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Yesterday, Nationals fans saw - for the first time this season, really - the Ryan Zimmerman who has been the most enduring Nationals All-Star since 2006. His two-run double in the first inning off Tim Hudson was the telling blow in an 8-4 win to take another road series against perennial National League contenders, the Atlanta Braves. He had a solo home run as well, his third longball in a week, and another clutch hit in the ninth to help put the game out of reach. He is hitting .378 for the past week's games.
Michael Morse has been even hotter over the past week. He is hitting .419 for the past 10 games and it was his 4-for-4 and eighth-inning home run Friday night that beat the Braves in the series opener. With both Zimmerman and Morse healthy, the Nationals lineup has the muscle at its heart that has been missing much of this season. It is the first time since the signing of Adam LaRoche that the three most explosive Washington players have been healthy at the same time.
As important as the win on Sunday was for the Nationals, who take another road series against a key NL East opponent, there was something of greater significance to players and fans alike. Major League Baseball and 2012 All-Star manager Tony La Russa named the official rosters for the 2012 All-Star Game. The two best Washington pitchers, Gio Gonzalez and Stephen Strasburg, and the best offensive shortstop in the NL, Ian Desmond, were named to the team.
Stasburg and Gonzalez have done more than anyone in the first three months of the season to keep the Nationals atop the NL East. Along with Matt Cain and R.A. Dickey, they have been the most dominant pitchers in the league and much deserving of the recognition.
Desmond's monster week against Colorado and Atlanta may have made it impossible for La Russa to ignore his All-Star credentials. Desmond hit over .400 for the past seven days with two home runs that brought his total to 13 for the season, second on the team only to LaRoche. But in naming Desmond, La Russa also recognizes the clutch hits and the flashy plays in the hole or behind the bag that have marked this breakout season for the young shortstop. St. Louis' Rafael Furcal will start at shortstop for the NL and Chicago's Starlin Castro was also named, but neither of them have offensive credentials to hold a candle to Desmond's.
There was also a potential All-Star spot carved out for Bryce Harper, which could give the team four players making the trip to Kansas City if Harper survived the Final Vote fan balloting. Neither Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr. nor Al Kaline were named to the team as 19-year olds, so making the All-Star team at his age would be a singular honor. It is a tribute to the level of excitement he has brought to the game that he is being considered along with Chipper Jones, Michael Bourn, Aaron Hill and Michael Freese for the final roster slot to be filled by fan votes over the coming week.
The three - possibly four - Nationals named to this year's team are the most in a single season since the team moved from Montreal. It is a testament to the depth of excellence on this team that several of its best players - including Morse, Zimmerman and LaRoche -- were not named. Jordan Zimmermann ranks among the best NL pitchers in many categories with an ERA that is better than either Gonzalez or Strasburg. And there are numerous other Washington players who can and likely will be named to future All-Star Games. They will have the breakout seasons like the one Desmond is having now.
That depth of quality is why the 2012 Nationals will be contenders - not just for the coming months of the 2012 season, but for the longer term as well. In 2005, at this same juncture in the season, the Nationals also stood atop the NL East. Yet that team would win only nine games in July 2005 to fall out of contention. These Nationals, with an All-Star pitching staff and an offense that is just beginning to find itself seem more likely to just keep getting better as the dog days of July and August continue.
Desmond said in the past few days that the most important milestone he wants for himself is to play in a World Series. The individual honors for Strasburg, Gonzalez and Desmond as All-Stars are important recognition for them as players and for the team. But they would all likely agree that they want something more. And if the Nationals' pitching staff continues its dominance in the second half and the offense continues to surge, there will be plenty more All-Stars where these have come from.
Harper may be the best representative of that potential, which is why Washington fans should vote early and often for one of the most exciting players in the game today. Let's put Harperin Kansas City, because there are more than four All-Stars in Washington and the future is waiting for all of them.
Ted Leavengood is author of "Clark Griffith, The Old Fox of Washington Baseball," released last June. He serves as managing editor of the popular Seamheads.com national baseball blog and co-hosts with Chip Greene the "Outta the Parkway" Internet radio show. His work appears here as part of MASNsports.com's effort to welcome guest bloggers to our little corner of the Internet. All opinions expressed are those of the guest bloggers, who are not employed by MASNsports.com but are just as passionate about their baseball as our roster of writers.


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I believe that the show has been changed and the comedy routine has been updated with different "monsters". The guest previews of the show back in January were not that positive so changes were initiated. I'tll be interesting to see if the "new" show is any better.
I saw it last week, and while it was pretty good, it wasn't great. The funniest parts were the audience interaction parts, while the comedy parts just weren't all that funny. I think that's why Turtle Talk is so much better - it's all audience interaction with no added filler.
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The timezone in Morningside Historic District is America/Rankin_Inlet
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- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
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- Beverly Drive United Methodist Church (2.6km)
- First Pentecostal Holiness Church (2.7km)
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Su Pollard has said she is looking forward to returning to the stage as she takes part in a special performance celebrating the 100th birthday of Dame Vera Lynn.
The Hi-de-Hi! star will give a rendition of the wartime singer's I'm Gonna Get Lit Up (When The Lights Go On In London) for the special one-off show at London's Palladium next month.
But it will also be a special moment for Pollard, who has not been on stage since a performance for the Air Force Association five years ago.
The 67-year-old told the Press Association: "It will be most of the girls together in one dressing room with all the "hello darling" camaraderie and copious cups of tea.
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She said she would be adding her own twist to the number, with the help of four dancers, but hopes to bring across the same "enthusiasm" and "joyfulness" that Dame Vera brought to British soldiers.
"It's marvellous that all her peers, younger or older, will be coming together to acknowledge her contribution to showbusiness, and to getting people through the war.
"People might say the songs are a bit cheesy, but when you think that those men were going abroad to do all this fighting, having those songs she sang must have absolutely cheered their hearts.
"Things like that should never be forgotten."
While she praised the We'll Meet Again singer's strong, consistent and "clear as a bell" singing voice, Pollard also admitted she was a huge fan of pop girl group Little Mix.
"I adore them," she said.
"When I first heard them I thought, 'You go girls', because they really have voices and they should be inspired by Dame Vera.
"Hopefully in years to come, when they are 80 or whatever, they will be having a tribute to them - won't that be fabulous?"
Pollard will be joining a line-up of acts including Russell Watson, Sir Tim Rice, Alan Titchmarsh, Brian Blessed, Simon Callow, Pam St Clement, Anita Harris, Clare Teal and Una Stubbs.
Tickets are now on sale for 100: A Tribute To Dame Vera Lynn on March 18, in support of Dame Vera Lynn's charity for children with cerebral palsy.
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Markets fell Friday as the initial euphoria over a eurozone debt crisis deal faded and investors questioned whether the plan would really be able to get to the root of region's problems.
After rocketing Thursday, stock markets were lower by Friday afternoon, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.24 percent, the CAC 40 in Paris off 0.58 and Frankfurt's DAX 30 shedding 0.20 percent.
"Eurozone politicians were very successful in putting a positive spin on this week's summit but there are still significant potential pitfalls in the road ahead," said Jane Foley, senior currency analyst at Rabobank.
"A handful of French banks, and some German and Italian are still widely considered to be vulnerable. Clearly this position could be worsened if contagion makes a comeback -- and this is still a significant risk."
Goldman Sachs analysts were also sceptical.
"While the measures should appease markets in the shorter term, in our view it still falls short of the comprehensive package needed to resolve the underlying, structural issues facing the euro area economy," they wrote in a weekly note to investors.
Silvia Quandt Research analyst Bernhard Eschweiler complained that the summit deal was vague and that though "it would be unrealistic to expect much more ... it is similarly unrealistic to view this as the final breakthrough."
China, which Europe appears to be hoping will use some of its huge foreign reserves to invest in its revamped bailout fund, had similar reservations.
Expectations had been high ahead of a visit by the head of the bailout fund, Klaus Regling, to Beijing, with the Financial Times quoting a source saying China could inject more than $100 billion (70.5 billion euros).
But publicly, Beijing has been non-committal and Chinese state media said Europe must take responsibility for the crisis and not rely on "good Samaritans" to save the continent from its fiscal woes.
Regling said Europe was trying to come up with new mechanisms for investment in the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) in a bid to restore market confidence in the debt-laden region.
But China's vice finance minister said his country would wait for more details before committing to invest in the fund.
"We need to wait for the technicalities to be clear and also to carry out serious studies before we can decide on investment," Zhu Guangyao said.
The deal agreed in Brussels is designed to tackle the main elements of Europe's crisis by cutting Greek debt, bolstering the banks who may suffer losses as a result, backstopping other countries struggling with debt and improving the bloc's debt rescue fund, the EFSF.
One of the hardest parts of the deal to attain was forcing banks to take a 50 percent loss on their holdings of Greek debt to lessen Athens' financing burden and a push for banks to strengthen their capital base by a collective 100 billion euros.
The deal left some key questions unanswered about the long-term coherence of the eurozone -- particularly how budget discipline could be maintained in the future across the 17 countries of the disparate bloc.
It also remained to be seen whether bank writedowns of 50 percent on Greek debt would trigger a wave of insurance claims, spreading damage through the financial system.
In their note to investors, Goldman Sachs analysts Dirk Schumacher and Lasse Holboell Nielsen said it remained unclear how effective the measures to widen the scope of the EFSF "will ultimately prove to be and whether sufficient lending capacity can be raised to cover Italy also."
For Erik Nielsen, global chief economist at Italy's Unicredit, "the devil is in the details."
The analyst was particularly sceptical about having China and other top emerging economies come to Europe's rescue.
"It is not clear why Europe would go abroad to borrow euros (which, ultimately they could print themselves), and possibly against some implicit political indebtedness to countries they might face in future discussions, for example on trade or climate change issues," Nielsen argued.
"It is not clear that other countries would see a reason to participate in such a set-up without additional guarantees or political commitments -- if they liked the risk, then there are bonds out there to buy already now," he added.


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The BBC visits Houston and dives into our complex diversity
If Anthony Bourdain's recent journey to Houston excited you, this will too
Published 12:10 pm, Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Fans of BBC World Service here in Houston will find themselves excited to hear a new audio documentary on our fine city, just posted to the BBC site.
The 30-minute report covers the hugeness of Houston, the complications that come with change, the sounds of the city, and the overwhelming diversity that we have here. For some people the diversity that locals grew up knowing is jarring.
BUT THERE'S THIS: Houston is both one of the most diverse and most segregated US cities
The growth of the city – which can be painful at times – isn't ignored.
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If you were dazzled by Anthony Bourdain's recent journey to Houston and its suburban sprawl you will love Carr's audio visit to Houston.
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Supreme Court concerned over broken marriages
parents fight out their matrimonial disputes, sometimes acrimoniously,
the child, who has nothing to do with the fight and is the
ultimate victim, watches helplessly," a Bench of Justice Arijit
Pasayat and Justice S H Kapaia said.
"The fight
goes on unmindful of the fact that in future the child carries
the tag of being one of a broken family. It is more stigmatic
for a girl child.
The stigma
becomes more visible when her marriage is thought of in later
years. This reality of life is, in most cases, lost sight
of," the Bench observed while dealing with divorce case.
The court
wondered "whether laws which are really dynamic instruments
fashioned by society for the purpose of achieving human relations
by elimination of social tensions and conflicts have achieved
the intended objectives or are being used as weapons of an
assassin to harass and humiliate others instead of being used
as a sheild against injustice."
The observations
came on a petition filed last year by a woman seeking transfer
of the divorce case filed by her husband in Chennai to Mumbai
rpt in Chennai to Mumbai.
The couple
got married in 1994 and had a daughter in 1995. The wife had
demanded Rs 8.5 lakh for the daughter while the husband was
ready to shell out Rs seven lakh only.
The court
asked the husband to keep Rs five lakh as fixed deposit in
a nationalised bank initially for a period of five years with
monthly interest withdrawal to meet the educational expenses
of the child.
It further
asked him to deposit a sum of Rs 3.60 lakh in a private bank
in the name of the daughter (represented by the mother as
her guardian) for 12 years which upon maturity would be Rs
8.70 lakh with a three-year lock in period.
The apex
court directed the husband to file an undertaking before the
concerned trial court that in case there is a shortfall in
the assured sum, he shall pay the balance amount to the wife.
All the
deposit shall be made within a period of six months, it said.
"On the
deposit being made…the suit for divorce filed by the respondent
(husband) in the Family Court, Chennai…. shall be treated
to be a joint petition for divorce, on the basis of mutual
consent and appropriate decree shall be passed," the apex
court said.
"The allegations
made in the petition for divorce shall be treated to be in-consequential
in view of the fact that divorce shall be granted on mutual
consent," the Bench said.
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as amended December 31, 2013
International Public Management Association for Human Resources.
The purposes for which the Association is organized are:
Not withstanding any of the foregoing:
Agency Membership. Any civil service commission, public personnel office, or board, any public agency vested with authority to administer a formal system of public employment, any private business organization representing management, any educational institution, civic organization or foundation interested in advancing the purposes and activities of the Association shall be eligible to obtain the services provided by the Association and upon payment of the prescribed service fee shall be entitled to Agency Membership in the Association.
Individual Membership. Any person who is either:
The Executive Council shall determine, and from time-to-time, revise the annual membership dues for Individual Members.
An Individual Member in good standing who changes employment to a field which does not entitle the member to Individual Membership shall be entitled to retain Individual Membership status subject to the approval by majority vote of the Executive Council of the Association.
Affiliate Membership. Any other person interested in improving personnel management and not eligible for Individual Membership, shall he eligible for Affiliate Membership upon approval by majority vote of the Executive Council and upon payment of membership dues, which shall be no less than that of individual members. Affiliate Members shall be permitted to participate in the affairs of the Association, but shall not be eligible to vote or hold office.
Student Membership. Any full-time graduate or undergraduate student, or any person participating in a formal public service internship program sponsored by a recognized academic institution, may become a Student Member of the Association upon payment of dues as determined by the Executive Council. Student Members shall be permitted to participate in the affairs of the Association, but shall not be eligible to vote or hold office.
Honorary Life Membership. Persons who have rendered distinguished service in advancing or upholding the purposes of the Association may be elected to Honorary Life Membership without fee by the Executive Council. Not more than two persons can be awarded Honorary Life Membership in one year. An Honorary Life Member shall have all the rights and privileges of Individual Members, including the right to hold Association office and to vote on all issues requiring a decision by the membership.
All applicants for membership shall complete and sign the form of application provided by the Association and submit the application to the Headquarters Office of the Association.
The Executive Council at any meeting, by a two-thirds vote of those present, may terminate the membership of any member who in its judgment has violated the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or who has been guilty of conduct detrimental to the best interests of the Association. Such action by the Executive Council shall he final and shall cancel all rights, interest, or privileges of such member in the Association and its services.
The Executive Council shall establish, a grace period during which a member shall not be terminated for non-payment of dues. If payment is not received within the grace period, the membership in question shall be automatically terminated.
Any member may resign by filing a written resignation with the executive director, but such resignation shall not relieve the member so resigning of the obligation to pay any dues, or other charges theretofore accrued and unpaid.
A resigned member desiring a continued membership record may be reinstated showing proof of qualifications and paying all dues in arrears.
The Association shall consist of one general organization representing the entire body of the membership. Members may be represented through not more than four (4) regions and may be constituted into chapters and sections in accordance with rules established and published by the Executive Council.
The rules set forth by the Executive Council shall include a provision that either professional membership in the Association or identification as an employee of an Agency member of the Association is required for Section membership.
The Association shall maintain a permanent Headquarters Office and such branch offices as are authorized by the Executive Council.
The Executive Council shall be vested with authority to determine the schedule of annual service fees for Agency Members, including the basis for determining variations in such fees, and shall he empowered to revise such schedule from time—to—time when, in the Council's judgment, revision is warranted by economic conditions or changes in the program of services that accompany Agency Membership. In the event of any increase in Agency Membership service fees, all Agency Members affected by such an increase shall he given no less than (12) months advance notice of the amount of the increase. The Executive Council shall also have the power to remit all or any part of the fees herein specified upon such conditions as it may determine, and to establish a schedule of charges for services rendered by the Headquarters Office of the Association in excess of those regularly provided under the schedule of service fees adopted under this Article.
The elected officers of the Association shall be the President, the President-Elect, and the immediate Past-President, and shall be nominated, elected and qualified for office in the manner provided for by Article 10. The President-Elect and the immediate Past-President shall also serve as Vice-Presidents of the Association for corporate legal purposes.
The term of office of the President and the President-Elect shall be for one (1) calendar year. The President-Elect shall automatically succeed to the Office of President, after having served a one-year term as President-Elect. In the event the President-Elect serves as Acting President because of a vacancy in that office, this individual shall continue in office as President for the calendar year.
The President-Elect shall serve as Acting President for the unexpired portion of the President's term in the event of a vacancy in the presidency. In the event of a vacancy in the office of President-Elect, the Executive Council shall elect one of its members to serve as President-Elect and corporate Vice-President of the Association.
The President shall conduct the business of the Association in accordance with these Bylaws and rules and shall act as Chairperson of the Executive Council. The President shall preside at all business sessions and shall appoint all committees, other than committees of the Executive Council.
The Executive Council shall consist of a minimum of fourteen (14) members including the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, one Regional Member from not more than four (4) recognized Regions, and seven (7) at-large positions that will be appointed by the Executive Council. Members of the Executive Council shall be nominated, elected, and qualified in the manner provided for by Article 10. Members-at-Large shall be nominated, elected, and qualified in the manner provided for by Article 10. Regional Members shall be elected by procedures adopted by each Region.
The Executive Council shall be responsible for the conduct of the business of the Association during the interim between business meetings of the membership. It shall be the duty of the Executive Council to establish and maintain a permanent Headquarters Office, to employ an executive director and provide for such other assistants as may be necessary, and for whose compensation funds are available, and to carry out the objectives and purposes of the Association. The Executive Council shall also provide for the proper custody and disbursement of available funds of the Association, shall require or secure in its discretion adequate and sufficient bonds for the protection of the funds, and may authorize the executive director to sign payrolls and expense vouchers necessary to maintain and support the Headquarters Office.
The terms of the Executive Council members shall be for three years, except as otherwise provided hereafter. The terms of members of the Executive Council shall be on a calendar year basis, beginning on January 1 of the year following their election and terminating on December 31 of the year in which their terms expire.
A vacancy on the Executive Council may be filled by action of the remaining members of the Council. A vacancy in a Regional Membership of the Executive Council shall be filled temporarily by action of the presiding officer of the affected Region until the next regularly scheduled Regional election, when the unexpired term of such a vacancy shall be filled.
The Executive Council shall meet at such times and at such places as it may elect. Notice of such meetings shall be given to each member of the Executive Council by the President, but no failure in delivery of such notices shall invalidate the meeting or any proceeding thereat. In the absence of the President and the President-Elect from such meetings, the Executive Council shall appoint one of its members as temporary Chairperson.
At any meeting of the Executive Council, a majority of voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Association and any such business transacted shall be valid provided it is passed upon by a majority of votes present.
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent incumbent members of the Executive Council, duly elected at the time of the adoption of these Bylaws, from completing the terms of office for which they have been elected. The Executive Council shall adopt such other rules and procedures, as it may deem appropriate to facilitate the transition to these Bylaws.
The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the President-Elect, and the immediate Past-President.
A majority of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum at any duly called meeting of the Committee.
The Executive Committee may act in place and instead of the Executive Council between Executive Council meetings on all matters, except those specifically reserved to the Executive Council by applicable law or by these Bylaws, pursuant to delegation of authority to the Executive Committee by the Executive Council. Actions of the Executive Committee, not otherwise authorized by Executive Council policy, shall be reported to the Executive Council for ratification by mail or at the next Executive Council Meeting.
The Executive Council shall appoint an executive director who shall be the executive officer of the Association and shall serve as its Secretary and Treasurer.
The executive director shall record the proceedings of the Association and of the Executive Council, and shall have charge of the Headquarters Office, and branch offices, and staff, subject to the general direction of the Executive Council. The executive director, subject to the direction of the Executive Council shall collect and disburse the monies of the Association and render a report of all such receipts and disbursements at the annual meeting, or at other times upon demand of the Executive Council. The executive director shall, subject to the approval of the Executive Council, arrange for an annual audit of the books and records of the Association by a reputable firm of certified public accountants, and shall forthwith make available to the Executive Council the report of such audit.
The executive director shall be the Chief Executive of the Association responsible for all management functions. The executive director shall manage and direct all activities of the Association as prescribed by the Executive Council and shall be responsible to the Executive Council. This person shall employ and may terminate the employment of members of the staff necessary to carry on the work of the Association and fix their compensation within the approved budget. As executive director, this person shall define the duties of the staff, supervise their performance, establish their titles and delegate those responsibilities of management as shall, in the executive director's judgment, be in the best interests of the Association.
To be nominated, elected, and to continue to hold office as President, President-Elect, or a member of the Executive Council, an individual must be and have been an individual or a staff member covered by an Agency membership for no less than three (3) years, have demonstrated a commitment to the Association through service at any level and be willing to contribute actively of time and talents to the objectives of the Association.
A nominating committee consisting of five members shall be appointed with the immediate Past-President serving as the chairperson of the committee. Not later than 120 days prior to the annual business meeting, the nominating committee shall present to the President a slate of at least one (1) candidate for President-Elect. Upon receipt of the slate of candidates, the President shall publicize the slate of candidates submitted by the nominating committee. In addition to those candidates selected by the nominating committee, petitions nominating additional candidates shall be permitted and be valid, if signed by a total of fifty (50) Agency and/or Individual Members and/or Honorary Life Members and received by the executive director not later than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the annual business meeting. Not later than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the annual business meeting, the executive director shall mail or provide electronically to all voting members a brief biographical sketch from material submitted by each candidate, a statement submitted by each candidate, and a ballot for voting. Any ballots received by the executive director thirty (30) days prior to the date of the annual business meeting shall be validated and counted in accordance with procedures established by the Executive Council. To be elected, a candidate must receive a plurality of votes cast for President-Elect.
The nominating committee shall develop a slate of at least one (1) candidate for all expiring or unfilled Executive Council positions, except the regional representatives and president-elect. The slate of candidates would be submitted to the Executive Council and all individuals on the slate of candidates who receive a majority of the votes cast by members of the Executive Council would be elected to the Executive Council. All individuals who are approved by the Executive Council will begin serving a three-year term on January 1 of the year following their election.
Except as otherwise may be provided, all members shall have a voice in the proceedings of the Association. The Executive Council may provide for a vote of the Association by mail ballot or electronic ballot in connection with any matter on which action by the membership is desirable at any time.
Except as otherwise may be provided in these Bylaws, all matters requiring a vote of the members shall be decided by a majority vote of the Agency, Individual, and Honorary Life Members present and voting. Each Agency Covered Staff Member, and each Individual Member and Honorary Life Member shall have one vote. At business meetings, voting shall be by voice or by ballot, as the voting membership shall determine.
The Association shall meet annually at a time and place designated by the Executive Council.
The Executive Council shall give thirty days (30) written notice to members of the Association of such dates and places as may be determined for the annual business meeting.
At an annual meeting of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, a quorum shall consist of 50 members.
The Executive Council may postpone or suspend any scheduled meeting of the Association when necessary because of exceptional circumstances, but shall notify the membership of the reasons for such a postponement or suspension.
The meetings and proceedings of the Association shall be regular and controlled according to Robert's Rules of Order (Revised) for Parliamentary Procedure, except as may be otherwise approved by these Bylaws.
Amendments to any provision of these Bylaws may be proposed to the membership and shall become a part of the Bylaws when ratified by a majority of the votes cast in a mail ballot or electronic ballot of the Agency Covered Staff Members, Individual, and Honorary Life Members. In conducting any mail or electronic ballot under this provision, at least three (3) weeks must elapse between the distribution of the ballot and the final count of the votes.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Mar 16, 1993
|Filing date
|Apr 26, 1991
|Priority date
|Apr 30, 1990
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Victor P. Melech
|Original Assignee
|Melech Victor P
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|Patent Citations (18), Referenced by (66), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a hand and forearm cleansing device, particularly to a device used in surgical suites as a scrub station.
It is known that it is extremely important that the hands and forearms of a surgeon and of any personnel involved in surgery be thoroughly scrubbed and free of microbes. Many devices are known which serve this particular purpose. Briefly, they include cleansing mixture preparation means and an elongated cleansing compartment in which the scrubbing and rinsing of the forearms takes place. Within the cleansing compartment is disposed a set of cleansing mixture nozzles, stationary or rotary. The nozzles are directed radially inwardly towards the forearms and hands placed in the cleansing compartment.
U.S. Patent to Crisp et al. No. 4,817,651 depicts a typical example of a device of this kind. In this particular arrangement, a pair of rotary cleansing compartments is provided in which pulsating stream is directed towards the hands and forearms of the person utilizing the device.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,465,522 issued to Taldo et al. depicts another arrangement in which a manifold is arranged in an elongated compartment and is provided with means for controlling the pulsating of the scrubbing and rinsing liquid such as to avoid excessive noise encountered in previously known devices.
The known devices of this type have several disadvantages. First of all, they are not adapted to different height of the persons using the device with the resulting difference in the angle at which the forearms and hands of the person using the device are inserted into the cleansing compartments. This may result in an inappropriate cleansing not to mention the inconvenience for the user. Another drawback of the known devices is that, despite different curtains, boots or the like devices, a substantial amount of the liquid used in cleansing escapes out of the device through the ports in which the forearms of the person using the device are inserted.
Last but not least, the existing devices of this kind consume relatively large amounts of water and of the cleansing anti-microbial mixture. The known devices are not protected from operation with an unsuitable anti-microbial substance.
It is an object of the present invention to further advance the art of the devices described.
In general terms, the present invention provides hand and forearm cleansing device comprising, in combination: cleansing mixture preparation means; an elongated cleansing compartment for scrubbing and rinsing forearms and hands of a person; cleansing mixture spray means disposed in said cleansing compartment; conduit means hydraulically communicating said cleansing mixture preparation means with said spray means; height adjustment drive means for selectively modifying vertical distance between said cleansing compartment and the standing ground of the person.
In accordance with one feature, the port of the cleansing compartment for each hand is provided with a series of circumferentially, disposed nozzles directed radially inwardly and into the compartment to prevent liquid from dripping out of the compartment onto the floor. The nozzles are preferably arranged on a horizontally elongated locus, for each of the arms. According to another feature, the cleansing mixture is prepared in a relatively small amount which is recirculated within the device until such time as the specific cleansing operation is concluded whereupon it is drained and replenished with a fresh mixture.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the anti-microbial mixture is supplied by means of a, preferably, sealed cartridge containing the substance and coded such that it cannot be substituted by another cartridge which would not have the particular code, be it a magnetic strip on a container or the shape of a cartridge or any other suitable means preventing a wrong container to be used for the purpose.
The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic, simplified drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a simplified diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the device according to the present invention as originally considered, with certain parts not forming the invention omitted;
FIG. 2 is a simplified diagrammatic front view of the device of the present invention including a preferred way of securing the height adjustment of the cleansing compartments to suit persons of different height;
FIG. 3 is a diagram similar to that of FIG. 1 but showing another, embodiment of the device according to the invention;
FIG. 4 is a simplified, diagrammatic representation of a front view of the upper part of a modified embodiment of the device shown in FIG. 2.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 designates a coded anti-microbial cartridge/reservoir. The particular arrangement of the coding is not shown. It will suffice to say that the reservoir could be, for instance, a container provided with an encoded magnetic strip and with means allowing the bottle to be placed into the device only in such way that the coded strip faces a sensor, with the sensor allowing or disallowing the operation of the device depending whether the strip contains the required code or not. The coded reservoir 10 communicates through a conduit 11 with suction side of a metering pump 12 whose pressure side, in turn, communicates, via line 13 with a first anti-microbial valve 14. The anti-microbial valve 14 and many other components shown are operated by a control arrangement which is known in itself and have many different configurations or arrangements. Such control circuit is therefore not shown. It will suffice to say that the valve 14 is capable of alternately closing line 13, connecting it to a line 15 leading to a pre-heat reservoir 16 or connecting line 13 to a line 17 leading to an optional second valve 18. The second anti-microbial valve 18 is disposed in line 17. The downstream end of line 17 is in hydraulic communication with a recirculation tank 19. In the embodiment shown, the anti-microbial cartridge 10 has the capacity of about 9.5 liters and the recirculating reservoir has a capacity of about 11 liters. The pre-heat reservoir 10 accommodate approximately 38 liters of water supplied by a cold water inlet 20 provided with suitable valve or valves not shown in the drawings. The preheat reservoir 16 communicates with an upstream end of a water supply line 21 provided with a reservoir pump 22.
In the embodiment shown, a bypass line 23 bypasses the recirculation tank 19 to hydraulically communicate tank 16 directly with a recirculation/rinse valve 24. The valve 24 is disposed in a recirculation line 25 whose upstream end is hydraulically connected to the tank 19, the downstream end being connected to a distributor valve 26 operatively connected with a series of manifolds 27, a recirculation/rinse pump 28 is disposed in line 25 downstream of the valve 24. The manifolds are located inside cleansing compartments 29, 30 as is well known. Also arranged within the compartment or compartments 29, 30 is a collector sump 31. Throughout the present specification, the collector sump means is also alternatively referred to as a catch basin or as a "sump/recirculation tank", the terms designating the same element and being interchangeable. Since in the particularly preferred embodiments the basin also serves the purpose of mixing fresh water with the antimicrobial chemicals, the also forms a part of what is generally referred to as "cleansing mixture preparation means". A suitable source of vibrations, for instance an mechanical vibrator 32 is connected to the system of manifolds 27 and is adapted to vibrate same at a high frequency, in the general direction of stream of the jets flowing from the nozzles provided in the manifold.
The collector sump 31 communicates hydraulically with a recirculation line 33 provided with a drain/recirculation pump 34 and with a drain/recirculation valve 35 one of the ports of which is hydraulically connected with a drain line 33a.
Turning now to FIG. 2, the device is shown as comprising two separate modules, a base module, also referred to as mechanical module 36 and a scrub module 37 disposed on top of the mechanical module 36. According to one of the features of the present invention and according to the embodiment shown, the upper scrub module 37 is telescopically mounted on the mechanical module 36 at 38 for vertical displacement to the extent of approximately 12 inches (about 30 centimeters). Reference numeral 39 designates an access opening for inserting the anti-microbial cartridge 10 into the mechanical module 36. The mechanical module 36 houses all components of FIG. 1 except for the manifolds 27, vibrator 21 and the collector pan or sump 31. A part of the respective conduits such as 25 and 33, of course, are also within the module 36. They are typically flexible hoses with anti-expansion cords. The front panel of the scrub module contains various control and indicating devices such as a readout panel 39a, activation switches 40, height adjustment switch pad 41 and other controls which are known per se and are therefore not shown in detail. The ports 29 and 30 contain each an air collar 42, 43. Each air collar is basically a ring-shaped, hollow, stationary ring connected to a suitable source of pressurized, cleansed microbe-free air. The ring has a plurality of nozzles which are directed toward the center of each port and inwardly of the respective compartment to prevent escape of liquid deposited onto hands and forearms of the user during the cleansing or rinsing operation.
Turning now to the embodiment of FIG. 3, reference numeral 50 designates a replaceable anti-microbial cartridge containing suitable liquid charge and communicating, via a conduit 51, with an injection pump 52.
The conduit 51 includes, at a point downstream of the cartridge 50, and anti-microbial stand pipe 53 operatively associated with a level transducer 54 for monitoring the level of the antimicrobial liquid still available.
The pressure side of the pump 52, in turn communicates via line 55 with a sump/recirculation tank 56 located inside the apparatus.
Hot and cold water enters, through lines 57, 58, respectively a mixing valve 59 and then continues via line 60, provided with a temperature sensor 61, a metering valve 62 and a control valve 63 to the recirculation tank 56.
Between the valves 62, 63, the line 60 branches to a rinse water conduit 64 provided with a rinse water injection valve 65 and with a check valve 66 to eventually communicate with a line 74 which will be further described later.
The recirculation tank 56 has an outlet at the bottom thereof, which communicates, via a recirculating conduit 68 with the suction side of a recirculation pump 69. The pressure side of the pump 69 branches into two lines; a drain line 70 provided with a drain valve 71, with a disposal pump 72 and thence through a waste conduit 73 to drain.
The second branch of the pressure side of the pump 69 is connected to the already mentioned line 74 provided, respectively, with a check valve 75, a strainer 76 and a pulsator valve 77 and thence to a scrub rinse manifold 78 disposed inside the module 37.
Reference number 79 designates a fan connected to an air conduit 80 the downstream end of which is provided with an air curtain assembly 81 which, in the embodiment shown, is comprised of a pair of sets of air nozzles, each set being disposed in an oval nozzle ring 42a 43a about a horizontally elongated oval opening 83, 84 in the front of the housing of the device (FIG. 4).
In operation, of the device of FIGS. 1 and 2 or 4, the user actuates the height adjustment switch 41 to bring the ports 29, 30 (or 83, 84) to the elevation most convenient for the particular user. This is done by actuating appropriate switch pad 41 in the front of the device. The ports 29 and 30 are provided with sensing means which are not shown in the drawings and which activate the operating cycle of the device upon inserting of the hands into the ports 29, 30. It should be noted that by now fresh water had been supplied to tank 16 through line 20 and heated to a predetermined temperature, using a suitable heating device not shown. The cartridge 10 is in place and the recirculation tank 19 is also full and mixed with appropriate small volume of the anti-microbial substance coming from cartridge 10. Upon the inserting of hands into the ports 29, 30, the control system of the apparatus opens valve 24 to communicate the tank 19 with pump 28. Valve 26 is activated to allow the flow of the microbe free cleansing substance to the manifolds 24. The vibrating motor 32 is activated to impart radially inward vibrations to the manifolds 27. With the hands disposed between the manifolds 27 (only two manifolds shown in FIG. 2 and those two being only one of a number disposed in one of the ports 29-30) is collected in the collector sump 31. The pump 34 is now operative and the valve 35 is in a mode whereby the line 33 communicates with the recirculation tank 19 to bring the spent scrubbing liquid back into the tank 19 and from there, through line 25, pump 28 and valve 26 back to the manifolds 27.
Upon a predetermined time period, the rinse mode is activated. The valve 35 is open to connect both branches of the line 33 with the drain line 33a to empty not only the pan 31 but also the tank 19. When the tank 19 is empty, the valve 35 leaves only the right hand side of line 33 as viewed in FIG. 1 connected to the drain 33a. During the rinse operation, the valve 24 is actuated to close line 25 and open line 23. The water from pre-heat tank 16 now flows through line 23, valve 24 and pump 28 through valve 26 and into the manifolds 27, becoming collected in pan 31 and from there via line 33 and pump 34, valve 35 to the drain 33a. In order to refill tank 19 before the rinsing cycle is completed, a timer, not shown, activates pump 22 to force the next dosage of pre-heated water 16 into circulation tank 19. Then, the metering pump 12 is activated to deliver, through line 13 and 17, a small, metered volume of anti-microbial substance into the recirculation tank 19. When the predetermined amount has been delivered, the valve 18 is closed. Valve 14 normally stays in a position allowing flow from branch 13 to branch 17. Only exceptionally, when required, a small amount may be administered to the pre-heat tank 16. Thus, before the rinse cycle is completed, the tank 19 is filled with a fresh mixture for the next cycle. The next person using the device then simply starts the entire procedure again, as soon as the preceding rinse cycle is finished.
The control circuitry of the entire device is not shown as a number of different arrangements which in themselves do not form a part of the invention as they are known and consist of commercially available units. The metered volume of anti-microbial substance is used only for one cycle and then drained. Accordingly, a fresh substance is available for each cycle and in a reduced amount.
In a readily conceivable modification of the operative sequence, the operation may start with first filling the recirculation tank 19, followed by administration of a small volume of the anti-microbial substance etc.
In operation of the device diagrammatically shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the anti-microbial cartridge which is a five or eight liter flexible pouch containing anti-microbial concentrate, is placed into a drawer at 50. The concentrate flows through the upstanding pipe 53. The pipe 53 is designed to contain adequate volume of the concentrate for ten scrubs. When the sensor 54 senses "10" as being empty, a readout (not shown) advises the user that ten scrubs remain and that a new cartridge is required at 50.
The mixer valve 59, governed by thermo-sensor 61, maintains the temperature of water in line 60 at a temperature of about 90�-110� F. If the water does not have the predetermined temperature, the sensor 61 causes the shutdown of the operation and flushing water out of the system.
When a predetermined water temperature is present, the water mixture flows via line 60 into the sump/recirculation tank 56 together with a metered volume of the antiseptic mixture coming from line 55 and from there, being drawn by the pump 69, via line 74, to the strainer 76 which removes any particles having the size in excess of 100 microns, to a the pulsating valve 77. The pulsating valve communicates with the scrub rinse manifold 78 such that pulsations are generated in the manifold 78 in a rotating fashion around the hands and forearms of the user. The manifold 78 contains a plurality of outlet nozzles surrounding the hands and forearms. It can be thus seen that the lines 68 and 74 combine to form a recirculation conduit capable of circulating the mixture from the basin 56, through elements described, back to the basin 56.
When it is desired to stop the operation and flush the system, the valve 75 is closed and valve 71 open allowing the pump 72 to drain the tank 56. while fresh water from line 67 flushes the strainer 76, pulsating valve 77 and the downstream section 74, 78 of the system, down to the sump 56.
When the scrub is finished, the fan 79 is activated to subject the forearms and hands to a strong stream of pressurized air, by way of an air curtain at the oval openings in the housing, to blow off virtually all of the liquid on the surface of the forearms and hands of the user, back into the sump 56 for further use or for draining, depending upon the instant setup of the device.
The timing of the operation is as follows: At the outset, the user adjusts the level of the ports 83, 84 by pressing the height adjustment keypad 41.
This results in the fill injection valve 62, the disposal valve 71 and the disposal pump 72 being all turned on (open). In such state, the fresh water mixture is delivered from the mixing valve 59, via basin 56 to drain downstream of the pump 72. If the temperature sensed at sensor 96 does not reach a value of about 90� F. to about 110� F. within a predetermined period (time zero), the system reverses the operation of the elements 62, 71 and 72 and shuts down the entire operation.
Assuming that the predetermined temperature range is reached within the prescribed period of time, at time 0 (zero), the disposal valve 71 and the disposal pump 72 are both turned off. At the same time, the chemical antimicrobial injection pump 52 is activated to deliver a predetermined batch of the chemical to the basing 56. Thus, fresh water mixture and the antimicrobial substance are both delivered to the basin 56.
Fifteen seconds later (time 15), the pump 52 and the fill injection valve 62 are both turned off. At the same time, the display readout (not specifically shown in FIGS. 2 or 5) "Insert Arms" is activated at 39a (FIG. 4)
The inserting of arms in the device triggers, through a sensor not shown, time 0 (zero) of the scrubbing cycle.
At this time, the recirculation pump 69 and the pulsator valve 77 are both turned on with the result that a pulsating stream of water/chemical mixture is delivered via the line 74 and through a plurality of nozzles of the spray header 78. As mentioned, it is preferred that the pulsating of the spray be provided such that a wave of high pressure pulse travels around the arms of the user by sequential pulse generation at respective nozzles surrounding the inserted arms.
At time 75, i.e. 75 seconds after the inserting of the arms, the recirculation pump 69 is turned off, while the rinse injection valve 65, the disposal valve 71 and the disposal pump 72 are all turned on. This results in rinsing of the inserted arms. At the same time the basin 56 is drained.
At time 90, 90 seconds after the inserting of the arms, the rinse injection valve 65 and the pulsator valve 77 are both turned off.
Following a further delay, the disposal valve 71 and the disposal pump 72 are turned off at time 110 sec and 125 sec., respectively.
It will be appreciated that many modifications of the arrangement disclosed may exist. For instance, the branch 23 could conceivably be provided in line 21 just downstream of pump 22. This and many other modifications, however, would not depart from the scope of the present invention. The indicated possibility of replacement of circular arm ports with horizontally elongated ones is another one of many modifications departing from what has been described but still staying within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, I wish to protect by letters patent which may issue on this application all such embodiments as fairly and properly fall within the scope of my contribution to the art.
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Today on the Sirius/XM show, "Just Jenny," Rosie O'Donnell called in to vent about the "period shaming" she said women were experiencing in the aftermath of Donald Trump's controversial Megyn Kelly comments.
The conversation began when host Jenny Hutt and her guest Jenny Johnson discussed marathoner Kiran Ghandi, who last week completed a race while menstruating -- without wearing a tampon.
The feminist host and guest agreed the display was "disgusting." Which is what prompted O'Donnell's call into the show. She speculated Ghandi was making a statement about Donald Trump.
"Why do you think she did that? ...When Fox anchors are being accused of being hormonal and ashamed because they have their period," O'Donnell said. "Then that woman does that woman does that. Why do you think she does that stuff? You don't think she did that to say, F**k you a**hole?!"
"Bigger than any specific people, there is a war on women that is happening in this country," she said. "Women fought for equality in this country, and right now, politically, it's being taken away from us."
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By the mid-1960s, Che Guevera had become famous for his outspoken criticism of the United States and his support for armed Communist insurgencies. He had been one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, and was attempting to repeat his success throughout Latin America. His guerilla tactics and talent for proselytizing made him a threat to American foreign policy - and when he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be eliminated.
Major Ralph "Pappy" Shelton was called upon to lead the mission to train the Bolivians. With a hand-picked team of specialists, his first task was to transform a ragtag group of peasants into a trained fighting force who could also gather intelligence. Gary Prado, a Bolivian officer, volunteered to join the newly formed Bolivian Rangers. Joined by Felix Rodriguez, a Cuban exile working for the CIA, the Americans and Bolivians searched for Che. The size of Che's group and when they would strike were unknowns, and the stakes were high. If Bolivia fell, it would validate Che's theories and throw South America into turmoil.
Hunting Che follows the exploits of Major Shelton, Felix Rodriguez, and Gary Prado - the Bolivian Ranger commander who ultimately captured him. The story begins with Che's arrival in Bolivia and follows the hunt to the dramatic confrontation and capture of the iconic leader in the southeastern village of La Higuera. With the White House and the Pentagon secretly monitoring every move, Shelton and his team changed history, and prevented a catastrophic threat from taking root in the West.
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Good book
I found the story very interesting
A lot like the green berets
The true story of Che is great
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On the synergy of SMOS and Terra/Aqua MODIS: high resolution soil moisture maps in near real-time
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An innovative downscaling approach to obtain fine-scale soil moisture estimates from 40 km SMOS observations has been developed. It optimally blends SMOS multi-angular and full-polarimetric information with MODIS visible/data into high resolution soil moisture maps. The core of the algorithm is a model that linksmicrowave/optical sensitivity to soilmoisture and linearly relates the two instruments across spatial scales. This algorithm has been implemented at SMOS-BEC facilities and near real-time maps of disaggregated soil moisture over the Iberian Peninsula are being distributed. In this work, the temporal and spatial variability of these maps is evaluated through comparison with ground-basedmesurements acquired at the REMEDHUS soil moisture network, in the central part of the Duero basin, Spain. Results from a two-year time-series comparison show that downscaled soil moisture maps compare well with in situ data and nicely reproduce soil moisture dynamics at a 1 km spatial scale.
CitacióPiles, M., Vall-llossera, M., Camps, A., Sanchez, N., Martinez, J., Martinez, J., Gonzalez, V., Riera, R. On the synergy of SMOS and Terra/Aqua MODIS: high resolution soil moisture maps in near real-time. A: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. "IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 2013, Melbourne, Australia.". Melbourne: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013, p. 3423-3426.
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I'm either a good dad or a bad one.
With school starting this week, we'd decided our children need to get into the routine of going to bed early and getting plenty of sleep.
Last night, I woke my children up at 2:00 a.m. to invite them out to the front yard to watch a meteor shower. We saw several brilliant blasts. My favorite quote was Brynne, "Look at that star. I think it's about to fall."
For the zillionth time, I thought, it's not actually stars falling.
But I said, "Wow! I think you're right. Watch closely."
Monday, August 13, 2007
Shooting Stars
I'm either a good dad or a bad one.
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3 comments:
- Cindy said...
Good daddy. Definitely good. The best, really.
- August 13, 2007 at 5:20 PM
- Tech Daddy said...
Sounds like a good dad to me.
- August 13, 2007 at 5:29 PM
- javamamma said...
Not only a good daddy, a hip, way cool daddy.
- August 13, 2007 at 11:09 PM
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Surprises, upsets and intense competition have made this year's neck-and-neck race for the Busch BASS Angler of the Year title a points chase worth watching.
So much excitement surrounds the stretch run of the CITGO Bassmaster Tour presented by Busch Beer that ESPN2 will air the Tour's final two events in prominent time slots in order to touch a larger audience and get ready for this summer's CITGO Bassmaster Classic in New Orleans.
"This year's Tour has been so hotly contested and so closely followed that ESPN rearranged our telecast schedule to allow for special airings in strong time slots," said BASS Vice President and General Manager Dean Kessel. "The final two events of the Tour are especially important because they determine, not just the Busch BASS Angler of the Year, but also which of the pros will compete in the Classic."
The next-to-last Tour stop on Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs, Ark., will air on ESPN2 from 6-7 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 18. "The CITGO Bassmasters," co-hosted by Jerry McKinnis and Tommy Sanders, usually airs on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. The change in time has not gone unnoticed by the pros, either.
"It's a huge deal," said Busch BASS Angler of the Year points leader Alton Jones of Texas. "I think it shows that there is more mainstream interest in bass fishing than ever before and fishing is getting more noticed. "
ESPN2 will also be home to a special telecast of the season finale on the Alabama River in Montgomery, Ala. The last of two episodes will air on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. (ET) on June 22 in addition to its debut airing, June 7 at 10:30 a.m. on ESPN2. The final event will also mark the crowning of the Busch BASS Angler of the Year, currently in hot contention.
With one event left to go, Jones (1,290 points) leads 2002 CITGO Bassmaster Classic champion Jay Yelas by a single point. Jones took the lead from fellow Texan Bud Pruitt after Jones won on California's Clear Lake in the Tour's eighth stop. The rest of the top five includes Louisiana's Roger Boler (1,282 points), Mark Davis of Arkansas (1,271), and Florida angler Shaw Grigsby (1,266).