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Hillsborough County seeks "someone responsible and professional, with a true passion for skateboarding" to work part-time at the Brandon Skate Park in Riverview, at 5720 Providence Road.
There, Jeff Miller, the park's newest director, said more than 1,700 people have registered to skate in the park designed and constructed by Team Pain.
"We're looking for a person who loves skating," Miller said in a phone interview Feb. 21. "If you need a job, this one is open."
Also open is a part-time job at the skate park in Apollo Beach. Both parks are owned and operated by the Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department.
On the job, a passion for skating wouldn't hurt, Miller said. "They can teach different tricks and during their spare time they can come out and skate."
Miller, who said he has been on the job himself "for a few days," had nothing but high praise for the park in Brandon. "This is real nice," he said. "This a real good thing the county did."
Skaters "like the design," he said. "Every trick they see on TV, we have it here."
- See Why Skateboarders Are Stoked About Skateboarding at Brandon Skate Park
- See Brandon Skate Park 'Band Jam/Skate Jam' (Photos and Video)
- See Go Skateboarding Day Casts Spotlight on Draw to Local Skate Parks
- See Brandon Skate Park Then and Now
- See Brandon Skate Park Grand Opening Photos
- See They're Stoked! Brandon Skate Park Officially Opens (Video)
- See Grand Opening Celebration for Brandon Skate Park
Interested in Part-Time Employment at a Skate Park?
Working at a Hillsborough County skate park requires knowledge of skateboarding, park rules and regulations, and safety requirements. Minimum requirements to apply include:
- Graduation from high school or possession of a GED Certificate;
- Possession of a First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification; and
- Possession of a valid Driver License
Those interested must apply by 11:59 a.m. on March 1. A job description and application can be found online under RECREATION LEADER I (PART-TIME).
From an earlier report:
The 11,000-square-foot park was funded with impact fees and general revenue dollars. Team Pain, a company owned and operated by skaters that for 30 years has been creating custom skate parks for communities and skateboarders worldwide, worked under Hennessy Construction Services Corp. as a member of the design, permitting and construction team.
The Brandon Skate Park is the first skate park built with taxpayers' dollars.
- Photos of the park under construction.
According to county officials, the park cost $499,501 and is best described, according to a Brandon Patch interview with Team Pain foreman Chris Berry in January, as a "street course," featuring a bowl, "like a swimming pool, 9 feet, 6 inches deep."
The Brandon Skate Park is at 5720 Providence Road, in the Greater Brandon community of Riverview.
Included in the course are radius ramps, stairs, rails, ledges, banks and pool coping, which is the term used to identify the stone, or in this case, concrete material used to cap the bowl shell wall.
Team Pain has built skate parks throughout Florida, including in Tampa, New Tampa, Sarasota, Bradenton and the soon-to-open park in Apollo Beach.
Brandon Skate Park Particulars:
- Hour are Sunday noon to 8 p.m.; Tuesday to Thursday, 2 to 10 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 to 10 p.m. The park is closed on Monday.
- All skaters must wear helmets and sign a waiver and get it notarized.
Brandon Skate Park Features:
- An intermediate/professional bowl with rounded walls, two hips and two general depths. The shallow end is 6 feet deep and just under-vert; the deep end is more than 9 feet deep, with 1.5 feet of vert. The entire bowl has pool coping and tile.
Obstacle Street:
- Consists of two main levels that split the park into two sections.
- The lower section has a few street-plaza elements, including a granite bench set at an angle; curved ledges; a cone-pole jam; a manual pad; a small, but long, set of four stairs; a brick-stamped bank with a flat bar on top; and a handrail and flat rail. The area also sports a very wide quarter-pipe, with steel coping, including a 12-foot pool coping extension; a smaller pyramid with a bull-nose flat rail; and a steep bank and hip.
- The lower section is connected to the upper section with a series of banks, including a step-up that links to an escalating transition hip.
Transition Elements:
- Six-foot corner quarter-pipe leading to a long and low A-shaped quarter-pipe, ending at a series of moguls located throughout.
- A third level takes skaters to the bowl, an area also connected with quarter-pipes and more moguls, ranging in height from 2.5 to 5 feet.
- Team Pain Skateboard Park Under Construction in Greater Brandon
- Skateboard Park Plan Topic of Providence East Meeting
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Mark Wahlberg had dropped out of school in 9th grade, and just this summer got his high school diploma. Not an honorary one - a real one. He took online classes to finish it up.
I remember reading, maybe a year ago, that he wanted to go back and finish his high school diploma for his kids. I am always impressed as all get out when people, who left school, go back, often decades later, and get their diploma or GED. IMO, takes a lot of courage.
A quote from the man himself:
How cool is that?I was able to do it because I knew I wasn't alone, that other teens and adults were going through the same thing I was in balancing work and family in order to better themselves. To those students struggling every day and - most importantly -- to those who are looking for a second chance, I have a message for you: never give up. Keep believing in yourselves and don't make small plans.
You are not alone. I can now look at my kids every day knowing that I didn't just do this for me -- I did it for them, and I did it for all the other teens and adults who have inspired me by their commitment to graduate.
If we don't live by example, then what do we live by? I am proud to re-introduce myself to you today as:
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Hunter Bauer blood drive
The eighth annual Hunter Bauer Memorial Blood Drive, in cooperation with the Red Cross, will be held from noon until 5 p.m. today at the Beasley Center on the corner of Marion and Bryan streets. A middle school student at the time, Bauer died in 2004 from a drug-resistant staph infection.
Children's Chorale concert
Heritage Children's Chorale will present their 25th annual Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at First Presbyterian Church in Athens. Contact: Mary Stephenson, 256-233-0433.
Chicken stew
The American Legion Post 49 monthly chicken stew will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Cost is $5 to eat in or for per quart carryouts. Containers provided. No sides with carryouts. Information: Rod Huffman 256-233-3023. Reserve carryouts: 256-230-6233.
Heart of Athens calendars
Heart of Athens calendars that feature paintings by local artists of many community landmarks are available for $18 each at U.G. White's and the ASU Center for Lifelong Learning, both on the downtown Square. They can be purchased online at http://www.athensspirit/blogspot.com. Calendar sales benefit the nonprofit Spirit of Athens and their work in downtown revitalization.
Boy Scout Christmas Trees
East Limestone Boy Scout Troop 7236 has Fraser Fir Christmas trees for sale through Dec. 18. Visit the new location at East Limestone and Capshaw roads at the old Reliance Bank lot.
• Alzheimer's support. Athens Alzheimer's Support group will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, at the Athens Senior Center on Pryor Street. Caregivers or anyone with a family member or friend with Alzheimer's is invited to attend. Contact: Sharon Griffis 256-874-0888.
• NAACP. The Limestone County NAACP annual meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, at 17308 U.S. 72 West in Athens. Contact: Wilbert Woodruff 256-216-5668 or 256-227-8489.
• VFW. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary will host a Christmas dinner for members and their families at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Post, 4765 N. Jefferson St. and Alabama 127. Contact: Kevin 256-278-8276.
• AMVETS. AMVETS (American Veterans) will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at 22769 Black Road. Call 256.771.2029 for more information.
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Rick Ungar, Contributor
I write from the left on politics and policy.
(Note to readers: This article was originally posted in December of 2011 and gained quite a large following at that time. The story now appears to have new resonance as a result of last week's Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. While my thoughts as expressed in this piece remain the same, I wanted readers to have the opportunity to place them in context in terms of time and space. REU)
I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is – in the main – little more than a successful effort to put an end to some of the more egregious health insurer abuses while creating an environment that should bring more Americans into programs that will give them at least some of the health care coverage they need.
There is, however, one notable exception – and it's one that should have a long lasting and powerful impact on the future of health care in our country.
That would be the provision of the law, called the medical loss ratio, that requires health insurance companies to spend 80% of the consumers' premium dollars they collect—85% for large group insurers—on actual medical care rather than overhead, marketing expenses and profit. Failure on the part of insurers to meet this requirement will result in the insurers having to send their customers a rebate check representing the amount in which they underspend on actual medical care.
This is the true 'bomb' contained in Obamacare and the one item that will have more impact on the future of how medical care is paid for in this country than anything we've seen in quite some time. Indeed, it is this aspect of the law that represents the true 'death panel' found in Obamacare—but not one that is going to lead to the death of American consumers. Rather, the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry.
Why? Because there is absolutely no way for-profit health insurers are going to be able to learn how to get by and still make a profit while being forced to spend at least 80 percent of their receipts providing their customers with the coverage for which they paid. If they could, we likely would never have seen the extraordinary efforts made by these companies to avoid paying benefits to their customers at the very moment they need it the most.
Today, that bomb goes off.
Today, the Department of Health & Human Services issues the rules of what insurer expenditures will—and will not—qualify as a medical expense for purposes of meeting the requirement.
As it turns out, HHS isn't screwing around. They actually mean to see to it that the insurance companies spend what they should taking care of their customers.
Here's an example: For months, health insurance brokers and salespeople have been lobbying to have the commissions they earn for selling an insurer's program to consumers be included as a 'medical expense' for purposes of the rules. HHS has, today, given them the official thumbs down, as well they should have. Selling me a health insurance policy is simply not the same as providing me with the medical care I am entitled to under the policy. Sales is clearly an overhead cost in any business and had HHS included this as a medical cost, it would have signaled that they are not at all serious about enforcing the concept of the medical loss ratio.
So, can private health insurance companies manage to make a profit when they actually have to spend premium receipts taking care of their customers' health needs as promised?
I have been practicing medicine for 30 years. Health Insurance is a legal Madoof scheme and you know it, where can an industry cover you for decades profit handsomely and then when you REALLY are going to cost them we get stuck with 85% of the tab. Switzerland has done this healthinsurer 85% rule for decades and they are still in buisness. The Swiss barely approved this system decades ago by 1 % now over 90% want to keep it. Let the old players leave if there's not enough profit.
Obama took more insurance lobby money than any senator I've heard nurses call Obama care racketeering… can only hope Obama and his cronies go to prison…racketeering for the rich that will kill the lower class
I and the lower class will be starving to death to pay for your cholesterol drugs thank you selfish SOB
pure government sponsored racketeering…Obama took more insurance lobby money than any one and is in no way to insure the cost won't go up we all buy gas and look at the price he's just put a gun to all our heads and said buy my product or you go to jail…IRS has always had that power….Obama is the private insurance industry…and all his minions get rich
You say "it will be left to the only bank large enough to become the nation's health care insurer – the government".
The government has shown time and time again that they don't know what they are doing -especially when there is money involved. The government has been spending money that it does NOT have.
There is a great question.
On one hand, when private corporations, an entire industry, dangers the foundation of the nation's economy (the taxpaying policy holders) with policies which sends 100,000s of families into bankruptcies, foreclosures, poverty, the government should act to not only protect the overall economy, but the citizen. This is the government for the people, by the people, not the corporation.
On the other hand, when a fringe group catches fire for a brief time in political history, you can see where that precedent could be harmful to the overall economy.
I support that no industry can use that form of mafia capitalism that destroys the nation from within. Maybe I am old school, but patriotism should be a requirement for business as well as the individual. The idea that loss of consumers due to poor service or performance can always be offset by continual increased premiums is a suicidal plan for that industry. And no one desires the extermination of health insurance. Just fairness, live up to a contract, and do what you are in business to do.
Great point about the airline industry. A few important points though;
1.) The 1980′s was the most dangerous time in America to fly a commercial airline (post de-regulation)
2.) Southwest Airlines sustains profitability when most others can't, because they have become is essence, an energy trader (among other commodities)
3.) Historically, Health Insurance was a product initially intended to offer an individual financial protection. As the industry grew, it morphed into Health Maintenance/Prevention and ultimately into the role of a gatekeeper.
Today, it offers neither financial protection (see bankruptcy statistics) or health maintenance (see outcomes).
Cudos to you Rick, for an excellent analysis. You really nailed it.
No one ever mentions how/why medical care costs have increased exponentially now. The gov used to give hospitals $3 mil in January for the uninsured and it was gone by March. In speaking to a VP of a hospital 30 years ago…his thoughts were "because of insurance." The bill was a blank check to the provider and there were never any checks or balances on fees. It is America and one must hit that dream. It reminds me of the housing fiasco. Working in Medical Records we were the hub (I say we because more than half went on layoff- gov. orders, paper reduction act) coding, distributing info. In fact the gov would and could often break into our system and freeze it, open access, pissed me off. I have seen the pie graphs and expected income from the gov for Medicare, etc., and it did not look good by 2013. Also, if one is hospitalized and returns two days later…they will not pay one penny to the provider for the previous stay. A lot of changes! I hated coding for two Tylenol turned into a $40 fee when it hit the business office. Made me want to take a trip to the BURN UNIT.


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In The Asian Age, Suneel Sinha has a different take on the Ayodhya dispute:
It is a strong logic. The answer to a dispute from mediaeval India might eventually lie in a mediaeval practice. Simultaneum mixtum first came to be used in the Europe of the Reformation less than five years before the conqueror Babar, or his general Mir Baqi, raised the Babri Masjid in 1528 AD over an area where Hindus believe a temple to Lord Ram stood. The Latin phrase was used in Germany to denote a church premises used by more than one type of Christian for prayer after Martin Luther decided in 1517 that the Vatican's sale of indulgences was really a chit fund scam, something we in India are familiar with, and nailed his objections, the Ninety-Five Theses, to a church door.
As a principle, simultaneum was used with effect down the ages when no other alternative presented itself. It has involved the peoples of three faiths — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — in Europe and West Asia. Much later, even if they didn't know the word simultaneum, Hindus and Muslims worshipped at Ayodhya at the same time. In 1859, the British put up a fence to separate the places of worships after communal violence. It was a separation; it was also a forced sharing.
Simultaneum, or forms of it, is still the practice at disputed sites in the Levant, at sites considered among the holiest by the Abrahamic religions. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is today administered by no less than six denominations of Christians and the guardians of the main door of the church are still the descendants of the same two 12th century Muslim families appointed by the conquering Kurdish general Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, in 1192 AD. Christians were permitted by a treaty between Saladin and Richard I (the Lionheart) to visit the holy site after the Third Crusade failed to wrest back Jerusalem from Saladin. The region of the eastern Mediterranean is filled with historical examples of the absence of tension, and even collaboration, between religious groups, without, of course, the intervention of later politics. There are examples of Christian, Jewish and Muslim voluntary pilgrimages (Ziyara) to pray where saints and prophets were born or died. Just like Ayodhya. Right here in India we have the tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer Sharief, venerated by all faiths. More:


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Rusk Eagles (2-6, 0-2) at Groesbeck Goats (3-6, 0-3) — The Eagles come into the this one having the benefits of an open date last week. A Rusk win would give the Eagles the final berth out of 19-3A. A Rusk loss would force the Eagles to have to win next week against Mexia and win by more than 15 points, according to the district tie-breaker rules. The Eagles will have to find a way to score points to be successful this week. Rusk has put just seven points on the board in its last three games.
Bullard Panthers (3-4, 1-3) at Gilmer Buckeyes (8-0, 4-0) — Taking on the No.1-ranked Buckeyes in Gilmer is a tall task for any team, with Bullard facing exactly that challenge this week. The Panthers will need several things to take place to have a shot at post season play. Number one on the list would be an upset over the Buckeyes.
Troup Tigers (5-3, 1-2) at Harmony Eagles (6-2, 2-1) — Troup and Jefferson both stand at 1-2 in 9-2A-I play and are in contention for the final playoff spot out of the circuit. Jefferson draws White Oak this week and finishes up against Tatum next week, while the Tigers return home to entertain the loop's last-place team, Sabine. Troup defeated Jefferson in the head-to-meeting. The Eagles are 3-1 at home this year, with their only home loss coming to White Oak.
San Augustine Wolves (3-5, 2-1) at Alto Yellowjackets (5-3, 2-1) — Two explosive offenses are matched up in this one. These two clubs combined to score 91 points a year ago when the Wolves clipped the Mean Sting, 49-42. Winner of this is guaranteed a spot in post season, while the loser will have to secure things on the final week of the regular season.
Brook Hill Guard (4-4, 3-2) at Grace Community Cougars (7-1, 4-1) — Brook Hill has clinched a playoff spot already, thanks in part to a forfeit from Prince of Peace, the Guard's opponent in Week 10. Prince of Peace did not have a sufficient number of healthy players to continue the season. This game will be the Guard's final regular season outing.


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ATHENS This was a quieter football season for Greg McGarity. The Georgia athletics director didnt endure any hot seat talk about his head coach, and when things were rough at one point he laid low and let events play out.
As he sat in his office on Friday morning, he looked out and noted that Mark Richts car was parked, so his head coach was at work. McGarity also said he and Richt had yet to have their year-end sit-down, and there was no urgency this year: No contract extension to be hammered out, and no big changes to the program necessary.
McGarity sat down to discuss the football program, as well as the mens basketball program, and other issues on his place as the new year begins:
Q: The feeling coming off a bowl win and the way the team played in the SEC title game has to leave you feeling a lot better than Jan. 4 last year.
McGarity: I think everybody feels positive with the improvements that we made over last season. And especially over 2010. That 2010 (season), the first two games of 2011, as you look back on it, the one very strong point was that nobody panicked. Mark didnt panic, his assistant coaches didnt panic. Marks talked about that often, is that there was no reason to really have any big team meetings.
You win 10 in a row, and then you dont finish well against LSU, you dont finish well against Michigan State. Yeah, nobody likes to lose, and nobody likes to lose that game. So were in sort of new territory now, to where we won the last game of the year, with this group of kids. Its kind of refreshing to see the comments after the game, from Todd Gurley, others, saying we cant wait to get started in January, because we know the season gets starter (the schedule) is probably as tough as anybody in the country next year.
Theyve tasted what its like to be at this level, so that senior class and the other kids on the team will want to go back and do everything they can do to get back in that position again.
Q: Do you like where this program is in terms of being a top-5 type team?
McGarity: We talked about, when I first got here, being relevant in your sport. And I dont think theres any question that Georgia is now relevant in the conversation. When you mention Southeastern Conference and you mention the Eastern Division, Georgias in that discussion. If we can have that across the board in all our 21 sports, thats where you want to be. But especially in football, because it is the engine that runs out entire department, to be in that conversation to be relevant on the national scene, is very pleasing.
Q: When you go back to after the South Carolina game last year, you were hearing it from fans, I was hearing it: Were you worried at that point?
McGarity: I think any time you have a game like that, you always worry. I mean Im a fan too. But we were off the next week. Then we had the Kentucky game coming up and we gutted that one out, that was a very difficult game for us to win, but we managed to win. Youve got to be able to win some of those ugly games. But again, it wasnt like everybody knew everybody knew based on last year we had a bump in the road. We were able to come back and still control our destiny. So regardless of the game, we all thought were still in control of our destiny. That South Carolina had some difficult games coming up. If we ran the table, then were probably gonna be in Atlanta. Thats what happened. I think the reassuring thing is nobody panicked, nobody did a 180 and reinvented the wheel. There are gonna be some games you see in the pros, you see it at every level of every sport where things just dont work out. Where you dont play very well and the other team plays maybe its best game of the year.
Q: I think one of the concerns that came out of that South Carolina game from fans is that Mark Richt is never gonna win the big one. Do you think what happened after that and being five yards away from Alabama kind of answered that?
McGarity: I think you look over a two-year span, you win 23 games over a two-year span, I dont care who your opponents are, that doesnt happen often. Its only happened once here, I think. So I dont get hung up on who your opponents are. I know theres noise out there about your strength of your opponent. Well you could look at the 2013 schedule
(McGarity picks up a composite SEC schedule for 2013) ..
And you could now say, Well South Carolina in the West they play Mississippi State and Arkansas. Thats the way this Southeastern Conference schedule works. Bottom line you won 23 games, you won 12 games this year, and there was only one game where it got out of hand. But the rest of them, were a lot of close games, and games that werent very close. But this team, I just think over the whole season, 14 games, really did remarkably well.
Q: I tried to get you to say something publicly after the South Carolina game, but you declined. It seems youve adjusted how you handle some of this stuff over the past few years.
McGarity: From an athletic directors point of view, you never want to say anything that could get in the way of the season, that could be misinterpreted, where somebody could read something in there especially internally, where they could say: Well what is he saying? So I just choose not to really comment on anything until the season is really over with. .Coaches and players, they certainly have enough to focus on during the year, they certainly dont need me adding another layer of comments that deal with things, that might confuse people or might lose our focus.
Q: There have been lots of criticisms over the past year about the wisdom of drug-testing and other discipline, or financial priorities such as not hiring a bunch of quality control coaches. Things like that. Do the results, in your mind, validate the way things are done here?
McGarity: I think it did. I think first of all, Im a firm believer that what happens in January sets the tone for the whole year. I know Mark has already delivered that message to the team, that we cant afford for anyone to get in trouble, make poor decisions. Because if student-athletes make poor choices in academics, or class attendance, or missed academic appointments, or do things that are in violation of our policy and procedures, the consequences are missing games.
You know, that first game (at Clemson) is pretty important this year. So the message is going to be lets make sure that the team really monitors themselves.
Were talking about effort and accountability. We just left our orientation for all our mid-year enrollees, and we talked about effort in the classroom and athletics, and we talked about accountability. As an athletic director thats all you can ask for from student-athletes.
Q: Will you all still pursue something with the SEC in terms of a uniform drug policy?
McGarity: Well the SEC is gathering information from all schools. The presidents have asked for that information. So what the presidents do with that information Im not really sure. But I do know that each school has been asked to send their policies to the conference office. And at the level of the presidents they will have a discussion on whether there needs to be any action or a consistent policy in all conferences.
Q: But bottom line you all are comfortable with your policy.
McGarity: Very much so. Because at the end of the day, were trying to help youngsters. If they havent already formed (from) those impressionable days as teenagers, well theyre now in our hands for three, four, five days. So part of our mission here is to prepare them for life after they leave. If they havent learned their lessons before they got here, then were their next filter. Part of our role is to be sure that were teaching them life lessons. So if we dont teach those and ignore it and are lax in those areas, then probably when they move on and they get married and have families and things of that nature, thats not gonna help them down the road.
But Im sure everybody that has really gone on to college has learned some life lessons. I look back on my time as a college student, and Im so glad I learned that lesson with I was 18 or 19 years old, rather than when I was 25 years old. Because people now get fired now for breaking rules where in college you get a second chance. I think thats part of our role, is to help them grow, not only athletically but as a total person. So we have nothing to be ashamed of.
I think what youll see down the road is maybe more schools adopting our stance, and our policy there, because I dont think theres anything wrong with it.
Q: Even a drug (marijuana) that is now being legalized in some states?
McGarity: Well that adds to the complication. Thats probably why it will never be a national issue. Because in Oregon, and where else Colorado I mean, now theyve got smoking bars. I saw something like that on the news the other day, where when it becomes legal, adults can come in and enjoy those drugs. So how do you enforce something nationally when you have states that allow it. Thats why its such a difficult conversation. Whats Vandys policy? We dont know, because its private. Youve got some schools that dont even drug test. I dont think Stanford University even has drug tests. They just dont worry about it. I remember my good friend at Washington State, Bill Moos, said its not legal to randomly drug test in the state of Oregon and maybe Washington. The only way you can drug test is if theres a reason to. But if you just have random drug tests, pull out of a hat like we do, just random, theyre not allowed by law to do that. I dont want to say never, but it would be extremely difficult to have a national policy like that.
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Q: Back to football: This year the offense had a great year, and last year the defensive coordinator was rewarded. Is something in the works there with Mike Bobo?
McGarity: Yeah well talk. Thats why we really havent had a chance to sit down in earnest with Mark, and go over a bunch of plans. We have not talked really about details. Weve talked about a few things in general that will remain between he and I. But we really havent sat down since the bowl game was over with and had a definite plan of action.
But I think Mike and his staff have had just an exceptional year. Recruiting, the whole nine yards, there its really been fun to watch. You cant argue the success that weve had offensively. Its amazing to see how the offense has grown now that you have some quality running backs. You now have that threat back there, and will have for years to come. Thats what makes the offense so successful, is you cant focus on one thing. Just think about your wideouts: I mean you lose Marlon Brown and you lose Michael Bennett, and boy youve got kids that step up. And in the bowl game, even with Malcolm Mitchell out, Justin Scott-Wesley steps up. So obviously by the practice and by the preparation, all this stuff, we pretty well got the job done with your three top receivers out and still had remarkable passing numbers. So I think Marks staff did one of the best jobs that could be done, managing the whole season, and managing on the field, off the field, academics, all those type things. I think it gives us a strong foundation moving forward.
Q: Obviously Grantham has a three-year deal and had one when you got here. Are you comfortable with Mike also getting more than the one year?
McGarity: Those are things that Mark and I are discussing. Those are the things we really havent sat down, face-to-face, and talked about those things. He and I are in a good place right now.
Q: On the mens basketball program, they got off to a rough start what are your feelings on coach Fox and the direction of the program?
McGarity: We talked about its not how you start its how you finish. And I think the fans have seen that Mark has been able to get the freshmen playing time, theyre kind of developing, as he said after the last couple of games, theres a maturing process there. I think we may have to take some lumps early, as far as having the freshmen in there, getting the amount of playing time they are. But I think those are the signs that help you really believe that were gonna have constant improvement throughout the year. Its still up on the seniors to make this thing work, to make the team run. Its a great group of guys. Its not an issue of the guys not giving the effort. I know at the beginning of the year there were a couple of games where Mark was not happy with the effort. I think those lessons have kind of been learned. And I just think weve got a chance to continue to develop this year. And well just see where things are throughout the season.
Its a long year, what 31 games, and were a third of the way through, getting ready to start the second season. The non-conference games out of the way, well start the conference schedule. Well see where things stand at the end.
Q: You gave him a contract extension less than two years ago, after they made the tournament, it just seems that wasnt too long ago.
McGarity: Back at that point in time, there was an adjustment made in the salary because we were in the bottom half of the league (in terms of Foxs salary), and we didnt feel thats where Mark deserved to be. Were not the top, were kind of in the middle now. Our assistant pool (of basketball salaries) is in the middle. And thats kind of where we are right now. Thats why you really dont discuss them during the season. You wait until the seasons over with, because you really dont want coaches its kind of like I mentioned with football earlier you dont want to do anything thats gonna distract from the team. I mean were behind this group 100 percent. Even though we did have a rough start, you didnt see a support staff that was just calling it a day. Its our job to be there when there are difficult times.
Q: Attendance at bowl games has been poor, but TV ratings up and thats emblematic of everything, it seems. I know the TV money is good anyway, and you all havent had problems selling out Sanford Stadium. But as a whole does the industry need to be concerned about the attendance trend?
McGarity: I do. First of all, on campus, you must innovative, you must be creative, you must always be concerned about your fan base. You cant take anything for granted. Thats why I think this year in football season the winning helps. At the end of the day, youd like to say thats what drives crowds, but it certainly helps. Its very difficult to do that when youre not winning. But at the same time it doesnt guarantee people are gonna show up and fill your stadium.
You can look at programs now, and very successful programs cant fill their basketball arenas, football stadiums. So its up to us to make sure that were being as creative as possible to give that person a reason to come to the game. I think our use of the scoreboard, of the video board in the stadium this year was exceptional. The replays, the clarity of the board. Our ability to look into other games. Little things like our stadium defender (commercial), the little spoof we did. You can only see that in Sanford Stadium. So weve got to think of things you can only see at Sanford Stadium that you cant at home.
Because the thought is, If Im home and Ive got my (remote control) out I can toggle between Game A and Game B, and if I wanna cut it off I can cut it off. Well, were thinking that way in the stadium, to where if I can do it at home, hopefully I can do some of that stuff at the stadium. Thats our charge next year: What more creative ideas can we generate? And have a little fun. Can we do a better job in certain areas of how we present the game? Sure we can. Can we do a better job with concessions? Maybe we have more hawkers in the stands. Instead of Greg and Seth having to go up in line and wait 30 minutes for a Coke, lets bring the Coke to you, and maybe thats doubling the amount of hawkers you have in the stadium. Those are all things we think about daily. Locally we have to do that.
Now nationally, its a much bigger deal. Because people have less and now theyre gonna have even less expendable funds Thats a huge concern, the cost of tickets to BCS games. Theyre all triple figures. Theres none under $100. When you see FSU discounting tickets to the Orange Bowl, half price. Northern Illinois, if a student showed up they got a free ticket. Well someones gotta pay for that. I think Louisville, Papa Johns showed up, the tickets that werent sold, the gentleman who owns that helped defray the expenses. So youre seeing that across the board. But I think thats a big concern, and there are different committees set up within the conference, there are different committees set up with the NCAA to look at those type things. Its a huge issue for the SEC. Huge issue, as far as fan involvement. Im one of two A.D.s thats on a committee that deals with the fan involvement piece.
Q: Would it also impact non-conference scheduling?
McGarity: I tell you what, if you think about our schedule (in 2011) if we had not played Boise State. We would have been playing in Louisville this year, sandwiched in between two SEC games. Now we saw what Charlie (Strong) and the job they did. That would have been another game where you have to be at peak performance, you cant just think youve got that one in your back pocket. But I think the strength of schedule, thats something we have to study. We dont know what that means. Thats why we havent done any scheduling in the last year, moving forward, because we want to see what is the strength of schedule.
Q: Are you also waiting to make sure the SEC schedule stays at eight games?
McGarity: Yeah, yeah. We are going to discuss what a nine-game model looks like, at least have that discussion. But you want to be sure that youre not over-scheduling and making it more difficult to be in the BCS games, by adding an SEC game.
Q: Will you also discuss that in Destin, at the SEC meetings?
McGarity: Itll be a topic, yeah. Well cover some of that in Nashville at the next A.D. meeting. But yes that nine-game schedule were going to take a look at it, to see what it looks like. But no commitment, either way.
Q: But the rivalry with Auburn is protected no matter what.
McGarity: I think so. And even if you went to nine games its still protected. ____________________________________


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49ers' Friday pool report
San Francisco 49ers Jim Harbaugh accomplished his coaching plan of trying to make Super Bowl week a normal week for his team both in practice and in preparation.
Harbaugh brothers could envision working together
At their joint news conference Friday, Jim and John Harbaugh said they would welcome the opportunity to work together in the future.
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Winds from the aftermath of a Wednesday storm sent the 49ers into the New Orleans Saints indoor practice facility for their first full practice for Super Bowl XLVII.
49ers 'reject' Culliver's comments
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San Francisco's district attorney won't file criminal charges against Crabtree after reviewing evidence of an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers.||||||| After examining a "thorough investigation" submitted by police, District Attorney George Gascon said Friday his office determined that no charges would be filed "at this time." Crabtree's attorney, Joshua Bentley, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment, and the team has referred all questions about the matter to him.
Crabtree is starting in the NFC championship game against the Atlanta Falcons after he was interviewed in connection with an alleged sexual assault.||||||| The alleged assault occurred in a San Francisco hotel room last Sunday.
Crabtree has voluntarily met with police in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers last weekend, his attorney said Saturday.||||||| The statement comes after police said they were investigating a sexual assault allegation involving Crabtree in a San Francisco hotel early Sunday. Crabtree hasn't been detained or arrested, and has agreed to be available for more questions in the future, police said. The 49ers said Crabtree made the trip to Atlanta. The team referred all other questions about the matter to Crabtree's attorney.
Crabtree caught touchdown passes of 49 and 7 yards and finished with a career-high 172 yards on eight receptions, leading the 49ers to another rout of Arizona after a slow start.||||||| Crabtree's outstanding outing was the best by a 49ers receiver since Terrell Owens' 166-yard performance on Nov. 25, 2002, against Philadelphia.
Crabtree had 107 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 6:25 to go, as the San Francisco 49ers earned a playoff berth by withstanding a 28-point comeback from New England and beating the Patriots 41-34 on Sunday night.||||||| Crabtree has 301 of his 868 yards over the last three games. The fourth-year receiver is seven yards shy of topping his career-high total from 2011, and has a personal-best 73 receptions and seven TDs.


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Major League Baseball has changed the official scorer's call and given David Ortiz a single on a controversial play that ended pitcher Yu Darvish's perfect game.
In last Friday's Texas-Boston game, Ortiz's popup that dropped in right field was originally scored an error on Rangers right fielder Alex Rios by veteran official scorer Steve Weller.
On Wednesday, it was overturned after a review by MLB.
Boston designated hitter Ortiz came to bat with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Darvish had retired 20 straight hitters. Ortiz hit a high pop into right field. Second baseman Rougned Odor, who was playing in shallow right field in a defensive shift, got under the ball as Rios started coming toward him.
Rios backed off and Odor couldn't catch the ball as it dropped just beyond his glove. Odor did not touch the ball.
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Weller also asked Elias Sports Bureau for confirmation and received word that the call was correct. Ortiz and the Red Sox thought it was a hit and appealed the decision to MLB.
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Scene one: Mike Pence, Republican, and his advisors lounge in air conditioning on a hot summer day. They have glasses of imported, cold sparkling water before them. They are bantering cheerfully about the coming campaign for governor against John Gregg, Democrat.
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"Isn't it early?" asks another. "Mike did say no policy statements until later."
"Well, it is later, technically," says the first, "and no matter. Our campaign song should be 'Now, not some forgotten yesterday. Now tomorrow is too far away.'"
"Never," shouts the third advisor. "That song is from Broadway's 'La Cage aux Folles,' a musical favorable to homosexuality."
The first sips from his glass. "The bomb," he says. "Let's keep focused. Now, when no one is looking, we toss the bomb. Mike sweeps the headlines. He grabs the high ground and Gregg is left throwing nut shells at our fortress position."
"The bomb is beautiful," he continues. "Lower income tax rates and make the individual and corporate rates the same. You can't get any more bang than that."
"It will be sensational," admits the second. "It makes folks happy and it allows us to continue crippling government services while giving more tax breaks to our friends in big business."
"Business friendly is what we are," the third chimes in.
Scene two: John Gregg's sun-baked front porch in Sanborn. Political advisors sit about using newspapers as fans. An empty lemonade pitcher sits on a nearby table. John is heard inside on the telephone.
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"Bomb?" says the second. "It was more like a trash bag filled with rotten veggies. We're not destroyed or even hurt; we're just left cleaning up the mess."
"And what a mess it is," says the third advisor. "Individuals and corporations in Indiana pay very little in income taxes already. Generous credits and deductions see to that."
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"John's too much the quiet hometown guy to do that," the second says.
"Hometown quiet," the third says, "is not what we need. Listen to John's response to Pence: 'I support tax cuts as does every Hoosier living, dead and not yet born.' OK, that's almost funny. Good, light touch. But then he goes on and cites his anti-tax stand in legislatures past."
"What's wrong with that?" says the second.
"First," the third answers, "the past was a different time when tax cuts may or may not have been good policy. Second, securing fiscal stability should be a priority. Tax cuts threaten revenues that may be needed in hard times.
"Third, there is no reason for the tax rates of corporations and households to be the same. It's just a big gift to the corporate contributors who are behind our opponent. Fourth, according to the current administration, Indiana is already so friendly to business that firms are flocking to locate here. What is to be gained if we are so well-positioned already?
"Fifth and foremost, Indiana suffers from a deficit of neglect. We have both deficiencies in maintenance and denial of services to those in physical, emotional and material need. If there are 'spare' revenues, don't benefit the affluent when our state has decades of governmental delinquency to overcome."
Scene three: A solitary Hoosier stands under a sycamore tree, immobilized by inaction yet pondering possibilities.
Fade to black.
Morton Marcus is an independent economist, speaker, and writer formerly with IU's Kelley School of Business.


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How many times a week does your family eat dinner together?
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The experience of having a predictable home base becomes increasingly valuable to teens as they move into the adult world and seek their place in it. It is especially important during the "bravado" stage of adolescence, when our kids become obnoxiously uncommunicative and dismiss family values as outdated.
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- Take photos of family activities and display them prominently. Create photo albums, videos, or even blog about the events and share them with others. In short, brag!
Finally, relax. There are no "rights" or "wrongs" about trying to increase family time. Some activities will go over well, and others will be a disaster. But the net effect of strengthening family bonds and inoculating your teen against unhealthy behaviors will always occur.
What are your thoughts on this important matter?
The findings in this Columbia University report come from The National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents, released on August 24, 2011. The entire report can be read at http://www.casacolumbia.org/upload/2011/2011922familydinnersVII.pdf.


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A Placebo-Controlled Study of Saracatinib (AZD0530) in Patients With Recurrent Osteosarcoma Localized to the Lung
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The purpose of this study is to determine how long patients who undergo complete surgical removal of recurrent osteosarcoma in the lung will remain free of cancer after taking Saracatinib compared to patients taking placebo (a sugar pill).
Drug: Saracatinib
Drug: Placebo
Phase 2
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
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|A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Institutional, Cross-over, Phase II.5 Study of Saracatinib (AZD0530), a Selective Src Kinase Inhibitor, In Patients With Recurrent Osteosarcoma Localized to the Lung
- To determine the progression free survival rate among patients treated with Saracatinib and placebo. [ Time Frame: Evaluation for recurrence/progression will be made every 3 months for the 1st year, then every 6 months up to 2 years, then every year up to 5 years after starting treatment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
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|September 2014
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Drug: Saracatinib
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Drug: Placebo
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Detailed Description:
Further details provided by SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration):
After complete surgical removal of their cancer, patients will be randomly assigned to receive either Saracatinib or placebo (a sugar pill) throughout the study. Patients will take Saracatinib (or placebo) once daily by mouth for a total of 364 days. The duration of treatment is divided into 13 cycles, 28 days each cycle with no breaks in between.
Patients will be seen for interim medical history, physical exam and laboratory studies prior to each cycle. To monitor for recurrence of tumor, patients will undergo thoracic CT scans at 3-4 weeks, 6-8 weeks, at 3 months, at 6 months, at 9 months, at 12 months, then every 6 months up to 2 years, and then every year up to 5 years after starting treatment. An electrocardiogram (ECG) will be taken at 3 months, and a bone scan will be performed at 12 months.
Patients who recur in the lung while on-study and who are thought to be amenable to complete surgical resection will be able to find out if they were receiving placebo or saracatinib. Those patients who were receiving placebo may then have the option of undergoing surgical resection. If fully resected of all recurrent disease,they will be given the option of receiving oral therapy with saracatinib. Saracatinib will be administered as a once daily, oral dose of 175 mg, for a 28-day cycle, with no breaks between cycles. The duration of treatment with saracatinib will be thirteen 28-day cycles (364 days total). If complete resection of all lung nodules is not achieved, the patient will be removed from the study.
Patients who recur in locations other than the lung while on-study will be taken off study at that time.
Blood and tumor samples for research purposes will be collected at the time the tumor is removed.
After completing all 13 cycles, patients will be followed for approximately every 3 months until 2 years from starting treatment, then approximately every 6 months until 4 years from starting treatment, and once at year 5.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years to 74 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient had recurrence of osteosarcoma, localized to the lungs, had complete surgical removal of all lung nodules are eligible for enrollment.
- Patient with suspected recurrence of osteosarcoma but who has not had surgery is eligible for enrollment but will not be randomized to receive study medication until deemed fully eligible following surgical removal of all lung nodules.
- Patient had histological confirmed diagnosis of osteosarcoma of the recurrent sample.
- Patient had recurrence of osteosarcoma in the lung following standard therapy including: adriamycin, cisplatin, ifosfamide and methotrexate.
- Patient is ≥ 15 and < 75 years of age.
- Weight ≥ 34 kg.
- ECOG performance score of 0-2.
- Adequate bone marrow function.
- Adequate renal function.
- Adequate hepatic function.
- Adequate cardiac function.
- Women of childbearing potential must have had a negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) ≤ 7 days prior to enrollment, and willingness to use an acceptable method of contraception during participation in the study and for 3 months after the last dose.
- Randomization must occur ≤ 6 weeks after complete surgical resection.
- Patient or legal guardian has signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of metastatic disease in other locations in addition to the lung.
- Disruption of the lung pleura by tumor.
- Paget's disease.
- Patient currently using, or has previously used CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors within 2 to 14 days prior to the initiation of oral therapy.
- Known hypersensitivity to other Src/Abl non-receptor kinase inhibitors.
- Evidence of interstitial lung disease.
- Any concurrent condition which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the trial or which would jeopardize compliance with the protocol.
- Myocardial infarction within one year prior to study entry.
- Bleeding diathesis, resulting in symptomatic bleeding.
- Patient is pregnant or nursing/breast-feeding.
- Patient received chemotherapy, biological or investigational agent ≤ 28 days prior to enrollment.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00752206
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|March 3, 2014
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to the Lung
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Neoplasms, Bone Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
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Saturday, October 19, 2002The Valparaiso men's cross country team split in half on Saturday afternoon in the Crusaders final tune-up for the Mid-Continent Conference Championships.
The top seven runners went to Indiana State to compete in the Pre-NCAA Meet that was held on the course hosting the NCAA Championships later this fall.
The Crusaders finished in 17th place with 402 points, while Central Michigan won the race with just 97.
Matt Blume (Logansport, Ind./Pioneer H.S.) led the Valpo attack with a 63rd place finish in a time of 26:05. Dennis Kabara (Chuka, Kenya/Mero H.S.) and Doug Brown (Lima, Ohio/Allen East H.S.) finished second and third for the Brown and Gold, placing 107th and 112th respectively. Kabara crossed the finish line in 26:25, while Brown was five seconds behind. Adam Piaskowy (Crete, Ill./Crete Monee H.S.) finished fourth in 147th place with a time of 26:50, while Jon Schiemann (Hemlock, Mich./Valley Lutheran H.S.) was the fifth Valpo finisher in 27:37.
Valpo also competed at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational in Kenosha, Wis. on Saturday. The Crusader men finished in 23rd place with 624 points.
David Wheeler (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East H.S.) led the Brown and Gold with a 128th place finish in a time of 27:50. Chad Lincoln (Machesney, Ill./Harlem H.S.) was second, finishing 150th in 28:02. Kyle Jones (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso H.S.) was the third across the line for Valpo with a time of 28:34, while Jed Reisetter (Lewiston, Minn./Lewiston-Altura H.S.) was 25 seconds behind. David Iott (Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger H.S.) rounded out the Valpo scorers with a time of 29:23.
The Crusaders will take a week off before competing in the conference championships on Nov. 2 in Indianapolis, Ind. IUPUI is the meet's host.
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