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Feb 23, 2009 8:00 AM
The meandering path to Mike Ditolla's office seems apt for a man who has turned his love of mountainous backcountry into a life of teaching emergency wilderness rescue and medical skills: it's a short steep climb up a set of stairs to a passageway through a long, narrow hallway, followed by two sharp left turns that form a switchback to another, smaller hallway.
This circuitous route, not unlike many mountain trails, leads to a cubbyhole office, where Ditolla, M.S., has folded and tacked together a series of quadrangle maps on the wall facing his desk. The maps comprise a complete topographic picture of the Wasatch Range, the steep canyons and jagged peaks ringing the Salt Lake Valley's east side.
"It's pretty much the best classroom in the world, in my opinion," he said. And Ditolla's opinion counts—as both teacher and student. He coordinates the Wilderness Medicine and Remote Rescue programs in the University of Utah's Center for Emergency Programs, where he was named director in October. He's also a doctoral student in health promotion and education in the College of Health, where he focuses on avalanche safety.
Ditolla couldn't have landed in a better spot. The proximity of the Wasatch to a major metropolitan area makes the mountains a unique draw for rugged hiking, spectacular biking, and world-class skiing—activities that can put people at risk for the types of injuries usually encountered in wilderness areas miles from most cities. The state's world-famous powder transforms the canyons into some of the most avalancheprone terrain in the country, if not the world.
That's why Ditolla, who taught for eight years at the National Outdoor Leadership School, finds himself in Utah. He was recruited to the U Center for Emergency Programs to build a curriculum in wilderness medicine and remote rescue skills for training search-and-rescue teams, ski patrol members, and others responding to outdoor emergencies. This year, the Center for Emergency Programs is piloting rescue classes for those responding to avalanches and other winter backcountry emergencies.
These classes are being offered at the basic and advanced levels (for those new to the backcountry and to backcountry veterans). Enrollment is open to the community in addition to students majoring in health promotion and education. The course covers: how to evaluate and navigate snow-covered terrain, assess snowpack stability, and understand other factors that contribute to avalanche risk. In what is a unique combination, the class also offers first-aid skills and potentially life-saving care for people who are swept up in avalanches and may not be transported to a hospital for hours.
"With so many people in the Salt Lake Valley having access to the backcountry, a lot of them are very knowledgeable and trained in avalanche dangers. But there are those who aren't as aware," noted Ditolla, "and it only takes making the wrong call just once to pay a very high price."
While the Wasatch help him teach, they're also helping him learn and expand knowledge about avalanches. Ditolla's master's thesis was an epidemiological study of avalanche injuries that took an in-depth look at who got them; types of injuries; where, when, and how such injuries were incurred. He's also studying how and why people make decisions that lead them into potential avalanche situations, an academic area he hopes to help expand.
"It's our goal to develop tools that will enhance the quality of decision-making for people who venture into the backcountry. These new courses have been designed to provide participants with the entire skill set needed to deal with emergencies in the winter backcountry environment," Ditolla said. "They have been developed in cooperation with some of the top educators in the field and represent a more integrative approach to avalanche avoidance and medical first response. We apply hands-on strategies that prepare participants to not only recover beacons buried in bags, but to provide patient care in realistic scenarios."
The U Center for Emergency Programs offers basic and advanced classes on a range of emergency care and response: first aid; EMT (emergency medical technician) training; paramedic training; and emergency preparedness. In addition to two full-time instructors, the center draws from the expertise of 25 part-time instructors who work locally in emergency response agencies, according to Les Chatelain, M.S., instructor in health education and promotion, and former center director. As of last July, Chatelain moved to the Office of the Vice President for Administrative Services as special assistant for emergency management.
Along with professionals who are recertifying or receiving additional training, many of the center's students are working toward a bachelor's degree in health promotion and education. Students in this program can specialize in any of five areas:
• Community—prepares students for careers in government, nonprofits, private, and other health organizations;
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In case you haven't read the book, seen the movie or the musical, Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods as she treks off to Harvard University from her hometown of Los Angeles to win back the dry and shallow man that she loves, Warner. Along with experiencing severe culture shock and a few low blows to her confidence and spirit, Miss Woods makes some new friends and finds self discovery.
On June 21, Marblehead Little Theatre premiered their production of the hit Broadway musical, which originally opened on Broadway in 2007 based on the popular novel of the same name by Amanda Brown, as well as the 2001 movie. Music and lyrics were written by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin.
The opening night performance was overall a most enjoyable evening of musical theatre. The set was wonderfully detailed and highly communicative. Along with excellent costume design, I would have to say that set designer, Nate Bertone and costume designer, Elvira Schoenthal did an excellent job at establishing setting and mood as well as basic function throughout the production. Extra credit must also be given to Kara Nelson and Lara Finn for choreography and to the band for their dedication and attention to detail.
Director Steve Black has put together an excellent cast of extremely talented designers, crew and performers. There were only a few slight hiccups of technical difficulties and general pace throughout the performance, which anyone who has worked in theatre would know are minor wrinkles that iron themselves out as the show goes on.
Three performances to run to the theatre for in particular would be the entire cast's vibrant presentation of 'Gay or European', Sarah Goldstein as Paulette and of course, Miss Amy Strong as Elle. Legally Blonde The Musical is playing at the Marblehead Little Theatre from June 21 until July 1. Visit mltlive.com for more information.
Emma Cavaliere is an actress, writer, director and photographer living on the North Shore. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY and has worked in theatre and film in both the US and Canada. Since moving to the North Shore in 2010, she has been thrilled to observe and participate in all that the area has to offer in art, nature and community.


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Racial Disparities In Health Care: Justin Dimick And Coauthors' June Health Affairs Study
June 4th, 2013
Racial disparities in health and healthcare are a persistent and troubling problem for the U.S. Despite substantial policy efforts to the contrary, racial and ethnic minorities, especially African-Americans, often receive a lower quality of care and have worse outcomes. The key questions, of course, are why do these disparities exist, and what might we do about them?
Over the past decade, two primary theories have emerged to explain disparities and propose solutions to address them. The first focuses on issues around cultural competence, and suggests that many of the gaps in care are due to poor communication between providers and patients. Given the long history of discrimination against black Americans, the cultural competency theory argues that low trust on the part of patients, combined with the ineffective communication and lack of cultural sensitivity, leads to black patients receiving worse care with resultant poor outcomes. Ultimately, the cultural competency theory begs an approach to health disparities that requires more effective training of providers that care for minority patients.
The second theory of racial disparities in care suggests that the site of care really matters — that disparities are driven by the fact that black patients are more likely to receive care at poor quality hospitals. There is ample evidence for this theory as well – our prior work showed that care for black patients is highly concentrated among a small number of hospitals and these places generally provide a lower quality of care for all their patients. This theory calls for a somewhat different set of solutions: focusing on helping the subset of "minority-serving" providers to improve.
The Dimick Study
Of course, there need not be any contradiction between these two theories and one may suspect that both are likely at play. It is in this context that we have a terrific new study by Justin Dimick and colleagues from the University of Michigan, in the newly released June issue of Health Affairs, that helps us better understand why black patients generally have higher mortality after major surgeries than their white counterparts, and how we might try to reduce this gap.
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Mar 13, 2012, 10:16 AM | |
Hi Greg - noticed you're local. Where do you fly? I am a member at BARCS (http://barcs.org/) and I fly my 62" Osiris out of there
Bill |
Mar 14, 2012, 07:58 PM | |
Yes, AM to noon is great. After that the cross wind can get a big challenging, at least for smaller planes and warbirds. I regularly flew my Aspera in the wind.
There are no pattern-competition fliers that I am aware off. Let me check with my buddy if he is open to a couple more guys joining our not-a-club. |
Mar 15, 2012, 02:14 PM | ||
Bill |
Mar 17, 2012, 09:29 PM | |
Sorry to hear about your run-in with a tree. Are you going to be able to recover the rest of your gear and Plane? I clipped a tree last season,while turning on approach with my 62" Osiris, But, I was lucky and only damaged the left wing and the left side of the Fuse. It's all repaired now and I'm going to stay a little higher on approach from now on.
Are you going to try to repair your 47" Osiris or get another one. I also have the 47" Osiris and it is the best 47" F3A Pattern Plane that is currently flying. J |
Mar 25, 2012, 11:57 AM | |
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Hi guys.
Finally maidened my Osiris yesterday, after buying it last summer. Crashed it, unfortunately. Fixable, but I'd like to run this by you: At take-off, I noticed immediately that it was sensitive to aileron movement, big time. I flew it around, but it was VERY unstable, and a handful. I thought I was going to crash it, unless I got lucky. It would way over-react to control inputs. Finally, got close to the ground, near the runway, but it cartwheeled into the dirt. Broke right side of fuselage, wing separated from fuselage and wing tab is broken. Wing tube broken. Motor mount box is broken along with the cowling. Rudder has a gash in it. Both wings untouched except for the one broken tab. Otherwise, not too much damage, amazingly. CA and balsa and she should be OK, I would think. First question: 3D Hobby Shop good for spare parts? I didn't see a wing tube listed on their site, or wings. Are spare parts available for this bird, beyond what they list? Second question: Even though I double-checked the throws and set them to low rates, is this plane super, super sensitive? My Aspera flew like an arrow, completely different from what this one did. Third question: I suspect CoG was the problem. Maybe the battery came loose, shifted front to back and sideways? I fly with a Thunder Power 3S 4350 mAh batt, ProLite, same one I used in the Aspera. I had done a thorough CoG check, marked battery position, but I'm thinking that if that batt shifted back a half an inch, maybe that was the problem. Anyone have a good feel for how sensitive this bird is to changing CoG? |
Mar 25, 2012, 09:48 PM | ||
First, I would email 3DHS. They are good about getting stuff to you if needed. Second, what kind of expo where you using? Maybe increase expo setting. This plane is very stable and performs well in windy conditions. Third, I would say that your CG was not right. A 4350mah battery for this plane is to heavy. 3DHS has a great manual to follow, with specific CG measurements. I would suggest using a 4s 2650mah if available. |
Mar 26, 2012, 12:25 AM | |
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Suggest checking the direction of any expo. I fly Futaba so (-) expo is helpful. I put 3 more flights on a new 47" today and increased (-) Aileron expo to 30% from 25% at maiden. This aligned low rate aileron feel to that of my 62" Osiris for the way I fly. Osiris pilots enjoy crisp and precise rolling moments when the model is set-up as designed to fly. However, I could definitely see that if the expo is accidentally set in the wrong direction, that one would have a handful. I made that mistake two years ago when maidening an EF Taylorcraft 450 and had elevator expo dialed in the unhelpful direction. Crashed not far from rotation off the grass! LOL I learned all I needed to know about expo from that one. On another note, CG out of range could make any model unstable. 3DHS and AJ provide excellent specs and directions to get the best flight performance from their models so great care must be taken when using gear that is other than recommended. Suggest checking impact of pack size, weight, location on final CG. I am very impressed with the flying characteristics of both Osiris models and how well the little one flies like the big one (which flies like a 2m pattern ship) and have learned that any bad habits in my Osiris are those introduced by myself, the pilot / mechanic, LOL! Good flying! Dana
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Why Goats, Chickens And Bees Should Be Doing Your Yard Work
PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- It's peak season for giant home giant home and garden centers such as Home Depot and Lowe's, but you're really doing it right if your best outdoor ideas don't come from a big box.
Goats, bees, chickens, manure fuel and homemade garden-care products have been rural staples, but have become urban and suburban fixtures in recent years as homeowners cut back and reassess household priorities. Suddenly, "renewable" and "sustainable" weren't just pinko leftist commie buzzwords, but key portions of the frugal homeowner's vocabulary.
Those homeowners and the grounds they occupy took a big hit after the housing crisis and ensuing economic collapse. According to the Census Bureau, home and garden retailers took in $86.3 billion from March through May 2006, but saw their take fall as low as $67.7 billion at the height of the recession in 2009. While the $77.5 billion worth of shovels, rakes, soil and saplings bought last spring aren't a complete recovery, they're at least a bit sunnier than the slump the industry experienced for the past five years or so.
Instead of riding mowers and power trimmers, however, the occasional goat has been pressed into yard maintenance duty as cheap, effective workers. A good goat not only turns your kitchen scraps into easily degraded compost, but will go after kudzu, blackberry vines, dandelions, thistle and other pesky weeds and invasive species that can otherwise ravage a yard or field. Google has used them to keep the grass down at its Mountain View, Calif., campus and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and the city of Seattle have all used goats to manage their property and keep grass, weeds and other plants at bay. Goats are relatively inexpensive and require only a simple shelter and the greenery they eat as fuel. Companies such as Eco-Goats and Rent A Goat will lend you their goats for as much time as you need and can provide as many as 30 at a time on their own or through farm subcontractors. How many do you need? It depends on the size of the plot, but the folks at Gizmodo and Movoto have come up with an app for that. Just feed your property's measurements to their calculator and you'll get a pretty good idea of how many goats, cows, pigs or guinea pigs it'll take to tame your land in a day. Even better, it'll tell you how many chickens it will take to keep your grass down, which isn't such a bad thing considering they pay you back in eggs. They're a bit more high maintenance than the goats and get really involved if you're raising them as chicks. Coops, fencing, heat lamps and other investments need to be made first, but it gets easier from there. Rural areas tend to have farm stores such as Rural King, Smith, Orscheln and Wilco that will not only give away chicks for free occasionally, but show new owners how to set up a coop, install heat lamps, feed chickens, fence them properly, scare off predators and get the most eggs for the money. For urban dwellers, however, there's a growing number of "chicken consultants" available in cities such as Chicago, Portland and Dallas that will not only get you set up with a coop and chickens, but offer advice if they get sick and make house calls. In some cases, as CNN found in Los Angeles, consultants will also offer chicken sitting services while urban owners are out of town. If you're willing to go as far as raising chickens, you may as well give your garden and those of your neighbors a hand by raising some bees. With the world's bee population not what it once was, beekeepers and apiarists who once only worked larger farms and orchards now help out anyone willing to hire them on. Redwood City, Calif.-based Golden Harvest Beekeeping, Fairmount, Ill.-based Long Lane Honey Bee Farms and Eastern Tennessee's Arnold Honeybee Services will lend out bees to pollinate farms and gardens, teach gardeners and farmers how to keep their own hives of bees and/or sell bees to those who want to raise bees themselves. The downside to owning bees is that you're suddenly running hives and surrounded by buzzing swarms with stingers, but they will help a farm, garden or orchard thrive and leave lots of honey and wax to work with. Their hives have become pretty swanky, too, with cedar hives such as those produced by Portland-based Bee Thinking making great lawn decor. Of course, it's a bit tougher to use all of those weed-killing, insect-deterring chemicals on your lawn and garden if you have a fragile hive of bees around. If you still have weeds encroaching on every corner, the folks at PlanTea suggest boiled water, mulch, tarps and vinegar as your best lines of natural defense. It sounds dumb and kind of cruel, but pouring boiled water on dandelions will reduce them to dead, wilted husks of their former selves just a few weeks after a good dousing. If you don't want to wait that long, smother them with some mulch or tarps to deprive them of oxygen. That will also likely kill whatever's around them, so don't commit to this unless you're willing to just do mulch and ornamental plants. A far more effective method is using a 5% concentration of vinegar -- that's household vinegar to you and me -- to spray weeds to death. The vinegar acts as natural herbicide, but doesn't linger around in the soil to kill the plants you'd prefer to keep alive. This works on not only dandelion, but foxtail, velvetleaf, smooth pigweed and thistle as well. It's also effective on ants, as it covers up their trail and leaves them stranded, but even a good 50/50 mixture of sugar and borax will get the job done there. 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EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Shawn Stevens, 12, holds the flag he had taken away at Dover Middle School Wednesday. In back is his mother, Theresa Stevens, and touching the portrait of U.S. Marine Cpl. Gary Fielding, for whom Shawn brought the flag to school to support, is Shawn's grandmother, Sandy Tow.
DOVER — An autistic middle school student had his miniature American flag confiscated by school officials Wednesday morning, as they claimed its pointed top could have caused harm to other students.Theresa Stevens told Foster's her 12-year-old son, Shawn, had brought the flag to school to show his classmates after receiving it as a gift from a family friend whose son was recently deployed to Afghanistan."He's proud of it," said Stevens of the 12-inch symbol of patriotism. "He just wanted to show everybody he's proud to be an American."Stevens said she received a call from a school official informing her that Shawn's flag had been taken from him as its pointed end could have been used as a weapon."This school lets students carry around compasses with pointed ends and sharp pencils, and because those are considered school things they're OK, but an American flag is considered a weapon?" Stevens questioned. "This just isn't right."Middle school Co-Principal Kimberly Lyndes said the staff member who took Shawn's flag did so based on a judgment call as to whether it would become a problem to allow the boy to keep it in his possession."The concern was that it was pointy, and not the fact that it was a flag," said Lyndes. "This was not a disciplinary situation or about patriotism. It was a concern for safety."Lyndes said she understood the flag held special meaning to Shawn, but stood by the staff member's decision to confiscate it as a precautionary measure.Video by EJ Hersom/Staff photographerStevens said she was horrified when she received a call from school officials to notify her that Shawn's flag was being held and that she could have an adult pick it up if she wanted."He's autistic, so to him he thinks he's done something completely wrong," said Stevens. "My concern is how my son is feeling after all of this."Lyndes said she explained to Shawn why the pint-sized star-spangled banner was taken from him and that he understood.Stevens said her ex-husband went to the school to claim the flag and that it would be back in Shawn's possession Wednesday when he got home from school."I just want him to know he did absolutely nothing wrong," said the concerned mother. "There's nothing wrong with being proud to be an American and carrying a flag."When Shawn was asked why he brought the flag to school, he told Foster's he was trying to rebuild patriotism."You don't have to die for your country, you just have to support it," he said.Stevens said she has an Individualized Education Plan meeting next week with the teachers, paraprofessionals and director of special education services who work with her son. Stevens said she will most definitely discuss Wednesday's incident with those individuals.For now, Shawn will stay united with his flag at home.
EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Shawn Stevens, right, plays with a small American flag while his grandmother, Sandy Tow, holds the flag that was taken from Shawn at Dover Middle School Wednesday in Dover. Theresa Stevens, back, embraces Shawn's patriotic efforts like bringing a flag to school, which he brought to support his neighbor's son, U.S. Marine Cpl. Gary Fielding, who is shown in a picture on the steps.


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So where has Tae Bo man, Billy Blanks been all these years? Well, he's currently teaching at a Gold's Gym in Topeka Canyon, California, and his newest program, PT 24/7, which features a system of resistance bands attached to gloves, will roll out nationwide at the end of October.
After more than 10 years of being largely off the map, Tae Bo creator Blanks is about ready for that comeback. And he's coming to a gym near you.
"What makes me feel good is that in new workouts, fitness instructors use the basis of Tae Bo," says Blanks. "Tae Bo still works, and people still love it, I just haven't been here to teach it."
Billy spent three years in Japan developing an all-new Tae Bo style workout routine.
"Those who saw the old style say what I'm doing now is so different and new and exciting, but it still has the same foundation." He's also debuting a membership-based online fitness club this year.
To announce his comeback, Blanks has been traveling around the country on a national tour, which brings him to New York City this Friday. After that, Blanks will head to Tampa where he'll be attempting to break the Guinness Book record for the largest crowd to ever do a kickboxing workout (current record: 2,340).
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Fonterra seeks to limit damage from safety crisis
PUBLISHED: 05 Aug 2013 08:53:00 | UPDATED: 06 Aug 2013 04:50:35PUBLISHED: 05 Aug 2013 PRINT EDITION: 06 Aug 2013Angus Grigg and Tim Binsted
NZ Prime Minister John Key is concerned about the impact the scandal will have on New Zealand's reputation. Photo: AP
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is trying to shore up confidence in its key growth market of China, as the co-operative battles to contain its biggest food safety crisis in five years.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings was in Beijing on Monday and stressed that within 48 hours it would have "complete control" over products found to contain potentially lethal bacteria. "It has been addressed and won't happen again," he said.
Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, is trying hard to portray the contamination outbreak as isolated and the chances of infection low. But it is already battling rumours that all New Zealand dairy products are affected.
The situation was not helped by Trade Minister Tim Groser saying on Sunday night that China had banned all dairy imports from New Zealand. This was downgraded to a "temporary suspension" of some products on Monday.
'No ban' by China
"China has not closed the market to all our dairy imports," a spokesperson for Mr Groser told The Financial Review.
Mr Spierings reiterated that there was "no ban". He stressed that only 38 tonnes of product were affected out of annual production of 2.5 million tonnes.
The Fonterra chief said a full recall of infant formula, which used the contaminated whey products, was almost complete and that other milk, cheese, butter and UHT products had not been affected. "They are fully safe," he said.
Chinese milk powder imports grew by 27 per cent last year and are up eightfold since 2008, when an infant formula scandal engulfed local producers.
Fonterra was implicated in the scandal after a company in which it had a 43 per cent stake was found to have added melamine to infant formula to give higher protein readings.
The Sanlu Group was one of 22 companies named in the scandal, which killed six infants and hospitalised 53,000. Ironically, New Zealand was the biggest beneficiary of the resulting loss of confidence in local producers.
Fonterra said at the weekend that three batches of whey made at a New Zealand plant last year contained bacteria that could lead to botulism, which can cause nausea, breathing difficulty and death in extreme cases.
Impact on financial markets
Financial markets were also caught up in the panic. On Monday, Fonterra's Australian-listed units closed 4.4 per cent lower at $6.03, while the Kiwi dollar was down 0.4 per cent to US78¢ in late afternoon trade.
Craigs Investment Partners analyst Arie Dekker said the information vacuum had created a lack of confidence in the market.
"It looks like the product recall has dealt with the public safety issue, although we are still waiting to have that confirmed in all markets," he said.
"Any lasting impact on the premium image [of Fonterra] or on customer relationships are the sorts of things that the market's worried about."
Fonterra earned about 14 per cent of its revenue from China in the six months ended January 31.
China accounted for 22 per cent of New Zealand's dairy exports last year, while 90 per cent of Chinese infant formula imports came from New Zealand suppliers.
One of Australia's largest suppliers of formula, Nutricia, said there was no need to recall any of its local products.
Jan Carey, the chief executive of the Infant Nutrition Council, which represents the big players in the milk powder industry, said: "It's definitely going to cause some reputational damage. There will be some flow-on effects for the New Zealand brand. What the industry needs to do is be very open about what has happened. So far, New Zealand consumers are remaining calm."
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College Hoops Wednesday Recap: Longhorns Throttle Texas A&M
"We got whipped; from the first possession to the last possession that was a whipping," said A&M head coach Mark Turgeon. "I thought Texas was fantastic. Tristan Thompson and Jordan Hamilton were off the charts."
Things didn't get off to a good start for the visitors as they fell behind 20-5 following four free throws (a personal foul followed by a technical on the Aggie bench) with 13:05 remaining in the half. But A&M was able to work their way back to within striking distance thanks to better execution on both ends of the floor, making the score 28-22 with 5:24 to go on an Andrew Darko three. Texas then worked the lead back out to ten before the Aggies cut the margin back down to six. But the final two minutes of the half belonged to Hamilton, who scored five of the Longhorns' final seven points as they took a 39-27 lead into the break. That six-point deficit would prove to be as close as the Aggies would be the remainder of the night.
"It was a six-point game before half and Hamilton started doing his thing and I thought we never stopped them," noted Coach Turgeon. "I thought it felt like they scored every time they had the ball and that is not what we are about."
While numbers such as points in the paint (32-30 Texas), points off turnovers (13-12 Texas) and bench points (20-14 A&M) were close, rebounding and assist-to-turnover ratio proved to be a more accurate depiction of the thorough beating many witnessed. Texas out-rebounded the Aggies 33-25 and finished with 16 assists to just eight turnovers. A&M also turned the ball over eight times...but with just seven assists to show for it. Given the fact that A&M doesn't have a player like a Hamilton who can create his own shot on a regular basis, that low of a number was a bit of an issue for the Aggies. Texas A&M will be fine as the season wears on provided players such as David Lobeau and Nathan Walkup get back to providing consistent help offensively. But the story on Wednesday night was Texas, who looked more than ready for their upcoming matchup at Kansas on Saturday. (quotes courtesy of Texas Athletics)
Other Notable Happenings
1. What New Mexico/UNLV on Saturday lost in excitement it likely gained in desperation.
The matchup between the Lobos and Rebels was supposed to be one of the games that helped determine who won the Mountain West along with those involving BYU and San Diego State. No such luck now given the recent struggles of both, including the losses both took on Wednesday night. The Lobos fell to a mediocre Utah team in Salt Lake City, allowing 45 points in the first half of what would eventually become an 82-72 defeat. The Utes shot 50.9% from the field and made 10 of 19 three-pointers, making it near impossible for the Lobos to come back when they shot 5-for-17 from deep. UNLV, on the other hand, was without Tre'Von Willis (knee) for their home game against Colorado State and they paid dearly for it. The rapidly improving Rams won 78-63 behind the play of forwards Andy Ogide and Travis Franklin (combined 42 points and 16 rebounds). Both the Lobos and Rebels have three losses in conference play, practically ruling them out of the title race unless BYU and SDSU pull off an unfathomable plunge of their own. And the struggles could have a significant impact on how many teams reach the NCAA Tournament come March; despite UNLV's solid non-conference credentials one could make the argument that Colorado State is now third in that pecking order. Simply put UNM needs PG Dairese Gary to get untracked while UNLV needs a healthy Willis and more consistent play from its offensive weapons. Whichever team gets a positive answer on Saturday could resuscitate their fleeting hopes of an at-large bid.
2. Another "close but no cigar" outcome for Penn State.
Well, it seemed pretty obvious to the eye, be it trained or untrained, that Penn State should have been awarded the basketball with 5.4 seconds remaining and a 62-61 lead. But the officials didn't agree, setting the stage for JaJuan Johnson to knock down a jumper from 18 feet to give the Boilermakers the victory in West Lafayette. The loss drops Penn State to 3-4 in Big Ten play, and they've not got back-to-back close calls that could provide quite the dilemma for the selection committee should the Lions be one of the last few teams on the board. Do you reward close losses to elite competition, and if so how much weight do the close defeats at Ohio State and Purdue carry? But that's a conversation to dig deeper into down the road; the fact of the matter is that Ed DeChellis' is much improved over last season's squad, and the performances of players such as Jeff Brooks, David Jackson and Andrew Jones is why. Talor Battle now has credible help in shouldering the load, and with Penn State essentially going six deep (with the three reserves used counting as one man) the senior will need all the help he can get. But at some point the mere ability to hang tough for 40 minutes against the better teams in the Big Ten won't be enough. Penn State needs a couple marquee wins to put on their resume if they're to stand out come March.
3. Carleton Scott returns and Notre Dame beats Cincinnati.
Given the offensive impact of players such as Tim Abromaitis, Ben Hansbrough and Scott Martin one wouldn't think that the presence of Carleton Scott would be something that Notre Dame would struggle to account for. But they did just that last week, losing by double figures to both Marquette and St. John's on the road. But with Scott (hamstring) returning earlier than expected from his injury the Irish took care of Cincinnati 66-58, with his contributions far more important than what the simplistic action of reading the box score can decipher. Scott was able to give Notre Dame 15 minutes, which was more than enough with the starting five all scoring between 11 and 13 points apiece. Sean Kilpatrick led the Bearcats with 16 points off the bench, but given the play of individuals such as Rashad Bishop, Ibrahima Thomas and Cashmere Wright it should come as no surprise that the Bearcats struggled offensively as a team (38.3% FG). Notre Dame did a better job of getting to the foul line, and the mere presence of Scott on the floor provided a boost that Mike Brey's team needed after last week. But they'll need to take it slow with Carleton given the tricky nature of hamstring injuries, as he provides a dimension that isn't always served justice by the numbers.
Top Three Games
1. (13) Purdue 63, Penn State 62
2. Memphis 76, Southern Miss 75 Charles Carmouche's three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left proved to be the difference as the Tigers beat the Golden Eagles for the 15th straight time. Will Barton led Memphis with 15 while Gary Flowers led all Southern Miss with 21.
3. Colgate 80, Lehigh 79 A Mitch Rolls jumper with eight seconds remaining proved to be the difference as the Raiders picked up their first Patriot League victory of the season. Sterling Melville led Colgate with 15 points while C.J. McCollum led all scorers with 24.
Three Notable Performances
1. F Justin Harper (Richmond) 30 points and 10 rebounds in the Spiders' 68-58 win over previously unbeaten (in conference play) George Washington.
2. F J.P. Olukemi (Oklahoma State) 29 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three assists in the Cowboys' 96-87 overtime win over Iowa State.
3. F Lance Goulbourne (Vanderbilt) 14 points, 16 rebounds and five assists in the Commodores' 84-74 win over Ole Miss.
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Henry F. Potter (commonly referred to as "Mr. Potter" or just "Potter") is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life. He occupies slot #6 on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 Greatest Villains in American film history (in its 2003 list entitled AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains). Mr. Potter was portrayed by veteran actor Lionel Barrymore.
Mr. Potter is depicted as a greedy banker whom the film's protagonists find to be utterly unlikeable. Everything he does in the film is motivated by money and greed, regardless of the consequences the action in question may have for anyone else. Richard Corliss of "Time" magazine described Barrymore's portrayal as, "... Scrooge, the Grinch and Simon Legree in one craggy, crabby package".[1]
Potter often appears to be a very skilled businessman, which combined with his greed naturally leads to unpleasant repercussions for any residents of Bedford Falls who are struggling financially. During the whole length of the film, he (much to the chagrin of the protagonists) demonstrates an impressive ability to manage, plan and keep order, and seems particularly deft in the ways of business and finance. His business propositions may seem fair, even charitable at first, but his ulterior motives are of a far more sinister nature. Thus, he will stop at nothing so long as it means more money in his coffer and the downfall of the Bailey Building & Loan. In his first appearance in the film, he is seen being transported in a decorative horse and buggy, which causes the Angel 2nd Class Clarence Odbody (who is researching George's life) to ask "Who's that, a king?", to which his superior, Joseph, answers "That's Henry F. Potter, the richest and meanest man in the county!"
In 1919, Mr. Potter, even before the story starts, has already tried many times to buy the Building & Loan company from Peter Bailey, proprietor for many years. His first run-in with George Bailey was in the middle of a business meeting, when a very young George needed to ask his father, Peter Bailey, an urgent question about chemicals as he found cyanide in a child's medicine bottle at work. Potter is annoyed at Peter Bailey for refusing to foreclose on debtors who are past due, whereas Peter rebuts by saying the economic downturn has hit people hard, which will only be worsened by immediate foreclosures. When Henry Potter berates the elder Bailey, this infuriates the younger Bailey, who interrupts the business meeting to tell Potter he is nothing but mean-spirited. To Potter, this action by George convinced him further that the Bailey clan was annoyingly upstanding.
When Peter Bailey dies from a sudden stroke some years later, a 20-year old George must abandon his dreams of going off to college or traveling the world. Mr. Potter takes advantage of the crisis by attempting to close down the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan and place the assets in receivership, which he admittedly has the right to do as the principal shareholder in the company. The bereaved George must fend off Potter in order to save the Building & Loan. The rest of the savings bank's board of trustees endorses George's leadership, thwarting Potter's plans to take complete control of the Bedford Falls financial market; but it ends up costing George heavily. The board's decision is contingent upon the son taking over full-time management of the struggling, marginal business.
In one scene, Potter scoffs at the idea of a lowly man such as Ernie Bishop, the taxi driver, receiving a loan because George can vouch for his character. Potter snorts, "What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class." At that, George Bailey protests that those hard working people deserve a decent standard of living such as owning a properly equipped home, which the reasonable loans provided by the Building and Loan makes possible.
Later, in around 1930, when there is a bank run at the Building & Loan, Mr. Potter tries again to cripple the company. He offers fifty cents ($0.50) on the dollar to customers of the building and loan for their accounts, which would allow him to close the company and leave the bank (which he has effectively taken over) as the only financial institution in Bedford Falls. George refuses, and instead (with the approval of his wife) creatively offers each client his own honeymoon money ($2,000) to hold them over until the week ends, when the money arrives in the Building & Loan vaults, and most of the depositors decide to trust George, withdrawing no more than what they need for the week.
Years later, Mr. Potter's own investments and income are threatened by Bailey Park, a new suburb-like development upstart by George's company. Complaining that the Building & Loan has "been a boil on my neck long enough," Mr. Potter summons George to his office and extends him the job offer of his dreams. On condition that he turn the Building & Loan over to Potter, George will receive a plentiful salary with a bonus.
Mr. Potter, by this time, knows that George has always wanted but never received. There are four things Potter knows that George has always desired, and implements these in a dastardly scheme to coax the Building & Loan from George's safe hands.
Sensing George's desire to leave Bedford Falls behind and see the world, Mr. Potter proposes George an incredibly profitable career at Potter's company, running all of Potter's properties and financial affairs. George is offered an immense salary, benefits and business trips to New York City and maybe even Europe.
George initially takes the bait, and asks for 24 hours to talk it over with his wife, Mary. Potter agrees to let George think his offer over. But once he shakes Mr. Potter's hand, George somehow has an epiphany when he realizes Potter's true intentions, and refuses him.
During World War II, Mr. Potter becomes head of the draft board in Bedford Falls. He is satisfied to see that George is ineligible to serve on the war front because of deafness in one of his ears; it is a scar and trophy from when his brother Harry fell through the ice at the age of nine and George rescued him from the freezing waters. Instead, George stays behind and fights the "Battle of Bedford Falls", supervising scrap metal and rubber drives, allocating ration coupons, and volunteering as an air raid warden.
On Christmas Eve 1946, George's brother Harry (serving as a U.S. Naval Aviator) is to return to Bedford Falls after being decorated with the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of countless soldiers on a troop transport in the war. George's scatterbrained Uncle Billy, an associate of the Building & Loan since Peter Bailey's days, arrives in Potter's bank with $8,000 to deposit. The miser is wheeled into the bank in his wheelchair by his long-term bodyguard, is greeted by four bankers and then, sarcastically, by Billy, who, noticing a copy of the Bedford Falls Sentinel in Potter's lap snatches and reads it out loud.
And when Potter criticizes George by calling him a "Slacker" in a reference to his 4-F status (his deaf ear already having rendered him unfit for military service), Billy responds with a criticism of his own:
An angered Potter snatches the paper back, and Billy, chuckling in satisfaction at his misfortune, happily trots back to the register. What the two men have not realized however, is that when Billy snatched and, while mocking Potter, folded the newspaper, he inadvertently wrapped the $8,000 inside of it-and when Potter snatched the folded up newspaper back, the money was still inside. Potter does not realize this until after he has entered his office and left Billy's sight, when he opens the newspaper and sees the money. Quickly asking his bodyguard to wheel him back to the door, Potter takes a peek into the lobby and sees the absentminded Uncle Billy frantically searching the bank for the money, completely clueless as to where it is. Taking delight in the misfortune of the man who just taunted him, Potter hides inside his office, stealing the money, knowing the ensuing ruin that will happen for George's company.
Later that night, George has discovered Billy's slip-up. The company is inexplicably short $8,000 and the bank examiner is due shortly. George realizes what this means: bankruptcy of the company, scandal, and jail for whoever is responsible. If George goes to jail, Potter will control the Building & Loan, his family will suffer, and he will be shamed for the rest of his life. At first, he briefly entertains the notion of having his uncle accept responsibility for the act, but he realizes that he must save the bank. Obsessed with clearing his own name and saving the business his father started, George goes to the only person he knows who has enough money: Mr. Potter.
In this, George's ultimate moment of need, Potter merely taunts the desperate George cruelly.
When Potter asks for collateral for the meager loan which would be enough to hold George over, George offers a $15,000 life insurance policy with a $500 cash value. In yet another compassionless act of pure selfishness, Potter rejects the offer and comments that George has no securities, stocks or bonds; just the $500 equity from the life insurance policy. Immediately after commenting on this, Potter delivers his most vile line in the film;
Potter then telephones the police and puts out a warrant for George's arrest. The charges are of malfeasance and manipulation of funds. George, realizing Potter's statement might be true, walks out of the building and drives off, having lost faith in the world and mankind.
Later that night, Potter sees George once more, happy, as if he had never lost $8,000 and was positively overjoyed at the thought of a prison term. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!" he shouts. Mr. Potter responds: "And a Happy New Year to you, too! ...In jail!" This is Mr. Potter's final scene in the movie.
What Potter does not know is that George has just been shown a vision by his guardian angel. George was on the verge of suicide after his conference with Potter and made a wish that he had never been born. So, his guardian angel (Clarence Odbody, played by Henry Travers) showed him what would have become of Bedford Falls had the man known as George Bailey never been born. The ensuing town is called Pottersville, which is a sleazy and dangerous city filled with jitterbug dance halls, whiskey joints, petty crime, and unhappy people with meaningless, amoral lives. This is the "thrifty working class" Potter had allegedly envisioned years earlier. With this George now realizes how malevolent and heartless Potter really is.
When George returns to town, he has triumphed over Potter, because he finally realizes that all he has done for Bedford Falls has resulted in a constituency that supports George more than they do Potter, making him an important leader of his community, deeply respected and admired. This is evident when most of the town raises a collection to help make up the financial loss, culminating with a massive advance supplied by George's wealthy industrialist friend Sam Wainwright that more than makes up the difference. Even though Potter still remains George's rival in business, the townspeople's response to his compassionless, uncaring attitude towards them is not to trust, respect, like or love him. With that kind of support, the young Bailey's eventual triumph over the aged Potter is all but assured.
Both Dan Duryea and Charles Bickford were considered for the role of "Potter."[3] In 1931 Lionel Barrymore won an Academy Award for Best Actor in "A Free Soul" but is probably best known for his role as Henry Potter. Confined to a wheelchair due to a hip injury and severe arthritis, Barrymore played Potter as a wheelchair user. His wheelchair is pushed in all scenes by a wordless assistant (played by Frank Hagney). His performance is listed six slot on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 Greatest Villains in the history of American cinema.[4]
In a 2007 article in The Guardian, Graham Fuller quotes an FBI internal memo from 1947 that states the film "represented a rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a 'scrooge-type' [sic] so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This...is a common trick used by communists."[5]
Barrymore's Mr. Potter inspired the voice of mad scientist Simon Bar Sinister in the Underdog cartoon series.[6]


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Q&A: Microsoft Veep Phil Harrison Talks Xbox One, Used Games, Always-On, and More
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Wired: Is it true that there is zero backwards compatibility with 360 games, whether they be disc-based, XBLA, or XBLIG? There will be no way to transfer any of those games over, even if it's only through the cloud?
Harrison: Yes, that is correct. You will be able to transfer over your music and television purchases, but no games. The games stay on 360.
Wired: I assume current Gamertags will stay active and transfer to the Xbox One, along with the associated Achievements and so forth?
Harrison: Yes.
Wired: Will there still be avatars, and is there anything new being added to this new Live system? Any new sorts of achievements on top of the old system, or any new perks of that nature?
Harrison: All of Live has been redesigned from the ground up for Xbox One. There is a whole set of achievements which are driven by the cloud. Today, when a developer finishes the game, the achievements get locked at that point. In the future, with Xbox One, achievements are now dynamically pushed from the cloud. Developers can add new achievements… they can do some very clever things with bridging achievements across multiple games, and that means it can go on forever.
Wired: Does the device function if the Kinect is not attached?
Harrison: Kinect and Xbox One are one and the same. They are two parts of the equation. Obviously the Kinect sensor is used for Skype, for communication, for voice recognition, gesture and motion sensing and the rest.
Wired: So as an example, if your dog comes in and somehow it knocks the Kinect down and breaks it, would you still be able to use the box if there was a particular game which did not use the functions embedded into the Kinect?
Harrison: In that situation, I have no idea. [consults with assistant] What kind of dog is it?
Wired: The dog from the Call of Duty video you showed today. That one.
Harrison: (laughs)
Wired: For players who don't have consistent access to online connectivity due to their particular location or poor quality of service, how much functionality will they be able to get out of the Xbox One?
Harrison: So, Xbox One is designed to have an internet connection. You will recall what I said earlier about it not requiring one all the time, but just like many devices that we have in our lives today… they are an extension of the Internet.
Wired: Will there be region-locking? For example, if a person wants to import a game that's only available outside the United States, will it be able to play on the Xbox One?
Harrison: Generally, our policy on that is to let the developer or publisher choose how they want to implement that. I would imagine the same thing will happen with Xbox One, but I actually do not know.
Wired: Is the hard drive inside the unit upgradable? Also, is it proprietary, and will there be any external storage options?
Harrison: External storage, yes. Hard drive upgradability, I do not know.
Wired: So will Microsoft put out a separate external hard drive product that consumers can buy, or will Xbox One be compatible with non-Microsoft drives off a shelf?
Harrison: I do not know.
Wired: So can you clarify a bit about the fifteen exclusive games that were mentioned during the briefing this morning? Are any third parties involved, and are those for the general launch window, or will those be available right at launch?
Harrison: Microsoft Studios are developing fifteen games exclusively for Xbox One, of which eight will be brand-new IP. Those will be available during the Xbox One's first year.
Wired: How many SKUs will you have at launch? Will there only be one unit to buy, or will you have varying packages with different price points?
Harrison: We will announce details on pricing and availability and configuration later on, but the current plan is to offer one SKU.
Wired: With regard to the feature that allows player to record their gameplay, will you be able to upload that anywhere, or will it only be shared between Xbox One owners?
Harrison: Game DVR is the feature you're talking about. It's a fantastic feature. Think of it as a video celebration of Achievements, but also players and developers will be able to record certain moments during the game as well. You can share that with your friends. It's saved in your private cloud storage that we give you. It is exposed on the dash and you can publish it to your social feeds.
Wired: So if I have a Twitch channel, can I send it there? Can I upload it to Twitter, Facebook, or anywhere else?
Harrison: As I said, you can upload it via your social feeds. We will share more details on this at E3, but it's a very powerful feature of the box.
Wired: So what's the status of Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox Live Indie Games? Is the plan to keep those programs going, or what do you envision for smaller games and smaller game developers?
Harrison: There's two parts to the question there. First, how will we curate that content and allow the user to find those games. In the past, we created three separate and distinct spaces. For Xbox One, we've very purposely done away with that. We just have "Games." There will be very big games, there will be very small games, there will be games in the middle… we don't mind. We don't want to categorize the type of game, or infer quality by the size of the developer who made it. I think it's up to users to discover which games are great, and it's up to them to share and talk about those things with their friends.
Also, the recommendation engine we've built into Xbox One will allow for much easier discovery of great games. The Game DVR feature will allow you to share with your friends what you've been playing, and they will be able to see it and say "that looks really cool, I want to play that game", so that actually has a massive benefit to the developer community, and helps solve one of the biggest problems developers face, which is discovery. How do they get their game to an audience? So, we've made some very thoughtful, purposeful decisions in the architecture of Xbox One which I think will be great for the developer ecosystem. These things have been very well-thought-through. And certainly, I'm extremely passionate about this space.
As you've seen on 360, we are already publishing and developing games which have a variety of business models, and we will continue that on Xbox One. We are committed to making that as global as we can, encouraging developers wherever they are to bring their games and experiences to our platforms.
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Published on May 22, 2012 - 8:57 am
by Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press
Magda Abuhassabu began thinking what she wanted to do with the rest of her life when her hours were reduced teaching English as a second language.
Cooking always had been her passion, so she turned to catering.
But as she saw people wolf down her tasty, lean turkey burgers, sprinkled with veggies and natural spices, "it just hit me one day," said Abuhassabu of Southfield. "That's the business."
Greenleaf Turkey, the company she started in November 2011, makes three styles of lean, tasty turkey burgers and a gluten-free vegetarian patty sold in frozen, vacuum-sealed packages.
Most of her customers know her as the friendly woman in Shed 3 at Detroit's Eastern Market, where she sells her burgers each Saturday in a spot next to a guy peddling smoked salmon.
Soon, she will return on Tuesdays to the Detroit market.
"Eastern Market put me on the map," said Abuhassabu, who welcomes customers to sample her products from a hotplate she hauls to the market. At the Saturday market in Detroit alone, she sells about 200 packages of burgers, two patties to a pack, for $5.50 each.
Greenleaf Turkey faces some of the same decisions as other start-up companies lucky enough to find quick success, such as: What's next? Can I grow without being overwhelmed?
"It's a sweet problem, but it's a problem," Abuhassabu confessed recently, from a pristine kitchen that she rents at a closed Novi restaurant, where she also runs a small walk-in retail business.
"I get approached almost every Saturday by restaurant and grocery store owners who want to carry the products."
It means that Abuhassabu once again will look for investors to help her grow her business by hiring another worker or two and purchasing more equipment to expand production.
She and two part-timers do it all now. "It looks like a bigger company than it is," Abuhassabu said. Abuhassabu has had to learn all kinds of new skills, including figuring out how to use slightly thawed, but not overly defrosted, turkey meat in an industrial burger maker.
Abuhassabu gives kudos to the Oakland County Business Center, part of a network with the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center.
Greg Doyle, business consultant with the Oakland center, suggested she write a business plan and to research her products with repeated taste tests for friends and others.
"It all has to do with having some passion for something and taking time to do the research to figure out whether the concept will work," Doyle said. "A lot of people skip that whole research piece."
More help came from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., a public-private partnership that helps Michigan businesses. Consultants with the agency "assessed our needs and gave us a push," with advice and models of other existing businesses, Abuhassabu said.
Her next project is mastering computer software to add nutrition labels to her products. Her turkey burgers, made with Amish turkey from a Troy farm, are about 260 calories.
"I'm at a near break-even point today," she said. "Just like everybody" in a start-up business, "it's been a roller coaster. It grew faster than I thought it would."
More Details: Greenleaf Turkey
What it does: Makes four turkey and vegetarian burgers.
Based: Novi, with sales at Detroit's Eastern Market.
How to reach it: Greenleaf Turkey is inside the Atrium of Novi at: 43155 Main St., Suite 214, 248-790-0557. www.greenleafturkey.com