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By Daniel Wallis and Marianna Parraga
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela published the first photos of cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez since his surgery in Havana more than two months ago and said the socialist president was breathing through a tracheal tube and struggling to speak.
The pictures showed the 58-year-old, smiling but with his face looking swollen, lying down in a hospital bed and flanked by his two daughters. In one, they were reading Thursday's edition of the Cuban state newspaper, Granma.
The photos were shown by Chavez's son-in-law, Science Minister Jorge Arreaza, who has been traveling between Havana and Caracas to be at the Venezuelan president's bedside.
He said Chavez - whose political identity is built around long-winded speeches, meandering talk shows and casual chatter with supporters - was having trouble talking.
"He doesn't have his usual voice," Arreaza told Venezuelan state television. "He has difficulty communicating verbally, but he makes himself understood. He communicates his decisions perfectly. He writes them down."
Chavez has not appeared in public, and has still not been heard from, since the operation on December 11, his fourth surgery for cancer in his pelvic region first diagnosed in mid-2011.
Neither the pictures nor the new details on his condition offer solid clues as to when Chavez might be able to return home, or whether the disease will force him to step down.
Allies appear content to let Chavez continue governing silently from Havana indefinitely. They bristle when asked about how the long the unusual arrangement could last.
The former soldier has never disclosed what type of cancer he has been treated for, and critics have accused government officials of secrecy over his condition.
"A few days ago the liars said they were speaking with the president. Now they say he can't talk!" opposition leader Henrique Capriles wrote on Twitter. "They are playing around with their own people."
Chavez was re-elected for a new six-year term in October after appearing to have staged a remarkable recovery from the disease following three earlier operations and weeks of grueling chemotherapy and radiation sessions.
But he soon had to fly back to Cuba for more medical tests, then another round of complex surgery. He was too ill to return to Venezuela for his inauguration ceremony last month.
The government, which said the new photos were taken on Thursday night, added that he has respiratory problems.
"The post-operative respiratory infection was controlled, but there is still some insufficiency," it said in its latest official communiqué on the president's health.
"Under these circumstances, which are being treated, the commander is currently breathing through a tracheal tube."
Experts say patients who are put on a ventilator after surgery usually have a tube inserted in their mouths. If the tube is there too long it can irritate the upper part of the windpipe and doctors may need to replace it with a tracheotomy.
"Those patients are getting the tracheotomy because they still need the ventilator, they are still hooked up to a breathing machine," said Dr. Michael Pishvaian, a gastrointestinal cancer specialist at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington.
Pishvaian, who is not treating Chavez, said experts assumed the Venezuelan leader was suffering from a soft tissue sarcoma.
"The most common place they spread to is the lungs. The possibility of him having significant disease in the lungs that is impairing his lung function and making it hard for him to get off the ventilator is a very plausible scenario."
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro - Chavez's preferred successor - said earlier this week his boss was undergoing "tough" and "complex" alternative treatments, but gave no details.
If Chavez dies or has to resign, the authorities would have to call a new vote within 30 days. That would likely pit Maduro against Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state who lost to Chavez in last October's election.
Maduro has sought to copy Chavez's fierce rhetoric against his rivals, and on Friday he again took aim at Capriles: "This loser's heart is so bad it makes him mad that President Chavez is well," Maruro told reporters.
Amid so much uncertainty, some in Venezuela's opposition believe Cuba's Fidel and Raul Castro - close allies of Chavez - could be pulling strings behind the scenes.
About 20 student protesters chained themselves together near the Cuban embassy in Caracas on Thursday, demanding details on his condition. Maduro said Capriles and others in the "neo-fascist" opposition would be responsible for any violence there.
For many critics Maduro's words were an echo of Chavez's combative style, harsh criticism of the United States and radical leftist policies, including widespread nationalizations, which they say have crippled the OPEC nation's economy.
However, Chavez's brand of oil-fueled welfare spending and folksy charisma have also won him a near-religious following among many poor Venezuelans. Supporters reacted to the new pictures with joy, tweeting: "Chavez lives and smiles!"
"Chavez's smile is the smile of the children, of the mothers, the young, the soldiers and the men. It's the smile of the fatherland," said Diosdado Cabello, the powerful head of the National Assembly and an ex-army buddy of the president.
The normally loquacious Chavez's silence since his surgery has convinced many Venezuelans that his extraordinary 14 years in power could be coming to an end.
His son-in-law Arreaza, however, described a light-hearted mood around the president who, he said, enjoyed receiving visitors in his hospital room where he listened to music from his rural boyhood home in Venezuela's central plains.
"It's a party," Arreaza told state TV.
(Additional reporting by Mario Naranjo in Caracas and Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago; Editing by Brian Ellsworth and Christopher Wilson)


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Return-free risk
Bonds are at the epicentre of what is a highly fragile environment.
1 September 2016
"Brexit brought forward the size, scale, scope and speed of more monetary policy. No wonder markets are up!"
- Former Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor, Kevin Warsh, July 2016
It is often stated that markets hate uncertainty. Like many things this cycle, this notion has been flipped on its head. Having occurred in the context of six consecutive quarters of negative earnings growth, the re-rating of equities that has taken place in the last 18 months has principally been due to falling bond yields.
673 cuts since 2008
Last month, JP Morgan reported that since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, one of the world's top 50 central banks has reduced interest rates on average once every three trading days - a total of 673 cuts. The latest to do so has been the Bank of England who, for the first time since March 2009, cut its bank rate in the wake of June's Brexit referendum to the lowest level (0.25%) in the institution's 322-year history.
Since the referendum, the yield on the UK's 10-year government bond has more than halved from an already record low 1.37% to below 0.60% at the time of writing (22 August).
It's important to understand what this now implies for future returns.
10-year return
At a yield this low, a buyer at the current price stands to earn a cumulative total return of a little under 6% (nominal) on those bonds between today and their maturity date a decade from now.
The principle of a bond dictates that nothing can enhance that prospective return. Even driving interest rates to negative levels in the interim won't change the arithmetic; it would just front-load the returns leaving only losses available to investors for the remaining portion of the decade.
Suffice to say the future returns from this asset class have never been more dismal or their valuations more extreme. Far from being safe, we believe government bonds sit at the epicentre of what remains a highly fragile environment.
How low can they go
Since it was established in July 1694, the Bank of England's average interest rate has been 6% (it peaked in November 1979 at 17%). Although we may never see a bank rate that high again in our lifetimes, you're unlikely to see a rate much lower than 0.25% either. Buyers beware.
We don't wish to spend any time trying to rationalise a 0.6% yield on a 10-yr government bond, as we think it's irrational and agree with former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King that "in the long run it's completely unsustainable". But putting that, and the overt repression of yields by global central banks to one side, it appears that 'the market' anticipates, and is ultimately positioned for, a sustained period of low economic growth and low inflation the world over.
In fact, at a time when $13 trillion of bonds are negative yielding, that's probably a bit of an understatement. Nonetheless, the last thing the market seems prepared for is a period of higher growth and/or inflation. And yet, on paper at least, it's looking more plausible today than it has for a number of years.
Consider the following:
- Monetary policy everywhere is exceptionally loose
- Courtesy of quantitative easing, there is a scarcity of bonds available to investors implying that increased issuance would likely be easily funded.
- The fact that government bond yields have fallen to such low levels means that any public works project capable of generating returns in excess of those yields would not represent a future burden for taxpayers.
- We have a US election campaign underway where both candidates are campaigning on increased fiscal spending. As mentioned above, the Japanese are already in fiscal expansion mode and the UK is forecast to get there too.
- Labour markets in many developed economies are tight, evidenced by low unemployment rates and accelerating wage growth.
- Oil and other commodity prices are significantly off their lows and the dollar is off its highs. Core inflation in the US is already north of 2% and trending higher elsewhere.
The big mess
Now let's assume for a moment that governments undertake bold fiscal stimulus to counteract what they judge to be secular stagnation (i.e. a prolonged period of lower economic growth). Growth and inflation rebound. That alone ought to pose serious questions to bond investors. But let's take it a step further. Let's assume that in this higher nominal GDP environment, the private sector rediscovers its willingness to borrow, spend and invest as central banks hope. Sounds good, right? Well, that's where it gets potentially very messy.
To borrow from Richard Koo, the chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute:
"Eventually the private sector will complete its balance sheet repairs and resume borrowing. When that happens, inflation can quickly spiral out of control unless the central bank drains the liquidity it pumped into the market under quantitative easing.
For example, excess reserves created by the Fed, at $2.5 trillion, currently amount to some 15 times the level of statutory reserves. That implies that if businesses and households were to resume borrowing in earnest, the US money supply could balloon to 15 times its current size, sending inflation as high as 1,500%.
The corresponding ratios are 28 times for Japan, five times for the eurozone, and 11 times for the UK. Once private-sector demand for loans recovers, confidence in the dollar will plummet unless the Fed reduces excess reserves to one-fifteenth of their current level.
But that sort of extreme reduction in reserves will require the central bank to sell the bonds it holds, which would be a nightmare for both the economy and the bond market."
Forget 1,500% inflation – that's merely there to force the point. Forecast inflation sustained at around 2% ought to set the cat among the pigeons.
The market's bets
So, returning to our yield of 0.6%; one of the bets the market is currently placing is that governments won't run deficits of sufficient scale to compensate for the reticence of the private sector to spend. The market is also betting that the private sector itself will remain moribund for pretty much as far as the eye can see.
The question is whether a total return capped at only 6% nominal is sufficient compensation to take that bet for the next 10 years, given that the potential downside is multiples of that number, especially in real terms. For some, evidently it is. For us, it's not.
In an environment of recovered animal spirits, central banks would have to set about mopping up much of the excess liquidity the market currently cheers.
But tighten policy and they'll topple the economy and bond market. Stay loose and they'll stoke inflation and decimate their credibility. Either way, the balance of this cycle has the potential to be a big mess indeed.
"Until the consequences arrive, idiocy can masquerade as genius, and vice versa. Those two have a remarkable way of reversing over the completion of a market cycle."
- John Hussman, August 2016
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Londonderry names assistant superintendentBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
June 27. 2014 8:39PM
LONDONDERRY — Scott Laliberte, a longtime Granite State educator, has been appointed Londonderry's new assistant superintendent.
On Friday, the school board announced the Laliberte's appointment. He will replace acting assistant superintendent Andrew Corey next month.
Corey resigned from the Londonderry district earlier this year after being hired as the Hollis-Brookline School District superintendent.
Laliberte was hired following an extensive search process, where he was interviewed by parents, faculty and administrators and the school board.
He earned an undergraduate degree in English from University of New Hampshire and a graduate degree in administration and supervision from Plymouth State University, where he's currently working to complete a certificate of advanced graduate study in educational leadership.
With 23 years in education under his belt, Laliberte has taught English at Franklin and Souhegan high schools before working his way up from assistant principal to principal to curriculum director in the Gilford school district.
"His strong experiential background, intelligence, communication and collaborative skills will build upon and enhance our district's programs and services," Londonderry School Board chair Leitha Reilly said.
Laliberte said he was looking forward to starting his new position in Londonderry.
"I hope to work collaboratively with all community members to give wings to children's dreams," he said, referring to the district's official motto.


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NEW KENT – The Virginia Racing Commission (VRC) is considering calling the 2014 thoroughbred racing season at Colonial Downs a lost cause and is instead striving to secure the 2015 season.
"I personally think it's awful and very disappointing that we may not run in 2014. But, at the same time, it is what it is and maybe there's a silver lining in that we can put that behind us and move forward," said VRC Chairman J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr. during a special-called meeting Monday with Colonial Downs and the Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (VHBPA).
The VRC ordered Colonial Downs Monday to enter into an eight-week and 24-day 2015 thoroughbred season contract with the VHBPA by July 1. Doing so would immediately reopen the four Off-Track Betting (OTB) facilities that were closed in January after the two parties refused to sign a 2014 thoroughbred season contract.
As a part of the proposed agreement, the VRC will recant its request for a 2014 thoroughbred season, meaning that the season will be canceled.
The horsemen's association is a nonprofit organization made up of 1,300 thoroughbred owners and trainers who race at Colonial Downs and award purses, or set amounts of prize money, to the winners.
According to VRC Executive Secretary Bernie Hettel, a major part of the decision to close the 2014 thoroughbred season was impacted by the possibility of reopening the OTBs.
"Our responsibility as a commission is to make sure that the [parimutuel wagering] licensee that has the authority to run thoroughbred racing in Virginia runs racing or at least operates in such a matter that it is has a positive economic benefit to the agribusiness and industry," said commissioner Clinton Miller.
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., headed by CEO Jeff Jacobs, currently owns Colonial Downs and "is a developer, owner and operator of gaming and entertainment facilities in four regions of the United States," according to the company's website.
Colonial Downs has been in operation for 17 years and has three years left on its 20-year pari-mutuel wagering license.
In parimutuel betting, all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among the winning bets.
"We have been battling back and forth since January but we're no closer than we were in January," said Reynolds.
The VHBPA and Colonial Downs have been at odds for six months over the 2014 thoroughbred season schedule. As a result, four of the eight OTB facilities were shut down after arguments over the length of the thoroughbred season led to the contract's expiration in January. The remaining four OTB facilities also cannot take bets on any Virginia thoroughbred racing, since a contract has not been signed between Colonial Downs and the VHBPA.
The thoroughbred contract deadlock does not affect harness racing.
Reynolds reiterated that although none of the commissioners want to scrap the 2014 thoroughbred season, the five week 25-day schedule would be nearly impossible to run at the track, especially with other events taking place throughout the summer.
VHBPA Executive Director Frank Petramalo agreed with Reynolds, adding that, "because we are so late racing this season, many horsemen have shipped their horses to other places."
"Although not having a 2014 thoroughbred season is not desirable, it's the most realistic," Petramalo said.
It is unclear whether Colonial Downs will agree to an eight-week 2015 thoroughbred season schedule. Colonial Downs President Ian Stewart told the commission Monday that Jacobs did not want to race eight weeks next year in part because of the track's continued loss in revenue.
Jacobs has been pushing for a shorter thoroughbred season with higher purses, or prize money, which in part led to the dispute between the Colonial Downs and the horsemen's association earlier this year.
Stewart's comments prompted Miller to question the track owner's motives.
"I just don't understand why Jacobs is forgoing that stream of revenue and keeping the status quo that we have right now," Miller said.
"You're saying in the 17 years the hasn't made a profit, and that may well be, but [Jeff Jacobs] applied for the license and as a licensee he has a responsibility to meet that primary responsibility of supporting the agribusiness industry in Virginia while hopefully making a profit."
"If [Jacobs] can't meet that responsibility, he needs to surrender the license and let someone else give it a go," Miller added.
Miller suggested that if the racetrack does not sign a 2015 thoroughbred season contract with the VHBPA by July 1, that Jacobs either voluntarily surrender his license or the VRC force him to surrender the license.
"You have a decision to make. You either keep the store open or close it," Miller said.
To date, Colonial Downs has lost in excess of $2 million, while the VHBPA has lost $1.5 million and the VRC has lost $337,000 as a result of the contract dispute.
However, all three, as well as the Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA), still profit from the racetrack's online wagering website, EZHorseplay. Colonial Downs and the VHBPA both receive five percent of these wagers. The VTA receives one percent and the VRC receives 0.5 percent.
New Kent County has estimated a $402,000 loss in local revenue from the lack of the 2014 thoroughbred season and has factored it into its fiscal year 2015 budget.
According to County Administrator Rodney Hathaway, most of the money is attributed to the loss of OTB revenue but does factor in meals tax and admission tax.
Residents could see a tax increase in future fiscal years to make up for lost revenue if Colonial Downs continues to operate without thoroughbred racing at the track and OTBs.
"Another $402,000 debt could very well affect taxes," Hathaway said. "That amount alone could mean a one or 2-cent tax increase."
"If our annual operating costs get higher, the domestic services grow, and expenditures go up but we have less revenue, we will most likely have to raise taxes," he said.
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|2007-03-27, 22:48
|Link #22
Queen of the Underworld
Someone just asked about the lenght of the song, and I forgot to add it to my original post so I did. For the new people, the songs have to be full-length. Meaning, no tv versions accepted!
That should clear it up.
EDIT: Sigh... I keep forgetting important things... Bah!!
Please read the bold letters on the first page for the updated rules (mainly the full-length versions and recording it in one take). Thank you all~
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|2007-03-28, 11:16
|Link #23
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
About the "all in one take" aspect, isn't there really no way to discern this? I mean, you can tell when reverb or harmonies are added in, but you can't really tell if someone is doing it all at once or in pieces. I see this as a road to many false accusations as well, since people's voices tend to change as they warm up or wear down. I've recorded many songs in one go, but because my voice has changed slightly through the song, it sounds different by the end of the song.
|2007-03-28, 14:24
|Link #24
Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 37
Often you can tell (except the singer has a very trained voice, in which case he/she should not need to record in several takes - unless studio quality recordings are needed). Afaik it also depends on the recording quality, so if the quality is high, you can better tell, if something is cut together. (not only does the voice differ from day to day, it will alter when constantly singing too - overstraining of some vocal chords -> slightly different voice harmony - that happens in the process of singing. If the changes are fluent (singing it in one take), listeners are not aware of such changes.)
But if the voice is decently trained, and the recording not too good, one cannot hear the difference between one-take and cut-together. (When I have to adapt my voice unaturally for a song, I often encounter the problem, that it sounds like cut-togther, even if I am singing it as one-take. I figured out, that when I listen to it using my monitors, I can better tell such things appart then listening via headphones - imo sound through headphones often lacks dynamics and appears high pitched).
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|2007-03-28, 15:15
|Link #25
Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 32
You just need a few good warm up exercises to perform equally in one take. If you've ever been into a choir or did solo singing, you know what those are like, but for those that don't, you can get some of them from the internet.
As for the new rule: Last time, I had a pretty complex song so I recorded it in two parts. Any more than that and the recording would've been funky as hell (I tried ). Also, multi-stage recording (except voice overlaps) wasn't explicitly forbidden. I mean to honor the present rule though.
I don't really object to the new "all in one take" rule but as far as possible faulty accusations are concerned, everyone, including judges, contestants, and the listeners, should know that this competition is held so that we all have some fun (oh, and kcl gets her annual torture time ). We really shouldn't be disecting everyone's audio graph to spot abnormalities in one's voice, like we were doing a karaoke witch hunt or something. Contestants should respect the rules, and that's all there is to it.
|2007-03-28, 15:35
|Link #27
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
I mean, I don't care that much about it. We'll see how the event transpires, and decide on next time based on the results.
|2007-03-28, 20:32
|Link #28
Eien no ai~
I'll probably record something at the last minute, like always. Though I'm hesitant to call that 'participating'.
|2007-03-28, 21:56
|Link #29
Queen of the Underworld
Well, I'm not going to dissect every single entry that comes in just to see if they sang it in one take. Guess I'll have to trust people and their little voices to keep that in check. Besides, singing it that way is more fun anyway and is certainly different from the other competitions, that's for sure. And like I said before, I'm not interested in those "perfect" songs that anyone can make with some copy paste (and some clicking). If those type of singers happen to exist, that's all good. If they don't, no big deal. Just have fun.
And now, back to our regular programming.
|2007-03-29, 01:53
|Link #30
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Demand that everyone sings their song via a webcam!
On a more serious note, most cheapie mics leave a trace of noise during recording, so it's pretty easy to tell a cut-and-paste job from that. Expensive mics can also leave noise because they are too sensitive. It's improbable to record in a soundless environment when most people are recording beside a computer tower with multiple noisy fans.
If kcl wants to be really anal, she could have people submit their voice along with the off-vocal track and mix all the songs herself. An almost foolproof plan! >_>;
After boring people to death with a 60 BPM song a year ago (Asu e no brilliant road -second genesis-), I'm wondering whether to do this 42 BPM song or this 286 BPM song... hmm...
|2007-03-29, 08:03
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I think the record-in-one-go is quite a nice idea. At least, I don't really have any problems with it, for I normally record my songs in one go. Reason is indeed that, most of the time, you can clearly hear the difference, bcecause my voice sounds different every day and every hour, plus there the fact that the surrounding noises differ each time.
Then again, I totally agree with Toua.
*continues studying again*
|2007-03-29, 10:50
|Link #33
Senior Member
I guess we do just have to trust people to follow the rules, though. If they feel like they have to break them, then they are taking this way too seriously anyway.
|2007-03-29, 11:33
|Link #34
Counting days
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Not even close to the Caribbean anymore
I must be very computer illiterate because I don't know what people mean with cutting and pasting a song. I thought you only sang, mixed the voice with the instrumental and that was it. But maybe it would be better to not know.
|2007-03-29, 12:53
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Ruler of the Universe
Join Date: Jul 2006
i had a nearly perfect recording of Dearest once, but i got distracted and missed the last note... so i tried to paste just the last word from another recording...
it didn't end well... (no pun intended? i've always wanted to say that!)
moral of the story? i like the in-one-take rule, because i can't do it any other way... ^^;;;
anyway, i think i have my song! woo! now i just need to record it without messing up the lyrics and hope that no one else picks the same one!
|2007-03-29, 17:45
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern VA
But I don't have a cute voice to do it o.O
|2007-03-29, 17:51
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I have just returned from a fundraising event jam-packed with people and prizes, fun and food, all for one precious, little boy in need. On Monday, November 5th, 2012, shortly after Storm Sandy, four-year-old Robby suffered a tragic accident. While playing outside, Robby accidentally became pinned underneath a tree stump for an extended period of time and was in cardiac arrest. After being without oxygen for nearly a half hour, he was resuscitated, but it was not believed that he would live. Now, two months later, he is breathing on his own.
While there has been miracle after miracle, Robby still has very little brain activity and he and his family have a long journey ahead of them, physically, emotionally, and financially. Robby is home now. His family must give him round the clock care and make him as comfortable as possible. But something that has come out of Robby's tragedy is the outpouring of love and support from around the world. Check out his Facebook page to see the thousands of followers that check in for updates and share their thoughts and prayers for Robby and his family. Check out his website where people can go on and physically express their support through donations.
And then, of course, there was tonight. That jam-packed banquet hall, filled with people who didn't know each other at all, but yet, came together to be part of something bigger. They came together to give and share what they could to make a difference.
Acts 20:35 tells us, "In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" But I know that it has also been said that good duties must not be pressed and beaten out of us. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7)
But I believe that it is through giving that we become joyful. It is through doing something worthwhile that we find happiness and purpose. And I'll be honest, after witnessing the joy of so many people tonight and in the past two months who have stepped up to be a part of Robby's recovery, I think more and more people are being blessed through their willingness to make a difference. Their own lives will become a testimony to others all because they chose to be a cheerful giver.
Question: Have you ever taken part in something bigger? How has it blessed you?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seated on a small couch in his living room, beneath shelves filled with his many novels and story collections, Robert Stone knocks softly on a quilted pillow for luck.
"There are a lot of bad stories that I'm acquainted with. There's a lot of misfortune I'm acquainted with," says the author of "Dog Soldiers," ''A Flag for Sunrise" and other works of fiction, his beard white and his stare sharp at age 76.
"I didn't do so badly."
Stone, interviewed recently at his Upper East Side apartment, has made award-winning art out of failure and misbehavior. He won the National Book Award for his 1974 novel, "Dog Soldiers," a dark adventure of drug smuggling, violence and adultery, and has given his characters the chance to mess up their lives all over the world, whether the maritime bumbler who fakes his route in "Outerbridge Reach" or the journalist caught up in the Middle East's religious and political warfare in "Damascus Gate."
His new novel, "Death of the Black-Haired Girl," has a relatively local setting — an elite New England college — and a familiar narrative of chaos and recrimination. It tells of married professor Steve Brookman's tragic affair with Maud Stack, a brilliant student whose provocative advocacy for abortion rights enrages residents within the conservative, working-class community.
"They are not really in control of their lives and they make no particular effort to be," Stone says of Brookman and Stack, although he could be describing many of his fictional characters. "They're arrogant. They are part of an elite, and they see themselves that way."
Stone has spent enough time on college campuses to know what happens between students and teachers. His academic experience includes a writer-in-residence position at Yale University,
He says he didn't worry about taking on a well-populated genre — the campus novel — because he saw the story as a fresh chance to explore themes that have inspired him during his near half-century as a published author.
"I really wanted to get into some of the old questions, some of the old religious, moral questions that have occurred to me before," he says, acknowledging his debt to Nathaniel Hawthorne and other New England writers. "That's the tradition I write in. It's not like I consciously sit down and think, 'I'm going to write like Hawthorne.' But I think this is the tradition that I follow."
Some of the harshest stories Stone knows are about his own life. A native of New York City, he was abandoned at birth by his father and ended up in an orphanage after his mother was institutionalized. Desperate to break away, he dropped out of high school and joined the Navy at 17. By his mid-20s, he was living in New Orleans and selling Collier's Encyclopedias.
"I was selling them in Pearl River County, Miss., and other areas not far from New Orleans," he says. "And every time we hit a town with our encyclopedias, we always got busted by the cops, because they always thought we were in town agitating. We were locked up about seven times. We had to get the Collier's lawyers to come spring us. And sometimes we didn't know if they were going to beat us to death, or if they were going to buy us coffee."
Stone became one of those wandering souls who lived out a 1960s lifestyle before anyone knew it was a '60s lifestyle. After New Orleans, he moved to the Bay Area and met Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady and "all those crazies" of the counterculture. It was a prime moment to "discover America," and Stone would begin sharing what he had seen and done with the 1966 novel, "Hall of Mirrors," a surreal tale of corruption, decadence and breakdown set in New Orleans.
"We were just going through this extraordinary experience," he says. "I really found myself deep in the heart of America, however deep in the heart of America was possible. I had a lot to write about."
"Everybody gets the America they deserve," he adds with a laugh. "But that's not true. Fortunately, it's not true."


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About Eric Blum
The subjects of Eric Blum's abstract paintings are often narrative, pieced together from the fleeting, unfocused, or peripheral visions of light and movement, and the artist's earliest sensory memories as an infant—or what he calls the "misunderstandings of the irretrievable glimpse." Each of his works begins with a drawing, which he then uses as the basis for compositions featuring translucent materials like watercolor, silk, and layers of ink and thin infusions of wax. Sometimes he applies only one layer to the work per day. The result of his process is a tactile surface and a sense of indeterminate depth in the picture plane.
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- What do you love about your bedroom?:
- My bedroom is the center of my home and lifestyle. It's where I first start my day and retreat for rest at the end of the day. It's where I snuggle with my kitten, dream, read, journal, watch late night movies and so much more. I love that it's full of subtle reminders that recharge and recenter.
- What are your tips for creating a beautiful, healthy and organized bedroom?:
- I like to keep my bedroom warm and cozy with lamps, and string lights and access to enough books, pillows, and blankets for any mood I find myself in. Since I live in a studio it is important that I keep my bedroom organized and tidy to ensure that my guests are comfortable and feel welcomed.
- In modern homes, bedrooms have become more than just a place to sleep; they can be a retreat, a home office, a library, a relaxation zone. What are some ways you make the most of your bedroom?:
- In my studio apartment my bedroom serves as piece of art (in addition to all it's original functions). It's the first thing visitors see upon entering my home and it tells a brief story of who I am. I work in non-profit education reform and above my bed is a painting that reads "LOVE" and on one side of the painting is my home state New Mexico (where I taught pre-k for 2 years) and on the other side is Oklahoma (where I live currently and lead all early childhood operations for Teach For America Oklahoma).


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Realistically in terms of Englands top 7 we're looking at what 3 new bats? Assuming Cook, KP, Tinker and Stokes are currently shoe ins. Root will also probably be back at some point and tuck into less threatening bowling. He should not be opening though. Ballance probably deserves a couple more tests and right now I'm discounting Trott from coming back.
Keeper: Either Prior finds some form or Buttler? Bairstow was surely only picked because he was there. Not the best gloveman (though didn't seem to do much wrong with the gloves when i saw him) and a batting technique consistently found out.
Openers: Robson is being talked about on twitter a lot. Carberry won't play again.
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I was please to see the article on the Silver Alert program by Jason Anderson in the Jan. 14 Record ("CHP's new Silver Alert tracks missing elderly").
I was please to see the article on the Silver Alert program by Jason Anderson in the Jan. 14 Record ("CHP's new Silver Alert tracks missing elderly").
I found it most interesting that it appeared to give credit for the program to the CHP that initially wrote a formal opposition letter to the legislation creating the program, although the agency later formally went neutral on the effort.
The program was actually the result of a Senate Bill sponsored by the California Senior Legislature that was authored by Sen. Elaine Alquist and signed into law last year by Gov. Jerry Brown.
In the words of the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, "this is a long time coming." Programs similar to this have been in place successfully in numerous states for many years.
As senior senator representing San Joaquin County, I initially raised this issue and wrote the original proposal in 2007 to create a Silver Alert in California. Senior Assembly member Terry Sonnefeld, also of Tracy, cooperated in the effort.
It took a long, determined and dogged five-year effort on the part of the California Senior Legislature with the auspices of Sen. Alquist to finally accomplish the creation of Silver Alert program.
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Senior senator, California Senior Legislature
Record reporter Alex Breitler's Jan. 14 article, "Delta tunnel alternative proposed," is one of the best, most objective I have read on the subject.
As a friend of Robert (Bob) Pyke as well as a long-term advocate for changing the plumbing in the Delta to better serve multiple uses, I compliment both the proposal and the article describing it.
Having attended many meetings regarding the Delta, listened about its current problems and suggested solutions, I can state that Bob has been one of the most objective, realistic proponents for beneficial changes to the Delta, its environment and ability to reliably supply water to all its dependent users.
As a San Joaquin Valley farmer and ocean salmon fishermen I have a vested interest in both the environment and water reliability for the south-of-the-Delta users. Bob's innovative idea to essentially change the location of the pumps intakes to Sherman Island is the best proposal I've seen.
The reason I like Bob's proposal is it allows the stored water to naturally flow through the Delta, yet still be available for export. By positioning the intakes in the west Delta it allows the water policy to be set by the physical plumbing rather than the potential for policy change to negatively impact the Delta water quality. A west Delta water extraction cannot pull saltwater upstream without pumping saltwater into the aqueduct.
Let the plumbing become the Delta water policy.
Jim Verboon
A recent letter to the editor ravaging the undeserving legislators for their predictable antics, sent me back to my "Conservapedia" roots to refresh my memory. Going back at least as far as Plato, idealists have argued that a government of highly intelligent and well-intentioned individuals could effectively run the country for the well-being of the people.
We all must be reminded that we are not some emerging Third World country. We are a sophisticated constitutional republic where the officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens.
The voters have figured out that they can vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promise to give them that money in exchange for electing them.
The downside is that we are doomed to live on that "fiscal cliff" in perpetuity. There is no way to fill the treasury other than by taxing the people. Unless you borrow the money. It then becomes someone else's debt, and as currently viewed: Problem Solved.
Now, if we can just get "Scenic Bluff" into the vernacular in lieu of that fiscal cliff nonsense, we can get on with planning our vacations.
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President Obama to Honor CIU Alumnus
A 1992 alumnus of Columbia International University is a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Don Sarazen, a math teacher who graduated from CIU with a master's degree in Teaching and a Certificate in Biblical Studies, is among 102 mathematics and science teachers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Department of Defense Education Activity to be to be recognized. The annual award honors outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers who are selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators following an initial selection process at the state level.
Sarazen has been a public school elementary teacher for 20 years, mostly in the Columbia, S.C. area. In addition, he taught for two years in Chengdu, China, with International Schools of China.
Sarazen, who teaches with the belief that if no learning has occurred, then no teaching has taken place, says he is humbled and honored to receive the Presidential Award.
"It serves as a reminder to me that God and others are responsible for the achievements in my life," Sarazen said. "So, in a larger sense I represent the educators I have worked with and students I have taught. This award encourages me to teach with renewed purpose, to accept new challenges, and to serve my colleagues to the best of my ability."
Sarazen also conducts district professional development presentations and has written an article on teaching fractions published in "Teaching Children Mathematics."
Winners of the Presidential honor receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation. They are also invited to Washington, D.C. for an awards ceremony to be held later this year that will include several days of educational and celebratory events and visits with members of Congress and the Obama Administration.
Sarazen also serves his alma mater as the president of the CIU Alumni Association Leadership Council (AALC).
The Columbia media has reported on Sarazen's award:


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From Proteopedia
Structural characterization of 5-Aryl-4-(5-substituted-2-4- dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3-thiadiazole Hsp90 inhibitors.
Structural highlights
[HS90A_HUMAN] Molecular chaperone that promotes the maturation, structural maintenance and proper regulation of specific target proteins involved for instance in cell cycle control and signal transduction. Undergoes a functional cycle that is linked to its ATPase activity. This cycle probably induces conformational changes in the client proteins, thereby causing their activation. Interacts dynamically with various co-chaperones that modulate its substrate recognition, ATPase cycle and chaperone function.[1] [2]
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A potential therapeutic strategy for targeting cancer that has gained much interest is the inhibition of the ATP binding and ATPase activity of the molecular chaperone Hsp90. We have determined the structure of the human Hsp90alpha N-terminal domain in complex with a series of 5-aryl-4-(5-substituted-2-4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3-thiadiazoles. The structures provide the molecular details for the activity of these inhibitors. One of these inhibitors, ICPD 34, causes a structural change that affects a mobile loop, which adopts a conformation similar to that seen in complexes with ADP, rather than the conformation generally seen with the pyrazole/isoxazole-resorcinol class of inhibitors. Competitive binding to the Hsp90 N-terminal domain was observed in a biochemical assay, and these compounds showed antiproliferative activity and induced apoptosis in the HCT116 human colon cancer cell line. These inhibitors also caused induction of the heat shock response with the upregulation of Hsp72 and Hsp27 protein expression and the depletion of Hsp90 clients, CRAF, ERBB2 and CDK4, thus confirming that antiproliferative activity was through the inhibition of Hsp90. The presence of increased levels of the cleavage product of PARP indicated apoptosis in response to Hsp90 inhibitors. This work provides a framework for the further optimization of thiadiazole inhibitors of Hsp90. Importantly, we demonstrate that the thiadiazole inhibitors display a more limited core set of interactions relative to the clinical trial candidate NVP-AUY922, and consequently may be less susceptible to resistance derived through mutations in Hsp90.
Co-crystalization and in vitro biological characterization of 5-aryl-4-(5-substituted-2-4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3-thiadiazole hsp90 inhibitors.,Sharp SY, Roe SM, Kazlauskas E, Cikotiene I, Workman P, Matulis D, Prodromou C PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44642. Epub 2012 Sep 11. PMID:22984537[3]
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We all share a love for baseball. What better way to remember John Brady and reunite with fellow teammates than to participate in the 2016 John N. Brady Alumni Game. All GHS graduates and other graduates who played baseball with any of the Brady's (regardless of school) are invited to play. Families, friends, and fans of GHS Baseball as well as current high school players are encouraged to attend to make this event even more special. You can officially register or just join us as a fan for some free fun and fellowship. Even if you cannot attend the game, we encourage you to register, attend the reunion dinner, or make a donation in support of this great event. Proceeds will benefit GHS baseball and Gaithersburg Giants facility enhancements. To help streamline the process, please register online at:
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Will Spradling scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half, helping Kansas State knock off No. 8 Florida.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Florida played well for 38-and-a-half minutes in its heartbreaking one-point loss to Arizona more than a week ago.
It's fair to say that the No. 8 Gators played just 20 good minutes in their second loss of the season, a 67-61 defeat to Kansas State before 16,303 at the Sprint Center.
The Gators (8-2) couldn't recover from a 33-23 halftime deficit that included lax defense and poor shot selection.
"I'm not sure if we came ready to play tonight," said Florida junior center Patric Young, who led the Gators with 19 points. "They gave us every opportunity to come back even though we weren't playing that great. We didn't execute. We just didn't get the job done."
Young added 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season before fouling out with 17.7 seconds left. But it wasn't enough for the Gators to overcome a myriad of poor shots.
Afterward, Florida coach Billy Donovan called it an "uncharacteristic" game from his guards because they weren't looking to make the extra pass.
"I thought our guards made some really, really poor choices driving down the lane," Donovan said.
Florida had seven shots blocked in the game. Kansas State forward Jordan Henriquez had five blocks.
"Anytime you get a shot blocked, it's not a good shot," Donovan said. "Patric Young being open like he was in the second half, that was there the entire game. I just think we didn't do a good job of finding him."
Will Spradling led Kansas State (9-2) with 17 points. Spradling scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half, helping the Wildcats build a 10-point halftime lead.
Senior guard Rodney McGruder added 13 points for Kansas State.
Kenny Boynton and Scottie Wilbekin added 11 points apiece for the Gators.
The Gators went with a smaller starting lineup, replacing Will Yeguete with Wilbekin in an effort to match Kansas State's three-guard starting lineup.
Florida tried to work the ball inside early against Kansas State's undersized frontline. But Yeguete was called for a questionable offensive foul and was unable to finish on an easy basket inside.
There were five first-half lead changes before Kansas State pulled away on a 15-3 run. Spradling scored five points during the run on his third 3-pointer of the first half and a pair of free throws.
During the stretch, Mike Rosario missed the front end of a one-and-one, and Casey Prather had an inexplicable turnover, fumbling away an in-bounds directly to McGruder.
Florida trailed 33-23 halftime, giving up the most points it had in the first half all season while scoring the fewest points in a half. The Gators shot just 30.8 percent from the field and 22 percent (2-of-9) from 3-point range.
Donovan felt the offensive struggles in the first half were due to UF's guards taking too many runners in the lane.
"We made nine of those plays in the first half and we made shot, and those are possessions you don't get back," Donovan said. "We had guys open all over the place if we just made the extra pass."
But Florida fought back by working the ball inside early in the second half. Erik Murphy scored UF's first basket of the second half with a hook shot. Back-to-back hook shots from Young and a steal and layup from Boynton cut Kansas State's lead to 35-31.
Boynton tied the score at 41 with a 3-pointer, just the fourth make in his prior 30 attempts. The Gators trailed 50-47 on a Wilbekin runner, but Martavious Irving answered with a 3-pointer to put Kansas State up 53-47.
From there, Florida struggled on its next four offensive possessions. Wilbekin threw up an air ball on a drive in the line. Mike Rosario and Boynton had shots blocked and Wilbekin threw the ball away on a pick and roll.
During the offensive struggles, Kansas State extended its lead to 57-47 on four free throws from Spradling and Henriquez.
Florida cut Kansas State's lead to 58-53 on a pair of free throws from Young with 1:58 left. But Kansas State forward Thomas Gipson came up with a big offensive rebound off a Spradling missed 3-point attempt. Out of a timeout, Shane Southwell then hit a big 3-pointer to put Kansas State up 61-53 with 1:26 left.
"Our energy level just wasn't where it needed to be," Donovan said. "We were a step slow all night."
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Voters from Milford, Hopedale and Upton will go to the polls today to determine who will serve in their town governments.
Voters from Milford, Hopedale and Upton will go to the polls today to determine who will serve in their town governments.
Those towns' local elections coincide with the primary for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats. A special election is being held to fill that seat, which was vacated when John Kerry left to serve as the Obama administration's secretary of state.
In Milford's election, residents will be deciding on two contested races.
Current Town Treasurer Barbara Auger is running for re-election against Michael Soares, a 26-year-old newcomer to Milford politics. Auger has held the paid town position for 16 years.
There are also three candidates for two seats on the Board of Library Trustees. John P. Byrnes is running for re-election and Ronald G. Auger and Scott A. Vecchiolla are also on the ballot.
Milford will also be welcoming a new School Committee member and a new Parks Commissioner after Tuesday's election.
School Committee member Paul Mazzachelli decided for personal reasons not to run for re-election this year, leaving his seat open. Initially, former School Committee and longtime Zoning Board of Appeals member Jonathan Bruce announced he was running, but withdrew after hearing Joseph Morais, a lifelong resident with a daughter in the school system, had decided to run.
Though Upton's ballot shows no contested races, several write-in candidates have emerged to vie for elected seats.
Board of Selectman Chairman Ken Picard is seeking re-election to his three-year seat on the board. He is unopposed in trying for his third term.
No one submitted nomination papers to seek one of the town's three-year seats on the Mendon-Upton Regional School Committee, but two candidates have mounted write-in campaigns. Local residents Grace Maneri and Elizabeth Fournier have announced their intentions to run.
That seat was previously occupied by Heather Applegate, who is not seeking re-election.
A race has also developed for a three-year Board of Health seat. Richard Robinson has filed to run for the seat, with Rick Binaco running a write-in campaign.
Hopedale's ballot features two contested races and candidates, most of whom are incumbents, for every open seat.
Sandra Slattery Biagetti, who is running unopposed for re-election to the School Committee, will also challenge incumbent James Carroll for a three-year seat on the Board of Selectmen.
Carroll has said there are several ongoing issues – such as development related to the Grafton & Upton Railroad and Draper Mill – with which he hopes to stay involved. Biagetti said she would work to restore the town's Personnel Committee.
Michael Costanza and Daniel Iacovelli will vie for the three-year post on the Park Commission. Costanza lost bids for the Park Commission in 2010 and 2011, but decided to run this year after long-time incumbent Richard Espanet announced he would not seek re-election.


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Archille Jean Menard, of Hood River, passed away in a Portland care facility May 11, 2010. He was born May 13, 1951, in St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., to Dorothy Brown Menard and Archille (Arch) John Menard. Dorothy was a well-known realtor who passed away two years ago in Newport, Ore., where she and Jean were living when she retired.
Jean graduated from high school in Los Gatos, Calif., and received his Bachelor of Arts in geology from San Diego State University. He was an avid environmentalist who loved hiking in the Gorge and being a part of organizations such as the Hood River Valley Residents Committee.
A voracious reader, he used the library extensively to read about the world affairs, his geological pursuits and the environmental concerns.
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Feb. 7: Sharon Van Etten, 'Tramp'
If you listen to one song on Sharon Van Etten's new album, make it "Serpents." It's louder and faster and more like a rock song than you'd expect from this Brooklyn songstress. Her haunting tone surely will ensnare you like, well, a serpent might. "Tramp's" collaborators read like a who's who of indie rock: The National, The Walkmen, Doveman and Wye Oak all had a hand in what is sure to be a big year for Van Etten. -- Sara Stewart
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Skylar Diggins scored 15 points to lead No. 2 Notre Dame to a 71-46 bruising of Rutgers.
The All-American point guard led the Irish in scoring despite playing limited minutes. Coach Muffet McGraw benched her with 8:55 left in the first half after Diggins was whistled with a technical foul for jumping up and down in protest of a foul called against her. Notre Dame took a 37-17 lead into the break.
Diggins had scored nine in the first half and re-entered the game to start the second half. She added six more points before McGraw pulled her and other starters because of the lopsided score.
Notre Dame freshman guard Jewell Lloyd followed with 14 points, helping to give the Irish (14-1, 3-0) their sixth conference home opener win in the past seven seasons.
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MIRAMAR, Fla. (AStateRedWolves.com) – The Arkansas State University track and field teams wrapped up competition at the 2013 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Outdoor Track Championships this Sunday (May 12) as both the men and women registered second-place finishes in the three-day conference meet held at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Fla.
The A-State men's team, which shared or held the conference meet's top placing the first two days (May 10-11), registered 131 points to claim runner-up honors and finished seven points in back of Middle Tennessee's first-place 138 points total. The ASU women's squad also claimed first place in the meet's initial two days, but was unable to maintain its standing a top the points leader board as the Red Wolves scored 131 points to place second. North Texas successfully defended its conference outdoor title by tallying a first-place 151.5 points
"I was pleased with the effort both our men's and women's teams gave this weekend," said second-year ASU head coach Jim Patchell. "It was a very close and hard fought competition on both sides. We had a couple of missteps and came up a little short of our goal to win both championships.
"However, I do believe we came one step closer to getting this program where it needs to be and I think we have established ourselves as one of the top teams in the Sun Belt (Conference)," added Patchell.
Senior Solomon Williams highlighted thefinal day of the championships for the Red Wolves, winning the triple jump and 110-meter hurdles. Williams produced a mark of 51-06.50/15.71m in the triple jump and then turned in a 13.88 time in the 110-meter hurdles. Junior Chris Nicasio broke his own conference-meet record in the hammer throw by generating a first-place 204-10.65/62.45m distance. Nicasio's surpassed his 202-11.00/61.84 performance at the 2012 championships (5/13) and fell just short of bettering his personal career-record 205-08.50/62.70m effort earlier this season (4/5) at the Southeast Missouri State Joey Haines Invitational. Junior Ethan Sandusky captured first place in the pole vault by clearing a height of 16-06.03/5.03m. As a result of their respective first-place performances, the three A-State athletes earned first-team all-conference accolades.
Arkansas State posted 10 other scoring performances on Sunday, including junior Joey Meyer's second-place time of 20.97 in the 200-meter dash and junior Kashef Daniel's second-place tying triple jump 6-08.70/2.05m distance. Shane Heathcock also had a noteworthy outing in the pole vault event, garnering third-place honors as the junior cleared the bar at 16-06.03/5.03m. Joey Meyer picked up five points in the 100-meter dash with a fourth-place 10.66 time and ran the last leg on A-State's 4x400-meter relay team which raced to a 3:12.00 time to take fourth place. Comprising the Red Wolves' 1,600-meter relay squad besides Meyer were sophomore Devin Noel, Solomon Williams, and junior Richard Williams.
For the ASU women, Sharika Nelvis placed first in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 110-meter hurdles. Nelvis sprinted to an 11.60 time for top placing in the 100 meters and broke the tape first in the 200 meters by crossing the line in a time of 23.54. She would net the Red Wolves another first-place 10 points in the 110-meter hurdles by setting a new Sun Belt Outdoor Championship record 13.24 time, bettering the mark of 13.28 established in 2011 (5/15) by North Texas' Alysha Adams. Junior Kristina Aubert accounted for A-State's other first-place showing as she bested all runners in the 1,500-meters with a 17:01.92 time.
After the meet, Solomon Williams was honored as the Sun Belt Conference's Most Outstanding Field Performer while Sharika Nelvis earned the SBC's Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer Award for the second year in a row. Nelvis, a 2012 U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Second-Team All-America selection, won four events at the 2012 conference outdoor meet en route to achieving most outstanding track performer recognition and was also the 2013 SBC Indoor Championship's Most Outstanding Performer. Junior Kristina Aubert accounted for A-State's other first-place showing as she bested all runners in the 5,000-meters with a 17:01.92 time, just missing her league meet mark of 17:00.59 set at last season's (5/13) conference championships. Aubert's team-best 4:35.80 time in the 1,500-meter runearned her fifth place and the Red Wolves four points.
Senior Julia Agawu led ASU in hammer throw as she chalked up second place with a throw of 182-00.25/55.48m. Arkansas State would collect points on eight other performances, highlighted by three sixth-place showings. Junior Kim Ludick-Raath was sixth in the javelin at 130-02.98/39.70m and freshman Sabrina Antimo 12.22 time in the 100-meter dash proved worthy of sixth place. Senior Samantha Salinas had a sixth-place 17:42.84 time in the 5,000 meters.
All first-team Sun Belt Conference honors were bestowed upon those individuals who finished first in a running or field event while runner-up finishers received second-team laurels and third-place finishers attained third-team all-league kudos.
2013 Sun Belt Conference Championships Final Team Scores
1. North Texas – 151.5 pts.
2. Arkansas State – 131 pts.
3. South Alabama – 100 pts.
4. Western Kentucky – 87 pts.
5. Middle Tennessee – 83 pts.
6. Louisiana-Lafayette – 67 pts.
7. Georgia State – 57 pts.
8. FIU – 51 pts.
9. Troy – 37 pts.
10. Florida Atlantic – 29 pts.
11. UALR – 14 pts.
12. ULM – 10.5 pts.
1. Middle Tennessee – 138 pts.
2. Arkansas State – 131 pts.
3. Western Kentucky – 126 pts.
4. North Texas – 85 pts.
5. South Alabama – 79.5 pts.
6. ULM – 78 pts.
7. Troy – 77 pts.
8. Louisiana-Lafayette – 44 pts.
9. FIU – 36.5 pts.
10. UALR – 24 pts.
2013 Sun Belt Conference Championships – Individual – Day 3
Women's Results
Hammer Throw
2. Julia Agawu, 182-00.25 (55.48m)
7. Kim Ludick-Raath, 155-06.14 (47.40m)
Triple Jump
7. Jamie Curry, 39-06.40 (12.05m)
9. Emenderlyn Iwuji, 39-00.10 (11.89m)
13. Jasmine Marks, 37-10.32 (11.54m)
Javelin Throw
6. Kim Ludick-Raath, 130-02.98 (39.70m)
8. Macey Rodely, 122-05.68 (37.33m)
4x100-Meter Relay
10. Jamie Curry, Sabrina Antimo, Shakeria Marshall, Charlotte Williams – 47.41
1,500-Meter Run
5. Kristina Aubert, 4:35.80
7. Rexi Parcells, 4:40.15
8. Samantha Salinas, 4:42.97
15. Heather Newberry, 5:00.54
110-Meter Hurdles
1. Sharika Nelvis, 13.24
100-Meter Dash
1. Sharika Nelvis, 11.60
6. Sabrina Antimo, 12.22
200-Meter Dash
1. Sharika Nelvis, 23.54
5,000-Meter Run
1. Kristina Aubert, 17:01.92
6. Samantha Salinas, 17:42.84
11. Abbey Dixon, 17:58.69
16. Rexi Parcells, 18:17.05
26. Tilda Helgesson, 18:55.45
27. Chelsey Roberson, 18:57.83
4x400-Meter Relay
9. Kelsey Bean, Charlotte Williams, Jamie Curry, Sabrina Antimo – 3:54.97
Men's Results
Hammer Throw
1. Chris Nicasio, 204-10.65 (62.45m)
15. Richard Chavez, 153-01.79 (46.68m)
Pole Vault
1. Ethan Sandusky, 16-06.03 (5.03m)
3. Shane Heathcock, 16-06.03 (5.03m)
6. Ethan Turpen, 15-06.21 (4.73m)
Triple Jump
1. Solomon Williams, 51-06.50 (15.71m)
Javelin Throw
10. Thomas Ligon, 164-01.29 (50.02m)
14. Ethan Sandusky, 148-04.70 (45.23m)
High Jump
2T. Kashef Daniel, 6-08.70 (2.05m)
10T. Ethan Turpen, 6-04.76 (6.53m)
4x100-Meter Relay
6. Joey Meyer, Raymond Jackson, Justin Whitfield, Tahshon Reese – 41.42
1,500-Meter Run
11. Jesse Duvall, 4:04.37
20. Briar Becton, 4:11.29
110-Meter Hurdles
1. Solomon Williams, 13.88
5. Billy Ellis, 14.59
6. Lucas Bateman, 14.63
100-Meter Dash
4. Joey Meyer, 10.66
8. Justin Whitfield, 10.82
400-Meter Hurdles
8. Lucas Bateman, 54.10
200-Meter Dash
2. Joey Meyer, 20.97
5,000-Meter Run
14. Lance Beckman, 15:30.06
15. Wil Norris, 15:31.23
19. David Mills, 15:46.04
4x400-Meter Relay
4. Devin Noel, Solomon Williams, Richard Williams, Joey Meyer – 3:12.00
ASU men's & women's track teams place 2nd in Sun Belt Outdoor Championships
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AStateRedWolves.com) – The Arkansas State University track and field teams wrapped up competition at the 2013 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Outdoor Track Championships this Sunday (May 12) as both the men and women registered second-place finishes in the three-day conference meet held at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Fla.


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Background checks: HB 1589's friends & family plan
February 10. 2014 5:04PM
The original title of House Bill 1589, which would expand background checks for firearms purchases, was "An Act requiring background checks for all firearm sales." That did not go over too well, so the bill was amended. The title of the amended version is "An Act requiring a criminal background check for certain firearm sales or transfers." So, what changed?
The original bill was a regulatory disaster that required a federal background check for every firearm transfer (including loans) except between "immediate family members." But even among family members, transfers were tightly restricted. The bill truly provided for "universal" background checks.
Though the amended version is much cleaner and far less burdensome, it also would require federal background checks for nearly every gun sale, even among friends and family members. The revised bill is written to cover only "commercial" firearms sales. Those are defined as "a sale, transfer, or exchange of a firearm that takes place at, or on the curtilage of, a gun show or pursuant to an offer to sell or buy a firearm that took place at a gun show, or pursuant to an advertisement, posting, listing, or display."
What does "display" mean? Who knows? And what of the exception for "private" sales, which the majority of the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee defines as sales "between two individuals who know each other and believe each member to the sale or transfer is not in a prohibited class?"
Many, if not most, private sales also will require background checks under HB 1589. "If the status of either party's eligibility to own or possess a firearm cannot be ascertained, the transaction shall be completed through a federally-licensed firearm dealer," the bill states.
In other words, if you cannot prove that your friend is legally eligible to own a firearm, you must sell through a licensed dealer. How would you prove that? By running your friend's name through a federal background check.
Though vastly improved, the amended version of HB 1589 remains an attempt to record every firearm sale in New Hampshire, even private ones among friends and family members.