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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Patriot League cross country teams are off and running for the 2012 season, and a potential preview of the October League Championship showed that the title will be up for grabs this year.
Five League squads competed at Colgate's Harry Lang Invitational on Saturday, run on the course that will hold the 2012 Patriot League Cross Country Championships on Oct. 27. The Navy, the preseason Patriot League favorite, came in second place to edge out American (3rd) on the men's side, with Bucknell (5th), Colgate (6th) and Holy Cross (7th) close behind. In the women's race, the preseason favorite did not place first among League squads as Bucknell (2nd) just finished ahead of Navy (3rd). Colgate (5th), Holy Cross (6th) and American (7th) were not far behind the Bison and Mids.
While highly-ranked Syracuse teams won both the men and women's races, the Patriot League produced the individual champion on each side. American's John Pope crossed the line in 20:03.00 to win the men's race, with Navy's Annie-Norah Beveridge claiming the women's title in 15:51.
Pope and Beveridge claimed the first Patriot League Runner of the Week awards, with Navy's Steve Schroeder and Colgate's Olivia Brackett winning the respective Rookie of the Week honors for finishing as the top Patriot League freshmen in the race.
JOHN POPE, AMERICAN Jr., Carlisle, Pa.
Pope earned his first collegiate victory at Colgate's Harry Lang Invitational on Saturday, winning the event that included five Patriot League schools with a time of 20:03.00. He helped American to a third-place finish in the 11-team field. The 2011 second-team All-Patriot League honoree wins his first M-F Athletic Male Runner of the Week award.
ANNIE-NORAH BEVERIDGE, NAVY So., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Beveridge took first place at Colgate's Harry Lang Invitational on Saturday, besting the field of 104 runners by 11 seconds. She led the entire 4,200-meter race and her time of 15:51.00 was the second-fastest ever run on the course. Beveridge helped Navy to a third-place finish in the 11-team field. The 2011 Patriot League Rookie of the Year receives her first M-F Athletic Female Runner of the Week award.
STEVE SCHROEDER, NAVY Fr., Monticello, Ill.
Schroeder turned in a strong performance in his first collegiate race, placing 21st in a time of 20:51.00 to help Navy place second to No. 12 Syracuse at Colgate's Harry Lang Invitational on Saturday. The Mids placed ahead of the other four Patriot League schools in the field, with Schroeder finishing 27 seconds ahead of the next-closest freshman from a League competitor. Schroeder wins his first M-F Athletic Male Rookie of the Week award.
OLIVIA BRACKETT, COLGATE Fr., Weston, Mass.
In a race where five Patriot League freshmen placed in the top 16, Brackett emerged as the top of the group at her home course by placing seventh in a time of 16:15.00 at the Harry Lang Invitational on Saturday. She was the third Patriot League finisher overall in a field that included five teams from the League. Brackett helped Colgate to a fifth-place finish in the 11-team field in her collegiate debut. She is named M-F Athletic Female Rookie of the Week for the first time.
LISA JUNTA, ARMY So., Springfield, Va.
Junta came in first place out of 60 runners at the Army Open, finishing the approximately 5,300-meter course in 19:06.30 to claim the top spot by over a minute.
LINDSAY GABOW, ARMY Fr., Pelham, N.Y.
Gabow came in second behind Junta at the Army Open, finishing in a time of 20:07.10 to end up as the only freshman in the top-seven finishers at her first collegiate meet.
TYLER MUELLER, LEHIGH Jr., Pottstown, Pa.
Mueller led Lehigh to a team victory at its own invitational on Friday by also claiming the individual crown, finishing the 6K race in a time of 18:24.70 to become the third straight Mountain Hawk to win the race.
Patriot League Notebook
The Top Five
*American's John Pope recorded his first career win at the Harry Lang Invitational
*Navy's Annie-Norah Beveridge ran the second-fastest time on the Colgate women's cross country course to win the individual crown in the same event.
*Lehigh's Tyler Mueller, Army's Lisa Junta and Bucknell's Glen Williams each won individual titles on their home course on Friday.
*The Lehigh men claimed first place at their host invitational.
*Four Patriot League teams will be in action for the upcoming weekend.
In the Winners Circle
Five Patriot League runners crossed the finish line first on the opening weekend of the 2012 season. Pope and Beveridge took individual honors in crowded fields at the Harry Lang Invitational. Army's Lisa Junta finished in first place by more than a minute at the Army Open with a time of 19:06.30, while Lehigh's Tyler Mueller led his team to a victory by claiming individual honors at the Lehigh Invitational in 18:24.70 and Bucknell's Glenn Williams claimed his first victory with a time of 15:09.00 at the Bison Open.
A Look Ahead
After an opening weekend where every team competed, only four squads will hit the course on Friday and Saturday. Army runs at the Cornell/Binghamton Tri-Meet on Friday, while on Saturday Holy Cross is at the Nassaney Invitational, Navy heads to the Harry Groves Invitational and Bucknell runs at the University of Detroit Mercy Invitational.
Navy Picked to Sweep Patriot League Cross Country Titles Again
After winning both the men and women's titles at the 2011 Patriot League Cross Country Championships, Navy has been predicted to do the same in 2012 as coaches and sports information directors put the Mids at the top of both the men and women's preseason polls on Thursday.
The Navy men, who have won four straight Patriot League titles, were the first-place pick of 13 voters and garnered 97 points overall to take the top spot in the poll. American was next with 84 points and a pair of first-place votes, with Lehigh picking up the remaining first-place projection and taking home 71 points. Army (64), Bucknell (53), Colgate (39), Lafayette (23) and Holy Cross (17) completed the rankings on the men's side.
The Navy women had just two fewer points than the men in taking first place in the preseason poll. Navy, which has won three titles in the past five seasons, took home 11 first-place votes and 95 points to claim the top spot. Bucknell, which narrowly fell to the Mids at last year's championship and has placed first or second for seven consecutive years, came next with 82 points and three first-place votes. Army picked up the remaining two first-place votes and accrued 71 points overall, and was followed in order by Colgate (58), Lehigh (57) and American (39), with Holy Cross and Lafayette tying for seventh with 23 points.
The 2012 Patriot League Cross Country Championships will be contested at Colgate University's Harry H. Lang Course on Oct. 27 beginning at 11 a.m.
For more, including the Patriot League composite schedule, team information pages and 2012 record book and championship page, visit Patriot League Cross Country Central


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A pint-sized Chihuahua, wearing a bright pink sweater, survived quite the adventure in Summit County, Colo. last week after jumping out of the window of her owner's car while the family traveled on I-70 westbound reported Fox31Denver.
On June 14, a tan and white Chihuahua named Bella, leaped from the open window of the vehicle onto the highway and ran away. According to the Summit County Sheriff's Office, a witness saw the little dog land on the roadway; a sheriff's deputy detoured traffic while Animal Control searched for Bella. No luck; Bella had disappeared.
The next day, a truck driver saw the dog running along the median on I-70. A sheriff's deputy was dispatched, but by the time he arrived, Bella was gone.
By this time, Bella's owners were distraught, but there was still more to come for this very lucky little dog. A construction worker, James Bell, spotted Bella and tried to catch her, but as soon as he would get close to her, the dog would run away with fear. As the construction worker was getting ready to leave and started his car, he looked in the rear view mirror to see Bella running towards him. The man opened up his passenger door and Bella jumped right in!
The man kept Bella overnight, and cared and fed her. The next day he turned her over to the Summit County Animal Control who called the pooch's family. From there, she was reunited. On the Facebook page of Summit County Animal Control, director Lesley Hall stated:
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Carol Gets Fit - Weeks Three and Four
Saturday, June 30, 2012
June, already?
2012 is flying by. My handy-dandy Excel chart shows me I will be at my goal weight by Thanksgiving! So that time should just fly by, as well. Just 31 lbs. to go, at a weight loss of 1.25 lbs per week! But not like this last week � I am at a stand still of 166 lbs. But all-in-all, I have lost 5 lbs since May 12th and 15 lbs since Nov. 13, 2011.
These past 2 weeks have been really busy and while I lost 2 lbs in week three, I lost no lbs in week four.
Still maintaining my focus & momentum: Analyzing each day helps to set a positive path for success the next day.
Success or failure, the choice is ours. We�ll see how this next week goes.
Here�s how I did on my goals set in Week One and Week Two:
(1) Working Out. Week One�s goal was to �set up a strict schedule for my gym workouts and decide what exercises and classes I enjoy that really fit my lifestyle�, and Week Two was �don�t beat yourself up�.
Here�s how I did: Week Three, I was at the gym 3 days for 3 hrs of exercise. Week Four, I was there only 1 day and guess what? Week Three I lost 2 lbs. and Week Four I lost ZERO lbs. So back to the gym.
(2) Diet: Week One�s goal was to �work on setting up a diet plan and making healthy dishes ahead of time for those nights I am at the gym until 8:00 p.m. (Chicken strips from Burger King is not the healthiest food choice. )� and Week Two was full of salads.
Here�s how Weeks Three and Four went: Salads really work for me. I did branch out with chicken breasts with melted cheese, but all told, no fast food and no processed food.
(3) Tracking & Journalling: Week One and Week Two�s goal was to �Maintain momentum. Analyzing each day helps to set a positive path for success the next day.�
Continued my personal journal and Excel weight loss chart. Love to see the weight go down each week.
Progress is certainly slow, but I just keep plodding forward because I want to get a good report from my doctor when I return at the end of August.
And so, my Goals for Week Five are:
(1) Workouts: Back to the gym. This is my biggest challenge. Find a new way to make it work.
(2) Diet: Salad is getting old. I looked at some new diet books recently, looking for new motivation and recipes. Next week, stay motivated to add variety to dinner.
(3) Tracking & Journalling: Continue to �Maintain momentum. Analyzing each day helps to set a positive path for success the next day.�
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OTTAWA -- Two of the biggest names available in the NHL free agency sweepstakes are headed to Broadway.
The New York Rangers were the biggest players on the first day of free agency Sunday, signing both Scott Gomez and Chris Drury to deals.
Gomez, who scored 13 goals and 47 assists with the New Jersey Devils last season, signed a seven-year deal worth $51.5 million US.
Drury, who collected 37 goals and 32 assists, signed a five-year, $35.25-million deal.
"We ranked them both as No. 1s. We certainly didn't expect to get both," Rangers general manager Glen Sather said.
The decision not to re-sign Michael Nylander opened up enough salary-cap space to allow the Rangers to make the double signing.
"We still have other people we have to sign, so we have to be careful. But we think we've calculated things out and we're in a good position," Sather said.
The pair didn't come as a package. Sather said they initiated conversations with both players at about the same time.
"I don't think either one knew we were negotiating with the other guy," Sather said.
Rangers head coach Tom Renney will be busy this summer coming up with line combinations in order to best use the two stars who will join Jaromir Jagr.
"We're excited about it. They're experienced NHL centremen. It certainly strengthens our team up the middle," Renney said.
Expectations will be high in New York.
"I think it might up the ante in terms of our level of character," Renney said.
Sather is still hopeful Brendan Shanahan will also re-sign with the Rangers.
Daniel Briere hit the jackpot on Sunday, signing a massive free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
"We are extremely pleased to add Daniel to our roster and eager to get him into our lineup," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "We look for big things from him. Offensively, he is a player capable of doing a lot of good things. Judging by the 95 points that he scored in the league last year, we think that he is a very good offensive player and a great addition to our team."
The deal is worth $52 million over eight years, averaging $6.5 million per season. He made $5 million this past campaign and turned down a reported five-year, $25-million offer by the Sabres last week.
One of the top unrestricted free agents available, Briere tied his career high with 32 goals and recorded a personal-best 95 points in 81 games with Buffalo last season.
A co-captain of the Sabres, Briere scored three goals and 15 points in 16 post-season games.
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a splash, signing Jason Blake to a five-year $40-million contract. Blake scored 40 goals and 29 assists in 69 games with the New York Islanders last season. He scored a goal and two helpers in five playoff games.
Blake, 34, began his career with the Los Angeles Kings before moving to the Islanders. He has 134 goals and 152 assists in 502 career regular season games.
The San Jose Sharks signed centre Joe Thornton to a three-year contract extension, locking him up through the 2011 season.
Thornton's new pact will reportedly pay him $21.6 million over the term of the deal. He'll earn $6.67 million in 2007-'08.
"Joe Thornton is among the top group of elite players in the National Hockey League," said Sharks executive vice-president/general manager Doug Wilson.
"In addition to his play on the ice, Joe leads by example and has as much love for the game as anyone I have seen. Making sure Joe remained in San Jose was a top priority and he will be an integral part of our franchise as we march towards our goal of competing for the Stanley Cup next year and for years to come."
Thornton scored 22 goals and added 92 assists in 82 games this past season with the Sharks.
Thornton, who turns 28 on Monday, is a four-time NHL all-star.
The Calgary Flames shored up their blue-line after signing Cory Sarich to a five-year $18-million deal. Sarich scored 15 points in 82 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. Flames defencemen Roman Hamrlik and Brad Stuart are both unrestricted free agents and will likely sign with other teams.
The Flames are close to announcing a contract extension for captain Jerome Iginla. The five-year deal is worth an estimated average of $7 million per season.
Iginla scored 39 goals and 55 assists in 70 games with the Flames last season. It was the sixth-straight season with 30-plus goals.
In other moves on Sunday:
* The Edmonton Oilers attempted to strengthen their blue-line, signing defencemen Dick Tarnstrom and Denis Grebeshkov to one-year contracts. Financial terms were not disclosed.
* The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with defenceman Brian Rafalski on a five-year, $30-million deal. Rafalski spent all seven of his previous seasons in the NHL with New Jersey, helping the Devils to Stanley Cup championships in 2000 and 2003. He had eight goals and 47 assists in 82 games last season.
* The Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks apparently do not want to be left flat-footed if their captain elects to retire.
With Conn Smythe Trophy winner Scott Niedermayer hinting toward retirement, the Ducks on Sunday signed fellow offensive defenceman Mathieu Schneider to a two-year, $11.25-million contract.
The 38-year-old Schneider posted his sixth career - and second consecutive - 50-point season in 2006-'07, recording 11 goals and 41 assists in 68 games with Detroit.
* The Florida Panthers signed a pair of free agents, inking right wing Richard Zednik to a two-year, $3.25 million contract and centre Brett McLean to a three-year, $5.1 million deal.
Zednik, 31, had seven goals and 14 assists with Washington and the New York Islanders last season.
McLean, 28, netted a career-high 15 goals and added 20 assists in 78 contests with Colorado last season.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins took the first step toward keeping together their young nucleus, agreeing to terms with defenceman Ryan Whitney on a new contract.
The 24-year-old Whitney recorded 14 goals and 45 assists in 81 games last season, his second in the league.
* The Boston Bruins signed right-winger Shawn Thornton to a multi-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The rugged 29-year-old recorded two goals, seven assists and 88 penalty minutes in 48 regular-season games with the Anaheim Ducks before collecting 19 penalty minutes in 15 contests during the playoffs.
* The Washington Capitals signed defenceman Tom Poti to a four-year contract. Poti scored six goals and 38 assists in 78 games with the New York Islanders last season.
* The Chicago Blackhawks added centre Yanic Perreault to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
* The Atlanta Thrashers signed forwards Pascal Dupuis, Eric Perrin and Todd to contracts.
Dupuis, 28, scored 14 goals and five assists in 71 games last season, split between Minnesota, Atlanta and the New York Rangers.
Perrin, 37, scored 13 goals and 23 assists in 82 games with Tampa Bay last season.
White registered 13 goals and 31 assists in 77 contests with Minnesota last year. His deal is reported to be worth $9.5 million over four years.
* St. Louis re-signed defenceman Barret Jackman to a one-year contract. Jackman, 26, had career highs in points (27) and assists (24). He was a plus-20.
* The Carolina Hurricanes signed centre Jeff Hamilton on a two-year, $1.6 million contract. Hamilton spent last season with Chicago, finishing third on the team in scoring with 18 goals and 21 assists in 70 games. He recorded a pair of hat tricks and led the Blackhawks with five game-winning tallies.
* The Dallas Stars secured the services of defenceman Sergei Zubov for another season. The one-year contract extension keeps Zubov in Dallas through the 2008-'09 season.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning added more offence signing right-winger Michel Ouellet to a two-year contract. Ouellet scored 19 goals and 29 assists in 73 games with Pittsburgh last season. Financial terms were not disclosed.


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By Michael Phayer Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis (2000) Pope Pius XII (1939-1958), as Secretary of State to Pius XI and as pope, faced Nazi Germany with a remarkable consistency. The Nazis considered him an implacable foe,1 and he was hailed both during and after World War II as the strongest voice – often the only voice... [Read more...]ABCNEWS.COM REPORTER GETS TOO CUTE FOR CATHOLICS
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In an AP story today, Maria Meier, a spokeswoman for Al Gore, contends that the Playboy Mansion Democratic fund-raiser scheduled for August 15 is not controlled by the vice president. However, the Washington Post reports today "The Gore campaign has threatened to revoke Rep. Loretta Sanchez's convention privileges and party post if she does... [Read more...]WHERE IS LIEBERMAN ON PLAYBOY MANSION "GORGY"?
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There is a report in today's on-line edition of the Hollywood Reporter about Senator Joseph Lieberman's "crusade to get Hollywood to clean up its act." In light of the Democratic fund-raiser scheduled for August 15 at the Playboy Mansion, it would be instructive to know how Senator Lieberman feels about the event. Addressing this issue is... [Read more...]GORE'S PLAYBOY MANSION BASH TRIGGERS "WEB WAR"
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The mobile Web is a fast-growing online arena. Home to more than 4 billion connected smartphones, statistics show that mobile use will overtake desktop traffic by 2014. This means that no matter what kind of business you run, your audience is on the mobile web, and you should be reaching them.
Mobile SEO presents several unique challenges, but it is also a great opportunity for those willing to put the time in. Below, we explore the ins and outs of mobile search marketing and the impact that it is having on today's business landscape.
The Growing Dominance of Mobile Searchers
Today, 90 percent of mobile searches result in an action such as visiting a business location or purchasing a product. Increasingly, a majority of consumers are becoming more comfortable shopping from their mobile devices. In fact, a full 60 percent of shoppers with smartphones search for a product on their mobile device before buying. These aren't rare occurrences, either; 50 percent of mobile searchers made a mobile purchase in the last six months.
By now, the message your customers are sending should be very clear: you need a mobile search strategy, or you will be lost to those that have one.
Optimisation on the Mobile Web
Mobile search optimisation is similar in practice to standard SEO; however, there are several best practices to keep in mind:
- Responsive web design - Considered industry best practice and is recommended by Google. This includes using CSS media queries for device rendering, and using uniformed HTML across all devices.
- Dynamic Serving - Google notes that different HTML can dynamically live on the same URL if Responsive design is not optimal.
- Separate mobile URLs - Fair game, and do not actually affect organic search traffic, nor weaken your "link juice" as mobile users may have different needs to desktop users and thus need different copy messsaging.
- Sites first, apps later! - Apps are limited in their reach, while sites will drive traffic. 50 percent of consumers would not recommend a business with a bad mobile site, while 40 percent said they would use a competing business if it provided a better mobile experience.
- Avoid Transcoders – Transcoders add irrelevant and unnecessary content to indexes.
- Researching your mobile audience - Prior to creating your mobile site, it is imperative to understand the wants and needs of whom you are trying to reach.
- Broaden your topic scope: Mobile users search differently than desktop surfers; often times they ask very specific questions and sometimes they use voice requests.
- Use internal mobile site search tools - Pay close attention to your mobile traffic in web analytics and identify unique mobile searches and referrers. Doing this will help you further profile your mobile users' needs.
- Optimise your mobile content: Mobile users are often on the go and do not have the same goals as those sitting behind a computer. Create custom mobile content to give researchers exactly what are looking for.
- Make Desktop Pages Accessible to Mobile Searchers – Point blank: An unreachable desktop page is unusable to mobile searchers.
- Content, content and content – Having content that is useful, entertaining, or both will help attract links from other sites increasing your mobile search reputation.
- Maximise Site Speed – A faster site will make for a better mobile user experience.
- Optimise Socially – Optimising social profiles for social topics will add to your site's relevancy since most people often access their social media through mobile technology.
Getting Along with Siri
Siri and other mobile search assistants have been pegged by search catastrophists as the death of search optimisation, but this is a dramatic overreaction.
The truth is that Siri presents unique challenges and opportunities to marketers, which should be approached intelligently when optimising for mobile web search.
Siri often bypasses traditional search
- For many searches, such as for stores and restaurants, Siri will ignore the traditional search results and compare your location with Yelp listings.
- The Solution: Ensure that your mobile SEO strategy pays appropriate attention to optimisation in places like Yelp, Google Places, Yahoo Places, etc.
- Siri affects the social landscape
- Siri and similar global search aids are programmed to draw results from particular social services. If you aren't equally relevant on all the majors, you risk being left behind.
- The Solution: Build your following on all relevant social networks and influential communities to ensure relevancy.
- Siri ignores PPC altogether
- Pay-per-click might as well not exist to Siri; none of the results the software returns contain ads.
The Solution: If your current strategy focuses strongly on pay-per-click, you'll need to broaden your strokes and cover more ground in the mobile search space.
Recent Siri improvements
Recently, Siri has expanded its search and commerce capabilities including:
- Expanded languages and functionality in more countries
- Voice-based dinner reservations, sport score searching, and up-to-date movie show times and reviews
- Turn-by-Turn on the road voice navigation
- More feasible social sharing of content via voice only—no tapping – including Facebook and Twitter.
In addition to these increased capabilities made by Apple, Wolfram Alpha, the main database behind Siri, has also made strides in fixing search problems to provide for a better customer experience.
Concluding Paragraph: As search continues to go mobile, more and more commerce will take place from your customers' smartphones and tablets. Taking advantage of the opportunities that a strong mobile search strategy offers your business is just as important as optimising for desktop traffic.
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The New York State 2014-2015 budget includes $20 million for additional teacher compensation, but delegates at the New York State United Teachers' (NYSUT) annual Representative Assembly don't want it. On April 5, delegates approved a resolution opposing the Teacher Excellence fund program.
The Teacher Excellence Fund will be used to reward teachers up to an additional $20,000 in annual compensation. To be eligible for the award, a teacher must have an evaluation of "highly effective," the highest rating earned under the new Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) system. Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed creating the fund in his 2014 State of the State Address as a way to recruit and retain the most effective teachers.
The resolution opposing the merit pay scheme was introduced by Tomia Smith of the Massapequa Federation of Teachers. Smith opposes the Teacher Excellence awards because they will be based on what she terms a flawed rating system. The APPR score is a composite rating based on classroom observations, review of students' work, including state test scores, and other evidence of a teacher's performance. NYSUT has criticized the new rating system for it's inclusion of student test scores in the calculation saying it puts too much emphasis on standardized tests.
Smith also opposes the Teacher Excellence Fund awards because of the competition it creates in the school system.
"Competitive compensation leads to union destruction. Any negotiated or non-negotiated means of obtaining these funds would create a competitive atmosphere among our members. The art of education relies heavily on collaboration among colleagues." — Tomia Smith, Teacher President, Massapequa Federation of Teachers
Peter Stuhlmiller, representative from the Kenmore Teachers Association, suggests the $20 million would be better spent on professional development across the state thereby benefiting all schools. The resolution calls on NYSUT to lobby legislators in an effort to eliminate the Governor's Teacher Excellence Fund program.
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University of Edinburgh, 1978.
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories and University College London, 1982.
BSc (Hons) (Zoology)
University of Edinburgh, 1978.
PhD (Zoology and Anatomy)
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories and University College London, 1982.
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Brain tumors, brain development, genomics.
Key words: Brain, Development, Molecular Oncology, Reelin, sonic hedgehog, neuro-oncology, oncogenes
Description of Research
Our research addresses the molecular basis of normal and neoplastic growth in the developing nervous system. We hope that by understanding the normal processes that govern formation of the brain we will uncover new approaches for the treatment of rare but very devastating pediatric brain tumors. Research in the laboratory combines basic approaches with genomics and translational science in a broad-based effort. Our experimental strategies include mouse disease models, cell culture, genomics, human tumor samples, imaging and a range of molecular techniques.
Previously, we identified the reelin gene (Reln) whose protein product is a large extracellular protein that controls cell migration and is secreted by several early populations of neurons in the developing brain. We are now examining the molecular events downstream of Reln that mediate its function. To accomplish this we are developing several conditional mutant mouse lines and we are utilizing cell and molecular biology approaches.
We are taking genomic approaches to identify molecular changes and potential drug targets for several brain tumors including medulloblastoma, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors and choroid plexus carcinomas. We developed a model system with a 100 percent incidence of spontaneous medulloblastoma for use in translational studies. Recently, we found that a small molecule inhibitor of the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway eliminated even large tumor masses in vivo. We are continuing to analyze the mechanism of action of several anticancer drugs in tumor cells and cancer models.
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Opportunities are available to investigate the response of brain tumors to molecular targeted therapies in genetic mouse models. Opportunities are also available to investigate the molecular control of cell migration in the developing brain and signaling components of the Reelin pathway. Please contact Dr. Curran for available projects.
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Jessica Ng Ph.D., Tae-Ju Park Ph.D., Mateusz Koptyra Ph.D., Hanna Li, Erin Fin; Dianne Settles, Executive Assistant
Selected PublicationsNg Jessica M Y, Martinez Daniel, Marsh Eric D, Zhang Zhe, Rappaport Eric, Santi Mariarita, Curran Tom: Generation of a Mouse Model of Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor of the Central Nervous System through Combined Deletion of Snf5 and p53. Cancer research Sep 2015.
Robinson Giles W, Orr Brent A, Wu Gang, Gururangan Sridharan, Lin Tong, Qaddoumi Ibrahim, Packer Roger J, Goldman Stewart, Prados Michael D, Desjardins Annick, Chintagumpala Murali, Takebe Naoko, Kaste Sue C, Rusch Michael, Allen Sariah J, Onar-Thomas Arzu, Stewart Clinton F, Fouladi Maryam, Boyett James M, Gilbertson Richard J, Curran Tom, Ellison David W, Gajjar Amar: Vismodegib Exerts Targeted Efficacy Against Recurrent Sonic Hedgehog-Subgroup Medulloblastoma: Results From Phase II Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Studies PBTC-025B and PBTC-032. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Jul 2015.
Huang Yanping, Clarke Fiona, Karimi Mobin, Roy Nathan H, Williamson Edward K, Okumura Mariko, Mochizuki Kazuhiro, Chen Emily J H, Park Tae-Ju, Debes Gudrun F, Zhang Yi, Curran Tom, Kambayashi Taku, Burkhardt Janis K: CRK proteins selectively regulate T cell migration into inflamed tissues. The Journal of clinical investigation 125(3): 1019-32, Mar 2015.
Koptyra Mateusz, Park Tae-Ju, Curran Tom: Crk and CrkL are required for cell transformation by v-fos and v-ras. Molecular carcinogenesis Jan 2015.
Dang Mai T, Wehrli Suzanne, Dang Chi V, Curran Tom: The Ketogenic Diet Does Not Affect Growth of Hedgehog Pathway Medulloblastoma in Mice. PloS one 10(7): e0133633, 2015.
Kim Jinkyung, Park Tae-Ju, Kwon Namseop, Lee Dongmyeong, Kim Seunghwan, Kohmura Yoshiki, Ishikawa Tetsuya, Kim Kyong-Tai, Curran Tom, Je Jung Ho: Dendritic planarity of Purkinje cells is independent of Reelin signaling. Brain structure & function May 2014.
George Britta, Fan Qingfeng, Dlugos Christopher P, Soofi Abdulsalam A, Zhang Jidong, Verma Rakesh, Park Tae-Ju, Wong Hetty, Curran Tom, Nihalani Deepak, Holzman Lawrence B: Crk1/2 and CrkL form a hetero-oligomer and functionally complement each other during podocyte morphogenesis. Kidney international Feb 2014.
Park T-J, Curran T: Essential roles of Crk and CrkL in fibroblast structure and motility. Oncogene Oct 2013.
Gajjar Amar, Stewart Clinton F, Ellison David W, Kaste Sue, Kun Larry E, Packer Roger J, Goldman Stewart, Chintagumpala Murali, Wallace Dana, Takebe Naoko, Boyett James M, Gilbertson Richard J, Curran Tom: Phase I Study of Vismodegib in Children with Recurrent or Refractory Medulloblastoma: A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 19(22): 6305-12, Oct 2013.
Gurung Buddha, Feng Zijie, Iwamoto Daniel V, Thiel Austin, Jin Guanghui, Fan Chen-Min, Ng Jessica M Y, Curran Tom, Hua Xianxin: Menin epigenetically represses Hedgehog signaling in MEN1 tumor syndrome. Cancer research 73(8): 2650-8, Apr 2013.
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News came this week from France's St. Nazaire -- home of Aker Yards France and a major location for new cruise ship building -- that Norwegian Cruise Line, which already has a firm order for two versions of an entirely new series of mega-ship, will not pick up an option for a third. What makes this puzzling is in the timing of the announcement. That's because just last month NCL announced a major new partnership with Apollo Management, LP -- which owns Oceania. Apollo has invested $1 billion in the company that would, in part, be used to actually fuel further expansion.
Indeed, according to the official NCL/Apollo press release, "the new investment, in the form of common stock alongside NCL's existing sole shareholder, Star Cruises ("Star"), is designed to strengthen NCL's balance sheet and its ability to continue to expand what is fast-becoming the youngest fleet in the industry, and to evolve further the company's successful Freestyle Cruising concept first introduced in 2000."
The series of twins, dubbed F3, has already sparked much interest. The ships, measuring 150,000 tons and carrying 4,200 passengers, are the biggest ever commissioned by NCL. While few details have yet been announced, one major new feature has been revealed: All staterooms will have balconies. That's a first-ever for the industry, at least in terms of big-ship cruise lines. As well, the new ship design will, according to NCL, "offer 60 percent more passenger space than the largest ships built so far by NCL, and will use that space to introduce a major leap forward in the flexibility and variety of the cruise experience ...."
Cruise lines commonly get the option to order extra vessels in a series when they sign shipyard contracts (they make a firm contract to purchase two, for instance, and then "reserve" shipyard space, with the option, if they decide to build another). Just as commonly, they tend to exercise the options and, in fact, in a quick survey of Cruise Critic contributors, none can remember the last time a cruise line didn't pick up an existing option.
Editor's Note: One exception has been Royal Caribbean, which in 2003 opted not to build a fifth -- and sixth -- Radiance-class vessel for which it had options. Cruise Critic contributor Doug Newman points out that instead the line decided to move from the Panamax-sized Radiance class to what it then called "ultra Voyager" (and which we now know as Freedom of the Seas).
That's why tongues are wagging about this week's news. Travelers and industry types alike are trying to read the tea leaves to see what, if anything, the dropped option will mean to NCL's future. NCL itself is mum on its rationale (which does nothing to quell speculation); we received no response to several requests for comment by NCL executives.
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Beyond that, though, the news also resurrects an interesting industry-wide debate: Though NCL's stopped its biggest-ever series at two, are ships getting too big?
Indeed, NCL's F3 ships, which debut in 2009 and 2010 (the third, if the option had been picked up, would have launched in 2011), will occupy a rarefied strata: only Royal Caribbean's Freedom-class (154,000 tons, 3,634 passengers) and Cunard's Queen Mary 2 (151,000 tons, 2,620 passengers) are larger.
Royal Caribbean, which plans to build a new biggest-ever series of ships, called Genesis class, appears to be betting on the ever-growing trend. Its first, the 220,000-ton, 5,400-passenger vessel that's as yet unnamed, will debut in 2009; an option to build a second was firmed up this spring.
Cruise lines that are building significantly larger new-builds include Disney (going from the 83,000-ton, 2,400 passenger Disney Magic and Disney Wonder to a pair of 122,000-ton ships); Celebrity (going from the 91,000-ton, 1,950 passenger Millennium to the 118,000-ton, 2,850 passenger Solstice); and P&O (from the 83,000-ton, 1,952-passenger Arcadia to the 116,000-ton, 3,076-passenger Ventura).
Conversely, some lines are building smaller (or at least keeping stable). Cunard is one (from the aforementioned Queen Mary 2 to the 90,000-ton, 2,000-passenger Queen Victoria); and Holland America (the 86,000-ton, 2,044-passenger Eurodam is ever so slightly larger than the 85,000-ton, 1,848-passenger Westerdam).
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In February 2012, the U.S. Department of State announced a global effort to engage women and girls through sports. The Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative will mobilize all of the U.S. Department of State's international sports programming, from Sports Envoys traveling overseas to international Sports Visitors traveling to the United States, to increase the number of women and girls worldwide who are involved in sports. A cornerstone of this initiative is the creation of a new sports mentorship program that will connect women and girls from across the globe with their American counterparts.
Sports diplomacy builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's vision of "smart power," which embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools – in this case sports – to bring people together and foster greater understanding.
The Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative is comprised of three key components. They are:
Sports Mentorship
Fusing the power of mentoring with sports, the Department of State will bring women who are sports leaders in their home countries to the United States for a four-week sports mentoring program with their American counterparts. Kicking-off in September, this mentorship will focus on creating opportunities around the world through the example of Title IX – the landmark law in the United States, affording equal opportunity for men and women in academics and athletics. It will also provide expert advice on sports management and how to develop sustainable female sports programs in their home countries.
Sports Envoys
Sports Envoys are current and retired professional athletes, coaches, and sports program administrators who travel overseas for the Department of State. They lead clinics and team-building activities, as well as engage youth in a dialogue on the importance of education and respect for diversity. In 2012, as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative, the Department of State will send 12 American envoys to Algeria, Argentina, Malaysia, Morocco, and Venezuela to engage with young athletes on the playing field on how to apply those lessons in life.
Sports Visitors
Sports Visitors are youth and coaches who travel to the United States for an exchange. Sports Visitor programs give young people an opportunity to discover how success in athletics can be translated into the development of life skills and achievement in the classroom. In 2012, the Department of State will bring girls and female coaches from the Caribbean, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Tunisia, Thailand, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe to the United States for Sports Visitor exchanges in basketball, soccer, and track and field.
The Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative builds on the evidence that women and girls who play sports throughout their life are increasingly likely to excel not only on the playing field, but also in life. According to a 2007 United Nations' report entitled "Women 2000—Women, Gender Equality and Sport"— empowering women and girls through sport is an important social and economic empowerment tool.
· Women and girls acquire new professional networks, develop a sense of identity and access new opportunities to become more engaged in school and community life;
· Sports serve as a vehicle to improve women's and girls' leadership roles and participation in decision-making;
· Sports convene people across borders, cultures and belief systems, and can promote greater tolerance and understanding among individuals and communities;
· Girls' participation in sports can challenge gender stereotypes and break down discriminatory attitudes;
· Sports teams and organizations provide an excellent opportunity to provide information and promote dialogue on the importance of girls' education; and
· Studies show a direct correlation between girls' participation in sports and higher education and employment; and that a single year of primary education correlates with a 10 – 20 percent increase in women's wages later in life; a single year of secondary education results in a 15 – 25 percent increase.
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The James Lawrence that called at Bath House is the son of a Lawrence in Boston, who is one of the principal merchants in Massachusetts, perhaps the principal there or in Yankeeland generally, and is well and favourably known to all men on that side of the sea. James (whom Emerson, I think, does not much know except generically) is understood to be his Father's man in those extensive affairs.1 Perhaps his call was to the elder Lady Ashburton?2 Time's tide lands us on new promontories, and ever new, and will not rest at all!— — The high child delivered yesternight his lecture on "Domestic Life," not one of his best, to a large and highly unselect audience,—who missed the finer passages, but were fervently alive to whatever touched on progress of the species, the early closing movement, or such like.3 Lady Byron, alone of the Arixtoxy, was there. The air grew very hot;—the human heart at last began to get weary.— When Emerson ended, the Early Closing Movement itself (in the person of its Secretary,4 a man with gloomy fat face, and no mouth properly, but only a kind of hole in his countenance) burst forth in a passionate manner; and discoursed, with a chaunting loud tone, for some time,—the audience leaking, alas, in streams, thro' every orifice;—till at last they were mostly gone, and he ended and I got away—
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Sparano says Dolphins constant O-line churning will stop
One of the biggest mysteries about the Miami Dolphins' 7-9 season centered on how an offensive line guru like head coach Tony Sparano turned one of the franchise's strengths – the offensive line – into a weakness in just one season.
After going through a long and thorough evaluation Sparano said there were a handful of elements that collectively handcuffed his team's ground game, which averaged 3.7 yards and scored just eight rushing touchdowns a season after rushing for 2,231 yards (4.4 yards per carry average) and scoring 22 rushing touchdowns.
According to Sparano, atop that list was the shortage of second-level blocking. And he's not just pointing fingers at the offensive linemen, which featured three new interior linemen in 2009 and struggled to generate much line surge. Sparano said the wide receivers didn't help pave the way for many respectable runs either.
"We left yards on the field," Sparano said.
Second on his list of finger points was the fact the Dolphins' two primary tailbacks – Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams - lacked the ability to consistently produce big runs once they go to the second level.
"Make that defender miss at the second level," Sparano said, referring to Brown and Williams' inability to shake a linebacker or safety.
And finally, Sparano pointed a finger directly at himself for constantly churning the starting unit, preventing the group of interior offensive linemen from gaining any continuity. Some of that was caused by injury, but a lot of the constant churning was by his orders.
He expressed a level of frustration than nobody ever separated themselves from the pack.
"We had (a lot of) different combinations up front, and that's not what I'm going to do this year. If I can avoid it at all cost I'm going to try to," Sparano said. "The combinations of people from a mental standpoint led to one or two errors (a game) that can hurt you (at critical points)."
Sparano said he wants to avoid having three or four players rotating in and out during camp. He'd like to settle in on a starting offensive line early and let them get into a groove. That contrasts what he's done the past two seasons.
"By the time you settle in you get an injury and it doesn't allow you to settle in," Sparano said about his old approach.
Sparano admits his offensive line has been snake bitten by injuries, which has stalled the units development all three seasons he's been with the Dolphins.
That's why Sparano plans to change his approach when starting tackles Jake Long and Vernon Carey get healthy, and the team resumes training when the lockout ends.
"If we can get the group together and get them playing together early, the way we finished (2010) I think we'll be in good shape," he said.
Sparano said constantly churning hasn't been "the way I wanted it…it's not what I want to do."
That's the one thing I've always respected about Sparano. Even though he shot me dirty looks anytime I brought up the offensive line's issues, which handcuffed the running game, he's never too big to admit when he's wrong.


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New Genetic Links to Heart Disease Risk
March 8, 2011 -- Three studies have identified a large number of genes linked to the development of heart disease among Europeans, South Asians, and Chinese people.
The discoveries more than double the number of genes previously associated with heart disease, the No. 1 one killer in Western countries and a major health threat in China and other parts of Asia.
The studies are published in the online edition of Nature Genetics.
In the study focusing on Europeans, the genes of more than 135,000 people were analyzed. Researchers compared healthy people with those who had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD). They found, in addition to the 10 previously known gene regions for CAD, 13 new gene regions. The findings were unexpected.
"The majority reside in gene regions that were not previously suspected in the pathogenesis of CAD," the researchers write.
Genetics play a major role in the development of heart disease. Identifying genes that put people at increased risk could aid in the development of both prevention strategies and new treatments. But first, more study is needed to determine how the genes contribute to CAD.
"Understanding their mechanisms will not only improve our understanding of the disease process but could also ultimately help to develop new treatments," Nilesh Samani, cardiologist and co-lead of the project from the University of Leicester in the U.K., says in a news release.
Six of the 23 confirmed genes in the study could be linked to known risk factors for CAD such as cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Europeans and South Asians Share Similar Genetic Risks
In a separate study, researchers comparing the genetic risks to CAD carried by Europeans and South Asians (primarily from India and Pakistan) found another five gene regions linked to the disease. What they weren't able to find were risk factors unique to either population; both shared the same genetic susceptibility.
The study researchers also report that the five newly discovered gene regions play a smaller role in heart disease than the gene regions that had already been identified. They speculate that the major heart disease genes may already have been found, but that there may be many less potent -- and as yet unknown -- genes that contribute to the disease, a goal of future studies.
"Even broader collaborations would identify additional variants that influence CAD risk," the researchers suggest.


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Laptop Diaries, about video drivers
By DaveLevy on Oct 09, 2008
Recently I have written about problems I have had with pidgin xmpp chat rooms, however, I have also come across a problem where I can't switch between the Firefox 3 control panel and rendered page, so I looked to see if anyone else had a similar problem. I found this article, called Can't Click Inside Firefox 3 Window Without Losing Focus 1st at http://forums.mozillazine.org/, where yesterday, someone posted that new nvidia drivers had helped him solve the problem. So a quick visit to Toshiba UK's support portal and I discover that the most recent driver is over 6 months old, so I grab that an install it. I suppose its one of the problems in taking someone else's build. I now obviously need to wait and see if the problem re-occurs but so far so good.
Given I have new display driver, I have decided to re-install Pidgin 2.5.1 and its associated GTK library. This also seems to be working OK and I have not yet had a problem with the XMPP rooms. I also documented the problems here..., on my Bliki.
I am running a Toshiba Tecra M5 with Windows XP as the OS. I have Sun xVM Virtual Box to let me run Open Solaris and Ubuntu Linux. I take the windows build from our IT department.
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"Danny Shechtman made the most stunning discovery in materials science in the 20th century. With a single observation, he overturned theories that had reigned unquestioned for 100 years and foreced us to re-evaluate what we understood by the term 'crystalline matter.'"
"Louis Pasteur's famous statement describes the event perfectly:
'In matters of observational science, fortune favors a prepared mind.'"
"We are proud to have Danny as a friend and colleague at the Ames Laboratory."
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By jimgris-Oracle on Jul 26, 2004
Merritt told the Times after getting her credentials:
"It was someone who was judging me on the work that I was doing for free over the last two years and found me worthy."
Guess it wasn't for free after all, eh? Having a passion pays off.
I think many in the media get it and are adapting, even leveraging, the new medium. That's great. But it's always fun watching those still fighting from the other side of a dying paradigm. I love this quote in the article from a journalism professor:
"I think that bloggers have put the issue of professionalism under attack," said Thomas McPhail, professor of media studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, who argues that journalists should be professionally credentialed. "They have no pretense to objectivity. They don't cover both sides."
Both sides? Objectivity? How silly. Tom, I have to say ... THAT'S THE POINT! At least for me, I don't care if a blogger covers only conservative issues or only liberal issues or any of the several hundred points of view in between. At least I know where bloggers stand within 10 seconds of reading their stuff. They are smart enough to have absolutely no pretense of objectivity, which is a dopy notion, anyway, one that only the elite media talk about yet no one believes. I've never met a single objective person in my life. Not one. Not even a journalist. And I've worked with several hundred of them from all over the world for a decade. Journalists are human, just like the rest of us, Tom. You are not special.


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It's Election Day! Get out and vote! Let your voice be heard! Shout your choice from the rooftops!
Has politics ever been so volatile a subject as it is today? Political arguments can ensue over so many important issues, that it's near impossible to avoid passionately arguing your point. This obvious passion has caused the left, the right, and the in-between a horrible time coming to any kind of agreement.
The points that are up for debate are important, earth shatteringly important, and that is the crux for such animosity that is building. In today's environment, even the most oblivious individual is taking a stand one way or the other. Each of us is affected by the results of each and every election. Each of us is fighting to stay above water in this weakened economy and delicate state.
Freedom of speech is a beautiful right given to all of us as Americans. We have the right to speak freely and to voice our opinions to the world. During this time, let's keep in mind that that does not encompass slandering of another individual, blatant disregard and disrespect for another's opinion, or outright fabrications of facts.
Over the past couple of years political statements have been thrown about with much more ease than in the past. Unfortunately some of the statements made go much further than supporting a cause; they cross the line and potentially come between 'friends' who may not agree with the opinion being spouted. There is a way to get a point across without hurling insults at the person who does not agree with you. In fact, you gain a much greater chance of having them see your point of view, should you offer intelligent and articulate speech.
If you feel that your friendship cannot weather a political conversation, then simply sustain. There are plenty of forums in which to have a debate, why lose a friend over something you should just agree to disagree about? Take for instance Facebook. Offering a statement of support as your status is a great way to back your candidate for all to see. Offer facts, and platforms you find appealing in an effort to garner more support. That is the way to work for what you believe! Insulting those who do not share your enthusiasm for your candidate is, on the other hand, a fabulous way to alienate the people you chose to make your friends on such a social network.
America is beautiful. Morals, ethics, human decency. Those are the characteristics our country was founded on. "We the people" from the beginning, had a collective goal for our country. Let us try to remember and recapture that. God bless America!
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It was bad enough to willfully ignore technological progress, but it's far worse to reward those who donned the blinders.
In order to prevail, new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins rolls the dice on a complete Apple and Google failure.
Latest interview with new Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins contains much backpedaling and re-clarification.
By ditching co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion took a giant step -- laterally.
The departed Steve Jobs has been depicted again in action figure form, and Apple ain't happy about it.
RIM's maligned co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie will reportedly no longer fill their current board seats.
Research in Motion's second quarter net income plummeted by 59%, but it's not their fault!
Two misguided CEOs? Completely necessary. Two thousand people following orders? Get rid of 'em!


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Independent Trekking works without an agency. This means that guide and client interact directly, resulting in custom-made itineraries that suit every budget and interest.
Nepal offers an infinite variety of choices for your trekking adventure far beyond the fixed itineraries that most agencies offer. Your guide will consider your personal interests, whether they are focused on mountain scenery, rafting, nature exploration, cultural experiences, or all of the above.
Is independent trekking more expensive?
Definitely not. Your guide will work with you throughout the planning process and will consider your budget carefully. He will offer choices ranging from small to large groups, from low-budget accommodations to all-inclusive camping trips that offer any imaginable creature comfort.
Because there is no agency overhead, your budget will be only used for your travel expenses, and it guarantees that guide and porters will be paid fairly. The stiff competition between agencies often makes this difficult.
Are the services of an independent guide more limited?
On the contrary. If you are coming to Nepal for the first time, your guide will arrange for accommodations in Kathmandu, pick you up at the airport, escort you to your hotel, and even show you the sights in this remarkable ancient city and its surroundings. He can show you good places to eat, to shop, or where to enjoy the local culture outside the tourist bustle. And since he is not bound by agency preferences, he can help you avoid the "tourist markup" at every step of the way.
Throughout the trekking journey he can make his own decisions regarding ad-hoc itinerary changes or emergencies. Sometimes agencies send out their guides with a bare-bones cash allowance, which can result in an unfortunate budget crisis. An independent guide has more freedom to allocate his resources to ensure that such problems never arise.
His extensive experience enables him to choose top-quality staff for your journey, should your group itinerary require it. He will provide porters, kitchen and security staff for camping expeditions, and climbing sherpas for higher peak adventures. And of course he will ensure that all staff is paid fairly and provided with proper equipment, clothing, and insurance.
Jagat Lama has had a lifetime of experience walking the mountains in Nepal. He is a native Gurung from a small village in a remote area where everything, including schools, is only accessible by walking long distances. He is college-educated and speaks excellent English.
He has been a licensed trekking guide since 1996, covering all areas of Nepal. He is intimately familiar with all local casts and customs along the trails and will share with you many cultural insights that are not covered in any guidebook. You may even learn some Nepali from him, so that when you return from your adventure you will have gained an understanding of this fascinating country and her lovely people.
Jagat cares deeply about his country and people. He has dedicated a lot of his time over many years as a volunteer for an organization that provides a quality education, books, food, shelter and clothing for the street children in Kathmandu.
In his spare time he is a singer of Nepali folk songs, has published four albums, and is currently working on his second music video. Please see "An Interview with Jagat Lama" for more information on him and his personal philosophy on responsible trekking.
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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE; 28 September 1830; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18300928-TC-MAC-01; CL 5:166-169.
Craigenputtoch, Tuesday [28 September 1830]—
My Dear Mother,
Jean, who with Alick is about setting out eastward, insists that I shall write you a few lines for her to carry down. This seems a wonderful arrangement, when Couriers are passing so rife (for instance, Rob Haining1 yesterday), and all manner of news can be learned by verbal questioning: however, being assured that it will yield you some satisfaction, I willingly comply.
You would learn from Jamie not only that Jean and I arrived safe behind Larry; but farther that the other Jeannie and I were down at Dumfries by the same conveyance; having bartered Harry on that occasion, who however as we have since ascertained is both able and willing to draw the gig himself. We expect to have him down at Scotsbrig, in that way, perhaps more than once during the course of winter.
That night, after looking at all the huge Bullocks and strange human Creatures assembled in Dumfries, Jane and I were mounted and on the way home sometime before eight o'clock: nevertheless, as has been said, 'you know where you begin the ride, not where you end it'; accordingly we had not got the length of Ichabod's,2 where our Dunscore Road turns off the great Mail Road, when I half jesting proposed that we should rather drive to Templand, the way being shorter, and smoother for a drive in the dark, and my helpmate having agreed to be there, at any rate, before the end of the week. Assent was readily given (three several times) to this proposal: so away we went for Templand; where Larry, in the most handsome manner, landed us quite comfortably about ten o'clock. Mrs Welsh, after her first terror, was overjoyed to all lengths; made us porridge 'with her own hands,'3 clipt my hair next day, and having asked some person to dine with us, would not without a quarrel let us go that day, or till after breakfast on the following. Her Father is very frail; otherwise things seem much in their old state. I do not think she has yet stirred at all in the Craigenputtoch business: neither, as it appears to me, has she the smallest wish to part with Alick, if he could make her any reasonable proposal. However, she is a person I cannot speak with in regard to such affairs. Alick, I think, ought to make up his own mind, as soon as he can, and say or at least guess what is in his power, and what not.
You would hear that the Jeffreys had come and gone: they arrived that very monday night, and I found them all sitting in state, when I got here. Jeffrey was more than usually friendly and interesting; he left us, and we were left, with real regret. Jane found your butter and eggs of essential service; and on the whole gives many thanks both to Providence (who watches the fall of sparrows)4 and to fellow men. Bretton waited like the steward of some Royal Hotel (the slut is really admirable at waiting);5 the Cook cooked to a very hairsbreadth: so that Jane says gratefully, 'she was borne thro' with an honourable through-bearing.'6 I rather think, Jeffrey will come himself next year (if we are all well), and leave his women; which will be a much more commodious method.— He insisted on taking my unfortunate Manuscript (of German Literary History) with him to Edinr, that he might read it, and see whether he could not find a Publisher for it: I expect to hear some tidings about this very soon; but hardly that he will be successful; indeed, now that I have made up my mind, I care next to nothing whether or not. He has already written to Jack (whom he seemed to like well) about one Hazlitt, an unfortunate literary man, whom Jack seemed to be attending as Doctor; to whom Jeffrey was sending money, but who, as I see by a mark in the last Examiner, is now dead; so that the charitable aid would come too late.— The worthy Dean of Faculty (for that is our Duke's title) inquired about you all, very kindly, not of me but of Jane: I reckon him one of the best persons, practically considered, that I have ever seen; also that he is growing 'sadder and wiser'7 as he increases in years.
I have neither time nor paper, and must hurry to a close. Jane has written you the 'Poem about the Clock,' and two others;8 all of which, I doubt, are perfect Duds. I am continuing to scribble little things (at present, in Prose); perhaps for that Magazine; perhaps for a sore foot, and at any rate to clear my hand of them. Ere long I hope to betake myself to my Book, and do something worthier.
We have no farther word from Jack, except the regular Newspaper: I partly look for a Letter next week; I will send you notice of it as soon after as I have opportunity.— Meanwhile, my Dear Mother, let me repeat Jack's advice to my Father and you: to take care of yourselves, at this horrid season of the year, so threatening every way, so unwholesome for all weakly people. Take care of yourself, my Dear Mother; and take care of the Goodman also, who has less skill in these things. With best love to him and every one of you, I remain always My Dear Mother's—affe Son,
T. Carlyle—
I wrote to Jack about Mary's illness, and advised him to say something to her directly. I think he will address his Letter hither.—
The Knockhill Butler9 has got a trial, as you would see; and, according to all appearance, has been pretty fairly dealt with; perhaps a little too mildly, but he has got himself frightened and disgraced, which itself is severe.
Has my Father done his affair with Underwood;10 or is there anything I could do in furtherance of it?


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Two newly ordained Roman Catholic priests are bucking traditions in the Archdiocese of Louisville.
66-year-old Wally Dant and 48-year-old Jeffrey Hopper are the archdiocese's newest priest, but they're unlike any before them.
Hopper is the first married man to be ordained in the archdiocese, and both are the first to be grandfathers.
They were ordained on Saturday.
Hopper was allowed to become a priest under a Vatican-approved provision that lets former Episcopal priests be ordained and remain married. Dant is a widower and former U-P-S executive who was attracted to the priesthood late in life.
He says his age and experience give him an advantage over younger priests who haven't seen as much.


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Robert Weiss is an Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, within the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. He received an A.B. in Biology from Wabash College in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from Baylor College of Medicine in 1997. He then trained as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School with support from an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellowship. In 2002, Dr. Weiss joined the faculty of Cornell University. He lectures in the veterinary curriculum and additionally teaches a graduate course on genome maintenance mechanisms. His National Institutes of Health-funded research group studies how mammalian cells maintain chromosomal integrity and investigates roles for genomic instability in cancer and other diseases, using mouse models and an array of genetic, molecular, cell biological, and genomic technologies.


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The birthday cut-offs for the Masters divisions are as follows:
45-49: Born on or between 7/15/61 and 7/14/66
50-54: Born on or between 7/15/56 and 7/14/61
55-59: Born on or between 7/15/51 and 7/14/56
60+: Born on or before 7/14/51
The two younger categories of Masters will compete in the same workouts as the individual men and women. The two older categories of Masters will be given modified workouts to perform. For each age bracket of the Masters, the top 20 men and top 20 women worldwide will qualify for the Games, with no Regional competition.
All members of the team must first register as individual athletes on the Open website. There is no limit to the number of athletes on a team, but each athlete can be on no more than one team. An athlete may compete in the Open as an individual AND as part of a team. Their scores will count for both. Official Teams must include at least three men and three women. All of the athletes on a team must train at the same gym.
For an athlete's scores to count toward their team's qualification efforts in any given week, they must still be "in the running" as an individual. This means that they cannot scale, DNF, or be disqualified for missing range of motion on the current or any prior week's workout.


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You feeling lucky? When that lucky feeling strikes you may be tempted to hop in the car and drive to Elgin and pull a few slots at the Grand Victoria Casino. After a couple of hours of battling the one armed bandit you'll probably garner an appetite and in need of an energy recharge. Assuming you haven't lost your shirt this is a good time to check out Prime Burger Bar.
When I stepped into Prime Burger I gotta admit I was a little confused. The website advertises this sexy upscale place where you can get amazing burgers. The servers are dressed in tight hot pink pleather outfits, while they are tight, I don't find pink pleather sexy nor upscale. Next confusing thing is that the place looks like a diner with red vinyl booths, tile floors, and surprisingly bright lighting. I open the menu and I see an attractive woman with a tag line "Get Some". As I flip through the menu I see lots of pictures of sexy people but very few pictures of the actual food. I'm a red blooded guy and enjoy pictures of hot women as much as the next guy, but a picture of a woman in a short dress tells me nothing about what my burger is gonna look like.
Time get down to ordering to see if the food keeps sending mixed signals or if it's on point. Instead of dessert last we order milkshakes with our meals so we have time to play a few slots before the drive home. Shakes come in two varieties "Unleaded" and "Leaded" which simply means with or without booze. The two "Unleaded" shakes we chose were the crème brulee and the chunky toasted marshmallow. Both shakes had very good flavor and delivered on the name but my minor gripe is that they seemed to have very little actual ice cream in them. I enjoyed the flavor but felt I was drinking flavored whip cream more than an actual milkshake.
The one appetizer chosen tonight was the crispy mac and cheese balls. These should have been good, really good in fact but they ended up being just ok. They were served luke warm and the inside instead of being hot and gooey was kinda warm and kinda gummy. Did they let it sit on the counter before they served me? Now here is where the experience changes for the better, way better. Time to try the prime burgers. If you don't know less than two percent of all beef produced in the United States will earn the prime designation. The garlic parmesan burger had parmesan cheese (duh), garlic parmesan butter, batter fried tomatoes, mixed greens, roasted garlic mayo, and a parmesan crisp topped pretzel bun. First thing off the meat is fantastic! Juicy with an incredible mouth feel and then the explosion of garlic and parmesan made this burger one of the best I had ever tried! Next burger was the drunken bull which was also on a pretzel bun and was topped with onions braised in booze, bacon, and a boatload of gorganzola cheese. Every bite I closed my eyes and was in a state of bliss! Each bite of these burgers made me happy, really happy!
So does this review confuse you as much as it does me? This place could be off the charts amazing but seems to make some odd choices on the way to stardom. Simpe fixes would be to dim the lights and ditch the pink pleather outfits! But when it comes to the burgers I wouldn't change a thing because these things were freakin' awesome! Prices aren't cheap but not outrageous either. Burgers with fries are about $12 which I think is fair for the quality you receive. Overall rating *** (good) out of *****.
Grand Victoria Casino
250 South Grove Avenue
Elgin, IL 60120