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Needs of Healthy Childbearing Women
What proportion of pregnant women are at low risk for problems?
Do low-risk pregnant women receive appropriate maternity care?
What do healthy childbearing women need?
What kind of maternity care is appropriate if I'm healthy and low-risk?
Why should I avoid routine interventions if I'm healthy and low-risk?
What proportion of pregnant women are at low risk for problems?The great majority of pregnant women in the U.S. are well and healthy. Healthy People 2020 describes health goals for the nation. According to the Healthy People definition, nearly 85 percent of pregnant women in the U.S. — about 3 1/2 million woman every year — enter labor at "low risk" for problems. These women, together with their infants and other family members, have distinct health and social needs.
Do low-risk pregnant women receive appropriate maternity care?Low-risk pregnant women have good reason to expect to an uncomplicated birth and a healthy newborn. Unfortunately, contemporary maternity care systems often treat pregnancy and birth in healthy women as medical conditions or disease states, rather than normal life processes. Childbirth care in U.S. hospitals is intervention-intensive, even for low-risk women. Six of the ten most common hospital procedures in the country are maternity-related, and the most common operating room procedure is cesarean section.
Many programs address the important needs of the minority of pregnant women who have medical problems, or are at a high risk for developing them. But, limited attention is given to ensure that the millions of healthy women who give birth every year receive the appropriate care. Childbirth Connection and this website address the needs of this group.
What do healthy childbearing women need?If you are in good health, your medical needs may be limited, but you can benefit greatly from information and other support to help you maintain and enhance your health. Attentive care and reliable information can help you understand what is happening to your body, identify potential concerns, and make informed decisions about your care. The transition to parenthood is a major life change, and you may welcome and benefit from guidance and support at this time.
What kind of maternity care is appropriate if I'm healthy and low-risk?Pregnancy, labor and birth, and the postpartum period involve innate processes of women and their fetuses/newborns that are regulated by powerful hormones. When we support these processes and avoid interfering with them, labor, birth, attachment, and breastfeeding reflect these processes, and the need for medical intervention is limited. It is important to find caregivers and places for giving birth that understand, respect, and work with these inborn processes.
Maternity care that is supportive and respectful, and that reflects the best available research about safe and effective care, has the best potential to lead to:
Why should I avoid routine interventions if I'm healthy and low-risk?Many hospitals and health professionals use maternity interventions liberally or routinely, even when there is no clear need for them. This may happen because of standard practice in that community, health professionals' education and training, pressure to hasten the labor and birth, or for other reasons. The national Listening to Mothers survey found high rates of intervention among women giving birth in U.S. hospitals. Examples of commonly used interventions include: inducing labor, using continuous electronic fetal monitoring, giving intravenous fluids, and cutting an episiotomy. Women themselves may also request interventions that are not medically needed, such as labor induction for convenient scheduling.
Although select women in specific situations may benefit from such maternity interventions, the best research finds that many interventions do not offer benefits to healthy women but do increase their risk for potentially harmful side effects.
If there is no clear, well-supported justification for use, it is wise to avoid interventions because they may:
The chain of unintended effects of maternity interventions has been called a "cascade of intervention." Many women feel that their bodies have failed them, and are unaware that things that have gone wrong were triggered by maternity practices themselves.
Moreover, the use of unnecessary interventions compromises the quality of maternity care and wastes resources of the employers, governments and families who pay for this care.
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A Kemper County woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend is back at home after bonding out of jail. Jackie Kirk bonded out of jail Thursday morning. She was being held on a $15,000 bond. Kirk is charged with stabbing her boyfriend in the chest last Friday night. The incident happened at her parent's house in Preston. As of midday Thursday the victim remained hospitalized. Meanwhile, Jackie Kirk's case is expected to be presented to a grand jury in October.
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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - A mobile home is destroyed following a fire early Monday morning.
The Old Orchard Beach Fire Department told NEWS CENTER that the call came in around 6:45 this morning for a fire at 2 Goose Fare Drive. The owner and his dog had left the home about 45 minutes before the fire started. A lit cigarette in the bathroom caused the fire. Saco firefighters helped at the scene. It took about 20 minutes to extinguish the flames and another 45 minutes to clean up the area. The owner lived alone. Nobody was hurt.


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Gordon joined Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center Research in 1995, working on Telepresence "being there, while being here, at possibly some later time". This work included multimedia in the home. In 1999 he began work on what became the MyLifeBits project to capture all of life's bits digitally.
MyLifeBits is a personal transaction processing database for everything. Gordon has captured a lifetime's worth of articles, books, CDs, letters, memos, papers, photos, presentations, music, home movies, and videotaped lectures. He also has in his collection recordings of phone calls, IM transcripts, years of email, web browsing, and daily activities captured by the SenseCam. One of the challenges of MyLifeBits has been to build rich applications to encourage people to take their personal memorabilia out of the shoebox and store them digitally for all kinds of future usage including immortality. Gordon is writing a book with Jim Gemmell, the MyLifeBits leader, about their experiences on the MyLifeBits project and their projections of where this technology might lead.
Gordon's previous roles have been vice president of research and development at Digital Equipment Corporation (1960-1983); professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University (1966-72); founding assistant director of the National Science Foundation's Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE) Directorate (1986-1988); panel chair of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) for creating the Internet (1987-1988); advisor/investor to 100+ High Tech start-up companies; and a founding trustee of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. He is a member of the ACM, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, IEEE, NAE, NAS, and 1991 National Medal of Technology medalist.
Gordon has co-authored a book with Jim Gemmell called Total Recall. The book is coming out this September and is a culmination of their thoughts and experiences during the MyLifeBits project.
For a full professional history, please see Gordon's webpage.
- Gordon Bell, Counting Every Heart Beat: Observation of a Quantified Selfie, no. MSR-TR-2015-53, 17 June 2015.
- Gordon Bell, Supercomputers: The Amazing Race, no. MSR-TR-2015-2, 1 January 2015.
- Gordon Bell, Moore's Law evolved the PC industry; Bell's Law disrupted it with players, phones, and tablets: New Platforms, tools, and sevices, no. MSR-TR-2014-2, 4 January 2014.
- Gordon Bell and Silicon Valley Laboratory, Out of a Closet: The Early Years of Years of The Computer [X] Museums, no. MSR-TR-2011-44, April 2011.
- Alexander S. Szalay, Gordon Bell, Jan Vandenberg, Alainna Wonders, Randal Burns, Dan Fay, Jim Heasley, Tony Hey, Maria Nieto-SantiSteban, Ani Thakar, Catharine van Ingen, and Richard Wilton, GrayWulf: Scalable Clustered Architecture for Data Intensive Computing, no. MSR-TR-2008-187, 15 September 2008.
- Gordon Bell, Bell's Law for the birth and death of computer classes: A theory of the computer's evolution, no. MSR-TR-2007-146, November 2007.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, A Digital Life, in Scientific American, March 2007.
- Desney Tan, Mary Czerwinski, Gordon Bell, Emma Berry, Jim Gemmell, Steve Hodges, Narinder Kapur, Brian Meyers, Nuria Oliver, George Robertson, and Ken Wood, Save Everything: Supporting Human Memory with a Personal Digital Lifetime Store, in Personal Information Management: Challenges and Opportunities (eds. William Jones and Jaime Teevan), University of Washington Press, 2007.
- Jim Gemmell, Gordon Bell, and Roger Lueder, MyLifeBits: a personal database for everything, in Communications of the ACM (CACM), vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 88-95, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., January 2006.
- Gordon Bell, Jim Gray, and Alex Szalay, Petascale Computational Systems: Balanced Cyber-Infrastructure in a Data-Centric World, in IEEE Computer, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 110-112, January 2006.
- Jim Gemmell, Lyndsay Williams, Ken Wood, Gordon Bell, and Roger Lueder, Passive Capture and Ensuing Issues for a Personal Lifetime Store, in First ACM Workshop on Continuous Archival and Retrieval of Personal Experiences (CARPE '04), New York, NY, October 2004.
- Gordon Bell, A Time and Place for Standards, in ACM Queue, pp. 67-74, September 2004.
- Jim Gemmell, Roger Lueder, and Gordon Bell, The MyLifeBits Lifetime Store, in ACM SIGMM 2003 Workshop on Experiential Telepresence (ETP 2003), Berkeley, CA, November 2003.
- Jim Gemmell, Roger Lueder, and Gordon Bell, Living With a Lifetime Store, in ATR Workshop on Ubiquitous Experience Media, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto, Japan, September 2003.
- Jim Gemmell, Roger Lueder, Joshua Blumenstock, Evan Solomon, and Gordon Bell, Telephone, Television and Radio in the Home of the Future, in Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA) 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2003.
- Jim Gemmell, Gordon Bell, Roger Lueder, Steven M. Drucker, and Curtis Wong, MyLifeBits: fulfilling the Memex vision, in ACM Multimedia, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., December 2002.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, A call for the home media network, in Commun. ACM, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 71-75, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., July 2002.
- Gordon Bell, The Lack of PC-based Video-Telephony: How I Lost a Technology Bet, no. MSR-TR-2002-49, May 2002.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gray, High Performance Computing: Crays, Clusters, and Centers. What Next? , no. MSR-TR-2001-76, August 2001.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gray, Digital Immortality, no. MSR-TR-2000-101, October 2000.
- Gordon Bell, A Cyber All Project: A Personal Store for Everything, no. MSR-TR-2000-75, July 2000.
- Gordon Bell, CyberAll: A Personal Store of Everything, March 2000.
- Gordon Bell, The Colonization of Cyberspace, November 1999.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gray, The Revolution Yet To Happen, March 1999.
- Gordon Bell, The Next 50 Years: More change Than Anyone Can Imagine, February 1999.


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HOUSTON, Tx. (USA Today) -- Three people were shot at a community college north of Houston during an argument between a student and another man Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Both men -- at least one of them a student -- were hospitalized after the altercation at Lone Star College-North Harris, about 20 miles from downtown Houston. A maintenance man suffered a leg wound from what the sheriff's office said was "crossfire." One person was reported in critical condition.
A college spokesman said the shooting occurred about 12:20 p.m. CT (1:30 p.m. ET) between the library and another building, sending students scurrying for cover.
A woman carrying a student identification was hospitalized with what was described as "a medical condition." Earlier reports indicated that someone has suffered a heart attack.
At the time, about 10,000 students were on campus, one of six that serves the 90,000 students enrolled in the community college system.
The school was evacuated and closed for the rest of the day, but will reopen for classes Wednesday, the school said.
One of the men involved in the argument was taken into police custody at the scene. A law enforcement source told KHOU-TV that the second suspect surrendered at Northwest Medical Center about 2:30 p.m.
"We found that the incident was not an active shooter incident but was an altercation between two individuals," Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armonda Tello said at a news conference. "One of the individuals did have a student identification. During the altercation, there was a maintenance man that was injured and shot due to crossfire. Another individual at the scene was transported (to) the hospital for a medical reason. She had a medical condition,"
Tello said the two men in the hospital are considered "persons of interest" and are being questioned by police but have not been arrested.
"This is all still under investigation," he said.
Earlier KHOU- quoted student Brittany Mobley as saying "two dudes basically get into an altercation" and one shot the other.
The station quoted one of its campus reporters as saying one of the injured was taken from the library while apparently handcuffed to a stretcher.
Reginald Neal said his nephew, Jody Neal, 24, was one of the wounded.
"All I know he got shot three times. That's all I know," he told KPRC-TV. "He got shot in one of his arms, in the stomach and the leg."
"He was sitting in the study room. There (were) three people on the computer and a guy walked up the stairs and opened fire on him," said Stacy Neal, Jody's sister. "They said it was just one guy that came in with a gun."
Mark Zaragosa spotted two victims when as he left an EMT class and stopped to help before police arrived.
"The two people that I took care of had just minor injuries," he told KHOU. "One gentleman had a gunshot to the knee and the [other] actually had an entry wound to the lower buttocks area."
Richard Carpenter, chancellor of the Lone Star College System, said the campus is a "gun-free" campus but not every student is checked to see if they're carrying weapons. It was the first such incident like in the college's 40-year history, he said.
Cody Harris, 20, said he was in a classroom with about six or seven other students waiting for a psychology class to start when he heard eight shots. He and other students looked at each other, said, "I guess we should get out of here," and fled.
"I was just worried about getting out," Harris said. "I called my grandmother and asked her to pick me up."
KPRC-TV quoted a student, Amanda Vasquez, as saying she heard "5 or 6" shots while sitting in English class. She said students quickly scrambled, hiding under desks.
An alert on the college's website called on students, faculty and staff "take immediate shelter where you are."
Aerial footage from local television stations showed police cars and ambulances parked on the campus. Emergency personnel could be seen tending to people on stretchers, while others ran from a building led by officers.
Four nearby schools - Nimitz High School, Nimitz Ninth Grade School, Dunn Elementary School, Parker Intermediate School - were placed on lockdown in the immediate aftermath of the Lone Star College shooting, said Mike Keeney, a spokesman with the Aldine Independent School District.
The schools are located less than a mile from the Lone Star College campus where the shooting occurred, he said. The lockdown lasted for about three hours and impacted some 4,600 students, he said. Extra security guards were dispatched to the schools.
The schools reopened around 3:30 p.m. CST, and students were allowed to leave, Keeney said. "You never take anything like this lightly," he said.


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Carrie Underwood is nursing an injured foot after falling over on stage in Texas on Thursday night.
The Before He Cheats hitmaker was performing at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi when she tripped and fell over, twisting her left foot.
Underwood got back up again and continued the show, but later told fans she had suffered a nasty injury and feared she had broken a bone.
She posted a picture on her Twitter.com page showing her foot encased in a protective cast and blamed the fall on the high-heeled boots she was wearing on stage.
Good news, it's not broken…AND I got some new footwear! pic.twitter.com/chJ2zBLDyX
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) September 6, 2013
In a series of posts, she writes, "Hey, remember that time in Corpus Christi when that girl busted her butt on stage?! Hilarious! Oh wait, that was me! 5 inch heels… I can't move my toes. Is that bad?… Good news, it's not broken… And I got some new footwear!"
Underwood is due back on stage in Hidalgo, Texas on Friday night.


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Discussing religion is generally a very bad idea on the internet, but there are a lot of down to earth and rational people on this forum so I decided to give it a go.
I want to hear your beliefs. Also, try to keep an open mind and show respect to other people's opinions. I don't care weather you're a fanatic catholic, fanatic atheist or whatever. Arguing about "who's right" is just a terrible cliche.
Personally I believe that there is a god. I'm not agnostic, I believe in god, but that's just my own spiritual reflection on it. I don't judge other religions and say that "this is right", it's more along the lines of Baruch de Spinoza's take on it where you see god as everything. Maybe there's a word for what that is, I don't know. I prefer to look at everything that is beyond our understanding with humility. Most of my religious knowledge lies within catholicism and I generally agree with the ten commandments, but I also believe that the religion is blurred for the sake of politics, ways of maintaining order and fanatic influences (edit: + things that are lost in translation). In short, I'm a read between the lines kind of guy.
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Politics | A surge in political interest among youthful voters helps Democrats
DURHAM, N.C.- In the well-appointed lobby of the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, a fair-skinned bride in a white satin gown sheepishly smiles for photos in the soft light near a corner window.
A few feet away, a more informal photo shoot unfolds: A boisterous group of young women in pinstripe suits and high-heel shoes crowds around James Carville-the fiery Democratic consultant known as the "Ragin' Cajun."
Carville's fans beam almost as brightly as the bride across the room as the television personality signs autographs and bustles through a revolving door to his waiting limousine. Down the hall, the ballroom where Carville just spoke is still full. Several hundred young people-mostly between the ages of 18 and 35-have packed it for the state convention of the Young Democrats of North Carolina.
It's standing room only by midday, and less than a month away from the state's May 6 primary. With a protracted Democratic contest between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, North Carolina's triple-digit-delegate primary could affect the outcome of a presidential nomination for the first time since 1976.
That's not lost on the convention's high-energy crowd or the local politicians who know something else about this election cycle: Voter registration for ages 18-39 nationwide is at an all-time high, and the age group makes up as much as 25 percent of the electorate.
And though more young voters are voting Democratic than Republican during the primary season, neither party has clinched the key bloc ahead of this fall's general election. That makes generating enthusiasm among young voters a high priority on each party's growing to-do list.
Back at the Young Democrats convention, North Carolina congressman Brad Miller taps into that enthusiasm. "This is the year we can do more than elect a candidate," he says to rowdy cheers. "We can start a movement." The crowd roars again when North Carolina House Speaker Jim Hackney declares: "I'm convinced we are embarking on a new blue era."
Two weeks later, the scene at the state convention for the Young Republicans of North Carolina in nearby Greensboro is conspicuously less energetic. On a rainy afternoon in mid-April, about 75 people attend a luncheon featuring local candidates. Five tables with full place settings remain empty, and the low-key crowd is subdued as local candidates speak.
When one candidate mentions the national elections and asks, "Do you want a President Barack Obama?" the crowd answers with a low, muffled, "No."
North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry tries to liven up the young crowd by announcing from the podium: "Wake up, ya'll!" Holding up a local newspaper, Berry points out a headline she says should scare the crowd: "Voter registration surges." Peeking out from behind the paper, Berry adds: "And it ain't us, folks!" The story in the Greensboro newspaper notes that Republican voter registration in the state has doubled since 2004, but Democratic registration has tripled.
Berry tells the crowd: "Some people think Republicans are suffering from a new disease: electile dysfunction." She adds: "I hope it's not true."
Six months before a general election is too early to predict a political tsunami for either party, and recent polls show presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain in a dead heat when matched against Clinton or Obama.
Still, statistics show more young people are voting, and that more young voters are voting Democratic: In at least seven states this year, the young voting rate tripled over the primary season in 2004. In the 14 primaries on Super Tuesday in February, more than twice as many voters ages 18-29 voted in Democratic primaries as in Republican contests, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), a nonpartisan research center at the University of Maryland.
Emily Kirby, a senior research associate at CIRCLE, says that the surge in young voters is a continuation of a trend that began in 2004: Between 1972 and 2000, young voter turnout declined by 16 percent. During the 2004 presidential elections, the turnout surged by 11 percent, and it continued to rise during the 2006 mid-term elections.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won the youth vote by 9 percent in 2004. In the 2006 mid-term elections, young voters supported Democrats over Republicans by more than 20 percentage points.
Kirby told WORLD that more young people began voting partly because more candidates asked them to vote: "In 2004 there was an unprecedented amount of time and money spent by both parties and nonpartisan groups to reach young voters." Since young voters haven't always decided which party to support, candidates see them as "an untapped source," says Kirby.
In the Democratic race this year, young voters have favored Obama: The Illinois senator has won the youth vote in the Democratic primaries in all but three states. In several states Obama has outpaced Clinton among young voters by as many as 50 points. But national polls show the overall race for young voters is still close: In a recent Rasmussen poll, Obama led McCain 48 percent to 37 percent among voters ages 18-29. Clinton led McCain among young voters by just three points.
That means the youth vote is still up for grabs, and the formula for reaching young voters is simple, says Kirby: Talk about the issues that matter to them, and make the approach personal. "I think it's really a matter of asking," she says.
All three presidential candidates are asking: In North Carolina, the Obama campaign has assigned an organizer to every college campus in the state. That strategy proved successful in other primary states. The campaign has also recruited "springterns"-college students willing to work in key primary states during their spring break. In an outdoor rally at Pennsylvania State University in late March, Obama drew more than 20,000 people.
The Clinton campaign has also reached out to college students on nearly 300 campuses across the country through Student Hillblazers, a networking and volunteer program for Clinton supporters. Clinton also relies heavily on her 28-year-old daughter, Chelsea Clinton, to connect with young voters.
The younger Clinton has visited more than 90 college campuses during the primary season, and she re-arranged her schedule to address the Young Democrats in North Carolina in March: The finance analyst who lives in Manhattan spent more than an hour taking questions from the audience and answering policy questions in articulate, painstaking detail.
McCain had a far shorter primary campaign, but he spent time on college campuses last fall and early this year. The 71-year-old senator connects well with young audiences with his self-deprecating jokes and witty humor. During a stop at the College of Charleston late last year, McCain also told students he would communicate with younger citizens by participating in online forums as president.
In a recent guest editorial in The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, McCain wrote that he also wants to connect with socially and politically active young voters by asking them to serve their country: "Young men and women want a leader who will recognize the commitment to service that exists among their generation, a leader who will ask something of them."
Two days later, the student newspaper endorsed McCain and Clinton for their parties' nominations. The editorial board cited McCain's foreign policy experience and his early support of the troop surge in Iraq. The editors also liked McCain's positions on issues that make him popular with independent voters, such as federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research and an aggressive approach to climate change.
The students passed on Obama because they felt unsure that his rhetoric and campaign slogan-"Yes, We Can"-were based on solid policies: "While Obama's charisma far outshines that of Sen. Hillary Clinton, her public service, political experience and tenacity tell us not only 'Yes we can,' but also 'How we can.'"
At the North Carolina Young Democrats convention, 19-year-old Michael Shay says that's why he's voting for Clinton. The president of the Young Democrats chapter at North Carolina State University, Shay says his group is "overwhelmingly for Obama." He thinks college students with less life experience are drawn to Obama's idealism. "Obama's speeches are a lot more inspirational," says Shay. "But Clinton's are more about real life."
Across the room, Jasmine Bell, a sophomore at North Carolina Central University, has latched onto Obama's message about change. "He motivates me and inspires me," she says. "I think he'll change things." When asked if she's clear on Obama's policy proposals, Bell replies: "Kinda, sort of."
At the nearby Young Republicans convention, 27-year-old Darren Eustance says Republicans have a different problem. "We all know what Democrats stand for," he says. "But what do Republicans stand for except the war on terror?"
Eustance is a fiscal conservative frustrated with the bloated deficit and earmark spending advanced by some Republican leaders, and he says other Republicans are disillusioned as well. "It would be very hard for someone like me to say to an undecided voter, 'If you vote Republican, you'll get this and this,'" he says. "That's a dichotomy in the party that has to be fixed."
Still, Eustance isn't worried about the November elections, and he thinks McCain will win over younger voters. "Eventually the Democrats have to decide on a nominee," he says. "And then we'll have a stark choice between McCain, who we disagree with 10 percent of the time, and a Democrat who we disagree with all the time."
CIRCLE's Kirby says the closer the presidential race remains, the more young voters will likely turn out. And she says it's impossible to predict which way the pendulum will swing: "There's a lot of time between now and November. A day in Washington can be like a lifetime."


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WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that would allow the District of Columbia mayor to appoint an interim chief financial officer has passed the House and Senate and is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents the district in Congress, says the Senate passed the bill last night by a voice vote. The House passed it earlier this week.
Norton proposed the bill to ensure there would not be a vacancy in the office, which was created by Congress and is independent of mayoral control. The city can't budget or spend money without the CFO's approval.
Longtime CFO Natwar Gandhi plans to retire in June. Mayor Vincent Gray has established a search committee for a new CFO that includes former mayor Anthony Williams.


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Very true Hardstalk, it is part of the hound game but my hounds are part of my family. I've put a lot into them and they give everything for me. I've lost a few dogs over the years and seen others lose dogs. Its never easy and you always have the what could I have done different going on in your head. Like with any animal though you only think your in control until they decided different. These dogs live to give chase and tree/bay quarry, if they are gonna go then hunting is the way I'm sure they want it. We've lost dogs for a week and pulled them out and they're hunting now. Like I said, every time I turn dogs loose I cringe a little cause you never know.
By the way Elko is an awesome place with tons of goodies for the hunter/outdoorsman. Hounds are fantastic but it will consume you, its a way of life to me. Dogs 365 day and night. Even the off season ya gotta keep them in shape and healthy. When the lion or bear or bobcat is in that tree looking down at you and your dogs are singing it makes every bit of it more than worth it. Do it buddy, you'll be hooked.
Back again today, hiked up from the bottom. 3 guys on the mountain, 1 on the floor. Searched everywhere we could and still can't locate her. Tried every trick I know to pin point her, all the cliffs and chutes are breaking havoc on telemetry signal. Wish he had GPS on her but he only had 1 collar. Not sure what to do next
Dang that blows. Have you guys each hiked a chute? Sounds tough and daring but might be worth a try.
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I like your new Avatar Jason. Man that looks like hell on earth to me! I hope you can find her.
does anyone know where to find the drawing odds for bear?? not seeing it on NDOW....
We haven't been able to get enough guys that are physically capable of working the mountain peace by peace. I'm working on that now, the picture of the chute is the easier one to climb up. There are so many of them that once you in the middle of it you can't tell one from the other and coming in from the top is even worse. We need guys on top and below to really cover it. One tracking box took a crap on the mountain today so mine and one on the ground was it. My old buddy worked his way to the top but couldn't and shouldn't work through the chutes. For 70 he's a bad ass, he's working so hard its beating him up mentally and physically. We will find her one way or the other!
Hubba, all I know about the NV bear draw is right now its pretty much once in a lifetime. With 40 tags and a 20 bear quota its tough. I believe in the mandatory class it was roughly 4600 people put in for bear. So far its never hit the quota in 2 seasons, hopefully with our climbing population we can see more tags soon. A lot of anti organization's are preaching lies and have no scientific backing. They're making it tough tho!
Hope you find her! I would come help if I lived closer. We used to hunt deer with hounds when I was growing up but I have never hunted anything else with them.
I'm heading back again tomorrow, have 3 of us who can really search the mountain. Old man and another buddy have been out the last 2 days but couldn't search thoroughly due to physical limitations and I had commitments. Weather supposed to be moving in Tuesday evening so this could be the last hoorah. Really hope we can find her, at least for some closure. Gonna bust hump and search every nook and cranny and find her!


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"Barefoot" Bob Mccreadie Race Career - Racin' AroundWritten by on December 1, 2002 Check out the great career of Bob Mccreadie as he becomes just one race away from winning his 300th!
"Barefoot" Bob Mccreadie: 299 And CountingAs of this writing, DIRT Modified legend Bob McCreadie is one big-block victory away from reaching 300 victories for his career. The milestone has been 22 years in the making.
Entering the month of August, the Watertown, New York, veteran has scored 299 DIRT Modified feature race victories, the highest total ever compiled in DIRT Motorsports' 27-year oval-track history.
"I never used to look back, but I guess it's something everybody does when they get older," said McCreadie, 51, who parked his legendary No. 9 mount in Victory Lane four times through July of this season. His newest Troyer entry carried him to his 99th career big-block triumph at Canandaigua (New York) Speedway on July 20.
"It's a record that probably won't last too long with all the talented drivers still racing full time," McCreadie added. "Guys like Alan (Johnson) and Timmy (Bob's son) still have a ways to go but at least it will be nice if I can hold it for a little while."
Prior to recording his first DIRT-sanctioned big-block victory at Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, New York, in 1981, McCreadie was already lauded as a local hero in the north country, posting 104 victories from 1975-80. On the brink of taking his 300th checkered flag, triumphs at 27 more DIRT affiliates in five states and Canada have brought him greater recognition on the national level.
"I'm proudest about the fact that I stayed with the big-blocks and raced against the best drivers," McCreadie said. "If I can't continue to be competitive, that will be the time to call it quits."
McCreadie's core of New York tracks remains Canandaigua, Brewerton Speedway, Cayuga County Fair Speedway, and Rolling Wheels Raceway, where he has racked up 239 of his 299 big-block feature triumphs. Ten have been logged in 200-lap championship events staged at Rolling Wheels (six), Cayuga County (three), and Canandaigua.
On the road, McCreadie has captured 51 (third all-time) Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series wins. The two-time overall Mr. DIRT Modified champion set the all-time record for victories in a season with nine in 1994.
Currently a career record-holder with 19 DIRT big-block Modified track point championships, "Barefoot" Bob holds the single-season marks of 43 feature wins and 15 at Canandaigua (both in 1994). He won 14 times at Brewerton in 1995.
McCreadie was selected as DIRT Motorsports Driver of the Year in 1994 and 1995 and is a four-time winner of DIRT's Most Popular Driver award.
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Name: Gary Adams
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Gary Adams is a rookie racer from Santa Rosa, California, and he earned his first feature victory on May 29, 2002, on the 31/48-mile clay oval at Petaluma Speedway.
Adams was third in points, which is a stellar performance for a rookie racer. He also credits Circle Track with helping him out with "knowledge and setup ideas for the hobby racer."
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NASCAR ThunderTM 2003, the latest racing game from EA Sports, is due out soon, and for serious gamers, the new title is just as essential as the previous editions.
The game, available for PlayStation(r)2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and PC, offers a completely new gaming engine with improved physics, AI and control, and improved graphics rendering, including new spectacular car and track highlights, enhanced smoke and damage, and more dynamic racing venues.
For those who do this a lot-and there are a lot of you out there-NASCAR ThunderTM 2003 features a 20-year Career Mode, the deepest among all racing games and features like the Lightning Challenge, which offer scenarios from real NASCAR races. More than 30 of these scenarios play out on your screen, with you in the driver's seat. Take, for instance, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Pepsi 400 victory in July 2001, where he came from deep in the pack with a couple of laps left to win. You start in the same place Junior did, with the same cars around you, and see if you can drive it to the finish line first.
For the second straight year, the game features all 23 NASCAR tracks, plus six new speedway-infield road-racing courses and a new superspeedway. Fourteen of the tracks feature both day and night racing, and EA added the old Daytona Beach course to this year's edition.
For Circle Track readers, the new game is equipped with the largest number of car setup options ever offered in a NASCAR simulation. Numerous adjustable options include fender flares, rear-spoiler angles, tire pressure, wedge, gearing, suspension, anti-rollbar, etc. Configure your car for each race and roll out for test sessions without affecting your NASCAR Winston Cup standings.
Sleepy's Tool Time-Caster/Camber GaugeThis tool consists of a piece of 11/42- to 51/48-inch inside diameter tubing and a 31/48-inch steel rod. The tube should be of a size to fit the ball joint. The tube is cut with a half-round notch on one end and flat on the other. The length should be about 31/44-inch longer than the measurement between the ends of the upper and lower ball joints. The tube should then be able to slip over the tang or unthreaded part of the lower joint. The half-notch lets the tube fit over one side of the upper ball joint. In short, slip the tube over the lower tang then let the half-notch end saddle over the tang of the top ball joint. If one end of the tube is loose over the joint, squeeze it until it is snug.
A piece of 31/48-inch steel rod about 13 inches long should be welded to the tube as shown. Weld it on square and then check it for square. When the tube is in place on the ball joints, attach a magnetic angle finder on the rod. This will read out caster directly.
Place the 13-inch rod on the wheel again using the angle finder. It will read camber directly. E-mail Sleepy at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gaining A Competitive Edge
Competitive Edge Racing School, based in Yakima, Washington, has come up with a private, arrive-and-drive professional stock car racing series for aspiring drivers. The school, which has bases at six tracks from Washington State to Colorado, runs identically prepared 435-hp Late Model stock cars for its 6-day, 12-race series.
This year, the school added "The Test of the Best," a 211/42-day competition for the aspiring driver. Contestants first participate in the school's 2-day Competition Racing School. Four judges grade each contestant on all aspects of the course, both in the classroom and on the track.
This year's Test of the Best took place April 3-5 at Yakima Speedway. Following more than 80 green-flag laps of practice, a qualifying session, four two-abreast green-flag-start exercises and a seven-to-10-lap passing exercise, Tom Hughs of Arlington, Washington was declared the winner. For his victory, Hughs earned a seat on the Competitive Edge Race Series (a $5,970 value). The second- and third-place finishers received a Race Weekend package worth $1,195.
Hughs, a 35-year-old aerospace mechanic, said he hadn't been closer than the grandstands to a racing car in 15 years. "It was an amazing experience," he said. "I knew I could drive a Late Model car if given the opportunity but never found myself with an extra $100,000 in my pocket. This summer I will be racing and the best part is the Competitive Edge Race Series has a $10,000 championship point fund. I could make money at this!"
Hughs, a Circle Track subscriber for the past 16 years, said he knows he "won't become the next Dale Jr. or Kevin Harvick, but this summer I'll feel like a professional driver when all I have to do is show up with my helmet and driving suit and go racing."
Competitive Edge Racing School can be reached at 800/699-7080 or on the World Wide Web at www.racingschool.com.
ASA's Clanton Breaks Victory RecordJoey Clanton broke seven-time American Speed Association national champion Mike Eddy's record for consecutive victories to open a season on May 5 when he won the ASARacing.com 300 at Florida's Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola.
It was the fourth consecutive checkered flag for the third-year veteran to open the 2002 ASA Racing Series season. Clanton's victory, his eighth in 44 career starts, broke the record he shared with Eddy, who won three straight events to start the 1995 season. The Michigan legend turned the hat trick at Columbus, Toledo, and Indianapolis that year.
"It's incredible to break a Mike Eddy record," said Clanton. "To think it hasn't been done in 35 years means a lot to me and winning at Five Flags in ASA is like a Snowball Derby (traditional stock car event held at the track)."
After leading for 745 of 800 laps through the first three events, Clanton found the going a lot tougher on the abrasive racing surface at the half-mile oval in Florida's Panhandle region. Temperatures in the upper 80s, under mostly sunny skies, forced five drivers to abandon their rides during the event due to fatigue.
Clanton made it five straight to open the season on May 19, winning ASA's next race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Butch Miller ended Clanton's run at Berlin Raceway in Michigan on June 1, and Kevin Cywinski won the following week at Wisconsin International Raceway. Clanton won at Elko (Minnesota) Raceway and I-70 Speedway in Missouri to make it seven of nine. With six races left in the '02 season, Clanton had won eight of 14 and led the point standings.
Ironically, in 1995, the year of Eddy's streak, he lost the series title to Bryan Reffner.


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Newly-crowned IBF Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1, 13 KOs) is eager to get back into the ring with two-time world champion Steve "USS" Cunningham (24-3, 12 KOs). The duo will collide for the second time in four months during Team Sauerland´s big show at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt on February 4, with Enad Licina (21-3, 11 KOs) and Alexander Alekseev (22-2, 20 KOs) clashing for the vacant European Cruiserweight Title and European Light Heavyweight champion Eduard Gutknecht (22-1, 9 KOs) defending his title against mandatory challenger Viacheslav Uzelkov (25-1, 16 KOs).
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Feedback Sports Truing Station $0.00
Amassing all of the specialty tools needed for your home shop is often a lifelong pursuit. Between the cost of such dedicated tools and ever-changing industry standards, your tool chest is almost always short one tool or another. The lowly truing stand is a tool that often gets overlooked, perhaps for some because tweaking the near-magical balance of a good wheel gives them night sweats, or because of the other tools needed to get the most from a stand. The Feedback Sports Wheel Truing Station's simple, easy-to-use design makes it the ideal choice for home mechanics, and the fact that you won't have to remove the tire to do the job (even massive 29er meats) makes it all the more accessible.
The one-armed design makes easy work of wheel maintenance and repairs. The stand can be placed on top of any Feedback Work Stand, or it can stand alone on its sturdy plastic 8 x 10in (203mm X 254mm) base which features organizing slots for wheel tools like spoke wrenches and tire levers.
The unique 20in (508mm)long, one-arm design uses your wheels' standard quick releases to secure the wheel in place. As convenient as this is, it does not allow for the truing of any wheel with a thru-axle hub, so early-adopting mountain bikers may want to look elsewhere. It provides easy access to spokes while offering ample clearance for large wheels with tires installed. The run-out indicator can slide all the way up the arm to allow truing of disc brake rotors, taking care of annoying rubbing. The Feedback Sports Wheel Truing Station is made of durable anodized aluminum and weighs in at 7.8lbs (3.5kg) for a nice balance of stability and portability.
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Good for the price
I got this since it was cheap and looked well designed and I trusted the Feedback brand. It worked well to true a few wheels. The biggest complaint I had was needing to flip the wheel around to check for dish and the little bit of extra time it took to lock the wheel into the stand. It does the job, but just lacks the convenience of the higher end stands like the Park TS 2.2. I feel there's no truing stands between this and the TS 2.2 worth getting though. Go cheap and functional or all out, IMO. This stand already paid for itself in the amount of time and money it would've cost to have a bike shop to tune up my wheels and I gained skills doing it, actually itching to build a new wheel. Though I kind of want the TS 2.2 for the actual wheel build I'm aiming to get.
This is nice if you have a few wheels to true, or want to check out after replacing a few spokes, that you're not really too attached to and just like to thrash and are on a budget. If you have a larger budget and are serious about your wheel's condition, looking to get more frequent use out of it or trying to true or build up some higher end wheels, then get the Park TS 2.2.
If you have axles bigger than 10mm, look for truing stand adapters from brands like Problem Solvers.
Decent truing stand, but not the best
I picked this stand up on sale. It's better than the frame of your bike, but it is not as good as a two-armed stand like the Park Tool version. Of course, it's a lot cheaper, so you get what you pay for. It works; it holds the wheel and is easily adjustable, and works for both 26" wheels and 29er wheels. It does sort of depend on QR skewers, though, so DH people might be out of luck. Also, if you have a Feedback Sports stand, it integrates seamlessly and fits on the top of the stand, allowing you to do all your work in one place. I still just use it with the base plate, though, I have it out on my coffee table (it looks like some sort of funky sculpture) and true wheels while I watch TV.
My biggest critique is the one-sided aspect of it. First, it only has feeler gauges on one side, so you have to flip it over several times during truing. Second, the single arm is not as stable as two arms (sorry, Cannondale, this has nothing to do with you) so for bigger heavier wheels, particularly my 29er training wheelset (boat-anchor 2400g without tires) it can wobble.
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Can you true a 150mm Rear wheel using plugs and a normal 135mm skewer?
How does the wheel mount to this? Can I...
How does the wheel mount to this? Can I true wheels with 20mm/15mm thru axle hubs with this?
One side of the wheel mounts in the stand with a 9mm skewer. To true 20/15mm hubs you need an adapter. You can get these all over and they are just a plug that slips into your hubs so that you can use a 9mm adapter.
It is possible that you could make that work. However the added weight that a DH/150mm wheel will have will make it very difficult for a one armed truing stand to support it. I would look into more sturdy options such as:
great for the price
A truing stand was the last piece of bike repair equipment I needed to avoid taking my bike to the LBS for service.
I've had an issue this summer with a few broken spokes, and at $30ea for spoke, labor and truing - it made sense to get a stand, and fast.
This was the most reasonably priced stand I could find, and reviews were positive.
In short- it does as advertised - it allows you to true a bicycle wheel. Quality is fine and its quite functional.
I don't build wheels, so I can't comment if it would be a good choice for that or not. But if truing your wheels and being self-sufficient is your goal - this is a great stand.
Can you price match this item from this...
Can you price match this item from this sitehttp://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/TL602F03-Ultimate+Trs-80R+Pro+Truing+Station.aspx 54.98 EA.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) - It's apparent that many single guys live in filth, but a new survey reveals they sleep in it as well.
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While much of what Assos does at its Swiss facility is kept tight-lipped, we do know that the cycling apparel it continually produces is some of the best in the world. This is also true for its casual line, known simply as the DB, or 'Dopo Bici,' collection. This term directly translates to 'after bike,' which makes sense seeing that the apparel is cut more generous and constructed differently than its race wear. But, similar to its race lineups, it still relies on the same advanced materials and the small details that are crucial to all things Assos. Such is the case with the DB.91 socks, which, upon first glance, look like your standard mid-length socks. But, let us reassure you, these are anything but average.
The Assos DB.91 socks were constructed using an ultra-soft blend of compact elastane and polyamide fibers. This fine composition is reminiscent of an ultra-thin dress sock, but its makeup is slightly more substantial and wicks moisture much better. The tall cuffs extend up higher than most of your tall cycling socks, and were finished off with slightly compressive bands to secure them in place. The heels and toes use reinforced layers of the same material in order to add a bit of cushioning, which also increases the socks' overall durability. At the mid-foot zones, Assos applied tightly woven compressive bands that serve to support your feet at the arches. Small logos adorn the tops of the cuffs, rounding out these sheer socks from Assos.
The Assos DB.91 socks are available in the sizes 0 (35-38), I (38-42), and II (43-46) and in the colors Black and White.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.
Under the change being considered, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue -- either maintaining an exclusion of gays or opening up their membership.
The announcement of the possible change came Monday after years of protests over the policy -- including petition campaigns that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts.
Under the proposed change, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith, "the Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents."
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During winter term, North Central's Oesterle Library will feature publications by 10 faculty members and the history of Oesterle Library. The displays are showcased in the library's lobby.
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• Gerald Gems, professor of health and physical education. "Polish Americans" and "Progressive Era, 1900-1920" in Sports in America: from Colonial Times to the Twenty-first Century: an Encyclopedia, 2011.


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Driving in a foreign country is something most people have never experienced and when coming to Phuket can be surprised at the differences to back home – driving on the left being one of them. It is however a great way to get around as there is limited public transport and taxis can be expensive.
There are a number of car rental companies on the island and motoring in Phuket is made easier by several companies who offer a driver service
Many of the leading brands are available for hire especially family saloons.
People coming to live on the island have a wide selection of vehicles to choose from when making a purchase with even luxury brands such as Porsche and Ferrari having a sales and service presence on the island.
Insurance is also an important part of motoring in Phuket and it is recommended that you choose the highest level available.


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Virginia Military Institute operates under the philosophy that the measure of a college lies in the quality and performance of its graduates and their contributions to society.
Therefore, it is the mission of the Virginia Military Institute to produce educated, honorable men and women, prepared for the varied work of civil life, imbued with love of learning, confident in the functions and attitudes of leadership, possessing a high sense of public service, advocates of the American democracy and free enterprise system, and ready as citizen-soldiers to defend their country in time of national peril.
To accomplish this result, Virginia Military Institute shall provide to qualified young men and women undergraduate education of highest quality – embracing engineering, science, and the arts – conducted in and facilitated by the unique VMI system of military discipline.
VMI's academic program offers a rigorous curriculum that produces educated and internationally engaged citizens of character. It includes a broad, four-year core curriculum and 14 nationally recognized majors in engineering, science, liberal arts, and social sciences.
In addition, the curriculum offers exceptional opportunities for undergraduate research, foreign study, internships, and participation in activities sponsored by the Institute Writing Program. The Institute Honors Program presents special challenges and rewards for VMI's most academically outstanding cadets.
The faculty, 96 percent of whom hold Ph.D.s, are renowned for teaching excellence, mentorship of students, scholarly engagement and expertise, commitment to service, and encouragement of undergraduate research. Small class sizes enable faculty to interact closely with cadets both inside and outside of the classroom.
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Athletics at VMI form an integral part of the school's aim to educate the whole person. The athletic program, managed honorably over many years, is critical to VMI's determination to encourage "the sound mind and sound body."
VMI's proud intercollegiate athletic history dates back to 1866 with the formation of a baseball team, but the first organized squad came in 1892 when cadet Walter H. Taylor served as captain and coach of the first football team in 1891. Since that time, VMI athletics has evolved into a rich and storied history that continues to thrive into the 21st century.
VMI fields 18 teams on the NCAA Division I level. The sports include baseball, basketball, men's and women's cross-country, football, lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track, and wrestling. Women's water polo was added during the 2010-11 academic year and will begin competition in spring 2012.
Approximately one-third of the Corps of Cadets plays on one of VMI's intercollegiate athletic teams.
Club Sports are not affiliated with the athletic department and are administered through the Office of Cadet Life or the Physical Education Department.
The military system characterizes and distinguishes life at VMI. It fosters punctuality, order, discipline, courtesy, and respect for authority. By placing all cadets on a uniform plane, it enables them to advance through self-reliance, initiative, and strength of character.
Cadets live within a military framework; they wear the cadet uniform, live in barracks, and eat their meals in a mess hall. The typical day is strictly regimented and requires close attention to detail to manage the available time to ensure necessary academic, military, and physical training requirements are properly completed.
Specific military training is provided both from within the cadet regiment, commanded and administered largely by cadets, and by the various armed services through the Reserve Officer Training Corps detachments located at VMI.


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|Boys' basketball has leadership, experience on its side in '08-'09
|Written by April Peregoy
By April Peregoy
Another exciting Holyoke High School basketball season is already underway, with the JV and varsity boys having played at Wray Tuesday, Dec. 2. The game kicked off what the team hopes will be a very successful 2008-09 season. Making another State basketball appearance would certainly be a great way for boys' basketball coach John Baumgartner to finish his 15th season of coaching at HHS, and he has enough returning players to make it a good possibility.
The 2008-09 season also marks the head coach's 20th year of coaching all together. Assisting him once again this year is Scott Dille, who has been at Baumgartner's side for two prior seasons. Together, the coaches will lead a team of 24 players that includes five seniors, seven juniors, five sophomores and seven freshmen. Last year, the boys took both district and regional championship titles, and placed fifth at the state tournament in Pueblo. "That was a great accomplishment," said Baumgartner, "but we want more this year."Having so many returning players will give the team an edge this year, he hopes, over the others. However, he added, he knows the boys have some tough competition ahead of them. "As coaches, our goal is always to keep the players improving as a team and make sure they get better each day," he said. "We're excited about the season, but we need to take it one day at a time and one game at a time."
One major obstacle last season was injuries, but Baumgartner said this year, all of his players are back, and so far appear to be in top form. Returning letterwinners who will lead the way for the boys' basketball team are seniors Michal Brown, Austin Tharp and Colby Wailes; juniors Ryan Baumgartner, Kyle Carper, Logan Krueger and Evan Swanson; and sophomore Preston King. Other team members include seniors Erik Schrain and Sheng Xuezhi; juniors Shaun Beck, Tiago Cavalcanti and Brandon Oosthuysen; sophomores Brian DeBoer, Cody Fricke, José Goytia and Willie Greenman; and freshmen Reid Baumgartner, Chris Bieber, Austin Killin, Jeremy Loutensock, Alex Quintana, Ryan Reynolds and Brent Vasa.
Tate Dille is stepping in as manager this season and Trevor Dalton, Tanner Smith and Logan Tharp will be tracking the stats for the team. Results of the Dec. 2 game at Wray will appear in next week's Enterprise. This week, the boys and girls also play at Brush on Thursday, Dec. 4 and at home against Idalia Saturday, Dec. 6.


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This season is all about changing colors. For me, it starts with nail color. I've just traded in my signature summer color, OPI's "Big Apple Red," for OPI's Holiday 2012 Skyfall Collection, 12 sexy new shades celebrating the 50th anniversary of the agelessly dapper and dangerous Agent 007—and the Bond Girls who love him. Among my favorites are the metallic purple "Tomorrow Never Dies" and the maroon "Skyfall." I was inspired to start with the later by Bérénice Marlohe, star of the latest Bond installment, who wears "Skyfall" on top of her nails during the film, along with "GoldenEye" painted on the undersides. Luckily I'll have 11 more daring shades to sample from the collection all winter long. Just two coats and I'm feeling like a Bond girl already.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Gay and lesbian law students at Wake Forest University and their friends are out to offer their legal knowledge for free.
The campus group is offering free legal help on Saturday for people who need to complete health care power of attorney forms.
Student and attorney volunteers will be available from noon to 5 o'clock at a booth on Trade Street at Winston-Salem's gay pride festival.
Health care power of attorney gives individuals the right to determine who makes health care decisions for them.
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|HHS drops heartbreaker at Brush; fights hard at home Saturday
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
A heartbreaking 5-6 loss was handed to the Lady Dragon softball team Thursday, Sept. 24 at Brush. After trailing most of the game, HHS scored four runs in the fifth to take the lead, but dropped the game when Brush scored two in the seventh.
In a double-header at home Saturday, Sept. 26, the Dragons lost a 1-11 game to Erie in five innings, then played strong to come within two of Lyons, 9-11.
Holyoke 5, Brush 6
After a triple by Macey Pierce in the fifth inning, Holyoke went ahead of Brush 5-3 for an exciting comeback from their 1-3 deficit.
Coach Ashley Clayton noted the Dragon defense was solid through the fifth and sixth innings to hold the Beetdiggers to just one run in the fifth.
However, HHS was unable to score again after the fifth, and allowed the Diggers to score two in the bottom of the seventh to give Brush the one-point win, 6-5.
"The Dragon softball team played with a lot of heart and intensity, making it a very tough game to lose," said Clayton.
"However, as the girls gain experience on the field, the mental errors are beginning to eliminate themselves," said Clayton with optimism.
"Mental errors have been a struggle for the Dragons," acknowledged the coach, adding, "It was nice to see those eliminate themselves in this game."
Jordan Zeiler took the loss on the mound, giving up 11 hits and no walks, with three strike-outs.
Hitting stats showed Makenzie Ault was two for three with a triple and one RBI, while Pierce was one for three with a triple and three RBIs.
Additionally, Laura Gerk was one for four with an RBI, Zeiler was two for three with a walk and Molly Fricke, Ashley Gragg and Chandler Gerk were all one for three.
Holyoke 1, Erie 11
Holyoke faced a tough team in Erie to start off their Saturday home field double-header with an 11-1 loss.
The Dragons had trouble getting their hits to drop in the gaps, and Erie was able to find a gap nearly every at-bat, according to coach Clayton.
Erie also proved to have tough defense, giving up just one error to Holyoke's three, the coach added.
Despite the 10-point score difference, the Dragons fought strong for five innings. "If the three errors could be eliminated, Holyoke would have been able to take the Tigers to seven innings," said Clayton.
Zeiler pitched five innings, giving up 13 hits and one walk. "Jordan continues to show tremendous improvement and confidence as she gains more varsity experience," said Clayton.
Fricke was one for two with a triple and an RBI in the Saturday morning contest, while Ault was one for three and threw out one Erie runner who was attempting to steal.
Chandler Gerk reached first on an error, and Karci Lockwood walked twice and was the only Dragon to cross home plate.
Holyoke 9, Lyons 11
Holyoke showed its best fight of the season in the game against the Lyons Lions Saturday afternoon, praised coach Clayton. But the local girls ended on the short end of an 11-9 ball game.
The Dragons had a rough three innings to start the ball game, allowing Lyons to score nine runs.
But after the third, HHS turned the game around, holding the Lions scoreless until the top of the seventh.
"The Dragons showed a lot of heart in going on a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh, scoring five runs," said Clayton.
Holyoke matched up well with Lyons, but the Dragons were beating themselves throughout the first three innings, explained Clayton.
"Once Holyoke began eliminating the errors and forcing Lyons to make more errors, the game turned around," said Clayton. "Holyoke just ran out of innings," she added.
The coach noted the Dragons showed a tremendous amount of heart, and to come up short was heart-breaking. "However, the fight they showed is something to be proud of," said coach Clayton.
Zeiler pitched for two and two-thirds innings, giving up six hits, five walks and earning one strike-out, as well as nine runs. Pierce went in to pitch in the third, giving up two hits, two walks, two runs and earned two strike-outs in her four and one-third innings on the mound.
Ault had an outstanding offensive game, hitting four for five with two doubles and two triples. She also reached base on an error, had an RBI and had three stolen bases.
Pierce was two for five with a triple and an RBI; Fricke, two for four; Zeiler, one for four with two RBIs; Brittany Durbin, one for four with two RBIs; Marci Vasa, one for four with one RBI; Laura Gerk, one RBI; and Lockwood, three walks.
Jayvees lose at Brush
Holyoke's junior varsity team suffered a 9-15 loss at Brush on Thursday.
Catrina Krueger led the hitting, going two for three with a double, Durbin was one for two and Ashley Vance was one for one. Becca Brandt, Chandler Gerk, Briar Bergner, Vance and Lilian Menjivar all got on base with walks and Brooke Parker made it to first on an error.
Upcoming action
This week, Holyoke will host Wray Thursday, Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. and Yuma on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m.


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(USA TODAY) -- The Houston Independent School District took a big step in 2007 toward becoming environmentally friendly by designing two new schools to meet a coveted "green" standard set by a private-builders' group.
But the schools are not operating as promised.
Thompson Elementary ranked 205th out of 239 Houston schools in a report last year for the district that showed each school's energy cost per student. Walnut Bend Elementary ranked 155th. A third "green" school, built in 2010, ranked 46th in the report, which a local utility did for the district to find ways of cutting energy costs.
Poor equipment maintenance plagued the schools built in 2007, a problem that districtwide improvements are now addressing, said Gavin Dillingham, the district's energy manager until August.
"People have the mistaken impression that once buildings are LEED-certified, they're always going to run energy-efficiently," Dillingham said. "They don't."
The problems in Houston illustrate the little-discussed uncertainty of "green schools," which promise huge energy savings and rising student performance, but do not always deliver, despite their extra cost.
Sixteen states, accounting for nearly half of the nation's 100,000 schools, are spending hundreds of millions of dollars for green-certified schools, or are requiring local school districts to follow a private green-rating system such as LEED in order to receive state construction funds. Another nine states have considered adding such requirements in the past two years, and many districts, in cities such as Houston, Los Angeles and New York, mandate green standards.
Green schools exist in every state and account for 45% of new school construction, up from 15% in 2008, according to researcher McGraw-Hill. By 2025, all school construction will be "green," McGraw-Hill projects. Building a LEED-certified school often adds 2% to 3% to construction costs, and as much as 10% in the case of a Selinsgrove, Pa., high school, state records show.
States and districts are spending more to build green schools even as they slash academic and extracurricular programs and amass multibillion-dollar backlogs of schools needing repairs and replacement.
In Ohio, the state is cutting $1.8 billion in aid to schools in 2012 and 2013 while agreeing to pay builders and designers an extra $160 million from a tobacco settlement fund so that 300 new schools can get certified under LEED.
In Illinois, where public schools need $10 billion in construction work, the state Capital Development Board opted to pay districts up to 5% extra to make their new buildings LEED-certified, as state law requires. The board has paid $800,000 extra per school project so far. With more than 300 schools needing replacement or additions, the extra payments could exceed $250 million.
Fueling the push for green schools
The green-school boom, a powerful and often costly phenomenon, is being driven largely by the Green Building Council, whose promise of student improvement and long-term cost savings has support from environmental and health advocates, teachers unions, school designers and the Department of Education.
"Green schools save money," the council declares in an 80-page guide for state legislators that cites one cost study - a council-funded report from 2006 that says certified schools use about a third less energy than conventional schools. The conclusion is based on estimates made before construction of 30 green-certified schools - including Washington Middle School in Olympia, Wash., projected to use 28% less energy.
The school consumed 19% more energy than a conventional school in its first two years, and 65% more than planned, a state report shows.
Another Washington report found that school designers "often overestimate the savings" in energy use, but that about 65% of a dozen green schools were shown to be more energy-efficient than conventional schools.
"It's often difficult to get real energy-performance data from schools," said Rachel Gutter, director of the building council's Center for Green Schools. Her evidence of savings is a single LEED-certified elementary school in Virginia that uses 40% less energy than a neighboring elementary school.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, awards points to buildings for features that aim to minimize emissions, water use, waste and indoor pollutants. A new school or commercial building needs 40 points out of a possible 100 for certification. Buildings are certified before occupancy based on design, with no penalty if they don't operate as promised.
In October, USA TODAY reported that thousands of commercial developers have won state and local tax breaks, grants, expedited permitting and waivers from development laws for LEED-certified buildings. More than 200 states, federal agencies and municipalities require LEED certification for public buildings. Roughly 85 cities including Los Angeles, Washington and Boston require LEED for some private buildings in hopes of helping the environment.
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