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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more — that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows.
Women also have caught up with men in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in the 1980s for men but is still rising for women.
"It's a massive failure in prevention," said one study leader, Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society. And it's likely to repeat itself in places like China and Indonesia where smoking is growing, he said. About 1.3 billion people worldwide smoke.
The research is in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. It is one of the most comprehensive looks ever at long-term trends in the effects of smoking and includes the first generation of U.S. women who started early in life and continued for decades, long enough for health effects to show up.
The U.S. has more than 35 million smokers — about 20 percent of men and 18 percent of women. The percentage of people who smoke is far lower than it used to be; rates peaked around 1960 in men and two decades later in women.
Researchers wanted to know if smoking is still as deadly as it was in the 1980s, given that cigarettes have changed (less tar), many smokers have quit, and treatments for many smoking-related diseases have improved.
They also wanted to know more about smoking and women. The famous surgeon general's report in 1964 said smoking could cause lung cancer in men, but evidence was lacking in women at the time since relatively few of them had smoked long enough.
One study, led by Dr. Prabhat Jha of the Center for Global Health Research in Toronto, looked at about 217,000 Americans in federal health surveys between 1997 and 2004.
A second study, led by Thun, tracked smoking-related deaths through three periods — 1959-65, 1982-88 and 2000-10 — using seven large population health surveys covering more than 2.2 million people.
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n The risk of dying of lung cancer was more than 25 times higher for female smokers in recent years than for women who never smoked. In the 1960s, it was only three times higher. One reason: After World War II, women started taking up the habit at a younger age and began smoking more.
n A person who never smoked was about twice as likely as a current smoker to live to age 80. For women, the chances of surviving that long were 70 percent for those who never smoked and 38 percent for smokers. In men, the numbers were 61 percent and 26 percent.
n Smokers in the U.S. are three times more likely to die between ages 25 and 79 than non-smokers are. About 60 percent of those deaths are attributable to smoking.
n Women are far less likely to quit smoking than men are. Among people 65 to 69, the ratio of former to current smokers is 4-to-1 for men and 2-to-1 for women.
n Smoking shaves more than 10 years off the average life span, but quitting at any age buys time. Quitting by age 40 avoids nearly all the excess risk of death from smoking. Men and women who quit when they were 25 to 34 years old gained 10 years; stopping at ages 35 to 44 gained 9 years; at ages 45 to 54, six years; at ages 55 to 64, four years.
n The risk of dying from other lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis is rising in men and women, and the rise in men is a surprise because their lung cancer risk leveled off in 1980s.
Changes in cigarettes since the 1960s are a "plausible explanation" for the rise in non-cancer lung deaths, researchers write. Most smokers switched to cigarettes that were lower in tar and nicotine as measured by tests with machines, "but smokers inhaled more deeply to get the nicotine they were used to," Thun said. Deeper inhalation is consistent with the kind of lung damage seen in the illnesses that are rising, he said.
Scientists have made scant progress against lung cancer compared with other forms of the disease, and it remains the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
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'Night of Living Dead' at theater this week
ANTIOCH -- A Green Hand Under the Bed Productions presents "Night of the Living Dead," 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theatre, 512 W. Second St., Antioch.
Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. For more show information, call 925-234-1465.
Local music teachers featured in Sunday concert
PITTSBURG -- The Delta Music Teachers Association will hold a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at Los Medanos College, 2700 E. Leland Road.
Featured performers include Nancy Bachmann, Susan Clark, Grace Edwards, Kathleen Flemming, Kim Griffith-Fraley, William Hobbs, Diane Maltester, Catherine Seter Thompson, Eric Thompson.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students or $20 for a family pass.
Day of the Dead opens on Friday
PITTSBURG -- Give Always to Others and Co. will present a Day of the Dead event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Impulse Gallery, 329 Railroad Ave.
Day of the Day is a tradition of the indigenous people of Mexico and other parts of the world honoring and remembering those who have departed.
Opening festivities will feature cultural performances with Besh Benie presenting an inspirational performance of Toltec, Zapotec and Mistec people, Ballet Folklorico Jaracue with traditional dances; Salvador Vasquez playing the Mexican harp, and Los Curpites with a traditional dance representing the butterfly.
There will also be flower making and children's activities.
Artwork by local artists, altars and memory tables, commonly known as "ofrendas," will be displayed with photographs and favorite items from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the gallery.
A community altar will be available for those who wish to place a photo of a loved one.
Sponsoring for event are Keller Canyon Mitigation Trust Funds, Pacific Community Services Inc., Pittsburg Arts & Community Foundation, Give Always to Others & Co., Pittsburg Arts Collaborative, and Club Yahualica. For information, call 925-439-1056.
Auditions set for 'Humbug'
ANTIOCH -- Resurrection Theatre will hold auditions for "Humbug" at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday, Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theatre, 512 W. Second St., Antioch.
Frank Ballesteros directs this popular Christmas classic. Auditions are open to actors ages 12 and older.
Rehearsals will be 4:30 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Performances will be Dec. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
A $40 script and production fee is required.
For more information, call 925-234-1465.
'Nutcracker' auditions set for Nov. 12-13
ANTIOCH -- The Pied Piper Players will hold auditions for "The Nutcracker," 5 p.m. Nov. 12 and 13, Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theatre, 512 W. Second St., Antioch. Auditions are open to actors 7 and older.
The musical based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" with music from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite, is directed by Frank J. Ballesteros.
Rehearsals will be 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Performances are Nov. 23, 24, 24, and 30 and Dec. 1 and 2.
If cast, there is a $75 participation fee. For more information, call 925-234-1465.
'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' set for this weekend
ANTIOCH -- El Campanil Children's Theatre presents "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St., Antioch.
This classic ghost story by Washington Irving and adapted by Vera Morris, is directed by Sharon Redman.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells the story of Tarry Town, a place where strange things happen and the townspeople seem entranced by spirits. Ichabod Crane, a well-educated teacher, is new to Sleepy Hollow and seems to fit right in. He's taking over the choir, courting the wealthy daughter and sharing a ghost story or two. But not everyone is happy to see Ichabod and not everyone thinks he loves ghost stories as much as he says. He meets a mysterious fate. Legend has it that he is the victim of the dreaded "headless horseman" who allegedly haunts Sleepy Hollow.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for children 17 and younger.
For tickets, call 925-757-9500 or go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Brentwood Writes to host open mic
BRENTWOOD -- Brentwood Writes will bring all forms of the written word at Open Mic at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Gallery on Second.
All short work -- poetry, short story, nonfiction, or any other creative work -- is welcome. Participants are allowed five minutes each to perform. The group encourages participants to bring work on any subject, their own or that of another writer, as long as it is neither insulting nor abusive. Everyone is invited whether performing or listening and enjoying.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brentwood Writes is an adjunct of the Brentwood Art Society and the Brentwood Community Library. Kati Short, poet laureate, is the host.
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Veterans Day concert set at El Campanil
ANTIOCH -- The El Campanil Theater will host a Veterans Day Concert 3 p.m. Nov. 11, 602 W. Second St., Antioch.
This patriotic tribute and musical celebration to our country will feature two local groups, the Summerset Singers chorus and the Summerset Big Band, together in concert. The show will inspire you with rousing favorites, including "America the Beautiful," "Armed Forces Medley" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The program will also feature some of the most beloved standards from the World War II era.
Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors (62 and older) and $10 for children 17 and younger.
For tickets, call 925-757-9500 or go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
BD Lines continues model railroad show
ANTIOCH -- Black Diamond Lines continues its fall model railroad club show at the clubhouse at 425 Fulton Shipyard Road.
The event features an operating HO-scale model train layout.
The final show is set for 10 a. m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and children (6-12) and free for those younger than 6.
For more information, call 925-779-1964 or go to www.blackdiamondlines.com.
Auditions set for 'Guys and Dolls'
BRENTWOOD -- Brentwood Teen Theater is holding auditions for "Guys and Dolls." The tuitioned training program, which began this week, includes 14 weeks of training in acting singing and dance.
The sessions take place at Resurrection Ministries Lutheran Church at Fairview Avenue at Sand Creek Road.
Training is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays with additional rehearsals for leading role actors. The musical will be presented in late February and early March.
See details at www.BrentwoodTeenTheater.com, or call 925-516-9009.
Brentwood hometown band performs
BRENTWOOD -- The Brentwood Concert Band presents "A Veteran's Day Musical Salute" concert with patriotic music featuring musical numbers "Armed Forces Salute" and "The Stars and Stripes Forever.
Narrating this special event is Kermit Sveen, one of the founders of the Brentwood Concert Band. Special guests include the Los Medanos College Symphonic Band under the direction of Jonathan Knight, and the Brentwood Flute Choir.
The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Liberty High School Allan E. Jones Performing Arts Center, 850 Second St. in Brentwood. Tickets are $5 and available at the door. For information go to www.brentwoodconcertband.com.
Resurrection Ministries hosts free concert
BRENTWOOD -- William Jessup University Choir & Orchestra will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Resurrection Ministries, 1275 Fairview Ave. in Brentwood.
The University's Choir & Orchestra perform more than 30 concerts a year along the Pacific Northwest, with fall and spring tours to the Bay Area and Seattle. The choir consists more than 100 voices accompanied by a 15-piece orchestra with a powerful message of hope and encouragement. For information, call 925-240-5119.
New exhibit in Brentwood
BRENTWOOD -- The Gallery On Second will host the fine art of Jack Gaughan through Nov. 10 at the gallery at 741 Second St. in downtown Brentwood.
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KITTERY, Maine — Three people from New York were arrested by police Friday afternoon for allegedly stealing approximately $8,000 worth of clothing merchandise from the Outlet Malls.
Isabel Pimental, 44, of Corona, Paola Castillo, 46, also of Corona, and Oscar I Mosquera, 33, of Briarwood, were each charged with a Class C felony of receiving stolen property following an investigation by police.
According to a press release issued by Kittery Chief Paul Callaghan, police responded to the Outlet Malls Friday at about 1 p.m. after a store manager reported suspicious activity and possible theft occurring within a department store.
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Some classic histopathologic changes found in a skin section from a person with leprosy.Credit: CDC/Arthur Kaye
Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the peripheral nerves, skin, upper respiratory tract, eyes, and nasal mucosa (lining of the nose). The disease is caused by a bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium known as Mycobacterium leprae.
Researchers are exploring more avenues than ever before in the search for solutions to leprosy, now that the genome of M. leprae has been sequenced. NIAID's goals are to discover reservoirs of infection, routes of transmission, and incubation periods so the disease can be stopped before patients even have symptoms. New tests for early detection of leprosy before nerve damage occurs are now being developed.
Leprosy (Hansen's Disease), is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the peripheral nerves, skin, upper respiratory tract, eyes, and nasal mucosa. The disease is caused by a bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium known as Mycobacterium leprae.
M. leprae, discovered by G.A. Hansen in Norway in 1873, is a slow-growing, intracellular pathogen that cannot live outside its host. Because it can only be grown in animals, not in a laboratory, it is more difficult to study than other bacteria. Armadillos and immunocompromised mice are the two primary sources for growing the bacteria for research purposes.
Another factor complicating studies of leprosy is that M. leprae multiplies slowly, and symptoms can take as long as 20 years to appear. Armadillos are the only animals other than humans that have been found to become naturally infected with M. leprae.
Researchers are still unclear about the mode of transmission of leprosy. Though widely assumed to be spread via the respiratory system through nasal droplets, broken skin is also a possibility. Because M. leprae survive best at low temperatures, it primarily affects the superficial sites of the skin and peripheral nerves.
Susceptibility to infection with M. leprae appears to be genetic, and the form of disease that a person develops depends on the immunity of infected people. Some people in a family may have the infection, but other close family members will not develop it, depending on their personal ability to fight off the bacteria.
Leprosy usually affects the skin, peripheral nerves, and upper airways but has a wide range of clinical manifestations. Clinical forms of leprosy represent a spectrum reflecting the cellular immune response to M. leprae. Patients with good T-cell immunity (Th1 type) towards M. leprae exhibit tuberculoid (TT) leprosy which is also known as pauci-bacillary leprosy, a milder form of the disease, characterized by skin discoloration. Those with poor T-cell immunity towards M. leprae typically exhibit lepromatous (LL) leprosy or multi-bacillary leprosy, which is associated with symmetric skin lesions, nodules, plaques, thickened dermis, and frequent involvement of the nasal mucosa resulting in congestion and nose bleeds. In between these forms of leprosy are the borderline tuberculoid (BT), borderline-borderline (BB) and borderline lepromatous (BL) forms.
LL leprosy is also characterized by large numbers of organisms in the skin, many skin lesions with slight hypopigmentation, and less sensory loss in the lesions. While people with LL have high titer antibodies to M. leprae, they also have an impaired cellular immune response to the bacillus. Changes in immunity of the host as well as treatment can result in worsening of the clinical course of the disease.
All forms of leprosy may cause some degree of peripheral neurological damage (nerve damage in the arms and legs) that causes sensory loss in the skin as well as muscle weakness. People with long-term leprosy may lose the use of their hands or feet due to repeated traumatic injury resulting from lack of sensation. If left untreated, it can cause progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, eyes, and limbs.
In the United States, most physicians do not have experience identifying leprosy because it is extremely rare (about 100 to 200 new cases per year, mostly occurring in the Gulf Coast, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and New York or among people who have lived in areas of the world where the disease is more widespread). It is important that people who have unusual rashes that do not respond to treatment seek out skilled dermatologists who can make an accurate diagnosis.
Diagnosis of leprosy is typically based on clinical symptoms, especially localized skin lesions that show sensory loss (loss of sensation to stimuli such as touch and heat). Thickened, enlarged peripheral nerves are also a hallmark of the disease. To reach a conclusive diagnosis, healthcare providers should test skin samples.
With early diagnosis, leprosy can be treated. People who are being treated for leprosy are not contagious, and they can lead a normal lifestyle.
In 1981, the World Health Organization recommended multidrug therapy with dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine. In the United States, the regimen provides all drugs on a daily basis with multibacillary cases treated for 2 years and paucibacillary cases treated for 1 year. Additional information on diagnostic support, treatment regimens and the use of alternate drugs is available from the National Hansen's Disease Program.
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Leprosy was well recognized in the oldest civilizations of China, Egypt, and India. The first known written reference to leprosy appeared in an Egyptian papyrus document written around 1550 BC.
Throughout history, leprosy has been feared and misunderstood, and has resulted in significant stigma and isolation of those who are afflicted. It was thought to be a hereditary disease, a curse, or punishment from the gods. During the Middle Ages, those with leprosy were forced to wear special clothing and ring bells to warn others as they walked by.
A cumulative total of the number of people who, over the millennia, have suffered its chronic course of incurable disfigurement, physical disabilities, or psychological trauma can never be estimated. There are many countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America with a significant number of leprosy cases and 1 to 2 million people worldwide are visibly and irreversibly disabled due to past and present leprosy.
In 1921, the U.S. Public Health Service established the nation's first leprosarium, located in what is now known as Carville, Louisiana. The leprosarium served as an institution for people with leprosy and a hospital for experiments with treatments for leprosy as well as a laboratory to study the organism. The center, which became known simply as "Carville," became a refuge for leprosy patients and one of the premier centers of scientific research and testing in attempts to find a cure for the disease.
In 1941, the discovery of Promin, a sulfone drug, was shown to successfully cure leprosy, but this treatment also involved painful injections. Promin became known as the "Miracle of Carville." In the 1950s, dapsone pills, pioneered by Dr. R.G. Cochrane at Carville, became the treatment of choice for leprosy. Dapsone worked wonderfully at first, but Mycobacterium leprae bacteria eventually began developing dapsone resistance.
In the 1970s, the first successful multidrug treatment (MDT) regimen for leprosy was developed through drug trials on the island of Malta. In 1981, The World Health Organization began recommending MDT, a combination of three drugs: dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine. The completion of MDT takes from 6 months to a year or even more, depending on clinical manifestations of the leprosy infection.
In 1986, the Carville facility became known Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Center, named after the distinguished U.S. Congressman, close friend, and associate of the people working and living with leprosy. During its century of service, Carville was home to several hundreds of patients, some of whom met and married there and spent a majority of their lives on the picturesque campus. When the hospital at Carville closed in 1998, its few remaining patients were reluctant to leave. The buildings and grounds were transferred to the State of Louisiana in 1998, and the clinical center relocated to Baton Rouge. A museum archiving the history of the Center and a National Cemetery remain open to the public. Some elderly patients continue to live at the facility.
At the beginning of 2010, the registered prevalence of leprosy in the world was 211,903 cases, and 244,796 new cases were detected during 2009, as reported by 141 countries (World Health Organization [WHO]).
Since the 1980s, when WHO initiated its Leprosy Elimination Project, more than 14 million cases have been cured. However, the number of new cases being detected annually is raising the unanswered questions about the infection source, transmission, and incubation period of leprosy. In other words, why are so many new cases detected in the midst of such a dramatic drop in the numbers of people living with the disease? This may be attributed to a number of factors including intensified efforts in case detection, and/or high transmission of the disease in certain areas.
Today, leprosy is found mainly in Angola, Brazil, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal, and the United Republic of Tanzania. These countries account for 75 percent of the global leprosy burden, and they are taking steps to control the disease through information campaigns and by providing diagnostic and treatment services to all communities, including the poor and underserved, and by incorporating leprosy diagnosis and treatment into general health services.
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NIAID has been supporting leprosy research around the world for many years. With the Mycobacterium leprae genome now identified, researchers are looking at several different approaches to combating leprosy.
Innovative research efforts are addressing such issues as transmission and the true extent of leprosy incidence. Studies are focusing on the areas of early detection (prior to developing clinical symptoms), prevention of nerve damage, surveillance of areas where drug resistance is occurring, and molecular epidemiology.
Molecular tools have helped overcome challenges posed by the slow growth of M. leprae in vivo and its inability to grow in vitro. Other than humans, armadillos are the only animal known to be susceptible to leprosy. Because of this, colonies of armadillos have been important in research to model the disease. Since 1978, NIAID has supported contracts for the propagation of M. leprae in armadillos to derive sizable quantities of the bacterium, its DNA, and antigens as resources for researchers working throughout the world. The armadillo facility is located at the National Hansen's Disease Program Laboratories (NHDP), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the M. leprae research reagents are being developed at Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
As part of these NIAID-funded contracts, investigators at NHDP are developing the armadillo as a research animal model for human leprosy and investigators at Colorado State University are developing improved skin test antigens to detect leprosy. Trials to determine the safety of new skin test antigens were conducted in volunteers in the United States and at the Anandaban Hospital in Nepal to determine the utility of a skin test for epidemiologic surveillance and diagnosis in leprosy-endemic regions.
NIAID-funded scientists at NHDP are also using genomic knowledge of M. leprae to examine leprosy transmission. From earlier epidemiological studies, NIAID-funded scientists at NHDP knew that M. leprae had been found among wild armadillos in Texas and Louisiana, suggesting that human contact with infected armadillos might lead to infection. Recently, the research team, led by by Richard W. Truman, Ph.D., compared the gene sequences of M. leprae samples taken from humans and infected wild armadillos and found that 64% of human samples had a particular genotype that had never been seen before. What's more, 85% of armadillo samples shared that same genotype.
These results showed that the two strains were related and that wild armadillos were a likely source of some human infections. But more importantly, it established leprosy as a zoonosis: an infectious disease that can be transmitted back and forth between animals and humans.
Priorities for research in leprosy today include genetic probes for molecular epidemiology, and new immunologic tests for early detection of leprosy before nerve damage occurs. The goals are to provide evidence on routes of transmission and incubation periods and to develop new tools to prevent and, ultimately, eradicate leprosy.
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TRACY - Transportation officials announced Monday the completion of a highway project through the Delta west of Stockton.
Designed primarily to make a portion of Highway 4 straighter and safer, the Trapper Slough/Tracy Boulevard Project was valued at $16 million, according to the California Department of Transportation.
It was funded entirely through money from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more commonly known as the federal economic stimulus package.
The new road alignment increases the sight distance for drivers on Highway 4 near where it intersects with Tracy Boulevard, Caltrans officials said.
Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty said the project "dramatically" increases safety on that stretch of road.
The project also added a rumble strip in the median and shoulders to alert sleepy or distracted drivers and added a left-turn pocket for motorists to turn left onto Tracy Boulevard.
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1. Constructing fibrograms of the projecting portions of the beards as used in High Volume Instrument (HVI). First, we will obtain signals for constructing fibrograms of beards as those used in HVI length test. This can be done by collecting raw signals either from HVI or from a scanner. We are developing a method for obtaining fibrograms by using image processing techniques to analyze images of fiber beards from a scanner. Then the length distributions (pdf) of the beard (projecting portion) will be calculated from the fibrograms. These fibrograms and length distributions can be compared to those of the projecting portion obtained from Advanced Fiber Information System (AFIS) tests. The potential differences between the projecting portions fibrograms obtained from these two devices will be identified and analyzed. 2. Calculating the length distribution of the original fibers. We will convert the distributions of the scanned projecting portions of the beards to compute the entire length distributions of the original fibers. These original length distributions are obtained from AFIS tests. The conversion can be achieved by implementing the relationship between the distributions (pdf) of HVI beards and those of the original fibers we developed in earlier stages, such as the application of PLS regression algorithm. 3. Verification After deriving the entire length distributions of original fibers from scanning the beards, we then will verify our results by comparing them to AFIS measured fiber length distributions of the original fibers. Based on the verification we will make proper adjustments to our algorithms and models. For this purpose, we are carrying out a larger set of HVI and AFIS tests. AFIS data have been used as references in this study. 4. Implementation As a result, we can provide the industry a method that enables the HVI to obtain the entire length distributions of the original cotton fibers. Implementation of our results includes providing the industry algorithms and equations for computing fiber length distributions and length parameters such as Lower Half Mean Length and Short Fiber Content.


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Football: Pomperaug falls to Newtown
SOUTHBURY — Remember the name Julian Dunn. The Pomperaug High football team certainly will after the Newtown wide receiver and defensive back had a memorable performance to jump-start the 2013 season.
Dunn caught three passes for 130 yards, all in the first half, and scored on touchdowns receptions of eight and 57 yards. He added an interception in the fourth quarter to thwart a scoring drive to lead the Knighthawks to a 26-7 victory over the Panthers on Friday at Edward Arum Athletic Field.
"I equate Julian Dunn to baseball and being a five-tool player," said Pomperaug coach David Roach. "Dunn must have big hands. He's big and fast and is physically strong. He's a playmaker. He's able to break tackles and go up get the ball and when you put it all together, that makes him tough to defend."
Pomperaug captain Nico Rosa agreed, saying that Dunn is a "great player."
But Rosa felt the Panthers didn't give themselves much of a chance, especially in the first half, as the Knighthawks raced to a 26-0 lead.
"We have to do a better job defensively," said Rosa. "We need to come in on Sunday and work harder and get ready for Brookfield next week. That's all I know. We have to put this game past us and continue to get better."
Special teams will be a point of emphasis for the Panthers, who fumbled a punt after a three-and-out by the Knighthawks on the opening possession of the game near midfield. Dunn ended that first drive with an 8-yard TD pass from quarterback Andrew Tarantino, outleaping a defender in the end zone, with 9:24 left in the first period.
Then came the turning point later in the first period. As Pomperaug's Nick Harper attempted to boot a 32-yard field goal, the lined drive kick went low and into the line of players, then bounced off a player's hand and into the arms of Jaret DeVellis. DeVellis sprinted down the right sideline for a 78-yard scoring play with 5:50 left in the first quarter.
"It was a lined drive kick, and it was something that just unfortunately happened," said Roach. "But special teams is one third of the game."
The Panthers couldn't muster much offense for the remainder of the first half, being forced to punt three times after the two early turnovers.
"At some point, you just can't turn the ball over against a really good team," said Roach. "At halftime, I told the kids that I wanted to see some fight in them and play like brothers and family. They came out played tougher and gang tackled and became accountable. They really got after it. The mistakes we made early on are all teachable and fixable."
Pomperaug's Jack Yule scored on a 1-yard plunge with 9:33 left in the in the fourth quarter and Harper booted the PAT. Defensively, Ryan Johannes and Sam Rubinstein had interceptions for the Panthers. Harper had a 64-yard punt in the first half.
"For some reason, we came out flat," said Pomperaug quarterback Wade Prajer. "We played much better in the second half. We have to come out with a second-half mentality all of the time."
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VAIL, Colorado - Vail Mountain said today it will extend its season for one more weekend, reopening Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The mountain has received 2 feet of snow since its official closing day last Sunday.
"This is a great way to end our 50th anniversary season," said Chris Jarnot, senior vice president and COO at Vail Mountain. "This is an opportunity for our season pass holders and skiers from around the region to take advantage of a few extra days, and enjoy more of the spring skiing we all love here in Colorado."
Breckenridge will also reopen for the weekend. Breck has received over 5 feet of snow so far in April, including another 16 inches since the official closing on Sunday.
"After skiing some amazing powder turns on Closing Day and more heavy snow in the forecast this week, we just don't have the heart to shut down Breck's lifts just yet," said Pat Campbell, senior vice president and COO at Breckenridge Ski Resort. "We can't deny how great the conditions are, so this is a great opportunity for all of our guests to take advantage of a few extra days and enjoy more of the spring skiing and riding we all love here in Breck."
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Once again, West Virginia Wesleyan is preparing to welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff, family and friends back to their home among the hills for the annual Homecoming celebration.
From Oct.18-21, Wesleyan will host Homecoming 2012 with a weekend full of entertainment and activities for all ages. Friendships will be rekindled, memories shared and new connections made throughout a weekend dedicated to celebrating and cherishing all Wesleyan alumni and friends.
The first event of the weekend includes the "Evening of Music" performance, showcasing faculty from the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre & Dance. The recital takes place in Wesley Chapel at 8 p.m., Oct. 18, and is free and open to the public.
The annual Founders Day Convocation will take place at 11 a.m. Oct. 19 in Wesley Chapel. Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Larry Parsons will deliver the keynote address at this traditional tribute to Wesleyan's founders.
The college will also honor men and women who have carried on the tradition of excellence begun at the institution more than 120 years ago, with alumni awards and honorary degrees presented during the convocation. The Founders Day Luncheon will follow convocation in the Social Hall of the Benedum Campus Center at noon.
Meanwhile, the Johnny Myers Golf Classic tees off at noon at Stonewall Resort on the same day, and recognizes a longtime golf coach and Wesleyan legend. That afternoon, a Food Village will begin to be constructed with nonperishable food items being donated for local food pantries at Rockefeller Plaza. Dr. Rob Rupp will offer insights on the 2012 Election in Erickson Alumni Center at 3 p.m.
The 2012 Homecoming Banquet allows alumni an opportunity to break bread together and celebrate their alma mater at 6 p.m. in the French A. See Dining Center. At 7:30 p.m. the Homecoming Queen and King will be crowned in Wesley Chapel. And, a performance by storyteller Bil Lepp, a member of the WVWC Class of 1992, concludes the evening in the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts at 9 p.m.
The celebration gets off to an early start Oct. 20, with the Wesleyan Society and Reger Society Breakfast, hosted by President Pamela Balch '71 and her husband Patrick at 8:30 am in the Performing Arts Center. The new residence hall will officially be named Dunn Hall in recognition of the Thomas B. Dunn '64 and Carol J. Dunn '63 family at 9:45 a.m. at the corner of Meade Street and Camden Avenue. Alumni and friends are welcome to enjoy the naming ceremony.
At 10 a.m., all alumni are invited to mingle with current and retired faculty and staff at a reception in the Annie Merner Pfieffer Library, while various student organizations will host activities for children from 10 a.m. 11 a.m., also in the library. The Department of Nursing will host a manikin simulation demonstration at 10:45 a.m. in the same location.
At 11:30 a.m., the Wesleyan community will showcase its Bobcat pride at a tailgate picnic at Ross Football Field. The Athletic Hall of Fame banquet returns to Homecoming weekend with a banquet and induction ceremony at 5 p.m. in the Social Hall. The Homecoming Bash and Reunion Social will get underway at the Stonewall Resort Ballroom at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the WVWC Alumni Council and earmarked to support The Wesleyan Fund for current scholarships, special Wesleyan items will be up for bid at the Orange & Black Silent Auction from 7 8:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Stonewall Resort Ballroom.
The weekend's activities come to a close on Oct. 21. The Rev. Judith Simpson Fisher, class of '72, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Barboursville, will be the guest speaker at the 10:30 a.m. Homecoming Chapel Service. Visitors will then say their goodbyes at the Bon Voyage Brunch, held at 11:30 a.m. in the French A. See Dining Center.
Throughout the weekend, the Erickson Alumni Center will be open to welcome visitors back to campus, where they can meet with friends and peruse yearbooks. Registration will be open in Rockefeller Lobby on Friday from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
Class reunion events are open to all alumni and take place on Oct. 20. The Classes of 1997, 2002, and 2007 will gather for lunch in Buckhannon restaurants, while the Classes of 1932, 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957 and 1962 will reunite during the Emeritus Club Luncheon in French See Dining Center. The Classes of 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1992 will reunite at the Homecoming Bash and Reunion Social in the evening at Stonewall Resort.
A number of athletic contests will also take place during Homecoming Weekend, including volleyball vs. Glenville State at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19 in Rockefeller; an alumni swim meet at 10 a.m. on Oct. 20 at the swimming pool in the Campus Center; football vs. Glenville State at 1 p.m. on Oct. 20 at Ross Field; and men's soccer vs. Slippery Rock at 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 at Wood Street Park.
The Wellness Center will also co-host a Run/Walk event at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the Fountain/Chapel Green.
On Oct. 20, sororities will host open house tea receptions before lunchtime, while the fraternities will host open house receptions after the football game. The Office of Campus Life and Bobcat Entertainment will sponsor an inflatable bumper car activity on Oct. 19 at 10 p.m. in Rockefeller, photo flip books from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. on Oct. 20 on the Campus Center Plaza, and human hamster ball races at 8 p.m. in the Green Room of Rockefeller on Oct. 20.
There's truly something for everyone at Homecoming 2012. All alumni and friends are invited to attend. For more information, go to www.wvwc.edu/alumni/homecoming.


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Ayers Elementary School can be found at 5120 Myrtle Drive, a residential area tucked inside the southeastern boundary of Concord. The two-lane road is lightly traveled, except for two times a day -- the 15 minutes before first bell and the 15 minutes after school lets out.
At those times, with 500 schoolchildren scrambling to enter or leave and vehicles dropping off or picking up, the scene resembles a mass-transit hub for little people. What troubles Principal Charla Hernandez is that this transpires daily without a crossing guard.
Oh, there's a brightly striped crosswalk in front of the school, marked with warning signs in the middle of the street -- "School: Yield within crosswalk to pedestrians" -- and a reference to state law, but no uniformed authority figure on hand to ensure that drivers adhere.
Back in the day, when Beaver Cleaver walked to Miss Landers' class, this job might have fallen to older classmates dressed in brightly colored vests and barking commands. At least, that's the way it was done at my school back in the dark ages.
Nowadays, the task generally is contracted out to professionals for a fee. That's the way Concord has handled things since 2003. It pays $90,000 a year for 10 crossing guards at "strategic locations" throughout the city. Inasmuch as there are 15 public elementary schools in Concord, not every school gets one.
The most worrisome time at Ayers, Hernandez said, is the morning, when workday commuters are added to the traffic flow. ("There are a lot of people these days who seem to be in a big hurry," she said, "and they're ignoring the traffic laws.") Her solution, so far, has been to do things herself.
"I try to be out there as much as possible then," she said. "It's a wonderful opportunity to say good morning to my kids and families."
Still, it's not a permanent answer. Principals can hardly be expected to double as crossing guards. That's why she sought out parent volunteers, a number of whom stepped forward. But even that idea comes with a drawback. Or, at least, a question: If volunteers take on the responsibility of youngsters' safety, do they also take on liability for any accidents?
This is the primary reason why Hernandez's plan has not yet been approved by the Mt. Diablo School District. In an age of limitless litigation, and in a state where lawsuits are cranked out like sausages, school officials are understandably wary of all liabilities, even where good deed-doers are concerned.
Discussion is ongoing, but don't expect a quick resolution. Before the superintendent, general counsel and trustees can digest an issue, it usually requires a lot of chewing.
The topic is of broader concern than Ayers because of a Concord City Council measure adopted last June. In a move to address the city's structural financial deficit, the council voted to discontinue full funding of crossing guards after the 2012-13 school year. Funds are to be reduced by 50 percent the following year and then eliminated.
Responsibility for crossing guards would then fall to the school district, unless ...
Well, there is a chance the council could rethink its decision. Since the June motion, Dan Helix has been installed as mayor, and he has been the strongest advocate for crossing guard services.
Not long ago, he was saying the first priority of government is providing for people. Who needs more providing than little guys trying to get across the street?
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The warmer seasons at UMMA reflect Ann Arbor's annual demographic shift to fewer faculty and students and an increase in tourists. This wonderful, regular migratory pattern keeps the area healthy and diverse and allows the Museum to reach out to new audiences throughout the year. For us at the Museum it also signals an opportunity to measure ourselves against our yearly programmatic and visitor experience goals and to rethink and refocus as needed.
UMMA's collections grow significantly every year; as a result, since our expansion in 2009 it has become clear that in order to balance the cultures, eras, traditions, and media throughout this incredible, nearly 100,000 square-foot facility, we need to expand the visibility and offerings of twentieth- and twenty-first century art, architecture, and design throughout the Museum.
Thanks to the soaring new Joan and Bob Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, many of the Museum's glorious twentieth-century works of art now rotate on extended view. In 2011 we opened the New Media Gallery in order to share the captivating work being created through video, film, and digital technologies. Our next phase results in dedicated spaces for both the Museum's outstanding photography holdings—over 3,000 works that cover the history of the medium, from nineteenth-century archival prints by William Henry Fox Talbot to the contemporary large-format color imagery of Candida Höfer—and its exciting domestic design collection (see story in this issue), which builds on the legacy of our enviable Tiffany and other American and European decorative arts collections.
The UMMA Design Gallery featuring twentieth-century furniture design also signals a renewed commitment to presenting the most progressive thinkers in the field of architecture and design. It is crucial for a university art museum of this size and stature to not overlook this vast and always innovative field of visual culture. What architects and designers have produced historically informs much of what we experience daily through our built environment, as well as in fashion, technology, and industrial design. These objects also often serve as an accessible entry point for visitors, who once comfortable in the museum space might venture into galleries of less familiar work. The exhilarating exhibition Florencia Pita/FP mod continues through June 16, and this season we present a focused look at the socially provocative urban design work of N H D M, a collaborative practice for design and research in architecture and urbanism founded by Nahyun Hwang and David Eugin Moon. Later this year we will kick-off a new collaboration with the UM Bentley Historical Library with the first in a series of three exhibitions to highlight domestic architecture from the Midwest.
On the modern exhibitions front, this spring UMMA celebrates a rewarding collaboration with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York, with Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930. UMMA's Associate Curator of Asian Art Natsu Oyobe has pulled together a groundbreaking exhibition detailing the impactful artistic relationship between these two fascinating artists—who were introduced to each other by UM alumnus Sotokichi Katsuizumi. Exhibition and related programming details inside.
I look forward to sharing with you all of these new and exciting initiatives and hope they compel you to plan a visit to your Museum very soon!
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Anderson tied for lead at Panama Claro
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 1:03 a.m.
Last-season PGA Tour regular Mark Anderson isn't showing any signs of slowing down after finishing his rookie year on the big tour in promising fashion.
The USC product is tied for the top of the Web.com Tour season-opening Panama Claro Championship with Andrew Loupe after Thursday's opening round at the Panama Golf Club.
Anderson, a Beaufort resident, finished No. 164 in last year's PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings and posted eight birdies on Thursday day despite carding only one on the back nine. Anderson's 6-under 64 included eight birdies and two bogeys.
"On the front nine I made everything," Anderson told PGATour.com. "Putts from all over the greens, from 10 to 30 feet and when that starts happening you just let it roll. There's no need to second-guess your lines and figure out your speed. You just try to do it and that's when they go in. The goal is to do that on every putt."
Loupe is a 24-year-old Baton Rouge native who played at LSU where he was a two-time All-American and a two-time All-SEC. He competed three times on last year's Web.com Tour and made two of three cuts with a pair of ties for 18th in his initial two outings.
Clemson veteran Danny Ellis is tied for 22nd after shooting a 1-under 69 and Furman product Greenville resident Matt Davidson is tied for 35th with an even-par 70. Duncan resident Matt Bettencourt and Clemson product/Greenville resident Ben Martin are tied for 53rd at 1 over. Clemson's Phillip Mollica is plus-2 in a tie for 71st.
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Aloha from the Hotel General Manager. We invite you to discover the beautiful Kaua`i Marriott Resort. Relax and enjoy our impressive swimming pool or stroll along scenic Kalapaki Beach. Just three miles from Lihue Airport allows you more time to unwind or delight in island activities. Whatever your pleasure, allow us to help make your dream vacation come true. E Komo Mai...come, escape to the Kaua`i Marriott Resort!
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- At the terrace level, the gazebos above the pool can be reserved for private dinners.
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What to Expect:
- Complimentary shuttle service delivers a steady stream of international guests from nearby Lihue Airport through a tree-shaded avenue leading to the resort's upper entrance. New arrivals descend two stories by steep escalator to a grand esplanade and enormous tropical garden containing waterfalls and koi ponds. The Kauai Marriott boats airy lobby is ringed by pink-marble columns.
Amenity Highlights:
- The Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club pool's dimensions are: 210 feet in diameter, 26,000 square feet, 300,000 gallons of water, 1.2 million tiles. Seen from the Aupaka above, the round pool with its scalloped edge features pink-marble waterfalls, a six-pointed sundeck-island, sculpted-animal fountains spraying jets of sparkling water, and a palm-shaded sundeck - including a children's pool - spreading out to restaurants, lounges, and a broad sunning lawn bordering the beach. Five grand, wood-columned gazebos rise two stories from the pool to the Aupaka. Their top levels each contain a single black-marble table offering great views. Their bottom levels each contain a large hot tub next to the pool.
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The Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club, situated on a hillside, offers 356 air-conditioned rooms. Most have furnished lanais, while ground-floor garden-view rooms have furnished patios and standard rooms have no balconies or patios. Most rooms have views of the gardens, ocean, or pool.
Room Amenities:
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Cable/satellite TV
- Clock radio
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Internet access - dial-up
- Internet access - high speed
- Internet access - surcharge
- Iron/ironing board
- Non-smoking rooms
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway beds
- Slippers
- Voice mail
Property Amenities
This 356-rooms at Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club resort includes a full-service health-and-massage spa, smart shops, and a children's activity program for ages 5-12. Various adult activities are presented daily, including lei-making, hula and scuba diving lessons, water aerobics, yoga, exercise classes, and cooking demonstrations. The concierge desk arranges helicopter sightseeing flights, luaus, golf times, and all other activities available throughout the island. Wireless Internet access is available in the lobby (surcharge).
Between the pool complex and the coconut grove/sunning lawn bordering the beach is a broad path spanning the resort's width and leading to nearby shops, restaurants, and the cruise-ship dock on Kalapaki Bay.
This hotel is entirely smoke-free. Please see the Policies section for additional information regarding designated smoking areas.
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- ATM/banking
- Audio-visual equipment
- Babysitting/Childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Business services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference room(s)
- Currency exchange
- Exhibit space
- Express check-in/check-out
- Fitness equipment
- Gift shop or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access in public areas - wireless
- Laundry service
- Multilingual staff
- On-site car rental
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Poolside bar
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - children's
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Wedding services
- Wheelchair accessible
Designated smoking areas at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club are as follows:
- Oceanside of the promenade walkway including the lawn and beach areas
- Promenade walkway oceanside of the Kilohana Tower
- Promenade walkway oceanside of the Haupu Tower
- Parking lot entranceway for Haupu Tower
- Garden area between Kahili Tower and Aupaka Terrace
- Central garden area between the three ballroom courts
Holiday Policy:
For stays December 26 through January 3, a three-night room charge will be assessed on any cancellations of confirmed reservations made less than 30 days prior to arrival, including no-shows.
Rollaways may be available and should be requested at time of booking.
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There is a roundtrip porterage charge of approximately $6.25 per person (subject to change).
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There is a mandatory daily Resort Activity fee of $30 per room to be paid directly to the hotel by the guest. The fee is subject to tax of 4.166%. The following services are included:
- Daily Self-Parking ($16.00 daily value)
- Local, Inter-island, Toll Free Connect and Long Distance Phone Calls to the United States and Canada
- Unlimited In-Room High-Speed Internet Access ($15.00 daily value)
- Two (2) Mai Tai Drinks per room per stay ($24.00 value)
- Complimentary Hula Lessons
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- Merchandise Discounts at participating vendors to include Kauai Lagoons Golf Course, Cafe Portofino and merchandise (excluding sunglasses) at the Pool Towel Hut
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- Pets not allowed
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Kukui's Restaurant & BarLocated near the pool, this open-air restaurant with pale green, pineapple-shaped columns serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There's Hawaiian music nightly, a prime rib/seafood buffet on Friday and Saturday evenings, and a Sunday champagne brunch. A Pacific Rim buffet is also featured nightly.
AupakaOffering spectacular pool and ocean views from above, Aupaka Terrace serves Continental breakfast and espresso in the morning and sushi and tropical drinks in the evening.
Café PortofinoNorthern Italian alfresco dining.
Kalapaki GrillThis spot serves sandwiches, ice cream, snacks, and drinks to sunbathers beside the pool and on the beach.
Duke's Canoe Club & Barefoot BarAn offshoot of Honolulu's favorite Waikiki gathering spot, this casual oceanside place serves light fare at lunch, and local fish, steaks, and tropical drinks at dinner.
The Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club provides two beach volleyball courts. The clubhouse for Kauai Lagoon's two golf courses, Kiele and Mokihana, is a quarter-mile away. The Spa & Tennis Club next door, reachable by elevator, includes two tennis courts. Snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, boogie boarding, sailing, and kayaking are available in Kalapaki Bay, with gear available for rent at the resort. The Wailua River, 15 minutes north, is the longest navigable river in Hawaii and a popular boating and kayaking site.
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Slore-y Pros: Reality Show Veterans
- By Bossip Staff Categories: Attention Slores, Reality TV, We Broke It Here First!
Celebrities In Multiple Reality Shows
Isn't it great to be on one reality show? No? Well, how about being on TWO reality shows? Or more? These celebrities have damn near gone on to make careers out of their reality lives.
Here are some celebrities who are vets in the reality show game.
Angela and Vanessa Simmons – They were on Run's House and tried out their own spin-off. Basically, we just wanted more excuses to look at them.


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One year ago, the deadly oil spill from British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico had Ducks Unlimited waterfowl biologists fearing the worst possible scenario – potentially millions of barrels of crude oil washing into an already threatened marsh habitat along Louisiana's Coast. Marshes along Louisiana and Texas coasts provide wintering habitat for millions of waterfowl. If those habitats were inundated with oil, the area would become unsuitable for waterfowl and migratory birds. As a precautionary measure, DU along with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, developed a plan to create alternative habitat in the region. The result: the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation kick-started DU's MBHI efforts with a $2.5 million grant that provided funding to enhance 20,000 acres. The grant money was provided from BP through the sale of the oil recovered from the Deepwater Horizon spill. As DU biologists and conservation managers in the region began focusing on flooding areas near the coast, it become apparent DU was going to be able to stretch these dollars further than expected. The originally planned 20,000 acres of migratory bird habitat ended up being a whopping 79,000 acres of enhanced habitat throughout the Louisiana and Texas coasts.
"The overall goal was to offset potential impacts by creating alternative habitats for waterfowl, shore birds and wading birds," explains Bob Dew, DU manager of conservation programs in Louisiana. "Many of these areas were flooded in August and September, providing excellent habitat for early-arriving blue-winged teal and pintails." The bird's response to these areas was greater than expected. While the coastal marshes avoided the potentially devastating impacts; the MBHI program brought a lot of attention to habitat in the region.
"The program really shined a light on this habitat's importance," Dew says. "It also allowed our partners in the USDA to recognize how migratory birds benefit from these conservation programs, and how they can impact the area."
While the MBHI program was designed to lessen the oil spill's impacts on wintering waterfowl, it has offered a glimpse of how conservation programs in this region can play a crucial role in revitalizing a threatened ecosystem. Dew and other DU scientists feel that as a secondary benefit; the program will create greater conservation awareness in the region.
Dew explained that because of last year's successful program, the USDA is now looking at making these practices available in the future. In a region that loses a football field of habitat every 38 minutes, the MBHI program has proven itself to be an invaluable asset.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
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Dying Horse Rescued
A YOUNG horse, almost at the point of starvation, was rescued in dramatic circumstances.
A team from the Limerick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LSPCA) rescued the horse, believed to be aged between eight and nine months.
It had been dumped in fields in Cratloe before LSPCA animal cruelty inspector James Butler responded to a call to pick it up.
With very little for a horse to eat in the Cratloe fields, Butler found another horse which had tragically died in cold conditions.
The horse they rescued was handed over the Clare Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA). It is recuperating in their center.
Annacotty man James said the simple message is, if you cannot afford a horse, don't buy one.
"The horse was in a poor condition, very weak and hungry. We have tried to locate the owners, but no information has come up, so we are in a bit of a no-win situation," he said, "It is a bit upsetting."
Geraldine Nardonne, chairperson of the LSPCA said the group has held meetings with Garda (police) chief superintendent David Sheahan in a bid to get a more rapid response from the force.
This is because when one of the LSPCA's inspectors spots a horse in need of care, they are not allowed to enter land without a Garda presence in case they are trespassing. Due to cutbacks in Garda resources there can be a long wait, meaning more and more dumped horses are dying.
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Won't Leave Home
A MOTHER of four has said she will barricade herself in her home of 24 years to stop bulldozers demolishing it.
Una Kelly of St. Patrick's Park is angry with Kildare County Council's plans to knock down 44 homes to make way for the €6.9 million redevelopment of 22 new homes at the Rathangan estate.
"I will chain myself to the door if they try to move me somewhere else. I am here 24 years and I have raised my four children here and I don't want to move. My house is not just a house, it's a home," declared Kelly.
Since the project was first mooted, some of the residents said they were happy to move from the estate permanently. Others are agreeable to move temporarily and then return to the new houses, although some fear they won't get back in once the work is completed. There are also some residents who do not want to move at all.
Resident Eamon Broughan believes the majority of the householders want to stay but were afraid of voicing their concerns to the council during the information day and the one to one meetings. He wants to know if the council is going to force people out of their homes.
His wife Sheila pointed out they have been living in St. Patrick's Park for 25 years.
"People are in limbo. They don't know whether to do up their house or give it a paint because there is no point if it is going to be knocked down," she said.
"When we ask for information we are told nothing is written in stone and the plans have not been drawn up yet, but something will have to be written in stone soon."
The residents feel the council should demolish the derelict buildings, do up the existing homes where people want to stay, and build houses on the vacant sites.
"This makes much more financial sense. In these times of recession, they wouldn't have to spend €6.9 million," stressed Broughan.
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Boy's Card Found
A TWO-year-old boy from Enniskillen who lost the card he made for Mother's Day has been reunited with the card,
Reece Wills, who is just two years and two months old, had made the Mother's Day card with the help of staff at New Hope Day Nursery for his mum Sonia, but then on the way home the card was lost.
It was found near the Erne Hospital by a local man, Michael Keown, as he walked to a match in Brewster Park. He thought a family might be missing it, so he handed it into the office of the Fermanagh Herald newspaper.
Delighted mother Sonia said the card must have dropped out of the bottom of the buggy as they were going home.
"The girls (at the Nursery) helped Reece and all the other kids to make the cards the week before Mother's Day," she said, who explained that Reece is a twin, and so, the card was badly missed as other twin Brooklyn's card made it home.
Keown had guessed it might have been a child from the New Hope Nursery but, as the building doesn't have a letterbox he couldn't post the card in the door.
"I thought, ah the poor child. They spent the time making that for their mother. Mother's Day was obviously the next morning and the child and mother were going to wake up and there'd be no card," Keown said.
Sonia didn't notice the article about the card in the Fermanagh Herald, but a family member spotted it and told her about it.


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ELIZABETH - Growing up around her father's oil and gas business, Jessica Lott jumped at the chance to start her own company to assist him and with the potential to expand in several directions on its own.
Lott recently started Patchwork Steaming & Roustabout LLC with her father, Roger Whited, on the site of his company, Patchwork Oil & Gas in Wirt County.
''I started working at my dad's company while I was going to school at West Virginia University at Parkersburg,'' she said. ''Once I graduated with my bachelor's in accounting (last December), my dad had seen how good I was in business and he presented the opportunity to help me get involved in a business. He said that the hardest part was getting started.''
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Jessica Lott, the co-owner of Patchwork Steaming & Roustabout, LLC., works in her office in Wirt County.
Patchwork Steaming uses steamers to clean tubing used in oil and gas well work. When a company, like her father's, removes tubing used in the wells, in many cases, paraffin wax can build up and needs to be cleaned before the tubing can be reinstalled and the well can work properly again.
''We send the steamer out and clean it all out so it can be put back into production,'' Lott said. ''They pull the tubing out and lay it all on the ground. We would go out with the steamer and set up so we steam the tubing so it gets all the paraffin out. His company would then put it back in the hole and put it all back together.''
The company uses a LANDA steamer, among the larger ones in the area. It is being adjusted to accommodate three wands so work can be done faster.
''It is to get the job done quicker,'' Lott said. ''A lot of time, companies want a quick turnaround.
"The rig is shut down and the rig is just sitting there until the pipe is cleaned out. Many want it done quickly. We have it set up where the crew can get the pipe out of the ground during the day," she said. "We come in at night and steam the tubing and it will be ready the following morning to put it back in the ground. There really isn't a lot of down time.''
The roustabout side of it is anything that does not require large equipment, a flagger on a road around projects, specialized flag cars to accompany large vehicles carrying large and wide loads through an area and well head repair.
With the increase in Marcellus Shale natural gas production, there will be a greater need for these kind of services and with more emphasis on safety, Lott said.
''My dad has a lot of good contacts with his business which is why I geared my business toward the same type of thing,'' she said.
Whited said he was glad his daughter took an interest in his work.
"It's not like I have boys that grew up in the field with me,'' he said. ''So I'm glad that she has an interest in the oil and gas industry and she started out working as a secretary and the interest has evolved."
Lott and her father are co-owners. When the company gets on its feet, she'll pay him back and it will become all hers.
''I think he wanted to get me involved with not only having my own business, but still staying involved in his business,'' Lott said. ''When we go out and promote our new company, he will also promote his service rigs."
It's convenient for customers, too, she said.
''A lot of people don't want to have to hire one company for one thing and then hire another to do another job," Lott said. "He can go out and work on the service rig part of the well and if they find out those wells need cleaned or need roustabout work done, this business can come along with it and do that work.''
Besides oil and gas, Lott said her company can work with coal companies to clean their vehicles before they can return to the road. She can provide services to mobile home companies in providing flaggers and escort vehicles to accompany a mobile home being moved to a site.
They can do pressure washing of driveways.
Many of Lott's business functions are being handled by her father's employees. They are working with Workforce West Virginia to find an employee to be Lott's go-to person for the field work and other concerns.
Lott said she had no concerns working with her father. They have been able to keep their business and family relationships separate.
''I enjoy coming to work everyday,'' she said. ''I have learned more working here with him and every day is different.
Father was an inspiration, she said.
''I see what he does every day. I have learned a lot. School gave me a good foundation, but working here has made it more comfortable going from school to starting a business," Lott said. "I feel more confident having learned so much from him.''
Although women are not typically seen in the oil and gas business, Lott said she has an interest in the production side of her father's company.
''Patchwork Oil and Gas has been around for a long time,'' she said. ''He has a good name and it has grown into a decent sized company. I am involved in his work and I am interested in production. That might be something in the future I will explore more.''
Whited said having her involved opens the door to her and her two sons to keep the business in the family.
"It's a good thing because it may lead to the possibility that my grandsons will be involved as well,'' he said. ''It would give them an opportunity to gain an interest and keep the family within the industry.''


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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5.20Evans noted that, whereas in Hitler's War it is claimed by Irving that the whole squad which was involved in the looting was disciplined by Hitler, in Goering it is just the ex-army lieutenant. The reader who seeks to resolve the inconsistency is not assisted by any footnote identifying either the police sergeant who is said by Irving to have witnessed the dismissal or the occasion when he gave his evidence (as would be conventional practice for a reputable historian). Irving says at p518 that his account is knitted together from eye-witness evidence at the trial.
5.21Evans managed to track down the identity of the police officer, who was called Hofmann. The Defendants criticise Irving for his failure to inform the reader that Hofmann was a loyal member of the Nazi party who participated in the putsch and who was on that account likely, when testifying on his behalf at his criminal trial, to give a favourable account of the conduct of his Fuhrer in his testimony and to depict him as a law-abiding citizen.
5.22According to Evans, examination of the transcript of Hofmann's testimony reveals several inaccuracies in Irving's account. There is no support for the claim that Hitler summoned or "sent for" the former lieutenant or that either the police sergeant officer or Goering "goggled" when Hitler admonished him for raiding the Jewish shop. The admonition took place before the putsch and so cannot have formed any part of an attempt by Hitler to maintain order during it.
5.23Irving's account is also criticised for misrepresenting the nature of Hitler's concern about the raid on the Jewish shop. The record of the evidence given at the trial demonstrates that Hitler's concern was not to punish the officer for victimising a Jewish shopkeeper but rather that the incident might convey a bad impression of his new party.
5.24Evans maintained that, far from acting to protect Jewish property during the putsch, there is reliable evidence that Hitler (as he himself admitted at his trial) ordered a raid on a Jewish printing house by armed Storm Division troops, who under threat of violence stole 14.5 billion marks. This robbery is presented by Irving at p59 of Goering as a "requisition" of "funds".
5.25The Defendants maintain that in the respects which I have summarised, in his account of Hitler's reaction to the raid on the Jewish delicatessen and the evidence given at his trial, Irving persistently twists and embroiders the facts so as to exculpate Hitler and portray him as having acted sympathetically towards the Jews. Evans emphasised that it is essential for any historian to pay close attention to the background of any source he intends to quote so as to ensure that he is a reliable witness. He concluded that Irving deliberately suppressed the information as to Hofmann's background, preferring instead to present him to the reader as an objective and trustworthy source, when to Irving's knowledge he was nothing of the kind.
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Stretch of U.S. 90 near Lafayette to be widened to six lanes
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.
BROUSSARD — State officials have announced plans to widen about two miles of U.S. 90 between Albertsons Parkway and Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette Parish.
The work will extend a project completed last month that widened 7 miles of U.S. 90 from four to six lanes, beginning at Pinhook Road in Lafayette and stretching south to Broussard.
Department of Transportation and Development spokeswoman Jodi Conachen said the estimated $90 to $110 million price tag for the new project includes frontage roads and widening the La. 182 overpass.
The project is not expected to be complete until 2017.
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