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A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted or there is bleeding in the brain. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. It is urgent to seek emergency care at the first sign of a stroke. Early treatment saves many lives and reduces the effects of stroke.
These are the warning signs that you or someone you know may be having a stroke:
Learn the warning signs of stroke, and seek emergency care at the first sign of a stroke.
Special procedures are followed as soon as a stroke patient arrives in the emergency room. The patient gets a physical exam. Then tests are done to learn the cause and the extent of the stroke. These tests are called diagnostic (die-ag-NOS-tik) tests.
A CT scan is one of the most important tests. "CT" stands for computed tomography (tuh-MOG-ruff-ee). A CT scan is an x-ray that helps detect the kind of stroke the patient has had. The doctor needs to know the type of stroke to decide on the best treatment for the patient. The stroke patient also may have blood tests and an EKG (electrocardiogram). More tests may be done over the next few days to learn the extent and the effects of the stroke.
The patient may have an intravenous (IV) line inserted. Oxygen also may be given. The patient's blood pressure and body fluid balance are watched closely. Stroke may lead to increased pressure on the brain. The patient is watched for confusion, drowsiness, and headache, which are early symptoms of increased brain pressure. The patient may be given medicine to prevent or treat this condition.
A stroke can affect the ability to swallow. A stroke patient is not allowed to take anything by mouth until it is clear that he or she is able to swallow.
The most common type of stroke is ischemic (iss-KEY-mik) stroke. This type of stroke occurs when a clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain and blood flow is stopped. When a CT scan shows no signs of bleeding, many patients with ischemic stroke can safely receive drug therapy.
Powerful drugs called "clot busters" can dissolve blood clots that caused the stroke. Clot buster therapy must begin within 3 hours after the start of a stroke. This is one reason it's urgent to get to a hospital emergency room immediately for stroke symptoms.
T-PA (Activase)One of the clot buster drugs is t-PA. It's short for tissue plasminogen (plaz-MIN-oh-jin) activator. The brand name is Activase. T-PA helps restore blood flow to the damaged area of the brain. For many patients, t-PA can stop or lessen brain damage from the stroke.
There is some risk for bleeding with t-PA. A patient receiving t-PA must be monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU). The drug is given by an IV line over 1 hour.
Intra-arterial t-PAA newer method gives t-PA directly where the damage has occurred. This allows lower doses of t-PA to be used because the drug is inserted directly into the affected artery. The method is called intra-arterial (IN-truh-ar-TEER-ee-ol) t-PA. The drug is given during a procedure called an arteriogram (ar-TEERee-oh-gram). This procedure takes about 3 hours. Only staff with special medical training can give t-PA in this way.
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Association of Surgical Technologist (AST)
The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education (CAAHEP)
The Surgical Technology program is co-sponsored by Walters State and Roane State Community Colleges through the Smoky Mountain Health Sciences Consortium.
The program includes lecture classes held at the Walters State Sevier County Campus and via distance delivery from Roane State Oak Ridge Campus and supervised clinical coursework in an operating room. The program is affiliated with several area hospitals. Each student will be assigned to a variety of clinical sites during the two years of clinical coursework. Clinical experiences may include evening rotations.
Surgical Technologists are allied health professionals who work under medical supervision to facilitate the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures. A Surgical Technologist possesses expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combines the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Surgical Technology Suggested Course Sequence + General Education Requirements
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Consistently meet the needs of area employers seeking to hire qualified Surgical Technologists.
Provide students with the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to gain employment as entry-level surgical technologists and become contributing members of the health care team.
Provide a relevant degree program for Surgical Technologists that includes college-level coursework in management and leadership applicable to a healthcare institution.
These goals will be accomplished by Preparing competent graduates in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains.
Students intending to apply to the Walters State Community College Surgical Technology program may begin working on the general education courses at any time. All prerequisite program courses must be completed prior to application. The program professional courses must be taken in sequence and are offered only at the Walters State Sevier County Campus except for the clinical courses.
Walters State Community College is supported by state funding and therefore must consider in-state residents before out-of-state residents for acceptance into the Surgical Technology program. Please contact the Office of Admissions for assistance in determining Tennessee residency.
The Surgical Technology program adheres to the core performace standards adopted by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Admission to and progression in the Surgical Technology program is not based on these standards but should be used to assist the student in determining whether accomodations or modifications are necessary. The standards are:
If a student believes that one of more of the standards cannot be met without accomodation or modification, the Surgical Technology program will determine whether or not accomodations or modification can be reasonably made. A student should contact the Director of Surgical Technology for assistance.
Walters State Tuition and Fees
All tuition and fees are subject to change by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
*A Specialized Allied Health Science Fee of $25 per credit hour will be applied to all Allied Health Science courses. See Tuition and Fees link above.
** Program courses taken in an online format are subject to a distance education fee.
Lecture classes for the Surgical Technology program are held at the Walters State Community College Sevierville Campus via distance delivery from the Roane State Oak Ridge Campus. Labs are conducted on the Walters State Community College Sevier County Campus.
Upon program completion, the graduate will be able to:
The program will increase the number of surgical technician employees to meet the over 18% increase expected for the 2008-2018 period of time as noted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 Job Outlook Data. Surgical technology is considered a high skill-high wage allied health profession and data from the State of Tennessee notes a need for 2970 surgical technologists in the state by 2014. The median annual salary for Tennessee surgical technologists is projected in the range of $40,000.
Surgical Technologists are allied health professionals who work under medical supervision to facilitate the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures at a hospital. A Surgical Technologist possesses expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combines the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.


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ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- While the late November- early December weather hasn't felt like it, the flu season has started early. Doctors tell News 4 they are seeing cases sooner than expected, and the early start has some fearing this could be a bad season.
In fact, the early cases have prompted a warning from health officials. The Center for Disease Control has stated that the current season's flu strain is making people sicker than in years past.
Unfortunately, physicians don't seem to have an answer as to why the cases are appearing sooner than usual.
Doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital say flu cases don't usually start appearing until the end of December. This year, it started in September.
"There's reason for concern because people often wait late for vaccination," said doctor Martin Docherty. "If the flu takes hold earlier in the season and then there's less people vaccinated."
Reports say flu vaccine is plentiful and readily available to anyone who wants it. National estimates are that as many as 12 million americans have been vaccinated.
St Louis County health officials say they haven't seen a spike in numbers which likely means more people getting the vaccine.
But in St Louis at Barnes, doctors are seeing more cases.
"The patients I see tend to be younger adults actually and I've not seen that many older patients and outside of St Louis I've seen children with influenza," said Docherty.
He also added younger patients tend to forgo the vaccine because of a certain mentality.
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According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN), the world's forested area amounts to around four billion hectares. This corresponds to roughly thirty percent of the world's land area. Tropical forests account for around 48 percent of the forested area, boreal forests for thirty percent and temperate forests, such as those in North America and Europe, for 22 percent. Here the forested area grew by 29 million hectares in the 1990's. This area is bigger than the territory covered by Great Britain and Denmark together. In the same period, stocks of timber in these forests grew by 21 billion cubic meters. This would be enough to build a wooden fence one meter high and eight centimeters thick from the Earth to the Sun. Danzer covers 80% of its raw materials requirement with wood from temperate forests.
Logging in temperate forests yields around 1.25 billion cubic meters of wood each year, about one third of the total amount logged in the whole world. At the same time, the temperate zones have the highest rate of logging in terms of forest area, 1.5 cubic meters per hectare – in tropical forests, one cubic meter per hectare is logged. Despite this proportionally higher rate of logging, forested areas in the temperate zones are growing, in contrast to those in tropical zones. There are several reasons for this. Thanks to more efficient agriculture, arable land can be returned to forest cover. Improved, sustainable forest management also contributes to the expansion of forested areas. As does more efficient processing – the modern wood industry has very low rates of scrap and waste.
Forests in temperate zones yield more wood than is processed. This is why opening up new markets is one of the biggest challenges to modern forest management in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Using more wood from the growing temperate forests also makes sense from an ecological point of view. Forests must be thinned out regularly, otherwise the sun's rays cannot reach the ground, although this light is vital to the flora and fauna on the forest floor – in a dark forest, they die off and the biodiversity decreases. Trees in managed forests are moreover young, strong and more resistant to diseases and storms. Besides, young trees can store more CO2.
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Managing Winter Pests
November 27, 2013
As cooler temperatures arrive in Southern Arizona, we begin to see a change in insect and rodent activity around our homes. Most insects do not die off during the winter months, but actually overwinter (a form of hibernation) in and around your home which provides warmth and shelter. Rodents (most specifically pack rats) will become more active and often seek warmth and shelter in homes, attics, garages, bbq grills, car engines, etc. Because of these behaviors, this is the most important time of year to have pest preventative services at your home. By addressing rodent and insect entry points around your structure, we are able to keep these pests at bay both now and when spring temperatures send these critters into overdrive. Being proactive keeps you and your family protected from unwanted pests, and any applications of pesticides outside where they belong!
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TORONTO - John (The Magician) Dodson thinks big.
The five-foot-three 125-pounder looks to take the UFC flyweight title from Demetrious (Mighty Mouse) Johnson on Jan. 26. Then, after a few title defences, he plans to go after the bantamweight (135 pounds) and featherweight (145 pounds) championships.
"This is the first step to what I truly want," Dodson said of his televised showdown with Johnson at the United Centre in Chicago.
"I want to hold all those three titles at 125, '35 and '45. If I can do that, that would be amazing. Then I can die a happy man."
The 28-year-old mixed martial arts fighter from New Mexico believes the three divisions are close enough in weight for him to do it.
"I want to be the first guy to do it," he said. "A lot of people sit there and talk about it but I want to be able to do it. I want to go out there and put that mark on that wall ... I can dominate the sport. I believe I can do this."
Dodson has fought as high as lightweight (155 pounds) and says he normally walks around at 156 pounds.
If he doesn't work out, he can go up to 160 or 165 pounds. "I truly am a little fat kid," he joked.
Winning one title, let alone three, is a remarkable achievement. But Dodson say setting goals high is simply his way.
"What's the point of setting them low," he asked. "I don't want to set them low so I can meet them every time. I want to set them high so where I have to strive and work hard for them.
"I'm not going to be that man who's going to have their name washed away in the sand," he added. "I want to have my name written in the stars."
Randy (The Natural) Couture and B.J. Penn have both held UFC titles in different divisions. Couture, now retired, did it at heavyweight and light-heavyweight while Penn accomplished it at lightweight and welterweight.
Dominick Cruz (19-1) holds the bantamweight title although he is currently sidelined by a long-term knee injury. Renan Barao is the interim 135-pound champion. Jose Aldo is the featherweight title-holder.
Dodson (15-5) won Season 14 of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show as a bantamweight. Then he turned his attentions to the newly introduced UFC flyweight division.
Dodson has gone 2-0 at 125 pounds in the UFC, defeating Jussier Formiga by second-round knockout last time out to earn his shot at Johnson (16-2-1).
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Florida Gators football player Jeff Demps was named a candidate for the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, by Lowe's and Premier Sports Management on Monday.
The senior running back is one of 30 candidates for the prestigious award, which is given to a senior exhibiting excellence in the four areas of community, classroom, character and competition.
Last season with the Gators, Demps led the team with 551 rushing yards on 92 carries and 927 all-purpose yards, while averaging over 50 yards per game. In three seasons on the Florida football team, Demps has totaled 1,901 yards rushing on 269 carries and 17 touchdowns. His 7.1 yards per carry average ranks second in the nation among returning players.
Demps is also a sprinter on the Florida track and field team and has won four individual national titles during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and two NCAA titles with the Gators' indoor track and field squad.
In 2010, Demps became the first student-athlete in Florida history to win a national title in two sports, adding to his 2008 BCS National Championship ring won against Oklahoma in Miami.
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The eventual Spring of 2012 graduate is also one of the mainstays in the "Goodwill Gators" program, which offers student-athletes the opportunity to give back to their communities. Through "Goodwill Gators" and a variety of other charitable initiatives, Demps has visited local schools and hospitals, participated in events for children such as "Swamp Field Trips" and field days, and volunteered his time for an anti-bullying campaign.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.


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Airline workers launched the strike on Sunday to protest the government's approval of the deal, set to take effect in April 2014. Thousands were stranded at the airport and well as many more who could not return home from overseas.
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As a matter of fact, he is a nuclear engineer. And through all of the titles Albert Carnesale has taken on in the upper reaches of academia -- professor and provost of Harvard and dean of its Kennedy School, chancellor of
, where he is still a professor -- one thread has been a constant: his work on the science and the political science of matters nuclear, both peaceable and belligerent. He now serves on the
on America's Nuclear Future, which presents its draft report to President Obama at the end of this month. Its task is to make recommendations on just about everything touching nuclear power and fuel in this country. And he recently wrapped up work on the Committee on
, analyzing the options in a climate-changing world. His joke bomb clock freaked out more than one
scoping out his Harvard office in advance of visits from various dignitaries. It's also a reminder of how our clock -- the nation's clock, humanity's clock -- is ticking away.
Fukushima has people questioning the risk of nuclear power; you've used cars versus planes as an example of how we may not be very good at assessing risk.
The probability of really bad things happening [at nuclear power plants] is relatively small. But the consequences could be extremely large. Cars versus planes is a good example.
Look at how many people die in the United States [each year]. How did they die? One in six dies of
. A car accident, about 1 in 100. In a plane accident, about 1 in 5,000. From a terrorist attack, about 1 in something like 150,000. And yet what do we focus on? Terrorism and planes. When a plane goes down with 200 people on it, it's [on] front pages everywhere.
Now, what are the chances that a nuclear reactor is going to blow up and kill thousands of people? There are about 400 operating in the world, 104 here. What are the accidents that actually killed people? Chernobyl: 53 people died, but many more probably will get
. At Three Mile Island, none [died]. Now we have Fukushima -- fewer people were killed right away; in terms of cancer, [it's] unlikely to be as bad [as Chernobyl]. But the data are incomplete. People understandably are concerned about nuclear power because the consequences can be very, very high, but they tend to think it's more likely than it really is.
What are some of the lessons we've learned from Fukushima?
That "extremely unlikely" is not the same as "impossible." They designed for earthquakes [and] tsunami, but not this high a tsunami. We learned you don't have to design to make sure the reactor would still operate; let's design so maybe the reactor will never be able to operate again but you don't have a radioactive disaster on your hands.
The U.S. government recommended that American citizens within 50 miles of Fukushima get out. If, God forbid, something happened at San Onofre, good luck: Ever try to get out of Los Angeles on a Friday night?
If you exercise an evacuation plan, people [think], if they're making us do this, it must really be that they're expecting an accident. But if you don't --. Think of fire drills: Most people's reaction is, is there some way I can stay at my desk?
We learned that we have to put most of our effort into preventing the accident; and we have to think more seriously about responses to an accident.
More than 40 years ago, you worked on a Ford Foundation report called "Nuclear Power Issues and Choices." What did you recommend then?
Think carefully what we do with the nuclear fuel cycle and how it could be used for weapons. It was pretty much pro-nuclear power. It pointed out the risks tend to be low probability/high consequence, whereas coal kills people every day. Think of nuclear power certainly not as risk-free, but it's to be compared not to the perfect but to the real.
Yet people demand safety guarantees for nuclear energy that they don't from any other energy source.
Where it becomes the most absurd is in radioactive waste management; people were insisting that none of the radioactive material stored underground would get into the water or air for a million years. Now, a million years is a shorter period than we've been walking upright, but not by a lot. The idea of guaranteeing anything for a million years is absurd on its face, right? You can't do it. Let's have a little humility.
But the thing is silly both ways. It's silly to ask for it, but equally bad are people who say we can meet that criterion. No one really says we can meet it, but they're very careful. That's why we've had this big fuss with [storing waste at] Yucca Mountain. The people of Nevada were very much opposed from the beginning. President Obama and [Energy] Secretary [Stephen] Chu concluded we need an alternative strategy.
The total accumulated U.S. inventory of commercial spent nuclear fuel is about 72,000 tons, virtually all of which is stored at the plant sites. One of the [commission's] draft recommendations is to get consolidated storage for the spent fuel. We have experience transferring military [nuclear] waste; it has an extraordinarily good safety record, as, by the way, does the American nuclear power plant industry. If you don't count people who fell off ladders in nuclear power plants, basically no one has died in a nuclear reactor accident, ever, in this country.
I don't mean to be the proponent of nuclear power. I'm just trying to point out how we do not compare it with alternative [energy source risks]. I believe it would be valuable for nuclear power to be part of our mix.
You grew up in the Bronx and your dad drove a cab. How did you get where you are?
My ambition was to have a job where you wore a white shirt and a tie and you enjoyed what you were doing. Where I grew up, that was a pretty big thing. Oh, and it was important to make at least $100 a week. I studied engineering, which was instant middle class. I studied mechanical engineering, went into industry and hit my hundred-dollar mark. I got my PhD in nuclear engineering. After that, I [worked] on the Nonproliferation Treaty. This was 1970, and I've worked on [nuclear issues] since then.
Would I see you in the photo at the anti-ballistic missile treaty signing in 1972 in Moscow?
No, but I've got lots of thank you letters! It was the first time I'd been exposed to that, where you felt that if you did something wrong, the world could blow up. It clearly was not really true, but there was a sense of the awesome.
Back then nuclear weapons were a binary problem, the U.S. versus the Soviets, with a binary solution. Not now.
At that time there was a remote chance of nuclear war because it required that one of us would do something absolutely loony, knowing it would be suicidal. Today, [with] additional countries or terrorists getting nuclear weapons, the chances of one being used are, I believe, higher, but the consequences are much lower. One nuclear weapon is terrible; it's not as terrible as 10,000. We peaked out between us at about 50,000 [during the Cold War].
Do people conflate domestic and weaponized nuclear power?
Graham Allison and I wrote a paper in the early '80s called "The Utility Director's Dilemma." I remember saying, "This is the most depressing thing I've ever written." You start with the mushroom cloud. You have radiation -- invisible, insidious, eternal. There's cancer.
effects. You take these things in combination, people think, I don't have to know the probability, I don't want this in my neighborhood! Can nuclear reactors blow up like nuclear weapons? No, but there's still some of that in people's minds. They do conflate them.
You once said that a can of worms can be used for catching fish--
Did I say that? That's pretty good!
Your other recent work was on the National Research Council's report on climate change; is it the kind of can of worms you meant?
In climate change, remember you're trying to look 50 years ahead. We have these climate models [but] there's uncertainty. How many people are going to be on Earth? What kind of energy are they going to use? How much greenhouse gas will they put into the atmosphere? What technological breakthroughs might reduce it? This is a risk-management problem. [Some] say, well, we should invest very heavily in research and development for technological breakthroughs rather than tax carbon and spend money now. Others say, that's really risky if you don't come up with a solution. We reaffirmed that climate change is likely primarily due to human activity, that the risks are cause for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and prepare to adapt to it. We believe it is more dangerous to do nothing than to do some things now, but you should revisit [it] all the time.
We had this great public university, but you didn't have to insert the word "public." [It was] able to compete with the best of the privates. We're losing that. We may already have lost it, in large measure. Students now pay more in tuition fees than the state provides. The resource gap is too great.
It's not as if all the fine professors suddenly will leave for private universities, [but] when you're trying to recruit new people, they're going to have this in mind. Graduate students will consider going where they can get a better financial package.
What can you do about this? You could have more state funding; a friend of mine said that's called faith-based funding. You could have less cuts. You could have a greater degree of what's called privatization. You might [accept] more out-of-state students -- there's a $22,000 premium for out-of-state students. You could have higher fees and higher aid. No one of these things would do it. It isn't as if there's nothing you could do, but they're all politically difficult.
[The education master plan] has served this state extraordinarily well -- the education level of the citizenry, the ability to maintain fine research universities, to have the kinds of jobs and economic growth California has had. If we want to maintain that excellence, it's going to cost more.
I'm not badmouthing the University of California, but all of the signs for the future are in the wrong direction if it's to continue to compete with the best of the privates. It will still be a leading public university, but that shouldn't be good enough for us.
You've sure waded into deep waters in your career.
I've chosen to work on problems that I think are really important, recognizing that I can't completely solve them. I started out doing mostly mathematics, where you could solve the problem. I miss that. You could say: "Here's the answer! It's 17!" Whereas the best I can hope for is [that] I can make it better. And that's what I've been doing for decades now.
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Pomperaug field hockey team falls to Greenwich
Though scoring has been an issue at times for the Greenwich High School field hockey team, Cardinals coach Ally Orrico knows her squad has the ability to light the scoreboard frequently.
"We have the talent to be a scoring powerhouse," Orrico said. "It's a matter of being disciplined in the lanes that you need to be in. When you lose lane discipline, it doesn't allow you to convert your opportunities."
The Cardinals made sure they were in the right place on the field at the right time Monday -- especially senior forward Liz Stillman.
The senior co-captain recorded a hat trick, propelling Greenwich past Pomperaug, 5-1, in the team's annual Columbus Day matchup at Cardinal Stadium.
"Liz has been working hard at that left post and today, her discipline was the difference in converting on those opportunities," Orrico said. Greenwich, which has won two straight after dropping 1-0 decisions to Brien McMahon and New Canaan, improved to 7-3 heading into Wednesday's showdown against undefeated Wilton.
"It was real important that we scored those goals today because the last couple of games we lost the score was 1-0," said GHS senior co-captain Emily Brash, who registered one goal and two assists. "We played a great game against a strong team and came out with a lot of intensity."
Stillman scored the game's first goal five minutes into the first half, getting her stick on the ball after a shot from Brash deflected off Panthers goalie Abby Dolan's pads.
"Emily took an amazing hit on goal and I saw the opportunity to bring the ball around the defender and sweep it to the top," said Stillman, a co-captain. "Scoring early helped us get a good tone going, which we kept."
With Brash, Stillman, Ali Larkin and Emma Montgomery effectively moving the ball up the field, the Cards drew six penalty corners in the opening half.
"We definitely came out flat," Pomperaug coach Anne Strobel said. "Our team is very young and I think we were a little intimidated, but we pushed through it."
Strobel, in her first season as the Panthers' head coach, was Pomperaug's goalie when it won the Class L title in 2003 and 2004 under longtime coach Linda Dirga. She felt her squad (4-4-0-2) played with more purpose during the second half.
"At halftime we discussed moving the ball down the field quicker and cutting to the ball," Strobel said. "They didn't dominate us as much in the second half, which was promising."
Brash gave Greenwich a 2-0 edge, driving a high shot near the top of the circle past Dolan with 7:11 left in the first half. Montgomery tallied with 6:47 to go in the opening half and Stillman scored off a scramble in front of the cage five minutes into the second half, making it 4-0. Meanwhile, Pomperaug had limited scoring chances thanks to the strong defensive play of sophomore Anne Dunster, junior Lizzie Trotta and Larkin. Junior Freddie Bancroft made five saves in goal for the Cards, while Dolan stopped nine shots.
"Our defense is very strong and that's something that really helps the forward line," Stillman said. "We don't have to constantly be using our energy to recover because our defense could stop them. After a rough week last week, we're picking it up and showing a lot of improvement."
Sophomore Joanna Rizza put Pomperaug on the scoreboard, tallying off a penalty corner at the 21:20 mark. Stillman sealed her big day, scoring her third goal with 4:12 left for GHS, which substituted freely throughout.
"We want to continue to build as much depth as possible," Orrico said. "Hopefully, we'll continue to move in the right direction."
Records: Greenwich 7-3; Pomperaug 4-4-0-2.
Goals: P -- Joanna Rizza (1g); G -- Liz Stillman (3 g); Emily Brash (1 g); Emma Montgomery (1 g); Assists: G -- Brash (2 a). Goalies: G -- Freddie Bancroft (5 saves); P -- Abby Dolan (9 saves).


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Daytime Emmy Award-winning game show to feature a week of pet adoptions in honor of Bob Barker
Bob Barker celebrates his 90th birthday with a special appearance Thursday, Dec. 12
Daytime's No. 1-rated series and the longest-running game show in television history, "The Price Is Right," is honoring legendary host Bob Barker with a week of shows from Monday, Dec. 9, through Friday, Dec. 13, to celebrate his 90th birthday. Each day, the show will feature pet adoptions, a cause dear to Barker's heart, leading up to his big day, Thursday, Dec. 12, when he'll surprise the studio audience with a rare appearance and present a special showcase.
"The Price Is Right" is hosted by Drew Carey and broadcast weekdays at 11 a.m. on the CBS Television Network.


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February 16, 2009
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When you try not to be rude texting while you are out with friends so you hide it by texting with the phone still in your bag. This is an attempt to trick people that you are with into not thinking you are rude when in fact it is so obvious when you are standing there with your bag open and your whole hand is in the bag, holding your phone, texting.
"Hey! what are you looking for in your bag, Jenn?" "Oh nothing, I'm just bag texting".
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text: Edwina C. Johnson claims that the racial problems in the United States are the result of "what is recorded as 'The American Heritage'" and its debasement of African Americans in media, particularly textbooks. Johnson suggests emphasizing the role that African Americans have played in American history. Johnson also provides a list of freedoms that should not be denied to African Americans.


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Shawnee police responded to a home in the area of Chandler and Draper streets Wednesday afternoon on a warrant issue, where the suspect being sought was talked down after hiding in an attic of that home.
Shawnee police responded to a home in the area of Chandler and Draper streets Wednesday afternoon on a warrant issue, where the suspect being sought was talked down after hiding in an attic of that home.
David A. Carter, 22, was arrested at the scene on a new complaint of resisting arrest, according to reports. He also was jailed on an outstanding $50,000 bench warrant for failing to appear in court Feb. 20 on a felony case for uttering a forged instrument.
Police became involved Wednesday afternoon when a local bondsman reported he had someone who jumped bail and he had a valid warrant in hand.
The bondsman reported Carter was seen in the house just prior to police arrival, so officers attempted the serve the warrant. After knocking on the front door, a man came to the door and said it was nailed shut and told officers to go around to the back of the home.
Police, while clearing the house, found two females hiding inside and detained them, but officers couldn't locate Carter in the home. It was later reported Carter was hiding in the attic.
Officer James Woods attempted to talk to Carter and get him to come out of the attic, with no response, but Carter was heard moving around in the attic, reports show.
Officers who were initially in the attic heard Carter might be armed, so officers exited the attic for safety reasons.
While efforts were ongoing to talk him out of the attic, officers also put a hole in the living room ceiling to run a small camera into the attic to obtain a visual.
Reports show that officers also had Carter's grandfather talk to him at the scene and then Officer Woods continued talking to Carter and got him to exit the attic, the warrant shows.
Carter was taken to the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center for booking on the outstanding warrant and the new complaint.
The two females at the residence also were arrested at the scene.
Jennifer D. Miller, 32, was arrested on complaints of obstructing an officer and possession of a firearm after former felony conviction, reports show. Formal charges have not been filed. Another woman also was taken into custody for having two outstanding city of Shawnee warrants, reports show.
Police were on the scene more than an hour.
No injuries were reported.


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Strolling the exhibits
More than 800 vendors are expected at the PCC, featuring demonstrations, training, new products, and publications.
In addition to the Best-Selling Author Forum from 4 to 5:15 p.m., January 11, conference registration also includes several special exhibit events.
Enjoy music, free food, and the chance for prizes at the the Friday Night Opening Reception, January 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., on the exhibit floor.
More than 60 gift baskets (valued over $75 each) will be given away by exhibitors on Friday only.
To register to win a basket, visit the exhibitor's booth during the opening reception.
Exhibits hours are: January 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; January 12 and 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and January 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Library Journal has published the Aisle-by-Aisle Midwinter ALA 2008 coupon list for the exhibits at http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6514340.html


text: Machinery Pete: To Capture a Memory January 24, 2014 06:13 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Greg Peterson Machinery Pete Machinery Pete Email Twitter There are numerous trends swirling in the used farm equipment market these days. From my vantage point, none is more pronounced than what I call the new collector tractor. I'm referring to elite condition original or restored tractors from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. These 40- to 50-year old tractors don't seem all that old. Kind of like ourselves, I suppose. Am I really 48? Lot of folks around my age grew up learning how to drive an International 1206 with Dad or Grandpa as their instructor. Or, maybe your first tractor memories involve a 20 Series or early 30 Series John Deere model. With a few profitable years under your belt and your children all grown up, you might be thinking, "Wouldn't it be fun if I had a nice International 1206 or John Deere 2520?" Before long, you read about an upcoming auction with a gem for sale. Your emotions mingle with your money, and you find yourself at that auction. You wind up bidding against four other folks in your shoes, and the tractor sells for an eye-popping price. This Massey Ferguson 165 with 2,026 hours sold for $13,500 at a sale in Saskatchewan, Canada. At a 2012 St. Patrick's Day farm auction in Iowa, this Oliver 2255 with 4,844 hours sold for $28,500. For instance, a restored 1966 International 1206 with 3,696 hours sold for a record $32,250 at a Sept. 6, 2008, auction in west-central Iowa. That's the same year this trend started to take shape, and it's no coincidence that's when farm income starting shooting higher. Unique sale triggers. Shiny chrome stacks seem to be the latest drool-inducing feature enticing more bids. For example, a restored 1972 International 1468 with 3,869 hours sold for $31,500 at a July 14, 2012, auction in northwest Iowa. That tractor held the record-high price until Sept. 26, 2013, when an International 1468 sold for $34,250 in northwest Ohio. Maybe it was the V8 engine that caught the bidder's eye? That seemed to be the case on a restored 1974 International 1568 with 2,600 hours that sold for $41,500 at a Nov. 2, 2013, collector auction in east-central Iowa. It seems like bidders tend to gravitate toward models such as the 1468 and 1568 that maybe weren't so popular at the time or were manufactured in limited quantities. The John Deere 4000 was only made from 1969 to 1972 and at the time was thought to be a stripped-down version of the 4020. More than 40 years later, the 4000s are red hot. You wouldn't believe how many calls, e-mails and Facebook messages I got after a 1971 John Deere 4000 with 5,562 hours sold for $35,000 at a Dec. 18, 2012, farm auction in northeast Iowa. On the "YouTube" video of it selling, you can almost hear the crowd gasping for air as the bids slide past $30,000. It's pretty amazing how big of a leap some of these tractors can take over the previous record holder. A 1971 Massey Ferguson 165 with 2,026 hours sold for $13,500 at an April 26, 2013, farm auction in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada. The former high price on a 165 without a loader, which held the top spot for 17 years, was $5,500. These new collector tractors don't even have to be in the greatest condition to garner impressive sale prices. A International 1026 with 5,900 hours sold for $17,000 at an Oct. 26, 2013, auction in southeast Pennsylvania. It was listed in "fair" condition, but it was a "Gold Demonstrator" model, meaning it had been painted red years ago, but the original gold paint and decals were found under the red paint. Even though a 1977 John Deere 6030 with 5,703 hours had shifting problems, it sold at an April 5, 2013, auction in west-central Illinois for $24,000. While the price tags are impressive, it's the emotional connection that I'm most drawn to. I specifically remember the St. Patrick's Day farm auction in northeast Iowa in 2012 when a sweet 1973 Oliver 2255 front-wheel assist tractor with 4,844 hours sold for $28,500, a new high. I wrote about the tractor on my blog the next day and received an e-mail from the son of the man whose estate auction I had just attended. He said: "Pete, I made it through sale day yesterday with no problems, but when I read your blog this morning, I started crying. My dad was known locally as Mr. Oliver." Three months later, another Oliver 2255 with 3,900 hours sold for $26,000 at an Iowa farm auction. I got another e-mail from "Mr. Oliver's" son: "Pete, did you see the 2255 that sold for $26,000? Dad's still got the record!" Greg Peterson writes from Rochester, Minn. For the latest in used machinery values, follow Machinery Pete on the auction trail. Contact Greg: E-mail: email@example.com Website: agweb.com/machinerypete Facebook: www.facebook.com/machinerypete YouTube: youtube.com/machinerypete Twitter: @MachineryPete Back to news


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Byodo-in Temple
Posted on October 28th, 2011 by Mike Roberts
Byodo-in, initially created as a villa for Fujiwara-no-Michinaga, was converted to a temple by Fujiwara Yorimichi in 1052. The Phoenix Hall was constructed the following year (1053) to enshrine a statue of the Amida Buddha. A National Treasure, it is the only building at the temple dating back to the time of the temple's establishment. Its graceful appearance conjures up a paradise dreamed of by the Heian aristocracy. The garden, a Pure Land (Jodo)-style borrowed landscape garden, has been designated as a special place of scenic beauty and was a favorite among the aristocracy of the Heian Period. Read the full post »


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Lake Campus Holds Open House
CELINA — Wright State University Lake Campus held its open house Thursday afternoon in the hopes of catching the interest of undecided and potentially soon-to-graduate high school students.
Admissions/Public Relations Specialist Jill Puthoff was one of the main faculty members to organize the event. Current enrollment is approximately 1,000 students, the majority of whom are from the area, Puthoff said.
"If we get any (out-of-state students) they're usually from Indiana," she said.
Thanks to a reciprocity agreement between Indiana and Ohio, students in approximately 20 counties near the border between the two states can enjoy in-state tuition at Wright State.
"We offer some bachelor's degrees here, but a lot of students complete a few years at this campus and then move to the main campus in Dayton," Puthoff said, noting majors include early and middle childhood education, mechanical engineering, criminal justice, organizational leadership, English and liberal studies. "Mechanical engineering is one of our newer programs. We should see a lot of our students that come out here tonight for the open house are here to see the engineering."
A year's tuition, including room and board totals $11,041. The open house featured a tour of the campus, tables with information on each area of study and a representative from every college, a free T-shirt at the university bookstore and representatives from the student clubs and academic advisors.
"We expect a little over 100 students to come out tonight," Puthoff said.
Down the hall and around the corner, another open house was going on inside the main campus building for a program called TAPS — Technology, Academic/Instructional Programs and Services.
In one computer lab, there are more technological gadgets than at some larger universities.
"We do makeup exams, free tutoring for all students and disability services," said Jennifer Johnson, a lab assistant for the program.
The lab offers readers who will read to students who struggle in that area and scribes, Johnson said.
"So, if they're taking a test and they're just not really good at writing, then we will write it for them, " she said.
The lab has smartpens, which can record both a students' notes they write with it and the professor's lecture and coordinate the two on the pen's software, which any student attending the university can download on their personal computers.
For students who qualify through disability services, the lab also features the WYNN program, software that takes PDF files of entire books and formats the pages so the program will read the information to the students.
"It not only reads it to you, but it has another tool where you can highlight — so if you find something interesting that you think might be on a test, you can highlight (it)," said Hannah Linebaugh, a junior.
Another gadget available to students are magnifying computers — one is a larger desktop computer and one small, portable device that will magnify the words on a page in, for example, a textbook.
With the open house, the TAPS staff hoped to make high schoolers aware of everything the school has to offer.
Puthoff also had several reasons students should choose the Lake Campus.
"Almost all of our faculty have a PhD in their field, so (students) get them more on a one-on-one basis," Puthoff said. "We have small classes — our biggest room here holds 45 students. We have a fantastic scholarship program. Our campus housing is new, and the building is full. A student could be close to home but they could still get that independent feel if they want."


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For Immediate Release, September 24, 2009
Contact: Michael Robinson, (575) 534-0360
Conservationists Sue to Protect Endangered Jaguars From Arizona Game and Fish Department
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Arizona Game and Fish Department today in federal court in Tucson to prevent the agency from killing any more endangered jaguars.
The lawsuit asserts that, contrary to the Arizona Game and Fish Department's position, the state agency does not have a permit allowing it to set snares and take other actions that might reasonably be expected to injure or kill jaguars.
Despite the controversy and successive revelations about the Department's capture and killing of the jaguar "Macho B" in February and March of this year, the agency claims it still has authority to capture jaguars. Today's suit seeks to ban the state agency from capturing any additional jaguars until and unless it obtains all needed authorizing permits.
"Our suit is necessary to protect any jaguars currently in Arizona and those that we hope will live in the state in the future," said Michael Robinson of the Center. "Arizona Game and Fish Department's ongoing and planned actions put such animals at risk."
The federal Endangered Species Act allows "take" of animals on the endangered species list, such as the jaguar, only in accordance with provisions of permits issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Take" is defined in the act as harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. Permits may be for either purposeful or accidental take. However, the Department does not hold either kind of permit granting it such authority.
"Snaring and other risky actions undertaken by the Arizona Game and Fish Department broke the law by putting jaguars at risk even if they had never captured and unnecessarily killed Macho B," Robinson added. "The department is still putting jaguars at risk."
Today's lawsuit is independent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's ongoing investigation into any violations that may have led to the death of Macho B.
"We hope that the Fish and Wildlife Service will seek accountability and justice for the loss of the last known jaguar in United States," said Robinson. "Our suit is about preventing future harm to jaguars in the United States."
Permits issued by Fish and Wildlife Service typically contain provisions minimizing the risk to an endangered species, and should also be grounded in a recovery plan that delineates information needs and weighs research methods against the species' actual recovery needs.
A permit for capture of a jaguar might, for example, require use of specially configured box traps, instead of snares which can cut off circulation to a limb. A jaguar recovery team, which Fish and Wildlife Service has yet to appoint, could provide technical expertise to guide provisions in a take permit.
The longstanding lackadaisical approach to jaguar management has already been found in violation of the law. On March 30, 2009, a federal judge ruled in another Center lawsuit that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to prepare a recovery plan and designate critical habitat for the jaguar — positions long advocated by the state agency as well.
"Snaring jaguars without an overarching recovery plan delineating information needs, as well as showing how research methods fit into jaguar recovery, is the wrong way to go about it," said Robinson. "The 'let's-get-our-hands-on-the-animal' approach to management is a legacy of the era when jaguars were proudly enumerated as body counts. Our government agencies should display far more respect for this majestic cat and its rightful place in our deserts and mountains."
The jaguar is the largest wild feline in the western hemisphere, and the third-largest cat in the world, after the tiger and the lion. Jaguars are native to South, Central, and North America, and in the United States they once ranged from northern California to North Carolina, as well as further south. Today in the United States, they are only known in the Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico near the border with Mexico.
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Kate Upton, Heidi Klum & More At 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Party
The models strutted their stuff down the red carpet on Jan. 14 at the '50 Years of Beautiful' event thrown by 'Sports Illustrated' in Los Angeles. With such different looks, it's hard to choose a winner in this beauty battle — but let's give it a go! Which model looked the best?
At the 50th Anniversary of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Party held at Dolby Theatre, the girls came out to play — literally. The busty babes may not have been in swimsuits, but that didn't stop them from showing some cleavage. From push up bras to pushed up hair — these models were dressed to impress! Give it a whirl and tell us which is your favorite girl!
Sports Illustrated Party Beauty — '50 Years Of Beautiful' Battle
From bikinis to ball gowns — these women always look amazing! Kate Upton, 21, showed some skin for Sports Illustrated with her form-fitting, sleeveless black gown and major cleavage.
Although this blonde bombshell didn't do any press, just look at her in that Antonio Berardi dress! Speaking of blondes… 40-year-old Heidi Klum went for a red carpet theme by wearing the gorgeous color! Heidi sported her bangs wearing a Jitrois dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
A Darker Look
We saw little black outfits and a lot of black eye makeup all over the carpet. Chrissy Teigen, 28, looked smoking hot in her tiny black leather ensemble! Her messy curls and light makeup were perfect for her look. Contrary to Chrissy, Tyra Banks, 40, went for a very dark, smokey eye. She layered on the makeup and teased her hair for her sexy, seductive look. Do you think Tyra pulled it off? Or do you prefer a more natural look like Kate, Chrissy, and Heidi?
Which beauty won the battle in your eyes, HollywoodLifers?
— Joanna Hein


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"Quiet about his work, very loud with his results." - Mark Rypien, former quarterback, describing Art Monk, former Washington Redskins wide receiver.
James Arthur "Art" Monk, number 81, is one of the top arthletic heroes of my childhood. Known as "the Quiet Man" by his teamates for how he approached the game of football, Monk became one of the Redskins' clutch players over his 15 seasons with the team -- in my opinion, however, he was the best clutch player of them all. That's because most of his 940 receptions for 12,721 yards came over the middle -- the most dangerous place on the field for a wide receiver. Focused on the ball, the receiver can't see the linebackers coming at him, leaving him vulnerable to devastating tackles. Yet Monk delivered time and time again in this most dangerous of spots -- making big yardage gains, first downs, even touchdowns.
I think about Monk around this time of year, as that's when I start getting press releases about all the truck drivers heading to the National Truck Driving Championships. These men and women, like Monk, exemplify world-class professionalism and skills, yet (for the most part) don't brag about it. Monk wasn't a showboat (unlike most football players today) preferring instead to lead by example -- letting his play and his dedication to practice speak for themselves. Those same attributes shine brightly from these truck drivers as well.
"It's much, much more that punching a clock for them," Jim Staley, president and CEO of YRC Regional Transportation, which is sending 13 drivers to the championships this year, told me. "They have a strong commitment to safety, to professional conduct, and they have a lot of pride in what they do. They do so much to improve our image not just with the general motoring public but with our customers as well. When you put it all together, they make a strong statement about what it means to be a truck driver."
The comparison with Monk is also apprpriate for another reason: the emotions around the championship -- indeed all of the truck driving competitions -- make it feel just like a football game in many ways.
"There's a lot of excitement about this, especially at the local facilties where the competing drivers are based," said Staley. "It's huge morale boost not just for our drivers but for all of our employees at those locations. It's like the feeling you get when you are at a major sporting event -- and this is true from the local competitions right up through the state and finally national championships. There's a lot of fervor about it."
Not only do winning drivers get HUGE trophies (I've seen them -- they are MASSIVE) to mark their victories, they get to do it in front of their families as most carriers -- like YRC Regional -- coordinate travel not only for their competiting drivers but for their spouses and sometimes chldren as well. "We want everyone there, to see what this means to our drivers and to our company," said Staley. "It's really important for people to realize, too, that these competitions are serious and very challenging -- they are not just circling a racetrack. Real skills are involved here -- skills that make the highways safer when they are on the road."
And when you think about it, piloting 80,000-plus pound rigs at highway speeds every day is just like Monk making plays over the middle -- a very dangerous activity, though it doesn't look that way when you watch it on TV. That's why you need clutch players behind the wheel.