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Belle August 2010
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text: The majority owner of Ruidoso Downs Race Track in southern New Mexico said Monday he'll be cracking down next season on trainers whose horses test positive for certain drugs. R.D. Hubbard announced the new guidelines for the 2013 season on Labor Day, as the track was hosting the world's richest quarter horse race, the All American Futurity.

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1943 Madras floods
The 1943 Chennai floods are considered to be the worst-ever floods to hit the city of Madras (now Chennai) in India. The floods occurred during the North-East monsoon, and caused immense damage to life and property.
Lying on the Bay of Bengal coast, Chennai is prone to violent storms and thundershowers during the North-East monsoon (September - November). In October 1943, there were continuous rains lasting over six days. The Coovum and the Adyar rivers overflowed inundating the surrounding residential areas.
Due to excessive rains, both the Coovum and the Adyar rivers overflowed flooding the surrounding residential areas. The damage caused by the Adyar river was minimal due to the fact that the surrounding areas were well-planned and constructed. The brunt of the damage was borne by the slums that lay on the banks of the Coovum. Slums in Lock Cheri, Choolaimedu, Perambur, Kosapet, Kondithope and Chintadripet were washed out and people sought refuge in the Ripon Building. Perambur was filled with dead bodies floating on the water surface. There were casualties in Medavakkam and Purasawalkam. The police used boats and catamarans to row people to safety.
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- Frederick, Prince (22 November 2011). "Memories of Madras: Story of a submerged city". The Hindu. Retrieved 2011-12-31.


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Honestly, I think that the Auraholics went extinct in the anti-Auraholics' genocide. Now they're more like the monsters under the bed that everyone fears but never sees or hears. (Hey, that rhymed.)
Honestly, I think that the Auraholics went extinct in the anti-Auraholics' genocide. Now they're more like the monsters under the bed that everyone fears but never sees or hears. (Hey, that rhymed.)
Rilous being this generations equivlant to Charizard in popularity is a pokemon they will want to bring back in the future for ratings purposes.
Lol it feels good to crush their little hopes of Ash getting a Riolu/Lucario.
I think 104-107 would be Byron's intro, and Ash's first challenge. He could win it though...
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Probably not...
The last shiny was Gallade?
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Doubt it, Ash will p[robaly ahve to train on Iron Island to Train first, Writers love repetition.I think 104-107 would be Byron's intro, and Ash's first challenge. He could win it though...
No that's it's normal Color, that had me stumped for a while to LolP.S. Was it confirmed that Toxicroak is shiny, or not?
I mean one that just announce them going to Iron Islandbut an episode with Riley AND Lucario in the title was already announced. On the previous page, I think.
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The Auraholics are legends for now, they are too afraid to come out because they know they will start flame wars and angry mobs will come after them. The little cowards !! You know, if they turn out to be right, man will we be eating our words and begging them for forgiveness.
Well, he could if he was a lucky guy, but seeing that he had to rematch most of his gyms, that could be likely. Monferno in DP 109-110 perhaps?
@Pachirisu: Correct.
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Well, we can assume one thing: if Chimchar does evolve inbetween 103-108, then Ash is screwed on getting Riolu. At the rate the writers are going, they would not pile more than one new Pokemon for anyone in this small amount of time. Thatv would just be overkill.
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I'll laugh if this happens:
Riley: Ash, thanks for helping get Team Galactic off of Iron Island
Ash: No problem
Riley: Would you like a Riolu egg?
Ash: Would I?!
Riley: Here you go
Ash: Thanks, im gonna release Chimchar just like Paul did
- Chimchar starts glowing and evolves-
Ash: On the other hand..-throws egg towards bushes- you can have this one team rocket
Jessie+James: -grabs egg and rubs off- yeeee
Giovanni: WTF is this? A package from Jessie and James..ahhh.. its probably another worthless Yanma. Send it to the useless-package-crusher
Misinterpreting my posts is not your fault, negative repping me, and getting very sensitive about my posts because you misinterpreted my posts however is your fault. Think really hard, before negative repping or making a big deal about my posts. I don't appreciate being negative repped for reasons that are a result of misinterpreting my posts.
I just remembered that episode as soon as i posted....
Searching for excuses, I think it was just an homage to his old VA to have Giovanni in there in a groundbreaking episode, and since he was a minor recurring character anyway, the writers could allow some leeway in the matter.
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Another thing I want to know is how many episodes Byron will get. We had the 4 episode patter going until Wake, and now it looks like Fantina won't get 4.
Alpha Sapphire
Omega Ruby
You never know, they might decide to throw us for an unexpected twist by doing a spurt of evolution/captures all at once.
After all it's a good thing for writers to throw off the expectations of the viewers once and a while and besides it's not like Ash has never had overlapping types before...
Thank you for reminding me of the furious "May should have won the Wallace Cup!" fanboys....After all it's a good thing for writers to throw off the expectations of the viewers once and a while
I guess it would be a good idea, but if the Pokemon debut on Ash's team one after the other, one will likely have more screentime than the other. We'll either have too much of Monferno and less of Riolu, or vice versa. Since we're 55-65% through Sinnoh, it wouldn't be the best idea to throw all these guys in. So I'm just hoping that Chimchar will evolve.
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This is definitely the best time for Chimmy to evolve, no?
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Hua Hin Railway Station, one of Thailand's most beautiful and oldest railway stations, is located on Phra Pokklao Road, Hua Hin Subdistrict, Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan, near Royal Hua Hin Golf Course and not far from the office of the Hua Hin Municipality.
The station's current building was built in 1926 by Prince Purachatra Jayakara, the Prince of Kamphaengphet, governor of the Royal State Railway of Siam at that time. It is a red and cream, half-wooden half-concrete building influenced by the Victorian architecture with beautiful patterns and decorative columns.
In 1968, when Col. Saeng Chulacharit, then governer of the State Railway of Thailand, brought all parts of Phlapphla Sanam Chan, a pavilion with four gable ends built in the reign of King Vajiravudh, from Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom and had only Thai artisans rebuild it at Hua Hin Station as a royal waiting room. The pavilion, renamed as "Phlapphla Phra Mongkut Klao", was officially opened by Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda on 6 April 1974. It possesses architectural value and is considered the symbol of the station.
The residents of Hua Hin take a great deal of pride in their railway station. Also, it is where an old steam locomotive the State Railway purchased from England is preserved. Used before World War II, it is the State Railway's historic locomotive.
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June 24, 2009
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As part of his campaign's focus on education, President Obama pledged his administration would address issues of the financial aid application process, such as the length and complexity of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has previewed some of the administration's proposed changes, with a formal announcement expected today. While not as sweeping as the two-page FAFSA EZ Congress already mandated when renewing the Higher Education Act last year, these changes are still a step towards simpler financial aid applications.
Changes will be rolled out in phases, with the first phase being a smarter FAFSA on the Web. Rather than forcing students to read fine print to determine whether they need to provide information requested by each question, as of next January, the application will use the information students have provided to determine which questions they need to answer. Students with independent status will not be shown the questions about parental income and low-income students will not be shown certain questions about assets that they don't need to complete. This is a fairly simple step to save time and hassle, and eliminate some of the barriers that keep students most likely to be eligible for federal grant programs from applying.
A pilot program has also been initaited to test the feasibility of allowing students to access their tax information online to complete the FAFSA. If successful, it could be expanded to all users, saving headaches involved in finding their 1040s, W2s and related forms, then scouring each for the correct lines to copy into the FAFSA.
Duncan also stated that the administration will seek permission from Congress to begin taking steps that could eventually result in eliminating the FAFSA entirely and relying solely on tax information to apply for federal student financial aid. While not explicitly stated by Duncan, it could be an end result of his request to Congress to remove questions from the FAFSA that do not pertain to information reported to the IRS on a student's (or their parents') 1040. Once the complicated need analysis formula of the FAFSA has been set aside in favor of this simplified process, the idea of allowing students to apply for aid by checking a box on their tax return seems almost within reach.
July 7, 2009
Congress has passed and President Obama has signed a bill that provides "technical corrections" to the Higher Education Act, which Congress renewed last year. In addition to offering clarification on several points and correcting minor errors, the Technical Corrections bill also makes some useful changes to federal student financial aid.
Minor clarifications include:
The Chronicle of Higher Education has more information on the HEA Technical Corrections legislation here.
July 16, 2009
Yesterday, the House of Representatives formally introduced legislation to reshape federal student loans, federal Pell Grants, and other aspects of student financial aid. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 builds on presidential budget recommendations and features several substantial changes to student aid.
A preliminary breakdown of the bill provided by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators lays out the following proposed changes:
The Democratic majority in the House has indicated a strong intention to pass this bill quickly, with the Committee on Education and Labor planning to vote on it as early as next week.
August 6, 2009
We're nearly a week into August, and for many students, that means that back-to-school preparations have begun. Whether you're picking out notebooks and extra-long twin sheets, or trying to squeeze one last trip or a few more hours of work into your calendar, now is a good time to start looking ahead to the fall term if you're in college. This includes thinking about financial aid. One of the least pleasant aspects of the start of the semester is finding yourself in the line for the college financial aid office as it grows to epic proportions the first week of class.
Luckily, at most colleges the fall rush has not yet started, so if you have some extra time now, you can take steps to make sure you won't find yourself standing in a packed office and trying not to panic on the first day of class. From a financial aid office veteran, here are three things to check into now to avoid waiting in line later.
First, if you are applying for federal student financial aid, by now you should have filled out a 2009-2010 FAFSA and received a financial aid award notice from your college's financial aid office. If you're still waiting to complete a FAFSA or hear back from your school, now would be a good time to take care of these things. You may want to call your college's financial aid office, or check your account online if you have the option, to make sure that everything is in order for timely disbursement of your fall financial aid. Ask if you have any other paperwork you need to complete (such as verification or a master promissory note), especially if it is your first time receiving financial aid. Double check disbursement dates, as well, so you know when you are due to receive the money.
Second, if you've won any scholarship awards (and we hope you have!), now would be a good time to make sure you know when you will be receiving the funds, whether the checks will go to the school or to you, and whether you will need to sign anything or wait for the school to do any additional paperwork before you receive the money (the financial aid office may need to recalculate your aid based on the scholarships you've received). Many scholarship providers notify you of disbursement arrangements or include this information in their official rules, so review correspondence with them, as well as information they've published. If you have questions, you can check with your college and the scholarship provider.
Finally, make sure you will have sufficient funds to cover your bill and make arrangements if necessary to take care of whatever costs grants, scholarships, or federal student loans do not cover. Your parents may want to take out a PLUS loan, or you may want to take out a private loan to cover whatever gap is left. You will want to do paperwork for these as soon as possible, as processing times may take up to a few weeks, especially once things get busy. Many colleges also offer payment plans if you'd like to pay the rest of your bill without borrowing, but you cannot afford to do so all at once.
September 23, 2009
A new study out today shows that it literally pays off to ask for help if you're feeling lost while filling out your FAFSA. The National Bureau of Economic Research has found that low- and moderate-income financial aid applicants who received help from professional tax preparers when filling out their FAFSAs not only received more generous aid packages, but were more likely to apply for aid compared to those navigating the process independently.
The FAFSA can be daunting, and it isn't surprising to hear many students are intimidated by the process or skeptical that they will receive any need-based aid at all. Still, it's rare to see data on such anecdotal topics. The study was based on results from three groups. One group received help from several H&R Block tax professionals; the second received some financial aid advice, but did not receive personalized assistance; the third received no help in completing their FAFSAs. The results showed that it isn't enough to tell students to fill out the FAFSA and give them the form. The group with the most personalized assistance fared best in terms of how much funding they were approved for, and more generally, whether they would be going to college at all.
The federal government and higher education advocates have been working for years to come up with ways to simplify the financial aid application process. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 that recently passed in the House of Representatives includes a clause that would streamline the application and make it easier to understand for students. The study suggests that students who have trouble filling out applications or who avoid the financial aid process altogether for one reason or another are significantly less likely to go to college. Often the financial aid students receive is a determining factor in the campus they'll find themselves come fall, and if you don't apply for the need-based aid, no one is going to hand you any or often even urge you to fill out that FAFSA application.
Researchers from the study hope the results will lead to programming and services where students are not only told to fill out the applications as part of the college admissions process, but receive automatic assistance in completing their FAFSAs. If you're nervous about doing it on your own come Jan. 1 when the applications first become available for processing, ask for help. Browse through our site to find tips on landing the most free money and filling out the application correctly, as the smallest mistake can lead to delays in not only the processing of your FAFSA, but in the awarding of scholarships, grants and student loans that you're relying on to pay for that college degree.
October 1, 2009
Soon enough, financial aid application season will be upon us, and you'll need to know how to navigate the process so that you don't make any mistakes that could delay that application, and your funding for college. The first and important step will be getting ready to fill out your FAFSA, which the U.S. Department of Education starts accepting starting Jan. 1 of each year. If you take away anything from this blog though, remember this: FAFSA stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It should never cost you anything to fill it out.
The easiest way to fill out your FAFSA will be online, directly through the Department of Education's website at www.FAFSA.ed.gov. In your research you may find sites that charge to prepare your FAFSA for you, like www.FAFSA.com. That site, run by Student Financial Aid Services, Inc., charges a fee of $79.99 to prepare and advise you about your FAFSA, and while studies have shown that professional help through the financial aid process does lead to some positive results and more generous aid packages, with some time and effort you can become a FAFSA expert, too, without the added cost. Your intended college's financial aid office will also be happy to help you - for free - if you come across any roadblocks or feel like you've make a mistake when filing your FAFSA.
The Department of Education's site will walk you through the FAFSA application process, even allowing you to come back to your application if you find that you don't have all the necessary paperwork handy. While some students have reported feeling intimidated by the process, you won't be awarded financial aid from your college if you don't fill it out. And if you're uncomfortable filing the FAFSA online, you can also submit the paper form through the mail. (This could delay your application somewhat, though.)
Remember that you should never feel forced to pay to apply for and receive financial aid. Also avoid scholarship search engines that charge you to come up with a list of awards you may be eligible for, and awards that come with large processing fees attached. Scholarship scams are unfortunately a common occurrence, but if you know what to look for, you should have a positive financial aid experience. Browse through our site for more information on filing your FAFSA, and conduct a free scholarship search to see scholarships you may qualify for to supplement your financial aid package - all without paying a dime.
October 22, 2009
Can college students correctly answer basic questions about federal student financial aid? Researchers from CALPIRG, the California Public Interest Research Group, sought to find out, asking California community college students three questions about financial aid. The results of the survey were published this week. The majority of students did not do so well, with over half of students answering one or zero questions correctly.
How would you do? Students were asked to say whether the following three statements were true or false (the questions below are paraphrased from the report):
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Knowing About Aid Can Boost College Success: At this point, it's becoming fairly well-documented that not enough community college students apply for federal student financial aid, despite the fact that many are eligible. While some students don't apply because their schools do not participate in federal aid programs, others don't apply because they don't know they're eligible for aid. The results of the CALPIRG survey suggest that this is a fairly substantial group of students. Namely, 13 percent of students surveyed didn't get a single question right, 44 percent of students answered only one question correctly, and only 2 percent of students who did not apply for aid got all 3 questions, compared to 10 percent of students overall.
Additionally, the survey shows that many students are loan-averse, with almost half of students saying they would drop a class or an entire semester than take out a student loan to cover books or other expenses, and students showing nearly as much willingness to put their books on a credit card than to take out a federal loan for books. A full 57 percent of surveyed students saying they would only borrow as a last resort or would not borrow for college at all. With additional research suggesting that many community college students are not balancing work and college effectively and that their reluctance or inability to borrow is hurting their chances of graduating, more financial aid education is important.
Community college students are not the only college students who may need help learning about financial aid. If you found that you answered one or more question incorrectly, you may want to review information about paying for school. We have a wide variety of student resources available that can help you learn about financial aid programs and requirements and maximize the amount of aid you receive.
November 17, 2009
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Greetings, my name is Derrius Lamar Quarles and I am currently a freshman majoring in psychology with a biology and public health minor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. I am originally from Chicago, Illinois and went to high school not too far from Barack Obama's home. Recently I have been featured on CNN, BET, and in the Chicago Tribune discussing various topics ranging from my journey as a foster child in Chicago to my matriculation at Morehouse College. However, the most exciting and acclaimed topic has been my success in applying for and winning scholarship money—$1,145,000 in total.
This accomplishment has won me the titles "Million Dollar Man" and "Million Dollar Scholar," titles that I accept gratefully and with a sense of responsibility to help others achieve their goals of attending and paying for college. I can vividly remember writing the goal "Win a million dollars in scholarship money" on a sheet of notebook paper and having many people help me manifest that goal. I hope not only to help high school students learn how to apply for scholarships and win them, but to inspire middle school students to attend college, motivate elementary school students to become scholars, and encourage preschool students to become whatever they want to be. We are all born with the ability to capture our dreams, but few ever learn how to synthesize their dreams into goals, which, unlike dreams, are achievable. It's like the concept of potential and kinetic energy. We all have potential energy (dreams), but potential energy on its own cannot do any work. We have to learn how to apply force (turn dreams into reality) so that our own potential energy can be turned into kinetic energy that can help us accomplish our goals.
A few years ago I dreamed of going to college, knowing nothing of what I needed to do in order to gain acceptance and how much college would cost. I avidly believe that if I did not make the decision to turn that dream into a goal by learning about the requirements, tailoring my class schedule to make it more rigorous, doing well in my classes and, most of all, asking for help from others, I would not be attending Morehouse College. For many, the decision to turn a dream into a goal is the hardest step, but it does not have to be, and neither does making the decision to turn your dream of paying for college into a goal. Start out by researching which colleges you would like to attend and how much they will cost. Once you have done this, research whether the institutions offer scholarships for such things as academics, community service, sports, leadership, coming from a disadvantaged background, or residing in a certain state. All institutions will offer some form of aid for their applicants, so make sure you are aware of any scholarships or grants you are eligible for from the college you plan on attending. The next step is completing your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), which becomes available Jan. 1 of every year. After that, you should start locating other resources for searching and applying for financial aid, including your high school and free online scholarship databases such as Scholarships.com. Once you start doing these things, you will actually be turning your dream into a goal and you will soon realize that the first step does not have to be the hardest.
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Derrius L. Quarles is a 19-year-old freshman at Morehouse College. He hopes to go to medical school after he graduates with a degree in psychology and biology and a minor in public health, and to one day work on the public health policies of his hometown, Chicago, and beyond. To help him achieve those academic and career ambitions, Derrius has won more than $1.1 million in scholarships, including a full scholarship to attend Morehouse, since graduating from Chicago's Kenwood Academy High School with a 4.2 GPA. Derrius was awarded a Gates Millennium scholarship and won a number of other highly competitive awards, many of which he found while searching for scholarships a Scholarships.com. He is the first in his family to attend college, and spent his childhood in the foster care system before becoming the "Million Dollar Scholar." This is the first in a series of posts Derrius will write for Scholarships.com on how he was able to fund his education, along with advice about the scholarship application process.
December 4, 2009
For students used to syncing just about every website they visit with Facebook, the amount of manual data entry involved in applying for financial aid can seem completely alien and unnecessary. In fact, many students who would qualify for aid either fail to complete the FAFSA or do so incorrectly, due to the confusing and time-consuming nature of the application process.
Members of the higher education community were concerned about this, as well, so when Congress renewed the Higher Education Act last year, they included a provision to update the FAFSA to make it easier for families to complete. The proposed changes will go into effect in 2010, and some students could be seeing a simpler FAFSA as soon as January.
Under the new system, students completing the FAFSA on the Web will be able to automatically fill in their FAFSA with relevant information from their previous year's tax return. Starting in January, select users who click on "Fill Out Your FAFSA" will be asked if they'd like to access the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to do so. From there, they can enter their Federal Student Aid PIN then be taken to the IRS website where they can retrieve their tax information and click "Transfer Now" to automatically fill in the applicable lines on the FAFSA form. Dependent students will have to repeat this process for their parents' information.
While it still involves multiple steps and websites, the new process is a significant improvement over the current process of hunting for your tax return, begging your parents for their tax returns, sorting through pages of numbers and instructions, and carefully transcribing numbers from one form to another each year. The Department of Education hopes that the more automated and streamlined FAFSA will reduce errors and encourage more students to apply for federal student financial aid.
Only a small group of students who are filing a FAFSA for the current academic year will see the new FAFSA completion options in January. The option will be available for all FAFSA filers for 2010-2011 in July. Although you may be stuck filling out your FAFSA the old way next year, you can at least take some comfort in the knowledge that this will be the last time.
December 31, 2009
One of the most important steps you'll need to take in the financial aid application process is applying for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. The Department of Education starts accepting the FAFSA Jan. 1 of each year, which just so happens to be tomorrow. So start your new year off right by filing that financial aid document, or filing a renewal FAFSA if this isn't your first time. State financial aid deadlines fall as early as February, so it's best to get a head start and know how much funding you can expect come next fall.
Both the FAFSA and renewal FAFSA are available online through Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education. Completing the FAFSA online will speed up processing and leave less time for you to worry about how much financial aid you'll be receiving. Remember that it doesn't cost anything to fill out your FAFSA - the FAFSA is free - and some agencies will charge you for filling the application out for you. Once you complete the online form, you'll be able to check its status, make any corrections as needed, and print your Student Aid Report once that is ready. (Your Student Aid Report summarizes what you've filled out on your FAFSA, and provides you with an Expected Family Contribution, or the total you and your family would be expected to come up with to fund your education.) If you aren't comfortable filling out your FAFSA online, you can submit a paper form, but it does take longer to process than the online form.
In order to complete your FAFSA, you'll need the following:
We have a number of resources available to those filling out their FAFSAs and preparing to apply for federal aid. Browse through our site so that you know exactly where to begin, what to expect, and how to file the application successfully, because if you do make mistakes you may delay the processing of your FAFSA. Happy New Year!
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There's the free pizza party for students. The alumni game. The halftime performance by a special needs group. The senior night festivities for guards Tyler Johnson and Allen Huddleston. The online vouchers for four free (yes, free) tickets.
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This is what awaits No. 13 San Diego State on Saturday night at the Save Mart Center, along with, oh, by the way, a Fresno State team that has won seven of eight games, including Wednesday's 20-point beat down of a Boise State team that went to the NCAA Tournament last season and returned all five starters.
"I don't know how many of you got a chance to watch Fresno State last night against Boise State," SDSU coach Steve Fisher opened his Thursday news conference, "but they looked as good as anybody in the league. They've won seven out of eight, and if you do that in any conference, you're playing pretty good basketball."
The Bulldogs (15-14, 8-8) will test SDSU's ability to chase 3-point shooters running off staggered baseline screens, something they have struggled against all season. They'll also test the Aztecs' vision for farsightedness, with UNLV and New Mexico looming next week.
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--The regular-season Mountain West title. SDSU and New Mexico are tied at 13-2 with three games remaining. The Lobos have the easier next two games (at Nevada, Air Force at home) but have to come to Viejas Arena for the March 8 finale. The Aztecs win outright if they sweep their final three but can still share the title if they split the next two and beat the Lobos.
--Conference tournament seeding. If SDSU and New Mexico finish with identical records and even on head-to-head, the tiebreaking formula to determine No. 1 seed goes by record against the next best team, which right now that's UNLV. The Lobos went 1-1 against the Rebels; SDSU won at Viejas Arena and plays at Thomas & Mack on Wednesday.
--NCAA Tournament seeding. This is where it really gets dicey. The Aztecs are currently a No. 3 seed according the CBSSports.com's Jerry Palm and a No. 4 according to ESPN's Joe Lunardi, the two leading bracketologists. But another loss or two likely drops them to a 5 of 6, which changes everything.
The top four seed lines generally are protected geographically by the selection committee. Since teams can't play in their home cities, and Viejas Arena hosts the opening weekend this year, that likely would put the Aztecs in Spokane, Wash. (Both Palm and Lunardi have them headed there.) It also could keep them in the West region, with the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games at Anaheim's Honda Center.


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A kidney transplant involves the surgical removal of a kidney from a cadaver, living-related, or living-unrelated donor and transplantation into the recipient.
Based on data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in 2011, about a third of kidney transplants in the U.S. (5,769 of 16,812) were performed using organs from living donors. (1) As of March 23, 2012, the 5-year survival rate for kidney transplants performed between 1997 and 2004 was 66.5% for organs from deceased donors and 79.7% for organs from living donors.
Combined kidney-pancreas transplant and management of acute rejection of kidney transplant using either intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasmapheresis are discussed in separate policies.
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is stage 5 chronic renal disease; ESRD is chronic, permanent failure of the kidneys, as measured by serum creatinine and the glomerulofiltration rate. There are many causes of ESRD including, but are not limited to, any of the following conditions:
Potential contraindications to solid organ transplant (subject to the judgment of the transplant center):
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)-positive patients, who meet the following criteria, as stated in the 2001 guidelines of the American Society of Transplantation, could be considered candidates for kidney transplantation:
Indications for renal transplant include a creatinine level of greater than 8 mg/dL, or greater than 6 mg/dL in symptomatic diabetic patients. However, consideration for listing for renal transplant may start well before the creatinine level reaches this point, based on the anticipated time that a patient may spend on the waiting list.
Each benefit plan or contract defines which services are covered, which are excluded, and which are subject to dollar caps or other limits. Members and their providers have the responsibility for consulting the member's benefit plan or contract to determine if there are any exclusions or other benefit limitations applicable to this service or supply. If there is a discrepancy between a Medical Policy and a member's benefit plan or contract, the benefit plan or contract will govern.
Kidney transplants with either a living or cadaver donor may be considered medically necessary for carefully selected candidates with end-stage renal disease.
Kidney retransplant after a failed primary kidney transplant may be considered medically necessary.
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Kidney transplant is an accepted treatment of end-stage renal (ESRD) disease that results from a variety of etiologies, most commonly diabetic nephropathy. An insufficient supply of donor organs continues to be a challenge. Potential strategies for increasing organ donation, as described in a 2009 review by Shrestha, include providing adequate information on the process and benefits of donation and the use of kidneys from donors who do not fulfill the criteria for brain death. (2) Other strategies discussed include the use of desensitization protocols in patients with antihuman leukocyte antigen antibodies, matching age, sex, and human leukocyte antigens between donor and recipient, lowering the rate of delayed graft function by such methods as hypothermic machine perfusion of transplanted kidneys, reducing the incidence of acute rejection and calcineurin inhibitor toxicity, identification and treatment of viral infections, and treatment regimens that reduce the risk of post-transplant new-onset diabetes after transplant. A 2012 review article by Schold and Segev focused on strategies to increase the pool of organs available for kidney transplantation from deceased donors. (3) Interventions discussed included an "opt-out" policy in which individuals are presumed to give consent to organ donation unless they specify non-consent, expanded use of donors such as commercial sex workers who are considered to be at increased risk of disease transmission by using rigorous screening and expanded use of donors with documented infections in selected situations e.g. transplantation of organs from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients.
Living donors
Several papers have reported on long-term outcomes in live kidney donors. For example, Segev and colleagues analyzed data from a national registry of 80,347 live donors in the U.S who donated organs between April 1, 1994 and March 31, 2009 and compared them with data from 9,364 participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (excluding those with contraindications to kidney donation). (4) There were 25 deaths within 90 days of live kidney donation during the study period. Surgical mortality from live kidney donation was 3.1 per 10,000 donors (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.0-4.6) and did not change during the last 15 years, despite differences in practice and selection. Long-term risk of death was no higher for live donors than for age- and comorbidity-matched NHANES III participants for all patients and also stratified by age, sex, and race.
In 2012, Fournier and colleagues in France reported on long-term follow-up of individuals who had donated a kidney between 1952 and 2008. (5) Of a total of 398 donors at a single institution, 266 (67%) were alive, 44 (11%) were documented as having died and 88 (22%) were lost to follow-up. Among individuals who were known to have died, death occurred at a mean of 29.6 years after donation. Donor survival did not differ from that of the general population in France. Fifty-nine of 68 (87%) living individuals who had donated a kidney more than 30 years ago responded to a questionnaire. According to questionnaire responses, the mean serum creatinine level was 93.2 +/- 22.5 umol/L, no patient had an estimated GFR less than 30 mL/min per 1.73 m2 and none had ESRD.
Kidney Transplant in HIV-Positive Patients
In 2001, the Clinical Practice Committee of the American Society of Transplantation proposed that HIV-positive patients who meet the following criteria, could be considered candidates for kidney transplantation. (6) (These criteria may be extrapolated to other organs.)
A 2011 review article by European authors stated that there are adequate data suggesting that renal transplantation in adequately selected HIV-positive patients is safe in the short- and medium-term and that patient and graft survival rates are similar to those in HIV-negative patients. (7) Moreover, data do not suggest that immunosuppressive therapy has a negative impact on the course of HIV infection. However, rates of acute rejection after kidney transplantation are higher in HIV-positive patients. In addition, little is known about the management of co-infection with hepatitis C or about the optimal antiretroviral and immunosuppressive regimens. The authors concluded that more studies are needed to address these issues as well as long-term outcomes.
Several case series have evaluated outcomes of kidney transplantation in HIV-positive patients. For example, in 2010, Stock and colleagues published findings of the largest prospective study to date of outcomes following kidney and liver transplantation in HIV-positive recipients. (8) A total of 150 patients underwent kidney transplantation at 19 centers in the United States; 102 received kidneys from deceased donors and 48 from living donors. Twenty-eight (19%) of patients were hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive. Patients were followed for up to 3 years. The median follow-up of survivors was 1.7 years. At the time data were analyzed, 53 patients had completed 3 years of follow-up. The patient survival rate at 1 year was 94.6% (standard deviation [SD] = 2.0%) and at 3 years was 88.2% (SD=3.8%). Eleven patients died; the graft was still functioning at the time of death in 8 patients. There were 7 deaths among the 122 HCV-negative patients (6%) and 4 deaths among the 28 HCV-positive patients (14%); the p-value for the difference in survival by HCV status was 0.09. Forty-nine of 150 (33%) patients had 67 acute rejection episodes. The cumulative incidence of allograft rejection was 31% (95% CI: 24 to 40) at 1 year and 41% (95% CI: 32 to 52) at 3 years. The time to first acute allograft rejection did not differ significantly among HCV-positive and HCV-negative patients, p=0.36 (exact numbers not reported). There was a low rate of HIV disease progression. Two patients had newly diagnosed cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma, 2 had newly diagnosed HIV-associated nephropathy, and 3 patients had other new HIV-related diagnoses. Infections requiring hospitalization were reported for 57 of 150 (38%) of patients. Patients who were HCV-positive had a higher rate of serious infection per follow-up year than those who were HCV-negative (0.8 and 0.5, respectively, p=0.02). The authors noted that that the rate of rejection was 2 to 3 times higher in this group of HIV-infected patients than in non-HIV infected patients who participated in a larger study by the research team. They concluded that kidney transplantation is feasible in carefully selected HIV-infected patients and that better strategies are needed for minimizing rejection and for controlling infections in patients who are co-infected with hepatitis C virus.
In 2011, a case-control study from France was published by Mazuecos and colleagues. (9) Outcomes in 20 HIV-positive patients who received kidney transplantation were compared to a matched cohort of 40 HIV-negative patients. Matching was done on a number of variables including type of donor, donor and recipient age, pre-transplantation laboratory values, hepatitis B and C status, and treatment at the same center within a short amount of time. There was a mean follow-up of 40.4 months among HIV-positive patients and 39.8 months among HIV-negative patients. Eight (40%) patients in the HIV-positive group and 9 (22.5%) in the HIV-negative group experienced acute rejection; this difference was not statistically significant, p=0.16. There were 4 graft failures (20%) in the HIV-positive group and 2 (5%) in the HIV-negative group; p=0.89. One patient (5%) died in the HIV-positive group, and there were no deaths in the HIV-negative group.
Kidney Retransplant
According to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), rates of 1-year, 3-year and 5-year survival are similar after a primary kidney transplant and a repeat transplant. (10) For example, for transplants performed between 2002 and 2004, the 1-year survival rate was 95.9% (95% CI: 95.7 to 96.1%) after primary transplantation (n=37,504) and 95.8% (95% CI: 95.3-96.4%) after repeat transplantation (n=4,924). Among patients undergoing transplantation between 1997 and 2000, the 5-year survival rate was 84.8% (95% CI: 84.5% to 85.2%) after primary kidney transplantation (n=29,422) and 85.1% (95% CI: 84.1 to 86.1%) after repeat kidney transplantation (n=3,697).
In 2009, Barocci and colleagues in Italy reported on long-term survival after kidney retransplantation. (11) There were 100 (0.8%) second transplants out of 1,302 kidney transplants performed at a single center between January 1983 and June 2007. Among the second kidney recipients, 1-, 5- and 10-year patient survival was 100%, 96%, and 92%, respectively. Graft survival rates at 1, 5 and 10 years were 85%, 72% and 53%, respectively.
A 2013 study by Johnston and colleagues compared outcomes in 3,509 patients who underwent a preemptive second kidney transplant, defined as transplantation after fewer than 7 days of dialysis following graft failure, to outcomes in 14,075 patients who underwent a non-preemptive second kidney transplant. (12) Data from the U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS) were reviewed. In the first year after retransplantation, there was a significantly lower risk of acute rejection in patients receiving a preemptive second transplant (12%) compared to those with a non-preemptive second transplant (16%), p<0.0001. In a multivariate analysis adjusting for demographic differences between groups, there was a significantly lower risk of allograft failure by any cause including death after preemptive second transplants compared to non-preemptive second transplants (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.81 to 0.96).
Kidney transplant is an accepted treatment of end-stage renal disease in appropriately selected patients and thus may be considered medically necessary. Registry and national survey data suggest that live donors of kidneys for transplantation do not have an increased risk of mortality or ESRD.
Kidney retransplantation after a failed primary transplant may be considered medically necessary, as national data suggest similar survival rates after initial and repeat transplants.
Kidney transplantation is not medically necessary in patients in whom the procedure is expected to be futile due to comorbid disease or in whom post-transplantation care is expected to significantly worsen comorbid conditions. Case series and case-control data indicate that HIV-infection is not an absolute contraindication to kidney transplant; for patients who meet selection criteria, these studies have demonstrated patient and graft survival rates are similar to those in the general population of kidney transplant recipients.
Practice Guidelines and Position Statements
In 2006, the British HIV Association and the British Transplantation Society Standards Committee published guidelines for kidney transplantation in patients with HIV disease. (13) The guidelines recommend that any patient with end-stage renal disease with a life expectancy of at least 5 years is considered appropriate for transplantation under the following conditions:
The document lists general and disease-specific exclusion criteria and immunosuppressant protocols. These recommendations are based on level III evidence (observational studies and case reports).
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Those are just a few of the plans businessman Eric Hovde has in mind to put the nation's fiscal house in order, according to an economic plan he released Tuesday.
Hovde is one of four Republican candidates in a crowded primary field for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.). Some of his proposals have been announced before, but Hovde has repackaged the plan.
On the campaign trail, Hovde has told voters the country is headed for an economic collapse. And Hovde said he is well positioned to prevent that from happening because of his political outsider status (he has never run for public office) and his economic expertise.
Some of his economic proposals are short on specifics. He calls for reforming entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, but does not say exactly how.
Hovde also has campaigned on ending corporate welfare. He said he would "eliminate all corporate welfare and handouts to special interests," and "rein in unwieldy government contracts." He also said he would stop loan guarantees that are used as favors for political contributions.
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- Hovde said he would end the transfer of wealth to countries that oppose U.S. interests.
- Audit the Federal Reserve System. "The Fed purchased 61% of treasury debt issued in 2011. This is devaluing the dollar and causing the price of our basic necessities to rise dramatically," Hovde said.
- End the "Too Big to Fail" mentality. "If it's too big to fail, it's too big to exist," he said.
- Force all derivative contracts to be traded on exchanges. A derivative is a security whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more underlying assets. The derivative itself is a contract between two or more parties. Its value is determined by fluctuations in the underlying asset. Examples of underlying assets include stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes.
Hovde is up against former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald to become the Republican candidate to take on U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, in November.


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Firefighters at the northern edge of California's San Fernando Valley got a break Tuesday as Santa Ana winds eased up after fueling deadly twin wildfires.
Firefighters continued to battle blazes that so far have claimed two lives — in addition to two other deaths reported elsewhere — 10,000 acres and 49 structures, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Meanwhile, fire officials reported the 4,824-acre Marek fire near Lake View Terrace was 70 percent contained Tuesday. The 9,872-acre Sesnon fire in Porter Ranch still burned in a southwesterly direction, threatening homes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
"Once again, we are facing the perfect storm of high winds, low humidity and high heat," California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said during a news conference.
Statewide, from the U.S.-Mexico border to Los Angeles, wildfires in recent days consumed 26,000 acres and 64 structures, Schwarzenegger said.
Firefighters at the Marek blaze said their job Tuesday was to build a line around the fire's perimeter to create "defensible space," the Times reported. Crews battling the Sesnon fire concentrated on areas in and around the Santa Susana Mountains bordering Ventura and Los Angeles counties.


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The first and third Friday of every month, you can find a group of about 100 people at Cocoa Moon in Market Square doing the salsa.
Waldo Solano is the owner of SalsaKnox Dance Company, and twice a month he and a few other people from the company set up shop in the downtown restaurant. "We teach people how to dance salsa, and afterwards we just play music and let people practice."
Solano is originally from Mexico. "We normally start dancing over there when we can walk," he said. "I've been dancing my whole life, but professionally, I can say about eight years," he said.
Several years ago, Solano started in Atlanta working for a dance company. "One day somebody hired me to perform in Knoxville," he said. "I decided to move here and start my own company."
So he moved to West Knoxville and started offering classes at Dance Dimensions on Kingston. Then he decided to expand to the downtown area with 9 p.m. Salsa Fridays at Cocoa Moon. "They open up a room to create a separate area from the restaurant to dance," he said. They plan on about 100 people attending each Friday.
Solano said they do an introduction to salsa for about an hour first before they let everyone loose to practice for another hour. However, he and the instructors like to offer a little variety. "We try to play a little bit of everything," he explained. "We have a lot of new people all the time," he said. A lot of people are regulars who come every time it's offered, and some are people who take class from him through his company. "They use Fridays to enjoy," Solano said.
Solano loves to teach salsa because he believes people can pick it up pretty quickly. "You just have to practice. That's one of the reasons we have Salsa Fridays," he said. "(However), you can live your whole life dancing salsa, and you won't learn it all."
Salsa Fridays is the first and third Friday of each month at Cocoa Moon Restaurant in Market Square. It's $8 for adults and $5 for students.
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ELON — When you see an 18-year-old pulling two suitcases down Williamson Avenue followed by a woman, probably his mother, carrying a carpet on her shoulder — it must be freshman move-in day at Elon University.
"We're just trying to keep things moving," said Donnie Harrison, a second-shift custodian helping new students get their things into the dorms.
His day started at 2 a.m., but he was still smiling on a warm, humid Friday morning.
"It's a good day," he said. "It's all about getting them in."
Things did seem to go pretty smoothly. Police directed a line of cars waiting along Lebanon Avenue to bring about 1,500 new freshmen to a staging area in a parking lot on campus. Traffic on Williamson was moving at more or less its usual pace.
At the staging area, and all over campus, there were students in maroon T-shirts and khaki shorts who start conversations with "Welcome to Elon," coordinating the families offloading their freshmen along with piles of stuff in suitcases, totes and boxes.
Incoming freshman Perry Meade of Bronxville, N.Y., waited about 20 minutes next to her parents' car and her pile of stuff until a friendly student coordinator handed her a No. 3 stapled to a paint stick, putting her in line for a cart and trailer to come and carry her things to her dormitory.
So, why Elon?
"I'm going to study education, and it's just a great opportunity to work outside the school at other schools," Meade said, "and it's really pretty."
About 15 minutes after getting her sign, Meade had replaced it with a No. 1. Five minutes later, two Elon staffers were helping Meade load her things onto a trailer hooked up to a John Deere Gator to carry her off to college life.
On the lawn area known as Under the Oaks, hundreds of empty chairs were set up for Saturday morning's student convocation next to two tables under canopies where parents and students waited in line to register and get room keys.
A dozen or so parking spaces away from Meade's car, Martha Devries, a new Elon mom from New Jersey outside Philadelphia, was meeting other parents and waiting for her daughter Sarah to get back from an errand. It was a big transition for mother as well as daughter. Her oldest daughter already finished college, and now she sees herself becoming an empty nester.
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SunPass Hits The Road In Georgia, Possibly Other States
Customers of Georgia's Peach Pass system traveling Florida's Turnpike during the Thanksgiving holiday were advised, via electronic message boards, to take the "SunPass-only" lane.
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The free ride is about to end on the 836. More than a dozen Sunpass toll points have been installed up and down the expressway. It means anyone driving on the 836 is going to pay, and for some they'll be paying double. This CBS4 investigation looks into the tolls, who will be impacted and where all that money, nearly a billion dollars is going.
Rickenbacker, Venetian Causeways To Go SunPass Only
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The Rickenbacker and Venetian Causeways are going electronic. Starting Tuesday, September 23, both causeways will convert to SunPass for toll collection.
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Sawgrass Expressway To Stop Accepting Cash Saturday
Drivers on the Sawgrass Expressway will have to use their change elsewhere. Starting Saturday night the expressway will not be accepting cash.
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The free ride is over on the I-595 Express Lanes. Beginning Wednesday morning, a toll of 50-cents went into effect. Anyone wanting to use the lanes must have a SunPass transponder and an associated pre-paid account.
I-595 Toll Collections Start This Week
Make sure you have a SunPass! The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will start collecting tolls on the I-595 express lanes starting next week.