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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In Texas, where attempts to expand gay rights have run into strong opposition from Republican leaders, lawmakers are considering new legal protections for sexually active gay teens.
Texas laws governing crimes of indecency with a child cover sexual contact with minors under the age of 17. They include a "Romeo and Juliet" legal defense if the couple is older than 14, in a consensual relationship and within three years of each other.
The law also says the couple must be of the "opposite sex."
Bills scheduled for public hearings in House and Senate committees on Tuesday seek to remove that language to give gay teens the same protection as heterosexuals.
Gay rights advocates call the distinction in the current law unfair and discriminatory.
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Weather postpones Padres' game in Chicago
Separate admission day-night doubleheader set for Wednesday
CHICAGO -- For the second time in less than a week, inclement weather has intruded upon the Padres' schedule. San Diego's game Tuesday at Wrigley Field was postponed due to the dismal conditions at the venerable ballpark. It will be made up Wednesday as part of a day-night doubleheader. The first game is scheduled for 11:20 a.m. PT; the second gets under way at 4:05 p.m.
"It's miserable out there now," said Padres manager Bud Black. "And the forecast doesn't look to be getting any better. Everybody wants to play the schedule, especially the home team.
"It's a home team decision, and for them to cancel a game this early, it's a sign that it was going to be poor at game time and beyond."
After the Padres played through a frigid 1-0, 10-inning loss on Monday that ended with snow flurries blowing around in a howling wind, the climate on Tuesday was even worse. A 30-mph gusting wind was blowing in off of Lake Michigan, blowing the constant drizzle into an all-encompassing spray. The temperature was in the mid-30s as of late afternoon. The forecast wasn't much better, with a near certainty of thunder showers and wind chills dipping into the 20s.
It was a setting much more conducive to a Bears-Chargers pairing at Soldier Field, a few miles to the south.
In a press release, the Cubs said the decision to postpone the game was "made in consultation with the club's weather service. The Cubs feel it is better to err on the side of caution, respect the dire forecast and postpone tonight's game at this early hour before the gates open even if the current weather forecast changes its course."
The Padres do not have another trip to Wrigley Field scheduled during the 2011 season, necessitating Wednesday's twin bill.
San Diego's Dustin Moseley, Tuesday's scheduled starter, will now take his turn in the first game on Wednesday, matching up with the Cubs' Matt Garza. In the nightcap, the Padres will send Aaron Harang to the hill against Chicago's James Russell.
The Padres don't have another day off scheduled until April 28, but Black wasn't ready to tackle the question of whether the club might need to call up someone to make an emergency start as a result of Wednesday's doubleheader.
"Let's get through tomorrow," said Black. "We'll tackle those questions when they arise."
The Cubs won Monday's series opener on Tyler Colvin's RBI double off San Diego reliever Chad Qualls. That dropped the Padres to 2-3 on their current seven-game road trip. On Thursday, San Diego begins a seven-game stand at PETCO Park with a 7:05 PT game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Bradford Doolittle is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I keep reading people saying that they think X team (their favorite team) is a better team than the Giants this past year.
I just have to ask: how do they measure that?
I just find it endlessly amusing that so many fans cite some unarticulated criteria of their own to judge who is or is not a better team.
If the criteria are not measured by on the field performance and results, what are they but speculative fantasies?
Let me break it down for everyone. This will just take a minute.
In the NFL team results are not measured by stats but by wins and losses. And because schedules are not all equal across the league, there's a tournament at the end to decide who is the best.
It's not complicated.
And that's why all this other stuff from some fan bases (you know who you are) is so entertaining. It's comedy gold because it's silly, churlish and - most of all - immune to reason.
So, here's an open call for arguments. For those of you who think your team or some other team was better than the New York Football Giants in 2011-2012, what are your criteria for making that judgment. . .besides what teams or players you like, I mean?
Please share your work with the class. Bonus comedy points for remarks about the looks on Eli's face.


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Making the announcement of a new firefighting pumper for the Port au Port region. From left: Tony Cornect, MHA for Port au Port; Bill Abbott, fire chief; Brian Bennett, mayor of Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove; Kevin O'Brien, municipal affairs minister, Eileen Hann, mayor of Port au Port East; and Michael McCann, councillor of Port au Port East.
Kevin O'Brien, municipal affairs minister, toured Bay St. George on Friday to announce government investments in firefighting and municipal infrastructure.
He started the day off in Stephenville, where he announced funding to purchase a new four-door pumper truck, which will be purchased by the town to serve Stephenville and help augment service to the region.
The town will avail of the 80/20 cost-share arrangement with the province to purchase the vehicle.
"This new vehicle, which is valued at approximately $230,000 and will be delivered in 2013, will not only serve Stephenville but will also provide assistance to the Bay St. George area," he said, in a prepared release.
"Our government is committed to assisting our towns and communities in providing important emergency and fire services to residents."
This new firefighting vehicle is intended to assist the region in the event of a large-scale emergency. Under the Emergency Services Act, communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador were required to have emergency management plans in place by May, 2012.
The town of Stephenville is the proponent and caretaker of the Bay St. George/ Port au Port Peninsula regional emergency management plan, which was approved and adopted in the area well ahead of this year's legislated deadline.
It was then on to the Town of Port au Port East, where it was announced a new firefighting pumper truck would be purchased.
"I commend the municipal councils of Port au Port East and Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove for coming together to provide the best level of fire protection services possible to residents," said Minister O'Brien, in another prepared release.
"Regionalization of fire protection services is, at times, the most effective, efficient means to provide adequate services and my officials stand ready to assist communities in figuring out the best way forward. I am pleased to support the efforts of the councils and their fire department by providing this significant funding to purchase a new pumper truck."
"Ensuring our communities have the appropriate municipal infrastructure is of utmost importance so that residents have the best service from their municipal governments." Minister Kevin O'Brien
The four-door pumper truck, valued at approximately $230,000, will assist in providing fire protection services to Port au Port East and Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove, as well as other communities in the area.
Following that announcement, the minister travelled to the Area Development Office in McKay's, Bay St. George South, where he announced approximately $1.1 million in municipal funding for area communities.
"One of the projects we are pleased to support is the engineering design for a new municipal building and fire hall for Bay St. George South," said Minister O'Brien, in a third prepared release.
"Ensuring our communities have the appropriate municipal infrastructure is of utmost importance so that residents have the best service from their municipal governments."
Stephenville Crossing will receive funding to upgrade a sewage pump station and wells and, as previously announced, the Town of Stephenville will carry out improvements to the Regional Aquatic Centre, including roof replacement and mechanical and ventilation upgrades.
Communities will share the cost of the project based on population, with the Provincial Government providing 80 per cent of the total cost for the Town of Stephenville and 90 per cent for Stephenville Crossing and Bay St. George South.


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Phys2301 – Atmospheric Physics, Spring 2010
This will hopefully be better organized and more meaningful as the semester progresses. Please let me know if you have weather and data sites that should be here.
In the news:
Feb 2010 – Iceberg rams Antarctic glacier
Water vapor saturation expressions (es as a function of Ts)
Current sounding data:
Animated maps of temperature, pressure and wind for North America:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/wx/surface.rxml (thanks, Nick)
Textbook website:
http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companion.jsp?ISBN=9780127329512 (thanks, Remi)
www.noaa.gov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
www.weatherunderground.com Forecast site
www.accuweather.com Forecast site
http://www.weather.com/index.html Weather Channel Forecast site
http://www.bobbreck.com/ Fox8
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html Drought
Monitor for the
http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos geodata government website for disaster planning
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/monitoring.html Climate monitoring
http://www.noaa.gov/pastweather.html historical weather data
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/ current reflectivity and velocity radar images of US
http://www.theozonehole.com/ Everything you'd ever want to know about Ozone plus access to current data
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Tedious and pretentious. Violet, the main character, has long monologues explaining things. Fast forwarded through most of it.
Felt like this was a character study. Not sure what the plot was or if there was A story. The characters were interesting and fun but I feel like I was just listening to a friend talk about a semester of college.
Best yet from Whit Stillman. It is so real it will pass by an unreal world.
Not up to The Last Days of Disco, but watchable . For a dialectic contrast,.. view this film as a 'double bill' with its opposite number, "Spring Breakers". ( Its O.K. to fast-forward on the later.)
I loved it. Quirky, intelligent, funny, with a fine, fine cast -- I picture many of my friends saying "what was the point," but well, I loved it.
There are certain people that are befuddled by Whit Stillman films. Viewers that like realism in their movies will be disappointed because his films are not about realistic interactions; they are fairy tales that are about witty dialogue, even while the characters may be dim witted. In fact, while lamenting the rarity of handwritten notes there is a reference to electronic communication, which almost seems out of place. Stillman isn't a particularly good films maker. His cuts can be awkward – he obviously does shoot much coverage. But what he lacks in technical prowess he makes up in the joy of film, and his unique ear for dialogue. I liked this movie because its charming and witty, but its not great.
If you didn't like The Last Days of Disco, you probably won't like this latest offering from Whit Stillman. I did like The Last Days of Disco, and I did enjoy Damsels in Distress. Sure there's not much of a plot. It doesn't really need one. It's kind of the girl's version of Napoleon Dynamite or Rushmore. When odd, offbeat guys are the focus of a movie, everyone thinks it's great. When odd, offbeat girls are the focus of a movie, people can barely muster the interest to watch. That's a shame. I loved the involved little conversations about wacky topics (e.g. Xorro). Greta Gerwig carried this movie and she made all the banality and minutiae of the life of an unstable and oddly aspirational girl something pretty neat to watch.
This is the fourth film from writer/director Whit Stillman, His previous films were Metropolitan, Barcelona and Last Days of Disco. His films are hard to describe because they are unique and very specific.This is not mainstream Hollywood fare. At first I was a little stumped by Damsels by once I gave in to this make-believe world I enjoyed it. It's really all about the dialogue which is at turns witty, smart, quirky and annoying. The lead, Greta Gerwig, is wonderful. I want to revisit his earlier films now.
I didn't really appreciate the humour- just a plain weird movie.
I saw the trailer and thought, Great - a quirky little comedy. It is quirky. But it's not funny. And it has no plot. It's just 99 minutes of people talking talking talking with terrible Muzak playing in the background.
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The Role of Tablets in the Enterprise
Tablets may one day soon take their place alongside PCs and smartphones as standard-issue IT equipment.
RIM finally released version 2.0 of its PlayBook OS last week, a software update that brings along a number of hotly anticipated features. Despite some criticisms, the general consensus is far from overwhelmingly negative this time around. Indeed, James Kendrick of ZDNet and Dan Rowinski of ReadWriteWeb praised PlayBook 2.0 for delivering outstanding value and being "fully baked," respectively.
Given that competing platforms such as the iOS and Android OS were not created with the corporate environment as a priority, how does the PlayBook OS 2.0 compare from a business-centric point of view? In this review, I highlight some of the new capabilities with an emphasis on its relevance to businesses.
Superior Productivity Apps
There is no doubt that the new stand-alone email client has been vastly improved. Its multi-column interface looks great and relevant controls are neatly lined along the left and right sides of the screen. Messaging services such as Gmail and Exchange Server are supported natively, including messages from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. And unlike the iPad, the native messaging client also supports working on multiple emails at the same time, with the ability to easily switch between them.
A lot of thought has clearly been invested on the improved Calendar app, which I found to be highly usable and presented in various layouts designed to maximize the larger display. The new Contacts supports a unified contact list that automatically aggregates contact information from supported social media accounts. The result is an up-to-date contact profile that can be reviewed quickly - you can immediately see if a contact you are about to call is now working elsewhere, for example.
Improved document editing capability makes it possible to perform minor edits of PowerPoint slides directly on the PlayBook, while a new Print To Go app makes it a trivial matter to review all sorts of documents to the PlayBook. Just install the Print To Go driver found here on your PC and print the desired document to the Print To Go printer. Finally, it is now possible to make video calls between PlayBook tablets, which may make it worth deploying PlayBooks as an internal video phone system by itself.
Building on the Strengths
Despite the intense pressure from the large number of tablet manufacturers that have joined the fray, it is heartening to see that RIM has chosen to continue building on its strengths. Aside from the improvements made to key productivity apps mentioned above, the company has forged an even deeper level of integration between BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook platform. For example, it is now possible to click on a document and URL from a BlackBerry smartphone, and opt to launch them on the PlayBook, or to browse through the files of a BlackBerry that is connected via Bridge.
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Preserving the "Works of Man"
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to 1300. Today the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
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Men's basketball handles Lipscomb, 83-67
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After a thrilling come-from-behind win over Belmont, the Dolphins led from start to finish while earning the program's first weekend sweep over Nashville schools as the JU men's basketball team defeated Lipscomb, 83-67, Saturday afternoon at Swisher Gymnasium.
JU (2-5, 2-0) scored a season-high 83 points after shooting .516 from the field, including an 8-for-17 effort from beyond the arc. The Dolphins dominated the boards (41-25) and came ahead in nearly every statistical category including points in the paint (42-36), points off turnovers (23-12), second-chance points (18-4), fast break points (14-8) and bench points (22-19).
LU (3-4, 1-1) shot .480 in the contest and tied the game on three occasions in the first half but could not find a way to stop the Dolphin offense or quiet the spirited JU "White Out" crowd.
With the win, the Dolphins defeated Belmont and Lipscomb in the same weekend for first time since the Bisons joined the A-Sun in 2003.
"It was a tremendous game and a complete team effort," said JU head coach Cliff Warren. "Our bench came up big for us when they were called upon and that is something that we expect from them. This was a great win but now its time to start focusing on exams."
Junior guard Ben Smith led all players with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, to go along with five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Sophomore guard Travis Cohn scored a career-best 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including an emphatic alley-oop off a Bisons turnover to get the Dolphins going early.
Sophomore guard Ayron Hardy finished with 13 points and a game-high four steals while junior forward Lehmon Colbert rounded out the JU double-figure scoring with 11 points. Sophomore guard Aric Brooks (seven points), sophomore center Szymon Lukasiak (six points, five rebounds) and freshman forward Will Alston (three points, two rebounds) each led the bench squad.
Brandon Brown led the Bisons with 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting while also registering a game-high four steals. Josh Slater added 13 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the charity stripe and Adnan Hodzic chipped in with 12 points.
In the first half, JU jumped out to an early 11-4 lead after a 3-pointer by Smith (15:33) but the Bisons answered with a 7-0 run to even things up after a dunk by Brown (11:20). The Dolphins would lead by no more than three points for the next seven minutes until a jumper by Alston gave JU a 20-16 advantage with 4:12 left in the half. The Dolphins increased the margin to 27-18 with a pair of free throws by Brooks with 1:48 remaining but a three-point play by Brown cut the margin to 27-21 (1:23). JU ended the half with a layup by Cohn and a free throw by Alston to take a 30-21 lead at the break.
In the second half, JU opened with a layup by Cohn to make it 32-21 (19:10) but the Bisons chipped the lead down to 40-33 with a 3-pointer by Brian Wright (16:01). From there, the sky rained 3's as senior guard Evan Jefferson, Smith and senior forward Brian Gilbert hit treys in consecutive possessions to put JU up 49-33 (14:46). The Dolphins would never see their lead dip below 10 points for the remainder of the game as JU battled off four attempts by the Bisons. A layup by Hardy with 1:34 remaining would give the Dolphins their largest lead of the contest (83-64).
The Dolphins will take a week off for finals before venturing out on the road to face Ohio State on Dec. 17 at 9 p.m. ET. The contest can be heard live on 1010XL with Barry Milligan calling all of the action.


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on the Cardinals SBN blog, cause they're silly.
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best part is the blogger and the commentors call him Tatupa.
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This Division is a crap shoot with Seattle banged up...
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PIERCETON — Michael Ray "Mike" Moore, 59, died Wednesday from injuries sustained in an accident involving the semi-truck he was driving on I-75 near Dayton, Ohio.
He was married Dec. 15, 1972, in Fort Wayne, to Karen Lynn Wall. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Brooke (Eric) Beck, Pierceton, and Jessica Moore, Roanoke; a son, Travis Michael (Brooke) Moore, Huntington; and his parents, Ray and Josephine Moore, Columbia City.
Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.
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Cass Information Systems, Inc. Reports Record 2nd Quarter 2011 Earnings; 17% Increase Over Q2 2010
Cass Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASS), the nation's leading provider of transportation, utility and telecom invoice payment and information services, reported record second quarter 2011 earnings of $.61 per diluted share, a 17% increase over the $.52 per diluted share it earned in the second quarter of 2010. Net income for the period was $5.7 million, a 17% increase over the $4.9 million reported in 2010.
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Increased activity from both base customers and new customers helped transportation dollar volume surge more than 25%, with utility dollar volume up a steady 4%. Overall, revenues for the quarter grew to $26.6 million, a 12% increase over the $23.8 million posted in 2010.
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Nah, no racism in that family. And why would PBO give a shit? No wonder the Faux watchers are the stupidest. Via Mediaite.
So the murderer is not satisfied just being acquitted after a cold blooded murder, now he and/or his brother think that Pres. Obama has nothing better to do than listen to their idiot, racist phone calls? This whole family is 'battschitt' crazy.
NOBODY gives a hoot about this genetically ignorant, pathetic, racist, bigoted, poor excuse of an undereducated, attention seeking, bunch of misfits. Family...that is.
Well as long as the President gets a court order I don't have any problem with it. Just ask the repubs (and some dems) during shrub's time. They didn't have a problem with tapping phones without a court order. So if zimmerman's brother wants me to feel sorry for him I'll pass.
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Several sources recently reported that a trade was on the verge of happening between Detroit, Cleveland and Minnesota that would have gone like this:
Minny gives up the #2 pick for the #4 and the #8.
Cavs give up the #4 pick and cap room for the #2 and Rip Hamilton's contract.
Detroit gives up the #8 pick in return for offloading Rip's contract (Cavs can absorb it because of a trade exception, I think)
BUT: Detroit backed out, demanding more for the #8 pick than simple cap relief. Here's where we come in!
This post got me thinking that there are people out there who value our NBA properties more than many fans. They give us an A- for international drafting. Now, both Detroit and Minny have extensive Euro-scouting programs and both have used high picks on Euro players (Darko! Ricky!) before (and lest you think Detroit has been permanently scared off, don't forget they also stole Mehmet Okur in the second round), so they're Euro-friendly. With that in mind, here's my suggestion:
Minny gives up the #2 pick for the #8 plus Freeland (the big man they covet, regarded by his peers as the best "pivot" in the ACB, and sought after by Barcelona) and possibly Rudy (to make Ricky happy)
Cavs exactly as before - #4 for #2 and Rip
Detroit gives up Rip and the #8 for cap space and Claver (remember, he was MVP of one month of ACB play - he also finished higher in "best young player" voting than Jan Vesely, who is projected around that pick but can't shoot like Claver) and we'll throw in Babbitt if they want (probably not)
Portland gives up at least the rights to Claver and Freeland and possibly Rudy and Babbitt as well, in exchange for the #4 pick, which should give us a choice of at least two out of Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker, and the younger big Lithuanian kid.
Huh? Huh? Detroit gets a young player, as well as what it got before, as it asked, and Minny gets the trade to happen, and Freeland (plus Rudy if they want) instead of the #4 pick. And they can probably take Bismack Biyombo with the #8. It makes too much sense NOT to happen!


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5:24pm Monday 9th January 2012 in News By Adam Binnie, Web content editor
Overweight patients have been told to shift excess pounds before they are allowed operations such as hip and knee replacement, tonsil removal or gall bladder surgery.
It is hoped the new policy will result in patients being in a better state to recover following non-urgent procedures.
Today the Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group held a conference about the scheme, which has been officially running since January 1.
Dr Nicolas Small, chairman of the group, said: "GPs in the area will not list patients for routine surgery until they have lost weight. There is a range of support, some from the GP surgery, or they can be sent to groups such as Rosemary Conley or Weight Watchers."
Nationally, one in four adults is obese, and one in eight is severely overweight. Severely obese people can expect to die an average of eleven years earlier.
Now anybody with a body mass index of more than 35 will have to lost weight before they are eligible for non-urgent surgery.
A person of five feet and ten inches would need to be 17 stone and ten pounds to have a BMI of 35. A "healthy" BMI is between 20 and 25.
Dr Small said: "Surgery is more effective if people lose weight first and then surgery might not be needed at all. This is a trigger to help people lose weight.
"There is always a risk when patients are given an anaesthetic but there is strong clinical evidence that this risk is significantly higher when they are overweight."
The group launched a similar scheme last year when overweight people wanting hip or knee surgery were told to lose weight before being listed.
An obese person is 15 times more likely to need a hip or knee operation and there were 5,000 of these replacements in West Hertfordshire last year.
Smokers will also have to agree to meet with a cessation advisor before being listed for surgery.
Rachel Joyce, consultant in public health, said: "Smoking and obesity are responsible for the vast majority of deaths in Hertfordshire."
The Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group, a consortium of GPs, will take over responsibility for buying health services when the country's Primary Care Trusts are scrapped in 2013. It covers about half of the county and will be responsible for Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere, as well as St Albans, Harpenden and Dacorum.
Dr Sheila Borkett-Jones, board member for Watford and Three Rivers, said: "It's a free country, but it's our job to inform people about living healthily."
There is currently no plan to introduce a similar scheme for seriously underweight patients who are waiting for routine surgery.
Dr Borkett-Jones added: "We don't suffer from an epidemic of people who are underweight."
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5:51pm Mon 9 Jan 12
cameluk says...
5:57pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Toshhorn says...
I AM OBESE (ONLY HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS) AND HAVE PAID NATIONAL INSURANCE FOR OVER 35 YEARS. I CANNOT PHYSICALLY GO DOWN THE GYM ANY MORE BECAUSE OF ARTHRITIS IN MY BACK, NECK AND KNEES. I STILL GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND PAY MY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE, I played lots of sports up until my mid forties but now, no matter how much I diet and refrane from alcohol , I really struggle to keep my weight under 16 stone.
7:37pm Mon 9 Jan 12
LSC says...
I am not obese, but I am a smoker. A tax paying, law abiding smoker.
The NHS will treat the low-lifes who go out for a drink and a fight on the weekend. Picking a fight on a Saturday night and getting your nose broken is far more a deliberate choice than gradually gaining weight over 50 years.
Skateboarding is dangerous, but far easier to give up than smoking. So should we refuse skateboarders treatment? We all know falling off one can result in broken bones, and nobody HAS to use one, so what is the difference?
It is common knowledge that riding a motorbike is a lot more dangerous than driving a car, which in turn is more dangerous than just staying at home. Are we going to have a league table of such things?
Will I earn NHS 'points' and go to the front of the queue for my ruptured appendix because I can prove I had muesli for breakfast and have never tried Sky-diving?
The law of this land says I can spend my time juggling chainsaws if I want to. And if i cut my arm off doing so, I get an ambulance, not Big Brother telling me it was my own fault.
9:01pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Hornets number 12 fan says...
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10:02pm Mon 9 Jan 12
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11:19pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Hornets number 12 fan says...
WatfordAlex wrote:And that was a party political briadcast on behalf of the I'm alright Jack party!
Seems sensible enough. There is a limited supply of surgery places and too much demand (partly due to the obesity epidemic). If you have to ration the supply of surgery places, then it makes sense to give them to people who are demonstrating that they are doing something to make themselves better. Anyway, the unhealthy people will still get surgery, but they will just have to wait longer (it is non-emergency surgery after all). The skateboarding anecdote is a red herring - you can go skateboarding and not injure yourself. However, smoking or eating mountains of calorific food will make you less healthy full stop.
9:22am Tue 10 Jan 12
Toshhorn says...
She always tries to get me to the doctor, but what's the point? they will only treat us obese people as and when we become urgent cases.
Sorry to be such a burden, but I honestly can't understand why I can't be treated.Message to all fat people, stay away from the doctors, they don't want to treat you, nice message.
9:47am Tue 10 Jan 12
phall lover says...
Im doing it .And avoid Iceland.
2:37pm Tue 10 Jan 12
garston tony says...
This is entirely about the health and wellfare of the patient, either because the operation and recover is possibly going to go better or because the need for an operation may go away.
2:38pm Tue 10 Jan 12
garston tony says...
So to take cameluk's comment, it is a free country and as a tax payer I am entitled to ask that my taxes are not wasted on avoidable proceedures and care or on people who continue in the lifestyle that got them into health difficulties in the first place!
4:28pm Tue 10 Jan 12
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2:15pm Wed 11 Jan 12
garston tony says...
5:53pm Wed 11 Jan 12
WFTTWTFR says...
However, that's a wider debate. What gets me about this article is the patronising and sanctimonious tone that we've come to expect from doctors, e.g. "it's our job to inform people about living healthily". Well, no, actually, it's your job to justify your six-figure salaries by treating people. Eat a balanced diet, don't smoke, don't drink too much, take exercise - we get it, not sure a "cessation advisor" will add much.
And just to restate the point that others have already made, the chances of an obese person who is 15 times more likely to need a hip or knee operation losing weight looks a bit remote given exercise issues. If you're in that position, best move counties.
11:51pm Wed 11 Jan 12
LSC says...
We all know that it is a bad idea for a young girl to be out alone at 3am, in a dark place, in a short skirt and silly shoes.
We know that is a bad idea. She knows it is a bad idea. She has been told by Mum, Dad, freinds, everyone. But she did it anyway, and then she got attacked.
Hands up who thinks the police would be right to say that because she didn't follow the obvious guidlines they are not going to bother investigating the case?
10:56am Thu 12 Jan 12
stuegs says...
Obesity and smoking are two of the biggest drains on the NHS and are both self inflicted. So its about time the NHS used some sort of incentive to force people to help themselves.
They re not going to refuse giving urgent life saving treatment, so this is a perfect comprimise.
Its about time people stop making excuses for fat people. It is their fault they are fat, nothing else. They eat too much and dont do enough exercise, simple. Its about time being fat became as socially unacceptable as smoking.
12:27pm Thu 12 Jan 12
AbbieSlimmingWorld says...
In our groups in Radlett, we find that most members have joined because of health-related issues and have had incredible success with reducing medication and even curing themselves of diabetes in some instances. Many have gone on to become physically active - even running marathons...
Our Slimming World Food plan is not a "Diet" but a healthy eating plan for life, and our groups give the most incredible support, not surprising then that local GP's are supportive of what we offer local patients. If all local residents were able to lose weight, our NHS would reduce some of the burden on its resources today and we would have a happier, healthier society.
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2:12pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Toshhorn says...
I stopped smoking (ten years ago), put on the weight (I'm now just under 17st , 5ft11 ins tall and the Doctor said I was obese)and now can't excercise because of the above,
Constant knee, back and neck pain is driving me mad, but I still go to work everyday.
It's not nice struggling in this way and now there is no point me visiting a doctor for anything, because I am fat.
To all those in good health out there, look after yourselves.
To all us fatties, if you can't lose the weight, tough, just go away, nice caring people, I give up.
You can't be racist,sexist or ageist but it's ok to hate the fat people.
2:42pm Thu 12 Jan 12
stuegs says...
Same for smokers. If you smoke you might get lung cancer, amoungst other things. No one forces people to smoke, its a choice they have made.
Same old stuff, people really should start taking responsibilities for their actions
4:23pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Toshhorn says...
10:14am Fri 13 Jan 12
Herts GP says...
In my opinion, we (the NHS) should not be penalising citizens who suffer an addiction like smoking. The debate on rationing operations in this way has been held over many years. A significant number of healthcare professionals (HCPs) do not condone witholding limb saving/life saving surgery from people who smoke.
Life is a lottery however you look at it. The imposition of rationing using measurable data should not be celebrated. Rather, we should be asking why there is not enough money and resources to treat all who need help.
12:05pm Fri 13 Jan 12
garston tony says...
Surely it is right that the NHS focuses on prevention and such advise like this is along those lines. Not only does prevention save the NHS money in terms of having less to treat but more importantly it improves quality of life and indeed saves lives.
Is it something like 100,000 people die each year from smoking related illness and 30000 from illness related to being obese?
Im no medical expert but if someones illness can be improved by a change of diet and habit that must be better than surgery and a potential life time on pills?
And Toshorn I accept for some people their weight is something to a certain extent that is out of their control. But for many many many people it isnt, and neither is smoking, drinking and taking illegal drugs
2:36pm Fri 13 Jan 12
LSC says...
If having a high BMI or smoking were illegal, I could begin to see the logic of this whole thing.
Surely a professional boxer, whose whole job requires being repeatedly hit very hard in the head should be put 'down the list' for NHS treatment too?
What about firemen, who keep running into burning buildings. They chose the job, knowing the risks, should they be secondary as well?
The whole thing in a free country is madness. If they ban smoking, then they can refuse me treatment for smoking related problems should I continue illegaly. But to take my duty on the cigs, my income tax and National Insurance then give me inferior service is simply morally wrong.
3:58pm Fri 13 Jan 12
comments says...
However with the exception of obese people who have knee/hip problems...
it might actually be a good thing....It might push people to get healthy and stay healthy! ...
3:59pm Fri 13 Jan 12
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6:53pm Fri 13 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Already a great many people are living to be 100 and over, far more people are being told they will have to work until they are 75 before they will get a pension and far, far more people will need constant and expensive care when they get into their 80s and 90s?
The cost to the NHS of all this encouraging people to live more healthily and live longer will, in the longer term, actually cost a vast amount more than it is costing now in treating the consequences of smoking, drinking and obesity.
In the past our population was kept roughly in balance because as many people died as were born. The balance today has been completely reversed and the population is zooming as a result.
Might it not be better in the long run to allow people to choose to eat, smoke and drink themselves to death as they always did?
10:01pm Fri 13 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Sue was like me, totally non-PC. She smoked (which I actually do not), drank wine and champagne as if it was going out of existence (which I do) and ate red meat (which I also do). She loathed health fascists who wanted to tell her what to do! She ignored them, as I do, and died at 58 of pancreatic cancer, which has little to do with lifestyle because in her case it was probably hereditary since her father died of it also.
Several hundred of we tabloid hacks had a wonderful time (along with a few famous celebs) remembering her, had a lot of laughter and a few tears, a lot to drink, and we all left the church and her wake feeling better. She was described in an address by the Daily Mirror editor as a "cross between Rita Hayworth and Elsie Tanner". Sue was a gorgeous, feisty, fighting female journalist, a Geordie from Newcastle, who emphasised all the best (and probably the worst) in my former profession. She was glamorous, exotic, extravagant and funny and much loved. Yes, she died at only 58 but she had a far, far more interesting lifestyle than boring little nobodies who live to be 90 and more but spent all their lives working in a town hall or bank or building society. She loved every minute of it, as I have done of mine.
Which would you rather be? I know what the health fascists would say but I also know which I would rather be! If I fell under a bus tomorrow I would say that I've had a great life, travelling the world, meeting lots of famous people and getting drunk in bars from Manchester and Madrid to Manhattan and San Francisco! How many can say that? But if they have their way, the health fascists and nanny state busybodies don't want you to do that
because it upsets them too much and causes them too much work.
Sod them, I say!
10:15am Mon 16 Jan 12
Hornets number 12 fan says...
Toshhorn wrote:Exactly! Fatness is not always the fault of the patient. Prescription drugs can cause weight gain and as you said having mobility problems due to arthritis can cause it too. People ALWAYS assume fat people are crisp munching,fast food hoovers!
I was always slim and sporty until arthritis and stiff joints kicked in,
I stopped smoking (ten years ago), put on the weight (I'm now just under 17st , 5ft11 ins tall and the Doctor said I was obese)and now can't excercise because of the above,
Constant knee, back and neck pain is driving me mad, but I still go to work everyday.
It's not nice struggling in this way and now there is no point me visiting a doctor for anything, because I am fat.
To all those in good health out there, look after yourselves.
To all us fatties, if you can't lose the weight, tough, just go away, nice caring people, I give up.
You can't be racist,sexist or ageist but it's ok to hate the fat people.
This is just not the case. People just blindly listen to Government spin and they take it all in then join the witch hunt of the group pf people concerned!
10:20am Mon 16 Jan 12
Hornets number 12 fan says...
Roy Stockdill wrote:Hear hear Roy! Bloody Nanny state gets right up my hooter
I would like to add that on Wednesday of this week I attended the funeral and wake at Fulham of one of my oldest friends and colleagues, Sue Carroll, with whom I worked for a number of years on the News of the World. Sue became a columnist on the Sun and then the Daily Mirror, where she wrote a controversial weekly column for 13 years. Reports of her obituary and funeral are easily found online and many tributes have been paid to her.
Sue was like me, totally non-PC. She smoked (which I actually do not), drank wine and champagne as if it was going out of existence (which I do) and ate red meat (which I also do). She loathed health fascists who wanted to tell her what to do! She ignored them, as I do, and died at 58 of pancreatic cancer, which has little to do with lifestyle because in her case it was probably hereditary since her father died of it also.
Several hundred of we tabloid hacks had a wonderful time (along with a few famous celebs) remembering her, had a lot of laughter and a few tears, a lot to drink, and we all left the church and her wake feeling better. She was described in an address by the Daily Mirror editor as a "cross between Rita Hayworth and Elsie Tanner". Sue was a gorgeous, feisty, fighting female journalist, a Geordie from Newcastle, who emphasised all the best (and probably the worst) in my former profession. She was glamorous, exotic, extravagant and funny and much loved. Yes, she died at only 58 but she had a far, far more interesting lifestyle than boring little nobodies who live to be 90 and more but spent all their lives working in a town hall or bank or building society. She loved every minute of it, as I have done of mine.
Which would you rather be? I know what the health fascists would say but I also know which I would rather be! If I fell under a bus tomorrow I would say that I've had a great life, travelling the world, meeting lots of famous people and getting drunk in bars from Manchester and Madrid to Manhattan and San Francisco! How many can say that? But if they have their way, the health fascists and nanny state busybodies don't want you to do that
because it upsets them too much and causes them too much work.
Sod them, I say!
4:12pm Mon 16 Jan 12
Turvey Tortie says...
Altenatively return to a service for all.
Such selection is the thin edge of the wedge the list above will follow bit by bit you see.
Me? I don't live in Herts so currently not my problem! But you do have my sympathy
4:14pm Mon 16 Jan 12
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4:50pm Mon 16 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Well, anyone who starts asking me those impertinent questions that have little relation to what I am at the surgery for is going to get a very short and sharp reply because this is the bullying nanny state in full cry!
I have already exercised my right to opt out of the national database of ALL medical records that the NHS is attempting to build up because it seemed to me the thin end of the wedge. Make no mistake, whatever shade of government is in power, whether Left, Right or Coalition, the powers-that-be are determined to try and gather as much information as they possibly can on all private citizens. We should fight it all the way down the line because the nanny state is also a totalitarian state.
8:19am Tue 17 Jan 12
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11:14am Tue 17 Jan 12
The Rover says...
JonBoy wrote:Only the fat disabled!
does this policy discriminate against the disabled?
11:35am Tue 17 Jan 12
garston tony says...
By the same token Roy there are many people in their 80's and 90's who have lived extremely interesting lives and who still have their faculties about them and are still mobile.
If people choose to ignore health advise that is of course their own choice however as with many things why should their choice mean a cost burden to the rest of us?
12:31pm Tue 17 Jan 12
stuegs says...
Surely, its common sense that those who ignore health advice should be further down the list when it comes to non urgent treatment.
4:10pm Tue 17 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
For just one example, we keep reading that the maximum number of alcohol units that should be consumed in a week is 21 for men and 14 for women. Who says so? Some committee somewhere? Why exactly 21, why not 20 or 22, 23 or 24? Does someone simply pluck these figures out of thin air? I was told this fact some time ago by a very bossy diabetic nurse and I asked her to explain where the figures came from. She couldn't, simply muttering something about them being "the laid-down guidelines". But who laid them down, I asked? She couldn't answer me. I pointed out to her that this one-fits-all rule is nonsense because it fails to take into account one vital factor, i.e. everybody has a different tolerance level to alcohol.
So-called health professionals, it seems to me, fail to take into account that every patient is different and has different needs and tolerance levels. However, this is too much bother for them - much simpler to lay down inflexible rules and treat everybody exactly the same.
2:32pm Wed 18 Jan 12
JonBoy says...
The Rover wrote:you try exercising when you're disabled you fool
JonBoy wrote: does this policy discriminate against the disabled?Only the fat disabled!
2:35pm Wed 18 Jan 12
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3:03pm Wed 18 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Sometimes - though I wouldn't say "far more" - but nothing like as much as I used to when I was on expenses and spending Rupert Murdoch's money!
Who was it who said "A day without wine is like a day without sunshine"? Well, I agree! Wine is one of the few civilised pleasures of life remaining when you reach a certain age and no interfering busybody is going to stop me from having a glass or three of a decent red with my dinner.
9:31am Thu 19 Jan 12
garston tony says...
Roy you are right, the guidelines don't take into account individuals circumstances but on the whole they are an accurate median point on which to base health advice.
'm surprised at you calling something which is based on scientific research wrong, I thought with you science was the all mighty truth which we must all bow down to? Are you saying that science doesn't get everything right and doesn't know everything? Glad you're finally getting the point.
9:55am Thu 19 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Anyone who wants me to give up this simple pastime will have to fight me first! On the whole, I find non-drinkers exceedingly boring, rather smug and prone to issuing patronising advice to others when they should be minding their own business.
Looking back on my life, I would hardly change a thing. As a journalist for the best part of half a century, as I said earlier I've travelled widely in Europe and America, wined and dined with famous people, publishers, MPs, business folks and so on and had probably several million words published in newspapers, magazines and books. Most people have never had anything published in their whole lives! Now at the start of my eighth decade, I am still beavering away as a freelance writer and genealogist, still being published widely in magazines.
And, yes, like the vast majority of journalists, I've consumed a lot of alcohol over the years! It goes with the territory - we are like showbiz people, we work hard, play hard and lead an unconventional and peripatetic life.
However, if somebody had told me 50 years ago when I first started out on this career, that I could extend my life by 5 or maybe even 10 years by taking a boring job in a bank, building society, town hall or shop, going home at 5.0 o'clock every night and never touching alcohol, I would still have taken the option I did. What is life for if not for living?
12:23pm Thu 19 Jan 12
stuegs says...
You really are a plonka!!
12:40pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
For one thing, I enjoy a good debate, especially with obviously rather stupid people such as yourself who seem to take life so seriously. I enjoy a good wind-up!
Secondly, what you call shameless self promotion I call good advertising. You will probably not understand this, but any professional writer will tell you the same: even after 55 years (I started as a 16-year-old on my local evening paper in Yorkshire) I still get a buzz out of seeing my name in print, and I mean my real name not some silly little pseudonym. I also get a further buzz when the cheque arrives!
I recently had a page lead in the Daily Mail, answering a question about genealogy, which was obviously well noticed because it has brought me several clients who want to hire me for my professional services.
If you care to find me in any of the Rootsweb genealogy mailing lists you will find that I usually append to my signature the old Oscar Wilde aphorism that goes: "There is only thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
No such thing as bad publicity, you see, which is why I still enjoy blowing my own trumpet, especially when it gets up the nose of people like you! Those who know me well have come to expect it of me.
1:37pm Thu 19 Jan 12
stuegs says...
You have made quite an assumption by suggesting i am stupid, but i guess that just reinforces the stereotype that surround most journalists these days, its a shame really.
And by the way, if we 're playing 'top trumps celebrities iv met' im pretty sure id beat you hands down. Im a fireman and when off duty i provide fire cover for film crews and special effects. Just finished the latest Johnny Depp film, about to start the new James Bond. Ill say hi to Johnny and Daniel from you.
1:51pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Didn't they teach you at school about the use of the apostrophe and that the personal pronoun of the first-person singular (I) is always written in upper case?
1:57pm Thu 19 Jan 12
stuegs says...
Well, i bet you d be useless at putting out fires and cutting people out of cars. I guess its all relative
2:20pm Thu 19 Jan 12
garston tony says...
Oh, and you may not like non drinkers, many people don't like self promoters especially if they are so obviously full of wind.
2:48pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
Virtually all the great actors that I can think of were big drinkers and died early, i.e. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Lawson. So were many of the great writers and painters, Alcohol fuelled their genius - think of Ernest Hemingway, Dylan Thomas, Van Gogh, Francis Bacon et al. Not to mention brilliant sporting personalities like George Best, Brian Clough and Alex "Hurricane" Higgins.
But who do you think left far greater legacies - they or some obscure little nobody who spent his entire life working behind a desk in a bank or building society or even worse, a town hall, and never made a single blip in the history books?
12:52am Fri 20 Jan 12
Bauer_Is_Back says...
As for Roy, the Guardian would call you a cult. Get of your high horse!
6:17am Fri 20 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
As for the Guardian, I care about as much what that ailing, failing newspaper - read principally by teachers, social workers and an assorted ragbag of loony lefties - thinks as I do about the opinions of Victoria Beckham or Colleen Rooney!
9:22am Fri 20 Jan 12
garston tony says...
9:41am Fri 20 Jan 12
Roy Stockdill says...
After taking early retirement, I then embarked on a second career as a genealogist, turning a hobby of 40 years into another occupation.
I am still working all day today at home on the computer but in a different field, researching and writing articles for magazines and also for a few select professional clients. I am one of those people who love their work so much - whereas most people seem to hate their jobs and can't wait to give them up - that I would almost certainly drop off the perch if I had to give up! I cannot envisage myself ever retiring.
Quick final thought: I also love winding up boring, smug, po-faced politically correct nonentities with no vestige of a sense of humour!
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It didn't take long for donation platforms, to get up and running after the explosions. To avoid scams, Boston city officials set up 'The One Fund' on Monday. They say the purpose is "to raise money to help those famililes most affected by the tragic events that unfolded."
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Carolyn Ma, Pharm.D., BCOP, CHTP/I
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Carolyn Ma received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the U. of California at San Francisco and completed a Clinical Pharmacy Residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and an Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Residency at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ma practiced as a Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist at the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu and was Vice President for Clinical Program Development for Am Med International in Hong Kong, a start up company that builds cancer clinics in Asia. Prior to her moving to the University of Hawaii Hilo College of Pharmacy (UH Hilo DKICP) she was a pharmacy management consultant for various hospitals including Stanford Hospitals and Clinics with expertise in JCAHO Medication Management Chapter and pharmacy and clinic workflow assessment and redesign. Dr. Ma joined the UHH DKICP in 2007 as the Clinical Education Coordinator. In 2009 she became Associate Professor and Chair for the Dept. of Pharmacy Practice. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Bowl of Hygeia from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association and UHH DKICP Teacher of the Year Award for Pharmacy Practice in 2011. She is currently in charge of operations for the DKICP Oahu office and serves on the Boards of the Hawaii State Board of Pharmacy and the Hawaii Pharmacists Association. Dr. Ma is also a certified practitioner and instructor of Healing Touch, an energy based bioenergy field complementary modality.
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- Gibbs, Maureen, Ma, Carolyn. Medication Reconciliation Practical Strategies and Tools for JCAHO Compliance. Foreword. HC Pro Inc. Marblehead, MA. 01945, 2005
- Ma, Carolyn, Taoka K. Study Guide for the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing Chapter 10, "Symptom Management and Supportive Care: Pharmacologic Interventions" W.B. Saunders and Co. Philadelphia, PA 1999
- Ma, Carolyn, Taoka K. Oncology Nursing Certification Core Curriculum Chapter 10, "Symptom Management and Supportive Care: Pharmacologic Interventions" Saunders and Co. Philadelphia,. 3rd. Edition. 1999
- Ma, Carolyn. "Liposomal Technology, Beauty from the Beast" Pharmatopics, 1998; 18:(3);1-2
- Ma, Carolyn. "Antihypercalcemic Agents: The New Kids on the Block" Pharmatopics 13;2;1-2. 1993
- Ma, Carolyn. " Biotechnology Pipeline" Pharmatopics 12:2;1-2
- Ma, Carolyn. "What does "CSF" Stand For?" Pharmatopics 12:4;1-3
- Ma, Carolyn. "Epidural narcotics" Pharmatopics 10;1-3, 1991
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Teemu Selänne prepares for life after ice hockey
Hotel construction project in Espoo is one of NHL star's ongoing real estate ventures
Teemu Selänne
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By Heikki Miettinen
Finnish ice hockey ace
Teemu Selänne
is preparing himself carefully for the time that will follow his sporting career.
Selänne's last NHL season with the Anaheim Ducks will commence in October, but already Selänne is also looking into his life after ice hockey.
Through the company TS Holding that he owns, Selänne is part of an enterprise called Ultavista, which is in the process of putting up a Marriott chain hotel in Espoo's Westend.
"I don't think I will be involved
in the hotel business as such, but the real estate business is something that I have been interested in for quite some time now."
Selänne's stake in Ultavista is ten per cent.
"It has been more than profitable", Selänne says in Espoo in connection with the announcement of the Marriott undertaking.
The Marriott luxury hotel is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012, if the ongoing appeal rounds progress swiftly in the Helsinki Administrative Court.
the Ultavista
real estate investment company Selänne has had access to various building projects.
This may well become his career of choice once he is done with playing ice hockey.
"This is one field that I have definitely been interested in, if one does not count automobiles. I do not see cars as a business. It is more like a hobby", Selänne says.
At the Espoo headquarters of the Finnish elevator and escalator manufacturer Kone, everybody else involved in the hotel venture is wearing a suit, apart from the central figure of Selänne, who is casually dressed in a pullover.
"Maybe I'll wear a suit in a year's time", Selänne jokes.
In all likelihood
, Selänne's transition into business life should not be too difficult, thanks to his suave demeanour and the capital that a lengthy career at the top of the ice hockey tree has earned him.
"I have not yet been extremely active, even though I have been kept well informed", Selänne explains his current involvement with the entanglements of the real estate world.
Selänne started in the NHL
in the autumn of 1992 and has said he will end his career in the North American ice hockey league 19 years later in the spring of 2011. He turned 40 in July of this year.
More than likely the landing from ice to solid ground will be a soft and smooth one: Selänne has worked for years to ensure this.
"If I look at some of my colleagues, the ones who have had problems after their sporting career, it has been because they have not had anything to fill the void with", Selänne says of his former ice hockey buddies, whose everyday lives have in some cases turned into a nightmare.
For now
ice hockey still
keeps Selänne busy, and the NHL is the thing that is first and foremost on his mind.
His one-year contract with Anaheim will fatten Selänne's bank account to the tune of three million dollars, but it also comes with lots of expectations.
To prove himself worthy of his salary, Selänne is expected to deliver goals for the team.
Selänne finally won the coveted Stanley Cup with Anaheim in the spring of 2007.
At that time Selänne, who had already been thinking about retirement, pondered whether he should call it quits more than ever before. He decided to play on, and the season about to start will be his fourth one after those deliberations. In the interim, he has once retired from international appearances only to reverse his decision for the 2010 Olympics, where he collected a third medal, and earlier this year he surpassed the goal-scoring record of 601 held by
Jari Kurri
. Currently he is looking for his 607th NHL regular season goal.
"The sort of about-turn that happened before will not happen again. I reckon this will be it", Selänne says sternly.
"I have done this since I was a little boy, and with great passion. It is difficult to give up something that one enjoys."
So, is there still some kind of back door lurking there?
"Nope. This is my last year on the ice."
Helsingin Sanomat / First published in print 27.8.2010
Previously in HS International Edition:
Teemu Selänne bows out after nearly 20 years of hockey internationals (20.5.2008)
Selänne and Anaheim win Stanley Cup (7.6.2007)
Selänne hints he would continue with Anaheim if team shows desire to keep winning (16.6.2010)
Ice Hockey: Teemu Selänne will make it to Olympics (26.1.2010)
Teemu Selänne (Wikipedia)
HEIKKI MIETTINEN / Helsingin Sanomat
The Finn who brought pizza to the east
Finnish matsutake mushrooms highly sought after in Japan
Hunters on the scent of bears
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Capricious brands
Fujitsu-Siemens employees finally win in court
You know, you could actually make a living online by blogging
After turning from introvert to extrovert, Finland suddenly becomes "hip"
Teemu Selänne prepares for life after ice hockey
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Lester V. Lambright was born April 28, 1952 in Portland, Ind., to Valentine and Mary Lambright. Lester went home to our Heavenly Father Sunday.
He married his lovely wife, Georgene Lambright, April 28, 1973 in St. James, Mo., moving to the Gulf Coast and providing for his family as an employee with Southern Mill and Supply.
Lester is survived by his loving wife, Georgene Lambright; daughters, Sara (T.C.) Nipper and Mary (Ben) Trice; stepdaughters, Shelly (Jeff) Cain and Kristen Douglas; mother, Mary Burkholder Lambright; brothers, Ervin (Carol) Lambright, Eli (Sue) Lambright, Felty Jr. (Mary Esther) Lambright and Menno (Louanne) Lambright; sisters, Sarah (David) Hochstettler, Ella Lambright, Rosa (Herman) Miller and Elsie Shell; and 11 grandchildren.
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Interment will follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Ervin Lambright, Eli Lambright, Felty Lambright, Menno Lambright, T.C. Nipper and Ben Trice will serve as pallbearers.
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Friday, the University of Virginia Health System honored the work of nurses who have gone above and beyond.
It was a full house at the 13th Annual Nursing Excellence Awards Ceremony. The awards reception marked the grand finale of National Nurses Week.
More than 70 nurses were nominated by their peers for the eight top honors. The eight nursing excellence awards include beginning practitioner of the year, nurse of distinction, and transformational leader.
Professional Nursing Staff Organization President Tina Knicely says there's no greater honor than to be acknowledged by your peers.
"I think it's the best part of the whole week. We have a lot of great things in store - we also acknowledge people who have gone on in their education, advanced on the career ladder, who've become certified in their specialty, and also there are some awards that patients can nominate for nurses that they felt touched their lives and made a difference," said Knicely.
This is the first year the organization has done one big ceremony. There have been separate fall and spring events in the past.
Honors were also given out in other categories, such as pediatric nursing education.
The full list of winners:
Beginning Practitioner of the Year- Mary BristowPreceptor of the Year- Marie ManzExcellence in Caring- Aileen FeolaExcellence in New Knowledge and Innovation- Kim GarrisonNurse of Distinction- JoAnn PlencnerTransformational Leader- Clara WinfieldExemplary Clinical Practice- Barbara GordonExcellence in Interdisciplinary Collaboration- Betsy PhippsOther awardees:Nan Hilt Award - Dr. Beth QuatraraEloise Dodge Gould Award- Pat Cobb
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With Angelo Chol eliminating UDub from consideration, I believe it's a good time to look at where our team stands for next year. This is probably premature but, no I am not giving up on this year, but unlike John, I am having a slow day at work.
Current Roster
Seniors (3) Class of 2011
Venoy Overton PG
Juniors (3) 2012
Isaiah Thomas SG
Darnell Gant SF
Scott Suggs SG
Brendan Sherrer PF (non-scholarship)
Sophomore (2) 2013
Abdul Gaddy PG
Aziz N'Diaye C
Freshman (3) 2014
Antoine Hosley PG (non-scholarship)
CJ Wilcox SG
*Kevin Davis PF (Tacoma CC)
RS/Recruits (4) 2015
Hikeem Stewart SG
Tony Wroten JR PG
Jernard Jarreau PF (projected RS)
2011 recruit Rankings
Rivals 16 (best I could tell)
Overall it is a good class but lacking a low post player. Hopefully, one appears in the next couple months. Wroten was recently named to play in the Jordan Brand all-star game televised April 16 on ESPN2.
Andrew Andrews PG (prep school)
Some analysis after the jump...
I count 11 scholarship athletes. I believe Tyreese Breshers counts for 12. There are 9 currently suiting up (might be part of our problem) With three leaving that means we only return 7 players (Gaddy from injury is the extra) with experience. There will be 4 newcomers for a total of 11 with Breshers being number 12 (max allowed by NCAA is 13). Gaddy will have plenty of time to recover but will be a big question mark in the offseason. With Chol eliminating UDUB this team is not faced with having to "force" a player to transfer to give his scholarship to someone else. A scenario that has played out a couple times in the past, and has been more prevalent on the football team under Sark. Does this mean that Hosley will earn a scholarship for next year? I don't think so. I think Romar will keep it in his pocket for future classes or he maybe looking for a big man in the JC ranks he can bring in next year?
So the question becomes does Hosley transfer? Does anyone else transfer? Hosley may transfer but does it really matter? I don't see him ever being a big part of this team, maybe a leader as a senior but nothing more. The recruits coming in behind him a far more talented. I brought up the point a few weeks back that I could see Wilcox transferring. This was coming off of Scott Suggs having back to back games where he looked like the next coming of Brandon Roy. Suggs (and myself) were brought back to earth, and I no longer want Wilcox transfer but he still may. Our starting lineup and depth chart for next year look like this.
PG Abdul Gaddy/Tony Wroten
SG Isaiah Thomas/Scott Suggs
SF Terrence Ross/Darnell Gant
PF Desmond Simmons/Darnell Gant
C Aziz N'Diaye
This projected lineup is why I think Wilcox is still a flight risk. He is still probably the 9th guy on the roster. I would love for him to stay as he would be the best 9th player in the conference, but if he is hungry to become a starter somewhere else sooner he is gone. Hopefully he is patient and realizes that he could be a starter in 2012-2013 and his senior year. But every year someone seems to transfer and if I look at the roster, Wilcox seems to be the most likely candidate. The other glaring aspect of this lineup is the lack of front court experience and talent. N'Diaye has improved but still a project, Simmons is somewhat unknown and Gant has turned into more of small forward than power. This should lead to smaller lineups that could see up to 4 guards (if you include Ross) on the floor at one time with either N'Diaye, Simmons or Gant at the lone big man.
The other thing that stands out to me about this class is the lack of upper classmen we will have in two years. This is due to health (Bressers) and transfers (Trent, Turner). We are projected now to only have 4 upper classmen if no one leaves early or transfers. This could be a good thing, with many young players like, Simmons, Wroten and Stewart contributing often and early. Or it could also be a detriment.
2012 recruiting
Andrew Andrews gives us one verbal commitment already from the 2012 class. ESPN lists 6 more players that are interested, including Anrio Adams of Garfield High and South Kent Prep School, and Jordan Tebbutt of Portland. Tebbutt appears to be headed to Oak Hill and most likely never considers coming back to the NW again. He claims to have 18 offers. Both are 4 stars athletes. ESPN also includes in state C Zach Banner. Banner is the number 20 C in the country according to ESPN, but most of us hope he plays at UDUB in the fall instead of winter as he is a ESPN150 OL. Banner has stated he wants to play both football and basketball in college and is an AAU teammate of Tony Wroten. He has also been quoted as saying USC is his dream school and they have offered in football. The last regional player listed by ESPN is 6'9" C Landen Lucas of Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, NV) via Portland.
Rivals list 22 players interested including the four already mentioned. The list also includes Lucas' teammate 6'6" PF Anthony Bennett. Brandon Ashley is another highly talent big man that lists Washington. I mention all these big men, because for this team to take it too the next level it will be imperative to have a low post stud. Romar has always recruited guard/wing players, and I expect that to continue in 2012, but outside of Hawes and Brockman there hasn't been an elite big man. And one wonders if they had not been from the state would they ever consider coming?
There is not a lot of information on 2012 recruiting yet, but this years class seems to be set. I am hoping Romar finds a big man in the coming weeks to take that 13th scholarship.
*Kevin Davis added after post. Davis is 6'9" PF. From what i read though he is more of small forward too. Very raw player (one year of HS), and has had some off the court issues. He is athletic big man that could eventually provide a lot of help, but probably very little next year.