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Tech billionaire-turned NBA team owner Mark Cuban has an opinion on everything, and he's finally gotten around to giving his two cents on LeBron James' controversial escape from Cleveland.
In short, Cuban wishes the superstar brought his talents to the Dallas Mavericks and not South Beach, and thinks the whole televised "Decision" was "the largest public humiliation in the history of sports." Oh, and it cost LeBron somewhere around $1 billion.
"LeBron has every right to go wherever and do whatever, whatever team he wants to," Cuban told SportsRadio 1310 in Dallas. "Going to the Heat was his choice, those guys working together. I don't even have a problem with the three of them working together, as long as they follow all of the NBA rules, which I think they did."
Cuban was referring to James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all conspiring to play together for the Miami Heat, and how their plan was culminated by James' ESPN-televised announcement on .....
"Where I think LeBron made a mistake, was in how he did it." Cuban continued. "I don't even have a problem that he had the TV show. But it turned out to be the largest public humiliation in the history of sports. He humiliated the organization; he humiliated the state of Ohio, the city of Cleveland. All of a sudden he became a bad guy, he lost a billion dollars in brand equity, give or take a couple bucks here or there. ... '
"I told his folks that I think he got bad advice. It's not about 'Can he move?' He can move, he can play for any team. I think he picked the wrong team (chuckles). There's a team in Dallas that could have used him and that would have been better served but it's his choice. But the way he did it I thought was just a huge mistake."
James has already tweeted that he's keeping "mental notes" of everyone who criticized him over the departure from his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers, so one assumes Cuban is the latest entry on his list.
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Cocaine case against Pittsfield man is discharged conditionally
PITTSFIELD -- A city man, accused of being in possession of more than $1,000 in cocaine, saw his case continued without a finding of guilt for a year on Friday in Central Berkshire District Court.
Justin Squires, 21, of Flintstone Drive, had a separate set of charges disposed of as well. In that case from December 2011, police said he threatened to burn someone's house down while he waved a knife and frightened the home's occupants.
According to his attorneys, Squires was reacting to the death of his father and had since gotten off drugs and is in therapy.
On April 19, Lenox Police pulled Squires over for speeding on Pittsfield-Lenox Road (Routes 7 and 20) and found Old English malt liquor in the car he was driving. He then told police about the eight grams of cocaine in his trunk, which was seized, police said.
On Friday, Squires pleaded to facts sufficient for a finding of guilt and had charges of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor continued without a finding of guilt for one year. That means if he doesn't get in trouble, the charges against him will be dropped.
Judge Frederic D. Rutberg followed the recommendation of attorney Alexander Sohn. The Berkshire District Attorney's Office was asking for a one-year suspended sentence with 90 days to be served.
The charges from December 2011, which included threat to commit arson and assault with a dangerous weapon, were also continued without a finding of guilt for a year by the judge.
According to police and prosecutors, Squires went to the Dalton home of an acquaintance he believed was badmouthing Squires' deceased father, threatened the 23-year-old man with a knife, and said he would burn the house down.
His attorney in that case, Glynis Mac Veety, said her client was angry, admitted it was a dumb thing to do and never had any intention of actually committing arson.
The attorney pointed out that the charges were filed nearly a year after the incident.
As part of the disposition of the cases Squires must remain drug and alcohol free and submit to random drug tests.
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The owners developed a cult-like following with their vintage doughnut truck. They've parlayed that fervor into a new brick-and-mortar that has been mobbed from the day it opened three weeks ago.
Here's what you need to know:
1. Expect to wait in line. And expect some of the best choices to be sold out by the time you finally reach the counter. But don't worry, the doughnuts just keep coming. If you hem and haw long enough, a fresh batch will eventually arrive. I think maybe that's why the line moves so slowly.
2. The flavors change each week, with a new lineup introduced on Mondays. You can check the flavors online before you go, if that matters.
3. Focus on the cake doughnuts. These are consistently topnotch, no matter the flavor. The huckleberry doughnuts are intensely fruity and tender. I was skeptical about a cornbread version with sorghum brown butter glaze, yet it turned out to be incredible. The Nutella banana cake flies off the shelf for good reason.
4. The "old-fashioned" doughnuts are simply not as good as the cake. Dough-wise, these pale in comparison to Krispy Kreme or even Donut Star. They're chewy and not quite light or airy enough. But having said that, I must also admit the glazes on the old-fashioneds are unrivaled, especially the Meyer lemon poppyseed and the guava.
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Arnie's note to cancer patient
Arnold Schwarzenegger has delighted a fan who said his movies helped him beat cancer by sending him a handwritten note.
The action hero was taking part in an online question and answer session on forum Reddit when one user told the star watching his films had helped him get through his chemotherapy treatment.
CameOutSideways posted: "I was 12, I had non Hodgkin's lymphoma. I used to watch your movies religiously after my dad got me into them.
"I saw you as the chemo and the bad guys in the movies as the cancer.
"You always won and it made me feel good, coz in my head, you were kicking my lymphomas a**! Even the funny ones like Kindergarten Cop or Twins... It was my way of dealing with it all."
The Last Stand actor replied by posting a photograph of a signed handwritten note.
Arnie wrote: "I am glad I could help, but you seem brave enough on your own. Good luck with everything."
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by Chris Braithwaite
SUTTON, Quebec — People who end up on the wrong side of history tend to fade quickly from public view. Too quickly, perhaps, because history is not entirely written by its heroes.
Though he was once vital to its economy, Orleans County has no streets or schools or public parks that grateful community leaders have named for Gerald Bull.
And though it must stand as the most disturbingly fascinating place in the region, the headquarters of Mr. Bull's Space Research Corporation are all but impossible to find. A narrow dirt road runs into the woods off a back road out of North Troy. There's a For Sale sign outside the rusting gates, whose No Trespassing signs warn off the curious.


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D-backs sign Putz to be new closer
Towers further bolsters 'pen by giving veteran two-year deal
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
The team has agreed with free agent J.J. Putz on a two-year deal with a club option for 2013, pending a physical and a medical review.
Putz, who will be 34 in February, was 7-5 with three saves and a 2.83 ERA in 60 games for the White Sox in 2010. The D-backs attempted to sign him last offseason before he inked a deal for $3 million.
D-backs GM Kevin Towers has said improving the bullpen was his main priority since taking over for Josh Byrnes in September. He would not confirm the Putz agreement, but did indicate that he should have something to announce with regards to a closer possibly as soon as Tuesday.
"I'm not going to mention anybody who is not already here," Towers said when asked about Putz.
When asked what he would focus on after he got his closer in the fold, Towers did not hesitate.
"More bullpen," Towers said. "I want [manager] Kirk Gibson to have a lot of options late in a ballgame. I want our ballclub to be one where if we've got a lead after the fifth inning, that scoreboard is not going to change. It may every now and then, but for the most part I want it to be pretty much, game over."
Towers earned a reputation as a excellent builder of bullpens during his 14-year tenure as GM of the Padres.
"Believe me, it was on my mind when dealing with Kevin Towers, you are probably dealing with the foremost bullpen expert in our business about trying to find different pieces," Orioles GM Andy MacPhail said while announcing Baltimore's trade of relievers David Hernandez and Kameron Mickolio to the D-backs for Mark Reynolds earlier Monday. "He has found value in that bullpen in a lot of places."
To Towers, building a strong bullpen is the utmost of importance. Not just good pitchers, but ones who bring different styles to the table.
"It's a nine-inning ballgame, and the most important innings are those last two or three," Towers said. "I've been a big believer that when you build bullpens, I like guys that have different looks -- different arm slots, different secondary pitches. I don't like cookie-cutter bullpens that are all the same guy."
One thing that is not a requirement in a Towers bullpen is having a left-hander. The D-backs do have an offer out to free agent Mike Hampton, who did a nice job for them last year and would like to have him back, but if not, Arizona will look at right-handed pitchers who can get lefties out.
"Lefties, it seems like you have to overpay because you know there's not many of them out there," Towers said.
The D-backs entered the offseason with about $13 million to spend, and got a little more flexibility by trading Reynolds to the Orioles. Towers has shown in the past with his bullpens in San Diego that big money is not necessarily a requirement in building a good 'pen.
"It's an area where all 30 clubs should be competitive," Towers said. "If you're a small market ballclub, you should be able to put together a decent bullpen."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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• The following information was stated incorrectly in the Aug. 20 story, "Sarasota Ballet announces its 2009-10 season":
The ballet will perform Scottish choreographer Peter Darrell's "Othello," not Adam Cooper's revival of "Othello."
French choreographer Andre Prokovsky's ballet, "Vespri," will return to Sarasota Feb. 19 to Feb. 21, not Prokovsky himself, who died Aug. 15.
The company will perform Renato Paroni's "Rococo Variations" April 2 and April 3.
The company will end its season with Balanchine's "Donizetti Variations" April 23 to April 25, followed by the world premiere of a new ballet choreographed by principal dancers Kate Honea and Octavio Martin, as well as Matthew Bourne's 1989 spoof, "The Infernal Galop."
• In the Aug. 20 issue, we incorrectly stated in the Cops Corner "The customer is not always right" that the defendant "kept pushing the deputy." In his police report, the responding officer stated: "The defendant kept pushing off of me."
• Richard Thomas, a former Sarasota Ford employee who is suing the dealership and Rep. Vern Buchanan, claims in his lawsuit that $1,000 was taken from his paycheck and donated to George W. Bush's campaign. A story in the Aug. 20 issue incorrectly stated it was donated to Buchanan's campaign.
Thomas' lawsuit also seeks damages from a failed business deal, among other things.


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Quote: I have no problems with the DSI or DKI orgs. . The info. I got from them helped improve my technique. They are nice people and always willing to help.
Quote:When an org. creates a means for dishonest instructors to lie/mislead students, that is truly fraud!The way I see the no response to my reply to you is that either you're friends with DSI or world martial arts hall of fame or you're one of the inductees. (I hope I am wrong about the latter of the three).
Quote:The way I see the no response to my reply to you is that either you're friends with DSI or world martial arts hall of fame or you're one of the inductees.
Quote:You people like to use the term McDojo. I am giving you the perfect example of what a McDojo, McSensei and McHall of famer is.And nobody has anything to say!
Quote:Commendable post, and I hope it gets 'stickied' for future reference.I'd just like to reiterate JAMJTX's position that it's good advice for commercial dojos, with the reminder that not every newbie is looking for a discipline for it's 'martial worth'. Face it...many people that are very happy with their arts are not concerned with the martial side/potential.As for scratching a bit deeper, to find non-commercial training, I think it's a bit trickier to go about verifying the 'credentials'. I wouldn't suggest the 20 questions approach if applying to koryu, or private dojos. Research is good, and an openness to answering questions is always preferable...but the 'contract' is different...and different rules apply.
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TNT commentator Steve Kerr will possibly be doing his last on-air broadcast this weekend before accepting the New York Knicks coaching job.
That is unless the Warriors fire current coach Mark Jackson and dial up Kerr to fill the position.
I guess the Golden State Warriors would get upset if they fire coach Mark Jackson, and Steve Kerr still take the job with the Knicks, plus hire a fired Mark Jackson as the Knicks top assistant coach.
Kerr is likely to make his final decision on the Knicks coaching decision soon after the weekend, according to a New York Post report. He's delayed making the commitment due to his responsibilities for TNT during the playoffs; he's called games every other day and is known for his extensive research in preparation.
Though, if the Warriors are bounced from the playoffs in their Game 7 matchup against the Clippers tonight and Jackson is fired, Kerr's attention could turn toward that opening, instead.
I like Mark Jackson style of coaching, he pushed the Golden State Warriors players above their level of performance two seasons in a row. The Golden State Warriors organization will not look to bright if they fire Mark Jackson.
The Phoenix Suns had a 48 win season, and didnt make the postseason games.
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There was only one antsy question for Woodside chairman Michael Chaney and the group's chief executive Peter Coleman at the briefing the group gave after announcing that a $6 billion, two-sided deal that will cut the Shell group's Woodside stake from 23 per cent to 4.5 per cent at the most.
Why weren't all Woodside shareholders being dealt in?
The deal sees Woodside pay Shell $2.7 billion for 78.3 million Woodside shares.
That is 9.5 per cent of its issued capital, and if shareholders approve the buyback it will be priced at $36.49 a share, a 14 per cent discount to Woodside's 5-day average before the deal was announced, $41.60 a share..
An identical parcel of 78.3 million Woodside shares held by Shell is in the meantime already being placed with institutions at a price of $41.35 a share, a much slimmer discount.
Analysts welcomed the deal at the briefing, but one fund manager asked why Woodside's buyback was selective - that is, offered only to Shell.
Fully-franked dividends will account for $28.54 of Woodside's $36.49 a share payment to Shell. Those franking credits would also have value in the hands of other Woodside investors.
On the fund manager's estimate, they would have been more valuable to them than the deal Woodside has announced.
Chaney and Coleman said various options were considered.
The key problem, they said, was that if a buyback was offered to everyone, Shell could have boosted its stake in Woodside by not participating.
If all shareholders, including Shell, had on the other hand sold into a general Woodside buyback, Shell's residual stake would have been larger than the maximum of 4.5 per cent it will be left with under the deal Woodside has chosen.
It's highly unlikely that Shell would not have participated in a general share buyback by Woodside.
It has been liquidating assets world Malcolm Maidenwide, and while it is a major Woodside LNG project partner, no longer sees its direct stake in Woodside as strategic.
For Woodside, however, removing or at least minimising the 23 per cent Shell shareholding overhang was a key strategic component of the deal. The buybacks are selective because Shell is the target.
Asked if Shell's selldown meant that Woodside was now a takeover target, Coleman said that was for the market to decide.
It is a potential target after these deals, of course. A potential blocking stake is being removed.
That fact, as well as the fact that Woodside will now have a bigger Australian market index weighting and the 6 per cent earnings, cash flow and dividend uplift the deal creates should see Woodside's shares rise when they resume trading on Wednesday.
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Yoga Bites will appear every four weeks.
The winter holidays can be exciting, magical and fun-packed. They can also be stressful, depressing and pressure-packed.
As with everything, the only control we posses lies in our attitudes and reactions (or ideally non-reaction). We can use these challenges as opportunities to practice our yoga off the mat, and keep calm at center even in the storm of the holidays.
Take a moment to ground yourself. Sit or stand comfortably and place your palms together in front of your heart in anjali mudra as you breathe in and out slowly and consciously. Think about the things in your life that fill you with warm fuzzies and joy andndash; your loved ones, your pets, your home. Turn the corners of your mouth up. We have 80 muscles in our face, and a single smile sends signals to the brain that trigger feel-good chemicals. Smiling is a mood-enhancer.
Yogis say, "Where thoughts go energy flows." Let's use our thoughts
and creative energy to accentuate the positive. Let's play a game called
Rampage of Appreciation. There's no right or wrong way to play. Simply
allow your mind to find something pleasing and consciously practice
appreciation by thinking of how wonderful, beautiful, or useful it is.
"I love and appreciate..." Think it or write it for as long as it feels
Here's another easy game to help us embody an attitude of gratitude.
Stand at ease, alert, aware, and ready for the grand unfolding called
life. Beginning on the left side, wake up your ankle as you flex,
extend, and circle your left foot. Take your time and move in your
body's way today. When you're ready, move your focus up to your left
knee as you bend and extend your lower leg. Use your mind and breath to
direct thankfulness, blessings and love to each piece of you. Thank your
body for its many years of dedicated service, 24/7/365.
Allow the rest of your body to respond naturally. Hold nothing back
from yourself. You can make this as dynamic or as easy as you want and
need in the moment. Open your hip by circling your left thigh all
around. (It's perfectly natural to stumble around like a drunken sailor
here.) Next flex, extend, and circle your hand and fingers. Bend,
extend, and swivel your forearm. Swirl your upper arm all around. Bend
your spine from side to side, front to back, then twist left and right.
Gently turn and circle your head. Now activate down the right shoulder,
elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle. Listen within and notice what areas
are asking for more attention. Last, move all 13 major joints
simultaneously in a spontaneously creative funky turkey dance.
Albert Einstein told us, "There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything
is a miracle." This quote is a fantastic reminder that gratitude is a
choice. When we choose to be grateful we focus on what's working in our
lives instead of what isn't. When we appreciate what we already have we
attract more good-feeling things into our lives to appreciate.
Gratitude is empowering.
As you eat, drink, and merrily indulge this holiday season, release
any self-imposed guilt. Marinate in juicy goodness as you cultivate
thankfulness and peace. "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life," said
Melody Beattie, "It turns what we have into enough, and more."
Happy Holidays. Be good to yourself and be of good cheer this holiday
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Everyone has heard the expression, "the cure is worse than the disease," and there long has been truth to it, especially in the treatment of diseases like cancer that require strong medications that can harm healthy cells as well as they kill diseased ones.
But what if medications could specifically target only the areas inside the body that need repair? That is the promise of molecular nanorobots developed at Columbia University that can zero in on specific human cells and either provide medication or destroy them depending on the appropriate action, according to its inventors.
The work of a
team of scientists led by Milan Stojanovic, an associate professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Columbia University Medical Center, the robots are not machines but a collection of DNA molecules, some of which are attached to antibodies.
Researchers designed them to seek specific cells and attach a fluorescent tag to the cell surfaces. Although other DNA nanorobots have been designed to deliver drugs to cells in a similar way, these new nanorobots are different in that they can distinguish cell populations that do not share a single distinctive feature, Stojanovic told Design News in an email. He and his fellow researchers also published their research in Nature Nanotechnology.
This characteristic is helpful especially in the treatment of cancer cells, which rarely have an exclusive feature that sets them apart, thus only making it possible to create drugs to target specific receptors in the cells that also target the same receptors in healthy cells. The nanorobots invented by Stojanovic and his team, however, can be more selective in their medication administration because they can target cells based on a collection of features, allowing them to avoid harming healthy cells when they target diseased cells. "Antibodies that otherwise may be used in therapy are used to bring components of cascades," Stojanovic told us. "The benefit would be highly specific tagging of cells for killing or for imaging. Side effects could potentially be eliminated."
To build the molecular robots, the team constructed three different components, each of which comprised a piece of double-stranded DNA attached to an antibody specific to one of the surface proteins. When the team added these components to a collection of cells, the robot's antibodies bound to their respective proteins and worked as a single unit.
The robot also has a fourth component that, when all three other components are attached to proteins, starts a chain reaction among the DNA strands that causes them to swap strands until the last antibody acquires a fluorescent-labeled DNA strand. This chain reaction lasts less than 15 minutes in a sample of human blood and ends with fluorescent markers only on the cells with the three surface proteins. "A cascade of reactions is enabled by proximity on cell surfaces," Stojanovic said. This process can be expanded to more than three surface proteins as well, he added.
Researchers will continue to work with these molecular robots, testing them next in mice. If animal tests are successful, it will be about a decade before the molecular robots would be available for use on actual patients, Stojanovic told us.
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Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking
The Somali-American diaspora, one of the most disadvantaged refugee and immigrant communities in the U.S., has been the site of both violent radicalization and trafficking in persons. This study aims to build scientific knowledge on the emergence and trajectories of the co-occurrence of radicalization and trafficking in the Somali American community to better understand the transnational and convergence issues involved and how this knowledge can inform evidence-based prevention and intervention programs. The specific aims are: 1)To systematically review all known cases of radicalization and trafficking among Somali-Americans using a case study approach to document and characterize the similarities and differences with respect to multi-level risks, protective resources, criminal justice responses and outcomes, and perceptions of law enforcement efforts; 2)To conduct in-depth interviews with law enforcement personnel, community advocates, parents, and youth in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Columbus, and Nashville to establish the similarities and differences with respect to how activities involving radicalization and trafficking emerge, develop and impact the community, any convergence issues between the two crime types, and how they are addressed through prevention or intervention activities; 3) To design specific community practice strategies for prevention and intervention with radicalization and trafficking in community contexts through convening a series of regional and national workshops with practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and academics based on the findings from Aims 1 and 2. Aim 1 will be addressed through case study analytical methods examining all known cases of radicalization and trafficking. Aim 2 will be addressed through individual and group interviews with 40 persons in each of these three communities. Aim 3 will be addressed in convening one meeting in each city to review the research findings and to generate a consensus model and recommendations regarding new community practice approaches for preventing and intervening with radicalization and trafficking. This research will develop community practice strategies for prevention and intervention with radicalization and trafficking in community contexts and will contribute to advancing the state of the field beyond the good language of the policy documents on "preventing radicalization" and "demand reduction" and the best intentions of criminal justice agencies and community organizations.
Funded by the National Institute of Justice
Family and Community Capacities among US Minorities: a Key to Preventing Violent Extremism
The emergence of community policing divisions conducting engagement, prevention, and coordination in Muslim American communities under threat with a countering violent extremism focus is an important new development, with the Los Angeles Police Department at the lead. However, it raises questions that require further study. The proposed research specifically focuses on developing an empirically based model for enhancing current community policing strategies for engagement and prevention using psychosocial strategies in Muslim American communities under threat. This will be accomplished by conducting a focused investigation with ethnographic methods in two U.S. cities with significant Muslim diasporas—to examine if and how community policing programs might bolster essential family and community protective resources to reduce the potential for violence extremism among youth and young adults in these communities. This research is based on an NIH and DHS funded program of research which has focused on understanding the resilience that lies in families and communities and how that can be enhanced by preventive interventions. The specific aims are to: 1) Examine the engagement and prevention practices of countering violent extremism law enforcement in community context through ethnographic methods to characterize how community and family protective resources could be further enhanced through community policing psychosocial preventive interventions; 2) Examine how family and ecological (e.g. social environmental) protective resources vary across sociocultural context and services sectors and how this would facilitate or impede the implementation of community policing psychosocial preventive interventions; 3) Develop a prevention model, core intervention strategies, and assessment tool of community resilience to violent extremism through the convening of a joint psychosocial/law enforcement/community working group.
Funded by the Department of Homeland Security
Pilot Ethnographic Study of Wives of Migrants
This study aimed to examine the experiences of the wives of migrant workers in Moscow and to characterize their HIV/AIDS risk and protective knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (Golobof et al, in press). This was a collaborative ethnography in Dushanbe that included minimally structured interviews with 30 wives of migrant workers currently working in Moscow. The results documented the wives' concerns over their husbands' safety and health in Moscow and the many difficulties of wives living without husbands in Tajikistan. Wives give tacit acceptance to husband's sexual infidelity in Moscow. In a male-dominated society, gender norms limit wives abilities to protect themselves or their husbands. They have limited awareness of HIV, limited ability to speak about sexual activity, HIV/AIDS and condoms, or to request HIV testing. Wives do not use condoms with their husbands and have no choice but to depend upon their husband's role as protector. Wives turn to their in-laws or to their "circle of friends" for support, but seldom do these relationships focus on HIV/AIDS. To respond to HIV/AIDS risks amongst the wives of Tajik male migrant workers in Moscow, preventive interventions should consider enhancing knowledge amongst wives and seeking feasible ways to empower wives to talk with their husbands about HIV/AIDS risk and protection.
A Case-Control and Mixed Methods Study of HIV Risk and Protection among Labor Migrants
This research addresses the major global health challenge of preventing HIV infection among labor migrants. It focuses on men from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Moldova who have come to work in St. Petersburg, Russia. This study aims to build scientific knowledge on the multilevel risks associated with labor migration that can lead to HIV infection as well as the spectrum of involvement in HIV prevention and care among labor migrants. The clinic-based case-control and mixed methods design integrates biomedical, survey, and ethnographic methods. The knowledge generated will inform the development of more targeted and effective strategies for HIV prevention, testing, and linkages to care for labor migrants. The specific aim are: 1) to quantitatively investigate the associations between HIV infection and multilevel determinants related to labor migration at the levels of social policy, sociocultural practices, health and mental health, and sexual practices through a clinic-based case-control design; 2) to qualitatively investigate the spectrum of involvement in HIV prevention and care among labor migrants (including experiences and perceptions regarding HIV testing, HIV infection, linkages to care, barriers to care, and the impact of labor migration) through minimally structured interviews of a purposive sample of HIV infected migrants, non-HIV infected migrants, providers, community advocates, and policymakers. Aim 1 will be accomplished through a survey of 200 HIV positive Central Asian male migrants and a matched sample of 200 HIV negative Central Asian male migrants. Aim 2, will be accomplished by conducting ethnographic interviews with a purposive sample of HIV infected migrants (n=12), non-HIV infected migrants (n=12) drawn from the larger sample, as well as providers (n=6), community advocates (n=6), and policymakers (n=6). The knowledge generated will lead to the development of more targeted and effective strategies for engagement in HIV prevention, testing, and linkages to care for labor migrants.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research
Pilot Ethnographic Study of Married Male Migrants
This pilot study aimed to preliminarily characterize married male migrants' HIV/AIDS risk and protective knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, as well as, key contextual factors that would likely impede or facilitate a preventive intervention (Weine et al, 2007). This was a collaborative multi-sited ethnography in Moscow that included minimally structured interviews with 16 subjects and focus groups with a total of 14 subjects. All invited subjects agreed to participate. The results suggested that many Tajik male migrant workers in Moscow are having unprotected sex with commercial sex workers. Although some of the migrants have basic knowledge about HIV, the migrants' ability to protect themselves from acquiring HIV is compromised by harsh living and working conditions as a consequence of being unprotected by law in Russia. The migrant workers' experience of being unprotected appears to diminish their self-efficacy in ways that would likely also impede efforts at HIV prevention. For instance, it appears to interfere in their assessment of HIV risk. Tajik male migrant workers in Moscow also have important sources of religious, community, and family support that may facilitate targeted HIV prevention interventions. One example is the value of being the provider and protector of the family. To respond to HIV/AIDS risks amongst Tajik male migrant workers in Moscow, preventive interventions are needed that take into account their harsh living and working conditions and that mobilize existing sources of religious, community, and family support. Further study is needed to more comprehensively characterize HIV/AIDS risk and protective knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, as well as, key contextual factors that would likely impede or facilitate a preventive intervention. These results call for further systematic study of the relationships between masculine norms and HIV risk and preventive behavior. The issues of polygamy, socio-economic independence and risk awareness should also be points of focus.


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ST. CLOUD, Fla. - A 28-year-old Osceola County father was arrested Thursday after he called 911 to report that he had injured his 3-month-old son, who later died at a hospital, officials said.
Larry Darnell Perry, of St. Cloud, was arrested on first-degree murder charges and taken to the Osceola County Jail.
According to St. Cloud police, Perry called 911 late Wednesday night and told a dispatcher that he had hurt his infant son.
The 3-month-old was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando and was pronounced dead early Thursday morning, police said.
Perry was arrested and taken to the St. Cloud Police Department for questioning, and police said he gave a detailed statement about how and why he killed his son.
No other children were home at the time of the incident, police said.
The mother, who's incarcerated at the Osceola County Jail on unrelated charges, was notified of her child's death, police said.
An investigation is ongoing.
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With OGSS (Open Gmail SMS Shell), you can control your computer with SMS text messages. All you need is a cell phone and a Gmail account. OGSS uses Python and libgmail to fetch messages from your Gmail account and run the included commands on your computer.
Automated integration tests for enterprise SOA applications.
A PHP & MySQL-based Web CMS.


text: Construct the locus of points subject to a set of rules. These can include using a perpendicular bisector, angle bisector, parallel lines, arcs or circles. Construct the path of a point moving from a fixed centre. Understand that the shortest distance between a point and a line is found perpendicularly


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UK Tour Onsale - 2nd London Show Added
Tickets for Arctic Monkeys' UK arena tour in October/November 2013 are on sale now.
The band are pleased to announce a second show at London's Earls Court on Saturday 26th October 2013.
Tickets are on sale now and are available to purchase via Gigs & Tours / Ticketmaster / Gigs In Scotland(Glasgow Only).
Age restrictions for all shows is 16+ standing / under 14's accompanied by an adult and must be seated. (For London 16+ standing / under 16's accompanied by an adult and must be seated).
22nd Oct Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
23rd Oct Manchester Arena
25th Oct London Earls Court
26th Oct London Earls Court
28th Oct Liverpool Echo Arena
29th Oct Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
31st Oct Birmingham LG Arena
1st Nov Glasgow Hydro
2nd Nov Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
05.07.13 4:29 pm
Please do another gig in Sheffield.
05.07.13 4:23 pm
Please please please please come to Mexico! (:
05.07.13 4:18 pm
Come on lads, please do another Sheffield gig. I almost got sacked trying to get tickets this morning!
05.07.13 3:59 pm
Please add another sheffield date, me and my friend waited outside 6 hours outside the O2 yet we still didn't get one????, plus there was about 100 people behind us wanting a ticket.. Please been waiting ages to see you live?
05.07.13 3:58 pm
Trying to get a ticket this morning was near enough impossible
Funny how the money grabbing non fans manage to get them
05.07.13 3:53 pm
PLEASE ADD ANOTHER DATE TO MANCHESTER I'm absolutely gutted i didn't get tickets! and people have bought them just to sell for a profit which is very unfair! fans should be able to see you for the normal price and non-fans shouldn't be able to buy tickets just to sell them, I'm really upset!
05.07.13 3:05 pm
Please please please add another show for Glasgow! I know LOTS of people weren't able to get a ticket - including me - as they were sold out in 30 seconds! Now people who bought them for profit are selling them at £100+ each! Please, please please add another night to Glasgow!
05.07.13 2:51 pm
Absolutely gutted at what has happened here today. 9:01 and the websites were telling us they were sold out. really disappointed that no extra dates announced other than London!
05.07.13 2:47 pm
05.07.13 2:30 pm
add another date on Glasgow! sold out by 9.01am absolutely devastated and ticket master was a no show! hate them people who get the standing tickets and then sell them on other sites and try rob people! GUTTED


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However, when Smith was in the sixth grade, a trip to the doctor's office changed his life forever.
"I'll never forget the look on my mom's face," said Smith who is now in his senior year at Blytheville High School. "One look at her and I knew something was serious."
Smith went to the doctor to have a lump on the back of his neck checked out.
"I just thought it was from playing hard," he said.
The results of the X-rays and further tests showed that Smith developed Hodgkin Lymphoma -- a form of cancer of the lymphatic system which affects the immune system and a mass had developed in his chest.
"When they saw mass in my chest, they took me to St. Jude's right away," he said. "I had more X-rays, CAT scans and then I even had to have a bone marrow transplant."
From there, Smith spent much of the next few months at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. After weeks of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the cancer retreated into remission. The trips to St. Jude didn't end there. While the cancer has been in remission for six years now, Smith still returns to the hospital three to four times a month for checkups, X-rays and CAT scans just to make sure nothing has resurfaced all the while still perusing his educational and athletic dreams.
"I thought, with all of the conflicts, about may not playing anymore," said Smith, who is also an A-and-B student. "But I know I have talent that can take me somewhere. Why would I want to waste my talent and not do anything with it?
Smith realizes the challenges in trying to get an athletic scholarship, so he does have plans in case basketball isn't his ticket to college. He's already been accepted to the University of Memphis.
"That's my dream," he said. "I've always wanted to go to Memphis."
He said he would like to become a physical therapist one day, in some part because of his familiarity with the medical field with his cancer, and because his mother works for the health department.
"I was always asking questions," he said. "I wanted to know what was going on with my body. I was having so many tests done on me. So, now, I want to be the one to hit the knees and run the tests."
In addition to checkups, one of the effects of Hodgkin Lymphoma is a weaker immune system.
"I don't just get a cold," said Smith. "There is always the threat that it could lead to pneumonia or something worse. When I get sick, I can't do anything, and my mom won't let anybody be around me."
Just looking at Smith, one would never know the struggles he's had growing up and he attributes that to the doctors and nurses he's encountered along the way at St. Jude.
"They treated me like I was like everybody else," he said. "They didn't treat me like a cripple. I never thought of myself as different, sometimes I'd forget I was even sick."
Smith has gained the respect of his teammates and coaches for how he's dealt with his situation.
"No kid ever dreams about having cancer and going to St. Jude for treatment," said Chickasaw head coach, Jeff Flanigan. "What he's been able to overcome in his short life is nothing short of incredible."
Smith often looks back on his fight with cancer when things get tough on the basketball court. Earlier this season, he cracked a rib during a game against Osceola.
"It hurt, but I thought to myself, 'This is nothing like the pain I went through with cancer.' So, I kept playing," he said.
Cracked ribs, colds and losses on the basketball court are nothing compared to what Smith says he experienced, and it won't allow him to miss a beat.
"I always say to myself, 'If God can bring me out of cancer, He can get me through this."'


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Imperial Tea Court
I was wanting to see if any steepsters out there have tried this tea from Imperial Tea Court? If so what are your thoughts on the tea.https://www.imperialtea.com/Old-Bush-Shui-Xian-Tea-Cake-P65.htmlp
I have not tried this specific tea, nor can I speak to whether it's truly old bush (I will say that demand for shuixian from 100 year old trees is high, and that a manufacturer would probably be more likely to sell such tea loose), but I think the price seems a bit high, especially since it doesn't seem like samples are available online — it might be great, but if it's not, you're stuck with the rest of the cake. If you are local, I'd recommend asking if they'll let you try some before committing.
Compressed yancha, while not as common as with pu'er, has been around for a while (often, it's sewn into pommello skin or compressed in brick form). Usually the tea used is average quality, and while it ages a bit differently when compressed, and can often be tasty, usually these teas are not that expensive.
The Wuyi Star brand compressed shui xian (in both brick and cake form) is quite a bit cheaper. While I haven't been the biggest fan of Red Blossom's yancha, they also carry a shui xian cake that's a bit smaller in size, however, it doesn't appear that they offer samples either.
In general, it is wise to take claims about exact place of origin and age of the bushes with Wuyi yancha.


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If Sarah Lane looks familiar, it's probably because you've watched this prima ballerina dance both parts of the fragile white swan and her evil twin, the black swan, as Natalie Portman's double in the 2010 feature film, "Black Swan."
Lane, a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre, in New York, will join Artistic Director José Manuel Carreño in the Carreño Dance Festival this month, at the Sarasota Opera House.
Last week, while on vacation in Spain with her husband, Luis Ribagorda, Lane agreed to an email Q&A with The Observer.
What kind of little girl were you?
"I was definitely a very girly girl. I loved my Barbies, doing my hair, dressing up, singing and writing poems. I liked to play 'house' with my two little brothers and I usually tortured them by dressing them up. I loved my cat, M&M, and, of course, she got dressed up once in a while, too.
Did you grow up prancing around in a tutu or were you more of a tom girl? "Yes, I loved to dance around, tutu or not. I would drive my mom crazy by twirling around the kitchen while she was trying to cook."
Where did you grow up?
"We lived in the country outside of Memphis, though, so I didn't mind getting dirty. I liked to pretend to cook with grass, flowers and mud. Our neighbor was a real cowboy so we got to go horseback riding."
What dancers did you idolize as a girl?
"Only my teachers and classmates, because I didn't go to see my first professional full-length ballet until I was 16. Then, I went with a friend and her family to see Amanda McKerrow in 'Giselle,' at the Met. That's the first moment that I was inspired to dance at American Ballet Theatre."
Do you have any dancing superstitions or rituals?
"Well, I have my faith, which conquers any silly superstitions. I grew up in a Christian family and it's always been a very important part of who I am. As for rituals, I guess all professional dancers have their own process to prepare for a show. We know when to sew and break in our shoes, do our hair/makeup, stretch, warm up, put on our costume, go over choreography and rosin our shoes. I like to listen to music while I get ready. Having that consistency helps to feel calm and focused."
What music do you listen to before performing?
"I like U2, Coldplay, Linkin Park, One Republic, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, Jeremy Camp, Natalie Grant, Crystal Lewis — I like everything. I like to mix it up because I get bored."
Is the life of a ballerina realistically portrayed in the movie "Black Swan?"
"No. There are some things that do exist, but in the movie they are completely extreme and ridiculous. Those things happen in many other professions, as well. The dancers that have endured to become professionals and have long careers are smart, healthy and love what they do. We enjoy to create beauty and emotion. That is ballet — and it wasn't portrayed at all in 'Black Swan.'"
How did you land the Portman dance double job?
"The casting people or one of the costume ladies saw me in class at ABT. The director and producer asked to be introduced to me after a performance."
Have you ever "dance doubled" in any other films?
What are your favorite ballets/roles?
"My favorite is Macmillan's 'Romeo and Juliet.' I love 'Giselle,' too. I, also, love many Jiri Kylian works."
What is your favorite dance movie?
"I'm not a huge fan of the dance movies that have been made, but I have friends in 'Center Stage.' 'White Nights' and 'Mao's Last Dancer' were very good."
If you weren't a dancer, what career would you have chosen?
"Writer? Physical Therapist? No idea, really!"
You'll be heading to Sarasota this month for the Carreno Dance Festival, at the Sarasota Opera House. How did you get involved?
Jose (Manuel Carreno, artistic director) asked me to be a part of his summer program.
Are you close with Jose?
"We have danced together several times and it's always been a treat. He is such a great partner. He makes all the steps feel so much easier. He has a wonderful personality and energy onstage to connect with. Such an artist is rare to none."
What dances will you be doing?
"I am doing White Swan pas de deux with Joaquin De Luz (principal dancer with New York City Ballet) and Black Swan pas de deux with Jose."
Have you ever been to Sarasota?
"I believe once when I was in ABT Studio Company and once to do a Nutcracker."
Will you have any time to sight see while you're here?
"I guess we'll see. I've been traveling a lot, so I'm pretty content just being there, teaching and dancing. I think that my husband, (name TK) corps de ballet dancer in ABT, will accompany me. He is friends with Jose as well."
Is there something you've been looking forward to doing once you arrive?
"Enjoying the nice weather and time out of the crazy city. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions ☺."
WHAT: The Carreño Dance Festival and Summer Intensive programs
WHEN: Summer Intensive programs are currently being held at the Sarasota Opera House. "Festival of the Stars" final performance takes place at 5 p.m. Aug. 27.
COST: Summer intensive per-session admission passes start at $10; four sessions are $36. Final performance tickets range from $15 to $50.
INFO: 328-1300 or www.carrenodancefestival.com
What's in your ballet bag?
Extra shoes, lamb's wool, bunion spacers, leg warmers, Thera-Band, foot roller, massage ball, bobby pins, sewing stuff (needle, floss, extra ribbons, elastic and scissors), iPhone, gum, a snack and perfume.


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Thursday is Thanksgiving, but Wednesday could feel like Groundhog Day in the NHL owners' lockout.
The NHL and the players have reached another pivotal day in the negotiating process as they plan to meet at 10 a.m. at the league's office in Manhattan.
During a 90-minute bargaining session Monday, the league requested that the players put together a comprehensive proposal of their positions on the core economic issues. After using Tuesday for internal meetings and preparation, the union is expected to make that proposal Wednesday.
What that offer contains might determine whether this will be another day of rhetoric from both sides with still no end to the lockout in sight, or if there is potential for traction that will lead to a breakthrough in the negotiations and an eventual settlement.
Thus far, the players and the league have been negotiating off their economic proposals. The league has been talking in terms of percentages of hockey-related revenue – specifically proposing a 50-50 split that would begin in year one of the new collective bargaining agreement. The players' proposals have called for the players to receive a fixed monetary figure – and guaranteed increases the first three years – rather than a percentage of the total revenue pie.
NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr has frustrated the league and the owners by not negotiating off their proposals. If the union takes the step of at least talking in percentages of revenue Wednesday, as some have suggested, that would be a significant step.
The players have been apprehensive to move any further toward the owners with it already clear that their share of revenue, which was 57 percent in 2011-12, will be dramatically reduced in the new CBA. The league also has proposed restrictions on player contracting rights (free-agency age, entry-level contracts, arbitration, etc.) that the players oppose.
The league has been unwilling to negotiate on those contract issues without first settling the core economic issues.


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Aaron Harang has won 16 games in consecutive years for the Reds and has quietly become one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball. The 6-foot-7 right-hander is 16-4 with a 3.61 ERA this season and had won six of his last seven decisions. He is second in the National League with 198 strikeouts and his 1.13 WHIP ranks third. Last season, Harang went 16-11 with a league-leading 216 strikeouts. This season, he has tallied 198 strikeouts. Harang, 53-37 in his four MLB seasons, answered some questions from MLBPLAYERS.com following his his latest victory on Sept. 18.
MLBPLAYERS.com: It's been a good season for you, but not so much for your team. How would you judge your season?
Harang: I feel really good about how my season has gone. I've been going out there giving us opportunities to win. The guys know I'm out there battling for them and trying to get a victory for the team. They're stepping up and putting runs on the board and playing defense for me. They've been playing well while I've been out there pitching.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Sixteen wins again, and only four losses -- do you think this season is a stepping-stone for future seasons with the Reds?
Harang: We just had rough spots early on in the season. We were losing series, and when you look back at it, if we had been winning series earlier in the year, and we played a little better earlier in the year, we're right in the hunt with everyone else -- if not ahead of everybody else. It's been like that the last two years with this team. It's just a matter of staying on a higher level, rather than staying with everyone else.
MLBPLAYERS.com: The way the NL Central has gone the last two years, does it make it harder not to have taken advantage of the parity?
Harang: I know people criticize this as a weak division, but I think this division is a lot more evenly matched than some of the others. The teams are equally good. They have their big power hitters, they have their pitchers. We've competed with some of the best teams in the league, those that are right there in the hunt for it and we've won series with them. Everybody counts the NL Central out, but I think we're a lot more of an even division than the others.
MLBPLAYERS.com: No one wants to be a spoiler at the end of a season, but you knocked St. Louis out, basically, with a sweep, and you'll be playing the Cubs again next weekend with a chance to knock them out for the second time in four seasons. Do you get any joy out of that situation?
Harang: You're going to be labeled a spoiler when you beat the top teams in your division. That's how we've been the last few years, ever since I came here in 2003. We've also played the Cubs hard over that time. We've always played St. Louis hard. We don't roll over and let them take it from us. We make them really earn it. That's how this division is, everyone competes so hard against each other, it always comes down to that last weekend.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Do you get particularly excited to come into Wrigley in late September and win a game, like you just did?
Harang: It was just like any game, really. Same as when we went in Milwaukee. But you look forward to playing these teams because they're right in the hunt, and their fans are more intense. It's always nice to go into Wrigley and have a chance to take the series. It's been a great rivalry with them.
MLBPLAYERS.com: The Cubs are going to Cincinnati during the last week of the season and it'll probably turn into Wrigley Field South, right?
Harang: Yeah. I hope our fans turn out and even it out, because otherwise it's going to be a madhouse. You'll think you're in Chicago. Like I said, I think it's going to come down to the last weekend of the season, really, to see who takes the Central.
MLBPLAYERS.com: One good thing for Cincinnati fans, the team has introduced some young talent this year, especially offensively. How does this team look going into 2008?
Harang: We've got a good team here, we just haven't played to our potential. If we played more to our potential, I think standings-wise, we'd be in a lot better shape than we are. There's always so many new faces going in and out of the clubhouse, it's hard to be on the same page with everybody. Lately, the younger guys have stepped up and shown how they can contribute to the team, and of course, we made some trades with some veteran guys. It'll be interesting to see what happens next spring and in the future.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You're almost at 200 strikeouts again, is that meaningful?
Harang: It's nice to get numbers, but I'm not out there trying to strike everybody out. They just come as the game goes on. I'm all about hitting my spots and keeping my ball down on the zone and keeping hitters off balance. The strikeouts are going to come. But the more you try for strikeouts and press, the less they'll come, usually.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Do you think you've pitched to your potential?
Harang: I think I have. This is the type of pitcher I am. I'm going to go out there and give you innings and let the numbers show up.
MLBPLAYERS.com: The Reds made a managing change again this season. Has this almost seemed like two seasons?
Harang: I was here for the last one, when they got rid of Dave Miley and hired Jerry Narron. I came over just after they got rid of Bob Boone. There have been a lot of moves since I've been here. The interim GM traded for me from Oakland and then he got let go. Then they hired Dan O'Brien, and they fired O'Brien and picked up Wayne Krivsky. I've seen a lot since I've been with the Reds, but it's part of the business. We'll see what happens this offseason. For me, I know this is where I'm going to be. I signed that four-year deal last offseason. I know I'm going to be here until 2010 or 2011.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You guys knocked the Cubs out in 2004, what do you remember about that series?
Harang: It's funny because me, (Ken) Griffey and (Adam) Dunn are the only guys left from that team. That was three years ago. They had to win two of the four (games) in the series. ... I threw that last game against Mark Prior that went 12 innings, we beat them in 12, 2-1. I gave up a solo homer to (Sammy) Sosa in the sixth. In the top of the seventh, (Austin) Kearns hit a solo homer off Prior, who punched out 16. I went seven innings, he went nine. That was an intense game.
Jon Greenberg is a freelance writer based in Chicago.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Thanks. I had forgotten there were "anti-Federalist papers." I was rather suprised to see a part in the Federalist papers that seemed to be arguing against the need for a Bill of Rights. I knew that was one of the main objections, but I had thought it was sort of a universally shared objection. I guess generalizations were never true for any age.


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I agree. I took the BRC in July and it was definitely worthwhile. I hadn't ridden for probably 30 years and found it to be a big help getting back into the saddle. I'm eying the Confident Rider Course next month. Still not ready for any group rides yet...not sure I like the idea but I guess it would depend a lot on the people.
CarlNH: You might look around for and MSF Group Riding course offering. It has a good video about 15 minutes, and well worth your time.
One quote from the video is this: "A group ride is not the place to learn to ride your motorcycle". I would paraphrase it a bit and say that a group ride is not the place for a re-entry rider until you are back up to speed and comfortable with operation of your bike. When you get to that point, the group should place you in the middle of the formation to buffer you a bit from the surrounding traffic, and keep an eye on your riding. The biggest suggestion I can make is "Ride your own ride". If you are in any way uncomfortable with the situation, say so and do not be afraid to bail out of the group if necessary.
Stay safe out there !
Doug, 2011 R1200RT Polar Metallic
MSF #127350, Instructor, Louisiana Dept of Public Safety
Motorcycle Safety, Awareness & Operator Training Program
NAUI Instructor #36288, Board Member, Divers Alert Network
I think group riding generally increases the chances of a collision so I don't do 'em. I've been riding for 50 years and the older I get the more cautious I become. Skill level doesn't trump the laws of physics. JMHO
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Toy's-For-Tots Runs season is fast approaching. There were almost two hundred bikes at last year's run ... in the rain.
As usual, I'll be dropping off a toy at my local independent H-D mechanic's shop - he'll make sure it gets a ride. I'll show up at the staging point that morning and wish them bon voyage.
"It is what you discover, after you know it all, that counts." _ John Wooden
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The most dangerous riding you'll ever do is riding with a group. I have two plates in my left tibia to back-up my opinion. When I do rarely ride with a group I'm either the lead bike or the last bike (positions I have somewhat control over).
I have been a member of the Badger Motorcyclists of Wisconsin for 23 years and have gone on many group rides. Usually, our monthly club ride consists of 10 to maybe 20 bikes at most. In those 23 years I have only seen two issues, one member ran off the road on a curve of his own doing, one member struck the saddlebag of another bike at a stop. In our club we have four MSF instructors, myself included.
That said, we have a pretty consistent group, experience wise, and we tend to do our rides on fairly remote back roads of east central Wisconsin. I just led our club November ride last Saturday. 13 bikes, of which two were Bombardier Spyders. We had a good time, covered about 135 miles with no incidents. But riding in a group is a lot different than solo riding (which I prefer, or maybe three bikes at most). Before the ride I scope out the participants, review some points about the ride, talk about some of the route. As the ride leader I try to keep track of everyone on the ride, to some degree. I have also preridden or studied the route to know where potential issues exist. Even to the point of traffic issues at specific intersections. I treat leading a group of bikes like driving something as big as a semi tractor-trailer rig.
Some group rides, like ours, are good ways to watch other riders and learn lines, see techniques in curves, etc. But that is only possible when riders spread out and give each other ample room. A ride like shown above on the video is just crap, riders packed together WAY too tight. Its just asking for the type of crash shown in the video.
But I will not ride one of the common big rides in our area (charity rides, cruiser rides) as they are simply WAY too big of groups, with a LOT of VERY marginal riders of limited experience. Plus, those big rides just plod along with very little actual "riding" taking place. Also, many of these big rides attract the new or returning riders on bikes whay to big for them, or they are riders who have never taken any form of advanced training. I'll support/participate in the charitable event, but I won't go on the rides.
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i will echo Andy's comments above. the only group rdes i am likely to go on are ones with my local MOA club (Twisted Shaft)/ which rarely exceed 10 riders, or some smaller get-togethers thru some locized on-line groups.
i never go on the big charity events- too may incopetent riders for my liking. they scare me.
i have been riding for about 35 years, no interruptions, and am also a MSF RiderCoach.
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
I sometimes ride with anywhere from 1 to 4 of my old friends, generally to go for dinner and a total ride of 100 to 150 miles. But, just like flying as a wingman, it takes lots of attention away from enjoying the scenery unless you're leading. I do a fallen warriors charity ride every year, but for me it is a chore.
Rode with a bunch of veterans on Harleys once, but wouldn't do it again - too frequent gas stops and the noise was too much.
Now I do most of my riding two up with my wife of 44 years on pillion and it is great!
I've lead a few rides with a Christian group I belong to and I decided this would be one and only year of being a road captain. I'm not the fastest rider but I can't handle riding the speed limit or below, sinful I know. In groups that I've ridden with that I'm not leading I try to meetup at the lunch destination and then off I go. I don't mind riding with 3-5 very competent riders that I know but prefer to avoid structured group rides.
Gadgetech, I know just what you mean. I used to ride with a good friend, just the two bikes, but every time he had the lead we would wind up pulling the train on the two-lane, no passing country roads because he liked to ride 5 mph UNDER the speed limit. Often i could see nothing but a truck radiator with the red oval Peterbuilt logo in my mirrors. If I had the lead, he'd fall far behind and would be pulling the train on his own until I'd pull off the road to let him catch up and the traffic pass. Also, his Road King woke up everyone for miles around. Go figure. Had to give up riding with him.
Went on a "toy run" several years ago. It seems that there is an attitude that if you ride a certain type of motorcycle and dress in the proper "uniform" there is no question that you are skilled in riding a large powerful motorcycle. I witnessed many stupid careless stunts. Intentional or not, I don't want to be anywhere near one of these rolling calamities just waiting to happen.
I don't know about the Spyders, but the tricycle style of bikes didn't seem to be very compatible being mixed with two wheel bikes. This may be hereditary or due to the riding style of those I found myself with.
And don't forget the accordion!
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My club, BMWNEF has group rides after our monthly meeting (usually 150>180 miles round trip with a stop at mid-point to eat). I usually ride sweep/last and we always ride in a staggered formation. That said I prefer to ride alone most of the time or with 2 or 3 friends. It is hard sometimes to find another rider that travels at a pace you both are comfortable with. 2 or 3 bikes are far more visible than 1 on most roads and offer increased safety as well as a helping hand in case of a problem. Be aware of potential problems and ready to alert fellow riders at all times. RIDE SAFE
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Professor Elm
| Professor Elm
ウツギ博士 Dr. Utsugi
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
|New Bark Town
|Unnamed wife and child (games)
|Trainer class
|Pokémon Professor
|Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver
|Anime debut
|Don't Touch That 'dile!
|English voice actor
|Paul Frank
|Japanese voice actor
|Kazuhiko Inoue
Professor Elm (Japanese: ウツギ博士 Dr. Utsugi) is the resident Pokémon Professor of New Bark Town in the Johto region. Saying so himself, Professor Elm studies unusual Pokémon Abilities. He also specializes in Pokémon breeding, and is credited with the discovery of Pokémon Eggs. According to Professor Oak, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Professor Elm "is the best when it comes to the research of Pokémon evolution."
Elm gives one of the three starter Pokémon of Johto—Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile—to Ethan, KrisC, or LyraHGSS so that he or she will have an easier time getting to Mr. Pokémon's house.
- 1 In the games
- 2 In the anime
- 3 In the manga
- 4 In the TCG
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Names
In the games
Professor Elm works at his Laboratory in New Bark Town with his aide. He lives in a small house near his laboratory with his wife and son, who wants to grow up to be a Pokémon Professor like his dad. Elm is known for being a little scatter-brained and disorganized when he gets wrapped up with his research. He holds Professor Oak in high regards. At the start of Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver he gives the player his or her first starter Pokémon.
After successfully hatching the Egg containing Togepi, he gives the player an Everstone.
After obtaining all eight Johto Badges, Elm gives the player a Master Ball; after defeating the Elite Four, he gives the player a ticket to the S.S. Aqua.
In Generation II
In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Professor Elm will give out one of these Pokémon to Trainers.
In Generation IV
As in Gold, Silver and Crystal, Elm will give out one of these Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
| This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Gold, Silver and Crystal
New Bark Town
- "<player>! There you are! I needed to ask you a favor. I have an acquaintance called Mr. Pokémon. He keeps finding weird things and raving about his discoveries. Anyway, I just got an e-mail from him saying that this time it's real. It is intriguing, but we're busy with our Pokémon research. Could you look into it for us? I'll give you a Pokémon for a partner. They're all rare Pokémon that we just found. Go on. Pick one!"GS
- "<player>! There you are! I needed to ask you a favor. I'm conducting new Pokémon research right now. I was wondering if you could help me with it, <player>. You see... I'm writing a paper that I want to present at a conference. But there are some things I don't quite understand yet. So! I'd like you to raise a Pokémon that I recently caught."C
- If NoC
- "But... Please, I need your help!"
- If YesC
- "Thanks, <player>! You're a great help! When I announce my findings, I'm sure we'll delve a bit deeper into the many mysteries of Pokémon. You can count on it! Oh, hey! I got an e-mail! .................. Hm... Uh-huh... Okay... Hey, listen. I have an acquaintance called Mr. Pokémon. He keeps finding weird things and raving about his discoveries. Anyway, I just got an e-mail from him saying that this time it's real. It is intriguing, but we're busy with our Pokémon research... Wait! I know! <player>, can you go in our place? I want you to raise one of the Pokémon contained in these Balls. You'll be that Pokémon's first partner, <player>! Go on. Pick one!"
- If player tries to go away
- "Wait! Where are you going?"
- If talked to before choosing Pokémon
- "If a wild Pokémon appears, let your Pokémon battle it!"
- Player is choosing Cyndaquil
- "You'll take Cyndaquil, the fire Pokémon?"
- Player is choosing Totodile
- "Do you want the Totodile, the water Pokémon?"
- Player is choosing Chikorita
- "So, you like Chikorita, the grass Pokémon?"
- If player answered no when choosing
- "Think it over carefully. Your partner is important."
- After player chose Pokémon
- "I think that's a great Pokémon, too! Mr. Pokémon lives near Cherrygrove, the next city. It's almost a direct route to there. If your Pokémon is hurt, you should heal it with this machine. Oh, here's my phone number. Call me if something comes up." (registers number)GS
- "I think that's a great Pokémon, too! Mr. Pokémon lives a little bit beyond Cherrygrove, the next city over. It's almost a direct route there, so you can't miss it. But just in case, here's my phone number. Call me if anything comes up!" (registers number) "If your Pokémon is hurt, you should heal it with this machine. Feel free to use it anytime. <player>, I'm counting on you!"C
- If talked to after choosing Pokémon
- "Mr. Pokémon goes everywhere and finds rarities. Too bad they're just rare and not very useful... <player>, I'm counting on you!"GS
- "Mr. Pokémon goes everywhere and finds rarities. Too bad they're just rare and not very useful..."C
- If talked to after Silver steals Pokémon
- "<player>, this is terrible... Oh, yes, what was Mr.Pokémon's big discovery?" (player hands over egg) "This? But... Is it a Pokémon Egg? If it is, it is a great discovery! What?!?! Prof.Oak gave you a Pokédex? <player>, is that true? Th-that's incredible! He is superb at seeing the potential of people as trainers. Wow, <player>. You may have what it takes to become the Champion. You seem to be getting on great with Pokémon too. You should take the Pokémon Gym challenge. The closest Gym would be the one in Violet City. ...<player>. The road to the championship will be a long one. Before you leave, make sure that you talk to your mom."
- If talked to again after theft
- "Don't give up! I'll call if I learn anything about that Egg!"
PokéGear call
- When going to Mr. Pokémon
- "Hello, <player>? Try not to overdo it. Be sure to heal your Pokémon if they are hurt."
- After visiting Mr. Pokémon
- "Hello, <player>? Did you meet Mr. Pokémon? Great! Come back safely!"
- After exiting Mr. Pokémon house (automatic call)
- "H-hello? <player>? It's a disaster! Uh, um, it's just terrible! What should I do? It... Oh, no... Please get back here now!"
- After Silver steals Pokémon
- "<player>? I'm very upset now. We had a Pokémon stolen from here. How could anyone do that?"
- After handing over Egg
- "Hello, <player>? We're checking the Egg now. It does appear to be a Pokémon Egg.
- After collecting 7th badge (automatic call)
- "<player>, how are things going? I called because something weird is happening with the radio broadcasts. They were talking about Team Rocket. <player>, do you know anything about it? Maybe Team Rocket has returned. No, that just can't be true. Sorry to bug you. Take care!"
- Pokérus comment (automatic call)
- "Hello, <player>? I discovered an odd thing. Apparently there's something called Pokérus that infects Pokémon. Yes, it's like a virus, so it's called Pokérus. It multiplies fast and infects other Pokémon too. But that's all. It doesn't seem to do anything, and it goes away over time. I guess it's nothing to worry about. Bye!"
HeartGold and SoulSilver
- After beating Team Rocket
- "Hello, is this <player>? Just one more Badge to go before you collect all the Johto Badges! Blackthorn's Gym Leader is said to be a pretty powerful Dragon Tamer! ...Click!..."
In the anime
Elm was the top student of Professor Oak, and often argues with him over their research. Elm is also well known for his very long and unnecessary speeches. He is also absent-minded and Elm has a habit of getting incredibly wrapped up in his research that he is completely oblivious to his surroundings.
Ash, Misty, and Brock first met Professor Elm in the episode Don't Touch That 'dile. After a period of travel, they met up again while he was studying in the Whirl Islands with Captain Marius, and finally again when Ash returns to New Bark Town.
As the head of the Pokémon Preservation Council, he asked Ash to deliver an Egg that had been poached from Mt. Silver to him. This hatched into a Larvitar, which Professor Elm then asked Ash to deliver to its home.
His most recent appearance was a short cameo in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.
This listing is of Professor Elm's known Pokémon in the anime:
On hand
| Professor Elm's Corsola is his only known Pokémon that he actually owns, it is very fond of pools. This Corsola inspired Misty to try to catch her own Corsola. It first appeared when Ash, Misty and Brock where blasted off the boat by Team Rocket and into the water with raging whirlpools, Corsola found the trio and helped them.
Later when Team Rocket have captured all the Pokémon in the swimming pool, Corsola jumps into the water, it tries a Tackle but Weezing attacks which Corsola dodges and defeats Arbok. It then uses Spike Cannon and sends Team Rocket blasting off.
Corsola's known moves are Tackle and Spike Cannon.
|Around the Whirlpool
Gives to new Trainers
|Professor Elm's Chikorita is a Starter Pokémon that Professor Elm gives to new Trainers who want to start their Pokémon journey. Although it was not shown in his lab, Prof. Elm showed Ash and his friends a picture of one.
|Don't Touch That 'dile
|Professor Elm's Cyndaquil is a Starter Pokémon that Professor Elm gives to new Trainers who want to start their Pokémon journey. It first appeared when Prof. Elm was holding it when talking to Ash and his friends who were very interested about it.
|Don't Touch That 'dile
| Professor Elm's Totodile is a Starter Pokémon that Professor Elm gives to new Trainers who want to start their Pokémon journey. One appeared when Prof. Elm mistook Jessie for Nurse Joy and told her to check up on Totodile who started to bite Meowth's tail and spray James with water, but the trio stole Totodile. It later appeared when it would not let go of Jessie's hair but was taken off using Bulbasaur's Vine Whip and given back to Prof. Elm.
Totodile's only known move is Water Gun.
|Don't Touch That 'dile
Gave away to new Trainers
Casey's Chikorita
Vincent's Chikorita
Jimmy's Cyndaquil
Given away
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Pokémon Adventures, he was initially to be brought several Pokémon by Joey from Professor Oak, but before that happened, the Totodile that he was studying was stolen, and he was knocked unconscious before he could do anything. Gold then arrived and took Cyndaquil as well to catch the thief.
After Gold first battled with the Masked Man at the Ilex Forest and lost, Elm was able to get a sample of his clothing and found particles on them, but he did not know what they were. Elm then contacted Gold when he was battling the Masked Man for a second time, informing him that the particles on the clothes are the same substance used for Gym Badges, and that the Masked Man must be a Gym Leader. He tells Gold that he shouldn't try to fight him, but Gold simply replies with "It's too late".
A while beforehand, he decided that Gold was trustworthy enough to try to hatch an Egg for him, saying that it hadn't moved an inch while it was in the lab. While the Egg did hatch into a Togepi, due to Gold's habits of visiting arcades while it was an Egg, it learned how to play dice, pool, and poker, making Elm furious about how Gold had turned it into a delinquent. Little did he know, with Togepi's aggression came Gold's innate talent for bringing the fullest potential of baby Pokémon, allowing it to easily defeat the wild Gligar that tried to eat it right before it hatched (and the Tyranitar that Silver borrowed from Lance).
Joey stays behind with him to help Elm with chores and research.
Afterwards, both Joey and Elm make a cameo in the DP saga, talking with Professor Rowan via videophone.
On hand
|Sentret is the only known Pokémon of Professor Elm's. It is usually with him when he was in his lab.
|Murkrow Row
Gives to new Trainers
Megaree (Japanese: メガぴょん Megapyon) ran away from Professor Elm's lab as it wanted to go out on an adventure when it was a Chikorita. Crystal found the Chikorita and was able to catch it along with a Victreebel. Crystal was reluctant to keep Chikorita on her team. But after noticing some strength it had, she decides to keep it on her team.
|Murkrow Row
Gold was loaned a Cyndaquil to get back the Totodile Silver stole in the lab. However, as Gold went out on his journey, he kept the Cyndaquil and nicknamed it .
|Murkrow Row
Totodile was stolen by Silver in the lab in the beginning of the Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter.
|Murkrow Row
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Professor Elm appears in the Johto saga of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. He recommends Gold and Silver to Professor Oak as the chosen Trainers to get their first Pokémon. He even introduces them to Red.
Unlike other media, he was not seen giving away the Johto starters to new trainers yet. Professor Elm makes a cameo in Pocket Monsters BW along with the other professors.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Professor Elm in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
- Professor Elm is the only professor in the main series that doesn't welcome the player to the world of Pokémon at the start of the game. Professor Oak takes his place instead.
- As such, he is also the only Professor without a large in-game sprite, having only the overworld sprite.
- Professor Elm is also the only Professor to give the player character a starter Pokémon that does not also give them a Pokédex.
- In the anime, Professor Elm is the only professor that didn't give one of his starter Pokémon to a main character.
|Reference to
|ウツギ博士 Dr. Utsugi
|ウツギ Utsugi, Deutzia.
|English, Spanish
|Professor Elm
|Elm tree, following the naming of Professor Oak.
|Professeur Orme
|Orme means elm in French.
|Professor Lind
|Linde means lime tree in German.
|공박사 Dr. Gong
|공 is from 空 which is taken from 空木 Utsugi, Deutzia.
|空木博士 Dr. Kōngmù
|空木 is from 空木 Utsugi. Can mean "hollow wood" or "sky tree".


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Jerome Isaac, 47, said nothing during the brief hearing in Brooklyn criminal court, where he was ordered held without bail in the death of Deloris Gillespie. His lawyer requested solitary confinement and medical attention but did not speak outside court.
Isaac often did odd jobs at her apartment and told police he set her on fire because she owed him $2,000, authorities have said.
He has no prior criminal record, but that does not mean he is not highly dangerous, Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Taub said. He told authorities where they could find the gasoline.
"I know this is the defendant's first offense, but the depravity of this particular single act is beyond my description," he said.
Surveillance video from the elevator shows Isaac dressed somewhat like an exterminator, holding a canister sprayer, wearing white gloves and with a dust mask atop his head. The sprayer was full of gasoline, prosecutors said.
According to the criminal complaint, Isaac doused Gillespie with gasoline as she stood in the elevator, which had just opened to the fifth floor of her apartment building in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn. She crouched and cowered, grocery bags draped off her arms.
Isaac pulled out a barbecue-style lighter, authorities said, and used it to ignite a rag in a bottle. He waited a few seconds as Gillespie huddled on the floor. Then he backed out of the elevator and tossed the flaming bottle in, authorities said.
Gillespie died of burns and smoke inhalation, according to the criminal complaint.
Isaac fled the building, then went around the corner and set his brother's apartment door on fire, according to the complaint.
Visibly burned, Isaac then hid on a nearby rooftop in the winter cold for hours before he surrendered, reeking of gasoline, police said.
Isaac lived with Gillespie for about six months last year but appears to have ended by early this year, neighbor Jaime Holguin said.
Holguin, the manager of news development for The Associated Press, months later started seeing Isaac nearby on the street, looking disheveled and pushing a cart full of aluminum cans.
Gillespie's funeral is planned for after Christmas, according to City Council member Letitia James, speaking on behalf of the family, which she said has requested privacy.
She had four children — one daughter and three sons, according to James — and regularly attended a Baptist church near her home.
Isaac's next court date is Friday.


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Dear Rose Anne,
We have never met, but I just wanted to let you know that I found a quilt you made in a consignment store in New Hampshire and I bought it! I'm a fellow quilter who came across your beautiful hand-quilted lap quilt and I thought I would honor you by buying it.
Wherever you are, (even if it's in Quilters' Heaven), please know that I will take care of this little gem. I appreciate the time and the skill that you took in making it.
Maybe you would be angry if you knew how little I paid for it - maybe you would be amused. But I do love it. I'm wondering when you made it? Maybe in the 1980's?


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Team 11th Hour to run the most eco-efficient cross-continental sailing race ever
World-class sailors Rob Windsor (Long Island, NY) and Hannah Jenner (Shropshire, England) are teaming up with Team 11th Hour Racing to run the most eco-efficient race in the history of sailing at the 20th anniversary of the Transat Jacques Vabre, considered the "Super Bowl" of offshore sailing. The team will set eco-firsts by implementing eco-friendly solutions to race more efficiently and minimize environmental impact during the month-long, 5,6000-mile sailing race that begins on Nov. 3rd in Le Havre, France and ends in Itajai, Brazil.
Windsor and Jenner will be the first team to use microgreens on board and are believed to be the first team to eliminate trash dumping almost entirely during a major offshore ocean race. In all, Windsor and Jenner will implement a total of 11 on-board eco-friendly solutions.
Highlights include:
- The introduction of microgreens: Microgreens are tiny young greens are grown on the boat, providing an energy-efficient and nutrient dense source of produce.
- The elimination of trash dumping: The only waste thrown into the ocean during the trip will be toilet paper. Typically, teams dump all trash except for plastic overboard.
- The utilization of a hydro-generator: A hydro-generator uses the movement of the boat to charge batteries and generate power, replacing the need for diesel fuel and limiting the use of energy.
- The use of a water-maker: A water-maker converts seawater into fresh water through osmosis, eliminating the need for plastic water bottles.
Although implementing all 11 eco-friendly solutions during the race will be a challenge, Windsor and Jenner are committed to putting the environment first.
"I feel strongly that anyone competing at the professional level has a responsibility to demonstrate good practice and for us that good practice means looking after the oceans we compete on," said Jenner. "If we can go out and hunt down a podium position while setting an example to sailors around the world then we will be a happy team."
"I think we all have a responsibility to future generations to do everything we can to protect the environment," said Windsor. "Using Hannah's smarts and my brawn puts us in a position to do really, really well as a team."
The skippers of 11th Hour Racing are expected to contend and are trailblazers in more ways than one. Windsor is the only American competing and Jenner, who finished 3rd in 2011, is the second youngest female to ever compete in the event.
Read more about the 11 eco-friendly sailing solutions at Team 11th Hour Racing.
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8 Upcoming Movie Remakes We Aren't Sure We Need
As they've done time and time again, Hollywood is turning to the past to find the movies of the future.
Some people argue that with a quality initial film, you don't need something new – that the original is something to be honored for it's excellence. Likewise, if your original work is backed up and protected, you don't need to recreate something you've already put a lot of time and effort into (unless you want to – or you think millions of people will pay to come and see it). Others say that if the original movie wasn't that great (or, even if it is), that a fresh look could be the ticket to a film and a story that everyone enjoys.
Here are eight remakes you'll be seeing in theaters over the next couple of years, with their original trailers and Rotten Tomato scores for reference. What do you think – are you looking forward to the remakes, or are you a tried and true "original" fan?