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Foundation for Chiropractic Progress Recognizes Frederick R. Carrick, D.C., Ph.D., as "Champion of the Year"
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:43
CARMICHAEL, Calif. – March 18, 2013 –
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
(F4CP), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the value of chiropractic care, is pleased to announce that
Frederick R. Carrick
, D.C., Ph.D., has been named the first recipient of its "Champion of the Year" award. The award, which acknowledges an individual for outstanding achievement in public relations and positive press for chiropractic, was presented to Dr. Carrick at the 50
Anniversary Gala of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), on March 7, 2013, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.
"Dr. Carrick exemplifies our mission: generating positive press for chiropractic," states Kent S. Greenawalt, chairman, F4CP. "His highly acclaimed team of doctors, delivery of care and treatment of neurological disorders has gained exceptional media coverage for its remarkable outcomes. Any doctor of chiropractic who achieves this level of positive publicity for the chiropractic profession deserves high-profile recognition."
Nominated in part by the ACA Council on Neurology, Dr. Carrick received the award in appreciation of his impressive service and significant impact on the profession. For more than 30 years, Dr. Carrick has specialized in Chiropractic Neurology, and upheld a reputable clinic sought out by a roster of celebrity patients worldwide -- including NHL star Sidney Crosby. In 2012, Dr. Carrick's notable clinical outcomes resulted in an explosion of coverage by media, including:
USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Maclean's Magazine
, Fox, CNN, ABC, CBC, NBC, PBS and the Discovery Channel.
Accepting the award, Dr. Carrick states, "I am honored that the F4CP has selected me as its first recipient of an award that represents the betterment of patients and the chiropractic profession."
Greenwalt adds, "It is exhilarating to witness an F4CP supporter possess the same drive and dedication in advancing chiropractic. Together, we will change the future of this profession and impact millions of patients with our distinctive care. We extend our congratulations to Dr. Carrick, and look forward to future successes and nominations."
About Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
A not-for-profit organization, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress aims to inform and educate the general public about the many benefits associated with chiropractic care. To learn more about the Foundation, please visit us on the web at
or call 866-901-F4CP (3427).
Legislation to Further Integrate Chiropractic Services Introduced in Congress
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Written by Melissa Lee
Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:00
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) today announced that its work with key congressional supporters has resulted in several important pieces of pro-chiropractic legislation being introduced in the 113th U.S. Congress. These bills, if enacted into law, would increase patient access to the services provided by chiropractic physicians.
The first legislative initiative, the "Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act", was introduced in the Senate (as S. 422) by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Its House companion bill, H.R. 921, was introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), a ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. The bills would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to have a chiropractic physician on staff at all major medical facilities by 2016.
The second ACA supported bill is H.R. 741, the "Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act," introduced by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa). This legislation would extend chiropractic services to military retirees, dependents and survivors as part of TRICARE. H.R. 741 defines "chiropractic services" as diagnosis (including X-ray tests), evaluation and management, and therapeutic services for the treatment of neuromusculoskeletal health conditions. The legislation specifically notes that chiropractic services may only be provided by a doctor of chiropractic (DC).
Another recently introduced bill--the "Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2013" (H.R. 171), introduced by Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas)--would benefit the public and the chiropractic profession by requiring the inclusion of DCs in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps. USPHS is an elite team of more than 6,000 well-trained, highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programs and advancing public health science.
The final ACA supported bill is H.R. 702, the "Access to Frontline Health Care Act," which would establish a new program to help chiropractic physicians and other select health care providers repay their student loans if, in exchange, they establish and maintain practices in medically underserved areas. ACA has worked closely with Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), the sponsor of the bill, to ensure that chiropractic physicians are specified as qualifying for the program.
"Those who have made sacrifices for our country--especially veterans, active-duty military and their family members--deserve access to the best health care available, which includes chiropractic services," said ACA President Keith Overland, DC. "I am urging every chiropractic physician, chiropractic student and chiropractic supporter to
contact their congressional representatives
and urge them to cosponsor these bills and to help military families in need."
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013, is the largest professional association in the United States representing doctors of chiropractic. ACA promotes the highest standards of patient care and professional ethics, and supports research that contributes to the health and well-being of millions of chiropractic patients. Visit
Spring Seminar Series to be held for alternative treatment for scoliosis
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Written by Nicole Gladieux-Doyen
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 11:39
CLEAR Scoliosis Institute is the preeminent alternative approach to the medical model of scoliosis treatment, which is watching, bracing and surgery.
The public at large will come to recognize that there is a less invasive alternative to scoliosis care than waiting, bracing, or surgery. The Chiropractic profession will lead this new approach to scoliosis care. This will be accomplished with CLEAR's reliance on scientific research, documentation, and peer reviewed studies.
A growing number of chiropractors are participating in CLEAR's continuing education programs. The educational programs are now available online, allowing the Doctor to take these classes at home. The CLEAR educational program is predicated on the premise that all chiropractors should be educated and trained on how to spot and diagnose scoliosis. Secondarily, many chiropractors have come to appreciate the technique component of the CLEAR program focusing on spinal structural correction.
The positive relationship within the chiropractic profession has led to a growing number of referrals from Chiropractor and Medical Doctors for their patients who want an alternative to waiting, bracing and surgery.
For more information and to register for the spring seminar series, go to
or call the CLEAR Institute at 866-663-7030. Classes are available online or in person through Parker University in Dallas, TX.
Foot Levelers launches Redesigned and Enhanced Stabilizing Orthotics
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Written by Hilary Kelley
Tuesday, 05 March 2013 15:13
Roanoke, Va. (March 4
, 2013)—
Today Foot Levelers launches a new bright and bold look to their Stabilizing Orthotics. For over 60 years, Foot Levelers has been serving the chiropractic profession as the world's leading provider of orthotics.
"We are fine with growing old, but not with becoming outdated or out of touch," commented Chuck Carver, Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "It was time to give the products a redesign and make improvements in the way we do business. We are extremely excited about these enhancements."
Foot Levelers gathered feedback they received from patients and doctors over the years; to help make improvements to the Stabilizing Orthotics and to streamline the way doctors order the best products for their patients. Their mission was to empower patient-focused doctors with more enhanced products. These enhancements include:
Trendy new look of Stabilizing Orthotics
100% recyclable, informative new packaging
Simplified product selection
"We are always striving to bring new and innovative products to the profession to help provide better care for patients from the ground up," said Kent Greenawalt, Chairman and CEO of Foot Levelers. "I am very excited about these improvements and look forward to another 60 years serving patients."
To learn more about Foot Levelers' redesign, visit FootLevelers.com/newlook or call 800.553.4860.
Foot Levelers
Foot Levelers, Inc., world's exclusive provider of individually designed Stabilizing Orthotics and other therapeutic products, has been serving healthcare professionals for over 60 years. Foot Levelers supports every step patients take to enjoy fuller and happier lives at work, home, or at play.
ChiroTouch to Present "Keeping Compliant in 2013 with PQRS/ARRA Stimulus" Webinar
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Written by Robert Moberg
Tuesday, 05 March 2013 15:05
San Diego, CA – March 1st, 2013 – ChiroTouch™, the nation's leader in chiropractic software, is pleased to announce "Keeping Compliant in 2013 with PQRS/ARRA Stimulus" webinar, which is scheduled to air live for one hour on March 5th, 2013, at 10:00am PST.
"We get so many questions from doctors across the country about the stimulus program," said Robert Moberg, President of ChiroTouch. "Our latest webinar will answer many of these questions and ultimately help chiropractors navigate the program, ensure compliance, and maximize reimbursement."
Learn the in's and out's of PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) and what it means to your practice. Learn how to use the meaningful use quality measures data to take advantage of the PQRS Incentive Program that offers payments of 0.5 percent during 2012–2014 and avoid penalties in subsequent years.
* Have you already gone through your first attestation period in 2011 or 2012?
* Are you seeing Medicare patients but are not planning to participate in the stimulus?
* Are you aware of PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) and how to keep compliant in 2013?
If you are a Medicare provider, this is a must-watch! You could still be eligible for up to $39,000 in reimbursements if you act by 2013! Fabio Checchin, account coordinator with ChiroTouch, will be giving an update on the ARRA Stimulus with the current timelines and how it affects you and your practice.
Dr. Bryan Weissman, southeast regional sales consultant with ChiroTouch, will also be demonstrating how to implement PQRS within ChiroTouch.
Chiropractic software designed from the ground up to maximize efficiencies for virtually every process, including patient self check-in, scheduling, SOAP notes, billing, interoffice communication and more, ChiroTouch has developed its HIPAA-compliant system to drastically reduce the time it takes to perform tasks that chiropractors are already doing. That gives chiropractors more time to see more patients—resulting in increased referrals, improved efficiencies, and a direct, measurable impact on practice profitability.
Other recent webinar topics include "Art of the Close," "Building Value in Your Practice and Equity in Your Business," and "HITECH Stimulus Act Updates." The ChiroTouch webinar programs and the attendees have benefited from speakers such as Dr. Patrick Gentempo, Dr. Bob Hoffman, Dr. Eric Plasker, Dr. Ron Oberstein, Dr. Mark Ott, Stanley Greenfield, and many more. This cross-section of the most influential and recognized coaches and speakers has made for a very robust and popular series of webinars.
To join ChiroTouch for this webinar, visit
About ChiroTouch
ChiroTouch, by Integrated Practice Solutions Inc., is the premier provider of fully-certified innovative chiropractic software technology solutions for the chiropractic industry. Fusing advanced software systems with superior support services, we partner with chiropractors across the country to help them automate operations, improve patient care, and increase profitability. Visit
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Critical Review by Dinah Birch
SOURCE: "Invalided Home," in London Review of Books, Vol. 15, No. 20, October 21, 1993, p. 22.
In the following positive review of The Eye in the Door, Birch describes the novel as "a continuation, and an enrichment, of Regeneration."
Working-class memory generated Pat Barker's writing. Her early fiction presented itself as a tribute to generations of suffering and survival in the industrial North-East of England. It seemed to fall into a ready-made tradition: 'the grit, the humour, the reality of working-class life', Virago burbled cheerfully about Union Street (1982). But there was more to Barker's work than that. Alongside the realism of her accounts of deprivation among the back streets was an intense imaginative inwardness. The lives she recounted were haunted, not only by the shared grind of poverty, but by private images of loss and love. There was a political edge to those novels, emerging as they did from the feminist Left, but what drove them was a long engagement with moments of vision, bleakly Wordsworthian spots of time that recur again and again in her fiction. Barker's first four books had a cumulative force, shaping histories of obsession out of the hardships of oppression. The people she spoke for had an intimate particularity that tested the limits of political analysis. Their fantasies had the insistence, and often the violence, of a lived nightmare. Images of the body imprint themselves remorselessly on the minds of her characters, and her readers: the sputum and blood erupting from a dying man, the putrescent body of the murdered prostitute, the aborted foetus of the unmarried teenager. 'She banished the image which always, in her rare moments of silence and solitude, returned to haunt her.' Much of Barker's fiction is involved with that attempted exorcism.
This self-reflectiveness carried with it the hazard of repetition, and Regeneration, published in 1991, consciously broke a compulsive pattern. It was a historical novel, based on the work of the Army psychologist W.H.R. Rivers, who treated Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen at Craiglockhart Hospital in 1917. The political burden of the fiction is explicit. This is the story of Sassoon's rebellion against the continuation of the war, and of the process which eventually persuaded him back to the trenches in France. But the change in direction was not as radical as this new choice of subject might suggest. Barker has consistently written about the inheritance of suffering and endurance, and the impact of war had already emerged as one of her central preoccupations. Rivers's mode of treatment for shell-shocked soldiers mirrors her method as a novelist: corrosive memories must be confronted if health is to be restored. The attempt to deny the trauma imposed by trench warfare is what pushes Rivers's patients into insanity. The culture that instigated the warfare also attempted to deny its consequences: madness was the result there, too. Rivers, rather than Sassoon, emerges as the moral pivot of Regeneration, as he feels his way towards a larger understanding of the reasons for his patients' misery. Unspoken but persistently present in the novel is the fact that Rivers was about to stand for Parliament as an independent Labour candidate at the time of his death shortly after the war.
The Eye in the Door is a continuation, and an enrichment, of Regeneration. It is a novel of formidable energy and integrity, and it confirms Barker's status as one of the most rewarding writers to have emerged in recent years. Impervious to literary fashion, Barker's fiction builds on its own solid achievements. Each succeeding novel absorbs and moves beyond what has gone before. Many characters from Regeneration reappear in The Eye in the Door: Rivers, Sassoon, Graves. Themes and images also return, brought into closer focus. The authority of the eye, what it sees and what it imagines, has always mattered to Barker. A single gazing eye has brooded over her fiction from the first. 'Her one naked eye staring out like the eye of God' is what we remember of Beattie, raddled prostitute in retirement, in Blow Your House Down. In Regeneration, the eye became an emblem of horror. Billy Prior, one of Rivers's patients, has buried the memory of picking up the eyeball of a dismembered soldier called Towers and holding it in the palm of his hand. 'He had very blue eyes, you know. Towers. We used to call him the Hun.' What is left of Towers, a bare blue gaze that is neither English nor German, reveals the fragility of the categories that supposedly regulate Prior's life. An officer but not a gentleman, intelligent, bitter and ambitious, Prior breaks down because the boundaries of what he has been taught to expect can't contain what he has seen.
Prior's slow regeneration is the dominant story of The Eye in the Door. As the novel begins he is simply looking for sex. Failing to induce his girl to provide it, he finds a more eager partner in a fellow officer called Charles Manning. The encounter is graphically described. Here, as in all her work, Barker insists that the intellectual and moral issues which she writes about are inescapably grounded in the life of the body—'because this mass of nerve and blood and muscle is what we are.' The body makes its own demands, oblivious of the cultural distinctions that hedge us in. Borders of class and gender constantly shift around Prior. The First World War exposed and often denied established patterns of social difference, and this is one reason for Barker's longstanding interest in its history. Traditional concepts of war assert the values of manliness, and of gentlemanliness, but the new experience of fighting in the trenches undermined both. It was the 'peculiarly passive, dependent and immobile nature of their experience' that led to trench soldiers' vulnerability to what was termed 'neurasthenia'. Their trapped helplessness was something that had been more usually experienced by women. As Rivers notes, it was one of the ironies of the war that the disordered minds of his patients would frequently display symptoms that had previously been identified as belonging to hysterical women. The officers' duties, too—disciplining and caring for their men, providing food and comfort—were curiously domestic, like those of mothers rather than warriors. Meanwhile, the women at home were freeing themselves from the worst tyrannies of domestic service, often earning high wages in the munitions factories, and finding some degree of the freedom that the men at the front had lost.
The cultural anxieties provoked by the faltering definitions of gender pervade Barker's novel. Aberrant groups are ruthlessly watched, with consequences that are cruel and often grotesque. Pacifists and homosexuals are singled out. Ambivalent and divided, Prior hovers on the edge of both groups. He had been sheltered as a child by Beattie Roper (another Beattie—names, like images, constantly recur in Barker's fiction), a pacifist now imprisoned for an improbable plot to poison Lloyd George with curare. Her cell is under unremitting surveillance, and the spyhole in the door is surrounded by an elaborately painted eye. Increasingly convinced that she has been clumsily framed by the Intelligence Unit that employs him, Prior's loyalties are divided. He is pursued by nightmares about the eye in Beattie's door, and his life falls apart. Terrifying lapses of memory fragment his days. His recovery—partial and qualified—comes when he finally looks at the roots of his own duplicity. As Rivers guides Prior towards self-knowledge, Prior inverts the orthodox relation of power between doctor and patient. Rivers has no visual memory. Prior's evolving understanding of his own condition pushes Rivers into facing the reasons for this disability, and its effect on the institutional authority he assumes over his patients. Moved by Prior's abrasive affection, Rivers is compelled to realise that he is not as separate from his patients as he has chosen to believe. He, too, has been trying to submerge the pain of memory, and has diminished himself in the attempt.
Prior is barely sane; other seemingly respectable figures are still less so. One of the most bizarre stories here is that of the 'Black Book', said to contain the names of 47,000 homosexual men and women whose moral corruption laid them open to blackmail by German agents. This mysterious book had supposedly been discovered in the cabinet noir of 'a certain German Prince' by Captain Harold Spencer, who went on to claim that members of Asquith's War Cabinet were in the pay of Germany, and that many high-ranking British officers were in fact Germans. He was obsessed with the depravity of modern women, writing about what he called 'the Cult of the Clitoris' and suggesting that the list of subscribers to a private performance of Oscar Wilde's Salome would include many of the degenerate 47,000. Barker's point is that Spencer was clearly much crazier than many of Rivers's patients, yet he was taken seriously in many quarters. Maud Allen, the dancer who was to take the part of Salome, sued for libel. Spencer's evidence was admitted in court, and she lost her case.
Spencer's lunatic fabrications revealed, rather than caused, the anti-homosexual panic that prevailed in the final months of the war. The divided consciousness embodied in an extreme form by Prior was a pervasive consequence of a profoundly traumatic war, and was by no means confined to those who had seen active service. One of the strengths of The Eye in the Door is Barker's integration of historically documented events with the constructed imaginative lives of her characters. Charles Manning, invalided home from the trenches, has a dual existence, combining his homosexual activities with life as a loving husband and father. He is driven to breakdown by the fear of exposure triggered by Maud Allen's libel case. Manning, too, becomes Rivers's patient as fact and fiction weave patterns through the novel. In part, these designs are formed by the literary heritage left by the war. Barker, like the men and women she writes about, is working her way through memory, and books, like soldiers, leave ghosts behind them. The poetry of the war, often the creative product of homosexual doubleness, lingers in her prose. One function of the novel is the commemoration and celebration of Sassoon and Owen.
Robert Graves is a more equivocal spectre. The cadences of Goodbye to All That have sounded in Barker's work before. In a climactic moment towards the end of The Century's Daughter a social worker rescues the parrot belonging to the book's dead heroine. He recites a verse from Skelton:
Parrot is a fair bird for a ladie.
God of His goodness him framéd and wrought.
When parrot is dead he doth not putrify,
Yea, all things mortal shall turn into nought
Save mannés soul which Christ so dear bought,
That never can die, nor never die shall.
Make much of parrot, that popajay royál.
They are grand lines, but there is a touch of self-regarding evasion in the social worker's construction of an intellectual event out of the heroine's pitiless murder. The literary memory behind this moment is Graves's description of a wartime cricket match between officers and sergeants, in which a dead parrot in a cage serves as a wicket. Graves quotes the same passage from Skelton. The transposition is characteristic of Barker's writing, with its reflected and transformed image, brooding on memory and mortality. She has learned from Graves's engagingly direct style. But Graves had much to do with defusing Sassoon's politically inspired denunciation of the war, and his position betrays an element of arrogance. Describing his family background in the opening pages of Goodbye to All That, Graves mentions an inherited disposition to 'sudden and most disconcerting spells of complete amnesia. These fits, so far as I can discover, serve no useful purpose, and tend to produce in the victim the same sort of dishonesty that afflicts deaf people who miss the thread of conversation—they hate to be left behind and rely on intuition and bluff to get them through.' These blanks bear a close relation to the bouts of amnesia that afflict Prior, whose loss of memory also implies the loss of moral identity. The 'dishonesty', jovially dismissed by Graves, becomes a dark and fearful phenomenon in Barker's novel. Graves is no villain, but his literary presence hints at a kind of avoidance that runs counter to the rigorous confrontations with memory and the imagination that Barker imposes on her readers.
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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of White Mountains Insurance Group and Its Subsidiaries.
Concurrently, A.M. Best affirmed the debt rating of "bbb" on Fund American Companies, Inc.'s $700 million 5.875% existing senior unsecured notes due 2013. Fund American is a wholly-owned intermediate holding company of White Mountains. A.M. Best also affirmed the various debt ratings assigned to White Mountains and Fund American's existing shelf registration statement. The outlook for all ratings remains stable.
These rating affirmations reflect White Mountains' conservative financial leverage, improved business profile and earnings trend, as well as demonstrated overall financial flexibility. Somewhat offsetting factors include the ongoing inherent challenges associated with the group's aggressive acquisition strategy and dependence upon investment earnings and capital gains to generate sustainable earnings, notwithstanding the significant improvement in underwriting results in recent years.
Fund American's ratings recognize its stand-alone financial leverage, cash flow and fixed coverage, as well as its role as White Mountains' intermediate holding company. Most of White Mountains' outstanding debt is issued by Fund American but is guaranteed by White Mountains.
The consolidated financial leverage (debt plus preferred stock-to-total capital) of White Mountains, including Fund American, has improved to 20% as of year-end 2004, primarily due to increased shareholder equity resulting from growth in retained earnings, the exercise of warrants to purchase additional White Mountains' common stock by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRKa) and unrealized capital gains on White Mountains' investment portfolio.
OneBeacon's rating is based on its improving capitalization and earnings, which are anticipated to further improve in the medium term, and enhanced balance sheet protection by virtue of significant reinsurance protection on asbestos and environmental (A&E) and other mass tort liabilities. These positive rating factors are somewhat offset by OneBeacon's historically sub par earnings and adverse loss reserve development from prior years, including losses due to, but not limited to, construction defect claims. Management has strengthened its claims-handling and other infrastructure capabilities in recent years and expects reserve development to stabilize in the medium term.
The rating affirmation of Folksamerica Re is based on the reinsurer's improved business profile and earnings trends since 2002 and the support it receives from White Mountains. Partially offsetting these positive attributes is the company's exposure to property catastrophe events. In 2004, Folksamerica Re recognized $88 million in net losses due to the southeast windstorms in the third quarter of the year. These losses, combined with the company's acquisition of Sirius America Insurance Company in 2004, have resulted in Folksamerica Re's risk-adjusted capital declining from its 2003 level. Nonetheless, capital continues to support the current rating, and the company continues to benefit from its affiliation with White Mountains, who contributed over $400 million to Folksamerica Re in 2001 and strategically provides affiliated reinsurance support for the company.
For a complete list of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.'s financial strength, issuer credit and debt ratings, please visit http://www.ambest.com/press/063004whitemountains.pdf.
For Best's Debt Ratings, all other Best's Ratings, an overview of the rating process and rating methodologies, please visit http://www.ambest.com/ratings.
A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at http://www.ambest.com.
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The Agency´s evaluation reports from 2007-2008 show that approximately one quarter of these deals with international students. Currently very little is known about the effects of English as the medium of instruction on the quality the education.
The Agency is of the view that a common strategy with common goals and clear areas of responsibility is required for the different agencies and organisations dealing with international students.


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Fats are a really misunderstood group. There is a general perception that all fats are bad and must be avoided. But this not true. Here are a few things that fats help us with.
They help us get energy. A drastic cut down on fats may leave you feeling lethargic.
They help insulate our body, to protect it from extreme temperature.
Fats form a covering around our internal organs to protect them from damage.
They help to metabolize proteins and carbohydrates.
They help regulate body temperature.
However it is true that too much fat create health problems, mainly diseases related to the heart. It helps to remember that fats are good, and bad. Around 95 percent of fats in our body are in the form of triglycerides. Good fats are those which occur naturally and are not chemically altered. Bad fats, however, have been hydrogenated or have been chemically altered in some way, and they harm the body.


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The Product Development and Systems Engineering Consortium (PDSEC) is a joint industry/academic research group based at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The PDSEC focuses on collaborative, globally oriented product development and systems engineering for the automotive industry. Founded in 2005, the PDSEC has sponsored several presentations and workshops with contributors from General Motors, Ford Motor Company, PTC and other universities. The PDSEC sponsors four research tracks focused on the following areas:
- Global Product Development
- Collaborative System Design and Realization
- System and Product Architecture
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The special court hearing the cash-for-votes scam case on Friday rejected the bail applications of the former Bharatiya Janta Party advisor, Sudheendra Kulkarni, and the former BJP Lok Sabha MPs, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora.
Writing the order on Mr. Kulkarni's application, Special Judge Sangita Dingra Sehgal said: "It appears that Kulkarni played an active role as a mastermind of the entire criminal conspiracy, who advised all and made all arrangements. He was the guiding star and laid the path of action."
Stating that Mr. Kulkarni had taken the law into his own hands and facilitated the commission of the alleged offence by not informing any law-enforcing agency, the judge said: "He remained in contact with other conspirators from time to time and was present at the spot when the bribe money was actually delivered."
The court also dismissed the accused politicians' submissions that they were whistleblowers in the case. It observed that despite "ample opportunities" they had not informed any law-enforcing agency about the Rs.1 crore bribe given to them by co-accused Sanjeev Saxena nor had they attempted to detain him.
The court said the various witness statements, audio-video recordings of the sting operation conducted by a private news channel and other circumstantial evidence on record, were "sufficient enough to come to the conclusion" that there was a prima facie case against the accused.
On Mr. Kulaste's application, the Judge noted that the accused was an MP — a "representative of the people of the country who held a significant and responsible" position. "The allegations that the accused was part of a criminal conspiracy and accepted illegal gratification and made efforts to subvert constitutional and parliamentary norms can not be overlooked."


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Improved conditions for the third day of practice at the
2010 Isle of Man TT
races equated to the first 130mph lap of this year's races. The man to breach the barrier was none other than 15-time TT winner John McGuinness, who turned the mountain course at 130.242mph, the only rider to cross the threshold.
John McGuinness turned the first 130mph lap of the 2010 Isle of Man TT during a Wednesday practice run on his HM Plant Superbike.
McGuinness set the mark on his HM Plant Superbike, the practice lap a full mph under his best ever at the circuit (131.578mph). Ian Hutchinson, who set the practice pace during two earlier days of action this week, was second-fastest at 129.164mph. The Padgetts Honda star was followed by fellow Honda man, the popular Guy Martin, pacing his Wilson Craig CBR at 129.145mph. Lapping behind the Honda Superbike trifecta were the Relentless TAS Suzuki duo of Adrian Archibald and Cameron Donald, with Archibald enjoying a breakout double-victory performance earlier this year at the
North West 200
In the Supersport class, Michael Dunlop turned the fastest lap aboard his Street Sweep/Hardship Racing Yamaha at 125.087mph. The Northern Irishman (and son of TT legend Robert Dunlop) was followed by Englishmen Hutchison and McGuinness, a respective second- and third-fastest for the Padgetts Honda squad (McGuinness campaigning under the HM Plant banner in Superbike and Padgetts in Supersport and Superstock). Michael Dunlop's brother, William, was fourth-fastest at 122.639 mph. Kawasaki's Connor Cummins rounds out the SS top five aboard a McAdoo Kawasaki.
Irishman Ryan Farquhar turned the fastest Superstock lap at an impressive 128.076mph, the fastest lap ever for the KMR Kawasaki rider. Keith Amor was second-fastest aboard the BMW S1000RR, the Scotsman having given the German marque its first-ever NW200 victory in the Superstock race this past May (Amor sixth-fastest in Superbike with a Honda). Guy Martin once again was third-fastest, the perpetual TT bridesmaid turned a virtually identical time as Amor, 127.503 to 127.525mph. Kawasaki's Ian Lougher claimed fourth-fastest in the class, the Welshman looking to add to his 10 TT wins and 28 podiums. The 2008 IOM TT standout Cameron Donald was fifth-fastest on the Relentless Suzuki.
In the Sidecar practice the DMR Kawasaki duo of Dave Molyneux and Patrick Farrance led the way. The two were a full mph faster than the second-fastest pair, Klaus Klaffenbock and Dan Sayle, aboard the LCR Honda. John Holden and Andrew Winkle were the next closest on the timesheet, able to turn the notorious circuit at 112.737mph, a full two mph down from the front-running Kawasaki team.
Isle of Man Superbike TT Practice:
1. John McGuinness (Honda) 130.242mph
2. Ian Hutchinson (Honda) 129.164mph
3. Guy Martin (Honda) 129.145mph
4. Adrian Archibald (Suzuki) 128.618mph
5. Cameron Donald (Suzuki) 128.011mph
6. Keith Amor (Honda) 127.925mph
7. Bruce Anstew (Suzuki) 127.915mph
8. Conor Cummins (Kawasaki) 127.010mph
9. Ian Lougher (Kawasaki) 126.659mph
10. Gary Johnson (Suzuki) 126.488
Isle of Man Supersport TT Practice:
1. Michael Dunlop (Yamaha) 125.087mph
2. Ian Hutchinson (Honda) 125.020mph
3. John McGuinness (Honda) 123.128mph
4. William Dunlop (Yamaha) 122.639mph
5. Conor Cummins (Kawasaki) 122.554mph
6. Adrian Archibald (Yamaha) 122.300mph
7. Bruce Anstey (Suzuki) 122.072mph
8. Dan Kneen (Yamaha) 121.813mph
9. Cameron Donald (Suzuki) 120.531mph
10. Mark Buckley (Kawasaki) 120.370mph
Isle of Man Superstock TT Practice:
1. Ryan Farquhar (Kawasaki) 128.076mph
2. Keith Amor (BMW) 127.525mph
3. Guy Martin (Honda) 127.503mph
4. Ian Lougher (Kawasaki) 126.216mph
5. Cameron Donald (Suzuki) 126.012mph
6. Michael Rutter (Honda) 125.495mph
7. John McGuinness (Honda) 124.973mph
8. Gary Johnson (Suzuki) 123.573mph
9. Ian Mackman (Suzuki) 123.303mph
10. Adrian Archibald (Suzuki) 123.055mph
Isle of Man Sidecar TT Practice:
1. Dave Molyneux/Patrick Farrance (Kawasaki) 114.748mph
2. Klaus Klaffenbock/Dan Sayle (Honda) 113.576mph
3. John Holden/Andy Winkle (Suzuki) 112.737mph
4. Simon Neary/Paul Knapton (Honda) 112.071mph
5. Conrad Harrison/Kerry Williams (Honda) 110.810mph
6. Tony Elmer/Darren Marshall (Yamaha) 109.253mph
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Alan -Mecca
June 3, 2010 06:26 AM
I plan on making the pilgramage someday soon
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June 3, 2010 01:03 AM
Has it taken you 100 years to realise this ie the greatest motorcycle race in the world? Shame on you.
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June 3, 2010 12:51 AM
Just leaving England this evening to go to the TT!! Its going to be a cracker!! Spread the word more in America guys. This is the greatest motorcycle race in the world and if you have any interest in superbikes you must make the pilgrimage!! It will blow your mind!!!!
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On Jan. 31, 2006, the U.S. Senate confirmed Samuel A. Alito , a judge from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to succeed retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States. Alito was the second justice to join the court during the 2005–06 term. Following the death in September 2005 of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the U.S. Senate confirmed John G. Roberts, a judge from the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, as his successor. Both nominations were controversial; Roberts was confirmed by a vote of 65–33 and Alito by a margin of 58–42.
During the portion of the term when Roberts and Alito were both on the court, they generally were aligned with the more conservative wing of the court. Of the 21 nonunanimous cases decided in this period, Roberts and Alito were in agreement with one another in 19 cases. In 17 of those 19 cases, Roberts and Alito took the same position as Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the court's most conservative members. With the retirement of O'Connor, Justice Anthony Kennedy emerged as the pivotal swing vote in many important cases.
The most celebrated decision of this term was in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, regarding the status and treatment of detainees at the United States military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Hamdan, a Yemeni national, had been captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and held at Guantánamo since 2002. At the same time, U.S. Pres. George W. Bush had established special military commissions to hear charges against individuals, including Hamdan, alleged to have violated the laws of war. In Hamdan the court by a vote of 5–3 held that those military commissions were unlawful both because they were inconsistent with the American Uniform Code of Military Justice and because they were not "regularly constituted" courts required by the Geneva Conventions. The majority in Hamdan identified as a critical defect in the pre-2006 military commissions a rule permitting a commission to consider secret evidence that was not disclosed to the defendant.
Congress responded to this decision by enacting the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which gave the military commissions the express statutory basis that the Supreme Court had found was lacking. The Military Commissions Act, however, guaranteed the right of defendants to be present at commission proceedings.
In Gonzales v. Oregon, the court struck down an effort by the Bush administration to prevent a physician from providing a terminally ill patient with a lethal dose of drugs. In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide when voters approved a ballot measure enacting the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. In 2001 the U.S. attorney general announced that the government interpreted federal law to forbid physicians to provide drugs to patients under the Oregon statute. The Supreme Court concluded that the federal law at issue, the Controlled Substances Act, did not authorize the attorney general to regulate in this way the practice of medicine.
The court largely rejected a challenge to a controversial Texas law that redrew the boundaries of the districts from which that state elected members of the federal House of Representatives. In 2003, at the urging of Republican congressional leaders, Texas had altered the boundaries in a manner that increased the number of districts with Republican majorities. As a result, Republican candidates in the 2004 elections won several seats that had previously been held by Democrats. In LULAC v. Perry, the court reiterated that in some exceptional circumstances redistricting for political purposes could be unconstitutional. The Texas plan was not deemed so exceptional as to be invalid. At the same time, the LULAC decision held that Texas had violated federal law by redrawing one district to remove a large number of Hispanic voters; when that district was redrawn to comply with the court's decision, it was won by a Democratic candidate supported by Hispanic voters.
The court rejected two important free-speech claims. In previous decisions the court had ruled that government workers would often be protected from dismissal or other retaliation for expressing their views on matter of public importance. In Garcetti v. Ceballos, however, the court held that government employees had no such protection for statements made pursuant to an employee's official responsibilities. Thus, a government attorney who worked as a prosecutor could be disciplined because of the contents of a memo written to his supervisors about the handling of a particular criminal case. In Rumsfeld v. FAIR, the court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring that colleges and universities that received federal funds provide military recruiters the same assistance and access accorded to other employers. Many such schools forbade on-campus recruiting by employers, such as the armed forces of the United States, that discriminate against homosexuals. The court concluded that the impact of the law on the free-speech rights of the schools themselves was too small to violate the Constitution.
The court resolved two significant issues regarding unlawful police searches. Georgia v. Randolph held that when police do not have a search warrant, they cannot enter and search a home if one occupant agrees to the search but another occupant objects. In Hudson v. Michigan, the police executing a search warrant had entered without first knocking and announcing who they were, as required by the Constitution. The court ruled that the prosecution could use evidence found in the ensuing search, at least in a case in which the constitutional violation had not caused the discovery of that evidence.
The court decided several capital punishment cases that reflected the increasing judicial and public debate about the risk of executing an innocent defendant. Those decisions framed a number of important innocence-related questions likely to be addressed by the court at some point in the future. In House v. Bell, the court permitted a death-row defendant to challenge his 20-year-old conviction, despite an otherwise impermissible delay in attacking that conviction, because there was substantial evidence of actual innocence. The circumstances of the case illustrated a number of recurring concerns about capital convictions, including the contamination of critical evidence, the subsequent availability of exculpatory DNA evidence, and a confession by a different individual with a history of violent behaviour. The court expressly left unresolved whether a defendant had a constitutional right to challenge his or her conviction on the ground of actual innocence. In Oregon v. Guzek, the court identified, and declined to reject, a related innocence issue: whether a capital defendant who had been convicted of murder was entitled at sentencing to introduce or rely on evidence raising residual doubts about his or her guilt. In Kansas v. Marsh, Justice David Souter (and three other justices) in a dissenting opinion marshaled some of the evidence suggesting that a significant number of innocent defendants had been sentenced to death, with which Justice Scalia disagreed at great, and pointed, length. The majority opinion in Marsh, aptly characterizing the debate as "incendiary," held that the risk of wrongful convictions could not be the basis for resolving all legal disputes in capital cases, but it did not undertake to catalog the legal disputes to which that risk might be relevant.
The court issued a number of opinions regarding the boundaries between the authority of the federal government and the powers of the individual states. In a series of earlier cases, the court had in a variety of circumstances held that federal courts could not hear certain lawsuits brought by private individuals against states or state agencies. This line of decisions had significantly diminished the enforceability of federal laws that apply to actions by state officials. In three cases during the 2005–06 term, however, the court permitted such suits. United States v. Georgia held that states could be sued in federal court for violating federal statutes if the conduct of the state officials also violated the United States Constitution. Central Virginia Community College v. Katz concluded that federal bankruptcy courts could determine the rights and liabilities of a state agency. In Northern Insurance Company v. Chatham County, the court, rejecting several arguments to the contrary, held that cities and counties could be sued in federal court even when a state itself could not be.
In Rapanos v. United States, the court faced the recurring question regarding what bodies of water were covered by the federal Clean Water Act. In Rapanos no majority was able to agree on a standard for determining when or whether the Clean Water Act would apply to wetlands lying near ditches that eventually emptied into navigable waterways. Four conservative members of the court favoured a narrow reading of what bodies of water were covered by the act, while four liberal members preferred a broader interpretation of the statute. Justice Kennedy, who cast the deciding vote and whose view thus represented the existing law governing the lower courts, concluded that wetlands were covered by the Clean Water Act where they had a significant impact, such as because of pollutant trapping or flood control, on larger downstream bodies of water.


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NASA Tram Tour
A must-do for any visit to Space Center Houston. This is your chance to go on the grounds in the Johnson Space Center and get an up-close look at impossible as it's happening. You might see astronauts training for the next trip to the International Space Station. You'll see Historic Mission Control, where we monitored space programs until 1992. This tour also takes you through the awesome Building 9, where astronauts train on their next mission. Plus, there's the new Saturn V Complex at Rocket Park. This is one attraction that's impossible to miss.
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Eagles look to snap home losing streak vs. Giants
The Philadelphia Eagles haven't won a home game since the New York Giants last visited the Linc.
That was 13 months ago.
The Eagles (3-4) will try to snap a franchise-worst, nine-game losing streak at home when the Giants (1-6) return to Philadelphia on Sunday.
''It's tough, but we know our fans are still behind us,'' linebacker DeMeco Ryans said. ''We're not getting it done at home right now and that's disappointing not to win games when you have the home-field advantage. We have to do a better job of winning the games at home.''
With first place in the NFC East at stake last week, the Eagles turned in their worst offensive performance since the final game of 2009 when the division was on the line and they lost 24-0 at Dallas. It was the Cowboys who became the first team to shut down Chip Kelly's prolific offense in a 17-3 win over the Eagles last Sunday.
San Diego and Kansas City have also won games in Philadelphia this year. The Giants haven't won much of anything, however. They avoided an 0-7 start by defeating Minnesota 23-7 Monday night in Josh Freeman's nightmarish debut as Vikings quarterback.
''I just wanted to get that winning feeling back,'' said two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, who has an NFL-worst 15 interceptions. ''You work so hard each and every week and you try to have a good game. You keep playing and you go and compete hard and try to make plays, and feel like you put a lot of work into it, and not always get the results that you want. If we do the right things, it will come around.''
Michael Vick should be under center for the Eagles after missing the last 2 1/2 games with a hamstring injury. Nick Foles sustained a concussion against the Cowboys after a dismal performance.
Here are five things to watch when the Giants play the Eagles:
RUN STOPPERS: Though they're only ranked 21st against the run, the Giants have fared well against some of the top backs in the league. They've held LeSean McCoy, Jamaal Charles, Matt Forte and Adrian Peterson to under 67 yards rushing each. McCoy, who leads the NFL with 685 yards on the ground, had a season-low 46 yards on 20 carries vs. the Giants three weeks ago.
Former Eagles Mike Patterson and Cullen Jenkins, along with 350-pound Shaun Rogers and Linval Joseph, are the Giants' defensive tackles.
''You've got four big bodies inside that aren't what we normally see in this league,'' Kelly said. ''Shaun Rogers is a big dude that can run. (Eagles offensive coordinator) Pat Shurmur said he looks like the state of Rhode Island out there when you look at the tape.''
VICK WON'T SLOW DOWN: Vick had 79 yards rushing vs. the Giants before injuring his left hamstring late in the second quarter. He doesn't plan to sit in the pocket now that he's been hurt.
''I've pretty much set my mind to play the way I want to play,'' Vick said. ''I'm giving it everything I got. No holding back. I don't want to play that way.''
ELI TO PEYTON: No, not his brother. Peyton Hillis ran 18 times for just 36 yards, but had five receptions for 45 yards vs. the Vikings in his first game with the Giants. Hillis, who signed just days earlier, also scored on a 1-yard run. He was an excellent check-down option for Manning coming out of the backfield.
''There's a lot of room for improvement on my side,'' Hillis said. ''I think that I did some things to help the team win, and other things, I didn't.''
GETTING DEFENSIVE: Since allowing 52 points to Peyton Manning and the Broncos, the Eagles have held three straight opponents to 21 or less. The Cowboys were the second-highest scoring team in the league, but Philadelphia held them to 17.
Defensive coordinator Billy Davis asked for trust when his unit was struggling. They're certainly getting better.
''I feel a lot more comfortable,'' Davis said. ''I think the players feel more comfortable in the calls. All of it is a growth that's happening.''
FAMILIAR FOES: There are advantages and disadvantages to playing division rivals twice in a season. Playing each other twice in a month makes it more challenging, especially for the Eagles, who prefer some mystery with their up-tempo offense.
''I think can you stay up late at night going, `They did this last game and we did this, and they know that we did this, so we need to change because we think they're going to do that,' '' Kelly said. ''But they're in the same room saying the same exact thing.''
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Koll said in his last e-mail that Kerber would wrestle in Vegas. But, one of the guys pretty close to the program told me he's sure Kerber will wrestle at the Scuffle and thinks there's a good chance he wrestles at Vegas but there is some doubt. I don't have any other options at 165 that week, so I'm starting Kerber anyway.
On Dec 6th -Birchler is in the PSACS-I know they don't count but he may see a ranked HWT.-I don't know who to fex -I have Lapotsky and Orozco at 197 and Kerber and Young al going to the CK-if you are sure Kerber wil be there I 'll use him .
So do i -but he will do nothing against Ness,Oliver ,Graf , etc . -plus Cornell has a funny habit of showing up about 2/3 of the time -they are worse than Harvard . I had 3 guys out this week and their back ups scored me 6 points -not including Askren not wrestling those 2 duals . He and Ellis were in the stands yet they put a 3rd string 174 out there so Askren will be rested for the All-star .
This is why Fantasy wrestling is so frustrating at times .Askren missing those 2 duals cost Mizzou 2 victories .
I honestly believe Grey will win EIWAs. He hasn't had trouble with Fisk or Marble in the past.
Please do not say anything about anyone but Grey winning the EIWA as I am gonna try and trade that lil prick as soon as possible . Since he can't win any important matches all I have is him winning the EIWA to use as a negotiating tool .
Been away for a while so I didn't look for the NC State Open yet. The guy Grey was supposed to face last round just won in the wrestlebacks, so I guess Grey won. Don't know the score.
did you find the tourney and do you know how Grey did in the 1/4s-is he in the semis ?
go to trackwrestling.com -hit N C State open -once there hit bracketts .
Thanks GBR-I'll flex Kerber at the cK-I am going to try and unload Grey -I thought I had a steal in the 6-8th round -whenever I took him but guess not -IMO Bell sucks and Grey manages 3 escapes ?? I really do think Kevin smith will beat him today -Smith is fast and strong .
Gold's scores are funky -but if THAXTON doesn't want to fight for his points then that 's on him . What I put down is correct .Triple checked . So if Thax doesn't care why should I ??
Where are the NC State Open results?
Basting is a 57 pounder who relies on his strength to win at that weight. Not too good at 165 although he did ok against Marable last year. Koll was pretty critical of Grey's performance last night as well. Not what was expected.
is Basting so bad he can't beat a kid from Clarion ?? Will he win a match today ? If GREY keeps wrestling like this all year I guarantee Fisk will kick his ass for the EIWA title .
Koll sent an e-mail out last night after the Maryland dual recapping his thoughts. His brutal honesty is always amusing. Anyway, he said Kerber had minor knee surgery and is expected back for Vegas Dec 4-5.
Did Kerber give a guess as to when or if he'll return ? If he isn't back by our supplemental I'll have no choice but to drop him . We don't have waivers in our league and I can't carry someone who isn't wrestling as I only have one shot to keep/release him .
Thanks GBR-That was as quick a fall as I've ever seen .
The link is working for me - just a lot of talk so far.
Try this link for Lehigh-PSU. I've heard it's free this year, but haven't tried it yet. http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/laf
I want to know what is going on with Lehigh and PSU but they are trying to make me pay just to listen !! I traded Gallick and Bradshaw for Ciasulli and Askren . No way Seth is #18 , Div1 has him 9th .
I went ahead and put Young in my line up as he wrestles in the MSU open -last year that tournament was so poorly run guys were just leaving around 2 a.m .-Young placed 4th but only because he cut out . I don't think Hinkle cares anymore .
Haven't heard anything suggesting Kerber won't make weight. We'll see if he competes at the Bearcat Open this weekend - a bunch of CU wrestlers should be there.


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SAINTS boss Nigel Adkins has told his players to make sure they support match officials and accept their decisions.
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SAINTS boss Nigel Adkins has told his players to make sure they support match officials and accept their decisions.
A HAMPSHIRE grass-roots footballer has been handed a massive fine for setting up a group on social networking site Facebook which criticised a local referee.
FORMER FA Cup final referee Alan Robinson has praised the Daily Echo Respect The Ref campaign and believes such initiatives will be essential in the bid to improve behaviour in grass-roots football across the county.
THE 'Respect' campaign, launched by the Football Association at the start of the season, was supposed to promote understanding and restraint.
A TEENAGE female football referee is turning her back on the Sunday League - because of the amount of verbal abuse she is receiving.
TWELVE months on, and the man who kickstarted the Daily Echo's Respect the Ref campaign is still feeling he is the lone voice of realism.
VETERAN referee Peter White has given all match officials the secret behind his amazing career - make sure you cut out the swearing!
HAMPSHIRE FA have disciplined two more people for posting comments on social networking site Facebook.
A WESSEX league official has been banned from playing football after being sent off for assaulting a fellow whistler - during a five-a-side tournament played between teams of referees!
THE Eastleigh & District Mini League will attempt to succeed where the Premiership has so far failed with regards to the FA's Respect scheme.
FOR the first time in the Wessex League, a match has been officiated by three females - all of whom were teenagers.
HAMPSHIRE Football Association officials have vowed to use the full extent of their powers to punish offenders who seriously assaulted two referees over the weekend.
The President of the Tyro League believes it is club staff and parents on the touch-lines who need curb the abuse aimed at match officials rather than the players.
HAMPSHIRE FA referees chief Keith Stroud has welcomed the relaunch of the Daily Echo's Respect the Ref campaign.
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Gulfport Energy Corp. ( GPOR ) today provided an operational update for its Q4 2012.
For Q4 2012, net production was 540,558 barrels of oil, 366,258 thousand cubic feet of natural gas and 289,728 gallons of natural gas liquids, or 608,499 BOE.
GPOR reported year-end 2012 total proved reserves of 13.88 million BOE, consisting of 8.25 million barrels of oil and 33.77 billion cubic feet of natural gas. At year-end 2012, 59.8% of the company's proved reserves were classified as proved developed reserves.
GPOR is slated to release its Q4 and full-year 2012 results Tuesday, February 26.
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PH Habagat batters rip travel-weary Russians
A RUSSIAN squad that endured unexpected travel woes before reaching Manila got a rude welcome from the Philippine Habagat at the start of the Pony League Asia Pacific Regional Qualifiers yesterday.
The Filipinos scored a 26-1 regulation blowout over the travel-weary Russians to kickstart their campaign in style at Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
Led by Marvin Trillana, the Habagat, hoping to give the country its first title in this competition since 1989, unleashed 10 runs in the second inning to put the Russians away.
The University of Santo Tomas seventh grader delivered a two-run inside-the-park home run to set off the offensive burst for the Habagat, who assured themselves of a berth in the semifinals tomorrow.
The 21-man Russian delegation almost did not make it to Manila after a 24-hour ordeal in Hong Kong where the Russians were allegedly held by the government and airline Cathay Pacific for lack of documents.
"It was really tiring and frustrating for the whole team that they almost decide to fly back home in Russia," said Marian Regina Calimosa, the Russian team interpreter.
Russian coach Vladimir Beliaev had asked for compensation from Cathay Pacific for the hotel and transportation expenses incurred by the team in HK because of the delay. Instead, the airline gave them tickets to Manila and they arrived Saturday night.
"The team was supposed to arrive two days before but because of the delay, they just didn't get enough rest for this game," added Calimosa.
Trillana was also brilliant on the mound, striking out two hitters and allowing just one run in the first two innings. Russia's lone run in the game came courtesy of Igor Sheherbarov.
Habagat coach Mike Ochosa said Japan should pose a tougher challenge for his squad, hinting that he might field in three or four pitchers starting with Stephen delos Santos and Basil Taylo.
Also winning on opening day was Taiwan, which blanked Indonesia, 20-0.
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