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Aerobic dance, artistic expression, art therapy, dance therapy, drama therapy, expressive therapists, literature, music therapy, poetry therapy, psychotherapy, self-expression.
Expressive therapies include dance, drama, literature, music, poetry and the visual arts combined with the practice of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is an interactive process between a person and a qualified mental health professional in which the patient explores thoughts, feelings and behavior to help with problem solving. Expressive therapists may use a variety of therapies to engage patients in the resolution of psychological difficulties.
Expressive therapy is a new and emerging field. Lesley University created the nation's first academic expressive therapy department in 1974, and just recently graduated its first doctoral expressive therapy class. Expressive therapists use multiple art modalities along with psychotherapy in their clinical practice, but often focus on a specific modality. The field of expressive therapy recognizes the importance of the arts and creative expression in the process of healing. This type of therapy is commonly used to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, and grieving, among a variety of other disease states.
Art therapy
: Art therapy became established as a mental health profession in the 1930s and, like the other forms of expressive therapy, is now practiced in hospitals, clinics, public and community agencies, wellness centers, educational institutions, businesses and private practices. It involves the application of a variety of art modalities including drawing, painting, clay and sculpture. It is believed that these methods of art may help people deal with inner conflicts, such that they become more aware of the "inner self."
Dance/movement therapy
: This category of expressive therapy includes martial arts as well as many types of dance. It aims to help people release pent up emotions and gain inner peace. It may be particularly useful in gaining a sense of peace with one's body after being subject to some type of abuse. This type of therapy became distinct in the 1940s, and is known as a psychotherapeutic use of movement. There are currently dance/movement therapists in 43 United States territories and in 21 countries.
Drama therapy
: Drama therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals. It is an active therapy, which is based on experience. It can provide an alternative context for a patient to relate his or her inner struggles and feelings. It can actively explore inner experience and strengthen interpersonal relationship skills.
Music therapy
: Music was recognized as a tool of healing in the ancient writings of writings of Pythagoras, Aristotle and Plato. In more modern times, music therapy became recognized in the early 20th Century, when local musicians played for those suffering from the traumas of war at Veterans' hospitals across America.
Poetry therapy
: Creative writing was instituted as a treatment modality in the United States over 200 years ago in a Pennsylvania hospital. It is currently used to treat a vast array of conditions among many different populations. It may be used as primary therapy or ancillary therapy.
: The generally acknowledged father of modern psychotherapy was Sigmund Freud, a neurologist in 1880s Vienna, Austria, who noted that some of his patients did not seem to have a physical cause for their symptoms. Freud primarily used dream interpretation, free association, and the three levels of consciousness: the id (primitive drives and impulses), the ego (normal waking mental functioning) and the superego (conscience, self-regulation of right and wrong) in his practice.
Expressive therapists may work in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, rehabilitative facilities, medical hospitals, outpatient clinics, day treatment centers, agencies serving developmentally disabled persons, community mental health centers, drug and alcohol programs, senior centers, nursing homes, hospice programs, correctional facilities, halfway houses, schools or private practices.
Art therapy
: Art therapy involves the expression of inner thoughts or feelings in the form of a painting, drawing or other form of art when a person is not able to verbalize them. The patient may work with a variety of mediums, as suggested by the art therapist. People involved in art therapy are given the tools they need to produce paintings, drawings, sculptures, and many other types of artwork. The formal use of art therapy usually involves discussion and interpretation of the meaning of what the person has created with an art therapist, and possibly with peers in a group situation. Such discussion may encourage helpful insights into what the work might reveal about the person's life, aspirations, feelings or needs. Another form of art therapy requires the patients to look at pieces of art, often in photographs, and then talk with a therapist about what they have seen. A professional art therapist is required to earn a master's degree. Sessions may cost up to $75-$150 per hour in the United States.
Dance/movement therapy
: Dance therapy involves using dance as a form of expression. The therapist may observe a person's movements to make an assessment and then design a program to help the specific condition, having the patient perform certain therapeutic movements. An ongoing verbal narration may accompany the dance as a form of reflecting the group or individual process. Rhythmic movements may be used as an organizing and illuminating force, thus using the dance therapy as a cohesive group process. This type of therapy is used for patients of all ages and backgrounds, and can be done individually or in groups. Becoming a dance therapist requires postgraduate training in the area, with already established qualifications and experience in the dance and social sciences.
Drama therapy
: A drama therapist will assess a client's needs, and then design a treatment approach based on those needs. It may include individual or group therapy, and will be based on the person's skill and ability levels, interests, and goals. Techniques may include improvisation, theater games, story telling or enactment. It may be enriched by the use of text, performance, or ritual. One type of drama therapy is playback theater, when group members actually act out a difficult situation one group member has experienced. The therapist may also instruct a patient to perform story telling, where a group member explains past experiences using the third person to convey the message.
Music therapy
: Music is often used to improve people's quality of life by influencing their physical, emotional, cognitive and social well-being. Music therapy may involve either listening to or performing music, with or without the presence of a music therapist. Music therapists are professionally trained to put into practice specific uses of music according to an individual's needs. These applications of music may include improvisation, receptive listening, song writing, lyric discussion, imagery, performance or learning through music. Sessions can be designed for individuals or groups based on the specific needs of the participants. Infants, children, adolescents, adults, the elderly and animals can all potentially benefit from music therapy. There are various methods of music therapy. Receptive therapy involves listening to and then responding to music. Improvisation involves creating music spontaneously, while recreation involves singing or playing music, which has already been composed. Composition methods of music therapy entail creating pieces of music as a mode of self-expression. Any of these methods, individually or combined, may be chosen by the music therapist in order to address a specific patient's needs.
Poetry therapy
: A trained poetry therapist will actively engage a patient to identify and transform issues through the use of language arts. They may train a patient to use writing as a vehicle of expression, to let out emotions that had been previously suppressed. The therapy may involve keeping a journal, which may lead to an increased sense of "self." The reading and writing of poetry will likely also be involved, in an exploration of a person's psychological difficulties on paper. The therapist may use a poem to invite a conversation about a patient's personal issue.
: Psychotherapy is an interactive process between a person and a qualified mental health professional (psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, licensed counselor, expressive therapist, or other trained practitioner). Its function is the exploration of thoughts, feelings and behavior for the purpose of problem solving or achieving higher levels of functioning. Expressive therapy combines various modes of the arts, such as fine art, dance, poetry, or drama, with psychotherapy.
Theory / Evidence
Art therapy
: Art therapy is used as a complementary therapy in integrative medicine programs as a means to attain both the psychological and physiological benefits of self-expression. It is based on the principle that creative self-expression is intrinsically curative and life enhancing. Art therapy enables the expression of inner thoughts or feelings when a person is not able to verbalize them. The visually pleasing component of an artistic creation is thought to elevate one's mood, increase self-awareness and improve self-esteem. Art therapy may also stimulate neurological pathways from the brain to the hands, increasing hand-eye coordination. Art therapy is commonly used in the treatment of anxiety, depression and other mental and emotional problems; substance abuse and addictions; family and relationship discord; abuse and domestic violence; and coping with disability or medical illness. Independently, the creation of art is considered a therapeutic form of self-expression. Children seem to be particularly responsive to art therapy. They may be able to express difficult issues that they cannot verbally communicate and reconcile various emotions by drawing, painting and constructing with an art therapist. Art therapy may also be an effective means of improving quality of life in the elderly. There is evidence that the non-directed use of visual art (pictures) as a means of encouraging communication among elderly nursing home residents may increase well-being, happiness, peacefulness, satisfaction and calmness. It may also reduce blood pressure, and improve medical health status with regard to reported dizziness, fatigue, pain and use of laxatives. Through creating and discussing art with an art therapist an individual may be able to increase awareness of self, cope with symptoms of various illnesses, cope with stress or trauma, and enhance cognitive abilities. Research has recognized that emotional expression has positive benefits for the immune, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. The psychological and physiological benefits attained through art therapy may contribute to improved quality of life and, theoretically, to the improvement of the medical course of illness. Art therapy may also be a helpful intervention for hospitalized, suicidal adolescents. There is evidence that it can be used to aid in developing a sense of identity and optimism about the future, hopefully leading to less suicidal tendencies. It may also encourage relaxation and more open communication, and may result in shorter hospitalization
Dance therapy
: The outcomes of dance therapy have been shown to be mostly beneficial. It has been shown to affect a client's emotional and physical health, well-being, and ability to cooperate with others in every-day life. It involves body movements, steps, expression, and interaction. The physical benefits of dance therapy as exercise are well documented. Studies have shown that physical activity is known to increase special neurotransmitter substances in the brain (endorphins), which create a state of well-being. And total body movement such as dance enhances the functions of other body systems, such as circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, and muscular systems. Regarding its unique connection to the field of medicine, many researches have been undertaken on the effects of dance/movement therapy in special settings with physical problems such as amputations, traumatic brain injury, and stroke, chronic illnesses such as anorexia, bulimia, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, AIDS, and arthritis. Dance movement therapy may stabilize the sympathetic nervous system, modulating serotonin and dopamine concentrations. This may improve psychological distress in adolescents with mild depression.
Drama therapy
: Currently, there are few scientific studies conducted on the use of drama therapy. It is theorized to help individuals recovering from addiction, developmentally disabled individuals, abuse survivors, prison inmates, homeless persons, and people with HIV/AIDS, along with the general public, by achieving behavior change, skill-building, emotional and physical integration, and personal growth.
Music therapy
: Research suggests that music may stimulate the release of natural opiates and endorphins from the body, which are known to enhance a person's feeling of well-being, and improve blood pressure, blood flow, pulse rate, and breathing. All forms of music may have therapeutic effects, although music from one's own culture may be most effective. Types of music differ in the types of neurological stimulation they evoke. For example, classical music has been found to cause comfort and relaxation while rock music may lead to discomfort. It has been postulated that music may achieve its therapeutic effects in part by elevating the pain threshold. Structured music therapy programs have been found to improve mood in institutional long-term care workers facing burnout, tumor patients, and stem cell transplant patients. There is also evidence that combining music with guided imagery may lead to reduced fatigue, mood disturbance and blood levels of cortisol (a stress hormone). Music therapy, by enhancing a state of physiological relaxation, may accelerate many of the body's healing responses. This relaxation state is characterized by reduced heart rate, reduced blood pressure, reduced tension, and many other beneficial changes. Evidence that music therapy can lead to the relaxation response has been found in studies with heart bypass surgery patients, healthy college students, infants, patients on mechanical ventilation, healthy males and acute myocardial infarction patients. There is also reliable scientific evidence supporting the use of music therapy to treat Alzheimer's dementia, anxiety, autism, cystic fibrosis, depression, grief in children, infant development, pain, schizophrenia, and sleep quality, among other conditions. Music may also be used in the classroom to aid children in the development of reading and language skills.
Poetry therapy
: This type of therapy may be useful for emotional expression of adolescents, dealing with grief or bereavement, cancer patients, depression, developmentally disabled, HIV/AIDS, marriage counseling, severe trauma, sexually abused patients, and substance abusers. A poetry therapist may provide a bereaved person the opportunity to express their emotions when they otherwise could not, and may then be able to support the patient. Journal writing and spontaneous writing may help an individual clarify his or her thoughts and feelings. Further scientific study is needed in this area.
: Psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy may reduce depression associated with adjustment disorder. It may improve sexual and social adjustment, and encourage weight gain in patients with anorexia nervosa. Psychodynamic group therapy and cognitive-behavior group therapy may both reduce aggression in male veterans with a history of committing assault. Child-parent psychotherapy may improve quality of attachment (ability of young children to bond or interact appropriately) and social-emotional functioning of both anxiously attached infants and toddlers of depressed mothers. Preventative psychotherapy for parents might reduce occurrence of impaired neurological development of very low birth weight, premature infants. There is good evidence that psychotherapy may enhance cancer patients' quality of life by reducing emotional distress and aiding in coping with the stresses and challenges of cancer. Therapy may be supportive-expressive therapy, cognitive therapy or group therapy. A broad range of psychotherapies are effective for the treatment of depression, including behavior therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and interpersonal therapy. Brief dynamic therapy, marital therapy, and family therapy may work best, depending on the patient's problems and circumstances. Any form of psychotherapy can be combined with a type of art to yield expressive therapy.
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Mouse Model Reveals Defect In Early Brain Development
Mouse Model Reveals Defect In Early Brain Development
August 1998
BETHESDA, Md. - Scientists in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), using mouse models to investigate a devastating human brain disorder, have demonstrated that reduced amounts of the gene responsible for this disorder radically disrupt very early brain development. The paper reporting the discovery is published in the August issue of Nature Genetics.
The disorder is type I lissencephaly, marked by severe mental retardation, seizures and early death. The disease's chief characteristic is a smooth brain, completely missing the usual convoluted grooves and fissures of the normal brain. It occurs in approximately one in 100,000 live births. The disorder has been attributed to abnormality or absence of a chromosome 17 gene for part of an enzyme known as platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase, called PAFAH1B1 or LIS1.
By creating and studying laboratory mice with different defective Pafah1b1 genes, the researchers have demonstrated that this gene is important for a process of early brain development called neuronal migration. In neuronal migration, neurons born near the ventricles in the center of the brain travel outward along precise pathways to their eventual destinations in the cerebral cortex or elsewhere. In humans, it has been thought that having only one normal Pafah1b1 gene results in abnormal neuronal migration, and smooth brains seen in lissencephaly and another related disease, Miller-Dieker syndrome (MDS).
MDS has been traced to loss of the part of chromosome 17 that includes Pafah1b1 plus additional nearby genes that have not yet been identified. Like their human counterparts, mice with one normal Pafah1b1 gene display abnormal neuronal migration in several regions of the brain. In addition, when both copies of Pafah1b1 were inactivated, the resulting embryos surprisingly died soon after implantation, demonstrating that this gene is essential for normal embryonic development.
Studies on brain tissue from mice with one copy of Pafah1b1 revealed that their neurons migrated more slowly than those of normal mice. "We'll be able to study what exactly goes wrong in the brains of these mice to try to understand what role the gene plays in neuronal migration," said Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, the paper's corresponding author, and a scientist in the Genetic Disease Research Branch at NHGRI.
"If neurons don't migrate appropriately during development because the process is delayed, then the multitude of neuronal connections necessary for normal brain development aren't going to be made," Wynshaw-Boris pointed out. The scientists plan to use the mouse models to address the mechanisms by which neurons connect with each other, a process of fundamental importance to appropriate wiring of the brain for higher brain functions.
The work may also help shed light on seizures. Partial inactivation of Pafah1b1 could result in a brain that appears normal but contains small abnormal clusters of cells due to migration defects. Such clusters could serve as starting points for seizures, Wynshaw-Boris suggested.
The research was accomplished by the NHGRI team in collaboration with the laboratories of Chris McBain (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) and Gary Clark (Baylor College of Medicine), and researchers at the University of Chicago.
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Last year will likely be remembered as the year after the hurricanes for many Louisiana citizens. The fact that it was a relatively ordinary year was a welcome relief to many, including farmers.
While the hurricanes in 2005 took a toll on many agricultural producers, production in 2006 was good for most commodities, according to LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry. "If you look at all the row crop commodities, all of those have average yields that will be right around or higher than the five-year average."
Sugarcane growers are still harvesting their crops and were reporting excellent yields until recent freezes. "Overall I think this is still one of the best crops we've had in four years," said Ben Legendre, LSU AgCenter's sugarcane specialist.
Prices were low for sugarcane and cotton, but most of the other commodity prices were either up or around average. Rice growers have struggled over the past few years with low prices, but last year they saw some improvement. "Rice prices have rebounded somewhat from 2005 with the expectation that they will continue to rebound in 2007," Guidry said.
Even with good commodity prices, however, some growers had a difficult time making a profit because of high production costs. "Ammonium nitrate fertilizer was 26 percent higher in 2006 versus 2005, according to USDA. Diesel fuel was 16 percent higher in 2006 versus 2005," Guidry said.
Meanwhile, the demand for ethanol is increasing the demand for corn and driving up corn prices. "As a result, we've seen corn prices for next season at well above $3.50 a bushel," Guidry said.
That is more than a dollar increase over 2006 prices, and Guidry said this will drive up corn acres in 2007. "We are going to see somewhere in the neighborhood of a 100,000-acre to a 200,000-acre increase, which is pretty substantial in Louisiana."
Guidry is anticipating an increase in grain sorghum acreage, as well, while soybean acreage likely will remain stable and cotton will decrease, "driven by an increase in corn and sorghum acres."
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls had a chance to put away the Brooklyn Nets. Instead, they stumbled.
Their first-round series shifts back to Chicago for Game 6 on Thursday, and the Bulls look like a team that could be in trouble even though they lead 3-2.
That's because Kirk Hinrich was sidelined by a calf injury. Joakim Noah still seems limited by a foot problem, and instead of putting away the Nets on Monday, the Bulls got tripped up 110-91.
Nets vs. Bulls: Game 6 Preview
If the Bulls are still in the driver's seat, then the Nets at least have a hand on the wheel.
"I don't know," Noah said. "Every game is huge in the playoffs. You win, you feel great. Sky high. When you lose, you know you feel like (garbage). So it's on us to not take anything for granted and be ready for a big Game 6 at home."
A win on Thursday sends the Bulls to the second round, where LeBron James and the defending champion Miami Heat will be waiting. Otherwise, it's back to Brooklyn for Game 7 on Saturday, a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable just a few days ago.
The Nets appeared to be down and out after the Bulls rallied from 14 down in the closing minutes of regulation on the way to a triple-overtime win in Game 4 at the United Center.
It was a different outcome in Game 5, though. Brooklyn controlled the boards and outscored Chicago 15-1 at the finish to keep this series going. Brook Lopez dominated with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Deron Williams scored 23 and contributed 10 assists.
"Our back's against the wall right now," Brooklyn's Gerald Wallace said. "We're in a fighting spirit. We're a fighting team. We're not ready to go home. We feel like we're better than this team. We just let some games slip away so we feel like we're good enough and a better team that we can come back and win three games in a row just like they did."
Nate Robinson got the start at point guard for Chicago and finished with 20 points and eight assists. But he wasn't able to provide the jolt he gave the Bulls off the bench in the previous game, when he carried them down the stretch.
His 34 points on Saturday were the most by a Bulls reserve in a playoff game, and all but five of them came after the third quarter. He shot the Bulls back into the game down the stretch in regulation and hit more big shots in the overtime periods.
On Monday, the offense didn't run as smoothly with a shoot-first point guard. Robinson couldn't stop Williams, either.
Hinrich could have helped in both areas, but he was wearing a walking boot and had a noticeable limp on Monday after bruising his left calf in Game 4. His status for the remainder of the series is in question.
It didn't help, either, that Noah remains hobbled by plantar fasciitis in his right foot that caused him to miss 15 games during the regular season, or that Taj Gibson is still fighting through a knee problem. That helped explain the Bulls getting outrebounded 44-33 and giving up 24 second-chance points.
As the series shifts back to Chicago, the Bulls are staggering a bit.
"Home court is not going to win it for us," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "We're going to have to play well. So the important thing is, it's good to be home, we have good support there, but we've got to put the work into the game to give our fans something to cheer about. So we can't get it clouded. We have to get things corrected."
It remains to be seen what adjustments - if any - the Bulls make. They could give Marco Belinelli more time at the point if Hinrich isn't available. Another option might be giving Richard Hamilton a look at shooting guard.
The veteran seems almost like a forgotten man at this point. He's played a grand total of seven minutes in this series after missing a big chunk of the regular season because of injuries.
Either way, the Bulls don't want to return to Brooklyn.
"It's a must win for us," Robinson said.


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Then & Now: Oneida resident recalls delivering Dispatch
ONEIDA >> Throughout school in the 1950s, Roger Parker was a carrier for the Oneida Daily Dispatch. Parker said he delivered up to 117 papers daily for 10 years.
Parker said his routes covered much of Main, Phelps and Madison streets. The 72-year-old said he would ride his bike to deliver papers as often as possible, but in the winter he would have to walk.
Parker inherited a gravel bed on Middle Road in Oneida Castle after graduating in 1959 and getting married, were he stayed and worked until his wife was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1984. The couple moved to Apache, Ariz. and Parker worked a few trucking a freight jobs. He eventually became a drilling rig mechanic, travelling throughout the southwest. After his wife passed away in 2000, Parker moved to Florida in 2011 to live with his daughter. He still frequently visits family in Central New York.


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After 15 years at Gen Con, TD has taken the bold step to enhance their adventures with boosted sets, props, costumes and special effects with its new N-Series (Norse-themed) set of 3 consecutive modules. Rooms will be twice the size as last year's Moongate Maze adventure, and the immersion is enhanced with better components and more interactive rooms. This is the first module (2 of 3) in the N-Series with the overall story-arc of chasing an evil Mind Slayer. During this specific adventure you will wander among a frozen landscape in hopes of finding a secluded temple of Odin. Players get a free bag of 10 Treasure Tokens ($8 value), at least 3 random draws from our Treasure Generators, and a collectible limited-edition token. Those who survive the adventure gain a special "Survivor" button.


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The New York City History Club: Revolutionary War History
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Louisville earned the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, while Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga also received No. 1s after a topsy-turvy regular season and another round of weekend upsets.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — That torn medial meniscus in Derrick Rose's right knee has been repaired.
He'll have plenty of time to heal, because after the procedure was finished this morning the Chicago Bulls announced that their prized point guard was done for the 2013-14 season after just 11 games in. Rose missed the entire 2012-13 season recovering from a torn ACL in his left knee in May of 2012.
That's back-to-back seasons in what should be the physical prime of his career wiped out. But at 25, Rose has a much better long-term prognosis for a full recovery than he did if he'd simply had meniscus shaved and replaced than if it was repaired. The only downside for Rose, the Bulls and their fans is that his season was over Friday night when he was injured in a loss to Portland.
The Bulls, 6-6 thus far, will have to survive another campaign without their homegrown star. But at least there will be no lingering speculation this time about if and when he will return, as there was throughout all of last season.
Rose is done for the season. The Bulls have to carry on without him.
Chicago Tribune Bulls beat writer K.C. Johnson offers some perspective on the matter:
That means Rose will have played in just 50 games over three NBA seasons. He missed all of last season after left knee surgery to repair a torn ACL. He battled through four separate injuries during the shortened lockout season in 2011-12.
"Sometimes with athletes in sports, luck has a lot to do with it," Luol Deng said. "It's just bad luck. It's not going to change anything. He's still going to be Derrick. He still is going to work hard and come back even better. I really believe that he was better coming back from that ACL. It's unfortunate that it happened. I have no doubt he's going to come back and play great."
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Let those who are at peace with you be many, but let only one in a thousand be your advisor. (Sirach 6.6)
"Don't seek political power from the Lord or a seat of honor from the king." (Sirach 7.4)
"Don't be timid in your prayer, and don't neglect caring for those in need." (Sirach 7.10)
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Alun R. Hardman will be the featured speaker for the first Penn State Lehigh Valley Faculty Lecture Series event of the fall semester at 1 p.m. on Sept. 7, in room 135 at the campus in Center Valley.
Hardman, senior lecturer in sports development at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales, will present "Practical Wisdom and the Ethics of Sport Coaching." The event is free and open to the public.
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Alun R. Hardman is senior lecturer and discipline director in the socio-cultural aspects of sport at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. His academic focus is on the philosophy of sport and physical education, with particular interests in the area of applied sports ethics and how change and its moral implications impact upon sporting practices and their communities. Hardman's undergraduate degrees were conferred by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. He received a master's degree in human performance and sports studies from the University of Tennessee, and a doctorate in exercise and sport sciences from Penn State.


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Do the essential dignities give us any insight on death?
This lecture will discuss the results of a research project that investigated whether a single astrological factor planetary essential dignity would be found to be correlated with specific causes of death in a statistically significant manner. The study conducted utilized death data collected by the United States government for the time period 1979 to 1988.
The lecture will discuss specific causes of death where the essential dignity of specific planets was found to be in agreement with ancient and modern astrological disease and anatomical associations and where no apparent correlations were found.
The lecture will also discuss how the results of this study might alter our views on the usefulness of essential dignity scores in astrological practice.
Ms. Judith A. Holloway was granted a Masters of Art from Kepler College in 2012. She has studied astrology since the early 1980s. She currently serves as an instructor at Kepler College. She is currently continuing her research in the area of astrological factors and their correlation and usefulness as predictors for health care outcomes. Ms. Holloway also holds a Masters of Public Health and has been employed in the health care field since 1974.


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The African Wildlife Foundation is pleased to announce that Eugene Rutagarama was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on April 23, 2001,in San Francisco. Rutagarama, a Rwandan, is a conservationist working for the AWF-supported International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP). He has put his life on the line to protect the world's dwindling mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) population from the ravages of civil war and human encroachment.
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Thanks to the generosity of advertising legends Leo Burnett, the African Wildlife Foundation is proud to announce the launch of our new visibility campaign. Using the art of photographer James Balog, who generously donated several captivating, still-life images for the campaign, the Leo Burnett creative team developed a distinctive look to capture the work and essence of AWF, including the tagline "Conserving Wildlife. Respecting All Life."
AWF's Katie Frohardt was a phone-in guest on the March 22, 2001, edition of "Africa Journal," a television program produced by Worldnet, Voice of America. Broadcast live by stations in 27 sub-Saharan African countries, "Africa Journal" focuses on political, social, health, gender and cultural issues unique and important to Africans.
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Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young
Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there's no reason we can't...
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|Oracle® Database Application Developer's Guide - Expression Filter
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The Expression Filter feature uses schema objects to maintain an Expression column in a user table. Most of these objects are created in the schema of the table with the Expression column. These objects are created with the
EXF$ prefix and are maintained using the Expression Filter APIs. The user should not modify these objects.
The Expression Filter maintains the concept of an attribute set through an object type with a matching name. The object type used for an attribute set may not contain any user methods, and it should not be an evolved type (with the use of
ALTER TYPE command). If the attribute set is not created from an existing object type, Expression Filter creates the object type with the matching name and maintains it throughout the life of the attribute set. It also generates functions for the object type for data item management, dynamic expression evaluation, and expression type checking.
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The object type created for the attribute set can be used to create a table storing the corresponding data items. Such tables could include a column of the object type or the table itself could be created from the object type. These tables can be joined with the table storing expressions. This is shown in the following example using the application example in Chapter 1:
-- a table of type -- CREATE TABLE CarInventory OF Car4Sale; INSERT INTO CarInventory VALUES ('Mustang',2000, 18000, 22000); INSERT INTO CarInventory VALUES ('Mustang',2000, 18000, 22000); INSERT INTO CarInventory VALUES ('Taurus',1997, 14000, 24500); SELECT * FROM Consumer, CarInventory Car WHERE EVALUATE (Consumer.Interest, Car.getVarchar()) = 1; -- table with the object type column -- CREATE TABLE CarStock (CarId NUMBER, Details Car4Sale); INSERT INTO CarStock VALUES (1, Car4Sale('Mustang',2000, 18000, 22000)); INSERT INTO CarStock VALUES (2, Car4Sale('Mustang',2000, 18000, 22000)); INSERT INTO CarStock VALUES (3, Car4Sale('Taurus',1997, 14000, 24500)); SELECT * FROM Consumer, CarStock Car WHERE EVALUATE (Consumer.Interest, Car.Details.getVarchar()) = 1;
You should not modify the object type used to maintain an attribute set with the
ALTER TYPE or
TYPE commands. System triggers are used to restrict you from modifying these objects.
When an Expression column is created by assigning an attribute set to a
VARCHAR2 column in a user table, a
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n namespace.
The Expression Filter index defined for a column is maintained using database objects created in the schema in which the index is created. These are described in Section 2.8.
Expression Filter uses system triggers to manage the integrity of the system. These include system triggers to restrict the user from dropping an object type created by an attribute set, to drop the attribute set and associated metadata when the user is dropped with a
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Member of Scottish Parliament, Nicola Sturgeon launches the 1001 Inventions exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre.
1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of the scientific and cultural achievements of Muslim civilisation during the Middle Ages and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world.
Working with worlds leading academics, 1001 Inventions engages with the public through educational media and interactive global exhibitions, in order to highlight the shared cultural and technological inheritance of humanity.
Launched in the United Kingdom in March 2006, 1001 Inventions has successfully educated more than a million people, promoted cross-cultural understanding and strengthened social cohesion.
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Experience CHAD during Seattle Sketch Comedy Month!
Get your brain out of the house this month, and take it someplace special!
CHAD, the Center for Humorism and Amusement Dynamics, returns to Seattle on Friday June 21st with not one but TWO programs of mind-enlarging, mirth-enhancing PowerPoint. Learn to battle robots in your dreams! Enter a guided shopping meditation! See how cutting-edge science can be used to cut actual things!
PLUS! At this special event we share the podium with sketch-comedy scientists ENTERTAINMENT SHOW and CHARLES.
It's all part of the month-long hullabaloo that is SEATTLE SKETCH COMEDY MONTH! Already in progress, it features awesome talent from around the Sound and beyond every weekend in June.
Get a ticket while they're hot: brownpapertickets.com! (CHAD shows are at 7pm and 8:30pm on Friday, June 21st at The Ballard Underground.) Your mind will thank you!


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Robin Thicke Covers Whitney Houston Classic 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)'
After being caught allegedly inhaling last week in New York, R&B singer Robin Thicke decided to cover Whitney Houston's 1995 ballad 'Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)' from the 'Waiting to Exhale' soundtrack. The song was Nippy's 11th No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won her a 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Song.
On Thicke's stripped-down version, he simply croons the song's uplifting lyrics in his whispery falsetto over soft piano keys. "For every win / I'm going to fail / But there comes a point when / When I will exhale," he sings. Thicke concludes the song with a beautiful piano solo and stirring gospel-esque refrains of "shoop de shoop."
If you are familiar with Whitney's original version, the ballad is about never letting your failures impede your path in life. Thicke's rendition gives the song a much somber tone about love and heartbreak.
"This is my tribute to the great Whitney Houston," he told fans on his Twitter page. "Sending my prayers to her family."
Great work, Mr. Thicke.
Listen to Robin Thicke, 'Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)'


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Ninjas are cunning foes. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. Foolish Canadians learned this valuable lesson after challenging one ninja and being ambushed by scores of the deadly assassins.
If you see a ninja on the street, walk away. Because either they'll slice you up into little bits, or it'll be an improv group and they'll make sure all your friends know you're afraid of fake swords wielded by actors. Which is actually worse than being killed by a ninja. [Improve Toronto via reddit]


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Services of Water Heater Repair Cripple Creek CO
Emergency plumbing and water heater repairs are generally required at the most inopportune times we understand at Water Heater Repair Cripple Creek CO. In some cases there are not any signs that they are going to be in ones future either.
It might be the case that ones water heater is not supplying as much hot water as one would like. We can quickly find out the source and let you proceed with your normal daily life. Our water heater repair services keep us hectic helping our Cripple Creek neighbors. We like to share as much as we can in regards to how to perform regular maintenance on ones own water heater to help keep working at peak performance. We regularly post details on our blog right here.
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So much in mobile app development is so serious these days. Interfaces are often beautiful but seldom fun as the relentless drive to small-screen efficiency and usability crowds out creativity.
That's not the problem with Tumblr's new Android app, released today to mostly rave reviews.
Tumblr has completely redesigned the new app, and the best part is the post-anything screen that reinforces Tumblr's reputation as the simplest place to post just about anything. It's playful, popping out of the bottom-right corner with a cheeky animated reveal that offers options for posting video, images, text, links, quotes, or chatting.
And yet, it's still simple. And smart.
As UI expert Parham Aarabi says, the easiest place to reach on a mobile phone is the bottom right — where the icon starts. And notice the curve of icons, nicely approximating the sweep of your right thumb upscreen.
(Frankly, Tumblr should offer a left-handed option.)
The app, as previously, enables you to manage your Tumblr blogs, find and follow other blogs to read, read and respond to messages, and tweet out your latest updates.
Here's a quick overview, in pictures, of the new Tumblr Android app, which is available on Google Play.


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Summer Science Program of 2008 Begins at New Mexico Tech, June 19, 2008
By Roger Renteria
SOCORRO, N.M., June 18, 2008 – The Summer Science Program (SSP) returns to New Mexico Tech for its sixth summer. Three dozen top high school science students from 16 states and seven foreign countries have arrived on campus for the six-week intensive science program.
Students will spend their days in college-level lectures, and their nights measuring the positions of near-Earth asteroids, using New Mexico Tech's Etscorn Observatory.
This year, the program will focus on observing near-Earth asteroids rather than, as in previous summers, asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. These near-Earth asteroids have the potential to strike our planet because their orbits cross Earth's.
The SSP students will learn the job of a scientist, by taking observations, making calculations, and making predictions. Working in teams of three, they take digital images of the night sky to measure precise positions of asteroids. They calculate orbits by learning a computer programming language to write software. Once the orbit is known, the future path of the asteroid is determined.
In addition to conducting their asteroid project, SSP students attend class throughout the program and are also treated to ten guest speakers from many different disciplines of science. The lectures are open to the New Mexico Tech community and take place in Weir 102. The schedule of lectures is:
• June 19, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Elizabeth Simmons of Michigan State speaks on "Particle Physics in the LHC Era."
• June 20, 2:30 p.m., Dr. R. Sekhar Chivukula speaks on "Gravity from Newton to Einstein."
• June 23, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Susan Bilek of New Mexico Tech speaks on "Large Earthquakes and Tsunami: The Global Reach of 2004 Sumatra."
• July 1, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Harold Levison of the Southwest Research Institute speaks on "What Are Planets and How Do They Form?"
• July 5, 10:30 a.m., Dr. Larry Sverdrup of Ophthonix, Inc., speaks on "Mad? Science!"
• July 8, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Penelope Boston of New Mexico Tech speaks on "Caves: Exploring Life Underground from Earth to Mars and Beyond."
• July 11, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Sherry Nelson of the University of New Mexico speaks on "Sivapithecus: Reconstructing the Life of a Fossil Ape."
• July 12, 7:30 p.m., E. Bruce Held of Sandia National Laboratories speaks on "Espionage in New Mexico."
• July 15, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kimberly Thomas of Los Alamos National Laboratory speaks on "Things Nuclear in Our Lives."
• July 18, 2:30 p.m., Dr. Nicholas Suntzeff of Texas AM University speaks on "The Ultimate Fate of the Universe."
The Summer Science Program began in 1959 in Ojai, California. SSP is renowned for its high school summer enrichment program in which students get a hands-on approach to observe asteroids, calculate its orbit using software they write, and attend college-level lectures. In 2003, SSP opened a second campus at New Mexico Tech.
During their breaks from the classroom and telescopes, the Socorro-based SSP students also get to tour facilities in and around Tech, such as Magdalena Ridge Observatory, EMRTC, the Very Large Array, and Trinity Site
Students find that this experience is one-of-a-kind and profoundly inspires them to pursue further interest in science or engineering. They are given the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to prepare them for college work. SSP alumni call the program an "educational experience of a lifetime."
Find out more information about SSP at www.summerscience.org.


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Bauer has released their latest and greatest hockey helmet the Bauer 9900 helmet. Bauer has taken the design of the 9500 and brought it to the next level. Although, the shell remains the same Bauer has re-worked the inside offering a great new fit. The 9900 offers a deeper fit than the previous 9500 helmet.
Bauer has also introduced a new type of material they are calling PORON® XRD foam which is used at two spots on each side of the head in the high-impact area. This material is extremely light, breathable, and flexible making it perfect for hockey. According to Bauer the PORON® foam dissipates more than 90% of force on impacts. This material is used along with FXPP foam, and slow memory comfort foam. The FXPP foam dissipates 20% less energy than standard EPP foams. The slow memory foam offer a great comfortable fit. Basically they have your comfort and protection covered with the combination of these high-end foams.


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(Reuters) - The fall in gold prices has prompted one or more central banks to buy as much as four tonnes of bullion in recent weeks, according to an industry source and a Financial Times report on Friday.
The purchases, worth about $250 million at current prices, were made through the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a source familiar with the trades told Reuters.
The identity of the buyers is not disclosed until the BIS has allocated the gold, although they are likely to be in Asia, where banks are keen to diversify their dollar-heavy foreign exchange reserves, the source told Reuters. The Philippines and Thailand were big buyers last year.
The FT said banks had bought between four and six tonnes in the over-the-counter physical market last week.
Citing several traders with knowledge of the transactions, it said purchases were particularly strong at the end of the week and the total over the past three or four weeks was likely to be as much as double that range.
A Credit Suisse note to clients this week referred to "aggressive central bank buying seen last Friday", the FT said.
The buying started when bullion dropped to levels considered "attractive", the source told Reuters. Banks are likely to step into the market again if prices fall further, he said.
Bullion has fallen 8 percent since February 28, the day before prices saw their biggest one-day drop in more than three years, and are about 14 percent below their record highs of $1,920 per oz hit in September.
Even so, they are also well off the lows of $1,521 per oz seen in December last year.
Central bank buying, led by emerging economies, has been a trend of the past several years. In 2011, central banks were net buyers for a second year in a row.
Their purchases soared to 439.7 tonnes last year from 77 tonnes, reflecting the need to diversify assets, reduce reliance on one or two foreign currencies, rebalance reserves and ultimately protect national wealth, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
This was the highest level since the end of the gold standard in 1971.
China's central bank is another major buyer, although it tends to purchase gold from its domestic market, the source told Reuters.
Gold's allure to emerging nations contrasts with the attitude of Western banks, which have previously been sellers of their gold reserves. That selling has all but stopped.
The BIS declined to comment, the paper said.
Gold has been under pressure since the Federal Reserve upgraded its U.S. economic outlook and dashed hopes of further quantitative easing earlier this week.
The precious metal, which was at $1,660 per oz late on Friday in New York, has erased gains made since late January when the Fed said it would keep interest rates for the next several years.
The latest selling has also removed the premium bullion enjoyed based on expectations of further U.S. monetary easing to stimulate the economy.
Reporting By Josephine Mason


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Industrial and systems engineers make things better in any industry — from automobile manufacturing and aerospace, to healthcare, forestry, finance, leisure, and education. The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, founded in 1948, helps its members improve complex organizations around the world and across industries. Throughout their careers, members turn to IISE for tools and connections that provide an integrated and systemic perspective to business challenges. Solving complex problems is our common objective.
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Industrial and systems engineering is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.
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Just returned from a 3 day trip and I must say though the "Wee Toon" looks very tired & rundown, it looks like it's on it's last legs. I went out for a walk at 8-15 am and I was surprised how little traffic/people there was about, it was that quiet I stood in the middle of Long Row and took a picture, not a car or soul about. Yes I know it's not the "tourist season" but I have been there before in the winter months and it was busier. On a positive note the staff in the shops we visited were "great" (as usual) polite, courteous and up for a laugh, great people. The new "Pontoon" looks well, can it be "added to" if there is a demand for more berths ? I could not miss a trip to the "Muneroy Tearoom" at Southend, the meals and sweets are spot on, if you live in Argyll and have not been there your "missing a treat".
Hopefully the "Regeneration" of Long Row etc that I have read about in the Courier brings new life in to the town, it needs it !!


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Women's Cross Country
Carl Sandburg College has had individuals run cross country on and off since 1971. In 2005, the program was rejuvenated and qualified for the NJCAA national meet for the first time in program history. In 2006, Brophy qualified for the national meet in El Paso, Texas. In 2007, Jessica Hanson and Kari Findley qualified for the national meet that was held at Rend Lake College. The team has also qualified for the national meet in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Home meets are held at Lake Storey Park, which is just across the street from the Main Campus in Galesburg.
Region IV runner-up
2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018
NJCAA Division I Championship Meet
2005 (24th), 2008 (28th), 2009 (35th), 2011 (30th), 2018 (30th)


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Screen actresses took a backseat as model Kate Moss was declared as the sexiest women of all time.
According to The Sun , the poll was conducted by staff at men's mag Arena, to mark its 150th issue and respondents were asked to pick the sexiest women out of 150.
Actresses Charlize Theron and Keira Knightley came second and third respectively.
what do u guys think about it? how would u guys like to rate most sexiest woman of all time?


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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 10:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. - Southeast Corner of the Square on the Stage
Stick around to enjoy plays specially written by William Warren, presented by actors Theater Off The Square, and emceed by Parker County Judge Marl Riley.
Step back in time to a corner of the Weatherford Square in 1916 to hear two citizens (Plyaed by Patrick Gass and Lewis Schwartz) discuss a time when the world was larger because travel between cities was harder.
Listen to a speech that J.A. Rountree, Secretary of the United States Good Roads Association (played by Jon R. Kruse), gave to rally the support for the U.S. Army to conduct a convoy of trucks along the Bankhead route.
In the mid 1920's, the Bankhead Highway is finished and the world is getting smaller with easier travel between cities. Two citizens (played by Nikolai Braswell and Wally Jones) again meet on a corner of the Weatherford Square.
Go back in time in the 1940's, tune into KTEX - Radio on the Bankhead Highway, and listen to a radio drama delightfully broadcast by Mark Riley, Jordan Nissen, Shelby Milner, Dan Parris, Rick Mauch, Don Watson, Drue Pettigrew, Patrick Gass, Nikolai Braswell, Lewis Schwartz, Wally Jones, Holly Kiehn, Dollene Price, Edwina Himes, Naomi Henley and Garrett Hamilton.
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HOUSTON — It was 44 years ago when Don Nelson's foul-line jumper kicked improbably high off the back of the rim, fell right down through the net and kept all of those celebration balloons trapped up there at the ceiling in the Forum.
That was an ending.
Nelson's shot gave the Celtics the two-point margin they needed in Game 7 of the NBA Finals for another championship over the Lakers.
Kevin Durant's shot with 41.9 seconds left on the clock took Nelson's little tap dance on the rim and turned it into an entire chorus production. The first bounce kicked so high off the back of the rim that it cleared the top of the backboard, then teasingly hit the front rim and then the back rim two more times before sliding down into the basket, a Tibetan prayer wheel offering that was answered immediately.
This was just a beginning.
Before the Thunder get to jubilantly race off a court somewhere to celebrate a championship, there will likely have to be many more nights like this, where they sizzle and fizzle, where they thrive and survive, where they just grind on.
It was the first time in five years — and 440 games — that Durant ran out onto a basketball court wearing an Oklahoma City jersey without running mate and buddy Russell Westbrook at his side.
The lightning rod point guard was back at home watching on TV after having undergone surgery Saturday to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee. That means the road to the top of the mountain just got far bumpier and more treacherous.
"It feels the same," Durant said. "I just go out there on the court, and I knew I had to give it my all no matter what. That's what I'm going to do for however many games we have to play…I'm going to give it my all no matter what and not worry about missed shot, turnovers or anything."
But Durant knows that the margin for error just got slimmer than a supermodel's waist. No more nights when Westbrook and all of his inherent idiosyncrasies and flaws will be able to bail out the Thunder with his bodacious talent and his sheer audacity.
Now there will be far more nights like this one where wilo-'o-the-wisp Durant has to go the virtual distance, getting all of 44 seconds to rest on the bench while putting up 30 shots to equal his career playoff high of 41 points.
Now there will be more nights when the Thunder will have to rely on the combo of second-year Reggie Jackson and 17th year Derek Fisher to hold down Westbrook's position at the point.
Now there will be more nights when Serge Ibaka has to be the leaping, dominating monster at both ends of the floor with 17 points, 11 rebounds, two official blocked shots and about a dozen more altered.
The Thunder built a 26-point lead early in the third quarter and had to hold on to the final tick of the clock because they're now missing one of the legs they usually stand on.
"It definitely was an emotional time the last 48 hours," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. "We all love what Russell is about. The guy has probably the biggest heart I've ever been around. He's done a great job of putting us in this position."
But now the season-ending injury puts the Thunder in the position of having to, if not reinvent themselves on the fly, at least make a major adjustment. So here they are against an inexperienced No. 8 seed in Houston — the youngest team in the NBA this season — getting burns on the palms of their hands as the rope slips through.
If it wasn't a case of being physically spent, then OKC had to be mentally exhausted from battling all night to fill in the gaps. Brooks had said before the game that it's just a matter of getting everybody to do "a little bit."
However, in playoff games that little bit can become a quite heavy lift.
There were the Rockets, playing with few expectations and not much to lose, roaring back. Here was picking up a loose ball that Kevin Martin seemed to lose as the shot-clock ran down and Ibaka flicking it up over his head and off the glass with 1:25 left in the game. Here was the untested-in-the-playoffs Jackson, standing at the foul line and draining two nervy free throws with eight seconds remaining and then leaping up and latching onto the final rebound of the game when Carlos Delfino's 3-pointer missed just ahead of the horn.
"We learned Russell was going to be out at practice (Friday)," said forward Nick Collison, "but eventually we have to get over it. You have to be able to move on and play. We're basketball players and we're in the playoffs and we have to get ourselves ready to play.
"Our problems were more execution and a lot of that has to do with playing without Russell because we rely on him for a lot on the court."
It took the Rockets missing numerous opportunities down the stretch — open shots that clanked off the rim and turnovers that were fatal — for the Thunder to escape.
For a team that entered the playoffs with its sights set strictly on playing all the way into June and getting back to The Finals, now each game, every day, each ensuing round will be a challenge.
They will need to learn to get by without the nonpareil talents of Westbrook to pull them out of the fire, get things done with pure execution or enough similar fortuitous bounces as Durant's improbable 3-pointer, a tantalizing dance-of-the-seven-veils shot that pulled them back from the brink of what could have been a crushing defeat, giving birth to recrimination and doubt.
"The Lord was with us," he said. "That's all I was thinking. I knew as soon as that shot hit the back rim, I was thinking, 'Not again. Tough 3 shot. Maybe I should have drove. Maybe I should have got a foul.' But it was able to bounce in and all because of the good Lord. I really can't say too much else about that. I'm glad we made it."
A happy ending for now. But really just the start of a grind.


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by Valerie Kimble
RED IS THE COLOR . . . of hundreds of poinsettias grown every year by the New Mexico Tech Physical Plant Greenhouse crew, headed by Karyn DeBont.
During the holiday season, the colorful poinsettias are delivered to departments across campus and used as holiday decorations for the university's annual Christmas party.


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Government Collects Record Taxes, Still Has $225 Billion Defect
The federal government set a new record during the first quarter of the 2018 fiscal year, which runs from October through December. During that time CNS News reports that the government collected over $390 billion in income taxes, and had revenues of almost $770 billion.
But, despite the record amount of money collected by the IRS, the government still managed to run a deficit. In the same four months, the government spent just under $1 trillion, forcing the government to borrow an extra $225 billion to cover expenses.
CNS broke down all the taxes paid to reach the $770 billion collected in four months.
The $769,512,000,000 in total tax revenues collected in the first quarter of this year included not only the record $390,847,000,000 in individual income taxes, but also $62,052,000,000 in corporate income taxes; $259,165,000,000 in Social Security and other payroll taxes; $19,458,000,000 in excise taxes; $5,258,000,000 in estate and gift taxes; $9,446,000,000 in customs duties; and $23,588,000,000 in miscellaneous government receipts.
While the amount of income tax collected was a record, overall the government did not set a record for total taxes collected. That record was set in first quarter of 2016, when the government took in just under $800 billion in taxes.
The record haul for the government comes after President Trump signed a tax relief bill in December that is expected to give close to 90% of Americans a tax cut. The tax plan also slashes the corporate tax rate, so the government will likely see a decrease in tax revenue throughout the rest of the fiscal year.
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