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One of the stickiest problems in fighting pornography is the question of art. Simply put, for millennia artists have creatively used naked people to make statements on the human condition. Before Kim Kardashian took selfies in the shower, there was the Venus of Willendorf. Deep Throat has nothing on the murals of Pompeii. Finally, what is Perseus with the Head of Medusa, but a proto-snuff flick starring a buff, naked dude?
Adam Bateman, executive director of CUAC gallery in Salt Lake City, says discussions about pornography and the use of nudity in art can be charged. He should know. CUAC recently settled a First Amendment lawsuit with its former landlord Ephraim City after some of its exhibits included nudity. Generally, Bateman says, pornography "commodifies nudity and sex." Artists, he says, don't exploit sexual images simply for money, but to explore aspects of aesthetics and culture. "A contemporary artist might use nudity to explore the culture and implications of pornography, much like a sociologist."
When encountering nudity in galleries, Bateman hopes viewers "take time to try to understand it in the context of art, before jumping to a conclusion [that it's pornography]."
The Brigham Young University Museum of Art, which has one of the best contemporary art programs in the state, had an infamous clash over art nudes in 1999 when the university refused to uncrate four traveling Rodin sculptures, including The Kiss and Monument to Balzac, which BYU's President Merrill J. Bateman said, "depicted a nude male in the act of self-gratification.''
The issue remains a minefield at BYUMOA where officials declined to be interviewed or even respond to the written questions they requested concerning art and pornography.
Jann Haworth, internationally known artist and creative director at The Leonardo museum, says the Internet has only made what was 'once secret and under brown covers' readily available. Besides, she says, attempts to protect humans from erotic images and so-called porn are probably futile.
"As a hat can be mistaken for a wife, according to Oliver Sacks, defining what isn't porn might be a place to start," Haworth says. "Freud found mischief everywhere. We'd need to ban lipstick in its present form, bollards, orchids—actually all flowers. What would be safe? It's hopeless. We are naked apes with brains that no external force can edit."
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On Friday, the Cincinnati Bengals announced that assistant coach Kyle Caskey will assume the role of the team's new running back coach. He is an experienced coach and has worked as an assistant coach with the team's offensive line. Hue Jackson vacated the running back coach position to assume the role as the Bengals offensive coordinator.
Jackson replaced Jay Gruden, who left the team to take the head coach position with the Washington Redskins. Caskey received acclaim as an up and coming young coach from head coach Marvin Lewis:
"It's all been part of the evolution of a bright young coach, and the time comes when the opportunity's there to become a position coach on your own. That's where we are with Kyle, and it's great again that we have the person in-house to promote from within."
Caskey assisted in improving the Bengals offensive front line, which led to the Bengals finishing the season as one of best offenses in the NFL. Caskey played TE at Texas A & M and spent time as a college coach. He joined the Bengals in 2010 from the University of Mississippi. After earning a playoff spot, the San Diego Chargers eliminated the Bengals in the Wildcard round.
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More than 80 percent of American adults consume caffeine regularly. That's no surprise, what with a coffee shop seemingly on every corner and in every supermarket, and tiny $3 bottles of 5-hour Energy popping up like mushrooms wherever there's a checkout counter. Caffeinated energy drinks have become so mainstream that major players like V8 and Ocean Spray have introduced their own versions to stay competitive.
Here's a rundown of what scientists are learning about the world's most popular drug.
When Caffeine May Help
Sleep Deprivation
"Caffeine is definitely beneficial for keeping individuals who are sleep deprived more alert," says Timothy Roehrs of the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
And that's potentially a lot of people. In a national survey, about 30 percent of the participants reported averaging six hours or less of sleep a night.¹ And in Roehrs' study of 259 working adults, about 15 percent were so sleepy during the day that they fell asleep within six minutes when they had the opportunity in a sleep lab.²
Why does caffeine help people who are sleep deprived?
Caffeine works mainly by temporarily binding to adenosine receptors in the brain. That prevents adenosine, which is a natural sedative produced by the brain, from occupying those receptors and making us feel drowsy. (See illustration.) Adenosine levels build up during waking hours and then drop as we sleep.
"But if you stay up late to watch the World Series and don't get a full night's sleep, you'll wake up with more adenosine in your brain than you normally would," Roehrs explains. A hit of caffeine will, in effect, neutralize the extra adenosine and help you feel less sleepy.
If you're a regular caffeine user, though, you may need an extra boost to counter your late night. That's because regular users build up a tolerance to caffeine.
"As tolerance develops, the brain makes more receptors for adenosine to occupy," says Roehrs. "So you need more caffeine to block the new added receptors."
Mental Stimulation
People who don't use caffeine regularly and who haven't developed a dependence on it "usually become significantly more alert and better able to perform cognitive and motor tasks—such as paying attention during boring tasks or typing—if they're given the right dose of caffeine," says Laura Juliano, a professor of psychology at American University in Washington, D.C.
If they use caffeine regularly, however, it offers few, if any, benefits. For example, in 2005, researchers gave 96 regular caffeine users a battery of tests after two weeks on and two weeks off caffeine. The participants did no better when they were consuming caffeine than when they weren't.³
"What feels good and stimulating about caffeine to habitual caffeine users is mostly due to the alleviation of withdrawal symptoms," explains Juliano. In other words, their brains have become dependent on caffeine, so when they haven't had some for a day or two, they experience unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, like headache, drowsiness, and difficulty concentrating.
If they have a cup of coffee or an energy drink, the symptoms disappear and they feel much better again. "But they're probably not feeling or performing any better than if they didn't have a caffeine habit," notes Juliano.
Physical Performance
"Caffeine can improve physical performance in endurance exercise like running, but the effect is less for short bursts of movement such as lifting weights or sprinting," says Matthew Ganio, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Arkansas.4
That's true of people who consume caffeine as well as those who don't, but the benefit may be smaller in regular users.
Caffeine helps people last longer during exercise because it prompts the body to burn more of its ample stores of fat instead of the limited stores of carbohydrate that are in our muscles. When the muscles run out of carbohydrate, we get tired.
"Caffeine also reduces the perception of muscle pain and the perception of how hard we are working, which makes us feel better when exercising and may help us exercise longer," adds Ganio.
When you have a headache, the blood vessels in your brain often dilate, or widen. Caffeine constricts blood vessels. That's one reason why caffeine is added to Excedrin, Anacin, and some other headache remedies. Another reason: caffeine is a mild pain reliever.
Parkinson's Disease
Several large studies have "uniformly concluded that higher caffeine intake seems to be closely associated with a reduced chance of developing Parkinson's disease," says Michael Okun, medical director of the National Parkinson Foundation.
For example, in a study of more than 600,000 U.S. men and women, those who consumed the most caffeine (at least 600 milligrams a day) were about 20 percent less likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson's over the next 10 years than those who consumed the least caffeine (less than 20 mg a day).5 The risk was no lower in people who got less than 600 mg of caffeine a day, however.
What's the connection? Parkinson's patients gradually lose the nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. But when caffeine blocks adenosine receptors, that stimulates brain cells that control muscle movements to release dopamine.
Caffeine may even help people who have the disease. Researchers at McGill University in Montreal recently gave 100 to 200 milligrams of caffeine or a placebo twice a day to 61 Parkinson's patients to see if it would make them less sleepy. The caffeine didn't help, but it did improve their tremors or other motor symptoms.6
"However, patients should be aware that in most studies, participants develop tolerance to the effects of caffeine, and this could negate any long-term benefits," cautions Okun.
Women in the Nurses' Health Study who drank two to three cups of regular coffee a day were about 20 percent less likely to be diagnosed with gallstones over a 20-year period than women who drank no regular coffee.7 And men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who drank two to three cups of regular coffee a day were 40 percent less likely to be diagnosed with gallstones.8 In both studies, decaf drinkers had no lower risk.
One possible explanation: caffeine may stimulate the gallbladder to contract and expel cholesterol and bile pigments that can form gallstones.
"Evidence is building that caffeine might be the first dietary component able to protect against Alzheimer's disease," says Gary Arendash of Arizona State University.
"In mice bred to develop the disease, caffeine not only protects against inevitable memory impairment," he explains, "but it also substantially decreases the amount of beta-amyloid, the bad protein in the brain that many researchers believe is the root cause of the disease."9
The few human studies have been inconsistent.
For example, in a Hawaiian study that tracked nearly 3,500 middle-aged men for 25 years, those who had reported consuming at least 400 mg of caffeine a day were 55 percent less likely than those who said they consumed less than 140 mg a day to have the brain lesions characteristic of dementia at their death. However, they were no less likely to be diagnosed with dementia during their lifetime.10
That kind of research can't prove whether or not caffeine wards off Alzheimer's in people. "To determine that, we need a clinical trial," notes Arendash.
When Caffeine May Hurt
The March of Dimes recommends that women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant consume no more than 200 mg of caffeine a day because the harmful effects of more than that on fertility, miscarriage, and fetal growth "cannot be ruled out."
The Food and Drug Administration's advice: "Pregnant women should avoid caffeine-containing foods and drugs, if possible, or consume them only sparingly."
Disrupted Sleep
"People who routinely rely on caffeine to overcome too little sleep can end up in a vicious cycle," cautions Henry Ford Hospital's Timothy Roehrs. "Disturbed sleep leads to sleepiness and then to increased caffeine consumption, which can lead to more disturbed sleep."
"People don't realize how much caffeine affects their sleep," says American University's Laura Juliano. "For those who are slow metabolizers of caffeine, there's still enough in their system to disrupt sleep at night even if they stop consuming it much earlier in the day."
People who go off caffeine typically report sleeping longer and sounder, both Roehrs and Juliano report.
When Caffeine Doesn't Matter
This fall, the parents of a 14-year-old Maryland girl sued the manufacturer of Monster Energy drink after their daughter drank two large (24 oz.) cans containing a total of 480 mg of caffeine within 24 hours and suffered cardiac arrest. The autopsy report cited "cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity" that exacerbated an underlying heart condition.
However, in a study that followed more than 130,000 Kaiser Permanente members in California for 30 years, drinking coffee (regular or decaf) didn't increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmias, even among those with existing heart conditions.11
Many companies add caffeine to their weight-loss supplements because it speeds up the metabolic rate, at least for a short period of time.12 Yet "there's little evidence that consuming caffeine leads to significant weight loss or helps people keep weight off," says the University of Arkansas' Matthew Ganio.
High blood pressure
While caffeine users experience a modest increase in blood pressure, "researchers have detected no substantial link with the development of hypertension in long-term studies of caffeinated coffee intake," notes Rob van Dam of the National University of Singapore. 13
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1 Morbid. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 61: 281, 2012.
2 Sleep 26: A194, 2003.
3 Neuropsychobiology 52: 1, 2005.
4 Int. J. Sport Nutr. Exerc. Metab. 14: 626, 2004.
5 Am. J. Epidemiol. 175: 1200, 2012.
6 Neurology 79: 651, 2012.
7 Gastroenterology 123: 1823, 2002.
9 J. Alzheimers Dis. 20 (Suppl 1): S117, 2010.
10 J. Alzheimers Dis. 23: 607, 2011.
11 Perm. J. 15: 19, 2011.
12 Obes. Rev. 12: e573, 2011.
13 Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 94: 1113, 2011.


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The sculpture installation, which was approved by the town council earlier this spring, can be found at Horne Square on Main Street, in the Town Square (where the summer concert series is held), at the Clayton Library, at the Clayton Center and in the circle at East Front Street. Each sculpture includes a plaque identifying the artist that also includes a scannable cell phone code (QRL codes) to learn more about the piece.
Each artist featured received a $1,000 honorarium for lending their art to the Town of Clayton. The eight pieces include:
- "He Stopped and Turned to See and Listen," by Charlie Brouwer of Willis, VA looks inward at our busy-ness. The piece is made from locust wood and stands about 10 feet high. It weighs more than 250 lbs. Brouwer says he imagined the figure in this piece going about his life when something caught his attention, making him stop in his tracks to turn and listen. He hopes it inspires people to slow down a bit and allow themselves to be distracted.
- "Life Cycle," by Hanna Jubran is third piece he has lent to the Town of Clayton. This piece expresses the life cycle through shape, form, space and color. It is made of stainless steel, weighs 600 pounds and stands at 6 feet tall. The artist hopes viewers will see the four elements (earth, water, fire and wind) through the shapes and colors depicted as they occur in nature.
- "Lovearch," by Andrew Denton, is considered both sculpture and love poem. The two figures, forming an arch 8 feet tall and weighing 500 pounds, balance against one another, as lovers do in real life. The artist hopes that people will understand that without each others' support, we are less strong.
- "Quetzalcoatl's Declination," by Robert Coon, a North Carolina native who now resides in Vero Beach, Florida, depicts Quetzalcoatl's battle with the sun. Quetzalcoatl wins the battle and returns as the sun, which is what inspired the piece.
- "Semi-Circle Balance Study #14," by Matt Amante of Winterville, North Carolina, is a deliberate study of contrasts. The materials in the piece are complete opposites, natural river rock and man-made stainless steel. The dynamic of balance and the contrast of materials should lead viewers to contemplate similar elements of balance in the world.
- "Silent Sounds of Service," by Gary Gresko of Oriental, North Carolina, is his second contribution to the Downtown Sculpture Trail. The aluminum sculpture stands 10 feet tall and weighs 80 pounds. It is constructed from recycled military artifacts, and the color red is used to symbolize the passion and dedication of military personnel.
- "Vortex," by artist Nelson Smith of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is his second submission to the Clayton Sculpture Trail. Smith's work as a professional welder prepared him for a career in sculptural art. He uses scrap metal to create pieces that show blow, beauty and movement.
- "Windchimes," by Adam Walls of Hope Mills, NC, is the only sculpture that includes an element of sound. The sculpture weighs in at 800 pounds and is meant to be both aesthetically and acoustically pleasing. The piece is placed at the Town Square, where the free summer concert series is held.


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Lucious - Morris
Babb - Long
Clyburn - Kane
Ejim - Hogue
Niang - Ejim
McGee - Thomas
Booker - Edozie
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A McGee on this years team would be very beneficial, otherwise I think we're just about even, Niang loss obviously hurts
Morris has a stronger skill set than Lucious, and more upside.
Clyburn seemed to disappear at times. Kane won't go away if you pay him to.
Babb vs. Long is tough due to time in the college game. If Long can become the reliable defense that Babb was, it's a discussion in two years.
OP, no opinion or did you realize this comparison is meaningless?
Loved both teams, good time to be a cyclone!
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OP, no opinion or did you realize this comparison is meaningless?
Perhaps, but it does illustrate how important team attitude and chemistry can be. We had a very talented team last year, too, but if this year's team played last year's I'll bet they'd win at 7 of 10. And I don't think last year's team had a poor attitude or chemistry, I just think this year's team has something really special that can elevate them beyond where talent alone would take them.
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Lucious - Morris
Babb - Long
Clyburn - Kane
Ejim - Hogue
Niang - Ejim
McGee - Thomas
Booker - Edozie
- Morris is a better passer and ball handler than Lucious, but Lucious scored more. However I think Morris is more than capable of scoring at a Lucious level and beyond.
- Long and Babb are both streaky and good 3 point shooters, but Babb was the better defender on average.
- Clyburn and Kane have similar scoring averages, but Kane has a better knack for scoring IMO. Their rebounding is about average even though Clyburn is 2 inches taller, but Kane is definitely the better assist man/passer. I think Kane has a greater impact on the game then Clyburn did.
- McGee and Thomas are both good 3 point shooters, but McGee on this one by a lot at this point.
- Booker and Edozie - Booker was the better player and got more minutes for sure.
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OP, no opinion or did you realize this comparison is meaningless?
Temporarily close this thread. Open it again in June. Time to focus just on this team right now.
If we are going to compare accurately, since we are taking out Niang from this year, we ought to take out Babb from last year due to the 2nd half injury.
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Well I've looked at it and except this week and last week I've been doing pretty well at cheat day (6 days of "good" eating, 1 day of "cheats").
Can you believe that Sunday after my blog entry, I walked for more than an hour along the St-Charles river, then ate an ice cream sandwich, then got tanned under the sun for an hour... and ended up at Victor's for chips, a burger and fries?! Ugh. It's so easy to influence me to go out, it's getting ridiculous. I was at the park with two friends, we were laying down on blankets, I had Oasis playing in my ears and was feeling pretty well, but also starting to get hungry. So I told the girls I'd be heading home to cook supper. Gab said she didn't feel like cooking and asked Am� if she wanted to go out somewhere. I'd just had an AWESOME day with them and didn't want to leave while they kept going so I decided to join them. And like half an hour before we left, we were discussing the restaurants we liked most in Quebec City and of course I said Victor because Victor is like the best damn thing in the world. They make gourmet burgers, they have 4 vegetarian ones (only 2 or 3 in some restaurants, but STILL) and they serve them with fries and homemade mayonnaise with 6 flavors and and and... well this place is my doom and fall. I try to not go too often but I end up there like once a month.
So we went there and had sangria and good food. I was so full at the end - and ate so quickly - that I didn'T feel well for 10 minutes. Hadn't happened in a long time. :( then back at home I had more sangria waiting for my boyfriend. UGH.
So anyway, I just came back from a 30-minutes walk outside. I was supposed to have a caf� with a friend tonight, so I made a quick supper (tofu steaks that were just too good and a fennel-spinach salad) but then she told me she didn't feel too well and cancelled. So I was home, alone, not knowing what to do, LOL. Then I realized I'm really not used to being alone, and I used to love being alone, now I dread it. BUT, at the same time it helps me make better choices. Like going for a walk instead of having an iced coffee and sitting on my butt the whole evening, or having people suggest restaurants or say they don't wanna move so yeah. XD
So during my walk I had a lot of time to think and I decided my cheat days would be fixed dates. Every Saturday. A nice end to the week and a nice start to the weekend. It'll be easier for me to actually keep track of my cheat days if they are always the same day, as I tend to forget I took it on last Sunday when it gets to Saturday so I tend to have 2 cheat days in the week... in fact weekends are what kill me. On weekends, I go out to restaurants, I eat dessert, I drink alcohol and I don't move. I should work 7/7, LOL.
I was also thinking of maybe planning all my meals ahead, and to maybe count things like proteins and carbs, I don't know. I feel like I should plan my food better, and have something to be accountable to. I really hate counting calories, and I don't like tracking my food at all - it's really difficult for me to measure portions since what I eat tends to be a mixup of a lot of stuff. How do I estimate how many mushrooms there were in my plate when they are cut into pieces and mixed with 10 other ingredients? I guess I could count BEFORE I cook the meal and then divide into the number of portions, but... really? It already takes me enough time to cook, I can't picture myself counting before and after, even though I'm good at Math! XD
Any ideas? I know I should find what's right for me, but I have so much trouble to do it. Also, for example, if I decide to count proteins, how to know HOW MUCH I need exactly? I just don't know where to start. How to know how many calories I burn, and how do I know how many I burn without doing anything? I think it's called basic metabolism if I remember well? Like BMR? I'm a little lost. And the few searches I've done so far haven't given me much substance. Do you have any advice for someone who wants to eat better, create a calorie deficit to lose weight, but isn't doing a LOT of exercises?
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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois track and field head coach Connie Price-Smith was named an assistant coach of the USA National Team to compete at the 2006 IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece. She will be in charge of the throwers competing at Athens Olympic Stadium, Sept. 16-17.
According to the USA Track and Field website, the team is composed of the highest placing finisher in each final at the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in late June. If those athletes choose not to compete, the next finisher may represent the USA National Team. Saluki thrower Brittany Riley placed ninth at the AT&T Championships.
"I'm looking forward to this experience," Price-Smith said. "I'm excited to work with the high caliber staff and athletes. Many of the coaches have competed at this level so it will be great to work with the team and place some athletes at the top of the meet."
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Head Coach - Pat Henry
Head Manager - James Li
Assistant Coach - Hal Connolly
Assistant Coach - Lance Deal
Assistant Coach - Ron Warhurst
Assistant Coach - Tim Weaver
Women's Staff
Head Coach - Mark Timmons
Head Manager - Manny Batista
Assistant Coach - Connie Price Smith
Assistant Coach - Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Assistant Coach - Chandra Cheeseborough
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Hello fans from your tan, Mustang team in Cancun! Well, it's our last night in Mexico and I'd have to say we are ready to come home! I don't think any of us realized just how much we value TexMex until this trip.
Getting to Cancun might have been the hardest part. We waited in line forever to get our tickets, go through customs, get our bags and go through immigration. Sunny side is that when we arrived, we couldn't have asked for better weather (no pun intended). Part of the first day was pretty much the only time we had free to hang out and we made the most of it. The entire team hit the beach and most sported their bikini's (Sharee's was cute, it was hot pink and not to mention Rhonda in her two-piece!) We got a game of touch football going in the sand between the coaches and players. I'm still kind of bitter that my team lost, the sun was in my eyes when I threw that interception I swear....besides we had T.O. (Miss Brittany Gilliam) drop a few passes that could have ended up in touchdowns.
Some of the coaches went parasailing and jet-skiing which looked like fun. The rooms we stayed in were probably the nicest rooms anyone has ever stayed in. Plasma TVs on the wall and big jacuzzi tubs IN our rooms. My roommate is someone I like to call Little Cobby and we got in our bathing suits and filled the jacuzzi up with two bottles of bubbles. Let's just say we used way too many bubbles and they started to take over our room. After all the splashing and fun, it was night time because the next morning was the reason we came to Cancun ... to win.
Our first game vs. Detriot went well obviously despite playing until 10:45pm. It felt like every time down the floor someone was fouled and shot free throws. The next challenge was Duke the following afternoon. It was a good test for us. You're not #4 in the nation for nothing. To be honest, we couldn't throw the ball in the ocean if you know what I mean, in either game actually!
Upon returning to Dallas tomorrow evening, we have a few days off for Christmas to go home and see our families. I have the furthest to travel as always, but I am just glad I get to go home at all even if it's just for a few days. Before I go, I want to extend a warm and happy holidays to everyone reading this and come watch us kick some Red Raider tail at Moody Dec. 30th!!
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LAS VEGAS -- Brandon Davies' absence might not have made much difference. Not as passionate and poised as San Diego State (No. 6 ESPN/USA Today, No. 7 AP) played in its third meeting with No. 8 BYU.
Senior Billy White put on an offensive display that was equally as impressive as his defense that helped bedevil national scoring leader Jimmer Fredette in leading the Aztecs past the top-seeded Cougars 72-54 Saturday night for the Mountain West Conference title.
White had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five steals and fellow all-tournament selection Kawhi Leonard pitched in 20 points and eight boards, then jawed with Fredette as the final seconds ticked off the clock.
Second-seeded San Diego State (32-2), whose only two losses were against the Cougars (30-4), finally figured out how to topple top-seeded BYU, which was playing its fifth game without Davies, the Cougars' best post player, who was suspended last week for violating the school's honor code.
Without him, the Cougars sport a smaller lineup that was no match for the longer, deeper, faster Aztecs.
"It's a big factor. He's a key player on that team," White said. "We took advantage of that and crashed the boards, just played San Diego State basketball. We knew if we just tried to contain Jimmer and tried to make everybody else shoot, we knew that we had the game."
Without Davies, the Cougars were outscored 38-14 in the paint, and they shot just 32 percent.
"The thing with Davies is we moved on," BYU senior Jackson Emery said. "That was last week. We're a different team now. We're not going to make excuses anymore. We're a different team. We have a lot of confidence in the guys we have. We believe we could have beaten them with these guys. We're not going to put anything on not having Brandon."
Despite 30 points from a late-charging Fredette, the Cougars fell to 3-2 without Davies, posing an intriguing conundrum for the NCAA selection committee, although their loss to the athletic Aztecs eliminated all hope of the No. 1 seed the Cougars envisioned two weeks ago after climbing to third in the rankings.
The Aztecs?
They will likely be a No. 2 seed, but maybe they deserve top billing. They avenged their only losses of the season Saturday and they're 31-0 against all others.
Either way, the Aztecs, who also won last year's conference tournament, have all the ingredients for a deep run in the NCAA tournament: a deep, experienced roster, a grizzled coach in Steve Fisher, savvy floor leadership behind D.J. Gay and star power with White, Leonard and Malcolm Thomas running up and down the floor for rim-rattling baskets and muscle tip-ins.
"We know that we're good. How good we still don't know," Fisher insisted. "But we had a thought that if we came and competed, we would have a chance to back-to-back cut down nets. That doesn't happen often. It doesn't happen unless you have talented players with character that will give to get."
Fredette, who had a career-high 52 points against New Mexico on Friday night, was 10 for 25 from the floor after sinking 22 shots against the Lobos.
"They played good defense," Fredette said. "They're long, they're athletic. They caused us some problems. But at the end, you know, we just didn't really make shots that sometimes we normally make to keep us in the game."
When teams send three defenders at Fredette, his cohorts have to make shots, BYU coach Dave Rose said, "especially against San Diego State, because when you turn into a driving team and you try to get to the rim, that's where they're terrific. They've got size. They've got length. They've got athleticism. They make you change your shot at the rim."
Although they were regular season co-champs, the Cougars swept the Aztecs, winning by 13 points both times -- but that was with Davies manning the middle. This time, he was watching from the end of the bench in street clothes.
Fisher insisted his strategy, however, wasn't that much different. He said he just emphasized better play against BYU's zone, and White came through in a big way.
"Obviously, a 6-8, 6-9 really good player no longer there affects you. But we played well. We played very good basketball at both ends," Fisher said.
The Aztecs took a 43-31 halftime lead and outscored the Cougars 17-6 over the first 10 minutes of the second half to make it 60-37.
"I'm really impressed with San Diego State," Rose said. "I thought that they just played with a lot of passion, a lot of emotion. They caused us a lot of problems."
The Cougars had one last run left in them, a 15-2 spurt led by Fredette that made it 62-52 with just under 5 minutes left. They had a chance to cut it to single digits but James Anderson, one of the seldom-used big men Cougars inserted into the lineup to counter the Aztecs' superior size, missed a jump hook, and Leonard's tip-in at the other end started a 10-2 San Diego State run to end the game.
Fredette was chosen the tournament's Most Valuable Player, something Leonard insisted didn't bother him.
"I just thought it would go to the winning team," Leonard said. "But, you know, he played a great tournament, so I'm not doubting him at all. I don't know what he averaged, but he had 52 in the semifinal game. That deserved the MVP."


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Stalemate and Default Risk Seen Forcing Kiev's Hand in Early 2014
Ukraine's dwindling cash reserves, withering growth and political impasse are likely to push Ukraine either into default or back into bailout talks in the early months of 2014, according to Institute of International Finance economists.
"Most likely, and the worst for the economy, is a continuation of this stalemate," said Lubomir Mitov, chief economist for emerging Europe for the Institute of International Finance, a trade group representing more than 450 of the world's largest private financial firms.
"I don't think they can go longer than May, at best, but probably the collapse will come earlier," Mr. Mitov said in a briefing with IIF members after a trip to Ukraine.
That threat could eventually force Kiev to re-enter talks for a $17 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund and to re-engage in integration negotiations with European officials.
"It will be really, really tough to handle the crisis without massive foreign official assistance," Mr. Mitov said.
"They have no choice, an adjustment is unavoidable; either they do it in an orderly way or they do it in a disorderly way," he said.
Locked in geopolitical chess match between Russia and the West, President Viktor Yanukovych last month decided under intense pressure from Moscow to abandon signing an historic integration agreement with the European Union. The decision sparked country-wide protests and has left the country in political turmoil.
Ian Brzezinski, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, says that despite signals that from Mr. Yanukovych's administration they might be willing to sign an E.U. deal in March, protracted gridlock over several months is most likely.
Mr. Brzezinski, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO policy, says Russia, the E.U. and the IMF are unlikely to compromise on their major negotiating positions, leaving Mr. Yanukovych little room for maneuver.
"His strategy is to try and leverage Russian gas credits, to squeeze out enough capital from Russia to buy himself time [until the 2015 elections], hoping the harshness of winter will fatigue the protesters," Mr. Brezinski said.
Ondrej Schneider, a senior economist in the IIF's European Department and a Ukraine analyst, says by May, the country's emergency stockpile of cash reserves won't be able to cover two months-worth of imports. That will fuel fears the country won't be able to pay its obligations and push borrowing costs to unsustainable levels.
"Nothing good is likely to happen for a few months," says Anders Aaslund, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Although Moscow could very well give Kiev discounts on the natural gas it sells to the country, which could be worth $4 billion to $5 billion, Mssrs. Aaslund, Mitov and Brzezinski think it unlikely Russia will lend Ukraine the money it needs to stabilize its economy.
Mr. Mitov said a $17 billion financing and economic reform package from the IMF, combined with another several billion from the World Bank and European Investment Bank, could put the country back on track.
But with no Russian bailout likely and Yanukovych so far refusing to compromise on IMF conditions for an emergency loan, Mr. Aaslund said "It would be surprising if this would not lead to a run on the banks and on the currency."
That would result in both a devaluation of the hryvnia, substantial bank failures, and defaults by state-owned companies such as Naftogaz, he said.
The IMF, burnt by Ukraine's failure to live up to conditions under its last bailout to the country, isn't budging.
"There have been no discussions between Ukraine and IMF in the last two weeks," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday.
The IMF is requiring three major conditions before it finances Kiev. The most politically-challenging is a hefty, but phased-in hike in natural gas prices, with protections for the poor. Kiev must de-peg the hvyrnia, allowing it to depreciate to levels that would foster healthy growth. Finally, the IMF says significant budget cuts essential, combined with economic restructuring to ensure longer-term economic expansion.
Without major international financing, the IIF's Mr. Schneider said the collapse of the Ukrainian economy could come sooner than May.
"We expect the crisis will strengthen and become more urgent in the early months of 2014. We don't know whether it will be February or march or maybe April," he said.
The government, Mr. Mitov said, has gambled on somehow muddling through to the 2015 elections.
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"Portraits of Pop Culture" is a "must see" exhibit opening tonight, Friday, March 7, 2014 at Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia. Kathy Turner captures a snapshot of current history in a sculpture or 3D painting.
Kathy Turner is an accomplished painter. Her portraits can feature exceptional detail, and yet her pioneering work in making art from found objects is often over-the-top and edgy.
In the new Del Ray exhibit, she presents a 3D sculpture work that she describes as being the result of a time consuming initiative. Here is an exclusive description in her own words.
"My latest art project has been a long time in the making. Quite a while ago I had the idea of creating a 3 dimensional art piece based on the Exquisite Corpse game concept, but it took me considerable time to figure out how I could make such a thing. The concept remained only an unrealized idea until 2 different calls for entry meshed with this concept and spurred me to bring it to fruition.
The Del Ray Artisans call for entry is titled Portraits of Pop Culture, and is explained as: "Popular culture is so pervasive in our society that it distracts the public's focus from the important issues that shape our world. This exhibit portrays and comments on our culture through its portraits of popular figures. Let your artworks reflect your point of view about our contemporary culture and its icons, good and bad."
This concept gave me a topical focus for the piece I wanted to create. I decided to feature important political figures as the 'heads' on my piece. The mid sections and base portions gave me opportunity for various symbolic content to mix and match with the 'heads'.
The 2nd call for entry by the Arlington Artists Alliance is titled 'Mayhem' and is described as: "art about chaos, disorder, and confusion."
This theme was a perfect match for my politically themed piece and spurred me to include the wild card entity of Edward Snowden as one of the 'heads' for the mayhem his expose has provoked. The choice of Russian leader Vladimir Putin proved to be a timely addition as well, what with the disorder now occurring in the Ukraine. And what would chaos be without those who attempt to bring order, thus I placed President Obama as one of the 'heads'. Finally I wanted to include a woman among this group of 'heads' and Queen Elizabeth also serves to represent the tradition and past history, even as she treads a precarious financial path.
Now that I had my ideas solidified, I had to approach the technical challenge of putting this piece together. The challenge was to make light weight cubes that I could paint and mount and make turn independently on a vertical column. I made use of an old discarded pole light. The pole unscrewed into 3 sections. I dismantled the light and removed all wiring. I found large metal washer rings that I could insert between each of the screw joints. This would allow me to mount the cubes. To make the cubes I purchased a dozen 12" x 12" back beveled floating canvases, plus six 12" x 12" artist panels. The beveled canvases formed the 4 sides of the cube, secured inside by a system of eye screws and wire tightened by a turnbuckle. The panels each had a center hole drilled out to fit onto the pole, and then became the tops and bottoms of the cubes.
Once I had all that figured out, the painting could begin. Like so many of my projects, my ideas live in my head often for a long time before they come to fruition. This one took a year to think through, but once I got started I finished it in about 2 weeks. It is one of my more complex projects. It is basically 12 paintings in one. I am pleased I was finally able to make it happen, and it fits with my trend of making more 3 dimensional painted art works."
Kathy Turner
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Opening Reception: Friday, March 7, 7–10 p.m.
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On Saturday the body of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was laid to rest in Alabama, where the child's father was born, while his father, Justin Ross Harris, 33, remained in the custody of the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in Marietta, Ga. on criminal charges in his death, according to a WXIA report published by 13WMAZ News on June 26.
According to the Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office, the child's cause of death is "consistent with hyperthermia," WJBF ABC News Channel 6 reported on Saturday. But the official agency is awaiting the results of toxicology tests performed before they can rule decisively that hyperthermia was the sole cause of the death.
The manner of the death has been ruled a homicide based upon the investigative information obtained, according to the ME's office, and the Cobb County Chief of Police John Houser has supported that position, stating in his recent letter to the public that "the chain of events that occurred in this case does not point toward simple negligence and evidence will be presented to support this allegation," 11Alive reported.
According to the warrant, the facts of the case thus far show that Justin Ross Harris is alleged to have taken his son Cooper with him to a Chick-fil-A restaurant for breakfast on the morning the child died. Then, upon arriving for his Web designer job at a nearby Home Depot's corporate office, less than a mile from the restaurant, he left the child strapped into his car seat in the vehicle while he entered the building to go to work, at approximately 9 a.m. on June 18.
Police say he would normally have taken his son to the on-site day care instead. And they say that Harris returned to the vehicle at lunch, opening the driver's side door to put something in his vehicle, but did not remove his son from the vehicle, which would have been experiencing more than 90-degree heat at that time.
Upon leaving his job slightly after 4 p.m., Mr. Harris is said to have made a stop at a shopping center on Akers Mill Road, pulling the child from the vehicle and placing him on the ground, to administer CPR. Passerby and witnesses give different reports on the father's behavior at that time, with some expressing compassion and insisting he appeared sincerely distressed, while others voicing that they felt he was acting and behaving suspiciously.
The next hearing date scheduled for Justin Harris in the death of his 22-month old child Cooper will be on July 3. Currently he is still being held without bond in the 11-acre Cobb County Adult Detention Center on one warrant (14W5485), while he is bondable on the second warrant (14W5669). The Cobb County jail inmate records do not reflect an attorney listed for the defendant as of June 27, but the charges listed are felony murder and child cruelty in the second degree.
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- 24 maraschino cherries
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon shortening
- Pat cherries with paper towels to remove excess moisture; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in cherry juice and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
- Insert a chocolate chip into each maraschino cherry. Wrap a tablespoon of dough around each cherry. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until set and edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
- In a microwave, melt remaining chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip tops of cookies in melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on wax paper; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 2 dozen.
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College Hockey:Walsh Jersey Auction Raises $11G
WESTFIELD, Mass. — The on-line auction of special North Dakota jerseys bearing the name "Walsh," in honor of Maine coach Shawn Walsh, has raised $11,055.
The Fighting Sioux wore the jerseys for their Oct. 13 game with the Black Bears and donated them to raise money for the Coaches Foundation. The charitable organization, set up to serve as a resource for coaches who might need financial help in the face of devastating illness, will receive all proceeds of the auction once collected.
Walsh's fight with kidney cancer inspired the formation of the Coaches Foundation, but it is designed to assist any coaches in need. Walsh, who was diagnosed with cancer last summer, has since received two rounds of aggressive treatment, but has remained behind the bench for the Black Bears this season.
The jersey auction ran from Jan. 19 through Jan. 25 and resulted in winning bids ranging from $275 to $1250.
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'Fiddler on the Roof' refashioned as a chamber musical? How could this Broadway behemoth (for years it held the record as the longest running musical) possibly be repackaged to fit on the Goodspeed Opera House's smallish stage, where it is playing now through September 12?
In actuality, all it took was some insightful refocusing by director Rob Ruggiero, with the net result being a "Fiddler on the Roof" as big and as sumptuous as any of the previous shows that have played at Goodspeed Musicals. There's no need to approach seeing the show with any trepidation. Audiences will find evocative nineteenth century costumes of the poor Jewish villagers of Anetevka (thanks to costume designer Alejo Vietti), marvelous orchestrations of Dan DeLange that capture the robust sound and ethnic flavor of the legendary Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock score, and choreography by the talented Parker Esse's that recreates much of Jerome Robbins' original dances. Ruggiero even supplies an actual fiddler who's not only found on the roof, but frequently blends in among the cast as well.
But the most noticeable difference in Ruggiero's production is a "Fiddler on the Roof" that is more intimate and more human than most previous productions. Whenever the Tevye of actor Adam Heller speaks to God in his quiet, determined way, it's almost embarrassing to listen to the seemingly easy-going milkman being so vulnerable and yearning in these private conversations. Heller's Tevye is both devout and serious, but the actor's appearance skews a bit younger than previous actors in this role. As a result, he seems more open to the changes that are undermining his community's traditions and impacting his family even more so. It's a strength that he will need to share with his brethren as the musical progresses.
In addition, Ruggiero sharpens the musical's focus to concentrate on Tevye's family and the impact of societal changes on him, his devoted and long-suffering wife Golde, and in particular on their three oldest daughters. In a clever move by the director, the female members of the show's ensemble portray predominantly the older women of the community. By assuring that Tevye's five daughters are essentially the youngest women on stage, he is able to concentrate our attention on them. The efforts of Tevye and Golde, played with a wise determination by the marvelous and very believable Lori Wilner, to assure a satisfactory and protective future for their daughters, mirrors the community's interests in maintaining their traditions amidst a time of great uncertainty and growing danger for Russia's Jewish population.
Thus, the story of the Russian oppression of the Jews as seen through the eyes of single family takes on a compelling urgency. The enterprise is based upon a series of short stories by Sholem Aleichem, published collectively as "Tevye and His Daughters," so this focus is warranted and appropriate.
This is not to suggest that this "Fiddler" is all serious going. All of the warmth and humor in Joseph Stein's book is here, especially through the antics of such stock characters as the busy body matchmaker, Yente, played by Cheryl Stern, to the seemingly inattentive yet discerning rabbi of Jeremy Lawrence, and to the overconfident businessman Lazar Wolf of John Payonk who plans to marry Tevye's eldest daughter Tzeitel. Ruggiero is especially successful in his staging of the musical's funniest showpiece, as Tevye invents several visitations from beyond the grave by Goldie's grandmother and Lazar Wolf's first wife in order to convince Goldie that their daughter really belongs with the poor tailor Motel.
One forgets how much familiar and glorious music originated with "Fiddler on the Roof." Michael O'Flaherty conducts a seven member orchestra that sounds twice the size and does the music proud, as does the entire 25-person cast, who make such choral numbers as "Sunrise, Sunset" and the show's opening salvo, "Tradition," sound so robust. But one is also touched by the three eldest daughters' plaintive "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," as Barrie Kreinik's Tzeitel, Elizabeth DeRosea's Hodel, and Jen Brissman's Chava first dream of finding the perfect mate then confront the reality of the available suitors within their small community. David Perlman's Motel gets to shine on a genuinely heartfelt rendition of "Miracle of Miracles," while DeRosa offers a tender, heartbreaking version of "Far From the Home I Love," as daughter Hodel embarks on an uncertain journey to join her imprisoned activist boyfriend Perchik in remote Siberia.
Heller and Wilner have a set of lovely duets, one in each act, which add some depth and integrity to the couple's relationship. "The Sabbath Prayer (May The Lord Bless and Protect Us)" is a gentle lullaby of preparation for the sacred meal, while Teyve's questioning "Do You Love Me?" acknowledges the strains and problems of any 20+ year relationship, while simultaneously cementing the love between the two.
Heller emerges as the heart of the show and his fresh take on Tevye, a part he has never played previously, is quite rewarding. He is not as humorously overconfident as other actors in the role have been, but instead depicts a man who is struggling with the challenges of his time and trying to make sense of them with the help of his God. Heller's Tevye is an outright honorable and generous man, who yearns for the wisdom that can help him maneuver through life and assure his family's welfare. As he sings "If I Were A Rich Man" one can hear the years of effort and work he has put forward toward this goal while allowing himself a few brief moments in front of his milk wagon to imagine the improbable.
Ruggiero manages to convey the more dramatic aspects of "Fiddler" through Michael Schweikardt's minimalist yet remarkably effective set design. Schweikardt has fashioned a line of seven or eight birch trees spread across the back of the stage, fronted by two tall, flexible wood structures that can serve as doors, gates, or walls, in front of which smaller set pieces such as Tevye's kitchen, Motel's tailor shop or a bench and flag for the train station can be placed. This accommodates the space needs of several of the very elaborate dance numbers including the boisterous "To Life" set in the local tavern and the celebratory dances of the wedding scene between Tzeitel and Motel.
Both of these numbers, however, are more than dances. They serve to depict the various undercurrents at play in the show's plot. At the Inn, Tevye and his friends, saluting the arranged marriage of his eldest, are closely watched by local Russians, who eventually engage the celebrants in a sort of challenge between historically Russian and Jewish dances. At the wedding, the revolutionary Perchik is seen monitoring the celebration who then slyly removes the stanchion separating the men from the women, shattering tradition by asking the women to dance. Ruggiero stages both scenes with the requisite underlying tension, particularly as the local constabulary arrives to disrupt the wedding further. Even Ruggiero's and Esse's buoyant "Tradition" subtly inserts the nascent tension within the community, as the neighboring Russians are introduced who are bearing just the merest hints of glares and disdain.
Ultimately, however, "Fiddler on the Roof" is a story of resilience, which is conveyed quite smartly throughout this production. Despite the challenges and obstacles we have witnessed, one leaves the theatre filled with hope, even though we are well aware of the struggles and barriers that Jews will face around the world in the years ahead. That's the power of Aleichem's stories, the music and the lyrics, and the authenticity of this production.
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I recently moved, and at the same time purchased a new router (Linksys E1200). Prior to the move, I had my old router set up to forward a port for SSH to servers on my LAN, and I was using DynDNS to manage the external IP address. Everything worked great.
I moved and set up the new router (unfortunately, the old one is busted so I can't try things out with it), updated the DynDNS address, and attempted to restore my port forwarding settings. No joy. SSH connections time out, and pings go unanswered.
But here's the weird part (i.e., key to the whole thing?): I can ping and SSH just fine from within this LAN. I'm not talking about the local 192.168.1.* addresses. I can actually SSH from a computer on my LAN to the DynDNS external address. It's only when the client is outside the LAN that connections are dropped.
This surely suggests a particular point of failure, but I don't know enough to figure out what it is. I can't figure out why it would make a difference where the connections originate, unless there's a filter for "trusted" IP addresses, which is perhaps just restricted to my own. No settings have been touched on the servers, and I can't find any settings suggesting this on the router admin interface. I disabled the router's SPI firewall and "Filter anonymous traffic" setting to no avail.
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The most famous collection in the Pretty Polly brand is designed by Henry Holland; one of London's most prestigious designers. The House of Holland collection features cutting-edge legwear by mixing sheer and opaque fabrics with its own twist on unique designs.
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Pretty Polly designers are known for these unique styles so they keep pumping out new and fun designs as well as the traditional ones that made them known worldwide many decades ago. They offer classic fishnets, sheer gloss tights and opaque tights, but also exclusive, wild patterns that cannot be seen in many other collections.


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Swansea ticket deadline today
by Stuart Vose
Season card holders should apply before 5pm.
Season card holders have until 5pm today (Wednesday) to apply for tickets for the upcoming game at Swansea City.
Sunderland travel to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday 19th October (KO 3pm).
Tickets are priced at £35 adults and £22.50 over-65's/under-16's/full-time students.
Season card holders applying before the priority deadline will receive a £10 discount on the prices stated above.
Applications can made via the online service or in person at the Stadium of Light ticket office.
Any remaining tickets will be placed on general sale at 9am on Wednesday 9th October, subject to availability.
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We don't need to know any Northern Michiganers to know that we absolutely must have This Is Folk Lore's Loggers, Miners, Whores and Moonshiners Complete Set ($20). But we actually do know a Northern Michigan girl who would appreciate this and she really does fall into a couple of these categories. On some nights, they are all at the same time.
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During a recent press conference in London, OQO announced their brand new model e2 UMPC with one important change - the inclusion of HSDPA support!
Expansys are already selling the revamped model with mobile Internet access via your SIM for £1,286.29 (including tax). It is on pre-order, so you may have to wait a little for them to ship.
The regular model e2 without HSDPA goes for £1,172.43 also including tax, so you are paying quite a price premium for the additional feature but for business travelers on the move who are always required to be connected to the Internet, it may well be worth it for places where wireless internet is not readily available.
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Terrebonne School Board to meet earlier
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 10:05 p.m.
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The Terrebonne Parish School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to move its meeting start time from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m.
An earlier start time would make the meetings more convenient for parents, teachers and faculty, said board member L.P. Bordelon, who made the proposal.
The time change will take effect at the board's Oct. 1 meeting.
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World Cafe remembers Ralph Stanley, who passed away last Thursday, revisiting the bluegrass legend's Vintage Cafe from 2002.
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The Avett Brothers have a new album called Magpie and the Dandelion, and it hits shelves Oct. 15. WFPK has partnered up with NPR Music to premiere the first track from it, Another Is Waiting.


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I don't know where my wafer is - come on, TSMC - but seriously, the company has just shown off two wafers at Techcon: the first, a production 20nm SoC and the second, a pre-production 16nm without any qualifiers.
Our friend over at SemiAccurate snapped the beautiful shots of things to come. 16nm is the most interesting here, as we don't have 16nm tech in our devices, but 20nm-based chips are already baked into some devices on the market. SA says that 16nm FinFETs from TSMC should arrive in early 2015 if there are no glaring problems ahead.


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HAR(Houston Association of Realtors) released their Mar 2014 report few weeks ago and the sales numbers were really astonishing despite low inventory, home sales blossom for a 34th straight month.
Here is a snapshot of the report:
If there's a depleted supply of homes for sale in Houston, you wouldn't know it from the market's new monthly home sales figures. March brought about the 34th consecutive month of positive home sales, despite the record low 2.6-month supply of inventory that has prevailed throughout 2014.
According to the latest monthly report prepared by the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), home sales rose 3.7 percent year-over-year, with March single-family home sales totaling 5,971. That is the largest one-month sales volume recorded since last September.
The supply of homes first reached 2.6 months of inventory in December 2013 and has held steady ever since. However, it is down from the 3.5-month supply in March 2013 and significantly lower than the national supply of 5.2 months of inventory.
The average price of a single-family home increased 11.0 percent year-over-year to $261,329. The median price—the figure at which half the homes sold for more and half for less—climbed 9.8 percent to $189,900. Both figures represent the highest prices Houston has ever seen in a March.
Single-family homes priced from $250,000 through the millions saw the greatest sales activity and accounted for the latest jump in prices. Homes priced at $150,000 and below experienced declines.
"Houston home sales rose again in March, with most of the buying taking place at the higher end of the market," said HAR Chair Chaille Ralph with Heritage Texas Properties. "We've also seen ongoing strength in the leasing market, which illustrates that many consumers continue to take advantage of available lease property. We are happy that there hasn't been any further decline in the local supply of homes and are hopeful that new construction and seasonal spring listings will help our inventory grow."
Go to Har to read the full report.
Many of you know 2013 year was one of the good year to go in the history books for Real Estate industry. It was the year when many buyers purchased the property in record low interest rate, sales prices gone up so frequently in rocket speed, market has turned to sellers market from buyer market in many years and it was the year many new homes owners purchased the property due to the expected price increase in 2014.
Now we are already in April of 2014, March was good month inspite of low inventory with price increases and market is starting to pick up and houses are slowly popping in the market but they disappear fast but hope to to have increase in inventory to keep the industry running… Let's hope for a good spring and summer 2014.


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Summer cross country series open to all ages at Westminster Academy
The Summer Racing Series of two-mile cross country runs will provide a chance to stay race fit during the hot months.
This is the second year for the weekly series of Tuesday evening races at Westminster Academy Sports Complex, 3701 NW 44th St., Lauderdale Lakes. The race is at 6:30 p.m., entry is $2.
Last year several of the area's top high school runners used the series to prep for the fall cross country season, including Santiago Zerda, who went on to be Sun Sentinel Runner of the Year, and first-team selections Nicholas Palermo of North Broward Prep and Alexandra Payne of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The races also drew prominent adult runners including Ronnie Holassic, Jordan Zwick and Don Wennerstrom.
Races are on the challenging terrain of the Westminster cross country course, including the tricky sand hills on the backside of the lake.
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To coincide with World Diabetes Day (Nov 14th), the Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART) announced funding of $3.2 million for 50 new projects in 2013. The major grant, the Viertel Post Doctoral Fellowship in Diabetes was awarded to Professor Andrew Murphy from Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute for his work investigating why three out of four people with diabetes die from heart disease.
Dr Murphy has made the observation that mice with diabetes have increased platelet levels (blood borne cells that promote blood clotting) and that appeared to be due to enhanced production by stem cells.
The funding of $300,000 will go a long way to support Dr Murphy's work. It covers his salary, a research assistant and expenses for the project.
Diabetes Australia Research Trust Chairman John Townend said "Over the past 7 years, the Diabetes Australia Research Trust has invested $18 million in quality Australian research projects like Andrew's, which lead to better lives for people with diabetes. There is a growing field of exciting diabetes projects that the Diabetes Australia Research Trust is proud to fund."
Other major grants in 2013 are the two Millennium Awards for projects in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. These were awarded to:
Dr. Nora Straznicky, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Neuroadrenergic dysfunction along the diabetic continuum: Benefits of weight loss within different strata of metabolic risk
A/Professor Rebecca Ritchie, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Nitroxyl (HNO) donors as novel pharmacotherapy specifically for the cardiac complications of type 1 diabetes.
The Diabetes Australia Research Trust also funded 43 General Research Grants which include three Behavioural Research Grants.
About the Diabetes Australia Research Trust
Established by Diabetes Australia in 1987, the Trust supports and develops the field of diabetes research in Australia through providing funding towards the prevention, management and cure of diabetes, as well as enabling and fostering young and upcoming researchers in diabetes research.
Dr Andrew Murphy completed his PhD at the Baker IDI in 2008 under the supervision of Prof Jaye Chin-Dusting, winning both the Rod Andrews Prize for best presentation by a second year student as well as the Paul Korner Prize for top final year student. After a year as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Baker IDI, Dr Murphy took up a position in 2010 at Columbia University, New York with Prof Alan Tall where he was awarded an American Heart Association Fellowship. D has published in leading specialist scientific and medical journals and has been invited to present in several international conferences.
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Three out of four people who suffer from diabetes die of cardiovascular disease. Why people with diabetes are at a higher risk and develop accelerated heart disease remains unclear. Furthermore, the benefit of intensive glucose control in combination with lipid lowering therapy is currently under debate. Using mouse models of diabetes, Dr Murphy made the novel observation that diabetic mice have increased platelet levels (blood borne cells that promote blood clotting) and that appeared to be due enhanced production by stem cells. As platelets play an important role in the imitation of heart disease, this may provide us with a link to why people with diabetes do worse in heart disease.