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The former baseball standout at Parkland Douglas High School and cancer survivor is tearing up the Pacific Coast League with the Tucson Padres, San Diego's Triple-A affiliate. Rizzo, 21, is hitting .393 with 10 home runs and 43 RBI in just 122 at-bats, and his combined on-base/slugging percentage is a ridiculous 1.207.
It's only a matter of time before Rizzo, acquired from the Red Sox in last winter's Adrian Gonzalez trade, gets the callup to become the long-term replacement at first base for the popular Gonzalez. Look for that to happen sometime around June 1 as the Padres, like most teams, seek to limit their exposure to salary arbitration.
In the meantime, Rizzo has become a valued spokesman in the fight against cancer. He frequently shares his story in hopes of increasing awareness for this worthy cause.
Diagnosed at 18 with with Limited Stage Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Rizzo lost a year of his pro career as he underwent six months of treatment before being pronounced cancer free. His comeback story will be part of the headliners at Saturday's Lymphomathon in Tucson.
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FDA Waives Conflict For Prof Negotiating Deal With Drug Maker The Food and Drug Administration's Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC), which meets today to consider a new animal antibiotic, will include Mark G. Papich, a North Carolina State professor who is currently negotiating a consulting deal with Intervet, the drug's manufacturer. Papich, who already has consulting gigs with Intervet's competitors and has garnered more than $20,000 in speaking fees from firms in the animal antibiotics business, received a waiver to participate in the meeting but he will not be allowed to vote. In a bizarre twist to its usual waiver language, the FDA said that it "may take into account Dr. Papich's financial interests in assessing the advice he renders."
EPA Ignores Science, Enacts Weak Soot Rule Ignoring protests from its own scientific advisers, the Environmental Protection Agency last week enacted a fine particulates rule that left annual exposures unchanged despite research that shows a tougher standard could save 3,000 lives a year. The EPA cut the allowable single-day peak exposure to particulates in half, which EPA administrator Stephen Johnson said was sufficient to protect public health. Environmentalists and clean air activists blasted the agency's decision. But perhaps the most telling criticism came from Rogene Henderson, chair of the EPA's outside Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. She called the new rule "a big disappointment." All but two of the 22 scientists on the CASAC wanted tougher rules. After the coal and electric power industries called the new rule heavy-handed, some press accounts suggested the EPA took a middle-of-the-road position, even though the rule ran against the grain of recent science and represented a major victory for industry lobbyists.
White House Nixed Media Appearance By Global Warming Scientist The online magazine Salon.com has revealed another instance where a low-level political flack acting at the behest of the White House sought to limit press access to National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Administration scientists who believe global warming intensifies hurricanes. The White House's Council on Environmental Quality identified which scientists should be made available to the press shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit ground a year ago, email exchanges between NOAA and Commerce Department press officials showed. Commerce's deputy director of communications, Chuck Fuqua, who previously ran public relations for the Republican National Convention, then offered "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" NOAA hurricane researcher Chris Landsea, who downplays research linking global warming to fiercer storms. A few days later, when a NOAA public affairs specialist asked for permission to put researcher Tom Knutson on CNBC, Fuqua turned down the request. Knutson's research shows a connection between warming and weather intensification.
Brit Scientists Blast ExxonMobil's Corporate Citizenship Report The British Royal Society earlier this month blasted ExxonMobil Corp. for delivering an "inaccurate and misleading view of the science of climate change" in its 2005 Corporate Citizenship Report, which was delivered to stockholders in May of this year. The scathing letter to Exxon's top public affairs official in Great Britain accused the company of describing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in ways that "are not consistent with the scientific literature." Royal Society senior manager Bob Ward demanded to know "which organizations in the UK and other European countries have been receiving funding from ExxonMobil so that I can work out which of these have been similarly providing inaccurate and misleading information to the public." A pretty good list can be found here.
Odds and Ends Add the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society to the list of journal publishers moving to adopt conflict-of-interest disclosure policies, according to Environmental Science and Technology. ES&T editor Jerry Schnoor tells his own reporter that the American Chemical Society journal will now insist all study authors publish their funding sources. "If the researcher or reviewer has financial or other interests with a stake in the research results, then people can judge the findings in that light," he said.


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How cool & useful would it be to have a BIG TOUCH-TABLET.
Like a 24" LCD screen with a tablet function
sorry — Don't have this yet.
For my astro-travel setup, I recognized how beautifully my old 24" LCD screen will fit into that travel case. And so this is not a photo-montage. THIS SETUP ACTUALLY WORKS !!
All stand-alone from a 12V battery inside this 24gal Stanley toolbox (detailed photos later)
In a harsh and misty environment, in the dark, a keyboard is a bit of a nuisance. can't type without extra light, misplace it in the dark, moisture isn't good for the contacts, …
So a good touch-pad on-screen interface would be just nice !!
A large (24") view is good to explore space AND edit photos. And watch a DVD while shooting 50+ long-exposures in the background
As I said (photos later) — this setup actually is working from a single (quite small) 12V car battery. Powers both the laptop & the monitor. Too bad it requires additional mouse & KBD to be useful (no touchscreen).
It looks cool and may be useful in the future — but at this time, it is merely a proof of an interesting concept. THE WEIGHT is killing this idea.
- This 24" LCD is a couple of years old and quite heavy — maybe a newer 19" may be more suitable
- TBD the power that 24" needs, again a newer 19" likely is more suitable
- 12V car battery is cheap & reliable & good capacity ==> BUT REALLY HEAVY
- without a touchscreen, I would need at least a (wireless) mouse /trackball and possibly a (wireless) KBD as well (or easy access to the laptop KBD)
- the box may not be tough enough to protect the LCD in such a tight fit
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Sandy Miller is a writer and former children's book publisher. He resides in, and remains enthralled by, New York City. Juliana Spear is a New York-born-and-raised art director and freelance photographer now living in Massachusetts. Her work has been featured in Café Life Paris, Romantic Paris and Steeped: In the World of Tea.
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How to find a differentiable map $T : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ whose fixed points are exactly integers?
I have to
a)Find points $|T'(x)| > 1$ (if any)
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b)There must exist at least one $x$ such that $|T'(x)| > 1$.
I think the functions $$x - Tx = x(x^2 - 1)(x^2 - 4)(x^2 - 9)...$$ and $$x - Tx = x(e^x - e^1)(e^{-x} - e^1)(e^x - e^2)(e^{-x} - e^2)(e^x - e^3)...$$ will satistfy the criteria.
Is there any closed form expressions for $T'(x)$?
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Sunday, April 13, 2014: Let your social skills help you manage whatever intensity you encounter, expect some exciting moments and remember that it's a lot saner to make peace with others by establishing common ground than to make war by acting in anger. Channel your emotions and aggressions into positive outlets. Go to the gym... go for a run... Do whatever you can to center yourself, stay in your body and swim with the tide not against it.
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This is the perfect addition to the infamous Shark Week which now includes the newest fake extreme sport: "Shark Surfing" in support of the new AMP Energy "No Bull. Just Energy." campaign. In the video, extreme sport enthusiasts Josh and Damien are back to take on a second over-hyped sport. While the guys attempt to tame sharks on the high seas, MMA champion and long-time AMP Energy athlete Urijah Faber makes a special guest appearance and looks on at this new 'sport' as he can't believe what is his eyes are watching.
The brand recently launched its new campaign with a two-part video series introducing the fake extreme sport, Full Contact Skydiving which had America buzzing about whether or not the new sport was real or fake. The brand then revealed that Full Contact Skydiving was in fact a made up sport via a second video, letting consumers know that they shouldn't buy the hype if they are looking for real energy from an energy drink. The two videos combined generated over 2.5 million views.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
The Largest Gathering of Superheroes Ever
On Saturday, October 2, DreamWorks Animation hosted a Mega-event to promote and celebrate the November 5 release of Megamind starring the voices of Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt. Their goal was to beat the current Guinness World Records title for Largest Gathering of Superheroes. With a magic number of 1,500 to aim for, Will Ferrell and 1,580 of his closest costumed superhero friends united and made heroic history as they smashed the record to smithereens.
"We just broke the record for the biggest gathering of super heroes to kick off Megamonth. If everyone would just stay in their costumes for all of October, we could break another one," said Ferrell on Saturday, after breaking the Guinness World Record. Congrats to Ferrell and his crew of record breaking cronies.
Artist Direct reports, "The attempt commenced promptly at 10:00 AM as superheroes swooped into L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. To qualify for the record attempt, participants had to arrive dressed as an easily recognizable superhero that has appeared in a published book, comic, television program or film, as stipulated by the record guidelines. A minimum of 1,501 superheroes were needed to break the previous world record."
You can see photos at Huffington Post to see the array of both adult superheroes and small kid superheroes that showed up. To name a few, we spotted:
· Many sightings of Wonder Woman
· Popeye
· Power Rangers
· Characters from V for Vendetta and the Watchmen
· The Flash
You can catch some video too, on the Hero Complex from the L.A. Times or on a clip of Attack of the Show from the G4 cable channel for gamers.
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When I still young but so much older and recently divorced (yes, the first time), I drove over that bridge in a fog inside the car and out, and I felt brave, enormously brave and fierce and independent.
This time I was simply in awe. I got out of the car first, before I crossed, and stood on the cliff with no railing down to the ragged, jagged cliffs crashing into sea. I let the salt air hit my lungs and frizz my hair. And it felt so familiar in a primal kind of way.
For so very many years, maybe 30 now, I had promised myself a return to Big Sur "when I had the time." I no more had the time this time then any other time, but I had finally claimed it anyway. After attending to the elder-care issues of my mother in the Bay Area, I took my little rental car and just started driving south from Half Moon Bay, where I stay when I visit her. I sent an email to a friend of a friend, who found me a room in a stunning property for half of half, maybe less, of the rack rate.
The days did not disappoint. The fog burned off and Santa Cruz became Capitola became Carmel and then no more towns for 90 miles just that unspoiled remote wildness known as Big Sur.
When I drove into a tiny gathering of buildings/campsites/grocery/gas pumps, I pulled over my rental car was nearly empty. I drove up to the gas pumps next to a stationary, really old, Airstream-style trailer/office. A young man came out and looked at me and my car and motioned me to a different pump. My rental car gas tank was on the opposite side as my own car. I said thanks and he nodded. And as I began to fill the tank, he did the most amazing thing: He pulled out a long-handled squeegee and he washed my windows, all of them. It was at that moment I knew I had entered another time dimension. I finished filling the tank, hung up the pump and pulled a few ones out of my jacket pocket and handed them to him. He looked quizzically at what I had done. I thanked him. He said nothing, but he sorta smiled.
I think this really happened.
When I went into the tiny grocery where you could buy wine and gourmet chocolate and bait and a frying pan, I looked at the folks inside who were clearly locals. This is apparently where tie-dyed, gray-haired hippies come to die. I felt kinship and (perhaps chocolate-induced) bliss. I drove a few more miles and checked into my amazing lodging with the view of the ocean from high above on the cliff and I fell fast asleep. I woke up hours later with the ocean fog creeping over my deck and chilling my room, which fortunately had a fireplace and the biggest bathtub I have ever sunk into. On the edge of the tub, in an abalone half shell, was carefully poured about a pound of chunky bath salts and, next to that, fresh rosemary in a tiny vase.
I woke in the morning with the birds before dawn. And I read and made some tea and then slept some more. Then I gathered myself up for some exploring and set about to drive farther down the coast to a hermitage that I learned was in a remote area two miles above the highway deep in the Santa Lucia Mountains.
We found each other about an hour later.
The views were so expansive that belief was undisputed. The tiny chapel was set farther up the hill and the little hermitage rooms all overlooked the sea. There was a gift/book store and I spent some time talking to the monk on duty and gathering some gifts. I sat for a spell on bench and scribbled some notes but mostly just vegetated/meditated on the raw, unspoiled beauty.
Most of my life, encounters with the ocean have me level with it, on a beach looking straight out the water, flat on my horizon. These views, looking so far down at the ocean, were dizzying. I felt one with the eagles and pelicans and giant ravens and released endangered condors who took turns flying at my eye level. A little piece of me rode on their wings through the redwoods and over the ocean, watching the waves and the fish swimming just under the surface.
I had less than 48 hours before my flight left back to Utah and I was determined to make each of them count. I was determined to do nothing and do it well.
To be continued
Teri Orr is a former editor of The Park Record. She is the director of the organization that provides programming for the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts.


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In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the process of retrieving eggs and sperm and manually fertilizing them in a laboratory dish outside the womb. Healthy embryos are then transferred back into the uterus with the goal of implantation and further embryo development. IVF is performed by physicians who specialize in reproductive medicine and have received additional education and training in the evaluation and treatment of male-factor and female-factor infertility.
IVF was originally developed in the early 1970's to treat infertility caused by blocked or damaged fallopian tubes. Louise Brown, born in the United Kingdom in 1978, was the first baby conceived with the help of IVF. She made headlines again in 2006 when she went on to naturally conceive a healthy baby of her own. The technology of IVF and advanced reproductive technologies has improved markedly since then; and over 3 million babies have been born since Louise Brown with the help of IVF.
IVF involves four steps:
Stage I: Ovarian Stimulation and Monitoring – In order to maximize the patient's chances for successful fertilization, a patient undergoing IVF usually take hormones in the form of injections to increase the number of eggs produced in a given month. Frequent monitoring is performed to continuously follow a woman's ovarian response, allowing the physician to adjust and time medication dosage appropriately.
Stage II: Egg (Ovum) Retrieval – Under sedation, the reproductive specialist extracts mature eggs via ultrasound guidance. Egg retrieval is a minimally invasive procedure that normally takes less than 15 minutes. Patients typically can resume normal activity within the next day.
Stage III: Culture and Fertilization – Embryologists use high-power microscopes and steady precision to fertilize the eggs with sperm in the embryology laboratory. At times, the sperm are released on top of the oocyte to fertilize it. In other cases, especially when there are less than one million living sperm, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is used where a single sperm is microinjected directly into the cytoplasm of the ovum.
Stage IV: Embryo Transfer – A fertility specialist will transfer the minimum number of healthy and mature embryo(s) back into the uterus, with the goal of implantation in the uterine wall. This procedure usually does not involve any sedation. The physician will use ultrasound to guide a small catheter through the cervix and deposit the embryo(s) in the uterus. The embryo transfer procedure takes only a few minutes and recovery time is less than a day. Remaining viable embryos can be cryopreserved and used for subsequent transfer cycles. A pregnancy test is performed 11 days after the embryo transfer to evaluate whether implantation successfully occurred.
RMA of New York released an extensive rare view into fertilization, embryo development, and laboratory procedures performed during an IVF cycle. Medical and laboratory video footage documents egg retrieval, insemination, embryo development from cleavage stage (day 2-3) to blastocyst stage (day 5-6), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assisted hatching, embryo transfer and embryo cryopreservation.
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August 12, 2013
Why is it that almost always, when the word "reform" is used in Washington, it means bigger, more expensive government? And why is it that when liberals talk about creating jobs, they really intend......
Wow. Bush II nearly made us a third world country and doing nothing after him would be more of the same. I think I just discovered why the rich are getting richer and the economy is so lacking. How did that Bush II spending work out for you? We need a jobs bill now.
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August 26, 2013,
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Wood prices rise again
Armstrong announced that it will initiate a 3 percent to 10 percent increase in the U.S. and Canada on select solid hardwood products — mostly wider width and non-oak species — and on select engineered hardwood products effective with shipments on September 13, 2013.
This comes after nearly 9 months of multiple increases being posted by all major suppliers. In some cases, product prices have been increased by more than 20 percent at this point. In May, FCW reported that companies then posted an approximate 6 percent increase on engineered products and 10 percent on solid products.
Mohawk, Columbia, Mannington, Shaw and Anderson have not made announcements at this time, though all have posted increases since last November and continue to look closely at the continuing pressure on lumber costs.
"We continue to see increases on both veneer and lumber costs, especially on certain species of lumber. We continue to do everything we can to compensate. We truly understand how difficult it is to pass along price," said Kevin Biedermann, senior vice president, Armstrong Residential Floor Products.
But Biedermann also said that while the increases will have an impact on business, it won't be significant. "There is a value to solid hardwood for most folks; the value of real, solid wood and even with the increase in costs, hardwood still provides value to the homeowner. Putting it in perspective, on a $5,000 project a homeowner may be taking an increase of $600. Significant yes; but probably not enough to stop a homeowner from putting beautiful wood into her home."
But engineered suppliers said that while retailers are facing challenges as these price increases take effect on their showroom floors, they are finding relief with engineered product, even in traditional solid markets. Indeed, while increases are being posted on both solid and engineered wood, the latter remains price competitive and reaping the benefits of a greater price spread. Costs on engineered, said suppliers, can be controlled a bit better.
Wood flooring saw a nice 7.2 percent increase in sales dollars in 2012, according to Catalina Research, with sales posting at $1.96 billion. While not at 2008 levels, it's the best the market has seen since. And wood continues to be in a growth position in 2013, Catalina has reported.
There are a multitude of challenges plaguing the wood market: A number of sawmills shut down or decreased production during the downturn. Bad weather impacted procurement as well. Meanwhile, post-recession, demand has picked up. And, the flooring industry is competing with other industries for lumber such as furniture, pallets, etc. Many industry insiders have called it "the perfect storm."
But Harry Bogner, senior vice president of hardwood, Unilin Flooring, said that the situation is not permanent. "Lumber supplies continue to be impacted by an improving economy and less than the ideal logging conditions, caused by an extended rainy season. Eventually, the forests will dry out and supplies will improve. The demand for hardwood flooring is up this year. New housing starts are up; builder business is on the rise; there is pent up demand for new housing; and, most importantly, hardwood still continues to be flooring that people aspire to have in their homes. Despite the supply and pricing challenges, hardwood has continued to retain customer appeal and its place in the market as a desired flooring option."
Added Armstrong's Biedermann, "The increases do not change our strategy — we will continue to drive value to the consumer and give retailers differentiated product that they can make money on. We will still focus on providing high quality floors that consumers love, which increase the value of the home; that retailers can sell; and, that allow us to be responsible to our shareholders."
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The Mesa City Council is about a month away from making crucial decisions on the city's next leg of light rail.
Valley Metro staffers laid out the options to council members during this week's study session without making recommendations.
The choices will have a major impact on the price of running the tracks from near Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road, and also affect how much private land will need to be acquired.
The biggest question that previously surrounded the 2-mile extension, however, has already been answered.
Until last month Mesa and Valley Metro had no identified source of funding for the new tracks. But Mesa now plans to issue bonds for the extension, repaying the bonds over time with federal money that previously had been proposed for several major street projects.
That scheme will require no new taxes, won't affect the city's general-operating fund, and is making its way through expected approvals from state and regional transportation agencies.
That settled, the council is scheduled to decide Dec.6 on several issues:
Whether traffic between Mesa Drive and Gilbert Road will remain at four lanes or be reduced to two lanes, with left-turn lanes at major intersections.
If the two-lane option is chosen, whether to install roundabouts at five secondary intersections along the 2 miles. The roundabouts would make it easier for drivers to make U-turns on Main Street, improving business access.
Whether a park-and-ride at Gilbert Road will be on the north or south side of Main Street.
For the 3.1-mile extension currently under construction from Sycamore Street to Mesa Drive, planners decided to keep traffic on Main to four lanes, narrowing it to two only through the heart of downtown.
Opening traffic back up to four lanes east of there would be considerably more expensive than leaving the narrower configuration to Gilbert Road.
Compared with a two-lane option, building four lanes of traffic would:
Increase the project cost by $11million, for a total of $133million.
Require acquisition of 90,000 square feet of property instead of 25,000 square feet.
Affect 59 properties instead of 11.
Potentially affect four buildings instead of none.
Eliminate 200 parking spaces along Main Street, as opposed to 100 spaces that would be lost to the two-lane option.
The tradeoff, however, would be better traffic flow.
Dan Cleavenger, Mesa's transportation director, said four lanes could accommodate 28,000 cars a day, whereas two lanes would reduce it to 20,000 cars.
Mayor Scott Smith said that could be an important factor in the council's final decision, because Mesa wants to keep traffic flowing to the numerous businesses in the neighborhood.
If the council decides to narrow Main Street to two lanes but add roundabouts, the figures change a bit:
The overall cost would be $126million.
There would be 26 potential conflicts with private property, requiring 32,000 square feet of right-of-way but affecting no buildings.
The traffic count would remain at 20,000 a day.
Wulf Grote, planning director for Metro Light Rail, said none of the property-acquisition estimates take into account what would be needed for a 500- to 700-space park-and-ride at Gilbert Road.
Whether the lot is built on the north or the south side, Valley Metro presented a map showing that several businesses would need to be demolished.
City Manager Chris Brady said it will be important to pick the right spot for the park-and-ride because once the tracks reach Gilbert Road, the next phase of light-rail planning will determine whether the line continues eastward on Main Street, or bends south on Gilbert Road toward U.S.60.
Mesa expects construction of the Gilbert Road extension to begin immediately after, or even before, work wraps up on the extension through downtown.
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Leadership Brings in Profit from Winter Formal for First Time in Three Years
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February 12, 2014
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This year's Sadie Hawkins winter formal proved to be a big success as Leadership received a profit of $2000, compared to past years, which saw either no formal or a loss of money due either to cancellation or a small turnout.
313 students attended the winter wonderland themed winter formal. Prior to the dance, 337 tickets were bought. 94 of them were purchased by the seniors, 84 by juniors, 115 by sophomores, and 44 by freshmen.
Putting on this dance was risky in the first place considering winter formal's history of low attendance and lack of profitability. Leadership was also at a disadvantage in putting it on this year considering that they had little time to publicize the event. Although Mr. Amoroso recognizes that Leadership did well in stepping up to this publicity challenge, he notes that "as great of a job they did it was the student body that really came together."
Last year, putting on a winter formal was not even attempted because of the lack of ticket sales for the Black-Out dance and the fact that winter formal of the year prior actually caused Leadership to lose money. Two years ago, seniors actually boycotted the formal because they refused to participate in an on-campus dance. Leadership responded by purchasing an off campus venue to appease the senior class, but seniors still refused to attend, resulting in the cancellation of the dance and a loss of $8000.
This year however, while $9000 were spent on decorations, a DJ, and a venue, about $11000 was made back through ticket sales leaving approximately a $2000 profit. Amoroso and Senegaglia confirm that while dances are supposed to be fundraisers, Leadership aims to sell tickets at relatively low prices. Leadership began by selling single tickets for $30 and couples for $50 then raised them to $35 and $60. Leadership also offered those who could not afford tickets community service opportunities for free or reduced-price tickets.
Leadership's risk taking in putting on this year's winter formal paid off with the participation of the student body. All of the dances this year have been well-received by the student body, and if they are any indication of the future, Senegaglia guarantees that "prom this year will be insane."


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Infant and maternal mortality are key indicators of overall health in a society, since these deaths are largely preventable. The strongest predictor of infant survival and subsequent quality of life is infant birth weight, and the most important risk factors associated with low birth weights are the lack of adequate prenatal care and late access to care. Maternal deaths defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management are also largely due to lack of early and adequate prenatal care. Improving these outcomes requires a sound primary health care infrastructure that encourages pregnant women to obtain early prenatal care. Removing financial barriers to care and including culturally competent providers are key components of efforts to promote early prenatal care. It is also crucial to encourage pregnant women to abstain from alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy. Year 2000 objectives were selected to measure progress not only in birth outcomes, including mortality of both mother and child as well as birth weight, but also in access to prenatal care, and use of alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy.
The number of infant deaths has declined over the past two decades in both the total population and among black infants, but increased again in 1996. It is not clear whether this is just a one-year anomaly in an overall downward trend, as in 1988, or a reversal in the trend. In any event, even if the trend in infant mortality continues downward in future years, significant disparities between white and black infants persist. In the area of maternal deaths it is unlikely that the targets will be achieved, and the rate of maternal death for black women continues to be more than double the rate for the population as a whole.
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2A. Reduce the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births to:
7.0 for the total population
11.0 for the black population
The number of infant deaths has declined over the past two decades in both the total population and among black infants. However, the most recent data, from 1996, reflects an upturn. The mortality rate for the total population of infants went below the year 2000 objective in 1995 for the first time, and is expected to remain below the target level. For black infants there has been a sharp decline in the mortality rate since 1985, but it is not certain the year 2000 objective will be achieved.
2B. Reduce the percentage of infants with birth weight less than 2,500 grams to:
5.0% of total births
9.0% of black births
In spite of the overall decline in infant mortality, the percentage of newborns with low birth weight (under 2,500 grams, or 5 lbs. 8 ozs.) has continued to rise since 1988, suggesting that lack of adequate prenatal care continues to be a problem. There is an apparent contradiction between decreasing infant mortality and increasing rates of low birth weight babies, since infant mortality was customarily correlated with low birth weight. Technological advancements in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), which increase the ability of these units to sustain low birth weight infants, along with the regionalization of perinatal services have contributed to the significantly reduced mortality of high risk infants. Despite this technological progress, it remains preferable to focus on preventing low birth weight. The trends to date suggest that the year 2000 objectives will not be achieved.
2C. Reduce the percentage of infants with birth weight less than 1,500 grams to:
1.2% of total births
2.5% of black births
The percentage of very low birth weight infants (under 1,500 grams or 3 lbs. 5 ozs.) has also increased in both the total and black populations over the past decade. Their survival is again largely a tribute to advances in NICU technology. However, the primary objective continues to be prevention of low birth weight through adequate prenatal care, and the year 2000 targets in this area are unlikely to be achieved.
2D. Increase the percentage of live births whose mothers received prenatal care in
the first trimester:
90.0% of total births
90.0% of black births*
90.0% of Hispanic births**
In 1996, 75.0 percent of all live births were to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, a lower percent than in 1985. Black (60.9 percent) and Hispanic (68.6 percent) mothers were even less likely to obtain early prenatal care. There have been fluctuations in these percentages from year to year, but the overall trend does not suggest growth in the percentage of women getting early prenatal care, and the year 2000 objective is unlikely to be met. However, caution should be exercised in drawing conclusions from data, since a relatively large percentage of birth records include no information on the receipt of prenatal care. A revision in the birth certificate in 1989 may have led to more accurate reporting on prenatal care received.
*Black births include those to both Hispanic and non-Hispanic women.
**Hispanic births include those to women of all races including blacks.
2E. Decrease the proportion of live births whose mothers received no prenatal care
1.0% of total blacks
3.0% of black births
Receiving no prenatal care has even more serious consequences than starting care late in pregnancy, and is more likely to be associated with low birth weight, low Apgar scores (a rating assigned to all newborns reflecting their basic health status), and other negative outcomes. It is difficult to interpret the trend since the baseline year of 1985, because a revision in the birth certificate in 1989 may have resulted in more accurate reporting of prenatal care received. The most recent data available suggest that the year 2000 target reduction in the proportion of total live births and black births whose mothers received no prenatal care is not likely to be met.
*Unlike Objective 2D, no separate Hispanic objective was set, because the percentage of Hispanic mothers who do not receive any prenatal care has been 1.1 to 1.2 percent since the data became available in 1989. Since this is the same or better than the rate for the entire population, no separate Hispanic target was set.
2F. Increase the percentage of the eligible population served by the Women,
Infants and Children Program (WIC) to:
100.0 percent
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program has made substantial progress over the past decade in increasing the percentage of eligible women and children enrolled in the program to 62 percent. Despite this progress, the year 2000 target of enrolling 100 percent of eligible women is unlikely to be met, and questions have been raised about the reasonableness of this target.
2G. Increase the percentage of women who abstain from alcohol and tobacco during
pregnancy to:
90.0% abstinence from tobacco
95.0% abstinence from alcohol
The percentages of women who abstained from tobacco and alcohol, respectively, during pregnancy appear to have increased since 1989, when this information was first required to be reported on the birth certificate. At least part of the improvement may have been a result of increased familiarity with the reporting format on the part of those preparing birth certificates. However, the continued improvement may well reflect actual trends. Although the improvement in these measures is encouraging, in the case of tobacco it is unlikely the year 2000 target will be achieved. Reaching the target for alcohol abstinence is uncertain.
2H. Decrease the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 births to:
5.0 for all women
5.0 for black women
A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." In New Jersey the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Department conduct an annual review of data to develop statistics on the maternal deaths among residents.
It should be noted that the annual number of maternal deaths in New Jersey is very small, ranging from 15 to 22 deaths of all women and 7 to 10 deaths of black women during the three year period measured. As a result, the rates can fluctuate considerably from year to year because of random variation. Nevertheless, the maternal mortality rates for all women and for black women remain well above the target level, and the year 2000 objectives are unlikely to be met. The black maternal mortality rate, although decreasing more rapidly, remains more than twice the rate for all women.
Prevention costs less than the alternatives, and the majority of infant mortality is preventable with early and appropriate prenatal care. Blacks and Hispanics obtain prenatal care less often than the total population of pregnant women and/or begin prenatal care at a later stage of pregnancy. NICU technologies for treating low birth weight infants are effective, but expensive. The average hospital charges for treating surviving infants born at very low birth weights (below 1,500 grams) were $41,000 in 1990, $59,900 in 1991, and $39,600 in 1992. Moreover, NICUs are limited in their ability to treat high-risk, low birth weight newborns, since they intervene after the problem occurs.
Most additional gains in reducing infant mortality and achieving New Jersey's 2000 objectives for infant mortality rates are likely to come from steps taken before birth to improve women's chances of delivering normal birth weight infants. To address the continuing disparity in mortality between black and white infants, the Department convened a Blue Ribbon Panel on Black Infant Mortality. The panel issued a report in September 1997 calling for increasing availability of culturally competent care as well as an outreach campaign to increase awareness among the black community of the problem of infant mortality. A Task Force is developing curriculum and training modules on cultural competency to be used by providers throughout New Jersey. In addition, in 1999 the Department will begin a one million dollar black infant mortality awareness campaign.
New Jersey's WIC program remains a central component of the strategy to improve birth outcomes, and is considered a model for successful outreach, especially to the wide variety of minorities who reside in New Jersey. WIC provides food supplementation, as well as counseling on nutrition and other health matters to low-income pregnant women and their young children. Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) concluded in a 1997 study of birth outcomes and delivery costs for Medicaid clients that participation in WIC has positive results. Medicaid clients enrolled in WIC were more likely to get adequate prenatal care, and less likely to have low or very low birth weight babies.
The Department, in cooperation with the Medical Society of New Jersey, operates a maternal mortality review program which examines the circumstances surrounding maternal deaths. Efforts are underway to improve this program by adapting the Florida Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) model. The Florida PAMR model uses a broader definition of pregnancy-associated mortality, defining it as death of a woman from any cause while she is pregnant or within one year of termination of pregnancy. After identifying all cases that match this definition, case summaries of selected cases are abstracted and forwarded to a multidisciplinary team for case review. By adopting the PAMR model New Jersey intends not only to use this broader definition, but also to implement a consistent methodology for medical records abstraction and broaden the case review team to include representatives from a variety of disciplines, such as physicians, nurses, social workers, nutritionists and others. The results of reviews will be used to plan and implement quality improvement activities statewide, directed at both consumers and providers.
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College Hockey:RIT's Arena Project Will Build New Locker Rooms
A $3.5 million project scheduled to start in October will expand the men's and women's hockey locker rooms at Rochester Institute of Technology's Ritter Arena.
A one-story, 12,000-square-foot addition to the 52,125-square-foot facility will house team locker rooms, coaches' rooms and other team areas.
"This is exciting news for our program," RIT men's coach Wayne Wilson said in a statement. "We've always had the great game night atmosphere and now we will have first-class facilities for our players when they prepare for games."
Ritter Arena was built as part of the original school campus in 1968.
The work is scheduled to be finished in April 2011.
The existing RIT locker rooms will be used for visiting teams, allowing the school to host tournaments.
"It's a great addition for both programs," RIT women's coach Scott McDonald said. "It's an exciting time to be part of the RIT hockey program. These upgrades will help us in our competition for top recruits. The commitment our administration is showing to building a winning tradition is second to none."
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I teach Invertebrate Zoology and Physiology of Marine Animals. I love the small classes here at UAS. I love the proximity to the near shore marine environment. My students study organisms in their natural environment. My students and I go directly to the intertidal for lab based work. We can scuba dive, collect specimens for the classroom and do research. Juneau is a great place to live and UAS is a great place to teach.
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According to Cinema Blend on Jan. 15, Joel Kinnaman, the main star who plays Alex Murphy in "Robocop", is seen partaking in a field test against 54 mechanized threats in a recently released clip. It appears that the hero is pretty much being targeted from all directions including elevated locations.
Gary Oldman, who plays Dr. Dennett Norton, tells Murphy of his situation and what he's up against. The opposing forces' main objective is to attempt to take out Murphy as living character Mattox, played by Jackie Earle Haley, attempts to get a clean shot at him. There seems to be some serious strategy that is involved here, so this could foreshadow what sort of challenges may be in store for Robocop.
There are consequences if he does get shot. He will be accompanied and will feel nothing but pain beyond his wildest dreams. Life support would kick in of course, but Alex mentions he has already been through a lot of pain and the consequences of that situation is what led him to becoming Robocop.
"Robocop" opens in theaters on Feb. 12.
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Kessell, John L. Spain in the Southwest: A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.
Montgomery, Charles H. The Spanish Redemption: Heritage, Power, and Loss on New Mexico's Upper Rio Grande. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Preston, Christine, Douglas Preston, and José Antonio Esquibel. The Royal Road: El Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998.
Reeve, Frank, and Alice Cleaveland. New Mexico: Land of Many Cultures. Rev. ed. Boulder, Colo.: Pruett, 1979.
Religion in Modern New Mexico. Edited by Richard W. Etulain and Ferenc M. Szasz. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997.
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|SEGA Illusion
Extra level, Sonic Riders
SEGA Illusion is is a racecourse in Sonic Riders. Not part of the game's main Story Mode, the track features simply as an extra level for Free Play, although there are 5 tasks to complete in Mission Mode too. It is unlocked by earning a Gold Emblem in the Babylon Cup in Grand Prix Mode.
A night-time analogue of SEGA Carnival, SEGA Illusion's course theme is also pieced together from several other SEGA game franchises. Samba de Amigo's Opa-Opa enemies patrol the start of the course amidst bopping townhouses, before the racers pass into a winding NiGHTS-themed concourse. Mini-zeppelins from Space Channel 5 drop you off at a spaceport, and finally the characters have to navigate an arrowed board from ChuChu Rocket!.
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Home >> Rock Climbing >> Dow >> Cove Crag, Upper Left
Page: 89 Alt: N/A GR: 276 984 Direction: N/A
Left of the top waterfall of Low Water Beck, a series of steep walls stretches leftwards. The main features are a smooth wall on the left, a heather-topped pedestal in the centre, with a higher amphitheatre to its right and the walls terminate with slabby ribs adjacent to the waterfall.
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|Grade: VS
|Route Length: 18m
|First Ascent: 23/08/2008
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|Grade: S+
|Route Length: 32m
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I'm using BBLean as an Explorer replacement to save myself a little screen space (among other things), but it's a bit finicky with Google Chrome, breaking page rendering in most situations. After some Googling and experimentation, I found that using the --blacklist-accelerated-compositing flag fixed my issues while Explorer wasn't running. I added it to the shortcut I use to launch Chrome, and everything was peachy.
The problem is that Chrome is also my URL handler everywhere, and when it launches from clicking a link in Skype or IRC, it launches without the flag that I need set for it to render anything. Poking around in chrome://flags reveals a lot of options that look related, but don't seem to work.
I need some way to ensure that Chrome has this flag properly set even when launched as a URL handler. Can someone point me in the right direction?


text: The WCX Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Seminar October 26, 2011 Colorado Springs, Events Wednesday, October 26 - Thursday, October 27, 2011 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO "Promoting and Supporting Cybersecurity Preparedness at the Local Level" A Recognized "Champion" event* for National Cyber Security Awareness Month Colorado Technical University is proud to be a sponsor of the WCX Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Seminar. This event will bring together industry, academia, government and military to highlight integration of national cybersecurity initiatives with local and regional efforts. It will feature two days of information covering a variety of emerging cybersecurity topics: mobile device security, SCADA and Smart Grid, and mission assurance of tenant military commands in Colorado Springs. The Western Cyber Exchange (WCX) is a non-profit led, grassroots effort to integrate local and national cybersecurity needs and initiatives. As a demonstration of this local integration and community support, the WCX has secured a valuable separate track that will provide Cellebrite UFED Logical Certification training and certification testing. Cellebrite has agreed to sponsor this valuable training and certification without fee. The WCX is coordinating with law enforcement and local military to deliver this benefit to the community. Conference Details * The CIAT and WCX have been designated as "Champions" by the national coordinator for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, The National Cyber Security Alliance. Source: Center for Information Age Transformation website: http://cyber.rmtech.org/Events/2011%20WCX%20Seminar.php (accessed 10/24/11)