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How it started. Berrian, NFL wideout for the Minnesota Vikings, got all testy on Twitter with a state representative John Kriesel from Minnesota, by telling him to "sit down and shut up!" after Kriesel, a Vikings fan, made a crack about his performance. Kind of harmless, but Berrian wasn't aware that Kriesel lost both his legs during the Iraq war and, well, is always sitting down and probably doesn't deserve Berrian's hypersensitive Twitter tantrum. But! Apologies were given and accepted, so everyone seemingly moved on.
KSK's Matt Ufford, himself a vet, decided to skewer Berrian about the incident in the KSK way, featuring obviously fake Twitter wars between Berrian and the Dali Lama to an imaginary yapping puppy dog named Marshmallow. To fire back, Berrian summoned the dildo-burper who then summoned the lawyer to fire off a cease-and-desist letter to Uproxx media warning them that if they did not remove the offensive post immediately and stop all other attacks against their client, Bernard Fucking Berrian, legal bills would get costly. Game, set, post removed.
But in an effort of half-assed, misguided solidarity, I am hereby requesting that football fans across America boycott Bernard Berrian in an effort to stop him and his tyrannical idiocy from neutering the internet of the freedoms we hold so near and dear any further. So to the 2% of the people in Yahoo! Fantasy Football leagues who accidentally still own Berrian, drop him. He's only preventing you from picking up more worthwhile emergency bye-week wideouts like Kole Heckendorf or Devard Darling. And to the half dozen people in Chicago (or Minnesota, I guess) who still own Berrian jerseys just to wear for house-painting chores or as a duster for antique furniture, throw it away. Or burn it. Or better yet, let a puppy named Marshmallow crap all over it. Either way, send us a picture of a desecrated Berrian item and we'll give you a beautiful prize package of crap from our desk.
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April 4, 2003
Almost everyone has now heard of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), a new disease that can cause a serious and sometimes fatal pneumonia. As we go to press (April 2, 2003) the news is changing very rapidly. Just a week ago it looked like SARS might be dying out -- but then Hong Kong reported over 50 new cases in one day. Conferences and other public events are being postponed or cancelled in that city and some other parts of Asia. This disease could end on its own, or it could become a worldwide pandemic and kill many people. Currently there are over 80 suspected cases in the U.S., most acquired from travel abroad.
SARS is believed to be caused by a previously unknown virus. Some but not all patients have severe breathing difficulties and need a respirator. So far the fatality rate has been about 4%. Recently Hong Kong physicians reported success in treating seriously ill patients with antibodies from those who had recovered -- a well-known technique that has been used successfully with other infectious diseases.
At this time experts believe that SARS is spread mostly by close personal contact, as in hospitals or homes, especially by coughing or sneezing. Some patients appear to be much more contagious than others. No one knows how well the infection can travel through the air in public places. It might also be spread by objects recently handled by an infected person.
For Current Information
One place to start is a Web page by the U.S. National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/severeacuterespiratorysyndrome.html.
For more detailed information, see the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) page: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/.
We have not yet seen any HIV-specific information about SARS.
We suggest that more be done to support people in complying with public-health directives -- especially travelers far from home who are asked not to fly if they have possible symptoms. If they fear being stranded in a foreign country thousands of miles from home with no place to stay, uncertain medical care, and problems getting a flight home when they recover, they will have strong incentive to lie and conceal their illness. It would cost little for public-health systems to help make arrangements for the few travelers affected at this time.
New diseases will become increasingly serious due to crowded populations, massive air travel, and possibly bioterrorism. Proper support for public health, long neglected by governments that care only for the rich (who can afford private medicine), will become a life-or-death issue for everyone.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — When you think of Bob Cousy, a man celebrating his 85th birthday on Friday, you think of black & white photos, grainy film clips and a "Leave It to Beaver" world. Cousy's Hall of Fame career largely played out in shades of gray — he led the Boston Celtics to six NBA championships and appeared in 13 consecutive All-Star Games, all before retiring after the 1962-63 season.
The Kennedys were in the White House. Cousy's signature shoe was a P.F. Flyer canvas high top.
But on the occasion of Cousy's 85th birthday Friday, it was worth remembering that the legendary point guard made himself relevant again as a player — for a brief time — in living color, in the age of Aquarius, with "Laugh-In" on the tube and space junk on the moon.
On Nov. 21, 1969, at age 41, the rookie head coach of the Cincinnati Royals stepped on the floor against the visiting Chicago Bulls. Cousy scored three points, his first in more than six years, in a 133-119 victory, before a crowd of 3,450.
Two nights later, he would play again, making a scoreless cameo appearance against Phoenix in another 14-point Royals victory. This time, 2,866 fans were on hand at the Cincinnati Gardens. He would play five more times as the Royals' player-coach that season, scoring only two more free throws, partly as backup to the great Oscar Robertson, partly as an intended gate attraction.
The Royals finished last in the league in home attendance in 1969-70 — for the third of five straight seasons — averaging 3,800 per game. Cousy's bosses were paying him more than $100,000 a season, so the novelty of selling a few tickets to see the old "Houdini of the Hardwood" made marketing sense. Cincinnati GM Joe Axelson, after four months of negotiation that began in the summer, finally pried Cousy's playing rights from Boston's Red Auerbach by sending injured forward Bill Dinwiddie to the Celtics.
But the brainstorm didn't work. Of Cousy's five "home" appearances, only New York's visit on Nov. 28 generated much buzz — and that game was played in pre-Cavaliers Cleveland, where 10,438 showed up to see the championship-bound Knicks of Willis Reed, Walt Frazier and the rest go to 23-1 that day.
Still, Cousy's return to action — after six seasons coaching at Boston College, with a team other than the Celtics, as the latest in a considerable line [at the time] of NBA player-coaches — made headlines.
He scored only five points in his seven token appearances, none in the last four. He added 10 assists to his Boston total of 6,945, which stood as the NBA record until Robertson passed him in 1968-69. And he remains the only player-coach to step back onto the court after such an extended gap from his legit playing days.
The NBA had a rich history of player-coaches in its first three decades or so, with something like 40 men handling both jobs at one time or another.
Richie Guerin, one of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2013 inductees, logged 372 regular-season games and 43 more in the playoffs in that dual capacity for the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks from 1964-1970. Bill Russell, Cousy's great Boston teammate, took over for Auerbach in 1966 while still playing, and became the NBA's first African-American coach. By the end of the 1968-69 season, he was the only player-coach to win multiple championships.
Lenny Wilkens, who won 1,332 games as a coach, got 159 of them as player-coach for Seattle [1969-72] and Portland [1974-75]. Dave Cowens was NBA's the last player-coach, guiding Boston in 1978-79 late in his player career. And of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players chosen in 1996 to commemorate the league's 50th anniversary, seven — Cousy, Russell, Wilkens, Cowens, Dave DeBusschere, Bob Pettit and Dolph Schayes — pulled double-duty for some period of time.
Since the arrival of the salary cap, the NBA's collective bargaining agreements between the league and the players association have not allowed for player-coaches. But Jason Kidd's hiring by the Brooklyn Nets this summer generated some chatter on the topic, not so much involving coaches returning to the court but veteran players who might be capable of steering their teams through an NBA season.
Kobe Bryant? LeBron James? Kevin Garnett? In a league driven by stars, some might argue that the best and biggest-name players already run their teams. But what has Chris Paul been, if not a "coach on the floor" for the Clippers [beyond any snide remarks about former boss Vinny Del Negro]?
Kidd, for as much as he played for the Knicks last season, might have been able to handle both jobs, especially on a team with more modest ambitions. Some would say the same thing about Chauncey Billups at this stage of his playing career, which takes him back to Detroit this season before, should he want it, a coaching role in the near future.
What Cousy did nearly 44 years ago, though, remains special — one of his many magical accomplishments in lifetime 85 years young now. Happy birthday, Cooz!


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Los Angeles — Directors of Head Start programs serving pre-school children across America — from migrant families of the San Joaquin Valley to urban dwellers in Cleveland, Ohio — will come to UCLA Anderson at this summer for a comprehensive management training program, the most well-known and longest-running program of its kind at a university.
The Head Start-Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program provides two weeks of intensive management training each summer for 80 Head Start directors and their teams, many of whom have had little formal training in business or executive management skills. Taught by UCLA Anderson faculty and MBA students, the program strengthens executive and entrepreneurial management skills, and is funded through a $600,000 annual contribution from Johnson & Johnson, supplemented by the Head Start Bureau.
This year's sessions, which begin June 17 and July 9, will bring together Head Start leaders throughout the nation's urban and rural areas — from Long Beach, Calif. to Cleveland, Ohio, and from the San Joaquin Valley in California to Nome, Alaska. Each Head Start program faces its own set of challenges and management needs. For example:
Deborah Peguero Clipper of Modesto, Calif. runs a Head Start program for 2,480 children of migrant families in the rural San Joaquin Valley who have difficulty affording child care.
Peggy Price directs a Cleveland Head Start program serving some 8,435 children at more than 100 centers. Her community continually suffers from a dearth of trained staff who can serve Head Start and Early Head Start children.
Onsomu Onchonga oversees a Head Start agency serving about 200 children of Alaska native villages in the remote region of Nome, Alaska. To address the challenges of hiring and retaining employees, Onchonga wants to develop an individualized training plan and other new management skills to share with his fellow Alaska Head Start directors.
A management team from Charles R. Drew University Head Start Program in Long Beach, Calif. faces the complex challenges of a large, urban Head Start Program serving 1,774 children from 22 centers. The team seeks to improve its synergy in order to develop an organizational strategic plan.
"Our goal is to instill Head Start agency leadership with entrepreneurial competence and a firm understanding of core management theories and principles," said Alfred E. Osborne Jr., director of the Head Start-Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program and the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA Anderson.
"Head Start agencies are giving all of our children the best possible head start and we are empowering them with the early development of tomorrow's adults. But they face serious business needs, such as finding suitable facilities, raising funds, providing training and development for staff, marketing their programs and more," Osborne added.
While drawn from UCLA Anderson's renowned Executive Education Programs, the curriculum tailors management training to unique problems facing Head Start agencies. Faculty members use many case studies from Head Start programs to illustrate key concepts and enhance learning.
Throughout the sessions, Head Start directors and management teams engage in lectures, workshops and group discussions led by the faculty and MBA graduate students. Subjects include human resource management, organization design and development, financial management, strategic planning, data analysis, operations management and marketing. The June session is designed for Head Start directors while the July program trains management teams.
An essential part of the program is the Management Improvement Project. Under the guidance of faculty and teaching assistants, the Head Start directors (along with their management teams during the July session) develop an improvement project which they can implement upon returning to their organizations. Examples include: building a new facility, reorganizing the program for site-based management, designing a parent-training program, providing special staff training and development opportunities, and more.
Myra Brown, senior program manager, said the fellows often develop long-lasting relationships with the MBA students, who enjoy serving as mentors.
"The teaching assistants work closely with the participants both individually and in study groups to guide them through the course work and Management Improvement Projects," she said. "This gives the MBA students an opportunity to gain practical experience while applying their management knowledge. The students and fellows often stay in touch after the program."
Now in its 11th year, the program has served 670 Head Start directors from around the U.S. as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Marshall Islands. Graduates receive a certificate from UCLA and have the option of receiving academic graduate-level credits. Fellows are often called upon to share their management training with their Head Start colleagues.
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Mountain View's Sally Lieber, former mayor and state Assembly member, has launched her 2012 state Senate campaign within a newly proposed district that will take her precinct walks north up the Peninsula rather than south toward San Jose.
The draft Senate district map released June 10 includes Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Palo Alto and all of San Mateo County except Daly City and Colma. Lieber said she was pleased because Mountain View had more in common with Peninsula cities than South Bay cities, fulfilling the goal of the state's first independent Redistricting Commission, which was to group cities by common housing types, ethnicities, economics, school districts and social organizations.
"I love campaigning and precinct walking and now we can really start," Lieber said. "It's been kind of crazy because I have a lot of volunteers but I haven't been able to tell them which direction to go."
Lieber was set to make a run for the old Senate district seat, which stretches from Mountain View to San Jose, as term limits force San Jose-based Elaine Alquist out of office in 2012. But under the draft map, Mountain View would be part of state Senator Joe Simitian's district -- who also happens to be terming out in 2012.
"Mountain View is going to be more politically linked to the Peninsula, I think that's a positive thing," Lieber said. "When we are more grouped with South Bay cities we are really overshadowed by the city of San Jose."
Lieber believes that the map will likely stay the same when the Redistricting Commission approves it following public hearings this month.
In the 2012 Senate race, Lieber may be running against San Mateo businessman and Democrat Jerry Hill, who may pursue the state Senate after four years in the state Assembly.
Lieber isn't familiar with San Mateo County, but the former wallpaper hanger from Detroit has made surprise wins in the past, and she is determined to do it again.
"I think you can do almost anything with determination," Lieber said. "That's what I'm hoping to bring to this campaign. San Mateo County is a very large piece of this district. But I think I am more known in San Mateo County than Jerry Hill would be here. I'm definitely going to be working hard to get the votes. I'm definitely not going to be taking it for granted."
Lieber is anxious to continue the sort of work she did in the state Assembly, where she was instrumental in raising the state's minimum wage, her proudest achievement. She was known for taking on issues other legislators wouldn't touch, such as the conditions for pregnant women in prison.
A tough issue Lieber will grapple with on the Peninsula is high-speed rail, which is vehemently opposed in cities north of Mountain View. The state Senate has the ability to hold hearings about the California High-Speed Rail Authority's actions and the financial viability of the project, Lieber said. She said she wants to make sure the project is "something we can live with," especially in Mountain View, a major stop on the Caltrain line.
"I think we have to honor the voters' wishes for high-speed rail and also present people with all of the information about what the impacts will be like," Lieber said. "I would not be surprised to see that come back on the ballot."
In the state Senate, Lieber says she wants to bolster consumer protection in the lending industry. She introduced a bill to regulate the mortgage industry before the housing market collapsed, but it floundered when other legislators didn't see a problem that needed to be fixed until after the collapse, she said. The bill was also lobbied against heavily, she said.
Lieber also wants to tackle the state's "bloated prison system" which has "really stripped so much money out of our state budget away from things like education. I'm ready to get back up there and dig into these kinds of issues."
Lieber has spent the last two years out of elected office, but has continued to take on the case work she did as an Assembly member. She helped one Mountain View family deal with a bank to get a rare loan modification so they could afford to keep their home. Last year, she said she helped a mentally ill Mountain View man who was homeless for 19 years get subsidized housing.
"One thing I've figured out, as far as being a woman in politics, is that I think a constituent is more likely to tell you what is bothering them," Lieber said. "Only 20 percent of the legislators in Sacramento are women. It really is an advantage at times. If you are working on a really tough bill, it is easier to get it through as a woman. Maybe they are a bit more open to hearing my ideas as one of the few women in leadership. Disadvantages can produce advantages, too."


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BOSTON -- A litany of physical or emotional problems spill out as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans make their way, one by one, to the 11th floor of a VA hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood.
The tragic signs of post-traumatic stress disorder or battlefield concussion are all too evident. Even more alarming for researchers is emerging evidence that these newest American combat veterans -- former GIs and Marines in their 20s and 30s -- appear to be growing old before their time. Scientists see early signs of heart disease and diabetes, slowed metabolisms and obesity -- maladies more common to middle age or later.
"They should have been in the best shape of their lives," says William Milberg, a Harvard Medical School professor of psychology and project co-director. "The big worry, of course, is we're going to be taking care of them until they're in their 70s. What's going to happen to them in the long run?"
The research is in its early stages, and scientists with the Department of Veterans Affairs are rushing to understand it. If what they're seeing is a form of early aging, it seems most common to those with both blast-related concussion and PTSD -- about 30% of the veterans being studied in a long-term research effort. There is even imaging evidence of diminished gray matter in high- functioning areas of the brain, changes that shouldn't happen for decades, if at all.
Scientists say their theory may not be proved until they can study these veterans over the next few years, and it remains unclear how these findings might impact policies on the length and number of combat deployments.
However, the Army, mindful of the strain, is allowing troops more time between combat deployments -- something possible as the war in Afghanistan winds down -- and has shortened deployments from a year to nine months. The numbers suffering brain injury and PTSD continue to grow. The Pentagon says that since 2000, 244,000 servicemembers have suffered traumatic brain injuries ranging from mild to severe, both in and out of combat. Since the 9/11 attacks, the VA has treated about the same number of war-era veterans for PTSD.
"We're looking at people who are going to be having cognitive problems much earlier than they should be having them," says Regina McGlinchey, a neuropsychologist and project co-director.
A study last month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that veterans ages 25-64 had more than twice the rate of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer than non- veterans.
Milberg says the people researchers are seeing in Boston "really have a lot of things going on at the same time. It's hard to know where one problem ends and another starts."
He and the other scientists say early aging might stem from the nature of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, where troops served long and repeated deployments at an unprecedented rate. This meant living under a high state of vigilance, managing stress over many months or even beyond a year, then doing it all over again and again with each subsequent combat tour.
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"Deployments are punctuated by very serious life-and-death exposures," says Ann Rasmusson, a psychiatrist and neurobiologist, "that when they reach a certain level, change the internal chemistry, the physiology of people's bodies."
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Medical technician Marge Ahlquist straps a blood-pressure cuff around Matt Pierce's left bicep, the one with the wrap-around Arabic script tattoo he got after his combat tour in 2006. Translated, it reads, "For those I love I sacrifice."
She notes he is patient No. 245 in the VA study underway since 2010. The two chat about how Pierce, who left the Marines in December, bears a resemblance to actor Sean Astin, the fresh-faced lead in the 1993 football film Rudy.
Then she frowns. Pierce's blood pressure is 150 over 92, well into hypertension range. Pierce sheepishly explains he recently ran out of heart medication and hasn't had it refilled.
"Good Lord," Ahlquist says. "Seriously, I would call them (his doctors) and tell them that you were in and that your blood pressure was elevated."
For the next several hours, researchers will take a medical history from Pierce and administer a regimen of tests. They will learn about how he enlisted in 1999 and did three tours to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as a handler for a bomb-sniffing Belgian Malinois, then three more tours as an explosive ordinance disposal, or EOD, specialist, disarming roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I hate to use the word adrenalin junkie, but it's kind of what it was; it excited me," he says before the day begins. "The thought of -- if I made a mistake at all, I could be dead -- it thrilled me."
The researchers will learn about the three marriages, his 5-year- old son from the second relationship and newborn due in January. Two marriages failed, he says, because he was away at war so much.
He will be asked to detail each blast he survived that left him with a mild traumatic brain injury -- the time three artillery rounds detonated under his armored vehicle, blowing out the engine and leaving him briefly unconscious; and the time he was pulling a disarmed improvised explosive device, or IED, out of the ground and a secondary booby trap detonated, knocking him off his feet.
"I never remember the sound," he says.
Then there is that day in 2007 in Iraq. He and a close friend, Sgt. Justin Noyes, were on either side of a road moving a barbed- wire barrier in preparation for disarming a buried bomb when Noyes stepped on another IED no one saw, and Pierce saw his friend blown apart.
He will explain to a psychologist about graduating from EOD school in 2004 with Noyes and two other Marines. How they grew close. And how Pierce is the only survivor.
"A lot of bad things happened to really good people," he explains later.
He will talk about the nightmares, vivid images in his mind of the carnage he witnessed after suicide bombers detonated explosives and dozens of civilians died, many of them children he and other Marines rushed in trying to assist.
"(I'm) waking up screaming, fighting, kicking (at) nothing in the dark. It just feels like I'm re-enacting everything that happened," he says.
Finally, he'll say he will return to Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, again handling a bomb-sniffing dog -- both because the money is good, $105,000 a year before bonuses and overtime, and because life there makes sense.
"It's a simpler life over there," he says at the end of the day. "All you're really worried about is the welfare of yourself and the people around you. And all the little petty things -- all that Facebook, all that stuff -- it doesn't matter. It doesn't exist."
That he is heading back into the war zone with a body that -- if the scientists' theory is correct -- might be aging too quickly, leaves Pierce with a sense of resignation. "I have to agree," he says. "I have high blood pressure, I hurt all the time, and even if I don't like to admit it, I am carrying some extra weight."
For Kendall Pierce, who married her husband last December, these signs of aging seem frightening and unfair. He has already sacrificed so much, she says, something evident any night when she shakes him out of one of his terrible dreams.
"You can see the fear on his face. And, oh my gosh, it's just heartbreaking," she says. "He can look at me and realize, 'OK, I'm at home. I'm with Kendall. I'm OK.' Some nights, he'll talk about it. And sometimes, he'll just sit there and squeeze me with one of those big bear hugs and not let me go."
Like a coiled spring
The human mind has an amazing capacity to deal with fear, scientists say. It produces molecules that can tamp down emotional responses -- the adrenalin that causes people to fight or flee.
But these molecules can become depleted with prolonged and repeated exposure to trauma. The unregulated flow of adrenalin, combined with damage from traumatic brain injury, can lead to emotional responses that trigger too easily or become stuck in the "on" position, researcher Rasmusson says.
The possible result, scientists say: The body ages.
For Ed Fox, 31, the dead bodies he saw during convoy duty and the nightly mortar attacks during his second combat tour to Iraq as a National Guard soldier in 2004-05 took their toll.
That tensed-up sense of vigilance, like a coiled spring, that carried him through those nights waiting in the silence to hear where a mortar round would land didn't go away when he came home.
"No one tells you how to shut it off," Fox says on the morning he arrives at the VA hospital to begin his examination. "I spent a lot of time dealing with my demons."
For Sharee Holmes, 38, who also served with the Massachusetts National Guard in Iraq, the theory about aging makes sense.
Diagnosed with anxiety and depression, Holmes says that after working at a higher rpm in the war zone, she brought irritability and impatience back to the slower rhythms of life at home.
"All those adjustments on your brain, your body -- it's a lot," she says.
'Boy, look at this'
It was a former soldier, younger than 40, with brain lesions that first got a research team member thinking something was terribly different about these veterans.
The veteran came through in the summer of 2010, a few months after the program was initiated, suffering from obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Most striking were the magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, scans that looked more like they belonged to someone in their 70s, Harvard researcher Milberg recalls.
"That's when we got alerted that maybe we were going to see something like these precursors we associated with old age, (but) in a younger population," he recalls.
And there were the letters they were sending out. Each time blood tests came back showing unhealthy readings for a veteran, a letter went out in the mail alerting them: "Your lab results are outside of the normal range. Please see your physician."
Suddenly, McGlinchey says, "we were sending out a lot of these letters, and it started feeling like, 'Boy, look at this.'"
The scientists are rushing to publish their findings, not even sure what this aging syndrome -- if they confirm that is the case -- should be called.
"We don't have a name for it," Milberg says.
His colleague Rasmusson says whatever is happening to these young veterans, the hope is to get ahead of the problem.
"If we can hop on this generation early," Rasmusson says, "rather than waiting out 20 years to see them wind up with early death and stroke and cardiovascular disease, then we can prevent them from having shortened lifespans."
By Gregg Zoroya
USA Today
September 6, 2012
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Gastric bypass can help a person lose about 100 pounds of excess weight. It may also reverse type 2 diabetes and stop heartburn and reflux. Weight-loss surgery can also lower the risk for high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and certain heart problems.
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Your healthcare team will need to make sure that gastric bypass surgery is a good option for you. Weight-loss surgery isn't advised for people who abuse medicines or alcohol, or who are not able to commit to a lifelong change in diet and exercise habits.
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Your initial weight-loss may occur quickly, so it's important to get all of the nutrition and vitamins you need as you recover. Your doctor will prescribe vitamin and mineral supplements that your body may no longer absorb well from food alone.
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Fiji coach Inoke Male has lashed out at England labelling them "vultures" in the aftermath of New Zealand-born Mako Vunipola's call up to the national side.
Vunipola, the son of Tongan international Fe'ao Vunipola, was called up by England on Thursday and he will join Manu Tuilagi in the squad whose elder brothers turned out for Samoa. Fiji come face-to-face with England on November 10 at Twickenham and Male has named a much-changed squad for their European tour.
He has included 16 uncapped players in the party, alongside figures such as Leicester's Vereniki Goneva, and Male claims that certain players he wanted to include in the squad spurned his advances with a view to qualifying to play for England or France in the future.
"There are several players not available to us for this tour because they want to play for other countries," Male told The Times. "Young players now want to pursue options for other countries rather than coming on tour which is not a good sign.
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And Male wants the International Rugby Board to do more to prevent the well-trodden path of Pacific Islander-born players opting to play for European nations. "I will not tell you the specific players but I know of players who get invited to the UK when they are 14," Male said. "Now as 17-year-olds they are opting to play for England. That means everybody here who is young wants to play for England.
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Load times for both games on the Xbox 360 were reasonable, although I started hating the BF3 start-up animations. In total time, MW3 gets you into the action faster from initial start-up to first shot.
One other quick note: Battlefield 3 seems to have a few compatibility problems. When I tested it on a PS3, the game crashed a few times when the screen locked up suddenly. I also had to perform two updates to the game (one was 222MB and one was well over 700MB), where MW3 has had a few, but none larger than 4MB.
Winner: Modern Warfare 3
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Modern Warfare 3 continues the tradition that began with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and has become a staple of all the Call of Duty games, the much beloved, and oft-reviled, killstreaks. In MW3, rather than the traditional killstreak setup where you earn rewards through successive kills without dying, you now have "strike packages." Those come in three versions: Assault, Support and Specialist. Each package contains different rewards and is tailored to a different play style, and each is customizable as you increase in level and earn more choices. The Assault package is the traditional setup, as consecutive kills earn you things like a UAV, a predator missile, or a sentry gun, as well as several new rewards, like the helicopter strafing runs.
Perhaps the best new addition is the support package, which allows you to earn rewards by doing things to help the team, including kills, capturing flags, defusing bombs, etc, but dying does not reset the counter. These rewards are also more geared toward support elements, and offer things like ballistic vests, a recon helicopter that you can control and use to mark targets, and an EMP.
Killstreaks are amazingly fun because they add tension to the match. There's a delicate balance as you gain more kills while using the assault package: You still need to play aggressively, but everyone else on the map is gunning for you because they know about the killstreaks as well. The longer you go, the more you become a target, adding to the tension. When you are using the support package, it is also nice, because even if you die constantly you can still find a way to help the team. As with MW2, they can sometimes overwhelm a game, but not to the extent that they used to, and the offensive rewards seem to do less damage — which is a very good thing.
Battlefield 3 relies on different classes, but to a much greater extent. (You won't find anything like the killstreak rewards, though.) There are classes for supporting other soldiers, although now there is no dedicated medic. There's the usual mix of recon sniper and the typical run-and-gun marine type; they are almost identical to those found in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Where BF3 gets more credit in terms of realism is that these classes have a greater impact not just on how you play, but on the outcome of the matches. If you choose the support class and equip yourself with heavy guns to provide ammo support for other troops, you will find you move slower and need to think about finding hiding spots. MW3 also weighs you down and makes you slower if you carry a massive gun, but it's not quite as significant as it is in Battlefield 3.
Another point in BF3's favor is that, these classes also have a direct impact on the online match. If too many people are running around on the front lines shooting down enemies without troops providing support, your team will lose. It's easier in MW3 (but still a bit foolish) to just run around after each respawn and go find someone to shoot. That makes BF3 more tactical overall, and arguably more fun to play, especially if you are looking for a teamwork-oriented experience.
Still, just because Battlefield 3 is more tactical and authentic does not mean it is superior overall. There is something to be said for the faster gameplay in MW3 when matched with the killstreak perks that makes you want to keep playing, even with the occasionally frustrating round. In some ways, the difference between the games is that BF3 is meant for a bit more of a long-form experience working with teammates, whereas MW3 has a greater emphasis on quick games, where you accumulate as many kills as possible. Oddly though, it is much more difficult to form a party of your own friends in BF3 than it is in MW3.
In fact, I found that MW3 won out over BF3 for gameplay because of the killstreak perks. Some people love them, others hate them, but from an impartial point-of-view, unlocking rewards (along with more weapons, perks, badges, etc.) is a compelling force. BF3 does not provide quite as much incentive to keep playing, even if the game has much larger maps and more tactical combat.
Winner: Modern Warfare 3


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Palo Alto Online Sports
There's no question junior forward Adam Jahn has all the skills and talent needed to be one of the top soccer players in the country. Can that translate into success for the Stanford men's soccer team?
Cardinal coach Bret Simon, entering his 11th season at Stanford, hopes that is the case as the curtain rises on another season with high expectations. The Cardinal plays at Santa Clara on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Jahn was one of the top recruits in the nation out of Jesuit High in Carmichael and he helped transform Stanford into a national contender as a freshman. He helped the Cardinal reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament, was a second team all-Pac-10 selection and was named to topdrawersoccer.com's All-Rookie national team.
He's started every game since he's been at Stanford and will be looking to key the offense once again this time around.
"He struggled with an ankle injury last year but he's back at full speed," Simon said. "He tried to play through it last year and it affected the way he changed directions and struck the ball. He put a lot of stress on his ankles and knees."
A healthy Jahn would certainly give the Cardinal (8-10 last year) the chance to return to the postseason. Even playing with one foot he recorded nine points, second on the team, last year.
Stanford won't be a one-man team by any means. Jahn will be surrounded by eight players who have started at least half of the team's games last year, including a solid group of seniors who will provide leadership.
Four-year starter Garrett Gunther, defender Tommy Ryan, midfielder Taylor Amman, Alexander Binnie midfielder Grant Grafentin, midfielder Clayton Holz, midfielder Adoni Levine and forward Cullen Wilson top the list of the elders.
Gunther may be the shortest player on the field, but the 5-7, 140-pound midfielder is also the team's most dynamic player.
"He's explosive, just an all-around fantastic soccer player," Simon said. "He has great endurance and is a great 1-on-1 player and a terrific play maker."
Ryan, who hails from Marin County, and junior defender Hunter Gorskie were selected as co-captains by team members.
Ryan grew up in a soccer family. His uncle Steve Ryan played for the San Jose Earthquakes and his father Tom, the soccer coach and athletic director at Branson High in Ross, still plays.
"He's been gradually groomed as the central defender," Simon said. "He's a smart player, with a cultured left foot. He's very athletic."
Gorskie will team with Ryan in a backfield that allowed a mere 20 goals last season (1.11 per game average) and helped record six shutouts.
Gorskie proved to be the team's most versatile player, with appearances at outside back and central back as well as central defender.
as starters and are part of the attack group that has Simon thinking good thoughts about Stanford's offensive capabilities.
"I like our attacking group a lot," he said. "We lost an important player (Bobby Warshaw, who plays in the MSL) but we have a lot of guys back with experience."
Sophomore Jason Dodson returns as the starting goalkeeper, with redshirt sophomore Galen Perkins and sophomore Drew Hutchins also in the mix.
Sophomore midfielder JJ Koval started 17 of 18 games last year and sophomore defender Tyler Conklin also gained some experience last year.
The large freshmen class consists of six redhirts, including Matt Taylor, whose older sister Lindsay plays for the women's soccer team at Stanford. Simon Basillico, Bobby Edwards, Preston Langholz, Austin Meyer and Jack Ryan also fall into that category.
Freshmen include Zach Batteer, Jimmy Callinan, Grant Gafentin, Felipe Noguerol and Eric Verso.
Even with the addition of two teams to the conference, the men's soccer programs are unaffected. Only five of the conference schools sponsor a men's soccer team, San Diego State is an affiliate for soccer.


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These lovely Canadian cans belong to an actress who's been acting for most of her life. You may remember her from your childhood and watched her grow up into the daughter of an ass-kicking counter-terrorist agent, an ex-porn star in a movie and a ditzy runaway bride who's part of a wacky group of friends on an ABC sitcom.
As a kid, she co-hosted 'Popular Mechanics for Kids' with a young Jay Baruchel, so it's nice to see the pair having grown up in the industry and still doing great work. In the mid-Aughts, she starred in some music videos and films with heavier subject matters. In recent years, she's starred in more comedic roles that play up the fact that she's a blonde.
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text: If you use the 910 for receive you could use the AFC feature to tune the downlink with no software required (once you acquire the signal). An HT or other simple low power transmitter is fine for the VHF uplink, and doesn't need to be tuned. SATPC32 will also tune the downlink provided you have it set up correctly with the downconverter offset. I'm real happy to hear folks enjoyed the V/S period, and am also happy to say that during the imminent 100% illumination period (beginning at the end of the month and lasting until next year) we hope to be able to run the S band downlink more often, and perhaps as an independent repeater along with the normal V/U. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations ----- Original Message ----- From: <k7zt at suddenlink.net> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; "Robert Felt" <robertfelt at bellsouth.net> Cc: <kb5yzg at amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:55 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S Mode Ops, Some Observations > Hi Bob: > I too was on AO51 for the "S" Band event and I too found the doppler > tuning a challenge. > > I use Nova for the Antennas and Ham Radio Deluxe www.ham-radio-deluxe.com > for doppler. It usually does a good job most of the time, but I must be > doing something wrong when using it on AO51 S band. > > HRD is a feature rich CAT Program and is freeware! > > 73's > - Joe K7ZT > > ---- Robert Felt <robertfelt at bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Thanks AMSAT for placing the AO-51 is V/S mode last week. >> >> It was the first time I have operated any S-band downlink. The AO-51 was >> really quiet on S-band downlink, not a lot of people yelling on top of >> each other and background noise was nil. >> >> I made some good QSOs including - N8BBQ, WB8OTH, N5UXT, N5AFV, >> KD8CAO, N8TLV, N5ZNL... and heard a lot more, but was too focused with >> the doppler to make contact. >> >> My station : >> On the receive side I am using a home brew antenna based on a 36" "BBQ" >> grill with a 5 turn helix feed, connected directly to a model UEK-3000 >> down converter (by SSB) , into my AOR AR-5000A3 receiver. >> >> The transmit side was with my Icom-910 into a 11 element yagi. >> >> Antenna: My old Kenpro 5400 rotator was controlled through the LVB >> interface using NOVA software on my laptop. I used the frequency utility >> in the NOVA s/w to calculate and display the doppler on the down link, >> which varied from +50 to -35 KHz on most passes!! The doppler really >> keeps you busy on S-band, as there is no CAT output (just display) on the >> NOVA software, and you have to crank in the doppler manually. NOVA >> tracking software is very powerful and user friendly, but lacks radio CAT >> output. I would like to someday find a software program with the same or >> comparable look and feel as NOVA, but with CAT rig control interface in >> addition to the standard rotator interface. (SATPC is ok but has the look >> and feel (GUI) of an old 1980s DOS program). >> >> Is there a good CAT program rig control that I can run in the background >> while running NOVA for ant control and display? >> >> Anyway, Thanks AMSAT. Lets do this again some day. >> >> 73' de KB5YZG >> >> Bob Felt >> 1403 5th Ave West (EM85) >> Hendersonville, NC 28739 >> >> email - kb5yzg at amsat.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


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The world's most magical musical is now playing at The Civic, Auckland for a strictly limited season.
Based on the beloved books by P.L. Travers and the 1964 Walt Disney film, the multi-award winning musical Mary Poppins will play The Civic for a strictly limited season. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher for Disney Theatrical Productions, the New Zealand production of Mary Poppins follows productions in London, New York, Australia, and Holland as well as British and North American touring productions.
With four productions currently running on three continents, Mary Poppins is one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge from London or New York in recent years. Worldwide to date, the show has grossed over (US) $679 million and welcomed almost 10 million guests. The musical is the winner of 44 major theatre awards around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier, Helpmann and Evening Standard awards. Mary Poppins the stage musical features the Academy Award® winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
The New Zealand production of Mary Poppins comes straight from extraordinary success in Australia. The production opened in Melbourne July 2010 playing to 100% sold out houses for nine months. Equally successful seasons followed in Sydney, Brisbane & Perth, with both Brisbane and Perth selling out weeks before closing. The production was seen by 1.35 million people and has set new records at every venue played in Australia for pre-sales and advance sales. In 2011, Mary Poppins won a record breaking 8 Australian Helpmann Awards, including Best Musical.
The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park), who wrote the book, and George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who composed new songs and additional music and lyrics. Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher have gathered a creative team of the world's highest calibre; the production is directed by Richard Eyre with co-direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne. Set and costume designs are by Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Peter Grubb and orchestrations by William David Brohn. Associate Director is James Powell, Associate Choreographer is Geoffrey Garratt and Musical Supervisor is Stephen Brooker.
From London, Cameron Mackintosh said, "I am particularly thrilled that the Australian production of "Mary Poppins" has been such a phenomenal success as, of course, Australia was the birthplace of its celebrated creator, P.L. Travers. It is several years since I have had a production that I felt was special enough to bring to Auckland but the spectacular staging of this eternal family classic with a terrific international cast, fabulous score by the Sherman brothers and breathtaking choreography by Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear is certain to give New Zealand audiences a supercalifragilistic time."
"We at Disney Theatricals are thrilled to be presenting our first-ever production in New Zealand when Mary Poppins arrives in Auckland this spring," said Thomas Schumacher, producer Disney Theatrical Productions. "The Walt Disney Company has been in the lives of New Zealanders for decades through its movies, television programs and licensing of our theatrical titles, but it's especially gratifying to be bringing the unparalleled experience of live theatre - especially this spectacular original production overseen by the show's original creative team. We hope it's embraced as warmly there as it has been in its nearly two years in Australia."


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Knowledge of other languages and cultures is increasingly essential in the global marketplace. At Berry College, you can earn a major or minor in French, German or Spanish.
You might be preparing for graduate study or professional training. Maybe you want to give your future career a boost by becoming proficient in a second language. Some students choose to pursue a double major that includes the language of their choice and another subject, such as business, government or education.
Learning a language can also lead to opportunities to study, work and volunteer in other countries. Three 2008 graduates received Fulbright scholarships to teach English in Austria for two semesters; a 2010 graduate received a Fulbright scholarship to teach English in Spain. At Berry, you will find a variety of options for expanding your horizons abroad.
Careers for foreign language majors include secondary and post-secondary education, translation, international diplomacy, business, immigration services and mission work, among others.
If you'd like to teach French, German or Spanish, you can earn a P-12 education minor in that language. We promote the training of language teachers through Berry's Charter School of Education and Human Sciences.
The German major
German is a key business language
in the European Union and the rapidly
growing markets of Central and Eastern
Europe. German courses at Berry
emphasize proficiency and cultural
literacy. Those who hold degrees in
German work in many fields, including
business, government, medicine, law and
the arts.
Who Teaches Foreign Languages at Berry?
Members of the foreign language faculty hold doctorates from such notable institutions as Emory University; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Tulane University; the University of Georgia; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the University of Washington; and the University of Wisconsin. A number are native speakers of the language they teach. In recent years, students have also had the opportunity to interact with Fulbright scholars from France and Germany in and out of the classroom.
Are there opportunities for language practice outside the classroom?
Berry's newly renovated Language Resource Center, which is staffed primarily by foreign language majors, is available to students for oral practice and listening all day and many evenings. We also have a busy foreign film schedule and an International Club. Foreign language professors hold conversation hours and even organize extracurricular events, such as Spanish plays, for students. For students of Spanish, Berry has a chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the national honor society for Spanish. Students may also practice Spanish and appreciate Spanish and Latin American culture at meetings of Orgullo, a club that raises awareness about Hispanic culture at Berry and in the local community.
Is it Possible to Study a Foreign Language Abroad? Si, Oui and Na, Klar!
We offer many exciting opportunities for foreign language study abroad. All foreign language programs offer summer, semester and yearlong sessions. As a participant, you'll get a thorough orientation and will stay in a residence hall or private home so that you will be more deeply immersed in the culture of your host country. There is on-site student support, and cultural excursions are included.
Germany or Austria?
As a Berry student, you have the
choice to enroll on a transient basis at
the University in Regensburg, study with
the International Education of Students
(IES) program in Berlin or Freiburg, or
attend summer school at the University
of Eichstätt. Regardless of the location
and course of study, you can be certain
that you'll have the chance to experience
Germany's diverse cultural and social
scenes firsthand.
A summer internship in Germany is
another option and provides an excellent
opportunity to gain international work
experience. Internship placements are
available in a variety of fields including
business, communication, international
relations and the nonprofit sector. Most
internships are paid; scholarships are
available to qualified participants who
pursue an unpaid position. The German
government awards American students
approximately 2,000 grants each year for
study and research in Germany.
German majors can also study with the
American Institute for Foreign Students
(AIFS) in Salzburg, Austria. AIFS offers
content courses in English for those just
beginning to learn the German language.
You can take German language courses
while completing 300-level courses in
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The objective of the workshop is to bring together industry and science by providing a platform for discussion, interaction and collaboration. Industrial papers should either describe challenges of system or software testing that could trigger future research activities or present comparable results of applying techniques for risk analysis or risk-based testing. Research papers are expected to present promising ideas or possi-ble solutions to industrial challenges in the field of risk-based quality assurance. Submitted papers should cover at least one of the following topics:
- Languages for capturing risk information
- Formal and semi-formal risk analysis techniques (e.g., FTA, FMEA, etc.)
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- Support of standard-compliant quality assurance by risk-based testing (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO 26262, Common Criteria)
- Verification and validation of safety-/security-critical systems
- Risk-based testing with model-based technologies
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- Traceability and management of integrated risk analysis and testing
- Experience reports and industrial case studies
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Obama White House appears to be engaging in a very thinly veiled effort to influence next week's Knesset election by suggesting to Israelis that voting for right-wing parties will further strain US-Israel relations and isolate the Jewish state.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu politely suggested that the American administration butt out.
"Only the Israeli people will determine who best represents the State of Israel's vital interests," Netanyahu said during a tour of the Gaza security fence.
Earlier in the week, Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for the Atlantic, wrote on the Bloomberg network that when Netanyahu recently announced plans to build new Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria in response to provocative Palestinian moves at the UN, Obama didn't even bother getting angry.
Goldberg noted that an "inured" Obama simply started telling people that "Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are."
Netanyahu on Wednesday added that "over the past four years Israel has withstood tremendous diplomatic pressure [from the White House]. They insisted that we curb our demand for action on Iran; that we withdraw back to the 1967 lines; that we divide Jerusalem – that we stop building in Jerusalem."
It is generally understood that Israelis expect their leaders to be able to both withstand heavy pressure from the White House, while at the same time maintaining strong relations with America.
Obama's strategy seems to be to convince Israelis that Netanyahu is failing this mission, and the prime minister's political opponents are playing heavily on that theme.
But on this issue, Netanyahu is finding an ally in his top challenger to the right, Naftali Bennett, the new head of the Jewish Home party.
Bennett wrote on his Facebook page that "we will listen to the Americans, but we will do what is good for Israel."
Bennett noted that past prime ministers had succumbed to American pressure with devastating results. For instance, Ehud Barak was convinced by Bill Clinton to meet nearly all of Yasser Arafat's demands, only to be thanked with the outbreak of the "Second Intifada."
Under the charismatic Bennett, Jewish Home is expected to win up to 15 seats when Israelis go to the polls next week, and that has Washington worried as Netanyahu may have no choice but to include the nationalist party in his coalition.
According to Israel's Channel 10 News, the Obama Administration is worried that a strong showing by Jewish Home will ultimately bolster Netanyahu's resolve to continue allowing Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria.
In a meeting with US Ambassador Dan Shapiro on Wednesday, Channel 10 quoted Bennett as telling the envoy, "There is no chance that the projected Netanyahu government will go for any sort of agreement with the Palestinians."
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