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Sold 547 Phony Tips
Tabloid Source
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Los Angeles Daily News
November, 1992
Antonio Castro, Jr., 45, and his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding the supermarket tabloids The Globe, The Star, and the National Enquirer by selling them 547 phony tips on celebrity gossip over a four-year period.
Armed and Theological
(Read: Armed and Dangerous)
source: Cable News Network
September, 1996
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- A 21-year-old seminary student carried live hand grenades when he was arrested trying to board a flight, police said Tuesday.
Roman Regman, who was arrested at a Tampa International Airport security checkpoint while trying to board a flight to Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania, denied the explosives he carried were real. But police noted that it doesn't take a functioning weapon to hijack a plane; merely the threat of an attack is sufficient. And Regman was carrying a mini-arsenal -- five handmade bombs, bomb-making materials, two live grenades, a 9 mm pistol, about 180 rounds of ammunition and six military-style knives.
Police told CNN that the two hand grenades were powerful enough to blow the aircraft from the sky. They didn't consider terrorism a factor in the incident, and they are still looking for a motive. Federal officials have yet to decide whether to prosecute Regman.
|One queston remains:
Why, in CNN's teaser for this piece, did the announcers show surprise that a seminary student, of all people, would have so many weapons?
Do people still presuppose that religion exempts someone from committing crimes, from going bananas, or from having silly beliefs or dangerous values?
-- Cliff Walker
Most Dysfunctional Family
Eddie Sexton and
his Family Cats
by Chuck Shepherd
sources: Columbus Dispatch, Canton Repository
April, 1994
A jury in Canton, Ohio, convicted Estella Sexton, 47, of sexually abusing her 13-year-old daughter, one of her 11 children. According to the girls's brother, their father Eddie Sexton, who is now in jail in Florida, conducted satanic seances featuring cat carcasses and the spirits of dead relatives.
Another daughter, Pixie Sexton-Good, recently pleaded guilty in Florida in the death of her infant son and agreed to testify against her father and another brother who will soon stand trial for the death of Pixie's husband, Joel Good.
Furthermore, according to other siblings, the dead infant was fathered by Eddie Sexton, but Eddie said one of the brothers did it.
Priest Loves 'Em
And Leaves 'Em
by Chuck Shepherd
August, 1997
Catholic priest Donald Kocher, 61, testifying at a deposition in a Chicago-area lawsuit against him and his diocese for sexual abuse of parishioners, admitted that he had had sex with as many as a dozen women over a 20-year period.
However, he added, "I've always seen [the affairs] as morally wrong, and I've always tried to bring them to a conclusion as quickly as I could."
Convict's Religious
Mitigate Sentence
by Chuck Shepherd
September, 1997
In New York City, federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan disregarded sentencing guidelines and sent Orthodox Jew Solomon Sprei to prison for only 18 months for insurance fraud (versus three to four years, as prescribed).
Kaplan cited Sprei's three marriageable-age daughters, who by law of his Bobov Hasidim must rely on their father to find husbands for them. Kaplan declared that the happiness of at least two of them would be crucially delayed if Sprei were imprisoned for the recommended time.
And He Never Will!
God Hasn't Told
Squatter To Move
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Akron Beacon Journal
May 25, 1996
Members of the First Congregational Church in Akron, Ohio, voted to eject squatter Jim Dunn, who had been living in a cardboard tent in the church's front yard since April 1995, bathing only sporadically, claiming that that's where God told him to live. Dunn rejected offers of better conditions and a clean sleeping bag because the offers did not come from God. "I've talked to Him," said Dunn, "but He hasn't told me yet to move."
Child's Play, Perhaps?
"Chucky" The Doll
Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Kansas City Star
June 10, 1994
In Kansas City, Missouri, Keith Smith, 26, was convicted of strangling and stabbing to death a minister, in whose house he lived, and his housekeeper.
In a videotaped statement to the police at the time of the murders, Smith said the mayhem was caused by "Chucky," the murderous doll in the movie "Child's Play."
I Don't Think So
The Dolls Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Denver Post
July 18, 1995
Martin George Clever, 32, arrested in Lakewood, Colorado, for burglary, told police that he entered the home in the early evening because he saw two naked dolls in the yard pointing to a sliding-glass door.
He said he thought they were inviting him inside.
The Dead 'Possum
Made Her Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
August, 1996
A federal judge in Springfield, Missouri, dismissed the lawsuit of Jennifer Stocker Jessen, now 24, who had claimed that repressed memories of childhood abuse by her step-grandfather returned to her in 1988.
The triggering mechanism, she said, was her hitting an opossum in the road with her car.
Heard That One, Too!
The Full Moon
Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
source: New York Daily News
April 18, 1995
Ellsworth Stewart, 27, was charged with shooting two New York City utility company workers.
According to his lawyer, several factors contributed to Stewart's mental state, including weak gun control laws, which failed to stop him from acquiring his pistol, and the fact that the full moon that night "agitated" Stewart.
Life Imitates "Twin Peaks"
"Something" Made Her Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Columbus Dispatch
May 3, 1996
Jenny Lee Owens, 39, describing in a London, Ohio, court how it was not her fault that her boyfriend got shot to death:
"Something came into the room. It was not a person. It was like a color. Me and it, whatever it was, we both had the gun. Somehow it had passed into me. It was holding the gun; I was standing behind it."
The two of them then walked down the hall to the living room, where "it" pointed the gun at the back of her boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger.
"Destiny" Made
Her Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
August, 1997
TV personality Jenny McCarthy, on how those unfortunate nude photos as Playboy Playmate ever got made: She was walking around Chicago, she told reporters, intending to be a model, "And I went, 'Jenny, no, no.' All of a sudden my body started walking there [to Playboy]. That's exactly what happened. A larger force, and I call it destiny, brought me in the door, moved my mouth, took the robe off, and did it."
Some Other Personality
Made Her Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
February, 1997
Credit union manager Cathleen Byers, charged with 83 counts for embezzling $630,000 over a six-year period, told a Eugene, Oregon, jury, through her lawyer, that her hands may have taken the money but that her "heart, mind, and spirit" were innocent, because some other personality within her did it.
According to the prosecutor, only a handful of multiple-personality cases have ever been diagnosed in Europe, versus "tens of thousands" in the U.S.
The Aliens
Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
October, 1995 -- A jury in Tucson, Arizona, found Robert Joseph Moody,
36, guilty of the 1993 murders of two women despite his claim -- made while
acting as his own attorney -- that space aliens made him commit the crimes.
Moody said, "I know it sounds crazy," but said that the aliens
promised Moody they would raise him from the dead in the event he were
executed. Before the trial, the judge had scratched several UFO experts
from Moody's witness list, as well as Barry Goldwater and presidents Jimmy
Carter and Gerald Ford.
The Jehovah's Witnesses
Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
November, 1997
In Wasilla, Alaska, Duane Carr was sentenced to 28 months in prison for sexually molesting his 15-year-old babysitter.
Carr maintained that he did not know the girl was under the legal age of 16 because he and the girl are Jehovah's Witnesses, whose members do not celebrate birthdays.
The Monsignor
Let Her Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
source: Northern Virginia Sun
July, 1994
Mollie Brusstar, 48, was convicted of two counts of embezzlement from the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, where she had been employed in administration. According to the prosecutor, Brusstar put imaginary employees on the rolls and issued their paychecks to herself.
She and a sister went to Utah and, posing as nuns, used the money to obtain dental work and cosmetic abdomen-reduction surgery.
Brusstar's defense was that a monsignor had approved everything, but he was unavailable to testify, having committed suicide in the interim after being accused of molesting a parishioner.
His Thoughts Did It
by Chuck Shepherd
June, 1997
Shawn S. Warren, charged with arson in Anderson, Indiana, denied he actually started a fire in a garage. Instead, according to the town's chief fire investigator, Warren said, "I probably thought about that fire, and it just happened."
Said the investigator, "[Warren] did tell me sometimes he thinks about things and they happen."
Genetic Mutations
Made Him Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
June, 1997
According to testimony in Chicago in a kidnapping trial, Richard Romero, 36, had befriended a local 13-year-old boy in an Internet sex chat and had arranged to whisk him off to St. Petersburg, Florida.
An acquaintance of Romero, self-described faith healer Kim Wistey, said Romero told him he was a mutant who was genetically engineered and programmed by the federal government to die at age 30 but that a benevolent alien race called the Vagans had proved that "extracting the energy from pornography" could stop his cells from dying.
Romero allegedly said that if Wistey would put him up for a while, he'd work on computer databases to find a cure for Wistey's mother's cancer. Romero was also enthusiastic, said Wistey, about the "Five-Cent Plan," by which the two men would get rich tapping into the IRS fund that contains a nickel from each tax return ever filed.
Said Wistey, after the prosecutor asked if he believed all of this: "I didn't want to be closed-minded."
The Dog Told Him To Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
sources: North Florida Daily News, AP
July, 1996
Robert Meier, 55, was arrested for fraud and theft in Tampa, Florida, for a sham marriage to a comatose woman and for his subsequent purchases of almost $20,000 on her credit cards.
According to a sheriff's detective, Meier said the woman's dog told him that the woman would want him to use her credit cards to live a better life after she died.
God Told Him To Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
January, 1997
Jack Petelui, 43, claiming to hear God, stripped down to his underwear, climbed the ornate facade of the Ansonia Hotel in New York City, resisted police efforts for more than an hour to talk him down, and finally jumped.
Cynical New Yorkers were said to be astonished at the dozens of bystanders who were actually yelling "Don't jump!"
Petelui was spared serious injury when he landed on a police department rescue airbag.
Bottom of the Gene Pool
God Used Him To Do It
by Chuck Shepherd
January 1, 1997
Randy Farmer of a Houston, Texas, suburb was one of the millions of people around the world who felt compelled to welcome in 1997 by firing off a few gunshots just after midnight. Farmer shot at a backyard tree, but then the gun jammed, and he went back inside to unjam it. He mishandled his gun and accidentally shot and killed his 7-year-old daughter.
Said Farmer, "God had a hand in this. He had to. It was like God called my baby home to be with him, and God used me as a tool to bring her to him."
Bottom Of The Gene Pool:
God Saves Little Children
by Chuck Shepherd
August, 1998
Tanya Denby, convicted in Newport News, Virginia, in August of beating her 3-year-old daughter to death by excessive punishment: "I can't see my baby anymore, but she's in a much better place. I'm glad God took her."
Bottom of the Gene Pool:
God Saves the Children
by Chuck Shepherd
April, 1998
Patricia Wells, indicted in April in Camden, New Jersey, for aggravated manslaughter after six kids (including one of hers) died as the van she was driving (at 70 mph in a 25 mph zone with no license and a .151 blood-alcohol level) crashed: "It was the children's time to go, and God wanted those children."
Catholic Moralist
Reverses Stance?
by Chuck Shepherd
November, 1997
The November 7 edition of the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano contained statements declaring that homosexuals "do have the right" to adopt children and to live together as couples, attributed to staunch moralist Father Gino Concetti.
After several days of panic at the Vatican, editor Gianfranco Grieco located the problem: a computer glitch that removed only the word "not" several times from the story.
Florida Board
Suspends Doctor
by Chuck Shepherd
source: St. Petersburg Times
June 7, 1992
The Florida Board of Medicine suspended the practice of Dr. Suzanne Peoples, declaring her delusional. The Board found that Peoples believes all illness is caused by a micro-organism that is treatable by vitamins and sessions with an "ion machine," which looks like a hair dryer with a red light bulb on it.
Born Again Muffins
Christian Child-Pornographer
Gets 20 Years
by Chuck Shepherd
May, 1997
John E. Herndon, at his sentencing (he got 20 years) in Little Rock, Arkansas, for using two teenage girls in pornographic photos after giving them alcoholic beverages: "They were my muffins and my flowers," he told the judge. "They were earth angels. I renew my promises to the girls as a born-again Christian that I will always love them and protect them."


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Atomic Spectra
In the following experiment, there is a device below the Bohr model that works like a
prism or a diffraction grating. It shows the atomic spectrum for a hydrogen atom.
Whenever a photon is emitted, it shows up on the spectrum according to its wavelength.
Huh. Each time the electron jumps down a level it produces a photon, and the
same jumps produce the same colors.
When you have a whole lot of atoms, I'll bet you get all these different lines
appearing at once.
Exactly, and that's what scientists mean by the atomic spectrum. By the way, the
converse is true, too. Those same color photons are the only ones that will bump the
electron up to higher levels. Photons of other frequency will pass right through the
That would mean atoms are kind of "transparent" to all light except their own "team colors."
We keep talking about the "color" of these photons. Does that mean that atoms only
interact with visible light? What about other kinds of electromagnetic radiation?
We've been talking about visible light because it's the easiest to experiment with. But
you're right, we should talk about the "frequency" or "wavelength" of the photons, not
their color. In fact, we're now going to talk about how heavier atoms, which have
lots of electrons, tend to interact with higher energy waves, like x-rays. We
can go ahead and talk about these heavier atoms, or look at some specific examples,
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Opera lovers in the Bay Area are certainly well catered for this week. Not only is San Francisco Opera celebrating the opening of its 2014-15 season on Friday with a production of Bellini's Norma, but a new production opens on Saturday - Carlisle Floyd's Susannah. There's also the annual Opera in the Park performance on Sunday afternoon, and on Sunday evening, Classical KDFC broadcasts SF Opera's recent production of La Traviata.
But even before this wonderful weekend of opera takes place, Thursday September 4 sees the first of four televised SF Opera productions on KQED Public Television - the fifth season of the Grand Opera Cinema Series - hosted by mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. Recorded at the War Memorial Opera House in HD with 5.1 surround sound, these television specials - each sung in its original language, with English supertitles - feature recent all-star productions by the Company, so if you missed the live performances, you'll be delighted to catch up with them on TV.
The opening work of this season of broadcasts is Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet. Starring Joyce DiDonato and Nicole Cabell as the young lovers, the production is directed by Vincent Boussard - making his US debut - and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus are led by conductor Riccardo Frizza. A co-production with the Bavarian State Opera of Munich, I Capuleti e i Montecchi has costumes designed by Christian Lacroix and sets by Vincent Lemaire.
On the following Thursday - September 11 - the opera featured on KQED 9 is Verdi's Attila, the Hun who has mostly been considered a ruthless barbarian, but whom Verdi portrayed as a brave and ambitious warrior who battled against his own internal doubts. This co-production between San Francisco Opera and Teatro alla Scala, stars Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as Attila, and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus are led by Nicola Luisotti.
Boito's Mefistofele is the featured production on September 25. Described by The New York Times as a work of "choral grandeur and melodic richness", this reimagining of Goethe's Faust - directed by Robert Carsen - is regarded as one of the most impressive productions seen at the War Memorial Opera House. Russian bass Ildar Abrazakov makes his debut in a staged role as Mefistofele, and Nicola Luisotti once again conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
On October 2, KQED broadcasts the San Francisco Opera's production of Verdi's Rigoletto - the court jester determined to save his daughter at all costs. Serbian baritone Željko Lučić sings the title role, and polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak appears as Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. Nicola Luisotti leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in this production which is directed by Harry Silverstein, with sets by Michael Yeargan.
There's a further delight for opera lovers on October 17, as San Francisco Opera's production of The Gershwins® Porgy and Bess℠ is broadcast nationwide on KQED, as part of the PBS Fall Arts Festival. This all-American classic - in which George Gershwin brilliantly blended classical music with jazz, blues, popular songs and spirituals - is directed by Francesca Zambello, and stars bass-baritone Eric Owens as Porgy, and soprano Laquita Mitchell as Bess. The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus are directed by John DeMain.


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UCLA Baseball vs. Washington
UCLA Baseball vs. Washington; UCLA 3, Washington 0; March 17, 2013.
Rex Peters enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Bruins in 2013. Peters serves as the Bruins' hitting and outfield coach and plays a central role in the program's recruiting efforts.
In his first season with the Bruins in 2012, Peters coached UCLA's hitters to a 41 point raise in batting average from the previous season and helped the Bruins earn a second straight Pac-12 title and College World Series berth. UCLA batters also recorded the fewest strikeouts and strikeouts per game since 1986 under Peters' direction. In addition, outfielder Beau Amaral was named to the Division I Rawlings Gold Glove Team in 2012 under the guidance of Peters.
Prior to coaching at UCLA, Peters spent nine years as the head coach of UC Davis. He guided UC Davis through multiple transitions as the program's head coach from 2003-2011, helping the Aggies ascend from NCAA Division II status to Division I beginning in 2004. In addition, UC Davis joined the Big West Conference in 2008, earning its first-ever berth as a Division I program in the NCAA Tournament that spring.
In nine seasons at the helm of the UC Davis baseball program, Peters helped produce 21 MLB draft selections. Most notably, third baseman Daniel Descalso was selected in the third round of the 2007 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and made his major league debut with the organization in 2010. In addition, seven UC Davis ballplayers earned ABCA or NCBWA All-Region honors during Peters' nine-year tenure as head coach. UC Davis compiled a 35-24 record in 2008, winning its first of three games at the NCAA Stanford Regional. The Aggies registered three series sweeps that season and three victories against area-rival Stanford. A school-record seven players were selected in the June 2008 MLB Draft.
In his second season as head coach at UC Davis (2004), Peters helped the Aggies post a 37-15-1 record, including a 32-7 mark in the program's final year with the California Collegiate Athletic Association. While no longer eligible for postseason play as part of its transition to Division I status, UC Davis finished atop the conference standings by better than a seven-game margin. Along the way, the Aggies enjoyed school-record streaks of 16 straight victories and 20 consecutive conference wins.
In 2003, Peters guided the Aggies to a 36-24 record and their first NCAA Division II postseason berth since 1995. UC Davis swept through the West Region tournament, highlighted by back-to-back shutout victories, and advanced to the national tournament for only the second time in school history. For his part, Peters was honored as the ABCA/Diamond Sports West Region Coach of the Year.
Peters arrived at UC Davis after spending the previous nine seasons as head coach at Chapman University (Orange, Calif.), where he compiled a 248-131-2 overall record. He led the Panthers to three appearances in the NCAA Division III College World Series, including a third-place finish in 2000. Peters set program records as a head coach for most wins and highest winning percentage, having led the Panthers to the NCAA West Regional five times. He was named West Region Coach of the Year on three occasions. Additionally, Peters coached six All-America selections, two Academic All-Americans, nine Academic All-District players and 29 All-Region honorees.
Between his nine years at UC Davis and nine seasons at Chapman, Peters collected a 482-396-3 (.549) career record as a head coach. He secured his 400th career victory as a head coach on March 15, 2008, in UC Davis' doubleheader sweep of Santa Clara.
Prior to his 18 years as a head coach, Peters served one season as an assistant coach at Champman under head coach Gary Henderson. He spent the previous four years playing in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization after being drafted by the club in the 24th round of the 1989 MLB Draft. In the minors, he advanced as high as double-A San Antonio. In 1989, his first season in professional baseball, he was named the MVP for the Salem Dodgers.
Peters graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1989 with his bachelor's degree in physical education. He was an honorable mention All-America selection for the Titans, helping lead them to a third-place finish at the 1988 College World Series. Peters earned his master's degree in education with an emphasis in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 1994.
Peters and his wife, Deborah, have six children and reside in Culver City, Calif., with his son, Jake.


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podróż za koło podbiegunowe
Piotr Zgodziński
we spent only a couple of days there, but these will be days to remember
Zosia & Piotr
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Jim Gerstein is a founding partner of GBA Strategies based in D.C., which provides strategic planning and communications services. He acts as pollster for J Street and was executive director of the Democracy Corps. Gerstein was also a key consultant for Ehud Barak's prime ministerial campaign in 1999.
Dear Jim,
I'm so glad to have this opportunity to calmly discuss American Jewish opinion. I'm sure it will be much easier and more honest today than it would have been a couple of weeks ago, when emotions still ran high and partisanship was evident in almost every corner. So let me start with a post that I wrote not long ago, on the "low threshold" of Jewish voter support for Israel. Here's what I wrote – about you:
How should one comprehend the seemingly contradictory information concerning the importance of the Israel component in the minds of American Jewish voters? An answer can begin with an interesting observation made by J Street pollster Jim Gerstein, as he analyses his survey. First he says (and I agree), that Israel is a "threshold voting issue". Namely, that Jewish voters need to be convinced that the candidate is not anti-Israel before they "move on to consider other issues".
But then Gerstein adds this: "the 'Israel threshold' is an easy threshold to pass". I think that if Gerstein is right, maybe that's the gist of the problem: American Jews no longer have a threshold on Israel that has any meaning. By saying this, Gerstein – unintentionally I'm sure – is giving ammunition to those who argue that Obama can be considered pro-Israel only because the threshold on being pro-Israel has been placed so low.
Three questions:
1. Do you agree that a low threshold is a problem?
2. Are you in fact giving ammunition to "those who argue…"?
3. Should anyone – Israel, Jewish leaders – strive to make the Israel threshold higher? And higher how?
Not easy questions, I know, but this can be a beginning of an interesting discussion.
Dear Shmuel,
Thanks for the invitation to discuss these issues and the stimulating questions.
When considering your first question, I think it is important to understand why it is easy for a candidate to pass a Jewish voter's threshold on whether the candidate supports Israel. First, I think it reflects the strength of support that Israel has in America, and that there have not been many candidates or elected officials in recent memory who oppose a Jewish State. This is a good thing, and generally leads voters to accept candidates at their word when they voice support for a strong relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Also, Jews are a very progressive constituency, and they do not hold the hawkish views that are usually embedded in the criticism of candidates who are accused of not supporting Israel.
While I do not think it is a problem that the "Israel threshold" is easy to pass, I do recognize and share a concern which I think underlies your question. That is, I believe it is very important for there to be a close connection between Israel and American Jews, but I think there is a weakening in this connection. This weakening is not the cause for the easy "Israel threshold", and I think those of us who care deeply about Israel should focus on improving the connection between Israel and American Jews instead of making it harder to pass a threshold on supporting Israel.
Regarding your second question about giving ammunition to those who say Obama doesn't support Israel, I think their argument against the President primarily revolves around Obama and not what it means to support Israel. This was very apparent when the "Obama is bad for Israel" claims continued even after the Israeli President and Defense Minister came out during the campaign to push back on this argument. Moreover, I don't think Obama's critics are going to fundamentally change their line of argument and say, "Obama is only winning among American Jews because Jews have wrongly set too easy a bar to pass when it comes to Israel."
I alluded to your last question when answering your first question, but I will elaborate a little. It strikes me that many organizations and individuals are already trying to make it harder for elected officials and candidates to pass the threshold on supporting Israel. These efforts contradict the positions of most American Jews and are not working with Jewish voters. I also think that these efforts are harmful because it can exacerbate the weakening connection between Israel and American Jews that I mentioned earlier. Campaigns that say "candidate x must do more to show support for Israel" or make claims about the lack of support for Israel by a President who is supported by the vast majority of Jews are more likely to discourage than encourage Jews from increasing their interest and connection with Israel.
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November 20, 2013 | Vol. 94, No. 273
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SINGER BILL Jamerson will perform a show about Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Friday at 7 p.m. at Theatre North in Ironwood.
IRONWOOD - The Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park will sponsor a fundraiser performance by Bill Jamerson Friday at 7 p.m. at Theatre North in Ironwood.
Jamerson will perform his show "Up in the U.P.!" featuring tales and tunes about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Story and original song topics include iron miners, early immigrants, ski jumpers, pasties, thimbleberries and Finnish people.
"Many of Jamerson's stories are based on actual interviews with iron miners and other longtime residents of the Upper Peninsula," Friends member Paul Kostelnik said.
"The songs range from heart-warming ballads to foot-stomping jigs. The songs and stories are as entertaining as they are important, as honest as they are fun. The presentation captures the images of the northwoods and the people, both ordinary and extraordinary, who give the Upper Peninsula it's reputation of wit, charm and strength."
Original songs include "The Flying Bietilas," a story of six Finnish ski jumping brothers from Ishpeming. "Thimbleberry Jam" is about two brothers who visit their grandmother's boarding house in Republic. "New Americans" describes different immigrant groups that settled in the iron ranges, and "Miners Lunch" tells how children brought pasties to their fathers at the iron mines at lunchtime.
Jamerson has also written a novel about the Civilian Conservation Corps, produced 11 PBS films on Michigan history and has recorded several CDs.
The Friends will also premiere a never-before-seen video titled "Ironwood; The Way We Worked." The 17-minute film is the first of a series on regional mining history.
Intermission will include refreshments like Trenary toast, Finnish bread and fruit pasties.
Advance tickets are available at Northwoods Cabin and Downtown Art Place in Ironwood, the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, the Leather and Gift Shop in Bessemer and the Wakefield News Bessemer Pick and Axe.
Proceeds from the show will benefit restoration work by the Friends in Miners Memorial Heritage Park in Ironwood.
"The Friends seek to improve the existing trail system of the centrally-located, 167 acre park and provide informational signage," Kostelnik said. "The Friends of the MMHP executive board is developing a comprehensive plan to preserve local mining history."
For more information on Jamerson, visit billjamerson.com. For more information on supporting the park, visit fmmhp.com.
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It does indeed look like a strong Nor'easter will move up the coast this week...the question is : How far off shore? The computer models are not in agreement with this storm. For example, the NAM has the storm far enough off shore so that Baltimore would miss the precipitation all together! My personal feeling is that we'll be in the preip here in MD on Wednesday, but the best chance for heavy rain would be along the Eastern Shore. It also looks like enough cold air would wrap around the storm to give us a mix of rain & snow in the Baltimore metro area. If it does snow, it would have a hard time sticking...so I expect little, if any, accumulation. Either way, it will be breezy and cold with temps in the 40s Wed & Thu. The snow will stick in Western MD, if the precip reaches that far west. By the end of the week, the whole weather pattern flips. We could see Highs in the 60s with sunshine by the weekend!
Nor'easter, then warmer temps for Baltimore!
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Teen goes missing after making threat on his own life
BRADENTON, Fla. - Manatee County Sheriff deputies are asking for the public's help in finding a 16 year old boy.
Tyler Stephenson, 16, went missing Saturday evening from his home on 30th Avenue West.
According to the boy's father, Stephenson had been arrested early Saturday after he stole a gun from Wal-Mart. When he got home later that day he told his father he wanted to kill himself before he had to go to court and left the house shortly after.
Stephenson is 6'5, 170 pounds with brown hair. He was last seen in a a white shirt with blue shorts.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts are asked to call 941-747-3011/.


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The Gold Beach High School football team took attendance at Saturday's OSAA playoff game and found the North Douglas offense to be absent.
Travis Wood, 22, runs the ball for a 45-yard gain and a touchdown as the Panthers rolled over the Warriors of North Douglas 62-0 on Saturday. The Pilot/Gary Percy
The Panthers scored 54 points in the first half, before putting the JV squad in the game to bring home the complete game shutout.
Not only did the Panther JV shut down the Warriors' offense, they also put eight points of their own on the board.
"I'm really proud of those kids," Gold Beach Head Coach Kevin Swift said. "I played JV from the second half of the second quarter to the end of the game and they were able to put up some points against a varsity squad. I think that is pretty good."
The Panthers have scored more than 30 points in all but two games this season and have three 50-plus point games in the books.
"We have whole different set of criteria here at Gold Beach," Swift said. "We don't look at the scoreboard, we look at whether or not we have improved from the day before, and whether or not each kid is giving their all."
Gold Beach advances to the quarterfinal round of the OSAA playoffs with the victory and will face the Rams of Regis on Saturday at Marshfield High School.
The top-ranked team in each matchup during the opening rounds of the playoffs is given home field advantage, but the Panthers choose to play their games on the turf at Marshfield for one very specific reason.
"We haven't lost a playoff game on the field at Marshfield since '04," Swift said. "They take very good care of us up there. They respect our program and we respect theirs."
If the Panthers keep winning they are on course to collide with Scio High School in the championship game. Scio defeated Gold Beach in the title game and while most teams would be looking for a little payback, the Panthers are only thinking about Saturday's game.
"This week it's Regis," Swift said. "Scio is a very good team but we have to get through this weekends game first."
Swift is confident, though, in his team's ability to do what needs to be done to win.
"If our kids show up and play, we'll be fine," he said. "I have a great deal of confidence in our young people."
The game is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay.


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Jan. 15 Application Workshop--have your $50 fee waived!
1/5/2007 —
Martin Luther King Day is January 15, 2007. Do you have off from school that day? Are you interested in applying to Penn State McKeesport? If you answered YES, be sure to come to the Application Workshop at Penn State McKeesport on Monday, January 15 anytime between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm to complete your online application. The workshop will be held in the lower level of the Crawford Building in Computer Lab 001. The Crawford Building is located behind the Student Community Center.
- If Penn State McKeesport is you first choice campus, we will waive your $50 application fee.
- You are encouraged to bring an official copy of your transcipts, which will expedite the processing of your application.
Admissions representatives will be on hand to answer all of your Penn State questions. Plus, a special Financial Aid Workshop will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm that day at Penn State McKeesport. The session is intended for both students and parents.
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In the Denver Post Kyle Macmillan writes that New York artist Julia Fernandez-Pol's solo show at Sandy Carson Gallery proves that pure painting may overcome non-visual conceptual projects yet. "With concept often trumping craft and the entire medium regularly receiving death notices, revelry in the physical act of painting has hardly been a prized commodity in the contemporary art world for many years. But if a striking exhibition on view through Nov. 14 at the Sandy Carson Gallery is any indication, it just might be primed for a comeback....One of the show's standouts, 'Green Chaos' (2007), a 96-by-80-inch oil on canvas, takes up where famed second-generation abstractionist Joan Mitchell left off. Like the variegated topography of her works, multiple methods of paint application abound in this spirited composition. Subtle washes and graceful drips commingle with thicker, more assertive sections, including an unruly heap of paint that juts as much as an inch from the canvas. It is chaotic, as the title suggests, but it is controlled, pleasing chaos. The largest portion of paintings consist of more manicured, evenly textured canvases, whose lush, creamy surfaces look like frosting on a cake. Indeed, Fernandez-Pol's use of a large syringe to apply thick, squiggly lines of paint is similar to techniques used by cake decorators. "
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While the idea of the heart skipping a beat has a romantic connotation, there's actually nothing dreamy about disruption of normal heart rate, medically known as an arrhythmia.
There are a number of different types of heart arrhythmias, ranging in seriousness from minor annoyances to life-threatening conditions. Some people have symptoms with arrhythmia, and others do not. "When they do occur, symptoms may include irregular heartbeat, chest pressure, chest tightness, difficulty doing things you can usually easily do, and sudden fatigue," says Neil Sanghvi, MD, a clinical electrophysiologist — a cardiologist who specializes in abnormal heart rhythms — at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Other symptoms are a fast heartbeat (tachycardia), a slow heartbeat (bradycardia), dizziness or fainting, and shortness of breath. If you experience any of these symptoms, you should see your doctor, who can determine the medical intervention you may need.
These descriptions will help you better understand heart arrhythmias and the specific irregular heartbeats that pose a threat.
Atrial fibrillation. The most common heart arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, or afib, occurs when muddled electrical signals cause the atria, the two upper chambers of the heart, to contract (fibrillate) in a fast, disorganized way. As a result, blood pools in the atria and fails to pump completely from the two lower chambers of the heart, called the ventricles.
The single biggest risk factor for atrial fibrillation is increasing age. "Age is independently associated with afib even after taking into account some of the other heart conditions that occur with aging, such as hypertension and congestive heart failure," says Dr. Sanghvi. Your risk for afib starts to climb in your mid-sixties. "Five percent of people 65 and older have atrial fibrillation, and 10 percent of people 75 and older have the condition," he says.
Bradycardia. Characterized by a slow heart rate (less than 60 beats a minute), this arrhythmia causes symptoms including fatigue and lightheadedness, fainting, or near fainting. "In most cases, bradycardia results from problems with the sinoatrial (SA) node, which is the area of the atrium where the heartbeat is generated," explains Sameh Mobarek, MD, an electrophysiologist at Rex Heart and Vascular Specialists in Raleigh, N.C. The condition can also result from problems with the heart's conduction pathways, which cause failed electrical impulses between the atria and ventricles.
Hypothyroidism can lead to bradycardia, as can certain medications, such as some blood pressure drugs, eyedrops for glaucoma, and anti-nausea medicines, Sanghvi says.
Like with afib, the older you are, the more likely you are to develop bradycardia. "Younger people who develop this form of arrhythmia usually have congenital heart disease," says Dr. Mobarek.
Premature contraction. This is an arrhythmia characterized by an extra beat in the heart's normal rhythm. "When one of the heart's beats comes earlier than normal, the heart faces two beats too close to each other," Mobarek says. The heart then rests to compensate, which causes the next beat to be more forceful. This type of arrhythmia can occur in two different places in the heart — the atria, where it's known as premature atrial contraction, or PAC; or the ventricles, where it's called premature ventricle contraction, or PVC, he explains. People with PAC are more likely to have symptoms. When symptoms of this arrhythmia do occur, they include dizziness and palpitations.
Irregular heartbeats caused by premature contraction can occur in any age group, sometimes for no explainable reason, notes Sanghvi. In fact, most people have premature contraction from time to time, and the arrhythmia is particularly common in children and teenagers. "Common causes of premature contraction include too much caffeine (more than one to two cups per day), decongestants, and allergies," he says. In rare cases, premature contraction results from disease or injury to the heart.
Tachycardia. "Tachycardia is a generic word for a fast heartbeat," Mobarek says. There are three main types of tachycardia, according to the American Heart Association:
- Atrial or supraventricle tachycardia (SVT), a fast heart rate that originates in the upper chambers of the heart
- Sinus tachycardia, a normal increase in the heart rate that originates in the SA node
- Ventricular tachycardia, which starts in the lower chambers of the heart, usually as a result of life-threatening situations
"Normal increases in heart rate can occur at any age as the result of decongestants, caffeine, and energy drinks," Sanghvi says. Hyperthyroidism and other adrenal problems can also cause this type of arrhythmia.
"SVT is a fairly common arrhythmia that occurs as a result of a short circuit in the heart tissue," Mobarek says. "It is a congenital condition that can appear anywhere between age 20 and 50."
Ventricular fibrillation (VT). "Ventricular fibrillation is a life-threatening arrhythmia," Mobarek says. During VT, the ventricles quiver and can't pump any blood, leading to cardiac arrest. "If you have something wrong with your heart and experience VT, it can cause sudden death," he says. "If you have a normal heart and experience VT, in some cases, the arrhythmia is treatable."
VT can result from congenital heart defects and also from heart disease. "If you had a heart attack that damaged a big chunk of your heart muscle, down the line you can experience VT," Mobarek says. Other risk factors for this serious arrhythmia, he says, include cardiomyopathy, a viral infection that damages the heart; and a condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy, which can occur in the last trimester of pregnancy or shortly after birth and lead to VT.
VT from congenital heart defects can occur at any age, whereas VT resulting from heart disease most often occurs in older people.
Conduction disorders. The progression of electrical impulses that cause the heart to beat is called conduction. When this progression fails to work properly, some heart arrhythmias can result.
Common conduction disorders can lead to heart arrhythmias, according to the American Heart Association. They include:
- Bundle branch block, which occurs when a block in one of the branches causes one ventricle to contract a fraction of a second slower than the other
- Heart block, in which electrical signals from the atria don't transmit properly to the ventricles
- Long Q-T syndrome, which is when there's an abnormal amount of time between the Q and T waves on an electrocardiogram (ECG)
"With complete heart block, no beat filters through the ventricles, you have no heartbeat, and you pass out," Mobarek explains.
Long Q-T syndrome is a hereditary condition, and risk for bundle block and complete heart block increases with age. "Heart block is generally seen in the older population, usually in people who also have coronary artery disease," Sanghvi says. "These arrhythmias are often just part of the normal calcification process that occurs in the arteries as we age."
If you have any symptoms of an irregular heartbeat, see your doctor to rule out one of the more serious arrhythmias and, if necessary, to get treatment.
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For most, the weather's just the icebreaker for awkward conversation, but for Jim Steenburgh, the topic opens the door to an enthralling discussion.
For 18 years, Steenburgh has been a University of Utah professor of atmospheric science, studying Utah's lake-effect and snow. But he doesn't just teach weather, he writes about it on his blog Wasatch Weather Weenies, frequented by atmospheric scientists and those who share his other passion–hitting the slopes. "I joke now, and have for years, that [meteorology] is great science, but I really do it so I can be out there on a big powder day," he says.
Steenburgh is now compiling his snow research for a book, Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth, coming out in September. "It's a book on some of the real reasons Utah has the greatest snow on earth," he says.


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We Moved - Our new dine in location is located at
1700 Promenade Blvd. Ste 2601 Marrero, LA 70072
We are between Walmart and Lowes opposite end of the shopping center of Shoe Depot.
The One Smart Cookie Company was created by its founder Meiko Ditta out of her home nearly 4 years ago. Since opening her first bakery on Barataria Blvd, Meiko has expanded the bakery concept of freshly prepared cookies, cakes, and pastries, to include a Bistro concept of in house dining of delicious lunch items such as Granny's Famous Chicken Salad served a variety of ways, a delicious Club Sandwich w/chips, Homemade Chili, Spinach and Strawberry Salad with our own Homemade House Dressing, Hot Roast Beef Po-Boys, and our version of New Orleans own Muffaletta. We also offer freshly prepared daily lunch specials, catering, children's birthday parties, plus much more. Get your taste buds ready and come on by and check us out!
The Barataria location has expanded and moved to a new location just a few short blocks up the street.
The new Bistro by One Smart Cookie Company is located between Walmart and Lowes in Marrero at:
The Bistro by One Smart Cookie
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May 6, 2013
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University Assistant Soccer Coach Jen Klein will spend part of her summer as a head coach.
Klein will be the ODP Region IV '97 Girls Head Coach. Last year, she was a head coach for the '95 team. In 2011, she worked with the '97 squad as an assistant. Overall, it is the seventh year Klein has been involved with ODP Region IV.
"I really enjoy working with the best kids in Region IV," Klein said. "It helps me stay sharp as a coach, especially in identifying talent. It is a challenge to work with players who have different levels of soccer ability."
Her first stop will be a camp, July 1-4 in Pomona, Calif. A pool camp will be held in Southern California, July 22-26. From there, a select team will participate in a US Youth Soccer inter-regional event.
Last February, Klein was on staff for a Region IV team that traveled to Costa Rica for a tournament with four teams from the United States and four from the host country. The Region IV contingent finished second.
Region IV is made up of players from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
"Working in Region IV gives me an opportunity to watch and work with kids on a more personal level," Klein said. "You get to know players on and off the field."
Klein is a second-year assistant coach at Washington State. The Cougars advanced to the NCAA postseason in 2012, their fourth trip in five seasons.


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- Lunar New Year Celebration
- Chinese New Year Flower Fair
- Lion Dancing
- Miss Chinatown USA Pageant
- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
- Shopping
- Dining
- Walking Tours
- Fortune Cookie Factory
ToursExploring Chinatown courtesy of the many walking tours is a great way to go. You'll pass through the classic Chinatown gateway, Portsmouth Square, and the many alleyways that dot the area. There are also tours that include lunch. More details can be found at http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/store/tours.html.
AttractionsDiscover several attractions on your visit to San Francisco's Chinatown. Check out the current Bank of Canton, which is housed in a building that was the Chinese Telephone Exchange until 1949. Stop into the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory and see how these classic cookies are put together. Make sure to see the Sing Chong Building, one of the first places rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake.
Where can I park in Chinatown?
You'll have no problem finding a parking garage in and around Chinatown. The North Beach, Portsmouth Square, St. Mary's Square, and Vallejo Street garages are open 24/7 while Golden Gateway is open during regular business hours. Additional parking information can be found at http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/attractions/parking.html.
When is the best time to experience Chinatown?
Anytime is a fine time to visit Chinatown in San Francisco. But if you're looking for a real unique experience, head over on a Saturday afternoon. That's when the locals do some serious shopping in the produce stores and markets where live animals, such as turtles and chickens, are haggled over.
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text: How does Petfinder help pets? Read our 2008 Annual Report! Posted on May 27 , 2009 by Emily, Petfinder Foundation vp, development Print Home > Blog > Pet news > How does Petfinder help pets? Read our 2008 Annual Report! Tags: Petfinder Annual Report Want to learn more about Petfinder and all the ways we help our shelter and rescue group members get their pets adopted? Check out our 2008 Annual Report. Some highlights: Petfinder accounts for 65% of U.S. and Canadian adoptions. For about a quarter of our 12,500+ shelter/rescue group members, Petfinder is responsible for 80-100% of ALL their adoptions. Petfinder sends adoptable-pet listings to over 275 popular Web sites such as AOL, Petco.com, Walmart.com, Oodle and MySpace, reaching millions of potential adopters every year. Petfinder Mobile takes adoptable pets on the road – via cell phones, BlackBerrys and iPhones. The Petfinder.com Foundation awarded more than $1,000,000 in cash and products to our members in disaster-relief grants and power-generator awards. Petfinder pets data will power the adoptable-pet search on the web site for the Ad Council's first-ever animal welfare-oriented campaign in partnership with the Humane Society of the United States and Maddie's Fund. Download the PDF of the report here and let us know what you think! Share this Article: Print


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Sept. 16, 2002
The UCLA women's golf team was in second place Monday after 36 holes in the Oregon State Shanico Invitational at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, OR.
The Bruins posted an afternoon team score of 296 giving them a two-round total of 587, 11-over par. They trail California, which posted a second round score of even par 288, by two shots. Host Oregon State is third at 596, followed by Colorado at 598. San Jose State is fifth at 607.
The Bruins' Hana Kim was in third place at 145 after posting a second round 73. Junior Gina Umeck and sophomore Yvonne Choe are tied for eighth at 148 and junior Melissa Martin was tied for 15th at 149. Saki Uechi posted a 75 in the second round and was tied for 41st at 154.
Idaho's Nicole Keller leads the field at three-under par 141, followed by Cal's Vikki Laing at 143.
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Armed men killed three Chinese doctors in a pre-dawn attack Sunday in Nigeria's volatile northeastern town of Potiskum, police said.
"Unknown attackers scaled over the fence of an apartment in Potiskum housing three Chinese doctors around 1:00 am and slit their throats. No arrest has been made," Yobe State police commissioner Sanusi Rufa'i told AFP.
Residents said the Chinese were employees of the state ministry of health and had been in the volatile city for one year.


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The Nature Conservancy announced that it would begin accepting advertising both in its member magazine and on its web site in 2013. Advertising will begin appearing in the March/April 2013 issue of the organization's bimonthly magazine, Nature Conservancy, which has a circulation of 650,000.
"The magazine has proven to be an invaluable tool in attracting and retaining dues-paying members of our organization," said Teresa Duran, Publisher of Nature Conservancy. "But producing an award-winning magazine and web site is an expensive undertaking."
By creating a revenue base for media properties from advertising, the Conservancy will now be able to channel funds previously used for member media toward supporting the organization's core mission of protecting the lands and waters on which all life depends.
According to Duran, The Nature Conservancy has hired the James G. Elliott Company, Inc., to manage the organization's advertising business including the marketing, research and advertising sales needs.
Jim Elliott, President, said, "We are incredibly privileged to be working with such a dedicated and creative organization that's so successful in bringing together so many people as well as business and political groups to solve environmental challenges. The members themselves are more passionate and engaged than any audience we've experienced. Now advertisers will have the opportunity to access a very large, affluent and loyal group of readers in a beautiful magazine. Nature Conservancy magazine is simply stunning."
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the web at www.nature.org. To learn about the Conservancy's global initiatives, visit www.nature.org/global. To keep up with current Conservancy news, follow @nature_press on Twitter.


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Just in time for Valentine's Day! Send a "flower" to your sweetheart on a TSA plate with Serratia marcescens, Kocuria rhizophila, and Corynebacterium xerosis. Read More
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Noah Fierer, CU Assoc. Professor & CIRES Fellow, and his graduate student, Hannah Holland-Moritz, will present their research into understanding the microorganisms that make up the greatest amount of biodiversity on our planet and why microbes are essential to our lives and the world we live in.... Read More
Feeling under the weather? Are you congested, maybe having a hard time breathing, especially at night? Don't worry – this is your body's natural response to an infection. Mucus production is generally regarded as antimicrobial – it traps particles like virions before they can infect nearby host ... Read More
New research findings published in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggest that a new therapeutic strategy for HIV may already be available by repurposing an existing prescription drug. The drug, an enzyme called adenosine deaminase, or ADA, ultimately may be able to... Read More
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DENVER (Feb. 3, 2016) - The first national survey of skin infections among high school athletes has found that wrestlers have the highest number of infections, with football players coming in a distant second, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Read More
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ITHACA, N.Y. - If you're a fan of the Panthers or Broncos, be sure to wash your hands on Super Bowl Sunday before you give a friend a celebratory fist bump.
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Exposure to reactive oxygen species, exposure to ionizing radiation, exposure to UV light – all of these are dangerous because of their potential to alter DNA sequences. Changes in DNA can affect a protein coding sequence, potentially influencing its function, but changes in regulatory regions c... Read More
The standard practice of treating infections with the highest tolerable dose of antibiotic medications may not always be best way of preventing the evolution of drug resistance, a new study suggests. Read More
HIV drug resistance to tenofovir, an antiretroviral drug vital to most modern HIV treatment and prevention strategies, is surprisingly and worryingly common according to a large study led by UCL (University College London) and funded by the Wellcome Trust. Read More
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Golden: UM hopes to know NCAA decision in next 48 hours
CORAL GABLES – Hurricanes coach Al Golden said Monday he expects to hear "in the next 48 hours" the fate of the players ruled ineligible by the school, and would find out "early today" if the NCAA has any follow-up questions before deciding on reinstatement.
Golden's comments came in an interview with Joe Rose on WQAM-560.
"We don't even know the extent of what went wrong. But whatever went wrong, we're going to get it fixed and move forward," Golden said.
He added of former booster/convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro, who started the scandal with his avalanche of allegations to Yahoo! Sports, "We are not going to yield to this guy. Certainly he bilked people out of 900 million — to think that he couldn't try to wedge his way into 18, 19 and 20-year-olds…he was good at what he did. Let's put it that way."
The Hurricanes won't practice again until Wednesday, but Golden plans to hold a press conference on Tuesday.
For now, here are some notes from his interview with Rose:
— Golden said the players who have been declared ineligible – mostly starters — haven't received many reps in practice because should they not be cleared to play next Monday, "then it's almost impossible to get some of these younger guys ready" in such a short time span.
On the other hand, if they are cleared, they're experienced enough where they can easily slide into the lineup.
"We've really been erring on the side of getting guys ready," he said. "As guys get eligible and get cleared, we'llcontinue to build our team and get stronger."
— Golden said Stephen Morris has been getting most of the snaps, but that's because the QB situation is the same as every other position where a player is currently ineligible. With Jacory Harris currently ineligible, Spencer Whipple has been getting "considerably more reps" than before since he would be the No. 2 QB at Maryland if Harris isn't cleared.
"The next time we get on the field is Wednesday morning. We should have an idea by then," Golden said of the status of ineligible players. "If we don't, we'll continue with the plan we have."
— Golden said there's no truth to rumors that FS Vaughn Telemaque has been cleared by the NCAA and is good to go.
"I wish I had heard that. Everything is in the NCAA's hands," Golden said. "People speculate on everything. I've learned that since Ive' been in Miami. We have not gotten any information from the NCAA on who's cleared yet."
— Positive news regarding OT Seantrel Henderson, who underwent back surgery Aug. 8 and has been lifting weights but hasn't practiced. Golden said "there's a good chance we'll see him again this year."
"I can tell you he's doing excellent. He's doing as good as you can do with that [surgery]," Golden said. "Given his size and his length and his weight, [doctors] are ectastic."
— RB Lamar Miller has worked hard, is in "better condition" and is "responding to the way we've beeen pushing him in practice. Golden attributes some of that to RB Mike James, the other half of Smash and Dash.
"Clearly, Mike James is kind of the standard bearer for us on offense in terms of finish and conditioning and mental toughness," Golden said. "And Lamar has really learned a lot from that competition with Michael there."
— Golden was asked if there have been days since the NCAA investigation started that he's been down emotionally.
"There have been some days that completely are a surprise. I'm not going to say there weren't days where I didn't sleep or we weren't tired or just really confused," Golden said, adding of himself and his wife, "We were kind of learning about this along with the rest of the world.
"I was like everybody else. We came off the field on [Sunday] after a really clean scrimmage…and then you wake up Monday morning and this stuff hit. It's unfortuante, but again we're going to get through it."
— Golden gave a glowing endorsement of UM president Donna Shalala and also praised AD Shawn Eichorst.
"We have great people surrounding us. People are taking shots at President Shalala. You don't want any other president in this country leading this right now than President Shalala. I promise u that," Golden said. "And Shawn Eichorst has done a trememndous job here at the Hecht Center. ….It's hard for us to keep living in the past, but we'll get this fixed."
— Golden said Rashawn Scott and Phillip Dorsett are two freshmen that are going to play against Maryland.
"They're not going to start at wideout, but you're goiung to see them in the game and they're also going to play special teams," Golden said. "I'm very pleased with the way both of them have developed."
— OL Jared Wheeler and Jon Feliciano have made "a lot of progress" and they will "play a lot."
"Both of them have been in situations during where they have been starters [in camp] and Feliciano has played both guard and tackle."
— It appears Jake Wieclaw has won the place-kicking job over freshman Matt Goudis.
"Jake Wieclaw has really, really had a great training camp so we're excited about him," Golden said.
— On defense, "you'll see more fresh faces, there's no doubt that."
Freshman CB Thomas Finnie will play and redshirt sophomore A.J. Highsmith has done "a tremendous" job at safety in camp.
"We'll see more of him. You'll see [LBs] Gionni Paul and [Denzel] Perryman a whole bunch, which is good, because we really like those guys," Golden said. "They run and strike guys, they're smart, they're tough, they play special teams."
— You probably already know this by now, but DE Anthony Chickillo will play a lot against Maryland, Golden said. You can also expect to see a lot of DT Darius Smith, a 6-foot-2, 340-pound junior college transfer, Golden added.
— P Dalton Botts has had a strong camp. He earned the starting job early.
"Our kicking game looks markedly different than in the spring, which I'm excited about," Golden said.
— As you might expect, the 'Canes have two different game plans for the season opener on defense based on whether several key players are eligible.
"As you know, the names that show up on the list are primarily on the defensive side, so we went ahead and scaled it back and made it easier on defense," Golden said. "And then we'll await the judgment.
"There's nobody sitting here today, saying, 'Is so and so going to play?' We're just moving forward. We're not in panic mode. …We've got to make sure the guys we bring up to College Park play like Miami Hurricanes…I'll make sure of that. The 60, 65 guys that get on that plane will play like Miami Hurricanes next Monday."
— Everybody's curious about the depth chart. Golden gave no definitive time it will be released, but noted Maryland will release its on Tuesday and UM will coordinate with the Terrapins. I'm guessing UM might wait until Wednesday to hear from the NCAA.
— Golden said he's received between 400 and 500 emails showing support since the NCAA investigation news came out.
"I've only had one negative one and it was a shame. It was the first day. It was when someone really didn't understand the context of everything."
— Golden said so far the 'Canes continue to do well with recruiting despite everything that's transpired.
"The kids have been great, the families have been great. I've been on the phone with a lot of parents and they keep saying, 'Coach, we're going to stick with you. We're gonna be there with you. We believe in what you guys are doing.
"If we lose a guy, it's not going to be because of our core values and what we stand for. And right now, we're finding out we have a lot of the right guys, to be quite honest with you."
— The QB competition has been "tremendous" and it continues to be, Golden said.
He said Morris "really came on" the last three or four practices while Harris "was just ahead of him" midway through camp.
"They really finished strong, move of them," Golden said. "We'll sort all that out, release the depth chart and then we'll move forward. But that is, and remains a great competition right now."


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A proposal to adopt a seperate law on Karabakh has been submitted to the Parliament of Azerbaijan, following a discussion in the Parliament a few days ago during which some MPs criticised comments by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, whilst he was visiting Yerevan.
"If Azerbaijan has a single law on occupied territories, Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh won't be able to participate in any economic programs", a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defence, Zahid Oruj, told Trend News Agency on Tuesday. He stressed that it will also stop international organisations from allocating funds to Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The Armenian separatists of Karabakh establish relations with various foreign organizations. Through the embassies abroad Azerbaijan sends notes, requests. But after the adoption of a specific law on Karabakh as a territory of Azerbaijan its sovereign rights will be taken into account implicitly, and any foreign, economic and political ties of Karabakh will not be recognized," he said.
Under the provisions of the law, it will not be allowed to sign any contracts with any of the structures with prejudice to Karabakh, any international or national documents relating to the Karabakh will be declared invalid, the MP said.
Often citizens of various foreign countries, culture and art workers, and sometimes MPs go to Karabakh, Oruj said. Their names are entered only in the "black list" prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.
"I have prepared a similar bill on Karabakh," a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and State Building, MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev told Trend on Tuesday.
He said he has repeatedly raised this issue at previous sessions of Parliament, and stressed the importance of adopting a law on the occupied territories. He said the prepared bill will be submitted to the committee.
Commonspace.eu political editor said in a comment that "Georgia adopted a similar law, following the 2008 war with Russia, and it was the subject of a lot of controversy and tensions with the international community. The law was eventually watered down, but many still feel that it is neither helpful for Georgia, nor for the efforts to resolve the problems in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. What it does is it makes both territories even more dependant on Russia, it isolates them from broader international processes and it undermines efforts at building confidence between the communities across the conflict divide. A similar law in Azerbaijan will have the same effect and worse. Azerbaijan already has strict policies with regards to engagement with the de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. These policies are not always implemented evenly and there is a need for more transparency on the matter.
Commonspace.eu political editor added "Many of the concerns of the Governments of Georgia and Azerbaijan can already be addressed through international law and do not need a specific domestic legislation. If the Parliament of Azerbaijan decides to take forward the idea of a seperate law on this issue it should consult extensively with the international community in order to ensure that the legislation will not create harmful and unexpected side effects."
source: commonspace.eu with Trend News Agency
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Jim MacLellan is an adventurer. The 64-year old retired school teacher from Knowlton, Quebec, rode his motorcycle 13,000 miles through 31 states and 7 Canadian provinces this past summer. During his 66-day odyssey he reconnected with friends and marveled at the sights he discovered and the people he met.
MacLellan's trip was a zigzag circumnavigation of the United States as he traveled westward along the Canadian side of the northern border through the cities of Ottawa and Toronto before heading to Chicago. He then swung south and traveled through the corn fields of Iowa and Nebraska then on to Colorado and north again up to Montana and into the Canadian province of Alberta, before heading west for Vancouver, British Columbia. He travelled down the entire western coast of the United States before heading east with stops along the way at Las Vegas, Nevada, the Grand Canyon, San Antonio, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana. He then hugged the East Coast soaking up as much American history as possible as he traveled through such cities as Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, Williamsburg, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts. His last segment of the trip took MacLellan northward along the Maine coast, up through the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and then over to Prince Edward Island before heading home where he completed his journey in the first week of September.
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The dazzling and inventive superstar designer Genevieve Gorder has joined forces with the solar company, Sunrun, to share the latest ways we can all slash our energy usage and bills - and do it stylishly, mais oui! Gorder took a few minutes to talk about everything from her personal favorite smart products (which are under $100 - yes, please!)...to her upcoming HGTV show, "Genevieve's Renovation" (July 17th on HGTV). Can you stand it?
Oh and P.S. Sunrun is running an out of this world amazing sweepstakes through July 11th where a winner will receive a free custom home consultation from Genevieve (supersize YES!), and another winner will win a free custom home consultation from "Property Brothers" Jonathan and Drew Scott (double YES!). So much design power coming at you! Thanks, Sunrun!
MM: There's this misconception that solar paneling is too expensive and out of reach for most consumers. America will listen to superstar designer Genevieve Gorder though! Can you please explain how solar panels actually boost property values and slash utility bills?
Genevieve Gorder: For many years, investing in solar energy has been thought of as a great expense. Much like doing your kitchen or another big reno project, yet we still end up renovating our kitchens and say "It's a good investment and will increase the value of my home." When it comes to energy, it seems to feel a little more obscure, a bit technical and something "I'll-get-to-later." Well, later is now. And now, solar energy comes without the big price tag that has held so many back for so many years. Sunrun is this genius company that basically can be your new electric company. There is no big investment up front, the solar panels are installed on your home with no money down and you're basically leasing the equipment from them and saving a ton of money on your energy bill. You're using natural energy, from the sun - not from the city, it costs less, and it's maintained for you by Sunrun, so no jumping up on the roof and getting nervous. Resale values increase with solar systems already in place. It's that simple.
MM: What's one efficient item/design feature you'd recommend people splurge on that gets the most bang for the buck?
GG: You know "splurge" isn't even really necessary when it comes to smart items for the home, they are priced so fairly that it just feels like well, I can buy a "smart" product or a "not smart" product. I think we all know what to choose when those are the only two options. I think the Smart TV's are probably your biggest price tags and for some reason people never question television prices…they just do it.
MM: On the flip side, what are a few budget-friendly items or things people can buy or do to make their home more efficient?
GG: I love the new Smart Thermostats. Being able to control the temperature of your home from anywhere in the world is pretty incredible. It gives us all the ability to really control the environments we live in instead of being at their mercy. They are under $100. Once you understand the simple technical steps of each product you implement it doesn't feel overwhelming and life gets a lot easier and more streamlined.
MM: How has the efficiency trend influenced your designs? e.g. Flooring, window treatments, door choices?
GG: While technology hasn't really changed my taste in aesthetics or mediums for the rest of the house, it's made my job a lot easier. As a designer, we're always looking for ways to "hide" the home tech as traditionally it's been clunky, unattractive, etc. As we progress technologically, our electronics and tech products have become much more streamlined, lighter in weight and sleeker in appearance. This is great for design! As a television is only a focal point when it's on, a thermostat is not a piece of art and security systems should never be apart of the decor. We're paying attention to the design of these very technical items where as in past decades they were very much an eyesore to the aesthetic.
MM: What are some efficiency-friendly products, tips, or design features you use in your life or have incorporated in your own home? Will any be featured in your new show, "Genevieve's Renovation"? P.S. Positively can't wait!
GG: I'm so excited for my new show to come out! "Genevieve's Renovation" July 17th on HGTV people! Smart TVs, thermostats, security systems will all be a part of this documentary like they show on the renovation of my home in Manhattan. I'm showing it all, the struggles, the financial whoas, the warts and all. Design needs this dose of real, it's not a perfect science and it's hard for the professionals, too.
MM: Have you and your fellow Sunrun partners, the Property Brothers, traded any efficiency or design tips with each other?
GG: We don't generally trade tips with each other, we generally just make fun of each other. It's great being paired with the Brothers because we all bring a different super power to the table and meet in the middle with important and smart upgrades for your life at home that help you in the aesthetics and real estate value of your home. It's fun to have some buddies to play with so often we're lone rangers on our shows and rarely get to work or hang out with our peers.
MM: On a personal note, you're a wildly successful designer and HGTV star. What has made you so successful?
GG: [Laughs] Well, I guess everyone will have their own opinion who watches me but I think it boils down to a few things: grace, passion, compassion, honesty, two feet on the ground and I'm in this for design not fame.
I love what I do and I love to teach and share, there is nothing better than a child telling you they want to do what you do when they grow up or seeing an adult finally "get it" who before never thought it was possible.


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The owner even told his wife the family pet was dead after he was unable to spot the dog when it was swept away by the sea.
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Dramatic footage has been released of the rescue of a Labrador whose owner thought had died after it was swept out to sea.
The dog had been out walking with its owner when it went into the sea off Sea Palling on the north Norfolk coast and was swept away by the tide.
The man searched with the help of two kayakers for his pet, but could not spot the animal and assumed it had been swept to its death.
After alerting the Coastguard following the incident on Sunday morning, the man returned to tell his wife the bad news.
However, RNLI crews took to the boats and started to search the reefs half a mile off the coast for the dog.
The crew finally heard barking coming from one of the reefs and there found the animal cold, wet and frightened, but otherwise unhurt.
They clambered over the rocks to coax the dog to safety before lifting her into the boat and wrapping her in a blanket.
Jake Munday, a member of the RNLI team, said: "This was one lucky dog. We're just grateful to be in the right place at the right time."
The dog, who had recently had puppies, has been reunited with its owners.
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