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Capricornis crispus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Capricornis crispus (Temminck, 1836)
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|Wilson and Reeder (1993) treated this as Naemorhedus crispus, but Grubb (2005) placed it in the genus Capricornis and C. swinhoei. See also Jass and Mead (2004). Recent genetic evidence has supported that Capricornis swinhoei is a distinct species from Capricornis crispus (Chang 2002, Min et al. 2004).
Taxonomy of serows is not completely resolved; descriptions, range maps, and assessments of conservation status in the literature vary because sources differ on nomenclature and specific/subspecific status of the various taxa. Here, we follow the taxonomy of Wilson and Reeder, 3rd edition (2005). Thus, we recognize six species of Capricornis:
• C. crispus (Japanese Serow, restricted to Japan)
• C. milneedwardsii (Chinese Serow, but also occurring in southeast Asian countries)
• C. rubidus (Red Serow, restricted to Myanmar)
• C. sumatraensis (Sumatran Serow, in Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand)
• C. swinhoei (Formosan Serow, restricted to Taiwan)
• C. thar (Himalayan Serow, along the Himalayan range)
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Tokida, K.
|Harris, R. & Festa-Bianchet, M. (Caprinae Red List Authority)
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, large population, and stable or increasing population. It is dependent on continued protection, including from hunting and persecution by forestry operations.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) is endemic to Japan on three of the main islands: Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The species is widespread in appropriate habitat on Honshu, but is absent from lowland cultivated areas and areas around human settlements. On Shikoku and Kyushu, their distribution is more limited. It became extinct in western Honshu and greatly reduced in other areas before the early 20th century. Since the 1960s, its range has been expanding.
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|The Japanese serow is common in the mountain ranges of northern and central Honshu, and eastern Shikoku, but is restricted to small, fragmented areas in Kyushu. By 1978 the total range occupied by serow was estimated at 34,500 km², with total number estimated by the block count method (Maruyama and Nakama, 1983) of 70,000 to 100,000 animals. In 1983, the total population was estimated by the Environmental Agency at ca. 100,000 animals with a distribution area of more than 39,000 km². In 2003, the distribution had expanded to 170% of that in 1978. On the other hand, the population density has slightly decreased in many areas. Currently the population is assumed to be stable or slowly increasing.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is diurnal, though the animals actively feed only in the early morning and late afternoon. Their habitat includes various vegetation types such as broad-leaved evergreen forest, subalpine coniferous forest, alpine meadow and coniferous plantations, but temperate deciduous forest that is their preferred habitat. They eat fleshy leaves, evergreen leaves, plant shoots, and acorns (Jass and Mead 2004). This species is a monogamous, territorial browser, and sexual dimorphism is not developed. They are found solitarily, in pairs or small family groups. The population density is generally low (the average was 2.6/km² in the 1983 survey). Females mature sexually at 30 months. The gestation period is 7 months, and females give birth to single fawn. Life expectancy at birth and longevity are estimated to be 4.8-6.5 years and 25 years respectively (Tokida and Miura, 1988, Miura and Tokida, 1992).
|Major Threat(s):
The serow had been threatened due to over-hunting until the 1950s. It is considered that the poaching pressure was exceedingly high before the 1950's. However, poacher's syndicates were eliminated by anti-poaching campaign in 1959, and after that serow population began to increase. Furthermore, the increase of young conifer plantations, which occurred from 1950s to 1970s and supplied a large quantity of food for serow, might affect the population growth. From middle of 1970s to early 1990s, damage on young conifer plantations and agricultural crops by serow increased and the high level had been maintained. The management measures of this species became a matter of controversy between conservationists, and forest owners and/or farmers, then the government agencies decided to start serow control in 1978. In 1990s, damage by serow had declined with decrease of young plantations. On the other hand, damage on forestry and agriculture by sika deer (Cervus nippon), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) has remarkably increased, and accordingly social demands to control serow had decreased.
The sika deer population is conspicuously increasing throughout Japan in recent years, and undergrowth of forest is decreasing by the grazing and browsing, and the interspecific competition with sika deer might affect serow population.
|Conservation Actions:
Due to a severe decline in the early 20th century, serow was designated a 'Non Game Species' by the Hunting Law in 1925, and hunting of this species was prohibited. In 1934, this species was designated to ''Natural Monument Species'' under the Law for Protection of Cultural Properties (LPCP). In 1955, its status was raised to ''Special Natural Monument Species''. Although serow hunting has been prohibited by laws since 1925, poaching pressure was high before the 1950s. As a result of the anti-poaching campaign conducted throughout the country in 1959, poacher's syndicates were eliminated, and the serow population began to increase. The population increase was probably also due to an increase in suitable habitat in the form of young coniferous plantations created from 1950s to 1970s. By the 1970s these artificial plantation accounted for more than 40% of forest cover in Japan, and the serow range had expanded to around 40,000 km² ,and population increased to 100,000. However, with this increase, damage to forestry and agricultural production had also drastically increased and conflicts arose between serow conservation and primary industries. Nevertheless, any capture of serows, including nuisance animal control, was not permitted until 1978 (with the exception of scientific research).
The Japanese serow is legally managed under two laws, LPCP and the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law (WPHL). The competent authority of LPCP is the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and that of WPHL is the Environmental Agency (currently Ministry of the Environment). The Forestry Agency has jurisdiction over forest management policy, which concerns damage prevention and habitat treatment. In 1979, these three Agencies reached an agreement to change serow management measures. The essential points of new management policy were as follows.
1) To establish serow protection areas. This decision meant the designation of 'Special Natural Monument Species' would be repealed and instead 'Serow Protection Areas' would be designated based on LPCP in the future.
2) To allow serow cull as pest control outside the serow protection areas in cases of necessity.
3) The Agency for Cultural Affairs would bear responsibility for conservation in the protection areas, the Environmental Agency would bear responsibility for management of serow outside the protection areas, and the Forestry Agency for avoiding serow damage on young conifer plantations by non-fatal methods such as fencing and netting.
Conservationists, nature conservation NGOs, and some biologists opposed to this policy change.
Three primary functions were expected from the protection areas were 1) to maintain stable and viable local populations; 2) to preserve the geographical genetic diversity of serow populations; and 3) to establish a management system for serow and its habitat. Fifteen protection areas were nominated and 13 of them had been established by 1989, ranging in size from 143 km² to 2,180 km². The total area is 11,800 km², which covers about 20% of the current serow range over 23 prefectures. However, in many cases, the protection areas avoid commercial forests, and are situated at relatively high elevations including unsuitable habitats for serow. Therefore, some protection areas do not have enough suitable habitat quality and/or area size for the effecitve protection of local populations.
The Agency of Cultural Affairs initiated a systematic survey of serow management in 1985, composed of main and supplemental survey programs. The purpose of main survey program is to monitor population trends and habitat conditions once every 6 or 7 years for each protection area. This program is carried out by specialists. The supplemental survey program is carried out annually, except in the main survey's year, by local inhabitants to monitor population indices, habitat changes and damage, by simple and easy methods. The data from both programs are used to develop the management plan for each protection area. Protection areas are not yet established in Kyushu and Shikoku due to disagreements with land owners. Therefore, the Japanese serow still retains the status of 'Special Natural Monument Species'.
In 1978, a control cull began in the restricted small areas of Gifu and Nagano Prefectures, and the culling area has expanded to large part of central Honshu. As a matter of course, control cull is conducted outside the protection areas. The total number of serow removed was over 20,000 by 2005. The damage to conifer plantations in central Honshu markedly decreased in 1990s, because population density of serow in this area and also the area of young conifer plantations have reduced. Two kinds of permissions, based on LPCP and WPHL, are required for control culls of serow. The areas and periods of the control, the upper limit of the harvest number, and the capture methods are specified in the permits. Biological investigation of killed serow has been continued since the beginning of the control. Place and date of capture, sex, age, and reproductive condition are recorded for almost all individuals. These data are used for serow management.
In 1999, the WPHL was amended and the 'Specified Wildlife Management Plan System' was established. This is a legal management system and each prefecture can make a plan to properly manage wildlife populations. This plan must state specific goals for the target species, and prescribe concrete measure for properly controlled hunting, preventing negative influences on the population, and conserving habitats. This adaptive management system is considered to be useful and practical for management of serow outside the protection areas, and seven such plans for serow had been established by 2007.
The management system for serow has significantly developed during the last 25 years. Serow populations are stable and/or increasing in most areas, but following problems might affect negatively some populations:
1) Growth of conifer plantations planted for the period from late 1950s to 1980s and over-grazing and/or browsing by sika deer reduce food supply for serow and deteriorate habitat quality.
2) Interspecific competition with sika deer may reduce serow populations.
The serow population has recently decreased in Kyushu. It is considered this decrease is probably caused by interspecific competition with sika deer. Also, the influence of deer control operations, such as disturbance of home ranges and accidental killing by hunting dogs and deer-fencing, might be having an impact. Surveys and countermeasures are needed for these problems.
Chang, H.-C. 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Capricornis (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and cranial morphometrics. Thesis, National Taiwan Normal University.
Grubb, P. 2005. Artiodactyla. In: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (ed.), Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), pp. 637-722. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
IUCN. 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
Jass, C. N. and Mead, J. I. 2004. Capricornis crispus. Mammalian Species 750: 1-10.
Kishimoto, R. and Kawamichi, T. 1996. Territoriality and monogamous pairs in a solitary ungulate, the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus. Animal Behaviour 52(4): 673-682.
Maruyama, N. and Nakama, S. 1983. Block count method for estimating serow populations.
Maruyama, N., Ikeda, H., Hanai, M. and Tokida, K. 1997. Japan. In: D. M. Shackleton (ed.), Wild Sheep and Goats and Their Relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae, pp. 271-274. IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland.
Min, M. S., Okumura, H., Jo, D. J., An, J. H., Kim, K. S., Kim, C. B., Shin, N. S., Lee, M. H., Han, M. H., Voloshina, I. V. and Lee, H. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic status of the Korean goral and Japanese serow based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Molecules and Cells 17: 365-372.
Miura, S. and Tokida, K. 1992. Demographic parameters of Japanese serow population in Japan. In: B. Bobek, K. Perzanovski and W. Regelin (eds), Global Trends in Wildlife Management, pp. 423-426. Swiat Press, Krakow-Warszawa.
Natori, Y. and Porter, W. P. 2007. Model Of Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) Energetics Predicts Distribution On Honshu, Japan. Ecological Applications 17: 1441-1459.
Ochiai, K. and Susaki, K. 2002. Effects of territoriality on population density in the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus). Journal of Mammalogy 83: 964-972.
Tokida, K. and Miura, S. 1988. Mortality and life table of a Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) population in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 13(2): 119-126.
Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. 1993. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA.
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Tantilla oolitica
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Tantilla oolitica Telford, 1966
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|Tantilla oolitica is morphologically similar to Tantilla coronata of northern Florida; it is geographically separated from coronata by the less similar T. relicta. Some have questioned whether T. oolitica warrants recognition as a distinct species, but it has been consistently treated as such in recent publications.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Hammerson, G.A.
|Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)
Listed as Endangered because the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 5,000 km², the distribution is severely fragmented, and there is likely to be a continuing decline in area of occupancy, area/extent/quality of habitat, number of locations, and number of mature individuals.
|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to southern Florida in the United States. Its range includes eastern Dade County and Monroe County, Florida, including the Eastern Rock Rim of Miami oolite and the Florida Keys (including at least Key Largo, Upper Matecumbe Key, Grassy Key, and Vaca Key); a Tantilla specimen from Key West apparently is this species, but occurrence in the Lower Keys needs to be confirmed (Campbell and Moler 1992, Ernst and Ernst 2003). Most of the range in Dade County has been lost.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States
|Additional data:
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|This species is represented by a small number of known occurrences (subpopulations) (Telford 1980, Campbell and Moler 1992). The adult population size is unknown but presumably is at least a few thousand (Tantilla usually are more numerous than available records indicate). However, very few individuals of this species have ever been found. Its area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size have probably declined significantly compared to the historical situation. Currently, the remaining populations are declining or deteriorating in quality as very rapid loss of habitat continues.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Known habitats include sandy or rocky soils in slash pine flatwoods, tropical hardwood hammocks, vacant lots, and pastures with shrubby growth and scattered slash pine (Campbell and Moler 1992). This fossorial snake may be encountered under fallen palmetto leaves, boards, logs, rocks, or other debris.
|Major Threat(s):
|The biggest threat is habitat loss and fragmentation from development (Lazell 1989, Campbell and Moler 1992). Rapid and intense habitat modification has occurred (and continues) within the Miami-Key Largo area. Apparently this species can withstand limited human incursion and can survive in somewhat altered habitat.
|Conservation Actions:
|Protected sites on upper Key Largo include Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo Hammocks, and Port Bougainville. This snake is known also from Arch Creek Park. The current status and exact location of all occurrences should be determined so that they can be protected by some means. The primary protection need is the preservation of suitable habitat; this snake is able to coexist with some development if areas of native vegetation are left intact or at least if is a significant area is left in open space, parks, and green belts that are not subject to soil compaction or an altered water table (Campbell and Moler 1992).
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WACO, Texas (April 15, 2014) -- Sung Joon Jang, Ph.D., one of the nation's preeminent quantitative criminologists, has accepted a post as Research Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Program on Prosocial Behavior within Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR).
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Police in Winter Haven said they have made an arrest in the killing of a teen found dead along the Chain of Lakes Trail last month.
The victim was identified as 18-year-old Alicia Barnett of Poinciana.
In a news release, detectives said they have arrested classmate 19-year-old Antonio Callaway in connection to the killing.
According to the Lakeland Ledger, police said Barnett and Callaway were meeting for a pot deal.
Officials said the results of the autopsy revealed that Barnett died from multiple gunshot wounds.


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Before there was EDAC, there was IDAC. But before there was IDAC, there was just DA – Design Automation without Community or Consortium. The EDA industry consisted of a small number of large companies controlling the conversation, and a larger number of smaller companies who thought that if they linked hands they could do it better. It was Rick Carlson and Dave Millman who decided in 1986 to bring that group of small companies together to create IDAC, which stood for Independent Design Automation Companies.
According to Carlson, speaking on a recent phone call, "We wanted to get the small independent companies to work together in a cooperative way to deliver a solution, a flow, that was equal to or better than the big companies. And because even then, the leading-edge algorithms always came out of these small startups, we thought we had good solutions that the customers would appreciate.
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Omnicell, Inc., (NASDAQ:OMCL) a leading provider of medication and supply management solutions to healthcare systems, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MTS Medication Technologies, Inc., a worldwide provider of medication adherence packaging systems, for $156 million, subject to certain adjustments, in a cash transaction. The combination of Omnicell and MTS will create a comprehensive automated medication management offering across the acute and non-acute continuum of patient care.
The acquisition of MTS Medication Technologies will be discussed during the Omnicell First Quarter 2012 earnings results conference call, today at 2:00 p.m. PDT. The conference call can be monitored by dialing 1-800-696-5518 within the U.S. or 1-706-758-4883 for all other locations. The Conference ID # is 72808077. Internet users can access the conference call at Omnicell's Investor Relations website.
"The technology and services brought together by Omnicell's acquisition of MTS Medication Technologies creates a company uniquely aligned with the evolving direction of the healthcare market," said Randall Lipps, chairman, president and CEO of Omnicell. "MTS provides us with a new avenue into providing long-term care solutions, through automated medication adherence packaging equipment and consumables that help healthcare professionals, patients and caregivers manage adherence to prescribed medication regimens."
Health systems and long-term care organizations see medication adherence as a key requirement for closing the medication loop and delivering better clinical outcomes and financial results. Non-adherence is a costly, critical problem creating up to $290 billion in extra costs annually1, resulting in approximately 125,000 deaths per year2. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that 11 percent of all hospital admissions are related to this issue3.
Healthcare organizations increasingly are responsible for the health of patients across the continuum of care as payers move away from episode-based reimbursement. Medication management solutions that provide consistent improvement in cost and quality will be attractive to the emerging Accountable Care Organizations and broader healthcare entities that are paid on clinical outcomes. The combination of Omnicell and MTS Medication Technologies will establish a company that can provide medication management across that broader continuum of care.
With a complementary portfolio of products and services, a broader international reach that includes retail pharmacies, and decades of experience in innovative medication and supply automation, the combined company created by this acquisition is expected to have an expanded presence in healthcare provider networks.
"I can say the whole MTS management team is looking forward to this opportunity," said Bill Shields, president of MTS Medication Technologies. "With MTS's dedication to helping the healthcare industry overcome the problem of medication non-adherence, joining forces with Omnicell gives us all an opportunity to reach new heights. We share the same vision and commitment to the highest customer service and we are both expanding our presence in medication management. Also, Omnicell's acute care customer relationships and capital equipment experience opens up opportunities we've not had before at MTS."
"We are thrilled to soon be able to welcome MTS, its employees and customers into the Omnicell family," added Mr. Lipps. "Together, I believe our combined company will have an unmatched capability to provide medication management solutions across the full spectrum of the healthcare market. In addition, MTS has a significant presence outside the U.S., which nicely complements our own international expansion strategies. We expect this acquisition to lead to continued success as Omnicell strengthens its position as the partner of choice to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and the economics of health care delivery."
Omnicell will acquire MTS Medication Technologies for $156 million, subject to certain adjustments, in an all cash transaction. The completion of the transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Omnicell expects the acquisition to close in late second quarter or third quarter.
MTS recorded approximately $75 million of revenue (unaudited) and approximately $12 million of EBITDA in the last fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. Omnicell expects the acquisition to be accretive in 2012, excluding amortization of intangible and tangible acquisition related costs. For 2013, with a full year of combined results, Omnicell anticipates non-GAAP EPS accretion of approximately $0.15-0.17 per share excluding amortization of intangible acquisition related costs.
Omnicell's financial advisor in this transaction was Stifel Nicolaus Weisel and Cooley LLP acted as legal counsel. MTS was advised by William Blair & Company as financial advisor and Hogan Lovells as legal counsel.
Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) is a leading provider of automation and business information solutions enabling hospitals and healthcare systems to streamline the medication administration process and manage costly medical supplies for increased operational efficiency and enhanced patient safety. Through seamless integration with a hospital's existing IT infrastructure, Omnicell solutions empower healthcare facilities to achieve comprehensive automation of medication and supply management from the arrival at the loading dock to the patient's bedside. Omnicell also provides healthcare facilities with business analytics software designed to improve medication diversion detection and regulatory compliance.
Since 1992, more than 2,500 hospital customers worldwide have relied on Omnicell's medication automation, supply chain, and hospital analytics solutions to increase patient safety, improve efficiency and address changing healthcare regulations while providing effective control of costs, charge capture for payer reimbursement and inventory management of medications and supplies.
MTS Medication Technologies is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL (USA). Founded in 1984 by a practicing pharmacist, MTS has grown into an international provider of medication adherence packaging systems designed to improve medication dispensing and administration. MTS understands the importance to pharmacies of maintaining high accuracy and quality standards while optimizing productivity and controlling costs.
MTS manufactures automated packaging machines and related consumables for prescription medications and nutritional supplements. MTS serves approximately 6,000 pharmacies worldwide. MTS also developed the first automated packaging machine to fill and seal medications into medication punch cards and now has a product line that includes more than 20 packaging machines and 50 types of consumable products.
For more information about MTS, please visit the MTS website.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to the anticipated consummation of the acquisition of MTS and the timing and benefits thereof, the combined company's, and each respective company's plans, objectives, expectations (financial or otherwise) and intentions, future financial results and growth potential, anticipated products and services and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on Omnicell's current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks related to Omnicell's ability to complete the acquisition on the proposed terms and schedule, including risks and uncertainties related to the satisfaction of closing conditions; risks associated with business combination transactions, such as the risk that acquired businesses will not be integrated successfully or that such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; risks related to future opportunities and plans for the combined company, including uncertainty of the expected financial performance and results of the combined company following completion of the proposed acquisition; disruption from the proposed acquisition, making it more difficult to conduct business as usual or maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; the calculations of, and factors that may impact the calculations of, the purchase price in connection with the proposed acquisition and the allocation of such purchase price to the net assets acquired in accordance with applicable accounting rules and methodologies and the possibility that if Omnicell does not achieve the perceived benefits of the proposed acquisition of MTS as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts or investors, the market price of Omnicell stock could decline; as well as other risks related Omnicell's business, and those other risks detailed from time to time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Omnicell's SEC filings and reports, including in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC. Omnicell undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations.
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1New England Healthcare Institute, Thinking outside the pillbox: A System-wide approach to improving patient medication adherence for chronic disease. Retrieved April 23, 2012 from this website.
2Smith D, Compliance Packaging; a patient education tool, American Pharmacy, Vol. NS29, No 2, February 1989
3John Michael O'Brien, PharmD, MPH, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, CMS Innovation Center, Million Hearts, Innovation, and Improving Medication Adherence, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Conference, March 26-27, 2012.
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restaurant across from the hotel where I stayed in San Francisco. According to the reviews, their signature dish is their Swedish Pancakes. My blogger friend, Monica, and I eagerly ordered a plate of the pancakes.
Cook's Country Magazine had a recipe for Swedish Pancakes, that resembled the IHOP version. My mouth watered, at the mere memory of the crepe version of these pancakes. I wanted to make them that very day, except I didn't have three of the key ingredients-- club soda, Wondra instant flour and lingonberry jam. After bookmarking the recipe, a few months passed before I spotted lingonberry jam at my local Cost Plus World Market.
lingonberries jam before. They remind me, a bit of cranberry relish. The berries are a beautiful red color, and the jam is a perfect balance of tart and sweet. The batter for the pancakes was actually quite simple to do:
I used two pans to make the crepes all at once. Cook's Country uses a non-stick 9" pan. I also used a French crepe pan-- I wanted to compare which pan worked best. I had my "work station" close to the stove and the oven preheated on WARM.
Using a 1/3 cup measurer, add the batter to the center of the pan and then tilt it so the batter spreads evenly. I use a silicone spatula to loosen the edges. Once the crepe has browned on the bottom, grab it and flip it over.
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KOCHI: A few minutes before 7 on a recent morning, Greeshma Salin swivelled her chair to face the computer, slipped on her headset and said in faintly accented English, Hello, Daniela. Seconds later, she got the response, Hello, Greeshma.
The two chatted excitedly before Salin said, Well work on pronouns today. Then she typed in, Daniela thinks that Daniela should give Danielas horse Scarlett to Danielas sister. Then, she asked: Is this an awkward sentence? How can you make it better?
Nothing unusual about this exchange except that Salin, 22, was in Kochi and her student, Daniela Marinaro, 13, was at her home in Malibu, California. Salin is part of a new wave of outsourcing to India: tutoring US students.
Salin, who grew up speaking Malayalam, has been tutoring Daniela in English grammar, comprehension and writing.
Using a simulated whiteboard on their computers, connected by the Internet, and a copy of Danielas textbook in front of her, she guides the teenager through the intricacies of nouns, adjectives and verbs.
Daniela, an eighth grader at Malibu Middle School, said, I get Cs in English and I want to score As, and added that she had given no thought to her tutor being 20,000 miles away, other than the situation feeling a bit strange in the beginning.
She and her sister, Serena, 10, are just 2 of the 350 Americans enrolled in Growing Stars, an online tutoring service based in Fremont, California, but whose 38 teachers are in Kochi. NYT News Service
Theres a new wave of outsourcing to India - tutoring US students. Teachers at Growing Stars, an online tutoring service, offer tutoring in mathematics and science, and recently in English, to students in grades 3 to 12.
Five days each week, at 4:30 am in Kochi, the teachers log on to their computers just as students in US settle down to their books and homework in the early evening.
Growing Stars is one of at least half-a-dozen companies across India that are helping American children complete their homework and prepare for tests.
As in other types of outsourcing, the driving factor in homework outsourcing, as the practice is known, is the cost. Companies like Growing Stars and Career Launcher India in New Delhi charge American students $20 an hour for personal tutoring, compared with $50 or more charged by their American counterparts.
Growing Stars pays its teachers a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 ($230), twice what they would earn in entry-level jobs at local schools.
Still, the cultural divide is real. In Kochi, Leela Bai Nair, 48, a former teacher who has 23 years of experience and is an academic trainer for Growing Stars, said she was floored at first when 10-year-old American students addressed me as Leela. All my teaching life in India, my students addressed me as Maam.
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I have been wanting to get a cert under my belt for a while now, and iv got a couple of brainbench certs under my belt but I need something with a bit of weight behind it now. i.e. M$, CISCO, or COMPTia. My employer does seem to want to shell out for training.
I have tried self study and I have found it very difficult, trying to fit around my family, work, and general life I found very difficult, and usually my study fell by the way side either because I was too tired, or just didnt have the inclination to break open the books after a 8 hour day in a school with autistic children. Because of this I have come to the conclusion that for me, the best option is a formal training style at a college or something, my only issue with this is cost obvuisly formal training is alot more expensive, which is an issue for me as cash isnt exactly like running water at the moment.
presently i`m on 16000 a year and an ICT technician been in the same kind of role for 7 years now at various different schools in the midlands. What would be my best alternative formal training-wise to get me on that next run of the ladder without me having to don a mask and rob the local barclays?
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The Philips audio system comes with two alarm times. Set one alarm time to wake you up and the other time to wake up your partner.
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Semnopithecus priam
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Semnopithecus priam Blyth, 1844
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
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Semnopithecus pallipes Blyth, 1844
Semnopithecus priamus Blyth, 1847
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|Semnopithecus priam is here provisionally treated as a polytypic species including two recognized subspecies: S. p. priam and S. p. thersites (Brandon-Jones 2004; Groves 2005). However, limited evidence suggests that there are consistent differences between the two taxa, which may necessitate recognition of the two forms as distinct species (C. Groves pers. comm.).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
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|Molur, S., Singh, M. & Kumar, A.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Near Threatened as although the species is safe in a few habitats in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu it is in significant decline in Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka because of widespread habitat loss and hunting through much of its range, but the rates for this species are not yet high enough to qualify for Vulnerable (criterion A2d).
|Range Description:
|This species is widely distributed in southern India and Sri Lanka.
S. p. priam
Occurs south of river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh to Madurai in Tamil Nadu, but the actual areas of occupancy are sparse in between (Molur et al. 2003), with large areas absent of langurs. The forests of the Eastern Ghats are not contiguous, have highly degraded dry deciduous forests, and are for the most part scrubby. The ratio of extent of occurrence to area of occupancy is very high (A. Kumar, M. Singh and S. Molur pers. comm.).
S. p. thersites
It is found in the southern Western Ghats in India and in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. However, there are some
populations of langurs on the foothills of southern India along the western slopes of the Western Ghats and in the Palghat gap, whose identity has not been established. Extent of occurrence is around 10,000 km2 in India and around 40,000 km2 in Sri Lanka. Area of occupancy is almost contiguous in the Indian portion, while it is about one-fourth in Sri Lanka.
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Native:India; Sri Lanka
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|The global population size is unknown. There is a continuing decline in habitat in Andhra Pradesh that suggests a decline in population, but the rates are unknown (A. Kumar, M.Singh and S. Molur pers. comm.). In Sri Lanka, there has been a drastic decline in habitat (>50% in the last 30 years), and there is more than 50% decline in population over the last 3 generations (Molur et al. 2003; A. Nekaris pers. comm.).
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|This species is found in tropical dry evergreen forest, riparian, dry deciduous forest, coastal forest, gardens, around temples in Sri Lanka and cultivated areas (Molur et al. 2003). It is found in India up to 1,200 m and in Sri Lanka up to 500 m (Molur et al. 2003; A. Nekaris pers. comm.). It is arboreal, semi-terrestrial, folivorous and frugivorous, and diurnal. In southern India these langurs are not very commensal with humans (M. Singh pers. comm.).
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|Hunting and habitat loss are the major threats (Molur et al. 2003). Hunting is rampant in the Eastern Ghats and the forests of the eastern coast, and common in some areas near national parks, like for example Ruhuna National Park (Molur et al. 2003). The habitats are highly vulnerable to human activities, and very few places are protected. Man-animal conflicts in Andhra Pradesh are also a concern. Other threats include capture for pets.
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This species is listed on CITES Appendix I, and is on Schedules II, Part I, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 amended up to 2002 (Molur et al. 2003). In Sri Lanka it is included under the Fauna and Flora Protection Act number 2 (Molur et al. 2003). It occurs in several protected areas throughout its range in India (Sri Venkateshwara National Park, Nellapattu Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Biligiri Rangsweamy Temple Sanctaury, Mudumalai Sanctaury, Chinnar Sanctuary, Neyyar Sanctuary, Peppara Sanctuary, Parambikulam Sanctuary, Shendurney Sanctuary, Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sanctuary, Indira Gandhi Sanctuary, Kalakad Sanctuary, and Mundanthurai Sanctuary), and in Sri Lanka (Knuckle Range Forest Reserve, Ampara Sanctuary, Buddaragala Sanctuary, Kanthale Naval Sanctuary, Wilpattu National Park, Ritigala Strict Nature Reserve, Angamedilla National Park, Flood Plains National Park, Giritale National Park, Moragaswawe National Park, Somawathie National Park, Wasagamuwa National Park, Uduwalawe National Park, Bundala National Park, Lunugamvehera National Park, Madura Oya National Park and Ruhuna National Park).
Molur et al. (2003) suggests research on taxonomy, man-animal conflict, more surveys, as well as habitat management, wild population management, public education, monitoring, and limiting factor management.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard will transport its goods across Europe, the Middle East and Africa through Greece's biggest port, the Greek government said on Wednesday, after a deal with China's Cosco Pacific that Athens hopes will attract investors and bolster cargo business at its commercial docks.
The agreement is expected to take effect at the end of the year, the government said. Cosco Pacific, one of the world's biggest container terminal operators, signed a deal with Greece in 2008 to run a pier at the state-owned Piraeus port. HP is the world's largest manufacturer by sales of personal computers.
The conservative-led government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has made investment and growth a priority since taking over in June. Greece is battling its biggest economic downturn in six decades.
Samaras hailed the deal as "a vote of confidence in Greece in this effort we are undertaking today to revive the Greek economy."
"It reaffirms the role our country can play on the global business map," he said after meeting representatives of both companies and the shipping and development ministers.
In 2011 more than 20 million passengers and 1.7 million containers passed through Piraeus, the country's busiest port and a gateway to Eastern Europe, according to the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).
The Development Ministry, which announced the preliminary agreement, did not place a value on the deal but said it could increase local cargo business at Piraeus by 50 percent. It is also expected to create hundreds of jobs, the ministry said.
HP's merchandise would be distributed by sea through the Cosco terminal and by land though Greece's Trainose, the monopoly that operates 500 freight and passenger routes on 2,500 km (1,550 miles) of railways, the ministry said.
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Telok Blangah is certainly breathtaking, but it also has the right kind of attitude when it comes to respecting nature. While some parks are constructed by chopping trees down to make room for open space and eliminating the animals that make their home there, Telok Blangah's layout chose to preserve the natural landscape and instead build around it. Furthermore, the web-like paths consist of open structures which allow light and air to pass through. Some of the most awe-inspiring connection points are the undulating Henderson Waves (Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge) and Alexandra Arch, which sparkles every night with a dazzling colour-changing LED lightshow.
Another amazing feature of this leafy treetop paradise is the fact that you can actually come face to face with some of the rich wildlife that lives there such as squirrels, sunbirds, doves, lizards and white-crested laughing thrushes. In fact, researchers frequent the nearby HSBC Treetop Walk to study the rain forest canopy which, if not for the unique aerial structures, would not be an easy place to access at all.
If all that nature makes you long for the bustling city, you don't have to look very far to regain sight of the Singaporean metropolis. Many areas of the park treat visitors to panoramic views of the skyline, which is a vista that you don't find in most nature preserves. With today's architectural sentiment leaning towards mingling green spaces and cities rather than creating unnecessary divisions between them, Telok Blangah Hill Park is a real-life example of how successfully nature and architecture can combine.
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Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) is the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States processing 397 million chickens and selling over two billion pounds.[1] The company earned $1.79 billion in revenue and $43 million in net income in 2009.[2]
Approximately 88% of Sanderson Farms's income come from packaged raw chicken. The company focuses on sales of raw chicken free of additives, such as salt or water, that other competitors inject into fresh chicken. The remaining 12% of income comes from prepared foods, such as breaded chicken strips and chicken fajitas. These products can be sold at high margins, even in times of rising commodity prices, because the company can pass a higher percentage of input costs onto consumers who are willing to pay a premium for the convenience of prepared products.
Sanderson Farm's profitability is highly dependent on feed costs, as they make up 36.8% of the total cost of sales. Significant increases in the costs of soybeans and corn, the main components of chicken feed, have reduced the company's profit margins by adding 6 cents per pound of chicken to the company's costs.
Sanderson Farms operates in three primary segments: production, processing, and foods:[3]
Sanderson Farms is a vertically integrated poultry manufacturer. Its production segment encompasses all steps in chicken production, containing operations in hatching egg production, hatching, and feed manufacturing. The company's chicken operations encompass 7 hatcheries, 6 feed mills and 8 processing plants. Sanderson also has contracts with operators of approximately 576 grow-out farms that provide it with sufficient housing capacity for its operations and also has contracts with operators of 180 breeder farms.[1] After the chicks hatch, Sanderson Farms transports them to one of over 500 family farms that are contracted to raise the chickens to marketable age. The production segment posts no revenue from sales, but is rather only an intermediate step in Sanderson Farms's total meat production process.
Sanderson Farms processes chicken in three main product lines. The first line, frozen whole chickens, comprises around 10% of total sales. The second line, chill packs, comprises approximately one-third of total sales. This line is intended for retail sale and consists of fresh chicken parts that have been deep chilled and packaged in individual trays under the Sanderson Farms label. The third line, fresh bulk packs, comprises about 40% of total sales. This line is intended for food service consumers and consists of chicken pieces processed to customers' specifications. A fourth product line, non-value added unprocessed chicken, comprises less than 1% of total sales.
Sanderson Farms's foods segment comprises roughly 12% of total sales. The food segment produces over 100 different prepared food items to regional and national food service customers. Products include chicken products and frozen entrees, such as chicken fajitas, chicken dumplings, chicken stir fry, chicken fingers, lasagna, seafood gumbo, shrimp creole and other specialty products. As items produced in the foods segment are the most processed, they offer the highest profit margins of all of Sanderson's Farms products.
Sanderson Farms is heavily dependent on favorable pricing of feedstuff, such as corn prices and soybeans, as feed makes up to 36.8% of the cost of chicken production. Corn prices have risen sharply since the beginning of 2007 as ethanol producers have increased their demand for the commodity (rising oil prices, in turn, have increased demand for ethanol). Corn is also the main input for many other products such as high fructose corn syrup, and so it has been in increasing worldwide demand. Sanderson Farms engages in various hedging activities to "lock in" current prices and protect itself from price increases. It does this by buying forward grain contracts at current prices. This means the company is protected in the case of raising prices, but is also liable in the case of falling prices because it will continue to pay the contracted rate. Any long-term, significant increase in feedstuff prices has the potential to seriously depress margins and reduce profitability.
Sanderson Farms is looking to increase revenue from its foods segment (just over 12% of revenues). These products carry a higher margin than fresh chicken, because they reduce customer handling, cutting labor, and capital costs. Rising commodity prices factor into the price that customers must pay for their chicken, but these input costs cannot be passed on in their entirety without decreasing revenue. By eliminating an extra step in the preparation process, Smithfield can pass a higher percentage of production costs onto the food service customer as well.
Though chicken prices are mostly responsive to input feed prices, they are also affected by international competition, high domestic production, seasonal fluctuations, and fear of avian bird flu. Strong export markets have been the main drivers of the poultry industry's growth, so a global surplus has an adverse effect on US producers.[5] Global surpluses can be exacerbated by domestic surpluses, the shortest of which can cause long lasting price swings.[6] Next, seasonal hatchings create a variable supply of chickens which in turn cause prices to fluctuate. Finally, fears of avian flu decrease chicken demand, and therefore chicken prices, as consumers react to outbreaks of the disease and substitute other protein sources, such as pork or beef, for chicken.[7]
For example, if a case of avian flu was found in a US chicken flock, US poultry prices would decrease for two reasons. First, American consumers would avoid buying chicken in order to avoid any possible contact with the infected meat. Next, foreign governments would prohibit imports of United States produced chicken. Combined, these two effects would greatly decrease the worldwide demand for US produced chicken and chicken prices would fall. In turn, Sanderson Farms's revenues would also fall.
Sanderson Farms is currently the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States, with approximately 5% of US market share, according to company estimates. Sanderson Farms faces competitive pressure from a number of different sources:
Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Pilgrim's Pride has the largest share in the US chicken market producing 8 billion pounds of dressed chicken.
Tyson Foods Tyson Foods has the second largest share in the US chicken market. Unlike Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods produces beef and pork in addition to chicken. Tyson Foods's chicken segment is more heavily weighted towards value added branded products.
Perdue Farms Perdue Farms is a privately held poultry company with an 8% share in the US poultry market. Perdue Farms sells branded retail poultry primarily to customers in the eastern and southeastern United States. Perdue Farms largest customers are national restaurant chains, the U.S. military, and the national and regional distributors.


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Manchester school board is asked to reduce requirements for principalsBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 10. 2013 8:55PM
MANCHESTER - The city Board of School Committee will tonight be asked to scale back the experience requirements for appointment as a principal in Manchester schools.
The changes are strongly backed by Supt. Thomas Brennan, who had to rescind an appointment last summer because his choice for a principal position did not have experience teaching at the same grade level.
In recommending the change, Brennan told the school board Coordination Committee last month that there have been examples of individuals with a teaching resume of two or three years duration who have become "excellent administrators," while long-time teachers with more experience have "struggled" in the job of running a school.
The Coordination Committee deadlocked and was unable to make a recommendation on the proposed policy change.
The proposed new job description reduces the requirements for teaching experience and time spent as an administrator. At most levels, the requirements reduce the years of experience in education from 10 to six, and the years spent teaching from five to three.
Current policy included requirements for time spent teaching at the candidates' certification levels and in the grades at which they would become principals. Those requirements are removed in the proposed policy.
The Coordination Committee deadlocked on the matter 3-3.
Committee Vice Chairman David Gelinas said Sunday that he expects the revised job description to be approved by the full committee, even though it replaces one that was adopted only last year.
"I get the feeling from board members that the additional requirements didn't help us in the past year," Gelinas said, noting that the recommendation was made by Brennan, who has seen the applicants the new policy has attracted.
Committee members Arthur Beaudry and Debra Gagnon Langton sharply opposed the revised policy.
Beaudry said at last month's Coordination Committee meeting that the district should delay changing a policy put in place less than a year ago until the board gets input from the superintendent named to replace Brennan, who retires in June.
Langton said reducing the experience level for a principal would lead to problems.
"I just find that lack of experience would create a huge credibility issue," Langton said during the Coordination Committee meeting that reviewed the proposed change. "Lowering the standards to have such a minimum amount of experience, I think this does this district a disservice."
Last year, Brennan named a central office administrator to be a middle school principal, but had to rescind the appointment because she lacked experience at a specific grade level as required by the job description.
Mayor Ted Gatsas voted present in the Coordination Committee, which means the matter comes to the school board without a recommendation.
Gatsas has said he would not vote for any job description for principals in the Manchester schools that does not include a residency requirement.


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The Ups and (Many) Downs of Mark Sanchez
Despite his success in his first two post-seasons, the young quarterback has struggled and sputtered.
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez officially has been benched. Signal-caller Greg McElroy will be behind center for Sunday's game versus the San Diego Chargers.
Coach Rex Ryan's decision came as no surprise following Sanchez's disastrous outing against the Tennessee Titans on Monday night.
Sanchez had five turnovers – four interceptions and a fumble – in the Jets' 14-10 loss that eliminated them from playoff contention.
Sanchez will end up somewhere. However, unless some major shakeups occur, the Jets don't look to be the best somewhere for Sanchez to end up
- Maria Burns
However, the move had far greater implications than just a routine depth-chart decision. Sanchez has not only seen his final start of Jets for 2012, but possibly his final start ever in New York. The Jets' current quarterback situation and the surrounding controversy continue to make headlines.
The Jets' other backup quarterback, Tim Tebow, reportedly has asked to be released or traded. Other reports state that the Jets – who signed Sanchez to a three-year extension in March – are looking at their options when it comes to moving the fourth-year quarterback and examining the salary-cap implications any deal might have. Sanchez is one of the 10 highest-paid quarterbacks in the league.
Considering Sanchez's performance this season, he hasn't shown he warrants such an investment. The financial factors will be a major issue if the Jets put him on the trading block. Cutting Sanchez is pretty much out of the question considering the team would take a $17.1 million dollar cap hit. The team could spread that money out over two years, but it's still $17 million. Trading Sanchez isn't a dramatically more attractive option and also comes at a steep price: a $8.9 million cap hit plus probably the bulk of Sanchez's $8.25 million salary.
Sanchez ranks 33rd in the league in passing with a rating of 67.9. His 17 interceptions are the third-most in the NFL. For comparison, he's passed for just 13 touchdowns and been sacked 33 times.
Monday night was a microcosm of Sanchez's season. Beyond the turnovers, Sanchez went 13-for-28 passing, was sacked three times and had an abysmal 32.6 passer rating. Meanwhile, his teammate and the NFL's most high-profile backup quarterback, Tebow, went 0-for-1 passing and was sacked en route to a rating seven points higher (39.6) than the Jets' starter.
Just two years ago, as the Jets made back-to-back AFC championship game appearances, Sanchez was the talk of New York. Sure, the success was largely driven by the defense. And sure, Sanchez was never going to be a Hall of Famer. But he certainly seemed to have at least what it took to make the Jets contenders.
Yes, the defense was always the backbone of the team. That's the hallmark of any team under Ryan.
And yes, Sanchez had limited offensive weapons.
And yes, the addition of Tebow to the Jets' roster made no real sense to anyone.
And maybe Sanchez wasn't developed as well as he could have been. But Sanchez was not expected to be –or ever going to be– in the strata of Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers or Peyton Manning in on-the-field ability.
Still, Sanchez has to do better than basement dweller when it comes to NFL quarterback performance.
Ultimately, for Sanchez, the discussion comes down to the intangibles.
Playing for the University of Southern California, a quarterback position rivaled only by Notre Dame in terms of national visibility, Sanchez was groomed for the spotlight in a way few college quarterbacks are. He seemed comfortable in the limelight of New York's professional sports scene.
From a marketing standpoint, Sanchez couldn't have been a better pickup. In his first and second seasons in New York, Sanchez certainly had off-the-field endorsement potential that few athletes ever possess.
But the sports landscape is driven by two things: marketing and wins.
The latter trumps the former. Win enough games, and the success may be all the drawing power a team and its marquee athlete needs. Lose too many, and your selling power tanks. Sanchez is coming off consecutive struggling seasons.
And with on-field intangibles – the ones that win games and that multimillion dollar contracts are based on – Sanchez has failed to live up to the expectations. He hasn't come through in pressure situations. He never took the Jets past the AFC title game. As expectations grew, Sanchez seemed to slump. For a player projected to make almost $60 million through 2016, Sanchez hasn't risen to the challenge.
Make no mistake, Sanchez will end up somewhere. However, unless some major shakeups occur, the Jets don't look to be the best somewhere for Sanchez to end up.
And maybe another place will be a better fit. Maybe Sanchez gets the chance to develop in a way he hasn't with the Jets. Maybe he'll fare better under a different coach and a different system. Maybe what we've seen from Sanchez so far is what we'll always get. In the coming months, those questions will certainly be pondered.
Add one more question to the mix. We know we've seen Mark Sanchez' final start as quarterback of the Jets for 2012, but was Monday night's start the last of his career in New York?
Maria Burns Ortiz is a freelance sports journalist, chair of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Sports Task Force, and a regular contributor to Fox News Latino. Follow her on Twitter: @BurnsOrtiz
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David Light Shields, PhD, is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He was codirector of the Mendelson Center for Sport, Character, and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. In that role, he conducted research, designed educational programs, engaged in community outreach, built coalitions, and sponsored conferences and symposia. He also worked as a consultant with coaches, athletes, school administrators, and league officials to foster a better understanding of the relationship between competition and character. He coauthored the book Character Development and Physical Activity in 1995. Shields is founder and executive director of TrueCompetition.org, a nonprofit research and education organization focused on understanding and promoting true competition.
Dr. Shields is a member of the Moral Education Association. In 2007, he was named Sport Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport in conjunction with National Sportsmanship Day.
Brenda Light Bredemeier, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and a certified sport psychology consultant. Along with her husband, David, she was codirector of the Mendelson Center for Sport, Character, and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. She coauthored the book Character Development and Physical Activity in 1995. She was a founding board member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, a consultant for the NCAA, editorial board member of several professional journals, and an academy member of AAKPE. In 2007, she was named Sport Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport in conjunction with National Sportsmanship Day.
Dr. Bredemeier was the McCoy Lecturer for the AAPHERD Research Consortium. With her husband, she has authored more than 50 books, articles, and book chapters.
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By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday advanced a $54 billion measure that increases funding for transportation and housing projects, setting up a spending clash with Republicans in the House of Representatives that threatens a government shutdown on October 1.
The Senate voted 73-26 to clear a procedural hurdle that allows for consideration of amendments and a simple majority vote on the funding bill, drawing the support of 19 Republican senators.
The funding measure for basic infrastructure projects, block grants for cities and public housing draws a sharp contrast between the spending paths laid out by Senate Democrats and House Republicans, who are considering a $44 billion measure.
The House Republicans are passing their 12 appropriations bills for the new fiscal year under a discretionary spending cap of $967 billion in an effort to keep savings from the automatic "sequester" spending cuts in place. They want to divert a larger share of that reduced spending pie to defense and security agencies, subjecting domestic programs to bigger cuts.
Senate Democrats, meanwhile, assume that the sequester cuts will be replaced by tax hikes and savings elsewhere and are applying a $1.058 trillion cap to their bills - $91 billion more than the House.
There is little chance of that difference being resolved as the September 30 fiscal year-end approaches, so Congress would need to pass a stop-gap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown on October 1.
The Senate measure would mark an increase of $2.3 billion in spending on transportation and housing - mostly urban - over the 2013 level. The House measure would cut it by $7.7 billion.
Democrats argued that delaying needed work on airports, roads and public housing will simply cost more in the future, and say such projects help the economy.
"Steel rusts, asphalt wears out, buildings need to be repaired and maintained," said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat. "It's not politics, it's physics. We have to make investments today so that our nation can grow."
Both Tuesday's procedural vote and an Appropriations Committee vote drew significant Republican support, indicating that the party's appetite for continuing the deep spending cuts may be waning in the Senate.
But top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said any spending deal must maintain savings from the sequester - about $1.2 trillion over 10 years - which were set in motion by a budget deal two years ago. He dismissed Democratic demands for additional revenue.
"I have no interest in reopening the subject of additional taxes. The government in my view doesn't need more revenue," McConnell told reporters after the Senate procedural vote.
(Reporting by David Lawder; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Dan Grebler)


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Hadley Jo McLaughlin - February 02, 2011
To Brandon and Lacey McLaughlin of Central City on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, at Hastings, a daughter, Hadley Jo, weighing six pounds, and was 19 and one-half inches in length. She was welcomed home by a brother, Cash.
Grandparents are Ike and Patty Miller of North Platte, and Dave and Janelle Farnstrom of Hebron.
Great-grandparents include Dale and Ardith Clark of Brady, Donald and Orva Hartley, and Lloyd and Juleen Farnstrom, all of Hebron.
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By Timothy Durham
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
There are many student athletes who have the benefit of a family that has sports in their bloodline. For Junior Texas A&M men's basketball player Elston Turner, he gets it from his dad.
Turner's father, Elston Sr., is a former NBA player and current coach for the Phoenix Suns. During his sons' early school years, Elston Sr. coached in Sacramento, with the Kings, where Elston Jr. played most of his youth basketball.
Since he was a very young child, Elston's father has put him in basketball camps and coached him to be a well-rounded player. From being in camps run by his father to homemade drills his dad put him through, Elston worked hard to make basketball into a possible career.
"I've been playing pretty much ever since I can remember," Turner said. "Probably when I was three or four years old is when I first started. Ever since then, I've been working with him."
Being labeled by multiple coaches as a "coaches' kid," Elston Jr. regards his family ties to basketball as an advantage and a privilege.
"I think it's an advantage because I've been around the game so long," Turner said. "I've seen so many things, situations, everything someone could probably see in the game of basketball- I've seen it. Being around it makes it so much easier when I'm watching or even when I'm in the game."
During his junior year of high school, Elston Jr.'s father took a job as an assistant for the Houston Rockets' coaching staff and caused his son to transfer schools. Junior said that the move was tough on him initially, but after a while he settled into his new peer group.
"The transition wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be," Elston said. "At first, I hated it. But the people I was around made it so much easier."
When it was time for college ball, Turner found his way to Washington University- where he was molded into a specific role for his squad. But the role was not the exact fit Turner wanted from his college experience.
"I played point guard all through high school, but when I got up to Washington, my role was kind of limited to a straight spot-up shooter- so I couldn't do as much as I wanted to," Turner said. "Then we played A&M my sophomore year, and I was friends with B.J. Holmes and some of the other guys, and I made the decision to transfer."
The connection between the men's basketball programs of Washington and Texas A&M has been a positive one; one which culminated on a night when former Texas A&M guard Derrick Roland broke his leg during a contest between the Huskies and Aggies.
The Washington staff assisted Roland in finding a hospital after his injury and escorted the players and coaches there as well.
After making the decision to transfer, Elston's first eligible year of play was greeted with the changing of head coaches for A&M- from Mark Turgeon to Billy Kennedy.
Despite being in contact and coached by Turgeon, Turner said that the biggest difference between coaches was the only the style in which they brought.
"The transition wasn't as bad as everyone thought it was. It's different because of two different playing styles," Turner said. "Last year we played a lot slower, this year we're trying to run and put up points as well as being a great defensive team like we are."
But behind the bleachers and jump shots, basketball isn't the only skill that runs in the family for the Turners. Elston Jr. takes after his father musically as well- as his father taught him a few songs on the piano.
"In my spare time, I love music," Turner said. "I do a little bit of singing and rapping here and there. My dad taught me a few songs, so I got into it on the side."
In a life full of transitions- whether they are from city to city, baseline to baseline or university to university- Elston tries to look at the glass half full, always seeing the positive. His transition into becoming an Aggie has been no different.
"It's different, Washington didn't really have as many traditions like we have here," Turner said. "But now I live with Khris Middleton and Kourtney Roberson, so we're always hanging out and for the most part it's been one of the best experiences of my life. I'm excited to see what the future brings."


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NJ Transit Offers More Rail And Ferry Service
New Jersey Transit says more commuter rail lines will soon resume operations.
Agency officials announced Saturday night that limited service will be restored Monday morning on the Bergen and Pascack Valley lines. Also being restored Monday is limited service from High Bridge to Newark on the Raritan Valley Line.
NJ Transit also says a new discounted ferry service will start service on Monday.
Operated by New York Waterway, it will run from Hoboken Terminal to Pier 79 on West 39th Street in midtown Manhattan. Officials say that should help alleviate some congestion at the Port Authority Bus terminal in New York and give customers traveling to Manhattan additional travel options.
Riders can purchase $10 round-trip tickets at a special ticket booth that will be established Monday at the Hoboken terminal. And customers using this ferry service will be able to use free New York Waterway shuttle buses for further travel within Manhattan.
"We have been trying to put up an awful lot of new services to make up for the rail service that's been lost due to the hurricane, especially service along the Northeast Corridor," NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein told The Associated Press. "Rail service won't be back to normal soon by any stretch, but people will be able to make their trips (in and out of New York)."
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Dock Chair
Lightweight, folding and portable, this chair is so simple to make you'll want a pair – or more.
By Simon Watts
Pages: 64-67
From the June 2009 issue #176
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I've always disliked the Adirondack chair and have never understood its popularity. I find it uncomfortable because the human frame does not bend at right angles and also, because it neither folds nor stacks, it's an awkward item to move and difficult to store.
When my daughter Rebecca showed me a wooden folding chair she had found in the attic of an old house in Nova Scotia, I was immediately struck by the ingenuity of the design, which combines comfort and convenience. Anyone familiar with Mies Van der Rohe's Barcelona chair will sense echoes of that famous and widely imitated design.
What I like to call my "dock chair" requires no special hardware and can be made with practically any wood, or combination of woods, in just a few hours. Anyone reasonably handy can make a pair of them in a weekend.
I made the first version using native pine and red oak slats fastened with bronze screws. I painted it signal yellow because the Nova Scotian fogs are notorious, and I didn't want to get run down by some errant vessel.
You'll see from the drawing at right that one frame fits inside the other with a clearance of 1/8″. This is so one frame can slide into the other for storage or moving, as demonstrated below by our colorful local boatbuilder Kevin Wambach.
I modified the original curves to make it lighter and more elegant and this version is shown in the drawing. I used Port Orford cedar for my newer version, so the chair needs no finish and can be left out in the weather – rain or shine – and it will just turn an agreeable shade of grey. I didn't bother to make cushions for this chair but it would be no great matter to do so. I would use canvas – natural or synthetic – for the cover and stuff it with kapok. It would then double as a life raft if I fell off the dock.
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From the June 2009 issue #176
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