgrade for the G9 tablets. The upgrade was supposed to come during the beginning of February. This time, they're reassuring us that the update is coming within the next couple weeks. If you purchased one of these dual-core Honeycomb devices, you should stay tuned for that OTA update, as it should be coming sooner than later.
On a related note, Archos has just announced another affordable device. The Archos ChildPad is geared for kiddos. It sports a 1 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM, but the real incentive is that it is set to launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. All this is packed in a 7-inch form-factor.
Not only does it run Android 4.0, but its specs are very surprising for the price. The ChildPad will retail for only $129, which should make it much more enticing to purchase a tablet for the kids. It also comes pre-loaded with fun games and educational apps, as well as parental control features.
Parental Controls are powered by Editions Profil, which is said to be the "most efficient parental control software in worldwide benchmarks." So you can be sure your kids won't be accessing naughty apps and websites.
It's good to see lower-end devices coming with Android's latest software. Some other manufacturers should take note, as many of us adults are still waiting on updates. Seems our kids just might beat us to it.Show Press Release
The new Child Pad will provide kid's a safe, fun, full tablet experience at $129
Denver, CO — March 01, 2012 — ARCHOS, an award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, announced today a themed 7" Androidâ"¢ tablet for children, called the Child Pad. The 7'' Child Pad features a compact light weight design, the latest Android version, 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich", a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The Child Pad will be available at the end of March for $129 SRP.
"As a pioneer in the portable audio and Androidâ"¢ tablet market we realize the importance of providing a tablet that can offer hours of entertainment for all ages, especially kids", says Henri Crohas, Founder and CEO. "ARCHOS strives to offer great tablets with only the best of features at affordable prices and we expect this tablet to bring a smile to the faces of kids and parents' everywhere."
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Kid friendly features of the Child Pad include access to the Kids App Store powered by AppsLib which is filtered down to 14-friendly categories and 10,000 apps including games, entertainment, communication, multimedia, books, comics, sports and more.
In addition, ARCHOS has created a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles and the top 28 kids' apps pre-loaded including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenzy.
ARCHOS has also designed the Child Pad to comply with both CIPA and COPPA regulations, ensuring a safe tablet environment for kids and peace of mind for parents. The parental controls and safe web browsing is powered by Editions Profil, whose "Mobile Parental Filter" is ranked as the most efficient parental control software in worldwide benchmarks.
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Wave 2 of the Tumblers with Figure are due out in Late March according to Target. Not sure if it will be two new sets or one new one with a repack.
so far I have only seen the Maul and Obi glasses are we still waiting for the E2, E5, E6 glasses or did I miss something?
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μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει οὕτως ποιοῦντα·
I am interested to know why the NT writers would sometimes use the vp (verb participle) rather than the 'normal' form of the verb - was there a specific intent on their part which we should recognize? Is there an intentional shade of meaning of the verb which the writer was interested in conveying when he chose to employ the vp? Some translations seem to hint at such when they use "arriving" rather than "coming". The English "arriving" seems to place less emphasis on the act of coming and more upon what happens afterward. I wonder if this was the intent of the writer, and can this supposition be backed up by the Greek grammar?
It would appear that in most texts where ἔρχομαιappears, the verse and surrounding context seems to place most emphasis upon the coming itself and (in the case of Jesus' coming) events are extremely time-compressed, as if the events all happen immediately upon his coming. But where the vp ἐλθών appears, while his arrival is said to be very sudden and without warning, emphasis in those verses and their surrounding contexts seems to be much more upon the series of events that happen afterward.
If I (a mere beginner as respects Greek grammar) were to be put on the spot by someone who wanted me to explain what shade of meaning is pointed to by the use of the vp (such as the particular one that appears inside Matt. 24:46), what explanation could I provide? Can someone here please analyze this question and provide insight into the possible significance of the use of the vp in this verse, and in general, in NT Greek?


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10 Tiny Rental Kitchens That Make It Work
Who says bigger is better? Part of what we love about our weekly Kitchen Tour feature is that we get to see real cooks making real kitchens work. So today we salute the small rental kitchen with all its cramped quarters and quirks, and the owners who devise storage strategies and infuse joy into their space, whatever its handicap. When the love of cooking and eating is the thing, everything else is workable.
• 1 Deb Perelman's Tiny Smitten Kitchen Rental
• 2 Garden Writer Willi Galloway's Resourceful, Reclaimed Kitchen
• 3 Hanna and John's Simple Yet Satisfying Indoor/Outdoor Portland Kitchen
• 4 Haleigh's Charming Parisian Kitchen
• 5 Gregory's Colorful, Health-Focused Kitchen
• 6 Samin's Exuberant Berkeley Kitchen
• 7 Jess Simpson's No-Gluten, No-Dairy, No-Problem Apartment Ktichn
• 8 Kate Payne's Hip, Homemaking Haven
• 9 Kimberly's Food Blogging Heaven
• 10 Lindsay's Light and Lovely Rental Kitchen
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From December 17 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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Beckham to decide LA Galaxy future in December
David Beckham has no plans to retire this season but will review his position with LA Galaxy in December when there is a break clause in his contract, according to ESPN sources close to the player.
Both club and player have the option to part ways when the MLS season ends at the start of December, but Beckham is currently focused on extending his career rather than going into retirement, although the 37-year-old will think seriously about a final decision next month.
The Galaxy beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 in the MLS Cup on Wednesday and face the Seattle Sounders in the semi-finals over two legs on November 11 and 18 before a possible final on December 1.
Speculation was rife in the media this week that Beckham would quit the Galaxy to move to New York at the end of the season so his wife could pursue her burgeoning fashion career. Victoria Beckham was even reported to have viewed properties and schools in Manhattan including the Convent of The Sacred Heart school for their daughter Harper.
When Beckham was asked earlier this week if he had another season in him, he replied: "Who knows? I'm going to enjoy being in the play-offs... and then we'll see how this body feels. Even when I stop playing, I'll have a hunger to do something better and be the best."
Beckham was also said to have toyed with a move to Brazilian club Botafogo before he signed a two-year contract extension with the Galaxy in January. Instead, Botafogo landed their top transfer target, Clarence Seedorf.
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Lambda lifting
From HaskellWiki
Turning free variables into arguments.
As an example, consider the following worker wrapper function, which computes the truncated square root of an integer:
Suppose that you find that the worker function,
isqrt :: Integer -> Integer isqrt n | n < 0 = error "isqrt" | otherwise = isqrt' ((n+1) `div` 2) where isqrt' s | s*s <= n && n < (s+1)*(s+1) = s | otherwise = isqrt' ((s + (n `div` s)) `div` 2)
, might be useful somewhere else (say, in a context where a better initial estimate is known). You would like to use the lifting pattern to raise it to the top level. However,
contains a free variable,
, which is bound in the outer function. What to do? The solution is to promote
to be an argument of
. The refactored code might look like this:
isqrt :: Integer -> Integer isqrt n | n < 0 = error "isqrt" | otherwise = isqrt' n ((n+1) `div` 2) where isqrt' n s | s*s <= n && n < (s+1)*(s+1) = s | otherwise = isqrt' n ((s + (n `div` s)) `div` 2)
The isqrt' function may now be safely lifted to the top-level.
Naive lambda lifting can cause a program to be less lazy. Consider, for example:
If you want to lift the definition of
f x y = g x + g (2*x) where g x = sqrt y + x
, you might be tempted to write:
However, this would mean that
f x y = g y x + g y (2*x) where g y x = sqrt y + x
is evaluated twice, whereas in the first program, it would be evaluated only once. A more efficient approach is not to lift out the variable
sqrt y
, but rather the expression
sqrt y
An expression of this sort which only mentions free variables is called a free expression. If a free expression is as large as it can be, it is called a maximal free expression, or MFE for short. Note that
f x y = let sy = sqrt y in g sy x + g sy (2*x) where g sy x = sy + x
is actually not technically maximal. Lifting out the MFE would give you:
sqrt y
f x y = let psy = (+) (sqrt y) in g psy x + g psy (2*x) where g psy x = psy x
However, you save no more work here than the second version, and in addition, the resulting function is harder to read. In general, it only makes sense to abstract out a free expression if it is also a reducible expression.
This converse of lambda lifting is lambda dropping, also known as avoiding parameter passing.


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Dr. Meyer is a philosopher, not a scientist. He is eminently qualified as a philosopher. He has studied at one of the world's greatest universities and has earned its highest degree. Dr. Meyer is also an expert in communication. Like a number of his colleagues—Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, William Dembski and, dare I say, Ben Stein—he is a master at communicating with his audiences. His book, Signature in the Cell, is a communicative masterpiece. It is because of his skill as a communicator that he and his colleagues have been able to move mountains.
I do not believe, as Dr. Meyer asserts, that he is unqualified—quite the opposite. He is likely more qualified as a philosopher than I am as a scientist. Furthermore, I guarantee you that if I was venturing into his discipline, I would have little of value to say. Dr. Meyer has ventured into my discipline, biology. He is not highly qualified as a biologist, but he's ventured in anyway. Fair enough. Since he is a great communicator, we should be able to analyze the quality of his arguments.
This brings me to my next point. I believe that Dr. Meyer and his colleagues are sincere. P.Z. Myers, Jerry Coyne, and John Kwok notwithstanding, these people are not out to deceive, they sincerely believe that the mountain they are trying to knock down is a figment of our imagination. The evolutionary paradigm has come about, they believe, through methodological naturalism. When scientists investigate natural processes assuming there is nothing else at work, Meyer and his colleagues believe the scientists get an incomplete picture of how the natural world works. Again, fair enough. Let us be fair too. Let's keep an open mind.
Are you ready for my next point? Dr. Meyer and his colleagues have a view of reality which is very similar to my own. I assume, for example, that the following Scripture is as central to their existence as it is to mine:
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38, 39
So even if I disagree profoundly with what Stephen Meyer and his colleagues conclude, I must be careful. If this Scripture is true for them too, and if they really are never separated from the love of God, then I must not separate myself from them. If I did, if I pulled away, I would be separating myself from that which matters most of all in life, staying close to God's love. Dr. Meyer and his colleagues are smart, they are sincere, and we are all bound together within the love of God.
All of this just brings me to my next point: You can be smart, sincere, and loved, but you can also be very wrong about the interpretation of scientific data. Even smart people are sometimes wrong, especially when they venture into a new discipline, such as would happen if I, heaven forbid, tried to venture into philosophy. On page 107 ofSignature in the Cell, Meyer describes "specified complexity." DNA, he says on page 109, contains "specified complexity" because
it contains "alternative sequences or arrangements of something that produce a specific effect." Although DNA does not convey information that is received, understood, or used by a conscious mind, it does have information that is received and used by the cell's machinery to build the structures critical to the maintenance of life.
In Meyer's response to my review, he made a very strong statement. I am amazed that someone who is really smart and equally sincere could make it, but here it is
First, intelligent agents have demonstrated the capacity to produce large amounts of functionally specified information (especially in a digital form). Second, no undirected chemical process has demonstrated this power. Hence, intelligent design provides the best—most causally adequate—explanation for the origin of the information necessary to produce the first life from simpler non-living chemicals. In other words, intelligent design is the only explanation that cites a cause known to have the capacity to produce the key effect in question. (Emphasis added)
What is he saying here? First of all he says that intelligent agents are known to produce specified complexity. Of course. But look at what he says next: "no undirected chemical process has demonstrated this power." Surely he doesn't mean this. Consider the generation of antibody diversity for example. When a bacterium invades the body, a process results in a whole lot of random rearrangements of DNA sequence, and this eventually produces trillions of highly specific antibodies which specifically recognize and bind to the invading bacterial cells. The antibodies are highly specified. They bind only to that one type of bacteria. We go from a state of lower complexity to higher complexity—higher specified complexity! The process that generates this specified complexity is pure chemistry. A set of random processes have generated the highly specified information required to fight the bacterial infection. Surely none of us would believe there is a little "intelligent being" in the body directing the body step-by-step to make the correct antibody. We know it doesn't work that way. The universe of biology is full of examples of random processes giving rise to specified information. Interested readers are referred to the outstanding book, Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell for a marvelous discussion of how complexity, including specified complexity in living and non-living systems can emerge without the specific design-input of an intelligence.
Now at this point, Dr. Meyer might step in and remind me of our common belief that there is a Mind who established life's processes, a Mind whose presence is necessary to sustain the laws of the universe. Sure. We both accept that. But that's beside the point. There are "undirected chemical processes" that produce functionally specified information. If he wants to beg the question by saying that there is a Mind that created the DNA which would ultimately cause the random processes—fine. But, if he does this, I would go back further and argue that if he is going to beg the question this way, he needs to be willing to beg the question all the way back—there could also have simply been a Mind who established the system so that DNA arose through natural undirected processes. We just don't know how it worked. And that's my point. The data is simply not in yet. I emphasize again, all that Dr. Meyer has done is identified an area of science that still has many unanswered questions. For sure, it is simply far too early to jump in and say: "Stop the game. You've lost. We've won. Game's over!" This, in my opinion, is silly. Let's just wait and see.
Just because I believe Steve Meyer and his colleagues are really smart, really sincere, and really have integrity does not mean that they cannot also be really wrong. My one hope and prayer—given that they have the first three qualities—is that the day will come when they admit the fourth holds true as well. In the meantime, I will hold them up in prayer and I know they'll do the same for us.
I would like to thank my colleagues, Kathryn Applegate at The Scripps Research Institute, and John Oakes of Grossmont Community College for helpful comments in my preparation of this response.
We will soon publish a second response from Stephen Meyer. This one will be a follow-up to Francisco Ayala's post of several weeks ago.


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|12/04/2011 - 1:35pm
To be honest, the team that scares me the most out of that bunch is Boise State. People tend to underestimate BSU, and they really are a solid football team. I still think last year's Boise St team was better though.
I think I'd like a match up with Stanford much more than one with Kansas St. Just because if we're going to play in a BCS game, I want a top opponent to measure Michigan against.
|11/05/2011 - 4:46pm
|Rapid Reaction
I can understand why the play stood as called, from a replay standpoint. But that was clearly a TD, and the official on the field got it wrong. He called him out of bounds without paying any attention to him knee being down. On the last play of the game, the Iowa defender was ALL over Roundtree, officials weren't even watching the fucking play. So I think Michigan got jobbed of a chance.
But that being said, we still needed a 2-point conversion and overtime. Personally I believe Michigan didn't deserve to win, terrible play calling all day. Obviously Robinson has never heard of scrambling.
|10/01/2011 - 10:15pm
A lot of teams ahead of us in the top 25 polls lost today. Look for us to move up quite a bit. Not sure if I should be excited or scared.
|10/01/2011 - 2:16am
|Not hurting play
It is very unlikely that an abscess would affect his play on the field at all, pre or post operation. It's just uncomfortable is all.
|09/30/2011 - 5:26pm
|4th and Short
My mindset for play calling has always been more on the aggressive side. Granted, I'm sure I wouldn't hold a coaching job very long.
But to me, it makes sense to go for it on 4th and short almost every time when you're over the 50. Obvious exclusions would be kicking a game tying or winning field goal. And of course it's situational. But I just believe that your success rate will be higher when playing more aggressive in certain situations than conventional knowledge suggests.
I have similar feelings against the use of the 'prevent defense.' (I'll save that rant for another time)
|09/30/2011 - 5:07pm
|Wishing teams would over look us.
Thanks for the interesting piece jamiemac.
I find it a little scary to be favored in the Nebraska game specifically, but I am also weary about vegas favoring us at Iowa, at Illinois, and at Northwestern. Since we haven't played a single road game to this point, this truly doesn't make sense to me.
We're all Michigan faithful here, and we've seen what has happened on the field and over the last several years. So wouldn't you all agree that it'd be smart to bet against Michigan in quite a few of these games?
|09/30/2011 - 12:17am
|Maybe Novak
Maybe Blake Griffin's Novak?
|09/30/2011 - 12:12am
|Perfect Video Followup
M-Wolverine, you nailed that one!
Is this Gophers video for real though? Don't they realize it does nothing but provide other schools with material to mock them?
|09/29/2011 - 12:18pm
|It should also include, do
It should also include, do you like the "you suck" chant on 4th and 1 and the other team is going for it..... You'd think the people running the Band would have enough sense to wait until we stop them. This season alone, the band has done "You Suck" on a 4th down conversion 3 or 4 times, for which the opposing team has converted on all of them (ignoring 4th and a miles).
|09/29/2011 - 12:14pm
|Being in the middle of the
Being in the middle of the student section after the ND win, I'd have to say I think the piped in music really pumped up the crowd. So I was a big fan.
|09/29/2011 - 12:08pm
One note of disapproval, and it's considered trolling. Just shows people on this site aren't open to other opinions.
|09/25/2011 - 7:00pm
|Sorry Brian, I don't agree
Sorry Brian, I don't agree with your poll, never have. I also don't agree with the fact that any one who voices disappointment gets their comment taken off.
|09/19/2011 - 1:14pm
|I'm assuming you pay no
I'm assuming you pay no attention to Boise St?
|09/19/2011 - 1:10pm
Brian, I love your blogs, but your BlogPoll every week just dumbfounds me. I think you're trying too hard to go along with the norm (essentially repeating the AP poll). You're a blogger, have your own opinion.
You know just as well as the rest of us that Michigan is NOT a top 25 team. This appears to be going down the same line as the Rich Rod era. Beat a couple of crappy team plus Notre Dame, get ranked, lose to Michigan St., and subsequently every other B1G team.
Our play on the field does not justify our rank. The only improvement in the D I've seen from last year is that we've forced some turn overs. And if anything, our offense has taken a nice little step back.
|09/06/2011 - 4:17pm
Come on man. Don't be one of the dull minded masses. Why does everyone give South Florida a free pass into the top 20? Why? Because they were handed a victory from a clearly overrated Notre Dame team? You drop Georgia out and put in South Florida at 18? Tell me, do you really believe South Florida would beat Georgia on the field?
|04/07/2011 - 11:33pm
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|04/07/2011 - 11:26pm
Oh yeah baby!!! Love Michigan getting a big time win!
|03/20/2011 - 6:27pm
|Go Blue
Go blue. This is my senior year. I have been to ever basketball game for the last four years. This year's team was amazing. Thank you guys for giving Michigan sports something to be PROUD off. They've played their asses off, hats of to this team. I could not be happier with the way this season ended. GO BLUE, and good luck in future seasons!!!


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Compelled by market pressure and "flavor of the month" consultant philosophy, corporations have been encouraged to structure and restructure business systems in search of more profitable and more efficient ways to run their businesses. However, in the Digital Age, or D-Age, employees are shunning traditional organizational structures in favor of those that allow them to make a difference. D-Age workers are hungry for opportunities to contribute to the purpose and to help shape the structure of their organizations. In order to retain and continue to attract top talent, organizations need to establish a D-Age infrastructure.
Perhaps the greatest failure of the last decade has been the helter-skelter rush to embrace any prevailing doctrine of change, so that organizations could claim to have cutting edge style management. D-Age infrastructure cannot and should not be based on hastily thrown together methodologies and best-of-breed benchmarks.
There are many reasons to use care in architecting corporate infrastructure. A number of the infrastructures based on the traditional models (i.e., paternalistic, leader as a hero, and command and control) have fallen into disfavor because they make hiring and retaining good employees more difficult.
The D-age marketplace belongs to the relentless. Discovering and holding on to talented workers can mean the difference between corporate failure and a plump bottom line. Furthermore, when companies jump feet first into popular management theory without testing it against the confines of their own corporate culture, the results tend to be less than satisfying. Changing the infrastructure should not be something a company can purchase from a one-size-fits-all plan. Accordingly, the first rule of effective infrastructure is defining values. Values are important because they provide a foundation and define structure. Values also bind employees together and generate a sense of enthusiasm, which is the only way to produce outstanding results.
A D-Age infrastructure requires that organizations focus on four fundamental areas known as IBET':
- Incentives
- Benefits
- Education
- Career Track
These four areas provide a flexible framework for creating a shared sense of purpose in the workplace, while meeting the demands of a digitally paced marketplace. Each component in IBET' plays an important role in achieving this objective.
Incentive is perhaps the most misunderstood component of the four elements of D-Age infrastructure. A great deal of the confusion comes from the way the word is used. Is incentive the same as reward? The proverbial carrot leading the donkey? Or, is it self-direction joined with self-managed motivation? Most organizations, understandably, blur the lines between the two extremes because the definition is so hard to pin down. The discussion then centers on whether an organization can provide extrinsic motivation, or whether motivation must come from an intrinsic source.
Incentive motivates employees by transferring purpose and vision. It is achieved through communicating the following:
- organizational purpose,
- clear definition of the employee's role within the organization,
- communicating the importance of that role through recognition policies, and
- strong corporate culture.
Defining the organizational purpose and the importance of the employee's role within that purpose is vital to creating motivation. Purpose is an intrinsic motivator. It answers the question "why."
Studies have shown that even slight modifications in employee environment can create short-term change. For example, employees will work harder for the promise of a promotion or to meet a deadline. But intrinsic motivation comes from a genuine belief in the importance of the employee's role in the purpose of the organization.
Although intrinsic motivation is the result of purpose, research in workplace motivation clearly indicates that employees will pattern much of their behavior based on what the company rewards. Employees learn company values by observing which activities are rewarded and which are punished. It is important to understand that rewards do not compensate for creating an authentic culture in which intrinsic motivation exists.
A competitive edge cannot be sustained through the sole use of extrinsic incentives. For years, companies have been focusing on motivating employees by offering rewards, while ignoring the more significant, high level motivator-communication of purpose.
A good example of how extrinsic rewards can backfire is the practice of giving annual or quarterly bonuses. When a bonus is given in this manner, it is no longer a reward, it becomes a benefit. Even if the bonus is based on performance metrics, employees will feel entitled to it, thereby taking the bonus for granted. If the bonus is not given because of unmet objectives or a change in the reward policies, employees will feel demoted or punished. To be effective, rewards must be clearly defined, equitably instituted and objectives-based.
Benefits are not as misunderstood as incentives, but often lack relevance and creativity. Benefits are desirable goods and services that can be given, acquired, or earned. They are to be taken advantage of and taken for granted. Benefits are different from incentives because mass participation is encouraged and measured. In the IBET' system, benefits brand the organization by creating a clear identity and unique loyalty. In addition to branding, benefits connect individuals with the advantages inherent in a company's purpose. Benefits reflect a commitment to employees, which, in turn, compels a sense of loyalty and ownership within an organization.
There are several measures for the effectiveness of benefits in the organizational infrastructure, the most accurate being the level of participation by the audience to which the benefit is offered. If there is little or no participation by employees of a particular benefit, it should be dropped.
Besides participation, benefits should create an environmental advantage for an organization. The most difficult aspect of developing a benefits program is that it must be developed from the employee's perception of value. Benefits must be marketed to employees so they can feel enticed into the program. Benefits reflect corporate values and may vary depending on the organization's purpose, vision and future plans.
According to Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, "The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn." Continuous learning is ageless. Organizations can expect its relevance to grow as a D-Age value. In fact, most large corporations have adopted continuous learning as a core skill. Even so, many companies are still unsure of how best to institute an effective learning program into their organizations. Utilizing training conventions from the industrial age is a recipe for failure in the D-Age because it does not involve learning. Traditionally, organizational learning has been content-driven, often leaving out the most important element in the learning process-purpose. In the D-Age infrastructure, education has a four-fold purpose:
- to transmit and extend corporate values;
- to educate in methodologies and technique;
- to generate the conception of new ideas;
- to communicate paradigm shifts.
The D-Age tools of learning focus on process-utilizing methods such as systemic mentoring, scenarios training, learning extension, and purpose illustrations. Learning occurs by acting and interacting. Companies should make room for trial and error experiences, that are passed along the organization, because it allows employees to learn the best methods for solving problems. In addition to teaching techniques and methodologies, transmitting corporate values is vitally important to a corporate education program.
Training based solely on transferring content is a restricted view of learning. This narrow viewpoint prevents organizations from using training as a strategic communication tool capable of transmitting cultural values. When corporate values are emphasized as part of training, they can be translated into meaningful employee action.
Training methodologies and techniques is another extremely important aspect in the IBET' infrastructure. Concepts must be taught in tandem with skills and then married to action. The key is to get individuals to the point of doing. To accomplish that, employees have to know how and why things work, be shown examples, then be allowed to experiment and apply the knowledge within the context of their areas of responsibility.
Training scenarios should be based on the purpose of learning, the structure of learning, the content of the learning, and the context of learning. In the industrial age, training focused primarily on instructor-lead coursework where students listened and took notes. Learning was the responsibility of the student and content changed very slowly. In the D-Age environment, classroom teaching works for introducing core concepts, but does not allow for dynamic learning. To be dynamic, it must be interesting, entertaining and experiential.
The best learning environment for employees is give and take. Content can be taught, but the same content is open to discovery and questions. Are there better ways to achieve an objective? Can quality be improved? An open learning environment allows organizations to view the learning process as a form of knowledge-discovery and management. Learning results can then be collected and reused. Knowledge harvested from learning sessions can be used as a benchmark for generating corporate initiatives, product or service changes, and identification of marketplace trends before they become fact.
This knowledge-discovery process models the marketplace in that businesses often adopt information from colleges and universities. However, in the D-Age, organizations have little time to wait for direction from institutes of higher learning. In fact, D-Age savvy companies are pushing colleges and universities to transform their infrastructures to keep pace within the digital marketplace.
The final component of the IBET' philosophy is career track. To inspire motivation in today's flat organizations, many companies now use career tracks. Career tracks allow employee movement between groups, functional areas, and projects. This horizontal movement creates the opportunity for cross-functional training and understanding. It allows employees to be compensated based on the value they bring to a project, not only on the role they take within an organization.
To retain employees and maintain a competitive edge, companies must change how they view their most valuable asset, the employee. Unfortunately, some companies still see employees as liabilities, detracting from bottom line profits. An appalling example of this archaic attitude recently occurred in a strategy meeting at a major national consulting firm. The CEO, in an address to employees on the partnership career path, informed them that they were "indentured servants." He then encouraged the senior-level consultants to work harder to become partners, thereby earning their way out of "slavery status."
This organization understood the importance of infrastructure. They had the carefully structure message, the benefits program, the incentives, and even a surface learning program. However, what they lacked was authenticity. They did not understand that the most important result from the D-Age is that a company must see the true value of good employees. The entire organization and career path of this company was structured around a value system which elevated profit over employee. Needless to say, most of the group on the partnership path eventually left the organization, some of them to work for competitors, others to start their own consulting firms, and many to organizations that will never hire that particular consulting firm.
The D-Age is characterized by fierce competition for top employees. More than ever before, good employees are examining every aspect of an organization's infrastructure to avoid situations such as the one outlined above. A company that uses care in shaping the four areas of infrastructure: Incentives, Benefits, Education and Career Track, and applies them with authenticity, will find the hiring and retention of top employees much easier in the D-Age.


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Santa has the chance to get his sleigh tricked out (customized), and he wants you to come up with cool ideas for him.
Would it have flames on it? Would it have a big engine? Would it have fancy wheels? Maybe it would just be glittery. You decide.
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The contest ends Dec. 20. Winners will be announced in the Dec. 23 edition of My Ride. All entries will be posted on the Pocono My Ride site.
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Linear motion is driven by a steel reinforced timing belt. Belts provide for high speed, high force and high acceleration while maintaining accurate positioning. Applications requiring long lengths of travel are optimum for using belt drives over screw drives mainly due to not being subjected to vibrations caused by the screws when reaching 'critical speed'. Smooth running, low noise and low maintenance are other benefits when using belt drive systems.
Linear guidance is through re-circulating ball bearing runner blocks traveling on hardened and ground profile rails. The profile rail and bearing design provide high rigidity, accuracy and speed with low friction, noise and vibration for the carriage. Integrated with the carriage is a stainless steel strip with magnetic seals; which facilitates operation in environments of high contamination and clean room reliant by keeping dirt and grime out of the system while also keeping any excess particulates from transferring out of the unit.
The MTB042 linear actuator excels in harsh environments of several different industries. Food and Beverage, packaging, automotive, and medical are all examples where the MTB042 actuator has a proven track record. Able to be mounted vertically or horizontally and available with several different carriage options, the MTB Series has become our most versatile linear actuator.
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when spinning on jumps, I find it much more difficult to spin forward, as I can't just let the board slip out underneath me.
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Articulated Arm Lamps for Lighting Kitchen Tasks
Countertop tasks in the kitchen are as important as any you do at a desk. Maybe even moreso since sharp knives are generally involved. So, why not use a task lamp in the kitchen? Especially when they look as great as the ones in these examples:
While it's certainly an easy diy installation to clip a corded, task lamp to a shelf, there are also wall-mount task lamps that can be hard wired for a more permanent (and clutter-free) installation.
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POINT PLEASANT, N.J., May 11 (UPI) -- New federal insurance legislation is making matters more difficult for many trying to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, residents on the U.S. East Coast said.
Many residents said they were unaware the flood insurance they were forced to carry was being federally subsidized -- and that many of those subsidies are set to expire under a new law that happened to coincide roughly with the storm's aftermath, The New York Times said Friday.
The legislation will cause insurance premiums to skyrocket and force rebuilt structures to meet new, stricter guidelines for flood damage prevention.
The new insurance could cost as much as $30,000 per year, the Times said.
Maria Zanetich of Point Pleasant, N.J., said her insurance is set to go up and her home, which sits a stone's throw from the Atlantic coast, will have to be elevated five feet off its current foundation to meet the new standards. The elevation work alone would cost $100,000.
"I paid my flood insurance on time every year, but I didn't even know that I had a subsidy, much less one that is now being phased out," she said. "The insurance moneys that we received will not cover both elevating my house and repairs."
Another problem is outdated flood maps that determine who must carry flood insurance and who doesn't need it. Many of the maps haven't been updated in decades leaving some who lost their homes during the storm uncovered by insurance.
"A lot of the maps are so old, they have become unreliable," said J. Robert Hunter, who once ran the flood program and is now the director of insurance at the Consumer Federation of America. "It's not doing you a favor to give a cheap rate, and a year later, your house is gone. ... Consumers aren't helped by misleading maps."


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One hurdle crossed and several high ones ahead for the Port of Port St. Joe.
One hurdle crossed and several high ones ahead for the Port of Port St. Joe.
An application to secure a permit to dredge the shipping channel to federally-authorized depths was submitted to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection the first of the month as promised.
The materials submitted � the target date for submittal was March 1, a Saturday, so the date of record is March 3 � constituted a partial application dealing exclusively with reports and data essential to assessing the task of actual dredging.
Still to be submitted by Hatch Mott MacDonald, the Port Authority�s engineer of record, is data pertaining to disposal of dredged material: how, where, potential impacts, etc.
The Port Authority was encouraged to submit at least a partial application by the target of the first of March.
That allows state and federal agencies to begin to weigh-in � analyzing, requesting additional information � on the major component of the dredging process; dredging material to bring the channel to the 35-37 feet authorized depth.
�With the agencies we are finding favor that they can get notice out to all the agencies to begin work on it,� said Tommy Pitts, project manager for Hatch Mott MacDonald. �We are already responding to requests for additional information.�
The �partial� application consisted of two large three-ring bound notebooks, each of which would dwarf a major city�s white pages.
The work on the disposal effort continues, Pitts said.
As the volume of dredged material now far exceeds what was estimated, additional uplands will have to be identified, he said. Hatch Mott and the Port Authority are being assisted in the effort by collaborative partner St. Joe Company, but Pitts noted there is not an abundance of �contiguous� acreage in the region.
The disposal portion of the application also required additional technical and specialized studies, Pitts said. Beginning and completing those studies hinges on identifying sufficient land.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pitts said, is �exploring cooperating� with the dredge project in key aspects, Pitts said.
One would be working with project leaders to consider using at least a portion of the Gulf County Canal � which is currently deeper than authorized � for some of the dredged material, which would alleviate the need and cost associated with identifying additional uplands.
The Corps� assistance would be critical since it would be possible moving spoil into the canal would be impacting a Corps project which would necessitate a time-consuming and costly impact study by the Corps.
�(Hurdles identifying viable disposal sites) is not insurmountable and is something we will accomplish,� Pitts said. �Our goal is the permit.�
Representatives from the Corps, Pitts added, as also looking at the possibility of undertaking the dredging itself under a �contributed funds agreement.�
That would mean the Corps would use the funds allocated by the FDEP to complete the dredge project.
From the Port Authority�s side, what is needed is a schedule from the Corps that the project could be completed no later than the second quarter of 2015 � though the target remains the first quarter to set in motion two Letters of Intent to ship 1.25 million tons of wood pellets annually through the port.
For the Corps, it would use the data for the application submitted to the DEP by Hatch Mott to substantiate the cause for dredging, freeing up Hatch Mott to concentrate on the studies related to the disposal component.
The Corps would complete the dredging without the Port Authority or Hatch Mott carrying the responsibility of contracting and performing that work.
The Corps could tap into $400,000 in federal funds earmarked two years ago for the port to begin its work pending appropriation from the Florida Legislature and FDEP this spring, Pitts said.
One piece of critical information missing from that discussion is a cost estimate of the dredge project, taking into account the larger volume of material and need for additional spoil sites.
The initial estimate of $25 million is now considered low.
�We have come up with some options for the problems we have encountered,� said Port Authority chairman Leonard Costin. �We�re so close to things happening, we really are.�
The Port Authority is working with businesses along Industrial Road to potentially provide long-desired signage for the businesses on the old Arizona Chemical property and badly-needed income for the Port Authority.
The proposal from Toye Roberts of American Mini-Storage would be to construct a sign on the Port Authority-owned Arizona Chemical site with space on the sign for up to 30 businesses to advertise.
Roberts said he would have the sign built and would loan the Port Authority the $6,000 cost of constructing the sign for three years with minor interest.
Roberts has already signed up nine business owners with interest from several more. Those nine already committed would generate $5,400 annually to the Port Authority through monthly lease payments.
Businesses along Industrial Road have long bemoaned the city of Port St. Joe�s sign ordinance, which bans off-premises sign, constraining the exposure for those businesses.
The proposed sign on Arizona Chemical property would likewise be illegal, but Port Authority attorney Tom Gibson, also the city�s attorney, said he would bring it to the City Commission.
He believed commissioners would look favorably on the proposal.
Foreclosure litigation
The Port Authority within the next week to 10 days will schedule a closed door executive session to discuss strategy in the Capital City Bank foreclosure proceeding.
Though the barge bulkhead � itself worth $5 million, Pitts, the former port director, said � and uplands property is listed to be auctioned April 11, Gibson said a final court order has not been filed so the property can not yet be auctioned.
The Port Authority, he added, should hear from the Tallahassee attorneys representing them in the case and consider the options the attorneys provide.
The Port Authority is in arrears to the tune of more than $5 million on notes from Capital City Bank. A circuit court judge recently ruled in the bank�s favor in litigation to foreclose on the collateral, the 60-plus acre parcel along the Gulf County Canal.


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Re: ChNNR Dorje Drolo retreat
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Thank you for the reply, Namdrol. Just one last question in this respect: are termas the exclusive source for all existant Dorje Drollo sadhanas or are there also other sources - like for instance tantras transmitted directly by Guru Rinpoche and coming down through various unbroken lineages i.e. sources, which are NOT termas?Namdrol wrote:One becomes a rudra much more rapidly than other practices. It is a dangerous practice for one's ego.
The guardians of Drollo are the worldly eight classes, in general.
There is nothing more wrathful in any school.


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Jessica played by Lilo Baur
The Merchant Of Venice (1998)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Lilo Baur played Jessica in the 1998 production of The Merchant Of Venice.
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At this point, just over half way through the run of the play. The Merchant of Venice was given a three-week break from performance.
Now that The Merchant of Venice has gone into performance the company go into rehearsal for the next play in the season, The Honest Whore by Thomas Dekker.
The production will begin with a specially devised masque. Lilo has been working on her character for this part of the show, which is very different from the character of Jessica.
At this point in rehearsal the company went for a residential week away. Lilo had the opportunity to improvise Jessica's life in between the scenes in which he is not featured in the play.
At the beginning of the rehearsal period one of the exercises Lilo found most useful was an improvisation in which the company created the city of Venice.
The rehearsals for the Globe's 1998 Theatre Season take place in a converted warehouse in O'Meara Street; about 5 minutes walk from the Globe theatre itself.


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Warren Gatland's side will head to the Eastern Cape ahead of the test series and kick off their tour at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
It will be a chance for final preparations ahead of the first test against the Springboks and Gatland is delighted to have secured the fixture.
"It's great that we are able to confirm a midweek fixture against The Eastern Province Kings in addition to our two test matches," he said.
"The match in Port Elizabeth will allow us to get a game under our belts at the start of what will be a very tough tour and help us hit the ground running.
"We will be looking to take a slightly bigger squad and this gives us the opportunity to look at everyone and give the whole squad game time which is important ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup.
"It is an important tour for us and this game will give us the best start before the tests against the Springboks."
Wales will travel to Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban for the first test against the Springboks on Saturday 14th June, kick-off 5.05pm (local. 4.05pm BST) and face the two-times Rugby World Cup winners ('95, '07) a week later in Nelspruit at the Mbombela Stadium (also 5.05pm local).
The home side themselves will warm-up for the series by facing a world XV on the 7th June.
"We would like to thank the Eastern Province Kings and the South African Rugby Union for agreeing to this fixture and allowing us the best preparation ahead of the test series," said WRU Group Chief Executive Roger Lewis.
"Our stated aim has been to take every opportunity to test ourselves at the highest level and this summer will be stern test for the squad.
"The midweek fixture not only allows Warren and his team to prepare for the rest of the tour but also provide useful insight into the strength of our squad as we look ahead to the 2015 Rugby World Cup."
Wales tour fixtures:
Tuesday, 10 June: Eastern Province Kings v Wales, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, 19.00 (local)
Saturday, 14 June: Springboks v Wales, Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban, 5.05pm (local).
Saturday, 21 June: Springboks v Wales, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, 5.05pm (local).
Note: Any broadcast information for the midweek fixture against Eastern Province Kings will be available in due course.


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