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BALTIMORE, Md. (WUSA) -- A groundbreaking procedure to transplant arms from donors to those who lost their limbs has reached new heights.
26-year old Brendan Marrocco served in the army during operations in Iraq, where in 2009 he lost all of his limbs in a roadside bomb attack.
Last month, a surgical team at Johns Hopkins gave Marrocco a bilateral arm transplant with a new treatment to prevent the body's rejection of the new limbs. They infused the deceased donor's bone marrow cells into Marrocco's body. The Department of Defense is sponsoring a study of this new anti-rejection technique.
Dr. W. P. Andrew Lee of Johns Hopkins Medicine is the head of the team that performed the transplant.
During the 13 hour surgery, doctors connected bones, blood vessels, muscles, skin and nerves on two arms from a deceased donor.
Dr. Gerald Brandacher who is part of the transplant team at Johns Hopkins Medicine says, "We are now able to not only be able to perform these types of transplants routinely with conventional immunosuppression, but we were even able based on extensive research in our basic science laboratory as well as our translational research to come up with innovative treatment protocol as to one tht we applied in Brendan where we used bone marrow cells from the donor."
Brendan Marrocco says, "Well pretty much now, I can move my (left) elbow, this was my elbow. I can rotate it a little bit."
Marrocco still cannot move his new right arm, but doctors say that improvement will come. He will have to undergo 6 hours of hand therapy, every day for the next 2 to 3 years. That is how long it takes nerves to regenerate.
Dr. Jaime Shores of Johns Hopkins Medicine says, "I suspect that (Marrocco) will be using his hands for just about everything as soon as we let him start trying to do more and more."
He looks forward to it, so he can go back to the athletic activities that he enjoys.
Marrocco says, "Just being an athlete again, one of my goals is to hand cycle a marathon, so I would like to get back to that. I just want to get the most out of these arms."
Brendan's mother, Michelle Marrocco is very optimistic about he future. Brendan can now use his right arm to text, do his hair, and scratch his face.
Michelle Marrocco says, "Now he will be independent, and when he gets home he will be the Brendan that we were all looking for."


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Coastside Autumn
You can feel it in their air. The fog's burning off a little earlier. The temperature is warming up a few degrees. The kids are back in school.
Can Autumn be Far Off?
The Autumnal Equinox is approaching. We don't do leaf spectaculars like they do in New England, but still thoughts turn to Autumn foods as in Autumn Gatherings: Casual Food to Enjoy With Family and Friends or Eat Feed Autumn Winter: 30 Ways to Celebrate When the Mercury Drops.
Will the Mercury Drop?
The latest Old Farmer's Almanac has just hit the newsstands and will soon be heading for a library near you. I won't spoil the suspense.
Gathering of the Gourds
Of course, if you live on this side of the hill the turning season means one big thing...the Pumpkin Festival! If the craft booths inspire you we have books that may help you with projects of your own like Mary Engelbreit's Autumn Craft Book, and while you're cooking or crafting why not enjoy Vivaldi's Four Seasons?
Author Bio:
Joe Toschik is a Public Services Librarian at Half Moon Bay Library who is looking forward to judging the Pumpkin Festival Costume Contest right here in the Library parking lot.


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Book your room at Four Seasons Hotel New York
Get an overview of this hotelFive-star New York high-rise designed by architect I.M. Pei.
Located on "Billionaire's Row"
Located on East 57th Street between Park and Madison Avenues and 2 blocks from Central Park, the Four Seasons Hotel New York rises 52 stories over Manhattan's premier shopping and business districts.
Restaurant, bar, and full-service spa
This luxury hotel offers a 4500 square foot spa, L. Raphael, with 10 treatment rooms, a hair salon, saunas and spa tubs. The Garden restaurant provides a dramatic, enchanted forest-like setting overlooking the Grand Lobby and TY Bar features panoramic views of Manhattan's skyline.
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Each of the 368 elegant and spacious guestrooms features a Florentine marble bathroom with a glass-enclosed shower stall and a deep soaking tub. LED TVs, complimentary WiFi, plush bathrobes, and twice-daily housekeeping are additional conveniences.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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The Four Seasons Hotel New York is conveniently located between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue in New York City. Guests enter a soaring lobby at this Midtown East luxury hotel designed by I.M. Pei. and are greeted by attentive staff.
Event spaces at the Four Seasons Hotel New York include FIFTY7, an innovative art deco–inspired venue renovated in December 2015, and a ballroom. A 24-hour business center with wireless Internet access is also available to guests. Babysitting or childcare is available. An area shuttle is also on offer with a surcharge.
Dining options include the Garden restaurant for breakfast and lunch, and the TY Bar for custom cocktails in the evenings. 24-hour room service is provided to guests.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 12,000
- Conference space size (meters) - 1
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
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- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Hair salon
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- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 10
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 52
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Total number of rooms - 368
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Year Built 1993
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- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Soundproofed rooms
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Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Down comforter
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave (on request)
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate sitting area
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
Where to Eat
The Garden - Overlooking the Hotel's towering Grand Lobby, The Garden provides a dramatic, enchanted forest-like restaurant setting in New York. Select a table in between the twisting, undulating trunks of enormous African Acacia trees, or enjoy the warm morning sunlight from the over-sized windows. The Garden offers exceptional breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch menus each featuring local ingredients.
TY Bar - TY Bar is a stylish space designed with art deco inspiration. Named for the hotel's owner, this lobby bar off East 57th Street features a 19-foot Imperador marble-topped bar and serves bespoke cocktails, an extensive list of craft beers, and a seasonal menu. Open Monday-Saturday from noon to 1 AM, and Sunday from noon to midnight.
Nearby Things to Do
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Spa Services
At the Four Seasons Hotel New York, guests can retreat inside the world of L.RAPHAEL Spa for ultra-premium, technologically advanced skincare, beauty, and anti-aging treatments designed for the world's most discerning clientele.
The 4,500 square foot space combines 5-star service, a luxury spa setting, traditional holistic healing, and anti-aging technology. Ten treatment rooms including two luxury couples' suites, a full-service hair salon, two nail stations, saunas and whirlpools in the men's and women's locker rooms. Whirlpool, sauna, and steam facilities available from 6:30 AM to 9:00 PM, and spa appointments may be scheduled from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The comprehensive treatment menu includes facial, body and massage therapies, hair and nail care, and makeup application.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is Noon
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Pets allowed (no fees)
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 15 and USD 50 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 200+ per vehicle (one way)
- Valet parking fee: USD 70+ per night
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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$65,000 EMERALD DOWNS DERBYSUNDAY, AUG. 12, 201275th RUNNING*, 3-YEAR OLDS, 1-1/8 MILESTrack Record & Stakes Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), Sept. 2, 2002Most WinsTrainer: 3, Jim Penney, Frank Brewster, Glen Williams, Robert Meeking, Bill McMeans & Bud KlokstadJockey: 3, Lennie Knowles, Joe Baze, Pedro Alvarado & Ricky FrazierOwner: 2, Dorothy Brewster & Dino LozziThe following statistics are from 1996-2011 at Emerald Downs:Track Condition: Fast every year except 2009 (wet fast), winner Winning Machine Favorites: 2-for-16; Odds-on Favorites: 0-for-2 Largest $2 Win: $23, Jebrica, 2011 Smallest $2 Win: $4.20, Gallon, 2008Average Field Size: 8.375 (largest 12, 2005, 2006; smallest 6, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011)Gate-to-wire winners: You've Got Action, 1997; Flying Notes, 2002; Saratoga Boot, 2010Smallest Win Margin: head, Winning Machine, 2009Largest Win Margin: 11-¼ lengths, Flying Notes, 2002*Includes Longacres Derby 1934-92
Owners Hometowns1—Makors Finale (3) Karl Krieg, Oak Harbor, Wash.2—Brady's Kat (15) West Coast Racing LLC (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, Wash. & Diane Karl, Auburn, Wash.)3—Edge Forward (7/2)Ivor Jones, Seattle, Wash.; Jack Jones, Seattle, Wash.4—D'honorable One (9/5) Nelson Family Racing (Heidi Nelson, Bothell, Wash.)5—Italian Boy (5/2) Luigi DiPietro, Seattle, Wash.; Diana DiPietro, Tukwila, Wash.6—Faster Than Duke (20) Brotherton Racing Group 1 (Gary Brady, Des Moines, Wash., Brad Brotherton, Mercer Island, Wash., et al.)
EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIESJune 3: $50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6-½ Furlongs, dh-D'honorable One ($2.60)/Makors Finale ($4.20) 1:14.53June 24: $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap, One Mile, Makors Finale ($5.40), 1:35.13July 15: $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1-1/16 Mile, Italian Boy ($10.40), 1:41.61Aug. 12: 65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1-1/8 MileSept. 9: $35,000 Chinook Pass Stakes ®, One Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Italian Boy, D'honorable One, Edge Forward (5-16—$162.10)Robert Geller (EmD2): Italian Boy, D'honorable One, Edge Forward (2-16—$143.90)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): D'honoarble One, Edge Forward, Italian Boy (3-16—$159.90)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): D'honorable One, Italian Boy, Edge Forward (6-16—$179.60)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Edge Forward, Makors Finale, D'honorable One (9-16—$219.60)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Edge Forward, D'honorable One, Makors Finale (6-16—$175.00)Consensus: D'honorable One (17), Edge Forward (15), Italian Boy (13)—$ 12.90 (8-16—$168.60)
NOTES: The Emerald Derby is the championship event for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs…The past three Derby winners—Winning Machine, Saratoga Boot & Jebrica—are nominated to the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) Sunday, August 19… The past seven Derby winners (Saratoga Boot, 2010; Winning Machine, 2009; Gallon, 2008; Mulcahy, 2007; Raise the Bluff, 2006; Alexandersrun, 2005) have been selected Top 3-Year-Old Male at EmD…Post positions No.1 and No.5 have accounted for more than half of the 17 stakes wins this season. Post No.1 has produced five winners while Post No. 5 has produced four winners… Javier Matias (Brady's Kat), who won yesterday's Washington Oaks aboard Champagneandcaviar, could become the first rider to sweep the Oaks and Derby since Ricky Frazier won both championship events in 2005 aboard A Classic Life and Alexandersrun. Matias and Juan Gutierrez (Edge Forward) lead all riders in stakes wins this season and have compiled sparkling stakes records of 14-5-0-5 and 13-5-4-1, respectively…Favorites are only 2-for-16 in the Derby at Emerald Downs. The last favorite to win came in 2008, when Gallon (1.10-to-one) finished second but moved up to first after Thiscatsgotcharm was disqualified and placed second.


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Anchor's cancer is no sob story
When the nice lady with the coffee saw the familiar man with the beanie, she had to stop.
"I admire you," she said, hovering over the cafe table the man was sharing with his wife and daughter. "I just want you to know that."
Another day, another random act of concern. Now that the news of his brain cancer has gone viral, San Diego newsman Loren Nancarrow gets that a lot.
On Jan. 27, the Fox 5 co-anchor ran into a doctor acquaintance at the grocery store. Talk turned to aches and pains, as chats with doctor acquaintances often do. Nancarrow mentioned some weird numbness in his hands and upper lip. Then for a brief moment, his speech became garbled, which was even weirder. The doctor told Nancarrow to go to the hospital. Immediately.
That evening, an MRI revealed that Nancarrow had a brain tumor. Four days and one four-hour surgery later, he found out he had brain cancer. Less than two weeks later, everybody knew.
Nancarrow's condition became public because Nancarrow reported it. He has lived his life in San Diego's public eye for more than 30 years, and he wasn't going to pull the blinds down now.
"The reason I haven't been in my anchor chair for the past few weeks is because I have brain cancer," he wrote in a post on the blog his daughter Hannah forced him to start earlier this year. "The doctors tell me I have between 1 and 3 years to live. So boo-hoo, poor me."
For the many San Diegans who have followed the wry, environmentally conscious TV man since he made his local debut on KFMB/Channel 8 in 1980, the news was unfathomable. When someone has been appearing in your home for as many years as Nancarrow has, they become more like friends than the strangers they really are. And San Diego responded accordingly.
They flooded his website with prayers, cyber hugs and thanks for his gardening tips. They shared their own cancer stories and advised him on support groups and alternative treatments.
When he wrote about the mysteriously uplifting powers of his new cobalt-blue manicure, they emailed photos of their own blue nails. They said the disease was no match for a guy like him. The notoriously unsentimental TV man felt both buoyed and humbled. There is a lot of that going around, too.
"I was absolutely shocked. I figured people I was friends with on Facebook would miss me on Facebook and that would be it," the 59-year-old Nancarrow said over coffee at a Solana Beach cafe, as wife, Susie, fielded phone calls and Hannah tapped away on her hot-pink laptop. "One sense I had is that everybody is going through this same thing in some way in life. I went through life not knowing how much pain other people had. That blew me away dramatically."
One of the many strange things about Nancarrow's life right now is that he feels really good. Probably because he no longer has a tumor pressing on his left frontal lobe. In two weeks, he will start his treatment, which will involve a combination of radiation therapy and chemo pills. At that point, he may not feel as good as he does now. But in this suspended-animation moment, he is actually sort of OK. In some ways, he is sort of better.
"The first week or two, we laughed a lot, but we very easily cried a lot, too," said Nancarrow of Susie and his kids — 23-year-old Hannah, 24-year-old Graham and 19-year-old Britta. "It was a reminder that you really need to tell someone you love them every day."


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Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The Brooklyn Nets continued a busy Tuesday,
acquiring guard Marquis Teague from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for forward
Tornike Shengelia.
Earlier in the day, the Nets traded Tyshawn Taylor and cash considerations to
the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for the draft rights to Bosnian forward
Edin Bavcic.
Teague has played in 19 games this season, averaging 2.4 points, 1.5 assists
and 1.0 rebounds per game.
Over two seasons, the University of Kentucky product, who was a first-round
pick of the Bulls in 2012, holds career averages of 2.1 points, 1.4 assists
and 0.9 rebounds in 67 games played.
Over two seasons with Brooklyn, Shengelia posted career averages of 1.5 points
and 1.0 rebounds in 36 games.
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I like to weigh in Wednesday's as I need a bit of a gap from the weekend, so I am starting today and finishing 30 June.
I want to lose 6 kg through exercising 5 or 6 days a week and being careful what i eat. so far I have done well today, boxing class in the morning, piece of toast for brekkie, Greek salad for lunch, homemade pumpkin soup for tea, apple for snack (a tiny bit of Easter egg may also have fallen in my mouth!), drink were tea, coffee and water.
Anyone want to join me, even for some of the time? I'm particularly looking at you, Matt, Holly and Symone!
What kg would you like to lose?
How will you do it?
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The state designated Regional Perinatal Center (Level III) is based at UMass Memorial Health Care, the Perinatal Unit for the University of Massachusetts Medical School. There are 9,700 deliveries in Central Massachusetts with 3,800 occurring at UMass Memorial Health Care. This includes over 250 maternal transports. The new NICU (on the fifth floor) opened in June, 1996 and consists of 27 NICU/IICU; 16 CCN and 42 well-baby beds. There are around 500-550 NICU admissions of which 125 are neonatal transports. Over 53 percent of the admissions are under 2500 grams and 20 percent under 1500 grams. One-third of the admissions require mechanical respiratory support. This population is adequate for clinical research studies.
A new OB Obstetrical Unit is located on the 4th floor of the new East Wing at Memorial Health Care and consists of four LDRs, 42 LDRP rooms, three delivery rooms, one recovery room, and two normal newborn nurseries. An antepartum testing and ultrasound area and diagnostic U/S are located in the high risk clinic area. An antepartum high-risk floor is located on South 4, adjacent to the 4th floor Obstetrical floor (East Wing). Almost 100 percent of deliveries are monitored externally or internally. OCT's are done in the labor and delivery area or antepartum high-risk area and NST in the antepartum testing area. Biophysical profiles are done in either area. Scalp pH and fetal ultrasound are available 24 hours per day. All high risk, problem deliveries and cesarean sections are designated on a board in the NICU area. The resuscitation team (neonatal fellow, pediatric resident, NNPs, attending neonatologist, nurse and respiratory therapist) is called for all these deliveries. Warmers, resuscitation boards, oxygen blenders, ventilation equipment and catheter equipment is available in all delivery areas. Cord pH/BE is done on many deliveries especially high risk. Anesthesia is available 24 hours per day in-house including an OB anesthesiologist. A cord blood donor bank program started in 1996 (one of four in the country) on a voluntary basis.
The NICU is equipped with modern monitoring equipment including RR, HR, BP, CVP, TcO2 (10 Hewlett-Packard) , TcCO2 (10 Hewlett-Packard), ET CO2 (Novametrix 7100), O2 saturation monitors (29 Hewlett-Packard and 15 Ohmeda), Doppler BP, (Critikon-Dynamap), and temperature. Pressure ventilators (11 Infant star with star sync and 5 Bear Cub), HFO (4 Sensormedics 3100), pulmonary function test machine (Sensormedic), 2 Air borne life support transport systems with warmer vital monitor, and vent (Biomed ventilations), 2 back-up systems (Airshields TI-100), and 1 microvasive MC#8300 portable visicath system are available. Umbilical catheters, peripheral arterial catheters and percutaneous central venous lines are utilized (five staff are certified). Nurses perform routine Hct, U/A, accucheks and ISTAT labs. Blood gases are done ISTAT in the NICU. Cord gases are done in the main laboratory. Technicians are available 24 hours per day. An AMX-3 portable x-ray machine is located in the nursery and technicians are available 24 hours per day. A real-time occuson ultrasound machine is available 24 hours and radiology performs routine ultrasounds from 8am -5pm. A full time radiologist is in-house 24 hours. Technicians are available 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday for routine EKG's and 12-lead EKG's. Respiratory therapists (2/shift) are available 24 hours/day and check equipment hourly and are responsible for checking/recording ventilators/CPAP, TcO2, TcCO2, ETCO2, O2 saturation monitors.
The NICU serves as a training site for Quinsigamond College Respiratory Therapy Students who rotate with two NICU respiratory therapy instructors. There are generally two students who work two 12 hour shifts per week. A respiratory care plan is prepared in conjunction with the fellow and attending neonatologist. The nursing ratio is 1:2 (NICU), 1:4 (IICU) and 1:4-6(CCN). All nurses are well-trained and can perform procedures; such as IV and arterial punctures. Three full time, certified neonatal nurse practitioners are currently working in the NICU and round daily during the week and take night call with less well-trained residents. They are available for high risk deliveries and neonatal transports. Northeastern University NNP program uses MCCM NICU as a clinical training site.


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'We were just kids'
ELKHART — Vernon Garman, 91, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II with a friend — Edward Hardy, another Elkhart veteran who has been featured in The Elkhart Truth's War Stories series.
"I think maybe Ed might have brought (enlisting) up," Gaman said during an interview in his Elkhart home Tuesday, Aug. 27. "He said, 'Everyone is trying to get in the service now, why don't we see what we can do?'"
Soon after that conversation, Garman was on a boat headed for India. He was 19 at the time, and he said he had no idea where he was going or what he would be doing.
Garman served as a member of the military police on an air base in Karachi, India. He was overseas for three years — from 1942 to 1945.
"My main purpose was to keep the base secure," Garman said. "We worked eight hours on, eight hours off — and in between they always had something for us to do. They kept us busy."
Garman remembers that the water pipes for the soldier's showers weren't buried — they simply rested on the ground. This made taking a comfortable shower difficult, as the water was always the temperature of the air outside.
"There wasn't cold water and hot water — there was just water," Garman said. "You had to take your shower either early or late in the day."
In the little free time they did have, Garman remembers that he and other soldiers would test drive Harley-Davidson motorcycles that were on the base for military use.
"We were kids, really," Garman said. "We were just kids."
During his time in India, Garman said he treasured letters from home. These mostly came from his mother — "I didn't have no girl," Garman said.
"We all had gas canisters, and the very best letters, I stuck them behind my canister," Garman said. "When we came home we turned in all our stuff. I often wonder what happened to those letters."
His mother kept all of Garman's letters to her, and the many pictures he sent home. After the war, she gave him the pictures and he still has many of them. Garman said
Garman was hospitalized after the war for 119 days because he had a nervous breakdown, Jean Gaman, his wife, said.
"His mother said he was a mess when he came home," Jean Garman said. "I didn't know him then."
Garman met Jean when she was working as a cashier at a local grocery store. He was ready to settle down, he remembered.
"The best thing that ever happened to me after the war was meeting my wife," Garman said.
He and Jean moved into a house in Elkhart in 1958, and they've lived there since. Garman worked for NIBCO for 44 years.
"As I look back on my life, there isn't a thing I would change," Garman said. "Everything had a purpose."


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DALE CITY, Va. (WUSA) --Officials are on the scene of a two car accident that took place on Tuesday on Prince William Parkway at Sonora Street in Dale City.
Both Westbound lanes of Prince William Parkway are blocked.
Officials say two people have been transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
SKY 9 is on the scene.


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Testimony :: Dr. Philomena Essed
- Antioch University; The Netherlands Equal Treatment Commission
Thank you for inviting me to this hearing on people of Afro-descent in Europe. By way of introduction I will present an alphabetical list of key concepts and notions relevant to understanding social conditions and experiences of Afro-descendants in Europe. It is not my intention to pretend completeness, but to provide a hopefully practical approach to a complex theme.
Afro-European, as a possible equivalent to the notion of African-American, does not exist in any legal, social or practical sense. In Europe, European and brown/black skin color are perceived as mutually exclusive categories. Afro-descendant immigrants do not merge or integrate into any broader category or community of 'Afro-Europeans'. Afro- refers to a variety of communities and individuals, originating from different continents and countries, speaking different mother tongues and/or different European languages according to the country in which they reside.
The (historical) relation to specific European countries forms another variant. The majority are the descendants of colonized people (Africa, South America). This group includes the descendants of enslaved Africans in the (former) European colonies (The Caribbean, South America). Many came to Europe as workers (North and sub-Sahara Africa; the Caribbean; South America) in search for a better future. There are individuals who migrated as students in the context of development cooperation (African students to former communist countries). There are political and economic refugees (including (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and other war conflicted areas) who have settled in a range of European countries.
An increasing number of people of Afro-descent are born in Europe from parents who immigrated to Europe, or from Afro-descendants and white partners. In addition, African children have been adopted into European families. Some people of Afro-descent live in communities of national/ethnic origin while others have been assimilated into white communities. A case in point are Afro-Germans, often the children of white German women and African (former) students (East Germany) or African American soldiers, many of whom grew up with their mothers. They are culturally German and racially Black. There are significant numbers of culturally assimilated middles class Afro-descendants. But Afro-descendants are also overrepresented among the European poor. Depending on the context or their lives, conditions of arrival and national backgrounds, different needs and goals may be the focus of their struggles: citizenship, illegality, language acquisition, religious rights, economics, dealing with traumas of war, homelessness, unemployment, or glass ceilings.
To label individuals and groups who are as heterogeneous and unconnected as the above with the one label of 'Afro-descendants' is not uncontroversial. Many share only (some) phenotypical, or if you wish, racial resemblances. Probably the only common European experience among many if not all Afro-descendants is their exposure to (a certain degree of) racism and systemic discrimination, regardless of country, socio-economic conditions, gender, age, or level of education.
Black European
Different than in the US, Black as a notion is not exclusively used to refer to people of African descent. In particular among critical scholars and community activists the indication of 'Black' has been applied indiscriminately to targets of discrimination on the basis of race, culture, ethnicity, religion or a combination of these factors. This inclusive interpretation has been contested by Asians who do not want to be seen as 'Black', or by Afro-descendants who protest against the cooptation of 'their' identity as 'Black'. In the new millennium a cross-European movement has emerged claiming 'Black European' as their experience and identity. This diverse group of people tends to be more inclusive of others than 'Afro-descendants, but the last word has certainly not been said about the question of 'Who is Black?'
For many people of Afro-descent, the historical contexts of reference are colonialism and post-colonialism rather than slavery, even when they might be descendants of enslaved Africans (Caribbean, South American backgrounds). Many came to the so-called motherlands in Europe with European passports (for instance, immigrants from Surinamese and the Dutch Antilles to the Netherlands, French immigrants from Martinique to France). Colonialism, its economical, social and psychological implications and consequences are largely ignored in the European canons.
Colonial relations continue to exist, including the inequalities involved. The Dutch Antillean colonies, for instance, are a popular tourist attraction for (white) Dutch. For the local population the reality is different. Extremely high unemployment numbers in the Dutch Antilles, unrealistic ideas about 'rich lives' in the Netherlands, or the desire to reunite with emigrated family, have caused high numbers to migrate to the Netherlands. Insufficient care, social indifference, lack of schooling and job opportunities, racial prejudice and a sense of anonymity in the Netherlands contribute to violence and criminality among young Antillean men. In response, the state seems to entertain controversial (and probably unlawful) ethnic databases on Antilleans, on the basis of which enhanced security and preventive law enforcement interventions can take place. Among Antillean women teenage pregnancies are a problem, often the result of a combination of factors, including physical or emotional abandonment at home, racial discrimination, and ignorance.
The consequences of colonialism have not been dealt with in Europe. This holds true for the dependency mentality (passivity and sense of powerlessness among formerly colonized) as well as for the remnants of the European colonial mentality (paternalism and the creation of second class citizens).
Denial of racism
In the course of the 1990s racial discrimination has been placed on the agenda of European Union members. But in most policy and public discourse the application of the word racism has not moved beyond the 1950's model of explicit race hierarchies (exceptions are a number of critical scholars and antiracism activists). Since many European countries reject the idea of race hierarchies on moral grounds, it is assumed that that 'therefore' there is no racism. In this view racism is an aberration of a few extremist groups only. The many subtle and cultural forms it takes (sense of European cultural superiority) are ignored. When it comes to accountability, each and every member state looks the other way: racism might be out there, but never here, not in their specific country. A frequently used, but misleading argument is that racism is an American thing.
Everyday racism
Racism is integrated in the routine practices of everyday European cultures and institutions resulting in informally segregated neighborhoods (UK, France, Germany), formally sanctioned segregated schools, so called Black and White schools (the Netherlands), neighborhood harassment of refugee families (for instance Spain, or the recent case of a Liberian family in the Netherlands); police violence (for instance in Austria), and so on. Among the most damaging forms of everyday racism are those involving individuals in positions of authority, whose decision-making power has the potential of making or breaking study careers or professional opportunities. Due to the public taboo on mentioning racism and emotional if not aggressive response to accusations of racism from the side of white Europeans, many Afro-descendants are neither aware of racism, nor sufficiently equipped to resist. Frequently, those exposed to racism experience a sense of powerlessness in the face of accusations that they are 'just oversensitive'.
Systemic exposure to racial discrimination is stressful, which can take a toll on the (mental) health of victims. Whether or not directly related, there are indications in the UK and in the Netherlands that disproportionate numbers of people of Afro-descent are diagnosed with schizophrenia. It remains unclear whether this is a result of misdiagnosis, an increase in mental health problems, or an increase in the number of people of Afro-decent people visiting mental health clinics.
The impact of everyday racism on the lives of black and brown people continues to be a neglected issue among European policy makers.
Fortress Europe
Increasingly tight borders since the Schengen Treaty are not preventing economic and war refugees from risking their lives in search of a better future in Europe. Many die prematurely in the passage between North Africa and Southern Europe: young men, women, and children. In the meantime middlemen are making blood money. The construction of 'illegality' has different impacts on men and women. Little is known about the particular conditions of illegal immigrants who try to survive as street vendors (mostly male, mostly in southern Europe), domestics (mostly women), or in prostitution (mostly women, but also including young Moroccan men).
Race is not gender neutral. Perceptions of Afro-descendants, men and women, are shaped by many factors, including histories of colonialism (white males, native mistresses); imagined exoticism (female warmth, sensuality and active sexuality) recurrent media images of African wars and poverty (male aggression) and African-American images through the media (sports, music).
The sex trade and abuse of African women have been reported, among others in Belgium. In the Netherlands, where prostitution is legal, women of Afro-descent end up in the lowest paid and most risky sectors of sex work. Beauty norms are another gender issue. Little is known in Europe about the impact of white beauty norms on women of Afro descent. Skin bleaching has been found to be a problem among women of Ghanaian background in the Netherlands. Circumcision of girls occurs, for instance, among refugees from Somalia. Policy makers have not been successful in including the women of these communities in endeavors to put an end to this practice.
In schools Afro-descendant girls from Caribbean origin families are outperforming male counterparts in the Netherlands. The percentage of highly educated women among Afro-descendant women from the Caribbean is more or less equal to that of highly educated white Dutch women. This does not translate into equal representation at higher levels of the labor market.
The historical relation between Africa and Europe is hardly an area of interest in school curricula. The historical presence of Africa in Europe has been the object of study among a few experts, but it is certainly not part of common sense knowledge among populations in Europe, and far from being considered a constitutive part of European history proper.
Even when they can be formally categorized as a person of Afro-descent, not all individuals and groups identify with 'color' or 'race'. Many identify foremost in terms of their country of origin. It should also be noted that in the cosmopolitan cities such as Paris, London, Amsterdam there is an increasing African American presence (students, immigrants, tourists).
Very little is known about Afro-Jews in Europe, including, for instance, mixed race descendants from the (former) Dutch colonies of Suriname and the Dutch Antilles. There is reason for concern about sections among (North African) Muslims whose critique of Israeli state politics often is considered to transform into anti-Semitism against Jews in Europe.
Europe does not have a KKK, but neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups are active.
The European anti-discrimination laws of the 1990s have been important in creating procedures to deal with discrimination in organizational contexts. Different European countries have organized their own government funded, independent antidiscrimination agencies. In the Netherlands there is the Dutch Equal Treatment Commission the mission of which is to promote, monitor, and advise on compliance with the Dutch equal treatment legislation. One of the services is to investigate cases, where both the petitioner (one who feels discriminated against) and the respondent (the party who allegedly has discriminated) are being heard. In spite of the so called reversal of the burden of proof, racial discrimination--because often subtle and part of an everyday process of accumulating incidents--remains difficult to 'prove' with legal instruments. Many Afro-descendants remain hesitant about using the services of antidiscrimination agencies such as the Equal Treatment Commission. They are skeptical about the outcome, or fear victimization, even when victimization is against the law.
A not insubstantial number of people of Afro-descent in Europe are Muslims. Therefore racial discrimination cannot be seen as disconnected from old and renewed religious antagonisms between Christians and Muslims. In the same way, everyday (verbal) aggression against Muslims probably includes a mixture of racial, cultural and religious racism. In some countries, politically sanctioned anti-Islam campaigns (for instance against Moroccan-Dutch) are taking extreme forms. Freedom of expression is too often taken as the right to offend.
In the Netherlands, the term 'neger' (negro) is still commonly used to refer to dark skin people of African descent. Only recently, after years of protests, has the main Dutch dictionary included a qualification that some might take offense to the word as derogatory.
In a number of countries opposition against racism is organized in cooperation with other communities of color and with (white) antiracist organizations, including those in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and France.
Political backlash has followed antiracism movements of the 1980s (UK, the Netherlands) and Sweden (late 1990s), often a result of changes in governments. In the new millennium there is growing Black (Afro) consciousness among young people, for instance, in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Urban Black Cultures are developing, often influenced by African American sports, arts and street cultures.
Afro- descent immigrants from the former colonies in the Caribbean are often exposed to racial paternalism: you can assimilate all you want, but you will never be seen as good enough (always as "not quite white/European") or as genuinely Dutch, French or British. The former colonized from the Caribbean are often not seen as a cultural threat because many are culturally integrated, which is also manifest in the presence of a substantial (highly educated) middle class. At the same time racial codes and barriers keep the highest levels of the labor market white. Exceptions are representatives in political parties and parliament.
Occasionally, the quest for quotas is being suggested among activists as a remedy against social disadvantages and racial discrimination. Apart from the stigmatizing consequences, quotas do not solve the underlying problems of discrimination on the work floor, glass ceilings, racialized networking, or automatic preference for white candidates even when highly qualified Afro-descendants apply. Positive Action policies of the1980s (defined as: in case of equal competency between a White and a Black candidate, preference should be given to the Black candidate) seem to have reduced open discrimination in some cases, but did not lead to any preference for Black candidates.
Race is a legal category in European Law (antidiscrimination legislation). But race does not translate explicitly into policy making. For instance, race is not a formal policy category in Dutch political discourse. There is no formal registration on the basis of race, color or ethnicity. That does not mean that race is absent from cognitions and ideologies. In public discourse references to ethnicity, culture and religion (Islam) dominate; however, often notions of color are implicit.
It is significant to notice that, in contrast to the US, slave plantation systems were established outside of Europe in the Caribbean and South American colonies.
In the US, knowledge about slavery and resistance has been transmitted from one African-American generation to another. This is not generally the case among Afro-descendants in Europe. Only recently former European slaveholding nations are acknowledging the wrongs of slavery (France) or integrating slavery into national histories (slave monument in the Netherlands).
Various Western European nations consider tolerance their national trait (for instance, the Netherlands and France). This is often mistaken for an absence of racism. Tolerance is a positive value in democratic societies; at the same time an overstated positive image blinds some to the reality of racial discrimination.
The unification of Europe has many political and economic purposes. But the racial dimension has not often been addressed. Unification can also be seen as the process of integration of white Europe. European identity builds (implicitly) on old racist theories of cultural hierarchies: from barbarian Moor to Muslim terrorist today; from black African cannibals at the height of colonialism to current media representations dominated by famine, corruption and warlords.
Dominant perceptions of Europeans are implicitly or explicitly ' white'. The idea that Europeans can be Muslim, brown or black should not be shunned any longer.
In Eastern Europe neo-Nazi and white pride physical violence against people of Afro-descent and other people of color is rampant.
Urgent policy interventions and international attention are needed to provide better protection for Afro-descendants in Eastern Europe.
Unlike the one-drop-rule in the US, biological determinism in Europe has not led to formal racial segregation. White is not a formal category and in most Western European countries explicit self-identification as 'white' is felt as something awkward because of the racial undertones. Ideologies of racial purity seem to have been less significant in some countries, including France and the Netherlands, where the emphasis has been more on cultural superiority. More research is needed, however, to make any definitive statements in this respect. It seems that systemic racial discrimination in Europe in the public sphere can go together with a high degree of racial mixing in the private sphere. This is an interesting area for research.
Crossing racial borders through interracial relations is more common in Western Europe than in the US. The Netherlands is an interesting example, where substantial numbers (I believe 30% or more) of Caribbean immigrants of Afro-descent --in particular, the generations born in the Netherlands-- have white Dutch partners. There is a long tradition of acceptance of racial mixtures, in particular among immigrants from the Caribbean former colonies (Suriname a case in point), where many before immigration already exhibited integrated racial backgrounds (African, European, Asian, native American). As a result, it is not taken for granted that people of mixed racial descent identify as 'Afro-' (only). It may well be that sections among Afro-descendants in the Netherlands follow the route of Indonesian immigrants, where next generations of racially mixed people gradually assimilate racially and culturally into the white dominant group. In this respect too there is a difference with the US.
In the UK and in other countries new generations are claiming recognition of their identity as 'mixed race'.
Young people
In the 1970s and 1980s much has been written about second generations being 'in between cultures'. New insights insist that 'in between' is not accurate in describing the experience of young people born in Europe, often of parents who were at least schooled in Europe. These are people who are living with, and easily switching between various cultural systems, across generations and across racial-ethnic borders, especially in the larger cosmopolitan cities. In the Netherlands, for instance, new languages occur among young people of all racial-ethnic backgrounds. High school Dutch --in particular, in the larger cities-- is heavily influenced by Afro-Surinamese words and accents, occasional Berber words (Moroccans), overlaid with African-American rap codes, American-English expressions, and Anglo-sized Dutch words.
A notable number of young writers of Afro-descent are contributing to local and international literature in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and possibly other countries as well. The same holds true for the performing arts and music.
Zwarte Piet
Zwarte Piet is Dutch for Black Peter, the servant of Santa Claus. This Sambo looking figure, in fact a White person with blackened face, enlarged red lips, wooly wig and huge round earrings, is close to representing the Dutch national pet, or Santa Claus mascot. Dutch Santa Claus is celebrated on 6 December. In the month leading up to 6 December Zwarte Piet images can be found in schools, climbing ropes in shops, or jumping and dancing around in other public spaces. Many, but not all, people of Afro-descent experience exposure to these images as denigrating, offensive, if not racist. Some are called 'Zware Piet', at this time of the year by Dutch children. Attempts to ban this 'Blackened Peter' image have been met with fierce objections and emotional responses from white Dutch who feel this is their tradition, and nothing to do with racism.


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In a ruling very similar to one handed down in Spain just last month, a French court has decreed that makers of Nintendo DS flash carts are not breaking the law.
French company Divineo was one of the defendants brought to court by Nintendo for making flash carts for the DS, which allow non-authorized games and media to be played on Nintendo's handheld game system. The court ruled that the carts are legal and extend the usefulness of the DS, states MaxConsole.net.
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So a few readers have been asking what I thought of Fernando Verdasco's latest 'do.
I have one word: BLECH. No wait - I have two: TOTALLY BLECH.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
PHOTO OP: Nando needs some Fer on his head - stat
Labels: Fernando Verdasco, hair, Indian Wells, photo op, tennis
15 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 3:36 PM
what the heck? Isn't he a little old for a faux mo-hawk?ReplyDelete
I'd do him whatever the 'do!:)))ReplyDelete
How the hell do you categorize that thing? It's beyond faux-hawk but it's not quite a mohawk (or is it?)ReplyDelete
I just realized what it is: ugly. lolReplyDelete
I don't care about the hair-do.I'll do him in a 2nd. Maybe its just my obsession with spanish men(read:Rafa) but Nando would be a good distraction for me if Rafa goes(god forbid).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 9:13 PM
it doesn't look as bad in person, but that could just be his charisma that is distracting from the hair.ReplyDelete
I'm with Tessa! The only way I'd not like it is if he'd shaved "Ana" on his head.ReplyDelete
yeah, I've seen it it up close and personal at IW, and it is OUTRAGEOUSLY ridiculous. I call it a Woah Hawk.ReplyDelete
I guess we know why Fern-ana broke up - Verdasco's hair gel fetish.
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
i guess this is what breakups can do to you..oh myReplyDelete
Well it does match the rest of his 90's-revival look (denim shirt, CK boxers and all). :DReplyDelete
- Tennis ObserverMarch 16, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Punk is not dead!!! Oi! God Save the Spanish Queen!ReplyDelete
I hate that type of haircut. It's an instant turnoff.ReplyDelete
Wow. That photo actually triggered a little bit of nausea...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2009 at 10:10 PM
He's the man on a mission, like Robert DeNiro's character in Taxi Driver.ReplyDelete


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Former Braves pitcher Pascual Perez was killed
Thursday at his home in the Dominican Republic. He was 55 years old.
A statement from police in the Caribbean country says Perez was attacked by several people inside his home in a town west of the capital. He had been struck in the head but the cause of death has not been released. No suspects are in custody.
Perez pitched for the Pirates, Braves, Expos and Yankees in an 11-year big league career from 1980-91. The right-hander had a record of 67-68 with a 3.44 ERA in 207 games, including 193 starts.
He was suspended in 1992 following two positive tests for cocaine. In recent years, he has had kidney problems.
According to the Dominican Today newspaper, Perez was the victim of an armed
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In response to kansaspatriot's comment:
In response to Army2LT's comment:
I think the Pats should wear little 81 patches on thier uniforms or stickers on the helmets. Usually this tradition is set aside for someone who has past away, but what about the death of a promising NFL career.
I know it may initially be seen as support for Hernandez, but I think we all have to be reminded how dumb he was to throw it all away for no good reason. We all make mistakes, but this is one that should not be forgotten and all young players should be reminded of.
No one honors a thug
No one said anything about honor.
I think the worst thing that can be done in this situation is to forget that it happened. We learn best and most often by making and observing mistakes that we make and by watching others.
This is one disaster that should be forever highlighted.


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Man accused of repeatedly ramming his car into another car
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 4:06 p.m.
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OCKLAWAHA - A 62-year-old man who repeatedly rammed his car into another car and then drove away was arrested Wednesday.
Deputy Jeffrey Boyles went to the 13700 block of Southeast County Road 25 on a call about a traffic crash. A man being treated by medical personnel told Boyles he was driving south on CR 25 when a car following closely behind him was swerving in and out. He said he slowed down so the car could go around, but it slammed into the back of his 2003 Lincoln Towncar. He said he pulled off to the side and the car, a 1996 Saturn, rear-ended him and the driver pulled up to his driver's side door and began yelling. He said the man rammed his car twice more before he drove away.
Witnesses told the deputy a similar story.
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A decade after hurling as an All-South Coast Conference First Team pitcher for the Pasadena City College baseball team, alumnus Brandon Kintzler is becoming a premium reliever in the professional ranks for the Milwaukee Brewers.
At PCC in 2003, Kintzler was the ace of the Lancers pitching staff with a 5-3 record while compiling a 3.83 earned run average in 106 innings. He struck out a team-high 72 batters and pitched two complete-game shutouts. The '03 Lancers compiled a 19-18 overall record that season.
In his fourth big league season, Kintzler, who turned 29 on August 1, is having his best year in the pros. He's currently in a hot streak where he's not allowed a run in his last 12 appearances. He has pitched a sparkling 2.63 ERA in 51-plus innings and has a 3-0 record as a set-up man on the Brewers' staff. Kintzler's walks plus hits per innings pitch statistic (WHIP) is a team-leading 0.92.
Kintzler is the only current Lancer alumnus playing in the big leagues, but he is one of many PCC players that made it to MLB. The list includes such players as Hall of Famer and Brooklyn Dodgers' great Jackie Robinson, 400 home run hitter Darrell Evans, San Diego Padres' stolen base record holder Alan Wiggins, and New York Yankees' All-Star outfielder Irv Noren.
Two years ago, Kintzler returned to Pasadena to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Lancers' 2011 season opener at Brookside Park's Jackie Robinson Memorial Field.
The following is a link from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that features Kintzler's recent performances:
[Photo--Brandon Kintzler in action for the Milwaukee Brewers, courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper and photographer Chris Humphreys.]
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2 Milwaukee: Jabari Parker, SF, Duke
Parker has come on strong of late, averaging 18.9 points (on 51.4 percent shooting) and 11.0 rebounds, with 2.0 blocks in February. Because he is versatile enough to play some power forward, he could be an ideal fit for the Bucks.
3 Philadelphia: Andrew Wiggins, SF, Kansas
Wiggins has been inconsistent lately, shooting just 41.4 percent in his last eight games, but the Sixers know what they need to key their rebuilding effort: a dynamic wing scorer. Wiggins will, indeed, be that.
4 Orlando: Julius Randle, PF, Kentucky
There is still much to be sorted out on the messy Magic roster, including what to do with Victor Oladipo—can he be a point guard going forward? If not, Marcus Smart or Dante Exum could be the choice here. But Oladipo has some promise at the spot, so look for the Magic to address their power forward need.
5 Boston: Joel Embiid, C, Kansas
Embiid is a potential No. 1 pick, but the top of this draft will be determined by how the lottery shakes out. If it shakes out just right, Embiid could slip to No. 4, and the Celtics would certainly snap him up.
6 LA Lakers: Dante Exum, PG, Australia
All this losing could pay off for the Lakers with a Top 5 pick, and Exum has star potential. He could develop into a point guard at 6-5, but even if he remains at the off-guard spot, he has the potential to be a big-time scorer.
7 Sacramento: Marcus Smart, PG, Oklahoma State
There has been some sentiment that Smart's shoving incident with a fan would hurt his draft stock, but that is unlikely—he will discuss it in interviews with teams and it is unlikely to linger. What could hurt him more is that Oklahoma State is on the NCAA tournament bubble.
8 Utah: Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State
Harris has taken on a bigger role this season (17.9 points), but has struggled with his shooting (41.6 percent from the field, 33.9 percent from the 3-point line). A 3-for-20 dud against Wisconsin two weeks ago looks like it was his bottoming-out spot, and he remains the top pure shooting guard in this draft.
9 Denver (from New York): Noah Vonleh, PF, Indiana
The Hoosiers are struggling, but still, Vonleh is showing scouts what they want to see—he has the ideal NBA frame (including a 7-4 wingspan) and has been much more aggressive offensively lately, even flashing some 3-point range.
10 Cleveland: Rodney Hood, SF, Duke
Hood has been impressive in his season at Duke, averaging 17.5 points while shooting 47.6 percent from the field and 43.6 percent from the 3-point line. Having transferred, he is already 21, but that should not scare off teams from picking him.
11 Charlotte (from Detroit): Aaron Gordon, PF, Arizona
Some scouts have been impressed with Gordon's ability to fit into a team structure and focus on winning rather than individual numbers. But some want to see him get more aggressive. He was outstanding in his last outing, scoring 23 points on 10-for-13 shooting against Colorado.
12 Orlando (from Denver): James Young, SG, Kentucky
Like many of his teammates, Young has had some trouble with consistency, and his 3-point shooting has slipped to just 33.5 percent. Still, he is a very athletic, 6-7 lefty whose game figures to translate well to the NBA (provided he gets his shot together).
13 Philadelphia (from New Orleans): Dario Saric, SF/PF, Croatia
Saric is eminently talented, but teams remain wary of him—he is a capable scorer and rebounder, but also turns the ball over too much and can be undisciplined on the floor. Does he have the work ethic to make it in the NBA?
14 Minnesota: Jerami Grant, SF, Syracuse
The son of Horace Grant, Jerami Grant is averaging 12.6 points and 7.2 rebounds for Syracuse, but scouts see much greater potential in him. He is still developing offensively, but his exceptional defensive ability is often masked in the Orangemen's zone.
15 Memphis: P.J. Hairston, SG, NBDL
Remember me? Having left North Carolina, Hairston signed on with the Texas Legends of the D-League, and has averaged 22.7 points, shooting 44.6 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from the 3-point line. In a draft light on shooting guards, Hairston has raised eyebrows.
16 Atlanta: Tyler Ennis, PG, Syracuse
Ennis has impressed as an on-court leader unafraid of the big moments. But some of his weaknesses—lack of explosiveness, inability to finish at the rim—have cropped up lately. Ennis is shooting just 35.6 percent from the field in his last seven games.
17 Chicago (from Charlotte): Doug McDermott, PF, Creighton
McDermott has solidified his spot in the mid-first round with his outstanding season, and could jump into the lottery. He has scored at least 25 points in seven straight games, an average of 30.7 points over that stretch.
18 Boston (from Brooklyn): Zach LaVine, SG, UCLA
There are scouts who feel LaVine should, no doubt, go back to UCLA for another year. There are other scouts who have LaVine pegged as a lottery pick. He is probably leaning toward coming out, but that could change.
19 Phoenix (from Washington): Jabari Brown, SG, Missouri
Brown transferred from Oregon, and the fact that he is 21 is one of the knocks on him. There's also some question about his athleticism. But he is averaging 20.1 points, shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 43.1 percent from the 3-point line, numbers that are hard to ignore.
20 Chicago: Andrew Harrison, PG/SG, Kentucky
Coach John Calipari has been telling NBA folks that the Harrisons are going to return to school, but don't be so certain. Andrew Harrison's ability to play a combo guard role should earn him a Top 20 spot.
21 Toronto: Adreian Payne, PF, Michigan State
Payne is one of those guys who gets a lot of love from scouts, but will likely slip into the 20s because he is a senior and teams worry about his age (Taj Gibson of the Bulls was similar). But Payne is 6-10 and has added a nifty wrinkle to his game: He is taking 2.9 3-pointers per game, making 42.6 percent of them.
22 Phoenix: Clint Capela, PF, Switzerland
Capela is only 19 but has been creating some draft buzz around the league already—he is averaging 7.9 points and 6.4 rebounds for Chalon in the French League, playing 19.8 minutes. He is raw, but has a huge wingspan (7-4) and plenty of potential.
23 Oklahoma City (from Dallas): Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Kentucky
Cauley-Stein is a legitimate 7-footer who started off the year in lottery range. He struggled, especially with foul trouble, and has been moved to the bench. He still has NBA potential, but he could go back to school for his junior year.
24 Utah (from Golden State): Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, SF, Arizona
Hollis-Jefferson figures to be on the bubble as to whether he enters the draft, and the number of quality small forwards in this draft could send him back to the Wildcats. But he has lottery-type talent, which he has begun to show more regularly.
25 LA Clippers: Montrezl Harrell, PF, Louisville
Harrell is only 6-8, but he is long and tough, and has shown an improved post-up game as the year has gone on. He had a nice showing against No. 7 Cincinnati last week, scoring 21 points with 10 rebounds.
26 Charlotte (from Portland): Kyle Anderson, SF, UCLA.
Anderson has posted great numbers—14.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, 6.9 assists—but he is more comfortable operating as a point forward than as a scorer. He is not an off-the charts athlete, but he does well using his basketball IQ. There are concerns about how that translates to the NBA, though.
27 Houston: Aaron Harrison, SG, Kentucky
Aaron Harrison has had trouble with consistency, but put together back-to-back good games against Mississippi and LSU. If he can keep the momentum going into the tournament, he will be poised to impress scouts.
28 San Antonio: Thanasis Antetokounmpo, SF, NBDL
The name should look familiar, because how many basketball-playing Antetokounmpos can there be? Yes, the 21-year-old brother of Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, currently playing in the D-League, is draft eligible, and could get into the first round.
29 Miami: Chris Walker, PF, Florida
Walker is an intriguing case, because he has the size and talent to play in the NBA. But he was suspended for the first semester because of academic issues, and was kept off the floor while the NCAA reviewed his eligibility. He's not playing much for the Gators, but he still could be a first-rounder.
30 Oklahoma City: T.J Warren, SF, N.C. State
Warren is a 6-8 swingman in a draft that is, unfortunately for him, packed with swingmen. But Warren could be poised to leap up the draft board—he has scored at least 20 points in 10 straight games, and his 3-point shooting (41.7 percent) has been much-improved in that span.
31 Phoenix (from Indiana): Nik Stauskas, SG, Michigan
The knocks on Stauskas have not changed—poor defense, limited quickness—but he has improved tremendously on the offensive end, averaging 17.8 points with remarkable efficiency.


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In the February issue, the Samsung HL-S6188W was derided, and rightly so, for it's staggering light output of almost 170 ft-Lamberts. For a 61-inch display, this is way to bright to watch in a dark room. It's the kind of light output that hurts, literally.
I mentioned in the article that buried in the service menu there was a way too enable an iris. We didn't review it this way in the magazine because I don't think it was fair to assume that every ISF calibrator would know how to do this (though by comparison it is fair to assume that they will know how to calibrate the grayscale on every TV). The fact that there is an iris, but there isn't a control for it in the user menu is a conundrum that is above my ability to figure out. So we tested this iris, and it certainly works.
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In reality of the article, it doesn't matter that the TV does this, as it wouldn't have affected its ranking one bit. But if you want to get a highly accurate TV, and one that doesn't blow you out of the room, this TV can give you both. Unfortunately, you have to choose between the two settings, as there is no easy way to switch between them.
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I will not tell you how to get into the service menu, so don't even ask. I don't care if this annoys you. One way to look at this is "plausible deniability" another is "lack of liability." If you screw up your TV, it's your own fault. So when your ISF calibrator is at your house calibrating this TV, or you've found the codes to screw it up yourself, this is how you enable the iris:
Under the "SP Actuator" section of the service menu, turn "DB On/Off" to Off. Then in the same section of menu, scroll down to the now available "DB Aperture" setting. Set this to "Close." It's that easy.
Feel free to make fun of me for my paranoia about end users using the service menu, but remember that anyone can post the service codes on a website, and not get blamed for you making your set unwatchable (and losing your warrantee). If I print it, on the other hand, it's my ass. So otherwise… have fun!
Bruce - Thanks for the AVS link. After reading way to many posts, there seems to be alot of interest in the forum for the LED based Samsung sets. I recall reading a review in HT magazine or one of the others that was not to flattering of the 1st gen Samsung LED sets. I'll have to dig it up and see what was written. Hopefully, Geoff will review the new gen Samsung sets in the May timeframe.
So, you won't tell me how to turn on the iris via the service menue and even if I have an ISF tech come in, he may not know to do it. Brilliant. I accept the former but find the latter unacceptable. Would a tech charge more $$ over an above the standard calibration to turn on the iris? Presumably yes.
Geoffrey- I just got samsungs HLS56. The problem I'm having even after calibration is that it seems as though I'm looking @ it through a dirty screen protector lots of shadowing. Had a tech. come out 2 look @ it & he told me after a few service menu adjustments that there was nothing wrong with it. Same result even on HD channels & DVD's but not so much on HDDVD. Can I fix this myself ? Or do I have 2 find someone else 2 take care of this?
With my Samsung 5088:1. After 300-400 hrs. the light output droped that I never had to use the 'Movie" mode setting again. Durning the day, I now use the 'Dynamic' setting. I never found this set as bright as you guys claimed.2. In the 'Dynamic' mode the lamps output does increase by 10 watts (measured by a AC watt meter), the increased output of the lamp can be seen behind the set due to all the light leakage. This is terrible and worse than other designs which wasn't mentioned in the review,3. You never test the absolute most basic function of any TV, the internal tuner. What, you don't watch OTA?? How can you NOT test the tuner(s)? DVDs' are a option. In this country OTA is what it's about. Not everyone has HD DVD players (or wants them until they can record). Almost everyone can access at least one OTA digital station, and it's free! You need to change your thinking on this.4. How about measuring AC current draw. A $20 'Kill-a-Watt' meter
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