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Audit: NASA short of funds for deep-space rocket
NASA's staggering budget shortfall has put its rocket program at "high risk" of missing the planned 2017 launch date for its $12 billion deep-space rocket, a federal watchdog said.
'Professional scammers' refuse to leave Airbnb host's house
A California homeowner's nightmare has become a cautionary tale for those who rent their homes to strangers.
2 dead, 20 hurt after tornado hits
Two people are dead and at least 20 were injured at a Virginia campground on Thursday after a possible tornado, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told CNN.
Military required base on the moon?
The U.S. military races to the moon to build a base -- to beat the Russians to the punch. Maybe test a nuclear weapon on the surface. Consider a lunar-based bombing system to target earthbound foes. That was the plan in the 1960s, according to declassified national security documents released this week.
2 dead, 20 hurt after tornado hits campground
Two people are dead and at least 20 were injured at a Virginia campground on Thursday after a possible tornado, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told CNN.
In 1959, U.S. Army called a military base on the moon a 'requirement'
The U.S. military races to the moon to build a base -- to beat the Russians to the punch. Maybe test a nuclear weapon on the surface. Consider a lunar-based bombing system to target earthbound foes. That was the plan in the 1960s, according to declassified national security documents released this week.
Student expelled after marrying
An honor-roll student who was expelled from Southwestern Christian University in Oklahoma after she married another woman is now enrolled at a different university in the same state.
Botched? He took 2 hours to die
Joseph Wood "gasped and struggled to breathe" during his execution, his attorney says. Arizona, the state that executed him, says he was sedated and "snoring."
More stores affected by listeria fruit recall
If you've picked up fruit at Costco, Trader Joe's or Walmart stores recently, keep reading.
Girl, 11, shot in head at sleepover
An 11-year-old girl was shot in the head by a stray bullet during a sleepover in Chicago. CNN affiliate WGN reports.
Men rob restaurant while half-naked
Several men broke into a Florida restaurant and stole food while wearing nothing but their underwear. WFTX reports.
Buzz Aldrin: After moon, Mars
Back in July 1969, I stood on the talcum-like lunar dust just a few feet from our home away from home, Eagle, the lunar module that transported Neil Armstrong and me to the bleak, crater-pocked moonscape.
Shift U.S. priorities closer to home
Rudy Ruiz says that, as the U.S. has focused on the Middle East, the problems of Latin America have grown -- and are being felt on this side of the border
Walmart shoplifting vigilante goes viral
Caught on cell cam: He "just stole this stuff." CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a confrontation over a loaded cart.
Do we need to go back to the moon?
"Neil Armstrong is going to walk on the moon on Monday, July 21st."
The best selfies from space
"Gee whiz! Look at that horizon. It's curved a little bit and the clouds are way down there. I wonder what the picture's going to look like?" recalls famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Comic-Con: Who wore it best?
The annual San Diego Comic-Con, mecca of all things pop culture, began on Wednesday night and runs through Sunday, July 27. The massive convention -- known for giving fans a first look at the latest "geek-friendly" TV, film and of course, comics -- is also a major gathering for cosplayers (that is, fans who wear costumes of their favorite characters).
Teen pilot killed at sea in quest to set world record
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. An aerial endeavor that would take 17-year-old pilot Haris Suleman and his father, Babar, around the world in just 30 days and into the record books.
Craigslist post led to killings, suicide
It all began with a sex-for-money Craigslist post, written by the victims.
The argument for eating dog
The idea is difficult to stomach, but John Sutter writes that eating dog is morally equivalent to eating pig, another intelligent animal. If Americans oppose it, they should question their own eating habits as well.


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Very Warm Weather Much of This Week in NYC!
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The Huffington Post | By Sara Gates Posted: 04/ 2/2012 2:20 pm
Rihanna has officially thrown her hat in the ring for the role of Whitney Houston if there is ever to be a biopic and a role to be played.
Reports recently abounded that record label executive Clive Davis was heading up efforts to make a biographical film to honor his close friend, but Davis has since denied the rumors.
Rihanna was reportedly being considered for the role, but she recently revealed that she would "love" to portray the legend.
"That would be something that I would have to give my entire life to do because I would want to really pull it off," Rihanna told The Press Association. "That's a huge, huge role and whoever does it has to do a good job."
Rihanna was on the short list of contenders for the role, along with Jennifer Hudson, Vivica Fox and "Sparkle" star Jordin Sparks. Brandy was also mentioned in some reports.
Though Rihanna may lack acting experience compared to the other candidates, she's not completely new to the industry. The Talk That Talk singer is set to debut her acting abilities in her first film, "Battleship," alongside Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson. The sci fi thriller will be released in the U.S. in May.
But for Rihanna, portraying Whitney is not so much about acting experience, but about the chance to represent her musical inspiration on the big screen.
"My first song that I remember falling in love with was a Whitney Houston song -- 'I Will Always Love You,'" Rihanna said. "It was really inspiring and it made me develop a passion for music, so really she's partly responsible for me being here in this industry."
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Sam (86165) is the Dog of the Day from the Oregon Humane Society.
Sam is a three year old Dachshund mix. He is a happy, shy boy who loves to sit in your lap and give you kisses. He is unsure of strangers at first but when he warms up he just loves attention. He is a little scared and needs some time to adjust to his new home and surroundings. Sam came to OHS from L.A. County, California through the Second Chance program and there is no history on him. He needs a loving family to give him a warm home!
Sam's adoption fee is $250, which includes a collar, ID tag, microchip, free vet examination, one month of pet health insurance, and plenty of information. All pets at the Oregon Humane Society are spayed or neutered and subject to prior adoption. Visit Sam at 1067 NE Columbia Blvd., or call 503-285-7722 for more information.


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Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Suisun Point. Find out the forecast for high tides and low tides before setting out to fish, and other fishing-related data such as the lunar phase, tidal coefficient, sun and moon rising and setting times, hours of maximum fish activity, weather conditions in Suisun Point ...
We want you to enjoy to the max a well-planned fishing expedition! Good luck!
Today Friday, 1st of August of 2014, the sun rose in Suisun Point at 6:14 am and sunset was at 8:18 pm. The moon rose in the east (98º) at 11:35 am and set in the west (260º) at 11:13 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 5:19 am and the next high tide at 6:00 pm. The only low tide of the day was at 11:31 am.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent. Today we had 14 hours and 4 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 1:16 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 11 hours and 38 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 63 (average). At noon the tidal coefficient drops to 60 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 57. The tide heights today are 4.3 ft, 0.7 ft and 4.9 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Suisun Point which is of 6.6 ft and a minimum height of -1.0 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Suisun Point tells us that today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average. Please, read more about solunar tables. The best times of day for fishing are:
| from 5:08 am to 7:08 am, high activity Major period (moon down). This period also coincides with sunrise; therefore the sun will exercise more influence, possibly obtaining greater activity than expected
from 11:35 am to 12:35 pm, average activity minor period (moonrise)
from 5:24 pm to 7:24 pm, high activity Major period (moon up)
from 11:13 pm to 12:13 am, average activity minor period (moonset)
Tide timetable for Suisun Point. The times are generated in local time in California and the daylight saving time change is calculated automatically, so you don't need to add or subtract anything. You will also have the lunar phase, sunrise and sunset times, the tidal coefficient and the average fish activity forecast for each day according to the solunar tables:
[ 0 low activity ] , [ average activity ] , [ high activity ] , [ very high activity ]
NOTE: The times reflected in the tide table for Suisun Point are tide forecasts only valid as references for sport fishing. They shouldn't be used as a guide for navigation. The heights are expressed in feet referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).
MLLW is the average of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the official time segment over which tide observations are taken and reduced to obtain mean value (Tidal Datum Epoch).
USA: AL | CA | CT | DC | DE | FL (east) | FL (gulf) | FL (west) | FL (keys) | GA | LA | MA | MD | ME | MS | NC | NH | NY | OR | PA | RI | SC | TX | VI | WA
Start of summer time UTC-7
March 9, 2014 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
End of summer time UTC-8
November 2, 2014 at 2:00 am ► 1:00 am
There are 92 days left until the clocks change
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Major periods
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minor periods
from 11:35 am to 12:35 pm and from 11:13 pm to 12:13 am.
Waxing Crescent
Moon age: 5 days
Light: 21 %
|Northern Hemisphere
|First Quarter Moon (2 days)
August 3, 2014 at 5:50 pm
|Full Moon (8 days)
August 10, 2014 at 11:09 am
|Last Quarter Moon (15 days)
August 17, 2014 at 5:26 am
|New Moon (23 days)
August 25, 2014 at 7:13 am
|11:35 am
|Lunar transit
|5:24 pm
|11:13 pm
|Duration of the moon
|11 h 38 m
|6:14 am
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|Duration of the sun
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Season No. 1 is in the books.
While Concord is preparing to make the transition to the newly-formed Mountain East Conference and Bluefield State will play next in the … well, who really knows (more on that subject in the next few days)…Bluefield College has just completed its first season in the Mid-South Conference.
What did the Rams learn from the experience?
"The biggest difference in the league is the day-in, day-out play," Bluefield College baseball coach and assistant athletic director Mike White said. "In baseball that was the biggest thing, it was day-in, day-out, if you don't come to play that night you get beat."
It wasn't just baseball.
Name the sport and it was a difficult transition for Bluefield College, which went from the Appalachian Athletic Conference — where teams rarely ever made an impact at the national level — to the Mid-South Conference, which is simply one of the best NAIA conferences in America, and has the national postseason appearances and trophies to prove it.
"You can win one game and do well, but the teams that do very well can do it each week," Bluefield College athletic director Peter Dryer said. "It can be a long season, we will figure it out, but it is our first year in the conference, we had some great games in every sport.
"We had some real good games, but we have to be more consistent to get deeper."
Bluefield made the move from the NAIA Division II and the AAC prior to the 2012-13 school year in order to find a home for its football program. The AAC doesn't have football so the Rams found the MSC and Division I.
The coaches already knew what awaited them.
"It is a challenge, but we are competing at such a higher level now than we ever have," Dryer said.
Bluefield College was always competitive in the AAC, especially in men's basketball and baseball, with the women's basketball program beginning to make an impact after years of losing records.
In fact, the Lady Rams — who were historically bad until recent years — was the only team at Bluefield to finish with a winning record in the 2012-13 season.
The Lady Rams were 16-15, and were one of just four Bluefield College sports teams to qualify for postseason play in the Mid-South Conference, which doesn't take every team to tournament play. Both soccer teams and the volleyball team also advanced to MSC play, but none picked up a win.
Other records for Lady Rams' programs last season were 9-10-1 (soccer), 16-22 (volleyball), 7-37 (softball) and 3-11 (tennis). The marks for the men's teams include 10-17 (men's basketball), 0-11 (football), 17-27 (baseball), 8-11 (men's soccer) and 2-12 (men's tennis).
Lindsey Wilson recently won its second straight President's Cup as the top overall program in the league. Bluefield was, not surprisingly, last.
How tough is the MSC? Well, it isn't like some conferences where only the tournament champion advances to the national level, plays one game and comes home. Nope, these teams get invited places, and they stay a while.
A combined 16 men's teams in football, basketball, baseball, soccer and tennis were invited to NAIA postseason tournaments. Two of those events, baseball and tennis are just starting and include seven MSC teams. Of the other three, Georgetown captured the basketball championship and Belhaven won the soccer crown, beating fellow MSC member Lindsey Wilson in the finals.
The women of the MSC have done their part as well. A combined 15 teams in basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball and tennis also played in NAIA tournaments, with Lindsey Wilson also claiming a women's soccer title. Five of those teams are still alive in softball and tennis.
How different is the Mid-South from the AAC? Just check out the teams who are either ranked or receiving votes in national polls in the sports listed above. Thirty-seven different teams among the men and women's sports in the MSC were either ranked in the final poll or are currently among the top teams in the nation.
The AAC has had 10 teams in NAIA Division II who are either ranked or were at the end of their seasons.
No wonder Bluefield College — which has the second smallest enrollment in the league — faces such a huge task to compete in the Mid-South. The Rams did have some big wins this season, including both basketball programs beating Georgetown, but doing it consistently on a nightly basis will take some time.
"When you look at it, this is one of the top three baseball leagues in the country, it is the only league in the country with three (teams) in the top 25," White said. "Soccer, I don't think there is any doubt it is the top league in the country with Rio (Grande) and Lindsey (Wilson) in there.
"In women's basketball, they sent six teams to the national tournament, men's basketball, the national champion came out of it. Football, there were two of the top five teams, women's volleyball goes the same way, women's softball is going to be the same way.
"It is in the top 3 in just about every sport that is on."
Don't think these NAIA teams can compete with the big boys of the NCAA? In some cases, they certainly can.
Lindsey Wilson, which finished 22-2, losing to fellow MSC foe Belhaven in the NAIA men's championship game, will be coming to Bluefield in October, and it might be a good idea to check out the Blue Raiders.
They can play.
"They just went up three weeks ago to the Indiana University, Division I national champion Indiana, beat them 3-1 and it wasn't like they just beat them, I mean they beat them," said Dryer, who is also Bluefield's men's soccer coach. "That is the best team in the country and Lindsey Wilson went there and beat them easily.
"That is who we have to play next year, we have to be ready to compete. I know women's basketball can say the same, baseball can say the same, we are routinely playing against the best teams and that is fine, that is enjoyable."
It just isn't conducive to winning much, at least for now, but don't give up on the Rams, who must recruit the right kids and then get them to stay.
"It has got to fit, it has got to be a fit in a lot of different ways and in a way that is one of the biggest challenges of it," White said. "You have got to find kids with the Christian mission system that we have here.
"Academically do we have what they are looking for as students, and athletically, do we have those things, and obviously financially, in today's world it is tough to afford a college education."
Among the issues for the Rams is retention, not only in its players, but its coaches. They will have new coaches in women's soccer, volleyball, cross country and football, a second year coach in softball and third year coach in women's basketball and tennis, one of the new sports that Bluefield has added in recent seasons.
"We have had a little bit of transition," Dryer said. "I think we are becoming a little bit more stable now, other than football. I think you can transition and you can transition well and other sports have proved that."
While there are many issues that Bluefield must face as they look to compete in the Mid-South, none is as important as simply finding the right student-athletes, and getting them to stay for a while.
After all, a coach — and a program — is only as good as their players.
"When it comes back to recruiting, you have to find kids who want to do that," Dryer said. "Do you want to play against some of the best teams in this region and in this part of the country? If so, come and play."
—Brian Woodson is the sports editor for the Daily Telegraph. He encourages feedback at email@example.com
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Tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary tics such as blinking, head-jerking and loud sounds — can be devastating for children, setting them up for teasing and ostracism, while the drugs used to treat the condition have significant side effects. Now a study has found that behavioral therapy may help lessen tics in children and teens about as effectively as medication.
In the study, released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., 126 children ages 9 to 17 who had Tourette or a chronic tic disorder were randomly assigned to 10 weeks of behavioral therapy designed to reduce the tics, or to a control group that received support therapy and education. About a third of all children were also on anti-tic medication. The study treatment included a functional intervention to better manage anxiety-producing social situations.


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The growth of the social media giant and who provided the funds to get it there.
Dealbook gives us this list of Facebook's valuation at specific points in time and who bought in:
|All figures through Jan. 31, 2011.
|January 2012
|$83.5 billion
|Value based on private secondary markets.
|March 2011
|T. Rowe Price invests $190.5 million through various funds for a stake less than 1 percent.
|March 2011
|$65 billion
|General Atlantic purchases shares from former Facebook employees for a 0.1 percent stake, CBC reports.
|February 2011
|$52 billion
|Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invest $38 million for a stake less than 1 percent, The Wall Street Journal reports.
|January 2011
|$50 billion
|Goldman Sachs and DST Global get a 1 percent stake for $500 million. Goldman's overseas clients also invested $1 billion.
|June 2010
|$23 billion
|Elevation Partners spends $120 million for shares in the secondary market for 1.5 percent stake.
|May 2009
|$10 billion
|Digital Sky Technologies (later DST Global and Mail.ru) invests $200 million for a 2 percent stake.
|January 2008
|European Founders Fund invest $15 million.
|March 2008
|$15 billion
|Li Ka-Shing invests a second $60 million for a total stake of 0.8 percent.
|November 2007
|Li Ka-Shing invests $60 million.
|October 2007
|$15 billion
|Microsoft pays $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake.
|September 2006
|$900 million
|Offer by Yahoo that was turned down.
|June 2006
|Interpublic buys a 0.5 percent stake for less than $5 million.
|April 2006
|$500 million
|Greylock Partners, including Meritech Capital Partners, the Founders Fund and Accel invest $27.5 million for a 1.5 percent stake.
|January 2006
|$750 million
|Offer from Viamcom that was rebuffed.
|April 2005
|$100 million
|Accel Partners pays $12.7 million for a 15 percent stake. Jim Breyer also puts up $1 million of his own money.
|February 2005
|Maurice Werdegar of WTI Partner provides a second $300,000 credit line and a $25,000 equity investment.
|October 2004
|Mr. Werdegar provides a $300,000 three-year credit line.
|Peter Thiel puts up $500,000 for a loan, later converted to a 10 percent stake and eventually reduced to 3 percent. Mr. Thiel also brings in Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus.
As a bonus, also from Dealbook, here is a look at the investors:
Peter Thiel Facebook's first outside investor and a co-founder of PayPayl is the founder of the hedge fund Clarium Capital Management. Read more »
WTI Partner Western Technology Investment specialized in short-term loans to start-ups. Sean Parker, Facebook's first president, had a prior relationship with Maurice Werdegar of WTI.
Accel Partners Jim Breyer, a partner at the Silicon valley venture capital firm, was an early investor in Facebook. At the time, his investment was seen as risky, but it may ultimately earn Mr. Breyer and his partners 10 times their original investment. Read more »
Greylock Partners In 2006, David L. Sze, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, invested a large portion of the venture money that Facebook raised from Greylock, Meritech Capital Partners, the Founders Fund and Accel. Read more »
Interpublic Interpublic owns advertising and communications agencies like Deutsch, Initiative, McCann Erickson, Mullen and R/GA. In 2011, the company sold half its stake in Facebook for about $130 million.Read more »
Microsoft The company won a high-profile battle with Google and Yahoo to invest in Facebook. The deal was in part about preventing Google from dominating the race to serve advertisements online. Read more »
Li Ka-Shing The Hong Kong developer and business tycoon is one of the wealthiest men in the world. He controls Hutchison Whampoa, one of Asia's largest companies.Read more »
European Founders Fund Three German Internet entrepreneurs, the Samwer brothers, made their name in 1999 when they sold the German Internet auction site Alando.de to eBay for $50 million in stock. Read more »
DST Global The Russian investment company previously known as Digital Sky Technologies began investing in Internet companies in Russia and Eastern Europe in 2005. The company's chief, Yuri Milner, is bankrolled by Alisher B. Usmanov, a coal and steel mogul with ties to the Kremlin. One of their earlier successes was Mail.ru, a Russian-language e-mail service and collection of Web properties. DST started the trend of large late-stage investments, sometimes called growth capital. Read more »
Elevation Partners The millions invested by the private equity firm in Silicon Valley went to buying shares owned by Facebook's employees or early investors. "The private market is emerging as a substitute for what used to be done only in the public markets," said Marc Bodnick, a managing director at Elevation Partners.Read more »
Goldman Sachs The investment bank helped Facebook raised more than $1.5 billion in new financing, including more than $1 billion from wealthy Goldman clients based overseas. Goldman withdrew the offering from its American clients after the plan drew regulatory scrutiny. Read more »
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers The private equity firm based in Silicon Valley.
General Atlantic The private equity firm run by William E. Ford.
T. Rowe Price The company has made several recent investments in social media companies, including Facebook and Zynga. Read more »


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Internal Medicine Residency Program
Unique Aspects of Our Curriculum and Work Environment
We believe that unique aspects of California Pacific Medical Center's Internal Medicine Residency place it at the cutting edge of Internal Medicine training in the United States. Below are some of the features that we think will interest you.
Evidence Based Medicine Course and Journal Club
Given the voluminous amount of new medical knowledge published these days, it is vital that residents receive good teaching in how to read and evaluate the medical literature. This weekly 2 hour seminar occurs during residents' ambulatory rotations during their 2nd and 3rd years of residency. Taught in a highly-interactive format that is individualized to residents' learning needs, this course covers study design; how to evaluate articles on diagnosis, therapy, screening, prognosis, and meta-analysis; searching the medical literature, and medical statistics terms. During their elective rotations, residents apply these skills to choose and present an article for our monthly journal club. Journal club takes place over dinner at a faculty member's home.
Resident Leadership Lectures
This lecture series, also known as Management 101 for Physicians, began in the 2008-09 academic year and is an effort to better prepare residents for their roles as leaders of teams and enhance their skills in systems-based practice. Lectures include: Giving Feedback on the Fly, Managing Change, Conflict Resolution, and Effective Communication.
Residents As Teachers Curriculum
This portion of the curriculum began in 2005 during resident retreats with the goal of improving resident skills in teaching students, interns and patients. In addition to teaching-focused retreats, new noon lectures include: Learner Centered Education, Teaching on the Fly and How will you learn and teach as a busy resident?
Neurocalisthenics is a teaching technique developed at CPMC to aid in rapid recognition of word and symptom patterns in Board Review questions as well as in teaching sessions and patient care. It is utilized regularly by Chief Residents to teach at Residents' Report.
Images in Medicine
Images in Clinical Medicine are used regularly in Residents' Report to emphasize clinical training. Our clinical photo library contains a wealth of patient clinical findings, radiology images, blood smears and pathologic specimens at CPMC.
Residency and Faculty Shared Drive
The Shared Drive is available on most computers in the hospital and allows sharing of articles, files, talks, clinical photos, handouts and photos of fun house staff events, such as retreats, journal clubs and the end of the year graduation party. It has been invaluable in storing presentations done at noon conference and Residents' Report for residents and interns on off-site rotations, vacation or night float rotations so that they can easily review talks of interest to them.
"Common Things Are Common Core Collection"
This collection of articles is based on the most common diagnoses seen in most American hospitals. In theory, if a resident reads one of the core Internal medicine articles in the "Medicine" folder, he/she will see that disease within the week on the wards (e.g., cellulitis, community acquired pneumonia, upper GI Bleed, sepsis.) There are also multiple choice question sets written by the program directors for some of the articles which can be used to reinforce important learning points and to make reading the article more interactive.
This collection received a Commendation from the Residency Review Committee at our last ACGME site visit in 2006.
Quality Improvement (QI) Curriculum
Numerous interns and residents have participated in Quality Improvement projects over the last 2 years. They are educated about Quality Improvement by our QI Department and then focus in on areas of the hospital or patient care that they feel should be improved. We feel it is important for our residents to feel empowered to participate in change rather than feel like passive spokes in the wheels of patient care. Examples of these projects include: retrospective evaluation of PORT criteria and pneumonia admissions at CPMC. VTE prophylaxis compliance performance improvement plan, sliding scale insulin and blood sugar control on 2 selected nursing units at CPMC and addressing barriers to efficient patient flow in the outpatient clinic. Residents have presented these projects at regional and national meetings as well as at noon conferences.


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In the Crime section of your local Barnes & Noble, you'll find Elmore Leonard's recent novel "Raylan." In it, Marshal Raylan Givens encounters with a pair of thieves who steal kidneys from the healthy, then sell those vital organs back to their victims.
Talk about creating a market! Move down the aisle to economics and change the heist from organs to electricity, and Mr. Leonard could have a category-busting best seller.
By mandating a certain percentage of power generation from high-cost renewable sources, the government steals from its citizens the opportunity to buy cheap electricity. The electric companies (read: the ratepayers) are forced to buy a blend of electricity at higher rates.
What are you going to do? Go without electricity? Like kidneys, electricity is vital to your well-being. Currently, this mandated theft is chump change in New York. However, in Germany, it is causing real havoc.
Germany's goal is that 35 percent of its electricity must come from renewables by 2020, and 80 percent by 2050. After the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, German politicians further decided to phase out nuclear energy. The resultant squeeze — less energy, increasing demand, and unreliable, high-cost renewables — drove prices sky high.
German factories, unable to compete internationally, got exemptions from the surcharges. Other large and influential employers demanded parity, and also got a pass. Who pays the freight? Mr. and Mrs Schmidt, that's who! Unable to cover soaring costs, thousands of households have had their electricity turned off.
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Hey everyone -
What is the general consensus on the SDA-2?
Also, what would be a normal range in price for a used pair?
Which sda 2's are you referring to?
Not sure of the type, but will ask. Here is a picture of them.
Like they say, no one likes their child being called ugly, but they are ugly. Kind of joking here but the single tweeter dual driver version is a much better sounding speaker.
Those are the original SDA 2's. NOT 2a's, or 2b's.
I picked mine up for $175 from a polkie, but both SDA 6.5's were locked up and had to be replaced. Also, they have the SL2000's, which almost everyone will recommend you replace with the new silk tweeters.
Personally, I just disconnected the two SDA tweeters and the sound is much tamer now.
Ludicrous gibs!
They look like 2A's to me. Original 2's had a baffle material around the outer cabinet front and drivers. Of course all the models crossed over so who knows. They are definitely not the very earliest of 2's. Not the most desirable because of the 3 drivers and side by side tweets..............but they are SDA's.
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass
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Thanks for all the feedback. I think I will pass on this pair. Glad I got some good info on them before taking the plunge.
Try to find a nice pair of 1Cs, upgrade the crossovers and tweets and you will be happy.
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Hello Lakedmb,
I have a set of those and love them. I think they are a fantastic sounding speaker and are very accurate. If the price is right, I would personally jump on them. The set I bought a year or two ago cost me a little over $400 bucks delivered to my door and they were in mint condition. I hopefully will always have a set of these SDA 2's.
You could always change them to a 1 tweeter design.
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Why is it a PITA? If the price is right and condition is tight, big deal.
The dimensional tweeter array isn't a bad thing, just not everyone enjoys it. I've had 3 pair of that speaker and always liked them since they aren't common.
Its a pain in the ass to properly seal off the openings which won't be used when changing over to a single tweeter design for starters.
Why would you do more than is actually neccesary?
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there isn't a clear delineation between successive models. Many were parts bin models until all the older parts were used up.Of course all the models crossed over
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass
Pass Aleph 30; Eastern Electric Mini Max; Adcom GDA600; MIT S3/Z Pc; SDA 1C; Squeezebox; Tubes add soul!
My SDA2's have the same driver arrangement, and are the original 2's.
You don't have to go through all the work to modify the cabinet to switch over to a single tweeter. Simply disconnect the dimensional tweeter, and put it back in the cabinet. Now you have a spare tweeter in each cabinet if you pop one.
Ben recommends adding a resistor somewhere in the crossover to bring the level of the remaining tweeter up, but I didn't find it necessary. With the SL2000's, there's still plenty of tweet for my tastes, and I'm running the speakers flat on my pre.
Ludicrous gibs!
Ding ding ding.
Damn I forgot about this thread. Ding ding ding you are right :) I didn't think about it that way. Always learning.
Well, I'll dig up this old thread by saying I'm the happy new owner of those SDA2's. And according to the literature that came with them, that's what they are, 4ohm SDA2's with the SL2000 tweeters. In fact, they came with everything but the original boxes, including the original purchase receipt for $1000.00 ($930.00 + tax).
The tweeters are a bit bright, but switching on the hi filter on the amp takes care of that. I may do the RDO-194 upgrade later if it will sort that out. In my 13x13 "listening" room they sound pretty good. The sound is certainly different. I think my Epicure 2.0's have a little more musical clarity, but they don't have the presence of the Polk's and I like the SDA effect. They'll never replace my Klipsch KG4.5's but I'm thinking I'll be hanging onto them. Time will tell.
I really don't have room for much larger speakers and passed on the SRS's on ebay located in Raleigh.
And yeah, the speaker arrangement is sorta funky, I just keep the grills on as is recommended.:D
Congrats on the new Speakers..
I've heard nadams set above so I'd say follow his advice and you'll enjoy them even more...if you're up for RDO-194s you can do that too.
I have SDA 2Bs which stll have the SL2000 tweeters...I may go RDO eventually but they're OK even with the 2000s...as you've described.
That was the first pair of sda's that I owned,for my types of music I didnt really care for them. I did dig the sda effect that they produce,but because of the lack of bass they really werent for me.I now own sda1a's and Im lovin em!
SRS in Raleigh on ebay? - still active, recent, or a while ago? Not seeing it in completed listings. Would be interested. Any info appreciated (not trying to thread jack, just missed it)
*** Editing to say nevermind - found them on ebay - SRS2's - I'm looking for another SRS original thank you ****
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D'India Strange harmony of love
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Hughes, Sanchez heading to the AzFLBy
Via Chad Jennings, organizational pitching guru Nardi Contreras confirmed that both Phil Hughes & Humberto Sanchez will be heading to the Arizona Fall League this year. This is all about innings for these two, especially Phil. The AzFL season doesn't start until October 9th, so I supposed there's a chance that Hughes could make an appearance or two with the Yanks in September. We already know he's starting tomorrow for Triple-A Scranton.
Austin Jackson & Kevin Russo are the only other players confirmed to be going to AzFL this year, so the Yanks still have three spots to fill (two pitchers and an infielder).
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Wow the AFL just got more interesting. A-Jax, now Humberto and Hughes.
Tells ya that Hughes is definately in their plans next season (hopefully and most likely)
Hopefully no set backs and gets in as much innings as possible.
I would like to Hughes back to the Show.
Humberto next season can be huge also.
I guess the organization will tell Hughes to work on his Cutter (which is brand new) and his change and just build arm strength. Hughes breakout is coming in 09.
They should also send Joba there to get his innings up to the projected total of 140 cuz he definitely wont reach that total in the majors. If he doesnt raise his innings theyll limit him to somewhere in the mid 100′s again.
Kevin Russo is heading to the AFL? For god's sake isn't this guy a career minor leaguer? What about Christian Garcia? He certainly needs the workout as much as anyone.
I dont get it either
They only have a certain number of guys they can send that are pitchers or position players. Kevin Russo will not affect the Yanks sending another pitcher. Mike pointed this out in the post:
Austin Jackson & Kevin Russo are the only other players confirmed to be going to AzFL this year, so the Yanks still have three spots to fill (two pitchers and an infielder).
Okay but why Kevin Russo? Are you confident he'll ever be a major leaguer? The AzFL is for prosects, not for talentless career minor leaguers. He's just taking up a roster spot from an actual prosect.
He's just taking up a roster spot from an actual prosect.
I'd like to think the Yankees know more about their players than we do.
You'd LIKE to think that. There is always the possibility an organization overhypes their prospects. Where are Bubba Crosby and Ricky Ledee now? Probably farther than Kevin Russo will ever end up.
Whoever said Bubba Crosby was going to amount to much, if anything?
Also, I said that as a joke. There is no way that we – Baseball Prospectus subscription or not – can know more about these Yankee prospects than the damn Yankees do. Also, just because we feel a certain way about them, or have a certain projection for these players means nothing. All that matters is how the Yankees see their own players and how they choose to develop them, that's it. Seeing as how they have first-hand knowledge of these players, I'm more than happy that their opinion is the only one that counts.
Even if Russo is a prospect, which he isnt, there are so many others in our system that deserve the nod over him for an AzFL roster spot. Bottom line, Kevin Russo does NOT belong in the AzFL.
there are so many others in our system that deserve the nod over him for an AzFL roster spot.
Name them.
Brett Gardner, Eric Duncan, Edwar Gonzalez, Ramiro Pena (in the Futures Game, albeit as a repplacement for ineligable callups), to name a few. Are Single A players eligable? If so, you can add a lot more
Brett Gardner is Major League ready, why would the Yankees send him to the AzFL? They still have a spot open for another infielder. So Eric Duncan, Edwar Gonzalez, and Ramiro Pena could easily be picked. Only one payer is allowed below the Double-A level.
I just don't see the wisdom in arguing this in such a definitive degree as you are when you are not prevy to the evaluations and information on these players as the Yankees are. Als, you do not know the Yankees' mind-set. You do not know why they are sending Kevin Russo there and not this guy, that guy, or the other guy. So for you to say the Yankees' brass is "lost" is unnecessary and based on inadequate (in comparison to what the Yankees have available to them) information.
Really, Gardner's ready? He's hitting .175. So you could put Gardner there with Gonzalez or Pena or a Single A player like Montero or Laird. Kevin Russo doesnt belong there, in my opinion at least, which in this case doesnt matter much. I would rather have Chris "Mad Dog" Russo playing for the Yankees than Kevn Russo
I agree that Gardner would be a better choice than Russo. Get him as many reps as possible, especially since he might not get even ten at bats from mid-August on.
question is whether or not Humberto will go down and log innings from the bullpen, or if they are going to send him down as a starter (or in the AzFL, does it really matter?).
Technically, I believe Joba Chamberlain is eligible for the AzFL this year. The rule is:
No players with more than one year of credited Major League service as of August 31 are eligible, except a team may select one player picked in the most recently concluded Major League Rule 5 Draft.
Since Chamberlain was placed on the DL on August 6th, 2008, that would make his service time in the Major Leagues exactly 365-days (He made his ML debut on August 7th, 2007). Since 365-days is not more than one year of credited Major League service as of August 31, Chamberlain should be eligible.
I believe that it would technically be 366 days… 2008 was a leap year
Yes! Send Joba to the AFL so he can get some damn innings in that arm of his!
How many games do they play in the AzFL? What kinds of innings would you expect Hughes or Sanchez to throw?
I read Chad Jennings' blog, and he only expects the following players to be called up from AAA: Chad Moeller, Phil Coke, Melky, Christian, and Shelly duncan. If this is the case, the Yankees brass is lost, because the Yankees are dead and its time to see what we have. Miranda and Melancon should be up, as well should Hughes and Kennedy.
I don't really see the rush. If the Yankees don't think they are ready, then they are not ready. They should not bring them up to appease fans who are chomping at the bit to see a couple young players perform at the big league level.
So you'd rather see Ponson than Hughes? Kennedy? At least in Kennedy's case he's proven he can dominate AAA hitters (or maybe AAA hitters dominate themselves). You have to give successful AAA pitchers consistent reps in the bigs to see if theyre big leaguers or AAAA pitchers. Especially when your big club is hopeless.
I'd rather see the development of Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and all other Yankee prospects handled with care and caution rather than just sending them to a Major League mound or batter's box out of sheer necessity.
Theyve done it on the big league mound before
And we all saw how useful that was in 2008. Clay Buchholz threw a no-no in 2007, where is he now? In Double-A Portland.
Give the kids time, there is no need to rush. Just relax and let them develop, what difference is it to you?
Because Kennedy has dominated AAA. What more can he do, throw a perfect game every start? Its time to see if he can do it here. And also Melancon, they should give him a shot cuz the pen is tired and he's dominating down there. And for Miranda, he's putting up good numbers down there and you have to see if he's for real or if he's another Shelly Duncan. And he can become a free agent after 2009 I think
Dude, the Yankees are projected to be a business worth $1.5-Billion when they move into their new stadium next year. You really think they have not discussed this to the nth degree? They have their plans and they have their timetables. They know what they are doing. They wouldn't have a streak of thirteen straight October appearances if they didn't know what they were doing and were "lost".
Yes but everyone makes mistakes, like Kyle Farnsworth and LaTroy Hawkins kind of mistakes and worse
Bill, how much is Miranda really going to play anyway? You aren't going to find out anything about him in the 10 to 20 big league at bats he would likely get with a call-up.
I totally agree about Hughes and Kennedy though, especially Kennedy. They have nothing left to do in the minors. It's time to take of floaties and let them sink or swim.
Posting good numbers is not the issue at this point. It's trying to determine if their newly improved pitches can get big league hitters out. Hughes may have to keep learning into 2009. Same goes for Kennedy.
how come Hughes and Kennedy were ready for the big leagues in March-April, but not ready in September? did they develop less skill over the past year? cut the crap about being in a playoff race, bring these guys up and let them get 3-4 starts in the last month, to put some good taste in everyone's mouth about next year……or to dump after we sign an arm weary Sabathia to an Arod contract…
and if they are not ready, what the hell was Cash thinking in March? and, if he moves Pavano before the deadline for a prospect, then he made a good move; but if we are holding on to him, this is just to vindicate Cash's decision to sign him, by saying "look, he pitched well for us when he was healthy"….we all know he's gone after the end of the year….the only thing Pavano pitching for us in September does is attempt to take the heat off of the decision to sign him……move him, today.
how come Hughes and Kennedy were ready for the big leagues in March-April, but not ready in September?
Because they struggled horrendously and needed time not only to rehab from their injuries, but to pitch at a level where they forced themselves on a Major League mound. The Yankees, and everyone, thought they were ready at the start of the season. They weren't. So now the Yankees are giving them all the time they need to develop and be Major League ready, I don't see anything wrong with that.
then they weren't ready in March (and might not be ready now…then, it makes sense, Jamal)…..somewhere there needs to be accountability for all these wrong turns…..too bad Torre isn't still here, then we'd have the answer to whom to blame……
What accountability? Young pitchers struggle, they have setbacks. Nary does everything go according to plan with a young pitcher, that was explained to the masses before the season started when people had these astronomical expectations. Even the best of the best in the history of baseball failed miserably at the beginning of their Major League careers. Nobody needs to be held accountable for that, that's just the way of the game.
The Yankees are no different from the other twenty-nine organizations in baseball. They have pitching prospects and they struggle in the early parts of their careers, that's it. People just need to relax and be patient, not everything has to happen in 2008 or 2009. Just relax and be patient.
when you hand 2 starting pitcher positions in the rotation of a team you claim is a championship contender, struggling means having a Darryl Rasner year….a third of the time they look real good, a third they stink it up, and the other third they are so-so…..these kids didn't show one good outing to my recollection….I still have hopes for them, but it is clear that they weren't even close to being ready in March…..and the decision to leave them down just certifies this…..and by the way, Girardi's statements on the post game show (and body language) tell me that Joba will be in the pen next year…….he'll have the 8th, and they will sign/trade for a few starters……or maybe Kennedy and Hughes will be ready to pitch by next April, since the expectations will be lower.
In hindsight it's easy to say they weren't close to ready. However both Hughes and Kennedy were first round picks, who dominated their way through the minors the last couple of years. They even pitched relatively well in the bigs last year. Show me the person who didn't think they were ready to contribute at the start of the season.
They also had Rasner, Karstens, Horne, Marquez, and even Igawa as back up plans. Obviously none of these guys are future stars. How many teams could say they had that kind of depth behind their fifth starter at the start of the year?
You are confusing bad results with bad processes.
could i get a quick description of sanchez? could he travel north next spring?
All I know is that he is 6-6 or 6-7 and he could reach 97 mph before the TJS. I'm not sure what his secondary pitches are
and aceves? is he seen as a starter at some point? dreaming about a home grown rotation (plus cc) in 2010
He was a starter in his minor league career. I'm really high on him. He didnt even show his full arsenal today, which includes a change, split, curve, slider, fastball. He can be an El Duque-like starter without the deception and with a better fastball. He also has gret mound presence and guts.
"He also has great mound presence and guts."
That was what impressed me the most. Zero fear or hesitation out there. Went right after the hitters and wasted few pitches in doing so. I can see why he earned the nickname "The Mexican Gangster".
El Duque is a good comp, he was fearless and had trouble with lefties as well. I can only hope he's half as smart and competitive as Olando was, who is still to this day one of my all-time favorite Yanks.
i guess my real question is:
of all the pitchers i hear mentioned on this site, who has the best chance to be an "impact" major leaguer someday?
aceves, horne, coke, brackman, melancon, any of the 2008 draftees, etc
Aceves has the best chace to contribute next year, just because he already pitched this year. Melancon is close. As for upside in that group, Melancon and Brackman have the most upside. Brackman can be a right handed Randy Johnson, but will probably take awhile to develop. Melancon can become a great closer and will probably pitch next year
if recent history is any guide – none of the above (they will all spend most – if not all – of their careers on the DL).
ladies & gentlemen – your 2009 Yankees starting rotation:
Wang – hopefully
Chamberlain – hopefully
Hughes – hopefully
Mussina/Pettitte – in reserve for the inevitable injury(ies) to the 3rd, 4th & 5th starters.
How can Hughes start the season.He's going on two years in a row without 100 innings obarely.He needs to start the season in AAA then come up to pitch.
is there any chance that Christian Garcia gets sent to Hawaii to throw another 30 or so innings? Is the hawaii roster already set? As much as i can't wait to see Brackman's first line, Garcia has an outside shot at re-capturing alot of that attention once bestowed.
I didn't necessarily mean the rotation on April 1st.
Despite all the hope for the young arms to develop the Yanks will need to buy some pitching (if they want to win another championship before 90% of the starting lineup retires).
[...] (Props to RAB). [...]
I don't know where to send this to but this is an interesting article…
One interesting part of it "A few Yankee officials floated the concept of signing both Sabathia and another high-end starter such as A.J. Burnett and then using the young stockpile of pitching GM Brian Cashman has been hoarding in recent years to address other areas. For example, try to replicate the Edinson Volquez-Josh Hamilton deal from last offseason by using someone such as Phil Hughes to find a young, controllable center fielder or first baseman (Hughes for Joey Votto?)."
That would be awesome to get a young first baseman for phil hughes if we can afford to give him up. It also talks about how Victorino could be a good CF for the Yanks, Cano should be dangled in a trade for someone like Cain or Greinke and that Tex shouldn't be given 10 years.
MLBTR said shane victorino will be a good match for NY. I dont see it though.
I don't get why people don't want Tex. He hits, he fields, and he's 28. He isn't a lard ass and he probably is not a juicer, so he should have plenty of good years left in him. He won't get a 10 year deal anywhere. I have no problem giving him a 6-7 year deal at $18-$20 mill per year.
He's a winning player, something Giambi is not. Plus, he's a switch hitter, so he wont become seduced by the short porch and become a pull-happy fiend like Giambi has become
I really hate giving pitchers long term deals. I wouldn't object to Sabathia, but let someone else get burned by Burnett and Sheets.
I also don't see why you would sell low on these young pitchers, unless you really don't believe in them anymore.
Joel Sherman is semi-retarded. You can literally feel brain cells die as you read his columns. I can't imagine putting "Joel Sherman" and the word "interesting" in the same sentence. Sorry, I'm not trying to be a jerk but his work is consistently awful and I'm assuming you're not all that familiar with him.
He must be a Mets fan, because he has no clue how the Yankees think or approach anything.
There's what the Yanks will do and what the Yanks should do. Joel Sherman's writing this season definitely leans towards the latter. I think Sherman has put up some of the most intriguing, debate ready ideas that i've seen from any writer who covers baseball.
Sherman's already touched the Hughes trade before. And the idea of Cano getting traded is one that's been thrown around on Yesnetwork boards. To load up on FA pitching (Sabathia & Sheets) and then trading for guys like Loney (1B) and Cain (SP) sets up the rotation like this: Sabathia, Sheets, Wang, Joba, and Cain.
Sherman doesn't hate the Yanks. That's the rotation he's essentially saying we should go for…
that's a very interesting approach to address the lineup needs. possibly also the Dodgers
have some of what the Yanks need in the way of young OFs (and the Dodgers are certainly in need of young pitchers)?
First of all a Hughes for Votto straight up deal is straight up lame. please stop that. They Passed on Santana just 9 moths ago…But you want to trade him for Votto.
I get this real suspecting feeling that the yankees will Go for Burnett first, then overspend for Sabathia while dealing hughes in a package for a. impact bat next year
Has anyone on this thread ever heard the old say-in; "Don't judge a player on the fall call-up or the spring training", or words to that effect?
It looks like a few of us got carried away with the fab 3, last year. I say us, because I (even though I know better), along with most of you had very high hopes for IPK, Phil and Joba. Let them work on their pitches, two pitch pitchers (starters) are very few and far between. Once they have control and command of 3/4 pitches then bring them up. They have the talent to get major league ready by next year…give them time.


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Five years after the onset of the financial crisis, investors (LPs) believe the core elements of private equity's model have proved themselves, and they think PE will provide good investment opportunities as the recovery sets in, according to Coller Capital's latest Global Private Equity Barometer.
Despite the crisis, almost two thirds (63%) of LPs still report net lifetime returns for their PE portfolios of 11-15% or higher. Two thirds of investors say PE managers (GPs) have delivered significant operational improvement in their portfolio companies over the last few years (with almost all LPs believing GPs have improved their companies' operations to at least some extent). And nearly all LPs (86%) say 'whole fund' carried interest has proved to be an effective way to incentivise PE managers.
Confidence in the asset class generally remains strong. More LPs (25%) plan to increase their target allocations to PE than plan to reduce it (14% of LPs). However, over 40% of endowments and foundations – and over one third of pension plans – say there are influential individuals within their organisations militating for PE's allocation to be reduced or cancelled entirely.
"Private equity has confirmed its core place in institutional investment portfolios since the crisis," said Jeremy Coller, CIO of Coller Capital. "However, complacency would be a mistake. With sceptics at senior levels within LP organisations, the industry will have to justify its performance again and again."
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The Barometer documents investors' current attitudes to Europe, emerging PE markets and credit investments:
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Almost one third (30%) of investors have reduced the pace of their new fund commitments as a result of slower GP investment and distributions, but the majority (66%) say they have not needed to take corrective action.
81% of PE investors expect M&A activity to be a principal use of corporates' large cash piles in the next 2-3 years. This compares with 67% of LPs who think companies will retain their cash, 56% who think they will return it to shareholders, and only 44% who expect companies to invest the money in their own businesses.


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Kids will actually eat food that's good for them. Davis County Elementary School kids and staff decided they were going to prove that to everyone.
"We used to use three or four cases of fruit," said head cook and kitchen manager Julie Glosser. "Now we serve eight or nine cases."
On Monday, in a schoolwide assembly, Davis County Elementary was presented a Gold Medal through the USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge, a national certification initiative for schools in the National School Lunch Program.
Only three schools in Iowa earned gold — out of more than 1,000 buildings in the lunch program statewide. Davis County created a healthy school environment with strict requirements for meals, nutrition education and physical activity.
"The award is great, but the bottom line is we have more kids eating and being healthy," said Davis County Superintendent Dan Maeder.
He said support services director Dan Roberts encouraged participation in the program.
Roberts said he and his staff already encouraged students to eat fresh fruits and vegetables by serving them at school. But in order to compete for the prize, the USDA and Iowa DOE required documentation of the efforts.
"How many vegetables, how much salt, physical activity," listed Stephanie Hawkins, secretary of support services. She coordinated the record keeping and told staff what had to be done in order to compete successfully.
The cooks received new equipment, new requirements, even all new recipes.
"They never balked at anything we asked them to do," Hawkins said.
Maeder and Roberts credited a lot of people with getting the effort going, but in the end, all of them pointed toward "the lunch ladies" as the force that carried the school forward.
Ann Feilmann, chief of the Iowa Department of Education's Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services handed out medals Monday. She was assisted by several dignitaries, including one who didn't speak, USDA mascot Power Panther.
Glosser, who one official referred to as "the head chef," said she and her cooks treat the students as if they were their own children. In some cases, they are.
"We get a lot of hugs," said one cook.
And a lot of kids eating the nutritious lunch. Which was important, because another of the gold medal requirements stated more 70 percent of students must eat hot lunch.
Asked what kind of marketing they tried to convince kids to start eating hot lunch, Principal Jennifer Donels said there was no big push to put up posters, or to convince parents to purchase the school lunch.
Maeder said it was done by offering good, healthy food. Even though that higher quality food cost a little more, he said, it was worth it: Participation is up over 70 percent in the lunch room.
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Jets starting to see results, team's confidence growing
TORONTO — Over the course of the last month, there is evidence the pieces are falling right for the Winnipeg Jets and that's thanks to the growing confidence they take into tonight's Hockey Night In Canada game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre (6 p.m. CT, CBC, TSN1290).
- Winnipeg is 9-3-1 since a home loss to Boston Feb. 17.
- The team's penalty killing has surged from an embarrassing percentage in the 60s to 78 per cent. Twenty-six kills in a row over 10 games has made a difference.
- The Jets have power-play goals in each of the last two games, helping them win at home.
- The team's road record, 14.22-5 in 2011-12, is 8-5-2 this season heading into tonight's game.
"Coming into this year we were pretty conscious of it and we wanted to improve that record," Jets winger Evander Kane said of the road record. "In order for us to make the playoffs, that had to happen so it's good to see we're doing a bit better on the road."
Jets penalty-killers have made a huge difference lately. Tuesday, for instance, they killed off a five-on-three that lasted 1:54, helping them beat the Leafs 5-2 in Winnipeg.
"When you look at penalty killing, your goaltender as we always say is your best penalty-killer and that has proven to be right," said Jets coach Claude Noel.
"When you look at some of the ways we've managed to kill penalties, five-on-threes, we've had a couple of them for almost two minutes against we've had some success with, blocking shots has been big in those areas and goaltending.
"We have a very clear understanding of where we need to be and what we're doing. We're doing some things well, like getting in shooting lanes and the pressure points, I think that's one area that's been clarified more than anything for us."
Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec, tonight's likely starter, isn't looking back so much as forward as his team tries to improve its standing even more. Today, the Jets are in the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot, just one point back of the Leafs and two back of Ottawa and New Jersey, who share fifth. Winnipeg plays in Ottawa on Sunday.
"It's kind of like the playoffs," Pavelec said after this morning's game-day skate at ACC. "It's tight. We need the points. They're going to be ready for us after a tough loss against Pittsburgh when they played very well and didn't find a way to win."
Toronto has lost four in a row, its worst stretch of the season that included failing to close out a 1-0 leave through 52 minutes on Thursday night at home and losing 3-1 to the Penguins.
"It's such a fine line between winning and losing," Noel said. "Look at the Leafs two weeks ago; everything was rosy and they hit a bump. We all hit bumps. That's what a season is.
"For us, we've had a couple of good games, a couple of good road trips that have helped us and our curve has gone the other way but we know how it can go either way.'
"We're just trying to keep a balance on things."
Nazem Kadri, Toronto's leading plus-minus forward at plus-12, said the Leafs have been good at turning the page this season.
"That was an important game for us (on Tuesday) as far as research material," he said this morning. "We did a lot of video. We know our opponents. They're pretty fresh in our minds.They got us last time but hopefully we'll be more prepared this time.
"I don't think they're going to be changing too much, they've won a few in a row."
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In a new video interview for Digital Spy, director Bryan Singer talked a little about X-Men: Days Of Future Past and how it will focus a lot more on Magneto.
Singer confirmed that he will take advantage of Ian McKellen's presence alongside Michael Fassbender to explore the moral conflict within Magneto.
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It is my great pleasure to present to you Gareth Hobbs, of Fight-Mediocrity.com, as our Encouraging Artist for this week!
It's very kyool that he was able to give us some time among all the prep for his first launch, so without further delay, here he is!
What do you do?
I help people fight the Dragon of Mediocrity on their own terms.
How did you become an Encourager? What twists & turns of your Path led you to where you are now?
I'd been flirting with the prospect for a while but had never done anything about it. Mainly from a lack of confidence. Then after a particularly bad day of dealing with idiots I wrote A call to arms. That really crystallized my vision of what I wanted. It's changed slightly now and is going to be rewritten into the "Code of the Dragon Slayer" but the sentiments contained there are going to be preserved.
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What's your overall life philosophy?
Stop waiting. Find a way to do what makes you happy now.
How do you make Encouragement relevant for other people? Or do you not worry about it – trusting that your Right People are out there & will find you?
I used to worry about this. As I get further along this path I've chosen I'm slowly realising that I can't worry about whether people find what I say relevant. Instead, I have to make sure that I feel that what I'm saying is important, and if it resonates with one person, that's enough.
How would you recommend that people bring Encouragement/positiveness into their lives?
You have to find the one thing that can turn your day around. That thing that makes you happy no matter what. As soon as you find that, fight to hold onto it.
Talk a little bit about your products. Tell us why we should care. ;-D
After a couple of consulting sessions I realised people were struggling to make sense of all the conflicting information around Social Media. I've never had any stress around that and only include suggestions that make sense with respect to my overall Social Media strategy. I realised that if I could show others how to do this, I could help them eliminate a lot of stress. That is what Sailing The Social Media Sea is all about.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Don't compromise on excellence. Either something is worth doing to the best of your ability, or it's not worth doing at all.
I highly recommend flying over there and snagging your copy of Sailing the Social Media Seas soonest! I was privileged to be a beta on this project, and I can tell you that I learned so much even from that level, and I can't wait to dive into my full copy! (Yes, I paid for one. Does that tell you something? )
Your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! ) is…
Are you ready to Fight the Dragon?
Bright Blessings & Good Fortune!
-Birdy :>
P.S. – Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
5 Responses to "Marketplace Monday – Fight Mediocrity"
1written on August 3rd, 2010
This is an interesting post, especially when contrasted against "What Am I Getting Myself Into?" There's a lot of food for thought in these two posts.
Gareth Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:46 am
What have I gotten myself into is a question I ask all the time. Normally when my alarm goes off and I have to go back to the day job without a decent amount of sleep.
P.S. I looooove the rose photo on your header.
Birdy Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Oh, I hate that when it happens! Not a good recipe, for health, happiness, or harmony in my book.
Birdy Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Yes, I love Gareth's site – highly recommended!
I hadn't thought of the contrast before – how kyool! Thank'ee's for pointing that out.


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