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Enid News & Eagle
— 'Dracula'
Today and Saturday at Gaslight Theatre
Did you miss the first four performances of Gaslight Theatre's "Dracula"? No problem! You can still catch two performances of the classic tale today and Saturday at the theater, located at 221 N. Independence.
Both showings are at 8 p.m. each day. Tickets cost $7, $11 or $15 and may be purchased at the link at gaslighttheatre.org.
For more information, visit the website or call (580) 234-2307.
Family Farm Day
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Experience a variety of farming activities Saturday at Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, including wheat planting, fall gardening, pumpkin decorating and more.
Other events include pie auction at 1 p.m., and beans and corn bread lunch, available by donation.
Admission to Family Farm Day is free with entrance fee to the museum.
For more information, call (580) 237-1907.
Halloween schedule
What: Chicken and Noodle Dinner and Fall Food Fest
Where: Christ United Methodist Church, Cleveland and Randolph
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $5 for adults, kids 6-12 $2.50, under 5 free
Details: Homemade chicken and noodles and all the trimmings, plus homemade desserts and baked goods available. Also view the handmade fall quilt to be raffled. $1 donation per ticket, or six tickets for $5 donation.
What: Trunk or Treat
Where: Oakwood Bowl, west parking lot
When: 5-7 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $5 for participants (those who decorate their car and pass out candy)
Details: Winner of best decorated trunk wins free office party at Oakwood Bowl. Each $5 entry will go directly to the Grand Prix Youth Scholarship Fund.
Contact: (580) 402-9719
What: Kiwanis Spook Train
Where: Meadowlake Park
When: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting
Cost: $2 per person; free for children under 12 months
Details: Costumes are encouraged, and candy will be provided to all children who attend. Bongo the Gorilla will be driving the train.
Contact: (580) 213-1700
What: Trunk or Treat
Where: Central Christian Church, 1111 W. Broadway
When: 5-6:30 p.m. Sunday
Cost: Free hot dogs for the first 400 people, free soda and free popcorn.
Contact: (580) 233-1214
What: Fall Festival
When: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Ames Baptist Church
Details: For children in grades 5 and under. Includes dinner, storytime, crafts, games, animal petting area and candy.
What: Trunk or Treat
Where: Christ United Methodist Church, Cleveland and Randolph
When: 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday
Details: Well-lit, safe and fun trick or treating environment at the pumpkin patch.
Contact: (580) 237-3938.
What: Fall Festival
Where: Willow View United Methodist Church, 3525 W. Purdue.
When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Details: There will be games, candy, prizes and a cake walk.
What: Trunk or Treat
Where: Moose Lodge, 302 E. Purdue, west parking lot
When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Details: Safe and fun trick-or-treating environment for all ages. Bumblebee from the "Transformers" movies will make an appearance.
What: Family Fun Night
Where: Calvary Assembly of God, 2929 N. Emerson
When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Details: Free food, prizes, cake walk, games and candy.
Following events at SkateTown, 905 Overland Trail
What: CRaZy Contest Night
When: 7-11 p.m. tonight
Cost: $8; $1.50 rental for skates, $3 for blades
Details: Pie eating contest, sack races, noodle races, hillbilly races and more.
What: Costumes on Parade
When: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, during beginners session
Cost: $3 if in costume
Details: Free face painting and treats for the kids.
What: Matinee Skate
When: 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Cost: $5.50 plus skates
Details: All skaters who come in costume will get a treat bag with goodies. There also will be a costume contest.
What: Spooktacular Fright Night
When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $8 7-11 p.m.; $5.50 7-9 p.m. Skates extra.
Details: Games including eyeball and worms eating contest and barf bag downing contest. Also a costume contest and games and prizes all night long.
What: Trick or Treating Alternative
When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Cost: Free; skate rental extra.
Details: A Christian alternative to trick or treating will be held. Christian music will be played.
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Oct. 25-31
EVENT [Friday-Saturday]
Waverley Historic District Haunted Tours, 7 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 1102 W. Oklahoma. Two tours each night beginning at the aforementioned times. Tickets are $10. For more information, call (580) 484-2549.
EVENT [Friday]
Carnival, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Emmanuel Christian School, 2505 W. Garriott. Before carnival five tickets cost $1; at the carnival, four tickets for $1. Tickets can be purchased at the school. For more information, call (580) 237-0032.
MOVIE [Saturday]
'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!', 7:30 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church, Cleveland and Randolph. Bring lawn chairs or blanket. Popcorn and apple cider provided; admission is free. For more information, call (580) 237-3938.
Nov. 1-7
EVENT [Friday]
First Friday, 6-9 p.m., downtown Enid. Downtown businesses will be open extra late hours and have a variety of specials and events, and local musicians will play at various locations. For more information, go to mainstreetenid.org.
EVENT [Friday-Saturday]
Mennonite Relief Sale, 5 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday, Chisholm Trail Pavilion, 111 W. Purdue. Handmade quilts, homemade food and crafts will be available for viewing or purchase during annual event. For more information, call (405) 773-9800.
EVENT [Saturday]
SPCA Wine & Food Festival, 7-10 p.m., Chisholm Trail Expo Center, 111 W. Purdue. An elegant evening with fine wines and food provided by local businesses. Cost for special invitations is $30. For more information, call Enid SPCA at (580) 233-1325.
Nov. 8-14
EVENT [Saturday]
Holiday Marketplace, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chisholm Trail Expo Center, 111 W. Purdue. Free pictures with Santa 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All proceeds benefit Officers' Spouses' Club. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
EVENT [Saturday]
Taste of St. Joe's, 6 p.m., Enid Convention Hall. Includes gourmet dinner, silent and live auctions and entertainment by comedic magician Dewey Joe Beene. Tickets are $50. For more information, call (580) 237-7174. Tickets sold at Lippard Auctioneers, 1102 W. Broadway.
Daily Activities
Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
702 N. Washington
(580) 233-3051
Hours: 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays and all major holidays and adverse weather. Admission: Suggested donation of $3.
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
507 S. 4th St.
(580) 237-1907
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays, New Years's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. For more information, go to csrhc.org.
Simpson's Old Time Museum
228 E. Randolph Ave.
(580) 234-4998
Hours: 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Northern Oklahoma College Enid Observatory
Northern Oklahoma College Enid campus at the corner of Randolph and Michael Hedges
(580) 548-2399
Hours: Beginning at dusk Thursday. (Note observatory no longer is open Wednesday evenings.) To schedule a large group, call the number above.
Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center & Museum
616 Leona Mitchell Blvd.
(580) 237-6989 or 402-2524
Midgley Museum (the Rock House)
1001 Sequoyah
(580) 234-7421
Hours: 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday and all major holidays. Not open Nov. 1 through March 31.
Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse
200 E. Maple
(580) 233-2787
Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; Twilight Time is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Admission: All-day pass, $7, children under 2 are free. Groups of 12 or more is $5. Memberships available.


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By Dan Guttenplan
Sports Editor
---- — The dream matchup between the Newburyport and Amesbury girls soccer teams will not happen in the Division 2 North tournament.
Newburyport did its part in setting the table for a rematch after an early-season loss to Amesbury by posting a 4-0 victory over Bishop Fenwick in the Division 2 North quarterfinals yesterday afternoon at Cherry Hill Field. However, the Indians fell short in their quarterfinal matchup last night at Landry Stadium, falling to eighth-seed Belmont 1-0.
The fourth-seed Clippers (15-2-2) will meet eighth-seed Belmont (12-3-3) in a semifinal matchup later this week, depending on a pending storm scheduled to pass through the area.
Newburyport took care of business first, overwhelming 12th-seed Bishop Fenwick (12-6-4) with precise passing and intense pressure in front of the visitor's net. Sophomore Abbie Muise kicked off the scoring in the sixth minute on a pass from freshman Bella Palma. Katie Gorenflo added a goal in the 16th minute on an assist from Delaney Bartol.
Even with a 2-0 lead through 16 minutes, Newburyport's coaching staff of Robb Gonnam and Kevin Sheridan did not feel as though the Clippers were playing to their capability.
"(Bishop Fenwick) put pressure on us," Sheridan said. "They were playing with a lot of energy, and it put us on our heels from the start. We called timeout and re-established ourselves."
Newburyport controlled play for much of the remainder of the game. Jaycie Triandafilou and Liza Twomey added second-half goals. Amy Sullivan had assists on both goals.
"When they called timeout, it slowed us down a bit," Bishop Fenwick coach Karen Guillemette said. "Their first goal slowed us down a bit, but we kept fighting. Their second goal was the true nail in the coffin that really put us away. We couldn't battle back mentally."
Overcoming a lead against Newburyport figures to be a daunting task in the state tournament. The Clippers are 18-1 in the Division 2 North sectional over the last seven seasons. They won North titles in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011.
"We know they're a great team, and they play combination passes very well," Guillemette said. "We tried to play away from their strengths, but when you get down, it's hard to do that."
By contrast to Newburyport, Amesbury's rise to a Division 2 North contender has been gradual. The Indians snapped a 12-year stretch without a postseason appearance in 2010. That team's tournament run was sparked by a regular-season victory over Newburyport. This season, the Indians cruised to an undefeated regular-season record due in part to a 3-0 victory over Newburyport Oct. 5.
"They (had) a good team," Sheridan said of Amesbury, "but we played extremely poorly the last time we played. These girls (were) waiting for a little redemption, an opportunity to show who they truly are. As coaches and players, we didn't feel we represented ourselves very well in that first game."
For Amesbury, it was the team's first appearance in the Division 2 North quarterfinal in Cathy Berry's 11 years coaching the team.
"This is the first time Amesbury has been there," Gonnam said. "They're a team of seniors, so in their mind, it's their last chance. Sometimes we get complacent because we're there all the time. I don't always think we understand or appreciate the intensity other teams bring against us. They're starting to gain an appreciation for that. The tournament is typically when we have been at our best."

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McALESTER —
Everything is set for the candidate forum, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Seminar Center at the Kiamichi Technology Center's McAlester Campus.
Candidates in the Pittsburg County sheriff's race, the District 7 state Senate race, and two of the candidates for the District 2 U.S. representative's office have confirmed they will participate in the forum.
All of the candidates will be on the ballot for the Nov. 6 General Election.
Also McAlester Mayor Pete Stasiak and Mayor Steve Harrison plan to speak and answer questions about the two city questions which will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The forum is sponsored by the McAlester News-Capital and KTC, and is open to the public.
News-Capital Publisher Amy Johns is serving as moderator for the event.
"I want to encourage all of the people to come out," Johns said, noting it's an opportunity for voters to become more educated on the issues.
It's also an opportunity for voters to meet candidates they haven't met before and reconnect with those they already know.
Candidates will have an opportunity to make opening statements, followed by questions presented by the News-Capital staff.
In the race for the District 2 U.S. representative's seat, Democratic candidate Rob Wallace, of Fort Gibson, and Independent candidate Michael Fulks, of Heavener, have confirmed they will participate in the forum.
Wallace is a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; a former district attorney for Latimer and LeFlore counties, and has served as an assistant district attorney in District 18, which covers Pittsburg and Haskell counties.
Fulks, of Heavener, said he works in the area of computer support on the staff of Carl Albert State College in Poteau. He said he also works in Internet marketing and has worked with dozens of small businesses.
In the District 7 state Senate race, Republican candidate Larry Boggs, of Red Oak, and Democratic candidate J. Paul Lane, of McAlester, are seeking a four-year term for the seat currently held by District 7 state Sen. Richard Lerblance, D-Hartshorne.
Lerblance, who because of term limits would not have been able to serve the full four years in office if elected, opted not to seek re-election.
In the Pittsburg County sheriff's race, Democratic incumbent Joel Kerns is seeking a second four-year term.
He faces a challenge from Independent candidate Tracy Parrott, who is a former Pittsburg County deputy.
Republican District 2 candidate Markwayne Mullin was invited to participate in the Tuesday night forum and his campaign considered the offer to participate for several days, but opted to make an appearance in Idabel instead.
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Ann thought of 5 numbers and told Bob all the sums that could be made by adding the numbers in pairs. The list of sums is 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10,10, 11, 12. Help Bob to find out which numbers Ann was. . . .
Can you explain how this card trick works?
If you wrote all the possible four digit numbers made by using each
of the digits 2, 4, 5, 7 once, what would they add up to?
Three dice are placed in a row. Find a way to turn each one so that
the three numbers on top of the dice total the same as the three
numbers on the front of the dice. Can you find all the ways to. . . .
This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?
Is it possible to rearrange the numbers 1,2......12 around a clock
face in such a way that every two numbers in adjacent positions
differ by any of 3, 4 or 5 hours?
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book.
How many pages does the book have?
How would you count the number of fingers in these pictures?
Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how
it works?
Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding
their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more
likely to win?
Using 3 rods of integer lengths, none longer than 10 units and not
using any rod more than once, you can measure all the lengths in
whole units from 1 to 10 units. How many ways can you do this?
Replace each letter with a digit to make this addition correct.
In a square in which the houses are evenly spaced, numbers 3 and 10
are opposite each other. What is the smallest and what is the
largest possible number of houses in the square?
Use your logical reasoning to work out how many cows and how many
sheep there are in each field.
There are exactly 3 ways to add 4 odd numbers to get 10. Find all
the ways of adding 8 odd numbers to get 20. To be sure of getting
all the solutions you will need to be systematic. What about. . . .
Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange
the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.
In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?
A combination mechanism for a safe comprises thirty-two tumblers
numbered from one to thirty-two in such a way that the numbers in
each wheel total 132... Could you open the safe?
Can you find which shapes you need to put into the grid to make the
totals at the end of each row and the bottom of each column?
This challenging activity involves finding different ways to distribute fifteen items among four sets, when the sets must include three, four, five and six items.
This challenge extends the Plants investigation so now four or more children are involved.
Can you follow the rule to decode the messages?
Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page.
Circle any number on the top row, put a line through the other
numbers that are in the same row and column as your circled number.
Repeat. . . .
How is it possible to predict the card?
What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?
Can you use the information to find out which cards I have used?
Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possibilities that could come up?
In the following sum the letters A, B, C, D, E and F stand for six
distinct digits. Find all the ways of replacing the letters with
digits so that the arithmetic is correct.
If each of these three shapes has a value, can you find the totals
of the combinations? Perhaps you can use the shapes to make the
given totals?
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
Skippy and Anna are locked in a room in a large castle. The key to that room, and all the other rooms, is a number. The numbers are locked away in a problem. Can you help them to get out?
These two group activities use mathematical reasoning - one is
numerical, one geometric.
Mrs Morgan, the class's teacher, pinned numbers onto the backs of
three children. Use the information to find out what the three
numbers were.
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and
lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children
buy with their money?
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.
I was looking at the number plate of a car parked outside. Using my special code S208VBJ adds to 65. Can you crack my code and use it to find out what both of these number plates add up to?
Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street
in different ways.
A lady has a steel rod and a wooden pole and she knows the length
of each. How can she measure out an 8 unit piece of pole?
Where can you draw a line on a clock face so that the numbers on
both sides have the same total?
The Scot, John Napier, invented these strips about 400 years ago to
help calculate multiplication and division. Can you work out how to
use Napier's bones to find the answer to these multiplications?
Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
This problem is based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!
I throw three dice and get 5, 3 and 2. Add the scores on the three
dice. What do you get? Now multiply the scores. What do you notice?
Here are the prices for 1st and 2nd class mail within the UK. You have an unlimited number of each of these stamps. Which stamps would you need to post a parcel weighing 825g?
Lolla bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins
to pay for it. What could Lolla have paid for the balloon?
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Write the numbers up to 64 in an interesting way so that the shape they make at the end is interesting, different, more exciting ... than just a square.
Find at least one way to put in some operation signs (+ - x ÷)
to make these digits come to 100.
How could you put eight beanbags in the hoops so that there are
four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can
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Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and US Courthouse
400 Rood Avenue
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
Welcome to the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and US Courthouse. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M in America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modernize the entire building. The GSA's goal for the modernization of the building is to not only preserve this anchor in the Grand Junction community, but also to convert it into one of the most energy efficient and sustainable historic buildings in the country.
This will be accomplished by using advanced systems such as:
- variable refrigerant flow (VRF) for the HVAC
- a geo-exchange system which will reject and extract heat to and from the building using the constant temperature of the earth
- advanced metering and building controls
- high-efficient lighting systems
- a thermally enhanced building envelope.
Photovoltaic panels are on the roof of an elevated canopy above the building's north edge, providing enough energy to power the building's peak demand targeting creating the first site net-zero building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Net-zero means that the building will produce as much energy on-site as it consumes over the course of one year.
Federal Architecture embodies all that we value as a nation. The success of the modernization of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building & US Courthouse represents our responsibility to our environment and our commitment to excellence.
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2014 GSA Design Award, Citation
2014 AIA COTE Top Green Projects (non-government website)
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House Athletics Carnival
We held our annual House Athletics Carnival for students in Grade 3 to 6 on Thursday 17th July at Casey Fields. As we all know, Melbourne weather can be very unpredictable and can change from rain to sunshine quickly, however we managed to struggle through and made the most out of the freezing cold weather! Congratulations to all the students who attended and gave their best effort and simply just got on with the job! A huge thank you to the parents, teachers and SEDA students who helped out to run all the events!! I know it's a huge effort to rearrange your day or take time off work to help out and to have to do it on such a cold day! I realise this is a big ask, and I greatly appreciate it!! Without your support these events would not be able to run! The overall results were very close between each House and the results were as follows: 1st – Robinson, 2nd – Rae, 3rd – Troup and 4th- Kerr. I will now use the results from this day to form our school team which will compete at the District Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 27th August at Knox Athletics Track.
Welcome to Narre Warren North Primary School
Narre Warren North Primary School is located in a developing, yet semi-rural setting within the City of Casey. We have an extremely supportive community with high levels of family involvement.
We are committed to maximising the educational opportunities for all students and we aim to help all children reach their full potential.
Student welfare is recognised as vital for productive learning and our comprehensive Social Skill program enables students to take responsibility for their learning, while developing life-long skills.
Striving for continuous improvement and living each day according to our shared values is the challenge we have adopted for ourselves.


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What Role Do Drugs Play in Determining Longevity?
Drugs can be lifesavers, but they also have side effects and dangers.
The following article comes from the U.S. News ebook, How to Live to 100, which is now available for purchase.
If you're a typical American, chances are about 50-50 that you take at least one prescription drug—and if you're upwards of 60, the odds are nearly 2 in 5 that you take five drugs or more. Some may be lifesaving, especially for those with potentially deadly chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. But how many drugs in those mountains of pills add years to the lives of people who don't suffer from such illnesses?
"The majority of drugs approved probably aren't life-extending," says Lisa Schwartz, an internist and professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in New Hampshire who specializes in medical communication related to the benefits and harms of prescription drugs and screening tests. But clearly, some can extend lives.
[See: How Much Healthcare Do You Need?]
Take the massively popular class of heart drugs called statins. By lowering the level of "bad" LDL cholesterol in the blood, statins can cut the chances of a killer heart attack or stroke even in those who have never had one. That's why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of statins for individuals at high risk because of age, family history, smoking, and elevated cholesterol, even if they haven't shown outward symptoms of heart disease.
Yet every drug comes with baggage, some of it deadly. "All drugs—even the safest ones—have side effects," says Patrick J. M. Murphy, an associate professor of pharmacology at Seattle University. A notorious example is the arthritis medication Vioxx, a prescription nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) recalled in 2004 because it significantly increased the risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. Today, other over-the-counter NSAIDS (such as naproxen and ibuprofen) can help ease pain but at the potential expense of bleeding ulcers in regular users. And while cholesterol-lowering drugs have proven benefits, the FDA recently announced that alongside muscle pain, labels for statins should also include side effects like memory loss and confusion.
So how do we ensure that we're taking only the medications that we need to live a longer, healthy life—but aren't harming ourselves in the process?
Obviously the ideal scenario would be to never get a chronic illness that requires medication. The World Health Organization reports that if more people were to stop smoking, lose weight, and exercise regularly, 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes cases, and 40 percent of cancer cases would be prevented. "Certainly, people should focus on wellness and prevention before they get these illnesses," says David Longworth, a physician and chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's Medicine Institute. But once you've been diagnosed, he says these diseases need to be "effectively managed," which involves medications and lifestyle changes.
[See: In Pictures: 11 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100]
If you are one of the millions of Americans on a prescription medication, you should know what you're taking and why, and discuss these basic points with your healthcare provider. "The goal of drug therapy is always to maximize therapeutic benefits while decreasing potential harms," says Murphy. "The most important question is, 'How will this benefit me? What's the measurable outcome?'" adds pharmacologist Joe Graedon, coauthor of more than 15 books, including Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them. Graedon also advises asking about a drug's downsides. The risks and side effects may outweigh benefits, depending on your unique circumstance.
Consider, for example, antidepressants, the use of which increased nearly 400 percent between 1998 and 2008, according to a 2011 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. "There are individuals for whom these drugs work exceptionally well—people who now know what it's like to be happy," Graedon says. But for others, these medications perform just barely better than a placebo and can have side effects ranging from sexual dysfunction to irritability. In the end, some patients may not mind side effects; for others, especially those who don't have life-threatening illnesses, such complications may be deal-breakers.


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Traverse City Central freshman Jon Russel had a big game Saturday in a 4-1 Trojans win at Muskegon Mona Shores.
Russel scored three goals and assisted another for the Trojans (21-3). One of his goals was shorthanded and unassisted.
Nico Saco had a powerplay goal for TC Central while Mitchell Ward, Brady Girard, Cooper Macdonell and Kyle Ludwig all had an assist. Bill Vermetten got the win in net.
TC Central hosts Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday in the regular season finale.
Cadillac 52 TC Central 39
Cadillac went on a 29-19 run in the second half for a 52-39 Big North Conference win over visiting TC Central.
The Vikings (15-4, 9-2 BNC) had 16 points from Mary Emington while Katlyn Agren had 14 points and Hannah Baker scored 10. Madi Bankey had 12 points for the Trojans (4-13, 3-7 BNC).
TC Central won the JV game 50-29 as Kelsey Acton had 16 points and Rosemary Cook added eight points.
The Trojans took the freshman game 41-13 and moved to 16-1 on the season. Emily Jenkins had 10 points.
Midland visits TC Central on Tuesday.
TCBAA picks up a pair of wins
The TCBAA picked up a pair of wins on Saturday.
First, the Bulldogs hosted Cedarville and avenged a previous loss with a 49-43 victory. Casey Plamondon had 24 points and six rebounds while Molly Plamondon had 15 points.
The Bulldogs (17-2) then hit the road for Northport and emerged with a 35-25 victory. Sarah Plamondon had 10 points, nine rebounds and three steals, Casey Plamondon had 10 points, six rebounds and six steals while Molly Plamondon had 11 points and five steals.
TCBAA is at Elk Rapids on Tuesday.
St. Francis sends four to state finals
Sophomore Eric Wales and juniors Zach Schaub, Matthew Mawby and Jake Khoury are headed to the Division 4 state wrestling finals after placing in the top four at the Rogers City regional.
Schaub is a returning state qualifier from a year ago.
Mawby (13) and Khoury (285) each went 3-1 and placed third. Wales (112) and Schaub (119) went 2-2 and took fourth.
The state finals begin Feb. 28 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.


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A credit card, as a growing number of Americans know, is an easy way to spend. Just flash your plastic now and pay later.
That's why Dina Megretskaia (BS '11), an undergraduate economics and mathematical sciences major at the Tepper School of Business, headed to the Oakland yogurt shop Razzy Fresh to conduct field research on how payment methods affect spending.
Megretskaia hypothesized that young people would splurge more on self-serve yogurt and toppings if they paid with plastic. "Intuitively it makes sense," she said. "You are not forking over the money."
Megretskaia won first place in the Undergraduate Economics Program Competition at Carnegie Mellon University's 16th annual Meeting of the Minds, an undergraduate research symposium held May 4.
In her oral presentation, Megretskaia explained how she sought customer volunteers carrying at least $10 cash and a credit card. She approached them as they entered the store, offering a $5 gift card as an inducement for participation.
She found that people who paid with a credit card spent about 20 percent more than those who paid with cash. Cash carriers spent an average of $4.16 while cardholders splashed out an additional 84 cents, bringing their average spending to an even $5.
Elif Incekara Hafalir, adjunct assistant professor of economics, was the advisor for Megretskaia's senior project.
Megretskaia said her small-scale experiment points to a larger societal issue that has become increasingly relevant in a country that depends on credit cards. The United States had 181 million credit card holders in 2010, up from 159 million in 2000, she said.
"I am not saying you should throw out your credit cards," she said. "We can use those results as consumers to be aware of our natural tendency to spend more with credit cards and think a little more about our purchase decisions."
Her project was part of the rich tapestry of research presented by more than 400 students who showcased their findings in posters, oral presentations and live performances in the University Center.
Many Tepper students delved into real-life campus issues ranging from student consumption of caffeine to faculty attitudes toward plus-minus grading to undergraduate prospects after graduation.
One group -- Tian Wu (BS '12), Matthew Belenky (BS '11), Timothy Higgins (BS '11), John Sperger (HSS '12) and Chao Wang (ECE '12) -- investigated a common student complaint: late PAT buses.
Over several weeks, the students spent 26 hours at the corner of Forbes and Morewood avenues tracking the arrival times of 480 bus runs.
Their poster project showed that about 50 percent of buses arrived within five minutes of their schedule time -- and the other half were late.
Of the many factors they examined, only road conditions correlated strongly with bus timeliness. "If it was raining, the buses came earlier," Wu said. "That's counterintuitive. A possible reason is that the bus comes later, and maybe it is the next bus."
The students worked under the guidance of Brian Junker, professor of statistics.
Other students delved into research topics far removed from modern campus life.
Sebastian Wai (BS '11) tracked the origins of inventors in the semiconductor industry. He searched patent records from the late '40s through the '70s to pinpoint key inventors. From reams of biographical sources, he culled data on hiring patterns and examined the interplay between parent and spin-off companies.
Wai worked under Steven Klepper, the Arthur Arton Hamerschlag professor of economics and social sciences.
Shweta Suresh (BS '11) delved into behavioral research examining generosity to the poor under various conditions.
During her study, one group of potential donors was given the option to pay $1 in exchange for background information on the charity's recipients.
Suresh found that donors who refused to buy information about the poor initially gave less than people who had no information at all. She also found that donors gave more to the disabled than to drug and alcohol addicts.
Suresh's study, which was conducted under the guidance of Christina Fong, senior research scientist in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, may have implications on how much information nonprofits divulge about the people they serve.
"People use this information to punish recipients they don't think are worthy," Suresh said.
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DEAR ANT: My wife asked me to get her a tattoo for her 40th birthday. I told her no. I will get her anything else, but not a tattoo. I think tattoos on women are a turn-off. She says she plans to have it put in a private area and claims it will be artful not trashy.
I asked her why she suddenly wants a tattoo. She said to make her feel attractive and desirable again. Even though I told my wife I don't like tattoos and I find her as attractive and desirable as the day we met, she insists she wants one. She thinks I'm being stubborn, insensitive and unreasonable. It's gotten so bad that she's giving me the silent treatment. Should I break down and get her the tattoo in order to save my marriage even though the idea of it disgusts me? I need your advice. HELPLESS HUSBAND
DEAR HELPLESS HUSBAND: Over the last decade tattoos have grown increasingly prominent in our culture. According to a 2006 study undertaken by the Pew Research Center, nearly half of all Americans ages 26 to 40 have at least one tattoo.
It's no wonder on a day full of errands I'm confronted at every stop with indelible décolleté hearts and butterflies, not to mention the array of cartoon characters, super heroes and inspirational words people choose to have stamped across their bodies.
Why can't everybody just be satisfied with leaving tattoos where they belong? On the burly forearms of drunken sailors, thank you very much.
I know. I know. Tattoos have emerged as a socially acceptable form of self-expression. Here's what I say. You want to express yourself? Write a poem. Sing a song. Do a dance. Whatever you do, don't get a tattoo. Call me old-fashioned, but (and I'm bound to offend at least half the population with my next comment) a tattoo still connotes a rather unsavory reputation when I see one…especially on a woman.
Narrow-minded opinions aside, it's serendipitous, your seeking my advice on this matter. Like your wife, I have a milestone birthday on the horizon. Like you, my husband solicited me for gift ideas.
Don't get excited. It's not that serendipitous. Clearly I do not want a tattoo. What I want is a miniature pot-bellied pig. When I told him, my husband looked at me like I had three heads, blinked a few times and said, "A pig?"
Yes a pig! Pigs make wonderful pets. They're adorable and smart and loyal and get along well with dogs and…do you know what he said? No. Can you believe it? Why do you guys bother asking if you're only going to say no? Sheesh.
Did I mention pigs are not slobs? In fact, they're quite tidy. They only roll around in mud because they have dry skin and a little moisturizer solves that problem and…he still said no. AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SLOBS, LET ME SAY PIGS DON'T LEAVE THEIR DIRTY SOCKS BETWEEN THE SOFA CUSHIONS OR USED DENTAL FLOSS IN THE SINK. (Sorry.)
My husband and I have a fundamental difference of opinion on the matter of pigs as house pets. The point is, even though I'm right, my husband is not going to buy me a miniature pot-bellied pig for my birthday. Period. End of discussion. I will, however, survive because I know my husband loves me (even if he is wrong about the pig).
You and your wife have a fundamental difference of opinion on the matter of tattoos. You're not getting your wife a tattoo BUT (and here's where our situations differ) she might not survive. Even if you got her 100 tattoos, it might not save your marriage. Let me explain.
Your wife doesn't want a tattoo. What she wants is to feel attractive and desirable. The thing is, we wives can't survive without feeling attractive and desirable which is a direct result of feeling loved and cherished by our husbands. I know what you're thinking. But I love my wife. I even told her I find her as attractive and desirable as the day we met. Blah.Blah. Blah. Now pay attention. The best way to tell your wife you love her is to show her. At the risk of resorting to an old cliché, remember this: "Actions speak louder than words."
Helpless Husband, it seems to me you're not as helpless (a little oblivious, maybe, but not helpless) as you think. For the love of Pete, quit talking and start doing! Show your wife you love her with a note, a card, a gift, a gesture, something to let her know you think about her even when you're not together. Be sappy and sentimental. Have meaningful, substantive conversations. Listen to her. Don't make her compete for your attention with the television, computer, your Blackberry or anything else that consumes too much of your time and energy. Be affectionate.
Cherish your wife every single day of the year and the birthday and anniversary presents, even ones that acknowledge the milestones, won't matter so much. (Of course, to be safe, I would not recommend forgetting a special occasion under any circumstances). Start today. Make the effort. Tattoo yourself on her heart.
Good luck. ANT
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FSU-NFL Connection Highlighted by Graduation Success
The 'Noles' success at producing on-field professionals is only matched by its ability to produce off-field ones too.
Signee Breakdown: Keith Bryant
As part of an ongoing series of articles, get a glimpse of each member of FSU's 2013 signing class. Up next: defensive tackle Keith Bryant.
Pre-Spring Breakdown: Defensive Tackles/Tight Ends
Seminoles.com's Brandon Mellor looks back at what each returning football player did in 2012 and looks ahead at what to expect from them when spring practices get started.
All-Star 'Noles Bowling
Ten former Seminoles will play in all-star games, including two contests Saturday
Postseason Awards Watch: Dec. 18
Take a look at the updated list of postseason awards that have been given to Florida State football players.
Thankful Seminoles
Game Preview: Florida State vs. Duke
Game Preview: Florida State vs. NC State
Daily Report: October 3
Anthony McCloud Postgame: Savannah State
All-ACC (Honorable Mention)
2012: Better known as "Amp" by his teammates, played in 13 games and started 12...finished with 24 tackles (16 unassisted) and one tackle for loss...recorded three or more tackles in seven of his 13 games played...registered his only sack of the season versus NC State...helped Florida State's defense lead the nation in yards allowed per play (3.86), rank second nationally in total defense (254.14 ypg) and rank in the top six nationally in scoring defense (14.71 ppg), rushing defense (92.29 ypg), pass defense (161.86 ypg), pass efficiency defense (95.43) and opponent three-and-outs (6.29 per game)...his ability to help shut down the run (FSU allowed 2.75 yards per rush) and command extra attention in the middle helped free up FSU's standout defensive end duo of Bjoern Werner and Tank Carradine...missed the season-opener and a start versus Savannah State due to injury... co-recipient of the Unselfish Leadership Award on defense given at the team's annual banquet.
2011: Redshirt junior defensive tackle as a second-year starter in the middle of the Seminoles' defensive attack...started 11 of the 13 games he played and was instrumental in FSU finishing as the No. 2 rushing defense in the country...also helped the Seminoles rank first nationally in yards allowed per rush (2.35)...tied for second among all interior defensive linemen registering 25 tackles, including 14 solo stops while adding five tackles for loss which ranked second among the interior linemen...also logged two sacks, a pass break-up, a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble...became one of four Seminoles to earn ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors, when he posted a season-high five tackles, including a tackle for loss, and forced a fumble against Boston College...recognized with one of two leadership awards for the defense at the team's annual banquet.
2010: A redshirt sophomore who arrived at FSU in January 2010 from Itawamba (Miss.) Community College and became a mainstay in the starting lineup throughout the second half of the season...a defensive tackle who played his high school football 45 minutes from the FSU campus in Thomasville, Ga...appeared in all 14 games and started the last seven...McCloud burst on the scene in the opener against Samford with six tackles to lead the Seminoles defensively...contributed 35 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss and one sack, which came against BYU...tallied five tackles against Clemson...had four solo tackles in two games (Samford, Clemson)...matched his career-high with six tackles against South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
PERSONAL: Signed with FSU as a member of the 2008 class...as a freshman defensive tackle at Itawamba (Miss.) Community College in 2008, registered 24 tackles (20 solos) with 5.5 tackles for loss, including four sacks...the Indians ranked sixth nationally in rushing defense (86.7 ypg), despite a 3-6 finish...sat out the 2009 season as a redshirt...ranked as the nation's No. 78 prospect by Allen Wallace among SuperPrep JUCO 100...Thomasville Times-Enterprise's Defensive Player of the Year for 2007...his Thomas County Central team won its first 13 games in 2007 before losing in the class AAAA semifinal...born August 6, 1989.


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Yee says Cal coach's shove was damaging and deserves punishment
UC Berkeley basketball coach Mike Montgomery's spur of the moment shove of star Cal player Allen Crabbe during Sunday's game against USC has garnered quite a bit of attention from the sports media. It also elicited a strong written condemnation from Senator Leland Yee, who is calling for Montgomery's suspension. Yee, who got a degree in psychology from UC Berkeley, said the following in a press release:
While I have a lot of respect for Coach Montgomery and I appreciate his apology, his actions at last night's game were completely unacceptable. As a psychologist, I can assure the university and Coach Montgomery that physically pushing a student-athlete does nothing to motivate them. We do not accept such behavior by our professors and administrators, and we should not tolerate it with our coaches.
The game was an emotional one, but representatives of UC – especially adults – need to be able to control their emotions and refrain from physical altercations with students. I urge the university to take swift disciplinary action of at least a one-game suspension and I wish the Cal basketball program the very best as they enter the final games of the season.
It's unclear whether UC officials are likely to cave to pressure from Yee. So far the matter rests with a reprimand from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. Lee has made it clear that he thinks such a response is inadequate. He told the media that he would be calling UC officials personally on Tuesday.
Yee's chief of staff, Adam Keigwin, confirmed that Yee did indeed spend about 30 minutes yesterday talking with Athletic Director Sandy Barbour.
"He expressed why he was concerned with the situation—as an alum, and as a father who has sent his kids to the UC, and as a grandfather who hopes to send his grandkids to the UC," Keigwin explained. "As a psychologist, he has seen these cases where kids get pushed around, and that just leads to more aggressive behavior and eventually violence."
Keigwin said that Barbour seemed to agree with Yee, although regarding a harsher punishment she made no promises. Yee would like to see a one-game suspension, or a redaction of his pay for the USC game.
"We're still waiting to see what she'll do with that," said Keigwin. "We'll give her a day or two to determine what the outcome is going to be."
The magnitude of Yee's response might seem odd, but in fact he rarely misses an opportunity to criticize the UC administration. In the past, he has very publicly battled with UC officials over issues of transparency and a controversial nomination to the Board of Regents.
Meanwhile, Montgomery—who initially responded to the incident by saying simply: "Worked, didn't it?"—has since issued a full apology.
"Trying to get into kids' faces every now and again just to get them going is kind of what you need to be able to do." said Montgomery. "[It was] just a bad choice of motivational techniques on my part."
Sure seems like it
and the continuing pussification of the American male.
give him the right to demand the basketball coach resign? Where is the connection there?
He's not demanding his resignation, just his suspension for a season. btw, I have a degree from CAL and I feel I have a right to demand that the coach behave like an adult. He's shaming all of us by pushing kids around, and it's not right.
How dare that white man push that African American male, does he not realize that slavery has been abolished, god dam honky!!
Because, according to federal crime stats, that happens 60 times more often than white-on-black abuse.
from the School Board - for his complimentary tanning lotion?
Maybe Yee should stick to what he is best at - collecting money from public employee unions.
Last week it was for the "assassination" threat, which just "chilled him to the bone." This week it's the coach who shoves his players (clearly Yee hasn't spent much time on a high school football team). The only Asian better at keeping his name out there is Psy and even now he's sorta fading next to Yee.
What do you have against Asians Lucretia?
Your loathing of Chinese political power and long lectures on the "yellow peril" were very influential in my development Greg dear.
You do know that I supported Leland Yee for mayor, right?
The silent moderate majority appreciates that.
I voted for Avalos -at this point I can't even recall which vote went to Avalos and which went to Yee, but in any case, my final vote rested with Avalos.
And what you think of as the "moderate majority" is actually neither.
over all the other assorted lefties who floundered and dropped out round by round.
Lee was shrewd. The voters said that jobs was their number one issue. Lee pounded away about jobs, while Avalos hardly mentioned them, focusing instead on endlessly tinkering, redistribution and social engineering.
Avalos lost because he appeared not toc are about jobs.
Pleb, Your savior Lee only got 30% of the vote in the first round. We went over this once before, pleb. Do you have a case of short attention span or no attention span, what is it, pleb?
"Moderate majority" = Orwellian newspeak.
If your messiah Lee were the "End All" you want to believe he is, he would have received the majority of the votes in the first round, pleb.
Now, if you could kindly eject your head out of your savior's lower posterior and digest this perhaps that would help and we wouldn't have to review this again. It's becoming tiresome, pleb.
BTW, how were your services today at Westboro?
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clear at every stage of the elimination process, and in fact 30% in the first round with that many candidiates was a very good result.
You will also recall that in the final "runoff", Lee got nearly 50% more votes than Avalos - a crushing margin.
Pleb, it doesn't matter how many candidates there were. Damn you're thick. If your lord and savior were "all that" that you want to make him out to be, he would have earned the majority of the votes in the first round, pleb. You're blinded by your right-wing agenda.
But instead, it took your messiah TWELVE rounds to get to just 59%, and that's all he got.
Why are you and that other amateur imposter pleb troll still campaigning for your savior? What's that about? If you were secure with your savior Lee, you wouldn't feel any need to still be campaigning for him. Your insecurity is showing, pleb.
And I didn't vote for Ávalos so why are you bringing him up, pleb? The assumptions that amateur trolls make, ha!
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I wish to make an inquiry.
I meant to ask you, and you would know the answer to this as one of the devout Believers in the Church of Lee. I heard from a reliable source that Rose Brown and Willie Pak are acolytes in the Church of Lee. Is that true, pleb? I asked once before but none of the devout faithful had the courtesy to respond to my inquiry. Oh, and do you use incense for your liturgies? Is it High Church, pleb?
Do kindly get back to me before visiting hours are over there in your ward and they think you're goggling your Enhanced Drug Therapy Program but instead you're on here amateur trolling.
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Nice one Greg - the ultimate retreat of the closet racist.
rote ravings against him, it's hard on his self esteem.
Only progressives get to use the debate killer of screaming racism.
That is part of the problem.
I don't always agree with Yee (e.g. banning violent video games), but his background in child psychology provides a unique perspective that few legislators have (most of whom have backgrounds in law or business). And on this issue he's totally right. Violence just breeds more violence, and it's never OK. I find it ironic that the same people who lament male violence one minute, say that it's totally OK to treat men violently the next. "Oh, it's Ok if it's on a high school football team"... um, no, it's not. It's *especially* not OK in a situation where the party committing the violence has power over the other party -as in a coach/student situation.
Hell, it's not even OK if it's in the army. There was one incident where the far right-wing and slightly lunatic general Patton famously slapped a soldier because he thought the boy was faking illness in order to avoid combat. Under threat of dismissal, President Roosevelt made Patton read a public apology to the soldier. President Roosevelt was correct then, and Senator Yee is correct now.
And one other very important point... not only is Yee correct in calling the coach out on this, but he is more or less correct in terms of the appropriate response. NOTE (all you trolls), he's not calling for the coach to be fired. He's calling for a one-game suspension, maybe having his pay docked. I personally think some counseling might be in order, to make sure the coach understands why this is inappropriate.
The key is that the response should be measured. One such incident whouldn't ruin a person's career, but it shouldn't be brushed aside either (because if it's ignored, it can lead to others).
I find it so ironic that the same people who were cheering on Gascon and Lee's crusade to destroy Ross Mirkarimi over one single domestic dispute completely outside his job -to deprive him of his entire career, destroy his family, ruin his life in every way imaginable -these SAME people are attacking Leland Yee for calling for a very reasonable, appropriate, and *measured* response to a coach who acted violently and inappropriately ON the job! But then, it's always the first day of history with all these people.
Greg obviously gravitated to the Key Club and the Chess Club back in the day. Sure, there was an occasional slap fight over which Star Wars movie was the best, but certainly no pushing, and every altercation ended with hugs and tears.
is there attempts to ignore millions of years of evolution.
The idea that one can advocate stone age values and tell other people they're ignoring evolution in the same breath, and not see the irony in that...
...or that you think Leland Yee is "far left."
Pro abortion, for gay rights/marriage, etc... more or less for all the things liberals wanted 30+ years ago when they were still liberal. Before "progressivism" became a racialist operation. I don't know what stone age values you refer to.
Human beings fight, they even have short bursts of violence, in the situation of organized sports those involved move on, or even laugh about it later on. Having worked in factories and night clubs I've seen dudes scream and shove each other then go have beers a few hours later. Thats the way men behave sometimes. Men usually don't expect some greater power(other than progressives and Promise Keepers) to get involved in their antics, they actually resent the involvement.
I never posted much on the Mirkirimi episode expressing outrage over his antics, although if Mirkarimi was a non-progressive you would have been in full studied outrage mode. I more rooted for him to get the boot because he showed himself as a conspiracy addled crank, and I just find the guy to be a complete pussy tool.
That you compare the two considering candy you assed subjectivity.
Evolution indeed. In the 21st century violence is not OK. It's not just "antics." It's abuse. But you wouldn't understand that, because your evolution hasn't progressed beyond the 1950s. You probably think it's Ok for principals and teachers to give unruly children a good smack every now and then.
In one generation Greg thinks humans have bred out violence. Unless of course that human is Ross Mirkarimi.
It's was not needed to be written down because it's human nature, Rules for Radicals comes to mind here. Saul D. Alinsky didn't need to write these rules down because people resort to these points out of hand. Someone not on the progressive island gets a pass, those not on the progressive island get held to a higher standard.
With Greg Mirkarimi is the center of a massive conspiracy, anyone else not progressive acting out is violent. One wonders if Greg agrees with Tim that rioting in a bank isn't really violence?
RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
Just because you haven't been 100% successful at improving some social condition, then you should just throw your hands up and give up. The problem with that logic is that if you try, you're going to be a lot more successful than if you do nothing.
A generation or two or three ago, it was perfectly acceptable for teachers and principals to beat children, to beat your own children, to beat your wife, to bully other kids on the schoolyard, etc. Now, many schools are adopting zero tolerance toward bullying, it is no longer acceptable to beat your wife (though you can still beat your husband with more or less impunity, but that'll change too eventually), teachers aren't allowed to beat kids anymore, and some of the more progressive countries (32 last I looked) are starting to make corporal punishment illegal for children, which is where the problem of violence really begins.
The matlocks of the world would say that because these measures haven't completely eradicated all violence in one generation, that means we should just stop trying and let people do whatever they want to each other -it's just ordinary "antics" and "normal human evolution," and the victims of the violence even "resent" when we try to intervene. Gosh, listening to you, one could almost think they like being abused!
The argument is morally bankrupt, because of course these forms of violence have been reduced by intervention. So you do what you always do when your arguments are shown to be morally bankrupt -you fall back on pointing out some alleged progressive hypocrisy. But here too it's clearly disingenuous -to trot out the Mirkarimi thing, you have to simply ignore everything that I've written above, because the whole body of what I just wrote completely contradicts the position you ascribe to me and progressives in general. Neither I nor enyone else ever *condoned* Mirkarimi's arm grab. But because we failed to sign on to a punishment that amounted to the total destruction of a person's whole career and family, then we're somehow hypocrites. No, the position is not hypocritical. It is consistent. Unlike the transparently political witch hunt instigated by Ed Lee and George Gascon, with the goal of nothing less than total destruction of a political opponent's career and life, Leland Yee called for a very measured response. I would've supported a penalty for Mirkarimi on roughly the same level that Yee is proposing for the coach.
Incidentally... or not so incidentally... it should be noted that there's one relevant difference -the coach's actions occured on the job, and in direct relation to his duties. Therefore the penalty should be on the job and in direct relation to his duties.
The stuff about protests against banks, and sending letters, being equivalent to physical violence against other human beings -that doesn't even deserve a response. It's more of the usual false equivalency that you resort to when your arguments are shown to be morally bankrupt.
there is some reason that in group Mirkarimi's antics are not so bad while another's not on the island is an atrocity.
You can do all the back flips in the world to justify your servile apologia's you want, it still comes down to you just like Mirkarimi's politics so you a make up nonsense reasoning. You can justify it all to yourself endlessly, it's quite obvious though.
I've already clarified that position for you, why are you going over it again?
I can always tell when the other side is totally out of arguments. When someone resorts to making up positions for me and arguing against those instead of the actual points I've made, or simply engaging in ad hominem, it's a clearly sign that they've lost. The moral bankruptcy of your position is plain and transparent.
Really. Has he ever had a leg to stand on? He doesn't have arguments, just memes. And the meme he's pushing is that there's no difference between progressives and the far right. Just the same tired absurdities which he keeps repeating over and over and day after day of his pathetic existence. I don't know what it does for him, but perhaps he gets a pittance from his handlers each time he puts that message out there.
The surprising thing to me is that you even bother to respond to him. I say that with respect because I generally look forward to your posts, Greg. Your comments are well reasoned and intelligent. But, as for Matlock, a sophisticated reader is not going to pay him the least attention. Face it, he's a meme pusher, that's all. So I wouldn't give him the time of day. Just personally, I don't even bother to read his comments. He never says anything thoughtful or intelligent or new, and certainly nothing worth reading or responding to. So why waste your time?
In fact, they are opposites. Most Americans are in the middle and have little time for either extreme.
Even in SF, the winning mayor is always a centrist, not an extremist.
So you are correct, but perhaps not quite in the way you envisaged.
They share many of the same traits, disdain for the masses yet attempting to speak for them, attributing to conspiracy what can be explained by natural forces, and holding a secret knowledge that people not in the know are too stupid to get anyways. Just a few examples.
The two fringe sides tend to attack the other fringe and not the middle, they conflate not being with them as being against them, thats why they hold such disdain for the citizens of the city that are moderate. To the progressives moderate means fringe conservative.
"Greg, when has Matlock ever made sense? "
You're right. You nailed it with "meme pusher." When nobody says anything about that idiocy, I start to wonder if other people think it makes sense. I should probably realize that it's just as transparent to anyone else as it is to me, but most people just don't want to bother. Debating with matlock is like mud wrestling a pig -even if you win you still get dirty.
That a major change in evolution changed in one generation?
Good grief.
to screaming racism when a person doesn't agree with his views on immigration. Greg also is a self appointed advocate of the constitution, minus the parts around who is and isn't an immigrant and citizen.
Greg screams bigot when a person doesn't agree with meaningless renaming of airports. Not wanting to name the airport after anyone is bigoted against gays.
Greg is so entertaining, his world view is 100% based on what he thinks others believe. His strange belief that major evolution events happens in one generation is odd. He thinks Mirkarimi is the subject of a conspiracy while others who do the same as Mirkarimi are defined in another way. Thius proving the point that if Mirkarimi wasn't a progressive Greg would be freaking out. When I ignore his stream of conscious ramblings I've been bettered?
Interesting. Odd. Far right and far left bigoted same. heh. Conspiracy ravings Mirkarimi. Self-referential ramblings, har. Progressive hypocrisy. Anyone who disagrees bigot. heh. Entertaining. Progressives freaking out. Pro-abortion moderate.
The man is a clown.
Lee's done some good things in Sacramento.
He criticizes UC and CSU chancellors for their high pay. The chancellors, just like many CEOs, get their salaries bumped up all the time through the dubious "peer review" process.
I wish he would start tackling the public-employee pension time-bomb. But that's wishful thinking. He's not going to bite the pay-to-play hand that feeds him.
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You almost would like to believe that before he left, West Virginia University quarterback Geno Smith called aside Paul Millard and Ford Childress — either together or separately — and gave them some words of wisdom to take forth with them as they battle to pick up where he left off.
But it wasn't that way.
Smith had matters of his own to attend to, like working on his own quarterback skills before the draft, preparing for the Combine and then Pro Day at WVU, individual tryouts across the face of the NFL and a day with Jon Gruden to boost the former coach's ratings maybe more than he could boost his own draft stock.
"He kind of just left us with the way he approached the game and the way he did everything," Childress, the redshirt freshman, said in his first meeting with the media this spring. "Studying film, he showed me a lot, what to look for, what not to look for. The way he approached every game I thought was really good."
"He didn't really leave me with any parting words," Millard said. "We got along the whole time. I saw him Pro Day. He worked out with us that week. Then I saw him on with Gruden. He did a good job."
In a way, by not offering any kind of farewell speech, Smith was doing the two players a favor. He was telling them it was now their team and that their best path to success was to follow their own heart, just as he had done.
What's more, he was turning them over to Dana Holgorsen, the head coach and offensive architect of the team, and offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Shannon Dawson, offering nothing that would contradict what they may preach.
There would be no saying, "Well, Geno said," when the coaches were trying to get a point across.
The coaches' words would be the sole gospel.
And right now, that is important because the offense is different by necessity without Smith, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, players who do not come along with any great regularity.
"We don't think about the guys we lost, and I'm excited it's a new team," Millard said. "These are guys I came in with. We lost a lot of talent, but that's what college football is about. It's about replacing guys. That's what we're trying to do right now. We're excited about that."
The competition between the two players is intense.
"It's pretty even," Childress said. "One of us has a better day than the other; then the next practice the other one has the better day. It goes back and forth."
What's more, there will be no decision any time soon.
"It's a little odd. I'd obviously like it announced tomorrow that I'm the starter, but we're going to have to compete all the way through and get better," Childress said. "It's better with us competing and pushing each other. It brings better play out of each other."
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Following its introduction last week, the idea that the new iPad was "unbeatable" began to get a lot of attention, primarily due to an article in Slate with that very title. Indeed, when seeing a product like the new iPad, it's easy to get swept away -- there's just so much technology wrapped in so beautiful a package for such an unbelievable price that it's almost impossible not to. I get that. But it's not true.
Nothing and no one is unbeatable. Not the iPad. Not Apple.
In an industry of titans, no one has ever seen the next big transition coming. IBM didn't. Microsoft didn't. Sony didn't. HP didn't. Yahoo didn't. Google won't. Facebook won't. And neither will Apple.
The only advantage Apple has is that they've been there before, prior to the second coming of Steve Jobs, when Michael Dell was suggesting they turn off the lights and return the money to the shareholders.
The Mac was beaten. Apple was beaten.
Because of that, I don't think Apple considers themselves or any of their products unbeatable. I think they actively fear the complacency that comes with that kind of thinking.
It's dangerous.
Apple literally wants to stay hungry and stay foolish in so far as they never settle for what they're doing now and relentlessly explore what they could be doing better in the future. The near future.
Apple is like Balboa after Clubber Lang clobbered him early on in the third Rocky movie. Microsoft took the PC championship from them. They'll never forget that beating and they're working their collective asses off to make sure the same doesn't happen in the rematch.
Like Steve Jobs said in his famous Stanford address, once you know you're going to die, you achieve an amazing clarity. Once you know you can be beaten, you likewise develop an amazing freedom.
They're naked. Not trapped into defending the revenue streams of the past at the expense of future success. Rather they're relentless, almost to a reckless degree, about embracing it.
They ditched the floppy drive in favor of USB and the internet. They obsoleted the iPod with the iPhone. They cut into Mac sales with the iPad.
They've done everything every one of their competitors is terrified to do. And they've done it because they not only know they're beatable, but because they're intent on proving it again and again, year in and year out -- by beating themselves.
Tim Cook said as much during the new iPad keynote, and Steve Jobs has said it before.
That's what makes Apple dangerous.
The knowledge that they're beatable.
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like it, nicely put !
Great post Rene! That article by Manjoo was just ridiculous, stupid.
Apple all time high's stock! 552. growing like a teenager!!!! Unbeatable enough!
I take my Apple stock money and buy Windows gear. BEtter product, buyt I dont mind making money off everyone.
568.10, new Apple's all time stock high!!!
You know Rene, you and I rarely see eye to eye. This is not one of those times. This was extremely well put, and is absolutely correct.
I worked for Apple in the late 80's during the dark times. I remember the looming feeling of having just been handed our collective hats and were just waiting to be shown to the door.
That feeling never left any of us. I no longer work for Apple. They laid me off in 1989 during that restructure, but the feeling of knowing that at any moment, no matter how hard I work or how good I was doing my work, that could all be taken away in a moment and the only way to keep that from happening is to never stop moving. So we don't.
Good article. Thank you.
Only in a fantasy movie does Clubber Lang not bit the ish out of Rocky Balboa.
"beat the ish" that is.
Every time one thinks you can't stick your head up apples a$$ anymore, you prove us wrong, time and time again.
Let's see... he's the editor of a technology blog that revolves around Apple products. Gee. And the article discussed the fact that Apple can be beaten and need to stay on top of their game; if he'd said the opposite, then I could agree with the "up Apple's a$$" part. But uh... no.
Yes I realize this. And don't get me wrong, I like the site. But you can't deny, some of the fanboyism here is crazy. Like every once in a while you get the android outselling iPhone rant.
So basically Rene is saying Apple can be beaten, yet you're saying that he's sucking up to Apple. That makes no sense whatsoever, Mr. Stupid Anonymous Troll.
Did you read the article? Lol.
Funny you say one thing to go even slightly against the general belief and all of a sudden your a troll and illiterate and stupid and whatever else you nerds decide.
Now, you realize that this IS and Apple blog, right?
Kind of a douchebag comment considering you probably didn't read the column.
Can you read? Or write? Or are those crayons you use just for show?
Oh. And now your gonna try to insult me by implying that I can't read or write. Offly big of you to insult someone you don't know over the Internet. Maybe you should leave mommys basement and head out to the real world.
And honestly, what I said wasn't meant to be an insult to Rene. He does have good articles. I would agree that this article is a good one. Was simply stating that he seems to be up apples a$$. And yes I realize that this is an iPhone blog. Which is why I'm here. I like to follow news about the iPhone and apple in general. I like apple. But I'm my heads not shoved up you know where.
You people take things way to personally.
dude...you just insulted Rene....a guy you don't know....over the internet. god forbid he have an opinion about apple on an apple blog. Would you rather he talk about that apple can't be beaten? don't be a tool...
What he hell is wrong with you guys. He put an honest unbiased opinion up. The day Apple falls, I'm coming back to this comment.
He is simply saying Apple IS beatable. If not, then why are so many Android phones outselling the iPhone if they were king? iPod might be the only market where they woudl stay king. Tablets are catching up too (price matters).
Pretty soon, tablets will have a diminsing return of almost zero. ESPECIALLY Apple tablets. What happens when Android market catches up? I refuse to say Google Play. Apple has to keep innovating because they don't want to be even with another OS. iOS has kind of stagnated lately.
No single phone is outselling the iPhone. No single company is actually. Of course if you release hundreds of phones a year you'll eventually outsell one phone.
In terms of innovation, Apple is great with 1st gen hardware and software; however, when it comes to updates, they're horrible.
Other than the high resolution display, there is absolutely nothing revolutionary or innovative in the new iPad or iOS 5.1. Nothing.
So, unless they invent an entirely new device category, they're going to be beat a lot sooner than you think...
They improved the ipad 2 greatly which is perhaps the most popular product out there. I see nothing wrong with that. Heck, the new shares little with the ipad 2 besides casing. They don't need to invent a new wheel every year. That WILL get them beat.
Be innovative, but be deliberate and patient about it. Apple has it down to a science right now.
I beg to differ. Apple understands that there is a large segment out there that will by the latest iWhatever. Do you think that the new iPad sold out to NEW Apple customer's?? A very large portion of their sales is due in large part to churn. People that bought iPad2 are trying to figure out how to sell the old so they can get the new. Same with phones. Apple sells 40 million iPhones a year, but how many of those are new customer's, and not people that "just have to have the new one" no matter what? Yes, it is impressive the amount of equipment they sell. I am curious to see how long this can go on. People now see the release cycle, and the "in between" phones may start to suffer. You get a new, then a bump, then a new. I wouldn't waste my upgrade on the middle device when you know brand new is coming. Which means a lot of people are paying full price for those. And one last thing. How long can Apple hold their price points?
16a15c35f6You can certainly see your slikls within the work you write. The world hopes for even more passionate writers like you who aren't afraid to mention how they believe. Always go after your heart. 18d
Ask those clowns at RIM how they are doing regarding updates........and don't think Android is seamless in theirs as well.
Keep in mind iOS 5.0 was a big jump from their last update. And no, I am not going to say they invented anything. Everyone steals from each other to the consumers benefit. Many of the features I enjoy on iOS 5 for iPad were introduced by Android. And in this case I am the winner.
People said that about every version of the iPhone and both previous versions of the iPad. Obviously, that hasn't happened yet. Apple is more focused on USER EXPERIENCE than putting the latest tech in their products. Clearly, wiz bang tech isn't working for any of the Android Tablets. Look at the Kindle Fire. It's a hobbled Android Tablet that is selling purely on price and user experience. Amazon gets it. When the others do, that is what will sell their products. Obviously tech specs matter a lot less to most people who aren't techno-geeks.
I think some of you guys need to look up the meaning of the word "innovation."
Apple was only innovative with the first-gen version of each of their devices. Every hardware and software update since has been merely evolutionary, not revolutionary.
Yes... but getting to that first generation is the biggest hurdle.
This is the phone Palm announced a mere 2 days before Apple announced the first iPhone.
And now Palm is gone... and Apple is one of the biggest companies in the world thanks to that first innovative leap.
Maybe the iPhone 4S doesn't look all that different than the original iPhone... but it sure as hell acts different.
Better hardware, better software... isn't that what every other company is doing too?
It doesn't matter how much the haters don't like Apple or their products. I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro sitting next to an iPhone 4S and my newly bought iPad2 just chirped with a Twitter update. All of these pieces of tech do something for me that nothing else I tried before did, while providing me with a satisfying user experience. As for Apple products being or not being "unbeatable", only a fool thinks they are invincible. The fact remains is that only the Kindle Fire has gained any traction with Tablets, other than Apple. Try as they may, Samsung, Asus, and Motorola aren't making it happen.
You come off very fanboyish.
Samsung provides the same experience for me, so what are you saying? The author is saying there could come a time where Apple becomes a Microsoft.
Hipsters, how do they work?
Look way back. Steve Jobs had the concept of the iPad in his head before there was technogoly to make it. To me that is amazing. The question, can Apple minds keep that concept going? Fanboy, or not, we are living in a great time to see what is next.
Nice article! Best summarization of I have read. Regardless of the naysayers, they make excellent products, and they will continue to.
No one can disagree with René on the subject because eventually he will be right.
The discussion point is rather whether we will love to see it or not. Personally I think Apple got quite a few years ahead of them primarily due the eco-system thingie that feeds itself despite some cannibalization : the growing hords of Ipad users will look into Iphones first and vice versa.
Very much like in the 1980s the buzzword in the emerging PC business was "IBM compatible", Apple managed to create themselves a new de facto OS compatibility standard based on 350 million devices in just 5 years time. All sold by the same vendor, unique in the history of computing !!!
To stay ahead of the pack they (need to) innovate as they always did. The major difference with the original Mac failure at the end of 1980s is that today, due to the volumes, they can offer technology at a price point that maintains the momentum. I remember myself looking at the Mac in those days : georgeous unreachable for a student. Today most of the students I see on the train while I commute have Macs !
And the Ipad2 is still a killer tablet (with a lousy camera :-) that will attract very different people, including some Android smartphone users who have kids who know other kids that have Ipads....
Bottom line : check again in 2020...
Apple will not fail through complacency. Been there, done that, and earned a healthy paranoia besides.
More to the point, Apple does not need that paranoia for motivation. Apple thrives on telling customers where they want to go. You cannot do that if you yourself are standing still.
Their danger is not complacency, but arrogance. The Apple of the past 10 years is characterized by huge bets, and a vision so in tune with what people want that those bets have paid off handsomely. At some point, however, Apple will misstep, simply because nobody is perfect. On that day, we will see what has become of Apple's other underrated skill -- when to cut their losses (Newton, Pippin) or to avoid a full bet entirely (Apple TV).
Apple's danger is that they lose that ability -- that their justifiable pride in their track record calcifies into hubris, leading them to double down on a product mistake after customers have told them no.
Apple is gud but not d best. Clowns out there seems to turn a blind eyes to all other things. Try out & u'll kno it.
HAHAHHA, why are you writing like that???
Like we Greeks say, after Akmi comes Parakmi, in other words what goes up, eventually comes down. Nokia and the n95 with Series 60, Microsoft with Windows CE, Apple with IOS and the story continues...
Of course nothing lasts forever, but no company is better equipped to fight off complacency, than Apple is. Everything is in place:
Mass consumer mindshare.
Unrivalled logistics.
Successful bricks and mortar stores.
Industry-leading ecosystem.
The scars of previous eras(which motivate).
Long-serving figureheads at top in all areas, who know Apple inside & out(Cook, Schiller, Ive, Cue, Forstall, etc).
When Apple eventually falls off the mountain top, it wont be ANY time soon.
16a1543511cI wish more guys would write posts like this that are actually ineniestrtg to read and not boring like many others. With all the fluff floating around on the web, it is rare to read a blog like yours instead.keep updating your blog. thx! 195
Well done.
Great Article... I like how you look at things.. Apple is definitely beatable only thing is no one right now knows how to..


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Chances are, he'll inspire you, too.
Aron, a criminal defense lawyer who lives in Chicago's East Lakeview neighborhood with his wife, Sara, started running competitively in 1978 when, at the urging of a friend whose sister managed special events at WLS radio, he ran the 8.9 miles in the first Run for the Zoo.
The nontraditional distance corresponded to the radio station's frequency on the AM dial: 890 kilohertz. Unlike today, when highly publicized races draw huge numbers of runners, participants in that one "measured in the hundreds," Aron recalls.
Completing his first
Later, Aron ran the predecessor of what would become the Chicago Distance Classic, then entered 1978's Mayor Daley Marathon, which was in its second year. His time in that full 26.2-mile marathon was 5:35:30. He finished 3,840th.
"In the 2012 Chicago Marathon," Aron says, "that time corresponds to the 32,535th finisher."
In 1979, Aron began running seriously, completing the Montreal and Chicago marathons within six weeks of each other. He ran Montreal in 4:20 and shaved 10 seconds off that time in the Windy City.
A knee injury that required surgery sidelined him, and although Aron healed, he didn't run another marathon for many more years. And during that time, the 5-foot-6-1/2-inch Aron piled on weight, going from 165 to 265 pounds.
More seriously, in 1995, Aron's sister's husband, Paul Bracken, developed Alzheimer's disease. In 2000, Aron was moved to enter an Alzheimer's Association "Memory Walk" in Omaha. Things didn't go quite as he planned, however. Because he was both overweight and out of shape, Aron couldn't complete the walk.
Training leads to success
So Aron began training and dieting, and in 2001, shortly after Bracken passed away, he ran the 6-mile walk in Omaha. And the year after that, he ran that same course — twice, this time. He trimmed down by increasing his mileage and cutting out "extra meals," he says. (Today he's 180 pounds.)
Because Bracken had died at age 58, the same age Aron was in 2004, and it had been a quarter century since Aron last ran a marathon, he decided to enter the 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and raise funds for the Alzheimer's Association. He ran it in 5:04:23, then in 2005 cut the time to 4:54:08. As of this year's Chicago Marathon, Aron will have raised more than $100,000 for the Alzheimer's Association. Over the years, he's also raised contributions for the American Cancer Society and the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Because of his fundraising success, Aron was invited to run the Boston Marathon in 2011, where he pegged 5:42:56. In Chicago that year, he finished with 6:28:36, the longer time the result of needing knee surgery again, this time for a torn meniscus.
Aron finished the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 6:07:26. This year, he says he'll be happy to break 6 hours. He'll also be happy that he's helping other marathoners achieve their goals, whether to achieve a personal best or to simply finish the race.
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Since 2005, Aron has been a group leader for the Chicago Area Runners Association. His group, "Chuck's Chicks," focuses on training those who typically run an 11 1/2-minute mile.
Most of the 20 or so members are women, he says. Aron and his wife don't have children, but in coaching his group, he draws on a favorite relative. "I had an aunt, Betty, who similarly had no children and was 'Aunt Betty' to all. I've tried to pattern myself after her in that regard, which is why I'm known to many of my runners as 'Uncle Chuck.'"
Aron hastens to add, however: "They all know there's a 'Mrs. Uncle Chuck.' "
"He's 67 years young and I'll be 34 at the end of the month," says Jennifer Tammen, a group member who works in accounting and lives in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. "If you want to be pushed, he'll push you. He's been doing marathons as long as I've been alive."