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Is Supreme Court Right to OK Arizona's 'Business Death Penalty'?
The Supreme Court upholds an Arizona law cracking down on companies that hire illegal immigrants.
Arizona won a key victory in its fight to enforce illegal immigration, as the Supreme Court ruled to uphold a 2007 law dubbed the "business death penalty." The law will allow state authorities to revoke business licenses from companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrant workers, on the company's second offense. A first offense means a suspension of 10 days or more. The law also requires businesses to vet prospective hires using E-Verify, a government program that checks workers' legal status to ensure they are eligible for employment in the United States. The ruling sets a precedent for other states looking for ways to crack down. [Read Obama's four ways forward on immigration reform.]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, business owners, and civil-rights groups—as well as the Obama administration—all opposed this law on the grounds that it puts a burden on employers, could cause workplace discrimination, and infringes on the federal government's immigration enforcement. The state argued that regulating business licenses is within its jurisdiction.
"Arizona has taken the route least likely to cause tension with federal law," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts in the court's majority opinion. "It uses the Federal Government's own definition of 'unauthorized alien' … and it requires Arizona employers to use the Federal Government's own system for checking employee status." [Check out a roundup of political cartoons on immigration reform.]
In one of the dissenting opinions, Justice Stephen Breyer writes that federal law pre-empts any state effort at imposing sanctions on employers hiring illegal immigrants, and he also believes the law will have a negative effect. "Either directly or through the uncertainty that it creates," he writes, "the Arizona statute will impose additional burdens upon lawful employers and consequently lead those employers to erect ever stronger safeguards against the hiring of unauthorized aliens—without counterbalancing protection against unlawful discrimination."
This is only one of many such fights to come, as Arizona's controversial immigration laws from 2010 are still winding their way up through the justice system. [Read Obama's four roadblocks to immigration reform.]
What do you think? Was the Supreme Court right to OK Arizona's "business death penalty" immigration law? Take the poll and post your thoughts below.
This poll is now closed, but the debate continues in the comments section.
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For most athletes the dream of making it on SportsCenter is one very few will accomplish.
This weekend Junior Titan Taylor Cox got to see that dream come true, though likely not in a way he could ever have imagined. According to a story on Yahoo a goal Cox scored against the New Jersey Rockets of the American Junior Hockey League helped to land him on the national sports scene.
Skating to the left of the goal at the Howell Ice World, Cox celebrated putting the puck into the net by leaping into the boards. What he never could have expected was the glass at the arena giving way as he flew through to the floor.
Proving the old adage of hockey players being tough Cox can be seen bouncing right back up on his skates and walking back to his bench after hitting the arena floor.
The video made its way all the way to Bristol, CT and landed the Pittsburgh native a spot on the popular sports show on Saturday.

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The Navy is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to find alternatives to fossil fuels. A parallel effort aims to engrain energy efficiency into the way the service buys the ships and planes it will own for the next few decades.
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Playboy Magazine may or may not have inadvertently been part of the two-year hiatus of John Mayer's mischievous stunts being plastered on every gossip magazine and tabloid site, but Mayer assures us in "Shadow Days," the first single from his new album Born and Raised, "I'm a good man with a good heart/Had a tough time, got a rough start/But I finally learned to let it go."
It's not like Mayer evaporated into thin air solely to lay low for a while after a couple of A-list breakups and the public use of rather narrow-minded words; Mayer was touring when doctors discovered a granuloma on his throat which caused him to cancel the rest of his tour indefinitely. Soon after, Mayer was placed on indefinite vocal rest after surgery. After this brush with reality, the guitarist decided to leave his life and the adoring paparazzi in L.A. and trade it in for the notorious Montana Mountains, long hair, a couple of jean jackets and a new folky sound.
The track "If I Ever Get Around to Living" gives listeners a feeling of where he's been these past few years, musing with the notion that all he went through in his 20s was some sort of bad dream. His lady-killer façade is still rather apparent, although toned down from the crooning blues tracks we once knew. The track "Love Is a Verb" shows that he still knows how to write a heart-melting love song. Fans of his earlier work may note that his voice may not be the right fit for the kind of country songs he's writing, but like every 30-something male musician who has had a rough start, he needs to do some soul-searching through music.
The overall feel of the album reminded us of Bob Dylan's album Self Portrait. We all know that there's something not right with the album, but we'll grin and bear it in hopes that another album like Room for Squares will be on the horizon. For now we'll take what we can get from Mayer and be happy that he's well enough to keep making music, no matter what genre it is.
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I love this album. How boring would it be if all of John Mayer's albums sounded the same?...
good to know Im not the only one that thinks sadly, this album sucks! hopefully we'll get room for squares part 2 someday!
At first I didn't like the glaring echos to Crosby Stills and Nash songs, Neil Young harmonicas over acoustic tracks, the lack of awesome bluesy solos he did on Continuum and Battle Studies, and the obvious Bob Seger "Mainstreet" rip-off riff in "Shadow Days". But after a few weeks of running it over and over, "Queen of Cali' ", "Something Like Olivia" and "Walt Grace's..." are by far as epic of songs as "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" and as pop-y and catchy as "Half of My Heart" and "Who Says" and even as far back as "Your body is a Wonderland'". The Seger riff still bugs me, but I can usually hear past it now. When I listen to his other albums from front to back, this one is more cohesive from track to track. Although he still has the"girl broke my heart" songs they are less sad as the Continuum ones (those were my fav's when I had a broken heart). The riffs aren't anywhere close to "Neon" but they have great progressions and cadences. I even considered having my 70yr old dad check out this album and the coolest music he's ever listened to outside classical music is CS&N and CCR. This album is a lyric album, not a flashy solo album, or a heavy acoustic album. Listen to it without comparison to his other albums or what else is out there. Listen to the influences of those 70's iconic folk-acoustic bands in the songs and lyrics, like CS&N in "Born and Raised". Once you appreciate it at that level you will love it.


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Red Hat is First to Deliver Java EE 6 via Platform-as-a-Service with OpenShift
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OpenShift is the first Platform-as-a-Service to support JBoss application server, bringing Java Enterprise Edition 6 to the cloud free of charge
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the Red Hat OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) now supports Java Enterprise Edition 6, powered by the company's JBoss application server, one of the leading open source Java Enterprise Edition (EE) application servers that forms the basis for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. With this new integration, OpenShift becomes the first PaaS in the industry to deliver Java Enterprise Edition (EE) 6, simplifying how application developers build and deploy Java in the cloud.
OpenShift is a free PaaS for developers who leverage open source. Developers looking for a faster on-ramp to the cloud with built-in management and auto-scaling capabilities can use OpenShift so they can focus on coding mobile, social and enterprise applications while leaving stack setup, maintenance and operational concerns to a trusted hosted service. First announced at the Red Hat Summit in May 2011, OpenShift redefined the PaaS space by offering a broad choice of supported languages, frameworks, databases and clouds, including Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, Java EE, Spring, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, MemBase and Memcache, all open source, helping developers avoid getting locked into any particular technology or platform.
OpenShift Java EE 6 support is based on JBoss Application Server 7, an open source JBoss Community project. Red Hat's JBoss application server forms the foundation for the company's JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6, the next major release of the application platform, which is scheduled for release in early 2012. JBoss application servers are Java EE-certified, enabling a cloud-ready architecture with a lightweight footprint and dynamic container model to better support multi-core processing and multi-tenancy.
The combination of OpenShift with JBoss application server now allows Java EE to be more easily scaled, managed and monitored in the cloud. By delivering JBoss in OpenShift, developers can take advantage of Java EE 6, one of the biggest advancements in Java in over ten years. Java EE 6 includes Context and Dependency Injection (CDI), a standards-based, modern programming framework that makes it easier for developers to build dynamic applications and picks up where some proprietary frameworks left off. CDI offers a more robust set of capabilities including eventing support and typing, delivering optimal flexibility for programmers. Additionally, as an open standard, more vendors support and contribute to the specification, allowing developers to have their choice of programming approaches without vendor lock-in.
"While developers and enterprises have long been interested in the time to market advantages offered by PaaS platforms, the difficulty of migrating existing applications to incompatible frameworks has slowed adoption," said Stephen O'Grady, principal analyst and co-founder of RedMonk. "With EE6 available by integrating the JBoss application server technology, Red Hat's OpenShift platform is aimed at allowing enterprises to transition their existing Java EE applications and skills to the cloud with zero friction."
"OpenShift today provides differentiation in the industry as the first on-ramp to get Java EE 6 applications into the cloud," said Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president, Engineering at Red Hat. "With this, Red Hat has solved multi-tenant problems with its expertise in providing full-stack support. Combining our technology expertise from the hypervisor through the operating system and middleware to the cloud, our technology is integrated to allow for easier development of applications with free Java EE in PaaS. This is an efficiency unique to Red Hat through OpenShift today."
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This is what it looks like when two people say goodbye. One last, Hard Kiss.
Episode 3: "Confession" is the real deal. Raw desires and emotions. Watch and see.
Episode 2, "Pros and Cons" is intense. Check it out.
Black and White - whoa, whoa, whoa! It starts. Here it is, all. The premier episode in the Pillow Fight saga.
NEW! With pieces of of Naivety sprinkled in we have our PILLOW FIGHT teaser proper!! Hope you like.
"Virgins don't tell someone they're cumming. Virgins try and ignore the pain and pinching that's right in front of them. They try and pretend they're not in that place, not right there, wondering if they feel good to him and how fast it will be over."
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Treatment of Refractory Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma With Bevacizumab and RADOO1
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To test whether using bevacizumab and RAD001 together to treat metastatic renal cell cancer is safe and effective.
Kidney Neoplasms
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
Drug: RAD001
Drug: bevacizumab
Procedure: CT Scan
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Treatment of Refractory Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma With Bevacizumab and RADOO1
- To assess the effect of the combination therapy bevacizumab and RAD001 on progression-free survival in treatment-refractory mRCC using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess the efficacy of combining bevacizumab w/ RADOO1 as 2nd or 3rd-line treatment for patients with metastatic RCC, as measured by objective response, duration of objective response, time to treatment failure, & overall survival [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess the safety of combining bevacizumab with RAD001. [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess fasting total cholesterol, & triglyceride levels as potential biomarkers for RAD001 activity. [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess serum VEGF and glucose as potential biomarkers for bevacizumab & RAD001 activity [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess serum erythropoietin, reticulocyte counts, & hemoglobin/hematocrit as potential biomarkers for bevacizumab activity [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To perform subgroup analysis based on Motzer risk types [ Time Frame: TBD ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Bevacizumab and RAD001
Drug: RAD001
10 mg; oral
Other Names:Drug: bevacizumab
10 mg; iv
Other Name: AvastinProcedure: CT Scan
Standard of Care
Other Name: X-ray computed tomography
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients will be included in the study based on the following criteria:
- Signed Informed Consent Form
- Histologically confirmed metastatic RCC that is predominantly clear cell
- Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST (see Appendix D)
- Age >= 18 years
- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
No more than one prior targeted therapy (e.g. sorafenib, sunitinib)
o Prior cytokine therapy allowed
- No more than two prior systemic therapies
- Ability and capacity to comply with the study and follow-up procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
Disease-Specific Exclusions
- RCC with predominantly sarcomatoid features
- Radiotherapy for RCC within 28 days prior to Day 1, with the exception of single-fraction radiotherapy given for the indication of pain control
- Prior treatment with bevacizumab or any mTOR inhibitor (temsirolimus, sirolimus, or everolimus)
- Current need for dialysis
- General Medical Exclusions
Subjects meeting any of the following criteria are ineligible for study entry:
- Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures
- Life expectancy of less than 12 weeks
Inadequate organ function, as evidenced by any of the following at screening:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1500/uL
- Platelet count <= 100 x 10^9/L
- Total bilirubin >= 1.5 x ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase, AST, and/or ALT > 2.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) for patients without evidence of liver metastases; > 5 X ULN for patients with documented liver metastases
- Serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL
- Hemoglobin < 9 g/dL a. may be transfused or receive epoetin alfa to maintain or exceed this level up to the hemoglobin level recommended on the current label for for epoetin alfa because of the potential increased risk of thrombotic events and increased mortality. Also, rapid increase in hemoglobin may exacerbate hypertension, i.e., a possible adverse event with bevacizumab and to a lesser extent with RAD001.
- Active infection or fever > 38.5°C within 3 days of starting treatment
Women who are pregnant or breast feeding, or women/men able to conceive and unwilling to practice an effective method of birth control.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to the initial administration of RAD001 and the first day of each cycle.
- Oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives may be affected by cytochrome P450 interactions, and are therefore not considered effective methods of birth control for this study.
- History of other malignancies within 5 years prior to Day 1 except for tumors with a negligible risk for metastasis or death, such as adequately controlled basal cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, early-stage bladder cancer, or low-grade endometrial cancer
- Malignancies that have undergone a putative surgical cure (i.e., localized prostate cancer post-prostatectomy) within 5 years prior to Day 1 may be discussed with the Principal Investigator.
- Any other medical conditions (including mental illness or substance abuse) deemed by the clinician to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to provide informed consent, cooperate, or participate in the study, or to interfere with the interpretation of the results.
- Current, recent (within 4 weeks of the first infusion of this study), or planned participation in an experimental drug study c. Bevacizumab-Specific Exclusions
- Inadequately controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure >150 and/or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg on antihypertensive medications)
- Any prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure (see Appendix B)
- History of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to study enrollment
- History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to study enrollment
Known CNS disease, except for treated brain metastasis
o Treated brain metastases are defined as having no evidence of progression or hemorrhage after treatment and no ongoing requirement for dexamethasone, as ascertained by clinical examination and brain imaging (MRI or CT) during the screening period. Anticonvulsants (stable dose) are allowed. Treatment for brain metastases may include whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), radiosurgery (RS; Gamma Knife, LINAC, or equivalent) or a combination as deemed appropriate by the treating physician. Patients with CNS metastases treated by neurosurgical resection or brain biopsy performed within 3 months prior to Day 1 will be excluded
- Significant vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection)
- Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy that is not intentionally pharmacologically-induced
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to study enrollment or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study
- Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, excluding placement of a vascular access device, within 7 days prior to study enrollment
- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months prior to study enrollment
- Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
- Proteinuria at screening as demonstrated by a urine protein: creatinine (UPC) ratio >= 1.0. If UPC >= 1.0, the patient must undergo a 24 hour urine collection which must demonstrate <= 1g of protein in 24 hours to be eligible.
Known hypersensitivity to any component of bevacizumab
d. RAD001- Specific Exclusions
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of RAD001
- Chronic treatment with systemic steroids or another immunosuppressive agent
- Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of RAD001 (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome or small bowel resection)
- Severely impaired lung function (spirometry and DLCO 50% or less of normal and O2 saturation 88% or less at rest on room air)
- If O2 saturation is <= 88% at rest on screening, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) will be ordered to confirm normal pulmonary function and eligibility.
- Fasting total cholesterol > 350 mg/dl
- Fasting triglyceride level > 400 mg/dl or >2.5x ULN
- Fasting serum glucose > 250 mg/dl
- Serum phosphorus < 2.0 mg/dl Serum corrected calcium < 8.0 mg/dL
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00651482
|United States, California
|Stanford University School of Medicine
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|Principal Investigator:
|Dr. Sandy Srinivas
|Stanford University
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Sandy Srinivas, Associate Professor, Stanford University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00651482 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|RENAL0016, 98593, AVF4304s, 41839
|Study First Received:
|March 28, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 25, 2013
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
United States: Institutional Review Board
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Kidney Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 22, 2014


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The past two seasons -- the first two seasons of the Jeff Quinn era -- the University at Buffalo Bulls football team has gone a combined 5-19. Not all that impressive.
What is impressive, however, is that the team's leaders throughout those two years were youngsters. Many fans have long believed that now-juniors Branden Oliver and Khalil Mack have pro potential, and that notion was affirmed this week.
Oliver, a 5-foot-8 running back from Miami, Fla., was one of the best offensive players in the Mid-American Conference last season. He didn't have much help, but his efforts were noticed. On Monday, Oliver became the first player in UB football history to be named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, which recognizes the nation's top college football player.
Not to be outdone, today Mack (a native of Fort Pierce, Fla.) was named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, which honors the top defensive player in the nation. The 6-foot-3, 244-pound linebacker is a monster. He has some of the biggest arms you'll ever see.
It's not surprising that the two are training partners and very close friends. Over the summer, they focus on uphill, sled-pulling, weighted-vest running at UB's old football stadium.
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The attorney for a federal agent charged with murder in Hawaii told jurors Thursday that the defendant acted in line with his law-enforcement training when he shot and killed a man inside a fast-food restaurant in 2011.
Faster deportations? A possible border crisis deal
Erica Werner, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 5:21pm
Outlines of a possible compromise that would more quickly deport minors arriving from Central America emerged Thursday as part of President Barack Obama's $3.7 billion emergency request to address the immigration crisis on the nation's southern border.
Cleanup area extends nearly 2 miles after ND spill
Josh Wood, James MacPherson, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 5:21pm
The path of brine spilled from an underground North Dakota pipeline extends nearly 2 miles down a steep ravine, but dead vegetation is limited to about 200 yards from the source of the spill, a company official said Thursday.
Aereo presses case despite Supreme Court setback
Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 4:21pm
Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that suspended operations after the Supreme Court ruled against it, is refusing to disband for good.
Corbett signs budget, takes on lawmakers, pensions
Marc Levy, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 4:11pm
Gov. Tom Corbett signed the state budget 10 days late on Thursday and used his line-item veto power to spotlight what he called the Legislature's failure to sacrifice with the rest of government or to curb rising public-sector pension costs that are fueling school tax increases.
European banking scare sends stocks lower
Ken Sweet, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 3:51pm
Stocks fell Thursday as worries about the soundness of a European bank spooked U.S. investors, prompting them to sell stocks and snap up less risky assets like gold and governments bonds.
State wants mediation over Medicaid billing system
Becky Bohrer, Associated Press | posted 33 minutes ago
The state of Alaska has requested mediation over what it considers a failure by the vendor Xerox Corp. to address problems with Alaska's new Medicaid payment system.
Nevada gambling board has first medical pot case
The Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 5:50pm
Nevada gambling regulators are making their first foray into the world of medical marijuana in a case involving a slot route operator with ties to one of the new medical pot dispensaries in Las Vegas.
Dayton names 16 to study impact of marijuana law
Kyle Potter, Associated Press | posted Jul 10th - 4:41pm
Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday appointed 16 members to a task force that will study the impact of the state's new medical marijuana law.
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Dinosaur Unit Outline and Standards Correlations
Dinosaurs and Southern California
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Summarize the data you and your classmates have collected on various dinosaurs.
Part B
Sections II, III, IV
Part V Extinction and the Movie
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Disaster protection in a box
A disaster shelter developed at Y-12 has been licensed to Adaptive Methods, a Virginia-based company that plans to manufacture the portable shelters in Chattanooga, according to information released to the media.
Congressman Zach Wamp participated in the license signing earlier this week. He said in a prepared statement that the agreement was a "model of successful technology transfer" from a government facility.
The original concept, dubbed "hospital in a box,'' was developed years ago as a battlefield technology for the U.S. Army. It has been refined and enhanced in recent years to broaden its applications and enable its deployment by a single person in less than two minutes.
The technology reportedly can be adapated to different uses, ranging from humanitarian missions to possible protection against terrorist chem-bio attacks. The Y-12 project was honored in 2007 with an R&D 100 Award as one of the year's top innovations.
According to a press statement, Adaptive Methods will have sole commercial licensing of the Rapid Deployment Shelter System (RDSS).
Lee Bzorgi, a senior technical advisor at Y-12, is credited as the technology's inventor.


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Hi everyone,
I've just done the WPC worlds and found out my hands are too weak, both in terms of grip strength (I thought it was ok) but more evidently my actual skin strength.
My third pull literally ripped two massive chunks off my left hand causing me to drop the bar almost at lockout. It's growing some skin over now but it's a little thin still.
Any tips to toughen up my palms?
Also what grip work do you guys find most useful for deadlifting?
Best lifts @ 226 lbs
Squat - 903
Bench - 573 / 617 @ 246
Dead - 727
Best Total - 2204 lbs @ 226 18/07/2010
Do you currently perform any grip work? If not then that's pretty amazing if you made it all the way to a 700lb pull without it. Strong dude!
Bag of rice
Box of rock salt
Throw them together in a large bowl.
Several times a day squeeze the mixture together in your palms and do it hard, literally grinding it up in your palms.
It works great for grip strength, and toughens the hell out of your skin without causing callouses, which will rip off later.
How did you do at Worlds Martin?
Last edited by Beverly McD.; 12-09-2009 at 12:21 PM.
I didn't have a great day to be honest. Placed second behind Andrey Belyaev in the 220 class. The platform/bar was springy as hell and threw alot of big squatters out, I messed my easy opener up and was forced to take another fairly light attempt (838) and took 881 on my third, which I failed 2-1 due to what the centre ref said was re-racking before the command. I was a little annoyed as I felt like I could have gone over 900. But not to be on the day.
Had two attempts on bench due to shoulder and wrist problems but hit a 5lb pr of 535 so was pleased with that considering I haven't benched much in the build up.
I pulled 705 on my second to make sure I was second place and then dropped 720 at lockout when my palm ripped.
It was a great contest and a great experience for me, but I am looking forward to getting back on the platform next year to hit a better total and bigger squat.
Last edited by martin; 12-09-2009 at 03:37 PM.
Best lifts @ 226 lbs
Squat - 903
Bench - 573 / 617 @ 246
Dead - 727
Best Total - 2204 lbs @ 226 18/07/2010
If your are hands are not "tough" enough... there are a few of things to consider...
- don't use lotions... they soften the hands.. making them less tough..
- file down your callous.. but not too much, just so they don't tear.. too big and they tear.. too small and you loose a little grip and protection... try something called a "Ped-Egg".. you can get them at Walmart/Target/Pharmacy... although I've heard others use cheese graters... or just a file ...
- I've heard of success with a substance called Friar's Balsam.. it toughens the skin...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_of_benzoin
- there are stories about baseball and football players who pee on their hands.. something with the ammonia breaking down dead skin.. http://www.slate.com/id/2100652/ .. http://realizebeauty.wordpress.com/2...ot-be-all-bad/
- make sure you use lots of chalk... and grip the bar as tight as possible... sounds dumb or obvious... but sometimes we get a little lazy and forget our steps... when your hands slip on the bar, this is what tends to rip callouses...
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Static holds w/ the a heavy fat-bar work well... Also, for crushing grip, cant beat CoC grippers(captains of crush)Or Ivanko gripper is a great tool for grip work also. I do them along w/ forearm work twice a week.
Definitely helped me hold onto the bar w/ hvy. DL's.
Hate you didn't have the day you wanted, but 2nd at Worlds is still something to be proud of. I heard the platform was springy, and a ton of lifters lost control of the weight on the break-out. Congratulations on a PR bench! Especially impressive since a rough squat round can take a toll mentally and physically.
BW SQ BP DL Total
283 455 365 475 1295
272 425 345 495 1265
229 408 275 551 1235 <---1st Meet
Raod to 1607 Elite Total Log- http://www.wannabebig.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=131363
I've got the COC's and I've tried working with them diligently. What I found out was that I could close the COC, but I still couldn't hold onto a deadlift bar unless I got things set absolutely perfectly. I haven't tried working with a fat bar yet, but I'm thinking thats the next step in addition to more static hold work. Has anyone tried the Fat Gripz from Elitefts? Are they worth it?
Finally ELITE @ SHW..
Single ply: 931 squat, 760 bench, 530 deadlift and 2180 total
Multi ply: 960 squat, 770 bench, 550 deadlift and 2250 total.
The next stop: PRO total.
HOO's Gym: building the strongest gym in the South, one plate at a time.
Nolan Ryan and other fireballers would soak their fingers in pickle juice to prevent blisters on the tips of his fingers. Ryan swore by it. Maybe it had a toughening effect on the skin? Maybe worth looking into.
Most people pray for a lighter load in life...ever thought of praying for a stronger back?
Goals as of 2/08/11 (current) goal:
Squat: (505) 535, Deadlift: (475) 500, Bench: (325) 350 Total: 1305 (1385)
BW: 225 as of 02/01/2011 Goal: 205 by May 1, 2011
my hands used to lose weights until i did the kta gripper program it was such an intense program that i've never lost anything since. honestly everything else gives out on me before my hands. also since doing the program which is very tough i haven't needed to touch a gripper to still close the number 3, so i'm guessing that not using straps helps maintain atleast 90% of the gains.
It was good competing, just the first time I have done a meet where I didn't get what I expected out from it. It's all valuable experience for me though, and I'm hungry to hit some big weights in the gym in preparation for next year.
Im not a jr sadly, open mens. I'm not sure what weight I'll be at this next year either, think my body wants to grow and trying to stop it is probably stopping progress.
Best lifts @ 226 lbs
Squat - 903
Bench - 573 / 617 @ 246
Dead - 727
Best Total - 2204 lbs @ 226 18/07/2010
Definitely CoC, however, the Ivanko is more versitile and adjustable...
i like the vulcan adjustable gripper. closes just like coc.
I've been using the @ 1-2 IRONMIND GRIPPERS along with spraying my hands with stickum and doing static holds as long as I can. I've found that has helped me alot..


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By Dean Russin
The Daily Star
---- — Adam Hoover's future does not include the Oneonta High football program, and vice-versa.
Hoover, 32, said Thursday he will not coach the 2013 varsity football season at OHS, which went 24-36 during his seven years as head coach.
"I have a daughter who was born last summer and I'd really like to be able to spend more time with her and my wife," Valleyview Elementary teacher Hoover said of 7-month-old Ava and his wife, Amanda. "At this stage of my life, really right now with just teaching, the quality time I get to spend with them is weekends. When you're coaching football, there's scouting one day, meetings another day ... I just wouldn't be able to put in the time that's necessary to put into a program."
OHS athletic director Joe Hughes confirmed that Hoover, whose program went 2-7 last season, made the call to step down.
"He and I talked about what we expected from a head coach toward his coaching staff, toward his players and what kind of head coach is needed here. It takes a lot of time and energy," Hughes said. "He came to the conclusion that he can't give the time and energy that he should.
"Every year, we meet with all the coaches and we talk about the direction of our programs," Hughes continued. "We talk about trying to improve and trying to get better. He decided he wasn't the guy anymore and that the program needed new leadership."
Hoover, who lives in Walton with his family, said he'll continue to teach fifth- and sixth-graders at Valleyview Elementary in Oneonta. Beyond that, Hoover said, he's not sure what his future holds.
"I'm happy teaching at Valleyview and I love the kids I work with," said Hoover, who recently because certified to work in administration. "I kind of wanted to be an athletic director at first, but the more I got into it, the more I can see myself as a principal. I'm happy teaching in Oneonta, but at the same time, I have my ear open."
Hoover also said he may return to the Walton football program at some point to assist his father, Jim, as he did before taking over for John Nealis at OHS. Nealis was relieved from his football coaching duties in January of 2006 but kept his position as the Jackets wrestling coach.
Jim Hoover said he'd welcome his son back.
"I'll take anybody who's willing to help out," said Jim Hoover, who will enter his 38th season at Walton this fall with a Section Four record of 293 victories. "To have him back with me, that would be an honor.
"Adam gives 100 percent to whatever he does - teaching, coaching, whatever," Jim Hoover continued. "I'll support Adam in whatever he does. He's a great young man and I couldn't be more proud of him."
The son of the late Dick Hoover, who won 165 games in a 27-year coaching career, Jim Hoover said Thursday that he may be stepping down in the not-so-distant future, too.
"I think about (retiring) every year," said Jim Hoover, whose Warriors went 4-5 last season. "At times this (past) year, I thought this was definitely going to be my last year. ... As of right now, I'm still in for another year."
The possibility of Adam Hoover replacing his father at Walton has not been discussed, Jim Hoover said.
"It's not really in the back of my mind," Adam Hoover said. "I don't see that in my future, but you never say never."
Hughes said OHS will attempt to fill the head coach vacancy internally but may have to open a public search. He added the position pays roughly $5,000-6,000 annually.
"There are some good, quality football coaches and people in Oneonta," said Hughes, whose football staff includes junior varsity coach Dennis Carr and former Unatego head coach John Mushtare, who is a varsity assistant at OHS. "Today was the first time anybody found out (about Hoover's departure). There might be more than one guy who feels he could do a good job as head coach. It's a little premature to think who it might be."
Hughes said the next coach will have numbers in his favor this fall.
"Last year we had a small returning class, so it was sort of like a perfect storm, so to speak," Hughes said. "We had low numbers, but I think that day is over. I think our numbers will be fine next year at all three levels (modified, JV and varsity). We should be back to normal numbers."


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The big news the other day was the revelation that the Justice Department decided to legally subpoena the telephone records of certain Associated Press staff. The outrage has been curiously muted.
I will make the observation that the press in general doesn't say anything about the constitutional abuses codified in the Patriot Act since 2001, nor does it say much about the abuse of habeas corpus brought on by none other than Sens. Levin and McCain and signed into law by our "constitutional scholar" president as part of the National Defense Appropriation bill of 2011.
In fact, for the last five years of the Obama administration, the press has let the NRA twist in the wind alone, defending the Second Amendment while the same Justice Department that subpoenaed them is responsible for the death of one of our border patrol agents through the ill-conceived "Fast and Furious" escapade.
So the score is this: We have a Congress of incompetents, who don't understand their oath of office, a president who doesn't understand the scope of his job description and a press that doesn't understand its job is to defend the entire Bill of Rights, all the time.
Dan Kuruna, Middleburg


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Numerous Supreme Court watchers have said that having the justices choose not to rule on Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California and allowing the debate to continue democratically state by state would be the best outcome of the case now before the court.
While that scenario might provide Americans more time to get used to the idea of gay and lesbian weddings, it certainly doesn't take into account the human toll of delaying marriage equality in a place like Mississippi.
For same-sex couples like Crystal Craven and Jessica Powell, it's a matter of life and death.
Craven, 34, and Powell, 24, caused quite a fuss last month when the local paper in the small town of Laurel, Miss., reported their "Historic Wedding." Even though gay weddings are not legal in the Magnolia State, the couple wanted to have a public celebration of their commitment, and they were in a hurry to schedule it after Craven was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer a year ago. She wore a white cowboy hat to the ceremony to hide her multiple scars.
The front-page story in the Laurel Leader-Call prompted what the paper's owner Jim Cegielski described as a "hate-filled" response: Many readers canceled their subscriptions, while dozens made angry calls – including a death threat to staffers – while the newspaper's Facebook wall was overrun with outraged posts. Cegielski said he'd gotten more comments about this story than any other he'd ever run. One read: "This is what we have to put up with on the world news every night. Never thought I would open my local paper and see such. Insulting!!!"
Soon after Craven and Powell's ceremony, the newlyweds faced a decision as tough as any a couple might need to make: whether to continue with more chemotherapy or to allow Craven to live out her last days peacefully at home. "Crystal told me she was tired of hurting, tired of being sick and tired of fighting," Powell told the Leader-Call.
Deciding to forego further treatment, Craven died at her parents' home, 43 days after she said, "I do."
Unfortunately, that sad loss was not the end of the story for Powell. Because Mississippi – like all states in the South – provides no relationship protections for same-sex couples, Craven's parents took control of the service, writing an obituary that referred to Powell as a "special friend" at the end of the list of survivors and not inviting her to the funeral.
Powell posted on Facebook during the service, "I was banned," adding: "Tell everybody that I love Crystal [but] I can't come because I would be asked to leave. This is tearin' me apart. If I pull up, I will go to jail for real."
Powell was not permitted to attend her wife's burial, either. "I'm at the laundromat watching," she posted to her friends from across the street of the Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery while Craven was laid to rest.
When I asked Powell what she thought about those who think it best if the Supreme Court doesn't decide the case, she emailed me, "I think they should make all states equal. Mississippi is the Bible Belt, and we are discriminated against bad. But people need to realize, for the world to be a better place, (same-sex marriage) needs to happen everywhere. All people need the same rights – no matter gender, race, or religion or what state they live in."
For many Southerners, like Craven and Powell, there just isn't time to wait for equal protection to come to Dixie.
Steven Petrow of Hillsborough writes the "Civil Behavior" column for The New York Times and is a former president of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association.


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Monday night the Selinsgrove school board flatly rejected an application by a group interested in establishing a charter school serving students from Selinsgrove and two neighboring districts. It was strike three -- Lewisburg and Mifflinburg had already rebuffed the charter group. It was the second time that the Mifflinburg school board rejected the idea.
It is highly unlikely that the charter school will ever successfully convince a public school district to approve it.
First, there is simply no incentive for a public school board to give its blessing to a venture that will take students and money away from the public schools.
Second, an objective observer would have legitimate concerns about sanctioning a charter school as a worthwhile alternative to the public school system. Charter schools are, by definition, intended to use some sort of innovation to differentiate themselves from conventional public schools.
The most common charter school innovation is the use of computers for long-distance instruction. For reasons unclear to anyone, the state made it easier for cyber-charter schools to open by having the state Department of Education manage the approval process rather than local school districts.
The results have been tremendously underwhelming.
Last year, of the 160 cyber-charter schools in the state, only 77 made adequate yearly progress.
But even among brick-and-mortar charter schools, the plan ought to give some credible reason to suggest that the school's organizers believe they have developed a concept that will do better than the cross-town public school. In New Berlin, organizers have mostly focused on embracing a small-school concept with low student-to-teacher ratios, along with universal use of team-teaching strategies.
It is a free country -- and private schools exist that market themselves as alternatives to public schools without using tax dollars for instructional purposes. A publicly funded alternative school should be expected to meet or, more promisingly, exceed the same standards as traditional public schools.
The organizers of the charter school concept have been dealt a difficult hand. It makes no sense that the school would need the approval of people who would rightly consider it competition. Yet even if the approval process were reformed, the state's mismanagement of the charter-school concept has provided little reason to believe that charter schools will work.


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You don't have to be a health food nut to appreciate The Natural Grocery Company, whose Berkeley and El Cerrito stores have been serving their communities since 1981 and 1988, respectively.
Offering natural options for everything from toaster pastries to lipstick, this two-store, multi-department operation has its roots in a desire to make organic and whole foods more accessible — and it all started with granola.
General Manager and company founder Bob Gerner was already into natural foods as a UC Davis student in the 1960s, where he managed the campus coffeehouse, later opening The Natural Food Works in Davis with a group of colleagues before heading to Berkeley for his next venture — Westbrae Natural Foods.
"I found a place on Gilman Street and tried to open it as a granola factory and was told we had to have a store," Gerner said.
Opened in 1970 at 1336 Gilman St., where is today, Westbrae Natural Foods sold granola and granola ingredients, later expanding its inventory, adding dairy, produce and a bakery.
When Westbrae Natural Foods shifted from retail to manufacturing, importing and distributing, Gerner took over its retail store and opened Gilman Street Gourmet Natural Foods & Delicatessen there in 1976.
"Westbrae was a hippie store," explained Gerner. "When I did Gilman Street Gourmet, I was trying to put a bridge across to regular people," he continued. "We had the deli so people could taste the food, and once they tasted it, we started getting a good name."
Gilman Street Gourmet Natural Foods & Delicatessen was sold in 1980 and, in 1981, Berkeley Natural Grocery, Gerner's third generation of natural food store in the same Gilman Street building, opened its doors. It proved to be the charm, with El Cerrito Natural Grocery following in 1988. (The El Cerrito outlet at 10367 San Pablo Ave. sits on the Richmond-El Cerrito border, with the building in Richmond and with the front sidewalk and address in El Cerrito.)
Westbrae Natural Foods meanwhile was sold in the mid-1980s and is now owned by The Hain Celestial Group.
Employee-owned since 2002, the company is all about the natural alternative. It was the first retail operation in the San Francisco Bay Area to be certified by the respected California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). Produce departments are 100% organic, and the stores carry numerous organics throughout.
The definition of "certified organic," while complicated and entailing labeling nuances, is consistent.
Organic certification standards are set by the USDA. Paraphrased by CCOF, "Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones."
The term "natural" is a moving target, however; its use on product packaging is not controlled by law.
"It's very confusing, because there is no definition," Gerner explained. "Some people trust it more than organic, but it really doesn't mean anything on a label."
For The Natural Grocery Company it means "the least processed as possible," according to Gerner. "Something that's more of a whole food." It's whole grain versus white flour; honey or maple syrup in place of refined sugar; beet juice instead of red dye #40.
For the last 15 years or so, it's also been about avoiding GMOs — genetically modified organisms.
Genetically modified organisms and the Non-GMO Project
GMOs are lab-created by genetic engineering techniques to select for certain traits. For example,Monsanto's Roundup Ready crop line, sold under its Genuity brand, was developed to be resistant to the company's glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide.
Ongoing debate about GMOs involves not only food safety, but biosafety and bioethics. The pro contingent often argues that GM crops can be nutritionally fortified, that production costs are lower, that yields are higher, and that reduced pesticide use — for example, in the case of pest-resistant types — is a plus. The con group frequently likens them to a sort of Pandora's Box: once set loose, they can never be called back, with other agricultural systems forever harmed as a result of transgenic escapees.
Avoiding GMOs isn't easy because the FDA doesn't currently require manufacturers to disclose the use of GMOs on product labels, and the vast majority of certain US crops planted are GM —soybeans and corn are now at 94% and 88%, respectively, according to the USDA.
Labeling can also be misleading if GMO testing occurs at the wrong link of the production chain. For example, vegetable oil will always test negative. "There will never be any GMOs discovered because there's no protein or DNA in it because it's just oil," Gerner pointed out. "They have to test what goes in to make the oil. "
The Non-GMO Project, the only independent, third-party verifier of its kind in North America, helps. Its seal on a box of corn flakes tells consumers their production was evaluated using current best practices for avoiding GMOs.
A multifaceted non-profit, the Non-GMO Project has its roots in The Natural Grocery Company. Starting in 2002, three employees at the Berkeley store become concerned about "hidden" GMOs. A flurry of activity followed, including researching some 700 products and a letter-writing campaign. In 2005, the company combined forces with a Toronto market to form the organization.
While The Natural Grocery Company currently gives a little leeway to manufacturers of long-carried product lines, new products with highly GM ingredients that aren't certified organic or verified by the Non-GMO Project are not carried. Ultimately, though, grandfathering will end.
Eight buyers for the company translate shared values into action. "We buy organic, when possible," said El Cerrito store grocery buyer and 17-year company veteran Shunda Harris, "and verify statements on packaging and check out ingredients." Trans fats, corn syrups, artificial colorings, artificial preservatives, antibiotics, hormones and GMOs are all on their verboten list. Small, independent producers are given preference, and buyers visit manufacturers and farms to witness production practices first-hand.
Relating a trip to check out the Judy's Family Farm brand of organic eggs, Timothy Pickett, El Cerrito store dairy/frozen buyer, pointed out that egg production, even in nonconventional scenarios, is "not what most people would think."
"It's about shadings," Gerner explained. "Some people think free-range and cage-free are the same — they're not. Cage-free just means a big barn and that they're not in cages but they're inside. Free-range means they have to have x amount of space outside and access to that space."
Currently, pastured eggs are their hottest selling eggs by volume, according to Gerner. Hens roam about in cow pastures pecking through cow pies for fly larvae, spending nights in coops.
Pickett pointed out that the company considered transitioning to all-organic dairy departments, but because some customers rely on affordable, non-organic products, it still carries some — like milk. Gerner affirmed that this high-quality conventional milk is from hormone and antibiotic-free cows that are mostly grazed.
Cheese is another stumbling block. According to Pickett, they'd have to discontinue non-organic European selections, as well as cheeses from local manufacturers that can't afford to go organic, and be left with what he called "a much smaller and much less varied and robust cheese selection."
Produce and the meaning of "local"
With almost 30 years' experience — 10 at The Natural Grocery Company — Tim Kilkenny is well-qualified to run their 100% organic produce departments. Depending upon season, some 50% to 90% of what he carries, based on volume, is California-grown. Whether or not that's all "local" is open to discussion, and when asked how "locally-grown" is defined, Kilkenny answered, "Nebulously."
"Some people like the 100 to 150 mile radius, and Buy Fresh Buy Local maps with this, but many think local is the whole state of California," he explained. "A number think it's Northern California to Fresno, and some would say California, Oregon and Washington."
Buy Fresh Buy Local is the Community Alliance with Family Farmers program that The Natural Grocery participates in.
"Our nine-county region," according to Kilkenny, "is roughly 100 miles from farm to fork." This includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. "Food-ship counties around highly-urbanized counties also count," he continued, which adds another eight. "That's roughly 200 miles from farm to fork."
Only produce from these two contiguous regions qualifies for use of the Buy Fresh Buy Local sticker.
Like the other buyers, Kilkenny is proud of what he offers. "For as small a department as we are," he said, "we have a lot of little weird things that aren't always seen in every produce department." He credits what he called "the tolerance of management to have a large amount of variety in a small amount of space," a philosophy apparent throughout both stores, and a reflection of its founder's vision.
"We're a place that provides an alternative," said Gerner. "I feel we've taken a great part in making that alternative available in many stores. 40 years ago when I started there were not many places you could buy organic foods, and now you can buy them at almost every supermarket. That's something that wouldn't have happened except for stores like ours."


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By Keith McShea
Some unfortunate news to pass on from Lackawanna. Police released the name of the victim who was fatally shot in a block-party shooting early Sunday. It is Richard Abrams, who was a standout for the Steelers' storied basketball program.
Here's our updated story on the shooting.
As a senior for the Steelers, Abrams was a fourth-team All-Western New York selection in 2002.
Here's what I wrote about him in that year's All-WNY story:
Richard Abrams, Lackawanna: The 5-11 senior might be the quickest player in Western New York. Counted on to carry the scoring burden last season (24 ppg), he became a great fit as part of a more balanced Steelers team.
But when Lackawanna needed a basket, Abrams would find a way to get one. He averaged 18 points, 3.1 steals and four rebounds a game, and his 1,243 points put him among the top five at the storied program.
"Ask him his goal for the year, and it was to get to states," said Steelers coach Tim Foley. "He wanted to do well for the team. He was just lightning quick, and a great kid to coach."
He's choosing from among ECC, Cobleskill and Medaille.
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Schenectady, N.Y. -- January 7, 2012 -- Kellie Pennington and Jennifer Thompson led the Springfield College women's swimming & diving team to a pair of victories today over Union College and Hartwick College in a tri-meet at Union College.
Scores had the Springfield women defeating Union, 147-93, and defeating Hartwick, 155-86.
Pennington, a sophomore from Monson, Mass., had a terrific day. She won both the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.23. She also won the 100-yard free with a time of 54.30.
Pennington was also a part of two winning relays. She teamed with sophomore Kelsey Poole (Westfield, Mass.), sophomore Nicolle Stracqualursi (Dedham, Mass.), and senior Kaitlin Reilly (Cumberland, R.I.) to win the 400-yard medley relay in 4:13.13. She also teamed with Reilly, senior Jaclyn Van Waalwijk (Newtown, Conn.), and senior Caroline Kosciusko (West Cornwall, Conn.) in the 400-yard free relay in 3:45.35.
Meanwhile, in the diving portion of the meet, in the 1-meter, Thompson, a sophomore from Cheshire, Conn., helped her squad finish 1-2-3 with a win with 255.80 points. Right behind her were senior Courtney Keefe (Waltham, Mass.) in second, and junior Paige Rhodes (Milton, N.Y.) in third.
In the 3-meter, again it was Thompson placing first with 275.65 points, followed by sophomore Kyra Breitweiser (Westwood, N.J.) and Keefe.
Pulling tough double-duty was SC senior Meghan Sisson (Plainville, Conn.) with a pair of second-place finishes in the 1000-free in 10:59.46, and in the 500-free in 5:26.47.
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---- — KEENE, N.H. — Plattsburgh State men's basketball coach Tom Curle wants his team to be mentally and physically tough down the stretch in games.
The Cardinals were just that Tuesday night while recording a 70-64 victory at Keene State in non-conference play.
"No doubt, the guys played really tough," said Curle. "They had a 6-10 kid (Rashad Wright), who we played 1-on-1 and held him to 2-of-11 shooting.
"I was very pleased with our effort. We played everyone in the first half and then shortened the bench some in the second half. Keene State is a good team and it was a good win for us."
The Cardinals (5-2) overcame a 35-point performance by the Owls' 5-9 guard Ryan Martin, off 12-of-16 shooting from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line.
"He (Martin) hit some tough shots where we were right on him — he's very good and he had it tonight," said Curle. "But I thought Jordan Moody did a good job defending him the last seven or eight minutes where his only points came on foul shots."
Moody came off the bench to lead the Cardinals with 15 points, while Ezra Hodgson also hit in double figures with 12.
John Perez hauled down 12 rebounds for Plattsburgh, while Mike Mitchell dished out six assists and Chris Manning five.
"Moody played very well," said Curle. "He went into the game with a very strong defensive mindset. When that happens, his offense will follow.
"Perez played a great game. He had a lot of all hustle plays and secured the ball. Manning won a lot of the 50-50 balls."
Plattsburgh shot 37.7 percent (23-of-61) from the field, 31.8 percent (7-of-22) from three-point range and 70.8 percent (17-of-24) from the foul line.
"When you play as hard as we did defensively, with a lot of intensity, it takes time for the offense to catch up," said Curle.
Martin was the lone Owl (3-3) in double figures. Wright did grab a game-high 15 rebounds.
It was a good momentum builder for the Cardinals, who return to SUNY Athletic Conference play this weekend, hosting Fredonia State at 8 p.m. on Friday and Buffalo State at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
"We have to protect our home court," said Curle.
Plattsburgh 70, Keene State 64
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Mitchell 2-0-5, Manning 3-2-8, McIntosh 2-3-7, Perez 2-5-9, Hodgson 4-1-12, Ottey 0-0-0, Outlaw 0-0-0, Tibbs 2-0-4, Fields 1-0-2, Moody, 4-6-15, Baker 0-0-0, Parker 0-0-0, Correa 3-0-8, Sergiej 0-0-0. 23-17-70.
Keene State (64)
Fazio 2-2-6, Wright 2-1-5, Tipton 1-4-6, Doyle 2-0-4, Martin 12-8-35, Walcott 0-0-0, Hepple 0-0-0, Gagliolo 2-2-6, Lacroix 1-0-2, Boyatsis 0-0-0, Howard 0-0-0. Totals: 22-17-64.
Halftime: Plattsburgh, 31-30.
3-point goals: Plattsburgh (7): Hodgson 3; Correa 2; Mitchell; Moody. Keene (3): Martin 3.


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If you're like most people, you have a lot of music from a lot of different sources. There's your CD collection in the theater room, all those songs you loaded onto iTunes on your laptop, a handful of albums on the desktop, the sometimes-frightening choices on your family members' computers, the selection on your loved one's iPod, several tunes on your music phone, and then that "mixtape" your friend gave you on a flash drive. How do you keep it all organized? How do you play the song you want? If you have to track down the computer with the music you're looking for, then play your favorite jam on woefully underpowered computer speakers, there is a better way! With the MusicCast2 Network Music System, you can access all the tunes in your home wireless network quickly and easily to play on speakers with real sound. There's also an ethernet port on the clients if you prefer a wired connection. Access up to 16 computers to play on up to 32 players with this system. And it can all be conveniently controlled from one intuitive, pocket-sized unit. You can also play internet radio or Rhapsody music (with a subscription, of course), as well as iPods or Bluetooth-enabled music players (each requires a separate dock), or even USB flash drives. The MusicCast2 system can play WMA (except lossless and Pro), MP3, AAC (except Apple lossless and Fairplay DRM), FLAC, and WAV files, and using software included with the MCX-RC100 Network Music Commander, can even play your songs from iTunes. And that's just the start of the great features! Get all your music sources in the palm of your hand by adding the Yamaha MusicCast2 System to your home today.
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Event Date: 13 July 2013
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Newport Pier-2-Pier Swim Course
Newport Pier-2-Pier Swim starts at the Balboa Pier and goes along the Newport Beach coastline to the Newport Pier. The 2-mile course is annually held in mid-July weekend.
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I write about mass-market retail.
Best Buy is closing 50 superstores and focusing on mobile in an effort to reduce expenses. But since when is cost cutting to profitability a successful retail strategy?
Since never.
The electronics chain announced it would shutter 50 stores and concentrate on smaller stores selling mobile electronics. There will be 100 more of these locations by the end of this year and two markets — San Antonio, Texas and the Twin Cities — will receive remodeled superstores dubbed "Connected Stores."
In order to help make technology work for every one of our customers and transform our business as the consumer electronics industry continues to evolve, we are taking major actions to improve our operating performance," said Brian J. Dunn, CEO of Best Buy. "As part of our multi-channel strategy, we intend to strengthen our portfolio of store formats and footprints — closing some big box stores, modifying others to our enhanced Connected Store format, and adding Best Buy Mobile stand-alone locations — all to provide a better shopping environment for our customers across multiple channels while increasing points of presence, and to improve performance and profitability.
In so many ways, it feels like a shell game. The kind that companies use to deflect negative attention by waving their arms and yelling, "look over here!" Changing things up, reducing its footprint and getting out of too large or otherwise unfavorable locations is important and probably needed to be done long ago. But these changes look more like an olive branch to the financial community: a restructuring to reduce costs.
In order to be more efficient and align the company with the opportunities that will provide the greatest returns, the company is taking significant actions to lower its cost base (via) $800 million in cost reductions by fiscal 2015; including approximately $250 million in fiscal 2013.
Management estimates a $300 million savings from the store closures and another $300 million in corporate reductions — Best Buy is also laying off 400 people at its Minneapolis headquarters.
Cost cutting its way to profitability.
The store changes seem mild and hardly innovative enough or broad enough to jump start a flailing retail model. Nor is it a new cycle for Best Buy.
In the late 1990′s as it was eagerly nipping at Circuit City's heels, Best Buy downsized its stores from 55,000 sq. ft. to 45,000 sq. ft. The older and larger stores were merchandising exercise equipment, long runs of magazine racks and gas grills, as management tried to boost sales per sq. ft.
It wasn't long after that management began investing in smaller formats. Best Buy even bought Musicland, ostensibly for its many small store locations in markets that couldn't support a Best Buy superstore. That was a big disaster, as management later admitted.
Analysts believe Best Buy is doing the right thing. Right or wrong, at least Best Buy is doing something. Sometimes the bigger thing to do is go small, but a retailer still has to sell more stuff, not just jettison the people and locations that are supposed to help it do just that.
Offering loyalty programs, better pricing and an improved e-commerce solution are all good ways to retain business. The problem with offering better pricing is that the margin is lower in brick and mortar stores and its very difficult to compete with Amazon.
Honestly, Best Buy definitely needs to improve their e-commerce solutions by focusing on better integration with brick and mortar stores. A brand reinvention may be needed as well, along with a renewed focus on customer service.
What can Best Buy make a profit on? Their model is becoming obsolete. 50% of their inventory are CD, DVDs, games, software and electronics. All consumers care about is a lower price. You can get all of this via Amazon.
Why do places still sell CDs or DVDs?
They make a huge profit margin on cell phones, computer repairs, and (maybe?) appliances. They don't really have a choice.
Digital cloud services also carry a high margin as well.
only new appliances and new mobile are profitable. The rest are discounted deeply…
I don't understand how "mobile is absolutely the way to go". In every strip mall where Best Buy is (at least here in texas) is an AT&T store, a Verizon store, and a Sprint store. When I want to upgrade my AT&T phone, I go to the AT&T store, or I go online. I don't go to best buy.
Particularly for people buying for the first time though, the device, and being able to compare device pricing between carriers, makes a huge part of the cell phone decision-making process – so the resellers with multiple carriers actually get a lot of these sales.
Plus, mobile resellers often get their sales and promotional offers at different times than the corporate stores do – meaning that a reseller will sometimes have the better buy on a mobile handset.
Its been quite a few years since I worked at Best Buy, but their strategy at that time with DVDs/CDs was to entice the customer to come in and purchase something in addition to the above mentioned. On release week, DVDs and CDs were priced at a loss off between $2 to $5 per unit just to entice customers to come in…
The problem? They never had anyone or anything around the media sections to induce an impulse purchase. Customers would walk in, grab the one item, pay and get out. Their business model for sales has been broken for quite some time, and with every update to the website, it becomes more and more cluttered with nonsense and poor filtering options to help the customer get right to the product they want.
The only time I shop at Best Buy is on release day for movies that I want because I'm the kind of person that watches a movie multiple times; I like to have the movie in my collection for those spur of the moment "I want to watch ______ tonight."


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A Howard County man arrested in May after police allegedly discovered half a million dollars worth of marijuana plants growing in his basement has pleaded guilty to manufacturing controlled substances, ExploreHoward.com reports.
Manoj Unni, 30, of the 9300 block of Cross Timbers Court in North Laurel entered his plea in October, according to the site. He faces sentencing in January.
On May 9, Howard County police acting on an anonymous tip searched Unni's home. Officials said they found a "substantial marijuana grow operation in the basement, including sophisticated growing equipment."
Detectives reported seizing 341 plants capable of yielding $510,000 of marijuana, as well as high-intensity lights, a dehumidifier, air filters, water pumping systems, lighting timers, a CO2 system, and a ventilation system.
Unni worked as a civilian crime lab technician with Baltimore City Police until 2006.
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