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These workshops take place during the school day and are unique in offering students the chance to work with other young people on an exciting and creative project. The workshops aim to build confidence and equip students with new creative tools.
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Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is a top vacation destination for many travelers because of its miles of beaches, world-class golf and entertainment venues. Golfers can choose from par-3 executive courses to championship 18-hole courses designed by renowned designers such as Greg Norman and Robert Trent Jones. Musical theaters, live shows, amusement parks and comedy clubs all offer entertainment. There are many oceanfront hotels in Myrtle Beach, but only a few are low-priced.
At Cabana Shores Hotel (cabanashores.com), you can relax by the beachfront pool or walk the few steps to the beach. Guest rooms feature two queen beds and a refrigerator. Efficiency rooms have either two queen beds or one queen and a sleeper sofa and a full kitchen. Suites offer a queen bed in one or two bedrooms, a separate living area and a full kitchen. All options have a private balcony. At the time of publication, rates start at $74 a night. Pets are not allowed.
Budget travelers can still enjoy expanded amenities at the Court Capri (courtcapri.com). A pool and hot tub are located both indoors and outdoors. Wireless Internet service is complimentary. All guest rooms have a private balcony and a side or full ocean view. Single rooms feature a queen bed, microwave and refrigerator. Double rooms have two queen beds and a full kitchen. Suites feature two or three queen beds in separate rooms, a sleeper sofa and a full kitchen. Nightly room rates begin at $75 at time the time of publication. No pets are accepted.
At Summer Wind Inn and Suites (asummerwind.com), you can start your day with a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast before moving to the outdoor pool and hot tub. Free wireless Internet access is available. Rooms feature two queen beds, refrigerator and microwave; oceanfront rooms also have a private balcony. Efficiencies offer two queen beds and a fully equipped kitchen. Oceanfront efficiencies add a sleeper sofa and a private balcony. At the time of publication, room rates range from $84 to $104 nightly. Pets are not welcome.
Guests at the Polynesian Resort (polynesian-resort.com) can enjoy the beachfront pool with sun deck or relax in the indoor pool and hot tub. A children's pool is also located outdoors. Standard rooms include one king or two double beds, refrigerator and microwave. Efficiencies feature two or three double beds and a full kitchen. Oceanfront rooms add a private balcony. Student travelers are charged an additional nightly fee. At the time of time of publication, room rates begin at $71 a night. No pets are allowed.
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SPARTA — Who's up and who's down after the fourth Sprint Cup race in Kentucky Speedway history:
Checkered flag: Brad Keselowski. As the only driver to win in Sparta in all three NASCAR national touring series, Kyle Busch has been the "King of Kentucky Speedway."
"Bad Brad" might now have usurped him.
Keselowski is the first two-time Cup winner at Kentucky after claiming his second Quaker State 400 in three years with a dominant performance (he led 199 of 267 laps) Saturday night.
Since 2011, Keselowski has won four NASCAR races at Kentucky Speedway, with two Nationwide victories (2011, 2013), too.
Keselowski's Cup victory at Kentucky in 2012 launched him to that season's championship. He hopes this year's victory in Sparta will have the same propulsion.
Black flag: Brad Keselowski's victory celebration. The driver who had all but no trouble running 400 miles over "the toughest track on the circuit" wound up needing four stitches in his right hand because of a (insert throat-clearing sound) victory lane injury.
Lesson: When you are shaking a champagne bottle, probably best not to bang it into the corner of a podium — which Keselowski, driver of the Miller Lite Ford, said he did.
After the bottle exploded in his hand, Keselowski said he "tried to do the guy thing" and shake off his injury — until he realized he was slinging blood all around victory circle.
He then made a fast break to the infield care center to get stitched up.
Lesson II: "I should just stick to beer," Keselowski said.
My question: When is NASCAR going to get serious about victory lane safety?
Mark Story: Austin Dillon especially knows No. 3 is more than a number]
Checkered flag: Hendrick Motorsports. There still has not been a win at Kentucky for the "New York Yankees of NASCAR," but for the second time in three years Hendrick put all four of its drivers — Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fifth), Jeff Gordon (6th), Kasey Kahne (8th) and Jimmie Johnson (10th) — in the top 10.
Black flag: Roush Fenway Racing. Berea College graduate Jack Roush's three cars were no factor Saturday night. Greg Biffle finished 14th, Carl Edwards struggled to get up to 17th and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was 25th.
Checkered flag: The fantastic four. Coming into the 2014 Quaker State 400, four drivers — Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth — had finished in the top 10 of every Cup race at Kentucky Speedway.
After Saturday — Busch second, Kenseth fourth, Gordon sixth, Johnson 10th — that remains true.
Black flag: Jimmie Johnson. He might have clocked another top 10 at Kentucky, but the 48 car was sabotaged by a subpar qualifying effort (25th). Johnson was never a threat to win Saturday night — unlike in 2011 and last year, when he easily could have won both times.
Said Johnson: "We had a bad-fast car; we just messed up on Friday and got behind the eight ball."
[Belgium-U.S. World Cup match might strike close to home for Gordon]
Checkered flag: Ryan Newman. His third-place finish moved Newman up to eighth in the points. He is now behind only Matt Kenseth (fifth) among winless drivers in the standings. Barring a late run of first-time winners in the next nine races, both Newman and Kenseth look to be in good shape to earn a spot in the Chase whether they earn a victory themselves or not.
Black flag: Kyle Larson. If The Chase started today, the winless rookie would get in on points. However, after he finished 40th at Kentucky following an accident caused by a cut tire, he dropped from 10th to 12th in the traditional points standings. With 16 Chase slots and 10 different race winners so far this year, Larson is now fourth in points among winless drivers and in highly vulnerable position to being bumped out of The Chase.
Checkered flag: Kentucky Speedway. Even though it poured rain mid-afternoon Saturday, the Quaker State 400 went off on time and ran without a weather interruption. Of the four Sprint Cup races in Sparta, this one seemed to go off the smoothest.
Black flag: Kentucky Speedway. There has never again been anything close to the massive crowd that turned out for the 2011 inaugural Cup race — which, of course, got snarled in the infamous "Carmageddon" traffic jam entering the facility.
Since Speedway Motorsports, Inc., bought the track, Kentucky Speedway does not provide attendance numbers. I would guess 70,000, give or take, for this year's race. It was a good crowd, but there were a lot of empty seats in a grandstand that now holds 106,000.


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California's three-strikes sentencing law suffered a blow Tuesday when a federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a 28-years-to-life sentence for a sex offender who failed to register with local police at the correct time of year.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case of Cecilio Gonzalez back to federal district court in Los Angeles for resentencing after finding his 2001 penalty constituted cruel and unusual punishment, which is prohibited by the 8th Amendment.
Gonzalez's harsh sentence was grossly disproportionate to his "entirely passive, harmless and technical violation of the registration law," the appeals court said.
The California Penal Code requires a sex offender to register whereabouts annually within five working days of an ex-convict's birthday. Gonzalez had registered in Los Angeles County in May 2000 and confirmed his address a year later, meeting the yearly requirement but violating the deadline of his Feb. 24 birthday.


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Talking With Hector Elizondo: When It Comes to Alzheimer's, Information Is Everything
Hector Elizondo
Actor Hector Elizondo knows Alzheimer's disease intimately. In 2002, he estimated that dozens of people in his extended Basque-Puerto Rican family had or had been affected by the disease -- his mother and four aunts, who had it, and all of their family members. Since then, a nephew and several friends have been diagnosed, raising the number of affected friends and family members into the hundreds.
But when Elizondo's mother, Carmen, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's in the mid '60s, his family was clueless about how to deal with it and didn't know any other families who could help. Like teen pregnancy, Alzheimer's was hush-hush at the time, and there was little literature or support for its sufferers or their caregivers. With so little knowledge, Elizondo says, caregiving for his mother crushed his father, Martin Echevarria Elizondo, and exhausted him and his sister, too. Now, 40 years later, Elizondo loves to point out that there are many more resources to help a spouse avoid caregiver burnout .
It's no wonder, then, that Elizondo is an activist for the Alzheimer's Association . What is a wonder is how he finds the time: The prolific and versatile actor has appeared in dozens of TV shows and more than 80 films, including The Princess Diaries and Pretty Woman , and he's currently starring in Monk as shrink to the show's obsessive-compulsive homicide detective. Elizondo recently spoke with Caring.com about his family's experience. Near the end of the conversation, he was joined by Dr. Alan Dengiz, director of geriatric medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and medical director of Huron Woods Alzheimer's Residential Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dengiz offered advice about caregiver burnout, resources for caregivers, and the importance of an early diagnosis.
What were cultural attitudes toward Alzheimer's in the '60s, when you learned that your mother had the disease?
It was something people didn't talk about too much. There was an element of shame about it. Only much later did we really understand what it was. And there was no one to give my father a breather -- my sister and I would, but we were also trying to make our livings. In our case, there was no help, but now there is a lot available for family caregivers.
When it started happening to your mother, did she just seem forgetful?
Yes, she'd forget to turn the stove off, let the water boil away in the pot once too often. Looking back, the first signs of it were when she was in her mid '60s, ten years prior to her death. But during the last two years of her life, her deterioration accelerated.
What was it like for you when you first discovered that she didn't know who you were?
The disease is like throwing frogs in a pot of cold water and turning the heat on: They won't jump out; they'll boil slowly. They become accustomed to it.
It happened so gradually. But I remember the first time it was really heartbreaking, when I knew there was no coming back. I had taken her with me when I was doing a play, to give my father a break. She was trying to write a letter to him and she got as far as "Dear Martin, I love you so…" and then it trailed off in this childish way. She sat there with the note on her lap and the pen on the note, just staring into space. And I knew we were losing her.
Tell me what happened to your father as it progressed.
He deteriorated under the strain of trying to take care of her and not understanding what it was he was taking care of or how he should do it. He wasn't even sure if it was an illness -- it may have been some kind of curse from above, for some unknown reason. He always had hopes that she would snap out of it. At the slightest sign -- for example, when she would say something that was cogent, one line of a few words strung together -- he would say, "You see, she's getting better. It's that -- " referring to whatever it was that he was feeding her at the time. Or he'd say, "All she needs is to be distracted."
It came to the point of hospitalizing him for a nervous breakdown. And then, of course, we needed to put my mother in a home also.
How did his nervous breakdown manifest itself?
He stopped caring for himself. He was a man who was assiduous in his appearance, and that slowly started to go -- forgetting to shave, forgetting to change his shirt, losing weight rapidly. He became a shadow of himself; started to talk to someone who wasn't there. I finally had to take him to a doctor, who suggested that he go into a sanitarium-like situation, which was a state-run place, and it turned out to be a place that you don't want to put anyone. He was there for about a week, and then I got him out.
How did you handle your mother's disease?
It got to the point where I had to tell my father that I couldn't go visit her anymore because she was just a shadow, a husk of the person I knew. That was one of the most difficult aspects, and I didn't want to witness it. The essence of who she was, that was gone.
How old were you at the time?
I was in my early 30s -- young, resilient, and strong, but it also affected me deeply. I was working around the clock and taking care of my own family. It was trying. It didn't break me, but it certainly bent me.
How did you juggle your family's needs and those of your parents?
If my father had had support, or a community of caregivers, he would have had a break. It was the same for me. It was a juggling act, and it led to some stress and a lot of fatigue, and a little bit of resentment sometimes. That's also a natural part of it. No one explained to me that feeling a bit resentful is normal because you're human. You think that you're supposed to be dealing with this as an ultrahuman! It's enough to break anybody's back. I survived it somehow -- but barely, quite frankly.
What helped your father heal?
When he came out, we got him to go away with friends. He stayed there for two or three weeks. He needed peace and quiet and reassurance and some TLC, not the nerve endings of the city, especially the neighborhood that reminded him of his wife, whom he loved madly. And slowly, he started to heal.
Fortunately, when he returned, we lived in the same neighborhood, within walking distance from each other. So eventually, perhaps too late, he took care of himself because we took care of him. He was with us another three years, but those three years were still devoted to my mother. The irony is that he died first because all those years of strain broke him down.
Just before he passed away, he told me, "If I go, I'm going to call for your mother. I can't be alone." Of course, I said to him, "Oh, you're going to be around for a few years. We're going to go to Spain, we're going to do this and that, we're going to go bird-watching." He loved birds and music. And he said, "No, this is it." So he passed away and she passed away a month later, on his birthday. He gave himself a birthday present.
Dr. Dengiz, what can family members and friends do to help a primary caregiver to a person with Alzheimer's?
As Hector said, family members are busy and have their own careers. But still, if you have family meetings and people within the family understand the stress that's on the primary caregiver, they can find time to help give respite. There are also other opportunities for respite in most communities -- sometimes caregivers can use a residential assisted-living facility or a nursing home for a week, so that they can get that rest and that break. That might be all they need to be reinvigorated and be able to come back and do a better job. People who are caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease also need to see their own physicians on a regular basis to take care of their health.
There are so many more things that we know about and that we can offer people today. The Alzheimer's Association is really there to help the caregiver as well as the individual with Alzheimer's.
The other important thing to know is that we have medications for Alzheimer's now that we didn't have before. One of the newest is a patch that you can place on the skin daily, and it absorbs the medication slowly for a whole 24 hours. The meds aren't going to cure Alzheimer's, but they can really make the symptoms better, and that is often a huge help to a caregiver.
Would you say that depression is pretty much a given for caregivers of somebody with Alzheimer's?
Absolutely. I saw a couple like that recently. The wife has had Alzheimer's for many years and her husband is severely depressed. I'm having a hard time getting him to recognize that and an even harder time getting him to get treatment. Fortunately, I was able to connect him right away to one of the social workers in our area who works with Alzheimer's caregivers, and hopefully I can convince him to take an antidepressant in the very near future. Right now he does not want to hear about it, but sometimes it just takes reinforcing that kind of thing.
Guilt is still prevalent -- guilt that the caregiver can't do it and feels terrible about it. As time goes on, the person with Alzheimer's has more and more needs, so it's an increasing burden on the caregiver. And then they push themselves to the point that Hector's father did -- to the point of nervous breakdown.
People don't realize how many other people are also dealing with it. This is no longer the Dark Ages; caregivers need to recognize that other folks are going through it, too. I've found that when people talk about how they cope in support groups, they learn so much from each other.
And if someone says they don't have time to go to a support group?
I say, "Look, you can find the time. You have a neighbor or a friend or a church or a synagogue -- you have someplace where you can get those resources, and it may not cost you a penny to have somebody come in for an hour and a half while you to go to a support group meeting. What you'll get out of that support group is much, much greater than the time that you're away."
Hector, what is the main thing you wish you had known when dealing with all of this?
It all goes under the heading of information . Alzheimer's devastated my family mainly because we didn't know what it was. And it helped kill my father because he made the prime error of not taking care of himself. He didn't "put the mask on himself first," as they say on the airlines -- you know, in case of emergency, put the oxygen mask on yourself first, before helping others.
Know what it is, know the nature of it -- that it's degenerative. Know when it's time for Mother to be put somewhere safe, where she will be cared for, where we can visit her daily, close to where we live. And create as helpful an environment as you can for caregivers to take care of themselves. Give them that badly needed break and help them "put the mask on" themselves first. If there's a communal effort, a family effort, it can cement family relationships -- we got through this together -- and that's a great opportunity. If we had known what it was and what we had to do, I think we could have gotten my father through it.
Dr. Dengiz, do you have any final advice?
Get an early diagnosis. Find a physician who understands the illness. Family physicians and internists can be great at that, but if they're not comfortable with it, find a geriatrician or neurologist, somebody who has a real expertise in the area, and get treatment. There are medications out there for this illness, and everybody should have an opportunity to try one or two of them.
People will often hold off getting a diagnosis. They'll say, "This is normal aging. What do you expect at my age?" But if you're in the dark about it, the disease will get ahead of you, and then, as it really gets ahead, you'll be totally unprepared. It's no longer as dismal an outlook as it used to be because even though we don't have a cure, we really do have a lot of things we can do. And we're going to have more opportunities and more medications that will be helpful in the future.


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Overblown: Russia's Empty Nuclear Sabre-Rattling
Current Russian nuclear programs present no cause for undue alarm.
As the Ukraine-Russia crisis deepened and West-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War, Moscow has rattled its nuclear saber. Russian strategic rocket forces have conducted an increased number of exercises, Bear bombers have probed the air defenses of NATO members, and Vladimir Putin has engaged in nuclear chest-thumping.
All this aims at getting attention, and it has done so. Analysts have sounded the alarm in Washington as Russia upgrades or develops plans to upgrade all legs of its strategic triad.
The Pentagon must closely track trends in Russian strategic nuclear forces. Russia is America's only peer competitor when it comes to nuclear weapons. The size and structure of Russian strategic nuclear forces will affect decisions regarding the size and structure of U.S. strategic nuclear forces.
(Recommended: Russia's Massive Military Modernization Might Be in Big Trouble )
One should, however, keep Russian strategic force developments in perspective. That means taking a number of factors into account: the overall strategic balance, the fact that Russian modernization is taking place after a lengthy pause, the difference between Russian and U.S. strategic modernization cycles, and the longer service lives of U.S. strategic weapons systems.
Consider first the balance of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces. The 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) requires that, by February 2018, the United States and Russia each reduce its strategic forces to no more than 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and strategic bombers and no more than 1,550 deployed strategic warheads.
According to data exchanged under New START, as of October 1, 2014 the United States had 1,642 deployed strategic warheads, compared to 1,643 for Russia. The number of deployed ICBMs, SLBMs and strategic bombers for the United States was 794, compared to 528 for Russia. There exists a balance in deployed strategic warheads, with the U.S. military holding a substantial numerical advantage in the number of deployed strategic delivery vehicles. That advantage will persist for many years.
(Recommended: 5 U.S. Weapons of War Russia Should Fear )
These numbers conceal an additional area of U.S. advantage. The U.S. military has "downloaded" all of its ICBMs and most, if not all, of its SLBMs. As a result, the missiles carry fewer warheads than their maximum loadings.
The Trident D-5 SLBM can carry eight warheads. Under New START, the Trident D-5s carry an average of only four to five warheads. All Minuteman III ICBMs have been downloaded to carry a single warhead, even though two-thirds of them could carry three.
The U.S. military also maintains a large number of non-deployed nuclear warheads in storage. If New START were to break down, the United States could add hundreds of nuclear warheads—well over 1,000—to its strategic ballistic missile force. The Russian strategic ballistic missile force has nowhere near the capacity to match that.
Russia has an array of strategic modernization programs underway. It has launched the first three of what are planned to be eight Borey-class ballistic missile submarines, which carry the new Bulava SLBM. Russia is also deploying the SS-27 Topol-M ICBM and its multiple-warhead variant, the RS-24 Yars, and plans to begin deployment of the RS-26 ICBM in 2016. The Russian Air Force is developing a new strategic bomber, the PAK-DA, to augment or replace its Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 Bear-H aircraft.
(Recommended: Killer in the Sky: Russia's Deadly Su-35 Fighter )
Russia's strategic modernization programs and strategic activities are indeed far more robust today than they were ten or fifteen years ago. But much of that is playing catch up. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian economy went into freefall. Defense spending crashed, and the Russian military bought little in the way of new strategic weapons in the 1990s and early 2000s. Many missiles, such as the SS-18 and SS-19 ICBMs—which today still carry about one-half of Russia's deployed strategic warheads—have reached and passed their service warranty dates.
The combination of retiring old systems and deploying a limited number of replacements brought the level of Russian strategic forces steadily down from 1991 until 2010. Russian strategic delivery vehicle and accountable warhead numbers fell well below the limits established in the 1991 START I Treaty (which expired in late 2009).
Rising oil prices in the early-mid 2000s boosted the Russian government's revenues and prompted a rebound in defense spending. Increased funding led to the new missiles and submarines that are coming online now. Growing revenues also allowed Moscow to restart activities that had been on a long hiatus, such as a resumption of global flights by Russian long-range bombers.
(Recommended: The Bear Awakens: Russia's Military Is Back )
A second consideration is that the United States and Russia are on different cycles when it comes to strategic force modernization. We have seen this before. The Soviet Union deployed significant numbers of (then) new strategic systems in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those included the SS-18 and SS-19 heavy ICBMs and Blackjack bomber, as well as the Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine (of " Hunt for Red October " fame), which was armed with the R-39 SLBM.


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You've probably seen me around at your local gym, or if not me personally, then someone else who chooses to not to change out of their cargo shorts during their physically fitness. I think I can answer your question on behalf of all of these men when I say that wearing cargo shorts doesn't so much enhance my work out, as they do prevent it entirely.
For anyone looking to achieve a greater level of cardiovascular stamina or muscular build, it's accepted that one needs to connect with their overall strength and endurance potential. This is where my cargo shorts fit in, if we're going to get technical, they haven't been proven to improve any of those key factors, as much as they're widely known to hinder them.
Another key insight into the art of physical fitness is the power of visualizing yourself doing that last rep or going that extra five minutes on the elliptical machine which helps one break down growth barriers. As you've probably assumed, much of my work out is dedicated to visualization as well, since I'm dependent on imagining that I'm not wearing these cargo shorts in front of dozens of people who are committed to physical improvement.
Yes, I've seen you occasionally glancing over from across the gym to look at the cargo shorts I'm wearing. The next step in your reasoning might lead to the paradox of why I would wear cargo shorts to the gym, since it can't be in an attempt to break through to the direct apprehension of something profoundly beyond the agitation and anxiety of daily life, because...you can put your mind in park there. This is, indeed, a classic case of what philosophers and professional debaters call, "an argument that proves the fact" or a fallacy ridden case with no sound evidence.
If you're like me and have read every fitness magazine over the past eight years, you'll know just as well as I do that there's never been a single peer reviewed study with empirical facts, or hell, even a basic opinion from anyone that claims cargo shorts should be worn while working out. Watch me open the doors to this LA Fitness, though, and observe how I just go straight to the weight room without changing out of the cargo shorts I walked in wearing.
I can understand your thinking that maybe I'm just like the business man who does yoga in his office while still wearing his suit. That wouldn't be true, though. We can also justifiably rule out the premise that by my wearing these cargo shorts, I'm somehow saving time and energy by not needing to put my stuff in a locker. As long as we're here, we can also point out that I'm not going to do push ups any easier while carrying around my keys, cell phone, wallet, and the mail I grabbed while leaving my apartment, either. Is a man who consciously chooses to wear cargo shorts stuffed with junk letters from Southwest Airlines really look like someone whose going to be in shape anytime soon?
While we're on the subject, you also might conclude that perhaps wearing cargo shorts is simply how I get in my "zone" or center my mind to completely focus on the work out. Just so we're clear, cargo shorts make me feel like I'm randomly in a place with exercise equipment which allows me to comfortably tell my procrastination that maybe I'll do some pull ups, or maybe I won't. As you can tell my lack of bulk and physical definition, usually the latter is the result.
They say physical fitness is eighty percent mental and only twenty percent physical. This is good news for me, since these fucking clunky, awkward cargo shorts basically destroy any attempt to lift, pull, or perform any type of resistance training necessary to get in better shape. It could also be interpreted as unfortunate news for me, because, as I've stated, that would mean eighty percent of my physical health is reliant on the mind that spurred the flawed logic that decides to wear these god damn cargo shorts in the first place.
As we've seen, I'm not so much living the dream by wearing cargo shorts, as I am living a complete lie all together.


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After spending a long career busting through the line of scrimmage, former Las Vegan Gerald Riggs is about to enter the ring of honor.
Riggs, a Bonanza High graduate, on Oct. 7 will become the ninth player in Atlanta Falcons history to enter the NFL franchise's Ring of Honor in acknowledgment of a remarkable career as a running back.
Riggs lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., these days, but was raised in West Las Vegas. He is the son of Bertha Lloyd, who calls him an inspiration to many local athletes.
He has been that and more.
After graduating from Bonanza in 1978, Riggs starred at Arizona State and after college was drafted by the Falcons. He was a bruising and durable runner. Including his years with the Washington Redskins, during which time he helped lead the team to victory in Super Bowl XXVI in 1992, Riggs gained 8,188 yards in all.
"I don't know where to start," Lloyd says. "We're very proud of him and of what he was able to do. Gerald was such an amazing young man from his youth to where he is now. The one thing I really am grateful for is the fact he was able to accomplish what he did and was still able to remain in reasonably good health."
And if you'll allow a proud mother to boast a bit, Lloyd adds, "I don't think anyone would ever have a harsh word to say about Gerald. The one thing I tried to instill in him is that, whatever you do, be a good citizen. He's a good man."
He will be honored at halftime of Monday night's Falcons-New York Jets game.
Many Las Vegans who have known Riggs as a class act will be cheering for him from afar
MOB TALK: They didn't use a broom to clean up the mob in Las Vegas, but just how did the job get done?
Former federal Organized Crime Strike Force prosecutor Stan Hunterton, ex-gaming regulator and casino executive Jeffrey Silver and award-winning investigative reporter George Knapp will lead a lively discussion under the heading of "Cleaning Up Las Vegas" at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The event will be moderated by author Jack Sheehan. Topics will range from holes in the head to the Hole-in-the-Wall gang.
Information and reservations: 229-2734.
GOP BATTLE: The state Republican Party continues to snipe at its own soldiers after Saturday's landslide re-election of Michael McDonald as chairman over political operative Robert Uithoven.
Although some political observers predicted Uithoven and his moneyed backers would prevail, McDonald took advantage of a superior understanding of his party's conservative grass roots and won easily, 193-112.
Instead of playing nice, party hacks turned their vitriol on McDonald, whose tenure as a Las Vegas City Council member had plenty of controversy but didn't prevent him from winning the party's chairmanship.
Result: One more embarrassment for a Republican Party in turmoil.
The state Democratic Party crowed about the failed move, and Gov. Brian Sandoval's efforts to build a competitive GOP machine continue to look hapless.
MOM &POP: The diminutive Harvest Café at 4835 W. Craig Road features nice prices, home cooking and a menu from chicken Parmesan dinners to chicken-fried steak and eggs.
ON THE BOULEVARD: Longtime Las Vegas casino figure Bernie Sindler, the man of a million stories, is still going strong at 89. He once owned pieces of the Silver Slipper, Frontier, and Circus Circus. And, yes, he's still working on his memoir. … Stephen Nasser, whose book, "My Brother's Voice," continues to sell well, has presented more than 800 lectures in the United States and Europe on the Holocaust from his compelling personal perspective.
BOULEVARD II: The canal at the Venetian was recently drained, but it's not a water shortage, just routine maintenance.
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Tarmac Regulations May Be Extended To Cover International Flights
Less than a year after the Dept. of Transportation introduced controversial regulations limiting the amount of time planes making domestic flights can sit on airport tarmacs, the agency is planning to expand those rules to cover overseas carriers that use American airports.
Currently, any domestic flight that waits on the tarmac for more than 180 minutes can be fined $27,500 for every passenger. In the eight months of 2010 during which the rules were in place, only 15 flights passed that 3-hour mark. That's down from 584 for the same time period a year earlier.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Proponents of the rule point to the Dec. 26 storm that shuttered New York City's airports and snarled air travel for much of the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Although airports were crippled by snow and ice, no U.S. carriers violated requirements that they provide passengers with food, water and a chance to exit an aircraft that has been on the ground for more than three hours.
But there were airline horror stories. Passengers on board United Kingdom-based British Airways and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. flights were trapped for hours after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport while crews struggled to locate empty gates and immigration officials…
The proposed rules broaden the number of airports subject to the three-hour limit for tarmac delays and require foreign carriers to draw up contingency plans for getting stranded passengers off planes at U.S. airports.
However, a rep for the International Air Transport Association says that the act of getting passengers back to the gate is much more complicated for international flights:
There's questions and confusion about gate availability, and questions and confusion about the availability of customs officials to process the international passengers… The New York City situation makes it more difficult for the Department of Transportation to write their final rule because it clearly shows that there are many different parties involved here.
Another criticism of the existing rule is that it hasn't yet resulted in many more flights getting to their destination on time.
"The on-time arrival rate for the industry was 79.8 percent in 2010 versus 79.5 percent in 2009," said an airline researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "My take is that the delay is still occurring, just not as much on the tarmac as possibly at the gate."
In addition to the expansion of the tarmac regulations, the DOT is set to issue a final version of the new rules regarding how much passengers would get compensated for being bumped from flights.
More airline passenger protections waiting in wings [Chicago Tribune]
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Just past dawn, the sun stands
with its heavy red head
in a black stanchion of trees,
waiting for someone to come
with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.
Poet: Ted Kooser
Poem: A Birthday Poem
Year: Published/Written in 2000
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Remember, ladies, there is no "I" in "uterus."
The Republican speaker in the Florida state house has opened in new front in the GOP's war to control women's bodies. He has banned the mere discussion of generative lady parts on the House floor.
A Democratic representative in Florida was rebuked for saying the word "uterus":
During last week's discussion about a bill that would prohibit governments from deducting union dues from a worker's paycheck, state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, used his time during floor debate to argue that Republicans are against regulations -- except when it comes to the little guys, or serves their specific interests.
At one point Randolph suggested that his wife "incorporate her uterus" to stop Republicans from pushing measures that would restrict abortions. Republicans, after all, wouldn't want to further regulate a Florida business.
Apparently the GOP leadership of the House didn't like the one-liner.
They told Democrats that Randolph is not to discuss body parts on the House floor.
Republican speaker Dean Cannon was reportedly afraid that underage pages would hear the word "uterus." Good thinking, Mr. Speaker. Once teen girls learn of the existence of the uterus, its probably only a matter of time before they get all possessive about theirs.
The first rule of GOP Womb Club is: you do not talk about GOP Womb Club.
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It's hard to go overboard when it comes to holiday decorating. A 2012 article, "Best Places To Start Your Holiday Decoration Shopping In DC," can help in determining where to start on your shopping trips. Decorating the Christmas tree is a family tradition for most that entails celebrating each and every ornament placed on the tree. Ornaments carry a story and have sentimental value. They also make great gifts for friends and family. Pick up a few special ornaments this year for yourself and others from these DC-area shops.
All Fired Up
3413 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 363-9590
At All Fired Up customers can use pottery to make their own Christmas ornaments. The ability to choose different pieces to paint creates endless options and leaves room for creativity. It is important to remember not to choose an item that is too heavy for a tree. Decorated ornaments also make good gifts for loved ones. As a local family-owned shop, All Fired Up has a welcoming atmosphere. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food and drink and encouraged to enjoy their experience with friends and family.
America Store
1100 S. Hayes St.
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 415-5252
The nation's capital is a proud city. Display your nation's pride on the tree with ornaments like no other. These ornaments feature DC scenery and are mainly patriotic themed. For those who collect White House ornaments, find them at America Store. There are many store locations in the DC metro area.
Betsy & Cornelia's
1355 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 448-0881
Located in the building connected to Preppy Pink Pony, Betsy & Cornelia's is overflowing with vintage treasures. The consignment shop has over 10,000 items. Scour through them to discover an ornament that suits your taste. You'll likely find the next family keepsake here as well.
Preppy Pink Pony
1355 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 556-3237
Located in the quaint heart of downtown McLean, Preppy Pink Pony is an exceptional gift shop known for customization and hard-to-find merchandise. Ornament selection includes various items that can be monogrammed and personalized. One option is a three-inch enamel ornament by Fornash that hangs with a satin ribbon. The enamel is blank, available in many colors and comes with vinyl. Vinyl is a sticker that is used for decorating objects. Monograms, shapes and icons and family names are most commonly ordered. For example, one can order a black ornament with a gold vinyl sticker that has a dog and the dog's name underneath. The options are endless. Preppy Pink Pony asks that customers who wish to order custom vinyl ornaments allow two to three weeks for turnaround time.
The Christmas Attic
125 S. Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-2829
The Christmas Attic is home to over 9,000 different types of ornaments – talk about a wide variety. Glass ornaments, handblown and often painted, are the most traditional and common. Ornaments are sold year round for collectors and tourists, or those who simply wish to stock up during quieter months. Typical Christmas characters like Santa and snowmen are unique at Christmas Attic because the inventory caters to an abundance of personalities and styles. Approximately one third of the ornaments are handmade – made in Europe and Russia.
Related: Best Places To Cut Down Your Own Christmas Tree In The DC Area
Kelly Johnston is a freelance writer living in D.C. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Fashion Retail and Merchandising and a minor in Journalism. Her work can be found at Examiner.com.


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Ashdown Tourbus 10 Practice Bass Amp
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The Tourbus 10 gives you Ashdown bass tone and advanced features wherever you need them, whenever you need them. Great for rehearsing or getting a band together, perfect for warming up backstage, this amp is your ticket to the best in budget bass amplification.
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To make it as easy as possible for you to get the gear you want, we offer a range of instant finance options. If you spend £50 or more online, you can choose to pay over 48, 36, 24 or 12 months. The majority of decisions are given instantly, so you could get your new gear sooner than you thought!
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You should get an instant answer on whether your application has been successful, though in some rare cases Klarna may need to look at the application in more detail.
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Great for the aspiring pro, Ashdown's TourBus 10 is a bass practice amp with volume, bass and treble controls, a headphone socket for silent practice, and a CD/MP3 input so you can play along with your favourite band. A rugged 6.5" driver delivers a surprisingly potent tone.
The product price includes 6 years' warranty and 180 day money back guarantee.
However, the Gear4music extended warranty scheme provides an enhanced service, and is designed to offer a higher level of protection than many 'free' warranties offered by some retailers and manufacturers.
The highlights of this enhanced warranty service are:
- Warranty is extended to 6 years from the date of delivery.
- Our Money Back guarantee is extended from 30 days to 180 days (terms apply after 30 days)
- Collection and delivery costs are included for the first 2 years
- Claim 50% cash back on the cost of the policy after 6 years if it has not been used!
- Warranty is transferable if the item is re-sold
- Loan or replacement equipment will be provided if the product isn't repaired within 30 days
- If an item can not be repaired, a similar alternative product or cash discount (as defined in this policy) will be offered
- The policy can be cancelled within 30 days, and at any time after that for a pro-rata discount
Please note that this extended warranty is currently only available on products sold within the EU or EEA, and is subject to the terms and conditions as detailed on the extended warranty certificate provided.
For customers in outlying areas of the country, the price of the Extended Warranty may be marginally higher, due to the potential for higher collection and redelivery transport costs.
This enhanced warranty is in addition to the standard Gear4music and manufacturer warranty policies, and the Gear4music terms and conditions of trade. No statement or condition of sale contained within these terms affects or restricts your statutory rights as defined under the Consumer Contracts Regulation 2014.
Once the product is delivered, you have 180 days to decide that you definitely want to keep it. If you decide it is not suitable for any reason, you can return it back to us for replacement or full refund, including standard delivery charges.
All Products are new unless stated, and include a minimum of 2 years warranty.
Some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging, and in the case of software, unregistered. These items include:
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We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package, such as computer system built to a customer's personal specifications. Exceptions may only be possible with prior agreement of the vendor, and may be subject to a cancellation fee.
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Mr Detail Auto Salon
(206) 623-1490
(206) 623-1490
"Select Air Force One Detailing Team"
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Mr. Detail is Seattle's and Bellevue's premier auto detailing service. We do it all from a basic hand wash and vacuum to paint correction polishing and steam cleaning.
Mr. Detail Auto Salon has 2 convenient locations in downtown Seattle and 1 convenient location in downtown Bellevue, the Columbia Center garage and the Westin Hotel Seattle and the Bellevue Pacific Tower. We also offer on-site mobile auto, marine, and aircraft detailing. Our mobile van is self sufficient and include water source and power generator which allows us to perform the job just about anywhere.
We use the finest products available and are environmentally friendly. We are Pleased to serve you and be your trusted choice to maintain and restore your automobile, boat, and/or plane. Please feel free to call or take a look at our website for more information.
Regular Hours
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FREE wi-fi and valet parking at our Westin Hotel in Seattle.
FREE parking at our Columbia Center location.
FREE parking and 24 Hour Fitness at our Bellevue Pacific Tower location, membership required.
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I took my car there to have it clean and detail before I give it away to my daughter. At first, I have my doubt, but after I saw my car and couldn't believe my eyes! My car was cleaned and polished, and they even touched up the paint for me. I would highly recommend this place to anyone and definitely using this place again soon.
I've been using Mr. Detail's services for years and like that I can drop my car off before work and by the end of the day, it is all polished, looking and smelling like a brand new car. I would recommend using their services, hands down! Thanks guys for working with me over the years! Great job!!!
They are very informative, and they do great work. Convenient and easy to find. I wouldn't take my car any where else after my experience


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- Coloured Raine — 30% off select items, including Queen of Hearts palette (now $35), plus extra 10% off with code TEMPTALIA, ends 8/24.
- Muse Beauty — Buy any 2 Viseart Eyeshadow Palettes for $128 (plus get two free brushes) or any 2 Viseart Theory Palettes for $72, ends 8/22.
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Tom Ford Beauty Cream Color for Eyes is a Eyeshadow that retails for $45.00 and contains 0.17 oz. There are 18 shades that have been released, which you can select from below.
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. $45.00/0.17 oz.
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The Good: Creamy (11), Easy To Apply (10), Long-wearing (8), Smooth (7), Blendable (7), Crease-resistant (7), Buttery (4), Great Value (4), Travel-friendly (3)
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By LindaP 2 years ago.
A little dab, a swipe, and you have yourself a gorgeous look. I use this on the lid, up into the crease, and against the lower last line. Add black or brown liner to the lower water line, some mascara, and you can walk out the door. Or you can amp this up to full dolled out glam. It's pricey at first take, but the amount you need makes the value quite good. A little goes a very long way. It's beautiful, glad I got it, and I will be getting a few more.
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This is a gorgeous product that I love for all-over-the-lid. It can be applied with fingers or brushes. It blends well, doesn't crease, and stays all day. This color in particular is great for a one-and-done shade or as a base. However, this is almost an exact dupe for ELF Smudge Pot in Cruisin' Chic (which is my everyday go-to). I bought this because of the hype, and they are really indistinguishable from less than a foot away. If you look in macro, the TF has some subtle silver sparkle, while the ELF has a subtle gold shimmer, but their base and overall look are exact. Love both, but for the price when they are equal quality, the ELF has to beat it!
By Kesha 5 years ago.
This is one of those products that you splurge on and feel a little guilty doing so....until you feel how amazing it is and see how long wearing it is. This color worked perfectly for me as a wash of color on it's on or used with MAC Paint Pots to create quick looks. It definitely doesn't follow the traditional cream eye shadow formula because it is so airy and mousse-like that it's difficult to compare to any other brand. It only takes a little bit to get amazing results...another reason the price tag might be a little easier to swallow once you've found your perfect color. I highly recommend you splurge at least once on this! (The only negative I can mention is the horrible price!!!)


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Few things impact our lives more than our mental well being. Providing students with a professionally designed program in mental health education will give them a better understanding of the importance of mental wellness. As part of their commitment to helping children develop healthy lifestyles, the Byrnes Health Education Center has created a series of mental health education lesson plans available through LearntobeHealthy.org.
The journey to good mental health begins the moment a child interacts with the outside world. From that point on, children have to learn how to cope with all the influences around them. As children grow older, those influences change and pressures increase. The mental health education lesson plans at LearntobeHealthy.org were developed to meet those challenges for every age group. Mental health education games and activities are available for children and teens in grades K-12, addressing such areas as healthy decision making, developing positive self-esteem, handling stress, bullying, and respecting and accepting differences. LearntobeHealthy.org also offers Mental health education lesson plans for grades K-12.
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By joining LearntobeHealthy.org, you will gain access to standards-based lesson plans, web-based activities, and interactive games. Each mental health education kit is targeted at specific age groups, with lessons that promote mental wellness for children in grades K-3 and 4-6, and teens in grades 7-9 and 10-12. With access to our health education kits, you will receive lesson plan and activity updates as well as health education news from LearntobeHealthy.org.
LearntobeHealthy.org is an online health education center designed to help teachers and parents communicate important health and nutrition concepts to children and teens in grades K-12. The site promotes healthy lifestyle practices through fun, interactive games and activities. The goal of this health education website is to inspire students – and their families – to make healthy choices that will last a lifetime.
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text: I ordered an ez4lite from winsunx.com last week, apparently it arrived today at my front door, but it was not there! Only things I can think of are: 1. driver dropped it off at wrong location 2. theft (highly unlikely, I checked 3 hours after they delivered it, and all my packages were never stolen before, I dont believe it) 3. wind blew it away (it wasn't that windy today but I'm out of ideas) I phoned UPS and they said to check all my flower pots and recycling bins and I did. I knew the risks I was taking into ordering from winsunx and them not putting insurance on it and no signature delivery, but dang this sucks! It's hard cause theres really noone to blame here. Maybe me somewhat for putting so much faith into "safe dropoffs". im so sad


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Get Involved in Advocacy
Becoming an active participant in politics is another great way to get your voice heard. Put your thinking cap on and figure out creative ways to spread the word. Writing letters, making call and visiting legislators are all great, but think outside the box and take your commitment to the next level.
Here are a few ideas:
- Support in other ways. If money is a problem but you still want to support the candidate, volunteer to stuff envelopes, make calls, distribute literature, anything you can do to spread the word.
- Form a committee. Find others who have the same passion! There's always strength in numbers! Find others that have the same interests and views. Ask them to serve on your committee and assist you in outreach activities. If your members are not as knowledgeable as you are on the issues, train them.
- Arm your committee with the right tools. Give your members the tools they'll need to implement the plan. Send legislative updates, detailed information about specific legislation and message points.
- Get to know others who support your cause. Find other organizations, individuals, and businesses that are supportive of mental health issues such as your local American Psychiatric Association local chapter, researchers at universities. Reach out to these groups to see if they will join you in implementing your plan.
- Host a get together. Conduct a Brown Bag Lunch for legislative staffers to educate them about your issues. You can also do a panel discussion or a "get to know each other" meeting.
- Use the media to get your message out. Follow stories in your local paper on mental health issues. Who is the reporter covering the story? Keep a log of reporters and what stories they have reported on. Communicate with them and use a personal story to hook them. Or write a letter to the editor talking about the legislation and why it should become a law.
These are just a few ideas, see how many other great ideas you can come up with. Most importantly, don't get discouraged, it may take many attempts and different approaches to get your message out.


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Hinsdale has hired its first female village manager.
The Village Board on Tuesday approved the hiring of Kathleen Gargano, who has spent the past 16 years working for Wilmette.
She said Hinsdale is a good fit for her because two towns are similar in character.
"I'm excited and looking forward to the new opportunity and to find an opportunity in a smaller community," she said.


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Expert Systems: How Far Can They Go? Part One
A panel session at the 1989 International Joint Conference on artificial intelligence in Los Angeles dealt with the subject of knowledge-based systems; the session was entitled "Expert Systems: How Far Can They Go?" The panelists included Randall Davis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Stuart Dreyfus (University of California at Berkeley); Brian Smith (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center); and Terry Winograd (Stanford University), chairman. The article begins with Winograd's original charge to the panel, followed by lightly edited transcripts of the panel's remarks. Part 1 includes presentations from Winograd and Dreyfus. Part 2, which will appear in the Summer 1989 issue, includes presentations from Smith and Davis and concludes with the panel discussion. Although three years have passed since this session took place, the issues raised and the points discussed are no less relevant today.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v10i1.729
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Children with ASD are sometimes picky eaters. This may be in part because they have felt the effects of foods that don't work with their body. It may be a sensory issue as well. Children with ASD may be hyposensitive to textures or hypersensitive. What tastes good to you and I may not be the same to a child with ASD.
Children with ASD have been known to benefit from a gluten-free and caseine-free diet. Vitamin supplements have also been known to be effective with ASD children in eliminating behavior problems and increasing focus. This can be frustrating for parents who don't know where to start improving the diet for their child.
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Zen Chu
Illustration credit: A.E. Kieren
Chu is a technologist, a disrupter and an entrepreneur with an unfathomable body of work and expertise in transforming healthcare. What makes him even rarer is that he's willing to give much of this knowledge back to the industry.
He started out as biomedical analyst before heading to Hewlett-Packard, where he built HP's venture capital and new technology ventures group. Following a stint at a VC firm, he founded 3D-Matrix Medical, a biotech targeting degenerative diseases, which he led as CEO for six years.
Since 2010 Chu has been an instructor in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, which he helped create. More recently he co-founded MIT's Hacking Medicine initiative, which counts as its mission to "energize, infect and teach healthcare entrepreneurship and digital strategies to scale medicine as a way to solve health problems worldwide." It's an unbiased consortium that applies well-accepted metrics to measure the effectiveness of new technologies against conventional health solutions.
"We really set out to create a fun playground and ecosystem for the intersection of public health folks, innovative clinicians and the technologists and coders that have the original hacking mentality," Chu explains.
Armed with a "SWAT team" of doctors from academic hospitals, Hacking Medicine recently compiled a short list of best solutions for disease and health management—but on it, the world of pharma is conspicuous by its absence. "We are not recommending anything from pharma until we actually see really great examples," Chu says. "There were a few [potentially] good ones, but they suffered from terrible design."
Despite arming tech start-ups to disrupt big pharma, Chu is not the enemy. In fact, he testified on pharma's behalf at the first FDA hearings in 2009. "I don't know that we can expect pharma to be the innovator," he says. "But they are an important part of the equation."
Chu predicts a "higher-than-average death rate" for health-tech companies over the next year. Possible causes of death include choosing the wrong technology, the wrong business model, the wrong partners or the wrong customers.
"There will a rationalization period," Chu says. "What we're trying to do is highlight the business models that are getting traction and willing customers."


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BioQuest Academy
BioQuest Academy's mission is to educate, train and promote college-readiness in ALL Washington teens, especially under-represented groups, on the science of global infectious disease.
About BioQuest
Bioquest Academy: Education and Outreach mission is "Educate, train and promote college-readiness in ALL Washington teens including under-represented teens in the science of global infectious disease"
At the Center for Infectious Disease Research we are working on the edge of host-pathogen interactions to find the cures for global infectious diseases like HIV, TB, Malaria through of vaccines, drugs and interventions. At BioQuest we take the research done at the Center and deliver as curriculum to high school students and teachers, through our host of interconnected programs such as Teacher Workshops, Site visits and Summer Academy. We are proud to be a unique nationally recognized outreach program to be located within the footprint of an infectious disease research institute. Check out our 2015 Brag sheet to learn how we support learning and career development.
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BioQuest's Site Explorations, specialized half-day job shadows for an entire class of high school students, are the ideal way to illuminate the connection between classroom course work and rewarding 21st century science careers. During the school day, a class of up to 30 high school students experience our Center's education and research labs for an introduction to global health, converse with Center for Infectious Disease Research scientists; and best of all, complete their day with a hands-on laboratory investigation in the BioQuest Discovery Lab. Explorations are currently on hold, but please reach out to us at email@example.com to let us know of your interest and we will add you to our teacher directory list to receive the most up-to-date information about upcoming site explorations and other resources.
Teacher Workshops
2015 Teacher workshop: Innovative Vaccines for Infectious agents was successfully completed February 4th, 2015. 32 teachers from across the state of Washington attended. Supported by the Amgen foundation this workshop featured a electric discussion in system's biology and infectious disease titled Innovative vaccines for Infectious disease.
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If that is what you would like, I was just concerned that it would be too long and people would lose interest.
Edit: And what of the flags already issued to the new thread? it is a contest and one I would love to win at that.
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A Mother's Love
Fair warning. This was incredibly difficult to write and will undoubtedly be disturbing to many.
Originally posted by piequal3because14
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them."
"Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
"Understand this, those who forget God, lest you be crushed and there is no one to deliver."
In a small town on a narrow street in front of a house on a bench sits a white-haired old man with a sad face and sad smile thinking while watching some innocent children playing a game about Rome and Romans.
One child embodies Cesar the other is a slave the third is a Roman soldier .. but no one wants to be a senator.
"What became humanity or does not grown into anything because nothing has changed in human behavior."
Is mid-September and still warm maybe like 2000 years ago in a mid september.
His thoughts fly far away.
He imagine back 2000 thousand years ago....in the year 14 AD....
....here on the island of Capri...is time to remember the beautiful days that we had. Though very ill Emperor Augustus still dreams that Rome will remain forever imperial capital.
He remembers Egypt and the good days when he came in power:
The exhausting and continuously journey through desert make the sweat skin of the horses to have a strange glow in the white sun.
Must make camp somewhere soldiers barely move and all need fresh water.
He remembers the words of a slave that the desert is the best friend for an egyptian.
Or rather slave in ancient Egypt with feet making mud bricks from straw or to carve in stone to build pharaohs pyramids than slave in Rome.But even the pharaohs were thought to be eternal than their slaves.
That battle from Actium leaded by his friend Marcus Vipsanius brought him in power.
He became Princeps and his road to Romes throne was assured as the first citizen.
He will never know that the naumachiahe( naval battle ) he gave for his victories will became later the beginning of the end for the roman empire.The feading of the lions with humans begins with two naumachiai at the inauguration of the Colluseum.
Lifting a hand and and descent hand with thumb down decided the fate of people in ancient Rome
as a lifting hand today one vote more or less decide the fate of a nation.
As by the own hand the roman empire has parished.
Slaves worked for Romans as entire nations fell into slavery.
Today whole nations have fallen into slavery in front of empires straw leaders who believe as eternal and smart
as Caesars or Pharoes.In the morning they wake up and look in the mirror and admire themselves or maybe because they were waiting to be admired.The Colluseum and blood thirsty crowds waiting eagerly
for human sacrifice.
Cesar think "what can I give them today. Lions are fed already and there are many slaves" and still sacrifice
must be made!For their power to be eternal ... eternal .. as pharaohs coffins.
Arena is full and the show begins the servants of the emperor fill the gold cup with red wine as the blood that
will be spilled.
Delirious crowd applaud the entry of slaves in the arena in chains powerless and defenseless and which can only pray a prayer that no one can take from them.
The drug of the crowds is their lives hanging in balance in the eyes without sight of beasts without thinking
like today it is the balance of power that is hanging in the hands of modern Pharoes and Cesars to offer
them the modern drug which is'money'to those who stand in their benches of this modern Colluseum.
Pyramids and the Colusseum still exist but they have no purpose than to study or visit,the Colusseum is a ruin
and proof of what is happening today and the fact that everything is the same only the slaves are modern slaves who can not (or are not allowed) to think.
That reoccuring dream obsessively come back to Augustus .This strange city with two palaces very tall,taller than any palace in Rome and those two bright birds flying towards the palaces.
That Old woman that he encountered in his way could she make Spells to him?
Maybe is Rome in the future .... over 2000 years from now, often he asked himself the question how will Rome look over 2000 years.
He must note this dream.Or maybe these are territories full of riches on the north side of who heard talking about but he is too sick to do an expedition.
Yes he must wrote this dream and leave that note as a legacy to those who will come to power maybe over 2000 years from now...
...in a small town on a narrow street in front of a house on a bench where
sits a white-haired old man with a sad face and sad smile thinking while
watching some innocent children playing a game about Rome and Romans.


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Smoked salmon lightens up the usual nacho toppings at Chapter One: The Modern Local in Southern California, but jalapenos retain the characteristic heat. The recipe also gets an Asian accent with a substitution of wonton skins for tortilla chips and a shower of ginger and scallions.
10 jalapenos, finely diced
6 bunches scallions, chopped
6 tbsp. chopped thyme
6 tbsp. grated ginger
6 tbsp. ground cinnamon
6 tbsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 package wonton skins (about 60 wrappers)
4 oz. smoked salmon, diced
1 qt. sour cream
6 tbsp. lime juice
- Prepare jerk seasoning: In large bowl, combine jalapenos, scallions, thyme, ginger, cinnamon, coriander and nutmeg. Stir in water, soy sauce, oil, brown sugar and honey; mix well.
- Prepare wonton chips: Cut wonton wrappers in half. Separate and deep-fry in 300 F hot oil until golden brown. Remove and place on paper towels; drain for at least 30 min.
- Combine sour cream and lime juice in med. bowl.
- For service: Combine smoked salmon with 1/2 tsp. jerk seasoning. Place 4 wonton skin halves on plate; top each with 1 oz. salmon mix. Drizzle with lime sour cream.


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By Marton Dunai
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Twelve hours after Germany's soccer team had won the World Cup in Brazil, the country's water polo team jumped in the pool for the opening game of the European Championship in the Hungarian capital.
It is probably not the result - Germany suffered a sound 10-5 defeat at the hands of Croatia - that kept news of the game out of the limelight. Professional water polo has been shunned for so long that the sport's leaders now fear for its survival.
That is not the conclusion one might come to at the Margaret Island Aquatics Complex, which has been outfitted with 8,000 seats and fills to capacity on most nights, especially when hosts and world champions Hungary play.
Television is so saturated with other sports, however, that water polo sponsors get nowhere near the kind of media exposure they would through other events.
"Water polo has been around forever, and some games induce downright euphoria out here," said Tamas Gyarfas, the Hungarian vice president of the international water sports association FINA. "But their TV appeal is weaker for a number of reasons.
"We worry that it might hit a point where it can no longer be considered a top priority sport."
Gyarfas, who has also had a career as a media businessman, said it is hard to popularize, and therefore make money on a team sport where the athletes are mostly submerged in water and the action is interrupted every few seconds by referees.
"Viewers have little idea what's going on," he said. "It is not enjoyable the same way as athletics, where people dash about, or gymnastics, where they fly around. Still, we would like to save this game."
Water polo leaders have sensed this challenge for years.
FINA dedicated a conference to reforming water polo earlier this year, inviting marketing and advertising experts from other professional sports like the U.S. National Basketball Association to learn how to sell a game well.
One presentation compared the introductory show at an NBA game with the start of a water polo match.
The contrast was huge: fanfare and fireworks on one side, a solemn announcer reading out the players' names on the other.
With that in mind, Hungary has put on a big show at the aquatics center, with boisterous sound effects and a cheerleader who directs the fans.
For lasting change, however, more will be needed. Pushing back the playoffs into the summer months so spectators have more fun at open air games is one idea for reform.
Other ideas include smaller pools to allow faster games, fewer players to fit in the smaller pools, or a smaller ball to allow more powerful shots and more goals.
The long-term goal is to spread the sport, which is only really big in the Balkans and some southern European countries; but water polo officials are reluctant to change a sport that has taken a century to develop.
FINA water polo director Gianni Lonzi said any changes need to be tested before they become adopted, a process that could start next year but will take time to calcify.
"It is like when I have an old car which I want to change," he said. "Until I see a car that gives me the same satisfaction, I don't change."
Apart from a regular contract with the Hungarian team Szeged, three-times Olympic gold medallist Tamas Molnar has also played for the last five years in the summer league in Malta, where people adore the sport like nowhere else.
"To the 500,000 people who live in Malta, there are ten teams," Molnar said. "Prominent games often have 3,000 fans, not just spectators, but proper fans, with flags and drums and all. They create a fantastic atmosphere. It's exceptional."
He said part of the secret is that the summer league takes water polo from its regular-season professional roots and puts it where it belongs: in the sun, by the water, where fans get to enjoy the games while they spend a day at the beach.
Molnar's generation had exceptional opportunities which allowed them to focus on the game and earn a very decent living doing it. But he says those circumstances may be hard to emulate in the future.
"I don't know how long this type of a professional game can be sustained," he said. "It is impossible to plan for the long term. Clubs struggle to secure sponsors on a business basis."
The annual budget of a championship-level water polo club can be close to 1.5 million euros ($2.03 million), he said. That may sound like peanuts for some other professional sports, but even that money is often from sponsors who like the game and not investors.
"We hoped that the U.S. would show the way and start a well-financed pro league when the men played in the Beijing Olympic final and the American women won (the 2012) Olympics."
To this day there is no professional water polo league in the United States, and not because Molnar and the Hungarians beat them in that Beijing final. It is because the sport just won't lend itself to mass media.
When big companies finance water polo it is usually a case-by-case affair. Britain's Vodafone PLC has sponsored Champions League football and Formula One on a global basis. It only backs water polo in Hungary.
"The bigger Vodafone units get to choose one sport beyond football and Formula 1," Vodafone Hungary CEO Gyorgy Beck said. "The parent company was surprised when we picked water polo over rugby but when they saw the fan numbers they had no questions."
Vodafone's annual water polo sponsorship budget was more than 100 million forints ($436,200) until recently, Beck said. It has been cut back now, although it still sponsors youth games and special events.
The company constructed a temporary water polo arena on a downtown Budapest square for the European Championships at a cost Beck would not disclose. The arena will emulate the beach atmosphere and broadcast games live.
"It has been a very positive investment," Beck said. "Water polo helped us establish our brand in Hungary. But water polo would not have worked this well in other countries."
($1 = 229.2700 Hungarian Forints)($1 = 0.7400 Euros)
(Editing by Rex Gowar)