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Jan M H Risser
Affiliation: Texas Medical Center
Country: USA
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- Gender differences in social support and depression among injection drug users in Houston, TexasJan Risser
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:18-24. 2010..Injection drug is the second most frequent HIV/AIDS exposure in the United States. Social support and depression may mediate risky behaviors among drug injectors...
- Self-assessment of circumcision status by adolescentsJan M H Risser
Department of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:1095-7. 2004..5%, and the specificity was 94.8%; 27% did not know their status. In this population, self-report of circumcision status did not result in accurate information mainly because many adolescents were unsure of their status...
- Relationship between heterosexual anal sex, injection drug use and HIV infection among black men and womenJ M H Risser
Divisions of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
Int J STD AIDS 20:310-4. 2009..Prevention strategies directed at curbing the HIV epidemic among black heterosexuals require that we correctly identify the risks so that appropriate interventions can be developed...
- Epidemiology of infections in womenJan M H Risser
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 22:581-99, v. 2008....
- Psychological correlates of trading sex for money among African American crack cocaine smokersJan M H Risser
Division of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:645-53. 2006..These differences suggest that interventions should address self-esteem, risk-taking practices, depression and anxiety as well as other psychosocial factors...
- Fatalism, optimism, spirituality, depressive symptoms, and stroke outcome: a population-based analysisLewis B Morgenstern
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Center, Room 3194, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5855, USA
Stroke 42:3518-23. 2011..We sought to describe the association of spirituality, optimism, fatalism, and depressive symptoms with initial stroke severity, stroke recurrence, and poststroke mortality...
- Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescentsPolly F Cromwell
Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas 77225 0708, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:391-6. 2002..Few recent studies have determined the prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) among adolescents...
- Sexual compulsivity and high-risk sex among Latino men: the role of internalized homonegativity and gay organizationsDerek J Smolenski
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
AIDS Care 21:42-9. 2009..Further work is needed to validate a path from IH and high-risk sex that incorporates drug or alcohol use...
- Ethnic differences in stroke recurrenceLynda D Lisabeth
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 South Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Ann Neurol 60:469-75. 2006..To determine whether stroke recurrence and the effect of recurrence on mortality differ by ethnicity...
- The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescentsWilliam L Risser
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 77030, USA
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:160-7. 2005..The least common of the diseases discussed below is syphilis, but a recent sharp increase in incidence has occurred in men who have sex with men...
- Designing multi-ethnic stroke studies: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) projectMelinda A Smith
Stroke Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0322, USA
Ethn Dis 14:520-6. 2004..We conclude that multi-ethnic stroke comparison studies are feasible. Utilizing epidemiologic principles to design, recruit and analyze data are critical. Process evaluation to examine for sources of bias is important to study conduct...
- Excess stroke in Mexican Americans compared with non-Hispanic Whites: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi ProjectLewis B Morgenstern
Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0316, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:376-83. 2004..As the Mexican-American population grows and ages, measures to target this population for stroke prevention are critical...
- Stroke risk after transient ischemic attack in a population-based settingLynda D Lisabeth
Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich 48109 0316, USA
Stroke 35:1842-6. 2004..The purpose of this study was to identify stroke risk among TIA patients in a population-based cerebrovascular disease surveillance project...
- Access to care, acculturation, and risk factors for stroke in Mexican Americans: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) projectMelinda A Smith
Stroke Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
Stroke 34:2671-5. 2003..We compared access to care, acculturation, and biological risk factors among Mexican American and non-Hispanic white stroke patients and the general population...
- Stroke burden in Mexican Americans: the impact of mortality following strokeLynda D Lisabeth
Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109 0316, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:33-40. 2006..To estimate ethnic-specific all-cause mortality risk following ischemic stroke and to compare mortality risk by ethnicity...


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Dr. Paul on Maddow Show
Rep. Ron Paul had a very nice conversation with Rachel Maddow on topics ranging from the GOP to H.R. 1207 (bill to audit the Federal Reserve).
* Note: The part of the video directly concerning Dr. Paul begins at approximately the 3:05 mark.
For more information about H.R. 1207, including the full text and a list of cosponsors, is available here.
Should anyone wish to contact their Representative about this (or any other matter) this should make it a bit easier.

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21-point disaster leads to 28-14 loss
By Jim Horvath
With the score tied 7-7 in the third quarter, the battle between Amherst and Westlake had, up to that point, lived up to it pre game billing: a battle of unbeatens.
But with 5:22 remaining in that third quarter, things went wrong – no, make that horribly wrong – for the Demons.
After a 13-yard punt deep in their own territory, host Amhert soon went on 21-point run within a three-plus minute span. When the nightmare was over, a stunned Westlke team was looking at a 28-7 deficit heading into the fourth quarter. The final result was a 28-14 loss that knocked the Demons from the ranks of the unbeaten.
"You can't let things like that happen against a team like Amherst," said Westlake head coach Mark Campo. " They're good enough…they don't need any help."
To that point, the Demons had slowed Amherst's high-powered offense to a mere crawl. They had allowed just one score, that coming on a 24-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter as the Comets held a 7-0 half-time lead.
Westlake was where no other team had been so far this season…within striking range. And the Demons' defense, which had been so solid all season long, was holding up it's end of the bargain. In fact, it was the defense that tied the score with 9:24 let in the third quarter when senior defensive back Alec Wargo stepped in front of a Brennan Hosier pass.
Wargo bet Amherst receiver Adam Herbert to the spot, picked off the pass and took it to the house as the Westlke sideline erupted. Jesse Buhrman made the conversion kick, and it was anybody's game at 7-7.
Westlake's D held again, and the Demon offense took over. But a pair of penalties, a quarterback sack, a 3-yard loss and a no gainer brought up a fourth down and 37 at the Westlake 7-yard line.
A shanked punt, however, gave the Comets an opportunity at point-blank range. It only took five plays for Amherst to score a touchdown, kick the conversion nd regain the lead, 14-7. Still, the Demons were in the game with 3:30 left in the third.
But on the very first play from scrimmage, the Demons tried a flee-flicker, with the ball getting kicked back out to quarterback Mike Massaad. The senior got blindsided by the Amherst rush, and Biilly Ressler took the fumble into the end zone for a 21-7 Comet lead.
Then on their next possession, the Comets ripped off a 35-yard run to set themselves up at the Demon 35. Two plays later, Jason Stump took it up the gut for a 34-yrd score.
Just like that, it was 28-7 with 18 seconds left in the third.
"We tried the flea flicker, and it was open," Campo said. "But Mike got sacked, and the wheels came off from there. You would expect Amherst would try to take advantage of things like that, and they did.
"We always talk about taking the next rung on the ladder," Campo said. "We didn't get that fifth rung, but we got to about four and a half. We'll continue to lern from our mistakes. We'll lern to be. Little bit more focused on our assignments.
"And, we'll get better. This is a good group of guys, and they're tired of everybody saying they're a fluke. This team is not a fluke," Campo added.


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Everyday items like shampoo, televisions, and couches can contain toxic chemicals that are harmful to human health and other living things. Over the past year we have pushed government and industry to get rid of toxic chemicals, and encouraged Canadians to make safer choices at the till.
We joined with a dozen organizations from the health-care sector to collaborate on improving the environmental practices of our health-care system. As a result, the groups, including the influential Canadian Medical Association, made a formal commitment to go green at hospitals and clinics throughout the country.
Toxic chemicals found in bath and body products
Personal care products contain thousands of industrial chemicals, which spurs our work towards stronger federal regulations. In spring, we launched a national survey to collect data on how prevalent these ingredients are. We asked participants to read the ingredient lists on products they use, like soaps, shampoos, and cosmetics, and look for a "dirty dozen" harmful ingredients. More than 6,000 people participated, and the results will inform our ongoing efforts to strengthen Canada's laws to protect us and the environment.
Harmful flame retardant banned
This year we saw strong progress on our efforts to ban polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PDBEs), a toxic chemical that builds up in the food chain. This commonly used flame retardant is linked to cancer and affects the immune, reproductive, and hormonal systems. After we filed a formal complaint regarding the government's weak original regulations, the government revised its strategy to match stringent European rules. We welcomed the federal government's long-awaited decision to ban all forms of PBDE.
Doctors share the link between the environment and health
This year the Foundation launched Docs Talk in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. This monthly online series, available in French and English, is written by health professionals and researchers who share their point of view on current issues where environmental and human health concerns intersect. This year, Docs Talk explored topics such as climate change, air quality, chemical contaminants, and biodiversity.


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Just played 9. Conditions were misty/rain with mud everywhere. Did not bring towel, and that affected my drives a lot.
Star TL/Pro Dart
1. Hit an early tree. Second shot too far past. Easy 2 putt(E2P). +1
2. Not enough turn. Past basket. E2P. +1
3. Early release. Left of basket. E2P +1
4. Disc slip. Short of basket. E2P +1
5. Major slip-hit tree. Another slip-well short. E2P +2
6. Dart flying at basket. Hits tree. Make putt. +1
7. Dart just past. E1P Even
8. Another wet TL slip. Well short. E2P even
9. TL turned more than I expected. Hits tree ¾ way there. Approach to gimme. Even.
This just felt right. At no time did I think I needed a mid. I seem to putt really well with a Dart. Pretty sure this is my best 9 there ever.
Not saying this is in stone. Thanks for all the suggestions.


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Ex-NFL player's trashed NY house sold at auction
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TROY, N.Y. — The upstate New York home of former NFL player Brian Holloway was sold at a foreclosure auction Tuesday, nearly two months after it was trashed during a party attended by hundreds of young people and Holloway used some of the partiers' social media posts to identify them for police.
The 200-acre property in rural Stephentown sold for $400,000 during an auction at the Rensselaer County courthouse not far from Holloway's longtime summer home in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, he told The Associated Press.
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It looks as if the D.C. Council could be voting on a minimum wage hike in as soon as two weeks. Vincent Orange (D-At Large) said Monday he will move a bill through his committee next week setting the city rate at $11.50 by July 2016. That would set up a first vote of the full council on Dec. 3, meaning this whole matter could be wrapped up by the holidays. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) is none too happy that his former council colleagues are moving so fast, but Orange and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) are promising a veto-proof majority. But an $11.50-an-hour rate, which would be the highest in the nation if it were in effect today, isn't enough of a hike for some activists. The D.C. Working Families coalition is launching a push this morning to take a $12.50 rate to the ballot next November. More from AP, Loose Lips and WNEW-FM.
In other news:
NCPC votes this afternoon on final Height Act report to be sent to Congress (Post, WBJ, Housing Complex, DCist, GGW, AP, Washingtonian)
Under intense neighborhood pressure, city pushes back Brookland Middle School opening by a year (Post)
D.C. family that lost three generations in car crash needs help with burials (WUSA-TV)
Vince Gray signs immigrant drivers license bill (Post, DCist, AP, WaTimes)
Housing Finance Agency director, under fire for lavish expense account, is placed on administrative leave (Loose Lips, WBJ)
Why Insurance Commissioner William White should have kept his job: He was doing the right thing (Post editorial)
White: "I'm done with this whole thing" (WJLA-TV)
The lesson of White's firing: "Political war trumping economic realities and sound business regulation" (WBJ)
Vince Gray says city still hasn't decided how to deal with Obama insurance announcement (WaTimes)
Robert Wilkins becomes third D.C. Circuit nominee to fail to advance to Senate floor (Legal Times)
D.C. Court of Appeals sends AU campus plan back to Zoning Commission (WBJ)
Police issue overdue gun registration guidance (WaTimes)
Silver Spring man stabbed outside Dupont nightclub dies (Post)
Wallet and cellphone save Edgewood man from gunshot (Post)
Man shot Monday night in Bloomingdale (Post)
John Tydings, longtime Board of Trade president, is dead at 72 (Post, WBJ)
Goodbye Washington Post Co.; hello, Graham Holdings (Post)
Knight Kiplinger says the great D.C. boom is coming to an end (Housing Complex)
IG is reportedly looking into job-training program (Loose Lips)
Michael Brown gets his pre-sentencing holiday getaway (Loose Lips)
DDOT hasn't given up on Wisconsin Avenue traffic calming (WAMU-FM)
Tom Sherwood explains how you should be raking your leaves (WRC-TV)
Charlene Drew Jarvis backs redevelopment of Stevens School, her famous father's alma mater (Hatchet)
ABC Board votes Wednesday on future of Dupont liquor license moratorium (PoPville)
Some jerk stole the chessboard from the John Marshall Park statuary (PoPville)
Warm winters equal more rats (DCist)
This week in Wal-Mart PR/philanthropy: $10,000 in food for Central Union Mission (WJLA-TV)
The first-ever "Gravy Bowl" is Saturday (Post)
In Logan Circle, the hardware business is booming (WBJ)
Your regular dose of Forest Haven ruin porn (DCist)
Whole lotta drama at the zoo (Post)
Just how gay is D.C., anyway? (Post)
But really, don't do this, ever (Slate)


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Lomography Meets Lifesmyle // Photography Meets Design2013-11-28 1 Share Tweet
Lomography Berlin has fallen in love. With Lifesmyle. To celebrate the happy marriage of the two brands in our store in Friedrichstrasse, we're throwing a huge opening party today!
Be there when colourful lifestyle products join with analogue cameras to create the most exciting store in Berlin!
You'll find all Lomography products as well as our film service, analogue design pieces, gadgets and books alongside cool lifestyle products and gift items. Exhibits, workshops, and events will, of course, still have plenty of room in the new store!
Come and celebrate with us on the 28th of November! We're bringing you:
- Photo exhibit "EAT MY HEART OUT, UTAH" from Kate Bellm
- Music from DJ Sven Hausherr
- Drinks sponsored by Beck's, Our/Berlin Vodka, Thomas Henry & Unglaublich
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SALT LAKE CITY — The City Council has put its mark of approval on a much-debated management plan for Parleys Historic Nature Park.
The plan establishes about 15 acres of off-leash area for dog owners, while designating other portions of the 63-acre, city-owned property for rehabilitation and protection.
The compromise approved by the City Council on Tuesday night evolved following a veto by Mayor Ralph Becker of a council-approved plan in December.
The 6-1 vote of the City Council marked the end of a process that began three years ago and the beginning of what likely will be a two- to three-year project to improve the popular park.
That work will include habitat and riparian rehabilitation, trail building and analysis of environmental issues, including how to reduce contaminant levels in Parleys Creek.
Councilman Van Turner noted before the vote that the work of both the City Council and the administration as it relates to Parleys Historic Nature Park is far from over.
"We're still all in this, and we're still going to keep moving forward, and it's going to be a little jewel," Turner said. "And that's what I'm committed for."


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If Dr. Angela McCaskill erred, it was in forgetting what kind of job she had.
As the "diversity officer" at a university, Dr. McCaskill is a modern zampolit. Ideological purity is at the heart of her job, alongside the politically confined definition of words like "diversity." So what possessed Dr. McCaskill to believe even for a moment that she could get away with indulging in actual diversity of opinion?
Dr. McCaskill is a diversity officer at Gallaudet University, a federally chartered and federally-entwined school for the deaf. This week she was suspended from her job for ideological noncompliance — for signing, at the urging of her pastor, while at church, a petition opposing Maryland's Civil Marriage Protection Act. Walter Olson of Overlawyered has a roundup of stories, both at his own site and at Maryland for all Families, where he is an advocate for equal marriage rights in Maryland and an vocal opponent of the anti-gay-marriage referendum that Dr. McCaskill supported by signing the petition. I applaud and support Walter's efforts to protect Maryland's new law permitting same-sex marriage, support same-sex marriage unequivocally, and was very proud that my co-blogger Patrick wrote a moving series about North Carolina's anti-gay-marriage Amendment One here at Popehat.
I agree with Walter that Dr. McCaskill's suspension represents a tremendous propaganda victory for anti-gay-marriage advocates:
We can now expect a loud outcry from gay-marriage opponents who have been scouring the horizon for exactly this kind of fact pattern — an ordinary person subjected to indefensible retaliation for taking their side — and may at last have found it.
More than that, it represents something very troubling. There's no indication whatsoever that Dr. McCaskill, in her role as diversity officer, was less than fully supportive of gay students. In fact:
"She's been a great ally to the LGBT community and supported many of the LGBTQA Resource Center's programs," said one student, who asked to remain anonymous. "I'm heart broken about this."
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"In her role as Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. McCaskill has made many advances for Deaf people of color, LGBT and other minorities at Gallaudet," said a staff member who wishes to remain anonymous. "This situation is very disheartening for all of us."
But action is not enough, it seems. Some people seem eager to assume the very extreme and unbecoming position that right-wing anti-gay groups would like to attribute to them: you must not only act the way we want, but think and believe the way we want. Such people threaten not only freedom of conscience and freedom of expression, but the steady progress of the very freedoms for gay and lesbian Americans they purport to support. Fighting for your rights is strong. Petitioning to expand your rights is strong. But demanding that other people think and speak and vote in support of your rights, or face official sanctions from government-sponsored institutions, is a sign of weakness.
I hope that Dr. McCaskill gets swift and effective legal assistance from an appropriate source. As Walter hints, one thorny question is whether Gallaudet should be treated as a public institution for purposes of the First Amendment, given its federal entanglement. I regret that, given the current atmosphere at American universities, another thorny issue will be whether private ideological purity is a lawful job requirement. If she is permitted to return, it might be prudent for Dr. McCaskill to clarify her job requirements. I propose some questions:
1. Must a diversity officer privately support affirmative action, or may she agree with some challenges to it?
2. Must a diversity officer privately support university codes prohibiting "hate speech," or may she question them on First Amendment grounds?
3. There are many divergent opinions on the best way to regulate immigration in the United States. What opinion must a diversity officer hold privately?
4. May a diversity officer privately condemn female genital mutilation, or would that be anti-diverse?
5. Is it prohibited for a diversity officer to believe and espouse, privately, that the Americans with Disabilities act has been abused and should be amended?
Those are just a few questions. Once we accept that private ideology is a suitable subject for regulation, there will be many, many more.
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I have two beautiful daughters and had two c-sections. My youngest is turning two, and I gave myself two years to get the weight off and lose the tummy. My scar is fine, but there is skin that hangs over it that I can't get rid of. I am an avid marathon/half marathon runner, but I just couldn't lose my tummy. I went to the same doctor for a few consultations before I worked up the... READ MORE
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The Prodrive WRC Team has confirmed that it has now decided to skip Wales Rally GB and will instead focus on the three asphalt events in Germany, France and Spain.
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The Prodrive WRC Team has confirmed that it has now decided to skip Wales Rally GB and will instead focus on the three asphalt events in Germany, France and Spain.
The decision has been made as the Banbury-based outfit believes Dani Sordo stands the best chance of success on these events.
The announcement comes in the wake of a second successful asphalt test this week ahead of Rallye Deutschland.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Sordo was testing in the Mosel Valley in Germany and he is now confident they can challenge at the head of the field on the Trier-based event in three weeks time.
"The test has gone really, really well. We have made lots of improvements to the chassis and set-up and I have a really good feeling for the car and am able to push really hard. It has certainly given me a lot of confidence going into the rally in three weeks," Sordo said.
"For sure all the other teams will also have improved and we won't really know where we stand until the first few stages, but I will certainly be looking to go even faster than last year."
Team principal Dave Wilcock led the test this week and is also confident about the MINI WRC's tarmac pace.
"Last year we had a great test here and Dani went on to third in Germany and then nearly won in France. This test has gone just as well and you can tell that Dani is very happy with the car. When he is like that, he is a match for anyone on tarmac," Wilcock added.
"With the enhancements on the car we made in March, we should be faster here than last year. If all goes well let's see if we can take one or two more steps up the podium."


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KASHIWA, CHIBA PREF. – Junya Tanaka scored with a thunderbolt in the third and final minute of injury time to give Kashiwa Reysol a 3-2 win over Urawa Reds on Saturday.
Urawa went into the game at Hitachi Stadium third in the J. League table having put together a three-game winning streak, and a 24th-minute opener from Genki Haraguchi suggested the Saitama side was in the mood to make it four.
Reysol hit back in the second half through substitute Akimi Barada before Tanaka put the home side in front from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute, only for Yuki Abe to equalize for Reds with a header three minutes later.
But Tanaka would have the last word as the match moved ever closer to the final whistle, pouncing on a loose ball on the edge of the box to fire home in the 93rd minute and collect all three points for Kashiwa.
"The ball fell nicely for me and I'm satisfied that I could finish it," said Tanaka, who took his scoring tally to three for the season. "I was a little nervous with the penalty because I knew it would have been bad if I had missed it, but I could see our fans' faces behind the goal and that gave me confidence.
"It's been a while since we played in heat like this, and it was difficult but we kept going until the end. A lot of things happened in the game and we had to make a lot of changes. But when you win it breeds confidence and hopefully now we can start climbing the table."
Tanaka's late winner was a hammer blow for Reds having begun the day only a point behind league leaders Vissel Kobe, but manager Mihailo Petrovic accepted that his side paid the price for its attacking outlook.
"At 2-2 we went looking for the win and ended up taking nothing from the game," said Petrovic. "We had hit the crossbar and the post, and if they had gone in then it would have been a different story. But that's football.
"We could have ended up with a point, but I think the fact that we got nothing was a result of us looking for all three."
Reysol started the match looking likeliest to break the deadlock, but instead it was the visitors who scored first thanks to a stunning strike by Haraguchi.
Yosuke Kashiwagi played the ball forward to find his teammate in acres of space, but just when it looked like he had wasted the opportunity with a poor first touch, Haraguchi swiveled to hit the ball on the turn and send it rocketing past goalkeeper Takanori Sugeno.
A 45th-minute foul on Shinzo Koroki on the edge of the Reysol box gave Urawa the chance to head into the break two goals ahead, but Kashiwagi crashed his effort against the bar.
Barada almost made an impact two minutes after coming on as a halftime substitute only to see Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa smother his shot, but there was nothing Nishikawa could do when Barada thumped home a volley from the edge of the box on the hour mark.
A Tsukasa Umesaki foul on Wataru Hashimoto then gave the home side the chance to take the lead from the penalty spot, and Tanaka delivered, calmly rolling the ball into the corner.
Abe brought Urawa back on level terms just three minutes later, heading home from a corner.
But a breathless match was settled in style when Tanaka hit the winner in the final minute. The ball broke loose on the edge of the box, and Tanaka let rip with a right-foot strike that nestled into the corner of the net.
"Either team could have won today," said Kashiwa manager Nelsinho. "Both sets of players did well and kept going until the final whistle, but my players showed patience and perseverence and it paid off in the end."
Elsewhere in the J. League, Kashima Antlers reclaimed first place with a 3-0 thrashing of champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Caio, Shoma Doi and Yasushi Endo scored the goals for the seven-time champions, who moved top ahead of Vissel and Sagan Tosu on goal difference.
Vissel fought back from a Diego Forlan brace to claim a 2-2 draw with Cerezo Osaka. Pedro Junior opened the scoring for Vissel before Uruguayan star Forlan scored twice within the space of eight second-half minutes, but Marquinhos salvaged a point for promoted Vissel from the penalty spot in the 78th minute.
Hiroyuki Taniguchi hit a 93rd-minute winner to send Sagan level on points with Antlers and Vissel in a 3-2 victory over Nagoya Grampus.
Shimizu S-Pulse beat Vegalta Sendai 1-0, while a Keigo Higashi goal gave FC Tokyo a win over Yokohama F. Marinos by the same scoreline and Albirex Niigata kept bottom side Tokushima Vortis on zero points after a 2-1 victory.
Last season's top scorer Yoshito Okubo struck in the 92nd minute to give Kawasaki Frontale a 2-1 win over Gamba Osaka, while in the day's other game, Ventforet Kofu beat Omiya Ardija 2-0.


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[15 September 2004]
There's something about the Olympics that makes a great spectacle for all of us television addicts who find ourselves enthralled by sports we'd otherwise never pay to see: fencing, the gymnastics, table tennis and handball . . . For two weeks we tune in to the arcane and symbolic pomp and circumstance of the medals, the laurels and anthems, the scandals and doping, the tragedy of failure and emotional breakdown in the face of immense performance pressure all that human tragedy. Indeed, the Olympic Games make armchair experts of us all. We occasionally shout at commentators who are forever banging on about personal bests and the myriad pressures of competition. We listen as they shovel air, second-guessing how the athlete of the moment must be feeling at every opportunity, as they participate in the glory of competition. This is a central and unavoidable part of the viewing experience.
Let's not mince words: the Games are a total media spectacle, purest television. Every camera angle is employed to capture every drop of sweat. Every blank stare and jangled nerve, every scratch and anxious look for the scoreboard; all the hugs and huddles. The coaches. The parents and the fans. The guy with the rake in the long jump pit, waiting for the crumpled athlete to clear himself away. Those with cable or satellite access can pipe it in for 24-hours of bleary detail.
Such devoted viewership is naturally also about devotion to your country, about supporting your compatriots to perform their best. It's about how many medals your athletes can grab; whether you can mime along to every verse of the national anthem at the podium. Whether you can finally beat China in the medal tally this year. It's about being in the moment with the athletes, about draping yourself in the flag and going for that patriotic victory lap (and let me just say the sporting clichés will stop very soon). Sure, the spirit of the Olympics is very international and egalitarian, but it's also the safest expression of Nationalism there is. Televisual nationalism. Our athletes must live up to the spectacle of the Games to warrant our national support and cheer.
Unless, of course, you're rooting for the Irish.
The Irish Olympic effort almost completely fell apart: there were no last-minute heroes or sublime racers to rally behind. There were some uncommonly poor performances and disqualifications, accidents, injuries and withdrawals. We qualified for several finals but came last or near last even in those competitions. The Irish rowing team, for instance, head to sweat off several excess kilos just two hours before their race in order to qualify under the weight limit. This process left them pooped, but they managed to come in fourth. Their manager apparently didn't see the weight issue coming.
Out of 47 competing team members, such bad luck and bad fate left the sporting pundits puzzled.
It's one thing to qualify and compete at the highest levels of competition. But it's another thing altogether when your own country's media abandons its own country's athletes. I've never heard so many permutations of "disappointment", "bad news", "sad days for Ireland", "loser" and "fastest loser" and "more bad news" as I have in the 2004 Olympics coverage. Such lamentations came up in the print media, too: "Olympic letdown", "Calamity games" read the headlines, even before the Games were over. Mind you, none of Ireland's athletes made excuses for their imperfect, but no less brave performances. It's the commentators and pundits who put sheer negative spin on the matter, with expert finger-steepling and chin-stroking and long, second-guessing discourses about why the medals wouldn't come: the Athens summer heat, the general unpreparedness, the lack of national funding and support for Olympic sports.
In terms of cosmic coincidence and giving that extra oomph at the peak of a gruelling race when it really counts (say, when you've already given 110, 120 or even 130% of your all), I'd tend to sympathise with the athletes. I hail all that effort and the unpredictability of performance. To see years of training and punishing commitment drip away (like so much sweat) is disheartening and exasperating at best. I understand why some athletes trash their accommodations in a rage of frustration when the games are over (see Detroit News, 12 August 2004, http://www.detnews.com/2004/olympics/0408/16/a01-240439.htm). I understand all those red-eyed daggers of annoyance when a snappy reporter jams a mike in their face and demands an answer for a performance that's "clearly not your best".
As far as televisual relevance is concerned, Olympic performance is all about Gold. After the gold medal, there's a real sharp drop-off in media value for the silver, below which the bronze medal seems like a tinny consolation prize, a dirty medal barely worthy of the podium. And then there are all the other place-getters lost in obscurity like statistics in a ratings survey: all the athletes who don't get a close-up or lap of honour, let alone a flag. Unless you're such a cosmic loser you qualify for the week's human interest story, such as the guy who clocks in two hours late but is bravely having a go "despite conditions in his poor country" if you're not that athlete then you can expect the media to drop you like yesterday's news. It's gold or (nearly) nothing.
Have I sufficiently built up sympathy for the losers? Imagine an athlete who came fourth, or even eighth in her final event. Imagine her waking up the next morning, sore and strained all over, opening the Irish Times and studying her qualitative dismissal, her below-par performance which dashed all her country's hopes, and that eerie implication that her country expected as much. "Fastest loser" the story reads, drawing out the full negative implication of this expression as used in qualifying for a final. She is nonetheless in the top of her class: world class.
The Irish minister for sport, John O'Donoghue, put in his commentator's two cents by predicting little chance of an Irish medal for the next eight to 16 years. He blamed the generally low performances in this year's Summer Olympics on the sedentary, PlayStation-state of the Irish youth. Such an accusation goes well beyond smarmy commentary and enters the tarnished realm of broad self-loathing, a form of national insecurity. What Ireland's athletes deserve is recognition and a welcoming committee at the airport, some of that hug-action on the national level, with lots of cameras. And besides, in 16 years a sport demanding agile thumbs might be introduced to the Games. You just wait.
The commentators jeeringly pointed out that even Mongolia scored a medal; a bronze in Judo. Even Trinidad-Tobago trod the podium. Even that little country, Eritrea, got a medal. All I could think about between beers during the gymnastics finals was the work, the demands and difficulty of devoting one's life to sport. I can only imagine the hours of effort that go into preparing for the Olympics. And there I was, sitting on the couch, rather idle and piqued by unkind or brainless commentating and slack press opinions. To ease my frustration with the Irish self-bashing, I turned the volume on the TV down, donned the proverbial blazer and headphones, slicked my hair the other way and for want of a basic microphone spoke into my fist about "our country's need for clear-cut heroes on the TV (nodding to camera) and when they won't come, how we (your faithful commentators) spin this blanket of blame to cover the exposed and exaggerated raising of expectation. So we'll be sending a big shout out tonight to all the Olympians who competed at these games past, from the big and little countries and who may or may not have qualified, in the hope that we'll see them all again in China in 2008."
So hats off to your team. Hats off to Olympians everywhere.
NOTE: At the time of writing, a happy ending unfolded in the form of a gold medal for Ireland's Cian O'Connor in the mixed individual show jumping. Seems we Irish pundits got it wrong. And then, extra calamity! A former priest, wearing a green beret, red kilt and knee-high green socks managed to pummel the leader of the men's marathon, thereby displacing Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima to third place. Apparently the assaulting priest is an Irish madman. Ireland is considering revoking his passport as he's a habitual disturber of sport last year he ran onto the track at the British grand Prix and managed to survive as F1 cars zipped past him. Although not all of Ireland's defrocked priests dress as colourfully, and few are spoil sports so pugnacious as he.
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Young the Giant's Sameer Gadhia talks Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs' and learning from Thom Yorke's voice
We've been through enough Next Radioheads to fill an entire Virgin Megastore: Travis, Coldplay, Muse, Doves, Keane, Elbow, Idlewild, the list goes on and on.
These days, the New Next Radiohead might just be Young the Giant. Thanks to hit singles like My Body and Cough Syrup, the young SoCal group had one of the biggest commercial and critical breakthroughs of any young band in 2011, performing at the MTV Video Music Awards, recording their own episode of MTV Unplugged and opening for Incubus at amphitheatres nationwide. They're now in the midst of their first-ever headlining tour, which has a sold-out stop at the Ritz Ybor on March 17.
Young the Giant are huge Radiohead fans — especially singer Sameer Gadhia, whose soulful croon bears more than a slight resemblance to Thom Yorke's. Even Yorke's own idol, Morrissey, thinks so —he's gone out of his way to call Gadhia's voice "unbreakable."
"One of my friends told me, 'You realize you were able to achieve on your first album what Thom Yorke's been trying to achieve his whole life — trying to get Morrissey to give him a nod?'" Gadhia said. "It's interesting, you know? Because for me, it's all about Thom Yorke."
Shortly before Young the Giant performed at Tampa's 97X Next Big Thing in December, we interviewed Gadhia about his band's swift rise to fame. We couldn't resist spending a solid 10 minutes of the conversation nerding out about our favorite band. Here's how it went.
Are you fans of Radiohead?
Yes, we're actually massive fans of Radiohead.
I never know how to ask that question, because I feel like, "Of course everybody is," but then some people aren't. What is it about their music that you dig? Any particular songs or albums that stand out?
I love every single thing that they've done — Kid A, Amnesiac, OK Computer, Hail to the Thief. In Rainbows was such a beautiful album. What they've been able to do is something that no one can say they can do right now. They've constantly been able to evolve themselves, they've constantly been pushing the envelope for over a decade. They've always been the forerunners for new and innovative music.
For us, and for most acts, it's very cliche to say that Radiohead is their favorite band, and their biggest influence, because they really are — they're a career act, they rose from obscurity and a lot of cynicism. A lot of people really didn't like them at first, and they felt that they were pigeonholed into this genre that they didn't see themselves. They envisioned something more. They had the motivation to evolve and do something completely different.
I was just looking on Stereogum, and saw that they just released these 25-year-old demos of their stuff. I don't know if you've heard those, but it's absolutely amazing. You hear this stuff, and it's pure pattern Roxy Music, coming off of the heels of the '80s crush and R.E.M. They weren't that proficient with any of their instruments. Thom Yorke has a really whiny voice. Phil Selway was not that strong of a drummer. Jonny Greenwood and those guys were always innovative guitarists, but I think they're really lost in what they wanted to do. And now they're so free, and they're really able to tap into the subconscious of their writing. When I see them jam together, it's really like that pure feeling. Whenever we feel that, we realize that they must feel it like 20 times as much.
Have you seen them in concert?
I've seen them once. Eric (Cannata), our guitarist, was actually able to see Thom Yorke perform with Atoms For Peace at the Echoplex, a secret show.
When we were living in Hollywood, they were living in the Hills at that time, recording The King of Limbs. So a couple of the guys were on Runyon Canyon; it's a big hiking trail that is very, very notorious. And they were hiking on the trail and they saw Thom Yorke, just bolting down the hill. "Is that Thom Yorke? He looks like he's in amazing shape! He's in way better shape than we are!"
What is your favorite vocal performance of his?
Nude is probably one of my favorite vocal performances of his, from In Rainbows. I learned a lot from just listening to that song, and singing along. The amount of control he has — that smooth transition from his softer voice to his really beautiful vibrata that goes into a very strong, really rich, mid-level, full belting range. And it's just absolutely amazing how he can hold those notes. Everything I can say is just overanalyzing it. But he really is an absolutely amazing vocalist.
And more than the vocals, his melodies are just so interesting. He brings in this crazy bastard form of jazz. It's really interesting to be able to listen to a Radiohead song for the first time, because they always start with an instrumental intro, and I always try and think, "Oh, so what's Thom gonna do next?" I try and sing along to what I could imagine him singing. Then he goes and does something completely different. He's able to have these very poppy, almost four-on-the-floor melodies that are still so interesting along(side) this crazy diaspora of insane instrumentals. Bloom, on The King of Limbs, the first track, is just such an amazing instrumental part. You wouldn't imagine he'd be able to bring something to the table like that — something so long and sweeping to such an angular song.
What was your experience listening to The King of Limbs for the first time?
We were actually on the road at the time. It was just before lunch, our manager had gone out to get a reservation somewhere, and we're just sitting in the van. I remember it was very cold. And we just all sat and listened to the whole album, the whole way through, the whole time together. Afterwards, we were just like, "This is frickin' genius." It might not be what people were expecting of Radiohead, because they've received a lot of mainstream success recently, especially with In Rainbows. Before, they had a lot of haters, and now they're more of a universal band than ever. And The King of Limbs was able to do something completely different. I think we kind of expected this album to be nodded off, but it's going to become a gem in the next couple of years. They're literally telling us, "Screw everyone. We can do whatever the hell we want." Very cool.
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Konin is a city in central Poland, on the Warta River. It is the capital of Konin County and is located within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Prior to 1999, it was the capital of the Konin Voivodeship (1975–1998). In 2006, the population was 81,233.
The earliest evidence of human habitation in Konin has been dated to the Paleolithic Era. On the dunes near the Warta, various ancient flint tools and implements have been found, among them being knives, burins, and tanged points. These earliest artifacts are of the Swiderian culture (Kultura Świderska) of 9000 - 8000 BC.
Ancient times
A permanent settlement arose along the Amber Road, which led from the Roman Empire to the Baltic Sea, traversing the area of present-day Konin. A map drawn by Ptolemy identified the settlement as Setidava (or Getidava), a probable spot to wade across the Warta and containing an emporium of some importance to merchants travelling along the route. The settlement's primary burial ground, situated on the dunes west of the centre of today's Konin, dates back to the Przeworsk culture (Kultura Przeworska) of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Middle Ages
Toward the end of the early Middle Ages, Gród Kaszuba was the most significant of the fortified settlements near present-day Konin. Inhabited from the 10th through 12th centuries, Gród Kaszuba was situated on the meadows near the Warta. Its abandonment was likely a consequence of floods which damaged its fortifications. The remains of Gród Kaszuba are visible on the south bank of the river.
During the 12th and 13th centuries, in the high to late Middle Ages, a complex of settlements was centred on the location of today's Stare Miasto, where there existed a large settlement named Konin and a market place and a church built of sandstone. (The name Stare Miasto first appeared in use later, after Konin had been reestablished elsewhere.) What remains from that time is SS Peter and Paul's Parish Church, with its magnificent carved portal and a solar clock on the south wall, perhaps the oldest solar clock in Greater Poland. In 1331, the settlement was plundered and burnt by the Teutonic Knights. What remained was soon abandoned and the town of Konin was reestablished, six kilometres to the northeast, in the more defensible spot where the Old Town of Konin is situated today.
Since the 13th century, Konin has been situated on the marshy grounds of an island within a ford of the Warta River. The oldest available written work confirming the location of the town is associated with Gosław, the chief officer of a group of settlers, and was recorded in 1293. The town may have been chartered by the Duke of Greater Poland, Przemysł II, who visited Konin in 1284 and 1292. At that time, the town's north-south axis equalled 430 meters, while its east-west axis equalled 210 meters. Also, the town's area was eight hectares, and its circumference was 1100 meters. By the standards of the time, Konin was a town of medium size.
Konin's significance grew during the 14th century. Records from that era indicate that Konin possessed a Castellan, an office of significance in feudal Poland, and one which only the oldest towns in the country were granted. At approximately the midpoint of the century, Konin became the judicial seat of the Kalisz Voivodeship and functioned under the authority of a Starost. There may have also been a school in Konin at the time, as a student from Konin is listed in a 14th-century record of the Charles University in Prague.
The second half of the 14th century and the entire 15th are believed to have been a period of rapid development for Konin. During the reign of the Polish King Casimir III the Great (1310–1370), a king's castle was erected in Konin and the town was encircled with walls and a moat, marking the beginning of Konin as a king's town[1] Later, King Władysław II Jagiełło (1351/52 - 1434) was a guest of Konin, visiting in the years of 1403, 1425, and 1433. (Władysław engineered an historic debilitation of the political and military power of the Teutonic Knights by means of his Polish-Lithuanian victory at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.) His last stay at Konin, in 1433, was his longest. Throughout that year's summer, he resided in the town's castle, obtaining reports on a Polish retaliatory strike against the Knights.
In 1458, during the Thirteen Years' War (Wojna Trzynastoletnia, 1454–1466) against the Teutonic Order, there was a call for military recruitment throughout Poland. Every Polish town was bound to put up a quantity of soldiers, the number of which was a sign of the size and power of a given town. With regard to Konin, it was 15 infantrymen; by comparison, Poznań, the capital of Greater Poland, was bound to put up 60, while Kalisz, nearby Słupca and Kłodawa, and Koło were to provide 30, 20, 20, and 15 men, respectively. These quantities suggest that Konin was still a town of medium size. Notwithstanding, the town continued its development of handicraft trades and enlarged the area of its Starosty District. In 1425, Konin was granted a charter to conduct two fairs each year.
The 16th century, the period of Poland's golden age, was a time of significant economic, political, military, cultural, and territorial growth. In 1504, the village of Kurów, located on the river bank opposite the main body of Konin, was incorporated into the town. Furthermore, a description of the town, written in 1557, lists a brickyard and a mill as well as eight butchers, 14 bakers, 21 shoemakers, and four fishermen. However, Konin may have been one of the smaller towns of the time in eastern Greater Poland, based on its "Szos," the tax assessed on its earnings and the possessions of its townspeople. Konin was obliged to pay 32 zlotych, while Poznań (the capital of Greater Poland) was assessed 1400 zlotych; Kalisz, 230; nearby Słupca, 96; and both Koło and Pyzdry, 64.
Concerning religious matters and the Reformation, the starost of Konin, Jakub Ostroróg, was a notable supporter of the apostacy,[2] and a local parish-priest, Stanisław Lutomirski, played a role in the Reformation in the region surrounding Konin.
17th century
During the 17th century, epidemics and war greatly afflicted Konin. A plague of three years' length (1628-1631) decimated the town's population. Subsequent efforts to revitalize Konin included King Władysław IV's 1646 proclamation, confirming the town's right to conduct two fairs annually and promoting participation in those events by offering military protection to merchants who attended them, and a 1652 edict of the Starost, licensing the Scottish community of Konin to erect breweries. Thereafter, the town was invaded and occupied by the Swedish Army in 1656 during the Second Northern War (The Deluge),[3] suffering extensive damage (see Castles and Ancient town walls) and a reduction in the number of its houses, from 127 prior to the war to 25 in 1659 .[3] By war's end, the town's population had been reduced to not more than 200 persons.[3] Another plague occurred shortly afterward, in 1662.
18th century
The 18th century began with the turmoil of the Great Northern War (III Wojna Północna), during which Konin was so severely devastated, in 1707, that its restoration required the remainder of the century to complete.[3] The second half of the century was a time of advanced crisis for the nation, as an irreversible decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów) culminated in the Partitions of Poland and the loss of national independence. Poland's territory was occupied and divided among three bordering countries - Russia, Prussia, and Austria - in three stages, occurring in the years of 1772, 1793 and 1795.
As a consequence of the second partition, Konin was incorporated into Prussia, ending Konin's status as a king's town. At the time, the town's population was 780, with 165 houses, of which only one was made of brick. Inhabitants earned their living in agriculture and handicrafts. Among craftsmen, there were 22 shoemakers, 13 potters, and eight furriers. Eight fairs took place each year, together with a round-up of cattle.[3] Poles, Jews, Germans and Scots were the town's four main ethnic groups. In 1794, Konin joined the first Polish insurrection, the Kościuszko Uprising (Insurekcja Kościuszkowska); the act of joining is recorded in the town's books of that period. Polish insurgents also took control of the town multiple times - e.g., in September 1794, when the town was entered by the soldiers of the corps of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, the namesake of the Polish national anthem - the so-called "Dąbrowski's Mazurka." In 1796, the town was damaged by fire.
19th century
The 19th century began with the general, European disorder of the Napoleonic Wars, which neither eastern Greater Poland nor Konin escaped. At the start of the century, the Duchy of Warsaw (Księstwo Warszawskie) was created as a Polish autonomous region, dependent upon Napoleon I Bonaparte. The Napoleonic Wars gave Poles hope of regaining national independence, and they strongly supported Napoleon. On November 9, 1806, Poles took control of Konin and quickly organized a new, town government. The following year, the town was formally incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw.[4]
The November Uprising (Powstanie Listopadowe) erupted in 1830. Although Konin was not directly involved in this Polish uprising, as with other Polish cities and towns it suffered the political and cultural consequences of its failure. Those consequences included the denial of higher offices to Poles, the elimination of Polish as the official language, and the systematic russification of the primary and secondary schools.
The January Uprising (Powstanie Styczniowe) of 1863 had a greater affect on Konin than had the 1830 rebellion. As many as several dozen battles and skirmishes took place in and near Konin, to which many present day monuments attest.
From 1815 onwards, trade and handicraft activities increased substantially in Konin. A description of the town, from 1820, states that among the 2,456 inhabitants, there were 161 craftsmen, ten merchants, and 42 peasants.[4] During the course of the century the population of Konin increased steadily, rising from 4,195 people in 1850 to 7,391 in 1896. In comparison, nearby Koło had an 1896 population of 8,800 inhabitants, while Turek's population that same year was 9,900.[4] However, while nearby Łódź was becoming one of the most significant textile industrial centres in the world, only 12 cloth workshops and small factories existed in Konin in 1820.
During the 1830s, a general renewal of the town led to the construction of new streets and squares. Also, building lots were developed for industrial expansion, and dilapidated buildings were demolished.[4]
By the end of the century, there were two factories that produced machines and special tools for agriculture - the larger of them belonged to L. Reymond, a citizen of Switzerland, who settled permanently in Konin. His factory was equipped with a 12 horse-power steam engine and a cast iron foundry. Apart from these enterprises, the town held 18 windmills, four tanneries, four workshops producing soap, three vinegar factories, two small factories producing boilers, two breweries, two oil-mills, a sparkling water factory, and a distillery.
20th century
For Konin, the early 20th century was a period of rapid development in the fields of culture, education, and social life. The Musical Society of Kalisz (Towarzystwo Muzyczne w Kaliszu) had as many as 72 members in Konin,[5] and Konin's Jewish Library was one of the finest within the Gubernya of Kalisz, with a quantity of books and a general readership that significantly exceeded similar libraries in Kalisz, a much larger urban area. Also, a branch of the Rowing Club of Kalisz (Kaliskie Towarzystwo Wioślarskie) was founded in Konin in 1908 and, by 1914, had 95 members. Its building, displaying the club's coat of arms, still stands in Old Konin, in Zofii Urbanowskiej Street.[5]
Workers' associations were also established in Konin. In 1905, when significant strikes occurred in Polish industrial centres such as Warsaw and Łódź, there were some minor strikes and turmoil in Konin as well.
A branch of the Polish gymnastic society, Sokół, was founded in Konin. A quasi-military association, its objective was to maintain the fitness of teenagers, to improve their health, and to provide for readily trainable military recruits in the event of a possible national uprising or a defense need. Similar Jewish and German associations also existed.
After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, battles between Russian and Prussian troops occurred near Konin. Ultimately, the city came under Prussian control and deteriorated. The economic situation of the town did not improve when, in 1918, Poland regained its independence (see: Second Polish Republic) in the war's aftermath. Living conditions of residents were still miserable, exacerbated by the lack of functioning water distribution and sewer systems. The subsequent inter-war econonomic crisis was harsh, and conditions did not begin to improve until the désenclavement of the town, attributable to the opening of a major railway, between Poznań and Warsaw, and the construction of a canal to Gopło Lake.
Jews had represented 30% of Konin's population prior to the Second World War. During the war, Konin was part of the land annexed by Nazi Germany (Reichsgau Wartheland). In the town's surrounding forests, the Nazis carried out mass executions of Jews which 95% got killed or send to concentration camps. In August 1943, the Jews at the labour camp at Konin, led by Rabbi Joshua Moshe Aaronson, burned down the huts in the camp and tried to escape. Almost all of them were killed. The town survivors published, in 1968, an extensive "Yizkor Book" (803 pages) in memory in the flourishing Jewish community: Mendel Gelbart, ed., Kehilat Konin: Bi-Feriḥatah uve-hurbanah (Tel Aviv). The book was written in Yiddish, Hebrew and English. A descendant of Konin Jews, Theo Richmond, wrote Konin: A Quest, the most extensive history of Jewish life in the town ever to appear in English. The majority of Jews in Konin were Mitnagdim, though two small communities of Hasidim lived within the Konin Jewish community, mostly adherents to Gerer Hasidism, with a small group of Aleksander Hasidim.
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Pharmacy Choice and Access Now said it was encouraging states to expand the types of vaccines that pharmacists can administer.
"More than 50,000 adults and 300 children die from vaccine-preventable diseases or from their complications each year in the U.S. alone - I think we can do better than that," PCAN chairman and VP business development of pharmacy services firm PPSC Bill Mincy said. "Expanding immunization authority for pharmacists is a sure way to increase access to vaccines and keep our communities healthy. I encourage state legislators to take a look at current laws and consider ways to achieve this."
Currently, pharmacists with proper training can administer the influenza vaccine in all 50 states, while those in 44 states can administer the shingles vaccine. Some states also allow limited administration by pharmacists of vaccinations for diseases like hepatitis A and B. PCAN said expanding the types of vaccines that pharmacists can administer would provide greater access to vaccines and greater vaccination rates among the population.


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I have a rare disorder called offstage fright," Scot Livingston confesses. "It's much easier talking about stuff in front of strangers than it is one-on-one. If I were to admit to a capital crime or murder, it would probably be on stage, in front of a bunch of people I don't know."
More high-strung than homicidal, Livingston certainly has a knack for being unpredictable -- something he fully explores as frontman of Denver's quirky five-piece the Inactivists. No stranger to the local music scene, the self-described "recovering Mormon," who abstains from alcohol but overindulges on caffeinated soda, cut his teeth as a blues-punker with Red Eye Revival, then played lead guitar for the Phlegmtones, a disco-polka outfit that also featured Mr. Pacman's Avery Rains. In addition to studio collaborations with Pacman and the late Wesley Willis, Livingston helms Nerdtallica, a MIDI-based Metallica tribute band that graced 2002's Imposters: A Warlock Pinchers Tribute with a cover of "Meet Goatee Woatee." The thirty-year-old tunesmith's checkered resumé, if he ever bothered to draft one, would further include writing a rejected TV pilot for Fox, plus holding down several uniformed gigs as a security guard -- bulldogging everything from porn shops and parking lots to the hallowed offices of Westword. And though he got plenty of reading done as a night watchman, Livingston has stumbled across his share of morbid surprises, too. One time, a week before Christmas, the admittedly squeamish turnkey discovered a dead body in an apartment complex above the 16th Street Mall.
A far bigger shock to his system came in 1990 when Livingston was a Wildcat at Arvada West High School. The dark, personal family tragedy inspired "Sammy Sammy," a seemingly innocuous little scorcher that Livingston decided to introduce to a small crowd at the Lion's Lair as follows: "This next song is about my mother, who killed herself when I was fifteen." It was disturbing news to everyone present -- especially Livingston's bandmates.
The Inactivists CD-release show
With the Voodoo Organist, and the Little Fyodor and Babushka Band, Saturday, April 16, Lion's Lair, 2022 East Colfax Avenue, $6, 303-320-9200
"That was really heavy, finding out in that way," recalls bassist Matt Sumner, a former member of Rainville. "It was all I could do to continue playing. That was the only time I've ever been in the Lair where you could hear a pin drop. And I think everyone was waiting for a punchline. But there was no way he could make that funny.
"You just don't know when you go on stage with this band," Sumner continues. "It could be a total goofball night, or it could be a really dark experience, too."
A deliberate study in contrasts, the Inactivists began as nothing more than a solo act, an excuse for Livingston to thrash on electric ukulele and sing oddball tunes with a drum machine. "I'd been doing the open-mike thing, and it was depressing," he says. "Not only would no one show up, but there was no one to complain to about it."
Rather than continue alone, Livingston posted a three-page ad on bandmates.com that outlined his entire rock-and-roll philosophy, warts and all. "I wanted to span the Steely Dan/Sex Pistols schism," Livingston recalls of his long-winded screed. "What I didn't want was the usual bass-drum-guitar thing."
"He had the longest fucking ad, just this huge rambling thing," Sumner recalls. "I agreed with everything he was saying, but I thought he'd be a real pain in the ass to be in a band with. Then, after not finding anything else to do, I sent him an e-mail."
It ended up that the pair had actually shared a bill at the Bluebird Theater several years earlier, when Sumner played in a riff-rock-based outfit called Five 52 Fern. Livingston liked the fact that Sumner played trumpet as well as the "Frankenbass," a distortion-heavy monstrosity with custom-drilled holes in the body and bridge that allow for never-ending pickup and effects alterations. "It's like Swiss cheese now," Sumner points out. "Eighty percent wood, 20 percent Bondo."
Drummer Chris Budin from the Reals then came on board with saxophonist Jason Walton, and the unlikely quartet of relative strangers played their first show after just a single rehearsal. "I thought, if they were crazy enough to do it, then they were the guys I wanted to do it with," Livingston says. Two days later, he booked another show and recruited theremin player Victoria Lundy, a sound sculptor with a performance-art background in the Carbon Dioxide Orchestra. Able to coax more than mere sci-fi effects from her ungainly twin antennae ("it's basically just playing radio interference," Lundy allows), the new musical acquisition raised the band's overall melodicism to greater heights. Better yet, Lundy's eerie tone split the difference between a keyboard and a pedal-steel.
"I couldn't believe they wanted it on every song," Lundy says, recalling her debut at the Blue Mule. "After the first three songs, I thought, 'My God, these guys are a ska band.'" She soon discovered otherwise.
Difficult to pigeonhole, the Inactivists seem to channel the experimental nature of Lothar and the Hand People, the playfulness of They Might Be Giants and the DIY spirit of the Minutemen. "If you could even create a subgenre called 'angry-lounge-nerd rock,' I wouldn't feel particularly committed to it," Sumner says.
"It's as accurate as we're gonna get," Livingston adds. "But all of our songs don't have the same thing. There's a lot of funk. There's weird reggae styles. Other ones sound jazzy. It's probably closest related to pop."
During a marathon recording session at Ian Hlatky's Woodshed Studios on Palm Sunday last year ("04-04-04 is the neighbor of the beast," Livingston jokes), the Inactivists exorcised their many influences by slamming together a debut album in ten hours. Despite the feedback, vocal mishaps, dropped drumsticks and broken strings, the seventeen songs on Punching Each Other span melodic styles as disparate as the Captain Beefheart-inflected title cut, a doo-wop-inspired torch song and a masturbatory country weeper. Unfortunately the record's successful completion also signified the departure of the band's original reedsman.
After trying out a vibraphonist for a spell, the Inactivists recruited a keeper in saxophone and clarinet player Todd Burba, who moonlights with the jazz-leaning Sentimental Hitmen. Newly energized, the Inactivists resumed weekly rehearsals at Lundy's home in Arvada, which doubles as Cuttlefish Arts, a graphic-design studio, and took whatever gigs came their way -- including an in-bookstore appearance at Black and Read and a recent live-radio slot on KGNU hosted by Little Fyodor. And whether they're collaborating on a Yuletide-themed split disc with Fyo's paramour, Babushka (It's An "The Inactivists" Xmas!!!), or test-driving an Esperanto-samba version of "La Bamba," Livingston and company keep their mind open to anything, good, bad or anal-retentive.
"I used to say there was no idea that was too stupid for the band," Sumner says. "We could come up with any idea, and everybody would feel it out and give it a try."
Such an approach has led to eulogizing Dale Earnhardt wannabes and recording a handful of tunes that don't exceed three seconds. In what could hardly be considered a sophomore slump, the Inactivists' whimsical new release, Disappointing Follow-up, finds the band bursting with ideas, hooks and plenty of dadaist wordplay. The chicken-scratching opener, "Won'cha Hit Me in the Face," sets the tone for another eclectic romp along the tightrope between sense and nonsense, juggling sunny dance numbers for the "poor and huddled masses" ("Here They Go Again") with coffee-achieving frag-rock ("Fresh 'n' Lemony"). Standout cut "Pieces of Jesus" removes any doubt that the Inactivists can write a solid pop song; it comes complete with a deep snake-charmer groove and five-part vocal harmonies. Singing on his own, however, Livingston takes some getting used to. Although he can pull off a convincingly psychotic David Byrne impression ("Talk to Me"), more often than not he recalls the nasal cavities of John Flansburgh or Mark Mothersbaugh. Call it the white man's burden.
"Bob Dylan couldn't sing worth a crap, but he did it anyway," Livingston insists. "The whole thing is, you don't have to sing well. You just have to believe you can sing well."
So far, the listening public seems receptive. "We provoke a lot of different reactions," Sumner reveals. "Anger. Confusion. Laughter. The more drunk they are, the more they like us. We actually get relief from sound guys who have to sit through a lot of angry metal bands. The lady at Pink E's called us 'delightful.'"
Not resting on their oars, the Inactivists hope to spread their brand of delightfulness beyond the Front Range, considering weekend outbacks to Phoenix or Omaha. They've even planned Follow-up's followup: Dreaded Concept Album.
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"We haven't sent anything off to any record companies, so we've definitely inactivated on that front," Sumner admits. "I'd be happy if we could just play a few shows a month and have some money to pay for our recordings."
"I don't really care about becoming famous or getting a record contract," Livingston concludes. "I just wish people would listen to us, 'cause I think one out of every hundred would be entertained.
"We do everything we can to get people to come to shows," he adds. "But we're a fairly anti-social group, so it's not like we've got tons of friends. Why do you think we met on the Internet?"


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L'Oreal Colour Trophy Awards - 60th Anniversary Dinner at Battersea Evolution
This year the L'Oréal Colour Trophy reached an all-important milestone, celebrating a hugely impressive 60th anniversary making it the longest running live hairdressing competition in the world.
The vision for the L'Oréal Colour Trophy this year was to create a series of events that showcase the strong and rewarding partnership between L'Oréal Professionnel and British hairdressing, celebrating hair, beauty and fashion in a unique, immersive and aspirational way that will truly mark the 60-year milestone and catapult L'Oreal into the next chapter of this exciting story.
Agency Inca delivered the vision, concluding in a grand final awards dinner at Battersea Evolution.
What happened on the evening?
- 1500 Guests arrived from 6pm dressed to the nines in black tie and sparkling dresses.
- The hashtag #LCT15 was displayed in beautiful pink, red and purple florals on a wall in the reception.
- At 6.45pm the main room was revealed. Guests marvelled at the stunning production with curved screens, and a central circular rotating stage.
- A three course dinner was served by Smart Hospitality including a tasty 'Slow roast shoulder of lamb, garlic creamed potato, tenderstem broccoli and salsa verde' for main course.
- Courses were interspersed by catwalk shows featuring jaw-dropping hair styles, followed by 6 categories of awards.


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MSA-007E EWAC Nero
Model number: MSA-007E
Code name: EWAC Nero
Unit type: reconnaissance mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot and radar operator, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 22.03 meters; head height 21.32 meters
Weight: empty 43.6 metric tons; max gross 79.2 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1650 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 40800 kg total (4 x 10200 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 8
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6250000 meters; extra propellant tanks
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: none
The MSA-007E EWAC Nero is an Early Warning And Control (EWAC) mobile suit based on the MSA-007 Nero. Although Minovsky particle interference prevents the use of radar and radio communication, the dispersal of these particles was prohibited by the Granada Treaty that ended the One Year War, and so radar search and detection is still effective in areas with low Minovsky particle density. The EWAC Nero is designed to detect enemy machines and gather intelligence, then relay this information to the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard its mothership. The huge head of the EWAC Nero contains long-range radar antennas and is equipped with multi-sensors for passive intelligence gathering, while its backpack contains data processing and communications systems. The information it gathers can be relayed in real time via radio and laser signals, or recorded onto the data pods stored in its backpack for later recovery. The EWAC Nero can also be equipped with Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), wired cameras, and various other reconnaissance equipment. Its two-seater cockpit block houses a pilot and an operator to control all this equipment, and extra propellant tanks are attached to extend its operating time for long missions. At the beginning of the Pezun Rebellion in UC 0088, a data pod recovered from an EWAC Nero records the destruction of the Federation Forces' 127th Squadron at the hands of New Desides mobile suits. A few of these machines are also assigned to the command ships of the suppression fleet that is dispatched to defeat the New Desides.
Appearances: Gundam Sentinel
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki


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|How to Train Your Dragon and the Animated Film Wars
|Written by Nathan D. Wilson
|Wednesday, 07 April 2010 12:50
It's hard to get excited to see an animated moving picture. They tend to drift into a spastic story structure and slapstick stupidity (and the kind of humor I don't want rubbing off on my kids), or (in the recent Pixar trend) slow, nostalgic ponderings of death. My children and I leave the theater and end up having conversations in the car about which scene was the dumbest and whether the whole thing should have been thrown away, or if easy fixes had been overlooked. Traditionally, Pixar brought us collective glee, but that began to change as the creative minds internal to that organization began to age (musing on the inevitable horizon of mortality more than the whimsy of childhood). They've always had a mile-wide streak of nostalgia (and it tended to work for them), but Wall-E is only theoretically fun for my kids. Turn it on and soon the young ones will begin to yawn, and the older ones want to know why the entire world is covered in trash, and why a single plant is supposed to save anything, and why they don't like Costco. (Everyone knows Costco is near heaven on a good sample day.) Up was even worse (and more disjointed). No arguments please.
But, in the eyes of most critics (and in the eyes of the box-office), Pixar had Dreamworks well beaten. Dreamworks was the home of fart jokes and vulgar humor. Dreamworks would break narrative voice, resorting to pure scene-gimmicks for a laugh. Dreamworks was the home of the Madagascar and Shrek franchises and the type of humor native to those stories. But then came Kung Fu Panda. It, in my humble opinion, and the unanimous opinion of my children, smoked Wall-E (which is not to say there wasn't anywhere that the story could have been improved). It is fun, it is joyful, it doesn't resort to easy vulgarity, and (especially on Blu-ray) it is visually stunning without ever taking itself seriously or trying to serve up a dose of existentialism for kids. Had the Dreamworks brand blipped (to the good)? Would it become a trend? I chewed my nails (at least mentally).
I worked for Dreamworks Animation Studios for a while. I knew that Shrek was their absolute cornerstone, and I couldn't see them drifting away from that style (especially given how much it had brought in). Why would they? So, when the early marketing for How to Train Your Dragon began, I thought I would probably take my kids, but we wouldn't be in a rush. We might even wait for the DVD. But Easter brought a four-day weekend and the issue was decided. The family loaded up and journeyed to the nearest theater displaying the 3D version.
Not to put too fine a point on it, I was stunned. I had expected it to look good. I had expected it to be exciting. But I hadn't suspected a sophisticated reverence for traditional fairy tale. Not having read the book (I will now), I don't know where the credit belongs, but HTTYD managed to paradoxically invert narrative assumptions while remaining true. And this is where I should warn you of spoilers. If you don't want me to tell you what happens, go see it for yourself. As for the rest of you, read on.
I was expecting a contemporary morality tale (that my children and I would gripe about in the car). Dragons were going to turn out to be good after all (just misunderstood). We would learn some sort of Avatar lesson about accepting all living things as equals (superiors if they're blue). But that's not what was served up. Instead, dragons were bad. They raided the village stealing sheep. They burned it down constantly. They killed people. Lots of people. And here's one of a few things that stunned me. Why did they do these evil things? Well, because they served The Dragon. The big one. The huge, ancient, evil one. And the story progresses not with one small boy (Hiccup) successfully communicating to his father (Stoick) that dragons were misunderstood, but with that boy crushing The Dragon's head and . . . losing his foot in the process.
Victory in this story came when all the lesser dragons are freed from that ancient one. And they aren't freed into autonomy or equality with man. They are freed into service to man—they become pets, friends, and well-treated beasts of burden. They are trained.
Pixar has a much richer heritage, but right now, Dreamworks is winning. Easily.
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