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Rotavirus in Foals
- Mar 1, 2000
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"But we've never had rotavirus in our foals." Read on and consider yourself lucky if your foals have never had rotavirus and you have breezed through the past foaling seasons sans diarrhea. With the increasing transportation of horses comes the increasing risk of any infectious disease occurring on your farm. As you will see, once you have rotavirus, you've obtained the "gift" that keeps on giving! Consider these real situations:
- A farm manager has 36 foals which need to be medicated, monitored, and washed several times a day because of rotavirus diarrhea. Five foals are on IV fluids; two need to be hospitalized. Forty more foals are at-risk.
- A small animal veterinarian owns one mare and foal on five acres in Arkansas. At two weeks of age, the foal breaks with diarrhea. Diagnosis: rotavirus.
- A Standardbred farm in Italy has 70% of its 130 foals develop rotavirus diarrhea after not having a problem with foal diarrhea for at least 10 years.
The foaling season should be a time of anticipation, hard work, and fun at seeing healthy foals running in the fields with their dams. Spring also can bring months of sheer drudgery, disappointment, and despair if a disease outbreak hits the farm, especially if it is caused by rotavirus.
The enemy rotavirus is a round RNA virus that can infect most any mammalian species, including humans (see photos page 58). Under natural circumstances, the virus is species-specific, meaning that only foals get the horse strain of rotavirus; calves get the bovine form of rotavirus; and children (especially under two years of age) are affected by human rotavirus. The vast majority of rotaviral diarrhea is caused by Group A rotaviruses; however, other groups of rotaviruses (B-G) have been described in species besides horses.
Rotaviral diarrhea is a worldwide disease, with outbreaks occurring in most major horse breeding areas, including England, Ireland, France, Japan, and Australia. Foals are exposed to the disease by a fecal-oral route, meaning they ingest fecally contaminated material, or lick surfaces that are contaminated with manure. If a foal ingests enough contaminated material, it usually develops diarrhea in 12-24 hours.
The virus passes into the duodenum, part of the small intestine attached to the stomach. This portion of the intestine is developed for digestion and absorption of food materials. Tiny finger-like projections called villi cover the inside of the intestine, increasing the surface area for digestion to take place (see illustration page 61). Cells at the tips of the villi are responsible for digestion and absorption of nutrients, whereas cells in the base secrete fluids to aid in the digestive process. These crypt cells also reproduce and migrate up the villus "finger" to replace the villus tip cells as they become worn.
The villus tip cells are attacked and killed by rotavirus, causing food not to be digested and absorbed fully. The body responds to this by flooding the intestinal tract with fluids to flush the undigested food out of the body. Not all of this fluid can be resorbed by the large intestine, and the result is diarrhea, ranging from cow-pile consistency to a squirting waterfall of liquid feces. The virus also multiplies exponentially in cells of the villi. One teaspoon of rotavirus-infected feces from a foal can contain more than 10 million virus particles, enough to infect whole herds of foals, thus explaining the highly contagious nature of the disease.
Not all foals which are exposed to rotavirus in their environment develop diarrhea. In extensive field studies conducted in Central Kentucky by the author and David Powell, BVSc, of the University of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center, it was discovered that some healthy foals shed rotavirus while their pasturemates became ill with diarrhea. Foals on farms without active rotaviral disease did not shed the virus in detectable amounts.
The Disease
Actually, diarrhea is not always the first sign of the disease. Often a dam's full udder is noticed by the owner, indicating that the foal is not nursing. Within hours, young foals will be depressed and have soft to watery feces that can range in color from green/gray to yellow. Bloody feces have not been associated with rotavirus infection, and fever is not a consistent clinical sign. Foals less than 14 days of age often are more severely affected and potentially can die from the dehydration and electrolyte imbalances within six hours.
Clinical signs in foals two or more months of age can be quite different. Sometimes the only indication of the disease is cow-pile consistency feces with no other signs of sickness. Older foals have more energy reserves and can better cope with the disease. Foals from two days to five months of age can be affected, and most have diarrhea for three to four days, but the condition can last as long as a week.
What about the mares? Even in the midst of the worst farm outbreaks, mares and other adult horses are not affected by rotavirus. In two separate research studies, a small percentage of mares were shown by serology to be infected with rotavirus at the time that their foals were ill, but none showed any signs of sickness.
Although each species has its own variety of rotavirus, one of the surface proteins remains the same. Human test kits are commonly used to diagnose animal rotavirus in as little as five to 10 minutes. If one fecal test is negative, at least two other samples should be tested daily, since the concentration of rotavirus in feces, especially watery feces, might be too low for the test kits to detect. Fecal cultures for bacterial pathogens often are tested at the same time to rule out bacterial causes of foal diarrhea. Because there are many causes of diarrhea in foals, horse owners should leave the diagnosis and treatment to their veterinarian.
Blood testing is not used to diagnose rotavirus. Several research studies have shown that most foals with definite rotavirus disease do not show a significant increase in rotavirus antibody levels. Blood testing is a reliable method of diagnosis for many viral diseases, but rotavirus is not one of them.
Although once thought to be a secondary invader, rotavirus has been shown to cause diarrhea all by itself. In Central Kentucky, concurrent bacterial infections are rare in rotavirus cases, however that might not necessarily be the case in all locales.
Since this is a viral disease, antibiotics are not a cure, and can in fact complicate the situation. Treatment depends on the patient's condition, and can include medication called protectants to soothe and coat the gastrointestinal tract (e.g., Pepto-Bismol), probiotics (to replenish the "good" bacteria in the intestinal tract) that are given orally, and intravenous fluids and nutrients with intensive therapy to keep young foals alive. In some areas of the country, gastric ulcers are a concern and anti-ulcer medication might be prescribed by the veterinarian.
As with any treatments administered to animals, maintaining records on the response to treatment is imperative. Taking the foal's temperature, pulse, and respiration, looking at the gums for normal pink color and capillary refill time, and testing for dehydration using the skin pinch test (see The Horse, September 1999, page 106) only takes two to three minutes. If any of these parameters are abnormal, call your veterinarian. High fevers especially warrant a telephone call.
Pay attention to medication administration during the course of the disease. Dosing with protectants past the formation of normal feces can cause constipation in foals, resulting in anorexia, depression, and even colic. Good nursing care is essential, since foals often are recumbent more than usual, and diarrhea can scald the tender skin between their hind legs. Additional bedding should be utilized for foals kept in stalls. Mineral oil or Desitin (for baby rash) can be used on the hind legs as a barrier to the irritation from the feces. Foals which do not have adequate cleansing and treatment of the skin can develop raw, peeling sores with secondary bacterial skin infections. A little prevention can go a long way in making the foal more comfortable and additional problems less likely.
If sick foals are detected early and appropriate treatment started, rotavirus seldom is fatal. Very sick foals often recover and regain condition rapidly, assuming there are no secondary problems such as gastric ulcers.
Where does rotavirus come from? Since the virus is species specific, foals pick up the virus from materials contaminated with equine feces (you don't have to worry about opossums here). In studies conducted in swine, it has been shown that some sows shed rotavirus in feces in the time period before and after farrowing (high stress). These animals show no diarrhea and are asymptomatic carriers of the virus.
Although mares have had feces tested at the time of foaling in one research study, they were not positive for rotavirus. There could be several reasons for this. Adults might shed rotavirus sporadically or in quantities too small to detect with current test kits. Either way, at this time there is no way to detect which adults could be carrying the virus.
Another important factor is that this virus is extremely hardy, and it can survive for more than nine months at room temperature and over winter on farms. Rotavirus basically is a protein coat with viral RNA inside and is not covered by an envelope the same way as influenza, herpesvirus, and other equine viruses. Enveloped viruses generally are easy to kill with detergents and are susceptible to weather conditions. Rotavirus is a pretty tough customer, in comparison.
Once a foal breaks with diarrhea, its feces can cause contamination of a whole barn full of foals, with all becoming ill within 36 hours of the first case. Once the first case breaks, you have to assume that all foals which are in contact with the sick foal have been exposed.
For example, if half of the foals in a barn are pastured with the now-sick foal, those are the foals most likely to become ill. The other foals also are at risk, since foals can start shedding rotavirus two days prior to becoming ill.
Hands, shoes, pitchforks, and other things that have been used in common between foals can efficiently spread the virus throughout the barn.
How To Stop The Spread
Start disinfection and isolation measures immediately when a foal is noticed with diarrhea which is not considered to be foal heat diarrhea (see The Horse of February 2000). This can be done while waiting for the veterinarian to arrive at the farm. Do not move mares and foals to other areas of the farm, since you could be spreading the virus by in-contact foals incubating the disease and just waiting their 18 hours before scouring.
Disinfection using phenolic compounds (e.g., Tek-Trol, Bio-Tek Industries Inc., Atlanta, Ga.) can kill rotavirus on equine facilities, on clothing, towels, and other washables used on sick animals. (An in-depth article on disinfection and isolation can be found in The Horse, November 1999.) These techniques have consistently proven useful in rotavirus outbreaks.
An Ounce Of Prevention
Effective farm management is important in controlling and preventing any infectious disease. Vaccines are important in the arsenal of defenses, and fortunately there is a rotavirus vaccine (Equine Rotavirus, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Fort Dodge, Iowa) that is available through veterinarians. This vaccine is administered intramuscularly to mares at eight, nine, and 10 months of gestation to enhance the antibody levels in colostrum. The vaccine has been shown to be extremely safe, and on many farms where rotavirus was a major yearly problem, the disease has been effectively slowed, if not stopped.
The antibodies obtained from the colostrum are absorbed into the foal's bloodstream, along with all of the other colostral antibodies. Just like all antibodies obtained from the mare, these will decrease in concentration over the first two months of life, until the foal begins making antibodies itself. Some farms have noticed that two-month-old foals (from vaccinated mares) develop pasty feces, but do not stop nursing or act sick. This is in sharp contrast to pre-vaccination days when foals were consistently getting sick at two to five days of age, with some foals dying from dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. Other farms that have used the vaccine as directed have had no cases of rotavirus since the vaccine became available to the horse-owning public through veterinarians.
Adding another vaccine to your arsenal might seem like an unnecessary cost, but the economics show otherwise. Compared to the cost of the vaccine and preventive farm management techniques used to combat all infectious diseases (routine disinfection, isolation protocols, etc.), the expense of an outbreak can economically ruin a farm's foaling season. The "seen" costs of rotavirus outbreaks include veterinary calls, diagnostics, medication prescribed by veterinarians, skin care products to prevent/treat skin scalding, preventive medication for gastric ulcers if indicated, and hospitalization for severe dehydration. Total cost could range from $100 to $1,000 or more!
Then you have the "hidden" costs of rotavirus. These include additional disinfection of stalls, equipment, and clothing, labor costs for disinfection and isolation, possible loss of time in re-breeding because the stud farm won't accept a mare from a farm with an ongoing infectious disease, disposable gloves, boots, and clothing, additional labor for nursing care, medication, and monitoring, additional bedding for keeping a sick foal stalled 24 hours/day for an average of six days (three sick days; three convalescent but virus-shedding days). This could total $150 or more!
Risk reduction against rotavirus would include vaccination of pregnant mares (three doses) at a total cost of $45-$55, routine disinfection, isolation protocols for new mares and foals, and preventive farm management techniques (which reduces the risk for all infectious diseases).
Only you and your veterinarian can decide the usefulness of vaccination on your farm. However, if rotavirus has been a problem on the farm, "You can vaccinate a whole lot of mares for what it costs to treat just one sick rotavirus foal," said Walter Zent, DVM, an equine practitioner who has had years of experience working on broodmare operations in Central Kentucky.
Because of its hardy nature, rotavirus will be in the equine industry for a very long time. Vaccination, preventive farm management techniques, disinfection, and early detection all are essential in preventing and controlling this foaling season problem. The foaling season is complicated enough without having to deal with rotavirus!
A Case In Point
"I can smell it coming," said Sharon Wilson, breeding operations manager of Horizon Farm, Barrington, Ill. The facility has nine breeding stallions, 80 broodmares, boarding mares, and horses in training. "I have lived through many foaling seasons with rotavirus foals. Back when rotavirus was a yearly event, I dreaded going to the barns to find another foal sick," she said. "All of our mares are now vaccinated for rotavirus, and I don't have that problem anymore."
She emphasized that vaccination is a vital tool, but farm management is critical. "Our foaling stalls are kept disinfected and are picked out whenever the mare defecates. Mares are washed prior to foaling, and strict isolation protocols are activated in the event a foal does develop diarrhea."
"We have been using the rotavirus vaccine since its inception and are very pleased with the results," stated Jeanne Cox-Owens, 1999 Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Manager of the Year. As general manager of Cobra Farm, Lexington, Ky., she foals more than 30 mares per year. "With the rotavirus vaccine, we now have the much-needed protection against this depleting disease of our young foals, especially considering the widespread transport of bloodstock. One never knows what disease is being introduced into the herd, so it only behooves us all to be as stringent as possible with our vaccination programs."
All Diarrhea Is Not The Same!
Rotavirus is not the only cause of foal diarrhea, although a Central Kentucky study in the late 1980s revealed that more than 90% of outbreaks were caused by the virus. Other causative agents of scours include the bacteria Salmonella, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Rhodococcus equi, and Gram negative bacteria causing septicemia (E. coli, Actinobacillus, etc.).
Parasites that can cause diarrhea include Strongyloides westeri, Cryptosporidium (usually in immunocompromised foals), and Giardiaz.
Non-infectious causes of scours include foal heat diarrhea, lactose intolerance, ingestion of sand, dirt, or foreign material, overfeeding, and antibiotic treatment.
Owners must remember that in some cases, the actual cause of the diarrhea cannot be determined, despite an arsenal of diagnostic tests available.
Bismuth Subsalicylate-huh?
Pepto-Bismol or GastroCote is much easier to say. Bismuth subsalicylate (commonly called "the pink stuff") is the active ingredient in these brand name products which often are prescribed for diarrheic foals. But what does it do?
This chemical compound is split into bismuth and salicylate during digestion. The bismuth binds bacterial toxins and has some anti-microbial properties, as well as coats and soothes the lining of the stomach and intestine. The salicylate portion helps reduce symptoms of secretory diarrhea by helping to normalize fluid movement into and out of the gut. Be aware that the color of feces can change to a grayish color after dosing foals with these products, which is normal.
Rotavirus VaccineSince January 1996, an equine rotavirus vaccine (Fort Dodge Animal Health, Fort Dodge, Iowa) has been available to veterinarians under USDA conditional licensure, and now also has conditional licensure in Great Britain and Ireland. This intramuscular, killed virus vaccine is administered to pregnant mares at eight, nine, and 10 months of gestation. The three vaccinations are repeated yearly to pregnant mares. This vaccine is not labeled for use in foals.
About the Author
Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM
Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, is a professor within the University of Kentucky's Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center and editor of Equine Disease Quarterly.
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Pregnant women have an excuse to eat whatever and however much they want, right? Nope, according to a new study conducted at Queen Mary, University of London and published in BMJ. Researchers noted that gaining too much weight during pregnancy can put a woman and her baby at higher risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, miscarriage, birth defects, blood clots, preeclampsiaand (maternal and infant) death. They decided to see what was more effective in preventing those complications: diet, exerciseor a combination of the two.
To do that, they observed data on over 7,000 women, including the amount of weight they gained during pregnancy and whether or not they had any health complications. They found that exercise, diet — limiting calorie intake; balancing protein, carbohydrates and fat; and eating foods such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables — and a combo of diet and exercise kept the women's weight gain in check. But eating right was more effective than exercise in preventing certain complications: The women who watched their calorie intake were 33 percent less likely to develop preeclampsia, 60 percent less likely to have diabetes, 70 percent less likely to develop gestational high blood pressure and 32 percent less likely to deliver their babies preterm. The babies' birth weights were not affected by the limits in calories.
You do need extra calories during pregnancy, but only about 300 more than you did pre-pregnancy if you're in an average weight range, according to the American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists. This study adds just one more reason you should stick to that recommendation and not overdo it. Find out how much weight is the right amount to gain for your body type here.
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5 innings and 2 earned runs for Santana. David Wright is back and went 1 for 2 with an rbi and some excellent plays in the field. Def a good day for the Amazin's
5 innings and 2 earned runs for Santana. David Wright is back and went 1 for 2 with an rbi and some excellent plays in the field. Def a good day for the Amazin's
the mets are in a tough division and may end up last even if they win a decent amount of games...which i think they will.
Patience is a rare commodity among fans of big-market teams, but we Mets fans need an I.V. of the stuff while this franchise slowly recovers. I do like what I see in the "kids" like Tejada and Duda, but let's see how they do now that the league has had a good look at them.
Pitching-wise, it would be too much to expect Santana to turn back the clock, but I've already seen him in Spring Training games slicing the corners and changing speeds like a master. As to Niese, it's all about consistency. He can dazzle one start and then get blown up the next. He has more good/superior starts than crappy ones, though, so I'm hoping he's still a work in progress on that score. The bullpen - I honestly don't know. Even in better days, Mets closers would scare the crap out of me, so what should I expect now?
But back to my opening sentence: Now that the front office seems to be in capable hands, it will be like turning around an ocean liner to get this franchise back on course. I'm old enough to have seen all this before, so the only question I have is "when", not "if."
The Mess are looking amazing in Spring Training. I can't see them winning any less than 60 games.
Pelfrey's first strong outing of the spring- 6 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits...Add in D Wrights grand slam and we have an encouraging day from the Amazins!!
Perhaps I am old school but shouldn't our GM try to show a little 'Optimism', too?
Appearing on WFAN, Sandy Alderson called what has transpired in spring training a "mixed bag." On the positive side, the GM identified the $162 million settlement in the Bernard Madoff lawsuit and the $240 million infusion from minority investment blocks as positives because those allow for more planning clarity. Johan Santana's health also has been a plus. Alderson expressed disappointment with the team's 6-16-2 Grapefruit League record because it is "some indicator" -- albeit modestly -- of in-season success. Alderson added: "I'm not entirely comfortable with our depth. As part of that, I'm not entirely comfortable with our bench."
On Jason Bay, Alderson noted Bay is the left fielder and will play, but added: "I don't think he has driven the ball. From our standpoint, he has had good approaches at the plate."
On Pelfrey, the GM noted, all of his spring training ERAs historically have been poor. "This one isn't even his worst," Alderson added. "The good thing is, last time out his velocity was up. So in some sense we look at Pelfrey and say -- look, this is the analysis we did last fall, when we had to tender him a contract: What does he bring to the table? We're not sure from a qualitative standpoint what he's going to bring this year, but we do know that he pitches through injury, he'll pitch through pain and probably give you 200 innings. What is that worth? ... He probably would be one of five in most rotations."
Alderson acknowledged middle infielder Jordany Valdespin -- who has been dabbling in center field -- is unlikely to make the Opening Day roster, which is consistent with what has been expected. The GM expects Valdespin will play "a number of positions" at Triple-A Buffalo, including limited center-field duty, a position where Kirk Nieuwenhuis should get the bulk of the starts for the Bisons.
Alderson said center field prospect Matt den Dekker is ready defensively to be a major league outfielder, but not offensively. The Mets would be comfortable with Nieuwenhuis starting at the major league level if Andres Torres (calf) and/or Scott Hairston (oblique) weren't ready.
As for catching, Alderson said Mike Nickeas has improved offensively.
The GM said 200 innings is "probably not" a realistic expectation for Santana. Alderson noted that it's unrealistic for Santana to throw 110 or 115 pitches in a game in April either, since the southpaw has topped out at 88 pitches in spring action, in his final Grapefruit League start.
Alderson expressed disappointment with the spring-training showings of his bullpen imports: Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch and Ramon Ramirez. The GM said the bullpen needs a stopper, and "nobody that we've brought in has really shown that this spring. Now, that doesn't mean it won't happen."
Of course they will finish last. But Alderson is pariently building a better outcome for the future the right way internally with draft choices and prospects.
If you have no patience go root for the Moneybag$
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Please seek spiritual guidance from Ernie, the Patron saint of Yankee hating irrational Mets homers, brother Tucker.


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With the proliferation of Black TV networks — partly as a result of Com-cast/NBC Universal's backing a number of minority start ups following diversity pressure from lawmakers like Rep. Maxine Waters — it's shaping up to be a competitive fight for survival.
The field includes Oprah Winfrey's OWN, Aspire TV (Magic Johnson), Revolt (P Diddy), Legacy TV (Byron Allen) and Bounce TV (Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III).
They, of course, are going up against TV One and the 800 pound Gorilla, BET.
That might be a daunting task for some, but not entrepreneur Joseph Collins, a South Central native and founder of the Signal Hill/Long Beach-based Punch TV Network.
Collins, 49, who got his start at a local TV station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has spent 30 years in the industry, producing over 600 TV commercials and was presented the 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Senators Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer and Fred Aguilar.
According to Collins, Punch, which symbolizes the melting pot of a punch bowl, is currently on 42 stations nationwide and is in its second year on air.
"The actual concept for the the network came five years ago and it took us three years before we launched and go on the air," he explained. "Punch TV is like this mixture of all different cultures and different nationalities, all from an urban perspective, not necessarily African-American.
"What happened is that hip hop has really changed the nature of urban culture; you have Asian kids beat boxing, riding down the street with their loud music playing and you would never have imagined someone of Asian descent doing that."
He added: "I wanted to design a TV network to be able to speak to that audience and be able to connect and tell stories for that audience."
With affiliates in Alabama, Alaska, California (Los Angeles —KTAV Channel 35.6), Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Puerto Rico, Texas and Washington, Punch's programming is a mix of talk shows, movies, women's interest, sports and children's shows. The line up includes original programming and content from independent producers.
"We produce a lot of original programs ourselves," he added. "There's a love story about a woman in her 60′s who falls in love with a young man in his late 30′s and then there's a Black History Month show that dispels myths about our history. In terms of the content, the fact that I've been in production for a long time I had a lot of relationships and had a big span of people we could call on, people who wanted to get their projects out there."
As you might expect, creating a network from scratch takes some financial muscle and Collins noted that Punch is a publicly-traded company. "We spent under $10 million to get here, which is a pretty high dollar figure. We're still growing, still building and we're hungry and want to change the world. The growth rates have been phenomenal, we've grown from 7 to 60 million households in less than a year. We're hoping to get the community to become part owners in Punch by investing in our over the counter stock."
The would be mogul certainly believes the time is right.
"The TV industry is really worried about networks like ours because people realize they can get about 70 or 80 more free channels and they don't have to pay a cable bill and they still high def, quality stuff," he maintained. "There's a big movement now where people are cutting the cord; cutting their cable, dish and Direct TV bills. If it's a choice between paying the cable and the light bill, our audience is probably going to want to pay the latter."
Meanwhile, as for the competition, Collins alludes to the greatest ever underdog.
"Ali had to start somewhere and nobody thought he had a chance," said Punch's main man. "I tell people the same thing…I'm gonna float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. There's nobody who knows more about TV than me."


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Ah. I do think Ginny would've been upset... but devastated? I think not. I think Ginny's feelings would tilt more toward anger than sadness. If you look deeply into Harry's words, you do find that they're quite reasonable, and I believe Ginny does have enough sense to see that reason, even if it involves her in more ways than one. I see her as a strong and brave girl. She would understand that Harry's break-up was due to his 'fore-sight' and his duty towards the wizarding world rather than his having anything against their relationship. I do think that Ginny would still believe that the break-up was only temporary, and they would be together once again after the war - she has enough bubbling confidence to support herself and Harry.Originally Posted by Astrofire
Hence the anger. She might be angry - even furious - at Harry for distancing himself, when they could have very well fought shoulder to shoulder. But, like you said, she mightn't be too harsh at him, though.
Exactly. She's distanced herself for five years. Why wouldn't she wait another year? I think that wait along would hold her up, and make her confident of Harry's victory.I know Ginny is very strong. I agree with that. But she is still a girl. She has gone through far too many things for her age, and yet, she still has to endure with her heart problems. I somehow know how it is to be in her situation, putting up a strong facade in order to hide the real tempest. It is not easy, and I think she probably did it through 5 years!
So, what I mean to say here is, Ginny, having suffered losses from Voldemort as well, wouldn't ever break down because of what Harry said for the simple reason that it was never meant to be a "we're not meant to be" kind of break-up. I do think she would understand what it meant to save the wizarding world, and would, of course, be willing to sacrifice. It still looks to me like a temporary change, that's all. Why wouldn't it to Ginny? She would be sad, but wouldn't dwell on it. She might be upset, but wouldn't break down. She is a fierce and headstrong young girl, and it wouldn't fit to have her lose control.
There, you have my two cents...
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He said he felt it was important to visit the facility because it produces a large amount of the state's energy.
"This facility provides one quarter — or 25 percent — of the state's energy, and so it's good to know the importance of that and learn their history, learn what their future looks like," Darr said. "Any ways that government can help or, in my belief, get out of their way."
He said he was pleased with his tour and felt the facility was extremely secure.
"One thing that I've really been impressed with today is the security — and not just the manpower of security," Darr said. "I mean, that's very impressive, too ... but as far as the security of the facility, like how sound it is and seeing how, in comparison, secure it is compared to Three Mile Island and also what happened in Japan. They're just so much more — even though this facility is nearing 40 years old, they did a lot of forward thinking, so its just really good that we have those, federal guidelines I guess, in place that it was built secure."
He noted the facility does not have an endless operating time frame. The permit for Unit 1 expires in 2034 and the Unit 2 permit expires in 2038. The permits were renewed in 2001 and 2005, respectively.
"The thing that we all really need to realize is, I think, this has a life on it that was extended ... When you think of 25 percent of your state's energy coming from one place, what's our plans for the next generation? Are we going to be able to update this facility, or is it going to be cost-prohibitive to do so? Or build a new facility? So, I mean, looking for ways to make energy smarter — not necessarily, in my opinion, greener — but all forms of energy.
"You know, in Arkansas we have lignite in the south that can be explored, and you know, what does the end of my life look like as far as energy resources in Arkansas? What do my kids' futures look like? And I think as we kind of prepare for that and realize we can't just keep pushing that down the road, that that's something we've really got to tackle within the next, in my opinion, 10 years, so we don't, you know, come to a critical stage of when you flip the light on it's not there."
Darr said he is "pro energy" in all its various forms, including nuclear and coal, which said he considers the "top two" energy sources in the state. He said he sees potential tax increases as a possible hindrance to Arkansas' energy production and job creation in the future.
"It doesn't mean necessarily just on electricity, but on energy in general, there's a severance tax issue the people are pushing to match other states around us, whether it be their oil, their natural gas, things like that," Darr said. "You know, Arkansas looks like it's lower in its percentage of tax compared to other surrounding states. However, our other tax, are so much bigger, that if we raise our severance tax to match theirs, we're gonna lose those jobs.
"And so, my — when the current governor approached it two years ago saying as long as we get this for severance tax we won't ever touch it again. Well, a little over two years later, they're wanting to touch it again. And raise it. So I think that that's a job killer. And definitely for those who have oil and gas rights here in Arkansas, and then you're looking at possible lignite exploration in south Arkansas. You can tax it as high as you want but that doesn't mean — the people who own those companies will go where they get the most bang for their buck, and that means the jobs won't be here, either."


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Discussion in 'Sports and Fitness' started by B.J., Aug 28, 2013.
Stanford going to the Rose Bowl again. Great game last night.
And Auburn might allow my state to keep the crystal football here for the fifth year in a row.
It's an itty bitty bowl that nobody cares about, but I'm happy. Colorado State is going to the New Mexico Bowl. On a 7-6 record. Considering that one of their losses was to Alabama, it's not too shabby.
Auburn has to have been the luckiest team in the nation this year! And my Auburn-alum wife agrees.
Not a great bowl, but GT gets to go to the Music City bowl. We're playing Ole Miss, so it's another ACC-SEC matchup. But it's close, so I may see about going!
Ugh. Alabama opens at (-9) over Oklahoma, and that line is probably only going to get worse. This is why the BCS needs to go away: So we don't get these matchups based on the money, and start getting them based on the game.
Nice win by USC to finish out the season.
Carr looked pretty ordinary against the Trojan defense.
Assuming this was Marquis Lee's last game at USC, it was a nice way to go out. Much better than that ridiculous farce of a bowl game last year...
Yeah, the Trojans looked great today! I can only hope that Sarkisian restores them to their former glory.
What I'm really going to take away from today's college football action is that fantastic finish at the New Mexico Bowl! Colorado State reminded us what can happen if you never give up. It would be great to see more of the 2013 postseason games end like that one.
^I'm so proud of my Rams! I wish I could have watched the game, but I had a concert this afternoon. *proud Colorado State grad*
Agreed that CSU win was amazing. What a turn of events.
I had fully intended on watching today's slate of games, but I had to work today. Caught a glimpse of the USC/Fresno (my coworker actually went, cheap tickets), but of course bowl season doesn't kick up until New Year's Day. So sad CFB is over already!
Watched Minnesota and Syracuse play in the Texas Bowl. Kind of a snoozefest- no wonder there were seats available on StubHub for as low as 73 cents.
Marshall Thundering Herd (the original, not the Colin Cowherd groupies) pulls off a superb win over Maryland, with an outstanding performance by QB Rakeem Cato!
And major congrats to Colorado St for a heckuva win in scintillating fashion.
As well even to USC for evidence that they are coming out form under their recent cloud.
Nothing like a full slate of bowl games to take the edge off a New Year's hangover.
Let's see...
The Capital One Bowl: South Carolina and Wisconsin. The Badgers looked good early, but the Old Ball Coach has got it dialed in down there in South Carolina. Shaw accounts for 5 touchdowns: 3 passing, 1 rushing, and 1 receiving. We can call that a rich, full day.
The Rose Bowl: Stanford goes up quickly 10-0, and then Sparty comes back to lay the smackdown. Big 10 is not totally useless after all!
The Fiesta Bowl: CFU makes some people in Vegas very rich indeed. Baylor gave it a good effort, but hardly anyone gave CFU a chance. A wild, fun game.
A good day of college football!
In addition to Sparty, we had Nebraska upsetting Georgia. Plus Iowa pushing LSU hard in a offense-less game. Guess that Big 10 looks REALLY weak, doesn't it?
Big Ten were never weak. I'm a MSU alumnus (c/o '90) and I'm so proud of my Spartans.
The last time they were in the Rose Bowl, I was 20 in my junior year at MSU in 1988.
So Sweet.
Then you have got to love reliving this play: Link to Ellsworth's play
Let's not go crazy...
6-15 in January Bowl games over the past 4 years.
It'll be hard to top either the Peach Bowl (yeah, it has a different name now, but it'll always be the Peach Bowl to me) or the Fiesta Bowl for sheer excitement. I hate that Duke lost, but they put up as good a fight as I've seen from them all year. Maybe they'll be back in the ACC title game sooner than we think! As for Central Florida, I love it when the underdog proves all the doubters wrong. Speaking of which, can Michigan State finally be given the respect they deserve? They couldn't have closed out their season in a more impressive manner.
My hope is that Chik-Fil-A either renames it back to the Peach Bowl, or the next sponsor does. Travesty, you can't mess with tradition like that. I feel the same about the Tangerine/Citrus Bowl.
What's the PAC-12 record in those conditions?
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25 Years After Fernandomania
A look back at the craze created by Valenzuela
By Jorge Martin / Dodger Magazine
It hardly feels like it, especially when looking at Valenzuela today, nary a gray hair on his head, or a line on his 45-year-old face. In fans' minds, the memory of El Toro is still quite fresh, as evidenced by the ovation that Valenzuela received when he was introduced as a coach for Mexico's team during the recent World Baseball Classic.
Then you take a harder look at the time. In 1981, the Internet was stuff of sci-fi books. Mobile phones were only seen at the bottom of a shoe during reruns of Get Smart. ESPN and MTV were in their infancy, their existence in a household as rare as a color TV was in the 1950s.
Into the picture stepped a Mexican left-hander who was just five months past his 20th birthday and only communicated publicly in Spanish. And he fulfilled a wish from a certain owner who had brought the Dodgers west from their Brooklyn roots.
Dodger owner Walter O'Malley would often mention that he wanted a "Mexican Sandy Koufax" to join the organization and help tap the growing Hispanic population in Los Angeles. While he did not live to see Valenzuela look to the sky before throwing his signature screwball (O'Malley died in 1979), his dream was realized when Fernandomania captured the city.
"It's true, he told me many times," said Dodger Hall of Fame Spanish broadcaster Jaime Jarrín of conversations with O'Malley about his wish for a Mexican Koufax. "It was part serious, part in jest. More jest than serious. He knew that it would be difficult to find another Sandy Koufax. Well, Fernando Valenzuela came along to answer a wish and have a season like any of the best years that Sandy Koufax had."
Looking back, it's almost mythic what Valenzuela did. In his first eight games of the 1981 season, Valenzuela threw seven complete-game victories (he threw nine innings in the eighth victory, which the Dodgers won in 10 innings while Valenzuela was still pitcher of record), and had five shutouts among those victories. To add some modern-day perspective, the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves each won their respective divisions last year and each had eight complete games as a team over the entire year. His numbers over that magical run were four runs allowed over 72 innings for an ERA of 0.50.
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Teammates were enthralled by Fernandomania just as much as the fans. Here are some of their remembrances:
Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers manager
Dusty Baker, outfielder
Rick Monday, outfielder
Reggie Smith, outfielder
Bobby Castillo, reliever who taught Valenzuela the screwball
"It was a great start to my career," said Valenzuela, now a member of the Dodgers' Spanish broadcast team. "I think it helped me to start out with a team that had many veterans who had played together for many years. Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell, Dusty Baker and Steve Yeager, they all helped and supported me that year. In this game, you have to play like a team in order to win games. You can't win games on your own. We won together."
What started with that emergency Opening Day start on April 9, 1981 made history and changed the face of Dodger Stadium. While the Dodgers were the first team to draw 3 million fans and reigned as the leader in attendance, the audience began to have a more Hispanic leaning. Matador music was played on the organ after particularly big strikeouts, a tribute to his nickname, El Toro.
"I truly believe that there is no other player in Major League baseball history who created more new baseball fans than Fernando," said Jarrín. "Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Joe DiMaggio, even Babe Ruth didn't. Fernando turned so many people from Mexico, Central America, South America into fans. Fernando created interest in baseball among people who didn't care about baseball."
Jarrín backed up this statement with some stats. In 1980, 8 percent of the Dodgers' total attendance was of Hispanic origin. In 2005, it was 42 percent.
"Having all the people from the Hispanic community, and really all the communities in Los Angeles, that gave me such a lift," Valenzuela said. "Knowing that the people are there waiting to see what could happen next, that's one of the things that I always enjoyed. People didn't expect anything, but to be able to see the emotion and the excitement when I had a great game, that's all I could ever ask for."
The fan frenzy that surrounded Fernandomania was incredible. Even more incredible was how Valenzuela remained calm while everything around him was doing a great imitation of the Beatles sightings in the 60s.
The crush of fans was tremendous, and not just in Los Angeles. Wherever the Dodgers traveled, a press conference would have to be set up at the start of each series to satisfy all the media requests that were pouring in nationally.
"The interviews and requests to be on shows, that was difficult to get used to," Valenzuela said. "I was never used to talking so much to the press and there were so many interviews. When I was on the mound, I knew what I could do. Looking back at everything that was going on, even with how difficult it was to handle the media requests, I do have great memories from that year."
Jarrín, then in his 23rd year broadcasting the Dodgers, quickly was asked to act as Valenzuela's interpreter from the second game on. The two were side by side as the media bombarded them with questions.
"At that time, the training room was not off limits to the media like it is today," Jarrín said. "The media would go in there even though Fernando was icing his shoulder after the game. They would immediately begin asking him questions.
"Fernando took those questions and never fanned the fire that some reporters were trying to build. He never complained or did anything that in any way would detract from the team. He was the same professional through to his last pitch in the Major Leagues."
Jarrín pointed to two memories among many that showed a reach of Fernandomania. On a May flight into Montreal for the first series between foes who would eventually wage a classic October clash, Jarrín talked about what he expected.
"I told Fernando, 'We're going to a city where they speak more French than English,'" Jarrín said. "It's going to be much calmer here. We land in Montreal and I see a newspaper in the airport. There is the photo of Fernando, not on the sports page, but on the front page. It was incredible."
Later in Chicago on June 6, Valenzuela lasted just 3.1 innings before being pulled after allowing seven runs. At the end of the game, someone came up to Jarrín with a unique request.
"Someone from the Cubs came to me and asked that Fernando come out to the field and wave to the fans," Jarrín said. "I asked him why, as Fernando had gotten knocked out early. He said, 'They keep chanting, Fernando! Fernando! Fernando!' They wouldn't leave."
The people around Valenzuela marveled at the attention, and his lack of a reaction.
"The thing that was incredible about Fernandomania is that no matter where we went, everyone wanted to come out and see this guy pitch," Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda said. "Every ballpark we went to they wanted to see this lefty pitcher who looked up in the sky. I still don't know how he did that."
What he ended up doing was going 13-7 on the year with a 2.49 ERA and a league-leading 180 strikeouts. He ended up winning the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award, still the only player in baseball history to win both awards in the same year.
Valenzuela would go on to pitch brilliantly in the postseason, winning three times, including one of the guttiest performances in World Series history, where Valenzuela stared down the Yankees while he was down 4-3 in the score and behind two games in the Series. Valenzuela righted himself to not allow another run and win, 5-4, after throwing 147 pitches. He would go on to be one of the dominant pitchers in baseball through much of the 1980s.
"People ask me all the time when am I going to sign another Fernando Valenzuela," said Dodger scout Mike Brito, who signed Valenzuela in 1978. "I tell them, 'After they find another Clark Gable.' What Fernando did is once in a lifetime."
Jorge Martin is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: For which integers m do there exist integers a,b,c,d, all distinct modulo m, such that ab-cd, ac-bd, and ad-bc are all divisible by m? In other words, we require ab=cd, ac=bd, and ad=bc modulo m. We can immediately rule out m less than 5, and also the number 9, by inspection. Also, m cannot be a prime, because if m were prime we would have unique division modulo m, and hence we could compute a=cd/b and a=bd/c, which could be multiplied together to give a^2 = d^2 (mod m). Making similar use of the other relation pairs, we would have a^2 = b^2 = c^2 = d^2 (mod m), which is impossible in distinct residues, because any given residue has only two square roots modulo a prime. We can also rule out values of m of the form 2p for any odd prime p, because if any of a,b,c,d is divisible by p then they all must be, but there are only two distinct residues (0 and p) mod 2p that are divisible by p, so this is impossible. Likewise if any of a,b,c,d is divisible by 2 then all must be, in which case all three of the equations can be divided by 4, giving distinct values a'=a/2,b'=b/2, c'=c/2,d'=d/2 that satisfy the three conditions modulo p, which we've already seen is impossible. On the other hand, if m is of the form p^2 for any prime greater than 3, then the values p,2p,3p,4p satisfy the stated conditions. More generally, rp,sp,up,vp satisfy the conditions for any set of four distinct integers r,s,u,v less than p. If m is of the form pq for two distinct odd primes p and q with p greater than q, we always have a solution of the form a=u,b=v,c=-v, d=-u, as shown by the fact that ab-cd and ac-bd are identically zero and ad-bc is satisfied if u^2 = v^2. Thus it is sufficient to find distinct u,v such that u is not congruent to -v (mod pq). One such pair is given by u=p+q, v=p-q. More generally, for any given u we can solve u=px+qy for the minimal solution x,y where x is less than q and y is less than p, and then take v=px-qy. Clearly u^2 = v^2 (mod pq) and also u+v=2px and u-v=2qy so neither of these is congruent to zero (mod pq). Lastly we note that if a,b,c,d is a solution for the integer m, then for any integer k the number km has the solution ka,kb,kc,kd. Hence the only natural numbers (in addition to the numbers 1, 4, and 9) for which there does NOT exist a solution are numbers of the form p and 2p for any prime p.


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Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Feasibility Studies for Clinical Trials in Type 1 Diabetes (R03)
Release Date: January 6, 2011
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases (NIDDK) intends to promote clinical research related to type 1
diabetes through a series of initiatives. The first will be a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for feasibility studies
for clinical trials to improve the care and clinical outcomes of individuals
with type 1 diabetes.
This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.
The FOA is expected to be published in the early spring of 2011 for funding in September 2011.
This FOA will utilize the R03 activity code. Details of the planned Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) are provided below.
Type 1 diabetes is a serious chronic disease. New types of insulin, along with improved management and monitoring technologies, have the potential to improve outcomes. However, diabetes management requires complex balancing of medication dosing, diet and exercise in order to achieve good glucose control while avoiding hypoglycemia. The constant burden of the disease affects the quality of life of individuals with type 1 diabetes and their families, and may be associated with poor adherence to medical regimens.
The results of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and its long-term follow-up through the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications study clearly demonstrate the efficacy of good glucose control in preventing the long-term vascular complications of diabetes. Nevertheless, despite efforts of patients to keep their glucose levels as normal as possible, it is still nearly impossible for individuals with type 1 diabetes to achieve the precise level of glucose control attained by a healthy pancreas. Therefore, individuals with type 1 diabetes inevitably experience hyperglycemia, resulting in organ damage that produces morbidity for the individual and contributes to the high cost of health care for society. In addition, individuals with diabetes have a life span that is reduced by up to 15 years.
Therefore, the NIDDK wishes to expand its portfolio of clinical trials that will inform clinical management of type 1 diabetes across the lifespan. This FOA will utilize the NIH Small Grant program (R03) to solicit applications to establish feasibility and plan the design of clinical trials in individuals with type 1 diabetes. These trials should be designed to improve glycemic control and/or treat or reduce diabetes complications. The results of such trials should be of practical importance to clinical management and applicable immediately. The development or validation of new technologies, and studies of immune-modulation or islet transplantation will not be solicited in this planned FOA, as such efforts are currently underway and may be expanded through other mechanisms.
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Inglis no one-man band, say Souths
SOUTHS forward Jason Clark rubbished the suggestion they were in danger of being known as a one-man team after Greg Inglis dominated proceedings in the Charity Shield victory over St George Illawarra.
Inglis, who played the entire 80 minutes, ran roughshod over the Dragons in the 28-10 triumph on Friday night. His man-of-the-match performance - in a trial - allied with his streamlined figure and determination to run the ball into the defence set an ominous tone for next month's season opener against blood rivals the Sydney Roosters.
The statistics documented the damage Inglis inflicted on St George Illawarra via his match-high 13 hit-ups, a try assist and line break.
While the club boasts some dynamic talent, including English superstar Sam Burgess, Kiwis hooker Issac Luke and try-scoring machine Nathan Merritt, Clark refused to entertain any talk of Inglis being from a faraway galaxy.
''That's more through the media than anything,'' he said. ''He's obviously a big person in our team, but we try to think of him as just one of the boys and that is what he is to us. A lot of people might say [Souths is a one-man team] but we are far from thinking like that. We have a 17-man squad and everyone is doing the best we can.''
Winger Andrew Everingham supported Clark's view that Souths were a long way from being a one-man band. ''Obviously he's the best player in the world, so the influence he has on the team is huge,'' he said. ''But we have guys like Nathan Merritt who filled the role last year. I just want to improve as a player, for the team to improve, and to see what we can do from there.''
Clark said the trials against the Papua New Guinea Residents team at Redfern, the Newcastle Knights at Coffs Harbour and the Dragons had allowed for the team, and coach Michael Maguire, to find their feet after an influx of new players.
''I think we're getting the balance right and the structures in place,'' he said of the pre-season. ''We've lost a bit with Dave Taylor [joining the Gold Coast] but Ben Te'o is fitting into our structures really well and I think he's in for a big year. Bryson Goodwin has fitted in, too, and we've also recruited Thomas Burgess … what it all means is there is a lot of pressure on every player [to perform].''
An area of the Rabbitohs' game pinpointed as one which needed to be improved during Friday night's victory was lapses in their defensive line which allowed the Dragons to threaten to get back into the game through two tries.
''Probably the main thing [out of the game] was the little lapse,'' Everingham said. ''We're going to work out the details in our video review session.
''We definitely worked hard on it during the off-season and we'll continue to work on it. I think it is just a concentration thing but it was definitely good to get out there and blow the cobwebs away.''
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Aviva Premiership
North targets silverware with Saints
ESPN Staff
April 12, 2013
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Wales winger George North is "delighted" to have finally completed his move to the Northampton Saints and has set his sights on winning some silverware at Franklin's Gardens.
North's transfer from the Scarlets to the Aviva Premiership had been in the pipeline for a while, prior to Tuesday's confirmation, and the rumours prompted the Welsh Rugby Union to hit out at the region. It accused the Scarlets of touting North, who was released from the last year of his contract to enable him to join the Saints this summer, to French clubs as they attempted to cash in on one of their star players.
The Scarlets denied this claim but did admit on Tuesday that North was the subject of an offer from a non-UK club. Instead of signing for the unnamed French side, North committed to the Saints with his agent Christian Abt describing the move as a "very difficult and emotional decision".
But with the move finally out in the open, North admits that he is looking forward to starting out with his new club after penning a three-year deal.
"I'm delighted to have made the decision and I'm very excited about the move to a new club," North told the Telegraph. "Now I can just focus on the rugby. It's a big move. Northampton have got a good squad, they've recruited really well this year and it's a club which competes regularly in the Premiership and the Heineken Cup and hopefully over the next few seasons, I can help them push on and win some silverware.
"Moving to Northampton is only going to push me as a player, challenge me and push my game forward."
The Scarlets are currently fifth in the RaboDirect PRO12 and are level on points with Munster who are fourth. They stand a good chance of making the play-offs with their final three matches seeing them come up against Glasgow, Cardiff Blues and Treviso - with all three at their Parc Y Scarlets home.
North wants to end the season on a high with the Scarlets before he makes the cross-Severn move. He added: "Hopefully, it's going to be more than three. It's a big task but if we get the right results in these next three, we've got the chance of the play-offs and hopefully I can finish on a winning run."
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High school powerhouse Byrnes High School should have two recent graduates in the starting lineup for South Carolina on Saturday night.
One, of course, will be running back Marcus Lattimore, the nation's leading rusher with 534 yards in three games, an astonishing pace that would put him over 2,000 yards for the season if he was able to maintain it.
The other? Wide receiver Nick Jones, who is coming off a three-reception, 52-yard performance against Navy last week. One of those grabs was a critical 34-yarder on third-and-15 during a second quarter drive towards a game-tying touchdown.
"I was just patiently waiting on my opportunity, waiting on my number to be called and it finally got called," Jones said. "I knew all my assignments, and I was able to perform like I wanted to."
Jones, who broke the news to reporters following Wednesday night's rain-shortened practice, is expected to make his first career start for the Gamecocks in Saturday's 7 p.m. home game against Vanderbilt at the outside receiver spot ("B" receiver) opposite Alshon Jeffery.
"As of right now, I'm starting this week," Jones said. "We'll see from there."
Jones, who started playing football with Lattimore when both were seven years old in Greer, SC, called his parents to deliver the good news.
"They were pretty excited and told me to play like I know how to play and everything should work out," Jones said. "Marcus was really the first person I told and he was more excited than I was. It's going to be crazy since he and I have been on the same football field since we were seven years old. I'm ready for it."
The depth chart released Monday night listed Jason Barnes as the starter with the 5-foot-9, 188-pound Jones serving as the backup. But, apparently, those two receivers have now switched spots.
Wide receivers coach Steve Spurrier Jr. did not address the media following Wednesday's workout. USC's passing attack has struggled gaining a foothold in the first three games, and currently ranks ninth in the SEC with an average of 159.0 yards per game.
"We've worked real hard on the passing game and it's going to improve," Jones said. "We're expecting it to improve."
Jones will work Saturday against a tough Vanderbilt secondary that has defended the pass very well through three games in 2011. The Commodores are fourth in the SEC in pass defense (164.3 ypg) and lead the nation in interceptions. Vanderbilt has a Pick-6 in each of their first three games this season.
"They have a real good secondary," Jones said. "We have to play our assignments and get open as receivers. Stephen (Garcia) will throw the ball and the line will protect great. We should make it work."
Vanderbilt likes to blanket receivers with suffocating zone coverages, Jones said.
Since taking over as the No. 1 quarterback in the second quarter of the season opener against East Carolina, Stephen Garcia has completed 55.4 percent of his passes (36-for-65) for 456 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
Then again, the way Lattimore has rushed the ball, USC hasn't needed a high-powered passing attack. However, concerns have been raised this week if the Gamecocks have relied too heavily on Lattimore in the first quarter of the regular season.
Steve Spurrier was asked "the question" during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday when he participated in the SEC coaches teleconference.
Even a couple of national columnists chimed in with their opinions. Wednesday, South Carolina running backs coach Jay Graham was asked the same question.
Despite his incredible production (nation-leading 534 yards on 87 carries) in the first three weeks, is Lattimore carrying the ball too much?
Graham, a workhorse himself at Tennessee in the mid-1990s, doesn't believe an average of 29 carries per game is excessive.
"It just depends on how the game goes," he said. "I always ask him during the game how he is feeling. He's gotten stronger. Coach Fitz(gerald) has done a great job of getting him stronger. He's prepared and ready to go."
Lattimore had 70 carries for 333 yards after three games last season, including the 37-carry, 182-yard breakout performance against Georgia at Williams-Brice Stadium. Therefore, as far as Graham is concerned, Lattimore has been there, done that.
"I don't think 17 more carries is a big deal," Graham said. "We were fortunate last year to get up in some games and we had the opportunity to get him out in the third or fourth quarter. I think he's doing fine right now. Certainly, we don't want him to have 35 carries a game. Physically, I always pay attention in between series just to make sure he's doing well."
How spectacular of a season has Lattimore had to date? He is the lone non-quarterback listed among the SEC's top 10 in total offense. He ranks eighth in the league with 178.0 ypg (all rushing), just ahead of Garcia at 177.7 ypg. Lattimore is also second in the SEC in points per game, averaging 14.0 points per contest. He has seven rushing touchdowns for a total of 42 points.
Lattimore is first in the SEC and tied for seventh nationally in all-purpose yards with 600, an average of 200 yards per game.
Spurrier, though, said Wednesday he hoped to get more running backs involved in the ground game, a signal that Kenny Miles and/or Eric Baker could get some carries Saturday night in order to give Lattimore a much-needed rest.
"That's what we've been trying to do from the beginning," Graham said. "Shon (Carson) went in there and got injured (at Georgia). In the same game, Kenny Miles got banged up and he's just getting back to being healthy. A lot of it has been the other guys behind him and getting the other guys ready to go as we go through this.
"I would love to get those guys into the game. Hopefully, the game goes into a direction that we could possibly do that. But you just don't know in a game. Some of it will depend on how many reps Marcus gets in the first half."
Miles has been practicing this week with his injured right hand wrapped in a soft bandage. He initially suffered the injury during a special teams play at Georgia.
Graham, who constantly preaches ball security to his players, is confident the injured hand won't affect Miles ability to grip the ball. Miles has one carry this season for one yard.
"He's just getting used to it," Graham said. "It's going to be a different feeling for him. He is just getting back to feeling good about it."
Baker hasn't carried the ball yet this season. When he does, it will mark his first rushing attempt since September of 2009.
-- Jones contended he didn't believe Wednesday's shortened workout will set the team back. "We got a lot of individual work in and then we did some team stuff to make sure we know our assignments," Jones said. "We'll be ready."
-- If Garcia starts at quarterback on Saturday and USC wins the game, he would collect his 20th career victory, tying him with Steve Taneyhill for second place on the all-time wins list.
-- USC is 15-4 against Vanderbilt since joining the SEC in 1992. Vanderbilt has had a pair of two-game winning streaks against the Gamecocks (1998-99 and 2007-08), but has never beaten them three straight times.
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ByMichael Howard Saul
New York City's first "micro-unit" apartment building – homes measuring between 250 and 370 square feet – took a big step forward Tuesday.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the development team composed of Monadnock Development LLC, Actors Fund Housing Development Corp., and nArchitects won a competition to design, construct and operate the building on a city-owned site at 335 East 27th St. in Manhattan. The team will create 55 units, 40% of which will be at rents below market rate.
Eleven of the units will be restricted to households with incomes not exceeding 80% of the area median income, with rents estimated at roughly $940. Another 11 units will have income restrictions, and rents for those apartments will range from $1,700 to $1,800. The remaining apartments will be rented at a market rate, which officials say would be higher than $1,800.
"New York's ability to pioneer new ideas is what made us the world's greatest city, and it's going to be what keeps us strong in the 21st Century," Bloomberg said at news conference in upper Manhattan announcing the new development team.
While there about 1.8 million one- and two-person households in the city, there are roughly 1 million studio and one-bedroom apartments. "And that imbalance is expected to grow in the years to come," said the mayor, explaining the need for these micro-units.


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Friday, December 5, 2008
Finland—according to World Audit—is ranked #1 of the world's countries for "democracy" (after a review of figures on public corruption, human and political rights, free speech, and the rule of law in every country of at least one million people).
The nation conducts presidential elections every six years, selects a parliament every four years, has European Parliament elections every five years, and municipal elections every four years.
There are 13 registered political parties, and 7 other ones that were removed after the 2007 parliamentary elections for failing to win a seat in two consecutive votes. Although the three main parties (Centre, National Coalition, and Social Democratic) gained 2/3 of the seats in the parliament in 2007, the support for them was about the same (23%, 22%, and 21%, respectively), and a coalition government was formed, with the first two parties joining with the Green League and Swedish People's Party (representing the Swedish speakers in Finland).
In Finland, where legal restrictions are placed on political advertising on television and radio, posters are widely used. Many candidates also have their own Web pages. Nowadays, the posters often show portraits of the candidates, but issues and logos are also represented. For a good sampling of election posters throughout history from the Finnish Social Democratic Party, click on this link.
At the right are two Finnish campaign posters:
- Swedish People's Party (1960)—advocating for the rights of Swedish speakers (top)
- Urho Kekkonen for president (1956)—promoting the politician who held office from 1956 until 1982. He was elected the first time by two votes in the electoral college, which was done away with after he left office (bottom)


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Pitcher Ames wins Dodgers Idol
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- On Sunday, pitcher Steve Ames won Dodgers Idol, an entertaining rookie hazing ritual that has become a Spring Training staple in the clubhouse.
The right-hander edged fellow reliever Shawn Tolleson by performing a comedy version of The Lonely Island's hit song that's so racy, its title cannot be mentioned here.
Ames said he practiced his performance for the past two days singing in his car, but wasn't exactly looking forward to it.
"Literally, it's my worst nightmare scenario," he said of the setting -- an audience of his teammates. "Maybe only stand-up comedy would be worse. I don't like being the center of attention. But it's way better than I thought it would be, just getting it over with."
Every player in his first L.A. Major League camp is required to perform some act of his choice, with no exceptions.
Greinke, Ryu skip Sunday bullpen sessions
GLENDALE, Ariz.-- Sunday was the day Dodgers starters Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu would have thrown their bullpen sessions, but neither did.
Greinke had "a little forearm tightness and thought it best to give it a day to let it rest," pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said. "It's nothing to be alarmed about. He's had it before and he's still expected to make his next start [Wednesday]."
Greinke didn't miss the pre-game workout, shagging in the outfield but making very few overhand throws. As a nine-year veteran, Greinke has the club's trust that he knows what it takes to get ready for the season. Ryu, on the other hand, is an unknown.
Honeycutt said Ryu never threw bullpen sessions as a star in Korea, and the left-hander doesn't want to vary from that routine. The Dodgers, trying to help his transition to a more frequent and demanding workload in the Major Leagues, have suggested he follow the typical routine of starters -- throwing a bullpen session two or three days after a start -- but aren't pushing it.
"We are giving him the opportunity to show that his custom works, while he sees how it's done here," Honeycutt said. "We'll try this until we see if it needs to improve."
Greinke has allowed two earned runs in five innings this spring. Ryu has allowed two earned runs in three innings.
Meanwhile, Ted Lilly missed his second day of workouts. He was given Saturday to care for his family, who were stricken by a wave of the flu. By Sunday, he had caught whatever they had. It's not clear if he will be able to make his next scheduled appearance on Tuesday.
Kemp gets stronger as Puig impresses
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- After going 0-for-3 in his second Spring Training game Sunday, Matt Kemp was lifted for a pinch-hitter, who looked like the next Matt Kemp.
Yasiel Puig, the 22-year-old Cuban exile, blistered a bullet three-run home run that added to the budding lore of the $42 million signing. It also added to the questions facing manager Don Mattingly about whether Puig can make the Opening Day roster with only 95 professional plate appearances.
"Don't even get started," Mattingly said. "It's just fun watching him play with that energy. Anything is possible, but I'm not going to go into hypotheticals. We'll see what happens."
Kemp is coming off shoulder surgery, but he and Mattingly said the shoulder is fine and he'll have enough spring at-bats to get his timing down. Carl Crawford reported improvement in his elbow after taking new medication, but his readiness for Opening Day is a question. Jerry Hairston and Skip Schumaker are around in case either Kemp or Crawford isn't ready.
But now there is Puig, who will become a real storyline if he continues to hit once the curveballs start breaking.
Puig admitted to a little nervousness when he saw how many good players there were early in camp, but that .421 spring batting average has him starting to believe that he belongs. He said he doesn't even know what it means that Kemp, Crawford and Andre Ethier are each signed through at least 2017.
Meanwhile, Kemp said he expects better at-bats when he returns to outfield play this week, uncomfortable with the standing around of a designated hitter. Physically, he said he's fine.
"The only thing I worry about is swinging and missing, and I did that a couple times and it didn't hurt," he said. "The swing is still long. I need to shorten it up, and I'll be good. It's only five at-bats. I'm definitely not worried about where I am. I'll be happy to get back on the field.
"If I think about the shoulder, I won't be successful. I have to trust that what I did in the offseason worked and just go out and play."
Dodgers make first spring cuts
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers made their first cuts of spring Sunday afternoon, re-assigning pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz and infielders Nick Evans, Ozzie Martinez and Dallas McPherson to Minor League camp.
McPherson, a former top prospect of the Angels, had the most Major League service time and was given an early look at first base. But the natural third baseman never looked comfortable and hit .154.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.