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Unintentional Poisoning from Prescription Drug Overdoses Among Veterans
FOA Number: CE 09 004: Research Grants to Prevent Unintentional Poisoning from Drug Overdoses
Project Period: 09/30/09-09/29/12
Application/Grant Number: 1 R21 CE001605-01
Principal Investigator: MILLER, MATTHEW J MD, SCD
Phone: 617-353-1459
E-mail email@example.com
Description (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract The proposed research collaboration between the Harvard School of Public Health and the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Information Center is directly responsive to research objectives #3 and #7 of this FOA: to evaluate the effectiveness of FDA actions (#3), and to inform policy debate on prescription drug overdose prevention using secondary data analyses (#7). General 1 R21 CE001605-01 3 Objectives: 1) To determine whether the risk of unintentional overdose associated with initiating opioid therapy applies equally to all opioid classes, agents, dosages, schedules and durations of use or whether there are particular regimens with safety advantages that should be prescribed preferentially; 2) To quantify the impact of recent FDA black box warnings on opioid prescribing practices. Importance: Physicians prescribe opioids in the near absence of sound empirical data about the risk of overdose associated with different opioid preparations. The proposed cohort study will generate clinically relevant data that could directly influence opioid prescribing decisions and guide future regulatory efforts. Specific Aims: 1. To examine the relationship between onset of prescription opioid use among users who have been newly prescribed these agents and subsequent development of nonfatal overdose. The study cohort consists of opioid users only. We will assess the extent to which risk of non-fatal overdose varies by the following exposure characteristics: a. Specific agent (Aim 1a). b. Duration of use (i.e., time from initiating opioid use) (Aim 1b). c. Duration of action (i.e., short vs. long acting agents) (Aim 1c). d. Dose (in codeine equivalents) (Aim 1d). e. Controlled substance schedule (i.e., II vs. III vs. IV) (Aim 1e) In addition, we will explore whether and if so how risk estimates (hazards ratios) depend on potential effect modifiers including socio-demographic factors, co-morbidity, comedication, indication for opioid use, and facility characteristics (Aim 1f). We will also assess the extent to which any observed associations identified in Aims 1a-1f appear to be mediated by the development of substance use disorders after initial opioid use (Aim 1g). In secondary analyses, we will repeat subaims a-g for all-cause mortality and calculate incident rates for all-cause mortality by agent, duration of use, action, dose, and controlled substance schedule. 2. To assess the impact of the FDA's recent regulatory actions on opioid utilization. Using time trend analyses, we will quantify changes in the rate of use, starting, switching and stopping specific opioid regimens following FDA black box warnings for particular opioid preparations. We will assess the effect of particular warnings on the agent in question and on prescribing overall. Study Design: retrospective cohort study. Setting/Participants: The proposed cohort study uses health care utilization data on over one million new opioid users who are veterans receiving care within the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) system nationally over an 11-year period, 1999-2009. Study subjects are identified using pharmacy and diagnostic information. Intervention: None. Outcome measures: 1) Non-fatal unintentional overdose events (identified in emergency department or outpatient visits or inpatient hospitalizations using ICD-9-CM codes); 2) allcause mortality; 3) opioid utilization (identified using individual-level pharmacy records).
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Lisa Fernandez, a three-time Olympic champion and one of the best pitchers in the world, wasnt good enough to beat out Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott to make the U.S. National Teams final Olympic roster as the team readies for Beijing.
A few weeks ago, Fernandez admitted she was having a tough time getting her skills back, but was confident she could still play at a high level.
"I think I still have it," she said. "I think the advantage I have is my experience. I have the heart."
And she does. Ive followed Fernandezs career dating back to 1994 during her days at UCLA, where she led the Bruins to two NCAA championships. I watched her win a gold medal in the first Olympic Games that included the sport of softball. Every girl on my softball team had the Lisa Fernandez Louisville Slugger bat.
The truth is her vast amounts of experience and heart werent enough to earn her a spot in the Olympic rotation. When I interviewed Fernandez at the 2007 World Cup of Softball and asked her if she was planning on mounting a comeback, I believed she had a good chance of making it. Not only did she dominate opponents in the batters box with world-class style, but was a skilled third baseman and very strong hitter.
However, head coach Mike Candrea didnt think Fernandez got back to her usual dominating self after taking three years off to start a family.
"I was really hoping she would get close to where she was in 2004," said Candrea. " I wanted her to go out on top."
So while 37-year-old Fernandez has been left off the Olympic roster, she has been named a replacement player in the event someone gets injured. I don't think Candrea made a mistake but I sincerely wish that the Olympic roster allowed for one more player. I believe she is still the greatest softball player to ever play the game and appreciate the tremendous role she played in advancing the sport and giving female athletes someone to look up to.
Do you think Lisa Fernandez should have been included on the Olympic roster because of her versatility and experienceor does Team USA have the most solid squad possible now?
The 2008 USA Softball Olympic team roster:
Monica Abbott, Salinas, Calif. (University of Tennessee 07)
Laura Berg, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Graduate 98)
Crystl Bustos, Canyon Country, Calif. (Palm Beach C.C.)
Andrea Duran, Selma, Calif. (UCLA 06)
Jennie Finch, La Mirada, Calif. (Arizona 02)
Tairia Flowers, Tucson, Ariz. (UCLA 04)
Vicky Galindo, Union City, Calif. (Cal 05)
Lovieanne Jung, Fountain Valley, Calif. (Arizona 03)
Kelly Kretschman, Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. (Alabama 01)
Lauren Lappin, Anaheim, Calif. (Stanford 06)
Caitlin Lowe, Tustin, Calif. (Arizona 07)
Jessica Mendoza, Camarillo, Calif. (Stanford 02)
Stacey Nuveman, La Verne, Calif. (UCLA 02)
Cat Osterman, Houston, Texas (Texas 07)
Natasha Watley, Irvine, CA. (UCLA 05)
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Former Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona has issued something of an apology to British fans for the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals. Maradona knocked in the first goal of Argentina's 2-1 win with his hand, an act that went unnoticed by the referee. He went many years without admitting that it was, in fact, a handball.
Maradona has since said he did it because the English goalkeeper was very tall and he couldn't get his head on it. He also called the tipped goal "something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief." A bit of mischief??! Huge understatement.
Nevertheless, he was quoted in a London tabloid last week as saying, "If I could apologize and go back and change history I would." However, he shortly thereafter said that the paper changed his words and what he actually said was, "A long time has passed since that and that history can't be rewound."
It is unfortunate that Maradona, who is highly regarded as one of the best soccer players of all timesecond only to Pelewill likely be remembered in such a controversial, negative way.
Dax Crum has been playing basketball for Southern Utah University for three years. He is averaging six minutes per game for the Thunderbirds and is doing so with only one hand.
Crum was born with just one small finger on his right hand and has been playing basketball with one hand his whole life. He chose to walk on at Southern Utah in basketball instead of accepting a soccer scholarship and worked three jobs to pay for school until this semester.
Recently, he played a career-high 16 minutes, made a 3-pointer and shut down Missouri-Kansas City leading scorer Dane Brumagin.
Just those 16 minutes against UMKC were worth it all to me, he said.
Good luck to Dax Crum in the rest of his inspirational athletic career.
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Selena had received the ball from the 3rd baseman and was turning a double play.
The Brandon (Florida) High School wrestling team's national record of 459 consecutive victoriesthe longest record held by any high school team in any sport and spanning nearly 34 yearshas been broken. South Dade High School recently defeated Brandon, 32-28.
The tournament Brandon was participating in when they lost was by far the sternest challenge to their streak and was even titled the Jim Graves "Beat the Streak" Tournament. Seven of the opposing starters had placed in the state competition and had a crowd cheering, Beat the streak! behind them. Also, the top-four teamsBrandon being the top-ranked teamin Florida were competing.
While South Dade handed Brandon its first defeat since 1973, Brandon is quick to look to the future. The squad is poised to forget the loss and quickly refocus on building another impressive streak by focusing on advice from upperclassman Kevin Timothy: "Next year we start back at one."
Do you think any team in any high school sport will ever top Brandons streak?
(A special guest blog from Josh Centors NCAA blog, The Double A Zone)
Harvards Laura Brady talks about being part of a team - and some of the tradition that goes along with it:
I still remember like it was yesterday
the sound of my alarm clock going off at 8:45 a.m.
five-mile run at 10 a.m.
Should I eat breakfast? Which sneakers should I wear? How should I pace myself? The five freshmen, including myself, headed down to the rink that cold morning for a five-mile running test with the team.
The captains that year, Nicole Corriero, Kat Sweet and Julie Chu, along with the rest of the team, were stretching and warming up as we hustled to the locker room to get changed for our final preseason testing. We all joined together as Corriero spoke in a serious tone Alright ladies, lets get this done as a team and then we were off.
We left the athletic area at what seemed to be an unbearable pace with the upperclassman yelling at us to run faster and I thought to myself that there was no way I would be able to keep up for five miles. We crossed the bridge and took a right along the river. Then suddenly, not three minutes into the run, we turned into Leverett House and continued to sprint up the stairs to the seniors room where food and snacks were waiting for all of us. There was no five-mile run, what a great surprise. I thought to myself, This is Harvard hockey.
Coming in as a freshman - not really knowing what to expect - can be a very scary thing.
I remember arriving on campus, moving into my freshman dorm, trying to meet as many people as possible and feeling completely lost. I wondered what my teammates would be like, whether I would get along with my roommates, what kind of classes I was going to be taking and how I was going to avoid getting lost around campus. All these thoughts were rushing through my mind as I unpacked my bags and awaited my roommates arrival.
Fortunately for me, although these are valid concerns, I soon realized that having a team to rely on made this transition much easier. I was excited to meet my teammates, especially those in my class as I would be spending the next four years with them. After meeting the other freshmen hockey players, Brenna McLean, Jessica Mackenzie, Adrienne Bernakevitch and Sarah Vaillancourt, I no longer felt alone or lost. The five of us would grow over the next four years and become best friends. We were all excited to meet our other teammates, but even more excited about embarking on a journey for the next four years.
The seniors on our team my freshman year went out of their way to take the five of us under their respective wings. We were always in their rooms, watching movies, hanging out and it was great to have a group of upperclassmen to ask about hockey, school, and other aspects of college life. Even though we spend most of our time during the week down at the rink or on the bus for road trips, I found that I still devoted the majority of my free time to hanging out with my teammates.
Having this core group of friends to rely on was the most helpful thing as a freshman, with my teammates constantly supporting me through tough times and pushing me to be the best person and teammate I could be.
After four years, and now moving into the role of a senior helping our teams new members each year in the same fashion, I can sincerely say that although I have enjoyed many aspects of campus life, my experience at Harvard has been defined by our team culture.
I am sure that other teams have different team cultures but according to my experience, I have found that team traditions and team bonding such as the five-mile run prank discussed above, are just as important as our training both in terms of team success as well as maximizing the Harvard experience. Our team culture emphasizes the importance of every member of the team working for each other toward one common goal. It is just as important for a player on the first line or a player on the fourth line to take part in this effort.
Unfortunately, I am struggling with a serious back injury which has prevented me from participating on the ice so far this season. As difficult as it is for me to sit in the stands as a senior captain and watch practice and games, I still feel very lucky and fortunate to be a part of such a great team and be surrounded by my best friends.
Perhaps the greatest lesson I have learned at Harvard is the importance of being able to play as part of a team. It is a skill that requires a lot of work but the rewards are vast. Not only is it a skill that is necessary for future success but more importantly, many of the strongest friendships I have made over the past four years have been Harvard hockey players. I am so grateful to be a part of such a hardworking, funny, caring, inspiring group of people and I consider these girls my family. It is a weird feeling now looking down at the freshmen thinking that just three years ago, those inexperienced eyes used to be mine. Now I am responsible for keeping these traditions and to uphold the culture of Harvard hockey, so that one day, they too will make the freshmen wake up early for that five-mile run... or some other prank. Weve got to keep new recruits on their toes!
(Check out http://www.thedoubleazone.com to stay up to date on whats going on in collegiate athletics on and off the field. Ive been a big fan of the blog for almost a year nowupdated regularly and interesting material.)
There is no need to wait years for another World Cup soccer match. The World Cup action continues Tuesday the 6th as United States takes on Portugal-on the sand. The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is in full swing as teams fight to determine who will be claimed World Champion.
Group play concludes tomorrow to determine who will continue on to the quarterfinal round to take place November 8. After a day's rest, the action continues this weekend with the semifinals on November 10. Sunday, November 11 will be the culmination of the tournament when the world's best beach soccer team is crowned.
The competition was originally organized in 1995 as the Beach Soccer World Championships. The Beach Soccer World Championships were administered by Beach Soccer Worldwide, a Spanish-based organization, with FIFA's endorsement. FIFA took over the tournament in 2005, when the first Beach Soccer World Cup took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was won by France (without any head butts, to my knowledge).
Beach soccer is an exciting variation of the game. The ball is modified to be slightly softer and the compact pitch allows players to score from anywhere. This leads to high-scoring games, with an average of 60 attempts at goal in a single game, with an approximate scoring rate of one goal every three to four minutes.
The major rules differences are:
Shoes are not allowed, although ankle guards are permitted.
Throw-ins are taken from the sidelines, and can be taken with either hands or foot.
Goal kicks are taken by the goalie using his hands.
An additional notable variation is that each team fields five players and has unlimited substitutions to get them through three 12-minute periods. Every beach soccer match has a winner, with the contest going down to three minutes of sudden-death overtime, followed by penalty kicks if the score is still tied.
Check out this short highlight reel of the best beach soccer goals. You will be amazed at how they move the ball.
The Washington State basketball team committed all of their available scholarships for the 2008-2009 while one highly touted recruit remained unsigned and out of luck.
Until Taylor Rochestie volunteered to give up his own scholarship in order for the program to sign the promising recruit Marcus Capers.
Rochestie is giving up his scholarship because his family can afford to pay his tuition to attend Washington State next year. With the Cougars going 26-8 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament last year, Rochestie figures this is a way to give back to the program and help keep it among the nations elite for years to come.
"When I first learned of this option to open up a scholarship by giving up mine, I thought it sounded great,'' Rochestie said in a press release. "I am thankful that I was fortunate enough to be in a situation where I could help the team out.''
This is one of the most inspirational examples of being a team player and the selfless acts that often result
from belonging to a team.
However, do you think coaches might take advantage of financially-privileged recruits and encourage them to pay their own way for the greater good of the program?
(Another great sports tip from guest blogger Jon Doyle of Baseball Training)
A few weeks ago I introduced you to the plank. Well here's another version of the plank, called the side plank, that builds helps develop shoulder and core stability...and, like the plank, you can do it while watching the playoffs. Who said watching TV wasn't active?
Place your elbow directly under your shoulder and your foot on top of you other foot. Simply raise your hip off the ground and hold for 30-60 seconds. Repeat on other side.
(Jon Doyle is a former NCAA All-American baseball player who now works as strength and conditioning specialist. For more tips check out www.baseballtrainingsecrets.com)
(Another great sports tip from guest blogger Jon Doyle of Baseball Training)
The key to quality swing mechanics is quality work on the tee. A player should groove his swing with hundred of quality reps on the tee before he ever steps foot outside and hits live pitching. A Tee Station can easily be constructed in the garage or basement by attaching a tarp to the ceiling. Attach a pole to the bottom and it can be rolled up to the ceiling and secured with a chain when not in use.
The hitter should take his stance with his belt buckle in the center of the plate. The tee should be moved around to three different contact points. Contact point one is placed on the inside 1/3 of the plate, about 2 feet in front of the plate. This pitch should be pulled. Contact point two is placed down the middle and about one foot in front of the plate and hit up the middle. Contact point three is placed on the outside corner, back into the plate and driven to the opposite field.
One-third of the swings should be lead-hand cuts, a third should be follow-hand cuts and the final third should be two-hand cuts. When swinging with the lead or follow hand, the hitter should choke up for bat control and place the bat flat at the tip of his shoulder. Lead-hands cuts will emphasize that the swing is powered by the rotation of the hips and body not by the arms and shoulders. I place a lot of emphasis on lead-hand cuts at contact point three because this emphasizes letting the ball get deep, staying closed and driving the ball the other way. It is easy to learn to pull the ball but hard to learn to stay back, let the ball get deep, and drive it the other way.
Tee work is very boring for most younger players. I told my players to envision a Major League pitcher in the tarp and pretend to be their favorite hitter. I also advise them to announce the game in order to "bring it to life." This really puts the fun in tee work and increases your child's chance of success.
While using technology in football has gotten a bad rap lately, the argument for implementing the use of it in baseball got a boost last night at the end of the Padresversus-Rockies game.
The last game of the MLB regular season was the best game of the year. But instead of focusing on how great of a game it was, the talk among the sports community is about the controversy that ended it.
The Padres were playing the Rockies for the National League wild-card spot after the teams ended the season in a tie. The Rockies were hot, having won 14 of their last 15 games to get to this point. But things didnt look too hot after Jorge Julio gave up a two-run home run in the top of the 13th inning, putting the Rockies in an 8-6 hole.
The Rockies battled back to tie it up again and, with no outs, Matt Holliday was standing 90 feet from clinching a playoff spot. This is where the controversy began. A sacrifice fly was hit to right field and Holliday tagged up and sprinted home with the season on the line. The throw from right field came loose as Holliday slid in head-first. Safe! Or was he?
The umpire didnt call him safe at first. Replay shows Holliday missed the plate on an incredible block by Michael Barrett. Barrett then picked up the ball to tag Holliday as he lay on the ground. But for some baffling reason-after hesitating and waiting until Barrett reached to tag Holliday for the second out-the ump decided to call him safe.
Maybe the umpire just missed the call. Is it possible he was trying to make up for the fact that an earlier ball that was ruled a double was actually a Rockies homerun? Perhaps Holliday sold his slide by not getting up and scrambling to touch home plate. Well never know what was going through his mind, but it seems clear enough that Holliday still hasnt scored the winning run.
Since games such as this one are so important, do you feel instant replay would be an asset to assure accurate calls?
"I'm not happy with it, but it is the coachs decision and I have to be there for my team," replied Hope Solo regarding not getting the start prior to the U.S. womens soccer teams semi-final World Cup match against Brazil.
Fair enough. I can understand not being happy about being sidelined for the most important match of your career. And she seemed to understand that she still had a responsibility to support her teammates and be prepared to contribute in a positive way.
After hearing her post-game interview, it is quite clear that she did not grasp that concept.
I watched her interview make the rounds on ESPN several times after the game was over and became increasingly disappointed each time I heard her bark those disparaging words. Publicly calling out your coach, no matter how wrong he was, isn't a good idea; nor is slighting your teammate--especially if she is one of the most decorated keepers in the world.
Prior to the game, head coach Greg Ryan said Solo is a very talented keeper who will lead this team many years into the future. Now that future has become unclear for the young keeper. I think Julie Foudy's comments were right on and I would venture to say that many members of the U.S. team agree with her:
"It is an unwritten code of conduct that you don't do that to a player. This is a coach's decision so, if anyone, she could have made Coach Ryan the villain but instead she chose to attack a player, Brianna Scurry. To make the decision to go in front of a camera, if I'm a playerI don't think I want Hope in goal behind me."
For a team that has always been far removed from controversy, the loss on the field and the heated debate off the field made it the most regrettable day in the history of the United States women's national team.
Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder ended the nation's longest football winning streakjust barelywith a 41-34 overtime victory over Charlotte (North Carolina) Independence. Charlotte Independence won 109 games in a row, a streak that spanned exactly seven years.
During the run, the Patriots, who have been ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press state 4-A poll since the beginning of the 2001 season, became the first team to win seven straight state championships in North Carolina.
For a football program that almost graduated two full cycles of high schoolers who never knew defeat, I cant imagine it has gone over very well. I have a feeling theyll be back on track soon and working hard to secure their eighth state championship.
This reminded me of another team that got noticed for ending another impressive streakbut on the other end of the spectrum. Last winter, Caltechs basketball team beat an NCAA Division III school for the first time in more than a decade, ending a 207-game losing streak by beating Bard College 81-52. The Beavers, hadn't beaten a fellow Division III school since the 1995-96 season.
Check out all the latest high school football news, results and rankings at FootballPower.tv
Here's a simple exercise you can do just about anywhereeven watching TVthat will strengthen your abs, and your entire core, in no time.
It's called the Plank and it's pictured here:
Simply hold your body off the ground and only your arms and toes are touching the ground. Be sure to keep your body parallel with the ground and do not let those hips sag. Pull your belly button in towards your spine to maintain a tight core.
Try to hold for at least 30 seconds and work your way all the way up to 60 seconds. Then you can try to get up to two full minutes.
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Pearson and Meares: a golden hug
Sally Pearson hugs fellow gold medallist Anna Meares, calling her a "true inspirational athlete" while saying her victory was "the best feeling of my life".PT4M16S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-23tlx 620 349 August 8, 2012
Sally Pearson had leapt all the hurdles, mental, psychological and actual, in life and on the track.
'I am No.1 and everyone else is second and let's hope that's how it turns out on the night.' From another, it would have sounded like hubris. From Pearson, it came across as frankness
The tallest was her country's longing on her behalf, ever growing since her silver medal in Beijing and made more acute now by the dearth of gold in these Games. Others have found that insurmountable, but Pearson took it in her stride. "I think of it as support, not pressure," she said. "People want me to win. I want to win. That's support." Mizzle on the night might have been another barrier in the mind, but she was ready for that. "We planned for it to rain every day in London," she said.
Sally Pearson ... Olympic gold medallist. Photo: Alex Coppel
Also in the way were her rivals, especially Dawn Harper, the gold medallist from Beijing. She raced them every week, and had lost only once in the last year, on a dirty night at Crystal Palace a couple of months ago. At training, she invariably imagined them in the next lane anyway, so that she always trained at race day intensity. On the night, Pearson would remind herself that they would be on her tail, but run as if they were not there. The remove of Lane 7 helped. She would win or lose this race on her terms. This was Pearson versus Pearson.
The last and in some ways lowest of the hurdles were the 10 on the night. Grooved technical proficiency would deal with those. The taut, almost lifeless cast of her usually open face and the way she carried herself last night made that clear. At the starting, the announcement barely registered. Instead, she mumbled to herself, a secret incantation. A stylised heartbeat played over the PA, and Pearson wondered if it was hers.
The race unfolded as she must have envisaged a thousand times. But suddenly, when there should have been no more hurdles, a last obstacle loomed, unseen and unanticipated by Pearson. It was the long legs and flailing arms of Harper in lane 4. Metaphorically, those legs might trip her now, as surely and hurtflully as any hurdle.
Overcome with emotion ... Sally Pearson finds out she has won. Photo: Pat Scala
Hurdlers do not have the flat racers' luxury of looking at the stadium screen. Pearson had not seen Harper, nor had Harper seen Pearson, until each glanced sideways as they lunged at the line. Pearson got a shock. "I crossed the line, and realised I'd won," she said. "But then I looked across and thought: 'Oh, she's really close to me. Did she come first?' I had a bit of panic that I didn't win it."
Pearson believed in her heart that she had won. So did Harper. "I thought: 'I've got her'," she said. "I really did." All eyes now turned to the screen. A short eternity ensued.
In it, Pearson might have thought back on all the hurdles she had cleared on her journey to this moment, and all the flats in between, too. She might have thought of her single mother's sacrifice, her coach's unswerving dedication, the childhood sweetheart who became her husband. She might have thought of how she watched Cathy Freeman in Sydney and resolved that night to become an Olympic champion; at what, she then did not know.
Powered through for victory ... Sally Pearson. Photo: Pat Scala
She might have thought of that night in Beijing, of her surprise silver and her memorably ingenuous and exclamatory question to a TV interviewer: "Did you see me? Did you see me?"
That was when the public sector of her odyssey really began, when her expectations became her nation's. She said she thrived on them, and so it seemed. Boldness of personality helped; as much as others talked her up, so did she. She said her self-belief never wavered, and you have to believe her. As recently as last week, she said: "I am No.1 and everyone else is second and let's hope that's how it turns out on the night ." From another, it would have sounded like hubris. From Pearson, it came across as frankness.
Pearson did not think of any of these things. She is a hurdler; only the next one matters.
Athletics day 5: Sally Pearson wins 100m hurdles
Australia's Sally Pearson soaks up the moment after winning gold in the 100m hurdles at the Olympic Stadium. Photo by Steve Christo
Now, though, the spectre of defeat loomed, heart-breakingly, almost retrospectively. Then the scoreboard showed a name, and after a second look, Pearson registered that it was hers. The mask shattered. She shrieked and fell to the track. Harper hugged her. Really, the hurdlers are a coterie, affecting enmity only for as long as it was necessary to race. "I don't have to hate them to beat them," said bronze medallist Kellie Wells. Their press conference was a giggle-fest.
Pearson's time was her best this season, and an Olympic record, astonishing in the conditions. Harper's was the fastest losing time ever. She and Wells both ran personal bests. This was as honestly won a gold medal as any in these Games. It was 25 carat.
Pearson threw herself into the arms of her husband, Keiran, and her coach, Sharon Hannan. "Thank you," she said, over and over. To the world, she said: "This is everything and more than I've ever ... I feel like I'm walking on a cloud." The expression on her face was part daze, part glow. Then, ever and always one to speak her mind, she said: "I just want to have a cheeseburger."


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Honouring an extraordinary educator
Esther Tyson, Contributor
Today, I honour Dr Dahlia Repole who dedicated her life to the development of education in Jamaica. She made an indelible stamp on St Andrew High School for Girls, her alma mater, and Excelsior Community College in her role as leader of those institutions. However, she was not only an educator, but a wife and mother.
I worked with Dahlia Repole, 'Mrs Rips', as vice-principal at St Andrew High while she was principal. I regard her as one of my mentors in education. She encouraged me, as a teacher of English, to develop my leadership capacity and to further my training in education. She was a good team leader. She knew how to share her authority with her vice-principals. She quickly adopted any programme that we suggested that she saw would be valuable to student development. She was not afraid to share power.
Furthermore, it was while working with Dahlia that my husband was shot and left paralysed. She reached out to my family and worked with the school board to ensure that I was given paid leave to be with my husband abroad during his rehabilitation. This time extended beyond the period for which I was paid by the Ministry of Education. She was a compassionate and thoughtful person.
She has been honoured by both St Andrew High and EXED for sterling contribution to their development. These are some of the words that her alma mater used to tell the story of her accomplishments (much of it my paraphasing):
Dahlia Repole received her secondary education at St Andrew High School for Girls, excelling not only in academics but in sports such as netball and hockey. She represented the school and Jamaica not only in hockey but also as a coach.
After graduating from St Andrew High, she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree and earned a distinction in the postgraduate diploma in education at the University of the West Indies, a Master of Education degree from Georgia State University, USA, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of the West Indies.
After teaching at St Andrew High, in 1975 she was appointed as the vice-principal, a position she held until 1978. During her tenure, she was an outstanding administrator and produced a seven-year school plan which served as an invaluable guideline for the institution's development. She then served as director of EXED from 1982-1986.
In 1989, she returned to St Andrew High to serve as principal for more than 11 years.
Dahlia's love for young people and her deep concern for their total development resulted in her founding the St Andrew Business College in 1991 to prepare students who wanted to enter the world of business.
Dahlia also recognised the importance of having a highly qualified staff and encouraged her teachers to pursue continuing professional development. Her personality as a natural counsellor made her effective in resolving problems occurring at all levels of the school.
A true pioneer, Dahlia led EXED to become the first community college to offer accredited bachelor degrees in several academic programmes.
Her visionary leadership motivated her to open off-site campuses in the neighbouring community of Woodford Park and in St Thomas. She also responded to the needs of several communities in proximity to the main EXED campus by designing special adult education and outreach programmes for their residents.
Dahlia's expertise as an educator has extended beyond the shores of Jamaica leading to her serving in many capacities. Dahlia's daily testament, in her own words, was that "helping others makes life worth living". This has been manifested in her energetic community involvement, including her development and management of a small business programme for 30 youth community projects, in her capacity as project officer for Jamaica/Western New York Partner of the Americas.
In recognition of her outstanding achievements and dedicated service Dahlia was conferred with the national honour of the Order of Distinction, Commander Class. Perhaps her most outstanding achievement has been that of devoted wife, loving mother of five children and a proud grandmother.
Her daughter, Anika, expresses her regard for this remarkable woman, in these words:
"My admiration for this woman knows no bounds. She knew the secret to a balanced life, never having any one aspect sacrificed for the other. She was an amazing educator and put her all into her profession and studies towards her career, yet found a miraculous way to also devote her heart and soul to her family.
"I remember vividly, upon the confirmation of her being approved for her PhD, after her final presentation, that she sat there in front of the examiners with her head in her hands and cried. It was at that moment that all her life's work in education had reached its pinnacle and both a cry of relief and pure joy leapt from her being and into the room. She was so proud and I was honoured to have witnessed this moment.
"However, despite her continuous efforts in the area of her studies, she never shirked her duties as wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother or friend. She always had time to listen, to offer her objective advice without judgement. She was the fireside of our family, where we came to be our authentic selves. There was no pretending.
"She was so much to so many, and still she was my mommy and then my friend. My proudest moment will always be when she told me I was her friend and confidante, and if there is one thing for me to value for the rest of my life, it would be that I could have been that to this woman who was everything to everyone else. She will be forever missed, but her presence still lingers in the kiss of the wind on the cheek, the sight of a beautiful flower and the sound joyful laughter."
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Mega Millions winning numbers for 2-25-14 last night produced no winner. So the Mega Millions winning numbers for February 28, 2014 results have now grown to $219M. Officials tell news that no one won Mega Millions last night 2/25/14. So the payout is rolling out with another massive take this Friday. It won't be a record. But it will be one of the largest payouts in the game in the last two years. The results will be announced just before 11 pm EST this Friday.
Officials tell news that the Mega Millions winning numbers for February 28, 2014 results are worth two hundred sixteen million dollars. The cash option has grown to one hundred nineteen million dollars. They previously called Tuesday night's draw the "third-largest Mega Millions prize in almost two years". Only two payouts have ever been higher, the record of $656 million, set on March 30, 2012, and this second bigger prize of $648 million prize on Dec. 17, 2013.
Reps tell news today "Friday's drawing will be the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot since the record $656 million prize on March 30, 2012. Only last December's $648 million jackpot was higher."
Last night's draw delivered a massive turnout as well. "More than 2.2 million winning Mega Millions tickets, at all prize levels except the jackpot, were sold for the February 25 drawing. They were led by the two $1 million Match 5 winners, from Arizona and Maryland. Other prizes range from $5,000 down to $1. For the third consecutive draw, the optional Megaplier number was 5, so anyone holding a winning ticket that included the extra $1 purchase saw their prize automatically increase by a factor of five." For Mega Millions and Powerball winning numbers this week click HERE.


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'Accountability Project': New Weapon for Pro-Active Dems
I'm liking the DNC's just-launched 'Accountability Project.' It's a gutsy idea, creating a video bank of Republican gaffes, which can be tapped for mash-ups by gonzo vj's. This is another good sign that the Democratic party is shifting gears into more of an attack mode. The idea is not only to capture GOP gaffes, but also to encourage and support the making of political ads/video clips attacking Republicans by anyone who wants to try. Here's how the Accountability Project explains it's purpose on its new web page, which already has a few great clips:
For too long, our politics has been poisoned with misinformation, lies and double-speak. The most powerful way to combat these tactics is to drag them into the light of public scrutiny.
The Accountability Project is a volunteer platform to document Republican candidates and their public statements at local events, as well as their campaign tactics. The Accountability Project allows you to submit videos, recordings, and other items for publication online, so that candidates see that there's a cost to their dishonesty.
Christina Bellantoni of Talking Points Memo explains it this way:
The Democratic National Committee today is launching a new effort to allow citizens on their side "keep track" of Republican candidates on every ballot nationwide, in hopes of a voter capturing a so-called "macaca moment." The DNC's latest effort to influence the midterm elections, called the Accountability Project, will act as a database of campaign events and, Democrats hope, every gaffe, goof and outlandish policy position.
The task: take a camera to a political event and "hold Republicans accountable for misleading claims, lies, and unseemly behavior," the DNC says. The site will allow for uploads but also provide clips for download so voters can make their own mashups or ads.
Up till now, Dems have been a little too casual about documenting and using myriad GOP gaffes and their lamer policy statements -- we use stuff that the MSM happened to tape and share, allowing them to be our first line editor. No more. From now on, Dems will more pro-actively seek out Republicans talking and otherwise behaving badly and make them answer for it.
More squeamish Dems may wince at the inevitable comparison to 'gotcha' journalism. But we are not talking entrapment set-ups here, of the sort that Republicans roundly applauded when the pimped-out young Republican toppled ACORN with his phony scam and was hailed as a GOP hero. Instead, the Accountability Project will film Republicans in their natural habitat, doing what they do best -- paranoid bellowing at tea party demos, groveling at the feet of oil barons, snarling about immigrant workers hired by their contributors etc. Think Trent Lott, George Allen, Rand Paul, Joe Barton and the like tracked by progressive VJ's. The possibilities are limitless.
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RNC Chairman On 'Listening Tour' To Attract Non-White Voters To Republican PartyFresh off his re-election as Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus has hit the road to deliver a message that the GOP must find a way to attract more support from non-white voters.
Opinion: Preview Of November? Democrats Trounce Republicans In Convention RatingsThe early returns are in and, according to the Neilson rating company, the Democrats beat the Republicans... and the NFL.
Opinion: Thanks To Clint And Clinton, We Almost Stayed AwakeThe Republican and Democratic National Conventions of 2012 – yawn-per-yawn – have to be the most uninspiring political conventions in recent history.
Opinion: Democrats Take Their Turn With Gaffes And Negative Press At ConventionCommonly referred to as "what goes around, comes around', the Republicans are finding plenty to take shots at as the Democrats conduct their week in the 'often dubious' political spotlight called "the Convention".
Opinion: Democrats Offer A Positive Vision For The Future At Convention After GOP Offers Only AttacksSitting in the Time Warner Cable Arena last night I was struck by how different the Democratic National Convention was from the Republican event last week. Unlike the Republicans in Tampa, Democrats focused on the fight to preserve the middle class and the American Dream.
Opinion: 2012 Democratic National Convention: Superstar-less And On The DefensiveWhat a difference four horrendous years makes. Thinking back to the Democratic National Convention of 2008 and now seeing what's going on in Charlotte, North Carolina this week at the Democratic National Convention of 2012 shows stark differences. The Democrats have no star power and pale in comparison to the Republicans' star-packed convention in Tampa.
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Opinion: Famous People Should Keep Their Mouths Shut During Political ConventionsIt is strange that famous people think the world gives a hoot about their political views. Last week, a good number of famed and fortuned people spoke their anti-Republican and anti-Romney prejudiced-minds regarding the Republican National Convention.
Opinion: Empty Chair Day 2012 and #EastwoodingInstead of getting rowdy at a demonstration or protest regarding the lack of jobs throughout the country, people can voice their discontent with the nation's current unemployment rate on this Labor Day by simply placing an empty chair in their front yard.
Opinion: Clint Eastwood Made My DayLast night, Clint Eastwood produced the most bizarre and uncomfortable moments in modern convention history. If Mitt Romney cannot get his campaign right. If he cannot even get the things that he can control right, how can he make the case that he can run the country?
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Biased Media Criticizes Romney's Top FundraisersAs the media positively and glowingly report high-profile presidential fundraising events for President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee, they report on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's and the Republican's big-dollar fundraising gatherings in and around Tampa, Florida during the Republican National Convention with total suspicion and even worse.


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NLP, or neuro-linguistic programming, is a school of psychological techniques that effectively communicates with the listener's subconscious or unconscious mind. In modern-day terms, brain-hax. The end result is that you can communicate/argue/negotiate/threaten/persuade people (or yourself) much more effectively. Astoundingly, significantly, suspiciously more effectively!
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NLP can be an extremely powerful tool, when used correctly. I have seen Derren Brown, a world-famous mentalist, use NLP techniques to talk a total stranger into giving him their wallet - in 20 seconds flat! NLP can be used on yourself as well as other people, with hundreds of opportunities to do so occuring every day.
The most basic example to illustrate this, is if I said to you:
"Don't think of a blue duck!"
What's the first picture that came to your head? A blue duck. The command "think of a blue duck" lay within that short sentence. Of course, before you have a chance to not think of a blue duck, your unconscious brain has already put a picture of a blue duck up and stuck a DON'T label on it saying "this is the thing to not think about."
Very basic, yes? Everyone knows that. How could that possibly be used to help me communicate?
Okay, how about we use that same lesson, and apply it to another example, slighly more useful. Imagine you've got a 5-year-old son, and he starts trotting towards a busy road. We've established that if we yell to him "Don't walk on the road!" - there is every chance he might take a split second longer than usual to process the full command.
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February 10, 2012
The Honorable Donald Boyd, Mayor
Town of Beersheba Springs
P.O. Box 546
Beersheba Springs, Tennessee 37305
Dear Mayor Boyd
One of the services that MTAS provides is a review of charter provisions, personnel and purchasing requirements, rules of order, record preservation and other tips that may be beneficial to the commission. This review typically takes about 1.5 hours and can be conducted in the evening after work hours. There is no charge for the service. Please let me know if you are interested in a review and I will coordinate the meeting time with Marsha.
MTAS consulting services are funded by the State of Tennessee and we do not charge for basic consulting services. We do charge for utility studies, codification of ordinances, comprehensive management reviews and some training. We do not run a town, we only make recommendations. The town commission is responsible for decision making.
During yesterday's visit I assisted Marsha in setting up computer files for ordinances, resolutions and minutes. It appears that past records have been lost or destroyed. The town needs to establish a permanent records management system that prevents lost and destroyed records.
We discussed the use of contractor provided services. It appears that Marsha's wages are being reported on a 1099 form. Her wages should be reported on a W-2 form with withholdings reported. If state or federal department of labor officials discover this discrepancy, the town may be directed to pay past withholdings.
It appears that the town does not prohibit the sale of beer, therefore anyone, resident or non- resident can sell beer in the town, unless the county has some regulations prohibiting or regulating the sale of beer. If the town desires to regulate and control the sale of beer, the town needs to pass a beer ordinance and create a beer board for regulatory purposes.
In today's business environment, much of the business is conducted by computer. It appears that the office computer may need to be upgraded to process office documents and communication with local, state and federal offices. I will provide Marsha with a recommended specification for a small computer system that you all may use if you decide to upgrade.
Marsha and I reviewed the financing of the proposed fire station expansion. This will be a great facility for the community.
Please call me at 615-772-3031 if you have questions or comments. MTAS is available to assist the town by providing consulting services.
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IGFA marlin tagging winners announced
The first year of the IGFA Great Marlin Race has ended. Six tagging events deployed 23 satellite tags in blue and black marlin in three oceans. A total of 11,484 nautical miles have been tracked from the tags on the fish so far.
One tag accounts for 42 percent of that distance. A fish tagged by team Texas-Scot Connection during the Club Nautico de San Juan Billfish Tournament Sept. 5-11, 2011, in Puerto Rico has traveled 4,776 miles to win the race. The distance covered by the 575-pound blue marlin is the longest track ever recorded from an electronic tag in a marlin.
The second-place tag, deployed and sponsored by Bjorn Farley in a 220-pound blue marlin during the 2012 GAMEX/Australian International Billfish Tournament on March 29, traveled 1,035 miles and popped up 310 miles west of Java.
The third-place tag traveled 1,018 miles and was deployed by Team W in the Fourth Colombia Billfish Classic in February.
"These fish are covering incredible distances," said race co-chair and Stanford University marine biologist Dr. Randy Kochevar. "The data we are collecting through the IGFA Great Marlin Race are giving us a new level of insight about where these fish are traveling and how they are using their open ocean habitat."
"Good science helps us achieve better management of our resources, which ultimately benefits anglers everywhere in the world," said race co-chair and IGFA conservation director Jason Schratwieser. "By being able to demonstrate population connectivity on a global level we are able to petition for better conservation measures for these species."


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(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Chronic inflammation in benign prostate tissue is associated with aggressive prostate cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
For the study, researchers examined benign tissue from biopsies of 191 men with prostate cancer and 209 men without cancer. They found that 86.2 percent of the prostate cancer had at least one tissue sample with signs of inflammation, compared to 78.2 percent of men without cancer. Those whose benign prostate tissue had chronic inflammation had 1.78 times higher odds of having prostate cancer, and 2.24 times higher odds of having an aggressive disease, compared with those whose benign prostate tissue had no inflammation.
"Our team is next studying the type of inflammatory cells that may be influencing the risk of aggressive prostate cancer," Elizabeth A. Platz, Sc.D., MPH, at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, was quoted as saying. "This study is a stellar example of multidisciplinary research involving epidemiologists, pathologists, immunologists, urologists, and biostatisticians."
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Gibson RB Series banjo in near mint condition. There's a little tarnish on the nickel plating but that's it. It has a maple resonator and neck both with natural finish. It also has snowflake fingerboard inlays, black binding and two Keith tuners. The original tuners are also in the Gibson HS case. It's a beautiful banjo and it rings like a bell.
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Puppets provide a great way for children to use their active imaginations and practice language skills! Puppets are also a terrific way for shy children to express themselves, since the puppet is doing the talking instead of the child! Puppets, especially sock puppets, are quite inexpensive to make.
Sock puppets are fun and easy for you and your child to make together. What a good rainy-day or snowy day project! You will need:
~~ an old sock
~~buttons (larger than one inch in diameter to prevent swallowing)
~~ needle and thread
~~ odds and ends of fabric, ribbon, yarn for decorating
~~ felt tipped marker
~~ glue (or better yet a glue gun—and make sure adults only use the glue gun)
To make the sock puppet sew on buttons to represent the eyes and nose. Then use some red material, sewn or hot glued for the mouth. You can use a remnant of ribbon or yarn to make a "tie" or a "scarf" around the neck of the puppet.
Now have fun with the puppet. Using a puppet to help read a book is a fun way to keep children absorbed in the story. Children become to enticed by the puppet, they may forget it is actually on your hand as they interact with the puppet. Children will enjoy talking to the puppet and pretending with it. It will also provide another way to improve your child's coordination as they make the puppet "talk" to you!! Any opportunity to help a child increase his or her language skills and motor skills is always a positive.


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So yesterday I had my mom take me to Arby's after work and without thinking I had a Sierra Mist. It had been a very long time since I've had a soda. I've heard things about soda taking away the calcium in your body etc but really I've been eating too much calcium lately anyways so when I went grocery shopping I got the orange juice that is not calcium fortified like my last orange juice was. I think my main problem lately is sugar. Yesterday when I went grocery shopping I got sugary cereal, sugary yogurt, and of course sugary icecream. I don't like wasting food so I'm not going to just throw away all of this stuff but I know I need to slow down when it comes to it and then eventually stop buying it. lol Life just seems so boring without sugar. lol I have things like Jimmy Dean sandwhiches in the freezer etc but I know that white bread is bad as well because it can turn into sugar. It'd be nice if he made some sandwhiches with whole grain bread. I also need to be drinking more water, which is ironic since I know sugar can dehydrate. I remember when I was in boot camp, we usually weren't allowed to have sugar and when we did have sugar it came in the form of nutrigrain bars and peanut butter. We did have pie on Christmas day. Sometimes I miss the military because I had someone making me do full body workouts every other day. People tell me that my weight isn't that bad etc but I have to wonder sometimes as I'm nearing the age of 30 when I'm going to make a commitment to start taking care of my body more because I have a whole lot of years ahead of me that I need to do that in. I have diabetics in my family so I know what I should and shouldn't be eating. I did an experiment once where I avoided high sugar foods and then one night when I had some icecream I felt sick. There's been some sort of stupid debate going on about cane sugar, corn syrup, and high fructose corn syrup. I wonder why we have such stupid debates in America such as pepsi vs coke. I mean truth be told they are all bad for us so just call it a day; tell the truth, shame the devil. It's almost like our presidential elections. Both end up being liars who raise the deficit. People say to pick the least of the evils but evil is evil. I don't think all sugar is evil. We have sugar in vegetables and fruits etc but I think processed sugar is not a good thing.
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Thank you for returning for the next installment of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise review. If you have missed them, there are links at the end of this article that leads directly back the previous two articles.
Paranormal Activity 4" begins with a quick summary of previous events stating that Kristi and her husband were killed and Katie kidnapped Hunter while their whereabouts remain unknown. Viewers of this film are introduced to a new family, Holly and Doug, their daughter Alex, and son Wyatt. Wyatt has a friend Robbie, the new neighbor's child, who comes over to spend the night and the boys start experiencing strange happenings with an "imaginary" friend reminiscent of Toby, Katie and Kristi's companion who ended up being a demon. Alex's friend, Ben, sets up cameras around the house to catch the paranormal activity as it happens.
As scenes progress, although the audience is led to believe that maybe Robbie is really Hunter, it turns out that Wyatt was actually Hunter and had been put up for adoption while Katie went to prepare things for the day he was ready. Robbie helps Wyatt prepare for his possession by drawing the symbols for a ritual that allow his connection to the demon. Finally it is revealed that Katie is the "mother" of Robbie and that Wyatt/Hunter is to come home.
Each of the "Paranormal Activity" films looks for that one unique thing that draws in a viewer. With "Paranormal Activity 4", that comes in the form of Microsoft's Kinect, the peripheral motion sensor and camera for the Xbox 360. Setting a video camera to night vision setting and turning off all the lights in the room while the Kinect was active showed the tracks of the sensors that the Kinect sends out to map the room. This was really cool and allowed for some startling scenes involving Wyatt/Hunter and the spirit that follows him around. This film mechanic allowed the viewers a first-hand look at the demon, the real star of the franchise so far.
"Paranormal Activity 4" was a pleasant surprise instead of a tired rehash of the same old story. Thank you for taking the time to read this continuing review of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise. The next article will be a complete review of the next installment, "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones".


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Following their Hall H presentation at Comic-Con International in San Diego, the cast of "Sucker Punch" held a press conference. Joined by director Zack Snyder and producer Deborah Snyder, the group discussed transitioning from child stardom, the empowerment of fight training and director Snyder's mental state.
"[I'm] completely schizophrenic," he answered when asked why his stable of films is so diverse. Beginning with "Dawn of the Dead," and following through to "300" and "Watchmen," the director has also completed "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" scheduled for a September 2010 release and "Sucker Punch" due out next March. "I think we've been trying to make movies that are, so far, things that we're interested in; that we think are cool," the director continued. "Though, I would say that zombie movies and comic book adaptations aren't a crazy jump there. Animated owl film? Okay, I'll give you that one, but it is animated."
For Vanessa Hudgens, the Warner Bros. film marks her transition out of teen stardom where she is best known for her role in the "High School Musical" series. "It was a bit of a challenge at the beginning, because I felt like a lot of people could only see me as the girl who randomly broke into song and dance," she joked. "But I sort of loved this movie. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I auditioned for it several times and just tried to put the work in. I hope that people give me a chance and, once they see me in this, I won't be the little showtune girl."
"Yeah, but to her credit, every young actor that starts out has something to break out of as they get older," added co-star Jenna Malone, who also began working at an early age in films like "Stepmom" and "Contact," where she played a young Jodie Foster. In her mind, Hudgens' transition is not an exclusive trial. "Whether it's Disney or whether it's this or whether it's that, I feel you could ask any actor that question."
The Hall H presentation featured a different version of the "Sucker Punch" trailer than has appeared on line, offering less of an idea for the story. With the March release still off in the distance, the director was somewhat reticent to give story details to the assembled press. "The point of the footage was not to tell the story," he explained.
Each of the performers gave a quick brief on their characters in the film with Malone getting the ball rolling. "I play Rocket. Basically, Babydoll comes to this mental institution and she meets all these characters that she sort of brings into these alternate realities," she explained. "I sort of help rally the troops and form a really beautiful bond with Babydoll. And, you know, I'm kind of crazy."
"I play Blondie - yes, it is ironic," followed Hudgens. "She's in this whole crazy world as well. She starts off as kind of a follower. I feel like, in a lot of the fight sequences, she becomes a total badass, which is kind of funny because it's a complete difference [from my past role]; as well as the whole Blondie thing." Emily Browning plays Baby Doll, who she described as "the only character whose story you get to see a tiny piece of outside of the asylum. She sort of comes into the institution and has very little time to kind of escape, so she rallies these girls together and gets them to help her escape and for them to escape as well. It sort of goes into her imagination a lot, which was really cool; being at the center of those fantasies." "[Amber is] kind of the first one to jump onboard with Babydoll's plan," offered Jaime Chung about her character. "She's really sweet and she is extremely loyal to her friends, but, you know, she's always there for Babydoll and she wants to keep the group together. All she really has is her friends left."
Carla Gugino gave a longer take on her character, saying that, "I play a Polish psychiatrist named Dr. Gorski in the asylum, which is sort of the world of the 1960's, but it's kind of Zack's world, so there's a heightened reality to it. In the alternate world, I play the choreographer/madam of the brothel who is Madam Gorski. She just has a really interesting journey because she's clearly been through a lot before. She's in charge of taking care of these girls and she does it in a very strict, tough love way, but there's probably no one who understands them like [she does]."
This is Gugino's second time working with director Snyder, and she was quite pleased to get the opportunity. "It was such an incredible experience, because you're trying to see all these characters come to life as we were filming. We were discovering things while we were shooting, which is a luxury that you oftentimes don't have. We'd find these little gems of the relationships," she recalled.
For producer Deborah Snyder, the combination of actresses allowed for a wide range of performances. "What I think is amazing is that all of these women are so multi-dimensional. They can be strong and they can fight, but they can also be feminine. They can be sexy and they can be emotional and vulnerable at times. I think we haven't really seen that yet in these female action films," she said.
The group spent three solid months simply training for the necessary stuntwork within the film. "[It] felt a lot like a mental institution," joked Malone. "You're in full wardrobe and you're just pushing past this idea of pain or emotional discomfort…but it's amazing, because once you get past that point of ritual and routine and discomfort, you get to this amazing point of exhilaration. You're totally finding new things inside you every single day. As a woman, I've never been asked to push myself to such extremes. You're finding out amazing strengths that we were able to play directly to the characters and the relationships between the characters." Looking at Snyder, she added, "So that was smart on your part."
"I didn't do it on purpose," laughed the director.
Though the film was at one point reported to be a 3D endeavor, it will instead appear as a traditional theatrical experience. "When we started talking about it, I had a certain idea of how I wanted to move the camera and I had a certain idea of how I wanted the film to feel," he said. Though he is a fan of 3D, the cumbersome camera technology involved would have changed the vision of the film. He also considered post-conversion 3D, but ultimately decided against it. "We had seen a bunch of tests, and conversion didn't sit with me that great. Without being baked in, it just felt a little weird. They've shown me tests of '300' that were pretty awesome, but it didn't feel right for this movie."
"It's in eye-numbing 2D, which is also awesome," he declared.
Asked if he was finding it harder to top himself with each picture, the directed responded, "I don't think of it like that. I'm not saying, 'I've got to top myself!'
Browning interrupted to inform the crowd, "In Australia, 'top yourself' means 'commit suicide.'"
"Oh, great. If I don't do good, I will,/i> top myself. This is what happens with an international crowd," joked Snyder to close out the session.
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Mandelkow, H; Brandeis, D; Boesiger, P (2010). Good practices in EEG-MRI: The utility of retrospective synchronization and PCA for the removal of MRI gradient artefacts. NeuroImage, 49(3):2287-2303.
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The electroencephalogram (EEG) recorded during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) inside the scanner is obstructed by the MRI gradient artefact (MGA) originating from the electromagnetic interference of the MRI with the sensitive measurement of electrical scalp potentials. Post-processing algorithms based on average artefact subtraction (AAS) have proven to be efficient in removing the MGA. However, the residual MGA after AAS still limits the quality and usable bandwidth of the EEG data despite further reduction through re-sampling, principal component analysis (PCA), and regressive filtering. We recently demonstrated that the residual MGA can largely be avoided by means of hardware synchronisation. Here we present a new software synchronisation method, which substitutes hardware synchronisation and facilitates the removal of motion artefacts by PCA. The effectiveness of the retrospective synchronisation algorithm (Resync) is demonstrated by comparison to the aforementioned techniques. For this purpose we also developed a method for simulating the MGA and we propose new concepts for quantifying and comparing the performance of post-processing algorithms for EEG-MRI data. Results indicate that the benefits of (retrospective) synchronisation and PCA depend largely on the relative contribution of timing errors and motion artefacts to the residual MGA as well as the frequency range of interest.
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October 26, 1961 was a day like any other for 19-year-old Betty Gail Brown, a popular sophomore at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. Betty Gail attended a study group meeting that night at Transylvania's Forrer Hall to prepare for an upcoming biology exam. However, by 1:30 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 27, Betty Gail Brown was dead. She was found at 3:05 a.m., mere hours after leaving the study group, still in her car, which was parked in front of Transy's Morrison Chapel. The cause of death was strangulation with her own brassiere.
Betty Gail's study group met at 7:15 p.m. on the night of Oct. 26, and the three other members of the group, along with the Forrer Hall housemother, all reported seeing Betty Gail proceed to her car, which was a blue 1959 Simca. Before Betty Gail entered her vehicle, another Transy student, Charles Risdon, spoke with her. Risdon, who had been dropping off a date at Forrer Hall, was parked just behind Betty Gail. The two reportedly had a dance class together, and Risdon chatted briefly with Betty Gail, asking her how she felt because she appeared to have been under the weather when he had last seen her in class.
Risdon reported that Betty Gail pulled out just behind him and followed him until he turned in to the Hazelrigg Hall parking lot between Third and Fourth streets. The time was 12:05 a.m. on the morning of October 27, 1961, and Betty Gail Brown's car was seen continuing on Upper Street. This was the last time anyone would see Betty Gail alive.
At nearly 3 a.m., Betty Gail's distraught father, Hargus Brown, contacted the local police. Mr. Brown explained that his daughter had not returned home from her study group, which had ended at midnight. Officer Don Duckworth of the Lexington Police Department, responding to the report of the missing young woman, was the first to discover Betty Gail's body.
According to the police report, Officer Duckworth found Betty Gail still sitting behind the wheel of her car, but her head was back and she looked to be deceased. Duckworth secured the scene immediately and radioed for backup. Upon examination, Betty Gail's blouse was found to be "unbuttoned, but still tucked in, and her brassiere was around her neck", according to KyForward reporter Mark Boxley.
An autopsy of Betty Gail's body revealed that the cause of death was strangulation, and the instrument used to strangle her was indeed her own bra. There was no evidence of robbery or sexual assault, but her car keys were "found in the floorboard of the back seat", Boxley reports. It is likely that the killer gained entry to Betty Gail's vehicle through the front passenger door, as all of the other doors were locked and that particular door had a malfunctioning locking mechanism. Unfortunately, there were no witnesses to the crime.
At the time of the murder, there were many flaws in the way the case was handled, which only served to further complicate the investigation, as well as all future investigations. In a summary report from a re-examination of the case in 1988, in a section aptly titled "Case Problems", investigators stated that "practically every detail of the crime scene, autopsy, evidence collected, and witness statements were released to the media fueling theories and speculations". Ultimately, although all male students and staff of Transylvania University were fingerprinted and given polygraph tests immediately following Betty Gail's murder, no suspects emerged. It was not until 1965 that police would catch their first break in this case.
On January 20, 1965, police in Klamath Falls, Ore. arrested Alex Arnold for public intoxication. Following his arrest, Arnold openly confessed to the murder of Betty Gail Brown. Arnold was able to provide a statement, written in gruesome detail, about the night of Betty Gail's murder. Alex Arnold was arrested for the murder of Betty Gail Brown based on his confession, but police once again hit a brick wall when the jury in Arnold's trial deadlocked.
Coming in Part Two: The details and outcomes of Alex Arnold's trial, missing evidence, subsequent investigations, modern-day Transylvania University folklore, and the partial palm print that may hold the key to finally solving the more than 50-year-old murder of Betty Gail Brown.


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Miami Dade College's InterAmerican Campus is hosting the annual International Children's Day on Sunday, July 21, from 2-7 p.m. to expose more kids to the art of theater.
Held in conjunction with the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami, the event will feature art and crafts, rides, face painting, live music, workshops on acting, dance, painting and puppetry, as well as a theatre performance of Güepajé. The event is free and open to the public.
Written and directed by Ciro Gómez Acevedo, Güepajé tells of the spell that music can cast on listeners. It invites audiences to experience an adventure amid mangroves, in the company of an ogre, a likeable goblin and trained alligators
This annual celebration of bilingual theater is presented in collaboration with Teatro Avante and the Asociacion Cultural Hilos of Bogota, Colombia and sponsored by Target.
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Arts and crafts, rides, face painting, distribution of meals
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshops: Acting, dance, voice/music, painting and puppetry
4:30p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Presentations by selected workshop participants
5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m. Performance of Güepajé (In Spanish only)
Free parking will be available at the student garage (entrance on S.W. 7 St.). For more information, call Teatro Avante at 305-445-8877, or the InterAmerican Campus at 305-237-6186. MDC InterAmerican Campus is located at 627 SW 27 Avenue, Miami, 33135.


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Coloradans for Immigrants' Rights
Coloradans for Immigrant Rights, a project of AFSC Colorado, organizes allies in support of immigrant rights. Our core values include the beliefs that immigrants deserve to be treated with respect, immigrants enrich life within our communities and our culture and immigrants should have a voice in the discourse over decisions that affect them.
Coloradans For Immigrant Rights' primary goal is to create a welcoming climate for all people by building broad support for immigrant justice.
Colorado Dignity not Detention Campaign
"Dignity, Not Detention" Campaign Launched March 1, 2010 to Halt Expansion of the U.S. Immigration Detention System
The Colorado component of this national effort will be launched at the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, CO. For more info, read the press release (PDF, 127K).
Denver, CO Immigration Links
Local Organizing
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
CIRC's mission is "to cultivate immigrant empowerment throughout Colorado to build a unified statewide voice, to defend and advance immigrant rights, and to create a society that recognizes and embraces immigrants' contributions and efforts toward citizenship in Colorado and the United States."
San Diego Office Background
U.S.-Mexico Border Program
The US-Mexico Border Program in San Diego has been at the forefront of Project Voice, an AFSC initiative designed to strengthen the voices of immigrant-led organizations in setting the national agenda for immigration policy and immigrants' rights. Project Voice combines local and national organizing, education, and outreach campaigns to foster a fuller integration of immigrants and refugees in their new communities and to achieve a strategic impact on immigration policy in the United States.
Immigrant rights
AFSC is working for U.S. immigration policy that protects the human rights of all people. We directly support immigrant and refugee communities across the U.S. while advocating in Washington, D.C., for humane reform.
A New Path outlines our policy priorities for humane reform that:
- Supports humane economic policies to reduce forced migration
- Provides a clear and timely path to citizenship that prioritizes unifying all family members
- Ends programs requiring collaboration between local law enforcement agencies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Protects labor, civil, and human rights for all residents
- Terminates mandatory detention policies
- Contains budget choices that improve the quality of life for border communities


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Dr. Mary Hancock named Director of the Year by International Trauma Life Support
Dr. Mary Hancock named Director of the Year by International Trauma Life Support
Mary Hancock, MD, FACEP was recently presented with the John E. Campbell 2009 ITLS Medical Director of the Year award. The award was presented at the International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This honor was awarded for Dr. Hancock's outstanding medical direction of courses as well as leadership in International Trauma Life Support endeavors. The prestigious award is given to one medical director out of 76 ITLS chapters. This is the second time Dr. Hancock has received this award for her leadership of the ITLS Ohio chapter. The Ohio chapter of ITLS was also complimented at the annual meeting and recognized as an outstanding chapter.
Dr. Mary Hancock has been with EMP since November 2004. She is residency trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine, and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a member of its Ohio Chapter. She is attending physician at Lodi Community Hospital in Lodi, Ohio, where she served as Director from January 2006 through August 2009. Dr. Hancock completed EMP's Scholars program in 2006. She received her Bachelor of Science Summa Cum Laude in Zoology from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. She earned her medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hancock is past faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
ITLS is a global organization dedicated to preventing death and disability from trauma through education and emergency trauma care. It is now is represented by over 330,000 EMS professionals who advocate proven emergency techniques endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP.) ITLS is accepted as the International Trauma Standard training course for pre-hospital trauma care.
More information about ITLS may be found on their webpage at: http://www.itrauma.org/start/
EMP congratulates Dr. Hancock for her advocacy and continued leadership in providing education and advancement in life saving trauma care.


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Parkinson's Disease Health Center
Glossary of Parkinson's Disease Terms
In this article
Action tremor: Rhythmic, involuntary movement of a limb when movement is initiated (for example, when writing or lifting a cup). Not usually seen in the earlier stages of Parkinson's disease.
Adrenaline (epinephrine): A hormone secreted from the adrenal glands (which sit atop the kidneys) in moments of crisis. It stimulates the heart to beat faster and work harder, increases the flow of blood to the muscles, causes an increased alertness of mind, and produces other changes to prepare the body to meet an emergency. Adrenaline also acts as a chemical messenger in the brain to transmit signals between nerve cells.
Recommended Related to Parkinson's
Understanding Parkinson's Disease -- Diagnosis and Treatment
Usually, the outward symptoms of Parkinson's are distinctive enough for a doctor to make a diagnosis in the office. There is no blood test or brain scan that confirms the diagnosis. But if you don't respond to the drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease, it's possible you may have another type of movement disorder that causes the same type of symptoms. Doing additional tests can help your doctor determine if some other problem is causing your parkinsonian symptoms.
Read the Understanding Parkinson's Disease -- Diagnosis and Treatment article > >
Agonist: A chemical or drug that turns on or activates a particular part of a cell that regulates it activity (receptor). For example, dopamine agonists used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease activate the dopamine receptors in the brain, resulting in improvement in symptoms.
Akinesia: Absence or difficulty in producing movements.
Alpha-Tocopherol: A biologically active form of vitamin E.
Amantadine: A drug that improves the symptoms of Parkinson's by increasing the amount of a brain chemical called dopamine. Amantadine can reduce the involuntary movements of Parkinson's disease by acting on other brain chemicals as well.
Anticholinergic: A substance, usually a medication that halts the actions of a chemical that transmits signals between nerves called acetylcholine. The side effects include blurred vision and dry mouth.
Anticholinergic drugs (Artane, Cogentin): The group of drugs that decreases the action of the nerve chemical acetylcholine. These drugs may help reduce rigidity, tremor, and drooling in Parkinson's.
Antihistamines: Drugs opposing the actions of the chemical histamine and commonly used to treat allergies. In the past, these drugs were used to treat some of the symptoms of Parkinson's.
Apomorphine: A drug used to treat severe Parkinson's. It is a form of morphine that can increase the amount of dopamine available in the brain, thereby decreasing symptoms of Parkinson's.
Ataxia: Loss of balance.
Athetosis: Abnormal involuntary movements that are slow, repetitive, and sinuous.
Autonomic nervous system: The part of the body's complex system of nerves that controls the involuntary activity of some of the internal organs, such as breathing or heartbeat.


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Photographic images from multiple places across America.
I am an award-winning artist who has worked in different creative fields for many years. I have returned to my fine arts roots and experiment with printmaking and painting, and have also used photography as part of or as my imagery.
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All I have been hearing and reading is how much the Knicks will be sorry for not resigning Lin , not supporting the team, now Rockets fans etc. Thank you very much for showing us all how much of a Bandwagon front running piece of **** you are.
You are front running for a fad , cult,hyped up D League player who was given the keys to a fast forward offense when our star players were hurt. You people are so sick I don't even know what else to say. We are a way better team with the pickups we made and you are ****ing fake as **** for even registering for this site and calling yourself a Knicks fan. This site is for diehard fans not people like you.
We are called the New York Knicks not "LINS". If anyone is gonna be sorry its the Rockets and you cult morons who are going to look stupid when this jig is up. He has average speed , jumpshot, and defense at best. He can only drive to the left and kicks the balls or turns it over every three plays.
85% healthy and wont play...
Name one player who played in any playoffs who was playing at 100% health. **** Jeremy Lin and **** all you people who are gonna jump on here and flame my post. I am a Die Hard fan and nobody leaving this team will ever make me change that.
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This is the definition of going HAMM
repped OP
Now thats real talk!
Ahhhhhhhh.....Passion. It's what Knick fans (the true blue ones) are all about. A very deliberate F*** OFF from our resident champ, K4L85.
Loved it.
Certainly won't be sorry to see bandwagons wagon the F out of here.
agreed ......
Repped. Time to flush out all the bandwagon "Knicks fans" .
Expect user use to drop tremendously after tomorrow midnight.
Just made a post somewhat about this. That thread got me worked uP but this one is a breath of fresh air.
we all agree to joe paterno Jason Kidd's DWI incident cuz we are true KNICKS FAN. THE INSTITUTION IS BIGGER THAN THE PERSON. FRONT OF THE F***ING JERSEY NOT THE BACK.


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Baltimore area residents are having one of the coldest winters in years, so cabin fever may be beginning to set in for many people. However, cabin fever is much easier to deal with when there are indoor projects to keep us busy. The kitchen is a good place to work on small organizing projects at this time of the year, as we tend to spend more time cooking during the winter months.
Organizing the kitchen pantry is a great project to work on and doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Even though, keeping it neat and organized is an ongoing job, every so often it's a good idea to see if improvements can be made to make the job easier and still keep within a reasonable budget. Whether you have a traditional pantry, or store your canned and dry foods inside the kitchen cabinets, you can find kitchen organization solutions to fit your needs. Here are 5 organizing solutions that may help without having to do a complete kitchen remodel:
1. Expanding shelves: Expanding shelves, also called expandable shelves, are 3-tiered shelves used to store and organize canned goods and spices. The stepped design allows you to view the items stored in the back of the shelf.
2. Bakeware organizers: Bakeware organizers help to organize baking pans and cookie sheets. There are similar organizers for pot and plastic storage container lids too. Racks have individual "file" slots, and can be bolted to the cabinet, or sometimes the weight of the pans will keep it in place.
3. Pantry organizers: Pantry organizers can help control the clutter of small items, like seasoning packets, soup mixes or drink packets. Think of a drawer organizer with compartment dividers, except taller.
4. Can organizers. Canned food or soda organizers are another great way to store and organize canned goods. They typically have a multi-tiered design which helps to maximize the space in the kitchen cabinet or pantry shelf. They can be quite large, so be sure to measure your shelves, including depth and height, before purchasing.
5. Glide-out shelves: For homeowners with a little more room in their budget, glide-out shelves are a great solution. Shelf Genie (pictured) is glide-out shelving installed inside your cabinets and can be used to store food or non-food items. This product can be installed inside almost any cabinet in your home, not just the kitchen. Arline Williams, runs the Shelf Genie market in Maryland, and will design a custom solution for Baltimore area homeowners. To learn more, visit the Maryland Shelf Genie website
The organizers described can be found at most local Baltimore area stores, like Bed, Bath & Beyond, Walmart, and Target.


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New member from the Sac area. 45 colt and 45acp...a new hobby, just what I needed
I need a lot more practice with the acp (xd45c) but it's my first semi-auto so I have an excuse to shoot more.
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Welcome from down in the swamp. Enjoy.
Welcome from over in Marin County! Always good to see some other CA people here. There aren't too many of us on this forum yet. I hope you feel free to post away. There are a lot of friendly, knowledgable folks here.


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Back in the day, I used to be a prominent contributor of the System Wars forums of Gamespot. Yeah.... that was a long time ago. Anyways I distinctly remember wii fanboys getting all excited about games like Tenchu: Shadow Assasins, The Conduit, and Excitebots.
So what we got was this...
Now I know there were good wii games (generally exclusively Nintendo) but this was the stuff that people actually got excited over that was in between the long lulls of Nintendo first party content. The Conduit was hyped up as "The Serious Shooter" on the wii. So... what? We got a hacked together shooter that looks like it came from the default art assets that came with the engine and thrown in some bloom shaders in a half-assed attempt to make the game look any good? Do people even remember that these games exist anymore?
Most importantly I remember people saying back in 07-08 that "the wii is not a fad." Well it's 2012, and the new WiiU is going to replace this one, what console is everyone developing for and spending their money on these days? At some point during 09-10 it seemed like third parties just threw their hands up and gave up giving us half-port jobs that only appeal to people who own a Wii and only have access to a computer with specs that cant even play this video properly.
So the Wii.. Still the best selling system this generation with 94 million sold, was it a fad?