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Dexter McCluster - #22 - WR
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Patriots bring back Daboll
The Patriots are bringing former assistant Brian Daboll back to the staff, effective immediately, Bill Belichick told reporters during a conference call Monday.
Chiefs hire Packers' Dorsey as GM
The Chiefs announced during the first half of the Packers' game against the 49ers that they had hired longtime Green Bay personnel man John Dorsey as GM.
Pederson likes Chiefs roster; will evaluate QB
New Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson sees a beautiful swan in his inherited ugly duckling.
Chiefs hire Sutton, Pederson, nine assistants
The Chiefs announced several coaching hires on Friday to join Andy Reid's staff for 2013, including their new coordinators.
Chiefs better suited for 3-4 defense
The Chiefs' personnel suggests they should stick with running a 3-4 defense next season.
Quick fix in Kansas City
Observers around the league agree that Andy Reid will quickly right the ship in Kansas City the same way he did in Philadelphia.
Reid, Chiefs were made for each other
Andy Reid couldn't have landed in a more apppropriate spot. Both he and the Chiefs know heartache and disappointment intimately.
Reports: Chiefs agree to terms with Reid
The Chiefs agreed to terms with former Eagles head coach Andy Reid to be the team's head coach, ESPN first reported.
Chiefs, GM Pioli part ways
The Chiefs announced on Friday that they have parted ways with GM Scott Pioli.
More than logic applies to Pioli's future
The Chiefs' chosen direction — with or without GM Scott Pioli — is important when considering the events leading to April's NFL draft,
AFC West Spin cycle: Broncos get top seed, Chiefs get top pick
The 2012 season in the AFC West ended the way it began — the Broncos and Chargers won, and the Chiefs and Raiders lost.
Chiefs fire Crennel; Pioli safe for now
The Chiefs fired head coach Romeo Crennel on Monday, the team announced, but no determination has been made on the future of GM Scott Pioli.
Broncos rout Chiefs to earn top seed in AFC
Peyton Manning and the Broncos wrapped up home-field advantage through the AFC playoffs with a predictable 38-3 runaway over the Chiefs.
AFC West Spin cycle: Broncos taking care of business
Another typical week in the AFC West — the Broncos dominated, the Raiders and Chiefs fell and the Chargers took advantage of a weak opponent.
Luck breaks record, Colts clinch playoff berth
Andrew Luck threw for 205 yards to break the single-season rookie record, and the Colts beat the Chiefs to clinch a berth in the playoffs.
McCluster has left Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos to be evaluated for a head and neck injury. The Chiefs said his return was questionable.||||||| It was unclear when McCluster was hurt, but the injury was announced at the beginning of the second half. McCluster had been active over the first 30 minutes, running twice for 23 yards and catching a game-high four passes for 21 yards.
McCluster has left Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints after being injured in the third quarter.||||||| McCluster hurt his shoulder, which had been bothering him during the week, leaving his status as questionable coming into the game. His injury occurred when fell after making a short catch, letting the ball go moments before he would have been touched down by cornerback Jabari Greer. Officials initially ruled McCluster down, but the call was changed on replay review to a fumble recovered by New Orleans.
McCluster rushed 12 times for 61 yards and a score as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Broncos 7-3 on Sunday.||||||| McCluster added three receptions for 25 yards. He gained a career-high 516 yards on the ground with a 4.5 average.
McCluster had five receptions for 89 yards and three rushes for 15 in Saturday's 16-13 OT loss to Oakland.||||||| McCluster put up some unimportant numbers in a losing cause.
McCluster carried nine times for 45 yards on Sunday in a 20-17 loss at San Diego.||||||| McCluster also added a team-high five catches for 17 yards.


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HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Dannel Malloy nominated his top legal adviser to the Connecticut Supreme Court Dec. 27, in a move that will make history.
Former assembly member, Andrew J. McDonald will be the first openly gay justice in the history of the state's Supreme Court.
"In my estimation, Andrew possesses an exceptional ability to understand and analyze, research and evaluate legal issues," Malloy said, according to the site, the Ct. Mirror.

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NEW HANOVER Ś Carlo Barrasse and Lamar Saxon are polar opposites, at least on the golf course.
Barrasse is quiet, very business-like, and plays left-handed. Saxon is a free-spirited soul, and plays right-handed.
But except for swinging from opposite sides of the ball, the two were so much alike in Wednesday afternoonÆs Pioneer Athletic Conference Final Four semifinal showdown with Upper Perkiomen at Hickory Valley G.C.
Both overcame shaky starts to post even-par 36s and lead the Bears to a surprisingly easy 199-217 win over the Indians, which means theyÆll tee it up again this afternoon (2 p.m.) against Spring-Ford at Gilbertsville G.C. for the PAC-10 title.
Barrasse, the individual tournament runner-up a week ago, offset a bogey at the third hole with a birdie on the sixth to finish at level par. Saxon found himself 2-over through four holes, but went 2-under over the final five holes to match his teammateÆs card.
ōWe just get each other going, no matter who is playing better,ö said Saxton, who struggled at the outset with bogeys at one and four but negated both with birdies at five and eight. ōWe get each other pumped up.ö
ōI think we keep each other relaxed, and that helps us both have a good time,ö added Barrasse. ōWeÆre confident weÆll be on our game.ö
Though thereÆs an occasional snicker, thereÆs surely no bickering between them ... and that was never more evident than throughout their round on the Presidential Course.
But they did get plenty of help from the rest of the BearsÆ lineup. Travis Poley had a 41, and Andrew Grofe, Cam Long and Evan Farkosh all had 43s Ś only two of the three of which were needed to round out the Boyertown count. Nonetheless, all three played well, as did both Dylan Miller (44) and Zach Strohl (44).
And those scores overshadowed a solid round by Upper PerkiomenÆs Drew Kriebel Ś who played in the first group with Barrasse and Saxon and was at even-par before a double-bogey on the 362-yard, par-4 ninth left him with a 38.
ōI donÆt think we were as worried about the team as we were the (course) conditions,ö Saxon said.
ōThe course conditions mean a lot,ö added Barrasse, who like everyone else Wednesday didnÆt have to endure the downpour Spring-Ford and Methacton did in their semifinal a day earlier. ōThe greens were a little slow (because of the wet grounds), and it was tough making putts.ö
Perhaps, but neither Barrasse nor Saxon had any three-putts.
ōKnowing the course, and knowing where to miss, helps a lot,ö Saxon said.
Upper Perkiomen got support behind Kriebel from Mitch Siwy (41) and Austin Bennett (42). And Dan Loose, playing alongside Kriebel in the first group, was having a solid round going into the final two holes. But both of his drives found fairway bunkers and his approaches came up well short and got lost in the fescue, leading to a triple-bogey and double-bogey, respectively. His 46 still counted, as did Blake BennettÆs 50.
But they couldnÆt come close to matching BoyertownÆs depth.
ōOverall it was a good day,ö said Bears head coach Mark Takacs. ōGoing under 200 was a nice surprise, especially with the wet conditions and also because weÆve been around 207 the last two weeks.ö
Takacs took his team out to Hershey over the weekend for a 15-team invitational. The Bears responded with a fifth-place finish.
ōI think that settled their nerves a little,ö Takacs said. ōIÆll tell you, there was a point I didnÆt even think weÆd be here (in the Final Four). After we lost to Owen J. Roberts we were 2-2, and hadnÆt even played Spring-Ford, Perkiomen Valley and some other teams yet. But the kids began playing better, and they have seemed to have peaked at the right time.ö
Upper Perkiomen head coach John Brittain had no regrets about the WednesdayÆs setback, or the IndiansÆ season.
And for good reason ... they were just 3-6 a year ago, and were making just their second appearance in the PAC-10Æs final format.
ōJust making the Final Four was our goal,ö Brittain said. ōWeÆre just thrilled for our four seniors to be able to extend the season for them. Only four teams had six wins or more and we were one of them. They played more competitive golf (in the offseason), and our seniors were committed to getting better.
ōIÆm pleased. We didnÆt play well today, but on our best day I donÆt know if we couldÆve done better here (at Hickory). IÆm really proud of (Kriebel). He was struggling, but came back and battled, which shows something. He stepped up. But it was tough, real tough to come from a 36-36 (that Barrasse and Saxon posted).ö
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EA CEO John Riccitiello steps down, and you should be afraid
Electronics Arts has announced that CEO John Riccitiello is stepping down, effective March 30. Larry Probst will step up as executive chairman and lead the company while they look for a new CEO. "The Board will consider internal and external candidates with the assistance of a leading executive search firm," EA said in a statement.
The move isn't entirely unexpected. EA may be crowing about the relative success of Real Racing 3, and they just announced that SimCity has sold over 1.1 million units in its first week of availability, but Kotaku has pulled up EA's stock performance under the leadership of Riccitiello, and it's not a pretty picture. We've discussed EA's problems with getting its AAA business in shape, even though its digital business, most notably the free-to-play Simpson's Tapped Out, has grown in recent years.
Riccitiello was blunt about his reason for leaving in his own statement. "My decision to leave EA is really all about my accountability for the shortcomings in our financial results this year," he wrote. "It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the Street, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago. And for that, I am 100 percent accountable."
Being accountable for the company's low performance doesn't keep Riccitiello from enjoying a delightful severance package. "As part of Riccitiello's separation agreement, he'll receive 24 months of salary continuation and continued vesting of unvested stock options until Nov. 30, 2013, with those options exercisable until Feb. 28, 2014," Polygon reported.
So why should you be scared? The new CEO is going to come in with a mandate to increase earnings, bump up the stock price, and to try to get EA closer to its 2007 heights. Executives have already stated that the market has spoken on free-to-play games (spoiler warning: the market loves free-to-play games) and microtransactions (spoiler warning: EA loves microtransactions). We're scheduled to check out Battlefield 4 at next week's Game Developers Conference, and I'm a little scared of how EA will have tried to wrest money from that particular franchise.
I'd love to see an EA that doesn't mind trying new things, and allowing games to build an audience while treating the player with respect. That's a strategy that only works on the long term, however, and it's very likely the company will do whatever it can to improve it's short to midterm performance. Be afraid.


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Ron Roenicke's drafted the starting lineup he'll match against the St. Louis Cardinals in Sunday's NLCS Game 1, and you're not going to believe it:
Corey Hart, RF
Jerry Hairston Jr., 3B
Ryan Braun, LF
Prince Fielder *, 1B
Rickie Weeks, 2B
Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
Carlos Gomez, CF
Jonathan Lucroy, C
Zack Greinke, SP
Wow! Zack Greinke! When did the Brewers pull that trade off?!
So this is Roenicke's lefty lineup. By which I mean, this is the lineup Roenicke uses against a lefty. It's the same lineup he used against Joe Saunders in the NLDS, with the Lucroy/George Kottaras exception. The difference between this and his righty lineup is that Gomez is starting in place of Nyjer Morgan, and Hairston is batting higher up.
Gomez, see, is a right-handed hitter with a career .679 OPS against lefties. Morgan is a left-handed hitter with a career .558 OPS against lefties. Seriously, check this out: .201/.288/.270. That's Nyjer Morgan over 381 career plate appearances against left-handed pitchers. Two home runs. Really horrible.
Hairston bats second because he's a righty with contact and on-base ability, and because Gomez would be a really terrible #2 hitter. Gomez's .679 OPS against lefties comes with a .287 OBP. Carlos Gomez makes a lot of outs. You don't want your #2 hitter to make a lot of outs, unless they're intentional, sacrifice outs. Which #2 hitters make all the time...
Anyway, this is a good lineup, as it's always been. It might be a great lineup if Weeks can get going, but he's an unknown, given the state of his ankle. Thankfully for the Brewers, Weeks is only their third or fourth most important bat.


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Dolphins snag former Ravens LB Ellerbe
The Dolphins continued their spending spree on Tuesday and surprised many by signing former Ravens LB Dannell Ellerbe on Tuesday.
Browns strike early, sign Kruger
The Browns' revamped regime made an early free-agent statement with the signing of Ravens OLB Paul Kruger.
49ers acquire WR Boldin from Ravens
The 49ers acquired veteran WR Anquan Boldin from the Super Bowl champion Ravens in exchange for a 2013 sixth-round pick, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson first reported on Monday.
Ravens, Flacco agree to new contract
The Ravens agreed on a new contract with QB Joe Flacco, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer first reported.
Baltimore Ravens: 2013 team needs
We highlight the top three needs on offense and defense for the Baltimore Ravens, and take a look back at their 2012 draft class.
John Harbaugh to be inducted into Miami's 'Cradle of Coaches'
Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be inducted into the "Cradle of Coaches" association at his alma mater Miami University next year.
Ravens' Jones joins 'Dancing With the Stars'
Ravens WR Jacoby Jones is the newest contestant to join TV's "Dancing With the Stars."
Ravens C Matt Birk retires after 15 seasons in NFL
Matt Birk has decided to retire after 15 seasons in the NFL, the last winning a Super Bowl title with the Baltimore Ravens.
Ravens, Flacco's agent to meet in Indy
The Ravens and Joe Flacco's agent plan to meet this weekend in their first attempt to reach a new contract for the Super Bowl MVP.
Eagles sign QB Dixon
The Eagles signed QB Dennis Dixon to a two-year contract on Thursday, the team announced.
Fans march with Ravens' parade to packed stadium
Baltimore celebrated with its Super Bowl champion Ravens on Tuesday, with thousands of fans lining the streets and packing the team's stadium for a celebration.
Bears would be silly to let Hester become next Jacoby Jones
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Parade for Ravens to include stadium celebration
A parade in Baltimore for the Ravens will begin at City Hall on Tuesday morning and end with a free celebration at M&T Bank Stadium.
Super Bowl XLVII heroes and goats
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Flacco named MVP of Super Bowl XLVII
Ravens QB Joe Flacco won the Pete Rozelle Trophy Sunday night as the MVP of Super Bowl XLVII.
Baltimore places left Harewood on the inactive list.||||||| Harewood started the first five games and is not listed on the injury report.
Baltimore placed Harewood on injured reserve.||||||| The tackle, nicknamed 'Big Mon' due to his size, will try to get healthy for 2012.
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The Taste of Northern Cincinnati was held Sunday afternoon at the Sharonville Convention Center providing samplings from 22 local restaurants.
Unlike similar Taste events, The Taste of Northern Cincinnati was an all-you-can-eat event. Patrons paid one price at the door and were able to sample as much food as they desired.
Some of the participating restaurants included Stone Creek Dining, Uno's, Max & Erma's, LaRosa's Parkers Blue Ash Tavern, Gliers Goetta, J Gumbo's and The Spicy Olive.
The event, dubbed the largest indoor Taste event in Cincinnati, provided plenty of food, entertainment and kids activities.
Participants at the Taste were given the opportunity to vote for the best appetizer, soup/salad, entrée and desert.
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MISSION - Inez Flores, 98, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, at Mission Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Mission.
She was born to Isauro Flores and Videla Rivera on Jan. 21, 1915 in Mission.
Survivors include her daughters, Ester Lemus and Christina Gonzalez; sons, Daniel Botello and Alex Moises Rivera; and 25 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her sons, Abel Botello and Leonel Botello.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 1 to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Flores Funeral Home in Mission. The funeral mass will be held on Friday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Interment follows at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Mission.
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Countdown's Rachel Riley, and current star of Strictly Come Dancing, takes time out from her training to discuss her beloved Manchester United…
Which players have stood out for you?
Rooney has been in great form, which has been brilliant to see. He's scored some great goals and produced some good performances. Januzaj looks a really exciting player too - his winner at Sunderland was brilliant. Hopefully there are more goals to come.
Have you managed to get to Old Trafford this season?
No I haven't yet because of Strictly, but I've followed all the games. The one I properly sat down to watch was the Manchester derby but we'll forget that one! Hopefully I'll get to come soon. I'll definitely be finished on Strictly by Christmas at the latest so I'll be here with my dad as soon as I can.
How has the Strictly experience been so far?
I'm loving it, I didn't realise how much I would. It's been so much fun but it's also hard work. It's like learning to walk again and I'm using muscles I didn't know existed! There is more skill involved than you think - you're doing lots of spins, turns, and lifts - in heels! I'm loving the challenge though and getting such a buzz from


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SEATTLE (AP) — The man accused of driving drunk when his pickup truck hit Dennis and Judith Schulte crossing a Seattle street is scheduled for arraignment this morning in King County Superior Court.
Mark W. Mullan is charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving.
Prosecutors say the 50-year-old had a blood alcohol level of .22 percent after the March 25 accident.
The crash killed Dennis and Judith Schulte, retired teachers from Kokomo, who recently moved to Seattle.
Their daughter-in-law, 33-year-old Karina Ulriksen-Schulte and her infant son, Elias, were critically injured and remain in Harborview Medical Center.
Mullan is jailed with bail set at $2.5 million. If convicted he would face 15 to 19 years in prison.


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No. 11 Dominates Week 2; Is 11 The New Sexy?
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Alex Smith - The 49ers Plan B hasn't been 49ers-flashy, but he's been deadly efficient. Smith holds a 94.7 passer rating (four touchdowns, zero interceptions). The Chiefs are 2-0, equaling the team's 2012 win total.
Tavon Austin - The No. 8 overall draft pick hauled in his first two career touchdown receptions in St. Louis' 31-24 loss to Atlanta.
Austin also rushed two times for 8 yards taking his season total to seven. He's now just 230 yards behind league leader LeSean McCoy.
Julian Edelman - In the Patriots' Wet & Ugly over the Jets, Edelman caught 13 passes for 78 yards. That's 6.0 yards per catch. For context, Adrian Peterson's averaged 6.0 yards every time he ran the ball in 2012.
Trindon Holliday - The Broncos special teams ace returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown in Denver's 41-23 win over the Giants.
Eddie Royal - Royal caught 8 passes for 90 yards with three touchdowns in the Chargers win over the Eagles. He has five scores through two games after totaling five in his previous 52.
*Unconfirmed reports suggest there are 11 people who are excited about Jaguars football. This may or may not include family members.
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Brian Yealland, University Chaplain
Brian Yealland, MDiv'72, became Queen's Chaplain in 1983, and has been an integral part of the Queen's community. He acts as minister and supporter to students, staff and faculty. An ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, Mr. Yealland is also a campus advocate for all people and faith groups, assuring that their religious and spiritual needs are accommodated and celebrated.
Mr. Yealland has known all the recipients of the John Orr Award going back to 1983, and has attended the awards dinner for several years. When hearing that he was this year's recipient, he thought that with so many other people in line for the award maybe there was a mistake.
"Then I thought about the very distinguished list of people who have received the award, and I felt very honoured," he says. "It was still possible that it was a mistake, but I decided that until I heard that, I'd continue to just feel very honoured indeed."
Mr. Yealland never knows what a day will bring. "It's always an adventure," he says. "Any day can bring great joy or great sorrow, or both."
There are always requests for financial assistance, counseling, weddings and funerals, support of a religious or spiritual nature, or administrative support for any of the religious groups, in regard to their holy days and accommodation needs.
"There are always people I am concerned about and they may receive a call from me or I may wander the campus, just checking on how they are doing," he says. "Not every day brings a crisis, but when one arises, I am suddenly in a very different mode, and often fully engaged for a considerable period of time."
Mr. Yealland will receive the 2010 John Orr Award in Toronto on November 20. The award is given annually by the Toronto Branch of the QUAA to celebrate significant contribution to the life and welfare of Queen's University.
The John Orr Award Dinner sold out early this year, but members of the Queen's community can still send their good wishes to Mr. Yealland by email.


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on Jan 31, 2008 at 11:52 am
I don't think we should be teaching Mandarin just to enable children to speak to their non English speaking grandparents, or to teach culture to those who have chosen to live in a country different from their own culture or even so that their Saturday mornings will be free for other activities.
Since prospective Ohlone parents have to write an essay, I trust that this sort of reasoning will not be the ones that are chosen for this program.
Oh, and to get it right, I think all elementary schools in Palo Alto do not have children sitting in straight rows behind desks in kindergarten, 1st grade or other lower grades in elementary school. And as for culture, my kids all know about Chinese New Year, playing with dreidels and Channukah candles and putting their shoes outside for St. Nick on 6th December, as well as many more cultural activities from around the world and they do not go to Ohlone.
on Jan 31, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Well, I'm not surprised at all by the for-the-sake-of-the-grandparents rationale. Of course, that's a big reason--always was. I know enough MIers to know that the heritage-language aspect was pretty much the number one reason for the push. It's a perfectly good reason to study a language, though not, in my opinion, to crowd out other public-school programs. Particularly when other options are available.
Zhang's comment interests me. The issue in dual-immersion programs has always been the recruitment of the ESL speakers. They have that issue in Cupertino. I don't see how they won't have it here. I suspect Hoover will continue to the option of choice for many of the more recent immigrant families.
Though what are the desk arrangments at Hoover . . .
on Jan 31, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Was there any discussion at the meeting about having a public lottery? A number of us have asked for this as a way to ensure that the lottery is truly random and impartial.


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Mass death soon may be coming to a neighborhood near you, and the Department of Homeland Security will be helpless to prevent it. The terrorist in this case will be a mutant offspring of influenza A subtype H5N1: the explosively spreading avian virus that the World Health Organization (WHO) worries will be the progenitor of a deadly global plague.
The most lethal massacre in human history was the 1918-19 influenza pandemic that culled more than 2 percent of humanity (40-50 million people) in a single winter. Although never proven, many researchers believe that the pandemic was caused by a bird virus that exchanged genes with a human strain and thus acquired the ability to spread easily from person to person. Humans have little immune protection against such species' jumps.
The biological reservoir of influenza is the mixed agriculture of southern
Breakneck urbanization, a soaring demand for poultry and pork, and what Science magazine recently characterized as "denser concentrations of larger poultry farms without appropriate biological safeguards" create optimum conditions for the rapid evolution of viruses and their promiscuous passage from one species to another.
Influenza, indeed, is like a viral fashion industry: every winter changing styles (glycoprotein coats) to create new strains, but then, perhaps every 30 years, undergoing a revolution (species jump) that unleashes a virulent pandemic.
The last pandemic killed half a million people in 1968, but scientists interviewed by Nature and Science expressed fears that H5N1 might be on the verge of evolving into something more like the 1918-19 monster. Although so far we have confirmation only that it has been transmitted by direct contact with birds and especially their droppings, the current strain is far more lethal than last year's SARs epidemic that caused so much international havoc. As a result, a top researcher told Nature, "Everyone's preparing for the worst-case scenario." At this moment, WHO investigators are checking on the terrifying possibility that the first human-to-human transmission has already occurred in
Moreover H5N1 is spreading at a much higher velocity than previous avian flus. There have been outbreaks annually since 1997 — a phenomenon that puzzled WHO researchers until they discovered that migratory birds are dying in large numbers across
H5N1′s progress has also been abetted by poor monitoring and government secrecy in half a dozen countries, but especially in
This winter's moderate flu epidemic, which overwhelmed emergency rooms and quickly used up supplies of vaccine, vividly demonstrated how ill-prepared even the richest countries are to deal with an imminent pandemic. Current vaccine production lines, which depend upon a limited supply of fertile hen eggs, couldn't meet even a fraction of potential demand.
But a true pandemic would probably overwhelm the world long before a vaccine could be developed and produced in large quantities. The potential accelerators of a new plague are the huge slums of
The bustees of Kolkata, the chawls of Mumbai, the kampungs of
Last fall the United Nations Human Settlements Program published a historic report, The Challenge of Slums, warning that slums across the world were growing in their own hothouse, viral fashion. One billion people, mainly uprooted rural migrants, are currently warehoused in shantytowns and squatters' camps, and the number will double in the next generation.
The authors of the report broke with traditional UN circumspection to squarely blame the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its neocolonial 'conditionalities' for spawning slums by decimating public-sector spending and local manufacturing throughout the developing world.
During the debt crisis of the 1980s, the IMF, backed by the Reagan and Bush administrations, forced most of the third world to downsize public employment, devalue currencies and open their domestic markets to imports. The results everywhere were an explosion of urban poverty and sharp fall-offs in public services.
A principal target of IMF austerity programs has been urban public health. In
Thanks to global neo-liberalism, then, disease surveillance and epidemic response are weakest precisely where they are most important: in the mega-slums of
In that event, it would consume more than just the poor. Once a new pandemic had acquired the momentum of mass mortality in
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---- — ELWOOD — Sammy Mireles' pursuit of the state rushing title is an extremely important storyline for the Elwood football team this fall.
But one of the season's biggest goals all along has been defending the program's Central Indiana Conference championship. In that regard, tonight's game against Eastbrook (2-2, 2-0 CIC) couldn't be larger.
"It's a big game because it's the next one," Elwood coach Marty Wells said. "That's kind of the mentality we took last year. The more you win, the bigger they become next week."
Elwood (2-0, 2-2) is coming off a wild 74-54 win at Madison-Grant that Wells said was unlike any other in his 14 seasons as a head coach. Elwood trailed 34-26 midway through the third quarter then scored 42 unanswered points to take control.
The Argylls hammered Elwood with a unique rushing attack out of extremely tight formations. Wells likes to say Madison-Grant's offense would fit in a phone booth, and that's not far off the truth.
Constant motion by the guards and backs keeps defenses guessing where the ball is, and the scheme has been consistently effective. Against Elwood, Madison-Grant had three rushers top the 100-yard mark and gained 543 yards on the ground overall.
"It's a difficult offense to defend," Wells said. "Especially the first time you see it."
Wells was more concerned that Elwood allowed the Argylls to make some big plays in the passing game — an area that is hardly the team's strong suit — to get out of third- and fourth-down situations.
The challenge against Eastbrook is different but just as daunting.
After losing its first two non-conference games to start the season, Eastbrook has exploded against CIC foes. The team has won by scores of 62-8 and 62-0 in the past two weeks, and the attack centers around star quarterback Jacob Singer.
A dual-threat with his arm and his legs, Singer has thrown for 176 yards (on just four completions) and run for 388 yards this year.
"He is a man," Wells said. "He is a beast. He is an athlete. Any superlative adjective you want to come up with for a football player, that's got No. 10 written all over it."
Elwood will need to be disciplined in its own defensive scheme and not allow Singer to take advantage of the seams.
"He's definitely the straw that stirs that drink, and everything revolves around him," Wells said. "As the quarterback, he'll have the ball in his hands on every play. We've got to get the ball out of his hands. And that is easier said than done. I think we have a great plan. We just have to execute that plan."
Wells expected the CIC to be a "four-horse pony show" entering the season. He saw his team competing with Eastbrook, Mississinewa and Oak Hill for the league title. Alexandria's upset of Mississinewa last week might also throw the Tigers (3-1, 1-1) into the mix.
Oak Hill visits Alexandria on homecoming tonight.
"Alexandria has definitely closed the gap a lot," Wells said. "It didn't surprise me they beat Mississinewa. (Coach) Pete (Gast) has done a great job since he's been there."
The large number of teams involved in the race only reinforces the idea the conference championship will not be determined tonight.
As big as tonight's game is, win or lose, bigger days for both teams lie ahead.
"We're trying to keep our feet on the ground," Wells said, "and our head out of the sky."


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The Indiana State Museum is the only venue for this exhibition that will run through Aug. 4.
Visitors through March 2 can also view a rare copy of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery, and a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Because the fragile documents cannot be exposed to light for long periods of time, they are rarely on display.
The 13th Amendment, of course, was the focus of the Steven Spielberg-directed movie that details the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. The Indiana State Museum exhibition, however, spans five generations of the Lincolns, who first came to Indiana in 1816. The museum wanted to offer a different, more personal perspective, said Dale Ogden, senior curator of cultural history.
"There is no one person more mythologized than Abraham Lincoln," Ogden said. "This exhibition will help break some of the myths, while also giving visitors a greater understanding of the very complex Lincoln family throughout five generations."
More than 150 objects will be on display, including handwritten letters, photographs, Tiffany jewelry, candelabra, and other family keepsakes. The Indiana State Museum has one of the world's most important collections of Lincoln artifacts - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection - given to the State of Indiana in 2008. Objects from this collection will be joined by about 40 artifacts on loan from several of America's leading historical institutions.
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- The Sum Book. With less than two years of formal schooling, at age 15 Lincoln carefully assembled sheets of paper and created his own book on which to practice math problems. Over the years, the pages were separated, but the Indiana State Museum has five pages on display. It is the largest grouping ever shown in one place.


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The article I read this week was about geniuses getting rthic passes. This pass refers to what certain people do when confronted with a mental decision. This mental decision stems from when someone of higher skill of doing something, like the movie directors mentioned in the article, are so good at what they do that the unethical habits they have become shadowed by their fame and abilities. The article follows a police officer that was hired by the famous movie director Roman Polanski. At this point, the police officer was very happy that he got the part in the movie. He was also on very good terms with Mr. Polanski. This connection was put to the test when the police officer found out that Polanski had drugged and raped a 13 year old girl. As the story goes, the police officer had realized there was a truth vs loyalty relationship. As Polanski was being prosecuted, he fled to Paris. The police officer put the fact that he had commited a felony and chose loyalty over truth even offering to come out and see hime, which he did. He said they had a great time. In my opinion, this was exactly how the article started, a person giving a "genius" a pass. He ends the article with explaining why "regular" everyday people like cops, plumbers, and businessman aren't given these ethical passes when people who just as much don't deserve them, recieve them. For this I agree that no one should be given an ethical pass but only on the grounds not knowing enough information.
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Herman Cain calls it his bold 9-9-9 plan. The idea is to scrap the current very confusing tax code and replace it with a simple flat tax.
Cain says this would be a fair tax. Instead of having, as is currently the case, only 53 percent of the country pay any federal income tax, everyone would pay something and the same percentage, 9 percent.
The corporate tax rate would drop from the current top rate of 35 percent, to, you guessed it 9 percent. And the plan would create a whole new tax. A national sales tax again set at 9 percent.
The 9-9-9 plan has helped to push Cain to a front runner for the nomination and that drew a lot of attention during Tuesday night's debate.
"I think it is a catchy phrase. In fact I thought it was a price of a pizza when I first heard it," said former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. Here's what we need, we need something that is doable, doable, and doable."
Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann added "When you take 999 plan and turn it upside down I think the devil's in the details."
Some pretty good shots were taken at the plan. But kidding aside the details are important. There are 2 major criticisms of the plan.
Would the plan raise enough revenue to replace the current tax code?
Cain claims his system would raise as much tax revenue as the current complex system of federal income tax, corporate taxes and payroll taxes. He believes his plan could bring in additional revenue by boosting economic growth.
Tax experts from various nonpartisan think tanks, including the Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan group, say without seeing more details of the plan than Cain has released thus far, they can't say for sure whether the system would match current tax collections, or add to the deficit. They also say it is theoretically possible if you are taxing all consumption.
Keep in mind, the 9 percent could bring in more corporate tax money than the current system because the plan eliminates most tax loopholes and would charge a consumption tax on businesses that purchase goods from other businesses. Those would no longer be tax write-offs. Which would make it more like a value added tax on corporations.
The other big question, is the 9-9-9 plan fair to low income Americans?
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Under Cain's plan, only 9 percent would be taken which would result in every working American paying 6 percent less in federal taxes than they do now.
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Much of this plan still has to be explained. There does appear to be one major flaw. What happens if the federal government says it needs more money?
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OTTAWA – The NDP has called for an emergency House of Commons committee meeting to review Canada Post's decision to eliminate door-to-door delivery, slash up to 8,000 jobs and jack up the price of stamps.
While the House of Commons adjourned Tuesday for the Christmas break, effectively shutting down all committee business until the end of January, the Opposition notes the shake-up at Canada Post came the following day, leaving no time to seek answers from government.
"They announced it only hours after Parliament rose for the holidays and the minister responsible for Canada Post has been missing in action," transport critic Olivia Chow said Friday. "The Conservative cuts will destroy Canada's long-cherished postal services."
In a letter to Conservative Larry Miller, the chair of the standing committee on transport, infrastructure and communities, Chow asked that a meeting be convened "as soon as possible" to discuss the decision.
The NDP is "deeply concerned by this change" which is "detrimental to seniors and those with reduced mobility," she said, arguing the Crown corporation's online consultation process was inadequate.
"It is imperative that the committee be convened in order to study the implications of these changes that will directly affect customer service and the long-term viability of Canada Post," she wrote.
In order to call an emergency meeting when the House is not sitting, four MPs must make the request in writing to the committee clerk. A meeting to consider the request must be held within five calendar days and 48 hours' notice must be given to committee members if a meeting then takes place.
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Real Madrid made things tough on themselves with a poor first half performance against Malaga in the first leg of their Copa Del Rey tie, but they dug themselves out of a hole to make themselves favorites for the second leg. Malaga jumped out to a 2-0 lead over Los Merengues, with goals from Sergio Sanchez and Martin Demichelis, and appeared like they were going to hold on for a huge win at the Bernabeu. Somewhere around the 60th minute, Madrid decided to step on the gas.
Once they got rolling, there was no stopping them. Sami Khedira and Gonzalo Higuain leveled the match, scoring 69th and 70th minute goals to stun their visitors. Karim Benzema would give his side the lead just eight minutes later, and they held on for a 3-2 victory. The second leg is in Malaga next week, and while Madrid will be favorites to advance, they won't be happy that they've made it so touch on themselves.
The other three Monday matches featured La Liga teams taking on lower division clubs, and all of the La Liga sides fared poorly. Athletic Bilbao drew Albacete 0-0. Levante was defeated by Alcorcon 2-1, and Mirandes defeated Racing Santander 2-0.
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FILM fans visiting Hereford's Odeon are paying almost £2 more for their tickets than those visiting the cinema chain in nearby cities.
An adult visiting the city's picture house on Commercial Road during peak hours will find themselves paying out £8.80, or if they pre-book a ticket online £9.30.
In Bristol's Odeon cinema, however, the cost is just £7.10, or £7.60 online.
Meanwhile, in Birmingham the ticket would cost £7.25 if you paid in the cinema, or £7.75 if you booked on the internet.
A family ticket at Hereford – for one adult and three children, or two adults and two children – is £27.40 but this can be as high as £37.80 to watch in 3D, after glasses have been bought.
Yet in Cardiff, a family ticket during peak time costs just £22.80, and £34.10 for a 3D viewing.
The news is not much better for senior citizens. Those aged over 60 pay £4.20 in Birmingham and £6.10 in Hereford.
But while cinemas elsewhere boast multi-screen facilities – Birmingham New Street has eight as well as premier seating options – Hereford has only one screen yet still remains the most expensive.
Tickets at Worcester's Odeon, for example, are on average 20p less than in Hereford to see the same film.
Odeon bosses have defended the prices, however, and say that ticket charges are competitive in each individual market place, and not set nationwide.
A spokesman for Odeon said: "Odeon regularly undergoes price reviews across its portfolio and is continually working to maintain an enjoyable guest experience through investment in the quality of service and facilities available."
Odeon also confirmed prices for the new proposed cinema – which will be part of Hereford's Old Market development – have not yet been set but will be provided "as soon as possible."
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The seats are so comfortable that you can sit there for hours
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Odeon in Worcester is £8.70 for a standard adult ticket for a 2D film.
Odeon in Hereford is £8.80 for a standard adult ticket for a 2D film.
Hereford's Odeon is 80p cheaper than Vue, which is the one most people go to, therefore Hereford's prices are in fact not the highest.
Worcester's Odeon is only 10p cheaper, which is such a small amount it is hardly even relevant. On price alone I'd be amazed if anybody chose Worcester Odeon ahead of Herford Odeon, with it costing far more to travel there than the actual saving on ticket price.
I do wish we were getting a Cineworld (their monthly package means a good saving if viewing a few films a month) but all in all it's cinema prices across the whole UK that are obscene, not just Hereford, and not just Odeon.
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ad47uk says...
2:29pm Wed 21 Aug 13
mizza21 says...
I don't go to the Hereford Odeon because it's outdated and a bit unloved.
I wonder what it'll become when the new one opens. I hope it's bingo. Hereford really needs a great big bingo hall.
Or perhaps a huge warehouse style nightclub. That would be excellent.
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I feel excited about JJ at the helm of Star Wars as long as he captures the spirit and tone of the original trilogy then we will be fine.
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I can see where Moore's words could be viewed as insults. But I would probably view the people who were most offendes by it as being perhaps slightly blinkered towards the 70's show and simply not open to a different take. That happens. But when your central concept is the decimation of a population then I guess you have to decide just what your general tone is going to be and where you want to put characters. Then go with it.
I'm sure that there could be argued that depending on your POV then there could be pretension in elements of BSG. But there's pretension in Star Trek as well (usually when Picard gets fired up every now and again). It just kind of crops in there sometimes. Of course depending on one's inclinations it may not be viewed as pretension.
I don't mind a certain fluidity to tone certainly myself. The largest issue is agreeing on whether certain Trek elements are 'gone' or not. And we know that calculation differs for a lot of people not just on this forum. And it doesn't mean people who enjoyed Star Trek care less or don't mind...............it's simply arriving at a different conclusion based on material. At the end of the day that sometimes cannot be reconciled between those who do disagree.
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Friend, Horatio,
I hope my one statement did not sound like it was angled toward you. No, not at all. I fully understand your position. I was simply referring to this one dude/ette who really took the ideology position a wee bit too far.
Just will put his stamp on Star Wars and it will be no less cinematic than the last crop, how could it be anything less. Same as Trek, there will never be a return to the good old days... They're over... Some people will be disappointed that's a given.
The next TV Series should be called STARFLEET!
Believe it or not, my friend, there are a few fans of classic Galactica out there who see "let's agree to disagree" as nothing more than a cop out to not succumbing to one of their new series rants. You either love classic Galactica, or you're a GINOid (GINO = Galactica In Name Only.....GINOid = someone who supposedly loves new Galactica at the expense of the original show.)
Another big problem some classic fans had: Critics kept heaping praise on the new series (and rightfully so), but at the expense of the original series, by calling the original "cheesy", "campy", "full of 70's trappings (feathered hair, disco balls, disco lights", "kiddified", etc. Supposedly, that was bad enough, but it was the more hard core fans of the new series who agreed with these critics who decided to take it down to the fan level, and apparently began bullying old series fans. A sort of "See....your team does suck!" mentality. But, that was a small caste, attacking another small caste, similar to how a small caste of one sports collectives' fans attacking another small caste of opposing sports collectives' fans. And there are a few of those old series fans who will never forgive or forget. They cling onto this notion of being bullied as their levee against anything remotely to do with the new series.
However, it was not entirely the new series' fans' fault. Some original series fans were equally at fault for attacking those who dared suggest that the new series had something worthy to offer.
My position was: "I don't care who started it, it's b.s. that this fan-warring ever became engaged in in the first place."
Both shows, as indeed any show, are products of their time.
The original series was produced in a time when Standards and Practices were a lot more strict. The original Galactica was intended to have a somewhat more mature context, but because of the time slot that the series aired, basically "family hour", a lot of concessions had to be made.
The new series was obviously not so constrained, and even found a few clever ways to get around censors. The reworking of the word "frak" to represent a current day "f-bomb", when in the original series, "frak" was just another innocent swear similar to "darn" or "heck". Some original series fans hated that perversion of the word. Most of the jaded fans are simply upset that a show they used to be able to watch with their parents is now a show that they themselves cannot watch with their own children, and feel that they don't want to watch in the first place.
That's why I show no devotion to any one particular show or movie...I am not a fanatic. I love both Galacticas, all Star Wars, and all Star Trek deeply, but not to the point of devotion where I cannot accept another's take on that show.
For me, the new Galactica was a truer representation of what I expected to see in a story about mankind's fall, and exodus to try and find sanctuary, succor, and support against those who sought their extinction.
The next TV Series should be called STARFLEET!
When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means that you will walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, means being abused and scorned. It may mean having a seven, eight year old child asking a daddy, "Why do you have to go to jail so much?" And I've long since learned that to be a follower to the Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. And my bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. - MLK, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
That was always a problem among the old school BSG fans as well.
"Reality?! Really?! Gritty, dark realism?! Battlestar Galactica is meant to be escapist! I watch Galactica to escape real-life, not relive it like the news!" Some would say.
In addition to reality, or realism, another of the mounting problems old school hardcores had was that the characters in the new Galactica series, and the settings seemed pretty much indistinguishable from contemporary humans and settings on Earth. "Suits and ties?! Humvees?! Really?! No one wearing robes, or otherworldly looking clothing?! These people might as well be from Earth. In no way do these people make me feel like they are our brothers from across the stars!"
"And why is so advanced a people (supposedly) not using energy weapons?! No laser weapons?! Why does everyone have to fire bullets!? They can have faster than light travel, but no lasers?!"
Ron Moore's intent was to make it a sort of allegory of 9/11. Old schoolers who hated the new show would retort that they had no problems relating with the characters of old, who had honor and hope, and flowing robes, instead of this nigh-dysfunctional society that wears suits and ties, and has bullet based weaponry, and in no way makes us think of otherworldly beings.
The arguments went on and on.
I once wrote a fanfiction called "Battlestar Galactica: Dark Exodus" which was a story of Galactica finding Earth, the Earth of 2039, which was just starting on the fringes of developing space based defenses. However, I am also someone who enjoys realism....and a few even hailed my work as being similar to that of Tom Clancy (high praise indeed, as Clancy is one of my favorite authors). But, the reason they could deal with the realism in my story is because I still kept the story in the vein of the original Glen A. Larson universe.
My latest (yet unfinished) work is "Galactica: The Last Battlestar", which is actually a melding of both the Glen Larson and Ron Moore Galactica universes, in such a way that it actually works. Characters like Starbuck, Boomer, and Cain are guys again. Characters like Valerii and Kara are their own persons. I gave a new naming convention to the story, since I always had a problem with "one name" names from the original series, that helps make distinctions among characters, but is compatible with the "one name" usage by making the "one name" element an informality in Colonial society. (Old schoolers had a problem with names like "Apollo" and "Starbuck" being call-signs, and not the names of old.) The ships of the Ron Moore era of Galactica were the old tech in my story. The classic Galactica (500 yahrens old in the original series) was actually the new "state of the art" battlestar in my tale. Amazingly enough, even the hardcores who hated just about everything of the new series, had a good time reading my story, because I helped them to clear hurdles they might not have had an easy time with had the story been entirely "new series" oriented. While my story contains many elements of the new series, it is largely in the spirit of the original Glen Larson universe.
And I think Ron Moore must have read my story too, because I've seen elements of my story in both the final episodes of the new series, and in Caprica, the short lived prequel series. (And I can tell you that my stories were in the works, and partially published online long before the final season of Galactica, or the airing of Caprica.) I ain't complaining though. Mine are simply fanfics, and if he wanted to use elements for his show, I, quite truthfully, am honored.
BSG simply modified the "high tech, low life" idea of cyberpunk (another short definition of this genre might be dystopian science-fiction with a corporatist background and a noir-ish foreground), it is low tech and low life. At least if we refer to the touchable technology, the drive system and the Cylons obviously imply technological improvements.
One main theme of BSG is the old sci-fi idea of androids being more human than ourselves (Bladerunner, Terminator) in terms of freedom or obsessions with a duty and so on and the resulting exploration of what it means to be human. This theme doesn't hinge on stupid details like whether there are guns with bullets or rays.
I only have a problem with the technological backwardness indirectly, insofar as it is a symptom of Moore's anti-Trek attitude. He hated technobabble which is dubious for a sci-fi writer but understandable, decided to get rid of technology to a large degree which is fine .... but then he ended up filling his show with theobabble and having a literal deux ex machina in the finale. I don't have a problem with religion in sci-fi but "God saved the day" is as lazy as "the tachyon beam saved the day" and if you talk the entire time about the paganism of humankind and Cylon monotheism you better fill it with some content.
So yeah, the deus ex machina and the vague religious talk (with the emphasis being on vague, not religious) are things I dislike.
When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means that you will walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, means being abused and scorned. It may mean having a seven, eight year old child asking a daddy, "Why do you have to go to jail so much?" And I've long since learned that to be a follower to the Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. And my bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. - MLK, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Not unlike those '100 reasons Abramstrek sucks' type lists that float around. When you set out to dislike a thing from the start..............people will eventually cling to anything in proclamation of it's percieved flaws.
Usually some have merit, some make you shrug your shoulders and go 'whatever'!
But I think getting bogged down in things like lasers is just missing any point the material has. The great enormous beauty of sci fi and all it's levels from hard sci fi to sci fi tinged with fantasy is that you can do it any way you want. You can go way the heck out there into the future with lasers and so what, or you can set it in very contemporary settings and it still is sci fi. Or a world that's just a little different than ours. From 'Star Wars' to 'Never Let Me Go' (a film that does not reveal itself as sci-fi for some time but ultimately is very much so when all is revealed).
A lot of that is whatever window dressing you want to use to dress up whatever story or theme you're telling.
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BALTIMORE, June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RMF Engineering, the Baltimore-based engineering firm, announced today that it has added a civil engineering team to its Columbus, Ohio office. Led by division manager Vince Jarrett, the multi-disciplinary team will provide civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, commissioning and utility distribution capabilities to the firm's Ohio-based clients.
RMF Engineering opened its Columbus office in 2011 to better serve its growing client base, including The Ohio State University (OSU), Ohio University, Case Western University, Medical Center Company, Miami University, Wright-Patterson AFB and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"RMF has been rooted in the Ohio market for many years, and as we expand our presence here we've recognized the need to add civil engineering capabilities to support client demand for these services," said Duane Pinnix, president and CEO of RMF. "We have been working with Vince and his team for a number of years in both subcontractor and prime contractor settings, and we're excited to have them join RMF as we continue to grow our Ohio client base."
The civil engineering team also includes Matt Burgdorf, Gregory Albrecht and Stephen Whalen who have extensive experience working with Jarrett previously at a Columbus-based civil engineering firm. Much of the team's previous work has included the modernization of the OSU campus facility.
With 17 years of experience in engineering design, Jarrett is responsible for directing all civil/site engineering design and construction administration projects. In this new role with RMF, Jarrett will continue to oversee the team's ongoing projects for OSU, including the east regional chiller plant distribution, the $1.1B medical center expansion and the expansion of the north residential district. Previously, Jarrett worked on the $100M replacement of OSU's Larkins Hall, upgrades to the university's steam and condensate distribution system and the improvement of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.
To learn more about RMF Engineering visit www.rmf.com.
About RMF Engineering
Founded in 1983, RMF Engineering provides planning, design, engineering, commissioning and facility assessment services globally to clients in the healthcare, higher education, laboratory/research and government sectors. The firm leads the industry in the development of new engineering production methods and technologies, including Building Information Modeling (BIM), carbon reduction strategies, and in-depth assessment technologies. A privately held company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, RMF has more than 200 employees in 11 U.S. offices.
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