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India's meek surrender in two consecutive Tests against England on home turf was on Sunday lambasted by former players, who felt it was high time the selectors made players accountable for their shambolic performance.
India lost by seven wickets in the third Test in Kolkata to concede an unassailable 2-1 series lead to England, who had earlier mauled the hosts by 10 wickets in the second match in Mumbai.
"England were well-prepared while India were over confident. The Indian preparation for this important series was diabolical," said former captain and ex-chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar.
"When we went to England we played one warm-up game before plunging into the Test series. The same happened when we went to Australia. By contrast England's preparations were very good. I hope the selectors show vision and courage of conviction. At least a couple of changes are expected straightaway," he said.
Another former chief selector Kris Srikkanth directed his ire towards skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, calling him confused.
"Definitely Dhoni is confused. He does not know what to do and when things go out of control he just lets them drift away," he said.
Kiran More, also a former selector, said some changes should be made to the side ahead of the fourth Test starting on Thursday in Nagpur.
"We were outplayed in all departments and if you don't score 450 plus in the first innings on a track that was provided, you are already on the backfoot. At this point of time you cannot have wholesale changes, may be one or two changes for the next Test match.
"I don't want to blame the captain alone because it has been a collective failure," he said.
Asked what should be the next step forward, More said, "It is a difficult phase we are going through but this rebuilding stage will continue for another 2-3 years minimum. Till then you need to have confidence in the set up and also back the youngsters who will be playing the longer version."
Former batsman Kirti Azad ridiculed the team's performance and praised the Englishmen for adapting to the conditions.
"It is not just the batsmen, it is the entire team. I fail to understand that our spinners were struggling to take wickets but look at the spinners of the England team. They have bowled to a very good line. They are not trying anything because the wicket is helpful.
"They have managed to put batsmen under a lot of pressure and you could see that even the god of cricket struggled to get into form. I have heard Niranjan Shah say that this team can do wonders. Sure it can but only in the dressing room I suppose," he said.
Azad said the team lacks consistent performers.
"I think we have the best team on paper. I hope we are not reduced to paper tigers. We have some great players in the side but it seems they are supporting each other rather than trying to support and make a good Indian team.
"We have good players who can perform well but then your greatness is known by your consistency, if you don't have consistency than you old records will not help you," he said.
Former England captain Geoffery Boycott said India were "out-batted, out-bowled, out-fielded and out-energised by the England team."
"England showed remarkable comeback after the Ahmedabad Test. It was a huge challenge for them. In Ahmedabad, they lost because of the scoreboard pressure," he said.
Analysing India's problems, Boycott said, "Look at your best players last year. Virat Kohli, he has been out five times to aweful shots. Somebody should talk to him and ask what is going on here. If I were a selector, I would sit down with the team and talk to them.
"India's body language is just not good. I don't think they can win in Nagpur unless they show remarkable improvement," Boycott added.
Forner captain Mohammed Azharudding said,"It was a disappointing performance and it was time for youngsters to get a chance."
Former coach Ajit Wadekar said the Indians seemed over-confident.
"Indians' body language showed they were complacent while England had come well-prepared. They spent time in Dubai and Sri Lanka before coming here and were determined to do well. Our middle order failed miserably and their spinners Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann bowled much better than ours," he declared.
"(Ravichandran) Ashwin seems to be a better batsman than a bowler and could be promoted up the batting order," he quipped.
Raja Venkat, who was a national selector till two months back, feels that the quality of England team attack has made the difference.
"Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar have bowled much much better than Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha. you need to understand that if you are clamouring for turning tracks then you are making it easier for the English spinners simply because they are far superior than our Indian counterparts.
"Let's be honest, Swann is the best off-spinner in the world, keeping Saeed Ajmal in mind. Because Swann has the loveliest classical action that you can find and he is a far better off spinner than Ashwin."
Another former chief selector Bapu Nadkarni termed it as a "batting failure" because, according to him, the Indian batsmen were satisfied to make 60-70 runs and then get out.
"It was batting failure. It was poor batting on a pitch that was not difficult to bat on and was a slow turner. Our batsmen have forgotten the art of playing Test match and are satisfied with a 30-40 or 60-70," said the former left-arm spinner.
"It's a question of patience. Cricket Test matches are a test of patience," said Nadkarni who also blamed the limited over mentality for the bowlers' inability to stick to a consistent line and length.
"Tell me how many bowlers are consistent in their line and length? Bowling in a 50-over or T20 game is different to bowling in Tests. When the one-day game had come I had said it is not very good for Test cricket. Now the T20 game has taken it further," he remarked.
He, however, left it to the cricket administrators to deal with issues like T20 cricket and wanted the individual players to decide what was good for them.
"It's an open field. It's upto the individual players to decide whether to concentrate on playing for the country or on other things. It's upto the cricket administrators to decide about T20 cricket schedule," he said.
Former Test and ODI swing bowler Balwinder Singh Sandhu praised England for their superior preparedness for the series.
"We thought by making turning wickets we would win but they played better cricket on the same wickets. They were better prepared. They handled spin bowling much better," said Sandhu, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning squad.
Dhoni is confused: Srikkanth
India's meek surrender in two consecutive Tests against England on home turf was on Sunday lambasted by former players, who felt it was high time the selectors made players accountable for their shambolic performance.


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On Wednesday night, John Romero nestled underneath seven blankets in preparation for a big Thanksgiving Day. But instead of reclining at home, he snuggled near a propane heater on the sidewalk outside Best Buy in Ocala, where his tent had stood since Sunday afternoon.
On Wednesday night, John Romero nestled underneath seven blankets in preparation for a big Thanksgiving Day. But instead of reclining at home, he snuggled near a propane heater on the sidewalk outside Best Buy in Ocala, where his tent had stood since Sunday afternoon.
His spot at the head of the line assured him first dibs on the items he wanted most, but it took team work. Through a rotation system with other family members, Romero said he was able to attend work and school while securing his spot.
"You definitely can't do it by yourself," said Romero, 20.
Typically, coveted Black Friday shopping deals begin a few hours after the last morsel of pumpkin pie is devoured, like around midnight or very early on the morning after Thanksgiving. This year, however, retailers such as Best Buy, Toys R Us and Target slated their door-buster sales to begin around supper time on Thanksgiving Day, meaning many shoppers had to make a choice about how to spend their holiday: dinner or deals.
When Ted Abel, 18, of Ocala, told his family that his Thanksgiving plans would lead him to the Best Buy camper line rather than to the dinner table, they were less than thrilled.
"They had a few choice words," he said, sitting next to Reinaldo Castillo, 18. Both men had their sights set on a 55-inch LG TV, which typically sells for $999 but would be offered for just $499 when the doors opened.
"It's not just about saving money, it's having that experience," said Abel, warming himself by a small fire the men started inside a can that once held wine. The men started camping out Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. and said they held the 14th and 15th spots in line.
Temperatures Wednesday night dipped into the 30s, causing Castillo to offer up an important piece of advice to remember next time: bring a tent.
To keep themselves occupied, the men brought candy, their cellphones and a glass chess set.
Romero, who is no stranger to the Black Friday shopping experience, said Best Buy added something new this year: Three sale times, 6 p.m. Thursday, midnight and 10 a.m. Friday, each coinciding with a new set of deals.
However, once 6 p.m. rolled around, everyone in line had to enter the store. Therefore, even though Romero was there for five days, come the midnight sale time he might no longer be first in line.
"It's good for business, but it's bad, in my opinion, for the people in line," he said.
A more subdued crowd started lining up Thursday morning outside Toys R Us on State Road 200.
Hilary Anderson, 34, of Ocala, secured her place in line at 10:50 a.m., a few hours before the doors were set to open at 5 p.m. She said she hoped to walk away with several toys at half-off by the end of her shopping venture.
Anderson said this is her 16th year observing Black Friday deal shopping, but the timing now coincides directly with the Thanksgiving holiday feast.
"I wish it would go back to being midnight because we don't have to be away from our family, but this way I don't have to be out at night," she said, while reading a book to pass the time.
Tammy Swift, 55, of Ocala, took note of the low temperatures when she saw frost on her car. She said she usually camps out at Best Buy, but moved to Toys R Us in hopes of purchasing a Leap Pad 2 and Kindle Fire, both for half the regular price.
"This was nice," she said, acknowledging a shorter wait time.
While Romero, who described himself as a first-generation American, waited for Best Buy to open, he said Black Friday shopping has become a bigger adventure for his family, which is from Colombia, than turkey day.
"This has become more traditional than Thanksgiving," he said.

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Rogue trader sues SocGen for unfair dismissal
Bank 'failed to prove he did anything wrong'
Rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel, accused of losing Société Générale €4.9bn (£3.8bn), is to sue his former employer for unfair dismissal, the Times reports.
The 31-year-old, who was last month released on bail from prison after 37 days incarceration on breach of trust, fabricating documents, and illegally accessing computers raps, argues that his ejection from SocGen for gross misconduct is unlawful "because the bank has failed to prove he did anything wrong".
Kerviel's case rests on two points: that his massive gambles on markets were "actually in the black when his bosses stepped in", and that "French labour laws force employers to hold face-to-face meetings with employees to outline the case for terminating their work contract".
Regarding the former, Kerviel's lawyers stress "he was often successful when betting the bank's money on the stock market and was €1.4bn up at the end of last year". They assert that SocGen was in fact responsible for the whopping loss after executives "took the decision to unwind Mr Kerviel's positions as shares were tumbling on the world's markets in January".
The latter point hinges on a "legal technicality". Kerviel's lawyers note that the required meeting is "impossible because Mr Kerviel's bail conditions forbid him from entering into contact with SocGen staff".
Kerviel's legal team has duly filed papers "arguing that the dismissal process should be cancelled", but the Times understands he "does not envisage a return to his old job as a derivatives operator at SocGen". If he's successful in his claim, SocGen may be forced to pay compensation. ®


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May 11. 2014 9:05PM
Manchester board to announce decision on Jewett Street school tonight
By PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER — City school board members are expected to announce tonight that Jewett Street Elementary School will remain just that — an elementary school — for the foreseeable future.
The Manchester Board of School Committee will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chambers on the third floor of City Hall.
Last month, city Superintendent of Schools Debra Livingston said opposition from parents was the major factor in her decision to drop a redistricting plan that would have taken elementary students out of Jewett and turned a nearby middle school into a program for students from kindergarten through grade 8. The plan called for Jewett Street Elementary to become a city-wide pre-school, and assigned students from kindergarten through grade 8 to the Southside Middle School.
On April 14, school board members voted to table a motion to maintain the Jewett Street school as a K-5 elementary school, eight 'yeas' to six 'nays' with Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas abstaining.
Among school board members, votes in favor of tabling the motion were made by Sarah Ambrogi, Amy Bradley, Ted Rokas, Dave Wihby, Kathy Staub, Erika Connors, Katie Desrochers, Connie Van Houten. Votes against tabling it were cast by Debra Langton, Chris Stewart, Robyn Dunphy, Russ Terrio, Art Beaudry and John Avard.
Gatsas said Sunday he doesn't expect any changes in use for the Jewett School to come out of tonight's session.
"I expect it to remain exactly what it is, an elementary school," said Gatsas. "I think we have heard the parents there loud and clear as far as what they want to see happen. The item was tabled, so procedurally it will be taken off tonight, but I don't expect anything to come of it."
Last month, Livingston said her decision came after meetings with parents from the Jewett and Southside schools upset with proposed changes in their neighborhood.
"I am a listener and an analyzer and there came a point where I just could not see a way that we can make this work," Livingston said. "It's time to say thank you for your comments and move forward."
Jewett Street parents had organized in opposition, forming a Save the Jewett Facebook group and presenting their case to Livingston and other administrators.
Livingston said the input from parents was the primary factor in her decision.
"They made very good points as to why they wanted to keep their community school and were not interested in the K-8 concept," Livingston said.


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..... this is what God had to do to make it all happen. He knew exactly to the second when the EQ was going to occur. He gave me a two day advance notice, without telling me it was going to be an earthquake. He lead me back to the same chair, which was open and waiting for me at a crowded counter and placed next to me a stranger lady that just happened to be a telephone prayer councellor from a local 700 club location (california is along way from Virginia Beach). I overheard her talking about Robertson and butted into the conversation. The timing of my words were so precise that we both went giddy in the midst of a potential disaster. Every element of my vision was represented at that moment. What a coincidence, er sorry, there I go again using the wrong term. What was it about that statistics class again? What was it about laughing?
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St. John the Evangelist yard sale
St. John the Evangelist Church on U.S. Highway 27A will have their spring yard sale Friday, April 8, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be a large assortment of furniture, appliances, clothing and household items. Come early for the best choices! We are still accepting items if you are downsizing or have treasures you no longer have room for.
Pastor, Church Leaders Freedom Forum
Harry Mihet, senior litigation counsel for the Liberty Counsel, is keynote speaker at a Pastor and Church Leaders Freedom Forum at the First Baptist Church of Chiefland fellowship hall on U.S. Highway 27A, Tuesday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Mihet will deliver crucial legal information pertaining to speaking out from the pulpit and in churches on the political and moral issues as they pertain to cities, the state and the nation.
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WORCESTER � Allison B. Audet was used to seeing students in her history classes whose first language wasn't English.
Some were from Latin America, some from Africa, some from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. And though she had taught on and off for eight years, she wished she could serve those students better.
"There's a lot of abstract ideas," Mrs. Audet said. "Especially with American history, there's a lot of background knowledge that English language learners may not have."
Now she believes she can help them more. Mrs. Audet, a teacher at Worcester Technical High School, is one of 21 people who graduated Wednesday from the Worcester English Language Learner Teacher Residency Program, a new program that gives existing teachers and instructional assistants the chance to earn a master's of education degree and their license to teach English as a second language. The program is a collaboration between Cambridge College, the Worcester public schools and the Boston-based Center for Collaborative Education.
The program cost participants $5,000. While the partner institutions contributed some money, the bulk was covered by a $500,000 federal Race to the Top grant, which is also paying for a second cohort of teachers and instructional assistants who will graduate in the summer.
The need to serve English language learners well is especially acute in Worcester, where 34 percent of students are learning the language, the highest percentage of any traditional school district in the state. (Four charter schools � one in Boston, two in Lawrence and one in Lowell � have higher levels.)
"Pretty much every teacher in the Worcester public schools, for the most part, is going to be in contact with an English language learner, whether they're teaching a specialized program or not," said Sarah Ottow, program director of the Worcester ELL Teacher Residency program.
The four-semester program, which includes in-person and online courses from Cambridge College, mentoring from Worcester public school staff, and visits to classrooms, came at a time when the state has been under pressure to better prepare teachers for English language learners. In 2011, the federal Department of Justice told the state it needed to train teachers in sheltered English immersion techniques, which prompted the state to require many teachers to undergo RETELL (Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners) training. Worcester teachers were among the first to undergo training, but those enrolled in the master's program were exempt.
For Mrs. Audet, the program has led her to make sure every lesson includes opportunities for students to demonstrate they can read, write, speak and listen. She also tries to make abstract ideas as concrete as possible. She has students vote to replicate participatory democracy, and a unit on manifest destiny will include a political cartoon, video clips and some music from that era to help students analyze the topic in context. For world history classes, she can also use some of the students' knowledge from their home country.
Other participants in the master's program included Martha Vazquez, an English as a second language tutor at Belmont Street Community School; and Debra L. Larkin, a learning disabilities teacher who works at Burncoat High School and Forest Grove Middle School. This was Miss Vazquez's first master's degree, and she said she has used everything from the program in her job. While she was used to working with small groups of students, the program gave her more confidence in her ability to work with larger groups in separate classrooms. "I don't think I would have been able to do this" without the program, she said.
Ms. Larkin said she has had more English language learners recently, and some of them had not been assessed properly because of the difficulty in distinguishing between weaknesses resulting from a lack of English and weaknesses caused by a disability.
"Sometimes there wasn't enough information gathered," she said. "Like a student might never have attended school before, so you can't expect them to be proficient if they're not literate."
Now, Ms. Larkin said, "I make sure I find out every bit of information possible so that I'm doing the right thing." She also feels more comfortable giving teachers suggestions about both disability and English language learner strategies.
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The U.S. raised its forecast for natural gas output in 2013 by 0.3% and lowered its outlook for prices.
Marketed gas production will average a record 70.02 billion cubic feet a day this year, up from 69.84 billion estimated in January, the Energy Information Administration said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook, released today in Washington.
Gas prices at the benchmark Henry Hub in Erath, Louisiana, will average $3.53 per million British thermal units, down from the previous estimate of $3.74, according to the report from the EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm.
"Production in the Marcellus Shale areas of Pennsylvania and West Virginia is expected to continue rising as recently drilled wells become operational" the EIA said in the report.
Production in the Gulf of Mexico will average 4.3 billion cubic feet a day, up from 4.27 billion estimated in January. Lower-48-state output will be 64.79 billion, up from 64.67 billion in last month's report.
The forecast for total gas consumption rose to 70.31 billion cubic feet a day from 69.67 billion.
LNG imports will average 450 million cubic feet a day this year, unchanged from the January forecast.
Demand for gas from power plants will average 23.15 billion cubic feet a day this year, up from the previous estimate of 22.87 billion. Industrial demand will average 19.41 billion, up 3.6% from 18.73 billion predicted last month. The agency revised industrial consumption data going back to 2010 to reflect a stronger recovery.
Natural gas for March delivery fell 2.3 cents, or 0.7%, to $3.256 per million Btu at 12:36 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have declined 2.8% this year.
Gas inventories may total 2.0 trillion cubic feet at the end of March, down from 2.477 trillion at the same time last year, according to the report.
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NEW YORK (AP) The Yankees' team bus was on the Henry Hudson Parkway last Saturday when Joe Girardi's phone rang. After deteriorating from Alzheimer's disease since the 1990s, his father had died in Illinois.
``I had tears in my eyes on the bus, so I put some sunglasses on,'' the manager said Thursday, struggling not to cry, ``and (did) probably what a lot of men do when they go through difficult and sad times, we try to stay busy. That's what we do. And I tried to focus.''
For five days, Girardi did not disclose dad's death to his players, preferring not to talk about it and not wanting to distract his team. Jerry Girardi, who was 81, will be buried in Tampico, Ill., next Monday - an off day in the AL championship series.
``I was going to tell them, you know, God willing we get into the next round, that I was going to the funeral on Monday and I wouldn't be at the workout,'' he said. ``That's when I was going to tell them.''
New York played another late-night thriller with Baltimore, which won 2-1 in 13 innings to force a decisive Game 5 Friday. The Yankees have one more chance to advance to the ALCS.
A man on a mission. That's what Joe Girardi is. That's what he learned from Jerry Girardi and his mom, Angela, who died in 1984.
Not managing for a night never entered his mind, not last weekend, not now. He stood alone in front of the dugout and wiped tears from his eyes during a pregame moment of silence, then blew a kiss to someone in the stands.
``The one thing that both of them, besides many other things that they taught me, was always to finish the job at hand,'' Girardi said. ``So my thought process was my dad would want me to do everything that we could do to go win a World Series. He had been a part of them with me as a player. 2009 - I don't think he understood what we did at that time. He was at a stage in Alzheimer's that he wasn't talking, so I don't think he understood.''
And then the manager with the close-cropped hair and serious look, a man who almost always maintains a steely cool, got emotional and choked up.
``I had a tremendous relationship with my father. Wherever he went, I went. When he stopped, I ran into him,'' Girardi said. ``And I've always said, if I could be half the husband and father my dad would be, that would be special.''
It was as difficult a pregame news conference as there can be. A night earlier, Girardi made the toughest decision of his six years as a major league manager. With the Yankees trailing 2-1 in the ninth inning, he pinch hit for slumping Alex Rodriguez, baseball's most expensive player. Raul Ibanez batted for A-Rod and not only hit a tying home run, hit went on to hit a winning homer in the 12th to give New York a 3-2 victory.
``He would have been extremely proud and probably told all his buddies,'' Girardi said of his dad.
Jerry Girardi served in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War and worked in construction sales and as a bricklayer. Sounds like he was a tough guy who didn't back down.
``I was watching my dad change a bathtub spigot, and he had the wrench, and he was trying to tighten it, and the wrench slipped and hit his thumb and he broke his thumb and it was bleeding,'' Girardi said. ``But he finished what he had to do. He finished that, and my mom was like, `You've got to go to the hospital,' and he's like, `Nope, I've got to finish it.' He just taped it up.
``So I thought, that's what my dad would want me to do, so that's what I tried to do.''
Across the field, opposing managers look at Girardi and assume his fight comes from his dad. Baltimore's Buck Showalter reflected on the 1991 death of his father, Bill, a retired high school baseball coach and principal.
``I talk about it all the time, we're at the mercy of the mothers and fathers of the world, and I know you've got a pretty good idea what Joe's dad must have been about,'' said Showalter, who started his major league managing career with the Yankees. ``My dad passed away two weeks after I got the job here managing, and I think about him every day. I have a little special feeling for what I'm sure some form or fashion Joe is feeling.''
Alzheimer's runs in the Girardi family. His father's mother died from it and his father's brother Ronnie did, too.
``We see what it does to families, and I've always talked to other people, because I've been through all the different stages about (how) sometimes we get frustrated with our parents when they're going through that,'' he said. ``And believe me, they don't want to forget. They don't want to forget where they put their keys. ... You have to show them a lot of patience and kindness and try to understand the disease.''
Girardi talked baseball with his dad, went to Wrigley Field together, played catch in the backyard, watched Cubs' games together on TV. He had given his father his 1996 World Series ring.
He thinks about his dad often, but not when he's in the dugout and it's time to make decisions. He smiled when he reflected about one change this week.
``I'll be able to do my job, because I know that's what they would want me to do,'' Girardi said. ``When I think about it, it's the first time in over 28 years that my mom and dad have seen a game together again. So they'll be watching, and they'll be mad if I'm not doing my job. I know that.''


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Canadian actress Rachel McAdams holds hands with her boyfriend, Welsh actor Michael Sheen, as they take a romantic stroll in the College Street area on Sunday (October 3) in Toronto, Canada.
Rachel, 31, and Michael, 41, first met at a party for his drama Beautiful Boy. They've been spotted getting cozy in cafes these past few weeks and were outed as a couple just yesterday.
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Le 30 septembre 2013
Friday evening was once again the turn of Montpellier to be Canal +'s favourites, this time the opposition was Stade Francais in the spanking new arena of Jean Bouin Paris, a stadium which Stade took possession of this season and are still undefeated in this magnificent arena. Montpellier after their incredible wins at home against Clermont and Toulouse wanted to show some consistency on the road after the very disappointing performance against USAP, a couple of weeks ago. Where could there a better place to perform, everything was in place for a grand evening of rugby. All 3 of Montpellier's coaches had connections with Stade Francais in the past, especially General Galthie who was a player and coach in the great years of this Parisian team, always another reason to show off his protégés to the Capitals masses. Perfect conditions for the game with a reasonably good crowd of 15,991 why a stadium so good is never chocker block full is beyond belief, but that maybe has something to do with it being in Paris!!!
The game was a torrid affair with Stade showing that they can play rugby but also defend well especially around the rucks and mauls where Jonathan Pelissie was given no extra yards to strut his stuff; the Parisians had more than a watchful eye on the new star of French Rugby. With the Montpellier forwards being dominated most of the evening by their counterparts Francois Trinh-Duc was always on the back foot and finding life very difficult trying to get his troops moving forward, but they defended well and some last ditch tackling saved their bacon more than once. Pelissie opened the scoring with a penalty but Dupuy quickly levelled the score at 3 a piece. The Parisan forwards show their force and aggression when the ball came to Slimani after a series of rucks and mauls, he crashed over, and with the extras from Dupuy, Stade had a lead of 10-3. The teams went to the break with this same score. The second half showed more domination from the Stade forwards, and they gave Montpellier a particularly hard time in the set pieces whether it was their ball or the oppositions. Dupuy and Pelissie added a penalty apiece to move the score onto 13-6 in the favour of the home team. The young Bonneval was making a nuisance of himself on the wing most of the evening giving Montpellier's defence lots to worry about., it was the very same person who after a brilliant break left Montpellier hanging on to fresh air, he slipped the ball to Plisson in the tackle who only had to canter the last 10 mts to carry the ball into the hallowed ground, the extras were missed, but the bonus point was out of the window 18-6 to Stade.
All most immediately the Cysts hit back Tuitavake challenged Plisson to a high ball, won the challenge gave the ball to Alex Tulou who made good yards before he was pulled up short, but still managed to slip the ball to Francois Trinh-Duc who crashed over in the corner, FTD took the conversion himself but was just wide. Montpellier was back in bonus point country. 18-11. There were no more scores, and few scares, but Montpellier did hold solid to retain a very important bonus point probably not the best game ever played by Montpellier but they were denied space with a Stade defence very similar to that of Montpellier's and it's always going to be difficult to find extra space in these sort of situations. Montpellier have been using moreorless the same side for the last couple of weeks as the injury list is getting dangerously high, plus they are still missing 4 plays from the Southern Hemisphere, so taking all this in consideration the result was not too shabby.
Stade Francais deserved their win the forwards were dominant in all quarters, and their backs dangerous at times, but this season, home wins seem to be the norm, it's stealing those bonus points away from home which is becoming mega important, they could make all the difference at the end of the season, so a little something is always better than big nothing. Jonathan Pelissie will have to practise his goal kicking as he missed a couple well within in his range, Jimmy Nagusa needs to look up the word defence, not an easy task for a Fijian but then again it's a word that is never seen or heard in the Fijian language, they only know how to attack but given the chance they are excellent and renowned for it.
Next Saturday the Pro D2 Champions Oyonnax is coming to town, the venue, Stade Yves du Manoir ko. at 18.30, a game Montpellier has to win, and win well, 4 pts. will be good, but the preference would be the bonus 5pts, but win the match first then contemplate that extra point.
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City's next target will be the Champions League trophy as they try to establish themselves as the dominant team in Europe.
But Toure's agent suggests the Ivory Coast midfielder, whose brother Kolo is expected to leave City this summer, may quit the club before they push towards that goal. However, given City's spending power, they are unlikely to want the player to leave any time soon.
"He has done all he can do at City and he needs new motivations," Seluk said. "Toure could sign for many big clubs like Chelsea and Bayern Munich. We would like to see Barca join the race.
"I have not spoken to Barca but they know the situation. I do not know if Real Madrid are interested but Jose Mourinho has liked him since he [Mourinho] was at Chelsea."


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State Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Kenner, said he sponsored Senate Bill 188 as head of the Judicial Compensation Commission, which reviews judges' salaries and recommends changes based on the pay doled out in other states.
"It is important to the continued growth of this state that we have a good, solid judiciary, and we don't need any disincentive for people to run," Martiny said.
SB188 would give Supreme Court justices a 5.5 percent pay increase on July 1, with appeal court judges getting a 3.7 percent boost and district court judges receiving a 4 percent increase.
After that, every July from 2014 through 2017, all three sets of judges — along with city and parish court judges — would get a 2.1 percent annual bump in pay.
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Some children with certain language disorders may not properly process the sounds they hear,
resulting in language impairments. The purpose of this study is to determine if deficits in
auditory temporal processing the way the brain analyzes the timing and patterns of sounds are
an inherited trait.
Families with auditory temporal processing deficits are sought in order to identify the genes
responsible for auditory temporal processing deficits. Children and adults with a diagnosis
or history of language impairment in the family and their family members both affected and
non-affected are eligible for this two-part study. In Part 1, participants undergo a series
of language tests and listening tests to measure various characteristics of how they perceive
sound. In Part 2, they are interviewed about language disorders, learning disabilities, and
other medical problems of family members. This information is used to construct a pedigree
(family tree diagram) showing the pattern of inheritance of family traits. Study subjects
whose pedigree indicates that language disorders may be hereditary in their family will
provide either a small blood sample (1 to 2 tablespoons) or a tissue specimen obtained from a
cheek swab (rubbing the inside of the cheek with a small brush or cotton swabs). The sample
will be used to isolate DNA for genetic analysis.
Recent research implicates auditory processing deficits in the etiology of language
impairments, but no standard methodology has been employed to determine whether auditory
processing deficits are heritable traits. We will investigate whether auditory processing
skills and auditory processing disorders (APDs) are hereditary.
Study Population
We will study same-sex twins (healthy volunteers) and individuals who score in the top or
bottom 10th percentile on auditory processing tests and their first-degree family members.
Design: A Two-Phase, Staged Study
Our approach uses the two classical methods of demonstrating heritability: comparison of
monozygotic (MZ) to dizygotic (DZ) concordance rates in twins and measuring familial
aggregation of a trait. While there are a variety of auditory processing tests in common use,
there is no standard battery of tests for the diagnosis of APD.
Moreover, the normal variation in performance on many of these tests is not known. We will
systematically evaluate tests of auditory processing for variation in the general population
and for evidence of heritability.
Phase 1 Twin study
We will evaluate a variety of auditory processing tests in MZ and same-sex DZ twins. This
initial phase of the study is designed to provide data so that the performance of MZ twin
pairs can be compared to the performance of DZ twin pairs. Statistical modeling will be used
to estimate the relative contributions of heredity and environment to auditory processing
skills. In addition, we will examine variation in auditory processing skills in the general
population of twins. This will allow us to identify auditory processing skills and tests that
have the greatest heritable components, and to establish normative data for the tests we
Phase 2 Family aggregation study
Based on the outcomes of Phase 1, auditory processing tests of skills with the highest
heritable component will be selected for evaluation of probands. Those who score in the top
and bottom 10th percentile will be eligible for participation as probands in this phase of
the study. Variation of these skills in the general population, as determined by the twin
data (Phase 1) or published norms, when they are available, will be used to determine the top
and bottom 10th percentiles. This same test set will be administered to probands and at least
two first-degree relatives allowing us to determine whether traits related to auditory
processing occur within the family at a rate greater than chance.
Outcome Measures
Phase 1 outcome measures will be individual performance on tests of auditory processing
skills and comparative performance of MZ and DZ co-twin pairs on these tests. Phase II
outcome measures will be the performance on auditory processing measures of probands and
their family members, and affectance rates observed in these families.<TAB>
6-85 years of age
Native English speaker, with English as the first language
Phase 1 Same sex twins (MZ or DZ) and both willing and able to participate in test
Phase 2 Score in the top or bottom 10th percentile on tests of auditory processing or are a
first-degree relative of someone who scores in the top or bottom 10th percentile and are
willing and able to participate in the test procedures.
Hearing loss, defined as air conduction pure tone thresholds (250-8000 Hz) exceeding 20
dBHL; air-bone gaps, even in the presence of normal hearing sensitivity, exceeding 10 dBHL;
and/or abnormal tympanometry.
History of chronic (fluid in middle ear for more than 4 months) or recurrent otitis media
(more than 4 episodes of acute otitis media in one year)
History of ear surgery.
History or diagnosis of a central nervous system disorder, including but not limited to:
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Currently taking medications capable of altering CNS function (e.g. antidepressants,
anxiolytics, or a psychostimulant drugs such as ritalin).
History of treatment with ototoxic medications that may affect ultrahigh frequency hearing
(e.g. cisplatin, aminoglycoside antibiotics).
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Fields of overgrown Christmas trees can still yield a valuable commodity: native truffles, according to an expert.
Farmers who have given up on the Christmas tree market can still manage their plantings to produce the underground delicacy, said Charles Lefevre, founder of New World Truffieres.
"They're getting truffles at the same time they're growing trees," Lefevre said.
Truffles are more likely to colonize the roots of Douglas firs that are no longer suitable for Christmas trees, he said.
However, that doesn't mean aspiring truffle producers can abandon management altogether.
To improve conditions for truffles, farmers should thin the stand — leaving every fourth tree, for example — and kill weeds to suppress competition for water and nutrients, Lefevre said.
It's not possible to guarantee that tree roots will generate truffles — the fungus can fail to thrive even at adequate sites, he said.
Farmers are more likely to be successful if the young trees are near older stands where the fungus is already present, Lefevre said.
At this point, any type of truffle farming is still experimental, he said. "It's all very new."
In 2013, the Oregon legislature passed a bill that required permits for harvesting truffles on forestland.
Lefevre said this could aid in the development of a legitimate market for native Oregon truffles.
"People have this crop on their land and right now it's all getting poached," he said.
The prospect of planting Douglas firs colonized with native Oregon is technically possible but currently uneconomical, Lefevre said.
New World Truffieres has found a way to inoculate trees with the beneficial fungus but the process would render them too expensive, he said.
"We can produce the trees. The challenge now is to make it affordable," Lefevre said.
Cultivating European truffle varieties is also a youthful science but it has already gained some traction, he said.
Truffle orchards have sprung up in the U.S., Australia and elsewhere as fewer rural residents in France have led to lower production of the fungus in that country, he said.
"These are living in our habitat," Lefevre said. "This is the type of organism we can domesticate."
Reduced supplies of truffles in France have also been associated with higher prices — a pound of black French truffles can fetch $600 to $1,000, he said.
In Oregon, hazelnut trees inoculated with the fungus begin producing truffles within five to seven years, he said.
Some orchards have begun generating truffles as soon as three years, though.
The young trees must be irrigated during the summer to ensure a superficial root system that will make finding truffles easier.
Once the trees are producing truffles, farms can dial back irrigation to emulate the dry and wet summer cycle in which the fungus thrives.
Farmers must use spray irrigation so the water reaches a broader land area, rather than drip irrigation.
Truffle-bearing orchards are still rare in the U.S. because farmers are reluctant to take on the risks, Lefevre said.
"Everybody doing it now is a pioneer and they are making the mistakes everybody will learn from," LeFevre said.
Aaron Kennel, a farmer near Corvallis, Ore., found his first truffle this winter in a hazelnut orchard he planted eight years ago.
"This is a commercial enterprise," Kennel said. "I plan to be producing commercial quantities in the next couple years."
Unfortunately, Kennel's six-acre orchard will not double as a hazelnut operation.
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Discover volcanoes, rainforests and idyllic beaches on this cycling adventure through Central America.
From the deep rainforests of Panama to the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean, witness all the natural splendour of Central America from your unique vantage point in the saddle. Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama are the ultimate trifecta of Central American and Caribbean living, with a diversity of wildlife and rich local cultures waiting to be discovered. This cycling adventure takes you off the beaten path for a journey that's not restricted to the mainland, with voyages to tropical archipelagos and isolated islands surrounded by active volcanoes.
In 2019 this trip will change from 16 days to 15 days and the new trip code is QZXBC. We will not visit Cano Negro, La Fortuna & Bocas del Toro but will explore San Jose, Puerto Viejo & Santa Rosa Pocosol instead. We've also divided this itinerary into two sub trips - please search QZXN (Cycle Nicaragua & Costa Rica) or QZXC (Cycle Costa Rica & Panama) for more information.
Cycle across Central America, a land of mysterious Maya ruins, active volcanoes, idyllic beaches and emerald jungles
See the sights and engage in a wide range of activities across three different countries on this epic Latin adventure
Volcanoes, wildlife-rich rainforest, stunning beaches and ancient rock carvings – Ometepe Island has it all. You'll have plenty of free time to explore the island, set in beautiful Lake Nicaragua
Encounter Costa Rica's famous Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna. Whether it's reflecting back at you in the lake or heating the thermal pools you're soaking in, the magnificent volcano always makes its presence felt
Experience a real Central American jungle adventure deep inside the Cano Negro wildlife reserve
Chill out with Caribbean vibes in Puerto Viejo, a lively village with great food and even better music
Under the guidance of a local cacao farmer, help mill and roast cacao beans to make the greatest hot chocolate you've ever tasted
Bliss out in the beautiful Bocas del Toro Islands and enjoy spectacular palm-shaded beaches, crystalline waters, loads of wildlife and plenty of water sports
Cycle the Panama Canal and marvel at the leviathans sailing through the water
To complete this trip it is important that you are both confident and competent in riding a bicycle.
This is a new trip - we have researched the itinerary and accommodation extensively but there is the possibility of some last minute changes if improvements can still be made.
While the cycling distances on this trip are relatively short, the terrain of Central America is naturally hilly with a warm, humid climate. You'll need a reasonable level of fitness to enjoy the trip – but remember the support vehicle will be on hand if you need to take a break for an hour or a day.
Please note that many of the road we cycle on in Central America are not of the standard you may be used to riding on at home. To avoid riding on main roads with too much traffic, most of our riding is done on gravel/dirt roads (approx 75%) with the remainder on paved roads (approx. 25%).
The terrain also varies greatly as we make our way across 3 separate countries, but hills are a constant feature on this trip.
Cycling and driving distances may vary due to local circumstances.
There's the possibility of a few hiccups along the way, perhaps a puncture here and there, but there's no doubt this is an incredibly rewarding adventure.
The weather in this region varies seasonally. Be prepared to get sweaty, and even encounter the occasional rainstorm which may require a change of plans.
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1. A single supplement is available on this trip with exception of Day 6 (Homestay).
2. Bicycle hire is included in your trip price. Please advise your height at time of booking so as we can organise a suitable sized bike.
3. Bike helmets are compulsory on this trip. We are unable to hire bike helmets locally so please ensure you bring your own bike helmet from home.
4. Border crossing fees are not included in the trip cost
In 2019 this trip will change from 16 days to 15 days and the new trip code is QZXBC. We will not visit Cano Negro, La Fortuna & Bocas del Toro but will explore San Jose, Puerto Viejo & Santa Rosa Pocosol instead. We've also divided this itinerary into two sub trips - please search QZXN (Cycle Nicaragua & Costa Rica) or QZXC (Cycle Costa Rica & Panama) for more information.
Day 1: Granada
Day 2: Masaya/Granada
Day 3: Ometepe Island
Day 4: Maderas Volcano & San Juan del Sur
Day 5: Arenal
Day 6: El Castillo Area
Day 7: Santa Rosa Pocosol
Day 8: San Jose
Day 9: Puerto Viejo
Day 10: Puerto Viejo
Day 11: Boquete
Day 12: Boquete
Day 13: Baru Volcano & Panama City
Day 14: Panama Canal & Gamboa Rainforest
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Water inside Sai Gardens premises, in Kadugodi near Whitefield.
The above picture isn't a scene from any flooded village, it's a scene straight from Kadugodi – Whitefield, Bangalore.
Residents of Sai Garden apartments, in Kadugodi near Whitefield, were in for a shocking scene on Friday. Continuous rains had filled the nearby canal, and the water level around the apartment complex started rising slowly. Water flooded into the apartment's premises and entered the ground floor of the flats, thereby forcing residents to vacate.
The water level outside the compound walls of the residential complex rose to a height of 10 feet. With the help of two pumps, borrowed from nearby villagers, residents managed to keep the water level within the premises at 3 feet.
The residents tried reaching officials from BBMP, Disaster Management Cell and the fire department. "After a series of calls, we could reach the concerned person," said a resident who didn't want to be named.
The repeated calls by the residents to the officials did not yield a quick result. The Fire and Emergency team reached the spot in the evening only. Residents say that the Fire Department demanded money to help out.
President of Sai Garden Apartment Residents' Association, Sampath Ramanujam says that BBMP engineers, Tahsildar and Panchayat officers arrived at the location but they had no idea what was to be done.
Later in the afternoon, there was another rain, and Sai Gardens saw another flood. The water level started increasing again. Seven pumps were used to pump the water out.
Twenty-four hours after this, the canal water continues to enter into the groundfloor flats of Sai Garden. The residents are worried about the future.
Neighbouring apartment associations have offered a helping hand to the residents of the apartment in question. Sai Garden complex has around four blocks and almost 460 units. Around 100 families living on the ground floor have been displaced. The apartment is said to be 15-year-old.
Fire service team and the residents struggling to pump out the water.
What went wrong?
A recent construction that has come up on the drain nearby is said to be the cause. Recklessly dumped garbage and landfills that have blocked the canal also have added to the problem, causing the water to flow towards the apartment complex.
The residents of Sai Gardens apartment say that filling up of canals with construction debris by land mafia blocked the easy flow of rainwater to Yellammana Kere, near Kadugodi lake. Since water had nowhere else to go, it overflowed and started entering the compound of Sai Gardens Apartments at 11 am.
contacted BBMP Chief Engineer of Stormwater Drains, H C Ananthaswamy – he was unaware of the situation at Sai Gardens. He calls this situation a 'Social Problem' as people carelessly dump garbage and encroach canals meant for rainwater.
"Even if we clean the canals every month, such situations cannot be stopped unless and until people stop dumping their garbage and land mafias stop encroaching lands. We need to work collectively," he adds.
The Google Earth image locating the Sai Gardens. The green portion is the natural storm water path.
Encroachment of SWD by builders?
Ananathaswamy also refers to the Revised Master Plan 2015, which says a buffer zone of 50 metres is to be maintained between the building and primary (main) channel, 25 metres between secondary canals and 15 metres between tertiary channels."Builders flout these rules and leave the residents to suffer," he says. A survey is being carried out to identify encroachment of water drains.
A Google Earth image (see above) shows the location of Sai Gardens apartment complex right next to the path of a natural drain that comes from Yelammana Kere or Medahalli Kere. However, the exact distance between the channel and the apartment has not been measured.
Incidentally, in April 2013, Jaideep Singh, a resident of Kadugodi, had forwarded the pictures of a creek getting filled by land mafia, in this very spot. "There are no markers on the extent of the creek width, hence there are chances of encroachment of creek land… The concern also is that during monsoon, the water in the creek swells up. If it does not have enough width, the road may get flooded and eventually develop potholes," he had written.
That prediction has come true, in a much more serious manner.
Construction work that took place on the storm water path, in April 2013. Pic: Jaideep Singh
Alarm bells ringing?
Reports say that there have been similar floods in the area earlier, in 2005 and 2008. The president of the association, Sampath Ramanujam is worried that if the situation turns grave, it might lead to collapse of the compound wall that stands right adjacent to the canal.
Anil Kumar, an RTI activist who has worked extensively on stormwater drains, has a different take. He says that in such situations, there is an immediate need to find a diversion channel at a lower point where the water could flow. Otherwise the problem will keep surfacing whenever there's a heavy rain.
Anil Kumar draws attention to another long term, dangerous problem. If the water is at 10 feet, it means the area is really low-lying. If there has been no soil testing before construction, it can prove dangerous. Continuous percolation of water for long time over the area might lead to sinking of the soil inch by inch – which might lead to cracks on the foundation or the walls, and ultimately cause collapse of the building.
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The Izzo Caffe was founded in 1979 and has been committed to making excellent espresso from the beginning. In 1995, this well-respected member of the Italian coffee community branched out into manufacturing espresso machines. High quality materials and the customized aesthetic features have made Izzo's some of the most coveted home machines around. Their semi-automatic machines sport E-61 groupheads, PID temperature control, and either a heat exchanger or dual boilers.


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By WGBH News
April 2, 2012
BOSTON — Former Massachusetts state treasurer Timothy Cahill was indicted Monday on public corruption and fraud charges stemming from his 2010 campaign for governor.
Attorney General Martha Coakley said Cahill used publicly funded lottery ads to advance his candidacy.
"We allege that Treasurer Cahill gained an unwarranted and unlawful privilege by his ability to launch a television ad campaign, ostensibly on behalf of the Massachusetts state lottery, but one that was actually carefully coordinated primarily to promote his own campaign for governor," she said.
Cahill was running for governor, serving as treasurer and overseeing the lottery at the same time. When the ads ran in September 2010, Cahill's campaign was lagging; he was far behind in the polls and being pummeled by Republican attack ads.
Under state law, ads for the lottery were supposed to be kept separate from ads for Cahill's campaign. However, Coakley said Cahill and his top aides timed and scripted the ads to show Cahill in the best possible light.
"When the Cahill campaign conducted focus groups, they wanted to identify a message that would resonate with voters for the Cahill for Governor campaign," she said. "The significant takeaway from those focus groups at that time was that the treasurer's leadership of a successful and well managed lottery was the main selling point for him as a candidate for governor."
The ads called the Massachusetts lottery the most successful in America, but they never mentioned Cahill's name or showed his face.
Cahill's former campaign manger Scott Campbell was also indicted "on charges of conspiracy to violate state ethics law, procurement fraud and conspiracy to commit procurement fraud," Coakley said.
> > READ: The Attorney General's press release
> > WATCH: Mass. politics-watchers Conor Yunits and Warren Tolman discuss the charges on Greater Boston
In a press release from his attorney, Cahill denied wrongdoing, saying he had to run the ads because the Republican Governors Association ran attack ads against him. Cahill said he was concerned the lottery's reputation has been so seriously damaged that ticket sales would be impacted.
The charges are punishable by heavy fines and up to 5 years in prison.
E. Peter Parker, counsel for Cahill, released the following statement Monday afternoon:
I am surprised to hear about an indictment.
I have seen no evidence of criminal conduct by anybody, which does not surprise me because the truth is that nobody did anything wrong.
Permission ads were run by the Lottery in response to [Republican Governors Association] ads attacking the integrity of the Lottery.
The RGA attack ads had undermined public confidence in the Lottery and hurt sales measured year over year.
Running the ads was the right thing for the Lottery to do.
Not running the ads because the RGA or an overzealous Attorney General might later question whether the ads might have benefitted the Treasurer politically would have been the wrong thing to do.
Treasurer Cahill had an obligation to maximize Lottery revenues. He and the Lottery made the right choice to run the ads.
We are confident that a jury will agree and in the end, the Attorney General will have wasted an enormous amount of time, energy and scarce resources to bring criminal charges that never should have been brought.
In addition, Cahill's wife Tina posted a comment on Twitter, saying, "A good man is being persecuted for challenging the status quo. It's not enough to be defeated, you need to be destroyed politically & personally."
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Luc Lecavalier, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, is a graduate of the University of Quebec at Montreal. Winner of the 2001 Academy on Mental Retardation Dissertation Award, Dr. Lecavalier is interested in dual diagnosis (mental retardation and behavior/psychiatric disorders), intellectual and developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders. Visit the Nisonger Center Directory for more information about Dr. Lecavalier.


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Researchers are launching a new cancer research initiative – literally.
NASA has awarded a team of investigators from both the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and the Medical College of Georgia $7.6 million over five years to study how a component of space radiation may induce lung cancer.
The award establishes a NASA Specialized Center of Research (NSCOR), consisting of a team of scientists with complementary skills who work closely together to solve a set of research questions. Ya Wang, PhD, professor of radiation oncology at Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, is director of the NSCOR at Emory.
Interplanetary space travel could expose astronauts to conditions where they are chronically subject to types of radiation not normally encountered on earth. One of these radiation types is high energy charged particles (HZE), which results in complex damage to DNA and a broader stress response by the affected cells and tissues.
There is no epidemiological data for human exposure to HZE particles, although some estimates have been made studying uranium miners and Japanese atomic bomb survivors. Animal experiments show that HZE particle exposure induces more tumors than other forms of radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays.
Because it is a leading form of cancer, lung cancer can be expected to be prominent among increased risks from radiation even though astronauts do not smoke. However, the risk for astronauts remains unclear because the dose of HZE astronauts are expected to receive is very low.
The Emory-MCG researchers will probe whether the broader stress response induced by HZE particles amplifies cancer risk. Investigators will collaborate with physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory to gather information on HZE's effects. Individual projects include the study of how cells repair DNA damage induced by HZE particles, how HZE particles generate oxidative stress, and how they trigger regulatory changes in DNA known as methylation.
"The information generated by this project will be critical for estimating risks and establishing countermeasures for cancers associated with long term space travel. In addition, new insights into cancer resulting from all types of radiation exposure, including those found on earth, are likely to emerge from this project," concludes Dr. Paul Doetsch, PhD, professor of radiation oncology and biochemistry, and associate director of Emory's NSCOR.


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His real name was Heinrich Keller, born to German immigrants in Erie, Pennsylvania and constantly experimented in adolescence with games of chicken and with the production of various chemical concoctions. On one occasion, young Heinrich reportedly blew a hole in the floor of his employer's drugstore and rather than confront parental wrath, he stowed away on a train and continued life as a vagabond. It was on the road that he encountered the Fakir of Ava, who inspired his direction into conjuring.
Kellar was probably one of the most meticulous performers of his day, focusing on both his presentation and on his array of magic tricks. Aside from The Kellar Rope Tie, another highlight was The Vanishing Birdcage, an effect which he originally purchased from its inventor, Buatier De Kolta during the late 1870s, for the incredible reported sum of $750.
The Vanishing Lamp in Kellar's hands was another memorable effect. Still lit, the lamp would be covered, standing upon a glass-topped table. As the light glowed through the thin cloth, Kellar spoke of the lamp, telling the audience it was a gift from a Brahmin High Priest from India. Each evening, the lamp would be returned to its original owner at a specific time, which was approaching. A bell chimed the current hours of the day as Kellar loaded a pistol and aimed it towards the lamp. At the last chime the pistol was fired. The lamp simply melted away to nothing and vanished, the cloth falling to the stage. Kellar's automaton "Psycho", which was a version of the John Algernon Clark idea used in Maskelyne's original card-playing robot, was a popular sensation wherever it played. Perhaps one of Kellar's least known advancements in magic would be his modification to the levitation illusion, which as was later purchased by Harry Blackstone, Sr. from the Kellar estate. Blackstone successfully used the illusion for many years.
Harry Kellar retired in 1908, and handed over the mantle of America's Greatest Magician to Howard Thurston. In 1918, Harry Houdini arranged for Kellar to perform once more for a show benefitting families of the men who died when the troop transport vessel Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat. Never one for understatement, Houdini arranged for Kellar to be carried off stage in triumph as six thousand spectators sang Auld Lang Syne. This would end up being Harry Kellar's final public performance.


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One quarter of the coins show heads.
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You are Steve: a blockheaded, happy man that spends his time exploring an 8-bit world, digging giant holes, gathering materials, and erecting massive structures that protect him from the world's dangers. Creepers, zombies, and the occasional angry jungle cat: each has their own reasons for going after Steve when all he wants to do is build a cool house and maybe eat some pork chops and pumpkin pie.
So, grab that pickaxe, adorn yourself in diamond armor and be ready for adventure. You never know why you might find out there. Some 200 blocks down, past the waterfalls of lava, and beneath the foggy chasms awaits The End, a horrid place full of terrifying Endermen and their ruler the Ender Dragon. Or maybe just grab a shovel and build a moat. The possibilities for fun, adventure, and excitement are endless when you're Steve!
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It's the middle of summer. That means vacations–from trips to visit family, to trips to the coast, or the mountains–and you're bound to need something for the little ones, either for clean-up or for occupying them while you're on the go. So, we've got a few suggestions for you to make your life a little bit easier!
Lay-N-Go (Large)
At 5′ in diameter, the Lay-n-Go is an activity mat, storage bag, and carry-all solution, all in one! It is made out of 100% Nylon, which makes cleanup easy and quick! It also has mesh pockets to stash and organize toys for your kids. A shoulder strap makes it easy and convenient to carry from place to place this summer. Just add toys and your children and watch them play! (Item#141251 $64.95,)
Do Art Travel Easel
This portable art studio is perfect for young artists on the go! It is packed with pastels, markers, chalk, a white board marker, colored pencils, pencil sharper, sponge and a drawing pad. All materials fit neatly inside the case! (Item#00324, $34.95)
Boppy® Travel Pillow
Simply stylish, this Boppy travel pillow is designed to go anywhere, anytime! It has an innovative zip closure with an easy-to-carry shoulder strap. Moms can open it and be ready in seconds to use it for feeding or comfortably propping baby up! Plus – it's machine washable! (Item #141061, $44.95)
Zoo Kids Rolling Luggage – Bee
This kid-friendly luggage is perfect for busy summers on the go and sturdy enough for everyday use, but also for long trips! It will give your little one the independence they want to carry their own things, but comes with a detachable shoulder strap so adults can carry hands-free when little ones get tired. Also comes as an an owl! (Item #141229,
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Let us know in the comments what else you use to make your lives easier when you travel with your kids!