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BIRTHPLACE: Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE
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|Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, September 29, 2001. Traded to Phoenix by Minnesota for Erik Westrum and Dustin Wood, August 26, 2005. Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, July 1, 2010. Traded to Phoenix by Pittsburgh for Harrison Ruopp, Marc Cheverie and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Pittsburgh selected Oskar Sundqvist) in 2012 Entry Draft, June 22, 2012. Traded to St. Louis by Arizona with future considerations for Maxim Letunov. March 2. 2015. Signed as a free agent by Arizona, July 1, 2015.
Posted 2-8-10 and 24 PIM in 59 games...Led the team with 165 blocked shots and ranked 13th in the NHL...Ranked second on the team in shifts/game (27.4) and third in TOI/game (20:58)...Led the team in shorthanded TOI/game (2:55)...Missed 13 games with an injury...Had an assist vs. DAL, Apr. 13...Scored a goal vs. WPG, Apr. 1...Earned an assist at NYR, Mar. 24...Tallied an assist at TBL, Mar. 10...Blocked seven shots at DAL, Feb. 8...Scored a goal vs. PIT, Feb. 1...Tallied an assist vs. BUF, Jan. 30...Blocked a season-high 11 shots at VAN, Jan. 26...Played in his 600th career NHL game vs. VAN, Nov. 5... Blocked seven shots at SJS, Nov. 2...Registered an assist and blocked five shots vs. NSH, Oct. 31.
2012-13 Highlights
Recorded 0-2-2 with 14 penalty minutes and was a plus-4 in 34 games...Led the team with 87 blocked shots...Second on the team in shorthanded TOI/game (2:57) and third in shifts/game (26.7)...Missed 14 games with an injury (3/12-4/9)...Had a season-high 27:14 TOI at VAN, Feb. 26...Recorded an assist at CGY, Feb. 24...Collected a season-high eight blocked shots at SJS, Feb. 9 ...Recorded an assist and had five shots vs. MIN, Feb. 4...Played in his 400th career game with PHX vs. EDM, Jan. 30...Blocked five shots vs. LAK, Jan. 26...Skated in 21:54 of ice time and recorded three hits and five blocked shots at SJS, Jan. 24.
2011-12 Highlights
Played in 62 games with PIT recording 2-11-13 and 24 penalty minutes…Led the team in blocked shots (144)…Ranked fourth in the NHL in shorthanded TOI/g (3:38)…Ranked fourth on the team in TOI/game (21:38)…Had an assist and season-high plus-3 vs. NYR, Apr. 5…Scored a goal and skated in 25:09 TOI vs. PHX, Mar. 5…Registered an assist and had a season-high five shots vs. TBL, Feb. 12…Played in his 500th NHL game vs. STL, Nov. 23…Had a two-game point streak from Oct. 17-18…Played a season-high 29:20 at MIN, Oct. 18…Scored a goal at WPG, Oct. 17…2012 Playoffs: Played in all six games of the ECQF against PHI, registering 0-1-1 and a plus-2 rating…Led the team in shorthanded TOI/game (4:26) and was second in blocked shots (10)…Had an assist in Game 3 of the ECQF at PHI, Apr. 15.
2010-11 Highlights
Appeared in 73 games in his first season with PIT and recorded 5-14-19 and 30 penalty minutes…Led the team in blocked shots (149)…Ranked tied for second in the NHL in shorthanded TOI/g (3:46)…Was fourth on the team in TOI/g (21:50)…Had a three-game point streak from Apr. 2-8 (2-1-3)…Scored a power-play goal and played a season-high 31:37 at NYI, Apr. 8…Had a season-high six shots vs. FLA, Mar. 27…Notched a goal and matched a season-high with a plus-3 rating at OTT, Mar. 15…Had a season-best 1-1-2, including his first goal with PIT vs. BUF, Mar. 8…Posted a three-game assist streak from Feb. 1-4…Had an assist in back-to-back games at FLA, Nov. 22 and vs. CAR, Nov. 19…Registered an assist in his first game with PIT vs. PHI, Oct. 7…2011 Playoffs: Played in all seven games of the ECQF against TBL and had one assist…Led the team in TOI/g (27:20) and ranked seventh in the Stanley Cup playoffs…Second on the team in shorthanded TOI/g (3:31)…Had an assist and skated in a playoff-high 36:01 TOI in Game 4 of the ECQF at TBL, Apr. 20.
2009-10 Highlights
Played in 72 games with PHX, registering 3-14-17 and 30 penalty minutes…Led the team in TOI/g (22:38), shorthanded TOI/g (3:16) and blocked shots (156)…Second on the team in shifts/g (29.9)…Had an assist in back-to-back games vs. VAN, Mar. 10 and at CAR, Mar. 13…Had a season-high five shots vs. STL, Mar. 2…Skated in a season-high 30:01 at CBJ, Dec. 17…Had a PPG at CBJ, Oct. 28…Notched an assist in three straight games (0-3-3) Oct. 15-22…Had an assist in the season opener at LAK, Oct. 3…2010 Playoffs: Had two assists in seven games against DET in the WCQF…Led the team in shorthanded TOI/g (4:08) and second in blocked shots (12)…Had an assist in Game 6 of the WCQF at DET, Apr. 25…Notched an assist in Game 3 at DET, Apr. 18…Made his Stanley Cup playoff debut vs. DET, Apr. 14.
2008-09 Highlights
Recorded 6-21-27 and 28 penalty minutes in 82 games played with PHX…Led the NHL in blocked shots (271) while appearing in all 82 games…One of only three Coyotes to appear in all 82 games…Played all 82 games for the third time in last four seasons...Led the Coyotes in TOI/g (22:42)…Ranked sixth in the NHL in shifts/g (30.6)…Selected as the Coyotes' Hardest working Player and as the team's Masterton Trophy nominee…Scored a goal in win at SJS, Apr. 9…Registered a career high eight SOG at NYI, Mar. 8…Collected a goal, assist and was a plus-3 while playing in his 300th NHL game on Jan. 2 vs. NYI…Logged a season-high 29:01 TOI at PHI, Nov. 22…Scored his first goal of the season vs. CHI, Nov. 18…Recorded two assists and was a plus-3 vs. PIT, Oct. 30.
2007-08 Highlights
Recorded 4-13-17 and 34 penalty minutes in 75 games played with PHX…Led the Coyotes with a career-best plus-9 rating and ranked second on the team in blocked shots (124) and third in TOI/g (21:35)…Ranked 19th in the NHL in shifts/g (29.0)…Tied his career high with two GWGs…Missed the first seven games of the season with an injury before appearing in the final 75 games…Scored the GWG in a 2-0 win vs. STL, Feb. 24…Assisted on the OT GWG at COL, Feb. 4…Scored his second career OT goal and added an assist in a 4-3 win vs. NSH, Jan. 24…Registered his first goal of the season vs. VAN, Dec. 22…Played in his 200th NHL game vs. TOR, Nov. 24…Registered a season-high 28:12 TOI at ANA, Nov. 7.
2006-07 Highlights
Played in all 82 games for the second consecutive season with PHX, recording 4-24-28…One of only two Coyotes to appear in all 82 games…Ranked tied for second on the team in assists (24) and power-play points (14), second in power-play assists (11) and tied for fifth in points…Among Coyotes defensemen, ranked first in assists and second in points…Also led the team in TOI/g (23:39) and in blocked shots (167)…Ranked ninth in the NHL in shifts/g (30.8) and tied for 16th in blocked shots (167)…Finished the season having played in 178 consecutive games…Set new career highs in points (28), assists (24), and shots (144)…Led the team in TOI 32 times during season, including 10 times in an 11-game stretch from Nov. 25-Dec. 21…Registered five multi-point games and four multi-assist games…Picked up two assists and led the team in TOI (26:53) in a 3-2 win over LAK, Jan. 20…Notched a goal and an assist vs. SJS, Dec. 30…It was his second consecutive two-point game after recording two assists at SJS, Dec. 28…Tied career high with a four-game point streak (1-5-6) from Dec. 26-Jan. 1…Recorded the first three-point game of his career with a goal and two assists vs. LAK, Nov. 30.
2005-06 Highlights
Played in all 82 games for PHX, collecting 9-15-24 and 62 penalty minutes…One of only three Coyotes to play in all 82 games…Among NHL rookie defensemen, ranked tied for fourth in goals (9), tied for 13th in assists (15), tied for 11th in points (24), tied for third in PPGS (5), tied for 12th in plus/minus (plus-4), fourth in TOI/g (22:49) and first in blocked shots (166)…Led all NHL rookies and Coyotes in blocked shots (166)…Led Coyotes in TOI/g (22:49)…Among Coyotes defensemen, ranked second in goals (9), first in plus/minus (plus-4) and second in shots (105)…Led team in ice time in 38 of the final 60 games of season…Skated Coyotes' season-high 31:19 and was a plus-2 in 4-3 shootout win vs. EDM, Jan. 21…Scored a goal and led Coyotes with 26:46 TOI and four blocked shots in 6-3 win vs. FLA, Jan. 19…Scored GWG in 2-1 OT win vs. ANA, Nov. 12…Compiled four-game point streak (1-3-4) from Oct. 20-27…Scored first goal as Coyote in 3-2 vs. CGY, Oct. 27…Recorded assist in third straight game with helper on OT GWG in 5-4 win vs. STL, Oct. 25…Recorded first point as Coyote with assist in 5-4 SOL vs. NSH, Oct. 13…Switched No. from 39 to 4 prior to game vs. NSH, Oct. 13…Played first game as Coyote at VAN, Oct. 5.
2004-05 Highlights
Collected 7-17-24 and 48 penalty minutes in 76 games with Houston (AHL)…Among club defensemen, ranked second in assists and third in points…Set AHL career highs in goals, assists and points…Scored five power-play goals…2005 Playoffs: Played in all five games and tied for team lead in scoring with 1-2-3.
2003-04 Highlights
Split season between MIN and Houston (AHL)…Began season with Houston and recalled by MIN on three different occasions…In his first NHL season, played in 22 games and recorded 1-1-2, four penalty minutes and 14:13 TOI…Made NHL debut vs. PIT, Jan. 16…Collected first NHL point (goal) at SJS, Mar. 10…Recorded first NHL assist vs. DAL, Apr. 2…In 55 games with Houston (AHL), recorded 5-16-21 and 32 penalty minutes…Three of his five goals came on the power-play.
2002-03 Highlights
Played in 62 regular season games with Houston (AHL), registering 4-10-14 and 26 penalty minutes in his first pro season…Ranked third on team in plus/minus (plus-16)…Two of his four goals were GWG…2003 Playoffs: Won 2003 Calder Cup Championship with Houston as Aeros defeated Hamilton four games to three…Collected 1-1-2 and six penalty minutes while playing in all 23 playoff games.
2001-02 Highlights
Prior to start of season, signed by MIN as a free agent, Sept. 29, 2001…In his final season in junior hockey, recorded 16-35-51 and 54 penalty minutes in 68 games with Shawinigan (QMJHL)…Ranked tied for third on team in power-play goals (14), tied for fifth in assists and sixth in points…Finished second among club defensemen in goals, assists and points…2002 Playoffs: Ranked third on team in playoff points with 8-9-17 in 12 games.
International Career
2014: Played in five games and recorded 0-1-1 for the Czech Republic at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia...2013: Played in eight games and registered 3-1-4 with the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland...2011: Helped lead the Czech Republic to a bronze medal at the IIHF World Championship in Slovakia...Played in eight games recording one assist and six penalty minutes...2010: Played in five games for the Czech Republic at the Olympic Games in Vancouver...2008: Played for the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championship in Halifax and Quebec City, appearing in seven games...2007: Played for Team Czech Republic at IIHF World Championship in Moscow...Registered an assist in seven games...2006: Represented the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championship in Latvia, recording three goals and six penalty minutes in nine games to help team win the silver medal.
Zbynek and his wife, Helena, have a son named Andreas and a daughter named Ella...His brother Milan is a member of the Ottawa Senators...Likes to vacation in Croatia...His favorite bands are Green Day and Nickelback...Favorite movie is "Legends of the Fall"...His favorite player growing up was Jaromir Jagr...Played soccer growing up...His favorite hockey moments were playing in the 2006 IIHF World Championship Final and playing his first NHL game...Enjoys playing tennis.


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John Messmer, 66, of Bordulac, ND, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at his farm in rural Bordulac.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church NAB in Carrington, ND. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. Monday, July 21, until the time of the prayer service and one hour prior to the funeral. Prayer service will be at 7 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington.
Evans Funeral Home, Carrington, is in charge of arrangements.
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Stillman tennis sweeps SIAC awards
Published: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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ATLANTA | Stillman College swept the major Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tennis awards, as voted by league coaches, landing the men's and women's players of the year, men's freshman of year and coach of the year, among other honors.
Junior Janguen Lee was voted SIAC Men's Player of the Year. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Lee finished with a conference-best 14-1 record overall and a perfect 6-0 mark in SIAC matches in the No. 1 singles spot for the Tigers. Lee also went perfect in the conference with his teammate David Torres in doubles at 12-0 (6-0 in league action) during the regular season. The tandem were named to the All-SIAC first-team in doubles team.
Litia Godinet, a native of American Samoa, was named SIAC Women's Player of the Year. She finished the season 28-1 overall and 12-0 in the conference as the cornerstone of Stillman's 23-1 team record this season. She also was named to the All-SIAC first team in doubles with teammate Veronika Kalugina. Kalugina and Godinet finished with an 23-1 record and a perfect 10-0 in SIAC matches.
Luis Mendoza was named to the first team in men's singles with a 9-1 record in singles play (5-0 in conference) as the team's No. 2 singles player.
Vladyslav Zhyrov, who went 11-3 overall and 5-0 in SIAC matches in his first season as the team's No. 3 singles player, was named the league's Men's Freshman of the Year.
Coach William Riley was honored as SIAC Men's Coach of the Year after leading Stillman to a 19-2 overall record and 12-0 record in the conference.
Also selected to the women's All-SIAC first team was Nair Tolomeo, a freshman who compiled a 23-5 overall mark and a 10-1 record in league play. Named to the second team was Angela Corredor, who finished with a 19-1 overall mark while going 8-0 in SIAC matches. Together, Tolomeo and Corredor tallied a 20-5 record as a doubles team.
Stillman was also named the men's tennis SIAC Academic Team Champion, with four of the top six spots in the conference, all majoring in business: senior Felipe Farias with a 4.0 grade-point average, sophomore Santiago Robles with a 3.93 GPA, senior Alexsander Zobec with a 3.9 GPA and junior Jelffrey Farias with a 3.85 GPA.
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The recognition that the current pharmaceutical industry's manufacturing performance was not as state of the art as other industries has been a key driver behind the increasing adoption of quality-by-design (QbD) concepts. The Gold Sheet from January 2009 compares the operations performance of the pharmaceutical industry with other industries such as automotive, aerospace, computer, and consumer packaged goods and across a long list of measures, the pharmaceutical industry compares poorly.
Industry efforts to address these performance issues have focused on Six Sigma/Operational Excellence concepts and, since the issue of new International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines (i.e., ICH Q8, 9, 10, and 11), on the concept of quality by design. These initiatives have significant implications for pharmaceutical analysts. The desire to improve first-pass yield with zero defects has seen laboratories come under great scrutiny to ensure that all the methods they run work right first time, every time. To reduce inventories and lead times to those typically achieved in other industries, manufacturing planners must know with absolute confidence how long manufacturing and testing will take; rerunning a problem method is no longer an acceptable option. Zero-defect goals have also seen a focus on understanding and improving process capability (i.e., reducing the overall process variation relative to specification), and therefore, there is a much greater focus on truly understanding the variation contribution of the analytical method to the overall process variation.
QbD concepts described in ICH Q8, 9, 10, and 11 provide approaches that can help achieve the desired improvement in process performance (1-4). ICH Q8(R2) and 11 recognize the importance of effective process development in understanding the relationship between process variables and process performance. ICH Q9 describes how risk-based approaches can be used to determine which variables are crucial to control. ICH Q10 highlights the importance of effective processes for maintaining the control strategy through the lifecycle of the product.A major focus of discussion and implementation of QbD has been on the concepts included in the ICH Q8 definition (i.e., product and process understanding and process control). Understanding and control, however, cannot be achieved without a solid foundation of measurement or analytical science. During process development, analytical data are needed to provide the basis for process understanding. Control strategies based on this understanding are increasingly being developed based on recognition of the importance of identifying and controlling variation upstream rather than testing the end product. This control of variation has seen increasing use of process analytical testing (PAT) in preference to or in addition to end product testing, and with it, new technologies to be mastered by analytical scientists. QbD has also seen a focus on understanding and controlling attributes of excipients used in the manufacturing process, with increasing use of physical measurement technologies.
In addition to affecting what analytical scientists measure, the concepts of QbD, can also be used to enhance the robustness of the analytical methods themselves (5). One implication of such an approach is that it highlights the potential to re-examine the way that methods are developed and validated, in the same way that application of QbD to manufacturing processes has driven a revision in thinking of how process development and validation are performed (6, 7).
Taking advantage of the potential improvement opportunities through adoption of QbD concepts, however, does have some challenges. The ability to introduce improvements to analytical methods and to adopt new analytical technologies can be constrained, both through the need for industry to acquire new skill sets and through the challenges associated with making postapproval regulatory changes. These challenges are multiplied many times as a consequence of the global nature of the pharmaceutical business, with many stakeholders (e.g., regulators, pharmacopeias, consensus standards bodies) making harmonization of approaches particularly challenging.


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There is space for one more team in the upcoming Thursday night sand volleyball league in Hannibal. The Tuesday night league is full.
The Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department sponsors the league at its new sand volleyball courts, at Southside Recreation Area No. 1, near Missouri 79.
Play begins May 23 for the Thursday night co-ed six-person recreational league. The league will end with a single-elimination tournament July 18.
The team fee is $150. Up to 10 players can be on the roster. There must be three females and three males or four females and two males on the court at all times.
Complete rules and information are available on www.hannibalparks.org. Sign up is available at the Parks & Recreation office in City Hall, 320 Broadway. Registration ends Monday, May 6.
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I recently discovered I have arthritis in my right hip. I've had a few issues with it over the past 5 years or so but since I've begun running its gotten worse. My question is does anyone else run with arthritis like this? Right now I am unable to run because my back is also out of alignment and I need to recover from that. I am walking but want to continue running. The doc is optomistic that I will eventually but at this point I just need to heal. I am also about 70 lbs overweight. Any advise?
I work with several rheumatologists and the first thing that they tell patients first and foremost is to loose weight. Try to find other lower impact forms of exercise to help with the weight loss (this may also help your back problems). Glucosamine and chondroitin works well for a lot of people with arthritis. Also if you back is truly out of alignment a chiropractor can defenitely help.
Good luck!
I have mild arthritis in my left hip, but it doesn't really bug me when I run. However, it wasn't until I lost 30 pounds (have now lost 40 and have about 40 left to go) that I could actually run comfortably. If I don't exercise, I get wicked bursitis in my hip. I find running better than walking for my hip, though, as I don't pivot on the hip as much -- it stays pretty straight. Have you considered trying some other form of exercise until your back is better, like biking on a recumbent bike or swimming?
Good advice from the other posters.
My wife has had Rhuematoid Arthritis for about ten years now. She doesn't run, but walks (mostly on a treadmill) and also does a regular (three days a week) aqua aerobics class. She keeps her weight under control by dieting.
Thanks for the advice. I just don't want to give up on running. I start the water aerobics next week and losing weight is primary right now. I am able to walk now - I also attempt short runs in the middle of my walk. I think I am feeling better until I sit for a while. Still working on that.
I was diagnosed with RA in my early 20s, but really only noticed problems with my hands & feet. Now fast forward about 15 years and I can tell that it's in my other joints. Of course, over the last few years I've put on 30 pounds and I'm pretty sure that's made things worse.
I joined a "rookie running group" and my progress is slow - but I'm seeing improvement and have lost 10 pounds so far. What I've discovered (and this group is very supportive) is that I can't increase my speed/distance on a "typical" schedule. Now that I've got that into my head - I'm having fun and staying motivated. I also stretch ALOT and I carry gloves with me (my hands are affected by Raynauld's). I was also able to decrease the meds (woohooo!)
Now for the first time in my life I'm enjoying running.
I just posted on the newbie board about RA.
I have had RA for 7 years. I am 32 and run usually 4-5x a week.
Mostly my RA is in my hands and feet and I was concerned about running and if I could continue. I have a drs appt tomorrow and am going to ask.
I have severe osteoarthritis in my right hip. Doc says he will be giving me a new hip probably in a year or two when it gets too painful. Excercising , keeping active and keeping weight down are very important. I take glucosamine chondrointin with msm, Dont really know if it helps or not. I cant run as much as I used to because of the pain on alot of days so I use the elliptical trainer more. Good leg motion and aerobic training without the impact of running and irritation of the hip joint. Good Luck
RARunner.... I can't find the thread/post on the newbie board. Do you have a link I could follow?
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There really wasn't much to the thread. Just me complaining about my RA.lol
I am in the mist of a huge flareup. I haven't been able to run much in the last week and ended up having to have an 2 hr IV treatment at my specialist office.
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I have severe osteoarthristis in both hips (i am 45) . It was diagnosed two years ago and it is getting progressively worse. I recently completed the Marine Corps Marathon in severe pain. After mile 14 it was toture all the way. It was my goal to run 3:30 and I finished in 3:54. There is no way I can reach this goal with all this pain. My training runs are inefficient because I am just trying to deal with pain, not performance. I take 800mg Motrin and other supplements but they really don't help much. I can do four miles at a good pace but after that, it is hell on the road. This is my last season. I am pushing to complete an Ironman in Nov. My doctor advises against running but I am going for it. I am stratgically planning the run, doing alot of pool running, and getting rady for the pain. I am getting Cortizone shots to see if they will help me pull this off. But after this I know it's over. I will continue to cycle (it is hard to get off and on the bike) and swim but nothing excites me like the run. I hope they find a cure soon.
Good luck!!!
Sounds like you are looking at a hip replacement eventually. Make sure you pursue hip resurfacing as opposed to total hip replacement. There are no limitations on impact activities like running. I had my rt hip done 3 yrs ago after severe osteoarthriris and now run 25-30 miles/week pain free. Chris
Thanks, I have looked into resurfacing and it sounds like the way to go. One problem, my provider (KAiser) doesn;t do it. I am trying to figure out where to do it and how can i afford it.
If you don't mind a few questions: did your insurance cover it or did you have to come out of pocket? How long did it take for you to recoup? Would you suggest I do both hips at the same time?
Are you running at a fast pace or taking it easy?
My insurance covered all of it. Ins companies had just started covering it after considering it experimental for quite a while. I kept myself in good shape up until surgery and didn't wait until the hip was real bad. I had a normal pain free walk and stopped using the cane after 3 weeks. I think if I had to have both hips done , I would get one at a time. Apparently some people get both done at once. There is a great yahoo health forum on hip resurfacing called surfacehippy. You should check it out and post a few questions. I usually run between between an 8-8:30 minute pace. Sometimes some tenderness after a run but it doesn't last long. Chris
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PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 1 NEW MOON OFTHE BITTERROOT MAY 1,1980 TRIBES FARE BADLY IN THREE COURT CASES April was not a good month for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in the courtroom. First, the Friedlander hunting case was dismissed when the prosecution (the Tribes) couldn't subpeona its important out-of-state non-Indian witnesses. (See story in the last issue.) Next, the complex seven-year-old Namen case went against the Tribes when U.S. District Court Judge William Jameson decided that the plaintiffs (the Tribes) had not proven their allegations against Poison marina owner Jim Namen and his co-defendant, the City of Poison. With the United States acting as an intervening plaintiff, the Tribes had charged: "1. That the defendants were in trespass 'to the extent that they maintain and have erected buildings and structures beyond the high water mark elevation of 2,983.2 of Flathead Lake'. "2. That defendants were in trespass to the extent that the defendants' buildings were more extensive in size than was permissible under federal common law or was necessary to gain access to City Of Poison Accused Of Civil Rights Violation PABLO — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate a complaint that the city of Poison violated the civil rights of a 72-year-old member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. According to Richard Whitesell, superintendent of the Flathead Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the FBI was notified Monday of the Indian Civil Rights Act complaint. The complaint stems from a March 12 incident during which the elderly man was allegedly left lying unconscious along a street in downtown Poison for at least 40 minutes after being observed by a Poison police officer. (Continue mi p>4« I) Flathead Lake, or interfered with navigation on the south half of the lake. "3. That by maintaining the buildings and structures, defendants were 'interfering with plaintiffs' treaty fishing rights and with the boating and fishing rights of plaintiffs' permittees'. "4. That defendants were aiding and abetting non-tribal members in the unauthorized use of tribal resources by permitting non-tribal members to use defendants' buildings and structures for pleasure boating and fishing in violation of tribal ordinances. "5. That defendants' building and structures were used 'in such a manner as to degrade the water quality of the south half of Flathead Lake' (Continued on page 13) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Guest Editorial..........................Page 2 Letters to the Editor.......................Page 6 Health Corner...........................Page 9 Dog Ordinance.........................Page 12 Calendar...............................Page 13 Minutes................................Page 14 Tribal Budget Report....................Page 19
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Fred and Joyce Chattin of Spring City, Tenn., announce the marriage of their daughter Susan Elizabeth Chattin to Shannon Michael Walker, son of Bonnie and Charlie Ogle, of Greenback, Tenn., and John Walker of Maryville, Tenn. The couple was married on May 12, 2012, in a beautiful garden wedding at The Lily Barn in Townsend, Tenn.
The ceremony was officiated by the uncle of the bride, the Rev. James Hopper, of New Tazewell, Tenn. The wedding music was provided by Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle, and by bagpiper John Rose. Deference to Susan's and Shannon's Scottish heritage was shown by the use of both families' tartan colors and with bagpipe music, including "Scotland the Brave," by Mr. Rose.
Susan was attended by Amy Ferrell, of Maynardville, Tenn., and by Elizabeth and Abigail Chattin of Farragut, Tenn. The flower girls were Bailey Hasty and Payton Hasty, of Maryville, Tenn., nieces of the groom. The groomsmen were Jason Gregory of Knoxville, Tenn., and John Walker of Maryville, Tenn. Daniel Chattin and Marc Chattin of Farragut, Tenn., served as ushers.
The bride wore an Alfred Angelo gown of re-embroidered ivory lace over satin, embellished with satin flowers, sequins and pearls and a chapel train. She wore a diamond and pearl necklace, a wedding gift from her father, and carried a bouquet of burgundy peonies, ranunculus blooms and fiddle-head ferns.
The bride's attendants wore floor-length gowns of burgundy satin. They carried bouquets of white peonies, ranunculus blooms and Japanese painted ferns. The flower girls wore white satin dresses with tulle overlay and carried rose petal baskets decorated with tartan ribbons.
The wedding was followed by a reception in the garden of The Lily Barn and a wedding supper in the pavilion.
Susan is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and the University of Tennessee. She is employed as a manager at The Lily Barn. Shannon is a graduate of Maryville High School. He studied photography at the Savannah School of Art and Design and is a graduate of the Culinary Arts Program at Walter State Community College. He is employed as a preservationist by Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn.
The couple honeymooned in Costa Rica and now reside in Walland, Tenn.
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This weekend is the Annual Soroptimist Home Tour, Luncheon, and Fashion Show. Several downtown businesses will be open on Saturday offering special sales and discounts for all of your holiday shopping needs.
Truxton Mile will be performing at the luncheon and show at the West Side Believer's Fellowship and then go to Old's Cool from 2-4 p.m. to sign copies of their new CD.
Free events - Friday and Saturday night, the West Hills Church of the Nazarene is hosting the annual drive-thru Nativity from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m., the First Baptist Church and First Assembly of God are putting on a Christmas musical called "I'll be Home for Christmas" held at the First Baptist Church.
On Monday, Dec. 16 from 4 to 6 p.m., Assemblywoman Shannon Grove invites the public to the celebrate the holidays in her Christmas Open House, being held at her office at 4900 California Ave, Suite 100B.
Westside Recreation and the Fire & Ice Elite Cheer Squad are selling tickets for the Condors game on January 17. Call the Rec at 763-4246 to purchase your tickets.
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Swimming and diving battles through day two at AE Champ
Feb. 25, 2012
Boston, Mass. - The Stony Brook swimming and diving teams competed on day two of the 2012 America East Championship on Friday, and after 14 events, the men's team stands in fourth, while the women are in fifth.
Senior Darcy Heuser (Centerville, Ohio) opened the day with a strong performance in the 500 freestyle, touching seventh in 4:56.48. Heuser then helped the 200 freestyle relay team place second in 1:35.20, less than a second off the pace set by UMBC.
In the 50 free, sophomore Allison Zelnick (Troy, Ohio) placed fourth (23.85) in a tightly-contested event that saw the top five swimmers place within four-tenths of a second. Stony Brook also recorded a top-10 finisher in the men's 50 free as senior Sean Conway (Oakdale, N.Y.) touched eighth in 21.46.
Junior Molly Swartz (Grass Valley, Calif.) performed well on the three-meter diving board in her first America East championship meet, registering a score of 235.10 to finish fourth overall.
Action resumes on Saturday at the Boston University Aquatic Center beginning at 10 a.m.


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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - An economic impact analysis of Colorado Mountain College shows that the college plays a substantial role in the Western Slope's economy, demonstrates a significant return on investment and is poised to help the region recover from the current recession.
The study was conducted by Appleseed, an economic development consulting firm based in New York. The firm's recently published final report shows that Colorado Mountain College is bucking the trends of most other colleges by keeping tuition low, making higher education accessible and working closely with local businesses and community partners.
Reflecting on what he and his company learned about CMC during the course of the study, Appleseed President Hugh O'Neill, whose firm has conducted dozens of similar studies of higher education institutions around the country, found CMC to be unique.
"I think there are a lot of institutions around the country that could learn a lot from what CMC is doing," he said.
A direct economic driver for region
The Appleseed study shows that CMC has a direct, positive impact on the regional economy because of its role as a major employer of local residents, a buyer of goods and services from local vendors, and a sponsor of construction projects.
In its study Appleseed took into account direct employment at Colorado Mountain College, employment within companies doing business with the college, and the effect of spending within the region by CMC's employees, students, contractors and vendors. Based on these impacts, Appleseed estimated that in 2011 alone the college directly and indirectly accounted for nearly 1,200 full-time-equivalent jobs in the college's nine-county service area, $46 million in earnings and $65 million in economic output.
"Our students, employees and vendors reinvest tuition, and salaries and revenues from the work they do on behalf of the college," said Dr. Charles R. Dassance, interim president of the college. "This impact is in addition to the ways we prepare our students and graduates to earn better salaries, and how we help to provide a better-educated workforce that increases the economic vitality of our local businesses."
Other recent studies echo the positive benefits colleges have on local economies. "The Chronicle of Higher Education" reported in March that Florida's state and community colleges annually contribute $26.6 billion to the state's economy. And in discussing the report "A Matter of Degrees: The Effect of Educational Attainment on Regional Economic Prosperity," co-author Ross DeVol said, "Our research makes a compelling case that for America's communities, the returns to investment from higher education have never been greater."
Colorado leaders in business and government echoed the college's positive benefits on the local economy.
"CMC's campus in Steamboat Springs is a critical link in our business community," said Tom Kern, CEO of the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. "In addition to providing excellent educational programs that directly provide trained workers for our resort-based businesses, CMC also now provides bachelor's degrees in business and in sustainability. These expanded programs are the direct result of the college interacting with our business community and tailoring their educational programs to meet the community's business needs."
"Colorado Mountain College's investment in communities transcends education, and the college is integral to our city and every city in the district the college serves," said Marianne Virgili, president and CEO of the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association. "Needless to say, the addition of four-year degrees and continued excellence in workforce development and training make CMC part of the fabric of Western Slope communities."
"Colorado Mountain College has provided a ray of hope to many communities in the 3rd Congressional District and state of Colorado where challenging economic conditions have made it tough for many families and small business to make ends meet," U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton said. "In addition to the positive economic footprint the college has in local communities, the job skills training and technical knowledge available to students gives them a vital competitive edge as they prepare to enter the workforce."
Building human capital
In Appleseed's report, the authors noted that CMC's courses and degrees remain in high demand from area residents. In 2011-12, just over 11 percent of all adult residents in the region took one or more classes at CMC, not including high school students taking concurrent enrollment classes.
Over the past 30 years, the college has awarded degrees and certificates to 14,582 people, about 82 percent of whom still live in the nine counties it serves, enhancing what Appleseed president O'Neill calls the "human capital" assets of the region.
O'Neill and his colleagues estimated that this human capital bank of knowledge and skills acquired by CMC students and graduates during the past 30 years directly added, in 2010 alone, $111 million to the annual earnings of residents in the area. In addition, they estimate that another $128 million in indirect earnings was generated through the "spillover effect" of having a more highly educated workforce: increased productivity, innovation and entrepreneurialism.
"We hear about our economic impact every day from people in our community," said Dr. Meeta Goel, vice president of institutional effectiveness at Colorado Mountain College. "It's nice now to have this external evidence of it. We are very cognizant of how we spend taxpayer dollars, and this report shows that we are good stewards of that support."
Beneficial social impacts, partnerships
In addition to the economic impacts, O'Neill says that a college provides other regional benefits.
"The more college graduates that a community has, or students with at least some college work, there are positive social impacts in terms of things like better health outcomes, better educational outcomes for children and higher levels of civic engagement," he said.
The Appleseed report states that, in addition to bringing these benefits, CMC contributes to the vitality of the region's economy through proactive partnerships with public agencies, community organizations and local businesses.
"We were struck by how well many of the college's programs are connected to and supportive of the industries in the region, such as outdoor recreation, energy, the arts and health care," O'Neill said. "These are strong connections, which help explain why there are such high student participation rates and why people stay in the region. CMC is clearly adaptable, helping meet the current demands of local industry, and providing students with the skills and knowledge that industries are looking for."
Poised to strengthen future growth
Appleseed found that CMC can have an even greater economic impact during the next five to 10 years.
"The growth of the region's economy in the years ahead is likely to be more dependent on the strength of its human capital than it has been in the recent past," the report notes. "As the region seeks to recover from the continued effects of the recession, investments in education are increasingly critical to a path of sustained (and sustainable) growth."
The report points to CMC's Isaacson School for New Media, the recent introduction of bachelor's degree programs in business and sustainability, and the college's exploration of possibly adding four-year degrees in applied science, nursing and teacher education as initiatives that will significantly expand the region's economic opportunities and resources.
The report also notes that the low tuition rates paid by CMC's in-district students can be a source of competitive advantage for the region. Thanks to solid taxpayer support in the college's six-county financing district, district residents pay only $56 per credit hour for lower-division courses, translating to less than $2,000 for a year of full-time study.
In the 2011-12 academic year, the most recent year for which comparable figures are available for other colleges and similar courses, this compares to averages of nearly $3,500 per year at other community colleges in the state, more than $7,000 for Colorado's four-year public schools and more than $8,000 at public four-year colleges nationally.
Further enhancing the affordability and value of a Colorado Mountain College education, the college's trustees voted recently to freeze all tuition rates for the 2013-14 academic year.
Mark Stevens and Debra Crawford work for Colorado Mountain College's Public Information Office.


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OAKLAND -- City officials said Tuesday they may have to shut down the Occupy Oakland tent city in coming days because it is attracting rats, alcohol and illegal drug use.
A pre-existing rat problem around Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, which public works employees are normally able to keep under control, has been exacerbated by the demonstrators' presence, said city administrator spokeswoman Karen Boyd.
The problem "has gotten worse with all the food and people and couches," Boyd said. Because the protest has people cycling in and out, she added, the city is having to repeat the message about how to store food and keep the area safe.
Boyd said she wasn't sure how to describe the extent of the growing rat problem, but that it's been reported in complaints by local businesses, workers and even the demonstrators themselves.
This comes on the heels of increasing reports of illegal drug and alcohol abuse, fighting, and sexual harassment in and around the camp of about 100 tents, Boyd said. The protest has destroyed the grass lawn and it's not clear yet how much the overall expense to the city will be.
Meanwhile, concerns about the city's legal liability should anyone get seriously hurt on city property are being evaluated by the city attorney, Boyd said.
"Basically, it's not legal for them to camp; we're accommodating it. And we've been telling them, we reserve the right to change our minds at any time," Boyd said. "Certainly, that kind of behavior makes it more difficult to continue."
Other problems reported at the camp have included:
The protest, now in its ninth day, still has no clear demands, much like the national movement of which it is a part. Participants have named numerous complaints, most of them having to do with economic disparities harming the poor and with corporate influence over government.
The local cause drew support Monday night from three UC Berkeley graduates -- Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd -- who were arrested and held by Iranian authorities in 2009 while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border. On Monday night at the tent city, the three made their first West Coast public appearance since being freed.
Councilmember Desley Brooks (Eastmont-Seminary) camped out with the demonstrators for the first two days, saying she believed the cause of bringing jobs to poor communities is a vital one. She distanced herself from the camp after that, leaving before most of the behavior concerns arose and declining to comment for this story.
"We'll continue to allow them to peacefully express their First Amendment rights, and will balance that with the need to maintain public health, public safety and crowd control," Boyd said. In an effort to communicate with a group that has no clear leaders, she added, city staffers began passing out fliers around the camp asking for the group for help with several safety issues.
"They've been largely compliant," Boyd added. For now, the plan is to let them stay, "As long as they are peaceful and respectful of the rights of all the users of the plaza."
It's not clear how much longer the protest will go on, but City Hall is asking the protesters to respect three events planned this week at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, including a private wedding Friday.
Contact Sean Maher at 510-208-6430.


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A story incorrectly reported the location of the fundraiser for ValleyCare Health Systems Charitable Foundation.
PLEASANTON -- It is not exactly a hall, but Cheryl Perry has been decking boughs for a good cause for nearly two decades.
Beginning Thursday, Perry and several other enthusiastic Christmas tree decorators will show off this year's designs at ValleyCare Health Systems Charitable Foundation's 18th annual Christmas Tree Lane event.
The three-day event at the Palm Event Center at Mitchell Katz Winery, 1184 Vineyard Ave., Pleasanton, will feature a chance for the public to view dozens of decorated trees during Thursday's Family Stroll where Santa Claus will make an appearance, tinsel teas, a Friday night dinner and luncheon on Saturday.
But the Christmas trees are the highlight of the event, and Perry has been decorating them with a friend since the inception of the event in 1994.
"The whole event is a sight to see," said Perry. "It is one of the nicest events, and we look at it as the kickoff to holiday season."
A Livermore native, Perry and her friend usually buy 800 to 1,000 ornaments per year to decorate one tree and during some years have decorated as many as three. The trees will be on display Thursday at the family stroll and will be auctioned off to lucky bidders by the end of the weekend.
Tickets range from $10 for a child, to $15 for adults for the Family Stroll night on Thursday, to $45 to $100 for the tinsel tea and the Saturday luncheon, respectively, and $90 for the Friday night dinner and dancing. Tickets must be reserved for the teas ($45), luncheon ($100) and dinner ($90) require reservations.
The Christmas Tree Lane originally began in 1994 by a patient who started the event to raise funds to save the ValleyCare library, which was in danger of closing because of budget constraints. Since then, Christmas Tree Lane has raised more than $1 million for various ValleyCare programs, said Madonna D'Angelo, a ValleyCare marketing associate.
The tinsel teas and family stroll night portions were added when the event moved from Livermore to Pleasanton close to a decade ago, D'Angelo said.
"If you have ever been to it, it's spectacular," D'Angelo said. "The trees are the highlight of it, and they just dazzle." Each year Perry and her friend have come up with a different theme for the tree and have never repeated a design.
The duo usually takes about a week to decorate their tree and begins scouting ornaments as early as March. The ornaments grace either a 4-foot or 71/2-foot tree complete with lights and tinsel.
"The quality of the trees has gotten so much better, and it has become quite a holiday event for the Tri-Valley," Perry said.
For more information on the Christmas Tree Lane event visit www.valleycare.com/foundation-christmas-tree-lane.aspx.


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- Sep 3:
- Roadshow: Testing the new Bay Bridge in a convertible
- Bay Bridge: Drivers, cyclists take to 'awesome' new span
- Sep 2:
- Bay Bridge opens to traffic after an 11-year wait
- New Bay Bridge span opens
- Aug 31:
- Day 3: Bay Bridge work heads into the tunnels; right on schedule
- Aug 29:
- Bay Bridge closure: Morning commute traffic sluggish but not gridlock
- Aug 28:
- Bay Bridge closes as scheduled
- Bay Bridge closed
- Aug 27:
- Bay Bridge: All systems go for five-day shutdown
- Aug 26:
- Bay Bridge closure could mean traffic chaos
- Aug 25:
- Got Bay Bridge questions? Get your answers here.
- Roadshow: Guess when Bay Bridge will reopen, win $25
- Aug 23:
- New Bay Bridge span comes with riding and walking path
- Aug 22:
- CHP warns drivers crossing new Bay Bridge span
OAKLAND -- Who would dare scrap the iron troll who lives beneath the old Bay Bridge?
Not I, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, said Bay Bridge Troll, er, Toll Oversight Committee spokesman John Goodwin.
"Why, that would, at the very least, cause one or more individuals to turn to stone, heap upon us countless years of poor harvests and perhaps even bring down the locusts," he said.
The 18-inch fierce-looking steel troll that blacksmith Bill Roan sculpted, and iron workers surreptitiously placed on the old span in the wake of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, is firmly welded to Bay Area's heart and lore. It even has its own Facebook page and a designated impersonator, if you will, in a replica set to go on public display Sunday at the Oakland Museum of California.
The troll's future home -- on the new eastern span or in a museum somewhere -- hasn't yet been decided.
But under no scenario will the troll ever find itself tumbling and twisting among the millions of pounds of World War I-era steel hunks of the old span soon headed for the recycle bin, promised Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chairwoman and Orinda Mayor Amy Worth.
"That's so not gonna happen," she said.
There's no real rush to decide. The section with the troll isn't scheduled to be demolished for two years. And who knows? A new troll could appear as surreptitiously as the last one, making the debate moot.
Goodwin's bosses recommend in a whimsical white paper, "For Whom the Troll Dwells," preserving the troll in perpetuity, carefully removing the little guy -- we're guessing about the gender here -- during the upcoming demolition of the 1936 bridge and moving him to a troll retirement home. Someplace indoors with heat and an ocean view, maybe?
But who will protect the next generation of motorists on the shiny new eastern span set to open in a few days? Must it have a new troll -- or should the old troll move over?
The bridge community is split on this question.
One camp favors renewing the old troll's contract. He's never missed a day of work or demanded higher pay, and he's highly effective, they say, as evidenced by the absence of, any earthquake-related bridge shutdowns on the span since he took up residence.
"It's up to the community, but personally, I'd like to see the existing troll moved to the top of the tower on the new bridge," said Brian Maroney, a veteran Caltrans bridge engineer who has spent the bulk of his career working on the new span.
The other camp insists it is a bad idea to put an old troll on a new bridge.
They won't say it out loud, but they privately suggest -- perhaps facetiously, perhaps not -- that the old troll may have had a hand in snapping those giant steel bolts on the new span back in March.
"It has to be a new troll with no allegiance to the old bridge," said one high-ranking bridge official who declined to be identified speaking on the sensitive issue.
Troll behavior recorded elsewhere offers few clues.
Trolls were first noted a millennium ago in medieval Scandinavia and appeared frequently in Norse mythology, according to "For Whom the Troll Dwells."
According to legend, they are extremely old, possess great strength and are master builders and skilled craftsmen. They also are intolerant to light -- they turn to stone when exposed to the sun -- and take refuge beneath bridges. Deeply loyal, the magical solitary creatures can be ornery and mischievous, too.
The link between bridges and trolls went global after 1859 when the Norwegian folk tale "Three Billy Goats Gruff" was translated into English and republished in countless children's storybooks.
The Bay Bridge troll is not the only modern infrastructure guardian, either, the white paper's authors explained.
Norway's famous Trollstiegen road sports "Troll Crossing" signs. The Fremont Troll guards Seattle's Washington Memorial Bridge, although he flouts troll protocol and he sits in a public area where children climb on him.
The Bay Bridge troll appeared secretly and without official approval on Pier E-9, near where a portion of the deck collapsed in the Loma Prieta earthquake. Since his arrival, no other bridge sections have fallen into the bay.
Frankly, whether he goes into retirement or moves onto the new span is not for mere mortals to decide, Goodwin concludes, tongue-in-cheek.
"Trolls appear and assume their duties under the powers of magic," he said. "Trolls are no more bound by the decisions of government than, say, leprechauns or the Easter Bunny.
"Either the magic happens or it doesn't. But we aren't going to do anything to get in the way."
Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773. Follow her at Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.
BAY BRIDGE on display
Learn more about the Bay Bridge through the eyes of artists:
Oakland Museum of California: "Above and Below: Stories From Our Changing Bay," opens Sunday with quirky stories of how people and nature have shaped the Bay Area. The exhibit includes a replica Bay Bridge troll sculpted by Bill Roan on loan from Rigging International of Alameda. The show runs through Feb. 23. Peter Stackpole's bridge photographs also remain on display through Jan. 26. The museum is at 1000 Oak St. in Oakland. Go to www.museumca.org for details.
San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries: Boilermaker, shipfitter and welder Joseph Blum's photographs documenting the construction of the replacement eastern span of the Bay Bridge are on display through Sept. 27 at San Francisco City Hall. See the photos on the ground floor at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place in San Francisco. Go to www.sfartscommission.org/gallery for details.
-- Lisa Vorderbrueggen


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So in 2005 the Sony Playstation came out with the eye toy. This opened up
avenues for some fitness style games to encourage a exercise training program.
Kinetic was the front runner offering the gambit from aerobics to tai chi style
balance routines. By using the camera the game would register movement you made
on the screen. This wasn't bad, but left a little to be desired in a smaller
living room with any type of decor on your walls.
Now once again we see the gaming industries stepping up to the plate, this
time with the Nintendo Wii. They opened their initial bundle with Wii sports
that introduced their gamers to the interactive controls. Now they are
attempting to venture into fitness, this time with a new type of controller
that is called a "balance board".
They are launching Wii Fit; it is supposed to offer a full range of balance
and aerobic style activities. It goes with the concept to registering your
weight distribution on their new controller. From its demo, I saw everything
from push ups, yoga, dancing and the hula hoop.
So this leads me to the question:
With all of the new technologies coming up, do you think this type of video
game can indeed get people off their couch and start exercising?
That's cool. I like it. I think it helps, but I doubt the serious couch potatoes will get up a buy Wii Fit. Someone will though and that's all that matter I guess. It's better then sitting and playing video games.
With all the new technology coming out these days, its impressive to see how this is evolving.
Here is a link to a youtube video that demos the new Xbox Kinect.
I think its great.
I can atest to at least some success from WiiFit.... we did a biggest loser competition at my workplace last fall and I started using WiiFit at that point... I ended up going from 176 lbs to 140 lbs and getting second place in the competition.... WiiFit didnt do all that but it got me started. and helped a lot w/ tracking my progress. I definitely noticed improvements in different areas (i could do a lot more pushups, longer planks, etc...) But most of all it just got me started w/ a more active lifestyle. After the contest I did Couch to 5k and have been off and running since having done quite a few 5ks, 2 10ks, 1 10 mile run and some fun mud runs... Now working towards completing a half marathon but wouldnt be here at all if i hadnt got started back then. I only occasionally hop on WiiFit now but its nice to see my levels havent changed much since the last time...
ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations from 5k running races and marathons to softball leagues and local events. ACTIVE also makes it easy to learn and prepare for all the things you love to do with expert resources, training plans and fitness calculators.


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Aloha! On behalf of the Makena ohana, I am pleased to welcome you to the Makena Beach & Golf Resort. Featuring a newly beautified property including upgraded rooms and suites, renovated tennis club, new fitness center, superb dining, and an inviting white sand beach, you will be awed by the complete resort destination that is Makena. We hope to see you soon! ~ Mr. Declan McCarthy, General Manager, Makena Beach & Golf Resort.
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- Turtle Town, a coral reef frequented by the protected Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, is less than a half mile from the hotel. Snorkelers will delight in swimming along side these magnificently large turtles, who are known for their curiosity and friendliness.
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- The Makena Beach & Golf Resort caters primarily to families and couples seeking a retreat with proximity to Wailea and South Maui. Built in an "A" shape to provide ocean views from every room, guests are welcomed with a spacious open-air atrium filled with koi ponds, waterfalls and Asian-inspired gardens.
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5400 Makena Alanui Wailea
Wailea, Maui, HI 96753
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Property Amenities
In addition to swimming and snorkeling at the adjacent beach, recreation options include tennis (surcharge), a fitness center, and an outdoor splash pool with a children's wading pool and spa tub.
The Makena resort has the Molokini Bar & Grille, which serves cocktails and pupus; Café Kiowai provides breakfast on a garden terrace; and Cafe on the Green is a casual spot for island lunch and late afternoon Happy Hour specials.
Meeting and special-event space includes a ballroom for 520 guests and eight outdoor locations, most with ocean and garden views.
The Makena Beach and Golf Resort offers a complimentary resort shuttle service to select destinations, including Wailea shops. Parking is complimentary and there is no resort fee.
Services at the resort's Maui-influenced Makena Kai Day Spa include facials, massage, and body treatments. Cabanas feature oceanside showers.
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- Internet access in public areas - wireless
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Number of floors:
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Lindsay Lohan's laptop was stolen at the Shanghai airport, and she's offering a reward for its return, according to TMZ.
Do you even want to contemplate the things on that computer? Brrrr.
Actually, the website reported that Lohan is rather freaked out over the whole thing, because ... wait for it ... it contains naked pictures of her.
Is that really such a big deal? It's not like every man, woman and domestic animal has never seen a naked picture of Lindsay Lohan.
Nevertheless, TMZ said, she's offering "whatever it takes" to get the laptop back.
The website also reported that Lohan says the computer contains "private correspondence" from famous people, including Woody Allen and Lady Gaga.
Lohan was in China for the Sohu Fashion Achievement Awards. Gossip Cop reported Lohan tweeted on Tuesday, "It was great to be in China and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality, however someone has stolen my computer at the airport ... offering a reward for anyone who can retrieve and rtn it, bummer to go home w/o it. xo L."
There's no word on whether Lohan was able to retrieve her laptop before she left China. Let's hope so. We don't need an international incident.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 19:27:47 -0600
From: andy jacobson email@example.com
Subject: 10/6/95 review
This was my 4th Phish show and all I can think about is how small it
was. 2,900 people got to see this, because this was the tour when
Phish was reorganizing their mail order system, and I was able to phone easily for 12th row center. This show and the next night(Spokane) were the most intimate shows I imagine I'll ever have the chance to see:-(
A crystal chandelier(sp?) hung above us in the anteroom and the
ushers showed us to our seats with flashlights and gloves. It would
have been rude for them to search us... Highlights of this show would
bethe Yamar opener,billy breathes,stash,NICU->Tweezer and a very comical deal where trey and mike walked to the beat across the front of the stage like people in a koo koo clock. The whole show I could have
yelled something to the boys and they would have easily heard it. One
time during maze I yelled so loud with excitement(I do that being from
Wyoming) that I thought that everyone in the place was thinking about
me. Musically I think that the next night is far superior but I am glad to be able to say that I was able to see Phish in a royal
Canadian opera house, where royalty go to see concerts:-) 28 and still
showing... Andy


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November 15, 2006
Washington State Voters Mandate Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Voters in Washington State have approved Initiative Measure 937, which calls for the state's investor-owned utilities to draw on new renewable energy sources for 15 percent of their electricity supply by 2020. The measure allows utilities to buy renewable energy credits to help meet the requirement, and gives double credit for smaller, customer-sited systems, so long as the utility buys the renewable energy credits for those systems. The renewable power can be produced from wind, solar, geothermal, or ocean energy, as well as certain types of biomass energy. Hydropower generated from irrigation pipes and canals or from capacity gains achieved by installing more efficient turbines at existing facilities will also qualify. The measure also calls for utilities to pursue all available energy-saving efforts that are cost-effective, reliable, and feasible, allowing credit for customer-owned facilities that generate both heat and power. See the full text of the initiative (PDF 33 KB). Download Adobe Reader.
The measure passed by a small margin, with the unofficial vote count showing 51.6 percent of voters in favor. A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that the measure would save money for consumers while bringing economic and environmental benefits to the state. See the election results and the UCS press release.
Meanwhile, voters in Boulder, Colorado, have approved a ballot issue adding an extra tax on their electricity bills to fund the city's Climate Action Plan. The tax will fund programs to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy use; reduce emissions from motor vehicles; and take other steps to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions. According to the unofficial vote count, the ballot issue passed with 60.4 percent of the voters in favor. See the ballot measure (PDF 513 KB) and the election results.


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With this publication, the WBCSD is releasing a new state-of-the-art declaration on eco-efficiency. It summarizes the evolution of the concept and presents ecoefficiencys chievements, both inside and outside business. Together with our recently released report, Measuring Eco-efficiency, this paper supersedes earlier WBCSD literature on eco-efficiency.
Adaptation: An issue brief for business
This report presents an overview of climate adaptation issues from a business perspective. It examines the potential impacts of climate changes on business, risks and opportunities, the business case for adaptation planning, and highlights areas in which business could have a role in promoting adaption, both at community and global levels.
Investing in a Low-Carbon Energy Future in the Developing World
The need to address climate change while facilitating continued economic growth and social progress is a key challenge facing world leaders today. This publication explores how governments and business can work together to solve these challenges by aligning policies, mechanisms and tools with the commercial conditions under which a business typically invests, in order to scale up private investment.
Biofuels Issue Brief
This Issue Brief provides an overview of biofuel production and use with a special focus on the transport sector. It describes first and second generation biofuels and explores their potential as a possible substitute for fossil fuels.
Guidelines for Quantifying GHG Reductions from Grid-Connected Electricity Projects
The Guidelines for Quantifying GHG Reductions from Grid-Connected Electricity Projects is a publication released by the GHG Protocol Initiative. The GHG Protocol Initiative is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions, and is working with partners and groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.
Policy Directions to 2050: A business contribution to the dialogues on cooperative action
Policy Directions to 2050: A business contribution to the dialogues on cooperative action asserts that the only way to combat climate change is through decisive, concerted and sustained actions between governments, businesses and consumers.
Powering a Sustainable Future: An agenda for concerted action
Electricity is at the heart of the global energy challenge. This report shares facts on the options available now in the power sector to meet sustainability challenges. The agenda recognizes the need for debate on energy resources, markets and policy frameworks, and calls for prompt decisions about our energy future.
UNCSD 14: Energy et Climate Change: Sharpening the focus for action - A business perspective
This paper, published in conjunction with UNCSD 14, emphasizes that energy is crucial for society first because energy is the single most important enabler of economic development, and therefore its availability and affordability are key, and second because its production and use carry impacts, in particular those that are adverse to our environment. The need to deal with the risks associated with those impacts, such as climate change, has therefore become an essential societal duty.
GHG Protocol For Project Accounting
Published in collaboration with the World Resources Institute, the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting aims to be a guidance manual as well as a tool for quantifying and reporting reductions from GHG projects. The uniqueness of the protocol lies in its ability to distinguish between policy decisions and technical accounting aspects.
Energy, Climate Change and Future Framework Conditions: A new approach is needed
This COP 10 position statement by WBCSD shows that business has understood the challenges and recognizes its own role as a key player in developing solutions and deploying them globally. The WBCSD is ready to contribute to a collaborative and in-depth assessment of the various options for the building blocks of a global framework.
The GHG Protocol: A corporate reporting and accounting standard (revised edition)
This revised edition of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard is the culmination of a two-year multi-stakeholder dialogue, designed to build on experience gained from using the first edition. It includes additional guidance, case studies, appendices, and a new chapter on setting a GHG target (available in various languages).
Rutas hacia el 2050 Energía y cambio climático
COP 7: A business perpective on upcoming climate change negotiations
Business has a crucial role to play in developing solutions to climate change and deploying them globally. Realizing this potential will require an effective long-term framework in which to operate. The Kyoto Protocol contains the seeds of such a framework that can, and should, be built upon.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A corporate reporting and accounting standard
The GHG protocol is an accounting and reporting standard for companies to report on the emissions of the six GHGs covered by the Kyoto Protocol. It is a significant milestone on the journey toward internationally-accepted GHG accounting and reporting practices.
This report sets out a framework which can be used by any business to measure progress toward economic and environmental sustainability. The framework is flexible enough to be widely used and easily interpreted across the business spectrum, recognizing the diversity of businesses. But it provides a common set of definitions, principles and indicators.
Establishing a Global Carbon Market
Carbon markets are increasingly a key feature in national climate policies. Their design and implementation reflect differing imperatives between developing and developed nations, raising questions about how they are developed and what it would take to link them together into a single global carbon market.
Powering a Sustainable Future: Policies and measures to make it happen
The report and its technology solution booklet highlight that many low-carbon solutions exist today, but warns that their development and deployment at a sufficient scale to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity production and increase consumption efficiency will not occur without the right regulatory and market frameworks.
The Sustainable Forest Products Industry, Carbon and Climate Change: Key messages for policy-makers
This publication calls for public policies that make the best use of the forestry sector's carbon profile and carbon cycle. It proposes six key points that those responsible for devising forestry and carbon policies need to know, and it highlights the carbon opportunities and challenges facing the sector.
Walking the Talk on Energy and Climate
A low-carbon economy is the economy of the future. Scientific evidence and economic analysis confirm the need for rapid, radical changes in the global energy system - an enormous challenge. The stakes are high. There is a pressing need for action and for solutions in the developed and developing world alike.
Energy et Climate: A contribution to the dialogue on long-term cooperative action
Energy et Climate - A contribution to the dialogue on long term cooperative action offers some initial thinking of possible options for action on climate change within a revised framework after 2012. Such a revised framework would learn and build from existing international agreements and incorporate new long-term goals.
Biomass Issue Brief
Biomass, the oldest form of renewable energy, has been used for thousands of years. Its relative share of use has declined with the emergence of fossil fuels to some 13% of the world's primary energy supply worldwide. This brief outlines the sustainability issues associated with biomass: its carbon neutrality, its use in heat and power generation, its use in biofuels, and its future.
Pathways to 2050: Energy and climate change
Pathways to 2050: Energy et climate change builds on the WBCSD's 2004 Facts and Trends to 2050: Energy and Climate Change and provides a more detailed overview of potential pathways to reducing CO2 emissions.
COP 11: Energy et Climate Change: Sharpening the focus for action - A business perspective
This paper, published in conjunction with UNFCCC COP 11, highlights the WBCSD's business perspective on energy and climate change and outlines key areas of short, medium and long-term actions. It welcomes the call for a "long, loud and legal structure" and recommends elements to be included in a long-term policy framework.
Facts et Trends to 2050: Energy and climate change
This publication provides an overview of key facts and societal challenges related to economic development, future energy demand and the impact that demand could have on the climate system. This will help further elaborate a business response to the challenges identified in this paper, which will require additional research and consultation.
Engaging the private sector in the Clean Development Mechanism
This report describes the key lessons learnt from the activities carried out under the "Engaging the private sector in the CDM" initiative and suggests possible options for increasing private sector engagement. It also documents and builds on experiences of a number of companies having implemented CDM projects.
Energy et Climate: The WBCSD's itinerary
The publication reinforces the project's commitment to maintain its position as a leading business voice in the broader policy debate on climate change. It also presents the 'Big Tent' concept, a framework consisting of the three main elements business et industry contribution, tools et practices, and the framework processes.
GHG Protocol Initiative
This brochure summarizes the work of our Energy et Climate's project on measuring greenhouse gases, and its joint venture with the World Resources Institute (WRI) in creating the GHG Initiative.
The Clean Development Mechanism: Exploring for solutions through learning by doing
The CDM engages the signatory countries of the Kyoto Protocol to offset their own GHG emissions by investing in low GHG emitting projects in developing countries. This report outlines the WBCSD's work on the CDM, highlighting a solar panel project in Brazil.
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We examine your goals, situation and constraints to develop application and technical architectures and a transformation roadmap. We can modernize your existing applications or replace them with new ones that use modern open architectures and standard interfaces. We implement the new or updated applications and integrate them with existing systems and other government agencies. And we maintain and support the system, or enable you team to do it as you move into the future.
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SAN JOSE -- The Sharks aren't showing any respect for their Original Six elders from the Great White North these days.
San Jose skated away with a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night in a wild game that featured two goals by Joe Pavelski and a Gordie Howe hat trick -- a goal, an assist and a fight -- for Tommy Wingels after he was the victim of a dubious call by referee Dave Jackson that disallowed an apparent goal and seemed to indicate this might not be San Jose's night.
"The team responded after that," Wingels said. "You can get frustrated and kind of sulk about it or react the way our team did and that's to score a few more after that."
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brent Burns and Marty Havlat also scored for San Jose while two shots by Toronto forward Jake Gardiner were the only ones to get past goalie Antti Niemi, who made 19 saves in earning his 32nd win.
Three nights after a 4-0 dispatching of the Montreal Canadiens, the Sharks were facing a Toronto team that rolled into San Jose as one of the NHL's hottest, sporting a 14-3-3 record over its past 20 games. That streak included a 3-1 victory in coach Randy Carlyle's first game back in Anaheim the previous night.
"It's tough playing back-to-back nights," the Sharks' Joe Thornton said. "We'd like to jump on teams as quick as possible and I think we did that. Really, we just kept them down all night."
The win gave the Sharks a 5-1-1 record since the Olympic break and pulled them within two points of the Anaheim Ducks at the top of the Pacific Division.
The Sharks got on the scoreboard first at 3:58 on a 44-foot slap shot by Vlasic after Matt Nieto took the puck away from Gardiner, but the lead lasted only 25 seconds. On the next shift, Havlat fumbled the puck at the blue line and Gardiner redeemed himself at the end of an odd-man rush.
The Sharks looked as if they had taken at 2-1 lead at 9:37 when Wingels tucked a backhand shot under Toronto goalie James Reimer's extended right leg pad. But referee Dave Jackson immediately waved off the goal, later explaining he had lost sight of the puck and intended to blow the whistle.
San Jose was even more frustrated less than two minutes later when a shot by Burns hit twine -- only to have Jackson again wave off the goal. This time, however, the play could be reviewed by the NHL's situation room in Toronto and the on-ice call was overruled, giving the Sharks a 2-1 lead.
Wingels was instrumental in the first of two second-period goals that bumped San Jose's lead to 4-1, decking Leafs forward Peter Holland with a crushing check in the defensive zone, then hustling down the ice to be in position to deflect Justin Braun's shot into the Toronto net just 10 seconds later at 6:54.
Two shifts after Wingels scored, Thornton found Pavelski to the right of the Toronto net and his shot sailed over Reimer's outstretched glove. After a nice pass from Jason Demers, Pavelski's second of the night made it 5-1 at 4:26 of the third period.
After Gardiner scored short-handed at 14:56 to cut the lead to three goals, Wingels earned his lone assist of the night when Havlat lifted a rebound into the Toronto net at 16:33. And the fight came 23 seconds later when Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf sucker-punched Havlat and Wingels tangled with Maple Leaf forward Joffrey Lupul in the aftermath.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
thurSDAY'S GAME
Sharks (42-17-7) at Columbus (34-26-5), 4 p.m. CSNCA


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Is there a person who has a spreadsheet or anything of all the tournaments in the region through the summer? Even if they're Central Iowa-only tourneys, I'd liek to put something up @ Scheel's.
Also, Joe's getting me a league schedule, so that will help too. I just have to bring in the info & hopefully the managers will approve it. I heard the words "nothing tacky looking" as a policy on signs in general - but I'll do what I can so that everyone's leagues & tourneys get pimped as widely as possible.


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Pharmaceutical company rankings
US pharmaceutical companies have tended to be high in the industry sales rankings. Therefore, as 2011 drew to a close, predictions that US company Pfizer was about to be displaced by French firm Sanofi as the world's leading pharmaceutical company in terms of sales came as a surprise and drew considerable media attention (2,3). After nine years of staying ahead of its rivals and being active on the merger and acquisition front, little evidence had indicated that Pfizer would be surpassed.Evaluate Pharma analysed companies' sales forecasts to 2016 and revealed the likelihood of a general shake-up in the rankings, with a number of European companies set to perform strongly against their previously dominant US rivals (4). The analysis suggested that by 2014, Pfizer would be the only remaining US pharmaceutical company in the top five. Pfizer is expected to slide to third, while Swiss companies Novartis and Roche will take second and fourth places, respectively. Meanwhile, GlaxoSmithKline will come in fifth, while US company Merck & Co. will slip to sixth, despite its $41-billion (€30.8 billion) acquisition of Schering-Plough in 2009.
Pfizer's decline
The major factor in Pfizer's commercial dip is considered to be the loss of US-patent protection for its blockbuster cholesterol-lowering statin Lipitor (atorvastatin), which occurred in November 2011. Launched in 1998, Lipitor reached peak sales of $12.9 billion (€9.7 billion) in 2006, accounting for 27% of Pfizer's revenue (5). In 2009, Pfizer acquired Wyeth in a $68-billion deal (€51 billion) to offset the impending loss of Lipitor's patent, but the product continued to represent a major source of sales; in 2010, Lipitor achieved sales of $10.8 billion (€8.1 billion), representing 15.8% of Pfizer's sales (5).
The impending loss of patent protection led to India's Ranbaxy to develop a generic atorvastatin for the US and other markets. Starting in 2003, the company began launching patent challenges against Lipitor patents in several markets (6). Pfizer resisted strongly through its own legal counterattacks, but in 2008 it agreed to give Ranbaxy a license to sell atorvastatin in the US market, which became effective 30 November 2011. In addition, Ranbaxy will have exclusivity for 180 days before other companies can enter the market (6), while other agreements with Pfizer will also give Ranbaxy a license to sell atorvastatin in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Australia (6).
The US is a key market for Ranbaxy, as it represents 70% of Pfizer's Lipitor sales (6). During its 180-day exclusivity period, Ranbaxy could generate as much as $650 million (€488 million) in sales. Ranbaxy also formed a partnership with Israel's Teva, which is the world's largest generic manufacturer. Teva has a strong distribution network in the US that should help Ranbaxy keep ahead of other competition such as Watson Pharmaceuticals, which is also seeking to introduce a generic version of atorvastatin.
Although most attention has focused on Lipitor, Pfizer has several other products that have either recently lost patent protection, or will do shortly. Between 2010 and 2012, it was estimated that drugs representing 42% of Pfizer's pharmaceutical revenue were set to lose patent protection, including the antipsychotic Geodon (ziprasidone HCl), erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil citrate), overactivebladder drug Detrol (tolterodine) and eye-pressure lowering drug Xalatan (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) (5).