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Scleroderma (skleer-oh-DUR-muh) is a group of rare diseases that involve the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues — the fibers that provide the framework and support for your body.
In some people, scleroderma affects only the skin. But in many people, scleroderma also harms structures beyond the skin — such as blood vessels, internal organs and the digestive tract. Signs and symptoms vary, depending on which structures are affected.
Scleroderma affects women more often than men and most commonly occurs between the ages of 30 and 50. While there is no cure for scleroderma, a variety of treatments can ease symptoms and improve quality of life.
Scleroderma's signs and symptoms vary, depending on which parts of your body are involved:
Scleroderma results from an overproduction and accumulation of collagen in body tissues. Collagen is a fibrous type of protein that makes up your body's connective tissues, including your skin.
Although doctors aren't sure what prompts this abnormal collagen production, the body's immune system appears to play a role. For unknown reasons, the immune system turns against the body, producing inflammation and the overproduction of collagen.
Scleroderma occurs much more often in women than it does in men. Choctaw Native Americans and African-Americans are more likely than Americans of European descent to develop the type of scleroderma that affects internal organs.
Scleroderma complications range from mild to severe and can affect your:
You'll probably first bring your symptoms to the attention of your family doctor, who may refer you to a rheumatologist — a doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bone. Because scleroderma can affect many organ systems, you may need to see a variety of medical specialists.
Appointments can be brief. To make the best use of the limited time, plan ahead and write lists of important information, including:
Your doctor may ask some of the following questions:
Because scleroderma can take so many forms and affect so many different areas of the body, it can be difficult to diagnose.
After a thorough physical exam, your doctor may suggest blood tests to check for elevated blood levels of certain antibodies produced by the immune system. He or she may remove a small tissue sample (biopsy) of your affected skin so that it can be examined in the laboratory for abnormalities.
You may also need breathing tests (pulmonary function tests), a CT scan of your lungs and an echocardiogram of your heart.
In some cases, the skin problems associated with scleroderma fade away on their own in three to five years. The type of scleroderma that affects internal organs usually worsens with time.
No drug has been developed that can stop the underlying process of scleroderma — the overproduction of collagen. But a variety of medications can help control scleroderma symptoms or help prevent complications. To accomplish this, these drugs may:
Physical or occupational therapists can help you to:
Used as a last resort, surgical options for scleroderma complications may include:
You can take a number of steps to help manage your symptoms of scleroderma:
Meditation and relaxation techniques can help you cope with the frustrations of scleroderma, and help relieve pain and fatigue.
As is true with other chronic diseases, living with scleroderma can place you on a roller coaster of emotions. Here are some suggestions to help you even out the ups and downs:
The prognosis for scleroderma has improved dramatically over the past 30 years as the ability to detect and treat many of the problems of scleroderma has improved. But if scleroderma makes it difficult for you to do things you enjoy, ask your doctor about ways to get around the obstacles.
Keep in mind that your physical health can have a direct impact on your mental health. Denial, anger and frustration are common with chronic illnesses.
At times, you may need additional tools to deal with your emotions. Professionals, such as therapists or behavior psychologists, may be able to help you put things in perspective. They can also help you develop coping skills, including relaxation techniques.
Joining a support group, where you can share experiences and feelings with other people, is often a good approach. Ask your doctor what support groups are available in your community.
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Jewelry and especially rings hold an enormous amount of symbolism and meaning in our lives. They tend to represent the most important things and people we hold dear. It usually represents love, commitment, covenant, and passion in our culture. No other piece of jewelry holds such significance. Silver rings represent a large amount of the rings we hold dear. There are many different types of silver rings online.
Different Reasons People Buy Silver Rings Online
There are silver rings and silver jewelry online to represent any needs people may have. People buy silver rings online for all types of reasons. Some people buy silver rings online for wedding rings, some people buy silver rings online with gemstones, a lot of people buy Turquoise and Silver Rings online, and women buy silver rings online with birth stones representing their children called "mother's rings".
Over time the silver rings people have purchased online become momentos of times past, representatives of feelings, people and places in peoples lives. When people see these rings or other jewelry they have purchased at a specific time, place or for a specific person in their life, memories come flooding back much like a picture.
Why Silver Rings bring back so many memories
Rings, including silver rings online, are some of the best momemtos as they are fun to wear and constantly pass your eye during the day. All jewelry, especially silver jewelry and silver rings online are great gifts to give that will bring back memories for ages. Silver rings and especially some of the silver rings online a great source of memories for many people due to the affordability and easy of purchase. Due to these factors, many people buy silver rings online for other people as gifts for birthdays, weddings, and other major events in peoples lives.
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There are many different kinds of silver rings online. There are low end silver rings online, high end silver rings online, silver rings with and without gemstones, modern silver rings, and the most popular are Turquoise and silver rings online. The silver rings online are made by American artists, Chinese artists, Tibetan artist, Thai artists, Mexican artists, and many other great artists.
Hopefully this short story about silver rings online has touched your heart and next time you have a special occasion you will think of purchasing one of the special silver rings online.


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Health | Is yoga the latest way to improve mind and body or the newest path to Hindu enlightenment?
"Relax. Stretch out now, slowly."
On cue, seven limber torsos unknot from their pretzeled poses with synchronized-swimmer exactitude, flattening out and fully occupying thin mats in the dim, mirrored dance studio.
"Now, let your body go. Feel it relax. From your head, down your arms, to your fingertips, slightly curled and light."
The bodies grow still and stiff, arranged like cadavers atop parallel tables in a morgue.
"Now open your body up. Open up your mind."
Emanating out like a smoke ring ejected by the instructor, the mantra-like phrase fills the air smoothly, dissipating softly on the ears and beckoning openness to a force that has become almost palpable in the room.
Becalmed and meditative, the structure of the class so far is nothing unfamiliar to mainstream yoga students. Except this one is different. Instructor Mary Swan Murphy is clear about that: It's not yoga.
"Now, feel the presence of God," she says, giving the palpable force a name. She talks of being still and knowing that it is the Lord.
Mrs. Murphy, a Christian who began practicing yoga almost 30 years ago, is one of a growing number of people concerned about the U.S. yoga craze creating Hindu culture creep. American yoga practitioners now number 16.5 million, a 43 percent increase since 2002, according to data collected by Harris Interactive and published in Yoga Journal. With such popularity, it's not surprising that some are trying to offer a Christian alternative to a practice that originated as Hindu worship.
Christian instructors like Mrs. Murphy often once practiced yoga themselves or, in her case, even taught full-fledged yoga classes. For some, the movement to empty their yoga studios of what they consider irreconcilable Eastern roots even includes founding competing, God-centered exercise programs. "We're creating another entity here," she says of her class that meets in the small back-alley studio of a strip shopping center in Lago Vista, Texas. "We're bringing into the postures an intention of focusing on God and the Scriptures."
In Sanskrit, the word yoga means "union with god." Hindus teach that hatha yoga, the name for the popular U.S. exercise fad, suits not only the inflexible beginning exerciser but also the spiritual greenhorn. For this reason, Laurette Willis, founder of PraiseMoves, one of the increasingly popular Christian alternatives to yoga, calls hatha "the missionary arm of Hinduism and the New Age," a building block that preps the body for deeper spiritual meditation.
Even the Vatican, in a 1989 document signed by now-Pope Benedict XVI, has agreed that yoga has dangerous qualities and can "degenerate into a cult of the body." Ms. Murphy agrees. She says it's easy to be "sucked in. . . . I later found out that it wasn't very fulfilling, but it's easy to be drawn in by the rituals and the spiritual teachings. Yoga by its very name is going to affect other things."
So how could the two be reconciled at all? Mrs. Murphy differs from those who want strict separation of Christianity from the cultural influences around it. She sees her program, which is overtly Christian for an all-Christian class on Wednesday night, but more subtle for a Tuesday morning class with many non-Christians, as an effective evangelical tool because it physically resembles traditional yoga but shuns the theological meaning.
Matt Ristuccia, senior pastor of Westerly Road Church in Princeton, N.J., a campus town where yoga is fashionable, notes that the ideology of yoga is "contrary" to Christianity, but "what's important is that things like yoga be an incidental part of life." In the case of yoga, he says Christians should pursue yoga only as "just another exercise in stretching" and not one devoted to mind- emptying, which is unbiblical: Christians are transformed by renewing, or filling, their minds, not by emptying them as yogic meditation prescribes.
Mr. Ristuccia notes that cultures ruled by individualism and hungry for an "experience factor" easily accommodate yoga. He urges Christians to "decouple" the physical yoga component from its Hindu roots so that "you are left with half of the coupler waiting to couple with something else," particularly Christianity: "It's like a gravitational field."
Ms. Willis, of PraiseMoves, says Christians have a hard time decoupling because they either don't see the inherent danger in something that may be trivial or aren't willing to cede it to God. "Many Christians think they're surrendering enough," she says. "It's the idea that 'Well, I don't drink, drug, or smoke, so what's the big deal?' Then that thing becomes a stronghold."
PraiseMoves opposes mind-emptying and goes beyond merely distancing itself from Hinduism by "redeeming" yoga-like poses; that means replacing those poses with similar-looking stretches that correspond with Christian symbols or biblical images. For example, the yoga pose "Downward Dog" is Christianized as "Tent," from Isaiah 54:2.
Other alternatives like Outstretched in Worship, a program developed by Susan Bordenkircher, focus on emphasizing Christian meditation within traditional hatha yoga poses. She is vague in discussing questions such as mind-emptying; other Christian yoga instructors also disagree on the distance their variants must travel from traditional Hindu practice. They agree that it is ultimately up to individuals to learn about the history of yoga before diving into it.
"Christians need to understand the broader context so that they can be aware," Mr. Ristuccia says. "It's part of being a responsible Christian. And as Christians, we are meaning-makers. It's part of being made in God's image."
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Melawai Beach is a main beach along Sudirman street, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. It is a favorite tourist destination in the city center for local community in Balikpapan and is vicinity, and for domestic and foreign tourists. This beach is situated between Semayang Port and Banua Patra Beach. This area is also a center for foods and drinks at nights.
You will find many hotels of various categories at Sudirman street in Balikpapan.
If you like to enjoy the beauty of a beach, please visit Melawai Beach in the afternoon because only a few people do so in the afternoon. But if you like to find a crowd, then you could come before night. The later is merrier.
Walking along Melawai Beach provides a special excitement, especially during daytime and low tide. We will feel the excitement of touching sands. When you visit the beach at nights, you can find various types of foods and drinks along the beach.
East Kalimantan is a unique province. Its capital city is Samarinda but its entry point is at Balikpapan. Its main airport is Sepinggan at Marsma Iswahyudi street. Melawai Beach is situated at Sudirman street. It is not difficult to find Sudirman street as it is a main road to various regions in Balikpapan. Public transportations nos 5 and 6 pass Melawai Beach.


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Jaimie Fuller -Jan 22, 2013
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The truth, the half-truth and anything but the truth. Lance Armstrong's showbiz ''confession'' to Oprah Winfrey, was an unpalatable blend of all three elements, each of them carefully manipulated at the appropriate moment to suit a singular purpose: Lance Armstrong, not the sport of cycling.
As the chairman of the sportswear company SKINS, I believe we are entitled to compensation due to the corrupt actions of the Union Cycliste International (UCI) in covering for Armstrong for so long. If we are to save the reputation of this sport, we must see leadership and cultural change at the UCI.
Make no mistake about it, Armstrong was finally admitting what many have known for years, simply because he was forced to. Cycling's disgraced super-hero needed to make a full, unequivocal confession and give cycling a chance to redeem itself. But this televised ''light entertainment'' was positioned to extract the sympathy vote.
The result was a series of convenient half-truths which played to the process of confession when it suited, and a continuation of the denial when it didn't.
There was no deeper reflection of remorse for a regime that was about bullying and manipulation. Some lost lucrative businesses or their basic livelihood simply because they had dared to challenge Armstrong over a secret he was prepared to go to the ends of the earth to hide. It was appalling to hear him list many of those he now needed to apologise to - his massage therapist Emma O'Reilly, Frankie and Betsy Andreu his friends who heard his hospital room confession to doctors that he used performance enhancing drugs pre-cancer - as if they were just names on a gala night guest list. Frankly I didn't believe he was sincere. What about the companies and people who have given money to sponsor him or support his charity. How do you think they feel?
As a member of the human race, I have total admiration for anyone who has defied the odds and beaten a life-threatening disease as Armstrong did with cancer. Equally, I have great empathy with any father who has to come to terms with the fact that his actions deceived his innocent young children.
No child deserves to be unwittingly tainted by such myopic adult obsessions, and yes the realisation must be genuinely tough for Armstrong's children. In Oprah's ''light entertainment'' world, it makes great TV.
The trouble is, Oprah's world isn't equipped to resurrect cycling's dignity and the sympathy of middle America and Australia isn't worth a jot either, as far as the rehabilitation of cycling is concerned.
Now the showbiz element is over, Armstrong must face the scrutiny of those who need the sordid details without the sugar coating. Armstrong said he was beginning a process by making his confession. Now it's time to prove he meant it by taking his (and cycling's) catharsis to the next level.
It is important to acknowledge that cycling's problems extend far beyond one man. They are complex, deep rooted and beset with sinister suggestions of malpractice in the highest places.
In admitting that a positive cortisone test was covered up in 1999 with a back-dated prescription, Armstrong confirmed the UCI was complicit in the lying and the cheating. The independent commission that was set up to review the UCI's part in what the US Anti-Doping agency called, ''the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen'', has so far been prohibited from preparing a truly independent review by interference and obstruction from the very organisation it was set up to investigate. If there was one positive aspect of Armstrong's populist approach, it was that the commission, together with the US Anti-Doping Agency, the World anti-Doping agency and Change Cycling Now (an organisation set up specifically to generate positive change for professional cycling) must be allowed to exercise their desire for a full truth and reconciliation process. Armstrong confirmed he would willingly take part and the UCI can no longer stand in the way.
As chairman of SKINS, I recently served a lawsuit on the UCI. In many ways, it was the desperate act of a cycling fan rather than a corporate captain. I truly believed - and still do - that SKINS' sponsorship of cycling was short-changed by the UCI's leadership of a sport they'd repeatedly told commercial sponsors, the media and the public, was clean, wholesome and trustworthy. Clearly, it was not. My lawyers told me I had a strong case and the lawsuit is still active. Now that the story has moved on, we have an obligation to see it through and set a legal precedent that shows sports' governing bodies can and shall be held fully accountable for their actions.
Armstrong said he wants to play his part in truth and reconciliation. He said he is truly sorry and he said he was beginning a process. He now has to prove it by exchanging sugary showbiz for bitter reality. He must put himself at the mercy of those who will ask the crucial questions and those who genuinely want to restore credibility to world cycling.
No half measures any more. Lance, you're either in or you're out.
Sydney businessman Jaimie Fuller is the Swiss-based chairman of sportswear company SKINS and founder of Change Cycling Now.
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May 14, 2013 By TONY VIOLA Staff Writer WHEELING — John Marshall softball seniors Morgan Watson and Athena Sayrie have taken different paths to get to where they are today. more »»
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May 14, 2013 SHADYSIDE — Top-seeded S. more »»
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May 9, 2013 BRIDGEPORT — Jon Kreiter scored Bailey McGrath on a fielder's choice in the third as Bridgeport beat Toronto. McGrath and Q.J. Williams went 3-for-3 for the Bulldogs. more »»
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May 2, 2013 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Cal Giffin OVAC Track and Field Championship continued Wednesday evening at Red Devil Stadium with Classes 1A/2A and 4A wrapping up their qualifying rounds. more »»
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MORGANTOWN - As Bob Huggins has said ad nauseum, there are a myriad of problems with his Mountaineers.
He continued to outstubborn them Wednesday night by sitting the guys he termed ''pouters.''
Read into this what you will - he mentioned no names - but Aaric Murray started and played four minutes. Jabari Hinds came off the bench for a total of six minutes. And Volodymyr Gerun, who had played in six games and 30 minutes all season, got in the ballgame twice.
''If there is such a thing as feeling better (after a loss),'' Huggins said. ''I feel better because we did play hard. I got all the pouters out of the game and let them sit on the bench and pout. They are not going to pout on the floor anymore.''
If you add everything you hear - they stand around, they pout, they don't compete, they don't care - you have a team that cannot make much noise in its current conference, the Big 12.
A mostly - but not entirely - different team of Mountaineers competed tooth and nail in the Big East, which was regarded as the best basketball-playing league in the country at the time they left it.
Battling wills with the coach and some serious jet lag aside, is there something to the league switch that is affecting the Mountaineers? Are they looking in the mirror too much? There are two sides to every story. And the other side of the Big 12 is full of ultra-talented two-way players.
You didn't have to be the best to grind out a victory in a 50-point game in the Big East. In the Big 12, if you don't get to 70 on most nights, forget it.
First, Mountaineers forward Deniz Kilicli says the comparison is moot for one glaring reason.
''We didn't play like this last year,'' Kilicli said. ''It doesn't matter where we are. We could be in the Mountain West and still struggle with this team, probably.''
It was a first of a series of eye-opening declarations made by the Turk, whose pride for his adopted home oozes from his voice like the reverb from his guitar.
''The Big East was a little bit different,'' WVU forward Kevin Noreen said. ''It was more like a chess match after every game. Those coaches are such legends. It makes for more of an interesting game in that regard. The Big 12 is a little bit different in that the 3s and 4s are a little bit more athletic. The Big East is more plodding guys, set screens, rebound. It's a little bit faster pace in the Big 12.''
Kilicli agreed.
''The bigs are really skilled (in the Big 12),'' he said. ''The four men are more like three and a half. They can shoot the ball. It's a mismatch every time.''
Never mind the 3s and 4s, Baylor freshman center Isaiah Austin, who stands at 7-foot-1, has hit 25 of 78 3-point attempts this season (32 percent).
Who can stop that?
''In the Big East you would see more stronger guys, more inside players,'' Kilicli said. ''In the Big 12, you have really versatile players.''
There are a lot of two-trick ponies in the Big 12. West Virginia isn't winning, in part, because it has very few of them.
Kilicli, like Huggins, believes there are ways to combat that, just that no one is doing it.
''You can get rebounds and steal the ball and help the team,'' he said. ''Nobody wants to call themselves a bad player, so that's the problem.
''Nobody's honest with each other or themselves. That's the problem. Everybody's trying to do stuff they can't do.''
It was at that point that Kilicli stopped himself.
''When I'm saying 'they,' I'm including myself as well.'' Kilicli said. ''Stuff happens. We're having a bad year and that's because we're not good enough for 'Huggs' or for this university.''
Or the Big 12. At the moment.
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As many of you already know, Kane announced last week that there would be a divas battle royal to determine a top contender for Nikki Bella and the Divas Championship. WWE has now announced the ten females who will be competing in the match. Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Cameron, Emma, Naomi, Natalya, Paige, Rosa Mendes and Summer Rae will all be fighting to see who gets the coveted title shot at Extreme Rules.
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7/28 - Created my blog page before class. I'll have more to say tonight.
- In class we discussed evidence based medicine/design, which is essentially the process of using empirical data gathered gathered from surveys, studies, etc. as the primary guiding factor in your design process. One thing I did find really interesting was the degree to which a hospital designed in this way will pay for the extra costs within a year and generally help the bottom line. Typically one thinks of the payoff for higher quality design to be more intangible and, from a bottom line perspective, almost a complete loss. The fact that it can make the money back and even help turn a profit long-term was a bit surprising.


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Bare - I know this has been beaten to death in other threads, but if you don't mind... with all the rockin' & rollin', how much new oil did you add? More than 2 quarts?
NFG means something else to some of us.
....... label "problem items" as NFG ............
NFG means something else to some of us.
I took the Bullet out for its "after oil change" ride. The oil level, after I thought was overfilled settled down right on the full mark. No leaks, everything is kosher. I probably got about 2.1 or so qts in it. I emptied a bottle that had maybe 2" in the bottom of it, then a full qt and left a third bottle with about 1/4" left in it when I noticed the bubble had disappeared in the sight glass.Lotsa Rockin' & Rollin'.Bare
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Not so 'grand' a bargain
Immigration reform that may help undocumented workers could punish highly skilled foreigners who entered the country legally. And with attention focused on the plight of illegals, what's a legal to do?
"Not so 'grand' a bargain" Continued...
Neha Shah has little time for self-pity-and not the patience to indulge in it. The 38-year-old software analyst immigrated to the United States from India in 1998 and worked her way into a well-paid position with a real estate data company in Fremont, Calif. Shah's salary and benefits package help mitigate the high medical costs needed to keep her 4-year-old son Ritvik alive, allowing the boy's father Jatin to remain at home and provide round-the-clock care.
But current U.S. immigration policy will soon disrupt this family's delicate balance. A corporate acquisition of Shah's company requires that she relocate to Boston next month, uprooting the family from established connections with local doctors and treatment centers for Ritvik's numerous ailments. Shah would like nothing more than to switch employers and continue living in Fremont, but such a change would threaten her family's right to remain in the country.
"We don't have a choice. If we don't move to Boston, we'll have to go back to India, and that would be disastrous for him at this time," she said of her son, who was born premature at 24 weeks and suffers from a narrow breathing airway, chronic lung disease, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, among other impairments. Though far better than returning to India, the planned move to Boston also presents formidable challenges to Ritvik's health and development. "Between now and Oct. 1, I don't have a feeding therapy lined up for him. And he doesn't eat anything by mouth," Shah said.
Shah may be a highly skilled worker on a bona fide H1-B visa, but she is dependent on her company's sponsorship to maintain legal immigrant status. She could seek sponsorship from another company but cannot afford the risk of spending any time unemployed. A change in employers would also send her green card application back to the beginning of an exceedingly long line for permanent residency.
Shah cannot help but become cynical when she tunes into the current national debate on immigration reform. The complicated Senate bill that President George W. Bush seeks to restart from its stall earlier this month addresses the problem of illegal immigration but provides little remedy for the hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants mired in green card application backlogs.
The bill's Z visa provision, if passed, could allow an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to achieve superior status to many legal immigrants overnight. Unlike H1-B visas, Z visas would give immigrants the right to change jobs at will and never forfeit their spot in the green card line. Legal immigrants could not apply for this new class of visa and would remain beholden to their employers. Shah considers that a slap in the face, effective punishment for having obeyed the law.
"This country is telling me, 'We don't want you here,'" she said. "It's telling me, 'You've been here for the best years of your life; you've worked here; you've paid taxes; you've paid into Social Security without getting any benefits. But now that you're getting older, get out.'"
The drafters of the immigration reform plan never intended to send such a harsh message. The proposed legislation, a bipartisan compromise between the likes of Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, aims to provide a compassionate but sensible regularization process. The so-called "grand bargain," hammered out over several weeks of backroom meetings between a dozen senators and two Bush administration officials, responds to a status quo that lawmakers and citizens of all political backgrounds agree to be untenable.
But the resulting bill has proved a lightning rod for criticism. The initial Senate debate drowned under a flood of amendment proposals that threatened to alter the original draft beyond recognition. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had little choice but to yank the bill from the Senate floor. The problem: Too many politicians remain unwilling to compromise.
Sen. Kyl and President Bush are out to change that but face stiff opposition within their party. Republicans have proved far more reticent than Democrats to support the immigration reform package, many responding to a vocal outcry from their conservative constituents, who charge that the bill rewards illegal immigrants with amnesty.
Daniel T. Griswold, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, decries the use of that word: "It's unfair to call it amnesty. Being in the country illegally is a misdemeanor according to our law. Under this legislation, they would pay a fine, they would serve a probationary period, and they would jump through other hoops. That sounds like a punishment that fits the infraction."
But the question of fairness remains. Shah does not begrudge illegal immigrants the chance to improve their situation. She only wishes lawmakers would afford at least as much consideration to her plight. And her perspective is far from unique. Thousands of legal immigrants in similar situations have banded together to form Immigration Voice, a nonprofit, grassroots group that advocates for high-skilled migrant workers.
The organization's president, Aman Kapoor, an immigrant from India who manages computer databases at Florida State University, has been stuck in the green card application backlog since 2002. "This bill, which is called comprehensive, is not comprehensive. It has not a single provision for reducing the backlog of 1.1 million high-skilled immigrants, the professionals, the research scientists, the medical doctors," he said. "If the bill on the Senate floor passed, it would take me even longer to get my green card. I would be better off to declare myself an undocumented immigrant."
Immigration Voice Vice President Jay Pradhan, a computer programmer from India, echoes that refrain. He says many highly-skilled workers on H1-B visas would love the chance to acquire Z visas, a much friendlier document to the prospect of career advancement. Pradhan hears regularly from professionals throughout the country who decline promotions or superior job offers so as not to jeopardize their green card applications, an unnecessary sacrifice under the proposed Z visa rules.
Surendra Lingareddy, who immigrated to the United States from India in 1999, refused to sacrifice his career for the carrot of permanent residence-a decision he's paid for dearly. The computer software consultant has seen his green card application shoved to the back of the grossly backlogged queue five times due to changes in his job title.
In 2003, he accepted a new position within the same company and had to resubmit his green card petition. In 2004, he pursued a career-advancing opportunity with Texas Instruments and again restarted the process. Recently, he shifted from computer engineering to consultant work, accepting a position with Sapphire Technologies in Austin, Texas. He plans to begin the long road to permanent residence one more time this month.
"I've come to a point where my H1-B is going to exhaust in a year," he said. "So I've got just one more year to make sure I stay put. If it doesn't pan out, I probably will go back to India."
High-tech companies, such as Microsoft and Oracle, have expressed frustration with a system that makes it so difficult for foreign-born innovators to remain in the country. The Senate's immigration reform bill would help illegal immigrants along the path to permanent residence but would reduce the number of employment-based green cards for highly skilled legal immigrants from 140,000 per year to 90,000 per year. "I don't have anything against illegal immigrants, but this bill would punish us for coming to the United States legally and paying all of our taxes," Lingareddy said.
But Griswold believes that alarm about Z visa provisions in the Senate bill is overblown. "The Z visa is not equivalent to a green card. It's temporary status, and they would have to wait at least eight years before applying for a green card," he explained. Griswold also believes that with immigration reform the government could reduce backlogs for those waiting legally-a speculation most immigrant advocate groups don't share.
Griswold, who stands among the leading conservative voices in favor of the bill, admits that the legislation is far from perfect. He'd prefer a considerable increase in the plan's 200,000 Y visas for temporary workers not yet in the United States, a provision conspicuously absent in 1986 when legislators granted legal status to illegal immigrants already in the country but failed to address the predictable problem of more foreigners streaming across the border in years to come.
Griswold argues that stiffer border enforcement alone cannot succeed without a robust temporary worker program alongside it. "It's not enough to say we need to enforce the current law when the law is hopelessly broken," he said, criticizing conservative opponents of the Senate bill whose alternative is to throw more money at failing border enforcement efforts: "That doesn't sound very conservative to me."
In similar fashion, Sen. Kyl argues that some change is necessary even if it requires significant compromise. On his website, he concedes that the Z visa program "is not something I would have included if I could have written the bill myself." But he defends the program as less than amnesty due to its requirement that applicants pay a $5,000 fine, prove continuous employment, and pass a background check.
Fellow conservatives in the Kyl camp accuse their conservative opponents of trying to score political points at the expense of meaningful progress on immigration. Some Democrats may be playing political games, too. Sen. Reid blamed the bill's initial stall in the Senate on a lack of leadership from President Bush, suggesting next day headlines should declare, "The president fails again."
But Bush is not finished fighting. He challenged lawmakers last week that the time for immigration reform is now. Many political analysts agree, noting the near impossibility of tackling sticky issues once election season reaches full tilt.
Some Republicans fear that allowing the immigration debate to stretch out to the 2008 presidential election could foster disastrous results in splitting the GOP's conservative base. Indeed, the issue has proved uniquely divisive within groups typically unified around a conservative vision. Many evangelicals are unsure how to balance biblical principles of hospitality and justice in such a complicated debate.
Griswold, himself an evangelical, contends that the law should afford illegal immigrants room for redemption: "There's the letter of the law, but there's also mercy. These people have not committed an inherently criminal act. To cross an international border, to fill a job that's waiting, to help support your family, that's not an inherently criminal act-or else we've all descended from criminals."
Pragmatics aside, such compassion is bound to resonate with many evangelicals. But Neha Shah and her son Ritvik need room for redemption, too.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Metro spokesperson Dan Stessel has confirmed the source of the "track obstruction" reported on the Red Line on Thursday morning that forced trains to single track between Glenmont and Wheaton.
Stessel says a fiber optic cable needs to be cleared from one of the two tracks. According to Stessel, because the single track area is at the end of the line it's not causing much of a delay. He says there are interlockings for trains to cross over between tracks at Glenmont and Wheaton.
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The Finest Example Of A Woodworkers Tool Chest
Some friends of Eagle America woodorking ran across this amazing tool chest and we thought we would pass it along to our readers.
The Studley tool chest was loaned to the Smithsonian, then displayed in the National Museum of American History as the centerpiece of woodworking.
Look closely. You can see just about every woodworking hand tool ever heard of, beautifully mounted in this highly detailed case.
Mr. Studley, a piano maker by trade, created this mahongany tool chest using detailed inlays of ebony, ivory and mother of pearl.
There are individual cuts and recess for each tool as well as hinged compartments behind the tools seen in the photo that contain even more tools.
Just some of the tools in this chest include: hand saws, hand planes, various measuring tools, drill bits, carving chisels, hammers and much more.
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To achieve on-trend pointy nails – as seen on Lady Gaga and Rihanna – without actually getting the clippers out, check out the DIY illusion manicure below (it also makes for a great April Fools' trick).
What You'll Need:
- Two nail colors – one neutral, one bright (I used Sally Hansen's "Nude Now" and OPI's "Dutch Tulips")
- Tape
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- Paint your nails with two coats of the neutral color.
- Apply a clear top coat and let dry completely.
- Cut semi-thin pieces of tape and place two strips on each nail, forming an open triangle.
- Using the bright polish, paint the inside of the triangle and let dry completely.
- Gently peel the tape off the right side, followed by the left. Doing this will help prevent smudging.
- Finish with another application of the clear top coat.
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Peru + Peru = PERUToday we welcome Chirinos and Huabal—both from the Cenfrocafe cooperative, the same co-op that brings us Valle del Santuario and La Frontera coffees from Peru.
Notes on the CoffeesCenfrocafe has long been a darling of the coffee department. They are forward thinking, have sound business practices (for the most part), ask the right questions about how to maintain the balance of quality and volume of coffees, and do their very best to put advice received from multiple sources into action.
With these coffees, we embark on the process of getting more-transparent coffees that hit higher quality marks from this important, historic partner. We hope that these coffees are just the beginning of increased volumes, transparency, and quality out of Peru.
Chirinos is known as the land of coffee and natural forests. Cedar, eucalyptus, and pine trees abound. They are also well known for some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the area. The coffee farms are broken up into three altitude groups, high, medium, and low.
Many of the farms in the mountains of the region have only been settled and planted for a generation, as opposed to the southern regions of Peru where the agricultural history dates back millennia. Cenfrocafe's members hail from some 30-odd communities around Jaén and smaller towns like San Ignacio, Chirinos, and Tabaconas.
Chirinos has 11 base organizations that deliver coffee to Cenfrocafe and 235 members total.
Look for: creamy, caramel, plum flavors
Huabal (pronounced wa-BALL) is known as a higher altitude quality coffee growing zone. In addition to coffee, there are large areas of protected forest and unique wild animals that add to the biodiversity of the area. Their base organizations are located close to our long-term favorite Valle del Santuario in San Ignacio, Peru.
Huabal has 8 base organizations that deliver coffee to Cenfrocafe and 284 members total.
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|Phillips County Art Show to be held March 21-24
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
The 2013 Phillips County Art Show is sponsored by Phillips County Arts Council. The art show will be held Thursday, March 21 through Sunday, March 24 at Holyoke High School, 545 E. Hale St.
Artists of Colorado and Nebraska will display their work. Area artists, from beginners to professionals, and students are encouraged to enter.
Artwork can be entered on Thursday, March 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Accepted media includes acrylic, china painting, creative stitchery, collage, colored pencil, drawings, fibers, hand-thrown ceramics and pottery, jewelry, mixed media, oil, pastels, pen and ink, pencil, photography–traditional, photography–enhanced, scratch art, sculpture, stained glass, watercolor, weaving and wood carving.
Judging will be held on Friday, March 22, and an oral critique for artists and anyone interested will be offered from 1:30-3 p.m. The show will be open for public viewing on Friday from 3-10 p.m., Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. and on Sunday, March 24 from 1-4 p.m. Many art pieces are available for purchase, and the public is encouraged to visit the show and appreciate the work of the area artists.
Entries will be judged by Larry Prestwich of Sterling. Prestwich taught art at Northeastern Junior College for 34 years. He holds a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Utah and a master's degree in art from Brigham Young University. Having taught many classes in drawing, design, print-making, painting and sculpture during his career, he most enjoys drawing and is currently working in pen and ink.
Kathryn Wernsman of Haxtun will judge the student art. Wernsman recently retired from her position as the K-12 art teacher in Fleming. During her 34 years of teaching, she concentrated on exposing her students to as many techniques and materials as possible. She is currently painting portraits in oil. She will give a critique for students on Friday at 1:30 p.m., when she will discuss individual works, offer suggestions and answer questions.
An artist workshop exploring the medium of pastels will be taught by Prestwich on Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Holyoke High School art room. Prestwich is a past member of the Pastel Society of America. To register for the workshop, contact Teresa Mailander.
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RESTON, Va. (WUSA9) -- From Pop Warner leagues to the NFL, football is a huge part of our American culture. In the past decade, head injuries have become a major concern among some players and coaches.
10 years ago, the NFL formed a commission to study concussions. Authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru of a controversial new book called "League of Denial" claim NFL executives used their own study to diminish the connection of football and head injuries.
Zachary Litvack, M.D. of George Washington Medical Faculty Associates says, "People noticed that there was a stark contrast in the conclusions that were drawn from the NFL commission studies as opposed to a lot of the neuroscience studies on concussions that were coming out."
The book focuses on a condition that can develop as a result of constant hits to the head. It is called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE for short. The condition can cause changes in personality, memory problems, and impulsiveness. It can ultimately lead to suicidal thoughts.
Dr. Litvack says, "All the data that we have suggest that the injuries that lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy are not reversable, and that's what has a lot of people scared right now."
An NIH-funded study found former NFL start Junior Seau suffered from CTE. Right now there is no way to tell who will eventually develop the condition.
"There is research going on in terms of better understanding the pathology in being able to identify people who are at risk so that we can say to players or parents of underage players 'look, this person is at risk and if we stop now we can stop this process,'" adds Litvack.
The NFL instituted fines for helmet-to-helmet hits and added medical staffs to the playing field who deal directly with head injuries.
Dr. Litvack suggests football players of all levels get tested by a physician after they have a concussion before the return to the field.


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Gilles Simon lost his opening round match 7-5, 6-1 to qualifier Andreas Beck in Monte Carlo continuing his poor form of late.
The Frenchie had nothing but positive reviews for his performance today:
This match was completely rotten from the first to the last point. I'm surprised myself. I felt at ease on this surface. I was moving well. But I don't remember ever playing so badly. Nothing was right. Nothing was working. My forehand, my backhand, my serve, nothing.
Ever since Gilles went 0-2 in Davis Cup play earlier this season he hasn't been able to get past the fourth round of any tourney. Clearly, his confidence has been shaken but hopefully he won't freefall.
And in more bad news for the Frenchies, Gael Monfils was spanked 6-3, 6-1 by Janko Tipsarevic (ouch!) while Paul-Henri Mathieu went down to David Nalbandian 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
What's up Frenchies??!
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
PHOTO OP: Gilles knows all there is to know about the crying game
Labels: Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon, Monte Carlo Masters, player quotes, tennis
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Those suckers totally ruined my atp bracket challenge score!! I was doing so good and now...Booo!ReplyDelete
"What's up with the Frenchies??!"
Maybe they thought they were in France...
Now seriously, Gilles has to step his game up ASAP!! I wanna see smiley Gilles again! Sad Gilles makes me sad as well...
- johanneApril 14, 2009 at 7:50 AM
je suis triste :*(ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing what Davis Cup can do to a person? This might not be all that's to blame in Simon's case, but DC wins and losses have such a weird effect. Remember when Blake won that 5th set and that momentum carried over for several months?ReplyDelete
I say it's time for Gilles and me to have our night out drinking. natch no likey sad Frenchies.
OH, poor Gilly! He better stay in the top 20, because he's just way too quotable to lose.ReplyDelete
I agree with Natch - it's all about Davis Cup mojo.
Oh my poor French boys. Don't worry I'm on my way! Attendez-moi!ReplyDelete
Wanna... cuddle... sad Baby Pom...ReplyDelete


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Milestone Night?
Mark Grudzielanek is on the verge of the elite. Just under two percent of all Major League Baseball players who had a hit make it to 2,000 hits. Grudzielanek is sitting at 1,998. The Royals second baseman had a three-hitter last night against the Sox, inching him closer to a mark that's been 15 years in the making.
To find out more about just how special 2,000 is, let's go Around the Horn…
We said it yesterday as a little extra nugget, but it's a pretty big deal. Entering today, 13,096 players in Major League history have gotten at least one hit. That number is subject to change at any moment. Already this year, 131 rookies have collected their first hits, including the Royals Mike Aviles who has 38 in 32 games and Matt Tupman who has one in his only game as a big leaguer.
That number doesn't take into account non-rookies who have picked up their first career hits. The Royals don't have anyone who falls into that category but Joel Peralta smacked a game winning double to pick up his first career hit in Colorado last season – his third season in the Bigs.
So Grudzielanek will be in an elite category. Only 1.9 percent of Major Leaguers get to that point. Even more elite, he'll be only the 22nd second basemen to reach the milestone. The Royals have another second baseman on that list, and he will be in the building tonight. Frank White ended his career with 2,006 hits. White was the last player to reach the feat as a Royal, doing it in 1990.
Grudzielanek has a lot going for him. He's been great against lefties, like Sox starter Mark Buerhle, hitting .397 versus southpaws, which is tops in the American League. He leads the A.L. with a .383 home batting average. And his .319 overall average is fifth in the League and 10th in the Majors.
Tonight might be the night. Are you gonna watch history tonight?
In the Monster All-Star Final Vote, Jose Guillen couldn't overcome the strength of Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria, who is putting together a Rookie of the Year caliber season. Longoria has collected a pair of awards this week over Royals players. He also snagged Rookie of the Month for his solid June – an award for which Mike Aviles was a candidate.
So Joakim Soria will go it alone to New York. But Around the Horn can't thank the fans enough for your support.
The Royal announced a two-year extension with Wilmington (Del.) to be an Class A affiliate through 2010…Brian Bannister tied a season high with his six strikeouts last night; it was the second game in a row he's punched out that many…Notes from Trey Hillman's pre-game press conference: Hillman was asked if David DeJesus might be better suited elsewhere in the lineup and he replied that while DeJesus might be great elsewhere in the lineup, ultimately he is comfy in the leadoff spot and is the spark plug for the Royals' offense…Also from Hillman: Hillman says he is looking for consistency from the rotation to give the bullpen some rest; the Royals bullpen has seen a lot of action over the last week in helping shut down opponents so the team could make comebacks like the two in Baltimore.
The Royals also announced today the extension of the relief efforts this weekend. Heart to Heart International will be on hand Sunday to collect donations to support the severe weather relief in the Midwest. Tomorrow was already slated for donations to be given to the American Red Cross and Saturday is the Salvation Army's night.
For the first two nights of the Seattle series, fans can buy discounted tickets for $12, $5 of which will be given to that night's organization.
Remember, the "Hats off Weekend" kicks off tomorrow with cowboy hats sponsored by AT&T. Saturday, it wouldn't be Christmas in July without Santa hats sponsored by MLB 2K8. Finally Sunday, is the New. Blue. Tradition. visor. All giveaways are limited, so make sure we see you out at the K.
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The Royals are working on a number of things for Military Appreciation Day, which is August 2. Around the Horn would like to request some help from our faithful here at mlblogs.com. If you have pictures of loved ones overseas wearing Royals gear, you can send them to email@example.com and we might be able to use them for a presentation during that day's events. If not, Around the Horn is also working on a special post for that day and may post some of these photos right here. Please include the name of the person, hometown, where they are stationed and what branch they are in.
Thanks for your help.
Tonight's Lineup:
DeJesus CF
Aviles SS
Grudzielanek 2B
Guillen LF
Teahen RF
Gordon 3B
Butler DH
Gload 1B
Buck C
Greinke P
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The long-running argument about whether homosexuality is inherited may take a new turn thanks to a recent study by a University of Tennessee researcher.
Evolutionary biology and mathematics professor Sergey Gavrilets at the University of Tennessee co-authored the latest research on the link between homosexuality and heredity. The study was published Tuesday in The Quarterly Review of Biology.
Gavrilets said there is lots of data to suggest homosexuality runs in families. Therefore, scientists have spent years searching for a so-called gay gene.
"In spite of enormous effort people have put toward finding gay genes, nobody has been able to identify them," said Gavrilets.
Gavrilets said years ago he ran mathematical models in an attempt to determine if homosexuality can be the result of an inherited gene. He said the theory proved to be unlikely because gay populations would reproduce less and shrink over time.
"Instead of a specific gene, my colleagues developed a theory that homosexuality could be inherited due to certain epigenetic triggers," said Gavrilets.
To make an analogy, think of the genome and genes as computer hardware. Epigenetics is akin to the chemical software that tells the hardware how to behave. Gavrilets' research says homosexuals and heterosexuals have the same genetic hardware, but parents can pass on epi-marks that are normally erased between generations and cause the fetus to receive male hormones differently.
"Our study proposes that homosexuality is influenced by fetus sensitivity to androgen and testosterone, the different types of male hormones that cause sexual development," said Gavrilets. "It is more like a power switch that is left on and passed down from one parent to offspring of the opposite sex."
Gavrilets said normally the epi-marks that tell a fetus how to receive androgen are erased during fertilization. The switch is flipped to be more or less sensitive once the gender of the fetus is determined by X and Y chromosomes.
"Our theory is that some families can have very strong canalization that can be beneficial in one sex but detrimental if passed to the opposite sex. These strong 'switches' can make a female very feminine or a man very masculine. But sometimes the switches can be passed down to the opposite sex instead of being erased. So if a mother passes her epi-marks to a son, then the male will be less sensitive to testosterone and more feminine. Or if a daughter inherits her father's epi-marks then it can cause the female to become masculinized and affect sexual behavior."
Gavrilets said the research models "easily show" this theory is mathematically possible when compared to homosexual populations that exist in nearly all cultures. He said this is also the first proposal he is aware of that explains homosexuality in both genders.
"These models that we develop will work for both gays and lesbians. I don't think there's any other theory that works for both. The existing research focuses more on gay men," said Gavrilets.
The researcher gives another analogy to explain how genetic material can be identical but expressed differently.
"Just think of a book. All of the pages are genes. You cover a page of text with something else and you're not able to read it. You are not able to express those genes. So the genes are still there but they are not expressed."
Gavrilets said the next step in the research is for biological researchers to conduct empirical tests on epi-marks.
"I am a theoretical researcher. I am not actually manipulating DNA or genes. I develop mathematical models that decide if this framework is possible. Our theory and hypothesis can still be wrong or right, that's how science works."
If the theory is proven, Gavrilets said the epi-marks are unlikely to be the only thing determining sexual orientation.
"This is a very controversial topic and there are likely to be other factors such as culture," said Gavrilets. "But the transmission of sexually antagonistic epi-marks is the most plausible way to explain how one generation can affect another generation's homosexuality in humans."


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Khloe Kardashian got off to kind of a rough start on The X Factor, with her co-hosting debut making us all a little blue. It's understandable that things were rocky in the beginning. With a pro-host like Mario Lopez dimpling into the other mic, it's hard to make the stage your b*tch. Factor in Simon Cowell's constant bickering and refusal to bend his rules and, well, it was rough for all of us.
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So, will Khloe live to (awkwardly) work the red carpet another day? We dunno. The koolest Kardashian told Access Hollywood after the X Factor Season 2 finale, "I like to keep people [wondering] with a cliffhanger." Hmm, considering the eighty bajillion days it took FOX to confirm her for this season, we're betting a little more ink needs to be penned and dried before anything is set in stone.
But that's not to say she wouldn't come back to Simon's lair if she were asked. "To do something on this magnitude, I'm so honored and blessed and I just love that I've been able to grow through this whole experience. So I've had a phenomenal time," she tells MTV. "I would love to come back."
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With one runner-up and five third-place finishers, the Dragon varsity wrestlers captured third place in team standings at the Kiowa High School Classic Saturday, Jan. 26.
Coach Jack Garrison said it was nice to bounce back after last week's matches at Lexington, Neb.
Dylan Kotch was runner-up at 220 lbs., losing to the top-ranked wrestler in the state from Cheyenne Wells. "It was a kid we needed to see," said Garrison.
The coach also praised third-place finishers Leo Ortiz at 152 lbs., T.J. Gertner at 160, Spencer Kotch at 170, Issac Brandt at 120 and Astolfo Rojo at 182.
Other Dragons also earned wins on the mats at Kiowa for some great experience heading into the final weeks of the season.
Holly won the tournament with 156 points, followed by Discovery Canyon with 149, Holyoke 117.5, Bear Creek 107, Kiowa 100.5, Sand Creek 70, Manitou Springs 64.5, Cheyenne Wells 61, Manzanola 60.5, Grandview JV 42, Calhan 40, Clear Creek 39.5, Burlington JV 38, Peyton 28, Colorado School for Deaf and Blind 16, Simla 7, Hanover 4 and Miami Yoder 1.
This week, the Dragons will host Akron in dual action Friday, Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 2, the varsity wrestlers will compete in Brighton while the JV team heads to the Stratton tournament.
Individual results from the Kiowa tourney follow:
106 lbs.—Eric Rojo was pinned by Bryce Bachman of Discovery Canyon, won a 5-1 decision over Talor Claman of Peyton and lost a close 6-7 decision to Tristan Knockle of Sand Creek.
120 lbs.—Issac Brandt placed third. He won by a tech fall over Ryan Spurlin of Manitou Springs, was pinned in 3:22 by Ryan Byrnes of Discovery Canyon, pinned Hunter Hensley of Discovery Canyon in :30 and pinned Jordan Sullivan Monnet of Bear Creek.
126 lbs.—Morgan Golden was pinned in :49 by Trenton Honken of Discovery Canyon and was pinned in :30 by Andrew Obluda of Discovery Canyon.
145 lbs.—Ben Martinez pinned Zach Marshall of Discovery Canyon in 1:57, won a 10-1 decision over Evgenii Iasnobulkov of Manitou Springs, lost a 3-12 decision to eventual champion Anthony Potter of Clear Creek and lost a decision to Alex Aguilar of Grandview.
152 lbs.—Leo Ortiz placed third. He pinned Andrew Parrish of Clear Creek, lost a 9-12 decision to Sy Donaldson of Holly, pinned Cody Devine of Bear Creek in 3:39 and won a 10-6 decision over Billy Ryan of Manitou Springs.
160 lbs.—T.J. Gertner placed third. He pinned Matt Fischer of Discovery Canyon in 3:13, pinned Dez Wilson of Grandview in :58, was pinned by Jourdan Ellis of Calhan, pinned Schyler James of Discovery Canyon and pinned Maxx Gonzalez-Sarabia of Bear Creek in 3:49.
170 lbs.—Spencer Kotch placed third. He pinned Nate Kopcol of Clear Creek in 5:31, was pinned by eventual champion Aidan Osborn of Kiowa, pinned Alex Khaldy of Grandview and pinned Dalton Renner of Cheyenne Wells in :48.
182 lbs.—Astolfo Rojo placed third. He lost a major decision to eventual champion Alex Weber of Discovery Canyon, won by default over Haydyn Cramer of Manitou Springs and pinned Jonathan Bishop of Sand Creek.
220 lbs.—Dylan Kotch placed second. He pinned Alan Pile of Manzanola and lost a 5-11 decision to Truett Box of Cheyenne Wells.
285 lbs.—Fernando Rojo was pinned by Gus Kern of Cheyenne Wells.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Shawne Alston is far from a one-trick pony. He does, however, seem to save some of his best tricks for the same types of conditions.
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For the second year in a row, West Virginia's big senior tailback emerged as a star in a must-win game the Mountaineers had to play in less-than-ideal conditions. This time it was the bitter cold at Iowa State as WVU snapped a five-game losing skid to become bowl eligible.
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No, last week was a Tavon Austin type of game. That's when he made his debut at tailback and ran for a school-record 344 yards. The Oklahoma defense set itself up for that one, emptying the box and giving the 5-foot-9, 174-pound Austin room to run.
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