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I was watching the latest episode of 30 Rock last night, when this abomination came upon my screen -- the dreaded man turtleneck. It was actually a small plot point on the episode. You know, the fact that turtlenecks are TERRIBLE. Even the name is gross. Who would want a neck like a turtle? Have you seen a turtle's neck? Don't agree with me? Hold your mother effin' horses sister, and let us take a 'neck tour.
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An ethics complaint filed by a Hardeeville City Council candidate is expected to be on the State Ethics Commission's May agenda.
Scott Ready, 49, disqualified as a candidate for City Council by the Hardeeville Municipal Election Commission on March 15, filed on March 16 a complaint with the state citing potential conflict of interest.
Ready alleges conflict of interest as one of the members of the three-person commission who ruled him ineligible is related to incumbent Roy Powell who is seeking re-election in the May 8 city elections.
The State Ethics Commission will discuss investigations of probable cause May 16, said Cathy Hazelwood, deputy director and general counsel for the state commission.
She said May 16 would be the earliest date when any information concerning a possible investigation into the actions of the local election commission might become public.
Hardeeville City Manager Bob Nanni, Ready and City Attorney David Tedder all said Tuesday they have not received any information about an investigation.
Hazelwood said in March after her office received the complaint letter from Ready that in the case of a filed complaint, the process begins when and if the ethics commission decides to bring its own complaint and initiate an investigation. Until a decision is made as to the existence or lack of probable cause, any investigation would remain confidential, she said. When the ethics commission concludes its investigation, that would then become public information, Hazelwood said.
The local election commission ruled Ready ineligible at a special-called meeting because of an error on his Statement of Economic Interests. Ready marked "elected" instead of "candidate" on the form.
The local election commission is comprised of Joyce Meeks, chair, and Mae Montgomery and Lyndia Daniels, and is appointed by City Council. Meeks is Powell's mother-in-law.
Ready filed to run for one of two City Council against incumbents Powell and Mike Sweeney. If Ready's disqualification had been upheld, the incumbents would be unopposed and there would be no need for an election.
After filing his ethics complaint, Ready on March 21 filed to run as a write-in candidate.
During an April 4 emergency hearing, 14th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carmen Mullen overturned the local election commission's ruling that disqualified Ready and declared him eligible to be placed on the ballot.
After about a 20-minute hearing, Mullen ruled that the election commission erred as a matter of law in its decision to disqualify Ready.
The other issues in the appeal involved whether the election commission violated Ready's right to due process; whether member Meeks had a conflict of interest because she is Powell's mother-in-law; and whether the commission denied equal protection of law to Ready.
Feb. 8 - Filing opened at noon for Hardeeville City Council and mayoral candidates
Feb. 24 - Scott Ready files paperwork to run for City Council
March 8 - Filing deadline closes at noon
March 8 - All three members of the Hardeeville Municipal Election Commission certify closing of candidate filing at 1 p.m. Commission notifies City Clerk Lori Pomarico of error on Ready's Statement of Economic Interest (SEI).
March 8, 2:34 p.m. - Pomarico notifies Scott Ready of the error in his online SEI.
March 8, 2:47 p.m. - Ready makes amendment/correction to online SEI.
March 8 - Joyce Meeks, MEC chair, asked Pomarico to arrange a special emergency meeting of the local election commission to determine the qualifications of the candidates.
March 9, 12:47 p.m.- Pomarico emails candidates roster to State Ethics Commission.
March 9, 3:25 p.m. - Pomarico receives email response from Karen Wiggins, State Ethics Commission, stating all candidates appear to have properly filed SEI and may be listed on ballot.
March 15 - Special emergency meeting is held at 10 am. at City Hall; election commission rules Ready ineligible.
March 16 - Ready submits letter of complaint with State Ethics Commission, citing potential conflict of interest and other issues.
March 21 - Ready files to run as write-in candidate
April 4 - 14th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carmen Mullen overturns election commission decision to disqualify Ready and determines Ready qualified to be placed on ballot with other candidates.
April 5 - Ballot for May 8 city elections finalized.


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Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. Receives FDA Response to Citizen's Petition
Feb 25, 2013, 02:00 ET
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RBP) announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied a Citizen's Petition filed by the Company. In the Citizen's Petition, RBP presented a new evaluation of pediatric exposure data and recommended that the FDA adopt more stringent packaging standards and increased educational interventions to help reduce the number of children exposed to buprenorphine-containing products used to treat opioid dependence. The FDA concluded that the safety data presented by RBP did not warrant these additional measures, deciding instead that existing labeling and safety programs were sufficient.
RBP is disappointed with the decision but will continue to work with the FDA on safety enhancements. RBP remains committed to maintaining its own high level standards for safety, including the use of child-resistant, unit-dose packaging for its buprenorphine-based opioid dependence treatment products. It will therefore carry on with the decision to discontinue the sale and cease distribution of SUBOXONE® Tablets (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual (CIII) in the United States as of March 18, 2013, in light of the analysis evidencing an increased risk of pediatric exposure.
"As a pioneer in opioid dependence treatment, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. strongly believes that child-resistant, unit-dose packaging and increased educational interventions are in the best interest of public health and safety, and we encourage other manufacturers to proactively implement these additional safeguards," says Tim Baxter, M.D., Global Medical Director, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The communication from the FDA also informed RBP that two unnamed manufacturers have now received approval to produce generic SUBOXONE Tablets. The details of these manufacturers' proposed safety programs have not been provided.
RBP is a pioneer in the development of innovative prescription treatments for the chronic disease of addiction and introduced SUBOXONE Film (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual (CIII) in 2010 as a next generation product with enhanced features, including child-resistant, unit-dose packaging, in response to patient and provider feedback and reports of misuse, abuse, diversion and pediatric exposure associated with SUBOXONE Tablets. RBP remains confident in the value and benefits of SUBOXONE Film as the product offers a significant advancement in formulation and product technology.
About SUBOXONE Film
Since the U.S. launch of SUBOXONE (buprenorphine and naloxone) in 2003, it is estimated that over three million Americans with opioid dependence have been treated with the active ingredients contained in SUBOXONE Film – buprenorphine and naloxone.
SUBOXONE Film is an office-based treatment that allows patients to be discreetly treated for opioid dependence in the privacy of a physician's office. Because SUBOXONE Film is approved for at-home use, people living with opioid dependence can continue their daily lives while under a physician's care similar to other chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma or hypertension. Treatment with SUBOXONE Film is best delivered in conjunction with counseling and psychosocial support.
SUBOXONE Film was initially approved by the U.S. FDA on August 30, 2010, and combines buprenorphine and naloxone in a 4:1 ratio. SUBOXONE Film comes in 2 mg/0.5 mg, 4 mg/1 mg, 8 mg/2 mg and 12 mg/3 mg dosage formulations, all of which are currently available in pharmacies.
SUBOXONE Film's main active ingredient is buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist that strongly binds to the opioid receptors in the brain and dose-dependently blocks other opioids from attaching. Buprenorphine helps reduce opioid use and helps increase retention in treatment by managing withdrawal symptoms and reducing cravings. SUBOXONE Film also includes naloxone, an opioid antagonist, to help minimize its attractiveness for deliberate parenteral misuse. When SUBOXONE Film is taken as prescribed (i.e. dissolved under the tongue) the naloxone has no effect. SUBOXONE Film should not be used by patients hypersensitive to buprenorphine or naloxone, as serious adverse reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been reported.
Only physicians certified under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) 2000 can prescribe SUBOXONE. As part of the U.S. FDA requirements to ensure the benefits of treatment with SUBOXONE Film outweigh potential risks particularly risks of accidental overdose, misuse and abuse, the company has implemented a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program as a follow-on to the RiskMAP.
SUBOXONE patients can visit SUBOXONE.com or call 866-973-HERE (866-973-4373), and providers can call 877-SUBOXONE (877-782-6966), for more information.
About Opioid Dependence
Opioid dependence is a chronic medical condition caused in part by the changes in the chemistry of the brain that can result from regular opioid drug use. The World Health Organization and the National Institute on Drug Abuse define opioid dependence as a chronic brain disease.
Approximately two million Americans were dependent on prescription opioid painkillers in 2010. In the same year, nearly 400,000 people abused or were dependent on heroin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in November 2011 issued a report that showed prescription opioid painkiller overdose has reached epidemic levels in the United States. Furthermore, taking prescription opioid painkillers without a medical need increased 75 percent from 2002 to 2010. A total of 12 million Americans reported misusing prescription opioid painkillers in 2010. Men and individuals ages 26-49 saw the largest increase in nonmedical use of prescription opioid painkillers, taking the drugs 200 or more days a year.
Selected Safety Information
SUBOXONE (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual Film should not be used by patients hypersensitive to buprenorphine or naloxone, as serious adverse reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been reported.
SUBOXONE Sublingual Film can be abused in a manner similar to other opioids, legal or illicit. Clinical monitoring appropriate to the patient's level of stability is essential.
Children who take SUBOXONE Sublingual Film can have severe, possibly fatal, respiratory depression. Emergency medical care is critical. Keep SUBOXONE Sublingual Film out of the sight and reach of children.
Adverse events commonly observed with the sublingual administration of SUBOXONE Sublingual Film are numb mouth, sore tongue, redness of the mouth, headache, nausea, vomiting, sweating, constipation, signs and symptoms of withdrawal, insomnia, pain, swelling of the limbs, disturbance of attention, palpitations, and blurred vision.
SUBOXONE Sublingual Film is indicated for maintenance treatment of opioid dependence as part of a complete treatment plan to include counseling and psychosocial support.
Treatment should be initiated under the direction of physicians qualified under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act.
Important Safety Information
SUBOXONE Sublingual Film should not be used by patients hypersensitive to buprenorphine or naloxone, as serious adverse reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been reported.
SUBOXONE Sublingual Film can be abused in a manner similar to other opioids, legal or illicit. Clinical monitoring appropriate to the patient's level of stability is essential.
Chronic use of buprenorphine can cause physical dependence. A sudden or rapid decrease in dose may result in an opioid withdrawal syndrome that is typically milder than seen with full agonists and may be delayed in onset.
SUBOXONE (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual Film can cause serious life-threatening respiratory depression and death, particularly when taken by the intravenous (IV) route in combination with benzodiazepines or other central nervous system (CNS) depressants (ie, sedatives, tranquilizers, or alcohol). It is extremely dangerous to self-administer nonprescribed benzodiazepines or other CNS depressants while taking SUBOXONE Sublingual Film. Dose reduction of CNS depressants, SUBOXONE Sublingual Film, or both when both are being taken should be considered.
Liver function should be monitored before and during treatment.
Death has been reported in nontolerant, nondependent individuals, especially in the presence of CNS depressants.
Children who take SUBOXONE Sublingual Film can have severe, possibly fatal, respiratory depression. Emergency medical care is critical. Keep SUBOXONE Sublingual Film out of the sight and reach of children.
Intravenous misuse or taking SUBOXONE Sublingual Film before the effects of full-agonist opioids (eg, heroin, hydrocodone, methadone, morphine, oxycodone) have subsided is highly likely to cause opioid withdrawal symptoms.
Neonatal withdrawal has been reported.
Use of SUBOXONE Sublingual Film in pregnant women or during breast-feeding should only be considered if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk.
Caution should be exercised when driving vehicles or operating hazardous machinery, especially during dose adjustment.
Adverse events commonly observed with the sublingual administration of SUBOXONE Sublingual Film are oral hypoesthesia, glossodynia, oral mucosal erythema, headache, nausea, vomiting, hyperhidrosis, constipation, signs and symptoms of withdrawal, insomnia, pain, and peripheral edema.
Cytolytic hepatitis, jaundice, and allergic reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been reported.
This is not a complete list of potential adverse events associated with SUBOXONE Sublingual Film. Please see full Prescribing Information for a complete list at www.suboxone.com/pdfs/SuboxonePI.pdf.
To report an adverse event associated with taking SUBOXONE Sublingual Film, please call 1-877-782-6966. You are encouraged to report adverse events of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
About Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to expanding education and access to medical therapies for patients suffering from the chronic, relapsing brain disease of opioid dependence. The company manufactures and markets medications that, in conjunction with counseling and psychosocial support, treat opioid dependence. Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, a global company publicly traded on the UK stock exchange.
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Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) yesterday defended the service trade agreement with China, saying that it is a road Taiwan must take and that those who seek to mislead the public would only scupper the nation's chances of survival in the global market.
Jiang was speaking at a forum on the cross-strait agreement in Taipei, which was held one day after the one-month anniversary of its signing by the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce, Taiwan, at the request of the Mainland Affairs Council.
His speech was momentarily interrupted when two college students shouted: "Forced and violent demolitions, the government is a murderer" and "[You] tear down Dapu today, [We will] bring down the government tomorrow."
They were quickly taken away by security.
The students were referring to the forced demolition of four houses in Miaoli County's Dapu Borough (大埔) on Thursday last week, ordered by Miaoli County Commissioner Liu Cheng-hung (劉政鴻), who insisted that the houses be torn down to make way for a science park.
"The government has held a series of forums since the treaty was inked, yet some local media have only reported news of people protesting against the agreement, which service industries may bear the brunt of the accord and how they could be forced out of business once Chinese investments are allowed into the country," Jiang said.
"However, these media have neglected one thing — the real reason behind Taiwan endeavoring to sign trade agreements with other nations and regions," Jiang said.
He said that although Taiwan has scarce natural resources, it has managed to gain a foothold in the international market, bring about economic prosperity and achieve social stability over the past decades.
"These achievements are the result of the free and open road the nation has chosen for itself. It has opened the nation's doors to foreign competitors, stimulated industry transformation and upgrade, and facilitated the development of a pattern of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation," Jiang said.
This road also led the country to the economic miracles in the 1970s and enabled its people to look to the future with confidence, Jiang added.
He said the treaty was signed based on the aforementioned strategic orientations for Taiwan's development, adding that the nation would never choose protectionism and create a self-enclosed market as some have hoped for.
History has shown that the economic development of nations that adopt protectionism is doomed to fail, and only countries and areas that open up their economies and work to overcome difficulties, such as Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, are able to create opportunities for future economic development.
Under the service trade pact, 64 Taiwanese industries will be opened to Chinese investment, including e-commerce, transportation, finance, medical care, nursing, theater, funeral planning, beauty parlors and online gaming, while China will open up 80 industries to Taiwan.
Jiang said most online gaming operators he recently visited spoke highly of the agreement.
"They said that because the treaty would shorten the processing time required for Taiwan-made online games to receive a market permit in China from six months or more to only two months, it could help prevent knock-off products from hitting the Chinese market before they do," Jiang said.
Jiang said Taiwan's online gaming sector has seen rapid growth in value because it integrates the nation's most competitive information and communications technology industry with advanced animation and audio-video technologies.
"With the inking of the agreement, it will now also be able map out its own 'blue ocean' strategy to help it gain ground in China," Jiang said.


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The Gadsden Arts Center was the setting recently as center director Grace Maloy and staff held its annual appreciation reception for donors and volunteers.
Maloy thanked everyone who played a part in the center's successes in 2008 and singled out those who went above and beyond the call of duty. Following a brief slide presentation on the accomplishments of the year, she recognized each recipient and presented them with a print of the 2008 Regional Art Exhibit commemoration poster, a cut paper creation, by Art In Gadsden founder Beth Appleton.
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Rare Footage Of The Week: Jay-Z, Damon Dash & Roc-a-Fella Backstage In The Good Ol' Days!
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Ham Nox wrote:a force of will game where everyone will sit at the bar, the whole length of the which will be lined with shotglasses filled of the finest, and the first three to consume of the alcohol lose, after which the goal is to drink and collect as many of the glasses as one can. This latter idea can lead to all sorts of interesting arrangements: Everyone might sit around, contemplating the peculiar way the glasses catch the light and pretending not to be affected by its presence, or they could try to tempt each other, or Scott, or they might switch camels and immediately start trying to force the liquid down each others' throats.
I wish someone had thought of that back when I was in college. That's the most awesome drinking game I've ever heard of. Abuse and gluttony both featured as primary aspects of the game strategy.


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Ferries to Nice
Reserve your tickets for ferries to Nice. Visit our website and use our online reservation system to view the different navigation companies we use. Also check out our departure and estimated arrival times, prices, and ticket availability in real time. It just takes a few steps to reserve your tickets for your destination using Nice ferry lines.


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Head Shot: Rick Pitino (Louisville Coach) Ducking Shots After Becoming 1st Coach Ever To Win National Titles With 2 Schools!
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Disaggregation that happened to IT a decade ago (from mainframes to desktop cloud) is now set to happen to the network. Software has once again disrupted the traditional integrated value chain.
Enterprise network functions previously delivered on the NEP's equipment, over connectivity supplied by Communications Service Providers (CSPs), is now being delivered directly "as-a-Service" by almost anyone using standardized, virtual/software functions.
While some in the telecom industry have been resistant to the notion that enterprise clients are seeking to pursue this virtual option, new Accenture research finds the market is ripe for network virtualization.
With the virtualization wave set to hit the network in the next couple of years, evolving from a traditional services provider to an Integrated Service Provider is a complex task. Here are three key insights CSPs should consider if they want to win against the digital giants to become a disrupter, rather than the disrupted.


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Biz Kid$ "Money Moves" When money moves between individuals or groups it is called a transaction. Join the Biz Kids and you'll follow a single dollar bill as it moves from a depositor's hand across the counter, down to the vault, over to the Federal Reserve, and finally out to a project the bank is financing. Visit the branch of a real credit union inside a high school where the students are the tellers. D
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The Electric Company "Franscent" Francine ruins both her science project and Lisa's. The two rivals need find a way to work together on a new project or they'll both fail. D
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Cyberchase "All The Right Angles" Motherboard mistakenly sends a treasure map to Hacker. The treasure is the secret to the legendary cyber-pirate Ivanka the Invincible's invincibility. If Hacker finds it, cyberspace is doomed! To help Motherboard, the kids must find the secret treasure before Hacker does, and use their skill with angles to read the strange map that contains only riddles about twists and turns. D
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Quilting Arts "Experimental Quilting and Surface Design" This episode introduces some experimental concepts using both thread and paint. Ellen Anne Eddy starts out with a demonstration of free-motion bobbin work with hand-dyed and metallic threads. Then, meet Marcia Derse as she shows us resist dyeing techniques for creating unique fabric designs with infinite color combinations: first is monoprinting, and then she shows over-dyeing with thickened dyes. D
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Jim Newman
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Jim Newman is the kind of alumnus that GGU is known for, and is very proud to have enrolled. An academic "late bloomer," Newman chose enlistment in the Navy after two attempts at a college career at the University of Wisconsin. Upon return four years later, Newman focused on settling down: he married his wife Lynne and attempted to return to a collegiate education thanks to the GI Bill®.
Getting back into school was not easy for the two-time drop-out. It took a face-to-face meeting with the dean of students at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle to overcome his prior record at Wisconsin. Admission wasn't granted until a phone call from that same dean on the eve of registration. Jim Newman met the challenge. Through two years of heavy-duty course loads and holding down a job as janitor for an apartment building, Jim graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Accounting. In 1970, Jim and Lynne decided to head west toward the Golden Gate.
After being hired at Haskins and Sells, Jim enrolled in the special CPA-prep course that Deloitte had lined up with Golden Gate University. "If I hadn't had the taxation and business law and Dean Kahn's exams, I wouldn't have scraped through. With the CPA in hand, he began the MBA program, seeing the benefits of GGU's workforce focus. After completing his MBA coursework (nine night courses in two years), he began teaching as one of GGU's adjunct faculty the practitioner who truly delivers on the still-unique GGU mission.
His instinct to excel in teaching led to further education and a significant personal realization that still has deep meaning for him.
"Some of my most enjoyable times were teaching at Golden Gate. I can remember some of the students even now. After I took the Dale Carnegie course, when students filled out the teaching evaluations, I jumped an entire point from a three to a four."
In 1976, Jim, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he took a new job as controller in the oil industry at BJ Hughes, an oil-field equipment and services company. Jim's understanding of accounting and manufacturing blossomed during the next three years, which, in 1979, led to a position as the corporate controller at Hydril Company in Los Angeles. Midway through 1982, Hydril's net earnings year-to-date dipped into the red, and downsizing became priority. As controller, Jim oversaw a company-wide operating cost-reduction program that resulted in pretax savings of $50 million per year and an additional inventory cost study that resulted in a $15 million tax refund. He became one of the casualties of his own philosophy, eventually telling the company's president, "I cut the company down to the proper size, now its time for me to go."
After three short-lived CFO jobs, Jim ended up finding out about a pharmaceutical job, which came courtesy of his daughter's allergist, that ultimately turned into an offer to become CFO at Dura Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. It was a fiery start. During his first week, Dura launched its plan to go public to raise the funds needed to expand the sales force and acquire products to grow the company. If that weren't challenging enough, the company's controller suddenly quit, miffed over not being appointed CFO. It was 1992 and Jim was new to the industry, in a new job at a new company that was trying to go public without a controller. Still, in a few years, Dura became profitable and grew into a sizable specialty pharma company with a large sales force and a promising development pipeline.
Nearly six years after Dura weathered its initial storm, it hit an earnings problem in 1998. Jim became the CEO of an independent spin-off company; he found himself on his own at the top of DJ Pharma. Through hard work and a little serendipity, Jim was able to sell the company for a 500 percent return in a fourteen-month term at a time when the dot coms were crumbling. Jim left the company shortly after it was sold, and after his two-year non-compete agreement expired, Jim was at it again with his two former colleagues from DJ. The new specialty pharma was called Victory Pharma.
Victory focused on FDA-approved prescription-pain products and promoted them to orthopedists, rheumatologists, and other prescribers of pain medications. Victory Pharma has grown to almost $100 million in sales and expects to realize a profit of $17 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization in 2009.
Jim has some advice for Golden Gate as the university reinvests itself through creating a strategic plan for the coming decade: It is almost as if you need an entrepreneur at the university who can act quickly enough to the changing situations. In my small companies, we operate alongside the larger pharma business, which he likens to big elephants just plodding along.
We are just this small mouse running in-between them and picking up the grain. We don't need a lot of grain, but the elephants need a ton. Well take the leftovers. You just have to be quick. I think Golden Gate University has a better chance of stepping in and solving the needs than Berkeley or Stanford. I believe it is unlikely the large institutions can, want to, or maybe even should change rapidly."


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Why Samsung is a Safer Bet Than Apple
Samsung Electronics retained its cellphone crown in the first quarter, but lost global market share for the first time in four years. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks with Mark Newman, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research, about why he's bullish on Samsung.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Cheese Pairing 202: A Pungent Argument for Whites
Until fairly recently, the topic of wine and cheese received scant coverage beyond suggestions for cute cheese knives and cutting boards, surely the two least important bits of knowledge within the subject. The days of serving Gallo hearty burgundy with your favorite cheese ball were not complicated. However, as part of the culinary renaissance that has swept this country over the past 15 years, our experience in both wine and cheese has become more refined, resulting in a taste for finer, more complex examples of both. With this raising of the bar has come the challenge of matching the two without either being overwhelmed or tainted by the other.
In this regard, one really has to wonder how the long-established perception of pairing cheese with a big red wine persisted through so many years in several countries. It is usually a bad and frequently awful match, the salt and acid of the cheese clashing with the tannins of the wine to produce an unpleasant, bitter, metallic taste. Surely, the worst example of this is the age-old British tradition of drinking Bordeaux with Stilton, where the Bordeaux is reduced to aluminum Kool-Aid.
While there are certainly some red wines that complement specific cheeses (Rioja with Ibores; Cru Beaujolais with Camembert; old Cabernet with aged cheddar, come to mind), white wines are far more likely to be satisfying. This is almost certainly true with a cheese plate having a variety of styles to taste; it is highly improbable that a red wine will not clash with one or more of the cheeses. The whites are generally devoid of tannins and have a relatively high level of acid to stand up to the cheese. Their flavors also tend to be more in the fruits and nuts categories that generally appear in the cheeses as well.
Because of the strong aromas and tastes of most cheeses, it is usually the cheese that dominates. A very fine wine is characterized by its complexity and multiplicity of aromatic nuances. These are usually suppressed or distorted by cheese, so, to avoid disappointment by an expensive wine, I would generally favor a good, but fairly straight-forward, wine, saving the grand wine for a simpler food companion. Great wine with cheese is a bit like Pavarotti singing "Honky Tonk Women"; not bad, but certainly not showing their best.
In recent years, there have been several books largely devoted to the pairing of wines with cheese, and, if you have adequate interest, I recommend Laura Werlin's, The All-American Cheese and Wine Book, and The Cheese Plate, by Max McCalman and David Gibbons. Both books are excellent guides, but can be fairly tedious, simply by virtue of the scope of possible combinations they are discussing.
In an effort to provide a brief set of practical reference points, I suggest the following:
The most versatile white wines for pairing with cheese are Riesling and Champagne. They each have enough fruit to deal with, and frequently enhance, the flavors of the cheese, and their crisp textures cut through the fat and refresh the palate. If another choice is not apparent, go with one of these. The one caveat is that Champagne with a blue cheese can sometimes take on that metallic characteristic mentioned above.
Goat cheese comes in a spectrum of styles, but most have a tart, chalky quality that is problematic for many wines. A good sauvignon blanc is usually your best bet, particularly if it is a Sancerre or Pouilly Fume` from France's Loire Valley. The Loire whites are produced from limestone soil and taste of flint and citrus that complements the cheese. These are increasingly available throughout the country. Riesling also usually works here, particularly with richer versions of this cheese.
With cheeses that are very salty, such as most blues, go with a sweet wine. These wines often pair well with a variety of cheeses, and for an after-dinner cheese course, they are usually very pleasing. Port and sauternes are the classic matches that still hold true today. Others are late-harvest riesling and semillon, and, something to be sought for such an occasion, a high-quality Pedro Ximenez sherry (Lustau and Alvear are marvelous producers).
If available, try a Gewurztraminer with a variety of cheeses. This highly fragrant wine has ample acidity and a slightly bitter aftertaste to cleanse the palate and can be scrumptious with a double- or triple-cream cheese, like some of John Folse's from Bittersweet Plantation.


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Perl::Critic::Command - Guts of perlcritic.
use Perl::Critic::Command qw< run >;
local @ARGV = qw< --statistics-only lib bin >;
This is the implementation of the perlcritic command. You can use this to run the command without going through a command interpreter.
This is considered to be a public class. However, its interface is experimental, and will likely change.
Does the equivalent of the perlcritic command. Unfortunately, at present, this doesn't take any parameters but uses
@ARGV to get its input instead. Count on this changing; don't count on the current interface.
run() take parameters. The equivalent of
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Turn this into an object.
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Willrich receives Lawrence W. Levine Award for 'Pox: An American History'
Professor of History Michael Willrich has been selected by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to receive the 2012 Lawrence W. Levine Award, which is given annually for the best book in American cultural history.
On Saturday, April 21, OAH President Alice Kessler-Harris and OAH President-Elect Albert M. Camarillo presented the award in Milwaukee, Wisc., during the 105th annual meeting of the organization.
The 2012 OAH Lawrence W. Levine Award Committee said "'Pox: An American History (Penguin Group, USA),' is a beautifully written account of the smallpox epidemics that ripped through American cities at the turn of the 20th century. The virus killed relatively few, but as Willrich explains so well, the organized response to those few deaths had lasting effects on culture, law, and politics. The book sets those abstract concerns in compelling descriptions of specific neighborhoods and communities. Willrich's wonderful ability to account for the ideas and actions of ordinary people and to capture the struggles over power in their daily lives persuaded the committee that the book deserved an award that honored Lawrence Levine. His chapter, "The Antivaccinationists," demonstrates the value of an intellectual project that deftly weaves together histories of medicine and law to capture the encounter between experts—armed with the authority of the state—and ordinary people determined to resist official intrusion into their lives. Willrich uncovers fundamental questions that lie at the heart of contests over public health. When does the need to protect the health of the community trump the right to 'bodily autonomy'? His account recovers surprising moments in histories of urban politics, eugenics, health activism, legal rights, and the cultural constructions of race and class."
Founded in 1907, the OAH is the largest learned society and professional organization dedicated to the teaching and study of the American past. The OAH promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.
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The beauty of the bowl season is that you never know what to expect. It's a wild ride of 32 games in 21 days and it starts Tuesday night with the Poinsettia Bowl between Texas Christian and Northern Illinois from San Diego. You'll certainly need an on-board navigation system for this trek, and you've come to the right place. Here are a few of our favorite previews from around the country:
Jay Heater, Contra Costa Times: A coach potato's guide. Ranking the games, from best to watch to the worst.
Brent Schrotenboer, San Diego Union-Tribune: Ten years ago, there were only 18 bowl games. What's the reason behind the explosive growth? (thanks to Mary).
Edgar Thompson, Palm Beach Post: The long layoff can create problems. Teams can go stale, some players get fat and coaches can get too fancy with their game plans.
Mike Huguenin, Orlando Sentinel: Teams that don't deserve to go bowling include Alabama, Florida State, Iowa and Miami.
Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News: You can't have a preview without a few predictions, can you? Here is a look at 12 early games of note.
Jake Curtis, San Francisco Chronicle: We hate to double up on the coach potato's guide, but this was too good to pass up.
For the complete bowl schedule and latest numbers, check with our friends at Doc's Sports.


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The Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block
At Last, a simple and reliable nerve block to offer for post-operative pain relief for patients with total hip arthroplasties, endoprosthesis, and femoral nails, The Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block. It's not a new technique, it's just simpler using ultrasound guidance. The fascia iliaca block targets the same nerves as the lumbar plexus but uses an anatomical compartment, the potential space beneath the iliacus muscle fascia to deliver the local anesthetic solution to the nerves of the lumbar plexus which innervate the hip and proximal thigh. The approach is much simpler and less hazardous than the paravertebral approach to the lumbar plexus, and also has the advantage of being performed with the patient supine and even in traction.
Using ultrasound to find the proper anatomical structures makes finding the target for the needle a fairly straightforward chore. The fascia iliaca block is commonly performed on patients with hip fractures in the emergency department prior to surgical intervention to relieve pain and make the pre-operative period more comfortable.
Read about the Neuraxiom method of the Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block by clicking on the link below or choosing the Fascia Iliaca Block menu choice on the menu list found on the left side column of any page on Neuraxiom.
The Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block Page
The Sub-Sartorial Saphenous Nerve Block
I've changed the technique for the saphenous nerve block to one that is much more reliable. The block involves tracing the path of the nerve as it follows the femoral artery down the medial thigh and then blocking the saphenous nerve as it changes course and moves superficially beneath the sartorius muscle in the distal thigh. In this position it is "trapped" between adjacent muscles and presents a perfect target for the block.
Click here for the Saphenous Nerve Block
The Anterior Approach to the Sciatic Nerve
The Neuraxiom Method
October 5, 2008
The anterior approach to the sciatic has been a project that has been going on for a while here at Neuraxiom Labs. While we've been using the posterior approaches to the sciatic posted here on April 8,2007 with great success, we have been working to create a set of reliable techniques to safely block the sciatic from the front of the thigh primarily for procedures of the knee. Over that time we would perform ultrasound surveys of the upper thigh AFTER performing the sciatic block from the posterior approach. In this way the sciatic was already surrounded by local anesthetic solution, creating enhanced ultrasound borders and making it easier to identify on survey.
With this information we could compare relationships with surrounding anatomical features and thereby create dependable guidance for finding the nerve in the pre-operative thigh.
Because of the variability in patient anatomy, it was necessary to have more than one method of locating the sciatic nerve to provide backup techniques in case one method was inconclusive or the practitioner wants confirmation of target location. Because of this we present 3 separate methods of target identification or needle placement.
The last method presented is called "Flashing the Adductor" and it is novel for this target because it identifies the space surrounding the target rather than the target itself. Because of its nature some people may be initially dubious as to its effectiveness. Following the procedure through to its end will provide the necessary proof of the concept.
For full details on the anterior approach visit the page devoted to it by clicking on the menu choice on the left side of any page or by clicking this link.
Below you will see an animation showing the various structures of the thigh which can be identified on ultrasound survey.
In the next panel below you will find a short flash tutorial about finding the sciatic on the anterior approach. The full details of the anterior approach to the sciatic can be found by clicking on this link Anterior Approach to the Sciatic or by choosing the "Anterior Approach" menu choice under "Sciatic" on the menu bar at the top left of any page on the site.
Once again, thanks for visiting the Neuraxiom website.
Let's get this out of the way!
By now you should be aware that not everything you hear and read is true, real or appropriate to real life. So the following disclaimer is there for the obvious reasons. The short form is: IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OR SEEM RIGHT TO YOU, DON'T DO IT. Having said all of this we hope that information found in this site is helpful to you in making decisions regarding you practice. Most of the techniques described here are either new and non-invasive (like ultrasound surveys) or invasive things you already do (like sticking needles into people).
Patient falls following femoral or sciatic nerve block.
It has become clear over the past few months that even though the leg blocks that we are doing are becoming more perfect in terms of their ease and success rate, the overall technique needs improvement and quickly because of the inherent risk and danger of patient falls in the aftermath of a successful block.
There are many reasons that a patient will try to stand and walk following lower extremity surgery with a femoral and/or sciatic block in place. Many are motivated to begin their rehabilitation and recover from their surgery as quickly as possible. Some are done as outpatients and are told to weight bear as tolerated by their surgeons. Some equate a pain-free leg with the good strong leg they had before they aged or were injured. But the fact is that no matter why they try to stand and walk after surgery a major contributor to falling is the femoral and/or sciatic block that left their leg muscle weak or paralyzed is the major contributor to the collapse of the leg and the fall that ensues.
... a slap up the backside of the head
I was recently in communication with a patient who experienced such a fall and the injuries that occurred far out-weighed the problem that brought her to surgery in the first place. This email conversation, the endemic fall rate following block where I work, and articles and blurbs I've read in the journals, was like a slap up the backside of the head to me leading me to the thought; this isn't a little local problem and I should do more to help others avoid this avoidable problem.
Approach to the Problem
The standard approach is through pre and peri-operative teaching, maybe you tell them about not ambulating with a block before surgery in a class of some kind, at the same time they may be hearing about rehab after the procedure. You tell them again just before and/or after the actual block just about the time you're loading them up with the midazolam (the memory enhancer). It's mentioned again when they reach the floor, in amongst the other "welcome to the unit – this is the call bell, this is the bathroom, I'll be right back as soon as I pass meds to my other patients" information.
All of the info that the patient gets during this time is while they are under a lot of stress. This is like studying for a test during your very first solo skydiving jump. Retention is less than ideal.
This is why I propose a different approach. In addition to these other ineffective measures I propose a largish colorful sticker (such as that shown at the top of this page) placed directly on top of the leg dressing, oriented toward the patient which says, "Nerve Block Working – Do Not Stand or Walk". You can add other things to it but this or something like this should be the largest words on the sticker. It would also be a good idea to have a picture which conveys some of the information. If you have the international symbol for "Falling Patient" you could use that or you could make one of your own.
Please help keep your patients from falling. If you have any ideas for how to solve this problem please pass them on to me and I will put them up on the site. Thanks.
If you are interested in downloading the picture above for use as a sticker click here. then right click on the picture and choose to "Save Picture as" on your system. The picture is sized so that 2 of them will fit on a 8.5'X11" page.
December 2, 2006
A Low Volume Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block
Anyone who has performed blocks under ultrasound guidance has noted that some nerve targets can be completely surrounded with local anesthetic solution with volumes far below those previously thought necessary to complete a solid block. Some of the people who have used ultrasound guidance to perform blocks have actually stopped the injection when the nerve was seemingly adequately surrounded with the local anesthetic solution and then noted that the resulting the nerve block is completely effective and appears identical in every way to the block as performed with a much larger volume.
Variant Anatomy of Brachial Plexus
Anterior and Middle Scalene Muscles
While viewing a great number of necks by ultrasound I ,time and again, noted "holes" in the anterior scalene muscles of some patients. By "holes" I mean dark (hypoechoic) circles about 3-5 mms in diameter. The spots were usually near the centers of the anterior scalenes when viewed in their short axis. When I first saw them I assumed they were blood vessels, having no visible pulse, veins then. But when I turned on the color doppler there was no flow in them. Looking through the anatomy books I could find no reference to structures passing through the anterior scalene. Asking some local ENT surgeons about these observations brought me no new information or possibilities.
Then during my work on the illustration of the scans of the supraclavicular space for the supraclavicular brachial plexus block page of this site, I noted holes in the middle scalene muscle on the scan. This was too much. I began a search in earnest. Finally a google search of "scalene variations" brought me the lead I was looking for. A neurosurgery journal article on findings of the long thoracic nerve passing through the middle scalene, and the related article on the dorsal scapular nerve passing through the middle scalene as well. This answered my second question. Then onto the first question. What are the "holes" in the anterior scalene?
The answer is obvious, they're nerves. The nerves of the brachial plexus, taking a detour to their ultimate destinations. Turns out the standard picture of the brachial plexus tells only part of the story. It's possible that only a slight majority of people have the standard anatomical structure described in most anatomy books.
A study from the University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston published in Clinical Anatomy, (1997; 10(4):250-2) examined dissections of 51 cadavers showed that the standard description of the brachial plexus routed between the anterior and middle scalenes in the interscalene approach occurred in only 60% of instances, and ;
A Brazilian study published in Acta Cirurgica Brasileira (Vol 18, Suppl. 5, Sao Paulo, 2003) regarding 27 cadaver dissections reported that ;
"The American Surgeon", (Vol. 72, Number 2, Feb 2006, pp 188-192 (5)) article concerning dissection of 93 cadavers, 186 sides found variant anatomy in the relationship between the brachial plexus and the anterior scalene.
OK, enough considering, what does this mean to us (or to just me). Well 2 things,
How does it change the approach? The intramuscular passage of a root or trunk of the brachial plexus is relatively easy to spot with ultrasound and if you are aware of what it signifies, it seems prudent to place some local around it.
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Blogpoll Philosophy
Note to poll voters: if you did not receive an email from me, please let me know. The first poll comes out Monday and you must be apprised of URLs and such.
SB Nation's excellent Missouri blog Rock M Nation will be joining the BlogPoll this fall, and they've thrown out a question to their readers: how the hell should we put together our ballots? This shows seriousness, which is an admirable quality in a voter, but a lack of deference to the poll's President For Life, which is neither admirable nor uncommon.
I've learned over time that I can't tell people what philosophy they should follow when compiling a top 25 poll. Or, rather, I've learned I can tell people what philosophy to follow and they'll just do what they want to anyway. There's only so much control you can pretend to have when the most respected college football blogger around thumbs his nose at some of the poll's published guidelines and the funniest one slaps up haphazard ballots 30 minutes after the deadline, usually after IMing me something like "oh crap give me a few minutes."
So vote how you like, with one exception. This is the exception: ballots designed to call attention to themselves are verboten. The lone spiked ballot in poll history came from Notre Dame uber-blog Blue Gray Sky after the first week of the season. Because I am stupid I deleted it, but by BGS's own admission it was designed to highlight how silly releasing a college football poll after one week of play is. This is a perfectly fine argument to make, and one I might even agree with, but your ballot is not the place to make it. Some voters tend to call attention to their ballots by their voting patterns, whether it's Straight Bangin's sadly prescient Michigan pessimism or SMQ's resume-only first week ballot or Double Extra Point's uncanny ability to have the most boring ballot; these are okay because their notability is a side effect of the voter's habits, not the entire point.
Other than that, feel free to be stupid -- because you will be stupid, iron law of polling, that -- in whatever way you want to. But I do think a unified philosophy benefits polling. SMQ highlights how goofy this polling enterprise can be:
But no one involved with any of the mainstream polls, despite their all-too-frequent use of the term, has ever defined exactly what they mean by the concept of the best team, or how they reach that judgment in comparison with that team's peers. Most of the time, the terms are described in an abstract way, as a mental sum of perceived parts, as if there existed a secret rating system, EA Sports-style, that could settle the issue once and for all.
The BlogPoll's concept of the best team in a sentence: the BlogPoll attempts to rank teams in order of season quality. This is impossible to do before the season and silly to do in the first few weeks, and at these times the poll should be regarded as an approximate guess of which teams will end the year with the highest season quality.
Suggestions to effect this ideal follow.
Once you have enough information, vote by resume only. What qualifies as "enough information" will vary from voter to voter, but I'm sure most will agree once teams are eight or so games into their schedules there's plenty of evidence to go on. Personally, by week five I try to excise everything except results. At that point there's no reason to look at future schedules, no reason to look at preaseason expectations or shiny offensive baubles. Just the facts, m'am.
When you don't have enough information, vote by your guess at team strength, not schedule. In an ideal world everyone would play an identically difficult schedule and this wouldn't be an issue. This is far from an ideal world, and some team just have nummy soft schedules. This is often cited as a reason to rank them high -- SMQ explicitly calls it out as a factor in his preseason ballot -- and drives me crazy.
Place great importance on schedule strength. The poll's greatest development in three years of existence was its continued, extreme skepticism of a Hawaii team that barely eked out victories against poor WAC teams and found itself in the top ten of most major polls and in the BCS against Georgia. That ended with Warrior limbs flung across most of New Orleans and everyone hurredly pretending like that never happened. You should take schedules into account more than it seems the other polls do, IMO.
Style counts. This is really tricky. If a team has three fluke plays go against them and loses a game it statistically dominated, what do you do? Dan Steinberg's pet Vegas Top 25 virtually ignores fluky results and thus can claim to be a better predictive device for upcoming games. The BlogPoll aims to be descriptive, not predictive.
The sad reality of college football these days is that schedules are so watered down and multiple teams will have the same records or nearly identical records at the end of the year but they'll have taken different routes to get there. So, yeah, team A had a better season if it crushed all comers and were under serious threat only a few times while team B squeezed by by the skin of its teeth, assuming schedules are approximately constant.
Back to SMQ for a pithy summary:
That is, assumptions about "the best" are frequently proven wrong by actual events. The best system, then, is not a rigid assessment of perceived strength, but an extremely fluid, strictly achievement-based approach that systematically rejects assumptions and accounts for chaos -- the inevitable black swan -- as the natural order. If South Florida's resumé is the second-best in the country in late October, then yes, it's the second-best team at that point. But probably not for long.
Co-sign. Man the ballot stations.


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Age: 16
Location: NJ
Dr., I've been having sex with a friend who is 19 and he expressed that he had feelings for me at a time when I didn't have feelings for him. We got into an argument and didn't talk for a few weeks and I noticed that I missed him and now we're talking sort of, but I feel that now its more physical than anything, on his part. I think I do have feelings for him, but the only time he attempts to talk to me is when he is horny. The biggest issue is that I haven't come out and I don't feel it's the right time for me to, but I think if I did, it would help things between me and him. Could you give me any advice?
Yep, pup, you sound pretty confused all right. But then you can hardly be faulted for your bewilderment, being as young as you are.
But if the truth be known, your youth has very little to do with it. The first thing you oughta know is that people grapple with these weighty concerns all their lives. I don't know anyone who has all this emotional stuff pinned down. Because just as soon as ya think ya have it all figured out, life throws you a curve ball.
You will find if you haven't done so already, that there is often a very fine line between love and desire, passion and intimacy and lust and affection. You should also know that sometimes, maybe even most of the time, we are out of sync with the person we are involved with. In the immortal words of Stephen Sondheim — either we are at last on the ground, while they're in mid air. Or they keep tearing around while we can't move. Since the beginning of time, most songs, epic love stories and romantic poetry have wrestled with the shifting fortunes of matters of the heart…and the groin.
So if you ever do make sense of all of this in your life, just wait a minute. The whole kit and caboodle will surely collapse like a house of cards around your head. That's what I've found in my life anyhow. I still struggle with all of this and I'm fuckin' old, don't cha know.
Actually, I believe that the tension between love and lust is the very thing that gives life its spice. The only thing I've been able to discover after all this time is that there isn't a code to break, just a toboggan ride to be had.
Which bring me to the second comment I want to make. I know that a lot of young people…your age and even younger…are experimenting with sex, and that's not a bad thing necessarily. I do, however, advise discretion. Keep in mind that most people in our culture freak out when they discover that young people actually have a sex live. To that I would add that you probably know that your 19year old playmate is technically breaking the law by cavorting with you, a minor, right? He could get in a shit-load of trouble for bumping an underage lad like you.
And while there's just a 3-year difference between you, I'd be willing to guess that your friend is considerably more advanced than you in terms of emotional development. If he isn't, then there's something very wrong with him. Just be aware that sometimes a disparity in life experience can be used by the more seasoned partner as a means of manipulating the other. And that's never a good thing.
In terms of coming out, well that's best done when you are at ease and comfortable in claiming and owning your sexual identity whatever it might be. Since sexuality is often a very fluid thing, there's no pressing need to self-identify as one thing or another until ya have enough life experience under your belt to be able to say for sure. And even then you may find that your heart…or your dick will lead you elsewhere. Remember what I said about life throwing you a curve ball just as soon as ya think ya have it all figured out? Well it's true in this regard too.
Finally, and this is the only absolute I have for you today. If you're old enough to fuck, you're old enough to know all about safe sex. And not just know about it, but practice it too. If you're not using condoms, then you're just a dumb kid with rocks in his head. And I really want to believe that's not the case with you. Simply put, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections won't make an exception for you because of your age. Also, you'll never come to grips with grown-up emotions and all they entail if you're just a dumb kid with rocks in his head, if ya catch my drift.
Good luck


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Oct. 15, 2008
This Week
Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara vs. Pacific
At UCSB's Harder Stadium
Sunday, Oct. 19 at 5:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly
At Cal Poly's Spanos Stadium
The Gauchos Record
UC Santa Barbara posted a 3-0 shutout win over visiting Cal State Northridge on Oct. 10. It was the first home game for the Gauchos in nearly four weeks and their first conference home game. The win improved UCSB's overall record to 9-5-0 and its Big West record to 2-1. The Gauchos have won three of their last four games overall.
UCSB Heads Into an Important Weekend
This is a big weekend for UCSB. The Gauchos will return home on Friday, Oct. 17 to host Pacific in a 7:00 p.m. match at Harder Stadium and then hit the road for a Sunday, Oct. 19 contest at Cal Poly. Santa Barbara enters the weekend in fourth-place in the Big West with a 2-1 record and six points, trailing first-place Cal Poly (3-0, nine points), second-place Pacific (3-1, nine points), and third-place Long Beach State (2-0-1, seven points).
Tickets for the match against Pacific are available for as low as $3.00 from the UCSB Athletics Ticket Office, which is located in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus and open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., by calling 805-893-UCSB, online here , or at the Harder Stadium box office one hour prior to kickoff.
About the Tigers
The Tigers are led by Big West leading scorer Kristina Wavomba, a freshmen forward from Enicinitas, Calif., who scored her seventh goal of the season in their 4-1 victory over UC Riverside. The win marked the fifth win out of six contests for Pacific. Freshman midfielders Angelica Figueroa and Laura Hogan follow behind with three goals apiece, and senior midfielder Laura King leads the team in assists with four.
An Improvement Over 2007
The Gauchos still have six games remaining to build on their current nine wins, which is already three more than they had in 2007. While the increase in wins is obviously the most important improvement from a year ago, UCSB has been much improved statistically as well. Last season, in 20 games, the Gauchos scored 19 goals, an average of 0.95 per game. Through 14 contests this season, they have piled-up 26 goals, 1.86 per game. Also in 2007, they had 20 assists on their 19 goals, but in 2008 they have had 28 assists.
Ives Enters the Top-10
Junior forward Genelle Ives didn't waste any time moving from 11th to 10th on UCSB's all-time goal-scoring list. Ives scored UCSB's first of three goals on a header in the first minute of a 3-0 win over Cal State Northridge on Oct. 10. The goal was her fifth of the season, tying her with Jacqui Simon for the team-lead, and it was the 18th of her career, moving her into a tie with Allie Kueny for 10th all-time. The Dana Point, Calif., native also has four assists for a total of 14 points on the season, tops on the team. Her career totals are now 18 goals and 14 assists for 50 points, the 12th most all-time.
A Balanced Attack
When junior defender Kacey Doherty scored her first goal as a Gaucho to closeout the scoring in the win over Northridge, she became 12th UCSB player to score a goal in 2008. In 2007, only four Gauchos scored goals. Not only have 12 different players scored goals this season, but six have six have scored two or more. Genelle Ives and Jacqui Simon have each notched five, while Kylie McDonald and Kailyn Kugler have three apiece.
Someone's Got to Get Them the Ball
Scoring goals is all well and good, but somebody has to be passing the ball. UCSB has 10 players with at least one assist and six with three or more. Sophomore Kylie McDonald, a transfer from Pepperdine, leads the team with five, three of which have come on goals by Genelle Ives. McDonald has a powerful led, good speed, and a knack for hitting perfect crosses. In addition, Ives, Kailyn Kugler, and Michelle Russell each have four assists. Incidentally, Ives has assisted on one of McDonald's three goals.
A Cut Above
Freshman goalkeeper Ali Cutler, playing in place of sophomore Tammy Lenham who is out with a shoulder injury, had the shutout against Cal State Northride. It was the second complete shutout for Cutler this season, and the fifth in which she played at least a half. On the year, she has played nearly 577 minutes and a goals against average of 0.62, best on the team. Cutler's 22 saves is the same total that Lenham has had. Either way, she has been a valuable commodity for the Gauchos.
On The Stumpf
Paul Stumpf is in his 10th season as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. He enters this week's action with a record of 96-74-21. His total of 96 wins ranks second on UCSB's all-time list. Last season, he guided the Gauchos to a 6-10-4 overall record, including a 3-4-1 record in the Big West. Stumpf has led the program to records of .500 or better in six of the last eight seasons, including, at one point, four straight seasons of 10 or more victories, the first time the program accomplished that feat since 1988-91. In 1999, Stumpf's first season as the head coach at UCSB, he took a team that was selected to finish last in the conference, but instead posted an 8-9-1 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the Big West. Following the season, he was chosen as the Big West's Coach of the Year. He has, in fact, guided the Gauchos to a top-three league finish in six of the last eight seasons, and twice he has led the program to regular season championships. Before arriving in Santa Barbara as an assistant coach in 1998, Stumpf spent two seasons as an assistant at Humboldt State. In addition, the San Diego native spent several years coaching club teams in the Santa Rosa area.


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Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, linebacker Lawrence Timmons and wide receiver Antonio Brown have all restructured their contracts in order to give the Steelers more cap space and it looks like they'll have a little more company on that front soon.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team "will" restructure the contract of linebacker LaMarr Woodley as well. Woodley has long been talked about as a candidate for such a move thanks to his $9 million base salary for the 2013 season. With three more years on his deal, the team can convert some portion of that salary to a signing bonus in order to lessen the cap hit in the near term.
It will raise the cap hit in the later years of the deal, however, and that's the downside of the restructuring spree that's been going on in Pittsburgh. Pushing all of this money into later years guarantees that the team will have to do this kind of cleaning up again in the future.
They've already started moving down that path so there's not much reason to stop now, but it is something to keep in mind whenever a team decides to kick the financial can down the road.


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Cyberchase "When Penguins Fly" Penguins can't fly - or can they? In Cyberspace, on one special night each year, the penguins of Penguia take flight to deliver gifts to young borgs across the virtual universe. For the first time ever, the CyberSquad's friend Fluff is participating, and invites his pals Matt, Jackie, Inez and Digit to join him in the impressive Penguin March. They head to the Ice Palace, where the gifts are made and where magic snowflakes are sprinkled on the penguins so they can fly. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Ruff Bounces Back" Ruff is under a lot of pressure. To his dismay, he's recently heard that schnauzers are the most intelligent breed of dogs. Meanwhile Chet has shredded his final term paper for obedience school. D
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Ron wrote:+1
Popcorn please
Seat on the couch with phil and me. Here is the pop corn...
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Seat on the couch with phil and me. Here is the pop corn...
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Popcorn and a beer...
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I would have to say that I don't think he is either. Early on, he's taken a lot of crap, some of it unwarranted, some valid, but that's for everyone as an individual to decide. The reasons aren't important, we're beyond that. If he were simply another kiter, rather than a business owner running a school teaching lessons, the volume of any crap he's taken in the past would probably be cut in half. If you're in the kite business, forums are tricky, you want to represent yourself professionally and be helpful, but at the same time it's ok to express yourself as an individual with opinions also.
By now, I think he's paid his dues and then some and has earned the respect of many in the kiting community. It's clear now, despite various opinions about social buying, volume lessons, etc., that their lessons program is solid, kiters are getting good instruction, and we've not seen fallout or issues at the neighboring sites with inexperienced kiters. I know some of his responses are a result of having taken so much sh*t in the past, so I don't blame him.
I guess I'm saying, he/KGB have something positive to offer the community, whatever opinions some may have based on past stuff, maybe let it go. He requested to have his account deleted, I asked him to reconsider. If he's alienated here, our kiting community is no better as a result, truth is, he has way more experience in actual teaching than some of the folks debating his findings or opinions.
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other instructors and ambassadors of the sport don't pull BS shenanigans over and over... if you can't take the heat get out of the sun.
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Maybe he already decided to and has...his choice...my post is only meant to allay some of the momentum-based posts regarding him that we've had here before.
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I'll take Royce at his word that he only meant that you can learn just as quickly by going straight to a 4 line kite so you can get an immediate feel for depower, etc.
Having said that, ironically yesterday while this was all blowing up I had just borrowed a trainer kite to teach my kid and his buddy the fundamentals of kite flying, ie where the power zone is and more importantly where it isn't. My admittedly old school way of thinking is that my kid's limited funds are better used for lessons when he has mastered basic kite flying skills. I figure his chances of crashing a real kite are less and his learning curve faster if I go through that with him first.
I don't want to teach the kid in the water and figure that's best left to one of the many great instructors we have in the area.
I think a lot of folks will question the idea of going straight to flying a 4 line kite as it's really counterintuitive. When I learned, I was jonesing to get in the water and didn't spend enough time learning how to really fly the trainer 100%. Result.....a lot of wasted time with a kite in the water.
But I think Royce's point is that if you practice with a depowered 4 line kite on land with short lines, you'll bypass that crash and burn phase in the water. The feel and pull of a trainer just isn't the same.
But I'll still do the pre-school phase with my little 6'5" toddler on a training kite.....still seems to make sense to me and honestly never occurred to me that anybody would suggest any other way.
I'm so 1950's I guess.......
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Hello everyone.
I am a new in this sport (and in Bay Area also), but I want to start practicing with the trainer kite.
I did reserch here and on different websites, and I have a question.
I am 200 lb. Does HQ Rush 4 PRO Trainer Kite 3 M works for me or I need 3.5 m for my weight?
I would be apreciate for any recomendations about other brands or models.
Thank you !
Re: Trainer Kite Questions
I'm not sure it matters a whole lot--it's not going to feel close to the power of a "regular" kite. The first time around, I spent $300 and got a 3m trainer. If I were doing it over again, I'd probably do one of the following:
1) Spend as little as possible on a trainer and be satisfied that I'll just be getting some exposure to the mechanics of flying, and not things like power control.
2) Try and find an old, cheap 5m with a "normal" control bar.
3) Pay for an hour or two of kite school instruction with a small-but-regular kite (6m-8m?). This would probably give me the closest experience to what I'll get when I go in the water.
Re: Trainer Kite Questions
Used trainer kites are hard to find, but that's what I'd try to get. don't worry too much about the specifics for the smaller kites, it's mostly about maneuvering and getting some control. Practice several hours, it's a terrific upfront investment so that when you get your lessons you don't struggle so much and spend more time on new skills versus something that you could have mastered on land with the trainer.
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What would you recommend?
To buy a cheapest two lines kite? Or invest some money in three lines and save it for fun in future?
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September 22 2009
Nicole Kurokawa Neily
The Independent Women's Forum reports that its "About Our Children" event was a success.
The About Our Children town hall event was a collaboration of the Independent Women's Forum and MSNBC. The event aired Sunday night and featured entertainer Dr. Bill Cosby. "You parents -- we need you, your children need you, their school teachers need you," Cosby stated during the program.
Nicole Kurokawa, a senior policy analyst with IWF, says the main message of the event was parental responsibility.
"We want to encourage parents to examine themselves and to step up and then be an advocate for their child," she says. "[We want them to know] that nobody is going to love your child the way that you love your child, and nobody is going to advocate for them and defend them like you will. So this is a call to arms."
The town hall event featured a panel of experts who spoke on issues ranging from education to healthcare. Panelists also fielded questions submitted by audience members and viewers on Twitter and YouTube.
According to Kurokawa, the event was sold out. She is hopeful her organization will be able to hold similar events in the future.
In conjunction with the effort, the IWF has launched AboutOurChildren.org, an About Our Children grassroots effort.


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SEBRING — When Denise Stegall saw a woman picking up a lot of blankets at St. John United Methodist Church, she became curious.
She asked her about that and was told the blankets would benefit homeless veterans, and that the veterans needed mats so they did not have to sleep on the ground.
Stegall said that inspired her to start a program at Sun 'n Lake, where she lives, to create mats for the homeless veterans.
Stegall found out that about 600 bags are used to create each mat. The bags are used in knitting and crocheting the mats.
So she began collecting bags.
"I had a room full of plastic bags," she said.
Then she had to find people who would assist in using those bags to make the mats.
When Stegall broached the idea at a Sun 'n Lake meeting of a group of women who knit and crochet regularly, she said, she was amazed at the response.
They were eager to help, she said. While some cannot knit or crochet, they do whatever they can, including cutting and folding bags.
Others donated materials. An employee of Walmart gave them bags when they learned about the project.
"What is overwhelming about this is that so many people want to help," she said.
Marilyn Beebe, a Sun 'n Lake resident who has been cutting the plastic bags for the project, said that whenever someone needs help, the group is quick to assist.
The need in this case resonates with many of the women, Beverly Phillips said. "A lot of us are married to vets."
Some of their husbands may have faced challenges transitioning from military to civilian life, she said.
Becky Butler, another resident from the Nip and Knitters group, has helped people in need over the years.
Once the mats are completed, the Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans First will deliver the mats to the homeless veterans.
Stegall said members of those organizations know where the homeless veterans' camps are and have worked with those who live there.
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'Worst nightmare': Reptiles, insects, otter die in fire at Scotland zoo
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LONDON – A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland.
Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the zoo's tropical house and was fought by some 50 firefighters.
Visitor services worker Lesley Coupar said the fire was "the worst nightmare" because the zoo is owned and staffed by animal lovers.
She said "everything" in the reptile house had died but that some dwarf west African crocodiles housed next to the reptile house were saved.
There were no injuries to personnel or visitors in the early morning fire in Polbeth, a town about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Edinburgh.
Police said the cause of the blaze is unknown and that an investigation has begun.