text: The New York Subway Case: A Hung Jury for Andrew Goldstein Statement by Laurie Flynn, Executive Director, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Nov 02 1999 There is no satisfaction for anyone in today's result: a hung jury of 10-2 in favor of a guilty verdict. This case has stood all along for the failures of America's mental health system-and now stands as well for the inadequacy of the legal system in addressing issues involving severe mental illness. Guilty or not, this clearly is a case where the defendant has a long, well-documented history of severe mental illness. It also is clearly a case where the parties should now seek a plea agreement that gives Andrew Goldstein the long-term treatment he needs in a secure treatment facility. We doubt very much that justice can be served through another trial. America's mental health system is in crisis and must be fixed. Broken promises by politicians, treatment denials by healthcare providers, and loss of life must be stopped. Statement by Douglas Cooper, Acting Executive Director, NAMI New York State: "There are no winners today. Kendra Webdale is dead and Andrew Goldstein's fate remains uncertain. The events in the case did not begin on a subway platform, but inside the failures of New York's mental health system." "We hope Kendra's Webdale's memory will continue to fuel efforts for reform in New York State, not through punitive action-which was the essence of this trial-but through an affirmation of life. Everyone deserves better than what has happened in this case."


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College of Education Grants Office
The College of Education is committed to supporting faculty who pursue grant and contract opportunities with public and private funders to enhance their research endeavors and enrich student experiences in and out of the classroom. Due to our applied research focus and our commitment to experiential learning opportunities for students, we encourage faculty to secure external support for their projects.
In 2008 and 2009, the College was awarded over $5 million in public and private grants and contracts. The College of Education provides support for our faculty during all phases of grants and contract development -- from prospect research and proposal preparation to post-award project management.
We encourage you to explore our website to learn more about our grant guidelines. Our full-time Grants Officer, Joshua Einhorn, is available to meet with you, or to answer any of your questions. We look forward to working with you to enhance your scholarly activities, provide outstanding, unique learning experiences for our students, and fulfill the learning-centered mission of the College of Education and the University.
The Grants Process
We encourage all faculty to contact our Grants Officer, Josh Einhorn (ext. 6881) to discuss concepts for grant and contract-related projects as early as possible in the process. Please complete the grant request form and email to Josh.
We work with faculty in many different ways including: conducting prospect research to identifying funding opportunities; writing and editing proposals; developing budgets and working with corporate, foundation, and government agency officers; and post-award project management. We will be able to provide significant support, and help you navigate your way through some critical internal and external processes.
If you are submitting a proposal or letter of inquiry to a private foundation or corporation, you must complete the Proposal Submission Form and obtain review and signature from your Department Chair, the Development Officer (currently unfilled) and the Dean. Once you have signed as principal investigator and you have obtained the necessary signatures, send the form to the Grants Office at mail drop 8265. All private grant proposals are administered through the University Foundation and carry an indirect cost rate of 5% (except for foundations which forbid indirect costs).
If you are submitting a proposal or letter of inquiry to a government agency, you must complete the Grant Data Form and obtain review and signature from your Department Chair and the Dean. Once you have signed as principal investigator and you have obtained your Chairs signature, send the form to the Grants Office at mail drop 8265. All public grant proposals are administered through the University Corporation and carry an indirect cost rate that ranges from 26% to 48%.
For submissions to private foundations and corporations, it is important that we coordinate proposal submissions with other colleges at CSUN to ensure that we avoid multiple, simultaneous submissions to the same funder without approval. Please contact our Grants Officer prior to completing either of these forms as some private foundations may already be in solicitation by another CSUN faculty.
All proposals and letters of inquiry must be reviewed and approved by Josh Einhorn, Grants Officer, and Dean Spagna at least ten days prior to submission. Any proposal efforts that are not approved through this process will not be supported by the College or the University if awarded.
General Grant Information
Many resources exist for faculty to seek funding for their projects. The following is a list of grant databases, foundation-related websites, and informational resources to assist you on your quest for external funding. Please keep in mind that some of these databases require a subscription to perform advanced searches. Also, we can structure daily searches for your projects in several of our databases and send you RFP announcements and targeted funding opportunities for those projects on a daily basis.
- Foundation Center
Excellent resource for private foundation and corporate giving; RFP bulletins; funding trends; and research tips.
Single search government agency and private funding source database on CSUN website.
Ongoing search (with regular funding alert system via email) using the SPIN database.
- The Grantsmanship Center
Excellent resource for researching, writing, and funding programs through foundation, corporate, and government agency support.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Another search engine like SPIN which may cast a wider net and provide additional funding opportunities.
- Council on Foundations
Similar to Foundation Center- membership is required to access advanced features.
- Chronicle of Higher Education
A comprehensive resource for discipline-specific fundraising in higher education.
- U.S. Department of Education
Grants database, article listings and general program listings.
- National Endowment for the Humanities
An independent agency of the federal government and the largest funder of humanities initiatives nationwide. Funds a variety of programs and disciplines including cultural resources; scholarly activities and research; film/television/radio; education; and museums/archives.
- National Science Foundation
An independent agency of the federal government designed to provide funding support for research and education in science and engineering. This includes social and behavioral science support through various departments.
- Department of Health and Human Services
Federal assistance for community-based social and health-related programs.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal assistance for affordable housing and, more important, urban development and community action and revitalization.
- General Internet Search
It is important to go beyond the realm of the structured database search to identify funding trends among similar organizations (locations; funding histories; community partnerships, etc.) through internet research.

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Search Phoenix Art Museum's Collection
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Jason Bourne
Cancelled Starbreeze Bourne project meant to tell story of "a modern assassin"
Another one from Superannuation this morning. The cancelled Starbreeze Bourne project was – shock – a first-person shooter that was originally meant to tell the tale of "a modern assassin," according to the CV of game designer Rickard Johnansson.
Jason Bourne headlines
Report - Canceled Starbreeze game is Bourne
According to a report from the LA Times, the canceled Starbreeze title that was announced yesterday by the developer was the Jason Bourne game that was in development.
EA-Starbreeze collaboration cancelled
Starbreeze has confirmed its canned one of its collaborative projects with EA.
Starbreeze reports $2.84 million in sales for Q2
Starbreeze Studios has reported $2.84 million in sales and $627,000 in profit for the three months ending on December 31. And the future's bright. Announcing an upcoming EA Bourne game hasn't hurt matters any. "This news was enormously popular in the industry and also in many newspapers outside the games world," said CEO Johan Kristiansson. […]
Starbreeze working on new Bourne game
Great news for Bourne fans today: Starbreeze is working on a new game and EA's taken the license for all games based on Robert Ludlum properties. "Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world," said EA Games boss Mike Quigley. "EA is excited to […]


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DeMint back at war with Republicans
Jim DeMint's at war with Republicans — again.
The tea party firebrand who made his mark in GOP primary races across the country is now at the helm of the Heritage Foundation where its political arm is doing the same thing: holding conservatives' feet to the fire.
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DeMint only joined the group earlier this year, but already Heritage's political arm has had some early fights out of the gate that have Republican leaders both angry and frustrated – feeling like DeMint is diminishing one of the party's most powerful intellectual engines by turning it into a group taking cheap shots at Republicans.
( PHOTOS: Jim DeMint's career)
The tensions have spilled into the open. Heritage urged members to vote against the farm bill – dealing an embarrassing loss to Speaker John Boehner – then even urged a "no" vote on the bill that stripped out food stamps and other provisions, even though Heritage had urged House leadership to strip them out.
And in the House, the tensions are so raw that House Republicans are beginning to protest including staffers from the three-year-old political arm, Heritage Action, in weekly meetings the Heritage Foundation has hosted for decades for conservative lawmakers.
"I think Heritage Action is really hurting the foundation," said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, the conservative Georgia Republican. "I think they've lost credibility with the people that were most supportive of them."
( Also on POLITICO: Heritage ads attack farm bill)
Several long-time policy heavyweights have also moved on from Heritage, leaving a hole in the division that pumps out influential white papers and research reports.
In May, DeMint personally touted a research report showing that giving a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants would drain $6 trillion from the economy – his first marquee report in the job – but it was quickly panned by some on the right for inflating the costs. One of the report's authors resigned after it was revealed he had written articles saying that minority groups were intellectually inferior to whites.
Heritage distanced itself from the controversy and denounced the author's racially tinged writings.
But some Republicans couldn't resist feeling like DeMint had a bit of a comeuppance.
DeMint's response: Nothing major has changed at Heritage, and it's all sour grapes.
"Exposing folks, it certainly makes them angry, and in the normal agenda let's just pass a farm bill and the other gravy train stuff," DeMint says. "Heritage and Heritage Action has gotten in the way of business as usual. And, it's made people mad."
Added Phillip Truluck, executive vice president at Heritage Foundation:
"We're not in the business of pleasing the Republican Party. That's not our job. Heritage Action has added to that. These problems are always going to be there as long as we're not party tools."
Heritage Action has joined a growing number of third party groups increasingly using aggressive campaign-style tactics to try to push lawmakers to cast votes they agree with or face ginned up grassroots activists and fundraising solicitations in their home states.
It's clear in some of the criticism that some Republicans do long for the day when Heritage was more like a debating society than a cut-throat political operation — influential but largely innocuous when it came to the rough-and-tumble of getting House members and Senators reelected.
But it's gone deeper than that.
Republicans — particularly ones who have sparred with DeMint in the past — have begun questioning the South Carolinian's leadership of Heritage and stop just short of accusing DeMint of disloyalty.
But several do ask, why does Heritage have to be targeting Republicans so much instead of, say, Democrats?
"They were regarded as the more conservative, thought-provoking entity – they always said another way of looking at things, free enterprise, less government – lower taxes. But I think now it's really become a PAC," said Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) "It's a political operation. I think they've trended that way. I think Jim has taken on that final step.
"I think they are losing a great opportunity to be a thought leader; I really do," Johanns said. "I think if you score every vote that comes along and act like you're a political operation, you'll be regarded that way. If you act like you're the thoughtful, conservative think tank that it used to be, that's how you'll be treated."
Even as they push back, DeMint and his team seem sensitive to the criticism – and he insisted in an interview with POLITICO that battling with Republicans is not his group's mission.
He said Heritage Action is just "a small part" of the larger Heritage footprint that continues to focus on research, analysis, and providing congressional testimony. Heritage Foundation has 101 research staff employees, puts out 600 research papers per year and testifies on Capitol Hill upwards of 10 times a month, according to Heritage staff.
But while lawmakers may be complaining, Heritage Action President Michael Needham said it is the new reality where technology allows for instant communication that others like the restaurant and music industry have already faced.
"It blew up the big five music labels. I'm sure it's frustrating if you are a restaurant owner and I can go on Yelp and complain about my meal," Needham said. "I think Washington is frustrated with the kind of technological change making it easier to hold them accountable."
Critics also point to the departure of several senior staffers including chief economist J.D. Foster to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bill Beach to the Senate Budget Committee and Michael Franc to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy's office as some of the institution's intellectual heft departing under DeMint.
But Heritage officials say the departures are part of the natural turnover and that the focus of the organization still remains on policy.
The 61-year-old DeMint, who abruptly resigned from the Senate in January to join Heritage, is no stranger for battles with his party.
For years, DeMint represented the wing of the party eager for it to stay pure to its roots, and he became an early leader of the tea party movement when it emerged as a political force in 2010. He's sparred with Senate GOP leaders about the direction the party should head, at one time saying he'd rather have a Senate with just 40 rock-ribbed conservatives than 60 more moderate Republicans.
In 2010, in particular, DeMint became the scourge of the GOP political class for using his political action committee known as the Senate Conservatives Fund to prop up scores of primary candidates. He claimed some significant successes, including Marco Rubio in Florida and Rand Paul in Kentucky. But he also had some major failures, including backing Christine O'Donnell in Delaware and bankrolling Ken Buck in Colorado, both of whom defeated establishment-backed candidates in primaries only to lose to Democrats in the general election.


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Early next year, soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division will shelve their combat experience from the Middle East to become training advisors to African forces.
In January, the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Riley, Kan., will become the Army's first "regionally-aligned" brigade assigned to U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM. The Dagger Brigade will likely be broken into a collection of small, security force assistance units that will be tasked with improving the quality of African military forces.
This is the beginning of the Army's plan to adapt its forces to exist in a future that doesn't revolve around preparing for year-long combat rotations to Afghanistan.
When combat forces withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, large portions of the active and Reserve components may end up moving away from their traditional mission set that ranges from high-intensity combat to peacekeeping and stability operations. Many will assume the role of building strategic partnerships around the globe, Army planners said.
"There are some units that will remain as the global-response force to go out the door rapidly," said Rickey Smith, director of Army Capabilities Integration Center Forward. "But if you are not that type of unit, and you are not going to Afghanistan on your next rotation, what are you focused on?"
For many months, the Army's senior leadership has been intensely focused on mapping out how brigades, divisions and corps will adapt their force structure over the next five years as the size of the force drops to 490,000 in 2017.
Part of the discussion has centered on how brigade combat teams will be structured to add a third maneuver battalion. But the major shift will be in how units operate after major combat operations.
"The biggest change isn't in structure; it is in how we are going to use the units … it's how we manage the force in a post-Afghanistan world," Smith said.
In 2014 the plan is to have at least two regionally-aligned BCTs, one in AFRICOM and another added to U.S. Pacific Command.
These year-long regional assignments will give brigade level units "a lot of focus for training and leader development," Army officials have said.
"You are doing real-world intel, you are learning other languages, you are learning another culture," Smith said. "So it doesn't really matter where I send you to operate after that. At least you are not stuck on just knowing your own culture."
But it won't be just BCTs that are likely to become regionally aligned in the future. Leaders also want to apply the concept to corps and division headquarters.
The Army doesn't have enough corps headquarters to assign one with every combatant command, but the service could align one corps to each of the two priority combatant commands – U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command. The remaining corps would keep the ability to go wherever it's needed around the globe, Smith said.
The Army's 10 active- and eight Reserve-component division headquarters may end up being tied to specific regions for a longer-term basis.
"They could get deep into the intelligence and stay connected and use real world information even when they are not deployed," Smith said, explaining that this would lead to more realistic training exercises at home station.
"It's better than saying 'today we are going to fight red land or green land or blue land.' That really doesn't motivate people. Let's use real-world as much as we can, so this alignment allows them to do it," he said.


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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technician Examiners, examines, licenses and regulates Psychiatric Technicians.
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|Dell Inspiron Zino HD (410) HTPC Review
|Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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With the set-top box and Internet-connected televisions dominating the home theater space as of late, dedicated home theater PCs have become less useful from the standpoint of the mainstream user. However, there's still a niche space for those looking for high-end performance and small form factor in the home theater, something that a simple set-top box struggles with. The custom HTPC market has been dwindling due to the rise of small computers like the Mac Mini or, in this case, the Dell Zino. The first iteration of the Zino (released in early 2010) was woefully underpowered for playing high-definition media and was panned by critics due to stuttering 1080p playback as well as a lack of a Blu-ray option. Dall must have taken that criticism to heart with the revision of the hardware (the 410), the model that's the focal point of this review.
On the back of the unit, you will find the main panel for connections, similar to any typical PC. There is a HDMI 1.3 and VGA port for your choices on video, S/PDIF optical out and 3.5mm audio out for your choice on audio as well as Gigabit LAN, 2 more USB ports, the main exhaust fan, the power connection, the release for the top panel (in case of changing colors and 2 e-SATA ports. For those that like to tinker with their PC, the top panel opens up the PC and you can fiddle with the electronics inside. It's a fairly straightforward connection panel and more people will likely rely on HDMI to output their Audio / Video into their main receiver, assuming this is going into their main home theater.
As mentioned earlier, our review unit came with a Blu-ray drive. It also came stocked with a 320GB 7200RPM drive for storing media, AMD II Phenom II X4 P940 Quad Core Processor (1.7Ghz), 6GB of DDR3 SDRAM (1333MHz), ATI Mobility HD 5450 dedicated video card, a Dell 1520 wireless b/g/n card and Windows 7 Premium. The inclusion of the quad core processor bode well for the performance of HD content. My only quibble is that the unit could have shipped with a TV tuner easily, thus adding a DVR possibility.
The Zino HD was also shipped with Dell's wireless keyboard and mouse combo, both of which communicate through the USB dongle included in the package. Both worked just fine on my couch about 15 feet away from the theater setup. The keyboard is of excellent quality, but the mouse felt a bit on the cheap side in terms of build quality and the left clicker often got stuck while in use. I replaced it pretty quickly with a wireless Logitech mouse that I had instead. The Zino HD also comes with a Media Center optimized remote for playing media.


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The latest mindless blather from Carl Peterson (Letters, Wednesday) attacks the NRA and childishly berates Republicans and Libertarians.
As a registered Democrat who supports stricter gun controls, I was not surprised by Peterson's ignorance of some basic facts.
None of the sadistic, evil men who killed innocent, unarmed moviegoers, fellow soldiers or schoolchildren have ever been identified as a conservativeNRA member.
It's been rumored, however, that the Fort Hood shooter, the Columbine killers, the Virginia Tech slaughterer, the Colorado theater assassin, and the Newtown, Conn., butcher may have all either been registered Democrats or come from families that were.
As a finger-wagging scold who mumbles incoherently about the SecondAmendment, Peterson should consider reading a few more history books before he unleashes his next barrage of adolescent accusations.
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2012 Norco Product Launch
Whistler, British Columbia
18-20 July 2011
Demo Rides in the Whistler Valley
The trails in the Whistler Valley area exist because of a dedicated community of builders and the advocacy work of the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association – commonly referred to as WORCA (www.worca.com). Founded in 1989 to protect bike access to some awesome high-altitude locations, WORCA is now guided by a board of directors who represent over 1500 members. In addition to working to increase trail access to bikers at a political and administrative level, WORCA hosts weekly twoonie rides – the entry fee for these members-only races is $2 – with the support of local businesses and, together with the Whistler Bike Park, also co-produces the wildly popular Phat/Phast Wednesday series. WORCA's great work within Whistler serves as a model for similar organizations around the world, and it shows the positive effects that cycling can have on a community and its citizens.
Note: The following accounts are short-term impressions of each of the brand new models in Norco's 2012 lineup. As such, they shouldn't be mistaken for long-term reviews or absolute statements of a particular bike's capabilities. For that, we'll be putting a couple of these bikes through their paces over the long term and publishing full reviews later in the year.
First Ride Impressions : The 2012 Norco Revolver
The Revolver was generating a good deal of buzz amongst the assembled members of the mountain bike press so I showed up early and grabbed a large-sized Revolver 1 for a test ride (495mm / 19.5" seat tube). Immediately after hopping onto the bike, I could tell that it fit my 6' frame really well; I wasn't stretched out so much that I felt descending would be a challenge but I wasn't cramped either, so I knew climbing wouldn't be much of an issue. After setting up the front and rear suspension for my weight and riding preferences and slapping on a set of flat pedals, a mid-sized group loaded up a couple of vehicles and headed north to the trailhead of Kill Me, Thrill Me, a classic Whistler cross country track.
Kill Me, Thrill Me is a technical grunt of a trail that features plenty of punchy climbs that are filled with rocks and weathered roots and some fun descents down grippy rock slabs and loose singletrack. Our group started out at a decent pace and spread out fairly quickly as riders coped with varying levels of fitness and the technical terrain as best they could. For me, the first thing I noticed about the Revolver was how easy it made climbing through the rough sections of trail. The tires hooked up and rolled straight over the countless nasty roots in a way that made me feel like I was cheating. The ART-equipped rear end stayed glued to the ground and the suspension didn't wallow in the middle of its travel or rob me of too much energy from bobbing around under load. Being unfamiliar with the trail, I ended up shifting back and forth between the granny ring and the middle ring with more frequency than I would had I known what was coming around the next corner or dip in the trail, but the Revolver did well in both gearing scenarios. I'm pretty sensitive to pedal feedback in full-suspension rigs but I never really noticed it during climbing, despite a number of out-of-the-saddle mash sessions through rocky chunder.
There are a number of relatively steep rock slabs near the middle of KMTM that make for some super fun and, at times, technical descending. I was pleased with the way the Revolver rolled through these sections despite the terrain being a little beyond the trail / xc specification of the bike; regardless, the rear suspension worked well and I never slammed through the travel or felt any of the harshness that accompanies a heavy bottoming out.
Norco Factory rider Jay Hoots and Norco PR Marketing Manager Pete Stace-Smith sessioned one of the steepest sections of rock on their Ranges while everybody else regrouped and, eventually, we continued on down the next section of the trail. The Revolver cruised along the tight singletrack that followed and it had no problems slicing through a loose, sandy stretch of trail with no really "I'm going to die" moments. At this point, I swapped bikes with another rider and finished the trail on the Norco Sight, thus ending my brief first ride on the Revolver.
Overall, I was impressed by Norco's newest 29er. As someone who isn't totally sold on the 29er "revolution", I was surprised at how well the Revolver climbed, devouring terrain that would pose problems for many riders on 26" wheeled bikes. The bike didn't wallow in the mid-stroke of its travel and exhibited no significant degrees of pedal feedback. It cornered well and I found it was pretty difficult to break the bike loose in turns or on steep pitches.
While the 100mm RockShox Sid that is spec'd on the Revolver seems capable of handling some trail riding of moderate difficulty, I'd probably opt for a slightly longer fork to slack out the bike – something like a 120mm RockShox Reba would do the trick – and provide a little more cush up front, as I ran out of travel on the Sid pretty regularly. Also, as a larger rider, I'd have preferred a slightly larger diameter front rotor than the 160mm disc that comes as standard equipment on the Revolver. The Kenda Slant Six tires were a bit of a handful too, and I'd prefer something that was a little more substantial and better in chundery rock.


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The Power of THE UNDERWORLD COMES!
I will let the numbers be random choose on Random.org!
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You could ask me the screen.
When the end date Reach i will destroy the picture's.
Good LUCK!
How can i join?
Whit this link:Lucius Lottery, U need only to click in the Join Lucius Lottery. It's free to join.
Can i give donations?
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When will be the draw?
End date: Friday 28/12/12
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Nov. 20, 2006
BOISE, Idaho - The Santa Clara women's basketball team pulled out a Monday Night thriller at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise not with a game-ending three-pointer or jumper, but with relentless grit on the boards and a defensive tenacity in the end that sealed a 67-65 victory over the Boise State Broncos. The combined effort underneath from Jen Gottschalk and Kasey Monteith made the difference as the SCU Broncos improved to 3-1 for the first time since 2001-02.
Santa Clara (3-1) returns to action Wednesday afternoon with a 3:30 p.m. Pacific contest at No. 18 BYU to close the trip. Boise State was dealt its first loss of the season and drops to 2-1 on the year.
Gottschalk led the Broncos with her first career double-double as she scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, both career-highs, to help SCU win the battle on the boards for the first time all season by a 46-42 tally. Kasey Monteith, playing in front of friends and family in her hometown, grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and added seven points to the effort. Tracey Walker scored 12 points and made the final lay-up, while Chandice Cronk added 11 points.
"Our play underneath was huge for us, and Jen and Kasey did a great job on the boards, but I will say that all of our post players contributed in a lot of different ways," head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson said of the play of the Bronco frontcourt. "We knew we had to come in here and control the defensive boards, and we did a good job of that."
The teams battled through a first half in which Santa Clara changed course from its usual three-point shooting and pounded the boards, outrebounding Boise State by a 25-19 margin. SCU only attempted seven threes in the opening half, nailing three, and it was the midrange jumpers of Cronk and Walker, as well as the inside play of Gottschalk and Monteith that carried SCU to the first-half advantage.
"Jen is just a scrappy, rugged player and she has a very good feel for the game," Bento-Jackson said of the junior forward, who returned to the team after two years away. "She's always full of energy and has been a tremendous addition to our program this year."
Santa Clara led by five at 33-28 with two minutes to go in the half, the largest lead held by either team through the first 20 minutes. Boise State, trailing 16-12 with 13 minutes to play, got a 10-3 run as five different players made buckets to give BSU a 22-19 lead. But SCU stormed right back as freshman Brittany Purvis drained her first career three and Claire Goins added consecutive lay-ups to spark a 14-6 stretch that put Santa Clara back in control heading into the locker room.
The SCU advantage was extended to eight within the first three minutes of the second half as an Ashley Gonnerman three and consecutive lay-ups from Gottschalk got SCU off to a hot start and 42-34 lead. Things slowed down from this point, as Boise State worked its way back up, pulling to within two on multiple occasions.
One of those occasions came with just under three minutes to play, as after SCU had gotten their lead back to eight at 65-57, turnovers and bad shot selection allowed Boise State to capitalize and at the 2:21 mark tie the game at 65-apiece for the first time since the 26-26 mark in the first half.
Walker's driving lay-up put SCU back in front by a pair with a minute and a half to play, but neither team was able to capitalize on their ensuing possessions. Boise State missed the front end of two one-and-one opportunities, and on the second, forward Michelle Hessing grabbed the offensive board to give BSU a chance at the final shot.
But the Broncos defense stepped up and prevailed, as Gottschalk batted away a pass inside and Anna Martin grabbed the loose ball with 9.8 seconds left, forcing BSU to foul.
Yet Walker returned the favor by missing the front end of her one-and-one, and Boise State rebounded to have one final opportunity with 2.8 seconds remaining. Yet once again, Gottschalk's defense came to the rescue, as she blocked Tasha Harris' desperation three-point attempt as time expired.


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Reds, WLW extend relationship through 2017
CINCINNATI -- One of the longest marriages between a baseball team and radio will continue for several more years.
It was announced on Tuesday that the Reds and radio flagship 700 WLW have renewed their rights agreement to broadcast all regular and postseason games through 2017.
"The Reds and WLW have been linked together for almost 90 years, and our fans are very passionate about both," Reds CEO Bob Castellini said. "We're excited about continuing one of the best broadcast partnerships in all of sports."
WLW, which carries a 50,000-watt signal, will remain the flagship for Reds on Radio, which boasts 93 affiliates across nine states.
First led by future Reds owner Powel Crosley Jr., WLW went on the air in 1922 and aired its first broadcast of a Reds game in 1924. The station has been the Reds' flagship since 1969.
"There's been no greater marriage than Reds radio and WLW radio," said broadcaster and Radio Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman. "And it's great for our fans to know that this relationship will continue."
Brennaman was the recipient of the Ford Frick Award for broadcasting from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. The upcoming 2013 season will mark his 40th year of calling Reds games on WLW.


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Harper looms large in Nats system
Top prospect climbs to Double-A, leads group of All-Stars
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | December 21, 2011 5:00 AM
There were a few surprises as well: Infielders Christian Marrero and Steve Lombardozzi each made their Major League debuts, designated hitter Tyler Moore recorded his second straight 31-homer season and starting pitcher Brad Peacock won 15 games, the second most in the Minors.
But, yeah, Harper was pretty good. "Anybody that sees him play and is not impressed, there's got to be something wrong with 'em," said Tony Beasley, who managed the 19-year-old phenom at Harrisburg and may also skipper him at Syracuse in 2012. "He's a different breed of baseball player; he one of those guys that come along one every blue moon."
Nationals affiliates enjoyed fewer successes when the calendar turned to September. Double-A Harrisburg (80-62) and Class A Advanced Potomac (68-71) each suffered first-round exits in the postseason, while Class A Auburn (45-30) was swept, 2-0, in the New York-Penn League Championship Series.
Nationals Organization All-Stars
Catcher -- David Freitas, Hagerstown (123 games): The South Atlantic League midseason All-Star batted .288 with 13 home runs and 73 RBIs in his second pro season. Freitas, who also played 39 games between the first base and designated hitter slots, led the system in free passes, managing an 82-to-87 walk-to-strikeout ratio. He reached base in nearly 41 percent of his plate appearances but is far from a one-dimensional player.
"Very durable defender," Nationals' director of player development Doug Harris said. "[He] does an excellent job of managing the game."
First base -- Chris Marrero, Syracuse (127 games), Washington (31 games): In his first trial at Triple-A, Marrero, 23, batted .300 with 14 home runs, 30 doubles and 69 RBIs before taking his talents to the bigs.
"The one thing in Syracuse, it's such a big ballpark. Guys can get out of whack when they try to turn and lift in that ballpark," Harris said. "He matured as a hitter. He got to a place where he was able to understand his approach. More bat-to-ball consistency."
The 15th overall draftee in 2006 then batted .248 in 31 games for the Nats. He is now their No. 7 prospect.
Second base -- Steve Lombardozzi, Syracuse (69 games), Harrisburg (65 games), Washington (13 games): Splitting the season down the middle between Double-A and Triple-A, Lombardozzi, 23, led the system in runs (86) and hits (172) and finished second in triples (nine). He also batted a career-high .309 and stole 30 bases before joining Marrero in the nation's capital.
In 13 games in the Majors, the switch-hitter batted .194 (6-for-31). His defensive transition to the bigs shouldn't be as difficult: Lombardozzi, who in September was named the organization's Minor League Player of The Year, registered a .997 fielding percentage while playing three infield positions in the Minors.
"He is a model of consistency," Harris said. "He made two errors on the entire year."
"Both of them were questionable," Beasley added. "He catches every ball hit to him; he is a special talent."
Third base -- Matt Skole, Auburn (72 games): The Nats' fifth-round draftee last June, Skole, 22, batted .290 with 23 doubles and 48 RBIs in his first exposure to pro ball. The Georgia Tech product also sported an on-base percentage of .382 on his way to being named a New York-Penn League midseason All-Star.
Take note of Blake Kelso as well. The South Atlantic League midseason All-Star pounded out 150 hits in 127 games at Hagerstown. "He was as consistent -- from start to finish -- as anybody we had," Harris said.
Shortstop -- Bryce Ortega, Auburn (56 games): A 41st-round draftee last June, Ortega batted .314, recorded an on-base percentage of .410 and stole 23 bases. He was named a New York-Penn League All-Star.
"He was a catalyst for us on both sides of the ball," Harris said. "He's not the most gifted player, but he gets the most out of his abilities."
Bryce Harper, Harrisburg (37 games), Hagerstown (72 games): MLB.com's No. 2 prospect batted .297 and collected 43 extra-base hits -- 17 homers among them -- and 58 RBIs in his debut season. His .317 average for the Suns dropped to .256 with the Senators -- he skipped a level, Class A Advanced Potomac -- but he hasn't lost any luster.
"He learned a ton through repetition," Harris said of Harper, who also stole 26 bases in 33 attempts. "He did a nice job at all three outfield positions. Just let him go play. I saw a lot of hard work. He centered a lot of baseballs that ended up being outs. He had really gotten to having a nice approach."
A season highlight: Harper reached base safely five times, plated a career-high six runs and fell a triple shy of the cycle in Hagerstown's 17-1 win over Hickory on April 22. There was also his 18-game hitting streak for the Suns and his 480-foot walk-off homer for the Senators. (OK, so he also blew a kiss toward a pitcher shortly after taking him deep in a Hagerstown game.)
"He has the ability to hit the ball and hit it far," Beasley deadpanned. "Better than everything else, his mentality. Very confident, he understands how to play and he's a big competitor. I was impressed with the way he handled the press he was getting -- it wasn't always pleasant -- but he dealt with it in a professional way."
The No. 1 pick in the 2010 Draft finished his year as strong as he started it, batting .333 with 14 extra-base hits and 26 RBIs in 25 Arizona Fall League games.
Destin Hood, Potomac (128 games): The second-round draftee in 2008 set a variety of new career highs in his fourth pro season: runs (61), extra-base hits (47), RBIs (83) and stolen bases (21).
Harris said the club's scouts expect his 29-to-13 doubles-to-homers ratio in 2011 will eventually even out. "He's so disciplined he doesn't really cheat. He doesn't get big and look to turn and lift," Harris said. "A lot of times, [his hits] are doubles. Down the road, he can come up into the power potential. I'll take the doubles right now."
The 21-year-old Hood, a Carolina League All-Star, is now Washington's No. 8 prospect.
Archie Gilbert, Harrisburg (98 games), Potomac (five games): A six-year free agent acquisition, Gilbert, 28, excelled for the Senators, collecting 34 extra-base hits and 26 stolen bases. An Eastern League midseason All-Star, he also led the system's full-season affiliates in batting (.313).
"He started out the year in a situation where we had five outfielders. He stepped up and took control of left field," Beasley said. "Offensively, he was our most consistent hitter; he was a machine when he got going, and he made it difficult for me to not keep him in the lineup."
A season highlight: While playing for Harrisburg in a May 7 home game against Reading, Gilbert went 4-for-5 at the plate and smacked two home runs.
Designated hitter -- Tyler Moore, Harrisburg (137 games): In his first season at Double-A, Moore, 24, led the organization in home runs (31), doubles (35) and RBIs (90). This, after a 31-43-111 season in those three categories last season at Potomac.
"Not too many guys have put together back-to seasons of his power; two years in a row, that's pretty impressive in difficult leagues," Harris said.
The right-handed hitting slugger exploded in July, lifting 10 longballs and plating 28 runs in 30 games that month.
The cost of his prodigious power? Moore struck out 139 times on the season, or more than once every four at-bats. (He fanned four times in a single game twice in 2011.) "I would like to see him make contact more consistently," Beasley said, "but when the ball hits his bat, it's a loud sound. It's a game-changing bat. He's a guy that can't be overlooked; he could possibly make an impact at the Major League level."
"His next step is getting an opportunity at Triple-A," Harris added, "to carve out necessary at-bats there and to continue to learn and manage the strike zone."
Right-handed starting pitcher -- Brad Peacock, Washington (three games), Syracuse (nine games), Harrisburg (16 games): Peacock won 15 of 18 decisions and fashioned a 2.39 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A. His 177 strikeouts in 146 2/3 innings led the system. He is now Washington's No. 2 prospect.
A 41st-round draftee in 2006, Peacock compiled a losing record and an ERA north of 4.00 in each of his past three seasons. Harris said Peacock's altered delivery -- former Senators pitching coach Randy Tomlin changed the pitcher's hand placement -- was one precursor to improvement.
"They saw something that was different in his delivery," Beasley said. "For some reason, he was showing the ball [to the hitter] too early, and they ironed that out. After that, it was pretty much a cake walk."
A season highlight at Syracuse: Peacock struck out seven over seven one-hit scoreless innings in a July 27 2-0 victory against Columbus.
"When you face a young prospect," Beasley said, "and you know he's throwing 90 percent fastballs, and you still can't hit it, then there's something special about that fastball. That's what he has."
The Senators' former skipper said he sees Peacock, who also features a changeup and a breaking ball, as "a middle-to-top-of-the-rotation starter at the Major League level down the road."
Peacock, 23, was named the organization's Minor League Pitcher of The Year and the Eastern League pitcher of the year before receiving the MiLBY for Best Double-A Starter.
In his first three big league games -- two were starts -- for the Nats, Peacock went 2-0 and compiled a 0.75 ERA, holding the opposition to a run on seven hits over 12 innings.
Left-handed starting pitcher -- Daniel Rosenbaum, Harrisburg (six games), Potomac (20 games): Rosenbaum won a career-high nine games and lost six, recording a 2.52 ERA in his two stops. The 24-year-old product of Xavier University posted a 135-52 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 171 1/3 innings. He also registered the first two complete games of his three-year career at Potomac, including a three-hit shutout in a 3-0 victory over visiting Wilmington on June 4.
Rosenbaum picked up his game following his Aug. 2 promotion to Harrisburg, where he held the opposition to a .190 batting average in six outings to close out the season. "'Rosie' really finished strong," said Harris, noting Rosenbaum's improved command. "Over the course of the year, he understood what it takes to be a pitcher."
Relief pitcher -- Rafael Martin, Harrisburg (32 games), Potomac (6 games): Martin compiled a 5-1 record and a 1.65 ERA, recorded 13 saves -- all for the Senators -- and fanned 54 batters in 43 2/3 innings.
All this at age 27. The California native quit baseball after high school, took a job hauling concrete, then pitched for three seasons in the Mexican League before finding his way back stateside.
A new pitch in 2011 helped significantly. "He added a true, hard cutter," Harris said, "and it has been really why he's blossomed."
"He has unbelievable movement," Beasley said. "When you have that, it's hard for hitters to center you. That's what sets him apart."
Martin completed his year with a 1.50 ERA in 10 Arizona Fall League appearances as well as a 1.13 mark in seven Mexican Pacific League games.
Andrew Pentis is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Teen Dies of Rabies After Getting Bitten by Vampire Bat in Mexico
A teenager working in the U.S. died of rabies after he was bit by vampire bat.
While enjoying a night boat ride on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee with friends, Adam Giroux suddenly felt something crawling up his leg. He jumped up, frantically trying to get whatever it was in his pants out of his pants.
"I finally got it out, and we saw that it was a bat," said Giroux, 27. "I wasn't sure if it had bitten me because there weren't really any bite marks. But to play it safe, I went to the emergency room."
Giroux explained his bat debacle to hospital staff. Moments later, doctors began administering rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.
"I got two shots in each arm and four shots directly into my stomach muscles, and then two months later, I was getting follow-up shots every other week," said Giroux. "It was pretty serious, but it was better than the alternative."
While cumbersome and certainly uncomfortable, the shots allowed Giroux to walk away from his bat encounter unscathed.
While most people think of dogs, raccoons or skunks as potential rabies carriers, bats are a major source of the disease in the United States, experts say. And on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a Mexican teenager had become the first person on U.S. soil to die from rabies after getting bit by a vampire bat.
According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the 19-year-old man arrived to work on a Louisiana sugar cane plantation in July 2010. After one of day working in the field, he began to experience fatigue, pain in his left shoulder and numbness in his left hand. His condition gradually worsened, and on Aug. 21, he died of rabies. After public health officials interviewed friends and family, they figured out that he had been bitten by a vampire bat in Mexico, 10 days before arriving in the U.S.
"This ... highlights the importance of a global perspective for human rabies prevention and the changing epizootiology of rabies," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the report. "Since 2000, eight of the 32 human rabies cases reported in the United States (including the case described in this report) were acquired from exposures abroad."
Bats Are Major Source of Rabies in U.S.
The rabies virus has an average incubation period of 85 days. In this case, symptoms showed within 15 days.
Once exposed, the rabies virus makes its way to broken nerve endings, then works its way back from the bite site toward the spinal cord.
"Once it's in the central nervous system, it attaches to the brain," said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "Then there is inflammation of the central nervous system, and a person will get interference in the way they think and eventually lapse into a coma."
Experts say that as soon as exposure to a rabid animal is suspected, it's important to consult a doctor and receive a post-exposure prophylaxis vaccine. The vaccine will prevent them from getting rabies, which is almost always fatal.
"Because the rabies virus takes weeks to incubate, there is time for the vaccine to prevent disease even when given after exposure to the virus," said David Topham, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at University of Rochester Medical Center. "The man's death could have been easily prevented if he'd sought treatment in time."
But as this vampire bat continues to make headlines, it's important to understand that there are bats already carrying the deadly rabies virus in the United States.
In 2009, U.S. health officials tested 30,000 bats from several dozen different species for rabies. Dr. John Williams of the department of pediatric infectious disease medicine at Vanderbilt said that 6 percent, or about one out of 15 bats, tested positive for rabies.
"A lot of times, people don't even recall being bit by a bat," said Williams. "The bites are small and not particularly painful. But even if someone handles a wild bat, they should receive the prophylactic vaccine because bats shed a lot of the virus through urine and other secretions. They don't even have to bite to infect."
In the report, the CDC concluded that vampire bats may expand and migrate because of climate changes.
Will Vampire Bats Travel North?
"Expansion of vampire bats into the United States likely would lead to increased bat exposures to both humans and animals (including domestic livestock and wildlife species) and substantially alter rabies virus dynamics and ecology in the southern United States," the CDC wrote.
But experts said those changes are complex and difficult to predict.
"My concern about invoking climate change as the basis for predicting future increases in human illness is that it's a lot like the medieval clerics' claim that plague would come as a result of human sin: It's apocalyptic, it's irrefutable and it's easily turned into admonitions about individual behavior," said Philip Alcabes, a professor of public health at Hunter College.
"So let me say that expansion of the vampire bats' range might have to do with climate, but if so, it's complex," said Alcabes. "It is not going to depend on whether you recycle newspapers or not."
But he did note that scientists must understand a complex ecosystem when trying to understand an infectious organism.
"What's needed is more environmental monitoring, including information about prevalence of different viruses in various animal species as well as data on land use, weather and so forth," said Alcabes. "This would allow for a richer understanding of how transmission of viruses to humans, as in this unfortunate case, arises from changes in ecosystems."


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A partnership between Kidsafe WA and Horizon Power is taking electrical safety information to the Goldfields region this May.
The holiday period is an exciting time for children, however unfortunately this is also a time when injuries to children can increase. This time of year involves countless gatherings and celebrations where supervision of children can lapse.
Electrical safety will be in focus for Kimberley children when a partnership between Kidsafe WA and Horizon Power visits the region this June.
Kidsafe WA and the Royal Life Saving Society WA team up to deliver child injury prevention workshops to the Wheatbelt community.
Over the past five years injuries to teens and pre-teens have steadily increased. As children mature, so to do their physical and cognitive abilities, however it is important to remember that children, including teens and pre-teens are not just small adults.
New data released by Kidsafe WA, with the support of the Western Australian Department of Health shows over 18,000 injury presentations were made to the PMH ED between July 2015 and June 2016.
Launched Tuesday 17 May 2016
New data released by Kidsafe WA, with the support of the Western Australian Department of Health on farm injury presentations to the PMH ED between July 2005 and June 2015.
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Electricity is an essential part of our lives but often it is only when the power goes out that we realise how important it is. It can also be a dangerous product, so Horizon Power has partnered with Kidsafe WA to further promote electrical safety.
Launched Tuesday 1 December 2015
Kidsafe and AAMI present the Unconventional Oven. A demonstration designed to counter an increasing problem; despite the warnings, many Australian kids are being left unattended in cars. And the numbers are rising along with the temperature.
Visit the website to learn more.
Monday 9 November 2015
On average 500 children a year present to Princess Margaret Hospital Emergency Department as a result of a burn or scald, with one third of these children requiring admission into hospital. See our latest animation developed with the support of Dr Fiona Wood and The Department of Health.
The West Australian
View the WA Consumer Product Furniture Tip-overs Research Report
Perth Now
Children are at significant risk of road injuries in Australia, with transport-related injuries one of the leading causes of death in children under the age of 15. In the 2008/09 financial year alone, there were over 7,000 injuries to Australian children under the age of 15 caused by land transport accidents.
Perth Now
Each year an average of 4,300 children attend the Princess Margaret Hospital Emergency Department (PMH ED) due to a sports-related injury.
Australasian Parks and Leisure
In 2015 Kidsafe WA developed a research project to compare the safety risks and health benefits between manufactured playgrounds and nature playgrounds within a school environment. Results showed that both manufactured and nature playgrounds are perceived to be safe or moderately safe for children.
The Weekend West, West Australian Newspaper
Easter can be an accident prone time for kids, so adults are reminded not to let their guard down.
The West Australian Newspaper
Trampolines have overtaken football as the leading cause of sporting injuries among children arriving at Princess Margaret Hospital.
The Albany Advertiser
The popular Eyre Park playground at Middleton Beach designed by Josh Byrne and Associates has won the 2016 Kidsafe national award in the playspaces up to $500,000 category.
Perth Now
TRAMPOLINING has bounced ahead of AFL as the No. 1 sporting activity causing injuries to young kids that end up with a trip to the hospital emergency department.
News2u, Goodstart Early Learning Centre
Dr Fiona Wood OAM, Kidsafe WA, and the local fire and emergency service launched a burns prevention animation at Goodstart East Perth, Western Australia. The children learnt what to do in the event of a burn or scald by watching the animation featuring Professor Wood.
Health and Medicine Liftout West Australian Newspaper
Accidents happen but keeping children safe around the home is easier with a few simple changes.


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Texas wide receiver DeSean Hales will forego his final season of eligibility but will remain with the team as a student coach.
A news release from the university Saturday said DeSean wants to focus on completing his degree and plans to graduate this fall.
Hales said in the news release that the decision wasn't easy but he's looking forward to being a student coach.
Hales, who is from Klein, located in the Houston area, has played in 31 career games, appearing on both offense and special teams. He's recorded 13 receptions for 87 yards.
Head coach Mack Brown said in the news release, "We understand his decision and look forward to him staying involved with the team and being a positive influence, especially to the young receivers."


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Considering silicone hydrogel contact lenses?
A recent innovation in contact lens technology, silicone hydrogel has completely changed the way people wear corrective lenses.
Silicone hydrogel is a soft material that was first launched on the contact lenses market in the late 1990s. Today, contact lenses made from this material are the most popular choice amongst those in need of vision correction and options are available to cater for a variety of vision problems, including myopia and hypermetropia, as well as astigmatism.
What is silicone hydrogel?
Hydrogel - a soft plastic that contains water - has been used in the manufacture of contacts since the 1970s and was a favourite choice due to its comfortable quality. With the addition of silicone in 1999, the lenses became more gas permeable, meaning that oxygen could pass through them and ensure better health of the cornea underneath. Contacts made from this material are also less prone to drying out while being worn. This means that they are a good choice for those who suffer from dry eyes.
Today, there are around 20 different types of formulations. The main difference being length of time they can be worn - some are only suitable for overnight wear, while others can be left in for up to 30 days.
The benefits of silicone hydrogel contact lenses
Before hydrogel was in common use, contacts were usually hard lenses that were not gas permeable. This meant that, in order to ensure healthy eyes, the contacts could only be worn during the day and had to be removed at night.
After removing the older style of lenses, you would need to disinfect, clean and soak them in preparation for the next day.
But silicone hydrogel removes all the hassle. This material enables you to wear the lenses for extended periods of time and you needn't worry about a maintenance regime. Simply put the lenses in and forget about them. Once it's time to remove the contacts, just throw them away and insert a fresh pair.
Additionally, silicone hydrogel is a very soft material that is extremely comfortable to wear. Unlike earlier types of contact lenses, most new wearers need no time to get used to them, as they can hardly be felt once inserted. The soft nature of these contacts also means that they generally stay in place better than their rigid lens predecessors.
Try silicone hydrogel contact lenses
If you're wondering what the right choice is for your contact lenses needs, the best person to consult is your eye care specialist. They can provide advice and guidance with your specific vision condition and lifestyle in mind. And don't forget to get your eyes checked on a regular basis; you could even be eligible for free eye exams on the NHS.
If you're ready to buy contact lenses, Contactlenses.co.uk can help you find the perfect pair. Our collection includes a variety of items from trusted manufacturers. And if you're looking for coloured lenses or special effects lenses, we're sure to have something to match your preferences.
Author: John Dreyer Optometrist Bsc(Hons), MCOPTOM, DipCLP
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Set Up the Profile Lists in QuickBooks 2013
If you choose the Lists→Customer & Vendor Profile List command, QuickBooks 2013 displays a submenu of commands that you use to create some of the mini lists that QuickBooks uses to ease your bookkeeping and accounting. The Profile lists include lists of sales reps, customer types, vendor types, job types, payment terms, customer messages, payment methods, shipping methods, and vehicles.
Most of the Profile lists are pretty darn simple to use. For example, if you choose the Sales Rep List command, QuickBooks displays the Sales Rep List window. You then click the Sales Rep button and choose New. QuickBooks displays the New Sales Rep window.
In case you're still experiencing a certain amount of accounting anxiety, you simply enter the name of the sales representative into the Sales Rep Name box. Then, throwing caution to the wind, you enter the sales rep's initials into the Sales Rep Initials box. When you click OK, QuickBooks adds the sales rep to your Sales Rep list.
The other Profile lists work in the same simple, scaled-down fashion. You choose the Profile list in the submenu, click the Profile list button, and choose New. When QuickBooks displays a window, you use one or two boxes to describe the new Profile list.
Just to prove to you that this really is easy, take a look at the New Customer Message window (accessible from the Customer Message list). This is the window that you use to create a new customer message. You can place customer messages at the bottom of customer invoices and credit memos.
If you want to track vehicle mileage within QuickBooks — and note that you usually must track business vehicle mileage in order to claim business vehicle expenses as a tax deduction — you can maintain a list of business vehicles by using the Vehicle list. This list then lets you easily track your business vehicles — something you do by using the Company→Enter Vehicle Mileage command.
QuickBooks may also provide access to other lists via the Lists menu. For example, you can access templates you create for invoicing and other forms by using the Lists→Templates command. And QuickBooks may, depending on how you've installed the software, add lists not mentioned here. For example, depending on your installation and the state where you operate, QuickBooks may display a list of Workers Compensation items.


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Mariam Ballaho, winner of the 2012 Mendocino College Foundation Thomas M. Evans Sr. scholarship, majors in biological science and mathematics right now, but she plans to change her major to biochemistry and molecular biology when she transfers to UC Davis or UCLA in the fall of 2013, with an eye toward medical school.
Born in Saudi Arabia, Ballaho grew up in the Philippines. She came to the USA with her parents, who are both employed in the medical field, in 2007. The family lived in the Bay Area until 2009, when Ballaho"s father accepted a job at Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits.
Ballaho graduated from Fremont High School and planned to attend college in the Bay Area; however, her parents wanted her to be near them, so she followed their wishes and enrolled at Mendocino College.
If she had any doubts about attending college in a small, rural community, Ballaho quickly discovered how lucky she was.
"My professors are the best," she said. "I get to know them very well because I always go to their office hours, and they help me a lot." Although "everyone is really nice," she admits to having two favorite professors: Deborah White, for mathematics, and Marcus Fredrickson, for chemistry.
Ballaho says her parents, Remy Ellen and Teodorico Ballaho, are her inspiration for doing well in college.
"I try to do well in school so my parents won"t be disappointed. I want them to be proud of me," she said.
While she lives at home, Ballaho pays most of her own college expenses, since her parents also support two brothers and three sisters who are all studying nursing in the Philippines.
"I am very grateful for The Thomas Evans scholarship. It paid for my tuition and expenses. I earn money working as a MESA chemistry workshop leader, and as a chemistry and math tutor, but I still had to ask my parents to help to pay for my books," she said.
Ballaho, who takes 20 or more units every semester, loves going to school every day. "I like learning new things, and I thrive on challenges. It is exciting!"
She says her passion is taking care of people. "That"s why I want to become a doctor."
Ballaho participates in a Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellowship, through the MESA program at MC. She partnered with Dafne Valdez to find environmentally friendly materials for the interior of a train. Ballaho and Valdez, along with three other MC MESA students will go to Washington D.C. In January to present their findings.?
Ballaho paused when asked what she does for fun outside the college.
"Fun for me is studying!" she said. Then, almost as an afterthought, she noted, "I like watching Korean dramas; that is how I am learning the Korean language."
She speaks basic Chinese and Japanese, she is fluent in Tagalog, and nearly fluent in Korean ? besides English, of course.
Advice she would give to other students is this: "Don"t give up your goals. If you really want success, you have to put in a lot of effort. Do the best that you can do."
For more information about the Mendocino College Foundation or to donate towards any of their programs, call them at 707-467-1018 or visit http://foundation.mendocino.edu/site/.


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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Zucchini stuffed with corn, tomato and fresh dill
It sure feels like spring today, with the sun shining I went for a nice long walk with the little one along the trail. Everyday I look out the window at my garden...knowing that in a few more weeks I will be able to plant my veggies. The garden center is open next weekend. YAY!
I don't blog about every meal I make, sometimes I think that it isn't blog worthy, or it just disappears before I can take a picture:P This just looked so colourful, and once I tasted it I knew it was a keeper.
This dish is inspired by the recipe from "Vegan Planet", and I can only hope that I am able to recreate it with my garden veggies:)
I made a basic Greek salad and brown rice. It was yummy, and tasted so fresh.
3 zucchini- cut length wise and then in half: scooped out with a melon baller or spoon
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion- minced
3 cloves garlic-minced
1 red pepper - small diced
3/4 cup frozen corn kernnels
1/2 large can of diced tomatoes- drained and minced
2 tbsp fresh dill
1 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp cane sugar
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp white pepper
2 tsp dried dill
3 tbsp olive oil
Mince the scooped out part of the zucchini.
Preheat oven to 350, grease a 9 x13 baking dish.
Place the shells of the zucchini in the dish, season with salt and pepper.
Heat oil in saute pan, add onion, garlic, red pepper. Saute for 4-5 minutes or until onion is soft.
Add tomato, corn, dill oregano, and let simmer for 8-10 minutes.
Season with sugar, lemon, sea salt and pepper.
Scoop mixture into the shells.
Pour a 1/2 cup water into the dish, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, or until soft.
In a small bowl combine bread crumb topping.
Mix with your fingers, until evenly coated.
Scoop onto zucchini and place in the oven on broil for 10 minutes or until golden.
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Mmmm I have been eating a lot of vegetables lately and this dish looks so appetizing. Way to go!ReplyDelete
Looks wonderful and very seasonal!!!ReplyDelete
This is nice. I have been wanting to stuff zucchini,but have not since my hubby does not like it. I am waiting on a night when he is out of town. ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks friends...I know the plating needs work, but this was very fresh and tasty. On the plus side it was simple to put together.ReplyDelete
Noelle...my daughter isn't a fan of zucchini either, so I just left the filling for the zucchini on the side, she ate the salad and rice with stuffing on top :P
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Le système Garmin G3000 sera étrenné par le Piperjet et le Hondajet
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Garmin G3000 brings touchscreen tech to flight deck
By: Stephen Pope
October 20, 2009
Avionics, Aircraft
Garmin (Booth No. 2853) yesterday introduced an integrated avionics system for light turbine-powered airplanes called G3000 that sets itself apart by using menu-driven touchscreens for accessing nearly all of the functions that pilots normally control with a myriad of buttons and dials.
Intended for the upper echelon of the Part 23 business aircraft market, the G3000 cockpit adds a pair of 5.7-inch-diagonal touchscreen controllers below the main flight displays. The screens include desktop-like menu interfaces with icons that can be pushed to access most of the system's features. Audio and visual feedback is used to let pilots know exactly how the system is responding to their inputs. The touchscreen unit, called the GTC 570, also incorporates conventional controls at the bottom of the display including a volume control knob, map joystick and dual concentric knob for data entry.
With the introduction of the G3000 avionics system, which is due for certification in the second half of 2011, Garmin is making a compelling argument for the usefulness of touchscreens in the cockpit. The company's G1000 avionics system, introduced for the Cessna Citation Mustang in 2003 and flying today in thousands of light general aviation airplanes, includes as many as 80 buttons and knobs for performing flight-related tasks. High-end business aviation avionics systems from Honeywell and Rockwell Collins, meanwhile, rely heavily on the use of cursor-control devices. With the G3000 system, Garmin said it wanted to make the job of a single pilot flying a complex airplane easier and, by extension, safer as well.
"We've gone to great lengths to make the G3000 simple to operate," said Bill Stone, Garmin's avionics product manager. "Pilots touch the information they want to change rather than using cursors. This makes it easy to enter information right the first time and helps decrease pilot workload."
A recent demonstration of a prototype G3000 system at Garmin's headquarters in Olathe, Kan., seemed to back up the claim that designers have indeed found a better way for pilots to interact with avionics. The G3000's touchscreen incorporates a variety of icons for performing flight management tasks, radio control, audio adjustment, synoptics and other functions that, when pressed, provide access to system pages arranged logically by phase of operation. "Back" and "home" buttons let pilots quickly retrace their steps or return to the main screen.
The simple user interface borrows from the experience Garmin has gained designing and selling millions of automotive GPS products. But unlike Garmin's Nuvi GPS product line for cars, the G3000 touchscreen uses infrared-beam technology to track where a pilot is pressing on the display. The IR touchscreen offers the advantages of improved finger tracking and the ability to use the system with a gloved hand, which can't be done with a Garmin automotive GPS receiver, Stone noted.
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While professional pilots may be less than enamored by the G3000's touchscreen icons, which some say look "cartoonish," there's no denying that the system is easy to use and represents a major improvement over the G1000's system architecture, particularly when it comes to inputting complex flight plans using rotary knobs. As for the icons, pilots had better get used to them: Garmin says the basic design will be incorporated in future aviation handheld products now under development.
The G3000's touchscreen controller is reminiscent of an Apple iPod Touch in that the system's menus never go deeper than a few pages. The icons are simple to understand and rather fun to use. Fifteen minutes spent playing with the touchscreen was about all it took to gain a surprisingly thorough grasp of the G3000's underlying logic. This should mean that the transition to the new cockpit will be easy for pilots flying G1000-equipped airplanes.
While Garmin has done a good job with the G3000's touchscreen, doing away with most buttons and knobs inevitably has meant that some features are actually harder to access in the new system than the old. For example, the G1000 cockpit has a button labeled "PLAY" that's used to replay previous audio transmissions from ATC. In the G3000 system, the pilot must press three buttons plus scroll down the screen to access this feature. Still, once they've experienced the ease of inputting flight plans using the touchscreen, it's a safe bet that most pilots will happily live with such tradeoffs.
The basic hardware behind the scenes in the G3000 system is based on technology first developed for the G1000 system, which in business aviation flies in the Mustang and Embraer's Phenom 100 and 300 and is offered as a retrofit upgrade in King Airs. The G3000 system's all new "extra-wide" primary and multifunction displays measure 14.1 inches diagonally, versus the G1000's typical 10.4-inch screen size. The G3000 displays include a number of bezel-mounted soft keys, but, interestingly, the buttons on the MFD serve no function. Garmin chose to include the soft keys on the MFD purely so that the displays would be interchangeable, meaning the same part number can be shipped to customers needing a replacement PFD or MFD.
The G3000's LED-backlit displays incorporate technology that provides greatly improved dimming ratios as well as the ability to maintain their color sharpness as they age, Stone said. He added that the use of LED lighting in the G3000 system should about double the life of the displays.
The first OEM customers to choose the G3000 system are expected to make announcements here at NBAA'09 tomorrow.
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The offer, through the company's Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure, was announced this morning.
"Our customers want the flexibility to choose how they build their applications without being locked into a particular programming model, language, or operating system. We continue to focus on increasing that flexibility," say Amazon GM Peter De Santis in a news release. "Through our continued work with Microsoft, Windows developers now have an opportunity to see, at no cost, how they can leverage Amazon Web Services' scalable and cost-effective computing environment."
As noted by CNet News.com, the offer effectively competes with Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing service, but gives Microsoft an extra means of promoting usage of Windows Server and Windows apps.


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After lefty yields just one run over eight frames, Mo notches first save
NEW YORK -- The time-tested formula still works perfectly. Andy Pettitte answered the call with a vintage performance and trusted Mariano Rivera to finish the job, leading the Yankees to their first victory of the young season.
Pettitte hurled eight strong innings and Rivera secured the first save of what he promises will be his final Major League campaign as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 4-2, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
"There's a lot of emotions, but at the same time, you have to control that," Rivera said. "You have to be able to do that, because you still have to finish the game. It was wonderful."
Making his first appearance since last year's season-ending right knee injury, Rivera permitted a run in the ninth inning but froze Boston rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. with a beautiful cutter on the outside corner to end the game.
The contest marked Rivera's all-time record 609th career save and the 69th save that he has notched in a Pettitte victory, further extending a big league record for the veteran duo. Their last such game came on July 8, 2010, in Seattle.
"These two have been doing it a long time together," manager Joe Girardi said. "As a fan, I appreciate what these two have done together. I know I've caught both of them, I've managed both of them, but as a fan, it's really kind of neat to see."
Lyle Overbay contributed a two-run single while Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli homered to support Pettitte, who proved worthy in what Girardi had called a very important game for the Yankees after two rough season-opening losses.
"It was a good win for us," Pettitte said. "You don't want to get swept your opening series here at home. I was proud of the guys, the way they battled. We got some runs, we got some timely hits and we needed it."
Telling pitching coach Larry Rothschild that he felt a little bit strong pitching on an extra day of rest, Pettitte seemed to have some trouble with his command in the first inning. He permitted two singles and then uncorked a wild pitch, failing to cover home plate as the ball bounced to the backstop.
Cervelli tracked the ball down and said that he "fell asleep a little bit" for a split second. With Shane Victorino attempting to score from second, the Yankees caught a break as Cervelli rushed back to home plate and blocked Victorino with a headfirst dive.
"I saw the ball get through his legs, but I just thought it was a couple of feet behind him, so I'm not thinking I've got to cover," Pettitte said. "Then I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, they're going to score a run here maybe.' Thank goodness he's young and he's quick back there."
An appreciative Pettitte handled the Red Sox from there in an economical outing, inducing three double-play grounders and improving to 18-3 in 27 career starts as a Yankee with the club attempting to avoid a regular season sweep.
"There's nobody I'd rather play defense behind, and I've gotten to play behind some good ones, including Mariano and CC [Sabathia] and all those guys," Gardner said. "Andy Pettitte; he's a lot of fun to watch pitch, especially being in center field and getting to see how he works guys in and out and how his ball is moving.
"Every pitch to him is a battle that he's trying to win. If he's throwing a breaking ball first pitch and he throws a ball, he's mad at himself. That's just how he is. He's a competitor and he did great tonight."
Facing Boston starter Ryan Dempster, Overbay dunked a two-run single into left field in the second inning, giving the Yankees their first lead of the season -- and, in turn, their first lead since Game 5 of the 2012 American League Division Series against the Orioles.
Gardner golfed a low pitch from Dempster into the first row of the right-field seats leading off the third inning for his first homer of the season. Dempster lasted five innings and had words of admiration across the way for Pettitte, who outpitched him on this evening.
"To come back out of retirement and pitch as well as he did last year, he's such a hard worker," Dempster said. "He's a guy you should look up to as a peer, because he does things the right way. He just knows how to pitch."
Cervelli connected for the fourth Yankees run in the seventh, launching a solo blast to left-center off Boston reliever Clayton Mortensen.
That provided extra cushion for Rivera, who entered to the familiar strains of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and closed out the Red Sox around Will Middlebrooks' run-scoring groundout, giving Bradley a taste of what big league hitters have seen for nearly two decades.
"I guess I really haven't imagined facing it," Bradley said. "You know, it does move."
Except for the velocity of the pitch, it could have been a highlight clipped out of -- well, pick your favorite year from 1996-2010. While Pettitte said that it was great to see Rivera run out of the bullpen gate again, he also insisted there was more to be seen than just the nostalgia.
"It's not about the old times," Pettitte said. "It's about us and these new guys and this team we've got right here, and trying to pull this thing together and win another championship."