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Over about the last 60-90 minutes, Tom Hale's been delivering a keynote at the SL Pro! conference held in Second Life. There are multiple hefty announcements from Linden Lab involved, and some of that should be reaching the official Second Life blogs as you read this.
Golly, what do we have among all of this? We've got the Second Life 2.0 viewer public beta, which should be available right now. We've got the new third-party viewer registry and third-party policies being announced today; We've got changes in the names of content-ratings. We've got the official release of open source viewer Snowglobe and the announcement of Snowglobe 2; and all capped off with a slew of supporting FAQs, guides, video tutorials, wiki pages and what-have-you!
First, just a small disclaimer. We've yet to actually see most of this material. A few tidbits have been posted by the Lab to publicly accessible Web locations at the time we're writing this, but most of it hasn't actually been published yet, so we've not had the chance to lay our eyes over most of it, but we can talk about what we do know, and once we see the rest, we'll talk about that too.
The Second Life 2.0 viewer exists, and you can get it right now for English, French, German and Japanese, and without signing your life away to an NDA. There's a good start right there. Thanks to the Metaverse Journal, we've gotten an early look at the basic user-interface, and agree that it doesn't seem so radically different from what we saw in the accidentally leaked build last June. It's shinier and slicker maybe, but not a radical change from that early build, and the system requirements are no steeper than those for the Second Life 1.23 viewer.
There's some interesting stuff lurking just beyond the visible user-interface, though.
For example, there's an entirely new type of wearable called Alpha Masks that can mask out portions of an avatar, rendering invisiprims obsolete for that purpose. There's also:
- Context-sensitive help.
- Slide-out panels (like we saw in the early build) that are used to access common features.
- A more Web-style teleport history/navigation system (though we find the idea of that a bit disappointing, it might work better in practice than it seems).
- Probable future integration with Avatars United via additional Web-based content.
- Support for Flash, HTML, Web-pages and video on almost any surface through a system called Shared MediaTM, which the Lab is promising to tell us about tomorrow
... and more.
We're not sure how long the viewer is going to be in public beta before officially going into production, but we anticipate between 2 and 5 weeks. We're not expecting it to remain in beta after the last day of March, come hell or high-water. That means official support for viewer 1.22 should end by the end of April, and support for 1.23 should end at roughly the end of July if Linden Lab keeps to its commitment for quarterly releases of viewer 2.
A word of caution, there are apparently some issues switching between viewer 1.23 and viewer 2.0, most likely to do with cache-structure and versioning, so you should be careful out there. Also, if you're using Viewer 2.0 you'll see the new content-rating names: General, Moderate and Adult (replacing PG, M and AO).
The open source viewer program appears to be ramping up, with a release of Snowglobe today – though we're not yet sure if that's Snowglobe 1.31 or the to-be-announced-today Snowglobe 2, based off the new Second Life 2.0 viewer code.
In conjunction with that, we'll likely be seeing the Approved Third-Party Viewer Registry and/or its official policies later today. Very likely the announcement and application criteria will be announced by the time you read this.
The release schedule for viewer 2 is going to put a ferocious amount of stress on user-groups and the new Resident Help Network, as the majority of documentation oriented towards new users is written by users who will have to review every class, notecard, texture and handout in order to update the material to the new viewer before it goes official. Anything left alone on the day will likely cause unnecessary confusion to new users once the new viewer has become their default.
All in all, it's going to be an interesting few weeks.
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OUR VIEW | A common sense proposal for North Mason schools
In April the North Mason School District will ask voters to approve a $49 million capital bond. If approved by a 60 percent supermajority, the money raised will build a new high school on district property, remodel the current high school for use as a middle school, replace roofs on the district's elementary schools, move a playground at Belfair Elementary and cover another at Sand Hill, repair heating and plumbing systems, and add security upgrades throughout the district.
It's the second time in five years the district has made the request. In 2008, the Kitsap Sun's editorial board was skeptical of the details behind that nearly $55 million request, and voters proved equally wary and rejected the measure, the third time one had failed that decade. The district passed a capital levy in 2009 to bridge the gap on emergency repairs (a tax burden that expires at the end of this year), and now a ballot question returns.
This time, however, one that is a better deal for the community and a more modest request of voters.
It's still a large project, to be sure, with $42 million of the overall budget slated for a high school that would address critical educational and community needs.
But North Mason High, built to house 340 students, now serves nearly 800, and shows the wear and tear of doing so for years — preliminary plans call for a building with room for 850 and common space that could accommodate 1,000. It's one thing for students to be squeezed, of course, but the more drastic problem is NMHS's inability to offer academic programs due to lacking facilities: science labs and vocational classrooms, as well as the ability to add STEM education and other courses that require improved technology. Those needs are as acute at Hawkins Middle School, an aging facility that also serves far more students than it was intended to house, and the other planned work — repairing roofs, moving a playground to accommodate Highway 3 widening, and security measures in all elementary schools — is reasonable for a district with such aging infrastructure.
Student achievement should be kept at the top of the priority list, of course, but the unique characteristics of Belfair shouldn't be discounted either. As an unincorporated, rural town, there really are no other significant civic forums. Adding a high school — even one without "extras" like a swimming pool or performing arts halls — would surely be a boon to groups beyond students, not to mention civic pride for a town poised for a growth spurt. Consider that North Mason High currently holds graduation 20 miles away in Silverdale because there simply is no facility for such events. The district's facilities, housed together on one parcel off Highway 3 (except Belfair Elementary), already have a common feel. Enhancements there for the long haul make that campus more fundamental to the community's character — just as places of learning should be.
Now, on to the money.
The local share is about $6 million lower than 2009's request, and also, due to a state program that gives one-time assistance to specific capital projects, NMSD has also more than doubled the amount in matching funding the project could benefit from. That means estimated revenue over the bond's 25-year life that will add about $1.5 million overall, but at a lower tax rate than what 2009's measure offered. That's a much better bang for the buck, and, not insignificantly in an area with lower average incomes and home values than neighboring districts, even with the bond keeps the average tax rate (estimated at just more than $3 per $1,000, including the current maintenance and operations levy) lower than all Kitsap districts.
The responsibility shown by planners in both lowering the overall cost from five years ago, keeping the tax rate from drastically escalating and leaving aside anything that could be seen as an "add-on" shows respect and understanding for the community.
This is a modest proposal, as far as capital projects go, but deserves more than just average support. Our editorial board endorses the North Mason School District's request for $49 million in construction bond, and recommend voters approve the measure.
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(Charlie Rood - October 3, 2015)
"We have 500 days to avoid climate chaos"!!!
Hmmm... I suppose it depends on your definition of chaos, but as far as I'm concerned... WRONG! What's this all about?
On the WSGW Morning Team Show, when I talk about a story or news item, and there is an update to the story or news item, we make sure you are aware.
In May 2014, I presented this story from various sources...
Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed French foreign minister Laurent Fabius to the State Department in Washington on Tuesday to discuss a range of issues, from Iran to Syria to climate change. Or, in the words of the foreign minister, "climate chaos." Kerry and Fabius made a joint appearance before their meeting, and the foreign minister warned that only 500 days remained to avoid "climate chaos":
"Well, I'm very happy to be with John. There is no week without a phone call or a visit between John and myself, and we have on the agenda many items, many issues – Iran, because negotiations are resuming today; the question of Syria, and we shall meet next Thursday in London together; Ukraine as well; and very important issues, issue of climate change, climate chaos. And we have – as I said, we have 500 days to avoid climate chaos. And I know that President Obama and John Kerry himself are committed on this subject and I'm sure that with them, with a lot of other friends, we shall be able to reach success on this very important matter."
Well, how could I ignore a defined time frame for climate chaos? After all, 500 days isn't much time. If there is going to be climate chaos, I want to be ready for it. The countdown began. I listened, read, and watched. And listened... and read... and watched.
The 500 days ended in the last week of September of 2015. As I mentioned above, I suppose it depends on your definition of chaos, but for me, no chaos evidence at all. The only chaos is this (and other) crazy climate preditions.
It's OUR Money
Charlie Rood - November 4, 2014
It's not that I'm against government spending. I'm against what I perceive as silly, wasteful, and unnecessary government spending. Of course, my perception might be different than your perception!
I proudly support the United States Armed Forces with whatever spending the military says it needs.
I gladly want to help the less fortunate, to a point.
I gladly want schools funded properly, to a point.
I gladly contribute to roads and infrastructure, to a point.
What's the point? The point is when we spend, see no improvement, but spend more. The point is when we spend, wonder why we never have enough money, but spend more. The point is when we spend, never question why, and spend more.
Bottom line, government spending is our spending, it's our money, and I think we deserve a better accounting. We fought against taxation without representation. There are times I think taxation with representation is just as bad!
What's the reason for this pontification?
Recently, USA Today ran an editorial centered on their selection of some of the worst campaign ads produced for this election. One of the ads cited was a GOP ad against a Democrat in Georgia suggesting the candidate supported funding worthless government programs. USA Today stated the ad repeated one of the "biggest lies in American politics - that federal spending could be substantially curtailed by axing silly programs of limited use". USA Today goes on to say "Washington's budget problems are the result of growing expenditures for popular and massive entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, veterans' benefits, and food stamps".
BIGGEST LIE?!?! The USA Today says the amount in question in this politcal ad - $820,000 for monkey research - is a "tiny piece of the budget, and if 20,000 programs like this were eliminated, government spending would shrink by less than one half of 1%
Okay, but at least there are two words we can celebrate from above... government spending "WOULD SHRINK"! I don't care by how much (well, I do) as long as it SHRINKS!
Let's do the math using the USA Today formula. 20,000 programs at $820,000 each equals $16,400,000,000. It may be a tiny piece of the budget, but it's OUR tiny piece of the budget because it's our money! Either spend it wisely or don't spend it at all!
Hey USA Today, the biggest lie is the failure to recognize every dollar spent adds up!
So, how can we be expected to tackle the seriousness of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, veterans' benefits, and food stamps if we can't tackle the silliness?
Speaking of silliness... Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is out with his "2014 Wastebook" of how our taxpayer money is wasted. You can read a story about this and get a link to his "Wastebook" here:
I read through the "Wastebook". I close by offering these few excerpts as examples, and offer this link to the entire "Wastebook":
1: An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee who admits spending up to six hours every day viewing pornography on government computers during work hours collected a $120,000 annual salary and with performance bonuses. When a special agent from the EPA Office of Inspector General went to interview the employee about his behavior, he was "actively viewing pornography on his government-issued computer. The employee confessed to spending, on average, between two and six hours per day viewing pornography while at work. The OIG's investigation determined that the employee downloaded and viewed more than 7,000 pornographic files during duty hours. This investigation has been referred to and accepted by the DOJ for prosecution."
A high ranking EPA official admitted at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing in May, "I'm not personally doing anything about it."
The chairman of the committee, Congressman Darrell Issa, questioned "how much pornography would it take for an EPA employee to lose their job?"
Rather than being fired, the employee received "performance awards, merit based prizes, during the months he was found to be surfing porn at taxpayer expense," according to an EPA official.
2: A group of rabbits received daily rub downs from a "mechanical device that simulates the long, flowing strokes used in Swedish massages." The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health provided $387,000 for the two year project which ended in April 2014.
The massages were given after subjecting the rabbits to exercise to measure its impacton recovery. Following the work outs, researchers compared post-exercise recovery time for those receiving immediate massages, delayed massages, or no massages at all. The lucky bunnies received massages four times a day that lasted 30 minutes immediately following exercise. These rabbits not only got the most massages, they also recovered quicker from the exercises.
"We tried to mimic Swedish massage because anecdotally, it's the most popular technique used by athletes," said Thomas Best, the project leader and co-medical director of the Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center. The researchers "acknowledge that the injury created in our animal model may not be completely analogous to the injury produced in humans with eccentric exercise."
They do note, however, that studies do exist to support the use of massage to treat human muscle aches and pains. If the researchers were seeking to learn how to identify the most optimal application of massage therapy to treat human muscle aches and injuries, then perhaps they should have observed human subjects.
3: The feeling of anger caused by hunger is so well-known that pop culture has given the feelings their own name: hanger. Armed with voodoo dolls and chalkboard noises, federally funded researchers wanted to prove a hangry spouse is also an unhappy one. Over the course of twenty-one consecutive evenings, 107 couples were given a chance to stick up to 51 pins into a voodoo doll representing their spouse.
The pin-pushing happened in secret, away from the other partner. Participants then recorded the number of pins they poked into the dolls. Those tests revealed what may already be obvious to many couples: a spouse with low blood sugar was an angrier one, and stuck more pins in the doll (on average).
In a subsequent experiment, partners were allowed to blast loud noises at their partner if they won a game. The winner could play the loud noises – the sound of a smoke alarm, dentist's drill, and fingernails-on-a-chalkboard for any amount of time they chose.
Again, the results were just as any parent of a toddler might expect. "Hungry people are cranky and aggressive," said the lead researcher. Partners with lower blood glucose levels blasted their spouses with louder and longer noise.
Not all academics believed the results. Two psychologists who reviewed the work suggested, "[I]t might be a big leap to interpret the results with voodoo dolls as indicating risk for actual physical aggression against a
Funding for the voodoo doll project came in part from National Science Foundation grant worth $331,000.
4: Humans have long been known to have a "hot-hand bias" in which they believe hot or cold streaks exist where there is actually none. Researchers wanted to know if monkeys had the same problem. "Luckily, monkeys love to gamble," said Tommy Blanchard, a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester who worked on the study.
But scientists "had to create a computerized game that was so captivating monkeys would want to play for hours." Monkeys were faced with three kinds of games: "two with clear patterns (the correct answer tended to repeat on one side or to alternate from side to side) and a third in which the lucky pick was completely random."
They picked up on consistent patterns in the first two games, "but in the random scenarios, the monkeys continued to make choices as if they expected a 'streak.' In other words, even when rewards were random, the monkeys favored one side. The monkeys showed the hot-hand bias consistently over weeks of
play." Almost like being stuck in a casino, the three "subjects" played an average of 3,732 games.
Based upon the monkeys' behavior, the researchers concluded monkeys share "our unfounded belief in winning and losing streaks." "Win-stay strategies appear to be more natural for monkeys than win-shift ones," details the study. The researchers contend the study could "provide nuance to our understanding of free will" or even "inform treatment for gambling addiction."
But taxpayers are likely to go totally bananas that NSF is monkeying around with federal research dollars.
The project is being funded as part of a $171,361 continuing grant to be provided by the National Science Foundation from June 2013 to May 2018.
5: Mothers have the same reaction looking at photos of their dogs as they do to those of their own kids, according to recent government funded research published this year.
The unique relationship between man and his pets is nothing new. "Humans began domesticating dogs to serve in a variety of roles, including as human companion or 'pets', 18,000-32,000 years ago," the authors wrote in their study. "Approximately 2/3 of U.S. households have pets, and over $50 billion is spent annually on their care...Many people have a strong emotional attachment to their pets...half of pet owners consider their pet as much a part of the family as any member of the household."
Science has already shown "very similar results for human infants' and dogs' behaviors with their mother or owner have been described under high and low stress conditions." And, bonding has "been implicated in human-human and owner-dog pairs."
This new study was described by the scientists as "the first report of a comparison of fMRI-related brain activation patterns in women when they viewed images of their child and dog." Participating moms were solicited "via advertisement in local media, veterinary clinics, dog parks" and a hospital research program. Dogs and children were first "photographed in the participants' home." Mothers were then shown a series of dog and child photos from other participants in the study, as well as photos of their own. As they looked at each, their brains were monitored with an MRI scanner. "Mothers reported similar emotional ratings for their child and dog, which elicited greater positive emotional responses than unfamiliar children and dogs," and their brains acted in similar ways in viewing both their own kids and dogs.
Two of the scientists performing the study received a combined total of $371,026 from the National Institutes of Health this year, money intended for work in addiction research.
6: Virginia Mary's Alpaca, LLC received a $50,000 Value-Added Producer Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to process, package and market Alpaca manure as plant fertilizer," commercially sold as "Poop Paks." The company boasts that its product is the "perfect POOP."
"Packaged in colorful, unmistakable green bags," the Alpaca Poop Paks are "hand-tied using rustic hemp twine and recycled paper tags." "The" Mary, for which the company and farm are named, has been winning awards for her alpaca pets for over 15 years.
Her 160 acre farm located in The Plains, Virginia, is home to 140 alpacas that she raises and sells (a "roaming" camera will soon be installed to broadcast the movements of the alpacas live on the internet). Of course, buying and selling Alpaca manure as fertilizer is not new. It is widely available from retailers online and from those who may have pet alpacas. It has become a popular fertilizer, in part, because it doesn't smell as bad as other types of waste, unlike the foul odor of misspent tax dollars.
7: Earlier this year, a congressional committee blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from closing down a $2 million-a-year sheep research site the agency said was no longer needed. Known as the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, its mission is "increasing production efficiency of sheep and to simultaneously improve the sustainability of range land ecosystems."
The site is located near the borders of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana and used to graze 3,000 sheep on 28,000 mountainous acres of land. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack proposed closing the sheep station saying in June it "no longer has the critical mass of scientists necessary to address high priority research."
A spokesperson with USDA said the station was one of several the agency found had "gotten to the point where, from a financial standpoint, they're either marginally viable or they're just not sustainable." Moreover, the cost of running the station became too expensive after losing $1.5 million fending off lawsuits from environmental groups.
The lawsuits stemmed from a dispute over whether grizzly bears or sheep should get priority in a high-altitude pasture, with environmental groups saying both cannot co-exist. Secretary Vilsack ultimately sided with the bears – believing they needed better access to sites like Yellowstone – and notified Congress
in June of plans to close the Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho and reallocate its $1,984,000 in annual funding to strengthen higher priority research.
That was the point when Congress stepped in, however, to insist the sheep station remain open. Citing an obscure provision of law giving congressional committees the ability to stop the USDA's plans, members from Idaho, Washington, Montana and Oregon joined forces to insist the closure be halted. Idaho's governor, Butch Otter, joined in the protest, saying he wanted to protect home-state businesses, "We want to keep it open. The sheep business is big business in Idaho and will continue to be big business in Idaho, we hope."
The decision to keep the sheep station open, however, drew a sharp rebuke from environmental groups, which called the sheep station, "another subsidy to an industry that is already subsidized" with low fees and direct federal funding. "It is ridiculous that Congress will intervene to keep a financially insolvent research station open ..." said John Meyer with the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center.
One Idaho newspaper directly accused Idaho representative Mike Simpson – who intervened to keep the sheep station open – of helping drive up the national debt, saying, "If the sheep industry truly deems this facility's work to be vital, the sheep industry should fund it. Period. This should not fall under the purview of
responsible, efficient government."
"We should shut down the Sheep Station," said Phil Knight, resident of Bozeman, Montana, "and stop wasting taxpayer money on outdated science experiments.
Detroit Tigers 2014 Perspective!
(Charlie Rood)
Well, here we are in October, and our Tigers are still playing baseball. When the season began in April, this was the goal. Somehow, someway, play 162 games and be in a position to play some more.
This is what I talked about at the beginning of the season. Enduring the marathon. Knowing that even if we had an incredible 100 win season, we would have to lose 62 times. We finished 90-72. Think about that. Simply turn 10 games around and we have 100 wins.
I'm sure we could find 10 games we should have won (or thought we should have won). We know Joe Nathan blew 7 saves (more on him in a moment). We know we blew a couple of seemingly comfortable leads even before the 9th inning. We know we lost agonizing games, such as the 1-0 David Price one-hitter.
On the other hand, we had a number of games we won that perhaps we should have lost. I know because we enjoyed some great highlights from the seventh inning on when we came back to take leads and win games.
We were frustrated by a stretch of games when our stellar starting pitching wasn't and our potent offense was impotent. We also had some health issues which you never want to use as an excuse, but when guys like Cabrera aren't at their best, when Sanchez is lost for a time, when Andy Dirks and Bruce Rondon never played, you can't ignore that.
HOWEVER, you may remember throughout the season as I offered up monthly perspectives, I told you I would tell you when it was time to worry, and I never did, because I was never worried. Concerned a couple times, but never worried.
I've played the game too long, listened and watched the game too long, and loved the game too long to ever get too high or too low during a season. Generally, teams that have quality players will have a quality season. That doesn't always mean the highest payroll or having the best player at every position. Dare I mention the 1968 Tigers with Don Wert at 3b and Ray Oyler/Dick Tracewski/Tommy Matchick sharing short. No wonder Mayo Smith had Mickey Stanley at short in the World Series!
Here is some of what I wrote April 10: "I'm thinking the Tigers win 93. That means 69 losses. That means we win just 24 more games than we lose. On average, if we win 15-16 games a month, we lose about 11."
April: 14-9 (three rainouts)
May: 17-12
June: 14-13
July: 13-13
Aug: 16-15
Sep: 16-10
More from April 10 post: "Our new closer, Joe Nathan, has blown two save opportunities already this year. Concerned? No, not yet. On average, if a closer gets 50 save chances, he blows 5-10. Joe could now save seven games, blow another, save seven, blow another... and by the end of the season, maybe has 42 saves and 8 blown, and we'd be happy. Is that what will happen? Who knows? Maybe he just sucks and will be off the team by July."
Joe Nathan at end of season: 35 save, 7 blown (perhaps he could have got to 42-8... and yes, a roller coaster ride... just like Todd Jones... but in the end, he did save 35)
From April 10: "Remember our strength is our starting pitching, and it just seems improbable we'll have any type of losing streak of 7-8 games which can really hurt a team, especially at the wrong time of the season".
The worst losing streak we had was 5 games. We had four, 4 game losing streaks.
In closing, from my April 10 post: "No guarantees on anything. That's why we play the games".
And that's what I say about the post-season. No guarantees. It's also not a marathon anymore, it is a sprint! Our Tigers have just a good a chance at winning the World Series as the other playoff teams. Let the games begin!
Having said that, you realize IF the Tigers were to win the first series in five games, you'll have to put up with two losses. IF the Tigers were to win the ALCS and World Series in 7 games, you'll have to put up with three losses both times.
Don't panic over losses. We aren't going to go 11-0.
And if we do lose, remember to appreciate the thrilling season it was, the fond memories we'll have, and the enjoyment we had because of a game. Yes, in the end, baseball is just a game! It's a better game when you win.....
"The Bible and Baseball"
(Charlie Rood - May 9, 2014)
On Saturday, May 10, the Detroit Tigers will participate in "Home Plate 2014". Various groups will join the Tigers to experience a special pre-game program.
"Home Plate 2014" is when several players (active and retired) will speak about their careers in baseball, and more importantly, their faith in Jesus Christ.
Why do players do this? Perhaps you've heard and seen many professional ball players express thanks and praise to God after winning a game or playing well. Cynics will say God had nothing to do with who won a game or how they played, that it's nothing more than a performance of talent and skill. Faithful followers know it's God that blessed these players with the talent and skill, plus gifts, desire, and will to perform individually and as part of a team.
During the baseball season, numerous road trips and games every Sunday don't allow players to regularly attend church services. Many players on all teams are active in their faith through "Baseball Chapel".
Did you know "Baseball Chapel" got its start in Detroit? In 1973, a sportswriter from Detroit approached the commissioner of baseball asking for permission to start a chapel for players. "Baseball Chapel" has grown over the years to ballparks across North America, Latin America, and Japan.
"Baseball Chapel" is for more than players. It's for all staff, from front office executives to broadcasters.
The Tigers had a prime example of a broadcaster with faith by the name of Ernie Harwell. On the radio, Ernie was the voice of Tigers baseball for many years. He was loved by fans and players, making and maintaining numerous friendships throughout the baseball world. Ernie was known to lead "Baseball Chapel" gatherings even before chapel received the blessings of the commissioner.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Ernie a few times. I once humbly thanked him for his commitment to Christ, as I was just starting to experience my walk with the Lord, and told him I was inspired by his faith. I asked him what his secret was to his long and healthy life, his continued enjoyment of working in baseball, and the fact he and "Miss Lulu" (as he called his wife) were able to have such a successful marriage.
"It's no secret," Ernie said, "I'm faithful to God and that allows me to be faithful in everything else."
At the start of every baseball season, when Ernie would broadcast the first spring training game, he would start by reciting a Biblical passage from the Song of Solomon, 2:11-12, "For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the birds singing is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land"
Miguel Cabrera of our Detroit Tigers has worn a T-shirt to practice that displays a fallen Jesus Christ with the cross on his back struggling to lift himself from the ground under the words "Lord's Gym."
Longtime Tiger and Detroit native, Willie Horton, now hands out baseball cards with this inscription on the back:
Much of my life has been spent striving to be the best baseball player I could be. I wanted to be like the Negro League heroes my Dad highly respected. At 20 years of age, I made my major league debut. While I enjoyed success on the baseball field, I found myself straying from the religious upbringing my parents sought to give me.
In 2003, at the age of 60, a nephew of mine was battling cancer. I tried to talk with him about how he was feeling, and he told me not to worry about him. "You should be worrying about your own soul," he said. His words hit me like a fastball to the ribs. I was stunned to receive a call a couple days later informing me that he had died of a heart attack. The day after attending his funeral, I received the news that another nephew had been tragically killed. At the church for his funeral, God's message of love overwhelmed me. I knew it was time and I received Jesus Christ as my Savior.
Happiness and joy surround my life these days. Along with working for the Detroit Tigers, I have the privilege of confessing the name of my Lord Jesus Christ. I find my daily strength in God's Word. I have found a peace in my life. I'm closer to my team, my family and my God. My life seems complete.
"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" Matthew 16:26
Willie Horton is scheduled to appear at this "Home Plate 2014" event. His testimony is one of the reasons why I titled this message, "The Bible and Baseball".
I pray it may help further strengthen your faith, renew your faith, or perhaps even start your faith, and in the future, perhaps the title will be: "The Bible and You"!
"Uncle Tom"... what about it, Harry Reid
(Charlie Rood, May 1, 2014)
Well that didn't take long, did it.
In a post concerning Don Sterling on Wednesday, I wondered what will the NBA do "next time" there is an incident damaging to the league. I stated - You know it's going to happen, just as it does in politics, in the entertainment world, or in ordinary life, there is always a "next time".
From the world of politics (though I will tie it together with Sterling).....
The Washington Post: Representative Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Wednesday stood by his remark that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is an "Uncle Tom" and continued to suggest that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) opposition to President Obama is race-based.
In an interview with CNN, the Congressional Black Caucus member doubled down on his comments, first made over the weekend, that Thomas apparently "doesn't like black people, he doesn't like being black." His comments were first reported by BuzzFeed.
"Well if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people I represent have a real issue with an African American not being sensitive to those issues," Thompson told Dana Bash.
Thompson cited Thomas siding with the conservative justices on the court -- of which he is a firm member -- upholding Voter ID laws and Michigan's ban on affirmative action. The court has also struck down part of the Voting Rights Act, which was first passed to prevent racial discrimination in elections.
"The people that I represent, for the most part, have a real issue with those decisions," Thompson said. "All those issues are very important and for someone in the court who's African American and not sensitive to that is a real problem."
Are you kidding me? A member of congress using a racially insensitive term when talking about a Supreme Court Justice who he thinks isn't sensitive to a problem? You are the problem, Representative Thompson. Your disagreement with Justice Thomas cannot be taken seriously if you are going to do it using racially charged language.
To take this a step further, how about this from Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (from USA Today)...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called out NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Wednesday and said he has not taken a decisive stand against racism the way NBA commissioner Adam Silver has.
Reid (D-Nevada) applauded Silver's lifetime ban on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for racist remarks against African-Americans and said Goodell should follow Silver's lead and force Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team's name.
"I with almost all of America applaud the NBA's work to swiftly move to stamp out bigotry in its ranks," Reid said on the Senate floor, according to a rough transcript released by his office. "Commissioner Silver and the league have set the standard for how professional sports associations should act in the face of racism. I wonder … how the leadership of the National Football League, the NFL, that money-making machine, I wonder if they have taken notice of the NBA's decisive action. How long will the NFL continue to do nothing, zero, as one of its teams bears a name that inflicts so much pain on Native Americans?"
Really, Mr. Reid? What if we paraphrased your story this way...
Senator Harry Reid was called out for not taking a decisive stand against racism the way the NBA commissioner has done. Shouldn't Reid follow the the NBA and force Representative Thompson to change?
We wonder how the leadership in Washington, that money-taking machine, if they have taken notice of the NBA's decision action. How long will politicians continue to do nothing, zero, as one its own members uses a name that inflicts so much pain on African Americans?
Yes, members of all politcal persuasion say stupid things and even use racially insenstive language. It happens in sports, the world of entertainment, and life in general.
And you know what? This will happen again, because there is always a "next time".
A stunning update on "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor" (March 3, 2014)
The stunner about this is revealed at the end. From the Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition...
This is from a memo written by White House aide Todd Stern regarding a draft of the State of the Union speech mentioning health care:
"We have a line on page 10 that says - You'll pick the health plan and the doctor of your choice - this sounds great and I know that it's just what people want to hear. But can we get away with it? To appear to promise the nation that everyone will get to pick the doctor of his or her choice. That's exactly what this line does. I am very worried about getting skewered for over-promising here on something we know full well we won't deliver."
Did I mention the date on this memo?
January 22, 1994!
Yes, you may have thought it was very recent, but it was from President Clinton's administration, regarding his speech mentioning proposed health-care reform.
This memo was part of the documents released on Friday by the National Archives and the Clinton Presidential Library.
Charlie's Lawsuit against Uncle Sam (February 6, 2014)
I'm thinking of filing a lawsuit against the United States Government to force CVS to sell cigarettes. Why you ask? To try and make a point. I don't know if I make it, but here goes...
Tobacco is a legal product. How can the government stand by and not get involved in a private company blatantly discriminating against smokers?
How are smokers going to survive? It's forcing smokers to find another source. Where will smokers be able to find another source for this product being denied to them?
Are smokers expected to take personal responsiblity to decide if they still want to do business with CVS based on its "war on smokers"? And what about smokers that work there? Should they have to work in such a hostile environment?
How dare a private company take a moral stand based on the principles and beliefs of an owner!
Have you figured out my point? If government can force private businesses to offer certain types of birth control products as part of the Affordable Care Act, even against the moral principles of the owners...
CVS is being hailed for doing business according to its standards. Hobby Lobby has to sue to maintain its standards.
Michigan School Funding (February 4, 2014)
Governor Snyder says school spending is up. Democrats say it's down. Analysts say they're both right! Most importantly, what do you say? Which measurable method of funding better tells the story of school money?
This is why people love politics (sarcasm).....
The governor has increased K-12 spending of total appropriations from $12.98 billion in fiscal year 2011 to $13.36 billion for the current fiscal year. By this measure, funding is up.
Democrats say most of the increase would only help teacher retirement costs and not help with actual per-pupil funding directly in the classroom. By this measure, funding is down $240 per pupil from $7316 to $7076.
So, is it up or is it down?
My take? I look at the bottom line which shows an increase overall. Whether it's directly in the classroom or for teacher pensions, it's all part of the education budget. Or should be.
(Charlie Rood) "Dixie Dave" Minar had a heart attack last week.
He's alive! He's okay! Thank God!
Here's the story...
First of all, Dave will talk about his ordeal when makes his regular appearance on Mike Avery's Outdoor Magazine Show this weekend on WSGW (Saturday mornings 9-Noon on 100.5 FM and Sunday mornings 9-Noon on 790am). Dave will be on about 11:50am.
Most eveyone knows "Dixie Dave" Minar through his association with Mike Avery. For years, you saw him with Mike on TV. Now, you continue to hear him with Mike on the radio.
Of course, he's also known for his restaurant in Birch Run, "Oscar and Joey's" (formerly The Old Dixie Inn).
He's also known as a man of great faith who serves God with his time and talents in many ways.
Last Wednesday, Dave made his regular call-in on Mike's show (this show is prerecorded on Wednesday mornings for weekend broadcast). He called Mike after the recording was complete to let Mike know "by the way, I had a heart attack"!
In fact, Dave made his call to Mike's show while sitting in the parking lot preparing to go to emergency as ordered by his doctor! Dave had been experiencing some pains and suspected trouble, called his doctor, and was told to get to the hospital.
Last Friday morning, he underwent triple-bypass surgery!
Doctors were amazed he wasn't dead. Turns out he has a hereditary condition as several family members have died due to heart problems.
Earlier today, we completed another recording of Mike's show. Joining us for his usual appearance in the last segment was "Dixie Dave" Minar, after he had just returned home from the hospital!
How is he doing?
So well, that he will appear this Sunday at the 10th Annual Sportman's Wild Game Dinner and Charity Event hosted by his good friend, Mike Avery.
This event is an evening of Christian fun and fellowship sponsored by St. Martin Lutheran Church in Birch Run with the proceeds going to the Helping Hands Ministry. It takes place at the Frankenmuth Conservation Club, 8415 Curtis Road in Frankenmuth, doors opening at 3pm.
The dinner is prepared by "Dixie Dave" Minar. This year, Dave is getting some help as he will be resting in the dining room and not working in the kitchen!
For tickets and information to this event: Karen 989-770-4389 or Larry 810-686-3498
AND, tomorrow on the Thursday morning WSGW Morning Team Show, we'll give away a pair of tickets after the 6:30am news.
If you wish to send a message to Dave, please post here and we'll make sure he sees it!
God Bless You, "Dixie Dave", and thank you for all the lives you have touched for so many years with your giving spirit, and thank you for all the lives you will continue to touch!
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Just a few thoughts on "The Government Shutdown"…
(Charlie Rood - October 5, 2013)
I don't deny there are many people who will face personal hardships because of the shutdown. We are already hearing stories. More on that in a moment.
However, my first reaction to the shutdown is "YAWN"! That seemingly non-caring reaction is because of something I remember from past shutdowns, which is NOTHING!
I was pondering this the other day when I heard Rush Limbaugh put it in perspective. Whether you agree or disagree with Rush, you at least know he is aware of what is happening, especially politically.
Rush was wondering why, of all the government shutdowns that have occurred, he only recalls this one and the one in 1995. I think the total number of shutdowns I've seen is seventeen. Only these two mattered? I don't recall all the pain and suffering previously? Well…
If I understand correctly, until about 1981, if a shutdown happened, nobody really noticed because government workers could still work when not being paid. But then a rule was changed and workers couldn't work without being paid. So change the rule back! I'm not suggesting workers shouldn't be paid, but at least government could still function while lawmakers negotiated.
Something else changed, too, especially in the 90's and today. The media coverage. These days, the buildup to a possible shutdown is reported as an "end of the USA as we know it" scenario. Then, when the shutdown is active, the "body count" starts.
Adding to this media mayhem are the politicians who willingly contribute to "shutdown coverage" with continuing rhetoric. They end up talking more to the cameras than they do each other!
As the blame game is played out, nothing gets done. Each side is holding firm to its demands. A stalemate. Big deal.
Some government run institutions are shutdown, some programs are curtailed, and some employees are not paid.
That means some institutions stay open, some programs continue, and some employees are paid. Those paid include the lawmakers responsible for the shutdown!
Are the republicans not "playing fair" in this shutdown? Are the democrats simply "protecting Obamacare"?
Neither side is breaking any rules. They are breaking trust with the American people.
Now, nobody likes the stories of how families face difficulties because of the shutdown. Real stories are worthy of real attention and worthy of real solutions.
BUT, when you also have stories that don't need to be stories, you have to wonder what is going on?
I'm talking about the World War II Memorial and the veterans. Who had the bright idea to close that down when it's never closed in the first place? Barricades and guards? Talk about made for media coverage!
My idea to end this shutdown and prevent others? Lawmakers and the President stop getting paid and don't get backpay. They are forced into non-stop negotiations, locked in until their work is done. They can take out their own trash, clean their own bathrooms, and fend for themselves in whatever ways necessary. AND, they don't talk to the media until after reaching an agreement!


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Orlando Bloom in Superman Sequel?Posted by: Michael
Interesting rumor from our good friends at FilmIck. Its being reported that Orlando Bloom had a sit down to discuss a potential role in the upcoming superman sequel. How interesting. Should probably throw in here that their is no proof what so ever, its all just rumor at this point.
With a projected box office estimate of $400 million worldwide for the bottom line, the fifth "Superman" movie outgrosses last summer's "Batman Begins." Warner Brothers President Alan Horn was hoping for something closer to the $500 million mark, but with such high numbers working for it "Superman" is lightyears away from being a failure.
In regards to the film itself, ComingSoon.net quoted Horn's explanation of his thoughts on the gap between his expectations and the reality of the profits. "We should have had perhaps a little more action to satisfy the young male crowd." While that may hold true for some, I don't believe this is a wise strategy to take into the production of a sequel. It's very possible that with Singer behind the wheel this idea would not be allowed to jeopardize the depth and complexities that made "Superman Returns" a wonderful return to all that Superman can and should be. Then again, it's possible that any tweaking of the material in that direction could run Superman right off the road that he only just got on towards a brand new future.
Don't get me wrong, because I'm very excited that there will be another new "Superman" movie. But, I don't wish to see the character or the subject matter suddenly cheapened for the sake of drawing more moviegoers. Now that it's certain they are doing a sixth "Superman" film, I would love to see them take the awe and wonder of "Superman Returns" and expand upon it. This movie had to reintroduce Superman and his supporting characters to an entire generation and bring him back to the forefront. On a whole, "Batman Begins" seems to have gotten a better reception by general audiences than "Superman" but "Superman" blew past "Batman" at the box office, and yet "Superman" seems to have this aura around it as if it disappointed its fans as well as its makers.
There is no reason the studio shouldn't have every confidence in making the next one, and there's no need to fix what clearly isn't broken. The story began in the middle of something, and some were merely scrambling to catch up, but that has happened, and now people are ready to make a smooth and less distant transition into the next chapter. Superman will make his next stand even taller now that he has re-established himself and returned to the public spotlight and the cinema. Happily, Superman will return again in 2009.


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Randolph and Blount counties remain two of 26 Alabama counties that do not allow the sale of alcohol.
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CHRIS SMITH | Choosy about tomato seedlings
On March 15, I plan to start my tomato plants for the 2011 season. By mid-May, when the seedlings will be 8 weeks old, they'll be transplanted to the garden. Why do I bother when good tomato seedlings can be had from nurseries, farmers' markets and special sales?
First, I'm choosy about varieties. By growing my own plants from seed, I get as many of each variety as I want. Moreover, those plants are ready on my planting schedule — eight weeks old on May 15. I like to think, too, that my plants are paragons of young tomatohood — stocky, dark green, and properly hardened off. Finally I can raise them for about 50 cents a plant. If I bought them, they might run $3 a plant. Considering I grow 50 to 60 tomato plants a year, I save a bundle. Incidentally, I save on the broccoli, peppers, eggplant, melon starts too.
Should you bother growing your own starts? Probably not if you'll only raise a few plants. However, if you're into production and particular about varieties, timing and transplant quality, you ought to give it a try. Besides, you'll have fun and save money in the not- too-long run.
Raising your own starts requires an initial financial outlay for lights, containers and a heat mat. If you'll grow only a flat of seedlings at a time, you might get by for about $60. If you want to grow three flats at a time, figure about $150 (more lights and containers and a bigger heat mat). The light housings and heat mat should last you for decades, and the containers for many years; they aren't annual expenses like seedling mix.
Next week I'll discuss why seedling mix is critical to success raising transplants, why sunny windows don't hack it as light sources and what you can accomplish with a heat mat.Manure correctionIn the electronic version of my column for Feb. 19 there was a mistake of my own making. I stated that the herbicide — clopyralid — had been banned since 2003. Actually, only residential uses of the material were banned; agricultural uses of clopyralid and a related herbicide — aminopyralid — have continued.
While the partial ban may have reduced contamination of manures and compost, it hasn't eliminated it. Whatcom County growers experienced damage to food crops last year, and this herbicide, likely present in dairy manure, was the culprit.
At this point, I don't have a clear idea of how extensive the contamination problem is in our state. I will make an effort to find out. In the meantime, I can offer some advice. Before you buy manure or compost, seek assurance from the nursery selling it or the company that labels it that the product has been tested and is not contaminated by either herbicide.
I apologize to readers for my error and promise a column or two later this spring on the safety of manures and composts.
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Terry Martin and the Richwood Rams are one of many teams using the month of June to get a head start on the coming basketball season.
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Terry Martin has been through this before - many times.
It's the life of a high school basketball coach. One graduating class exits stage left, bringing up a host of new juniors and seniors to take their place on the court. Then it becomes a matter of getting them up to speed and building the right chemistry only the best teams possess.
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Mary Bradshaw, Greater Leander Chamber of Commerce president, announced her resignation Dec. 5, saying she is proud of the work she has done at the chamber.
The resignation is effective Dec. 31.
"We have come such a long way, and I've loved working with the city, business owners and the whole business community," she said. "It's just time to move on."
Bradshaw began working at the Leander Chamber of Commerce in January 2005. She said she will stay in the area to be near family but could not speak about her immediate future plans.
Stephanie Samuels, the chamber's board of directors Chairwoman, said the search for a replacement will begin immediately. The board is scheduled to meet Dec. 11 to discuss and review the responsibilities and requirements of the position.
"We would like to have the position filled as soon as possible and be ready to start in January 2013," Samuels said.


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TERRY MOSHER | Murphy stays busy putting on the stripes
One of the top items on Chris Murphy's bucket list is to travel with his wife, Patty, to Peru and visit the Lost City of the Incas (Machu Picchu) located in the Cusco Region of the country.
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More and more, the doctor a person may visit is part of a larger business.
Even a physician working as the only practitioner in an office may be part of a medical group.
Dr. Sumita Mazumdar, manager of the Poughkeepsie Medical Group, said her group's collection of six physicians was an unusual arrangement when it was established in 1962.
"Now there are lots of large groups," she said.
Mazumdar said the physicians are employees of the group, and the office is staffed Monday through Friday, with half days on Saturdays.
"The advantage of a group is the continuity of the care," Mazumdar said.
"We see them (patients) in the office, we can admit them, and we follow the patients in the hospital," she said.
The doctors have admitting privileges at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
The Mid-Hudson Medical Group has been a multispecialty group since it was established 55 years ago.
"It hasn't changed," CEO and Chief Financial Officer Patricia Gondolfo said. "It's just bigger."
She said the group is owned and directed by its physicians, most of whom come into the practice as partners.
The size of the group's 11 locations range from 3,000 square feet to a 60,000-square-foot facility that will open in May in the City of Poughkeepsie.
Gondolfo said the advantage for the physicians working in a group is the access to different sources of medical knowledge.
The patients also benefit from the immediacy of services all under one roof.
"I think we all believe in the multispecialty model," Gondolfo said. "It's the most efficient way, with the least amount of waste."
Doctors in charge
The Mount Kisco Medical Group established offices in Dutchess County about four years ago.
President and CEO Dr. Scott D. Hayworth said he thought it was important for physicians to be running the group.
"I understand what doctors go through on a day-to-day basis," he said. "We make sure the decisions we make are patient-focused."
Being in a group means the physicians don't have to worry about the business side of the practice.
"You just have to worry about taking care of patients," Hayworth said.
Two years ago, Health Quest, which operates Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Northern Dutchess Hospital, started Health Quest Medical Practice.
"That is for office-based physicians," Vice President of Business Development David Ping said.
Doctors in the group are employees, he said.
"A lot of doctors didn't go to medical school to be businessmen," Ping said. "They went to treat patients."
There are multiple advantages to being in a group, he said, including not having to worry about insurance denials and human resource matters.
Ping said people will likely see more medical groups similar to Health Quest's in the future.
"The trend across the country is for hospitals to be involved with physician practices," he said.
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Enterprise is being proactive when it comes to student safety.
With Monday marking the start of a new school year, the city has adjusted the synchronization of two traffic signals on the Boll Weevil Circle.
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The adjusted synchronization specifically affects the Shellfield Road and Dauphin Street intersections.
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This holiday season marks the 20th year for The Christmas Shoppe at Bench's.
The holiday shoppe was started in 1994 by owners Donald and Janice Bench. The couple wanted to extend the season for the full-time employees at Bench's Greenhouse and Nursery. Using growing space, holiday favorite poinsettias were grown and the shoppe started selling Christmas decorations, cemetery items and live trees.
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Peli Products is pleased to announce the winners of its latest Photo Competition juried by award-winning photographer Gary Eastwood. The winners have won up to €1.000 worth of product and were selected among the more than 30 submitted pictures in which the participants reflected different ways of using Peli products.
WINNER - Turquoise Depths in Myo Lake by Robbie Shone
Gary Eastwood: "I like the sense of scale in this image (there are 3 people in the image, not 2 as first appears), the majestic location and the lovely, deep colours. It also sums up why Peli products have to be completely reliable for those who use them".
RUNNER-UP - Fire by Leonardo Ceddia
Gary Eastwood: "Simple composition, strong colours, and gives us a sense of 'being there' as we peer over the firefighter's shoulder at the inferno. The image also showcases the importance of Peli products to the emergency services".
THIRD PRIZE - Peli's Vegetables by Pierrier Gaelle
Gary Eastwood: "This image stands out as a clever take on the idea of a traditional 'still life', and gives a strong sense of protecting delicate cargo. Beautiful lighting too".
The competition, launched online on the Peli Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PeliProducts) and on the Peli website (www.peli.com), was open to Peli products' enthusiasts across Europe and was judged by award-winning photographer, Gary Eastwood.
Eastwood, who regularly works with the National Geographic Channel®, and has had his work featured in key publications such as The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times is also winner of the prestigious Take-a-view Landscape Photographer of the year.
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Gary Eastwood has worked as a professional Landscape and Editorial Photographer for the last seven years. He was named UK Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2008 after winning the prestigious annual Take-a-View landscape photography competition run by renowned photographer Charlie Waite.
Gary regularly works with international organisations, including The National Geographic Channel (the TV arm of the internationally renowned magazine), EDF Energy, American Express, and The Kennel Club. He is the author of a regional landscape photography book, called Sussex Loving It, and is the main author of a new 'how-to' book, entitled Photographing the Elements, which is due to be published by Ilex Press early
2012. He regularly exhibits his work throughout the UK.
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Monongahela Valley Hospital staff gets burn training
Staff at Monongahela Valley Hospital learned how to better treat burn patients during a training seminar this summer.
Twenty emergency room nurses and wound center nurses participated, said Kelly Macheska, emergency department director.
"It was very informative," Macheska said. "As a community hospital, I thought the program and the education was very valuable. It was an additional resource we were able to offer to the nursing staff and have them better prepared in assessing and managing burn patients."
A grant from the American Trauma Society's Pennsylvania division allowed the hospital to host the program for free, a value of $250 per participant, Macheska said.
A physician and nurses from the West Penn Hospital's burn center led the one-day "advanced burn life support training" on June 25. Participants in the eight-hour program received "contact hours for continuing education for nurses," Macheska said.
Macheska, herself a participant, said the lesson provided information on guidelines, assessment and management of the patient within the first 24 hours of injury.
Attendees also learned about "transfer criteria" — what the local hospital could handle versus what should be transferred to another treatment center.
"(The nurses) were really excited and they felt better prepared to deal with the burn patient," she said.
Participant Jill Price, a registered nurse in the emergency room and the emergency department clinical analyst, said there can be "a lot of gray area" in treating burns.
"(The training) helped identify the type of burn and classification and burn treatment," she said. "It was very informative."
The training course included a lecture, case studies and group discussions.
To lend a hand, Macheska's three nieces served as volunteers who dressed up and wore makeup and bandages to emulate burn patients. During the class, nurses assessed their simulated burns.
Nurses completed the course with a written exam and practical assessment.
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AOL Releases Search Data
Whether AOL likes it or not, its actions continue to make both positive and negative press. The latest story is one of apparent clumsiness with data. Recently, the company published a research paper online (still available at the time of this post) that studied user behavior during searches. By itself, the article is harmless and even quite interesting. What the publishers didn't consider were the ramifications of also including a compilation of the raw search data as a secondary file. Though the screen names were replaced with random numerical IDs, the data contained large amounts of what was sometimes very personal information that could be traced to specific people. AOL was quick to remove the data yesterday after realizing the potential danger, but it doesn't help the company's image after the large job cuts announced on Thursday.


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The Alliance for Economic Inclusion (AEI) is the FDIC's national initiative to establish broad-based coalitions of federally insured financial institutions, community-based organizations and other partners in several territories across the nation to bring unbanked and underbanked individuals and families into the financial mainstream. The Chairman's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (ComE-IN) provides senior-level guidance and recommendations. For more information about AEI activities and ComE-IN, see: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/community/AEI/index.html.
The Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion (BAEI) is one of these public-private coalitions, offering banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions opportunities to work with the non-profit and public sectors to better understand, and tap into, the significant business potential of unbanked and underbanked consumers, and remain in compliance with all current banking laws.
The Mission of the Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion is to enhance the economic well-being of the unbanked and underbanked in metropolitan Boston by improving their access to the mainstream banking system, developing and marketing more responsive and affordable financial products and services, promoting financial education, and addressing technical or regulatory issues surrounding these developments.
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|The effect of a healthy school tuck shop program on the access of students to healthy foods.
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|The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a healthy school tuck shop program, developed as a way of creating a healthy and nutritional school environment, on students' access to healthy foods. Five middle schools and four high schools (775 students) participated in the healthy school tuck shop program, and nine schools (1,282 students) were selected as the control group. The intervention program included restriction of unhealthy foods sold in tuck shops, provision of various fruits, and indirect nutritional education with promotion of healthy food products. The program evaluation involved the examination of students' purchase and intake patterns of healthy foods, satisfaction with the available foodstuffs, and utilization of and satisfaction with nutritional educational resources. Our results indicated that among of the students who utilized the tuck shop, about 40% purchased fruit products, showing that availability of healthy foods in the tuck shop increased the accessibility of healthy foods for students. Overall food purchase and intake patterns did not significantly change during the intervention period. However, students from the intervention schools reported higher satisfaction with the healthy food products sold in the tuck shop than did those from the control schools (all P < 0.001), and they were highly satisfied with the educational resources provided to them. In conclusion, the healthy school tuck shop program had a positive effect on the accessibility of healthy food. The findings suggest that a healthy school tuck shop may be an effective environmental strategy for promoting students' access to healthy foods.
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The last time the Wild won a playoff series was in 2003, when Chris Coleman was a St. Paul City Council member.
Now, Coleman is mayor of St. Paul.
"I'm so excited -- what a series!" Coleman said after the Wild's 5-4, Game 7 victory over the Avalanche in Colorado on Wednesday night.
The mayor was so excited that after the game, he went to former North Star Tom Reid's downtown pub, where fans had watched the game on TV and celebrated.
"The place was still packed, and people were just having a good time," Coleman said. "I love it."
Besides the commerce that the Wild have brought to St. Paul, there's the national attention.
"You can't put a dollar figure on it," Coleman said. "I love every time (hearing) on national TV, 'Live from St. Paul.' It's so important for the Wild to have a good run. Coming out of this horrible winter, it's like the most excitement we've had for months. It's the only thing we've had to look up to for months."
St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center will be jammed for second-round playoff games Tuesday and next Friday nights.
"It's going to be a tough ticket," Coleman said.
Nearly 284,000 households in the Twin Cities market viewed Wednesday night's Wild victory on Fox Sports North.
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy, the 2009 Mr. Hockey Minnesota from Eden Prairie, said Thursday he's excited to be able to play in front of his parents, Mike and Vicki, and friends when Round 2 comes to St. Paul.
From Jordan Clancy, a self-described "die-hard Colorado Avalanche fan" who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba: "I felt like the Avs could really use the help from one of their longest-serving and devoted fans, so I made the trek to St. Paul to cheer them on in Game 6 (Monday night). The result of the game did not go my way, of course, but I thought it needed to be pointed (out) what an amazing hockey culture Minnesota and the Wild organization have built.
"The atmosphere at Xcel Energy Center was electric, rivaling -- and ultimately beating out -- the sound level at (Winnipeg's) MTS Centre, where I have been to over 50 games.
"More importantly, though, I wanted to point out how unbelievably nice the crowd was (to) me. I was one of maybe two or three Avs fans in my section, and not many more in the entire arena. Due to this, I expected to hear it and receive some flak, which, believe me, I did, but in the purest form of (sportsmanship) possible. I never once felt like a person was taking it over the top ... to the point where we began to chat and get to know each other.
"I must have spoken to dozens of Wild fans, and it was an amazing experience. You have some of the best fans in the National Hockey League, and they should know that."
The Gophers baseball team had hoped to face Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston of Florida State in its weekend series in Tallahassee. But Winston, who pitches and plays outfield for the Seminoles, was suspended this week after being cited for shoplifting crab legs from a local grocery store.
Winston's stats this spring: batting average .139 (5 for 36); pitching, 1-0, 1.50 earned-run average, 25 strikeouts in 24 innings. Crab legs tab: $32.72.
Aside from Winston, Florida State (33-11) is No. 6-ranked and No. 2 in national power rating index. Minnesota is 22-16.
The Gophers ended up on Florida State's schedule as a bye-weekend opponent. The game was scheduled two years ago, and the Seminoles declined an invitation to play in Minnesota.
The Gophers are getting a $20,000 check from Florida State for playing in Tallahassee, which is relatively huge for college baseball.
The Dodgers team the Twins played at Target Field this week has baseball's highest payroll, $235.3 million. Twins' payroll: $85.8 million, ranking 24th of 30 major league teams.
The Dodgers have been given 15-to-2 odds to win the World Series, behind only Detroit at 13 to 2, according to the Bovada-Las Vegas line. The Twins are 150 to 1, but that's better than the odds of the Diamondbacks (200 to 1), Cubs (500 to 1) and Astros (500 to 1).
Wishing the best for beloved Vic St. Martin, the Wild security desk guard who suffered a massive stroke this week.
The Twins' shortstop of the future, Danny Santana, was hitting .351 with three doubles over the past eight games for Class AAA Rochester entering Thursday night's game against Louisville.
Getting to the second round of the NHL playoffs should be worth a $2 million per game gross for the Wild and would provide for a team profit this season.
Look for an abundance of Blackhawks fans to drive to St. Paul from Chicago, as they did to St. Louis for the first round of the playoffs. That will drive up secondary-market ticket prices.
Good news: Baseball's best play-by-play voice -- the Twins' Cory Provus -- has signed a four-year contract extension, securing him through the 2018 season.
Wild players love the way they're being coached by Mike Yeo, who's in his third season behind their bench.
Don't be surprised if 3M becomes corporate sponsor of an $8 million Mariucci Arena renovation. If the project includes a reduced ice sheet, it would provide more space for more seats, increasing ticket revenue.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman on the Wild's playoff run: "We haven't had a run like this in 11 years, so we're getting back in practice."
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Cashing Out
In the digital era, can anything be money?
October 2012, Stanford Magazine
Professor Global Hawk
A remote-piloted warrior starts flying for science.
April, 2011, Air & Space
New Light on the Brain
By combining genetics with fiber optics, Karl Deisseroth has given researchers
a powerful tool with which to probe our most enigmatic organ.
December, 2010, Stanford
Sex Scholar
Decades before Kinsey, Clelia Mosher was proving that Victorian women
weren't so ... Victorian.
April 2010, Stanford
Drew Endy builds a synthetic biology revolution out of very small parts.
August 2009, Stanford Magazine
Forever Plane
Odysseus, an autonomous surveillance-plane concept, will fly for years
on end, powered by nothing but the sun.
June 2009, Popular Science
TOPP Secret
Google Earth and enviromentalists work together to tag Pacific's giant predators and map their underwater ecosystem.
Summer, 2009, Terrain
Can you use computer games to teach kids about complex social issues like
immigration and climate change?
March 2009, Edutopia
Go gently into that good night.
Summer 2008, Terrain
Scanner, Smartly
Researchers are learning how to "read" your visual cortex
July 2008, California
is Believing
Maybe virtual reality isn't just a game anymore.
January 2008, Stanford Magazine
Anybody Out There?
The first in a two-part series on the search for life in space, starting
with astrobiology's hunt for a second genesis in our own solar
July 4, 2007, East Bay Express
There's No Place Like Home?
The second half of the life-in-space series, focusing on Geoff Marcy and
Debra Fischer's search for other Earth-like planets. And for Goldilocks.
July 11, 2007, East Bay Express
The Case of the Missing Web Page
Is there free political speech on social networking sites like Facebook?
Id like to tell you, but ... mffffprhhgl.
November 29, 2006, East Bay Express
SWM Seeking Alien Hottie
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April 20, 2005, East Bay Express
Bug Juice
Looking for a way to power hydrogen fuel cells
using termite guts.
September 7, 2005, East Bay Express
Great Expectations
Why do zoo elephants keep killing their own offspring?
June 2003, Smithsonian
Kernels of Truth
Scientists thought they could keep genetically engineered corn from cross-pollinating
with native plants. Well, maybe not, says Ignacio Chapela.
May 29, 2002, East Bay Express
Pentagon Goes to the Video Arcade
The militarys quest to turn shoot-em-up gaming software into
the ultimate training tool.
July 1999, The Progressive
Tidepools and Terrorists
Rafe Sagarin wonders if you can translate the adaptive tactics of nature to defending a nation.
February 2012, Stanford Magazine
Story Behind The Story of Stuff
A Q&A with environmental activist Annie Leonard about the surprise
success of her Internet video and her lifetime fascination with garbage
Spring 2010, Terrain
or Dare
How mystery writer Joe Gores recreated Sam Spade.
May 2009, Stanford Magainze
One of the last Douglas DC-6 Cloudmasters still flying helped build the
H-bomb, changed the travel industry, and ultimately became a movie star.
July 2009, Air & Space
Love At First Byte
A profile of computer science pioneer Donald Knuth, author of The Art
of Computer Programming, and first-class sweetheart.
May 2006, Stanford Magazine
Remote Control
Meet robot artist Ken Goldberg, a guy who is too smart for only one career.
November 11, 2005, East Bay Express
Talking Head for the Undead
Professor Paranormal sees dead people. Or at least, he smells them.
February 5, 2003, East Bay Express
Eric Mills and the Horse He Rode In On
Californias one-man animal rights activism team takes on the rodeo.
June 4, 2003, East Bay Express
2C-T-7s Bad Trip
A profile of psychedelic chemist Alexander Sasha Shulgin,
and what happened when one of his lab inventions ran amok.
May 1, 2002, East Bay Express
Madam Middle
Back in 2001, people thought Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher might be the
Democrats first female presidential candidate. A profile of a partys
rising star.
June 8, 2001, East Bay Express
The Collectors
Bruce Woodbury and Enid Westberg own the worlds largest collection
of smiley faces. And that's just the tip of their collecting iceberg.
January 22, 1999, East Bay Express
The low-flying adventures of the Super Guppy, the world's fattest plane.
August 2008, Air & Space
The Hogs Of War
Tagging along with the Patriot Guard Riders.
July 2006, Mother Jones
Creatures of the Night
Is sneaking pink plastic flamingos onto peoples yards in the middle
of the night a business model? The Flamingess says yes.
April 26, 2006, East Bay Express
The $10 Million Woman
The strange travels of Picassos Lady in White, an oil
painting looted by the Nazis during World War II.
August 4, 2004, East Bay Express
Join My Cult!
In the beginning, there was a bar bet. The very strange genesis
of Danny Wallace's cult of Join Me.
July 21, 2004, East Bay Express
Catch Me If You Can
How members of the Bay Areas Filipino community helped take down
a woman charged with conning $3 million out of them.
May 12, 2004, East Bay Express
in Iowa
Surviving the Iowa caucuses in the heart of Howard Dean's Perfect Storm.
January 21, 2004, East Bay Express
The Secret of the Santa Maria
In the seventeen years Margaret Brandeis spent hunting for the wreck of
the Santa Maria de los Remedios off the coast of Ecuador, she encountered
scheming rivals, poisonous sea snakes, crooked diviners, witches, mutinies,
and parasites. And that wasnt even the weird part.
July 16, 2003, East Bay Express
It Was A Dark and Stormy Month
The year National Novel Writing Month broke.
December 19, 2001, East Bay Express
Rocky Nights in San Leandro
Can a movie about cross-dressing transvestites from space be good clean
fun? A case study in what happens when three undercover cops turn up at
an unusually wild showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
April 6, 2001, East Bay Express
Are our minds wired for bias? And if so, what can we do about it?
September, 2010, Stanford Magazine
the Machines
Could the future of fuel come from the most ancient green thing of all
... algae?
Fall 2009, Terrain
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earthquake
When disaster strikes, those who depend on neighborhood clinics and other
community organizations will feel its most lasting reverberations.
March 2009, California
Forget willpower. What you need is a digital nagging device.
July 2008, Stanford Magazine
Outside the Cell
For decades, Mina Bissell preached an outsider gospel about what causes
cancer. But now, outside is in.
December 12, 2007, East Bay Express
A Cure for All That Ails You?
Is freezing your kids umbilical cord blood a potential lifesaver,
or just another expensive birthday present theyll never use?
August 22, 2007, East Bay Express
The Fragile Ones
A gene mutation called Fragile X Syndrome may help researchers unlock
the secrets of the cause of autism. Kids like Lucas Clark, who have both,
will their Rosetta Stone.
April 19, 2006, East Bay Express
Live, Fast, Die Old
Calorie restrictors chew their way to eternal life, one plateful at a
January 18, 2006, East Bay Express
It's a Boy! We Made Sure of It
Does the road to eugenics begin with gender selection?
November 3, 2004, East Bay Express
The Making of a Martyr
The life, death and politicization of Holly Patterson, the first American
woman to die after using RU-486 (medical abortion.)
December 17, 2003, East Bay Express
Misery Without Borders
HIV and the migrant farm worker.
February 16, 2001, East Bay Express
in Death
Meet the nations second biggest dealer in crime guns. Then learn
where three of those guns went.
July 5, 2006, East Bay Express
Last Stand of Eddy Zheng
Should this thirtysomething model prisoner be deported for a crime he
committed at age sixteen?
August 10, 2005, East Bay Express
What A Steal!
Psssst, ladies! Wanna buy a fake designer handbag? I infiltrate the secret
world of counterfeit purse parties.
November 3, 2004, East Bay Express
The Afghan Connection
Was this jewelry store owner and hawala operator just trying to help Afghani
and Pakistani-Americans wire money to impoverished relatives back home,
or was he funneling money to a heroin ring? A curious case of the murkiness
of money transfer to the Middle East in a post-9/11 world.
October 22, 2003, East Bay Express
Trailers Are for Travelers
How three Irish Travelers cruising the country in an RV raked in nearly
$1 million by pulling a bar-code scam on Home Depot.
September 10, 2003, East Bay Express
The Talented Mr. Young
The Fifth Top. The Imitation Temptation. The con man who has made a career
of pretending to be Motown legends.
March 27, 2002, East Bay Express
The Return of the Fifth Top
... And he's back.
21, 2003, East Bay Express
A Series
of Unfortunate Books
The works of Daniel Handler (or is it Lemony Snicket?)
2002, East Bay Express
Sour Times
Lemon by Lawrence Krauser
25, 2001, East Bay Express
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Fern's Cocktails Transitions From Crusty Classic to Gentrified Booze Lounge
[Editor's Note: We all know local music and dive bars go hand-in-hand. So in the interest of merging the two together on Heard Mentality, we bring you our nightlife column Dive, Dive, My Darling. Read this week as our bold reporter, Charles Lam stumbles into the dive bar scene to find crazy stories, meet random weirdos and guzzle good booze.]
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Here are the most-retold stories about Fern's Cocktails in Long Beach: Parts of Sublime's "Date Rape" video were shot in the back. The bartenders, whose tattooed beauty and disinterested service break hearts the world over, once fed a rat alcohol-soaked cherries until it died. The bathrooms? Witness to more sex than your local casting couch (not to mention a few pregnancies). See a pizza? Better be careful: You don't know when it'll be topped with magic mushrooms.
Fern's is all about its past, one of the remaining jewels of the city's punk history, an anchor of Fourth's lovely street of dives, and it shows--sort of. Google Fern's, and the first thing that'll pop up is its MySpace. Walk into the bar, and be astounded by the kitsch-lined walls. But if you're looking for the dive of legend? Well, I've got some bad news.
First off, my stories: I got to Fern's around 11 p.m. on a Wednesday. I was already drunk after attending Beer Paper LA's one-year anniversary party at Beachwood. And I kept drinking after I left the bar. Even in that state, I could see Fern's as a bar in transition, trying to find a niche in modernity while keeping its identity--and fumbling around like two crusty kids trying to balance their bodies on a Kohler sink.
The punk-filled jukebox? It's gone, replaced by a giant Internet monolith that you can find at basically any bar nowadays. There's no more foosball, no more air hockey, and the boxing machine that would prompt machismo competitions between bros that often spilled onto the sidewalk is now hidden behind a wall. The ribbed-condom machine, previously housed in the women's bathroom for her pleasure? It's been 86'ed, replaced by, in the words of our Long Beach Lunch correspondent Sarah Bennett, "Gasp--a paper towel dispenser."
Even the music has changed. With the new jukebox came new playlists. The dozen or so patrons who were present Wednesday night were not serenaded by Bad Religion or Sublime, but by Hall and Oates, though there were still the occasional, syncopated punctuations of ska. There's new paint in the bathrooms, and the high-top tables and booths are nearly brand-new, the vinyl and leather uncracked by history. Everything feels eerie, not skeezy.
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