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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Cam Newton is struggling with his wireless microphone.
As Newton goes through warm-up drills on a hot, humid morning on Floridas Gulf Coast, the microphone strapped to his waist for an upcoming ESPN SportsCenter segment keeps jabbing him in the back.
Wearing the gear of his new sponsor and training on the field of his new marketing agency, Newton leaves the mic in place as long as he can. But as he moves to a bigger field, the Panthers rookie quarterback takes it off so he can more easily move and throw and do the other things that drew the interest of Under Armour, IMG and ESPN in the first place.
Newton experienced both the glory and horrors of a national spotlight last season while winning a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Auburn in the midst of an NCAA investigation. Newton found his safe place for three hours every Saturday at an SEC stadium.
To be sure, the photo shoots for GQ and TV commercials with Tom Brady are a different type of distraction than the No. 1 overall draft pick faced last year at Auburn. But Newton is dealing with them the same way: by putting football first.
It was brought to my attention that if you take care of your No. 1 goal, two, three, four, five -- they will be taken care of, Newton said. My No. 1 goal is to be a great football player.
As he prepares for his first NFL season, Newton said his goal includes winning Super Bowls. Plural.
So in addition to diving into the Panthers playbook, Newton studies Brady, Peyton Manning and other championship quarterbacks.
I look up to the guys like Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger. Theyre great at what they do, Newton said. I really love how Peyton Manning controls the whole game. He is the dictator out there on the field.
He doesnt let the defense dictate him. Aaron Rodgers is a machine as far as his mechanics.
Tom Brady is the ultimate leader. Drew Brees is a savvy guy in the pocket. Why not take a little something from everybody and apply it to your own?
Straight work
For parts of the past four months, Newton has honed his skills in Bradenton, a quiet community of 53,000 -- not counting 1,000 or so teens and pre-teens enrolled at IMG Academies in the hopes of becoming the next Maria Sharapova or Jim Courier, both of whom trained in tennis there under founder Nick Bollettieri.
Newton could have prepped for his Auburn pro day in a training hotbed such as Miami, Phoenix -- even his hometown of Atlanta. But he enjoys the privacy of IMG, where he can work out without the distractions inherent in a bigger city.
Bradenton has beaches. It does not have South Beach.
Youre down here and its like 485 acres of just straight work, basically, Newton said of the sprawling IMG campus.
Youve got three football fields you can pick from. Youve got every opportunity to be successful. You dont have any media out here to critique everything you do: Look, Cams going to get lunch. Look, he ate a Honey Bun today.
There are no Honey Buns at the IMG cafeteria, or any other sweets. For dessert, the choices are fruit or fruit.
Newton, who has little or no fat on his 6-foot-5, 248-pound frame, appears to be avoiding the Honey Buns.
He sees the big picture of sports, said Trevor Moawad, director of IMGs Performance Institute. How you eat, how you think, how you train -- all of those elements.
Moawad, a sports psychologist who has worked with Alabama and Florida States football teams, met with Newton before the NFL combine to help prepare him for the psychological tests. Newton impressed Moawad with his willingness to learn and his desire to be great.
Moawad also noticed Newton didnt arrive at IMG with a bunch of friends or hangers-on. His entourage consists of his father and two brothers, who stay with him in the on-campus villas and eat with him at the cafeteria.
Weve been with him for four months. The only people that have been around him are his family, Moawad said. They mean a lot to him.
Family ties
Some of those family ties frayed last fall when a Mississippi State booster said Cecil Newton asked for $180,000 in exchange for his sons commitment to the Bulldogs. The NCAA ruled that neither Cam Newton nor Auburn knew about Cecil Newtons pay-for-play scheme.
But not before Cam Newton endured several weeks of a constant media barrage and uncertainty about his eligibility.
The questions and allegations tore at Newton, who managed to block them out on game days while becoming the first player in SEC history to run for at least 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 in the same season.
Id wake up in the morning, cut on the TV, Well, Cam Newton is this. Go on campus and read the newspaper and Cam Newton is that. Put my iPod on and youre looking at people and theyre looking back at you, Newton said. But I knew none of that was going to go down in that little hour or two hours that I had on that football field. It was like I was at recess. I was like a little kid.
My escape was football. I knew everything (else) had to wait.
Cam Newton said he had friends and family members who questioned his role in the controversy. But his relationship with his father has never been stronger.
Its the definition of a person how he reacts or how she reacts when that (difficult) time comes. The funny thing about life is you dont know when thats going to come, he said.
It takes you looking back at it like, Dang, we came through that. And if we can go through something as serious as that was, we can go through anything.
Taking it slow
Newton was scheduled to be at the ESPYs on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, site of last months Under Armour shoot with Brady. IMG has tried to keep Newtons appearances to a minimum and limited his sponsorships to blue-chip companies in Under Armour and GMC.
Our goal is to not really do too much too early, said Carlos Fleming, Newtons marketing agent. We want him to focus as much as possible on his on-field performance and not do too many endorsement deals that would have the potential to distract him while hes making his transition into the NFL.
Under Armour will launch an Auburn/Cam Newton apparel collection this summer; Newtons shoe series will debut next spring.
But to build his brand, Newton knows he and the Panthers have to succeed.
I love challenges in my life. And one of the main challenges I have right now is how am I going to affect this team to go from worst to first? Newton said. In my career, Ive never been satisfied with losing. Thats never been in my vocabulary.
Newtons vocabulary is expanding as he learns the NFL verbiage. When he runs plays with former Panthers quarterback Chris Weinke at IMG, they come straight from the Panthers playbook.
At the recent workout attended by an ESPN crew and the Charlotte Observer, Newton showed off his arm strength. Before throwing a 20-yard out to Detroit rookie Titus Young, Newton advised an IMG employee taking pictures from the sideline to step back.
Newton then dropped back and threw a ball on a rope that hit Young in the hands at shoulder level, a few feet from where the IMG staffer had been standing.
Newton also displayed some of the inaccuracy he struggled with at the combine, overthrowing tight end Alex Smith over the middle on back-to-back plays.
But Weinke said most of his mechanical work with Newton has been minor.
Were fine-tuning his mechanics, whether its foot placement or level shoulders or whatever it is. Theres little things that we tweak with him, said Weinke, director of IMGs football academy.
The biggest thing with him was he was not used to being under center in college. So the footwork is new to him.
Hes been able to grasp that. Hes doing a great job now.
Trying to be ready
Newton was diplomatic when asked about the possibility of the Panthers signing a veteran quarterback after the lockout is lifted. Despite missing out on minicamps and getting no work with coach Ron Rivera or his first-year staff during the lockout, Newton said he would try to be ready whenever hes called upon.
In his study of successful quarterbacks, Newton also has kept an eye on San Diegos Philip Rivers, the league leader with 4,710 passing yards in 2010. Panthers offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski was on Norv Turners offensive staff four of the past six seasons, serving as the Chargers tight ends coach and assistant head coach in 2010.
Newton has spent only one day around Chudzinski -- the 24-hour window when the lockout was lifted the day after Newton was drafted. He is eager to get to work.
Theres an old saying, Men lie. Women lie. But statistics dont lie.
And when I look at the statistics as far as coach Chudzinski and his offense and his philosophy, it works, Newton said. Im looking at Philip Rivers, year in and year out hes in the top five, if not the top three. And I think this past year he was the top passer in the NFL. And for me to see that and know that, thats some impressive stuff. Im pumped. Im excited. Because I feel like if Philip can do it, I can do it, too.

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2010 Can-Am Renegade 800R EFI X XC
Can-Am's Renegade
is a speed freak's dream ATV. This 800cc four-wheel-drive sport machine and its 71 horsepower engine is the fastest 4x4-equipped ATV we have tested in stock form. For 2010, Can-Am took what they have learned racing the
Grand National Cross Country
(GNCC) series for a few years and developed what they dubbed the Renegade 800R X XC. This bad boy's most useful features are the upgraded of front and rear
KYB shocks
, as well as Can-Am's new power steering system and front swaybar. Trick aluminum beadlock wheels, aluminum skid plates and taper handlebars with handguards were installed as well. These additions, matched with the suspension mods and adjustments, don't make the Renegade faster, but you feel safer riding with the power it possesses.
The Can-Am Renegade 800 is powered by the same 71 horsepower,
Rotax 800cc
, H.O. EFI, V-twin engine that is in the
Outlander 800 series
Can-Am's Renegade 800 is powered by a Rotax 800cc EFI V-twin engine. This is the same liquid-cooled, overhead cam, V-twin that runs the Outlander 800 series. Its electronic fuel injection automatically keeps the engine running at peak performance, no matter what temperatures and altitudes you are riding in. It also gives the Renegade a quick (a bit touchy) throttle response. By only slightly touching the throttle, the X XC lets you know the power is there. It rumbles like a Detroit muscle car.
The power is run through a CVT. The moment you hit the throttle, the machine responds and accelerates. There is no need to shift gears, so again, just hold on tight and gas it.
This sport 4x4 can pull just about any hillclimb or ford the deepest mud bog you put in front of it. Its Visco-Lok progressive locking front differential automatically transfers power away from a slipping wheel to the gripping one, all the way up to full lock. The Visco-Lok puts your mind at ease on tough terrain. You get to focus more on riding and let the machine adjust through different types of terrain. This means there are no buttons to push or levers to pull. So all you have to do is approach the obstacle and the machine will do the rest.
The front of the Renegade has double A-arms with
HPG aluminum shock and 8.5 inches of wheel travel.
On the standard Renegade 800R, the HPG suspensions are very similar to the ones found on the Outlander models, but have been reworked for a sportier handling. With the Renegade 800R X XC, you get a plush shock upgrade. You still get double A-arms, but KYB aluminum piggyback shocks are installed on them. Each shock offers dual-speed compression and rebound and preload adjustments. The wheel travel with this setup over the standard Renegade drops from nine to 8.5 inches.
The independent rear suspension is reduced in wheel travel from ten to nine inches, but it is also equipped with the highly adjustable KYB aluminum piggyback shocks. The lower wheel travel number lowers the center of gravity a bit, further increasing the handling capabilities.
This new shock setup made the Renegade feel more like a plush utility quad, but made it handle like the race-ready sportster it was intended to be.
After years of testing in the GNCC series, Can-Am also equipped the X XC version of their Renegade 800R with a front swaybar, to work along with the tortion bar rear suspension system. This bar acts as a swaybar as it connects the two trailing arms together. Both made the Renegade track great on more technical trails. The Renegade handled really well. Usually, you can feel a little tipping sensation going on with the IRS, but it turned as if it were a straight axle machine. Yet, its 11 inches of ground clearance scream IRS.
Riding on these suspensions are the same 25x8-12 (front) and 25x10-12 (rear)
ITP Holeshot ATR tires
found on the standard Renegade 800. However, the standard Renegade offers rolled aluminum, cast center wheels, while the new X XC is equipped with new aluminum beadlock wheels with inner reinforcement rings. The beadlocks are provided with a super flashy yellow paint job.
These ITP tires look bigger than most 4x4s. This is because the Renegade's sleek body styling allows you to see more of the tires, unlike most 4x4s. While it looks big, the Renegade manages to fly through tight woods racecourses. In fact, Can-Am ATV Warnert Racing's Rick Cecco clinched the U2 class championship aboard his Can-Am Renegade.
This tread and wheel combo is brought to a halt by dual-hydraulic disc brakes up front and a single inboard hydraulic disc in the rear. The brakes are controlled by a left (rear) and right (fronts) brake lever and a rear right foot brake pedal. The braking system is great. Even at top speeds, the Renegade slows quickly and reliably.
The flipside of the Renegade X is nearly bulletproof.
The Renegade has a cool-looking, aggressive style that we have grown to like. It looks much more like a sport machine than a 4x4 utility. The front plastic features four 60-watt projector headlights and a new compact, digital multi-function gauge. The gauge allows for mph, trip, gear and gaslight.
The Renegade's seat is compact and slim, and it was very easy to shift your body on. The full floorboards protect your feet from mud and debris, and the raised kick-up pegs are great for a sport 4x4.
Behind the seat is a cargo deck with four tie-down hooks and a non-slip rubber deck. You can purchase a Renegade rack and cargo bag to install in this area, and they are available as Genuine Can-Am accessories. The machine is also winch-ready and has a Digitally Encoded Security System (D.E.S.S.) that makes it a bit harder to steal. Plus, it allows you to program your name into the system. Upon startup, our unit says, "Grip it—Rip it—Cain, don't crash it."
We can't help but smile at the addition of power steering to the Renegade 800 X XC. It has a potent motor, 4x4 capabilities, new adjustable shocks and a smooth as butter front steering. Oh yeah.
While the Renegade X XC is the only race-ready 4x4 on the market, it still compares to these high-performance sport machines:
Honda's 700XX
with its matching 686cc liquid-cooled, SOHC four-stroke powerplant and 9.3 inches (front) and 10.6 inches (rear) of wheel travel, which is all packed in a 508-pound chassis. The
Polaris Outlaws
are available in an IRS or swingarm version and offer
Fox Podium shocks
and KTM's hotrod SOHC powerplant.
Yamaha's Raptor 700
, which we also tested, features a 686cc liquid-cooled, SOHC, four-stroke powerplant with similar fully adjustable shocks. At $8499, Honda's 700XX is more expensive than the $8099 Raptor 700, KFX700 ($6849) and the Outlaws ($7399 S/$7699 IRS), but is still over a grand less than the standard Renegade and $3500 less than the Renegade 800R X XC.
If you could afford the 12 grand retail price, the Renegade X XC is a blast to ride. Wide-open trails come quickly to an end. Tighter trails are no longer a problem, either. The power steering system made steering effortless, and it works like a steering stabilizer, keeping your arms in control at all times. The 2010 Renegade 800 EFI could keep up with most 450 sport quads on the trail, and pulled away when things got too challenging. Its 4x4 capability is nearly flawless, and the 800cc powerplant should excite any ATV enthusiast. It will even be considered too fast by many. In that case, those riders should look into Can-Am's Renegade 500. We still hope they will stuff their 650 powerplant into a Renegade package as well.
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In 2008 Barack Obama campaigned to end Bush-era policies that, he said, created a false choice between our safety and our ideals. Now that the war in Iraq is over and the war in Afghanistan is winding down, there is no indication the liberal constitutional-law professor will become a peacenik president—or even pull back on some of his more aggressive counterterrorism measures.
For the first time in more than 40 years, Democrats hold the advantage over Republicans on national security. Obama has achieved that distinction by escalating the use of drones and ordering the execution of suspected terrorists, including American citizens. Those policies have led Sarah Khan to sue the Department of Defense and the CIA for the September 30, 2011 death of her 25-year-old son, Samir.Saudi native Samir Khan became a naturalized citizen after he moved as a child to Queens with his family. By most accounts he was a normal teen until the summer of 2001, when he attended a weeklong summer camp sponsored by the fundamentalist but nonviolent Islamic Organization of North America. The experience turned the religiously indifferent teen into a zealot. A few months later the September 11 attacks made him a radical. By the time his family relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina three years later, Khan had morphed into a jihadist committed to waging war against those he considered enemies of Islam.
Khan holed up in his parents' north Charlotte basement, publishing anti-American and pro–Al Qaeda screeds. As his writings became more popular, he attracted the attention of federal authorities yet miraculously never landed on the no-fly list. In October 2009 he left Charlotte for Yemen, ostensibly to teach English. Once there, Khan fell off the radar. He resurfaced during the summer of 2010 as editor of Inspire, an online magazine that sought to recruit American Muslims to join the anti-U.S. jihad.
A year later Khan was killed by a U.S. drone strike on his convoy about 90 miles east of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Khan's family took the government to task in a written statement that read in part, "Our late son Samir Khan never broke any law and was never implicated in any crime. The Fifth Amendment states no citizen shall be 'deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law,' yet our government assassinated two of its citizens. Was this style of execution the only solution? Why couldn't there have been a capture and trial? Where is the justice?"
The radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, marked for death by the administration, is the other American referred to in the statement. It isn't clear if Khan was a target or collateral damage.
Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico but spent nearly a dozen years in his ancestral home of Yemen before returning to the U.S. to attend Colorado State University. After the 2001 attacks, he moved to the United Kingdom and eventually made his way back to Yemen, where he became involved with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The government claims Al-Awlaki instructed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called underwear bomber, to blow up a plane flying to Detroit in 2009, and inspired the actions of Army major Nidal Hasan, who is being court-martialed for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in a 2009 rampage. Despite being linked to these planned attacks, Al-Awlaki was never charged with a crime. Two weeks after his death, his 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, also an American citizen, was killed in a drone strike aimed at Al Qaeda.
Hundreds of suspected terrorists were rounded up after September 11, 2001 and imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay, only to be transferred or released later in a tacit acknowledgment that they weren't terrorists. But when a suspected terrorist is killed, there is no do-over.
Al-Awlaki and Khan made no secret of their allegiance to Al Qaeda and their desire to wreak havoc. Khan's articles in Inspire included "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" and "I Am Proud to Be a Traitor to America." Al-Awlaki's blog, Facebook page and many YouTube videos were testaments to his terrorism bona fides. But the issue is not guilt or innocence. Were these American citizens accorded due process under the law?
"The Constitution ordinarily guarantees American citizens that they will not be deprived of life without due process of law," says Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU lawyer representing the families of Khan and Al-Awlaki. "The administration has claimed the authority to carry out the targeted killing of anyone, including any American thought to be engaged in terrorism. It's impossible to reconcile that position with the constitutional provision."
"The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process," Attorney General Eric Holder said during a speech at Northwestern University's law school in March 2012. "Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security."


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Before you start that turkey and gravy gorge-fest, consider checking out some of the local races happening Thanksgiving Day. Not only will you be doing something good for your health, you'll also be helping to support some very worthy local causes. Here's a handful of local races worth lacing up for before you chow down:
Father Joe's 10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Day 5K
- When: 7:45 a.m.
- Where: San Diego Museum of Man at Balboa Park , 1350 El Prado,
- Registration Info: Thanksgivingrun.org, registration closes Nov. 21.
- Benefits: Father Joe's Villages, which helps the homeless.
- Cost: $15 to $38 depending on age, event, and how close to the race you register. Free parking.
- Perks: Your race entry fee includes a continental breakfast, plus entrance to the beer garden. Strollers and leashed dogs are allowed on the course, and the event features live music.
6th Annual Oceanside Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk
- When: 5-Mile Run starts at 7 a.m., and the 5K Race starts at 8 a.m.
- Where: Oceanside Civic Center, 330 N Coast Highway, Oceanside.
- Registration Info: Osideturkeytrot.com.
- Benefits: Five dollars from your registration fee will benefit Oceanside schools or local charities. When you register, you get to designate where your donation is used. This year's charities include the Virginia Ann Scheunumann Memorial Fund, which helps provide prosthetic products and services for women with cancer who are uninsured or in need—and the Move Your Feet Before You Eat Foundation, which funds programs for kids that teach healthy lifestyle habits.
- Cost: $20 to $40 depending on which race you sign up for, and when. Online registration ends Nov. 15.
- Perks: Race organizers offer a "combo" registration, so you can run the 5-mile route and the 5K route — plus there are a couple of runs just for kids (including a quarter-mile race for children ages 4 and younger). There's also a costume contest and the top three getups win a $50 gift card to 333 Pacific Steak & Seafood.
PureFitness United Run for the Hungry 5K Run/Walk 10K Run
- When: The 10K starts at 7:10 a.m., and the 5K starts at 8:15 a.m.
- Where: The Westfield Horton Plaza Shopping Center in Downtown San Diego, Broadway Circle.
- Registration Info: unitedrunforthehungry.org, registration closes Nov. 20.
- Benefits: Proceeds benefit the San Diego Food Bank, which distributes food for more than 10 million meals every year—and Foodmobile, which delivers more than 28,000 hot meals to the elderly and homebound every year. Canned good donations will also be accepted at the race.
- Cost: $17 to $38 depending on which race you run, and whether you run alone or as part of a team.
- Perks: The course is almost entirely flat, and takes runners on a scenic route through the Gaslamp District and East Village. Your dog is also welcome to join you on the course, and costumes are very much encouraged. There will also be free parking on race day at Parking Palace, 1350 Sixth Avenue (between A Street and Ash Street).
2nd Annual USATF Sanctioned 5K/10K Trail "Thank You" Run/Walk in 4S Ranch
- When: the 5K starts at 7:30 a.m. and the 10K starts at 7:45 a.m.
- Where: 4S Ranch Community Park, 16118D 4S Ranch Parkway, San Diego.
- Registration Info: Thankyourun.org, registration closes Nov. 16.
- Benefits: Proceeds of this event will be shared between two non-profits: the 4S Ranch-Del Sur Community Foundation, which supports groups dedicated to improving the lives of residents—and Helen's Closet, which provides comfort equipment to terminally ill patients suffering from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Cost: $40 to $45 depending on which race you enter.
- Perks: The majority of this course is on a dirt trail, which some runners prefer over pavement—and the surrounding nature provides a beautiful backdrop. This race also features a special course just for kids ages 8 and younger.


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I didn't really see that anyone was worrying about the tape. I just wanted to gossip about it.
Wasn't Usher supposed to be the next Michael Jackson?
Who are you again?
But I was curious about the tape. Then I found out it was with his wife. So passé.
And now the recently ex-Mrs. Usher has gone all over Twitter to say that she didn't have anything to do with the tape being leaked, not her, no sir, no way.
The line for the bridge she'll be selling next starts to the right.
You should never write words with numbers. Unless you're seven. Or your name is Prince. - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Word Crimes"
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Maybe it was a dull moment during the soccer tournament she was playing in that caused Amanda Geving to cast a glance to the BMX track next door. She saw people riding and jumping on the track, which apparently looked way more fun than soccer so Amanda asked her parents if she could try it out. She fell in love with BMX and the romance has lasted ever since.
Amanda's father, Bill, supported her as a young racer by taking her to races and cheering for her from the bleachers. But then comments about how good she was becoming and how much potential she possessed got tossed his way and Bill took that as a hint to ratchet up his support. He educated himself on the setup, care, and maintenance of Amanda's BMX bikes so that he could fix them on-the-spot.
In addition to her father's efforts, Amanda witnessed how hard the pros worked at racing and their perseverance influenced Amanda to work just as hard in order to one day arrive at that level.
Burnout, however, can come quickly to BMX racers, especially since they start racing as early as five years old and the pressure to race flawlessly compounds with each uncontrollable variable, of which there are many in BMX racing.
"Training for BMX is definitely a long hard quest and sometimes it is hard to stay focused and motivated," Amanda said. "But I make sure to mix things up every once in a while and go 4-wheeling, go to the beach, hang out with my family and, best of all, just make sure to get my head clear and relax every so often."


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Gloria Zenteno and her husband, along with a couple dozen volunteers, walk the East End neighborhood she grew up in well aware of the dire situation for homeless dogs.
"I was horrified at the number of dogs on chains, pregnant mamas, sick animals, dogs that had been hit by cars, a daily occurrence for me," she said. "And then I would drive to my really great job in the Galleria, and I would see a different life there. I would see people walking their dogs on leashes, they're all very healthy."
Zenteno wanted that healthy reality in her own neighborhood. So three years ago she founded Barrio Dogs, a non-profit dedicated to educating pet owners about everything from leash laws to free services they help provide.
"Your dog will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated for rabies, and be checked for heart worms and intestinal worms," she said.
Running on private donations Barrio Dogs has helped spay or neuter hundreds of dogs free of charge.
And for the Zentenos trying to save dogs from a life on the street has been a family affair.
Gloria's late sister-in-law, Norma Zenteno, a beloved singer-songwriter, wrote a song to bring awareness to the estimated 800,000 homeless animals on the streets of Houston.
BARC spokesperson Chris Newport said the city is in the midst of a pilot program, offering free and low-cost spay/neuter services in Near Northside, but admitted the problem is huge. And without city dollars funding the effort, change is slow in coming.
The volunteers hope to speed things up.
" Houston is a very wealthy city, a very successful city, and to have this kind of problem on the streets—not just in the East End, in Sunnyside, Denver Harbor, Fifth Ward—it's unacceptable," said Lynn Rodriguez with Barrio Dogs.
If you live in the East End, Barrio Dogs will be holding another free spay/neuter sign-up event in DeZavala Park on Saturday, December 7th.


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Achieving career aspirations is high on the agendas of ACCA members, reveals the latest global careers survey published by the global body for professional accountants.
The global report further shows that 73 per cent of those surveyed around the world aim to achieve their career ambitions in the next four years.
The survey also shows:
- Sixty-three per cent of ACCA members surveyed have multi-sector experience – moves between sectors happen in all directions, but most frequently to and from the corporate sector.
- One in three respondents intends to stay with his or her current employer for more than three years.
- In the past 12 months, 31 per cent of respondents have changed jobs – more than half of such job moves taking place within the same organisation (51 per cent of all job changes).
- Leading a finance team; working in a specialist finance role; and working in another country; are the top three career achievements already recorded by ACCA members.
- Survey respondents have many future ambitions, but 61 per cent are aiming, with their next career move, to gain a more senior position.
- Thirty-two per cent of respondents globally are thinking of starting their own business later in their careers.
ACCA members who hold positions such as chief executive, chairman or president , as well as those working as CFOs, COOs, finance directors, audit directors, executive directors, general managers and commercial directors, are relatively more likely to have multi-sector experience (70%). In contrast, proprietors, managing partners, partners and sole practitioners are less likely to do so (40%).
Neil Stevenson, ACCA's executive director – brand, said: 'This year's members' careers survey shows just how aspirational they are, looking to the future and building their careers as complete finance professionals.
'Results show that many believe working abroad is key to expanding career horizons. Sixty-six per cent value the opportunity to gain additional skills and knowledge, while 62 per cent want to experience another culture.
'This ties in very well with ACCA's core values of opportunity and diversity. It is also consistent with our overall belief that the ACCA Qualification opens up truly mobile career options across sectors and borders. This survey provides evidence that many of our members have been able to benefit from flexible and fulfilling career paths to suit their aspirations.'
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- We support our 162,000 members and 428,000 students in 173 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills required by employers. We work through a network of over 89 offices and centres and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote appropriate regulation of accounting and conduct relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.
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Opening on the drunken high jinks of a group of Brooklyn friends, the film focuses on the character of Swanson, who seems a tad too old for his layabout lifestyle. Projecting an obnoxious exterior, Tim Heidecker gives a self-lacerating edge to Swanson's passive-aggressive contrarianism.


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Iceland's Ásgeir Trausti has taken the music charts in his native country by storm since his debut album, "Dyrd I Daudathogn," came out in September of last year. The presale of his album broke records on Icelandicmusic.com, reached gold sales in six weeks and has since gone platinum.
While some of the musical backing in his songs may sound familiar, the vocal stylings in his native Icelandic make the vocal feel more like a participating instrument than a means to deliver the lyrics.
A set of bills in both the Texas House and Senate are there to ensure that the state's veterans are able to use military training to obtain jobs.
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte authored the bill that ensures training and certifications obtained by veterans and their spouses while serving in the military immediately transfer with them into civilian life.
Acting on a commission for "La Forza del Destino" from the Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg, Verdi responded on a practical level by preparing for winter; it would premiere in late November.
He sent ahead Italian provisions - sausage, pasta and salami - acquired a very warm coat and commenced work.
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With undisputable pop leanings and an ear for a sweet vocal melody, Diego Peralta is one of the leading independent voices on the Chilean music scene in his hometown of Valparaiso.
Diego was one of only a few musicians representing Chile at this year's South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW), and this was his first time in the United States.
After decades of impunity, a former Guatemalan strongman stands trial for genocide. How the proposed minimum wage increase would affect Latinos. How a declining interest in Chicano studies reflects an identity shift for many Latinos. This summer, Phoenix, Ariz. is trying to diversify city lifeguards, the classic summer job for teens.
Lisa LeBlanc's musical idols are from the world of classic rock and metal. They're big rock stars with charisma, many of them men. Her approach to folk music is bold and confrontational, a style that she has deemed "folk trash."
The San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau is kicking off a new campaign to increase occupancy at area hotels during Fiesta week.
Krystal Jones, senior brand manager for the bureau, said locals often don't try to book hotels, thinking they're booked up long in advance.
"Fiesta, of course, is a busy time, and a lot of locals come and enjoy Fiesta. And automatically you think there might not be room at the hotels but we do have availability. We sit at about 70 percent," she said.
The Texas Institute for Educational Robotics (TIER) at Northwest Vista College has been awarded a grant from the Google Computer Sciences for High School program.
TIER is an outreach program at Northwest Vista College to get younger students interested in pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math and was awarded the money to give middle school teachers a gaming-type tool to use in teaching their regular classes.
Even though thousands of workers file into different businesses at Port San Antonio every day, there have been relatively few places for them to go for lunch.
As of early March, gourmet foods, burgers and ethnic specialties are offered at the Port in the form of the newest food truck court. Each Tuesday and Thursday at the corner of General Hudnell and Billy Mitchell Boulevard the trucks park for lunch.


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John Burden was the grandson of John Blandy who came to Madeira in the early 19th century and established himself in the wine business. John Burden lived and worked in Madeira and in 1862 formed the firm of Blandy Brothers and Co. which then also included coal, shipping, foreign bank commissions and other commercial activities.
After a row with his father Charles Ridpath , he took off to Durban with his wife in 1866 and set up various business enterprises including a cornmill which burnt down uninsured. Returning to Madeira shortly after, he and his brother settled down and re-entered the family business which he was to expand and develop including a coaling business in the Canary Islands.
He worked in the Funchal wine lodges at Rua São Francisco, ruled the firm with a rod of iron, had great business acumen and was the architect of the firm's fortunes.
In 1885 he bought the land and buildings of Palheiro at public auction after the bankruptcy of the second Count of Carvalhal. At the time he was much criticized by his family as they perceived Palheiro to be a white elephant with expensive upkeep and far removed from his place of business . However, he managed to get to the office by running car, returning on horseback.
In 1891 he built a new house on higher land above the gardens where the family live today and so the original Count's house became known as the Casa Velha or Old House.
John Burden and his wife Margaret devoted much time to the gardens continuing the work started by the first Count; he also built the reservoir for irrigation water at the northern end of the estate, stables and a sawmill all of which are in use today.
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New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman wrote Sex with Kings (a history of royal mistresses at European Courts), Sex with the Queen (a look at queens' love affairs), and Mistress of the Vatican (a biography of a seventeenth-century woman who ran the Vatican for her brother-in-law and reputed lover, Pope Innocent X). She first became interested in European royalty when her father told her that she was related to numerous kings and queens, going 44 generations straight back to Charlemagne, and that she herself was named after Eleanor of Aquitaine, to whom she is related going back twenty-eight generations. That is, of course, assuming all those queens were faithful to the kings, and having written Sex with the Queen, Eleanor is not so sure.
Eleanor Herman appeared on National Geographic Channel's The Madness of Henry VIII, and has hosted episodes of Lost Worlds for The History Channel. An accomplished lecturer and commentator on all things royal, Eleanor lives in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, three ornery misbehaving cats, and an 85-pound force of nature who keeps knocking her down, a black Lab puppy named Charlemagne.
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A stronger year for emerging markets, more unconventional monetary policy and a continued revival in the US housing market are among the themes the investment bank expects to dominate next year.
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An eight-strong global team of Goldman Sachs global strategists have put their heads together to come up with 10 themes which will dominate markets over the next 12 months.
In a detailed note, titled 'Moving over the hump', the teams finds reasons to be both positive and negative in 2013.Today's Global Economics Weekly "Moving over the hump" describes the main elementsof our economic forecasts for 2013 and beyond. This year, we plan to release our TopTrades for 2013 beginning in Monday's Global Markets Daily. Here, we lay out our Top TenMarket Themes, which represent a broad list of macro themes from our economic outlookthat we think will dominate markets in 2013. For each theme, we discuss the widerimplications for markets, and the potential issues and options for investing around them.
Global growth: a 'hump' to get over
On the surface, our global growth outlook for 2013 looks like more of the same: US GDP growth at around 2%; a near-recession in the Euro area; Chinese growth below the average of the last 5-10 years; and below-trend global growth once again – at 3.3%. But there are significant differences below the surface: further healing in the US housing and labour markets; a progressive relaxation of the global energy supply constraint; and 'room to grow', particularly in the developed world.
The biggest challenge from a markets perspective is that we see risks to growth concentrated early in the year, with Q1 likely to show a step-down in growth globally. Fiscal restraint plays a major role in that story: we expect a big increase early in 2013, but a significant fading on both sides of the Atlantic thereafter. 'Fiscal cliff' resolution still presents a particularly acute version of that uncertainty. But if that period can be navigated, we envisage a sustained sequential recovery in growth, which builds into 2014 and beyond. This profile means that beyond the next quarter or two, markets may face a steadily improving picture, with a broadening US private-sector recovery.What does this mean for equities?
If markets recognise this, 2013 could prove to be another solid year for global equities. But the key challenge will be how quickly the market can look beyond near-term macro weakness. In thinking about the extent of the near-term downside, an important question is what growth outcomes are already priced. On our estimates, equity markets are priced for close to 2% GDP growth in the US, and global growth that is further below trend. At thoselevels, even a period of modestly slower growth may not be too disruptive. But the market has already recognised the relative resilience of the US and may be vulnerable to near-term news that undermines that view.
The same timing challenges apply to the cyclical tilt within equity markets. Sharp underperformance of global cyclicals relative to defensives has been a feature of both 2011 and 2012, and we expect this to begin to reverse in 2013. But our forecasts do not imply global growth that is clearly above-trend until 2014, so the risk is that this shift also builds only slowly through the year.
More unconventional easing in the G4
2013 is likely to see more unconventional easing from the major central banks. Our view of the Fed easing profile remains more aggressive than market pricing and we expect a shift towards macro-based rather than calendar-based forward guidance.
In the Euro area, beyond the activation of the OMT (outright monetary transactions), our forecast that the ECB may shift to targeted private asset purchases is one that may bolster the appeal of Euro corporate andbank credit at some point. But the shift is likely to come in response to a continued freeze in private-sector credit availability in the periphery, especially Spain.
However, the most hotly debated shift currently is whether the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will make a more convincing attempt at easing. We have been sceptical through this year about the potential for yen weakness on the back of expectations of a larger BoJ move. And while we do expect incremental progress, our central case is not for a quantum leap in BoJ policy, particularly in the near term. But more aggressive comments about 2%-3% inflation targets from the leader of the LDP, Shinzo Abe, and the chance to appoint a new BoJ governor in April make it easier to see changes taking place. The danger of positioning for a weaker yen is that a convincing shift may require the BoJ to 'out-ease' a committed Fed, which we do not expect.
But other assets – the long-underperforming equity market, including banks – could benefit from any increase in absolute (rather than relative) easing commitments. They may be a better 'call option' on a potential policy change, particularly in a supportive global equity environment, though they have already done well in recent weeks.
Termites eat away at the foundations of the 'search for yield'
A sluggish post-bust recovery, significant private-sector surpluses and the impact of QE on term premium have kept 'safe' sovereign yields very low, particularly through an unusually depressed real rate structure. We have shown how, in turn, that has fuelled appetite for carry and for 'safe' risk in general, and led to unusual strength in defensive equities in the US and Europe.
In the first half of 2013, there is little in our forecasts to suggest that the basic environment is set to shift, given sub-trend US growth, large ongoing asset purchases and sluggish global GDP growth. Even looking further out to the end of 2013, we expect QE3 to be in full swing and the overall growth environment to improve only gradually. We show an upward drift in our 10-year bond yield forecasts, and our profile for US 10-year yields is above the forwards. But our best guess is that the pace is not enough to deter the search for carry and yield in many places. Even though we expect the search for yield to continue, the risk-reward is falling. Particularly as we move later into the year, it is easier to think of forces that could push longer-dated real rates more decisively higher.
For places where the premium offered is either low in absolute terms (agencies) or relative to the liquidity risk involved (parts of EM credit), we think the risks – while most likely to be avoided in 2013 – are growing, so carryopportunities need to be more substantial to justify taking them. Gold – also supported by ultra-low real rates – is becoming more vulnerable to these same forces.
In between those alternatives, corporate credits – which have good fundamentals and a better liquidity profile – should continue to see a slow and modest tightening in spreads. But even here, the risks are greater than in the past couple of years. And we expect tight spreads on plain vanilla instruments to increase demand for structured products.
The mirror image of stronger growth and slower private-sector deleveraging towards the end of 2013 and into 2014 is an increase in corporate investment and activity, and a gradual deterioration in balance sheet fundamentals. For 2013 this is probably still only a risk to watch: excluding peripheral Europe, corporate credit quality (as measured by debt-to-earnings measures) remains good in most markets, and this should continue to support the fundamental risk profile of most credit portfolios.
Housing stabilisation and private-sector healing in the US
The positive surprise from the US housing sector has been one of the big stories of 2012. US homebuilding stocks have doubled and US domestic cyclical stocks have substantially outperformed US global cyclical stocks. While we see continued healing in the household sector and ongoing gains in both housing starts (20% growth in 2013) and home prices (2%-3% growth in 2013), this may now already be priced in by markets. Simple macro comparisons with our Wavefront Housing Basket suggest that pricing of equities most directly related to housing construction (homebuilders, durables) are broadly consistent with the improvement in the data itself.
Further progress in housing indicators could still support these areas. But given the strong re-pricing of assets related to homebuilding, it makes sense to think more about the ripple effects of housing stabilisation beyond these areas.
On that front, two kinds of assets come to mind. The first is select vintages of the ABX index on subprime mortgages. The higher rated tranches have already re-priced significantly, but still price in severe future mortgage default assumptions that are more likely than not to surprise on the low side. They are clearly sensitive to further home price strength and may also provide a 'call option' on shifts in housing policy to help underwater borrowers.
The second is US domestic banks, which could benefit further from a gradual normalisation of housing credit finance if home prices continue to drift higher. Specifically, given the prevalence of sustained low mortgage rates and wide refinancing spreads, banks should benefit from increases in refinancing volumes. Since the crisis, mortgage exposures are embedded within larger financial institutions, which means that investors take on other risks here alongside exposure to improving housing markets.
Euro area a smaller driver of global risk, but still a source of tails
This time last year, Europe played a decisive role in our views of the global risk environment, and the shifts in European risk have been a key driver of both weakness and more recent strength in global asset markets in 2012.
In 2013, despite ongoing growth weakness in the Euro area, our central case sees less of a role for European issues to drive the global risk picture. This is partly because policy measures and institutional innovations reduce the deep systemic risks that have been the most likely source of global transmission; but it is also because we expect a continued 'muddling through' by Euro area policymakers that mitigates spikes in local risk. The best opportunities to take directional exposure to Europe have come either when the market believes that the system is close to collapse (as it did again in May) or when there is confidence that the key risks have been resolved. Neither is true right now.
With risk premia still wider than elsewhere, and larger than warranted by fundamentals alone, further policy progress – and an absence of fresh stresses – could see incremental gains in Euro area assets. Even so, investors will need to be prepared to navigate well flagged downside risks: Spanish economic pressure that could escalate into political risks unless the ECB intervenes to ease financial conditions; and Italian political uncertainty ahead of the March general elections, which could lead to fresh concerns about a slowdown (or reversal) in the pace of reforms in one of the larger EMU members.
While low-probability events, we still see these as a key source of risk to global assets, and see areas where the market has now relaxed significantly – the €/$ skew and the €/$ cross-currency basis – as potential hedges. Away from these areas, debt restructuring issues, the treatment of legacy debt in Greece and beyond, Ireland or Portugal potentially regaining market access, and the move towards banking union could provide investment opportunities in 2013.
Continued divergence between core and periphery in the Euro area
The divergence in growth between the Euro area core (Germany in particular) and the periphery (Spain in particular) is set to continue. Periphery weakness is already well-known, but the potential for German overheating is a more distinctive theme. Non-traded domestic construction and services areas of the German economy are likely to continue to outperform, while traded/manufacturing sectors in the periphery should also outperform, as part of the process of real exchange rate realignment. The challenge is finding suitable market implementations. German housing and services sectors are obvious beneficiaries but equity exposure in those areas is limited.
The relative profiles priced into inflation markets in Germany and Italy could offer another (more limited) possibility. Beyond that, the scope for this kind of exposure becomes more indirect. Of these, the CE-3 is most intriguing; Poland is the most tightly linked to the German economy and we expect less easing here than the market. This suggests that a stronger German recovery could perhaps reinforce the case for the PLN relative to others in the region, at the price of introducing other idiosyncratic risks.
EM growth pick-up revisits capacity constraints
Growth in the EM world is likely to accelerate significantly between 2012 and 2013, and we have seen some nascent signs of this in the past couple of months. But the market environment here is more complicated than in the DM world, primarily because output gaps are generally not that large in absolute terms, and are certainly more limited than for DMs.
In addition, the cyclical upturn in growth in some of the larger EMs (such as China and Korea) needs to be set against the fact that trend growth rates may slow modestly over the long term. Lastly, we forecast a moderate sequential slowing in China in 2013 Q1 before limited acceleration for the rest of the 2013 and 2014.
In light of these nuances, the key market issue is how strongly to position for a rebound in EM equities, which have underperformed for much of the last couple of years. We think EM equities should have a better year, but the upside potential may be limited by the fact that inflationary pressure and a potential shift towards tightening could come earlier than the market expects in places.
This tightening dynamic – largely absent in the DM world – and lingering concerns about imbalances (domestic ones related to housing or the pace of credit growth in China or Brazil, and external ones linked to current account deficits in India and Turkey) leave us thinking that even if EM equities outperform DM in an absolute sense, the outperformance is unlikely to be enough given the higher risk or variance in outcomes.
EM differentiation continues
While we expect the EM universe as a whole to see better growth and somewhat more inflationary pressure, the differences across EM are at least as striking as their similarities. We think some places will deliberately aim for weaker FX (Czech Republic), while others are in tightening mode already (Russia).
Current account imbalances are still a significant risk for Turkey, India and (most dramatically given a fixed exchange rate) Ukraine. The 'orthodoxy' of the central bank reaction function to inflation is also likely to vary, and so the risk in some places is that even with building inflationary pressure, policy does not necessarily tighten (Turkey and perhaps Brazil face that risk) or tightens in ways that are not easily reflected in market pricing.
Valuation also varies significantly, with some currencies (parts of Asia, the MXN and more recently the ZAR) looking substantially undervalued on a longer-term view, while others look more 'rich'. The shift to tightening may also be a source of EM opportunities in the year ahead. The market may be underestimating the scope for rate hikes (in some ASEAN markets, such as Indonesia or Malaysia) or overestimating the scope for easing in places (Poland), especially if global yields drift higher as well. It is also possible to envisage policymakers in places that have resisted appreciation lately (Brazil, South East Asia, Korea) tolerating some currency strength as inflation pressures build later in 2013 and in 2014.
Commodity constraint to loosen in the medium term
The basic structure of our commodity price views has changed substantially in recent months as the implication of US shale production becomes clearer. Having seen markets that were heavily supply-constrained, we are now seeing the supply responses begin to take effect. Most importantly, we expect oil markets to return to a more structurally stable position, where the ability to bring on new supply in the $80-90/bbl range is rapidly increasing.
The relaxation of the energy supply constraint globally reduces one major obstacle to a global recovery as we look to above-trend global growth into 2014 and beyond. Our bias to express cyclical views through directional energy exposures is also lower as a result. But this takes us back to markets that have a structure which (at higher longer-dated prices) is more like the pre-2003 operating environment.
With markets likely to remain cyclically tight but structurally stable, commodity curves in oil, soy and potentially copper are likely to remain 'backwardated'. So the carry from owning commodity indices (which buy the front end of commodity curves and roll up to spot levels) may be stably higher again. We also think that the pipeline constraints that have kept WTI and Brent at wide spreads for some time are likely to be resolved in 2013, although positioning for that outcome involves significant negative carry, so timing is important.
Stable China growth, but not like the old days
Although we expect Chinese growth to stabilise next year, the pace of growth we envisage is still only a touch above 8%. So the question of how far the market has already adjusted to the slowing in China's growth profile will remain important.
In some areas, stabilisation may be enough to provide some further relief. Our China 'risk factor' analysis suggested that some key assets – Chinese equities and the CNY forward points, in particular – had reflected large downgrades to China growth views. And while there has been a meaningful rebound in the market's pricing of China risk in the last three months, there may still be scope for stability alone to provide relief.
Elsewhere, it is less clear that persistently slower Chinese growth has been fully reflected. Our Commodity Research team's analysis of the Chinese construction cycle suggests that iron ore demand is likely to remain soft as core building demand falls, and that copper will receive a boost from the completion of new buildings in the next 6-9 months, but is likely to peak thereafter.
Tim Toohey and team also continue to highlight the peak in Australia's resource investment boom and the risks that continued declines in the terms of trade could pose there. Those dynamics have begun to be appreciated by policymakers and may not have a big impact on the 2013 Australian growth picture. But we expect slower growth and lower rates to be more obvious in 2014.
The broader question is whether the market begins to worry about the AUD or other currencies most levered to Chinese growth, or to differentiate more aggressively within the commodity FX universe ahead of that point. These assets may offer independent opportunities or a means of hedging a broader procyclical view in equities.
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There's no stat line for hustle on a basketball score sheet, but if there were, Dakota Smalls of Bluefield High School would have a big collection of positive marks beside his name.
"Coach always tells us to hustle," said the energetic junior guard for the Beavers after last weekend's sectional championship victory over PikeView. "I don't score a lot of points. Coach Webster always says my job is defense, and hustle."
Head coach Buster Large said, "He may be 5-(foot)-7 but he's got the heart of a 6-10 player. I have coached him not only in basketball but also in football, and I can tell you he's a great young man. He's contributing in many different ways."
Though Smalls seldom starts for Bluefield, he was hard to miss on Friday night.
In the final minute of the first quarter, the basketball smacked off a Bluefield player and bounced toward the sideline, right in front of the Beavers' bench.
Only one player, Smalls, was close enough to the ball to try to get his hand on it, and the crowd knew immediately that it would take extraordinary effort to save the possession.
He dove onto his side and, with only a couple of inches to spare, swatted the ball back toward the middle of the court before sliding into his teammates' feet.
Again, in the second half, a loose ball last touched by Bluefield was sailing high out of bounds in the right corner of the court when Smalls jumped among a couple of PikeView players and slammed it back into action.
Smalls said, "You want to do everything you can to stay in the game, to help the team out."
His next opportunity will be in the Region 3 co-final against Wyoming East, currently scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Brushfork Armory.
Smalls played basketball until he was in eighth grade, then gave it a rest.
He said he didn't try out for the Beavers hoops squad, yet he eventually found a way to keep involved with the basketball program. "I started out as manager," he said.
When he decided to play again, he said the transition was "real tough," but he appreciated the way the other players helped him out, along with the newcomers.
"They give us all the support," he said. "Especially the starters."
The support obviously goes both ways.
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BEAUMONT — Take a look back at some of the great music events which have occurred over the years in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Below are some of the shows that took place during the week of Aug. 14 - Aug. 20.
• Aug. 14, 2004 38 Special performed at Wild Bill's on College Street in Beaumont in support of its new release, "Drivetrain."
• Aug. 15, 2008 Rock band Earshot performed at Woody's in Port Arthur in support of its forthcoming release "The Silver Lining."
• Aug. 15, 1970 Jerry Lee Lewis performed at an invitation only event in Nederland, Texas.
• Aug. 16, 2012 Canadian rockers Finger Eleven performed at the "Party by the Pool" concert series at L'Auberge Casino and Resort in Lake Charles, La.
• Aug. 17, 2012 Country music artist Chris Cagle performed at the Texas Longhorn Club in Vinton, La. in support of his June release, "Back in the Saddle." The album peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart and features the top 15 single, "Got My Country On."
• Aug. 19, 2012 Rock star Lindsey Buckingham, a member of legendary rock act Fleetwood Mac and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performed a solo rock show as the opening performer of the 2012-2013 season for the Lutcher Theater of the Performing Arts.
• Aug. 19, 2011 One of the greatest country music duos in history, The Judds, featuring mother and daughter Naomi and Wynona Judd, performed at Nutty Jerry's in Winnie as part of their farewell tour.
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Generic Name: testosterone (Buccal route)
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- Striant
Available Dosage Forms:
- Patch, Extended Release
Therapeutic Class: Endocrine-Metabolic Agent
Pharmacologic Class: Androgen
Uses For Striant
Testosterone are male hormones. Some are naturally produced in the body and are responsible for the growth and development of male sex organs
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, testosterone is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:
- Female-to-male transsexualism in patients with gender identity disorder, (person who is born as a woman but adapts to a man's lifestyle, sees herself as a man, and feels like a man instead of a woman)
Before Using Striant
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Studies on this medicine have been done only on adult patients, and there is no specific information comparing use of testosterone in children with use in other age groups
This medicine has been tested and has not been shown to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults. However older men may be at increased risk for development of prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic cancer.
Interactions with Medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Anisindione
- Bupropion
- Dicumarol
- Paclitaxel
- Paclitaxel Protein-Bound
- Phenprocoumon
- Warfarin
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Licorice
Interactions with Food/Tobacco/Alcohol
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other Medical Problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Breast cancer (in males) or
- Prostate cancer—Androgens can cause growth of these tumors.
- Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes)—Testosterone may decrease blood sugar levels. Careful monitoring of blood glucose should be done.
- Heart disease or
- Kidney disease or
- Liver disease—These conditions can be worsened by the fluid retention (keeping too much water in the body) that can be caused by androgens. Also, liver disease can prevent the body from removing the medicine from the bloodstream as fast as it normally would. This could increase the chance of side effects occurring.
- Sleep apnea—This condition may become worse, especially in patients with risk factors such as obesity or chronic lung disease.
Proper Use of Striant
Importance of reading the patient directions carefully before using the buccal system
Proper administration technique
Proper dosing. Use this medicine only as directed.
Proper storage
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For buccal dosage form:
- For testosterone hormone replacement in men
- Adults—30 milligrams (mg) applied to your upper gum above the left or right incisor twice a day
- For testosterone hormone replacement in men
Missed Dose
Call your doctor or pharmacist for instructions.
If the buccal system fails to properly adhere to the gum or should fall off during the 12-hour dosing interval, the old one should be removed and a new buccal system applied. If the old one falls out within 4 hours before the next dose, a new system should be applied and it may remain in place until the time of the next regularly scheduled dosing. Do not double doses.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Precautions While Using Striant
If you will be taking this medicine for a long time, it is very important that your doctor check you at regular visits to check your progress during therapy.
For patients with diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes), this medicine may lower blood sugar levels. If you notice a change in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests or if you have any questions, check with your doctor.
Tell your doctor if you have too frequent or persistent erections of the penis.
Tell your doctor if you have any nausea, vomiting, changes in skin color or swelling of the ankles.
Tell your doctor if you experience any breathing problems, including those while you sleep.
Regularly check your gums where the buccal system is applied to check for any abnormalities and report findings to your doctor.
Striant Side EffectsSymptoms of Overdose
Get emergency help immediately if any of the following symptoms of overdose occur:
- Blurred vision
- headache
- sudden and severe inability to speak
- seizures
- slurred speech
- temporary blindness
- weakness in arm and/or leg on one side of the body, sudden and severe
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:More Common
- Gum or mouth irritation
- Abnormal liver function test
- abnormal renal function
- bad unusual or unpleasant (after) taste
- bleeding gums
- blemishes on the skin, pimples
- blurred vision
- breast enlargement
- breast pain
- buccal inflammation
- change in taste
- cough
- crying
- depersonalization
- diarrhea
- difficulty breathing
- discouragement
- dry mouth
- dizziness
- dysphoria
- euphoria
- fear
- feeling sad or empty
- fever or chills
- gum blister
- gum pain
- headache
- hoarseness
- indigestion
- irritability;
- itching skin
- loss of appetite
- loss of interest or pleasure
- lower back or side pain
- mental depression
- mouth ulcers
- nausea
- nervousness
- noisy breathing
- paranoia
- painful or difficult urination
- passing of gas
- pounding in the ears
- quick to react or overreact emotionally
- rapidly changing moods
- redness and swelling of gums
- shortness of breath
- slow or fast heartbeat
- stomach cramps
- stomach pain, fullness or discomfort
- stinging of lips
- swelling of gums
- swelling or inflammation of the mouth
- swelling of the nose
- taste bitter
- tightness in chest
- tiredness
- toothache
- trouble concentrating
- trouble sleeping
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vomiting
- wheezing
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
See also: Side effects (in more detail)
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By Bay City News Service
Heading to the East Bay on Sunday morning? You might experience a delay because wind gusts knocked over a big rig on the Richmond-San Rafael
Bridge before dawn, blocking both eastbound lanes.
The tractor-trailer was heading toward Richmond along the bridge's mid-span at about 4:45 a.m. when winds caused the vehicle to roll over, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP issued a Sig-alert for the collision.
Cars passing the crash site on the roadway's right shoulder, CHP Officer James Evans said, but the bridge's lower deck was closed to big rigs as of 5:15 a.m.
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There's been talk in the office today about unwieldy terms and conditions. How long is too long?
According to research conducted for Fairer Finance, some banks and car insurers have ridiculously long terms and conditions. Worst of the bunch, but not by much, were HSBC's with 34,162 words. Close behind were several insurers who terms ran for more than 30,000 words. No wonder that 73% of people don't bother reading them at all.
Help the aged?
A little while ago we wrote about how Leitz, the company that pioneered the lever arch file, created a 'soft click' mechanism for its three-ring binders.
Something doesn't add up
Did you know that there are magic tricks just for calculators? So if you're thinking of buying a new calculator (perhaps a fancy scientific version) for your desk, why not see if you can amaze your office with some amateur magic?


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