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BARCELONA -- Real-world data indicating excess mortality with the mist version of tiotropium (Spiriva) was countered by further details from the TIOSPIR trial indicating no difference versus the dry powder version, which many here declared the winner in the data duel.
The hazard ratio for all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with the Respimat Soft Mist inhaler came out at 1.27 compared with the powder HandiHaler (95% confidence interval 1.03-1.58) after extensive adjustment for other factors in a large primary care database, Katia Verhamme, MD, PhD, of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues found.
But in the randomized trial, the hazard ratios were 0.96 at the 5 mcg Respimat dose (95% CI 0.84-1.09) and 1.00 at the 2.5 mcg dose (95% CI 0.87-1.14) compared with the HandiHaler over 2.3 years, meeting noninferiority criteria.
No differences emerged in TIOSPIR for major cardiovascular adverse events or deaths among patients with a history of cardiac arrhythmia either, Robert A. Wise, MD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues reported.
The studies were presented head-to-head in a special last-minute addition to the program at the European Respiratory Society meeting here.
The TIOSPIR data also appeared online in the New England Journal of Medicine, following release of the abstract in the journal last week. The observational data appeared in the Sept. 1 issue of the European Respiratory Journal.
"This study clears the air regarding the safety of tiotropium delivered by Respimat," Christine R. Jenkins, MD, of the University of Sydney, commented in an accompanying editorial.
"The safety of tiotropium is established," Christopher Cooper, MD, medical director of the COPD program at UCLA, agreed in an interview with MedPage Today.
"Both types of investigation need to go hand in hand, but if you have to decide which comes first, it has to be the randomized controlled trial," he said.
Tiotropium in its dry powder form had run into cardiovascular and cerebrovascular safety concerns prompting an FDA warning that was later reversed, then shown to actually reduce risk of death and cardiovascular events compared with placebo.
Then Respimat resurrected the question with several analyses over the past several years showing about a 50% elevated mortality risk with the tiotropium mist inhaler compared with placebo overall.
The two formulations are considered to be distinct products, and the mist potentially exposes patients to higher concentrations of the drug, one meta-analysis had cautioned.
"It's the dose," suggested Peter Barnes, DM, of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London and incoming ERS president
The tiotropium Respimat dose expected to be equivalent to the dry powder inhaler dose probably turned out higher in physiologic levels, he told MedPage Today, though he too called the randomized trial data more convincing.
Patient selection was also suggested as a factor in why the observational differed from the trial, though, Ildiko Horvath, MD, DMSc, of Semmelweis University in Budapest, a chair of the session, and others argued.
In Verhamme's study, differences between the groups generally suggested a higher-risk population put on Respimat, with significantly more antibiotic use, pneumonia, systemic corticosteroids, healthcare and respiratory physician visits, and COPD hospitalizations in the prior year and significantly more comorbidities.
Adjusting for all the differences between groups one by one brought those excess risks down to 27% overall, a nonsignificant 20% for the lower Respimat dose, and 28% for the higher dose.
That was down from the unadjusted analysis, in which the odds of death from any cause were 57% higher with Respimat overall, 67% so with the 2.5-mcg dose, and 54% more common on the 5-mcg dose compared with dry powder tiotropium -- all statistically significant.
The randomized trial with balanced patient groups by design indicated no difference, and Jenkins noted that the recruited population characteristics did appear representative of typical patients with symptomatic COPD.
"However, it is important to note that the absence of a placebo group in this study has implications for its interpretation and that it cannot be concluded from these results that tiotropium reduces mortality in patients with COPD," she cautioned.
Horvath suggested that the results pointed to a need for physicians to more closely follow the prescribing indication in practice.
She noted, for example, that caution is recommended for both forms of tiotropium in patients with current arrhythmia but the practice database showed that, "in reality, they are still prescribed."
About 10% of both the dry powder and the mist groups had an arrhythmia, Verhamme reported.
TIOSPIR, though, suggested no excess mortality risk for patients with a history of cardiac arrhythmia (HR 0.81 for the lower dose and 1.02 for the higher dose versus HandiHaler, neither significant).
It included 17,135 COPD patients randomized to double-blind treatment with tiotropium Respimat (2.5 mcg or 5 mcg once daily) or tiotropium HandiHaler (18 mcg once daily).
Verhamme's study included 9,226 patients ages 40 and older prescribed the tiotropium HandiHaler and 2,827 who got the Respimat inhaler in the period when both were available on the local market, Jan. 1, 2008 through June 1, 2011.
The data came from a Dutch general practice research database with complete electronic medical records of more than 1.6 million patients there.
Applying the TIOSPIR exclusion criteria to the real-world cohort would have excluded 45% of the patients who died, Verhamme pointed out.
A propensity-matched analysis to control for confounding by indication still suggested an elevated risk (adjusted HR 1.32, 95% CI 1.05-1.67), she noted.
Another moderator at the session, Marc Decramer, MD, PhD, of Belgium's University Hospitals Leuven, cautioned that confounding by indication in a group with known higher disease severity is not so easy to correct for.
Another factor raised by a member of the audience at the question and answer period as a potential explanation for the real-world practice findings was that the study period started with the introduction of the Respimat inhaler, before differential use patterns had a chance to level out.
Hovarth noted that the newer inhaler gets the drug more out into the periphery of the lung, which had been thought to be better for patients, a belief that may have led to physicians preferentially putting sicker patients on the medication.
The TIOSPIR trial was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Wise reported consulting for Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Grifols, Mylan, Novartis, Pfizer, Pulmonx, Spiration, Sunovion, and Intermune and receiving grant support from Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Pearl Therapeutics, and Forest Laboratories.
Verhamme reported having received grant funds from Yamanouchi, Boehringer Ingelheim/Pfizer, and Novartis -- all unrelated to the tiotropium analysis.
Jenkins reported being on a COPD advisory boards for and getting speakers' fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis.
Cooper reported having research sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, among other companies; being on scientific advisory boards for that company, Pfizer, and Dey; and being on speakers bureaus for Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Forest.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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New England Journal of MedicineSource Reference: Wise RA, et al "Tiotropium Respimat inhaler and the risk of death in COPD" N Engl J Med 2013; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1303342.
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New England Journal of MedicineSource Reference: Jenkins CR "More than just reassurance on tiotropium safety" N Engl J Med 2013; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1310107.
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European Respiratory JournalSource Reference: Verhamme KMC, et al "Use of tiotropium Respimat Soft Mist Inhaler versus HandiHaler and mortality in patients with COPD" Eur Respir J 2013; 42: 606-;615.


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Barcelona: Dani Alves feels Chelsea defender David Luiz would be a good addition for Barcelona, but thinks the Catalans face a tough task in luring the Brazil international away from his current club.
The Camp Nou side are keen to add some fresh blood to their defence this summer and tabled a €25 million offer for the 26-year-old Luiz earlier this month, while their advances for Liverpool`s Daniel Agger have also been spurned.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has since stressed that Barca have little chance of getting their man, but Alves would welcome his compatriot with open arms if the transfer were to take place.
"I would be happy if David Luiz would come to Barcelona. I always want the best for my friends and advise them to join Barca if they get the chance," Alves told El Mundo Deportivo.
"He`s not just a friend, but he has a lot of quality, too.
"The problem is not whether he would like to come here, but that you have to take him away from Mourinho and that will not be easy."
"Letting David Luiz join Barca will not be an option for him and even less so as it would make us stronger. It will be incredibly difficult, nearly impossible."
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It was supposed to be Rivalry Night at the U.S. Olympic swim trials last night.
Michael Phelps, in his final race of the week, was supposed to duel Ian Crocker, the world-record holder in the 100-meter butterfly. Crocker represents perhaps Phelps' biggest roadblock in his quest to win eight gold medals in Beijing.
Katie Hoff, in her final race of the week, was supposed to duel Kate Ziegler, the 2007 world champion in the 800 freestyle. Ziegler owns the second-fastest time in the history of the event and is the world-record holder in the 1,500 freestyle.
Both races were supposed to be closer than close.
Phelps and Hoff turned them both into blowouts.
First up, Phelps streaked by Crocker on the second half of the 100 butterfly, grabbing another win in a rivalry that has been one of the sport's best over the past four years.
The 100 fly is the one event that Phelps excels in in which he does not own the world record - Crocker has had it since 2005 - but last night Phelps didn't even have to post one of his best marks to pick up the victory. He touched the wall in 50.98 seconds, well ahead of Crocker's 51.62.
"I knew about two or three strokes out that I wasn't going to have the finish that I wanted," Phelps said. "There are a few little things I can work on between now and the Olympics."
Next up was Hoff, who actually came into her race cast as an even bigger underdog. Ziegler had a better semifinal time, more experience in the 800 and a faster personal best.
The two were right next to each other through the first 400 meters. Hoff had, at best, only a slight lead. But on the back half, Hoff turned it into a rout. She touched the wall in 8 minutes, 20.81 seconds, and Ziegler needed eight more strokes before she finished second (8:25.38).
"I was definitely planning on it being a tough race against her," Hoff said. "The first half really pushed me."
Neither Crocker nor Ziegler felt, physically, that they were at their best last night. Both said they were just happy to make the team and get a chance at a rematch in Beijing.
"It's an overriding sense of relief," Crocker said. "All week, I felt like all the young wolves were coming out to eat the old wolves. I'm just really thankful to be on the team."
With two more dominant performances on their final night of competition in the past week, despite tired legs and weary minds, what can be said without hesitation is that Phelps and Hoff have owned these trials.
Both won five individual events. Phelps set two world records (200 individual medley and 400 IM), and Hoff got one of her own (400 IM).
In Phelps' case, he'll be favored to win gold in each of his five races next month in China. Although the United States hasn't yet named its relay teams, he'll almost certainly be named to all three. He has looked calm and in control this week, by his own admission tougher mentally and stronger physically than he was four years ago at the U.S. trials in Long Beach, Calif.
"On the whole," Phelps said, "it was a pretty decent week. But I know it's going to be harder at the Olympics than it was here."
Hoff will also have a chance to win gold in all her events, but she won't be the favorite that Phelps is. She'll have strong swimmers from Australia and France as well as the U.S. gunning for her.
"I'm not one of those swimmers who doesn't want to see other swimmers' results," Hoff said. "I'm on all those swimming Web sites, checking out how my competitors are doing. I know they'll be at their best in Beijing, and I want to be at my best."
Hoff will also be a member of at least one relay team, the 800-meter freestyle relay, which should be favored to win gold. Could she, a reporter asked, foresee herself having a Phelps-like performance in China?
"I can't really predict anything as big as that," Hoff said. "Going to this meet, I couldn't tell you I was going to break a world record or win this or that event. I'm just going to try and do just as well as I did here, or better, in Beijing. That's my goal."
It's almost hard to believe that the world's best male swimmer and the world's best female swimmer grew up fine-tuning their strokes in the same 50-meter pool at the Meadowbrook Athletic Club. But little more than a month from now, they'll likely be the two biggest stars of the Olympics.
"Just people from Baltimore," Phelps said when asked how to explain his and Hoff's accomplishments. "Must be something in the water."
In other action, Margaret Hoelzer set the ninth world record of the trials, winning the women's 200-meter backstroke in 2:06.09.
Dara Torres set an American record in the 50-meter freestyle, winning her semifinal heat in 24.38 seconds. At 41, she will be the oldest American ever to swim at the Olympics.
On the men's side, Garrett Weber-Gale completed a sprint double, winning the 50-meter freestyle with an American record, while Gary Hall Jr. failed to claim a spot on the team heading to Beijing.
Weber-Gale, who won the 100 free, touched first in the furious one-lap sprint with a time of 21.47 seconds, beating the mark of 21.59 that Cullen Jones set the previous day in the preliminaries. Hall was fourth in 21.91, ending his quest to make the U.S. team and win his third straight gold in the 50 free.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - When the NCAA's long-awaited decision arrived Tuesday morning, Miami athletic director Blake James realized it was what he expected all along.
"Fair," James said. "But significant."
And final. The Miami-NCAA saga is over.
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More than 2½ years after former booster and convicted felon Nevin Shapiro contacted the NCAA from prison and began detailing his role in rampant rule-breaking by those involved with Miami's football and men's basketball programs, the Hurricanes got their final penalties. The most notable sanctions are the nine lost football scholarships over three years and one lost basketball scholarship in each of the next three seasons.
A three-year probation and some recruiting restrictions are also part of the penance.
But for the first time since 2010, Miami's football team — currently undefeated and ranked No. 7 nationally — will be heading to a bowl game.
Photos: Timeline of investigation
"I want to sincerely thank our student-athletes and their families who, not only stood with the University of Miami during this unprecedented challenge, but subsequently volunteered for the mission," Miami football coach Al Golden said in a statement released by school officials. "They shouldered the burden, exhibited class and exemplified perseverance for Hurricanes everywhere. "
Miami said in February that it would appeal any sanction beyond what it had already self-imposed. Over time, that stance softened, and the Hurricanes are accepting what the NCAA handed down.
No appeal is coming, at least not by the Hurricanes.
Four former Miami coaches, including Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith, still have the right to appeal sanctions that were brought against them. Three former assistant coaches all got two-year show-cause bans for ethics violations, including Clint Hurtt, who's part of the staff at Louisville.
"It's relief that we finally have a decision," Miami President Donna Shalala told The Associated Press. "It's been a long haul. But I don't have any anger or frustration."
Haith will miss the first five games of Missouri's upcoming season.
The sheer size of the Miami investigation was unlike almost any other, with 18 general allegations of misconduct with 79 issues within those allegations, along with 118 interviews of 81 individuals by the NCAA's count. The committee wanted to complete its work within eight weeks; it took more than 18 weeks between the end of the Miami hearing and the release of Tuesday's decision, mainly because of the staggering amount of material that needed review.
"This case is among the most extraordinary in the history of the NCAA," said Britton Banowsky, the Conference USA commissioner who chairs the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, which handed down Tuesday's decision.
Listen: NCAA teleconference on Miami sanctions
The NCAA said Miami lacked "institutional control" when it came to monitoring Shapiro, a charge the school was hoping to avoid.
"Many of Miami's violations were undetected by the university over a 10-year period," the NCAA wrote in the statement releasing Tuesday's news.
But since this saga started, Miami has tried to make sweeping changes in the way it handles its compliance practices, and that along with the school's decision to self-impose significant sanctions like sitting out three postseason football games and enacting recruiting restrictions was clearly looked upon favorably by the committee.
"We're going to move on," Shalala said. "We've got a lot of work to do in the compliance area. We've obviously put a lot of new things in place over the last three years. But making sure that we reduce the risk — significantly reduce the risk — of this happening again is an ongoing, continuous improvement strategy."
The NCAA decision will affect all of Miami athletics, in that any Hurricanes staff member who sends an impermissible text to a prospect will be fined a minimum of $100 per message, and coaches involved will be suspended from all recruiting activities for seven days. The NCAA said a probe of Miami actually started in 2009, when the school self-reported impermissible telephone calls and texts.
Then Shapiro, who is serving a 20-year prison term for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme, got involved, and the scope grew immeasurably.
"I'm glad the NCAA recognized and appreciated the self-imposed efforts that were at such a significant level," ACC Commissioner John Swofford said.
Some of the NCAA's would-be accusations were erased early this year, when it was found that investigators improperly cooperated with Shapiro's attorney — a Miami alum — and gleaned some of their information wrongly from her. Banowsky insisted none of that information was considered by the infractions committee.
"We didn't get off easy," James said. "Could I see someone saying, 'Hey, congratulations for getting to the end?' Yes. Could I see someone saying, 'Hey, congratulations for what you got?' No. We got significant penalties."
Miami issues statements on sanctions
Shalala: "I am grateful to our coaches, staff and student-athletes for their dedication to the University and to intercollegiate athletics. I also want to thank Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford for his steadfast support. Finally, I want to apologize to the Hurricane family, as we have asked for your patience, faith and support during a difficult time. Thank you for standing with us."
Director of Athletics Blake James: "Our honest and committed efforts to address these allegations have made us stronger. We have already taken many proactive steps to ameliorate any concerns, and we will continue to improve in all areas. Now it is time we look ahead and work diligently to support our student-athletes."
University of Miami Board of Trustees Chair Leonard Abess: "The University of Miami moves forward today stronger and rededicated to the high ideals that have always sustained it. I am proud of our leadership and staff, who conducted themselves throughout this process with integrity, forthrightness, and in the spirit of full cooperation."
Head football coach Al Golden: "I want to sincerely thank our student-athletes and their families who, not only stood with the University of Miami during this unprecedented challenge, but subsequently volunteered for the mission. They shouldered the burden, exhibited class and exemplified perseverance for Hurricanes everywhere.
Further, I would like to express heartfelt appreciation to our staff and families who did not subscribe to this challenge three years ago, yet courageously adopted it as their own. They have brought the utmost professionalism, resiliency and integrity to our program. More importantly, they continue to recruit and represent our world-class institution with class and dignity in unprecedented circumstance.
Lastly, it is with gratitude and humility that I say thank you to our administration, U Family everywhere and the entire South Florida Community for their unyielding support of our young men and program over the last 28 months."
Head basketball coach Jim Larrañaga: "I am a big believer that success is based on attitude. We continually remind our players that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.
We will continue to approach our work with a positive attitude as we march towards being the best we can be. I am grateful to our administration and counsel for leading us through this difficult journey and I want to thank everyone who loves this University and who has supported the young men who proudly wear the Miami uniform. We are excited about the upcoming season and we are all moving forward."
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MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. (AP) � The January thaw in New England has even reached New Hampshire's Mount Washington, which recorded the all-time warmest temperature ever for the month.
Margaret Curtis from the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, says the temperature at the Mount Washington observatory hit 48 degrees at 6 a.m. Sunday, making New England's tallest mountain warmer than Phoenix and San Diego for a brief spell.
The previous record warmth for the month atop Mount Washington was 47 set on Jan. 20, 1995.
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The 35-year-old Spaniard was awarded the yellow jersey retrospectively after the original victor, Floyd Landis, was disqualified for failing a drugs test.
He then went on to join Segunda Division B football team Coruxo after his retirement from cycling in 2010.
|Lying Lance: Goal.com's Peter Staunton believes the sport must learn from cycling and confess
"There was a player who had transfusions to improve their performance and is idolised today," the 35-year-old told Cadena Cope. "There was a player who used a growth hormone and is idolised today.
"If we give the same treatment to cyclists and to those in other sports, one is doped up to their eyeballs and the other is someone who works for their club.
"It's not about defending cycling and throwing s**t at other sports, but I wish you [the media] would give the same treatment to other sports when you recognise certain things.
"Every age is regulated by certain rules. At the time, Armstrong raced under UCI [Union Cycliste Internationale] rules.
"The day I'm paid €1 million, like many have been paid, I'll say yes or no [about whether I've doped or not]," he added.


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Dangerous Foe in a Sweet Disguise
Estimates are that every year the average American eats almost his or her entire body weight in sugar. The average teenage boy eats thirty-four teaspoons of sugar a day, and the average teenage girl consumes twenty-four. You can easily see how this is possible when you add it up. Sugar is added to virtually all processed foods, especially soda pop. The average can of cola, such as Coke or Pepsi, contains ten to twelve teaspoons of sugar! There's a new breakfast cereal with a whopping eighteen teaspoons of sugar per serving; that's one-third of a cup, or the equivalent of forty-eight Hershey's Kisses. You're probably aware that sugar's bad for your teeth, but you can brush them. So, what's the big deal, you might ask? The big deal is that research shows that sugar and refined carbohydrates are detrimental to your health in a multitude of ways, including increasing the risk of many chronic disorders including diabetes, obesity, heart disease and breast cancer.
Cancer cells love sugar. It's their preferred fuel. The more sugar you eat, the faster cancer cells grow. Your pancreas responds to sugar by releasing insulin, the hormone that escorts sugar into your cells. When you eat refined simple sugars, such as white table sugar, candy, cookies, or other sugar-laden foods, your blood sugar levels rise very quickly. Your pancreas responds by releasing a lot of insulin. That's not good. High insulin levels are one of the biggest risk factors and promoters of breast cancer. Women with high insulin levels have a 283 percent greater risk of breast cancer.
When it comes to breast cancer, insulin is no friend. One of the biggest reason is due to the fact that both normal breast cells and cancer cells have insulin receptors on them. When insulin attaches to its receptor, it has the same effect as when estrogen attaches to its receptor; it causes cells to start dividing. The higher your insulin levels are, the faster your breast cells will divide; the faster they divide, the higher your risk of breast cancer is and the faster any existing cancer cells will grow.
There's another wound that insulin can inflict, too. It attacks a portion of the estrogen cycle, making more estrogen available to attach to the estrogen receptors in breast tissue. Insulin regulates how much of the estrogen in your blood is available to attach to estrogen receptors in your breast tissue. When estrogen travels in the blood, it either travels alone seeking a mate (an estrogen receptor), or it travels with a partner (a protein binder) that prevents it from attaching to an estrogen receptor. Insulin regulates the number of protein binders in the blood. So, the higher your insulin levels are, the fewer the number of protein binders there will be and therefore the more free estrogen that will be available to attach to estrogen receptors.
In other words, when your insulin levels are up, free-estrogen levels are up, too. And both of them speed up cell division. That's why high insulin levels increase your risk of breast cancer so much.
Eating sugar increases your risk of breast cancer in another way. It delivers a major blow to your immune system with the force of a prize fighter. Your immune system is your natural defense against such invaders as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Research shows that right after you eat a high-sugar meal, the function of the cells in your immune system drops drastically. In the case of one type of cell in particular, the T lymphocyte (a type of white blood cell), sugar knocks its defense abilities down by at least 50 percent. This effect lasts for a minimum of five hours! Another researcher found that the function of T lymphocytes dropped by 94 percent after a high-sugar meal! This means that right after you've eaten a lot of sugar, your body's ability to fight off invaders or destroy cancer cells is tremendously weakened for several hours.


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As part of the agreement, FCm Tanzania met with the ministry's protocol officials that are responsible for managing government travel to address appropriate solutions.
FCm has introduced the following initiatives:
- Dedicated 24/7 account management: this has opened the lines of communication between government travel bookers and their FCm account manager. This guidance and dedicated approach to servicing has helped to reduce last minute booking requests. A positive change in booking behaviour has ensured bookings are now made as early as possible, which has helped the ministry to benefit from more low cost fares.
- Account financial management: the ministry now has designated staff to handle payment procedures, which has seen payments finalised on time and a more streamlined reconciliation process.
- Travel consultations: regular pre-travel consultation with protocol officials and the ministry's accounts personnel has helped to better manage travel challenges and educate protocol officials on how to overcome unforeseen issues.
The results
The ministry has achieved significant cost and time savings as a result of the program initiatives. In addition protocol officers and FCm's accounts department are highly satisfied with the current process.
Between 2012 and 2013 FCm helped MFAIC save over $96,400 on travel.
The ministry's response
"We appreciate the level of service and corporate account management that FCm has provided to our esteemed ministry. FCm has helped to improve our booking and accounting processes, and at the same time reduced our travel budget. The FCm Tanzania team is amazing and we look forward to continued savings on our travel expenses."
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On the court, the Grizzlies have given away next to nothing. They reeled off an eight-game winning streak. Night after night, 48 minutes at a time, they have been stingy – selfish, even.
Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies distributes holiday food baskets at Carver High School as part of the team's Season of Giving. Randolph is just one of several players who take time in the community.
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But off the court, the Grizzlies have embraced this holiday season of giving as though it, too, were a competition. This month, they haven't just been making baskets but giving them away hundreds at a time: Zach Randolph distributing food baskets to families from Carver and Booker T. Washington high schools; Rudy Gay passing out foodstuffs at The Pursuit of God Power Center; and Quincy Pondexter's food basket give-away at New Direction Christian Church/Power Center Academy as part of his ongoing "Random Acts of Q-Ness."
"I've had the pleasure of working with some really great guys over the years," said Teresa Dickerson, the team's director of community investment, who said the food basket giveaways will result in the feeding of 1,700 families. "And I can honestly say this is the most charitable group."
Pondexter, for instance, came to Dickerson at the start of the season and said, "Teresa, I want to do everything."
So in October, he gave away pumpkins. This month, it's food baskets and in December it will be Christmas trees. Randolph has been distributing turkeys from Memphis to his hometown of Marion, Ind., tweeting recently, "5 annual turkey (a)nd Ham give away its a beautiful thing its all abt giving bac"
Pondexter said he wants to break barriers, adding, "I want kids to see a real-life NBA player as a true role model. I want to get out in the community and be more than just a basketball player, someone that is more like your neighbor."
The Grizzlies have proved to be good neighbors since moving here in 2001 from Vancouver. In 2004, the franchise formed the Grizzlies Charitable Foundation and it has won several prestigious awards, including the 2012 "Sport Team of the Year" honor from London-based Beyond Sport. The team's on-court performance and off-court performance are simultaneously as strong as they have ever been.
"As an 11-year veteran of the Memphis Grizzlies, I wish I could bottle this feeling," said foundation executive director Jenny Koltnow, who has facilitated the donation of more than $28 million in charitable grants.
The Sport Team of the Year award application included several highlights. Among them: various youth mentoring efforts with local corporate backing and a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In sum, more than 25,000 youth are served each year through various combined efforts.
On Jan. 26, the Grizzlies will hold their ninth annual Staxtacular, the largest fundraising event of the year to benefit the Stax Music Academy. Randolph, Tony Allen and Mike Conley will serve as hosts; Conley also serves on the Grizzlies Charitable Foundation's board of directors.
"Sponsorships for (Staxtacular) are off the charts," Koltnow said. "That's where you see, wow, the team's playing well and that's beneficial for our partners."
Meantime, Dickerson is trying to keep up with all the week-to-week and month-to-month events. In January, Randolph is again donating $20,000 to help people pay their utility bills. In February, Allen is hosting a Valentine's party for women at a local homeless shelter. Josh Selby and his mother are distributing 200 pairs of shoes to kids. Grizz newcomer Jerryd Bayless recently attended a block party in the Douglass community of Memphis and played basketball with people.
"And then he took his shoes off, gave them to a young man, and left barefoot," Dickerson said, still amazed.
Dickerson says other examples of the players' generosity she can't share; sometimes they swear her to secrecy. One reason players are so willing to help out, Dickerson believes, is the example set by coach Lionel Hollins. He has an annual bowling for backpacks event and at Christmas he donates hundreds of bikes.
On Monday, Nov. 19, the Grizzlies finally lost their second game of the season and afterward Hollins mentioned all the recent national publicity the team had been getting, adding, "There's a responsibility that comes with being really good. You've got to go out there and prove it every night."
Koltnow looks at the new opportunities created by the team's on-court success and feels the same way.
"Our level of accountability," she said, "is greater than ever."
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women's swimming & diving program was picked to win its third consecutive title, while the Gauchos men's team was selected to reclaim the title they lost to UC Irvine last season, according to the 2007-08 Big West Swimming & Diving Coaches Preseason Poll released today. The women's pick was unanimous as the Gauchos earned all six first-place votes for a total of 36 points, while the men's squad collected four top picks for an overall score of 34 points.
Over the years, the Gauchos have dominated the league with the men's team claiming 25 team titles and the women's team posting 10 titles. The Gauchos did lose a few key athletes in the off-season due to graduation, but they have plenty of up and coming stars to take over the lead roles. Last year Scott Vogelgesang and Anne Marie May were tabbed 2006-07 Men's and Women's Big West Freshman of the Year after outstanding performances at the Big West championship. On the women's side, Liz Wagner and Katy Freeman will add depth to the Gaucho squad, while the men's team will look for help from Chris Good, Brooks Felton and Daniel McClary.
After claiming their first men's title, the UC Irvine Anteaters enter the new season with a second-place pick in the coaches poll with two first-place votes and a total of 34 points. Leading the way for the Anteaters are Eddie Erazo and 2006-07 Big West Men's Swimmer of the Year Randall Tom, who both return for their senior years following impressive showings at the NCAA Championships. The UC Irvine women's program, which welcomes back 2005-06 Co-Swimmer of the Year Chelsea Nagata and 2006-07 Swimmer of the Year Lyndsay DePaul, tallied 22 points to finish in tie for third place.
Grabbing second place on the women's side was the Pacific Tigers with 26 total points. The Pacific women's team brings back the top performers from last season's squad that placed second at the conference championship with 2005-06 Co-Swimmer of the Year Ja-Neil Bragg, Jun Huang and Sarah Gutierrez. The men's squad received 19 points to claim the fourth pick.
Rounding out the six-team field are UC Davis, Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge. The Aggie women's team tied for third with 22 points and the men's squad finished third with 23 points. In both the men and women's polls, the Mustangs and Matadors finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
The Gauchos will open this weekend with an intrasquad meet on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10 am at Campus Pool. The official season will begin on Oct. 13 when the women host UCLA and Oregon State. This year's Big West Conference championship will take place Feb. 20-23, 2008, at the Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, Calif.
2007-08 Big West Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Coaches Poll
Men's Results
1. UC Santa Barbara (4) 34
2. UC Irvine (2) 31
3. UC Davis 23
4. Pacific 19
5. Cal Poly 12
6. Cal State Northridge 7
Women's Results
1. UC Santa Barbara (6) 36
2. Pacific 26
T3. UC Davis 22
T3. UC Irvine 22
5. Cal Poly 13
6. Cal State Northridge 7
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One of the most debated recruits of the 2013 cycle was Brentwood, TN quarterback Max Staver. There was a fierce debate on whether the 6-foot-5, 235-pound prospect would stay at quarterback or move to a position, like, tight end. Message Board scouts broke down every motion, every play, and every statistic to conclude hardline opinions on Staver and his ability. Some were impressed, some not.
Some immediately gave Staver the back-up job; some thought he would be better served backing up Colin Thompson; some even wrote off Staver as a prospect worthy of a scholarship offer to the University of Florida. Staver was also involved in some drama regarding the commitment 5-star cornerback Jalen Ramsey, a teammate of his.
However, none of the Message Board scouts were there on June 16th, 2012 when Staver tried out for a scholarship opportunity in front of offensive coordinator Brent Pease. Staver committed on June 18th, 2012.
As a senior, Staver threw for 1,916 yards with a 72% completion rate. Staver, also, accounted for seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.
What does the tape on Staver say? Why are there such differing opinions on the quarterback?
On tape, you notice Staver's great size – a tall quarterback that can see over the offensive line and has some solid weight on his frame. For a pocket passing quarterback, you are looking for someone who does not need to move around in the pocket to see open receivers and on-coming rushers, that is exactly what Staver brings to the table. Staver's size makes him a bit of a challenge to tackle and defenders will need to deliver a solid hit to bring Staver down.
Staver does have some ability to be mobile and is certainly not slow, but he likely won't be asked to do much outside of the pocket – similar to Sam Bradford in that regard.
Staver has a solid arm and good accuracy. Staver showed at the Atlanta "Elite 11" and on game film that he can make pinpoint passes at both long and short distances. He shows that he knows how to lead wide receivers, deliver the ball over the shoulder or at the numbers, and consistently deliver zip on short passes. These are all good traits that are fundamental and can be difficult to teach those who cannot do that consistently at his age.
Staver seems to make good reads, understands routes, and makes solid progressions throughout his tape. He will need to make slightly quicker progressions at the next level, but that comes with coaching.
Staver needs to work on his footwork a bit and will need a year or two of solid coaching to improve his mechanics with his throwing motion. Currently, Staver drives all power from his arm and none from his legs. Staver will need to bring his arm up and follow through more with his shoulder, hips, and legs, and improve his slightly unnatural motion.
I see a capable quarterback that can play in the Southeastern Conference. Staver will need a few years to develop, but Florida does not need Staver to come in right away ready to play. I am bullish on Staver's capabilities.


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There is a FrontPage98 b patch available at the microsoft site somewhere. I can send it if someone can't find it. -----Original Message----- From: Leonard R. Kasday [SMTP:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 4:28 PM To: Jamie Fox Cc: email@example.com Subject: RE: FrontPage98 & Accessible Output (this is off list to avoid list clutter... please reply to the email@example.com) Jamie, Thanks very much for that info. I needed it too. Just one thing to tell the list... what patch are you speaking of? Len At 11:25 AM 1/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >I have done our entire site in FrontPage98 with the patch. The patch is >relatively important. > http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/programs/dbra/index.html It seems >pretty accessible. All the files in the directory >http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/programs/dbra/survplan/ use CSS level >one. > >By using the HTML tab in FrontPage the DOCTYPE statement can be inserted at >the beginning of the file without a problem. I think anything before <html >lang="en"> is ignored. Notice I declare the language and FP98 doesn't >mind. > >Code in FP98 can be ignored by the browser by using Insert > FrontPage >component > Comment. Anything written in the resulting dialog box will be >put between comment tags and ignored. I use this to get alt tags on >hotspots on my images. > >In general I avoid the use of FP components because our server doesn't >support them. Not my decision. I do use the date revised component >because it works on every browser I've tested it on. > >I don't use the FP wizards, templates navigation bars or the like. > >One other thing, I don't use FP to publish. I FTP directly from my hard >drive. It avoids any changes FP tries to make during the publishing >process. > >The site is not perfect as I use some deprecated font face calls but only >because I'm not allowed to use CSS on the whole site. I'm not fighting it >because I'm leaving here the 27th. I have resorted to text only pages in a >couple of places because I wasn't convinced my tables were sufficiently >accessible http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/programs/dbra/survplan/. > >I haven't used FP200 because they won't buy it for me. Department of >Leisure has declared HoTMetaL Pro 4 as their supported editor and won't >upgrade that either. >For the two MS people here, I like FrontPage. I appreciate the speed at >which a patch for FP98 showed up after I wrote to you about the problems. > Maybe it was already in the works but it made me happy regardless. I like >the ability to hide code from the editor which HoTMetaL 4 didn't have. It >was HTML 3 or nothing. > >-Jamie Fox > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bruce Bailey [SMTP:firstname.lastname@example.com] >Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:02 AM >To: Web Accessibility Initiative; KristineBradow; "Charles (Chuck) >Oppermann" >Cc: ChrisWilson; EileenBonfiglio; firstname.lastname@example.com; JamieFox >Subject: Request for help with FrontPage! > >Dear Group, > >I need help again. (Another non-theoretical problem this time.) I am >hoping you can bail me out as you have so often before. Charles Munat is >quite correct that I use this list as an extension of my brain. Sometimes >I >embarrass myself, but mostly it has be very rewarding. When I posted my >question about the apparent correlation between validity and accessibility >I >had only some half-formed ideas about what the implications might be. >Charles has done a great deal to move that discussion forward. I hope the >dialogue continues. In the meantime, I am now dealing with harsh cold >reality that might benefit from the intertwining of validity and >accessibility. This is all happening much quicker than I had expected. > >Short of hand-coding each page after the fact, has anyone had success >getting Microsoft FrontPage to produce pages that are accessible and/or >valid? What are the techniques / strategies / configurations required? > >Is FrontPage 2000 any better (with regards to stands compliance) than the >previous versions? The product literature at URL: >http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/2000/chklist.htm#html >mentions "HTML Source Preservation" as a new feature (that FP 97 and 98 did >not have). I would guess that this is implemented by proprietary code >escaped by comments. Such a strategy, of course, would not work for >getting >the requisite DOCTYPE statement at the beginning of the file! I could not >find any reference to "validation" or "accessibility" on the FrontPage >pages. I am hoping (probably irrationally) that I just missed them. I >have >taken a superficial look at some of the sites linked to from Microsoft's >"FrontPage Gallery", but found no examples that were EITHER accessible OR >valid. I will continue to explore FP2K, but as time is of the essence, I >am >asking for your help now. If any the Microsoft people here could get send >me the FP2K trial (beta?) ASAP I would be most appreciative! (Snail mail >address is below.) > >More details follow, feel free to stop reading, but if you are going to >respond to the list, please constrain yourself to answering the questions I >ask -- no matter how strongly you feel that I am raising the wrong issues! > >Anyone responding to this should probably take the time (I did) to review >the archived threads: >"Microsoft FrontPage" >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/1998AprJun/0218.html >"Can WYSIWYG editors produce clean code" >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/1998AprJun/0159.html >so that we don't rehash material that has already been extensively covered. > >This is CC'd to folks who were fighting with FP (almost) a year ago. I am >hoping they have had some successes since, but I would also be interested >in >hearing from you if you gave up with FrontPage in frustration! > >Background: > >I am saddened to say that web authoring responsibilities are being taken >from me and given to a secretary. There are some very good reasons for >this, and the idea has been in the works for a while, so I am not actually >fighting the change. I had hope that my successor would be more skilled, >but in lieu of that, I expect to have fair opportunity to get her set up. >She has little interest and motivation in doing the work, so her personal >commitment to accessibility and validity is quite minimal. Fortunately, I >work with an agency that, if nothing else, gives frequent lip service to >accessibility, even if that message does not always work its way into the >trenches. I am sorry to have to admit that if the "worker bees" don't buy >into a policy, that policy is rarely implemented because frequently >enforcement is lax by middle and upper management. Adding to this >situation >is the fact that, as with many bureaucracies, decisions are often made at >the top (probably for some good reasons) which have fairly disastrous short >and long term consequences. One of those decisions is that our parent >agency -- and therefore us too -- is standardizing on Microsoft brand >products... > >In the meantime, this might buy me year (and maybe by then Microsoft will >fix their product) -- but it might get me no time at all, I am advocating >strongly that we settle for Allaire ColdFushion. I picked ColdFushion only >because of the good press it has gotten on this list. I will only have one >shot at non-Microsoft product, so I am aiming high. I want something that >can handle tasks from start to finish and is scaleable, hence my preference >for ColdFushion -- which can do not only the WYSIWYG editing, but also the >actual serving of dynamic pages should our needs grow to that point. This >is why I recommended ColdFushion over HoT MetaL Pro or Dream Weaver, which >have also been positively reviewed here. If I have made a terrible choice >here, please let me know ASAP. Odds are, I can pull a switcharoo on my >"pointed haired boss" since basically anything-but-FrontPage sounds the >same >to him. That is, if I am allowed to buy anything but FrontPage. My >practical WYSIWYG experience is limited to Netscape Composer and Adobe Page >Mill. I found both to be okay (their broken code is not too hard to fix) >for initial layout (and spell checking), but do most of my work with text >editors. I have given some time to earlier versions of FrontPage and have >used the HTML export features of Word and WordPerfect. All of those >experiences were exercises in frustration. > >I have little illusion that eventually my agency will be using FrontPage. >The argument that it produces invalid and inaccessible code will only get >me >so far. I really don't mind acquiescing to the powers in Redmond. I am a >realist and, as State Employee, have an extremely high tolerance for >frustration. My subtle campaign to turn us into a Linux shop have gone >nowhere at all, but I didn't really expect it to. Given all this, my >strong >preference would be to fix, counteract, and/or work-around the problems >with >FrontPage. I could settle for accessibility if I can't get validity, but >given the more fluid nature of the former, and unambiguous yes/no state of >the latter -- and taking into account who will be doing the actual work -- >I >*REALLY* want valid HTML 4. I can put adequate time into setup and >configuration, some time into training (not enough though, for example, to >teach HTML), but almost no time into follow-up, monitoring, and policing. > >Yes, it is a far from ideal situation. I will do what I can to change it. >For now, these are the circumstances. If it helps, consider this an essay >question, and work within the parameters of the exercise. It usually does >not help one's grade to respond, "This question is wrong. What you should >be asking is..." Please answer to my plea for help in the context I have >asked for it. > >Granted, I am trying to solve the wrong problem. The long term objective >SHOULD be to make people care and to educate them about the issues. >Learning HTML ain't that hard. Hand-fixing code is not unreasonable. > Blah, >blah, blah. None of that helps me. Please write me off the list if you >feel obliged to comment on these tangential meta-problems. > >Given the situation as I describe, can anyone provide advise on how to >configure and setup a FrontPage workstation so that it facilitates the >creation and publication (posting) of accessible and valid HTML documents >by >non-technical personnel? One thing I do plan to do is to set up template >documents that include "referrer" links to the W3C Validator. That >strategy >is, of course, worse than useless if Front Page is not able to create >documents that validate. 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Paprika: The Recipe Organizer App I've Been Looking For
Item: Paprika Recipe Manager
Price: $4.99 - $19.99
Overall Impression: A simple-to-use, attractive and intuitive app for storing recipes you find both online and off.
Last year I talked about wanting to organize all my bookmarked recipes, which over the years had gotten scattered across a number of different systems (Google Reader, Evernote, Delicious), none of which really worked for me anymore. I decided to give Paprika a try and was happy to discover it has all the features I've been looking for in a recipe app, along with a few I didn't even know I wanted, but am glad to have.
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Characteristics and specs: Paprika is a recipe management app that allows you to capture online recipes and sync them automatically between various devices. To add a recipe you found online, you navigate to the website within the app's browser and locate the recipe you want to add, or use their bookmarklet to save recipes while browsing online. On websites for most major food magazines, as well as recipe-focused sites like Epicurious, recipes are captured with the click of a button, but even entering recipes from blogs or non-compatible websites takes less than a minute of highlighting and clicking. It's also possible to enter your own personal recipes, so that everything is stored in one place. The app also makes it easy to generate grocery lists or meal plans based on the recipes you have saved.Favorite details: One-click recipe capturing! I really appreciate the intuitiveness of the app; captured recipes are almost always formatted perfectly and items on the grocery store list are already organized into the correct aisles ("Produce," "Canned and Jar Goods," etc.), so I don't have to waste a lot of time correcting the technology's incorrect assumptions. (I wish I could say the same for my iPhone's Auto Correct!)
Splurge-worthy? At $19.99 for the Mac app and $4.99 for the iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, Paprika is more expensive than the usual under-$2 app, but the features and ease of use make it worth the extra money.
Recipe organization is a very personal thing. I always wanted to love using Evernote to store recipes because I know so many smart cooks who swear by it, but I'm a stickler for formatting; I want a standard, easy-to-follow format for all my recipes if I'm going to bother organizing them in one place. And don't get me started on all the unattractive, difficult-to-read recipe organizing apps out there. If I'm going to spend hours staring at an app on the computer, in the grocery store, and while cooking, I want it to be nice to look at and a pleasure to use.
Paprika is both. I've been using it for a couple months now and I've not only made progress on adding all the recipes I've had scattered around the web, I've also been more systematic about immediately searching for and adding recipes that catch my eye in magazines, newspapers, or blogs.
Quite simply, Paprika provides everything I've been looking for in a recipe organizing app: simple yet intuitive recipe capturing, Cloud syncing across multiple devices, easy-to-read formatting, and good-looking design. If these features are in line with what you're looking for too, Paprika is definitely worth a try.
Find It! Paprika Recipe Manager, $4.99 - $19.99, available for the Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android
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Phillip Ferreira Demos a Men's Cut at HHH
Sometimes creating an "uncut cut" is more difficult that creating a clean, classic finish. Phillip Ferreria, winner of the Wella Trend Vision "Color" category, felt he was up to the challenge when presented with Modern's Publisher, Steve Reiss. We were all backstage prepping for the Hairdressers Helping Hairdressers fundraiser and he volunteered to tweak Steve's cut.
"It's hard to maintain the cut of a client with longer hair," says Phillip. "The consultation is key. Steve wants to keep it long, but wants to add some texture." The most important point, adds Phillip, is to break up any blunt lines. "By point cutting, you will leave length but remove bulk. The bonus is you get additional texture."
Mark Debolt was nearby and offered to "host" this short video that offers tips on how to create the perfect men's "uncut cut".


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Related Post: New Year's Resolutions, Anyone?
Here, I've revisited my 2013 New Year's Resolutions. I've been steadily working on my goals and think I've done a pretty good job thus far. And I'm very excited to continue pursing these goals for the next six months and beyond!!
Goals for 2013
Complete materials for Elias & The City of Cats (hopefully before the end of January) and send out to publishers. Although I didn't reach my "before the end of January" goal due to pure busyness, I completed the materials for Elias & The City of Cats early April. Since then, Gabe's been working on sending a number of submissions to various publishers. We'll see what happens!
- Finish first 10 pages of The First Reich and get them up online. I've been working diligently on the cover & first 10 pages of The First Reich. I'm hoping to complete these first pages and post them online as a preview in the coming months. For a behind the scenes look, click here!
Begin working with Masa and Gabe on full-length screenplay collaboration The Blanks (working title), to be finished before June 2013.I no longer have time for this project. Oh well!
- Send out inquiry letters about my completed full-length screenplays to production companies. I've been sending out a number of inquiry letters/e-mails and am trying to build my contacts in both film and publishing. I've had some positive responses, but haven't made any deals or whatnots. I'm hoping to (in the near future) find an agent to represent all my work, especially The Poet and the Flea.
- Finish the script for The Poet and the Flea, hopefully somewhere between 60 – 75 pages. This is a really important goal I haven't gotten around to yet. I'm hoping I can do another cat sitting for my neighbors so I can have time to fully concentrate on finishing the script! 🙂
Work on my first zine (possibly a tie in with The Flea) and self-print it. I finished drawing my first zine in March. I'm currently assembling a number of copies to sell at various expos/fests/conventions I'll be attending later this year as well as for my upcoming online store (which I'm hoping to launch sometime this summer). More more information, click here!
- Open up a Storenvy account to sell zines and other merchandise (prints, t-shirts, etc.). I'm slowly building up to this goal. A few months ago, I signed up for Storenvy and am piece by piece building my account. As I mentioned before, I hope to launch the store sometime this summer.
- Work on the next 10 illustrated pages of The Poet and the Flea. Then the next 10, and so on and so forth!! I really haven't had a chance to work on this as much as I've wanted to. But I've been busy with my internships at Zest Books and the Cannes Film Festival, etcetera etcetera. As soon as I finish the first 10 pages of The First Reich, I'll get back to this!
Find a reliable and talented director and/or producer to turn one of my short scripts into a short film. Then enter the short film into a number of festivals. For the past few months, I've been Skyping with a director in Sacramento named Josh who's interested in filming my short script The Man Who Never Smiled. We're planning on filming in July and I absolutely can't wait. For more information, click here!
Finally get an official internship, fellowship, and/or job in a field of interest. January through April, I worked as an intern at Zest Books. In May, I went to the Cannes Film Festival through the American Pavilion Film Program. Now, I'm earning a little money through a freelance illustration project , which I'm very excited about (more details to come)!!!
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Julia Wood, a leading scholar in the field of communication, brings us a new edition of the extremely popular Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication, Sixth Edition.
The new edition continues with the holistic approach to the field of communication by first explaining the basic processes central to all communication contexts (listening, perceiving, using verbal and nonverbal communication, establishing climate), and then applying these processes to various contexts (interpersonal, small group, public, organizational, intercultural, mass communication, and personal and social media).
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In a Good Way farm in Talihina hosted a free homestead event Saturday. The public was invited to the event, one of several by Mother Earth and Grit magazines during International Homesteading Education Month, according to program director Teddi Irwin.In a Good Way is a nonprofit training farm established to give Native American men a second chance after prison, Irwin said.Irwin said she and her son, Greg Duda, are Oklahoma Choctaws and have been working to get the project started for five years. They expect to begin screening applicants after Jan. 1.The program will begin with four residents, she said."It's really hard for these guys to find jobs; people object to them living next door," Irwin said."A lot of them have low-education levels or learning disabilities."We want to give them a chance to earn a vocation and become more self-reliant," she said.Applicants will go through a thorough screening process and will have to earn their keep at the farm, Irwin said."It's not a country club," she said."They will work and meet goals along the way ... or we'll make room for someone else," Irwin said."And there is a need for farmers. The average farmer's age is 58 and there are not that many young people in the pipeline," she said.Irwin said she has received support from the community, Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, OSU Extension Service, Sam Noble Foundation and Choctaw Nation, among others.She said the farm will accept donations of equipment, furnishings and funds."We have three alpacas — therapeutic animals, but two of them were gifts and are still in Oregon, so we need $1,000 to pay the shipping here," she said.Today's demonstrations will include the building of an 18- by 60-foot hoop house, which will provide hands-on learning experience for visitors. Noble Foundation of Ardmore and Leon's Green Houses of Kingston donated materials to build the arched hoop house. Steve Upson of Noble Foundation will oversee the building of the new design. Nine 14- by 28-foot arched hoop houses (similar to the one being built today) were constructed recently at the Noble Foundation. The houses were planted with 200 tomato transplants the first of May and have produced 3,600 pounds of tomatoes. They provide a way to grow crops free from the heat and drought of Oklahoma summers as well as the ice and cold of winter.The final touch to the hoop house demonstration will be Micah Anderson, from Oklahoma State Plastic Culture Program, putting in raised beds and plastic mulch using the bedding machine provided by Oklahoma State University.Other demonstrations which will run continuously during the day include:Rainwater Harvesting by Billy Kniffen, Texas A&M; Raising Chemical Free Bees by Dennis Brown, Lonestar Apiaries; How to Save Money on Your Electric Bill, a question and answer time by Todd Michall, Kiamichi Electric; How to Build a Solar Food Dehydrator by David Swan; an Old Fashioned Quilting Bee, led by Katie Humphreys; Pottery Making by Ian and Amy Thompson; Basket Making by Kay Jackson; Flute Making and Playing by Presley Byington; Bead Work by Sue Folsum; and Dress Making by Shirley Barboan, with the Choctaw Preservation Department. There will be storytelling of early Choctaw days. There will also be display and demonstration of recycled, refurbished and reused things, featuring the building of a green house using water bottles, knitting with plarn (yarn made from plastic shopping bags,) reuse of prescription bottles and collages made from magazines. Prize-winning alpacas will be displayed by Karen and Dave Galbraith of Walnut Creek Alpacas.An area will be set up in which invited farmers will sell extra items often sold to help with farm expenses. Pedigreed Welsh corgi puppies will be available for order, and Milieu natural soaps and beauty aids will be on sale.Three Choctaw dishes — tanchi labona, beans and beef, and hunters stew — will be served with cornbread and iced tea for $6, beginning at 11 a.m. Homemade baked goods, bottled water, and sassafras iced tea also will be on sale.Donations of new or used household and farm tools will be accepted at the event.Hourly door prizes will be given and a food basket worth $150 will be presented at 3 p.m.For further information, call (918) 567-3313 or email email@example.com.


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D-backs can't overcome costly fourth, drop opener
CHICAGO -- There simply was no explanation for what happened in the fourth inning Friday night.
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CHICAGO -- There simply was no explanation for what happened in the fourth inning Friday night.
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It's hard to imagine that D-backs right-hander Brandon McCarthy could have pitched any better through the first three innings.
And for his sake, one hopes that it would be impossible for him to have worse results than he did in the fourth.
The White Sox offense came to life with a seven-run fourth inning en route to a 9-3 win over the D-backs at U.S. Cellular Field.
"I have no idea," McCarthy said when asked about what happened in the fourth. "Even after four or five innings to sit down here and think about it, I really don't know. I don't know if they changed their approach and got super aggressive; I was throwing a lot of strikes. They just started jumping on everything.
"Even looking back on it, they're not terrible pitches. They're not anything different than what I was doing in the first three innings. The same approach, it's just, I don't know. I don't know how you can get nine hits out of 10 hitters when I felt like I was doing the things I needed to do."
McCarthy (1-6) was unhittable through the first three innings, retiring all nine White Sox hitters he faced.
Meanwhile, a two-run homer by Gerardo Parra in the third gave McCarthy a lead to work with.
"He was cruising, man, he was really good," catcher Miguel Montero said. "I was like, 'Wow this guy is throwing a heck of a game right now.' Because he was making pitch after pitch and then it just happened, the wheels came off and they got contagious that inning hitting. And they were pretty much unstoppable to be honest."
And it happened quickly.
Alejandro De Aza started it off with a double and then Gordon Beckham, Conor Gillaspie and Jose Abreu followed with singles and the game was tied at 2.
It would get much worse for McCarthy and the D-backs.
There was a ray of hope when Adam Dunn struck out, but Dayan Viciedo singled to load the bases and Alexei Ramirez then unloaded them with a grand slam to left on a 3-0 pitch that put the White Sox up 6-2.
"I was looking for a good pitch that I can connect," Ramirez said through interpreter Lino Diaz. "Something that was over the plate. And that's what I did and I was able to hit it."
And it still wasn't over.
Three straight singles followed, the final one by De Aza that brought home the seventh run of the inning and ended McCarthy's night.
"He was nine up, nine down and then nine out of the next 10 guys got hits," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "It unraveled quick and it was an unusual game. I don't know what to say.
That was enough runs for Andre Rienzo (3-0). The right-hander allowed three runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings.
After talking with reporters, McCarthy sat alone staring off into the distance at a table in the clubhouse still searching for answers.
"It felt like [the ball] was coming out well," he said. "Mentally, physically, everything felt the exact same as the first three innings. It's just all of a sudden, every pitch I threw I was turning and watching it go somewhere else.
"I am baffled at this point. There's outings where you know you stink. You're falling behind guys, you're making pitches right down the middle of the plate, where you deserve to be punished. Then there's outings like this where I came in here and I was furious about what happened but you don't know why you're mad yet. You're looking at everything you can. I really just, I'm still baffled."
Montero was asked if perhaps McCarthy was tipping his pitches given how the White Sox hitters seemed to be on every pitch in that inning.
"I don't know, but it could be because they were looking really comfortable in there," Montero said. "It's something that I have to look at and try to figure out what it was because it was just weird. Really weird."
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Today is launch day for space shuttle Discovery as it goes into space for its final mission. This launch is particularly significant for St. Petersburg College because former SPC student and Clearwater resident Nicole Stott will be on board as a member of the crew.
She was SPC's commencement speaker at last June's graduation.
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Mark McKinnon: The freedom to marry is consistent with GOP values
August 19, 2014
In an op-ed published this week by the San Antonio Express-News, Mark McKinnon, former adviser to President George W. Bush and Texas chair of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, makes the Republican case for marriage.
The op-ed is in response to a court brief filed in the Texas marriage case by state Republicans who claim that marriage for same-sex couples could lead to things like incest, pedophilia and polygamy. McKinnon dismisses the fear-mongering court brief, saying that the argument "doesn't pass the laugh test" and making clear what the Texas marriage case is really about.
"The Texas marriage case is all about: freedom and family. It's about whether loving, committed gay couples can marry like my wife and I did and raise stable, loving families…Gay folks are our friends, family members, and co-workers. Most of us want to treat them with the same dignity and respect as anyone else. Discriminating against them does not fit with core Texas values. Nor does it help the tens of thousands of kids being raised by same-sex parents."
McKinnon goes on to urge the Republican Party to modernize in order to stay relevant, making the case that marriage for same-sex couples is consistent with conservative values of individual liberty, freedom, and family.
"Majorities of evangelicals and conservatives younger than 45 support the freedom to marry. They do so because it's consistent with their conservative values of individual liberty and stronger families. Whatever one's views on same-sex marriage, the reality is the politics have changed dramatically. Railing against gay people's dignity and freedom to marry hurts the GOP brand. The U.S. Supreme Court will be the final arbiter on same-sex marriage nationwide, perhaps by next summer. I can only hope the consistent conservative principles of freedom and family win out."
Southerners for the Freedom to Marry – a partnership of Freedom to Marry and statewide/regional equality organizations – is a one million dollar public education campaign to grow support for marriage in the American South.
To learn more about Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, CLICK HERE.


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Wabash-DePauw Land Mellon Grant• January 4, 2011 Share:
Wabash College has received a $700,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish — in collaboration with DePauw University — faculty and curricular development in Asian Studies. The program will be entitled Asian Studies and the Liberal Arts.
"This is an exciting moment for Wabash College," said President Patrick E. White (right). "At the center of this project is rich and robust faculty development that engages teachers and scholars at several different levels in their knowledge of Asia and empowers them to carry their learning to their students. Furthermore, this project will create the foundation for an unprecedented curricular and co-curricular collaboration with DePauw University."
The grant, part of the College's Challenge of Excellence, will support program activities in three broad areas: faculty development of interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship, Chinese language instruction and teaching collaboration, and student co-curricular program development.
"DePauw and Wabash may be known as rivals, but there is great mutual respect between us," said DePauw President Brian W. Casey. "The grant we're announcing today will enhance teaching and learning at both colleges and allows the institutions to benefit from each other's many strengths and our geographical proximity. I am very pleased about what this project will mean for the faculty, students, and alumni of both Wabash College and DePauw University."
The Wabash faculty has long had an in interest in further developing Asian Studies. That interest gained momentum from the College's current strategic plan and its focus on internationalizing Wabash's curriculum and providing interdisciplinary teaching and learning opportunities for students and faculty. DePauw has offered a minor in Asian Studies since 1985.
"Wabash prepares its students to excel in a global context, and the ascendency of Asia — in particular, China — challenges Wabash to educate students for responsible, humane leadership in a rapidly changing world," President White said.
Wabash jump-started its program in the summer of 2010 when it hired Ssu-Yu Chou to teach Mandarin Chinese language at the College. Twenty Wabash students took the course in the fall semester.
"The Mellon grant allows faculty with existing interest in Asia to enhance and expand it, and provides incentives for other faculty to develop a teaching or a research area in Asia," said Dr. Kealoha Widdows, the John H. Schroeder Interdisciplinary Chair in Economics at Wabash. "In addition, our collaboration with DePauw will allow us to leverage our assets and share resources in new and creative ways that will benefit both institutions' students and faculty. All of this adds up to a very exciting expansion of opportunities for Wabash students to learn about this important, dynamic, and fascinating part of the world."
Wabash Dean Gary A. Phillips (left) believes that collaboration with DePauw and its established Asian Studies program will allow both schools to offer students a rich, interdisciplinary understanding of Asia in multiple contexts.
"In an era of strained resources, liberal arts institutions must seek collaborative ways to innovate and improve faculty teaching and student learning," said Dean Phillips. "We believe that through mutually supportive programs of Asian Studies at Wabash and DePauw, the distinctive liberal arts mission of both institutions will be enriched and invigorated."
The Mellon Foundation grant will allow:
• Wabash to create a permanent interdisciplinary tenure track faculty position and a permanent Asian Studies staff position;
• Wabash to add to its curriculum an Area of Concentration in Asian Studies, while DePauw will strengthen and expand its Asian Studies offerings;
• The generation of teaching, scholarship, and travel opportunities for as many as 32 different faculty on both campuses;
• The development of numerous new and revised courses with focus on Chinese and Japanese literatures and cultures;
• The facilitation of interdisciplinary teaching, travel, and scholarship collaborations;
• The creation of programmatic opportunities for student engagement between both schools that will directly impact student experience inside and outside the classroom;
• The establishment of a network of Wabash and DePauw alumni currently working in Asia to encourage the Asian Studies program efforts and provide teaching and learning opportunities for faculty and students; and
• Provide opportunities to develop a variety of collaborative models between DePauw and Wabash.
"This grant will energize both communities," said President White. "We will discover synergies that strengthen liberal arts teaching and learning on both campuses and we will test new ways to tap the rich cultural resources of both Wabash and DePauw. This partnership is demanded not only by 21st century economic realities, but also by the need for 21st century liberal arts institutions to find ways to keep their missions responsive to the wants of the country and the world."
"The effects of the Mellon grant will be felt immediately," said Dr. Widdows (right), who will lead Wabash's Asian Studies efforts. "Wabash is already in the process of interviewing for a tenure track, joint appointment in Chinese language and history that will help expand and anchor the program next year. In addition, four faculty members from Wabash will join four DePauw colleagues at an Asian studies seminar this summer at the East-West Center in Hawaii to begin the process of developing new course content in Asia as well as to explore research possibilities."
The first cohort of Wabash faculty who will participate in a two-week program at the East-West Center will include professors Agata Brewer (English), Peter Hulen (Music), Mark Brouwer (Philosophy), and Gilberto Gomez (Modern Languages). There they will attend an intensive workshop facilitated by Roger Ames and Peter Hershcok from the Asian Studies Development Program.
In the summer of 2012, those same professors will receive funds to travel to Asia for course development and scholarship at Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, and East China Normal universities in China, and Waseda and Kansai-Gaidai universities in Japan.
"This partnership with DePauw will serve as a template for improving institutional cooperation in other curricular areas such as Classics, Modern Languages and Literatures, Gender Studies, and the Fine Arts," said Dean Phillips.
The Wabash College –DePauw University Mellon Asian Studies grant will be guided by members of a steering committee, comprising:
From Wabash:
David S. Blix, Associate Professor of Religion; Stephen R. Morillo, Professor of History; Gary A. Phillips, Professor of Religion and Dean of the College; V. Daniel Rogers, Associate Professor of Modern Languages; Richard Warner, Associate Professor of History and International Studies Coordinator; and Kealoha L. Widdows, John H. Schroeder Interdisciplinary Chair in Economics and Asian Studies Coordinator.
From DePauw:
Hiroko M. Chiba, Associate Professor of Modern Languages (Japanese) and Director of the Asian Studies Program; David T. Harvey, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Percy L. Julian Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Robert P. Hershberger, Tenzer Family University Professor in Instructional Technology, Associate Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish), and Chair of the Modern Languages Department; Sherry J. Mou, Associate Professor of Modern Languages (Chinese); and Paul B. Watt, Walter E. Bundy Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Asian Studies and Chair of the Religious Studies Department.
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