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Mark and Rhonda Dipman, Pratt, and Cliff and Suni Mock, Wichita, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Oakley Mock, to Joey Pina, son of Mike and Tamie Pina, Pratt.
The grandparents of the bride-to-be are Cathy Miller and the late Ronnie Miller, Lois and Loren Muller, the late Art Mock, and the late Minnie and Charlie Dipman. Joey's grandparents are Kenny Meyers, the late Shirley Carpenter and the late Frank and Jackie Pina.
Oakley and Joey are both graduates of Pratt High School. Oakley attended Pratt Community College and is currently employed at Pratt Energy, LLC. Joey attended Old Town Barber and Beauty College and is the owner of Joey's Barber Shop in Pratt.
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It seems to me, Mr. Boehner, that government has a serious and valuable purpose to see that the
right of the strong does not overwhelm the weak, that the
right of the healthy does not exploit the unhealthy, that
right of the abled-body does not manipulate the dis-abled, that the
right of the group does not overwhelm the individual, that the
right to marry does not have to conform to religious values, that the
right to own guns does not include assault weapons, that the
right to free speech does not include lies, distortions, and libel, that the
right to cultural differences .
Get to work, Mr. Boehner, and do your job. Empower the weak, unhealthy, dis-abled, individual, marriage, gun safety, and truth. Become an empowerer instead of a blocker.
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Speaker Boehner: Obama not meeting promises on 'fiscal cliff'
My "What is the purpose of government?" is in response to Boehner's comment.
Here's a quote from the movie, Braveheart, which speaks at least a fair bit to this whole business, Joan:
You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.
-- William Wallace
Government has been captured by corrupt a financial system.
Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away...
The banking giant HSBC has escaped indictment for laundering billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels and groups linked to al-Qaeda. Despite evidence of wrongdoing, the U.S. Department of Justice has allowed the bank to avoid prosecution and pay a $1.9 billion fine. No top HSBC officials will face charges, either.
"Here we have a bank that laundered $800 million of drug money, and they can't find a way to put anybody in jail for that. That sends an incredible message, not just to the financial sector but to everybody. It's an obvious, clear double standard, where one set of people gets to break the rules as much as they want and another set of people can't break any rules at all without going to jail."
The message that this sends to everybody, when banks commit crimes and nobody is punished for it, is that you can do it again. You know, if there's no criminal penalty for committing even the most obvious kinds of crimes, that tells everybody, investors all over the world, that the banking system is inherently unsafe. And so, the message is, this is not a move to preserve the banking system at all. In fact, it's incredibly destructive. It undermines the entire world confidence in the banking system. [emphasis mine]
Allow me to be somewhat of a contrarian here. Government had been and is in current society, by its very nature, an extremely violent institution. It exists to keep society in order. In ancient Egypt, it taxed the farmers to latch onto a part of their crops to feed the scribes, the priests, and the army to keep the foreign enemies away. Of course, using the magic sky spirits to keep the population in line. Not all that different today. And, if you don't believe me, try not paying your income tax and argue with the U.S. federal marshals who appear at your doorstep with a warrant for you. Or, for that matter, not paying your real estate taxes for years - after you've paid off the mortgage - and argue with the armed deputies who are there to evict you.
Part of the problem is that there are those of us who believe this violent organization should really be used for the common good of all of us. And, there are those that believe this violent organization should be reigned in to protect individual human freedom.
It's a delicate balance. Which, in my personal estimation, is completely out of whack. Ruth's comment about cannabis and large banks is squarely on point.
Government began as a protection racket.
Imagine yourself tripping back to ancient times, after hunting and gathering has given way to herding and farming.
Most people herd animals or grow crops. A few people, when they get hungry, steal animals and crops from others.
It's an activity for individuals, until one day one of the thieves gathers other thieves into a gang.
"You guys stay here," he tells them. "I'll go talk with some shepherds. I'll tell them I know a few guys who will keep thieves away if each of them will give us an animal once each month. If any of them refuse, you'll go visit them and take several animals. They'll soon decide that giving us one animal each month is better than having several animals stolen each month."
And he's right; most of the shepherds agree. They "pay" one animal each month and get protection from thieves.
The one or two who don't agree lose several animals each month...until they agree to pay for protection.
End of story; let's return to the 21st century.
BTW, remember to pay your taxes. For police and fire protection, water, trash pickup and more.
Unless you want the government to take what you owe plus a late payment fee, or maybe your car or house.
Tom, you have a way of catching one's attention and giving perspective to a situation. Yes, that sounds familiar ... we had a gang of cops in Spokane who used to shake down small businesses; it happened in my family.
Given that is a valid description of how corruption works, and how helpless the average person is against such thievery, and how ingrained it is in society, it seems to me the purpose of government is to prevent such greed, with laws preventing it, law enforcement tracking and ending it, and judges and juries putting heavy penalties in the form of prison and money fines. The system has to work without corruption to work at all.
Therefore, how does one protect oneself from such tyranny?
Get off money economy?
Form coalitions of like minded citizens to organize a community?
Speak up when crimes occur?
Hide under a blanket for the rest of our lives?
Cry? plead? implore? negotiate? compromise? turn the other cheek? submit? yield? pray? obey? threaten? retaliate? revenge? sabotage?
Build a Star Trek?
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- Aug 27:
- Last of three men who beat a raccoon to death in Boulder avoids felony charge with plea deal
- Apr 9:
- Nicholas Foti, accused in Boulder raccoon death, pleads not guilty
- Apr 6:
- Lucas Holton, accused in Boulder raccoon death, takes plea deal
- Feb 23:
- August Noble, accused in Boulder raccoon death, accepts plea deal
- Dec 2:
- Three students charged with aggravated animal cruelty in raccoon beating
- Nov 16:
- Boulder police: 3 beat raccoon to death with baseball bat, machete
Witnesses who saw a group of men beating a raccoon to death on University Hill last week -- with a baseball bat, machete and hockey stick -- expressed skepticism about their claims that they were "putting it out of its misery," according to a police report.
And, according to the report, one of the suspects later acknowledged to police that the group was "pumped up" and "excited" about killing the raccoon, which regularly visited their trash cans.
Nicholas Philip Foti, Lucas Holton and August Quinn Noble, all 19, were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony aggravated animal cruelty after several neighbors told police they had beaten a raccoon at their residence in the 1000 block of 11th Street.
According to the report, the neighbors who called were visibly upset, with one of them, Allegra Brewer, telling police it was "the most barbaric thing she had ever witnessed."
The incident happened around 6 p.m. Nov. 7.
No one answered the door Thursday at the University Hill home where the suspects live together. Foti did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Foti and Noble are listed as students on the University of Colorado website. Holton told police he attends Front Range Community College.
According to police, Foti told officers he hit the raccoon with a baseball bat to scare it because it was going through his trash. When he realized he had hit it harder than he meant to, he decided to "put down" the animal.
Holton told police he heard noise outside and saw the raccoon squirming after Foti hit it, and Holton used his machete to "put it out of its misery." In a later interview, Holton told police the men also were "excited about it."
Another roommate told police he "got scared and ran around the east side of the house," the report said. "He said he knows that raccoons are 'vicious' and didn't know what it might do."
Noble initially told police he never hit the raccoon, but after he was identified by witnesses, he told police he hit it with a hockey stick as it ran past him.
According to the report, police took the bat -- a Louisville Slugger -- and the machete as evidence. Foti then repeated that he killed the raccoon to be humane.
"Yeah, it's not like we were trying to brutally murder it," Holton told police.
"Well, it was kind of brutal," Foti said, according to the report. "I'll give you that."
When told that the suspects claimed they were putting the raccoon out of its misery, the neighbors who saw it said it didn't look that way to them.
"They were goofing off, having a good time," Carly Friedman, who witnessed the incident, told police. She said the men were laughing and saying "Get it!"
Brewer, another witness, said the men looked like they were having fun.
"They were proud of what they were doing, saying 'Yeah, go get it!'" Brewer said, according to the report.
A necropsy performed at Colorado State University found the raccoon died of blunt-force trauma, according to police.
Under Colorado law, someone commits aggravated animal cruelty when he or she "knowingly tortures, needlessly mutilates, or needlessly kills an animal."
A hearing for filing of charges against Noble is scheduled for Tuesday. Foti and Holton are scheduled to be charged Dec. 2.
"Animal cruelty cases are a priority for this office," said District Attorney Stan Garnett, who has assigned a prosecutor to specialize in such cases. "We haven't charged this case yet because we haven't closely reviewed the facts yet."


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Convicted triple murderer Max Sica's child sex trial has ground to a halt again, this time over problems with a transcript of the alleged victim's evidence.
Sica has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane District Court to 21 charges, including rape, and maintaining an unlawful relationship with an underage girl between 2004 and 2008.
It is alleged the girl was aged between nine and 13 at the time of the offences.
During the first day of evidence on Monday, the court was played two of several police interview tapes with the alleged victim.
In the first recording, the girl said Sica started abusing her one night when her mother was working in his parent's pizza restaurant.
She went on to outline further sex acts in the second interview tape.
However, Judge Michael Shanahan became increasingly frustrated with discrepancies between the video recording and its transcript.
"The transcript is completely incorrect," he said.
Prosecutor Todd Fuller SC advised Judge Shanahan a new transcript was being prepared.
He said there should not be similar issues with any other recorded interviews, which had already been reviewed for accuracy.
Judge Shanahan adjourned the trial until Tuesday.
It is the third time the trial has been adjourned because of issues with evidence.
Ordinarily legal arguments about evidence would not be able to be reported until the end of a trial because of the effect it may have on the jury's decision-making process.
However, Sica won the right to a judge-only trial after a judge ruled jury members may be unfairly influenced by the publicity surrounding his murder case earlier this year.
Sica was sentenced to a 35 year non-parole jail term in July for the murder of ex-girlfriend Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, in 2003.


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Sure, most of the attention is going to the Motorola Droid (and deservedly so, we suppose), but HTC's little Droid Eris is a worthy phone in its own right -- especially at $99. If you're a widget-fanatic, HTC's Sense UI on the Eris is really slick, but otherwise we have to say advantage Droid.
Still, we like the Droid. The styling is conservative, sure, but it's great to have a trackball on the face of the phone.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
thoughts on the afterbirth
Midwives who promote normal birth are usually confident to proceed under physiological conditions through the third stage, working in harmony with the mother's natural birthing processes. The elements of physiological S3 include trust between the woman and her known midwife who is professionally responsible for conducting the birth, attention to a safe, non-stimulating birthing environment, cord not clamped prior to cessation of all pulsation, uninterrupted skin to skin contact between baby and mother - all following the spontaneous unmedicated birthing of a healthy baby by a healthy mother. The baby's instinctive movements in seeking the breast enhance the natural production of oxytocin, and the baby's pressure on the mother's abdomen encourages contraction of the mother's womb, ensuring the functioning of living ligatures within the uterine muscle wall at the placental site.
Midwives attending homebirths use oxytocics when clinically indicated.
[The attached tables show the rate of pph for homebirth mothers in Victoria each year 2002-2007. These tables do not indicate severity or degree of morbidity.]
Hospitals in Australia strongly promote active management of S3. This involves injection of a synthetic oxytocic, with or without an ergot alkaloid, soon after the birth of the baby, causing strong contraction of the uterine muscle. When there are signs of placental separation (cessation of pulsation and lengthening of the cord, and sometimes blood loss), the midwife or doctor exerts controlled traction on the cord while guarding suprapubically with the other hand, until the placenta and membranes have been delivered.
Postpartum haemorrhage (pph) is a serious and life threatening condition, which is one of the main causes of preventable maternal death globally. The International Confederation of Midwives statement on pph includes instructions for active management of S3.
[Click on the picture to enlarge - Summary of a paper by Carolyn Hastie and Kathleen Fahy, 'Optimising psychophysiology in third stage of labour: Theory applied to practice'. Women and Birth (2009) 22, 89-96. Australian College of Midwives.]
Efforts by midwives to describe a physiological approach to S3 underline the need for research into the effectiveness of such midwifery care. A recent paper by Hastie and Fahy (2009) [first page scanned above] reviews literature, defines key terms, and presents a theoretical framework of Midwifery Guardianship applied to the third stage. This paper adds to the writings of Michel Odent and others in the past couple of decades, exploring and explaining the neurophysiology of unmedicated, normal birth.
There is no 'one size fits all' in maternity. Each woman and each baby are individual, and decision making is an active process that continues throughout the episode of care. The midwife's toolkit includes the skill and knowledge to promote normal birth, and to work in harmony with the natural processes, when that is likely to lead to the best possible outcomes. The midwife is also able to intervene in a timely and appropriate manner, using current strategies that are supported by contemporary evidence, and critically reflecting on practice in an effort to continually learn and improve maternity care for mothers and babies.
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- itchy said...
I had active management for first kid and not for second.
Now that I know about the risks I would never made the choice for active management (in absence of clinical indicators). No risks were disclosed in the hospital (Royal Womens Melbourne) and I chose it for what now looks like the silliest of reasons - to get pregnancy over and done with as absolutely soon as possible.
That said, my personal experience was that I preferred the active third stage. It was much faster. Luckily nothing seems to have gone wrong.
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- Joy Johnston said...
In response to this blog a question has come to me by email: "I am interested in your views on how you navigate the situation where a laboring woman seeks one path which runs counter to your best professional opinion?"
The short answer is, I accept and respect a woman's decision.
The big differentiation I make is not about choice, but it is around working in harmony with normal neuro-physiological processes. There are many decision points in any pregnancy-birthing continuum where the woman may be confronted with the need to make a decision about either continuing in the normal-natural-physiological mode (Plan A), or accepting a medical intervention (Plan B) if it is available.
My 'guardianship' of normal birth is that I have the opportunity to give a woman information about the likely consequence of her decision, either to continue in 'Plan A' or to move to 'Plan B'. A midwife's professional duty is to promote normal birth (Plan A) when ever that is reasonable, and to seek other options when complications arise. The midwife has an understanding of the fragility of the natural process, that once interfered with, it may be difficult to restore normality. A woman who does not understand the importance of the natural process in birth may 'choose' an induction of labour without realising the likely implications of her choice.
My professional commitment is separate from the woman's right to make her own choices and change her plan according to her own wishes.
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- Joy Johnston said...
The following comment has been sent to me by email, and I am copying it here without identifying the writer, who is medical director of a public hospital maternity unit in Melbourne.
"I believe that the available evidence shows that the Active Management of the third stage of labour has been shown to reduce the risk of post partum haemorrhage. I don't believe there is evidence to show that this does not apply to any particular sub-group of women, or women managed in any other way. I think that the evidence is such that the active management of the third stage should be available (and encouraged) for all women no matter where they choose to deliver until such time as there is evidence to the contrary. I think that to suggest that women having home birth will not benefit from the active management of the third stage is not evidence based and may put some women at risk."
This statement sums up the current 'evidence based' obstetric positon, which is also supported by the International Confederation of Midwives.
More research is needed in that small sub-set of the maternity population who engage in 'psychophysiological' third stage.
Please note that in order to have psychophysiological S3, the preceding events also need to be psychophysiological.
The sort of research trials that are required to produce the 'gold standard' Level 1 evidence, in which research subjects are randomised into treatment or control groups to minimise bias are not possible. Women who intentionally engage their minds and bodies in making informed decisions about their births, who choose to avoid interveniton unless there is a valid reason for it, and who work in partnership with a known and trusted midwife who is their primary responsible professional carer can not be randomised into treatment or control groups.
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The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by Warwick Police.
Officer Jamey Petit reported he was on patrol around 1:15 a.m. when he saw Sgt. John Choquette pull a pickup over near Route 37 on Post Road. He said he stood by while Choquette checked the driver's papers and could smell alcohol emanating from the driver's vehicle. He said Choquette informed him he was pulled over for running a red light at Elmwood Avenue and Post Road and had Petit perform the filed sobriety test. He said he stopped the test when the driver declared that he couldn't do the one-leg stand. Petit said Kevin Robert Limoges, 49, of 146 Norwood Ave. in Warwick refused to take a breath test at headquarters. He was charged with DUI, refusal and driving on a suspended license. He was also charged with running the red light and having no insurance.
Officer Nicholas Reay reported a traffic stop on Post Road around 11 p.m. on Jan 24. He said he was doing a DUI detail at the time and Officer Matthew Moretti had pulled the driver over for running a red light. Reay said Moretti asked him to take over the DUI investigation after the woman admitted she had four or five glasses of wine earlier. Reay said the driver failed a field sobriety test and refused a preliminary breath test. She was taken to headquarters where she refused to take an Intoxilyzer test. Jayne E. McQuaid, 22, of 13 Bayview Ave. in Berkley, Mass., was charged with DUI, refusal and running a red light. She was later released on $1,000 personal recognizance.
Officer Julio Benros reported he went to a Lake Shore Drive address on Jan. 27 to take a report of a bay window that had been hit with a BB or pellet sometime over night. The homeowner told Benros she had no idea who or why someone would break her window. No witnesses were found.
Officer Joseph DeDonato reported going to the A Wish Come True office for a report of two downspouts gone missing from the outside of the building over the weekend. The general manager of the business told DeDonato that it must have happened between the time they closed on Friday night and opened Monday morning. The aluminum downspouts were about eight feet long. No suspects or witnesses.
Officer Julio Benros reported he went to Old Homestead Road on Jan. 24 for a report of a larceny from a motor vehicle there. A man told him someone had rummaged through his wife's vehicle and took some change and a set of keys. No witnesses or suspects, although it is suspected that the same person entered a vehicle about a block down the street and took a $250 Garmin GPS unit from her 2010 Dodge. Shortly before those thefts, a Church Avenue resident told Benros someone went through his wife's vehicle and made off with her keys and an unknown amount of change.
Officer Paul White reported the theft of two rear deck speakers from a 2011 Dodge Avenger on Verndale Street sometime overnight on Jan. 24. The man showed White where his trunk was opened and the speakers cut from the mountings on the rear deck of the car. He told White the speakers were worth about $100. No suspects or witnesses.


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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – The Salve Regina football team traveled to Central Connecticut State Saturday afternoon for a DI/DIII clash in New Britain, Conn. The Seahawks fell to the Blue Devils, 47-13.
The Seahawks slip to 5-2 on the year while the Blue Devils improve to 3-5 on the season.
"We knew it would be a tough game, playing against a scholarship team, but we put up 400 yards of offense and five drives of 50+ yards," remarked head coach Kevin Gilmartin following the game. "To go against FCS speed will help us improve as a team and should help us finish out the regular season."
Central led 35-0 at the half after scoring five touchdowns on only 25 offensive plays. Junior running back Rob Hollomon scored three of those touchdowns and rushed for 194 yards on just eight carries in the first half. He rushed once in the second half and finished the game with a career-high 212 rushing yards to go along with his three touchdowns. He rushed the ball just nine times.
Sophomore quarterback Nick SanGiacomo hit junior Tyrell Holmes for a pair of scores before halftime, pushing the lead to 35-0 before the break. The first strike came from 20-yards out. The second came from 43 yards with 1:55 to play before the break.
Salve Regina broke through on the scoreboard with its first drive of the second half. Sophomore Jackie Hurley (Kingston, Mass.) took the opening kickoff 22 yards to set up a 71-yard, six-play drive that took 2:29 off the clock. After a first down from junior Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.) got the ball to the Seahawks 41 yard line, senior Richie Edwards (Trumbull, Conn.) had his second longest rush of the season, 34 yards, to get the Seahawks to the Blue Devils 25-yard line. Wilken connected with junior Dan Buonocore (Mahwah, N.J.) from 20 yards out of the end zone to cut the Central lead to 35-7 with 12:00 left in the third quarter.
Central Connecticut ended the third and began the fourth quarter with a pair of quick touchdown drives, but Salve Regina found the end zone last in the fourth. With the ball on their on 15 yard line after the kick off, the Seahawks marched down the field 85 yards on 17 plays for their final score. After a 28-yard pass from Wilken to junior Matthew Traynor (Secauscus, N.J.) gave the Seahawks their first down of the series, junior Khari Halliburton (Manchester, N.H.) ran the ball seven times for 26 yards to help drive the ball to the Blue Devils' seven yard line. Wilken connected with freshman Sam Pascale (Cheshire, Conn.) at the two-yard line, though the ball was knocked loose and junior Michael Mahoney (Mahwah, N.J.) recovered the ball in the end zone for the game's final score.
In the very next Central offensive drive, the Blue Devils had the ball on the Seahawks nine yard line looking to score and senior Joshua Burnett (Whitman, Mass.) forced a Blue Devil fumble that junior Matthew Conroy (Philadelphia, Pa.) recovered to end the drive.
Edwards led the Seahawks with 153 yards on the ground, his fifth-straight 100+ yard rushing game of the season. Wilken completed 15 of 34 passes for 158 yards, including a pair of touchdowns. Buonocore caught eight passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, Burnett paced the Seahawks with 15 tackles and a forced fumble.
Salve Regina finished the day with 392 yards of offense on 75 plays.
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Racing Now Underway in Key West
22 January 2008
From the USMCA - Key West, Florida - Under mostly overcast skies, moderate temps and fluctuating wind speeds from 10-15 at times and gusting higher, the Melges 24 fleet officially got racing underway at ACURA Key West 2008 presented by Nautica. In the overall spot after three races is 2007 Melges 24 European Champion Flavio Favini helming for Switzerland's Franco Rossini on 'Blu Moon'. Seated comfortably in second overall is Great Britain's John Pollard on 'Xcellent' and in third is 2007 Melges 24 World Champion Dave Ullman on 'Pegasus 505'.
Due to yesterday's absence of racing the fleet enjoyed three great races today. Consistency is apparently on the minds of some competitors as this five day event not only serves up a variety of conditions to test everyone's skills, but also requires a high level of endurance in order to prevail as winner. The first race of the day proved Favini to be a true athlete fresh off of his 2007 America's cup work and great successes in Torbole at Race Week as well as Europeans. He nailed out a 1-1-2 finish for the day, fulfilling early predictions that he would be favored to do well. France's Benoit Charon on 'Travelles.com' scored a second place finish, followed by Ullman in third. In race two, Favini simply found a gear that others clearly put forth an effort to challenge however found very difficult to overcome. The last downwind run of the race put Favini across the line first, then 2007 U.S. Melges 24 National Champion Brian Porter from Winnetka, Illinois on 'Full Throttle' in second and in third position Pollard.
The third race offered up continued lumpy seas and winds somewhat less than what the day started with. The very punchy fleet took it in stride with several entries over early including Porter. International Melges 24 Vice Chairman and 2007 Key West defending Champion Riccardo Simoneschi on 'Fratelli Giacomel Audi' from Italy pulled ahead of the fleet determined to outrun Favini. Simoneschi managed to hold on until the finish with Favini settling for second. Pollard was hot on their heels as he took third.
Going into tomorrow's racing Favini leads by a substantial eleven points, ahead of Pollard. One point back is Ullman. Porter and Charon share the fourth and fifth spots with seventeen points each.
In the Corinthian division, competition is stiff with Argyle Campbell on 'Rock n' Roll' from Newport Beach, California leading the charge. Onboard with Argyle is Matt McKinlay, Dwight Belden and Andy Casey. This sensational team is seated eighth overall and in first position as Corinthians! Following closely in eleventh place overall is 2007 Key West Corinthian Champion Bruce Ayres on 'Monsoon' — also from Newport Beach, California. Bruce is in the second position as Corinthian and in third is Loren Colehan on 'Lounge Act'.
- Argyle Campbell, Rock n'Roll
- Bruce Ayres, Monsoon
- Loren Colehan, Lounge Act
- Othmar Mueller Von Blumencron, Gannet
- Tom Kassberg, Flygfisk
- Dave Brede, 12happythoughts
- Gary Schwarting, Obsession
- Kelly Gough/Shawn Grisham, Bulls Eye
- Martin Wedge, Eric
- Richard Mallinson, Speedemon
- Mark Beck, Risky Business
- Hank Wissenz, The Rodent
- Chris Johnson, Wiggleroom
- Guy Mossman, Riot Act
For full results and photo gallery visit www.premiere-racing.com
Thanks to Ken Stanek for the image. For more of his Key West images visit www.kenstanek.com


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Shaw leads No. 14 Gamecocks over Arkansas 52-7
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bret Bielema has been through a four-game losing streak before in his coaching career.
The first-year Arkansas coach has never been through a loss quite as difficult as the 52-7 defeat No. 14 South Carolina handed him on Saturday.
Bielema's difficult first season with the Razorbacks (3-4, 0-3 Southeastern Conference) hit a new low in the loss. It was the school's fourth straight, matching Bielema's longest losing streak of his career. The former Wisconsin coach lost four straight while at Wisconsin in 2008, but none worse than Saturday's 45-point defeat.
Arkansas is now 0-3 in the SEC for the first time since 2007.
"Today is a day that you have to put it in the memory bank and vow that you'll never let it happen again as a head coach, as an assistant coach, a coordinator and a player," Bielema said.
"Just unacceptable," he added.
Even South Carolina (5-1, 3-1) coach Steve Spurrier felt badly about ruining Arkansas' homecoming fun — at least a little bit.
Spurrier, however, wasn't about to complain about a fourth straight win following a loss to Georgia on Sept. 7.
Led by Connor Shaw's four touchdowns, the Gamecocks won in convincing fashion, scoring the game's final 52 points and ensuring they didn't let a big lead slip away for a fourth straight week.
The margin of victory was South Carolina's largest on the road under Spurrier, who earned his first win at Arkansas since 2005 — his first season with the Gamecocks.
"I do feel badly for Arkansas," Spurrier said. "It's no fun getting your butt beat like this, at home on homecoming and all that."
All-American defensive end Jadeveon Clowney returned for South Carolina after missing last week's game against Kentucky. He finished with just one tackle, though Shaw and running back Mike Davis more than picked up any slack.
Shaw was 19 of 28 for 219 yards and three touchdowns, running for another score as the Gamecocks outgained the Razorbacks 537-248.
Davis, the SEC's leading rusher, added 128 yards on 19 carries.
Arkansas' Brandon Allen was just 4 of 12 for 30 yards, throwing a first-half interception that led to Davis' touchdown run.
The lone highlight for the Razorbacks was a 6-yard touchdown run by Alex Collins on the game's opening drive, putting them up 7-0. Little else went right after that — including a sequence late in the first half that crushed any hope Arkansas might have had.
After a fake punt by the Razorbacks failed, Shaw led South Carolina to a fourth-and-2 at the Arkansas 7-yard line with 25 seconds left. Rather than try the field goal while ahead 17-7, Spurrier elected to attempt to convert the fourth down.
Shaw did just that, running three yards. After a spike, the senior found Bruce Ellington from 4 yards out for his second touchdown catch of the game — putting South Carolina up 24-7 at halftime.
"We felt like another field goal there wouldn't look as good as another touchdown," Spurrier said. "If we don't get it, I look stupid. I we make this, it makes me look smart."
Ellington finished with six catches for 96 yards.
The Gamecocks stretched their lead to 31-7 on the opening drive of the second half when Shaw connected with Damiere Byrd for a 45-yard touchdown pass.
Shaw later added a 10-yard TD run for his fourth score of the game — a perfect opening to a three-game road trip that includes Tennessee next week and undefeated Missouri after that.
"We knew going into this stretch it was going to be a tough three weeks in the SEC, starting with Arkansas," Shaw said. "We knew we had to have a tough mentality, playing on the road, and we really didn't have that here two years ago. So we wanted to come in here and make a statement."
After Arkansas opened the game with a seven-play, 64-yard touchdown drive, the Razorbacks had just one first down the rest of the half. They went three-and-out on their last four possessions, and their only other drive with a first down ended when Allen threw an interception to South Carolina's Victor Hampton.
Davis scored one play later on a 6-yard touchdown run to give the Gamecocks a 10-3 lead, and that was just the start of the fun — at least for South Carolina.
Bielema's previous worst loss was a 48-7 defeat to Penn State in 2008. Arkansas travels to No. 1 Alabama next week.
"It was very frustrating," Allen said. "A lot of things didn't go right. A lot of things weren't clicking. Any time that happens, it's frustrating as an offense, and as a whole team."


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"You can't move goods competitively to markets without a solid transportation system, and if we let those systems decline further, we won't be able to sustain that export-led growth. Bottom line: It's vital to the national economic recovery to have a world-class transportation system." --John Horsley, executive director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
What's ahead for transportation in 2011? That's a question on the minds of many in trucking, even as the holidays now loom large.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is one group that's gone public with what it believes should be the top 10 pressing issues facing the transportation sector in 2011 – and, not surprisingly, the still-unfinished five-year transportation bill heads the list.
"We are urging Congress to write a balanced bill next year that meets the needs of preservation and new capacity, meets the needs of rural and urban America, and meets the needs for highways as well as transit," said John Horsley, AASHTO's executive director. "It's important to remember that for every dollar that we don't spend today to preserve highways, five years from now it will cost us $7. But if we get a bill passed with these elements, we have a shot of meeting the country's needs."
Even though the trucking community and state transportation officials don't see eye to eye on everything – and frankly, they shouldn't, as state DOTs must take a much broader view of how to move both goods and people inside and outside the U.S. – it's worth taking a look at what AASHTO thinks should be the key topics of discussion next year when talk turns to transportation.
Enacting a long-term transportation bill that will keep America moving. In 2010, there was a lot of talk about the need for a new long-term transportation bill, but in the end, Congress opted for a short-term extension until March 4 of the existing law. Rep. John Mica (R-FL), the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has said he would like a new bill ready for consideration in the spring. AASHTO believes short-term extensions can create difficulties for state departments of transportation who must juggle major, multi-year public works projects such as reconstructing bridges or interchanges. In addition, these projects require that states have secure, long-term financing before any contracts can be signed. Thus AASHTO thinks a balanced, long-term and multi-year bill must be passed in 2011.
Paying for the transportation system the U.S. needs. Although the need to pass a long-term bill is a significant priority for the country, the question often comes back to how the U.S. pays for it at the federal, state and local levels, AASHTO says. Many states are facing severe cutbacks in funding used to match the federal contribution, compounding the overall funding problem. So work is expected to continue on adopting a series of sustainable funding sources for transportation infrastructure; identify state and federal responsibilities for the funding of transportation; and create innovative financing options such as infrastructure banks, public-private partnerships or subsidized bonding programs.
Ensuring Safer Roads. Deaths from traffic accidents dropped significantly in 2010, but so did the number of cars and trucks on the highways. As the economy turns around, keeping our roads safe will be an ongoing challenge. In 2011 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and state DOTs focused will have a chance to join with a national roadway safety effort – Toward Zero Deaths – intended to eliminate roadway fatalities completely. Toward Zero Deaths will be unveiled in 2011, and will take a comprehensive approach that combines aspects of new technology, roadway design, law enforcement, and cultural change to achieve this goal.
Moving on High-Speed Rail Grants. State DOTs are working closely with railroads, Amtrak, and the Federal Railroad Administration to deliver on $8 billion in investment in high-speed and intercity passenger rail included in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the "stimulus bill," as well as another $2.5 billion allocated to state programs in 2010 under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. Whether it is establishing a right-of-way for a new high-speed rail line, improving or expanding an existing intercity passenger rail line, or developing standards for rail cars that will boost American manufacturing, states are building passenger rail aimed at generating more convenient options for travelers.
Bringing modernization and new technologies to our transportation network. Next year could mark the beginning of the era of smart cars, smart roads and smart construction. More "smart cars" on the road will help increase safety for all of us. And with new "whiz-bang" technologies using specialized materials, updated techniques and innovation, road builders and the transportation construction industry will be able to speed-up construction, reduce costs, and increase safety. AASHTO's new "Green Book" – A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets – will be published in early summer. In addition, the next generation of air traffic controls – based on global-positioning satellite technology (GPS) instead of radar – will smooth air travel.
Moving freight to keep the U.S. more competitive in the global economy. Problems such as too-narrow country roads, congested freeways, old, worn-out levees and ports with limited access pose significant challenges to the U.S. economic future. With the widening of the Panama Canal by 2014, ports along the eastern seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico are gearing up to serve larger ships, that, in turn, will cut container shipment time from Asia to the Eastern U.S., while placing new burdens on the existing and aging transportation system. That's why 2011 should be the year in which the U.S. adopts a national multi-modal freight plan, AASHTO contends.
Increasingly assertive environmental regulations. Under the aegis of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing more stringent rules to control storm water from transportation sources. Other regulations addressing air quality and other transportation-related issues are also expected in the year ahead, adding new challenges and financial pressures on construction, maintenance and preservation. State DOTs are looking closely at their existing programs and many are instituting new practices to address these new challenges.
Social Media Continues to Rock the Transportation World. The Nebraska Department of Roads , for example, maintains its own video page, which includes some pretty slick productions, including this one of recent transportation construction projects set to original guitar licks.
On Ramp from NDOR Communication Video on Vimeo.
Washington State DOT has more than 12,000 Twitter followers. Fifteen states and 24 metropolitan areas along the I-95 Corridor, participate in www.i95travelinfo.net, and are offering speed and congestion information to travelers. Ahead in 2011: more targeted use of social media, with better communication and information being the end result.
New support systems to bolster renewable and reliable energy sources. With the advent of electric vehicles, charging stations will begin to pop up to allow the driver to connect to the grid where vehicles park—street-side, garage or parking lot—and provide the car's onboard charger with the electricity it needs to refill the battery. As a result, AASHTO is working with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change on a project to integrate plug-in electric vehicles with the U.S. electricity grid. Elsewhere in the transportation sector, opportunities to support energy and climate goals include vehicle technology, alternative fuels, transportation system operation and driver behavior, and reducing travel demand.
Wrapping up Recovery Act projects: what comes next? The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has reimbursed states and local governments almost $16.8 billion for thousands of projects completed under the ARRA. As a result, Wyoming has paid out 94% of its ARRA highway funds, the most of any state. Oklahoma, South Dakota, Iowa, and Vermont have also spent more than 90% of their ARRA money. Twelve other states have spent 80% of their allocations. That leaves two questions to answer, says AASHTO: With no additional funding coming to states for transportation projects, what's ahead for transportation construction businesses and their workers in 2011? And how will state DOTs respond to their backlog of aging road, bridge, and transit projects?
That's a pretty exhaustive list of top 10 issues, if you ask me: some that the trucking industry will no doubt champion strongly, while others (most notably high speed rail) it probably won't support at all. It will also be interesting to watch how these issues are addressed by both government and the public as we head into a brand new year.
And on that note, I'll be signing off until the dawn of 2011 as well. Please have a safe and joyous holiday season!


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I see the government in Holyrood now has obesity in its sights and the statistic that 40% of Scots could be obese by 2020 is an alarming one. The proposals include limiting portion sizes in restaurants, not having sweets near the checkout at supermarkets etc.
I have some insight on this issue having shed over 40lbs in the last year and so far having kept it off. I've heard it said that diets don't work and that a change of lifestyle is what is required. A change in lifestyle/eating habits is certainly required to keep weight off but without an initial diet I really don't think from my own experience, that a moderation of one's habits works on its own.
Losing a significant amount of weight over a reasonably short time is the incentive for someone to change their eating habits and I'm sorry but I simply don't see how the SNP proposals will work to any great degree. Take Dumbarton, a small town of around 20,000 population. In the retail park alone there's a McDonalds, a KFC, Dominoes Pizza, Greggs and a Subway. The town boasts four Chinese carry outs, two Indian restaurants, various kebab/curry/pizza places, several chip shops, several bakers, another Greggs and various other places where carry out food is available. Will there be enough people with clipboards to be out checking portion sizes? In any case what would stop people buying extra portions?
As a (hopefully permanent) former fatty I'd say the best way to tackle excess weight or obesity is by trying somehow to incentivise people to diet and take control of their food intake. Just in the same way that alcoholics have to take control of their problem themselves – even if that effort in itself requires help from others.
The way I have done things was to achieve a target weight. If my weight now goes above a certain level I only have to be careful for a couple of days to take the excess off. Sticking to three meals a day and not eating anything after the evening meal. I suppose that may sound a bit sanctimonious (not meant to!) and it remains to be seen if I can stick to the regime in the long term.
For a nation to collectively take on board a weight awareness campaign would not be easy but I would suggest to anyone wishing to lose a significant amount of weight that the following is a reasonable process and one which has been successful so far in my own case.
1) Commit yourself to the goal of losing weight and set a realistic target weight.
2) Embark on a weight loss and exercise programme that is suitable for you. Don't be discouraged in the early days and remind yourself regularly that this is a 3/4/6 month project.
3) Once you achieve the target use your better wellbeing as an incentive to keep things that way. Cut out snacking and limit yourself to three meals a day. Only eat when you are hungry.
4) Weigh yourself regularly and have a 2-3 day strategy in place to ease up on the food intake if a couple of pounds have gone on. This needn't be too draconian.
There is I've found no problem in the odd blowout once you've shed the excess. I find an Indian carry out puts on a couple of pounds but that will go in a couple of days simply by returning to my normal routine of three meals again. Always regard a meal out or a carry out meal as a treat and not a return to old ways.
As I've posted here several times my own diet consisted of a sachet of porridge oats (made with water) for breakfast, same again for lunch (with the addition of a banana or some other fruit if really hungry. – even another sachet is only another 100 calories in an emergency!) and a normal evening meal ( I only had a main course normally – a natural yoghurt and banana if I still felt hungry).
Good Luck!
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primus is a faster VirtualGL replacement for Bumblebee. It's primarily useful for achieving smooth 60fps at high resolution. It's only one month old, so there still could be some issues, but for me it successfully works for games from the Humble Indie Bundles (Amnesia, Bastion, Braid, Cogs, Super Meat Boy, Torchlight, Trine), Trine 2, Unigine benchmarks, and Wine. I've made AUR packages for the git version of primus:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63239 (primus-git)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63240 (lib32-primus-git)
Please note that you need both of the above for Wine and 32-bit games. To use primus, you need bumblebee configured (so that optirun works for you) — after that use primusrun in place of optirun.
The project home is at https://github.com/amonakov/primus
Interesting, thanks I'll take a look.
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Interesting project. I've been using it a bit and I've had success and failures. For instance, minetest segfaults and minecraft fails to load.
Why didn't you report the problems?
It works very good with CS 1.6 ! I will try with a game that has need more performance.
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Jodell, the minetest issue should be fixed now. Did you resolve the minecraft issue?
Jodell, the minetest issue should be fixed now. Did you resolve the minecraft issue?
Minecraft works now. I guess the changes you made for minetest works for Minecraft also.
Thanks a lot, im trying It immediatly.
This also fixes the darkness issues I had with Bumblebee+VirtualGL.
optirun : http://i.imgur.com/aa4eW.png
primusrun : http://i.imgur.com/P57CO.png
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Has anyone had any luck getting Primus running over their Nvidia HDMI? VirtualGL is working in that regard with no problems but swapping in primusrun seems to crash my X server. I will note that I've had no problems with Primus when keeping everything on my laptop display. Dhewm3 runs great!
Is your HDMI port is connected to your nVidia card? How are you currently using it (e.g. how do you use your keyboard and mouse with windows on the HDMI screen)?
If you are starting secondary X server for the HDMI monitor, you shouldn't need primus, or VirtualGL, or any OpenGL offloading solution at all, it's best to run the applications natively, e.g.:
DISPLAY=:8 LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/$LIB/nvidia-bumblebee` glxspheres
I'm currently using a setup similar to the Triple Screen Setup at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bu … itor-setup . I'm not really sure how to start another X server for the HDMI . That's probably why it's never crossed my mind. I don't want to hijack this thread and get it off topic, but how does starting a new X server vs using optirun impact power management? I'm enjoying the fact that I can launch a game and that my Nvidia card gets turned off when I exit. Would it just be a matter of wrapping the X server in a script that makes use of bbswitch to flip it on and off?
Primus is just amazing. It doubled minecraft FPS (I get solid 60 FPS. Maybe it will be even higher if I use benchmark mode, but there's no point in doing that). Even games under wine run much better now! Goodbye windows!
hi, does this work with the bulmlebeed in the way that the nvidia card is enabled when something is running using primusrun and is powered-off for the rest of the time? (if you have it configured using bbswitch ofc)
core i5 4590, x86_64, nvidia 970
Testing with glxspheres I get worse performance with primus (~60FPS) than with optirun (~75FPS). Although they're both pretty bad.... wonder why that is.
Eh, I was being an idiot. Ignore this.
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The office team of Frazier Baker and Will Barden at Colliers International Memphis represented the firm in the sale and subsequent lease transaction. Laura Taylor with the asset management group at Colliers International Memphis represented the landlord in the lease transaction.
"RBCC was no longer able to accommodate their growing firm on a single level, making a multi-tenant building the more ideal option to keep attorneys and staff together," Baker said. "RBCC, hoping to relocate their office further west within the I-240 loop, found the iBank space ideal."
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CHURCHVILLE, VA—My wife and I used to have free-range chickens. We didn't get an abundance of eggs because the hens hid them in the barn hay—and then brought us batches of live chicks instead of breakfast makings. And, they stopped laying during the winter so we had to buy commercial eggs at the local grocery.
Then the local foxes and hawks discovered our chickens, and we learned first-hand why people invented chicken houses: the roosters and non-nesting hens usually survived by roosting in the barn rafters, but the nesting hens and those with chicks got taken, with the chicks as appetizers. That's why Britain invented fox-hunting in the old days—to protect the village hens. People also kept the birds inside their homes at night, which meant more disease risk, poor husbandry, and poor hygiene.
Reluctantly, the Averys decided to put the new chickens into a coop with a fenced yard—and netting overhead to keep off the hawks.
Now our problem is that the chickens peck some of each others' feathers off. We haven't had any chickens pecked to death yet, but that's the typical problem with birds that are confined, but not caged. The "pecking order" is real and natural. The only real solution is to de-beak the birds and my wife won't allow it. We have thrown the roosters out of the "safe house" and the damaged hens are in a separate area re-feathering. But we have fewer than two dozen chickens to fuss over.
That's why the egg producers of the modern world have invented wire cages for their hens. The birds are kept safe and comfortable, and they're socially surrounded by other birds that can't peck them to death. Higher feed efficiency with the cages is kinder to the planet, because millions of acres don't have to be converted from wildlife habitat to grow extra feed and for chicken pastures.
Across the affluent world, bans on caged laying hens are being pushed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Humane Society of the U.S. HSUS is not your local Humane Society that accepts pets for adoption but a radical anti-pet group—that wants to eliminate all domestic livestock and poultry, along with all pets and circus animals.
Activist pressure hit the European Union years ago, and the EU announced it would ban cages for laying hens pending a report from an advisory commission. In due course, the advisory commission reported that non-caged layers pecked each other to death more often, while spreading salmonella and other dangerous bacteria. Surprise!
Sweden refused to accept the EU commission's good-sense report, and moved ahead with banning cages for laying hens. Now, Sweden is reporting "significant" increases in cannibalism, bird disease and bird deaths. How does this help the birds? Meanwhile, the Swedes are importing eggs from neighboring countries that allow cages, in order to supply enough eggs for the kiddies.
California may go Sweden one better. California has already passed a layer-cage ban in a referendum vote that takes effect in 2015. Now Assembly Bill 1437 would ban any imported eggs from other states or other countries—except the powdered and liquid eggs used for institutional cooking. California not only won't have electricity, they won't be eating omelets!
That's why I have recited our recent real-world experience, which sums up the history of chicken-raising over recent centuries. Now, like the U.S. Congress, which over the past 15 years demanded that banks make more housing loans to people who wouldn't make their payments, California and perhaps some other states are planning to make egg-production nearly impossible.
Do the activists pushing the cage bans really have the best interests of the birds and our children at heart?
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HOUSTON (Oct. 15, 2007) – "Medical Ethics and the Holocaust," a 15-part lecture series and exhibit that reveals how the practices of the Third Reich influence today's modern medical practices, continues as the Holocaust Museum Houston presents an array of speakers and topics throughout the month of November.
On Nov. 6, 2007, Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., the Brown Foundation Chair of Psychoanalysis and professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, will present "Cinematic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide." Gabbard will discuss the desensitization of these issues through Hollywood's attempts at providing easy answers.
George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H., the nation's most cited law professor in the field of health policy and chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Law, will discuss the impact of the Nuremberg trials as a turning point in medical ethics. He will present "The Legacy of the Nuremberg Doctor's Trial to American Bioethics and Human Rights" on Nov. 13, 2007.
On Nov. 20, 2007, the topic of discussion will turn to religion's role in medicine. Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Ph.D., a co-founder of Birthright Israel and the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, will discuss religion as a means of keeping science and medicine within ethical boundaries in, "Power for Life or Power for Death? How and Why Science and Religion Can Work Together for Life After the Holocaust."
On the same evening, John M. Hass, Ph.D., S.T.I., M. Div., president of the National
Catholic Bioethics Center, will discuss how the Catholic Church has dealt with the medical practices of the Holocaust and how they have worked to provide dignity and equality in today's medical ethics in "Science, Medicine and Religion after the Holocaust."
November will conclude with a thought-provoking debate on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Kathryn L. Tucker, the director of legal affairs for Compassion & Choices, will present "Physician Aid in Dying – When and Why Should This Option be Available? What
Happens When Aid in Dying is Legal?" Tucker will contend that allowing a person to decide their time and place of death can be handled ethically, compassionately and professionally. Wesley Smith, an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, will present "Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Ever Permissible?"
All the lectures will take place at Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., and will begin at 6 p.m.
The lectures are a continuation of a 15-part series designed to help understand how the Holocaust's horrific medical practices shape modern medical ethics. Other upcoming lectures will feature such compelling topics as doctors building bombs, educating future medical professionals, and genetics throughout the 21st century.
All lectures are free, but advanced registration is required. For information on CME and CNE credits for medical professionals attending this program, visit www.utcme.net. All lectures also can be accessed through the World Wide Web via webcast or through The University of Texas' teleconferencing system at participating facilities. Please visit www.hmh.org/medethics for more information on viewing the lecture via the Web or at an off-site location.
An exhibit, "How Healing Becomes Killing: Eugenics, Euthanasia and Extermination," complements the lecture series and provides provocative historical documentation of the role played by scientists, physicians and government officials at the six "euthanasia" centers where they murdered thousands of Germany's most vulnerable citizens. There is no admission charge to view the exhibit, now in the Mincberg Gallery at the Museum's Morgan Family Center (5401 Caroline St.) in Houston's Museum District. The exhibit runs through Feb. 3, 2008. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information about "Medical Ethics and the Holocaust," visit www.hmh.org/medethics.


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- olive oil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1-2 cups diced orange red, yellow and green pepper (mix'em up)
- 1 cup fresh green beans sliced diagonally into ½ inch pieces (par cooked with noodle prep)
- cup ½diced zucchini or yellow squash
- 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
- 6 cups of your favorite spaghetti sauce 2 -26 oz. jars
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 15 oz. part-skim ricotta cheese
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cup shredded Asiago cheese
- 12 whole wheat lasagna noodles cooked according to package directions
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- In a large skillet, heat a couple spoons of olive oil and saute the firmer veggies first - garlic, onions, peppers and beans, add the zucchini and mushrooms, and cook until all are softened. Stir in sauce and simmer until heated through.
- Mix ricotta and asiago cheeses with the eggs. Set aside.
- Ladle a good amount of sauce into a deep casserole dish or lasagna pan, enough to completely cover the bottom of the dish. Top with four lasagna noodles. Dab on ½ of the ricotta mixture, sprinkle with ½ cup Parmesan cheese and 1 cup of mozzarella. Cover with 1/3 of the sauce.
- Top with four more lasagna noodles, the rest of the ricotta, sprinkle with 1 cup of mozzarella and cover with1/3 of the sauce.
- Cover with last layer of lasagna noodles, then sauce. Sprinkle with 2 cups of mozzarella and last ½ cup of parmesan.
- Cover with "oiled' foil and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove foil, and bake another 20 minutes until golden and bubbly. (Use a bit of olive oil to prevent sticking)
- Do take 10-15 minutes to toss a salad and warm some crusty rolls while the Lasagna "rests' and firms up before you cut and serve it
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Oct. 21, 2009
Malibu, Calif. - Junior Alex Konigsfeldt represented UC Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals of the ITA Regionals on Sunday in Malibu, Calif. He was the only Gaucho remaining in the tournament.
After defeating players from strong schools such as Loyola Marymount and Arizona in the qualifying rounds this past weekend, Konigsfeldt fell short in his two matches against Pepperdine's Alex Llompart in the quarterfinals by scores of 6-4, 6-0. Llompart went on to win his semifinal match, but lost in the finals to Amit Inbar of UCLA.
With the ITA Regionals being such a competitive tournament, Konigsfeldt was the first Gaucho to make it this far since Simon Shen in 1999.
"Despite the absence of three of UCSB's top players, Josh Finkelstein, Scott Hohenstein and Philip Therp, eight Gauchos reached the tournament's second round, more than any other team in the event which included traditional powerhouses UCLA and USC," said head coach Marty Davis, who was happy with the team's overall performance in the tournament.
UCSB will continue its fall season on November 4 at the Southern California Intercollegiate Tournament in Los Angeles, Calif. hosted by UCLA.


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Parotidectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the parotid gland. These glands make saliva. They are located in the jaw, in front of and below each ear.
Reasons for Procedure
The surgery is done to:
- Remove a tumor in the gland
- Remove lymph nodes that could be cancerous
- Treat recurrent inflammation or infections in the gland
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure can happen. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Numbness of the face and ear, that may persist
- Damage to the nerve that controls the movement of muscles in your face
- Saliva drainage—Saliva may pool in the upper neck after surgery. It may also drain through the incision after it has been closed. This is temporary.
- Frey's syndrome—This happens when salivary nerve fibers grow into the sweat glands. While eating, some people may notice sweating on the side of the face where the surgery was done.
- Fistula—This is an abnormal connection between 2 structures.
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Scarring
- Swelling of your airway
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications, such as:
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Before the surgery, your doctor may:
- Do a physical exam and review your medical history
- Order blood tests and have x-rays taken
- Talk to you about any medications, herbs, and dietary supplements that you may be taking—You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure.
Be sure that you have a ride to and from the hospital the day of your surgery.
General anesthesia will be used. You will be asleep during the procedure.
Description of the Procedure
A cut will be made in front of the ear and down into the neck. The nerves in the area will be located and protected during surgery. There are 2 types of parotidectomy surgery. The type you will have depends on why the surgery is being done.
If you have a tumor and it is above the facial nerve, then a superficial parotidectomy is done. The tumor and affected tissue can usually be removed safely without harming the nerve.
If you have a tumor that surrounds or grows into the facial nerve, a total parotidectomy is done. The tumor and affected tissue are removed. The nerve may be partially removed.
A total parotidectomy may also be done for chronic parotid inflammation or infection.
After all tissue has been removed, the area will be closed with sutures. A drain will be placed behind your ear. It will be used to remove any fluids, such as blood and saliva, from the wound.
How Long Will It Take?
- Superficial parotidectomy—3-4 hours
- Total parotidectomy—5 hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
Average Hospital Stay
Most will go home the day after surgery, once they are able to eat and walk around on their own. Some may need to stay longer if there are any complications.
Post-procedure Care
After the surgery is over, you will be moved to a recovery room. The hospital staff will monitor you. The staff will:
- Check your facial movements by asking you to smile or pout
- Show you how to care for the drain, because you will have it when you go home
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding your healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incision
To help ensure a smooth recovery:
- You may need to return to the doctor to have the sutures removed. This may be in 4-6 days.
- Follow your doctor's instructions.
Call Your Doctor
Contact your doctor if your recovery is not progressing as expected or you develop complications such as:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, a lot of bleeding, or discharge from the surgery site
- Persistent nausea and/or vomiting
- Pain that you cannot control with the medications you were given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Spitting or vomiting blood
- New or worsening symptoms
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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Maddox Jolie-Pitt Not Starring in Brad Pitt's 'Battling Boy'
Maddox Jolie-Pitt will not be be making his feature film debut just yet, as widely reported by many media outlets.
The son of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who turned 10 years old last week, was rumored to play a villain-battling boy with special powers as the son of a god. Good dad Brad is producing the flick with his production company Plan B.
Sources have confirmed to JustJared.com that the rumors are "not true."
Battling Boy was originally a graphic novel that was optioned by Paramount Pictures for the film version.


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Devil's Slide Coast Recreation Area
Pacifica City Councilwoman Mary Ann Nihart spoke very briefly, at the end of the Pacifica-Daly City Democrat's breakfast meeting yesterday, about a collaboration between the U.S. National Park Service, California State Parks Service, San Mateo County Parks, The Coastal Conservancy, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Midpeninsula Regional, Open Space District, and the Peninsula Open Space Trust. This collaboration is to be called the Devil's Slide Coast and I believe, as all of these organizations obviously believe that this has all the makings of a very popular tourist destination.
There has been a great deal of talk over the years about bringing some kind of industry in to Pacifica. It has long been obvious to me that tourism is our best bet. We live in a truly gorgeous place. It is of serious geological interest what with all the tectonic action that is visible on the surface from part of Highway One that will become a walking/biking path. We have many wild birds and animals that live here or pass through here on their migrations. We have history, and clean air, and the very famous Pacific Ocean.
I want to encourage everyone to visit http://www.devilsslidecoast.org/ .
Council Woman Nihart also spoke of things the city of Pacifica is doing to make good use of the new Devil's Slide Coast Recreation Area. The one that stood out for me is the Devils Slide Ride- free weekend shuttle. It is already funded with grant moneys (If I had paid better attention I could say from whom) and is scheduled to start when the tunnels open. Seattle, Washington has enjoyed great success with their free bus service throughout downtown. It provided a real and lasting boost to their downtown economy.
For those who have expressed concerns about Pacifica's economic future I would say that these are real hopeful signs and are in keeping with what our very unique little venue has to offer. Thank you, Mary Ann.
Dan B. Underhill
Sharp Park
Keep our kids safe
In response to the PSD "False Alarm" article on Nov. 7, I would like to respectfully tell my story. Two days before the school district letter came home in my 11 year olds backpack he told me that on his way to school that morning a man stopped and asked him if he wanted a ride. Is it coincidental that his description of both the man and the truck fit the brief one offered by the district letter? My neighbor works for a nearby district and received a similar letter from her principal. Is that coincidental?
The decision to enroll my son in the Pacifica district was based on many things, not least of which was feeling safe enough in our Manor district apartment to let him walk alone to school and enjoy the magical feeling of independence. As a parent, this decision was one of my stronger ones. We did as the letter requested and notified the police. We had also visited the Megan's Law website where there was a man closely resembling the one who stopped my son. An officer visited with pictures, papers, and assurances. But none of the photos shown matched the one my son described. Why I wondered? I shared our story with the principal of his school. Is it coincidence that both the officer and the principal stated that Pacifica has the highest number of registered sex offenders in all of San Mateo County? I wonder what exactly is meant by a "false alarm" in this case? I was shaken by this event. And to think discussions about safety are fine. But especially in this case actions should speak louder that words. What would it be like if kids who wanted to walk or ride had a police supervised meeting spot each morning and evening where they could safely buddy up and walk or ride together? What would it be like if our schools took just as active an approach to assuring our self-propelled kids make it to school whole and healthy as their counterparts who arrive by car or bus? All I'm saying is shouldn't this "no crime committed" false alarm begin a bigger discussion of how we can go about putting things in place to better safeguard our kids?
Gretchen Wengenroth
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Oct. 15, 2008
By Bates College Sports Information
LEWISTON, Maine - The Bates College men's soccer team scored three times in the second half and turned in a stellar defensive effort in a 3-0 win over previously unbeaten MIT in a non-conference game Wednesday afternoon at Russell Street Field. The Bobcats raised their overall record to 6-5 on the season, while the Engineers, who are ranked fifth in New England, fell to 12-1-1, in an intense battle that featured 36 combined fouls for the game.
After a scoreless first half, Bates increased the offensive pressure. Chris Okano tallied the game's first goal on a cross from the right wing by Jonathan Lobozzo at the 54:29 mark. Bates added unassisted goals by Patrick King in the 73rd minute and Patrick Jackson with nine minutes to play.
In net, Greg Watts turned back six shots for his third shutout of the season. MIT goalie Tom Caldwell recorded four saves.


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Voting has concluded in 2K Sports' pick-em poll for MLB 2K10, and fans went with all-star third baseman Evan Longoria in a fielding scene, over a classic silver background, for the 10th Anniversary edition of the game.
Kotaku broke the news that Tampa Bay's Longoria was 2K Sports' selection, a week before the official announcement. 2K Sports submitted six designs - three poses over two different backgrounds - for fans' approval. The fielding pose showed more of Longoria's face than two of him hitting, which is probably why it was selected.
Additionally, 2K Sports released the following promotional video, in which Oakland's Andrew Bailey (the 2009 American League Rookie of the Year), Detroit's Justin Verlander and Seattle's Félix Hernández discuss how they'd pitch to the cover boy. MLB 2K10, which releases March 2, will be focusing more on pitcher versus batter matchups, but hasn't said yet whether that will be realised in background calculations or with some new gameplay feature.


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It is with a heart of gratitude and a spirit of humility that I take the time to appreciate our wonderful community. After coming off a physically, mentally and emotionally draining USO show in September for our Hero Flight veterans, I chose to take a USO show to our veterans in the hospital on Dec. 21. With only three months of planning and six weeks of actual rehearsal time with a group that has never worked together as a whole, we set forth to do our best to honor our hospitalized veterans. With a "nod of blessing" from my store director (Brent Grummert) at Hy-Vee, a plan was put forth to gather gifts and volunteers.
At a time when many folks might have chosen to focus on their own family needs with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, the community rose to the occasion. Tears were shed during music rehearsals. Checks, cash and gift card donations were placed in my hands. One elderly woman grabbed my arm and said, "You're the guy going to the veterans hospital for Christmas! My ladies church group decided we want to help you." She then reached into a coin purse and removed a rolled up $5 bill and gave it to me. I was immediately reminded of the "widow's mite." (Luke 21:1-4)
A team of volunteers to serve at the hospital was recruited. Another team of gift wrappers cataloged and wrapped all of the gifts donated. Local businesses came on board also. Every person who helped me to make this desire possible for our veterans knows who they are. And so it is to you I share this message I received from the VA hospital, five days after "mission accomplished":
"Thanks for all of your work! Several of the veterans have never been treated this good at Christmas ... period! Pretty high praise and a job well done! God Bless!"
I salute our wonderful community, which has exemplified the meaning of the time-honored motto adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps in 1883 ... "Semper Fidelis." In spite of our differences in faith, politics and even sports (go Hawks ... THAT WAS A JOKE!) we are, as a community ... "Always Faithful."
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My last NGS post left off when the opening session was over and the cell signal problems started so here's a look at the rest of the day.
Immediately following the opening session, the Exhibit Hall opened.
|Family Search was busy right from the start.
|Archives.com was also very busy - giving away those free membership cards for remainder of the year.
The sessions I attended were:
"Finding Fathers: Bridging the Generation Gap presented by Elizabeth Shown Mills. This session dealt with how to track males who either disappeared or just showed up when conventional research hasn't resulted in answers. Some of the key points were: (1) the earliest proven place of residence usually holds the best clues to someone's origin and birth family; (2) to move a line forward or backward we often have to go sideways; and (3) track down all descendants of the ancestor and the descendants of his siblings.
"When Sources Don't Agree, Then What?" presented by Thomas W. Jones. Dr. Jones advised that you should never ignore a conflict. In trying to resolve conflicting information, it's helpful to group the information by item and show the source for each piece of date. Explain conflicts and how conclusions were reached. If a conflict can't be resolved, say so. Best advice - Genealogical proof isn't a vote, the most censuses in agreement don't win!
Both of these sessions were in Ballroom A which was the biggest classroom. The photos below show what it looked like before Mills' presentation started and the crowd was pretty much the same for Jones' session.
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You know how Channing Tatum was in approximately one zillion movies this year? Next year belongs to Kristen Wiig. Saturday marked Wiig's final performance as a Saturday Night Live castmember, but she has plenty of work ahead of her: She's in six movies to be released between now and 2014.
In Imogene, Wiig plays a playwright who stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother. (Darren Criss and Natasha Lyonne are also in that one.) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has Ben Stiller in it; Freezing People Is Easy pairs KWiig with Paul Rudd; and in The Comedian Wiig teams up with Robert De Niro — he plays an aging insult comic. Wiig will also provide voices for characters in Despicable Me 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2 . It's interesting that, despite the runaway success of Bridesmaids, none of the planned projects pair Wiig up with another woman. It would be fun to see her work with Amy Poehler, Retta, or Mindy Kaling. The exciting news that Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are teaming up for a buddy cop movie is also a reminder of how few flicks have two female leads. On the other hand, hooray for a 38-year-old woman finding success and work in youth-obsessed Hollywoodland. Plus, Wiig is going to be working with some great people, and none of these flicks sound anywhere near as bad as some of the other movies made by SNL alums — Deuce Bigalow or Corky Romano, anyone?


text: After surviving the hell of a Nazi death camp, a refugee faces even greater dangers in America in this tale of murder, deceit, and assumed identities. Victoria Kopwelska (Valentina Cortese) is a Polish woman imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp near the end of World War II. Desperate to survive, Victoria learns that her best friend has family in the United States, and if they are ever freed, she pledges to take Victoria to America with her. Victoria's friend, however, is killed shortly before American troops can liberate the camp. With nowhere to go, Victoria steals her friend's papers and sails to America, where she is accepted as her friend by her family. Victoria learns that she is now the godmother to a young boy, as well as the heir to a sizable fortune, following the death of her aunt. Alan Spender (Richard Basehart), the boy's guardian, has been making secret plans to get his hands on the money, and Victoria's arrival causes him to draft a new scheme. Alan begins wooing Victoria, hoping to take her hand in marriage and then murder her, gaining her estate in the process. However, after several accidents befall the youngster, Victoria begins to believe that her new sweetheart is up to no good. The House on Telegraph Hill was directed by Robert Wise, who went on to helm such blockbusters as West Side Story and The Sound of Music.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide