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Honorary Faculty - Dr Ian Humphreys
Ian Humphreys is a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science at Cardiff University. His laboratory studies the immunological mechanisms that influence host control of herpesvirus infections. Ian collaborates with Paul Kellam's and Gordon Dougan's research groups to understand the influence of host genetics on antiviral immunity.
Ian graduated from the University of Warwick in 2000 with a BSc in Biological Sciences with Virology. He received a PhD in Biochemistry in 2004 from Imperial College London after studying T-cell costimulatory signalling in respiratory viral infections, in the laboratories of Tracy Hussell and Gordon Dougan.
Ian performed his postdoctoral training first with Douglas Young at Imperial College, and then in the laboratories of Carl Ware and Mick Croft at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology where he investigated the role of TNF receptor family members in cytomegalovirus infection. In 2007, Ian was awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship to establish his own group in Cardiff University. In 2012, Ian was awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science. The primary focus of his group is to understand the role that cytokines play in immune regulation and antiviral control during acute and chronic cytomegalovirus infection.
Selected Publications
The death receptor 3/TL1A pathway is essential for efficient development of antiviral CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T-cell immunity.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2012;26;8;3575-86
PUBMED: 22593543; PMC: 3460213; DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-200618
IL-10 restricts activation-induced death of NK cells during acute murine cytomegalovirus infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2011;187;6;2944-52
PUBMED: 21849677; PMC: 3173875; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101021
IL-10 restricts memory T cell inflation during cytomegalovirus infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2010;185;6;3583-92
PUBMED: 20713884; PMC: 3655265; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001535
Cytomegalovirus exploits IL-10-mediated immune regulation in the salivary glands.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2007;204;5;1217-25
PUBMED: 17485516; PMC: 2118568; DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062424
Evolutionarily divergent herpesviruses modulate T cell activation by targeting the herpesvirus entry mediator cosignaling pathway.
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ROME, Ga. (AP) - A man arrested at a north Georgia shopping mall allegedly went there to meet a young girl for sexual relations.
A report from the Floyd County Jail says 40-year-old Nathan Lee Claus of Cartersville is charged with child molestation and other sex-related counts.
The Rome News Tribune reports that officers arrested Claus at the Mount Berry Square mall in Rome on Saturday.
Reports say he had gone there to meet a 14-year-old girl after sending her sexually explicit messages.
The jail report says the man had been communicating with the teenager since March 4.
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Who Will Disrupt Real Estate?
I don't even want to imagine what looking for a house was like in the 80s. Over the last few years, Zillow, Trulia, Redfin and others have done a lot to make more information available to those who want to buy and sell their homes. Today, I can easily get an alert on my phone when a house comes on the market. Indeed, I'll probably know about it long before our real estate agent does. Read More
Trulia Launches Redesigned iPad App With Improved Navigation, Listing Pages And Maps
The U.S. real estate market is seeing a bit of a rebound right now and, with it, real estate-related online services like Zillow, Redfin and Trulia and newcomers like Houzz are also getting back in the groove of launching regular updates. Trulia today launched its redesigned iPad app, which now features new listing pages with large photos, a new navigation menu and an improved map view. Read More


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Tyler Cavanaugh Story
I wrote an article about Tyler Cavanaugh and his former high school teammate (current Syracuse student-athlete) DaJuan Coleman. This article was featured as the cover story in a Jamesville-DeWitt (Cavanaugh's hometown) community magazine. I thought I would share it here in case anyone was interested in reading it. Feel free to tell me I suck. I appreciate the feedback.


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I am looking for facilities that have an efficient internal patient transport system. One that meets a consistent delivery expectation with low variation (+ or – 5 min) in hitting the target. Our hospital has an average census of 285 and is attached to a large specialty clinic. Anyone able to share or point me in the right direction. Thanks!
I suggest you gather some data to see how you are performing. Get a mean and standard deviation and consider some demographics (X's) at the same time.
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What to expect in 2010? A bigger, better, ready to dominate Jordan Jefferson
It's officially the worst time of the year. The time when we, as sports fans, think clicking "refresh" on our favorite sports team's message board is a good way to pass time just because we want to have the latest and greatest about our team every second of every hours. Alas, the season is less than a month away, which means everyone is officially a fortune teller extraordinaire. But today, it's my turn -- here's what I expect in 2010: a bigger, better and ready to dominate the SEC version of Jordan Jefferson.
Listen, I know what you're saying -- you're saying that you're immediately going to click away from this website in the next 5 seconds if I don't say that I'm kidding. But please, please hear me out. Jefferson is the rear end most often grilled for LSU's lack of success last year because of his untimely sacks and sometimes brutal decision making. But looking into the stat sheet shows the objective eye a little bit of a different story.
Below are the statistics for every LSU "first-year starter" in the past 10 years:
2009: Jefferson, 182-for-296, 17 TD, 7 INT, 61.5% completion rate
2008: Lee, 143-for-269, 14 TD, 16 INT, 53.2% completion rate
2007: Flynn, 202-for-359, 21 TD, 11 INT, 56.3% completion rate
2006: returning starter (Russell)
2005: Russell, 188-for-311, 15 TD, 9 INT, 60.5% completion rate
2004: Randall, 102-for-162, 9 TD, 6 INT, 63% completion rate
2003: returning starter (Mauck)
2002: Mauck: 63-for-130, 9 TD, 2 INT, 48.5% completion rate **was injured during season
2001: Davey, 217-for-367, 18 TD, 10 INT, 59.1% completion rate
OK, now with these long and boring numbers, let's look and see what these same people (Mauck and Russell) did when they were blessed with the opportunity to have a second year starting under center.
2003: Mauck: 229-for-358, 28 TD, 14 INT, 64% completion rate
Mauck is hard to fully study because his first year was on a bit of a curve, because he was injured. But 28 TDs? 64 percent completions? Pretty safe to say he wouldn't have sniffed either of those in 2002.
What about Russell?
2006: Russell: 232-for-342, 28 TD, 8 INT, 67.8% completion rate
Look at good, ole JaMarcus. +13 with TDs, -1 with INTs, +7.3% with the completion percentage.
The morale of the boring statistical breakdown is this -- experience trumps all. Ever heard the logic, practice makes perfect? It's true. It works. Listen to the old people with the white beards. Every quarterback has a learning curve and they gradually progress from there. For Jefferson, 17 TDs and INTs isn't so bad when you're dead last in rushing offense in your conference. So I don't know (and I don't claim to know) what the Tigers will do in the 2010 season in terms of wins and losses, but just looking at history, I'd be willing to put a few green sheets of paper on Jefferson getting about 20-23 TDs with about 7-10 INTs, with his completion percentage being somewhere around 64-66 percent. Others might call that a long time coming.
This guy calls it dominance. A storm is brewing in Baton Rouge. Prepare for Hurricane Jefferson to light up a category 4 storm surge on opposing defenses this year. You don't believe me? Just wait and see. Less than a month to go. Finally.


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Saints to stay in NO until at least 2010
Louisiana, Saints drop exit clauses
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The New Orleans Saints have come to an agreement with state officials that will keep the team in Louisiana through the 2010 season.
Both sides agreed to toss out contract exit clauses that would have let the NFL team leave the state within the next four years.
"For the foreseeable future, Louisiana's team will keep marching to victory right here," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said at the Governor's Mansion on Monday, announcing the latest developments in ongoing negotiations to keep the Saints in New Orleans.
The contract had allowed the Saints to opt out of its current deal with the state by repaying about $70 million the state has provided in inducements to the team. But the Saints will drop that termination clause, and the state will eliminate its ability to opt out of the contract.
Both sides agreed to continue negotiating on a long-term agreement that could keep the Saints in New Orleans beyond the current contract.
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Open Source Banking
As an economist who has a fascination with open source software, I found this article in Wired about microfinance lending for open source hardware totally engaging. Regulatory issues are clearly an issue for these guys. From the article:
Zopa's Pitts agrees that the Open Source Hardware Bank needs to figure out how to navigate through the financial rules of the U.S. market. "These guys do not have a regulatory strategy and they need one," he says.
Hacking hardware is totally unregulated. As soon as they start organized finance it starts getting hard fast. I hope someone who understands regulation can help these guys out. They have a very interesting idea.


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Bullet Head– The Teacher Who Could Kill With His Bare Hands
I am not making this up. I had a teacher in high school who bragged about how lethal he was. He claimed he was an ex-Marine.
Some of the fringe in Congress are talking about passing laws that require every teacher to carry a gun and be trained to shoot. They did not go to Pilgrim High School and sit in Bullet Head's class, or they would have been grateful he did not carry.
I remember him vividly. Sadly, I have no recollection at all of what subject he was supposed to be teaching. Bullet Head– The Teacher Who Could Kill With His Bare Hands
Strong Words from Mitt Romney
An officer and a citizen were killed in the latest random assault weapon murder, but let's get our priorities straight…
MIAMI (AP) — Mitt Romney says gun laws are not the answer to the recent string of mass shootings.
Romney says it's not about the weapons used in the attacks, but about the individuals who choose to commit violence against others.
The Republican presidential candidate spoke hours after a police officer, a gunman and a third person were killed in a shooting near Texas A&M University.
Romney says "thoughtful consideration" is needed about what can be done to prevent violent attacks. But he says he isn't calling for any particular legislation.
Rest in peace, County Constable Brian Bachmann. No one has your back.
The Lone Gunman– A Continuing Drama
As of this writing we don't know what spark ignited homicide in the mind of the latest famous shooter. This is happening near the campus of Texas A&M, but when all is sorted out, may have nothing at all to do with the college–may have no connection with anything we consider rational.
These days I am reminded of a book by journalist Jessica Stern called, 'Terror in the Name of God'.
Jessica Stern interviews men and women willing to kill for a cause, Muslims, Christians and Jews across the globe. One of her interviewees is Bob Lokey, an American antiabortion activist–
"What fraction of the antiabortion movement supports killing abortion providers, what you call defensive action? I ask
"A small core would actually carry it out in my view" he says. "But one hundred percent of the people I talk to believe the things I says about it. I sometimes ask people, 'Do you believe America needs a civil war?' and everybody I talk to about that says yes. And I talk to a lot of people. A civil war would be pretty violent. Most people that I know and that I talk to would agree with me on this–it's just that they're not as vocal as I am."
Bob Lokey names as an inspiration Paul Hill, who shot and killed Dr. John Britton, and his security escort, James Barrett, a retired air force lieutenant colonel. What is the motive?
"Individual operatives can have their own reasons for turning to terrorism unrelated to the group's goals. "Individuals are drawn to terrorism in order to commit terrorist violence." Jerrold Post argues. They feel "psychologically compelled" to commit violent acts, and the political objectives they espouse are only a rationalization."
Wade Michael Page committed mass murder of his fellow Americans as they peaceably assembled for worship. It may be that he was a missile that misfired– an angry armed man whose suicide mission failed to inspire the masses. An unstable fellow-traveler whose regrettable action is to be deplored. The racists he hung out with are not canonizing him, more like distancing. S..t happens.
But if you believe that in the social ecology nothing persists that fails to serve some purpose, this from Politico raises some questions…
By TOMER OVADIA | 8/13/12 4:50 PM EDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday defended gun rights as police investigated a deadly shooting near Texas A&M University, saying firearms issues should be addressed by states and that he doesn't think "taking guns away from law-abiding citizens" would make the country after.
"When it gets back to this issue of taking guns away from law abiding citizens and somehow know that's going to make our country safer, it's just I don't agree with that," Perry, who noted he didn't have all the details of the shootings, said on Fox News while sitting next to Florida Governor Rick Scott.
"I think most people in Texas certainly don't agree with that, and that is a state-by-state issue, frankly, that should be decided in the states and not again a rush to Washington, D.C., to centralize the decision-making, and them to decide what is in the best interest for the citizens of Florida or for Texas," Perry continued. "That's for the people of these states to decide."
Perry also said people should be able to own guns so that they can defend themselves.
One of the dead was a law enforcement officer on duty, but the Governor is not wasting any breath on regrets.
More fear= more gun sales= more fear= more gun sales. It's an ill wind blows nobody good.
Serial Killings?
There is crazy– like the guy I saw at the IMH who spent his days eating dirt off the floor– and then there is acting out a script.
Posts on Twitter report a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Ridge Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports 8 to 20 people shot. The shooter is not yet identified.
From ABC News…
According to information broadcast over police radio, a witness to the shooting told law enforcement the shooter was a white male, bald, with a heavy build. He was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, according to Oak Creek Patch. He was last seen with two handguns.
We don't know yet who or why, but this has the familiar feeling of the angry man who goes out in a blaze of glory. We know the script, why do we give then the props?
Is this the new normal? Like when pubs were bombed in Ireland in a pattern that made sense to political terrorists but was random to the innocent people killed and injured? Sikhs are a minority within a minority in the US. Some members of the religion stand out as 'other' by their dress and observance. Are we supposed to be learning a lesson here? To be more afraid? To buy more guns? Is this repeated violence serving anyone's purpose? Maybe just the perpetrators, and all the angry souls who build a private arsenal and feel the power of what they could do.
UPDATE: The Chicago Tribune–
Seven people, including the suspected shooter, are reported dead and three are wounded, including a police officer who killed the gunman, after a shooting this morning at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee.
Greenfield, Wis., Police Chief Brad Wentlandt said in a press conference that four people had been found dead inside the temple and three people were found dead outside the temple. Officials say three people are in critical condition at a Milwaukee hospital.
Wentlandt said that after a 10:25 a.m. call to 911, officers were sent to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, 7512 S. Howell Ave., in Oak Creek, just south of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan.
"A police officer responded to the scene and when he arrived, he engaged an active shooter," the chief said. "Gunfire was exchanged and the gunman shot the officer multiple times."
A HATE CRIME: Today's CNN tells a story that is too familiar…
Oak Creek, Wisconsin (CNN) — The man who shot six people to death and wounded three others during a rampage at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb was an Army veteran who may have been a white supremacist, according to a law enforcement source involved in the investigation.
The name of the shooter, who himself was killed by police after wounding an officer, may be released as early as Monday morning, the source added.
Earlier, the FBI said that it had not determined a motive for the Sunday morning shooting and that investigators were looking into whether the attack might be classified as domestic terrorism.
The article goes on to list incidents of violence against members of the Sikh religion since 9/11. Observant Sikh men wear turbans and have been mistaken for Muslims.
The investigation is just beginning, but this type of crime– a mass shooting of unarmed, unsuspecting people who exercised their right to peacefully assemble, to worship as their conscience dictates– has happened too many times in the last three decades to be called an aberration.
There's a phrase, 'suicide magnet' for places like the Empire State Building, where multiple incidents finally lead to the construction of barriers.
We need to look at 'homicide magnets'. We need to discredit the hateful ideologies that motivated a violent few, and stop giving them what they want– a glorious martyrdom. And we have to put the 'well-regulated' back into the 2nd Amendment and reinstate the assault weapons ban. All freedoms are moderated by all other freedoms. Our right to peaceably assemble is under attack. It's time for sensible gun control and time for politicians to dial down the rhetoric and look at what unites us.
My father-in-law told me a story about self-defense with a gun.
The family lived far out in the country, and in Alabama in the 1930's there was no justice for Black people in the courts of law. One day when the adults were away, a gang of racists drove out to the house planning some act of terrorism. The sight of a rifle barrel poking through the window persuaded them to move on. My father-in-law laughed at the fact that the rifle was held by a twelve year old boy.
A rifle in a farmhouse, though it saved a family that day, could not protect the Black community of Selma from many other crimes and violations. It took the intervention of the Federal Government to bring equal protection under law to those citizens.
For some people a gun is a means of self-defense. But where is the self-defense in an assault weapon? How many rounds of ammunition does it take to stop a housebreaker?
Why are our politicians so afraid of an extreme fringe that confuses self-defense with the 'right' to build a private arsenal and buy weapons of mass destruction? Who does it serve when one gun is not enough, when accountability is seen as an intrusion on individual rights. When each senseless, horrific murder of innocent people is a murder of our right to peaceably assemble– without high security, without fearing our neighbors.
Words Fail.
Before we get bombarded with news stories about the shooter, feeding into the myth that will inspire the next criminal to grab a gun and the headlines– here's from Associated Press…
Twelve people who died in the Colorado movie shooting have been identified by the Arapahoe County coroner.
—Jessica Ghawi, 24, of Denver; aspiring sports journalist
—Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, whose mother was critically injured
—Matt McQuinn, 27, of Denver; technical support provider
—Alex Sullivan, 27, of Aurora; worked at Red Robin restaurant
— Micayla Medek, 23, of Westminster, Colo., student at Aurora Community College
—John Larimer, 27, of Buckley Air Force Base, Navy cryptologist
—Jesse Childress, 29, of Thornton, Colo., Air Force cyber-systems operator
—Gordon W. Cowden, 51, of Aurora, small business owner and father of two teens
—Jonathan T. Blunk, 26, of Aurora, worked at a hardware store, served five years in the U.S. Navy.
—Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32, of Aurora customer relations representative at a mobile medical imaging company
—Alexander C. Teves, 24, of Phoenix, earned master's degree in counseling psychology in June from University of Denver
—Alexander J. Boik, 18, incoming freshman student at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design who planned to become an art teacher
No More
Today's Providence Journal has a story by Amanda Milkovits that has been told too many times in Providence and elsewhere…
PROVIDENCE — A half-dozen boys were on the basketball courts at the Manton Heights housing development on Tuesday evening, shooting hoops and practicing The Jerk dance moves.
By quarter to 8, it was dark, and 12-year-old Joshua Torres was long overdue home. He asked his friend 13-year-old Angel Santiago if he wanted to walk with him. They were heading home when they saw a man about 100 feet away walking to the unlit porch of one of the row houses.
The man was dressed in black. The boys saw him sit down casually on the darkened stoop. He pulled out a gun.
Joseph Hector was shot and murdered on Camp Street over ten years ago. A street shrine for him is kept up by someone who won't forget. When do we just shake our heads and say it's a shame– and when do we say, no more?


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I am having problems disabling keybeeps in the Siemens SX1 and Nokia 6600 (Series60). This is the following I do:
* When my application starts up call sounds = <myappui>->keysounds().
* Then call sounds->PushContextL(R_AVKON_SILENT_SKEY_LIST)
* The above solution silences the keybeeps while in the application.
Problem arises when click on the "Options" button. This lauches the Menu (CEikMenuPane). Now when I press any key (down/up) the key tones are played.
* These keytones are played in a different context than my application.
Any suggestion as to how I would disable the keytones for while Menu is on.
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Local youth column: Golden Gate National Little League holding free clinic today
Golden Gate National Little League will hold a free baseball clinic for 8-to-12-year-olds today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Golden Gate Community Park, 3300 Santa Barbara Blvd.
For sign-up forms and more information, go to www.ggnll.org or call Erik at 404-5053.. Clinics will take place for the next two weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. Sign-ups also will be happening during the clinics.
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Combine 360 Youth Sports: One-hour sessions with a qualified Get A Grip Coach. Cost $35 per session. Contact: Al Green 200-7411, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sports Club Center open gym: Pre-K through 8th grade. Activities include trampoline, spring floor, tumble track and the largest foam pits in SW Florida. Fridays, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Contact: Kevin Lehman at 570-417-1121 or 239-566-CLUB.
Gulf Coast Little League: Holding final check-in and online registration for spring baseball/softball for ages 4-15 on Jan. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Warren Street Fields. Register at www.gulfcoastLL.com and bring payment and medical release to check-in dates. Mandatory evaluations Jan. 15-17 for ages 8-12. Contact Cindy Dreyfuss at email@example.com.
Collier Cougars: 12U team. Contact: 262-8402.
Think Outside the Diamond: Offers baseball and softball mentoring and performance enhancement in a brand new training facility. Includes one-on-one and group training in skill development, strength, quickness, visual, and confidence building. $65/hour individual or group (up to 4 players) $100/hour. Contact: Coach Rick 777-4435.
Naples Wildfire: Travel team seeking 11U players for spring. Contact: Randy at 239-293-3081.
Southwest Florida Swamp Rats: Travel team recruiting 10U, 11U, 12U players for the upcoming season. Call to schedule a time to meet the coaches and work out with the team. Contact: Fort Myers: Coach Keith 222-4602; Naples: Coach Cain 682-9433.
Collier County Youth Baseball: Ages 4-15. Register at naplesyouthbaseball.com.
Elite 12U Travel Baseball: Team looking to add one or two players. Must be league age 12. Requires travel at least two weekends per month. Contact: 239-262-8402.
Collier Knights: 13U team. Need three players for the spring. Contact: John Landi 289-6297.Golden Gate Hammerheads: 11U travel team seeks players for fall, ages 10-11. Contact: Walter Rascher 340-5025.
Naples Cyclones: 11U travel team. Contact: Coach Jon Ayres 398-1769, jonayresbaseball.com, Coach Mos 986-9118.
Southwest Florida Red Hawks: 13U travel team seeking players. Contact: 682-3299.
SWFL Hawks: 13U travel team seeking players. Contact: Lou Marsala 784-5965.
SWFL Youth Basketball League: Ages 5 to 17. Contact: 267-7922, swflbasketball.com.
SWFL Hoosiers: Looking for 8th-grade travel players. Contact: Mark Chlebek 272-1451 or Sam Foggin 407-376-0502.
1-on-1 instruction: Skill position players ages 6-18. Visit skillpositionpride.com. Contact: Mike Wexler 273-2693, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Roller hockey: Sundays 11:30-12:30 p.m. Ages 4-8. Contact: 566-2367.
Pro elite hockey skating and skills clinic: Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. Ages 7-12. $120 for six weeks. Contact: Coach Joe 431-7090, proelitehockey.com.
Naples Youth Rugby League: For girls and boys ages 10-14 (grades 5-8). Winter/spring session. Contact: Eric Vasquez 289-4943, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Naples Bears High School Rugby Club: Tuesday and Thursday, 4-6 p.m. Practice will be on fields behind Palmetto Ridge High. Contact: Reed Jarvi, 777-5741 or email@example.com or Facebook: Naples Bears Rugby.
FGCU ID Clinic: At the FGCU Soccer Complex. March 9, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $95 Open to all high school age players. To sign up, email Jason Dowiak at firstname.lastname@example.com. The first 60 players to email and submit their full payment will be accepted.
Chicago Fire: High School Combine. Opportunity for male and female players, ages 15-18, to showcase themselves in front of college coaches. Players will also benefit from participating in soccer-specific fitness tests and a college recruiting workshop. Learn about the recruiting process, communicating with college coaches and transitioning from club (high-school) soccer to college soccer. Combine will take place at Ave Maria during the Major League Soccer, Chicago Fire's 1st team preseason training in Florida starting on Jan. 26. Online registration: https://www.allplayers.com/g/chicago_fire_high_school_combines_florida/register/select/nojs; Contact: www.floridafirejuniors.com.
Chicago Fire: Regional Talent School, an individual training program specifically designed for advanced travel soccer players looking to take their game to the next level. Program consists of three hours of high level instructional coaching per day over two days. Ages 8-14 and 15-18, boys and girls. RTS will occur during the Chicago Fire's first team preseason training, beginning Jan. 26 at Ave Maria. Online registration: http://www.youthelitesoccer.com/event/show/40443486 Contact: www.floridafirejuniors.com
Chicago Fire: Community soccer clinic/Meet the Chicago Fire: Free soccer clinic for boys and girls, U6 to U14 and U15+, to experience a unique skills session for beginning, intermediate and advanced soccer players. The Community Soccer Clinic will occur during the Chicago Fire's first team preseason training at Ave Maria. Registration: Arrive by 1 p.m. on Jan 27 to register. Group or teams should RSVP via email to email@example.com. Contact: Dwight Morgan, email@example.com.
The Optimist Club of Naples: Sign up for the spring season Jan. 12 and 13 at Coastland Mall. Sign-up times are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. To be eligible the child must have been born between Aug. 1, 1994, and July 31, 2009. Visit optimistsoccer.org.
Golden Gate Little League: Sign-ups for the 2013 season every Saturday in January at Max Hasse Community Park. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
NGSLL: Registration is now open and clinics scheduled in January. Register at the clinics or online at www.ngsll.org. Jan. 26 at Veterans Park, 3 to 4:30 p.m. for girls 9 and under; 5 to 7 p.m. for girls 10 and older.
South Florida Riptide: Fielding girls travel teams, 10U to 17U for USAV and AAU events. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com, riptidevolleyball.net.
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In Morocco, where men are responsible for almost all of their country's artisanal production, women have maintained the age-old craft of indigenous weaving.
This project seeks to document the environment and culture of female weavers who have recently begun to participate in local and global markets. It specifically focuses on artisans from three rural weaving communities: Ain Leuh, Ait Hamza, and Taznakht.
While the carpets are generally sold for high-dollar amounts, the female artisans have traditionally received a very small percentage of the profits. This has perpetuated the cycle of poverty and child labor in rural Morocco.
The weaving cooperatives documented in this project are now self-promoting and making direct sales rather than relying on middlemen to distribute their carpets. These photographs aim to highlight the faces behind the production and the market forces that bring these products to the world.
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The $4 million emergency radio system that contractors built for Barrow County Emergency Services about a year ago has never worked properly, sometimes putting emergency personnel and the public at risk.
Last week, county manager Randall Dowling hired a consultant from Louisiana for $25,000 to figure out what went wrong with the new system, who is responsible, and what has to be done to fix it.
"Since I have been here for two months, several operational issues keep coming up and the countywide communication system is one of them," Dowling said Tuesday. "I have heard from many of the user agencies that they are unhappy with the system, so I had Tusa (Consulting Services II LLC) come here to perform an evaluation of the system from beginning to end. It will take a while to determine the problems."
For the full story, see the Feb. 5 issue of the Barrow Journal.
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ok, real talk.
so we want to get back to the playoffs, and we want to win a championship.
so, what if we don't get a top 5 pick?
what if we're consistently six or seven in the next couple drafts?
off the top of my head, based on their rosters now, Philly, Charlotte and Orlando will all be worse than us. i can guarantee myself of that. it's possible that the Celtics, Raptors, Kings, Timberwolves, Hawks, Lakers and Mavericks could be worse than us too, depending on Kobe. we could be #10 next year.
so if we don't get a top 5 pick, then, what do we do? how do we make the playoffs? how long is it going to take?
rather than proposing a concept to be idolized or scrutinized, i want to know what you, my fellow fans, want to see happen to our roster. what do we need to be .500? what do we need to make the playoffs in the West? what do we need to do to be elite? what do we need to beat the Thunder or Heat? can we count on that possible top 5 pick next year, and what happens if we don't get it?
we're promising and young and not totally devoid of talent, but we're not going to break .500 this year. right? what should we do? that's my concern. we should figure out what we have, but we should also figure out what we're going to do.


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The Big Ten released football schedules for 2016 and 2017 on Thursday. The Hoosiers will have five home league games in 2016 and four in 2017.
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The man accused of leading sheriff's deputies on a chase through Rapid City, crashing his vehicle and killing his passenger on October 11th, was formally charged Monday morning.
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Note: Bloguin was in the process of changing servers on June 23rd, so this article may not have been posted correctly on that date. This is the updated and, hopefully, correct version.
Starting pitchers…there are many of them. There is also a ton of movement every season in the rankings as guys fall to regression and injury while others thrive from development of new pitches, increases in velocity and, sometimes, luck. Where do the starters rank up for the remainder of the season?
1. Tim Lincecum – While Lincecum battled a stretch of command problems, he seems to be back on track for now. His strikeout numbers remain top notch and he is third in baseball in K/9 and second in whiff rate. It is that type of dominance that helps maintain a low ERA despite a .313 BABIP. Until someone out-pitches Lincecum over the course of a full season, he's still my top arm.
2. Ubaldo Jimenez- What is interesting about Ubaldo Jimenez's performance so far this season, other than how incredible the numbers look, is that he hasn't improved his strikeout rate or really lowered his walk rate all that much. His ground ball rate has always been above average and it is once again in 2010, but it has only increased, to this point, by roughly two-percent. He's not even missing more bats. Actually, his whiff rate is just slightly better than 80 percent, which has generally been about league average. The big difference has come in the results of his balls in play. Jimenez has only allowed a line drive rate of 13 percent, which helps explain such a low .239 BABIP against. He has also done a great job of keeping the ball in the ballpark, allowing only three home runs to this point.
All that being said, to expect this type of dominance to last 200 or so innings is asking a lot due to the fact that the results are based on balls in play and not a high level of strikeouts. A .239 BABIP is extremely hard to maintain, as is a left on base percentage of over 90 percent.
Jimenez will continue to be a top-level pitcher this season, but the chance to take his 100 best innings and sell for a first-round-level bat is now.
3. Josh Johnson – Johnson's .270 BABIP against has a chance to regress toward .300 as the season moves along, but everything else in his numbers is top-notch. A K/9 just under nine and a 2.3 BB/9 combined with the ability to generate ground balls (48.5 percent), and the ability to miss bats (26 percent whiff rate, good for third best in baseball).
4. Adam Wainwright – I didn't think Wainwright could pitch much better than he did last season, but he just continues to improve. So far this season he has a better K/BB rate, a better ground ball rate, a better whiff rate and has only allowed a 16.4 percent line drive rate. Even if his numbers regress a little in the second half, he should maintain his ranking as a top-end fantasy starter.
5. Jon Lester – Despite a poor start to the season, Lester has been so good that his ERA and WHIP are still excellent. The best part is that his peripherals have improved every month with regards to strikeout rate, walk rate and ground ball rate. He is an ace who should continue to post top-notch strikeout numbers to go along with the wins, ERA and WHIP.
6. Roy Halladay– Same ole story and it's a good one. Halladay just continues to use his excellent command to keep the ball on the ground and keep hitters off balance. He won't improve his strikeout numbers much, which keeps him out of contention for a top-three ranking, but he's just a darn good and reliable fantasy ace.
7. Jered Weaver– After back-to-back seasons posting similar K/BB rates, Weaver has seen a huge jump in strikeouts helping him post a 4.65 K/BB rate thus far. Weaver has increased the usage of his offspeed stuff, which has translated into more swings and misses, more swings at pitches outside the strike-zone and thus more strikeouts. As long as he keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to continue to put up fantasy ace numbers.
8. Cliff Lee– In 77.2 innings, Cliff Lee has allowed four walks. That's right, FOUR walks, while striking out 67. He has basically become Roy Halladay with BETTER command. The problem comes with the win potential of his current ball club. There is a chance Lee gets traded yet again as the trade deadline approaches, but as it stands his offense will have to give him more run support for him to jump up in the rankings even more.
9. Chris Carpenter – Many of Carp's numbers are right in line with what he did last season. He's keeping the ball on the ground, limiting line drives and his strikeouts are actually up a bit this season. If there are any question marks, they come in the form of an injury plagued past and a loss in velocity across the board. That'll keep him out of the elite, but still among the best fantasy pitchers in baseball.
10. CC Sabathia– While Sabathia remains a very good fantasy starter, he's not the dominant force he once was. Part of that can be blamed on the league and division he now plays in. There might also be something to the high innings totals he has thrown since 2007. No matter what the reason, he's close, just not elite anymore.
11. Felix Hernandez – There is really nothing wrong with the way King Felix has pitched this season other than the fact that he has done it for the offensively challenged Mariners. Hernandez ranks 77th in run support in baseball so far this season (minimum of 80 IP).
12. Clayton Kershaw– Still having an issue with control, Kershaw won't move into the elite category just yet do to an inflated WHIP. However, as far as generating swings and misses as well as strikeouts, he's one of the best in the business.
13. Stephen Strasburg – He has done nothing but live up to every bit of the hype and now has 41 strikeouts in 25.1 innings pitched with an insane 8.2 K/BB ratio. Innings will be limited, but his production has been so good that fact in only a small knock on his overall ranking.
13. Stephen Strasburg – He has done nothing but live up to every bit of the hype and now has 41 strikeouts in 25.1 innings pitched with an insane 8.2 K/BB ratio. Innings will be limited, but his production has been so good that fact in only a small knock on his overall ranking.
14. Yovani Gallardo– There is only one weakness in Gallardo's game this season, his walks allowed. While he has made a slight improvement over last season's 4.56 BB/9, he's still allowing too many baserunners to keep his WHIP down.
15. Matt Cain – One thing and one thing only continues to make me worry about putting too much stock in Matt Cain: His declining strikeout totals. Cain is trying to go back-to-back seasons with an ERA under 3.00. Last season was seen by many as a sort of fluke given a low .286 BABIP against. That's not to say that Cain didn't pitch well, but sub 3.00 well? The same thing is happening this season as hitters have managed only a .238 BABIP against him. It would be easy to say that BABIP is sure to rise toward .300, but then again, Cain has a career .274 BABIP against. The fact that his strikeouts are down make him a bit risky, but Cain seems to find a way to always get the job done despite what his peripherals say.
16. Tommy Hanson – After suggesting to buy low on Hansonon June eighth, he had back-to-back very good outings before getting shelled for nine earned runs against the White Sox in his last outing. For the reasons started in that article and because a nine spot can greatly skew an ERA, there is another chance to buy low on this super talented youngster.
17. Cole Hamels– Aside from a rain-shortened three earned runs outing on June 1st, Hamels has only allowed three earned runs in less than six innings once since April 28th. He has increased his strikeout rate by over a full K/9 from his 2008 and 2009 totals, but has also raised his walk rate by a over one BB/9. Hopefully those walks allowed are on the way down as Hamels hasn't walked over three in a game since May 16th.
18. Zack Greinke– Despite a 4.61 K/BB rate, Zack Greinke is 2 and 8 with a 3.94 ERA. While he is certainly not the pitcher he was last season, his number's should get much better as the season moves along. His biggest problem so far has been his home runs allowed. All of last season Greinke only allowed 11 home runs. In only 96 innings this season, he has allowed 13. His defense hasn't done him any favors either and a .309 BABIP against while only allowing a line drive rate of 17.3 percent is evidence of this. Now would be a great time to buy low. He may not get the wins either way, but he should help in strikeouts, WHIP and ERA going forward.
19. Colby Lewis – After time spent in Japan turning himself into a better pitcher, Colby Lewis has come back to the United States and exceeded expectations to this point. The biggest surprise has been his strikeout rate, which stands at 8.65 K/9. It was his command that saw the biggest improvement during his time overseas, but such a good strikeout rate was completely unexpected. That being said, the question now turns to his BABIP against, which is an incredibly low .233. As long has he maintains a K/9 over eight, he'll have plenty of value, even if the BABIP regresses.
20. David Price – Funny how much difference it makes to simply keep the ball in the yard and get a few more ground ball outs. Price's K/9 and BB/9 don't tell the story here…
Price has only allowed 0.69 HR/9 while that rate was at 1.19 last season. While that means that he has improved as a pitcher this season, it still makes a sub 3.00 ERA somewhat surprising given the K/BB rate under 2.0.
21. Clay Buchholz– In the same light as I looked at David Price's season so far, Buchholz hasn't necessarily done much different with regards to his K/BB rate. However, he has definitely done a better job of keeping the ball in the ballpark. He has only allowed three home runs through 91 innings this season while he allowed 13 through 92 innings last season. As is the case with Price, Buchholz may be pitching a bit over his head as far as his ERA is concerned, but as long as he continues to keep the ball in the yard he'll be an effective fantasy starter going forward.
22. Roy Oswalt– A savvy veteran, Oswalt realized that he could no longer rely so heavily on his fastball this season and has gone to more offspeed pitches than ever before in his career, especially with regards to his changeup. The problem is that, for the time being, he remains a member of the helpless Astros, who fail to help him out much on the offensive or defensive side. If he is traded to a contender, he could easily jump a spot of two in the rankings.
23. Justin Verlander– The big drop in strikeouts is hurting Verlander's value, though he is still a very good fantasy option. For some reason, Verlander has not used his fastball as much as he did in 2009, when it was a pitch worth 25.4 runs above average.
24. Dan Haren – See: Dan Haren: 2010's Ricky Nolasco, Only Better
25. Johan Santana – A continued regression in strikeout rate as well as velocity have caused Santana's fantasy stock to fall despite continuing to post solid ERA and WHIP numbers. Whether this regression is due to the elbow problems he faced last season or just the natural regression of a pitcher who has logged a lot of innings over his career, one thing is for certain: He's not the fantasy ace he once was.
I'm sure there are a number of names not in this top 25 list, but I assure you that I will be covering more in the next article. For example, Phil Hughes and Mat Latos just missed this list because of innings limitations and that will be covered tomorrow.


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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Visitors returned to Mission Beach Saturday, after possible shark sightings prompted two days of closures, lifeguards said.
Lifeguard Nick Lerma said it was "business as usual" as surfers, swimmers and boogie boarders returned to the area around tower 13, where a surfer spotted a 14-inch dorsal fin, feared to belong to a shark. He said people were back in the water, although many stayed in shallower areas near the shore.
The owner of a Mission Beach rental business said people did not seem to let the scare affect their beach plans and beachgoers were upset when they were not allowed in the water.
"They didn't quite believe it," the man said, preferring not to give his name. He said his customers were unsure "if there really was a shark out there," and that being forced out of the water was more of an inconvenience.
The area was closed Thursday afternoon after lifeguard spotted an 18-inch dorsal fin, but was later reopened to beachgoers, Lerma said. A fin that size could belong to a shark at least 10 feet long, he said.
Lifeguards closed the two-mile stretch of water again Friday when an experienced surfer spotted a 14-inch dorsal fin in the water, San Diego lifeguards aid.
The fin was spotted about 8 a.m. about 100 yards from tower 13, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The waters were closed in one mile in each direction from the location of the sighting.
Lerma said two credible people reporting different sightings in the same area was very rare.
No further sightings were reported and the area opened to beachgoers at 8 a.m., Lerma said.
Hot weather may contribute to the crowds at the beach, where the water was 64 degrees, Lerma said. The National Weather Service forecast temperatures upwards of 114 degrees in parts of the county.


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A Chicago man has been charged with the Saturday morning shooting death of his sister at their home in the Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Ibrahim Aysheh, 22, is accused of shooting 20-year-old Nawal Ayseh in the head Saturday during a domestic dispute at their home in the 4800 block of West Wolfram Street, police said.
Ibrahim Aysheh -- who was identified as a gang member by a police source -- is charged with involuntary manslaughter and unauthorized use of a weapon and is scheduled to appear in Cook County Court on Monday, according to release by police News Affairs.
Nawal Aysheh was shot about 9:10 a.m and taken in "extremely critical" condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 11:45 a.m., authorities said.
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In a Politico Magazine op-ed on Thursday, Republican strategist Rich Galen attempts to educate "the right" about why it should "love the Common Core."
From the get-go, Galen misses the boat on who doesn't love the Common Core standards. Opponents of the initiative come from both the right and the left.
Taking the "Come on – how bad could Common Core be?" approach, Galen explains that Common Core is simply a "college-prep set of skills" that "will provide a foundation for students to go in any career direction."
This is so transparently a good thing that it's hard to figure out why anyone would be opposed. That's especially true for conservatives, who have long believed our education system is underperforming; that student progress needs to be measured; and that teachers and school superintendents should be accountable for better outcomes in the classroom.
Let's take these statements one at a time.
First, it's somewhat amazing that Galen would use the word "transparently" in a statement about the Common Core. The fact is, the Common Core has been one of the most "non-transparent" initiatives foisted upon American citizens.
The standards are the work of a joint effort by political elites, corporatists, and progressive nonprofits who were able to get 45 state boards of education to adopt them – sight unseen – and without any proof of their acclaimed "rigor." Not one person who supports the Common Core knows whether the standards will actually achieve what they claim because they have not been tested or proven in any way.
The real academic standards experts – such as Drs. Sandra Stotsky and James Milgram – were invited to be members of the Common Core Validation Committee but were then sworn to secrecy about committee meetings and, ultimately, ignored. While experienced educators like Stotsky and Milgram were invited to serve as nothing more than "window dressing," the standards themselves were written by individuals who never taught a math or English class.
Stotsky, who is credited with developing one of the nation's strongest sets of K-12 academic standards in Massachusetts, told Breitbart News in January, "Everyone was willing to believe that the Common Core standards are 'rigorous,' 'competitive,' 'internationally benchmarked,' and 'research-based.' They are not."
Many people were quick to believe that the standards were 'all those things' at least in part because of the fact they were privately backed by corporations and, primarily, by the Gates Foundation. In many ways, whoever is ultimately behind the Common Core used private groups to their advantage. Because Common Core is run by private corporations and foundations, there can be no Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filings or "sunshine laws" to find out who got to choose the people who actually wrote the standards. It's completely non-transparent and rather shady.
While it is true that many conservatives believe the nation's education system is "underperforming," most believe the causes are the power of teachers' unions over the system, student indoctrination of statist ideology, and the continued overreach of government into the primary relationship between parents and children; the last of which has created an entire generation of government-dependent parents who believe others should decide what's best for their children.
Galen asks, "Conservatives are instinctively pro-standard. And yet the latest round of opposition to Common Core comes primarily from the right. What gives?"
If Galen is a Republican strategist, perhaps it's little wonder that the establishment GOP doesn't seem able to connect with conservatives. "Pro-standard?" Conservatives are about individualism and freedom from government interference – everything Common Core is not.
The Obama administration joined with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as it lured states into adopting untested nationalized standards with Race to the Top funds, while the Gates Foundation poured millions into promoting and implementing Common Core. The Common Core standards are owned by private groups that are not accountable to parents and taxpayers. All of this amounts to a lot of interference from an alliance of government and corporatists.
Galen writes:
Not every high-school student needs to go to a traditional four-year college. But, those who claim we are wasting the time of students who are likely to get on a vocational instead of an academic track are settling for low expectations at a time when we should be setting high expectations.
There are many successful people, in fact, who never completed a four-year college degree, an example being Bill Gates. The problem, however, is that the Common Core standards are not setting high expectations; like most top-down systems, they are a one-size-fits-all approach to education.
Maureen Van Den Berg, Policy analyst at the American Association of Christian Schools, told Breitbart News, "The Common Core Standards as a national standard ... cannot meet the individual needs of students, nor will it raise the bar for academic excellence."
The principle remains the same that federally-coerced uniformity in standards, which is what the Common Core Standards have become, simply cannot yield high academic achievement for all students. In an effort to reach all students, the standards will inevitably force uniformity on schools and students, establishing expectations that will be too rigorous for low-performing students and not rigorous enough for high-performing students.
While advocates of the Common Core standards will argue that adopting these standards does not limit high-achieving students, the long-term effect of their implementation and assessments will likely accomplish just that--forcing schools and teachers to direct available resources to bringing up low-achieving students to meet mandated thresholds and condemning teachers and students to further cycles of mandated assessments and reporting. This will lead to a mediocre standard at best.
Galen continues with what appear to be pessimistic hypotheticals:
What if, instead, we made the case that students who were either pushed into a vocational lane or self-selected for it, were being deprived of skills they may need later in life? What if they want to progress beyond being an hourly worker to being the manager of a business, or perhaps owning his or her own business?
On the other hand, what if we allowed students to make their own decisions, with guidance from their parents, and if they change their minds later on, which many young people do, they make another decision that makes them even happier? Or, what if they learn something about life from their initial choice of being an hourly worker, and then decide to work harder to better their position or return to school for another degree to achieve their goals?
Galen seems to have the fatalist view that many Common Core supporters hold: that children will not be able to succeed in life without nationalized government academic standards. Big government programs have never been – and can't be - successful in meeting the individual needs of children. Loving and involved parents, as well as a stable family life, however, can make all the difference in the world.
Perhaps what is most troubling about Galen's assertion that "the right" should love Common Core is that "the right" knows Barack Obama loves Common Core, just like Barack Obama loves Obamacare, loves spending taxpayer money, and loves circumventing the Constitution.
The real question, then, might be: "Why would a Republican love the Common Core?"
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The summerevening was perfect for GLAZA's 40th Annual Beastly Ball held Saturday June19th at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens to honor entertainment iconBetty White, a longtime GLAZA supporter and Trustee. The event raised$1,191,461 for the Zoo.
White wasnamed Ambassador to the Animals of the City of Los Angeles by Mayor Villaraigosa in 2006 forher dedication to the care of, and loving concern for, all animals. She readilyadmits, "I love this zoo with all my heart…I've been a zoo lover all mylife."
In a March2010 interview she discussed "her 46 year partnership with the Los Angeles Zoo,calling it one of her two loves in life, alongside show business."
Accordingto Glaza president Connie Morgan of La Canada,"Betty White is synonymous with the Los Angeles Zoo…and honoring her is our great joy."
Zoo directorJohn Lewis agreed,"Betty is truly one of the greatest fans of the LA Zoo… sheknows our animals and staff on a first name basis and when she's not ontelevision or in a movie you can usually find her here at the zoo."
NC/S starPauley Perrette served as emcee for the evening's program which included videotributes to White by Jay Leno, Alex Trebek, Jane Goodall, Craig Ferguson aswell as in- person honors from City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; USCongressman Brad Sherman and City of Los Angeles Councilmember Tom LaBonge. White's Award waspresented to her by GLAZA president Morgan, GLAZA chairman Tom Mankiewicz andLewis.
Attired incasual or safari garb, over 1,000 guests strolled through the zoo, viewing itsinhabitants in the Australia,Great Ape, and Aquatic areas. Animal feedings and "animal walk-abouts" werefeatured including chats with keepers strolling among the crowd handling, amongothers, a boa constrictor, a turtle, a slithery brown snake and owls, abeautiful turquoise and yellow macaw. A marimba band kept things lively and acolorful giant "butterfly " on stilts kept young people amused. While feastingon tasty fare, provided by some of L A and Pasadena's most popular restaurants,attendees were able to view and bid on conveniently located silent auctionitems.
At theappointed time, following the close of the silent auction, guests were summonedto the plaza area where they were given the red carpet treatment as theyentered. Attendees were encouraged to continue their feasting before beingseated for the program.
Followingthe presentations and tributes to Betty White a live auction was held,conducted by popular weatherman Fritz Coleman and Jimmy Pardo, Among the mostpopular items were a pre-opening tour of the Zoo's new Pachyderm Forest withBetty White; a visit with Zenyatta one of horseracing's all time greats atHollywood Park race track with her owners and racing manager; and the LA Zoo'sVets package -a behind-the-scenes experience at the zoo's Gottlieb Animal Healthand Conservation Center. Dancing and desserts concluded the evening'sactivities.
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St Ishmaels (134 all out) lost to Haverfordwest (136 for 0) by 10 wickets
HAVERFORDWEST opening batsmen Adam James and Simon Holliday were clearly conscious of rain approaching as they chased down St Ishmaels' tally of 134 all out in only 12.5 overs as they won by ten wickets.
Tish had been asked to bat first and managed their score in 39.2 overs against the varied Haverfordwest bowling attack in which pave men Adam James and Josh Wilment finished with respective figures of 1 for 34 and 2 for 37 before 'spin twins Ajay Revu (1 for 21) and Holliday (5 for 13) caused real problems, especially for the lower order batsmen.
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James finished up with seven fours and four big sixes in his 67 not out, with his 50 coming off only 25 deliveries, whilst Holliday was only marginally slower as he finished up on 60 not out, including ten fours and six to give his side an easy finish.
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After Your Tubal Reversal
What to Expect After Your Tubal Reversal
Donna Sisson, ST
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After Surgery / During The Post-Operative Period:
One of our nurses will come to see you in your room at the Residence Inn Chapel Hill Hotel the morning after surgery (normally by 10:00 am). We will answer questions and check your incision. You should shower before she arrives, but do not remove the dressing as the nurse will change your dressing when she arrives. The nurse will arrive at your hotel room generally between 7 am and 10:00 am. Please do not leave your room until the nurse has seen you. If you aren't in your room when the nurse arrives, you will not be seen at the hotel and will need to come back to the clinic before leaving town. Please be sure that your husband or significant other is appropriately dressed when the nurse visits the room. Please refrain from smoking just prior to the nurse's arrival and during the nurse's visit. To accommodate post-op visits and any traffic problems, all departures by plane, bus or train must be scheduled for AFTER 12 noon.
A local anesthetic is used during surgery to help reduce post-operative discomfort. However, you will be given Hydrocodone with acetaminophen 5/500 (Vicodin), or a comparable narcotic pain reliever, in case you need it for pain relief following surgery. You should also bring a bottle of ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, etc) to have with you in your hotel room. We recommend you take ibuprofen for several days following your surgery. Narcotic pain medications, like Vicodin, decrease pain by blocking the pain signals to the brain. Ibuprofen improves pain control as well, but also helps to decrease any inflammation/swelling. A nurse will give you instructions on how to take these medications. Please bring a thermometer so that you can check your temperature the night of surgery and the following morning. You will only be allowed to have clear, non-carbonated liquids immediately after surgery, so you may want to bring some clear liquids with you to have available in your hotel room. You will be supplied with a complimentary welcome box at the Residence Inn Chapel Hill Hotel that will contain some snacks that are acceptable for you to eat after surgery. Things that are allowed include: Jell-O, water, apple juice, lemonade (without pulp), tea, and white grape juice. Avoid salty or high sodium foods and beverages for a few days after surgery to help to minimize swelling (water retention) after surgery. You should not eat solid food until after you have passed gas. You will be given chewing gum in the recovery room to begin chewing after you leave our facility. Studies have shown that chewing gum helps to stimulate a return to normal bowel activity following surgery and anesthesia. For some patients, this will happen within a few hours, but it is not unusual for there to be a delay until the morning after surgery. It is very important that you remain on clear liquids until after you have passed gas. During surgery, bowel activity will slow down and attempting to eat solid food before peristalsis (movement) returns could result in nausea/vomiting or bowel obstruction!
On a person of average weight, the incision length will be approximately 3 – 4 inches long. Based on your abdominal girth, the incision may be longer to provide better exposure for your tubal surgery. Staples are not used to close the incision. You may have steri-strips over the incision that will need to be removed after 5 days. You will have internal stitches that will dissolve on their own. The second day after your surgery, remove the dressing prior to showering and do not replace it. You should continue to wash the incision area daily using HIBICLENS®soap for one week post-operatively. In between showers the area should be kept clean and dry. Artificial nails and nail polish should be left off for one week post op. Fingernails should be scrubbed daily using HIBICLENS® soap for one week post-operatively. First scrub fingernails and THEN wash incision area.
It is not unusual to experience discomfort or burning around the incision site for up to 3 weeks following surgery. You will feel muscle soreness when you sit and stand. A hardness or "healing ridge" may develop beneath the incision and will soften after several weeks. If you develop a temperature of more than 100° F, redness or discharge from the incision, please call our office to speak to a nurse or page your tubal reversal surgeon. Each person has a different pain threshold, but the medications we have prescribed should keep you comfortable. If you experience discomfort that is not controlled by pain medication, please call our office to speak to a nurse or page your tubal reversal surgeon.
Although everyone recovers at a different rate, most patients are able to return to most of their normal activities within a week to ten days. Heavy lifting (more than 15 pounds) should be avoided for 4 weeks, but you may resume other activities of daily living, as you are comfortable. Some women may experience swelling or bloating for a few days to a few weeks following surgery. Walking short distances is not only okay, it will help you feel back to normal more quickly in most cases and will help to decrease complications associated with inactivity after surgery. Many women find it is helpful to use a small pillow to brace the incision area when coughing or to use as protection from the seat belt during car travel. If you feel that you need abdominal support, you may want to use an abdominal binder for several days.
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In the making for over two years, this is a rare account of a visit to the birthplace of San Soo Kung Fu (Sanshou Gongfu) in China. Within its pages is contained the story of my visit to the home of San Soo Grandmaster, Chin Siu Dek Jimmy H. Woo. During my trip I visited with his relatives and friends, paid respect to the ancestral home of the Chin family, met with the owner of the direct lineage San Soo school in Taicheng still in operation today, and visited several other important locations in the area. Accompanied by over 50 photographs with translations and explanations of Chinese terms, this book will both reinforce some of the reader's ideas about San Soo and may challenge existing notions many of us practitioners have held for decades.
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Wednesday Afternoon State News Summary
Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:10:38 EST
(Snyder-Medicaid Expansion)
Governor Rick Snyder has thrown his support behing the expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program to those with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level.
Snyder says his fiscal year 2014 budget recommendation includes an expansion of Michigans Medicaid program, benefitting about 320,000 residents in the first year alone. More than 470,000 will be covered by 2021, reducing the amount of Michigans uninsured by about 46 percent.
The expansion is allowed under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and would be funded by the federal government through 2017 with the federal governments share gradually declining to 90 percent beginning in 2020.
Snyder says failure to go through with the expansion would mean that Michigan tax dollars will go to cover health care costs for other states that do take part.
He says the expansion will create more access to primary care providers, reduce the burden on hospitals and small businesses, and save taxpayer dollars. A recent study estimates that Michigan will save $351 million by 2022.
The governors budget recommendation calls for a deposit of 50 percent of the savings achieved from the expansion to be deposited into a special health savings account for the first seven years to help cover the increased share of the costs when the federal government scales back its funding.
(MI-Mega Millions Winner)
Someone in the western Upper Peninsula could be walking around with $19 million in their pocket.
Michigan Lottery officials say one ticket that matched all six numbers for Tuesday evenings multi-state Mega Millions drawing was sold at Festival Foods in Houghton.
The winning numbers drawn were two, five, 10, 26 and 44. The Mega Ball number was 46.
Officials say the winner must contact the Lottery's Public Relations Division at (517) 373-1237 to set up an appointment to claim the prize.
Mega Millions is played in 41 other states plus the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
The Michigan Senate this morning (Wed) approved legislation designed to improve car and boat sales, by taxing those sales only on the difference in price between the new purchase, and a trade-in.
Some other states have passed similar measures.
The bill is sponsored by State Senate Republican Dave Robertson of Grand Blanc.
Efforts in previous years to pass such legislation has failed, as critics have questioned which part of the budget should be cut to make up for the loss of tax revenue.
That same question was raised again today (Wed), as Senate Republican Roger Kahn of Saginaw noted the bills are (quote) "unaccompanied in every instance, with a recitation of where the cuts in the budget will be to allow them to give out the goodies....it's disgusting."
The Governor has also raised questions about the legislation, with a spokesperson saying they'd like to work out the state budget before offering any such tax breaks.
The bills will remain a loss of about 13 (m) million dollars per year in tax revenue for the state, according to the State Senate Fiscal agency, although a spokesperson for the Michigan Treasury believes it could total 240 (m) million dollars over ten years.
The bills now go to the Michigan House for consideration.
(Capitol-Sex Offender Registry Fee)
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is working on drafting legislation that would require registered sex offenders in Michigan to pay an annual fee to help maintain the state's sex offender registry.
Republican Rick Jones of Grand Ledge points out that Indiana charges $50 per year while Illinois and Ohio charge $100 per year.
Currently, the cost of maintaining the Sex Offender Registry database is funded through a one-time $50 registration fee, even though the majority of offenders register for 25 years to life. During the past five years, the money collected from this one-time fee is less than 10 percent of the cost of maintaining the registry.
Jones noted that as a result, law enforcement must divert taxpayer dollars that should be spent on putting more police officers on the streets
(Detroit-I-75 Crashes Probe)
Michigan State Police are now saying there were a total of 43 vehicles involved in 12 separate crashes over a mile-long stretch of I-75 last week as a snow squall produced white out and icy road conditions.
The nightmare pileup that happened last Thursday is responsible for claiming the lives of three people: a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl from Canada, and 54-year-old Larry Manolis of Allen Park. The children are believed to be brother and sister, although their identities have not been released.
Twelve or more people were transported to area hospitals, most with back, neck and head injuries. At least two of those hospitalized were reported in critical condition.
Multiple cars were seen crushed up against the median and some motorists, at one point, were trapped in their cars. Several vehicles were overturned and twisted metal littered the freeway.
A stretch of southbound I-75 was shut down for several hours while police tried to figure out exactly what led to the massive series of crashes.
Troopers say that they have now completed all of the investigations, except for inquiries into the two fatal crashes - for which they are awaiting autopsy and toxicology results and vehicle inspections.
(WWJ, Detroit)
(MI-Hathaway Complaint Dropped)
The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has dropped its complaint against former state Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway.
The commission met privately in Detroit on Monday and decided not to pursue a six-count ethics complaint against Hathaway since she's no longer a judge. Hathaway retired last month and pleaded guilty to bank fraud in federal court last week.
Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a complaint against the former justice with the Attorney Grievance Commission, who could decide to strip Hathaway of her license.
(Metro Source)
(Capitol-Veteran Designation)
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, state lawmakers and veterans advocates announced several initiatives to assist the more than 650,000 military veterans who live in Michigan, including a proposal to put a veteran designation on their drivers license or ID card to better link veterans with the services theyve earned.
The designation allows the Secretary of States Office to partner with the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and veteran service organizations across the state to provide referral information to veterans so they better know what resources and services are available to them. Additional information also will be made available to veterans in the 131 Secretary of State offices throughout the state.
Under the proposal, veterans who want the designation would provide the Secretary of States Office with proof of an honorable discharge.
Another initiative calls for the creation of a new fundraising license plate to benefit Michigan veterans.
(Detroit-Kilpatrick Defense Rests)
The federal corruption trial of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and a city contractor will be going to the jury.
The defense rested their case today (Wednesday) without any of the defendants taking the witness stand. The jury will likely hear closing arguments on Monday and could begin deliberations later in the day.
Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson are accused in what prosecutors have framed as a sweeping conspiracy to fix city contracts and shake down businesses. The government said the then-mayor pocketed bribes and also used a nonprofit fund as a slush fund for his personal use.
The two Kilpatricks and Ferguson each face up to 20 years in prison if convicted on racketeering, bribery and tax charges.
Kwame Kilpatrick resigned from office in 2008 and pleaded guilty to obstructing justice by lying in a civil case about having sex with an aide. He subsequently served 14 months in prison for violating his probation in that case.
(Help from: WWJ, Detroit)
(Alger Co-Inmate Assault)
A sheriff deputy in the Upper Peninsula is on administrative leave facing possible assault charges.
The Alger County Sheriff told the Marquette Mining Journal that the deputy, whose name has not been released, is accused of assaulting a 55-year-old jail inmate in December.
The inmate is facing fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges using force or coercion for molesting women during their treatment at the HealthQuest chiropractic clinic in Munising. The deputy was the husband of an alleged victim.
The incident is being investigated by the Michigan Sheriffs Special Investigation Operations Network team.
(Detroit-Murdered Woman ID)
Detroit police believe the body of a young woman found in a house on the west side is that of a 23-year-old who has been missing since New Years Day.
Dynasty Myles was last seen at the Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn on New Years Day, after leaving her young daughter with her parents in Southfield. Her body was discovered by city workers late Tuesday morning at an abandoned home on Log Cabin near the Lodge Freeway in Detroit.
Evidence collected at the scene by police suggest Myles was dragged into the home against her will, but officials are not saying how long her body had been there.
An exact cause of death has yet to be determined, but police are treating the case as a homicide.
(Ron Dewey, WWJ, Detroit)
(Alpena-Former Cop Sentenced)
The former commander of the Huron Undercover Narcotics Team in Northeast Lower Michigan will not spend time in jail for pocketing money intended to make drug deals.
Lt. Delmer Putnam pled guilty in December to a reduced charge of willful neglect of duty by a public officer. He was sentenced Monday in 88th District Court In Alpena.
Putnam admitted was using funds that belonged to HUNT for his personal use.in late 2011 and early 2012.
As part of a plea agreement, he was put on one year probation, ordered to pay $1,400 in restitution along with court costs and fines and perform 200 hours of community service.
Putnam must also resign from the State Police and surrender his law enforcement licensing and certifications.
Antrim County Prosecutor Charlie Koop acted as special prosecutor in the case.
(WATZ, Alpena)
(Lapeer Co-Double Fatal)
Police in Lapeer County say two people were killed when the car they were in went airborne after hitting an embankment and burst into flames.
The accident happened early Tuesday morning on East Davison Lake and Barber roads, just east of M-24, in Metamora Township.
The car was burning so intensely that police didnt see the front seat passengers until after firefighters got the blaze under control. They were declared dead at the scene.
Police say a preliminary investigation shows that the vehicle struck the northeast embankment of the intersection, went airborne and came to rest in the roadway on Barber Road before bursting into flames.
The victims names were not immediately released. Autopsies were expected to be performed today (Wednesday).
Police say its unknown if alcohol played a role in the crash. An investigation is ongoing.
(WWJ, Detroit)