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|27 de marzo de 2018
|Cleveland Indians agente libre firmado SS Adam Rosales con un contrato de la ligas menores.
|27 de marzo de 2018
|2B Adam Rosales asignado a Columbus Clippers.
|23 de marzo de 2018
|Philadelphia Phillies liberan a SS Adam Rosales.
|1 de febrero de 2018
|Philadelphia Phillies agente libre firmado SS Adam Rosales con un contrato de la ligas menores y invitado a spring training.
|1 de febrero de 2018
|SS Adam Rosales asignado a Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
|2 de noviembre de 2017
|SS Adam Rosales eligio agente libre.
|1 de agosto de 2017
|Arizona Diamondbacks activan a SS Adam Rosales.
|31 de julio de 2017
|Oakland Athletics cambian a SS Adam Rosales a Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP Jeferson Mejia.
|25 de enero de 2017
|Oakland Athletics agente libre firmado SS Adam Rosales.
|3 de noviembre de 2016
|3B Adam Rosales eligio agente libre.
|3 de abril de 2016
|San Diego Padres seleccionado el contrato de 3B Adam Rosales de El Paso Chihuahuas.
|12 de enero de 2016
|1B Adam Rosales asignado a El Paso Chihuahuas.
|1 de enero de 2016
|San Diego Padres agente libre firmado 1B Adam Rosales con un contrato de la ligas menores y invitado a spring training.
|23 de agosto de 2015
|Texas Rangers liberan a 2B Adam Rosales.
|19 de agosto de 2015
|Texas Rangers designado 2B Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|5 de enero de 2015
|Texas Rangers agente libre firmado 2B Adam Rosales.
|2 de diciembre de 2014
|1B Adam Rosales eligio agente libre.
|30 de junio de 2014
|Texas Rangers seleccionado el contrato de 1B Adam Rosales de Round Rock Express.
|27 de junio de 2014
|Round Rock Express ponen a 1B Adam Rosales en la lista de inactivos temporalmente.
|2 de abril de 2014
|Texas Rangers envian a 1B Adam Rosales envian a rotundamente a Round Rock Express.
|30 de marzo de 2014
|Texas Rangers designado 1B Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|13 de agosto de 2013
|Texas Rangers activan a 1B Adam Rosales.
|12 de agosto de 2013
|Texas Rangers reclamado SS Adam Rosales fuera de waivers de Oakland Athletics.
|10 de agosto de 2013
|Oakland Athletics designado Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|9 de agosto de 2013
|Oakland Athletics activan a SS Adam Rosales.
|8 de agosto de 2013
|Oakland Athletics reclamado SS Adam Rosales fuera de waivers de Texas Rangers.
|5 de agosto de 2013
|Texas Rangers designado Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|2 de agosto de 2013
|Texas Rangers reclamado SS Adam Rosales fuera de waivers de Oakland Athletics.
|31 de julio de 2013
|Oakland Athletics designado Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|24 de julio de 2013
|Oakland Athletics seleccionado el contrato de SS Adam Rosales de Sacramento River Cats.
|12 de julio de 2013
|Oakland Athletics envian a Adam Rosales envian a rotundamente a Sacramento River Cats.
|8 de julio de 2013
|Oakland Athletics designado Adam Rosales para la asignación.
|25 de abril de 2013
|Oakland Athletics activan a SS Adam Rosales de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado.
|21 de abril de 2013
|Oakland Athletics envian a 2B Adam Rosales una asignación de rehabilitación de Sacramento River Cats.
|17 de abril de 2013
|Oakland Athletics envian a 2B Adam Rosales una asignación de rehabilitación de Stockton Ports.
|26 de marzo de 2013
|Oakland Athletics ponen a 2B Adam Rosales en la 15-día lista de deshabilitado. Strained left intercostal.
|2 de agosto de 2012
|Oakland Athletics llamado 2B Adam Rosales de Sacramento River Cats.
|16 de junio de 2012
|Oakland Athletics opcionado Adam Rosales para Sacramento River Cats.
|17 de mayo de 2012
|Oakland Athletics llamado Adam Rosales de Sacramento River Cats.
|2 de abril de 2012
|Oakland Athletics opcionado Adam Rosales para Sacramento River Cats.
|2 de septiembre de 2011
|Oakland Athletics llamado Adam Rosales de Sacramento River Cats.
|13 de agosto de 2011
|Oakland Athletics opcionado Adam Rosales para Sacramento River Cats.
|2 de agosto de 2011
|Oakland Athletics llamado Adam Rosales de Sacramento River Cats.
|16 de julio de 2011
|Oakland Athletics opcionado Adam Rosales para Sacramento River Cats.
|16 de julio de 2011
|Adam Rosales asignado a Sacramento River Cats.
|6 de junio de 2011
|Adam Rosales estado en la lista cambian a por Oakland Athletics.
|1 de junio de 2011
|envian a 2B Adam Rosales una asignación de rehabilitación a Sacramento River Cats.
|30 de marzo de 2011
|Oakland Athletics ponen a 2B Adam Rosales en la 60-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al March 22, 2011. Fractured right foot.
|5 de noviembre de 2010
|Oakland Athletics activan a 2B Adam Rosales de la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|10 de septiembre de 2010
|Oakland Athletics transferido 2B Adam Rosales de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado a la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|13 de agosto de 2010
|Oakland Athletics ponen a 2B Adam Rosales en la 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al August 12, 2010. Stress fracture in his right ankle.
|1 de febrero de 2010
|Cincinnati Reds cambian a 2B Adam Rosales and Willy Taveras a Oakland Athletics for 2B Aaron Miles.
|12 de julio de 2009
|Cincinnati Reds llamado Adam Rosales de Louisville Bats.
|27 de junio de 2009
|Cincinnati Reds opcionado Adam Rosales para Louisville Bats.
|28 de abril de 2009
|Cincinnati Reds llamado Adam Rosales de Louisville Bats.
|9 de junio de 2005
|Cincinnati Reds firmado SS Adam Rosales.
Adam M. Rosales… Married Callie Pack (11/11/11); has one daughter, Juliet (6/27/14), and one son, Adrian (3/9/16)… 2001 graduate of Maine High School (IL)… Attended Western Michigan University, where he majored in physical education… Earned All-MAC first-team honors in 2004 and 2005…Hobby: Playing guitar…Signed by: Rick Sellers.2017
Began season with OAK...Hit safely in 9 of his first 11 games, clubbing 2 of his 4 total home runs in that stretch...Batted .276 (16-58) with a .338 OBP vs LHP and .218 (32-147) with a .245 OBP vs RHP...Traded to ARI on 7/31...Defensively, appeared in 11 games at 3rd base, 10 at SS, 6 at 1st base and 3 at 2nd base...Homered 3 times in his final 14 games.2016
Was a non-roster invitee with San Diego during the spring but made the Padres Opening Day roster and spent the entire season in the majors…batted .229 with 13 home runs and 35 RBI in 105 games…28 of his 49 hits (57.1%) were for extra bases and he slugged .495…posted career highs in games, runs (37), doubles (12), triples (3), home runs, RBI, walks (29), slugging percentage, OPS (.814), extra base hits and strikeouts (88) in his ninth season in the majors…matched his best in stolen bases (4)…grounded into just two double plays in 214 at bats…was batting .189 with five home runs and 17 RBI in 58 games before the All-Star Break…then hit .287 with eight home runs and 18 RBI in 47 games after the break…had .664 OPS before the break, 1.030 after the break…batted .237 (23-for-97) with six home runs against left-handed pitching compared to .222 (26-for-117) with seven home runs against right-handers…has 21 home runs in 569 career at bats against lefties, 19 in 744 at bats against righties…hit .200 with runners in scoring position and is a .194 (62-for-319) career hitter with RISP…went 1-for-4 (.250) with the bases loaded and is 2-for-32 (.063) in his career…slugged nine of his 13 home runs and collected 26 of his 35 RBI at Petco Park…batted .311 with a .711 slugging percentage and 1.065 OPS when leading off an inning…had a .323 batting average with three home runs and 10 RBI in 13 interleague games…hit .295 with no outs, .203 with one or two outs…had a .276 batting average in innings one through six, .161 in the seventh inning or later…batted .128 with two strikes…started 53 games at four different positions…the Padres were 28-25 (.528) in his starts, 40-69 (.367) when he did not start…appeared in 41 games (24 starts) at third base, 36 games (22 starts) at second base, 15 games (six starts) at shortstop, two games (one start) in left field and one game each at first base and right field…committed four errors as a second baseman (.957 fielding percentage) and four as a third baseman (.949)…was 5-for-21 (.238) with three doubles, two RBI, a walk and 12 strikeouts as a pinch hitter…is a .171 (14-for-82) career hitter in the pinch…started games in each of the bottom five spots in the order, including 30 from the eight spot.2015
Spent the entire season with Texas and hit .228 with four doubles, three home runs, seven RBI and 14 runs scored in 55 games played…started 32 games, including 16 at second base, 10 at first base, five at third base and one in left field…also made his professional debut as a pitcher with two appearances on the mound…his first appearance came on June 26 at Toronto when he pitched the eighth inning of the Rangers 12-2 loss (1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 1 er)…surrendered a solo home run to Danny Valencia…his second outing came on July 28 against New York (AL) in the Rangers 21-5 loss (1.0 ip, 1 h, 2 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 so)…allowed a two-run home run to Brett Gardner…joins Jeff Kunkel (1988-89) as the only Texas position players with multiple mound appearances…is the first to do it in one season…batted .244 against right-handed pitching, .217 against left-handers…had a .185 batting average with runners in scoring position…hit .444 in seven interleague games…batted .318 when leading off an inning…compiled a .346 average in the eighth inning or later…went 7-for-12 (.583) with a pair of doubles when putting the first pitch in play…went 4-for-4 May 30 against Boston to match his career high for hits (also April 27, 2010 at Tampa Bay)…was designated for assignment by the Rangers Aug. 19 and was released Aug. 23…did not play the rest of the season.2014
Was purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/30 and spent final 3 months with the Rangers...made starts at 1B (27), 2B (5), 3B (5), DH (5), and SS (2)...started 31 of Texas' final 36 games beginning 8/22...his .262 batting average was 2nd highest of career (.271 in 2010) while his .328 OBP was a career best...batted .314 (27-86) in 27 road games and hit .293 (12-41) with RISP.2013
Split the campaign between Oakland and Texas, batting a combined .190 (28-147) with 5 doubles, 5 home runs, 12 RBI, and 15 runs scored in 68 games…hit .313 (15-48) over his first 16 games of the season through May 12, but batted just .131 (13-99) in his final 52 games, including .104 (5-48) in his last 33 games to drop from .232 to .190…went 0-for-8 with the bases loaded, moving to 0-for-18 in his career with bags full… went 0-for-14 with a walk as a pinch-hitter and is 0-for-16 as a PH since his last pinch-hit, 8/1/10 at CWS…had 7 errors in 189 TC (.963), seeing time at SS (39 G/33 GS), 2B (15 G/0 GS), 3B (4 G/1 GS), 1B (4 G/1 GS), and left field (1 G/0 GS).2012 Batted .222 with two home runs and eight RBI in 42 games over three stints with the A's...started 31 games at four different positions, including 18 at second base, nine at shortstop, three at first base and one at third base...did not commit an error in 42 games overall on defense, including 21 games at second base...has not made an error in 77 career games at second base, including 71 with the A's... that is the second longest errorless streak by a second baseman in Oakland history...hit .293 during the day compared to .172 at night...was 7-for-17 (.412) with two walks (.474 on-base percentage) when leading off an inning...has a .330 (30-for-91) batting average and .396 on-base percentage (nine walks, one hit by pitch) leading off an inning in three seasons with the A's...batted .167 in 13 games before the All-Star Break, .240 with both of his home runs in 29 games after the break...hit .159 against a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game, .333 after that...had a .268 batting average and both of his home runs with the bases empty compared to .163 with runners on base...hit .130 with runners in scoring position and has a .195 (31-for-159) career average with RISP...batted .229 (8-for-35) against right-handed pitching compared to .219 (14-for-64) against left-handers...made 17 starts batting ninth and 12 hitting eighth. 2011 Began the season on the 60-day disabled list, recovering from a fractured right foot...was reinstated from the DL June 6 but was never able to get on track offensively...hit .098 (6 for 61) in 24 games over three stints with the A's...the batting average was the lowest in Athletics history among non-pitchers with 60 or more at bats...it is the lowest in the American League since Charlie O'Brien hit .097 for Anaheim in 1999...it is the lowest by any Athletic since pitcher Jim Nash hit .068 in 1968...two of his six hits were home runs and he had eight RBI...was 1-for-29 (.034) during the day...hit .156 at night...hit both of his home runs off left-handed pitching on the road...in his two seasons with the A's, he has six home runs in 125 at-bats against left-handed pitching, three in 191 against right-handers...eight of his nine home runs were on the road...batted .125 with runners in scoring position and is a .206 (28 for 136) career hitter with RISP...was 0-for-12 when leading off an inning...started 18 games at five different positions (six at shortstop, five at third base, four at first base, two at second base, one in left field)...also struck out in his only pinch-hitting appearance...did not commit an error in three games at second base and has not made an error in 56 career games at the position...played for Mexicali in the Mexican-Pacific Winter League and was 5 for 25 (.200) with four walks and two RBI in seven games.
OAKLAND: Was on an Opening Day roster for the first time in his three seasons in the majors...started 35 of the A's 37 games at second base from April 11 to May 21 while Mark Ellis was out with a strained left hamstring...hit .266 with three home runs and 15 RBI over that stretch...would make just 31 starts the rest of the way...drove in a career-high four runs April 11 at Los Angeles in his first start as an Athletic (second base)...also had a four-RBI game May 26 at Baltimore....hit safely in a career-high tying six consecutive games from April 23 to 29 (10-for-22, .455)...that included his first career four-hit game April 27 at Tampa Bay...it was the 19th four-hit game by a player hitting ninth in Oakland history... finished April with a .305 batting average...went 2-for-2 with two walks May 2 at Toronto to boost his average to .323....then went 5-for-42 (.119) over his next 11 games to fall to .243...started all three games of the San Francisco series, May 21-23, at three different positions (second base, third base, left field)...his start in left on the 23rd was his first major league appearance in the outfield...it was his third professional appearance in the outfield as he played two games in left field for Double-A Chattanooga in 2007...hit his second career pinch hit home run June 12 at San Francisco, the 100th pinch hit home run in Oakland history...that capped a 20-game stretch from May 16 to June 12 where he batted .344 with three home runs and 10 RBI...went 0 for his next 17 following the pinch hit home run, which was the longest hitless streak of his career...snapped the hitless skid with a pinch-hit triple June 25 against Pittsburgh...it was just the second pinch hit triple by an Athletic over the last 14 years (Rajai Davis, Aug. 3, 2009 vs. Texas)...finished June with a .209 batting average but then hit .321 in July...batted .429 (15-for-35) with seven RBI over an 11-game stretch from June 25 to July 17 before going 6-for-33 (.182) over his next 11 games through Aug. 11...was placed on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 13, retroactive to Aug. 12, with a stress fracture in his right ankle...it was his first career stint on the DL...was transferred to the 60-day DL Sept. 10 and missed the remainder of the season.2009 Batted .213 with four home runs and 19 RBI in 87 games over two stints with Cincinnati...also hit .349 with five home runs and 20 RBI in 30 games with Triple-A Louisville...for the Reds, appeared in 57 games (44 starts) at third base, 11 games (seven starts) at first base, six games (four starts) at shortstop and four games (one start) at second base...began the season with Louisville and was hitting .431 in 17 games before he was promoted to Cincinnati April 28, when Edwin Encarnacion went on the disabled list...returned to Louisville June 27, when Homer Bailey was recalled, and rejoined the Reds July 12, when Jay Bruce was injured...spent the rest of the season in Cincinnati and appeared in 45 games...hit his first career home run, a solo shot off Adam Wainwright, May 10 against St. Louis...also homered the next day at Arizona, another solo shot off Jon Garland...connected for his first career pinch hit home run, a three shot off Mike Ekstrom, July 30 against San Diego...made his first career start at first base, May 17 at San Diego...made four starts at that position from May 17 to 25 in Joey Votto's absence... made his first career appearance at shortstop, July 18 vs. Milwaukee...while with Louisville, he was the organization's Player of the Month for April after hitting .431 with seven doubles, a triple, four home runs, 15 RBI and two stolen bases in 17 games...was one of the last cuts of spring training...in camp hit .260 and ranked among the club leaders in spring games (25, t-4th), home runs (2, t-3rd), RBI (12, t-2nd) and steals (3, t-2nd)...following the season played for Mexicali in the Mexican Winter League and hit .285 with 13 doubles, six triples, six home runs, 34 RBI, seven stolen bases and 56 runs scored in 60 games. 2008 In his Major League debut, appeared in 18 games during three stints with the Reds (Aug. 9-15, Aug. 20-29, Sept. 9-rest of the season)...made five starts (three at third base, two at second base)...in 117 games for Louisville, he hit .287 and appeared in 66 games at third base, 25 at shortstop, 19 at first base and nine at second base...ranked 10th among all Reds farmhands in hitting...was promoted for the first time Aug. 9, when Joey Votto went on the bereavement list...made five pinch-hitting appearances (1 for 5, .200) before returning to Louisville Aug. 16, when Votto was reinstated...made his big league debut Aug. 9 vs. Houston and flied out off Brian Moehler...recorded his first career hit Aug. 12 at Pittsburgh, a pinch-hit single off Sean Burnett...made his first career start Aug. 28 at Houston after eight pinch-hit appearances and played third base (0 for 2, 1 bb)...recorded his first career RBI and first career stolen base, Sept. 18 against St. Louis...while with the Bats he was hit by a pitch 14 times, which tied for the International League lead...led the Bats with 38 multi-hit games and 11 three-hit games...homered twice June 24 vs. Rochester...beginning July 7, he hit safely in 28 of 32 games (.404), including a season-high 12-game hitting streak from July 11-25 (.458)...played for Arecibo in the Puerto Rican Winter League and hit .295 with two home runs, 19 RBI and three stolen bases in 19 games. 2007 Was the Reds Minor League Hitter of the Year and a Florida State League Midseason All-Star... in 136 games at Single-A Sarasota and Double-A Chattanooga, he combined to hit .286 with 41 doubles, 11 triples, 18 home runs, 79 RBI, 13 stolen bases and 98 runs scored...ranked eighth among all minor league players with 70 extra-base hits...began the season at Sarasota and was promoted June 21...was Chattanooga's Player of the Month for August...following the season played for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League and hit .292 with one home run, 10 RBI and two stolen bases in 14 games. 2006 In 89 games at Single-A Dayton and Single-A Sarasota, he combined to hit .250 with eight home runs, 43 RBI and eight stolen bases...was Dayton's Player of the Month for July...produced two-homer games July 10 vs. Quad Cities (3 RBI) and July 29 at Peoria (4 RBI, 4 runs). 2005 Spent his first professional season at rookie Billings and Single-A Dayton...combined to hit .325 with 14 home runs and 46 RBI in 66 games...hit safely in 27 of his 34 games with the Mustangs before he was promoted to Dayton July 29...hit safely in 27 of his 32 appearances for the Dragons...recorded a season-high 15-game hitting streak from Aug. 6-22 (.299, 4 HR, 6 RBI)...homered in three consecutive games, Aug. 17 and 18 at Lansing and Aug. 19 at South Bend...hit two solo homers Aug. 31 vs. Wisconsin... was named Midwest League Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 5.


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An illustration from "A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, Under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke," 1812. (Image: Matthew Carey/Library of Congress)
The urge to carry a gun in bear country is understandable. But according to new research from Brigham Young University, guns rarely benefit people who encounter bears, and sometimes they even make things worse.
Led by BYU biologist and bear expert Tom S. Smith, the study examined 269 encounters between bears and armed humans from 1883 to 2009, all of them in Alaska. (It mainly focused on grizzly bears, but also included some run-ins with black and polar bears.) Smith and his co-authors found no statistical difference in the outcomes of using a gun versus not using a gun — most people survive bear encounters either way, and a lack of guns doesn't appear to increase the danger.
"It really isn't about the kind of gun you carry; it's about how you carry yourself," Smith tells MNN. "We have this fairly sophisticated statistical model, and the variables that are most predictive of an outcome didn't involve guns at all. If you go into bear country and don't adhere to common sense, then your next big mistake is to think you can shoot your way out of a problem with a gun."
The study doesn't downplay the risks, though, or suggest going into bear country defenseless. "No one should enter bear country without a deterrent, and these results show that firearms are not a clear choice," the authors write. "We encourage all persons, with or without a firearm, to consider carrying a nonlethal deterrent such as bear spray because its success rate under a variety of situations has been greater."
Bear spray may sound less effective than a gun, but it really does have better odds of success, Smith says. Bear spray produces a broad, stinging mist that usually makes bears stop or retreat, while a bullet is more all-or-nothing — a head shot might stop an attacking grizzly, for example, but anything else could just make it angrier. Plus, as Smith points out, bear spray is easier to use than a gun, and is typically easier to draw. "In many cases, guns are incapable of stopping the bears," he says. "But with bear spray there's no learning curve — it's easy to carry, easy to access and can be deployed in a split second, with the press of a button."
The 269 bear encounters Smith examined for his firearms study included 17 human deaths and 30 severe injuries, but a 2008 paper on bear spray included only three minor injuries, with the spray effectively stopping aggressive bears 92 percent of the time. This supports previous findings by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which reports that, since 1992, "persons encountering grizzlies and defending themselves with firearms suffer injury about 50 percent of the time. During the same period, persons defending themselves with pepper spray escaped injury most of the time, and those that were injured experienced shorter duration attacks and less severe injuries."
FIGHT AND FLIGHT: A female brown bear chases two men in Poland in 2010. (Photo: ZUMA Press)
People who bear arms among bears often don't achieve the desired results, especially in grizzly country. Smith's study documented some of the ways their plans go awry, including: a lack of time to respond to the bear (27 percent), jamming or other mechanical issues (14 percent), too close of proximity to the bear (9 percent), the shooter missed the bear (9 percent), the gun was empty and couldn't be reloaded in time (8 percent), the gun's safety was engaged and couldn't be unlocked in time (8 percent), the person tripped and fell while trying to shoot (3 percent), and the gun's discharge spurred the bear to charge, ending further use of the gun (1 percent).
"Also, this doesn't get talked about as much, but people are reluctant to kill bears," Smith adds. "When you're shooting something nonlethal, you can just fire and not worry about it. But people are reluctant to kill a mother with two cubs." Aside from empathy, he says, people may also factor in more practical reasons to hold their fire. "They know they'll be put on trial in the media — people don't tend to deal kindly with people who shoot bears." And most states require you to salvage the carcass if you kill a wild bear, which Smith describes as "a long, messy process."
Still, he acknowledges guns can be useful in life-or-death situations, as long as you know what you're doing. "Don't get me wrong, there's a place for guns, and guns have saved a number of people's lives," Smith says. "But when you look at why guns didn't work in a lot of cases, these are some of the reasons why." People often carry guns in holsters or over their shoulders, he explains, and aren't used to quickly aiming and firing them under stress. "If you're really, really good with a gun, then it's probably a good thing. But I don't think a lot of people are really, really good with a gun."
The best advice for dealing with wild bears is to always have your deterrent ready, Smith emphasizes, and to not run away. "When you stand your ground, you're conveying to that animal that you're not submissive, that you could be a threat. If you start backing up, that emboldens them," he says. "Generally, the No. 1 thing is to ready your deterrent, stand your ground, and then when it crosses an imaginary line, you deploy." But, he adds, it's OK to flee after you've incapacitated the bear: "Once the bear spray is deployed, you should get out of the area."
The advantages of bear spray over guns are well-documented, but they're not absolute. "Don't put down your gun to get your spray — I'd shoot the bear," says Smith, a gun owner himself. "But typically people have more time to deploy the spray, and why not use a nonlethal option? Why kill the bear if you don't have to?"
For more advice, check out this guide on how to survive a bear attack.
Also on MNN:
- As encroachment increases, are grizzly bears becoming unbearable?
- Bear-safety lecture interrupted by bear


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Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute
An Elegant Night out on the town sponsored by Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute and the Lawrence Brownlee concert at the Stanley Theatre.
Includes: 2 tickets to the Lawrence Brownlee Concert at the Stanley Theatre on April 20th at 7:30P
1 bottle of champagne compliments of Seneca Wine and Liquor
Dinner at Georgio's Village Cafe
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Derick Beltran notched 19 points as Southern University sloppily defeated Mississippi Valley State 78-74 Monday night.
The teams combined for 67 personal fouls and 97 free-throw attempts, though neither was especially adept at converting.
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The UF Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville recently released results of a study on men with prostate cancer that might be the most promising with the therapy yet.
The University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville, one of just 14 such centers in the U.S., recently released results of a study on men with prostate cancer that might be the most promising with the therapy yet.
The vast majority of prostate cancer patients enrolled in the study were living cancer-free five years after the proton beam treatments.
The study looked at 211 patients with low-, medium- and high-risk disease. Ninety-nine percent of low- and medium-risk patients had no evidence of disease after five years, compared with 76 percent of high-risk patients. That's nearly a 10 percent improvement over previous studies.
"We are very positive about our results; we don't know anyone else who has reported better results," said Dr. Nancy Mendenhall, medical director of the Proton Therapy Institute and lead author of the study, which was published in the online edition of International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.
"We're just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg of the benefits with this technology," Mendenhall continued.
"We're most excited about medium-risk patients."
For those patients, other studies have at best reported a 90 percent five-year survival rate.
The reason, Mendenhall speculates, is that the treatments at UF were delivered faster, and over a shorter time period.
"We think we can go faster because with protons, most radiation is put on the target and very little outside. With IMRT and any kind of X-ray-based therapy, most of the dose is deposited outside of the target �— and injuries result in side effects and complications," she said.
IMRT, which stands for intensity-modulated radiation therapy, is what most patients get. But protons are more precise and can be used in higher dosages, especially for delicate areas of the body such as the spine and brain. Because of this precision, proton therapy avoids damaging nerves surrounding the prostate that could lead to erectile dysfunction and incontinence.
Proton beam therapy also has been used successfully to treat pediatric tumors. A previous study at the Proton Beam Therapy Institute from the fall found that more than 90 percent of children treated at the institute since 2006 survived more than two years, with brainstem side effects affecting just 2 percent of the children.
"This study provides important evidence that proton therapy may be safely delivered to our most vulnerable patients with delicate tumors," said Dr. Daniel Indelicato, an associate professor in the department of radiation oncology at UF.
The median age of the children in the study was 5.9, and most had tumors near the brainstem, the path between the brain and spinal cord where most of our neurological functions are centered.
"The role of proton therapy in most pediatric brain and skull base tumors is widely accepted by national and international consensus," Indelicato said. "This is because the pediatric central nervous system is very sensitive to the damaging effects of (traditional) radiation."
Radiation also can damage a child's central endocrine system, which controls hormones responsible for development.
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One of the more controversial aspects of proton therapy is its cost, which is roughly $50,000 per patient.
That's 1.2 to 1.7 times as expensive as IMRT treatment, Mendenhall said.
However, Medicare covers it, as do many insurance companies, she added.
"Most insurance companies have been OK with that because they know that there's going to be less toxicity that they have to pay for later, and maybe fewer recurrences," she said.
In other words, the long-term payoff is perceived to be greater with proton therapy because it might be more effective at nipping cancer in the bud rather than prolonging the need for treatment.
Still, prostate cancer patients ideally would be diagnosed earlier, when they are most likely to have low-risk disease, Mendenhall said. But national guidelines �— from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force �— two years ago recommended against PSA screening for prostate cancer screening for men in the general population. High-risk men are still advised to get screened.
An elevated PSA had long been considered a sentinel for prostate cancer, but with fewer men getting screened, overall surveillance in the general population has gone down.
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Werber died Thursday morning of age-related causes after moving into an assisted-care facility in Charlotte, N.C., three weeks ago, his son Bill Jr. told the Associated Press.
A third baseman who led the American League in stolen bases three times, Werber played with Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove in stints with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
Werber often told a story from the 1930 season, when he got on base for the Yankees and Ruth came to bat and hit a towering home run. Werber, a nervous rookie, ran as hard as he could toward home plate while Ruth managed his usual mincing trot. Back in the dugout, Ruth patted Werber on the head and said: "Kid, when I hit 'em, you don't have to run all that hard."
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As for Gehrig, Werber told the New York Times, "Lou was aloof and introverted and didn't like to be ribbed, something like [Joe] DiMaggio. But he was the ultimate team player and stayed in the game through pain and broken bones. I never heard him complain. Woe to the man who didn't give his best for the team."
Werber also played for the Cincinnati Reds, winning a World Series in 1940, as well as the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants in an 11-year career.
He left baseball in 1942 with a .271 career batting average and 215 stolen bases.
He had the distinction of being the first player to bat in the first televised major league game, leading off for the Reds in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field on Aug. 26, 1939.
Werber was born June 20, 1908, in Berwyn, Md. An all-around athlete, he attended Duke University and became the Blue Devils' first All-American basketball player.
After graduating in 1930, he joined the Yankees, but he had trouble cracking the Murderers Row lineup in New York. He played four games in 1930 and three in 1933 before he was sold to the Red Sox, where he flourished.
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FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and former CIA Director James Woolsey testified in favor of a bill that would legalize growing industrial hemp in Kentucky.
The state Senate Agriculture Committee approved the measure unanimously Monday, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reported.
Growing hemp is banned in the United States under federal law because the seeds contain THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. The plant cultivated for industrial hemp -- used in cloth, rope, paper and other products -- has been bred to produce large quantities of fiber with low quantities of THC.
Paul wore a shirt he said was made from hemp produced in Canada.
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In my bestselling book, Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers, and What to Do When You Win the Lottery, I note that the only wealthy people who are truly happy are those who give back to their communities.
Lots of rich people talk the talk but the late billionaire Bill Cook was one who truly made a difference.
By opening a resort and casino.
Cook was a self-made billionaire, who lived in Bloomington Indiana and made his money in the medical device business.
He was totally unknown outside of the state of Indiana and liked it that way. The Bill Cook Story, a biography by Bob Hammel gives insight into a billionaire who danced to a different drummer. He had hobbies like driving his friend John Mellencamp's tour bus. He invented his first medical device in a small apartment, moved to a small house and stayed in the house for the rest of his life. He didn't get a garage until late in life when they made him quit parking his cars on the street.
Cook didn't spend much on housing so the irony is that he sunk his money into the ultimate real estate white elephant. The West Baden and French Lick Hotels in French Lick Indiana.
The West Baden had been a historic landmark fallen on hard times and literally falling apart. The French Lick Hotel was also long in the tooth and the local unemployment rate in pre-recession 1996, shortly before the resort opened, was over 20%.
It was a dead facility in a dying town before Bill Cook ponied up millions to bring both the resort and city back to life. All in the pursuit of historic preservation and jobs for the community.
I found out about Bill Cook at an unusual time: my honeymoon.
I was married on June 9 and chose the West Baden hotel for a honeymoon as it was a two and a half drive from my house and my wife had to cut the vacation to four days to speak at an International Education Reform Symposium.
I had been to French Lick but never West Baden but she had been to neither. She was a little disappointed that we didn't fly to a more exotic honeymoon destination, until she got to the West Baden. Now she wants to go back every weekend.
It's hard to do better than the French Lick experience. We let them know it was our honeymoon and they gave us a huge suite with a balcony overlooked what that had been the largest indoor dome in the world, 60 years before the Astrodome was built.
Both hotels had the beauty and splendor of a European grand hotel.The service and the restaurants, especially the 1875 steak restaurant was outstanding and reasonably priced. The resort has three golf courses with two (one designed by Pete Dye, another by Donald Ross) considered tops in the nation. It has a large casino but one of the rare resorts where you can avoid the casino easily if it is not what you are into.
Who I kept running into at West Baden was the ghost of Bill Cook.
Many of the employees at both hotels seemed to be history buffs and several had been at the resort since it re-opened in 2007. They all kept quoting or mentioning, "Mr. Cook," with personal affection and reverence. Finally, Clarence, a bellman, filled me in on Mr. Cook, Cook's history and his total devotion to making West Baden and French Lick world class hotels.
Clarence, who like all longtime employees knew Mr. Cook well, got me to buy the Bill Cook Story and spent nearly an hour telling me about Cook's philosophies.
One that struck me in particular was Cook's idea that helping a person find a job was the most important thing you could do. It gave the job recipient self-esteem, it gave them a way to support themselves and support their families, it gave them hope and a chance to plan for the future.
Most of the jobs in the French Lick area are related to the resorts that Cook restored to their original glory. The jobs are held by people proud, skilled and glad to have them.
Bill Cook didn't get into the West Baden and French Lick projects to make money. He had all money he needed and hotels looked like white elephants. He got involved to preserve an historic property and make it a destination point.
One that I plan to visit as often as I can.
Bill Cook used his money to make a difference. When you are looking for models on how to be rich, forget about Donald Trump and pick up the book on Bill Cook.
Don McNay, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, CSSC is the bestselling author of the books Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers and What to Do When You Win the Lottery and Wealth Without Wall Street. McNay, who lives in Richmond, Ky., is an award-winning financial columnist and Huffington Post contributor. You can learn more about him at www.donmcnay.com.


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C. Anthony Martignetti and special guests Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer appear at Cary Hall on Tuesday November 20, 2012 at 7:30 PM.
C. Anthony Martignetti, Ph.D., a psychotherapist and writer living in Lexington. He founded the Biscuit Box Theater Company, and the writers' group, Souled Out Artists, who have been performing shows locally over the past seven years. Though he has regaled the community with public readings of his memoirs for years, his forthcoming and highly anticipated collection of short stories, Lunatic Heroes: Memories, Lies and Reflections, is his first creative venture into the publishing world, outside of professional articles and a chapter in the book, "Unlocking the Emotional Brain" (Sept., 2012);
Amanda Palmer (founder of The Dresden Dolls and Grand Theft Orchestra; Artist of the Year Boston Music Awards 2010); and
Neil Gaiman (author of many books, including Coraline and The Graveyard Book; winner of many awards, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals for literature).
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 12, 2009) — Every day, vacationers decide where to travel and what activities to pursue based on a primary factor: the weather.
A new report by East Carolina University's Center for Sustainable Tourism explores this relationship and recommends ways to mitigate the effects of climate change on the tourism industry.
The report, "Climate, Weather and Tourism: Bridging Science and Practice," focuses on linking weather and climate research to the needs of the tourism industry, said Patrick Long, director of the Center for Sustainable Tourism.
"I think we are realizing that we can use weather data to our advantage," he said. "In terms of its impact on the industry, weather has always been a factor, but as with any discipline, we have grown more sophisticated in how we use it."
Many tourism businesses can benefit from weather and climate information targeted to their unique activities. For example, research shows that beach-goers in coastal North Carolina are more influenced by wind and cloud cover than heat or humidity. By providing this data to tourists, beach businesses can more effectively advertise their product.
The ECU report recommends that business owners work with researchers to better understand the impact of weather on tourists' experiences and destination choice. It also recommends the use of weather data for cost effective marketing and operating strategies.
"We're proposing to identify more specific ways to help the tourism industry. We want to know, what is it that tourism businesses need to know and how can this information be delivered? Can the tourism industry, by using current technology and climate information, advertise differently to maintain or expand its market," Long said.
While business success is important, the long-term viability of a destination is an even bigger concern that arises with climate change. Increased incidence of drought, rising sea levels, an expanding range of diseases and invasive species are some of the potential effects of the phenomenon.
"Climate change is going to affect the types of recreational offerings that locations will be able to provide. In some cases, they will have to change," Long said.
To mitigate these effects, the report makes several recommendations, including the adoption of policies to reduce the carbon footprint of the tourism industry and initiatives to educate tourists about the connection between their contribution to climate change and the quality of future travel experiences.
Good for the environment can also be good for business, Long said. Already, many North Carolina businesses have embraced green practices, several of which are highlighted in the report. Many tourists, too, have changed their travel behaviors, he said.
"People are becoming a bit more selective about sustainability practices when they decide to return to a place," Long said. "Businesses that don't embrace responsible practices will be left out of the game."
The report, "Climate, Weather and Tourism: Bridging Science and Practice," is available now. In addition to Long, ECU geographers Scott Curtis and Jennifer Arrigo, and Ryan Covington, geography master's student and graduate assistant at the Center for Sustainable Tourism, contributed to the publication.
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Entrepreneurship blossoms in Fairfield County
Bruce Bertram "always had a fascination with knives," so when he decided to start a business after 26 years as a Danbury police officer, Sakura Blade and Tool Sharpening was born.
With his wife and high school sweetheart Ruth, Bertram runs their blade sharpening and custom knife shop from their Danbury home.
The couple, both 59, started their business in July 2013 after Ruth's 40-year career in banking.
"The key is to find the niche and offer quality service at an affordable price and make it easy for the customer," BruceBertram said. As for his knife fascination, Bertram said he spent many years sharpening razors at a barbershop.
The couple attended a Small Business Administration-AARP entrepreneur event in Danbury on Tuesday along with about 20 other entrepreneur hopefuls and small business owners to meet community resources.
Entrepreneurship is blossoming in Fairfield County, whether due to corporate downsizings, high-profile tech billionaires or the growing awareness of capital-raising vehicles like Kickstarter and Shark Tank. Entrepreneurs, who bring a new product or service to the market, can create jobs and reignite a faltering economy. While mom-and-pop stores are small business mainstays, a fast-growing segment is the young technology developer.
Small business growth
U.S. Census Bureau data on Fairfield County's non-employer businesses, the smallest in which only the owner works, showed modest growth to 85,962 in 2011 from pre-recession 2007's 83,230. In contrast, CareerBuilder in February said the U.S. self-employed slumped 936,000 to 10 million in 2013 from a 2006 peak. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk self-employment grew 3 percent since 2009, trailing only Memphis' 4 percent growth in U.S. metropolitan regions CareerBuilder reviewed. Fairfield County has the sixth largest U.S. share of self-employed at 9.2 percent of the metropolitan statistical areas surveyed. Most U.S. self-employed job growth for 2006-2013 was in web development, medical transcription, home health care and recreation. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. self-employed is male and more than 30 percent are aged 55+.
Connecticut's small businesses, defined as having fewer than 500 employees, grew to an estimated 339,200 for 2014 from 326,439 in 2010. The Connecticut SBA said small businesses represent 97.1 percent of all employers and employ 49.7 percent of the private-sector labor force.
Small businesses have flourished with the emergence of college entrepreneur programs and kids witnessing corporate downsizings.
"The economic pathway is a less certain notion for a college graduate catching onto a great company and riding the wave of tenure for 30, 35 or 40 years. Now, that's the exception rather than the rule and there is a higher value put on creativity and innovation, whether a student starts or works at a company," said Christopher Levesque, executive director of the University of Connecticut's Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in East Hartford.
From Wall Street to Main Street
Stamford resident Jay Ragusa "traded my suit and tie for ice cream" after eight years on Wall Street and the post-9/11 market slump. A decade ago, Ragusa, 42, opened Gofer Ice Cream in Greenwich and then Gofer shops in Stamford, Darien, Fairfield and Bridgeport. He shut the Fairfield Gofer as competition heated up and Bridgeport's Gofer as the area's revitalization stalled.
The closings gave the valuable lesson that "just because you're successful in one place, doesn't mean you'll be successful moving into another place. Timing also matters." Ragusa will employ 25-28 after a second Greenwich Gofer opens this month.
Small business experts report heightened interest from entrepreneurs and resources have mushroomed including innovation centers in Bridgeport, Stamford and Danbury to bring people together to create and collaborate on projects.
"Last year we had over 400 individual counseling sessions in the communities we serve, a 20 percent increase from 2012-2013 and we expect a 10 to 20 percent increase this year," said Dennis Daugherty, chairman of Western Connecticut SCORE of Danbury, a non-profit that provides business counseling. "It's a broad group seeking help -- young, middle-aged and older people. Corporate restructuring is triggering a lot of the middle-aged to older clients."
Daugherty said small businesses in Fairfield County benefit from "an active, vital market for goods and services and it's densely populated with lots of young, creative, bright people. But you've also seen job loss in Fairfield County and there's also the regulatory overlay ... that might discourage some people."
Bernie Sweeney, district director of SBA Connecticut in Hartford, is so optimistic about Fairfield County that SBA opened a Bridgeport office in October.
Shortage of women entrepreneurs
But a lagging demographic is women. While U.S. women-owned businesses climbed 68 percent since 1997, Connecticut's grew a more modest 33.2 percent to 96,400, said Julie Weeks, CEO of Empire, Mich.-based Womenable, which supports women entrepreneurs. She cited possible causes as Connecticut's more stable population for less potential customer growth, state procurement goals supporting women, tax rates and active women's business associations.
Sweeney said, "You never feel you can do enough for women and minorities who might not have traditional backgrounds in credit and verification of credit."
Some 40 percent of SBA-guaranteed loan activity is for female-owned businesses, Sweeney said. Last year, Connecticut SBA supported 601 small businesses and $226 million in loans, ranking Connecticut second in the region for SBA lending.
He noted younger entrepreneurs are a fast-growing segment of small business owners. "My guess is 25 percent of what SBDC (UConn-Small Business Development Centers) is doing now -- high-tech start-up companies with one to two people -- will need financing."
Weeks said young entrepreneurs were inspired by "the visibility of (Facebook co-founder) Mark Zuckerberg and (Google co-founder) Sergey Brin starting businesses young."
There are other benefits for some small business owners. Gofer's Ragusa said, "I try to personally sample many ice creams each week for `quality control.' "
Betty Wong (email@example.com) is a freelance writer and media consultant in Greenwich. After spending five years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal at the start of her career, she spent the next two decades at Reuters News, where her last role in 2011 was global managing editor.


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A True Win-Win For TNA
At this point, I doubt any fans want to see the "Nature Boy" in the ring. However, I think many more still enjoy the dramatic, over-the-top promos only Flair can deliver (although I must admit, Flair has lost his fastball in this department as well). So, how can TNA use this wrestling legend in a way that embarrasses nobody?
Enter Matt Morgan. Morgan is an athletic behemoth who, A) Seems to be going nowhere fast, and B) Isn't the most gifted talker in pro wrestling.
See where this is going?
A partnership between Flair and Morgan accomplishes several positive things without hurting anyone. For example, when was the last time wrestling saw a truly charismatic and enduring male manager? Flair, already known as "The Dirtiest Player In The Game," would fit the bill to a T.
He's got the gift of gab, the guile, and the wrestling experience to gain instant credibility as Morgan's handler. Flair could easily mask Morgan's deficiencies on the microphone, which would add another dimension to Morgan's character. Besides, Flair's long past the point where he can contribute anything truly meaningful inside the ring. Why not use all those skills and experience to elevate a very promising talent like Morgan?
It's not as if Morgan couldn't use the help. In the Volume 34, 2010 issue of The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling (on sale June 8), we document some of the travails Morgan has faced in trying to establish himself among TNA's elite. Without giving too much away, I think it's safe to assume that Morgan's stock would rise considerably with Flair guiding his career.
Flair wants to stay relevant to the business, Morgan wants to go to the top. Neither appears likely in the immediate future as long as these men stay on their current paths. But by working together, both stand a better chance of getting what they want.
Smells like a true win-win, which is something TNA is desperate for these days. What do you think?
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- "Handsome" Dan said...
I think that's a great way to sell your upcoming issue of The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling. Can't say I fault you, though. Always gotta remember where that bread is buttered.
The fact is, the TNA powers-that-be aren't going to put Flair and Morgan together unless one of two things happen: either Morgan starts getting over on his own (in which case, he won't need Flair anymore but that won't stop them from putting Flair with him and killing his momentum since they did it to AJ), OR they catch wind of Morgan skipping town and going to the WWE. Either way, if Morgan becomes a hot commodity in any way, shape or form, Hogan will quickly pounce on that by teaming him with Flair, thereby giving him an excuse to ride on yet ANOTHER promising young star's coattails and garner more face-time for, you guessed it, HIMSELF!
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Hayley Atwell is still starstruck after receiving a personal compliment from Meryl Streep on her acting talents, calling the encounter her proudest moment of 2012.
The Captain America: The First Avenger star was stunned when Oscar winner Streep introduced herself and began doling out praise, and admits the meeting was a career highlight.
When asked to name her proudest moment of the past year, she tells Britain's InStyle magazine, "Meeting Meryl Streep."
Atwell recalls, "She knew who I was and came up to compliment me on a performance. She was so utterly charming and at that moment I thought, 'Yes, sanity does exist in this industry.' If, like her, I focus on what matters? Then I'll be fine."
The star is also proud to be making a name for herself in the movie industry, despite refusing to conform to Hollywood's size-zero trend.
She adds, "I've heard tales of directors offering their lead actress a plate of doughnuts just to test them. I was looking at footage of my Captain America audition the other day and thought, 'I've got a real paunch!' But it made me happy that I got the part because I was playing it right, not because I looked perfect."


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John Doyle will direct a new Broadway incarnation of 1981 tuner "Pump Boys and Dinettes," lined up for a spring opening.
Doyle, who made a name for himself on the Rialto with pared-down revivals of "Sweeney Todd" and "Company" in which thesps doubled as the orchestra, will once again helm a show in which the actors are also musicians. "Pump Boys" follows the musical stylings of four gas station attendants and a pair of waitresses in 1950s North Carolina, with an original score that includes country, bluegrass, gospel and other genres.
The musical was created and written by its original performers, a team of six that includes John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann. Show preemed Off Broadway in 1981 before it went on to open in 1982 on Broadway, where it ran for more than a year. New production is the title's first revival on the Main Stem.
Doyle's last Broadway credit was the 2008 run of "A Catered Affair." Over the summer he directed the new stage version of "The Exorcist" at the Geffen Playhouse in L.A.
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, who worked with Doyle on "Company," provides new arrangements and orchestrations for the tuner. Creative team also includes David Gallo (sets), Ann Hould-Ward (costumes), Mike Baldassari (lights) and Dan Moses Schreier (sound).
Abby Lee and David B. Brode (who was on the producing teams of the 1992 revival of "Guys and Dolls" and the 1987 preem of "Into the Woods") produce with exec producer Tom Viertel ("Sweeney Todd," "Company," "Gypsy," "Leap of Faith").
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(RNN) - A champagne toast is a great way to welcome 2013, but doctors are warning to be mindful as you pop the bottle.
Let's face it, normal concerns regarding New Year's Eve include crowds, drinking and driving, bad weather and falling asleep before the ball drops.
With all of those distractions it's no wonder that people forget about eye injuries until champagne cork goes flying and now you can look forward to starting the New Year wearing an eye patch.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology warns that warm bottles of champagne and improper cork removal can cause serious, potentially blinding eye injuries.
With approximately 50 million bubbles per bottle, champagne contains pressure as high as 90 pounds per square inch – equivalent to the tire pressure of a double-decker bus.
That pressure can unleash a cork flying towards the eye at 50 miles per hour - not enough time to get out of the way, but more than enough to cause serious damage.
"When a Champagne cork flies, you really have no time to react and protect your delicate eyes," Dr. Monica Monica, an ophthalmologist and spokeswoman for the AAO, said in a news release. "Uncontrolled Champagne corks can lead to painful eye injuries and devastating vision loss. We don't want anyone to end up ringing in the year on an ophthalmologist's surgery table."
Injuries include eye wall rupture, glaucoma, retinal detachment, eye bleeding, dislocation of the lens and damage to the eye's bone structure, which often require emergency surgery.
Not to scare you, but by the law of averages, you are more likely to be killed by a flying champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
And, is it mere coincidence that the Benedictine monk Dom Perignon, "inventor" of champagne, was blind?
In order for everyone to enjoy a fun, safe and injury-free holiday, the AAO provided the following tips on how to properly open a bottle of champagne:
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Thank you to everyone who made this past year of NHBB & USABB a success - in particular, for purposes of this announcement, our team of question writers.
We are, as always, looking to hire question writers! I'm rolling out the call for writers in a few stages. Today, I'm starting with side events for the third International History Olympiad (held Summer 2018, as it is now officially a biennial event). Later this month, I'll be posting announcements for category assignments (a la the cultural history writers from 2016-17), writers at large, and new writer training.
IHO Side Events
The International History Olympiad includes a standard Bee and Bowl competition in addition to roughly a dozen mini-tournaments. Topics for the tournaments include...
*Visual Art
*Classical Music
*Pop Music
*Sports History
*Science/Technology History
*Historical Geography
*Ancient History
*Recent History
*German Military History
The first eight events each return from the previous two incarnations of IHO. As IHO 2018 is being held in Berlin, the military history slot focuses on Germanic history, ancient through modern. Two side events will have their topics announced much later: the attendees of IHO vote on the topic for "You Pick, We Write" in the spring, and the Scramble topic isn't announced until IHO approaches.
The art and music events involve audio/visual questions, a la the Eyes That Do Not See and Imaginary Landscape sets.
Writer Responsibilities
*The writer of a side event is in charge of answer blanking, writing, and packetizing their set. I'll check in on occasion to help calibrate difficulty and make sure you're on pace to finish on time, then read the finished product and provide feedback/revision notes if necessary. I prefer assigning a side event to a single writer or pre-formed writing team; given the time we have to complete these, I won't be assigning writers to an editor for any of these sets.
*Side events are played by both MS and HS students; the writer is responsible for making a MS copy of the packets, then making appropriate edits for that version. This involves cutting the 5 hardest questions in each prelim packet, then making whatever further edits necessary to make the set good for MS play. These MS kids are really good, so it's not generally a ton of extra work, especially if the original questions are already plotted with answer line accessibility in mind.
*IHO is, of course, an international event; there are tons of non-American students there, so the distributions shouldn't be heavily American. This is easy to do in things like ancient history; sports is usually a challenge.
Beyond general guidelines of "don't make this way too hard or too American" and some minor event-specific notes, the set is yours to write as you see fit. You don't have to worry about stylistic differences or repeats with other sets.
Payment: I'm waiting on Madden's confirmation for financial specifics. I can say that writing for IHO side events is a little bit higher than writing regular questions for NHBB, as you're caring about balancing a distribution and putting Word docs of packets together. NHBB writers in 2016-17 were paid a base rate between $3.50 and $5 per tossup, based on experience.
Timeframe: I would like all the IHO side events to be done by December; having a set done before September is extra helpful to me because I can review it before the 2017-18 regular season deadlines get moving, but that's not a requirement.
You can apply for more than one side event if you like; I doubt I'll be assigning more than two to anybody.
If you're interested in writing an IHO side event, let me know by e-mailing me at email@example.com with
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*a proposal for the subcategory distribution you'd like to follow, either as "percentage of the set" or as "number of questions in a packet of 30 tossups," and
*an example tossup or two of your vision for the set.
(The subcategory distribution will be more of a thing in some than others; art and music, for example, are a fair bit less divisible than sports. If you think it doesn't matter for your event, don't worry about it.)
Applications will be open until at least June 23rd. Expect radio silence on your application until I get to them all later, unless you've got a question in there. My hope is to get IHO side events assigned and working by July 1.
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